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.vAS CITY. Mo. (IP) LaSalle Colleee nf Phiiort,,,.
'..mri loose a tremendous third Deriod offensivo Rat.
.. ,iiit to defeat Bradley University ot Penria in
1 for tha NCAA basketball championshin. ''
fiil-American Tom Gola sparked the furious rally that
d what had been a dogfight itno a one-sided contest.
. oiven a tremendous ovation by the sellon t. rrnwrl
In 000 persons when ha left
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Grihalva 63-55
To Retain Title
DENVER UK Peoria's Cats
had too much bench and rebound
ing power for San Diego's Grihal
va Motors to cope with and it re
sulted in Peoria's 63-55 victory
Saturday night for the Cats' third
successive National AAU basket
ball championship.
San Diego, paced by Glen An
derson, made it a hot contest for
three periods before Teoria's su
perior bench proved the differ
ence in the final period.
Both teams played a fine de
fensive game, but Peoria was able
to move ahead at crucial mo
ments o the contest. Peoria led
only 4544 going into the final
period.
But a basket by Ken Sheets
and a free throw by Ron Bon
temps gave the winners a 4844
lead with one minute gone of the
final period. That was the ball
game as San Diego faltered the
rest of the way although Ander
son continued to thrill the crowd
ot 7,000 with his one-hand jump
shot,?.
Big Dick Retherford was the
game's big star as he poured in
19 points and cleaned both back
boards throughout the game for
the winners. Anderson hit the
same number of points and was
the outstanding San Diego star.
Kirby Minter with 14 points,
Bontemps with 11, and Don Pen
well with seven points were
smooth as Cats for Peoria.
Little Ken Leslie was second
high for Grihalva with 11 points.
Peoria reached the final by de
feating Indianapolis, 8244; San
Francisco, 54-53, and Denver by
a 61-59 score in the semi-finals.
Denver won third place hon
ors wilh an 87-72 victory over
Fort Sill, Okla., by changing its
tactics from defense to offense.
218 to go in me tinai
L Slate of State College,
MB consoiauuu nui j
lling Souinern uuuurnia,
in Uia oleums 6t"c
Ljley had led through most
flint Ha", ones cuininanu-
t seven-point edge at 30-23.
Ir.sjlle fought back to a 42-
llftime score and then wiped
He deficit wun in lerouc
liter the intermission.
L 92 point total that the East
U rolled up represented an
L record score in the NCAA
Tne previous nigii was
K Kansas when tha Jay-
L, defeated St. John's in 1952
L jo-63 score.
kille trailed by 42-45 in the
period wncn it negan to
The Easterners bombard-
it. basket for 22 points in a
thing five-minute drive while
tug the fading Illinois ath-
to nine counters, in mis
Live spurt, Gola got nine
i; Frank Biatcner nagged
Frank O'Hara added five
. and Charles Singley con-
Hed one two-pointer.
(gley also did a spectacular
hive 0, noiaing nraaiey s
hcorer, Bob Carney, to three
goals. Carney wound up
1! points in all, but got 11
lent on free throws.
It the finals show was pri
r all Gola, despite the fact
Sid to yield team scoring
n to two of his teammates.
icom by periods favored
tier at 22-19 and 43-42 at the
but it was LaSalle, 72-57
k the third period ended and
ni never a contest thereafter.
tin State, paced by its huge
o center, Jesse Arnelle, led
He way against USC and ap-
on the way to a crushing
mph even before halftime.
If icore at that juncture, late
lii aecond period, favored the
iimers, 44-22. It was 44-26
In half, and State still held a
t advantage when the final
tod began at 62-47.
p agreement of the NCAA
niment committee and the
ipeting coaches, the proposed
change as suggested at the
nil convention of the National
lotiation of Basketball Coaches
was tested in this contest.
m all common fouls, the play-
tis allowed a second toss if
first Iry was made. If the first
ppt was missed, the ball was
nr.
to experiment appeared to
Kl up play somewhat," but of
il comment from the NCAA
mittee and the coaches was
available immediately.
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SPORTS
CLASSIFIED
LANS COUNTY HOME NEWSPAPER.
SECTION C
EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1954
MUSTANG Bill Fredericks
(15) registers apparent dis
gust at the progress of the
champlnnship final game
between Eugene and Mil
waukie at McArthur Court
Saturday night, which was
as tight as the jam up nf
players pictured above
throughout most of the
contest. Bob Sturgis (M-14)
straddles Gene Stott (E-30),
and partially obscures El
men Bloedcl (IVI-2.1), while
Fred Miller (M-22) looks on
as Mike Moran (E) takes
Fredericks by the, arm.
(Register-Guard Photo by Wolcolt,
Wlltshlra ngravlnn)
By DON FAIR
Of Iha Reslsteriuartf
Always a bridesmaid but never a bride!
That was the destiny of the Eugene basketball team
Saturday night at McArthur Court when the Axemen had
to swallow the bitter pill of finishing runnerup in the Class
A state nigh school Basket ball tournament for the second
consecutive year.
Milwaukie's top-ranked Mustangs proved just why they
were so rated by busting Eugene wide open in the second
half for a 52-44 victory. And it was a zone defense which did
the damage. Eugene never has been able to really crack a
zone this year although they did win three straight in the
tournament against zone teams but their ability ran out.
Coach Hank Kuchera's boys went into the second half
with a 23-22 lead thanks to Jack Henkel's last second steal
and solo when Milwaukie unfolded its zone for the first
ft lV Oregon s Finest ft
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LEW HARBISON
Clntsknnic
ivonivf unxouriiinY
IIGHCLIMBER
Dick Strife
jMeball, of professional or high-class semi-pin call-
'i looks like a draft diirk nirsin this summer, but Frank Gra-
fionr "spring training" operative in the Riverside area, visions
;p"5jioiuty of a Eugene entry in the meviiaoie norniwcn -!lfter
the Tacifin Const T.eauuB folds in another four or five
frank believes and many people feel there is a dark,
p dark cloud hanging over the Coast League scene the com-
major league Dau to Los Angeies ana oan rianti.iv...
.om what you can gather here and there, it's just like the
of our fall rains you know for sure they are; it's just a
r ot wncn. They say
inside nf tniie VAttre-
!M happen sooner. When
"PPens thore ( AnW ...
pw-the Coast League is
"ttere will mhu. , ,.,
PB. one North with Van-
F w, Victoria, Edmonton
il : -'" i" i-oriiana, se-
U-"" nacramcntn. In the
I'Wever slignment you can
P "diled to Portland. Se-
FW Clt PD In C-...1 yl!
fnii (inn ,,"u"lf
from the two Big-League
r aPOt f 1 rl...H. .
tlnnlW . "uc-ll b VU1IIG
,8olher four nr fl v.r.
fH H another 25 or 50
". People to Lane Cnun-
r'jnow, this I, ih.i.
JI tlnitn . " . . ......
"fro ana no one can even Jiazara a cioso s"y"
actual .. w. nnpH.
cour, , ":,u't nen H comes, ine reaiiKiiincni
"r!ei is nothinn h,,t . ...... hut uhen vnu tako Ine
sii ul. 0 th current league population you can very well
1 1. ..CUIT,nt haseball vacation repast Is somewhat premalurn
'act that the coast cluhs are .lust getting unwound.
(Continued on Pops 2 C)
mi ENRIGHT
IVith Sweet Whistle"
Idaho, WSC
Boxers Win
SACRAMENTO, Calif, an
Lvnn Nichols, University ot Ida
ho, defended his welterweight Pa
cific Coast intercollegiate title
here Saturday night despite a
vicious last round flurry by game
Ken Baugucss, Washington State
College.
The underdog Baugucss threat
ened to beat' Nichols at his own
game when he came out hest In
several loe to toe slugging
matches. Nichols, crowd-thrilling
champion of 1953, ordinarily
finds the rough going to his
liking.
in ih 1tA-nound class, Vic
Vnrin lrlalin State, scored a dc-
r.itlvn win over Asberry Butler,
San Francisco Stale. Eddy Olson,
a calm and unruffled wao im
pounder, took his title over
pluckv .lames Green, Universily
of California. Another WSC
glovcman, 132-pound Gil Inaba,
won an unpopular necision nm
.Tohn Jeager, Idaho Stale and San
Jose State's 139-pound Vic Harris
.,,! hv .Inhn Heelan. Idaho
Slate, with a strong third round.
Charles Babb Dies
PORTLAND W Charles K.
Babb, 81, infielder wilh the
r. i.i... rl Vow Vnrlr National
League baseball teams in 190.1
1905, died at his home here Fri
day of a heart attack.
DON AINGE
Engene
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ItlfX FREDERICKS
MJInnnkic
TE MILLER
Milwaiakio
HGT. WGT. AGF. CLASS
fi'3" M8t 17 Senior
8'4" ' 181 18 Senior
R'2Vi" 180 18 Senior
R'4" 193 17 Senior
8'2" 187 17 Junior
6'1" 148 17 Senior
Mustangs, Axemen
Dominate Choices
PLAYER, SCHOOL POf
Don Ainge, Eugene F
Bill Fredericks, Milwaukie F
Lew Harrison, Clatskanie F
Norm Willoughby, Eugene C
Ted Miller, Milwaukie O
Bill Machamcr, Madras O
Two members of Milwaukie's 1954 state high school champions
and two members of the runnerup Eugene nuintct dominated the
all-state "sextet" selected by the !6 coaches who participated in the
tournament, The other two positions were extremely popular with
the more than 8,000 fans who attended the final night nf the tour
ney. The crowd gave both Bill Machamer of Madras and Lew Harri
son of Clatskanie a tremendous ovation.
Ted Miller, high-scoring Milwaukie guard, and Bill Fredericks,
Milwaukie forward, were the Mustang rcpresenlativcs on the select
squad. The two Eugene Axemen who gained all-state honors were
Don Ainge, lanky forward, and Norm Willoughby, who alternated
between forward and center.
' There were five players selected on the second all-stale squad,
including Elman Blodcl nf Milwaukie, Johnny James ot Benson
Tech, Dave Gardner nf Grosham, Wendy Rasor of Eugene, and
Larry Hermo of Clatskanie.
Repeaters nn the two squads were the Ihrce Eugene players
who were on the second team last year whn the Axmen lost out to
Marshfield in the finals Ainge, Willoughby and Rasor.
Land, Bannister Set For Empire Games
TORONTO Wi Three athletes
who have flirted wilh the myth
ical four-minute mile will com-:
pete In the British Empire Games
at Vancouver this summer.' It
promises to be the highlight event
of the July 30-Aug. 7 games.
The "dream" race was made
official Monday when Australian
selectors at Sydney named world'
famous John Lardy for the games.
His entry means he will run
against Roger Bannister, Britain's
brightest hope for the four-minute
mile and New Zealand's Murray
Halberg who flashed Inlo promin
ence with a 4:04.4 clocking Feb
13 in Auckland.
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Mnilrns
Cage Scores
STATE TOURNAMENT
(rhamplrtmhlp)
Mllwaukla 32, Eugpne 44
(Thlrtt lMaff)
ClaLfikanie 6S, Madras 50
(Fourth riara)
Henflevelt 60, Rnnaon .V
(Fifth Plata)
Manhflalrl 8, Dallas 4
NCAA rLAYOFFS
(Chamrtlonhlp)
LaSalle 93, Hradley 7
(Third Plata)
Pann Stile 70, USC 61
AAU TOURNAMENT
(rhamplonhln)
Peoria Call 61, Ran Dicso SS
(Third Plara)
Dinvar Bankara 87, Fort Sill 71
time. That started turning the
tide in the last minute nf the
third period, and the fourth quar
ter was all the Mustangs as they
blew a close contest wide open.
A record crowd of 8,285
watched the finals, which were
preceded by Clatskanie's 66-50
decision over Madras for third
place. That turnout brought the
tournament total to 69,539, also a
new mark and more than 8,000
ahead nf the old 61,882 standard
set in 1952.
BREAKS GAINED
Eugene had everything in its
favor during the deciding last
half. Milwaukie's leading scorer
Ted Miller departed on five fouls
with 2:25 gone in the third quart
er and the Mustang's key cog
center Elmen "Red" Blocdel,
drew his fourth infraction with
2:15 remaining in the same quarter.
But the Axemen couldn't find
the punch against the inspired
crew of Wayne Sturdivant's who
gave the school its first stale bas
ketball crown. Eugene's shooting
was inept. They wound up with
a slim .259 average on 15 fielders
in 58 attempts. Without that bas
ket, punch, the Purples were to
suffer.
The despondent losers held their
lost lead after six minutes of the
third quarter when Don Ainge
made one of three frcethrows, and
Willoughby picked off a rebound
and stuffed it back through the
net. That made it 31-30.
Bob Sturgis' singleton and Bloe-
del's lay-in pushed Milwaukie on
top by two, but Bud Kuykendall's
two-hand howitzer gained a tie,
The Mustangs came right back to
take a permanent lead. Paul Shi
mer hit from the foul line and
Sturgis caged a jumping rebound
two seconds before the third pe
riod buzzer and Milwaukie was in
front 36-33.
SEVEN STRAIGHT
Mike Moran's fadeaway push
narrowed the margin to one at
the start of the fourth quarter,
but Bloedel doing king-size duty
both on the boards and from a
scoring standpoint countered
with two freethrows. Another
singleton by Larry Larson, Stan
Byars pump from the top of the
circle and Sturgis' key jumper
completed a seven-point Milwauk
ie string for a 43-35 margin.
That put the handwriting on the
wall, although Eugene hung fairly
lough until two minutes remained.
Kuvkendahl. Willoughby and Ras
or hit fielders. But Blocdcl's lip
plus one gifter by Sturgis, who
was the boy in the pinch, Kept
Milwaukie ahead 46-41,
The Axeman's last gasp came
wilh Henkel's high archer from
in front. It followed another free
throw by Sturgis and left the
score 47-43 with 2:05 remaining.
But it was Sturgis again who
cooled Eugene wilh two free
throws. That 49-43 score with
1:30 remaining left little doubt.
Blocdcl's three freethrows ran
out the Milwaukie total, while
Willoughby's gifter closed out the
Axemen season.
The first half ot the contest
was strictly a wait-and-see battle
but neither team played particu
larly good basketball. Instead
they were over-cautious and as a
result missed many setup baskets,
Eugene ran up a quick 5-2 lead
i a Mike Moran-Aingc-Rasor
combination, Willoughby s jumper
and Ainge's frcethrow, The
sturdy Mustangs came back for
nn 8-7 edge on Bloedcrs free
throw, Bill Fredericks' two-hand
pump and a singleton by Sturgis,
Miller's first field try resulted In
a swish and gave Milwaukie a 12
9 quarter lead.
The Mustangs seemed on their
way for sure after three minutes
ran up a 17-12 lead. Stott led th
comeback with two freethrows
and a rebound. A trio of markers
by Willoughby plus Ainge's two
gifters thrust Eugene in front 21
20 late in the session. Then cams
an end-line shot by Larson to put
Milwaukie ahead setting the stag
for Henkel's steal-solo for the 23
22 halftime count.
Poor shooting from both the
field and foul line in the first
half got Madras off to a slow
start in the third-place contest,
and the White Buffaloes never
recovered from this point dearth
against Clatskanie.
The Tigers had five points on
the scoreboard before Madras
could kick the lid off the basket
with Danny Macy's freethrow.
Clatskanie center Lew Harrison
opened the scoring with a free
throw, took John Glouse's feeder
pass for a cripple, and Larry
Hermo found the range from tha
top of the key.
Roosevelt, Marshfield game
stories Page 2 C. 1
The Buffaloes closest bid after
that came early in the second '
panel when Charles Nathan and
Machamcr hit from the key to
bring Madras within four points,
16-12. But Harrison made a gift
er and Don Baisley dropped in a
southpaw cripple to pull Clatskan
ie out of danger. Baisley pitched
in It points during this period
alone as the Tigers built up a
31-22 intermission margin.
At halftime, Madras had man
aged but seven field goals in
24 tries, .294, and missed 18 of
26 freethrow attempts. That killed
off the tournament darlings.
In the third quarter the Bisons
again posed a threat on two bas
kets by Machamer and one by
Macy to make it 34-29. Glouse
retaliated with two freethrows
and Larry Hermo garnered a trio
of markers as the Tigers built
up a 47-37 lead heading into the
last period.
MILWAUKIE (52)
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Slurgis. f
Fredericks, J
Bloedel, e .
Larscn, g
Miller, g .,
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Byars, g --
Tolala .... 42 13 26 14 17 41 62
'Technical foul.
EUGENE (44)
Ainge, f ...
Will., (Ac
Moran, c
Rasor, g . .
Kuyken., g
Nelson, f . .
Stott, I kg
Hcnkel, g
Hoblnson, f
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Totals ... 58 15 14 26 30 44
Score by quarters:
Milwaukie 12 10 14 16 Si
Eugene , 14 10 1144
Shooting averages Milwaukie .310;
Eugene .250.
Officials Jake Lolcht and Don Faw-
celt.
Madras (50) fga It
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Machamer, c 16
Albce, g . .. 9
Flvecoat, g 6
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Thraihcr, f . 2 1
Anderson, c. 3 1
Holmes, g . 0 0
Hudspeth, .g0 0
Tolala . 51 16
Clat'knle 66 fga fg
Sorensen, I.. 6 2
Glouse. f . ..11
Harrison, e. 7
Hermo, g ... 8
Lahll, g 6
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Tolats ... 52 23 20 14 26 37 66
Score by quarlers:
Madras 8 14 15 13-50
Clalskanle ... .15 16 16 1966
Shooting averages Madras .313
Clatskanie .4.12. '
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of the second panel when Ihey johnsrud.
Scoring Paced By Machamer
Bill Machamcr, lint-shooting
Madras ace who gained a first-
team all-state berth, was the lead
ing scorer in the 36th annual
Oregon High School Basketball
Tournament with 80 points, far
off the 166-point record establish
ed by Wade Halbrook of Lincoln
in 1952. Second in the scoring
was Herb Brandli of Dallas wilh
74 points, followed by Ted Miller
lei with 72.
Player, Rrhool
Bill Machamer, Madras .
Herb Brandli, Dallas .
Ted Miller, Mllwauklt .........
.lohn James. Benson ............
trry Hermo, Clatskanie ........
Wayne Young, Marshfield .......
Bob Avre. Marshfield ..
Elman Bloedel, Milwaukie .......
of the champion Milwaukie quln-
Larry Hermo of Clatskanie had
the best accuracy from the field
with 18 out of 27 for an amazing
.667, but ho shot much more in
frequently than most of the hoop
sters. Among those who shot
more often was Charles Gcldaker
nf Roosevelt with 19 out ot 35
for .543, and Bill Wiitala of
Roosevelt with 20 out of 59 for
.515.
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58 26
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