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J7 o EIGH$-MEDFORD (OREGON) Rami Take Over First In Prep Poll Portland (U.R) Central Catholic Rami took OTer first place today among clasi A-l high ichool basketball teams in the weekly Journal coaches' poll. Madras and Elkton re mained on top in the A-2 and class B polls. Klamath Falls, upset Jjy Ashland last Friday, dropped to second and Eugene, beaten by North Bend and Marshiield was in third in A-l. Following Madras in A-2 were Scapoose, Cascade, Reeds port. Drain. Molalla. Dallas. Eagle Point, Glide and Doug las in that orchr. Behind Elkton in class B were Sisters. Knappa, Wallo wa. Stanfield. Jefferson. Helix, Echo, Harrisburg and Siletz. The A-l rankings: Points 1. Central Catholic 78 2. Klamath Falls 71 3. Eugene 60 4. Grant 46 5. Lincoln ...... 40 6. Medford 39 7. Pendleton 32 8. Astoria 30 9. Hermiston 19 10. Benson 13 Others: Albany 7. Marsh field 4. Ashland 1. Detroit Lions To Gamble On O'Brien Detroit 'U.P.I Backfield Coach George Wilson of the De troit Lions is staking his reputa tion Bi a 270 pound giant from Shawano, Wis., whom he has never seen in action. The player is Charles O'Brien, whose gridiron achievements in cluded winning little all Phi Delta Theta honors in 1955 and 1956 as an end at Valparaiso. O'Brien's name was a mystery nto local sportswriters when the Lions drafted him in the 12th round at Philadelphia last month.Q Wilson sought to clarify mat ters. Why, we've just drafted the greatest prospect in history," he announced jokingly. "This boy, Charlie O'Brien, weighs 270 pounds and he's still grow ing. He's onlyo 21 and stands fi feet 5." "Anyone who's that big and still fast enough to be an of fensive end definitely rates a look-see," coach Buddy Parker said. "Our scouting reports on him are excellent." Parker pointed out . that O'Brien turned down offers from several large schools to enroll at" Valparaiso. If he makes the grade Wilson will qualify as somewhat of a prophet. But if he doesn't, Wil- son's reputations as a sooth saver will be shot. Fort Wayne Retains Lead By UNITED PRESS The Fort Wayne Pistqns had a stormy evening, but they re tained their two-game lead in the Western division of the Na tional Basketball association. The Pistons downed the Syra cuse Nationals, 108-102, in the second game of a doubleheader that saw one fist fight and two players ejected. In the opening game, the other NBA action Monday night, the St. Louis Hawks stayed hot on Fort Wayne's trail with a 100-94 win over Minneapolis. George Yardley of the Pistons and Player-Coach Paul Seymour of the Nats swapped punches in the first period of their game. Later Seymour was tossed out in an argument with Referee Mendy Rudolph, and the Nats' Adolph Schayes followed when he supported Seymour from the bench. Yardley tallied 35 points and the Pistons led all the way. HOCKEY New York (U.R) Fred Glover scored only two points last week but still held a six- point margin after Sunday's games in the American Hockey League's individual scoring race. The big Cleveland forward had a total of 85 points while team- mate Jimmy Moore, also held to two points, was second with a total of "9. Montreal (U.R) G o r d i e Howe, Detroit's great right wing who is bidding for an unprece dented fifth National Hockey League scoring championship, remained two points in front of with 77 points. Howe added two goals and 1 four assists in three games last'. 1 week as he increased his margin over Jean Bcliveau of the Mon treal Canadiens to eight points ovith 12 games left. The Cana diens have only 11 left. Lindsay, whose 47 assists rep resent a league high, is also headed for a new record. Bert Olmstead of Montreal broke Lindsay's record of 55 last year when he earned 56. The veteran Detroit left wing needs only nine more to tie Olmstead's mark. MAIL TRIBUNE PHOENIX, GLIDE QUINTS WILL COLLIDE THURSDAY Phoenix Play off for the Dis trict A-2 high school basketball championship will open here on Thursday. The Pirates of Phoenix will be hosts to the Glide Wildcats in the 8 p.m. encounter. Second game of the two-out-of-three play-off will be at Glide. If a third game is need ed, it will be played on Monday. MEDFtMlDvvTRIBimE FALLING LIKE A STRICKEN TREE Johnny Saxton, former welter champ, goes down under a thundering attack by Champion Carmen Basilio, in second round at Cleve land. Knockout punch, a left hook.f International Soundphoto) Norm Oliva SOC Sparkplug During Basketball Campaign Ashland Southern Oregon college closed out its regular 1956-57 basketball schedule with a record of 12 victories and 14 setbacks. The Red Raiders finished second in Oregon Col legiate conference play with a 8-8 standing record. The Raiders are assured of at least two more games. Since they will enter the district NAIA tournament in Portland, March 4 and 5. Southern Oregon's record is better than anyone had predict ed for them when the season started. However, this is only the third time in 27 years that a Red Raider team fell below the 50 per cent mark. In 1952, coach Ted Schopf's club had a 9-18 won-loss record, and coach Alex Petersen's 1954-55 team finished with 10-13. Through 27 seasons of basketball the Ash landers have had 21 winning seasons, and three tying ones in compiling a record of 414 wins and 234 defeats. Three Line-ups SOC has had a rough road to hold this year. In addition to losing several close games, the Ashlanders have had to use three different line-ups because of player scholastic difficulties and NAIA eligibility rules. Sparkplug for the Raiders was Norman Oliva. 18-year-old freshman from Malin. He and Dale Bates were the only two SOUTHERN OREGON SCORING: K tern tgt prt. ftm ftt pet. pf tp ave. Norman Oliva . .. 26 128 275 .465 95 154 .617 83 351 13 5 B. HollinRSWorth 18 88 210 .419 116 207 .560 71 292 16 2 Dale Bates 26 69 150 .460 81 109 .743 63 219 8 4 Charlie Crandall 23 69 170 .406 65 82 .793 32 203 8 8 Dave D'Olivo 8 40 112 .357 37 52 .711 32 117 14.6 Ted Tennev 18 26 74 .351 14 31 .451 27 66 3.7 Ron Owinga 12 15 60 .250 17 30 .567 36 47 3.9 Don Lowrance . 18 11 40 .275 13 20 .650 21 35 1 9 John Foust 10 11 31 .355 11 14 .786 13 33 3 3 Jim McAbee 8 13 30 .433 0 7 22 28 3.3 Total for others 10 115 291 J95 62 125 .496 98 292 Own Team Totals 26 585 1443 .405 511 831 .615 498 1681 64.7 Opponents' Totals 26 571 1681 .339 506 795 .636 505 1648 63 3 North Carolina Needs Two Wins New York U.RX The North Carolina Tar Heels, needing only victories over Wake Forest to night and Duke Friday night to son basketball campaign, led -the runner-up Kansas Jayhawks by a wide margin today in the Unit ed Press ratings. Coach Frank McGuire's Tar Heels boosted their record to 22 0 last week by defeating North Carolina. Coach Dick Harp's Jayhawks whipped Oklahoma and Nebraska but suffered their second loss of the campaign A&M. When Yon See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON Tuesday. February 26, 1957 The clubs will choose among the Roseburg, Grants Pass and Glen dale gymnasiums as game site. Phoenix won the southern di vision diadem by defeating Glendale, Illinois Valley and Eagle Point in the tourney here last week end. Glide took both the Umpqua league and subdis trict titles in regular season play in the north sector. Red Raiders to play in all 26 games. Oliva led the team in scoring with 351 points, re bounds with 484, or a i8.6 game average and field goal accuracy with a percentage of .465. Most of Oliva's rebounding was ear lier in the season when the big freshman was all alone on the backboards. Bill Hollingsworth and Dave D'Olivo who joined the varsity late in the season, added consid erable strength on the boards and finished second and third in retrieves with 272 and 104 respectively. Hollingsworth Second Second in scoring was Hol lingsworth, getting 292 points in 18 games, far below his 502 point output last year. Bates and Chuck Crandall finished third and fourth with 219 and 203 points each. D'Olivo, who saw action in eight games, was fifth with 117 points, all coming in conference action. Leading free throw shooter for SOC was Chuck Crandall with a .793 average, canning 65 out of 82 attempts. Bates was second with .743, or 81 out of 109. SOC held its opponents to 63.3 points a game, which placed SOC high on the defense list in the NAIA. The Raider output was 64.7 points per game. In fouls, SOC committed 498 in fractions while its opponents were caught 505 times. Vince Martinez To Meet Kid Gavilan Newark, N.J. U.R) Big- time boxing returns to Newark tonight, after absence of six years, when welterweight con tender Vince Martinez meets ex champion Kid Gavilan here at the huge armory. Martinez of Paterson, N.J., rated seventh among 147-pound contenders, is favored at 14-5 because of his youth and speed. He is 27. The Cuban "Keed" is 31. Iran was Persia more than 2,500 years, he new name came into use in 1935. . . " ' i Basketball Scores. MONDAY'S SCORES By Limed Presi (East) Boston Col. 57. Boston U. 59 Lovota (Md.) 95, American U. 78 Duquesne 65. St. Bonavenlure 63 Rutgers 76. Newark Rutgers 47 West Va. 80. William & Mary 57 (South) Presbvterian 92. Furman 69 Vanderbilt 75. Georgia 51 Western Ky. 96. Tenn. Tech 85 Western Ky. 96. Tenn. Tech 83 Tennessee 97, Alabama 89 Kentucky 103, Auburn 85 Florida St. 88, Tampa 57 Georgia Tech 64, Florida 57 Maryland 74. Clemson 65 (Midwest) Cincinnati 0. Miami (O.) 72 Kansas St. 78. Missouri 71 Xavier (O.i 79. Toledo 59 Michigan St. 78, Wisconsin 62 Okla. 55. Nebraska 53 Minnesota 102, Iowa 81 Detroit 82, Wichita 75 Michigan 87. Indiana 86 Illinois 79. Ohio St. 72 (Southwest) Arkansas 70, Texas 54 Tex. Western 72. N. Mex. A&M 69 Texas Tech 130, Arizona 84 Houston 88. Bradley 79 Col. Mines 72, Col. College 61 (West) Pacific 85. Whitman 74 Lewis and Clark 82. Collesre of Idaho 52 Vern Moore Busts 99 in Trapshoot Vern Moore broke 99 birds out of 100 at 16 yards Sunday as trapshooters battled rain at Medford Gun club in the second day of the early spring trap shoot. Moore took the Class A hon ors and Sam Samson, Medford, was runner-up with 98. George Voytilla, Dillard, also broke 98 for tops in Class B and Bill Har vey, Prospect, followed in the division with 95. Robert Mclntyre, Medford, took the Class C trophy for shat tering 92 pigeons. In Class D, Lloyd Prock, Klamath Falls, with 88 and Bert Peck, Central Point, with 83, were winner and runner-up. , . Samson busted 95 of 100 for handicap honors and Hervey followed with 94. Dr. Robert Buck" downed' 47 out of 50 for Class I doubles prize. Mclntyre took Class II. with 23. Pairings Listed For B Cage Play Portland (U.R) Opening round pairing for the state high school class B basketball tour ney at Bend next month were announced today by the Oregon School Activities association. Only one team, Knappa from district one, has nailed down a spot in the eight team tourney which opens March 7. The first round pairings with possible entries are: Dist. 2, Jefferson, Siletz, Val setz, vs. Dist. 5, Malin, Butte Falls. Dist. 4, Elkton vs. Dist. 9, Un ion, Huntington, Herford. Dist. 1, Knappa vs. Dist. 7 Helix, Pilot Rock, Stanfield, Echo, Mitchell. Dist. 6, Sisters, Culver vs. Dist. 3, Coberg, Brownsville, Westfir, Alsea. It's take-it-easy and rich MliaMM- Member of Four Horsemen Doesn't Think Football Different In Parts of Nation BY HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco (U.R) "The difference between football in the midwest and that played on the west coast," says Harry Stuhldreher, fabled member of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, "is that more sons of em ployees play there, while the sons of the bosses are playing out here. Stuhldreher, who admits he never was so happy as he is now as a "human relations" man for U. S. Steel, currently is making a tour of the west coast, and he SUPREME COURT REFUSES PRO FOOTBALL EXEMPTION Washington U.R) The Su preme Court refused Monday to extend to professional football thp fpHpral antitrust exemption now afforded big time baseball. The 6 to 3 decision, deliverea by Justice Tom C. Clark, speci fied that the court's 1953 deci sion applied only to baseball. It said the opinion that rjaseDan could continue to enjoy an ex emption, first granted in .1922, has been cited, continually by others as "involving other fields of business." "We now specifically limit the rule there established to the facts there involved, i.e., the business of organized profession al baseball," Clark's opinion said. Radovich Initiates Today's case was initiated in 1949 by William Radovich, one time star ot tne L,os Angeles Dons Radovich complained that the "reserve clause," which pre vents players from picking their own team, placed him in a "con Pacific Cinches Tie for NC Title By UNITED PRESS Pacific cinched a tie for thr Northwest Conference basket ball title last night by defeating Whitman 85-74. If the Badgers can defeat Willamette at Salem Saturday night they will walk off with the crown. If not, they will fie with Linfield. The Badgers shot a hot .518 from the field at Forest Grove last night to defeat Whitman. Ron Barendse led the way with 24 points. Lewis and Clark moved into third place, half a game ahead of Willamette by walloping Col lege of Idaho 82-52 in Portland. Duane Brady hit 20 for Lewis and Clark. BEAVERS SIGN Portland (U.R) Pitcher Bob Alexander and Catcher Danny Baich" agreed to contract terms' with the Portland Beavers yes terday bringing to six the num ber signed up for the 1957 PCL season. All of the U.S. states have compulsory education laws. I bunny Brook bourbon j time, that is! smoothest of fine Kentucky good and golden in your git as a prospector's dream! Brook, Bourbon Cheerful as its Name! ' ISSiJ Cheerful as its THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, DISTRIBUTED BYNATI0NA1 DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION BOTH 86 PROOF KENTUCKY BLENDED WHIjKEY CONTAINS 65 GJAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS makes the statement with a twinkle in his eye. "I'm 55 years old now and can look back at a lot of football," says Harry. "Really I don't believe there is any difference between foot ball In the various sections of the country. I saw two Rose Bowl games that California should have won in the present series and there probably are more than could have gone to the Pacific Coast conference team with the proper breaks." Irish Losses Healthy Stuhldreher, who teamed with Sleepy Jim Crowley, Elmer Lay- dition of bondage" and violated the Sherman antitrust law. He said he was blacklisted from a job he wanted and sued the National Football league and 'its teams for $105,000 in treble damages. The case now goes back to U.S. District Court in San Fran cisco so Radovich may have a chance to prove damages. Los Angeles !U.R) Bill Rado vich today planned for a retrial of his $105,000 damage suit against the National Football League after winning a Supreme Court ruling that professional football is the subject of anti trust laws. Washington U.R) Sen. 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He was the man who inaugurated the inter sectional game of football. "He showed Notre Dame teams in Los Angeles, New York the South and the midwest long before other teams even consid ered going more than a few hundred miles away to play. Portland U. to Play Portland St. Portland 4U.P.) The Univer sity of Portland will get the first crack at Portland State whe.. the district 2 NAIA bas ketball opens at Milwaukie Mon-' day night. Pairings announced yesterday will pit the Vikings and Pilots in the first night's second game. Southern Oregon and Lewis and Clark will meet in the other Southern Oregon is rated as the No. 1 entry from the Oregon Collegiate Conference. Lewis and Clark was the only North west Conference team that sought a berth this year. The other three Oregon schools in the circuit decided to try for the NCAA's new small college tour ney. 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