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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, MetfforJ, Oreeoe, M4iy, February 20, 1959 Better Balance, Split Slates Gounted Upon For Prosperity In Coast League During 1 959 By SID LOVE Phoenix, Ariz.- (UPD -Better balance, split-week schedules and the weather man are be ing counted on for a pros perous 1959 Pacific Coast league campaign. Spring drills start la three weeks for PCL clubs. And for the first time in several years, each team has a work ing agreement with a major league team. President Leslie O'Connor, who plans to retire after this season following years as loop boss, feels the Sacra mento Solons will be streng thened by their new owner ship and new working agree ment with the farmhand-rich Milwaukee Braves. This tie-up is expected to better-balance the loop. Series of four and three games - with only one seven-game set listed - are expected to lure more fans looking lor a change in faces. The split-week was used extensively last season and was popular. Factor No. 3 - the weather gets an assist from San Diego and the schedule-mak er this time. More than 20 games were rained out dur ing the first two weeks of the 1958 campaign in the loop's northern cities. But the games had to be sched uled there because San Diego's new ball park was not ready. This time it is. So for the first two weeks starting Feb. 17, the clubs will play in Phoenix, San Diego, Sacra- Alvarez FT Winner Louis Alvarez, Central Point, won the Jackson coun ty grade school basketball free shot championship here last night and will represent the county in the state shoot on Feb. 28 at Corvallis. Alvarez and Dick Dahl, Phoenix, tied at 21 each in the first 25 and the Central Pointers won 19 to 18 in the shoot-otf. Other first 25 scores were Ronald Edmunds, Griffin Creek 19, Chris Hasmussen, Hedrick of Medford 18, John Kerns, Talent, 12, and Larry Smith, Jacksonville, 11. Nats, Celtics Have Wild Fray Syracuse, N.Y.-flJPD-One of the wildest games in the his tory of the National Basket ball association was staged Thursday night between the Boston Celtics and the Syra cuse Nationals. In a series of incidents that turned the War Memorial au ditorium into a fight arena: -Referee Sid Borgia slug ged an abusive fan. -Bill Russell of the Celtics slugged the Nats George Dempsey to set off a battle royal between members of both clubs. -Tom Heinsohn of Boston and Syracuse's Dolph Schayes engaged in another tussle and Heinsohn slugged Borgia when he attempted to break up the fight. -Syracuse Coach Paul Sey mour traded punches with Heinsohn after the Celt had floored the Nats' Bob Hop kins. -Heinsohn and teammate Gene Conley tangled with Syracuse fans before police intervened. P.S. - Syracuse won the game, 113-105. 1 FABULOUS FIAT 1200 SEDAN Here Is safe, tmait Itiliin-ttyle transportation with big-car com fort! It's the FIAT that lata yon travel tor pennies. Seats four to five. Has large rear luggage space, luxurious appointments, duotone finish and sparkling acceleration. JAY ALLEN CO. SALES PARTS SERVICE FIAT - BORGWARD 1078 Court St. j ' i mento and Salt Lake City. Phoenix Strong Again Nobody can say how the race shapes up. The Phoenix Giants, who set a PCL home run record last year while winning the pennant in their first try, can be expected to be strong. But with the clubs depend ing on the majors for the nuclei of their squads, line ups will not be set for 30 days after the big league sea son opens when the majors shut down. In addition to Sacramento's hook-up with Milwaukee, Phoenix and the Spokane In dians are owned outright by the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, respec tively. Working agreements of varying strengths are held by Portland with Kansas City, Salt Lake City with Pitts burgh, San Diego with Cleve land, Seattle with Cincinnati and Vancouver with Balti more. "Help from the majors is the basic strength in a club, O'Connor says. "The encour aging factor this year is that Sacramento, which had the lowest attendance last year, apparently will have new ownership, which is taking hold vigorously. McLoughlin Nudges EP McLoughlin Junior high ninth grade basketball team nicked Eagle Point high jun ior varsity 41 to 40 in over time yesterday. Regular playing time ended 38-all. Ron Weidman then gave Eagle Point the lead with two free tosses. George Clearwater put in a field bucket for the Medford Bull dogs and the winning point came when Larry Planken- horn made on of two free shot tries with 15 seconds left. Eagle Point tied up the game after McLoughlin had led 6 to 4, 16 to 10 and 33 to 26 at the quarters. George Clearwater had 17 points and 19 rebounds for the Bulldogs and Steve Geren 13 markers for the Eagles. A free shot contest decided which players were to start for Mc Loughlin. UNE-IJPSr 41 MrXonehlin Earla Pnlnt in T Ackley Hawkins 1 F 8 Schroeder Chamberlain C 17 Clearwater Greb 9 G 1 Heyerman Perdue G Darby Geren 13 Substitutions For McLoughlin, Renner 6, Ray. Lowery. Clousen 5, Weidman 4, Ayres, Skeeters 3, r-aira iu. Gene Fullmer 3 to 1 Favorite New York (1TB Brawnv Gene Fullmer, former world middleweight champion, is favored at 3-1 to beat Cana dian chamn Wilfie Greaves again tonight in their return tight at Madison Square Gar den. Their 10-rounder will be televised and broadcast na tionally by NBC. When dark-haired Fullmer of West Jordan. Utah, was world ruler in 1957, he won a non-title decision over blond Greaves at Salt Lake City. But young Wilfie was a 'com parative novice then. THREE GOLFERS TIED Kingston. Jamaica -4UP& Ed Porky Oliver. Bob Watson and Ed Furgol went out to break a three-way tie for the lead today in the second round of the Jarnaica Open Golf Tournament. Oliver of Den. ver, Colo., Watson of Ardsley- on-Hudson, N.Y., and Furgol of Miami. Fla.. each shot a three-under-par 69 yesterday to tie for the first-day lead. 1959 DODGE l'2'Vi Ton and 4-Wheel Drive PICKUPS! Parsons Motors Has Them! V-8 or it 3 or 4 Speed k No Spin Differential A if if . Do Your Pick-up Driving Economically DRIVE DODGE Ride In Comfort . . . DRIVE DODGE PARSONS DODGE TRUCKS PARSONS MOTORS DODGE . PLYMOUTH HEADQUARTERS 31S E. 5th Next to Greyhound Phone SP 3-3687 "Very great interest is be ing created in Sacramento by developments there. New faces around the league include Dewey Sor iano and Freddie Hutchinson. Soriano is the recently hired executive vice president of O'Connor and O'Connor's heir-apparent. He is a former Seattle official. Hutchinson is back with the Rainiers, whom he managed formerly, after managing the St Louis Cardinals last season, Sacramento - hired Bill Brenner, Portland general manager, as general manager, and might keep Sibby Sisti, a member of the Milwaukee farm system, as field boss. Road Trips For Leading PCC Quints United Press International Time is running out on the Washington Huskies and Stan ford Indians in their efforts to catch loop-leading Cali fornia in the Pacific Coast conference basketball race. All three teams are on the road this week end.' The Bears (8-2) invade the dens of Washington State to night and Idaho Saturday. They are favored to edge these second division teams, but then face a tough one when they battle Oregon State (6-5) in a Monday night con test. Harman Ready The Beavers have been heartened by the announce ment that all-Coast candidate Lee Harman will be ready for action. He missed the Beavers' last outing because of a bad ankle. Washington (8-3) meets Ida ho and Washington State. But the chief headache for the Huskies would appear to be an upcoming trip to Los An geles for season-ending games against Southern California and UCLA. Stanford (7-4) meets USC and UCLA this week end. The Indians need a double win to stay in the race. Saturday Loop Tussles Billed Morning League W. 6 5 4 2 1 0 I,. Pet 0 1.000 1 .833 2 .666 4 .333 5 .167 6 .000 Bullshivici . Bachelors Horde Blobs Bony Five . Buzzards Afternoon League Roses j. 5 0 1.000 Misfits 4 1 .800 Hoopsters 1 3 .250 Eagles 1 4 .200 Things 1 4 .200 Bullshivics will attempt to uphold their unbeaten record in Medford Senior high morn ing league recreation basket ball on Saturday when they encounter the Bony Five and the Bachelors seek to hang onto second in a game with the Buzzards. In the afternoon league the unbeaten Roses take on the Eagles and the once-licked Misfits have a bye. Schedule this Saturday is Horde versus Blobs, 9 ajn.; Buzzards versus Bachelors, 10 ajn.; Bullshivics versus Bony Five, 11 a.m.; Hoopsters versus Things, noon, and Roses ver sus Eagles, 1 p jn. Morning games last -Satur day saw the Horde crumble the Buzzards 68 to 9. the Bull shivics blot the Blobs 40 to 15, the Bachelors ' whip the Bony Five 37 to 27, Misfits top the Eagles 30 to 28. Arcadia, Calif. (LTD Santa Anita stewards have susnend- ed Panamanian jockey Man uel Ycaza for five racing days because of careless ridine Ycaza, who begins the sus Dension Saturdav. was arv cused of causing interefence while aboard Your Regards in Wednesday's fourth race. Gas Tanks Outside Cab Driver Adjusts Emergency Brake Electric Wipers TEAM FOR SOUTHERN OREGON Gordon Carrigan, left, junior from Central Point, and Jim McAbee, senior from Talent, are guard teammates for the Southern Oregon college basketball crew. The two, a starting pair all season, will carry the SOC colors against Portland State college at Ash land tonight and Saturday night. MEDFORD&JttlBUNE siPODninrs Weather Improves For Ski Encounter Squaw Valley, Calif. -tUPD-r The North American Ski Championships finally blessed with beautiful weather, eet underway here Saturday with 94 competitors lining up in the men and women's slalom on KT-22. With the mountain well- oacked and lightning - fast. skiers from seven countries will battle for top prizes as Christie's Ties SO JV SO INDEPENDENT LEAGUE STANDINGS (Through Feb. 18) W. L. Pet .857 .857 .417 Southern Oregon JV 12 2 Grants Pass 12 2 Medford 5 7 Riddle 4 9 .308 Butte FaUs - 0 12 .000 Leadership in the Southern Oregon Independent Basket ball loop was tied up Wednes day night when Christie's Sil ver Dollar of Grants Pass tipped Southern Oregon col lege junior varsity 79 to 77 in overtime. ' The two clubs share the lead. Riddle plays at Butte Falls Saturday night in the next league game. Betice Leads Wayne Betice continued to pace the league in total scor ing in statistics through Feb. 14. He had 176 points and Dave Gardner, Southern Ore gon followed with 172. Jim Irwin had the best per game average with 16.6. Gardner was the leader in field buck ets with 78. In team statistics Grants Pass was header in average points per game with 63.9. INDIVIDUAL SCORING! (Through Feb. 14) FG FT TP APG W. Betice, R 64 48 D. Gardner. SO 78 18 D. Moore, BF . 66 22 D. Reese, C 67 18 176 13.5 174 13.4 154 12.8 152 13.8 J. Irwin. BF 51 31 29 133 16.6 J. Cavener, R , 51 131 10.9 125 12.5 125 11.4 B. Serak. H . 52 21 S. Heater. C 54 17 B. Irwin. BF 50 24 B. Madden, H 48 27 124 ' 13.8 113 10.3 108 83 108 15.4 102 7.8 D Puhl. SO 42 24 T. Flynn, C 48 12 Jones, R. 37 28 SSPPfilAI'SS U SARAN COVERED LAWN CHAIRS D Reg. $ 9.50 Reg. 13.95 SATURDAY 10.50 Reg. 10.45 SATURDAY 7.90 Q SARAN COVERED CHAISE LOUNGE g Reg. $23.95- SATURDAY $17.95 BARBECUE SETS - Copper Tone J Reg. $9.88 SATURDAY $7.35 Set With Electric Spit Dam tOO OR C ATI IPfiAY Ofifl Reg. 26.98 Reg. 29.98 -.SATURDAY 23.50 U With Electric Spit, Lighter and m Table and Warming Oven Reg. $49.98 SATURDAY $39.95 BRUCE BAUER LUMBER COMPANY'S BU1LDITOR1UM 765 S. Riverside they test out the course that will be used in the 1960 Olym pic Winter Games. Of the 94 competitors, two- thirds are men. The favorites in this division will be Tony Marth of Austria; and Buddy Werner, Max Marolt, Dave Gorsuch, Marvin Monarty and Christian Pravda of Umted States. The Rusians do not have an entry among the men. The women's favorites will be Eugenia Sidorova of Rus sia; Sally Deaver of Philadel phia and Lindy Meyer of Bishop, Calif. With the break in the weather, the skiers took to the hills; the speed skaters tested the 400-meter ice oval, which was in near-perfect condition: and the jumpers tried out the three jumps at 80, 60 and 40 meters. m , . iS. WHAT ARE THE ODDS FOR A PERFECT S-AME IS BOWLING? Lloyds of London has just issued figures to show that a perfect game in bowling (300) turns up once in 300,000 times. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof. Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to. BEAT THIS, co this paper. Box 575, Sauaalito, Calil Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. tUClM '" "' D SATURDAY $ 7.10 SATURDAY 21.50 Q r4i Red Raiders Await Vik Cage Series Ashland-A last ditch stand by the Southern Oregon Red Raiders in their bid for the Oregon Collegiate conference title will draw basketball en thusiasts to the Raider gym nasium here this week end. The SOC aggregation plays Portland State college ' to night and Saturday night with action set for 8 o'clock on each occasion. Portland leads the conference with a 10-1 mark while SOC is in second spot with 10-3. Expected to be on hand for the crucial series are more than 150 dads of SOC students for the ninth annual Dads' day festivities. Raider coach Ted Schopf reports the men of SOC are in good physicial shape and ready to go against the top ranked Vikings. PSC, on the other hand is not at best strength since it lost John Frederick. Frederick has been the playmaker, captain and sec ond leading scorer. He was also the leading outside shot. May Switch Line-Up ' For the contest SOC will have Dave D'Olivo at center, Gordon Carrigan at one and Punk Biddington at one for ward. Schopf may have ei ther Don Vannice or Phil Sword at the other forward but has indicated that he might move, Jim McAbee, Carrigan's usual guard mate, to a forward and start Laval Meunier at guard. " The Vikings may have Stan Weber at center, Bernie Jon es and John Winters, guards, and Don Bridges and either Ray Torgerson or Bob Grant at forwards. After this week end the Raiders will have one game left to play in the OCC while the Vikings will have three. WOMEN'S OPEN SITE Chicaeo (DPD The 1961 Women's Western Golf Asso ciation oDen tournament will be staged at the Belle Meade Country Club. Nashville, Tenn. Dates for the tourna ment have not yet been determined. the only mid-weight suit for spring ( ' Lightweight and ' n ' Luxurious J Eleven A new sheen twill tailored for Us exclusively by Michaels-Stern Here, at last, is the ideal suit for Spring, Summer and Fall wearing. It's tailored from Jtaeford's 280's, which are the finest yarns spun in the world today resulting in a lightweight suit with all of the shape retaining qualities of bulkier fabrics. In beautiful colors and patterns for your selection. 55 Dacron 45 WooL OPEN f Monday Night TIL 9:00 Prep Basketball THURSDAY GAMES Merrill 51, Paisley 27. Chiloquin 44, Sacred Heart 39. Malin 54, Bonanza 39. Bly 39, Gilchrist 30. Crater JV 39, Jacksonville 37. Cove 55. Imbler 31. North Powder 47, Union 35. Richland 46, Jordan Valley 44. Huntington 58, Halfway 45. St. Francis Academy 56, Adrian 52 (OT). Stanford, Cal Little Stirred By NW Decision San Francisco .-TO- Neither California nor Stanford show ed much excitement over de cision of four schools in the Northwest to adopt a program of aid to athletes which is more liberal than espoused in this state. "I don't foresee any changes in scheduling because we are playing institutions which play an easier aid program than ours," Greg Engelhard of California declared. "We meet schools from other con ferences that have what amounts to a free ride." Shouldn't Los Athletes Engelhard also said that he expected the Bears would not lose any potential stars to the Northwest. Chuck Taylor, Stanford's assistant athletic director, voiced the same sentiments. "Our schedule now is drawn up through 1964 with North west schools on it and I should think it would be about the same after that," Taylor said. "And except in a few cases, I feel that Stanford will not lose any athletes who want to go here, so long as they qualify academically." Roger Johnson Leaves Campus Corvallis OIPD Roger John son, football and basketball player at Oregon State col lege, has withdrawn from school because of scholastic reasons. Johnson is a football end and a reserve on the basket ball team. He returned to his home in Coos Bay and was expected to remain out of school for the rest of the aca demic year. He was an all stater in both sports at Marsh- field High school. San Francisco -ICPD- Bill Rigney, San Francisco Giant manager who fractured his jaw in an automobile accident Feb. 8, may get out of the hospital today, the Giants said. The Giants said it was hoped that Rigney could de part for the training camp at Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 26 or 27. "m life czflas?(fizB M ($39 COLD a5 Get Gates Nylon Commando Now at 30 DISCOUNT! Right now you can get Gates Nylon Commandos at a full 30 off the regular list price (plus tax) provided your trade-in tires are retreadable. This offer is good on all available sizes, blackwall and whitewall, tube type and tubeless. Come in now and take advantage of this low sale price on Gates extra safe Nylon Commandos. 63 Deeper Tread gives you greater traction, longer mileage The Commando's extra deep patented tread gives you the extra traction and mileage you want in a winter tire. So durable that it can be retreaded 2 or 3 times. 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