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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1942.
Tigers Battle Corvallis Cagers Tonight in Semi -Final 0
29 TO 23 VICTORY
OVER HILLSBORO
TAKES OVERTIME
Herman Shakes Off Slump
In Final Seconds To Give
Tigers Winning Chance.
Tourney Data
Thursday BcorM
Corvallis 47, Mt. Angel 25.
Medford 29, Hillsboro 23.
Baker 39, North fiend 32.
Astoria 43, McMlnnvllia 23.
Today's Schedule,
Championship:
Corvallii vs. Medford, 7:30
p. m.
Baker vs. Astoria B-4. p. m.
By Billy HuUn
(Mall Tribune Sports Editor)
Salem, March 13. (Spl)
Medford's Tigers are In the
semi-finals of the 23rd annual
Oregon state basketball tourna
ment being staged here in the
Willamette university gymnas
ium and will battle the Cor
vallla high Spartans at 7:30 to
night for the right to enter the
championship finals Saturday
evening, but if it hadn't been
for Captain Henry Herman and
Sohpomore Dale Niedermeyer,
Russ Acheson's club would now
be struggling along in the con'
aolation round.
The Bengals handed Hllls-
boro's Spartans a 29 to 23 rap
in the quarter-finals Thursday
- afternoon, in a heart-stopping,
hair-raising overtime struggle.
But how In the world Medford
ever managed to win goodness
only knows, for if ever the
Tigers turned in ragged per
formance this was It.
Herman Here
Herman was the boy who
pulled it from the fire, when
it seemed certain Reece Hath
horn's quint was to register a
number one upset. Herman, who
hadn't scored field goal all
afternoon, finally blasted in for
a cripple with 80 seconds re
maining to tie the score at 21-
21. Then, with five seconds to
go, he drove home a howitzer
from 40 feet to put the Tigers
ahead, 23 to 21, only to watch
Dick Crockett, Hillsboro cen
ter, shove one through to knot
the count again with two sec
onds to play and send the thing
into an overtime.
Niedermeyer, who led all
scorers with 12 tallies, shatter
ed the deadlock after a minute
of the overtime period by drib
bling into the key hole and pok
ing in one-hander. That made
it 25 to 23, and was really the
victory margin for the Tigers,
but before the extra session was
over Dan-ell Monteith darted In
for a cripple and R. B. Webber
dittoed, while the losers were
going scoreless.
Tigers Baffled
The Tigers, apparently be
wildered by the tough zone de
fense of Hillsboro, were never
in the lead until midway
through the third period, when
(ill Wall canned a cripple for
13 to 14 Medford bulge. How
ever, the margin didn't last long
as the Spartans pulled ahead
again and built up a 19 to IS
advantage early In the fourth
quarter on two field buckets by
Yoshio Inahara, Japanese guard,
uoyYl:
Honor Detail for Joe
sw
Two M. P.'s escort Champion Joe Louis to a recreation hall
ring at Fort Dix, N. J., as he begins training for his benoiit
fight with Abe Simon. Joe's fellow-soldiers (background) watch
the champ who says he's in better shape than ever and credits
the army with some of the reason for it
and a free throw by Crocket.
After two minutes of the hys
terical fourth quarter had
elapsed Don Pawcett scored
from under the basket to cut
the Hillsboro lead to 19 to 17.
but Inahara soon after sank a
charity toss for a 20 to 17 Hills
boro lead. With two and a half
minutes to play Niedermeyer
stole the ball In mid-court and
raced in for beautiful, big
"clutch" basket and a 20 to 19
Hillsboro lead, a lead that was
upped to 21 to 19 when Inahara
dropped in another free toss.
Coming back into the game at
this critical point was Herman,
who suffered a sprained ankle
earlier in the second half and
had it taped on the bench. There
was only a minute and a half
to play, but the Medford cap
tain Med it up in short order,
then put the Tigers In the lead
before Crockett got his field
goal with only two seconds to
play.
Fluke Ties Score
That basket of Crockett's was
something of a fluke. The Tigers
were ahead, 23 to 21, thanks to
Herman's long one three sec
onds earlier. The ball was in
Medford territory, with Hills
boro trying desperately to score
Somebody made a wild pass and
Niedermeyer, standing almost
on the sidelines, slapped it back
into play right Into the hands
of Crockett under the hoop. The
latter sent it up and in, and
before you could draw a short
breath the gun barked.
The Tigers never could get
started. They trailed by a 12
to 10 score at the half and by
17 to 13 at the end of the third
quarter. It was 5-5 at the close
of the first period.
Zeigler Goes Out
BUI Zeigler, Hillsboro's high-
scoring forward, left the game
on four fouls early In the third
quarter, after making 11 points,
and in all sincerity that's prob
ably one of the major reasons
for the Medford victory.
Zeigler was almost the entire
scoring show for Hillsboro in
the first half.
The Tigers, to put It mildly.
looked terrible. They passed
badly, they couldn't hit the
easiest sort of shots, and If they
were called for steps and broken
dribbles once, they were called
two dozen times. They looked
like the Tiger team of early
season, when they couldn't beat
anybody.
Niedermeryer Capable
Niedermeyer was the only
one of the crew who turned In
a capable performance through
out, and even he had his bad
moments. Fawcett seemed all
tied up, Monteith was far below
par, Wall was off color, Rey
nolds was ragged and Herman,
until those last 50 seconds of
the regular playing time, wasn't
the Herman of that district four
stretch drive.
Acheson didn't spare the rod
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CLUB BEER
AND OlO STOCK All
at halftlme. He told them blunt
ly that he was "ashamed to be
recognized as your coach."
Perhaps the Bengals had one
really bad game in their col
lective systems, and perhaps
this was the game. So it is
hoped. For If they play against
Corvallis tonight like they did
against Hillsboro, It will be all
over so far as any champion
ship hopes are concerned. Cor
vallis, Incidentally, licked the
Tigers, 22 to 20 In an overtime
game in Medford early in the
season.
A victory for Medford against
Corvallis will put them In the
Saturday night finals, while a
defeat will slide them into a
7:30 p. m. game Saturday
against the losers of the lower
bracket semi-finals, for third
place.
Summary:
Medford (29) FO FT PF TP
Herman, f 2
Niedermeyer, f 4
Wall, c ....
2
Fawcett, g
. 1
2
.. 1
.. 0
0
Webber, g ....
Monteith, f .
Weir, f
Reynolds, g
Tninla 17 . la 90
Hillsboro (23) Fn FT PP TP
7nlnlnp 4 A 9 A 11
Frye f,' 10 2 2
Crockett, e - 110 3
Lundin, g 0 0 10
Inahara, g 2 2 2 8
Nelson, g 0 12 1
Totals 8 7 11 23
Halftlme score: Medford 10,
Hillsboro 12. Free throws miss
ed: Niedermeyer 3, Wall 1, Faw
cett 3, Zeigler 1, Frye 2, Crock
ett 1, Nelson 1, Inahara 2. Of
ficials: Piluso and Coleman.
St. Petersburg, March 13 (IP)
Joe DiMagglo, beaming brightly
from sunburn and happiness,
was safely In the fold of the
New York Yankees today with
the second biggest contract ever
given a member of the club.
The great centerfielder, who
hit in 56 consecutive games last
season and was voted the most
valuable player In the American
league, came to an agrr nient
with President Edward G. Bar
row last night won a salary esti
mated at $42,000, an increase of
$5,000 over his 1941 stipend.
This was a higher salary than
the Yankees ever gave any
player other than Babe Ruth
and ended the No. 1 holdout
squabble of the 1942 baseball
campaign.
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IN TITLESERIES
Long-Leg ged Southerners
Face Beavers Tonight In
Opening 3-Game Program
Palo Alto, Cal., March 13.
(IP) Beaten only once in 12
league games, Stanford's long
legged basketball players are
strong favorites to capture the
Pacific Coast conference cham
pionship from the Oregon State
Beavers in a three-game series
opening here tonight
Their superb record, their dis
tinct height advantage and the
home court all give the edge
to Coach Everett - Dean's In
dians, perhaps the smoothest-
operating club since the days of
Angelo "Hank" Luisettl.
Stanford, clearly the best out
fit in the southern division,
dropped only a game to south
ern California. For the first
time in history, the Indians beat
Ur.r ersity of California in four
straight.
Oregon State, on the other
hand, had a bit more difficulty
in a scrappy northern division
campaign, losing five games.
Coach Slats Gill has a team of
veterans, among them big cen
ter John Mandic who is a wizard
under the basket. Don Durdan.
O.S.C. guard, is the boy who
starred on the Beaver football
team which beat Duke in the
Rose bowl.
Stanford won the southern
division title last year but lost
to Washington State college in
th- Mayoff.
The teams play tonight, to
morrow night, and Monday
night, should a playoff game be
necessary.
Llttrell Parta defeated Valentlne'a
Cafe, McDonald Candy beat Lewis
Super Service, and, Knlghta of Colum-
bua meaaured Kay Lithographing In
City league bowling on the Medford
alleya last night, the score being a
to 1 In each contest. Scorea follow:
Valenllne'i Cafe Llttrell Parta
Porterfleld ..688 Oreen 687
Shaver 414 Davla 493
Absentee .450 Jacobaon 502
Lee B30 Johnson 451
Sims 683 Gardner S8S
Total 3571 Total 3598
MrDnnatrt Canity
Cleo Wltter....437
C. Williamson 450
K. Harrla 428
M. Bell .. 634
Paake 500
Lewis uper
Handicap 150
B. Mlksch....439
H. 8wanaon..437
Oosha 324
L. Lewla 444
D. Chaw 433
Total 234
Total.-
...2317
KnlKhtsColnmbu
Runts 564
Companonl 53fl
Lounsberry ...-B20
Meyer 431
McOuIra 608
Kay Lithograph
Handicap 204
Clare. R.
Hagen, A.
Smith. J.
Kay. D.
Allen
Total
.2553
Total 2350
BOWLING
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. 479
80S
390
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is still 90 proof and fully matured every drop
1 years old.
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Gordon Comes To Terms
Jo Gordon. Yankee second baseman, agreed to terms with
his club along with three other players, leaving Joe DiMaggio
and Red Rolf the only holdouts. Joe is shown at his home,
a short distance from St Petersburg, Fli., and the Yankee
training camp.
Star-Studded Boston Lineup
Darkened by Toll of Years
By Gayle Talbot
Sarasota, Fla., March 13 (P) The line-up that takes the
field for the Boston Red Sox on opening day of the 1942 base
ball season probably will not Include a single one of that
fabulcus lot of stars for whom Tom ' Yawkey spent a fortune
six years ago in a vain effort to
They are passing out all in a
bunch here at the end, grudg
ingly yielding to the year. The
great Lefty Grove announced
his retirement during the win-
ter. Joe Cronin, for wnom aw
key sent $150,000 and a player
to Washington, says he will not
play shortstop this season unless
absolutely forced to. That leaves
only Jimmy Foxx of the orig
inal "Gold Sox" and Jimmy is
limping around with a broken
toe while a youngster named
Ulysses Lupien from Louisville
tries to win his first base Job.
If both Cronin and Foxx re
main on the bench, it means the
Sox have lost a great part of
the terrific batting punch that
enabled them to finish second
to the Yankees In the American
league last year. Between them
they knocked in exactly 200
runs.
At the moment Cronin is play
ing a little at third base in
training games, but will give
that up happily when ailing Jim
Tabor is ready to take it over.
Frisking around shortstop and
looking very good, too, is dark
Jim Pesky, a 22-year-old who hit
a robust .323 for Louisville last
year. He and Bobby Doerr are
teaming well on double plays.
Observers are not so certain
about Lupien, who hit only .289
at Louisville.
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BASKETBALL
Last night's basketball scores:
Notre Dame 43, Detroit 41.
Oklahoma 39, Oklahoma A. &
M. 32.
Albion 48, College of Idaho
40.
National intercollegiate tour
nament quarter-final results:
Southwestern Oklahoma State
college, Durant, 46, East Cen
tral Oklahoma State college,
Ada, 41 (overtime).
Central State Teachers, War
rensburg, Mo., 46, Bemidji,
Minn, Teachers 32.
Kansas State Teachers college
Pittsburgh, 59, Missouri Valley
college, Marshall, U., 49.
Hamllne university, St. Paul,
Minn., 43, Indiana State Teach
ers college, Terre Haute, 41.
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Corvallis, March 13 (Spl.)
Bud Hoover, sophomore in agri
culture, Monday night swept
through the semi-finals and fi
nals to win the Oregon State
college all-school fencing cham
pionship. Hoover easily went
through the preliminary rounds
with no opponent scoring over
one touch upon him.
In the semi-finals he met
Vadim Avtonomoff, whom he
defeated by a score of 5-0. The
finals showed stiffer competition
when he faced Roland Porter.
Porter lead out strong and
scored the first touch but Hoo
ver quickly regained his control
and came back to score the
next four touches. Porter again
caught fire to score two more
touches. Hoover retaliated with
fast offensive action to take the
winning point and win the
match 5-3. This match gave
Hoover the championship and
gold cup.
A highlight of the entire meet
was a preliminary match be
tween Hoover and the Indiana
state amateur sabre champion,
who was expected to win the
meet. Hoover, coming in as
under dog, quickly defeated him
3-1.
Hoover is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Hoover of Medford
and a graduate of Medford high
school.
TITLE SPARKLE
Salem, March 13 ('As
toria's defending champions had
that championship sparkle last
night as they thumped McMinn
ville, 45-25, and took a favored
place In the state high school
basketball tourney semi-finals.
Baker's Bulldogs, who clicked
neatly under the leadership of
Captain Tommy Holman to de
feat North Bend, 39-32, meet the
Fishermen tonight.
In the upper bracket, Corval
lis had an easy time with Mount
Angel, 47-25, and tonight will
meet Medford.
Astoria grabbed an early lead
from McMinnville and won go
ing away. At the Quarter it was
16-8, at the half 29-14 and and
at three-quarters 39-18. The
Fishermen were clearly superior
In all departments at all times
and only the work of Bob Cavi
ness for the Grizzlies kept the
game from being turned into
a more complete rout.
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TRAINING CAMPS
By the Associated Press
St Petersburg, Fla. The,
Cardinals' five 1 e f t-h l n d e d
pitchers might form the strong
est southpaw staff in the majors.
Last year, the quintet won 71
and lost 31. Thirtiy-flve victor
ies were in the National league
and 36 in the minors. The five
are Ernie White. Howard Pollet,
Max Lanier, Clyde Shoun and
Harry Brecheen.
Daytona Beach, Fla. Man- 4.
ager Leo Durocher of the "
Dodgers has a neat method of
making his infielders run dur
ing workouts by hitting slow
rollers, first to one side and
then the other. But first base
men Les Burge has his own
system of combatting Duroch
er's game. Fielding each ball,
he stuffs It into his shirt in
stead of throwing it back.
Sanford, Fla. When Casey
Stengel of the Braves needed
an outfielder to complete hi
rookie team Wednesday, pitcher
Frank Lamanna drew the as
signment and lashed out
homer. Yesterday, when hurling
for the rookies, he got another
four-bagger. "I've been looking
for a guy like you for a long
time," said Stengel, "and if you
keep hitting homers, I'm going
to keep you in the lineup."
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press
Jersey City Maxie Berger,
145, Montreal, knocked out Joe
De Jesus, 142, Puerto Rico (2).
Elizabeth, N. J. Joe Baksi.
205, New York, outpointed Her
bert Marshall, 177, New York
(six).
BASEBALL
By the Associated Press
Yesterday's results:
St. Louis (N) 7, Cincinnati
(N) 1.
Washington (A) 10, Cleveland
(A) 7.
Pittsburgh (N) vs. Philadel
phia (A), cancelled.
WARMERDAM TO SHOOT
AT 16 FEET IN VAULT
San Francisco, March 13
UP) Olympic club officials!
cleared a 140-foot runway for
Cornelius Warmerdam today
and hoped the pole vaulting ace
might soar to 16 feet in tonight's
Indoor track and field meet.
Warmerdam cleared 15 feet,
71, inches in the east recently
with a borrowed pole.
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