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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.for.. Orge-, Sunday, February 22, 1959 Tornado Defeat Ashland SOUTHFRV OREGON CONFERENCE STANDINGS A of Friday) W. Klamath Falls . 10 Medford 9 Cranu Past 8 Crater .. 2 Ashland 1 U 2 3 4 1 11 Pet. 33 .750 .667 .167 .083 Assuming complete com mand in the third period after a shaky start, the Medford high basketball team passed the three fourths mark in the Southern Oregon conference race by upending Ashland 55 to 39 here friday night. , The Black Tornado wai till a full game back of the loop heading Klamath Pel cans but firmed up hold of second position in the Dis trict 6 A-l standings with the victory. Ashland, hustling and working the ball well against trie rornado, which opened slow, cold and unsteady, grabbed a first quarter lead on Medford. Then Tornado firepower perked up with the entry of Jerry Shuits in the action. Medford pushed on top, lost the lead temporarily and finally went ahead for keeps just before the half- time horn. Rugged Under Board Tornado stalwarts, turning in some rugged play under the backboards to dominate the rebounding through the game, had the aid of free shots aqd rounded out with field buckets in the third panel to build a margin Ash land couldn't close. Shuits with 12 markers, all on field shots, Jerry Ander son and Lowell Dean with 11 tallies each and Ken Durkee with 10 points, shared Med ford scoring laurels. Dean and George Koch headed back- boa rd retrieving with 11 snares apiece and Anderson claimed eight rebounds. Jim Bjork had 10 points for Ash land and Doug Forrest nine board retrieves. A pusher from the side of the free line by Shuits for 25 to 24 put Medford on top to stay with 30 seconds left in the first half. Koch's re bound bucket made it 27 to 24 at halftime. Lowell Dean plopped in two free shots a half-minute Into the third stanza. Bob Hardy put in a rebounder for Ashland but Koch got a gifter, Anderson a field goal on Koch's assist, Durkee two free points and Anderson a Prep Basketball FRIDAY GAMES United Press International Madison 44. Lincoln 39 Franklin 56. Washington 28 Jefferson 58. Benson 42 Cleveland 64, Roosevelt 60 iWlson 59. Grant 52 Hillsboro 53, Clackamas 42 Astoria 63. Milwaukie 40 Beaverton 59. Central Catholic 51 David Douglas 56, Gresham 55 (OT) Jesuit 48. Molalla 45 Reynolds 56. Parkrosa 49 Sandy 63. Wy'east 57 Scappoose 75. Silverton 30 Forest Grove 50. Oregon City 40 St. Helens 40. Lake Oswego 58 McMinnville 46. Newberg 43 Tillamook 70. West Linn 54 Tigard 63. Dallas 50 McLaughlin 44. Vale 39 Nehalem 70. Star of the Sea 65 Hood River 62. Clatskanie 45 Knappa 51, Rainer 44 Monroe 53. Mapleton 52 Corvallis 58. Sweet Home 43 Banks 83. Warrenton 58 North Marions 42. Canby 31 Willamina 61. Amity 21 Boise. Idaho 56. Ontario 43 Pendleton 65. Hermiston 44 Myrtle Point 64, Pacific 43 Nestucca 54, Sheridan 38 Willamette 65, Oakridge 51 Jefferson 74. Siletz 28 Newport 45. Waldport 38 South Eugene 49. Springfield 47 Alsea 62. Harrisburg 41 Marshfield 88. Cottage Grove 49 oold tteacn 57, ttandon 45 Crow 52. Westfir 47 Philomath 51. Yamhill 25 Lebanon 44, Albanv 37 North Salem 46. South Salem 41 Arlington 62. Dufur 43 Joseph 41. Cove 35 Wallowa 47. North Powder 4S Baker 70. La Grande 44 Myrtle Creek 82. Oakland 34 Lakeview 71. Madras 51 Seaside 95. Estacada 50 Mt. Angel 55. Gervais 41 Toledo 71. Reedsport 69 (3 OT) Mierman 64, bisters 57 Medford 53. Ashland 39 Talent 68. Prospect 34 Yoncalla 62, Days Creek 38 Neahkahnie 54. Concordia 51 Scio 45. Woodburn 34 Standfield 43. Umatilla 38 Coquille 75. Brookings 43 Cascade 64. Serra Catholic 52 Sherwood 44. Salem Academy 40 huh my o, conon 33 Valsetz 67. Oregon Deaf 80 St. Paul 44. Chemawa 40 Perrydale 46. Falls City 36 MacLaren 65. Detroit 34 Merrill 57, Chiloquin 40 Blv 52. Malin 50 Klamath Falls 86. Crater 43 St. Mary s (Medford) 34. Butte rails 4i Helix 63. Pilot Rock 34 Glide 39. Sutherlin 37 Myrtle Creek 62. Oakland 34 Riddle 58, Dillard 48 Canyonville 68, Camas Valley 47 Drain 53. Pleasant Hill 44 SKI CONDITIONS Crater Lake National park had 6V inches of new snow up io 8 a.m. yesterday ' with a powdery surface. The park had calm weather with an overcast sky yesterday. Chains were advised for autos traveling from Union Creek to Highway 62 lo An nie Spring and were manda tory from Annie Spring lo the lake rim. Road up to Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl was expected to be open today after being clos ed yesterday. Fair weath er is anticipated with all facilities at the bowl expect ed to be open. There is a light powder surface with almost seven feet of new snow. ' Mo op men single gifter. Score was 35 to 26 with 414 minutes left in the quarter and Medford was in control. Durkee pushed in a long shot and Dean and Anderson plunked rebound baskets while Hardy and Smith put in free markers for Ashland. Medford out- scored Ashland. 14 to 4 in the canto and led 41 to 28. 19-Poinl Spread In the final quarter Med ford stretched to its widest bulge at 53 to 34. Ashland opened the game's point-making on Forrest's free toss and Koch tied it at 1 to 1. Then Forrest added an other free tally, Don Taylor and Bjork field baskets and Taylor a gift throw for Ash land 7 to 1. Shuits put in his first goal for Medford and Durkee got a free shot but a free heave again by Forrest and his fast break driver again gave the Grizzlies a six-point differ ence at 10 to 4. Bjork traded shots with Dean for 12 to 6. After Dean's free cast and pusher to narrow the count Ashland stiU led 12 to 9 at the quarter. In the second quarter Dur kee hit a long pusher and Shuits hit twice from far out and then a bit closer to com plete a Medford rally of 11 points while Ashland failed to get a marker. On top for the first time, the Tornado had a jump of 17 to- 12. 46 to 29 In Rebounds However, Taylor swished a fielder and Hardy two charity tosses for 17 to 16. Deakins hit twice from free stripe. Shuits pushed from the cor ner and Durkee fired in from the side for 23 to 16 Medford. Then it was Medford's turn for a drouth while Ashland scored eight, Taylor two free markers, Forrest a driver and Hardy a pair of rebounders. Ashland was in front 24 to 23. Shuits followed with his shot to put Medford in the lead for good. - The Tornado led in re bounding 46 to 26 and shot 363 from the field. Ashland Medford won the junior varsity mix 65 to 50 and the sophomore game 47 to 35. Bob Quinney poured in 26 points for the Tornado jay vees who had 14 to 10, 31 to 23 and 50 to 36 gaps at the quarters. Steve Harris scored 23 for Ashland. Larry Brown tabulated 18 and Howard Brown 13 for Medford while Dave Jackson had 17 and Jim Stewart 12 for Ashland. Quarter scores favored Medford 12 to 1, 23 to 7 and 32 to 29. BOXr Ashland FG FT R PF TP Forrest 12-2 10-3 9 2 7 Bjork 10-2 6-6 4 3 10 Smith 4-0 3-2 2 4 2 B. Johnson 7-2 1-0 7 0 4 Taylor 15-2 3-3 3 3 7 Stemple 0-0 0-0 10 0 Hardy 9-3 4-3 3 5 9 Totals 57-11 27-17 29 19 39 Medford . FG FT R PF TP Anderson 13-4 4-3 8 2 11 L. Dean 10-4 6-3 11 2 11 Koch 3-1 2-2 11 3 4 Durkee 7-3 5-4 2 2 10 Deakins 5-0 3-2 4 1 2 Shuits 10-8 0-0 2 4 12 Peek 1-0 0-0 2 1 0 C. Dean .. 0-0 1-0 10 0 Frohnmayer 1-1 1-O0O2 Ice 3-0 0-0 10 0 Harvey 2-1 2-14 2 3 Rasmussen - 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals .55-20 24-15 46 17 55 Referees Warren and Ford. JV LINE-UPS: 65 Medford Ashland 50 F 6 B. Lindemann Harris 23 F 8 Ragsdale Alley 3 C 26 Quinney Voris 1 G 3 Barry Dickerson 8 G 6 Jensen Gray 3 Substitutions For Medford. D. Miller 8, Sieg. Hammack, Humphrey 2. Allen. C. Miller, Olson 4. Hoots. G Lindemann. Bray; for Ashland, DeBoer, Tucker 12. SOPH LINE-UPS: 47 Medford r 4 Wheeler F 13 H. Brown C I Tichenor G Adams Ashland 35 Jackson 17 Stewart 12 Blake Dixon 4 G 18 L. Brown Johnson 2 Substitutions For Medford. Wat- kins 2, Bray 7, Baird. House. Gard ner . uoyce. stever; tor Asniana, Hedges. Lewis. Crater Frosh Quint Winner Central Point Taking over in the second quarter with a good defense and a fast break offense, Crater defeated Ash land high 41 to 33 Friday in a freshman hoop game. The Comet Frosh led 7 to 6, 18 to 6 and 26 to 14 at the intermission, holding the Griz zlies scoreless in the second quarter. Roberson of Ashland was high scorer with 12 counters. Gary Burns had 11 for Crater. The Comets hit 13 of 20 for their best effort of the year at the free line. LINE-UPS: 41 Crater T 9 Kimball FUG. Bums C 5 Cavin G 8 J. Anhorn Ashland 33 Robertson 12 . Callahan 9 . Kirscher 4 King 2 Lewis 4 G 8 Christie Substitutions For Crater. Deb- rick, D. Burns; for Ashland, Dixon Gold Ray Fish Count WEEK ENDING FEB. 21: Silver salmon None. Winter run steelhead-131. FULL SEASONP Silver salmon 732 (in cludes 11.47 per cent jack salmon) since Nov. 3. Winter sieelhead 1,034 since No. 15. 1 1 1 " Jim iL.uiiii . 1 SURROUNDED - Medford high's Lowell are, from left, Bob Hardy, Don Taylor and Dean (54), trying to drive for Tornado bas- Jirn Bjork. The Tornado went on to win ket, loses the ball and finds himself hem- 55 o 39. Referee in background is Leonard med in by Ashlanders. Surrounding Dean Warren, Central Point. Redmond Leader in Mat Meet Corvallis - (UPD - Redmond gained the inside track to the state A-l high school wres tling championship on the Or egon State College campus Friday after the first round and quarterfinals were com pleted in the 12th annual state meet. Redmond wrestlers compil ed 20 points in Friday action. Sweet Home, defending cham pion, had 14 points. In the A-2 and B division, where schools are competing in the same flight, Canby and Sutherlin were tied for first place with 21 points each. Other A-l first day leaders included Gresham, Scappoose, Cleveland, Jefferson and Klamath Falls, 7 each; Marshr field, Molalla and Roseburg, 6 each; Lebanon and Tilla mook, 5 each; and Newberg, North Salem and Parkrose, 4 each. Medford entries in the state wrestling tournament at Cor vallis were out of the running yesterday and were enroute home by afternoon. Late in formation was not available on Crater high meet quali fiers. In Friday's rivalry Med ford's Dan Eddy, 123, drop ped a quarter-final bout to Lou Dav. David Douglas, af ter a first round bye. Al Funston, 168, Medford, lost a first round A-l class match to Wayne Webber, Lebanon. Warren Taken Opener Charles Warren, Crater, 115. defeated Dave Ellingson, Bend, in his first tussle, but was defeated by John Scriv ner, Hillsboro, in the quarter finals. Butch Barber, 106, was a first round victim of Bill Keller, Sweet Home. In the A-2 and B meet Eagle Point's Sid Jackson, 141, pinned Roger Reason, Burns, in his first encounter and Wayne Chase, Myrtle Point, in his second. Available results showed that four other Eagle Point grapplers lost in the first round, Dick Hertager, 106; Ben Nork, 130; Dave Shep herd, 136; and Dale Casey, unlimited. Rogue Valley Twice Winner In Volleyball W. Rogue Valley 8 S 4 3 YEttes On tral Point Women Gold Hill . Y'Nots Eagle Pnint Girls Crater Girls Griffin Creek 3 2 1 0 Rogue Valley won two matches last Thursday to re tain its undefeated status in the YMCA women's volley ball club tournament stand ings. The leaders tripped Crater Girls 15-0, 15-0 and Gold Hill 15-7, 15-9. Y'Ettes have second spot alone in the standings after they beat Griffin Creek 15-7, 15-6, and Eagle Point whipped Central Point women 15-8, 15-5. In the other tussle the Y'Nots won 15-3, 15-8 from Gold Hill 15-3, 15-5. Next Thursday matches will be Eagle Point against Griffin Creek, Y'Nots against Crater, Y'Ettes against Gold Hill and Rogue Valley against Central Point. This will com plete the round-robin. One game elimination will be next. There will be trophies for first and second places and trophies will be awarded for best sportsmanship based on ref erees' decisions. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT Medfomh!Tribune iP(iDinnr Red Raiders Trim Portland Staters Ashland Southern Oregon college virtually clinched a a berth in the district NAIA basketball play-offs in Port land next month when - its miserly zone defense allowed the Vikings of Portland State only 19 points per half as the Red Raiders romped to a 61 38 victory here Friday night. ;SOC's victory was its first in three games with the Or egon Collegiate conference leaders and left them with' an 11-3 record with two frays to go in the circuit. The Vikings after Friday night were 10-2 in the loop with four games to play. Crafty Gordie Carrigan led the potent Raider attack all through the evening and his co-partner guard Jimmy Mc Abee did a top notch defens ive job on the Viking's high scoring John Winters. Carrigan, ex - Crater high star, topped all scorers with 19 and six rebounds in addi- Swimmers End Events Hobart, Australia - (UPB -Sylvia Ruuska of Berkeley, Calif., and Chris Von Saltza of Santa Clara, Calif., will make their final appearances in Australia in the carnival at Melbourne's 55 - yard fresh water pool, Feb. 24, it was announced Saturday. The two girls competed in the Australian National championships which ended here Saturday. Miss Ruuska, who set a world record in the women's 220-yard medley last Saturday, finished fifth in the 220 - yard breaststroke event Saturday, while Miss Von Saltza wound up third in the 220-yard freestyle. Miss Von Saltza will again race against world record holder Dawn Fraser and Ilsa Konrads in both the 220 and 110-yard freestyles at Mel bourne. Miss Ruuska will swim in the 220-yard medley and the 110-yard butterfly in which she will compete against Beverley Bainbridge and Rosemary Lassig, winner of the 220-yard breaststroke Saturday. Skiers Convene Tuesday Night Rogue Snowmen Ski club will meet Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. in the Red Cross building on Hawthorne ave. A film on skiing in Aspen, Colo., will be shown, accord ing to Jane Swan, club secretary. NEW LOCATION MEDFORD AUTO CLEANING Formerly 232 North Riverside -IMOW-910 N. Riverside (Across the street from Jack's Drive-up Specializing: Spray Glazing Undercooking PHONE tion to be an all-round floor general in the winning Raider cause. The hustling McAbee was all over Winters and allowed him only seven points for the whole contest. Pressing the NAIA All-American candidate from Portland State all the time, McAbee committed only three fouls and Winters got off only three field shots all evening. He made one. Portland's visiting Vikings jumped off 'to a quick 3-0 lead but the Raiders came back and went ahead 6-5 as Dave D'Olivo sank a jumper, Carrigan swished one from far out and the men of SOC were on their way to victory. Through the first half was Carrigan, Don Vannice, Punk Biddington, D'Olivo and La val Meunier carried the at tack. During the first 10 minutes the Vikings got only seven points and in the last four minutes they marked up only one. Lead Cut Down Portland did pull within seven points early in the sec ond half on two free throws by Winters and a jumper by Don Powell. From there D'Olivo and Biddington hit jumpers and Carrigan and Vannice added one each from the free line to jump ahead 36-25 with five minutes gone. In one ten minute period during the middle of the sec ond half the hitless Vikings managed only five points, four on a pair of jumpers by Tom Ferguson. SOC not only dominated the scoring but also the re bounds 43-22 and they out shot the Viks .404 to .222. The Raiders canned 23 of 57 shots and the Vikings only 14 of 63. D'Olivo topped all the re bounders with 13 and team mate Biddington grabbed off 10 in the first half for sec ondary honors. R TP 4 5 22 38 R TP 10 3 13 10 4 8 23 15-22 17 41 SI 19 1938 SOC 28 31 61 Officials Funk and Esseltyne. Polishing Steam Cleaning SP 3-2931 BOX: PSC FG FT PF Jones 2 1-3 1 S Bridges 2 2-6 5 Weber 1 0-0 1 Winters 1 5-8 2 Torgerson 2 0-1 1 Powell 3 0-0 0 Grant 2 0-2 0 Roy 0 0-0 1 Ferguson 1 2-4 2 Total! .14 10-24 17 SOC FG FT PF Biddington 3 3-5 2 Vannice 2 2-2 1 D'Olivo 4 2-3 2 McAbee 2 4-6 3 Carrigan 8 3-4 3 Meunier 0 1-1 1 Sword 0 0-0 1 Smith 3 0-0 1 Love 1 0-0 2 Puhl 0 0-1 1 Flakus 0 0-0 0 Peterson 0 0-0 0 Totals , PSC Eagle Point Grabs Rogue League Lead ROGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS: (As of Friday) W. L. Pet . 6 1 .857 . 6 2 .750 . 4 3 .571 . 2 6 .250 . 1 7 J.25 Eagle Point .. Illinois Valley Glendale Phoenix Rogue River Eagle Point high rose into the Rogue league basketball leadership Friday and, no matter what the outcome of its final league scuffle last night, was certain of a berth in the District 6 A-2 play-off on March 6 and 7. The Eagles, with Bill Turn er scoring 36 markers, trim med Illinois Valley 58 to 48 on Friday while Phoenix high finished its league campaign by knocking Glendale out of the titular and play-off run ning 53 to 32. Glendale played at Eagle Point in a loop concluder last night with idle IV still in con tention for a Rogue co-title. Video Bout Win Taken By Fullmer New York- (UPD -Ex-champion Gene Fullmer, who beat blond Wilf Greaves again Fri day night, with an injured right hand, asked all boxing commissions Saturday to va cate the middleweight crown and give him another shot at it. Now boasting nine straight victories on the comeback trail, Fullmer petitioned the National Boxing association and the New York State Ath letic commission to vacate Sugar Ray Robinson's 160- pound title if he signs to chal lenge Archie Moore for the light heavyweight crown. Although x-rays at Poly clinic Hospital today disclosed no fracture, Dr. A. L. Lich- man said a hemorrhage had caused "free fluid" in the middle-finger knuckle joint and he put the hand in a splint. Gene must wear the splint for a week or 10 days. Hurt in Second Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah, injured the hand in the second round of his return bout with Canadian champion Greaves Friday night, when he hit Wilf of Edmonton, Al berta, on an elbow. Despite the pain and swell ing, Fullmer insisted on con tinuing the bout and he came from behind in the second half to win a majority deci sion that snapped Greaves' winning string of 13 bouts. Judge Nick Gamboli called it a draw after giving each fighter five rounds and five points. But Judge Jack Gor don favored Fullmer six rounds to four, and referee Harry Kessler agreed, 5-4-1, as did the United Press Inter national. Willamette Goes Ahead Salem - flJPD - Willamette came from behind to nose out Linfield, 82-79, and regain the Northwest conference basket ball lead here Friday night. Willamette led, 42-35, at halftime. Linfield was ahead by as much as 10 points in the second half before Wil lamette edged up and finally took the lead and the game. Buz Wilfert of Willamette was high scorer with 27 points, followed by Ed Gros senbacher with ? 5. Jack Riley was high man for Linfield with 20 points. I GONGSET Any Time Any Place Any Amount Delivered SP 2-5271 District run-off plans call for the top two clubs in the Umpqua Valley and Rogue league's to meet with the ex ception that No. 2 Rogue club is to tussle Henley on Feb. 27 for a play-off spot. Henley, in the southern sub-district, play ed a schedule with mostly Klamath County B schools. Agreement If Tie It was also agreed that, if two teams tied for the Rogue league crown and one of the two beat the other one twice in the loop, the twice-winner would have t he circuit's No. 1 play-off slot and the other would face Henley. Eagle Point in January downed Il linois Valley 57 to 53. Turner sparked a third quarter surge for EP as the Eagles pulled away from IV Friday after a close first half. Score at halftime was 34-all and after the third canto it favored Eagle Point 49 to 39. Two buckets by Turner put the Eagles on top for keeps and the scored three more times from the field and once from the ree line for 11 of his team's 15 tallies in the quarter. IV was in front 20 to 16 at the first period rest, ilike Hanby had 12 points and Dan Slanker 11 for the Cougars. Turner had 15 field buckets and six free heaves in his total. Eagle Point led in the back board work. Phoenix grabbed the lead on Glendale when the contest was two minutes along and held it the rest of the way with quarter counts of 10 to 4, 23 to 15 and 39 to 25. Phoe nix shot from the field at a hot .450 average while the Douglas county club hit only .212 and a rebounding edge of 40 to 30 bolstered the Phoe nix cause. A three-fourths court press helped the Phoenix club check the rival offense and the Jack son county club got some good passing and board work by Ron Baker and some good front line scoring from War ren Blessing and Dave Bar low. Cliff Worley of Glendale was high point producer with 14. Mike Consbruck had 12 and Barlow 11 for Phoenix. The Buccaneers of Phoenix got their permanent lead at 2 to 1 on Consbruck's free toss. Phoenix had one gap of 12 points at 19 to 7 in the second quarter.. It's biggest spread was the 39 to 25 stand ing. That proved too much to overcome for the Glendale club which, nevertheless, did whack the Eagle lead to 45 to 40 with less than 2V2 min utes to go. Blessing hit two free shots and Don MacKin tosh one and Baker a lay-in goal for 50 to 40 with a min ute to vie. But Smart got a jumper for Glendale with about 40 seconds to play but Mike Reese padded the Phoe nix total with a field basket and free throw. Phoenix had 18 field goals to 14 for Glendale and a 17 to 14 margin in free shots made. LrVE-TJPS: 58 Eagle Point Ulinions Val. 48 F 1 Nease Slanker 11 F 36 Turner Lewis 9 C 2 Huffman Ollis 5 G 1 Smith Hanby 12 G 2 Greenwood Dickey Substitutions' For Eagle Point, Hubbard 7, Hooper 8, Wilson 1: for Illinois Valley. Tucker. R. Morgan 1. Whitely, Davis 4, D. Morgan 4, Buckhaultz 2. 53 Phoenix Glendale 42 Smart 10 Marrong 6 f 4 Mcintosh F 2 Sloper . C 11 Barlow worley 14 G 8 Reese Humphries 8 G 12 Consbruck Hatton Substitutions For Phoenix. Bles sing 10. Baker 6. Floyd: for Glen dale, Allen 1, Berline 2. mm For Industry On the Farm Around the Home I CONCRETE C? 248 E. McANDREWS RD. Washington, California Record Triumphs in PCC By MIKE HUDSON United Press International The Washington Huskies could thank big Bruno Boin Friday for the fact that they were still a scant half-game behind California in the tor rid Pacific Coast conference basketball race. The aroused Idaho Vandals almost upset the Huskies Fri- Grade Hoop Toga Won By Hoover Hoover won the Medford elementary school junior varsity basketball champion ship Thursday. The Hoover quint defeated Washington 21 to 14 in the play-off for first and second places. West Side won 19 to 16 over Lincoln in the fray for third and fourth and Jefferson took Wilson 24 to 17 in the fifth and sixth spot play-off. St. Mary's tipped Roosevelt 19 to 17 in a non - counter. Roosevelt was the city's sev enth place crew. Jackson trimmed Oak Grove 20 to 13 in the tussle for eighth and ninth spots. USC Spurns Free Ride Los Angeles -flJPD- Dr. Nor man Topping, president of the University of Southern Cali fornia, says USC will spurn a "free ride" plan for athletes and instead stick by agree- ments signed with sister schools in formation of a new league. Topping's statement came on the heels of remarks by USC Athletic Director Jess Hill and football coach Don Clark favoring the NCAA limit of aid to athletes which includes room, board, books, tuition, fees and $15 a month without having to work for it, Topping said the men were speaking for themselves, "as they have a right to," but that USC's policy would be to the new league's program which includes giving of board, room, and tuition to athletes who work 250 hours on cam pus a year. ' Other schools in the new league include UCLA, Cali fornia and Washington. Garden To Put On Own Boxing New York -(UPD- Madison Square Garden, under new ownership, will use pay TV for some of its sports as soon as practicable, but will go back to promoting its own boxing for the first time in more than 21 years. Those were the most inter esting new policies announc ed after the first meeting of! the Garden corporation's new board of directors, which named Harry Markson gener al manager of the new boxing setup. CUSTOM TRAILER HITCH OPEN SUNDAYS ifiMmou POINTS SET ;Jcpp Sizes for most popular makes. GuomnW good at original equipment. CAR POLISH Large Assortment Turtle Wax Vista DaPont Harts J-Wax rou name rr- WE HAVE IT! 8 l, II c Z5 7 u ii l. rrr.-- n i -i -l rv Medford 409 N. Riverside 9 a.m. 6 p. day night as Jim Prestel turned in a classy guarding job on Washington's Doug Smart and held him to 10 points. But Boin picked up the slack with a 19-point outburst His most crucial two markers came with nine seconds to go when the 6-foot-9 star canned a 15-foot set shot to give the Huskies with a hectic 61-60 triumph. Prestel led the losers with 15 points. Meanwhile, California's de fensive artists stunned cellar dwelling Washington State with a 61-37 defeat at Pull man. The Bears piled up a 20-2 lead and were ahead 30 10 at the half. California thus emerged with a 9-2 record to Washing ton s 9-3 mark. Indian Dream Exploded In Los Angels, Southern California (6-6) exrjloded Stanford's title dreams with a 71-52 lacing. The usually sharn-shootlnf Cards just could not get the range as thev failed to score a field goal for eight minutes. They hit five of 35 shots in the first half while Troy cashed in on 14 of 27 to force ahead 40-22 at the intermis sion. Two of the west's best, Troy's John Werhas and Stan ford's Paul Neumann led their teams with 23 and 19 points respectively. The other half of a Pan Pa cific auditorium twin bill saw UCLA (6-6) explode in the second half to down Oregon (3-8) 70-53. Another near upset high lighted West Coast Athletic conference play. Cellar-dwelling San Jose State almost defeated league- leading St. Mary's but when the final whistle sounded the Gaels had a 59-51 win. Pepperdine maintained its second place tie with COP with a 62-53 thumping of USF. COP kept pace with the Waves with an easy thumping of Loyola. BEAVER WIN Corvallis-(UPD-Oregon State's wrestling team scored its 24th straight dual meet victory Friday, defeating Washington State College, 24-6. L HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrewt it Court Phone SP 3-9068 10,000 Items EVERYTHING FOR THE AUTO ALL TYPES MUFFLERS CLOSED SATURDAYS MILEAGE HOE) FOt AMAZIM FUEL ECOMOMT ANO MAMATIC tMPtOVUSHT IN PBtfOtMANCt iMSTAtifP m mmuju Mimmt hvn yom gat and a ronmy, new stady fuel low at all Hmt. Easily! ns tolled with a wrftcli 1 ond pHrf. THIS IS THE PLACE Grants Pass 237 Hiway 99-S. m. Week Days
