Corvallis Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 3

GflMtH-TimM, Cwr.lllt, Ownon, SaturSay, Doctmbar 27, 193 I Third Straight Won Leaguer Drops V- kick's Corvallis WUamblings I if JJL 4 efense of Classic Title Tonight eavers Open! ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Basketball is dominant on the Oregon State sports scene, but the Beaver football coaching ata(f is quietly making preparations for spring football practice. There are several important gaps that can be con-aidered trouble spots in the 1959 outlook, but the one that Is getting the most attention is wingback where.the Orangemen must replace John Horrillo and Earnel Durden, top two at that spot this fall J. C. Transfer Would Be Help There are several possibilities at presentnumber on of which! Spartans Lose Air Academy Is Beaver Foe In First Round To Medford By would be to get a fine junior college transfer to enroll this winter 58-43 Margin or spring and there is reportedly one fine single wing player in California now who has played five years (three high school, two J.C.), in this type of offensive system and is rated a fine major MEDFORD (Special) The Corvallis Startans. college prospect if he does choose to come to OSC, the wingback problem would be greatly alleviated in terms of possible player witches.

sharp in their shooting here but disappointing in other departments, will be out to WW break a three-game losing streak after a 58-43 loss te Medford. By JACK RICKARD Gutt-Ttaaa Sport Editor Two basketball teams who have shown well on defense but have yet to find the consistent scoring range tangle tonight in the opening game of the college division of the third annual Far West Classic. The Oregon State Beavers, twice winners of their own Christmas tournament, and the young Air Force Academy team collide in the 7:30 opener at GUI coliseum. In the nightcap, Wyoming from the Skyline conference and Iowa from the Big Ten will battle for The two teams play tonight at p.m. in the final of the two-game series.

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i Iff i mi i mi mi iii.i.iniiiii.n. in inn nun The Spartans Tired at a .467 clip from the field in hitting 14 of SO shots while adding 15 of 19 free If lot, there is the strong possibility that fleet Grimm Masoa may be moved from tailback to that position. Mason is the logical choice of all the tailback candidate for 'several reasons he's got the speed and maneuverability to make a fine wingback he's the best pass defender on the team, and Coach Tommy Prothro will tell you that the safety man, which Is the wingback 0 offense, is the key to his defense and with crippling Injuries this past season that kept him out of action almost the entire year, it's doubtful that Mason could take the pounding that a tailback undergoes on the rugged off-tackle slashes that the position calls for. 1 Kfil throws, but the hosts held a commanding edge in rebounding. "They were big and aggressive if 4 mm nm ai i i mat amin 1 I mil' we lust couldn't combat their physical strength," Coach the other championship game spot.

Bob Payne said today. "But when you shoot as well as we it's hard to figure out how you could OSC Is 4-4 Oregon State enters the game get beat by IS points." with a 4-4 mark, including an upset win over Indiana last weekend and triumphs from Wichita, Passing Harts Spnrts "Our passing really hurts us at Hawaii, and Oregon. In these eight games, the. Beavers have times," Payne continued. "We should have ran better because averaged only 56.5 points a game, but have held the opposition to they were pressing us off the defensive backboard and weren't getting back fast on defense." 6 i biSi a 58.5 mark.

The Spartan mentor thought The Falcons have a none-too-impressive 2-3 record, but Coach Bob Spear is high on his team's that inexperience and some defensive weaknesses gave Medford some easy baskets. defensive work in those five This is the best ball club we ve faced," he added. "We were loggy games. "Outside of the last 10 minutes against Colorado State (the Academy blew a 37-34 lead and lost after the six-hour trip that morn- ROY CRITSER, herb in last Saturday's Oregon State win over Indiana, Is counted for reserve duty tonight when the Beavers meet the Air Force Academy in the opening game of the third annual Far West Classic. JUMP-SHOOTING BOB BLAKE Is one of the, three Air Force Academy seniors who will be In action tonight against Oregon State In the 7 p.m.

Far West Classic opener. ing and the fact we hadn prac- Christmai holidays." 67-57), I feel that our defense has Corvallis battled Medford on been as good as we could ex pect," he said. even terms in the first quarter, which ended 10-10. The Tornado Dragons Gain The Air Force does sport a 61.8 scoring mark against a 59.4 moved into a 25-20 halftime lead and stretched it to 38-32 at the defensive average. third quarter.

Lowe Leaves Oregon State Another Win The two players behind Dur- den and HorViUo this past fall. GRIMM MASON Ron Miller and Amos Marsh, are A both back and can be counted on to Improve Miller Is slightly handicapped by his stature, while Marsh, with good speed, has been erratic but one of the two could develop into a fine second-team wingback but that number one man will be needed. Local Bowler Records 277 Score Sometimes you can never tell Virgil Jackson, bowling in the local Moose league, showed up for last Monday night's action straight from his logging operations no chance to eat supper or get cleaned up, but he made it on time so Jackson proceeded to roll nine straight strikes and a rousing 277 game, one of the best ever in local bowling history and he picked up a Bulova Wrist watch and a case of Royal Crown-cola for his efforts. The famous Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain will be In-Oregon In April with the Harlem Globetrotters, appearing in McArthur court in Eugene two weeks after the state high school basketball tournament Ex-Rook Playing For Falcons Tom Walker from nearby Toledo is a reserve on the Air Force Academy football team which will be playing in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's day he was a starter In the 1955 OSC Rook grid team before leaving school for Menlo junior college and eventually winding up at the Academy Ernie Zwahlen, former Beaver footballer and a line coach under Clay Stapleton at Iowa State, left as soon as the season was over and is currently filling a six-months obligation with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Ducks Lose One Frosh Player University of Oregon has already lost one star from their heralded freshman ranks for next term he's Joe Malan, all-city from St.

Ignatius in San Francisco from inside reports at Beav-erville, all of the Beaver Rooks were in no danger Last weekend it was Allen Schlegelmilch of Indiana this week it's Bob Rhynsburger of Wyoming, Don Wolfswinkel of the Air Force Academy, and fortunately for PA announcer Bill Neland, the Iowa Hawkeyes have lost the services of last year's sub center, Americus John-Lewis. i A big last quarter In which they scored 20 points ked the game for The Falcons boast wins over Westminster of Utah, 79-74, and Colorado Mines 73-60, but have lost to Drake, 71-56; Colorado, 52-44; and Colorado State, 67-57. the winners. STANFIELD (Special) Monroe Nation's Best Webfools Lose i Ktmn Morrnw nacea uarvauis is mint whila Gene Mil- first quarter here last nlgbtjad had n.ThnSnnrt lost Mor- Successful Beavers Are Tall Oregon State will have a defi then hung on to gain a 28-22 row and Sig Hansen on fouls in nite altitude edge' tonight with Tourney Game decisionX over Stanfield in a the last nuarter. Paul Lowe, junior "tailback on the Oregon State football team, has officially withdrawn from school, the' athletic department an 64 Gary Goble, 6-9 Karl Ander United Press International Seven of the nation's 'top college HffhMv-nldvMl iiiui-mi MiM.

I SCOT son, 6-6 Ernie Johnson, and 6-5 OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI1- The The visitors, moved out In. front I ruy ra ft ft rr Steve Flynn in operation at one University of Oregon Webfoots time or another. aj ur count ui ma ui i i basketball powers, including Kansas State, Xavier of Ohio and Texas Christian, were over the first hurdle today in their bids to add nounced today. Under Academy entrance reg lost to Xavier, 68-57, Friday night first period, then dropped to a 16-12 halftime lead. The Dragons ulations, the Air Force has no player over 6-4, and Spear ex in the All College Holiday Basketball Tournament here.

tp i rr outscored Stanfield by a sum: 1-3 new tournament titles before the New Year. With the entire basketball world pressed concern that his Cadets margin in the third quarter to i are apt to find themselves serv But the Webfoots almost pulled one of the year's top upsets be hold a 21-15 margin which they ing as spectators during many of 1 IS in something of a tournament tizzy, third-ranked Kansas State kicked off the Big Eight holiday arenrone (n held In the last stanza. Forrarr rr a the board-clearing sessions unless they are able to work into good position on defense and hit well IMraaa, I Both teams were shooting in fore losing to tourney favorite Xaiver. The Webfoots led the high-flying Ohio quintet 37-32 in the second half before suddenly tourney by beating Missouri, 89-66, frequently in the defensive game. Friday night in a first round clash 1Mb array, offensively.

Monroe hit 12 for 38 from the at Kansas City. Mo. The Classic is the first stop on if'. collapsing. mark while the 1 field for a .316 Coast Roundup an unusual road trip for the Fal Xavier, last season's National Invitation champion, also regis hosts were eight for 34 or a .234 PnaJMk The Webfoot attack was led by Chuck Rask, who was high point man for his team with 16 points.

shooting average. (tola ii sa cons. They will, fly back to Denver Tuesday and continue to Fort Worth, that evening. They tered a first round victory in the All-College Tournament by defeating Oregon. 68-57 at Oklahoma Dale Hannoo, Monroe's M'A Smra tr mvton Hank Stein of Xavier was high COaVALLH 1 Lowe said before leaving for Los Angeles that financial and scholastic difficulties prompted bis withdrawal He gave no indication as to his future plans.

The fleet tailback was an understudy to the great Joe Francis on OSC's 1956 Pacific Coast conference championship squad and played with the Beavers in the Rose Bowl that year. Shortly after, he was suspended from school for academic deficiencies: He worked for a year and a half to raise his grades in junior college and was readmitted to OSC for the fall quarter. Lowe never lived up to expectations this past season and was used mostly as a substitute behind Grimm Mason or Dainard Paulson. His departure will hurt the OSC track squad this spring, for Lowe was a past hurdles state champion in California and ran the high sticks in :14.2 last spring at Junior college. center, scored If points to pace raoai r.

will hold a practice Wednesday, scorer of the game with 18 points. USF Loses Again; USC, Stanford Score Wins City. while 13th ranked Tex then drive to Dallas to take in Xavier led 32-2S at half time. the winners. He bad previously been averaging better than 19 as Christian got off on the right Vichifa Trainer the Cotton Bowl game between The Box: foot by downing Baylor, 62-55, in points a game.

PAUL LOWE WHMram rm SchM the school's footballers and Texas Xavier (68) The win was the sixth straight Christian, then fly home for a the Southwest Conference Tournament at Houston, Tex. his first 11 shots ai he scored Dies From Stroke Viviano Piontek for Steve Beck's five against one Thursday practice and, a Friday 22 points foe the winners. Purdue, ranked 16th, topped But loss. The two teams are sched 2 3-5 2 7 3 4-4 4 10 7 2-4 4 16 8 2-3 2 18 night home game. Lester L.

Doc" Needham, ath Phillips ler. 78-65, in the opening round of torero Stars Again uled to play here again tonight Staters Listed Stein Basketball Scores East Holiday Festival (First Round) Utah 80 Cornell 61 letic trainer for the University of the Hoosier Classic at Indianapo Score: In the first game of the twin Oregon State will open with Wichita, died here three HOMOS STANFRLB tt bill, Santa 'Clara scored five points in the final two minutes to jmMw weeks after suffering a stroke at. 2 4-3 I I 0 2-3-2 2 3-3 0 7 24 20-27 15 68 lis, Ind. Other teams in the top 20 which scored opening round tournament triumphs Friday night were St. John's, St, Joseph's and 0 Oak Mtlmba Bum (U) tViI GUI coliseum.

St. Joseph (Pa.) .72 Syracuse 63 edge UCLA 49-47. Frank Sobrern to the Cm strata i Death came at 1:40 a.m. Flynn and Jim Woodland at forwards tonight, with Goble handling the pivot post and. Lee Herman and Jim Anderson at guards.

Spear will probably go with Bob Beflcel and Don. Wolfswinkel Dayton 84 Niagara 79 a who scored 33 In an earlier Broco Slkia I4 AMI I Utah. staaoau 50-yeaTold sports figure. His wife. St John (NY)77 Holy Cross 65 Mhw nkttttalM mm.

3 3-49 win over the Bruins, had 22 last Setden Paces Saints United Press International The University of San. Francisco, defending champion at the All College Holiday Basketball Tournament, was today guaranteed Just an also ran status in this year's competition. The Dons and the University of Oregon were dumped into consolation competition at the Oklahoma City, cagef est after losing opening round battles to tough foes Friday night USF was defeated by host Oklahoma City "7244 while Oregon almost pulled one of the year's top upsets before losing to tourney favorite Xavier, 68-57. High point man for the Dons Castelle Nicolai Gundrum Totals Oregon (57) Strickland Herroa Robertson KuykendaU Rask Anderson Totals night. akititale-OfMU MONKOI 4 STAMFISUS 3 5-8 3 11 Little Alan Selden poured In 24 Freida, has been at his bedside since shortly after he suffered the stroke during the Oregon State USC and UCLA reverse foes to 4 2--r4iu night.

points to lead 15th ranked St. John's to a 77-65 win over Holy 1-2 i ii CORNELL TO START' I colleee-Wlchita basketball game 7 2-5 516 South Grambling 103 Southern U. 68 Dillard 60 Xavier (La.) 40 West Utah St. 64 Idaho 63 Idaho St. 100 Alaska U.

58 Stanford 74 Arizona 59 mtamt aiPT-Rnh Cornell will December 8. He had been uncon- at -guards', Tony Burshnick at center, and Jim Ulm and Bob -Williams at BeckeLJf the team's leading scorer with a 21.0 mark while Ulm and Wolfswinkel sport averages better Cross in the Holiday Festival Tournament at Madison Square TIGERS WORK OUT BILOXI, Miss. (UPI) The Clenvon. Tiger football team arrived here today for a Bowl workout before meeting iu-isiana State University New Year's Day. Stanford snapped a three game, loss streak with an easy 74-59 win oyer Arizona.

Paul Neuman had 19, but it was the Arizonana' Er 22 U-22 20 57 Garden. Halftime score; Xavier 32, Ore probably start as Oklahoma quar- scious most of the time since he terback in the Orange Bowl game was hospitalized. He rallied once with Syracuse New Year's 'Day. and his wife said she thought he He replaces Dave Baker, dropped was able to recognize her. He suf- St.

Joseph's overcame a fine all nie McCray who ted scorers with than 10 points a game. gon 28. 24 points and dominated board around performance by Jon Cinee-box of Syracuse to register a 723 victory over the Orange in another play. He couldn't stem the tide from school because of scnoiastic ierea anomer miacx an woe difficulties, I and was "very low" after that alone, however. Baltimore Holiday Festival contest and Utah was John Cunningham with 13.

points. Chuck Rask had IS for the. Vie Tomorrow in TV Game out on a second-ball spurt to crusn New York, I For World's Arizona jumps from the frying pan into the fire tonight 'when it faces tough Cal at Berkeley. Stanford hosts the Olympic Club, led CornelL 8ML Dayton ucxea Niag ara, 84-79, in still another Holiday who ted the high-Hying Ohio quintet. 37-32 in the second half before suddenly collapsing.

Gaels Nudged Festival Quarter-final. Professional Football Championship by Ron Tomsic, Stanford's all-time record scorer. Thus. St John's wui meet Day Unbeaten Tennessee Tech edged ton in one semi-final today while At Moscow, Idaho, Utah State 8t Mary's 69-67 in the first round Utah opposes St Joseph's the Giants Nipped Colts came from way back to down record drawn by the Cleveland Browns and Lions last against New York i crack defense ature in the high 30's or low 40's. of the Evansville, Ind.

Tourna other. i The Giants, who have won nine Idaho 64-63. The Utes' high scor QUAilTY HEATING Onlv team In the top 20 to lose ment in more holiday competition Coach Weeb Ewbank's Colts, division and four league crowns, year at Detroit. Each of the play ing Bob Ipsen had 19. The Vandals lost a chance for victory backed by fans who generate edged the Colts st New York, 24- Friday night was Indiana, which Is tied with St Joseph's for 20th OILS higher spirits than mountain The Gaels, still operating their key man, Tom managed to limit the nation's 21, midway in the regular cam when Whayhm Coleman couldn't place.

Notre Dame beat Indiana moonshiners, clinched the Western paign. However, Unites and L.G cash in from the foul line with CALL PL 3-4131 x- 7M7. in the Hoosier Classic Division title two weeks before the Dupre, Baltimore regular left ers on the winning team may get almost $5,000 and each loser may receive about $3,000. Good Weather Expected the weatherman is right ft will be Baltimore's well-balanced offensive and defensive power one second remaining. Idaho seeks revenge in a rematch to Tom Hawkins netted 31 points for NEW YORK (UPD-The BalU-more Colts, a professional football team backed by fans With the rah-rah spirit of collegians, are 3H point favorites te win their first National League title Sunday by defeating the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium.

A crowd of 70.000, including 15,000 Baltimore rooters accompanied by the 80-piece Colts band, will' jam Yankee. Stadium. Hundreds of thousands of more com-fortaBle fans will watch and bear the television-radio (NBC) broad end of the season. Striking behind halfback, did not play in that second best scorer, Jim Hagen, to to points. But it was the (-foot inch Ha- the Irish Notre Dame faces Pur game because of night Pst SummeralL whose 49-yard the passing of John Unites, they led the league in scoring with 281 points, i -i gan who dropped in the winning due tor the Hoosier title tonight Kansas Faces Colorado Red-hot Idaho State, unbeaten since a close opening game set basket which won the ding-dong Sunday the Colts crash into the 5 1 Kansas State can thank six-foot eight Wally Frank for its win over Missouri Frank dropped in four jbattle after the score had been bed IS times.

The" Gaels meet Washington. field goal with 127 seconds te go enabled the Giants to defeat the Browns two weeks ago and force a playoff for Eastern honors, beat th Colts in that regular season encounter. with a 28-yarder with league's stingiest New York's defensive unit, led by such back, ran roughshod over outclassed Alaska, J00-58. There's another holiday tourney, going, at Santa Maria, Calif. straight fre throws in the final star linemen as Andy Robusteui, Mo.

tonight for third place io the two minutes and led all the scor casts of the game beginning at Dick Modzelewski and Rosey Grier, allowed fewer points than ers with 23 points. only 2:40 to play. Here Kent State moved past Cal Poly of San Luis Obispo 80-76 in opening action. Tonight Santa Barbara meets the competition. At Corraffis, tonight, Ore-goo State hosts Iowa, Air Force and Wyoming in another holiday Oklahoma beat Iowa State, Unites fires most of his pssses any other dub.

This defense hauled the low- 6845. in the ether opening round 1:45 p.rn., e.s.t. If the score is tied at the end of the regulation game something that never has happened ia as NFL Hie game-the tms will i same of the Big Eight tourney. scoring Giants they averaged University of Hawaii, with finals joust Finals will be played Mon LOU GREENWOOD to Lenny Moore, Ray Berry and Jim Mutscbeller, Unitas I has thrown a least one touchdown pass his last 25 games, an NFL i set for Monday night. day, The Beavers meet the Air Kansas meets Colorado and Nebraska goes against Oklahoma State in two more first round tilts go ntf.

"sudden death" nertime Union OU Distributor less than 20 points a game) into an Eastern Division tie with the Browns and then shut out the high Two colorful Northwest teams Force in first round play. with victory going to the first record. i1 10SS So. Sri tnniehL i club to score a touchdown, field scoring Cleveland club in a play touring through the Midwest go tonight Goazaga is at Bradley and Seattle faces Loyola of Chi TV. Don Heinrich probably will start at quarterback for the Giants but Charley Conerly.

oldest current goal or safety. The University of Southern California, always notably tougher at home 'than oa the road, rolled past Denver 61-51 Friday night in the nightcap of a Los Angeles twin biIL In a dazzling one man TCU had to come from behind to top Baylor, while Southern Methodist and Rice also gained off last Sunday, 1W. The 280-pound Grier suffered knee and arm injuries in that gam and At Seattle, a classy Big, Ten vs. NFL player at 38, figures to do most of the signal-calling for the The players get the main cut of the profits from 'the game and ft promises to be a big one. The gross receipts figure te top the Qrst round triumphs in the South- may not play against the Colts.

PCC clash pits sleeping giant CHARLIE CONERLY I Lm4 GUaM SMmK on page heme team. is fair weather wita tne temper show, John Werhas meshed 10 of Washington against MiimesotSi.