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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. 1 PAGE THIRTEEN CAGE SCORES ' COLLEGE BASKETBALL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FAB WEST Southern California 76, UCLA SB Oregon 63, Oregon SUte 60 (two overtimes) , ? , California 88, Stanford IS Seattle W. Portland 6 Sdgham YoUng.6l, Wyoming 41 Colorado AfcM 70. TJUn (1 .Idaho 74, Washington 64 Santa Clara 83, Bt. Marys (Calif.) 74 Montana State 64. Montana 63 College of Idaho 85, Willamette 67 : San Francisco 7Ji Collage of Pa- cifie 66 ' - 1 Ban Jose State 78, Fresno State 63 Western .Washington 68, British ?,' Columbia :.: ... .; Whitman 7. Linfield 73 ' George Fox 68, Reed 66 , Portland State 83, Eastern Oregon 73 Seattle Pacific 61, Oregon Educa tion 63 Southern Oregon 81, Oregon Tech 73 SOUTHWEST Texas 67, Arkansas 67 Rice 72, Texas Christian 66 Southern Methodist SO, Baylor 66 EAST Cornell 68, Brown 63 Rhode Island 82, Providence 87 Buffalo 82, Toronto 67 , SOUTH Furman 105, Davidson S3 Duke 90, Wake Forest 81 South Carolina 79, The Citadel 74 . MIDWEST , Cincinnati 66, Duquesne 62 Kansas 66, Oklahoma AfcM 65 South Dakota State 68, South Da kota 61 . North Dakota SUte 70, North Da kota 65 ) Oklahoma City 65, Drake 50 Creigbton 88, Omaha 64 ' HIGH SCHOOL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Willamette (Eugene) 79, Cottage Orove 66 North Bend 75, Bandon 60 Oakridge 66, Junction City 44 Baker. 68, La Grande 66 Milwaukle 61 , Central Catholic (Portland) 60 Medford 64, Ashland 65 Pendleton 64, MUton-Freewater 51 Lebanon 78, Sweet Home 49 Gresham 67, Parkros 37 St. Helens 70, Rainier 88 Hood River 48, Columbia Prep (Portland)' 43 Lake Oswego 39, Wy-East 38 Clatskanie ,75, Vernonla 72 (over- time) . Newport 47, Corvallls 36 Gervals 64. Sublimity 56 Maupin 68, Dufur 33 Estacada 67, Concordia (Portland) 42 Toledo 36, Siuslaw 33 . Culver 52, Moro 37 ; 1 Roseburg 66. Glendale 46 MyrUe Creek 30, Sutherlin 21 Yoncalla 41. Oanyonvtlle 33 Elkton 42, Riddle 38 -Corbett 47, Knappa 44 , . Rufus 61, Arlington 29 Spray 65, Dayvill 88 ' Long Creek 48, Monument 36 Prairie City 60, Mt. Vernon 67 ' District t Tourney Dallas 78, Salem .Academy 57 Central Union 64, Sheridan 63 District 9 Tourney 'Jeaverton 51, Tigard 36 Forest.Grove 68, Banks. 45.; , Hillsborp 58, Sherwood 36 District l Tourney Seaside 94, Tillamook 51 Astoria 57, Warrenton 44 , District 11 Tourney Salem 61, Sacred Heart (Salem) 36 Stayton 64, Cascade 49 ' District 2-B Touraey -Cotton 54. Amity 41 Portland League . Lincoln 67. Jefferson 47 Orant 49, Benson 47 - . Roosevelt 68, Franklin 53 Cleveland 78. Washington 76 SoMlstrlct 7-11 Tearney lone 73. Athena 38 , Echo 45, Pilot Rock 48 Umapine 73, Stanlteld 71 j St, Joseph (Pendleton) 67, taxing' ten 65 Crater, Eagles In Final MEDFORD (Special) Crater and Eagle Point squsre off to night for the Dist. 4-A3 basketball title and the right to meet oranta Pass lor a trip to tne state tourua merit Crater humbled Phoenix, 72-37, last night, and Eagle Point swept past Illinois . valley, IS-30, in semi final Games. Henley, 43-41 loser to Eagle Point in the opener Thursday night, faces Brookings, loser to Illinois Valley In. another opening game, lenient for' the correlation title. ' ' Phoenix and Illinois Valley mix for third place. 1 ; ,. Hawaiian- ' Choken Maekawa, sophomore member of the Michi gan State varsity boxing team. won his first two bouts by tech nical knockouts In the tint round, Jha, fiaduvuL TftataL fa A.NNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF ' ' PARKER POf JTIflC 4th ant Klamath i v Ducks Win In Two ? Overtimes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Coast Conference Northern Division basketball chase .comes to an end Saturday night, for all intents and purposes, and the fi nale would do justice to a Hul- ywooa wno-dun-it writer. The Oregon State Beavers, lead ing the looo with a 104 record, bump Into arch-rival Oregon, In second place at 9-6, in the season's windup for' both squads at Cor- vauis, noma of use Beavers. . An Oregon State win would send the Beavers against the Southern Division champs, as yet undecided for the conference crown and a berth In the Western Regional of the NCAA playoffa . at CorvaUia the second weekend or March. BLEW The Beavers blew a chance to take the title Friday night as they dropped a 63-60 decision to the Ducks at Eugene ' in two over times. A win tor Oregon Saturday night would throw OSO and Ore gon Into a tie for the. top. spot. In the only other Northern Divi sion action Friday night, Idaho clinched third place in the loop by dropping the Washington Huskies, 7446. The Huskies hold down fourth Place at 64. Idaho is third with an 8-7 mark and Washington State, idle Friday night, is the tall end club with a 4-14 mark. CLOSES Idaho closes out its season Sat urday night In the second game of its series with the Huskies. . Wash ington ends Us season next Fri day and Saturday by hosting Washington State at Seattle. The double overtime thriller at Eugene was1 decided when Barney Holland connected on a tougnie from the side to give the Ducks a 80-68 lead and they held on the rest of the way. The regulation game ended with the score at 61-all. The first over time period ended with the score knotted at 50-58. Ed Halberg drew first blood In the second overtime with a two-pointer for Oregon with 1 4 minutes gone. A field goal by osc's jay Dean aiain tied the score, the loth time of the game. Holland followed with his tie-breaker and the . Ducks were In. TOP SCORER Halberr led scoring for the win ners with 17 points. Oregon State's Swede Halbrook was the game's top point-getter with 36 counters. The wasningten-iaano contest at Moscow was a well-played game all the way. The first quarter was close all the way end it ended in a 16-16 tie. The Huskies started last in the second period, with tXn Tripp's Held goal and Dean Parson's char ity . toss giving them their first, ana only lead, of the game, at 19' iO. . Idaho bounced right back, how ever, and took . charge to lead at the .Intermission, 38-2. The Van dals pulled away steadily in the third period but had to weather a 23-point Washington splurge in the iinai period. OREGON STATE G F P T Dean, f 6 6 4 16 Whlteman, f 4 12 8 Halbrook. c 9 8 3 26 Fundingsland, g ' - .14 4 6 Robins, g 1113 Romanoff, f 0 0 0 6 Halligan, f 0 0 0 0 Vlastelica, f 0 0 0 0 Paulus, f 0 0 Ov.O Jarboe, g 0 0 10 Toole, g 0 0 10 Totals 26 20 16 60 OREGON G F P T Wegner, g 6 3 S 15 Halberg, f 7 3 3 17 Anderson, c 3 O S 4 Holland, g 4 I 116 Ptge. g 3 8 Ross, f .1113 Olives, f OOO0 Bell, c 0 0 10 TOUll 23 17 21 63 Oregon State 11 15 15 105460 Oregon 7 17 14 135763 Free tnrows missea: uregon State Dean, Halbrook 6, Fund ingsland 3, Halligan 2. Oregon Halberg 3, Anderson 4, Holland 4. Technical foul Halberg. Ford Signs ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. iti Pitcher Wbitey Ford capitulated Saturday to an ultimatum from the New York Yankees and aimed his 1964 contract far a re ported 316,000. This was raise of 84,000. Ford, whose 13-8 record was the best on the team last season, Is the last Yankee pitcher to sign. . . , a. their AUTHORIZED SERVICE DEALER. They have all the tptcltl Packard tools and Genuine Parts and Accessories, and here fac tory trained mechanics ta tsVa car af all your ; TIME OUT "There! That's what I :. by hustle!" Byrne Inks For Bout Here Boxing returns to the Armory a week from tonight with two hard hitting heavyweights down lor ac Uon in the ten-round main event. Jimmy Byrne of Seattle, kayo conqueror of Bill Mathis Thursday night, will face Al Winn, a hard punching Negro heavyweight from Vallejo. Calif. Ralph Weiser. the Beatty Bomb' er, is signed for the six-round semi' windup against Kenny Williams, Winn's stablemate. Darrell Harrington, Klamath Falls, mixes with Eddie Brown, an Indian lad who has just finished a stretch in tne Army, in tne spe cial event also scheduled for six heats. Two four-rounders put George Bray, Bonanza, against Scott Cro quette, also In the Winn stable; and Billy Plummer, Bly, against Phil Jackson, kayo winner over Keith Senecal In his last outing here. Byrne, at 310, will outweigh Winn some 20 pounds, but Winn comes here with a good reputation. Von Pop, Sign For Main Kurt Von Foppenheim and Jack Rush, who started as partners Wednesday night and ended up ex changing blows, headline this Wed nesday's wrestling card at the Armory. The Proud Prussian and bald headed Oklahoman are down for one hour or two of three falls in the main event. Georges Duiette meets Bill Flet cher of Boise in the seml-wlndup. ' John Paul Hennlng and Roy Wolf mjx In the opener. Both are half hour scraps or two of three falls. Reserved tickets are on sale at Castleberry Drugs. Falcons Bump OCE, 61-52 . SEATTLE Mt The Seattle Pa cific Falcons erased a 30-21 half time deficit Friday night to gain a 61-52 non-conference basketball victory over Oregon College of Ed ucation. The two squads wind up the two game series Saturday night. QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds " '(hose Herald News Want Ads we nse are all alike thank goodness!" mean "..-. ALSS 'I ills Phone; 1124 Cincinnati By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK OT Duquesne walked into an ambush Just four steps from home and today was just another member of the pack that almost but not quite made college basketball history. Since they have been keeping records, only a handful of teams nave been able to go through nn entire season undefeated. But with 23 victories and only four to go before last night's game with Cin cinnati, the Dukes, No. 1 team In wo nation, were as good a bet as any to get by unscathed. But Cincinnati, a so-so outfit that could lick the little fellows, bung solid 66-52 defeat on the Dukes Newport Five Upends Corvcllis, 47 to 36 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I Races for district titles advanced another lap In Friday night's Oregon- high school basketball action, with the state tournament opening March 16 at Eugene the final goal. The onlv major upset was New port's 47-36 victory over Corvallls. the No. 2 team in the Associated Press poll. . Baker advanced to a playoff for the district l .championship by downing La Grande 58-55. Baker now meets Ontario in a best two-of-three playoff for the district -title. In district 5, Roseburg downed Glendale -65-46 and Myrtle Creek beat Sutherlin 30-21. Myrtle Creek now plays Drain Saturday nlghi for the sub-district title. North Bend took a semi-final sub-district 5 win over Bandon, 75-60, in the western division and meets Marsh- field in a title ssm'. Saturday night. PLAYOFF Oakridge bested Junction City 66- 44, and now meets Cottage Grove in a Saturday night playoff for the final district 6 tournament berth. Eugene, Willamette of Eugene and Creswell already are in the tour ney. Willamette beat Cottage Grove 79-66 Friday night. Dallas downed Salem Academy 78-S7 and Central of Monmouth- Independence nosed out Sheridan 54-53 In the district 8 tournament at McMinnville. Dallas now meets Central next Friday in the semi finals of the : single , elimination tourney. ; , FAVORITE I.-!.- Beaverton still is the favorite In the- district 9 tournament, after 1 Ss;'3 I Upsets Duquesne to leave only Kentucky among the nation's ' major . unbeaten teams. The Wildcats have won 22, play Auburn . tonight and finish opera tions against Alabama Monday. NOT CLOSE Cincinnati's triumph over Du quesne wasn't ven close. The Dukes trailed all the , way and were completely at the mercy of Cincinnati's possession game. Earlier this season, Duquesne had beaten George Smith's lads by 30 points. . The Dukes play Dayton, another tough customer, tonight. Meanwhile, Frank Selvy of Fur" man shattered the last big college scoring record when he dropped in downing Tigard 51-38 Friday night. Hlllsboro "bounced back from an earlier defeat to eliminate Sher wood 58-35, and Forest Grove stayed in the race with a 68-45 de cision over Banks. ., In district 10 tournament action, Astoria beat Warrenton 67-44 and Seaside downed Tillamook 64-51. Favored Salem opened the dis trict 11 tournament) with a 51-S6 victory over Sacred Heart of Sa lem. Stayton beat Cascade in the other game. Saturday night Silver ton plays Woodburn and Mt. Ange) meets North Marion. . Milwaukle, rated No. l In the AP poll, closed its regular season with a 61-50 nondlstrict- win over Central Catholic of Portland. Mil waukle has lost only one game this season. FOR SECOND The race for second place in the Portland league was thrown into a three-way tie among Benson, Cleveland and Lincoln. Grant dumped Benson 49-47, Cleveland beat Washington 76-75 and Lincoln stopped Jefferson 67-47. Roosevelt, which already has won the city title and a state tourney berth, defeated Franklin 58-53. Portland's -other tournament spot goes to the runner-up team. , Prairie City still is unbeaten In the sub-district 7-B tournament, after downing Mt. Vernon 60-57. Spray bested Dayvllle 65-56 and Long Creek edged Monument 46 38. The tourney continues Satur day night. - , " " In the Douglas County sub-dis trict 4-B tournament, Yoncalla beat Canyonville 41-33 and Elkton downed Riddle 42-38. g(Q)(2)(Q) TO " During 1954 - ABSOLUTELY FREE! $10 IN PRIZES - Mm BAY GROCERIES or GAS STOP IN TODAY AT JAYHAWK PETROLEUM -2135 So. th v FOR DETAILS ON THIS TERRIFIC OFFER NO OBLIGATION! o n WHY PAY MRS IN S eight , free f throws' as his ' club whipped Davidson 105-91. Now he nasi 335 tree throws surpassing: the record of 332 set by Johnny vi nrien oi beatue last year. With Furman having played its last regular- season game, Selvy has the following to his credit, is auuuion to we ioui snooting TOTAL POINTS : Total points this season 1,149 i'ih 37 games for an average of 42.9. Career total 2,478 in 76 games lor a jz.o average. -Season field goals 407. Career field goals 903. Career free throws 674. . Oklahoma A and M, the fifth ranking team In - the Associated Press- weekly poll, also w,as the victim of an upset, Kansas stopped uic Aggies, 00-09, jne bouinwest conference race will go right down to the end. Both Texas and Rice won last night to stay in a tie for first place. The Longborns defeated Arkansas 67-67 and the Owls beat off Texas Christ ian 72-85. Each' has one game to play, Texas tigamst Texas Christ ian and Wee against Southern Methodist. , TITLE . Colorado A and M, won Its first skyline championship In history by defeating Utah 70-66 and thus filled another berth in the. NCAA post season tournament.. In the Ivy League Cornell ex tended its first place margin with a 69-63 triumph over Brown. . The Big Red now has an 8-2 mark while Perm and Princeton are tied for second, each with 8-3. In the Big Ten the heat will be on Indiana, the leader. If the Hoosiers lose to Ohio State and Iowa licks Michigan State, a tie for first place would ensue. If the Hoosiers win, however, they can do nn worse than .tie for the championship at the end. The Border Conference title also could be decided, Texas Tech, idle, will win It if Hardin Simmons beats West Texas State. : ' In other major games last night. Oklahoma City halted Drake 55-50, Duke outscored Wake Forest 90-81, Eastern Kentucky beat Middle Tennessee 95-69, Western-Kentucky slugged Moorehcad 97-79 and southern Methodist romped . over Baylor 90-66. FIGHTS PHILADELPHIA Frank Wet zel, 148 Vi, Philadelphia, stopped Chico Corsey, 148, Chester, Pa.. 6..'- ' , FORT WILLIAM, Ont. Mun ro "Kid" Oage, 175, Minneapolis outpointed Cecil Hudson, 175, Mil waukee, 10. Mil We Sell Stove Ul ITU Lemon, Wynn Play Car And Mouse By ORLO ROBERTSON - Associated Press 8 parts Writer If the Cleveland Indians are to go to any place In the American League pennant raoe this - year they'll need every member of their "big four" pitching staff. But, as of today,': they have only -Mike Garcia and Bob Feller. Bob Lemon, Cleveland's highest paid player and the American League's busiest pitcher last sea son, and -Early Wynn are definite holdouts with no, indications when they'll capitulate to General Man ager Hank Oreenberg or visa versa Between them Lemon and Garcia won, 38 games in 1963 with son cnaiking n of tne victories. INCREASE - Oreenberg talked from the Tribe's Tucson, Ariz., training oamp with his ace righthander yes terday and presumably upped his Adams Wins Gun Trophy Dr. J. Martin Adams, winner of the Balslger Trophy,-will aim for the Hauger Trophy March 7 on the Klamath Gun Club'a Woeus range. - The medico, as calm and meth odical as if he was in the operat ing room, hit 42 of 50 targets last Sunday to retire the Balslger Tro phy, but It wasn't ' bis until he whipped Marion Grant In a shoot off, 24 to 21 Grant also scored a 42 to send the competition Into a 35-target showdown. Gusty winds caused low scores as 28 trapshooters stepped to the firing line. - Adams, Grant and Rod Smith each holds two legs on the Hauger Trophy: it takes three to win it. Bud Cloake Adami Grant 4S 40 4S 43 4S 41 4S - 30 43 -:.'..- 49 41 43 ' ae 43 lit 43 41 41 . 31 40 IIS 40 3T 39 u 3 SB i St ' 41 S3S XI as . . . 34 . 33 31 ' 31 31 - xlT SO 50 . : xia ' .., T. S. Watera W. G. Coolly ..... Jim wuunbaek At tiaiion 11. K. Hauger Marvin Hilton Jack Prock John Martin B. Bradbury ...., Rod Smith 3. Lttchenltern . E. E. Driscoll ... Bill Davis .. John Catalano jBCk Starbuck . . Llovd Prock J. w. FUhar Jim Hilton C. . Flttserald Paul Matthewi .. Wilbur Smith I, L. Erbt. Earl Kant . ; Branaman a-ahot 3S tarseta only International Trucks SEE JUCKELAHD Oil Mil With Tribe offer but Lemon said only that he would take It under consideration. - Oreenberg apparently still wants his star pitcher to take a cut from last year when his salary was estimated from 843,000 to 845,000. While Lemon thinks things over at Long Beach, Calif., Wynn waits . at his Nokomis, Fla., borne for better offer. Wynn reportedly re ceived 838,000 in 1953 when he won 17 and lost 13 compared to 23-13 record . In 1S52. ; ,;, .; V. : Oreenberg" did receive yester day an agreement to sign a con- s tract from Feller. Garcia ' signed before the tamp opened Wednes- HALF 1 ' ' . .. ' :. The pay Feller will get for his 16th Indian contract was not re vealed but it is believed to be around 840.000 about halt what he received at his peak. Meanwhile, things are looking up In the training camps of the world champion New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. Phil Riz suto, one remaining veteran of the Yankees' pre-World War II cham pionship teams, signed a one year contract at St. Petersburg for an estimated 840,000. It is believed the same as last year. - In Philadelphia Robin Roberta signed a one-year pact thought to be in excess of $40,000, the increase over 1963, when he had a 23-16 record, is believed to make Ro berts the highest salaried 'pitcher m nauonai league nistory. Pittsburgh also received word Cal Abrams had signed after turn- ; ing down two previous contract of fers. First baseman Preston Ward and rookie catcher Jack Shepard also returned their signed eon tracts. : y. . . -v.. EOC Upset By Vikings PORTLAND m Eastern Ore gon College of Education, winner of the Oregon Collegiate Confer ence basketball title, was upset 83- 73 by Portland State Friday night. : uaie Stewart ot Portland State and Ted Schadewlta of EOCE shared scoring honors with 22 points. Don Porter had 21 for Portland. That gave him a season total of 674 points. A repeat win for Portland State tonight would give the Vikings a 6-6 league record, tied with Oregon Tech for second place. -A 1 Phone 6788 rr 2135 So. 6th
