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.
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