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wJr -''st'S, v 'on SAFER SKIING SCHOOL OBJECTIVE-One of the activi- ties at Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl since its opening this month Is shown here. Mt. Shasta, Calif., recreajtion department conducted a free ski school for all young people through Rogue Loop Tiffs Billed; Eaqles Face No. 1 Quint A three-way-tie in the Rogue league ' basketball campaign will be cut down this week end because one of the three leaders does not have a loop engagement. Eagle Point, which has one share of the lead, will be host to Phoenix this evening while a top place companion, Illi nois Valley is at Rogue River. Glendale, the other share holder has a non-conference mix, playing Douglas at Win ston. Play on Saturday is non loop for two Rogue members. Eagle Point entertains Myrtle Creek on Saturday while SpOrt OSCAR FRALEY Parade S"- New York - (DPD Yes, Vir ginia, there is a heavyweight champion of the world. As rumored, his name is Floyd Patterson. And he came out of limbo Thursday to sign for a title defense "sometime before September at a site yet unselected," against an Irish- looking heavyweight from Sweden named Ingemar Jo hansson. It was a scene reminiscent of the stoqk exchange that wild, fatal afternoon in 1929 when the .bottom fell out of everything and people began jumping off the top. Which City Only this was a day for fat figures. Nobody seemed con cerned with whether either party concerned could fight. All they wanted to know was which city offered the biggest stadium, how much the fight ers were guaranteed, would it be televised and for how much and whether it would draw more than one million dollars. It wasn't until it was all over, and the two principals Collegiate Cage League Talked ' Spokane -EPD- Athletic di rectors of three northwest col leges expressed interest Thursday night in a possible discussion of forming a Northwest college basketball league. The league would fill the gap left by the Pacific Coast conference which closes its doors for good next July. Commenting on a possible meet were Stan Bates, athlet ic director of Washington State college, Robert Gibb of the University of Idaho, and Hank Anderson of Gonzaga university. Gibb said there had been talk of, a meeting of Portland, Seattle U., Gonzaga U., Mon tana State College, and Idaho State College to discuss such a conference. Gibb said he would be in favor of inviting Oregon, Ore gon State, and WSC if a talk were called. YANK SKATERS PLAY Paris-UP&-The United States national ice hockey team were to meet" France's best-known squad tonight in a tune-up for the world championships at Prague. The 17-man U.S. squad will play the Associa tion club of Boulogne Billan court at the ultra-modern, glassed - in Federal Hockey Rink in suburban Paris. - TO DEFEND TITLE Hollywood, Calif.-(CPD-Jose (Toluco) Lopez of Mexico ar rived here Thursday to defend his North American bantam weight title against Boots Monroe of Los Angeles Feb. 7. i A - iSk - ! i T : . Glendale is at home to Riddle. Tops Both Polls The Saturday contention at Eagle Point will give Rogue Valley fans an opportunity to see Oregon's top ranked A-2 aggregation in action. Myrtle Creek held No. 1 rat ing this week in both the Ore gonian and Oregon Journal cage polls. The Vikings de feated Eagle Point in an early season fray at Myrtle Creek. An Eagle upset victory not only would give the Eagles a boost in prestige but would give the Rogue loop a better standing in the eyes of the state. were standing limply side by side near the wreckage of a smorgasbord table, that some body asked how the two glad iators expected to do inside the ring. "I expect to win," said Jo hansson. Patterson regarded him calmly from under raised eye brows and interjected: "Me, toe." 9 To Run In Maturity Arcadia, Calif. -UPD- From an original list of 835 nomina tions, the field for the $177,- 150 Santa Anita maturity to day stood at nine horses for Saturday's 12th running of the world's richest race limited to four-year-olds. And of the nine horses ex pected in the mile and a quar ter race, the two given the best chance of victory-Hills-dale and Warhead-were not original nominees but were made supplementary entries at $10,000 each. , Joining Hillsdale and War head in the select group of starters Saturday were ex pected to be Jewel's Reward, Royal Living, Alibi Blue, King's Salute, Martins Rullah, The Shoe and Swaps Kin. Don Newcombe Trial Recessed Newark, N. J.-fUPD-The as sault trial of Cincinnati Red legs pitcher, Don Newcombe and his two brothers is ex pected to go to an Essex coun ty jury late Monday, after summations b y opposing counsel. Both sides rested their cases Thursday following testimony that a former po liceman wore a head patch and stuffed cotton in his taouth while posing for photo graphs of injuries allegedly inflicted by the Newcombes. The trial was recessed until Monday. Former East Orange police man Ulysses Ross, 36, charged Don and Norman Newcombe beat him and Harold New combe threatened him with a gun Dec. 22; 1957. The New combes denied the charges. CHICAGO STEPS UP Chicago - (LTD - The Uni versity of Chicago will step up into big time basketball opposition next season against Army, Johns Hopkins and MIT. Athletic Director Wally Haas said his Maroons would play at West Point, N. Y., and Baltimore, Md., to mark the first time in 22 years that a Chicago varsity cage team has traveled to meet a major East ern schooL :: . r-f'" v ,. w ' mil atn f rm iniiTi r ak -MOhi.. the 12th grade. A total of 465 youngsters were put through the class which was sponsored by the Mt. Shasta Herald and the ski bowl, MEDFCRD4f&TRIBUNB Four Tilts During Week End In Oregon Collegiate Circuit United Press International Four basketball games in the Oregon Collegiate confer ence and one in the North west conference are on the week end menu. Willamette, breezing along with eight straight wins in the Northwest loop, has an idle weekend. Second place Linfield, 4-1, is expected to boost its stock a point when OCC INDIVIDUAL SCORING Dave D'Olivo, SOC Larry Howard, EOC Gordie Carrigan, SOC Tom Neel, EOC John Winters. PSC John Frederick. PSC Don Bridges, PSC .. Jim Hamseyer. OTI Punk Biddington, SOC . Frank Chase, EOC Charley Wilson, OTI ... Dennis Spencer, OCE . Pasco Arritola. EOC . Jim McAbee, SOC Paul Layher. OTI Bernie Jones, PSC Stan Weber. PSC TEAM OFFENSE G 5 7 6 5 5 FGS 401-144 507-197 419-152 392-109 302-102 Portland State Southern Oregon . Eastern Oregon Oregon Tech Oregon College WORKING OUT in preparation for $180,000 Santa Anita Maturity is Jewel's Reward, exercise boy Carl Rizzo up. Horse behind Jewel's Reward is unidentified. BASKETBALL THURSDAY COLLEGE GAMES United Press International East Dartmouth 64, Boston Univ. 62. St. Louis 72, St. Johns (N.Y.) 63. Loyola (Md 69. Creighton 65. Mississippi SU 53, Memphis St. 52. Kentucky 108. Georgia 93. Furman 87, Presbyterian 86. Gonzaga 85. Montana St. 80. THURSDAY NBA GAMES Syracuse 117, Minneapolis 91. Noon Volleyball Offered at Y Noon volleyball is now be ing offered at the Young Men's Christian association on Monday and Friday. This time of day seems to fit into many business men's schedule, and offers a set time each -week for them to think about exercising and physical fitness. Many men have set up their own teams and have been playing games at noon. Also, of interest to many men during the day is weight lifting and handball wnich is available from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 pjn. The gymnasium is available for exercising and play daily. ; Participants in the activi ties must be members of the YMCA or can come as a guest of a member two times. COMPANY FOUNDER DIES New York - (CPU - Ellis L. Phillips, 85, founder and former president of the Long Island Lighting Co., . died Thursday it plays host to Pacific Satur day night. In the OCC, first-place Port land State will try to stretch its league record to 8-0 with a pair at La Grande against Eastern Oregon. Oregon Tech and Oregon College of Educa tion play in a cellar series at Klamath Falls. Both teams are 1-5. a TO FT TP Avg. 7 52 23 127 18.1 6 36 . 22 94 15.6 7 35 20 90 12.8 5 33 12 78 15.6 5 24 28 76 15.2 3 29 17 75 15.0 5 30 14 74 14.8 5 23 24 70 14.0 4 31 . 7 69 17.2 6 21 20 62 10.3 5 23 14 60 12.0 5 24 9 57 11.4 6 25 7 57 9.5 7 22 13 57 8.1 3 22 12 56 11.2 5 22 9 53 10.6 9 21 9 51 10.2 Pet. .359 385 363 328 338 FTs 157-88 196-113 136-85 153-98 105-51 Pet. . .561 .576 .625 . .608 .486 Reb. TP 304 376 325 503 236 389 222 311 185 255 Avg. 75.2 71.8 64.8 62.2 51.0 ..JL ' Folley Winner In Miteff Bout Denver - flJPD - Zora Folley's chances for a title fight with heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson remained dim to day, despite Folley's easy 10 round victory over courageous Alex Miteff. Folley pounded Miteff, 23-year-old Argentinian, hard for 10 rounds in Denver Auditor ium arena Thursday night to take a - unanimous decision. The crowd of 7,190, largest in Denver boxing history, paid $24,051, and cheered the de cision. Folley weighed 19AM, 10 pounds less than Miteff. But Folley's manager-trainer, Bill Swift, said he didn't expect to get any rise from Patterson. ECONOMIST DIES New York - (CPD - William H. Griffiths, 52, economist and financial writer, died Wednesday night. DAI LY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's , Oldest and Fines 29 S. BARTLETT Phone SP 2-2395 Heavyweight Title Boxing Tussle Site Being Considered By JACK CUDDY New York -(LTD- Manager Cus D'Amato' declared flatly today he prefers Colorado Springs, Colo., as the site for the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title fight, which was signed Thursday without date or lo cation. But promoter Bill Rosen sohn insists he is considering five other cities besides Colo- IL Players Not Backing Up Threat N United Press International International league base ball players are signing con tracts "the same as always," despite their threat to strike unless they get a pension plan, a survey by United Press International disclosed today. General managers and oth er club officials from all over the triple-A circuit said "there isn't a shred of evidence" to support the slogan "no sign for '59" which the players an nounced they had adopted. Not a single club official reported that any player had returned his contract un signed with an explanation that he was following instruc tions of the league's player committee, which is heading the drive for the pension plan. When appraised of the UPI survey, James Durante, one of the attorneys representing the International league play ers, said, "We have no com ment to make at this time." Third Skate Toga Eyed By Jenkins Rochester, N. Y.-UPD-David Jenkins of Colorado Springs, Colo., today opened his bid for his third straight title in the National Figure Skating championships. Jenkins, who also holds the world crown, faced six chal lengers in the opening com pulsory school figures. The free skating half of the com petition will be held Satur day. Tim Brown of Glendale, Calif., Jenkins chief rival for the last two years, is back for another crack at the cham pion. James Short of Alham bra, Calif., who won the jun ior men's title last year, also will attempt to dethrone Jenkins. Carol Heiss of Ozone Park, N. Y., is a heavy favorite to win her third straight senior women's crown. This compe tition does not start until Saturday. New York-(UPD-The Masters golf tournament will be tele vised from the Augusta, Ga., Country club by the Columbia Broadcasting system on Sat urday and Sunday, April 4-5. Television play on Saturday will be from 5 to 6 p.m. (est) and 4:30-6 p.m. Sunday. Lininger's RENTAL EQUIPMENT For Your Construction Needs! Backhoes Shovels Draglines Motor Cranes D4, D6, D7, D8 Cat. Dozers Air Compressors Turnapulls Water Wagons Rollers Motor Graders LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF RENTAL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT IN SOUTHERN OREGON I READY MIX CONCRETE... GRAVEL CRUSHED ROCK... SAND LDNDNGER'S Phones SP 2-5336, SP 2-5897, MU 5-8121 rado Springs; also offers from two home-TV networks and one from an advertising agen cy for a national sponsor. Sweden's unbeaten Johans son, champion of Europe, said, "I favor New York because of the bigger gate and because I expect 3,000 friends to come over from Sweden and they wouldn't want to go clear to Colorado." Concerning the Colorado Springs site, D'Amato, man ager of champion Patterson, said: "I like that city's $500, 000 net gate1 guarantee, and I like the people there their hospitality and consideration for others." Centennial Feature Thayer Tutt, owner of the plush Broadmoor Hotel at Colorado Springs, confirmed Thursday the offer of a $500,- 000 guarantee from a live gate for the fight. The fight would be a feature of the Colorado centennial celebra tion. Meanwhile, Patterson was installed a 13-5 favorite, in man-to-man betting, to beat Johansson, despite Ingemar's 21 straight victories as a pro fessional. It was "even mon ey" Patterson will knock out the Swedish challenger. The price was 5V to 1 against Johansson's winning on a kayo, and 2-1 that the bout does not last the full 15 rounds, regardless of the win ner. Although Rosensohn has a deadline of Sept. 30 for stag ing the bout, he prefers the month of June. He says he will announce the site and date within 30 days. West Coast Habits Too Much ior Wile Fort Worth, Tex. -d'PD-Mrs, Jessie Hicks won a divorce from her elderly native Cal ifornian husband Thursday because she couldn't stand his West Coast habits. She told the judge she did n't mind his not dressing for dinner, but it was too much when he came for his toast and toffee each morning in the nude. "That might be all right in California, but it's sickening to me," Mrs. Hicks said. She said she didn't appreciate him sleeping in the nude either. And that's not all. She said her spouse, Willie Weslin Hicks, told her during their one-month courtship that he was 66. "I found out later he was 10 years older,'.' she cqm plained. Famed Singer's Son Held For Bad Checks Hollywood - (DPD' - Morton Downey Jr., 26, son of the famous singer, was arrested Thursday night on a warrant charging him with four counts of passing checks worth $200, police said. - k Downey was arrested as he walked in downtown Holly wood. He listed his occupation as. "a very bad singer." Bail was set at $2,000. HILTS Woman Honored At Party By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts-A layette shower for Mrs. Robert Ferguson, hosjpd by Mrs. S. Marin, was given on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Marin home. Guests were Mrs. Johnny De Avilla, Mrs. Adolpho Za notta, Mrs. Harry Burns, Mrs. Vern Burns, Mrs. Aristeo Pe rez, Mrs. Carroll Davenport, Mrs. Italo Marin. Mrs. M. J. Cavin, Mrs. E. E. Gibson of Dead Indian rd., and Mrs. Don Wilcox of Ashland. Refreshments of cake, jello and coffee were served. Send ing a gift but unable to attend was Mrs. Roger Ceccato. Dinner guests on Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cavin were Mrs. Fred Cavin, Mrs. Myrtle Applegate of Hornbrook, and Mrs. John Jones of Montague. The group also called at the home of R. M. Cavin. Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Ward and family were Mrs. Jackie McCullough and Mrs. Robert Devoe and sons, Bobby and Johnny, of Medford. Bobby Devoe is a guest this week at the Ward home. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bonner and son, Bruce, of Red Bluff, were guests for several days at the home of Mrs. Bonner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freemcyer. Another guest at the home of the Freemeyers is his daughter, Lorena, who is a student at Chico State col lege and is visiting here dur ing the mid-term vacation. Hilts elementary school bas ketball team drove to Yreka Saturday night to play Mon tague school team in the Class B division of the Yreka invi tational elementary school tournament. Hilts lost and is now in sec ond place. Lester Chase was high man. Three boys from our team were presented "outstanding players" awards. They are Drive it tomorrow! TO JUDGE THE BORGWARD YOU MUST SEE AND DRIVE THE BORGWARD. COME IN FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF. Complete nnmn P 4 CYL. OH ENGINE j 90 MILES PER HOUR LuxuruSfijk Safety AT llSKID-PROOF RO AD ABILITY! LOW-MEDIUM LARGE . iL PRICES J BRAKING AREA YN m mm m. 1078 Court Street MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, January 30, 195 Lester Chase, David Whitta ker ani4. Larry Black. The tournament was held in the Yreka High school gymnasium. Recent Sunday dinner guests at the M. F. Cavin home were Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilcox and children, Danny, Marilyn and Marlene, of Ash land. Mr. and Mr:. Ernest Span naus were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har old McFerrin and son, Terry, in Redding. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bell Spannaus and chil dren, Jane and Gary, of Oro ville. Mrs. Al Simmen and Mrs. Ernest Spannaus hosted a layette shower on Tuesday, Jan. 27, for Mrs. John Fenton in the home of Mrs. Simmen. The table centerpiece was a white umbrella with ribbon streamers attached to the many gifts. Prizes for the games went to Mrs. Don Ward and Mrs. Orval Rife. Other guests were Mrs. Jerry Gould, Mrs. John Bran non, Mrs. Cal Sharp, Mrs. Nick Freemeyer, Mrs. Doug Whitaker, Mrs. Vern Burns,. Mrs. M. F. Cavin, Mrs. Orval Rife, and Mrs. Mel Barron. Several women sent gifts who were unable to attend. Refreshments of ice cream, cake and coffee were served. The Hilts Community club held its regular meeting in the club rooms in the Center building on Thursday, Jan. 22, with Mrs. Ozzie Bernheisel as hostess. Election of officers for the coming year was held and Mrs. M. G. King was elected president; Mrs. Joe Caston, vice-president; Mrs. Art Hart man, secretary; and Mrs. Art Blanchard, treasurer. Trustees are Mrs. Ernest Spannaus, Mrs. Ozzie Bern heisel and Mrs. Fred Haynes. Plans for a potluck dinner to entertain the husbands of the women were made. The dinner is to be held Feb. 26. FABULOUS STATION WAGONS FAMILY TGURING SPORT SEDAN HARD TOP COUPES CONVERTIBLES Parts and Service! Friday 7:45 p.m. Medford vs. Ashland Saturday Medford vs. CCVJC 1230 On your dial MAIL TRIBUNE STATION Ceremonies Slated At Roosevelt's Grave Hvde Park NT V -(TPR-TWo. monies were to be held today ' at the grave of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to com memorate his 77th birthday. The annual observance in the private burial ground at the Roosevelt residence here will be attended by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the presi dent's widow, and members Of the Home Club of Hvrie Park- Burma is approximately th same size as Texas. Both canasta and pinochle were played and Mrs. Joe Caston won high score in the canasta game and Mrs. Louis Dettmar and Mrs. Ernest Spannaus were high in pi nochle games. Chocolate cake, orange sherbet and coffee were served as refreshments. Besides those mentioned. Mrs. Frank Ayres, Mrs. Orval Rife, Mrs. Frank Graves, and Mrs. Ethel White of Horn brook were present. ir Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile . Brickt, Flues. 727 W. McAndrcw Ph. SP 2-4107 Home of 'the FIAT y 7:45 p.m. Grants Pass I Core I AVAILABLE J IN ALL PRINCIPAL V CITIES J
