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North Eugene Knocks Off Indians; Eloselbiirg Props From League Lead 1. a BREAK IT UPf Los Angeles Lokers' Rudy LoRusse (35) is restrained by members of the Boston Celtics team os LaRusso and the Celtics' Bob Cousy got into a fist fight early in the first period of the Celtics Lakers game ot Los Angeles Sunday. Both benches were cleared os players and coaches alike joined in both physical and verbal arguments. The Lakers beot the Celtics, 125-99. (UPI Telephoto) Myrtle Creek Hoopsters Take UVL Championship Highlanders Handle Tribe Myrtle Creek tecime the official 1962 Umpqua Valley League Cham pioo when the Viking! tripped the invading Kiddle Irish, 46-41, saiur day. The Vikinga won the crown with an 8 2 conference record, and are now pointing toward the District t-A-2 playoffs which will decide what team will go to the atate A-2 tournament. The district playolls will pit the top two tea mi from the UVL against the top two squads from the Rogue Valley League, with Eagle Point, the No. 1 ranked A-2 team, assured one berth from the RVL. Friday the Vikings clinched at least a tie for the UVL title, then won a clear-cut decision by drop ping Riddle. In commenting on the Vikings coach Hank Talus atafed, "These boys ire the hardest work ing, most co-operative and most in telligent group I have ever coach ed." Tough Battle To win the title the Vikings has a tough battle all the way against Riddle. After taking a 9-5 load in the first quarter, the Irish bounc ed back to overhaul the champs before the midpoint. OuUcoring Myrtle Creek, 17-11, in the second quarter Riddle enjoyed a 22-20 half time edge. Pro Basketball The Vikings came from behind i game of the season by topping Rid- early in the third quarter, and: die's Jayvees, 57-35. Tony Quinn went on to lead, 38 28, when the buzzer ended the period. Kiddle took a 13-8 advantage in the final quarter, cutting the lead to three points midway through the period before the determined Viks got back in control. Myrtle Creek hit the hoop at a .382 clip, making 18 of 47 chances. while Riddle hit IS of 56 shots for a .267 average. The winners held a 45 36 edge in rebounds. Sparkplug Glen Brittain sparkplugged the Viking attack with 15 points, fol lowed by Bob Lucas who totaled nine for the game. Gary Paetz's 13 counters earned him the honors for Riddle, with Walt Brown hit ting for 10 points. In the jayvee outing Myrtle Creek's reserves won their 19th led the winners with 12 points while Mike .Markham had 13 for Riddle. The Myrtle Creek Jayvees ended the season with a spectacu lar 19-2 record. Their only losses were to the Roseburg sophomores and the Myrtle Point reserves, a pair of teams with whom they split. Myrtle Creek's next varsity hoop action will be in the District 6 A-2 playoffs as the Viks ended the regular season against Riddle. Rid dle will face the Glide Wildcats for its final outing. SCORING: RIDDLE Ml) Roberts 2, Mark ham 8, Weakley 5, L. Paetz 3, G. Paeti 13. Fisher, Brown 10. MYRTLE CREEK (46) Hal verson 8, Clarke 4, Brittain 15, Cadman, Graf 8, Lucas 9, Shirt cliff 2. Cruisers Earn Third Of Bico-B Title With Win Over Days Creek American Basketball League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS astern Division W. L. Pet. O.B. Chicago . 9 10 .474 Pittsburgh 11 13 .458 H New York 11 .450 H Cleveland 9 II .450 V Western Division Kansas City ... 15 i .750 San Francisco 11 9 .559 4 Hawaii 9 12 .368 7'4 Saturday Results New York 103, Hawaii 85 Pittsburgh 95, Kansas City 88 Chicago 115. Cleveland 106 Sunday Results Kansas City 121, Pittsburgh 93 Chicago 125, San Francisco 117 (ot Hawaii at Pittsburgh Tuesday Camts Chicago at San Francisco New York vs Kansas City at St. Louis Hawaii at Pittsburgh Natienal Basketball Association (astern Division W. L. Pet. C.B. Boston 47 18 .723 Philadelphia .... 42 26 .618 Syracuse 33 33 .500 New York 23 42 .354 Wostorn Division I.os Angeles .... 46 21 .67 Cincinnati 35 33 .515 Detroit 32 33 .492 St. Louis 24 41 .369 21 Chicago 15 50 .231 30 Saturday Rtsultt I-os Anuelcs 128. New York 121 Syracuse 136. Chicago 127 Detroit 123, Cincinnati 113 SL Louis 128, Philadelphia 111 Sunday Rosults Cincinnati 138, Chicago 121 Syracuse 141, New York 126 Detroit 119, St. Louis 112 Los Angeles 125, Boston 99 Monday Camts No games scheduled Tuesday Games Chicago vs. Philadelphia at New York St. Louis at Cincinnati Boston at Los Angeles The Powers Cruisers earned a third of the Bico-B League basket ball championship by dumping the Days Creek Wolves, 66-42, In the final round Saturday. The Cruisers, bouncing back aft er Friday's loss, ended league play with a 9-3 record to tie Elk- ton and Yoncalla for the title. Days Creek finished seventh in league play with a 1 11 record. Thursday both teams will see action in the District 4-B tournament set for the Roseburg boards. POWERS (66) Russell 11, Lamnert 3, Taylor 11, Hill 4, Se well 11, Crabill 6, Pinson 8, Rea vis 5, Egli 4, Getchell 2, Kalb 2, Gilkison 11. Midwestern League N. Eugene Marshfield Howard Russell and Jim Pinson ! Rosi;burg each hit for six quick points in the first quarter to put the Cruisers in front of the Wolves 16-5 at the first intermission. From that point on the Cruisers were never threat ened, though Days Creek staged a mild comeback in the third quar ter when Tom Lowry bucketed 11 points when the Wolves outscored the home team 1412. After jumping into the lead in the first quarter, the Cruisers went on to hold a 3513 halttime edge, and a 47-27 third quarter advant age. Tom Lowry's 20 points for the Wolves proved to be the top Indi vidual performance of the game. while Don Perkins followed his teammate with 13. Taylor and Mike (District 5-A-l ) W L Pet. PR PA GB 10 10 .709 698 591 .769 739 623 .750 642 577 Mi .667 697 609 l1 .417 651 631 4 Mi .308 636 673 6 .273 550 633 6 .250 524 637 6'4 .250 606 732 6'i Elks Topple Tigers; Grab Part Of Title Elkton's Elks closed out in Bico- B League hoop action Saturday with a 47-25 victory ever the host Canyonville Tigers to end in a three-way tie for first place. The final victory gives the Elks a 93 league record, the same aa Powers and Yoncalla. The three schools will be in contact today to decide the seeding in the District 4-B tournament which opens Thurs day in the Roseburg gym. Can yonville wound up in sixth place in league standings with a 2-10 record, and will enter the tourna ment as the No. 7 team. Elkton found the determined Ti gers more than a match in the opening stanza, then came back to dominate the last three quarters of Dlay. At the first break the Tigers were on top 8-7, but by halftime the Elks had taken over to lead 22-17. The Elks held the Tigers to a mere four points in each the third and fourth periods, while scoring quarter totals of 11 and 14 them selves. Steve Madison paced 'the well balanced Elkton attack with 12 points. Following Madison in the scoring was David Abraham with nine and Conrad Godding with eight. Lorcn Powell took the scor ing honors for Canyonville with 10 points. In the preliminary game the Elkton Jayvees romped to a 46-20 victory. Donnie Suloff's 13 points led the winners, while Roger Ham mond had 12 of Canyonville s 20 points. SCORING: ELKTON (47) Soliem 6, Abra ham 9, Godding 8, Levenhagen 5, Madison 12, Brooks 2, Picknell 5, Sheffel, Compton, Schultz, Adams. CANYONVILLE (25) Powell 10, Olsen 3, Grunst 5, Soetcber 1, Muetzel 6, Richey. Nicholson, Pars Icy, Hammond, Hansen. In Gaining 48-41 Victory to managed to narrow the gap two, 24-22. only to see Franz end the second quarter the same wav After riding atop the Midwestern he had started it with a fancy By Nl EL CELLERS Nows-Review Sports Writer 8 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore.- Yoncalla Cagers Nab Part Of Bico-B Crown League for five weeks, the Rose . a lftafl Jiiuiam stele uuuiicu ui uic Mon., rep. iy, I oi pedestal by the North Eugene Highlanders Saturday. In spite of the 48-41 loss suf fered at the bands of the High landers, the Indians are far from Outscoring the visiting Canyon ville Bible Academy Pilots, 15-8, in the second quarter, the Yoncalla Eagles surged to a 51-37 Bico-B League hoop win Saturday. The victory in the final round of league action ended with the Ea gles in a three-way deadlock for first place with Elkton and Pow ers. Yoncalla finished with a 9-3 mark. CBA wound up in fifth place in conference action with a 4-7 record. Yoncalla started off with a bang, leading, 11-3, before the Pilots found the range. By the end of the first quarter the Pilots had nar rowed the gap to one, 11-10. Paced By Russell Paced by Roger Russell's six points and Red Wiley's five points in the second quarter, the Eagles soared into a 26-18 midpoint ad vantage. The third quarter saw the Eagles add seven more to the lead to move in front, 41-26. In the final stanza the Pilots took an 11-10 edge. Red Wiley bucketed 20 points to lead the Eagles to the win, while Russell took the runner-up honors with 11 points. Chuck Sand ers and Eddie Smelser each had Prep Scores 14' 24 lUi 13 S. Eugene 8 Cot. Grove 5 North Rend 4 Springfield 3 Thurston 3 Willamette 3 Saturday rosults North Eugene 48, Roseburg 41 Marshfield 69, South Eugene 54 Willamette 57, Springfield 55 North Bend 60, Thurston 45 Tuesday schodule: South Eugene at Springfield SCORING: SOUTH EUGENE (54) - Officer 4, Carter 6. Pinkstaff 6, McNeal 4, Lockard 24, Willis 6, Gold- Schmidt 2. Muth 2. MARSHFIELD (69) Crabaueh Russell, Danl29' Walsh 12- Holland 2, Southam Sewell each i 8- Traxler 12, Anderson 2, Elliott pumped in 11 points for the Cruis ers as all 12 Powers players scor- THURSTON (45) - T. Staten 8, ed. Heacnck 12. J. Stalen 1. Davisson In the jayvee outing at Powers 12- Headlec 2, Thompson 6, Guth the home team recorded a 49 28i4- win. Tom Egli led the winners NORTH BEND (60) Krom- with 14 points, while Mike Lowry I """K James 2, Gresory 6. Husky Bench Spelled OSU Cage Defeat By THB ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington basketball coach John Grayson says it was "our bench and the defense" that made the big difference in the Huskies' 73-61 triumph over Oregon State. And Seattle University mentor Vince Cazzetta describes the Chieftains' 100-84 rout of Montana State College as "a wild and woolly affair. . .we just overpow ered them." The two coaches made their ob- servations as they sighted in on Oregon and Washington State, which invade Seattle Friday and Saturday after mixing it up over the weekend at Pullman. The Cougars beat Oregon 70-63 in the Saturday night fray. The WashingtonOSU game was marked by 23 personal fouls railed on Oregon State, 23 and two technicals on the Huskies. OSU seven - footer Mel Counts fouled out with six and a half minutes to play after scoring 17 points. Terry Baker of the Bea vers lopped scoring with 20 points, Roger Niva and Ed Cor ell sharing honors for Washington with 16. Washington led 36-29 at the half. Seattle V. fresh from its own 74 73 victory over the Beavers, led Montana State 52-50 at half time and made a walkaway of it after intermission. Ed Miles and 10 points for the Pilots. Don Langdon's 18 point output booker which made the halftime count 26-22. Third Period Early in the third period the In dians got back to within two points of the Highlanders, 28-26, then being out of the running as the! came the cold spell. While the In two District 5-A-l tournament ! dians went pointless, the High berths are still up for grabs. landers ran their lead up to nine North Eugene took only a share i points, 35 26. Reserve guard Jim of the league-lead by knocking off , Stedman hit for two quick ones to the Indians, with Marshfield s Pi-1 close out tne scoring in the third rates grabbing a portion of first quarter with the Highlanders hold- gene Axemen, 69-54. The Highland- North Eugene's Paul Michael ers and the Pirates are atop the 1 came in to score five of his seven led the Yoncalla Jayvees to a 6S-29i place by blasting the South Eu- ing a 39-28 advantage. vn-Luiy in me preliminary im. Dave Morphin was high point man for CBA with eight. Thursday both teams will Dlavj in me iirsi round oi the District 4-B tourney which opens in Roseburg. SCORING: CBA (37) Emmert 4. Soeaee 7, Sanders 10, Smelser 10, Smith 2, McCay 4. YONCALLA (51) R. Wiley 20, Woolman 6, Russell 11, Pontius 7, McDaniel 1. Teaeue. Carnev. Lee 2, D. Wiley, Means 4, Mathis. North Eugene Jayvees Lose To Roseburg league with 10-3 records, foiiuwed by the Indians, a half game back with a 9-3 mark. Two of hose burg's losses were to North Eu gene. Field Goal Shooting Field goal shooting told the story of Saturday's game. Roseburg hit a mere 14 of 51 tries for a .274 points in the fourth quarter as the Indians failed to overtake the win ners. With 2:07 left in the game Roseburg had chopped the High landers lead to seven. Michael hit two free throws and Ron Johnson hit the cripple on a fast break to send the North Eugene squad back in front by 11, then Hobbs and French ended the scoring with two average and the Highlanders shot : , , ,.,. ---u a sizzling .500 c hp making 20 of F in of wmch he 40 attempts. The Indians more than t jn ,he jrst , him held their own at the foul line with I ,he individual scorin3 honors or 3 for 21. compared to the High-1 the Aftcr nis outstanding lalte"J l,r I3 record- ' first half the Indians managed to iiie nimi dnuera Mine up wun k ,he lankv cenler from scorinl! in the second half. Lyman followed Franz with 10 points. In defeating the North Eugene running in the first quarter as the junior varsity 41-35 Saturday, the i 8 5 Pst man Put through the first Roseburg Hieh Javvee rBer r.i eight points for the North Eugene corded their ninth victory in their I quintet. However, Franz's eight a different leader in each quarter to post the win over the Indians. Still, it was the sparkling perform ance of center John Franz that 1 Honors Divided highlighted the victory. I R0Seburg's scoring honors were Franz, exhibiting some fancy j:ij.j hm..,.n vn.i, a Tnm hooks, kept the Highlanders in the HobDJ witn identical 13 point to tals. The Highlanders managed to hold a slim 38-34 margin in re- last 10 starts. During these 10 encounters their' not enough. Marv French and only loss has been to the South 'Spike Moore combined for 10 for Eugene Jayvees by one point. itne Indians as Roseburg emerged Roseburg led throughout the j n H-10 lead first same, with Quarter scores of 12-9 break. bounds as the Indians made up in points in the first quarter were husUe wnat tney iacke(j in height. had seven for Days Creek. SCORING: Davs Creek (42) T. Lowry 20, F. Van Norman 7, Bonney, Perk ins 13, llelvey 2. M. Lowry. Seven 10. Grbhardt 19, Albertson 2, Kuhanlson 4. Downer 4. 11.I.AMETTE (57) - Boyles 16, Tommy Shaulcs of SU shared 1 37 Oregon Prep Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Baker 67, The Dalles 56 Lowell 58, Monroe 48 Vale 56, Parma (Idaho) 38 (Springfield) 45 Neahkahnie 51, Knappa 41 Condon 46, Cascade Locks 45 Myrtle Creek 46, Riddle 41 Oakridge 74, Drain 51 North Eugene 48, Roseburg 41 Medford 56, Crater (Central Point) 38 Sunset (Beaverton) 51, Astoria 49 St. Mary's (Medford) 56, Rogue River 51 Grant Union (John Day) 52, i Heppher 48 ; Pleasant Hill 82, Central Linn (Brownsville) 38 Junction City 59, St. Francis (Eugene) 52 Henley 60, Lakeview 49 Burns 62, Madras 55 Elmira 47, McKcnzie (Blue River) 46 Clatskanie 63, Star of the Sea (Astoria) 58 Hermiston 48. Redmond 47 Marshfield 69. South Eugene 54 Grants Pass 61. Ashland 52 Corbett 57, Concordia (Port land) 48 Prineville 59. La Grande 58 Baker 67, The Dalles 56 Seaside 51, North Catholic (Port land) 46 Bend 62, Pendleton 50 Stayton 50. Canby 48 (OT) Hereford 40, Adrian 38 St. Francis 53. North Powder 32 Eagle Point 73. Phoenix 41 Sherman 52, Maupin 37 Yoncalla 51, Canyonville Bible 25-13, 30-25, and 41-35. The third period was the only period in which the local jayvees were out pointed, falling 12-5 to the High landers. For the third consecutive game Dick Williams led the tribe's point making with 11 tallies. The Indian Jayees now own an 11-5 season mark, and a 9-3 record in league play. Roseburg will face Springfield and Marshfield in week end outings. SCORING: ROSEBURG JVS (41) Gunter 5, Howard 7. Hill 10. Boucock 8, Williams 11, Sevall, Burnham, Ev ans. NORTH EUGENE JVS (35) -Curtis 4, Snow 9, Kerns 4, Jenkins 6, Gordon 8, Hay 1, Hamer, Miller 3. Took Load The Indians took the lead at 8-6 when Moore pushed one back through after grabbing a re bound. With 1:33 left in the first period French increased the lead to four, 10-6, on one of his two handers frou the corner. Lyman and .vranz led the North Eugene team in rebounding with totals of 11 and 10 respectively, while Hobbs' 11 was tops for Rose burg. This weekend the Indians will at tempt to bounce back against Springfield Friday, then Marsh field Saturday in "must" games. SCORING: ROSEBURG (41) - Hobbs 13, Palm 3, Burke, French 13, Moore 8, O'Ncil 3, B. Brothers, P. Broth- Roseburg's Quarter marginlers l. Wassom. didn't last long. Franz bucketed NORTH EUGENE (sn Ly a hook shot to open the second i man 10. Craven. Franz 17, John quarter, then Roger Lyman took I son 6. Allen, Stedman 8. Michael 7, over. The Indians managed to knot Schwiegcr, Hale, Davies, Strayer. the count at 13-all with 6:37 left I in the first half, and this point was to prove the last tipe the In dians were even with the High landers. Lyman moved the home team out in front, 18-13, with two successive field goals and a free 1 26 throw. Pueet Sound 59, British Colum- Late in the first half the Indians 1 bia 36 College Swimming By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington 69, Washington Stats honors with 24 Caldwell 13, Peterson 11 son 6. Skelton 6. Lowry 5. game scoring points each. Charlie Warren of Oregon led Enck- the scoring at Pullman with 31 points as the Ducks overcame an Sports Calendar SPRINGFIELD (55) Henry 28, i early 10-0 lead by the Cougars Bourgeois 14. Willoughby 8, Mc-and took a 31-28 halftime advan Cutcheon 2, Mannila 2. Williams lJtage. Willamette (Eugene) 57, Spring field 55 Glide 62, Glendale 58 Mvrtle Creek 46. Riddle 41 Alsea 65, Westfir 56 Coburg 61, Harrisburg 58 Crow 62. Mohawk (Marcola) 33 Powers 66. Days Creek 42 Tuesday Basketball Midwestern League South Eugene Axemen vs. Springfield Millers, 8 p.m., Spring field. Rifle Rosehurg Junior Rifle Club. 7 p ro.. Rod and Gun Club range, Winchester. Phone ORchard 3-4436 FOR Household Moving -- Storage HEAVY HAULING WAREHOUSE FLEGEL Transfer & Storage Co. 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