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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Friday, December 19, 1958 Holiday Basketball Fare Provides Four Principal Tourneys j By JOHN GRIFFIN ; United Press International ; College basketball ignores that famous sticker reading "do not open until Christmas" by opening the holiday tour nament season tonight with lour major carnivals and NCAA champion Kentucky as the featured team. Most of the other big hoop fiestas won't start until a week from tonight, but un beaten Kentucky is picked to win its own invitational tour ney starting tonight in Lex ington, Ky., Northwestern' the favorite in the Blue Grass tournament at Louisville, Au burn is the choice in the Bir mingham, Ala., classic, and Georgia is the pick in The Cit adel invitational. Here's how tonight's first round games line up: Kentucky Invitational: Ken tucky, ranked No. 3 nation ally, favored over Ohio State and sevent-ranked West Vir ginia, the defending cham pion, over defense conscious Oklahoma State. Blue- Grass Tourney: North western picked over Louis ville and North Carolina over Notre Dame. Birmingham Classic: Au burn, riding a 14-game win ning streak, is a slight favor ite over Wyoming's Skyline Conference champions, and Texas A&M is picked over Al abama. Citadel Invitational: Soph studded Georgia picked over the host Citadel team and Florida State over Miami (Fla.). If these games run to form, they would produce a long awaited meeting between Kentucky, last year's NCAA tourney champion, and West Virginia,- last year's regular season champion, in the Ken tucky finale. A Notre Dame upset of North Carolina tonight could give the Irish a chance to gain revenge against Northwestern, which beat them, 68-63, Dec. 8. That this could be the sea son for surprises was tipped Thursday night when Vir ginia, fresh from a conquest of West Virginia, suffered an 83-76 loss on its home court to Wake Forest. Fails To Score Virginia went into the fin al minute of this one with a 76-75 lead and then stunned the crowd by failing to score as Wake Forest ripped in eight straight points to take the game. Georgie Ritchie scored 27 points to lead the winning Deacons while Paul Atkins tallied 25 for Virginia. Bradley, Seton Hall, and Marquette were among other teams scoring top victories AMATEUR ATHLETE Jacksonville, Fla. (DPD Florida sports writers have named halfback Bob Ander son of Army as amateur ath lete of the year. Anderson, of Cocoa, Fla., was picked for his performance in Army's 22-6 victory over Navy. Open Until 9 P.M. Tonight . . . Monday & Tuesday MASSAGIC GIVE SOLID COMFORT Massagics combine a carpet of soft sponge rubber with a firm, yet flexible. Arch lift . . . to assure 'round-the-clock comfort. They are a wholly "fitting" solution to all your what-to-give-a-man puzzles. Massagic Gift Certificates, in any amount and style. Priced from $14.95. WE WILL GLADLY GIFT WRAP! Park Free While Shopping Here In The Lot Behind Our Store Robinson Bros THE BUDS FOR CHRISTMAS DUDS Next to Pick's Apparel Medford Thursday night. Bradley, ranked 16th. na tionally by the UPI Board of Coaches, rolled to its fifth straight victory, 85-48, over Nebraska. The Braves, who sank their first 20 free throws and a total of 23 out of 26 for the night, broke out of an early 14-14 tie to smash Ne braska's zone defense with 13 straight points and then won easily as Dan Smith scored 18. Seton Hall held Ralph Crosthwaite, a 22.8 average scorer last season, to 13 points and beat Western Kentucky, 73-67, at Madison Square Gar den. Marquette displayed the fast break it has learned from new coach Eddie Hickey, the old St. Louis U. mentor, and drubbed New York U., 70-59, at Milwaukee by holding Vio let ace Cal Ramsey to seven points. Tom Sanders had 26 for NYU and Mike Moran 23 for Marquette. Barnes Takes Over Officially at UCLA - Los Angeles - (CPD - Bill Barnes, a disciple of the late Henry (Red) Sanders, today officially took over as head football coach at UCLA after a season as acting coach. Following Sanders' death last August, his first assistant, George Dickerson, was ap pointed head coach. But Dick erson fell victim to nervous exhaustion and Barnes step ped in to run the team. UCLA ended the season with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie. But under Barnes the Bruins lost to conference champion Cali fornia by only two points, de feated 1957 co-champion Ore gon, and tied Southern Cali fornia. Barnes' appointment was announced by athletic direc tor Wilbur Johns who declined to reveal terms of his contract but said it was for more than one year. Dickerson, recently released from the UCLA medical cen ter after extended treatment, will remain in the school's athletic department but dot. tors advised him to give up his coaching duties. -Strong Challenge "I deeply appreciate the confidence UCLA has placed in me," Barnes said when notified of his appointment. "I look forward to what is ob viously a strong challenge to return the. Bruins to the top among capable and consistent winning football teams . . . We took our lumps this past season but we are looking for ward to fielding teams to meet the toughest schedule ever at tempted by UCLA." In addition to the death of Sanders' the school had seven of its seniors limited to five games by conference edict and under the circumstances WRAPPED IN STYIE Yanks Win Davis Cup Encounters . Perth, Australia -(LTD- Alex Olmedo and Hamilton Rich ardson ripped through their opening matches with compar ative ease to give the United States Davis cup tennis team a 2-0 lead over Italy today in the inter-zone final. . - Olmedo, a .22-year-old stu dent at Southern California, spotted Nicola Pietrangeli the first set and then bounced back with a vengeance to win the opening match of the best-of-five series, 5-7, 10-8, 6-0, 6-1. One Victory Needed A small crowd of about 2,500 then watched Richard son a Cup veteran from Lou isiana who now resides in Ar lington, Va., cut Orlando Sir ola down to size by winning his match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. The Yanks need only one more victory in the three re maining matches to gain a berth opopsite Australia in the challenge round at Brisbane, Dec. 29-31. They can clinch the series in Saturday's dou bles match when Richardson and Olmedo will team up against the same Italian pair they handled so easily in the initial firing. of his emergency elevation, Barnes was felt to have done an outstanding job in the opin ion of UCLA officials. . Barnes was a wingback at Tennessee in 1937 and a block ing back the following two seasons. He started his coach ing at Arkansas in 1946 after four years in the Army. Barnes was brought to UCLA by Sanders in 1950. He will retain his present staff of as sistants. Si Green Has Brain Contusion Cincinnati, Ohio-UPD-Sihugo (Si) Green, may return to ac tion with the Cincinnati Roy als after Jan. 1, doctors who diagnosed his ailment as a brain contusion said Thurs day. Exhaustive tests made on the former Duquesne univer sity All-America basketball star at Christ hospital here revealed Thursday that he was suffering from a brain contusion and not a blood clot as believed. However, he must remain in the hospital an other week. Had the tests indicated a cerebral blood clot, Green would have had to undergo immediate surgery, Dr. Frank Mayfield, who headed the team of surgeons examining Green, said. Dr. Mayfield said a brain contusion did not necessitate an operation. Green possibly may join the Royals for practice after Christmas, and for National Basketball association play after Jan. 1. YMCA Holiday Activities Set Holiday activities at the Young Men's Christian asso ciation here will start on Fri day, Dec. 26. The program also will have activities on Dec. 29, 30 and 31 and Jan. 2. The schedule for the gym nasium wm oe tne graae school open period, 10 to 11 a.m.; junior and senior high period, 11 a.m. to 1 pjn.; grade school girls, 1 to 2 p.m.; grade school boys 2 to 3 p.m.; junior and senior high, 3 to 4 p jn. Regular YMCA schedule will be followed from 4 p.m. on except for college students and men's open time from 5 to 7 p.m. - Swim periods are grade school, 11 ajn. to noon; junior and senior high, 1 to 2 p.m.; girls open swim, 2 to 3 p.m.; grade school boys, 3 to 4 p.m. Regular slate will follow . 4 p.m. . A chemical battery uses , a dye to convert sunlight into electricity. It could be a source of current for earth satellites. : Go to Home Appliance and buy your adorable wife a G-E Mobile Maid Dishwasher 'for Christmas MEDFORlMWriUBUNE SlPflDnRTTS Tornado CoDflides With SE Axemen Tonight. Saturday Medford high's starting line-up for tonight's basket ball engagement with South Eugene will be named from among six men, Coach Frank Roelandt indicated after yes terday's drill. The Black Tornado squad of 13 players left this morning for Eugene and will play the McMurtry To Battle Nino Valdes New York - (UPD - Machine gun Pat McMurtry, Irish ex Marine sergeant, hopes to make tonight's fight with Nino Valdes, the Cuban giant, a "Dempsey-Willard affair." "I may not get him early, but I hope to chop him down before the final bell," said the speedy heavyweight con tender with the brownish crewcut from Tacoma, Wash. However, big Nino who claims to be uncrowned king of the heavyweights is favored at 7-5 for their 10 rounder at Madison Square Garden, source of the nation al telecast and broadcast by NBC at 7 p.m. (PST). McMurtry, at least two inches shorter than his 6-foot-3 opponent and about 25 pounds lighter than Nino's usual 214, recalled that Jack Dempsey was out-weighed about 60 pounds by towering Jess Willard in 1919 when the Manassa Mauler wrecked Big Jess for the heavyweight title. No Dempsey "I'm no Dempsey," Pat admitted with a grin, "but I think I've got the speed tind the punch to bring him down." Actually, Pat looked more like ex-Marine Gene Tunney on Oct. 17, when he gave slugger George Chuvalo, champion of Canada, a lop sided beating at the Garden. That was McMurtry's latest fight and only New York ap pearance. He was very im pressive with his repeater left jabs and rapid-fire combina tions that had the 9-5 favorite bloody and groggy in the late going. Whether 34-year-old Valdes could take such a battering from 26-year-old Pat is ques tionable. Chuvalo was only 21. Two Men Arrested For Stealing Safe Portland (UPD County po lice early today arrested two young men after a safe was reported stolen from the Al lied Supply company. Arrest ed were Ralph Pyburn, 20, and Gene Thompson, 21. Police said the safe was re covered. Officers said Pyburn admit ted taking part in about 12 other burglaries in this area recently. Thompson had no previous record, officers said. Writer Anton Chekhov died of tuberculosis July 2, 1904. SPECIFY re The Year Around Concrete It's heated to produce summer pouring conditions all winter! Delivered SP 2-5271 Axemen on Saturday evening as well as tonight. Roelandt listed the six men as George Koch, Jerry Ander son, Lowell Dean, Jerry Shults, Booth Deakins and Ken Durkee. Anderson, Dean and Shults are the lettermen in the group. Other Players Other players on the travel crew are Pete Rasmussen, John Frohnmayer, John Har vey, Dick Allen, Henry Olson, Calvin Dean and Ray Konopa sek. Jim Miller is the manager making the trip. If Hank Kuchera of the Eu gene club starts the same gang this week end that he did against Albany on Tues day, Sandy Nosier, Danny O'Connell, Dave Wetzell, Nick Carter and Wally Larsen will make up the crew. With Durkee, 5-8, the only man under 6 feet among the six named by Coach Roelandt, Medford wil have the edge in overall height but Eugene has the tallest man in 6-4 Wetzell. Albany Files Protest Against South Eugene Portland - (UPD - The Ore gon School Activities associa tion's Board of Control meets here Saturday morning to dis cuss a protest filed by Albany High school against South Eu gene High school. Paul Reiling, president of the board, said Albany filed the protest after saying two Albany busses were painted at South Eugene last Tuesday night. The complaint was made by John R. Cox, super intendent of Albany High. It was reported that Al bany had broken off athletic relations with the Eugene school through the 1959 foot ball season as a result. Elliott Seeking Cambridge Bid Melbourne, Australia -(UPD-Herb Elliott, Australia's won der miler, today revealed he has applied for a scholarship to attend Cambridge univer sity in England and may not do any competitive running until the 1960 Olympics in Rome. "What with study, work, cooking and washing in a flat, I have really little time left for training," said the lanky Aussie who recently turned down a $238,000 offer to turn professional. Elliott also disclosed he plans to marry Anne Dudley, his schoolgirl sweetheart, next year. "The date of our marriage will depend on whether I get the scholarship and leave for England," Herb said, adding he probably would remain at Cambridge four or five years. "I may not even be able to return to Perth for the 1962 Empire Games," he said. "I must c oncentrate on my studies. . .but I should be able to take ' part in the Rome Olympics." 1 TMHaiK ICOCRETECl 248 E. McANDREWS RD. a-19 sa WHO WAS WOfcLD'6 HEAVIEST MANI? Robert Earl Hughes, who died July 10, 1958, at the age of 32, weighed 1,041 poandsl 44e had & o (cot, 1 inch waist, measured 40 inches around each upper arm and was 6 last tall. (Thanla to IHerA.&t. tbhrtCiw (ahf.) TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sired diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper, Box 574 Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. Round Table Will Carry Top Weight Arcadia, Calif . -(UPD- Round Table today paid the penalty for being the top money-wining horse of all times and "Horse of the Year" as he was assigned top weight of 132 pounds for the $145,000 Santa Anita handicap. No horse in the history of the classic that highlights the Santa Anita winter meeting has ever won the rich mile and a quarter race with more than 130 pounds-the assign ment Round Table carried in capturing the 1958 running. And no horse has won the Santa Anita handicap twice, although many have tried. But with the earnings championship tucked away. Round Table is seeking even more prestige prior to his re tirement, probably at the end of the 1959 season, and it was considered likely his owner, Travis M. Kerr, will accept the impost on his star. The first church at Wells in Somerset, England, is said to have been founded in 704 A.D, .old-style Kentucky Bourbon always smoother because it's slow - DISTINCTIVELY WRAPPED FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON Tradition calls for Early Times at holiday times. This is the bourbon made with the extra care and attention of slow-distilling the old-style way, the smoothing way to make whisky. Give and serve Early Times, the whisky that made Kentucky whiskies famous. as PROOF EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY LOUISVILLE, KY. Crater Nabs Mat Match; Eagles To Meet Glendale Eagle Point - Strong A-l Crater crushed A-2 Eagle Point High 53 to 2 last night in a wrestling bout here. The Comets won 11 of the 12 bouts, nine by falls and two by decisions. David Shepherd, . Eagle Point, earned a draw with Gay D. Jones, Crater, in the 127-pound contest. Gail Schoppert, Eagle Point, said he did not feel too bad about the lopsided loss. He said he felt that the Eagles are improving and should give a good account of them selves here against Glendale at 2 p.m. Saturday. An anticipated match be tween Dick Hertager, Eagle Point, and Butch Barber, Cra ter, in the 103 weight did not materialize because of a hand sprain which kept Hertager out of action. Wrestling was a paying sport for the first time at Eagle Point with $10.50 taken in gate receipts. Paul Even sen, Medford High" wrestling mentor, was referee. Crater and Eagle Point matmen meet again in January. RESULTS: 95 Kip Jepson, C, pinned Dale Vaughn, E. first round. 103 Butch Barber, C, pinned Jim Ackerman, E. first round. 112 Dave White, C, pinned Duke Wild, second round. 120 Chuck Warren, C, pinned Warren Pestka, E. second round. 127 David Shepherd. E, drew with Gay D. Jones, C, 4-4. 133 John Taberna, C, dec. Ben York, E. 3-0. 138 Bob Bybee. C, pinned Roy Moore, E, third round. 145 Dean Lamp, C. dec. Sid Jackson, E, 3-0. 154 Al Lamp, C. pinned Fred Jossy. E. second round. 165 Rick Burns, C. pinned Bill BASKETBALL Thursday College Garnet East Portland U. 57. Iona 55 Seton Hall 73, West. Kentucky 67 Pnncton 70, Rutgers 47 Harvard 60. Tufts 54 Marshall 96, College of Pacific 71 at. Bonaventure 8b, uannon 44 Marquette 70. New York U. 59 Westminster 78. Pittsburgh 66 Boston College 67. Brown 54 South Geo. Wash. 106. Wash. & Lee 56 Tennessee 67,- Davidson 52 Virginia St. 67. Maryland St. 60 r Kentucky St. 63, Anderson 56 Eastern Kentucky 64, Loyola 59 Midwest Wichita 81, Santa Barbara 65 Bradley 85. Nebraska 48 ' Hardin-Simmons 54. Wash. V. 49 Butler 79, Dartmouth 74 Southwest - Missouri 67, Rice 62 West (Far Western Tourney) Nevada 62. Southern Oregon 57 Humboldt St. 69. Calif. Aggies 42 San Iran. at. 72. Willamette 61 Sacramento St. 58, Chicago St. 49 Fresno State 55, Idaho 52 Gonzaga 85, Nodtli Dakota 60 Pepperdine 74, Wheaton 56 Linfield 68. St. Martin"s 56 the Pfeifer, second round. 175 Rocky Rhodes, C, pinned Dale Casey. E. third round. Unlimited Harold Miintr, C, pinned Delbert Simmons, E, third round. EXHIBITION WINNERS Crater Ken Martin fnnwiT McGee, Jerry Paine. Eagle Point Ed Kenworthy, Jim Vanderlip. fiffiiF rzz Get Gates Nylon Commando Now at 30 DISCOUNT! Right now you can get Gates Nylon Commandos at a full 30 off the regular list price (plus tax) provided your trade-in tires are retreadable. This offer is good on all available sizes, blackball and white wall, tube type and tubeless. Come in now and take advantage of this low sale price on Gates extra safe Nylon Commandos. I 63 Deeper Tread gives you greater fraction, longer mileage The Commando's extra deep patented tread gives you the extra traction and mileage you want in a winter tire. 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