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Marin Title Hopes Jolted By Grant Tech, 73 To 56 yporld 10 ilniirtirniiritt-Sournal. Thursday, Feb. 10, 1955 MAJOR TOURNEYS VIE FOR USF ENTRY Report S. F. Club To Bypass NIT In Favor Of Stronger National Collegiate A.A.

Bid NEW YORK The big grab bag is open for the postseason college basketball tournaments, and the National Invitation NIT has taken the initiative by plucking fourth-ranking Duquesne. The Iron Dukes, runnersup last year to Holy Cross and holder of ---------------14-3 record this season, con- Dons Still It's Official! Bass Will Attend C.O.P. By JIM GILMARTIN Richard Bass, the one- i a ovprvhndv wanted to go I sional baseball. He will play both star .1 down offers Bass said. Some, however, will have baseball and football at Pacific.

to make up grades in junior col- from 10 major league clubs and His two-year grid career at Val- Tars Knocked Into Second Place Tie With G.T. Quint College of Marin Fais, who onlv last were tied for man touchdown gang who threw onp coast team he said, fear into the hearts of northern California high school coaches for Bass sald he selec the last two seasons, will continue cause: thlllk You his education and tic career at College starting next fall, it was disclosed and want to 00 this morning. such a me fellow was Mr Mjers ifootball coach Jack Myers). The phenominal Vallejo High Bass said he understands the School all-sports star, the most publicized prep in north state his- entire first string of-Vallejo highs joc Hnfinitelv nlans to tcry, selected the Stockton school 1954 northern California champ- He said dc inn i a and he was first string forward on over the schools 011 the coast, i ionship team would receive schol- -i in Los An- thP hasketba11 SQuad- four Big Ten schools and two East- arship offers from COP. The 11 ern who bid for his starters, all seniors, visited Stock- i 0 ohhoh i 4ri first place in the Golden Valley Basektball Conference, were lege, he added.

ejo, unbeaten and tied once in 18 The blanket offered by am'fs. shows him scoring 6 touch- battling to stay in the running jodav following last nights loss COP did not influence Bass, he 34 conversions, 442 to the lech quintet, at Saciamento. tVmt I 1 nttn i irtcc Mann tliirci ictories and sent I them into a second place tie with He also was a 9.8 man in tne jl 100-yard dash in track. 21.3 in the Tech Napa College are in first place with a 6-1 mark. In baseball he batted .375 for the Apaches and had a .428 North Bay explained Mai in Coac.i 100 I coaches for Bass said he selected COP.

be- cop dld not influence Bass, he 34 conversions, 442 points to the I is, will continue cause: think you can learn nQr dld thp fact that his and 3 090 yards gained in 280 car-! Ioss wa fantastic athle- more in a smaller school. tne steady girl friend. Nina Coleman, ries for al32 average. against four vi liege of Pacific way I was treated on visits here Pacific as a music wftg a man in the them into SPCC Bass said he will take a pre dental course, but, may switch t0 220 and 22 8 in the broad jump, radio work in two years as he 1 tim also aspires to a career as a disc BASKETBALL SCORE BOARD San Francisco 72. College of Pa Apacnes ana uau I Irwin Diamond as he praised cific 52 League average, playing centerfield (he Los i 70, Santa services, he said in his announce- I ton campus last fall and the basketball squad.

College of Pacific! You just got from COP hopes to enter profes-! yourself one helluva athlete! Top Boast Defense NEW YORK (VP) In an era where college basketball teams often will score 100 and more points In a game. San Francisco is proof that defense a lost art. The Dons, first in The Associated Press weekly ranking, lead the nation in defense. allowed the opposition an average of 49 0 points in 17 outings. The Dons, sparked by big Bill 27 points, clobbered College of Pacific.

72-52 at Stockton last night before a capacity crowd of 3 000 including screen star Lauren Bacall. Pacific started fast and held a slim lead through the early minutes of play, but, the top- ranking Dons pulled away to a 4229 half time lead as Russell began clicking under the board. It was 15th straight victory and its 17th triumph against only one loss. Two other California teams rate high. Santa Clara is 5th defensively having allowed 58.2 and San Jose State 9th with 60.3.

Oregon State is the defensive runnerup at 52.1 a game. Washington is 10th with 60.5. To point up the importance of defense. Furman, which is out of sight in the ratings, tops the scoring parade with a 95.9 average output. Figures released today by the National Collegiate Atheletic Bureau for games including Saturday show that only one ranked quintet found a place in the top 10 offensively.

That one is North Carolina tall and talented No. 7 rated Wolfpack which averaged 87.5 for 8 th spot. Duquesne No. 4 is the only other club among the nation's top 10 to iir.d a spot in the select circle of defensive giants. The Dukes have been bottling up their foes to the tune of 60 points per game, ranking 8 th.

firmed today they would in the Madison Square Garden tournament March 12-14-15-17-19. The National Collegiate Athletic Assn. championship gets under way with regional playoffs March 7-8 and closes with the finals at Kansas City March 18-19. NCAA rules forbid a team playing in both tournaments. So there usually is a brisk tug-of-war for available strong independents.

The NCAA field consists of the champions from 15 conferences and nine teams picked at large. The NCAA Is expected to get mast of the top 10 in the national rankings, including the three Francisco, Kentucky and LaSalle. San Francisco is an independent for which the NIT will make a strong bid but expert to get. information is that San Francisco is being pressured to play in the a Garden spokesman said. Utah.

George Washington, and UCLA. Nos. 5. 6 and 8 respectively slated to go NCAA, if they qualify. So is the Big Illinois, No.

10. North Carolina State. No. 7, is on probation list and ineligible. Marquette, No.

9, is sought by both. The NIT. which will invite a 12- team field, is interested in Cincinnati. Dayton. Connecticut, Holy Cross, Louisville, Niagara, Penn State, St.

Louis, St. Francis. Villanova, Lafayette, Marshall, W. and Williams. Baker KOs James, Now Wants Shot At Nino Valdes BALTIMORE (U.R) Big Bob Baker, who toppled tall Willie James in the second round, was seeking a March fight today with Nino Valdes, top-ranking heavyweight contender.

licked Valdes two years ago and rn stop him the next said Pittsburgh Bob, who Wednesday night knocked out James of Roxbury, at 2:50 of the second round of their nationally televised bout in the Coliseum. Baker, fourth-ranking contender, outpointed Valdes on May 21, 1953, at Huntington, W. Va. Baker, favored at 3-1, staggered James with a right to the chin. He followed immediately with a left hook and two rights that dropped six-foot-three-inch Willie in a corner.

Referee Benny Goldstein counted when James was Nagy Fifth Sud To Join Seals In New Trade SAN FRANCISCO OF lineup for the San Francisco Seals is looking more and more like the 1954 edition of the Seattle iers. met all season. It seemed everything they threw up went I Although Grant scored only two more field goals than Mann, the winners capitalized on the foul i line, scoring 27 out of 33 tries to establish the substantial victory margin. Sixteen of those were scored in the second half as Grant pulled away from a comparatively close first half which saw both teams exchanging the lead frequently. Diamond heaped praise on his ace center, Bob Grissom, who scored 27 digits to lead all scorers.

Bob was especially deadly on jump shots from outside the key as he pumped 16 through the hoop in the first half, keeping his mates In contention. Marin exacts another toughie tomorrow night when it plays Los Angeles Loyola Barbara 66 Grant Tech 73. Marin 56 Duquesne 62. Carnegie Tech 21 St. Francis, Pa.

93, St. Bonaventure 88 Seton Hall 66 Muhlenberg 57 Lafayette 81, Bucknell 72 Army 78. Wagner 64 Penn State 84. West Virginia 51 Boston 67, Tufts 65 Kentucky 86 Georgia 40 N.C. State 126, William Mare 99 Georgetown D.C.

84. Villanova 79 Duke 75. Wake Forest 73 Richmond 78, Virginia Military 54 Navv 74. St. 68 Pitt 78.

Miami, 62 Baseball Star Soeaks To Cub Scouts SPILL KILLS HORSE INJURES DRIVER A trotter takes it on the nose horn the wheel of a spinning A. E. Sweencv (at left) vainly tries to pic- his carriage from tipping over in one of Sulncv, most spectacular trotting dashes recently. Driver A. J.

1 hompson lands on his as his horse and c.ni rash to the 1 1 ac k. 1 hompson was to the hospital with head in- piiios and one ol ihc horses was killed in tlie mishap. (AP irephoto) Baldwin Fires 50 Straight At Skeet Event Firing a perfect 50x50. Lee Baldwin led 80 other skeet and trap shooters last Sunday at the Marin Rod and Gun shooting competition on its range north of San Rafael. Hitting perfect 25x25 scores were Tom Brown and Col.

Waddell Smith while other leading marksmen were: Dr. Alex Ker, Dr. Jack Northrop, T. N. Brown, Charles Massieo and G.

Baldwin with 24x 25 each; P. J. Elliott, 23; Ray Luce. Bill Dixon, 22 each; Dr. Blackfield, 21; J.

W. Crews and Bob Hampton, 20 each; Jack Delaney and L. Conrad. 19 each; Herb Baker and W. P.

Croxton, 18 each. Jack Delaney and Dr. Northrop led the trap shooters by breaking a jinx with perfect 25x25 scores, the first marks at the range in many weeks. Other top trap scores were: Col. Smith, 22; J.

W. Crews, Dick Breneman and Roy Heyward with 21 each, and Bob Hampton, 20. The fields are open every Sunday at 9 a.m. More Liberal Fish-Game Regulations Are Sought Ex-Marin Golf Captain Home On Leave From Navy Yeoman Carl Rissmann, son of Mr. ana Mrs.

Carl Rissniann Si. of 319 Lovell. Mill Valley, has stm trying to regain his feet, returned from Japan and is now rn a 30-day leave at tbe home of his parents. Rissmann. former captain of the Marin Junior College golf team, brought with him trophies bolic of the 1954 championship of U.S.

Fleet activities. The fleet tournament was played Saseoo. Japan, last September. Rissmann. who managed the golf course, wa medalist as well as champion in the tourney.

He was also runncr- LOS ANGELES (U.R) Willie Vaughn will meet middleweight champion Carl (Bobo) Olson in a non-title bout at Hollywood Legion Stadium either March 5 or March 12. manager, Charlie Gregoli, said today. SACRAMENTO (U.R)—The Fish and Game Commission has announced more liberal hunting and fishing regulations for 1955. The commission released yesterday its tentative regulations for the year. It will adopt fmal regulations at its Feb.

25 meeting in San Francisco. Major changes include: Lengthening the Sierra trout season by two weeks and iding for an earlier opening on May 14. Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador counties were added to the Sierra group. Trout season will open May 28 and run until Oct. 31 in the north coastal region, including Del Norte and Humboldt counties.

The trout season for the rest of the state will be earlier, with opening scheduled April 30. Bag limits were unchanged at 15 fish or 10 pounds and one fish. Pheasant hunters will be permitted possession of one hen a season in contrast to past yeais when shooting was restricted to cock pheasants. The Sacramento River will be opened to year-round fishing fiom a point below Keswick Dam to the Carquinez Bridge. Lake Tahoe likewLse was opened to year-round angling with a bag limit of five trout or salmon.

A year-long season also was authorized, with the summer trout limit in effect, for Keswick, Isai bella, Dallas-Werner, Pine Flat, Melones lakes, Calaveras Reservoir and Phoenix and Lakes. A similar open season with a bag limit of three fish was tentatively adopted for the tidewaters of the Mattole. Bear, Eel, Elk. Mad, Little, Klamath and Smith rivers and Freshwater and Redwood The commission decided against an either sex deer season during the last three days of the regular inland season in the Central Sierra area and against a winter deer season in Southern Califor- i nia. Thesz, Nomellmi Sign SAN FRANCISCO (U.P> Lou Tliesz will put his world's ling championship on the block against football star Leo Nomellini in the San Francisco Cow- Palace March 22, Promoter Joe Malce- i wicz announced today.

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Nagy was Marin junior varsity will a ----traded for infielder Dick Watson. HamilUm Field team in the 6:30 Rafaej at. the pack's recent meet- i 55 nf Pnnrnrri i preliminary and young CYO cag- ii tovtoin qty r. Nagy, 34. played with the Seals in 1949, and on his 15-14 record, went to the Washington Senators.

preliminary and young CYO cai ers will entertain fans at halftime of the varsity tilt. In last night's preliminary Ma- But he returned in 1951 and fin- nn JV star Tom Redmayne bue.k- ished 3-4 cted 24 points, but. Grant also Also obtained from Seattle have been pitchers Gene Bearden, Pete Hernandez and Bill Evans and outfielder Clarence Maddern. Watson was acquired by the Seals from the Tri-city Club of the Western International League but play with the locals. Al Lien Quits Seals SAN FRANCISCO (Inky) Lien, southpaw mainstay of the 1 San FYancisco pitching staff for 11 seasons, today announced he was retiring to enter the real estate business.

The 39-year-old hurler said that an old back injury which he sus- tained in a fa -1 from the pitching mound about five seasons ago was his main reason for stepping out. feels all right during winter but always starts to act up in the Lien said. scored a 63-53 MARIN victory. fg ft Beyer, 4 5 Bechtold, 1 0 Grissom, 10 7 Hain, 3 2 Brvon, GoldbecK, 0 0 1 4 Butler, 2 0 Totals 21 14 GRANT TECH fg ft Stout, 2 4 Nordt. 4 4 Delaney, 1 6 Rolfe, 5 11 Keeler, 9 2 Rocker, 2 0 Totals 23 27 2 27 8 0 2 4 1 21 3 20 28.

FT Missed: Marin 9. Grant 7. Officials: Nauger and Calhoun. National League batting champion Willie Mays hit .348 against right handers and .337 against lefties in compiling his .345 average. Future events announced at the meeting included the annual store window display today through Feb.

12. and the annual potluck supper to be held this month. It was announced a Weuelos den had been organized to aid older cubs in learnin? their tenderfoot scout requirements. Awards for January went to Ed Cabaud. lion; Larry Clark, gold and silver arrows; Kevin Crocker, wolf; Jan de Bruyn, two-year pin; Bob Deeming, two-year pin; Wayne Diggs, lion and gold arrow; Charles Hendrickson, silver arrow; Mike Heroert, two-year pin; Boris Lacusta, lion; C.

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