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Bears Tighten Up Grip On First Place Position San Francisco -(LTD- Walt Torrence's basketball stock continued to boom today as UCLA's fizzled. The latest coach to get on the Bruin guard's bandwagon was coach Pete Newell of Cailfornia who claimed that his team was "fortunate" to beat UCLA last Saturday night even if the final score was 64-51. "I think Torrence was a tremendous problem for us to handle," Newell said of the game which saw the Bears take a tighter grip on first sion of the NorthernCalifor- place in the Pacific Coast con ference race and the Uclans lose their fourth straight. "We played him with five men and there were many times when he made a basket with two on him." Newell added that Torrance might have clicked on 13 of his 18 shots if they had not been deflected at the basket. As it is, Walt finished up the fight with 22 points. Newell made his observa tions at Monday's weekly ses- Sport Parade By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International New York-UPII-Almost three years after his self-exile from Hungary, Laszlo Tabori still is trying today to strike off the chains of loneliness. "It was very bad at first," he admits. "I couldn't even read the signs. But, while the English, it still bothers me, I am doing better." Studying English at San Jose college and working at the Santa Clara youth center has filled the gaps as he trains morning and night in an attempt to regain the heights he once strode as one of the world's finest runners. Three years ago he was one of Hungary's record-smashing trio along with Sandor Iharos and Istvan Rozavolgyi. Laszlo had run a 3.59 mile at Lon don in 1956 in a race in which Britain's Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson both had run 3:59.8. His hopes were high for a 1,500-meter and 5,000 meter double in the Olympic games at Melbourne. Hungarians RsyoU But shortly after the Hun garians left for the Olympics, their countrymen rose up in a vain but storied effort to win their freedom from Rus sian domination. Tabori, a one-time army lieutenant, was frustrated to be so far away from the action. "It was impossible for us to train properly in those three weeks before the Olym pics," recalls the slender, long jawed man with curly chest nut hair. "We certainly couldn't keep our minds on such things as sports." It is no alibi. It is merely a firm statement of fact. It also accounts for the fact that Ta bori ran fourth in the J.500 meter race and sixth at 5,000 meters. Then .he joined the freedom flight along with 35 of his countrymen to the United States. Others Go Home "They were terribly lonely days," says the little man. "Sandor and Istvan went back home. They had the wife and childs. I didn't hear from my mother, father or sister. I was in a strange country and couldn't speak the language." For a time Laszlo thought of going back to his native land. He worked in a ' shoe factory and at various other jobs. And, finally, he began to absorb English. Currently he is East to run in various indoor meets. He was second to Ireland's Ron Delany in the Philadelphia Inquirer meet in 4:06.8 and Saturday ran second to Chi cago's Phil Coleman in a 4:08.6 race at the New York AC games. This Saturday night he'll compete in the Na tional AAU championships. nia Basketball Writers and Broadcasters association. Bears Face Road Trip Turning to a three-game road trip which faces the Bears, Pete indicated that he was looking forward to their second invasion into the Northwest. "We don't want to be class ed as a home court team," Newell said. " It will be a tough trip but we play well away from home. And the team that wins on the road this year will win the confer ence title." The Bears, sporting a road mark of three wins and two defeats, are at Washington State Friday, Idaho Saturday and Oregon State Monday. Jim Weaver, the St. Mary's mentor, worried over the fact that a lame back might side line Dick Sigaty, the veteran guard on the eve of three key. games this week. The Gaels meet the University of San Francisco tonight. "If Dick cannot start we'll use Al Claiborne," Weaver said. "He'll do a fine job if he gets the confidence." Denny Fitzpatarick of Cali fornia, who was named play er of the week off his 23-point performance against UCLA, said that such confidence fig ured largely in his own shooting. Ex-Champ Favored in Ring Bout Regular Slates Near End In Two Prep Conferences Regular season play in the Rogue league and also in the Jackson County B circuit, ex cept for one make-up game, comes to a close this week end while the Class A-l Southern Oregon conference has this week end and two more to go in its basketball competition. , Three Rogue league high schools are still in hot con tention for two berths in the District 6 A-2 hoop play-offs and in the B circuit St. Mary's, leader in the race for the championship, is being pressed by three challengers. Among the Rogue clubs, Il linois Valley (6-1) winds up its regular slate as host to Eagle Point (5-1) at Cave Junction on Friday. On the same night Phoenix (1-6 and out of the running) goes to Glendale (4-2). Final tussle on the loop schedule is Glendale at Eagle Point on Friday. Tie Could Result The Rogue champ qualifies for the district play-off auto matically but the second place team must meet Henley for the second berth from the southern division of the dist rict. Illinois will have the title alone if it beats Eagle Point. Victories by the Eagles in both their games will give them the diadem. Glendale is still in the running for a co title and should EP beat IV and Glendale trim both Phoe nix and Eagle Point a three- All-Time High Reached in Sale Of Hunting Fishing Licenses state, if it could be computed, Portland Oregonians in greater numbers each year are turning to the sport of hunting and fishing for their recreational outlet. This fact is borne out by the sale of hunting and fishing licenses last year which set a new all- time high, surpassing' the 1957 record sales by more than 50,000 licenses. Figures disclosed by the game commission show that some 579,200 individual li cense sales were made last year compared to 529,061 in 1957. The total sales figure will probably be somewhat higher since about 2 per cent of the license agents have not filed final returns. This is the third straight year that the number of hunters and fish ermen in Oregon has passed the half million mark. The total number of hunt ers and fishermen in the V - 1 .... ON MAT CARD The Avenger, above, will face Don Manouki an on the pro wrestling card at Grants Pass this evening. The masked man will appear in the one-fiour semi-main starting at 8:30 p.m. is undoubtedly much higher than the recorded license sales since thousands of youngsters under 14 years of age who may fish or hunt small game without licenses are not rep resented. Nor are landowners who require no license to hunt small game or to fish on their own property. The daily angling license, which went on sale last year, proved popular with a sale of 72,366. way titular knot will result. . Henley play-off is billed for Feb. 27 at Klamath Falls and the full district run-off for March 6 and 7 at Ashland. In the B league tonight Butte Falls is at Jacksonville and Talent meets St. Mary's at Medford. St. Mary's plays at Butte Falls on Friday and Prospect at Talent. St. Mary's then will have a make-up with Prospect, possibly next Monday. B Play-Off County play-off is set for Feb. 26 and 27 at Eagle Point with the first and fourth teams and second and third of the conference season meet ing on opening night. If the conference champ fails to win the tourney, it will play the tourney winner on Feb. 28 for the right to meet the Klam ath county champion for the District 5 banner. Talent and Jacksonville have caught fire in late sea son games and they and Butte Falls each have a chance to catch front running St. Mary's. The Crusaders of Med ford have particularly tough assignments against Talent and Butte Falls. Medford high will have Southern Oregon conference contests on consecutive nights at home, opposing Ashland on Friday and Grants Pass on Saturday. The Black Tornado needs triumphs over both foes to keep in the conference run ning. Crater goes to Klamath Falls on Friday and Ashland to Klamath on Saturday. nms . At its farthest point, the moon is 252,710 miles from earth; at its nearest, 221,463 miles. New York -flJPD- Twin win streaks will be risked Friday night when Gene Full mer, former world middle weight champion, and Wilfie Greaves, Canadian champ, fight at Madison Square Gar den in a featured bout on this week's boxing schedule. Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah, is favored at 3-1 to reg ister his ninth straight victory against Greaves of Windsor, Ont., who has a string of 13 consecutive Wins. It's a v return bout. When Gene was champion, he won a non-title decision over Wil fie on Jan. 28, 1957. Fullmer, campaigning for a return shot at the 160-pound crown, is ranked second among contenders by both the Ring magazine and the National Boxing association. Twenty three year old Greaves will try to smash into the rankings in this fight. Their 10-rounder ' will be televised and broadcast na tionally by NBC. Heavyweight Scrap Wednesday night's TV fight brings together heavyweight contenders Mike DeJohn of Syracuse, N.Y., and Sonny Liston of Philadelphia at the Miami Beach Exhibition hall. Liston, boasting 15 straight victories, is favored at 13-5 over lanky Mike, despite their practically equal ratings. De John is rated ninth by the NBA and 10th by the Ring. Liston is ranked ninth by the Ring and 10th by the NBA. Each is a good puncher. Son ny scored 13 knockouts while winning 22 of his 23 bouts. DeJohn registered 25 kayoes while winning 36 of his 42 starts. Welter contender V i n c e Martinez of Miami Beach is slated for a 10-rounder with unbeaten young Denny Moyer of Portland, Ore., at Portland, Tuesday night. It will not be televised. OTHER FIGHTS: Tuesday: Richmond, Calif Tony Domingeuz vs. Joe Neal. San An tonio, Tex. Zuany vs. Dean Bo gany. Wednesday: Tokyo Pascual Perez vs. Kenji Vonekura non. title. Albuquerque, N.M. Art Per sley vs. Joe Limos. Thursday: Los Angeles Baby Vasquez vs. Jimmy Hornsby. Boise, Idaho Glen Burgess vs. Luther Rawlings. Saturday: Hollywood. Calif. Pelone Cervantes vs. Billy Peacock. Stakes Headed By Tomy Lee , Arcadia, Calif. -(UPD- Top three - year - olds, headed by Tomy Lee, make their final stakes start prior to the $100,- 000 Santa Anita Derby in next Saturday's $50,000 San Felipe Handicap at Santa Anita. Tomy Lee was beaten in his only start of the meeting in the San Vincente Stakes by Ole Fols who comes back to oppose' him again in the San Felipe. The race also brings out the well-regarded Royal Orbit for his long-awaited duel with Tomy Lee. The mile and a sixteenth race includes in its interna tional field Sundown II and Die Hard. Both Tomy Lee and Ole Fols are English-bred horses. Sundown II won his first start in this country by breezing to a five-length win on the turf course. Orlando Hollis Resigns Post As UO Athletic Representative Eugene-(UPD-Orlando J. Hol lis, dean of the University of Oregon law school, resigned today as Oregon's athletic fac ulty representative effeclSve June 30, on the eve of the scheduled breakup of the Pa- Vacation anglers cific Coast conference. and nonresident anglers took a decided drop from about 29,000 in 1957 to a little over 18.00Q last year. Resident an glers ' took a drop of about 4,000 but was almost compen sated for by an increase in the sale of resident and spe cial combination licenses. Ju venile anglers remain approx imately the same. The total number of per sons licensed to fish within the state including the combi nation license holders was 327,678. This figure does not include the more than 72,000 daily license issued since tour ists and occasional . anglers could have purchased more than one. During 1957 anglers numbered 337,341, not includ ing some 23,000 daily salmon angling licenses issued. Resident hunters increased from about 162,000 tow ell over 171,000. Juvenile hunt ers jumped about 1,000, while nonresident hunters remained about the same. SUSPEND JOCKEY Miami, Fla.-OJPD-Bobby Us- sery, Hialeah park's leading jockey with 31 victories, be gins a 10-day suspension on Wednesday for rough riding in the fourth race here last Saturday. The suspension will deprive him of his mount on A Dragon Killer this Satur day in the $100,000 added Widener Handicap. The resignation was an nounced by Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, university" president, who praised Hollis for his conscientious efforts which he said "saved the university a position of dignity in most trying circumstances." Dr. Raymond T. Ellickson, head of the physics depart ment ot the university, was named to succeed Hollis. 'With Regret "Since the conference for which he has performed so ably is about to tie dissolved it seems only fair to relieve him of a most difficult assign ment," Dr. Wilson said, add ing "it is with regret that I do so." Hollis has held the position since 1940. He said he was confident that "the faculty athletic staff, alumni and friends of the university are firmly committed to the fun damental policy of permitting on this campus only one kind of an athletic program-a pro gram which is directed and administered by men of in tegrity, which is worthy of inclusion in the activities of a state university and which affords in all respects a desir able kind of experience for young men." Hollis was an advocate of the round-robin PCC football schedule and often was under fire by critics in southern California! Work Praised , Dr. Wilson, praising his work, said he had served Ore gon for 19 years with distinc tion and "at difficult times he has worked for honesty and truth whether it meant reor ganization of our own athletic program or discipling of oth ers." Penalties against some PCC members helped lead to the breakup of the PCC. Dr. Wilson described El lickson as a distinguished scientist and educator who will "continue the tradition of honesty and truth in athle tics which have distinguished the period in which Dean Hol lis has served us." PLANER CLEAN, SELECT QUALITY Fill Your Storage Now Big Double or Single Loads MEDFORD FUEL CO. KTABHSHEO 18" f careen (.STAMPS, Phone SP 2-2111 Court and McAndrews W in Five Encounters On Volleyball Schedule at Y NEW WORLD'S RECORD His face contorted by strain, Don Bragg clears the bar at 15 feet, W2 inches to set a new, world record for the indoor pole vault. Bragg, a for mer Villanova University vaulter and now with the U.S. Army, set the new record at the Philadelphia Inquirer Charities track meet at Philadelphia. STANDINGS: 1 Rogue Valley . Y ettes W. 4 4 Central Point Womens 4 Gold Hill 3 Y'Nots 2 Eagle Point Girls 1 Crater Girls 1 Griffin Creek 0 Five matches are on the schedule this Thursday eve ning in the tournament of the Medford YMCA women's vol ley ball club. ', Matches on the regular slate will be Eagle Point against Griffin Creek, Y'Ettes against Gold Hill, Y'Nots against Crater girls and Rogue Valley against Central Point women. Gold Hill was unable to play its tussle last week with Rogue Valley and that will be made up at 7 p.m. this Thursday. The Y'Ettes and Central Point continued in a second place tie with victories last Thursday. Central Point de feated Crater 15-11, 15-4 and Y'Ettes beat Eagle Point 15-7. 15-3. Y'Nots won 15-6, 15-1 from Griffin Creek. TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS Richmond, Va. - (UPD - Zig mund Mihalik of Ford City, Pa., Philip S. Fox of Wash ington, D.C., Lou Bellow of Raleigh, N.C. and Curly White of Cheverly, Md., will officiate at the Southern con ference basketball tourna ment here, Feb. 26-28. The fer-de-lance, a poison ous American pit riper, may reach seven feet in length. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, February 17, 1939 Moyer, Martinez To Clash Portland, Ore. -4UPD- Denny Moyer, 19, and Vince Mar tinez, 29, both with eyes on the welterweight champion purchase the new York fran-10-rounder. Martinez, the veteran from Paterson, N.J., with a 61-6 record, was favored to end Moyer's 19 -fight victory string. .Both wound up stren- Baptist, Christian Clubs Win in Loop First Baptist and . First Christian made their ; records 2-0 in the YMCA men's church basketball league with Satur day night wins. The Baptists whipped First Nazarene 48 to 37 and First Christian nicked Presbyterian 56 to 54. Zimmers had 14 Doinus for Nazarene and Quails nine for Baptist. Helm had 24 markers for Christian and Erion 22 for Presbyterian. FIGHTS United Press International New York (ITPtl-Hill Unnt ker, 218. Pittsburgh, Pa. (10). Baltimore. Md. (UPD WaVne Bethca. 205, New York, knocked out Warneli (Boom Boom) Lester. 183, Bel Air. Md. (10). Boston (UPI) Joe De Nucci. 165 ii, Newton. Mass.. ttonnpd Ike Jenkins, 157',s, New York (3). Philarlntnhia . TTDTt T .. tnews. Philadelphia, stopped Ray Lancaster. Spartansburg, S.C., (2). TTamna ITlo TTDTi A n m1 n-- cla. 136 '.'4. Havana, Cuba, defeated Henry Ferguson, 140, Nassau, Bahamas (10). uous training Sunday and were expected to weigh in at about 148 Vi pounds. Martinez, who has scored 31 knockouts in his career, will be up against a sharp young boxer in Moyer, who is hoping for a title shot here this summer against Don Jor dan if Jordan gets by ex champ Virgil Akins in their upcoming match. Martinez, who lost to Akins in an elimination bout, also has title aspirations. He de feated Stefan Ridl at Newark last December in his last fight. SPORTS BASKETBALL MONDAY COLLEGE RESULTS United Press International West Virginia 99. V.M.I. 55 Massachusetts 80, Connecticut 79 Furman 53. Citadel 52 Maryland 77. Clemson 58 Mississippi St. 76, Georgia 59 Alabama 89, Louisiana St. 84 Auburn 79. Tulane 56 Michigan 90. Iowa 86 Purdue 94. Indiana 89 Illinois S3. Wisconsin 54 , Michigan St. 71. Northwestern 60 Butler 92. Notre Dame 89 Wichita 65, Houston 63 Kansas St. 75, Oklahoma 55 Oklahoma St. 59. 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