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San Francisco To Play St. Mary's Gaels Tonight; Huskies Swamp Trojans .United Press International The San Francisco Dons get another chance to regain some of their past glory to night at the expense of the St. Mary's Gaels and they won't have to improve much on Tar Heels First Place UPI Caqe New York -(LTD- The North Carolina Tar Heels, aided by Kentucky's loss to Mississip pi State, took over first place today in United Press Inter national's college basketball ratings for the first time since Dec. 17, 1957. Kentucky slip ped from first to third. Coach Frank McGuire's Tar Heels, beaten only by Michigan State in 17 starts, moved up from second. Kan sas State (19-1) advanced from third to second. The-35 leading coaches who rate the nation's major col- BOWLING JUNIOR MATCH Ashland keglers, with mor,e handicap pins,- downed a Med iord team 2459 to 2412 Sat urday in a junior match at Medford Bowling lanes. Med- ford had the best scratch score, 1932 to 1889 Phil Wil son had high game, 179 and high series, 452. Ashland Medford B. Rodgen 407 P. Wilson ft. Wright 378 K. Blew B. Lininger 332 D. Guches a. Haas 370 J. Fowler . H. Anderson 402 M. Davis 452 351 338 346 .. 445 1932 480 2412 1889 . 570 Handicap 2439 Standings; Edith & Henry's Drive In W. 21 L. 7 11 12 12 13 16 16 16 18 19 Oak Knoll Golf Course 17 Hillyer Oil Co 16 Trail Creek Lumber Co 16 Hight Heal Estate 15 Sewing Machine Center 12 Lamport's Sporting Goods 12 Sam's Sporting Goods 12 E. H. Mann Co. 10 Morse Motors . 9 Results: Morse Motors 3 (Lee Bex 570) 2648: E. H. Mann Co. 1 (Chas. Mc Whorter 367) 2567. ljimnnrt'i Snortine Goods 2 (Karl Johnson 617) 2705: Hight Real Estate 2 (John, Tonlin 57) 2647. Sam's Sporting Goods 4 (George 'Barr 518 2458: Trail Creek Lum ber Co. 0 (Gene Piazza 531) 2432. Hillyer Oil Cu. 3 (Norm Hillyer 601) 2742: Sewing Machine Center 1 (Walt Daigle 601) 2672. Edith & Henry's Drive In 3 (Jack Gardner 613) 2772; Oak Knoll Golf Course 1 (Chas. Sulli van 573) 2694. VICTORY LEAGUE Standings: Clave Const U. S. Bank Trowbridge & Flynn Hearin Lbr. Hillyer Oil W. 19 18 -i 17 16 13 I.. 9 9V 11 12 13 13 15 15 15 17 17 17',i E. H. Mann 13 13 13 Jackson Co. Federal Baker Moulding Sewing Mach. tenter i& Pioneer Club .. - 11 Quality Mkt 11 Rogue Sportsman 10', Pioneer Club 3 (V. Miller 440) 2051: Jackson Co. Federal 1 u Shsltnn 42S 191 R Hillvpr Oil 1 H. Clark 492) 1968: Clave Const. 3(Ruth Shama 446) 2068. , Sewing Center 0 (C. Sedey 392) 1927: Trowbridge & Flynn 4 (E. Dickinson 527) 2137. E. H. Mann 0 (E. Lenz 507) 1928; Quality Mkt 4 (Culy 5041 2108. U.S Bank 3'2 (C. Stephenson 487 2129- Rogue Sportsman to (P. Smith 424) 206. Hearin Lbr. Co. 2 (J. Frohreich 437) 2028; Baker Mldg. 2 (B. Weiss 446) 2006. D. Edwards Triplicate 108. High Game C. Stephenson 218. E. Dickinson 201. High Series E. Lenz 507. E. Dickinson 527, H. Culy 504. KIWANIS JUNIOR LEAGUE Standings: Ronchy Roller Johnny Rebs Gutter Gang Question Marks The Heads .. . Alley Rats Pin Stealers Rough Riders W. L. . 8 4 . 7 5 . 7 5 . 7 5 . 7 5 . 6 6 . 4 8 . 2 10 Results: Pin Stealers 1 (Mike McCoy 273) 1330: Question Marks 2 (John Hay 272) 1399. Ronchv Rollers 3 (Jack Fowler 275) 1342; Johnny Rebs 0 (Mike Davis 328) 1298. Rough Riders 1 (Doug Williams 300) 1273: The Heads 2 (Rex Nico demus 279) 1449. Allev Rats 3 (Phil Wilson 358) 1493; Gutter Gang 0 (Tom Bortis 304) 1329. Splits Converted Tom Bortis 5 10. Mike Sullivan 3-10. High Game Phil Wilson 188. SATURDAY SENIOR LEAGUE KlanriiiiFs; W. Bauman's Fire Equipment 10 Medford Paint . 10 B and B Auction . Women of Moose Hudson's Pharmacy . K-Boy Motor Haven Picard's Richmaid Pepsi-Cola 9 9 7 6 5 5 4 3 Results: Motor Haven 0 (Berry Scruggs. Ala r-horv! Pntucek 288) 2471: BAB 4 (Shirley Bems 410. Jim Osborn 446) 2593. Huriuin's O (Saundra Nelson 348, Garv Williams 443) 2333: WOTM 4 (Bob Emmena 489. Kathy Relhng 351) 2609. . a, Pepsi 1 (Kich Schroeder 446. Diana Tomlin 358) 2389; Medford Paint 3 (Larry Jones 506, Suzy Thommason 380) tt. PirarH'c 1 il.arrv Little 4o6. Judy Ross 374) 2442: Bauman's 3 (Joy Bauman 412. Dennis Bauman 544) 2565. K-BOY 1 (Butch Tompkins 391. Linda Wicker 330) 2432: Richmaid 3 (Mvrtle Williams 368, Larry Schaecher 446) 2492. Girls High Game Joy Bauman, Boys High Game Jerry Swarts ley, 199. their last performance against the Moraga club to pull off a major upset. The last time the two squads met, St. Mary's had. all it could do to pull out a nar row 64-63 over-time victory Take In Poll leges for UPI also made sev eral other changes in the top 10. The coaches considered games played through Satur day night in their latest bal loting. Mississippi State (20-l)i ad vanced from 15th to 10th and appeared in the select group for the first time since the UPI ratings were inaugurated in 1950. California (15-4) ad vanced from 12th to ninth. Bradley, beaten last week by St. Louis, slipped from eighth to 12th. West Virginia upset by New York Univer sity, dropped from 10th to 14th. Cincinnati (16-2), North Carolina State (18-2), Auburn (18-0) and Michigan State (13-3) remained 4-5-6-7. St. Louis (16-2) moved from ninth to eighth. Texas Christian (16-4), the Southwest Conference lead er, headed the second 10 group. Bradley, Utah, West Virginia, Marquette, Louis ville, St. John's (N.Y.), St. Bonaventure, Oklahoma City, and St. Mary's, Calif., follow ed in order. No other schools received votes this week. New York (UPI) The United Press International major college basketoall ratings firstplace votes and won-lost records in parenthe ses: ' Team Points 1. North Carolina 13 (16-1) ... 301 2. Kanses State 11 (19-1) 285 3. Kentucky 4 (0-2) 261 4. Cincinanti 1 (16-2) 212 5. North Carolina St. 2 (18-2) 212 6. Auburn 3 (18-0) 201 7. Michigan State 1 (13-3) ..120 8. St. Louis (16-2) 104 9. California (15-4) u 48 10. Mississippi State (20-1) 47 11. Texas Christian 30; 12. Brad ley. 28; 13, Utah. 26; 14. West Vir ginia, 18; 15. Marquette,- 11; 16 (tie). Louisville and St. John's (N.Y.) 3 each; 18. St. Bonaven ture. 2: 19 (tie) Oklahoma City and St. Mary's. (Calif.) 1 each. RV Baseball Session Set A meeting of representa tives of the Rogue Valley base ball league will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Cave Shop in Grants Pass, it has been announced. Purpose of the meeting is to determine how many teams plan to seek franchises in the league for next summer and to start organizational work. Representatives have been invited from Medford, Cheney Lumber company of Central Point, Butte Falls, Prospect, Camp White, Grants Pass, Cave Junction, Glendale and Riddle. Anyone else interested in obtaining a franchise is in vited to attend the meeting. Riddle won the league championship last year but lost the post-season playoffs to Cave Junction. Central Point Plays Tonight Central Point-The Seventh and eighth grades of Central Point will play the Ashland Junior high basketball squad at 6:30 p.m. today in the Cen tral Point gymnasium. The. Central Pointers have a record of seven won and three lost with Ashland rank ing a little below them. The Central Point seventh and eighth will be trying for a fourth in' a row victory to night' after defeating Mc Loughlin, South Grants Pass and North Grants Pass re cently. Sputniks HI ... 34 66 Triple Threats 33 i Channel Cats 33 ',j 66'4 66 V2 Results: Triple Threats 0 (A. Harris 482) 1342; Keglers 4 (I. Shroeder 525) 1566. Buddies Follies 2 (D. Christian son 553) 1538: Channel Cats 2 (H. Culy 605) 1512. Pin Ups 4 (H. Clark 51) 1544; Sputniks III 0. (V. Cummings 488) 1367. High S e r i e s H. Culy 605. D. Christianson 553. H. Clark 551, S. Daigle 525. I. Shroeder 525, V. Knox 516 E. Baker 514. High Game H. Culy 200-227; D. Christianson 2u3: E. Baker 204. Hieh Team Game Keglers 563. High Team Series Keglers 1566. CLOSED Wednesday and Thursday BARKER'S Main and Central in what was supposed to be a cake-walk for the West Coast Athletic conference leaders. The Gaels' 6-0 conference mark will be on the line, while the Dons have nothing to lose save another 'game. USF takes a 1-4 league record into tonight's contest and a miserable 4-15 mark onthe season. The WCAC's second place club. College of Pacific, meets Santa Clara at San Jose Ci vic auditorium in an import ant match for both teams. COP (5-2) must win to stay within hailing distance of St. Mary's, while the same goes for the Broncos (4-3) if they are to stay in the running for second place. In the top game of a light bill Monday night, the Wash ington Huskies put on a sec ond half rush to swamp Southern California, 76-55, and move to within a half game of pace-setting Califor nia in the tight Pacific Coast conference r?ce. The victory was the Seattle club's seventh straight after dropping three of its first four PCC starts. The Huskies, trailing 37-33 at halftime, found the range in the opening minutes of the final period and from that point on it was no contest. Doug Smart collected 26 points for the winners to run his total in three years of PCC play to 884, only 24 behind the conference record set by Oregon State's Dave Gambee. Bruno Boin contributed 21 markers to the Washington cause. John Werhas led the Trojans with 14 points. In an intersectional at Den ver, Portland's Pilots with stood a late rally by Regis to take a 69-64 victory. The visit ors had a comfortable 42-28 halftime lead, but Regis shaved it to 62-60 with only four minutes left before the Pilots regained command on the strength of free throw?. Bob Linnenberger led the Ranger attack with 23 points. Jim Armstrong had 15 for Portland. At Spokane, Seattle re versed a loss to Gonzaga Sun day night by coasting to an 88-68 victory over the Bull dogs. College of Idaho defeated Willamette, 57-47, in the night's other tilt. In other "games tonight, San Francisco State will host Sac ramento State, Westmont tra vels to Santa Barbara and the Cal Aggies are at Chico State. Phone Company Has Interstate Bowling Meet Five Pacific Telephone em ployees from Medford will bowl Saturday, Feb. 21, at Eu gene in the first annual Pa cific Telephone Interstate Bowling tournament. They will be among 200 bowlers in Portland and Eu gene competing against a sim ilar number in both Washing ton and California for the Mark R. Sullivan trophy. (Sul livan is Pacific Telephone's president.) The Sullivan trophy will go to the state with the highest gross score-pins rolled plus handicap. Teletype Tells Progress of the, American Bowling Congress sanctioned tournament will be reported between bowling sites at Spo kane, Seattle, Portland, Eu gene and Fresno, by means of a private line teletypewrit er system. ....... Oregon bowlers will com pete among themselves for high team and first three in dividual high' game and high series honors. Sponsoring the tournament are the Telephone Employees Activities associations in the three states. Representing Medford in the tournament will be John Martin, Bob Motschenbacher, Howard Rickman, Ev Pruitt and John Strobel. Bud Judy is alternate. Central Point Graders Tussle Central Point-Central Point grade school basketball teams are hosts to Ashland aggrega tions this evening. Seventh graders play at 6:30 p.m. and eighth graders at 7:30 p.m. The Pointer team have won their last three games. 8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, February 17. 1959 MedforbTribune Kansas State Eyes Conference Title United Press International Kansas State and Michigan State moved closer to con ference championships ' and berths in the NCAA basket ball tournament today, while Auburn looked ahead to plac ing its 30-game victory streak on the line against Kentucky later this week. Second-ranked Kansas State remained undefeated in Big Eight Conference action by polishing off Oklahoma, 75-55, Monday night and can clinch at least a tie for the league title by defeating Oklahoma State Saturday. Michigan State, also picking up steam with each game, opened a two-game lead in the Big Ten race in turning Dellinger Winner in Two-Mile New York-(UPD-Bill Delling er, ex-Oregon ace, won the two-mile at the New York Athletic Club games Saturday night with a time 8:59.8, well off his record indoor pace of a week ago. Jim Grelle .of Oregon fin ished third in the mile behind Phil Coleman of Chicago and Laszla Tabori of Hungary Dave Edstrom of Oregon was third in the 60-yard high hurdles. By MILTON RICHMAN New York- (UPD -Angry Ron Delany told the "New York crowds" to like it or lumo it- he isn't going to run any fast er inan necessary. Turns out Delany has a touch of Ted Williams in him. He doesn't appreciate being booed when he is, like last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, he's apt to tea otf his detractors. The skinny mile kinerjin from Dublin complained rath er bitterly about "the New York crowds which always boo me" after he had droDrjed down from his mile specialty to win the half-mile event in the relatively slow time of 1:52.2. Delany said he didn't get that kind of treatment any where else. The victorv was his 34th straight indoors and it made less of an impression with the crowd than the band which blared away in the Gar den stands. The record-hungry crowd, however, gave an ear-piercing ovation to 17-year-old John Thomas of Boston uni versity, who high jumped seven feet for the second time in as many meets. XAVIER DROPS PIONTEK Cincinnati-OJPD-Jim McCaf- ferty, Xavier university bas ketball coach,, has dropped Rich Piontek, the Musketeers' leading rebounder, from the squad for the remainder of the season because of "discip linary reasons." Piontek has snagged 200 rebounds and scored 150 points in 19 games this season. WINGS RECALL BARTON Detroit - (UPD - Cummy Bar ton, 22-year-old right wing from Seattle, has been re called by the parent Detroit Red Wings, and Bill McNeill, 23-year-old right wing, has been sent to Edmonton to make room for him. McNeill has been with the Wings for three seasons. ITS THERE IN HOURS... AND COSTS YOU LESS I What a bargain! For example, a 25-lb. package from Seattle to Medford costs only $2.35. Fast! As little as 12 hours, 19 minutes travel time. 212 North Bartlett Phone SP 2-2202 back Northwestern, 71-68. The seventh-ranked Spartans need only two victories in their remaining four games to win the conference title and a crack at the NCAA champion ship. Auburn Downs Tulane Auburn, barred from any postseason appearances, dis played amazing shooting in its final tuneup for Kentucky by downing Tulane, 79-56. The sixth-ranked Tigers con verted 31 of 53 shots from the field and added 17 of 22 free throws in scoring their 30th straight victory. Kansas State also was red- hot against Oklahoma. The Wildcats hit on 41.4 per cent of their field goal attempts and 27 of 31 free throws in scoring their 20th triumph in 21 games. Bob Boozer led Kansas State -with 21 points, one more than Oklahoma's Ray Lewis. A field goal by Dave Fahs and two free throws by Bob Anderegg in the final min utes helped carry Michigan State to victory over North western. The Wildcats, led by Willie Jones' 30 points, put up a strong fight as the score was tied six times in the first half and four times in the second half. Purdue provided the Spar tans with an important boost by knocking off Indians,' 94 89, and tying the Hoosiers for second place. Michigan State plays Purdue Saturday and then takes on Indiana the following week end. If the Spartans wfin those two crucial games, they can start lining up tickets to the NCAA tournament. Bradley Gets Revenge Bradley, bounced out of the UPI top 10 this week, gained revenge for last week's defeat to St. Louis by snapping the Billikens' 14-game winning streak, 72-65. The Braves and St. Louis now are tied for second in the Missouri Valley Conference race behind Cin cinnati. Van Smith and Mike Owens each ' scored 19 points for Bradley, which converted 28 of 48 field goal attempts. George Burkel had 23 points and Bob Ferry totaled 19 for the eighth-ranked Billikens. Lamb Heads Referee Group ' Central Point - Ron Lamb, Central Point basketball ref eree, was 'elected president of the Southern Oregon Offi cials' association last night at Central Point. Other officers elected were Barney Riggs, Medford, vice president; Jack Clark, Grants Pass, secretary; Pat Ford, Grants Pass, director; and Goldy Noble, Grants- Pass, new commissioner of officials. The elected officers will take their positions next year, an official for the association said. Dayton Beats Portland Gang Denver - (UPD- The Univer sity of Portland Pilots seek to break even in a two-game road trip tonight when they meet Regis in an intersection al basketball game here, Portland dropped a 65-58 decision to Dayton university at the Ohio city Saturday night after playing on even terms most of the game. Ordering Sometotngt Medford Seventh In Cage Poll Portland Medfords cage squad with 13 wins and three losses slid down to seventh place in Class A-l section of the Oregonian poll today af ter receiving 46 points. Grant with 13 wins and three losses also dropped to eighth after being knotted for seventh slot last week. It re ceived 36 points. North Salem and Jefferson hung onto their first and sec ond place ratings, respective ly, in the class A-l group but received fewer points than in last week's poll. North Salem (17-2) gained only three first place votes and it poll points . dropped from 96 to 88. However, this makes the third straight week the team has been in first place in the poll. Jefferson (14-2) lost eight counters, slipping from 92 to 84 and received only one blue ribbon vote in barely holding to the second rung. Astoria (15-1) Is a close third with 81 points and three premiuih ballots. Klamath Falls (14-3) squeez ed ahead of Bend (16-1) to gather 60 counters for the fourth slot. Bend, after defeating Klam ath Falls Saturday night, made the biggest jump among the A-l class. The Lava Bears jumped from a seventh place tie into fifth place with 69 points, including three votes for first. Pendleton (15-3) re mained in sixth place with 51 points. Grant (13-3) fell from seventh to eighth with 36 points. North Bend, Baker, Marsh field and St. Helens remain ed just but of the top eight positions. PREP RANKINGS Class A-l 1 North Salem (17-2) . 2 Jefferson (14-2) 3 Astoria (15-1) 4 Klamath Falls (14-3) Pts. .... 88 .. 84 81 .... 60 5 Bend (16-1) 59 ft PunHlctnn MS-li e: 7 MprtfnrH Mn.Si AC 8 Grant (13-3) ....!""!"" 36 Others: North Bend (11-7), Baiter (16-1)! Sandy (15-2), Corvallis 1 6), Beaverton (11-5), Ontario (14-5). Class A-2 Pts. 1 Myrtle Creek (19-1) 96 2 Coquille (15-3) 77 3 Stayton (12-2) .. 74 4 Willamina (15-2) 63 5 Serra Catholic (14-2) 62 6 Seaside (14-4) 45 7 Philomath (13-3) 39 8 Newport (17-4) 26 Others: Myrtle Point (13-4), Junction City (14-64, Nestucca (13 5), Waldport (17-3), North Marion (13;3). Willamette (14-5), Pleasant Hill (15-4), Rainier (13-6), Neah kahnie (13-5). Class B Pts. 1 Jefferson (15-2) 92 , 2 Yoncalla (17-2) 87 3 Elkton (16-3) 72 4 Merrill (16-2) . .... 62 RELAXATION There's a part of tomorrow that starts at twilight today There is a restful time at the edge of evening that spreads a soft and suffusing calm over the press of all tomorrows. It is the well-earned hour of pleasant pastimes and reflections, the slowly-savored hour when Americans relax and then enjoy a drink or two of the most famous whiskey the world has ever known. say Sectgcattfs and be Sure North Sale Medford N Portland -(UPD- North Salem held down first place while Astoria moved into second ahead of Jefferson of Port land in this week's class A-l Journal coaches' poll among O r e g o n's prep basketball teams. Klamath Falls, although los ing to Bend, was a notch ahead of the Lava Bears in fourth place while Grant and Pendleton tied for sixth. Douglas county teams paced I A-2 and B ranks. Myrtle Linfield Tops Race By United Press International Linfield regained - the top spot in the Northwest confer ence title race Monday night. The Wildcats defeated Whitman, 66-55, at Walla Walla, Wash., while Willam ette was dropping a 57-47 de cision to Colleg of Idaho at Caldwell. The win gave Linfield a 9-2 conference mark while Willamette slipped Xo a 9-3 mark. The title picture may be cleared up somewhat this week end when Linfield and Willamette tangle in a home-and-home two-game series. Terry Woods had 18 points for Linfield and Max Johnson 16 for Whitman. Jackie Riley of Linfield was held to 8 points. Bob Moreno paced College of Idaho to its win over Wil lamette with 18 points while Ed Grossenbacher hit 13 for the Bearcats. High School Athletes Fined Portland - (UPD - Two high school athletes received fines for larceny from an auto in municipal court Monday. Ar thur Junior Pierce, 18, a bas ketball player, was fined $25, and Raye Stephen Renfro, 18, a football star, received a fine of $10. They were arrested early Sunday after a man re ported seeing two youths si phoning gasoline from a car. Neither had a previous police record. 5 Monroe (17-3) 54 6 Corbett (17-3) 18 7 Powers (14-2) .-. 37 8 Joseps (13-3) 32 Others: Vernonia (14-4), Pilot Rock (16-4). Wheeler (16-2). Maple ton (13-6). Helix (15-5), Star of the Sea (14-6. Arlington (13-3), St. Mary's of Medford (12-3). Mt. Ver non (13-4), Stanfield (15-4), TIME U.S.A. 45 $190 t 45 Qt. Code 265B Pint Code 265C BLENDED m First, ow Eighth Creek, in southern Douglas county, lead the A-2 poll, and Yoncalla, in northern Doug las county, topped the B poll along with Jefferson of Linn county. Elkton, another Doug las county team, was in third place among the B's, followed by Monroe and Corbett tied for fourth, and Merrill. Trailing Myrtle Creek in A-2 were Coquille, Stayton, Willamina,- Serra, Seaside, Newport and Philomath. The A-l rankings: ' Team Points 1. North Salem .". 75 2; Astoria 73 3. Jefferson 63 4. Klamath Falls 45 5. Bend 43 6. (Tife) Grant 33 Pendleton 33 8. Medford 31 9. St. Helens 14 10. North Bend 12 Others: Beaverton 6, Sandy 5, Corvallis 4, Baker 3, Marsh field and Grants Pass 1 each. Pilots Smash Regis Team Denver -(UPD- The Portland Pilots smashed down a late Regis College rally Monday night to whip the Rangers .69-64. The Pilots maintained a comfortable 10 to 15 point margin throughout the game until the Denver team started back with only seven min utes to go before the final whistle. Portland's half-time lead was 42-28. Regis closed the gap to two points, 62-60, with four and one-half minutes left in the game. But free throws by Portland's Jim Armstrong and Bill Garner gave the Pi lots their final edge. The Pilots had a six-re bound edge, 50-44, and hit 27 of 56 tries for 48,2 per cent Regis hit 21 of 66 for 31.9. Ranger Bob Linneberger was high with 23 points. Arm strong took honors for the Pi lots with 15. Pendleton Qualifies Pendleton (UPD Pendle ton, which finished fourth in last year's A-l basketball tournament in Eugene, Satur day night became the fvst team to clinch a berth in the 1959 tournament. The Buckaroos did so by coming from behind to nip La Grande, 54-52. . . : i&xr1 ?--ai? 5sw g i- Va i y- ttv.yVjWsssSA :--:-:::-:j till m - j WHISKEY.85 PROOF. 6556 GRAIN NtUTRll SPIRITS. SEAGRAM-DISTILLERS COMPANY, DEW YORK ClTt Frederick Will Miss Game Series Portland - (UPD - Coach Sharkey Nelson said today that John Frederick, regular Portland State forward, would miss this weekend's important series with South ern Oregon at Ashland be cause of illness. Frederick is the team's sec ond leading scorer. The coach said he also may miss the NAIA regional tourney March 2 and 3. The serins at Ashland should decide the Oregon Col legiate Conference title. Port land State has a two-game bulge at present. Grid Team Father Dies At Age 71 New York -(UPD- Timothy J. (Tim) Mara, founder and guiding genius of the New York football Giants, whose franchise he purchased as a $2,500 whim in 1925, died of a heart attack at his home Monday night at the age of 71. Mara's wife. Giant team physician Dr. Francis Sween ey and a parish priest were at his bedside when the end came. He had never seen football played when Joe Carr, then president of the National Football League, urged him to purchase the New York fran chise. It proved a successful gam ble for the aggressive Mara, who watched the Giants cap ture the world professional championship in 1927, 1934, 1938 and 1956 as well as win the Eastern Division title 10 different times. Under the Mara banner, such greats as Ken Strong, Ed Danowski, Tuffy Leemans, Mel Hein, Ward Cuff and Kink Richards performed in Giant moleskins. More re cently, the team has boasted such stars as Arnie Wein meister, Ray Poole, ' Frank Gifford and Charley Conerly. Gifford and Conerly led the Giants to the Eastern Division title this past season but the team bowed to the Baltimore Colts in a championship game last December. In traveling around the earth, the moon's average speed is 2,287 miles per hour, or 3,350 feet per second. MAJOR LEAGUE Standings: Pin Ups I Keglers Buddies Follies W. 1 . 74i 25'i , 71 to 28to S3 47
