Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 23, 1957, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextMiWHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBOTTE Wednesday, January 23, 1S57 Sport Parade Bt OSCAR FRALEV Sporri Writer United Press Mutual, Hawkinson's Chalk Up Victories in City Cage Loop New York OJ.PJ Heavy weight champion Floyd Patter son today issued a challenge to retired Rocky Marciano to "come back and fight." With the quiet but intense Patterson it Is a matter of both pride and pocketbook. He knows that a bout with Marciano might produce the greatest gate of all time, yet his hope that the Brockton Blockbuster might re turn to the ring is based on a de sire to prove his own greatness. "Before I fought Archie Moore he was picked by many to de feat me," Patterson explained. "After I defeated him to win the championship, almost everybody concurred that I had beaten an 'old man.' " Beating Marciano, he knows, would clinch his spot in the hall of. heavyweight champions. Floyd Feels Cheated "There is nothing we would like better than to fight Mar ciano," agreed white-haired Gus D'Amato, Patterson's manager.. "I know how deeply Floyd feels that this is the only thing which stands between him and the rec ognition which he deserves. Right now he feels cheated and I can't say that I blame him." D'Amato has no qualms about risking the title against the heavyhanded retired champion. "I told Floyd two years ago that I thought he could beat Marciano," he said. "I was cer tain that he could beat him for eight rounds but, at the time, Floyd had never been more than that distance. Now we are cer tain that he can go 15 rounds, if necessary, even though he has been as far as 12 rounds only once in beating Hurricane Jack son." Patterson Breaks Hand In that fight, Patterson broke a bone in his hand early In the bout but still managed to win the decision. "He still was strong at the end of those 12 rounds and knew that he could have gone IS rounds," D'Amato explained. The Patterson camp admits that a Marciano fight would be a real risk because, as D'Amato nodded, "Rocky's punch could take anybody -out at any time." But D'Amato has an iron-clad faith in his 22-year-old champ ion and then, too, there is the money. Barring Marcianc's return, on tap for Patterson is an exhibi tion tour and a probable June fight with Jackson. After that there is nobody in immediate sight except some shopworn veterans and inexperienced Ed die Machen of California. Griffins Bid Again For NCAA Berth By UNITED PRESS It looks like another post-season tournament bid is certain for Canisius college, ail Eastern finalist in the NCAA basketball tournament for the past two years. The Golden Griffins from Buffalo, N. Y.. ranked second among the nation' independent teams, ran their record for the season, to 13-2 Tuesday night with a 70-63 victory over St. Bonaventure and seem likely to eclipse their 19-1 mark last year, which was a school record. Canisius now is rated 13th nationally by the United Press Board of Coaches and the only independent team placed higher is Seattle in ninth place. Another NCAA bid would give the Griffins a chance to make up for disappointments of the past two seasons. In 1955, th,ey drove to the Eastern finals but took a 99-64 drubbing from LaSalle. In 1956 they again surprised by going to the Eastern final round but bowed to Temple, 60-58. Nowak Sparks Hank Nowak's 25 points sparked the Griffins to Tues day night's triumph, which gave them a commanding position among New York state's Little Three colleges Canisius, St. Bonaventure, and Niagara. It was only the second loss in 11 starts for St. Bonnie's Brown Indians. Nowak, who stayed in the game despite an early injury that caused him to limp, turned the tide definitely for Canisius when he sank three free throws with two minutes to play. The hard driving senior forward sank Boxer Shot In NY Store New York U.R) Former boxer Frankie Palermo, 28, who fought some of the world's lead ing welterweights in the late 1940s, was shot to death Tues day night In a Bronx candy store. The only witness to the shoot ing, a 13-year-old boy, told po lice that Palermo was involved in an argument with an un known man in the store. The man left the store, then returned about 15 minutes later with two other men. One of the three, the youth said, pulled a gun and fired five shots, four of which struck Palermo. Police said he was killed al most instantly. Palermo had been working as a bartender since his retirement. TITTLE SIGNS - San Francisco (U.PJ Y. A. Tittle today signed a contract for his seventh season with the San Francisco Forty Niners and his 10th year in the National Football league. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.1 seven straight one-pointers in the second half, in contrast to St. Bonnie hig scorer Ken Fair field, who tallied 15 points but missed several crucial free throws in the late stages. In other leading games Tues day night, Georgia Tech downed Auburn, 81-74, in the South eastern conference; Idaho de feated Washington State,' 69-57, in the Pacific Coast conference; St. Francis of Brooklyn downed Siena, 69-50; and St. Thomas, Minn., upset Marquette, 69-63. ONE LABORATORY TEST IS WORTH 100 EXPERT OPINIONS! BETTER CONCRETE Can Be Made By Using . . . CLEAN Sand and Gravel UNINGER'S READY-MIX CONCRETE Is BETTER because it is made with Gravel that is washed and . rawashed to remove all mud and Foreign matter before being placed in the Mixer Trucks ... ASK TO SEE THE RESULTS OF LABORATORY TESTS MADE ON . . . UNINGER'S READY-MIX CONCRETE .... AND BE CONVINCED ALL LININGER MIXER TRUCKS Are Equipped With 2-Way Radio To Give You PROMPT and EFFICIENT SERVICE call. UNINGER'S WHEN YOU NEED READY-MIX CONCRETE Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 Ashland 8121 Mutual of Omaha bolstered its front-running place in the Med ford Independent Basketball league last night when Hawkin son Tire Tread, which took over third place alone on Monday, made another bid to rise to the top of the standings. Mutual rambled 79 to 33 over Headquarters Company of the National Guard and Hawkin son's downed Lea Motors 67 to 61. The setback further in trenched Lea in fourth although the Motormen did show signs of strength. The Tire team is now only a half-game away from Company A of the Guard's sec ond spot and 1V4 games from first. It was Hawkinson's most of the way in their game with Lea last night. The Tiremen lead by eight and 10 points in the first half. However, they "found a cover' on the bucket" much of the second half and Lea's caught up at 59-all. Fred Johnson made two free shots to put the Tire team ahead again 61 to 59. Waldron tied the score and then Johnson hit from the key to put Hawkinson's in front to stay. The Tire team closed out with Bob Serak hit ting four free shots Max Hite and Dick Wooton held the tall Lea men, Chuck Stacy and Bruce Penny to four points each but that concentra tion freed Waldron who got 29 markers for the night. Dick Wooton scored 20 points for the victors, and Serak 19. Half time score was 31 to 24 for the Hawkinson quint. Mutual has an 8-1 record, Company A 7-2 and Hawkinson's 7-3. Lea's is 5-4. LINE-VPS: Hawkinson's 67 De. Wooton S f Hite 7 f Di. Wooton 20 c Serak 19 g Smith 5 (1 Lea 11 Werner 9 Wendt 4 Stacy 29 Waldron 2 Kastnsr Substitutions For Hawkinson's. F. Johnson 5. Cavanaugh 4, McCay 2: lor Lea, Penny 4, Sanford. Mclntyre 2. MEDFORIVitWrRIBUNE Prospect, Butte Falls Keep Up Pace in Jackson League JACKSON COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDINGS W. Prospect -4 Butte Falls 4 St. Mary s . 2 Jacksonville 1 Talent 1 Rogue River .. 0 Prt. 1.000 1.000 .500 2)0 .250 .000 Prospect and Butte Falls High schools rolled up Jopsided tri umphs in Jackson County B league basketball last night to stay unblemished in the circuit and set the stage for a Friday evening hassle for undisputed leadership. The clubs collide at Prospect. Butte Falls drubbed Rogue River 79 to 40 and Prospect trampled Jacksonville 78 to 47 in last night's action while St. Mary's of Medford barely out lasted Talent 39 to 38. St. Mary's took third place alone in the standings with the verdict. Both Prospect and Butte Falls were hot and were able to get most of their shots in close. Prospect also rebounded well and had a warm night at the free throw line. The Cougars of Prospect had period margins of 23 to 12, 41 to 14 and 64 to 32 over Jackson ville. Leo Daniels scored 20 points, Don Vannice 19 and Jim Davidson 18 for the Cougars. Gary Hueners headed Jackson ville with 16. The game marked the best offensive effort of the season for the Prospect club. Bill Irwin Has 28 Butte Falls forced Rogue River to do most of its tabulat ing from long range. The Log gers built a 12 to 0 lead at the start and had quarter spreads of 24 to 6. 38 to 19 and 59 to 25. Bill Irwin topped the Butte Falls scoring parade with 28 counters. Pat Conley got 18 and Mike Conley 15. Larry Elledge and Bob Allen each got 12 for the Chiefs. i St. Mary's took the lead from Talent in the early minutes and held it the rest of the way. Tal ent applied a full court press as time ran out in the fourth quar ter and was able to pull on the Crusaders who passed up good ; shots in effort to keep the ball. I The Bulldogs got their last : bucket in the closing seconds, j It was a slow game on the ; Medford court as SM took its : time working the ball. Talent's more frequent fouls gave the . Crusaders more free shot chances and St. Mary's cashed in to make the scoring difference in the game. Talent led in field goals 17 to 12 but SM put in 15 free shots and Talent just four. Leads for St. Mary's at the intermissions were 10 to 6, 18 to 12 and 29 to 24. In junior varsity prelimin aries Talent beat St. Mary's 44 to 33, Jacksonville bounced Prospect 53 to 48 and Butte Falls Pistons Boost Pro Hoop Lead By UNITED PRESS The Fort Wayne Pistons over came another fine performance by scoring champion Bob Pettit of St. Louis Tuesday night to increase their narrow lead in the Western division of the Na tional Basketball association. The Pistons led most of the way on the home court to beat St Louis. 97-87, despite 30 points by Pettit. In the only other league game Tuesday night, the New York Knicks nipped Syracuse, 90-88, at home when a last-second shot by Syracuse player coach Paul Seymour barely miss ed. . v" HEART OF THE MATTER Wellington. New Zealand U.R) Veterinary science lec turer at Sydney University said Tuesday he has discovered a test to determine if a horse can win a race. J. D. Steel told a science congress he had found a way to tell if a horse would win a race by studying its electro-cardiogram. beat Rogue River 51 to 29. line-ups: Buue Falls 79 40 Rogue River B. Irwin 28 f O Kelly M. Conley 15 I SB. Bigman P. Conley 18 c 2 Wilson Dillen 2 g 9 J. Bigman J. Irwin 9 g 12 L Elledce Substitutions For Butte Falls. El lis 6. Sheppard 1, Remsen. Smith; for Rogue River. Allen 12. Wagner. Prospect 78 47 Jacksonville P. Daniels 9 I 4 Dowell L. Daniels 20 f Paxton Vannice 19 c 10 PawlowtKi Gardner 4 g 17 Hueners J. Davidson 18 g 3 Mclntyre Substiuttions For Prospect, cum mins 4. T.' Davidson 2. Ring 2. Scaife: for Jacksonville. C. Smith 2. E. bmltn 7, Davis 5, Perrard. McKeen. St. Mary's 39 38 Talent Kerr 4 f 6 Combs Birmingham 6 f 1 Wellburn Flakus 8 c 6 Hazelton Daley 9 g 5 Wallace Pruitt 7 g 6 Hoffman S u b s t i t u tiona For St. Mary's, Miksche S. Fogel; for Talent Helm 4. Prep Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL By UNITED PRESS Central Catholic 49. Hillsboro 38 McMinnville 71. Forest Grove 59 Beaverton 71. Parkrose 64 North Salem 62. Dallas 50 Milwaukie 39. David Douglas 29 St. Helens 60. Tigard 32 Oswego 52. Kewberg 48 Lincoln 59. Cleveland 49 Jefferson 48, Wilson 41 Franklin 62. Roosevelt 50 Grant 54. Washington 41 West Linn 52. Oregon City 86 Scappoose 69. Revnolds 39 Willamette 60, Oakridge 53 Junction City 58. Creswell 54 Lebanon 52. Sweet Home 47 Woodburn 58. Willamette JV 56 Molalla 44. Estacada 35 Coquille 47. Bandon 42 Sandy 47. Canby 41 Powers 64. Siuslaw 49 Willamina 55, Nestucca 33 Burns 53. Grant Union 50 Taft 52. Waldport 44 Sherwood 52. Banks 35 Monroe 42. Shedd 33 Drain 85. Pleasant Hill 55 OCE Frosh 50, Valsetz 23 Amity 49. Yamhill 42 Yoncalla 48. Glide 46 Reedgport 66. Mapleton 64 Coburg 74. Triangle Lake 52 Glendale 65. Riddle 41 Elkton 58. Sutherlin 42 Camas Valley 73. Oakland 49 Butte Falls 79, Rogue River 40 Prospect 78. Jacksonville 47 St. Mary's of Medford 39, Talent 38 MH Tornado Cagers Gird For Ashland "They're all in one piece and I hope that's a good sign." Coach Frank Roelandt had that comment this morning con cerning the Medford high bas ketball team and its prepara tions for its Ashland series this week end in the Southern Ore gon conference. The Tornado faces Ashland here Friday night and at Ash land on Saturday. Medford's hoopmen took it fairly easy in drills last week when they had a bye in the schedule "and Roelandt indicated that the club was over the ail ments which hampered it during the Klamath Falls series. Re serve Don Peek, who had a cracked bone in his foot is back in action. Larry Perkin's foot is still a bit sore but Roelandt said that the regular guard is practi cally at full strength. The mentor said that the Tor nado in practices this week is "just trying to put into reality the Ashland ball control offen sive." He mentioned that Med ford has met the style of ball before but not an attack as de- Hamia Lays His Claim On Mantle New York U.PJ European champion Cherif Hamia of France laid claim today to Sandy Saddler's vacant featherweight championship but faced the pros pect of at least one bout before gaining official recognition. The U.S. National Boxing as sociation announced it would ac cept the winner of a bout be tween Hamia and Carmelo Costa of Brooklyn as the new 126 pound ruler. The New York State Boxing commission, which is not an NBA member, promised to issue its opinion on the title by Friday and indications were strong that it, too, would demand Hamia meet at least one major foe to gain the crown. Saddler's seven-year reign as king of the featherweights end ed Tuesday when his manager, Charley Johnston,, announced the New Yorker is quitting box ing in order to save his sight. Saddler claims injuries suffered in an automobile accident here last July 27 have resulted in par tial blindness. Dr. Thomas W. Matthew, a neuro-surgeon who has been treating the 30-year-old Saddler, said, "I have advised Sandy that if he boxes again, he will run a grave risk of going completely blind. Sandy is in agreement, al though it means giving up his livelihod. He still retains partial vision and, if he does not go back into the ring, there is a fair chance he will retain what sight he has left." In Paris, Saddler's announce ment was followed by Hamia's title claim made for him by his manager, Philippe Filippi. Basketball Scores TUESDAY C ALLEGE GAMES (East Georgia Tech 81, Auburn 74 St. Thorn (Minn.) 69. Marquette 63 (West) Idaho 69. Washington State 57 Oregon Tech 77, Southern Oregon 61 Whitman 74. Eastern Oregon 55 NEW SCORECARDS Washington (U.PJ The Wash ington Senators said today their 1957 scorecards will be new booklets that will make the scorecards of other major league clubs look "really bush league." New York (U.R) Jess Wil lard, who stood 6 feet, 7 inches, was the tallest of all heavy weight champions while Primo Camera, who fought at about 265 pounds, was the heaviest. FOREIGN BORN Chicago (U.R) There is only one American-born player in the National Hockey league today but the Chicago Black Hawks once fielded a team made up en tirely of United States players. liberate as Ashland's. A lVi-hour game scrimmage was conducted yesterday. Roe landt said it was a good drill although spotty. The club went over lots of fundamentals on Monday. YOUR TIRES or exchange your smooth tires for our Recapped Tires. Only perfect tires recapped. All work done in your own Medford plant. First grade rubber. 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