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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE No Player Receives Ballots Necessary To Gain Fame Hall By BOB SALMON Boston U" Baseball im mortality will have to wait at least another year for some of the game's greatest stars. J. The nation's baseball writ tr announced Tuesday that no former diamond luminary had polled enough votes to join the 83 players already en shrined at Cooperstown, N.Y. It was the fourth time in the Hall of Fame's 23-year history that no one had polled the necessary three-fourths vote and the first such occur ence since 1950. Closest tob aseball's great Simmons Still Has Lead in PCC t . ..i-n,. Tn' ific rnt Tnnfpi-PnrP sror- ins: race was practically a two-man affair today involv ing Idaho's Gary Simmons and Washington's Doug Smart, according to statis tics released by the PCC of fice. Simmons, sharp - shooting guard, was stilMn the scoring lead with 161 points in seven games for a 23-point average, but Smart, a 6-foot, 7 inch center, was closing the gap. In eight games, Smart had a total of 172 points or 21.5 points a game. Oregon State's Dave Gambee was third with an 18.3 average. Stady On Top Other statistical leaders in cluded Washington's Bill Stady in field goal percent age Stanford's Gerry Thuesen in free throws and Gambee in rebounds. In team statistics, Idaho continued to lead in total of fense, averaging 73.4 points a game and making 38 per cent of the team's field goal attempts. The Vandals were followed by the University ef Southern California with a 67.7 average and UCLA with 65.7 points game. Portland State Whips Wolves Monmouth (IP) Portland State handed Oregon College of Education its eighth straight Oregon Collegiate Conference basketball defeat here Tuesday night, 61-54. It was Portland State's fourth OCC win against six defeats. OCE led at the half 26-20. Beavers Select Training Site Portland na Tommy Heath, general manager of the Portland Beavers, said Tuesday the Pacific Coast league baseball club will train this spring at Brawley, Calif. Heath said catchers will re poTt March 12 at Brawley and the rest of the club five days after that. LET US DEMONSTRATE the World's Most Useful Vehicles It's good business to own a vehicle that helps you get more work done every day in the year . . . and can be adapted to serve you in a variety of tough jobs. FORWARD CONTROL 'JEEP' TRUCKS . . . Unequalled combination of ma neuverability and pay load capacity. s UNIVERSAL 'JEEP Does hundreds of jobs. 'JEEP UTILITY WAGON Dual purpoee vehicle for busi ness and family. THE 'JEEP1 FAMILY of 4-wheel drive vehicles. Medford Motors Inc. 225 S. RIVERSIDE est honor was former Pitts burgh Pirate and Brooklyn Dodger Max Carey, one of the game's most amazing base runners and base stealers. But Carey, now 68, only polled 136 votes, 63 shy of the 199 needed this year. A total of 266 members of the Baseball Writers Associ ation of America voted an unusually high 80 per cent of the eligible, 10-year members. The results were announced by Hy Hurwitz of the Boston Globe, head of the writers' balloting committee. Second highest vote-getter this year was heavy-hitting outfielder Ed Roush, who played with the Cincinnati Redlegs and New York Giants in the 20s. R&ush received 112 votes. Other greats who missed out included former New York Yankees pitcher Charlie (Red) Ruffing (99 votes) and the late Lewis ,ndtR' "iisoii ox me v,mcago I T T i tir : i e At -t; Cubs (94 votes). George Yardley Tabulates 52 By United Press With a little luck, George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons, the National Basketball Asso ciation's top scorer, can be come the first player to score 2,000 points in a single season. The balding, former Stan ford star pumped in 52 points Tuesday night to run his sea son total to 1,463 in 54 games If he betters his game aver age of 27.2 by a little more than two points in the remain ing 18 games Yardley can reach, the 2,000 point circle. Despite Yardley's peak per formance the Pistons had all they could do to stave off the Syracuse Nationals, whom they finally downed, 118-113. In other games New York snapped a four-game losing streak in defeating the St. Louis Hawks, 120-116, in the nightcap of a Madison square garden doubleheader before 15,138 fans after the Boston Celtics routed the Cincinnati Royals, 107-87. The Philadel phia warriors survived a Minneapolis rally to gain a 107-103 win over the Lakers in the preview to the Pistons Nationals game at the Detroit Olympia. - San Francisco . (IP! Next month's 12-round fight be tween heavyweights Eddie Machen and Zora Folley will be nationally televised by ABC, it was announced by Matchmaker Bennie Ford. 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Wednesday, February 3, 1958 Hennon 3rd Pitt Cager To Hit 1,000 By UNITED PRESS Based on the slick way he's operating on hi opponents this season, little Don Hennon of Pittsburgh should develop into a respected surgeon. The five-foot, eight-inch "mighty mite" from Wam pum, Pa., became the third Pitt basketball player to score morl than 1,000 points when he led the touring Panthers to an easy 77-62 victory over Connecticut last night at Storrs, Conn. Hennon tossed In 31 points against the Uconns to raise his career total to 1,019. North Carolina State took over undisputed possession of first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference by edging Virginia, 61-58, while Duke tied idle North Carolina for second place in the conference by dumping Clemson, 73-57. Red Raiders Oppose OTI Ashland Southern Oregon college heads over the hump today for an evening basket ball scramble with Oregon Tech which is almost make or break in the Oregon Col legiate conference. Winner will take over lone lead in the circuit and will be a virtual cinch for at least a co-title in the loop. Each has a 9-1 mark in the OCC and each is 13-5 for the full sea son. Coach Ted Schof had his SOC Raiders going at it late and hard in Monday and Tues day workouts. Drill was at full tilt yesterday instead of the usual light practice on the day before a game. Defense particularly has been emphasised in the drills. The two clubs have split in previous contention this sea son. Southern Oregin won a four-overtime scuffle at Ash land and OTI was a lopsided victor at Klamath Falls. Gracie DeMost Co-Medalist Palm Beach, Fla!. OH Most of the nation's top am ateur women golfers, includ ing three former winners, faced more cold, hand-freez ing weather today in the first round of the P a lm Beach women's golf championship. Tuesday two contenders, Barbara Mclntire of Lake Park, Fla., and Grace DeMoss of Corvallis, Ore., each shot 39-37-76's for medalist hon ors in the qualifying round. Linfield Victor In Cage Tussle McMinnville OP) Linfield, paced by 19 points by Sam Stewart and 15 by Bill Macha mer, defeated St. Martin's 59-54 in a non-conference bas ketball game here Tuesday night. The score was 20-20 at the half. Dan Expose of the losers had 18 points. FIGHTS San Bernardino. Calif. (U.P.) Art Aragon. 154. Los Angeles, knocked out Walter Tyler. 155. Los Angeles, at 2:32 of the eighth round (10 p. Miami Beach, Fla. Willie Vaughn, 160. Los Angeles, out pointed Jimmy Beecham, 156, Mi ami (10). BASKETBALL TUESDAY .COLLEGE GAMES By United Press (East) Pittsburgh 77. Connecticut 62 St. Fran. (N.Y.) 91, Brooklyn Col. 77 (South) N. Carolina St. 61, Virgnia 58 Duke 73, Clemson 57 Virginia Tech 102, Furman 76 Western Kentucky 77, DePaul 62 (Midwest) ' Xavier (Ohio) 76, Florida St. 60 (Southwest) Rice 102. Texas 68 Texas A&M 92, Houston 74 (West) Santa Clara 57, San Jose St. 46 Pepperdine 67, St. Mary's 66 College of Pacific 65. Loyola 42 Linfield 59. St. Martin's 54 Portland 63. Idaho State 58 Portland State 61, Oregon Col lege 54 Oregon Medical-Dental 66, Port land Frosh 59 Santa Barbara 72, Chico State 51 Prep Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL By United Press Grant 51, Jefferson 49 (overtime) Franklin 59. Cleveland 43 ' Benson 61, Washington 43 Wilson 57, Madison 53 Roosevelt 51, Lincoln 44 North Salem 50, Milwaukie 36 Tillamook 62. Lake Oswego 37 McMinnville 60. Oregon City 54 St. Helens 66, West Linn 59 Reynolds 56. Clackamas 53 Tigard 66, Newberg 31 Beaverton 74. South Salem 63 Albany 52, Dallas 50 Molalla 57, Sweet Home 50 Clatskanie 60. Rainier 52 Hood River 74, Estacada 35 Junction City 45. Willamette 36 Oakridge 48, Drain 41 Yoncalla 61, Oakland 41 EJmira 63, Pleasant Hill 60 (overtime) bt. irancis S3, cresweu 43 Scappoose 52, Parkrose 48 Prospect 50. Jacksonville 48 Talent 34, St. Mary's 31 McKenzie 74, Westfir 44 Jefferson 61, Halsey 40 Lorane 70, Lowell 47 Mohawk 50, Crow 46 Harrisburg 49, Monroe 48 (over time I Coquille 44. Bandon 33 Sandy 75. Vernonia 50 Waldport 38. Alsea 37 Dayton 70. Amitv 41 Scio 68. Cascade' 40 Gaston 59. Nehalem 58 Philomath 41, Salem Academy 39 MedfordTribune j vfSErx ess JfSr -illfivf NASHUA'S FIRST FOAL This blaze-faced colt arrived at Mereworth Farm in Lexington, Ky., shortly before mid night, and looked around in wonder as his mother "Wind mill" tried to nudge him to his feet a few minutes after his birth. Tte colt's father is "Nashua," winner of over a million dollars in 30 races, and who is expecting 23 more offspring by tht middle of May. Talent, Prospect Victors In Jackson County B Loop JACKSON' COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDINGS . L. ct. Talent 12 0 1.000 Butte Falls 7 4 .636 St. Mary's 4 I .400 Jacksonville I .273 Talent high claimed no worse than tie for top posi- tion in final regular season standings of the Jackson County B Basketball league last night while Prospect won its first conference victory. The Bulldogs were on top most of the second half but survived a stiff Crusader bid to nudge St. Mary's of Med ford 34 to 31. Freshman Craig Gardner laid in a field bucket with 12 seconds to vie for a 50 to 48 Prospect win over Jacksonville. His brother, Dave, had knotted the fracas at 48-all. Action picked up over the last two quarters of the SM Talent ruckus after an ex tremely low scoring first half. The clubs were tied 9-each at the midway rest. Talent utilized its opportunities at the free line to gain a seven point total in the first quarter while holding the Crusaders to two points. St. Mary's col lected seven counters in the next canto while Talent was limited to a field bucket. The Bulldogs took the lead for good when Jerry Baer Yankee Rated Hot Contender Bad Gastein, Austria (IP) Another close battle between the Austrians, American Bud Werner and Japan's Chick Igaya was expected today when the world ski champion ships resumed with the men's giant slalom. Defending champion Toni Sailer of Austria was favored to win the race, but fellow Austrian Josl ' Rieder, Igaya and Werner were given almost equal chances on the basis of their performances in the opening special slalom event. Rieder won the special sla lom title Sunday. Igaya and Werner of Steamboat Springs, Colo., placed third and fourth behind him and Sailer. Bowling VICTORY LEAGUE Standings: W. Clave Construction 15 E. H. Mann Co 13 Hearin Lumber 12 Pioneer Club - 12 Quality Market 11 L. 5 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 14 14 15 Earls astsiae union sia. 11 Rogue Sportsman 10 ficks Apparet 9 8 6 6 5 U. 5. Bank Davis Transfer Arthur Murray's Studio Sewing Machine Center Results: Clave Const. 3 (Sandy Kessler 497) 2139: Hearin Lumber 1 (L: Neelev 458) 1963. Mann Co 1 ( E. Lenr 497) 2024; Davis Transfer 3 (E. Redfield 446) 1960. Pioneer Club 3 (S. Petard 458) 1901; U. S. Bank 1. (Nancy Norris 411) 1708. - Quality Mkt. 3 (M. Sullivan 491) 2078; Eastside Station 1 (C. Elli son 429) 1966. Rogue Sportsman 3 (E. Johnson 481) 2012; Arthur Murrays 1 (M. Trautman 408) 1800. Picks 3 (Vi Coats 450) 2026; Sewing Center 1 (C. Martin 413) 1982. Sandy Kessler and E. Lenz, High Series, 497. Mary Sullivan, High game, 208. Judy Barnum picked 8-10 split. E7 Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 broke an 11-all deadlock with a long field shot. Talent pro ceeded to build up its widest spread of the night at 20 to 13 and was on top 23 to 17 at the three-quarter pause after the edge had once shrunk to 20 to 17. Frae Hostos Help Well into the last panel Talent had a 31 to 25 spread but fielders by Jerry Flakus and Gary Miksche whacked the gap to 31 to 29. Phil Combs plunked Talent bucket by Kerr came back for the Crusaders for 33 to 31. Ron Welburn got a free toss for the Bulldogs with about 20 seconds remaining. Talent was able to get field goals in the clutch but free heaves made the difference. The loop leaders put in 10 of 11 tries from the gift stripe with Combs making seven of eight. St. Mary's had three for seven. Combs was high man in the scrape with 13 points. Craig Gardner topped Pros pect scoring with 18 while his brother Dave, had 12. Ken Perreard put in 13 for Jack sonville and Eldon Smith and Ron Davis each 11. Prospect was in front 16 to 12 at the quarter and Jack sonville 25 to 23 and 39 to 38 at the half and third quarter. It, was just the third win of the season for the cougars who have two verdicts over A-2 Rogue River. Junior varsity winners were Talent 35 to 34 and Jackson ville 40 to 32. LINE-UPS: - 34 Talent F 2 Gingerich . St. Mary's 31 .. Miksche 8 F 9 Welburn C 13 Combs King 4 Flakus 6 Evans 4 G 5 Baer G 3 Heard Kerr 7 Substitutions For Talent, Walls 2; for St. Mary's, Colver 2. 50 Prospect Jacksonville F 2 Wheeler Jsmim F 7 Davidson Bransom C 12 D. Gardner Dowell G 18 C. Gardner Davis cl a Qpifa Perreard Substitutions-For Proipett, Grieve 2; for Jacksonville, Allen 2; Winningham, Whitney, Hanley. Bill McCarthy Taken by Death San Francisco (IP) William H. McCarthy, popular San Francisco civic leader and for mer president of the Pacific Coast Baseball league, died Tuesday at St. Luke's hospi tal. He was 80. McCarthy, born in San Francisco, served the city as postmaster, supervisor and fire commissioner during his long career. He was president of the PCL from 1920 to 1924 and served as presdent of the old Mission Baseball club from 1927 until 1929. He had a widely diversified business career and sitll found time to serve as chairman of the University of San Fran cisco board of regents. SEETHE Only 7 Moving Parts in the Engine Up to 35 Miles Per Gallon Front Wheel Drive COMPARE k Roominess k Economy if Initial Cost it Looks Keith Schulz Garage 136 N. Front Ph. SP 2-4756 Portland Pilots Top Idaho State Quintet By GENE BRYANT United Press Sports Writer The surprising Portland university Pilots were back on the victory ledger again today after posting a 63-58 upset win over a strong Idaho State five at Vancouver, Wash. The Oregonians, who had dropped a 'pair of heartbreak ers to Seattle last week after dumping nationally - ranked Bradley on a Midwest tour, fought off a last ditch rally by the Bengals Tuesday night to hand the visitors their first loss in the last eleven games. The Pilots began penetrat ing the tight Idaho State zone Phil Woolpert To Be Speaker Portland (IP) Phil Wool- pert, coach of the University of San Francisco Dons basket ball team, will be principal speaker at Thursday night's banquet of the Oregon Sports writers and Sportscasters as sociation. - Bob Blackburn, president of the association, announced that Woolpert had been re tained to replace Fred Haney, manager of the world champ ion Milwaukie Braves. Haney was forced to cancel his Port land engagement because of illness. Woolpert heads the basket ball team that is currently one of the best in the nation and that won the national collegi ate title three years running. Dupas Takes On Ortega Tonight Norfolk, Va. (IP) Light weight contender Ralph Du pas is favored at 11-5 to beat welterweight contender Gas- par Ortega tonight in the TV fight at Municipal auditorium As slick, dark-haired Dupas of New Orleans tries to stretch his unbeaten string of bouts to 11, he is favored over the taller and rangier Mexi can because of skill, speed and agility. Each is 22. However, the mauler from Mexicali, Mex., has advant ages of weight, reach, punch, rugged ness, aggressiveness and stamina. SOX SIGN NOONAN Chicago OP) The Chi cago White Sox today an nounced the signing of right hander George Noonan, a former pitcher with St. John's university who was on the 1956 NCAA college all-star team. Noonan, 23, was signed as a free agent. 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Altenhofen Scores 18 Altenhofen was high for the Pilots with 18 points while the Bengals' Gale Sie men took game scoring hon ors with 20. Portland outshot Idaho State from the floor .419 to .353. The Pocatello school is cur rently leading the Rocky Mountain conference with a 6-0 record. Three games were played in the West Coast Athletic conference Tuesday night as St. Mary's suffered its first conference defeat and Col lege of Pacific scored its first league win. Pepperdine's Mac Taylor climaxed a last-ditch rally by sinking two free throws with less than 10 seconds remain ing to give the Waves a 67-66 victory over the Gaels at Moraga. Guard Jim Rettberg led Pepperdine with 22 points while forward Dick Sigaty paced the Gaels with 19. St. .Mary's held a slim 29-28 edge at halftime. Tigers Romp COP roared to its victory at the expense of the hapless Loyola Lions in a one-sided contest at Stockton. Shooting at a 52 per cent clip from the floor, the Tigers grabbed an early lead and ran it to 65-42 at the gun. Forward Ken Flaig ran away with game scoring honors by dunk ing 32 points for the Tigers while guard Tom Donahue had 13 for the Lions. Santa Clara threw a tight defense at San Jose State in another WCAC contest to post' a 57-46 victory at San Jose. Forward Frank Sobrero led the Broncos with 20 points while guard Eddie Diaz paced the Spartans with 16 The San Francisco Dons lead the WCAC race with a 5-0 mark, followed by St Mary's and Santa Clara with 3-1 . records, San Jose and Pepperdine 3-3, COP 1-4, and Loyola 0-6. No Pacific Coast confer ence games were played Tues day night. BASILIO GOES THREE Miami Beach, Fla. OP) Middleweight Champion Car men Basilio boxed three rounds Tuesday in opening heavy-duty training for his re turn title fight with Ray Rob inson March 25. It was his first workout since last Sep tember when he beat Robin son for the title. 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McMurtry, 18, had his right hand cocked all evening but never took the safety off. Trainer Dick Francisco said. "Pat couldn't get combina tions going and seemed too tense. He hasn't fought enough." Besmanoff, elated over his victory, said he would fight anybody who wants to." The German opened the fight with a solid left jab to McMurtry's nose and kept it there to take the round. Irish Pat used his own left to take -the second heat but then wentV into a shell and stayed there until the seventh. Referee Davey Ward scored it 97-95. for Besmanoff and one judge had the German in front 97-96. The other judge saw it 99-95 for McMurtry. United Press had it 97-93 for Besmanoff. BLOODY MARY olwayj say "With Smirnoff" It's the Vodka of Vodkas mirnoff tht greatest name in VODKA 80 and 100 Proof. Dist. from grain. Ste. Pierra Smirnoff Fls.(Dlv.ofHeubleln)Hartford, Conn. n H ntt'fl EXPERT CGEDCTJ ) irnmi fimSi imM& lilm Tribune . -..-4 FIE
