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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 19S9 HERALD, A.VD NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE li fKT. rS ' V J 1 Tl I ' 31: 7, . TOURNAMENT COMPETITORS In preparation for the big County 8 Basketball Tour pament scheduled for the Oregon Tach gym Thursday through Saturday, February 19-21, coaches of the various entrants met with Howard Bingham of the county school superintendent's office to receive the pairings and names of officials to work the meet. From left to right are Klamath Basketball Officials Association president. Ford Kimpton; Gordon Kuist, Chiloquin; Erv Ellis, Bonanza; Al Samples, Bly ; Al Keck, Merrill, and Bing ham. In front is Jerry Kempf of Sacred Heart. County B Quints Prepare For Tourney At Ore Tech COUNTY B LEAGUE Final Standings W L Pot Merrill Bly Malin Sacred Heart Chiloquin Bonanza Gilchrist 9 2 .818 3 -727 ' 5 6 .4S4 4 7 .363 3 8 .272 0 7 .000 Non-League Henley A2' 11 5 .687 Klamath County B basketball teams are settling down to work In earnest Monday through Wed nesday of this week to get in top shape for the most important phase of the 1958-59 basketball sea son. Climaxing the season for the local basket bailers is the county tournament beginning this coming Thursday afternoon and running through Saturday night. Kicking off the tourney at Ore gon Tech at 1:30 p m. Thursday will be the No. 3 and 8 teams in the league, Malin and Bonanza fol lowed by Bly and Gilchrist, the No. 2 and 7 squads. Fifth place Chiloquin tangles with fourth ranked Sacred Heart Academy to open the evening ses sion at 7:30 while top ranked Mer rill meets eighth ranked Paisley in the nightcap. All the first day losers are eliminated from the tourney. The Thursday winners of games one and two pair off Friday night at 7:30 followed by the winners of games three and (our, who meet in the second contest at 9 p.m. The Friday night losers meet in the first battle Saturday followed by the championship tiff at Hornets Land Second Spot EAGLE POINT Coach Ted Ammerman's Henley wrestling squad placed seven men in the A-2 state wrestling tournament while grabbing second place in the district 6-A-2 tournament held here Friday and Saturday The Hornets placed freshman Tom Builder in the 115 pound class, Pick Poole in the 157 pound class Monte DeWinger in the 168 pound class. Dennis O'Keefe in the 178 pound class. Cliff Long and Evan Sloan in the 191 pound class and Ted Berry in the unlimited divi sion. Poole. Long and Berry took first place In tneir weights wnne Guilder. Dehlmger. u iveeie ana Sloan snared second place Imishes. Illinois Valley won the tourney with 147 while Henley was a close second with 139. Eagle Point and n --, Glendale" followed in third andiDllieSa ruilTlcrS fourth places with 96 and 77 re spectively. Howell, Oscar Lead Scorers NEW YORK 'API Bailey Howell of Mississippi State is clos ing in on Oscar Robertson of Cin--mari and t.rn Rvrd of Marshall i the individual scoring race emons man college basketball javcrs. Howell scored 33 points against rooririB Mnnr'aw nieht to boost his ason's averat to 28 8 Robert- corny rujawsm lauieu is count m. who has 32 5. and Byrd. 29 .ers for the losing Golds while Phil ere idle ; Owens hit for 11 for Farmers Sand Bob Ayersman of Virginia Tech and Gravel. oed up one notch to fourth place with a 37 - point output' m against George Washington. This ftOlllef K)f ICftS increased his averatai) to 28 6. I Robertson's point total is ' .rd' is 5n3. Howell 633 and Ayersrragji 515. PORTLAN'D iAP' Outfielder! Luis Marquez of the Pacific Coast League Portland Beavers has been sotd te Delias of the American Assn. Marquez. I right handed batter, fctt 2M for Portland in 109 games U't casnn He formerly played wilrl Toledo and Milwaukee of the American Assn. in 1952-55. (which pairs the Friday night win- ners. In the Malin-Rnnn7a nnpnpr Coach Bob Croft s Mustanes. will send aces Randy Miller and Rick Mian, ranked seventh and eighth in tne county with marks of 11.2 each, against Chester Schooler, coach Erv Ellis' top Antler scorer with a 14.8 average, good enough for third spot in the county Coach Al Samples' Blv Bobcats will nit thp Pat7kp rnnsins .lerrv and Jim. against the tiny Gilchrist Grizzlies who are under the coach ing reins of Les Martin. Jerry Pat zke is maintaining his hold on first place with an 18.1 pace while Jim is fifth with a 139 mark. Chiloquin coach Gordon Kuist has sixth ranked John Ochoa with an 11.5 ranking meeting coach Teener Signs Fat Contract With Giants PHOEN'IX. Ariz. 'AP "I saw him throw a few balls that there isn't anybody living can throw any faster." San Francisco scout Walter 'Dutch' Ruether. a great major league pitcher of his time, spoke of the newest addition to the Giants' youth movement, south paw Mike Lee. 17. The strapping youngster from Maywood. Calif., near Los Ange les, signed 10 days ago with the Giants for a bonus estimated at $65,000. Lee stands 6-5 and weighs 220. A football star as well as a great prep baseball pitcher. Mike turned down athletic scholarships ottered by nine colleges to sign with the Giants. "I'm still planning to complete my education." he says, "but in the off season. "I felt this was a great opportu nity and I'm with the team 1 want ed to join." Mike said he had offers from several clubs and didn't take the highest offer. "Dad told me he wasn't going to put me up for auction but that shmjd pic.k tne team i wanled he asserted. His fast ball is the mainstay, hut he also has a curve and drop. Coaches will work with him here to give him more finesse and then ne w, , ,he club s minor , e training iqor))a headquarters Prevail In VL In Victory League action at Mills School Monday night the De Molay Blues rolled over Snuffy Drace's Celtics. 69-29. and Farm ers Sand and Gravel topped the DrMnlav Golds .19.3.1 Rodger Schlickeisen was the top DAf a4 Ceima to.. Ih. n,hl a. h ..r,.Hl' I W W I WWIII in 24 points for the Blues followed by teammates John Brinegar and Gary Kranenberg with 19 and 12 respectively. Jim Puter was high for the Celtics with 10 points I CGfflPfBP ADQ& POST El'GKSE 'Jfi-The University of Oregon has accepted the resigna tion of Orlando Holliv its Pacific Coast Conference faculty represen tative for 19 years. The resignation will become ef- fective June 30. the day the con- ference is disbanded O Meredith Wilson, the Univer sity president, appointed Raymond Eliickson as Mollis' successor Wil son said that despite the PCC's demise." "It is necessary that we appoint someone to work with rep resentatives of other schools in planning our athletic future." Jerry Kempf's diminutive point producer, George Hurley, who sports a 97 average. Pointmakers Bud Maupin and Bruce Brickner lead coach Al Keek's Huskies when they take on coach R. B. Dooley's Broncos, the only non-league team to enter the tourney. Second place Maupin has jumped his average to 14.9, f o 1 lowed by Brickner, anchored in the fourth slot with a 14.4 season mark. The tournament championship trophy will be presented by the Gun Store while the runnersup will receive their trophy from the Ore gon Athletic Products. The third place quintet will receive the game ball from . Bill Hatch Sporting Goods. Other trophies to be pre sented will be the league cham pionship cup awarded to Merrill by the Herald and News and the sportsmanship trophy given by C. B. Howe. An all-star team of 10 players will be chosen, their selections based on their league and tourna ment play. The 10 chosen will be awarded ribbons. Prices are $1 for adults per ses sion of two games and 50 cents for county students with student body cards. County students may get a ticket for the entire tourney lor $1.25. Top county acorera: C. TP Are. t. Jerry Patzkc iBlyl 2. Bud Maupin 'Mri 3. Cheater Schooler Bon 4. Bruce Brickner Mei 5. Jim Pauke Blyi e John Ochoa iChili 7. Randy Miller Ma 8 Rick llhan Ma 9. LeRov Larann H 10. Abe Klrkpatrlck iMa 11. Jim Owens Mai 12. George Hurley iSHi IS 271 18.1 1R 2H8 14 9 17 2.M 14 8 IS 230 14 4 14 194 139 18 1H4 11 5 20 224 11.2 20 223 11 2 18 177 II I 17 179 10 3 20 193 9 7 18 178 9.7 Veeclc Decicles To Use Option CHICAGO (AP Colorful Bill Vecck. former successful owner of the Cleveland Indians, is expected today to exercise his option to buy into Ihe Chicago White Sox. Veeck has called an afternoon press conference, presumably to pick up the option which will enable him and his syndicate to buy M per cent of the club's stock from Mrs. Dorothy Comiskey Rig ney. Veeck's option runs out Wednes day. Once he takes up the option, the deal must be closed in not less than 15 days and not more than 45 days. If and when the deal is closed. Vecck will pay Mrs. Rigney million dollars in cash. Another $9.tO,000 will be placed in escrow and will be paid Mrs. Rigney un der three separate stipulations. The other 4fi per cent of stock in the club is held by Mrs. Rig ney's brother. Charles Comiskey. Comiskey has flatly stated he will not sell out. Musgrove Rolls Orval Musgrove. howling for his own team. Musgrove Plumbing, in the Industrial League at Lucky Lanes Monday night, rolled the dream of every bowler, a perfect 30ft game. Prizes totaling more than $1,673 contributed by local merchants plus a diamond ring issued by the American Bowling Congress were won by Musgrove for his collec tion of 12 consecutive strikes. His three game series for the night was Ml Let Us Help You DO-IT-YOURSELF fo Wiring Materials ft Lighting Fixtures Electric Heaters VAN FLEET ELECTRIC 200 Main (Across from Willard Hotel) Phone 4-441$ SlPOIKT WAYNE SCOTT. Owls Get Pels Host The Klamath I'nion High School Pelicans, proving that they are a 'clutch ball club more so as the se.on progresses, play the role of the host this weekend as they take on the Crater Comets on Friday night and the Ashland Grizzlies Saturday Right. Oregon Tech is idle this weekend, return ing to the court Wednesday. Feb ruary 25. when they tangle with the Southern Oregon College Red Raiders on the mile high campus. marking the final meeting between the two squads this year. Coach Wally Palmberg's Owls. mired in the Oregon Collegiate Conference cellar with a 2-9 rec ord, conclude their below-par sea sen the weekend of February 27 and 28 when they trek to Mon mouth to face the Oregon College of Education Wolves. A double win over the Wolves could dead lock the two teams in a tie for fourth place, depending on the out come of the Oregon Tech - South em Oregon clash earlier in the week. In last weekend's appearances. the Owls were promptly dumped in a pair of conference tilts hy the Eastern Oregon College of Ed ucation Mountaineers, losing 81-62 Friday night and falling in the Saturday contest. 79-67. The Owls will take a three day layoff. Thursday. Friday and Sat urday. while the County B Tourna ment is in progress in the Oregon Tech gym. however. Palmberg will have his squad working mostly on INDISTRIAL LCACilC W I. Doni Shell Kt 30 Muiirovc Plbg. Sft'i .12 Flod A. Boyd S7 33 Interstate Pump Si 3fl Arm Concrete S.Ti 3fl Jay Hawk A3 4fl Park Cabinet 4.1 4fl Central Ore Fat- frl 32 Ganong'a Variety 37 AS CWA 3d VI Jay Hawk Petrol 33 M Mac Doe I 1vern 23' t AS Last night'i result: Jay Hawk Petrol 4. Macdntl Tav. O Ore. Freight 3. Cnn Shell 1 Muagrnve Plbg. 3. Acme Concrete 1 Park Cabinet 2. Jay Hawk 3 Interalate Pump 3, Ganong Variety High team game Floyd A. Boyd 1005 High team aeries Floyd A. Boyd 280.1 High tnd. game Orval Muigrove 300 High Ind. aerie Orval Musgrove 041 INDUSTRIAL LEAGl'E Na. S W t. Merit Svre. Supply 43 11 Wlllard Hotel 43 11 Clyde Towing 33 27 Kimhall Glas 32 2D Stukel Mt. Gravel 31 2fl Team No. 10 31 2 Ganger Ins. 2Tt 32't Safewav 2 32 U S. Nat 'I 20 40 Tulana Farma Uli 4'. La it night's results? Team No. 10 3. Kimball Glass 1 Safeway 3. Tulane Farma 1 Clyde's Towing 2. Ganger Ins. 3 Stukel Mt Grav. 2. Merit Svee Sup. 2 Willard Hotel 4, US. Natl Bank 0 High team game Merit Bvce. Supply 934 High team aeries Clyde's Towing 2rM High ind. game Gene Favell 241 High ind. aeries Gene Favell 580 JOl.LT JINKS LEAtil'E W I. Lois Cafe 42 1H The Inn 34's 2V Gun Slore 33 27 Jeffs Barbers 32 2A Landry Ins. 3l'a 2lt Jims Shell Svre. 31 2ft Hou of Shoes 2'i .11 'i Kaler Auto Svce. 30 30 snni on Hahn Elec. i I.a.t nlght'a reaulta: Kaler'a Auto 4. Hahn Elec 0 Lola Cafe 3. Hmiae of Shoea t Landry Ira. 3. The Inn 1 re Shell Svce. 3. Signal Oil 1 Jeff'a Bar hen 3. Gun Store I High team game Gun Slore 743 Huh team aeriea Kaler Auto 2053 Hieh tnd game Mary Morrli 213 High Ind. aeriea Jeanne Paillette 473 MOOftE MA'S LEA'tl'K w I. 34 42 34 42 34 42 3.1 43 52 43'. 43 43 43 4R M 30 44 32 43 53 4l'a M'i 31 M Klimath Flower Shop Bini . Cafe Hvdet Jwr1er Wnmrn of the Moom Fran't Food Parki Cabinet Anita Shop Suburban Flower Shop Spurt-Nut Shop K Amusement K-LAD Southern Ore Muile Lait nifht'i reiulu: So Ore Music 1. Blrtg's Cf 1 Anna Shop 4. K-LAD 0 K lamath Flower 3. K Amusement 1 Hyde's Jewelers 3 Suburban Flower 2 Spud-Nut 0 Women of the Moose 4 Park s Cabinet Fran's Food 3'i Hifh team game Kl Tlower 987 Huh team series Kl. Flower T122 Huh Ind tame Jean Rodfr 213 Hfh Ind series LaRayne Harris MS O Ptaalt Read tPOT ADt - yocO are Sports Editor Breather; Invaders fundamentals as soon as practice commences. Following this weekend's games with Crater and Ashland, the whitebirds. top-ranked in the con Tru P. ,,Mh?OI raVd m.n ! ,f I if'"' ,h?Ca:c- men on rnday. rcbruary 27. then return home on Saturday to host second-place Medlord. The Pels nnng oown the curtain on con ference activity the lollowing Sat urday when they mix with the Comets at Central Point. Coach Dean While's Pels climlicd into the No. 1 slot in the con ference last Friday as they qucaked by the Black Tornado. 49-47 in overtime, after being be hind throughout the entire contest, except lor tour tics, three in the fourth quarter. Big Bob Petersen collected the laurels lor the eve ning as he sent the tiff into over time with a layup and then potted the game-winnmg basket on a short jump shot with only 24 sec onds remaining in the overtime period The Pels, alter traveling for five hours through the snow to reach Bend on Saturday, ran into tight Lava Rear defense, and were deteated, 62-51. The only bright spot in the defeat for Klamath was the sterling performance of Petersen, who once again sparked the Pel attack, as he added' 25 counters to his Friday night total of 23. Petersen now has a season average of 15.8. based on 269 points in 17 contests. MT. SHASTA Alpine League Paddy's Place Medo-Bel Thorns Chevrolet Peters Trucking Acme Aces Lions Jayrees McCloud Horsemen ii l.al ntcht'a reaulta: Thoma Chevrolet 1. Jayreea 3 Lmnt 1. Horaemen 3 Acme Acea 1. Medo-Bel 3 Petere Trucking 1. Paddya Place High team fame Paddya Place 1(113 Huh team aerlea Paddya Place 210 man individual fame J. Waltkua High Individual aeriea D. Digc.nl 538 NOHBALL LEAGUE W t Flamingo Club SO'a 33' Fire Dept. 49 33 Coca Cola 4.V. 34' Browniei Service 41 43 Onrrell Shell 4(1 44 Shasta Aulo 30 41 (iilleya Furniture 33 43 Pine Grove Grocery 48 32 Last nlgh!e reeulta: Fire Dept. 4. Flamingo (1 Coca Cola 4. Gilleya Furniture 0 Dorrell a Shell 4. Browmea Service 0 High team game Fire Dept 904 High team aeriea Coca Cola 28MA High Ind. game Dave Dawaon 212 High ind. aeriea Elmer Manning 344 Detroit Welder Gains Keg Lead ST. LOUIS (API A 29-year- old Detroit welder gained the lead in the all-event division and a virtually unknown Chicago bowl er moved to the top in the singles of the American Bowling Con gress Tournament Monday. For a while, Pat Stone, the De troit welder, led' both divisions Then, Fred Kolcz of Chicago rolled 197-216-268681 and replaced Stone as the singles leader in the 56lh anual tournament. Stone gained the singles lead on the third day of the 72-day tour ney with a 203-252-209 64 series That score gave him 1.870 for the nine game course and put him at the top of the all-events division Shuff-Stuff Gtrvata 3. Slavcna 1 Vrna 3. Mooae I K.vlaa 4. Tau 0 Pin. 4. Worua 0 DO YOU OWN A 1955 AUTOMOBILE (Any Make . . . Any Model) DURING FEBRUARY WE'RE GIVING TOP $$$ TRADE ALLOWANCES PLUS FREE GAS For Six Months! Bring In Your '55 Right Away BASIN MOTORS Horn of the Finest of the Ford Fomily of Fin Cars 424 So. 6th TU 4-7771 Big A0', Cincinnati Seem Sot Fo? NCAA Tournament Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for St. Louis and Bradley. only half the time, buried Virginia inamts to me cnoppinr oiock' job Bradley and St. Louis have done on each other. Oscar Robert son the player everybody wants to see seems headed back toHobertson in case they lost the the NCAA basketball tournament Mo Valley race, again this year. It was a big Monday night all The Big O and the Cincinnati' Bearcats just about wrapped up the Missouri Valley Conference title and an NCAA berth Monday night without turning a finger We" idlf' "" dragged challenger St. Louis into a SeCDnd.piace e behind Cincin- nati with a revenge 72-65 whipping at Peoria. III. Only last week. St. Louis had spilled Bradley at St Louis. Although Cincinnati has a game let! with each team among six remaining conference tests, the Bearcats arm the fabulous Oscar ought to be hard to catch now with an 8-0 slate compared to 7-2 Tar Heels Take Lead In AP Poll By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Carolina's Tar HfU have taken the lead in The Associated Press weekly college basketball poll followed closely by Auburn and Kentucky. But something's gotta give be fore the sports writers and broad casters go to the polls again. North Carolina, with 16 victor ies in 17 games, took over the top spot from Kentucky, upset by Mis sissippi Mate 60-58. NemucKy dropped to third place. Unbeaten Auburn moved into the runner-up position. North Carolina goes up against tough North Carolina State Wednesday night and improving Maryland Saturday. Kentucky will attempt to break Auburn's 30-game winning streak on Saturday. The Wildcats take on Vandcrbilt Wednesday night. In the latest balloting. North Carolina was named first on 38 of 113 ballots cast. The Tar Heels received 871 points. The top ten teams, with first place votes in parenthesei (points on 10-9-8 etc. basis': 1. North Carolina (38) 871 2. Auburn 20 - 822 3. Kentucky 1 15) - 779 4. Kansas State (Hi 711 5. Mississippi State (12) 13 6. (tie) Cincinnati (4) .. .. .... M and North Carolina State 509 8. St. Louis (SI 4BS 9. Michigan State (1) 10. Bradley Second ten: West Virginia 205 100 (21 159: Seattle 76: Marquette 73: St Bona vcnl lire (2) 67; California 65 Texas Christian 50; Utah 47; Ok lahoma City 45; Indiana 44; Pur due 39. Mt. Shastans Pick Officials MOUNT SHASTA Little League basketball, for which plans were made last fall, is getting off to a good start for 1959. James Zanm. veteran baseball player and man ager, is now league, president. Kichard Clark, former president, is players' agent. Lee Barlow is vice president ol the group, with Mrs. Maxine Sa lami, secretary, and Mrs. Lee Barlow, treasurer. League direc tors are Jerry Massey, Everett Holecck. John Aquila, William Langley. John Demo. George Ken nedy and Mrs. Arlcne Clark. Last fall plans were to move the playing field to land donated by Ben Salanti. feed mill operator. but present plans call for building a new grandstand at the present site belonging to the elementary school district. The Mount Shasta group has ap plied for membership in the Na tional Little League Association with rights to play in any cham pionship tournaments. A franchise is expected soon. J ine loser in this case is the National Invitation Tournament. wnicn was angling to snap up Cincinnati and the crowd-luring around for the NCAA as national powers like Kansas Stale and Michigan State moved closer to nailing conference titles and auto matic tournament bids. Kansas State (20-U made it 10-0 in the Big Kight as Bob Boozer clicked for 21 points in a 75-55 victory over Oklahoma. Michigan State (U-3 opened its Big Ten lead to two games in a 71-68 squeaker at Northwestern. In other features. Auburn rolled over Tulane 79-56 for its 30th straight. Bailey Howell's 33 points led Mississippi state i21-l over Georgia 75-56. and Oklahoma City (18 41 celebrated its NIT berth an nounced earlier in the day with a 98-84 victory over Florida State Providence handed St. Bonaven ture its second loss in 17 starts. 53-50 and entered the tournament picture itself on an impressive 15-3 record. Virginia Tech's scor ing soph. Bobby Ayersman. clicked for 37 points and boosted his average to 28 .6 in a 91-84 whip ping of George Washington. West Virgmia. using its regulars Basketball Scoreboard College Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Alabama 89. LSU 84 Auburn 79. Tulane 5 Florida 102. Miss. 97 lot) Miss. St. 76, Georgia V! W. Virginia 99. VMI 55 Maryland 77. Clemson 56 Illinois 93. Wisconsin 54 Purdue 94. Indiana 89 Michigan 90, Iowa 86 Mich. St. 71. Northwestern 68 Mass. 80. Conn. 79 lot) Colorado 65. Kansas 53 Okla. St. 59. Okla. 55 Kan St. 75. Okla. 55 Bradley 72. St. Louis 65 Ariz. St. Un. 86, Hardin Sim mons 74 W. Tex. St. 88, Arizona 74 Washington 76. USC 5 Butler 92. Notre Dame 89 13 ot) Detroit 68, Chicago Loyola 65 Seattle 88. Gonzaga 68 Stiles, Drew WinTourney A pair of Roosevelt grade school youngsters, Douglas Stiles and Jim Drew, topped the A and B divi sions in the Grade School Basket ball Free Throw Contest held last Friday afternoon at Fremont School. Stiles won the A division title by hitting 33 of 50 free tosses while Drew copped the B title, netting 36 of 50. Roosevelt won the combined division team rating trophy with Riverside and Conger placing second and third. Following Stiles in the A division were Jack Hazelwood of Conger I with 30 out of 50, John Parisotto of Riverside wjth 26 of 50. Larry mnney ot .Mills witn 24 ol 50 and Daniel Kettler of Fairview with 21 of 50. Trailing Drew in the B division were Dennis Munkcrs of Riverside with 32 of 50. Joe Lilly of Mills with 30 of 50. David Evans of Con ger with 28 of 50, and Ronnie Her mann of rairview with 23 of 50. The shootoff was held under the supervision of Joe LaClair. direc tor of elementary school athletics, who was aided by the grade school coaches. Sports Scene BASKfcTIIALL C lit Laa(M Canffr Schaal fl 10 At'a Drlv In vt. riaate S 00 Oregon Food va. Prlct-Wla tMCA raarra Laacaa Altamant ftrhaal 7 30 rirat Chriatiao va. firat Praaby tartan 1:30 Klamath Tempt vi pirat Metho-dlal ITS THERE IN HOURS... AND COSTS YOU LESS! What a bargain! For example, a 25-lb. package from Eugene to Klamath falls casts only (1.30. Fast! As little as 3 hrs., SO minutes travel time. 1200 Klamath e. Phone 2-4616 .Military 99-55 lor Its 46lh straifht Southern Conference victory, and in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland hit its scoring peak of the season if a 77-58 defeat of Clemson. Notre Dame, hopeful of an "at large" berth in the NCAA com petition, slipped a peg in prestigt when Butler scored a 92-89 sur prise in triple overtime. Connecti cut blew a chance to clinch at least a tie for its 11th Yankee Conference title in 12 years, losing 80-79 to Massachusetts in over time. Western Kentucky, another tournament hopeful, had a field day agamst Xavier's defending NIT champs, 94-67. In the Pacific Coast Conference Washington crept within a half game of California's pacesetters by cuffing Southern California, 76- 65. Astoria Notches Top Spot By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Astoria benefitted from defeati suflered Dy last week's top lead ers and jumped from third placa to No. 1 in the Associated Press' Oregon high school basketball poll this week. The Fishermen set back Clacka mas handily for their 13th victory 16 games. They passed North Salem, last week's top-ranked team, which was surprised hy un ranked Springfield, and Jefferson, which lost its No. 2 ranking after being upset hy Franklin in the Portland League. There was a general reshuffling of poll positions, mainly becausa of surprise outcomes. Other top 10 teams that lost were Kiamam Falls. Medtord, and Marshfield. North Salem dropped to No. 1 in balloting by Oregon sports writers and broadcasters. Jeffer son fell to third. Pendleton, which became the first team to win a place in the state class A-l tournament next month, advanced to fourth from No. 6 after two more victories. The top 10 was rounded out by Klamath Falls, Medford. Bend. North Bend, Grant of Portland, and Baker. Marshfield and Grants Past dropped into the also-ran class. Klamath Falls retained No. spot after edging Medford and losing to BencL But Medford was downgraded from No. 4 to sixth. Bend advanced to No. 7 from eighth place. North Bend, after routing North Eugene, vaulted from a tie for 10th last week to No. 8. Grant of Portland resumed Its victorious habit atter sutienng three straight defeats its only setbacks of the season but slip ped from No. 7 to ninth position. Raker, which slipped from the lop group last week, jumped back to No. 10. The poll, with season records for each team: Points 129 1. Astoria. 15-1 i. North Salem. 17-: IU 3. Jefferson. 14-2 10S 4. Pendleton. 15-3 8 5. Klamath Falls. 14-3 M 6. Medford. 13-3 M 7. Bend, 1-1 M 8. North Bend, 11-7 , 33 9. Grant. 13-3 27 10. Baiter, 14-2 M Others: Marshfield and oranu Pass 11, Corvallis 10, St. Helens and Sandy '5 each, Myrtle Creek Bcaverton 3. bouth saiem, un- tario, Myrtle Point and Franklin of Portland. 1 each. FREE SIGNAL TRAILER tv frr TIrfct'ti trm lit Iff! IUUmI W". . W ' 'yi
