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m m t m C m t 3 1 12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mcdferd.Or. Black Tornado Tunes Up For KF Tiff On Saturday Medford high basketballers have stressed their ball han dling and patterns in drills for their lone skirmish of the week in the Southern Oregon conference. The undefeated league lead ers will take on Klamath Falls on Saturday night. Game time will be 8:15 p.m. at Hedrick gym here. Klam ath, the loop titlist for the past three years, is second in current standings. Its only loss in three loop games was to Medford. Black Tornado mentor Frank Roelandt reported flashy guard Ken Durkee on the ailing list. He's been doc toring for a sore throat and chest congestion and was not out for workouts Tuesday and Drop in o Food o Beverage Friendly warmth of the crackling fire will greet you! You'll find a gamey at mosphere at Hunters Tavern . . . "where the Elite meet!" Try our featured special hot dish HOME MADE POTATO SOUP - ifs really good! Hunters Tavern 4 Corners... 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Cas Says Hell Stay At Oregon Eugene, Ore.-iUPD-Len Cas anova, prominently mention ed as a possible successor to Pete Elliott as head football coach at the University of California, said Wednesday night he would remain at Ore gon. "I am very happy at Ore gon and am going to stay,' Casanova said. Casanova had talked to California officials both in New York and in Berkeley in the past 10 days. He said he made his decision to stay at Oregon after discussion ' i i , . - t r wiun memDers oi ills ianuiy. "Cal is a great school and I honestly believe if I had been at any other school than Ore gon I would have been tempt ed to jump at the offer given me by the Bear officials," he said. Casanova led Oregon into the 1958 Rose Bowl game against Ohio State after the 1957 season. Last year the Webfoots finished with an 8-2 mark. The gray - haired mentor formerly coached at Santa Clara and has many friends in the Bay Area. California is looking for a successor for Elliott, who re signed to go to Illinois. Tourney Starts At Yorba Lmda Yorba Linda, Calif. (UP8 Career golfers who chase the little white ball for fun and money, moved today to the Yorba Linda Country club and took their first shots at a total of $25,000 in prize money. The second major event on the 1960 pro golf tour, the contest attracted most of the nation's top golfers who took part in the rain-swept Los Angeles Open the past' week end. BASKETBALL WEDXESDAT COLLEGE GAMES United Press International Army 80. Massachusetts TO Hofstra 67. Manhattan 57 Villanova 81. Temple 69 j Princeton 62. Pennsylvania 50 West Virginia 102. Virginia 81 Columella 82. Kutgers 79 Brown 94. Yale 89 (double ot) Colgate 71. Cornell 69 Syracuse 91, LaSalle 84 (double ot) Holy Cross 77. Rhode Island 65 Navy 85. American U. 60 Wake Forest 74, South Carolina 53 North Carolina 62, N. Car. St. 51 Georgetown (D.C.) 66, Maryland 51 Georgia Tech 80, Georgia 64 Miami (Fla.) 78, Jacksonville U 70 Ky. Wesleyan 95, Evansville 89 Dayton 75, Duquesne 60 Cincinnati 79. St. Louis 57 Ohio U .87. Marshall 77 Bradley 84. Drake 58 Bowling Green 86, Toledo 83 (ot) Okla. City V. 97. West Tex. St. 84 Idaho State 94. Seattle 58 AwtAIIMr SP 2-4806 SLPdDinnrs Hawkinson's, Jewelers Take Tussles in SOIBL Hawkinson Tire Tread kept its unmarred status in the Southern Oregon Independent Basketball league by defeat ing Medford National Guard, 82 to 34, in the first game of a double-header on the Mc Loughlin Junior high court last night. Andy's Jewelers dropped Butte Falls in the second game by 73 to 60. The Jewelers took lone hold on third place in the standings and the Guard and Butte Falls are in a percent age tie for fourth. In the first game Hawkin son was never headed. Jump ing ahead on a foul shot, the Treaders tallied nine points before the Guard found scoring range. In the first 10 minutes Hawkinson led most of the way by nine points but just before that stage the Guard cut the lead to seven points at 11 to 18. In the last 10 minutes of the half the Treaders added 19 points to their score while allowing the Guard to pick up only six, making the mid way score 37 to 17. Treaders were responsible for 17 tallies in the third 10- minute span, while the Guard could make only 10. Seven points were put in by the Guards in the final stretch of play while the Treaders produced their biggest scor ing of the game as they dropped in 28 points. Syracuse Wrecker Of LaSalle By FRED DOWN United Press International And now there are two- Cincinnati and Villanova. They stand alone as the na tion's only major unbeaten college basketball teams after Syracuse's 91-84 double over time upset Wedndesday night ended LaSalle's nine-game winning streak. Texas A&M, which started the week as a fourth major unbeaten, was whipped Tuesday night by Southern Methodist. But Cincinnati and Villa nova - both of which have tough schedules this week kept rolling . with relative ease. Cincinnati, the nation's top ranked team, led by only five points at halftime but roared to its 13th straight victory with a 79-57 conquest of 10th ranked St. Louis. Oscar Rob ertson was held to 27 points, far below his 38.2 per game average, but poured in 19 dur ing the second half when the Bearcats solved St. Louis' sticky slow-down game. Villanova stretched its win ning streak to '10 games as John Driscoll and George Ra veling controlled both back boards against the smaller Temple Owls in an 81-69 vic tory. Gill Suffered Heart Attack Seattle - (UPD - An attending physician at Providence Hos pital here confirmed today that Amory T. (Slats) Gill, Oregon State College basket ball coach, suffered a heart attack after the OSC-Washing-ton game here Monday. Gill was taken to the hos pital when he complained about not feeling well Mon day night, but up until Wed- j nesday afternoon doctors de-; scribed his illness as a "pos sible heart attack." The physician, who asked not to be identified, said car diographs and blood tests of the last two days confirmed the heart attack. However, he added that Gill ' was in fair condition and that there have been no complica tions of any sort. Medford High Gridders Feted The 52-lettermen of the Medford High school 1959 state A-l champion football squad, the managers and coaches were treated to a din ner Monday night at the Chuck Wagon. Certificate of merit cards from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce were presented to the lettermen by Otto Frohnmayer, past presi dent of the chamber. Players who gained first and second team berths and honorable mention in the Mail Tribune's All-Southern Ore gon conference grid selections were also presented billfold cards from the newspaper. Letters were awarded. HOCKEY WEDNESDAY RESULTS ' NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 5, Detroit 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Rochester 5, Buffalo J Cleveland 4. Hershey 1 Dave Hughes had 19 points and Dave D'Olivo tallied 15 to lead the Hawkinson team, while Von Haviner picked up 14 for the Guard. In the first half of the sec ond game, the lead changed hands seven times in four minutes as the two teams traded baskets but toward the end of the first half the Butte Falls shooting cooled off and Andy's moved into a 36 to 29 intermission lead. In the second half the two teams traded baskets so that the Loggers never cut the deficit or fell behind more than nine points until Andy's forged ahead to lead by 18. Butte Falls stayed within nine points of the Jewelers until the final stage of the conflict when Andy's moved out to an 18-point spread at 68 to 50. A fast break helped Butte Falls narrow the margin by five points before the game ended. Bill Irwin of Butte Falls took scoring honors by dropping in 23 points. Al McCorquodale of Butte Falls and Dennis Conner of Andy's each picked 15. LINEUPS: 82 Hawkinson Xat'l Guard 34 F 15 D'Olivo King 1 F 8 Parent Callender 10 C 6 Newton Singer 3 G 6 Johnson Haviner 14 G 6 Steward Burns 2 Substitutions For Hawkinson's: Van Nuys 4. Van Dolah 6. McAbee 4. Hollingsworth 8. Hughes 19; For Nat'l Guard: Gossett 4. 7J Andy's Butte Falls 60 F 14 Wooton Irwin 23 F 6 Lininger McCorquodale 15 C 10 Hite Moore 9 G 4 Thompson Veach 6 G 7 McCay Nelson 2 Substitutions For Andy's: Mad den 7, Heath 1, Johnson 1. Bowling 2, Conner 15, Jones 6; For Butte Falls: Owen, Greb 1, Ferguson 4. Prospect, St. Mary's Friday Foes Battle for sole leadership in the Jackson County B league will be the issue of one prep basketball game on Fri day evening. St. Mary's of Medford will play at Prospect in this par ticular contest. Butte Falls travels to Talent for the other affair. Prospect and St. Mary's each won opening loop scrapes last Friday while Butte Falls and Talent were on the losing end in the four team circuit. Championship over the regular schedule of three games against each league foe will not guarantee a berth in the District 5B playoff with the Klamath county winner. The sub-district honors will be determined by a Feb. 18 and 19 tourney. However, if the regular league victor does not win the tourney, it will meet the tourney winner in an added game for the playoff spot. St. , Mary's won both the league and tournament last season. 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Coach Lloyd Hoffine indi cated that Crater practices this week have been on a gen eral nature with effort being made to sharpen the various phases of the game. Edward's Foot Ails The mentor reported that there is still a question as to wh ther Dennis Edwards, 6-3, the tallest Crater performer er, would be able to start. He seems to be over his knee trouble but is bothered, by a foot ailment which resulted from favoring the knee. Loyal Higinbotham's should er trouble, reported to be a slight separation is said to be responding to treatment. He, Dave Sharp, Earl Cooper and Chuck Turner are possible starters Friday evening with the fifth man expected to be chosen from among Gary Johnson, Tom White and Ed wards. Ashland Coach Earl Iba is Rogue Loop Scraps Set For Friday Glendale, which established itself as favorite by winning a holiday tournament, makes its 1960 debut in Rogue league basketball on Friday. The Pirates oppose Illinois Valley at Cave Junction. On Saturday Glendale will enter tain Rogue River. Other week end tangles in the loop take Eagle Point to Rogue River on Friday and Illinois Valley to Phoenix on Saturday. Illinois Valley - Glendale contention matches the final ists in the December Rogue League classic at Phoenix. Glendale won that brush by 13 points. IV's Cougars, co champs last year with Eagle Point, nevertheless, must be considered serious contenders in the light of other per formances. The Cougars and Phoenix won their loop start scuffles last week end while Eagle Point and Rogue River suffer ed setbacks to their title hopes. A non-league mix on Satur day will bring Yreka, Calif., to Eagle Point. Yreka won from the Eagles last Saturday. SERIES SET Portland -(UPD- Oregon and University of Portland open a home - and - home basketball series here Friday night which will match two of the region's most talented sopho mores. Oregon's top scorer has been Glenn Moore, the 6 7 rookie from Klamath Falls who has recovered from a badly sprained ankle. The Pi lots will be led by 6-9. Bill Garner, former East St. Louis prep star. The two teams meet in Eugene Saturday night. J expected to go with the usual combination of Phil Tucker, Dave Jackson, Bob Hardy, Harley Dickerson and Jerry Hauck. The Grizzlies are seek ing their first victory in four league games. - Grants Pass will entertain the Comets after meeting Kla math on Friday. Only Rex Benner, with 35 points, was able to score effectively against the Comets, in the earlier meeting but the Cave men have shown better bal ance since that time. "3 m ASK ABOUT OUR 90-DAY NO-INTEREST PLAN ON YOUR PURCHASES sport shirts -This large selection of shirts from . our most popular line. Every shirt originally 5.00 or 5.95.- 3.95 D upas Awarded Bout Decision Mobile, Ala. 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