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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford", Oregon, Tfcurtday, January 8, 15 NCAA Slaps Southern California Recruitment Violation Charged Cincinnati, Ohio -CPD- Dis appointed University of Southern California officials, slapped with a two-year pro bation by the NCAA Wednes day, were resigned that there "was nothing to do now but comply." The action by the National Collegiate Athletic associa tion's committee on infrac tions came during the week long convention being attend ed by top collegiate sports figures. "T am ffrpatlv disaDnointed and deeply hurt, but there is nothing we can do but stand up and take it," USC Athletic Director Jess Hill said. The committee ruled that USC violated NCAA bylaws by paying transportation costs to two prospective football players to Los Angeles while already on probation. The first probation ended last Nov. 13. Dr. Norman Topping, USC president, said in Los An geles he was "astonished" at the NCAA action. Accusation Not Denied "We are not denying the ac cusation," Hill said, "but we do feel that there are possibly different , conclusions that could be drawn." He said he was disappoint ed that "certain evidence" HOW MANY TIMES HAS KENTUCKY BEEH NAMED NATIONAL HOOP CHAMP? tic Helms WMrffc Vcm&Gon named KentudYtke national Champion six times, 193348. ,49,,5i,,58. Officially the Wildcats have wan four tXAA championship tourn ements.KYeti ska won 8 Southeastern championships Since 3SL AdolphJZupp eosched af) of the winners. TOP THE?! To nt reader aoMt&n contrary proof. Tip Brady wiJl send signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, eo this paper. Box Slh, SaasaBto. Calif. Endow setf-addteawaV ttnVBpodlcnveiDpfe 17 Die in 1958 Los Angeles-flJPD-Seventeen football players died as the result of injuries on the grid iron during 1958, it was re vealed Wednesday night by the Football Fatalities Com mittee of the American Foot ball association. All of the deaths occurred among high school and sand lot football players. Both pro and college gridders chalked up a full year unmarred by fatal injuries. Dr. Floyd Eastwood, asso ciate dean o f Los Angeles State College and chairman of the committee, recommended in the annual report better supervision of sandlot foot ball and further research on helmet construction. Pittsburgh, KC Fame Hall Foes Cooperstown, N.Y.-OT-The Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics have been se lected to play in this year s annual Hall of Fame baseball game. The contest, 18th since Its Inaugural in 1940, is expected to draw a capacity crowd of 8,500 at Doubleday field. Sid Kenner, director of the Hall of Fame, said the choice of teams was made by the two league presidents, War ren Giles and the retiring Will Harridge. The game is top attraction for the many tourists who make summer pilgramages to the shrine of basebalL Rafer Johnson Receives Award Beverly Hills, Calif. -(CPD-Rafer Johnson, world decath lon record holder, was honor ed -Wednesday night as the "Sportsman of" the Year" by Sports Illustrated magazine. Some 600 persons from the sports and entertainment worlds as well as Henry R. Luce, publisher of the maga zine, were on hand for the af fair. Johnson, UCLA student body president, was the fifth athlete to receive the award. Others were Roger Bannist er, Johnny Podres, Bobby Morrow and Stan MusiaL came up before the commit tee which "we did not have an opportunity to investigate ourselves." He did not say what that was, nor would he identify the players. Hill said he was "sorriest" for the tennis, baseball and track teams, all defending NCAA champions. USC teams will not be eli gible to participate in any Writers Choose Pearson As Leading Rookie in AL By BOB SALMON Boston -(UPD- Albie Pearson, the jaunty little Washington Senators outfielder who made the major leagues despite his fire hydrant size, today held the American league's top rookie award for 1958. Pearson was named on 14 of 24 votes by baseball writ ers, the results being announc ed Wednesday by Hy Hurwitz of the Boston Globe, secretary-treasurer of the Baseball Writers Association of Amer ica. The selection came as a distinct surprise to many base ball followers. New York Yankess relief pitcher Ryne Duren had been considered the leading candidate. Duren Second Durenj who compiled a mi serly 2.01 earned run aver age for the Yanks while hurl- Fitzpatrick Leading PCC In Scoring Los Angeles-ttTB-Stanford's defensive performance and the scoring of California's Denny Fitzpatrick provided the big gest news this week statisti cally in the Pacific Coast con ference. While USC built up a 2-0 record and an early PCC bas ketball lead, Stanford was limiting the opposition to an average of 38 points per game. Tight defensive play was also evident in field goal per centage with Southern Cal permitting foes to make but 28.3 per cent of their shots. Stanford's mark for the sea son overall is six wins and four losses, with a 1-1 mark in the loop. Averages 19 Fitzpatrick led all scorers with an average of 19 points for two league games, fol lowed by Stu Robertson of Or egon with 16, and Paul New man of Stanford with 14.5. Rafer Johnson, the UCLA guard who holds decathlon honors throughout the world, played only one game, hitting on six field goal attempts for a perfect average. Steve Kemp of USC and Butch Kimpton of Oregon have perfect records in free throws, each with a 4-for-4, while Robertson tops all performers in rebounds with 26. UCLA led in team scoring with an average of 58 points for two games. Dodgers Slate' 63 Night Frays Los Angeles aiPD The "night life" of the Los An geles Dodgers will be pretty much restricted to the Mem orial coliseum in 1959, when the National league club will play a record 63 games under the arcs. Only 14 of the Dodger home games during the coming sea son will be daylight affairs, with a single weekday game in September-before sun down. E. J. (Buzzie) Bavasi, gen eral manager and vice presi dent of the Dodgers, said the large number of night games are scheduled "by popular de mand of the fans." It represents an all-time high for night games for a major league team to play at home, bettering that of the St. Louis Cards-56 in 1955. Baltimore holds the Ameri can league mark with 48. WIN AWARDS New York-fUPD-The Sports Broadcasters association has chosen Roy Campanella and Warren Spahn for its two top awards. Campanella will re ceive the Ted Husing award for "extraordinary achieve ment" and Spahn the Graham McNamee award for an 'out standing contribution to sports." TO CONTINUE FOOTBALL Philadelphia - (UPD - Temple university denied reports Wednesday that it would drop football next season. The school's athletic council said it considers football "an im portant part of the total pro gram of Tempi university." television programs subject to NCAA control, nor be allow ed to make commitments for such appearances, during pro bation. In the first year, USC may not enter athletes or teams in any national colleg iate championship event or in vitational. Points Out Seriousness Walter Byers, NCAA execu tive secretary, tempered the ing brilliantly as a fireballing fireman, placed second in the voting with seven votes. Right handed pitcher Gary Bell-of the Cleveland Indians, who had a 12-10 record, was the only other player named, getting three votes. "This is the best news I ever received in my life," said Pearson when he learned of his selection in Havana, Cuba. "The most thrilling moment for me was when they an nounced it over the loud speaker here in the Havana park." Pearson, the littlest player in either league at 5-4 Y2 who packs a solid 160 pounds on his short frame, started his rookie season with Washing ton like a house afire, and though he tailed off in hitting ended up with a .275 average. His forte was in the field, however. Playing between a pair of big but slow men Roy Sievers and Jim Lemon Pearson covered a good part of both left and right field in addition to his center field post. BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY SCORES (United Press International) East Army 80, Colgate 61 LaSalle 70. Bucknell 68 Fordham 86, Lone Island U. 52 Boston U. 80, Springfield 55 Villanova 99. Muhlenberg 85 Temple 86, Pittsburgh 73 Holy Cross 102, Rhode Island 63 American U. 94, Georgetown 67 South Navy 59, Gettysburg 42 Maryland 64, Duke 33 . Rutgers 87, Delaware 58 Georgia Tech 66, Georgia 62 Louisville 86, Eastern Kentucky 75 Arkansas St. 98, Xavier (La.) 96 Midwest Dayton 57, Duquesne 47 Southwest Tex. Christian 52, Arkansas 45 West Utah 71. Montana 69 Riverside 69, LaVerne 55 Occidental 81, Claremont-Mudd 47 Golfers Vie At Tijuana Tijuana, Mex. -UPD The touring golf brigade put the finishing touches on their game today in preparation for the opening of the $20,000 Tijuana Open tournament which gets under way here Friday on the Caliente course. Headlining the cast of per formers will be such stars as Art Wall, Pocono Manor, Pa., runner-up for the Los An geles Open title; Billy Max well, Odessa, Tex., who fin ished third; National Open champion Tommy Bolt; Mas ters champion Arnold Palm er; PGA champion Dow Fin sterwald and a host of others. Conspicuous by his absence in the event will be Ken Ven turi, the San Francisco star who won the Los Angeles Open earlier this week. Ven turi collected $5,300 for that victory and only Wall could catch him in the money-standings at Tijuana. Venturi will rejoin the tour for the Bing Crosby clam bake at Pebble Beach next week. Dupas On Bill For Phil Moyer Portland UPD The older of the fighting Moyer broth ers, Phil, will get a crack at a man his brother whipped in December. Phil will fight Tony Dupas of New Orleans here Jan. 20, it was announced today. Phil, a middleweight, has lost only one fight in 14 bouts while Denny is unbeaten in 19 professional fights. Portland May Get Pro Tilt Portland -flJPD The Minne apolis Lakers and the Cin cinnati Royals of the Nation al Basketball association may play a regular league game here next month. Harry Glickman sports pro moter here, said Wednesday that he was "90 per cent sure" of bringing the two teams together in the Oregon Cen tennial building in February. The Lakers already have two games scheduled on the coast this month. They play Boston in San Francisco on Sunday and then meet the same team Monday in Seat tle. seriousness of the violations. He said: "The thing that made the case of, some seriousness is .the fact that USC was still on probation at the time of the infractions." In other action, the NCAA ruled that quarterback Don Fuel, center of a recruiting controversy at Auburn, could play anywhere outside of the Southeastern conference. The television committee adopted the same program as last year with the addition that the committee carefully consider the probable impact of subscription closed circuit and delayed television, and include in the 1959 plan pro visions to prevent adverse effects on college football. USC Shows Resentful Attitude Los Angeles -(UPD- Univer sity of Southern California found' it difficult today to hide resentment over the school being put on a two-, year probationary period for illegal recruitment of high school athletes. Dr. Norman Topping, presi dent of USC, said he was "as tonished" USC track coach Jess Mortenson, whose team won the National Collegiate Athletic association crown in 1958 after a year on proba tion, declared, "I'm so dis gusted. I've nothing to say." Topping's full statement said the school officially was disappointed to hear that the NCAA had imposed sanctions against the University for code violations which took place during the summer of 1957. "As was announced follow ing the December meeting of our board of trustees, a nec essary administrative reorgan ization has been accomplish ed which will prevent any future violations of athletic codes or agreements," he con tinued. No Copy io USC I'm astonished that the NCAA reached its conclusion without previously presenting the University with a com plete copy of all evidence and without interviewing suppos ed offenders," he said. The Trojans previously were under probation with the NCAA, up until last year, and had been fined by the Pacific Coast conference with Washington, UCLA and Cali fornia in a big squabble over scholarship requirements and financial aid that precipitated the PCC demise. Peter Deland, USC swim coach, was one of the unhap piest over the ruling, since his squad, bolstered by Aus tralians Murray Rose and Jon Hendricks, was a prime con tender for national honors. "It's quite a blow," he said. USC baseball and track squads won intercollegiate championships last spring. Their tennis squad featured Alex Olmedo, hero of the Davis Cup triumphs, and a fine golf team led by Allan Geiberger, one of the nation's top amateurs. Celtics Whip ' Knickerbockers ForFifth Time United Press International When the Boston Celtics go after the New York Knick erbockers, they do it with a vengeance. Boston's Eastern Division leading Celtics whipped the Knicks for the fifth straight time Wednesday night, 109 78, and set a War Memorial rebounding record in the first game of a National Basket ball association doubleheader at Syracuse. The Syracuse Nationals also took adventage of a rebound ing spree by John Keer to defeat Philadelphia, 111-99, in the nightcap. In the only other game played, St. Louis whipped Minneapolis, 89-78, in a Hous ton, Texas, contest. Boston totaled 91 recover ies while increasing its East ern lead over New York to IVz games. The Celtics held a 47-37 half-time lead and when New York closed to 61 56 in the third quarter, Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman went on a 16-point spree to put the game out of reach. ANNOUNCE DRAWINGS Munich, Germany - (UPD -The International Basketball federation has announced new drawings for world cham pionship play in Chile, Jan. 16-31. The United States is in group one with Formosa, Argentina and the United Arab Republic. Group two has Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Canada, while Uruguay, Bulgaria, Puerto Rico and the Philippines are in group three. sipcmmts RAIDER GUARD RESERVE - Laval Meunier, above, is the No. 3 guard on the Southern Oregon basketball squad which entertains Eastern Oregon Friday and Saturday nights in Oregon Collegiate conference games at Ashland. Meunier as a good floor man and capable scorer is a top line reserve for the Raiders. He is a Medfordite, having played his high school ball at St. Mary's. Red Raiders Hosts To Eastern Ashland Oregon Collegi ate conference action moves into full swing this week end when the Eastern Oregon Mounties come to town to tangle with the Red Raiders of Southern Oregon Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. The Raiders are in just about the best shape they have experienced since the pre season games started. This period has seen them the vic tims of one injury after an other to at least two ball Prep Basketball WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL Hillsboro 54, Albanv 45 ' Scappoose 47, Rainier 40 Mt. Angel 38, Central 32 Tennessee Quint Heads Hoop Poll By JOE SARGIS New York -(UPD The Ten nessee State Tigers, who swept their first 12 games, topped United Press Interna tional's small college basket ball ratings today for the sec ond straight week. Evansville (Ind.), third last week, replaced Wheaton (111.) in second place, Steubenville (Ohio) advanced from fourth to third while Wheaton slip ped to fourth. New York (UPI)The United Press International small college ratings first-place votes and won lost records through Jan. 3 in par entheses: Te Points 1. Tennessee St. 29 (12-0) 383 2. Evansville (Ind.) 5 (6-2) . 290 3. Steubenville (Ohio) 2 (8-2) . 287 4. Wheaton (111.) 2 (8-2) 270 5. Southwest Mo. St. 2 (8-0) 224 6. Louisiana Tech (9-1) 117 7. Western Illinois (7-3 102 8. Texas Southern (6-2) 92 9. South Dakota (5-4) 63 10;.Akon (Ohio) 1 (5-1) 2 56 ..."iSouth Dakota State, 30: i?-68"0 'Calif.) State; 29; 13. ??eee La )- 24 14- St. Michael s (Vt.), 23; lo. Tie, Regis (Colo.) and rrmzHng,(La ) 22 each'. 17- Ken tcljy Wesleyan, 19; 18. Creighton (Nett, 17: 19. Tie. Knox (111.), 1 and Georgetown (Ky.), 15 each. Bobby Boyd Given Nod Chicago-OJPD-Middleweight Bobby Boyd said today he wants a title fight and Holly Mims, who lost Wednesday night's split decision, said he wants "any fight just so it ain't in Chicago." .' Unranked Boyd, campaign ing to regain the No. 1 spot he held in 1956, was awarded a narrow decision over the seventh ranked Mims in a 10 rounder at the Chicago Sta dium. Boyd, a 25-year-old Chi cagoan who has always failed in the big ones, came near missing again, picking up most of his points in the mid dle rounds sandwiched be tween a shaky start and a 10th round In which he served as a steady target for the 29-year-old veteran from Wash ington, D. C. But Boyd and Manager Bernie Glickman figured it was good enough. "We certainly deserve a move into the rankings now," Glickman said. UNE Oregon players hobbled for each game. Coach Ted Schopf will have a line-up averaging 6 feet Vi inch with veterans Dave D'Ol ivo and Jim McAbee the only starting lettermen from last season s winning ball club. D'Olivo is 6-4 and the top rebounder on the squad in ad dition to having scored 124 points in the nine pre-season games. Carrigan Has 127 Punk Biddington and Don Vannice will start at the for wards while Gordie Carrigan, scoring leader with 127, will open at the other guard slot. For reserves Dick Smith will be available in the for ward wall and Laval Meunier is the third guard in addition to Glen Peterson the 6-5 cen ter from Medford who has been seeing spot action in an effort towards gaining some experience. Phil Sword can also play the post and forward where he has appeared a number of times this season. Dave Love and Dick Puhl have . been working in the guard slots and freshman Jerry Flakus has been practicing in the front wall. . Thus far in pre-season play the Raiders have a 3-6 record but they have won their last two out of three games. Indi vidual scoring includes Bid dington 85, McAbee 82, Smith 39, Meunier 35, Vannice 33, Sword, 11, Love 16 and Peter son five. Good Steelhead Catches Made From Illinois Portland (UPD The. weekly report on fishing and hunting conditions prepared by the State Game commission: Southwest: Steelhead an gling should be fair to good in North and South Umpquas if water conditions continue to improve; Tenmile creek and Smith river fair to good; Coos and Coquille rivers fair and improving; good catches of steelhead being made on the Illinois. Duck hunting good the past week end in Coos Bay and Coquille valley; if cold weather continues prospects good; Douglas county, fair to good. Southeast: Waterfowl hunt ing fair in Lake and Harney counties and should be good in Malheur county; Summer lake frozen over and hunting poor to fair. Junior High Teams Vie It will be civil war on Fri day afternoon in Medford jun ior high school basketball. : Teams of Hedrick and Mc Loughlin will collide at Hed- dick with varsities of all three grade levels participating. Nine and seventh grade clubs have conflicts at 3:30 p.m. and eighth graders clash at 4:30 p. m. The teams will meet again on the McLoughlin courts in February. . Tornado Contends at Crater Friday; Tussles Ashland at Bedford on Saturday Evening Medford High school's bas ketball aggregation, set on getting back in victory stride after suffering a loss in init ial Southern Oregon confer ence contention, is preparing for two adversaries this week, i Black Tornado cagers op pose, Crater at Central Point on Friday evening and enter tain Ashland on Saturday night at Hedrick gym here. In both conflicts Medford has the favored role on the basis of season play to date. But the Tornado, because of the experiences of past years, is taking nothing for granted. And Crater, particularly, will be strengthened for its week end of contention. Coach Don Anielak of the Comets has reported veteran senior Wayne Allen back on the squad. He had been dropped just before Christmas. Also the Comets have a new player in Mike King and Jim Wood DeForrest Installed by Sportsmen Study by the Oregon Sports men Club of Jackson County of Rogue basin development proposals was continued Mon day when Col. Paul Weiland, Medford, presented informa tion and his conclusions to members at their regular meeting. New officers were installed at the session. They are Rus sell W. DeForrest, president; Gerald J. McGrew, vice-presi dent; Lee Monroe, secretary; Russell McDonald, treasurer, and Sam Edwards, William Pelser, Walt Findley ana" Jess Vincent. Weiland, a state director of the Izaak Walton league, maintained among other per sonal conclusions, that the proposed Lost Creek dam would be lVa times more ef fective without power for flood control and water stor age. He expressed the opin ion that it would be a waste of water and money to use 104,000 acre feet of water to irrigate land in the vicinity of Medford, Central Point, Eagle Point and Sams Valley Temperature Important The speaker gave the; view that "the flooding problem is not as serious as sufficient high quality water. In this case the quality of water is a matter of temperature." He stated that a project that can guarantee sufficient stream flows and reduce water temp eratures in summer might be beneficial to the fishery. The Waltonian official de clared further that a great many chinook salmon spawn above Lost creek dam site and that fish salvage and hatchery operations at a Lost creek dam and an Elk creek dam would be very expensive and in any case would result in the loss of many adult fish. He pointed out many chinook and silver salmon and steelhead spawn in Elk creek. Weiland maintained that the existing Rogue river fish ery is a valuable natural re source which is used exten sively. He said that "loss to the fish will be reflected in the economy" and that "the cumulative loss could be very large." s In any plan for the Rogue the operating schedules are all important, according to Weiland. He said that it is evident that, if irrigation, power, and flood control in terests want to work togeth er with fishery interests to obtain more water for all uses, an acceptable plan and operation schedule will have to be found for benefits of all. Act Helpful Weiland said that the new federal Coordination Act will be helpful in solving many of the Rogue basin problems. It provides for Congressional recognition of equal partner ship for fish and wildlife with other project purposes in wa ter development programs. The Waltonian's reference to 104,000 acre-feet of water for irrigation of this area stemmed from his report that an Army engineer, speaking at Grants Pass last summer, had said that this amount of water from Lost and Elk creek dams must be used for irrigation. Weiland was assisted in his presentation by Henry De Voss, Talent,, a state vice president of the Walton league. In December Sportsmen heard a talk by Ben Day, Medford attorney. He repre sented the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association. Day is a new member of Oregon Sportsmen club. A visitor at last Monday's meeting was Dr. Edwin Dur- no, new Jackson county state senator. has returned to the club. King, a 6-2 senior, is a transfer from South Eugene, where he was on the Axemen squad this sea son until he was married. Wood. 6-0 transfer from Yak ima, Wash., turned out .for basketball at the start of the season but dropped out be cause of a need to work. Ready For Anything Coach Frank Roelandt put his Medford cagers through fast, hard paces on both .Tues day and Wednesday. He said the Tornado would take it easier today. He indicated that drills this week, both on of fense and defense, have been geared at coping with any eventuality against the Com ets and Grizzlies. The mentor pointed out that his aggregation "played good enough to win although they fell before Klamath Falls last week. Klamath's more fre quent chances and better shooting at the free line made the difference. Reserve. Pete Rasmussen will be missing from the Tor nado crew for another week. Rasmussen missed the Klam ath action because of a back strain and his back is re ported "still touchy." Other league conflicts this week will have Grants Pass at Ashland on Friday and Crater at Klamath Falls on Saturday. Klamath on Friday and GP on Saturday have byes. Comets Spirited Coach Anielak has report ed Crater drills spirited. The Comets have spent much of their practice time working to get easier and better shots. At Ashland Coach Earl Iba said that the Grizzlies appear to be handling the ball better and their shooting has im proved. But he indicated that the Lithia city club has a long way to go to become a con tender. With two games this week after just one last week end, Iba is attempting to build up a little more reserve strength. Status of Gerald Allen was in doubt for the Grants Pass and Medford tussles. The part time starter was absent from Wednesday because of illness. Defense Credited At Grants Pass Coach Gor don Prehm has credited Cave man defensive play with pro viding the margin between victory and defeat in the wins over Klamath and Crater in the opening week end of the circuit. Prehm was quoted in the Grants Pass Daily Courier as stating, "We squeezed through nicely and everything seemed to work out just right HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE United Press International Veteran defenseman Jack Evans today provided the best explanation for the Chicago Black Hawks' sudden resur gence in the National Hockey league. "You win a few games and it feels so good you hate 'to break the habit," Evans ex plained after the Hawks ex tended their unbeaten streak to seven games Wednesday night by bombing the New York Rangers, 4-0, at Madison Square Garden. The Hawks' latest victory enabled them to open a four point lead over the Rangers in their battle for second place but left them 10 points back of the pace-setting Montreal Canadiens. The Toronto Maple Leafs, with goalie Johnny Bower back in the nets, came from behind to defeat the Detroit Red Wings, 3-1, in Wednesday night's other league game. AMERICAN LEAGUE United Press International The Springfield Indians, who have ridden up and down in the American Hockey league standings all season, seem to have found a "home" in fourth place. The Indians clung to the fourth spot - final qualifying position for the post-season playoffs - by downing the Hershey Bears 4-3 Wednesday night in an overtime encoun ter at Hershey. In Wednesday night's only other action, the Providence Reds leap-frogged into fifth place 3 point behind Spring field by blanking the Buffalo Bisons, 2-0, at Providence. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Bricks, Flues, 727 W. McAndrewt Ph. SP 2-4107 for us. However, we can't ex pect to be that lucky every week." Much of the credit for GP defensive prowess was be stowed on John Fox and Jerry Putnam, the two big boys in the Caveman line-up. Medford's two varsity games will begin at 8:15 p.m. this week.' A junior varsity mix is set for 6:30 p.m. at Central Point on Friday. There will be three conflicts on Saturday. Medford soph omores will meet the Ashland jayvee reserves at 5:30 p.m. There will be a junior varsity scuffle at 6:30 p.m. With the addition of roll away bleachers on one bal cony, the Crater gym now has permanent seating for some 1,400 fans. Flyers Top Duqui esne; End Slump United Press International The Dayton Flyers have finally come out of their slump with the kind of rush they hope to turn into a springboard for their appear ance in the National Invita tion tournament. Dayton, which posted a 25- 4 record last season and then wound up second in the NIT, began the current basketball campaign in spectacular fash ion by winning its first seven games. Then Coach Tom Blackburn's Flyers hit a snag and dropped three in a row to St. John's, Utah and Brig ham Young. But the Ohioans suddenly recovered the win ning touch Wednesday night by defeating Duquesne, 57 47, to make their season rec ord 8-3. Controlling the backboards brilliantly in the first half, the Flyers spurted to a 27 18 lead at intermission and then after Duquesne rallied in the second half, Dayton broke the game open. Hank Josefezyk led the Flyers with 14 points and teammate Fran Case contributed 12. Bob Slobodnik of Duquesne was individual high scorer with 15 points. Frankies Upset Youngstown (Ohio) univer sity hit on 51 per cent of its field goal tries to upset pre viously unbeaten St. Francis College of Loretto, Pa., 87 78, at Youngstown. . Maryland - massacred once mighty Duke, 64-33, at Col lege Park, Md. Playing a man-to-man de fense Maryland held Duke scoreless for the first three minutes and the last eight minutes of the game. Texas Christian took the lead in the Southwest confer ence race with a 52-45 win over Arkansas at Fort Worth, Tex. TCU went in front early in the game and held the lead all the way as Derrill Nippert led the attack with 13 points. Giants Report $20 Dividend San Francisco -4CPD- The San Francisco Giants baseball club has announced a divi dent of $20 per unit share as a result of the team's move West and surprise third-place finish last year. The dividend, declared last Nov. 26 at a meeting of the directors of the National Ex hibition company, club own made public Wednesday. For the 1957 Season, the Giants' last year in New York the club declared a dividend of $6. Pointers Face GP Cage Gangs Central Point-Central Point seventh and eighth grade bas ketball teams look for their third victories of the season this evening. They play South Grants Pass teams at the jun ior high gym here with the seventh grade match at 6:30 p.m. and the eighth graders scrapping at 7:30 p.m. The Pointers have wins over Hed rick and North Grants Pass. FIGHTS Stockton. Calif. 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