Hedrick 8th
Victor, 9th,
7th Tripped
Hedrick junior high eighth
grade basketball team scored
a convincing triumph Friday
while rival aggregations shaded
Hornet ninth and seventh grade
crews.
Ashland's reshmen tipped the
ninth graders 38 to 37. Hedrick's
eighth bounced Grants Pass 51
to 35 and the seventh fell 37 to
35 in overtime to its Grants
Pass counterpart.
For the Hornet ninth it was
the second one point loss to Ash
land which has split - by one
point scores with Medford's oth
er junior high, McLoughlin. The
Ashlanders were on top most
of the time, led 38 to 30 with
about three minutes to play and
survived a game end rally by
the Hornets.
Scot Knotted
Hedrick had a 7 to 6 quarter
edge, halftime score was 15-all
and the Lithian were ahead 28
to 26 after three periods. Both
clubs had trouble finding tne
hoop but Ashland managed to
outplay and outshoot the Horn
ets. Bill Maurer of Hedrick and
Bjork of Ashland each got 14
points and Pete Rasmussen had
12 for Hedrick.
- Gary McGill was the big force
for the Hornet eighth. He did
great work under the boards,
did a fine job guarding Patter
son of Grants Pass and turned
in a good floor game in addition
to heading Hedrick scoring with
14 points. Wyland got 17 for GP.
Four Hedrick Dlayers got 10
points or better.
Score was tied 30-all at the
end of regular playing time in
the seventh grade scrape. GP
led 10 to 6, 13 to 10 and 23 to
20 but the Medford club gained
a 26-all knot before the tie at
the end of regular playing time
LINE-UPS:
Ashland 9th 38
D. Fitch 8
Taylor 6
Mlckle
Bjork 14
37 Hedrick 9th
2 Peek
14 Maurer
12 Rasmussen
7 J. Harvey
Patzke 7
2 T. Monroe
Substitutions For Ashland, Rosen-
balm 3. Woodell, McKinnjs; For Hed
rick, Winetrout,
v
Hedrick 8th 51
Moore 10
Frohnmayer 11
McGill 14
Olson 4
35 Grants Pass 8th
f 2 Erickson
f Davis
c 6 Mannan
g 6 Patterson
Anderson 10
g 17 Wyland
Substitutions For Hedrick. Parsons,
Kliever, Deakins 2, Dunn; for Grants
Pass, Nealy 4, Ray, Lyons, uumngton,
Harvey. -
Grants Pass 7th 37
Hamilton 3 f
Blinka f
Hathaway 11 e
Walden 9 g
35 Hedrick 7th
10 Sieg
2 Dowson
8 Bray
1 Gastineau
Harris 8 g
8 M. Monroe
Substitutions For Grants Pass,
Walker 10, Clark; for Hedrick. Mc
Intyre 8.
UCLA; Dons
Score Wins
- By JAMES C. O'NEILL
: United Press Sports Writer
i The UCLA Brunis won the
bravos Friday night by downing
their closest Pacific Coast Con
ference basketball rival Stan
ford 50-48 while the hero of the
Hilltoo USF lost it audience
BDDeal in an easy 79-46 win
over Fresno State.
. For the Bruins it was their
seventh straight PCC victory of
the season and the 18th con
secutive PCC triumph over a
two-year period. i , .
Effortless Dons
The Dons moved smoothly, al
most ef ortlessly, . to their 44th
uninterrupted victory. But the
4,500 fans in Kezar Pavillion
began drifting out shortly after
the second half until . 1,500,
mostly USF students, were left
at the final gun,
Elsewhere in the PCC, South
ern California, profiting by
Stanford's loss, blasted Wash
ington State 76-55 and moved
Into second place (7-2). The
Trojans led 22-8 early in the
first period and the Cougars
(1-6) never threatened seriously,
although Cougar forward Larry
Beck took high point honors
with 19.
California (5-2) downed the
luckless Idaho Vandals (1-8) on
their home court 54-44 with the
Bears taking full command early
In the second half.
Ski Conditions
A light snow was falling
late yesterday afternoon at
Crater lake and, if that condi
tion continued, skiing was ex
pected to be from good to ex
cellent today, the national
park rangers reported.
- However, rain fell lightly
most of the day yesterday and
if rain resumed, skiing could
.. be poor, it was said.
Snow depth at the lake yes
terday was 114 inches com
pared to 75 at the same iime
last year. There was an icy
pack and ski conditions in the
late afternoon were only fair.
Chains or abrasive snow
iires were advised as equip
ment for cars traveling from
Annie Spring to the " rim in
the park. The warming hut is
to be open.
FILES CANDIDACY
Salem (U.R) Francis W.
Linklatero f Hillsboro filed his
candidacy here Friday for Dem
ocratic nomination for district
attorney for Washington county.
Jack Draper filed for Demo
cratic nomination for state rep
resentative from Linn county.
Thousands Pay Respects at
Connie Mack Funeral Rites
Philadelphia 0J.R) Base
ball said 'farewell" to Connie
Mack Saturday.
Amid the quiet tears of fam
ily members, baseball men and
throngs of old personal friends,
the 83-year-old "grand old man
of baseball" made his last earth
ly journey.
His body was taken from the
Oliver Bair Funeral home to
St. Bridget's, his parish church
in the East Falls section of the
city, for a solemn requiem .mass,
before being entombed in the
family mausoleum at Holy Se
pulchre cemetery.
Among the honorary pall
bearers were top baseball exe-.
cutives and government offi
cials, many of whom paid their
final respects at a crowded
viewing Friday night. Thous
ands of mourners filed silently
past the bier of the man whose
managerial deeds made history
in the American league.
Nuns, Police, Firemen
Among . t h e m were major
MedfordJTribune
Southern Oregon Rambles
Over OCE Wolves SO to 64
Ashland Southern Oregon
college race-horsed to an 80 to
64 Oregon Collegiate Conference
basketball victory over Oregon
College of Education here Fri
day evening.
The Red Raiders of the Rogue
tumped to a . substantial lead
early in the game and were not
in serious danger after that.
SOC gathered in eight points
while the Wolves went score
less in the first 4Vi minutes. At
the 10-minute mark of the first
half the Raider margin was 20
to 8 and tally at the halftime
buzzer was 40 to 28. Ten min
utest into the final half South
ern Oregon was on top by 16
points, 59 to 43.
Hoffine Shoots . , t
Lloyd Hoffine of the Raiders
was main score producer with
25 chalkers. Bill Hollingsworth
and Chuck Cradall of SOC rang
up 19 and 14, respectively. Doug
Rogers had the best effort for
OCE with 11.
Southern Oregon fired .559
from the field and the Wolves
361. The Raiders had an even
.500. night at the gift mark and
OCE shot .461: Uunder the baek
boards SOC got 43 rebounds to
34 for the Wolves. Thirty-two
bounders were taken from their
defensive backboard by the
Raiders.
Entire squads of the two clubs
saw action.
Klamath Falls (U.R) Oregon
Tech's Owls had little trouble
thrashing Eastern Oregon Col
lege of Education, 74-55, here
last Friday in an Oregon Col
legiate Conference basketball
game.
After a close first half with
Oregon Tech leading 29-26, the
Owls found the scoring range
and pulled away from a help
less band of Mountaineers with
ease.
The Owls second-half drive
was led by Jerry Fasteen who
had : 26 points in the contest.
Only the shooting of Lowell
Kojbaba and Ted Schadewitz,
'Cats Drub
Coyote -Five
- By UNITED PRESS
League-leading College of
Idaho took an 89-51 drubbing
from second place Linfield Fri
day night in Northwest Confer
ence basketball action while
Willamette rose up from the
cellar to smack down Whitman,
92-56. ,
Linfield's big three, Bill Ma
chamer; Dave Sanford and Don
Porter, led the Wildcats to their
one-sided victory over the Coy
otes at McMinnville. Machamer
scored 23 points, Sanford 20 and
Porter 12 as Linfield led all the
way. The Wildcats held College
of Idaho's court slicker, R. C.
Owens, to. 12 points. Linfield led
at halftime 38-25.
At Salem,' Willamette's Bear
cats used their height advantage
to overwhelm Whitman. The
Bearcats, led by Ron Fitzgerald
who scored 16 points and Neil
Causbie with 15, jumped into a
23-0 lead and the Missionaries
never were in contention.
Baseball League
Session Slated
Southern Oregon Baseball
League officials will convene at
2 p.m. today at the Roseburg
city 'hall for the purpose of
organizing for the 1956 season.
This year will mark the third
season for the loop.
Among items on today's agenda
is election of officers. President
Donald E. Faber, Central Point,
has reported that he will not
be available to serve a third
term. Bill Askwith was schedul
ed to represent - the Medford
Cheney Studs at the meeting.
league club owners, ball players
young and old, youngsters who
never saw Connie's great teams,
society matrons, nuns, . police,
firemen, and Archbishop John F.
O'Hara of the Philadelphia Ro
man Catholic archdiocese.
Among the thousands of con
dolences was a telegram from
President Eisenhower.
Mack's body lay in a bronze,
velvet-lined casket placed
among banks of ferns and lilies.
The funeral parlor was filled
with scores of floral displays
bearing cards from the Ameri
can and National leagues, the
individual teams, government
officials, leading figures from
all parts of the sports world,
and from old friends of the Mack
family.
The tall, slender member of
baseball's "Hall of Fame" died
Wednesday afternoon, with his
advanced years and the strain
of a broken hip suffered in a
fall at "his home last Oct. 1 con
tributing to his general decline.
each with 18, kept Eastern Ore
gon in the ball game. The Moun
taineers, however, managed to
hog tie Johnny Foster, who had
been averaging 17 points a game
for the Owls. Last. night Foster
got only nine points.
BOX:
Southern Oregon
Hollingsworth, f
Hoffine, f
Titus, c
Crandall, g
Bates, g :
Biddington
Carlile .-.
Munsell
Tenney
Lowrance
FG
7
12
. 3
.. 6
. 3
.. 0
. 0
.. 0
.2
.. 0
FT
5
1
0
2
2
2
0"
2 ..
0
0
PF
2
3
5
0
4 -'
1J-
1
2
1
0 ,
TP
19
25
6
14
8
2
0
. 2
4
0
Totali
34 14 19 , SO
Oregon College
Adams, f
Jones, f
FG
. 2
. 4
FT
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
3
0
0
1
PF
2
4
3
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
1
TP
4
10
10
8
. 4
4
2
11
0
0
3
64
Young, c .
5
Girod, g ;
Miller, g
Baker
4
1
2
0
4
0
0
1
Hoy
Rogers
Zitek
Summers
Buss
Totals
26 12
Boin Sparks Washington
To 68-50 Win
Seattle (U.R) Big Bruno
Boin, held scdreless in the first
half, went on a spree in the.
second to lead Washington to
a 68-50 Pacific Coast Conference
basketball victory over Oregon
Friday night.
, Boin scored 17 points and the
Washington defense turned a
close contest into a rout by keep
ing Oregon scoreless in the last
eight minutes of the game.
Oregon's top rebounders, Cen
ter Max Anderson and Forward
Ray . Bell, fouled out., midway
through the second half and the
Webfoots lost their effectiveness
on the boards. !
Oregon Forward Charlie
Franklin gave the crowd of
7,700 a splendid show in free
throw shooting, getting 15 of his
21 points at the foul line. His
free-throw marksmanship came
within two of tying the Pacific
Coast Conference record for a
single game. Franklin's scoring
was high for the game.
Fast Start
John Tuft, a sophomore guard
switched to forward in an experi
mental move by Coach Tippy
Dye, sent the Huskies off to a
fast start with five baskets
four of them in a row and gave
Washington a 14-7 advantage
after six minutes were gone.
The Ducks could get no closer
and trailed 28-34 at halftime.
Tn Va eannn1 fV i-nfvutti-tn
Oregon came back with a storm
ing rush, using a tricky weave
offense to befuddle the Huskies
temporarily. Franklin and An
derson alternated turns at loop
ing in points to put the Webfoots
within four points of the Huskies,
47-51, with 10 minutes left in
the game.
Bob Bryan, another sopho
more, started hitting for Wash
ington, gathering 11 points while
the Huskies' defense was stop
ping Oregon cold.
Washington hit 23 of 69 field
goal attempts for a .333 shooting
average while the very cold
Ducks could get only 13 for 62
and a .210 mark.
1
BOX:
Washington FG FT PF TP
run t 5 0-0 4 10
Coshow f 1 8-10 4 10
Jtsryan I
3-5 4 11
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Grants Pass
Hoop Quint
Klamath Falls The Klam
ath Falls Pelicans fought off a
spirited fourth quarter bid by
Grants Pass high to nick the
Cavemen 51 to 49 Friday night
in Southern Oregon Confer
ence cage play here. -
The Pels, ahead 44 to 39, op
ened the last frame with ball
control strategy in an effort to
hold or lengthen their margin.
Grants Pass however, kept
within three to five points, and
with a couple of minutes left,
buckets by Tom Bernet and Al
len Drews tied the game at 47
all.
Glenn Moore sank a rebound
shot for Klamath for 49 to 47
but Bernet came back to knot
the fray at 49 with 1 1-3 minutes
left.
Winning Bucket
The Pelicans again went into
their stall and with 30 seconds
left Moore broke loose to score,
Five seconds later Drews miss
ed a longie. With three seconds
left the Cavemen got the ball
and took time out. They tried
to tally on their inbounds play
but Bernet's shot was blocked
by Moore.
Moore, tall sophomore collect
ed all seven points in the last
quarter for the Pels. He had 15
for the game but his teammate,
Donn Taucher, was high with
17. Bernet had 12, Larry Hen
derson 11. and Chuck Nevi 10
for GP.
Grants Pass hopped in front
17 to 11 in the first quarter and
had one lead of 19 to 12: Half-
time standing favored KF 29 to
28.
Lone Pine Takes
Sixth Straight
Lone Pine Lone Pine grade
school casers extended their
unbeaten record to six games
Friday by whacking Oak Grove
35 to 25.
The Piners ran -up 13 to 1
first quarter spread. Action was
more even after that. Half tally
was 17 to 7 and third quarter
score was 25 to 13. Calvin Sum
mers of Lone Pine was high
scqVer with 16 markers.
In the iayvee game Jack Ri
chardson swished the net with
three seconds left to give Lone
Pine a 22 to 20 nod. The Pine
girls also won the volleyball
competition. :
Over Oregon
Voegtlin f
0-1
0
0-0
7-10
2-3
,0-1
F2-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
17
6
2
8
2
0
2
Boin c
Nelson c
Perkins g
Patnoe
Olsen g
surutscn g
Crews g
Totals
Oregon
Franklin f
Bell f
Tuchardt 1
Powers f
Moore f
Anderson c
Werner c
23 22-33 25 68
FG FT
PF TP
..3 10-18
3 21
2
0
0
2-5
1- 1
0-0
0-0
2- 5
0- 0
2-2
1- 3
0- 0
1- 6
0-0
0
3
0
1
2
0
2
0
Ross g
McHugh g
Lundell g
Bingham g .
Hastings g ...
: Totals
13 24-40 22 . 50
Syracuse Downs
Knickerbockers
By UNITED PRESS
Officials, writers ,. and fans
gave Joe Lapchick a rousing
send-off as he ended his pro
fessional basketball career, but
the pesky Syracuse Nationals
prevented Lapchick's TsTew York
Knickerbockers from giving him
a final victory.
Long, lean Lapchick, once a
star many years ago of basket
ball's famed "original Celtics,"
ended nine years as Knick's
coach in the first half of a Na
tional Basketball association dou
bleheader at Boston Friday in
which New York bowed to Syr
acuse, 94-88. ;
In the second game, the only
other action in the league Fri
day night, the Boston Celtics
went on another scoring rampage
for a 124-100 decision over the
St. Louis Hawks.
- Lapchick resigned "for rea
sons of health" and Vince Boyrla
took over as coach with Satur
day's game against St. Louis in
New York.
Webfoots Trim Bruins
In Wrestling Ruckus
Eugene (U.R) Oregon won
its 11th consecutive wrestling
match here Friday night,- defeat
ing the UCLA Bruins, 21-10.
In a major upset, - Jack Mc
Brain of Oregon took a decision
from Norm Vogel, the Pacific
Coast champion last year, in the
130-pound class!
Committees Consider
Justice Improvement
Salem U.R) Improvement
of the administration of justice
in the interest of the bench, the
bar and the public is being stud
ied by five committees of the
Judicial Council its executive
committee said Saturday.
The executive committee is
made up of Chief Justice Harold
J. Warner, chairman; Associate
Justice Walter L. Tooze, and Cir
cuit Judges Arlie G. Walker of
McMinnville, Charles W. Red
ding of Portland and Ralpr M.
Holman of Oregon City.
One committee - under chair
manship of Circuit Judge Eu
gene K. Oppenheimer of Port
land, . is studying the problems
in selecting jury lists. Circuit
Judge H. K. Zimmerman of As
toria heads a committee study
ing problems in the exercise of
judicial jurisdiction by lay
judges in the county courts. Cir
cuit Judge William W. Wells of
Pendleton heads a committee
studying juror's mileage fees.
Other committees are headed by
Justice James T. Brand, investi
gating the -collection of criminal
statistics for use by social agen
cies, and by Justice Earl C. La
tourette, studying the problem
of backlog of cases in the Su
preme Court.
The committees are expected
to report by May 15 on the status
of their research. The Judicial
Council will meet the latter part
of June when recommendations
of thecommittees are expected
to be submitted. .
Revised Chemical
Manual Published
Salem A revised and en
larged Oregon agricultural
chemical applicators' manual has
been published by the state de
partment of agriculture and is
ready for distribution. '
The department pointed out
the manual is offered as an aid
forthose engaged in agricultural
spraying and dusting. It super
sedes -the first manual, issued in
1952 under -the Oregon herbicide
applicators' law.
Copies are available from the
Oregon department of agricul
ture, division of plant industry,
Van Brocklin Signs
'56 Contract With Rams
Los Angeles (U.R) Quar
terback Norm Van Brocklin, vet
eran passing star, yesterday
signed his 1956 contract with
the Los Angeles Rams.
Van Brocklin was hampered
by an injured right hand in the
1955 season but still -led the
Rams to the 'Western - Division
title of. the National Football
league. He completed 53 per
cent ofrhis 272 passes, including
eight touchdown aerials.
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Charges Unfair Labor
Practices In Suit
Portland (U.R Charges of
unfair labor practices, in addi
tion to a damage suit for $80,592,
have been filed against the
Teamsters Union as a result of
an attempt to organize non-union
lumber truck drivers.
The unfair labor charges were
submitted to the National La
bor Relations board here. They
accuse, the union tf sevefal vio
lations of the national labor re1
lations act. They charge the un
ion with' unfair practices in
Portland, Vancouver, Wash.,
Newport and Coos Bay.
The damage action, filed by
Yaquina Bay Dock & Dredge
company of Newport, also names
the International Longshoremen
and Warehousemen's Union as
defendant. The company asks the
money for damages allegedly
suffered when longshoremen re
fused to cross Teamster picket
lines to unload non-union lumber
trucks. .
Bids Submitted For
New Mooring Basin
Portland (U.R) A- b i d of
some $53,00 below the govern
ment estimate was submitted for
a modern mooring basin at
Charleston, Ore., Army engi
neers said Saturday.
The bid of $476,137 was sub
mitted by Coos Bay Dredging
Company, Inc. The work calls
for dredging a basin 900 feet
long and 500 feet wide at
Charleston near the entrance to
Coos Bay. The basin will be pro
tected from the seas by a stone
breakwater.
Earty construction was forecast.
There were three other bidders.
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Leonard Eugerfe Steege, violation of
basic rule, $10. ,
Edwin Ernest Collom, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Richard Alan Loros. violation of ba
sic rule, $10.
Kennetn Roger Tapiett, violation ot
basic rule, $10.
Phyllis Lynette Kriopp, violation of
basic rule, $10.
- John Burton Hanacher, violation of
basic rule, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Lewis B. Ansted, violation of basic
rule, $15.
John F. Bush, reckless driving, $55
and operator's license suspended for
30 days.
Jack H. Ladd. failure to yield right
of way, $15.
Gladys V. Muse, failure to stop at
stop sign, $10.
Grace H. Orr, violation of basic rule,
$15.
Delia Mable Hughes, no operator's
license, $10.
CIRCUIT COURT
Leota Lee Cline vs. Lloyd Marion
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at the first J.956 board of direc
tors meeting Thursday,
The Pear Festival organization
incorporated as a non-profit cor
poration last year.
Committee - members named
were Elliot Becken, chairman
judging committee; finance com
mittee; John Pletsch, chairman,
Howard Boyd, and Ron Rice;
float committee, Fred Back,
chairman; parade committee, J.
D. Pierce, chairman; traffic com
mittee, C. W. Lacy, chairman,
and Jack McMillan; publicity
committee, Jennings Pierce,
chairman; Robert Dickey, news
paper committee, D.. L. Flynn;
gifts and awards committee,
John Watkins, chairman, Don
McNeil, and Ron Rice;"? queen's
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