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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, February 8. 1958 Ankle Keeps Plumley Off Mapiecourt The Medford high basketball aggregation probably will be without the services of its tall est man, Neil ' Plumley, Friday and Saturday when it battles the Ashland Grizzlies in Southern Oregon Conference games, Coach Frank Roelandt reported today Plumley hurt his ankle early in the Roseburg scuffle last Sat urday night and saw no service during the remainder of the game. The big center can bare ly move around, Roelandt said, and, of course, has not been out for practice. Also missing drill yesterday was Forward Dick Copple, who had a bad cold. He is expected to be ready for the Grizzlies, how ever. Perkins Still Lame Roelandt said that Guard Larry Perkins is still bothered by a bum ankle. He can play but not up to full efficiency. Larry Gober, who hurt his ankle badly early in the season, re turned to the squad in midweek last week". He was in suit for the Roseburg tussle but Roelandt said that Gober is still not ready to see duty and that he has no plans for him this week. The Tornado just had a light drill on Monday but scrimmaged yesterday. Medfordites are go ing into the game here Friday and the one at Ashland Satur day with the feeling that the Grizzlies will prove tougher than they did in the first round. The locals drubbed Ashland handily in their season opener but it took one big. quarter to lick . the Lithians the second night. Ashland played Medford on even terms during other por tions of the game. ' Johnston Tallies 41 for Warriors By UNITED PRESS Lanky, lantern - jawed Neil Johnston of the Philadelphia Warriors signalled the start of a desperate stretch drive to keep his National Basketball Assn. scoring crown today with a 41 point performance that helped to break a couple of records. Johnston's splurge, his best this year, led the Warriors to a 128-95 victory over Syracuse in the first game of a twin bill at New York's - Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. In the second game, New York downed Boston, 113-102 The Warrior's 128 points set a new single-team high for the Garden and their first-half bag of 70 points set another Garden record for one half. ; Johnson has a long way to go to retain his scoring title, but Tuesday night's show gave him a season total of 1,031. That's fourth best in the league. Mean while, teammate Paul Arizin pitched in 26 points to take the league lead with 1,168. Bob Pet- tit of St. Louis is second with 1,148 and Clyde Lovellette of Minneapolis is third with 1,068 Players' Namesakes Get First Brooklyn Tickets Jersey City, N. J. - (U.R) Billy Rigney and Willie Mays were the first two customers Tuesday when the Jersey City branch of the Brookln Dodgers opened over-the-counter ticket sales. The Giant manager and the star outfielder? ' No, just two teen-age kids whose-names happen to be Bill Rigney and Willie Mays. Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASY! 7 s s f ' !t"$ ' jfZZ? It jj MEDFORD HIGH GRAPPLERS SLIP BY ILLINOIS VALLEY Medford high wrestling team, with some regulars missing bouts because of overweight or illness nicked Illinois Valley 26 to 25 in a match here last night. The Black Tornado next fac es its toughest rival of the sea son, Klamath Falls, in a tussle here at 2 p.m. Thursday. Klam ath downed the Tornado in an earlier match. Medford grajjplers won six bouts and Illinois Valley five. One scrap 'was a draw. First Medford victor was Dave Mansfield, 98 pounds, by 11 to 8 decision over Kennedy. Gor- OUT TO EVEN SCORE SATURDAY Jackie Puscas, above, Na tional AATJ boxing champion and new resident of Medford, will be out to redeem -himself here Saturday night. Puscas, 135, mak ing his first local appearance under the Medford Police 'Athletic league colors, will take on Dale Nicely, 140, Tennessee champ, in one half of the double main event. Nicely, now boxing for Mult nomah Athletic club, Portland, gained a split verdict over Puscas at Klamath Falls recently. Larry Lewis, Medford, state AAU fly weight titlist, will meet Darryl McQuarry, MAC, Portland, in the other half of the main. Loren Christean, Medford, will fight the semi-windup against' Mose Martinez, Chiloquin. Jerry Jennings, Ashland, will scuffle Eddie Cole, Chiloquin, in the featured prelim. Twelve bouts hae now been arranged. MEDFOj UNE Dave Gambee Point Leader 1 n Coast Loop Basketba II Los Angeles U.R) Dave Gambee of Oregon State is the Pacific Coast conference's lead ing individual scorer while the unbeaten UCLA Bruins pace tne loop's teams in- pointmaking, statistics showed today. : Gambee has scored 183 points in 10 games for an 18.3 point average. UCLA's Morris Taft is second with 144 points in six games for a 24 point average, tops in the PCC. Other leading scorers are Bruno Boin, Wash ington, 133; Willie Naulls, UCLA 129; Max Anderson, Ore gon, 129 and Larry Beck, Wash ington State, 119. ' . : - UCLA has a v e raged 82.3 points a game. Southern Califor nia is second with a 67.5 point average and Stanford has 66.5. The Bruins also lead in team Rebounding with 59.3 per cent, followed by SC 52.5 and Ore gon State 51.5. Southern California dominates team defensive statistics. It has allowed opponents 57.1 points a game. Stanford's defensive aver age is 57.4 followed by Washing ton's 57.9. SC also has allowed opponents to hit on only 30.5 rjer cent of their field goal at tempts. Washington is second with 31.6 and Stanford 32.4. Simpson Hits .500 In individual statistics, Bernie Simpson of California replaced Taft as leader in the field goal has made good 14 of 28 field goal attempts for a 50 per cent average. Taft has dropped in 57 goals in 116 shots for a 49.1 per centage, trailed by Bob Blake of California, 47.5, and Gary Van Galders, Stanford, 47.4. ; Idaho's Bill Bauscher is the top free throw shooter, , sinking 24 of 29 tries for 82.9 per cent. Blake has 80.6 per cent, Naulls 78.9, Ron Batnoe, Washington, 78.6 and Doyle Perkins, Wash ington, 77.8. .Southern Califor nia's Larry Hauser turned in the best game performance of the season Saturday night against Oregon when he sank 10' out of 10 free throws. V : ' Naulls is the No. 1 rebounder, grabbing 17.5 per cent of all re bounds in UCLA s igames. Jim Coshow, Washington, "has 15.3 per sent and Charlie Franklin of Oregon and Anderson of Ore1 gon, 13.1. ; Southern California has the best team field goal shooting average with 181 of 455 attempts for 39.5 per cent. UCLA is sec ond with 39 per cent and Call fornia third with 38.8. In free throw shooting, Washington leads with 68.7 per cent. Waterman Nod Over Kid Draws Fire By HAROLD M, WILL ARD London ttJ.R Outrage -toiled up today against a referee's de cision that v gave young Peter Waterman of Britain a split- decision victory over Cuban Kid Gavilan . in a 10-round welter weight-bout Tuesday night. British: fans, newspapers and officials led the criticism heaped on the aging head of Ben Green, one of the most respected ring officials in the country. British boxing czar Jack Solo mons, promoter of the fight, said there was , "bound to be an in quiry" over the decision. In formed sources said it was pos sible the British boxing board of control would reverse Green's decision. ' Sblomons, referees of prelim inary bouts, experienced box ing reporters, and the 10,000 Harringay Arena fans all be lieved former world champion Gavilan had won easily with a bewildering variety of punches and aggressive tactics that ob viously befuddled Waterman whose experience gained in 30 undefeated fights was no match for the 130-bout guile of Gavilan. Thundering Oration Gavilan received a thundering ovation when he bounced around the ring. At first he thought he had won. So did everyone else, The referee's card has not been made public yet. But United Press survey of cards kept by ringside reporters showed a unanimous decision for Gavilan. The United Press card gave Gavilan seven rounds and Waterman three. From the fifth round on, Gavi lan was in complete control of the fight. He fought in flurries but was always -the 'aggressor. He easily landed two punches to Waterman's one. He changed his boxing-style at least four times and continuously drove Water man to the ropes. Waterman ob viously was befuddled by the Kid's know-how. don Owsley, 130, Medford, pin ned Hemphill and Dennis Walk er, 141, Medford, pinned Champ ney. Other Tornado verdicts were Jerry Anderson, 157, by fall over Rosenberg, Larry An derson, 168, by decision over Krauss and Frank Williams, 178, by decision of 4 to 0 over Bur-rous. Hilton Draws Ray Hilton, 149, Medford, drew with Cole. For Illinois Valley Warren, 106, pinned Steve Schroeder; Matthews, 136, decisioned George Flanagan, 2 to 0; Bail ey, 123, pinned Sam Jennings, and Swift, heavyweight, pinned Tom Morris. The Cougars took the 115 pound class by forfeit. Medford grabbed three of the six exhibitions, Charles Finch and Bill Hampton winning by falls and Terry Miller by a de cision. . - The ratio of one car to every 7.8 persons in Australia is sec ond only to the United States but Australia equals the United States with one motor truck to accuracy department. Simpson every 21 persons. mm Enter Our ECONOMY Drive OBTEST DRIVE OUR PICK-UP TRUCK See Who Can Get THE BEST GAS MILEAGE! High School Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL By United Press Corvaliis 57, North Salem 38 Beaverton 36, Hillsboro 35 McMinnville 67, West Linn 65 South Salem 50, Albany 47 Forest Grove 57, Tigard 49 St. Helens 60, Scappoose 55 Gresham 57, Milwaukie 56 Oregon City 70, Newberg 60 Astoria 42. Parkrose 39 Sandy 63, Oswego 53 Vale 58, Emmett 54 Jefferson 36, St. Paul 23 Sutherlin 59, Riddle 30 St. Francis 49, Drain 46 Woodburn. 61, Gervais 49 Knappa 63. Neahkahnie 45 Tillamook 52, Nestucca 49 . Salem Academy 43, Davton 42 North Marion 56, Cascade 55 Dallas 95. Canby 56 Huntington 64, North Powder 52 Silverton 47. Mt; Angel 46 Valsetz 60, Siletz 59 Banks 41, Sheridan 39 Elgin 54, Union 51 Molalla 67, Central 53 Bend 72; Redmond 65 Scio 52, Sublimity 51 Willamina 66, Yamhill 31 Arlington 73, Lyle 47 Serra 55, Stayton 49 Toledo 66, Taft 61 Seaside 56, Warrenton 37 Philomath 67, Eddyville 46 Colton 55, Concordia 52 Vernonia 63, David Douglas 42 Verboort 54, Hill Military 33 JENKINS INVITED Vienna (U.R) Hayes Alan Jenkins, crowned figure skating champion at -the recently com pleted Winter Olympics, and his brother, David, have been invit ed to. participate in a forthcom ing international meet at Prague,- a Czech newspaper report ed Tuesday. According to the re port, Jenkins said he would "consider the invitation." LONGDEN EYES RECORD Arcadia, Calif. (U.R) John ny Longden, America's leading jockey- in number of victories, n.eeas oniy aui more to beat the world record mark of 4,870 set by the retired Sir Gordon Richards of England. Longden, English-born, booted home No. 4,67,0 of his career Tuesday, in the first race at Santa Anita. COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS PRIZE GIVEN EACH DAY TWO DAY CONTEST BE SURE TO THUDS. & FRI. FEBR. 9 & 10 ' ENTER! ONLY REQUIREMENT -IS A DRIVER'S LICENSE Mccormick farm equip, store 2232 BIDDLE ROAD - MEDFORD - PHONE 3-4553 THE TRULY EASY RIDE PICK-UP LIU. Beaver Opening Day Tickets Can Be Bought Here . The Portland Beavers don't open their home baseball season for several months, but fans of Medford can obtain tickets now at Barker's Men's store, accord ing; to Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Beavers. Barker's has tickets available for both the day and night or eners, marking the first time that Medford fans have been given an opportunity to purchase their tickets locally this far in advance. The Beavers' opening game is scheduled for April 27 against the Sacramento Solons and it will be a "red letter" day in the history of, the Beavers since it will mark their debut in Mult nomah stadium and also the in troduction of Tommy Holmes, the new .manager, to Beaver fans. -Newly Constructed Boxes The Portland general manag er reported that . no box seats will be offered until the season sale of other reserved seats has been completed. All Jboxes will be newly constructed and will be on the playing field. Bleacher seats will be sold only at the stadium on the day of the openers. "We are very happy to be able to set lip this ticket agency in Medford for the 1956 openers," Ziegler stated. "The fans of Med ford have been very loyal in their support of the Beavers and we certainly are appreciative. We hope this arrangement will make it easier for them to make their plans now for opening day, "We are looking forward to the greatest opening day crowd in the history of - the minor leagues," the manager stated, "Early demand for tickets indi cates that we.have every reason to expect to break the record. Planning Commission Approves Canine Track Portland (U.R) Establish ment of a dog racing track near Wood Village here was approved by, the Multnomah county plan ning commission yesterday de spite the protests of villagers and two churchmen. In a unanimous decision, the commission accepted Multnomah Kennel club's application to set up the dog track on 90 acres of farmland next to the little community. - - use Mail Tribune Want Ads SO Baseball Loop Session This Sunday Officers and team managers of the semi-pro Southern Ore gon Baseball League will meet Sunday, February 12, at Rose burg to organize for the 1956 season, President Donald E. Faber announced today. The session " will open at 2 p.m. at the Roseburg city hall. Faber reported that the elec tion of a new president and of a secretary will be an item on the agenda. "I will not be avail able to serve in 1956," the presi dent declared. Faber, mayor of Central Point, has held his league post for two seasons. Medford, Grants Pass, Rose burg, Bend, Drain, Goquille and Bandon were loop members last year. All clubs but Bandon, Faber stated, have answered let ters and have expressed certain ty that they will operate in 1956. The president said he: felt cer tain that Mayor Rudy Backlund, official and follower of the Ban don club would have represent ation Sunday. : 'Jacks May Join The Southern Oregon League was organized in 1954 to succeed the Southwestern Oregon loop Faber mentioned that Coos Bay-North Bend may enter the loop s the eighth team this sea son. Since .the demise of the Southwestern circuit, the Lum berjacks have played independ ent ball. "Addition of the Lum berjacks could make the South ern Oregon the best league in Oregon," Faber declared. He pointed out that, when Roseburg became the hub of the league last season and when Bend was also included, the circuit was greatly strengthened. The president predicted hot contention in the efforts of other league members to dethrone the Drain Black Sox who have ruled as champions for the two seasons of the loop's existence. Burns, Quast Favored , n Palm Beach Openers Palm Beach, Fla.i (U.R) Medalist Marge Burns of Greens boro, N. C, and Anne Quast, the pre-tournament choice from Marysville, Wash., were favored to score first-round victory to day in the 38th annual Palm Beach Women's Golf champion ships: Miss Burns, who won medal honors with a 73 Tuesday even though she bogeyed the last three holes, met Katherine New ton of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to day while Miss Quast, who ha'd a 75 Tuesday, faced Nadyne Granick of Milwaukee. Basketball TUESDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL By United Press Canisius -86, St. Bonaventure 71 Yale 71, Brown 65 Connecticut 105, Rutgers 85 Fordham 84, LaSaUe 68 Syracuse 86, Harvard 65 ' St. John's (N.Y.) 102, Kings Point 78 N. Car. St. 77. Virginia 76 N. Car. 115, William and Mary 63 Auburn 77, Georgia Tech 74 Duke 82. Maryland 70 Davton 86. Miami (Ohio) 73 Iowa St. 87. Drake 71 Butler 81, Notre Dame 74 SMU 109, Texas 96 Arkansas 36, Baylor 31 Arizona 78, West Texas St. 76 San Francisco 77. COP 60 San Jose St. 54, Santa Clara 52 Seattle 89, Idaho St. 77 For Action, , Use Tribune Want Ads Tornado 4th In Journal Hoop' Ratings Portland U.R) Coaches casting ballots in the Oregon Journal's weekly poll were agreed today that the Eugene Axeman were the top high school basketball team in Ore gon. All eight coaches partici pating in the poll voted Eugene into the number one spot, giving it a total of 80 points. Victories over Marsh field and North Bend over the week end added to the Axe men's prestige. They . have won 14 and lost 2 for the sea son. ' , ,.. Runner-up position was cinched by Jefferson with its 13-2 record . and , wins over both Benson and Roosevelt. The Democrats had 71 points in the balloting. Marshfield fell to No. 5 po sition, yielding its No. 3 spot to Franklin of Portland. The records give Franklin 12-3 and Marshfield 10-4. Medford jumped .from, sixth to fourth after stopping Roseburg for its 12th win and four losses. THE RANKINGS: Record 1. Eugene (14-2) 2. Jefferson (13-2) 3. Franklin (12-3) 4. Medford (12-4) 5. Marshfield (10-4) 6. Milwaukie (10-4) 7. Pendleton (11-3) 8. Beaverton (11-2) 9. Milton- Freewater (13-3) 16 10. Lincoln (10-5) 15 Others: North Salem 11. Corvallis 9. Molalla 8, Bend 8. Klamath Falls 6, Redmond 5. Astoria 4. Albany. Ontario 3, Grant 1. STARS GET HURLER Hollywood, Calif. (U.R) Pitcher Vernon (Jake) Thies who compiled a 3-9 won-lost record with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954 and an 8-12 mark with Columbus of the International league last season, has been pur chased by the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast league. Thies was purchased from New Orleans, the club he was trans ferred to recently. TITLES CONFERRED London (U.R) Moscow ra dia reported Tuesday that th title of "meritorious master o sport" has been conferred on victorious members of the Sov iet Winter Olympic team. TRAINS COLLIDE Milan, Italy (U.R) Two commuter trains collided 20 miles east of here Tuesday night. killing one person and injuring 100 others 40 of them seriously. Fight Results Use Mail Tribune Want Ads 390 UJ'O50' 45 Qt. """""" '"""1 j JJ VODKA Jj 41 For 1 fW 3jj breath l f A I 27 sublime h CAa I 17 f smAitar I 11 I VODKA f truly Sj fine! THE ORIGINAL! ' DRY VODKA 1 I Rv united Press ' Hollywood, Calif. Art Aragon. 146 Los Angeles, knocked out Ramon Tis careno, 148. 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