Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 13, 1957, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Texto TElf-AlEDfORD (OREGON) Joe Brown Defends Lightweight Mantle Against Bud Smith By CHARLES TAYLOR Miami Beach (U.R) Joe Jrown, who won the world light weight championship with a fractured right wrist, is a lop sided favorite at 17-5 Ao keep the crown tonight with a heal- Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC will broad cast the Joe Brown Bud Smith lightweight title 9h a 7:05 p.m. today. ed wrist in his return fight with ex-champ Wallace (Bud) .Smith at Miama Beacn auditorium. Their scheduled 15-rounder Stilt Gains Scoring Lead By JOHN GRIFFIN United Preti Sports Writer Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain Kansas' seven-foot sensation who had been forced to take a back seat for a week, regained a razor-thin lead today in the three-cornered fight for the na tional basketball scoring lead. Whipping 36 points through the cords in a 62-52 triumph over the Oklahoma Aggies while Grady Wallace of South Caro lina was scoring only 24 in a 79-71 loss to Clemson, Chamber lain boosted his scoring average to 29.94 pflnts per game -to Wal lace's 29.90. Tonight the third and smallest contqBrier, Columbia's five-nine Chet (The Jet) Forte, goes into actiaj) again.1 Pennsylvania. Forte average stands at 29.3 and heQ needs 42 points in to night's tussle to overtake "The (Jtilt." Chamberlain gave one of his i(0ty best' shows in Tuesday night's triumph to regain the, lead. The Qklahoma Aggies playedf CoaclieHank Iba's famed ball-control game to the hilt in an effort to stymie The Stilt, but the sophomore from Phila delphia scored steadily and also nabbed 15 rebounds to lead the game in that department, too. Punt Title Wpn By Van Brocklin Philadelphia (U.R) Norm Van Brocklin. who is known mainly for his passing feats in the National Football league, won the 19j6 punting champ ioniOp and at the same time booted Los Angeles to the team champioihi, official league figures showed0 today. Van Brocklin averaged" 43.1 yards as heavon th league title for the second (straight year. The cfegon alumnus punted 48 tunes. o It was two years in a row in the runner-up spot for Dick De schainS of Green Bay, who av erage! 42.7c)-ards in 62 kicks. Baker of Washington was tR8rd with 42.5 average, Don Cjidr f New York fourth with 41.9 and Adrian Burk of PhsladeSpKfa fifth with 41.8 yar- o REMEMBERING GOOD OLD DAYS Gob Buckeye (right), former pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1919-29), explams how he used to pitch for the team in the good old days. Listening are John Mostel (left), former White Sox centerfielder, and Ernie Krueger, former Brooklyn Dodger catcher. They got together in Chicago at the an nual dinner of the Old Timer's Baseball Association. TO Days Only On This Item ORIGINAL CHIPPEWA Caulked Boots $5 00 Wi" Put These on LayAway Until You Are Ready. Spring Is Near Spring Heel Plaie Toe Lace to Toe 1951 North Pac. Hiway 29.98 Reg. h YOUR CHOICE Ull DUNHAM'S, Inc (Open Sundays and Evenings) MAIL TRIBTJKE will be televised and broadcast nationally by ABC at 10 p.m. (EST) with a TV blackout in South Florida. Co-Promoter Chris Dundee expects a sellout crowd of 4.000 and a gate of $20,000 for this second title fight and third meet ing between the two Negroes, 30-year-old Brown of New Or leans and 27-year-old Smith of Cincinnati. First Defense Rangy Brown, a shifty, fast stepping counter-puncher, is making his first defense of the 135-pound scepter he won from Smith an aggressive, muscu lar slugger on a split decision at New Orleans last Aug. 24. Joe fractured his right wrist in the second round, but his left hooks had Smith on the canvas twice in the 14th. Neither has fought since. Brown won the right to chal lenge in August by outpointing Bed in a non-title 10-rounder at Houston, Tex., last May 2. Those two defeats for Smith, plus a knockout by Tony DeMarco and a decision by Larry Boardman totalled four straight losses for Bud and aroused suspicions that he is washed up that his legs are gone. However, Smith declared to day, "I'll surprise Brown and everyone else tonight." SF Dons Nab Lead Alone By UNITED PRESS The defending champion Uni versity of San Francisco Dons took a big step out in front of the California Basketball asso ciation Tuesday night by thump ing second - place Santa Clara 58-47 while fans of both teams thumped each other. While the teams were warm ing up, approximately 50 stu dentsengaged in a hot battle un der one of the baskets when a student from one school grabbed a banner irom anoiner. iwo smaller skirmishes broke out during the 'game. Spartans Beat COP Meanwhile, the San Jose Spar tans came from behind to defeat College of Pacific, 72-69, in a contest that involved only bas ketball players. USF's victory was a big one. The Dons entered the game with a record of six wins and one loss, while the Broncs had won five and dropped one. A victory for either team meant a first place spot on the CBA standings. Portland State Blasts Wolves Monmouth 'ill.R) Portland State blasted Oregon College of Education 75-54 in an Oregon Collegiate Conference basket ball game last night to push the Wolves a little deeper into the cellar. Portland State was led by Jack Parker with 24 points while Doug Rogers had 17 for the losers. Medford, Oregon - No Parking Problems 388 Wednesday. February 13, 1957 JOE BROWN Defends Lightweight Toga . MedforiwTribune SIPdDIHnrS MUTUAL ANNEXES REGULAR SEASON DIADEM OF MIBL; SOC JAYVEES DEFEAT LEA MIBL STANDINGS W Mutual of Omaha 1 1 Hawkinson Tire Tread .. 10 Company A Nat'l Guard 9 Lea Motor 9 Prospect 4 Butte Falls 3 Hdqtrs. Co. Natl Guard 2 Pet. 8 46 .769 .692 .692 .333 .231 .167 .000 Ashland National Guard 0 Mutual of Omaha took the regular season championship of the Medford Independent Bask etball league by a one - game margin when it gained a win by default over Prospect last night. The Prospect club . did not make the jaunt to Medford. It was out of contention for a spot from the MIBL in the AAU sub district tournament. Hawkinson Tire Tread was second in the circuit and Comp any A of the National Guard and Lea Motors tied for third. All four top clubs qualified for the AAU play-off which will also involve four Grants Pass league teams. The Guard and Lea may have a game tomorrow to de termine their respective spots in the pairings. President Jack Burns of the MIBL said yesterday that the tourney has been moved up two days and will open on Feb. 19 with four games to be played on cross courts at Eagle Point. Remaining tussles will be on the St. Peter's Nabs Fourth in Half St. Peter's Lutheran nosed out Phoenix Nazarene 41 to 40 last night to take fourth place in the first half standings of the men's church basketball league. Teams left the floor thinking that the Nazarene team had won 40 to 39 but tally up of the scoreboard showed the Lutheran club the victor. St. Peter's led at the quarter 13 to 6 but the Phoenix quint was on top 24 to 19 at the half. The Nazarenes outhit their riv als 16 to 15 from the field but the Lutherans had the best of it at the free stripe hitting 11 for 18 while Phoenix put in eight for 21. LINE-UPS: 41 St. Peter's Nazarene 40 T 1 Herrmann J. L. Wood F 7 M. Boldenow Witt C 10 B Boldenow Wallace 10 IS Mints... Dean 1 Strauss Yorton Substitu tions For St. Peter.'s Snook.Mallams. Bailey. Gemaehlich 6: for Phoenix. Mervin, Blunt, Mc Carthy 6. The VODKA of VODKAS There's a difference in vodkas and it's a difference worth knowing. Driest of the dry! 0mirnoff THE GREATEST NAME IN VODKA 0 PROOF DISTILLED FROM GRAIN S T E PIERRE SMIRNOFF FIS (DIVISION OF HEUBLEIN), HARTFORD. CONN. U.S. A, FRANCE, ENGLAND. MEXICO Grants Pass Junior high floor on Feb. 20 and 21. The full district play-off that will involve teams from the Coos-Curry, Douglas and Kla math county areas are planned for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23 and 24. Original plans called for this tournament play on Feb. 25 and 26 but were chang ed when it was learned that the players would be unable to get away from their jobs in order to travel and play on those nights. Lea Motors played the South ern Oregon college junior var sity last night in a non-loop af fair and became the 15th victim of the Raider club which is un beaten this season, 61 to 50. The jayvees led all the way, at one time by 20 points. At halftime the score was 30 to 17. LINE-UPS: 61 SOC JV Lea 50 F 7 Foust Sanford 7 F 7 Weller Mclntyre C 2 Ganong Penny 12 G 8 Jacobson .Werner 3 G B Love Wendt 8 Substitutions For Southern Ore gon. Lefler 2, Baker 2, Sword 1, Marsh 17. Searcy 6; for Lea, Knapp 9. Stacy 11. 5 Golfers Knot In Texas Prelim San Antonio, Tex. flJ.R) Fifty-six players went through tune-up rounds today for the $20,000 Texas Open, which gets underway Thursday. Five players went seven-under-par Tuesday to tie for the annual Oak Hills Country club pro-amateur title, which precedes the 72-hole open. Billy Maxwell, Odessa, Tex., Julius Boros, Mid Pines, N.C., Don January, Lampasas, Tex., Bo Winninger, Odessa, and Arn old Palmer of Latrobe, Pa., tied for the championship with 64 and won $216 each in the $3,000 pro-am. COACH HAS SURGERY New York U.R) Fordham university basketball coach Johnny Bach, who underwent an emergency appendectomy in St. Joseph's hospital, Yonkers, on Tuesday, may be lost to his team for the remainder of the season. Freshman coach Al Larkin has been named to take over for Bach, whose condition was de scribed as "good." Butte Falls Tips Prospect To Make Three-Way Knot For 1st in Jackson B Loop JACKSOV COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDINGS W. Prt .778 .778 .778 .444 .222 .000 Prospect Butte Falls St. Mary's Talent Jacksonville Rogue River . 7 . 7 . 7 . 4 2 . 0 Three teams share first place in the Jackson County B league basketball campaign Prospect, Butte Falls and St. Mary's of Medford. First position in the standings became a three-way "partner ship last night when Butte Falls following its season-long pattern of being a second half team, surged to a 61 to 51 victory over Prospect, which had been lone leader in the chase. Butte Falls, playing on its home court before a packed house, rose from third place af ter St. Mary's had taken tempor ary hold on second alone by downing Jacksonville on Mon- Frosh Claim 10 in Row Corvallis (U.PJ The Ore gon Frosh won their 10th straight basketball victory last night by handing the Oregon State Rooks a 57-43 defeat, here. Center Joe Mann salvaged some honors for the Rooks by leading the scorers with 16. Lakers Subdue St. Louis Pros By UNITED PRESS The Minneapolis Lakers, once the kingpins of the National Basketball association, are bat tling for a playoff berth in the Western division and from the way the field is bunched the Lakers will need a hot streak to make it. Despite a 35-point perform ance by scoring leader Bob Pet tit, the Lakers hung on to de feat the St. Louis Hawks, 110 105, Tuesday night before a small turnout of 3.513 in Kansas City, Mo. It was the only game played. The win left the last-place Lakers one and one-half games in back of third-place Rochester, two in back of second-place St. Louis and three and one-half behind pace-setting Fort Wayne. LIKE THIS Ty Cobb, gen erally regarded as the great est ballplayer of all time, demonstrates the proper way to lay down a bunt dur ing baseball clinic at Stan ford Univ., Calif. The first player to be named to Base ball's Hall of Fame, Cobb now spends 'most of his time discussing the game at c'inics. .it ji Traction. 4-wheel drive gives the extra trac tion for traveling up steep grades or broken ground. The 'Jeep' is built to stand up and take it in tough usage. Hydraulic lift With hydraulic lift, the 4-wheel drive 'Jeep' operates graders, scrapers, post bole diggers and most3-point hitch implements. 505 day. Three games on Thursday night will wind up the regular league slate and B fans are wait ing for their outcome to see how the clubs will line up for the county tournament starting Sat urday night at Rogue River. St. Mary's, defending loop titlist, goes to Talent, Prospect to Jack sonville and Butte Falls to St. Mary's. Two Out With Measles The Loggers won at Butte Falls last night despite the ab sence of Pat Conley, regular center, and Ronnie Remsen, they were sidelined by measles. Don Ellis took over Conley's spot and scored 12 points and along with Bill Irwin paced the rebounding in a game which saw Butte Falls win after trail ing 23 to 33 in the third quar ter. BF was on top 17 to 15 after one stanza but Prospect was-in front 25 to 23 at the half. After fading in the third quarter, the Loggers fought back to head 39 to 27 at the period halt. They gradually widened the gap through the last panel. Bill Irwin scored 22 for the Loggers and Jim Irwin 17. Jim Daniels put in 17 and Leo Dan iels 16 for the Cougars. Only six fouls were tooted on Butte Falls in the game and just nine on Prospect. Butte Falls won the jayvee game 47 to 14. LINE-UPS: 61 Butte Falls 22 B. Irwin 3 M. Conley 12 D. Ellis Prospect 51 Vannice 4 L. Daniels 16 . J. Daniels 17 7 DUlen Gardner 4 17 J. Irwin J. Davidson 10 Prospect substitution Cummins. Kentucky Center Stays In School at Urging of Critically III Spouse Lexington, Ky. (U.R) Ed Beck, first string center for the University of Kentucky, has con tinued to play basketball despite the knowledge his wife is strick en with an incurable disease. The University, in an an nouncement, said Mrs. Beck, the former Billie Justine Ray, is critically ill at a ' Macon, Ga., hospital with lung cancer. . Beck, a Methodist ' minister, visited her before the recent Mississippi game at Memphis, and rejoined the team to play against Mississippi State Monday night. Coach Adolph Rupp said Mrs. Beck urged the 6-foot-7, 20-year- old junior "to return to school and get a good education . she told him there is nothing he can do. TAKE MEDAL LAURELS Boca Raton, Fla. (U.R) The medalist team of Jack Penrose of Miami Beach and Ann Rich ardson of Columbus, Ohio, was the hottest item on the course today in the first match round of the National Mixed Foursome two-ball amateur golf tourna ment. Penrose, an insurance salesman, and Miss Richardson shot a two-over-par 72 in the qualifying round Tuesday to take the medalist honors. DODGERS "USING" LA Los Angeles '(U.R) County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, who has been trying to get a major league baseball team for Los Angeles, said today he believes the Brooklyn Dodgers "are using us" in an attempt to get a new ball park in Brooklyn. Hahn made his comment in re sponse to a New York Daily News story that the Dodgers may shift their franchise, prob ably to Los Angeles, unless they are assurred within six months that Brooklyn will build them $50,000 stadium. Mobile power. With power take-off, the Uni versal 'Jeep' provides mobile power for oper ating welders, compressors, generators and many other kinds of specialized equipment 7 Now a 'Jeep' with longer wheelbase the new model CJ-6. Carries larger, bulkier loads; has all the features that made the 'jeep' famous. STEVENS AUTO SALES, INC. North Central "Your Friendly Willys Dealer" Phone 3 - Basketball Scores TUESDAY'S COLLCGF GAMES By United Press Est) LaSalle 63. Temple 61 Yale 91. Holy Crosi 82 Rhode Island 73, Providence 70 CCNY 70, St. Francis (N Y.) 67 Duquesne 61, Carnegie Tech 35 St. Jos. (Pa.) 75. St. Johns (N.Y.) 63 (South) Maryland 85. Virginia 64 N. Carolina St. 79. Duke 72 W. Virginia 93, Washington 63 VPI 66, Washington & Lee 56 Clemson 79, South Carolina 71 (Midwest) Davton 75, Loyola (La 63 Kansas 62, Oklahoma A&M 52 (Southwest) TCU 62, Texas A&M 59 SMU 79. Texas 56 Baylor 95. Rice 70 Arkansas 52, Tulsa 43 (West) Univ. San Fran. 58. Santa Clara 47 Sacramento State 43. Cal Aggies 37 Westmont 80, LaVerne 65 Los Angeles S. 85, Long Beach 55 Portland State 72, Oregon Ed. 54 Santa Barbara 61, Cal Polv 53 Whit worth 70. Gonzaga 58 San Jose State 72, Col. of Pac. 69 Vallejo 88. Concordia 77 Oregon S. 68, Ore.' 55 (non-conf.) . San Francisco CC 66, Stockton 46 Napa 63, Sierra 57 Prep Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL By United Preu Roosevelt 51, Wilson 40 Jefferson 61, Franklin 52 Cleveland 65. Washington 55 Grant 48. Benson 46 McMinnville 69. Oswego 61 Milwaukie 47. South Salem 45 (triple overtimel North Salem 70 Beaverton SA St. Helens 45, Oregon City 42 West Linn 69. Tigard 61 Ontario 50. Emmett. Idaho 38 - Vale 59. Payette. Idaho 52 Dallas 65. Canby 38 Scappoose 57. Vemonia 46 Serra 58. Silverton 49 Harrisburg 58. Halsey 41 Central 47. Molalla 46 Warrenton 58. Seaside 46 Forest Grove 61, Newberg 48 Stayton 41. Gervais 37 North Marion 41. Cascade 36 Nyssa 53. Meridian 43 Monroe 65, Shedd 37- Dayton 61. Amity 52 Elmira 81 Creswell 71 Triangle Lake 59. Lowell 44 Coburg 46. Westfir 44 Lebanon 53, Willamette, 48 - Coquille 43. Bandon 33 Rainier 66, Clatskanie 63 Hood River 51. Wv'east 41 Elkton 44. Drain 39 Dillard 57, Yoncalla 36 Riddle 60, Camas Valley 52 Glide 53. Oakland 36 Myrtle Creek 42. Southerlin 39 Junction City 65. Pleasant Hill 50 Florence 57, Manleton 54 Butte Falls 61, Prospect 51 Pilot Rock 61. St. Joseph 56 - Helix 86. Umapine 38 Sweet Home 69, St. Francis 53 Santiam 67, Valsetz 59 (overtime) Waldport 51. Toledo 38 Nehalem 47. Jewell 30 Woodburn 63. Mt.' Angel 46 Knappa 74. Tillamook Catholic 53 Alsea 55, Brownsville 42 Sheridan 53. Yamhill 45 Taft 68. 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Tex.: Paul Jorgenson- 131, Houston, outpointed Bobby Bell, 127, Youngs town, Ohio, (10i. Elston Howard . Signs Yank Pact Br UNITED PRESS The New York Yankees will have 12 left fielders in camp this spring but the odds are the one who'll be out there when the American league season starts is Elston Howard. Howard, first Negro to play for the Yankees, agreed to terms Tuesday to give the world cham pions a total of 22 players signed. Elston's 1957 salary is estimated at $12,000. He hit .262 in 98 games last season. Unlike many of the others who will be contending for the left field berth, Howard has "somewhere else to go" if he loses. An accomplished catcher, Howard is called ."my three-way man" by Manager Casey Stengel. Casey also uses him as a key right-handed pinch-hitter. More than eight million new cars and trucks were registered in the U.S. in 1955. NEED MONEY For Medical Expense? To Help Meet A Crisis? Let Us Help You! 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