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Newspaper Page TextJddi . '!l ',' f i ? 1 S A I i - m TED OGDAHL and Jerry Long, Willamette University coaches, who tag themselves with the nickname, "a half ton of fun," were the guest speakers at Wednesday's ban quet which honored the 1961 Roseburg Indian basket ball quintet. Both ' speakers praised the scrappy Indians for their spirit ond drive during the season stating that the fast brand of ball played by Roseburg was "the great est'' (News-Review Photo) ' , Oregon, Oregon State Slate More Games In California By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Oregon and Oregon State baseball teams are scheduled to continue their so far unhappy tour of California today. (. - Oregon State is to meet Cali fornia at Berkeley. Rain forced postponement of their scheduled game Wednesday. OSC has lost both its games in California so far. . 1 , .- More Investigation On Bribes Slated NEW YORK (AP) District Attorney Frank S. Hogan of Man hattan has no idea how long the current nrobe into college basket ball fixing will continue, or how manv niavcrs might be involved. "There, may or may not be more," Hogan said Wednesday in announcing at a press conference that evidence would he presented to a Brand jury 'starting April 4. Two gamblers were arrested last Fridav bv investigators from his office on charges of bribing two Seton Hall University players and ' one from ' the University of Connecticut. ' , Hogan called the press confer ence after returning from Arizona where he has been attending a nroseeutors' convention. During his absence his office Indicated other colleges may have been implicated, but Hogan de. clincd to give additional information. At the same time he said, "We have no information to warrant an investigation" of professional basketball, or professional or col lege football. Roseburg Rod, Gun Club Tied For 2nd In Shoot The Roseburg Rod and Gun Club entrv in the Journal Telegraphic Shoot is tied with the Eugene Gun Club for second place at the mid noint of the shoot. The local team composed of Jack Culver. Vera Solqman, forest holo man and Chuck Collins have a 296 score trailing Cottage Grove with a perfect 300 .ally. In the third week of action a total of 45 perfect individual per- tormanccs were recorded, compar ed to only 23 the second week and 26 the first week. All four of the local competitors racked up per feci 25's for a total of 100 points in last week s shooting. Following the three leaders are the teams from Tri-County and the Gresham Elks with 295 scores, and Wallowa with a 292. A total of 24 teams are competing for the shoot ing crown in the journal leic graphic Shoot, Sports Calendar Friday B.nb.ll Roseburg Indians vs. Granls Pass Cavemen, 2:30 p.m., double header, Grants Tass. Drain Warriors vs. McKeniie Ea gles, 1:30 p.m., McKcnzie, Oregon will' attempt to get re venge for a 13-5 beating by San Jose State Wednesday, making its season record 1-2. Dick Brede batted in three of five Oregon runs with a triple and a double and was pitching a shut out when San Jose fell on him for six runs in the fourth inning. The Spartans continued the as sault on his relievers, getting five mora off George Spencer in the sixth and two off John Livingston in ino eighln. - The victory . snapped a nine- game losings streak by San Jose. At Portland the Oregon district NAIA tournament is scheduled to open today with a game between Linlieia and Lewis and Uark. Other teams entered in the com petition are the University of Portland, Pacific, Portland Stale, Willamette and Oregon College. Ion lake. Wm fews At iahqueft Indians' Guard Voted Outstanding Player; II TWli Lake Most Improved, Inspirational! Cager The final chanter of the 1961 Roseburg Indians basketball fame was written Wednesday night as the cagers were honored at a ban quet sponsored by the Indian Boost er Club. Nothing but praise was handed out to a great bunch of ball play ers as Indian Club president Dr. Cliff Babbitt opened the ceremon ies. Del McKay served as tne mas ter of ceremonies for the evening with the guest speakers being Ted Ogdahl and Jerry Long, coaches from Willamette University, Trophies Presented Special honors were given to guard Jim Jarvis and center Ron Lake during the evening's activit ies. Jarvis was presented the tro phy for the top Indian foul shooter for bis .790 plus average and was also named as the outstanding In dian cager of the year for the second straight time. Lake also took home two troph ies as he was named as the most improved player of the year and the most inspirational Tribesman of the season. School superintend ent Mike Duller presented Lake with the latter trophy commenting on the 6-4 center's outstanding re bounding performance during the state tournament where he ended fifth among rebounders with 39, and played in only three games. Coach- Curt Jarvis introduced the team to the loyal fans staling, "It has been a pleasure to work with such a fine group during the sea son," In turn coach Jarvis was honored by the Indian Club as he was presented with gifts in appre ciation' of his excellent job of coaching and representing the city during the season. ' Roseburg's all-stale players, Jim Jarvis and Mike Brundage drew special praise for their outstanding work all season. Jarvis and Brund age along wilh Lake, John Todd, Jim Munion and Chuck Hiney are seniors this year, o will not be back for tha Indians come next RHS Faculty Tilt Set The junior class of Roseburg High School is sponsoring a basketball game, Junior boys vs Faculty men, at 8 p.m. Saturday. There will be a rally squad composed of faculty RON LAKE . . honored ot banquet (Photo by Photo Lab) basketball season. Juniors on the team include Doug Lyda, Ray Palm, M a r v French, Tom Hobbs, Rich Bakala, Bruce Long and Gordon Avery. Bill Brothers is the lone sopho more, while Bruce O'Neil is the only representative on the varsity from the freshman class. - Ogdahl and Jerry Long both com plimented the Indians for their fine brand of basketball saying, "The fast break ball you boys play is the greatest for spectators, and also brings the victories." Both Willa mette coaches discussed the great transition period athletics is now going through, and stressed the im portance of competitive athletics. The banquet capped a success ful season for the Indians who ended the year wilh a 21-4 mark, and the top rating in the AP prep poll. 6 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Mar. 23,1961 Southern (al Favored To Win Swimming Title SEATTLE (AP) Murray Rose, Australian Olympic star who swims for Southern California, hoped to recapture his National Collegiate Athletic Association title Thursday in the metric mile. Rose, headed a talented cast of Trojan swimmers who were the heavy favorites to retain the team championship they won in 1960. More than 260 swimmers and div ers have been entered in the three day meet by 56 colleges and uni versities. ' ' Four Trojans hold five meet records and as many champion ships. Chuck Bittick won both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events in record time last year. The others are Tom Winters in the 220-yard freestyle, Dennis Rounsavelle in the 440-yard free- Sam Snead Fires Hot Practice Round ' MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP ) Sam Snead comes out of hiding for the Sunshine Open Golf Tour nament starting today at the Bay shore Club, and the field will be keeping a wary eye on him. Slamming Sammy is comfort ably located at nearby Boca Ra ton, and rarely takes part in a tour' tournament nowadays. Wednesday, in a pro-amateur warmup for the Sunshine Open, Snead set a competitive course record of 63 on the par 72 layout, hat broke a record of 64 set nearly 10 years ago by Snead. This is the last big tournament before the Masters this year. It has drawn an all-star field as the players tune up their games over the 6,632-yard, par 36-3672 course. Major League Preview Mickey Vernon Is Feeling His Way As Manager Of New Senator Club By JOE REICHLER Associated Prett Sports Writer POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) The management of the new Washington Senators are no fools. Aware that enemy hatters arc lurking in wait for their puerile pitchers, they pushed out. the fences in Griffith Stadium. The additional footage, 38 in left field, 35 in left center and 12 in dead center, is bound to be of some help. It doesn't figure to do much harm to the Washington hit ters who, at first glance, are not likely to knock down any fences. Mickey Vernon, the freshman manager, isn't overly worried about the sire of the park. He is more concerned wilh finding a presentable lineup for opening day. Other than his opening bat tery of pitcher Dick Donovan and catcher Pete Daley, and perhaps his left fielder, Gene Woodling, Vernon has no idea who will bo on the field when President Kennedy throws out the first ball to open the 1961 American League season in the nation's capital April 10. "I'm still kind of feeling my way. said the former star first baseman of the old Senators. "The boys are all willing workers and Ring Record enlhused about the new setup. It still feels a little strange to have to give orders to fellows I've play ed wilh for years." Vernon ha a fairlv enoH idea what veterans like Woodling, Daley, Dale Long, Billy Klaus, Tom Sturdivant and Dave Sisler ran do, so he is keeping a closer eye on the flock of kids in camp. Most impressive so far nave been Bud Zipfel, a first baseman; Harry Bright, a third baseman; Pro Basketball NBA Playoffs By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , Wednesday Reiult St. Louis 121, Los Angeles 106 (best-of seven semifinal tied 11) Thursday Game Syracuse at Boston (best-of sev en semifinal tied 11) . Friday Game St. Louis at Los Angeles Joe Hicks, an outfielder; and Joe McClain, a right-handed pitcher. The infield currently shapes up as Long al first base, Bob Johnson or jonnny hcaive at second. Coot Veal at shortstop and Brifiht at third. Zipfel, the hitting surprise ui uir i-amp, uas an ouisme cnance to win the regular first base berth. Vernon plans to keep five of his six ouuielders. He leans toward center fielder Willie Tasbv and right fielder Marty Kcogh as Woodling's running mates. How ever, Hicks, .303 at San Diego last year; and Jim King, .287 at Toronto, are very much in the running. Charley Hinton, who socked 20 homers and batted .369 at Stockton, may be sent down lor more seasoning. 1 Vernon is set behind the plate with Daley, Gene Green and Dutch uotierer. "We're hurting for pitching," admitted Vernon. "After Donovan it's impossible for me to name an other starter." style, and Lance Larson, 200-yard individual medley. Rose set the collegiate record of 17 minutes 31.3 seconds in the 1,500-meter freestyle two years ago. Last year ne passed up col legiate competition to prepare for me Olympic iiames, wnere lie won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. William Chase of Yale won the metric mile in last year's NCAA meet and was to swim against itose mursclay. Opposed by 38 challengers. Lar son will defend his individual medley title. Time trials in the event start in the afternoon and the six speediest swimmers will compete in the finals Thursday night, t.. Michigan, which won three con secutive NCAA championships be fore being displaced by, Southern California, returns with a strong challenge. Heading the Wolverine squad is diver Bob Webster,a gold medal winner in the Rome Olym pics. Other teams expected to threat en Trojan dominance of the meet are Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Ohio State, Michigan State. Min nesota, Stanford and the Air Force and Naval Academies. ALL-STATER JIM JARVIS accepts the first of two trophies awarded him at the basket ball banquet honoring the Indians Wednesday night. The trophy in Jim's hand is for the top shooting percentage at the foul line, and later his father, coach Curt Jarvis (standing), presented the flashy guard with the trophy naming him the outstanding Indian of the season, an award decided by his team mates for the second straight year. (News Review Photo) Local Bowlers Showing Well 1 V I T ' ::-ji in i wo Large tournaments A-2 Baseballers Set Doubleheaders Sunny skies are ordered for the weekend as the local A-2 teams open baseball action with a full round of doubleheaders set for the Umpqua Valley League as league play begins Saturday. Games on tap Saturday in the UVL will find the Sutherlin Bull dogs at Glide to face the Wildcats, Oakland's Oakers will travel to Myrtle Creek for a pair with the Vikings, and tne Douglas irojans will clash with the Glendale Pi rates at Glendale. All league dou bleheaders are set for 1 p.m., with the first game to last seven in nings, while the second outings are scheduled for five frames. Drain's Warriors will also face their first Emerald League oppo nent as they travel to McKenzie for a single outing with the Eagles Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Wildcats are the defending UVL champs and are figured to be rough again this year, although Glendale's Pirates are rated as a slight favorite to win the crown in (heir first year of UVL action. The Pirates won the Rogue . Valley ti tle last year, then tost in the Dis trict 6-A-2 play-off to the Wildcats. Drain is also defending champs as it won the Emerald League ti tle last year, then defeated the Wildcats to advance to the state semifinals before losing to Canby. The Warriros and the Wildcats opened action Tuesday, with Glide winning a 7-2 decision. For the other local A-2 teams Saturday wii! mark the first starts for the sea son. Glendale and Sutherlin both boast long lists of returning lettermen, while Glide will have a lot of new competitors on the field in UVL action this year. Riddle's Irish draw a first round bye in UVL play and will open April 1 against Glendale. Local bowlers are showing well in two tournaments now in pro gress, Lindblad's All-Coast Tourn ament in Vancouver, Wash., and the Oregon Women's State tourney in North Bend. In the Washington tourney the women's team sponsored by Sam co is in second place in the wom en's 145 and over handicap division. Samco has toppled 2516 pins and has a 357 handicap for a total of 2873. Lucky Lanes of Klamath Falls is tops in this division wan a 2912 score. The doubles combination of Bob Shroyer and Al io Jacklin rate third in the men's 170 and over handi cap doubles in Lindblad's tourney. Shroyer and Jacklin have a total score of 1338. In the women's 145 and under handicap doubles the pair of Pflaender and Porter from Sutherlin rank fifth with a total of 1174. Rolling in the men's 185 and un der scratch doubles the pair of kegglers composed of Donovan and Frazier from Myrtle Creek rest in fifth place. Donovan and Frazier have a score of 1171. In the men's 170 and under handicap singles Ed Weekley of Roseburg and Ron Ken wisher of Myrtle Creek are among the top five competing at Vancou ver. Weekley is in third place with a total of 704, while Kenwisher is in fifth with a 690 score. In the tourney now in progress in North Bend two Roseburg wom en's teams dominate their divisions. Ellison's U-Drive team is in first place in Class C competition with a 2308 score, while the team spon sored by Curtis Brothers furniture tops the list in Class D action with a 2202 tally. Individual leaders in the Wom en's state tourney include the dou bles combinations of J. Riley and Lucille Shepherd, fifth in Class C action, along with J. Mills and F. Barrachman, sixth in Class D com petition. In the singles action Hel en Brothers rolled a 519 to rank fifth in Class C, while Dolly Span cake tops the list of entrants for Class D with a 515 series. Lucille Shephercr rests in fifth place in Class B all-events action, Florence Nesseth is fourth in Class C all events, while Dolly Spancake leads the Class D all events en trants with a total of 1374. Marge Williams ranks fourth in Class D all-events competition with a total score of 1321. The Lindblad's All-Coast Bowling tourney just completed its seventh week of action, while the Oregon Women's state tourney has com pleted six weekends of competition. TONIGHT ON ' CHANNEL THIRD MAN Fight Remits j By, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 Oakland, Calif. Louis Rod-I riguei, 146V, New York, outpoint-, cd Johnny Gonsalves, 143, Oak land, 10. NOW AVAILABLE h Excellent Office Space . In the Conveniently Located PACIFIC BUILDING Very deiirable of lice ere ell en ene Hser tome privele office! water eleveter end janiter service furniihed, Lets of perking space In vicinity. Call Room 301 or Phone OR 3-7195 H. C. Berg f BRAKE SPECIAL VS 2T Good Through March Only! 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