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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. 1956 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE 1 Prep Play To Opera in '5' eet Darkhorse BAKER (Special) Coach Jim Conroy's Malin Mustangs from Klamath -County and District S-B arrived here today as they at tempt to capture the second ma jor athletic championship of the year for class B high schools throughout the state of Oregon Tomorrow afternoon at J:30, the 1956 State B High School Basket ball Tournament will get under way at the Baker High School gym, and Conroy's Southern Ore gon hoopsters are listed as co- favorites along with last year's champions, Knappa. The tourney's first round games' will be played tomorrow afternoon and evening. The semi-finals and finals of Hie consolation and championship brackets being played Friday and Saturday. Earlier in the school year. Con- ioy's Malin team swept through the state B football playoffs and .are wearing trie divisions grid iron crown. A win in the week end s cage activities would give Malin a "grand slam" in the B sports world. JJARKHOHSK Malin. which dropped a tight one-point decision to Knappa last year in the championship contest, will meet the tournament dark- horse. Sisters, in a fir.it round game, and may find themselves on the outside looking in come Thurs day night. Sisters is reportedly veiy well balanced ballclub -with a strong defense. . The opening game of the three day cage gathering will fir?d Jef- -ferson going against Elgin in 2:31) game, while the Malin-Sisters clash is on the docket for 3:45 The two evening contests slated for 7:30 and fl:45 tip-off times will find Knappa meeting Elkton and Echo playing Brownsville. The first round losers will vie In the consolation bracket games Friday afternoon, while the win ners will move into the semi-finals of the championship play Friday night. DEFENDING This year's tournament is ex pected to be one of the evenest B meetings in several seasons, since all of the eight clubs are capable of going all of the way. Knappa, the defending champ, and Malin last year's runfierup, are listed as the co-favorites in many circles, mainly on the finishes last year, but Sisters in the upper foursome and Elktn or Brownsville in the bottom bracket may find the right combination to finish in front of last year's finalists. Going into Thursday's game with Sisters, Conroy s Mustangs ot iwa- lin will have a 22-game winning streak and a season's win-loss rec ord of 25-1. The lone defeat hand ed Malin was an early season loss to Tulelake. California. Malin later aveneed their loss to Tulelake, One of the largest crowds ever to attend the Class B playoffs is expected to be on hand this week to take in Uie tournament's color and action. Local chamber of com merce officials reported today that all of the hotels and a great many motjls have already hung out the "no vacancy" shingle. Plans Told For Speedway LOS ANGELES Wi Plans have been announced for a multi-million-dollar auto racing plant on a 470-acre tract three miles east of the Ontario airport. U.S. Automotive Testing. Inc.. a San Marino closed corporation sponsoring the project, said Tues day a 5 i2 - mile road course will be in operation by midsummer. It will contain six paved race and test circuits, Including a 4 li-mile road course, two oval tracks a mile and a half-mile long, a 3-mile perimeter speed test circuit and a drag strip. Kr-rmit Pollack, president of USAT, said there is no plan now for an oval course similar to the In dianapolis Speedway's 2 i-mile Uaci:. In Our New Location! CHET GREENWELL 'Overhaul Includei: LABOR liotill pWU Umalmtill aliln rinKGrtnd Tslvrt. eOTrbl fr- buretorClrn and refc rorker artn AdjuM main and ronnerttm rod btarln. 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' Marion Keeping Eyes On ECeegon, AL Crown By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Perhaps the most bitter pill Manager Marty Marion of the Chi cago Vhite Sox had to swallow last season was the failure of pitcher Bob Keegan to come through. The White Sox finished five games out of first place and it seems fair to assume that had Keegan even approached his 1954 record of 16-9. the pale hose might have won the pennant. As it was. his record stood at 2-3 at the end of the campaign with a paltry 59 innings pitched. Marion planned to send Keegan' to the mound toduy for the first Teams Enter A-2 Tourney By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two more teams grabbed class A-2 high school state tournament jjUMiiuus lucsuay nigm. St. Helens won the district 1 crown by downing Scappoose, 50 46, in the final game of the dis trict tournament at Forest Grove. Newport won the district 2 berth by walloping Toledo In the third game of a playoff, 68-32, on neutral floor at Taft. Only two positions now are un decided. One of them will be filled Wednesday night when Co- quille and Central Point meet the third game of their district 6 playoff. They split earlier games. The last one will be filled in the district 4 tournament finals at Molalla Thursday night. Molalla defeated Dallas. 50-43. and Sandy downed Estacada, 66-48, in semi finals Tuesday night. It will be Molalla vs. Sandy for the crown. St. Helens in winning earned the right to meet Stayton in the first game of the state tournament at Salem. March 12-14. Coquille or Central Point will play the district 4 winner. St. Francis of Eugene will meet Redmond, and the open ing round will be completed W'lth a Newport vs. Ontario game. 2011 So. Sixth St. SPECIAL Chevrolet Motor OVERHAUL 65 00 PARTS ?! lfierMti rla riltn Plni Dltlrlbilft tnH 9cndrnttr AH cxikilfl . . -lt . . viuw iltnuntil at, " T" " oil Genuine Chevrolet Ports time in an intra-camp game at Tampa, Fla., and admitted he's been watching the big righthander carefully. Keegan could be the key man in the Sox pitching depart men:. The pilot said that Keegan has been working well so far, although he has been under no strain. "You never know about a pitch er, though," Marlon added, "until he works under game conditions. If he can come back strong, that will help us no end." Keegan isn't the only player In the majors desperately battling for a spot. At Clearwater, Fla., where the Philadelphia Phillies are training, Wally Westlake, who was signed as a free agent by General Man ager Roy Harney, is working to shed 12 pounds from his 208-pound frame. "If Harney had enough confi dence to sign me." he said, "I'll probably have to take over the right field job for him." Then there is Monte Irvln, a 37-year-old flychaser, who was with Minneapolis of the American Assn. last year, after being dropped by the New York Giants. He has been drafted by the Chi cago Cubs and is leading in the race for the right field job as of now. "I know I still have some good baseball left in my system," he said at the Cubs' Mesa, Ariz., lair. George Strickland, the weak hitting shortstop of the second place Cleveland Indians, who has been relegated to the bench by the acquisition of Chico Carras quel from the White Sox. isn't giv ing up without a bailie. "I know I'll definitely have to hit to take it away from Chico," he said at the tribe's Tucson, Ariz., base. "I've been talking to Manager Al Lopez about my hit ting and he's doing everything he can to help." Carrasquel hit .256 last season, while Strickland could do no bet ter than .209. More Sports On Pages 12-13 Conclusive proof of Early Times KENTUCKY STRAIGHT 10 U HI OK imr TIMES DISTILLERY C0. It's every ounce Hal Wood's Mid-Week Short Shots By HAL WOOD I'nltrd Presi Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Short shots: The future book odds for the Kentucky Derby list as two ol the favorites horses named Needles and Nail. All this will do, ol course, will be to put tne octiors on Dins and needles. . . Pepperdine college ot me i,ai- iforma Basketball Association nn lshed out the season with 17 con secutive losses, a seasonal record of 2-24 and 0-14 in CBA play which is nearly as good a mark as the USF Dons hold (in reverse, that IsK . . TOUGH Ed Lowery, San Francisco auto magnate who first gained a share of the spotlight about 40 years ago when he caddied lor Francis Oui-i met when the latter won the U.S. Amateur, is offering to bet that two of his salesmen can whip any pair of professional golfers in the business, and that includes Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Dr. Cary Mid dlecolf and the rest of the top notchers. The salesmen: National Amateur Champion Harvie Ward and former California and Oerman Amateur Champion Ken Ventur. Both were winning members of the last U., S. Walker Cup team and thev tangle Sunday lor the Fan Francisco city champion ship. . . George Briggs, who has taken over as the new athletic director at Washington, admits he is step ping into a ticklish situation. But, he confesses. "There Is only one way to go on this job. Things are In such a mess, we can't do any thing except Improve". . . Carl Hanson, president of the Amateur Athletic Union, says that "Public relations for the AAU haven't been good." Which could be the understatement of the year, in view of the Wes Santee situa tion. The AAU made the mistake of not releasing the full facts and figures on Santee at the same time thev announced his ban. , . CONSPICUOUS Anthony Morabito, president of the San Francisco Forty Niners, bought a new Imperial, but didn't keerj it too long. "Too con spicuous." he said. So he sold It and boupnt a caoinac. . . Jim Scoggins. one of the first men In history to run the 100-yard dash In less than 10 seconds, now is 83 years old and still has a healthy interest in sports. He was clocked in 9.8 seconds 'way back In 1895 but the stop-watches went haywire and he got credit for only 10 seconds flat lob which stui was flying, considering they didn't use starting blocks in tnose nays. K Of C Meet Director On Santee's Side NEW YORK ( Wes Santee America's controversial mtler who is finhtlng a lifetime suspension in the courts, has the director of the Knights of Columbus track meet in his corner. Tom Harrigan. the K. of C. di rector, criticized the Amateur Athletic Union Tuesday for Its "un fair" treatment of Santee. "Punishment should never be banishment for life,'! he told the weekly meeting of the Metropoli tan track Writers. "Proper punishment for Santee n.noM ha that ha chnlllrl ha hmirirl to return the overcharge and be snenpndpit for one vear. Ha should be given a lust hearing, with a chance to be represented by com petent counsel, and should be warned if he transgressed again he would be washed out." Santee, suspended by the AAU for accepting excessive amounts of expense money for meets last year, ran in Saturday's K. of C. meet under protection of a Su preme Court Injunction which stayed, enforcement of the AAU ban. He won the Columbian Mile in 4:13.8. Dan Ferris, AAU secretary treasurer, replied that he didn't think the penalty against Santee was too stringent and pointed out that the rule about allowable ex penses had been altered several times. Whether Santee will be allowed to run in meets later this month in Milwaukee, Cleveland and Chicago probably will be decided at a hear ing In Appellate Court Friday. Superiority OVER 50 Of AMERICA'S WHISKY IS PRODUCED IN KENTUCKY AND EARLY TIMES STANDS ALONE AS THE ONE WHISKY KENTUCKIANS CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES. IT'S A CLEAN FLAVOREO KENTUCKY WHISKY OF SUPERB MELLOWNE3S WITH A TRAOITION ALMOST A CENTURY OLD. A0 "FI IFTH mm WHISKY. K PROOF LOUISVILLE 1, KY. '3$ luT al aW.U.T" a man's whisky 'M All Eugene Holds To Top Spot In Poll By THK ASSOCIATED TRUSS Just a week remains before Eu gene opens defense of its state high school basketball championship, and almost every sports writer in By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Tuesday's Kcsults) FAR WEST San Francisco 82, St. Marys (Calif) 49 College of Pacilic 86, Fresno State 63 EAST Vlllanova 77, Diexel 55 St. Josephs tPa) 84, Lafayette 80 LaSalle 98, Dickinson (Pa) 57 MIDWEST Kansas State 79, Kansas 68 Oklahoma AfcM 74. Bradley 40 i TOURNAMENTS (Washington Junior College) Clark 103. Grays Harbor 96 (championship! Olympic 96, Yakima 85 (for third place) NA1A PLAYOFFS (Oregon District 2 Finals) -Portland State 66. Portland U. 63 Pacific U. 62, Lintield 55 (District Five) Montana State 91, Ricks 74 (final) Western Montana 88, Carroll (Monti 70 (consolation) (District IS First Round) Coe 76, Westmar 60 Warthurg 69. Parsons 61 (District 24) Georgetown (Ky) 79, Berea 69 (fin al) (District 14) Eau Claire (Wis) 89, Beloit 75 (final) (District 13) Gustavus Adolphus 80, Mankato (Minn) 58 'final) (District 10) plttsburRh (Kan) 103, Bethel (Kan) 79 iPittsburtth wins best-of-3 fin al series. 2-0) ( District 17) Arkansas Tech 70, Southern State (Ark) 64 (final) (District 21 First Round) Indiana Central 105, Evansvllle 102 Manchester 99. Anderson 89 (District 29 First Round) Alderson-Broaddus 94, Morris Har vey 88 Glenyllle 84, West Va Tech 75 (District 31 First Round) Panzer 103, Plattsburg (NY) Tclirs 86 Oregon Prep Basketball District l-A-2 Tourney St. Helens 60, Scappoose 46 Tillamook 60, Seaside 62 District 2-A-2 Playoff Newport 68. Toledo 32 District 4-A-2 Tourney Molalla 50. Dallas 43 Sandy 56, Estacada 48 District 5-A-l Playoff Cottage Grove 82, North Bend 54 District 7-A-l Playoff Mllton-Freewatcr 50, Pendleton 42 During his college days in' the early 1920's, Wyoming Gov. Mil ward L, Simpson captained the University of Wyoming football, basketball and baseball teams. Values - For Your Old Cor on the Beautiful New 1956 Bukk Special 2-DR. Delivered in Klamath Falls BANK or G.M.A.C. TERMS v"" CHOICE r , Body Stylet Colors Equipment Available for Immediate Delivery! Jim Winde Bukk 1330 Main - America .Announced u m a m a CLAYTON HANNON . SPORTS EDITOR the state expects Eugene to carry off its second consecutive title. Fifteen ol the 16 sports writers and broadcasters taking part in the Associated Press poll this week named Eugene the state's No. 1 team. The lone dissenting vote went to Franklin, the Portland team that ranked second in the weekly poll. As luck would have It these two teams are In the same half of the draw, and if they get by their open ing games will meet in the second round of the clar A-l tournament at Eugene, March 13-17, RANKED Jefferson of Portland was ranked No. 3 In the poll, followed by Med- tord, Milton - Freewater. Marsh- field, Baker, Corvallis, South Sa lem and Bcaverton. Mllton-Frecwater moved up a notch from No. 6 to No. 6, and then Justified the sports writers' confidence by winning a tourna ment berth Tuesday night. .Mllton- Freewater downed Pendleton. 50- 42, to take the first position from district 7. Pendleton and Baker will play off for the district's other berth. Baker, No., 7 in the poll, is the only team In the top 10 that has not clinched a state tournament berth, and Baker of course will get its chance at the tournament in the game with Pendleton. There are two newcomers this week. Corvallis, winner of one of the district 8 berths, climbed from nowhere into the No. 8 position. south Salem, another district I winner and unranked last week, took over the No. 9 spot, ELIMINATED Two teams fell from the top 10 Bend, eliminated in the district 8 tourney, dropped from lta No, 6 position to No. 11, and Lincoln of Portland. No. 10 last week, fell to 17th after losing a game to Wash ington of Portland. Lincoln- and Washington meet Wednesday night for one of Portland's tournament berths. Milton-Freewater was the only A-l team to nab a berth Tuesday night, but Cottage Grove came step closer. Cottage Grove elimi nated North Bend in a district 5 playoff, 82-54, , at Roseburg. That gave Cottage Grove the right to play North Salem for an at-large tournament berth. Cottage Grove and Nortk Salem are scheduled to tangle Wednes day night, as are Mllwaukie and Gresham in district 3. The winner of the Mllwaukle-Oresham game will enter the state tournament, meeting the Cottage Grove-North Salem winner in the first round. Results of the poll with won and lost records: Folnts 1. Eugene (21-2) 159 2. Franklin (18-4) 144 3. Jefferson (18-4) 110 4. Medford (18-5) 102 5. Milton-Freewater (19-4) 70 6. Marshfield (14-7) 67 7. Baker (17-5) 39 8. Corvallis (16-9) 27 9. south 8alem (17-7) 26 10. Beaverton (17-5) 19 Others: Bend 18, Central Catho lic 17, Ontario and Klamath Falls 14, Pendleton 12, St. Francis of Eugene 10, Lincoln t, Cottage Grove and Redmond 5, Coquille 4, Molalla, Elkton, McMlnnville and North Salem 2, Washington 1. Top Trades SEDAN Ph. 3141 Russell, Green Lead United Press Quintet NEW YORK (UP) Bill Russell, talented slx-foot-10 center tor top ranked San Francisco, and versa tile SI Oreen of Duquesne were chosen today on the United Press All-America basketball team for the second year in a row. The three other players selected for the team by the votes of 353 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the nation were Robin Freeman of Ohio Slate, Darrell Floyd of Furman and K. C. Jones, Russell's backcourt teammate on San Francisco, . Russell, who was largely instru mental in making the Dons the nation's No. 1 team for the second straight year, received the largest voting percentage ever polled by a player in the eight years the United Press has chosen an All America team. The gangling, relaxed Oakland, Calif., youth attracted 308 first team votes and 29 for the second team, being thus mentioned by 95.6 per cent of the 351 partici pants in the balloting. This barely lopped the previous high of 95.4 by Tom Gola of LaSalle last season. Freeman, second leading scorer In the major college ranks with 32.9-pomt average, was the sec ond most popular choice on the team. His name appeared on the ballots of 83.5 per cent of the vot- NEW YORK (UP) The 1950 United Press All-America basket ball team (Player, school, height, age. class, hometown, average): Bill Russell. San Francisco, 6-10, 21, Sr., Oakland, Calif., 20.1 Robin Freeman, Ohio Slate, 5-11, 31, Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio, 32.9. Si Oreen, Duquesne, 6-3, 21, Sr., Brooklyn. N.Y., 25.8. . Darrell Floyd, Furman 6-1, 23, Sr., Thomasvllle, N.C., 33.8, K. C. Jones, San Francisco, 6-2, 23, Sr., San Francisco, 9.6. Second Team Ron Shavllk. N.C. dtate Tom Heinsohn. Holy Crors Rod Hundley, West Virginia Bill Uhl, Dayton Len Rosenbluth. North Carolina Third Team Willie Naulls, UCLA Julius McCoy. Michigan State BUI Ridley. Illinois Bob Burrow, Kentucky Paul Judson, Illinois ers. Green was mentioned on 65.7 per cent; Floyd, the nation's hlghr est scorer with a 33.8-polnt aver age, was picked by 55.9 per cent of the voters, and Jones by 47 pot' cent.. Jones won the fifth position on the mythical team by a bare mar gin over Ron Snavllk ot North Carolina State. Rod Hundley of West Virginia and Tom Heinsohn of Holy cross "'ere next in popu larity In that order, with Bill Uhl of Dayton and Len Rosenbluth of North Carolina completed tile sec ond team. Compared to past All-America teams, this yeur's was "short." The height average was only six-foot-three, supplied largely by Russell. Yet despite this lack of stature, the 1956 combine had an unusually high scoring average of 24.7 points per man per gamo and boasted a wealth of diversified skills. Floyd and Freeman are two of the highest scorers In college bas ketball history; Russell Is a great rebounder and defensive giant, In addition to owning A 20.1-point scoring average; Green and Jones are superb ball-handlers, play- makers and defensive ' standouts who made their teams "move." Russell amazed college coaches and professional scouts from coast to coast when the Dons made a cross-country tour last December. Rarely- has such a big man ma neuvered on the basketball court with such agility. The towering Negro youth averaged 30.5 re Major New Aufomotive Slops flooding, saves gas. Pre vents rough idling, dying, difficult itarftng, traffic stalling, excessive gas fumes in the car. carburetor wear, gas waste. Traps all metal and dirt. 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