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Maintain
United Press International
Auburn's streak of 25 bas
ketball wins is amazing, all
right, but how about the
streaks being run up by Mar
quette, Kansas State, St. Lou
is and Cincinnati?
These four high-ranked
Impartial
Asked By
Los Angeles -UPD- Attorn
ey Paul Caruso has asked the
California Athletic commis
sion not to let growing hyster
ia over the questioned Art
Aragon-Charlie Sawyer fight
becloud the issue.
Caruso, who manages Ara
gon as well as being his at
torney, called for an impar
tial hearing into the facts of
the bout.
In a telegram to Jack Urch,
chief investigator for the
Commission, Caruso said:
"I am deeply disturbed at
the rising hysteria surround
ing the hearing set for Sat
urday on the Aragon-Sawyer
SPORTS
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OSCAR FHALEY
Sport Writer United Preu
New York -(UPtt- Pro basket
ball, for which all has been
financial sweetness and lucra
tive light, is suffering today
from the age old plight in
which one or two teams get a
competition-killing corner on
the top talent.
"Break up the Yankees,",,
was a tearful demand in the
American league a few years
ago when murderer's row was
making hamburger out of the
opposition. The Yankees still
are at it because, nobody has
caught up to the organization
al lead they established.
The same thing has hap
pened in pro basketball,
where the Boston Celtics
dominate the Eastern division
and the St. Louis Hawks over
shadow the Western division.
St. Louis has a 17-game
lead over Detroit; 17 Vz over
Minneapolis and 24 over Cin
cinnati. Boston, in its division,
has an 8'i game lead on the
New York Knickerbockers, 12
over Syracuse and 15 over
Philadelphia.
Customers Slay Away
Conditions such as these sti
fle the late season zeal of the
trailing teams and keep the
yawning customers away in
droves.
There has been much dis
cussion in National Basketball
association circles about ex
panding to the West Coast.
But, before this is done, Wal
ter Brown of the Celtics
makes a telling point when
he suggests that first those
teams currently in the swim
had best be strengthened into
the status of competitors.
"We are strung out like
a bunch of freight cars," he
says. "Obviously this lack of
balance is hurting the whole
league in the matter of at
tendance. We must restore
the element of competition.
Brown suggests, as a, possi
bility, that maybe his own
Celtics and the Hawks should
pass up their draft choice to
give the weak sisters a crack
at some of the top college
stars when they become avail
able for pro duty.
Requires Much Thought
This, it must be noted, is
only a suggestion. Brown as
serts firmly that "it requires
a lot of thought." Personal
aims and gains naturally re
quire him to think of the Cel
tics first and the league sec
ond.
As example, he points out
that the whole status quo may
be changed drastically when
Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain
joins the Philadelphia War
riors after the 7-iooter serves
his current year with the Har
lem Globetrotters. One player
like Chamberlain coul;d
chanee the Warriors from
also-rans to champions.
"But certainly this isn't the
time to go west," Brown con
tends. "First we must strength
en our present teams."
Cities Eve Franchises
Chicago, San Francisco. Los
Aneeles. Houston and Port
land all are looking forward
to eventual membership in
the NBA. Abe Saperstein,
head of the Globetrotters, has
dipped in a foreign oar to
advise the NBA gratis that it
should bo to the coast.
"But the . chances are that
we'd only be picking up some
more weak sisters while add
ing to our expenses," Brown
insists. "Meanwhile, nobody
can start yelling 'break up the
Yankees' to us or St. Louis.
Why not? Well, the basket
ball balance of power is an
unpredictable item. Bill Rus
makes that much of a differ
ence in pro basketball. So no
body wants to give away too
much and yet if they don't
the attendance drop could be
fatal. Thus the pros are the
victims of 'their own proficiency.
Winning
teams, bidding for even more
attention as their winning
strings build up, all added
another notch Monday night
No. 13 in a row for Eddie
Hickey's rebuilt Marquette
team, 12 in a row for both
Kansas State and St. Louis,
Hearing
Manaaer
sell is the top man for the
Celtics and yet, it is theorized,
Chamberlain may handle him
when he gets in. One man
fight. I respectfully request
that an' impartial determina
tion of the issues be predicted
upon the actual facts rather
than mob rule.
Demands Purse
"Any evidence of wrongdo
ing on Aragon's part will re
sult in his voluntary retire
ment. Unless such evidence is
forthcoming, we demand the
immediate release of Aragon's
purse. The sole purpose of
this telegram is our desire to
assure a fair and impartial
determination and not one in
spired by the ever present
anti-Aragon sources.1
Aragon knocked Sawyer
out in the fourth of a sched
uled 10-rounder in Hollywood
Legion stadium. Sawyer went
down four times in the fourth
round from what appeared to
be only glancing blows.
Immediately after the bout,
Commission Secretary Clay
ton Frye announced the purs-es-$8,000
for Aragon and $2,
000 for Sawyer-would be up
held pending an investigation.
Urch told United Press In
ternational, "I haven't talked
to anyone at ringside who
said Sawyer was making an
honest effort."
Other officials were more
blunt. Frye said Sawyer "was
trying to go down ... it was
obvious." Referee Tommy
Hart said he warned Sawyer
after he went down in the
first four times "I want an
honest effort. No one can hit
you on the shoulder and
knock you out."
Medford
In Third
Portland The Medford
cage squad was eased out of
third place by Jefferson by
a narrow margin in the Ore
gonian poll today. The poll
count was 70-69 favoring Jef
ferson. Astoria and Klamath drop
ped a rung each on the poll
ladder to. fifth and sixth
places with 58 and 48 points,
respectively. Pendleton (11-3)
and Bend (13-1) switched sev
enth and eighth ratings.
Marshfield and Baker show
ed strong but fell short of
the "big eight" ratings.
Coquille (12-2) gained some
face lost last week in tying
Myrtle Creek (15-1) for top
"A-l" honors. The rebound
ing Red Devils, who set the
ballot pace for the first two
weeks, earned the No. 1 stand
off with three victories since
last Tuesday including one
over Class A-l Roseburg.
Myrtle Creek held on to a
majority in first place votes
gaining six en route to 91
points. Cgquille boosted its
point standing to 91. Serra
Catholic (13-1) was third with
84 points.
Jefferson (13-2) accounted
for seven of the 10 first place
votes in keeping its B dom
ination with 91 points. Yon-
calla, Elkton and Corbett, all
tied in an unprecedented
three-way knot for second
place last week, fell into sec
ond, third and fourth places,
respectively.
North Salem nosed out
Grant on the top rung Class
A-l ratings in the weekly high
school basketball poll.
PREP RANKINGS
Ciass A-l Pts
1 North Salem (14-1) . 91
2 Grant (11-1) 87
3 Jefferson (11-1)
4 Medford (12-1)
80
79
58
48
5 Astoria (12-1)
6 Klamath Falls (11-2)
7 Pendleton (11-3)
8 Bend (13-1)
Others: Marshfield (8-7). Bak .
(12-2), Beaverton (8-4). Corvallii
(9-6). St. Helens (12-1), Sandy
(11-2).
Class A-2
1 Myrtle Creek (15-1)
Coquille (12-2)
3 Serra Catholic (13-1)
4 Stayton (10-2)
5 Seaside (12-31 .
6 Philomath (10-2)
Pts.
91
91
84
55
49
48
30
29
7 Willamina (l!-2i
8 Pleasant Hill (13-3)
Others: Waldport (14-2), New
port (14-3). Junction City (10-6).
North Marion (11-31. Willamette
(10-51. Nestucca (11-3). Elgin (10
3), Myrtle Point (10-4).
Class B
1 Jefferson (13-2) ,
2 Yoncalla (13-2)
3 Elkton (13-3)
4 Corbett (14-3)
5 Merrill (12-2)
6 Monroe (13-3)
7 Joseph (12-1)
8 Powers (11-1) .......
Pts.
91
- 83
71
55
54
SO
36
32
Others: Pilot Rock
(12-4). St.
Mary's of Medford (9-1). Vernonia
(11-3). Helix (12-5). Heppner (10
2), Star of the Sea (11-5). Maple
ton (10-61, Arlington (11-1). Alsea
(8-7). Condon (9-2). Wheeler
(13-2).
Squads
Streaks
and eight straight for Cin
cinnati. Marquette, a real surprise
package squad - which has
climbed to the No. 13 national
ranking with a 15-1 season
record, romped to a 78-63 win
over Detroit as the razzle
dazzle style installed this year
by ex-St. Louis tutor Hickey
paid off again. Big Mike Mor
an led the winning Warriors
with 17 points, although Lar
ry Hughes had 18 for Detroit.
K-Slale Beats Nebraska
Kansas State 16-1, the na
tion's No. 3 team, remained in
first- place in the Big Eight as
it downed Nebraska, 50-43, in
a ball-control battle. Six-eight
Bob Bozer once again was
high gun for K-State with 22
points as the Wildcats snapped
Nebraska's home-court win
ning streak at 13 games.
The ninth-ranked St. Louis
team Hickey left behind
romped to a 98-57 win over
North Texas State to put its
season record at 14-2. Six
eight Bob Ferry had 25 points
and George Burkel 20 to pace
the rout. Jim Mudd had 20 in
the first half for North Texas
State but was held to seven in
the second.
National scoring leader Os
car Robertson rolled up . 27
points despite double-teaming
defenders to pace fourth
ranked Cincinnati 14-2 to an
84-71 win over Tulsa. The vic
tory kept the Bearcats in first
place in the Missouri Valley
Conference.
MSTJ. Bradley Win
Two other teams with high
national rankings but no long
streaks also posted important
wins Monday night. Sixth
ranked Michigan State clung
to first place in the Big Ten
with an 88-57 rout over Wis
consin as Johnny Green led
a well-balanced attack with
18 points. And Eighth-ranked
Bradley remained tied with
St. Louis for second place in
the Missourf Valley Confer
ence with a 60-52 victory over
Wichita as Bobby Joe Mason
scored 20 points.
Tournament time, target of
all these high-ranking teams,
came a little closer with the
announcement that the Na
tional Invitation Tournament
-at New York, March 12-21-
has sent "feelers" to these 15
teams Boston College, Day
ton, DePaulv Fordham, Holy
Cross, Marquette, Niagara,
Oklahoma City, Providence,
St. Bonaventure, St. Francis
Pa., Villanova and defending
St. John's, St. Mary's, Calif.,
champion Xavier of Ohio. .
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local service to all points the
Greyhound Corporation has
asked to abandon in proceed
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Feb. 9 before the Public Utili
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Laird said there had been
some misunderstanding that
no service would be offered
to Sherwood or between
Portland and Forest Grove.
These points, would be in
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Medford Compares Conant's
List With
An authoritative study of
America's 21,000 high schools
was made recently by Dr.
James Bryant Conant, presi
dent emeritus of Harvard uni
versity. A report of the study ap
peared in the U.S. News and
World Report magazine' of
Jan. 9 and included a check
list of 12 basic things that
every high school should do.
In commenting on the basic
list, the Medford High school
newspaper Hi-Times recently
reviewed Dr. Conant's "musts"
and showed how the local
school rates against the na
tional standards.
(1) Must graduate at least
100 pupils each year.
MHS graduates far more
than 100 each year. '
Require Students
(2) A good high school
should require every student
to take at least four years of
English, one year of U.S. his
tory, one year of general his
tory, one year of American
government, one year of alge
bra or advanced mathmetics,
one year of biology or general
sciences
In the Medford system, all
of this is required except the
general history credits.
(3) Bright students are ex
pected to take at least four
years of English, four years
of a foreign language, four
years of history or social
studies, three years of mathe
matics, three years of science
-and do 15-20 hours of home
work each week.
MHS advocates this. The
mention of foreign language,
however, presents the prob
lem of having to add one or
two more class periods in each
day, in order to complete all
of this education in 4 years.
This is the reason that MHS
hasn't required this extra ef
fort. Also, the exact amount
of homework done by the in
dividual student has not been
calculated at this time.
Testing Pupils
(4) Dr. Conant suggests test
ing all pupils in English com
position each year.
This testing is in progress
in the Medford system now.
(5) Offer a special English
course for twelfth grade pu
pils lagging in English.
Many- MHS seniors will
vouch for this. Obviously this
is in reference to the reme
dial tests and courses offered
at MHS. This has been done
for years.
(6) A good high school
would limit elective subjects
to about half a pupil's time,
and insist that electives add
up to a meaningful course of
study, preferably in one field.
At MHS this is done for all
students.
(7) A high school should
offer four-year courses in for
eign languages.
At MHS four years of Latin
is offered, three of Spanish,
and two years of French.
These courses include those
offered in the Medford junior
highs, which are the comple
ment of the MHS courses.
Group by Ability
(8) A good high school
should group pupils by ability,
subject by subject, so fast
learners are not held back
by slow-classmates.
This is an essential feature
at MHS. Students are grouped
into the general, college prep,
and advanced or academic
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Local School Policy
classes. Further division of
students is done by a system
of special advanced courses
offered in some educational
fields.
(9) The high school should
provide students with guid
ance in choosing courses; have
a full-time counselor for each
250-300 students enrolled in
the school. . . . ,
Simple mathematics has
shown us that MHS has one
counselor for every 150-200
students, and who devote part
of their time to this service.
(10) Avoid isolating voca
tional students; let them take
the usual basic courses along
with other students.
This has been a- policy of
MHS for many years.
Reward Scholarships
(11) Reward scholarship
with a yearly "honors list'
but recognize grades only in
HILTS
Meeting Held at School
By MRS. M. F. CAVIN
Hilts Men's night was the
feature of the Hilts PTA
meeting held in the school
cafeteria Jan. 22.
An educational film was
shown as part of the program
followed by several accordion
selections by Tony Marin.
A committee was appointed
to select a recipient for the
honorary life membership
award which will be present
ed at the February meeting
in honor of Founders Day.
Committee members are
Mrs. Robert Preston, Mrs.
Victor Van de Weghe, Mrs.
Donivan Ward, Mrs. Rodney
Eastman, Frank Graves and
Tony Marin, president of the
unit.
It was voted, for this year's
project, to build book shelves
for the classrooms where
there is a need for them.
Volunteer help will be appre
ciated. ' Cake and coffee were
served by Tony Marin, Aris
teo Perez, and John Fenton.
Because of several letters
protesting the closing of the
Southern Pacific depot Jan.
10, the Public Utilities Com
mission has scheduled a
hearing in the near future.
Until then, Orville Rife,
agent, will remain on duty.
It is believed the reason
for the closure was to elimi
nate all one man stations on
this route.
Dinner guests Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Whittaker and family
were Miss Patty Swickard,
Miss Nancy Whitman, Miss
Louise Hitchcock, Miss An
nette Hunstman and Miss
Sharon Kerby all of Yreka.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stick
ney and daughter, Alanna
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tough courses, so bright stu
dents will not take easy
courses - just to ' get high
grades.;' ' .
At MHS, quarter and se
mester "honor roll" standings
are publicized. It should be
noted that extra credit is giv
en for courses in advanced
subject fields, - thus discour:
aging bright students from
"goofing off."
(12) High schools should give
graduates a durable record of
courses studied in high school
and the grades received.
This is to provide a record
and proof of the kind of edu
cation one received, for the
purpose of securing jobs. The
system used in the Medford
public schools awards a di
ploma to each graduate. If
requested, a complete tran
script of the student's grades
is presented to the graduate.
Mari, were Sunday callers at
the Victor Van de Weghe
home.
Mrs: T. D. Kellingsworth
and Mrs. Naomi Owens of
Hornbrook visited Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Raymond
Middleton and daughter Rae-
lynn.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith of
Winston, Ore., visited recent
ly at the home of 'Mr. and
Mrs. Benny Raymond and
son. Mrs. Raymond is their
daughter.
MissP hyllis Alphonse un
derwent nose surgery at the
Ashland General hospital last
week.
Mrs. Nelson Watts returned
to her home in Chico after
spending several weeks here
caring for her father, Dick
Williams, who is convales
cing from a recent illness.
William's son, Roy, of Yre
ka, visited here Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maguire at
tended the wedding of her
nephew, Tom Mathews to
Charlene Davis on Jan. 24 at
the St. Joseph's Catholic
church. The reception was
held in the basement of the
church. She remained in Yre
ka until Wednesday to be
near her 'sister, Mrs. Marga
ret Weston, who was a pa
tient at Siskiyou County
hospital.
A pinochle party was held
Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Frank Groves.
Coffee and cookies were
served to Mrs. Al Simmens,
Mrs. Art Hartman, Mrs. M.
G. King, Mrs. Ernest Span
naus and Mrs. H. G. Thomp
son. High prize went to Mrs.
Simmen, second high to Mrs.
Spannaus and low to Mrs.
Graves.
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'Neighbor Ladyr to
Resume Broadcasts
Miss Helen E. Webster,
county librarian, and former
ly KMED "Neighbor Lady,"
will resume her "Neighbor
Lady" broadcasts this week
as a public library service.
The first program of the
new series will be broadcast
Thursday, Feb. 5, at 9:45 a.m.
Broadcasts will continue each
Thursday morning.
The original "Neighbor
Lady" series was broadcast
daily over KMED in 1952 and
1953, and was interrupted
when Miss Webster left to
travel abroad., The new series
will be similar in content,
Miss Webster said; informal,
neighborly chats on a variety
of" subjects that will include
animal stories, local events,
personal experiences, travel
information and interviews
with interesting personalities.
As its public service feature
each program will now have
some tie-in with books avail
able in the Jackson County li
brary.
Shasta Skiing
Rated Excellent
A few of the area skiers
went to Crater lake last week
end where the skiing was
good, Bill Brooks, of the
Rogue Snowmen, reported.
The majority of the south
ern Oregon snowburners
went to Mt. Shasta where the
skiing was "par excellence"
with lots of deep powder
snow, Brooks added. -
Next meeting of the Rogue
Snowmen will be held at the
last of this month at the Red
Cross building. Uncertainty
of the meeting date is due to
delay in obtaining a skiing
film, Brooks said.
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the U.S. depend upon insects
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The UAW chieftain, who
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