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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Thursday, January 29, 1959 umo Tussies Ashlanders May, GP Cavemen Saturday; Urater Host to Klamath Pels lirst hall of the Southern Oregon conference basketball chase ends this week end with Medford High fighting to stay in front, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls aiming to catch up, Crater set on getting back on the winning beam and Ashland still battling for its initial victory of the season. Medford contends at Ash land on Friday night while Klamath engages Crater at Central Point. On Saturday, Medford's Black Tornado is host to Grants Pass and Ash land goes over to Klamath Falls. The Tornado, which has verdicts over both Ashland and GP already this year, needs decisions over each this week to assure its retention of the lone lead. If Medford sweeps, it will take a fine stride toward league and dis trict honors. But, even if the BOWLING CRATER LAKH LEAGUE Standings: Earl & Roy's Mobilgaa Mechanics Laundry Medtord Neon OK Market . .: Andy's Jewelers Haupert Tractor EUis Market U S. National Bank Mann's Dept Store Your Office Boy W. L. 3 6 6 7 8 8 10 9 13 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 5 4 Medford Neon 3 (W. Meyers 525) 2612 Andy's 1 (E. Guldan 527) Haupert 3 (W. Newland 583) 2537. Ellis Mkt 1 (HT Jennings 498) 2304 Mechanics Ldry. 3 (J. Pruitt 536) 2467; U. S. Bank 1 (S. Doty 513) OK M:.t. 3 (. Bvidson 548) 229S, C fi-e Boy 1 (K. Ff-t-n '75) 2"z"ar & Roy's 3 (V. Sirr.mods 542) 2259" Manns Store 1 (C. Owsley 471 22". LADY LLKS f'O. 2 Standings: Cuss.n 3 W. I-. 12 0 10 2 9 3 8 4 5 7 5 7 4 8 3 9 2 10 2 10 Antlers Terrible Trio Joll ' 3 . Pcneys E Lo PICs Attors Stags V Ma Ru's Phoneys 3 (Mable Clark 537) 1254, Stags 1 (Vivian Knox 414) 1'"'. Lo 1 (Bemice Hazlett 449) 1' i; Jolly 3 3 (Jane Kessler 476) l" 9 'Ma Ru's (Erma Qulnney 347) ; Cussin 3 (Melvina Little 425) '..rs 0 (Kathi Jennings 435) : Antlers 4 (Claudia Lowd 436) C 0 (Irene Schroeder 497) Terrible Trio 4 (Alice Thomp t 1 .-?) 1307. , ! Hifh game. 182. Mable Clark. Selma Starr picked 5-8-10 spilt. LADIES CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings: Ross Lumber .. Morning Fresh . Crater Inn Hawkinson's K-DOV Wooden Shoe W. - L. 9 3 9 3 8 4 8 4 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 2 10 1. " Pepsi Cola . Jorgensen's Crater Logging Union Club Lininger's ... Silver Dollar Results: Ros.- Lumber 4 (H. Culey 545) 2442; Silver Dollar 0 (L. Patterson 439) 2231. Morning Fresh 3 (L. Ericson 505) 2346; Crater Inn 1 (G. Riggs 500) 2222. Hawkinson's 2 (V. Knox 555) 2348; Union Club 2 (T. Tolles 524) 2402. K-DOV 2 (R. Barr 495) 2210; Wooden Shoe 2 (L. Learning 489) 2179. Pepsi Cola 0 (M. Clark 515) 2196; Crater Logging 4 (D. Jantzer 526) 24C0. Jorgensen's 3 (I. Schroeder 495) 2115: Lininger's 1 (V. Findley 439) 185C . High games and series: V. Knox 555 ( 207); H. Culey, 545 (193); D. Jantzer 526 (190); E. Baker 524 (189); T. Tolles 524 (183); M. Clark. 515 1215): L. Ericson 500 (181); G. Ri-gG 500 (I881. Splits: M. McCall 3-7-8-10; V. Cummings, 5-3-7-10; E. Goode 5-8-10. LADY ELKS NO. 1 Standings: Wapiti Late Comers Team No. 8 : Maudlin Mamas Stumble Burnt Three Spares Demi Lassies , Wanetos W. . 13 ' . 9 . 9 . - 8 . 8 74. . 6i 3 . L. 3 7 7 8 8 8'i 9',i 13 Results: Three Spares 0 (N. Morris 397) ' 1196; Wapiti 4 IB. Hazlett 491) Z329. Maudlin Mamas 2 (J. Kessler : 569) J 359; Wanedos 2 (A. Thompson 434, 1370. Late Comers 1 (D. Jantzer 429) 1032. Stumble Bums 3 (P. Ander son 441) 2 J52. ' Team No. 8 2 (L. Turner 468) ' 1294; Demi Lassies 2 (V. Knox 553 1L92. Higu game. B. Hazlett and Alice Thompson 189 Conversions. B. Hazlett 5-10. 5-6; M. Little 5-10. KIWAMS JUNIOR LEAGUE . Standings: W. L. 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 Johnny Rebs Gutter Gang ... Konchy Rollers Rou'h Riders . Irojaiis CuesUon Marks Pin Stealers COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Standings: W. CuV's Drive In 27 I " .' Tribune 21 L. 5 11 12 13 14 14 17 17 18 21 22 23 Sodaro Agency 20 iiatis eanay Co 19 18 C-i2lity Market I .nin' rresh Bread 18 I n's Zle taurant 15 : .-: ai5fe' & Stor. 15 . r Brown 14 3':sry . 11 ?2i itore 10 " action Co. 4 jswis Jantzer 537) 1 Hill Howell 578) t . . i J Anderson 546) is 3 (Herb Vessey, i 0 (Fred Beck 552) .- (Hunter Dixon 606) ..iia.dt Blind 525) Wire 559) 582. 536 "511; , S90. 0 de 539) 2543; ..: Oon 540) 2447. Tornado gets by Ashland again, Grants Pass can pull even in the standings by a nod over the Pear City quint. Trails By Halt-Game OP is onlv a half-eame back of Medford in second spot and Klamath, in third slot, is only one game back of the Tor nado. KF is the favorite in both its week end hassles. Tornado players go into their week end tilts with the realization that Ahland is due for a hot night and that Grants Pass should' be a tough customer despite three ailing regulars. Defense appeared to be the main worry of the Medford ites yesterday as the Tornado went overtime in its last heavy drill of the week. The defense must improve if Med ford is to come through in its Caveman and Grizzly tussles, Mentor Frank Roe landt remarked last night, adding that the players didn't seem to be working well as a team in that department dur ing the drill. Ball handling of guard John Harvey during the afternoon drew comment from the tutor. He indicated that the Tues day workout went well. The Tornado squad was in tact yesterday with the ex ception of Pete Rasmussen, still sidelined by a back ail ment. At Ashland Coach Earl Iba stated that the Grizzlies might "try to run a little" against Medford. Iba said that didn't mean that the Grizzlies would abandon their set 'em up offense. The idea will be to keep up a bit faster pace and move the ball better. It's possible that the Ashlanders will use a platoon plan with 10 or 11 squad members see ing .service. Iba could call on Bob John son, Jim Bjork, Clark Smith, Don Taylor and Doug Forrest in one unit, then put in a com bination selected from among Bob Hardy, Gerald Allen. Steve Gray, Pete Stemple, Dennis Johnson and Alan Mc Kinnis. Ashland hopes to be recov ered from its coldness of last week against Grants Pass. A Grizzly trouble this season has been not taking the good shots. Against the Cavemen they had good ones but had trouble making the ball swish through the hoop. Benner May Play. , What the status of regulars Jerry Putnam, John Fox and Rex Benner will be by Satur day is the question at Grants Pass. Fox has been hobbled since he rehurt a knee two weeks ago in the opening minutes of a game with Med ford. Putnam has been troubled with recurrence of a back ailment that hampered him through much of the foot ball season last fall. Benner came up with a numbness in his hands, apparently from some sort of concussion in the Friday game with Crater. Neither Fox nor Putnam played against Ashland and Crater last week end and Benner missed the Ashland fray. Benner is expected to be ready for the Medford mix while Fox and Putnam are said to be "out" for the ruckus here. Fox was on crutches yesterday. Benner's shooting and passing were af fected by the numbness early in the week but the feeling was returning today. But Grants Pass proved that it can be tough without its big men. Johnnie Olson spurred the Cavemen with a hot night on Friday at Cen tral Point and Rodger Burton with his rebounding and Mar vin Chandler with his floor Rupp, Lapchick Can Add Luster United Press International Adolph Rupp and Joe Lap chick, a couple of "old pros" in college brsketball circles, can add luster to already-brilliant coaching careers tonight when Kentucky takes on Georgia and St. John's of New York meets St. Louis. The Wildcats, top - ranked among the nation's major col leges, will be out to give Rupp his 600th victory as Kentucky coach in the important South eastern conference contest. Lapchick, who returned to his old seat on the St. John's bench following a stint with the New York Knickerbock ers, should go higher than his eighth-place rating if the Red men get by St. Louis at St. Louis. There aren't too many top-notch opponents remain ing on the St. John's schedule. Ninth -ranked Bradley put on a deep freeze late in the game to whip Toledo, 68-55, Wednesday night, while Mich igan prepped for renewal of Big Ten play by downing Washington university of St. Louis, 68-63. play and shooting were the cogs against the Grizzlies. Comets Prep In Crater High preparations for the Klamath conflict, re bounding, defense and free shooting have the big share of attention of the Comets. All have been sore points in previous action. Coach Don Anielak said that the free toss practice stressed that every shot should mean a point for the team. Anielak reported that Wayne Allen missed two days of drill this week, first be cause of illness and then be cause of a pulled leg muscle. However, the veteran Comet is expected to play against the Pels and possibly will start. " Junior varsity prelimin aries are scheduled each eve ning around 6:30 o'clock be fore all varsity tangles. Russia Five Trips Yank Cagi e Crew Santiago, Chile -(UPD- The Russians practically clinched the world amateur basketball championship by beating the United States, but they can still lose it if they refuse to swallow their political pride, Russia, which never before had beaten an American bas ketball team, crushed the U.S., 62-37, before 24,000 fans, by far the largest crowd of the tournament. The victory was the Rus sians' fifth straight in the final round and gave them a total of 10 points. The United States now is tied with Brazil for second place with seven points. Each team has a 3-1 record, with a victory count ing two points and a defeat one point. Russia is scheduled to meet Nationalist China Friday night' and the Soviets will be a heavy favorite if the game is played. Up to now, how ever, the Russians have re fused to meet the Chinese, who have a 0-4 record, on the grounds that the USSR does not recognize the Formosan government. If the Russians go through with their refusal, the game probably will be forfeited to Nationalist China and the Soviets will wind up with 10 points. The Americans could then retain the championship with a total of 11 points by winning the two remaining games they have scheduled with Chile tonight and Brazil Friday night. ' National Sports Show Scheduled San Francisco - Spring will be in the air early this year, when the 15th annual San Francisco National Sports & Boat show is held February 27 through March' 8 in the Cow Palace. In anticipation of record breaking crowds of over 250, 000 people from all over northern California and the neighboring states of Nevada and Oregon, the show manage ment is making special pre parations to accommodate vis itors to the big annual event, which triggers . the boating, fishing and camping season for the entire west coast. Exhibitors from all parts of the United States and. many foreign countries have reserv ed space which will make this by far the largest number and greatest variety of sports and boat exhibits ever shown west of Chicago. More than 450 boats, in cluding outboards, inboards, sailboats, dingies, plastic and other craft of all sizes and de scription, will be displayed. The latest developments in motors of all kinds will also be exhibited at the huge show this spring. Pel Wrestlers Trim Hedrick Klamath Falls whipped Hed rick of Medford 36 to 18 last Saturday in a ninth grade wrestling match at Klamath Falls. The Hornets of Med ford gained only three actual victories when Jim Berg, 105 pounds, took a decision and John de Place, 129, and Norm Olson, 156, won by pins. Hed rick picked up another five points when the Pelicans had no foe for Wayne Cowan in the unlimited class but those points were offset by a Hornet forefeit of the 87-pound scrap. New York-dlPD-Jack White, a former professional foot ball star, assumed duties to day as general manager of the New York Yankees' new ly purchased Richmond farm club in the International league. Smart Has Statistics Leadership Los Angeles (UPD Doug Smart of Washington, one of the leading basketball scorers in the Pacific Coast confer ence the past two seasons, moved to the top this week in statistics released today by the commissioner's office. In addition to being first in total scbring, the Washington senior was first in rebounding and second in field goal shoot ing. Smart - has scored 136 points in seven games for an average of 19.4 points. Lee Harman of Oregon State was second with an average of 18.9 and Walt Torrence of UCLA was third with 18.4. UCLA's Rafer Johnson had the best floor shooting per-, centage, hitting 16 goals in 27 tries for 59.3 per cent. Smart was second with 55.5 and Har man third with 53.2. OSC Heads Teams In rebounding, Smart re covered 92 of 568 chances for a 16.2 per cent mark. Darrel Imhoff of California was sec ond with 12.6 and John Liv eious of Idaho was third with 12.0. Jim Woodland of Oragon State had the top free throw percentage scoring 27 points on 29 attempts for a mark of 93.2. Last week against Idaho, Harman scored 12 goals on 14 tries for an 85.7 percentage mark to erase Smart's confer ence record for field goal per centage in one game of 81.3 set earlier - this month. Har man also tied another PCC mark against Idaho when he made 10 consecutive field goals to equal the mark of Jack Lovrich, Southern Cal., set in 1956. In team statistics, Oregon State took over the scoring and free throw lead by aver aging 64.8 points per game. On the free throw line the Beavers had a 67.7 percentage mark. In field goal shooting Washington led with 41.8 per cent. California had the best defense, allowing 47.8 points per game while UCLA led in rebounds with 52.3 per cent. Keating Thinks Congress Will Allow Blackout New York - (UPD Sen. Ken neth B Keating (R.-N.Y.) pre dicted today that Congress will allow the major leagues to blackout telecasts of their baseball games within a 75 mile radius of minor" Jeague contests, j Keating said indications of support in both houses have made him confident that Con gress in 1959 or 1960 will ap irove legislation to exempt professional team sports from anti- trust laws on this and other points. The senator, in a speech prepared for delivery to the anti-trust section of the New York State Bar association, said that failure by Congress to allow limitation of major league broadcasts "could spell the end of the minors." He( said this problem was being "given special treat ment" in the bill which he has introduced along with senate Republican Leader Ev erett M. Dirksen (111.) and Sen. Thomas C. Hennings (D. Mo.) The bill also would give sanction to baseball's reserve clause and football's player selection system, protect "the right to operate within speci fied geographic areas" and strengthen the hand of league officials in preserving "public confidence in the honesty of sports contests." Jones Records Upset Triumph Louisvlile, Ky.-UPD-Middle-weight contender Ralph (Ti ger) Jones hoped today for a bout with top-rated Carmen Basilio because of his upset victory Wednesday night over Joey Giardello. Jones of Yonkers, N.Y., won a split 10-round decision over blood-smeared Giardello of Brooklyn before 4,000 at the Kentucky Exposition Center. It was a vengeance victory for 30-year-old Jones, who had lost decisions to Joey in their two previous fights in 1954 and 1957. Giardello, weighing 162V pounds to Jones' 5ox2, was favored at 3-1. But Giardello suffered his third straight de feat after being handicapped by the reopening of cuts above and below his left eye. DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone SP 2-2395 Willie Pep Up IBoxing Hartford, Conn. -(UPD- For mer featherweight champion Willie Pep, who lost only 10 fights in a 300-bout career spanning 21 years, said Wed nesday night he's through with boxing. The announcement by the Hartford will-o'-the-wisp, one of boxing's all-time greats, thus ended one of the most remarkable careers in ring history. It came a few days after Pep, twice world feather weight champion, lost a deci sion in Caracas, Venezuela, to Sonny Leon. It was Pep's first fight since he was beat en by featherweight cham pion Hogan (Kid) Bassey in a non-title fight in Boston last year. Pep, who began his career Medfgrd&Tribuns WHO WAS THE GREATEST WCfcLD SRlS PITCHY? Critics are generally agreed that Christy Mathewsorfs work. -for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Athletics in was the greatest individ uai performance of all time. UaVrntsoniured three full games and registered a shutout in each of them. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper, Box 575, Sausalito, Calit Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. A M.CI.r. H.wip.p.r Sulcata ttmimn O'Malley Had Trouble Finding Chavez Ravine Los Angeles (UPD Walter O'Malley, president of the homeless Los Angeles Dodg ers, says his trouble with Cha vez ravine started the first time he tried to find it. As O'Malley tells the story: He came to Los Angeles with his daughter at the invi tation of the city council and board of supervisors to inspect the area as a possible site for a ballpark. In succession, he tried a taxi driver, a gas station attendant and the auto club. No one had ever heard of Chavez ravine. Finally, he found a map store. There he bought $5 worth of old maps. One showed where Chavez ravine was, and the cabbie then took him to the future site of the Dodgers' proposed 12 million dollar stadium. Umpqua River Outlook Poor Portland -(UPD-The weekly report on fishing conditions prepared by the State Game Commission: Southwest: Umpqua river high and muddy and week end outlook poor; Tenmile creek fair; Coos and Coquille systems fair; Isthmus slough striped bass conditions slow. Seating Space C Lots of Room in a Volkswagen! ramped .V ldSI See for yourself at MORSE MOTORS 6th and Ivy Medford ngs oves in 1938 at the age of 15, had 65 fights as an amateur, then won his first 65 as a profes sional a record that still stands. Aftes his first loss, he went on to win 73 straight bouts. Pep won his first title Nov. 20, 1942, from Chalky Wright and held it eight years until he met the man who was to prove his nemesis, Sandy Saddler. Saddler knocked Pep out in four rounds in October, .1948. Pep in turn decisioned Saddler to regain his crown, but the lanky Harlem scrap per knocked him out the fol lowing year to end his days as a champion. Since then, Pep has travel ed the country, taking on all comers, hoping for another shot at the title. Stanford, OSC Rivals Of Ducks University of Oregon, Eu gene Coach Steve Belko's Oregon Ducks, who have spent the first month of the PCC season playing the fa vorites in the current cham pionship race, get a double barrelled taste of the same kind of action again this week end when the Stanford Indians and the Oregon State Beavers, now tied for third place, come to McArthur Court. The games are the features of the annual Dad's Week End and will be preceded on Friday by the game between the Oregon freshman team and Martin Sign, and on Sat urday by the second meeting between the Ducklings and the OSC Rooks. Some of Best Guards Local fans will get a look at some of the best guards in the west both nights as Coach Belko sends his crack back court pair of Chuck Rask and Bud Kuykendall against hot shooting Paul Neumann of Stanford and Lee Harman of OSC. Neumann ,the Indian cap tain and one of the great guards in Stanford history, is averaging over-15 points a game and is one of the PCC's most accurate shooters. Har man is likewise red hot, hav ing scored 59 points and broken the league accuracy record last week on the sweep of the Inland Empire trip. Oregon faces defensive problems in both games, with Stanford rated as one of the league's toughest on offense and Oregon State demon strated against Idaho and Washington State they intend to make a real battle of their try to get back on top. The Beavers already hold a 68-to 60 win over the Ducks in a non-conference game which opened the season. Folley Opposes Miteff Tonight Denver -(UPD Zora Folley doesn't expect to get a shot at Floyd Patterson, the world's heavyweight boxing champi on, very soon, regardless of the outcome of tonight's bout with Alex Miteff at the Den ver Auditorium arena. Folley, a 5-3 favorite to whip Miteff in their sched uled 10-round heavyweight bout tonight, plans to return to England, where he will fight either Joe Erskine or Dick Richardson, high-ranking British Empire heavyweights. Station Wagon BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES East Armv 60, Albright 42. Fordham 93, Wagner 67. Pittsburgh 84. Geneva 62. St. Bon'ture 74, St. Fran. (Bkn.) 56. Midwest Michigan 68, Wash. V. (St. L.) 63. Bradley 68, Toledo 55. Dayton 67, Canisius 54. Xavier 70, Georgetown 62. Southwest Houston 75, Tyler 69. West Denver 84, Air Force 65. Seattle 80, U. of San Francisco 62 Hawaii 60, USC 56. Willamette 59, Lewis and Clark 57. Score Lead Maintained By D'Olivo Portland (UPD Southern Oregon's Dave D'Olivo re tained his Oregon Collegiate Conference scoring leadership during the past week. The Red Raider ace has scored 127 points in seven games for a 18.1 per game av erage. Larry Howard of East ern Oregon moved into second place over injured Punk Bid dington of SOC. Howard has 94 points in six games for a 15.6 average. D'Olivo also leads in two other departments. He has snared 85 rebounds in seven games for a 12.1 average. However, Bernie Jones of Portland State has the best average. Jones has 80 re bounds in five games for 16 per game. Shooting .536 D'Olivo is shooting .536 from the field with 52 field goals in 97 attempts. Don Smith of Oregon Tech has five-for-five from the free throw line. John Frederick of Portland State has 17 for 21 for a .810 per cent. Portland State carries its hopes for an undefeated OCC season to Eastern Oregon for a two-game series at La Grande Friday and Saturday Oregon College and Oregon Tech meet at Klamath Falls the same nights. Willamette Nudges LC Portland -(UPD- Jim Litch field hit 3-of-4 free throws in the waning moments of a Northwest Conference game here Wednesday night to give Willamette a 59-57 victory over Lewis and Clark. The win left the Bearcats unbeaten in conference play with an 8-0 mark. It also was their 11th straight victory. Lewis and Clark led at half time, 35-28. Royce McDaniel of Lewis and Clark took game scoring honors with 15 points. Ed Grossenbacher and Tom Wes ton of Willamette had 12 each. Car Resigns Position at OTI Klamath Falls -(UPD- Ralph Carr, head baseball and assist ant football coach at Oregon Tech here, has resigned effec tive June 15. Carr, former halfback at Oregon State, came here in 1955. He also coached boxing. Prep Basketball WEDNESDAY CAME Junction City 58, Pleasant Hill 57 Buy At Builders Supply 533 QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Bricks, Flues, 727 W. MeAndrewi Ph. SP 2-4107 z WHAT KIND OF GAME IS THIS? Kentucky's star player and All American candidate, Johnny Cox, seems to have almost lost touch with the law of gravity after colliding with Georgia Tech's Roger Kaiser (center, going down) in the game between Kentucky and Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Actually, Cox hit the floor so hard he had to lie still for several minutes before resuming play. Ray Blanker (No. 23), Tech guard, had his face brushed by Cox's foot but was not hurt. Kentucky won the game, 94 to 70. enjoy I It's the extra care and attention of slow-distilling... the patient willingness to take twice as long... that gives Early Times its full, gratifying flavor. Making whisky this I old-style way costs more, but worth it: KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY . 86 PROOF EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY KETBALL! 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