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Heavy Week For Athletes At Oregon University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon's spring sports teams have moved into another heavy veek of competition with 14 events set for the four sports. Coach Don Kirsch"s defending Northern Division baseball squad, alter its fourth straight title and 12th in the 24-year his tory of the league, has the busi est schedule. It met Willamette here on Monday and Linfield at McMinnville today and plays Portland State here on Thurs day, Levis and Clark at Port land on Saturday. A decided lack of hitting and some spotty defensive work have been the major problems faced by the Ducks in their early games, but excellent pitching and promising work by a num ber of sophomores have helped offset the weak spots. The mound work of Terry Maddox, Stan Dmochowsky, Jack Her.kel, Dan Lane, Ron Whittaker and Phil Bell indi cates the Webfoots may have their best pitching staff in years and Capt. John Keller at short stop and Dick Schlosstein at first base have also been outstanding. The scramble for the remainder of the starting positions contin ues with at least two men in con tention at each spot. Open Track Meet Coach Bill Bowerman's track and field squad, which opened the Northern Division season against Oregon State, is idle from league competition but will take oa Lewis and Clark, the Portland Track and Field club and th? Oregon freshmen in an open meet next Saturday as part of the annual Hayward Relays. The relays are expected to draw about 65 entries in the four classes with the Band C teams competing Friday and the Metropolitan and Class A squads going after their championships on Saturday. In golf the Ducks open their season at Medford Saturday when a 10-man team takes on the Rogue Valley Country club. The tennis squad opens its home season on Saturday against the Oregon Medical school and the freshman netters have Roseburg here on Friday. In freshman baseball, Coach Norv Ritchey's club meets Eugene Tuesday, Clark JC Friday and Saturday and SOCE on Saturday in the second half of a doubleheadei. SIPdDLMTS Statistics Back Best Ever Claims for San Francisco New York U.R) N.C.A.A. figure-filberts have come forth with some strong statistical ar guments today to support the already well-accepted claim that the University of San Francisco team was the best in college basketball history. In the 30 years the N.C.A.A. service bureau has kept tabs on college teams, the 1955-56 Dons were the first ever to play a rep resentative major schedule dur ing which no opponent ever came closer than seven points in the final score. This was only one of the many arguments backing up the "best ever"' claim for the Dons, who won 55 consecutive games and two straight N.C.A.A. cham pionships during the past two seasons. Here are a few more: For the second straight sea son, San Francisco led the ma jor colleges in defense. The Dons yielded an average of only 52.2 Spring Football Training Starts At Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. U.R) Competition for a starting berth on Notre Dame's 1956 football team promises to make the Irish spring practice "a very good one," Coach Terry Brennan said today. "We've got five positions wide open," he said, "and two more where I'd like to be fooled by having somebody come up and take them. "We've got to fill these spots from sophomores, or juniors and seniors who didn't rank as top reserves last year. So we've got to find a dozen men or more just to fill out a team." Brennan opened his 20-day spring session with 14 lettermen among 81 candidates. Another letterman, who probably would have been a starter, halfback Aubrey Lewis, passed up the football drills to concentrate on track with hopes of making the U.S. Olympic team in the de cathlon. Mclntyre Subdues 3rd Opponent Spring Handicap Title Defense Charles Mclntyre this week ton Lewis 81-83164 and 82-83 faces his third foe in his effort for successful defense of his 1955 spring handicap golf tournament crown. He'll take on Del Berg in the fourth round of contention. Mc lntyre defeated Ted Anderson 3 and 2 in the third round of the current tourney. The round was completed Sunday. Berg ad vanced by beating Bob Voegtly 2 UP- :-f Ed Hall the qualifying medal ist bowed out of the champion ship flight last week. He has moved to Portland and was un able to be here to compete. H. E. Nulton took a default win from Hall, who was dropped to the first flight. Nulton's foe this week will be Larry Butler who had to go 19 holes to get by Bud Judy. Clayton Lewis was another who had to go an extra hole. He edged Kent Blackhurst. Fourth round matches must be completed by next Sunday eve ning. This week's championship flight losers all fell into the first flight while losers in the second and third flights were eliminat ed from the tourney. Milletta Leads Harry Millette with 75-71 146 heads the list of those who had qualified through Sunday for the match this week end with the University of Oregon team here. George Harrington carded 72-78 150 and Dr. D. C. Boals recorded 79-73 152. Fouth on the list was Bill Hartmen with 73-80153. Other scores were Bob Ras mussen 83-75158; Lee Flink 81-78 159: Ivan Harrington 76 83159; Alan Holmes 81-79 160; Del Berg 82-79161; Clay- 165. Thirty-six hole qualify ing must be finished by Wed nesday evening and the top eight will play the Oregon varsity. Jim Sheldon, new RVCC mem ber from Salem, had a 77 for his first 18 holes. Paul Lacanette recorded an 80 and Al Althens an 82. Millette's 71 was low gross in Saturday ball sweepstakes. Jim Curley had low net with 84-17 67. Second low was Ivan Har rington with 76-6 70. Fred Morlan took first blind bogey with 84 and E. K. Ricker and V. W. Hammond tied for second bogey with 83s. FOURTH ROUND PAIRINGS: Championship Flight H. E. Nulton vs. Larry Butler; Clay ton Lewis vs. W. W. Deakms Sr.; Jim Curley vs. Ivan Harrington; Vincent Bevis vs. John Stromberg; Charles Mclntvre vs. Del Berg; Jack Creager vs. Bob Wells; Alan Holmes vs. Glen Fabrick; E. L. Harlowe vs. Bob Little. Babe Zaharias Resting Well In Texas Hospital Galveston, Tex. (U.P) Be be Zaharias was resting well at John Sealy hospital today after a new pain in her left side caus ed her husband to say the famed woman athlete was "not in good condition." George Zaharias. the Babe's husband, said she developed a new pain Sunday which begins in her left shoulder and goes down her left side. New tests and x-rays have been made of the affected area, but no results have been an nounced yet, Zaharias said. Mrs. Zah irias, who is fighting for her life in a battle with can cer, has had major surgery for the disease twice in the past two years. She never completely re covered from her last bout with the disease. First flight Ed Hall vs. Bud Judy; Kent Black hurst vs. Lloyd Pope; Jack Sanborn vs. Bill Kalibak; Russ Heysell vs. Hank Herman: Ted Anderson vs. Bob Voegtlv: Ed Nichols vs. Al Althens; E. W. Peterson vs. Dick Travis; C. E. Knight vs. Nelson Gallant. Second flight Norm Hillyer vs. Ward Samuelson: Forrest Casey vs. Fred Morlan or Jack Dougherty; George Harrington vs. Ray Mencke or George McGill; Don Wood vs. Bill Wood: Deane Lambert vs. Jack Walker; Al Hart vs. Harry Millette: Monte Stram vs. Frank Allen; Bill Thorndike vs. R. B. Knight. Third Hight Fred Conrad vs. Paul Lacanette; Bill Marshall vs. Ray Sorenson: Brad Broyles vs. Walter Tomhn; Bill Singler vs. Paul Walker: John Moffat vs. Harry Barker; Paul Meyers vs. Bob Webber: George Sloniger vs. Lee Flink; Ed Milne vs. Morris Leonard. points in sweeping through their 29-game schedule. Coach Phil Woolpert's men outclassed their 29 opponents by an average of 20 points per game. They averaged 72.2 points per game on offense while hold ing their rivals to 52.2. Mar quette had the smallest margin of defeat against San Francisco, losing 65-58. Daylon Second Best Only the undefeated 1953-54 Kentucky team approached this season's record set by All-America Bill Russll and Co. Ken tucky breezed through 25 games that campaign with nothing tighter than a 6-point "squeak." Dayton's 16.1 point average margin of victory was second best this season. The Flyers from Ohio averaged 78.3 points on offense and 62.2 on defense. In spite of San Francisco's de fensive influence, however, col lege basketball generally con tinued to be offensive-minded. The national scoring average in creased to 146.7 points per game for both teams, from last sea son's previous record high of 145.3. Furthermore, for the fifth straight year the major college team scoring champion hit an all-time high. Morehead (Ky.; State averaged 95.9 points in 29 games, breaking Furman's three' year monopoly on the title. Fur man averaged 95.3 points per game in winning the honor last year. Oklahoma A. and M. was the only major college team that came close to San Francisco' in defense. The Cowboys, who-tra ditionally rank high in this de partment, allowed their 27 op ponents an average of only 52.9 points per game. Sharper Shooting The season records reflected the national trend toward sharp er shooting and less fouling. George Washington set a new high for field goal accuracy, hit ting exactly 50 per cent of its attempts. Southern Methodist set a new major college free throw shoot ing mark, cashing in on .764 per cent of its opportunities. Niagara led the major colleges in fewest fouls committed for the fourth straight season, hit ting a record low of only 13.1 personals per game. Official statistics covering a total of 4039 major college games showed an increase in field goal shooting accuracy to .376 from last season's .369 and an improvement from .665 to .669 in free throw shooting. Both new figures are all-time highs. Whistle-blowing by the ref erees also subsided to its lowest level in eight years. The aver age number Of foul calls per game for both teams was 37.7, Tuesday, April 10, 1938 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE aj fc-i-At-L hdU ftqji i. If STARRING IN DEFEAT, Bill Russell (31) is scoring as Chuck Darling (30), Phillips Oilers, tries to stop shot. Oilers beat College All Stars to win U. S. Olympic team ti35 at Kansas City. Others are James Walsh (25) and Robert Jeangerard do). Mutational) THIRD ROUND RESULTS: Championship flight Nulton won from Hall by default; Butler def. Judy, 19th hole: Lewis def. Blackhurst 19th hole; Deakins def. Pope 1 up: Curley def. Sanborn 2 and 1: Ivan Harrington def. Kalibak 4 and 3: Bevis def. Heysell 7 and 5; Stromberg def. Herman 1 up; Mc lntyre def. Anderson 3 and 2; Berg def Voegtlv 2 up: Creager def. Nich os 2 up: Wells dfe Althens 4 and 2; A. Holmes won from Peterson by de fault: Fabrick def. Travis 2 and 1: Harlowe def. C. Knight 4 and 3; Little def. Gallant 4 and 3. Slates Announced For Junior Highs Hedrick junior high thinclads will contend in seven track meets this season and eight have been arranged for McLoughlin cindermen. ' The season began last Friday with the junior relays and ac tivity this week is billed for Thursday with Hedrick ninth graders entertaining Ashland at the senior high school at 3 p.m. and McLaughlin seventh, eighth and ninth grades going to Grants Pass for 3:30 p.m. contention. Central Point and Crater will have a squad at Grants Pass. Seventh and eighth graders of McLoughlin and Hedrick will tangle with each other in a tri angular meet on April 27 which includes Ashland. The ninth grades of the two schools will compete in the freshman district meet on May 11. Second flight Hillver won from Bob Woodv by lot: Samuelson won from Jerry Cot tingham by default; Casey won from Stan Stark 3 and 2: Fred Morlan-Jack Dougherty score not abailable; G. Har rington def. Jim Dunlevy 4 and 3; Ray Mencke-George McGill score not available: Don Wood won from Dr. Bob Bayuk by default: Bill Wood won from Al Maginnis by default; Lambert def. Lowell Chamberlain 1 up: Mil lette def. Dick Henselman 4 and 3: Stram def. R. M. Anderson 2 and 1; Allen def. Bill Blackeoge 1 up: Thorn dike def. Gain Robinson. 19th hole: R. Knight won from H. D. McClure by default. SCHEDULE: 7 April 12 Ashland and Medford ninth grades here; McLoughlin and Central Point and Crater seventh, eighth and ninth at Grants Pass. April 20 Grants Pass and Hedrick seventh, eighth and ninth here. April 21 McLoughlin and Crater ninth at Central Point. April 27 Ashland, McLoughlin and Hedrick seventh and eighth here; Hed rick ninth at Eagle Point: McLough lin. Crater and Ashland ninth at Ashland. May 4 Central Point and Crater and Hedrick seventh, eighth and ninth here. May 5 McLoughlin and Klamath Falls ninth here. May 11 Frosh district meet here: McLoughlin seventh and eighth at Central Piont. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Chene to Defend Wrestling Title Against Montana Grants Pass i.arry Chene, the ultra popular coast junior Heavy wrestling champ, will de fend his belt against the chal lenge of rough and rugged Bull Montana this Wednesday at the Josephine county fairgrounds arena. Montana refused to appear un less the title was up so Match maker Elton Owen had to put up a sizeable guarantee to get Chene to put up the belt. These two matadors are no strangers to each other having met each other before in a box ing match and a couple of wrestl ing matches here. Chene defeated Montana on a close decision in Portland to annex the title which was va cated by the great Pepper Gomez more than a year ago. Larry proved that he had the heart of a lion last week when he was battered into a bloody mess by Jack O'Reilly in the second fall and then came back to do some battering of his own and win the match. Bull Montana, is considered to be the roughest guy to ever hit this part of the country. The semi-final will match fast moving and popular Bill Fletcher against the nasty Jack O Reilly. Fletcher went to a draw with the favored Freeman last week. He will have to be at his best to beat the arrogant Australian. State Boxers Win in AAU Boston U.PJ A contingent of Oregon boxers came through the first round with flying col ors in the 68th annual national AAU boxing championships at Boston Garden last night. Louis Johnson, Tommy Thom as and Phil 'Moyer of Portland all chalked up decisions in the first round action yesterday while the fourth member of the Oregon squad picked after the Northwest Golden Gloves Cham- Dead line Sunday Classified is at nionshins in Portland a mnnth noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for pimismps in ortiana a montnMonday. other dayi 5;30 previouj diy. ago, Denny Moyer, drew a bye yesterday. First round results: 119 pound .class Louis John son, Portland dec. Lionel Rive ra, Honolulu. Hawaii. 139 pound class Tommy Thomas, Portland dec. Tarance Smith, Seattle air force. 156 pound class Phil Moyer, Portland dec. Jerry Wilson, Spo kane, Wash. Archie Moore Faces Bean Richmond, Calif. (U.R) Ar chie Moore swings into his fifth non-title bout since Rocky Mar ciano knocked him out last Sep tember when he meets Willie Bean of Los Angeles tonight in a 10-round contest at the local auditorium. Moore, trying to lose several rolls of fat before he defends his world light heavyweight cham pionship against Yolane Pompey in London next June, probably will weigh 191 for this one to Bean's 210. Bean not only is the heaviest fighter Moore has fought in his tuneup series but also the hard est hitting. Although his record indicates he is over the hill, Bean stil lhas a hard right hand punch. He also has been around since 1946. A large crowd is expected to watch the highly-favored Moore square off with Bean. Those who are upset minded recall that Moore was similarly favor ed in this area eight years ago and ran into a one round knock out by Leonard Morrow. This is More's last fight in California. His next bouts are scheduled for Seattle and then Salt Lake as he heads for the dock. Nampa H. Coach Takes Idaho Job Caldwell, Ida ftj.R) Col lege of Idaho President Tom E. Shearer said today that J. E. (Babe) Brown; coach at Nampa high school, has been named as head basketball coach and ath letic director at College of Ida ho. The appointment becomes effective August 1. Brown, 55, has been a coach for 28 years and was at the Uni versity of Idaho from 1940 to 1947 where he served at various times as head coach in football, baseball and track and as acting athletic director. Ha has coached at Burley, Moscow and Lewiston high schools in Idaho as welj as Nam pa. At College of Idaho he will replace Len Yandle, who resigned. Pendleton Country Club Building New Course Pendleton U.R) The Pendle ton Open, one of the favorite golf tourneys in the state since it was started in 1947, will take a two year leave of absence. The Pendleton Country Club is building a new course and offi cials plan to resume the tourney in two years on the new course. Fight Results Bv UNITED PRESS New York St. Nicholis Arena Rory Calhoun, 16, White Plains, N.Y., uotcointed Jackie Labua, 1583,i, East, Meadow, N.Y. (10). WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA Wednesday Night, April 11 MAIN EVENT For the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title!!!! Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit BULL MONTANA, 207 The Toledo Terror Challenger Yl. LEAPIN' LARRY CHENE. 201 ' DETROIT Champion Montana i Determined to Win That Title SEMI-FINAL Bett 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit BILL FLETCHER, 198 Boise vs. IRISH JACK O'REILLY, 206 Australia Heede Ainiini'Quinices q ch erg carage off ovoership in Canadiens Hope To Get Stanley Cup From Detroit Montreal U.R) The Mon treal Canadiens will seek to smash "hockey's greatest dyn asty, the Detroit Red "Wings, when the two clubs meet tonight in the fifth game of the Stanley Cup finals. The Canadiens, who already ended the Red Wings' seven- year reign as champions of the National Hockey league, hoped to complete the fall of the De troit hockey empire by dethron ing the defending Stanley Cup champions. And few outside the Red Wings,' own camp figure the Wings can hold off the pow erful Canadiens. The Canadiens, pointing to ward their sixth cup title, held a comfortable 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series with the fifth game scheduled tonight on their own Forum ice. The Wings won only one game here all sea son and haven't won a playoff game here since April 10, 1954. uthetrLni iregomi yttrs,flime. Disteib Third flight Conrad def. R. v. Van Duker 1 up; Lacanette won froii. George Choate by default; Marshall def. Bob Lock wood 6 and 4: Sorenson def. John Xuich 1 up: B. Broyles won from Nor ton Smith by default; Tomlin def. Ted Hugnes 1 up; Singler def. Bob Phillips, 20th hole; P. 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