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no Indians Win League Title; Axemen 2nd MIDWESTERN LEAOUI (District S-A-l) Final Standings W L Pet. PF PA GB Roseburg 15 1 .938 10G4 852 S. Eugene 11 5 .697 915 755 4 Marshf'ld 11 5 .697 891 758 4 N. Eugene 10 .625 870 758 5 N. Bend 9 7 .562 881 870 6 Springf'ld 7 9 .438 762 744 8 Willamette 5 11 .312 827 986 10 Thuritun 3 13 .188 803 959 12 Cottage Gr. 1 15 .062 720 1002 14 Thursday result: Roseburg 81, Cottage Grove 53 (South Eugene won play-off for aecond) - Its all over for another year in Midwestern League hoop action as the Roseburg Indians won the fi nal outing, a make-up contest with the Cottage Grove lions played Thursday night. Lions Finish Last The contest had no bearing on the standings as the Indians were already firmly embedded in the number one position before deal ing the Lions an 81-53 setback. Cot tage Grove finished in the cellar with a reversal of Roteburg's 151 mark. , . . Entering the slate tournament at Eugene, March 1418, as District 5-A-l representatives will be the Indians and the Soulh Eugene Axe men. The Indians won the right to play in the tourney by taking the ' league title, while the Axemen end ed in a second place tie with the Map hficld Pirates and had to win a puy-off game before earning their tournament berth. However, earn a berth they did, as the Axemen displayed a great comeback effort in downing the Pirates, 56-55, Wednesday. The Axemen and the Pirates finished league play with identical 11-5 marks to force them into the play off. The Indians gained the top spot in Midwestern League competition with a sparkling 15-1 record. The second place teams found them selves four games back from the front-running Tribe in the final standings. tBtst Offensively Offense-wise the Indians were also number one in the league with 1064 points in 16 games for an flvnrnPA nf 66. 5 rjaintS Oer game. Soulh Eugene had the top defensive record allowing only 755 points in league play for a 47.2 uaraai Nnrth F.uupn. nnH Marsh. field closely followed the Axemen in dclcnse wnn ia points given Up to their respective opponents. Roseburg will open against Dav id Douglas' Scots at 7:30 p.m. weanesnay in uie smie iuui nu trient, and the Axemen will face the Central Catholic Rams at 9 Wednesday morning, ine acois placed second in District 3-A-l competition behind the Rams as both teams compete in the Metro League. Sports Calendar Friday Basketball .... State B Tournament Consolation games, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m., Championship bracket, 7:30 and 8:45 p.m., Bend. College Basketball Oregon Stale Beavers vs. Ore Con Ducks, 8 p.m., McArthur Court, Eugene. Oregon Slate Rooks vs. Oregon Frosh, 6 p.m., Eugene. State B Tournament Prospect vs. Huntington,' 2:30 p.m.. Consolation semifinals, Bend. Wheeler vs. Pcrrydalc, 3:45 p.m. Consolation semifinals, Bend. Powers Cruisers vs. lone, 7:30 p.m., Championship semifinals, Bend. Portland Christian vs. Lowell, 8:45 p.m., Championship semifin als, Bend. College Basketball Oregon State Beavers vs. Ore- con Ducks, 8 p.m., McArthur Court, fcugene. Oregon Stale Rooks vs. Oregon rrosn, 6 p.m., tugene. Saturday Basketball State B Tournament Consolation finals, 2 p.m., Third fiace, 7:30 p.m., cnampionsnip, :45 D.m.. Bend. Oregon Frosh vs. Oregon State Rooks, 6 P.M., corvallis. College Basketball Oregon Ducks vs. Oregon Stale Beavers, 8 p.m., Gill Coliseum Corvallis. The warmth ond comfort of the Pendleton shirt are a tradition with sportsmen and outdoorsmen everywhere. Its fine tailoring, rich colon and the superior softness of 100 virgin wool have made it a favorite for' generations. Estr Tim It Drtit-up Tim USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN DONNING A NEW LOOK for the state A-l basketball tournament, scheduled for Mar. 14-18 at Eugene, are the Roseburg Indians, proudly displaying their inew uniforms and warm-up jackets. The top ranked Indions will open in tournament play Mar. 15 ot 7:30 p.m. against the David Douglas Scots. Ready for tournoment play are Roseburg Junior Varsity Wins Over Lion Jay vee Roseburg's Junior Varsity hoop- sters ended the season with a 16- 7 record by virtue of a win in their final outing against the Cot tage Grove Jayvees Thursday night. The Indian Jayvees recorded their second victory over the Lions Jayvees as they roiled to a 50-38 win at Cottage Grove. The final win against a Midwestern League Jayvee team gives the local eag er a 12-5 league mark, wun tne extra game being played against Marshfield. Against the Lions the local Jay vees took an early lead and were Serafin Scores Best In Shoot Pele Serafin fired the top score at the weekly shoot held by the Roseburg Senior Rifle Club at the Rod and Gun Club Wednesday. Serafin was close to the bulls- eye with each round firing from four positions as he racked up a 390 score out of a possible 400. Bill Brickey and Dude Saltern i??h scored 387, but Brickey won the shoot-off to place second and Sat tem was relegated to the number three spot. Dcane Paulson finished fourth with a 385, while Bill Jones also fired a 385 to come in fifth. Other top scores were recorded by Bill Bailey with a 379, bid Comfort with a 379, Margaret Ra m b o with a 378, Vcrn Whittenherg with a 377 and Roy Hill with a 377. Sid Comfort's team had the top score of the evening's shooting with a total tally of 2957. Pele Serafin s team came in second with a 2929 score, followed bv the Bill Jones team with a total of 2924. The Roseburg Senior Rifle Club shoots every Wednesday night, and interested persons are welcome to come out and try their hand at the targets. Hockey Results National Hockey League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . Thursday Results Montreal 6, New York 1 Detroit 5, Boston 2 Friday Games No games scheduled Saturday Games Boston at Montreal Chicago at Toronto For Great Times Outdoors PENDLETON st i rnm vxi VCwdil for Your Convenient fXCT 5S7 $. I. Jockton Phone OR 3-5423 ' ' iV&.J&Lr never headed. The biggest advan tages were gained in the second and fourth quarters when the win ners racked up 11 and 12 point totals, while holding the losers to totals of six and eight. Starting off with a bang the In dian Jayvees racked up 15 count ers in the Iirsi period to graD an early 15-12 h-ad. Continuing to dominate the cage duel the win ners went on to enjoy a 26-18 half time advantage. Both teams rack ed up 12 points in the third stanza as the local squad held its eight point advantage. The Indian Jay vees outscored the Lion Jayvees by four in the final period as they took the victory by a 12 point spread. Guard Spike Moore continued his lata season scoring splurge as he netted 18 counters to set the pace for the winners. Forward Jim Wassom followed with 12 points for Roseburg. Bob Lutje took the scoring honors for Cot tage Grove with 14, SCORING: ROSEBURG JV (50) Wassom 12, Brothers 9, Crabtree 1, Moore 18, Manning 6, Boucock 2, How ard 2, Evans, Rudolf, Cast, Oil man. COTTAGE GROVE JV 138) Lang 1, Lutje 14, McGuire 3, Mc- Brule 5, H. Rhoads 8, Langston 5, Carlson, Monroe 2, Carpenter, Powell, J. Rhoads. Score by quarters: Roseburg JV 15 11 12 Cottage Gr. JV 12 6 12 1250 838 Skiing At Night Slated At Taf t Mountain Resort The Edelweiss Ski Club is'hav ing night skiing at Taft Mountain again this Saturday following the success of last week's darkness venture. The Taft Mountain area will be open all weekend for the enjoy ment of the "king" of winter sports. Restaurant facilities will be kept operating during the day' time and will also he available at night. Overnight facilities are now available for those hardy sports men who provide their own sleep ing bags. During spring vacation, next week, Taft Mountain will be open for special parties of 20 or more. Reservations can be made by call ing Eston Dumonl, GY 6-3385 Glide. The restaurant will be open ed for the enjoyment of skiicrs capitalizing on the vacation. Skiing is reported to be excell ent at Taft as the snow is now five feet deep, and more snow is expected. Chains or snow ties are required to reach the skiing area. 11.95 to 13.95 (front I to r) coach Curt Jorvis, Marv French, Tom HoDbs, Ron Lake, Ray Palm, Jim Jarvis, Mike Brundage, (second row) Bruce Long, John Todd, Rich Bakala, Doug Lyda, Jim Munion, Gordon Avery, (top row) monoger Loren Eiler, Bill Brothers, Bruce O'Neil, Chuck Hiney and man oger Ted Dodge. (News-Review Photo). 6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., Mar., 10, 1961 Powers Faces Tonight In Tournament Play BEND (AP) It will be Pow ers vs. lone and Portland Chris tian vs. Lowell in the semi-finals of the Oregon class B high school basketball tournament, here to night. All four of the teams won de cisive victories in the first round Thursday. Portland Christian and Lowell ran up the biggest totals 74 each. The Christians beat Wheeler County High of Fossil, 74-57, and Lowell wound up the night with a Chamberlain Sets New Scoring Mark PHILADELPHIA (AP) Wilt Chamberlain has passed another milestone in his fabulous career, cracking a 12-year-old Philadel phia Warriors' club record by scoring 67 points in one game. The 7-foot-l Chamberlain's out put Thursday night in a 135-126 victory over New York was the most points he's ever scored in a single game and it broke the 1949 mark of 63 by Joe Fulks. His pre vious high had been 58. Chamberlain fell five points short of breaking the National Basketball Association record of 71 set by Elgin Baylor of Los An geles last November. ' Elsewhere in the NBA, Bill Russell's field goal wilh 15 seconds left gave Boston a 119-118 victory over Detroit, dropping the Pistons into a tic with Cincinnati for the only remaining play-off spot in the Western Division. Each club has two games left lo play. In the only other game Thursday night, Dolph Schayes 28 points paced Syracuse to a 129119 vie toryover St, Louis. BOXING MIAMI BEACH, Fla. U. S government tax collectors filed new lawsuit against heavyweight challenger lngemar Johansson to recover advance of $250,000 on Monday's title fight which he de posited in Swiss bank. lone Squad 74-43 victory over Pcrrydalc. Earlier Powers took Prospect, 62-47, and lone dispose! of Hunt ington, 72-56. The results spoiled Perrydale's perfect 24-gnme season record and improved Portland Chris tian's to 23-0. lone now is 21-1 and Powers 20-5. Perhaps the most impressive performance was by Lowell, the tournament's rangiest team. It ran up a 55-28 lead over Perry dale in the first three quarters, then completed the game with re serves. High scorers of the first round were Francis Rea of lone with 26 points, Al McDanicl of Lowell with 25 each, Gary Brownlee of Portland Christian 20 and Jim Slinkard of Wheeler with 19. The consolation round gets un der way this afternoon willi Pros pect meeting Huntington in the opener and Fossil playing Perry dale in the second game. BEND (AP) First round re sults of the Oregon Class B high school basketball tournament Thursday:' Powers 62. Prospect 47 lone 72. Huntington 56 Portland Christian 74, Wheeler (Fossil) 57 Lowell 74, Tcrrydale 43 Today's schedule: Consolation 2:30 ineton p.m., Prospect vs Hunl- 3:45 p.m., Wheeler vs. Terry dale Championship 7:30 p.m.. Powers v. Inne 8:45 p.m., Tortland Christian vs. Lowell; Season At Santa Anita Set To End Saturday ARCADIA. Calif. 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Tribesmen's To Lead Squad To 20th Victory Of Season By NIEL CELLERS News-Review Sports Writer Roseburg't Indians completed their warm-ups Thursday night with a rousing victory over the Cot tage Grove Lions, and will now look forward to tne state tournament action which will open at McAr thur Court in Eugene, Tuesday. In the final appearance of the regular season guard Jim Jarvis racked up a 33 point total as he led the Tribe to a lopsided 81-53 win over the Lions in the make-up Midwestern League game played at Cottage Grove, 15 By Halftime Jarvis picked up nine counters in the opening eight minutes and by halftime had increased his total to 15. Continuing to set the pace the flashy all-state guard racked up eight points in the third period be fore adding 10 more in the first four minutes of the final stanza. The classy hoopster was deadly from any position as he bucketed 14 out of 21 from the field for a .667 shooting percentage. From the charity marker Jarvis added five for seven, hitting five in a row after missing his first two. In addition to leading the Indian point-makers, Jarvis also tied for rebounding honors with center Ron Lake. Jarvis and Lake each grab bed off 12 rebounds as the winners took a 55-24 advantage over the hapless Lions, Statistics Favor Indians Statistics for the game favored Roseburg in everything but foul shooting. From the field the Indi ans shot an even 50 per cent com pared to a 44.7 per cent bucketed by the opposition. However, at the foul striDe the Lions made 11-24 for a 45.8 percentage, while the Indi ans converted seven for 1 hitting at a .438 Dace. Stan Sloan was the big-gun for the Lions from the free throw mark er with nine out of 11 tries. In total scoring Sloan placed second to guard Jerrv Carr for the losers. Carr netted 20 counters, while Sloan dumped in 15 points. Brundage Hits 10 Forward Alike Brundage follow- ed Jarvis on the tally sheet for the Indians with 10 points. Lake, Marv French and Bruce Long rank ed third with identical eight point totals for the Tribe's well-balanced scorine attack. Koseburg took an eany ieaa over the Lions and were never threaten ed after the midpoint of the initial stanza. At the quarter breaks the winners held leads ot 18-iu, sb-zh and 60-41. Using reserves through out most of the final period the In dians still managed to take a 21-12 edge over the Lions. All See Action Coach Curt Jarvis used nine ball players in the first half as he gave the reserves needed experience, and then cleared the bench in the second half with 14 of the 15 Indi ans in uniform seeing action. Ray Palm was the only player in uni form that did not get in the game, and this was due to the fact that his hand will not be out of its cast until today. Added good news, along with Palm's cast coming off. was en joyed by the local fans when Doug Lyda returned to action recovered from the mumps. This brings the Indian roster back up to 15 before Bowling Night? . ! i3"-' V - X H 'Si How smoothly a few relaxing games and a drink or two of 7 Crown combine to make a wonderful evening. Tonight... Say Seagrams and he Sure iticim Jim Jarvis Tallies 33 Points the cut which is forthcoming be cause only 10 players are allowed at tne state tourney. Good Performances With the reserves seeing a lot of action top performances were turn ed in by Long, Bruce O'Neil and jonn Todd. Long lea tne reserve contingent in scoring with eight points, followed by O'Neil with five. O'Neil and Todd each turned in creditable 'jobs under the-boards with Todd setting the pace grabbing six rebounds in the last three min utes of play. Lake drew first blood as the In dians took off to the races early in the game. However, it was mid way through the first quarter be fore the winners could really catch fire and draw away from the cellar dwelling Lions. The Lions knotted the count twice in the opening min utes and trailed by two, 8-6, at the midpoint. Jump Into Lead ' Jarvis and Long then swished back-to-back jumpers to move the visitors out in front by six, and Lake added another two-pointer to make it eight, 14-6. The eight point margin held as the winners went on to lead, 18-10, at the first inter mission. . In the opening seconds of the second period Brundage dumped in the first of his four second quarter field goals as the rampaging In dians continued on the warpath. Following a field goal by Mike Estes for the Lions, the 6-0 Rose burg forward added three in a row as the lead increased to 16 points, 28-12. Jarvis Hits Bucket The Lions managed to narrow the gap to eight with Carr picking up 10 points before Jarvis took over in the scoring column and added six points, four in a row in the closing seconds of the period. As the buz zer sounded signifying halftime the champs led, 38-28. Early in the third period the Lions again narrowed the lead to eight points, and aain it was Jar vis who made it 10 by swishing a long jumper. Brundage followed with a two-pointer, French hit on a fast break and Long added a jump er before the Lions were able to score again. As the Indians took over completely they romped on to a, 60-41 lead at the three-quarter mark. Avery Scores Increasing their 19 point lead the Indians went on to control the final eight minutes of play. Gordon Av ery collected two field goals after replacing French in the lineup. while Jarvis added one and O Neil hit for a two-pointer and a free throw early in the final quarter. Just before leaving the game Jar Pro Basketball National Basketball Association By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Results Philadelphia 135, New York 126 Boston 119, Detroit 118 Syracuse 129, St. Louis 119 Friday Game Philadelphia vs. Detroit at Ft. Wayne Saturday Games Philadelphia at St. Louis Cincinnati at Los Angeles (aft ernoon. TV) Syracuse at Boston (afternoon) $e.aaram'$ Seven yCrown AMERICAX HEXDKn WHISKEY inTiiKii coi'in. in toii cin. until mwr. n S3M . s i vis put on a final disolay of his shooting ability with eight straight points on three field goals and two free throws. With 4:17 remaining in the contest the reserves took over for the Indians and they held the Lions until "the final buzzer. Trouble With Fouls Building the lead to 81-47 the Indian reserves had troublea with fouling. In the final minute.of ac tion Sloan picked up eix ppoints with six consecutive free throws to bring the Lions up to their fi nal total of 53 points, t Thursday's game was the final league contest for both teams as the champion . Indians increased their Midwestern League record to 15-1, while the Lions ended with one win in 16 outings in league play. Roseburg will open in tourney ac tion Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. facing the David Douglas Scots who fin ished second in the Metro League. BOX SCORE ROSEBURG . ,FG FT F TP Hobbs 0 1-4 2 1 Brundage 5 0-0 2 10 Lake .4 0-1 2 8 French . 4 0-0,1 8 Jarvis 14 5-7 1 33 Long ' 4 0-0 2 8 Avery -2 0-0 0 4 O'Neil 2 113 5 Lyda 0 0-2 2 0 , Brothers 10-0 0 2 I Hiney V' ,00-100 Muion 0 0-0 10 Todd ' 10-0 12 Bakala 0 0-0 2 0 Totals 37 7-16 19 81 COTTAGE GROVE Vogler 11-3 4 3 Sloan 3 9-11 1 15 Pauley 0 1-1 0 1 Carr 10 0-3 4 20 Olds 10-0 2 2 Estes 2 0-4 0 4 Kronberger 10-1 12 Hiatt 3 0-1 OS Richards 0 0-0 2 0 Farrow 0 00 0 0 Rhoads 0 0-0 0 0 Totals Score by quarters Roseburg Cottage Grove 21 11-24 14 S3 18 20 22 21-81 10 18 13 1253 JIM JARVIS ... collects 33 counters (Photo by Photo Lob) ss n iss on twui imiii I if s-60 ! 45 Qt 'At f f' i CMS No. 2MB Y $00 : 'I I . ; 4 I Cost No. X
