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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.
Four Starters Return
The Big Four who are return-
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ing from last season's quintet
which finally went out to Kansas
and Wilt (the Stilt) Chamberlain
in the NCAA includes center
Art Day (6-9), forward Mike
Farmer (6-7) and guards Gene
Brown (6-3) and Al Dunbar
(5-10). All are case-hardened sen
iors with the exception of Day,
a junior.
Add to this group the so-called
"Fabulous Freddie" Lacour and
you have quite a ball club. La
cour, a sensation at St. Ignatius
High school, averaged 19.4 points
per game last season for the USF
Frosh. -He stands 6-5 and has a
fine assortment of shots. He can
play forward or guard.
. 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.
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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.
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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.
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