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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, March 23, 1938 San F ranc isco, Iowa Batt! For NCAA C rown; SMU, 8 This Evening Temple Trimmed By ED SAINSBURY Chicago flJ.R) Unbeaten San Francisco and Big Ten Champion Iowa, two basketball teams with dogged defensives, tangle tonight for the big cage prize the NCAA championship -with the defending champion Dons a slight favorite to win. San Francisco rolled over 0Southwest Conference Champion Southern Methodist with ease in the semi-finals Thursday night, 86-68, as forward Mike Farmer netted 26 points in the Dons 54th straight win. Center Bill Logan set a per sonal recqrd with 36 points to pace Iowa to its 17th straight, 83-76, over Temple. Good Shooting Eye Both Iowa and San Francisco won Thursday night because of better shooting and rebounding. The Hawkeyes hit a 41 per cent pace from the field and grabbed 51 rebounds to 39 per cent and 47 rebounds for Temple. The Dons hit a 46 per cent clip from the field and garnered 49 rebounds, with Bill Russell pull ing in 23. The Mustangs shot 36 per cent with 39 rebounds. Iowa's victory resulted chiefly from excellence at the free throw line. Temple committed 23 fouls and the Hawks, who netted only 29 field goals, collected 25 points on 38 gift tosses. Iowa fouled 35 field goals, got six free throws in 17 tries. Owls' Guards Star Two terrific shooting guards, Hal Lear and Guy Rodgers, sparked a last minute rally for Temple which nearly converted the Owl's fourth loss 'of the sea son into the 27th win. Lear shot only 14 times and Temple, with 50 per cent from the field and .Tribune MEDFORDStSka Agostini of Fresno State Eyes Chance To Compete in Olympics; Would Run Under Trinidad Flag Crater High laiassia Isi Basebdl Central Point This is a re building season in baseball for the Crater high Comets,' defend ing Rogue League and .District 6 A-2 champions. Only five lettermen from 1955 are among the 35 candidates from whom Head Coach Clar ence Mellbye and his assistant, Jim Gay, will shape the 1956 nine for a 14-game regular season. Returnees are Harold Lefler, catccher; Fred Herrmann, pitch er and utility player; John Shama, outfielder and infield er and Allen Gosnell and Gary. Smith, outfielders. Charles South, outfielder, and Randy Campbell, catcher, are varsity reserves back from the 1955 campaign. The squad has been working out only this week. Among the top prospects other than letter men are Eddie Koch, Bob Fow ler, Paul Beach and Doug Dav is, infielders; Wayne Allen and Melvin Smith, pitchers; Dave Morris, outfielder or pitcher and Bill Reaves, catcher. Allen, Da vis, Fowler, Beach and Smith are among 11 freshman aspir ants. Iri addition to six games with A-2 Rogue League foes the Com ets will have eight contests with the members of the A-l Southern . Oregon Conference which it will join as a partici pant next fall. Ashland In Opener Crater plays at Ashland on Tuesday, March 27, in its sea son opener. It will lay Medford on March 30 and 31 at Medford. Rogue League play opens at Phoenix on April 6 with the two clubs to meet at Central Point on April 7. The Comets will meet Illinois Valley' in league scrapes on April 13 at Central Point and on April 14 at Cave Junction. They oppose Grants Pass at Central Point on April 22 and go to Grants Pass on April 24. Final two league tussles are with' Eagle Point at Central Point on April 27 and at Eagle Point on April 28. Klamath Falls will battle the Comets at Central Point on May 1. On May 4 the clubs vie at Klamath Falls. 'Ashland will meet the Comets at Central Point on May 8. District 6 A-2 titlist is to be decided by May 15. Northern and southern subdistrict champs will vie on the southern win ner's field for the banner. Crater high's junior varsity will tackle Jacksonville there on April 11 and the two nines will By DON REED Fresno, Calif. (U.R) Mike Agostini, a small sprinter from Fresno State college, is aiming for the track throne reserved for the "world's fastest human" and a gold medal at the the 1956 Olympic Games. Agostini, a 21-year- old junior, bettered Mel Patton's listed world record of 20.2 seconds for 220 yards last Saturday with a clocking of 20.1 at Bakersfield, Calif. He also ran his second straight 9.4 second 100-yard race of the new season "There was no wind and mentally, I guess, I was ready," Agostini said. "I've been run ning since I was nine and I think I can go faster yet." Agostini, a business admin istration student, isn't cocky. He's just confident. Runs For Trinidad But if Mike earns a .trip to the victor's stand at the coming Olympic Games in Australia, the band won't play the Star Span gled Banner. He will run for Trinidad, an island off the coast of Venezuela and a member of the newly-formed British Com monwealth Federation in the Caribbean Sea area. One way or another, Agostini appears almost certain to get to Melbourne for the games. "I've been nominated as the top sprinter for my country, Agostini said. "I don't know yet if there will be enough money raised by Trinidad to send a team to the Olympics, but father wants me to go even if he has to pay my way." Agostini comes from a family that dates back more than 100 years in Trinidad. His father, Sendley, an Italian, is office manager there for the Texas Oil Co. His mother is Portuguese. He has an older brother, Colin, 22; a sister, Noreen, 14, and a baby brother, Ray, 1. Mike stands five feet, 7Vz inches and weighs 154 pounds. He is careful about his diet, eat only high protein and vitamin foods. Agostini, who set Trinidad's records for 60 yards through 200 meters while in high school, al ready had run 100 yards in 9.4 seconds before entering college. He first met his present coach, Fresno State's J. Flint Hanner, at the 1953 national AAU cham pionships in Dayton, O. He enrolled at Villanova university in December of that year. But he met Hanner for the second time during the 1954 British Empire Games at Van couver, B. C, and decided to transfer to Fresno State scored 32 points while Rodgers contributed 28 points. Their last minute surge pulled Temple from a 12 point deficit with seven minutes to play to only three points with three minutes remaining. . San Francisco sailed to a 21 point lead in the first half but thereafter appeared to coast against the Mustangs, whose 19 game winning streak was broken by the defeat. The Mustangs came within seven points three times in the last half but on each occasion the Dons potted two or three quick baskets for a com fortable margin. Russell, an All-America for the past two years, was a stand out as usual. He bagged 17 points but he cleared the boards consistently and ruined numer ous shots by Jim Krebs, who fin ished as the Mustangs' leading scorer with 24 points. Hawks Nab Lead Without Pettit By UNITED PRESS The St. Louis Hawks proved they could win on the road in the opening series of the Nation al Basketball association play offs and they demonstrated to day they also can .win without league scoring champion Bob Pettit. The Hawks, who advanced to the Western Division playoffs by beating the Lakers at Minne apolis in the decisive game, took a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five game series from the Fort Wayne Pistons Thursday night with an 86-85 decision. But, even more impressive than the fact the victory was scored at Fort Wayne, was that the Hawks gained it with only a seven-point performance from Pettit. Pettit, who tallied 41 points in the key win over Minneapolis, was held to three field goals and a free throw Thursday night. Pirate Track Gang Readies For Season Phoenix Phoenix ' high will stage a Little Rogue relay track meet on Saturday, April 7. The tussle is slated the same day as the annual big Rogue re lays at Medford. While Medford is host to the larger schools of the area, Phoenix is inviting the smaller schools to take part. Six lettermen are on the squad of 18 Pirates working out for track under the supervision of Coach Hap Consbruck. They are Jim Korth, javelin man and shot putter; Delmar Brood, low hurdles, sprinter and pole vault- er; Walter Hurlbut, shot, discuss and broad jump participant; Charles Swingle and Llewellyn Witte, quarter-milers, and Jim James, high hurdler and high jumper. Other Candidates Among other candidates are Roger Carson, shot putter, dis cus thrower and pole vaulter Gary Simonds, sprinter; ' Jim Waldron, middle distance run ner; Archie Trott, high hurdler and high jumper, and Charles Miers, freshman mile prospect. Trackmen . have been practic ing for about two weeks. Next action for the Pirates after the little Rogues may be the Hayward relays at Eugene. Tentative plans for the Pirates include a triangular meet at Phoenix on April 20 with Eagle Point and Ilinois Valley; the in vitational at Rogue River on April 28; the Rogue league meet at Central Point on May 5 and the A-2 district meet at Ashland on May 12. Phoenix hopes to qualify entries for the state meet on May 18. mix at Central Point on April 17. Games are to be arranged also with Eagle Point junior varsity. INDIANA TAKES STAND Bloomington, Ind. CU.R) The University of Indiana announced Thursday that it will not sched ule contests in any sport in areas where Negro athletes are barred Sandlot Teams Getting Earlier Start This Year Wichita, Kan. Sandlot base ball teams and leagues for play ers of unlimited age are organiz ing earlier than usual, it was made known here by the Nation al Baseball Congress which spon sors a National Association of Leagues and a nation-wide tourn ament program. One of the main reasons for the early activity results from the first global world tourna ment staged last year in Mil waukee's- county stadium. The nation's No. 1 non-pro club in 1956 will represent the United States in the second global series in September. The site and starting date of this event will be announced before April 1. The winner of the 22nd an nual national tournament in Wichita in late August will rep resent the United States in the global playoff, in addition to being awarded a $10,000 cash purse and mileage. Teams certi fied in U. S. national tourney qualify through franchised leagues, district and state tourn aments. - A new plan for franchising leagues by the National Baseball Congress in its 1956 national as sociation, is also . resulting in more leagues organizing early. Under the new plan champion ship team m franchised leagues will be presented an elaborate trophy through the national or ganization by the bottlers of Coca-Cola and individual play ers will receive additional awards. Each league operates under its own constitution and by-laws without interference from national organization. The Congress, however, offers many services to leagues including settling disputes and recogniz ing the leagues in the following edition of . the Official Baseball Annual. Umpires Association Under the new plan, circuits are franchised into the National Association of Leagues at only $25 per season. Date on either the National Association of Leagues or the tournament program will be furnished upon request, at no cost, by writing National Base ball Congress, Wichita (1) Kan. The NBC also will sponsor a National Associations of Um pires and Scorers for the com ing season with combined mem bership slated to exceed 8,000 individuals. Complete details of the entire program are in the 1956 Official Baseball Annual, published by the National Baseball Congress and distributed through news stands and athletic goods stores. Tornado Diamonders Will Play at Yreka Baseball season opens for Med ford high school Saturday when a 14-man squad travels to Yreka, Calif., for a 1 p.m. contest. The game 'will also mark the debut of Black Tornado diamond ers under the helm of new coach John Kovenz. Action will launch a slate of at least 20 games for the Medfordites. Kovenz said he hopes to work three pitchers' in the scuffle. Duane Sides, Ernie Tyler and Henry Putney. The tussle is slated for seven innings but the mentor would like to have it ex tended to nine. Since Ray Hilton will not be able to make the trip, Kovenz likely will call on Dick Mc Laughlin to handle the catching. Larry Gober, who has been a third baseman, would move to McLaughlin's first sack spot. ONSTRATOR ii. 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McCoy was scheduled to be the main witness before the gov ernor's committee investigating boxing and wrestling in Califor nia. McCoy, Olympic auditorium matchmaker, testified Tuesday in the investigation but illness prevented him from returning to the stand. The investigation has touched off a major nationwide boxing scandal as a result of testimony by former lightweight Tommy Campbell and ex-featherweight Georgie Hansford. Campbell testified that McCoy ordered him to lose fights with Art. (Golden Boy) Aragon and Del Flanagan McCoy denied Campbell's charges. Four Fights Fixed Hansford said yesterday that he had engage, in at least four fixed fights one of which Mc Coy personally ordered him to lose. McCoy ordered him to lose to Enrique Bolanos in San An tonio, Tex., on April 2, 1946, Hansford said. He lost in two rounds although the fight was supposed to go four, he said. . "Bolanos and his manager were in on it," Hansford said. "Bolanos knew my hands were tied. When he tried to cut me up, I got out." Another witness, retired fight manager Eddie Stanley, testified he once took Ira Hughes to Port land, Ore., to fight Joe Kahut. Stanley said that McCoy sent him to the fight with instruc tions to "get him out early." "I didn't think Hughes could Basketball Eureka Cyclist Victor In Crescent City Meet Slim Jokele, Eureka, Calif., was high point man last Sunday in the Grants Pass Red Squirrels seventh annual motorcycle field meet at Crescent City, Calif. He took four first places. Chuck Dorn, Grants Pass, won the short drag race and Wayne West, Rogue River, took the run and ride event. Southern Oregon was well represented at the meet with four entries being from Rogue River. Beach at Crescent City was scattered with logs and driftwood left mostly from the Klamath river i flood. Despite the condition the beach at low tide was good, for the fast cycle events. Probable starters at other spots will be Larry Perkins, second base; Gordon Owsley, shortstop; Jim Putney, third base, and Ron Peery, Ed Reink ing and Roger Gallaci, outfielders. McLaughlin, Gober, Perkins and Reinking reported to the squad Monday after completing the basketball season. "Things are looking pretty good," Kovenz reported. He said that members of the squad are hustling and have good desire. A few intersquad tangles are b ing used to get the team used to game conditions, Kovenz stated, adding that the crew is "com ing along good." Medford will play Crater here March 30 and 31 before swing ing into its conference slate. SCHEDULE: March 24 At Yreka: March 30-31. Crater here. April 3 At Ashland: April 6 Ash land here; April 10 Crater at Central Fomt (tentative): April 14 Klamath Falls here (2 games): April 17 Grants Pass here: April 20 At Grants Pass: April 24 At Ashland; April 27 Ashland here; April 28 Yreka here. May 4 Unversity of Oregon Frosh at Eugene; May 5 At Eugene (2 games); May 8 At Grants Pass: May 11 Grants Pass here; May 19 At Klamath Falls (2 games). Slats Gill Named VP of Mentors Chicago (U.Ri Slats Gill, Oregon State College basketball coach, was named first vice pres ident of the National Association of Basketball Coaches at their annual convention yesterday. Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASYl THURSDAY'S COLLEGE RESULTS By United Press National Invitational (Semi-Finals) Louisville 89, St. Joseph' 79 Dayton 89. St. Francis (Brooklyn) 58 NCAA Tournament (Semi-Finals) Iowa 83, Temple 76 -,. San Francisco 86, Southern Metho dist 68 AAU Tournament (Quarter-Finals) Philips Oilers 106, Rainer Comets (Chicago) 90 Buchan Bakers (Seattle) 68, Mirror Glaze (Pasadena) t4 Allen-Bradley (Milwaukee) 79, Cen tral Bank (Denver) 77 -Junior College Tourney (Quarter-Finals) Pueblo (Colo.) 86, Cameron (Okla.) Aggie 77 Hannibal (Mo.) 109, New York City Tech. 89. Bakers Gain Semi-Finals Denver U.R) Buchan Bak ers of Seattle advanced to the semi-finals of the National AAU basketball tourney last night with a 68-64 win over Pasadena Mirror Glaze. The Bakers meet Milwaukee's Allen Bradley tonight. The Mobile Oilers, made up of University of Alabama stars, downed the Wichita Vickers 79-74 and will play the Phillips Oilers in the semi-finals. Swede Halbrook hit 11 and Ted Romanoff 10 points for Wichita. Both are former Ore gon State players. COMPARE k COVERAGE m PLUS 19 OTHE KEY FEATURES and You'll Buy INTERNATIONAL 2232 Biddle Road HARVESTER Medford ONLY 3 LEFT COMPANY Phone 3-4553 PLAYERS CHOSEN New York tU.R) Center Gary Bergen of Utah and guard George Selleck of Stanford were selected today to play for the West team which opposes the East in the annual Fresh Air fund basketball game at Madi son Squard garden, March 31. win anyway,' so I advised him in the fight. I don't generally ad vise fighters. 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