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o Q IJiGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Sport fio yy&7 JACK CUDDY o .Parade New York CU R) What kind of a heavyweight champion is I Floyd Patterson? Right now that's the biggest one-man question in sports. It may be answered partially this year if the youngest heavyweight ruler in history survives his two pfanned title defenses in June and September. c Both fights are expected to be at Yankee Stadium, and the probable challengers are Tommy Hurricane Jackson and Eddie Machen. . p i At 2, the streamlined boxer-! puncher from St. Albans, N. Y., I ?j apparently has the body and the fighting philosophy to make him , one ui me jicdicai ctiiiipiui 1 Qof all time. " a The ring philosophy that gov erns his Uvinjng and fighting is vry important. He and Manager us D'Amato maintain stead fastly that -"the perfect fighter is one who can hit his opponent a stunning blow without getting hi himself." No Gambler in the Ring In other words, just because Patterson is a knockout puncher wh can hit harder than most of his opponents, he doesn't gamble on taking a blow in order to land one. Ecn when his man has "opened up" in an exchange, Patterson still is just as alert on defense as offense. He hews to this philosophy more closely than any big-time heavyweight since dk-ne Tunney. His ability to avoid ancient Archie Moore's punches in their exchanges at Chicago, meanwhile ripping Archie with combina tions, was a feature of his cham pionship victory, Nov. 30. However, whether young Floyd is half as good as he looked against 40-year-old Archie HOCKEY Montreal (U.R) Veteran Ted Lindsay of Detroit, who has played most of his 12 seasons in the National Hockey League in the shadow of teammate Gordie Howe, today appeared to be a strong contender for his second scoring championship. For the first time since the early weeks of the season, of ficial figures showed the 31-year-old Lindsay in sole posses sion of the first place in the scoring derby with 63 points one more than Montreal's Jean Beliveau and two more than Howe. Lindsay, who has been out of the top 10 pointmakers for the past two years, has been at or near the top all this season. He earned four assists in three games last v;eek to break a first p'ace tie with Beliveau a week ago. Detroit's production line, which has scored 67 of the team's 147 goals so far. dominat ed three of the first four posi tions in the standings. Trailing Howe in fourth place was young Norman Uullman with 47 points, two better than Andy Bathgate (gl New Yorjt, who picked up four points on two goals and to assists to take over fifth place which he shared with Maurice Rocket Richard last weekfc New York (U.R) Cleveland's Fred Glover has taken the lead once again in the topsy-turvy ftce for American Hockey League scoring honors, but he is now gced with a new threat in Rochester s Bronco Horvath. Glover, along with teammates Jimmy Moore and Bo Elik and Providence's Paul Larivee, had been waging a private battle for the3 scoring leadership since the season's arly stage, but Horvath Is threatening to break through this monopoly. Following last Sunday's game. Glover had74 points, followed (fey Larivee and Moore, each with 69.pF.lik had 68 points for fourth plate and Horvath, who has played seven" less games than the other leaders, had 64 points. Glover. whthas performed the "hat truck" twice this campaign, led In 'goals scored with 35 and Moore increased his assist lead to 51. MOVING up from Compton Junior College, Raymond C. (Tav) Brown is expected to beriew football coach of Uni versity of Southern Califor nia. (International) MAIL TRIBUNE is a . big question. Certainly Moore didn't put up half the fight expected either because of his own retrogression or be cause of Patterson's ability. And Floyd flattened him twice in the fifth round for a knockout. It must be recalled that our new champion was not nearly as impressive six months before that when he won a split 12 round decision over Hurricane Jackson. However, Floyd fought the last five rounds with a broken hand that June night in 7 Madison nxaciison square oaraen. Ana most writer atr.pH ho wnn cisivey. Tne tw0 judges favored him 8.4 anH 7.s ht T,f(lrp Harry Kessler who often is out 1 - MedforiwM'ribune SLPdDIffiTS MOST BEAUTIFUL That's what Barbara Williams, 18, of Richmond, Calif, was judged, "most beautiful golfer" of the nation in poll ' conducted by a magazine. Poll was of girls with a 10 or less handicap. Barbara, expected to be a champ in the near future, has only been playing for two years and shoots in the 70's. Here she displays skill with an iron shot Hawks Hope For Loop Tie By UNITED PRESS The St. Louis Hawks hope to regain a tie for first place in the Western division of the National Basketball association tonight. gaining ground the same way used by the Fort Wayne Pistons Monday night. The Pistons gained a half- game edge in the division race by turning back the Philadel phia Warriors, 103-91, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Tonight, the Hawks play host to the Warriors in St. ouis. Fort Wayne went ahead of Philadelphia in the second pe riod of Monday night's game and led the rest of the way. The Warriors were hampered by the loss of playmaking star Jack George with a heel injury and the restricted use of Joe Gra- boski because of a broken nose. This was the only game sched uled Monday night. In addition to tonight's Hawks-Pistons game a doubleheader in New York pits Boston against Syracuse and Rochester against New York. Red-Blue Shoot Will Be Sunday The annual Red and Blue team shoot is next on the agenda for Medford Gun club. The event is set for Sunday, Feb. 10. Paul Culbertson is cap tain of the Red team and Wilton White heads the Blues. Annual meeting and dinner of the club will be on Wednesday Feb. 13. Jim Horn won a leg on the Ed Pease handicap on Sunday with 46 out of 50 and Robert Mclh tyre broke 45. At 16 yeards Ray Coleman cracked 97 out of 100 and Martin Clogston broke 95 Scores of Clogston, Bert Peck and Don Hawk were sent in for the Spokesman Review Spo kane, Wash.) telegraphic skeet shoot. Each had 24 out of 25 for a 72 total. There were 28 shooters Sun day and 2,800 clay targets were ueed. Amateur Diamondmen To Receive Trophies Chicago (U.R! Amateur base- j ball teams will receive more than two tons of trophies in 1957, the National Baseball Con gress announced today. The weight of the awards will ; jange from lO.pounds for league ' pennants up to 100 pounds for first place trophies in the na- , tional and .global tournaments, j Tuesday, February 5. 1S57 of line in his voting had Jack son ahead, 6-5-1. Patterson's offense - defense balance may be not only (1) his winning method, but (2) a meth od that will enable him to hold the title for many years because he absorbs a minimum of punish ment in the ring. It's punish ment, rather than age, that washes up most fighters. The new champion has a smart business philosohpy as well as his ring beliefs. He is making plans to become a public rela tions man for a large industrial firm while he holds the title, and in order to prevent most of his earnings on that job from being absorbed by taxes, he may take a large part of his pay as stock in the industrial organiza tion making it a "capital gains" deal. Because of taxes, Floyd plans no more than two defenses in any. year. What will he pay in 1960 or 1965 if he's still cham pion then? And will he be cham- pion then? Tarheels Remain 1st; UCLA Fifth New York (U.R) The United Press college basketball ratings with first-place votes and won lost records through Feb. 2 in parentheses: Team Points 1. North Carolina (24 16-0) ..338 2. Kansas (9 13-1) 307 3. Kentucky (1 16-3) 242 4. Southern Methodist (15-2) 195 5. UCLA (15-1) 169 6. Louisville (1 14-3) 132 7. Seattle (17-2) 74 8. Bradley (13-2) 72 9. Ohio State (11-4) 61 10. Iowa State (12-4) 53 Second 10 11, Canisius, 49; 12, tie, California and Illinois, 40 each; 14, Purdue, 36; 15, Wake Forest, 31; 16, Brigham Young, 14; 17, tie Washington and Syr acuse, 10 each; 19, St. Louis, 9; 20, Western Kentucky, 8. Others Dayton, .Oklahoma City and Oklahoma A&M, 6 each; Temple, 5; Memphis State and Vanderbilt, 3 each; West Virginia, 2; Nebraska, Xavier, Ohio, San Francisco and Idaho State, 1 each. Brad fey Tips Portland U. Peoria, 111. U.R) Bradley romped to an easy victory over Portland last night, 107-73, set ting two school records to win its eighth straight basketball game. The Braves' 107 points were a new total score for a Bradley basketball team and the 61 points scored in the second half also set a new mark. Bradley now has a 14-2 record. Overall, Bradley hit on 52 per cent of its shots. Five Bradley players placed in the double figures, with Barney Cable's 16 the team's high indi vidual total. Scoring honors, however were won by Wally Panel of Portland with 21 points. Portland meets Washington of St. Louis Wednesday, Notre Dame Thursday and DePaul Saturday. Mantle Admits Score Toughest New York (U.R) Mickey Mantle admits that Cleveland southpaw Herb Score gave him the most trouble last season. Asked why Score is so tough for him, the Yankee center fielder said, "I don't know . I just can't hit him good." "Everybody knows he's fast, but he's also got a good curve ball," Mickey added during a conference Monday. "And when Herb learns a little more control, brother, he's going to be even tougher to hit. Boxer Confident Of Title Bout ....Paris (U.R) Charles Humez of France was confident today of a shot at the world middle weight crown next summer be cause of his impressive defense of the European title Monday night of an eighth-round techni cal knockout over Pat McAteer of England. McAteer, champion of the Brit ish Empire, was practically help less when the referee stopped the bout at 1:30 of the eighth be fore. 15,000 in the Palais des Sports. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your pietura tub dull and weak? Most picture tubes can bo restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18. K. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 Basketball Scores MONDAY'S SCORES By Lniud Prtu (East) W&J 81. Bethany 73 Notre Dame 99. Holy Crou 82 St. Josephs (Pa.) 74. Penn Mil. 61 W. Va. Wesleyan 116. Davia Elk. 62 Duquesne 73. Niagara 52 Colgate 83, NYU 53 (South ) Florado St. 97, Rollins 94 Ky. Wesleyan 81. E. Tenn. St. 59 Vanderbilt 61, Alabama 50 GeorRia Tech 76. Auburn 67 Tennessee 97. Flonda 79 Furman 80. W&M 78 (Midwest) St. Louis 78. Drake 72 Washington iMo.i 62. Iowa 54 Wichita 96. Detroit 76 Bradley 100. Portland 73 Illinois 96. Ohio State 89 Iowa St. 72. Colorado 71 Kansas St. 89. Nebraska 53 Indiana 74, Northwestern 56 B-W 88 Westminster (Pa.) 77 Toledo 74. Ohio U 71 John Carroll 97. Findlay 82 Michigan 66. Purdue 54 Southwest Okla. City 97. St. Mary s 66 Arizona 73. Texas Western 52 West Erigham Young 73, New Mexico 60 St. Mary's 76, Cal. Assies -54 Bradley 107, Portland U. 73 Pasadena 71. Sacramento State 63 West .Nazarene 81. East. Ore. 56 Northwest Nazarene 81, Eastern Oregon 56 Sugar Hart Is Offered Garden Fight New York-MU.R) Garnett Sugar Hart, remarkable young Philadelphia welterweight was offered his first Madison Square Garden fight today because of his 11th straight victory in a nearly riotous ending at St. Nicholas Arena Monday night. For almost 20 minutes the 2.176 fans at Monday night's TV scrap barraged the ring with twisted programs, paper cups. cigar butts, and banana peels as they yelled their protests against Harts seventh-round technical knockout victory - over Barry Allison of Springfield, Mass. One fist fight broke out at ringside. As 20-year-old Hart tentative ly accepted the Garden offer today, he added it probably would have been better Monday night "if Referee Harry Ebbets hadn't stopped the fight when he did." Ebbets, a former light-heavy weight contender, said, "I stop ped the fight because Allison was taking a bad beating tak ing too many punches. He might have been badly hurt." Ebbets intervened after 22 seconds of the seventh round. The official scoring favored Hart, 6-0, 4-2 and 5-1. Hart, who registered his sev enth straight knockout and his 20th victory in 21 bouts, was offered Walter Byers of Boston, recent conqueror of ex-champion Kid Gavilan, as a main-event opponent at "the Garden on March 8. "We haven't singed yet," said Manager Marty Stein, "but I'm D'-ettv sure we'll take the match." TO COMPETE AT GARDEN New York U.R) Bob Rich ards, Don Bragg, Bob Gutowski and Jerry Welbourn all 15-foot pole vaulters will compete in the Millrose games at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. "It's take-it-easy time, neighbor g Sunny BrookABourbon mm MUTUAL REGAINS FIRST PLACE IN CITY CIRCUIT MIBL STANDINGS: W. L. Pet. Mutual of Omaha 9 2 .818 Company A (Nat'l Guard) 9 3 .750 Hawkinson Tire Tread 9 3 .750 Lea Motors 8 4 ,.667 Prospect 4 6 .400 Butte Falls S 9 .250 Headquarters Co. 1 National Guard) 1 9 .100 Ashland National Guard 0 7 .000 (Dropped from league). Mutual of Omaha soundly thrashed Company A of the Na tional Guard last night to take back the top rung of the ladder in the Medford Independent Bas ketball league. The score was 70 to 33. Mutual grabbed a half-game lead over Company A which was bowled out of first spot and shoved into a second place dead lock with Hawkinson Tire Tread. Only one game was contested in the circuit last night. Lea Motors took a victory by default when Butte Falls did not appear for a scheduled 8:30 p.m. clash. Lea is still in fourth place but the forfeiture put the Motormen within one game of the two clubs tied for second and third. Tonight's slate gives Mutual n opportunity to further its leadership. The Insurance club is slated to meet Butte Falls at 7 p.m. at McLoughlin Junior high. Foes at 8:30 p.m. are to be Headquarters Company of the National Guard and Prospect. Two games which will affect the scramble at the top of the standings are set for Wednesday at McLoughlin. Company A meets Lea Motors in the opener and Hawkinson Tier Tread en counters Headquarters. The games are the last on the regu lar slate for Company A, Lea and Hawkinson's. Mutual outshone Company A all the way around last night. All-American Is Arrested Riverside, Calif. U.R) Arthur J. Hunter, 23, an All- America football player at Notre Dame in 1953, was expected to be arraigned today on charges of stealing money from men with whom he played handball. Police Chief J. A. Bennett said Hunter, who was reported to have signed to play profes sional football with the Cleve land Browns next season, was arrested last Friday on two counts of burglary and released on $1,000 bail. Police said Hunter admitted taking a total of $60 from wal lets at a handball court in the Riverside Elks Club, where he was a member. Hunter's home is in Riverside. Bennett said money was sto len at the club on two separate occasions. Northwest Nazarene Downs Eastern Oregon La Grande (U.R) Northwest Nazarene handed Eastern Ore gon an 81-56 basketball lesson here last night. The Crusaders grabbed the lead at the outset and were ahead 43-32 at the half. Tom Tracy of the winners had 21 points while Larry Howard hit 19 for EOC. I Sunny BrookT'rbon time, that is! after a day's work well done, you need some relaxation . . . take time out. . . then enjoy this golden whiskey . . .fimst of fine Kentucky bourbons! Cheerful as its THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY. LOUISVILLE. 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Score reportedly was given a raise that puts him near the $20,000 bracket MEDFORD METAL GO o Dealers In All Types of Scrap Stool and Metal Material HIGHEST PRICES PAID IN SOUTHERN OREGON o For: Scrap Iron, Tin, Auto Bodies, Copper, Brost, c Radiators and Batteries Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday Agate Road Just North of Ross Lumber Ph. 3-TA 4-4176 Name.1 Records In Hoop Loops Listed Here's the situation in the major conference races: Big Ten: Ohio State, (6-2), Purdue (5-1), and the three teams tied for third at 3-2 Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana all must still be given a chance. Ohio State lost to Illinois last night, and it must risk the lead again against Indiana Saturday. Pacific Coast Conference: UCLA (6-0), faces a big threat in Washington (8-1) Friday and Saturday while California also (6-0) takes on losing - record Oregon State. Ivy League: Princeton (5-0) is trailed by Columbia and Yale (each 4-1). Columbia and Yale scrap for second place Wednes day, then Yale meets Princeton Saturday. Southern: West Virginia (7-0) won't meet runner-up Washing ton and Lee (5-1) during reg ular season, but faces two league teams this week. Southeastern: Kentucky (7-1) is in driver's seat; can drop to a tie for lead only in unlikely event it loses to Mississippi Fri day while Auburn (5-2) wins two games. Atlantic Coast: North Caro lina, national leader with a 16-0 overall mark and 6-0 league record, faces about as tough a week as it will get. Tar Heels visit Maryland Tuesday night. then play host to 19th-ranked Duke (5-2) on Saturday. Big Seven: Kansas (4-1) faces runner-up Nebraska (2-1) on Saturday. Big Seven: Kansas (4-1) faces runner-up Nebraska (2-1) on Saturday. Missouri Valley: Bradley (6-0) doesn't play a league game this week, but Wichita and St. Louis (each 5-2) play twice. Southwest: SMU (5-1) meets co-runner-up Baylor (4-2) Tues day in one of two games this week. Rice (also 4-2) plays only once. Skyline: Brigham Young (6-1) beat New Mexico last night and 2nd lace of Mi Competition lcke4W Daytons Beach, 51a. (U.I The "big money" cars Cadil lacs, Lincoln Continent! fnd Chrysler Imperial tI, the spotlight today in th cid big race of th Nascar "spetd" competition. Limousines of the "prestige car class" will skim along the famous five-miletraightaway of hard-packed sand, vying for more prestige for te manufac turers and money for the drivers. Boston U.R) The National AAU boxing championships will be staged here April 8-10, it wa announced today. faces Utah (4-2) In a big one Saturday. Meanwhile, third-place Utah meets second-plact Mon tana (5-2) Thursday. SEATTLE 232 pia .ax wsrcoasT. o o ALSO AVAILABLE I. Kentucky Blended Whiskey In the- traditional round bottle O '
