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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Tornadoes Priming For Klamath Jaunt Medford high's amibtion lo hang on to the Southern Ore g o n conference basketball championship it won last year faces a crucial test this Sat urday night. The Black Tornado travels to Klamath Falls for its only game of the week end. Klamath Pelicans currently head the five-team pack with a 6-0 standing while Medford is running second at 6-1. Lone Tornado loss in the cricuit was to the Pelicans. KF won 58 to 56 in overtime. Outcome of the previous tangle shows that the Mod ford's chore is cut out for it. The first meeting was at Med ford and the assignment is considered a tougher one for the Pear city club on the Pelican court. VETERAN GUARD - Veteran player for the Medford high basketball team is Dick Rags dale, above, all-conference choice last season. He'll be in action at Klamath Falls Sat urday night when Medford bids to pull even in Southern Oregon loop standings with the Pelicans. Ragsdale is sixth among score-producers of the district with 8a markers and is fifth for the full season with 137. The game at KF will mark the halfway point In the schedule for both teams. While Medford is giving its all for the one conflict, Kla math has two games to prep 1 for. It plays at Grants Pass on Friday. Rested Monday With vno action until Sat urday, the Tornado billed its heaviest drill of the week for this afternoon. The hoopmcn laid off Monday, worked light ly on Tuesday and had a hard er drill on Wednesday. Med ford's stalwarts have used the week both to catch their College Skiesta Plans Reported Ashland-The Ore-Cal Ski esta, first of what may be come an annual event, will be held at the Mt. Shasta Ski bowl on Feb. 25, It was announced by Jim Johns, Lakeview, chairman of the Skiesta which Is being spon sored by Southern Oregon college. Invitations have been sent to Oregon Technical Institute, Chico1 Stale, Humbolt State, Shasta Junior college, Lassen Junior college, and College of the Siskiyous. Skiesta plans include open ing ceremonies, team races, novice races, slalom, giant slalom, downhill, other snow activities, dance (featuring a queen sclccliqn), and trophy presentations. ' A princess, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, will be Belccled from Ihe SOC cam pus by Ihe student body on Feb. 15, to represent the col lege at the Skiesta and com pete for queen. All clubs and living groups are eligible to enter candidates, according to Wendell Snook, president of APO. Carbo To Face Charges at LA Los Angeles -tUPll- Frankie Carbo, underworld boxing figure, was returned here from New York Wednesday by a U.S. marshal to face trial with four others on a charge of trying to muscle In on for mer welterweight champion Don Jordan's ring earnings. Carbo, presently serving a two-year prison sentence for acting as the undercover man ager of fighters in violation of Now York state laws, ap peared rumpled and haggard when he got off the plane. Mm, LUCKY GOLF SLATED San Francisco iUPI - If the ; course didn't float away In the late-arriving rains play was to open In the $50,000 Lucky International golf tournament today at Harding Park. Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, hometown hero Ken Vcnturi, Bob Rosburg and Bob Goalby are rated the favorites if they can play their usual brand of golf. Off the record Wednesday, Cas- ?er should have no trouble, le posted a fivo-under-par 66 In a pouring rain that drench ed the course from arly morning to nightfall. breaths and to prepare to go full speed against the Pels. The Tornado has worked on an attack geared to crack KF defense in what may be vul nerable points and has sought also to tighten its own de fense. Coach Frank Roelandt re ported that his Tornadoes ap peared healthy as of last night. He indicated no drastic lineup changes. The mentor also reflected the attitude of his squad. Two members of the conference will gain the state tourney but the Tornado isn't content lo work for No. 2 spot. "We're always going for'No. 1," Roelandt declared. Senior Loop To Have 318 Night Tilts Cincinnati - IUPD - The Na tional league listed a total of 318 night games for the 1961 season today In what could be the last eight-team sched ule ever to be used by the major leagues. The American league will announce Its 10-team schedule for 1961 shortly and the Na tional league will adopt a sim ilar schedule next year when Houston and New York begin operation. This year's total of 318 night games represents an increase of two over last year al though the Los Angeles Dod gers reduced their total from 64 to 60. One of the Dodgers' night games in Los Angeles will be held on May 30 against the St. Louis Cardinals. Pirates Up Night Games The Phillies have scheduled 55 night games, a total second only to the Dodgers. As they did in 1960, the Cards and Philadelphia Phillies will play all their home games at night except on Saturdays, and holidays. Pittsburgh is scheduled for 47 night games, an increase of five over Inst 'year, and the Cards increased their slate by two with a total of 50. Cincinnati's 46 night games represents an Increase of one, Milwaukee has scheduled 37, one less than in 1960, and San Francisco will play the snme number of night games, 23, as It did last season. Clinging to their custom, the Chicago Cubs will be the only major club to play all their home games during the day-time. The National league opens Its season on April 11 one day earlier than last year with Chicago at Cincinnati, St. Louis at Milwaukee, Pitts burgh at San Francisco and Philadelphia at Los Angeles in a night game. OSC Will Mix T With Winq Corvallls-IUPD-Oregon Stale s football team will have a new look next season. Beaver head Coach Tommy Prothro announced Wednes day he would mix a T forma tion with his single wing In 1981. Prothro, whose Beavers have used a single wing since he came to Oregon State In 1955, said he would concen trate on the new offense in spring practice this year. Prothro has always used a single wlng-as both a coach and a player. He graduated from Duke In 1942 and came lo Oregon Stale after serving as an assistant coach at UCLA. The T promises to bring together In one backficld Ter ry Baker and Don Kasso, Ore gon State's great one-two tail back punch of last year. Providence May Get Cliffhanger Title United Preii International Providence college, a "Cin derella" basketball team for the past two seasons, is well on its way toward the "cliff hanger" title for the 1960 61 campaign. The Friers, led by little Johnny Egan and Jumbo Jim Hadnot, pulled out another close one Wednesday night by defeating Canisius, 67-64, for their 12lh victory in 14 games this season. Egan paced Providence , with 27 points while the 610 j Hadnot, who scored Ihe decid ing baskets in at least five "squeakers" this season, add ed 2A points. Seventh ranked Louisville rolled over Kentucky Wesley an, 82-66, as Brad Olsen hil 22 and Fred Sawyer 20 for the Cardinals. Winifred Thomp son's 23 points led the losers. The success brought Louis-1 vllle's record to 15-2 for thc season. j McCOVEY INKS San Francisco-iliPP - First baseman Willie McCovry Wednesday signed his 1061 contract with llif San Fran cisco Giants. 11 was bclvJ he took small cut ft $14,000 ha received Inst sea son, t i Hawks Top New York United Press International With 49 games of their sea son gone, it appears the St. Louis Hawks will win the Western division crown in the National Basketball asso ciation without much trouble, but there are plenty of close battles left to make the re mainder of the pro season in teresting. In Wednesday night's NBA games, the Hawks beat New York, 116-109, their 32nd win against 17 losses. In the fea ture game of the Detroit doubleheader, the Pistons, sec ond to the Hawks in the Western division, downed third - place Cincinnati, 138 125. On the West Coast, fourth place Los Angeles won its sec ond straight over the Syra cuse Nationals, 117-112, at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. While it doesn't seem likely St. Louis can be overtaken, Eastern Division leader Bos ton is in no such comfortable position, having a .694 per centage compared to Phila delphia's .625. The question of who will finish second, and thus make the playoffs, in the Western sector Is a complex riddle. Anderson Has 17 for Frosh Vancouver, Wash.-tUPD-Clark Junior College defeated the Oregon Frosh 74-63 In a bas ketball game Wednesday night. Jerry Anderson of the Frosh and Alan Thompson of the Penguins each had 17 points. Medpori Frank Burgess Has Opportunity United Press International Gonzaga's Frank Burgess, leading scorer on the Coast and in the nation, gets a chance to fatten his total to night when his Bulldog quin tet hosts the Cal Aggies, door mat of the Far West confer ee. Burgess may need a good slug of points tonight, how ever, for Saturday he and Gonzaga will invade the gym of defense-minded USF, whore teams are often hard-pressed to tally more points than Bur gess usually scores by him self. Other contests tonight find Rcdlands at San Jose Stale and Nevada at Loyola. In action off the court, 6-10 soph center Camden Wall of the University of California has been declared ineligible for further competition be cause of grade problems. Tennessee A-l Maintains Gap New York (UPD The United Press Inlcrnntional small college bnt-kcthnll rRtiniis (with flrst-ptiu-o voles una wnn-losl rpcnnls wrongD Jan. 21 In parentheses): Team Points 1. Tennessee A.Vt 28 (15-1) ,...33(1 2. rforslra l (12-1) 271 .1. Miss. Southern 2 (m-l) 2(in 4. Hr!r(e V1CW 3 (IB-U) 23n .1. Grumhllnir (18-31 1(11 B. Wittenberg (10-4) 154 7. American Univ. 1 (0-3) !l(l R. Kentucky Wesleyan (10-4).. nil I). Southwest Texas (11-3) 73 1(1. Southern nilnols (13-3) 52 Second 10-11, Southwest Louisi ana. 40: 13. Maine. 35: 13. Los An- KPles State, 31; 14, South Dakota Stale, 21: 15 (tic). University of California at Santa Harbara (11 and Northern Michisnn (1). 18 each; 17. Williams. 14: IB. Evnnsvllle. 12; 10 Itie), Arkansas State and Westmin ster (Pa.), 11 each. WALLER SUES Los Angeles - (UPH - Former halfback and sometime box ing promoter Ron Waller Is suing the Los Angeles Charg ers of the American Football League for $29,000 he claims the club owes him on his I960 and 1961 contracts. Waller, who used to perform for the University of Maryland and the National Football League Los Angeles Rams, said Wed nesday in his suit that the Barron Hilton-owned Charg ers set him adrift In violation of the contracts when he in jured his leg In a game. W- J PHOENIX BODY Phoenix, Oregon Comet Hoopsters Gird for Two Foes Central Point Burdened also this week by midyear final exams, the Crater high Comet basketeers are drilling with eyes set on bettering their position in Southern Oregon conference at the half way point of the campaign. The Comets (1-5) go to Ash land on Friday evening and play Grants Pass here on Sat urday. Varsity frays are set for around 8:15 p.m. Crater holds a victory over Ashland (0-7) and has lost to Grants Pass (3-3). By topping both foes this week the Com ets stand a chance of knotting for third place in the league standings. That would come should Klamath Falls also beat GP. Work on Defense The Cavemen of Grants Pass, however, soundly beat the Central Point club in their earlier encounter. Defensive woes damaged the Comet cause in that fray and Coach Lloyd Hoffine said that his crew has been "working pretty hard" on that phase of the game this week. It appeared as of yesterday that the Comet squad would be intact for the scrambles. Hoffine indicated that he will utilize the fullest extent of Crater height to meet the challenge of the tall front line of Cavemen. The Comets may have their mind particularly on GP but they are not overlooking Ash land despite the Grizzlies failure to win a basketball game so far this season. ibuni Hockey WESTERN LEAGUE United Press International The Portland Buckaroos reached the top spot in the Western Hockey league Wed nesday night. The Bucks moved into a first place tie with idle Van couver by downing Calgary 4-3 in Portland. The win ran Portland's league point tolal to 51, the same as Vancouver and two more than Calgary. In the only other contest, Winnipeg climbed out of a tie for last place with Ed monton with a 4-2 win over the Flyers. NATIONAL LEAGUE United Press International Frank Mahovlich owned a new all-time Toronoto scoring record today and if he keeps it up the menacing Maple Leafs are likely to overtake the Montreal Canadicns In the National Hockey league. Mahovlich established a Toronto team record for most goals in a single season by scoring his 38th and 39lh in Wednesday night's 5-3 victory over Montreal that moved the Leafs within two points of the first-place Canadicns. The New York Rangers gained ground in their drive for a playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins. Basketball Scores ViKDNKSllAY rol.l.HGF I'nlled Press International EAST Providence S7. Canisius 4 Pltlsbursh 57. Vlllanova 53 Army 77. Hoistra 74 SOUTH Louisville 82. Ky. Wesleyan . Georula till. Mercer 4fi Louisiana St. 51, Loyola (La.) 40 MIDWKST Tennessee AM 115, Gannon SB SOUTHWUST No. Dakota St. 6(1, Montana St. 5 Jrll. 67. Aril. St. iFlagstaUl 40 PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Los Angeles - IUPII - George Goodule, for 12 years director of publicity and promotion for the former Los Angeles An gels of the Pacific Coast league, has been named pro motion director of the new Los Angeles Angels of the American league. General Manager Fred Haney said Goodale is assuming his new duties immediately. AUTO PAINTING! BODY WORK BY EXPERTS! FAST SERVICE! All Work Guaranteed Call . . . Mike or Ritchie CM1 30 CRATER POINTMAKER Crater high will rely heavily on the point-making ability of Loyal Higinbotham, above, in two Southern Oregon confer ence basketball games this week. The Comets play at Ashland on Friday and enter tain Grants Pass at Central Point on Saturday. Higinboth am, 5-8 senior in his fourth varsity year with the Comets, is second high scorer among conference players. He has 202 points for the full season and 117 for league games. Crater High Frosh Win Central Point Crater high's freshman cagcrs survived a late surge by Hedrick Junior high ninth graders here last night to edge the Hornets of Medford 40 to 39. The Comets were on top 39 to 29 with three minutes to play. Hedrick's press became extremely effective at that point and the Hornets just missed a victory chance in the last five seconds. A steal near the Comet hoop gave Hedrick a layin opportunity which failed to connect. The swipe followed a Crater toss-in aft er a Hornet free toss. Quarter scores were Crater favor, 10 to 7, 18 lo 17 and 31 to 25. Darrell Summerfield of Crater and Larry Vowell of Hedrick each had 15 points. Crater made effective use of zone defense. LINKUPS: 40 Crater Hedrick 39 P 15 Summerfield Root 2 P 5 Swanson C. Rasmussen 11 C 3 Ryerson Wlmberley 7 G 13 Byrd Vowelt 15 G 2 Grissom Knight 4 Substitutions For Crater, Tur ner 2. Pepper; for Hedrick, Brown, Verstrate. Hoop Quintets Stay Unbeaten INTRAMURAL STANDINGS FRIDAY LEAGUE W. I.. Pel. Ain't Gots 3 0 1.000 Hoopstera 2 1 .600 Hluh Lifea 1 2 .333 BBT .'. o a .000 MORNING LEAGUE W. I.. Pel. Wimpy Five 4 0 1.000 Oncawas 3 I .750 Valiants 2 2 .500 Scrubbs t 3 .250 Malla 1 3 .250 Seagram Seven 1 3 .250 AFTERNOON LEAGUE , W. L. Pet. Peons 4 0 1.000 Jacobins 3 1 .750 Camels 3 1 .750 Finks 2 3 .500 Kev 0 .000 Saints 0 .000 Ain't Gots downed Hoop sters 37 to 13 last time out to preserve unbeaten status in the Friday league in the senior high school intramural basket ball. High Lifes beat Basket ball Team 27 to 12. Wimpy Five stayed un marrcd also in the Morning league by bouncing the Scrubbs 33 to 16. Other scores were Mafia 18 to 16 over Sea gram Seven and Ongawas 31 to 20 over Valiants. The Peons also continued spotless in the Afternoon cir cuit by whipping the Camels 61 to 32. Finks beat the Saints 41 to 32 and Jacobins trimmed the Church Keys 41 to 22. Los Angeles - IUPD - Tom Downey, who signed Duke Snider, Bob Skinner and other major league stars during a 22-year scouting career, today was appointed as a scout for the Los Angeles Angels SHOP KE 5-1652 S'-A Mazeroski Finds Hit Stops Clock By RUDY CERNKOVIC Pittsburgh -WPD- Bill Maze roski has discovered he has stopped the clock. For the clever second base man of the Pittsburgh Pirates it's still 3:36 p.m., eastern daylight time, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1960. Place: Forbes Field. At exactly that moment, he belted a home run that won the 1960 World Series for Pittsburgh over the New York Yankees. "I'm still getting letters about that homer," said Bill, relaxing in his home before dinner. "Fan mail keeps coming from -all over the country although it's tapering off now. Most of the letters are from kids and their words are the greatest tribute. They tell me I'm their idol. I get a lot of mail from Canadian fans too. Still Gets Glow "It's the same at banquets whether I'm in New York, Chicago, Columbus or Buffalo. "People come up to me and shake my hand. They want to talk about that homer. That's all right with me, I like to talk about it. The answers are nearly mechanical now yeah, greatest thrill in my life a high fast one ball one Terry was pitching." , Maz said the recollection of that moment when his homer gave the Pirates their first world championship in 35 years still gives him a glow. "I've seen those World Series movies about three times," he confessed. "It's like re-living that moment." Sends Autographed Picture Bill estimates he has re ceived nearly 1,000 letters and has replied to all by send ing his autographed picture. His mother, Mrs. Mamie Mazeroski,- addresses and en velopes and mails out the pictures. University of Hawaii May Drop Football Honolulu - (UPll-Football at the University of Hawaii ap peared doomed today follow ing a board of athletic con trol vote Wednesday to dis continue the sport for financ ial reasons. The board voted eight-to-one to drop football. Hawaii lost mors than $10,000 on home games during the 1960 season. The matter rested with the university board of regents which was scheduled to meet today. But there was no in dication the regents would act on the board's decision. rmmm W3 uU UIL jLX .4r KllTvV? (L I u f -y (now machine washable) ft o V o Medford Grapplers Encounter Roseburg In only their second action outside the Southern Oregon conference this season, Med ford high wrestlers take on Roseburg Friday night. The match will be at the senior high gym here with prelim bouts opening around 6:30 p.m. and the main scrapes slated to get underway at 8 p.m. On Saturday Medford will oppose Grants Pass for the third time this season. The tangle will be at the Medford gym and the same hours will prevail. Matches with Grants Pass provide a comparison between Medford and Roseburg. The Black Tornado holds 25 to 16 and 31 to 18 wins over the Cavcment who beat Roseburg last week end 31 to 11. Medford's previous conten tion outside of loop foes was in the Clackamas invitational which the Tornado won. Fan interest is building in the mat sport here, thanks to the efforts of Coach Art Keith to acquaint the public with its finer, points. For the uninitiated he has provided the following infor mation: "Primary objective is to pin the opponent. This is done by holding both shoulders to the winner. If neither wrestler LINEUP AND RECORDS: CI. TD 08 Mike Horton Soph. 4 106 Jim Spitz Jr. L 3 115 John Stroup ...Jr., 1 123 Don Kondo Sr., 3 130 Doug RoberUon ....Jr., 6 136 Dan Eddy Sr., L 6 141 John dePlace Jr., L 9 148 Wayne Fields Sr., L B 157 Larry Gunn Sr., L 4 168 Al Funston Sr., L 13 178 Chuck Holt Sr., L 7 Hvy. Terry O'Sullivan ..Sr., L 2 LEGEND: L Letterman, TD Takedown. Fall, P Predicament. FW Matches fall. D Draw, DW Matches won decision. Mat Scrap Postponed Central Point The Crater high-Klamath Falls wrestling match which had been slated for Central Point Saturday has been postponed because of Illness and injury of Crater squad members. All but five of the Comets' No. 1 grapplers In the 13 weight categories were report ed ailing and out of action for several days. Makeup date has tentative ly been set as Feb. 11. FIGHTS Tokyo (UPI) Haruo Sakamoto 122. Janan. outnointed Arab Junior, 1120. Philippines (12). Retained Orient featherweight title. 1 : 1 mat for two seconds. When ever a wrestler pins his op ponent, five points are award ed to the team score of the gets a pin, the winner is de cided on points. The wrestler with the greater number of points wins the match by de cision. Three team points are scored by a decision. A draw or tie (both wrestlers having the same number of points) counts two points for each team." There are only six ways a wrestler may score points. They are: 1. A "takedown" in which an opponent is taken from a standing position to the mat and held down (two points). 2. A "reversal" in which the underneath wrestler gets on top (two points). 3. An "escape" in which the underneath grappler gets into standing position facing his foe (one point). 4. A "near fall" in which an opponent is almost pinned (three points). 5. A "p r e d I c a m e n t" in which an opponent is turned on his back (one point). 6. A "penalty" for a rival using an illegal hold (one point). Following are Medford's probable varsity wrestlers against Roseburg and their season records: R F. NF 0 2 FW FL D DW DL 2 2 1 R Reversal. E Escape. NF Near won by fall, FL Matches lost by by decision, DL Matches lost by MAKE IT A WEEKEND Pick up an Extra Carton ffiffiPl Hi Mitel JOIN THE SELECT ...SELECT SPRING 1. 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