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O MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1960 DeMarco Foe Tonight Of Moyer Boston -(UPD Young Denny Moyer of Portland, Ore., meets former champion Tony De- Marco of Boston tonight in a 10-round welterweight bout at The Garden. Moyer, "a 20-year-old who has lost only once during his brief but sparkling pro career; probably will go into the ring as a 10-8 favorite to whip the one-time champ. De Marco, now 23, has been inactive lately and hasn't fought anyone of note since he was knocked out by Virgil Akins here two years ago. The north end brawler held the welterweight crown for 70 days in 1955, winning it from Johnny Saxton . but los ing it to Carmen Basilio. Moyer, a stylish lad with out much of a punch, has lost only to welterweight cham pion Don Jordan since turning pro less than two years ago. Oakland Hires Eddie Erdelatz Oakland, Calif. -UPD- Eddie Erdelatz, 46, who rebuilt Navy into a football power and then resigned last April, was hired Tuesday as head coach of Oakland's entry in the new American Football league. It marked the second time that Erdelatz has hooked up with a pro team. He was a line coach for the San Fran cisco Forty Niners in 1948 when they were in the 'now defunct All-America confer PAPOOSE SLOPES REPACKED U. S. Marines yesterday started repacking the slopes of Litte Papoose mountain at Squaw Valley during a heavy snowfall. The slopes , Olympic Athletes Seek To Get Exercise at Least at the site of the eighth Winter Olympic Games were loosened by two days of rain. (UPI Telephoto) By CONNIE RYAN Squaw Valley, Calif. -IUPD-Olympic athletes, chafing under the restrictions imposed by inclement weather, moved out to the training slopes and rinks today determined to get at least exercise - if not full scale practice. JOCKEY HONORED Arcadia. Calif. -(UPD Rac ing honored jockey Bill Hr matz at Santa Anita Tuesday with the presentation of the George Woolf Memorial Jock ey award to the rider who during the past year brought honor to his profession. Your A S best if key ' fun..; The Key to a New 1960 Car! There's a Key for You Now in Medford During DEALER DAYS! See Page. 5 McKinley Sets Saturday Loop Scoring Record Jim McKinley set a new single game scoring mark of 34 points in Saturday league basketball last week end as the Fun Five clipped the Clutchers 52 to 41 in the morning circuit at the senior high school. McKinley's markers gave him a 103 lOtal. He is Uie scoring leader of his loop. The Fun Five knocked the Clutchers out of a first place tie with the Seven Aces who defeated the Dead Beats 58 to 33. Other action in the league saws the Koots beat the Maynards 32 to 23. In the Afternoon league the Watusies won from the Black Labels 42 to 25, the Lushes from the Bachelors 36 to 17 and the Studs from the Poach ers 30 to 22. Morning games next week will be Maynards against the Clutchers, Koots against the Dead 3eats and Fun Five against the Aces. In the After noon the Poachers meet the Watusies, the Studs take on the Lushes and he Black La bels oppose the Bachelors. Following McKinley in the Morning individual scoring totals are Sam Oetinger, Aces, 97; Don Watkins, Aces, 69; Steve Ray, Clutchers, 52, and Darrell Johnston, Dead Beats, 49. The Afternoon cir cuit is headed by Phil Baird, Lushes, 77; Dave Ryn, Watu sies, 65; John Cantrall, Studs, and Steve Hoots, Lushes, each 64, and Gordon Safley, La bels, and Ray Konopasek, Wa tusies, each 54. Roy Mack Dies At Philadelphia Philadelphia - (UPD - Roy Mack, oldest son of the late Connie Mack and former vice president of the Philadelphia Athletics, died at suburban Bryn Mawr hospital today af ter suffering a heart attack at his home. Mack, 71, an official of the club when it was sold fo Kansas City, was stricken at his home. Earlier, he had been out to dinner with mem bers of his family. Despite an all - day snow Tuesday, many of the skiers and skaters got outdoors for some limbering work and they planned to do it again today. Snowfall which started at noon Monday, when a rain which threatened to wash out the winter Olympic Games turned to snow, reached a depth of 30 inches early to day, and the forecast was for a total of 33 inches before the storm abates. At times it was a full-fledged blizzard with high winds and zero visibility, and then it would 'slacken to a gentle fall. But the snow never stopped. Satisfactory practice was impossible. The ski-jump was closed completely and so was the slalom ski course. Down hill . and . slalom skiers from several nations put on skis and went through the lightest of training on Papoose Peak. RODRIGUEZ FIGHTS Miami Beach (UPD Top ranked welterweight Luis Rodriguez faces hard-punching Carl Hubbard in a nationally-televised 10 - round bout tonight which Rodriguez hopes will be a tuneup fight for a meeting with champion Don Jordan. INSTALLED! While-U-Wait IBraEte Shoes STl rS88 We Also Install Brakes Barren. Mirrors Floor Shocks Mats Mufflers I Pipes Most Cars Tmcm MEDFORD 801 N. Riverside GRANTS PASS 237 Hiway 99-S 9 a.m. 4 p.m. WmIc Days Sports Figures To Be Honored Portland - (UPD - Oregon's finest athletes and men who have been instrumental in sports will be honored here tonight. The athlete of the year and man of the year in sports will be selected at the 12th annual Hayward banquet to be held at the University of Portland. A crowd of more than 600 is expected to attend. Jack Hurley, promoter and one - time manager of boxer Harry (Kid) Matthews, will be the featured speaker. For the past three weeks nominations for both awards have been coming into the screening committee of the Oregon Sportswriters and Broadcasters, sponsor of the event. The committee by to night will have narrowed the list for athlete of the year down to 12 and then a panel of judges will select the win ner. The OSB selects the man of the year in Oregon sports. Rickey Rejects Yank Stadium New York (UPD Branch Rickey made it clear today that the Continental league wants absolutely no part of Yankee stadium. Ruling out any possibility that the New York team in the Continental league might share occupancy of the Yan kee stadium with the Yan kees, the 78-year-old Rickey said his league did not wish to become "part of something antiquated." Rickey is hopeful that the New York team in the Con tinental league will play its home games in a proposed new ball park in Flushing Meadow, which would seat 55,000 fans. Presbyterian Stays Unbeaten First Presbyterian kept its undefeated pace in the Senior Church Basketball league Monday night. The Presbyterians (4-0) overcame Zion Lutheran aft er trailing 19 to 31 at the half. First Methodist (3-1) took over second place by edging St. Mark's Episcopal (3-2) 29 to 26. YMCA (2-1) won the other fracas by 31 to 21 over St. Luke's Methodist (1-2). First Methodist had a 15 to 13 halftime gap in its game. Jack Joyce had eight points for the Methodists but Bob Hamilton was high for the game with 11 for St. Mark's. YMCA had a 17 to 4 halfway lead on St. Luke's. Craig Rob inson scored nine for the Y and Hunter Dixon had seven for St. Luke's. sipaDimrs Oregon Tech Rally Overtakes Raiders Klamath Falls Oregon field shot opportunities and Technical institute turned on the pressure in the second half and came from 12 points behind to dump Southern Oregon 63 to 54 in an Oregon Collegiate conference basket ball game. The OTI Owls scored 33 poinjts to 13 by the Red Raid ers in bolstering their loop leadership. Second place Port land State whipped Oregon college 75 to 54 in another OCC contest. Oregon Tech trailed SOC 38 to 50 with just over eight minutes to play and had caught up at 52-each with around five minutes left. Raider Gordon , Carrigan put his team ahead at 54 to 52 but Dennis McKee tied up the game a?-un and Jack Hor ton put the Owls on top for good at 56 to 54. . , SOC Has Troubles Aggressive piay helped turn the tide for the Owls in the second half. They applied a full court press. That didn't 'hamper Southern Oregon much in the back court but once it crossed the center line on offense they had their troubles. They made bad pas ses or had the ball stolen and they had trouble hitting good FIGHTS United Press International Buffalo, N.Y. Tony Dupas. 153'4. New Orleans, outpointed Rocky Fumerelle, 159 '4, Buffalo (10). Sacramento. Calif. Paoli Rosi. 135'i, New York, knocked out Art Ramponi, 1363,4, Oakland, Calif. (31. Talent Nudges Prospect In B Circuit; SM Victor JACKSON COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDINGS W. St. Mary's 8 Prospect ......... 4 Talent 2 Butte Falls 2 Pet. 1.000 .500 .250 .250 St. Mary's of Medford add ed another triumph to its un defeated Jackson County B league basketball string and Talent high scored its second loop win in encounters last night. The Medford parochials walloped Butte Falls 60 to 37 and Talent nipped Prospect 37 to 36. Bill Davis's layin broke a 35-all deadlock for Talent at Prospect. Craig Gardner made the first shot and Prep Basketball TUESDAY RESULTS United Press International Cleveland 69. Madison 47 Benson 69, Jefferson 49 Grant 55. Roosevelt 51 Wilson 41. Lincoln 36 Franklin 56. Washington 55 Beaverton 64. Gresham 56 Clackamas 61, Cent. Catholic 58 David Douglas 53. Milwaukie 38 South Salem 51. Albany 38 Sweet Home 41. North Salem 35 Lebanon 68, Corvalis 57 Parkrose 69. Scappoose 64 Sandy 67. Reynolds 52 Oswego 73. Oregon Citv 50 Tillamook 51. Tigard 38 McMinnville 5, West Linn 53 Forest Grove 49, Newberg 46 Junction City 71. Cent. Linn. 5S Vale 40. Nyssa 37 Elkton 42, Yoncalla 39 Powers 63. Camas Valley 49 Rainier 46. Clatskanie 43 Reedsport 63, Siuslaw 47 Nestucca 54. Sheridan 43 Philomath 42. Yah mill 36 Toledo 64. Taft 55 Sherwood 64, Salem Academy SI WiUamina 66, Amity 52 Concordia 54. Estacada 46 St. Francis 40. Creswell 35 Serra 40, Molalla 39 Coquille 55, Bandon 45 Oakland 51. Riddle 46 Myrtle Creek 56. Douglas 54 Lowell 87. Mohawk 41 Westfir 71. Crow 60" Qakridge 51. Drain 43 Alsea 59. Monroe 50 Harrisburg 39. Coburg 44 Days Creek 62. Canyonville 52 Chemawa 75. Valsetz 22 Glide 55, Sutherlin 38 Pleasant Hill 71. Elmira 5 Waldport58. Newport 54 (o.t) Warren ton 60, Seaaide Wilt Sets Two Marks in NBA United Press International Wilt Chamberlain doesn't believe in breaking National Basketball association records one at a time.! The fabulous Philadelphia .rookie cracked ' two league standards Tuesday night when he established a new single season scoring record and re bound mark while the War riors were being trimmed, 122-113, by the Detrot .Pis tons. Even in defeat Chamberlain outstarred the field. Wilt's 41 points gave him a total of 2,134 to bypass the old mark of 2,105 established by Bob Pettit of St. Louis last season. The Philadelphia flipoer also snared- 16 rebounds to move one ahead of the 1,613 retrieves that Boston's Bill Russell nabbed as a season high during the 1958-59 cam paign. Syracuse withstood a late Cincinnati rally to defeat the Royals, 117-111 in the first game of a doubleheader at Detroit. . ' The Boston Celtics made Coach Red Auerbach's 1,000th game as an NBA coach a pleasant one as they ripped the Minneapolis Lakers, 129- 90, and St. Louis made it six victories in eight meetings with the New York Knicker- j bockers by grabbing a 114-104 i decision. missed the second of a one and one free toss chance for Prospect with 20 seconds left. Prospect got the rebound but Ed Seaver stole the ball with eight seconds to go and Tal ent held on to the finish. The Bulldogs of Talent led 14 to 10 at the quarter and 20 to 19 at the half. Prospect headed 30 to 26 after three stanzas. Seaver had 16 points for the Bulldogs and Lee Wil liams 10 for the Cougars. St. Mary's had 15 to 7, 26 to 13 and 44 to 19 stanza mar gins. Ray Abbott of Butte Falls was high scorer with 18 markers and Bob Evans had 11 for the Crusaders. In junior varsjty games Prospect won 32 to 24 and St. Mary's 34 to 24. chances at the free stripe. Southern Oregon was on top 31 to 22 at the half and stretched the lead to 36 to 24 in the four minutes of the second half. John Payne of Southern Oregon was high scorer of the evening with 21 points. Paul Layher had 16 and Den nis McKee 15 for OTI. The game was played in the Klamath Union high gym because of a leaky roof over the OTI court. lineups: 63 OTI SOC 54 F Koontz . Gardner 6 F 10 Horton Payne. 21 C 16 Layher Smith 5 G 10 L. Wilson Flanary 2 G 15 McKee Carrigan 12 Substitutions For OTI. Oliva 4. Branson. Zitek 5. C. Wilson 2, Ramseyer 1: for SOC. Bernet. Van nice 2, Peterson 2, Puhl, Lillebo 4. Hornets Defeat Phoenix Frosh Hedrick Junior high ninth grade basketball team sank 53 per cent of its field tries yesterday in a 58 to 40 win over the Phoenix freshmen. The Hornets had 16 to 7, 36 to 14 and 51 to 22 quarter spreads. Hedrick seventh and eighth grade jayvees downed the Ruch varsity 32 to 26 in another scuffle. The Hornets had a 20 to 13 midway feap. Richard Bottger scored 14 points for Ruch and A.- Hall nine for Hedrick. Oregon Staters Subdue Portland Pilots 51-43 Portland-niPD-Oregon State lead and Portland couldn't fought off a determined Uni-Jset close, versity of Portland here Tues- Jim Woodland paced the day night to win a 51-43 bas- Pe" wi 11 Ro" ketball decision. Portland was without two of its starters who were benched for disciplinary rea sons. Jim Altenhofen and Bill Garner, the two leading scor ers, sat on the bench along with top reserve Art Easter ly. The Pilots managed to stay with OSC up until the six minute to go mark when the Beavers had a 39-35 buldge. Then the Beavers hit six straight points for a 10 point SO Jayvees Bounce BF SOIBL STANDINGS: W. Hawkinson Tire 8 SO College JV 10 Andy's Jewelers 6 Butte Falls 5 Big Y Markets 4 National Guard 2 Glendale 1 Prl. .889 .833 .600 .435 .364 222 iioo honors with 14 points for Portland. Oregon State shot .369 from the field on 19 for 48 while Portland could hit only .217 on 13 baskets in 60 attempts. A Portland official said the th ee disciplined players were late for a study period last Sunday. box: osc ft Flynn i Patterson 0 Stafford 0 Carty 3 Anderson 2 Wold 2 Jacobson 2 Campbell Woodland 4 Niles Critchfield Totals ft 2- 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 3- 5 2-3 2- 2 0- 0 3- 5 1- 1 9-3 !' 4 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 LINEUPS: 58 Hedrick F 4 Ross F 1 Bandy . C 17 Mitchell . G 4 Stockton G Phoenix 40 . Wallace 7 R. Richey 15 .. Johnson 7 Bolz 4 11 Miles Harris 3 Substitutions For Hedrick. An derson 8. Griffin 3. Shaw, Miller 2. Reid 4. Railton 2. Brewer, Heysell 2. Haupert: for Phoenix, Barnes, Rayner 2, Biddle, Murphy, Mont gomery 2. BEARCATS TOP PACIFIC Forest Grove - (UTD - Wil lamette handed Pacific its 29th straight basketball de feat, 70-52, Tuesday night and moved to within half a game of Linfield in the Northwest Conference race. Willamette boomed to a 21-5 lead in the first minutes and, won easily. The Bearcats now are 7-2 and Linfield is 7-1. Larry Lynn led Willamette with 14 while Dick Ramsey had 11 for Pacific. Ashland - Southern Ore gon college junior varsity wrapped up its regular South ern Oregon Independent Bas ketball league slate last night with a 69 to 46 victory over Butte Falls. The Junior Raiders finished with a 10-2 record. They are sure of no less than second place and are still in conten tion for the title, which de pends on the outcome of Hawkinson Tire Tread s re maining games. The Tire Tread team, hold ing the loop lead, engages Andy's Jewelers at McLough lin gym here this evening. SOC's jayvees were 28 to 23 leaders at the half last night. John Cook had 18 points for the Raiders and Mert White 13. Darwin Moore topped Butte Falls with 15. Portland fg Stewart 3 Rogers . 2 Doherty .... 1 Rector 5 Carpenter 2 Totals ft S-7 2- 8 3- 8 4- 6 3-6 Pf 2 Santa Clara Clubs Gaels United Press International Santa Calara just goes to prove that you don't need a really big man on your team to play top-flight basketball. . The Broncs are the newest toast of the Coast after maul ing St. Mary's, 74-48 in Tues day night's West Coast Ath letic Conference crucial. The win moved the Broncs into a WCAC tie with the Gaels at 5-1 each and made Santa Clara's overall record an imposing 16-5. Last year, the Broncs dumped the Gaels in almost identical circum stances, but St. Mary's went on to win all the rest of them and the loop title. New York -lTli- Ch. Chik T'Sun of Cavesham, a Pek inese owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Venable of Atlanoa, was is 13-19 si si named trie best dog in the 84th Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. The blue ribbon for Chik TSun came in Sis last appearance is 17-ss is 43 m snow competition. BASKETBALL TUESDAY COLLEGE GAMES United Press International Long Island U. 78. Springfield 76 Slippery Rock 80, Ind. (Pa.) Ten. Boston College 86, Harvard 82 Holy Cross 72. Dartmouth 71 Connecticut 66. Rhode Island 62 St. Bonaventure 90, Providence 89 Chattanooga 76, Mississippi 74 North Carolina St. 63, Duke 53 VM1 72. Davidson 60 Miami (Ohiol 86, Marshall 78 Drake 74, South Dakota 72 SMU 66. Rice 52 Baylor 75. TCU 6o Whittier 89, Occidental 68 Santa Clara 74. St. Mary's 48 San Jose St. 58, COP 50 Pasadena 80. Cal Poly 70 Oregon St. 51, Portland 43 Willamette 70. Pacific 52 Portland State 75, OCE 54 OSC Rooks 64. Port. Frosh 49 Oregon Tech 63, .SOC 54 LINEUPS: 60 St. Mary's ' Butte Falls 37 F 13 Hout A. Ellis 4 F 6 D. Evans Baker 3 C 8 Yates Abbott 18 G 11 B. Evans Remsen 10 G 2 Daley Ellefson 2 Substitutions F o r St. Mary's, Calhoun 4, Austin 4, Shasky 4, Knutson 6, Mete. Rouhier 2; for Butte FaUs, N. Ellis. 36 37 Talent Prospect F 16 Seaver .: Hall F a Dickenson C. Gardner 4 C 4 Bradford Williams 10 G 4 Johnson Sweat 2 G 6 Fisher Scaife 8 Substitutions For Talent. Davis 2; for Prospect, Chapman 7; Fitch 5, T. Gardner, Burrill, Yell. ROOKS VICTORS Portland -(UPD- Ron Pinion scored 22 points to pace the OSC Rooks to a 64-49 basket ball victory over the Portland Frosh Tuesday night. The win brought the Rooks' rec ord to 10-1. DON'T TAKE THAT HEEL . . 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