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"
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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
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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.
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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.
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End Slump
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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
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Dupas. 146' 2 .Stockton, decisioned
Ted (Red Top) Davis, 143, San
Jose, Calif . (10).
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