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Newspaper Page TextEUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Tuesday, Mar. 33. 1962 Page 3B ,.1.V...-M..-, - r.. r fc ( n . .( r . ( I Ig easant Hill, Coquille Vie Tonight B .CK HALL RegftferGuard Correspondent COOS BAY (Spec Un pleasant .Hill meets Coquille and Madras goes against Eagle Point tonight in the semifinals of the Class A-2 basketball tournament. Defending champion Mad- ras opened the tourney with a 65-59 win over scrappy Hood River Monday afternoon. Ea gle Point followed with a 57 43 victory over Mapleton. In the evening session, Pleasant Hill's speed and re bounding were good enough for a 63-42 drubbing of Nes tucca and Coquille got into the round of four in a last ' second 48-46 win over Serra Catholic of Salem. An estimated 2,000 specta tors a record watched the afternoon session, while over 3.500 fans jammed into the Marshfield High School gym for the evening action. Hood River and Mapleton met in the first of Tuesday's two consolation games with Serra Catholic taking on Nes tucca in the second. The semifinals opens to night with the Eagle Point Madras fray and with the two teams evenly matched in height. Madras' double-barrelled scoring duo of Gerry Gailbraith and sophomore Predicting a winner in the Pleasant Hill-Coquille contest presents more of a problem. The game could be decided by Pleasant Hill's speed and its willingness to use It. Both clubs have good rebounding power. Coquille's George Stonecypher and Ron Stein with 19 and 15 rebounds, re spectively, will pit their skills against those of Pleasant Hill's Don Moran, who had 13 cap tures and 6 foot 8 Charlie Roberts, who had 11 in Mon day's gains. If the two teams are evenly matched in backboard power tonight, look for Pleasant Hill's speed to provide the edge. mine Clements could give the White Buffaloes the edge iniimiiii m ikOsisisyr ' 'ijnt inrair im t -ifrTtuwrnfT-Kii , rnr iTsTssriiwaiiaiTivii i in Mapleton Falls to Eagle Point, 57-43 mM IF! Long Reach Tourney Opens Tonight South The sportswriters and sports casters have tabbed South Sa lem as the favorite as the 44th annual state A-l basketball tour nament openi tonight at Mc Arthur Court. South Salem, top-ranked team In the final regular season polls, Prep Highlights mimmmmmmmmmmmimitif Billies Quiet Following Win By PAUL HARVEY III Of the Register-Guard COOS BAY (Special) It was 8 morgue-like Pleasant Hill dressing room no victory cheers and an apology from the coach. Yet the Billies had just whipped Nestucca 63-42 in the opening round of the state A-2 basketball tournament. To Bruce Bradshaw and Charlie Roberts from coach Jack Walton: "Forget tonight and get ready for tomorrow night." Then the Billies face Coquille in what may well be the game that de cides the 1962 champion. "I hope this was our bad night," said Walton whose 1961 club virtually the same as this year's highly rated team lost two straight in this same tourna ment. Bradshaw was far from his best. The junior scoring star spent the day in bed with what apparently was the flu. Walton used him only when needed. "We just didn't look like the name club," the Billie coach said in comparing the perform ance with the regular season 14 straight to finish off the leason with a 16-2 mark. Only two members of the first unit drew praise from Walton forward Don Moran and guard Jerry Franklin. Franklin fin ished with 25 points and Moran, who scored six points, picked nff 15 rebounds nearly half the Billie total of 37. It was a different story with the second unit as far as Wal ton was concerned. "They came In their and played ball," he said. Jon Jones was the spear head of that unit, finishing with 11 points. It was violations that shook Walton. "We lost 13 points on violations." he said. "Think of that." They ranged from foul line violations to too long in the key. The key to the Billie victory actually was the fast break that helped them produce an aver age of 7tf.9 points game best in the sUte during the regular leason. "And we can do that the whole game,'" said Walton. The shoe was on the other foot as far as the running game for Maplcton which Nestucca's Dennis Yocom (23) and Pleasant Hill's Charlie Roberts (31) reach high for a rebound in their first-round game of the state A-2 basketball tournament at Coos Bay Monday night. Pleasant Hill's Don Moran (45) looks ready in case the ball slips free. Pleasant Hill won the game 62-42 to gain tonight semifinals against Coquille. Salem A-l Pick got tht nod in an Associated Press poll picking how the 44th classic will wind up. The No. 2 team in the final polls Cleveland of Portland was not rated among the top five. Instead, it was North Eugene, dropped a 57-43 decision to top ranked Eagle Point. "They killed us with that fast break," said Mapleton coach Gordon Carrigan. "And we pre pared for that. We just didn't hustle in the first half." Carrigan said it was "five on two" as Eagle Point raced down the floor. "They just ran us out of the gym." The bright spot in the Maple ton effort was reserve John Ad dleman, who came in and scored nine points. "I wish I had put him in sooner," remarked Car rigan. k Dale Bates, the ex-Creswell athlete now coaching Eagle Point, said his team now 23-1 played good ball in the first half. "Then we were ragged in the second." Eagle Point had a 41-23 edge on the backboards against a team that, during the regular season, had dominated the back boards. Only once against Illi nois Valley was Eagle Point outrcbounded. k Notes from the tournament: The tournament was a finan cial success before it even start ed. More than 800 season re served seats were sold in ad vance and only 50 reserved seats remain. It was the best ticket sale ever. . . Joe Piedmont, the all-slater a year ago on the champion Mad ras team, is recovering from a boating mishap that almost cost him his arm. He underwent surgery again several weeks ago. . .- Lew Whipple, a starter on the Eagle Point team, turned out for basketball for the first time this year. He's a senior, too. . . In the early stages of the Pleasant Hill-Nestucca game, a rousing ovation suddenly began when nothing was happening on the floor. It was the Coquille team making an appearance. . . Jim Norwood, the Maplcton center, played very little. Car rigan said Norwood asked to be removed from the game. . . A seldom seen call was costly to Serra in the final moments of Coquille's 48-46 win over the Salem crew. Serra was stalling, one of the guards dribbling the ball near mid-court. He didn't get back into the scoring zone in the alloted five seconds and jump ball was called. defending champion Klamath Falls, Marshfield and Milwaukie in that order behind South Sa lem. Last year the tournament poll picked three of the top five places and the previous year it was the first three. But the consensus this year is that it will be a wide open tournament. No less than a half dozen teams are given a chance to take home the crown. Klamath Falls is given a chance to re peat while South Salem, North Eugene, Marshfield, Cleveland and Milwaukie get strong back ing. It's the North Eugene team many say could be the surprise of the tournament. Ranked eighth in the final Associated Press poll, the High- A-l Tournament TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE Championship First Round Corvallls-Molalla. 7:30 p.m. Grant-Astoria, 8:45 p.m. WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE Championship First Round Grants Pass-Baker, 9 a.m. McMlnnvlUe-North Eugene, 10:15 l.m. South Salem-Sandy, 1:45 p.m. Cleveland-Mllwaukle, 3 p.m. Klamath Falls-Hermlston, 7:30 p.m. Newberg-Marshfield, 8:45 p.m. landers were the 16th and last team to qualify. They had to win a two-game playoff over South Eugene and Roseburg. But the pressure of the play off the the weaker bracket may give the Highlanders a big boost in their first tournament appearance. Of the six teams mentioned most often as a title threat, North Eugene is the lone team in the upper bracket. Corvallis and Molalla kick off the tournament tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Grant, third place winner a year ago, taking to the court again Astoria at 8:45 p.m. Then it's six games Wednes day in the wind-up of the open ing round. Morning games send Grants Pass against Baker at 9 a.m. and North Eugene against McMinnville at 10:15 a.m. Tournament officials are pre dicting record crowds for the five-day classic. More than 81, 000 a new record watched the 1961 tournament. College Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Missouri Valley Playoff Cincinnati 61. Bradley 4 NCAA Regional Playoffs First round Eastern at Philadelphia NYU 70, Massachusetts 50 Vlllanova 0, West Virginia 75 Wake Forest 92, Yale 82 loti Mideast at Lexinaton.aKy. Butler 56, Bowling Green 55 Western Kv. 90, Detroit 81 Midwest at Dallas Crelghton 87, Memphis State 83 Texas Tech 68, Air Force 66 NAIA at Kansas City First round Savannah 84. Pacific Lutheran 75 Fight Results Bt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Antonio Marctlla 148, Chicago, outpointed Vftce Sho mo. H?'i. New York, 10. SAN FRANCISCO Mike Galo. 119, ban Francisco, knocked out Wll Ue Kee. 119. Reno. Nev., 1. TOKYO Teruo Kosaka. 1344, J a pan, outpointed Kenzo Shtmamura, l.tj',, japan, 10. Billies By JACK HALL Register-Guard Correspondent COOS BAY (Special) Pleas ant Hill's on again, off again but nevertheless effective fast break carried it to a 63-42 vic tory over a game, but out manned Nestucca. Led by Jerry Franklin's 25 point performance high thus far in the tournament the Billies got their points in chunks often enough to have a safe margin at the end of the third quarter. But Pleasant Hill coach Jack Walton while not satisfied with the efforts of his starting five, was optimistic. "We'll be on tomorrow (Tues day) night, though." Then, re flecting, he added, "We'd bet ter be." Although Nestucca occasion ally made threatening moves at the Billies, it never could cope successfully with the Emerald League champions' blazing fast break. And the man who was usu ally down the floor taking his teammates swift, accurate passes was Franklin. Pleasant Hill trailed 3-2 with two minutes gone in the game, but then broke loose for 12 points, while Nestucca's Bobcats could manage only Wayne Han cock's gift toss. A seven-point flurry by the Bobcats in the final minute of the quarter brought them within three points at the stop, 14-11. The Billies answered that surge with one of their own mostly off the fast break to open up a 23-11 gap halfway through the second frame. Nes tucca's seven points in the per iod all came in the final four minutes to make it 25-18 at the half. After the Intermission, Nes tucca climbed to within five points of the Billies at 29-24 be fore Pleasant Hill unleashed its running game again for 11 points and a substantial lead with a quarter left. With four minutes to go in the game and a 50-33 lead Wal ton sent the reserves in. The Billie subs continued to pour points through the hoop to com plete the rout. Eagle Point, 57-43 "They just ran us out of the gym." These were the words of Mapleton coach Gordon Carri Tourney Debut Wednesday North Guest at Oregon Club The North Eugene High landers, making their state A-l tournament debut against Mc Minnville Wednesday morning, were honored by the Oregon Club at the Eugene Hotel Mon day noon. , Coach Mel Krause of the Highlanders said that his squad was not tournament-wise, but should be used to crowds after paying three games at Mc Arthur Court this season. He said that his team had shown steady improvement during the season and hopes the present winning momentum will con tinue. Krause said he feels that the success of the team has not only been the result of fine team play, but a sound admin istration and the cooperation of the faculty and the student body. Eleven members of the var sity squad, managers, statisti cian and assistant coach Cece Hodges were introduced by Krause. One player, Ron John son, starting guard, was missing. He is confined with blood poi soning but is expected to he ready for action by Wednesday. Ray Hcndrickson, North Eu gene principal, said he was happy and proud of the players and coaches. He also mentioned that Eugene was the best place in the state for hosting the state tournament because of the ideal atmosphere in Eugene. Mike R a i 1 e y, tournament chairman for the Active Club, told about his club's responsi- 'Whole-of-a-deol' DUNHAM'S Belt N estucca Five, gan commenting on his team's 57-43 loss to Eagle Point. And that was about it. "A good defense will do it," Carrigan had said before the game, but the Sailors' defense didn't jell until after the half and by then Mapleton faced an IB-point deficit. Eagle Point's fast break set up by its almost complete con trol of the backboards paid off in points time after time. - Mapleton s board game was hurt seriously when illness hampered Jim Norwood. The 6- Jump Shot bilitics in the tournament dur ing the 16 times Eugene has been host. He said that the en tire membership is required to work on the tournament and the cooperation with local busi ness and professional people in Eugene has been important in the success. Ed Ryan, assistant secretary of the Oregon School Activities Assn. (OSAA), said that the work of the OSAA is very little because of the organizational work here and the coordinating work done by Norv Ritchcy, University of Oregon adminis trative assistant. Don Kirsch, before telling the Club members about his base ball program, made a report on the final Oregon-OSU games for Steve Belko, who was in Coos Bay to watch the state A-2 tournament. He said that, while Charlie Warren had a frustrat ing experience in Friday's game because of the fine defensive work done by the Beavers, he came back with a good per formance Saturday. He men tioned Joii..ny Mack, in par ticular, for having played well 1355 OAK ST. foot-4 center sat out the entire second half, but his services were missed mostly in the first half while Eagle Point was constructing a big halftime lead. Lew Whipple's seven points in the first frame and eight point performances by Steve Geren and Charles Pomeroy in the second quarter paced the Eagles to a 36-18 bulge at inter mission. Mapleton fared belter in the second half, outscoring Eagle Point 25-21. Even so, the Sail- m 1 Pleasant Hill's Mike Hill (11) runs, jumps and shoots all at once in the Billies' first-round A-2 tournament basketball game against Nestucca at Coos Bay Monday night. Attempting to block the shot is Nestucca's Tom Patterson (43). Pleasant Hill won the game 63-42. in both games. "They tried hard and did the best they could," Kirsch said. "As an alumnus of the Uni versity of Oregon, I hope we don't lose Steve Belko," Kirsch said, "and there is no doubt in my mind that we have a fine basketball coach at the Uni versity of Oregon." He pointed out that Belko has had two Na tional Collegiate Athletic Assn. (NCAA) teams at Oregon and predicted he will have more. Kirsch feels that Oregon will have a good baseball team, de pending on how six sophomore pitchers develop. He named two experienced pitchers and a solid infield and outfield. Said he be lieves there will be good team speed but may be lacking a bit in hitting. "But we will have an interesting team," Kirsch said. He mentioned that, while the squad is in good physical con dtion, the Wcbfoots have had little or no opportunity for out side work. Oregon plays the first of four games against Arizona at Tucson next Monday and will play one other game at San Diego before returning home. 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Hill 1-H 1-3 J 0 Krankiln 919 7-9 2 5 25 Roberta 1-8 0-1 2 11 2 Hammltt 1-5 0-0 0 0 S Moran 2-12 2-5 4 13 6 Ivcv 0-3 00 1 0 0 D. Hill 2-12 0-0 T J 4 Jones 5-10 1-2 4 2 11 Wlllton 1-4 2-3 114 Bradshaw 3-8 0-2 4 1 Total 25-79 13-25 20 37 63 Nestucca (42) ra FT PF RB TP Patterson 0-3 0-0 13 0 Porter 4-12 4-5 a 7 12 Hancock 2-7 7-8 5 4 11 Yocom 0-4 1-4 4 8 1 Walts 1-8 3-5 13 5 Denson 0-3 0-0 10 0 Lylsoll 0-3 2-3 112 Gaim 0-3 0-110 0 Kuff a-5 3-4 2 1 9 Parka 1-4 0-0 0 0 2 Totals 11-54 20-30 18 27 42 Pleasant Hill Nesucca ... 14 11 15 23 S3 ... 11 7 7 1742 Mapleton (43) Gould Tlmpe Norwood Dunn . ... Doggett ra 2-6 2-11 1- 8 2- 11 7-14 1-3 0-5 4-7 0-1 . 0-2 FT PK RH TP 0-3,3 9 Long -- Hess Addleman Kllfoy Bear . Totals 19-68 8-18 15 23 43 Bugle Point (57) FG ' FT PK RB Tl Wilson 2-9 3-3 4 10 Geron - 9-21 2-2 2 3 20 Whipple 310 5-7 1 9 11 Dusenberry 3-6 0-0 3 2 Pomeroy 5-16 3-5 0 8 Hudson 0-0 0-0 10 Meyer 0-0 00 1 2 0 Hoefft 0-3 0-0 15 0 Llnder 0-3 0-2 3 0 0 Charters 00 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 22-70 13-19 16 41 57 Mapleton 7 11 13 124.1 Eagle Point 16 20 IS 867 Serra (46) FO FT rr RB TP Alley 3-9 2-3 6 2 8 Neuberfer 2 10 33 2 5 7 P. KOIU 1-7 1-2 1 6 S M. Kolb 8-17 0-0 2 12 Strobel 3-8 0-113 8 Wilson 3-3 0-0 1 2 8 P. Schrelner 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 S Schrelner 2-7 0-116 4 Yeaser 0-0 04 0 0 0 bpplnf 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 20-61 6-10 1 32 48 Coquille (48) Mlddleton FG FT PF RB TP 1-7 i-a i Stein . ..J 8-20 1-2 13 17 19 15 Stonecypher 6-15 3-5 Sisk 4-12 2-3 Sllely 0-0 0-0 Dickey 0-0 0-0 E. Leatherwood . 1-3 1-2 Cullem 0-0 0-0 Ivarle 0-6 0-1 T. Leatherwood . 0-0 0-0 Totals 20-63 8-15 9 46 48 Serra 17 14 10 546 Coquille 12 13 9 1448 Madras (85) FG FT PF RB TP Gailbraith 10-27 3-4 3 15 23 Clark 0-5 0-0 3 2 0 Stewart O-O 4-7 2 12 4 Stevenson 2-7 1-2 12 6 Smith 410 1-1 5 2 9 Clements . . 8-17 2-2 1 4 18 West 1-2 00 1 3 2 Harris 1-1 0-0 0 3 2 Ellison 1-3 0-0 2 1 2 Totals 27-78 11-16 18 45 65 Hood River (59) FO FT PF . B TP Jernstcdt 4-10 3-4 1 8 11 Caddy 5-10 3-4 2 R 13 Flint 2-8 0-1 3 4 4 Smith 8-18 1-2 4 0 13 Kerr 312 6-12 1 6 12 Jubltl 2-2 2-2 0 0 6 Totals 12-60 15-25 11 26 59 Madras 13 18 19 15-6.1 Hood River 16 19 9 1559 RENT A I TRUCK by the -3 WEEK HERTiy DAY or HOUR 495 W. 7th Dl 5-0523 IN SPRINGFIELD Bert's Enco Service Center 175 S llth St. Rl 6-6621 63 -42 quille a up-hill 48-46 win over Serra Catholic. "We planned to have him shoot it," said coach Paul Greig. "I couldn't believe it," said young Mr. Stein. And Coquille got four clutch points by Mike Sisk in the final flurry that tied the game and set up Stein's game-winning field goal. Serra Catholic grabbed the lead midway in the first period and clung tenaciously to it althoungh tied twice until Stein's basket sent it into the consolation round. Serra Catholic leading 46-42 with 2:33 to go went into a stall. However, a jump ball was called when the Sabers' Wayne Neu berger could not escape from the guard of Coquille's Sisk in the required five seconds. Coquille controlled the jump and called time to avoid bring ing the ball down court against the Sabers pressing defense. Then Sisk tapped in a re bound to bring Coquille within two points at 46-44. It was Sisk playing the role of the hero again as he con verted a pair of one-shot gift A-2 Tournament MONDAY'S RESULTS Championship First Round Madraa 65, Hood River 59 Eagle Point 57, Mapleton 43 Pleasant Hill 63, Nestucca 42 Coquille 48, Serra 46 TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE Consolation Semifinals Hood River Maplcton, 2 p.m. Nestucca-Serra, 3:45 p.m. Championship Semifinals Madraa-Eagle Point, 7:30 p.m. Pleasant HlU-Coqullle, 8:45 p.m. tosses, the second coming with only 37 seconds to play, and the score was knotted at 46-all. With 20 seconds to go Henry Middleton intercepted an errant Serra Catholic pass and again Coquille called time. Nineteen seconds later Stein's basket sewed it up. Madras, 65-59 Madras opened the 1962 Class A-2 Basketball Tournament with a 65-59 win over the Hood River Dragons. The big difference in the con test was an 11 point spree by Madras' Gerry Gailbraith mid way through the third period. Before Gailbraiths scoring outburst, Madras trailed 37-35. When it ended, the White Buf faloes held a 48-37 margin and although Hood River threatened in the final period, the Blue Dragons could never quite catch up. Hood Rivers Dennis Smith collected eight points in the fourth quarter to keep the Dragons hopes alive, but three - long jump shots by Madras' Mike Clements kept the Buffa loes just out of reach until the final minute when they salted the game on the free throw line. Hood River had taken an 11-4 lead in the first quarter after a brief Madras lead, but the Buaf- faloea managed to gain a 24-23 lead in the second frame on. Clements' field goal. Hood River stormed back on the shooting of Ken Jerstedt and Dave Jubitz to move into a 35-31 halftime edge. Check, adjust & test brakes Repack front wheel bearings Check and align front end k Adjust steering ALL THIS j FOR ONLY' 195 PAY AS YOU BIDE GOODYEAR SERVICE STORES 7th & Charnelton Dl 3-2501 (J'XON THIS 1 PCSMtCOODA'iTAII