The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 27

JTHE0 AILYJSU -27 e4baiDD Sclhiedltuile Sports LTDS Cardinals Battle Pacific omona; After six weeks of exhibition Takes on Fontana )yf if -I 1A games and tournament play, the boys that bounce the roundball get around to the serious business of league play Friday as both the With a new 8-team lineup and a long 14-game schedule ahead, Citrus Belt League cagers open loop play Friday on four fronts. Citrus Belt League and Eastern Conference cagers pry off the season lid. Both races look like they will be close, right down to the wire, with good all-around strength in all teams. The CBL clubs will be San Bernardino High meets Po mona in the Valley College Gym; scoring hot-shot, and player Gene Horn and you have the Bucs' starting team. EIGHT 'STARTERS Two reserves, guard Dave Engel- playing a new 14-game slate due to the addition of two new schools, the league newcomers, Pacific and Fontana, vie at Chaffey High; Redlands, defending co-champion, travels to Riverside; and Chaffey tangles with Colton- the other 1954 co-champ, in Mc Intosh Gym in Colton.

The Pacific-Fontana fray gets under way at 3:30 p.m. while MODESTO JTO TOLRNEY I-onr bench 1'C 57, Oakland JO M. Sacramento 10, El Camino rrasno 63, Santa Rosa 1. Stork ton Ix Angeles CC 59. Ventura 55, Modentn 53.

Kan KranciM-o 15, Sequoia 4Z. West Contra Coota to, Fasadena 5t. Sao Bernardino Pacific High Junior Van. ity 41. Fontana JV 34.

St. Bernardine's High 78. Elslnore Academy 15. St. Bernardine's Bees 49.

Elslnore Beea San Diego State Portland V. CO. i him state 84. Westmont o( Santa Bap-bara 90. 4 al FroHh 54, College of Marin 40.

Pennsylvania 54. Harvard St. orth Carolina College DO, Hampton Cnlveralty 84. Uuilford 95. Appalachian 81.

Fairmont St. 91. Salem College 79. Michigan 89, Central Mk-higas 9. Inyola (III.) 93.

John Carroll 83. Montana 44. Wyoming 42. Lamar Tech 73, Eaut Texas State 97. Ctah State 85, Colorado AIM 63.

WUkes College 86. Ithaca 73. Memphis Stale 105. Arkansas Tech KiS. I tail 82, Ikenver 58.

Senanee 67, Georgia Torn 66. Brigham Voting 92. New Mexico Washington A Lee 84, Knanoke College San Francisco 75, College ot Sequoias 42. Bates 4, 3g. St.

Ixmis 85, Houston 84 (overtime). Maryland 78, Virginia 65. Morris Broun 70, Alabama AAM 51. Catholic L'niversity 85! Galtaudet 71. Middle Tennessee 83, Western Ky.

71. Kvansville 79, Indiana State 76. East Carolina 81. Presbyterian 70. West Virginia 98, Virginia Tech 8J.

ItePanl 101, Klmhnrst 60. Fort Valley 59, Xavier 53. Heidelbenr 94, Otterbein 52. Mercer 72. Wnfford 71.

Sprtnghill 78. Mississippi Southern 58. Indiana State 68, St. Vincent's 62. Xaxier 67.

Cincinnati 64. Wabash 78. Indiana Central 69. Pacific and Fontana, since last man and forward Hans Feig, have looked sharp in pre-season games and give the Pirates depth. year.

Pacific chalked up a creditable Only a crazy man would try to predict the outcome of any single 8-4 mark in exhibition games after the other three will follow Bee basketball game this season. Not only because of the new foul rule that puts an entirely different com games that start at 6:30 p.m. advancing to the CIF small schools quarterfinals last year while freelancing. Coach Les Nagler has an eight- San Bernardino, with a 5-6 pre season record, will have two let- plexion on the game, but because of coaches and ardent followers termen starters, Jim Jolliff and man "starting" lineup to throw at the Pirates. The competition for of each school.

Jim Ewers. Jolliff is the only re I Most coaches would like to be turning all-CBL player in the loop starting roles among three forwards and four guards is so in underdogs and "want to know. and last year scored 140 points for a 14.0 average. I "where do you get that stuff," when picked as favorites. Follow tense and even that they will probably alternate all season.

Other. Cardinal starters will be ers of the team ranked as under Sam Paguia, the clever ball-hand One Steeler who has a starting dogs for a game take the opposite view, "how do ya figure that team ler; 6-8 Gene Mueller, playing his first varsity year; and Keith can beat us." Wheeler. GOOD RESERVES job cinched is 6-5 center Jack Dor-man, who might turn out to be one of the league's best pivot men. Although this is the first year in the league for Fontana, it will be Dor-man's third season of varsity cora- If a team that is picked to lose should win (and it happens very often), the inevitable, "I told ya so, we got a better team than Coach Dick Adair can call upon a -24 Dick Trolinger and sophomore North, South In Top Shape Detition with the Steelers. He Dave Mielke as top-flight reserves, you think," comes out.

olaved on Naeler's teams when fomonas onense depends on The new bonus foul rule that Fontana was first a two-year then center Jerry Bluethman's play and SHOOTS FOR FOURTH IN ROW Tom Morrow will be shooting for his fourth straight Citrus Belt League basketball championship when his Colton High Yellowjackets launch their schedule Friday night against Chaffey in the Colton gym. the outside shooting of Bob Guz gives a shooter an extra try if he hits the first charity toss turns a three-year school. MOBILE, Ala. (UP) Both North Tentative starters at forward are man. Bluethman still hasn recov and South teams worked briskly Stan Socha and Clarence Becker, the game in favor of the team that is hitting on free throws and ered fully from a broken leg suf although Ken Cudeback might fered during last basketball is getting fouled fairly often.

Offi Thursday for the Senior Bowl game Saturday and were declared in top condition by their trainers. move in there. The guards are Tim cials decisions also will have more ALL-CBL CAGER AND COACH Jim Jolliff, ail-league Coach Bob Webster of Pacific Burroughs and Frank Freitas. forward last year and captain of this season's San Bernardino Only Lindon Crow, Southern Cal with Tom Branchetti and Tom Mc- scoring importance now also. ft ft ft High can start one of the tallest fives in the league with 6-6 Neal High School team, gets a few last-minute instructions from his Peters right behind.

ifornia halfback who suffered sand burns in the Rose Bowl, was unable to take part in the full speed coach, Dick Adair, as the Cardinals prepare to open their Citrus Despite the above reasons for Redlands' Terriers get the un- Belt' League basketball campaign Friday night against Po Carroll at center; 6-4 Marty Baker at forward; and 6-2 Dick Murphy at guard. Add Mike Curtis, the not prognosticating, here goes with dummy scrimmages. But Marty (Continued on Page 29, Column 2) mona in the valley college gym. -this week's predictions (or Broussard, of Louisiana State, trainer for the north squad, said Crow would be ready to go by Sat VALLEY COLLEGE TRAVELS TO Long Beach Bags Tourney Triumph urday. North Coach Paul Brown's offen sive drills indicated that he has little idea of trying to crack the SANTA ANA TO OPEN EC PLAY guesses).

San Bernardino High over Pomona High If the Cards can hold Jerry Bluethman in check, they should grab here. The Pomona ace hasn't fully recovered from his broken leg sustained last year and the Red Devil offense depends on him. Riverside High over Redlands High This could be the title game in the first round. Riverside won the Chino Tournament but Redlands is unbeaten. Don't be sur MODESTO (UP) Defending champion Long Beach City College By CLAUDE ANDERSON kicked off the 17th annual State and one of the tallest men in the tournament, led the Ram scoring with 23 points.

Grove Bolles was high for Santa Rosa with 12. The nearest thing to a walkaway lanky Junior. Singh, the 6-foot-l All-CIF selection from Calipatria middle of the beefy South line. Most of the plays Thursday were wide sweeps and cutbacks outsida the ends. On the other hand, South Coach For the first time in eight years, San Bernardino Valley College Junior College Basketball Tournament here Thursday by defeating Oakland Junior College, 57-56.

By coincidence, Singh and Dickey both boast 78 points in the 10 pre takes the floor Friday night in In other day games, Sacramento in the day's play came when San Mateo defeated Grant Tech by five points. The Bulldogs were paced by Eastern Conference action without Coach Ray Blake at the helm of li- 1 4'- i -f 4 (' A In season contests, while the 6-foot Smith, after a late start while Blake was moulding him into the prised whichever way this comes the Indian bucketmen. Jack Allain who scored 15 points. defeated El Camino, 70-66; Fresno defeated Santa Rosa, 63-61; College San Mateo whipped Grant Tech, 50-45, and Stockton defeated out. Coach Robert (Bob) Borghi, 25- tough junior college style of play, Sonny Rolfe scored 13 to lead Grant.

Halftime score favored San has 49. Pacific High over Fontana High Pirates can't underestimate Junior varsity letterman Joe Mateo 25-2L Los Angeles City College, 62-59. Steelers or might get tripped. Pa Harmer from Colton, ex-grid star Feature of the night action was Steve Owen emphasized the "quickie" plays with his speedy halfbacks showing rare form in shooting through the line. PACIFIC JAYVEES TOPPLE FONTANA Coach Stuart Southworth's Pacific junior varsity downed the Fontana jayvees, 41-34, in a good defensive game Thursday at Fontana.

It was the third win in five Stockton defeated Los Angeles cific has lots of height and with West Contra Costa's 65-59 upset of City College by seven points. It Jack Crabtree, two former Red lands-High starters, Felix Wilker- Mike Curtis scoring, could be tourney-favored Pasadena CC. The was a team victory for Stockton troublesome this year. son and Bill Gillespie, and a jayvee lead changed hands 12 times as with guard Jack Cheney, forward Chaffey High over Colton High performer of two years ago, Dean Clyde Hardeman's 28-point splurge Ray Silvas and forward George This is a tough one to pick. Jack year-old cage star of two seasons ago at the University of Redlands, guides the Braves when they battle the Santa Ana Dons Friday at 8 p.m.

on the Santa Ana High hardwoods. Coach Ray Blake, who had sparked the Braves to seven straight runnerup finishes in the fast Eastern Conference, underwent surgery Thursday, after turning over the reins to Borghi earlier this week. The Indians almost lost their second eager in as many days Small, are apt to see action. Moton each hitting 15. LACC cen brought the Bay area five from behind.

Ken Pearson led Pasadena Valley College, with a 7-3 mark ets will be strong but may not have hit stride yet. Chaffey has ter Charlie Franklin took scoring now, wound up last year with a 9-1 on 18. honors with 26. lost but three games. record, good for second spot be starts for the Pirates.

High man for Sacramento was Ventura JC squeezed by Modesto, hind Fullerton's 12-0. Mt. San An Ozzie Brazelton hit 14 points and Harvey Fong who scored 29 points. 55-53 in a tight, see-saw contest that saw the lead change several tonio was third with 8-4, then San Bernardino Valley College over Santa Ana College Home floor could give advantage to Dons. Indians will be playing first Cliff Horn 10 to lead Pacific scoring, while Hogan was high for Weiss led El Camino with 21 points.

Sacramento held a 35-32 advantage Orange Coast (6-6), Chaffey (5-7) times. Ventura had a 25-22 half- at halftime. Santa Ana (2-10) and Riverside (0- game under new coach, Bob Fontana with 11. The Bucs led 16-8 at the half. Wednesday Pacific plays at Riverside and next Thurs 12).

In a wild third game finish, Fres time margin and managed to hold an edge until Modesto came back to tie the score, 51-51, with a min Santa Ana, coached by ex-San Chaffey College over Riverside day at Colton. Jose State and AAU expert Stu In ute remaining. College Panthers should have an man, is improved over last year by no outlasted an inspired banta Rosa -team to win by a field goal. Fresno, an early tournament favorite, led Santa Rosa, 39-18, at halftime. With an apparent victory in sight, the first Ram squad left In a tense climax, the score Mulligan Resigns easy time of it with Bill Eblen getting enough points to take the scoring lead and hold it the re such a degree that Mt.

Sac Coach Pete Provost figures to experience more trouble from the Dons than moved to 55-53 with 24 seconds left. Modesto tried for two game-tying Blake Satisfactory Coach Ray Blake of Valley College was reported progressing in satisfactory condition Thursday night, following surgery for removal of the spleen. St. Bernardine's Hospital officials state he is to have no visitors for fwo days. mainder of the season.

As 5acsr President the game in the second half only to return four minutes from any other quintet next to Fullerton DONS HAVE 6-8 MARK field goals but missed both. Rich Jenkins of Modesto led the scoring with 22. High for Ventura was Don Mt. San Antonio over Orange Coast Mounties should romp if SACRAMENTO Eddie Mul the end of the period to fight off Deterding with 13. ligan Thursday resigned as presi Santa Rosa's attack.

The Dons enter the tip-off tussle with a 6-6 record in preseason warfare, following a narrow loss San Francisco CC shellacked Col Santa Rosa came within two when the flashy guard, Jack Dick points of the winners with eight seconds to play but Fresno took to Harbor Tuesday. Santa Ana captured a 4-team tourney last week, dent of the Sacramento Solons. Directors elected Fred David, local tobacco wholesaler who recently purchased a large block of stock, as the new president. ey, suffered a cut over his eye in lege of Sequoias, 75-42, running up 27 straight points at one stage. With a 63-21 lead, City College first and second teams were pulled and reserves finished.

control of the ball until the in which the University of Red- a collision witn bam uaraner. Stitches had to be given Dickey, lands Freshmen were entered. Mulligan, president since late but the dribbling expert expects Gary Alcorn, 6-8- Fresno center Mickey Sullivan (6-2) and Jim CBL COACHING DEBUT Bob Webster makes his to play in the EC opener. 1950, was repaid 510,000 for a personal loan he had made to the Citrus Belt League debut as a head coach Friday when he Stanley (6-0) are the Don forwards; Erroll Peterson (6-4), center; with Starting lineup for San Bernar leads his Pacific High Pirates in their opener against the dino will be Gardner, the 6-foot club and was given $19,000 in back STURGES CAGERS LEAD Chuck Lewis (6-1) and Del Garrett All-CIF star from Colton, and ano salary which he did not collect. loop's other new member, Fontana, at 3:30 p.m.

in Ontario. ther All-CIF ace, 5-10 Blake Neal, Webster was a former cage and diamond star at USC. IN JUNIOR HIGH PLAY (5-8), guards. Garrett is the lone winner. The game is in the high school gym since the college from Chula Vista.

Gardner tops $6,000,000 Arena they are as hot as they were in the SBVC tournament. Here is this column's idea as how the final standings will look. CBL (1) Riverside, (2) Red-lands, (3) Chaffey and Colton (tied), (5) Pacific and San Bernardino (tied), (7) Pomona, (8) Fontana. Eastern Conference (1) Fuller-ton, (2) Mt. San Antonio, (3) San Bernardino and Chaffey (tied), (5) Santa Ana, (6) Orange Coast, (7) Riverside.

'ft ft ft A quick rundown on league records for fans who may be interested shows that Don Weische-del of Riverside College holds the EC scoring mark with 285 set in 1953. Steve Mateljan of Redlands High holds the CBL mark of 195 for 10 games set in 1953. Marty Keough of Pomona set the top average in 1952 when he tallied 165 in eight games for a 20.6 (Continued on Page 29, Column 1) the Tribe in scoring with 143 in 10 outings, while Neal has 106. Sturges Junior High swept a dou- Proposed for The Sturges Heavyweights, coached by Ernie Nevares, and the bleheader from Fremont Junior plant isn't completed. Fullerton, the scribes' pick to retain its EC Second hieh scorer to date is High Thursday in the Sturges gym.

Sturges Lightweights, coached' by Los Angeles Area title, is idle Friday, while River Aussie Davis Cup Captain Ranks Seixas as World's Top Amateur The Heavyweights won, 35-22, and side is at Chaffey and Mt. Sac at the Lightweights, 36-14. Orange Coast. Rain washed out two other dou- bleheaders scheduled between Franklin and Rialto, and Arrow- Fred Wulfing, now lead the league in both divisions with two wins and no losses. Arrowview and Franklin have 1-0 records in each.

The Sturges Heavyweights were paced by Jerry Stewart, Ralph Lindsey and Lynn Carpenter, while Opra Lee Pullens led the SYDNEY (UP) Australian Dav Angels Appoint letterman center Jim Finney, a 6-foot-3 former All-Riverside County Leaguer from Banning High. He has 118 points. Since Tony Win-stead left the squad this week, Finney will handle all the pivot duties. Dave Smith, All-Arrowhead League choice on St. Bernardine's title team last winter, holds down one guard spot, teaming up with the other letterman on the roster, view vs.

Richardson. is Cup' Captain Harry a rated Vic Seixas of Philadelphia as the world's top amateur tennis player, and shocked fans here by New President LOS ANGELES (31 The Los of Quintet Entertains Oxy Five Saturday rating Aussie ace, Lewis Ho ad, seventh. LOS ANGELES fflV Plans for a six million dollar indoor sports arena in Los Angeles were disclosed by County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. Hahn said a survey has been ordered as a preliminary to the construction of the proposed are- na, which he says will be constructed in Exposition Park, with financing by private sources. The arena will house 18,000.

permanent seats and have room for 4,000 more daring certain events, said Hahn, president of the Coliseum Commission. It' would be used for basketball, boxing, hockey, indoor track and expositions. Another surprise was that Hop- 44E. i 1 Angeles Baseball Club Thursday National Hockey League I. Pts.

GF GA Montreal 10 64 130 83 Detroit 22 12 5 49 99 79 announced that John D. Holland man, in nis annaui ratings oi me world's 10 best players, rated Tony Trabert of Cincinnati, Ohio, sixth. 44, former head of the Des Moines club, has. been appointed president of the Angels, succeed Toronto 16 12 11 43 87 69 West Coast Quintets Pace NCAA In Defense, Marshall in Offense Here are Hopman's ratings: 1. Vic Seixas, U.

S. champion ing the late Don Stewart. Boston 12 15 9 33 85 101 York 9 20 11 29 90 115 Chicago 8 32 8 24 84 128 THURSDAY'S REStXTS Montreal 6. Chicago 0. Detroit 3.

Boston 3. from Philadelphia; 2. Jaroslav Dro- Clarence (Pants) Rowland, for bny, Wimbledon champion from Egypt; 3. Ken Rosewall of Austral mer president of the Pacific Coast League, was on hand, for the an ia; 4. Budge fatty oi los Ange Coach Hank Balke's University of Redlands Bulldogs return to roundball activity Saturday night after a 3-week layoff when they entertain Occidental on the Currier Gym floor.

Redlands opened Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play Dec. 10 with an 86-64 conquest of Cal Tech, so the test with the Tigers from Eagle Rock win be the Bulldogs' second. Frosh start action at 6:30 p.m. In the SCIAO opener, former San Bernardino Valley College star, Al Endeman, poured In. 26 points, followed by letterman nouncement.

Rowland is executive vice president of the Chicago Cubs, parent club of Los Angeles, the Des Moines Bruins and the Visalia 100 SPORTS CARS 100 les; 5. Rex Hartwig of Australia; 6. Tony Trabert of Cincinnati, Ohio; 7. Lewis Hoad of Australia; 8. Mer-vyn Rose of Australia; 9.

Art Lar- team in the California State sen of San Leandro, 10. Ham League. Holland indicated he expected to NEW YORK (UP) Eastern teams reigned unchallenged as the offensive giants of college basketball while the Western clubs boasted the tightest defenses, official NCAA statistics revealed. In rankings which included games through Jan. 4, teams east of the Mississippi river cornered all but two of the top 30 spots in team offense as teams on the West bank placed eight representatives in the first 10 of the nation's team defense leaders.

Undefeated Marshall College look over first place in the of which averaged 98 points a week ago, dropped to third and 93.6 points losing its unbeaten status. Richmond's ranking fell to fifth along with a 10.1 point drop when its scorers were shackled to a 76.7 average in their last three games. Oregon State was second in defense with Oklahoma third. Southern California and Santa Clara rounded out the top five. Manhattan paced the field goal percentage leaders with 47.3 per cent with George Washington, first in free throw percentage with 76.2 per cent nailing down second.

New York University was an be here for a short stay because of the "inevitable arrival of major league baseball in Los Angeles." VIC SEIXAS top ranked Hopman acknowledged that, In Bob Pitman with VS. He said that he expected Los Angeles to have a major league team by 1957 at the latest and that he would like to stay on when that rating Trabert only sixth, he was Richardson of Baton Rouge, La. Hopman's selection of Seixas as No. 1 follows his high praise of the 31-year-old American for his play in the recent Davis Cup challenge round in which the United States regained the cup from Australia by a 3-2 score. Hopman called Seixas, who scored a singles win over Rosewall and participated with Trabert in a doubles victory, "brilliant." In explaining the No.

7. ranking, Hopman said, "Hoad's play last year was disappointing. He must wake up to his responsibilities and THRILLING DRAG RACES Se Some of the World's Most Famous Sports Cars in Action HOT CARS RACING ALL DAY SUNDAY MORROW DRAG STRIP COLTON Bring the Family Sponsored by Argonaut Club Timing Ats'n. In Ce-Operatioa with Calif. Sports Car Club happens.

doing so "despite general opinion that Trabert is the world's best amateur." Hopman's surprisingly low rating fense statistics with an average of On the Airlanes 87.2 points per game and San offensive leader in a different Francisco replaced Oregon State sense as they topped the "bad To and From the Races THE SYCAMORE INN Buffet lunch 1 1 A.M. to 2 P. M. Dinner 5 t. M.

to 11:30 P. M. Foothill Blvd. Hiway 66 Cucamonga of Hoad comes after Hopman had been heavily criticized by the press men" in personal fouls committed as the chief thwarter of opponents' for "to strict" discipline in train 2 p.m. Los Angeles Open golf, Channel 4.

7:55 p.m. San Bernardino Valley College vs. Santa Ana, KCSB. 8:30 p.m. Southern California VS.

California Channel 13. ing the cup squad. At one time, Hoad told reporters he was "sick with 26.8 per game. Oregon State led the race for the "good conduct medal" in committing but 14.1 per-uxeS spmos scoring enorts with 50.1 points allowed per game. Furman placed second on offense with 93.6 whila Connecticut, give greater concentration to bis kt game..