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n-ujiimi.il mi i i i ii r"'1 t'k'i Li-IAfci. lJ MAKING BASKETBALL HISTORY, University of San Francisco's Dons defeat California for fortieth consecutive, victory at Berkeley. Game was featured by weird stall by Cal ifornia lasting eight minutes. Joe Hagler; California, is holding ball during stall while Dons' Russell (6), Jones (4) and Farmer (17), wait patiently. (International) B Hoopmen Contend on Friday Night St. Mary's of Medford puts its unmarred Jackson County B League record on the block against Butte Falls here Friday " night. Talent will vie at Jacksonville id Rogue River at Prospect al so on Friday. The Medford aggregation is the favorite in its tussle but en countered stiff opposition from the Loggers early in the season and could be in for a worrisome evening again. Talent is expect ed to roll at Jacksonville al though the Redskins have shown indications they'll be tougher for the Bulldogs again, Whale of Battle Rogue River and Prospect dould have a whale of a battle. Prospect barely nicked the Chieftains in the first half of the season. The Chiefs, who rose to a tie for fourth spot in the circuit on Tuesday, have a chance to knot for third position this week. . St. Mary's could have the services of Tony Miksche again tomorrow. He's missed the past two games because of an ankle sprain. Main hope is that Miksche, regular center, will be ready next week when the Cru saders play at Talent in what could be the conference decider. Rogue River hopes at Prospect could hinge on how well the gap left by Bilbee Lane has been filled. Lane transferred to Med ford high. Knickerbockers Sink Phildelphia By UNITED PRESS The New York Knickerbock ers seem intent on giving de parting coach Joe Lapchick , a good going away present." " Since Lapchick announced, on Monday that he ' is retiring at the end of 'current National Bas ketball association season, the Knicks have run off two straight victories and now are only VA games back of second place Boston in the Eastern div ision. . Ray Felix, long one of Lap- chick's favorites, provided the Knicks with their latest victory Wednesday night by sinking two free throws with seven seconds remaining in the second over time period to sink the Phila delphia Warriors, 105-104. Elsewhere, the Minneapolis Lakers nipped the Celtics, 107' 106, on Vern Mikkelsen's last second basket andj the Rochest er Royals banded the Syracuse Nationals their ninth straight road loss, 83-77. Fishing Conditions Listed for Southwest . Portland (U.R) The weekly report on fishing conditions 'pre pared by the State Game Com mission: Southwest: Striped bass fish ing f air " to good in Isthmus slough:, steelheading in Milli- coma river poor to fair as wa ter is low and clear; south fork of Coos river fair for steelhead between hatchery and Delwood. Steelheading in Coquille riv er fair; water dropping fast but still murky; south coast streams clearing rapidly; steelheading should be good this week end for Floras and Winchuck creeks and Sixes, Elk and Chetco riv ers; steelheading in Smith river good past week. Tenmile outlet only fair; cen tral Douglas county streams fall ing and clearing; South Umpqua river roily; drifting from boats on North Umpqua good; bank angling fair to good on main river and North Umpqua; South Umpqua only fair. SWAPS NOMINATED Hallandale, Fla. tU.R) Swaps, the colt who whipped Nashua in last year's Kentucky Derby, has been nominated for the March 17 running of the $50,000 added Gulfstream Park Handicap. DUCK GRAPPLERS WIN Eugene (U.R) The University of Oregon wrestling team took a 19 to 11 win over invading San Jose State here last night For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASYI Game Agent Tells Changes In Angling Rules on Rogue Changes in angling laws, which affect the Rogue river watershed (zone 4), have been outlined by Cole M. Rivers, Grants Pass, field agent of the Oregon State Game Commission for the Rogue district. The Commission adopted the 1956 regulations for the state at their January 27 session:7 There were - no additions or deletions from the tentative regulations published two weeks previously. Rogue changes were: (1) The new bag-limit of 2 fish per day for steelhead; (2) an earlier opening of August 15 for silvers; (3) a January 15 to Feb ruary 27 season for steelhead on the Applegate; (4), a January. 15 to February 15 season for steel head "on the Rogue below the mouth of the Applegate and (5), an April 28 opening for Willow Creek reservoir. -Steelhead Season By special motion of the Com mission, the new winter steel head season . adopted for the Rogue below the mouth of the Applegate will go into effect immediately following the filing of the new laws with the secre tary of state. The Rogue, area closed after January 31 as per the 1955 regulations, but the new 1956 regulation will go into ef fect on Saturday, February 111 at which time the winter season will reopen through, and includ ing, February 15. This will give an additional five days for win ter steelhead fishing on the Rogue this year. . , The open areas on the Apple- Trojan Quintet Fiies Info State Spokane (U.R) The Tro jans of Southern California were to fly. into Oregon today, on their way to meet the University of Oregon Ducks in a two-game basketball stand Friday and Sat urday nights in Eugene. Coach Forrest Twogood de cided to keep his charges in the Northwest during the past week rather than return to Los An geles following last week end's games with Idaho. California has . been holdin J workouts in Whitworth college's gym in Spokane. Pro Grid Possibilities At Miami Trip Subject Miami, Fla. (U.R) ' Walter Wolfiter, business manager of the Chicago Cardinals, will visit here soon to dksuss a possible National Football league fran chise .with Miami officials. "I asked Wolfner to look into the Miami situation and see what kind of deal we would have there "and whether the people really want a team," League Commissioner Bert Ball said Wednesday. BeE said Buffalo, N.Y., is also under consideration for a professional football team. k. Wolfner said he-will talk with business interests to determine if the city would support a pro team and also with city author ities about use of the Orange bowl. '; OSC Rooks Beat Lower Columbia Longview, Wash. (U.R The Oregon State Rooks found their shooting eyes last night and clobbered Lower Columbia Jun ior College 72-67 in a basketball game here. Gary Goble hit 18 points while Ted Miller and Don Pino had 11 and Don Stamps 10 for the Rooks. .' NET CHAMP AT TULANE New Orleans (U.R) Ronnie Holberg of Brooklyn, N.Y., the national junior tennis champion, enrolled at Tulane University Wednesday, joining Crawford Henry, Atlanta, Ga., the national interscholastic champion, and Jose Aguero'of Brazil, the na tional collegiate champion. Dead line Sunday Classified it at t noon Saturday. gate and Illinois Rivers will not close until February 28. The new synopsis for 1956 will probably be available at license agencies in early March. The field agent and fish biolo gist said that the Illinois and Applegate rivers are now low and clear, .finally, with only an occasional shot . of mud, from logging operations. Week ends are best for steelhead fishing, however. Rivers said that the mud in 'the Applegate is from slate creek down. Rogue fives Resume Play Tomorrow Counting games resume again this week end for high schools of the Rogue League with Phoe nix and Crater picked to score sweeps in their;, respective bas ketball series. .. Phoenix plays at Eagle Point on Friday and Eagle Point goes to Phoenix on Saturday. Crater has engagements with Illinois Valley at Cave Junction on Fri day and at Central Point on Saturday night. -. The Pirates of Phoenix are leading the circuit without a blemish in six successive games and head their nearest rival by three full games. ' They . are, therefore, in a highly , favored position to sweep on to the Tussle .However, the Eagles, in . a game on their own floor, gave Phoenix its closest league fray of the season and will be mak ing the big effort to spoil the spotless record of the Pirates. Phoenix won over EP at Phoe nix by a one-sided margain. Crater's Comets were winners by good spreads in two previous meetings with IV's Cougers, who still are after their first victory of the 1955-1956 campaign. Eagle Point and Crater have their aims on second place in the loop, if they can't have first. They are now tier at that spot. Fst second place teams in the standings will draw first night byes in the District 6 A-2 southern division tournament. That is the only way league ac tion will affect state tourney, am bitions of the league members. Ashland Frosh Defeat Comets Central Point -Ashland high freshmen took, control in the third quarter to trip .the Crater frosh basketball team 56 to .47 on Tuesday. ' 1 Ashland headed 16 to 12 at the quarter and 32 to 30 at the half then gained 44 to 38 lead in the third stanza. . ' Mark Fitch of Ashland scored 24 points. Fourteen of these, 10 on free shots, were recorded in the second half. Allen -Barnes got 19 for Crater and Patzke 14 for Ashland. Vikings' Paul Poetsch Can't Play In Tourney .Portland (U.R) Paul -oetscn, fiery guard for Port land State's basketball team, has been ruled ineligible for the district 2 NAIA basketball tour nament. Eldon Fix, district committee chairman, said Poetsch had been ruled out because he played a few minutes for the University oi uregon varsity in December of 1952. Joe Holland, PSC ath letic director, said the ruling will be appealed to NAIA head quarters in Kansas City. LITTRELL INKS PACT Portland (U.R) Jack Littrell shortstop obtained by Portland from Kansas City, has signed' a contract for the coming baseball season, General Manager Joe Ziegler said today. Use Tribune Want Ads Washington Gridiron Controversy Hops Into State Political Arena By B. J. McFARLAND Seattle U.R) Football con troversies, like? footballs, take funny bounces and the gridiron muddle at the University of Washington today bounded right into the political arena. Rep. John L. O'Brien, speaker of the House of Washington State Legislature, said he felt a legis lative investigation should be made into the controversy. O'Brien was to meet today with members of the executive committee of the Legislative Council, which he heads, to delve into the matter. "We'll discuss a letter from Rep. Richard Ruoff (R-Seattle) asking for a. legislative investi gation into the controversy caused by the method in which football Coach Johnny Cherberg was fired,' O'Brien said. - He said the executive commit tee of the Legislative Council probably would call in Univer sity Vice-President H. P. (Dick) Everest and Athletic Director Harvey Cassill to discuss the sit uation. "We need background infor mation and facts on this matter before a full-scale investigation is started," O'Brien said. Cherberg said he would, "wel come a legislative investigation." "I think an executive meeting of the legislative leaders, me, Everest and Cassill is the thing to do," he said. "I'll tell the lawmakers a lot of things they may not know about this situ ation." Gov. Arthur B. Langlie, who earlier had no comment, said last night it was his opinion "that the political arena is not the place to solve this. But, you know how it is with politicians they like to jump into the middle of something that is juicy and blow their own horns." Langlie said he felt the uni versity administration was "com petent to handle this matter." A Mistake Langlie said he didn't see any reason to step into the conflict personally, but lie did think the lawmakers -"are making a . mis take" in getting into the act. COACH TIPPY DYE of the Washington Huskies, displays a little accentuate-the-positive music to Bruno Boin (center) and Jim Coshow (right). Dressing room rock'n roll Is used to relax the Huskies before taking the floor and finds recognition from Coach Dye, if not true appreciation. Boin and Coshow represent the progressive section of the ardent Husky jazz fans. Dye hopes that it will accentuate-a-littte-positive action on the basketball floor this season Embezzlemeni Charge Klamath Falls (U.R) George Amos McClain, a two time loser, was headed back to the Oregon !BM Plans Expansion In West Coast Cities New York (U.R) A multi million dollar expansion of IBM operations on the West Coast was ; announced yesterday by Thomas J. Watson Jr., president of the International Business Ma chine . Corp. Watson said plans include a new 13.; story super-modern of fice building in Los Angeles and similar structures in San Fran cisco, Santa Monica, Portland and Seattle. He called it the greatest regional expansion in IBM's history. In addition, -Watson said, the San Jose, Calif., factory will be expanded by 400,000 square feet of. floor space. ....'... .. I . You'll Always Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY ' LOAD OF TRU-MIX CpNCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY MeAndrews Road Phone 2-5271 Earlier, a Democratic candi date for governor,-Secretary ''of State Earl Coe, made the contro versy "a plank in his platform. We have to restore confi dence of the fans in Washington's football and we have to regain respect of football fans every where," he said. "As things are going, we are losing prestige throughout the nation because of a situation that would be comic if not so serious." , . . Coe said he agreed with Cher berg that .Everest and Cassill should be "fired, too," although he doesn't know whether the coach should or should not have been fired. SPEEDING across finish line, Ljusovj Kozyreva wins fir'st Olympic gold medal for Russia as she captures 10-kilometer cross-country event at Cortina, Italy. Russia also took second place in event. (International) Draws 2nd Sentence State Penitentiary today after pleading guilty in Circuit Court to a charge of embezzlement yes terday. McClain, a 42-year-old book keeper, previously had served a 12-year sentence on an embezzle ment charge.' McClain disappeared from Klamath Falls about one year ago. He subsequently gave him self up to FBI agents in Philadel phia, Pa., and was returned to Klamath Falls. - He was. found guilty of em bezzling $1000 from the Willard hotel and Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg sentenced him to 10 years in the state peniten tiary.'; . -. . .- IN CRITICAL CONDITION Hollywood (U.R) Bob Burns, 64, bazooka playing Arkansas comedian, lay in critical condi tion today at West Valley Com munity hospital. Burns is suffer ing from a chronic kindey disorder. . Thursday, February 2. 1956 C. Andrade Victor Over Jim Carter Chicago (U.R) Cisco Andrade beat Jimmy Carter in a light weight fight and picked up $500 additional for the chore, but neither the winner nor the loser was happy about the outcome today. "He wants a rematch," An drade and his manager, Ralph Gambina snorted. "Let him make the weight and we'll give him a rematch. Even if we got the title, we'll give him a match. But let . him make the weight first." "I thought I got robbed," Car ter said softly. "I know I stag gered him, and sure, he was throwing those left jabs. But I was blocking half of them or more. I want.a rematch with him, and I want a title fight, and the D3C told me I ought to have one." It was a majority decision for Andrade with Referee Joey White' scoring 96-95 and Judge E. Allen Frankel 95-94 for him while Judge Lou Capparelli gave it to Carter, 97-95. Made Weight Anrlrade eained his addition al $500, in addition to 25 per cent of the net of $2,877 paid by 2,027 fans and $4,000 for television, because Carter did not make the stipulated weight of 137 pounds. Instead the three time champion weighed 140 compared to 136 for Andrade, who gained his 32nd win in 35 pro bouts. : Andrade piled up points throughout the' bout with his speedy left jabs and occasional right hands. He also was credited with the only knockdown of the . fight, even though Referee White didn't allow it. That came in . the fourth round when Carter, his nose bleeding, staggered. A n dra d e with a sharp right to the jaw. As Andrade reeled toward the ropes, his left hook connected to Carter's chin and the former titleholder went down. Kinder Honored at IBM , Regional Convention H. T. Kinder, 1124 Dakota ave., was among sales leaders of International Business Ma chines Corporation honored at a two-day regional convention of the IBM Hundred Percent Club, the company's sales honor organization. The convention was held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on Monday and Tues day, and was attended by com pany officials, management rep resentatives and more than 400 qualified sales representatives from IBM offices in 14 states, Alaska and Hawaii. ' GET THAT "BIRD I" ...then get yourself some fine bourbon.. 'OLD EM '(abed gvEABsjm OLD HERMITAGE CO., DIV. 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