NRA Sectional
Tournament Slated
A sectional tournament of
the National Rifle association
will be fired Saturday and
Sunday under the auspices of
the Medford Rifle and Pistol
club.
Ashland armory will be the
scene of the contest since
Medford's gallery range is
under construction.
About twenty-five similar
sectionals are held simultan
eously throughout the country
to pick the national individual
OSC Beavers Tussle
SC Trojans Tonight
By GENE BRYANT
Uniled Press Sports Writer
California will meet Idaho's
pesky Vandals at Moscow to
night in the first of three
games in the Northwest for
the front-running Bears as the
snarled PCC basketball race
heads into a make-or-break
week end which may see one
or more contenders fall by
the wayside
f The Vandals knocked off
UCLA last week end and
with Gary Simmons back in
form are out to make it two
in a row over visiting Cali
fornia clubs. The Moscovites
themselves were virtually
eliminated from title content
tion in their disastrous swing
through Western Washington
and Oregon last week end.
The Bears, currently lead
lng the standings with a 7-2
Owls Head
Conference
Statistics
Portland (IP) Oregon
Tech, which can sew up its
second straight Oregon Col
legiate Conference basketball
title with one victory over
Oregon College at Klamath
Falls this week end, leads the
league in most statistical de
partments.
Team statistics show OTI
leading in total scoring with
70.8 points per game, in total
defense with 51.5 points per
game, and in field goal accur
acy with .446.
Williams Accurate
Individually, OTI's Truman
Williams tops field goal ac
curacy with a .537 mark.
Charley Wilson leads in free
throws with 18 out of 20 for
.900 and Williams tops the
rebounding with a 12.7 av
erage. John Winters of Portland
State is the top scorer with
17.3 per game to 17.1 for Bill
Hollingsworth of Southern
Oregon. Eastern Oregon, as a
team, tops free throw accur
acy with .683 on 231 out of
338.
Hoad Subdued
By Gonzales
Philadelphia (IP) Rich
ard Big Pancho Gonzales
proved himself a stubborn,
uphill fighter Thursday night
when ht came from behind
to defeat the slamming Aus
tralian, Lew Hoad, 2-6, 8-6,
8-6, here at the Arena.
In the opener, Francisco
Segura's deadly placements
carried him to an 8-2 victory
over Tony Trabert in a one
set match before 3,962 fans.
Gonzales had one of the
toughest battles of his career
before he overcame the deter
mined challenger from Down
Under and cut Hoad's lead
to 15-8 in their 100-match
series.
In a fast night cap, Gon
zales and Trabert swamped
Hoad and Segura 8-1, in a
one-set match to wind up
their tour here. They play
next Sunday at Fort Worth,
Texas.
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Rifle
and team champions for 1958.
The local club has spon
sored these tournaments for
the southern Oregon and
northern California area for
several years.
Firing will begin Saturday
evening at 6 p.m. and will
continue all day Sunday.
Ray Tatlow of Klamath
Falls is the official referee,
Mrs. Florence Bolton, execu
tive officer, Charles Taylor,
chief statistical officer, and
Neal Tripp, range officer.
mark, could find themselves
deposed from the top spot
should they lose to Idaho and
UCLA trip Stanford. The
Bruins will meet the upset-
minded Indians in the first
contest of a double-header at
Long Beach. Oregon State
will face Southern California
in the nightcap.
UCLA is 8-3 In conference
play, while OSC is in third
with a 7-3 record. Idaho and
USC are both 6-5 in league
competition and are still
mathematically in the title
chase.
California will make the
short jaunt to Pullman Satur
day night to meet Washington
State, then head for Eugene
where the Bears will play the
Oregon Webfoots Monday
night.
The University of San
Francisco Dons, staging their
annual walkaway in the West
Coast Athletic conference,
will take on an in-and-out
Santa Clara quintet at the
Cow Palace tonight in the
top game of a full WCAC
slate. The Dons, fourth-ranked
nationally with a 20-1 rec
ord on the season and an 8-0
mark in conference play, will
be after their 17th straight
victory.
San Jose State will travel
to Loyla and Pepperdine will
host College of Pacific in oth
er WCAC games.
K nicks Fighting
To Keep in Race
By UNITED PRESS
The New York Knicker
bockers, last in the standings
but first in attendance, meet
the Philadelphia Warriors at
Camden, N.J., tonight, need
ing a victory to stay alive
in the Eastern division of the
National Basketball associa
tion.
The Warriors, in third place
in the Eastern division, two
and one-half games ahead of
the Knicks, led all the way
in beating the Syracuse Na
tionals, 110-97, Wednesday
in the first game of an after
noon doubleheader at Bos
ton. The Celtics came from
behind to edge the Cincinnati
Royals, 94-92 in the nightcap.
In other games tonight the
Detroit Pistons are at Cin
cinnati and the Celtics, need
ing only three victories in 10
remaining games to clinch
the Eastern title, are at St.
Louis. The Hawks need only
two victories in 12 games to
clinch the Western division
title.
BASKETBALL
By UNITED PRESS
(East)
St. Louis 105 St. John's N.Y. 92
Notre Dame 93 New York U. 77
Massachusetts 64 Holy Cross 60
Delaware 95 Swarthmora 73
(South)
(South)
Virginia Tech 75 The Citadel 44
South Carolina 61 Clemson 60
Furman 88 Richmond 82
E. Kentucky 91 Morehead St. 72
George-own 72 Translyvania 86
(Midwest)
Creighton 68 Omaha 53
Butler 93 Indiana St. 87 2 ot
(Southwest)
Oklahoma 52 Oklahoma St. 48
(West)
Montana 71 New Mexico 45
Seattle 78 Montana St. 77
Digs to 12 Deep
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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS The McLoughlin Junior.,
high wrestling team, pictured here, won the Southern Ore
gon conference championship recently. Front row, from
.left, are Manager Ralph Lobdall, Elgin Oldham (95
pounds) Merle Hampton (123), Wayne Fields (130), Rus
sell Walker (115), George Chambers (106) and Louis Thur
Raider Quint Hosts
NW Nazarene Five
Ashland Southern Oregon
college basketball team makes
its final appearance on its
home floor tonight and Satur
day night as host to North
west Nazarene college of
Nampa, Idaho.
Bowling
ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE
Standings: W
Darrell Miller Co. 19
Larrys Rich Maid 16
Fortune Gassers 14
State Forest Patrol 10
1st National Bank 10
Harry & David 9
Piggly Wiggly 7
Oak Grove Furniture 8
Jacks Drive Up 6
Pickells Real Estate ' 5
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10
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13
14
14
15
Results:
Jack's 1 (Gould 430) 2566; Piggly
Wiggly 3 (Fowler 450) 2661.
Oak Grove 0 (Cook 572) 2495;
Fortune 4 (Smith 487) 2634.
Harry & David 0 (Skala 442)
2633; Rich Maid 4 (Kulo 580) 2790.
Pickell's 1 (Withrow 504 2653;
FN Bank 3 (Forbes 476) 2657.
Miller Co. 3 (Clark 504) 2712;
Forest Patrol 1 (Moran 496) 2701.
EVERGREEN LEAGUE
Standings:
W L
Medford Plaza Apt
..4 0
Medford Steel Co 4 0
Tru Mix Construction Co. 3 1
Barco Supply Co 3 1
Singler's Auto Supply 3 1
Medford Blowpipe Co. 3 1
Picard's Jewelers 1 3
Seven Up Bottling Co. 1 3
Medford Corporation 1 3
Safeway Stores 1 3
Chuck's Pump Service 0 4
Big Y Market 0 4
Results:
Barco 3 (Judy 497) 2.449; Pic3rd's
1 (McDowell 538) 2.447.
Safewav 1 (Tyler 462 2.056;
Singlers 3 (Can- 562) 2.237.
Medco 1 (Haugen 493) 2.283;
Blowpipe 3 (Curley 561) 2.329.
Plaza 4 (Armes 512) 2,364; Big
Y 0 (Coghill 467) 2.158.
7 Up 1 (Engelkes 514) 2,180;
Tru Mix 3 (Bell 506) 2,297.
Chuck's 0 (Couch 524) 2.285; Med
Steel 4 (Hopkins 527) 2,426.
CITY LEAGUE
Standings: W
Weter & Olson 29
State Farm Ins. 27
Medford Barbers 25
Norton Lumber Co. 23
Ross Lumber Co. 23
Westside Merchants .. 23
Daugherty Lber. Co. 22
So. Ore. Moulding 2 Hi
Cal. Ore. Pwr. Co. 20
First National Bank 19 ',4
Tele. Emp. Assn 16
Central Market 15
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29
Results:
Daugherty 1 (Laye 485) 2,292;
Westside 3 (E. Orr 514) 2.307.
Ross Lbr. 3 (Culy 517) 2,348;
Central Mkt. 1 (Schulz 527) 2.249.
TEAA 3 (Rickman 523 ) 2,456;
Barbers 1 (Speer 517) 2,370.
State Fm. 1 (McWhorter 514) 2,
377; FNB 3 (Dimick 526) 2,447.
Norton's 0 (Mager 461) 2,192;
S O Mldg 4 (Knapp 513) 2,355.
Copco 0 (Harper 538) 2,130;
W & O 4 (Lumari 506) 2.327.
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Standings: W
Cove Valley Supply .. ll',j
Courtesy Chev 11
Hughes & Dodd 10
Com. Wkers of Am. 9
Table Rock Lbr. 8
Ideal Cement 7
Timber Products 7
Mid-Coast Painter 8
E. H. Mann Co. 6
Andy's Jewelers- 44
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7
8
9
9
10
10
1154
Results:
Timber Products 4 (John Aesch
liman 598) 3069; Hughes & Dodd
0 (Dick Adkins 493) 2722.
Andy's 2V, (Ralph Winters 501)
2703; Table Rock 2i (Frank Chap
man 542) 2703.
Courtesy 4 (Art Magganti 509)
2850; Mid-Coast 0 (Earl Lenze 534)
2737.
Cove Valley 3 (Bill Ducker 476)
2702; Ideal 1 (Bill Day 455) 2575.
CWA 2 (Leonard Thrun 454) 2708;
Mann Co. 2 (Don Moser 482) 2713.
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The series is non-conference
and tilts on both occasions
are billed for 8 p.m.
Nazarene comes to Ashland
with a 17-7 record so far this
season. The Crusaders hold
victories over Eastern Oregon
which SOC opposes in the
Oregon Collegiate conference.
The Idaho club is a member
of the Intermountain confer
ence. It tied for third in that
loop last year, then won the
District 5 title of the National
Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics.
Crusader record for last
year was 25-9.
Gardner Paces
Leader of the Nazarenes is
Dave Gardner, senior from
Portland who scored 506
points for the Nampa school
last year. Other top players
are Tom Tracy, all-state from
North Dakota, Sam Willard,
Hank Steuckel and Bob Pepp
ley. Coach of the Crusaders is
Orrin Hills.
For the Raiders Coach Ted
Schopf is expected to call on
the regular combination, Dave
O'Olivo, John Foust, Bill Hol
lingsworth, Ted Tenney and
Dave Love.
Southern Oregon on
Wednesday completed its
league schedule and this week
end's games complete its regu
lar slate for the year. The
Raiders will vie in the NAIA
district tournament with the
hope of gaining the national
tourney.
Barbara Porter
In Semifinals
Ormond Beach, Fla.. (IP)
Defending champion Barbara
Romack Porter and medalist
Mrs. Phillip Cudone, two mar
ried women, were challenged
by bachelor girls in the semi
finals of the South Atlantic
Women's Amateur Golf Tour
nament today.
Mrs. Porter, from Sacra
mento, Calif., played veteran
Marge Burns of Greensboro,
N. C, and Mrs. Cudone met
youthful Judy Bell of Wich
ita, Kan.
The blonde Mrs. Porter
eked out a 19-hole decision
over Doris Phillips, Belleville,
111., Thursday to survive the
quarter-finals played in 25
mile -an -hour winds. There
were only three holes won and
lost in the tense battle.
Mrs. Cudone advanced eas
ily with a 6 and 5 win over
Carol Beinbrink, Sunnybrook,
N. Y. Miss Bell was carried to
the final hole to beat Greta
Leone, Chicago, 1-up, and
Miss Burns won 2 and 1 over
Mary Ann Reynolds, Albany,
Ga.
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Iron Liege, Lea
Race Favorites
Miami, Fla. (IH With
Bold Ruler missing from the
field because of a leg injury,
the , Calumet Farm entry of
Iron Liege and Pintor Lea was
a strong 1-2 favorite for the
$100,000 added Widener
handicap Saturday at Hia
leah. Bold Ruler, the 1957 "Horse
of the Year" who was to
make his 1958 debut in the
mile and one-quarter Widen
er, was withdrawn Thursday
after trainer Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons announced the
colt developed a swelling in
the left foreleg.
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was expected to result in
some surprise entries when
the entry box opened this
morning, but the Calumet
pair, Christopher T. Chen
ery's Third Brother, Mrs.
Wallace Gilroy's Oh Johnny,
the Brookmeade Stable's
Oligarchy, Mrs. Ada L. Rice's
Hoop Band and the Hasty
House Farm's Mahan were
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Six Knotted
At Houston
Houston, Tex. (IP) Six
veteran golf professionals tak
ing the play from the younger
members on the winter circuit
with sub-par rounds, held the
lead today starting the second
round of the $30,000 Houston
Invitational golf tournament.
The six men, the youngest
of whom is 38-year-old Ted
Kroll from Fort Lauderdale.
Fla., all shot 4-under-par 68s
in the onening round Thurs
day to take one-stroke leads
in the tournament.
The other leaders, all of
wCiom turned in 34-34 68
cards, as did Kroll, were Mi-Ion-
Marusic, 41, of Webster
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Microwave Relay
Channel Completed
Portland (IP) Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph today
announced completion of a
second channel in its Portland-Spokane
microwave re
lay system.
The expanded system Is ca
pable of handling 600 simul
taneous long distance tele
phone conversations and is
part of a $2,300,000 expan
sion program by PT&T.
Later this year - the firm
plans addition of a second
long distance channel on the
Portland-Seattle radio relay
and the addition of the first
telephone channel between
Portland and Sacramento
which now has only a televi
sion system.
Division Manager H. H.
Holloway said a new micro
wave system would also be
placed in service between
Medford and Klamath Falls
and a similar system between
Portland and Pendleton is
now nearing completion.
Baker-Homestead
Highway Closed
Salem (IP) The Baker
Homestead highway remained
closed in the Robinette area
today due to high water.
Mountain passes were clear
of snow but icy spots were
reported at Chemult and
Meacham.
There was ground fog at
Wilson river summit, Salem,
Salmon river, Roseburg,
Grants Pass, Cave Junction,
Chemult, Meacham, Klamath
Falls and Ontario.
Hermiston Publisher
To Seek Senate Post
Pendleton (IP) Dan C.
Bartlett, publisher of the
Hermiston Herald since 1942,
said today he will file for the
Democratic ' nomination for
slate senator from Umatilla
county. He has been a news
man in Nebraska, Idaho and
Oregon for 35 years.
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Dallas, Ore. HP) Three
young persons were arrested
Thursday on second - degree
arson charges involving burn
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houses in Polk county.
A fourth person was being
sought.
In Polk county jail were
Charley Frederick Buchanan,
18, Falls City; and George
Rex Starkweather, 20, Cor
vailis. The third person is a
16-year-old Falls City girl.
The arrests climaxed a
three-week investigation in
volving the State Police arson
squad, Polk County Sheriff
Tony Neufeldt and Falls City
Police Chief Harold Stevens.
Police said the youths were
accused of starting fires that
destroyed a house on the
Richard Orsboin farm Feb.
11 and the David Entz house
Feb. 14. They also are ac
cused of trying to burn a
house known as the Old Fern
place on Feb. 11. None of the
houses was occupied.
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Navy Plane Lost -On
Atlantic Patrol
London (IP) A 30-plane air
armada from three continents
searched the stormy Atlantic
today for a U.S. Navy plane"
a flying radar station
missing on a regular patrol
with 23 and perhaps 25 men,
aboard.
The four-engine Super Con
stellation, fitted with long-"
range radar equipment, ap--'
parently crashed or ditched
on a round -trip patrol be
tween Agentia, Newfound- -land,
and the Azores Thurs
day. The two points are 1,200
miles apart and searchers said
there was no hint 'where the ,
plane might have gone down.
Weathermen of the British
Air Ministry said conditions',
were suitable for ditching the '
big plane only within a 300
mile radius of the Azores.
Outside that area storms had4
beset the plane's route with -rough
seas, high winds and"
temperatures at or below
freezing. "
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