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o Twelve medfoud (ORErsom 5 '1 BOB W STD lit Mcnrr ' 1 i f u schopf J , mSrnLEAsti EX-HOOP STARS HONORED Five of the former Southern Oregon college basketball players who'll be honored at reunion and ded ication ceremonies at Ashland Saturday night are pictured here. They were members of the squad in 1936-1937 when the college was still known as Southern Oregon Normal school and athletic teams were called the SONS. At the top are Darrell Leavens, left, and Bill Hoxie, both now living in Medford. In the bottom row from left are Ted Schopf, now SOC head hoop coach, Bob Hardy, Ashland, and Cliff (Chief) McLean, living in Ashland and coaching at Roosevelt school in Medford. Raiders Meet 'Jacks In Tilts at Ashland Q By Bob McKenzie Ashland Finishing prepara tions for meeting the Humboldt State Lumberjacks in a two igame basketball stand this week end, Coach Ted Shopfs South- (Gfrn Oregon College Red Raiders r&i through light drills Thurs tey night. They play the 'Jacks ,1night and Saturday. Expecting to meet a tough crew in the first games on the Sporto Broadcasts Television station KBES will will present the New York Giants-Pitlsburgh Sleelers pro football game at 10 a.m. Sat urday and the Miami-Pittsburgh game at 12:45 p.m. Beavers Get Niles Jordan Colorado Springs (TO The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast league Thursday traded catcher Sammy Calderone to Toronto and purchased a pitch er and a first baseman from Northwest league teams. Calderone, was traded to To ronto for Niles Jordan, a south paw pitcher from Sedro Wool ley, Wash., who had a 3-6 rec ord last year. Jordan formerly pitched for Klamath Falls in the old Far West league. Portland got hurler Ted Ed munds from Yakima. He had a 19-7 record two years ago and wil join the Beavers after his Army hitch is up. Bruce Mcin tosh, first baseman, was bought from Lewiston where he hit .323 last year. Mcintosh formerly was a basketball standout for Idaho. 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The players of yesteryear will be introduced before the Saturday game. new SOC gymnasium floor, the Red Raiders have been spending plenty of time perfecting their scoring pun?h. Operating pri marily from a fast break the Raiders will be expecting to play a running game for the full 40 minutes. Starting lineup for the Raiders Friday night probably will have all-conference selections Bill Hollingsworth and Norm Oliva at forward and center, with jun ior letterman Dave D'Olivo at the other forward position. With plenty of material at the guard spots, coach Schopf will prob ably give starting nods to Chuck Crandall, senior fireball from Coos Bay and Jim McAbee, jun ior letterman and hustler from Talent, or Ron Maurer, senior playmaker from Cave Junction. Dedication ceremonies for the new gym will highlight Satur day night's fracas, as members of the Southern Oregon College team of 1936-37 will be intro duced following the preliminary game at 830 p.m. Formal dedica tion ceremonies, including an address by Dr. Roy McNeal, who coached at SOC from 1927 to 1932, will take place between halves of the varsity contest. The games on both occasions will be at 9:00 p.m. to avoid con flict with Ashland high school games scheduled for the same nights. A preliminary game will preceed the varsity contests, be ginning at 7:15 p.m. SPANISH ACTOR DIES Madrid (IP) Mariano Asque- rino, 68, one of the leading actors of the Spanish-speaking stage, died at a hospital here Thursday night after a short ill ness. Asquerino, a native of Tar ragona Province, was well known in South America as well as in Spain. And Meet . . . Woodworking Expert! - WRAY CO. Phone SP 2-4011 Friday. December 6, 1957 RAIDER HOOPMAN John Foust, above, is among Southern Oregon college basketball play ers expected to see duty tonight and Saturday night against Hum boldt State college in the new SOC gym at Ashland. Game time is 9 pjn. both evenings. Foust is a junior from Medford where he played high school varsity ball. Ike Logart Bout Choice Cleveland, Ohio (IPt Cuban welterweight Isaac Logart was an early 8 and 7 to 5 favorite today to maintain his No. 1 con tender's seat against Gaspar Ortega of Mexico in a scheduled 12 - round nationally televised bout here tonight. Ortega, currently rated fourth among the 147-pound claimants, planned no change in strategy which won split-decisions over Logart in two of their previous three engagements. He has 17 KOs in his record of 42 wins, nine losses and one draw. Logart has 51 wins, with only seven losses and five draws. Tonight's bout is the first in a series of elimination matches to determine who will win the va cant crown abandoned by Car men Basilio. Other title contenders include Vince Martinez of Paterson, N.J., Virgil Akins of St. Louis, Gil Turner of Philadelphia and George Barnes of Australia. Gonzaga Needs Reserves' Help Spokane W ; Gonzaga Uni versity won its third consecutive basketball game Thursday night with the help of long Jean Le febvre's 10 points but had to put in a faster second squad in down ing Eastern Washington 66-58. Lefebvre, the 7-3 34 French gi ant, hit three for nine goals, picked up four free throws and for the first time showed some aggressiveness on the floor but a faster second string was needed to come from behind and score the victory. SPORTS Webb Tells Big Leagues1 View on TV By HAL WOOD Colorado Springs, Colo. OP) Co-owner Del Webb of the Yan kees, usually a mild-mannered man, struck back at the minor leagues and their president, George Trautman, today in the growing battle over the majors' plan to televise a Sunday "game-of-the-week." j i.i irautman wouia spena jmore time running the minor I leagues and less time criticizing us, it would be better for all concerned," said Webb. In a scathing speech he made last Tuesday, Trautman had sin gled out a number of wealthy major league owners, including Webb and his Yankee partner, Dan Topping, for allowing the minors to be in their current plight. Webb is particularly incensed at the threat of the minors to sue the majors on the television plans. No Way Out "What are we going to do?" he asked. "If we don't televise the games, we will be held in restraint of trade by the Justice department. If we do, we will be sued by the minors." Admittedly it will take a man with the wisdom of Solomon to figure this one out. Maybe Webb can convince the minors they have the wrong idea. What he has to say in the way of advice sounds solid. '"I can tell you this," he says. "It is my experience that base ball gets millions of dollars in free publicity every year from televised games. Televising base ball makes more baseball fans and is good for the over-all struc ture of the organization. "The best proof of that is the sport of wrestling. Television has made wrestling promotion a very profitable business because it has advertised the sport. The same is true in baseball. Majors in the Middle "Any way you look at it, the major leagues are in the middle of the television problem. If we do, we will be sued. If we don't we'll be in trouble with the gov ernment." The minors, of course, are in violent disagreement and con tend that this is the "year of decision" that if they don't make a go of it this year, maybe they never will. Mr. Webb is of the opinion that the minors will not be hurt by television and he doesn't sound as' though he is about to back down on that opinion. The majors will discuss the subject today and maybe they ,will be able to come to some agreement with the minors. But as things stand right now the "cold war" is on! Johnston Spurs Warrior Victory By UNITED PRESS Broken jaw and all, Neil Johnston is lifting the Philadel phia Warriors out of the losing side of the ledger in the National Basketball association. Johnston and Ernie Beck sparked a second half rally Thursday night as the Warriors whipped the St. Louis Hawks, 124-109, in the nightcap of a Philadelphia doubleheader. The Cincinnati Royals beat the De troit Pistons, 109-99, in the opener in the only other game of the evening. The victory sent the Warriors into a second-place tie with the Syracuse Nats in the Eastern Di vision and evened the Philadel phia season record at 9-9. HUNGARIANS CELEBRATE San Francisco (IB The Hungarian Olympic athletes who refused to return to their homes from Australia last year began celebrating a year of free dom from Communism today at the opening of a three-day get together. The athletes were wel comed to San Francisco by Lt. Gov. Harold J. Powers and San Francisco Supervisor Henry R. Rolph. "Make mine 7 Crown" fUGMU-OlSTIUitt COMPUn; CICL BiiUEA rr 7 Schmsdt From PCC New Look By SCOTT BAILLIE San Francisco HP Victor O Schmidt, stern disciple of law enforcement, headed for the exit today as commissioner of the Pacific Coast conference which apparently is shedding its austerity program and leaning toward a free ride for "blue chip" athletes. Schmidt announced Thursday that his resignation from the 516,800 per year job will take effect next June 30. It climaxed a four-day PCC meeting in which a measure was approved to give certain athletes room and board as well as tuition, the "penalized" seniors were allow ed to play in any five consecu tive football games next season and the controversial round robin was all but junked. The 53-year-old Schmidt, who had been commissioner since 1944, merely said he had de cided to go back to his law prac tice. His announcement came only two days after a move by California, UCLA and Southern California to restrict the func tions of his office were defeated by a 6-3 margin. No successor to the post was mentioned. Schmidt In Row With UCLA Schmidt figured in a bitter row with UCLA in March of 1956 during the conference dis closures as the Bruins, Southern California, Washington and California were being heavily penalized for infractions. UCLA would not let him on campus to quiz some of its grid ders and the school was fined 515,000 by the conference for its action. Schmidt later brand ed groups which criticized the conference for its strict penalties as "money changers." Schmidt said he was resigning as "the conference completed settlement of the critical issues which have arisen in the area of rules enforcement over the last two years in which the com missioner has had a particular responsibility. "It is my earnest hope that Phoenix High Hosts Yreka Phoenix Phoenix high launches its basketball season Saturday night against a foe which has become its traditional opening game rival. The Pirates are hosts to. Yreka, Calif. They have opened against the Miners for the past five seasons. A game between the Phoenix junior varsity and the Yreka lightweights is set for 6:45 p.m. Varsity contention is set for 8 p.m. Pirate coach Jack Woodward has indicated he'll begin with a quint which includes four of last year's regular starters. They are Gary Simmonds, forward, Doug Witte, center, and Jim Stout and Jim Heath, guard. The fifth man may be Lester Schleigh, first line reserve last year and starter in some games. Don Wallace, Jim Waldron and Terry Hamilton may see lots of duty with Bob Taylor and Ron Daugherty also getting into the fracas. Spokane Group Seeks New Park Spokane, Wash. (IP) Con struction of a new park to ac comodate the newly-transferred Los Angeles Pacific Coast League baseball team was pushed at meetings here Thursday. The move for the new park at the Interstate fairgrounds was favored over previous proposals to remodel existing facilities at Ferris Field. Construction of a new park would cost $400,000 plus an ad ditional $550,000 for land acqui sition whereas the Ferris field remodeling plan was estimated at about S120,000 each from the city and county. Dead Line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m. for following day, except 10 a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon Saturday. flip f? 'tff jf- KUSIEL tt MQOf. 6536 SiiSk KUIUi. Sf iliO. Announces Commissioner Post; Foreseen For Circuit other existing problems may be worked out within the next seven months and before termi nation of my date of employ ment," he added in a prepared statement. Cal., Bruins Lose Again One of these appeared to be a new philosophy of aid to athletes, which was passed 6-3 after being proposed by Wash ington. The losing trio was Cali fornia, UCLA and Stanford. It was the latest in a series of de feats this week for the first two schools whose five-point pro gram was riddled by the con ference. Here is the "new look" which I will be reported on by a special committee next March: A "limited number" of athletes will get their room, board and tuition free if they Crater, Ashland Bill Cage Starts Two members of the Southern Oregon conference open their interscholastic basketball sched ules this evening, another has an intra-squad game on Saturday night and the remaining two are idle until next week end. Ashland and Crater start their slates with non-league scuffles against California foes. Ashland is host to Fortuna this evening while Crater entertains Eureka at Central Point. The two clubs switch rivals for Saturday night with Fortuna at Crater and Eu reka at Ashland. Grants Pass has the Blue and White squad encounter. Medford and Klamath Falls do not go into action until December 13. In the matter of height both Ashland and Crater will be out reached by the Northern Cali fornia coast schools. Fortuna's probable starters are Jim Chris tensen, 6-5, John Nicholls and Wayne Davis, 6-4, Dave Steven son, 6-1, and Rick Tomsini. Eu reka has Larry Krupka, 6-5, Bill Crichton, 6-2, and Tyrone Par ker, 6-1, and Art Buaru and Jack Daly just under the 6-foot level. Eureka Wins 2 of -3 Record of Fortuna is not avail able but Eureka has played three games, splitting with Weed, Calif., and defeating Ft. Bragg, Calif. Ashland starters tonight may be Leo Daniels and Kip Lom bard, forwards, Albert Hartwell and Scott Peterson, guards, and Jack Tobiasson or Bob Johnson, center. Tobiasson is expected to get the call if he's over his cold. Crater's opening five will be named from among Wayne Al len, Joe Teeter, Jerry Kime, Kerman Bennett, Bill White, Randy Campbell, John Burns and Charles Turner. Games at Central Point will be at 8:15 P.m. after 6:45 pre liminaries. Varsity tilts at Ash land will be at 8 p.m. on Friday and at 7 p.m. on Saturday with openers at 6:30 and 5:30 p.m. respectively. The early hour at Ashland Saturday will enable fans to attend the Southern Ore gon college-Humboldt State col lege game at 9 p.m. The new college gym is being dedicated that night. Grants Pass begins regular play at North Bend on Dec. 13 and in opposition to Marshfield U. S. exports of feed grains in 1956-57 dropped almost 20 r r cent compared with the 1955 56 marketing year. 48-Feet Long mm W5B The Most Fabulous Mobile Home Ever Designed! With Fireplace, Balcony Front Kitchen, Completely Furnished l Q,500 Now On Display Open to the Public WALKER -the'-WEEPER-TRAILER -sales 1062 COURT STREET designation Paj!S maintain . an average of 2.20, about C plus, work a specified number of hours during the academic year, only work off campus during vacations and finish 28 semester hours toward their degree between seasons. This supplements the present ruling that athletes can earn up to 5100 per month on campus jobs only. In other words, if a football player can't maintain a C-plus average he would not qualify for the gratis subsistence. The football schedules for 1961 and 1962 remained un solved and another meeting was called for San Francisco Dec. 16 to work, them out. Starting with 1961, a team will be able to qualify for the Rose Bowl by playing only five conference games instead of the present seven. Tonight at Coos Bay on Dec. 14. Medford plays the coast area teams on the opposite nights. Klamath Falls opens at Springfield. OPPOSES EUREKA Wayne Al len, above, junior guard, is among Crater high Comets who will meet Eureka tonight and Fortuna on Saturday night in basketball scraps with the Cali fornia clubs at Central Point. Varsity tussles begin at 8:15 p.m. on both occasions. Yanks Gain Zone Final Adelaide, Australia OP) Vic Seixas of Philadelphia and his 44-year-old gray-haired sidekick, Gardnar Mulloy of Denver, Colo., teamed up today to lead the United States Davis cup ten nis team into the inter-zone fi nal. Playing under overcast skies at the Memorial Drive courts, the cagey Yanks whipped Feli- cissimo Ampon and Reymondo Deyro of the Philippines, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, to give the U.S. squad an insurmountable 3-0 lead in their best-of-five semi-final se ries. The win earned the Ameri cans a berth opposite Belgium, the European champions, in the interzone final at Brisbane next week. Winner of the U.S.-Belgium series will play the defending champion Australia in the chal lenge round at Melbourne, Dec. ; 26-28. - 1 THE PRINCESS i i jy l ni Lea ricss East Princeton 65. Lafayette 72 Ursinus 67, Rutgers 52 Providence 55. Rhode Island 45 St. John's (N.Y.) 86, Roanoke 62 South Richmond 72. Virginia Tech 62 N. Carolina St. 62. Wake Forest 51 Georgia Tech 73, Alabama 62 Mississippi St. 114, Howard Coll. 5T South Louisiana 66, Loyola 65 Midwest Nebraska 77. Wyoming 66 Minnesota 67, Iowa St. 66 Southwest Tulsa 62, New Mexico A&M SS Houston 76. Texas A&I 50 West Gonzaga 66, Eastern Washington 58 Wins Soothe Red Faces, Body Bruises By FRANK LITSKY United Press Sports Writer Basketball players from Min nesota wore red faces and those from North Carolina State wore red body bruises today but each team had a victory to soothe Its ills. Minnesota nosed out Iowa State, 67-66, Thursday night at Minneapolis although Iowa State s Lyle Frahm and John Crawford continually stole the ball from the bewildered Goph ers. North Carolina State whip ped Wake Forest. 62-51, at Win ston-Salem, N. C, in a game marked by hot tempers and bru tal backboard bumping in the second half. A full-court press helped Iowa State tie Minnesota in the second half before sophomore guard Mario Miller went to work. Mil ler scored 13 points in the half and 16 for the night to keep if safe for Minnesota. Frahm scored 21 for Iowa State. Hard Fought Game North Carolina State's tight zone, 49 per cent shooting aver age and backboard control pro vided its victory in the first game of the Atlantis Coast conference season, althou-h Wake Forest fought mightily for the rebounds. There were several spills under the boards, and Dave Budd ol Wake Forest was almost kayoed j when he hit the floor head first. Bob MacGillivray led the North Carolina State scorers with 20 points. Mississippi State broke its crWn scoring record by doubling the opposition s score m a 114-0 vic tory over Howard College of Ala bama. Six-foot-seven Bailey Howell, who led the nation in field goal accuracy as a sopho more last year, scored 28 points. In the top game tonight, Mich igan State, the Big Ten pre-sea-son favorite, visits the University of Detroit. Michigan State was ranked sixth nationally in the pre-season ratings of the United Press board of coaches. Other games: Rice-Oklahoma City, D u k e-Clemson, Marquette-Mis-souri, Cincinnati-Indiana State, Pittsburgh-Furman, Haverford Navy, Texas Christian-McMurry, Louisiana State-Louisiana Col- flege and Colgate-Bucknell. SWIM RELAYS SATURDAY Oregon State College, Corval lis Oregon State's defending northern division swimming champions, their regular season still a month away, head into actual competition Saturday at Pullman in the northern divi sion relays, involving WSC,' Washington and Idaho. Coach Art Koski has taken a 15-man squad to the Palouse country, headed by lettermen performers Mike Clark, George Claussen, Gary Hubbard, Martin Harms, Ben Jensen, Jerry Marti, Dick Schulzke, Dale Sweatt, Ken Shaw, Art and John Wflch. Others making the trip include Bob Bruce, Ned Kisner, Keifer Tobin and Lee Collins, all soph omores on the squad expected to make a strong bid in defense of its crown this winter. 10-Feet Wide PHONE SP 2-8239
