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NCAA BASKETBALL 178 Entered In Stockton Oakland Tnbuna, Uundty, Mmh 20, 1958 43 Capwell's Salute to Majors Set Here Saturday Afternoon House Vote Setback to '60 Games Li Kentucky Star Reinjures Hand Sports Race IXiUISVlLLE. Ky March 10 uP Kentucky i Johnny Cox has rrlnjured a finger on hi right hand, but he ex peeled to be ready to play sisinst Temple tomorrow1 arrived here for the 32nd annual Natlor.al Association of Basketball Coaches convention Scheduled today are nomlna-tloni and voting for the Metro- Robert DiGtorglo, executive vice president of the 1060 night In the NCAA basketball poljlan Intercollegiate Basket- Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee, today described yesterday's vote In tha House of Representatives aiainst Immediate considera championahlpa. A a uluu to the opening of Msjor Uague baseball In the May Capwell'a-Oakland planning an afternoon of irx.iti movies Saturday. The I'uMh is invited free of Ma gr This event is by way of a welcome to the National league and to th GianU who are to play their first home Kme on April 13th. raiiwrll't will show 14 hours of filmed sports events, ttarling at 3 30 and ending at 3 00, in the ilore's Roof Garden Restaurant, fifth floor.

The l5tl Melbourne Olympic Games wilt be shown in color Highlights of the 1957 World STOCKTON Mar. Stockton Lions Club announces th- Uignt entry list of all Urn for its Sixth Annual Sport Car Rac es at 5 lock ton Air Fir Id Saturday and Sunday J. McAfrr of North Hollywood, winnrr of the Sux kton fraluir ra in 1954. heads an entry 1 1 of 178 Officials of Cox's finger was palnfulv swollen yesterday and he missed practice The Wildcats. Temple and Kansas Stale are due to arrive today and hold their practice sessions at the Freedom Hull, site of the tournament.

the SpoiU Car Club of Amer ica, sanctioning group, said ball Association award to the person doing the most for the port Also slsted are election of otfirrii, clinic talki and re-M-sreh committee reports by coaches One of the moat controversial questions being batted about by coaches is the 2 second rule which the pros use, requiring a player to shoot or puss within 24 seconds of getting the balL Some want It adopted for college play. One roach, mil WeoJpert San Franctsre, definitely to against the proposed rale. "If they passed a rule like tion of a bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide federal support for the 1100 Olympic Winter Games as "a procedural setback which in no way affects the ultimata passage of the measure." "It would be unfortunate," DiGiorgio said, "if the House action is interpreted abroad as a repudiation of the Federal Government's overwhelming support of the Winter Garnet because this is not the case. The vote was on an authorization bill not on the appro entries may top iw by race I til wtomtm Seattle, the ether finalist, arrived Ust night and reach Joha Caste Uanl said "tvery-aedy la Id feed shape." The only other man who's known to have been Injured it Temple's high-scoring Guy Rodgers. But Temple coach Hsrry Litwack said Tuesday Rodgers will be in good shape aftrr a strained back Ust week Castellani said Seattle's battle with Kansas Slate in the second game tomorrow night (7:30.

PSTl "probably will priation itself It merely sought to determine whether the PREP OF THE WEEK Vara Croeee. CUM baMball coach at DeAnia High of Richmond. admkM the trophy P-eented Buddy Keppel after the latter was named PVrrer of the Week by the East Bay Prep Writ Association. that, I would do one of two House desired to suspend its rules and take immediate action "A two thirds vote was required. The vote was 254 to 137 just 6 votes short of the two third majority.

This vote WALTER MAILS Sports Speaker Auto Race Fan Club Sets Award Banquet The California Auto Racing Fans Club will hold their Second Annual Honor Award Dinner-Dance at the Villa de la Paix Garden Room this Saturday night. Among the drivers, car own-era and racing officials to be honored, will be Fred Aga-bashian, who will be presented with the Bob Sweikert Memorial Trophy. PETE'S CHALLENGE time. Last year's races had 130 entries. There will be four races Saturday, starting at 1 p.m.

The Sunday program slates even events, with the first race starting at 10 13 a m. The feature race of 30 laps for senior drivers in over 1.500 cc displacement cars starts at 4 15 Sunday afternoon As an added attraction, the Lions are also sponsoring a Sportsarama auto show at the San Joaquin County Court-bouse from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. This exhibit includes many fine foreign can, American custom hot rods, antique and vintage gas-buggies.

Adding interest to the major race will be the two Chevrolet-engined cars. Stan Peterson of Oakland has installed his in a British Healey chassis and Jack Graham of San Jose will enter a Chevy-engined Aston. Allard, Maserati, BMW, Triumph. Alfa -Romeo the whole gamut of foreign racing machinery will be out in force this weekend at Stockton. Serirx baseball will also be featured For fight fans, there will be exciting moments from history ten minutes of the Joe Louis-Joe Walcott fight, plus shorts from other classic bouts, including Dempser v.

Tunney. There will also be 20 minutes of 49'er football at Kear Stadium. Walter Mills will chat informally for a few minute about the Giants. Old-timer Mails has a long background of baseball as a pitcher la major and minor leagues. $350,000 Turned Down for Hone SYDNEY, Australia, March 20 A $350,000 offer for Tulloch, Australia's leading race horse, has been refused and the owner said today, "the horse is not for sale at any price." The offer was made by frank Oferrall, a London bloodstock agent, on behalf of Wllbu things quit or use a lone defense, and I hate a he said "What the game really needs," Wooipert added, to leave the rules alone for a year and let everybody catch up with what's going on." NABC president A.

T. Gill, coach at Oregon State, agreed: "It's my impression that the coaches want the game left alone and let us catch up." in itself is gratifying because when the measure comet up for action again, only a simple majority will be needed for depend on the question of rebounding." Kentucky and Temple open the battle for the title tomorrow night (5:30, PST) and the winners meet Saturday night in the finals. Meanwhile, some 400 coaches DeAnza Ace Keppel Voted Prep of Week DeAnza High of Richmond, one of the Alameda County League's new varsity members, has crashed the Player of the passage." "The 231 affirmative vote cast would be more than enough to pass the authorization." Congressman Claire Engle TV FIGHT in whose district Squaw Valley is located, advised DiGior Week ranks. Poole to Coach Preps LAUREL, Miss March 20 Ufi Barney Poole, an All-America end at Mississippi in 1948, will become head football coach at Laurel High School April 1. gio from Washington that con Buddy Keppel star pitcher and third baseman for the De gessional leaders all of whom are supporting a $4,000,000 aDDropriation request which Anza Dobs, was honored as Clark, Las Vegaa hotel owner.

Vaughn in Draw With Beecham originated with President Eis Player of the Week by the Shop Friday and Monday Nights! East Bay Prep Writers Association yesterday at a luncheon enhower are now planning to bring up the authorization bill possibly early next week under at the Villa de la Pais Rectau rant Machen, Zora Ready to Box Rademacher Pete Rademacher's challenge to the National Boxing Association's No. 1 heavyweight contender was considered today by the No. 2 as well as the No. 1 man. Manager Sid Flaherty taid his No.

1 contender, Eddie Machen, would be willing to box Rademacher but "feels a substantial sum should be guaranteed, Machen having everything to lose and nothing to gain. Machen. who lives at Redding, fights Zora Folley, ranked No. 2, in San Francisco's Cow Palace April 9. Bill Swift, Folleys manager, thinks his fighter will be No.

1 April 10. "We'd be willing to box Rademacher after the Machen fight and there would be no need for him to put up any guarantee," Swift said from San Jose where his Chandler, Ariz, fighter shows in an exhibition tomorrow. "Rademacher is an interest Keppel. singled out for the award for his pitching per WASHINGTON, March 20 IP "I could have penalized a special ruling. Favorable action by the House under this procedure would require only a simple majority vote to authorize the Defense Department to proceed.

The Senate has already ap formance last week against Pacifica of Pittsburg, was ac Miss Ruuska In 'Champs' Swim Meet SEATTLE, March 20 A 'swimming meet of champions" Saturday will bring together several of the nation's top splash queens at the University of Washington pool. Olympic team members entered include Nancy Ramey of Seattle, butterfly; Sylvia Ruuska, Berkeley, freestyle and butterfly; Paula Jean Meyers. Indian Springs, Calif diver, and Susie Ordogh, Seattle, breaststroke. Reigning national champions on the list include Hollywood's Patty Kempner, medley, and Carolyn Murray, freestyle; Santa Clara's Chris companied to the luncheon by coach Vera The DeAnza standout, a first-string football quarterback, struck out 13 batters, gave up two walks and allowed only one hit in the Pacifica contest. him more," declared referee Marty Gallagher today in reply to middleweight Willie Vaughn's protests against last night's rough-tactics ruling that cost Vaughn victory by one point and gave him only a draw with Jimmy Beecham.

Their TV 10-rounder at the new capitol arena was their third (and rubber) match within two months; for Vaughn of Los Angeles had outpointed Beecham of Miami Beach on Feb. 4 and Beecham had turned A right-hander, Keppel stands 5 feet 104 inches and weighs 160 pounds. proved the authorization bill, as has the House Armed Services Committee. In a separate action the Senate recently approved the appropriation itself. The money would be used for the construction of the Ice Arena central theme building of the Games as a federal project and also provide funds for the assignment of Army and Navy personnel to the Games for communications, avalanche control and other assistance.

Buddy told the prep writers that he hopes some day to play professional baseball and then become a high school coach. Both Keppel and Cruess win be interviewed by Milt Gamble ing fellow and good copy. He and Folley would probably sell out in San Francisco or on his Teen -Age Scoreboard show over Radio Station KLX von Saltza, freestyle, and Jane Wilson, butterfly; Molly Bot-kin of Los Angeles, freestyle and butterfly, and Mary Lou Elsenius, Berkeley, Los Angeles. We'd even go to Sunday night at 7 o'clock. Seattle where he has lots of friends.

The only demand Fd make is that we get the bigger the tables on March 4. Gallagher penalized Vaughn one point for "a low blow and for pushing" in the fourth round, and he went to the two judges and asked them to do the same. As a result. Judge Michael Tardugno wound up with 95 points for each fighter, instead of having Vaughn ahead. That caused the draw, since Gal 1 percentage.

It would be a good fight Mack Faces Alumni Five In New Gym McClymonds High's basket and interesting for a few if i rounds." Elroy Hirsch To Speak at Prep Banquet Elroy Crazy legs) Hirsch Rademacher, who came from Grandview, issued the challenge in letters to sports breaststroke. A number of regional champions also will compete. Among them are Judy Lochridge and Marianne Hargreaves, Hollywood, and Ann Warner and Doxy Ranson, Santa Clara. San Jose, Stanford in Track Meets California's Bears draw a bye this weekend, but the Stanford and San Jose State varsity cindermen both host onrjoncnts Saturday. former star end for the Los Angeles Rams professional football team, will be the main speaker at the East Bay Prep lagher favored Beecham, 94-92, whereas Judge Harry Volk-man, favored Vaughn, 99-93.

Vaughn and his handlers protested that Gallagher had not warned him before inflicting the penalty. But the referee said, "I warned him in the third and I warned him in the fourth, and I told him at the end of the fourth I had penalized him. I could have penalized him more if I'd been real strict." Writers Association's first an ball team will play its first game in the Warriors' new $500,000 gymnasium tomorrow night against an alumni team. The game, scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., will pit this year's Tournament of Champions winners against players who were named to the tourney all-star team in former years and other stars. The former all-stars are nual Awards Banquet June A at the Villa de la Paix Res taurant.

tAOaU Teee-Tyae BtofkweJ Hirsch. who announced his retirement from footb 11 re cently to become director of the 76 Sports Club, will make lath, Plw Tejav And iicappaiu tim 670k 11.75 710x15 13.95 loch, Wv. Tax AND IICAPPAIll Till writers throughout the country. He was knocked out in August by Champion Floyd Patterson in his only professional fight and would like to earn another shot at the title. Mat Giants Top Program Here Friday The two biggest wrestlers now performing in this country will face one another on the Oakland Auditorium mat tomorrbw night.

They are Paul Anderson and Hombre Montana. Anderson weighs close to 375 pounds, Montana in the vicinity of 350 pounds. Their match will be for one hour, with two falls deciding. a special trip from Los Angeles to the Bay Area for Ue dinner. The highlights of the banquet, expected to am act more Promoter Goldy Ahearn considered the possibility of a fourth match today; but Vaughn will be sidelined about six weeks while a gash on his left brow heals.

It was opened in the second round last night. Vaughn weighed 160 and Beecham 1554. ir LIFETIME GUARANTEE than 150 persons, will be the naming of the astbay area's Coach of the Year and Player Stanford's Indians meet he San Francisco Olympic Club and the Santa Clara Youth Village in a triangular meet. Field events begin at 1:30 p.m., with the races starting at 2 o'clock. The San Jose Spartans face the University of California at Santa Barbara, with both field events and the mile run start of the Year.

The selections will John Simmons, 1949; Willie Rock, who also won the Tribune Trophy for being the top scorer in 1952; Pete McKin-ney and Joe Johnson, 1956. The remainder of the alumni team will be comprised of R. M. Johnson, Julius Harrison, Thad Litzsey, Marion Sims, Ervin Bonner, Ray Brown, Gus Dyson and Lonnie Johnson. Student tickets will sell for 50c, general admission $1.00.

Proceeds will go to the McClymonds band uniform fund. The gym is located at 26th and Linden streets. Teams from Lowell and against all defects, plus 1 J-Month Service Guarantee ir Rugged Cold Rubber construction fights lire be made by the EBPWA. All Bay area colleges and junior colleges are being asked to send a representative to the puncture and blewowh. dinner.

Tickets can be purchased at the or from members of the EBPWA Although Anderson s- sesses unusual strength. Mon- Dayton Is Favorite In NIT Semi-Final NEW YORK, March 20 Oft-Top ranked Dayton and third-seeded St. Bonaventure are favored to win semi-final games in the National Invitation Basketball Tournament tonight. But the coaches of the underdog teams think the odds are out of line. "I don't think my team will Hoover Junior High will meet tana wjij nave an edge in ex ing at 2 p.m.

at Spartan Stadium. California's Freshmen will battle West Contra Costa Jay-cee and San Francisco City College at Edwards Stadium, starting at noon. Next action for the CaJ varsity will be March 29, when the top men will compete in the Texas Relays at Austin and the remainder of the squad tackles the Olympic Club and San Francisco Presidio at Edwards Stadium. in a preliminary game, nan- pcrience. Montana, who comes from South America, has been time entertainment will be provided by the Market Street Boys Club midget basketball team.

wrestling many years. Anderson is a beginner. Big Paul has won all his Pitt Trustees OK Pros in Stadium PITTSBURGH. March 20 ijf The way has been virtually cleared for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League to play in Pitt Stadium The executive committee of the University of board of trustees yesterday approved a proposal for the pro matches since he started pro- cool off. The momentum ahould fessional wrestling several weeks ago.

Don't Miss This! ALLSTATE COMPANIONS with Rugged Super Cord Keg Banquet Saturday at keep us going, said Jim Mc-Cafferty of Xavier (Ohio) which takes on St Bonaventure in the second game in Madison Square Garden. fessional Steer use the providing! And, said Joe Lapchick of St. John's (N.Y.), which goes against Dayton in the opener, Super Cord Rayon fights blowout )m C.l MilurM tirm tkiAAina it wouid r.nt its tax-free status No d.fficulty is expected on this point altnouh the Allegheny Cour.tv Pittsburgh 1 board of proper? assessment must act on rt Local 'Y' Slates Swimming Clinic Annual "learn to swim" clinic for boys at the Oakland YMCA will be held March 31 through April 5 in the Centra! Branch's pool at 2101 Telegraph according to Gus McKinnon. in charge Registration is new under way on a "first-come, first-served" basis for boys seven years old and up who can't swim. Boys must sign up in person at the Central boys department There is nc charge Priced at Only Ligure Hall Winners in the recent championship tournaments staged by the Metropolitan Oakland and the East Bay Woman's Bowling Associations will be honored Saturday night at a giant Smorgasbord Banquet at Ligure Hall, 4799 Shattuck Avenue.

The highlight of the get-together will be the awarding of trophies to the titlists in both meets. The teams are evenly matched." The Flyers (24-3) are rated four point choices over St. John's (18-8) While St. Bonaventure (20-4) is figured three points better than Xavier (17-11). St Bonaventure coach Ed Donovan is worried about Xavier and he has a right to GIANTS VOTED 'UNDERWATER' PARKING LOT SACRAMENTO.

Marcri 20 A baseball parking lot now under water was voted for the Giants by the Senate yesterday. It approved transfer of title of 127 acres of tidelands from the state to the city at the site of the proposed new stadium on the edge of San Francisco Bay. Much of the acreage, when filled in, would be for parking cars. The bill now goes to the Assembly. To get work underway.

Sen Robert I. McCarthy (D San Francisco), inserted an urgency clause that would give the legislation immediate ef- 95 1 re ii TW-T ai kilttf be. The Musketeers from Cincinnati dumped Niagara and then eliminated defending tV plm Tn AND ICAPfASU Till Tickets for the banquet, open On Shrine Squad KANSAS CITY, March 20 chamDion Bradley to reach the to all bowlers and their I I LB. POMADE A llisri ban 7.10x 15 15.95 each, Plus Tix 'AND RECAFf ABLE TIHE semis. "We're going to have a tough game on our hands," said Donovan.

"Xavier does everything friends, can be purchased at JP Lloyd Frahm. Io-a State, all Eastbay alleys at 50 cents and Jerry Ok.ahoma apiece. State, have been named to the The 1958 men's and women's West squad the seventh an-toumaments were held under nual East-West Shrine basket-trie sponsorship of The. ball benefit gamt here next Tribune. Sunday.

7 and does it well. We're good feet upon the Governor's sig- cripper, but we ve got air mm ling on them i a a i a a.

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