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Cougars, Crusaders In B Runoff Tonight St. Mary's High will be without the services of Joe Kaiser tonight. Coach Bill Mc Kibbin reported that Kaiser has pneumonia and is confined to his home. Prospect and St. Mary's High schools gain the immedi ate limelight this week in SO Jayvee Plays Guard SOIBL STANDINGS: W. L. SO Junior Varsity .. 10 0 Wooden Shoe 9 3 Medford Guard 7 7 Butte Falls 4 9 Pet. 1.000 .750 .500 .308 .000 Grants Pass Guard 0 11 Southern Oregon college junior varsity, which appears to have the Southern Oregon Independent Basketball league crown well within its grasp, despite the number of remaining contests, goes twice into action in the loop this week. The Junior Raiders are billed to face Medford Na tional Guard at 8 o'clock to night at McLoughlin gym here. At 8 p.m. on Thursday they meet Wooden Shoe at the College court in Ashland. Wooden Shoe has a Wednes day date at Grants Pass to meet the GP National Guard club. Grants Pass Guard is to play at Butte Falls on Satur day. Jayvees Beat Shoe The Jayvees on Sunday evening handed their tough est challenger, Wooden Shoe, a loss for the third time. This ' time the win came a little harder. The collegians sur vived 63 to 61 on an 11-foot hook shot by Steve DeFore as time ran out. Wooden Shoe had a 14-point lead three minutes into the second half. SO caught the restaurant club at 59-all. Lloyd Hoffine than put Shoe on top with a 40-foot jumper, with 11 seconds to play, Larry Hink tied the mix at 61 with two free tosses. The jayvees pressed and Wooden Shoe lost the ball on a violation. Time out was called by the Jayvees to pre serve time for a last shot and DeFore took it. :" Do You Ever See The Back of Your Neck? Other People Do! PARK BARBER SHOP 522 E. MAIN Piatt, Joe and Cecil 1 y$r you r grow tip in the -4ggZ!S8fP& West - KS'L M .gr grow up .tfj'MM I RBNTVCICT OLD HERMITAGE DISTILLERY COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KY. 86 PROOF southern Oregon prep basket ball. They engage in a Jackson County B league playoff to; night at Eagle Point for the right to fceet the Klamath Lake county winner for the District SB banner. Game time is 8:15 p.m. after a 6:30 p.m. junior varsity prelim. St. Mary's and Prospect tied in regular league play with 6-2 standings. A Rogue league champion ship conflict between Lake- view and Henley and a crucial battle over second place in the Southern Oregon confer ence between Medford and Grants Pass are other high lights of the week. Henley, goes to Lakeview on Friday. The Hornets of Henley need a victory for lone possession of the title. Lakeview can gain a co-championship by winning. Both clubs already have qualified for the District 6 A-2 titular playoffs. Tornado Plays Twice Medford, one game ahead of Grants Pass, entertains the Cavemen on Saturday and must also get over Ashland on Friday evening at Ashland. The other Southern Oregon loop contention of the week end is Klamath Falls against Crater at Central Point on Friday and Ashland at Kla math Falls on Saturday. Regular play for the Rogue league ends on Friday. Also meeting will be Rogue River at Phoenix and Illinois Valley and Eagle Point at Cave Junc tion. Winner of the B playoff at EP will focus attention on the Klamath - Lake county tournament at Klamath Falls Thursday through Saturday. Chiloquin won the Klamath county title, suffering only one loss, but the tourney win ner is the one who'll meet the Jackson champ. Malin, which beat Chiloquin, Merrill and Bonanza are others figured to have chances in the tourney. Prospect powered over Can yonville 70 to 34 Saturday night, as Craig Gardner got 31 points, to end its regular schedule with a 15-5 mark. All 10 Prospect players got into the game and scored with the reserves playing more than half the time. The Cou gars had a 29 to 17 lead at the half. Gardner hit 14 of 19 field tries mostly on shots from the corners. He put in four from the right corner, two from the left and drove for a bucket before his first miss. St. Mary's 11-9 St. Mary's enters the extra game with an 11-9 standing for the full season. It lost to Eagle Point 49 to 46 in over time Saturday and thumped Sacred Heart 66 to 40 Sunday Possible Prospect starters for Coach Duane Payne are Craig and Terry Gardner, Cliff Chapman, Bob Fitch and Stan Payne or Cliff Chapman. For St. Mary's the crew of Coach Bill McKibbin may be Dick Evans, Aundre Knutson, Florian Shasky, Mike Austin and Jim Calhoun. Best way the two clubs can be compared is in their games against each other. Each has beat the other twice this sea son with the victor in each case playing on its home cout. This evening they'll be When Superb Straight Kentucky Bourbon . . . Aged to Perfection Open First Place Won By Cookie ' Cookie, owned and handled by Tom Rickard, Medford, was victor Sunday in the open all-age stake of the Rogue Valley Retriever club's picnic trial. Other winners were Nik- Nak, owned and handled by Kenneth Denman, Medford, m the qualifying stake: Top per, owned and handled by Rickard, in the darby, and Sunny, owned and handled by Dr. E. L. Harlow, Medford, in the puppy event. Cookie also was second in the qualifying while Nik-Nak took fourth in the open. The day-long trial was con ducted at the county gravel pits and state game commis sion property north of Rogue river. Fifty-two dogs were en tcred. Rowdy, owned by James Stillwell, Klamath Falls, took second in the open and Velvet, owned by Dr. Charles Ver- steeg, Cave Junction, took third. A reserved certificate of merit went to Boots, owned by Claude Miles, Medford. Lady, owned by Otto Lilya, Trail, took a CM. Lowell Dubois, Klamath Falls, entered the qualifying stake third place dog, Rufus Troubles, who took fourth, was the entry of Ray Hem ingway, Phoenix. The reserve CM went to Bella, owned by David Warren, Medford. Harlow's Copper was the CM dog. Hunter, owned by Leonard Nelson, won second in the derby. Third went to Rayo, owned by Ernest Black, Med ford. Taking fourth was Dan McGrew, entry of James Wever, Klamath Falls. Mrs. Leonard Lilya is the owner of Drip, who was second in the derby. All dogs listed among the winners are labradors with ex ception of Rowdy, Copper, Rayo and Sunny. They are golden retrievers. HC and Etna Split Games Happy Camp-Happy Camp and Etna split two games played here Friday. The Hap py Camp A team won 48 to 35 and the B team lost to Etna 50 to 40. Tom Wostenberg led the Indian A team with 20 points. The losing Etna A club was paced by Bill Chessum with 16. Happy Camp B basketball ers were led by Dennis Hobbs with 15 points. Etna B players were paced by Stan Martin with 13. Happy Camp squads have two games remaining. The In dians will travel to Tulelake and Fort Jones where thev will finish the season Feb. 24. WANTS CITY SHARE New York-fflPII-Abe' Stark, president of the New York City council, announced he will strongly urge that the city share equally in the pay TV profits of the new New York baseball franchise when and if the club decides to use the pay TV plan. on a neutral floor where each has lost to Eagle Point in non loop play. Prospect's margins over the Crusaders were 51 to 46 and 37 to 34. St. Mary's beat the Cougars 51 to 38 and 63 to 47. "The West offers great things to its people, and one of its most pleasant aspects is Hermitage bourbon." MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. SCRAP BUSTS OUT A fist the Ice Arena at Seattle, Wash., as the Chieftains Ray Butler, left, takes a poke at University of Oregon's Bill Simmons (43). Oregon's Denny Strickland (30) rushes in to assist his teammate. The mix took place in the first period of Satur day night game. Seattle won 61-57. (UPI Telephoto) MEDFOruV5TRIBUNB 6 A-l Meet Next for Wrestlers Dual matches are out of the way and district and state honors are now objectives among wrestlers of Southern Oregon conference high schools. The District 6 A-l meet is set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, at Grants Pass high. First and second placers in each of 13 weight classes in the district affair will gain spots in the state meet at Corvallis the follow ing week end. Matches are scheduled to start at 1 and 7:30 p.m. at the Friday sessions and at 1 and 7 p.m. on Saturday. A modified double elimina tion system will be employed Loser in the chamiponship finals of each class will drop into a battle with the conso lation finalist to determine second place. Team championship will be decided also. Last year Klam ath Falls and Grants Pass tied for the mantle. Each school will be allowed to enter 26 boys, two in each weight class and the tourney could involve as many as 221 bouts., Separate adult and student admission prices are being charged for the tournament. For those who plan to attend all four sessions, a season ticket will provide admission at a reduced rate. Williams The Williams Elementary, school basketball team kept their winning streak alive last week when the Bobcats topped the Fort Vannoy Outlaws 45 to 25 at Williams. This was the first night game of the season. T oi ft i as li&S- 4 fight breaks out on the floor of FIGHTS By United Press International New York - Jackie Donnel ly, 135'4, Buffalo, N. Y., out pointed Chico Velez, 136, New York (10). Chicago - Rudy Ellis 162, Coverg, Mich., stopped Rosioe Shamblin, 159, Youngstown, Ohio (6). Kid Paret, Ortega Vie Saturday New York -lUPII Welter weight champion Benny Kid Paret engages Mexican Gas- par Ortega at Los Angeles Sat urday night in a nationally televised, return non-title fight that stands out on this week's boxing schedule. In the Los Angeles 10 rounder, Cuban Paret will try to avenge a defeat by Ortega suffered Aug. 7, 195D-before Benny became champion Paret took the Ortega re turn as a replacement for Emile Griffith of New York when Paret and Griffith were matched for a title fight at Miami Beach, April 1,( Were Griffith lo fight and lose to Ortega, the title fight would be knocked out. But should champion Paret lose to Ortega, the Miami Beach title bout still will be on, since Benny's crown is not being risked against Ortega. Dave Charnley of England was to defend his European lightweight title against Fer nand Nollel, champion of France, at London tonight. The week's boxing schedule includes: Tuesday London Davo Charn Inv u. Fernand Nollet (Euroocan lightweight title!. Miami Beach Cassias Clay vs. Don Fleeman. Oakland. Calif. Luis Rodriguez vs. Lyle MacKin. sania i-ruz, aiu. Harrv Campbell vs. Dave Cama- cho. Trenton. N.J. Mel Collins vs. Johnny Hopkins. Wednesday aiocKion, iaui. Eddie Machen vs. Garvin Snwyer. Sherbrooke. Que. Burke Emery vs. Dvnamtle Jones, Thursday Los Angeles Kid Ravo vs. Jesse Jones. Erie. Pa. Dick Diveronica vs. Tony Christy. Friday Boston Ralph (Tiger) Jones vs. Joe Dcnucci. Goleborg, Sweden KcKKa KOKKonen vs. n lande Pompey. Home, Italy Fran co Cavlccf vs. Burt Whitchurst. Saturday Los Aneclcs Benny (Kid I Paret vs. Caspar Ortega non-title (TV). Medford Elks Win Match in Billiards Medford Elks billiard team was victor recently in an inter club match with Roseburg. Medford players look four of the seven matches. Victors for the local lodge were George (Dinty) Moore 25 to 20 over Len Brower, Bruce Braatcn 25 to 24 over Brick Buckingham, Hugh Williams 25 to 19 over Joe Footc and Budd Gail 25 to 15 over Bill Bailey. For Roseburg Bud Bishop defeated Bert Cook 35 to 33, Bo Bancock downed Emmet Bullard 25 to 11 and John Bingham won from Dick Milestone 25 to 21. The Bishop-Cook match was within one or two points throughout. Braatcn had a touch and go battle and Wil liams took advantage of the faltering play of his rival. Gail had three runs of three. Fireplace Materials and Natural Stone So. Oregon's Complete Masonry Supply INTERSTATE STONE CO. 2146 W. Main SP 2-9912 Bucks Notch 21st United Press International When you hit 21 the game's over. And that's just about the deal for Big Ten foes as Ohio State's unbeaten Buckeyes near the clinching point for the conference title and pre pare a defense of their NCAA basketball championship. Ohio State extended its sea son s winning streak to 21 Monday night with a 73-69 victory over Indiana, the last Single Contest Record Broken In Intramural SKNIOlt HIGH SCHOOL IV. 1,. Aint Gota 0 0 1.000 lloopsters d 3 BUT 2 4 High Lifes 1 5 .500 MOUSING LEAGUK W. Prt. Wimpy Five 7 .875 Oncnwas 5 Mafia 4 Seagram Seven 3 Valiants 3 Scrubbs - 2 .625 .500 .375 .375 .250 AFTKRNOON LKAGUE W. Pet. .875 .875 .625 Jacobins 7 Peons 7 Camels 5 Finks 4 Saints 1 .500 .125 Keys 0 .000 A week old single game scoring record of 23 points was broken twice in the same game as the Peons romped over the winless Church Keys in Saturday league competi tion intramural basketball at Medford High school. Larry Hammack and Phil Baird scored 24 and 26 points for the Peons in the 88 to 25 fracas In other Afternoon league games the Jacobins held onto their share of first place with the high scoring Peons by downing the fourth place Finks 41 to 20. Craig Miller scored 21 for the third place Camels as they handed the Saturday Saints their seventh loss 53 to 42. In Morning league action the Seagram Seven battled out of the cellar with a hard fought win over the Scrubbs. Fred Kieth scored 14 for the winners in the 32 to 30 con test. The Ongawas broke the tie for second place in the loop when they squeaked by the Mafia by a narrow one point margin. The final score was 33 to 32. The final game saw the Wimpy Five tighten their hold on first place in the Morning league with a 42 to 24 win over the Valiants. Dick Griffin scored 21 for the league leaders. Only two more games re main on the regular sched ules. These will determine who will represent each of the three leagues in the tour nament. Eight teams will be chosen for this affair. team to beat the top-ranked Bucks and the only remaining conference squad rated a chance to stop the Ohioans. Coach Fred Taylor's power house, bidding for the school's first unbeaten season, should have no trouble in racking up the remaining three league games against Wisconsin, Michigan State and Illinois and thereby gaining its second straight Big Ten champion ship. Ohio State, which had hu miliated Indiana by 35 points two weeks ago, was surprised by a fighting Hoosier team which refused to be taken out of contention until the last minute. For the second straight game the Buckeyes were hard pressed to keep their winning skein intact. Iowa came close on Saturday before succumb ing. 62-61. Indiana, down 50-45 midway in the second half, rallied on the shooting of Walt Bellamy and Tom Bolyard to cut Ohio State's lead to three points at 72-69. But that was a dying gasp for the home team as the Bucks added a foul throw and time ran out. With All -American Jerry Lucas controlling the back boards and feeding off scoring passes, Ohio State appeared set for a runaway. Holding Bellamy, the Big Ten's third leading scorer, without a point in the first half added to the feeling of easy pickin's. Mel Nowell, on the receiv ing end of Lucas assists, was top scorer for the game with 27 points. Jerry added 16 and Larry Siegfried contributed 17. Bolyard topped Indiana with 14 points, one more than Bellamy. Ninth-ranked Iowa, which along with Purdue has an out side chance to annex the Big Ten crown, defeated Michi gan, 50-46. The Hawkeyes, however, were a far cry from the outfit that gave mighty Ohio State a tough tussle as they went without a basket for 10 minutes in the opening half. Paces Hawkeyes Don Nelson, the only start er left from a scholastically hit Iowa team, scored 22 points. Including a pair of free throws just before intermis sion that put the Hawkeyes in front for good. Duke, ranked eighth, gain ed a second-place tie in the Atlantic Coast conference with a 77-66 victory over Virginia The AAC could wind up in a three-way tie for first if Duke beats leading North Carolina and Wake Forest defeats South Carolina on Saturday. Doug Kistler scored 21 points for Duke as the Blue Devils recovered from a 33-32 'halftime deficit to win their ALL THESE NICE THINGS (and too many more to ON SALE! $5.95 sport shirts, $3.90 $20 Velour hats, $13.00 $3.50 wool argyle hose, $1.95 $22.95 reversible jackets, $17.25 $45 McGregor Viking jackets, $29.25 $4.95 cotton pants, $3.25 $10 . to $12.95 Ben Hogan slax, $7.15 $25 Bargate flannel slacks, $18.75 $4.50. to $7.95 dress shirts, $2.95 70 pair of shoes at $4, $9 and $14 $35 quality sport coats, $25.90 $45 sport coats, $29.95 up $69.50 suits as low as $45.50 $145 Louis Roth suits as low as $94 $11.95 sweaters, $8 $17.95 sweaters, $10 $45 topcoats, $29.95 $85 Sam Martin topcoats, $59.50 -. A table of stuff for 19c and up! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1961 Victory 19th game of the season. Tony Laquintano kept the Cavaliers in the contest with 23 points. Elsewhere, St. Louis out classed Notre Dame, 74-60: Wisconsin broke an eight- f THE (general) Eis TIRE Jtatvtxxj BRAKE RELINE SPECIAL Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth Similar Savings On All Makes and Models All Brake Reline Jobs GUARANTEED 30,000 Miles or 1 Year on pro-rata basis SB SILENT-GRIP TIRES $595 4 fr $10 PER MONTH Telephone SP 3-825S for Appointment HOURS: Monday Thru Friday 8 to 6 Saturday 8 to S 1112 Court Street list) MAIN AT CENTRAL B game losing streak by whip ping Minnesota, 83-75; Michi gan State romped over Illi nois, 90-80; Florida State wal loped Furman, 99-57; Missis sippi State swamped Georgia, 99-77; Auburn won over Tu lane, 53-44, and Florida squeezed past Mississippi, 81-77. J5?iasy Jgjf TKMS 11 0n if Tires and It 7.50x14 White Sidewill Plui Tax and ' Usable Casing SIMILAR SAVINGS ALL SIZES Medford O
