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By Jerry Claussen
Cmmld Co-Sports Editor w^m
A lot went on in the sports world in the last three weeks
with the end of basketball and wrestling and the beginning of
track and baseball but the OHSAA basketball tournament at
McArthur court was the big event around the state. The high
spots were the record-breaking attendance and Eugene high
winning the title after two frustrating years of being runner
up.
Out of 26 games however, only four could be classed as
anything but routine. The big one that really settled the
tournament came in the first round where Eugene edged
defending Milwaukie, 53-52. Cleveland figured in all three
of the other thrillers. The Cinderella Indians won two games
in overtime, 65-62 over St. Helens and 47-46 over Central
Catholic for third place, and barely were beaten by Med
ford in the semi-finals, 42-37.
The rest of the games reflected the wide difference in com
petition with such scores as 67-33, 70-37, 62-29 and 73-46 dot
ting the scoreboard. Eugene and Milwaukie were in a class
by themselves with few of the other entrants even looking
like district champions. It’s likely that even with the new A-2
tourney next year, many of the 16 teams in the A-l champion
ship will still be weak.
Axemen Top Shooters
Statistically Eugene was far and away the top offensive
team with a 68.8 points-per-game average with a shooting
average of .480. Milwaukie allowed only 40.3 points per game
for the best defensive average. Albany was the most Powerful
team off the boards with 15 rebounds per game more than its
opponents.
Although no other team came close to Eugene in shoot
ing, Albany’s average of .360 being second, both St. Helens
and Milwaukie outshot the champion Axemen from the free
throw line. The well-balanced Lions, the only unbeaten
team going into the tourney but too little for top A-l com
petition, posted a .648 average for charity tosses for the best
record in a tournament filled with poor free throw shooting.
Individual performances were by far the most interesting
part of the tournament with hotshots like Eugene's Mike
Moran and Mihvaukie’s Ted Miller among several outstand
ing players showing their wares to packed houses. Moran’s
fabulous shooting, including 10 for 14 and 10 for 12 from the
field against Milwaukie and Albany, gave the 6'8” poker-face
a .722 average for the four games. His 104 points was pressed
only by the 101 of Albany’s Don Stamps.
Altenhofen Rebounds
Red Bloedel of Milwaukie and Jim Altenhofen of Central
Catholic, the latter the third of a state tourney dynasty, topped
indivadual rebounders with 86, or 21.5 per game. Stamps’ 19.3
was close behind. Little Pete King of Eugene topped the free
throw shooters with 12 for 15, an .800 average.
Some of the major disappointments were the inconsistent
refereeing, the collapse of North Bend, the injury to 6’ 9”
Bjarne Jensen of Franklin, the post-final mobbing of the
Eugene team that injured two girls and Eugene getting the
sportsmanship award. But there was one thing that peeved
the sportswriters plenty.
When the all-state; team chosen by the 16 team coaches was
announced, it was quite a shock to find that Stamps had been
put on the second team with Copple getting a first-team berth.
Apparently the coaches, who likely didn’t see Stamps play
much since Albany’s games were during the day, felt that
Medford just had to have a player on the first team since it
made the finals.
Stamps Ignored
The coaches also put Frank Rector of Medford, another
so-so performer, on the second team and forgot about Oliver
McCord, fourth in rebounding and sixth in points for the
tournament, but ignored with the seventh-place Baker team.
The coaches did put Moran and Axeman Leighton Tuttle on
the first team along with Miller and Cleveland’s Dick Jolly.
Tuttle, although overshadowed by Moran in point-produc
tion, was really the backbone of the powerul champions from
Eugene. He gave the club the spirit and drive it needed and,
as one woman fan put it, he is “the sweetest thing I have ever
seen.” Cod bless women sports fans.
ND Scoring Topped
By Loscutoff. Beavers
Oregon's Jim Loscutoff topped
individual performers for the
1955 Northern Division basket
ball season scoring to final con
ference statistics which showed
15 single-game and season rec
ords broken during the final year
of split-division play.
Loscutoff topped the league in
both point-making and rebound
ing to take both titles from Ore
gon State’s Wade Halbrook, win
ner in those departments in 1954.
The Beaver giant finished second
in rebounds and third in scoring
this season after missing utmost
two full games.
Parsons Kdged
The scoring race went down
to the finul games of the season
before Loscutoff bested Dean
Parsons of Washington, 314-313.
for the crown. Both averaged
19.6 points per game as did Hal
brook. who had 294 points in 15
contests.
Loscutoff set a new record
for the ND season in winning
the rebound title. The 6’ 5”
Duck center snared 282 re
bounds to break the old stand
ard of 229 set by Oregon’s Chet
Noe in 1953. Holbrook’s run
ner-up totul of 212 and Par
sons’ 19? all beat Ilalbrook’s
1954 total of 188.
Another record set by Los
cutoff was in the field goal at
tempts department where his 358
tries from the field easily eclips
ed Noe’s 1953 mark of 294. the
former league record. As a team
Oregon set a new ND rebound
record with 794 , 37 more than
the former record set by the
Oregon team of 1951.
Among the leaders in other de
partments. Halbrook led shoot
ing averages for the second year
in a row by averaging 47.8 per
cent with 110 field goals in 226
Emerald Sports
Staffers to Meet
All Emerald sports staff
members are requested to at
tend a meeting today at 1 p.in.
in the Emerald office in Allen
hall to discuss coverage of
spring sports.
All desk editors, varsity and
freshman sports writers and
intramural sports writers
should attend. New assign
ments will be given.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Buzz Nelson.
Staff: Jerry Claussen.
Quote from pre-season bas
ketball dope book from Oregon
State—“The 1954-55 basketball
season at Oregon State should
be one of the most interesting
In years.”
Dick Wilkins of the 1945 team
holds the Oregon record for
points in a season, getting 544.
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tries. Ron Bennink, Washington
State star forward, set a free
throw record for both number
and marksmanship in sinking 140
out of 172 shots for an 81.4 per
cent average.
Beavers Top Scoring
In team shooting NT) and Coast
Champion Oregon State set a
new field goal percentage record
by sinking S8.8 per cent of Ita
shots to break Washington's 1953
mark of 38.7 per cent. The Bea
vers also led the division in re
bound margin with 179 more
than their opponents, tied with
Washington for the most points
scored with 1021 and allowed
their opponents the fewest points,
879. Washington State had the
best free throw mark. 68.8 per
cent.
Other team records were set
by Washington State with few
est fouls In the season, 2S5;
Idaho, most free throws made
in one game, 38; Idaho, best
field goal percentage in one
game, 63.3 per cent; Oregon
State, most rebounds In one
game, 73; Washington State,
fewest fouls In one game, five;
Idaho-Washlngton, most points
in one game for troth teams,
159, and Idaho-Oregon and
Washington State-Washlngton,
fewest fouls in one game for
both teams, 19.
Two individual single-game
records were set during the 1955
campaign. Bennink sank 17 out
of 20 free throw attempts in a
game against Washington to top
teammate Bill Rehder's 1954 rec
ord of 16. Halbrook broke the re
bound record twice before estab
lishing a standard of 36 in a
game against Idaho.
The race for the ND's "hatchet
man" trophy was close all the
way with Idaho’s Harlan Melton
narrowly winning the title with
58 infractions. Fellow Vandal
Bob Falash was second with 57
with two WSC hoopers, Bill Reh
der and Larry Beck, totaling 54
OSC's Tony Vlastelica got only
116 fouls for the low mark among
conference regulars.
Parsons, Loseutoff, Halbrook
and Bennlnk were unanimous
choices for the division all-star
team chosen by the coaches with
Melton getting the fifth spot.
Parsons, Halbrook and Bennlnk
were repeaters from 1954. Ore
gon's Max Anderson and How
ard Page were given honorable
mention.
Individual statistics:
Point*
' PUyer O TP PPO
Ui«cwtufl. Oregon 16 .114 19.6
Parnon*. Wa*hington 16 .313 19 o
Halbrook, OSC 15 294 10 &
Bennlnk, WSC . 16 2** IK 9
Holder, Mali- 16 220 U K
Melton. Idaho 16 201 U 2
Rehder. WSC 16 ion 12 4
lUtnchrr, Idaho 16 172 10 H
VU.telka. OSC 16 |6» I0.J
Sather. Idaho 16 l6K 10.3
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Rebound*
PUyer O RB RBPG
Urvcutnff, Oregon 16 2K2 17.6
liallnook. OSC IS 212 1<I
Ihrwrttt, Wa*h. . .16 197 12.3
Aiideivrn. Oregon 16 170 10.6
Oah'iw. Wa*h 16 124 7 K
Sather, Idaho lo 124 7 4
Heart. OSC 15 115 7 7
Kurt, Oregon 16 110 6 9
Rehder. WSC 16 110 6 9
Kitmh, Idaho 16 101 6.J
Field Goal Percental*
PUyer
Halbrook. OSC
Paraon*. Wa*h
Halhgan, OSC
Carton. \\ SC
Whiteman. OSC
\el*on, Wa*h.
Jarhoe, OSC
BuHler. Idaho
Tool*. OSC
Bauacher, Idaho
0
15
16
16
15
S
16
15
16
14
16
PGA
226
210
95
33
63
S4
41
206
69
I6J
PO
110
97
42
14
26
34
16
7*
26
61
Pet
4M7
•4o2
.4 42
.424
.41.1
.40 5
.390
.379
.377
.374
Free Throw Percentage
PUyer
llettntnk. WSC
Perkin*. Widr
VU.telrca. OSC
Jarhoe, OSC
f i.ihita, Wa*h
Hau*cher. Idaho
Halltgan, OSC
Bingham, Oregon
Perry. WSC
Beck. WSC
G FT A FT
140
29
36
15
43
50
16
16
16
15
16
16
16
12
In
16
172
36
45
19
55
64
35
21
47
69
le
35
51
Per.
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Due This Afternoon
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all spring term Intramural
sports Is 2 p.m. today. The en
tries are to lie turned In at
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