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Pels Trim Crater With Quick Start Klamath Falls Klamath Union High school cooled off after a quick start but utiliz ed gift shots in the later stag es to stretch its margin over the Comets in a 62 "to 40 de cision over Crater in a South ern Oregon conference bask etball hassle here Saturday evening. Pelican cagers held a 27 to 11 bulge over Crater after the first quarter. In the sec ond stanza the Pels iced up before the Comets and put in only six points. Crater in the meantime picked up 12 mar kers. KF led just 33 to 23 at halftime. In the third canto the Kla math quint went for a lengthy period without scoring' and Crater came within seven points of the Pels. However, the Comets missed many shots themselves In the quarter. Then, their fouls and result ing KF free shots began to take their toll. Chuck Turn er and Bill White of Crater were banished for infractions In the third stanza and team- Rupp Near 600th at Kentucky By FRED DOVN Kentucky, nearing its 600th victory under Coach Adolph Rupp, and three of the na tion's other top 20 teams see action tonight in a college basketball schedule that also includes three important Big Ten games. Kentucky's Wildcats, sur prised by Vanderbilt last week, rebounded Saturday night with a 76-61 win over Louisiana State and will be trying to regain still more of their national prestige tonight against Tulane. A victory would move Kentucky into a second-place tie with Georgia in the Southeastern confer ence provided Vanderbilt beats Mississippi State. ; Kentucky's romp over LSU increased its season record to 12-1 and marked the 596th win of Rupp's 29-year career. Rupp can reach the magic 600-mark by Jan. 29 if the Wildcats beat their next four - Southeastern conference foes "-Tulane, Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Georgia. Sixth-r a n k e d Cincinnati (8-2) defends its Missouri Val ley lead against North Texas State (4-8) and eighth-ranked Bradley (9-1) and unranked Houston (6-5) battle for un disputed possession of second place in the same circuit while Illinois meets Iowa, In diana plays Minnesota and Wisconsin takes on Michigan In the Big Ten. Victories by Illinois, Indiana and Mich gan would create a three-way tie for first place in the al ready confused circuit. This week's action also in cludes a showdown battle Wednesday night between the Atlantic Coast conference's top teams second-ranked North Carolina State (11-1) and fourth-ranked North Carolina (9-1). State is 5-0 in league play after Saturday's 67-60 win over Duke while North Carolina is 4-0. ' Indiana's 76-69 victory over seventh-ranked Northwestern produced the only upset of a team among the top 10 Satur day. Third-ranked Kansas State pulverized Colorado, 89-58, fifth-ranked Michigan State edged out Illinois, 97 96, Cincinnati whipped Hous ton, 62-54, eighth-r a n k e d Bradley routed North Texas State, 79-58, ninth-ranked Auburn defeated Florida, 63 54. and lOth-ranked St. John's of New York nipped George Washington, 86-85. BEND GETS REGIONAL Seaside - 1CPD - Bend, Ore., will be the site of the 1959 regional American Legion playoff, it was announced Saturday by Bill Fague, chair man of the baseball program. Dates are Aug. 21-24. STORES 214 South Riverside Ave. Phone SP 2-71 19 " - mate Wayne Allen followed them in the fourth. . Score after three quarters of play was 43 to 32. Don DeLap and Bob Peter sen each got 19 points and Petersen gathered in 20 re bounds for the Pelicans. Mike King, seeing his first duty for the Comets had 10 count ers and 10 backboard re trieves. Klamath Falls added just six of its 19 field goals in the second half but plunked through 19 of its 24 free tal lies over the last two chuk kers. The Comets were not far off the Pel field goal total with 15 of their own but col lected just 10 free points. BOX: Crater FG Eldred 1-1 Pfaff 2-0 B. White 5-1 T. White 6-3 Burns 5-1 King 12-4 Allen 8-2 Sharp 4-2 Turner . , 5-0 Wood 2-1 Hignb'thm 2-0 FT 2- 0 0-0 5-3 3- 0 PF TP 0 2 0 5 6 3 6-1 3-2 10 3-2 5 10 6 6 0 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Total! .53-15 24-10 38 28 40 K. F1U Hall Don DeLap Petersen Lewis Duns on . Drace Olvera Parks Binney Griggs Totals FG FT PF TP . 1 4-2 4 4 7 6-5 1 19 . 4 18-11 3 19 .3-3-1 4 7 1 1-0 4 2 .3 8-4 1 10 . 0 0-0 1 0 0 2-1 2 1 0 0-0 0 0 . O 0-0 0 0 .18 42-24 20 60 MC Vikings Tip Pirate Gang 55-32 Phoenix Myrtle Creek high's potent Vikings took command in the first quarter and applied hotter field buck eting and first half control of the backboards to subdue Phoenix 55 to 32 in a non- league hoop encounter here on Saturday evening. The Vikes gained the lead for good when the game was three minutes old and were ahead 18. to 4 at the quarter Standings were 31 to 11 at the half and 47 to 32 at the third quarter halt. Gregg Lindquist and Dudley Klim back each had 12 points for the MC club and Bill Dillree topped Phoenix scoring with nine. From the field the Vikings hit 21 of 51 for .416 average while Phoenix had 11 for 42 for .261. Myrtle Creek had a 44 to 29 edge under the back boards for the game was three minutes old and were ahead 18 to 4 at the quarter. Standings were 31 to 11 at the half and 47 to 32 at the third quarter halt. Gregg Lindquist and Dudley Klim- back each had 12 points for the MC club and Bill Dillree topped Phoenix scoring with nine. From the field the Vikings hit 21 of 51 for a .416 average while Phoenix had 11 for 42 for .261, Myrtle Creek had a 44 to 29 edge under the back boards for the game with 23 to 10 margin in the first half Second half edge was just 21 to 19 as the Douglas county club made liberal use of re serves. The visitors had one lead of 28 points in the fracas at 42 to 14. Phoenix defeated Illinois Valley 45 to 35 in a freshman preliminary. Score was tied 22-all at the half and Phoe nix had a slim margin of 33 to 31 after . the quarters. Baird of IV was high pointer with 18 and Gary Colfax of Phoenix-scored 12. LINE-VPS: 55 Mvrtt frlr Phn.nlv i F 12 Lindquist MacKintoih 1 F 9 Earwood Dillree 9 C 12 Klimback Blessing 6 G 4 ThnmtKnn f-nncVii.-b- -7 G 9 Trask . Reese 5 Suhstitutinn. Vetr MvrtU Pia1t Bell 2, Davidson 4. Watson, Kin- tAV 3 Pain T nrli m -i T a1.. Shirtciiffe: for Phoenix. Barlow! iiioper, jrioya. caster, itichey. WHATJ2CTH2ED HEAVYWeiSWT CHAMPION foclcy Marciano fcught 49 times during his career and was never defeated or field to a draw. We retired as heavy weight champion of theworld in 1956. 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. mtV.n Wrryf trtt HtWTj Frazier, Bransom . B Choices Two Jackson county high school players hare been named to the West squad for the stale Shrine B all star football game. They are Marv Frazier, St. Mary's of Medford, a tackle, and Doyle Bransom, Jacksonville, a back. The game is scheduled for Aug. 22 at Pendleton. Boys who finished high school eligibility last fall were picked for the team. Eagle Point Nudges By Jacksonville Eagle Point-Class B. Jack sonville high gave Class A-2 Eagle Point a basketball scare here Saturday night before the Eagles prevailed 52 to 50. Jacksonville, starting with two freshmen in the lineup and playing "real good ball," made it a close tussle all the way. First quarter count was deadlocked at 11 each. Eagle Point led 27 to 23 and 38 to 33 at the other intermissions. Bill Turner, continuing his high scoring pace was the big offensive factor in the Eagle decision. He fired in 11 field goals and added eight free shots for 30 points. That brought Turner's week end total to 62. He fired 32 against Phoenix on Friday. Two Get 16 Ken Perreard, a veteran, and Dick Griffin, a freshman, each had 16 points for the Redskins. Perreard was close ly watched but managed four field goals. With the Eagle concentration on him, Per reard fed to Griffin for a num ber of buckets. Griffin had six field baskets. Tim White was the other Jacksonville freshman. He was spelled by Hanley and Long. EP was victor in the jayvee opener, 38 to 36. Jackson ville's Smith had IY2 points and Tom Perdue got 12 for Eagle Point. LINE-UPS: 52 Eagle Point Jacksonville 50 F 10 Nease Perreard 16 F Huffman Bransom 6 C 9 Hubbard Griffin 16 G 3 Greenwood s Davis 11 G 30 Turner White 1 Substitutions For Eagle Point, Smith, Hooper. Charters: for Jack sonville, Vessel, Long, Hanley. UCLA Bruins Oreqon State Los Angeles -(UPD- UCLA pulled away from Oregon State early in the second half and breezed to a 73-62 victory before some 5,000 fans at Pan Pacific auditorium Saturday night. UCLA, now 8-5 for the sea son, jumped off to a 5-0 lead and was never headed. Basketball Tiff Investigated New York -(UPD- President Maurice Podoloff of the Na tional Basketball association today studied the referees' re port of the bloody battle be tween the Philadelphia War riors and New York Knicker bockers. Podoloff will decide whe ther there will be any pos sible fines or suspensions as a result of Saturday's fracas after receiving reports from Borgia and Marty Cribbins, who was the second official Saturday. Meanwhile, both Knicker bocker and Philadelphia play ers agreed that the police in Philadelphia were lax in breaking up fights which in volved the fans as well as the athletes. POSTPONES DECISION Zurich, Switzerland - (UPD -The International Skiing fed eration Sunday postponed a decision on the amateur stand ing of Austrian triple Olym pic and world champion Toni Sailer "until it has contacted the International Olympic committee for advice." AUSTRIAN SHINES Wengen, Switzerland -(UPD -Ernst Oberainger of Austria, sidelined - for almost a year with injuries, made a remark able comeback in the Lauber horn International Ski Meet during the past week end. After finishing fifth in Sat urday's downhill race, Ober aigner walked off with the Alpine combined title Sun day with an impressive vic tory in the special slalom. COOPER. LONDON MIX London - (UPD - Fair-haired Henry Cooper will try to be come British Empire heavy weight champion and world title challenger tonight in a return 15-round fight with brown-haired Brian London before a sellout. 18,000 at Earls Court Stadium. Fire prevention week al ways includes Oct. 9 to com memorate the Chicago fire of 1871. MEDFOsWEWTSIBUNE High Court Upholds Decree Against IBG Washington -UPD- The Su preme Court today approved a lower court antitrust judg ment against the International Boxing clubs which ordered the monopoly dissolved. The IBC operates mainly in New York and Chicago. It has arenas in those two cities. The vote sustaining the de cree in its entiretly was 5 to 3, with Justice Tom C. Clark speaking for the ' majority. Justice Potter- Stewart, new on the bench this term, did not participate. Three judges thought part of the decree against the California Assume Early Lead PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE W L PF PA 185 225 229 295 231 122 223 254 207 California 230 use 240 247 320 232 115 204 219 164 Stanford UCLA . Oregon State . Oregon Washington 1 Washington State 1 Idaho 1 WCAC STANDINGS W L PF PA St. Mary's 2 0 Santa Clara 1 0 Pepperdine 1 1 COP 1 1 USF 1 1 San Jose State 0 1 Loyola - 0 2 124 105 60 54 136 138 134 129 105 106 46 51 98 120 By MIKE HUDSON United Press International California teams have grabbed an early lead in a topsy-turvy Pacific Coast con ference cage race which finds pre-season favorite Washing ton mired in a tie for last place. - The University of California belted the Huskies 55-44 Fri day night and then rolled over Idaho 64-39 Saturday in a foul-filled contest which saw Vandal Coach Harlan Hodges throw a towel into the crowd in disgust. Bear Veteran Bob Dalton flashed his best form of the season in leading the Bears both nights. Cal emerged from the twin win with a 3-1 loop mark. Turn Back Five 73-62 The contest featured a tre mendous scoring battle be tween Capt. Lee Harman of the Beavers and Capt. Walt Torrence of UCLA, who were guarding each other. Harman Has 16 Harman outscored Torrence 16 to 15, in the first half, but the UCLA captain finish ed strong to outpoint his ri val, 28 to 25. With IVz minutes remain ing in the first half, the Bruins, leading 23-20, went on a scoring spree and widen ed their margin to 35-20. But the Beavers came fighting back and closed the gap to 39-34 at halftime. In the first four minutes of the second half, with Tor rence and Denny Crum hit ting steadily, UCLA opened its lead to 48-38 and then to 55-40 to wrap up the game. BOX: TJCLA Johnson Jones Miller Crum Torrence . Kniffe Archer . Underfill! Wallace Brandon . French FO 2 1 3 6 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 FT 2-3 2-2 1-3 8-8 11-14 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 PF 5 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 TP 6 4 7 20 28 O 0 0 2 6 6 Totals .24 25-34 22 83 Oregon State Woodland Flynn Goble Harman , , Critser CoDDle FG . 3 . 1 . 5 . 7 FT 5-5 2-7 0-4 11-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 PF S 4 3 4 2 O 0 2 0 1 3 TP 11 4 10 25 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 62 2 0 R. Johnson 0 K. Anderson 0 E. Johnson 1 Critchfield O J. Anderson 3 Totals 22 18-30 24 ...just when you must Then borrow from the oldest company, from folks you trust Borrow confidently from HFC . OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: SPring 3-5301 clubs should have been set aside. They were Justice John M. Harlan, Felix Frankfurter and Charles E. Whittaker. Clark said if some of the anti-monopoly moves that have been ordered prove "so severe as to require modifica tion," the IBC can apply to the district court later for a softening of the decree. The opinion held that the clubs have monopolized championship bouts, which Clark called the "cream of the boxing business." He termed this a violation of the Sherman Antitrust law. Quints Southern California split a pair to drop into a tie with the Bears at 3-1 and move to a season mark of 10-4. Oregon State hung a 61-53 upset on the Trojans Friday, but Troy came back for an overtime 73-67 win Saturday over Washington State. Meanwhile, UCLA and Stanford swept their week end contests to move into a tie for second at 3-2. The Cards followed a smooth 50-36 victory over Idaho with a stunning 51-49 upset over the toothless Huskies. UCLA dropped Washington State 68-41 and Oregon State 73-62. UO-OSC Meet The form book took less of a beating in the first week end of West Coast Athletic conference play. St. Mary's is clearly the team to beat after invading two hostile gyms and bring ing home the scalps of Loyola 50- 41 and Pepperdine 74-65. Injured Tom Meschery re turned in top form and the Gaels are rolling. Santa Clara, probably the Gaels top rival, won its lone week end tussle with a 60-54 win over USF. College of Pacific split a pair, losing to Pepperdine 72 64, but coming back to whip Loyola 70-57. On Saturday, USF bounced back to defeat San Jose State, 51- 46. Klamathites Beat MHS Grapplers Medford High wrestlers, who were bounced 49 to 6 last Friday by Klamath Falls, face another tough test on Tuesday against Grants Pass. The match will be at Grants Pass. Dan Eddy and Fred Funs ton were the only victors for Medford at Klamath. They each won decisions, Eddy over Tracy 8 to 5 in the 123 pound class. Funston trimmed Dave Mocabee 2 to 1 in the 177 pound bout. Don Mann of Medford lost only 1 to 0 to John Hancock in the 191 tangle. In the 105 pound affair David Baker bowed by one point to Mc Swain, 8 to 7. There were 13 varsity matches. Medford forfeited the 98-pound class because of having no foe for the Klamath man. 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