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Wednesday, January 23, 1S57
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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.
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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
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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.
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