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Basilio 9-5 Choice Over Sugar Ray DEMPSEY HONORED AGAIN Middleweight king Carmen Basilio (center) and heavy weight champ Floyd Patterson (right) congratulate former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, who holds the James J. Walker Plaque at the 32nd Annual Dinner of the Boxing Writers' Assn. in New York. He received the award for long and meritorious service to the sport. Southern Oregonians Face Vikings Tonight Ashland Reports out of Portland Indicate that the State college Vikings from that city will aim principally at holding down Southern Oregon's high scoring Bill Hollingsworth when they en gage the Raiders here tonight and Saturday. But there's been good evi dence so far this season that the Vikings will have to hold down more than one player If they are to knock the Raid ers out of unbeaten leadership in the Oregon Collegiate con ference. And, PSC is mindful, itself, of the good balance on the Ashland club. Just the same the duel be tween Hollingsworth and the man assigned to guard him could prove a feature of the series. It could be that Coach Sharkey Nelson will call on his own scoring ace, Johnny Winters, to guard the Raider marksman. Winters has done some good work against lead ing lights of several so far this season. Winters, who put In 30 points against Montana State last Monday, is expected to be in the Viking opening line up along with Ray DeFant, John Frederick, . Stan Weber and Tuffy Scrivens. For Southern Oregon, Coach Ted Schopf may call upon his usual five, Hollings worth, Norm Olivia, Dave D'Olivo, Jim McAbee and Ron Maurer. Game time today is 9 p.m. There will be a 7:30 p.m. Southern Oregon - University of Oregon wrestling match. Saturday's fray will be at 8 p.m. ' Portland (IF) An eight man University of Portland basketball team left today for the Midwest. The Pilots meet DePaul at Chicago Saturday night and Bradley at Peoria, 111., Monday night. Named to the traveling squad were Jim Altenhofen, Jim Armstrong, Elmen Bloedel, Art Chapman, Dick Jolley, Larry Larsen, Frank Rector and Bill Zapp. Crowd Foreseen At Mr. Shasta Mount Shasta, Calif. With both the T-bar and rope tow operating, good crowds were expected this week end on Snowman's hill. New storms were adding to the 10 inches of packed snow and 18 inches of new snow. Many of the visitors are high school and college stu dents from throughout north ern California and southern Oregon who are just learning to ski. More than 150 turned out lasj week end despite the heavy snow. Manager Gordon Hart said night skiing was proving es pecially popular since this is the only resort in this part of California offering it. Warming huts and refresh ments are provided for skiers. Company A of the National Guard smothered Standard Stations 105 to 31 in, a Wednesday game of the Med ford Independent Basketball league. Halftime score was 52 to 11. Jim Higinbotham had 24 points, Ted Yarnell 20 and Fred Hogue 19 for the Guard. New York (ffl Middle weight champion Carmen Ba silio jumped to a 9-5 choice to day in the early betting for his big fight with Sugar Ray Robinson at the Chicago Sta dium, March 25. Those odds for their 15 round return title match were surprising because it was by only a split decision that Ba silio won the 160-pound crown from Sugar Ray at Yankee stadium last Sept. 23, after a thrilling nip-and-tuck battle. Shortly after promoter Jim Norris announced Thursday that the return match had been signed, the opening price favored the champion from Chittenango, N.Y., at 7-5. But it rose two points to 9-5 today. Basilio, 30, was as confi dent as his supporters. Over the phone from Chittenango, he said today, "I'll beat him again, but I won't predict a knockout. I never felt better or more confident in my life." Robinson, 37, declared, "I thought I won last time, but I'll make sure of it at Chi cago. I wouldn't be fighting him again if I didn't believe I could take him." Norris said he hoped the gate receipts and theatre-TV receipts for the indoor fight at Chicago would total at least $825,000 and exceed the similar total of about $806,000 for the outdoor September thriller at Yankee stadium. Seattle Youth Dies During Hoop Tussle Seattle 0PI Tim Belland, 18, Seattle, died while play ing basketball at Cleveland High school Thursday. The exact cause of death was not determined immedi ately, but his father, Harold, said the boy had been under treatment for a heart condi tion. The youth, a senior, became dizzy while participating in an impromptu game and fell, striking his head on the gym nasium floor. SPORTS Friday, January 17, 1958 MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINB Tennis Group May Consider Open Tussles St. Petersburg. Fla. The U. S. Lawn Tennis asso-1 ciation, which may discuss the touchy issue of mixing ' pros and amateurs in the same tournaments Saturdav. was scheduled today to review i national men's rankings. The association, holding Its annual meeting, also sched uled for today meetings of the j international play committee and the junior Davis cup committee. Victor Denny of Seattle, who becomes president at the general meeting Saturday, said Thursday the often-discussed question of putting pros and amateurs in the same tourneys "is dormant but not dead." Jessen Paces Tampa Tourney Tampa, Fla. (IP) The fa vored veterans today found themselves trailing a 21-year-old sophomore professional as the 72-hole $7,500 Tampa Women's Golf tournament went into its second round. Young Ruth Jessen, who turned pro two years ago, fin ished the first round Thurs day with a one-over-par 74 to take a two-stroke lead. The Seattle golfer, the Washing ton state women's champion, cracked par by one stroke on the first nine holes, carding a 35, and was only two over par on the back nine. She was two strokes ahead of defending champion Betsy Rawls of Spartanburg S. C, who is seeking her fourth win in the past five years; Patty Berg, St. Andrews, 111., who is a one-time winner, and Bev Hansen, Indio, Calif., all three shot 76's. I - I II A 17 U r- J DURING OUR BIG MID-WINTER Mod & Sow HIRES IS WHILE TIHlliY LA First come, first served! These are NEW TIRES! First line! Some Nylon, some Rayon. Save Now! ST A metal toothpaste or shav ing cream tube can be used as solder in an emergency. In the forest, a heavy piece of copper wire will serve as a soldering iron and pitch from cone-bearing trees can be used as flux for emergency repairs. j fH tf.nc' ou'" save nir 13 GIF FOR ALL "EARLYBIRDS" BUYS A BRAND NEW 1958 DE SOTO FIRESWEEP 4-DOOR SEDAN SURPRISE! 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