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O Red Raiders Aim To End OvI String Ashland While the rest of the Oregon collegiate conference has carried on in an orderly fashion, the Oregon Tech Owl cagers have been luring oppos ing teams onto the "mile high campus and pinning their ears back with decisive defeats. They own a league record of seven games won at home and three on the road. 0 Southern Oregon will attempt to break the Owls' home win ning streak tonight when the Ashlanders journey for their last 1957 OCC game of the season. If the Raiders accomplish their difficult objective, they will be the OCg crew to down the Owls on the OTI court in the OCC this year. Southern Oregon, as are Oregon college, Portland State and Eastern Ore gon, is just about even in games won atifi lost at home and on the. road. The Raiders divided wSi PSC, EOC and OC on the road an has divided with EOC, PSC and OTI and taken both from Oregon college at home. Thro Probables Raider coach Ted Schopf will go with ave D'Olivo, Norman Oliva and ale Bales. Bill Hol lingswoP.h, who is in a bad slump, only getting 32 points in his last four games, and Chuck Crandall, ho was near the top vf(ipe OCC in field goal and free throw shooting accuracy, may "have to give way to Jim McAbee and Ted Tenney. Both turned in sparkling performances last week end after coming off of Qhe bench. Crandall who was averaging 14 points per game going into the Portland State series, canned one field goal in 20 attempts for Just two points. Hollingsworth, the OCC scor ing ace, had a four-point per formance each night and raised his output from 222 points to 230. Up until the OCE series last week end he led the loop with a 20-point average. He has dropped to an even 16 points per game. The giant task facing SOC when they tangle with the Owjij, will be trying to hold thHr scoring machine down un der the season defensive aver age of the Red aiders which is 62.9 points per game. In the last four outings, the Owls have rapped their opponents for 392 points, while allowing only 240 for a defensive average of 60. cTruman Williams, Jvry Fas teen, Bob Frost, John McCutch eon, Ted Fischer, John Rhine and Gary Dorn have been the sparkplugs for the Owls this sea son. They may be in their famil iar roles against the Raider. MEDFORBvrTRIB NE SIPODIffiTrS 6 A-2 QUINTETS PAIRED FOR SUBDISTRICT MEET Phoenix high will encounter Glendale at 7 p.m. Thursday in the opening game of the District 6 A-2 southern division basket ball tournament. The tourney will continue through Friday and Saturday at Hedrick Junior high gymnasium in Medford. Opponents in the second game here Thursday will be Brookings and Eagle Point. Their tangle ;3 slated for about 8:30 p.m. Basilio Has Favored Tag Over Saxton New 4r8rk U.R) Despite his tender right hand. Welterweight champion Carmen Basilio is fa voud at 13-5 to beat ex-champ JonTiny Saxton in their title "rubber match" at the Cleve land arena Friday night. Thei, third fight for the 147 pound crown will be televised and broadcast nationally by NBC, with a 100-mile TV black out in the Cleveland area. Triday's bout was originally scheduled for Jan. 18 but was postponed five weeks because of knuckle bruises that developed on the champions right fist dur ing training. However, the latest examination by Dr. M. H. Lam- bnght of the Cleveland Boxing . Commission said the hand was fit for action. Saxton of New York took the title from Basilio of Chittenan' go, JN.i., at Chicago on a very questionable decision, last March 14; but fiery Carmen recaptured me crown from johnny on a ninth-round TKO at SyracuseJ N.Y.. Sept. 12. Lopsided Licking Basilio is heavily favored this time because he gave Saxton such a lopsicd licking at Syra cuse that the rounds voting be fore the ninth TKO was 7-1, 7-1, 7-1. The week's boxing schedule also includes: Tuesday: Miami Beach Clar ence Hinnant vs. Yvon Durelfe; White Plains, N.Y. Rory Cal houn vs. Leroy Oliphant; Stock ton, Calif. Freddie (Babe) Her man vs.Wteve Tony; Sacramento, Calif. Joey Lopes vs. Noel Humphries. WednesdajT Louisville. Ky. Willie Pastrarto vs. Johnny Hol man. Thursday: Billy Peacock, vs. Rudy Garcia: Revere, Mass. Pat McCarthy vs. Myrle Olm stead. o Fullmer Gets 10 c Round Decision Denver :U.R Gene ?ullmer picked up his biggest paycheck today since becoming middle weight boxing champion of the world. anj he didn't even risk his crown in Monday niht's un(fi)imous decision over Ernie Durando of Bayonne, N.J. Fullmer. 25 - year - old West Jordan, Utah, slugger, received 40 per cent of the S26.000 gate naid bv abaiit 7.000 fans in Den ver's City auditorium arega. Ib was the largest gate in Denver fisht history. c o Tornado 6th In Journal Prep Ratings Portland 1U.R) Klamath Falls and Madras held on to their top spots among Oregon high school basketball teams today while Elkton regained first place among class B schools in the Journal coach es' poll. Klamath Falls, with a 14-2 record, had 77 of a possible 80 points. Central Catholic was in second place in the A-l division with Eugene third and Astoria fourth. Madras got all 80 first place votes in class A-2. It was fol lowed by Scappoose, Cascade, Reedsport, Drain, Eagle Point. Dallas. Glide. Molalla and Woodburn. KNAPPA SECOND Elkton was followed in class B by Knappa, Sisters, Wal lowa, Stanfield. Jefferson. He lix, Valseti, Harrisburg and Echo. The A-l rankings: Team Points 1. Klamath Falls 77 2. Central Catholic 71 3. Eugene 68 4. Astoria - 50 5. Lincoln .......... 42 " 6. Medford 34 7. Hermiston 31 8. Grant .. 25 9. Pendleton 22 10. Benson 13 Others: Albany 6, Spring field and Redmond 1 each. Tarheels Remain 1st In Hoop Poll New York (U.R) The United Press college basketball ratings with first-place votes and won lost records through Feb. 16 in parentheses: Team Pts. 1. North Carolina 11 (20-0) 334 2. Kansas 11 (16-1) 315 3. Kentucky (18-4) 233 4. South. Methodist (17-3) 196 5. (Tie) UCLA (18-2) 129 5. (Tie) Bradley (17-3) 129 7. Seattle (19-2) 126 8. Louisville 1 (17-4) 118 9. California (16-2) 94 10. Iowa State (15-5) 49 Second 10 11, Indiana, 41; 12, Brigham Young, 23; 13, Vander bilt, 18; 14 (tie) Dayton and Ohio State, 14 each; 16, West Virginia 13; 17, Canisius, 12; 18, Michigan State, 11; 19, Kansas State, 10; 20, St. Louis 7. Others Illinois and Okla homa. City University, 6 each; Duke and West Virginia Tech, 5 each; Washington and Notre Dame, 4 each; Syracuse, Wake Forest and Connecticut, 2 each; San Francisco, St. Bonaventure, Manhattan, - and Cincinnati, 1 each. YMCA, Baptists Cop Church Tilts YMCA and First Baptist open ed the second half of the men's church basketball league sched uled with Saturday night victor ies. First half champ First Bapiist subdued Phoenix Nazarene 72 to 34. The Y trimmed First Meth odist 48 to 34. The game slated between St. Peter's Lutheran and Medford Nazarene has been postponed until March. LINE-IPS: 4S YMCA Mrthndist 34 F 10 Gordon McKenzie 4 F 1 K. Ennis Van Ausdall 6 C 9 Hammer Gavitt 2 G 4 Steward ,, Moore 2 G 1 Isaacs LaRergren 18 Substitutions For YMCA. Griffith 8. D. Ennis. Peterson 14: for Meth odist. Raymond, Hale 2. Parker. 72 Baptist Ph. 14 N. Landers 6 Clcmans J 15 T. Landers 9 Giijnore Substitutions For BaDtist. Hunter 2. Limmers 4. Norquist 2: for Naz arene. filunt. Witt. Morwin. Nazarene 34 Wood 10 .. Wallace 6 Yorton 2 Dean HOCKEY Montreal U.R Gordie Howe, Detroit's magnificent right wing, took a giant step toward winning his fifth Nation al Hockey league scoring cham pionship today, taking over sole possession of the lead for the first time this season with 71 points. New York U.R) Fred Glov er of Cleveland maintained his American Hockey league scor ing pace, but other top positions changed during last week's play. Glover, in his 10th year as a professional, scored four points to raise his total to 83. Illinois Valley and Henley draw first night byes. On Fri day IV will meet the Phoenix Glendale winner and Henley will be matched against the Eagle Point-Brookings victor. Three games are planned for Saturday. Thursday's losers meet in the 6:30 p. m. con solation fray. Friday's beaten teams mix for third place and Friday's winners then vie for the championship and the right to battle Glide, nothern division titlist. All but Henley among the six schools in the southern sub district are members of the Rogue league which was won this year by Eagle Point. Basketball , Scores GRABBING A REBOUND, Paul Newman, No. 25, of Stanford, strives to turn the tide against the ultimate vic tors, UCLA, In Los Angeles. Others are Richard Haga, 45, Stanford; Conrad Burke, 35, UCLA. (International) Tuviday, February 19, 1957 O MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBES SEVEN MONDAY'S SCORES By United Preu East Villanova 84 Scan ton 68 Lebanon Valley 75 Susquehanna 63 Boston Col. 94 StonehiU 65 South Florida 93 Mississippi 81 Eastern Ky. 109 Mid. Tenn. St. 104 Kentucky 80 Vanderbilt 78 Alabama 82 LSU 70 Wake Forest 62 Maryland 58 William & Mary 65 VM1 58 Midwest Oklahoma A&M 62 Drake 39 Bradley 78 Wichita 72 Missouri 98 Marquette 76 Kansas St. 81 Nebraska 56 Michigan St. 89 Illinois. 83 Minnesota 85 Wisconsin 53 Kansas 76 Oklahoma 56 Purdue 66 Michigan 63 Detroit 67 Tulsa 69 Indiana 90 Iowa 76 Southwest St. Marys 98 Abilene Christian 83 Okla. Citv 106 Memphis St. 96 E. Texas St. 74 SW Tex. St. 71 West Col. of Idaho 61 Williamette 33 Linfield 74. Whitman 72 Portland 56, Eastern Washington 41 Seattle 99, Gonzaga 87 Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 530 previous day. The Community's Biggest Marketplace Linfield Has Loop Lead By UNITED PRESS Linfield was back in first place in the Northwest confer ence basketball race today thanks to some split-second ac curacy by a sophomore from Coos Bay. John Huggins connected with a long push shot with three sec onds left last night to give Lin field a 74-72 victory over Whit man. It was the first win for Linfield on its invasion of the Inland Empire. Willamette suffered its third straight defeat on its trip, losing to College of Idaho 61-53. Now's The Time To Prepare For SPRING PAINTING FREE ESTIMATES CommericaJ or Residential ACE PAINTING PHONE 2-1740 Savage, Macora Await Rematch Grants Pass Wild BU Sav age and Luigi Macera will en gage in a winner-take-all match on this Friday's wrestling card at the Grants Pass arena. The match was signed as the result of a free-swinging brawl last week in which both men suffered eye cuts. Aid of the law had to be summoned to stop the fight. Pierre DeGlane and Alee Perez will mix in the prelim. CHARLES D. HOLBROOK TAX SERVICE Jackson Hotel Buildinf PHONE 2-5969 ' Evenings by Appointment Phone 2-4480 Eves. Open Every Wednesday Evening Until 9 P.M.! STARTS WEDNESDAY - 9:00 A.E1.! Some Folks Might Call These BARGAINS! We Just Call Em CATS AND DOGS! Top Coats Yep, all of our topcoats art in this mess, and boy. an there some real doozies! If any are left, which there won't be at these prices, we'll ship 'em all down for the aborigines in Timbuctoo. No one else will wear 'em. Oh yes, values to $75.00. Your pick at . . . Vi Price Wool Shirts You wouldn't be seen at a dog fight in one of these gaudy shirts but if you are a Scotchman you'll find your plaid in the lot or if you are Scotch you'll still buy one, priced up to $14.95, while you can save a lot of hard-earned dough only Price Suits Everyone in southern Oregon has picked over our suit stock, to why not get YOUR cotton-pickin' fingers on 'em too? At the prices we offer you can get a few ef them and cut 'em down for junior he'll LOVE you for it. There are values up to $75.00 in the lot at . . . 1 2 Price Sweaters looking for some gal to whistle at yeuP Need bolstering of your morale? 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Values up to $2.50, and you pick 'em at . . 49' Wool Work Jackets Warm weather is almost here, so we're offering these jackets to keep you really warm and snug in 99 degree weather. Some might prefer a turkish bath. Values to $24.95 at . . . Vi Price DRESS SHIRTS Here are a lot of right slick dress shirts that sell up to $7.50, so want to pretty-up real cheap this your golden opportunity. We need money, please buy em at dress s y2 Price PARK FREE In the Parking Lot Directly Behind Our Store. Enter from Fornt Street. rum o)Ull SON 1 1 SHOES! SHOES! WHY go barefoot any longer? Why not go first class; get Into the social whirl and WEAR SHOES? You'll enjoy the envious "oohs" and "aahs" when you first step forth in a smart new pair of these shoes. Cats and dawgs? Certainly, but they WILL protect your pinkies. Oh yes, a pair of socks with each pair at slightly more dough. Just LOOK at these bargainsl Be MODERN wear SHOES! You CAN at these pricesi 40 prs. Casual Shoes Now 2" SHOP EARLY 129 prs.Famous Name Shoes 5 n 8,v SNAZZY SLACKS Boy, if you have a real drape shape, we've just the slacks for you. Some A I W real honeys that used to sell up to 1 I J PI 4 A $18.95. Of course, you've got to be J 90 II (J a regular Elvis to wear 'em but why I Mm II ltv . . nor IMS VALUES TO 19.95 THE BUDS FOR QUALITY DUDS 46 prs. Famous Name Shoes Now VALUES TO 20.95 Next to Pick's Apparel Medford, Oregon Not All Sizei and Styles in All Groupt