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PLAYING INTRA-SQUAD
on Pitcher Ridzik's throw
Webb Says
Los Angeles
Missed Boat
Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) Co
owner Del Webb of the New
York Yankees, the head of the
major league re-alignment com
mittee, said today it looked as if
Los Angeles at least temporarily
had "missed the boat" in gain
ing big league baseball.
"In the first place." he said.
Los Angeles just isn't a good
baseball town. That, in itself,
shouldn't make all the differ
ence because on a per capita
basis, neither is New York CKy
a good baseball town. Not on
the same level as Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, and Washington
where with good teams the fans
would tear down the gates to
get in the ball park.
People Prevented
"The people of Los Angeles
themselves were the, ones who
prevented the Browns from be
ing transferred there," he said.
Webb recalled the series of
hectic meetings held prior to the
1953 World Series when at least
half a dozen cities were bidding
for the distressed franchise of
the Browns.
"But the other cities sent im
portant delegations of people to
that meting in New York," he
said. "Los Angeles sent only a
clerk in some municipal office.
They had no ball park to offer.
We gave up on L.A. right then.
The people of Baltimore, led by
their mayor, , Thomas D'Alles
andro offered us everything."
Ray Drake Picked
Over Smallwood
New York" --U.F) Middle
weight Ray Drake of Far Rock
away, N.Y., is favored at 8-5 to
beat Hardy (Bazooka) Small
wood of Brooklyn tonight in
their return TV DuMont 10
rounder at St. Nicholas arena.
They fought to a draw at St.
Nick's on Feb. 13, but Drake
lost two rounds on fouls and
finished the stronger. Small
wood went into the ring favored
at 7-5. That was the only bout
for each this year.
Drake, 25, has a 21-6-1 record
that includes only four knock
outs. He was stopped once.
Twenty- three- year- old Small
wood's 16-4-2 list likewise in
cludes only four kayoes. He alsq
was stopped once.
Women's State
Bowling Tourney
Here Next Year
Medford Bowling lanes has
been awarded the Oregon state
women's bowling tournament
for 1957. Proprietor Fred An
derson announced today.
The event probably will be
held several week ends in
February and March. McMinn
ville was scene of this year's
tourney which ended yester
day. Anderson pointed out-that
the tournament will draw a
large number of people to
Medford. This year there were
about 300 teams and 1.500 in
dividuals entered.
Mrs. Lem (Jackie) Wilson,
Medford. is the new state sec
retary of women bowlers and
Mrs. Leslie (Ann) Wilson, Med
ford, is second vice president.
Swatters Pound
Theory To Bits
By UNITED PRESS
The pitchers are supposed to
be ahead of the batters in spring
training but the hitters pound
ed that old theory to bits Sun
day by collecting 139 hits, in
cluding 18 homers, in eight
major league exhibition games.
The managers shuttled 54
pitchers into those contests and
the batters showed who was boss
from Florida to Arizona by mak
ing 105 runs. Thirty-seven of
these were produced by the 18
homers.
Even the pitchers got into the
long-range hitting act. Right
hander Vernon Law of the Pitts
burgh Pirates hit a four-run
homer to pace an 11-1 triumph
over the Kansas City Athletics
and left-hander Johnny Anton
elli joined Willie Mayes and
Ray,Katt in producing the trio
of two-run homers that enabled
the New York Giants to whip
the Cleveland Indians for the
second straight time, 11-5.
GAME, Don Mueller, New York
to Gail Harris in Phoenix, Ariz.
First Round Play Starts
In NAIA Cage Tournament
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Three
top-seeded teams in the NAIA
Basketball tournament swing
into action today to open the six
day championships.
Top ranked Western Illinois
of Macomb goes into action at
7:30 p.m. against Eastern New
Mexico. Fifth-seeded Wisconsin
State of Eau Claire meets Port
land State at 9 p.m. while second-seeded
Geneva College of
Beaver Falls, Pa., meets Arkan
sas Tech in the final game of
the night beginning at 10:30.
The other five top clubs, third
seeded Wheaton, 111., fourth seed
ed McNeese La. State: sixth San
MedfordWTmbune
OSC Nabs Chancellor
Trophy, Tops Ducks;
UCLA Ends Unbea ten
FINAL PCC STANDINGS
By United Press
(Conference Games)
W L PF
UCLA 16 0 1324
Washington 11 5 1081
Stanford 10 6 1072
California 10 6 1070
USC 9 7 1154
Oregon 5 11 1055
OSC 5 11 H42
Idaho . 4 12 980
WSC 2 14 961
PA
1106
939
1014
1018
10R0
1136
1039
1096
1211
(All Games)
W I.
PF
2041
1757
1576
PA
1793
1662
UCLA 21 5
Washington 15 11
Stanford 18 6
California 17 8
USC 14 12
Oregon 11 15
1472
1633 1513
1740 1629
1711
1792
1472
1772
OSC
8 18
1526
Idaho 6
WSC : 4
19 1538
22 1558 1920
Corvallis (U.R) Oregon
State and Oregon wound up far
down the Pacific Coast Con
ference final basketball stand
ings with identical 5-won-ll-lost
records but the Beavers came
home with the Chancellor's
trophy.
Coach Slats Gill's Geavers de
feated Oregon 59-49 Saturday
night for their second win in a
row. Oregon took a non-conference
game earlier in the season.
OSC was ahead 29-24 at the
holf but Jerry Ross put the
Ducks ahead 30-29 with three
quick buckets. But after a tie
at 35-all OSC moved ahead to
stay.
Sophomore Dave Gambee led
the OSC scoring with 15 while
Ross had 12 for Oregon. It was
the final game for Larry Paulus
of OSC and Ross, Max Anderson
and Ray Bell of Oregon.
The Oregon Frosh won the
opener 47-45 in a double over
time over the OSC Rooks.
By UNITED PRESS
The UCLA Bruins became the
first team in Pacific Coast Con
ference history to win 16 PCC
games in a row when they down
ed Southern California 97-84 in
their Saturday night finale.
Willie (The Whale) Naulls and
Morris Taft each connected for
22 points for a one-two combi
nation of 44 that left the Tro
jans fourth in the final stand
ings. Stanford Beat Cal
Washington, which completed
its schedule the previous week
end, remained entrenched in sec
ond place as Stanford dragged
California down into a tie for
Fairfield Leads
Into Final 18
Pensacola, Fla (U.R) Don
Fairfield, young Casey, TIL, golf
er who kept his two-stroke lead
in the $12,500 Pen'sacola Open
Tournament Sunday without
taking a swing, tries to hold it
today in the final 18 holes.
The last' round was postponed
Sunday because of a hard rain.
Play was halted after less than
a dozen of the 75 entrants had
teed off.
The 27-year-old Fairfield,
who fired a seven-under-par 65
Saturday to take the lead, starts
the final round with a 54-hole
total of 206. Dick Mayer of St.
Petersburg, Fla., and Paul Har
ney of Bolton, Mass., are tied
for second at 208.
Bo Wininger of Oklahoma
City, Okla., who led at the half
way mark, is fourth with a 209.
Giants, is picked off first base
(International Soundvhoto)
Diego State, seventh Pittsburg.
Kansas State and eighth ranked
Texas Southern begin action in
the second night of the first
round Tuesday.
Play in the 32-team, 18th an
nual tournament opened this
morning with Stephen F. Austin
of Texas playing Coe College of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Other games
matched Gistavus-Adolphus and
Eastern Tennessee; Central Ohio
State and Montana State;
Georgia Teachers and Southeast
Oklahoma and Rider College vs.
Rockhurst College, a strong in
dependent from Kansas City
making its first bid in the NAIA
tournament.
third by defeating the Bears
twice in the big series.
. The Indians followed up a 66
63 squeaker over Cal on Friday
by winning a disputed 70-68
overtime game on Saturday. Bill
Bond sank the winning field goal
as the overtime period ran out.
Coach Pete Newell of the Bears
joined his club in hollering that
the buzzer had sounded before
Bond's toss wds airborne.
Oregon' and Oregon : State
wound up tied for fifth when
the comeback Beavers swept two
from the favored Ducks 74-69
and 59-49.
Idaho, which had been ticket
ed for the basement, surprised
Washington State twice 78-62
and 78-71 to leave the Cougars
in last place.
GENTLEMAN JOHN Track
fans in Melbourne, Australia,
were startled when lanky
John Landy (above) stopped
during mile race to help
fallen Ron Clarke from the
track.' Landy ruined his
chances to better his record
3:58 but still had enough
speed to win in 4:4.2.
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Albany Battles
Buchan Tonight
Seattle (U.R) The Albany
Industrials, loaded with ex-Ore-'
gon State players, tangle 'with'
the Buchan Bakers of Seattle !
tonight for a berth in the Xa:
tional AAU basketball tourna
ment in Denver.
Albany, downed Spokane 99
62 Saturday night while Buchan
was dropping Darigold Farms
of Seattle 70-64 to gain t h e
playoff spots.
BROWN TRIUMPHS
Barranquilla, Columbia U.R)
Tom Brown of San Francisco
won the men's singles title in
the Barranquilla international
tennis tournament Sunday, de
feating Mario Llamas' of Mex
ico in the finals, 6-1, 6-0, 6-4. Sid
Schwartz of New York and Bob
Howe of Australia won the men's
doubles and Shirley. Fry of St.
Petersburg, Fla., and Vic Seixas
of Philadelphia won the mixed
doubles.
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SHAPING UP World welterweight champ Carmen Basilio
gets his legs in trim with this exercise bicycle at the Park
way gym in Chicago. He'll meet Johnny Saxton in Chicago
Stadium March 14 in a title match.
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Five Games Tonight
Launch NCAA Ruckus
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
The NCAA Basketball tourn
ament, '-bigger and better than
ever,' with national champion
San Francisco favored in a 25
team field, opens tonight with
a total of five games at three
sites New -York, Fort Wayne,
Ind., and Seattle, Wash.
Action tonight and in four
other first-round games Tues
day night will clear the decks
for regional competition at four
other sites this Friday and Sat
urday. San Francisco will be idle
until Friday night, when it
meets UCLA at Corvallis, Ore.
But North Carolina State,
ranked No. 2 nationally, will be
Only 20
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one of the 10 teams in action
tonight. Here's tonight's pro
gram: At Madison Square Garden,
New York-North Carolina . St.
(24-3) vs. Canisius (17-6); Holy
Cross (22-4) vs. Temple, (22-3).
At Fort Wayne, Ind. More
head St. (17-9) vs. Marshall (18
4); DePaul (16-7) vs. Wayne Un
iversity (17-1).
At Seattle, Wash. Seattle
(17-9) vs Idaho St. (18-7).
Largest In History
This year's NCAA tourna
ment field is the largest in his
tory, one more than last year's.
It includes 12 of the teams
ranked among the top 20 of the'
nation actually 12 out of a pos
sible total of 14, since six of the
teams in the top 20 are from
conferences represented by oth
er teams.
Here's a size-up of tonight's
games:
At New York North Caro
lina St. favored on height over
Canisius Holy Cross and
Temple rated even. Six-seven
Tom Heinsohn of the Crusaders
needs just 13 points to beat Bob
Cousy's school scoring mark of
1,775 points. Temple firing
double- barrelled attack with
Hal Lear, 22.2 points per game
and Guy Rodgers 18.5.
At Fort Wayne Morehead
and Marshall, nation's two high
est scoring teams, expected to
stage adding machine battle. De
Paul counting on Ron Sobieszc
zyk, 22.7 points per game to
halt Wayne's 16-game winning
streak. 1
At Seattle Seattle and Ida
ho State meeting for fourth
straight year in a tourney first
rounder. Seattle solid choice.
LaRayne Harris
State Pin Champ
McMinnville (U.R) La
Rayne Harris of Klamath Falls
finished in first place in the
class A singles division of the
state women's bowling tourna
ment yesterday with a score of
597. She and Mary Bothwell
paced doubles competitors with
1094. '
Joan Kopp of Pendleton won
the class A all-events crown
wih 1643.
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Dave Newland, University of
Oregon, defending champion,
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Diego State," 10 to 6, in the 147
pound finals of the Pacific coast
intercollegiate wrestling tourna
ment. San Luis Obispo, Calif. (U.R)
Oregon State's Art Keith, won
his third straight 137-pound Pa
cific Coast intercollegiate wrest
ling championship Saturday
night as he led his school to its
second straight Coast title.
- Mike Clock, 1955 PCI heavy
weight champion from Lewis
and Clark College, won the 191-
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pound title. Barry Billington of
UCLA was selected as the tour
ney's outstanding wrestler.
More than 100 .wrestlers from
14 West Coast colleges took part
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ings, in order, were: Oregon
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UCLA, San Diego State, Wash
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Portland State, University of
California, Cal Poly of San Luis
Obispo and Stanford tie, Wash
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