uVi Roseburg Needs Only One More Victory To Clinch Midwestern League's Top Snot Br NIEL CELLERS News-Review Sports Writer Rejoicing was widespread last weekend after the Roseburg In dians clinched a berth in the state tournament and virtually grabbed the District 5-A-l crown with their victory over Marshfield. Tonight the Indians can elimin ate any possibility of another team, namely the Pirates, tieing them for the district crown with a vic tory over the Willamette Wolver ines. The Tribe will host the Wol verines in an 8 p.m. contest as it goes into the final weekend of league action, Make-llo Camt Sal The Indians have one more game left than most of the Mid- i.,n,tarn Taqdiia ipjini hpcaiise of the make-up game scheduled for March 9 against ine Lions ai inon r.rni Aflor nlavinif the Wol vcrines tonight the local cagers will travel norm 10 race me i urns- ton Colts in Saturday's rouna action. Tip-off time at Thurston Another game of interest set for tomgnt is ine juarsnneiun on CURT JARYIS . . . tutor for mighty Tribe) Taft Mt. Sets Night Skiing The Taft Mountain skiing faeill ties will be operating this weekend . ieaturuig a nigiu ski aim iuuuugau run Saturday night. The area will open Saturday morning at 9 and will close at 4 p.m., reopening at 5 for the night skiing. Closing time Saturday night is listed as 11, weather permitting. Coffee and donuts will be avail able at the restaurant for the night skiers, and the restaurant will be in full oporation during the day time hours Saturday and Sunday. No overnight facilities are avail able, i for the benefit of beginning skiers free ski lessons will be given with the purchase of a tow ticket. Also for one hour during the day the tow will be slowed down for the beginners. Taft Mountain is reported to be In the best condition for the "king'' of winter sports thai it has been in all season. The roads are in good condition, with snow tires or chains a necessity to get skiers up the mountain. A chain station has been act up to put chains on for the motorists. Pro Basketball National Basketball Attoeiatlon By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Result Los Angeles 114, Syracuse 110 Friday Games Detroit vs. New York at Her shey. Pa. Syracuse vs. Philadelphia at Hershey Saturday Came New York at Boston Detroit at St. Louis Syracuse at Philadelphia (after noon TV) RIDE YOU WORK RIDE-A-MATIC TRACTOR (ihewa with 56 Mwtr) e Over 10 wet-evlnf tthnitntt e AvfemeMv Stoerlno, efle Diff.rtntiei e t-tftti Vine-Mail no' revert Irni too J & J GARDEN EQUIPMENT 1937 Harvard OR 3-3491 l': ' IM .... j S5 WHIU Eugene encounter set for the High- landers home court. If Marsntiele; wins it will earn a berth in the slate tournament along with the Indians; however, if the Highland ers win a three way tie for second place in District 5-A-l is possible. The tie would be between Marsh- field, North Eugene and South Eugene with a play-oit oeiween the three looming for next week. Axemen, Colt Clash Other Midwestern League games set for tonight will find Soulh Eu gene at Thurston and Springfield at Cottage Grove. Saturday league play will see Cottage Grove at Soulh Eugene, North Bend at Springfield, and North Eugene at Willamette. If the Indians emerge victorious tonight they will open tournament play against the David Douglas Scols at 7:30 p.m. March 15. Dav id Douglas clinched a tournament berth Tuesday by upsetting the number one team in the. Metro League, Central Catholic. Two Players Missing Two players wil be missing from the; Roseburg roster this weekend with Kay Palm still side lined with a broken hand and re. serve Doug Lyda benched due to the mumps. Tom Hobos will con tinue to fill in for Palm as a starling forward, and Bruce O'Neil, freshman center for t he Indian Jayvecs, has been moved up to replace Lyda. Earlier in the season the . In. dians, who have a 12-1 league mark, were forced to break a third quarter tie to edge the Wol vcrines. This feat was accom plished without, the services of guard Jim Jams, who was injured in the first half of action at Wil lamette. Roseburg also has one win over the Thurston Colts, a rout in the opening league game Jarvis Leads Indians Leading the Indians to battle over the weekend will be all-stater Jarvis from his guard position. Jarvis is the leading scorer in the stale with 433 points in 19 games for an average of 22.8 points per contest. In league play Jarvis has bucketed 21.7 points per game to nold a slim lead over Thurston s Ered Willis who has an average ol zi.l. Using speed and sharp manue vers, Jarvis sets the pace for the Indians on the maples as the lead ing scorer, and also sets up the plays for the top rated Roseburg team. Rated as one of the best prep players ever to compete in Oregon the flashy guard will have his first chance in A-l tournament play this year, although he has exhibited his skill in two A 2 tour naments playing for Coquille. Brundage Adds Power Additional scoring power for the Tribesmen will come from for ward Mike Brundage who rates as the number six point-maker in District s-a-i competition. Brund age has scored 283 points for tile season as he is averaging 14.9 points per game and has an even 15 points mer contest a vera no in league play. Workinff the hoard for th Tn. dians will be 6 4 center Ron Lake. Lake has recently come into his own controlling the action tinder the boards in the last four games with weekend totals of 34 and 32 in the rebounding department. The lanky pivot .man can also be dead ly on the tally sheet as he proved with 11 points agaiqst Springfield last week. Rounding out the starling lineup for the Tribesmen will be guard Mary French and forward llobbs. French ranks number three among the Roseburg scorers, and has been a standout on delense all sea son as well as setting up the plays, llobbs moved up last week to fill in for the injured Palm and show ed well defensively in both games. Standing at 6 2 llobbs has been the top reserve for Coach C ti rt Jarvis' ladians all season and has progressed with each outing. Leading the forecourt reserve list for the Indians will he Hrtire Long, Bruce O'Neil, John Todd and Kirn Hakala. In the barkcourt coach Jarvis will have Gordon Av ery, Bill Brothers, Chuck Iliney Five members of the Rosrhure Indian wrestling team are now in Corvallis to take part in the state wrestling tournament 'in progress at itiu louseum. The 14th annual stale high School wrestling tournament is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. todav with 416 matmcn from all sections of Oregon to complete in two divi sions a i and A 2 ranks. Some 85 schools will be represented at Cor vallis with each grapplcr having qualified in the district meets last weekend. Many Bouts Set There will be 13 weight classes and a grand total of 520 bouts in the two days and niulits of the tourney. Following today' prelim- luanri win op ine quarter nnals set for 7 tonight. Saturday the semi finals are slated at 1 p.m.. -with he rnnsolation finals al 6 30 and the championship finals at 7:30. The Indians won the District 5 A 1 crown last week and qualified five wrestlers for the state compe titinn. Although not among the (earn favored to challenge Sweet Home lor us A t title, the Tribe s five grapplers are expected to show well in their rcsnecliva upu.hl brackets. Richmen Leeds Tribe leading the list of Indians to compete in the state tournrv is Ken Kirhman in the 98 pound class. Kirhman compiled an 11 1 record during the season and then added four victorie in the district tour- hrnrn Fase. .Willainetle and Jim Munion for reserve strength. lhe Wolverines rest in seventh place in league standings with a 4-10 record, but are not to be un derrated as they sport a scrappy offense and can be rough on de fense. Leading the offensive at tack for the invaders will be for ward Ron Haas. Haas is averag ing 15.1 points per game in league play as he ranks as the number lour scorer. Along with Haas in the forecourt will be Dennis Gilbert and Earl Backman. Starting at the guard positions will be Todd Jensen and John Putnam. Top reserve power for the Wolverines will come from Ken Jensen, Ken Boyles, Ron Wil kcrson, Don Skelton, Willie Gra ham, Alarvin Dugger and Ti m Wheeler. Wilkcrson is the tallest Wolverine scheduled to see action standing ai b-n, wnue llaas, Gilbert and Backman all measure 6-2. Meet Thurston Saturday when the Indians trav el to Thurston a scoring duel be tween Jarvis and Willis will take place. Wiljis is second only to Jar vis in the scoring department, both in league play and on the stale scene. Standing at 6-4 Willis holds down the pivot position for the Colts. Flanking Willis under the basket will be forwards Tom Staten and Joe Heacock. Starting in the back court for the Colls will he l.nrrv Randall and Gary Davisson. Top reserves for Thurston include Ken McAllister, Mike Humphreys. Bob Jorgensen, Dave Brainard, Wayne Janz and Lyle Fox. Both ' contests promise to .be thrillers with the Wolverines and the Colts looking for upsets over the highly touted Indians, whom they 'hope will be relaxed after last week's all-important victory over Marshfield. The probable starting lineups for the weekend are: ROSEBURG Pos. Hobbs (8-2) F Brundage (6 0) F Lake (64) C French (5-11) G Jarvis (6-0) G WILLAMETTE' Pos. llaas (6-2) F Gilbert (6-2) ' F Backman (6-2) C T. Jensen (5-9) G Putnam (5-10) . G THURSTON Pos. Staten (6-2) F Heacock (6-1) F Willis (6-4) C Randall (5-7) G Davisson (5-11) G ROSEBURG SCORING (1? games) FG FT-FTA TP Ave. Jarvis 170 93-116 433 22.8 Brundage 116 51-78 283 14.9 French 70 23-32 163 8.6 Palm 41 28-55 110 6.47 Lake 37 30-57 104 . 5.5 Hobbs 26 17-29 69 3.6 Avery 11 7-8 ' 29 1.5 B. Brother! 5 '6-7 16 .84 Iliney 6 0 0 12 .63 Long 4 18 9 . Munion 2 1-3 5 Lyda 1 2-6 " i Todd .12-2 4 Bakala 0 0-0 0 Totals 490 261-401 1241 65.26 Palm missed last two games. MIKE BRUNDAGE , , second Indian point maker (Photo by Photo Lab) 1 niiment. The speedy lightweight's only lo.ss was to Mike rurlong of Grants Pass, and in the second meeting Richinan proved too much for the Caveman flyweight. In the district tournament Rich man opened with a pin over Glenn Berkland of North Bend and then pinned Dick Kyman of Springfield. Going into the semi finals in dis trict competition Richinan had his toughest match. Outpointing Ron Judy of Marshfield, 3 0. In the fi nals Richinan easily decisioned Randy Thwing of North Eugene, 7 0. G.W. Marlcal Wrestling Wrestling at 123 pounds for the Indians will be G.W. Mariral who took the' district crown. Marical wrestled at 130 pounds during the regular season and then entered tournament action in the lighter weight class. Opening tournament competition in the 12:1 pound brack-, et Marical pinned Ray Thomas of North Eugene and Terry llatlipldj of Willamette in hi first two! matches. Going into the semi final bout ; Marical was forced to go the dis-1 tance to win a 10-5 decision overj Dick Meyers of South Eugene. In the finals lhe flashv Indian 123- pounder handled Bill Holly of Marshfield, 3 0. Plnerd Compete Hon Pinard finished the district i wrestling in second place in the i 1 130 pound competition losing a ! thrilling 3 2 overtime decision to. VtiHii ri v TtfrftfiWftl'iiiWwii ifr,i1lt;iitMfrfl Aflatmen 6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., Mor., 3, 1961 Contestants For Indoor The state of Oregon, and specifi cally the city of Portland, gets its second look at big-time indoor track tonight when Oregon Stale and Oregon host the Far West In door Track and Field Classic at Memorial Coliseum. First of 15 events on the program is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., when the pole vaullers start. Then, in turn, will follow the 60-yard high hurdles, 60-yard dash, shotput, two mile relay, broad jump, invitation- Riddle Jay vees Finish Unbeaten The Riddle Juniior Varsity bas ket ball squad finished the 1960 61 season with a perfect 18-0 rec ord winning the imaginary, Ump qua Valley League Jayvee title. Against UVL opponents the Irish Jayvees racked up a 12-0 mark as they compiled one of the few perfect season records evidenced by any team in Douglas County. The Irish Jayvees won nine easy victories before being hard pressed to eke out a three point margin over the Glendale Jayvees. The closest game played by the Riddle squad was a 44-43 thriller over Myrtle Creek's Jayvees. Regular members of the Irish Jayvees included Don Fisher, Tom Roberts, Bill Markham, Gary Frahm, Bill Loper, Art Fisher, Keith Hansen, Gary Paetz, John Brown, Larry Ruckel, Lonnie Ris seeuw and Clint Traylor. Don Fisher played in all 18 games and was the leading scorer for the Irish Jayvees with 190 points for an average of 10.55 per 'game. Roberts starred in 10 encounters scoring 80 points, while Markham totaled 135 points in 17 games and Frahm connected for 125 points in 17 contests. For the season the Irish Jayvees racked up a total of 904 points for an average of 50.2 points per game, while the opposition scored 597 points for 33.1 points per game. Sports Friday . Wrestling Slate Wrestling Tournament, A- 1 and A-2, 12:30 and 7 p.m., Gill Coliseum. Corvallis. Basketball Midwestern League ' Willamette Wolverines vs. Rose burg Indians, 8 p.m., Roseburg. Springfield Millers vs. Cottage Grove Lions, 8 p.m., Cottage Grove. Marshfield Pirates vs. North Eu gene Highlanders, 8 p.m., North Eugene. South Eugene Axemen vs. Thurs ton Colts, 8 p.m., Thurston. District 6-A-2 Playoffs Sutherlin Bulldogs vs. Lakeview Honkers, 7 p.m., SOC, Ashland. Glide Wildcats vs. Henley Hor nets, 8:30 p.m., SOC, Ashland. ' District 4-B Tournament Canyonville Bible Academy Pi lots, vs. Days Creek Wolves, Con solation finals, 6:30 p.m., Sutherlin. Klkton Elks vs. Yoncalla Eagles, third place. 7:45 p.m., Sutherlin. Camas Valley Hornets vs. Pow ers Cruisers, Championship, 9 p.m., Sutherlin. . Non-League Willamette Junior Varsity vs. Roseburg Junior Varsity, 6:15 p.m., Roseburg. North Grants Pass vs. Roseburg Freshman Chiefs, 3:30 p.m., Rose burg. Bill Jones of Marshfield. Spending part of the regular season wres tling Junior Varsity meets as he traded off with Marical, Pinard came through with his top showing in the district finals. Pinard started on his road to the state tournament with a 71 deci sion over Cliff Rehwolilt of Marsh field and then pinned Denny Triolo of Springfield to advance to the semi finals. In the semi finals Fin ard outpointed Jim Murphy of Soulh Eugene, 8 6. to go into the finals against Jones. C Kill District Champ Roseburg sports another district champ in the form of Jim Cahill al 136 pounds. Cahill went into dis trict competition with an 8 3 sea son mark and then picked up four straight victories to win his crown. In hi-first bout Cahill pinned Don Ijinge of Marshfield. and then downed lorrn Lcelch of Willa mette, 154. In the semifinals Cahill won I 3 1 decision over Merrlm Sullivan of Soulh Eugene. Cahill was forced to ulilire all his ability in the fi nals against I.arry Piquetle of Springfield, taking an 8 6 overtime Mctory. The fifth Indian grappler now In Corvallis to compete for a state title is Doug John wrestling at 191 pounds. John worked the 191 and unlimited weight brackets dur ing the season showing well for the local team. In the district tour nament the classy heavyweight won in Are Ready Track Meet al prep mile, high jump, small college mile relay, 1000 yard run, 500-yard dash, open two-miie, fresh man and junior college mile relay, open mile, and the open mile relay Meet Director Sam Bell, Beaver track coach, has lined up top talent from all sections of the nation And he has some of the best "name" performers in the busi ness ready to go all out lor new world indoor marks at 1'ortland. Some of the best-known artists include Ralph Boston, Aubrey Doo lev, Ron Morris, Soike Arlt,' Dave Edstrom, Amos Marsh, Bob Sund ers, Roscoe Cook, Harry Jerome, Darrell Horn, Parry O'Brien, Jay Silvester, Hank Wyborney, Larry Means, Eddie Southern, Jack Yer man, Rick Harder, Doug Kyle, Dvrol : Burleson. John Cramer, Wayne Wilson, Lynn Eves and Mike Gaechter. One event causing lots of com ment is the broad jump, where Rnston will Bet extended by Horn. Boston holds both the world out door and indoor marks, and will be shooting for 27 feet Friday night. If he makes it, he will be the first in history. O'Rrien. holder of the world in door mark in the shotput, too, will be after a new record. And so it is in the 60-vard dash, where a star-studded field will hold forth headed by Cook and Jerome. Plenty of tickets are still avail able, and can be purchased either in advance or at the gate. They pan he nurchased at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, at the ath letic offices of Oregon siaie ana Oregon, at Vince Barrett's Sport ing Goods in Aioany ana ai diii Beard's Sporting Goods in Salem. National Hockey League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Result Chicago 7, New York 1 Boston 4, Detroit 2 Friday Games No games scheduled Saturday Games Detroit at Montreal New York at Toronto Calendar College Basketball Oregon Ducks vs Washington State Cougars, 8 p.m., Pullman. Saturday Wrestling: State Wrestling Tournamenl, A-l and A-2, Semi finals 1 p.m.. Con solation finals 6:30 p.m., Cham pionship 7:30- p.m., Gill Coliseum, Corvallis. Basketball Midwestern League Roseburg Indians vs. Thurston Colts, 8 p.m., Thurston. North Bend Bulldogs vs.-Springfield Millers, 8 p.m., Springfield. North Eugene Highlanders vs. Willamette Wolverines, 8 p.m., Wil lamette. Cottage Grove Lions vs. Soulh Eugene Axemen, 8 p.m., South Eugene. District e-A-2 Playoffs Sutherlin Bulldogs. Glide Wild cats, Henley Hornets and Lake view Honkers, Third place, 7 p.m., Championship, 8:30 p.m., SOC, Ashland. Non-League Roseburg Junior Varsity vs. Thurston Junior Varsity, 6:15 p.m., Thurston. College Basketball Oregon Ducks vs. Washington State Cougars, 8 p.m., Pullman. .orva; Ihree straight for his crown, in cluding registering the only pin in the finals. John Shows Strength John opened with a lopsided 9 0 decision over Ken McEwen of South Eugene, then outpointed Dick North of North Bend. 51. In the championship battle the Roseburg 191 pounder scored a first period pin over Wayne Brines of North Bend. t'nder the direction of Coach Walt Payne the Indians have won three straight district crowns. Payne will have many of his top wrestlers back in action nest year as he goes after his fourth title, and another chance at the slate championship. Sweet Home Favored Sweet Home is favored to take the state tournament again this year, but strong A 1 competition is ppected from lhanon. Klamath Kails, David Douglas and Pnne vi lie. In (hp A 2 competition the Sutherlin Bulldogs arc again rated as the team to beat, having won the small school crown for the last two years. Sutherlin has 10 wrestlers takinc part in the state tournament, while Glide, Myrtle Creek and Douglas each have four. Glendale and Oak land complete the list of District l-A-2 schools represented at the tourney with two each. Reedsport Braves have nine grapplen. in Cor vallis to round out lhe list of local A 2 schools competing. , oivennes. DUCKS AND INDIAN TRACKMEN seem to thrive on the rainy Oregon weather as cooch Jim McAllister started training the Roseburg track team eorly this year in pre paration for the coming meets.JAt the present time 30 boys have reported for the workouts with another 20 expected after basketball and wrestling are finished. The first meet for the Indian track team will be Mar. 25 with the J. C. Invitation to be held in Roseburg. (News-Review Photo). First Baptist Takes This In YMCA SOUTH UMPQUA LEAGUE Final Standings W L. Pet. GB First Presbyterian 8 2 .800 Green 7 3 .700 1 First Baptist 6 4 .600 2 Hi-Y No. 4 5 5 .500 3 Hi-Y No. 3 3 7 .300 5 Melrose 1 9 .100 7 Bill Brickey Tops Rifle Club Shooters Bill Brickey led the top ten shooters at lhe weekly meeting of the Roseburg Senior Rifle Club with a near perfect 390 score. Brickey, firing from four posi tions, was in top form as he came within ten points of collecting a perfect 400 total. Pete Serafin placed second with a 386, while Dude Sattem fired a 384 to take third place. Dean Paulson placed fourth with a 382. edging Paul Robinson who finished fifth with a 381. Other top scorers were record ed bv Mildred Comfort with a 378, Arville Koozer with a 377, Verne Whittenberg with a 376, Roy Hill with a 376 and Bill Washburn with a 373. . Dividing lhe shooters into three teams a tight race developed for the top two positions. Sid Com fort's team scored a 2929 to hold a one point lead over Pete Sera fin's squad which shot a 2928. Bill Jones' team finished third with a 1913 total. The Roseburg Senior Rifle Club meets every Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Rod and Gun Club in Winchester. Baylor Leads Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers, thanks to -Elgin Baylor, are fast nailing down a playoff spot in the Nation al Basketball Association. Baylor scored 34 points Thurs day "night to lead the Lakers to a 114-110 triumph over the Syracuse Nationals in the league's only game. The victory gave second place Los Angeles a three-game edge over Detroit and a 3Mi game lead over Cincinnati, the cellar team in the Western Division. WRESTLING RETURNS! MIDGETS TO APPEAR Community Building Saturday, March 4th Plus A Biq Card!! Little Beaver Midget Tog Teem MefcK: Little Beaver, 105 Red Taylor, 95 V. Sky Low Low, 96 Tom Thumb, 98 MAIN EVENT: Tito Kopa. 210 The Argentine Wildmeti vs. Luigi Mocera, 208 Montrcel SEMI-FINAL Herbie Freeman, 218 New York . Kurt von Poppenheim, 220 Portland . sr., wi-Tj'j - -n a s Basketball Imp , Thursday results: Hi-Y No. 3, 38, Hi-Y No. 4 37 First Baptist 39, Melrose 34 In the final night of action in the South , Umpqua division of the YMCA Youth League the team of First Baptist cagers moved into third place with a victory over Melrose Community Fellowship and Hi-Y No. 3 downed Hi-Y No. 4. First Baptist went out in front early in the gam.e and then con tinued on the rampage to win, 39 34, over Melrose. Hi-Y No. 3 built Up a seven point halftime bulge, then held off a last half drive by Hi-Y No. 4 to win, 38-37. In the final standings First Bap tist finished third with a 6-4 rec ord, while Hi-Y No. 4 was in fourth place with a 5-5 mark. Hi-Y No. 3 ended in fifth place with a 3-7 mark and Melrose was 1-9 to finish in the cellar. . First Baptist wasled no time in taking the lead and went on to enjoy an 11-7 halftime margin. In the second half the winners out scored Melrose, 28-27. 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In the second half the I ; ers took a 15-9 advantage, not quae enough to overtake the leaders. Don Harris racked up 13 points to lead the winners, while Bill Stephens added 10 counters. The leading scorer for Hi-Y No. 4 was Campbell with 17 points. SCORING: FIRST BAPTIST (39) Lehna 9, Talbot 8, Ohlson 7, Shelton 2, Snyder 3, Rains 4, Mills 5, Wells ,1. MELROSE (34) J. Gausnell 2. Wanor 2, Strinser 8, Lash 15, T. Thomphson, G. Gausnell ? Isakson 5. Bradford, Per.y. llalltiiiis score: First Baptist 11, Melrose 7 HI-Y No. 3 (38) Harris 13, Harmon, Stephens 10, Scolt 4, For rest 2. Bodean 9. HI-Y No. 4 (37) Felker 1, Campbell 17, Seibold 7, Krewson 8, Yundt 4, Stuart. Halftime score: Hi-Y No. 3 29, Hi-Y No. 4 22 Wagon 1198 1