TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, February 23. 195S
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A-l DISTRICT CHAMPIONS The Medford high basketball
squad, above, Southern Oregon Conference and District 6 A-l
champion, is taking it light this week and resting up before
starting full scale preparations for the state tournament at
Eagene. The Black Tornado had an 11-wjn 1-loss record in
the circuit and district and a 17-5 mark for the year. Left to
'right, kneeling, in the picture are Coach Frank . Roelandt,
Manager Ron Warner, Bob Tisdel, Gary Riley, Lloyd Cearleyi
Larry Perkins and Manager Ken Kumsawa." In the back row,
from left, are Ed Reinking, John Foust, Dick McLaughlin,
Mike Stearns, Neil Plumley, Larry Slessler, Dick Copple and
Larry Gober. (Landis-Shangle photo)
Pons Stay on Top 1 3th Week;
Other Teams Shift in UP Poll
JNew York (U.R) San Fran
cisco's peerless Dons, atop the
United Press rating today for the
13th straight week, face an op
portunity to set three records
that could establish them as the
best college team of all time.
' The Dons maintained their
almost monotonous domination
this week when 32 members of
the 35-man United Press Board
of Coaches picked them No. 1
in the nation. The coaches also
' slotted Alabama, Iowa and
UCLA among the top 10 teams
in the biggest shakeup of the
elect group since the early
weeks of the season.
Next week's ballot will be
the final of the 1956 campaign'
. and will represent the coaches'
choice for the regular season
national champion.
' San Francisco, which goes
after its 48th consecutive victory
tonight against College of Pa
cific, can make college basket
ball history in many -ways by
maintaining' its winning streak.
In addition to the collegiate rec
ord of 55 straight triumphs
which is within their grasp,
Coach Phil Woolpert's men also
can achieve two other marks
that will solidify their claim to
greatness:
Single Season Record
; 1. They can compile the best
record ever made, by a major
college team in a single season,
and, 2. They can become the first
team ever to lead the -United
. Press ratings every week of the
. season.
By winning their four remain
ing regular season games, the
Dons can qualify for. a defense
of their NCAA championship.
Four victories in the NCAA tour
nament will earn them the title
and match the alFtime . high of
55 straight triumphs set by Peru
(Neb.) State Teachers 30 years
ago. In that case, San Francisco's
29-0 mark for. this season will
be the best ever for a major
college team. Kentucky's 25-0
record for the 1929-30, campaign
currently is tops.
San Francisco's point-total this
week was 338 out of a possible
350. for an 80-point margin over
Dayton, which wrested the No.
2 rating from Illinois by a single
point. Of the three coaches that
did not pick San Francisco first
one voted for Dayton, another
for fifth-ranked Louisville and
the third for sixth-ranked Ala
bama. ' -Week's
Big Jump
Alabama, kingpin of the South
eastern Conference following its
week end "upset over Kentucky,
made the biggest jump of the
week as it moved five notches
to sixth place. Iowa and UCLA
each advanced three places to
the No. 9 and 10 ranking, re
spectively. UCLA has won 13
straight games after a poor sea
son start.
North Carolina State , moved
up one place to fourth, swap
ping last - week's rating with
Louisville. Alabama, Southern
Methodist and North Carolina,
occupied the sixth to eighth
spots in that order.
Dayton had 257 points to 256
Medina Says Berrios
Ready for Title Bout
: New York (U.R) Stocky
young Miguel Berrios of New
"York is ready for a shot at the
featherweight crow n, trainer
Mundito Medina said-today after
watching., him upset veteran
"obby Bell. :
Berrios, 22, finished stronger
ad . won a majority decision
by a single point over Bell of
Youngstbwn, O., in their TV, 10
rounder Monday night at St.
Nicholas Arena.
Berrios weighed 127 Yz pounds;
Bell, 128.
for Illinois; N. C. State had 187,
Louisville 157, Alabama 153,
SMU 148, North Carolina 84,
Iowa 67 and UCLA 56.
Vanderbilt, Temple and Ken
tucky, ranked among last week's
top 10, dropped out of the hon
ored circle to fill the No. 11,
12 ' and 13 spots, respectively.
Utah was 14th, Duke, St. Louis
and Cincinnati were tied for 15th
place, followed in order by Hous
ton and Kansas State. Ohio
State and Holy Cross tied for
20th. ' . .
The games this week most
likely to affect the ratings are
Illinois vs. Iowa; Dayton vs. Cin
cinnati, and the annual Atlantic
Coast Conference Tournament.
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SIPdDIKS
Kaline Reports to
C a m p; O th e rs S i g n
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
It develops that Al Kaline was
just a growing boy in 1955 when
he won the American.. League
batting championship.
Most batting champions ' are
content to let well enough alone
but the 21-year-old outfielder
surprised his Detroit Tiger team
mates .Monday when he checked
into camp at a robust 186
pounds. That represented a gain
of 19 pounds over the weight
at which he closed the 1955 cam
paign.
But Kaline's teammates and
Manager Bucky Harris agreed
the new poundage looked good
on the youngest batting cham
pion in major league history.
Moore KO's
Dunlap in
1st Round
San Diego, Calif. (U.R)
World light heavyweight cham
pion Archie Moore said today he
put heavywejght Bob Dunlap out
of action in a hurry to prove he
isn't getting to be an old man.
' Moore, looking faster and
tougher than during his , dull
win over Howard King in San
Francisco, last night - knocked
out Dunlap, an Oakland, Calif.,
200-pounder, in 1:56 of the first
round of a non-title bout. It took
Moore only a, few punches to
prove he's still rugged.
Out For Knockout
"The reason I knocked him out
so fast was because I've been
getting a lot of criticism about
slowing up, Moore said. "When
the opening bell rang, I was out
for a knockout." "
. The champion said he has
been irked by reports- saying his
reflexes are slowing up.
"They said I'm . slow, : but
they're wrong," he said. "I didn't
fool around. After all, if you
fool around with a guy, you're
through."
Moore, 196, caught his oppon
ent with a hard left to the body
and then a right cross to ..the
chin to deck Dunlap. Dunlap
was up on one knee when he
was counted out by referee
Frank. Rustich,
Kaline, led the circuit with, a
1340 average last season, hit 27
home runs and knocked in 102
runs in-152 games
Phillies Sign Hamner
At Clearwater, Fla., the Phila
delphia Phillies put the stamp
of approval on the first phase
of infielder Granny Hamner's
comeback when they signed him
to a contract estimated at
$23,000. The Phillies refused to
talk terms with Hamner until
he proved his injured legs were
strong again a matter which
Hamner took care of the last
two weeks. '
Elsewhere:
The Brooklyn Dodgers sold
lefthanded pitcher Tom Lasorda
from their Montreal farm club
to Kansas City for an undis
closed sum and a minor league
player to be selected at a future
date. Lasorda had a 9-8 record
and 3.27 earned run average
in the International League last
year. ,
Braves Sign Two
Outfielders Hank Aaron "and
Bill Bruton signed with the .Milr
waukee . Braves leaving only
pitcher Ray Crone, outfielders
Andy Pafko and West Coving
ton and infielders Jack Dittmer
and George Crowe unsatisfied.
Jim Wilson, a 12-game winner
for the seventh-place Baltimore
Orioles last season, makes his
spring debut today in an intra-
squad game. ,
Manager Charley Dressen of
the Washington Senators tabbed'
rookie John Valmas as "a real
find" after the 22-year-old right
hander impressed during batting
practice. Valmas was 25-11 with
the Class D Orlando" Flyers in
1955.
Pitcher Mel Parnell signed
with the Boston Red Sox leaving
General. Manager Joe Cronin
free to give his undivided atten
tion to first baseman Norm
2auchin.
Jack Brandt, International
League "rookie of the year"
with Rochester last season, be
gan his conversion from the out
field to shortstop and drew
praise from both General Man
ager Frank Lane and' Manager
Fred Hutchinson.
Medford if es
Still Fourth
In Prep Poll
Portland (U.R) Eugene
high school's Axemen, defend
ing state champions, once
again topped the weekly poll
of the Journal's board of
coaches as Oregon's number
one high school team.
Eugene received the first
place vote of all eight coaches.
Franklin of Portland moved
into second place ahead of Jef
ferson with 68 points. The
Democrats were next, in line,
with 63 while Medford with
58 and Bend with 41 followed
in that order.
The top 10:
1. Eugene .'. 80,
2. Franklin ....... :68
3. Jefferson . ..........63
4. Mjdford ..... ........58
'.. 5. Bend ..... .....i.41 ;
1 6. Lincoln .......... ......27
7.-Central Catholic .... 20 -
8. Baker 17
8. Mac-Hi (tie) ..;...........17
10. Marshfield , ............13
Others: Beaverton 9; Pendle
ton 7; Klamath Falls 6; North
Salem 5; Ontario and Molalla
3 each; St. Francis of Eugene
2. Corvallis, 1. -
Askwith Outlines New Look
For '56 Cheney Studs Team
A "new look" for- Cheney
Studs' basebaU for the 1956 sea
son was unveiled by Bill Ask
with, . business manager 'of the
club, last night. Askwith told
a group of men, invited to hear
of the club s plans, of team
prospects, park renovation plans
and a "giveaway" ticket selling
campaign.
Season tickets went on advance-sale
today for S5 each.
The season ticket will admit
the holder to the full slate of
Noncommittal On
WU Coaching Job
Seattle - (U.R) - George
Briggs, University of Washing
ton athletic director, was non
committal today . on rumors
Darrell Royal would be named
the new head football coach at
Washington.
Royal, 31, coached at Missis
sippi State in 1954 and 1955 and
finished with a 6-4 mark each
year. .He was an outstanding
quarterback for the University
of Oklahoma under . Bud Wilkinson-
and. later played and
coached professional football in
Canada. '
. The "coaching job at Washing
ton opened Jan. 21 when Har
vey Cassill, former athletic, di
rector, fired Johnny Cherberg
who had been the-target of a
so-called "player rebellion."
' CasSill . later resigned' under
alumni fire for his handling of
the ... Cherberg firing. The con
troversy also revealed the exis
tence', of a "slush 1 fund" .. for
Washington gridders administ
ered by R. C. (Torchy) Torrance,
a prominent recruiter of foot
ball talent for. the school.
Basketball
By UNITED PRESS
East'
Army 80, Swarthmore 53
Boston College 90, St. Anselm's 82
Holy Cross 103, Connecticut 81
South
Presbyterian 117, Furman 115
Kentucky 143, Georgia 66 -
Alabama 95, Tennessee 81
Roanoke 79, VMI 76
Florida 66, Georgia Tech 48
Auburn 74, Vanderbilt 65 1
Midwest
Michigan St. 84, Wisconsin 82
Iowa 86, Northwestern 68
Purdue 72, Michigan 63
Toledo 77, Ohio Univ. 67
Illinois 97, Minnesota '81
Tulsa 59, Bradley 56
Southwest .
Oklahoma City 76, Houston 67
Hardin-Simmons 63, N. Mex. 57
West
Iowa St. 79, Colorado 62
High School Scores
Corvallis 46, Albany 44
- Helix 67. Stanfield 63 ' ,.
Pacific U. JV's 72, Tillamook 52
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10 home Southern Oregon league
games and about 15 non-league
games. Askwith pointed out,
however, that season tickets will
not be good when the Studs
meet touring teams such as the
House of David. The business
manager said he was trying to
arrange home-and-home series
with Eugene and Salem of the
Northwest Class B league when
those teams draw byes in their
circuit.
Box Seals
Twenty-four box seats will be
installed in time for the opening
game, Askwith said. They will
consist of four chairs to the box
and will sell for $30 plus a gen
eral admission ticket for each
chair, for the season. If all boxes
are not sold in "advance, they
will be available on an individ
ual game. basis, he said.
The Southern Oregon league
season opens on June 16 and
closes on Aug. 19.
- Jack Cooney, who again will
be playing manager, said he is
looking for a second and third
baseman, a utility infielder, a
long-ball hitting outfielder and
a good left-handed pitcher.
Cooney said he is planning to
field "the best Studs team since
I've been here."
'Askwith, who also said plans.
call for larger and vastly im
provedj concessions, pointed out
that admission prices will be
Towered considerably to "regen
erate baseball interest in the
valley . . . to get people into
our ball park."
Season tickets may be pur
chased from Askwith at the
Cheney Studs mill in ; Central
Point, Cooney at Union Oil Co.,
Minor Boshers at Peerless mar
ket,; Jimmy . Blaylock at . Piggly
Wiggly : and the Mail Tribune
news room. - - .
Charley Chosen
To Star Rifle
Shooting Team
Corvallis (U.R) John Bird
of The Dalles piled up 1184
points Sunday to win the Coop
er trophy for the highest grand
aggregate score in the state
small bore rifle tournament
held at Oregon State college.
Alan Bahler, an Oregon State
student from Coos Bay, was sec
ond with 117? points while Jack
Carlson, another OSC student,
from Garibaldi, was third with
1169 points.
The all-state gallery rifle
team consisted of Bird, Bahler,
Carlson, Hal Lapp, Portland;
Ed Crabtree, Coos Bay; Rex
Gordon, Milwaukie; . Clinton
Charley, Medford; . Lucy Ben
ton, Portland; H.-E. Heichle, The
Dalles, and Don Bunyard, Coos
Bay. .
Drawings for Class B
Tournament Announced
Portland (U.R) The Ore
gon School Activities associa
tion today announced drawings
for pairings in the state class B
high school basketball tburnai
ment, to be held in Baker Mar.
8-10: ; ' :' :
The opening games will see
district 2 against district 8; dis
tric 5 against distrct 6; district
1 versus district 4, and district
4 versus district 3.
Fight Results
(10.
BY UNITED PRESS
New York (St. Nicks) Miffuel Ber
rios. 12712. New York, outpointed
Bobby Bell, 128. Youngstown, Ohio.
(10).
Bangor. ; Md. Vkice Martmei.
150, Paterson. NJ, outpointed Paolo
Melis. 151. Montreal, (10).
New Orleans Charley Joseph, 158,
New Orleans, stopped Jimmy Bee-Cham,-
151 Vx. Philadelphia (6).
San Diego, Calif. Archie Moore,
196, San Diego, knocked out Bob
Dunlap, 200, Oakland, Calif. (1). non-title.
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