' tURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1958
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
.AAU fries Moore;- Cage " .-Tactics JIossoiiiiiiSaibaij
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Jantee
Case Hits
Oval Boss
Br HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
AN FRANCISCO (UP) Let's
tying some of the backwash of
the Wes Santee "disbarment from
amateur athletics for life" case
out Into the open.
Tom Moore, director of the Call
fernla Relays, goes on trial
tomorrow for allegedly paying
antee too much money to com'
pete in a half-mile run against
ton Spurrier at Modesto last
airing. (Santee, incidentally, won
against the world record holder),
j Moore, one of the true amateurs
Aid lovers of track and field, is
k the middle In this case. He rs
! being accused of paying Santee
'.! Something like $400 to appear at
i !s relays which are run 24 hours
i alter me uonseum tteiays in los
ngeles 300 miles away.
EMBER
A member of the Pacific Asso-
ation AAU told me this:
What could Moore do if be was
get Santee to run? He called
Santee, and the mller- told him:
i fcee my agent'."
! Moore refused to dicker with the
i ;ent, but finally got together with
iantee on a price.
Santee didn't get any more,
' irobably less, from Moors than
ie received for running several
ither places. Still, Tom is on the
an for "over-paying."
ELD RECORD
Tom Moore is a former hurdles
:hampion from the University of
California. At one time he held
he American record. Since his
graduation he has been very in-
jterested In the promotion of track
end field meets. He originated the
California Relays at Modesto about
L dozen years ago and has person
ally lifted them up to rank with
Ithe top events in the country.
Aside irom tms, Moore serves
as official starter at many AAU
Eanctloned meets throughout the
west, for which he refuses to
accept a cent of pay. ,
If Moore really had wanted to
cheat, he could have charged the
relays for his services as a starter,
then handed the money to Santee
as a personal gift.
For being , honest, of course.
Moore now faces disciplinary
action. :
OCU, Seattle
Join NCAA
Toiirnov lie
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahoma City University, set
ting a record with its fifth straight
selection, and Seattle Thursday
swelled the entry list to seven for
next month's NCAA national cham
pionship basketball tournament.
The two "at-large" choices were
announced by Reeves Peters, com
missioner of the Big Seven Con
ference and chairman of the
NCAA's Western Selection Com
mittee. Seattle, still shaking from an
80-48 pounding administered by
NIT-bound Dayton Wednesday
night, will meet Idaho State, cham
pion of the Rocky Mountain Con
ference and an automatic qualifier,
in the first round of the Western
Reglonals either March 12 or 13.
Seattle, 15-0 for the season, will
be making its fourth straight
NCAA appearance along with Ida
ho State. They shared the record
with Dartmouth until Oklahoma
City filed away Its fifth consecu
tive NCAA bid.
The OSU Chiefs, who host Seat
tle Friday night, are 17-5 for the
season and were ranked No. 11 in
this week's Associated Press poll.
They'll meet the third and as yet
unnamed Western "at-large"
choice in first-round competition
at Wichita, Kan., March 13.
In. their previous NCAA appear
ances. Seattle managed only a 2-5
record. Oklahoma City Is 1-5 for
the NCAA and Idaho State 2-3.
Earlier entries to the NCAA tour
ney, In addition to Idaho State,
were Memphis State and Holy
Cross botrf Eastern "at-1 me"
choices, and Connecticut and
Marshall. The latter were auto
matic entries as champions of
their respective Yankee and Mid
American conferences. '
Cal Coaches
Leave Posts
BERKFXEY, Calif. W) Two
veteran assistant football coaches
Wednesday night resigned at the
University of California appar
ently on reauest.
They are Zeb Chaney, assistant
varsity coach since 1946, and Hal
Grant, freshman footoau ana iraci
coach since 1947.
Head Coach Lynn (Pappy) Wal
dorf said:
"Everv once In a while a change
helps. This Is no reflection on the
two men Involved. I deeply ap
preciate their fine services In the
oast. No hard feelings or dissen
sion is Involved. It's merely that
I feel a change is advisable."
He gave no indication when he
would name replacements.
Last fall California bad its worst
season of nine years under Wal
dorf. . . two wins, seven losses
and one tie.
Waldorf said Wes Fry will con
tinue ai backfleld coach and Herm
Melster as line coach.
There was no comment from
Cheney and Orant
Waldorf was under fire last sea
son, which he termed "the very
bottom of (a) cycle." The Bears
have been going downhill since
Waldorf's first four years at Cali
fornia in which he produced three
Rose Bowl teams, each ' of them
losing by a small margin at Pasadena.
AUTOMOTIVE LEAGUE
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Balsifr Motors
Quaker SUt Oil
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Last nixtit'a result:
Carlson 4 Lor en z Q
Balslger 1 Pacific milt 1
Basin 4 Motor Investment 0 '
Wind Buick 4 Specialized 0 . v .
Quaker Stat 3 Eesti.de 1
Commercial Shell 1 Halve rian'i 1 :
Hlfh team (am Commercial Shell
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Hlfh team series Basin Motors 2720
High Individual Bam Don Thomat 323
High Individual aerie Henry DUlstrom
MA J OB CLASSIC LEAGUE
Haley Hereford 52'i 331
M. JL Johnson S2' 39i
Pelican Motor 48 44
Davie Associated 47 45
Orenon Woolen 39 53
Sixth Street Oxygen 37-33
Last night's results:
M. L. Johnson 3 Haley 1
Oregon Woolen 0 Pelican 4 '
Sixth Street 3 Davis 1
High tm game Sixth Street Oxygen
904
High team series Pelican Motors 203
High Individual game Bab Victorsne
228
High Individual series Bob Vktorlne
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HountMTp 48 44
Bob and Polly's 47 43
Landry Insurance, 47 45
Btng's Fountain 47 45
Grems Mfg. 47 43
Ai Long e Realtor 40 v 52
Last night's results:
AI Long 1 Bull's 3
Bob and Polly's 2 Landry 2-Round-Up
1 Qremi Mfg. 3
High team game Grems Mfg. 924
High team series Grems Mfg. 3563
High Individual game George Chin 233
High individual series Ted Bingham
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Ranger Sets
New Hockey
Penalty Mark
By UNITED PRESS
It's official today defenseman
Lou Fontlnato of the New York
Rangers is the National Hockey
League's all-time "bad mhn."
The 24-year old, 189-pounder
from Guelph, Ont., set a new NHL
record of 168 minutes In the pen
alty box for one season Wednesday
night while the Toronto Maple
Leafs were beating the Rangers,
4-3. The previous recor dof 167
minutes was ' set during the 48
game, 1935-36 season by Toronto's
Red Homer.
Fontlnato tied Horner's mark in
the first period Wednesday night
when he was assessed five min
utes for fighting with Jim Thom
sonj Fontlnato wound up the fight
by" being pulled- over theTiladlson
Square Garden boards onto the
Toronto bench where he was re
strained by four players.
A two-minute penalty at 14:33
of the second period for roughing
Mark Resume enabled Fontlnato
to write the new mark into the
record book.
The Maple Leafs, however, took
over undisputed possession of
fourth place In their battle to make
the Stanley Cup playoffs by scor
ing their first victory of the season
on Garden ice. Oeorge Armstrong
tallied two goals as the Maple
Leafs turned In a splendid per
formance for owner Connie
Beach, Fla., to see the contest.
The loss left the Rangers one
point behind the Detroit Red
Wings, who have a game In hand,
In their battle for second place,
Olympic Cage
Outlook Good
KANSAS CITY Ml Two top
officials connected with the U.S.
Olymplo basketball playoff finals
here April 2-4 say the event will
be one of the finest cage offerings
ever shown in this country.
, Reeves E. Peters, Big Seven
Conference commissioner and
chairman of the committee In
charge of the finals, said Wednes
day the event will muster the
fines collection of star basketball
players "ever shown In a tourn
ament In this country."
Arthur C. (Dutch) Lonborg, Kan
sas University athletic director
and a vice chairman of the U.S.
Olymple Basketball Committee,
predicted the National Collegiate
basketball championship would
reach an alltlme high in U.S.
Olympic material. '
The U.S. Olympic finals will be
a three-day round robin session.
There'll be a four-teamfleld, each
with 14 players.
Two teams the champion and
runnerup will come from the an
nual AAU tournament In Denver
ending March 24. There'll be an
other team from the armed serv
ices tournament In Louisville, Ky.,
March 22-24, and another from the
eolleglate ranks chosen by a com
mittee headed by Lonborg.
The East-West All Star games to
be held in Kansas City March 26
and in New York City March 31
both for charity have neither of
ficial connection with each other
nor with the U.S. Olympic setup,
But players In both games likely
will figure In the Olympic playoff
finals.
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Henley, Eagle Point
Open A-2 Cage Play
State tournament plans are In
the minds of Henley High School
basketball players and school fol
lowers today as the Hornets Jour
ney to Central Point lor a three
day District 6-A-: Southern Divi
sion Cage tournament.
County B
Tourney
Underway
Bly, Paisley, Bonania and Ma
lta move into action of the 18.16
County Basketball Tournament
tonight at Pelican Court as the
second half of the opening round
games unfold before the Basin
sports fans. This afternoon.
Sacred Heart played Gilchrist
and Merrill met Chiloquin in the
initial first round tests at Hen
ley High School.
The Bly's Bobcats and Pals
ley's Broncos will meet at 1:30
In the first Pelican Court battle
tonight, and Bonansa draws the
assignment of trading baskets
with Malln, the tournament fav
orite, in the :4S contest,
Tourney play-will follow with
two games tomorr6w afternoon
at Henley and a pair of battles
Thursday night at Pelican
Court. Saturday, there will be no.
afternoon contests, but the
championship - and consolation
winners will be named after two
evening encounters at Pelican
Court.
Games tomorroafternoon at
Henley will pit the -osers of
this afternoon's games at 1:30
and the losers of tonight's
clashes at 2:45. Friday evening's
games will find the winners of
today's games meeting at 1:30
and the winners of tonight's
two tests will vie In the feature
game at 8:45.
Tickets for the games are on
sale at the doors. Adult paste
boards are (1 and student tick
ets will sell for 50 cents.
D. Stricklin
Holds Lead
In Point Race
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seattle University's Big Luke
that's Dick Stricklln's nickname
for himself is beginning to look
like a solid choice for the Pacific
Northwest basketball scoring title
in spite of the stretch run Ted
Schadewitz is staging at Eastern
Oregon College..-" " .
At the start of this week Strick
lin had run his season total to 488
points. Jimmy Winters of Portland
checked in with 475 and Schade
witz with 474. Schadewitz topped
all the rest In per-game produc
tion, averaging 21.5 over a 22-game
span.
Post season play probably will
decide the final leader for 1956.
One extra game In a tourney
might be enough to tip the scales.
Seattle U.'s bid to the NCAA re
glonals announced Thursday as
sures stricklin of one extra session
and probably two.
Little Cal Bauer of Seattle
moved Into a fourth-place tie this
week with Marv Adams of Whlt
worth, each having a total of 438
points. They were followed by R.C.
Owens of College of Idaho, Don
Porter of Llnfleld, Bill Hollins
worth of Southern Oregon, Jack
Thlessen of Whltworth and Loren
Anderson of Seattle Pacific.
Only Anderson, who was idle last
week, had less than 400 points and
he was only one digit shy of the
mark. It took 355 points to land a
player in the top 20.
Dave Gambee of Oregon State
was the Pacific Coast Conference's
leading candidate, placing 11th
with 396 points. Schadewitz topped
the list In field goals with 173 and
Winters' 181 free throws were best
In the charity division.
The leaders:
G FG FT TP
Stricklin, SU 23 159 168 486
Winters, Port 24 147 18i 476
Schadewitz, EOC 22 173 128 474
Bauer, SU - 23 161 116 438
Adams, Wwrth 24 163 112 438
Owens, CI 21 144 146 434
Porter, Llnf 20 134 152 420
Holllngswrth.SOC 25 135 148 418
Thiessen, Wwrth 24 126 150 402
Anderson, SePac 22 134 131 399
Second Ten: Dave Oambee, Ore
gon State, 396; Bill Machamer,
Llnfleld, 390; Jack Brantner, Cen
tral Washington. 386; Lloyd Hof
flne, Southern Oregon, 381; Bruno
Boin, Washington, 375; Bob Alten
hofen, Portland U., 367; Lowell
Kolbaba, Eastern Oregon, 303;
Mickey Dean, Northwest Nazarene
360; Jay Dean, Northwest Naza
rene, 356; Del Klicker, Whitman,
355.
BASKETBALL
NEW HAVEN Princeton beat
Yale, 79-77, after five extra pe
riods, four of them scoreless.
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Henley Joins five other A-2
schools from Southern Oregon in
the Thursdsy - Friday Saturday
elimination tournament, and should
the Hornets capture this playoff,
they would go against the winner of
the Northern Division of the dis
trict and a berth In the state A-2
cage tournament next month at
Salem.
Tonight, Henley meets .Eagle
Point in the "Little Six" opener
at 7 o'clock. The second game to
night pits Illinois Valley against
Btnoklngs at 8:30. Friday's sched
ule calls for the winner of the
Henley-Eagle Point game to meet
Phoenix, and the winner of the Illi
nois Valley-Brookings contest to
face Crater High, the host team.
Saturday, three games will be
played. At 6:30 the Thursday los
ers will tangle, and at 8 o'clock
the Friday losers. The champion
ship game will tip-off at 9:30 Sat
urday night.
Last year, Henley picked up third
place honors In the "Little Six"
tourney by winning over Illinois
Valley, 46-30, losing to Eagle Point,
56-44, and beating Brookings, 52-32.
Henley's 8-5 record for the, sea
son is second best in the weekend
gathering. Phoenix is the favored
team as the tournament opens af
ter building a 19-3 mark In regu
lar season competition. Crater has
won 9 and lost 11, Brookings is 8-7
against similar competition as
Henley faces, Illinois Valley has
won only one game out of 20
and Eagle Point has dropped 12
games while winning nine.
Crater will be defending the laur
els which it won last year. The
Comets also claimed the honors In
the A-2 play In 1953-54. This will
be Crater's last year in A-2 play,
next season they will Join the A-l
ranks with grants Pass, Ashland,
Medford and Klamath Falls.
Coach AI Falrchlld Is expected
to string along with the same start
ing lineup that he has used through
out most of the season. The for
ward spots might go to Dale Sear
cy and Lee Roberts, and Randy
Montgomery would handle the cen
ter chores. At guards the starting
assignments will probably be given
to Joe Arant and Gary Cunning
ham. Ted Blofsky may also open
against Eagle Point tonight at a
forward or center position.
Cousy Leads
Celts To NBA
Hoop Victory
By UNITED PRESS-
Bob Cousy's not In the running
for National Basketball Assn. scor
ing honors this year but he's still
"Mr. Clutch" when there's a game
to-be won. '
Cousy displayed that again
Wednesday night when he lamed
eight points in the last 87 seconds
to give the Boston Celtics a 93-90
decision over the Minneapolis Las
ers. Until that game-winning out
burst, Cousy had been held to four
points. - '
The New York Knickerbockers
downed the Philadelphia Warriors,
117-108, and the Rochester Royals
scored a 110-109 triumph over the
St. Louis Hawks in the other
games,
Ed Macauley was high scorer
for the Celtics with 22 points while
Whltey Skoog tallied 20 and George
Mlkan 19 for the Lakers.
Ken Sears scored 23 points for
the Knickerbockers and Walt
Dukes, reinstated after being fined
a total of $350 by Coach Vince
Boryla, tallied 11 In the Knicker
bookers' triumph.
Jack Twyman sank two free
throws to give the Royals their vic
tory and move them three per
centage points ahead of the losing
Hawks. Bob Pettit had 22 points
for St. Louis and Twyman 29 lor
Rochester.
Oregon Ring
Warriors Win
SEATTLE W) Oregon boxers
dominated finals of the Pacific
Northwest Golden Oloves tourna
ment here Wednesday night, win
ning five of the 10 championships.
Seattle won four titles, and Ft.
Lewis, Wash., one.
Two fighting brothers from Port
land, Denny and Phil Moyer, led
the Oregon team to its second
straight team title. Denny cap
tured the welterweight crown and
Phil the llghtmtddlewelght.
Jim McCarter, University of
Washington football player, took
the heavyweight title, and Jack
Puscas of Medford, Ore., 1955 na
tional AAU champion, won the
lightweight mantle for the second
year In a row.
WEDNESDAY'S FIGHTS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
' SAN FRANCISCO Eddie
Machen, 193, Redding, Calif., out
pointed Julio Mederos, 191, Ha
vana, 10.
RICHMOND, Calif. Larry Vas
quez, 130, San Francisco, stopped
Cleo Lane, 131, Oakland, Cam. ,10.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wednesday's Results
FAR WEST
Pacific U. 65, Willamette 60
Yakima Valley J.C. 81, Skagit Val
ley J.C. 78
Los Angeles Loyola 74, Occidental
MIDWEST
Dayton 80, Seattle 48
Miami (Ohio) 103, Marshall 82
John Carroll 97, Case 82
Ohio Unlv 113, Morehead (Ky) 99
Oklahoma Asm 52. Tulsa 41 1
Chicago Loyola 65. Crelghton 64
- - - - EAST
Princeton 79, Yale 77 (five over
times)
Dartmouth 93, Brown 48
Pennsylvania 88, Harvard 73 i
Penn State 70, Army 66
St. Josephs (Pa) 77, Temple 68
Niagara 86, Syracuse 80 ,
Holy Cross 69, Providence 60
NYU 78, CCNY 65 y
St. Bnaventure 81, L e m o y n e
(NY) 61
St. Francis (Pa) 77, St. Vincent
(Pa) 74 ,
SOUTH
West Virginia 97, Wm&Mary 81
Richmond 88,-Wash-Lee 10 ,
Navy 72, Franklin-Marshall 54
Memphis State 100, Murray (Ky)
94
Miss Southern 62, Spring Hill 59
SOUTHWEST
Texas Christian 91, Texas A&M 67
Lamar Tech 65, Sam Houston 47
PRO BASKETBALL
Wednesday's Results
New York 117, Philadelphia 108
Boston 93, Minneapolis 90 : .
Rochester 110, St. Louis 109
SERVICE BASKETBALL
Air Force Tourney at Spokane
Falrchlld AFB 87, Great Falls AFB
54
Falne AFB 75, Larson AFB 58
(loser but) '
Portland-Mountain Home can
celed, bad roads.
Top Seeded
Stars Beaten
In Net Action
NEW YORK (UP) The top
seeded players In the National In
door Tennis Tournament faced a
rough time of It In future competi
tion today It the first round casual
ties and near-misses are j a
orlterlon. ' .
The seeded stars', Kurt- Nielsen
of Denmark, who was No. 2 In the
foreign ratings, and Sammy atanv
malva of Houston, Tex., No. 4 on
the domestic list for the tourney,
bowed out Wednesday and three
others had to survive deuced sets
to win.
Nielsen was "shot-gunned" by
Grant Golden of Chicago, 6-4, 8-4,
In a big upset. Another unseeded
player, Armando Vlelra of Brazil,
gave a few lessons to Glammalva,
topping him 0-4, 6-2, and making
the tennis sages wonder if the
Houston strokester was the Davis
Cup hope they had pictured.
Top seeded Vic Seixas of Phila
delphia had to struggle through a
deuce set before he defeated BUI
Lurie of Brooklyn, 8-6, 6-2.
Sweden's star, Sven Davidson,
who was the head man of the for
eign bracket, had to go three sets
before he eliminated veteran Ir
ving Dorfman of- New York, 6-2,
7-9, 6-4. Robert Howe, the only
Australian In the brackets, seeded
No, 4 foreign, needed a 9-7, tune
up set before he could oust Dean
Brlnkman of Chicago, 6-3 In the
second one.
The other three seeded players
had life easier. Art Larsen of Ban
Leandro, Calif., seeded second do
mestically, won by default from
Jan Lundqulst of Sweden who had
to lay out because of Injuries.
Third seeded Oil Shea of Los An
geles topped Richard Hlghley of
Glenrldge. N.J., 6-2, 6-1, and third
ranked foreign player Ulf Schmidt
of Sweden defeat George Ball of
New York, 6-3, 6-2. .
Moore-Dunlap Tiff
Gets Commission OK
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Wl The
California Athletic Commission
agreed Thursday with Archie
Moore, The light heavy champion
will meet Bob Dunlap In a non-
title 10-round fight in Ban Diego
Monday night.
Commission secretary John Oen
shlea said the scrapper It had tried
to sub Into the match, Frank Dan
iels, suddenly declined the oppor
tunity. Oenshlea previously said
Daniels had wanted a Moore fight
for a year.
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Niagara,
Mounties
Post Wins
By ED WILKS
The Associated Press
The trials and tribulations of
postseason engagements are be
ginning to show In college basket
ball with some coaches putting
possible tournament tactics to
competitive tests.
Tans Gallagher of Niagara, for
instance, deployed his NIT-bound
Eagles In a zone defense in the
second half while defeating Syra
cuse 86-80 last night. It was the
first time In 20 years of coaching
that Gallagher had resorted to the
zone. ...
And Fred Schaus, In his second
year as coach and readying West
Virginia for Its title defense In
the Southern Conference tourna
ment next week, sent the Moun:
talneers into a full-court press
right off the bat for the first time
this season in a 91-88 decision
over William b Mary.
FOUR-POINT
Niagara had a four-point lead
at the half, but Syracuse, which
had beaten the Eagles earlier,
gained an 80 - all deadlock with
1:13 left in the game. Then Alex
Ells, one of Niagara's sopho
more stars, tapped In a rebound
and the stalling Eages eased
home. Tommy Hemans, Niagara's
steadying senior, was high with
23 points 20 In the second half.
Hot Rod Hundley (who else?)
was the big gun for West Vir
ginia. He packed In 31, points as
the Mountaineers ended their reg
ular Southern schedule In a first-
place tie with Oeorge Washington.
The champion and NCAA entry,
however, will be decided in the
three-day tourney opening a week
irom today at Richmond.
Other strange things happened
last night too. Princeton and Yale
struggled through five overtime
periods, one short of the major
college reoord, before the Tigers
won 78-77 to retain second place
in the Ivy League. The first four
extra sessions - were scoreless.
Yale controlled the center Jump
and held out for a last-second
shot. But missed each time.. -OUT8CORED
Princeton, which blew a 15-Dolnt
lead In the second half, then con
trolled the fifth extra center Jump
and outscored Yale 8-8 with Ben
Splnelll hitting a hook and Jump
ior tne iinal points.
Elsewhere, the tournament
choices gave a better accounting
ior themselves after losing four
of eight Monday and Tuesday,
Dayton, ranked fourth In the
Associated Press poll and headed
for the NIT with Niagara, handed
nine defeats, 80-48. Seattle, winner
of 15 and named today as an
ncaa "at-large" entrv with Ok a
home City, failed to hit from the
neia in tne first 8 minutes.
Bill Uhl, Dayton's 7-footer,
canned 26 points and grabbed 16
rebounds In 28 minutes of play.
The Fyers' Jim Palmer held
Seattle's Dick Stricklin who had
averaged 21 points a game to two
field goals and nine' points. '
Two other NCAA entries bol
stered their winning totals. Holy
Cross broke Providence held Tom
game streak 69-60, and Memphis
State defated Murray - (Ky.)
State 100-94. Providence held Tom
Helnsohn to five field goals, but
he still managed 22 points.
In a big tousney-declder, St.
Joseph's (Pa.) knocked Temple
to Its second defeat In 22 games,
77-68.
C. Middlecoff
Open Favorite
HOUSTON M-After three prac
tice rounds of subpar golf, Gary
Middlecoff was a strong favorite
today In the first round of thj $30,-'
000 Houston Open.
Mike Bouchak, defending cham
pion, was rated second but his
odds were 6-1 compared with a
surprising 3-1 for the former Mem
phis dentist.
Middlecoff, seeking his third vic
tory of the winter tour, has show
ered the 7,122-yard, par-72 Memo
rial Park course with birdies the
past three days,
Souchak last year scored a final-
round 66 to come from behind by
four strokes and take $6,000 in top
money with a tournament record
273. Middlecoff won the 1953 Open
at Memorial but did so in a play
off after finishing 72 holes In a tie
with four others at 283. He had a
279 In 1954 to finish second, two
strokes behind Dave Douglas.
Other favorites: Gene Littler,
6-1; Tommy Bolt, 1-1; Moyd Man
grum, 10-1; and Jimmy Demaret,
Jackie Burke Jr. and Doug Ford,
12-1. I
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Owls, 0CE Meet
For 0C Basement
The battle of the basement wiU
ring down the ourtain of the Ore
gon Collegiate Conference basket
ball race this weekend as the
Oregon Tech Owls play host to
Oregon College of Education In the
final two conference outings of the
year for both clubs, and the cellar
position in the standings will be
the subject of talk when the two
teams meet.
Friday and Saturday nights on
their own home maple boards,
Tech will try to lift themselves
from last place In the final league
standings, and in the process, dump
the Wolves from Monmouth Into
the number five spot. Going Into
Veteran Ump
Criticizes AL
Speedup Plan
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A veteran National Leame urn.
plra Is sharply critical of the
American League's plan to permit
pitchers to give Intentional passes
merely by Informing the umpire
of that Intention.
"That's going too far with this
speedup craze," said Larry Ooeta,
one of the most respected of senior
circuit arbiters. "They're taking
something out of the game.
"I've seen a runner steal a base
while a pitcher was throwing four
wide ones. I've seen a man picked
off a base In similar situation.
And you'll recall that last year, a
couple of batters leaned over and
got a hit while they were trying to
walk them. I'm certainly glad our
league didn't go for the change."
Remember when Don Newcombe
was suspended last season for re
fusing to pitch batting practice?
Well, this is another year and
the Brooklyn Dodgers' right-hand
er apparently Is turning over a
new leaf. Despite a mild virus In
fection, Newcombe went through a
xft-nour arm in vero Beach, Fla.
"I feel all right, got no tempera
ture and I want to work," he said.
Manager Walter Alston, noting
Newk's spirit, nodded approvingly.
"If Don feels like working, I'm all
for it," he said. - ,
' Bruce Edwards, the Brooklyn
oatoner before Roy campanaiia.
may have reached the end of the
major league trail. He was re
leased by the Washington Senators
yesterday. Bruce appeared in only
30 games in 1955 and batted a
meager ,175.
The New York Yankees' camp
In St. Petersburg, Fla., was the
scene of a six-Inning exhibition
game In which Ed Lopat'a Rich
mond Virginians beat Freddie
Fltzslmmons' Blnghamton Triplets
Tonight's
Ball fare
COUNTY TOURNAMENT
. ' at Pelican Court
7:30 Bly vs. Paisley
1:45 Bonanza vs. Malln
VICTORY LEAGUE
at Pelican School
8:45 DeMolay O vs. Gun Store
8:00 Herman's vs. DeMolay B
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the series, Tech and OCE ui tied
for the honors with identical 10
record. - '
To -escape the dubious honors.
Coach Wally Palmberg's hoopsters
from the snow-covered campus of
on will have to win both games
from Oregon College. Should the
two split the Friday-Saturday ser
ies, then both would share the base
ment position. If Tech falters twice
the Mile Hlghers would hold sole
ownership fon the "not wanted"
slot.
And the outlook is not good for
the Oavl cage squad according to
the latest reports from Palmberg.
The cold and flu bugs have side
tracked the Owls this week, bitting
Bobby Whitman, John Foster and
Ted Fischer especially hard. All
three are starters for the Mile High
team. Trying to combat this un
expected stroke of bad luck, Palm
berg cancelled practice sessions
Wednesday and ordered his hoop
sters to "get some rest"' In hopes
the Tech troubles wouldn't get
worse. . i
With Whitman, Foster and Fisch
er oui, we owls would virtually
lose all chances of escaping Irom
the last-place finish. But Palmberg
still held out hope that the trio.
o wcu its uie omers wno were
hit lightly, will he ready ,to-meet '
the Wolves. . ...
Earlier In tha Mnnn Tl.
OCE divided an OCO series played
i monmoutn, oue won the first
game, 62-49, then the Owls, name
back to even the count with a Rft-fil
triumph. Another pair of nip and
i-uvk uutues is expected to unfold
as the Hoot Birds and Wolves elose
out their seasons here tomorrow
night and Saturday evening on the
Ull IKJOr. ' ;
Ed Machen -Looks
Good
In Ring Win
BAN FRANCISCO WV-The heavv.
weight boxing ranks boasted a
bright new prospect today In young
aatue macnen, wno nanaies his
fists and his feet with the speed
of a middleweight, t. ,
The 22-year-old Redding, Callt.,
Negro .made an Impressive nation
al television debut last night, com
pletely befuddling Cuban Julio Me
deros in earning an unanimous 10
round decision - before a near-
capacity crowd at the grand open
ing of San Francisco Garden. The
gross, gate was $5,787.:,
As Impressed as anyone with the
showing of the youngster, who
racked up bis 12th victory without
a loss, was Truman Gibson, exec
utive secretary ot the International
Boxing Club. . (
"He looks ready 1 for' bigger
game," commented Gibson to Sid
Flaherty, Machen'a manager, "He
showed a lot more than I exnected
from a kid with that little experi
ence." i , . K
Olbson and Flaherty expected to
confer on a bout between Machen
and Nino Valdes, world's third
ranking heavyweight, currently re
covering from a nasal operation.
Valdes had been scheduled to face
Machen. last night, but canceled
out because of the nose Injury.
Machen, amazingly fast for his
193 pounds, kept a sharp left Jab
In Mederos' face all night, throw
ing -the Cuban off balance. The
young Callfornlan's footwork and
bobbing and weaving defense
made Mederos miss consistently
with a roundhouse right.
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