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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 21, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON pXgs'ninb it -d ft ft ' Oregon Tech Cagers Eye League Clincher OREGON rOLLEHlATE CO.NFLHE.NCi. Oregon Tech Southern Oregon Portland State Faitern Oregon Oregon College 12 2 12 4 7 7 4 II) 1 13 By CLAYTON 1IANN0N Herald-News Sporti Writer Coach Wally Palmberg's Oregon Tech Owls close out their 1957-58 basketball season at home Friday and Saturday night in a two-game Oregon Collegiate Conference se ries against the visiting Oregon College of Education Wolves. The Owls will be attempting to pick up their second straight OCC basketball championship in the Rickey Rests Better After Heart Attack PITTSBURGH (UP) - Branch Rickey Sr., Board chairman of the Pittsburgh Pirates and ac knowledged creator of baseball's farm system, rested comfortably today in Presbyterian Hospital where he is under treatment for a mud heart attack. : The 76-year-old Rickey entered the hospital Wednesday night aft er complaining of shortness of breath. His illness developed after he returned from Washington where a two-day conference of President Eisenhower's Commit tee for Fair Employment Prac 'tices had been scheduled. The ses sions were cancelled because of bad weather. Dr. Joseph Finegold, Pirate . physician, said Rickey had sub - mitted to a series of tests at the hospital. ' ; "He complained of shortness of breath. A cardiograph disclosed a mild heart attack," Dr. Fine- gold said. "He is being given anti coagulants and is doing very well. He is cheerful and does not have temperature. His pulse is nor mal and it was not necessary to place, him under an oxygen tent. . An attache at the hospital re ported early today that Rickey was "resting comfortably and there is no cause for alarm. two-game series, needing only one more victory to grab an outright title. OCE is seeded deep in the conference cellar, but has always proven toutjh to the Owls from the Mile Hisjh Camp'JS. Oregon Tech just missed a chance to sew up the crown Wed nesday niht at Ashland when it dropped a 47-44 battle to rival Southern Oregon. So Palmberg's cagers are forced into their final action of the season needing a win to take home the OCC "ba con." Earlier in the year the Owls swept a league series from the Wolves at Monmouth. Tech notched onesided 74-43 and 73-52 decisions over their OCE fees. But OTI fans are aware of what happened to their club last year at this same time when Oregon Cc:'ese took both ends of a season-ending series from the Owls who had already clinched the conference crown. Coach Bob Livingston's Oregon College quintet had lost 19 straight games this season until the Wolves took the advantage of Portland State's Vikings 57-43 Tuesday night of this week. . Livingston is expected to have veterans Barry Adams, Gary .Mil ton and Wayne Young on hand to lead the Wolves against the con ference leaders tonight and Satur day evening. These three cagers have seen, action against the Owls before and serve as a strong nu cleus in OCE hopes for a pair of upsets. '' Besides Adams, Milton and Y'oung, Livingston may open to night's game with Rex Brown and Bil; Goodman as his other starters. Young at 6-3 will be the tallest startei Palmbere is expected to start his usual five cagers. Truman Wil liams and John McCutcheon will be at the two forward posts flank ing center Charlie Bogle. In back court at guard will be Jerry Fas teen and Johnny Rhine. This will be the final college basketball play for all the start ers except Bogle who still has re maining eligibility. Thi weekend's series will complete McCutcheon and Fasteen's fourth year as OTI basketball players. Game time both nights is 8 p.m. A preliminary game will start at 6:15. Li m OREGON TECH BASKETBALL COACH Waly Palmberg goes through the fundamentals of a defensive stance with letterman guard John Rhine in last-minute practice sessions be fore this weekend's OCC series with Oregon College. The Owls close their season with games tonight and Saturday night at homo against the OCE Wolves. Rhine will be com pleting his college basketball eligibility in t.'ie series. Game time is 8 p.m. . ' BALL FARE FRIDAY COLLEGE 8:00 OCE at OTI HIGH SCHOOL At Pelican Court 4:00 Merrill Jayveei va. KU Frosh 6:30 Merrill va. Klamath Jayveea S:13 Granta Faas va. Klamath Pelicani SATURDAY COLLEGE 1:00 OCX at OTI HIGH SCHOOL At Pelican Ceort 1:30 Granta Paia Froah va. KU Fresh man 9:00 Granta Pa Sophi va. KU Wild cata :30 Granta raaa Jayveea va. Klam ath Jayveea :0O Granta Paia va. Klamath Peli-cana Guards, 'Golds' Win In the second round of Victory League play at Mills School Thurs day night the National Guards dumped the Coca Cola cagers 53 38, and the DeMolay Golds downed Farmer's Sand and Gravel 58-33. Larson was top scorer in the Guard-Coke tilt with 23 tallies for Coca Cola while Cox led the win ning Guards with 16. In the Gravel-Golds game Pat O'Connell was high-pointer with 17 of the losers total as Gary Kujawski led the winners with 12 markers. aim Vies For rovn Matin,', the hlamath-Jacksun-Jo-sephine A All entry, . will meet Powers. Coast District represen tative, in a playoff for the South ern Oregon AAU championship at 2 30 p.m., Sunday, February 23, on the Grants Pass High School court. The Grants Pass site was selected as a neutral court. ' Malin earned the right to meet the Powers squad by virtue of their "4-71 win last Sunday over the year's slate finals and took second Six Tied For Open Golf Lead HOUSTON, Tex. Wi-The tight, est field in the history of the 11-year-old tournament began the second round of the $30,000 Houston-Classic Golf Invitational Tour nament today. Six veteran pros ranging in age from 38 to 42 shared the lead. Each built a 4-under 68 with a pair of 34s. Thirty-nine other pros were no more than four strokes behind. Tied for the lead were Pete Ma zur, Buffalo, N.Y.: Ed t Porky) Ol iver, Canton, Mass.; Stan Leon ard, Vancouver, B.C.: Ted Kroll, Fort Lauderdale. Fla.: Marty Furgol. Lemont. 111.; and Milton Marusic. Webster Groves, Mo. Furjol in ll'jl rnd Kro'l in 1956 have won here before over the 7,-200-yard, par-72 Memorial Park Course. One stroke off the pace with 69s were Bill Webb, a former am ateur star from Kansas City; E. J. (Dutch i Harrison, the St. Louis veteran who won the 1958 Tijuana Open; Bob Goalby. a former Il linois collegiate athlete now play ing out of Darien, Conn.; and Jay llebert, Sanford, Fla. Jimmy Bernard, the gallery fa vorite: Joe Conrad, former Brit ish Open chamoion from San An tonio; and Roberto de Vlcenzo, the Argentine from Mexico City, were tied at 70. The 71 group included Ken Ven turi, the pretournament favorite; Tommy Bolt, Chattanooga, Tenn.; ;ind Otto Greiner, Tenafly, N.J. Springfield Eyes Chance At State Tournament Spot By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Prep basketball action resumes in Oregon Friday and one of the state's top teams can clinch an A-l tournament berth with a sweep of a two-game weekend series. Springfield, sixth-ranked in the Associated Press Poll, can win a tourney berth if it defeats Marsh field Friday and North Bend Sat urday. Both games will be played at Springfield. Tournament positions earlier were won by Astoria. Klamath Falls, Pendleton, North Salem, Bend and Grant of Portland. Klamath Falls, the poll's No. 1 team, will be host to unranked Grants Pass in Friday and Satur day games. All' other, teams in the poll's Top 10 also will see action. No. 2 Grant will, meet eighth ranked Hoosevelt Friday in a Portland League game. ' Third-ranked . North Salem will meet cross-tpwh rival. South Sa lem, .Friday .V (. '. ' I Two games are scheduled this weekend for No. ft, Astoria. The Fishermen meet Central Catholic in Portland Friday , and then re turn for a Saturday contest with Hillsboro. South Eugene, ranked No5, also) has a pair of games fhis week, end against ..ninth-ranked North Bend Friday and No. .10 Marsh field. Saturday. .Both will be in Eugene, . . DEMARET TO DEFEND BATON ROUGE, La. (UP) De fending champion Jimmy Demaret today headed a list of top golfers who have accepted Invitations to compete in the Baton Rouge tour nament next week. Big-Y of Medford. 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