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10 A TUESDAY. MARCH 5, 1963 MEOFORO MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON , 7 s ' ' BLOWING BUBBLES - The Philadelphia Short, who chews hi tongue, and Billy . Phillies pitchers are a chewy lot. Shown at Smith, who chews bubble gum and blew a ' Clearwather, Fla. yesterday are left to right bubble to prove it. (UPI) John Boozer, who chews tobacco; Chris Camp Dispatches Start To Read Like Casualty Reports By TIM MORIAHTY UPI Sports Writer The daily dispatches from the major league training camps are starting to read like casualty reports. Minor injuries are quite common ns the veterans and rookies alike tone up arm and leg muscles for the opening of the season, which Is only five weeks away. However, the casualties this spring are reaching an alarm ing height. Virtually all 20 major league teams have a "walking wounded" list. No less than eight players. Including Milt Pappas, the Baltimore Orioles' hard-luck pitcher, and catcher Chris Cannlzzaro of the New York Mets, wound up in the in firmary Monday. Injures Right Kne Pappas Injured his right knee while warming up at the Orioles' camp in Miami. X-rays showed he had an In flammation of the knee lining, which will sidline him for a few days. A year ago, Pappas missed the start of the season when he underwent an emer gency appendectomy. He pre viously had been hampered by an Inflamed right elbow. Cannlzzaro fractured the ring finger of his right hand during a Mets' squad game al St. Petersburg, Fla., and will be lost for the remainder of spring training. The young Cnllfornlan, who is called "Canzonerl" by Manager Casey Stengel, bntted .241 in 50 games last season. The Chicago White Sox add ed three men to their Injury list. Outfielder Dave Nichol son was sidelined with a pull ed back muscle, first base man Deacon Jones has an In flamed tendon in his throwing arm, and outfielder Floyd Robinson has a bruised right foot. Pirate Pitchers Ailing Roy Face, the Pittsburgh Pirates' ace reliever, was struck on the right ankle by a batted ball and fellow pitch er Harvey Haddis was taking heal treatments for his ail Ing back. The Washington Senators lost Inficldcr John Schalve for at least a week when he sprained his left ankle In baiting practice. Happier medical reports were received on Sandy Kou fax of the Los Angeles Dodg ers and Stan Musial of the St, Louis Cardinals. Koufax pitched three In nings during a Dodger camp game, allowed only one hit and, more Important, showed no signs of favoring his arm or the left Index finger which put him on the sidelines last July. Musial, Ignoring slightly swollen left ankle, hit the ball with his old authority during a three-hour workout. Arroyo Appears O.K. On other fronts: Johnny Calllson and Don Demeter homered during a Philadel phia Phillies' intra-squad game . . . Lee Mays and jviack Jones headed 14 players bid ding for the two berths along side Hank Aaron in the Mil waukee Braves' outfield . . , Manager Ralph Houk of the New York Yankees said Luis Arroyo "has done nothing to make us believe there Is any thing wrong with his arm," and picked the veteran re liever as a "likely candidate for comeback honors." The San Francisco Giants welcomed back relief pitcher Bob Bolin from the Army and signed outfielder Matty Alou, who had conducted a brief holdout . . . Pitcher Diego Segui finally signed his con tract with the Kansas City Athletics but the club still was looking for outfielder Manny Jimenez, who agreed to terms last week . . . Na tional League President War ren Giles visited the Cincin nati Reds' camp and remind ed the players to watch their off field associations. Said Giles: "We have no problem of this kind, but a prod now and then eliminates complacency." Oregon Fish Commission Eyes Increase Salem - (UPD - The Oregon Fish commission called Mon day for an increase in the li cense fees paid by commercial fishermen, dealers and proces sors. Speaking before the Senate committee on fish and game, the commission also urged an overhaul and simplifica tion of the whole licensing system. The commission testified on two bills. One, SB339, would increase commercial fishing license fees by 20 per cent. Instead of the present 15 li censes granted for various fisheries, there would be only six: Fisherman, boat, gill net, set net, set line, and delivery. The other bill, SB288, would increase processor and dealer license fees by 30 per cent. The present eight dif ferent licenses would be re duced to five: wholesale, re tail, buyer, fish canner and shellfish canner. The commission said an in creasing amount of general fund money Is being spent on food fish study and research in Oregon. It said simplifica tion of the licensing system would aid the commission and the fishing industry and would make policing easier. Fights Will Go Back To Friday New York - (I!PD - Harry Markson, general manager of boxing at Madison Square Garden, said today "We are very happy" that the weekly television fights will be shift cd from Saturday nights back to Friday nights, starting in mid-September. The bouts on ARC will be gin as usual at 10 p.m., New York time. "Friday night was the tra- ditinnal boxing night at the Garden for nearly 40 years Marksnn explained. "And the Gillette Safety Razor Co.-one of our sponsors now-was the sponsor of the first boxing television contract In 1944 Saturday night is not a good ooxing night. ' Jerry Lewis, the comic, will take over the Saturday night boxing time on the AHC net work, starling In mld-Septem-bor, AI!C disclosed over the week end. Until then the television fights will be Saturday night era. Ski Films At Ashland Wednesday Rogue Snowmen Ski club will show two movies on Wednesday night, March 8, at Ashland. The ski films will be pre sented at 8 p.m. in the Caesar room of the Mark Antony hotel. They are "The Magic Bowl" and "Rocky's Big Mountain." They were filmed at tho Whitcfish, Mont., ski resort. Pacific Power and Light company has furnished the films. The company has shown them at Portland as part of the publicity campaign to as slst the area in their develop ment program. No charge for admission will be made. The meeting is open to the public and is be ing held in Ashland to give residents of that community and Medford a chance to view good ski movies and sec some of the methods used In pub licizing recently developed areas. Athletes Have Brains Too Eugene KIPU Today's col lege athletes have nearly as much brain as brawn, a Unl verslty of Oregon professor told a sports group Monday. Addressing the Oregon club, Physics Professor Ray Ellickson said that of more than 800 athletes he had rcr tlf led for competition as the University's faculty athletic representative, fewer than 5 per cent had grade averages below 2.0 tC). "Take the track team as an example, Ellirkson said. 'The 35 members of that varsity squad had 20 per cent over a 3.0 (B) average and when you compare that group to, the 49 applicants for the Med leal School in lflBH you'll find there were 23 per cent over the 3.0. "So I would say the young men who compete In athletics are doing quite well." McKAy"gUE8tT0ACH Eugene - (I'PD - Johnny M Kay, head football coach at Southern California and form er Oregon halfback, will be guest coach at the annu.il Summer Coaching Clinic here. MrKay will condurt football sessions at the June 11-13 clinic. SHIFT TRAINING SITES New York - (UPI) - Cassius Clay and Doug Jones, who meet In a heavyweight bout as Madison Square Garden March 13, will shift their training to New York this week. ' Clay will arrive here Wednesday from Miami Beach, Fla., while Jones will switch from Pleasantvllle, N.J., on Thursday. Medford Ranked 7th In OJ Poll Portland -UPD- North Eu gene (gain was the unani mous choice for first place today among Oregon's class A-l . high . school . basketball teams in in Journal coaches' poll. Marshall of Portland moved Into second place ahead of South Eugene, which wis third. Others, in order, were Pendleton, Astoria, South Salem. Medford. Tigard, and Mllwaukie and Crater tied for 9th. Henley High again led lh A-2 poll followed by Pleasant Hill. Elmira, Central, Seaside, Eagle Point. Coquille. Vale, and Philomath and Newport lied for 9th. CLASS A-l 1. North Eugeiu (10-1) 80 2. Marshall 110-21 62 3. South Eugene (16-4) 61 4. Ptndlelon (18-21 56 5. A.toria 117-3) 31 8. South Salem (13-7) 29 7. Medford (M-6) . 21 8. THard (18-21 19 a. Mllwaukie (16-3) 18 0. (tie) Crater (15-SI 18 Otheri Sandy 12. Grant Past 10, Beaverton 7, Franklin 6, Leba non 3. Coaches Board Art Varment. Cleveland: Pete Bryant. Aitoria; Ray Olaon. Dallai; Carl Wlckham, Sllverton; Bob Payne, Corvallis; Mel Krauie. North Eugene; Frank Roelandt, Medford; Don Martin, The Dallei. CLASS A-I 1. Henley (20-0) 70 2. Pleasant Hill (18-3) 69 3. Elmira (21-11 .. 64 4. Central (20-1) 59 5. Seaside (17-3 46 6. Eagle Point (17-6) 31 7. Coquille (13-6) 28 8. Vale 113-8) 12 9. Philomath (14-4) 11 9. (tie) Newport 116-7) 11 Others Myrtle Creek 10, Yam- hlil-Carlton 7. Bandon 6. Serra Catholic S, Heppner 4, North Cath olic 1. Coaches Boar d Ted Sarpola, Clatskanie; Bob Close, Sheridan; Don Carey, Stayton; Gordy Carri gan, Mapleton; Ed Hummelt. St. Francis; Dale Bates, Eagle Point; Paul Greig, Coquille; Dean Baxter, Enterprise. RACE GROUP TO ACT Portland - (UPI) - The Ore gon Racing commission will meet here Friday to act formally on an application by Portland Meadows for its horse racing dates this year. Horse track officials have asked for a 55-day meeting to run from April 12 through July 6. Cincinnati Near Taking National Title; OSU 15th By NORMAN MILLER UPI Sports Writer New York-fflPD-The power ful Cincinnati Bearcats are on the verge of winning the honor that has eluded them for three straight seasons. For the past three years Cincinnati has finished run nerup in the final United Press International college basketball ratings, in 1959 to California and the past two seasons to Ohio State. This season Coach Ed Juck er's men have led the UPI ratings all 14 weeks, eight times by a unanimous vote. They have completed their regular schedule with a 23-1 record and have a two-week break before beginning de fense of their NCAA title March 15 against the winner of the Texas-Texas Western game. Await Final Approval And in the meantime, they await the final approval of the 35-man UPI Board of Coaches to certify their claim to the UPI trophy, emblematic of the 1962-63 regular-season college basketball champion ship. After finishing second to Ohio Slate in the UPI ratings the last two years, Cincinnati upset its Buckeye rivals in the NCAA championship tournament. This year the Bearcats are out for a sweep of all honors. In the coaches' next-to-last balloting of the season run nerup Duke cut into Cincin nati's lead slightly; Arizona State took over third place, and Wichita advanced three notches to the No. 6 rating after upsetting Loyola, 111. . Ohio Moves Up Ohio State moved up one spot to fourth place as Loyola dropped from No. 3 to No. 5. Following sixth-ranked Wich ita came Mississippi State, Il linois, Stanford and New York University in that order. The coaches based their ratings on games played through Saturday night, March 2. NYU barely edged Texas' "Do It Yourself" STEAM CLEANING (Anything you can bring in) By the Hour 7 Days a Week By Appointment Everything Furnished SOUTHERN OREGON DRY KILN WHITE CITY, OREGON Phone 826-2711 - 826-9161 Southwest Conference cham pions for the No. 10 rank ing, 34 points to 33. After Texas in this week's second 10 group came Col orado State University, with Providence and Kansas State tied for 13th place. Rounding out the second 10 in order were: Oregon State, Texas Western, Bowling Green, St. Joseph's Fa., Seattle and West Virginia. The United Press Interna tional major college basket ball ratings with first-place votes and won-lost records through March 2 in paren theses: Team Points 1. Cincinnati (32) (23-D....347 2. Duke (3) (24-2) 314 3. Ariz. State (23-2) 222 4. Ohio State (19-3) 207 5. Loyola 111. (24-2) 201 6. Wichita (19-7) 165 7. Mississipi St. (21-5) ....132 8. Illinois (17-5) 80 9. Stanford (16-6) 63 10. New York Univ. (15-3) 34 Second 10 teams: 11, Texas, 33; 12, Colorado State Univ., 31; 13, tie, Providence and Kansas State, 18 each; 15, Oregon State, 15; 16, Texas Western, 12; 17, Bowling Green, 11; 18, St. Joseph's Pa., 7; 19, Seattle, 6; 20, West Vir ginia, 4. W Hi pi VMralsai l mm - Ed Juck COACH-OF-YEAR er of the Cincinnati Bearcats (shown in 1961 photo) today was voted basketball coach-of-the-year by United Press In ternational. (UPI). Oregonian Ranks Medford 6th; Grants Pass 7th; Crater 10th Medford jumped into sixth place in this week's Ore gonian A-l basketball poll, followed by Grants Pass In seventh place and Crater in tenth. Medford made the jump from ninth last week, while Grants Pass slipped down from fifth and Crater from eighth. North Eugene continued to lead the poll, followed by South Eugene and Marshall. Henley was still at the top of the A-2 poll this week. Eagle Point moved up from seventh to sixth. CLASS A-l Pts. North Eugene (19-1) 100 South Eugene (18-4) .. 84 Marshall (19-21 72 Pendleon 118-21 ..... 71 Astoria (17-31 48 Medford (14-8) 33 Grants Pass (13-7) 28 (tie) South Salem (13-7) 28 TiBard (15-51 17 Others: Mllwaukie 10, Lebanon 9, Franklin 7, Sandy 6, Molalla S, Beaverton 5. Hermlston 1. CLASS A-2 siPdDninrs Central Point Seventh, Eighth Defeat Hanby Central Point - Seventh and eighth grade teams from Central Point Junior High defeated respective teams from Hanby junior High of Gold Hill In the Crater High gym Monday night. Central Point won the sev enth grade game by 50 to 14. Score of the eighth grade game was Central Point 42, Hanby 27. Seventh Grade Central I'olnt 50 Bailey 14. Snook 6, Renfro 12. Bruce 2. Mil ler 5. Campbell 3, Wilson 4, Zan der 4 Hanby 14 Mose 2. Bohen 1, Plummer 1, Arnold 8. Kellogg 2. Elchth Grade Central Point 42 Dillon 8. Pierce Central oPlnt 42 Dillon 6. Perce 6, Ryerson 11, Bailey 10, Pinkham 7. Twedell 2. Hanby 27 Molloy 8. H. Hlggan botham 10. Turner 8, Doherty 3. SIGN RUTGERS QB Chicago (UPD The Chicago Bears today announced the signing of Rutgers quarter back Bob Yaksick as a de fensive halfback possibility for the 1963 seasons. Yaksick, Rutgers' most valuable play er, led the team in total of fense, in tackles and pass interception. lOCAl TUMmMIII, he. THE. BEST WAY TO 6ET THIN6S COMIN6 YOUR WAY IS TO GO AFTER THEM We Make Saturday Deliveries at Only a Slight Estra Charge Prompt Courteous Service Pts. Henley (20-0) 100 Pleasant Hill (19-3) 84 Central (20-1) , 79 Elmira (21-1) 74 Seaside (17-3) 45 Eagle Point (17-8) 39 Coquille 114-6) . 38 Philomath 114-4) 26 Yahmill-Carlton (16-) 18 Myrtle Creek (18-41 13 Others: Vale 12. Bandon 8. Illi nois Valley 6. Heppner 4, Newport 3, Serra Catholic 2. UMBRICHT HOSPITALIZED Houston-OIPD-Jim Umbricht, relief pitcher for the Houston Colts, underwent minor sur gery Sunday for removal of a growth on his thigh. He is expected to be hospitalized for several days. 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