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G North Carolina Leads Rating Poll for Top Basketball Team By FRANK LITSKY New York If) The Universi ty of Xorth Carolina Tar Heels tarheeled the opposition today in the first weekly ratings of the 1957-58 season by the United Press Board of Basketball Coaches. The coaches, rating the teams first week of the season which ended Saturday, gave the defend ing national champions 325 of a possible 350 points. North Car olina was the only team Tnen tioned on every ballot, collecting 19 votes for first place, 10 for second, four for third and one each for fourth and fifth. Points are awarded on the basis of 10 for a first-place vote, nine for second and so on down to one point for a lOth-place ballot. Kansas, runnerup In the rat ings with 283 points, drew 10 first place ballots. Two coaches rated San Francisco on top while Kentucky, Kansas State, Michi gan State and St. Louis each drew one first place vote. Kentucky Haled Third Kentucky was third, in the overall ratings, with 210 points. Bradley won a close battle for SPORTS fa' fi,r rff ffi "A fuZM 1 yv 1 t fl -?jWjiit&mH fan -tdinimvi 9" y -s ( -IV i 4 -Mrt-rt7: "ZA "9 lM MAURER SCORES FOR RAIDERS Ron Maurer goes high in the air to dump in a goal for Southern Oregon college in its Saturday night basketball game with Humboldt State. Bob Lawson was the unsuccessful Humboldt defender on the play. Referee is Virgil Swanson. Southern Oregon won 61 to 52. Baylor Cans 34 Counters In SU Win Seattle (IP All - America candidate Elgin Baylor scored 34 points Monday night as Seat tle university opened its colle gfcrte basketball season with a 104-54 victory over Portland State. Baylor, who averaged nearly 30 points per game last season, connected on 12 of 17 shots from the field and on 10 of 12 from the free throw line. As a team, Seattle hit on 43 of 72 field goal attempts for a .597 shooting percentage. Port land State scored on 20 of 58 shots for a .344 percentage. Baker, Turner To Post Wins Say Oddsmakers London (IR A pair of ring wise American heavyweight Bob Baker of Pittsburgh and Howie Turner of Brooklyn are 7-5 favorites to whip British op ponents tonight in co-featured 10-round bouts at Harringay Arena. Baker, who has been fighting professionally since 1949, tangles wth young Dick Richardson of Wales while Turner, a pro for six ' years, meets Brian London of Blackpool, England. Lane Tops Easter, Looks for Better Bouts in Future San Francisco (IP! Flashy Lightweight Kenny Lane is ready for a crack at Champion Joe Brown or even Middle weight Champ Carmine Basilio according to Jack (Doc) Kearns, Lane's co-manager. Kearns was full of enthusiasm Monday night at Lane scored his 50th victory in 55 bouts by stopping Luke taster in the eighth round of a scheduled 10 rounder at Civic Auditorium. He charged that Brown was giving his boy the runaround. "If we can't get Brown, we'd like to get Basilio," Kearns said. "Kenny can beat Basyio. There are a lot of middleweights around Kenny can beat." Lane, the top-ranked light weight contender from Muske gon, Mich, came in at 138 pounds Monday night, to 137 for Easter. The San Francisco fighter scored well in the first round, but Lane took over in the sec ond and kept control. Easter, who has not been off his feet "in his 17 pfo bouts, slipped twice ' to the canvas after rough flurries. Referee Vern Bybee stopped the contest at 1:51 of the eighth after Easter became a punching bag for everything Lane served up. Shanley Awarded Hoffman Watch Eugene (IP) Halfback Jim Shanley won the 16th annual Hoffman award at an Oregon Club banquet Monday night honoring the Rose Bowl-bound Webfoots at the Eugene hotel, The award, a gold watch, was presented to Shanley by Vernon Hoffman, Eugene businessman, who established the award in 1939. More than 500 people attend' ed the banquet. Coach Len Cas anova received a standing ova tion when he was introduced. WINS FEATHER CROWN Nottingham, England (IP! Percy Lewis won the vacant British Empire featherweight championship Monday night by scoring a technical knockout over Charlie Hill of Scotland in the 10th round of a scheduled 15-round bout. Hill, who weigh ed 126 pounds to Lewis' 12434 , was knocked down seven times before the fight was stopped. foutrh place with 177 points to 173 for fifth place San Francisco, 165 for sixth place Kansas State and 153 for seventh place Mich with 88 points, UCLA ninth with 57 and Notre Dame 10th with 43. Every member of the top 10 was undefeated through the first week except Temple, which dropped an 85-83 triple overtime thriller to Kentucky Saturday night. North Carolina, the No. 1 team last year with a 32-0 record, won its 1957-58 opener Saturday with an impressive 69-58 victory over Clemson. The coaches also rated North Carolina first and Kansas second in their pre-season ratings. They placed Bradley third, San Fran cisco fourth, Kentucky fifth, Michigan State sixth, Kansas State seventh, Temple eighth, Notre Dame ninth and Washing ton 10th. Thus, Kentucky from- fifth to third and UCLA from 13th to ninth made the most impressive gains from the pre-season rat ings. Kentucky beat Duke and Ohio State, two strong clubs, be fore its victory over Temple. UCLA won from St. Mary's, Calif., and Oklahoma on succes sive nights. The ratings with first place vote and won -lost records through games of Saturday, Dec. 7, in parentheses: School Points 1. North Carolina (19, 1-0) 325 2. Kansas (10, 3-0) .! 283 3. Kentucky (1, 3-0) 210 4. Bradley (1-0) 177 5. San Francisco (2, 2-0) 173 6. Kansas State (1, 2-0) . 165 7. Michigan State (1, 2-0) ..153 8. Temple (2-1) 88 9. UCLA (2-0) 57 10. Notre Dame (2-0) 43 Second 10 group 11, Rice, 42; 12, St. Louis 1, 31; 13, Seattle, 26; 14, Utah, 20; 15, Minnesota, 19; 16, West Virginia, 16; 17, Cin cinnati, 12; 18, Ohio State, 10; 19, Illinois, 9; 20, Washington, 8. Others North Carolina State, 7; Oklahoma State, Michigan and Iowa, 6 each; Memphis State and St. Bonaventure, 4 each; Duke, Yale, Oregon State, Purdue and Auburn, 3 each; Iowa State, Pitts burgh and Mississippi, 2 each; Xavier, Ohio, California, Texas Christian and Idaho State, ' 1 each. Ryff Lifts Face, Wins TV Fight New York (IP) Lightweight Frankie Ryff, who had his "brow-balconies" removed by plastic surgery, was confident to day he can become a ranking contender again because he suf fered no face cuts while out pointing Frank Ippolito for the second time Monday night. Thei return 10-round TV bout at St. Nicholis Arena was Ryff's first fight in eight months and his first since he had the bones of his brows pared down during a four-hour operation in June. San Jose, Ducks To Meet Tonight Eugene (IP) Oregon's bas ketball team, winner- of two straight over Utah State, meets San Jose State here tonight and Wednesday night in a pair of non-conference games. San Jose dropped a 70-62 de cision to California in its last outing and is expected to pro vide a stiff test for Coach Steve Belko's crew. Belko is expected to go with a starting lineup of veterans Hal Duffy, Charlie Franklin and Bud Kuykendall along with sophomores Chuck Rask and Stu Robertson. Los Angeles (IP) Nonie Foley, 18-year-old skiing whiz from Houghton, Mich, and Sun Valley, Idaho, Ski Club, was named to day as recipient of the Helms Athletic Foundation -Andrea Mead Lawrence United States Junior Woman Skier of the Year award for 1957. r Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph SP2-410? FILL YOUR STOCKING . . . with HOLIDAY CASH from Crater Finance Corp. 135 Pine Street Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 We Are Here To Serve You . . . Until 9:00 p.m. Each Monday and Are Open ALL DAY Saturday, DECEMBER 14 and DECEMBER 21 Clowns Plan Game With David Club Those Crazy Casaba comics, the Harlem Clowns, will be in town to entertain local basket ball fans so prepare for an eve ning of laughs! They play the bewhiskered House of David team at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Hed rick Junior High school gym. There will be no prelim. Local share of the proceeds goes to the Medford high athletic fund. The clowns merry mapcaps of the hardwood are a bunch of fun-loving youngsters who play their audience for laughs from the time they romp on the floor until they leave the court spin ning basketballs on fore-finger tips. The Harlem Clowns stage all the comic routines of clown bas ketball plus a lot of impromptu stuff. They often concoct gags as they go along, like the night one of the Clown borrowed a camera from a fan and took his own picture. And there was the night that a college coach suddenly sent in men from the bench. The Clowns met this challenge by recruiting fans from the stands. The last two minutes of this game was quite a merry mix-up. Fans get a big laugh out of the act when one of the Harlem Clowns takes over the referee's job he never calls fouls on the opposing team he calls them on his team-mates for such viola tions as "Travelling without a suitcase!" or "Funny Stuff." Then the regular referee is usu ally called on to takea free shot. When the Harlem Clowns play the fun starts as soon as they come out on the floor a fast warmup routine, follewed by a lot of trick stuff and fancy ball handling and then when the game whistle blows you can expect gags right from the be ginning, along with enough real ly great basketball to make it one of the most interesting eve nings imaginable. House of David basketball originated in the 1920's at Ben ton Harbor, Michigan, the home of the famed House of David religious cult. George Anderson, a resident of Benton Harbor, has been man ager of David basketball and basketball teams since the early 1930's. The Davids are playing a series of games against both the Harlem Clowns and the world famous Harlem Globetrotters this season. They end their series with the Clowns in early Janu ary. The House of David was founded in 1904 at Benton Har bor, Michigan, by Benjamin and Mary Purnell. . Today the colony operates sev eral farms and a tourist camp where several hundred vacation ers come every summer. A large amusement park can be found at the colony. The House of David is a relig ious organization and beliefs are taken from both the Old and New Testaments. Members of the colony are vegetarians and none of the male members cut their hair. Quotation "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." (Lev. 19-27). SPORTSWRITER ADAMS DIES Manhassett, N.Y. OP) Cas well (Cas) Adams, a sports writ er for the New York Herald Tribune and New York Journal-American, died here Mon day. Adams started his sports writing career with the Herald Tribune in 1927 and moved over to the Journal-American in 1953. He was 50. Tuesday, December 10, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE BALLS ARE PLENTIFUL "Man, look at all those basket balls!" So says big Bob Woods, comedy star of the Harlem Clowns, who play before local fans on Thursday evening at Hedrick gym. The Clowns meet the House of David. Woods is regarded as one of the greatest court comics in the history of traveling basketball. Spahn Wins Master Title, Loser Battle For Statistics Lead By FRED DOWN New York OB Warren Spahn was the grand . "old master" of National League pitchers this year but the circuit's real strength lies in its young stars aged 18 to 28. The release of official statis tics, by the Elias Baseball Bu reau showed that the 36-year-old Spahn's 21 victories for the Mil waukee Braves made him the league's only 20-game winner. It marked the eighth time Spahn entered the 20-win circle ex tending his own league record for a left-hander. At the same time, the figures actually were dominated by younger pitchers. Podres ERA Leader Johnny Podres, 25-year-old Brooklyn Dodger left - hander, was tops in the earned run aver age with 2.66 and also led with six shutouts. Spahn and 21-year-old Don Drysdale of the Dodgers tied for second at 2.69 in the ERA department. The Braves' Bob Buhl, 29, ranked fourth with a 2.74 ERA. Jack Sanf ord, 28-yearold Mulloy Replaces Flam In Davis Cup Contests Brisbane, Australia (IP) Billy Talbert, non-playing captain of the United States Davis Cup team, today admitted "we might play Gardnar Mulloy in the sin gles matches against Belgium" in the inter-zone final starting Thursday. "I know it would be a surprise decision to make, but we are far from happy about Herbie Flam's form," Talbert added. "Herbies not sleeping well. He appears physically okay but there's some thing not quite right." Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Vic Seixas of Philadelphia each won two singles matches against the Philippines squad in the inter-zone semifinals last week at Adelaide, while Seixas and Mulloy whipped the Fili pinos in doubles. Now 44 years old, Mulloy was being counted on only for the doubles assignment against Bel gium, too, but with Flam suffer- Howard Grade Quints Victors Howard defeated Gold Hill, 36 to 18, Friday in a grade school varsity basketball game. Scott Eaton of Howard was top scorer with 21 counters. In the jayvee contest Gary Rosenberg paced a 30 to 7 How ard win with 16 tallies. The Howard school had its annual chili feed on Friday. There was a basketball game for the physical education classes, a series of father-son activities and a volleyball game in which the faculty defeated the eighth grade girls' team. rookie of the Philadelphia Phil lies, had a 19-8 record and led the circuit with 18 strikeouts. Next game the Chicago Cubs' precocious 21-y e a r-old right handers, Moe Drabowsky and Dick Drott, who tied at 170 strikeouts each. Friend A Workhorse Bob Friend, 27, had a 14-18 record with the Pittsburgh Pi rates and led the league in three departments innings pitched, 277, most starts, 38, and faced the most batters, 1148. In all, 12 of the 15 pitchers with the lowest earned run aver ages over at least 154 innings were less than 30 years old. The three exceptions were Spahn, the 31-year-old Newcombe and 32-year-old Brooks Lawrence of the Cincinati Redlegs. There wasn't a single no-hitter in the league but one-hitters were turned in by the Braves' Lew Burdette, the Cardinals' 18-yearold Von McDaniel and Cincinnati's Johnny Klippstein. McDaniels effort was a nearper fect game in which he faced only 27 batters. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS New York Frankie Ryff. 139'i, New York, outpointed Frank Ippolito, 193 New York (10). Nottingham, Eng. Percv Lewis, 12434. Oxford, stopped Charlie Hill. 125. Scotland (10) won British Empire teatnerweignt cnampionsnip. Attorney Denies Night Club Parley Portland (IP) District Attor ney Leo Smith of Multnomah county today denied that the Dis trict Attorneys' Association of Oregon had a meeting in the Desert Room night club here last week. Smith issued the statement in reply to Larry Landgraver, at torney for Nathan Zusman, the club's owner. Landgraver was quoted as saying last week at a city council meeting where Zus mans' liquor license application was being considered that "last night the district attorneys of Oregon had their conclave up there." Smith said the association held its regular meetings in the Mult nomah county courthouse and that on the particular night in question they had a social gath ering at Piluso's restaurant. ' Smith added that "on Inquiry it was determined that a couple of district attorneys went to Zus man's, not as district attorneys but as individuals, and at no time did the association hold any formal or informal meeting or conclave at Zusman's night club. GOLF CHARITIES GET $56,000 Chicago (IP) A total of $56, 000 has been allocated by offi cials of National Golf day to 10 golf charities. The money was obtained fro mthe 1957 competi tion. The largest amount, $26, 000, went to the Western Golf association's caddy scholarship fund R A I O D I S P A T C H E D IF WE MIX IT, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT! 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