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c n i I O o TWELVE MEDFOBD (OMCOF) MAIL TRI3UNE Friday, December 13, 1957 San Francisco Hoop Squad Boasts Depth, Experience (This is another in series on the outlook of Wst Coast basketball teams.) By SCOTT BAILLIE San Francisco 'IP The Uni versity of San Francisco Dons, lo4ed with experience and bol stered by a deeper bench than last season's Oi'CAA title con tenders, look like a sure-fire tournament hotshots again this year. O But don't say that to Coach Phil Woolpert, who refuses to look ahead to next March and the college classic. "There are too many rivers to cross," says the thin man who haj directed the Dons to a pair of JCCAA titles and the semi finals in the last three cam paigns. He agrees, however, that the team is further along at this early point in the season than was last year's squad at the same time. 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The only trouble is that La cour appears to have been press ing a little in his early outings with the varsity but Woolpert is certain he will loosen up. Other veterans on hand are Bill Mallen, who is a sturdy vet eran of the Bill Russell-K.C. Jones era, guard Dave Lillevand who is a top rebounder although "only" 5-10, guard Bob Radano vich who steadily improved as a soph last year and Charles Rus sell, Bill's brother. First Five Experienced The starting five is loaded with power as well as experience Many consider Farmer the best defensive man in the nation. Others hail all-around Gene Brown who made the NCAA all tournament team in March. Day, who can hook shot with either hand, learned defense the hard way last year as the team went into a slump after posting a rec ord of 60 straight wins. And when things got a little bleak, they still had Dunbar to give them that lift in his natural role as a floor leader. All in all, USF figures to be just as rugged as ever. And an other appearance in the NCAA tourney seems more than likely. Dodson Takes Ashland Shoot Ashland Jim Dodson, Prine ville, was victor last week end in the Ashland Gun club's sixth annual small bore rifle tourney. Dodson and Archie Haskins, Ashland, each fired 774 but Dod son had the better accuracy in the standing position. Clinton Charlie, Ashland was third with 772. Ashland Gun club won the team shoot with 3048 and Rose VanBuskirk, Ashland, was high lady with 763. Mike Mills, Yreka, Calif., was high junior with 734 and Ruth Wyant, Ashland, high girl with 718. Ashland with 2791 was junior team winner. Bill Jones, Roseburg, won the prone match with 200-3x, Has kins the sitting event with 200 and the kneeling with 196 and Charley was standing victor with 184. Eugene (IP) Preference ticket buying for the Rose Bowl game will end Saturday, Oregon offi cials said today. All persons de siring tickets were urged to mail their orders immediately. Athletic Director Leo Harris said the general public classifi cation is still open. He said "we .are still confident we can offer tickets to any person in the state of Oregon who desires them." Tickets are priced at $5.50. Orders should be sent to the athletic department at the uni versity. No over the counter sales will be made. COWBOYS SLATE 10 Laramie, Wyo. HP) University of Wyoming announced today it will play a 10-game schedule during its 1958 football season with intersectional battles in cluding Kansas State and Oregon State. Barnstorm Clubs Wow Hoop Fans Just as entertaining as ever. That's the Harlem Clowns, mirthful magicians of the maple court who appeared on a Med ford floor last night for the first time in three seasons. The Clowns displayed their comedy and basketball and skill j while the House of David quint, which has plenty of talent itself, played straightmen before a sizable crowd last night at Hed rick Junior High school gym. The gym was not full but the crowd was large considering the fog. Score, if you're interested it was really just a side issue was 77 to 71. It favored the Har lemites. The Clowns, seldom very far ahead of the Davids, established their lead for keeps in the open ing period and concentrated on their amusing capers and banter throughout the "contest." They provided both amusement and an exhibition of skill from the start, going into a magic circle of fancy and intricate passing right after the introductions. Woods Leads Comedy Bob Woods, a 6-3 eager with twinkling eyes and grinning teeth, was both the comedy lead er and the main point maker for the game. Along with his clever faking, pivoting, passing and cutting up under the hoop, he poured in 44 of the Harlem ites points, frequently dunking the ball. Woods was one Clown who couldn't wait to be introduced. Action sometimes ha.l to be held up while he came down the floor to take his position. Once, when a shot did not go in, Woods jumped, grabbed the ring and pulled himself up to see why. Another time, when a foul was called on him he threw the ball out into the hall. Fred Pearson of the colored team gave an exhibition of the art of dribbling the ball. One of the bearded Davids managed to swipe it from him but Pearson stole it right back. Uncanny Ability The Clowns showed they are used to anything. When, during their "baseball game" the ball was batted into the balcony and a youthful spectator was hesi tant to return it, they simply sat down and waited. Uncanny ability to pass the ball around and to work or weave it in for shots was shown by the Clowns who passed up a number of good opportunities to score just to provide another chance to cut-up or. show their skill. The Davids played a gen erally alert tussle, being quick to take advantage of chances to put the ball in the hoop. Ron Gould was tops in the scoring for the Davids with 16 counters. Third Game iWebfoots Have In Row Won OFFENSIVE Southpaw Kenny Lane (right) puts his whole body behind his punch as he lunges toward Luke Easter during their scheduled 10-round lightweight bout in San Francisco. Lane won on a TKO in the eighth. SPORTSI LINE-UPS: 77. Clowns Davids F 44 Woods Wheeler F 4 McBride Grecius C 10 Barber Moroski G 9 Pearson Gould d 10 Eessoms Litke Substitutions For Clowns, Luck, for Davids, Gatzek 10. Ashland Man Injured In Sawmill Accident R.J. Dozier, 28, of 216 Weight man ave., Ashland, was hospital ized at Ashland General hospi tal Wednesday after being in jured in an accident in the saw mill at Kogap Lumber Indus tries, Medford. Dozier, who was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance, was reported in fairly good con dition by hospital officials Thursday morning. He is report ed to have suffered a broken shoulder blade and possible back injuries. 4 R A J I O ? 5 P A T C H E D IF WE MIX IT, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT! tll OLE WHIRIY-BERT, MIXER-MASTER H O T W A T E R T O O O Got a Fluid Driveway? (and a shiftless husband?) Got a Party Planned? (and wall-to-wall .mud?) Give Dear Old Dad a Concrete Walk or Driveway (we'll bill him after Christmas) READY MIX by LlfilNGER'S Listen To Our Rewashed News 7:30 A.M. - KBOY o SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 Bears, Dons Vie Tonight' In Hoop Mix By UNITED PRESS The California Bears and the Unversity of San Francisco Dons meet tonight for the first time since the Dons defeated the Pacific Coast conference bas ketball champions in the NCAA western regional finals last year at Corvallis, Ore. San Francisco, with the same starting lineup that took third place in the NCAA last year, is expected to take care of the Bears again this year as rep resentative of the new West Coast Athletic conference. USF won the California Bas ketball association title last year, but the CBA gave way to the WCAC when Fresno State withdrew. Bears. USF Unbeaten Both Cal and USF go into to night's games at San Francisco's Cow Palace with perfect rec ords. The Bears have won three straight and the Dons have tak en two. Four other PCC teams also see action tonight. UCLA enter tains Depauw, Idaho plays Ne vada, Washington hosts Okla home State and Washington State visits Montana. Other games scheduled in clude: Santa Clara vs. San Francisco State, College of Pa cific vs. Arizona: Pepperdine vs. Arizona (Tempe) State, Sacra mento State vs. Lewis & Clark, Humboldt State vs. Pacific Lu theran, Chapman vs. C h i c o State, San Diego State vs. Whit tier, Long Beach State vs. Riv erside, San Jose Fros vs. Hart nell. Three promising west coast teams saw action Thursday night and the one considered most promising took a beating. Seattle university, ranked 13th in the United Press poll, was beaten, 63-55, by the Bea vers of Oregon State. The University of Southern California Trojans hit almost 50 per cent of their shots to trim Loyola, 79-60. Gonzaga university, which features the world's tallest col legiate player 7 feet, 33i inch Jean Lefebvre won its fourth straight by defeating Whit worth. 76-49, in the 10th annual Cage bowl. New Policy on Meier Warrants in Effect A new policy on issuing park ing meter warrants was put into effect recently by Medford policy Before a warrant is served by police, a phone call is placed to the owner of the car warning him a parking meter warrant has been issued. If the violator pays within 24 hours after be ing notified by phone the fine is S3 plus the meter fee. If a, warrant is served, vio lators must pay the costs of the warrant, S5, in addition to SI for each ticket overdue. Regular meter fines are 50 cents if paid within 24 hours after being is sued. Fines paid after the 24 hour period up to one week are SI, officials said. Daily's U-Drive Medt"" Airport Police Won't Permit Aerial Ducat Release San Francisco (IP The police department, with last Saturday's near riot over the sale of general admission ducats in mind, has refused to allow a local auto dealer to release some 40 tickets to Sunday's San Fran cisco Forty Niner-Green Bay Packers football game tied to balloons. The department, in turning down the plan Thursday, said the publicity stunt was "interest in"" but it feared a riot might result. Pro football fans rioted at Kezar stadium last Sunday in an effort to buy last-minute tickets to the Colts-Forty Niners game. This week end's game ap pears to be another sell out. Prothro Plans To Stay at OSC Corvallis (IP) Coach Tommy Prothro said today "I'm defi nitely planning to stay at Ore gon State." This was Prothro's only com ment to reports that he has been offered the head football coach ing position at two schools whose names were not disclosed. Oregon State athletic officials said the threatened breakup of the Pacific Coast Conference wouldn't influence Prothro's de cision1 to stay here. They said they saw no problems in com pleting a nine-game, schedule even without a conference tieup. By Tar Keels By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer National champion North Carolina moved a bit farther ahead of the pack by running its winning streak to 35 games today even as some of the coun try's lesser basketball lights hoped to increase their own sta ture in three holiday tourna ments starting tonight. The Tar Heels, who won 32 games in a row last year, nailed down their third straight vic tory of the current season by defeating Furman, 91-74, at Charlotte, N.C., Thursday night. In the first round of the Cin cinnati invitational at Cincin nati,, Ohio, St. Bonaventure op poses Cincinnati while Xavier of Ohio faces Marshall. Tourney Opens Tonight The Steel Bowl tournament at Pittsburgh also opens tonight with Duqesne meeting Miami of Ohio, and Pittsburgh tangling with George Washington. And the Birmingham classic tournament gets underway at Birmingham, Ala., with Missis sippi State playing Miami (Fla.) and Auburn facing Texas Chris tian. Pete Brennan, six-foot, six inch senior from Brooklyn, and sophomore Lee Schaffer of North Carolina dominated the backboards Thursday night. Brennan had 31 points and Schaffer had 28. Contact Drill Eugene UP) Coach Len Casa nova sent his Oregon Webfoots through a contact drill here Thursday as they prepared for the Rose Bowl game Jan. 1. The Ducks also spent consid erable time on offense. Jack Crabtree looked sharp in pass ing. Jim Shanley and Ron Stover missed Thursday's practice. The halfback and end were picked on the UCLA all-opponent team and went to Los Angeles for special ceremonies accorded the Bruins' opponent stars each year. Casanova said Oregon was studying pictures of Ohio State's games with Purdue and Iowa. "Ohio State presents some ! mighty tough problems and we'll need every trick we have to move the ball against them," Casanova said. Gonzsga Whips Whitworth Five Spokane (TP) Gonzaga tuned up for its Saturday night battle against Oregon State in Corval lis by walloping Whitworth 76 49 here Thursday night. Gonzaga, with its big. 7-3 4 inch center, Jean Lefebvre, dominated the backboards. . Lefebvre scored 8 points and had 15 rebounds. Brunswick County, Virginia. OPEN for BUSINESS Medford Safe & Locksmith Service Complete shop and outside serv ice on Keys - Locks - Safes. Door Closers. 309 E. Jackson - Ph. SP 2-6668 Detroit Rallies To NBA Triumph By UNITED PRESS Most National Basketball as sociation observers expected De troit's "tired old men" to fade fast this season, but the old gaf fers demonstrated Thursday night they still can come up with a last-minute effort. Holding only a two-point lead with less than seven minutes to play, the Pistons, paced by 31-year-old Dick McGuire and 28-year-old George Yardley, spurt ed for 12 straight points to wrap up a 101-96 victory over the Philadelphia Warriors. Bob Pettit scored 23 points as the St. Louis Hawks defeated the Boston Celtics, 97-94, in the only other game played. THIS IS NEWS? Washington (IP) Rep. H. R. Gross (R-Iowa) was puzzled to day by a government publica tion on food preparation and dish-washing which offers this advice: "Dishpans should be large enough to hold the dishes but not too large for the sink." "This is news?" Gross asked in a newsletter prepared for voters back home. 1 ' SURE! ! 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