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f The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore- Men., Mer. 13, 1950
Special Honors Await Two
Indian Hoopsters At Banquet
Twe vanity basketball players en Coieh Jack Newby's sub
district co-championship teem will be specially honored tonight
et the Junior Chsmber of Commerce-sponsored basketball ban
quet, te be held in the junior high school gymnasium, starting
6:30 p. m.
Highlighting (he event, will
Oregon s head tootball coach, Jim Aiken, whose Oregon teams
have received national attention since he came te the Oregon
cempus.
In addition te the varsity team, fathers of players will also
be guests of the Jayceas.
Banquet chairman Ellis Bertram said all interested townsfolk
may participate In the banquet, by purchasing a ticket from
Lawson's, Local Loan Co, Horn's
of the Jaycee.
Fullerton Peewees, Rose
Heavies Win Grade Titles
vRADI SCHOOL STANDINGS
Heavies
W. L.
Rate I
Fullerton a 1
Benson - 3 S
Riverside S
Peewees
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Riverside
Rosa Heavies and Fullerton Pee
wees became champions ol the City
grade school basketball league in
their respective divisions following
wins over Riverside and Benson,
respectively, In games played at
Benson gymnasium last Saturday.
With all positions cinched in bolh
divisions following Saturday's
games, the final rounds, which
were slated for next weekend, were
called off.
The Peewees had already assured
themselvea of top position after last
week a games, but hid nose lost
this week, in the Heaviea division, a
game next week might have re
sulted In two championships (or the
Fullerton teams.
Final scores Saturday put Ful
lerton Heavies over Benson 32 19,
Fullerton Peewes over Benson 20-8.
Rose Heavies over Riveniide 46-13
and Rose Peewees over Riverside
18-3.
The grade school teams will par
ticipate in a two-diy tournament.
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March 23 and 29. at senior high
school, with Riverside opposing r til
lerton and Benson playing Rose
the first night.
The winners play for the tourna
ment title the following night, but
it has not yet been decided whether
the losers will plsy for a consola
tion prise, or whether the grade
school girl volleyball finalists will
participate in an early game, for
the volleyball trophy.
Intercollegiate
Hoop Tournament
Action Underway
KANSAS CITY, March 1J-W-
A merry maramon leading to the
national intercollegiate (NAIB)
basketball championship opened to
day with both top seeded teams
scheduled for action.
Thirty-two teams from thirty
statea were on hand for the six
day meet of the National Associa
tion of intercollegiate Basketball
in municipal auditorium.
Eight games were scheduled to
daylour in the afternoon and four
at night and the same number
will come up tomorrow and
Wednesday. Only night competition
ia scheduled Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Westminster college (22-2) of
New Wilmington, Pa., top seeded
in the lower bracket, waa paired
against New Britain (Conn) Teach
ers. Defending champion Hamline
university (zs-z) of St. Paul, Minn.,
which heads the upper bracket, will
meet Regis college of Denver, the
team it beat ia the 1949 finals, to
night. The honor of ODenlnsr the Jj.u.m.
tournament went to University of
Portland (Ore) and Montana unl
versity at a.m. (PST).
Also on tlio card were Murray
(Ky) State, one of the eisht imi
seeded, and Central Washington
college of Education, EUensburc.
at In.M - tiff,
m. iw.aw a.m. rai.
Seeded alone with Hamlin
Weatminister and Murray State
were Brooklyn, Pepperdine, East
ern Illinois of Charleston and In
diana State of Torre Haute, M.
Pirate Homers Count
SAN BERNARDINO. Calif,
March 13 (.) Home nine nl.v.
ed a big part In the Pittsburg Pir
ates' two weekend victories over
the St. Louis Browns.
Ralph Kuier amashed two hnm.
ers and Dan O'Connell one aa the
Bucs beat Hie Brownies yesterday.
The homers accounted for all six
runs in the to 4 win. In their
first win over the Browns. Wallv
Westlake provided two runs with
a 450-foot circuit smash.
Cougars Fall
Before Bruins
In 52-49 Tilt
LOS ANGELES, March 13 fP)
Having won their first Pacific
Coast conference basketball cham
pionship, the UCLA Bruins will
leave here a week from Thursday
for the western regional NCAA
playoffs at Kansaa City.
Coach John Wooden's firehouse
five is resting up today from its
riotous embroglio with Washington
State last Friday and Saturday In
the coast conference playoffs.
The Bruins won both games, 60
10 as ana to 49. out they bad
to throw their high speed offense
into overdrive in order to roll past
the scrsppy Cougars.
Friday night's victory wss ef
fected by a storybook shot in the
last three seconds, and drew justi
fiable groans from Washington
State supporters. The Cougars out
played UCLA during the second
half, but lost hte game when be
spectacled Ralph Joeckel, a re
serve forward, swished in a 50
foot desperation heave as the final
gun sounded.
On Saturday night, however, UC
LA's victory was masterfully con
trived. During the first half, the
game was a carbon copy of the
previous one, with the two clubs
deadlocked 31 -a 11, at the intermis
sion. Ihen the Bruins held the Cou
gars off with e roving lone de
fense bulwarked by substitute
guards Art Alper and Don Seidel.
Except at one point where Wash
ington State forged ahead mo
mentarily, UCLA held Its lead right
down to the finish.
Alan Sawyer, the Bruins' ace
forward, took scoring honors with
16 points. The Cougars Bob Gam
bold canned 15 and Ed Gayda got
14. Center Gene Conley, the north
erners' S ft. I in. deadeye, was
held scoreless from the floor in
this one, but he ssnk six gift
throws.
Despite State's height advantage,
UCLA kept control of the back
boards, tipped in rebounds, mini
mised the Cougars' tries at the
hoop.
The Washington State team took
a plane home yesterday.
In the NCAA playoffs March 24
25, UCLA must cope with such
contenders as Baylor. Brigham
Young and either Bradley or Kan
sas.
Snead Tops List
Of Pro Golfers
At Miami Tourney
MIAMI BEACH. Fie.. March 13.
(.-TV-Sammy Snead of White Sul
phur Springs, W. Vs., led the tour
ing proiessionaia 10 wesi i-aim
Beach today for the 54-hole $10.-
000 Seminole tournament starting
tomorrow.
Snead, golfer of the year In 1949,
won the $10,000 Miami Beach open
yesterday with a final round of 71,
one under par, to wind up with
71-66-63-71 Z73 for the 72 holes.
He was 15 under par for the four-
day touuiisient and three strokes
in front of La v. son Little of Mon
terey, Calif., who finished with a 66
for 276.
It was Snead's fourth major
tournament victory of the year and
added $2,000 to hia winnings to give
him $10,1.S8 of the golfing gold.
utile won $1,400.
E. J. (Dutch) Harrison of St.
Andrews, III., closed with a 71 for
for a total of 280, third place, and
$1,000 in prise money.
Henry Hansom ol St. Andrews,
III., and Jimmy Demaret of Oiai.
Calif., tied for fourth place with
28l's to win $750 each. Ransom fin
ished with a 71 and Demaret had
70.
Five finished In a tie for fifth
at 283 and earned $458 each. They
were Jim Turnesa, Briarcliff, N.
Y : Roberto Di Vincenzo, Buenos
Aires, Argentina; Al Brnsch, Gar
den City. N. Y.: Steve Warga, Mi
ami, and Chandler Harper, Ports
mouth, Va.
George Fazio, Conshohocken,
Pa.; Dave Douglas. Newark, Del.;
Walter Burkemo. Franklin, Mich.,
and Lew Worsham, Oakmont, Pa.,
tied at 284 and received $225 each.
Six gnlfera drew $131.86 each
with acores of 285. They were Ed
Furgol, Royal Oak. Mich.; Jack
Burge Jr., White Plains, N. Y.;
Erie Monti, Santa Monica, Calif.;
Felice Torza, Glen Kllyn, 111.;
Johnny Palmer, Badin, N. C. and
Fred Hawkina, El Paso, Texas.
SLATS OILL HONOR ID
LOS ANGELES, March 1W.TI
Two active basketball coaches
Amory (Slats) Gill of Oregon State
and Clair Bee of Long Island U.
were named yesterday to the
Holms Hall college basketball hall
of fame.
Also honored was the lata Emil
1 Liston of Baker, (Kas.) U., found
er o( the rtational Association of
Intercollegiate Basketball and its
annual Kansas City tournament.
Dr. George L. Nicholas
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SINCLES CHAMP Dick Yundt, ebove. topped the individual
bowlers Sunday at the Roseburg alleys, when he kogled e 2S4
high single game, and recked up e 62S three-game series, to
take home the top prize In eless A singles competition. Eight
other trophies, similar te the one Yundt holds, were ewarded
to bowlers who pieced first in their respective classes. (Staff
photo). 1
Roseburg Bowlers Capture
Trophies In Local Tourney
Dick Yundt emerged as the best
individual bowler after final scores
were tabulated in the day-long
Roseburg Bowling Association
doubles-singles classified handicap
tournament, held at the Roseburg
Alleys Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11
p.m.
Nine individual trophies were
presented to bowlers placing first
in their respective classifications,
while 33 other price awards went
to runners up in each class. Al
together, 45 doubles and 78 singles
bowlers participated in the day
long bowling session, in which $03
lines were bowled, the most ever
tallied in one day at the Roseburg
alley.
Yundt racked up a 625 series
snd copped the best single game
score of the day, a resounding
254. His handicapped talley sheet
showed his official tournament
score to be 640.
Ernie Fingerlos bowled the sec
ond highest single game, a 243.
Both he and Gus Spakousky took
top honors In class A douDies,
knocking down 1161 pins between
them. Yundt snd Arlo Jacklin were
second best Class A doubles bowl
ers, with a 1156 accumulation just
five pins under the winners.
Other "firsts" were scored by
Esberg snd Kidder in Class B
doubles, with a 1186 count. Ken
Sweem's 635 got him the class B
singles trophy, while in class C,
R. Booth and George Kremkau
copped the doubles prise, with 1160
and V. Myera won the class C
singles toga with 626.
Prise winners included:
Class A Doubles
1st Ernie Fingerlos and Gus
Bradley To Play Syracuse
In Opening NIB Title Bid
NEW YORK, Msrch IS JV
Powered by a sparkling Mutt and
Jeff combination, topseeded Brad
ley takes on upset-minded Syra
cuse tonight in its opening bid for
the national Invitation basketball
title.
The Peoria, 111., Braves rate as
five-point favorites over the Orange
quintet that blasted heavily favor
ed Long Island U. 80-52 Saturday.
On the line again for Brsdley will
be slender Paul Unruh and junior
sire Gene Melchiorre, who pull
ed the Brsves into the semi-finsls
of the same tournament last
March.
Unruh All-American
All-America Unruh and his pert
ner will lead a racehorse attack
against a club that uses the same
tactics and has an edge in height.
However, lack of height hasn't
bothered Bradley too much so
far the Braves have a 27-3 record
and finished No. 1 in the final As
sociated Press poll.
St. John's, although seeded four
th, is sn underdog against unseed
ed Western Kentucky in the even
ing'a second quarter-final contest.
Sentiment has shifted to the tow
ering bluegrsss sprinters following
Bob Lavoy'a 32-point burst in Sat
urday's victory over Niagara.
Tight Defense
St. John's bases its hopes on a
tight defense to slow down West
ern's blasters. Western is not a
great defensive club a shortcom
ing which may prove fatal against
the scrappy Brooklyn five.
Coach Nat Holman of CCNY,
which overpowered San Francisco
X
Spakousky 1161.
2nd Dick Yundt and Arlo Jack
lin 1156.
3rd Emmett Meek and Dick
Meek-1123.
Class A Singles
1st Dick Yundt-640.
2nd Charles Hopkins 599.
3rd Art Mills 592.
4th Esberg 591.
5th Gus Spakousky 586.
6th Emmett Meek 582.
Class Bl Doubles
1st Esberg and Kidder 1186.
2nd Ellis Stancliff and Paul
Yundt 1161.
3rd Tom Mills snd L. R. Davie
1147.
4th Lymon Spencer and Milton
Hammersley 1144.
5th Art Myers snd Herb Heinz
1115.
. Class B Singles .
st Ken Sweem 635.
2nd Bill Roberts 610.
3rd L. R. Davie 596.
4th Russ Wamsley 593.
5th J. V. Nordling 588.
6th Art Myers 588.
Class C Doubles
1st R. Booth snd George Krem
kau 1160.
2nd R. Davie and Tom. Hobbs
1150.
3rd Bob Bates and Dean Ander
son 1134.
4th Ken Sweem and Roy Young
1132.
5th John Todd and Leonard Ty
ler 1129.
Class C Singles
1st V. Myers 26.
2nd Don Bell 620.
3rd Andy Schlick 613.
4th Ted Thovson 608.
Saturday and plays second-seeded
Kentucky tomorrow night, picks
Western to take St. John's. He be
lieves a 10-day layoff has hurt the
Metropolitan club.
Another coach, John (Taps) Gal
lagher of Niagara, picks Syracuse
over Bradley. Gallagher's team
lost to the Hilltoppers Saturday.
LaSalle, victor of Ariiona.
meets third-seeded Duquesne in the
other quarter-final match tomor
row night.
Verda T. Smith, freshman star
of the Los Angeles Rams, won the
National Football league punt re
turn championship in 1949.
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Elkton Takes
County Frosh
Hoop Crown
Elkton took top honors In the
Fifth annual Douglas county invita
tional freahman basketball tourna
ment by defeating Yoncalla 41
23 at Yoncalla Saturday night.
The two eday affair saw four
teams in action, with Sutherlin tak
ing third place honors on a 36-31
win over Cottsge Grove.
The "semi-final clash between
Sutherlin and Cottage Grove went
into the overtime after Sutherlin
knotted the score al 31-all, then
potted three buckets for the win
in the extra time.
Elkton received a first place tro
phy while Yoncalla, whose stu
dent body donated the awards, re
ceived the second place cup.
An all-star selection, made by
the coaches and officiala of the
tournament, included Fred Kroush,
Sutherlin freshman, whose brilliant
work during the tournament earn
ed him the comment of "most up
and coming freshman."
Other all-star selections includ
ed Berkley, and Hershberger, Elk
ton; Pynch, Cottage Grove; and
Meston, Yoncalla.
4 YMCA-Church
League Quintets
Set For Finals
First Methodists snd First Chris
tiana of the A division and First
Methodists and the Episcopalians of
the B division won the right to
participate in the Y -Church league
finals, to be played at senior high
school Saturday, March 18, in
games scheduled for 7:15 for the
B division game and 8:30 for the
A game.
Three of the winners got bids
to the finals on forfeits by their op
ponents. First sMethodists of the B
division was the only team that
won by actually playing a game;
winning over First Christians 29
22. Salvation Army, regular league
winner, waa unable to produce
enough players to participate
against First Methodists of the A
division, while the Baptists were
unable to field a team because
several players were at Corvallis
competing in the wrestling tourna
ment. First Baptists of the D division
also forfeited, because of a lack
of players:
LINEUP:
First Christ. (11) (2?) First Method
Phillips 14 F 3 Schick
Rutherford 4 . F 1 Wimer
Rand 5 C 12 France
Purdy 4 G 2 Cordon
Major 2 G 4 Reed
Schireffe R Thiele
Joelin R
Halftime r. M. 17, F. C. 10.
Hockey Results
(By The Associated Press)
Vancouver S. Seattle 2.
Saturday Night's Results
Los Angeles 2. San Diego 0.
Vancouver 3, Portland 3. (Tie)
Seattle 5, Tacoma 2.
San Francisco 4, Fresno 1.
New Westminster 8 Victoria 2.
W L T PTS CF CA
New West. 34 17 It 14 277 214
Tacoma .... 32 If t 73 282 222
Vancouver 31 24 73 288 24
Pertland 31 28 t 71 235 221
Seattle ...... 30 24 II 71 20S 235
Victoria .... 20 14 4 44 204 295
Southern Division
W L T PTS CF CA
San Fran. 31 24 75 252 211
Lea Ana. .. 21 2 II 44 244 23
San Dies 27 34 1 44 204 215
Fresno If 34 14 52 112 232
Dodgers' Injuries. Uppcd . j
VERO BEACH. Fla.. March 13
(P) The Brooklyn Dodgers'
injury list already bulging n a d
three new members today.
Infielders Eddie Miksis and Ed
die Hicks and pitcher Morrie Mar
tin were injured over the week
end to make a total of eight injur-
ed Dodgers. i
Miksis suffered a bruised left
chin; Hicks a bruised nose, and
Martin a sprained left knee. The ,
Dodgers took a 16-11 decision from '
the Boston Brsves yesterday. I
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Wrestlers Scofield, St. Onge
Place Fourth In State Meet
Roseburg's heavyweight wrestler
Glen Scofield and Dick St. Onge,
164 pound class, both garnered
fourth place wins for the Indians
in state tournament wrestling at
Corvallis Saturday. ,
These two were the only two
Roseburg finalists, out of a team of
aeven that participated after qual
ifying in district 4 competition at
Klamath Falls one week earlier.
Scofield got aa far aa the semi
finals, after defeating West Line
and Newberg high school oppo
nents, both by falls. Scofield was
beaten in the semi-finals by Pat
rick of Springfield, a boy Scofield
had beaten twice before, this sea
son. Scofield came back in the
consolation event, beating Garda
of Grants Pass, for a crack at
Engler of Salem in the finals, to
decide the third and fourth plaue
winner.
St. Ongevbeat Smith, Molalla, in
the first round of the tourney and
Blair, Canby, in the secmd round,
but Heilman, Oregon City, stopped
St. Onge by a, decision. In the
consolation heat, St. Onge deciaion
ed Elliott, Albany, for a crack at
third place honors, but he lost to
Luckt, Molialla, by decision, and
was relegated to fourth place.
Other Roseburg wrestlers had
lesser luck. Tom Vance. 176. pin
ned Canagon, Lebanon, then lost
to Guyer, Klamath Falls, in the
first two rounds of the tourney,
then lost out against Jarrell.Hill-
boro. In the consolation round.
Jim St. Onge, 155, lost to Step
pard. Salem, in the first round.
Steppard got to the semi-finals, then
lost, automatically slopping si.
Peterson, Kahut
Ready For Battle
PORTLAND. March 13.GP) Joe
Kahut and Bill Petersen took it
easy today while waiting for to
morrow night's 15-round boxing
bout here for the Pacific North
west heavyweight title.
Kahut of Woodburn, said yester
day as he finished training that ae
wants this bout "more than any
other." If he wina it will-be his 50th
ring victory since be entered pro
boxing in 1942.
"I want that number 50. I want
the title and I want to even up
my loss to Petersen two years
ago. I'm confident 1 11 beat him,
Kahut asserted.
Petersen, formerly of Seattle and
more lately of Chicago, claimed
the Northwest heavyweight title
after bis previous victory over Ka
hut.
Badminton Gamts Set
All adults are Invited to play
oaominton at tne junior nign scnoof
gymnasium Monday night from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m., according to
Harold Hoyt, Y program com
mittee member. Any participant is
ask to furnish bis own gym shoes
and share in expenses. John Ulrich
is in charge of the program. Hoyt
added that both women and men
are taking part in the program.
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Onge from further action. (Ae-
first round loser's opponent gets
through the semi-nnais, me imi
round loser gets another crack at
the semi-finalist).
Norman Smith. 148. decisioned
Simmons, Klamath Falls, in the
first round, then lost to Umfleet,
Newberg, who lost the next round,
automatically stopping Smith front
turuier activity.
Thn n.frnou I'M wit Hritinn.
ed by Allen, Sandy, in the first
round, who lost in uie quarter
finals, automatically ending Gaff
ney's tournament career.
Bill Morgan, 113, was decisioned
by Cooper, Park Rose, in the first
round, who continued on for chain
ninnihin hnnnrt Mnrffan missed an
opportunity to go against Cooper
again, by Jailing to get past jact
son, Dallas, in the consolation tus-'
sle.
Klamath Falls copped first plsca
honors for the third straight time,
with 36 points. Other results: San
dy second, 30: Springfield third,
29: Canby fourth. 23.
Roseburg made eight points, but
its relative position in the final
standings was undetermined, as
only the first four positions were
released.
District 4, of which Roseburg is
a member, copped both first and
third positions.
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