Page 2D EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Thuri.. Mar, II, 1968
Elmira Falls in Consolation Final, 59-53
Central Trims
Br DICK LEUTZINGER
Of the Beclater-Guard
COOS BAY (Special) For
the eighth time in as many
yean, the tUte hai a different
A2 high school basketball
champion.
And, fittingly, it's the team
with the best record this time,
even though Central Union was
rated only fourth best in the
polls at the end of the regular
leason.
Top-ranked Henley, which
came to the tourney with a 23-0
record, and third-rated Elmira
were also-rans in the tourna
ment matching the champions
of the state's eight districts.
Central had to win its title
the hard way by going over
5
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Pavilion Only Part of Complex
By DICK STRITE
Register-Guard sporta Editor
, LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Oregon State University
' ' Beavers, who meet No, 1 nationally-ranked and champion
University of Cincinnati Bearcats Friday night, today had their
- first look at Freedom Hall, the 18,000-seat basketball pavillion
, that is only part of an extensive complex owned and operated
- by the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. , . .
The complex, covering 357 acres, includes a stadium, golf
' ' course and automobile speedway in addition to exposition
buildings, motel and a number of restaurants. , . . This two
' day National Collegiate Athletic Assn. (NCAA) finale will be
operated by the NCAA by NCAA executive secretary Walter
Byers, assistant director Wayne Duke, and the NCAA basket
ball tournament committee headed by Bcrnio A. Shivelu of
the University of Kentucky. . . . Forrest Twogood, USC bas
ketball coach, and Pete Newell, former coach of the NCAA
' champion California Bears (1959) and now Cat athletic dl-
- rector, are among the six committeemen. ...
This is tho fourth time the NCAA finals have been held
' here in 1958 when Kentucky defeated Seattle 84-72, in 1959
when California defeated West Virginia 71-70, and last year
when Cincinnati defeated Ohio State 71-59. , . . Misisng from
' the Bearcat lineup will bo Paul Hogue, who outscored three
time All-American Ohio State center Jerry Lucas (22 to 11),
. who was voted the most outstanding player in the tournament
' and received an ovation from the 18,469 spectators in attend
. ance. ...
Even without Hogue tho Bearcats are rated the favorites
. . and moved into the semifinal round with the most Impressive
win-loss record, but not with the longest string of consecutive
".'.triumphs. . . . Cincinnati is 25-1 on the season, but had a 37
game winning record broken by Wichita 65-84 only seven
games ago. . . . The last previous loss was 70-68 in an over
: time Bradley in the 13th game of last season. . . .
; -fa With the longest victory march among the four
aemiflnallsts are the Duke Blue Devils who have won 20
- In a row after losing to Davidson and Miami of Florida in the
,; seventh and eighth games of the season. . . . Duke has a 26 2
- record. . . . Willi a better win-loss record (27-2) are the Loyola
of Chicago Ramblers who were beaten by Bowling Green and
Wichita during the last eight games of the season. , . ,
Oregon State's Beavers are the outcasts and will be un
derdogs in both Friday or Saturday games, regardless of the
opposition. . . . The Beavers arc working on a seven-game win
i ning record, but have lost seven while winning 22. . , . But
the only team the Beavers Inst to and didn't have a chance
for revenge was to West Virginia in the Kentucky Tourna
ment when Terry Baker played his first game of the sea
son. . . . OSU split with USC, Stanford, California and Port
land, and took a 3 1 margin against arch-rival Oregon.
Oregon State was the only team that "fooled" the rating ex
perts, being ranked 14th by the UPI. . . . Cincinnati was ranked
first and Duke second by both the AP and UPI, Loyola third
by the AP and fourth by the IT1. , . . Besides upsetting fourth
and third-ranked Arizona State, OSU eliminated 19th-ranked
Seattle. ...
Others among the top ten or eleven by the two newi serv
ices were eliminated in this manner: Wichita in the conference
" race, Mississippi State by Loyola, Ohio Stale in the conference
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time against upstart Coquille
in a title game which had nine
ties and 10 changes of lead.
The Panthers, finishing the sea
son with a 24-1 record, finally
prevailed, 64-62.
Henley (24-2) and Elmira
(24-4), the pre-tourney favorites,
finished fifth and sixth respec
tively. No. 2-ranked Pleasant
Hill, the defending champion,
lost out on a chance to defend
its title by losing a best-of-three
playoff to Elmira for the Em
erald League crown.
Central, 64-62
A three-point play by Gary
Neal with 27 seconds left in the
overtime period brought Central
from one point behind to give
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Freedom Hall: Only Part of Extensive Complex
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Coquille, 64-62, for A
it a victory over Coquille and
the state championship.
The Panthers bad been forced
Into the extra three-minute
nerinA urhn f!nauille's S-fOOt-9
junior guard Tom Leatherwood
sank a pair of loui snots just
13 seconds before the end of the
fourth quarter.
Coquille's five little "men of
Iron" nnnx nf them over 6-
feet tall and each of them play
ing all the way in three straight
games except for one one-minute
substitution Wednesday had
nm frnm iy nninls behind in
the last 4'i minutes to tie the
game for the mntn time.
Lcatnerwooa ana ixeai, wno
warn hnth named to the all-
tournament team, matched each I
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race, Illinois by Loyola, NYU by Duke, Colorado by Cincinnati,
Stanford in a conference playoff to UCLA. . . .
ir In this Silver Anniversary of the tournament we
must mention again that Oregon defeated Ohio State 46-33
at Northwestern University in the 1939 curtain-raiser
Only Oklahoma A It M (State), Kentucky and San Fran
cisco have won two consecutive NCAA titles besides Cincinnati.
Loyola goes into the semifinals with the best offensive
record in the nation (92.9) and Cincinnati the best defensive
record (52.8). . . . Oregon State has the lowest scoring average
among the four entries and is second in defense. . . .
Cincinnati has the largest enrollment among the schools in
the semis (20,500), Duke the smallest (6,100). . . . OSU's Mel
Counts is the tallest at 7 feet and Loyola's John Egan and
Cincy's Larry Shlngleton are the smallest at 5-10.
I've seen two previous championship finals in 1949 when
Kentucky's Alex Groza was the star and Adolph Rupp gave one
of his most atrocious exhibitions as a coach. . . . And in 1952
when Phog Allen's Kansans defeated St. John's and Clyde
"Three Stacks of Wheat" Lovcllette was the star.
if Coach Slats Gill sent his Beavers through a brief
.workout Wednesday night despite a one-hour arrival
delay caused by a crippled plane in San Francisco that neces
sitated having another plane dispatched from San Diego.
The flight time from Salem, including a 45-minute stop in
Denver, was 7V4 hours.
In addition to the writer, seven residents of the Eugene area
on the flight were Mrs. Fred "Daisy" Hills, Mr. and Mrs.
Jasper Hills, Vern Hawn, Bob Hollingsworth and Mr. and Mrs.
Gala Roberts. Greeting the Beaver charter in Denver were the
Roberta' daughter, Lauralee, a junior education major attend
ing Loretto Heights Girls School in Denver, and Cliff Cran
dall, star of the Oregon State team that gained the NCAA
semifinals the only other time in 1949.
Two other Lane county Beaver Boosters among the family
numbering well over 1,000, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gerlach of
Springfield, were scheduled to arrive here on a Thursday
flight that will also bring the OSU pep band and rally squad.
There was only one difficulty on the air trip. Gill was
forced to change the dinner practice schedule to allow for
the three-hour time change one-hour delay. But all were well
ted with tenderloins for lunch and ham for dinner.
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other almost point for point
throughout the game. Leather
wood, who if he can't find an
opening for a shot u sure to
get the ball to someone who
can, finished up with 28 points.
Neal had 24, including Central's
last five of the game.
Coquille took its only quarter-
ending lead when Leatherwood
pumped in a set shot from tne
corner just as the buzzer sound
ed ending the first period.
The 18-16 Coquille lead didn't
last long, however, as Leather
wood missed all eight shots he
took in the second stanza while
Neal was scoring nine points.
That made it 35-31 Central at
the" intermission.
Then Leatherwood regained
mirnoff
WONDER IT'Smie.
SELLING VODKA
his shooting eye, scored 13 of
Coquille s next 17 points, and
the Red Devils were just a
point behind as the fourth quar
ter began. Coquille caught up
four times after that at 49-49,
57-57, 59-59 and the final 61-61
but could never get the lead
until tne overtime.
Coquille connected on over
40 per cent of its shots for the
third game In a row, outshoot-
ing Central .410 to .360, and also
scored eight more points than
tne Panthers on free throws,
But Coquille's lack of height
led to its final downfall. Central,
with 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-3 play
ers in its front line, held a 46-26
rebound advantage and turned
it into an extra 23 shots at the
basket.
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Hartman 3-1J 0-0 0 2 S
Caaa - 1-2 0-0 3 1 2
Neal 10-18 U II 3 24
Hocrauf 4-11 2-1 14 3 10
Wlldfanf S-13 0-1 1 4 12
Peteraon 4-21 3-3 10 I 10
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Snider H 1 4 4 2 11
Shely 1-4 1-3 I 3 3
Melcalf 1-S 0-0 12 4
Letherwd 10-2S S-ll 10 2 28
Wood S-U 4 1 j i(
Kins 0-0 0-0 0 , 0 0
Totals 23-55 IS-24 2 . l7 2
Central . IS 1 14 12 3 4
Coquille - 18 13 17 13 1 S3
North Catholic, 59-53
Basketball season lasted lust
about a week too long as far as
Emerald League champion El
mira is concerned.
The Falcons, third-ranked A-2
team in the state, were an also
ran in the state tournament to
which they came tabbed as the
co-favorite along with top
ranked Henley to ' win the
championship. First, Elmira lost
in overtime to Henley in the
opening round.
Then, after getting past New
port Tuesday, the Falcons lost
again this time after leading
by as much as nine points in the
first quarter to North Catholic
of Portland, 89-53.
The defeat, which leaves El
mira with a 24-4 season record
third best of any A-2 school-
plunged the Falcons into sixth
place in the eight-team tourney.
"Gosh, that's a tough way to
go out," grimaced Elmira coach
Don McCluskey after Wednes
day's loss. "I'd like to play a
few of those clubs again." One
might be North Catholic.
After going ahead right from
the start and leading 15-6 at the
end of the first quarter, Elmira
suffered through what may have
been its worst quarter of bas
ketball all season.
North scored seven points be
fore all -tournament Henry
Drummonds hit on a jump shot
for Elmira. Then North scored
eight more points in a row. By
the end of the quarter, the Roy
als had run up 23 points to El-
GoodingTops
A-2 Scorers
COOS BAY (Special) Kent
Gooding, tallest player In the
State A-2 basketball tourna
ment, edged Henry Drummonds
of Elmira for individual high
scoring honors by virtue of his
26-point effort in . the final
game Wednesday night.
Gooding, who stands 6-foot-7,
scored 67 points, while Drum
monds, held scoreless in the
second half of Elmira's final
game Wednesday, ended up
with 65.
Drummonds, however, was
the tourney leader in free
throws with 19 while Gooding
led in field goals with 27.
FO FT TP
Goodlnf, Hen 27-58 13-24 S7
Drummonda, 1. .....23-47 10-27 65
Leatherwood, Coq. ..24-57 10-14 St
Wlldfang, Cent. 19-48 14-19 S2
Buchholl, El. 17-48 14-27 48
Wood, Coq. 20-41 8-8 48
Hylend, Vale 20-50 8-11 48
Gormen, N. Cith. 14-38 13-21 41
Smith, Vale 14-18 12-18 40
Neal, Cant. 17-40 8-11 40
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WEDNESDAY'S KESt'LTS
ChajBptoaehlp Finale
Central 84, Coquille S3 (ot)
Third Place Fuula
Vale (8, Henley 5
Conaolatlon Finale
North Catholic it, Elmira S3
mira's nine, all of those
Drummonds.
Elmira never got closer than
three points from the - lead
again. And Drummonds, who
had 15 points in the first half
ar,d 65 in the three games he
played, was beld scoreless after
intermission by Jack Petrina of
North Catholic.
"We just were flat today,"
said McCluskey. "No continuity
to our offense, nobody moving.
We never got to moving the
ball ... we got to gunning
from the outside."
Elmira threatened once late
in the game to catch the Royals.
Behind 48-39 going into the fi
nal period, the Falcons moved
within four points of a tie with
a little less than two minutes to
be played. Then North got four
quick points to settle the issue.
The Falcons clayed the last
five minutes without forward
Dave Mooers, who suffered an
ankle sprain in a melee under
North's basket, and the last 2H
without guard Tom Tanner, who
fouled out.
n. cith. ss) fr
Gorman ... 4-11
Adams .... 2-8
Pllaka 3.7
ft rb .pf tp
M 18 4 13
2-5 4 2 6
1-4 5 5 7
14 10 3 16
1-3 2 0 1
0-0 0 0 0
54 1 4 15
1- 4 2 1 1
17-33 32 iT 19
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1-2 4 7
10 4
4- 1 S 12
5-8 11 4 15
1- 2 0 0 1
2- 2 2 5 4
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2-3 7 3 10
13-21 36 21 53
Petrina ..... 7-14
Wanner ... 0-3
Neaphen ., 0-1
Buamman .. 5-15
Campbell .. 0-9
Totals 31-85
Elmira. (33) fr
Mooers 8-8
Sylveater .. 3-3
Carver .... 0-1
Tanner 1-5 .
stackhouae 04
Balley 4-11
Totals 10-50
Elmira : is 9 is 1453
North Catholic, t 23 17 1359
Vale, 68-59
Suiurilinz Vale sneaked nasi
Henley early in the second half
and then ran awnv with tho
game for a 68-59 win and third
piace in tne tournament.
A 10-time loser before
Wednesday' s game, Vale
unoch-ea some of the glitter off
Henlev's record of hrina the
state's No.l-ranked A-2 team by
dumping the Hornets into fifth
place. Henley had a 23-0 record
prior to the tourney but also
lost to Coquille.
Vale outshot Henley from the
floor. .430 to .3fiR. with Mnl H.
land, Ted Evens and Rod Smith
an scoring in double figures.
Vil.n taa .. . -
Long, Smith, Evans 20, Wilcox 4,
HENLEY (50) Allbrltton 12, Bey
mar 10. Gnorilnv 9 nallln i
8, Sanders 2.
vale is 13 2J igg
Henley 17 12 n jj59
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Bucks Blank
Seattle by 2-0
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
There were winners and los
ers but that's all that was de
cisive in Wednesday night's
Western Hockey League action..
And with nine more days left in
the regular season, final stand
ings in both divisions still are
up for grabs.
Portland beat Seattle 2-0 and
Edmonton whipped Vancouver
11-4 to leave the losers tied for
first in the Northern Division.
Spokane downed Calgary 4-1,
which left Edmonton and Cal
gary sharing third.
Los Angeles edged San Fran
cisco 2-1 and the loss, coupled
with Portland's victory left the
Bay City skaters seven points
behind the Oregonians In the
battle for the Southern Division
crown. San Francisco has six
games left and Portland four so
the Seals could make up the
deficit, providing Portland stum
bles. The Edmonton Flyers, with
outstanding help from goalie
Gilles Boisvert, showed the form
that won them the title last sea
son. Ray Kinesawich scored
three goals and had two assists.
Billy McNeil added a pair of
goals and two assists. John Mis
zuk scored one goal and five
assists and veteran Sid Finney
came up with four assists. .
Spokane's Max Mekilok also
scored the three-goal hat trick.
Two of them came in the third
period after Calgary netminder
Roy Edwards had turned back
40 shots. Edwards had. 51 saves
for the game. .
Portland's Buckaroos didn't
let Seattle get a shot at their
goal for nearly five minutes and
dominated play throughout the
game.
Penalties were costly for San
Francisco. Both Los Angeles
tallies, one by Bruce Carmi
chael and the other by Leo La
Bine, came when the Seals were
a man short.
National Hockey
By TBI ASSOCIATED PRESS
Montreal 3, Toronto 3
New York 3, Boaton 1
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Drummonds
Gains Berth
COOS BAY (Special) Two
players from state champion
Central and one each from El
mira, Coquillo and Henley were
named Wednesday to the A-2
touranment all-star team.
The champion Panthers of
Monmouth-Independence placed
Gary Neal, who scored 24 points
in the championship game, and
Dale Wildfang, who came with
in three of the tourney scoring
record with 31 in a first-round
game, on the first team.
Also named were Henry
Drummonds of Elmira, the
tourney's second leading scorer
with 65 points; 6-foot-7 Kent
Gooding of Henley, the high
scorer with 67 points; and Co
quille's junior guard Tom Leath
erwood. The second team was made up
of Dave Wood and Pat Shely
of runner-up Coquille, Mel Hy
land and Ron Smith of Vale
and Jack Petrina of North
Catholic.
OSU Congratulated
SALEM (A Both houses of
the legislature passed a resolu
tion today, congratulating the
Oregon State University basket
ball team. The resolution will
be given to the Beavers before
they play Friday night at
Louisville, Ky., in the national
collegiate championships.
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