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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWELVE Poms Contiiniase Lea NC State Second In AP Ballot Bv SHELDON 8AKOWIT7. The AocUled l're San Francisco, North Curolinr. State and Utah continued lo runic , . 1-J-S m Ihe weekly Associaiea Press basketball poll today. Flisco, undefeated In live aames Ihis season and boasllnj a 31-tr.aiiie winning streak over a two-year bpan, couecica s ursi. yim-c ui lot. A total ol 160 apoiuwi'lters and sportscasters voted in the poll, bated on names through Dec. 17. On the basis of 10 lor first, nine for second etc., the Dons received 1,407 points and remained the top ranking learn. All-America Bill Russell and Co. impressed over the past weekend with victories over Marquette and DePaul to capture the DePaul In vitational Tournament in Chicago. North Carolina State (l-Oi re tained its runnerup swt on the ptrenglli of victories over Clemson, South Carolina and West Virginia. Utah (5-ei. holding the No. 3 rating. Leads a four-team field in the Kentucky Invitational tourney that starts tonight. The Utes tangle with fourth-ranked Dayton In their open ing round game. The top ten teams with first place votes in parentheses: 1. San Francisco 92 2. North Carolina State (13) 3. Utah (2i - 4. Dayton (2i 5. Brlgham Young (2i 8. North Carolina (41 .. .1407 .1070 . 966 .. 633 328 .. 510 7. Holy Cross (11) ... 429 a. Vanderbllt () 361 9. Kentucky (2i ... M 10. Iowa ( 1 - 304 1 Second Ten i 11. Oeorge Washington (7) - 261 12. Temple ..- IW I 13. Marquette 168 14. Duke (1) - 163 1 !6. Oklahoma City (1) ...... 92 16. Alabama - - 63 17. Illinois - Wi 18. Indiana 64 tie. Memphis Slate . S4 20. Duquesne . 48 leratb mil tf r Here Are Our Plays, Now Stop Us Says MSC Sparts RASADENA, Calif. 11 Anybody i who could diagram a football play couia explain to anyone eise wno would listen today Just what Michi gan State will throw against UCLA in tiie Rose Bowl. A crowd of more than 3.500 turned out for a public showing of the Spartan tactics In an open nouse practice at East Los An- geles Junior College. It was the first time there has been prior announcement by a C. Lovellette Tops Scorers NEW YORK (UPi Clyde Lovel letle of the Minneapolis Lakers led Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks bv three points today in a Na- lional Basketball Assn. scoring race that already has seen as many changes as a ladles' hat de partment, Lovellette had 503 points in 23 games against Pettll's (00 in 20. When the huge, Laker center grabbed back the No. I position horn Pettit last Saturday. It was the fifth time they had traded It I in as many days and the ninth ) exchange In ll games. Pettit and Lovellette also ranked l-3 in the vital rebounding depart- ment. Petlil led for Ihe fourth straight week with 32S against Lovellette s 322. Pettit. also led all NBA shooters in the scoring averages with a 25 pointa-per-game average. Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics and Andy Phillip of trie Tort Wayne Pistons were locked In a close tussle for assist honors. Cousy had 166 Phillip, first for the past four weeks, was runner-up with 164 Electric Shavers Are Ideal Christmas Gifts! am Hra:'wn,jo JhTfflnmHnMroirafl. lltllllliy T I 1 I I I .j ! I iiiiiHii S i'l'ljll iij'ij' See All The New THE GUN STORE 714 Main OTI Owls, Shasta JC Meet Tonight Wally Palmberi'i Oregon Tech Owl ventured South today for a two-game aeries with the Shasta Junior College Knighlf of Kedding tonight and Wednei da.v on the Knights home maple. Game time both nights la 8 o'clock. The Owls are hoping to bring their season's record hack "on hoard" In this series. Presently Palmherg'a (-alters are 3-4 after splitting with St. Martin's Col lege last weekend at Olympia. This will be the first and final basketball clash this season be. tween the Owls and Knights. Last year Tech won two games over Shasta, and In 1950-51 and 1951-52 the Owls swept four straight from the Redding col legians. Palmberg Is expected to open with 6-9 Charlie Bogle, who scored 55 points In the two St. Martin's games, at center and John McCutcheon and Johnny Foster at forwards. The guard positions will probably be given to Klrhle Perkins and Ted Fisch er. Other possible starters for the Owls are F.rwln Bed For and Bob Frost. Among those listed for prob able starting work for Shasta JC is Jack Sunitsch, former Klamath Union High School cage standout. According to Kedding sources, Sunitsch has been showing a great amount of Improvement and li expected to help the Knights this sea son. The Shasta series will close the 195.1 basketball year for the Owls. The Tech hoopsters will enjoy their Christmas vacation until January 6 when they travel to Portland State College for an Oregon Collegiate Conference encounter. The bear hunting sea.snn in Ari zona opened on 8cpt. 1. It will run through Feb. 29. CLAYTON HANMON ' SPORTS EDITOR vlsltlna- Big Ten team of a come, one, come-all workout. Some of the assistant coaches were shaking their heads in amaze mcnt as "Coach of the Year" ""V "iv . " , "s ";,h",,h Z ,??.,' romped U"ouh llt.1 IS uui quics KICK Daugh- erty would explain, while his team inn uuuuKii uie piay, ana our iaKe kick, ana our quick-kick hand nit nnH nil, ln,.al ll l,l,a "We showed them about every-1 thing we used this year." Daugh - erty sit id alterwaras. "I figure Red 5 Sanders has us pretty well scouted so what's the harm in showing the folks our stuff." Daugherty, talking over a por table public address system. Intro- duced Ills players and exchanged nulps with Ihe enthusiastic and npplauding crowd of fans. UCLA staged a brisk 30-minule defensive scrimmage during .Its workout, "the best one yet" ac cording to Coach Sanders. Buchan Bakers Win WENATCHEE, Wash. OP The Buchan Bakers of Seattle oulhlt ,h(, Drnvpr Rankers irom the tree throw line. 26-9. Monday night as thcy edged the Colorado team. 68- 63. In an AAU basketball Kame. The victory Rave the Bakers a 2-J split with the Bankers In their 4-game series. HOCKEY By TUK ASSOCIATE! TRESS Monday's ltesutts Wl.STEKN 1.KAGCE Calnary 5. Saskatooi (Only league scheduled! NEW SCHICK "25" 29.50 Remington "60" Deluxe 29.50 Dr.minr.tnn "l.t" U CA IUII UU iO.JU Sunbeam Deluxe 29.50 Lady Sunbeam 14.95 SO TRADE ALLOWANCE For Your Old Shovtr Ronton Liqhters Ph. 3863 Champs Sweep UP Cage Poll ny NORM A v mili.i:k United Press Sports Writer MEW YOMK (UP i San Fran- ' Cisco's demon Dons, defying col liege basketball's traditional away- irom-home ' Jinx" lo run their wln i nlng streak to 31 games, again i were the overwhelming choice of ' the united Press Board of Coaches today as the nation's No. 1 team. ! Utah and North Carolina Slate maintained their No. 2 and 3 ra tings, respectively, while North Carolina and Marquette were this week's newcomers among the top 10 learns. Tne West Coast Dons were the No. 1 choice ol 33 of the 35 out standing coaches who comprise the United Press rating board. San Francisco's total of 346 out of a lopped only once since the United press ratings were initiated I960. o,.,i, h,.i,i,. .d n.i a'.l.stnr! cast headed by All-Ameiica center Bill Russell were the big factors lhat enabled Coach Phil Woolpprt's Dons to beat Marouctte and De- Paul last weekend in winning the Chicago stadium Invitation Tour nament. TRIP CONTINUES But the hazards of a road trip are not yet over for Ihe Dons. They play Wichita tonight, Loyola of New Orleans Friday, and then visit New York for the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Gar den. In which such powers as seventh-ranked Holy Cross, Duquesne UCLA. St. John's of New York and Syracuse are entered. Utah received the two lust-place votes lhat did not go to San Fran cisco. The Utes" 279-poim total cut the Dons' lead from 99 to 67 points North Carolina, undefeated in live games, made the biggest jump of the week, vaulting al) the way to the No. 8 ranking from a tie for 26ln last week. Mai quelle lumped three places to 10th. Du quesne and Alabama, beaten twice in road games, dropped out of the lop 10. Dayton advanced one notch to fourth place and Brighain Young jumped four places to fifth. NEW LOW Kentucky, the perennial power house which has not looked too impressive against so-so opponents fell three places to ninlh. This was ihe lowest weekly rating the Wild cats ever have held since the Unit ed Press ratings were initiated in 1950. With points distributed on the basis of 10 for a first-place vole, duwn to one for a loth-place vote.! North Carolina suite received 25a points, Dayton 156. B r 1 g h a m Young 148, Iowa 10B. Holy Cross WO. North Carolina 85, Kentucky 77 and Marquette 60. George Washington moved up five places from Kith to top tiie second 10 group. Southern Metho dist was 12th. with St. Louis nnd Illinois tied for 13th place. Follow ing Louisville in 15th there was a three-team lie for 16th among Temple. Duquesne and Ohio State. Vanderbilt and Indiana completed the second 10 group, NEW YORK 'UP)-Th! United Press college basketball ratings I (with first-nlace votes nnrt wmv : lnut rprnrriti Ihi-ntioti rtn IT i 'parentheses): , Team Points 346 279 l. San Francisco (33) (5-0) 3 North Car state (7.0) ! 4. Dayton (6-0i 255 156 148 108 98 85 77 60 George Southern St. Louis Biigham Young (6-0) 6. Iowa i3-li 7. Holy Cross I5-0I 8. North Carolina i5-0) 9. Kentucky I4-D 10. Marquette i5-l 8econd 10 teams U Washington. 46: 12. Methodist, 41; 13 (tie). and Illinois. 21 each: 15. Louis ville. 20; 16 (del. Temple, Du quesne and Ohio State. 19, Vander bilt, 16: 20, Indiana, 14. 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I Admission prices are $1 for adult I and 50 cents for OTI students and children. The preliminary game stnrts at 6:30. This is the first touring basket - ball exhibition to be seen here this vear. and Everett Metier, presi- dent of the Klamath Falls Basket- ball Association, which in conjimc- ition with the Owl Hoots Is sponsor- ; nB the game, says there is no finer way than kicking off the sea- As In the past the Harlem Clowns are known by their trade mark of the four Cs Classy. Colorful, Com ical and Cut-tips. And to go along with tne.r snow o, ,auKr Clowns have some of the imesi ERA List Led By White Sox NEW YORK I Billy Pierce, hard luck lefthander of the Chi cago White Sox. wits the Ameri can League's earned-ruri leader In 1955 while several other southpaws also showed to good advantage In the official pitching records. Pierce, who lost 4 gemes by 1-0 scores, still managed to rack up a 15-10 won-lost mark. He gave up 45 earned runs In 200 inmiifrtt for :in eained-run averanc of 1.97. the lowest since 1946 when! Hal Newhouser of Detroit finished with 1.94. Pierce also Is the sev enth White Sox pitcher to cop enrr.ed-run Inuiels The last was Saul Rogovin in 1951 Tnnunv Bvme of the New York Vmikres. Herb Score of Cleveland. nillv Hoett of Detroit, and F.d (Whitevi Ford of the Yankees were the other lefthanders who shared Ditching honors with Pierce. Score led in strikeouts with 245 to establish a major league record for firsl-vear men. The old mar was 227 by Grover Cleveland Alex ander of the Philadelphia Phillies In 1911. Byrne, making one of the year's best comebacks, topped Ihe list in winning percentage. Tiie veteran won i mimes and lost 5 lor .m. Hoeft was the pncc-scllcr in shut outs with 7. The Tigers' lefty had a 16-7 record. YOUR DOWNTOWN Agent For United Airlinti, West Coast ond oil scheduled airlines tick ets and reservations. World Wide Travel Bureau 7U Moin Phone 8873 or 5551 BROS. DRIVEWAY CINDERS Pontiac WAGONS In Klamath Falls FALLS. OREGON 1 - .... jt . " 7 , basketball players in the nation I listed on their roster ( Heading the Clowns' Dining is manager - owner-coach Al "Runt" pulllns, who has hung up his bas- ketball playing shoes in favor of directing a team, which has pleased sports fans all over the nation. i The present Harlem Clown tour has been in motion since early in 1 November. I Three great stars of the Harlem , clowns basketball team of 1952-63 : are back In the lineup this year aier having spent a couple of sea- sons w,in Uncle Sam's mighty squad, the U.S. Army. Manager Pullins is happy to an - nounce that he has Ed "Rookie" Cn'rter Gnome Moore and Bob Woods back iu uniform. the Commodores began to roll. George Moore of New York City, Other games involving ranking Is the .smallest man on the team "teams showed Indiana an 80-61 , at an eve six ,ecl in hcight and j h h fiin mine i to the Clowns in 1951 from Lincoln j University. He is a superb show man and tricky ball handler and ! a "dead eye set shot artist. Edward Carter, the "rookie" of the 1951-52 ball club, is six feet two Inches tall and weights 175 pounds. He came direct out of high school to the team, played two sea sons and then went into the Army where he was a star on service teams. Carter may develop into the star of this year's club. Bob Wood: . six feet six inches tall weighing 225 pounds, was a track, football and basketball star at McClvmonds High School in Oak land, California, and Dlayed at Mo desto Junior College before Joining the Clowns. He nlaved one season i and then went into tne u.!. Army Big Bob is a natural comic nnd is leading the lau?h parade this season for Pullins' Hilarious Harle quins. The team is a virtual power house with Ralph Haye.",. six feet seven Inches, weighing 200. Hayes played college bnM at Niagnre. Uni versity, Nio.'tara Falls. New York. Manny Kennedy, six foot three and weighing 180. was an outstand ing player at Iona College, New Roche'le. New York. Al Sutton, six foot three. 185, was a great star at Cal-Poly. San Luis Obispo, Cali fornia before joining the Clowns. YOU CAN'T GUESS .1KKHXKKKKKIKKSIIKlllW!lfllllll!lir That Reflect ... All Year Round! MIRRORS If in ALL IN UP DOOR MANTEL WALL GLAMORIZE YOUR HOME THIS CHRISTMAS WITH MIRRORS! if II m 1J GLASS 521 Walnut Alabama Upsets Holy Cress 89-84 By JOHN CHANDLER -The Associated Press Alabama headed home tor the Christmas holidays today and then an engagement in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl basketball tournament Dcj. 29-3U with a orighler outlook on life after scoring an upset 89-84 victory over tiie highly-rated Holy Cross Crusaders. Coacn Johnny Dees Alabama cagemen, leading 48-36 at halflime las. night in Bosion Garden, fought off a furious Holy Cross second hail rally to deal the Crusaders their first defeat of the young sea son. Holy Cross, winner of five straignt. had been ranked No. 7 in this week's Associated Press poll, but tiiat voting had been concluded before Alabama upset the apple cart. BAMA BOYS The 'Bama boys know how Holy Cross ieels. Alaoama won the Birmingham Classic tournament recently. Then the Tide, rated No. S in last week's AP nationwide poh. went on tne road. First Worth Carolina walloped Alabama 99-77, then in New York last Saturday St. John's of Brooklyn beat them 87-79. Alabama beat Holy Cross from the 'rce throw lanes, converting 27 of 34 chances, while the Crusa ders made good on 12 of 19. Holy i Cross bagged 36 field goals, five more than Alabama. vanderbilt. rated No. 8 In this week's ratings and the only other ! team in the ton 10 to see action, , pulled away in the second half to : drub Georgia 85-61. Georgia lea i 15-11 soon alter the start before THE ORIGINAL DRY VODKA Product of U.S.A. Booko Kom poniya, Schenley, Po. ond Fres no, Calif. Made from Groin, 80 Proof. WRONG WITH A STOCK TO SHOP Phone 7378 390 H T50 , 45 QT.'fH Pinr fciU r i i i in ,i jti i f n.v ( jFor breath sublime ) VODKA 1. frufy &n hi i ' winner over Cincinnati. Illinois 97-79 over DePaul, and Duquesne 71-65 over Loyola of Lotf Angeles. The Rice Owls ran their un beaten string to seven by defeating Kansas 75-66. The Owls led by 19 points at one time. Temple Tucker, 6 foot 10 Rice center, tallied 27 points. BIG GAME Warming up for big game to night against San Francisco, the nation's No. 1 team, Wichita barreled 10 points through the hoop in an overtime tilt and whipped Texas Christian 79-69. 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