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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1958)
Vol.UX (TNIVEKMITY OF ORWiON, El OKNK. Till RSDAV, MARCH 13, 1958 No. 95 State High School Tourney Opens at Mac Court Tuesday Matmen,Cagers End Season vnegons spinier] wrestling] team, kicked around in all of its ] last four meets, just missed an nexing the PCI wrestling title in San Jose Saturday, scoring 56 joints to champion Cal I’oly's 59. The Ducks also finished second in the PCI last year, hut had only a 6-4 record going into this sea son's meet, and were not thought i f as highly as unbeaten defend ing champion OSC and hosting San Jose State. The Cal Poly win was a sur sprlse, as the favored Beavers scored only 48 points for fourth plaee and the Hparts tallied 45 for third. Oregon wrestlers brought two individual crowns home with them, and Captain George Kru picka, Coast 157 pound champ in 1956, runner-up in the 167-pound brac ket last year, dropped back down to 157 to get his second < hampionshlp. Young Jay Hearing surprised most of the expert* by going un defeated in the 147-pound com pstilion to win that title. Denring dcclsioncd last year's eli.imp Ijirry Wright of Ore gon State for his champion ship, while lirupicku heat Don Mall, San Jose in his final match. Other Oregon place-getter* in cluded Gary Parks who picked up a fourth in the 137-pound di vision; Jim Beaton, fourth in 1G7; and John Willencr, fourth in 191. Dave Fish, unbeaten before this meet, pinned Ivan Catton, UCE.V to gain third place in the 177 pound class. For the Duck* it was a dra matic climax to what had been a hectic season. Couch Kill Hammer had many licudaches through the year as he suw hi* team get off to a rolling start with six straight wins, and then suffer an injury-caused four match losing skein. Hammer had bad news before the first match as Lee Allen, de fending PCI 137-pound kind, did not return to school, and a double hernia kept promising Kim Brewster out for the year. Then came the Injuries. Fish. Deal ing, Beaton, I’nrks. and Wfi lener were all hurt through a good part of the wrestling year, most of them during the final four weeks, when the team drop ped four in a row. But they were all ready for the big show in San Jose Saturday, and their fine showing continues what has been a banner year for Oregon sports during 1957-58. Bears Down OSC For NCAA Berth California’s iloars won the right to play in the NCAA re gional playoffs Monday nighf with a convincing 57-45 vic tory over Oregon State at Mc Arthur Court. The two Pacific Coast Con ference co-champions had each ended the regular season with 12-4 records, both missing a chance for an undisputed title by losing their last games, Cal to Oregon and OSC to Idaho. The Boars were never in trouble as the weary Beavers made mistake after mistake. OSC’s Dave Cambce led both teams in scoring with 20 points. Grant, K. Falls, No. Salem Favored to Take Prep Title By DICK .McKINXKY Kmerald .Sports Writer The 40th annual State A-l prep basketball tournament will get underway at McArthur Court Tuesday night with Grant, Klam ath Kalla and North Salem being the quintets favored to win the 1958 high school hoop title. Opening round games will start Tueaday night at 7:00 and will run all day Wednesday. First round losers will square off in consolation action starting Thurs day morning at 8:30 with four games to be played in the conso lation bracket. Opening game victors will be slated to tangle starting at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and running through Thursday eve ning. Consolation semi-finals will tie played Friday mornings losers in second round cham pionship play will meet on Fri day afternoon; and the cham pionship semi-final tussles are on tap for Friday night. Consolation finals, the battle for fourth and third places and the championship game at 8:45 are all slated for Saturday. First round tournament action will pit Pendleton of District seven against McMinnville the number two team from the fourth district. McMinnville placed second in | the TYV league and was unrated in the last AP hoop poll. Pendle ton, on the other hand, enters the ; tourney with a 16-5 record and holds down eighth in the AP poll. The game will he played Tuesday night starting at 7:30. Springfield of district five and the fourth rated team in the state meets Franklin of Portland in the final Tuesday game at 8:45. It will be the first tourney trip in many years for the Springfield quintet and will also mark the first time in a number of years that Eugene has not represented the fifth district. Erankjin the number three team I from Portland gained a place in the tournament by downing Jef ! ferson of Portland in a playoff ! game by a thrilling 65-64 count. Klamath Falls champions of District six and holding an overall I season's record of 21-1 will meet Beaverton at 9:00 Wednesday j morning. Beaverton represents I the third district and finished second in the Metropolitan league i with a 10-4 record. Klamath Falls is the number' one team in the state according ! to the Associated Press and Beaverton is unranked. The 10:15 battle on Wednes i day morning finds Roosevelt. rated number 30, meeting num <Continued on page 2.) Bud Kuykendall, 5-11 Oregon sharpshooter, pushed a 25-foot two-hander through the hoop as i the final buzzer sounded to give ! the Webfoots a shocking 61-62 i victory over California last Fri i day night. Then Saturday night Steve ! Beiko’s Ducks, weary from their superb effort on the previous night, fell before a red-hot Stan ford club 74-53. The loss to the Indians how ever, was anti-climatic after Oregon had opened the door for an Oregon State Pacific Coast Conference title. The Beavers, following their Saturday night loss to Idaho, would not have gotten a share of the PCC crown had not Oregon upset the Bears. The up-and-down weekend was , typical of the unpredictable Ducks, which looked at times like they could knock over the Boston Celtics and at other times like they might be hard-pressed for a (Continued on page 2) V i *■> MY CLOSEST SHAVE “My closest shave happened under water while baiting sharks to photograph," says shark expert Elgin Ciampi. "My speared bait-fish hid in a hole, pouring clouds of blood around me. Smelling blood, a 7-foot man-eater, unable to find the bait,rushed me. 1 dodged and started taking pictures. I kept the camera between us while the shark circled hungrily for five full minutes. Then my air supply ran short, so I used psychology. I lunged at me snarK w'tin my camera, stamen, ne shot away-and so did I!” For YOUR Clot* Shoves, try new Colgate Instant Shave in the handy pushbutton can. 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