The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 38

Westless Lakers Bow Wilt Wins For Warriors WCAC Quints Take Lumps In Non Loop Tilts By Aaaorlaled Pmi Santa Clara will visit once powerful New York Univer- sity tonight in search of more basketball success than it or its fellow West Coast Ath- ipuplletic Conference teams could 2-D Wednesday January 29 1964 THE HtESNO BEE Clowning Globetrotters Have Fun In Turning Back Seagulls By Eddie Lopez itable tennis exhibition Mike These are hard acts to fol-It seems almost criminal Pickering and his two child-ow but a one leRRed jncer that anyone making so much'ren Mike Jr 5 and Christ ie I pLc8 BUM slppfd lh money could have so much! a musing on thei un- trampoline Cuban refugees! The Trot tors II be Yet this is an accurate Joe Torrcs and Julio Farrias did precision hand balancing HrrMn S(rnl Parisians Jacque and Collette Moniam'ry nt 4iarmcki La Lamond performed on bi-lD3win description of the Harlem Globetrotters They play for 'pay I1 4J1 till! Ill jireap yesterday gamp With West out the result of a collision with Wilt Chamberlain last the Lakers were punchless despite knee sore Elgin Baylor's 25 points The defeat sliced the Lakers' Western lead to two games over idle St Louis and two and a half over San Francisco which walloped Philadelphia 139 to 117 behind 59 point binge New York the Eastern tailenders surprised league leading Boston 133 to 127 in the only other game Willie Jones dropped in two baskets and a free throw in the last 52 seconds as the Pistons snapped a five game By Aaxoriated Jerry West's broken thumb may turn out to be Los toughest handicap since Sandy Koufax wrecked his index finger two years ago When the Dodgers' ace southpaw injured the pitching hand finger in 1962 LA blew a baseball pennant Now the Lakers of the National Basketball Association are in danger of losing their Western Division title grip because of West's damaged digit The Lakers missed 296 scoring average last night when last place Pistons cut them down 93 to 92 With West on the firing line Los Angeles had been scoring 1113 points a to Provi cycles Another Frenchmen Jjdence 82 to 71 Arizona State Leo Basst juggled objects snbnMa so jniciBU i University routed Loyola 82 Cry 10 4 3 Santa Clara fell with his feet and among thejSSS i So i ajto 64 and Portland whipped III I 22 4 I 70 Tatoi It hall Total! I Basketball is their profes sion and laughter is their by product Anyone who thinks the objects was a piano entertaining act is the same old thing is mistaken They are funnier than ever New personnel routines gags and show stopping vaudeville acts combine to make it a top drawer attraction Tickets for last night's appearance in the Fresno Me' Don Carter one of the losing string dutch shooting came after Detroit squandered a 14 point lead in the final quarter Newcomer Reggie Harding and veteran Bailey Howell shared scoring honors for the Pistons with 16 points apiece scoring harvest matched his single game high this season and over shadowed a 41 point performance by Philadelphia's Hal Greer The Warriors reeled off 18 straight points early in the third quarter to overcome a Philly lead After the clubs battled through nine tics Tom Meschery put San Francisco on top to stay with a jump shot from the corner Meschery finished with 29 points The Knicks and Celtics combined for 90 points in the fourth quarter a Madison Square Garden pro record 48 points in the period also a Garden mark almost wiped out a 16 point New York margin Bob Boozer with 28 Bill McGill 27 and John Egan 24 paced the Knicks to their first victory in five games and second over the NBA champs in eight meetings Play Starts In Palm Springs Golf Tourney PALM SPRINGS AP Defending champion a Nicklaus and more than 509 other golfers were here today to start the tournament that docs not know when to quit It is the Palm Springs Classic an event whose format suggests it was conceived by the same guy who originated the trans Pacific underwater bicycle race Four Courses Actually it is a very ordinary golf tournament except that it runs five days and Is the only 90 hole event on the PGA tour and that it is played on four different courses simultaneously and that it is really 18 tournaments in one The nearly 11 dozen professionals entered will compete for about $100000 in prize money Of this $50000 will be distributed Sunday to ing scorers in the 90 hole tournament proper The winner will get $7500 The rest will be divided up a little at a time during the 17 part pro-amateur event that will run through Satur- day Hole In One Bonus 4 7-713 In addition an insurance 1 o'mjo company promises a $10000 i-1 'Sibonus to any pro who makes Mia hole in one Tournament i M2 sponsors offered a $50000 ihole in one prize in previous But they had to take 22 17-93! out a $50000 insurance policy' (91) FT Finley KC Chiefs Open New Talks IC Jotting Pepperdine 85 to 68 in the a ii heavy mid week slate of non conference games Only the University of San Francisco won but their 71 to 46 triumph was at the expense of San Francisco State a small school athleti cally NYU Slips Santa Clara will face a team which was ranked No 2 nationally early in the year but fell out of the top 10 as injuries and ineligibility took their toll Bob Vrankovich topped Santa Clara with 24 points yesterday The Broncos drew within one point with five minutes to play but then Sharpe morial Auditorium were names in bowling will be in Fresno Tuesday to out by noon The crowd KANSAS CITY Mo UPI City hopping Charles Finley with two days left to Iinjjn(j a home for his Kansas cjty Athletics planned to re Valley Conference Will Swing Into Round Robin Rams Get Nod passed the 1800 mark More than 500 persons were standing throughout the two of hi book on and a half hour show and lt estjmated Carter is more than 1000 disappointed of the highest fans had to be turned awayipaid athletes with an income at the boxoffice 1 -v meet and visit with bow fans and to autograph copies turn to home base today for another meeting with the landlords of municipal It is a tribute to the Company1 FinlcF t0d Carlcton mirthful act that no ha for his Doear- city manager that he wanted Providence drew away for its not even ho 4ha eighth tralght victor ade A haS: Ventura Avenues from 10 AM exits until the last basket hadjtQ an(j 3 t0 a new four year stadium lease Loyola hit less than third of its shots in the loss one The hoop herds of the Valley Conference will complete the first go around of their round robin schedule Friday with the Fresno City College Rams still the team Let An totes Datrelt (91) IT Butcher Ferry Harding Howtll Jonas Moraland Ohl Scott 4 1-2 9' Barnett 152 4 Bator 4 4-7 14 Ellis 7 2-4 14 King 5 34 13 Krebs 1H 4' Le Russo 4 3-S IS1 Ntlson 5 4-4 14'Rtcd Selvy Filey are interested in hearing what Mr Finley has to Sharpe said declining further comment Finley was scheduled to meet with Mayor Ilus Totals Davis Sharpe and members of Totals 3117-2193 Seer by periods Detroit Los Angelos Pi Personal fouls: 24 21 21 22 been dropped through the hoop The score of the game was Irrelevant but for the record the Trotters triumphed for the umpteenth time over thej Atlantic Seagulls 70 to 62 Meadowlark Lemon 6 foot 2 inch rubbery limbed thin-man is the No 1 laugh getter He is so funny he can make people laugh standing still which he seldom does Lemon tossed in 21 pointsi tyg respiratory infec-on a variety of unorthodox tjon 3 League President Joe Cronin! has contracted a virus infection and will be unable to attend the senate subcommittee hearings on the sports bill in Washington Cronin was confined to his Newton Center home by a Booier Butler Chappel Egan Goia Green Hevman Hoover McGill the city baseball committee at 2 PM PST Finley has until Saturday to sign a new stadium lease with Kansas City If he does not the American League has said it will take action to expel him from baseball and take away his team The league issued its lease directive to Finley January 16th the same day it turned down his request to move the Athletics to Louisville Ky ofjTe vote on both decisions was g-i The only dissenting 3 6 vote to Arizona State Dick Schiendler led the Lions with 17 points Tenth Straight Loss Pepperdine trailed most of the way in losing its 10th straight Dwight Jones led the Waves with 15 points USF outrebounded San Francisco State 74 to 30 and outshot the Gators 46 per cent to 25 per cent Ollie Johnson pulled down 19 rebounds and scored 18 points as the Dons ran their record to 10-4 In the lone Far Western Conference game Humboldt State upset Chico State 61 to 51 Each is 3-1 in league play Humboldt which lost a non conference game to Chico 80 to 52 Monday installed a zone defense and it paid off with 10 ball steals by Ron Good the high scorer with 27 points Rocky Bridges will make his managerial debut in baseball this year as boss of San Jose in the California League The team is part of the Los Angeles Angels farm system 23 24-2 to cover themselves and after Datrelt Butcher 51 Harding 2 Howtll 4 Jones 3 Moreland few payoffs the premium 4 Ohl Scott Barnett 4 gQj gg hjgh they decided tC) drop the gimmick This is the fifth PGA touma- ment of the year and winners 2 three of the previous four ioiare here They are Art Waif 11 Jr Tony Lfema and Chi Chi Rodriguez Arnold Palmer who won the first Palm Springs Classic in 1960 and repeated in 1962 is back again So is Billy Maxwell the 1961 winner 1 Last year the event went 108 holes Nicklaus defeating uiGary Player in an 18 hole Payoff 65 to 72 If there is oia tie at the end of 90 holes year there will bis a sudden death playoff the same 1 5 23139 day- Former Yankee pitcher Torn Morgan is the new minor league pitching instructor for the Los Angeles Angels 47 211171 Totoli a 44 24 17-117 San Francisco 33 24 39 Personal fouls: Philadelphia Welker Gambaa Dierking 2 Costello 4 Greer Kerr Schaves Newmann 2 War-ley 2 San Francisco Meschery Hightower Chamberlain 2 Phillips Rodgers Thurmond 4 Alttes Hill goals such as hook shots from 20 feet away with his back to the basket Pat Cary 6-3 smoothie for the Seagulls popped in 23 points Tom Flores quarterback for the Oakland Raiders did not appear He has been playing with the Seagulls but under- cjsjon over California bantam-went an elbow operation last weight champion Jorge Sala- crrimv nor rosent The Philippines last night scored a close 10 round de- Daryl Patterson COS 41 Ed Vollmor Secramnto Calvlif Jones Della Ititsigiiisoiisi 53 Mike Svas Sacramento Jo DoBItCf COS MilillMItltSMmttllSW Ron Read ARJC ooooot BBggoggtggtgbdgo47 CCJCA PIS PA Pet Hancock 3 I 244 201 1000 Roedlcy 2 1 212 233 447 Coalinga 2 1 110 IIS 447 Porterville I 2 212 224 333 Merced 1 2 211 227 J33 Toft 1 191 243 JXX) fading Sctrirs Player School Points Bob Shadric Merced 70 Nick Allan Hancock 47 Doug Giddings Psrlervlllt 43 Roy Natalroed Rasdlsv 41 Charles Brown Hancock Lloyd Talbot Portervlllo 51 Juan Escamilla Morcod 55 Pel Conrad Raedlav ttatt(imt4Mgas49 VYiync SilyirdSi Tilt iaMtiMiMsiMMi47 JUIpti Hollis Coolin 0bdsbbbbead047 Metr spell! as Pts PA Pet San Diago 4 0 597 491 1000 Cerritos 5 1 454 349 033 El Cemlno I 4 452 406 J33 Bakersfield 2 4 44) 457 331 Santa Monica 2 4 314 512 J33 LA Valley aaaaoboatboo 1 431 491 147 East LA 1 440 419 147 loading Scarars Player School Polnls Tom Dunlap Sente Monica 170 Rick Horkcv East LA 121 Roy Ermigarat Bakersfield SSStltltll 119 Frank White Sente Monks eooboeobog113 Conticldf El Csmtno oaidatbogeoiaai ill Millar San Diego 110 Rodrigues East LA SSSSStSSSISSISISM 102 Richard Lang Beach 101 Waldla Long Beach in Johnson Long Beach 94 This wsek's schedule of lunior college basketball games: Tern screw Night Mercsd vs UOP Fresh in Stockton Friday Night Valley Cantaranca Fresno vs COS In Visalia Modesto In Sacramento Delta vs American River In Sacramento Metraoalltan Santa Monica vs Carritoa In Norwalk El amino at East Let Angeles LA Volley In Bakersfield San Diago in Long Beach N4C Concordia vs Pacific Collage at Ye-semitt Junior High School Non Loaouo Cal Paly In Coalings Victor Valley In Toll Saturday Night Valley Conference ARJC In Modesto CCJCA Reedley In Coalinga Hancock In Porterville Totals 54 21 1311 New York 19 Boston 31 '7 21 Personal fouls: New York Booier 3 ClMDoell 5 Egan 5 Goto 4 Green 2 Hevman 2 Hoover McG'il Boston Havlicek 2 Helnsohn 4 Jones 1 Jones 3 Neulls Ramsey 3 Russell 3 Sanders 3 74a rt (117) Warriors (119) Walker Gambee -Dierking Cost to Greer Kerr Schaves Newmann Worley 4 i lJfiSftoSI 'I I I 20 pwimds r1In 4 'i i7 7 4iRodoers i i io Allies'0 4 i oHiM 1 was Finley's Friday according to Red Klotz manager of the Gulls As for the vaudeville Britisher Richard Bergman scored his 39th triumph over 18 year old Brazilian Rodri- zar in a non title go Kidd moved in close during the final rounds to earn a 5 to 4 decision on referee Pete card Kidd weighed 123)4 and Flies To Manila LOS Carlos Ortiz world lightweight champion flew to Manila where he will meet Philippine boxer Flash Elorde February 15th in a title fight guez Da Costa 21 to 19 in a Salazar 122 SERVICE SPECIALS TAKE YOUR CAR WHERE THE EXPERTS ARE! GOODYEAR SERVICE STORES to beat Fresno which is 18-1 for the season will invade the College of the Sequoias Friday night in Visalia while Mo desto College is at Sacramento City College and Delta College of Stockton is at American River Junior College in Sacramento Lonnie Hughey the 6 foot 7 inch all state center has taken over the scoring lead in the VC with 83 points He is followed by Dei Tipton 6-3 center for COS and John Duncan 6-2 guard for Delta both with 71 Action in the Central California Junior College Association will find pacesetting Hancock in Porterville and Reedley in Coalinga both on Saturday night Hancock is running away with the CCJCA and there does not seem to be any one capable of stopping the talented Bulldogs Hancock is 15-5 for the season Two of the losses were to Fresno Shadric Leads The scoring leader in the CCJCA still is Bob Shadric 6-4 forward for Merced with 70 Nick Allen smoothly coordinated 6-5 postman is second with 67 Doug Giddings 6-2 forward for Porterville is next with 63 San Diego has taken over the leadership in the Metropolitan Conference having disposed of Cerritos 61 to 59 after Cerritos knocked over Long Beach 78 to 55 Long Beach Cerritos and SDCC were deadlocked for the lead last week Now the defending champions from the border city are 6-0 with LBCC and Cerritos battling it out for runnerup honors with 5-1 logs San Diego will invade Long Beach Saturday night in the feature game Tom Dunlap of Santa Monica continues to set a scorching pace in the individual scoring race with 170 markers The No 2 scorer is East Los Rick Har-key with 121 Rav Ermigarat follows with 119 OTHER OBSERVATIONS: Tha latest statewide lunior coilego how jatlnoi rt 1 Riverside 2 College el Sen i gJJ Fresno 4-Cltv College of 5n Fren-dsco Cerritos fr-Hencock Diego S-Sen Jose t-t-oyBeertilO-Anteleoe Velev Guard Sten Hardin 5-4 and forward Kalton Dotson 4-2 of Portervlllo College have wed up their ellflIDimv Hardin whose faffyr was an all America at IWitern Kantocky Stala In 1934-35 It bound for Dlckeiaen College ND Dotson who preooed at Washington Union High SchodlnEsston will continue hit career at West Texas State in Canyon Tex Dotson's wife x-pocts to make him proud popo jn March Myra Moore who succeeded Homer Beatty at Santa Ana Collage be one of Ray Wlilsev's aides at fhe University of California Chuck Law-ton 5 foot 11 Inch MS pound tocond lacker for Bakersfield College ha been signed to a professional contract by the Philadelphia Phillies Paul Owen who I hat been scouting for ttto Phlli since ho gave up managing the Bakersfield Bears signed Lawton who as prtd otEoit Bakersfield High partldoeted In il doubto 1 olavs Another graduate of EB Is with the Phils right fielder JottWWIIton Jim Tolliver of Oaklend City College drilled 47 points through the hooos against Chobot lor Goldtn Goto Conference single game record Riverside the state's No 1 rated hoop squad hot 21-0 record The Tigers who ore coached by former Fresnen Jerry Tsr-kenlnn hive won 47 of 41 games lh- last two years The toss was by an point to Fresno In tost year's tournament Rlvtrsidt may bo weakened somewhat by the mid term loss of Roosevelt Lee an all Eastern Conference guard from Detroit Bakersfield College has tost the services ef Its only two lettermen 5-11 guard Bob Ray and 4-4 center John Raxroth Ray is a victim of the faculty ax Raxroth ti wearing a cast on his left leg due to a fracture ef one of his toes Son Joso upset City Colleoe of Son Francisco 72 to 49 It Is the second tost In II pames this season tor CCSF which hit Won 59 of 44 games since January 1942 Bob Hunt basketball coach at Long Beach CC has resign id Ho cited health as the reason for hit leaving which will bo at the end ef the season The Metro grcctod two now coaches at the start of the season Pete Nestande of Bakersfield College and Charles Hampton at Son Diego After losing to Cerritos Lone Beach bounced East LA 101 to 90 Riverside gave Lee something to remember In his final gome walloping Citrus 101 to 79 Loo gave the fans something to rsmomber him a IS point effort By 64 FORD Strong new box smooth new long-wheelbase ridel CELEBRATING THE HOTTEST TRUCK YEAR FORD DEALERS EVER HAD! 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