IIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday March 17, 1952
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Chieftains Defeat Knappa
61-50 in Final Encounter
For B School Championship
Rooua Rivar The whole
Iowa turned out Sunday to
walcoma noma tha high school
basketball taam which won tha
tala B high school basketball
championship at Salem Satur
day night.
A long caravan of can mat
tha returning taam just north
of Grants Pass and escorted
tha quint through Grants Pass
and on to Rogue River. There
was a brief stop at Rogue
River junction.
Than tha string of cars roll
ad across tha bridge and. led
by tha city fire truck and a
car with a public address sys
tem, wove through tha town.
One report described tha line
of cars as "a mile long."
Tha team and Coach M. C.
Busack arrived here shortly
after 5 p.m.
Salem U.B- The Rogue Riv-
r Chieftains, coached by Myn
dret Busack, Monday held the
Orpeon class B basketball charn
pionship trophy for the second
time in three years.
The southern Oregon school
replaced Phoenix in the top spot
among state high schools in tne
class B division when u aeiea&
ed Knappa's Loggers 61-90 Sat
urdav nieht.
The hard f oueht battle In the
Willamette university gym saw
Rogue River ahead most of the
time. Top-scoring Jim Boulter
was responsible for much of his
team's success with a total of 23
points. But tiny Jim Wehren
and Byron Kile exhibited some
unerring shooting when they
eaaed 18 and 13 respectively
Rogue River had 10 points in the
opening minutes or tne game De
fore Knappa managed to make
its first score.
AM-Staters Listed
Two Chieftain players landed
on the all-state B team Boulter
and Wehren. The others are
Duane Brady of Powers, Max
Kelley of Knappa and Ron Ruef
Ralph Kiner Inks
Pirate Contract
San Francisco (U.R) Home
Run King Ralph Kiner will be
paid an estimated $75,000 for
battering National league pitch
ers this season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates siege
gun announced Monday that he
has signed a one-year contract
for this sum, which calls for a
reported raise of $10,000 from
last year. Kiner had been ask
ing for a two-year contract.
The new pact makes Kiner
the third highest paid player
in baseball, behind Ted Wil
lams of the Boston Red Sox,
who reportedly will receive
$90,000, and Stan Musial of the
Cardinals, whose salary is $75,
000 plus : a $5,000 attendance
bonus.
Dusenberry Drops Grid
Duty at Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove, Ore. (U.R)
Bob Dusenberry, football coach
at Cottage Grove high school
for the past seven years, has
dropped his gridiron coaching
job to devote more of his time
to administrative duties.
Superintendent of Schools
Virg Kingsley said Dusenberry
will be replaced by Max Mur
ray, mathematics instructor.
Dusenberry will stay tn as
director of athletics and track
coach.
of Sublimity. Named to the sec
ond team were Kile of Rogue
River, John Tuft of Mapletou.
Ward Collingsworth of Echo,
Art Weatherford of Wallowa
and .Ritchie Perkins of Knappa.
' Sublimity came out of the
tournament with third place b
edging Mapleton, 43-41 in the
Saturday night preliminary and
Echo got consolation by defeat
ing Wallowa 50-41 in a day
game.
Knappa Rallies
After Rogue River got its ear
ly 10 to 0 bulge, Knappa rallied
to go in front 13 to 12. Then the
Chiefs regained the lead and
were on top when the first quar
ter concluded.
Rogue River pushed to a 37 to
27 advantage by halftime but the
margin was sliced to a close 45
to 43 at the third intermission
The Chieftains gained power
as they went along in the tour
ney, defeating Powers 43 to 42
and Mapleton 46 to 42 to gain
the finals.
Boulter was close to unstop
pable under the offensive boards
Saturday and helped out the
Chieftain cause with frequent
defensive rebound retrieves.
IINE-UPS:
Rojue Elver SI
Kile 13 f
Wahren 18 f
Boulter 23 e
Milton 2 f
Lehrman 2 C
Substitutions For Rogue River,
Newlen 1, Black 3; for Knappa,
Hellwig.
S Knappa
4 Westehn
8 Hunt
30 Kelley
3 Vlastca
17 Perkins
Branca To Bear
Down on Tosses
To Giant Slugger
Miami, Fla. U.R) Pitcher
Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn
Dodgers vowed Monday .to be
a very tough man out there
on the mound" every time he
faces Bobby Thomson otsthe Gi
ants this coming season.
"I'll throw my arm out, if
necessary, to get him out.
Branca promised. I m not go
ing to be a country cousin to
him any longer."
Branca fed up the ball which
Thomson knocked out of the
Polo Grounds for a home run
to give the Giants the National
league pennant in the third
and deciding playoff game
against the Dodgers.
"He'll pay for it," Branca
said.
"Believe me. 111 really bear
down against him this year."
Good Player
"Don't get me wrong," Branca
admonished. "Bobby is a good
ball player. He's hit home runs
off pitchers better than I am
and will continue to hit them.
But no more off me, if I can
do anything about it."
Is he going to change his pitch
ing plans for Thomson?
"I can't tell you that," the
Dodger right-hander declared.
"All I can say is that he'll never
get the same thing twice from
me. Ana it he gets a nit on
me, brother, he better look out
the next time up." -
Did that mean he was going
to dust him off'?
"Of course not," Branca said,
adding with a smile, "that's il
legal.
"But it could be I will pitch
him pretty tight."
The jumping shrew df South
Africa sometimes curls up and
rolls itself along instead of leap
ing kangaroo fashion.
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Tutor Lauded for LaSalle
Victory in Garden Tourney
New York (U.R) Scholarly,
iovial Ken Loeffler, coach of
those amazing LaSalle Explorers
who stunned experts and NCAA
alike by winning the National
Invitation Basketball tourna
ment, was showered with praise
Monday for his artful coaching.
And Loeffler, in turn, credited
the surprise triumph to "a
bunch of skinny kids and a flash
pivot offense." "
The guiding genius of the
small, balding Loeffler was
greatly overloked while the Ex
plorers were sweeping through
four of the toughest teams in the
nation, led by froh whir Tom
Gola and "whirling dervish"
Norm Grekin to gain a place in
the Olympic tryouts, starting
March 29. Gola and Grekin were
jointly voted the "most valuable
player award.
Greatest Praise
But as coaches and experts
sized up LaSalle's triumph they
paid the greatest amount of
praise to the red-faced little man
in the brown suit.
"They were beautifully
coached," admitted chagrined
coach Tom Blacktyirn, whose
Dayton Flyers lost in the title
game to La Salle, 75-64, on Sat
urday. "They knew how to take
advantage of every opportunity."
Blackburn's words were an
echo of the moan of coach Dudey
Moore, after his top-seeded Du
quesne team was routed by La
Salle in the semi-final "they
only had one advantage over us,
a height edge in the third man,
but they knew how to exploit
it perfectly."
Best Team
To all this praise, Loeffler re
sponded with a modest tribute
to "the greatest college team I
ever coached." He pointed out
that his players "skinniness"
gave them speed that paid off in
rebounds and loose balls.
Then he elaborated on his
new-fangled idea of a basketball
attack, which may revolutionize,
the present coaching method.
The system was perfectly shown
m the finale, as the Explorers
scored consistently while bot
tling up Dayton's high-scoring
Divot man, six-foot seven-men
Don Meineke.
"Meineke plays a set pivot,"
explained Loeffler. "That means
he remains more or less sta
tionary. We don't like to do that,
because there are too many ways
such an attack can be stopped."
Meineke Stopped
The Explorers stopped Mein
eke by swarming around him on
defense. The Flyers simply could
not get a pass through to Big
Don, and unfortunately for them
they kept trying and trying and
losing the ball.
"No," said Loeffler. "Instead
we like to play a flash pivot.'
That means each of our men
slides through the pivot post for
just a few seconds. We get more
scoring opportunities that way
and find it's much harder to
stop.'
When asked if many other
teams use this system, Loeffler
answered with a twinkle, "no,
but I think they will when they
see the success we have had with
it,
Field Under Water
Handicaps Beavers
Riverside, Cal. (U.R) With
just a little more than two
weeks remaining before the Pa
cific Coast league baseball sea
son starts, Portland Beavers
Monday were confronted with
a field one to three feet under
water.
The Beavers have already lost
six practice days and don't ex
pect to be able to get on their
field here again until Wednes
day. Meanwhile, ' Manager Clay
Hopper announced he has ob
tained Clint Conatser, right
hand hitting outfielder from the
Pittsburgh Pirates, on a "30
day look."
AAU PREL1MS TODAY
Denver (U.R) More prelim
inary elimination games were
on tap Monday in the National
AAU basketball tournament be
fore the big-name quints of the
National Industrial Basketball
league open fire.
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Basketball
NATIONAL CATHOLIC TOURNEY,
(First ronnd)
Scranton 85, St Mary's (Minn.) 78
overtime
St Francis (Pa.) 68. Loyola (Md.) 52
NATIONAL AAU TOURNEY
(Preliminary round):
Jussell Electric (Denver) 81, Cas
per. (Wyo.) Bluebirds 38
Coors. (Greeley, Colo.) 58. Kelbos
Barbecue (Los Angeles) 44
San Diego Marines 70. Voorhies
Grain (Voorhies. Ia.) 57
Grlhalva Motors (San Diego) 56.
Jeffries Truckers (Oklahoma
City) 43
McPherson (Kans.) American Le
sion 68, Memphis Air Force Base 58
Panelshake Siding (Portland. Ore.)
72, One-Day Cleaners (Spring
field. 111.) 54
Sheridan Exporters (Billings. Mont.)
79. Towers Hardware (Jackson
ville. Fla.) 63
Soell Ford (St Louis) forfeit over
Gering (Neb.) Merchants
Interstate Gas (Colorado Springs)
vs. Graham Plowboys (Abilene,
Tex.) postponed.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY EXHIBITION
Philadelphia (N) 8. Philadelphia
(A) 0
Phila (A) "B" 3. Baltimore Int t
Brooklyn (N) 7, New York (A) 5
Boston (A) 10. CincinnaU (N) 6
Washington (A) 6. Detroit (A) 4
Boston (N) 3, St Louis (N) 2
Cleveland (A) 4. Oakland (PCL) 0
Cleveland (A) 4. San Francisco
(PCL) 3
Chicago (A) 3. Sacramento (PCL) 2
Pittsburgh (N) "B" 3. SeatUe
(PCL) 0
Pittsburgh (N) 7. Oakland (PCL) 4
Redskins Win SOC Tournament
B y 39-27 Victory Over talent
Two players each, from Talent
and Bandon and one each, from
Jacksonville and Elkton were
named Saturday night to the
Southern Oregon college invita
tional basketball tournament all
star first team.
Those named were Rollie Hart
ley and Larry'Quakenbush, Ta
lent; Wimp Hastings and Ronnie
Haga, Bandon; Ron Craig, Jack
sonville, and John Beckley, Elk
ton. Haga and Quackenbush
knotted for the fifth spot on the
team which was picked by the
coaches.
The second squad also includ
ed six boys. They were Don and
LeRoy Clay, Jacksonville; Mark
Head and Otis Burchell, Valsetz;
Lyle Beecroft, Oakland, and
Dick Manwarren, Canyonville
Bible academy.
Exhibition Played
Jacksonville woo the tourna
ment, defeating Talent 39 to 27
in the Saturday finals. The Can-"
yonville quint took consolation
honors with a 47 to 36 win over
McKenzie. Valsetz, a pre-tour-
ney favorite ousted by Talent,
downed Oakland 53 to 39 in a
Saturday night exhibition.
The taller Redskins, winners
Class A Basketball
Meet Opens Tuesday
Eugene (U.R) Sixteen
schools . Monday were on the
register nere tor the 34tn an
nual Class A high school basket
ball tournament which will be
gin Tuesday.
Two veterans on the tourney
list are the Salem Vikings, mak
ing their 30th visit and shooUng
for their eighth crown, and the
Astoria Fisherman, who had
traveled to the tournament 27
times and won six champion
ships. .
Three Portland schools are en
tered city co-champion Lin
coln, the Cleveland Ghosts - in
their first appearance in 22
years, and Central Catholic.
Bend became the final team to
qualify by beating Redmond 46
45 Saturday night.
Curtain-raisers Tuesday night
GAIN SKI TITLE
Government Camp, Ore. (U.R)
John Boucher of the University
of Portland and Audrey Baxen
dale of the Mt. Hood Associated
Women Skiers Sunday won the
combined titles of the Pacific
Northwestern Ski association's
Class C Alpine championships
on Mt. Hood.
will be the Astoria-HUlsboro
fray followed by a battle be
t w e e n Cleveland and Mc-Minnville.
Qualifying Time
Lengthened for
Golf Handicap
Qualifying play for the men's
spring golf handicap at Rogue
Valley Country club has been
extended one week in an at
tempt to gain a much larger field
of entries, it was announced to
day. Deadline for qualifying will
now be Sunday, March 23. First
round of match play will open
on Monday, March 24.
So far 42 men have qualified
and H. E. Nulton is low with a
net 66.
Club Pro Al Williams has 'an
nounced a ball sweepstakes for
men on Saturday and Sunday,
March 22 and 23. The first
mixed foursome competition of
the season will be on Sunday
afternoon, March 30. .
: Dead Una on Classified Ads:
5:30 pro for following day: 10 IB
Monday tor Monday: noon Saturday
for Sunday, am
twice over Talent ia Jackson
county B league play, appeared
the superior club from the start
in the championship game. How
ever, Talent put up a stubborn
fight In the opening quarter. Tha
period ended 11 to 8 in Jackson
ville's favor.
Second quarter action determ
ined the outcome. Jacksonville
pulled to a commanding 29 to
15 lead by halftime. Each club
scored five points In the third
period for a score of 34 to 20
at the intermission. Talent out
scored the Redskins 7 to 5 in
the final canto.
Talent's Rollie Hartley, named
the tourney's most valuable
player was held to five points
for the evening. The Bulldog ace
accumulated three fouls in tha
first quarter and was charged
with his fourth in the second
period. He fouled out in the final
quarter after his teammate,
Larry Quackenbush, was chased
from the fray for five infrac
tions. Count early in the contest wai
knotted at 2 to 2. Don Clay's
free bucket made it 3 to 2 and
Jacksonville stayed on top the
rest of the distance.
LINE-UPS:
Jacksonville 39
Nolan 11
D. Clay 7
Craig S
L. Clay 8
Taylor 5
St Talent
6 Straus
3 Ellis
8 Zumwalt
S Hartlev
4 Quackenbush
Substitutes For Jacksonville. Wlolr.
sten 2, Souza. Misner. Cabler 1. Wo.
mack, Maddox, Greene; for Talent;
Blair, Tyckson. McAbee.
Two Portland Players
On NAIB Second Team
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Port
land's Pilots won fourth place
in the National Association of
Intercollegiate Basketball tour
nament here after dropping
78-68 decision to Southwest Tex
as State Saturday night
Springfield of Missouri won
the title with a 73-64 win over
Murray State of Kentucky.
Jim Winters and Andy John
son of Portland and Ralph Pol
son of Whitworth were named
to the tournament's second all
star team.
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