Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, March 21, 1955, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Text2B Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Mon., Mar. 21, 1955 HIGHLIGHTS By PETE CORNACCHIA- iff . .. O v A A man named Leo Durochcr. who married an actress once and has been in several World Series while proving Bishop Sheen's theory, once said that nice guys don't win ball games. Now that's a rather general statement and one we're sure Leo would amend if he knew Eugene's state basketball champions. While we will respect ability displayed by a talented athlete, we'll admire that individual only if, among other things, he is a nice guy. We've never had more respect or admiration for any team than we have for these champions from Eugene. Coach Henry Kuchera's talented gen tlemen are a credit to their school and a tribute to their coaches and parents. . , . It's a rather hectic scramble for our entire sports staff to get the state tourney finals story and statistics, the all state story, the individual scor ing story, and the action and all-slate pictures out to the back shop before our deadline short ly after midnight. So after arising Sunday afternoon we looked at the records and found our Axemen had estab lished S more marks in the tourney after setting several during the season. And they also certainly figured in at tendance records. Point production is Involved in each of the 3 new tourney records and there's no doubt Mike Moran is mainly rospon- lipvpv KlirilFRA sible. The 6 8 'center showed 1 . J, "r the McArthur Court mob his Has 1Ut Record ricochet stuff "lay-out" but he also showed 'em he has an acute habit of putting the ball through the hoop, a premise upon which this bouncing ball game is predicated. While Eugene displayed well-balanced firepower in shattering the tournament shooting percentage mark with 97 baskets in 202 attempts for .480, Moran set individual game and tourney per centage records as the obvious leader. He made 10 of 12 for .833 against Albany and finished his 4 games with 39 of 54 for .722 as he tallied 104 points for individual scoring honors. The other 2 game marks involving Eugene were highest score and highest total in the finals, when the Axemen walloped Mcd ford, 72-56. A crowd record was set every time Eugene played and 3 times the Axemen triumphed before the largest throng ever to attend a slate tourney session In Oregon. The first all-time mark tum bled early Wednesday morning when 8,434 watched Kuchera's lads upset Milwaukic. Previous high was the turnout of 8,285 for last year's finals. Again it was the largest crowd of all time when 9,141 saw Eugene trample Central Catholic in Friday night's semifinals. While several hundred were turned away despite the addition of balconies this year, 11,092 made like sardines for the finals. Total attendance for the 28 games in 5 days was 77,282, compared to last year's previous record of 69,539. Rebound and frrothrnws were involved in the other 5 marks established during the 1955 show. Baker's 202 rebounds arc tops for complete tnurnnment, while Milwaukic holds the mark for a single game with 65 against Dallas. In frcethrows, North Bend's Will Reeve attempted 17 in 1 game to tie a total held by 3 others, missed 12 of those for a record all his own, and missing 18 dur ing the tourney to equal DcWayne Hoffman's 1054 performance for Dallas. These records and many olhcrs.Jor this tourney and also the all-timo marks, will be included in the booklet prepared by Art Lilchman and (lis great staff of statiticinns. It'll also have plenty of pictures and the whole tournament story when it comes off the press Tuesday night. It's a good thing for 50 cents. If you want one, just send the 4 bits to Tournament Summary, McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. . . You've got your opinion, I've got mine, and . the next guy should have his. And for that reason we developed long ago an intense dislike for all-star teams and polls. So the 16 partici pating coaches name the 5 boys that are the state's finest. As always, several in the group believe that any team in the finals MUST have a player on the all-state team. Art Moyer of the Albany Democrat-Herald took an informal poll of writers and their all-stale club went along with (he coaches' lineup except in one case. While the official quintet included Eugene's Mike Moran and Leighton Tultlc, Milwaukie's Ted Miller for the second year, Cleveland's Dick .lolley, and Mod ford's Larry Copplo. the writers liked Albany's Don Stamps in place of Copple. Moran was the only unanimous choice along press row. . . Some other notes found in various pockets and shoes before a trip to the cleaners: Kuchera's learns have won 75 and lost 12, including a current winning streak of 39 in District 6, during his dozen years at Eugene. . . Oregon's finest basketball team is certain it has the state champion student manager in Dill Reiersgaard, a hard (Continued on I'odc 3 B) Russell Voted MVP Award At Tourney KANSAS CITY -Towering Bill Russell Sunday was voted the most valuable player in the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Assn. tourney. But his teammate on the championship San Francisco squad, K. C. Jones, was pegged a ranking hero. The 6-10 Russell set a new 5- game scoring record of 118 points for the NCAA tourney as he helped carry the Dons, No. 1 ranked in the national Associated Press poll, to a title triumph over defending champion LaSalle 77 63, Saturday night. Russell, scoring 23 points 18 in the first half was voted the mn.t valnahlA nlnvor hv enmn Aft ' press and radio representatives covering the tournament. However, San Francisco Coach Phil Woolpcrt said Jones' "great job of stopping Tom Gola, La Salle's All-America player, with only 6 field goals, was perhaps the deciding factor in our team's great defensive effort." Gola scored 16 points. Jones, 6-1, 202-pound guard, scored 24 points, high production figure in the dethroning of La Sallc's heralded Explorers. Russell said "I played on the greatest team in the world and we defeated the best team we ever played." The all-tournament team, se lected after San Francisco pasted LaSalle and Big Seven champion Colorado beat Big Ten champion Iowa 75-54, included: Russell and Gola, as unanimous choices; Iowa's Carl Cain; Jones; and Colorado's Jim Ranglos. Ken Loeffier, LaSalle coach, said-he was naturally disappoint ed in his team's play, but that "We definitely lost to the better team." San Francisco, rolling to its 25th straight victory, finished its season with a 28-1 record. The lone Don loss was a 47-40 setback by UCLA in San Francis co's third game. Just 2 games later San Francisco whipped the Uclans 56-44. HOME RUN POWER Braves Nip Cards On Adcock Homer ' By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' While everyone is talking about the Cincinnati Reds' murders row, the Milwaukee Braves are quietly going about forming a real muscle machine of their own. Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock and newcomer Hank Aaron will strike terror into many a pitchers' heart before the season is over. In fact, clubs that must meet the Redlegs and Braves in successive series will have their work cut out for them. Both the Braves and Kedlegs chalked up exhibition conquests Sunday via the sudden-death route in the fashion of the old1 The Braves won their third in; Lesser, Smith n rniv hv Krisinff the St. Louis Car dinals 5-4. Adcock broke it upD0,L I7jT-iale with a home run over the IeftlXeaCIl 1 UlcUo field fence in the eighth inning Kraus Medalist In ECC Calcutta Steve Kraus, shooting 77-70 67, captured medalist honors in the annual spring-handicap "Cal cutta" golf tournament that closed qualifying rounds at the Eugene Country Club Sunday. The tourney gets under way Friday, following the. announce ment of pairings at the regular Calcutta stag tourney and dinner Thursday. Players will be al lowed 85 per cent of the differ ence in handicaps as the strokes fall on the card. Tied for runnerup medalist honors were Herb Nill, 84-1668, and Lloyd Mattisnn, 72-4 68. John Northam, 85-16 70, and Ted Wood, 77-770, were next in line and will be among the favor ites for the championship won last year by Hilding Norberg. Before that Aaron slapped one over the same wall with a runner aboard. HOMERS BREAK TIE The Chicago White Sox got a taste of the raw power generated by . the Redlegs. With the score tied in the ninth, tne Keaiegs came up with four runs to break it wide open. Wally Post hit two home runs for Birdie Tcbbetts' club, while Ted Kluszewski and Gus Bell delivered run-scoring hits in the big ninth. The Boston Red Sox continued to get good pitching this time from big Frank Sullivan, the bell wether of the staff last year as PINEHURST, N. C. W Wiffi Smith, 18-year-old LaCanada, Calif, redhead, birdied the first four holes of the back njne Sun day to trounce National Amateur champion Barbara Romack 6 and 5 to gain the finals of the North and South Amateur Golf Tournament. Wiffie will meet Pat Lesser of Seattle, 2 and 1 winner over Mary Ann Downey, in Monday's 18-hole finals. Wiffie, sharpest shooter in the field since match play began Thursday, finished with four threes in the last five holes for some of the finest golf in the sophomore. The Sox polished off history of this 53-year-old event. tne Detroit ngcrs ju-j, wun auiu- van hurling five innings and giv ing up just one hit. He has not permitted an earned run in 11 innings on the mound this spring. HOMER BY RHODES It was like old times in Los An geles, where the New York Giants continued their mastery over the Cleveland Indians 7-3 Miss Lesser, former intercol legiate champion who is a Seat tle University senior, had the better putter in her match with Mary Ann Downey of Baltimore. Pat parred the first hole and birdied the fourth from 12 feet away to go two up, but Mary Ann got even by parring the sixth as Pat was trapped and Dusty Rhodes poled a pinch home Lining a 20-footer for a birdie run with one on off Mike Garcia a five-run seventh inning. The New York Yankees and Brookly Dodgers, who appear to be trying to set a record for over time exhibitions, played their second extra-inning game in less than 24 hours. The Brooks won this one 9-8 in 10 innings. Rookie Dodger shortstop Chico Fernan dez got three hits, including a double in the 10th. He then scored the winning run on a single by Sandy Amoror. The Pittsburgh Pirates clipped Pedro Ramos, a Cuban right hander, for two runs in the 13th to outlast the Washington Sena tors 4-2. Kansas City A's edged Baltimore 3-2. on eight. Each was out in 39, Mary Ann's best front nine of the tournament. Pat quickly took charge, win ning 10, 12 and 13, two with birdies. On the long 10th she needed only a two-footer and on 13 a seven-footer. A par gave her the 12th as Mary Ann was trapped. The Baltimore girl three putted 11 to lose a chance to draw even. Pat was even par on the back nine, finishing two over tor ii holes. Padres 10, Stars 8 SAN DIEGO, c'alif. ( San Diego beat Hollywood 10-8 to sweep a three-game Pacific Coast League exhibition series, after pitcher Bill Thomason's timely single for two runs brought the home team from behind in the sixth iniung Sunday. Salem to Host Pro7 Grid Squad NEW YORK Ml The New York Giants professional football squad will train at Salem, Ore again this summer, it was an nounced here Monday. Bob Dailcy, publicity director, said the Giants will begin train ing on the Willamette University campus July 25. The practice session will last about six weeks. Exhibition games have been scheduled against the Green Bay Packers in Spokane Aug. 14, in Seattle against the San Francisco 49ers Aug. 21, and in Portland's Multnomah stadium Aug. 28 against the Los Angeles Rams. Hebert Edged By Middlecoff In Pro Open ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Wl Jay Hebert, the handsome Louis iana pro who says "it takes guts and a good grip" to be a winning golfer, learned from veteran Cary Middlecoff in the St. Petersburg Open Sunday that it also takes something else tournament nerves and experience. . Middlecoff calmly worked his way from a five-stroke deficit to a two-stroke victory over Hebert and $2,200 first prize. Middlecoff, the Memphis den tist who now plays out of Kia- mesha Lake, N.Y.. posted a 5 under-par 67 for a 72-hole total of 274. Hebert, who registers out of Woodmere, N.Y., took 74 for 276. Another veteran of the golf trail, Art Wall Jr., Focono Manor Pa., made a great stretch drive. shooting the day's best round of 60 zoom up from 11th place into third with 277. -The 32-year-old Hebert, who" had both the good grip and guts, held a three-stroke lead going into the final period. But Sunday Hebert was edgy nd uncertain. Middlecoff was cool and methodical. The Louisiana golfer, who plans only a few of the winter tourna ments, missed a two-foot putt on the first hole. He booted five more putts of less than three feet. ' By the 10th Middlecoff had caught up with him. At the 15th hole, Middlecoff went ahead with a par 4 when Hebert missed a short putt for a bogey. Middlecoff dropped in a 30-foot putt on the 18th for the winning two-stroke margin. Finishing in a tie for fourth were Billy Maxwell.-Odessa, Tex., and Ed Furgol, St. Louis, with 178s. They collected $910 each. Leo Biagctti, Sandusky, Ohio, and John Barnum, Grand Rapids, Mich., were next with 179s and checks for $690. Julius Boros, Mid Fines, N.C., Bo Wininger, Oklohama City, and Mike Souchak rounded out the top 10 with 280 cards and $493 each. - Red Wings Blank Montreal 6-0 DETROIT (!H The Detroit Red Wings turned hockey's "Game of the Year" into an avalanche of goals Sunday night to trounce the Montreal Canadiens o-u, ana clinch their seventh straight Na tional Hockey League championship. A capacity crowd ot 13,383 saw the game. i A corps of 70 policemen more i than twice the usual number was sprinkled throughout the stands to prevent a repetition of last Thursday s ugly riot in Mon treal Forum.. Despite the presnce of the men in blue, the crowd had some fun, but all of it was harmless. In the second period a live baby octupus was tossed onto the ice; someone else set off a string, of firecrackers. It was small solace to the Can adiens but ithey left the ice with one honor.. Bernie Geoffrion fin ished as the league's scoring champion with 75 points, one more than teammate Maurice "Rocket" Richard, whose suspen sion last week touched off one of the most heated controversies the game has ever known. Richard was not with his team as it suffered its most humiliat ing defeat of the season. FAIRBANKS MORSE NEW i REBUILT MAGNETOS CLARK BATTERY & ELECTRIC CO. 1641 W. 6th Ave. Ph. 4-3319 Imported Fishing Tackle Hardr Reeli, Lines, Leaden We Give S & H Green Sumps Plenty of Free Parkins DANNER SPORT. GOODS 15th it Willamette Phone 4-8174 F ENNELL'S for MEN'S FORMAL WEAR RENT or BUY 860 East 13th New Home oi OLDSMOBILE-CADILLAC 13th and Oak Phone 5-3321 REGISTER-GUARD WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Rainiers Post 5-1 Win Over Solons YUMA, Ariz. 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