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
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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
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