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Newspaper Page Textt MAtt TRIBUNI, MtforJ, Ow fMf, Janmry 195? Jeter, Fleming Spur Dowa To Triumroh in Rose IBowD By HAL WOOD Pasadena, Calif. (LTD If the Pacific Coast conference ever needed any convincing, it must believe today that tougher football is played in the Big Ten. Iowa, representing the Big Ten, slaughtered California of the Pacific Coast conference, 38-12, Thursday before 98,297 fans in the Rose Bowl - the 12th shellacking for the West Coast teams in the 13 years of the inter-conference pact. . "It was the home run play that,did it, said Coach Forest Evashevski of the victorious Haw key es. But to the fans, the home run play had nothing to do with it. It was the brilliant running -of Bob Jeter and Willie Fleming, a pair of wil-of-the-wisps who snaked their way through the California defenses almost at will. Two Records Jeter set two Rose Bowl records. He ran 81 yards from ' scrimmage for one touchdown to erase a mark set by Frank Aschenbrenner of Northwest ern in 1949. He also picked up 194 yards rushing to elim inate Bobby Grayson's record of 151 for Stanford against Columbia in 1934. "The home run play," as Evashevski put it, is exactly ' what Coach Pete Elliott of California feared. He tried to defense for it, but he could not stop the fleet running of the Iowa pair. , , t Aside from Jeter's long run, there was one for 37 yards for a touchdown by Fleming and a 41-yard romp by Jeter that set up a score. "We figured we could run against this California team," said Evashevski, "so we passed up our bread and but ter play, the pass, and went to running. We hoped to catch the Cal defenses down; it worked. , Iowa took a 20-0 lead at the halftime with a score in the first quarter on a 68 -yard march with Quarterback Randy Duncan plunging over from the 1. They got two in the second period with Dun can passing 7 yards to End Jeff Langston forgone and Fullback Don Horn ploughing Links Will Stay If New Owner Made Member L o u g hborough, England- (CP&-A wealthy contractor who bought a golf club which had rejected his application for membership said today he will turn the links: into a building subdivision unless he is elected a life member. Patrick Pateman, 42, said that the club's lease on the grounds will prevent any change until the end of the year, but after that anything is possible. "The club can only stay on my terms," the contractor said. "They are quite simple: That I become a life member. If they don't accept me, I shall develop the land as a valuable building plot. "That will teach them not to be snooty." Silky Sullivan Sixth in Rsce Arcadia, Calif. -iBPD -Silky Sullivan, a . much-publicized failure in the 1958 Kentucky Derby, opened his 1959 cam paign Thursday by finishing sixth in the $6,000 .Texas Sandman purse while Caro nat won the six - and - a - half furlong event at Santa Anita. Farmers enjoyed a 22 per cent rise in income during the first half of 1958, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports. Football Scores THURSDAY BOWL RESULTS Orange Oklahoma 21. Syrauae S. Sugar Louisiana Stata 7. CleiEson 0. Cotton Texas Christian 0, Air force 0. Rose Iowa 38. California 12. Prairie View . . Prairie View 34. Langstoa- 8. Coast Conference Clubs Swing Into Contention By NEAL CORBETT United Press International . Nine teams swing iritovac tion this. week end for the right to post the final basket ball - marks in the Pacific Coast conference record book. This year's champion will be the last in the PCC, which will disband on June 10. Tonight's schedule finds Cal ifornia at Washington, Stan ford at Washington State, Southern California at Ore gon and UCLA at Idaho., Ore gon State will be idle. Saturday, California moves to Oregon, Idaho hosts Stan ford, UCLA meets Washing ton State, and Southern Cal plays at Oregon State. Wash over from the 4 for the other. One Good Driv California put together a good touchdown drive to open the third period, going 74 yards in 11 plays, with Quar terback Joe Kapp and . the halfbacks alternating in pack ing the ball. Jack Hart scored from the 1, but the burst of optimism in the California ranks lasted only a few minutes. Shortly thereafter, Fleming broke loose for his touchdown run and just before the quarter ended, Jeter got away for his LSU Edges Clemson 7-0 in Sugar Bowl By SHELBY SCATES New Orleans -flJPD- An un s u n g lineman and college football's "player of the year" emerged today as key men in mighty Louisiana State's mis cue - marred 7-0 win over Clemson in the 1959 Sugar Bowl here. The' Bengals, fighting, des perately to maintain their na tional prestige in the face of bitter opposition from Clem son, made the most of a fum ble and a pass to win their first Sugar Bowl game in five appearance. Versatile All-America Billy Cannon, possibly the South's best halfback in a decade, toss ed a perfect running pass to sophomore end Mickey Mang ham in the end zone for the game's only score." Cannon Chosen Cannon, whose punting and defensive play kept LSU out of trouble all afternoon, also kicked the point after touch down. He was the sportswrit er's choice as the game's out Ortega 13-5 Pick Over Oregonidn ,Iew York - (CPU - Welter weight cotisnder Gaspar Or tega is favored at 13-5 to tag young Denny Moyer with his first professional defeat to night at. Madison Square Gar den and spoil his Eastern de but in the year's first TV fight. ' Brown-haired Moyer of Portland. Ore., is only 19 -so young he had to get com mission dispensation to fight 10 rounds in New York state. Nevertheless, he seeks his 19th straight victory against the lanky Indian from Tiju ana, Mex. Their bout will be televised and broadcast nationally by NBC at 7 pjn. (PST). ' French-Irish Moyer, former national amateur champion, is unrated among contenders for the 147-pound crown; but he could soar into the top 10 by beating 23-year-old Ortega. Gaspar is rated sixth by the Ring Magazine and seventh by the National Boxing as sociation. Yank Skaters Tie Russians New York -flJPD-r Tke coach of Russia's touring amateur hockey team today predicted that the United States nation al squad is good enough to win this year's world cham pionship. "The U.S. team is greatly improved over last year and if your players keep improv ing they could win the worm championship," Anatoly Tara sov declared after the U.S. team rallied to tie the Rus sians, 5-5, Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.. SERVICES SATURDAY Hdlyoke, Mass. - (UPD - Fu neral services will be held Saturday morning at St. Jer ome's Roman Catholic Church here for John Doyle, who spent 70 years in major league baseball. Doyle, who died New Year's Eve after suffer ing a heart atjack, was 89. ington will get a breather. Possible Clue The California-Washington opener might offer at least a clue to what the future will hold. The Bears are seeking their third straight title-but the Huskies have the size and experience to shatter such hopes. Washington and UCLA were the- pre-season favorites, but California won six games and lost two as the Bears posted the best pre-season record of any PCC team. ; UCLA wih play its first two games without decathlon champion Rafer Johnson, a first-string guard who is in New York on Olympic games business. 81-yard smasher. The Hawkeyes got one more score to open the fourth on Fleming's 7-yard romp around end before California scored just before the end of the game on a 93-yard march that paid off with Kapp passing to Hart from 17 yards out. It was a bad day for Cali fornia rooters - but they have a chance to get revenge next fall. California and Iowa meet in September - and maybe by that time Elliott will have worked out a defense to stop Jeter and Fleming. standing player, Clemson's strategy was to run lightweight LSU out of the contest on bone-busting off-tackle slants and runs. At times it appeared they might succeed. ' Using straight ahead, no- frills, T-f ormation power, Clemson chugged 63 yards to ward the LSU goal early in the. third period with rugged fullback Rudy Hayes making most of the yardage. But inside the LSU 25, Hayes ripped throug a gap ing hole in the Bengal line, cut back and was clobbered at the LSU 20. He fumbled and Strange recovered for LSU. . 52-Yard Punt The Bengals quickly bog-, ged down and .fullback Tom my Davis, who shared kick ing honors with Cannon, boomed a 52 - yard punt to the Clemson 17 yard line. The sellout crowd of 82,000 failed to sense it, but this was the beginning of the end. A misguided snap by center Paul. Snyder while the Tigers were in punt formation bounced off the leg of full back Doug Cline. Before the play could be diagnosed, LSU tackle Duane Leopard had re covered on the Clemson 10. Three plays later Cannon swept toward right end and suddenly fired the clinching pass to Mangham. . Coast Elk Remain in Birth Area The Rocky Mountain elk, nomad of northeastern Ore gon, is known to travel wide ly, often moving 50 miles or more from summer alpine meadows to winter ranges along the exposed lower breaks. Even during the sum mer months this huge elk moves about over consider able distances, seeming to pre-empt the entire mountain range as its home. Not so with the Roosevelt elk, native of the coast ranges. Little if any nomadic instinct is possessed by this creature which may spend its entire life within a single small val ley. In this big elk we have truly the homesteader among big game animals, pre-empting a small area at birth and per haps never moving any far ther than from the ridge top to the creek bottom a half mile away. This fact was borne out by ear tag returns from hunters over the past two years. Bob Corthell, district game agent at Coos Bay, in an at tempt to learn more about the distribution and movement of the coast elk, has been ear tagging calf elk for the past five years in the Matson Creek area of the Millicoma river drainage. . In the five years, Corthell has managed to hand capture 30 young calves. The calves must be found quickly after birth since within three days the youngsters can easily out race the fleetest sprinter. Some of the calves were mark ed with just a metal ear tag, while others were tagged with the metal seal and a colored plastic ribbon. Recordings were .made of the exact tagging location and the ani mal's sex and general con dition. "Bulls , tagged during 1956 and 1957 remain unaccounted for and are presumed to have outwitted the hunter. The amazing fact about the returns is comparatively short distance from the tagging point, while two more were taken within a half mile, but each had crossed one ridge top. Four more of the bulls were shot at distances of about three-quarter mile from the point of tagging and an other just slightly more than half mile. Ear tag number D-30, the four-point bulL was taken about a mile and one-half from the tagging point but had crossed from the north side of Matson creek south to the breaks of the Little Mat- son, A'HAT Y WORLDS RECORD FOR. ROPE SKIPPING-? Tom Morris of Rennseskaw, south Australia, skipped 18,463 turns in 1933. It took lim 1 hour and M minutes. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof. Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, eo this rarer. Box 575. Sausalito.Calit Enclose self-addressed. stamped envelope. SPORTS PARADE OSCAR FRALEY Sport Writer United Press New York-IUPD-The United States today holds the Davis Cup, emblematic of interna tional tennis supremacy, in a triumph" , which a critical world is certain to scorn as a victory without honor. For three years Australia reigned supreme. Then the brass hats of American tennis, squeezing the rule book until it molded to their conscience, used a young Peruvian who has avoided U.S. citizenship to regain a trophy which can't be that important. The price had to be our international reputation for sportsmanship. Webster defines sportsman ship as "conduct . . . involv ing honest rivalry, courteous relations and graceful accept ance of results." These condi tions were not filled down under as the United States defeated Australia, 3 to 2, in the challenge round. Take Advantage of Rule The score should read: Alex Olmedo of Peru 2V4 points; Australia 2 points and the United States one-half point. Because U.S. lawn tennis officials, selected the brilliant young Peruvian to play on the U.S. team by taking ad vantage of a rule which says that a five-year resident can represent a Davis Cup nation in play. It stands out as the great est exploitation of Peru since Francisco Pizarro began bleeding the Incas in the 16th century. It is true that Olmedo, a student at the University of Southern California, is a two time collegiate champion of the Umted States. It also is true that Peru does not have a Davis Cup team. But to a world before which the United States is constantly on trial, it shouts that a na tion of 170 million could not come up with three home bred players but had to "draft" help from a nation of less than 9 million people. And the draftee did the job almost single-handed. Avoids Military Service Olmedo says flatly he never intends to be a bonafide draftee when it comes to serv ing in the Srmed forces of the United States. That is one reason he is not planning to become a U.S. citizen. I, for one, consider Peru to be the holder of the Davis Cup. And I hope that Olmedo, one of 11 children, can get one of his brothers to play doubles with him the next time-and prove it. mitt i-a-59 WHAT IS FASTEST MILE STAG-HTAWA TIME FORAHO?S? In W39 Mopus carrying lCtt . pounds, ran a mile in A32 on a straightaway track in England. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, c 'o this paper. Box 575. Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. SMlfl HMW ' '.- MDF0!UVa1tTRIBUNI 'snpaDmirs- Oklahoma Defeats Syracuse 21-6 in Orange Encounter Miami, Fla.-fflPD-Oklahoma's lightning-fast Sooners struck with unnerving . suddenness yesterday on three long scor ing plays and ruined Syra cuse's vaunted passing attack with a steely defense to win their fourth straight Orange Bowl game 21-6. Printice Gautt, . the Negro Oklahoma fullback who is the first of his race to play for the Sooners, burst around end on a 42-yard scoring run with only two and a half minutes gone in the game. Syracuse, game but badly out classed in speed and poise, never recovered. The Oklahomans struck for two more long scores, one an Orange Bowl record pass play of 79 yards from Brewster Hobby to end Ross Coyle. Meanwhile, the Sooner de fense led by Gautt's stunning tackling, frustrated every Syracuse threat until the final quarter when substitute half back Mark Weber scored from 15 yards out on his first run TCU, Air Force Scuffle To Scoreless Deadlock By ED FITE Dallas, Tex. -(UPD- A whim sical wind, a baker's dozen fumbles and inopportune pen alties figured in the frustra tion as Texas Christian and the Air Force Academy turn ed a predicted high scoring Cotton Bowl game into a scoreless comedy of errors Thursday. It all added up to only the third deadlock in the 23-year history of the New Year's Day classic and to a dull, disap pointing game to the capacity crowd of 75,504 that turned out expecting a fiery offen sive show and uncomfortably cold weather. They got neither one. The defenses stole the thunder from the headline-grabbing backs and the bright sun pushed the mercury beyond expectations to take the chill out of the air. The frisky wind got into the act when, Air Force Coach Ben Martin said, it changed course suddenly and pushed halfback George Pupich's field goal try from the 12 yard line off-target in the sec ond quarter. Pupich, the San Fernando Calif., junior who had booted five other three-pointers while the Air Force Falcons won nine and tied one in regular season play, tried twice more without success to pump one of his specialities through from the 23 and 42 yard lines. 13 Muffs "Normally he would have made it," the Falcon coach said of the short attempt, "but with the wind change he didn't figure on, he couldn't." The two teams committed 13 fumbles, eight by TCU, and each side lost the ball three times by that route. TCU lost BASKETBALL COLLEGE SCORES United Press International Ohio State 100, Brigham Young 81. Butler 59, Navy 58. La. Tech. 71, Virginia Tech 66. W & M 64, Murray (Ky) State 62. . Cenenary 81, Northwestern 72. . BOWLING ROXY ANN LEAGUE Standings: (W) (L) Cummings Agency 12 8 Baker's Moulding 12 8 Coca Cola . 12 8 First Christian No. 312 8 First Christian No. 2 11 9 Stevens Corp. 11 9 PMT - I" I" First Christian No. 1 10 10 Chitwood & Stone fl 11 Eagle Point Teachers 8 11 United Radio 7 13 Medford Veneer & Ply. 5 15 Results: . Medford Veneer 1. (W. Fischer, 525);. Cummings 3. '(W. Fowler, 480. Baker's 3. (A. Bauman, 468); Teachers 1, B. Hall. 427 . PMT 1, (M. Amaro, 447): First Christian No. 3. 3. (P. Shafer, 456). First Chritian No. 1. 1. (G. A len. 448); First Christian No. 2, 3. (G. Couch 550). Stevens Corp. 2. IB. Welch. 477); Coca Cola 2. (J. Belknap. 4751. United Radio 3. (D. Fisher. 494); Chitwood & Stone 1, (R. Brooks, 479). The United States is the only country in the world with an annual consumption of shoes in excess of three pairs per capita. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOl You must be satisfied ei your money cheerfully refunded. Get betas today at WESTERN THRIFT of the game Speed Decides A colorful crowd of 75,281 packed the Orange Bowl in partly cloudy but 80-degree weather. ' The heat hurt Syracuse. But it was Oklahoma speed that beat the Orangemen in the end. Syracuse quarterback Chuck Zimmerman, who had a com pletion average of better than 60 per cent during the regu lar season, was hurried on his passes as the Oklahoma line, led by All-America center Bob Harrison, out-charged the slightly heavier Syracuse for wards. Oklahoma's downfield blocking, one of the products of Coach Bud Wilkinson's zeal for perfection, cut down the Syracuse defenders while the tremendous starting speed of its runners - shot them across the scrimmage line. Oklahoma's scoring, plays went 42, 79 and 40 yards, the last a punt return by Hobby. it once after smashing 86 yards to the Air Force eight in a fourth quarter threat to break the deadlock. Penalties proved a big bug aboo for both teams, with the more costly robbing the Fal cons of a first down on the TCU two in the third quarter and costing TCU an intercep tion deep in the Falcon terri tory minutes later. Jack Spires, the TCU full back voted overwhelmingly the game's top back, tried val iantly to give his team the edge conceded it by the odds makers. He ripped and roared for 37 yards of the fumble-foiled 86 yard drive and he biased his way 42 yards of another drive that fizzled on the Falcon 15 because of . miscues by his quarterback, Hunter Enis. Spikes also tried twice to boot field goals from the 35 and 29 yard lines, but had no better luck than Pupich. Big Game Herd Study Underway Portland-The job of deter mining the status of Oregon's big game herds-one of the most important tasks of game commission field agents - is now under way on a state wide basis on all big game winter ranges. Initial phase of this annual study is herd composition in ventories to determine the biological condition of the herds. In this study, herds are classified as to sex and age to determine sex ratios and the yearly production. Herd com position studies must be com pleted before the end of Janu ary before the animals lose their antlers. Results of this study are ex pressed by the ratio of males per 100 females and fawns or calves per 100 females. The study provides an index as to sex and age ratios for breed ing and hunting purposes. The second phase of the winter inventory will be popu lation trend counts to get un der way in February. Trend sampling is conducted in late winter when all big game ani mals are concentrated on the more open winter ranges. Such studies determine big game population densities on each winter range and are ex pressed in deer or elk num bers per mile of sample. By comparing trend counts with those from previous years it can be determined whether the herds are hicreasing, de creasing, or remaining con stant. It has long been recognized AUTO 345 North Central STORE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Tornado Tangle On Saturday Night Coach Frank Roelandt and his Medford High school basketball players have only the role of "interested specta tors" tonight but the Black Tornado will be going all out on the maple court on Satur day evening. Medford entertains Klam ath Falls here Saturday in its 1959 Southern Oregon con ference starter. Game time will be 8:15 p.m. at Hedrick Junior High school gymnas ium after a 6:30 p.m. junior varsity curtain raiser. Klamath begins its effort to defend the District 6 A-l mantle tonight as host to Grants Pass. Medford drew a bye in the loop this evening and Roelandt said that he AshBanders, Crater IHIoop Foes Tonight Central Point-Crater highs Comets had a morning drill today, making last moment prepartions for the opening of the Southern Oregon con ference basketball season. The Comets take on Ash land at Central Point this eve ning and tangle at Grants Pass on Saturday night. Coach Don Anielak put the Crater squad members through a :'non-sweat, walk through" workout pace in a final effort to have the Cen tral Pointers ready for Ash land's Grizzlies. The Comets had just a light practice yes terday. Jim Eldred, Loyal Higin botham, Dennis Pfaff, Chuck Turner, John Burns and Bill White were listed as the six from which Anielak will pick his starters for this evening. Eldred is a junior who has not seen varsity action so far this season. He was brought up from the junior varsity last week to fill a vacancy on the Comet squad. Ashland Crew For Ashland Coach Earl Iba has indicated that Clark Smith may be at center, Bob Johnson and Gerald Allen at forwards and Don Taylor and Doug Forrest or Jim Bjork at guards. The varsity combat is set for about .8:15 p.m. with a junior varsity preliminary Baylor Taps In Winning Bucket United Press International Elgin Baylor of the Minne apolis Lakers strengthens his bid for "rookie of the year" honors in the National Basket ball association nearly every time he plays. Baylor was at the right place at the right time again Thursday night. He climaxed a Minneapolis rally that pro duced a 106-105 victory over the Syracue Nationals in the only NBA game scheduled. - Vern Mikkelsen's shot had rimmed the basket with 20 seconds remaining but Bay lor leaped and tapped the ball in for the decisive field goal. Baylor led the Lakers in the scoring with 22 points. that counting all big game animals is impossible. Esti mates of populations are some times made, but the fact re mains that such estimates are primarily guesswork, with lit tle base for accuracy. In past years, the Oregon Game Com mission used the population estimates but abandoned the method about 1.940 in favor of the accurate trend count system. About 7,000 miles of sample route are covered each year by game biologists on elk and deer winter ranges to deter mine herd densities. Some of the routes are travelled by jeep or pickup. On some ranges, aerial surveys are conducted. Considerable use of horses is also made. But foot travel by ski or snow shoe is the usual method of travel, especially in rough mountainous terrain. Results of the winter inven tories, range conditions, hunt er success records, and other facts will be used as a basis for establishing next season's hunting regulations. PARTS? PADGETT AUTO PARTS Awaiting planned to be among the spectators at Klamath Falls. He reported that some of the Tornado squad members may take in the Ashland - Crater fracas at Central Point Teams Unmarred The Pelicans of Klamath Palls, defending state titlists and conference victor the past two years, are. unmarred, as is the Black Tornado in pre conference action. Klamath played four games and Med ford five in the December tune-up period. Common pre league rivals of the two clubs were Marshfield and North Bend with Medford winning over the two schools by wider margins than the Pelicans. Klamath's battles with Med- planned for 6:30 p.m. Line-ups for both Grants Pass and Crater on Saturday will depend on tonight's pen formances. The pP Cavemen are playing at Klamath Falls this evening. Grants Pass may have Johnnie Olson and John Fox at Forwards, Jerry Put nam at center and Rex Ben ner and Dick Hayes at guards. However, Rick Sabin has been making a determined ef fort to break in at forward and Mike Leonard is bidding to get his early season guard spot. Ashland tonight seeks its first win after four losses in pre-conference play. Crater is 1-4 for pre-loop and GP is 42. Olmedo Not Eyeing Pro Career Yet Brisbane, Australia - (UPD -Professional tennis promoter Jack Kramer, who has Aus tralia's two top Davis Cup players lined up for his next world tour, will have to wait another year before going af ter Alex Olmedo. Olmedo, the hero of Ameri ca's victory over Australia in the Davis Cup challenge round, announced Thursday he isn't interested in turning pro until 1960. 4 , "I've got one more year of schooling at Southern Cali fornia and I still want to con solidate myself in big-time amateur tennis," Olmedo told United Press International be fore leaving for Perth, where he will participate in the West Australia championships start ing Sunday. No Definite Plan The Peruvian-born netman added he has "no definite plans to play the amateur circuit this year but I would like to play at Wimbledon." Kramer, meanwhile, an nounced at Sidney that Mai Anderson already had joined his pro group and Ashley Cooper, Anderson's teammate on the vanquished Australian Davis Cup team, will sign a pro contract Saturday. Cooper's official signing is being delayed until his mar riage Saturday to Ellen Wood, Miss Australia of 1957. The Wimbledon, U.S. and Austra lian singles champion already has accepted a three-year con tract for 45,000 pounds $101, 800. TIM Rental Equipment Air Compressors Water Pumps Cement Finishing Machines Electric and Gas Cement Vibrators Roller Water Wagon WITH OPERATOR 2 Graders Shovel Cranes ' Back Hoe Drag Lines Tractors with Bulldozers, Ripper or Carryall 2 Turnapulls Gunnite Machine with Mobile 600 cu. ft. Compressor Delivered SP 2-5271 Pelican fof d and Grants Pass this week end should give some pretty good indication of the prospects of the three clubs in the loop campaign. The three, right now, are figured to scrap it out for the 1959 laurels. However, the conflicts this week end will far from settle the conference issue. Each team must face each other team four times during the slate. Victory will be import ant because the results go into the standings but the first meetings of the season are to a considerable extent "feeling out" tussles. Frames of Mind The Pelicans, nevertheless, are entering their first SOC week end with the idea that the games could decide a state tournament berth. Winners of the Friday and Saturday hassle in the loop, assuredly, will be making strides in that direction and, with the Peli cans in the frame of mind they're in, they may prove tough to beat.- Coach Dean White has pointed to a couple of other attitudes of the Klamath club. One is a feeling that the scheduling, which has elimin ated most of Klamath's two night stands which featured past years, has produced more pressure on the Pelicans. He said that the Pels will be out to create a little pressure of their own. Expressing the other frame of mind, White said: "We have our work cut out for us and we are anxious to get at it." Coach Roelandt in Medford drills this week has had his crew working at closer check ing on defense and smoother ball handling on defense. The Tornado looks to the league campaign with the purpose of regaining the title it last held in 1956 and getting back into the state tournament after one year of absence from the A-l classic at Eugene. First and second place teams in District 6 go to the A-l tourney. Possible Starters ' The Tornado starters will be chosen from among George Koch, Jerry Anderson, Ken Durkee, Jerry Shults, Booth Deakins and Lowell Dean. Don Peek, a regular last year, is expected to see his first duty of the season after be--ing sidelined by an appendec tomy. Dean is back after miss ing the Corvallis games be cause of a strained back. Pet Rasmussen is now laid up with back trouble. White may open with Davi and Don DeLap, Bob Lewis, Jim Hall and Bob Peterson. Dean Dunson, Steve Binney and Bob Drace loom as top reserves for the week end Klamath games. Paul Bishop will miss the Friday and Saturday activity. He has the mumps. Medford's jayvee regulars will oppose a similar Klam ath quint in Saturday's pre liminary. Tornado jayvee re serves are playing the Eagle Point junior varsity tonight. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tito Bricks, Flue i. 727 W. McAndrawt Ph. SP 2-4107 mm CONCRETE C? 248 E. McAndrews Rd.