THE1 BEND BULLETIN
GENERAL NEWS
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950
No. 85
Bears Drop Game to Cavemen
P
I 1
Deschutes Quinfet Provides
Real Scare for Highly Rafed
Team From Soufhern Oregon
A'determined band of Lava Bears from Bend gave the high
ly rated Grants Pass Cavemen a real scare in Eugene yester
day afternoon before being defeated 52 to 41 in a first-round
game at the state high school basketball tournament.
After trailing 11 to 9 at the end of the first period, Coach
Roger Wiley's Bruins rpared back in the second stanza with
a blistering attack paced by Bob Hawes, Reggie Halligan, and
. Qnrjstensen By halftime
I the team had taken a 24 to 18
lead and appeared to be
pulling steadily away from
Grants Pass.
Bend, it appeared at the
time, was on its way to engi
neering the biggest upset of the
tournament. Grants Pass is con
sidered by most prep experts the
top team in the state this year
and the "team to beat' 'at Eugene.
Then it happened.
Cavemen "Explode"
Returning from what must
have been quite a session at half
time with their coach Hank An
derson, the Cavemen suddenly ex
ploded. Before the Lava Bears
could get a single point, Grants
Pass had dropped in 11 quick
scores and was out in front by
five points.
The Bruins fought hard to get
their machine back into high gear,
but the southern Oregon cagers
were on fire and kept on pouring
'em through for the remainder of
the quarter. At the start of the
final period Wiley's men were on
the short end of a 41 to 30 score.
Although Bend was able to
match Grants Pass scoring point-for-point
through the rest of the
game, the damage had been done.
Final score Grants Pass -52,
Bend 41.
Score Not Onesided ' .
Throw out that third quarter
and the Bruins would have 35
points and Grants Pass only 29.
But then, basketball scores aren't
tabulated that way.
Bend scoring was led by Hawes
with 10 points, followed closely by
Halligan ;and Christensen each
with B. High-point honors for the
game were captured by the Cave
men's big 6 foot 2 Inch center, Or
ville Miller, with a 14-point scor
ing total.
In the consolation bracket to
day, the Lava Bears were sched
uled to meet Seaside. Seaside was
defeated yesterday by Mac-Hi 46
to 41. If Bend manages to get by
the Seagulls, the team will play
again Friday morning at 11
o'clock.
Following is a box score of yes
terday's game:
Connie Mack
Has High Hopes
By Leo II. Peterson
(United Press Sports Eilitor)
West Palm Beach, Fla., March
16 Ul'i A lot of people are under
the Impression that Connie Mack,
win or lose in his 50th year as
manager of the Philadelphia Ath
letics, is going to quit baseball at
the end of the 1950 season.
But it just isn't so, the lean,
stately, 87-year-old owner and
leader of the A's said today.
"Mark my word, I have no in
tention of retiring." He states em
phatically, "it's the last thing I'll
ever do." '
And from the way he said it,
you know that It will take serious
illness to force him to give up the
reins of his beloved Athletics.
Sentiment Noted
There was sentiment in his
high-pitched voice and a school
boy gleam in his eyes as he assay
ed the pennant chances of his
1950 club.
"I am going to have very good
pitching, good-catching, and an
exceptionally good infield as
good as any in the business and
I think enough outfield strength,"
he said.
"And we are going to have
more reserve strength than last
year.
"We have a real chance for the
pennant. Our prospects are much
brighter at this time this year
than they were at this time last,
year.
Has High Hopes
"That's because we got Bob Dil
linger and Paul Lehner from the
Browns and because.I think pitch
er Phil Marchildon and outfielder
Barney McCoskey are coming
back."
He knows his 50th edition of
Philadelphia Athletics are going
to have a tough row to hoe.
. "I figure there are four very
strong clubs in the league," he ex
plained and then named them in
this order: N
The Red Sox, Yankees, Indians
and Tigers.
Upsets Noted
in NAIB Play
Kansas City, Mo., March 16 ilPi
The surprise elimination of a pow
erful trio ' Hamline, Westmin
ster, and River Falls . threw
the N.A.I.B. basketball tourna
ment wide open today as the eight
survivors clashed in the quarter
final round.
Hamline, defending champion
and heavy choice to repeat, was
rudely bounced by a hustling
Central college team from Fay
ette, Mo., 76 to 66.
Westminster, top.seeded in the
lower bracket, was ousted by
Davis and Elkins college, 35 to 75.
And River Falls, with its brilliant
point-maker, Nate Delong, was
sent to the sidelines by East Cen.
tral Oklahoma, 75 to 64.
Question Asked
So, with these landmarks gone,
where does the tourney go from
here?
For one thing, only three seed
ed teams remain Brooklyn col
lege,. Central "Washington and
Indiana State. And none of the
eight teams remaining ever has
won the tourney before. Brook
lyn college loomed the likely fa
vorite from here out, with Bald
win.Wallacc, and Davis and El
kins, also highly rated.
All four quarter-final games
will be at night, Instead of the
split day-night programs that
marked the first two rounds.
Davis and Elkins will start to
night's proceedings at 6 p.m.
against the University of Tampa
and then in order it's Baldwin.
Wallace vs. Indiana State, Central
Washington vs. Central Missouri,
and Brooklvn vs. East Central
Oklahoma.
GRANTS PASS (43)
Cra(t, V
HHlKeith, F
Miller, C
Yustetl. G
Ford, G
renner, r
FO
. 2
3
1
Amsberry. G 1
Truutman, G 0
Jni'obrton, F 0
Hackenherx, G 1
Totals 21
FT
2
1
2
0
4
0
PF TP
2
2 14
4 6
5 10
2 2
0 2
1 0
0 1
1 2
BEND (41)
Hiilliuan. K 4
R.,binn, F 2 2
Carroll, C 1 2
Hawes. G 4 2
Chrihtcniten. G 3 3
Kribs. F 0 3
Samples. F 0 0
l.aursen. G 0 0
Stenkamp, F 0 0
FO FT PF TP
Totals 14 13 II) 41
Halftime score: Bend 24 ; Grants Pass 18.
Officials; Carl Klitfel and Emil PiluBo.
OREGONIAN IN PLAY
Pebble Beach, Calif., March 16
Defending champion Grace De
Moss of Corvallis. Ore., today was
to meet Mrs. William Rainey of
San Francisco in the semi-final
found of match play in the Pebble
Beach golf championship for
'omen.
Miss DeMoss rallied strongly
yesterday to defeat Mrs. Arthur
MacAtthur of Hollywood in the
second-round of match play.
Baseball Briefs
(By United Press)
Palm Springs, Cal. Manager
Paul Richards polished up the
Seattle Rainiers' starting lineup
today for their practice tilt with
the Sacramento Solons here to
morrow. The Rainiers evened their eight
game scries with San Francisco
here yesterday by blasting the
Seals 11 to 6.
Riverside, Cal. Manager Bill
Sweeney was due to call a stiff
hurling drill today after watching
two of his Portland moundsmen
surrender 15 hits to the Holly
wood Stars in a practice tussle
yesterday.
The Stars downed the Beavers
8 to 6 as first baseman Jack
Paepke clouted a pair of homers.
Portland got Pight hits in the
third for five tallies, forcing Hol
lywood to rally in the seventh and
eighth for the win.
El Centro, Cal. The San Fran
cisco Seals returned to batting
drills today after taking an 11 to
6 pounding from the Seattle Rain
iers in a 29-hit ball game yester
day.
The Seals connected for 14
clouts off a quartet of Rainier
pitchers, but the Seattle batsmen
came through with 15 for the
win.
Motorcycle Used
By Old Cowhand
In English Hunt
Melton Mowbray, England,
March 16 (IP) The clatter of a
midget motorcycle ridden by an
old cowhand from Utah mingles
with the pounding of hooves these
days in the aristocratic Quoin
hunt here.
The old cowhand is Herb Allen,
65. Born a Briton, he has just re
turned to England. He spent most
of his life in the United States,
working a number of years as a
cowpuncher near Salt Lake City.
Allen retired recently and de
cided he would like to see his old
homeland. The Quorn hunt
hounds intrigued him, and he de
cided he would join the hunt. But
because of his age he decided to
shun the horses. Instead he
bought a tiny Corgi motorcycle.'
While the rest of the hunters
ride in the traditional manner,
Allen rides in a ten gallon hat,
high heeled boots, with wire cut
ters in his leather holster. The
red coated and silk hatted hunt
ers are startled but don't object.
'Wrestle Royal'
On Card Tonight
A "wrestle royal" among six
top-flight wrestling artists will be
the bill . of fare on Thursday
night's card at the Bend armory,
according to Tex Hager, pro
moter. . Participating . in the match,
which will start at 8:30 p.m. will
be Al Szasz, 190 pounds, St. Louis,
Mo.; Bob Cummings, 189 pounds,
Seaside; Milt Olsen, 185 pounds,
Racine, Wis.; Eddie Williams, 185
pounds, Springfield, Mo.; "Gentle
man Dale" Haddock, 189 pounds,
Wavne, , Mich.; and Pierre La
Belle. A $200 purse will be awarded
the winner of the special event,
Hager announced.
All six contestants will enter
the ring together at the start of
the match. After two men have
been eliminated, the other four
will return for a 30-minute semi
final. The last two contestants will
then battle for one hour in a best
two out of three falls for the
purse. Referee for the wrestle
royal will be Eldred Breese of
Prineville.
1 The program is sponsored un
der the auspices of company I of
the 162nd infantry, national guard
unit in Bend.
Braves Favored
In Ball Tourney
New York, March 16 IP -Bradley's
top-seeded Braves and the
unseeded upstarts from City col
lege of New York' were favored
to knock off St. John's and Du
quesne,, respectively, tonight in
the semi-finals of the national in
vitation basketball tournament.
The Braves from Peoria, III.,
were a four-point choice over St.
John's, while the Braves were fa
vored by five points over Du
quesne. The survivors will clash for the
championship Saturday night at
Madison Square garden, with the
losers meeting in a consolation
game.
Hollywood, Cal. The Holly
wood Stars meet the Pittsburgh
Pirates at Gilmore field today
with Pinky Woods and Lee An.
thony slated to handle the mound
duties for the Stars.
Additional Sports
(Continued on rage 10)
Benefit Smoker
Set for Friday
The first benefit smoker in the
new central Oregon amateur
gloves program is scheduled for
the national guard armory in
Bend on Friday night. The first
bout will begin at 8:30 p.m.
Participating will be youthful
fighters from Bend, Redmond,
Sisters, and Prineville.
. Following Is a list of the match
es: '
Frank Kennlson versus Bob
Winslow, Ronald Collins versus
John Collins, Chuck Allen versus
Tom Henderson, Milton Bowman
versus Tom Schrock, Donald
Moye versus Jud Henderson, Billy
James versus Stanley Noe, Jack
Gilfillan versus Roger Van Est.
Don Nichols versus Bill Gihbs.
and Lem Foster versus Bob Won-ser.
I Non Proflt Affair
The new program is non profit:
All proceeds from Friday night's
smoker will be used to cover the
various expenses of the amateur
organization, Including the pur
chase of new equipment.
H. Bruno, promoter, reports
that training sessions this week
have been lively and promises
plenty of fast action on Friday's
card. He announced that doors
will open at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets will be on sale at the
gate. There will be no reserved
seats, Bruno said.
Bulletin Classifieds Bring Results
LaGrande Quint
Loses to Speedy
Portland Team
Eugene, March 16 Ul'i Four;
consolation and four quarter-fi- j
nais games in the 32nd annual
Oregon high school basketball
championship tournament were i
scheduled today, with champion-1
ship bracket semi-finals set for:
tomorrow and the finals for Sat- j
urday night. !
In the four games played yes-;
terday afternoon and last night. :
McLoughlin disposed of Seaside, i
46-41; Grants Pass beat down sec-j
ond half Bend rally to win, 52-41; j
Roosevelt of Portland fought a ;
tougn La Grande team for a 43-41 1
win, ana central catholic ran
away from Eugene In the last
quarter to notch a 63-46 win.
today s consolation games be
gin at 8:30 a. m. with Milwaukie
playing Hillsboro. At 9:45 a. m.
Dallas plays Scappoose, Seaside !
ana Bend collide at 11 a. m., and '
La Grande and Eugene meet at !
1:45 p. m.
Meet This Afternoon
In quarter-finals play, Corvallis j
and Marshfield meet at 3 p. m.. i
Jefferson of Portland and Salem
play at 4:15. The evening double
header will match Grants Pass
with Mac Hi and Roosevelt wjth i
Central Catholic. t
Roosevelt high school stayed in
tne running for Its second
straight championship by edging
a fighting La Grande team last
night 43-41. The lead shifted and
was tied several times during the
first half, with La Grande lead
ing 23-22 at halftime.
Roosevelt took over the lead as
play entered the fourth period,
but two ,minutes later the score
was tied up at 37-all bv La
Grande. Thirty seconds later, Bill I
west put La Grande into the lead
again, 39-37. The score was tied
again at 39-all, but Wayne Berry
came through with two points to
mak& the score read in La
Grande's favor, 41-39.
Free Throws Count
Four free throws by Roosevelt
sank La Grande's bid to tourney
honors. Paul Poetsch was high
scorer for Roosevelt with 10
points, but Burl Green of La
Grande was high man of the
game with 13 points.
Grants Pass won a late after
noon game against Bend, 52-41
after Bend had nailed down a 24
18 halftime lead. During the. first
three minutes of the third quar
ter, forward Don Hedgepeth led
his Grants Pass Cavemen to a 26-
24 score over Bend. By the end I
of the period the score favored
Grants Pass, 41-30. !
Seaside Defeated j
Mac Hi of Milton-Freewatcr !
stopped Seaside's late third and 1
lourth period caljles to win 46-41.
Mac Hi's longest lead came early
In the third period, 26-17. At the
end of the period, however, Sea
side held the upper hand. 32-31.
With three minutes left in the ,
game. Mac Hi took over 43-37. ;
Seaside guard Bruce Maltman
sparked some more scoring to
close the gap to 43-41, but a Mac :
Hi field goal and free throw put j
the game on ice at 46-41.
Guard Jerry Crlmins of Mac !
Hi was game high scorer with 22 i
points. Seaside's Maltman hit 18;
points for the losers.
Win Ih Impressive
In beating Eugene 63-46, Cen
tral Catholic scored the most de
cisive win so far in this year's
tourney and also set a record for
free throws missed. Central
missed 22 out of 37 charity toss?s.
During the second quarter the
lead changed six times before the
half ended with Central leading, '
26-23. During the third period, Eu
gene rallied and closed the score
to 29-28. After 90 seconds of play
in the fourth quarter, Central
pulled away from Eugene.
High scorer of the game was
Bob Altcnhofen of Central with
20 points. Clark Mollis led Eugene
scoring with 15 points.
Lakers Assured
Tie in Tourney
(By United Pressl
The Minneapolis Lakers today
were assured of at least a tie for
first place in the central division
of the National Basketball asso
ciation. The Lakers closed out their
home season last night with an
easy 96 to 62 victory over the
Baltimore Bullets. George Mikan
led the way with 31 points.
It was the Lakers' 30th straight
home court victory of the season.
In fact, the Lakers lost only once
in 34 appearances before their
home fans all season.
Mlneapolis needs a victory In Its
final game of the season at Fort
Wayne Sunday night to capture
the central division pennant from
the Rochester Royals.
With rural electrification, larm
ers are now using electric heaters
in the hot beds in which plants
are given an early start.
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