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Newspaper Page TextB. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Robertson, Pettit Shine In Pro Star Encounter By NORMAN MILLER Syracuse, N. Y. - IUPD - The 11th National Basketball as sociation All-Star classic will be remembered as the game in which Oscar Robertson and 'Bob Pettit led an assault on .17 records-and Wilt (the Stilt) Chamberlain flopped. Robertson won the game's most valuable player award for his brilliant all-around performance and Pettit scored an All-Star record 29 points in the West's 153-131 upset ' triumph Tuesday night before a sellout crowd of 8,016 at Onondaga War Memorial au ditorium. "This was the best five I've . ever seen play together," ' beamed Coach Paul Seymour of the West squad. He referred to his superb starting five of Pettit, Clyde Cros Test Thu by Ope rsday Golf ns Pebble Beach, Calif.-flJPD The 20th annual Bing Crosby tournament opens Thursday on three of the world's most scenic eolf courses. The Crosby is a four-day event in which top pros pair with well-known amateur partners. Competition is held both among the pros and among the pro-amateur teams with prize money totalling $50,000. Slight favorites ' for; indi vidual honors here include Ken Venturi, Arnold Palmer and Bob Goalby. Venturi is defending cham pion and always played well on the moist Monterey Penin sula layouts. Palmer, winner of the San Diego Open last Sunday, is undoubtedly the nation's top golfer and hence a favorite In any competition he enters. Goalby is fresh from wins ,ln Florida and in the Los Angeles Open. Winner in pro-amateur com petition last year was the Northern California pair of Bud Ward and amateur Bob Silvestri. They'll return to de fend their title. ' ,. Weather remained sunny and dry today and the three courses to be played this tournament-Pebble Beach, Monte rey Peninsula and Cypress Point-all were reported in top ihape. Tuesday, 120 pros fired for 18 remaining qualifying spots. Veteran Art Doerlng of Pitts burgh led qualifiers. Odell Has Low Gross at RVCC Dr. Ralph Odell's 72 was low gross last week end In golf sweepstakes at Rogue Valley Country club. Ray Lindqulst, Bob Fasel and Phil Mongraln had 75s and Ed Simmons and Jim Sheldon 78s. Sam Prough lopped the net rivalry with 67. Warren Bay- less had 68. Those with 70s were Ford Hagan, Jim Dun. levy. Bill Hartman and Har told Smith. Randall Gifford -and Paul Mitchell stroked 71s - and Carl Schmidt and Dr. Bob iBayuk, 72s. Vancouver, Wash. IUPD Clark Junior college defeat ed the Oregon State Rooks 78-63 In a basketball game Tuesday night. Al Thompson had 24 points for the winners while Mel Counts hit 18 for the Rooks. Lovelelte of the St. Louis Hawks and Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers in the forecourt, and Robertson and Gene Shue of the Detroit Pis tons in the backcourt. Not even the defensive men ace of 7-foot-2 cnamberiain and 6-foot-10 Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics playing at the same time' for the East could deter the West's start ing group from breaking open the game with a 28-point lead in the first period. Wilt Scores 12 Chamberlain, who leads the NBA with an average of 37.6 points per game, had one of his most wretched nights since he joined the pro league. Guarded magnificently by Lovelette throughout most of the game, Chamberlain scored only two field goals and eight of 15 free throws for 12 points.-Although he played 38 minutes of the game, he did not score a field goal until the third period.' , "This was rougher than a regular league game," he lamented in the locker room afterward. "First it was Lovel icttc, then Pettit and then Walter Dukes. All three play ed harder than they do in an ordinary game." Lovelette confirmed this. "I played him (Chamberlain) the same way I usually do, except that tonjght I think I played a little harder." Coach Red Auerbach of the East said, "the game was lost in the first period." Asked why he did not remove Cham berlain when it became ap parent that the Philadelphia Warriors center was having a poor night, Auerbach replied wryly: "I wanted to sec If he could score a field goal." -Sals Assist Record Robertson scored 23 points, grabbed nine rebounds and was credited with an Ail-Star game record of 14 assists. He scored 13 of his points during the West's first-period spree. The West's' 47 points in that period was one pf the 17 rec ords set. : The West connected on 17 of 28 field goal attempts for a .607 percentage during that torrid first quarter and out- ebounded the East, 27-15. The 'cold" East squad hit on only seven of 20 first-period field goal tries. Russell, Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals and Paul Arlzln of the Warriors led a second period spurt which enabled the East to nar row Us deficit to 15 points at 64-40. Wait Rolls Again Pettit and Lovelette were sitting on the sidelines during that East rally and as soon as they returned to the lineup, the West rolled into high gear again and sped to a 22-polnt advantage at half-time. The East never threatened serious ly again. CHARLESTON SUSPENDS Charleston, W. Va.-IUPII-The status of the Charleston Sen ators was cleared today when oiMb President Sam Loplnsky said the team would not com pete In the American associa tion In 1061. The club official said he notified league Presi dent James Burris by tele gram that the Senators would not field a team. Loplnski added a condition saying Charleston hoped to reenter the league in 1062 because it could share in the half mil lion dollar Indemnities which the Minnesota Twins will pay the association. Ill lllilt.lt.iM,i,l,l,iJIIII-dtlU(,pL. Hill III III WINS JUMP BALL Bill Russell (6) tied up Walter Dukes long enough to win a jump ball during the first quarter of the Nation al Basketball association all-star game at Syracuse, N.Y., last night. Charging in are Tom Gola (15), Cliff Hagan (16) and Paul Arizin (11). The West won 153-131. (UPI Telephoto) Prospect Victor Over Butte Falls Prospect-Prospect high, un marred in Jackson County B league basketball, made it three straight victories in the circuit by drubbing Butte Falls 71 to 34 here .Tuesday night. The Cougars fired al a 47 per cent accuracy clip from the field and had 42 to 21 re bound control to tabulating the triumph. They scored off their fast break on a good number of occasions and worked the ball well against the Butte Falls zone defense. Stanza counts were 16 to 2, 36 to 11, and 51 to 24. Butte Falls went li'i minutes be fore putting in its first field goal. Craig Gardner headed point production with 21. Prospect also took the jun ior varsity scuffle 52 to 37 with Gene Wyatt scoring 17 and Tony Yell 16. Ira Rambo had 12 for the Loggers. ' MedfordTribunb 'SIPCDMTS National League Winning War In Signing Players LINKUPS: , 7, p,nin,rl nutle Fall 34 r 2 ChnDman Ramsen 9 F 13 Payne B,kor A C 3 T. Gardner Barlow 3 G 12 Filch N Ellis G 21 C. Gardner Ellc(on 4 Substitution For Prospect. Boners 6. Veil 8. Poole 6, Wood, Nye; for Butte Falls, A. Elm v, Stratton 2. NCAA Playoff Brackets Told Corvallls-IUPII-Team brack ets for the NCAA West Coast regional basketball playoffs to be held in Portland March 17-18 were announced today by Spec Kcene, Oregon Slate athletic director and a mem ber of the NCAA's tourna ment committee. Champions of the Mountain States conference and of the West Coast conference be come automatic entries and play each other March 17. The other two entries will be determined by a first round game between the Bor der conference champion and an at-large team, and a game between the Big Five cham pion and a second at-large team. Sites for the first-round games will be announced later. 0V,C Jr El FULL T Lis ' tHe ' IWTALUP MX?1 Durable Fiber Auto Seat Covers WERE '14.95 NOW 1 1 88 II88 MOST XJL Fresh, modern look to harmoniM with your car's styling. Popular colon. Budget terms. AUTO INTERIOR SPECIALISTS: . SEAT COVERS, TOPS, CARPETS, DOOR PANELS, HEADLINERS OPEN 8 TO 6 MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 12th and So. Central , SPrlng 3-64S0 (3 By NORMAN MILLER New York-HJPII-The Nation al Football league is winning the war with the young Amer ican league over the signing of the best college players for next season, a United Press International survey showed today. Although the opportunities for making the grade appear to be better in the AFL, the loading college stars, by a ra tion of more than 2-1, have indicated they would rather risk Iheir pro playing chances in the tougher-to-make NFL. NFL clubs have signed 33 of their leading 49 draft picks, according to the UPI survey; AFL clubs have announced the signing of only 11 of their top 31 choices. Seventeen of these AFL draftees already have signed with NFL clubs and one has gone to Canada (All - American guard Tom Brown of Minnesota). So far, 9 of the 13 NFL teams have signed their No. 1 pick. Not one NFL team has lost a first draft choice to cither the AFL or the Cana dian league. Four other NFL top choices cannot sign a pro contract because they have eligiblity remaining in other college sports. AFL Signs Only Two In contrast, only 2 of tne 8 AFL teams have signed their top draft picks. These are All- Amencan center fc. J. JtioiuD of Texas Tech, signed by the Dallas Texans, and end Earl Faison of Indiana, signed by the Los Angeles Chargers. Holub also was the second draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL and Faison was tne No. o pick of the Detroit Lions. Beside Holub and Faison, the only two college stars who so fur nave prcieiica uto ydungcr league to the NFL were Fred Aroanas oi lviicni gan Stale and Stew Barber of Penn Slate. Arbanas, sign ed by the Texans, was the No. 2 choice of the St. Louis L-ar-dinals; Barber, who cast his lot with the Buffalo Bills, was the No. 3 pick of the NFL Dallas Cowboys. In analyzing the NFL sign- ings, it should be pointed out that each club in the older league was reasonably certain of corrallng lis no. i pic ai the time ot the draft. During the NFL draft meet ing last month, before select ing a player, each club tele- Dhoned him to determine whether he was committed to an AFL or a Canadian team. If so, the NFL shied away from him. Gamble and Lota American Football league clubs drafted in November, before they had any indication whether they could sign their oreferenccs. Most of them thus gambled and lost, The Denver Broncos and New York Titans have not announced the signing of anv of their first 5 draft nicks: the Boston Patriots have managed lo sign only their No. 4 selection. Of Hie 5 players who were made the first draft choice of clubs in both leagues, fouc already have signed with the NFL. These were: Mike Dilka ot Pitt, who chose the Chicago Bears over the Houston Oil ers; Joe Rutgons of Illinois, Washington Redskins over Oakland: Bob Gaiters of Now Mexico State, New York Gi ants over Denver; and Tom my Mason of Ttilane, whose signing has not been an nounced yet but Is known to have chosen the new Minne sota Vikings over Boston, Ken Rice of Auburn has eligibility remaining in anoth er sport and thus cannot turn pro until June. Pro football men feel he will join the Buf falo Bills rather than the St. Louis Cards. Other No. 1 . NFL draft choices already signed are: Herb Adderley of Michigan State, Green Bay Packers: Tom Matte, Ohio State, Balti more Colts; Bob Lilly, Texas Christian, Dallas Cowboys; Bob Respino, Mississippi Cleveland Browns; and Myron Pottios, Notre Dame, Pitts burgh Steelers Oregon Tech Spills SOC's Red Raiders OCC STANDINGS W h Southern Oregon 4 1 Eastern Oregon -....2 2 Portland State 1 1 Oregon Teen 2 d Oregon College 0 2 Joe Foss States AFL Not Dying By HAL WOOD Oakland, Calif. - IUPD - The. American Football league may have been wounded in the pockctbook during its in augural season. But it's not about to die. This is the strong belief of the owners and of president Joe Foss. "We're here to stay," said Foss when he visited this city to help reorganize the Oak land franchise. "If the Nation al league thought for one moment it could stomp on us they would do it right now. They are afraid to admit we are even breathing - or exist. Over-Stuffed Some of the National league die-hards claim that the mov ing of the Los Angeles Charg ers franchise to San Diego Is the first step in the demise of the new loop. "But that's not the way we feel here," said a spokesman for the Oakland team, which still will be playing all its home games in Candlestick Park in San Francisco. "We feel that Los Angeles is over-stuffed with sports. And we believe that the club will do well in San Diego." To back up his claim, he pointed out that the chamber of commerce and others be hind the move to San Diego already had received about 24,000 applications for season tickets. The team averaged less than 15,000 per game in Los Angeles. Pet. .800 .500 .900 .400 , .000 Klamath Falls - Southern Oregon college's Red Raiders staged a stirring second half comeback after an ice-coia opening half, but it wasn't enough as the Raiders drop ped a 58-47 decision to arch rival Oregon Tech here Tues day night in the Oregon Col legiate conference. - Shooting at a frigid .167 pace the initial period, on a mere five shots good in 30 at tempts, the Ashlanders could n't, cope with the Owls- springy - legged Bob Petersen and were down by a lop-sided 36-15 count at halftime. But the second stanza was a different story for the Red men as they outscored the Techmen, 32-22. They found the basket with more consist ency, and held their own in the rebounding departments, despite the sparkling board clearing by Petersen and 6-6 teammate "Sweet" Sammy Smith. Petersen, two-time All-Stater at Klamath Falls used his tremendous spring under the boards to tally 22 points in the first period, including four tipins and 10 of 13 attempts at the free throw line. The 6-4 Owl ace finished the night with 25 big points and 17 re bounds. .'. His 25-point performance, however, was matched by Southern Oregon's Gqrdy Car rigan who returned to action after a week's layoff with a sprained ankle and led his team in their impressive sec ond half surge. 14 In 11 Minutes Getting 19 of his total in the second canto, Carrigan started his club on the comeback trail, and, at one ;ll-minute stretch, canned 14 points in a row. Don Vannice hit a jump shot and free throw and big John Payne, who picked up four personal fouls in the first seven minutes of the contest and' fouled out of the heated battle with14:02 left on the second half clock, hit two suc cessive gift trys to bring the county to 40-20 in the first five minutes of the half. line. In that fatal 20 minutes, the Owls hit 14 of 23 trys from the charity stripe as 13 fouls were whistled against the Raiders. Southern Oregon finished up with a .314 shooting mark of 17 of 54 shots attempted. Oregon Tech registered a .372 on 19 of 51. Rebounds favored OTI by a 45-23 difefrence. ' Smith, who collected 17 re bounds to rank ahead of Peter sen's 11, contributed 14 points to the winning Owl cause. soc FG Hughes 4-1 Vannice 6-2 Payne 3-1 Gardner 6-0 Carrigan 9-15 Tichenor .... 2-0 Shults n-z Louk 2-1 Graham 0-0 Hennon ........ 2-1 Elckworth .. 6-0 Jensen 0-0 FT Reb PFTP 6-17 2 1-1 4-3 0-0 7-7 0-0 0- 0 2-1 1- 0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Totals ... 54-17..22-13....42....22....47 FT Reb PFTP FG OTI Cumiford .. 6-1 0-0 Petersen 0-7 14-11 Smith 17 8-8 Hodeen 3-2 4-3 Johns 5-2 3-0 Horn 11-3 2-0 Muggerud .. 0-0 0-0 Gonzales .... 0-0 0-0 Totals ... 51-19 32-20 45 18 58 Notre Dame Ends String Of De Paul United Press International And then there was one. Ohio State, unanimous choice as the nation's No. 1 basket ball team, also stood alone to day as the only unbeaten major college quintet, Notre Dame, riding along in a so-so season, "got its Irish ud" Tuesday night and jolted previously undefeated DePaul back into reality by downing the Demons, 61-58, at South Bend, Ind. The, victory for the Fighting Irish Was their 23rd in a row at home and snapped DePaul s 11 - game winning streak, De Paul, which only this week moved into the nation's "top 10," trailed Notre Dame 27-25 with four minutes left in the first half and could never catch up. : Collapsing Defense Coach Johnny Jordan threw nnIUnnn rlnfanco at the Petersen connected on a . it succeeded in a BOB Q.J:Tf-'J TAYLOR jfTook at this choice isdectioiiof 1 premium used cars before you I 1 buy any car! They are great buys! I 1 Save while we clear the lot for I I more trades on the Pontiac and I hook shot from the key but Carrigan hit a jumper. Ron Hodgen hit from outside for the Owls but Payne matched it with a jumper from the key. Carrigan took off on his scoring splurge at that point, drilling three straight jump ers, a free throw, another jumper, a long set shot, two more charity trys, and finally a driving layup and free shot. The clock then showed 3:11 remaining in the game and chopped the Owl bulge down to 16 points, 53-37. Reserve Fred Louk kept the point-making period mov ing with a layup, Carrigan who was credited with hitting seven of eight trys from the field the second period, click ed ori a jumper and Jack Hen non drove for a two-pointer. That trimmed the OTI margin down to 10 points, 53-43, with 2:12 left. Full-Court Press Southern Oregon then went into a full-court press, and sec onds later, Hodgen canned a pair from the foul line. Carri gan and Jerry Shults came through with fielders in the final seconds but time ran out. In the disastrous first half, the Southerns led only twice. Vannice hit the opening field goal for a 2-0 lead and Dave Hughes followed a minute later with a free throw for a 3-1 Raider lead after Smith had hit from the foul line. Petersen tied it up at 3-3 with a tipin, put the hosts ahead for good with a hooker, then added three straight free tosses and the Techmen were off and running - to the foul stalling the DePaul offense midway through the first halt The lOth-ranked Demons man aged only three field goals in 14 minutes during this period which led to their downfall. Howie Carl, DePaul's 5-9 scoring ace, hit his first four shots lrom the field but cooled off the rest of the half. Carl finished with 16 points, how ever, to tie Notre Dame's John Tully for game scoring honors Tully also held DePaul's M C. Thompson to a field goal and three free throws and dominated both backboards to lead Notre Dame to its eighth triumph in 15 starts this season. Cincinnati, with Paul Hogue and Tom Thacker scoring 16 apiece, defeated Duquesne, 64- 53, to record its 12th victory in 15 outings for the 1960-61 campaign. The Bearcats jump ed to an early 16-point advan tage and withstood a strong second half comeback by the Dukes in a game marred by fisticuffs Funeral Friday For Boat Racer San Diego, Calif.- (UPII -Fu neral services will be held Friday for Lou Fageol, win ner of every major award in speed boat racing including the unlimited hydroplane In ternational Gold Cup. Fageol, 54, died Monday night shortly after entering Sharp Memorial hospital for treatment of a heart ailment LC Pioneers Down 'Cats Portland - IUPD - Lewis and (Shirk staged a strong second ; half rally to defeat Willamette ! 63-60 In a Northwest Confer- j once basketball game here Tuesday night. Willamette led most of the way and held a 10-point lead midway through the second half. 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