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1 '1SL-4rKBF0BD (OREGON) Tornado; Ashland High Foes In Crucial Basketball Series Spotlight in Southern Oregon conference basketball this week end falls on the Ashland and Medford high school courts wlftre the issue of the second District 6 representative in the Class A-l state tourney can be decided or prolonged. Medford's Black Tornado and Ashland's Grizzlies vie at Ash land on Friday and at Medford on Saturday in the crucial skirm ishes. Varsity games at 8:15 fol- G low 6:30 p.m. junior varsity ac tion. The Ashlanders engage in their last series of the regular conference slate. The Tornado goes back into action after a two weeks lay-off from competition. One is the Tornado magic number in connection with the scries. Whether the Tornado can egrab the one victory which will carry it into a third state tourney slot will depend on its ability to match the deliberate Ashland offensive with good playmaking of its own. warm shooting. tough defense aid effective back board work. Beat Ashland Twice Medford succeeded in those efforts to gain 47 to 40 and 42 to 33 decisions over the Griz zlies in the first time around of league play. But the Ashland club may prove an even more formidable hurdle for the Torn ado in the wake of an upset over T. DeMarco No. 1 Welter Contender New York (U.R) Former welterweight champion Tony DeMarco moved in as the divi sion's No. 1 contender, replacing Johnny Saxton. another ex champion, who was dropped to third following his early kayo by champion Carmen Basilio last week. DeMarco, who lost the welter crown to Basilio in 1955 and then failed to regain it in another match that year, has been es tablished as the leading contend er in Ring magazine's monthly ratings because of his recent win over Gaspar Ortega of Mexico. Nino Valdes, who cleaned up the best English heavyweights in his recent tour of the British Isles, earned the No. 10 spot in the heavyweight division, while Wayne Bethea was dropped be cause of inactivity. Webb Moves Up The middleweight division saw ' several significant changes. Ells worth (Spider) Webb was moved up from fourth to third behind Charley Humez of France and former champion Ray Robinson. n other changes in this division, Nearl Rivers was dropped from eighth to 10th following a loss to Webb, Charley Joseph of New Orleans took over Rivers' eighth spot and Tiger Jones dropped from third to fourth. Former lightweight champion Wallace (Bud) Smith, who was kayoed recently by champion Joe Brown, was dropped from fifth to seventh, while Orlando Zulueta moved up from sixth to fifth. British Empire champion Willie Toweel advanced from ninth to sixth. Gil Cadilli of San Franciscd advanced from seventh to fifth among the featherweights, Paul Jorgensen of Port Arthur. Tex.. slipped from fifth to sixth, and Jean Sneyers of Belgium ad vanced from fifth to fourth. Calhoun Given Split Decision Denver (U.R) Charley Cot ton's handler said today that Kory Calhoun s split decision win in their 10-round bout Wednesday night was the second bad decision" in as many fights between them. The fifth-ranked Calhoun, the Rocky Marciano" of middle weights, needed all his advant age in youth and strength over Cotton to gain his second split decision over the 26-year-old Toledo." Ohio, fighter before 2,500 fans at Denver's Auditor ium Arena. Calhoun, only 22, edged Cot ton on a split decision last Aug Referee Ray Keech gave Cot ton a 48-47 edge in the scoring. But Judge Joe Ullmer scored it 49-46 fpr Calhoun and Judge Jack Bloom had it 48-43 for Calhoun. The United Press card favored Calhoun, 48-45. .Nats Solidify 1ro Hoop Grip By UNITED PRESS The Syracuse Nationals had a solid grip on the final playoff berSi in the National Basket ball association's Eastern divi sion today, but the Rochester Royals were almost as glad to settlg for a shaky hold on a berth in the Western division. The Nationals went 21 2 games ahead of New York in the fight for third place in the east Wed nesday night by whipping St. Louis. 108-93, in the first game of a twin bill at Rochester. In the other game, Rochester went a half-game ahead of Minneapolis in the battle for third place in the west by down ing Fort Wayne. 90-76. No other league games were scheduled. MAIL TRIBUNE Klamath Falls and a loss to the Pels by a close verdict last week end. Both Medford and Ashland have recorded one victory in four games with Klamath. The Tornado's one win came 52 to 48 in the early eseason after a 68 to 57 setback. In the second half the Tornado lost 62 to 43 then bowed 59 to 53 in double overtime. Ashland lost 57 to 40 and 53 to 44 in the January action before beating KF 50 to 39 last Friday and losing 41 to 37 on Saturday. So it will . be a Grizzly club with a bolstered confidence meeting a rested Black Tornado. Observers of last week end's Ashland-Klamath series have in dicated that the Grizzlies played great ball and showed consider able poise against the jrencans. Grizzlies Need Both Ashland must win both of the tangles to keep in the running for state tourney entry. Should the Grizzlies come through, Med ford would still have the chance to earn a tourney spot by down ing Grants Pass in one of its two games with the Cavemen next Tuesday and Wednesday. The Black Tornado, however, isn't of a mind to prolong the agony. Medford has scoring ability among its six top line players, Dick Copple. Dick McLaughlin, Neil 'Plumley, Larry Perkins, Tom Hamlin and Dick Puhl and backboard strength in Copple, McLaughlin, Plumley and Ham lin. Mel Bailey, Jack Eberhart and Jack Tobiasson have been the main Ashland scorers in the circuit and Eberhart and Tobias- son have been effective rebound ers. Possible starters for the Torn ado are Copple, McLaughlin, Plumley, Perkins and Puhl. For Ashland the five likely will be Eberhart. Daily, Tobiasson, Al bert Hartwell and Mark Fitch. Klamath Falls plays at Grants Pass this week end while Crater has a bye. Pro Sports Propositions . In Contrast Washington (U.R) Eman uel Celler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Anti-Trust subcommittee, said today he hopes to hold hearings later on the sharply-contrasting profes sional sports bills that have been introduced. Celler and Rep. Patrick, J.I Hillings (R-Calif.), each has of fered a bill that would put pro fessional baseball under the an ti-trust laws. Harris Introduces But Rep. Owen Harris (D Ark.) Wednesday introduced a bill to exempt not only pro base ball, but also pro football, hock ey, and basketball from the pro visions of the anti-trust statutes. Harris, chairman of the House Interstate Commerce committee, offered his bill because, he said, the ruling of the Supreme Court earlier this week in regard to pro football had created an "an omaly" which calls for correc tion by law. The court held by a 6-3 decision that professional football is subject to anti-trust laws, even though professional baseball is not. HOCKEY AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS George (Buddy) Boone, of the Springfield Indians of the Amer ican Hockey league hammered across three goals in the final period Wednesday night to pro vide the margin of difference in the Indians' 8-5 triumph over Buffalo in the lone AHL game scheduled. Saul Silberman Awaits Verdict Miami (U.R) Saul Silber man. the millionaire president of Tropical Park race track, waited today to learn whether the Flor ida Racing Commission would suspend his license. Silberman was the final wit ness Wednesday night at the windup of a three-day hearing by the commission into charges he and his friend, Tropical Park public relations man Maurice J. Hirshstein, associated with known criminals and that Hirsh stein used the private telephone in Silberman's office to, give out race information to a former Cleveland bookie. Racing commission chairman C. F. Ratliff said a decision in the case would not come for at least two or three weeks. Meanwhile, Silberman turned down an offer of S4.300.000 for the Florida track from a group of unidentified millionaire sportsmen. RUPP HONORED Atlanta (U.R) Adolph Rupp, the University of Kentucky bas ketball coach, has been, named coach of the year in the South eastern conference by the At lanta Journal. The newspaper named Rupp for winning the SEC crown with a team he de scribed as his "weakest in years." Thursday. February 28, 1957 SPORTS JOHNNY KLINE Ace With Globetrotters John Kline Moving Fast As Trotter Johnny Lee Kline is moving fast among the outstanding pros pects on the Harlem Globetrot ters basketball team. He will be seen in action with the crack world-traveled aggregation against the Honolulu Surf Riders at Crater high school gym in Central Point Friday night, starting at 8 o'clock. The 25-year-old, six foot three inch speedster from Detroit, Mich., is - a well - coordinated youth which may account for seven high jump records while a track and basketball star at Wayne University. Three years' competition at Wayne followed a brilliant all-around sports career at Northeastern high school in Detroit. , When the Globetrotters arrive in Central Point they will be joined by another outstanding player who will further strength en their offensive. He is Bob Williams, who is being sent on option by the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basket ball association. ,The former Florida A&M star was adjudged the most valuable player in the Pan-American Games most valuable player in the worldwide air force tourna ment in 1955 and twice was named on the all-Air Force team. Ducks Slate Southern Cal University of Oregon, Eugene It will be pupil vs teacher Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles when Coach Stevs Bel ko takes his Oregon Ducks south to play Coach Forrest Twogood's Southern California Trojans in the next to the last series of the season for the Webfoots. Two decades ago Belko was an outstanding guard for Coach Twogood's Idaho Vandals and this will mark the second time they have faced each other since Belko began his successful ca reer as a coach. In 1954 South ern California defeated Belko's Idaho State team in the first round of the western regional NCAA tournament at Corvallis. Belko's job of rebuilding the Webfoots has been a slow one. but the Ducks have been tough er each time out and could both er the Trojans on their home court. Oregon's attack is built around Charlie Franklin, a 6-3 junior who plays both forward and center, and Hal Duffy, a 6-6 junior who alternates with Franklin on the post. Franklin is one of the top five scorers in the PCC with a 19.0 point per game average and both he and Duffy rank among the first five in rebounding. Bel ko will probably start Eli Mor gan, a 6-6 sophomore, at the other forward post and go with Phil McHugh and either Bud Kuykendall or Wimp Hastings at guard. Perfect Season Duckling Desire University of Oregon, Eugene Coach Don Kirsch's Oregon freshman team shoots for an un defeated season Saturday night at Corvallis in the final game j If the Ducklings win their fourth meeting wnn me jkooks, it will give them 15 straight victories and the first perfect season since 1938 when the squad swept through 17 contests without a loss. v The Rooks, however, have wrecked two more recent tries for unbeaten frosh seasons, win ning single games in both 1950 and 1951 to leave the Duck lings with marks of 16-1 and 18 1. The 1950 squad was led by Chet Noe, Curt Barclay, Keith Farnam and Bud Covey while the 1951 club was paced by Ken Wegner, Barney Holland and Bob Hawes. In 1938 the Ducklings had a talented group paced by Earl Sandness, Archie Marshik, Red McNeely, George Andrews and Toivvo Piippo and all were members of the 1939 squad which won the first NCAA championship. 7 A Basketball Scores WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES By Lnited Press (East) Harvard 65, Princeton 56 LaSalle 84, Fordham 66 Temple 54. St. Joseph 'Pa.) 48 Pitt 94 Pennsylvania 76 Penn State 71. Lehigh 38 Boston V. 74, Northeastern 64 Columbia 80. Cornell 62 Providence 89. Boston Col. 71 . Yale 57. Dartmouth 56 Niagara 79, Syracuse 74 (South) Marvland 62, Georgetown 59 Louisville 87. DePaul 76 (Midwest) Davton 90. Toledo 47 Xavier (O.) 77. Western Ky. St. 71 (West) Seattle 95, Portland 81 RVCC Golf Pro Lists Plan for Tourney Entry Harry Millette has carded a 76 lo knot with Carl Schmidt for low gross honors so far among 67 men who have qualified so far for the spring golf handicap tourna ment at Rogue Valley Coun try club. Deadline for qualifying is Sunday, March 3. Club pro Al Williams, however, has stated that all linksmen who know that they can't possibly qual ify by the deadline should call the pro shop and give their names. They will be placed in the tourney bracket but, of course, will not be eligible for low net or low gross qualifying prizes. The list of qualifiers is lag ging well behind last year. Forte Heads Small-Stars New York U.R) Chet (The Jet) Forte of Columbia and Gary Thompson of Iowa State, two of the nation's niftiest basketball players regardless of size, head ed the ninth annual "Small America" team compiled today by the United Press. In addition to the high-scoring Forte (5-9) and Thompson (5-10), the first team included sopho more Don Hennon (5-9) of Pitts burgh, Tom Steinke (5-10) of Brigham Young and Jimmy Boothe (5-7) of Xavier. Boothe is the only repeater from last year's team. . 5-10 Limit The "Small America" is strict ly for the little men none taller than five feet, 10 inches but the five vest-pocket aces select ed this year have proved week after week there's a definite place for the small man among the giants who dominate the modern game. Named to the second team were Florida Porky Vieira (5-6) of yuinnipiac college at Ham- den, Conn., Dave Markey (5-10) of Canisius, Joe Campbell (5-7) of Purdue, Jackie Murdock (5-10) of Wake. Forest and Dick Cantley (5-10) of West Virginia Tech. Kuts Designated Track's Greatest Los Altos ' U.R) Parry O Brien, world record holder in the shot put, and Vladimir Kuts, Russia's double Olympic dis tance champion, have been named the world's greatest track and field athletes in a poll taken by Track and Field News, international monthly magazine. Kuts, who set new Olympic records, in the 5000 and 10,000 meter runs at Melbourne, was named the greatest athlete in the sport, polling 48 per cent of the votes cast. O'Brien, with 26 per cent was runner-up and was named the best of all the world's field athletes with 79 per cent. Whitey Lockman Back To Giants Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) Whitey Lockman will have to fitht it' out with two other candidates oeiore regaining nis old first baseman's post with the New York Giants. Manager Bill Rig- ney has indicated. Lockman, traded to the St Louis Cardinals last season in seven-Dlaver deal, rptnmprt ir the Giants Tuesday in no-cash trade that sent veteran relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm to St, Louis. Rienev explained that T.rwV. man wouldn't be assigned his old spot at first base without first earning it. "Gail Harris still is our No. first base candidate," he added LIONS SIGN FOSTER Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) Dick Foster, a tackle at the Univer sity of Idaho and a draft choice of the Washington Redskins has signed a professional contract with the British Columbia Lions of Canada's Western Football conference. He played for the West team in the Shrine East West game at San Francisco. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fine. Drain' Tile 727 W. McAndrew Phone 2 4107 PHOENIX, GLIDE HIGH PLAY-OFF Coach Jack Woodward indi cated today that the Phoenix high Pirates will start against Glide with the same five-man crew which opened action in three sub-district basketball tour ney games. Phoenix and Glide come to gether at Hedrick Junior high gym in Medford at 8 p.m. today in the first game of a two-out-of three play-off for the District 6 A-2 championship. Winner will go to Salem for the state A-2 hoop tournament beginning March 11. Likely starting quint for the Pirates is Jim James, 5-11, and Jim Stout, 5-0, forwards, Doug Witte, 6-3, center, and Gary Sim- monds, 5-10, and Jim Heath, 5-10, guards. Word concerning possible Glide starters has not come from Wildcat mentor Loren Thornton. But the five could be Allen Smith, 6-1, and Wayne Kenna- day, 6-0, forwards, Dick Smith, 6-1, center and John Livingston, 5-7, and Bill Eswine, 5-6, guards. Dick Smith Leads Dick Smith has been the lead ing light of tlie wildcats. He has run up 385 points in 18 con Opinions Differ on How Big Loop Baseball Should Come To West Coast Area By HAL WOOD San Francisco U.R The West Coast wants major-league baseball but the split in tlie ranks of executives and fans on just how this important deed should be accomplished has be come so wide there appears no chance for reconciliation. The recent announcement that the Brooklyn Dodgers had pur chased the Los Angeles Angels from the Chicago Cubs renewed the battle over .the future. It goes like this: The majority of fans in Los Angeles and San Francisco want either the National or American league or both to place a fran chise in their city and to heck with the rest of the Pacific Coast league. The baseball people in such places as Seattle, Portland, Sac ramento and San Diego want a "third major league" made up of cities in the West, including Houston, Dallas and Denver. Too Much Expense " "It is the only feasible way to IT MUST BE BETTER.:. OVER 12,000,000 CASES' rXJk l J I HAYE BEEN SOLDI ' V WS&H0?1 1 It fix vVili V.' -!sy mm I 86 PROOF STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY Jjum GAME HERE flicts while Glide has compiled a 14-4 season record, smith is regarded as the finest basketball player in his section of the state in all classes A-l, A-2 and B. He rolled up 32 points in the SO to 48 victory over Myrtle Creek which decided the. sub-district and league mantles and came through with the winning basket. Figures on scoring of other Wildcats sre not available. Gary Simmonds with 197 and Jim James with 193 have been the top scorers for Phoenix over 20 games and a 12-8 record. James, Stout and Witte have paced rebounding. This is Glide's first year as an A-2 school but it will put more of a veteran club on the floor than will the Pirates. The two Smith cousins on the Wild- Sports Broadcasts Radio stations KYJC and KMED will broadcast the Dist rict 6 A-2 basketball play-off game at 8 p.m. today between Phoenix at Glide high schools. The single game will be at the Hedrick gym in Medford. make a successful financial oper ation," says a veteran baseball man. "It would cost an Eastern club $17,000 to come out here and play one week. That would work out fine for the New York Yankees but how well would a tail-end club like the Kansas City Athletics dr?w? "If you will look at the major league history, you will note that when both the American and National leagues were in their formative stages they switched from city to city until they were solidified. "The same procedure should be followed for a third major league out this way, with the clubs retaining possession of their stars (instead of selling them to the American or Nation al league." That makes sense but a lot of fans won't hold still for it. They think that only the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas have the population and the wealth to make a successful big time operation. M WfflEl TO VIE IN TONIGHT cat club and Kennaday are sen iors, as are top reserves, Gary Wagner and Chuck Meracle. Livingston is a sophomore and Eswine a sophomore. Almost All Juniors Phoenix roster is almost solid in juniors. James is the only senior listed. Glide and Phoenix will col lide again Saturday at Glide with a third game set for Mon day on a neutral court to be selected. The Pirates showed plenty of fight in winning the southern division tournament and coach Woodward said that his charges are looking forward to this eve ning's encounter. He said that the Phoenix crew is in good shape physically. Steelhead Fish Season Concludes Portland U.R) The State Game Commission reminded anglers that steelheading on most coastal streams closed to day, Feb. 28. The weekly re port: Southwest: Both forks of Ump qua and all other streams in cen tral Douglas county near flood stage; if weather clears, striped bass angling may be fair in Isth mus slough this weekend. Seattle Downs Portland 95-81 Everett, Wash. (U.R) Seattle University wound up its regular basketball season last night by handing Portland a 95-81 defeat even thoug Elgin Baylor wasn't high point man. Gene Kutsch of the pilots led the scoring with 29 points to 28 I for Baylor, who ranks third t among the nation's major col- i lege scorers. Kutsch had 25 of his points in the first half. Portland once was ahead 40-28 and at the half led 50-44. But Seattle had too much in the sec ond half. Baylor had 25 rebounds. YANK WITH CHECKS London (U.R) According to the Czech News agency, Harold Connolly, America's Olympic hammer throwing champion, has arrived in Czechoslovakia to train with -Czech athletes. The agency said Connolly will train with Czech athletes until March 6 and will hold a "discussion evening" with them. YESTERDAY'S m BUYING HABITS! Today's big change is to 31 Si- ...at low prices that make inflation old-fashioned With headlines shouting inflation, buying Old Quaker really makes sense to alert whiskey buyers. That is why in market after market, state after state this famous old brand has won landslide public acclaim. ..and broken one sales record after another. Join the popular swing to Old Quaker 7 Year Old Bourbon, you've got something extra special in store for you. 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