NIT Tourney
Bid Cinched
By Niagara
By FRED DOWN
United Presi Sports Writer
. Mark down Niagara's sophomore-laden
Purple Eagles as the
"dark horse" team of the post
eason basketball tournaments.
The swift, slick quintet which
passed up a bid to the Holiday
Festival tournament because
Coach (Taps) Gallagher didn't
"think we were good enough,"
clinched a bid to the National
Invitation tournament with an
87-56 victory over Seton Hall
Thursday night and was so im
pressive that it may be one of
the favorites to win the title.
Beet All Season
"That's the best club we've
played all season," said Seton
Hall Coach Honey Russell after
his NIT-bound Pirates dropped
their third game in 20 starts. "On
the basis of what they showed to
night they certainly can win the
NIT. They certainly had no
trouble with us. We never were
Ir the game."
Gallagher was all smiles but
played it safe because the formal
invitation from the NIT commit
tee has not yet been extended,
although it is expected .within
48 hours. '
Basketball
THURSDAY COLLEGE SCORE
-. By United Press
. Fordham 63, CCNY 60
Providence -63, Boston Coll. 51
West Vir. 82. St. John's (N.Y.) 75
Niagara 87. Seton Hall 56 -Richmond
90, VMI 68
Wash, and Lee 79, Virginia 71
Georgia Tech 72, Georgia 72' (OT)
Virginia Tech 77, Furman 75
Western Ky. 74, Xavier (Ohio) 65
Hamline 88. Augsburg 56
Utah 101, New Mexico 74
PAL Boxers FigHt Burns Boys Tonight
Jackie Puscas, Larry Lewis,
Bobby Little and Jimmy Evans
of the Medford Police Athletic
league boxing crew are slated
to appear this evening on a ben
efit card at Burns.
Loren Christean of the PAL
group was ', to have made the
jaunt but is staying home to re-
Cardinals Trying
Lassetter at 3rd
In Rookie Camp
By UNITED PRESS
Spring is that time, of year
when young men who fancy
themselves outfielders often
wind up with a first baseman's
glove.
That was exactly what was
happening to hard-hitting D. N.
Lassetter today in the St. Louis
Cardinals rookie camp at St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Lassetter, a former University
of Georgia quarterback who has
been an outfielder in the minors,
has been given a first baseman's
glove and placed under the guid
ance of Coach Johnny Hopp, a
classy first sacker in his own
right during his' playing days.
Another Conversion
The Cardinals were working
on another conversion at the
same time. It was decided that
shortstop Bill Kunkle has an
arm that will be put to better
advantage at third base. So
Kunkle has been shifted to third
under the tutelage of Bill Jurges.
Over at Clearwater, Fla., the
Phillies were heartened by the
showing of southpaw Curt Sim
mons Thursday. Simmons, hand
icapped with a sore arm most of
last year, threw about 15 min
utes at three-quarter speed and
reported his arm seemed sound
again.
cuperate from an attack of flu
All the Medf ordites are pitted
against Burns fighters. Puscas,
135, will take on Clifford Sam
in a five-rounder. The two have
split in previous competition.
Lewis, 114 is matched with
Lloyd Louie.
In Golden Gloves
Little, 110, will scrap Ron
Daniel, and Jimmy Evans, 95, is
paired with Jake Gregg.
.f uscas ana Lewis will con
tinue a busy boxing season by
entering the Seattle Golden
Gloves on Tuesday and Wednes
day. Christean will go if he is
sufficiently recovered.
Lewis won his second straight
bout against Darryl McQuarry,
Portland, last Saturday night.
It was inadvertently reported
that he had reversed a previous
loss." ' . '. .. " .: .
Med:
une
Fullmer Battles
Turner Tonight
. New York (U.R) Middle
weights Gene Fullmer of West
Jordan, Utah, and Gil Turner of
Philadelphia, meet tonight at
Madison Square Garden in a
TV-radio "rubber match" that
should be a beaut.
Those two aggressive, fast-action
lads tangled twice before
and each won a decision. This
one will be the decider.
The 10-rounder will be a signi
ficant bout for both because the
winner may get a Garden fight
on March 23 : with - Charles
Humez of France, . who ranks
second among ; 160-pbund con
tenders just behind . ex-champion
Carl Bobo Olson. Promoter
Jim Norris is trying . to import
Humez. . v. " i
. ; Fullmer is favored .at 9-5 be
cause he is rated number six
among contenders and . because
he increased his aggressiveness
with a plunging, headlong at
tack in his last two bouts.
BUMS ON AIR
Brooklyn UB Eighteen ra
dio stations in New York and
New England will carry play-byplay
broadcasts of all Brooklyn
Dodger games this season, it was
announced today. - The new
Dodger network also will carry
the world champions' spring ex
hibition 'games starting
March 10. -
MBS INKS BARNEY
New York U.R Rex Barney,
former Brooklyn Dodger pitch
er, today was signed as a base
ball annoucer by the Mutual
Broadcasting System. He will
help . broadcast the network's
"Game of the Day" during the
1956 season.
LEADING SIRE - -
-Columbus, Ohio JftJ.R) The
Widower, a 21-year-old stallion,
sired the winners. of 409 harness
races in 1955, it was announced
today by the United Stats Trot
ting Assn. Dean Hanover wound
up as the nation's second-leading
sire, with his offsprings account
ing for 400 victories.
'
RECORD TOSS Lt Parry
O'Brien, former Southern Cal
ifornia Olympic champ now
in the Air Force, as he estab
lished a new world indoor rec
ord of 59 feet 9 inches in shot
put event at N.Y.A.C. games
in New York. '
Highway Commission
Calls for Paving Bids
The Oregon State ; Highway
commission has, called for bids
on the paving of South River
side ave. between 'Boyd and
12th sts.
Sealed bids for paving the
.42 miles will be received in the
Queen's room of the Imperial
hotel, Portland, at 9 a.m. Fri
day, March 2. Completion date
for the project is August 31.
5 I V MMT For the
Franklin tells youv
how to come out ahead in 1956
Friday, February 17, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
RR Grade School to
ish Yearbook
Rogue River Students and
teachers of Rogue River grade
school are preparing for pub
lication a school year book,
"School Daze."
The issue will consist mostly
of pictures and will not be sold
for profit, according to a school
announcement.
Members of the seventh and
eighth grade English classes will
start publishing a newspaper
next month to report current
events at the school. It. will be
distributed every six weeks with
a. different class publishing each
issue.
Use Mail Tribune Want. Ads
The world has done more min
ing the past 45 , years than in
all past history.
The chemical warfare service
was made a branch of the army
in 1920.
AAU Sub-District Championship
BASKETBALL
Sat. Night at Rogue River
7:30 P.M.
ASHLAND RAIDERS vs. ROGUE RIVER
COMPANY A vs. CAMP'S ELECTRIC
Sunday & Monday Games Medford Sr. High Gym
ADM. 50e ADULTS -25c Students -Tax Inc.
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"Poor Richard's Almanac," 1757
" Qo said the Father of American Thrift almost 200
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Benjamin' Franklin, the 15th child of a poor soap
and candlemaker, was born 250 years ago on Jan
uary 17. Besides helping to formulate the American
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No morning sun lasts a whole day.'
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