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TUESDAY. FFBRUARY 24. 1959 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREfiO PACT WN'E Owls Dismissed Spark Dampened i ! in i ii iiiniiai mi mi i if ii "iim aWln n i J " Ore Tech Regulars Dropped From Squad The burninc hop lhat thry misht beat the SuuHicin Oieuon Rod Raiders when Ihey meet Ihem Wednesday night in the Mile High gym. dwindled considerably in the hearts of the Oregon Tech basket ball team when coach Wally Palm berg issued this statement early today: I regret deeply that 1 have found it necessary to drop two regulars from the Oregon Tech SPECIAL DEFENSE WORK Coach Wally Palmbarg, far right, points out with dem onstration the defensive maneuvers he plans to use against the Red Raiders Wednesday night when they meet for the final contest this season. From left, Del Francis, with ball, strikes an offensive while Norm Oliva, background left, Charlie Wilson, Paul Layher, Jack Horton, and Dennis McKee, in front of Palmberg set up the defense. The Owls ere short the services of two regulars who were dropped from the squad. WAYNE SCOTT, Sports Editor California Victory Drops OSC To 6th basketball plavers in the years tojof comincing ictoriee eer tbeiweekj. at least (or mot of theiis a demanding must for the team come, aturjlly. with the all-' 0rtl.ind Slate ikmii rhu past U'luh. th.it is experiencing a poor season c" . : ""." weekend while the Owls The mistaken thuught on theiwhilc trvins parte of Koonti and McCutcheon I good one. to build tor the next nesday. this will be a seere biow f'andmg idle The Red Raiders. lh3l prit the season was al l With the absence of the two to the squad-but I am left with v" cuc tneir regular rP1()v. over for lnf 0wls puis al regulars P:ilmberg must necessari- no choice." said Palmberg. season wilh (he Wednesday night harsh damper en the OTI plans. Iv revamp his squad. A starting Since the Owls lasl outing. Iheir vl!f 10 he hmv of the Owls and The Techmen canceled prat- live (or the SOC hassle wll be ill-laled two nighi stand against'3 ""Meat at the hands of the Tech-1 u.,,s for a p,,r(ion 0f (he last 'chosen from among Dennis Mo the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers,""" ""u,u ful.a -""! lew days of last week because o(,Kee. .Norm Ohva. Jack Horton. on February 13 and 14. they have been working constantly on plans basketball team. I'nexcused ab-to deal the powerful Rea Raider sences from a regular scheduled practice Friday adernoon resulted in dismissal from the squad o( squad from Ashland a solid beating I heir hopes of maintaining lhat position. A loss to OTI coupled with a trio of victories for the Viks who meet Oregon College tonight then host Eastern Oregon for a doublehcader this weekend would drop the Red Raiders into the in this, their last chance for the S8-59 season. The Owls lost the Tciv Kruintr nnH .lpss Mrpnlrhenn I first three matt-hps The boys, both freshmen, have The Southern Oregon College -,u- "'"' turned :n some fine performances quint is currently riding the lop The dream of accomplishing this during the season and I looked (or rung on the Oregon Collegiate Con- has been (he driving (orce behind these young men to be outstanding ference ladder coming otf a pair, every Owl practice in the last two the county prep basketball tourna ment staged on their court on Thursday. Friday and Saturday hut slated some make-up work during the tournament's of (-hours. It was these sessions thai the dis placed Owls missed. Palmberg. who has always worked on the theory that disci pline is important lo a winning ball club, insists that absolute discipline Paul Layher, Charlie Wilson and Del Francis. The new first string sweated through stiff offensive and defen sive drills aimed directly at the Raiders, in early practice sessions. "We want to beat the Raiders more than anvthing else." th Owl squad agreed. "And we are cer iainly going to try." grimly added Palmtierg. 0' Cinches Grip; Howell Hits Mark By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I Robertson whipped in 36 points TV Fight Rhubarb Expected CHICAliO (API A competitive Oscar Robertson ol Cincinnati 0 ea( (he Bearcats to their 13th I war to promote the top boxing neiu iiraitr grip on cuu.gu straisht vjclory 92-69 over Tulsa.shows ,or respective television CORVALL1S. Ore. 'AP-Orc-gon State College played nip-and-tuck ball for three-quarters of a Pacific Coast Conference basket ball game here Monday night, but fell apart in the final period and lost 57-40 to California. The victory widened California's lead in the PCC to one full came over the University of Washing-' ers back momentarily with ton Huskies. And the loss dropped ''f'd Koal. making it 38-36. Oregon State from third to sixth. Then Cal (ired nine straight Some 5.520 fans-including Ore-! Poi"ls- Didt, Doushty scored two ton lemslatnr watrhed as the,(lcW goals. McClintOck sank until midway through (he second half. Then, with 11 minutes left and the game tied 34-34, Cal start ed to move. Bill McClintock sank a free throw for the Bears, which was followed by a field goal and free toss by Al Buch. Oregon State's Lee Harman broucht the Beav- Beavers played nip-and-tuck ball High Astoria Tops School Poll Squads By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Astoria consolidated its position atop the weekly Associated Press poll on Oregon high school bas ketball this week. The A s t o r i a n s. who barely nosed out North Salem at the top of the poll last week, conquer ed Milwaukie and Beaverton in games this past week and emerg ed from the voting wilh a size able edge over North Salem, which is again the No. 2 team. Astoria polled eight votes fori Simpson first place, North Salem four, andlLangley Medford and Baker one each. Gillis Jefferson of Portland again was Totals the No. 3 team in the state, but Oregon State there was considerable shuffling Woodland in the ranks below that. IFlynn Two teams dropped out of the Anderson top 10-North Bend and Grant of "" Portland - with Marshfield and J- Anderson Corvallis climbing in. i'ili,r another and Denny Fitzpatrick scored three straight gift tosses. From then on it was California's game. Lee Harman, Oregon Stale's leading scorer, scored only five points all on free throws. Cars defense slowed the Beav ers considerably in the final pe riod. After shooting a .451 per centage on field goals in the first half, the Beavers dropped to .190 in the final period. This left OSC with a .310 average for the game, : llashptball ; j Scoreboard COLLEGE BASKETBALL by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ohio State 92. Indiana 83 Iowa 66. Purdue 62 Michigan 87, Wisconsin 63 Northwestern 79. Minnesota 62 Kansas 85, Missouri 81 Nebraska 62. Colorado 61 Cincinnati 92. Tulsa 69 Bradley 72. Wichita 70 St. Louis 70. N. Texas State 58 Houston 77. Drake 66 , Kentucky 39. Alabama 32 Tennessee 56. Auburn 55 Georgia Tech 76. Florida 72 Vanderbilt 78. Georgia 50 Mississippi State 65, Tulane 51 Louisiana State 99, Mississippi 93 Clcmson 58. Wake Forest 51 Southern Methodist 56, Arkan sas 51 Colorado College 72, Colorado Mines 54 New Mexico State 81, Arizona State Univ. 71 Texas Western 76. Arizona 51 California 57. Oregon State 40 Seton Hall 63. Detroit 59 St. Francis Pa 84, St. Vincent (Pal 71 Boston College 55. Boston Univ. 54 Florida Stale 94. Rollins 83 Miami Fla 102, Morehead Slate 93 Tennessee Tech 97, Chattanooga 81 Stetson 64. Florida Southern 53 Western Kentucky 82, Xavier ( Ohio) 73 lowing a hectic night in which red hot Kentucky overcame a deep freeze and Bailey Howell of Mis sissippi State set a Southeastern Conference scoring mark. Kentuckians Regain Lead In AP Poll Oscar's output was only three, wccn newlv (ormed organizations programs is m the making be-'.many of the tourney teams Tournament Spots Loom For Preppers By THE ASSOCIATED PKESS play twice next weekend as their Oregon high school basketball I regular season ends. One of the heads into a busy schedule this games will be North Bend vi. week, which probably will see Marshfield. less than the entire Kentucky team compiled in turning back stalling Alabama 39-32. Howell had 32 points as Missis sippi State rode over Tulane 65-51. That boosted Howell's career total in Chicago and New York Arthur M. Wirtz and Jim Norris the big guys behind the court closed International Boxing Club, will continue to promote matches under the name of National Box- to 2,024 points, breaking the rec- mR Enterprises. Inc ord of 2.002 set by Bob Pettit at Louisiana State. Despite Robertson's perform ance. Cincinnati had a tough time getting past Tulsa. The Bearcats led by only three points with six minutes to go, then racked up 11 straight points to move to their 10th Missouri Valley victory while Cal ended with age. The box: California Dalton Grout Imhoff Buch Fitzpatrick McClintock Doughty a .327 aver By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky, a team that gets up when the chips are down, is back ' a(!ainst n0 setbaik: III me .SU. 1 SfHH III MIC limiUlldl college basketball rankings. The 1958 National Collegiate champions turned in a couple o( important victories last week to regain first place in The Associ ated Press weekly poll of sports writers and broadcasters which they had lost when they dropped a game to Mississippi State two weeks ago. First they belted Vanderbilt 83-71 to wipe out tbeir first defeat of the season, then they handed Auburn its first defeat, 65-56. Although Kentucky is only third in the Southeastern Conference those victories kept alive the Wildcats' hopes of again getting into the NCAA tournament, which they won last year. Wirtz announced Monday at a news conference that the NBK will District 7 I Pendleton and Baker have won representatives ithe dlslr,...-s nIavoff h(,rlh District 8 North S.ilein can nail down the Here is the way the race fori" ' ' 1 d '-. T.-.a. . lj u,-,i-ainiK vuivaius tucauay. Corvallis then would play the named Some district have been named, while in other districts one team is well ahead in (he race tourney berths looks; by district Class A l District C Klamath Falls, 11-2 in the dis be directed by Truman Gibson. 'trjcti and Medford. 10-3. are close Pendleton. No. 4 last week. Goble Critscr California Oregon St, found itself down in the No. 5l 7rjtchfieli spot as nign - scoring luamain Falls moved up a notch to (ourth place. Medford in No. 6 and Bend in No. 7 held their positions, but Marshfield took over as the No. 8 team, followed by Baker and Cor vallis. Baker was No. 10 last week. Astoria, Jeflerson. Pendleton. Klamath Falls, Medford and Baker all won two games each this past week. North Salem won its only outing. G F P T 17-9 2 9 11-113 0 1-2 S 1 5 4-6 2 14 17-8 0 9 3 3-7 4 9 6 0-1 1 12 0 0-0 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 17 23-32 18 57 G F P T 2 0-15 4 10- 2 4 2 3 4-6 5 10 0 5-7 4 5 4 0-0 18 11- 10 3 12- 3 2 4 0 1-2 0 1 10-0 2 2 0 1-2 0 1 13 14-24 23 40 26 3157 25 1540 Savitt Tough Says Olmedo NEW YORK AP-"That Sav- tf " mnrmiirfvH 'a)inna1 Tnrinnr Bend held its seventh place P-1 Tennis champion Alex Olmedo to- ition. despite a loss to Corvallis The poll with the season rec ord for each team: Points 1. Astoria f 17-1 2. North Salem '18-21 3. Jcfterson U6-2 4. Klamath Falls 16-31 5. Pendleton H7-3 6. Medford U5-3' 7. Bend U6-2I 8. Marshfield 11-91 9. Baker U6-2' 10. Corvallis 113-61 (ormer president ol the IBC. and will be a subsidiary of the Chica go Stadium Corp., one of many properties owned by Norris and Wirtz. The NBE will continue presen tation of (he Wednesday night televised fights from various cities in cooperation with local promoters. "Our new organization has (he know-how and '.he resources, and we are going to continue in box ing on a major basis." said Wirtz "The new NBE has the lull backing of Jim Norris' and my companies.' In New York, Harry Markson to tourney spots. Grants Pass, 8-5. still has games to Ihree Robertson s season s average jumped to 33 2. Loe Byrd o( Mar shall is next with 30.2 followed by Iim Hagan of Tennessee Tech, 28.5. Kentucky, back in the No. 1 spot the latest Associated Press poll, was hampered by 'Bama's deliberate style and wound up in a 23-all deadlock at halftime. But the Wildcals started the second! general manager of the newly half with a nine-point scoring spurt before Alabama hit its first field goal. Mississippi Stale clinched at least a tie for the Southeastern Conference title and a berth in the NCAA championships. But be cause of Mississippi's segregation custom. State may not take part Classic Features Basketball talent and horseman ship i?) will be combined tonight on Pelican Court at s o ciock wnen the Oregon Tech coaching staf(, nlus a few ringers, and the Klam ath Union High mentors, plus a like number of ringers, will tangle in what should be the basketball classic of the season aboard donkeys. A challenge contest, the maicn will see squads led by KU coach Dean White and OTI coach Wally Palmberg go full tilt astride what they understand are trained don keys that wear rubber shoes to assure their footing on the slick gvm surface. Little or no provi sion has been made to assure lirm seating. As a preliminary to the contest a basketball game of more sen sible proportions is scheduled al though the con(es(an(s were not known at this writing. The gym doors will open at 6 p.m. with the prelim slated for 6:30. Admission prices are 90 cents for adults and 50 cents for children. The top ten teams with first place votes in parentheses (points on 10-9-8 etc. basis': 1. Kentucky (351 2. Kansas State (24) 3. North Carolina (12) 4. Cincinnati (7) 5. Mississippi State (14) 6. Auburn 1) 7. North Carolina State (1) 8. Michigan State 9. Bradley (21 10. West Virginia (3) The second ten: St. Louis 115: California 88: Marquette d 81: Texas Christian 70: Oklahoma City 58: Seattle 47: St. John's 'NY) 41: St. Bonaventure 38; Portland 35; St. Mary's (Calif.) 17. Chieftains Edge R&R, 43-42 Action in the Victory League Monday night saw the Chieftains edge out a 43-42 victory over R&R while the Wildcats won by forfeit over the Tigers. Jim Webb tossed in 13 points to lead the Chieftains while Ron Gresdel topped the losers with 10. in the tournament. Kentucky and Auburn, which was beaten by Tennessee 56-55, are both 11-2 in (he league. Mis sissippi Sta(e is 12-1. Auburn, on NCAA probation, is ineligible for, (he tourney. Auburn's setback was its second straight a((er racking up 30 vic tories in a row covering two sea sons. Bobby Carter sank two free throws in (he (inal two seconds to put Tennessee's SEC record at 8-5. In (he Big Ten. Iowa moved in to sole possession of second place hv defeating Purdue 66-62 as Pele Scheblcr scored six points late in the game. Michigan whipped lasl place Wisconsin 87-63. Ohio State gained revenge for a humiliating 1:2-92 setback By Dealing inuiana 92-83 and Northwestern, holding Minnesota star Ron Johnson to 16 points, trounced the Gopners -62. N'inlh-ranked Bradley look a solid hold on second place in the Missouri Valley by edging Wichi i, r.m In olher league games, St. Louis swept to a 70-58 triumph over North Texas state ana nous tn tripped Drake 77-66. formed Madison Square Garden operation, said: "We will he in competition not only with the Chicago outfit, but with all other promoters, includ ing Bill Rosensohn (promoter ol the Floyd Patlerson-lngemar Jo hansson heavyweight title fighn. "This is what the federal court envisioned when it broke up the relationship between the Chicago Stadium and Madison Square Gar den more competition between all promoters. We will continue to try to get the Dest iignis tor tne Friday night show. It has consist ently provided the better fights and has gotten better (television) ratings." Under a court anti-trust ruling which dissolved the IBC of New York and Illinois, Wirtz and Nor ris had to sell their stock in the Garden. Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis also will be with the NBE. Louis, who was drawing a reported $20,000 a year with the IBC, will serve in an advisory capacity. Louis was paid by both the New York and Illinois IBC operations. Shuff-Stuff Bonanza 4. South Sixth 0 Eagles 2. Stevens 2 Pines 4. Moose 0 Wocus 3, Verns 1 Gervais 4. Tats 0 chance wilh play. Klamath Fall: meets Grants Pass Friday and Medford Saturday. District 1 Jefferson can cinch a (ie for the Portland league title and playoff berth by dclealing Wilson Tues day. Cleveland and Grant, tied lor second place, will meet Tues day wilh the winner to get the inside track to the district s sec ond tournament spot. Wilson can stay in contention by upsetting Jelferson. District t Sandy has cinched (he cham pionship. Scappoose, which meels Rainier Tuesday, and Wy'East which plays Hood River, are vy ing for the second district post lion. District 3 Astoria, holding a one-game lead with four games left, is idle Tuesdav. Beaverton and Milwau kie. which play Tuesday, and David Douglas ol Portland, which is idle, all have chances lo win a second tourney position. District season ends March 7. District 4 St. Helens has won playoff berth and can cinch tie for luala lin-Yamhill Valley League title by defeating Tillamook Tuesday. McMinnville. with a two-game lead for the district's second play off spot, plays Dallas Tuesday. Tillamook and Lake Oswego. which meets Forest Grove Tues day, each has a chance but would be eliminated oy only one oeieai. District 5 North Bend and Marshfield are tied for the district lead wilh 8-2 records. South Eugene is right be hind at 7-3. All three contenders tor the two district playoff spots Lentral Oregon subdistrict win ner, probably Bend, for second lourney position. Bend needs to lake one game from Prineville next weekend to stay in conten tion. Class A-2 District 6 Myrtle Creek won the north sub- district title. Glendale and Eagle Point tied in the other subdistrict and will go into a three-team playoff with Henley to determine which is to meet Myrtle Creek for district honors. District 7 Millon-Freewatcr, which defeat ed Vale lor the eastern subdis- trict title, faces Madras m a play- I f ...k:l. nAn c-il,,,, uti muni upcua A IIUKJ, Sports Scene BASKETBALL Donkey Basketball At Pelican Court 8:00 OTI Coaches vs. KUHS coach es Exhibition At Oregon Tech 7:00 Chiloquin Parks vs. Kingsley Field Jets 6:30 Chiloquin Thunderbirdi vs. OTI Diesel Class City League at Conger School 6:30 Dells vs. Naval Reserve 8:00 Price Wise vs. Hal t Sptg. Goods YMCA-Church League at Altamont 7:20 First Baptis( vs. First Metho- dist 8:50 First Christian vs. Klamath Temple Nor-Cal Championship 8.00 Yreka vs. Weed at Weed Chas. J. Cizek TAILOR Suits Sleeks Made to Ord Perfect Fit Gueranteed 119 SOUTH 7th HILLMAN "HUSKY" UTILITY WAGON ,1769oo 4-Sptd Transmission DICK B. MILLER CO. 7th & Klamath 4-4134 March Of Dimes Game Scheduled The Chiloquin Thunderbirds in vade the Oregon Tech basketball court tonight for a special March of Dimes game with the OTI Die sel Class quintet which is slated to begin at 8:15 p.m. All the proceeds from the event are earmarked for the March of Dimes fund. Admission charge is day. "he is a very tough fellow 'Those balls he hits are so hard to follow when you play him in- 132 awrs. 115 Bui Olmedo. (he Peruvian-born lonlace of the American Davis Cup 94 i team, saw "those balls" enough 8.1 1 to defeat SaviH 7-9. 6-3. 6-4. 5-7. 74! 12-10 Monday in (he final of (he ifllVatirvnal tnrlonr Tournament. ... ..... ........ . . IhSoulh ! ? '.rlhe "SEn event a con 2?am going back to school at South- L, betwe(,n tne chioquin Parks "iern Ca norma. i ..- ts: i a:. c-nr..a Others: St. Helens and" Nyssai ... . blE .ans Naturally. I ,h. Klamath Fall. Citv a - ., n J a Mt.rtlA folr .. . . , ....... w. ..... .... - . -urm ntuu o. ....... . av a . tennis i can aurina Sandy 4, Beaverton and Grant ol . lummpr BlJt i u declde when Portland 3. Grants Pass and . h , , e South Salem 2. irefemns to Davis Cud Capt. Perry Jones'. "1 also am not thinking of turn- ing pro. II I nave a Dig season ana neip win ine uavis v-up auam, naturally. I'll listen (o offers. Zouaves Feature OTI-SOC Game Special enterlainmcnt planned for the halftime intermission at the Oregon Tech-Soulhern Oregon game in the Owl gym Wednesday night is built around the Zouaves. girls drill team representing Job's Daughters Be(hel 6. The classy, 41 girl squad of pre risinnists is under the direction o( Mr. and Mrs Dick Gallagher anai perform under the leadership of drill caplain Becky Mack. Pla toon leaders are Amy Kerr and Pal Crawley. Added te the big program is a preliminarv game r'"1" ,n' faculty and the OTI diesel class quads Game time is 6 30 p m.i League is scheduled (or 7 p m The Thunderbirds. (he host team in the annual National Invitational All-Indian tournament scheduled (or March 17 through 21 al Chilo quin is composed of a squad of ex-high school and college aces. Included on (he ros(er are John McCutcheon. Jo.Io George, Erwin Sn that's (he wav things stand Crume. Bruce Parazoo. Ivan Joe. right now for the collegian who Gene Gentry. Vernon Joe, Chuck almost single handedly won back Ruff. George Wright and Phillip the Davis Cup from Australia. I Nelson. The squad is coached by He didn't say anything about Woody Joe and managed by Ron that "killer mstinct" which he is Hatfield. supposed to lack. Jones nas said that Alex has a tendency to let his opponent get away when he has him all wrapped up. O Newspaper SPOT ADS are inefcpensive repeated daily 94c FREE SIGNAL TRAILER tare ft TtrhHt fllrnftl lliilii! 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