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i MAIL TRIBUNE, MedferJ, Ort., Torrence Leading PCC In Scoring Los Angeles-OT-Walt Tor rence, UCLA'i All-America candidate, today led the Pa cific Coast conference in scor ing with an average of 20.5 points per game, weekly bas ketball statistics showed. Torrence had 66 field goals and 53 fre'e throws for 185 points in nine games. Second came Washington's Doug Smart with a 19.1 point aver age "while Lee Harman of Ore gon State had 18.3. Smart had the best field goal percentage with 68 goals in 129 shots for 52.6 per cent. Paul Neumann of Stanford had 50.5 per cent and Harman had 43.3. At the free throw line Ore gon State's Jim Woodland had , a mark of 91.5 per cent on 32 points in 35 attempts. John Werhas of Southern Cal was second with 90.1 per cent, fol lowed by Denny Fitzpatrick of California with 87.1. Beavers Head The versatile Smart was the toD rebounder with 120 re coveries on 725 opportunities for a mark of 16.6 per cent. Bruno Boin of Washington had 14.4 per cent, and John Liveious of Idaho and Darrell Imhoff of California each had 13.0 per cent. In team scoring Oregon State led the conference with an average of 65.2 points per same followed by UCLA with 65.1. California showed the best defense by permitting its opponents only 50 points per game. Stanford led in free throw shooting with 68.1 per cent on 130 points in 191 attempts. Washington had the best percentage on field goals, con necting on 43.6 per cent of its shots. California led in re bounding with 53.3 per cent, recovering 355 rebounds to its opponents' 311. UCLA led in field goal defense, allowing opponents 190 baskets in 557 attempts for a 34.1 per cent mark. Vern Mikkelson Sparks Lakers United Press International Vern Mikkelsen, who played in the shadow of the great George Mikan for many years, has finally achieved his own personal niche with the Minneapolis Lakers. Mikkelsen played the best game of his 10-year career in the National Basketball asso ciation Tuesday night when he scored 43 points to lead the Lakers to a 118-100 triumph over the Cincinnati Royals at Houston, Tex. BOWLING LADY ELKS NO. 1 Standings: Late Comers Goof Balls W. 16 14 14 14 L. 8 10 10 10 Wapiti Maudlin Mamas StumtHe Bums 12 12 Demi Lassies lOij 13'i Three Spares Wanedos S',i 14 Va 6 18 Results: Late Comers 4 (D. Jantzer 498) 1234; Wanedos 0 (L, Edward 403) 1116. Goof Balls 3 (L. Turner 471) 1248: Wapiti 1 (V. Lusk 413) 1187, Maudlin Mamas 4 (V. Bateman 509) 1355; Stumble Bums 0 IE. Straus 490), 1248. Demi Lassies 3 ' (V. Knox 478) 1274: Three Spares 1 (F. Bittie 3641 1200. High Game D. Jantzer 200. Conversions D. Jantzer 5-10: G. Schade 2-7; N. Jones 5-4-7. 3-10. SATURDAY LEAGUE Standings: W. Bauman's Fire Equipment, 7 Medford Paint & Waupaper 7 Women of Moose ... B. & B. Auction K-Boy , Picard's Hudson's Pharmacy Pepsi-cola Motor Haven , Richmaid Results: Hudson's 0 (Linda Fccelston 374 Ralph Goode 452) 2312: B.&B. 4 (Karen Fisher 429, Gary' Myers 365) 2664. Motor Haven 1 (Larry ScruRRs 402) Cheryl Potucek 302) 2371; Pi card's 3 (Carol Booth 359. Bob , Custance 481) 260Z. Pepsi-Cola 0 (Jan Mathcus 332, Rich Schroeder 501) 2439: Bau man's 4 (Joy Bauman 481. Jim Wicker 523) 2798. Richmaid 0 (Myrtle Williams 315. Geary Garrett 398 2379: Medford Paint 4 (Connie Harris 337. Larry Jones 480 2529. K-Boy 3 (Pauline Denver 389. Butch Tompkins 454) 2673; WOTM 1. Jerry Swartsley 438, Sandy Dickinson 370) 2510. Girls hish Joy Bauman 180. Boys high Jim Wicker. 200. Split conversions Barry Scruggs 3-6-7-8-10. Dennis Bauman 6-7. Sharon Walker 5-8-10. - WsJnttdsjr, Febrg.ry 11, 1t3 AAU Play Here This . AAU basketball play-offs for this section of the state begin tonight with a game at St. Mary's High gymnasium here. A team made up mostly of ex-collegians who are coach ing in schools of the vicinity will meet the Hawkinson Tire Tread team of Medford. This tussle, set for 8 p.m., will decide the Jackson coun ty title. Winner will meet Christie's Silver Dollar of Grants Pass on Sunday. That game for the Jackson-Josephine area honors will be at the Southern Oregon college gym. Sunday victor will ad vance against the Douglas Coos county champ for a state tourney berth. Tire Sponsorship Should the Ex - Collegians top the Tiremen tonight, they will gain Hawkinson Tire sponsorship for their remain ing Oregon play-off games, making two clubs under the Hawkinson banner. . Southern Oregon college JV on Monday night continued its Southern Oregon Independent league domination by beating Hawkinson's 66 to 51. The Viks Clip OCE 47-40 Monmouth -4CTJ- Portland State moved a step nearer the Oregon Collegiate conference basketball title Tuesday night by downing Oregon College of Education 47-40. Portland State held a nar row 20-17 margin at half time but quickly widened the lead to 10 points early in the sec ond half. Johnny Winters led PSC in scoring with 16. The Vikings now are 10-1 in the OCC compared to 7-3 for second place Southern Oregon. Small College Top Three Keep Poll Position New York -(UH)- Tennessee State, Evansville, Ind. and Southewest Mo. State re mained 1-2-3 today in United Press International's small college basketball ratings. Wheaton (111.) advanced from fifth to fourth and Steu benville (Ohio), which lost three . straight games after sweeping its first 13, slipped from fourth to fifth. New York (UPI) The United Press International small college basketball ratings (first-place votes and won-lost records through Feb. 7 in parentheses): Team Points 1. Tennessee St. 25 (2-1) . 370 2. Evansville (Ind.) 8 (12-5)..302 3. Southwest Mo. St. 1 (16-1 246 4 Wheaton (111.) (15-3) 203 5. SteubenviUe (Ohio) (15-3)..189 6. Grambling (La.) 3 (20-0) 166 (tie) Akron (Ohio) (15-1) 166 8. Chapman (Calif. (18-1) 160 9. Louisiana Tech (15-3) 121 10. Wittenberg (Ohio) (11-1) 49 11. St. Michael's (Vt.) 38: 12, Fresno (Calif.) State, 21; 13, Ken tucky Wesleyon (1), 20; 1. Fort Hays (Kan.) State (1), 14: 15, Creighton (Neb.). U: 16. George town (Ky.) 12; 17. Adelphi (N.Y.) (1). 11; 18 (tie). Texas Southern and Southwest (Tex.) State, 10 each: 20 (tie). Hope (Mich.) and Western Illinois. 9 each. Others receiving 5 or more points Duluth Branch, University of Minnesota. 7: West Virginia Wesleyan and South Dakota. S each: Centenary (La.) Youngstown wiuui. vTiuameue (vre.;( iNonn Carolina A&T, South Dakota State. Belmont Abbev (N.C.) and Platteville (Wis.), 5 each. Art Tyler Third In Sled Prelim St. Moritz, Switzerland '--(CPU Art Tyler of Weston, Mass., and Stan Benham of Lake Placid, N.Y.,, will lead United States teams against a favored German crew in the world f o u r-m a n bobsled championships this week end. Tyler, a 43-year-old physic ist, finished third in Tues day's qualifying competition with a time of 5:18.12. His crew included Gary Shef field of Lake Placid, N.Y., Parker Voorhis of Bellmore, N.Y., and Lt. Tom Butler of Saranac Lake, N.Y. Benham, along with Neil Rogers, Jim Lamy and Chuck Pandolph, all of Saranac Lake, gained the other U.S. berth by. placing fifth with a time of 5:18.31. - Off Game Evening junior Raiders took the lead after a 25-all knot. They took advantage over confusion about the clock to up from 29 to 27 to 35 to 27 in the last 65 seconds of the first half. As the second half start ed the college club scored 10 straight markers for 45 to 27 command. , Dave Gardner had 20 points for the Jayvees and John Payne 18. Bob Serak scored 15 for Hawkinson's. LINE-CPS: 66 SOC JV Hawkinson F 8 CaUender Madden F 20 Gardener H. Jones C 18 Payne Witte G 6 Puhl Serak G 3 S. Peterson McCay Substitutions For SOC, Kile 8. S. Jones 2. Harper 2; for F. John ton 6, Niles 2. Smith 2, D. John son 4, Peery. Eagles Host 6 A-2 Mat Tournament . Eagle Point Eagle Point high gymnasium will be scene of one of the first A-2 district wrestling tournaments in the state's history, Friday and Saturday. Simultaneously, seven oth er A-2 districts will start elim inations for the states first separate wrestling tourna ment for schools under 500 in enrollment. This state meet (technically an A-2 and B tournament, but few B schools wrestle) will be held at Gill Coliseum in Cor vallis, Feb. 20 and 21, along with the state A-l tournament in what will be the largest wrestling meet in the history of Oregon. Four hundred and sixteen boys will be entered in the combined state tourna ments this year. ' Double? Elimination The district 6 A-2 meet will be a double elimination af fair, with four schools: Glen dale, Henley, Illinois Valley, and Eagle Point, entering. Action begins at 2 pjn. on Friday, continues that eve ning, and will resume at; 10 ajn. Saturday. Championship round will start around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Two boys in each weight division will be sent on to the state meet the following week end. A small admission charge will be made. Federal Suit Threat Balked Baseball Boss New York -(CPU- Commis sioner Ford Frick told a fed eral court the only reason he did not intervene in the minor leagues' television problem is because he feared such a move might bring anti-trust action against baseball. Frick testified to that ef fect Tuesday as the first wit ness in a $250,000 damage suit brought against him and the 16 major league clubs by Frank D. Lawrence, president of the defunct Portsmouth, Va., club of the Piedmont League. Former minor league offi cials are scheduled to add their testimony today. In his suit, Lawrence charged that he was forced to suspend operations because of an "invasion" of the Ports mouth club's territory by tele casts and radio broadcasts of major league games Under direct examination, Frick said he had adopted a hands-off policy on the tick lish television question be cause he feared the Depart ment of Justice might con strue as "collusion" any at tempt to bring major and minor league officials togeth er in an efofrt to reach an agreement in television pol icy. PILOTS SAIL Portland -(UPD- The Port land Pilots sailed easily to their 14th basketball victory of the season here Tuesday night, downing Whitworth of the Evergreen conference 79 46. Four Pilots scored in dou ble figures but Ray Washburn of the Pirates took game hon ors with 16 points. Wally Pan- ' el led Portland with 13. Dick Jolley and Jim O'Donnell each had 12 and Jim Arm strong hit 10. RAIDER STARTER TONIGHT-Don Vannice, above, is to be in the starting crew tonight for Southern Oregon when it takes on Oregon Tech in an Oregon Collegiate conference basketball game at Ashland. The forward, an ex-Prospect high athlete, has been a regular most of the season for the Raiders. He has scored 87 points in 18 games and has picked off 76 rebounds. Southern Oregon will aim for its third win of the season over the Owls. The game is set for 8 p.m. after a 6:30 p.m. prelim between SOC junior varsity and Chris tie Silver Dollar of Grants Pass in ,the Southern Oregon Independent league. Voegtly, Cowning Make Huge Leap in Holiday Bob Voegtly and Bill Cown- mg made a tremendous 19- point jump into second place last week in the holiday gnlf handicap at Rogue Valley Country club. . They defeated Glen Fabrick and Bob Wells for five points and ' Ken Teeter and Jerry Olson for 14 and have an ag gregate of 29 to rise from fifth position. Ranny Smith, and Tom Teutsch kept their lead in the tourney with a two-point win over Leland Clark and Paul Mitchell for a 31 total for 11 matches. Clayton Lewis and Frank Allen, who had led the tour ney until Smith and Teutsch took over, are now third. They broke even with Paul Meyers PITCHER INKED Los Angeles - (UPD - Mike Lee, 17-year-old Bell, Calif., southpaw pitcher sought by 14 major league teams, has signed a bonus contract with the San Francisco Giants. 4 Door Windsor IU1 Golf Tussle and Dick Hogan The tournament ends March 1 and partners must have played 12 matches to be eli gible for a prize.- Standings: bnuui-'-eutsch ... v ueg uy-t-ownmg Lewis-Allen Matches Points li .Pius 31 29 ixieyers-nugan - - ltj " 10 10 10 9 8 3 1 1 1 0 Minus 1 1 2 2 4 5 ' 5 . 7 8 " 10 " 10 " 11 nignt-i'aiaons Oaeii-Wuicn iuoo,e-uiuevy Uougneny-j. ,ewis lu naviiana-xiunipm ey .. 10 ,. v-iarK-f. iviucnell .. 10 iamDei t-d. AiitcntU aears-iviayer 12 xtoais-xvinier 11 futiloa-.iaswicK 7 ruuiips-ijiioerison 2 raurictt-weus ., ,. y Conrad-Anaerson 9 aciiiiuut-j-,uoDers . 10 rttis-Casey - ti iSicnois-A. Broyles 12 IfiinK-Suilivan 5 mune-r.uii.on t a jioDinson-jeonard .. 5 jiarui-oiners ti Goraon-Lyncn ..... 1 jfiCKeii-Witnrow 5 faanborn-iviorris . 4 !OiUngnam-uexander 8 Tee lci -Olson Hall-crown Pope-Travis Rememeria-Burciay Getcheu-VamJuker H. Holmes-Baker 13 13 15 18 24 24 LOW NET BEST-BALL 61 Clyde Knight-Bud Parsons: 62 Clayton Lewis-Frank Allen; 63 Jack Lewis-Jack Dougherty. V A Mfl nin MfrTlTOfo) uJuJiUjiyjuJS) Chrysler Value and Luxury Pelivered MERE! NOW ON mm Med: srpciDiffiTrs Talent, Jacksonville Tip Rivals in County B Loop JACKSON COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. St. Mary's 10 2 Jacksonville 8 5 Butte Falls : 7 6 Talent 7 6 Prospect 0 13 Pet. .833 .615 .538 .538 .000 Jacksonville High took over lone hold on second spot in the Jackson County B basket ball league when it bounced Prospect 73 to 53 and Talent nicked Butte Falls 34 to 33 last night. Talent went into a tie for third place with its victory. Kip Walls scored only one point for Talent's Bulldogs but it was an important tally. It came with 14 seconds left in the game and' was the winning margin. Butte Falls and Talent played a slow moving, delib erate game which was tight all the way. The clubs worked for good shots and opposite defenses held them down well but both teams missed a size able number of opportunities. Only five fouls were whistled on each quint. Tie Broken The Bulldogs led 10 to 9, 22 to 19 and 26 to 23 at the quarters. Score was tied at 28, 29, 31 and 33 before Kip Walls got his counter, missing his first try and making his second on a two-shot foul. Larry Cavin scored 12 points for Butte Falls and Rollie Welburn 11 for Talent. Prospect made a game of it for three quarters against Jacksonville and was on top 14 to 13 at the end of the first period. Jacksonville head ed 35 to 25 at the half and 56 to 43 after three stanzas. Floyd Scaife piled up 23 points for Prospect and Ken Perreard 21 for the Redskins. - Jacksonville also claimed Los Angeles - (UPD - Ron Wallace, center on the UCLA basketball team, was dropped from the university Monday because he failed to meet academic standards set in his athletic scholarship. The six foot, five-inch junior was often a starter for the Bruin five. Sedan Every Inch a $ DISPLAY AT mm m .Trlbumb junior varsity laurels 47 to 35. Prospect plays at Butte Falls Friday and St. Mary's at Jacksonville. Talent goes to Jacksonville on Saturday. A mix billed for Saturday be tween Prospect and St. Mary's has been shifted to Feb. 23 because of an SM game set for Sunday here with Sacred Heart of Klamath Falls. 34 Talent Butte Falls F 8 Seaver Remsen F Ron Welburn Ferguson C 10 Pittman Abbott G 4 Butler Ellis G 11 Rol. Welburn Cavin Substitutions For T a 1 e n t. Jacobs, Walls 1; for Butte Falls, Ellefson. 73 Jacksonville F 21 Perreard . Prospect Chapman r e Bransom C 16 Griffin -G 16 Davis Hall Davidson ... Fitch G White Scaife Substitutions For Ta.lrcnnvill Hanley 6, Vessel 4, Hubbard 2, Cabler 2; for Prospect. Jantzer 5. Jean Lefebvre Tears Up Ticket Lefebvre, Gonzaga's seven Lefebvre, Gonzaga5s seven foot three-inch center from Paris, tore up his plane ticket for home Tuesday. He was to have started back to France for good Monday afternoon. The unexpected move came shortly after Coach Hank An derson announced he had su spended for the season three of his first stringers in a dis ciplinary action. 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