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r O O G TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Crater, Medford Tangle Here Friday in SO Loop Basketball Crater high's Comets have yet to break into the victory column in Southern Oregon con ference basketall but they intend to keep trying as they encounter the Medford Black Tornado this week in a two-game series. From Comet coach Jim Nau ccmes the statement. "The kids haven't given up. The showed spirit last week against Klam ath Falls. Despite the fact they haven't won a league game, they're still hoping." Tussles this week are at Med ford on Friday night and at Central Point on Saturday. Jun or vaaty will play at 6:30 MEDFCMUVtjTRIBUrr rm-f-t .:: - is.-- Jk ',' ' ' '& r i ai HERMAN TAYLOR Ao Clewa Will Show Stuff O Harlem Globetrotters Play Honolulu Surf Riders at Central Point on March 1 Tha fabulous Harlem Globe trotters will bring its combin ation of brilliant basketball and superbcclowning to tha Crater high school gym on Friday (jight, Mirch 1. o The Trouers, who have just (reached the west coast after a tour of tlie Far East.Svill oppose the classy Honolulu Surf Riders r in a bill which promises an out Tucson Golf o Mix Starts . Tucson. Arii. (U.R) Aspiring newcomers tocthe professional golf tout began the scramble to day for top monsy in the tumul tous Tucson Open. Bill Casper Jr., whef won the Phoenix Open last week; Dow Finsterwald, Tequest, Alfa., pro golf 1 second leading money win ctr last year; Csjtid burley Mike Srmchak. Grossingers, N. Y., were among those listed most likely to succeed here. uch name pros as National Open champion Cary Middlecotf, former National Open titlist LloyiJ Jlangrum, and ven some of tire shining new stars bypassed the tournament fcere. leaving it wide open to lesser Jjghts of the fairways. TJe snub of Tucson by so many of the name stars, includ ing last yeae's winner Ted Kroll, veteran Jimmy Demaret, Gene Littler. San Diego: and Billy Maxwell, Odessa, Tex., caused bad feelings between the pro moting Tucson Golf association and the Professional Golfers association. Clemson, S. C. U.R) Tommy Simonovitch, often described as one of New Jersey's finest high school athletes, has accepted an athletic scholarship at Clemson college. Simonovitch, who lives in West New York. N. J., ex celled in football, baseball and basketball in high school, but plans to concentrate on baseball and basketball at Clemson. Dear John: Last night at our poker club on of the fellows stated you could buy a Golden Rocket 88 OLDS for about the same price as one of the small three. I didn't believe him, so this morning I went down to DARRELl MILLER CO. and found out it was a fact. I am now the proud owner of an 83 OLDS Sedan and it cost only $3,328.72 ready to take home and that included radio and heater, too. e For once the wife was happy I played cards with the boys! Got the tip on Oldsmobile and won a couple of bucks besides. By all means, John, get the deal on an OLDS before you buy any car. See you at the golf tour nament. Sinecrely yours. p m. and varsities are billed for an 8:15 p.m. tip off time. Mentor Frank Roelandt of the Tornado has indicated his ag gregation will go into the series with realization that the Comets, with eight loop setbacks could be "due" to turn the tide. And the Mefordites will aim to delay Crated ambitions for another week end- while at the same time shooting for lone leader ship in the circuit. Ashland will play a league fray at Grants Pass on Friday and the two quints vie at Ash land on Saturday. Klamath Falls, tied for first spot with Medford, K r . I J standing evening's entertainment for all the fans. The show will be under the promotion of Harry Chipman. A six-act variety show, said to be considerably better, than the one the Globetrotters brought to Central Point last year, will be presented at half time. Three of the acts have been seen in this area recently on the Ed Sullivan television show. Race Tracks Pay State Treasuries Staggering Total Lexington, Ky. (U.R) State treasuries hauled in a record total of $207,456,272 from horse racing of all types in 1956, the National Association of Slate Racing commissioners announced today. The staggering total, ranging from the $73,861,755 realized by New York to the $75,881 collect ed by Nebraska, represented an increase of $20,466,684 over the 1955 total of $186,989,588 re ported by the NASRC for its 24 members. Thoroughbred racing was re sponsible for the lion's share of the staggering sum with a con tribution of $164,062,687 to state treasuries while harness racing turned in $39,879,246 and quar ter horse and fairs raised $3,514,- 339. These same sources raised only $6,024,193 among them in 1934 when the NASRC issued its first report. SPORT CAR RUNS Daytona Beach, Fla. (U.R) More than 100 sports cars, in cluding almost every major American and European make were scheduled to compete to day in "flying mile" runs in the NASCAR "speed week" compe tition on Dayton s hard-packed sands. The target will be the record of 164.24 miles per hour held bv Bill Walters of Long Island, N.Y. Harvey Thursday, February 7. 1957 draws a bye as the loop's second time around begins. That means that Medford can, with two vic tories, take over first by itself. Nothing Speical While the Tornado has been hard at it this week, Roelandt indicated that the Tornado has prepping nothing special for the Comets. Practices have followed their regular form. The tutor said that the likely starters are Dick McLaughlin. Dick Copple. Neil Plumly, Larry Perkins and Dick Puhl. Larry Slessler, who turned an ankle in workouts last week, is back with the squad. But Mike Stearns, who cut his leg badly in a tobogganing mishhap, is still sidelined. Nau said that the probable Crater starters are Dick Davis, Fred Herrmann, Randy Camp bell. Wayne Allen and Joe Teet er. The coach brought out that Comets will have defensive eyes much on McLaughlin, Copple and Plumley on the basis of their work in the league opener series. Crater is experimenting with several offenses which it is hoped will work against Med ford. The schools reported that the Medford series with Grants Pass and the Crater games with Klam ath ending the regular slate have been moved up to March 5 and 6. They were set for March 8 and 9. Chet Forte Takes Over Score Lead By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer The little man's day dawned at last today in college basket ball. Five-foot, nine-inch Chet (The Jet) Forte of Columbia has taken the national scoring leadership away from seven-foot Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain of Kansas on the strength of a 36-point per formance Wednesday night against Yale. Forte's brilliant showing was not enough to save his team from an upset, for Yale notched a 103-87 decision to take undis puted possession of second place in the Ivy League. But it did give the little Lion an average of 30.2 points per game, passing the 29.8 mark held by Chamberlain who has been No. 1 in the national scor ing parade almost since the start of the season. Two Other Upsets Forte notched only nine points in the first half Wednesday night, then got 26 in the second half. But Larry Downs' 31 points led Yale to victory. Forte's feat took the national spotlight despite two other ma jor upsets, both featuring that ol' devil zone defense. Louisville, the nation's No. 6 team and highest-ranked inde pendent squad, was handed its second straight upset, 85-74, by Morehead State of Kentucky and Canisius, ranked No. 11 nation ally, fell short in a late rally and bowed to Marquette in a thriller at Milwaukee; 81-80. Canisius was so baffled by Marquette's zone that it sank only 31 of 90 shots, but even so staged a superb rally that almost wiped out a seven-point deficit in the last minute. Six-eight sophomore Mike Moran led Mar quette with 34 points and soph Jim McCoy had 23. Dumas Chairman Of Thirty Stater Chapter Here Murrey Dumas has been ap pointed chairman of the Med ford Thirty Stater club. Eddie Thomas is vice-president and Hank Herman secretary-treasurer. An organizational meeting was held at the Medford hotel on Tuesday. Thirty Staters is a booster group with the purpose of promoting athletics at Ore gon State college. OSC alumni residing in this vicinity interest ed in the organization may con tact one of the officers. Guests at the meeting were Bob Watson, OSC assistant foot ball coach: Robert Knoll, OSC alumni director, and Bernie Paine, Lane County Thirty Stat ers president. Rogue's Waters Low, Clear, Cold Portland U.R! Improved prospects for week end steel head fishing in Oregon were re ported today by the State Game Commission. The weekly report. Southwest: Steelhead angling spotty ranging from poor to fair in central Douglas county; North Umpqua murky; upper main and South Umpquas muddy except in area above Tiller: main Milli coma fair from Coquille fair to good. Rogue, Illinois and Applegate down to normal and waters low and clear; water cold and fish ing slow. MICKEY AND THE BABE Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle looks up at a giant photo of home-run king Babe Ruth in the office of Yankee Stadium after signing his 1957 contract. Mantle, American League's Most Valuable Player of 1956, signed for a reported $60,000. He was paid ?32,000 in 1956 when he led both leagues in batting. Kimpton, Moore Scoring Leaders in SO Conference Butch Kimpton, deadeye guard, and Glenn Moore, tall center, both of Klamath Falls, lead Southern Oregon confer ence basketball scoring. Klam ath Falls offense rolled up the most total points in the first half of loop play and Ashland hoop- men have yielded the fewest scores. Kimpton is leader in field buckets with 49, in total tallies with 143 and in per game aver age with 17.9. Moore follows in total points with 115 and in average with 14.2. The Pelicans of Klamath high have run up 485 total points for an eight-game average of 60.6. Ashland has given up 339 points for a low per game mark of 42.4 in the circuit. But the Grizzlies' defensive mark is considerably due to its ball control offense. The Ashlanders 328 tabulation and 41.0 per game is the lowest INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS: Butch Kimpton. KF uienn Moore. K Dick Copple. Medford Dick McLaughlin. Medford Mel Dailey. Ashland Neil Plumlev. Medford Jack Eberhart. Ashland Bob Niles, KF Cliff Sutherland. KF Jim Smith. CP r red Herrmann, crater Lee McGill. KF Wayne Allen. Crater . Jack Tobiasson. Ashland Tom Hamlin. Medford .... Larry Perkins, Medford .. Jerry Putnam. GP Mark Fitch. Ashland Larry Henderson. GP Neil Green. Crater Don Goyette. Crater TEAM STATLSTICS: Klamath Falls Medford Grants Pass Ashland Crater Basketball Scores WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES By United Prest (East) Amherst 64. Harvard 55 Temple 81, VU la nova 72 Lehigh 84, Dickinson 58 Boston U- 73, Tufts 60 Quantico 85. Duquesn 72 ColRate 75. Cornell 63 Yale 103, Columbia 87 Princeton 69, Rutgers 53 Penn 67. Brown 66 Army 90, Albright 74 ( South) Navy 53. Penn State 48 Stetson 95. Miami 92 Morehead St. 85, Louisville 74 (Midwest) Wash. U. (Mo.) 72. Portland 65 Marquette 81. Canisius 80 Dayton 68, Miami (O.) 67 ( Southwest) Air Force 104. Colorado Col. 53 Southern Oregon 62. Oregon Tech 59 Prep Scores WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL Taft 63, Siuslaw 46 HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By United Press The New York Rangers, bat- i tling for the fourth and final playoff spot in the National Hockey league race, get a chance to move past the Toronto J luapie ..ears lonignt wnen iney meet the last-place Chicago Black Hawks. The Rangers crept to within a point of the fourth-place Leafs Wednesday night by beating the Boston Bruins, 3-2, while the Leafs were battling to a 1-1 tie with the Montreal Canadiens. AMERICAN LEAGUE By United Press The Hershey Bears have broken their four-game winless streak to move back into serious contention for the American Hockey league pennant. Hershey, capitalizing on hot scoring by Obie O'Brien and Zd Panagabko, defeated cellar dwelling Springfield, 7-6, in Wednesday night's only game and now stand four points out of first place. , . . I for the loop on offense. Copple Third Dick Copple and Dick Mc Laughlin with 103 and 102 points, respectively, are Med ford's individual leaders and third and fourth in the league. They have respective averages of 12.87 and 12.75. Neil Plum ley of Medford's Tornado is sixth in the SOC with 80. Medford's 449 total and 56.1 average is second in the offense statistics and with 362 and 45.2 third in defense. Mel Dailey with 98 aggregate and 12.2 per game is Ashland's top man and fifth in the circuit. Jim Smith heads Grants Pass with 66 and 8.2 and Fred Herr mann paces Crater with 64 and 8.0. Statistics are to be compiled on a weekly basis by Clayton Hannon, sports editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News. FT 45 45 25 48 32 40 45 13 32 22 30 16 .10 35 9 9 20 11 18 S 13 TP 485 449 364 328 344 PF TP APG 18 143 17.9 28 115 14.2 23 103 12.87 20 102 12.75 19 98 122 26 80 100 25 71 88 20 69 8.6 20 68 8.5 16 66 8 2 32 64 80 16 62 7.7 18 58 7.25 15 57 7.1 23 53 6.62 20 53 6.62 25 50 6.2 18 45 5.6 30 44 5.5 30 42 525 10 41 5.12 APO OP APG 60.6 352 44.0 56 1 362 45.2 455 414 51.7 41.0 339 42.4 43.2 473 59.1 .. 49 35 33 27 33 20 13 28 23 22 17 23 24 11 22 22 15 17 13 18 13 Prt. .875 .875 .375 -375 .000 Dehydration May Benefit Eyes Of Sandy Saddler New York (U.R) Doctors ex pressed hope today that a new dehydration treatment will avoid the necessity of an eye opera tion for retired featherweight boxing champon Sandy Saddler. Saddler, who said when he gave up his crown last month because doctors had advised him he might become totally blind if he fought again, entered Flower Fifth Avenue hospital for treat ment last Monday. The former champion claims that the injury to his right eye is the result of an auto acci dent in which he wai Involved last summer. Dr. Arthur Alexander Knapp, Saddler's physician, said Wed nesday an examination has re vealed the retina of Saddler's right eye is pulled out of posi tion and also there is fluid in back of the eye. DID YOU KNOW You Can Get Buys Like These? 1957 Mere. Monterey 2-Door Sedan $2935.00 1957 Merc. Monterey 4-Door Sedan $3000.00 1957 Merc. Phaeton Hardtop $3050.00 1957 Merc. Phaeton Hardtop Sedan $3100.00 Above Prices Include: 1 Foam Seat Cushions 2 Deluxe Trim 3 Wheel Rings 4 Back-up lites 5 Courtesy Lites IMMEDIATE DELIVERY MOST MODELS MEDFORD MOTORS, Inc. Lincoln Mercury 6th & Ivy Phone 2-8588 Hunting and Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL Someone surely had it in lor the Rogue fishermen last week end. The river paid off in steady limits right up to Saturday then came the mud. There were only showers locally but some where up in the hills something happened and both the Rogue and the Applegate ran brown. By Tuesday of this week the river was in fishing shape .again and the large run which was "kegged" up in the Galice sec tion had scattered all along the river. Glen Woolridge, veteran Rogue guide, reported that there is a tremendous concentration of fish at Agness. It is hoped that these fish will start moving now that the water has warmed up and that they will be in this area before the season closes Feb. 15. The Smith river with the Mid dle fork on the milky side and the South fork clear and low is in a dormant stage but the na tives say that warmer weather and water should move some more schools in from the mouth. The Chetco is a little slower this week than it was last week when according to Johnny He witt's of Hewitt's Anchorage, "She was really hot." The water is in fine condition, the weather is lovely and in spite of the re ported "slower" the fishing is still good. Hard To Predict The.!.- coast streams are hard to predict because of the fact that the fish run in schools and sometimes will lie around the mouth of the river for some days then suddenly head upstream. One day may be slow and the next terrific. Usually at this time of year, one can expect fair to good fishing most of the time. It has been a long time since any one lure has taken over the fishing like the little fluorescent bodies Spinn Glo with its whirl ing white wings. Many anglers who have disliked the inconven ience and messiness of cluster eee fishing have welcomed this new addition to the fishing fam ily with enthusiasm. I have had numerous requests as to how to fish this little bug so for the information of those who haven't' become acquainted vet. here it is These lures come either in kit form, three or four bodies with a bead for each and necessary hooks in a plastic box, o'r they can be obtained in bulk with just the bodies and beads. Use your own favorite hooks. A length of leader ranging from 10 to 18 inches is tied to the hook, slip the bead down to the top of the hook for a bearing and thread on the Spin n Glo. Cast it and drift the bottom just like a cluster of eggs. Pick Up Like Bait While reports come in that fish have hit this lure like it was a SF Dons Tie In CBA Race By UNITED PRESS Santa Clara, St. Mary's and the University of San Francisco are currently singing barbershop harmony at the top of the Cali fornia Basketball association standings but you can bet your pitchpipe each one has hopes of moving up as a soloist. USF joined the Gael-Bronc duet Wednesday night after a sterling 67-51 performance against College of Pacific. Gene Brown and Al Dunbar took star ring roles as the Dons jumped to a 9-1 lead and a 41-25 half time advantage. Brown led the scorers with 14 points, while Dave Klurman had 10 for the Tigers. The first sounds of discord are due Friday night when USF and St. Mary's meet at Moraga. When the last note is warbled, one will be in first place and the other in third. St. Mary's gets another chance Saturday against San Jose State, while Loyola entertains Pepper dine. The present CBA standings: St. Mary's 5-1, Santa Clara 5-1, USF 5-1, San Jose State 5-3, Loyola 2-4, COP 2-5, Fresno State 2-5 and Pepperdine 0-6. 6 Oil Filter 7 Oil Bath Air Cleaner 8 Turn Signals 9 Spare Tire 104 Barrel Carbureter BEES lure, most anglers say that they pick it up just like bait and just as lightly. My experience has been of the latter variety and it takes that delicate "feel" some times to tell when the fish has picked it up. Some of the boys tie a regu lar egg setup with the knot be low the slash in the hook fish eggs if desired detach the lead er and slide on bead and lure and fish the lure. This makes a quick change over. A notice has come to the sport ing goods stores since last week's column that the boxes which are placed there to pick up the steel head punch cards will be left now until the middle of May in order to pick up some of those cards which do not come in till the opening of trout season. This will take care of part of the "estimating" but it still leaves a lot to be desired in the way of accurate information. The grapevine has it that cer tain game department personnel are becoming more dubious of the feasibility of the system of punch cards anyway. Maybe there is relief in sight. Any information desired by sportsmen in this area relative to tackle, lures, places to go and conditions for camping, etc., can be had by writing the column in care of this paper. The informa tion will either be given in the column, if of general interest, or the writer will answer the in quiries by mail. Pilots Drop Fray 72-65; Play Irish South Bend, Ind. (U.R) The University of Portland Pilots seek to snap a three-game losing streak tonight when they tangle with favored Notre Dame in the first basketball meeting between the two schools. Last night Portland dropped a 72-65 decision to Washington U. of St. Louis. The Pilots matched field goals with Midwest team but were beaten at the free throw line. Jim Armstrong and Wally Panel, Portland's two stars from Chicago, topped the scoring with 21 points each. SEEK TO KEEP TROPHIES New York (U.R) Ron De- lany of Ireland and Villanova, who won the Wanamaker Mile in the Millrose Track and Field Meet last'year, can gain perma nent possession of the cup that goes with victory by winning again this Saturday. Charlie Jenkins, winner of the 600-yard event in 1956, can keep the Mel Sheppard Trophy if he repeats. The Shetland islands consti tute a country of Scotland and they are about 100 in number. Of these only about 30 are per manently inhabited. Sello Pack Cluster Eggs Regular 55c Special Heavy Duty Flashlight BATTERIES Regular 25c Special 2 29' Sporting Your St. Mary's, Butte Falls . Mix Friday St. Mary's high's Jackson County B league basketball with Butte FaLU has been switched back to its original date and will be contested on Friday night. The Crusader of Medford. will the hosts for tussle. SM and Butte Falls had moved up to Thursday to avoid conflict with other contests of interest in the area and to get better choice of referees. However, it was realized that play on Thursday would have meant four game is one we9k for the Crusaders, a violation of Oregon School Activities asso ciation regulations. The OSAA permits just three in a week. Other games on Friday are Talent at Jacksonville and Rogue River at Prospect, B coaches will meet on Satur- . day to discuss changes in plans for the county tournament. The event earlier was set for Feb. 22, 23 and 25 at Rogue River with the tourney winner end regular season champ to play off for sub-district honors if-Jhey are diflerent clubs. However, play on those dates could bring violation of the state rule since a two-out-of three game district play-off is con templated with the Klamath titlist. 13 Year-Old Star Steals Thunder At Palm Beach Palm Beach, Fla. ';U.R)JuSt when folks along the winter golf circuit were beginning to talk about young Ann Quast of Marysville, Wash., along came 13-year-old Sharon Fladoos, an eighth grade student from Dubu que, Iowa, to steal the thunder. Little Miss Fladoos, a semi finalist in last year's National Junior championships, startled the staid golf fans in this win ter resort town Wednesday when she chalked up an 81 in the opening round of the 39th an nual Palm Beach Women's Ama teur golf tournament. While the score was not too spectacular, it was good enough to eliminate the veteran Joanne Goodwin of Haverhill, Mass., one up, in a tingling match that was decided on the 18th hole. The bashful youngster, who didn't stick around long enough to see her score posted, was matched with another veteran today in the second round Mary Ann Downey of Baltimore, Md., who advanced by beating Mrs. Harold Stone of Ware Shoals, S.C., 2 and 1. Miss Quast, 19, moved up by beating Maureen Riley of New Castle, Pa., 4 and 3. Today she plays defending champion Mrs. Ann Johnstone o Mason City, Iowa, who defeated Fra Emer son of Dayton, Ohio, 2 end 1. HUSKY FROSH WIN Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) The University of Washington fresh men defeated Clark Junior Col lege 83-80 in a double overtime basketball game last night. Earle Irvine paced the frosh with 27 points. Goods Depf. Friendly
