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G O J O O O TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Glendale vs. Phoenix Quint; Eagle Point vs. Brookings in 6 A-2 Tourney Here Tonight With the experience of 2V months of league play behind them and with their league play counting only for the seasoning they're gained, four of six teams in the area open the southern ' Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC will broadcast the Phoenix-Glcn-dal high gam at 7 p.m. to day and tha agla Point Brooking tusila at 8:30 p.m. in tha southern subdistrict 6 A-2 basketball tournament her. Tha station will air lire tourney games. division tourney of Dsitrict 6 A-2 this evening at the Hedrick Junior high gymnasium in Med- ford. ) The three-dav tourney will de cide which of the six quints will go on next week and encounter the strong Glide club in the play-off for the overall District 6 championship. Phoenix and Glendale. two prep crews nicknamed Pirates, begin tourney action at 7 p.m. (Sagle Point and Brookings fol low. Winner of the Phoenix- Stilt Aims At Scoring Leadership By JOHN GRIFFIN United Presa Sports Writer Chet Forte fired and fell back, O and now Wilt (The Stilt) Chamb erlain opens his homestretch bid for the national basketball scor ing championship probably needing 36 point per game to do it. Forte, the 5-9 Columbia star, failed in his effort to over-take front running Grady Wallace of South Carolina Wednesday night when he tallied only 24 points in a 72-57 loss to Yale. The little Lion thus dropped from second to third in the hot five-man race, i Wallace now leads wth 30.41 points per game, followed by Joe ! Gibbon of Mississippi at 29.38. Forte at 29.26. Elgin Baylor of Seattle at 29.13, and Chamber lain at 29.00. Wilt Needs 56 Points The seven-foot Chamberlain, going against Oklahoma A&M, will be the only contender in ac tion tonignt opening a arive to regain the No. 1 spot that he held season-long until the last two weeks. It's almost impossible for him to catch Wallace to night he needs 56 points and the Oklahoma Aggies, the nation's best defensive team, keep whole teams from scoring that many points. Fore went into Wednesday night's game at New Haven, Conn., needing 46 points to catch Wallace and didn't come close, although his 24 points took game scoring honors. Yale, lead ing all the way after zipping to a 18-6 lead after five minutes, took a tighter grip on first place in the Ivy League race as George Thompson led the way with 19 points. Anotlftr piece was fitted into the tournament jigsaw Wednes day night with the announce ment that Manhattan (13-5) has Teen picked up for the National Invitation tournament at Madi son Square Garden. The Jas pers, winners of the Holiday OFestival Tournament, were the sixth NIT team chosen, follow ing Seattle. Memphis State. Cin O cinnati. Dayton, and St. Bona- HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By United Press O, W'ith 13 games remaining in regular season play they are in a good spot today in their bat tle witfe the Toronto Maple Leafs for the fourth and last playoff spot in the National Hockey league. The Rangers, exploding for four goals in the first period, de feated the Boston Bruins, 5-2, Wednesday night, to go five points up on the Leafs. It was the only game played in the O J9K. O .IT 1HJH.a o Yj .... it; V, AMD HAZIER THE KENTUCKY BOURBON rnd C 5e UlUilU. UfS EUZ1U B1SUUIB COKIAaX. tiUSIOWM. UNIliUU Glendale scrap will meet Illin ois Valley at 7 p.m. Friday. Henley will be foe in the Fri day nightcap of the Brookings Eagle Point victor. Finals in the tourney will be on Saturday after consolation and third place games. Starters Told Phoenix tied with IV for second spot in the Rogue league while Glendale, a nevertheless improving club, was fifth and also was in fourth behind Glide, Myrtle Creek and Douglas in the tough Umpqua circuit. Eagle Point, is the Rogue champion and has been rated sixth in state polls, the only rated club in the tourney. Brook ings finished fourth in the league but holds one win in four MedfordwWTribune SIPdDIffiTS Saxton-Basilio To Draw 11,000 or More By JACK CUDDY Cleveland (U.R) Friday night's gate for the Carmen Ba- silio-Johnny Saxton welterweight title "rubber match" will range between S110.000 and $150,000, the biggest fight gate here in 26 years. "It will be the biggest since Max Schmeling defended his heavyweight title against Young Stribling here in 1931," Pro moter Larry Atkins predicted. Schmeling and Stribling, fight ing outdoors, drew 37,390 fans and $349,415." Champion Basilio and ex- champ Saxton of New York are tangling indoors for the third Basketball Scores WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES By imttd press (East) New York V. 74. Fordham 70 Army 75. Rutgers 42 Navy 80. Butfalo 50 Canisius 67. Syracuse 65 Villanova 70. W & L 69 (overtime) Pittsburgh 96. Carnegie Tech 64 Boston U. 72, Providence 48 Bucknell 70. Penn State 56 Yale 72. Columbia 57 Latavette 73. Lehigh 60 St. Joseph's 79. Penn. 71 (South) Louisville 97. Murray State 82 Florida St. 79. Loyola (La.) 77 Morehead St. 87. Western Ky. Rl Wake Forest 102. E. Kentucky "6 (Midwest) Notre Dame 99. Detroit 8R Xavier (O.l 68. Dayton 65 (Southwest) Texas Christian 82. Baylor 77 Texas 77. East Texas St. 71 Prep Scores WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL By L'nited Press Enterprise 63. North Powder 61 Wallowa 72, Elgin 48 Hereford 54. Richland 38 Brownsville 61. Valsetz 38 Huntington 55. Adrian 35 Union 55. Lostine 33 Cove 58. Joseph 44 Houston Golf Test Opens Houston, Tex (U.R) Golf's touring pros teed off today in the 336,000 Houston Open, with the experts cocking a wary eye at three-time British Open win ner Peter Thomson. Thomson, a youngish Austral ian with a solid game, led a rash of foreign gold seekers includ ing Australian Open champion Bruce Crampton in the field cf 160 pros and amateurs. Jim Aiken at Good Samaritan Portland U.R) Former Oregon football coach Jim Aiken has been transferred to Good Samaritan hospital here for treatment of a heart condition. Aiken, who in 1948 led the Ducks to the Cotton Bowl, is now in the lumber business in Roseburg. He has suffered two mild heart attacks in recent months. Thursday, February 21. 19S7 close .games with the Eagles. For Phoenix tonight starters could be Jim James, Gary Sim monds, Doug Witte, Jim Heath and Jim Stout. But there's a chance that Don Wallace or Les ter Schleigh could have a start ing post. For Glendale it could be Young, Ray Munyon. Musta, Billy Hale and Gary Miller. Eagle Point's usual five is ex pected to have first call: Jack Greb, Wayne Christian, Gary Foran, Ron Veach and Dennis Boren. Brookings possibles are Ron Bullock, Bill Workinger, Jerry Anderson and Ron Grib ble. A Brookings' regular, Norm Bullock, suffered a broken col larbone in the last EP series, and Galambos, Fox, Western or Lane could be in his place. Encounter time. The crowd will range be tween 11,000 and a capacity 12,700 at the Cleveland Arena, the promoter said. Ticket prices range from $5 to S20. Atkins has been pleasantly surprised by the heavy sale for this scheduled 15-round, nation ally televised and broadcast bout. It was originally slated for Jan. 18, but was postponed five weeks because the champion suffered a bruised right hand in training. A postponement usually cuts down the gate. Cleveland had several previ ous TV-radio bouts, but this is the first time it ever had a local blackout. Despite- it, the TV radio money is S60.000. Basilio of Chittenango, N. Y., is favored at 13-5 to register his second victory over streamlined Saxton in their series of three title fights, despite the fact he has been training with a tender hand. Saxton recaptured the 147 pound crown from Carmen on a questionable decision, at Chi cago, last March 14. But Basilio won it back from Johnny on a ninth-round TKO at Syracuse, N. Y., last Sept. 12. WILD BILL SAVAGE . Meets Macera Again Macera Takes On Savage Again in GP Ring Scrape Grants Pass A capacity crowd was on hand last Friday at the Grants Pass Arena to see the wrestling midgets. It more than got their money's worth be cause the main event between popular Luigi Macera and Wild Bill Savage erupted into a free swinging brawl in which both men suffered eye cuts. The referee was unable to stop it and had to call on sher iff's deputies and other wres tlers. After tempers cooled off a little Macera and Savaef w"-e signed for a "winner take all" match for this Friday nigm at the Grants Pass Fairgrounds arena. Savage drew the ire of the fans and the commission when he picked up a ringside stool and hit Macera over the head with it. He was warned that a fine would result from any such future actions. Both men would like to get a win in this one for the future prestige as well as the added money. Macera is the same hot tempered Italian he used to be and his added experience down in Texas makes him a hard guy to handle. Luigi speaks four dif ferent languages and likes to play golf as a hobby. Savage, the ex navy champ from Joliet, is a rough guy. Sav age touched off a couple of riots while wrestling in North Bay, Onl., last summer and seems to have no fear of any thing. The one hour prelim will match Perre De Glane, smooth working Canadian, against the rugged ex-boxer. Alex Perez. Plenty of action is expected in this one. I V if DONALD HO He Spells Trouble Surf Riders Place Hopes In Donald Ho Donald Ho, 19-year-old center and guard with the Honolulu Surf Riders, promises to provide the Harlem Globetrotters plenty of trouble when the two teams meet at Crater high school gym in Central Point on Friday night, March 1. Game time is 8 o'clock and gym doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the game and six act halftime variety show are on sale at Lamport's sporting goods store in Medford and Crater De partment store in Central Point. In his third year with the Surf Riders, Ho, of Chinese ex traction, prepped at Kaimuka high school in Honolulu and was chosen Interscholastic All Star guard during his senior year. He led the conference in scoring and ended the season with an average of 17 points a game. Coach Arthur Kim uses Ho's height of six feet three inches to advantage in the pivot spot, where he is a good right handed hook and jump shot. Portland Boat Show Will Open At PI on Friday Portland The Portland Boat show, will open at the Pacific In ternational Livestock exposition buildings on Washington's birth day, Feb. 22. with a special "Washington Day" in which peo ple residing in the state of Wash ington are especially invited. Second day of the show, Satur day, will be "inboard cruiser day", when the big power boat owners will find displays of special interest - to them. Then will come" first mates day", when the river loving ladies of Portland area will have first at tention. The boat show management has set Monday, Feb. 25, as "build-a-boat day", when a kit boat will be built in one of the displays and materials and equipment for boats will be fea tured all over the show. Million's Worth ' Tuesday will be "water sports day;" Wednesday, "Northwest waterways d a y;" Thursday, "navigation day"; Friday, "fish ing day"; Saturday, "little sail or's day" and the final Sunday, March 3. will be "outboard cruis ing day." Appro x i m a t e 1 y 51.000,000 worth of boats, equipment and special displays have been lined up for showing during the ten day show, the biggest yet for Portland. Special exhibits will include typical Rogue river and McKen zie river boats, for running fast water, a Vancouver island dug out sailing canoe, several racing outbo&rds and sail boats and similar craft, as well as the host of inboard and outboard power boats to be displayed by dealers. Dark Gains Links Crown Lake Worth, Fla. (U.R) Alvin Dark of the St. Louis j Cardinals may be nearing the ! end of his major league career, j but from the way he has been i shooting golf of late he might ! have little trouble making the j transition from the baseball dia- mond to the golf links. The slender shortstop, who may lose his job as a regular I with the Cardinals because of I wear and advanced age, fired a four-over-par 74 Wednesday to win the 54-hole Cavalcade of Champions golf tournament with : a 218 seven strokes better than his nearest rival. Pitcher Lou Kretlow of the Kansas City Athleticj finished second to Dark with a 225 total. ; He fired a 73 in the final round, as only 12 major leaguers turned out. DWYER ACCEPTS i Chicago (U.R) Fred Dwyer. ex-Villanova distance runner, accepted an invitation today to compete in the Bankers Mile feature of the Chicago Daily j News relays March 16. Dwyer i will run against Laszlo Tabori, Hungarian four-minute miler. '. and Ted Wheeler. University of j Iowa law student and defend- j ing Bankers Mile champion. Hunting and Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL Reports from the fishing wars this past week end seemed to indicate that there was a dis tinct separation between the men and the boys, or the know ers from the guessers or the lucky from the unlucky at any rate in between gripes about no fish there were glowing tales of "the best fishing I ever seen!" After one pf the best, if not the best, seasons seen on the Rogue for several years, the last couple of days found it mud dy and very few fish taken. Us ually during muddy water it is only the extremely lucky that happen to drop into some deep hole where the fish are kegged up and manage to fill the bag most anglers feel that a period like this is a good time to fix the leak in the garage roof. The Applegate this past week has paid off with steady limits to the boys who know where to find them, but the success ratio has been low due to the swarms of fishermen who have fished it. It is low and clear and light lines and lighter leaders are the answer. Turned 15 Loose Small Spin nGIo or small clusters seem to do the trick al though the story drifts in that a fellow fishing single eggs land ed a beauty the other day right in front of an early-rising luck less angler and asked the en vious one if he wanted it. When his generosity was refused he gently released the hook with the comment that he had turn ed 15 of 'em loose already. One authentic report from the Illinois river stated that there were only two fish caught in a long area last Sunday while an other said that in his section he never saw so many and they not only limited the whole party but lost twice that many. These two spots are only about one mile apart so it can be seen that the fish are there if one is lucky enough to pick the right area. Fishing the Smith river Sun day this writer landed three . 6-8-13 poundersi. The water was in excellent condition but there was almost a total absence of fishermen. The fish were ex tremely well scattered and it was necessary to fish a long sec tion of the stream in order to limit. Work Out Pockets When the river is low and clear and a definite run is not coming through it seems best to fish as much different water RETIRING AS HEAD COACH at University of California, Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf (left), is welcomed by Vic Mora bito, co-owner of San Francisco 49ers as personnel direc tor of professional football team. (International) DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? (Maybe he's you) We're looking for a young man who has that little something extra on the ball. For on thing, ht hat on unusually pleasant personality and likes to meet and talk to people. Also, he's unusually bright and eagerwilling to work (or what he wonts. Most of oil, he's unusually ambi tious wants to get started righr now en his big job and the big money. We figure he's somewhere between 21 and 45 and his present job is selling selling vacuum cleaners, or books, or milk, or insurance but selling somethin.g When we find him, we wont to offer this unusual young man a most unusual job ... SKINNER'S GARAGE BUICK - CADILLAC Medford REES as possible in order to work out the small pockets which they use to hole up during the day. The fish are very fresh and bright but fishing is definitely on the slow side. TheChetco has been the best coast producer for the past two weeks. The last rain only made it unfishable for a couple of days and put some more fish through the mouth. Along with custer eggs. Spin n Glos, Oakie Drifters, some good fish have been taken jn flash baits such as the Wobblerite. Goods news to the exponents of the "steelhead is a trout that joined the navy" theory should be this report that some highly successful anglers have been us ing nightcrawlers to do the job. While this may sound odd to most of us, an oldtimer the other day said, "Shecks! All I ever used!" A short perusal of the Game Commission bulletin for Feb ruary shows that in 1956 there were NO steelhead planted in either Josephine or Jackson counties. It is also interesting to note the figures of trout plant ings in these counties as compar ed to those in which game de partment regional offices are lo cated. Talent High Jacksonville In B Final Jacksonville and Talent highs collide tonight in their finals of the Jackson County B league tournament. The game will be about 8:15 p.m. on the Rogue River court after a third place game be tween St Mary's of Medford and Prospect. Winner of tonight's game will play Butte Falls on Saturday night and the victor in that game will meet the champ of Klamath-Lake county next week for the District 5B toga and a state tournament spot. Butte Falls was eliminated by St. Mary's in the opening round of the county tourney but was the champion for the regular conference schedule and there by was entitled for another shot at the subdistrict honrs. The U.S. bird population has been estimated at about five billion. A job as new-car salesman with Skinner's Garage even though he' never sold automobiles before ... A job that's challenging and re warding selling an exciting prod uct that is highly salable, and that comes out in a brand-new model every year ... A job that allows you to build a solid clientele that will stay with you year after year A job that wil! give you free train ing, the free use of a new ftuick, and free access to some excellent leads. Take a goad look in the mirror. Do you see what we mean? If so, contact our Sales Manager. Bill Pelser President of Sportsmen Bill Pelser, Medford, has been elected president of the Oregon Sportsmen Club of Jack son county. Other officers are Russell De Forrest, Medford, vice - presi dent; Bruce Griebler, treasurer, and Paul Doe, Prospect, secre tary. ' Named directors were Frank Dolenshek, Trail, Archie McKil lop. Prospect, and George Sher man and Lee Willits, Medford. Members of the non-profit club, for which articles of incor poration were filed recently, seek a one-year halt to deer doe and cow elk seasons. At their meeting here Tuesday, 'the Sportsmen decided to place the deer and elk proposals on sep arate petitions which will be in circulation in the next day or The halt in the hunting of does and cows is sought while a study of herd control is being made. Sportsmen believe there is no need for killing the ani mals in some areas of Oregon. It was reported that there are 100 club members in the Pros pect, Trail and Butte Falls area who may take the club's second charter. Gary Goble Hurts Ankle Corvallis (U.R) Gary Goble, tig sophomore center, suffered a sprained ankle in practice and may miss Oregon State's open ing game against Idaho Friday night, Coach Slats Gill said to day. The Beavers left here by char tered plane this afternoon to fly to Moscow. Potgieter Will Face Bruce Olson Portland '.U.R) Ewart Pot gieter, giant South African heavyweight, will make his Port land debut in the Armory ring March 2. Promoter Tommy Moyer said today that he had signed the 7-2, 320-pound Potgieter to meet Eu gene's Bruce Olson, a 266-pound-er, in the scheduled 10-rounder. Applegate, Illinois Fish Moving Rapidly Portland (U.R) The week ly report on fishing conditions prepared by the State Game Commission: Southwest: Umpqua river area improved for steelhead with new fish in the streams; Tenmile lakes outlet only fair; Coquille river fair in main stem but up per forks should be fair to good. Applegate and Illinois river were good but fish moving rap idly; Rogue below Grants Pass closed but still open from Mar ial on downstream. NOW YOU CAN fm sit n :-jk t m m.j wl Use a NEW JOHN DEERE Giftamot ROTARY CUTTER Brush disappears like matchsticks in a hurricane under fhe flailing blades of the rugged new John Deere Gyramor Rotary Cutter. Willow saplings . . . rank weeds . . . mesquite . . . pal metto . . . bushes . . . sagebrush . . . orchard and vineyard trim mings just about every form of brush material simply disinte grates. You can clear new land . . . clean up fence rows . . . trim rank pastures ... do any number of jobs at low cost. The new John Deere Gyramor Rotary Cutter works on any tractor with a standard 3-point hitch or with John Deere "50," "60," and "70" Tractors equipped with the No. 800 3-Poinl Hitch. - See us for complete details. Hubbard-Wray Co. MEDFORD, Preparations For A-l Hoop Meet Begun Eugene (Special) Prepa rations for the 39th annual Class A-l high school basketball tournament were well underway here this week as more than 10,- 000 ticket applications for the prep cage classic went in the mail. The 16 top A-l teams go into action here March' 12 and the champion will be crowned on Saturday night, March 16, after 12 sessions which include 26 games. Franklin of Portland was the 1956 champion, but the Quakers have run into tough going this season and apparent ly are eliminated from conten tion this year. There have been no changes in the ticket prices for the 1957 classic, with adult reserved seats priced at $10 and student tour nament tickets again selling for $4. The adult reserved seats for the tournament are currently on sale and ticket office officials hvae announced all fans who de cide the same seats they have held in the past will have an opportunity to order until Feb. 23. After that time the tourna ment tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis and all tickets ordered in advance will be mailed to fans on March 5. Club Plans Activities . The Active club of Eugene, which has been a co-sponsor of the tournament along with the Oregon School Activities associa tion and the University of Ore gon, will again plan many ot the activities for the students attending the tournament and handle housing for visitors here. The 1957 Active Club chairman is Ted Mohr and the tournament headquarters . for the club have been setup in the Eugene Hotel. The bulk of the 16-team field will not qualify for the tourna ment until another two or three weeks, but the field seems cer tain to include many of the top teams in the state at this time. GRANTS PASS WRESTLING JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ARENA FRIDAY NITE-FEB. 22 , 8:30 P.M. MAIN EVENT GRUDGE MATCH!!!! "Winner Take All" Best 23 Falli or 1 Hour Limit LUIGI MACERA, 210 Montreal vs. "WILD BILL" SAVAGE, 220 Joliet, III. This was a Bloody Brawl last week SPECIAL EVENT Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit PIERRE DeGLANE. 20S Canada vs. ALEC PEREZ, 220 Amarillo ! 4 K4i OREGON o
