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Newspaper Page TextI SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuwday, February 18, 1958 Robertson Takes Over Top Scoring Mark from Baylor In 43-Point Effort Monday MEDFOi Tribune siPflDinnrs By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer Oscar Robertson had an other one of his "hot" nights In his duel campaign to take over the national scoring lead and carry Cincinnati into the NCAA tournament. Hitting from both inside and out, the 19-year-old Cincy sophomore swished in 43 points in a 98-64 victory over Drake Monday night that moved the third-ranked Bear cats a step closer to the Mis souri Valley Conference title which automatically guaran tees an NCAA bid. Robertson did himself some good, too. He boosted his sea son point total to 706 tops in the nation and his av erage to 33.6 points per game Elgin Baylor of Seattle has scored 654 points so far but is slightly ahead of Robertson in average with 34.4 points per game. 34 For Wilt Wilt Chamberlain, the third leading scorer, registered 34 points as fifth-ranked Kan sas walloped Missouri, 84-69. Wilt the Stilt now has a to tal of 534 points and an av erage of 31.4 points per game. - Bradley handed seventh ranked Oklahoma State a 57 43 licking in a game featur Cal Drops Stanford To Near PCC Crown By NEAL CORBETT United Press Sports Writer The California Golden Bears are a step closer to their sec ond straight Pacific Coast Conference basketball title today but they owe the rival Kta n ford "Indians a little credit. Although outshot and out- rebounded by the Tribe, the Bears still managed to defeat the Indians, 67-59, Monday night. The over-anxious Stan ford team impressed by its Goteburg Scene of Friday Tiff New York OP) This week's big fight will be staged Friday night at Goteborg, Sweden, where Joe Erskine of Wales will try to win the European heavyweight title from Sweden's unbeaten Inge mar Johansson in a 15-round- er. Their fight is doubly im portant because Erskine can also assure himself a shot at Floyd Patterson's world title If he beats Johansson. Promoter Harry Levene of London will offer Patterson a big guarantee for a defense against Erskine, British Em pire champion, if Erskine wins the European crown; but Levene is not interested in a Patterson - Johansson title fight. Johansson Picked Because of the bout's im portance, there is some bet ting in New York, with Jo hansson favored at 3-1 be cause of his punch and his 18 straight victories, including 10 knockouts. In the United States a heavy-weight bout will at tract the most attention among the three TV fights. Young Alex Miteff of Argen tina, who lost but one of his is starts, is favored at 7-5 to beat veteran Nino Valdes of Cuba in their TV NBC iu founded at Madison Square Harden Friday night. At Miami Beach, Wednes day night, ex-welterweight champion Kid Gavilan will meet Ralph Tiger Jones in a 10-rounder at the Convention Hall in the Carillon Hotel. It will be televised nationally bv ABC. Gavilan is favored The week's boxing scned ule includes: TiiMriav Philadelphia Jim Robinson vs. Joe Shaw; Hartford, Conn. Red Davis vs. Steve Ward; McKeesport. fa. iene xippeiv TAmmr Williamc Wednesday Miami . Beach Kid Gavilan vs. Kaipn iigcr unc. Thursday Revere. Mass. Rory Calhoun vs. Younsr Beau Jack; Portland. Ore. Phil Moyer vs. Pedro Gonzales; Los Angeles Davey Moore vs. Fill Nava. Friday New io oaro Alex Miteff vs. Nino Valdes; Gote borg. Sweden Ingemar Johansson vs. Joe Erskine European heavy title: San Bernardino. Calif Jim m? Lasiter vs. Jimmy Moser. 'saturdav Hollywood, Calif. Eddie Gaspora vs. Willie Lucero; Detroit Johnny Summerlin vs. Jack Jacobs. FELLER AT THE MIKE New York IW Bob Fell er is the latest ex-major leaguer to join the radio broadcasting fraternity. The former Cleveland Indians' strikeout artist will serve as a play-by-play announcer on the Mutual Broadcasting Sys tem's "Game of the Day" pro gram this season. OUTDOOR STORE LOSES Portland fin Moore's Oil ers of Vancouver, Wash., paced by a group of ex-Uni versity of Portland stars, de feated Portland Outdoor Store 74-69 Monday night for a berth in the Western Oregon AAU basketball tournament next week end. first half showing continual ly threw the ball away in the second half. It was a "must" victory for California, because UCLA outfought Washington by a score of 67-62. A California loss would have moved the Bruins into first place. Meanwhile, the University of San Francisco Dons discov ered that it's possible to win and still "lose." The .Dons won their 16th straight game by defeating Fresno State, 68-59, and lost their No. 3 ranking in the national stand ings. Cincinnati Climbs USF has a 20-1 record as good as any In the country but it was pushed back into fourth place nationally by fast-moving Cincinnati. , N In other games Monday night, Montana State College romped over Eastern Wash ington, 90-61, and Pasadena College notched its 20th vic tory by downing Santa Bar bara, 87-64. California's victory left it with an 8-2 mark in confer ence play, while UCLA stands at 8-3. Bob Dalton and Don Mcintosh shared game scor ing honors for California with 16 points each. Gerry Thussen and Dick Naga paced Stan ford with 13. UCLA got its victory the hard way in a game which saw 43 personal fouls called. The Bruins held a 33-21 lead at halftime, but the Huskies tied the game in the second half. UCLA fought back in front to stay. Smart Held to 11 Jim Halsten of UCLA was tops with 23 points, wmie Earl Irvine led the Huskies with 17. High-scoring Wash in eton center Doug Smart was held to 11. Although USF played non - conference game, the Dons didn't ice the contest until the final two minutes Fred LaCour led the victors with 18 points but Gary Al corn of the Bulldogs topped him with 21. BASKETBALL COLLEGE RESULTS By United Press East Woct Virginia 98. Detroit 66 Quantico 60. St. Michaels Vt. 58 CCNY 88. Queens College 65 TtranHoii S3. Boston U. 54 Assumption 90. Worcester Tech 57 South Kentucky 65. Vanderbilt 61 Virginia St. 44. Carolina Coll 40 The Citadel 86. VMI 54 William & Mary 87, Durman 46 Miami Fla. 76. Fla. Southern 58 Auburn 63. Tulane 49 Roanoke 76. Bridgewater 57' East Tenn St. 77 Wofford 70 Louisiana St. 58. Alabama 49 r Newman 73. Emorv tc Henry 69 Presbvterian 73, Georgia Tchrs 65 Kv. Wesleyan 112, Centre Ky. 77 Morehead St. 73, Murray St. 68 Mississippi 67. Florida 65 Tenn. Tech 102. D. Lipscomb 59 Trov St. 107. Shorter 49 Midwest Michigan St. 79. Michigan 69 Iowa 74, Wisconsin 61 nviirt Stat 93. Indiana 83 a Bowling Green 91, Marquette 76 Kansas 84. Missouri t Illinois 94. Minnesota 87 Bradlev 57. Oklahoma State 43 Nebraska 50. Colorado 41 Creighton 55. N. Dakota St. 53 Cincinnati 98. Drake 64 Houston 72, Wichita 70 Youngstown 99, John tarrou j Snuth west Iowa State 59, Oklahoma 56 nkl Citv 86. Loola La. 71 Wavland 56, Panhandle A&M 53 Tulsa 81. North Texas St. 49 Howard Payne 70, Lamar Tech 68 West UCLA 67, Washington 62 San Francisco 68, Fresno St. 59 California 67, Stanford 59 ing ball control. Oklahoma State is one of the two teams already in the NCAA tourna ment Connecticut is the other but the Cowboys have lost two in a row since they were named after win ning 16 of their first 18 tilts. Second-ranked West Vir ginia, also shooting for an NCAA' berth, registered its 21st victory in 22 games by mauling Detroit, 98-66. Bob Smith was high man for the Moutaineers with 21 points. San Francisco won its 16th game in a row by defeating surprisingly stubborn Fresno State, 68-59. Fred La Cour led the Dons with 18 points San Francisco, ranked fourth by the United Press Board of Coaches, has a record of 20 victories and only one defeat, suffered early in the season against Stanford. Bowling Green of Ohio, which has received a "feel er" from NIT officials, troun ced Marquette, 91-76. Dayton and St. Bonaventure were the first of 12 teams officially named for the NIT Monday MSU Strengthens Hold Michigan State strengthen ed its hold on first place in the Big Ten with a 79-69 win over arch-rival Michigan. Forward Bob Anderegg pac ed the Spartans to their sev enth triumph in 10 confer ence games with a 25-point performance. Iowa, which still has de signs on the Big Ten title, de feated Wisconsin, while Il linois licked Minnesota, 94-87, and Ohio State subdued Wis consin, 93-83. Kentucky, the Southeast Conference leader, edged Vanderbilt, 65-61. The victory marked the Wildcats' 10th in conference competition with one loss. Bernie Kapner sank four free throws shortly before the final buzzer to help Hou ston upset Wichita, 72-70. The loss killed Wichita's final hope of sharing in the Mis souri Valley conference title which Cincinnati has just about wrapped up. In other games: Oklahoma City defeated Loyola of New Orleans, 86-71; Nebraska clipped Colorado, 50-41; Mis sissippi nipped Florida, 67 65; Louisiana State upset Ala bama, 58-49; Auburn beat Tulane, 63-49; William and Mary crushed Furman, 87-46 The Citadel defeated VMI, 86- 54; Brandeis topped Boston U., 65-54; Miami (Fla.), beat Florida Southern, 76-58; Tul sa downed North Texas State. 81-49; California licked Stan ford, 67-59, and UCLA got past Washington, 67-62. 3gy67 ' " ' I t tr ' RAIDER SHOTMAKER FACES OTI Bill Hollingsworth above, is the chief scoremaker of the Southern Oregon col lege basketball team. His Red Raider mates hope he'll have the range consistently Wednesday night when the SOC ag gregation is host at Ashland to Oregon Technical Institute Victory is a necessary for the Raiders if they are to keep alive hopes for an Oregon Collegiate conference co-cham pionship with the 'Owls. It will be Southern Oregon's last league fracas. SOC and OTI have one of the keenest rivalries in the OCC. The Raiders handed the Techmen their only league loss in a four-overtime clash on the Ashland colle giate floor. OTI has won twice from Southern Oregon at Klamath Falls. Possibly the largest crowd of the season is anticipated in the Raider gym on Wednesday. Yankees Ink Shantz, Boost Trade Winds Gold Hill Group Has Course in Firearm Safety A group of Gold Hill youths is receiving instruction on the safe handling of firearms, Classes were begun last week at the Gold Hill city hallby Ralph M. McKinsey, Central Point, and David C. Schulz. Medford. They are vice president and president, respectively, of VFW Rifle and Pistol club of Medford McKinney has teaching back ground as a Marine Corps lieutenant and is a National Rifle association certified in structor. Richard Wright and Wil liam Ganon, Gold Hill, are financing the hunter safety program in their community with McKinsey and Schulz donating their time. The lat ter two also 'are conducting classes in Medford for the junior division of their club. Bowling Emilie Carlen, Swedish writer, who died in 1892, founded a home for poor fish ermen and an institution for poor students. ROYALS GET PLAYER Cincinnati OP) The Cin cinnati Royals have re-acquired Tom Marshall, a guard, from the Detroit Pistons on waivers. The former Western Kentucky star was sold to Detroit last Dec. 10 after playing 18 games with the Royals. FIGHTS' By UNITED PRESS Providence. R.I. Chico Veiar. 165'j. Stamford. Conn., outpointed Bobbv Dalton. 156. Chicago 10. New York Gene Ace strong. CLASSIC BOWLING LEAGUE W L Oak Knoll Golf Course 20 4 Henry's Broiler 15 9 Morse Motors 14 10 Lamport's Sporting Goods 13 11 Trail Creek Lumber Co. 12 12 Hillver Oil Co. 11 13 Hight Real Eestate 10 14 Sewing Machine Center 10 14 E. H. Mann Co. 8 16 Sam's Sporting Goods 7 17 Results: Lamport's Sporting Goods 3 (Jim Morgan-634) 2,724; Morse Motors 1 (Ray Speer-543) 2.613. Henry's Broiler 3 (Forrest Lid-deU-534) 2.561: Hillyer Oil Co. 1 (Frank Knox-559) 2.547. E. H. Mann Co. 3 (Gordon Sch-ults-571) 2,707; Hight Real Estate 1 (Jim Knapp-633) 2.660. Sewing Machine Center 4 (Har old Ellis-601) 2,692; Trail Creek Lumber Co. 0 (Ted Jantzer-587) 2,630. Oak Knoll Golf Course 4 (Marsh Ramsbv-642) 2.783: Sam's Sporting Goods 0 (Wilton White-568) 2,563. By UNITED PRESS Southpaw Bobby Shantz, one of the smallest players in the major leagues who made a big comeback with the New York Yankees last year, to day signed his 1958 contract Yankees also announced that Tony Kubek will report to their instructional camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., this week for training at second base, renewing reports that they may trade Bobby Richardson to the Cleveland Indians for relief pitcher Ray Narleski If Kubek learns the second- bagger's job fast enough this spring, maybe that long-dis cussed Richardson - for-Narl- esk;. trade will be completed The Detroit Tigers announ ced the signing of third base man Reno Bertoia and rookie pitcher Chuck Daniel. Ber toia, a former bonus baby, worked his way into the Tig er lineup last year, hitting .275 in 97 games. Daniel had a 9-12 record at Charleston last season. Tornado Goes Back Into Action Against Ashland This Friday One high school basketball league in this area will con clude play this week and an other will finish except for a single game while a third is still in the midst of its cam paign. It's the A-l Southern Ore gon conference with the chase still going thickly. Three week ends yet remain. Med ford high returns to the com petition court after a week end off. The Tornado is host Standings: The Jokers Three Hits Spare Pickers Goof Balls Four Marks Nine Pins Splits and Mrs. Missing Mrs. Kollettes W. 6i 6 5'.i 4 4 4 4 Alley Kats 3 . 2 .. 1 L. 2 2',i 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 Armstrong Tips Joseph in 10, Wants Top Rate New York (IP) Unbeaten Gene (Ace) Armstrong of Elizabeth, N.J., said today, "I feel ready for any middle weight in the world, now that I've licked Charley Joseph so easy." Speedy Gene, 26, registered his 14th straight professional victory Monday night when his rapid-fire counter-barrage earned a unanimous 10-round decision over contender Jo seph of New Orleans in their TV 10-rounder at St. Nicho las arena. "I won because I followed up my advantages, said Armstrong, who weighed 15812 to Joseph's 156. "I bar- raged him to the ropes every time my combination got him off balance." Gene said he was confident he would be rated among the top 10 contenders because of the victory, since the more experienced Joseph had been ranked ninth. There were no knockdowns although Joseph almost hit the canvas in the first session when his knees were buckled by a right to the jaw. , Gowns at $700 apiece are regarded as essential for the presentation parties in Lon don's Buckingham Palace. to Ashland on Friday and goes to the Lithian court on Saturday night. Grants Pass has two games at Klamath Falls. Rogue Winds Up Rogue league play winds up on Friday with Illinois Valley at Glendale and Rogue ttiver at Eagle Point. In Jackson County B league Butte Falls meets St. Mary's at Medford this evening. On Friday it's Prospect at Jack sonville and St. Mary's at Talent. Saturday games are Prospect at Butte Falls, Jack sonville at St. Mary's. Talent will go to Jackson ville on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to end the loop activity for 1958 The game originally , was set for tonight. Boat Club Will Meet at YMCA Southern Oregon Boat club will meet at 8 p.m. Wednes day, Feb. 19, at the Medford YMCA. Committees may be lined up for forthcoming sports fair and pear blossom festival participation. A mo tion picture will be shown. CHISOX GET SOUTHPAW Chicago, (IP) The Chicago White Sox have signed Chuck Henderson, a Hamline Univer sity baseball and basketball player, and assigned him to Indianapolis of the American Association. Henderson is a southpaw pitcher. Russell to Crack Mark Tonight New York (IP) Bill Rus sell, the six-foot 10 jumping jack of the Boston Celtics, needs only two rebounds to night to accomplish in 57 games what no other pro bas ketball player has done in a full 70-game season. Official statistics from the National Basketball associa tion show that Russell, play ing only his second season among the pros, has grabbed 1,255 rebounds during this campaign. His first two re bounds against the Knicker bockers here tonight will break the NBA season record of 1,256 set by Maurice Stokes of the Cincinnati Roy als last season. George Yardley of the De troit Pistons continues to lead Dolph Schayes of the Syra cuse Nationals in both NBA individual scoring 1625 points to 1538 and points per game 26.6 to 25.6. Jack Twyman of Cincin nati, with a field goal accu racy of 45.2 per cent, leads Ray Felix of New York 44.8 per cent, and Russell 44.4. Schayes is top man in free throw accuracy with 90.3 per cent to 89.8 for the injured Bill Sharman of Boston. Dick McGuire of Detroit leads Bob Cousy of Boston in assists, 382 to 367, although Cousy's average of 7.1 per game is best in the league. "' " ' t rfiUmi mi. ma- ..aiiJllj FLEXING THE POWERFUL left arm he intends to use in cutting down Sugar Ray Robinson next month is Middle weight Champion Carmen Basilio with another champ, Mickey Mantle, at Miami. (International Soundphoto) Grant Tops Prep Rates 2nd Week Portland (IP) Grant's pow erhouse Generals topped the Journal coaches' poll for the second week Monday as the Oregon state high school bas ketball race neared the tour nament stage. ' The Generals, undefeated in the Portland Interscholastic League with 17 victories, were the unanimout choice of the Board of Coaches for the No. spot in Class A-l. Dallas, with a 12-7 record, lead the A-2 group. In second place behind Grant was Klamath Falls, fol lowed by North Salem, As toria and Springfield. Rounding out the top five in A-2 were Oakridge 14-3, Molalla 14-3, Vale 14-4 and St. Francis of Eugene 16-3 . and Phoenix 14-2, tie. Other votes went to Coquille and Myrtle Point. Sisters topped the class B poll with Harrisburg second and Stanfield third. They were followed by Enterprise, Talent, L o r a n e, McKenzie, Merrill, Jefferson and Pilot Rock. The A-l leaders: 1. Grant (17-0) 80 2. Klamath Falls (17-1) 69 3. North Salem (18-1) 67 4. Astoria (16-2) 54 5. Springfield (12-7) 45 6. Pendleton (15-4) 36 j 7. South Eugene (16-3) 27 8. Roosevelt (15-2) 19 9. Marshfield (14-4) 14 10. North Bend (13-5) - 9 Others: Jefferson 6, Tigard and Bend 3, Beaverton, Herm iston and Grants Pass 2, Mc- Minnville and Roseburg 1. Baylor Said Good, Gambee Also Rated By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Jose, Calif. (IP) Coach Bob Feerick of Santa Clara predicted today that Elgin Baylor of Seattle University would become a "star of stars" when he joins the pro fessional ranks. Feerick, one-time profes sional ace and coach himself, said he would have to rate the Seatle artist one of the best in the country, includ ing the professional ranks. "You consider that Kenny Sears went up from my own club at Santa Clara and Wil lie Naulls went up from UCLA and each is averaging around 18 points per game," said Feerick. Even Better "Then you have to consider that neither Sears nor Naulls could hold a candle to Bay lor at the same stage of devel opment. Baylor has to go 'big' in the pro game." Although he hasn't seen him perform this year, Feer ick said the other "best pro prospect" in the West is Dave Gambee of Oregon State. "When I saw him two years ago he was one of the best," said Bob, "and I assume he is even better by now." Feerick marvels at the re sults Seattle Universitey gets with its "short" men. "Baylor can't be more than four or five inches above the six-foot mark," said Bob, "and the rest of their guys aren't much taller this year." "And remember back a few seasons when they had the O'Brien twins? No tall men then, either." Kansas State Still Leads Rating Poll New York Iff) The United Press major college basketball-ratings, with first-place votes and won-lost records through Feb. 15 in parenthe ses: Ttam 'Points 1. Kansas State (23 17-1) 321 2. West Virginia (5 20-1) 267 3. Cincinnati (5 18-2) 262 4. San Francisco (2 19-1) 247 5. Kansas (15-3) 208 6. Temple (18-2) .. ...152 7. Oklahoma State (16-3) -116 8. N. Carolina St. (15-4) 67 9. Duke (14-5) 66 10. Michigan State (13-4) 44 Second 10 group 11, Mary land, 43; 12, Dayton, 28; 13,t Notre Dame, 26; 14, North Carolina, 22; 15, Bradley, 17; 16, Kentucky, 12; 17, Seattle, 7; 18, Bonaventure, 4; 20, tie, California, Purdue and St. Louis, 3 each. Others Alabama, 2. MIDDLEWEIGHTS SIGN Buffalo, N.Y. (IP) A 10 round middleweight bout be tween Neal Rivers of Niagara Falls. N. Y., and Chebro Her nandez of Mexico has been re-scheduled for next Monday night. The fight was post poned Monday because of a snowstorm. PREPS EXPECTED Corvallis (IP) Some 208 high school wrestlers are ex pected here next week end for the 11th annual state high school wrestling tournament. Is your car picking your pockets? HOCKEY AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (IP) Willie Mar shall of Hershey was held scoreless last week, but his lead in the American Hockey league scoring race is still se cure by nine points. The 26-year-old center has scored 32 goals and 48 as sists for a total of 80 points. Jimmy Moore of Cleveland tallied six times last week to climb into second place with 71 points. JOHNSTON QUALIFIES Las Vegas (IP) Youthful Bill Johnston, Provo, Utah, today was the 21st golfer to qualify for the sixth annual Desert Inn Tournament of Champion- April 24-27. NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal (IP) Dickie Moore picked up only one as sist during the past week but it was enough to keep the Montreal ace on top in the National Hockey league scor ing race with 67 points. SNOW CANCELS PRACTICE Clemson, S. C (W Head football coach Frank Howard took one look at Clemson's snow -covered practice field Monday and decided to post pone spring drills indefinite ly. The temperature plunged to zero on the campus Sunday night. Lake Titicaca on the Peru- Bolivia border at 12,500 feet i58'2. Elizabeth. n.j outpo nted ls the highest lake on which Charley Joseph 156, New Orleans , . ""v " , MU1 io. steamboats run regularly. lr Builders Supply I (r 1 S "Ml rf3 QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tils 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 When You RAVEL See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE. 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