18 The. Statesman, SaUm, Oregon. Sunday. March 21. 1948
Surprising Spartans Smash Vh Mopes Wiftlhi, 47-43
Victory in Tourney Trifle Battle; Marshfleld Third
They Made a Gallant Try for State Honors
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Last Minute Salem Splurge
Falls Short: Edwards Hits 21
By 1 Lighlner
Suirniiii Sfit Editor
McARTHl'R OH'Hi. Lri.tiMt of Orton. Eugene. March 20
(Special)- Tht- t. u.llv unexfH-cud htpened here tonight as the thir
tieth annual Orc n v.iite bakctbal hurnamcirt roared to a climax,
and it rost the Salem h gh Vikings a championship. The Vikings, at
the start a .-ho. Ut the top pip rage prize in the eyes of nearly
evriy out- of the 7.000 uiio .,mn,id this arena, went down, 47 to 43,
before the t'ialhs Sj:ai tans. ,
For the Sparurns -a ho u night frond that height is golden, it was
their first st.ue title sine 10"6. when a Corvallis team downed Frank
lin of i'onland For the Vikir.gs. who simplv were not the terrifies
they had been in their previous three games this week, it was a very
bitter pill They had hctn picked by a great majority, by as much as
3 to 1. over the district seven representatives in this all Big Six league
fin- Farher today KUm.uh Falls grabbed the fifth place trophy by
downing New berg in the fin-1 consolation clash. 50 to 37. Washingtons
wift Colonials of Portland took home fourth place via a 50 to 3 nod
over the scrappy but oun sed Ttgard team, one of the big surprises
of this playoff In tonight s showdown for third place the defending
champion Marshfield Pirates had to have an overtime period before
they downed St Helens. 56 to 48. the closely fought game having been
tied 47-alI. at the end of regular playing time.
The combination of s.x foot, six inch Bob Edwards and x foot,
three inch Sammy B-ker. certainly two demons so far as the Vikings
.re now concerned, proved too much for the Salems in the title game.
Z . i These two controlled the back
Mitt Bee Set
For Wednesday
Lightweights l huc Gre!
Brown of Portland and Oeorge i
Mazi of Vancouver. B C. will
Monday ni?ht begin applying the
finishing touches to their drills
for the 10-round
main event nex'
Wednesday night
at the Salem ar
mory The cur
i e n t Portland
sensation has
had little trim
ming up to do,
for only last
Tuesday night he
alahe4 nut an
impressive TKOi
Victory over Boy
kin Burgeots in
rortlanri, his se-
Drtn Afcaey
c o n d straight
PtirtUnd win via this method.
TK H.var.MlH Marl ti.hh.inff
this as one of the most important
scraps m the 2d he will have had
by Wednesday, has been declared ,
as m t.p-top' hape Possessor of
. ,nH Hr.w , tun rorkin
battles m Spokar.e recently. Mazi
will travel from Vancouver on
Tuelay arci expects to weigh in
it 133 p. unds for the f ght Wed-
r.esdav Hiown 1 sts his weight as
132
Also in fine shape fur his fourth
bout .nice his comeback started,
Vr'olhiirTi Tony Kahut. middle
weight, w ll be out to notch his
fourth consecutive knockout in
Wedi.csd.) v s six-round special. He
goes in with rugged Fieddie O'
llara of Sac ramento Salem's Dean
Abney drew the assignment for
the top four - rounder, with Wel
terweight Lou Ballard of Boise,
a winner on Iuesdav s Portland
show a'o Howard
Mendenhall,
also of S.ilem. will appear in an
ether four - master, ar.d still an
ether will be announced Monday
bv Sdlkeld
WAI.I..ABIKS RAP STANFORD vallis play that thwarted the Vik
PALO ALTO, Calif, March 20 defense. The Spartan players
) - The Australian Wallabies , were passing over the top of the
rugby tem smothered the Stan- . Salem zone to big Edwards, and
ford univerMty rugger. 59 to 10, , he was merely jumping into the
before a sparse 1,800 spectators whirling and dropping the
In the huge Stanford stadium. ! ball through for points.
The score w a the largest the I The Salems managed only three
Wallabies have run up on their points fox the entire second per
world tour in which they won 35 j iod and left for the halftime rest
of 40 games. They leave for home i trailing by 17 to 14.
tomorrow. j Also quite conspicuous for the
mriiir4v T rti Axiv ' two Quarters was , the fact that
! ? rt r- 1 Captain Carlos Houck, the big gun
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo . for Salem a week hadn t nied
March 20 -A?)- Michigan s Wol- a tj , int
verines flahed a devastating at- . . ..... , .
tack in the final period to crush ; , th,rd Pnc w" .httl.
Dartmouth 8-4 tonight to win the T 8COrm and ended with the
national collegiate hockey cham- Prtans still in front, 27 to 23.
pionshlp. (Continued on page 19)
One of the busiest gento during- the Eugene tournament was James
r. Aiken, the hurly-burly U of Oregon grid boss. Jim's office was
meeca for prep athletes all week (mostly muscular lads), and they
absorbed the gospel of the "V," as delivered by the loquacious Mr. A
All perfectly legal, too. In accordance with the Coast conference code,
say member coach can talk turkey with a preps ter so long as the
party of the second part is within the realm of the school's campus . . .
A ad while John Warren has his
oys on Salem's Carlos Houek sa
baaketeer, Aiken makes no bones
about his visions of the Viking
stalwart lu Webfoot footfeaJl liv
ery later on.
Speaking of Aiken, there la
Utile question that be la building
for great Oregon grid seasons In
the future. Already In seneei. and
eligible next season, arc three
transfers who sre considered ea
the disgustingly sweet side. One
Is Bus Newcomer, a 21 1-pound
eeater from Colorado AAM who
la said to be faster thsu Duck
Brad Ecklund and who will
Scklund a plain or fancy fight for
the No. 1 pivot post Another is
Neville, a X 4 S-pound tackle
Purdue who la aald to be
ssoUkiua- abort of terrific. A third
la Johnny McKay. 179-pound seat
beck also from Purdue who
ale bos passes aa If he's equipped
with radar. Then there la a fistful
off others oosniug up from southern California, aaaoug- them a buk who
aasrtsd a 9.1 yards per try average while operating for LesAagcles
City college laat aatamn. Afkea wtU open Oregon spring football
pcuetieo April S, and from the looks as? things bell set be lacking tn
material good material.
LuckU$ Road Trip 1$ Wht Hurt Due kg
The truth on Oregon's feul
the teuruamsut aloe. The ularers wcreut
Warreu s uulou, uer were they
euseegat Ukeansetrea. AH was well
WSC aaol Maas, urtnc waleh thr lost throe
(Con tinned ou pae It)
boards almost throughout, ana
Edwards,, the Big Six league scor
ing champ with 196points in 10
games, threw in 2T markers to
break the Salem back. The Vik
ings were beat at their own game
capturing rebounds and tossing
a stout aeiense ai uie wimuj.
That's how the Salems managed
oH
to storm over Baker, Astoria and
St. Helens before tonight.
But with the two Corvalis gi
ants playing a game typical of
all-staters (both were selected on
YESTERDAY'S BESILTS
(Ear fifth place)
Klamath Fall 45. Ntwr 14
(Ear 4th Place)
Washthftoa M. TlfarS 37
(Far Jra Place)
Marshflald M. St Helens 4S
TlUe sad tn4 Place)
TarralMs 47, Salem 41
the 1948 mythical team), the Vik
ings found possession of the ball
J hard to get. When they did have
it for decent shots, up popped a
gangling arm or a big hand to bat
the try off its course.
Playing cautiously and at times
drrily slow, the Spartans threw
stout zone at the Salems at the
The ik ings couldn t seem to
dent it. and when they did their
shoU were swatted down. They in
turn hld off th Jowly - moving;
.. .w.
zone, and the first quarter, high
lighted only by a late Salem
splurge for three straight points,
ended 1 1 to 9 for the Viks
Tall Tom Paulus, inserted by
Coach Harold Hauk to try to ride
herd on Edwards, dumped in a
wh rling try from the key to put
Salem in front. 13-11. but then
both Baker and Edwards netted
free throws after Edwards potted
a lay-up to close the gap to an
other of the four ties up to this
time.
There were only five more
I ru-tmta m q-4a i rt (Ka m io ri t a V.v.t Vl
- y
teams played raggedly and hand
led the ball sloppily. But it was
entirely evident that Corvallis w-as
getting possession most of the
time, and that Salem had no
means of checking the one Cor-
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Thinrs were Indeed serious far Coach Harold Hak (nearest earner)
and his fire Viking reserves early In last night's state basket
ball championship gam with Corrallis at Eugene. Tom Paulas
(17). Bod Duval, Cliff Gh-od, Mike Glenn. Waldo Unrnh (hidden
behind Haak) and the Salem skipper have all eyes focused on
the beat of the blue ribbon battle. Expressions were even more
glum later on. however, as the Vikings lost their straggle for
the title. (W. Kirk Braun photo. Eugene)
Houck, Bellinger Land
All -State Team Berths
EUGENE, March 20 -(Special)- Both Captain Carlos Houck and
Hugh Bellinger of the Salem Vikings were selected on the 1948 stato
basketball tournament all-star team here tonight, by the votes of
coaches having teams In the thirtieth tourney. Both Houck and Bel
lingerlinger joined Bob Edwards i
and Sammy Baker of Corvallis
and Ken Hunt of Marshfield on
the first team.
Keith Farnum, another fine
player for the Vikings this week,
was voted into a second team
berth, along with Don Schuberg
of Washington, Don Bruce of
Marshfield, a first team selectee
last year; Bob Lewis of Tigard
and Don While of Washington.
Honorable mentions went to Bill
Korpela of Astoria, Maynard Ser
boucek of St. Helens, Don Hoy of
Kewberg. Don Neveau of St. Hel
ens and John Reardon of Corval
lis. The last time a Salem player
made the "all-state" team was in
1941, when Eddie Salstrom was a
selectee.
Drills Occupy
Bevo Athletes
OREGON STATE COLLEGE.
Corvallis. March 19 -(Special)
Oregon State's four spring sports
teams are getting in their last
practice licks of the term between
final examinations this week be
fore going home for a week's
vacation. All four squads will go
into full-scale action with the
start of spring quarter March 29.
Pitching and catching candi
dal y for the varsity baseball
team have been working out in
the gym and the armory for near
ly a month and Coach Ralph
Coleman has already had his en
tire Fquad outdoors for batting
practice a couple of times. When
spring term opens Coleman will
have less than a week to get his
squad ready for the non-conference
openers against the Salem
Senators here on April 2 and 3.
SIkn HDufjd
By the Associated Press
Tlmberhne 188 inches snow. 8
tnche new snow; surface powdered,
drifted: skiing good: roads clear, chains
needed: limited parking space at pres
ent. Forecast: Mostly cloudy with oc
casional snow through Sunday.
Government Camp 111 Inches snow,
12 Inches new snow; surface powder,
drifted: skiing good, all tows operat
ing: roads clear, chains needed: ample
parking. Forecast: Mostly cloudy with
occasional snow through Sunday.
Santiam Pass 128 inches snow, 13
Inches new snow; surface light, dry.
drifted; skiing good: tows will oper
ate all next week; packed snow on
hishway. chains needed: ample park
ing. Forecast: Same as for Govern
ment camp.
Cooper Spur 41-50 Inches snow, over
Inches new snow; powder: skiing
excellent: tows and sno-cats operat
ing: road cleared. Forecast: Same as
for Government camp.
Title Tiff Set Tuesday
Gypsy Joe Dorsetti, the mus
tachioed villain who hates to
lose and who goes te almost any
extreme to keep
from It, tosses
his Coast light
heavy mat title
belt ea the Fer
ry Street Garden
block Tuesday
Bight, aad Gor
don (Atomic
Bomb) Hessell,
the
dandy who
captivated the
grappling euste
seers since his
arrival la these
parts, takes kfts joe Docsettt
licks at the coveted trophy. The
brawl wtU cap Matchasaker El
tea Owen's weekly fare, aau a
rugged conclave It la expected to
be. Uesuell baa beea terrific la
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Oilers AAU Titlists
DENVER, March 20 -iJP) Bartlesville's mighty Oilers, after
30 minutes of rough, tough action, turned on the heat tonight to
rout the Denver Nuggets 62-48 and take the National AAU bas
ketball championship back to Oklahoma for the sixth straight
year.
Slow and ragged in previous tournament appearances, the
Oilers were breaking fast tonight and cashing most of their scor
ing opportunities as they smashed the Nugget challenge with a dead
ly attack In the final ten minutes.
Cab Renick, a Choctaw Indian with the drive of a toy tank,
put the clamps on Vince Boryla, the Denver scoring ace, and nailed
six decisive baskets to play a major part in Bartlesville's victory,
which gave the Oklahoma town twice aa many national titles as
any other city has ever collected.
Gerald Tucker drove through the Nugget defenses for 13 points
and massive Bob Kurland got 11 points off the post to stand out
in the brilliant Bartlesvilie performance.
50 to 1 Horse Takes
British 'Chase Event
AINTREE, England, March 20 -(P- Sheila's Cottage won the
102nd running of the Grand National steeplechase by a length today.
Less than five months ago she was purchased at a bargain by the
owner of a fishing fleet because of tender feet.
Hornets Snare
Playoff Tilt
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 20
(CP)- Vancouver Hornets gained
an ea.-y 90-68 victory over Bel
lingham Fircrests here tonight in
round robin playoffs of the Pa
cific Coast pro basketball league.
Hornets led from wire to wire,
enjoying leads of 25-16 at the
first quarter, 43-29 at the half
and 62-47 at the third.
Bellincham
(SS) .
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Vairoavff
(23) Baker
Maul (16 ". F
Wark (111 F
Hays (20) C
A kins (5) G-
Dorr (61 G
1 13l Lawn
(19) Osterhaus
. (13) Peden
(7) Nichol
Belhngham subs Patterson 6. J.
Baker 4, Gaffney 0. Vancouver subs
Vaughn 4. White 8, Chapman 0, Wlrk
kunen 4.
Coolosal Winner
MIAMI, Fla., March 20 -(P)
Coolosal, a 12 to 1 shot, today
won the $15,000 added first di
vision of the Tropical park dou
ble event before 14,389 racing
fans. With Jockey Ronnie Nash
aboard, the Argentine importa
tion owned by Fred W. Hooper
went the mile and furlong route
in 1:49 25 to finish head in
front of heavily-backed Fervent
in a photo finish.
yaua gj jfBgaC mmWBT ifW
his three winning appearances
here. Gypsy Jee has beea ditto
for many months locally as a top
nasty. He has held the title belt
far ever year.
Hessell gets his crack at Der
settl by virtue of his win ever
Fraakle Bart bare last week.
A lively lee king supporting
card bus beea booked by Owen
for Tuesday also. la the special
event, sure to be aa all -scientific
stint. Hart returns to mix
with Indiana Trickster Back
Weaver. The Si3t o'clock open
er brings la Jack (The Jaw)
Upeeeaab, another noted aasty.
to mix with George Curtis, eff
llkeable cleauie.
Geerga Dasetto. perhaps the
top arbiter ta theae parts be
cause be Is one of the best of the
gladiators, will do the referee-tug-.
Tickets go ou sale at Maple's
Monday, at aa ralae la prices.
Mangrum Nabs
Tourney Lead
Hot Round Fire!,
Greensboro Open Go
GREENSBORO, N. C, March 20
(A)- Lloyd Mangrum seared the
Sedgefield golf course with a siz
zling 67 today to take the lead
at 36 holes ih the $10,000 Greens
boro open golf tournament."
Mangrum, leading money win
ner among the pros this year,
reached the halfway mark of the
tourney with 136. The 1946 na
tional open king was four under
par today In equalling the sum
mer rules record for the 6,720
yard course.
Tied in second place for the
second straight day were two
North Carolina pros, Clayton
Haefner of Charlotte and Stewart
(Skip) Alexander of Mid Pines.
Each had per 70s today to go
along with yesterday's 68s.
Durham Named
Linf ield Pilot
McMINNVTLUE, Ore., March 20
(JP)- Linf ield college today nam
ed Paul Durham. Portland high
school coach, to take over as foot
ball mentor here next fall.
He will succeed Wayne Harn,
who resigned to enter business.
Durham, a 1936 graduate of Lin
field, has been coach at Franklin
high in Portland. Previously he
coached at Yamhill and was as
sistant mentor at Commerce of
Portland.
UBC RUGBY CHAMP
BERKELEY, Calif., March 20
(P)- The University of British
Columbia Rugby team won the
world cup series by defeating the
University of California 9 to 6
today. The visitors took the series
three games to one.
The nine - year - old hand-me-
down insn mare,
sex to triumph
the first of her
in the world's
hopping race
greatest hedge -since
1902, was a
50 to 1 betting
choice.
Only 14 of the 43 starters com
pleted the 30-jump, four and a
half mile trip of torture which
brings fortunes to lucky ticket
holders in the Irish sweepstakes.
Among those who fell were
Caddie II, only American - owned
starter, and Silver Fame, the 8 to
1 favorite.
Some 300,000 spectators rimmed
the ancient course, located in a
suburb of bomb - beaten Liver
pool, and saw the half-sister of
Lovely Cottage, the 1946 winner,
travel the distance in nine min
utes, 24 45 seconds.
Table of Coastal Tides
TIDES FOR TAF-T. OREGON
Tides for Tart, Ore., compiled by D
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Port
land. Or.
Mar.
11
22
S3
14
IS
HIGH WATER LOW WATER
8:48 ajn. 8.7 8:49 a.m. 3.0
10:39 p.m. 8.4 4 00 p.m. 0 3
8:53 a m. 8.8 8:55 a m. 14
11:17 p.m. 18 4:49 p.m. 0.3
10:54 a.m. 8 8 4:54 a.m. 1.7
11:45 p.m. 8.3 8 JO p.m. -0 4
11:50 a.m. 8.7 847 a.m. 11
8:11 p.m. -0.1
0:39 a.m. 8 8 S.37 a.m. 0 5
13:43 p.m. 8 8 8:49 p.m. 0 4
1:03 a.m. 733 a.m. 0.1
1 3 pjn. 8.1 736 p.m. 1.0
1 37 a m. 8 9 8:14 a m. -0 1
iJO pjn. IS 83 p.m. 1.7
2:11 a m. 8 9 9:03 a.m. -0 2
338 pjn. 81 9:41 p.m. 1.3
2:48 a jn. 8.7 9:54 a.m. -O.I
4 39 pjn. 8 8 934 p.m. 3J
330 ajn. 93 10:49 a m. 0 1
838 pjn. 43 19:19 pjn. 33
4.17 ajn. S3 1130 a.m. 0.4
838 pjn. 4.4 11:19 p.m. 33
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Salem high's Viking basketballers
ransnip game out not Deiore tnera fought tnelr hearts oat. The Viks pictured above Include: left
to light, front row Bud Duval, Dave Chamberlain and Cliff Girod. Second row Coach Harold!
Haak. Alike Glenn and Mgr. Jerry Taylor. Third row Captain Carlos Houck. aa all-state selec
tion at fbrward. Bill Johnson, Ted Covalt and Hugh Bellinger, who landed a guard spot on the all
state team. Back row Keith Farnum, picked on the second all-state squad, Tom Paulus. Waldo UBruhv
and Jack Miller. I - .
Bay loir Wins West NCAA Ujbga? j
Kentucky Takes Easite rim Tift fle'
Wildcats Rip
Crusader Five
NEW YORK, March 20 -UP)-Kentucky's
mighty Wildcats oust
ed defending champion Holy
Cross in the eastern NCAA bas
ketball playoff finals tonight, 60
to 52.
The victory gave Kentucky a
berth in the Olympic playoffs.
The Wildcats will play here for
the national title Tuesday against
the" winner of the western play
offs in Kansas City tonight.
Kentucky assumed the lead
early and led almost all the way.
The southeastern conference
champions were sparked by big
Alex Groza and All-America
Ralph Beard. Groza. a 6-7 ball
of fire, racked ip 23 points and
played a terrific game at the
backboards. Beard, who connected
on his first four set shot at
tempts In the fir?t half, was the
Wildcats' steadying influence as
well as their playmaker.
It was Kentucky's 15th straight
victory and their 33rd against
two defeats.
Michigan easily defeated Co
lumbia, 66 to 49, in the consola
tion game.
After a ragged first half in
which they assumed a 24-21 lead,
the Wolverines started to drive
for the first time and soon piled
up a commanding lead.
Y Volleyists
Pocket Title
PORTLAND, March 20 -(Special)-
The Salem YMCA senior
men's volleyball team captured
the Northwest Y Class B title
here tonight as they whipped the
Portland Y club, 15-13 and 15-9.
The Salem crew came out the
winner in four matches as they
moved toward the title. They
turned back Olympia, 19-17, 15-0;
stopped Portland, 15-8, 14-16,
15-3; beat Seattle, 16-8, 15-8, 15-9,
and again downed the Portlands
in the finals.
Members of the Salem team in
clude: Lloyd Gregg, George Roth,
John Bone, Squee Kitchen,
Charles Nee, Newt Kukahiko,
Dale Bates and Bill Ewaliko.
Babe Leader,
Womeiis Meet
AUGUSTA, Ga.. March 20-tJP)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, the de
fending champion, took the lead
in the ninth annual Women's
Titleholders Golf tournament here
today with a third-round 73 for
a total of 230.
Her two-under score for the
6,627-yard country club course
was the day's best and left her
two strokes in front of Dorothy
Kirby of Atlanta, and Patty Berg
of Minneapolis. Miss Kirby, the
leader until today, soared to a
six-over par 81, while Miss Berg
carded a 78.
O'Leary Forsakes
Irish for UW
HOOD RIVER, Ore., March 20
(JP)- Don O'Leary, much-sought
football triple-threater sjn high
school here two years ago, said
today be would enter the Uni
versity of Washington next week.
O'Leary was a freshman at
Notre Dame last fall.
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Upstate AgencjT
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Coos Bay
VIA'
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were tamed back by Corrallis in
700 Clubber
Floyd Kenyon (above), veteran
Salem bewler. last Wednesday
night Joined the select 700" dob
of the kegling world by rolling
a 704 series for his Keith Brown
team in the Salem Major league.
Kenyen's game totals were 278.
201 and 225. Kenyan is em
ployed by the Shroek Motor Co.
Talbert Takes
Tennis Title
NEW YORK, March 20 -(JP)
Dead game Billy Talbert won the
men's national indoor tennis
championship today on a cracked
left foot.
The top-seeded New Yorker
hobbled through a four-set tri
umph over Sid Schwartz, the jun
ior titleholder. in the singles fin
als of the 45th annual tourna
ment. The score was- 4-6, 8-6,
9-7. 6-2.
Talbert's injury, a bone split
received in last night's semifinal
match with Frank Shields made
an even scrap of what .otherwise
might have been a rout, before
2,000 spectators at the seventh
Regiment armory.
BADGERS SET PRACTICE
FOREST GROVE, Ore., March
20 -(JP)- Pacific university will
hold spring football training for
the first time this year.
Coach Paul Stagg said the
turnout would be April 1 lor
players who did not participate
in spring sports. Stagg has 12
lettermen on hand.
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Wyoming Quint
By Skipper Patrick '
KANSAS CITY, March 20-CT1)
Baylor's Bears upset Kansas State
tonight to win the western NCAA
basketball playoffs 60-52.
The Bears put on k blistering
second period drive to overcome
the Kans&ns' 32-28 halftime ad
vantage and win: the righs to play
Kentucky for the championship
next Tuesday injNew York, They
also qualified for a berta in the
Olympic trials which begin
March 27. i
Washington university's bisj
jacx jicncis poured m ZZ points
to demoralize the Wyoming de
fense and the Huskies waltzed to
a 57-47 victory over the Cow
boys in the consolation third place
game.
Wyoming lagged 32-24 at in
termission mainly because they
couldn't s-top the i-foot 7-incb.
Nichols, who canned 20 of his
22 points in the? first half. The
Cowboys' deliberate offense Wis
no match for the slam-bar. g,
speedy atUck of the Huskies.
In the second - hall Wyoming
discarded their set plars and tried
to run with Washif'gtoiu
A jam-packed 9,700 fans watch
ed the Baylor speedsters put out
a carbon copy of their perform
ance last night when they came
back in the second half to over
haul Washington. 64-62.
Don Heathington was the high
scorer with 15: points but the
Bears' two guards, Robinson and
BUI Johnson, pitched in 11 and
13 respectively, to help the Texan
cause. ; - '
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Cougars Capture " :
Cinder Event "
PULLMAN, Wash, March 29
JP) Washington State coll ere
amassed 89 V points i.i its invi
tational indoor track meet today
to double the points gained by
the next competitor.
Other schools entered in the
meet, the first indoor meet since
before the war, were the Univer
sity of Idaho 43, University of
Montana 17 and Whitman col
lege 8. , i
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Capture Match
Bill Goodwin nd Leo Estey
combined to chalk up a 2V& to 1
victory over Jimmy Sheldon and
Bob Bums in a f Slicker playoff
duel yesterday at! the Salem Golf
club. Playoff match set for today
is that between Tony Painter and
Dave Erre and the team of Arrhiai
SchulU and Jim McNeil.
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