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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Dons Clinch CB A Mantle, NCAA Berth By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports .Writer To the surprise of absolutely no one, San Francisco today became an official entry in the NCAA' basketball tournament and also the immediate favorite to pick up all the marbles. The streaking Dons, who won the tourney last year, made themselves eligible for a title defense Tuesday night when they crushed College of Pacific 87-49, at San Francisco to clinch the championship of the Calif ornia Basketball association with a perfect league record and their 43th straight over-all vic tory. , That moves the Dons into the NCAA regionals ' at . Corvallis, Ore., with a March 16 date against the Pacific Coast Conference-champion not yet de termined but, probably, UCLA. The Dons, rated the nation's No. 1 team by the United Press board of coaches with a perfect 22-0 record for the year, are the 11th team to land a berth in the 25-team NCAA carnival. If they win their three re maining regular season games, and then sweep through four more games to win the tourna ment title for the second year straight, they will equal the all time all-college record' of 55 straight wins held by Peru, 111., State and also will become the third team in history to win the NCAA crown two straight years following Oklahoma A&M (1945-46) and Kentucky (1948 49). ; Star Guard Ineligible" "' However, they'll have to do It without K. ' C. Jones, their star guard who is ineligible for the NCAA competition as a fourth-year player. Another team may be added to the NCAA field tonight when Texas Tech can clinch the bord er conference championship by beating New Mexico A&M, at Lubbock, Tex. Tech's - heavily favored to win this one and, with it, a first-round berth. in the NCAA "tourney against Southern Methodist, the South west conference champion, on March 12. 1 Tech moved into first place in the league while idle Tuesday night when Texas Western, which had been tied, for the lead, was beaten by West Texas State, 80-79, at Canyon, Tex., on a long set shot by Lawrence Overcast with six seconds left. SMU tuned up for the tour ney by beating Rice," 89-75, to finish with the first perfect league record (12-0) seen in the Southwest conference since .1947. Big Jim Krebs paced the Mustangs with 30 . points and they set a league record with a final average of 80.25 points per game. High School Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL i By UNITED PRESS (Portland) Jefferson 67, Roosevelt 37 Tranklin 77, Cleveland 62 . Lincoln 58, Grant 44 Washington- 63, Benson 47 " . (Others) 'McMinnville 46, Forest Grov 44 ; Baker SO. La Grande 46 Oregon City 68, West Linn 65 (over time) Milwaukie 53, Gresham 44 St. Helens 86, Vernonia 58 Seaside 56, Pacific Frosh 54 Beaverton 58, Newberc 50 Parkrose 47, Astoria 46 Drain 59, Willamette 47 Sandy 79, Dallas 72 Elgin 64, ' Huntington 51 Jewell 60, Verboort 54 Knappa 53. Warrenton 35 Hillsboro- 72, Tigard 61 Brownsville 53, Harrisburg 49 Coquille 51, Myrtle Creek 45 Oakridge 54, St. Francis of Eugene sz loverame) . Knickerbockers Blow Opportunity By UNITED PRESS Another wasted opportunity, marked by the blowing of an 11-point lead in the last quar ter, meant that the New York Knickerbockers were just about through today. With a chance to gain ground in their battle with Syracuse for the last playoff berth in the East ern Division of the National Bas ketball association the Knicks in stead dropped a 99-95 decision to Fort Wayne at New York Tues- . day night. The defeat dropped the Knicks two full games, behind Syracuse with only eight games leftx to play. Never before in their his . tory have the Knicks failed . to make "the playoffs, but now their doom seems certain. In the only other game Tues day night, also at New York, the Rochester Royals pulled within : 2Vi games of third-place Minne apolis in the Western Division by beating Boston, 117-96. EXHIBITION BALL Tucson. Ariz. (U.R) The new glossless baseball is not expected to be used in regular American league games this season. "They will be used in exhibition games but the factory cannot supply enough for the season," Earl . Hilligari, press chief of "the league, declared. For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads . . Just Call 2-6141 V W i It m FOLLOWING THROUGH with solid left to head as John. J. Sullivan slips to fanvas, Rocky Castellani wins unanimous but unpopular 10-round decision over English middleweight in feature bout at Madison Square Garden. (International) Medfoi Red Devils To For District 6 Crater high will play Coquille this week end for the District 6 A-2 . basketball championship." '- Coquille reached the play-off last night by tripping Myrtle Creek 51 to 45 at Roseburg for the northern division title. The two clubs were tied in the dis trict with 10-2 records at the completion of the regular sea son. The Comets of Crater won me souuiern loga oy mciuug Phoenix 55 to 54 in last Satur day's subdistrict' tourney finals. First game of the two-out-of- three game district 'play-off will be Friday at Coquille. The clubs will play on Saturday night at Central Point. . Site of a third game, if required, will be de termined by' mutual agreement. The Red Devils of Coquille overcame. Myrtle ' Creek last night after trailing until the last 4 minutes of play. . They were led by their big gun, Don Nelson, 6-2 forward, who had GOOD LUCK, KATY Olympic sH champion Katy Rodolph, 25, of Hayden, Colo., and Lt William Wyatt, 28, Air Force pilot from Denver, cut their wedding cake after their marriage at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Katy wears a cast covering broken neck suffered in a ski acci dent in Austria during pre-Olympic try-outs. ; ; Holman Favored Over Joe Rowan Miami, Fla. (U.R A 20-pound weight advantage! and more ex perience made John Holman of Chicago a 2 to 1 favorite today for tonight's nationally televised 10-round bout with Irish Joe Rowan of Philadelphia in Bay front Park Auditorium. Tme big, tough-looking Hol man was expected to be near 205 pounds for the bout and trainer Angelo Dundee said his fighter was in the best condition of his career. But the 20-year-old Rowan was full of zip in his workouts and burning with determination to cut short Holman's hopes for a title shot at champion Rocky Marciano. - ' ' Holman is the fourth-ranked heavyweight contender. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for .Monday; other days 5:30 Drevious day. Wednesday, February 29, 1958 UNE Face Crater A-2 Flag 19 points. Spirit - High A . Crater 'squad "hepped up" since its Saturday night division win, has .been laboring spirited ly and diligently this week for the week end tussles. The Com ets are aiming for a first state basketball tournament slot for their school. - The Central Point aggrega tion came through the subdis trict tournament despite a some what crippled condition and its success against Coquille could depend a lpt on the extent of recovery from its injuries. John Shama and Fred Herrmann have foot sprains, Harold", Lef ler 'and ankle sprain and Dick Callender a knee injury. Shama picked up his ailment during the tourney. Coquille looms as a toughie for the Comets. The Red Devils hold two wins over North Bend this season, one by 92 to 72., Basketball TUESDAY COLLEGE GAMES Bv United Press Boston Univ. 94, Boston' College TO Cornell va, .Princeton 68 Navy 80, Catholic Univ. 52 Rhode Island 82, Springfield 71 George Washington 93, Georgetown SMU 89, Rice 75 Arkansas 90, TCU 71 Texas 98. Texas A&M 70 Okla. A&M 65, Wichita 62 (ot) : San Francisco 87, COP 49 St. Mary's (Calif.) 70 San Jose 60 Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday For a GUARANTEED GOOD USED CAR Before You Buy Be Sure To Look the Lot Oyer at ... MORSE MOTORS 1201 N. RIVERSIDE P. -Mueller"' . Victor Over 1 J. Martinez Portland, Ore. (U.R) Peter Mueller, "the Clown of Cologne" was dead serious here today when he said through his man ager, Al Lane, "we want a money fight, whether it's in Portland or elsewhere." Mueller took a unanimous 10 round decision over Jimmy Mar tinez' of Phoenix, Ariz., at the auditorium here last night. Two weeks earlier when the two middleweights faced off in the same auditorium ring, Martinez won by a knockout when Mueller lunged at him missed, and sailed between the ropes, knocking himself put on the boards at ringside. Mueller and Lane were going to remain in Portland for a few days, waiting for offers to come in for the services "of the stocky German.", Portland pr o m o t e r Tommy Moyer will undoubtedly be one of. the first to knock on Mueller's door with what he hopes will be an offer with enough . of , that "big money" Mueller' talks about. - ' Scores Knockdown Lane was not entirely ,happy with the showing of his boy last night, despite the favorable ver dict. "He can 'fight better than he did last night," Lane said. -"Last night, Mueller sewed up the decision by knocking Mar tinez down for a nine count in the ninth round. - Amos Lincoln of Portland and Oakland's Roger Rischer, a pair of 190-pounders, fought-to an 8-round draw in the semi-windup, In - a six round exhibition Rogue? Maravilla of Boise, Ida., won a fourth round TKO over Jesse Gray of Portland. . Tommy Berg of Pasco, Wash., and Bill Miller, Seattle, battled to a draw in the. 4-round opener. Sonny Hett, Salem, dropped Se attle's Al Norigia in the., first round of their scheduled four- rounder, v AAU Tourney Opens Friday Albany, Ore. (U.R) Action in the four-team Oregon AAU bas ketball tourney will get under way here Friday night with the Eugene Paddocks meeting the Myrtle Point Bucks in the open ing contest and the Albany In dustrials squaring off against the Condon Elks in the finale. - Saturday night the two Friday night winners meet for the state title. Linfield Defeats Willamette in NWC Final Game McMinnville (U.R) Linfield and Willamette wrote the final chapter to the. 1956 Northwest Conference basketball race here last night as the Wildcats posted a 65-57 win. By virtue of the win Linfield finished the race in a tie with Pacific for second place . The win could set Linfield up for a bid to the District 2 NAIA tourney. Three berths in the four-team- field have been claim ed with Portland. State, Univer sity of Portland and Pacific al ready named. Officials will meet tomorrow morning to decide be tween Linfield and Eastern Ore gon College , to round out the field.' v, ; Don ; Porter, Linfield's little Ail-American,, paced the night's scoring, hitting for 35. He left the game with 11:29 left to play and the Wildcats ahead 58-46. Corvallis No. 1 Play-Off Choice Pocatello, Ida. (U.R) Corval lis. is the top choice for Seattle University .and' Idaho State to hold their one-game play-off for the right to compete in the four- team western regional NCAA basketball tournament, it was re ported today. Steve: Belko, Idaho State coach, said, the matter was dis cussed in a three-way telephone conversation. Eugene would be second choice and Pocatello third. The playoff will be held March 12 or 13. The western regional tourney, is March 16-17. SLACKS Wide Selection in All Wool, Sharkskin, Imported Flan nels, Gabs and Worsteds. $19.95 and Up CHRIS The Tailor 36 N. Bartlett Phone 2-8473 St. Mary's Tapering Off In Drills For Malin Tiffs St. Mary's high school basket ball team, which is currently showing more spirit than any other time during the season, began tapering off today for its District 5B play-off series with the Malin Mustangs. The Medford Catholic school opposes Malin on Friday and Saturday evenings at the South ern Oregon college gymnasium in Ashland. If a third game is necessary in the two-out-of-three series, it Will be on a Klamath county court. Coach Millard Webb of the SM Crusaders reported that, the Medford aggregation worked light last week and had hard drills Monday and Tuesday. Practices today . and Thursday were to be less extensive. Webb reported that the - squad is in good shape physically and that spirit is "awfully high." St. Mary's faces a big task in its effort to overcome the defending district champions and gain the first state tourney entry for the school. Malin was runner-up for the state champ ionship last season, losjng by one point to Knappa. Back from the . 1955 crew are three who JOINING BALTIMORE Orioles in spring training at Scotts daler Ariz., Claus Helmig (left), and Hanjorg Helmig, broth ers from Germany, warm up after signing on. (International why All we distill is Kentucky straightfbourbon. We know that bourbon of the finest quality requires choice grains. That's all we use. 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