Milwaukie Wins
Tournament Title
Mllwaukie's Mustangs lived up
to their top rating iu the Associa
ted Press poll by galloping to the
state high school basketball cham
pionship In the annual prep tour
ney at McArthur Court Mar. 16
20.
The Wayne Sturdivant coached
Mustangs downed Marshfield, 72
51; Gresham, 53-43; Clatskanie,
60 57; and Eugene, 62-44 In suc
cession to grab off the top prize.
Milwaukie showed a well-balan
ced attack led by guard Ted Mil
ler, forward Bill Fredericks, and
center Red Blocdel. The tourna
ment win was a big thing for the
Mustangs, who have never be
fore ascended championship
heights.
Eugene Second
Eugene, by virtue of working
their way hII the way to the fin
als, was awarded the second place
trophy. The Axemen of Hank Ku
chera worked their way to the
final game by downing Beaverton,
60-42; Corvallis. 40-46; and Mad
ras, 70-66. Losing the champion
ship game was a heart-breaking
blow for the Eugene five which
had to accept the runner-up award
for the second straight year.
The Axemen Were defeated by
MaishfUdd, 62-69. in the title bat
tle of the 1953 classic.
Clatskanie’s surprising Tigers
grabbed off third place In the
tourney, the highest they have ev
er placed before. The Tigers won
over Grants Bass, Roosevelt, and
Madras. Their only defeat came at
the hands of champion Milwaukie
in tbe semi-finals.
Roosevelt Kallin
Roosevelt. alter falling to Clata
kanie in the second round, recov
ered nicely and went on to take
fourth place in the tourney. The
Teddies won over Ontario, Gresh
am and Benson.
Klfth place, the consolation title,
went to the defending champion
Marshfield Pirates. The Pirate*
fought back after their opening
loas to Milwaukie and walloped
Salem, Ontario, and Dallas in
quick succession to win the con
solation cup.
All-State Team
At the conclusion of the tourna
ment the coaches of the 16 parti
cipating teams selected a first and
second all-state team. , The first
five Included Fredericks und Mil
ler of Milwaukie, Don Ainge and
Norm Willoughby of Eugene, Lew
Harrison of Clatakanle, and Bill
Machamer of Madras.
On the second team the coaches
named Larry Hermo of Clats
knnie, Johnny James of Benson,
Bloedel of Milwaukie, Wendy Ras- j
or of Eugene, and Dave Gardner of |
Gresham.
This year's tournament, finan
cially speaking, was the most suc
cessful of them all. During the five
days of action well over 60,000
fans poured into McArthur Court
to witness the prep cagers in ac
tion. This surpassed all previous
records for attendance.
The Bradley Braves, despite 12 j
regular season defeats, shocked j
the basketball worldly marching j
all the way to-'lhe N.C.A.A. has-!
ketball UufAS this season.
Th«* flfraves finally met their j
"waWrloo” in the championship
game when they were downed by
'the LaSalle Explorers, 92-76.
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Duck Nine Hastens Drills
As Opening Tussle Nears
By Bob Robinson
Emerald Sporft Editor
i iio I Diversity of Oregon
l>a ‘ ball team will open its 1954
season J liursday afternoon,
\|,r- 1. when they host their
traditional rivals, the Oregon
State Heavers, in a 3 o’clock
l'i> le at Howe I 'ield.
I he Ducks, defending Xor
therii Division cltatnpions, have
been working out for several
weeks now under the direction of
Coach Don Kirsch.
Kirsch, starting tils eighth sea
son as Oregon head man, has 11
lettermen on hand from last rea
son's powerhouse nine which out
lasted Oregon State in a stretch
drive for the N. D, title.
Despite the fact that the Ducks
lost only a few men from last
year s nine, the losses were in key
positions and will be keenly felt*
Star outfielder, Jim Livcsay,
catcher Far! AverllJ, first base
man Don Seigmund, and pitcher
Stan Dmochowsky all were impor
tant men for the Wc-bfoots of one
year ago.
Following is a rundown of this
year s prospective team members
by their positions.
CATCHERS
Two remaining lettermen will
battle It out for the backstopping
assignment left open by the de
parting Averill. Neil Mariett. who
was a catching understudy last
season, and Don Hedgepeth, who
won his award as a first baseman,
both have looked fairly good in
practices to date and it is still
pretty much of a toss-up as to
which one will get the starting
nod.
PITCHERS
Letter winners BUI Blodgett,
Norm Forbes, and Trenton Hulls
form a good nucleus for this year's
pitching staff, Forbes was the
leading chucker on the 1853 team
and seems destined to repeat
again this season. Blodgett and
Hulls both had their good days
now and then last year and it is
hoped that they will show vast im
provement in the coming cam
paign.
Backing up these three hurlers
will be many newcomers to the
Duck squad who will bid for posi
DON Kilt.SCI I, Oregon baseball
Coach, who 1h starting his eighth
year as Duck mentor. Kirsch
was graduated from Oregon In
1943.
tiona on the team. Included among '
these untested rookies are Duane j
Reeves, Farrell Albright, Bill Gar
ner, Doug Kuhlman, and Gene
Lewis. Of these, only Albright saw j
any action for the Webfoota last j
season.
IIKST BASE
Veteran Bob Wagner and Dick '
Schlosstein, an energetic sopho- j
more, have been staging a two 1
man fight for the first base job!
with Schlosstein having a slight
edge so far. Wagner saw consider
able action in his first varsity sea
son last year while Schlosstein j
was a standout for the 1953 Ore-!
gon Frosh team.
SECOND BASE
Letterman Jimmy Johnson
seems to have the keystone sack
position pretty well cinched. John
son and hustling Dick James have
been the leading candidates for
the spot but James was declared
; ineligible for scholastic reasons re
| cently and this will probably leave
1 the path open for pint-sized Jim
my. Possible reserve strength will
come from sophomore John Keller
who may move over from short
stop to help out.
SHORTSTOP
The shortstopping position of
fers no problem to Kirsch, what
with junior George Shaw back
for another campaign and Keller
all set for relief duties. Shaw has
played outstanding ball for the
! Ducks for two past seasons and
I even bigger things are expected
'from him this season. Keller.is an
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Duckling diamond team.
THIRD BASE
Strong-armed Pete Williams, a
veteran from 1953, is far and away I
the top contender for the "hot cor
ner.” Williams, as good a fielder!
as can be seen in college circles,
needs only to improve his hitting
to become a great player. Utility
infielder Larry Hibbard may spell
Williams in relief.
OUTFIELD
Returning men in the outfield!
are letter winners Ron Phillips
and Eernie Averill, and varsity re
serve Jim Archer. Phillips, thP
long-hitting slugger from Port- j
land, i.s just about a cinch to start j
in one of outfieid positions but the !
battle for the other starting spots
has been hot between Archer, i
Averill, and rookies Jerry Ross
and Ron Leland. Averill, who j
started many games for the Ducks
last year, needs to better his bat
ting in order to clinch a openina
berth.
!■ rom an over-all standpoint the ,
Webfoots look to have the poten- i
tial for another very good season. i
and, if certain inexperienced play-,
ers can come through with top
notch performances in the clutch .
the Ducks may have a very good'
chance of retaining their N. D. ’
championship.
ENGLAND’S STEEPLECHASE
England’s Grand National,
Steeplechase proved it is one of i
the ruggedest sports in the world;
in its annual race last Saturday
afternoon, Mar. 27. Twenty nine;
horses started over the rough
course but at the end of the gruel- j
ling grind only nine of these were;
still competing. J
Of those that didn’t finish the;
race, one fell dead from exhaus
tion and three others had to be
put to sleep because of serious in
juries.
Spring Term
Mural Games
Near Send-off
The spring term intramural
sports schedule will be out soon
and action is expected to get un
derway within the next week op
two.
The first ’mural sport of th©
term will be softball with trade
golf, and tennis to follow shortly,
I'hi Delta Theta is at the pres
ent time holding the IM point par
ade lead with Hale Kane a close
■•econd. Either one of these or any
other of the first five could still
very possibly giab the champion
ship with a good shewing thin
spring.
Alpha Tau Omega is the defend
ing champion in softball, the Phi
Delta hold the crown in track,
Hale Kane is the defending titlist
in tennis, and French Hall prevails
as the top team in golf.
The intramural department has
announced that it intends to set
up the softball schedule in similar
fashion as it was lasf year with
the teams being divided into sep
arate leagues. A tournament be
tween the league champions will
decide the title.
In tenr.is and golf a single elim
ination tourney will decide the
champion and in track a division
into leagues will probably be .n
effect.
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