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Medford Rematch Big Test The Klamath Union Pelicans complete the swing around the Southern Oregon Conference bas ketball loop Friday night when they clash with the Cavemen on the Grants Pass court, then they Uiart around again when they hit Medford for a rematch with the powerful Black Tornado Saturday bight. Although the Medfordites have been the only team able to crack he Pelican defense in nine games ;o far this season, the KU cagers lire thinking purely in terms of ilrants Pass at this stage of the fcame. ' What happens at Medford Satur Way night is the second most inv ortant thing right now," com Jiiented Pel coach Dean White at fc stiff Monday night practice ses sion. "Grants Pass always proves m pruuii'iii, capet-iauy uu meir nuine ourt. We've got to deal with tbcm irst. They have a lad named Ben- fer (Rex Caveman scoring ace) hat ranks up there with Med ford 's Jerry Anderson. We should beat them though, but we've still tot it in front of us," he added thoughtfully. I The Whitebirds found that a good Vfense is all important last ieekend when they managed to old the fitful Comets at Central Point for their first conference vic ory then collected their second hen they maintained the good fiefense and added an offense that (piled for a handy win over the Ashland Grizzlies the next night. I The Pelican aggregation is in food shape, except possibly for a light cold that has been plaguing Freddie "The Generator" Biehn flie speedy little junior that has moved into the back court as a :arter the last two outings. 1 Questioned concerning possible llarters this weekend, White said, fWe have no set starting five at (his point. We are still working ome combinations and we plan to arrive at a final decision for the Friday night game with Grants Pass at the conclusion of Thurs' day's practice." 1 Pelican scoring to date: f lTr O TO FT TT TP Avr. Bishop S 55 28.117 Lewis 9 32 22-38 13 138 15.3 28 88 9.6 2 25 8.3 19 70 7.8 14 SB 7.3 11 31 3.9 Brickner Dunson Patzka Biehn Bastman Binney Santo bapsley Dennis Palmberg .Total Spp. Kims 3 12 1-3 S 29 12-20 8 17 21-45 8 9 13-21 8 10 8-13 8 11 4-5 7 4 4-10 S 2 3-8 4 2 0-1 7 28 3.5 9 26 3.3 10 12 1.7 6 7 0 4 1 2-2 4 9 184 121-199 123 489 54.3 t 140 113-171 141 393 43.6 101 131 118 139489 78 100 94 121393 Celts Lose jungle Jim, Face SL Hex PHILADELPHIA (AP) Less than two weeks after dominating the National Basketball Assn., pic ture, tne Boston Celtics scoring machine today is sputtering on the verge of serious trouble. . The reasons: The loss of Jim Loscutoff, Bill Russell's ailing an kle and an old St. Louis hex. .i Loscutoff. defen.se star, must Undergo surgery later this week to correct a slipped back disc. He Is through for the year. i Boston has lost five of its seven ttarts since Jim was hurt at St Louis Dec. 30 when the Celts tied the NBA winning streak record at .17. j Loscutoff was out with a knee cartilage two years ago when Boston lost the playoff finals to St. Louis. In the third game of that Beries at St. Louis 6 foot-10 cen 'ter Russell, another defensive spe cialist, was sidelined by an injury, j Russell is currently out indef initely with a sprained left ankle lie sustained at St. Louis Sunday. However trainer Buddy Leroux raid the ankle is responding to treatment. j After beating St. Louis Dec. 30 the Celts not only had visions of a jrecord-breaking streak but also an 5 eight-game Eastern Division bulge over Philadelphia. Phillies Swap For Al Dark PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies, continuing their "new faces for 1960" re building campaign, have acquired lnfieldcr Al Dark and two other players from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for center fielder Richie Aihburn. Both Ashburn, twice National League batting champion, and Dark, twice All-Star shortstop, had the worst seasons of their long major league careers in 1959. But both clubs said they benefited by Monday's trade. General Manager John Quinn and Manazer Eddie Sawyer of the Phils said Dark, 37, would be a steadying influence on their young infield. Both were enthusiastic about the other acquisitions, pitcher John Buzhardt, 23, right-hander ho had a 4-5 record for the Cubs, and Jim Woods, 20, a rookie third baseman up from Lancaster of the class A Eastern League. ttft jr fcr Vv UMHi Inm ' naHKasaaaa NEW FACE, HOOK A relative newcomer to the Pelican basketball squad, junior Bruce Brickner, he's appeared in only three games, adds a neat left handed hook shot to the KU quint's point making repertoire. Standing 6-6, the youngster is rapidly proving himself as a Pelican starter. POETT WAYNE SCOTT, Sports Editor UW Makes Tops OSC SEATTLE (AP) - Washington's Huskies, who have lost their last four basketball games by a total of five points, held off a rushing Oregon State team to take a 57-51 victory Monday night. SEATTLE (AP) Hospital at tendants Tuesday morning listed as fair the condition of Antory T. (Slats) Gill, Oregon State College County 'B' League Play Set Tonight Although all of the Klamath, County B basketball teams, with the exception of Gilchrist's Griz zlies, will see action tonight, only two of the games have any bearing on the loop standings, and neither of these pose any threat to the number one team. The Malin Mustangs, who are alone on the top rung by virtue of a convincing win over the Mer rill Huskies last Friday, play host to the KU Jayvee squad, the game to be preceded by a contest be tween the Malin JV and the KUHS sophomore Wildcats. In the other non-counter, the fourth-lace Chiloquin Panthers in vade Henley for a bout with the "coming" Hornets. The league counters pair off Bonanza and Sacred Heart in the Trojan gym and match the win- less Bly Bobcats with the Huskies on the Merrill Maplewood. Henley, paced by the 15-point effort of Bert Allbritton, waltzed to a 52-46 victory over Sacred Heart their last time out. For overall season play the Hornets stand on the short end of 3-5 win-loss record. Coach Gordie Kuist's Panthers are still smarting from a last- second 39-38 loss to the Bonanza Antlers. The Chiloquin quint, which is 1 e d by high-pointer Ron Hoggarth who has collected 81 points in eight games, owns a 5-3 mark. The Bobcats, standing short in both the height and depth depart ments, have yet to crack the win column in seven tries. Their league mark to date is 0-4. The Bobcat scorers are led by a 5-8 soph, Jim Hall, who has garnered 76 points, including one 26-point game. Their foe, the Merrill Huskies, are tied with the Antlers for the number two spot on the league ladder. The Huskies have won seven while losing only two but one of these losses, last Friday's de- feat by the Mustangs, was enough to drop them from their first place tie, Brian Fields, 6-4, tops the Merrill Quintet with a total of 73 points. The Mustangs, 6-3 overall, meet what could well be their roughest adversary in the Pelican Juniors. The KU five have dropped only one game and that by a one-point margin. Malin is led by senior Randy Miller who has pumped 119 points through the twine. The top KU point-maker is Wally Palmberg The only defeat for the KF club was dealt them by Merrill who won 43-42. Sacred Heart, fresh from a vic tory over their Medford counter parts, the St. Mary's Crusaders, gets a chance to hook the number three spot three ways, providing they handle the improving Bonanza cagers. Grade, Beavers basketball coach, who was strick cn ill Monday night. Gill became ill in his hotel room here after his team's loss to the University of Washington. He was taken to Providence Hospital for observation. Dr. Gordon Logan said Gill's symptoms and an elcctrocardia gram "strongly suggest a heart attack ... but it will be (wo or three days before we know whether we face a major or1 minor problem." Washington led the Beavers, 30 19, at the half and moved to a 15-pomt edge, 42-27, midway in the second period. But OSC put on a full-court press that rattled the Huskies and trimmed the lead to four points with 16 seconds re maining. Any chance the Beavers had of overtaking the Huskies vanished when Washington's John Douglas was fouled and sank two free throws. Oregon State's 6-foot-10 Karl Anderson and 5-8 Ron Critchfield sparked the Beavers sharp second half rally. Critchfield's three ouick has. kets and a free throw and Ander son's shot from the foul line were the points that moved the Beavers to within four points. Anderson was' hieh noint man for OSC with 16. Bill Hanson of Washington led all scorers with 20. OREGON STATE Carty Jacobson Anderson Flynn P T 2 2 2 3 3 16 4 9 1 S 0 0 Wold Johnson Campbell 0 0 Critchfield 2 9 2 8 Woodland Patterson Totals 2 1 17 17-30 18 51 WASHINGTON G F P T Bakken Niva Hanson Names 0 2-4 2 3-7 8 4-7 3 3-8 1 0-1 6 2-2 0 2-2 0 0-0 0 O-O 2 7 4 20 3 a Grant 3 2 Reiten Douglas Wheeler Murphy Wilson Totals Oregon State Washington 4 14 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1-1 20 18-20 23 57 19 3251 30 2757 Stilt's Average Still The Best NEW YORK (AP) - Because he's played eight more games, Cincinnati's Jack Twyman con tinues to lead Philadelphia's star rookie, Wilt Chamberlain, in the National Basketball Assn. scoring race. Weekly league statistics re leased today show Twyman has scored 1,413 points in 45 games to 1,378 in 37 by Chamberlain. On a per-game basis, Chamberlain is well ahead with a 37.2 average to 31.4 for Twyman. Chamberlain actually has been stepping up his pace, with a 42 point average in his last 10 games. Make Your Car Ride Better Than Ever! WE GIVE Z'C GREEN STAMPS Free Parking Iniide While You Shop. SMITH AUTO SUPPLY 919 Klamath Ave. HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Owls Drill Earnestly ForEOC Doggedly determined to get back into winning form before the arri val of the Eastern Oregon College Mountaineers who show here for a two game Oregon College Con ference basketball series this week end, the Oregon Tech Owls are working hard, late and often to try and knock the rough spots off their offense. "Our defensive game has been good but we just haven't been able to get our offense untracked," was coach Wally Palmberg's com ment upon the Owls' return from Portland where they dropped a pair of OCC openers to the top ranked PSC Vikings. 'Personally I felt that we should have beaten the Vikings at least split with them. We had a good lead, but we couldn't keep it. We made a lot of mistakes in both games, but nothing that can't be corrected," added Palmberg. The Owls possess a 1-8 record. -2 for league play. The Mounties, who the Techmen host both Fri day and Saturday nights on the Mile High court, split with the Southern Oregon College Red Raid ers while the Owls were at Port land State. Joining the Owls this week Is big Troy Koontz, a 6-3, 200-pound sophomore. Koontz, a very able personality beneath the boards. played with the Tech quintet last season but was forced to drop out of school during the Christmas hol iday. He has been practicing with the Tech cagers the last four days. The addition of Koontz goes a ong way toward filling some holes in the Owl lineup created by an ankle injury sustained by guard Jim Ramseyer and the fact that the Owl mentor was forced to drop one of the team members from the squad for disciplinary reasons. "We have come close to reach ing our real potential close, but not quite. We are still in the title race but we have to get a move on." said Palmberg, heading his squad back onto the court for some more drills. Owl scoring to date: Player G FO FT I 30 32-42 ) 25 13-31 PPTP An. McKc-e 26 92 11.5 19 83 7.0 27 71 7.9 29 85 7.2 13 42 6.0 24 47 6.7 16 30 5.0 14 27 4.5 5 IS 2.1 Johnson Branson Oliva Gulll Horton Layher Ramseyer Zitck Johns L. Wilson 26 20-38 25 15-21 6-10 9-18 2- 9 3- 16 7-10 0-3 3-10 3-6 3 10 2.0 7 9 1.0 3 5 .8 Wilson Others 6 13 2.5 Totals OPP. OTI OPP. 9 IRS 119-222 21)3 491 53.6 9 181 148-266 167 510 56.7 238 253 491 258 254510 KU Jayvees To Contest Malin Quint The once-beaten Klamath Union High Jayvee basketball team treks to Malin tonight for a match with the rugged County B league lead ing Malin Mustangs. In the pre liminary game the KU Wild cats, the sophomores, will test the Malin Junior varsity. The junior Pelicans swamped the Ashland Jayvees in the prelim to the Grizzly-Pelican hassle on Peli can Court Saturday night, 62-33. Headed by Kent Hunsaker, who hit for 19 points in the first half of the ball game, the young Pels jumped off to an easy 21-6 first quarter lead, surged on to a 44-13 count at midway and utilized every player on the bench en route. Also scoring in the doubie fig ures were Wally Palmberg who hit 11, and Bob Lapslcy who count ed 10. Hunsaker's total came off eight field goals and a perfect 3-3 at the foul line. Palmberg's entire production came at the free-throw where he hit' 11 of 12 tries, all in the first quarter of the game. Bruin Center Regains Lead MONTREAL (AP)-Bronco Hor vath has regained the National Hockey League scoring lead ac cording to statistics released to day. Horvath, Boston Bruins' center, has scored 52 points, two more than Chicago's Bobby Hull who led a week ago. Horvath picked up five points last week while Hull got one, an assist. The Bruins' star also leads the NHL in goals with 27 while New York's Andy Bathgate, third in scoring with 43 points, tops the assist column with 31. Hull has 24 goals and 26 assists Montreal's Jacques Plante tops the goalies with a 2.43 goals against average. MONROE Shock Absorbers Falls, Ore. Tuesday. January 12. lflfiO Basketball Scoreboard By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS College Basketball EAST West Virginia 94, William & Mary 74 Carnegie Tech 77, Grove City (Pa) 50 Virginia Tech 79, Marshall 72 W. Va. Wesleyan 98, West Liber ty 84 Willimantic (Conn) 86, Rhode Island St. 44 SOUTH LaSalle 63. Morehead (Kyi 58 The Citadel 59, Furman 55 Vanderbilt 79, Miss. State 72 Florida 89, Alabama 76 Georgia Tech 91, Mississippi 66 Tennessee 103, Louisiana St. 79 Kentucky 68, Tulanc 42 Virginia Military 70, Davidson 38 WEST Northwestern 77, Wisconsin 69 Illinois 81, Purdue 75 Missouri 69, Nebraska 61 Iowa 92. Michigan State 79 Indiana 77, Michigan 72 Ohio State 109, Delaware 38 Miami (Ohio) 82, Xavier (Ohio) 74 SOUTHWEST Texas 72, Arkansas 66 Kansas St. 54, Oklahoma St. 49 Arizona 62, Texas Western 55 New Mexico St. 66, Arizona St U. 58 Loyola (Chicago) 85, Colorado St. Coll. 76 Oklahoma 65, Iowa St. 47 FAR WEST Colorado 65, Kansas 61 Washington 57, Oregon St. 51 Texans Ask NCAA Probe Of Dirty Play AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - The Uni versity of Texas has asked the NCAA to investigate the charges of "dirty play" hurled against Texas following the Cotton Bowl game. Dr. Logan Wilson, president, said Monday he was convinced after investigation "that the charges are irresponsible, false and slanderous." He wrote H. J. Darricott, presi dent of the National Collegiate Athletic Assn., Gunnison, Colo., requesting the NCAA to name a committee to study the game films and to investigate the charges. Darricott said he had not re ceived the letter and would have no comment until he did receive it. Athletic Director Lew Andreas of the University of Syracuse Texas' foe in the Cotton Bowl said at Syracuse: "No member of the Syracuse University adminis tration, nor any member of its coaching staff, ever has accused the Texas team of playing 'dirty football in the Cotton Bowl game." President Wilson said the false charges had damaged the univer sity's reputation as well as hurt intercollegiate athletics generally. BALLFARE TUESDAY County Prep Bly at Merrill Bonanza at Sacred Heart Chiloquin at Henley n p .' m a i n . mam a Wi II fit we've found, thinks Mercury costs hundreds of dollars more than it actually does. It's so beautifully styled, so superbly built. It comes as a pleasant surprise that a Mercury costs so little more than the leading low-price name caronly $86 more for this Monterey 4-door sedan. No wonder Mercury sales are up more than any other car in its fielda big 48. 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Now the Cats have taken seven of their last eight, five in a row. and hold their accustomed first-place spot in the Big Eight Conference after whip ping Oklahoma State at Stillwater, 54-49 Monday night. As for Baron Adolph Rupp's Ken- tuckians, they dropped three of their first seven, then were spilled by Georgia Tech in their South eastern Conference opener Jan. 2. They've come back to win three SEC games in a row for a 9-4 over-all mark, topping the return to usual Kentucky form in a 68-42 romp .Monday night that knocked Tulane out of first place. Georgia Tech, sixth-ranked na tionally with an 11-1 record, still tops Kentucky in the SEC, 3-0 to 3-1 after routing Mississippi 91-66, but the Engineers know Kentucky will be no cinch the rest of the way. Kansas State also nas its Big Eight problems, with Okla homa (2-0) and Iowa State (2-1) among the foremost challengers. Oklahoma, hitting 50 per cent of its shots, surprised Iowa State 65- 47 Monday night. West Virginia, the nation's third- ranking team, reeled off its 56th consecutive Southern Conference victory and its 39th straight home court triumph 94-74 over William and Mary; LaSalle, one of the four major unbeaten teams, won its ninth 63-58 over Morehead (Ky.), Texas whipped Arkansas 72-66 to grab a half-game lead in the Southwest Conference, and vic tories by Illinois and Iowa further Bill Cannon Figures He's The Example NEW ORLEANS (AP) "I guess they have to make an ex ample of someone." Billy Cannon, Louisiana State s All-America halfback, made that observation Monday night while discussing a suit filed against him by the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League "I do know some boys over in Hawaii had signed with two clubs and the NFL team is going to let them play with the AFL (the American Football League)," Cannon told newsmen when he passed through here en route to Baton Rouge from Honolulu where he starred in Sunday's Hula Bowl game. Cannon said he believed the only binding contract he signed was with the Houston Oilers of the AFL. He said he signed it just after the Sugar Bowl game Jan. 1. The Rams, who made Cannon (he No. 1 choice in the NFL draft, filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles to prove their contract with him is valid. Pete Rozcllc, general manager of the Rams, claims that on Nov. 30 Cannon signed contracts for 1960. 1961 and 1962. ilwla I BASIN 424 So. 60f scrambled the Big Ten Conference standings in other top Monday games. Ced Price, with 15 points, led Kansas State over Oklahoma State. Sid Cohen, a Brooklyn boy, had i!fi points for reawakened Ken tuckyhitting mostly from the outside. Illinois (2-1) dealt Purdue (2-1 its first Big Ten loss 81-75 at Lafayette, lnd., despite a 43-point performance by the Boilermakers' 6-6' j soph, Terry Dischinger. When Iowa (3-1) spilled Michigan Pirates Top Club, KF Fifth By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two Coos Bay teams, Marshfield and North Bend, top the first Associated Press Oregon high school basketball poll of the season. Marshfield, which lost a thriller to Franklin of Portland in the class A-l tournament champion ship final last year, was voted the No. 1 team by 13 of the 15 sports writers and broadcasters who participated. North Bend, which got strong runnei up support, finished second. Six-foot, 9-inch Mel Counts, averaging about 30 points a game, has paced Marshfield to a perfect seven-game record. North Bend has won all of its eight games. The two teams, tra ditional rivals, do not meet until later in the season. In third place is Medford, des pite three defeats in the 10 games it has played. It bounced back from a slow start and its victims include Klamath Falls, which had von six straight when the teams met. Undefeated Jefferson, defending Portland city league champion, is fourth. One of its six victories was over Franklin, the only loss of the year so far for the defending state champion. , Klamath Falls is number five in the poll and Franklin sixth. Hermislon was ranked seventh after piling up a 9-0 record. South Salem, La Grande and North Eugene round out the top 10, in that order. In the tabulation, 10 points are counted for a first place vote, nine for second place, eight for third, etc. . The poll, with season record for each team: Points 1. Marshfield (7-0) 139 2. North Bend (8-0) 117 3. Medford (7-3) 104 4. Jefferson (6-0) 94 5. Klamath Falls (8-1) 65 6. Franklin (5-1) 58 7. Hcrmiston (9-0) 54 8. South Salem (6-2) 37 9. La Grande (7-1) 24 10. North Eugene (6-1) 23 Others: Roseburg 15; South Eu gene 14; David Douglas of Port land 12; Lincoln of Portland 9; Pendleton 8; Elgin 7; Cleveland of Portland, Dallas and Spring field 6; Baker, Gresham and Grant of Portland 4; Wilson of Portland and Ontario 3; Tilla mook, Enterprise and Crater of Central Point 2; Union 1. I il I mv MEHCUFIY Lincoln MtcuY MOTORS 6th St. PAGE NINE State (2-D 92-79, it left the con ferencc lead to fifth-ranked Ohio State (3-01, which set a scoring record in a 109-38 romp over Dela ware. Ohio State did it without ace sophomore Jerry Lucas, out with a bad ankle. Other Big Ten games saw In diana win its first conference game in four tries, 77-72 over Michigan behind Bob Wilkinson's 23 points, and Northwestern (2-1) hand Wisconsin its fourth straight league defeat, 77-69 as all five Wildcat starters hit double figures. In other conference activity, Colorado downed Kansas 65-61 and Missouri snapped a five-game los ing string 69-61 over Nebraska in the Big Eight; VMI crushed Davidson 70-38 and The Citadel dropped Furman 59-55 in the Southern Conference; and Eastern Kentucky held its Ohio Valley con ference lead with an 84-69 decision over Murray (Ky). Casanova Still Thinking About Job EUGENE (AP) - Len Casanova says he's still thinking about that vacant head football coaching job at the University of California. After returning here Monday following talks with California officials at Berkeley, Casanova said: "There are certain things I want to find out for my satisfac tion, and they are sending some additional information that I wish to study." San Francisco newspapers have been speculating that Casanova, head coach at Oregon for nine years, could have the California job if he wanted it. Casanova did not confirm that a firm offer had been made to him. He did say, however: "I don't feel I am the only one they're in contact with." Berkeley reports indicated that California also had exhibited some interest in former Navy coach Eddie Erdclatz, and Dee Andros, an assistant to Pete Elliott, who quit California for the head foot ball job at Illinois. Boosters To Meet The ' Pelican Booster Club, Klamalh Union High backers' association, will meet In a reg ular weekly session Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. In (he Chuck Wagon Restaurant, Pelican coaches Dean White, DeLance Duncan, Al Keck and Bob Johnson are expected to be on hand with reports of the highly successful weekend en joyed by both the basketball and wrestling factions. Also to be heard are scout ing reports ot the squads the KU clubs will face this week end. The Pel basketball team hits the road for a two-game scries; at Grants Pass Friday night and In Medford Saturday. The Pelican wrestling team hosts the Medford Black Tor nado here Friday afternoon and the KU frosh mat squad tangles with the North Grants Pass junior high team. The average car buyer." division totvmamp
