Peikans Begin Be feme SOC Cnvm In Ashland Tonight ASHLAND The Klamath Un ion Pelicans, undefeated in six games, opens what is expected to be one of the closest Southern Oregon Conference battles of re cent years here tonight when the Ashland Grizzlies, also sporting a 6-0 non-league record, host them in the opening game of league competition. The Pelicans will be home to Grants Pass Saturday night to meet the defending state cham pion Cavemen. Grant Pass plays Medtord tonight which could be a blessing in disguise for the While, birds. This is expected to be one of the toughest battles in many years for the Southern Oregon Confer ence crown. Medford is rated strong for the title with Grants Pass rated the contender spot and with the Pelicans, Ashland and Crater all very close. Any team could slip in with some luck and all-out effort. Crater is given the dark horse role. The predominantly senior KU club is a slight favorite tonight to win its first comerence game. Ashland is a coming club which also is virtually a senior team. But the Grizzlies haven't won a con ference game in three years. Thus, they are hungry and will be out for revenge and will be tough to beat on their home court. There are three unbeaten clubs in the league going into conference action. There will be only two after tonight. Crater draws a bye and is the other undefeated club besides KU.anrl Ashland. One of those will not be unbeaten after tonight. Coach Al Keck of KU said that he scouted Ashland a.id says his crew will have to play good ball to beat the Grizzlies. But he is optimistic about the chances of the Pelicans. Keck probably w'll go with his usual lineup. Fred Kelley will open at center. The 6-5 center is the leading scorer with 73 points (or a 12.2 average. Wayne Cham berland -will go at one forward. He is the leading rebounder with 67, far ahead of the rest of his mates, and also has 59 points for a 9.8 average. Dick Scott will be at the other forward. This 6-1 Pelican has one of the best shooting averages on the team. He has hit 21 of 46 fielders for a 45.7 average. Cham berland is the best with 21 of 39. Scott has a 9.3 point average per game. The two guards will be Hal Holman and Grover Dahn. Hol man has a 7 8 average and is hitting at a 43.6 percentage from the field. Dahn has 30 points for a 5-0 average. Two others who could start and definitely will see a lot of action are .sophomore Terry Ash at a forward and Lanny Guyer at guard. Guyer is a fine play maker and Ash is a top rebounder. Ashland probably will go with 6-5 center Jim Lamb who is the leading scorer on a well-balanced team. The Grizzlies have beaten Fortuna, Calif., twice, Shasta o! Redding twice and Class A-2 Phoe nix twice. Todd Hess and Dab Tcpper w ill been in the past seasons. Others open at forwards and they are 6-1 who may see action tonight are each. The guards will be Rick Mike Cotton. John Polk. Jeff Pierce and Gregg Lindley whoTrost, Howard Johnson and Gale bolh stand about 5-11. Tepper. The bench strength at Ashland Ashland is virtually an all-senior is better this year than it has club, also. Open P if insf Viking STATISTICS Player O FG-FGA FT-FTA PF Rrb. T FO FT Ave. Fred Kcllev 31-71 tft. 14 IS 34 71 43.) 71.4 11 1 Wiynt Chambfrltnd i II - It 17- 13 It 7 St 33.1 71. f I DiCk SCOtt 4 21-4 14- li 14 1) S 457 S3.1 t.l Hal Holman i 17-3 11- 13 i V 47 43 S4.S M Grower Dahn t - 41 11- 17 1 7 30 11.0 70.4 J o Terry Ash It 7 . 14 7 10 If 30.0 3.2 Lanny Guyer 4 3 t 7-14 2 II 13 37. S 30.0 11 Bob Moore 1 1 - 1 3 S 3 t 7 1 00.0 0.0 3.5 Sieve Baker 2 3 3 0 - 3 0 a 4 44.7 00.0 2.0 Bob Holman 3 1 - 1 1 3 3 3 3 100.0 33.3 1.0 Roger Rodger 2 0-1 0 - t 0 I 0 00.0 00,0 9.0 Jack Bauer 2 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 00.0 00.0 0.0 Gail Phelps 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 00.0 00.0 0.0 Tolali e 114-170 14-114 03 237 311 42.2 51.3 II. I West Coast Cage Teams Begin Wars ; By United Press International .' The curtain goes up this week end on the big West Coast con lorence basketball races and it anybody's guess what the final act will find. ; Never has the Big Six seemed College Scores ; College Basketball Results ; By I'nlled Press International ; EAST Penn Military 47 Drcxel 46 jloravian 68 . Franklin & Marshall 67 (ol) Miami (Fla.) 67 St. Johns 59 New York U. 70 Iona 60 Massachusetts 71 'Am. Intl. 55 St. Francis (N.Y.) 79 Adelphi 47 Fordham 78 Fairfield 65 St. Bonavenluro 88 Bel. Abbey 56 Yeshiva 88 Bklyn. Poly 43 Lafayette 74 Lehigh 64 Geneva 95 WaynesburR 53 Delaware 64 Temple 52 Dartmouth 58 Boston Coll. 50 Manhattan 79 Syracuse 68 south Clemson 77 Georgia 60 Wm. & Mary 70 Furman 68 Itichmond 112 Citadel 98 Florida St. 72 Chattanooga 55 W. Virginia 86 Va. Military 74 Georgetown 108 Loyola Md.) 85 Brllnrmine 70 Georgetown (Ky) 62 Union (Tcnn.l 71 1). Lipscomb 58 MIDWKST Dayton m Xavicr (Ohiol 64 Loyola (III.) 102 Marshall 58 Bradley 72 Tulsa 58 Rockhurst 76 Kmporia St. 70 St. Louis 71 N. Texas St. 59 Indiana St. M Wisconsin (Milw.) 50 SOUTHWEST Texas AiM 80 3ayIor 54 Arkansas 73 Southern Meth. 71 Texas Tech 69 Tex. Christian 66 Texas 54 Rice 49 Lamar Tech 112 C. Christi 71 Arlington St. 69 Hard. -Simmons 64 i ' West Gnnzaga 61 Portland 54 Whitlier 83 Cal Western 69 New Year's Tournament at L.A. Central 79 L A. Pacific 75 Biola 77 A.usa 75 I IrT-JlPSrTTt I'AnMrtt tossed in . VWJAKF It Whittier hit alx so wide open with only Washing ton and Washington Stale out of the running. That leaves the four California powers Stanford, Cal ifornia, USC, and UCLA. All have lost two games and each appears to have about an equal shot at the Big Six crown and the NCAA berth that goes, with it. The two surprise powers, Cali fornia and Southern California, meet this weekend at Berkeley. UCLA, rated fifth in the nation, is at Washington. The Cal-Trojan pair Is the big one. USC was supposed to be re building around the one returning starter, Gordon Martin. But J.C transfer Billy Morris and soph Allen Young have carried Troy to a 10-2 mark. California is 8-2, including an overtime win over Seattle and a one win, two lost record against Oregon State in three games played In Oregon. Center Camden Wall, a 6-foot-10 pivot man, and guard Dick Smith give California a diversified attack. UCLA could use two wins over Washington, but Washington is always tough at home. The Bruins ire led by guard Walt Hazzard nd center Fred Slaughter. Forward Ed Corrcll is a good one for the Huskies. The West Coast Athletic Confer ence is just as w ide open as the Big Six with only Loyola and UOP not given much chance to cop the title. San Jose State, surprise winner ot last week's WCAC tourney iens its league play Saturday night at University of Paciuc. USF and Santa Clara head south to meet Loyola and Pepper- dine Saturday and .Monday. More action tonight finds Wash ington Slate at Oregon Slate in what should be a breeze for the Beavers. The Far West Confer ence, which figures to he just as wild a scramble as the bigger Pacific Coast loops, presents a full slate with Sacramento State at San Francisco Slate, Nevada at Alameda State, and the Cal Aggies at Chico State. The strong Sacramento State quintet suffered a bad blow Thursday when 6 foot-It inch Ron llohrcr was sidelined for at least two weeks with a hairline frac ture of the left elbow. He suf fered the injury in last weekend's Chico Invitational tournament, where lie was voted the most val uable player. In Thursday's action. Gonzaca's last break defeated weak Port land 61 .VI at Portland. Rill Wilson hit 20 for Gonzaga and big Steve 10 for the Pilots almtit two thirds of Cal Western, had 21 lor the ait-. - 1 , ' 'hi ' ' : tr - 3 i WELCOME BACK SAM Coach Jim Partlow welcomes back "Sweet" Sammy Smith to the Oregon Tech campus and basketball court and is glad to see the 6-6 center. Smith stayed out of school the first semester because of financial difficulties. He is a two-year all-conference performer and leading scorer and rebounder for the past two seasons in the Oregon Collegiate Conference. The Owls play Portland State to night and Saturday night in the first OCC competition. Pelican Ashland The Klamath Union wrestlers will get their second t.istc of league competition tonight in Pcli can court when the nhitebirds host the Grizzlies from Ashland in a league match. Coach Delancc Duncan hopes this taste of league competition will not he as bitter a one as the Inst. They lost to Grants Pass badly in the first league battle and Duncan said it was the worst he'd seen his boys wrestle since he has been here. He hopes thai hard work during the holidays has remedied this. Duncan did .not announce a starting lineup tor the meet to night which begins at 7 p.m. He nd that he didn't know what Ash land has and that he will Irv to restlers Host i atmen Tonight Sam Smith Returns To Bolster Lineup wrestle his second group against, He hopes Ashland brings enough them If he can. The Pelicans go to lioseburg early Saturday morn ing to compete in a four-way meet, with host Roseburg, Marshficld ;ind Crater. Bolh the varsity and jayvces will wrestle in this meet. If we don't improve over our last meet lagainsl Grants Pass', this Roseburg meet will be right in our class. 1 really was disap pointed with our showing against Grants Pass. It was the worst e' fort 1 ve seen since I've been here," he relaled. The Pelicans should get their lir.st dual victory of the season lonight against the Grizzlies. .Vh- and never has been exceptionally -Irong in the grappling sport and Duncan exects to ctip tins match By JERRY WAGGONER Herald and News Sports Editor The Oregon Tech Owls, bol stored by the return of two-time All-Conference performer "Sweet" Sammy Smith, host the Portland; Stale Vikings tonight and Satur day night in the Owl Gym in the opening gamc6 of the Oregon Col legiate Conference competition. The Owls are defending cham pions and the addition of. Smith to the roler insures the Owls of a better chance at retaining the coveted crown. Smith has been back only a week after missing the first semester because of fi nancial difficulties and missed the first nine games. The 6-6 center returns to add to his building laurels. He was the leading scorer and rebounder last year and the year before. He was the ninth leading scorer in the Pacific Northwest last season with 496 points and a 19.1 average per game for 26 games. His addition will give the Owls a well-balanced attack. He joins jun ior college transfer Willie Ander son, another high jumper on a 6-5 frame who presently leads the Owls in scoring with 161 points in the nine non-conference contests for a 17.9 average. Hewlett Nash, the little guard, has 129 points and a 14.3 average while the other guard, Van Zitck, is right on his heels with 128 points and a like 14 3 mean. The Owls will be looking for their fifth victory. They presently hold a 4-j record and a win would even me record at live wins nnA ri.. I 1 u..- I- Ul- tl.;-J ..-: a,,u "c n'oaea. me uls nave ijuya lu ciinu wiuatic lis iiiiiu uiill.lt. , , petition in Iwis and Clark. Wil lamette and Pacific University. f EID IDVERS tun WAfCEV'S PIZZA PARLOR And Yc Public House . . . and we wont you to know, that of the 20 vorictici of Pina served here at Shokey'i, thort'i not one bit of bird meet in ony of them. CHOOSE FROM 20 VARIETIES IN 3 SIZES Right Next to Tower Theatre 2725 S. 6th Ph. TU 2-6222 WBA Paves Way For Bout By Ranking Floyd Tops PROVIDKNCK. It 1. il'PI' The World Hosing Association. hitter opponent of return title fights, paved the way today (or n ermissible second Sonny Lislon Klovd Patterson bout by boosting Floyd one notch to top contender. Patterson, who lost his heavy weight crown lo l.ision on a first round knockout, Sept. 2.'. had hecn ranked second among con tenders by the YH. unlil to day, when it dropped top contend- BING'S HERE BING'S SATELLITE Restauront & Loungo Klamath rails Airport Enjoy Th Commercial and milt rarv oirplonti tohina. off and landing vnwtd throuqh our bif floor-to-ceiling wmdcwi. AND BING'S Town & or Kdilir Mm-ltrn of Pnrttancl. Ore. out of the ratings bet-auM- of montal illness. In corresponding nioves-up cv I'hampion lncemar Johansson of Sweden advanced to No. 2. and young Cassius Clay of 1mhm iIIo, Ky,, to No. 3. Only last week the WBA's World Championship Committee, headed hy Kmile Hnineau of New Or leans, announced that his commit tee recommends the return l-iston-Patterson fipht he banned un'il Pa'tlerson could (icht his uay into (he top contender's spot, This week's hoostum action for Patterson was taken hy the, WBA's Kalmc Committee, headed; hy Anthony Petronella of Prou-i deinr j Maclien was dropped from the ranking because ot illness that followed a mental breakdowa in California a condition that may pieent his fihlini; for seme time I n heat en Kdcr .tode of nia-'il. world bantamweight champion, was named "boxer of tlw ear" hv the rating committee be.aue Ih- was the only champion to make three title delenses in VX2 and bee a u -e lie each of thoe dctorws en a knockout There are a few lineup changes for the Roseburg meet. Terry Christiansen, a football player, has just returned after letting a broken bone heal and he is ready to go in the 148-pound class where the Pels sorely needed some strength. fiob Daulton is hack at his Im pound post after recuperatin, from a broken nose. However, a couple of injuries mav slow the Pelicans down, lion Ewing. the undefeated 101-pound crappler, is presently slated to go but lie has a pulled muscle and might have to lay off in the divj sion this week. The second wres tler in this division is also in jured. He is Joe Matlick. jim Vftfccn and Mickty Cummmat 1M Tom Cmi nd Dvi Dvi lli Jim McCluna and Jtrry Hiwhint 113 Granl Humphrey and John St 1 1 wt II 1 in-V.t f pllms una Richard B,h 114 Tom Mtlfk and Richard Maclilh 141 Ron Head and Richard Swlteqood Mt Terry Chruhanien and Paul Wil son 1ST Ron Httthcock and Ban Gonialet H Bob Daulton and Miha McKibbon ITS Kent Puchett and Dave Coulton Hi Bob Ewlno and Cordon Ward Hwy Thuritoii Heniel and Bill Mtllt OCC Action Begins Tonight n- l nitrd Trrs International Orcson Tech, bolstered hy the unexpected return of one of last ve.ir's st.irs. opens dclcnse of its Oregon I'ollcsi.ile Conlerence bas ketball title tomdi' as the state's small colleges hepin 11H3 action. Sueot Sammy Smith, the Owls' colorlul tv-t center ot last year, enrolled lor u inter term at the Klamath Kails school this week alter workini; through the fall, lie will be in uniform tonight lor the first of a two came series with Portland State at Klamath Kails. Kastern Oregon plays a two tame weekend series at Southern Oregon and Oregon College of Kd ucalion slops outside the conter nice for two faille against St. Martins at Ljiey, Wash. Two games also will open the Northwest Conteieixe schedule this wookotNi lii.uiH'tte and li utic coiiuie at S.iictn tonight and at t-ou-M Hum' s.iiaid.iv night They, however, have beaten Hum boldt State twice and Humboldt recently upset Lewis and Clark This will be the second meeting between the Owls and the Vik ings but the first one in league competition. The Owls met the! Vikings in the second game of! the Tip-Off Tournament in Port land to open the season. The Ow ls came out on top in that contest. be increased tonight and Saturday on the home court and with the addition of Smith lo the lineup. The Owls had to suave off a last period rally by the Vikings to win the first game. They finally (hrew up a zone defense against the Staters which stopped the rally and allowed the Owls to preserve the victory. The Owls, however. commanded the boards in that game, 36-23, and should have an even better percentage with Smith in the contest Anderson was the big gun for the Owls with his season's top output of 25 points. He also cleared the boards of 19 rebounds which was almost as many as Portland Stale's entire team had But the Owls will again be faced with the task of stopping fabulous Jim Hollingsworth who set a tournament record against the Owls in the last game with a 30-point output. Smith or Ander son probably will get the honor of guarding this dead-eye shooter. Coach Jim Partlow's crew had foul trouble in the last meeting. Zitek fouled out of the game and Anderson, Nash and Norm Johns all had four each at the end of the contest. And Partlow had only nine players at the tournament. Oregon Tech is shooting at a 38.5 clip per game from the floor and 62 per cent from the charity line. They have 588 points in the nine games for an average of M.3 per contest. Coach Sharkey Nelson probably will start Hollingsworth, Jim Nel son. Mike Schiunk. Drew Itter- shagen and Gary Linn. Others who likely will see action are John Sherman, John Nelson, Gor don Riesc, Marv Wollmuth, Mike Brammer, Ken Morris. Mike Campbell, Mike Holmes and John Dippold. There will be a special half- time show at Saturday night's game. Tlie Butte Valley High School gymnastics and trampoline team, one of the best ones in the region, will put on a 20-nvnute half time demonstration on the trampoline and in gymnastics t?-' i- r4 i i r WAYNE CHAMBERLAND Pelican's Leading Rebounder Gonzaga Downs Portland, 61-54 PORTLAXD UPP - Gonzasa used a fast break to pound the University of Portland into sub mission, M-54. in a basketball game at Memorial Coliseum here Thursday nicht. t6-tM. but hope that margin mill: Dick Gaskell is the eoach. Player Wtilie Anderton Hewlett Nath van Ziltk i Norm Johns Wayne Dtnmt Ron Wilherton Odell Wat ion Mtke Mac Donald Jrry Frankhn Ed Cai Bob Bryant Bob Loo mn Totalt Opponent! t STATISTICS O FG-FGA FT-FTA PF 44jr 1T-JI M 11 J3 7-1 Ml 4-1 1- 1 1- J 11 1. 1- J !- I 1-1 ft. I 1 1 ni)i inn) 14-Sfl 1S7-214 S-)4 U-H J 3-1 14 1- al I- II 7- 14 J- 17 11- If 31 10f HI 1 1 I 1 I ni jit ssa 14 141 t4f FO 41.1 .11.1 41 7 31 1 II a 1 1 17 I I 1 II 4 501 SO 0 00 II s 41 4 FT 77 I it t'1 41 I 47 M 0 13 I ioo a ii i 4 7 100 ft 100ft M 700 Beavers Hope To Move Up CORVALUS U.T11 Oregon Stale hopes to add more luster to its No. to basketball ranking this weekend with a pair of victories over Washington State in a two- game series at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers vaulted back among the national elite this week after collecting their seventh con secutive Far West Classic cham pionship at Portland. They now have a 6-3 record and a four game winning streak going. Trie Cougars finished last in the Iortlarid tournament, losing to Idaho in the seventh place game on a last second hasket. Coach Slats Gill promoted 6-7 Jim Kraus te the starting lineup this week as a result of his play in the tournament. Kraus is ex pected to team with Mel Counts. Steve Pauly. Frank Peters and Terry Baker in the OSU lineup. The Reavers added more much- needed height this week when 6-8 Joe Mann enrolled at the start of winter term. Mann played on the OSU Rook squad in 1956-57 and then spent four years in the Navy. He spent fall term at Clark Col lege. Mann is eligible immediately, but Gill said he is out of shape and probably won't he ready for about a month. Hiqh School Loops Open By United Press Inemutlonal High school botkethall action resumed tonight in every section of the state after the Christmas- New Year's lavoff. Thirteen class A-l teams went through their December schedules without a loss, and seven of them play tonight. One is siuc to fall at Ashland, where Ashland ifi-oi opens its Southern Oregon Conference schedule against the Klamath Kails Pelicans iB-0'. La Grande -4-0' begins its Inlermounlaui Conference season at Pnneville. The Metro League's two un beaten teams also start league plav tonight. Milwaukie 1 4-0 is host to Gresham and Clackamas '3-0' travels to Astoria. Marshall i5-0' has a Portland Intorsoholas tic League game at Jefferson. North Eugene '4-0' is at home against North Salem in a non- conterence contest. Sandy, Reynolds. Crater. Mo lalla and Corvalhs all put their undefeated records on the line Saturday night and Forest Grove does not play again unlil Tuesday. The Bulldogs from Spokane built a 35-23 halftime lead with the fast break and then had to hold on as Portland rallied in the second half to close the gap to 50-46 with 3:47 to play. However. Bill Wilson and fresh man Bill Sutler scored moments later to give Gonzaga a safe lead again. Wilson led all scorers with 20 and Jim Harris, who got eight off t lie fast break in the first half, linished with 10 for Gonzaga. Portland center Steve Anstett col lected 19 and guard Tom Nichols 13. The victory evened Gonzaga's record at six wins and six losses. Portland has lost eight of 12 games. WINTER FLYING SPECIAL! LEARN TO FLY $99. . . . Inquiries invited concern ing Hying club. CHorrcri Pilot Training Ground School Multi Engine Course. Klamath Aircraft Klomath Falls Airport Ph. TU 2-4681 Amusements became the isth largest industry in the I'nited States in 1961, according to the ltna Britannica Book of the Year Lots on Sprogue River $10 Dn. SIOPerMo. CALL TU 2-4644 or Wlt: 314 So. 7th Country RESTAURANT 3660 So. 6th Enjoy Thorn Both RANGE READY BULL SALE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1:00 P.M. KLAMATH COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 60 Horned Heretordt, 14 Polled Heretordt 10 Aberdeen Angut, 2 Shorthorn Sifted for quality. Good breeding condition. Sponsored hv Klamath Cattleman's Assn. 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