Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 05, 1956, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextDons, Bruins Rematching Seen Likely San Francisco (U.R) A re match seems to be shaping up between the fabulous University of San Francisco Dons and the UCLA Bruins to determine what team will represent the West Coast in the NCAA champion ships. The top-ranked Dons took a firm grip on the California Bas ketball association lead Friday night, while the Bruins scored their fifth win without a defeat In Pacific Coast conference play. If these two teams win their respective titles, they will meet in the NCAA regional playoffs. But it won't be their first meet ing. USF humiliated UCLA in the finals of the Holiday tour ney at Madison Square Garden last December. Still Different mere was qune a amerence in Friday's games, too. The Dons trimmed Loyola of Los Angeles, 68-46, using a benchful of re serves, while the Bruins battled tooth and nail to get a 61-60 vic tory over Washington. The UCLA-Washington game was a. crucial one. Washington , was tied for second nlace with Southern California going into the game, but the Huskies' de feat, coupled with Oregon's 55 45 victory over USC, pushed idle Stanford into the No. 2 spot. In the only other PCC game, California dumped Oregon State, 65-63, in an overtime contest. Washington State and Idaho were also idle. Standings as of Friday with conference records were: UCLA. (5-0), Stanford (6- 2), USC (5-2), Washington (5-2), California (3-2), Oregon (3-4), Oregon State (2-7), Washington State (1-5) and Idaho (1-7). . Last Second Shot Willie Naulls dropped in a last-second shot for the Bruin victory after Washington took a 60-59 lead with just a minute re maining. A crowd of 5,500 fans at San Francisco watched the top-ranked Dons rack up 12 points before Loyola scored its first field goal. All-America center Bill Russell netted 14 of .his 16 points in the first half to pace the Dons to a 35-22 half time lead. . When San Francisco increased its margin to 49-25 early in the second half, Coach Phil Wool pert yanked his regulars.- UCLA Downs Wash. 82-75 Los Angeles U.R) UCLA's fast-breaking Bruins, led by jumping Morrie Taft's 21 points yesterday defeated Washington 82-75, to tighten their hold on the Pacific Coast conference basketball lead. It was the Bruins' sixth straight PCC win without a loss. Washington held a 40-39 half- time edge in the regionally tele vised game played at Pan Pac ific auditorium. But a crowd of about 2,500 fans watched the Bruins take command midway in the second half, opening up a 64-58 lead which never was threatened. With only three minutes left to play, UCLA led 81-68. The win gave UCLA'a sweep of the two-game series. Wash ington now is 5-3 in PCC play. The first half was a see-saw battle, with not more than three points separating the teams at any time as the lead changed hands often. When star Husky Forward Jim Coshow fouled out only a minute after, the start of the second half, however, Wash ington found itself in a losing battle to keep up with the speedy Bruins. St.. Mary's, Talent Keep Up Pace in B Cage Loop JACKSOX COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDING St. Mary's Talent Prospect Rogue Hiver Butte Falls Jacksonville W. 7 6 3 2 2 0 Pet. 1.000 .857 300 .333 .286 .000 St. Mary's of Medford and Tal ent high turned attention to a crucial encounter at Talent next Friday after thumping the oppo sition in their seventh Jackson County B League contests. The Medford five stayed un blemished in the loop with a 75 to 52 decision over Butte Falls on Friday while Talent, a game behind in second place, won at Jacksonville 68 to 42. The Rogue River at Prospect tiff was post poned because of the legal holi day honoring late Gov. Paul Pat terson. It will be made up Tues day night. In next Friday's skirmish at Talent, the Bulldogs will have a chance to knot St. Mary's for top position. Their only loop loss has been to the crusaders." A St. Mary's win will virtually assure the Medford team the mantle. St. Mary's hopped off to a wide lead in the first quarter against the Loggers. But the Crusaders MedfordJTribune Lions Teams Vie At Eagle Point Eagle Point Two service clubs collide here Monday in a benefit basketball - game.- Men bers of Lions clubs of Prospect and Eagle Point will contend. Game time is 8 p.m. All proceeds will go to the March of Dimes. Other entertainment is also plan ned; 4 For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads California's Bears Nudge Oregon State in Overtime Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Cap tain Bob Blake of California made an overhead basket with a minute to go in overtime Fri day night to give the Golden Bears a 65-63 win over Oregon State in a Pacific Coast Con ference basketball game here. California led throughout the game until there was a minute and a half to go when OSC tied it up at 60-60. The score re mained unchanged in regulation time. Gambee Hooks Shot In overtime Oregon State went ahead for the first time during the night on a hook shot by Dave Gambee, but Earl Rob inson's basket tied the score again. Larry Paulus made an Oregon State free throw and Robinson matched it to make the count 63-63. Then Blake took a perfect pass from center Duane Asplund and-made the winning vbasket. Oregon State got two more shots but missed, with a try by Gary Haynes bounding off the. rim as the horn sounded. , Gambee led the scoring with 24 points while Robinson and Bernie Simpson each dunked 16 points for California. BOX: California Friend f 3 F 0-1 P 3 Blake f Mastrov f. Asplund c Hagler c Robinson g Simpson g Arrillaga g Totals Oregon State Gambee f Allord f Paulus f Moss 7 0 3 1 7 6 ..... 0 1-4 0-0 2-4 2-2 2-6 4-4 0-0 27 11-21 12 65 10 5 1 5 Fredericks c 0 Nanson g . 3 Haynes g 4 Crimins g - . 0 Totals 27 4-6 0- 3 1- 1 2- 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 24 10 3 12 0 6 8 0 7-16 14 63 German Heavyweight Decisions Rex Lane Frankfurt, Germany U.R) Hans Friedrich, an unherald ed German heavyweight whom Rex Layne knocked out 16 months ago, avenged that defeat last night by hammering out a one-sided 10-round decision over the Salt Lake City, Utah, vet eran at Festhalle indoor stadium. Layne, at 216V& pounds, ap peared sluggish and lacked in speed in putting together - his punch combinations. Arcadia, Calif. U.R) Irish-bred Our Betters, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, scored an upset victory today in the $57,600 San ta Margarita Handicap for the filly-mare championship of the Santa Anita meeting. TIP FOR HAPPY LIVING Bve Yoejir (Sod SIPGDA0,2 am I no man Check and adjust all brakes Cheek steering wheel "play" and alignment Inspect windshield wipers and motors Check horns Inspect steering and linkage Inspect springs and shocks Check tires Check exhaust system Check tail and stop lights Check and align headlights! Just $575 WHEN YOUR FORD CAR OR TRUCK NEEDS REPLACEMENT PARTS, INSIST ON HAVING BE SAFE SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO BE SORRY LATER ON CRATER LAKE MOTORS MAIN & FIR MEDFORD PHONE 3-4547 couldn't turn the scuffle into a runaway until the final period. Butte Falls almost overtook the Medford quint in the second stanza and remained in conten tion through the third. Meunier Puts In 34 Laval Meunier, who poured in 34 points during the night and could easily have had a few more, tabulated 16 of his coun ters as the Crusaders romped to a 22 to 11 first quarter advan tage. The margin was 20 to 6 at one stage of the panel. Butte Falls surged up as the next panel opened. Bill Irwin flipped in four field goals, Pat Conley two and Mike Conley one and a free shot while Ger ald Darland, Tony Miksche and John Walsh were plunking buckets for St. Mary's: That cut the edge to 28 to 26 for the Crusaders. Meunier hit . a gifter and he, Dick Paup and Jerry Flakus fielders for 35 to 26 but Pat and Mike Conley countered from the field and the half score was 35 to 30. St. Mary's with Gerald Dar land swishing six of the points, pulled to 45 to 33 command in the third quarter. Pat and Mike Conley and Bill and Jim Irwin got field goals and Pat a counter from the free throw line while Walsh and Darland connected from the field for St. Mary's and the Medford crew headed only 49 to 42 at the third "quarter breather. Redskins Cold Meunier put in 13 points in the final stanza as SM turned the action into a rout and passed up several opportunities to give teammates shots at the hoop. Pat Conley had 19 points for Butte Falls and Bill -Irwin 16, while Mike Conley collected 11. Gerald Darland totalled 12 and Walsh 10 for SM Talent took, advantage of Jacksonville's second quarter coldness to get a wide, lead on the Redskins. Jacksonville man aged only two points on free shots in the panel. The 'Skins had 13 tries at the free stripe and missed 11 during that time Quarterly spreads for the Bull dogs were 20 to 10, 32 to 12 and 46 to 24. Jack Barrett of Talent was top tally man with 20 points. Bob Hoffman of Talent and Bob Guches of Jacksonville each to talled 14 Jack Birmingham ran up 27 points and Gary Miksche 21 for St. Mary's junior varsity in their 63 to 58 win over Butte Falls. Dale Smith got 18, Jim Irwin 15 and Mike Conley 14 for the Loggers. Lone Pine Scores Fifth Triumph Lone Pine's undefeated eighth grade basketball quint rolled to its fifth win Thursdav nieht. downing West Side 32 to 19. ine Finers used a full court press most of the way and built 19 to 6 halftime lead. Calvin Summers. Lone Pine. pumped in 15 points for high honors. Garlan Lowery hit for seven and Winetrout tallied six to lead West Side. Lone Pine has two wins over Howard and one each over Shady Cove and the Hedrick ;umor high seventh grade, in addition to the verdict over West Side. Lone Pine's Babv Wildcats turned back West Side jayvee 27 to 13 in a Drelim Thursdav and West Side girl's volleyball team trounced Lone Pme 27 to 7. Middiecoff Leads Phoenix Open Tourney Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) Vet eran Cary Middiecoff, making each shot after slow and care ful deliberations, turned the table on the "play for fun" am ateurs to take a two-stroke lead Saturday with a score of 208 after three rounds of the $15,000 Phoenix open. Jim Tom Blair, Jefferson City, Mo., the husky amateur who led at the half-way mark, drop ped into a tie for second place with Mike , Souchak, Grossing er, N.Y. Blair, with his driving game, badly off form, had a three-over-pqr 74 today to go with his 136 of yesterday. Mid diecoff shot a 70 in today's third over the Phoenix country club LINE-UPS: St. Mary's 75 Walsh 10 - - f G. Darland 12 f T. Miksche 7 c Meunier 34 g Paup 8 g Substitutions For kus 4, Birmingham, 52 Butte Falls 16 B. Irwin 18 P. Conley 4 Mattern 2 J. Irwin 11 M. Conley St. Mary's, Fla- "ruitt, j . Dar land. Read. Betchart: for Butte Falls Sheppard, Remsen, Dale Smith, Dean onum, a. fails. Talent 68 Barrett 20 f Ray Weinhold 11 G. Combs 10 c Wallace g Hoffman 14 g Substitutions For 42 Jacksonville 14 Guches Branson 7 Smith 1 Hueners 5 Daley Talent, Hazel- ton, Bacr 2, P. Combs, Ron Weinhold. McGanty 6, Thoreson, Helm 9; for Jacksonville, Dowell, Muir 3, Allen 6, Pawlowski 4, McKeeri, Davis 2, King. Basketball FRIDAY COLLEGE SCORES By United Press (East) Holy Cross 77. Niaeara 76 (overtime St. Francis (Pa.) 84, Boston Univ. 65 Brown 61, Harvard 51 Muhlenburg 90, Colgate 74 St. Francis (N.Y.) 99. Creighton 75 (South) Wake Forest 108, Clemson 87 William and Mary 85, Davidson 75 VMI 76. Citadel 59 . (Midwest) North Dakota 85, Momingside 81 (West) Brigham Young 87. New Mexico 53 California 65, Oregon State 63 (over' time) Colorado A&M 62. Utah Univ. 59 UCLA 61, Washington 60 Oregon 55, USC 45 , - Wvomina 93. Montana 69 , San Francisco 68, Loyola (Calif.) 46 Idaho State 89, uonzaga 73 . Santa Clara 79, Pepperdine 56 Portland 78. Seattle Pacific 69 College of Idaho 59, Pacific 56 Whitman 63; Lewis & Clark 60 Portland State 81, Oregon Tech 74 Georee Fox 70. West Baptist 47 Southern Oregon 89, Eastern Ore gon 83. St. John's (N. Y.) 71, Siena 58 Mississippi State 87, L.S.U. 78 Hofstra 92, Delaware 58 Alabama 93, Georgia Tech 60 Dayton 82, Loyola (La.) 62 Colgate 84, Rutgers 71 Nebraska 72, Emporia State 59 South Carolina 121, Citadel 76 Drake 66, Marquette 63 Idaho State 68. Gonzaga 60 Louisville 116. Kentcky Wesleyan B2 North' Carolina State 105, Clemson 88 -S.M.U. 58, Arkansas 53 ' Tulsa 73, St. Louis 66 Valparaiso 63, Butler 40 Bradlev 89. Army 54 . Furman 109, William and Mary 83 Buffalo 67, Western Ontario 65 Baldwin Wallace 85, Ohio Univ. 84 Villanova 61. Fordham 57 (overtime) Penn State 67, Boston Umv. 64 Vanderbilt 69, Georgia 56 Maryland 80, Navy 61 Dartmouth 73. Yale 68 St. Bonaventure 79, Memphis State 67 S vracuse B2 ' Pittsbureh 79 Michigan 81, Washington (Mo.) 66 Purdue 75, Minnesota 67 Rhode Island 95, Maine 73 Detroit 61, Oklahoma A and M 61 Iowa 98, Wichita 86 Pennsylvania 72, Cornell 67 Stetson 87, Wofford 85 Kansas State 82, Colorado 51 Misouri 77, Oklahoma 72 Wisconsin 79, Northwestern 55 Ohio State 100, Indiana 82 UCLA 82, Washington 75 - Humboldt St. 58, Sacramento St. 54 California Frosh 86. Col. of Marin 57 FRIDAY PRO GAME : Rochester 105. Philadelphia 96 Ten thousand penguins in habit South Georgia Island, 1,200 miles east of Cape Horn. In strange family life, mothers and fathers take turns balancing an gg on the insteps, covering it with a feathered flap. Unmated king penguins steal eggs and brood them, the National Geo graphic Society says. Sunday, February 5, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Ted Williams Intends Full Year With Boston Boston U.R) Tel Wil liams, the newly-inked $100, 000 contract in his pocket, serv ed notice Saturday that he plans a vfull season with the Boston Red Sox, spring training includ ed. Williams, tanned, happy, and 15-pounds overweight, signed a one-year contract with Boston owner Tom Yawkey at Fenway park Friday. Beth declined to mention the figure in the contract but the big outfielder quipped: "I'm happy about it." Williams said trimming down to his normal playing weight of 205 "wouldn't be hard,", but he admitted he was going to take his time getting into shape. Philadelphia U.R) City officials have scehduled an in quest into the death of middle weight boxer Robert Perry for next Tuesday. Perry died two days after being knocked out by Rudy Watkins of Baltimore in a televised bout last week. The inquest will be conducted by Dr. Joseph W. Spelman, city medical examiner. course. BRAVES SIGN HANNAH New York (U.R) The Mil waukee Braves signed Jack Han nah, a much sought after right handed pitcher, to a major league contract Tuesday. The Braves said nine other clubs made bids for the pitcher. Han nah, living as Visalia, Calif., is not a bonus player. Portland U.R Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Portland Beavers, - announced that Luis Marquez, an outfielder who bat ted .312 last season, had accepted his 1956 contract. Marquez sent the signed pact from Puerto Rico where he is playing winter base ball with Ponce. Consumption of frozen orange concentrates increased by 48 per cent between 1950 and 1951. Portland (U.R) Tom W. Gerber, editor of the Canby Herald, Canby, Ore., and for mer executive with United Press, was hospitalized at St. Vincents hospital in Portland last night. His family said his condition was serious. Forest Grove (U.R) Lewis and Clark defeated Pacific, 28' 13, in a wrestling match here last night. Oregon Webfoots Bounce Southern California 55-45 Eugene (U.R The Univer sity of Oregon Webfoots took advantage of a Southern Cali fornia basketball team that couldn't hit its hat in the second half here Friday night to down the Trojans 55.-45. In the disastrous second half, the Trojans went 12 minutes and 40 seconds without scoring a field goal and managed to get nine points on free throws dur ing the dry spell. They made 10 field goals in 63 attempts for a game average of .159, but only shot .100 after , the intermission. Tied Seven Times First half play was close with the game tied seven times and the lead changing hands four times. Late in the half, Oregon managed to open a five point lead. Both teams started hot from the free throw line, each making 6 for 6. With the score tied at 14-all, Oregon's Charlie Franklin hit two free throws and a jump shot off a fast break to put the Ducks out front 28 to 24. They led until the final gun. . The Trojans were able to stay within five points of the Ducks early in the second frame, but BETTY HICKS SIDELINED Newport Beach, Calif. -(U.R) Golfer Betty Hicks, the. eighth leading money winner of 1955 is expected to be sidelined for about two months following an abdominal operation performed Friday at Hoag hospital. then went limp. High point man for the game was Jim Kaufman of Southern Cal who dunked 15. Franklin and Max Anderson tied at 12 apiece for Oregon. BOX: Oregon Bell f Franklin f Moore f Bingham f Tuchardt f Anderson Duffy c McHugh g Diddock g Delbon g Lundell g tiasungs g FG 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 FT PF TP 1-2 2 3 8-10 0-1 0-2 0-0 6-8 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 6-7 .0-1 12 6 0 0 12 0 8 0 0 6 0 Totals Southern Cal Kaufman t Dunne f Price f Pugh f Lovricn e Pearson c Sterkel e . 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