f Oregon Swimmer Breaks Mark
tin Northern Division Pool Meet
Although Oregon came in third
„ in the Northern Division swim
> ming meet last Saturday night at
i Pullman. Washington, the Web
t foots' medley specialist. Yosh Te
i rada, turned in the top perform
ance of the meet.
Terada blasted the ND svvim
,. ming mark in the 150 yard medley
and won another first in the 100
yard backstroke to come away
as the meet's high scorer.
University of Washington's
Huskies won their third title in a
row by almost scoring more than
the other three teams put togeth
er. Washington had 162; WSC col
lected 80; Oregon got 67; and
Idaho was last with 26.
Washington won four firsts and
dominated three other events.
Terada was Oregon’s only first
place winner. His new mark in
the medley js 1:36 minutes.
Spring Edition Sport Staff
Sports Editor, Sam Vahey. Staff;
John Whitty. Rick Tarr. Jay Four
nier, Mort Harkins. Bob Cole and
Buzz Nelson.
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Prep Teams Invade Campus !
For State Basketball Tourney [
One of the most looked forward
to sports events in Oregon, the
state "A" basketball tournament,
! is just a little less than a week
I away, March 17-21. The affair is
j expected to draw top crowds from
all over the state.
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Last year, in one of the most
outstanding tournaments to date.
I Wade “Swede" Halbrook, playing
for the champion Lincoln high
j team of Portland, almost com
pletely rewrote the record books.
Among his achievements are the
! point total tor one game, 01, pomi
| total for the tournament, 166, uv
! erage points per game. 41.5, and
i total field goals, 79.
This year will mark the thirty
fourth class “A" tournament in
Oregon. The first was held in
Eugene in 1919. For a while dur
ing the past years Salem was the
j site of the tourney, but after the
war the meet was transferred to
! McArthur court and the University
of Oregon has been host to the af
; fair since then.
District 1 Ontario's Tigers are
making their first tourney trip.
Ranked 12th in the latest Associ
ated Press poll, Coach Ken Moore’s
team defeated Baker, which earlier
had edged La Grande, in two close
games. Guaid Vance Savage and
Center Chuck Binder are top point
producers.
District 2 The Dalles comes to
the tourney as the number one
team in the AP rankings and with
a winning streak of 24 games.
Coached by Ted Sarpola, three
times an all-state selection wihel at
Astoria high, the Indians won the
Blue Mountain league title and are
paced by 6'4" Center Bill Moore
and Guard John Lundell.
District 3—Lakeview won out
in a close district playoff with
! Bend, Redmond, and Madras.
The Honkers, coached by A1 Ne
S gratti, boast heighth and expe
[ rience but are a surprise tourney
entrant.
District 4—Medford’s Black Tor
I nado rolled to a 21-3 season’s rec
' ord and a final 7-1 league mark.
The Southern Oregon team, ranked
1 third in the AP poll, lacks real
I height but is a good shooting, ag
| gressive combination. Frankie
! Roelandt is the coach, and Ed
Bingham, a 6'2” jump shot artist,
is the leading scorer.
District 5—Marshfield finished
with a 25-2 won-lost record and
enters the tourney with nine let
* termen. Fourth place finishers in
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the state meet last year, the Pi
rates are coached by Bruce Hof
fine and led by Forward Tom
Crabtree, Center Fred Kroush, and
Guard Stan Lewis. Marshfield is
ruted second by the AP.
District 6 — Eugene's Axemen
fashioned a 19-5 season's mark
after a slow start. Ranked fourth
in the AP poll and coached by
Hank Kuchera, the Axemen boast
a lineup comprised mainly of
sophomores and juniors. Eugene
won the state title in 1946.
District 7—Albany enters the
tourney for the first time since
lth!0. Paced by two near 6"T’
' performers, Dave Shelby and
Neil Causbie, the Bulldogs have
a 19-5 slate. Lee Cardon is in his
I third year as coach.
District tt—Dallas posted a 13-1
Willamette Valley league record
and toppled Newberg and McMinn
ville for the district title. Herb
Brandli is the leading scorer on a
team that features good team play
| and hustle. Gordon Kunke is
coach.
District 9 Hillsboro's Spartans
will be making a fifth trip to the
! tournament in as many years when
they enter the basketball classic
next week. Hanked fifth by the
AP poll, the TYV league champs
have racked up a 21-G record un
der the guidance of Coach Lou
Samsa. Loren Michelson and Gary
Compton are top scorers.
District 10—The Astoria Fish
ermen are also regular tourney
entrants. Ron Smart, center, is
the brightest star on Coach Ward
Paldanius's quint. A member of
the Valley Coast league, the
Fishermen beat Tillamook for
the district title.
District 11—Salem's Vikings, a
perennial tourney team, went
through one of their worst sea
sons, but still licked Stayton for a
crack at the state title. Coach
Harold Hauk's five compiled a 10
12 mark and ended up in a five
way tie for the Big Six crown.
District 12—Milwaukie, under
the coaching of Wayne Sturdivant,
will bring a young team to the
tournament. The first five is made
up of three juniors and two sopho
mores. The Maroons ended second
in the VC loop and owned a 15-7
won-lost record at the end of the
regular season.
District 13—Gresham's talent
ed Gophers are picked to defeat
Central Catholic for the district
crown. A win over the Itams last
night would have assured a trip
for the Itud Monnes coached Go
phers. Gresham won the Valley
Coast league title and ended the
season with an IK-4 slate. Dave
Gardner, one of the state's top
scorers, leads the Gophers, if
Central won last night, the two
squads will vie aguln this eve
ning.
District II—The Clatskanie Ti
gers have just finished their most
; successful season in the school’s
history. Dean Scnipert's five won
j IK and lost 3 over the regular
route, picking up their second
! straight Lower Columbia league
''crown. This will be their first trek
1 to the Eugene show.
District |.> ^Cleveland's Indians,
who finished third in the state
i tourney last year, represent the
first place team in the tight Port
land city league. Coach Norton's
lanky five are sparked by Ron
i Nenow, G o” center in his junior
year. This is also their second con
secutive city league championship.
District 16—Roosevelt. which
1 tied for second in the Portland
loop, earned a trip to the tourney
via a win over Jefferson in a play
off game. Coach Marv Rasmussen
! mentors probably the youngest
team in the meet. Dave Wanaka.
Bill Wiitala, and Rich Curtis are
three of his youthful starters.
Ticket Office Delight
Seattle vs. Huskies
Comes now the basketball game *
of the year on the Pacific coast.
Seattle university vs. Washington.
| What the schedule makers could
j not arrange, the Seattle team itself
took care of Tuesday night. The
Chieftains--with Johnny O'Brien
scoring 42 points—knocked off «
Idaho State, 88 to 77, at Seattle.
That puts Seattle against Wash
ington, the nation's number 2 quin-*
tet in the A-P poll, on opening
night of the regional NCAA tour
nament at Corvallis, Oregon.
Oregon Billiards Player Second
In National Pocket Tournament
Frank Tilly, member of the Uni
versity of Oregon’s billiard' team,
placed second in the nation in the
Intercollegiate Telephonic Billiards
Tournament held March 5.
Tilly’s score was 94. Others on
the team were Ken Ostby and
Amos Bowles. As a team, Oregon
placed third in the country behind
the University of Wyoming and
the University of Washington.
Tonight, on the tables of the SU.
Don H&nnu, George Troeh and
Steve Cannon will represent this
school in the second half of the
tournament, the rail division.
Sponsoring the matches are the ,
Billiards Congress of America and <
the Association of College Unions. J
Each school entering the tourna
ment phones in the results of its
team to Chicago where scores are
compared.
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