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e YiCA, Rogue River Go Into AAU Flay-Off Final; Y Beats Lions , YMCA and Rogue River Mer chants, who were runners-up in the Medford and Grants Pass city circuits, will scuffle Wed nesday night at Rogue River In the Jackson-Josephine AAU subdistrict basketball play-off finale. The two last night bowled over the champions of their respective circuits to ramble Into the final game. YMCA hum bled the Prospect Lions, regular season Medford Independent Basketball League victors, 83 to 70 and the Merchant's cut off the current from Camp's Electric, GP city titlist, 59 to 52. Semi-finals were at the Med ford senior high gym. Wednesday's encounter is set for about 9 p.m. following a 7:30 p.m. prelim. Arrangements for the early game were being completed today. Go Ahead Early The Y crew, a collection of mostly ex-Medford high athletes, took an early lead and were never headed to spill the Lions after losing to them twice in SIP MedfordWTribune (Dn&TT Grants- Pass sophomores on the Talent court at 7 p.m. . Talent will travel to Prospect for a B make-up on Wednesday and on Thursday or Friday' the senior-less Bulldogs will go to Grants Pass for a return brush. Only single games "will be con tested in the Talent rivalry with Grants Pass. The two Jackson B loop frays being played this week were postponed from last Friday be cause of the heavy snow. A-2 DIVISION TOURNEY TO BEGIN ON THURSDAY District 6 A-2 southern divis ion play-offs at Central Point head the high school basketball agenda in this section of the state this week. Final games in the Southern Oregon conference and"" in the Jackson County Class B league are bUled and one or two other scuffles are planned. The A-2 tournament opens Thursday with Eagle Point tak ing on Henley at 7 pjn. and II linios Valley tussling Brookings at 8:30 p.m. Eagle Point Hen ley victor will battle Phoenix in the first game Friday and host Crater will then meet the Illi nois Valley-Brookings winner. Championship scuffle will ' be on Saturday night, It will be the last of three games. Thursday losers meet in the opener for fifth place and the Friday beat en clubs vie for third. Special Tiff at Talent First and second places in the A-l Southern Oregon conference are settled but prestige still will be at stake when Grants Pass comes to Medford Friday and the Black Tornado goes to GP on Saturday. The same will hold true at Ashland where the Griz zlies entertain the Pelicans both nights. . - Two games are on tap this eve ning. Jacksonville will go to Butte Falls for a B league make up and the Talent varsity, minus its seniors, will oppose the Sign Agreement With Brooklyn Dodgers Portland (U.R A working agreement has been signed be tween the Portland. Beavers of the Pacific Coast league and the world champion Brooklyn Dodg ers, Beaver General Manager Joe Ziegler said today. The Portland baseball club will lose none of its home-owned status under the agreement. Ziegler said it would provide Portland with a scouting staff which will "scour all sections of the country." He said Portland still would be free to buy, sell, trade or make deals with other clubs for players without asking permission of the Dodgers. (Vodka in orange juice) It leaves you breathless mirnoff tfie qraxkst namt vuuna r 80 proof. Mtdefrom 100 grain neucril spirits. Ste. Pierre Smirnoff FU. Inc. .Hartford, Cam. Advance Sale Of Tourney Ducats Good University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon's greatest Sports week, the annual high school championship basketball tourna ment, apparently is headed for a new attendance high if the advance ticket sales are a true indication of the crowds to be on hand when the 38th annual prep classic is played at Mc Arthur Court March 13 through 17. Ted Bouck, Oregon's business manager, said today the advance sale of season reserved seat and student tournament tickets was up more than 10 per cent over last year and the same applied to applications for individual re served seats for the Friday night night finals. ' Last year the tournament drew 77,285 fans, an all-time high, and this year the playoffs will be exclusively an A-l af fair of 16 teams while the A-2 teams, which . formerly fought it out for the right to enter the tournament here with the bigger schools, will have their own eight-team tournament in Salem. No Change in Prices Bouck said there had been no change in tournament ticket prices, applications are being ac cepted at McArthur court. Active Club officials, who cosDonsor the tournament with the Oreeon School Activities as sociation and the University of Oregon, said . today plans had nearly reached completion on their rart of the tournament and they would again publish the popular state tournament guiae. The only changes to be made in the book- involves editorial copy for., the A-2 tournament in Salem while the team infor mation on ' both A-l and A-2 schools will be th same in both editions. Last year sales of the book reached, the .5,000 mark and additional copies are planned for this year. 1 FOUR REGULARS OUT Memnhis. Tenn. (U.R) Mem-? phis State will have to compete in the NCAA basketball tourna ment without four of its top men, two because they are too nlH two because they're too young. Center Forest Arnold and guard ,Ken Caldwell are seniors and can't day .because this is their fourth year of eligi bility under the rules by which Memphis State fcplays. And for ward Bobbv Arnold and center Jim Hockaday can't play be cause they re freshmen. First year men are barred : by the NCAA.. --' CAM SMUG POOL OFFER See our representative, Mr. Two Roger, at the Jackson Hotel Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 21 and 22. A standard quality swimming pool at WINTER CONSTRUCTION PRICE of only $3,275, for all pools signed, with deposit, during February. The above includes sight investigation, layout, excavation, steel, Gun Crete, underwater light, springboard, built-in steps, complete filter system, white inside finish, all operating instruction and many other extras. , Cascade Swimming Pools Northwest's Oldest and Largest Pool Builders MIBL. Rogue River slapped Camp's in a rubber match after dividing in regular season play and its win came a bit harder than the Y's. The Merchants were in front much of the way but they had to bust a 52-all deadlock which came with two minutes left to go. Bob Serak, a deadeye lefty from Chicago, Derald Wooton and Larue Smith sparked the sharpshooting YMCA offensive. Serak, who joined the club after playing the regular season with Hawkinson Tire Tread, poured in 26 counters. Wooton had 19 points and Smith 18. Wes Stauf fer got 19 for the Prospectors. Dick Price, an uncanny gunner from long range, bombarded for 18 and Ted Greb wound up with 16. l$ Y was on top by five to nine points through the big share 6f the first half and had a 45 to 37 margin at the midway breath er. In the second half the spread was upped. to 10 points at 49 to 39 and 51 to 41. Lead io 18 Points Prospect closed the distance to 52 to 45 but from there the Medford gang .increased T to . 18 advantage at 63 to 45. From that stage of the mix the Y turned generally to ball control. The lead slipped back to 11 -points and went back up to 17 before dropping to the finaL 13-point spread. The victors outscored Pros pect from the field 34 to 30 and from the free line 15 to 10. Rogue River and Gamp's alter nated, in the lead several times in the early part of their fuss and the count was knotted at 7-all, 8-all, 11-all and 13-all. Bill Bean broke the latter deadlock for 15 to 13 and the Merchants went ahead 19 to 13. The Elec tric boys cut it to 19 to 17 but RR made it 23 to 17- and, after a 27 to 23 standing, the Mer chants got up to 32 to 23. Half time score was 34 to 25. Action tightened up in the second half. While RR was getting five points, Camp's add ed three field goals and seven consecutive free shots to cut the edge down to 39 to 38, favor ing the Merchants. Rogue River widened to 44 to 38 but Dale Muscopf, a principal contributor to the GP team's second half cause, scored on a long break and a jumper for 44 to 42. Knot Contest Tinker Hatfield's goal and Sherman : Heater's sifter made it 47 to- 42 but Jay Reese got a tally at the free line and Mus copf goaled from the field for 47 to 45. A pair of free heaves by Heater and one by Ted Stan field pushed the standing 50 to 45. Muscopf cut it to 50 to 47 but Hatfield's bucket resulted in a 52 to 47 margin for the Merchants.- ; Jay Reese and Ken Roberton hit from the field and Muscopf from the charity stripe for. the 52-all tie. Hatfield then put RR ahead again 54 to 52, Gary John son got a free shot. and a field bucket and Hatfield connected from the field for the final time to round out the scorer, Muscopf was ' high scorer for the tangle with 18 and Hatfield had 17 for Rogue River. Camp's made its challenge despite the fact that Don Reese, one of its main cogs -fouled out in the early part of the second half. Keith Bertrand of the GP five left with his fifth infraction with six minutes to , play and Muscopf bowed out for the same reason win a minute to go. Stan field of Rogue River , also was sidelined for too many- personals. line-ups: YMCA 83 70 Prespect Smith 18 f 18 Greb D. Wooton 19 f 11 Linderman R. Wooton 8 ; " c . 8 Cory Serak 26 - g ' 18 Price Thompson 9 g 19 Stauffer Substitution! For YMCA, Singler 3, Niles 2, Rodgers, Weber; for Prospect, Winkle. i Rogue River 59 Bean 4 f Stanfield 10 f Clark 8 - c Hatfield 17: " g Dimick 10 g Substitutions F o r Johnson 3. Heater" 7: Clellan, R. Robertson, Keese, Muscopf 18. ' 52 Camp's .' . 13 D. Reese 6 Yosten 5 K. Bertrand 1 B. Robertson 6 K. Robertson Roeue River. for Camp's, Mo il., -Bertrand, J. St. Louis Breaks Losing Streak By UNITED PRESS The St. Louis Hawks, pleased that their latest victory famine is over, today held a one-point lead over Rochester for the third and final playoff spot in the NationalBasketball Association's Western Division. The Hawks snapped a six game losing streak Monday night by edging the Fort Wayne Pistons, 84-82, on a last second basket by Bob Harrison in a neutral court game at' Kansas City. , In a doubleheader tonight at New York, the Knicks enter tain the Syracuse Nationals and the Royals play the Pistons. The Hawks return to St. Louis for a game with the Boston Celtics. LEADS IVY LEAGUE New York QJ.PJ Joe Tebo, a Brown University sophomare from Grafton, Mass., leads the Ivy League basketball scorers with 199 points ; in nine games for a 22.1 point-per-game-aver- age. Calhoun Wins 18th Fight New York (U.R) Unbeat en young Rory Calhoun, who registered his 18th straight vic tory Monday night on a tele vision TKO over Angelo Defend is, will be moved "very gradu ally" toward a middleweight title shot, trainer Charley Gold man said today. Rory's next bout will be an eight-round semi-final at Madi son Square garden, March 9. Monday night, the 21-year-old Negro of White Plains, N.Y., stopped young Defendis of Brooklyn at the end of the fifth round in their return bout at St. Nicholas arena. It was scheduled for 10. Rory had a decision over Defendis in their first scrap, Sept. 27, 1954. Monday night Referee Teddy Martin motioned that the bout was ended while brown-haired, square shouldered Defendis sat on the stool in his corner be tween the end of action in the fifth round and the start of the sixth. According to New York rules, it was a fifth - round TKO. Defendis, 22, was on the floor and the count had ' reached "five" when the bell ended the action in the fifth round. A solid left hook and a following right to the chin had dropped him for tne only knockdown of the bout. He was staggered three times just before he hit the deck. . It was Rory's ninth knockout. He was favored at 3-1. NBA TO MEET New York-U.R The Nation al Basketball Association's Board of Governors will meet Thursday to make plans for its post-season pfeyoffs. At the same time, the board will hear an appeal from the New -York Knickerbockers regarding a Jan. 18 game at Rochester, N.Y., and a Jan. 25 game at Minneapolis, Minn. ' Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Martinez Quint Scores Victories In 2 Frays Here St. Catherine's of Siena 80 pound basketball aggregation of Martinez, Calif., in southern Ore gon for several days' stay, downed St. Mary's grade school fifth and sixth grade team 31 to 7 on Saturday and beat -Griffin Creek 39 to 27 yesterday after noon. The nine team members, their manager and their coach : are seeing the sights as well as play ing ball on the trip. They ar rived here Saturday and will leave for Martinez on Wednes day. Champions of their division in a Catholic Youth organization league, the boys earned their own money for the trip. The group planned a trip to Union Creek on Sunday but changed plans and had a snow party in the - Siskiyous. - Yesterday they attended classes at St. Mary's. Visits here are to include the police and fire stations and the Jacksonville museum. Members of : the : squad are Ernest Griffanti, Bill Shonley, Phillip Murphy, Butch Chahtri Henry Barletani, Art Soares, Ronnie Campanoli, Dennis Wat son and Michael Fontana. Man ager is Paul Pagnini and coach is Ben Griffanti. j In the Griffin Creek session Soares was high scorer with 12 and Barletani had 10. Casad put in eight for the Griffins. DiPietro Signs With ; Seals for Raise San Francisco (U.R) Bob DiPietro, who was batting a hefty .371 with the San Fran cisco Seals when he broke his ankle late last season, has signed for a "substantial raise," a spokesman for the Coast League club announced today. DiPietro, a former outfielder, turned into the' best hitter on the team after he switched over to first base. Tuesday, February 21, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Moore Plans More Fights San Francisco (U.R) World Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore, back in business again after a five-month layoff, planned to fight again next Mon day night despite London pro moter Jack Solomons' demands to the contrary. "Jack Solomons sure is full of propositions, isn't he?'.' Moore asked last night shortly after he hammered out a lop-sided 10-round decision over Howard King in a non-title bout here. "I have to have a lot of fights to get back into shape." " . Solomons announced in Lon don yesterday that he would al low blubbery Archie to post pone a world championship bout there against Yolande Pompey from March 13 to June 5 pro viding Moore agreed to a list of provisions. These included that Moore not box anybody anywhere else be fore the Pompey , bout,, put up a guarantee of $14,000 that he would appear, and arrive in England four or five weeks be fore the fight. -.' Sell-Out Tickets for Regional Playoffs Corvallis (U.R) Officials expected to hang up the "sold out" sign today for tickets to the western regional basketball playoffs here next month. First applications were ac cepted yesterday with more than 9200 tickets assigned to the Friday, March 16, opening night and 9500 to the Saturday night finals. About 9800 reserv ed seat ticket holders can be accommodated. . Comprising almost 55 per cent of the world's spice crop is pepper, grown in various forms in many parts of the world and a valuabe export. Track Officials Notified of Wes San tee's Status . New York (U.R) Directors of all remaining indoor track meets officially were notified today by the Amateur Athletic Union that they faced perma nent ineligibility if they allowed suspended Wes Santee to com pete in any of their events. The notification, in the form of a telegram, was sent by Dan Ferris, National Secretary of the AAU to directors of the Knights of Columbus meet here on March 3, the Milwaukee Meet on March 10, and the Chicago Relays on March 24. ' Santee was suspended for ex pense account irregularities and immediately after the AAU's ex ecutive committee announced his suspension Sunday, the Kan sas miler's attorney, Charles P. Grimes, announced he would seek an injunction. , WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEB. 22 Nothing like this before in Grants Pass Wrestling History ! I I ! ! I MAIN EVENT . No Time Limit Winner Take All The ring will be fenced in ! ! BULL MONTANA. 207 The Toledo Terror v. 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