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C MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. U Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1960 Bill Weddle Top Scorer In League Bill Weddle was the scoring leader in the Southern Ore gon Independent Basketball league for games played through Jan. 6. Weddle, of Big Y markets, who played one game - for Medford National Guard dur ing the temporary withdraw al of Big Y last week, has a -62-point output for four games. Statistics of other Big Y players were dropped last week but will be returned to the totals in the next report from League President Harry Chipman. Weddle's totals were continued because of his shift to another team. With the restoration of the Market club in the loop he'll return to that team. . Allen Headt Artrag The stats show Wayne Al len of National Guard second high scorer with 59 and aver age leader with 19.7 per game among those who have placed in more than one contest. Dave Hughes of Hawkin son Tire Tread ranks third in aggregate with 49 and Mert White of Southern Ore gon college junior varsity has 46. Darwin Moore, Butte Falls, is second high in aver age with 18.5 per game. He has placed two games. Brad Flanary, Southern Oregon, is second with 16.5 and Hughes has 16.3- Weddle's average is fourth high with 15.5. A number of Glendale men were among scoring leaders shown in the latest stats but were not listed here because their totals include one game, with the nOw defunct Grants Pass entry, which will be wiped from the book. Weddl. BV, NG 5 Allen. NO 3 Hughes. Ma. 3 M. White. SO 4 Swisher. NG .... 3 John Cook, SO 3 K.Johnson, Ha, 3 Moore. BF 2 Van Dolah. Ha. 3 Flanary, SO .. 2 Jensen, SO 4 Irwin. BF 2 McCay, Andy's.. 3 tg ft 29 4 tp 62 13.5 19.7 16.3 11.5 15.0 13.7 13.0 18.5 12.0 16.5 8.2 16.0 103 24 11 59 22 3 49 6 7 1 1 5 4 45 45 41 39 : 37 38 33 33 32 31 3 1 4 3 Christianson, Frohreich Win Junior Bowling Bob Christianson and Con nie Frohreich took singles prizes and gained a share of doubles honors last Saturday in local participation in the American Junior Bowling Congress tournament. Christianson took boys' sin gles with a 357 at Medford Bowling lanes and Miss Froh reich won the girls' event with 325. Rick Orr combined with Christianson for 635 and high in doubles. A pair girls' doubles teams tied for top score. Miss Froh reich and Charlene Daigle formed one duo and Pat War ren and Linda Graham the other. They had 593s. This rivalry was in the Christmas tourney of the AJBC and local scores with those of other junior through out the country in Dec. 21 to Jan. 10 competition. Other Scores Other top marks in boys singles were Dale Bohannon 332, Lee Ramsby 329, Bill Mayer 320, John Henderson 318, and Joe Cavin 310. Girls' leaders included Charlene Daigle 305, Linda Graham 281, Kennetha Cornelius 278, Eddie Appelgate 277 and Yvonne Clark 270. John Henderson and Bill Mayer tied for boys' doubles runners-up with a 614 score, the Same as rolled by Dale Bohannon and Bill Dickin son. Dave Lege and Lee Ramsby had 593, Ricky Cab ler and Mike Alesko 560 and Joe Cavin and Larry Davis 556. Girls' doubles saw Pat Farrier and Eddie Appelgate card 585, Karen Snyder and Kennetha Cornelius 574. and Berlette Stephens and Susan Patterson 558. Medford junior league re sumes next Saturday. Casanova Still Undecided Eugene - (UPD - Oregon Foot ball Coach Len Casanova said Monday he was investigating further the football coaching vacancy at California. Casanova returned home late Sunday night from San Francisco where he met with California officials. He earlier discussed the Cal vacancy at the NCAA meeting in New York. Asked if California had made him a definite offer, Casanova said all that he could say at present was that "I'm investigating it a little further." The veteran Oregon coach who led him team to an 8-2 record last season and to the Rose Bowl after the 1957 season has been prominently mentioned as a candidate to succeed Pete Elliott, who re signed at California to go to Illinois. f 1 i '"z ' sP GRAB THAT BALL Oregon State's center, San Stafford (15) uses arms, legs, hands and feet to pull ball from Uni versity of Washington's center, Bill Hanson, during Mon day's game in the Hec Edmundson pavillion on the Huskies' campus in Seattle. (UPI Telephoto) Korean Veteran To Lead All-Nations Ball Club Against Globetrotters Taddy Song, 24 -year -old guard, is the sparkplug of the San Francisco All - Nations basketball team, which will oppose the Harlem Globetrot ters at Hedrick Junior High school gym on Thursday night, Jan. 21. Game time is 8 o'clock. Song, the fastest player on the squad, is in his fifth year with the team. He came to the All-Nations from the Army, where he played outstanding ball with the Musketeers, South Pacific All-Service champions in 1955. Song starred with St. Louis college in Honolulu before en tering the service. He is a Korean. -- Coach Arthur Kim calls him the best ball handler on the squad, a good floorman and a fine passer. A halftime show featuring five professional acts will round out the program. Tickets are on sale at Lam- ports Sporting goods store, 226 East Main st., Medford. L. A. Pro Holds Lead In Tourney Los AngeleS -(UPD- Eric Monti, a slim teaching pro from just down - the street, today seeks to become the fifth golfer in the history of the $37,500 Los Angeles Open to score a wire-to-wire victory in the winter's first major tournament. After going into Monday's postponed third round with a one-stroke lead over Dow Fin sterwald, of Tequesta, Fla., at 137, Monti shot the day's best round-a three-under par 68 for a 205 total-while his nearest rival got a 71. That gave Monti a four-stroke ad vantage over Finsterwald en tering today's final round of the 72-hole tourney. Finsterwald in addition to holding second place did in crease his margin over the third place men-Bill Collins, of Crystal River, Fla., and Dave Ragan, or Orlando, Fla., to two strokes. Didn't Play As Well The cautious Monti said he didn't play as well as he would have liked , but again the Hillcrest Country Club pro found the neighboring Rancho course greens to his liking. "I think if I shoot, a 71 in the last round I should win the tournament - I think," Monti said as he was mobbed by well-wishers after sinking a par five on the 18th green. Tied in third place at 212 were Dick Knight, San Diego, Calif., Jay Hebert, Sanford, Fla., Gay Brewer Jr., Crystal River, Fla., and Don January, Denver. The field was cut to the 69 pros who shot 221 or better for the 54 holes and seven amateurs headed by Phil Rod gers of La Jolla, Calif., in fifth place with 213. DETROIT RECALLS WING Detroit -(UPD- The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League hae recalled Brian Smith 22-year old wing from Hershey in the Ameri can league. They sent Jack Mclntyre to Hershey in re turn for Smith, who scored 10 goals and had nine assists la 38 games for the Bears. TADDY SONG Fine Ball Handler Slats Gill In Hospital Seattle - (UPD - Amory T. (Slats) Gill, 57, Oregon State basketball coach, was listed in fair condition in Provi dence hospital here today. He was hospitalized following Monday night's basketball game in which Oregon State lost to Washington 57-51. Dr. Gordon Logan, who at tended Gill, said an electro cardiograph had been taken but he would not say whether Gill had suffered a heart at tack. Gill, head coach at Oregon State for 32 years, was in a Corvallis hospital last week for treatment of influenza. However, he had his doctor's approval to make the trip to Seattle. After the game Monday night, Gill returned to his hotel room. A short time later his wife had a doctor come to the room and the doctor had the coach taken to the hospital for observation. Jim Barratt, athletic busi ness manager at Oregon State, saia tne doctor would "ex plore every possibility today in an attempt to find out what is wrong with the veteran Coach." Johansson Sees Attorney New York - (UPD - World Heavyweight titleholder Inge mar Johansson appeared .to day before the attorney gen eral's Office, which is investi gating antitrust aspects of his bout with Floyd Patterson last June 26. , . The Swede met with Irving Gait, assistant attorney gen eral,, who is conducting the investigation. The champion was accompanied , by Edwin Ahlqvist, his adviser. Gait outlined generally the nature of the investigation considered by his office but Johansson declined comment, saying, "I have nothing to say. I am just listening." Johansson told Gait he would stay in New York about seven days, then go to Florida and Detroit, then on to Cali fornia for a TV appearance Jan. 24. . . .. " .. FOUR INDIANS SIGN Cleveland, Ohio -flIPD- Second-baseman Johnny Temple, pitchers Bobby Lock and Al Cicotte .. and infielder Billy Moran have signed 1960 con tracts with the Cleveland In dians. CDncDimnatD Tops For Soxth Week New York -WTO- Cincinnati, which faces two tough oppon ents this week, topped United Press International's major college ratings today for the sixth straight week with 30 first- place votes and 343 points. Cincinnati's 12-0 record figures are to be tested severe ly this week. The Bearcats en entertain 10th ranked St. Louis Wednesday night and face a real toughie Saturday night when they visit fifth ranked Bradley. Bradley, beaten only by Cincinnati this season, has a 50-3 home court record since Chuck Ors- BASKETBALL United Press International East St. Vincent 86. Waynfesburg 54 West Virginia 94. William & M 74 Carnegie Tech 77. Grove City 50 South Kentucky 68, Tulan 42 VMI 70, Davidson 38 Tennessee 103, Alabama 76 Virginia Tech 79, Marshall 72 Georgia Tech 91, Mississippi 68 Citadel 59, Furman 55 Vanderbilt 79, Mississippi St. '72 Midwest Indiana 77. Michigan 72 Ohio St. 109. Delaware 38 Northwestern 77, Wisconsin 61 Missouri 69, Nebraska 61 Illinois 81, Purdue 75 Iowa 92, Michigan St. 79 Southwest Lamar Tech 71, Sam Houston 55 Texas 72, Arkansas 66 West Colorado 65, Kansas 61 Washington 57. Oregon St. 51 Gonzaga 81, East. Wash. 59 Hawkinson Notches Win In Fast Play SOIBL STANDINGS: W. L. Pet. Hawkinson Tires .... 4 . 0 1.000 Southern Oregon JV 3 1 .750 Andy's Jewelers . . 2 2 .667 National Guard .... 2 2 .500 Butte -Falls .... 1 1 .500 Glendale 0 3 .000 Big Y Markets 0 3 .000 Bulla Falls plays Med ford National Guard to night at McLoughlin gym in Southert Oregon Basket ball loaguo action. Gam time is 7:30 p.m. A loop twin bill is set al McLough lin on Wednesday evening. National Guard will play Hawkinson Tire Tread at 7 p.m. and Butte Falls will meet Andy's Jewelers at 8:30 p.m. One of the fastest games played in the Southern Ore gon Independent Basketball league ended with Hawkinson defeating Andy's . Jewelers last night 94 to 73 on the Mc Loughlin junior high floor. After a 4-4 tie Hawkinson took a quick lead with some torrid shooting. With the score 40-19 in favor of Hawk inson Andy's started hitting the hoop too and closed the gap to 45 to 31 at the half. The score was cut to 7 points and 45-38 at the start of the second half with a long set shot and free throws by Den nis Conner of Andy's. Hawk inson again caught fire and hustled through a lead of 58 to 44. At this point there were seven field goals in a roW without a rhiss by either side making the score 72 to 58. Hawkinson hit close to .500 last night and Andy's close to .400. Allison Takes Pistol Honors Joe Allison, Rogue. River, won the monthly pistoi match of Medford Rifle and Pistol club at the club's indoor range on Sunday. He fired an 845 score on the 900 aggregate course Rogue River Rifle and Pistol club nosed but Medford 1084 to 1081 in the team event and Ashland Pistol club was third with 1044. Yreka's club came in fourth with 1033. Don Dillingham, Grants ) Pass, was high expert with 831 and Jim Bolton took sharpshooter laurels with 806. Marksman prize went to Rafe Anders with 810. There were 21 shooters. Next Sunday afternoon the Medford club . will hold the first of several monthly small bore gallery rifle matches. Firing will begin at 1 p.m. ; and all interested are wel- j come. i HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available el HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrows at Court Prion SP 3-9068 born became coach and has swept the last 29 games played in its field house. California 12-1 remained second with four first place votes and 309 points.. West Virginia, which took a 12-1 mark into Monday night's home game with William & Mary, held third place with 253 points. There were no newcomers in the top 10 this week, but all the other teams in the sel ect group switched positions in the latest balloting by the 35 leading coaches who rate the major schools for UPI. The coaches based their bal lots on games played through last Saturday night. Points are awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5 4-3-2-1 basis for votes for first through 10th place. Ohio State moved from fifth to fourth with 215 nnints. Bradlev slipped from fourth to fifth with 174. Geor gia Tech advanced from eighth to sixth with 107 while Tex as A&M moved from 10th to Seventh with the other first- place vote and 89 points. Southern California slipped from seventh to eigth with 81. Utah, beaten at home Sat urday night by Utah State, 73 61, dropped from sixth to ninth with 74 points. St. Louis slipped from ninth to 10th with 60. North Carolina headed the second 10 group with 40 points. It was followed in or der by Villanova, Utah State, Iowa, Iowa State, Illinois, Wake Forest, Indiana, Ken tucky, Notre Dame and Kan sas. Indiana and Kentucky tied 18th while Notre Dame and Kansas tied for 20th. New York-(UPD-The United Press International major col lege basketball ratings first- place votes and won-lost rec ords through Jan. 9 in paren theses: Team Points 1. Cincinnati 30 (12-0) 343 2. California 4 (12-1) 309 3. West Virginia (12-1) 253 4. Ohio State (9-2) 215 5. Bradley (10-1) 174 6. Georgia Tech (10-1) 107 7. Texas A&M (10-0 89 8. Southern Cal (10-4) 81 9. Utah (11-2) 74 10. St. Louis (10-4) 60 11, North Carolina, 40; 12, Villanova, 39; 13, Utah State, 30: 14, Iowa, 22; 15, Iowa State, 19; 16, Illinois, 12; 17, Wake Forest, 10; 18 tie, In diana and Kentucky, 7 each; 20 tie, Notre Dame and Kan sas, 6 each. Others: Oregon State, 5; Oregon, 4; St. Jo seph's Pa. and Michigan State, 3 each; Louisville, 2; Southern Methodist, Duke, Western Kentucky, LaSalle and Purdue, 1 each. CP Cagers Plan Games Central Point George Johns, principal, today an nounced basketball games be tween Central Point Junior High school and Ashland Jun ior High school for Jan. 14. The games which will be played in Central Point will begin at 6 p.m. for the sev enth grade and 7 p.m. for the eighth grade. He announced also, seventh grade junior varsity basket ball would be played at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Central Point Junior High School gymnasium. The game will be between McLoughlin Junior High school and Central Point. APPLET SPORTS Prep Hoop Fives Slate Scuffles Crater, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass have double duty in Southern Oregon confer ence basketball this week end while Medford and Ashland play single games. Crater will go to Ashland on Friday night and travel to Grants Pass on Saturday. Grants Pass entertains Klam ath Falls on Friday evening. Klamath comes to Medford the following night. The Medford-Klamath mix is billed as the week's high light in the circuit but the other contests could steal the thunder. Friday action com pleted the first time around in the loop for the member teams. Each will have played four games in its 16-game slate. Rogue Loop Plays Rogue league tilts on Fri day will have Glendale at Illinois Valley and Eagle Point at Rogue River.. IV comes to Phoenix on Satur day with Rogue River , going to Glendale. Jackson County B league contention is set for Friday with St. Mary's at Prospect and Butte Falls at Talent. In non-league play on Sat urday Eagle Point is sched uled as host to Yreka; Calif-, and Prospect as entertainer of Days Creek. NW Loop Sets April 26 Start Portland (UPD The North west Baseball league held its annual meeting Sunday and the starting date for the 1960 season was approved, accord ing to James M. Fleishman, president. The season will start April 26 and conclude Sept. 5. The six-team league again will play a split schedule as last year, Fleishman said. He also said the teams had agreed upon an all-star game to be played "some time in July." The winner of the first half will be the host club and play an all-star team com posed of the other five teams. Opportunity for Distributor of Pre-Fabricated Buildings Timberib Straight Sidewall TIMBERIB MAINLINES Write for complete information, giving details of your experience. Personal interview wf'l then be arranged. P. O. Box 3811, M I WWW 6 - - . . tfiL . IS1 -If WHAMMO! 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