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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1954)
J V. i f TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, December 20, 1954 i - MedfowvSTribune SrP(S)nBIFS 0PEfJ !WTS HJon., Tujfs., Thurs., Fri.-Wed. till 9 p.m. Tornado Hips Bulldogs 59-56 in Thriller Mix A big wind can blow in a i cluder chukker. Ed McCullonffh. number of ways and that was potted two free shots, one tying never more irue oi ine BiacK tne game and the other putting Tornado Saturday night as the Medford on top 49 to 48. Willard up and coming Medford high Reeve came back with a hook basketball aggregation turned cast for a 50 to 49 Bulldog mar back one of the mostly highly gin but Bud Kastner found the regarded prep clubs in the state, net for Medford and Cbpple fol- xne wortn uena Bulldogs, 59 to lowed for another field goal on oo on ine local scnoors court. a tine assist rom Jerry Kalapus. But the degrees of the breeze 14 wa 53 for Medford and the turned a seemingly one-sized Tornado didn't trail again, scramble into a nip and tuck, Glenn Peterson then fouled stirring and intense struggle out with about 4V4 minutes left right down to the final buzzer, to play and Lloyd Cearley re- And it was a real entertainer placed him. Reeve plopped in the for the fans. gifter but Kalapus got one for r JVlecuord s Tornado, in fashion- Medford for a 54 to 51 standing, ing its fourth triumph in five It was 54 to 53 when Jack Shan- conflicts this season, stormed to ley connected for a goal for NB wide leads m the first half and but Cearley swished one from in the third quarter. But it the corner for a 56 to 53 count. -blew" both advantages than North Bend's defense pressed finished with a gusty perform- and Copple was tooted down for ance which didn't have the issue charging. Shanley made both seiuea unm tne ciosmg seconas. free ones for a 56 to 55 situation Larry Copple's field goal with 70 Two and one-half minutes were seconas xo go ana jerry aia- left to play. The Bulldogs broke pus's free shot with nine sec- Up the Medford offense and the onds on the clock smashed a 56- muscular Reeve boomed in for all tie and gave Medford its what seemed a sure goal. But imai margin. . McCullough's foul stopped him. -.J"11 "4 minues remaining xut uuec-iuuruu oi me xir&i tieeves was awarded two shots half the Medford performance He missed the first and flipped was superb while the North m the second for a 56-all tie Bend quint couldn't seem to get Medford players were more going, in xnai opening portion cautious as they brought the ball of the fracas the Tornado was an dowif the court this time uucuwvc wiiuidiu, luuiuug aiiu turned to ball control waiting driving hard, getting a lot of for a sure shot and they got it good shots and making them, with 70 seconds left, Copple "" broke through the key, took a backboards and the game had perfect pass from Kastner and au tne appearances 01 a run- deftly looped the ball in from under the bucket. Medford was j in front 58 to 56. In the last moments Kastner, away. After an early 2all tie, Peter son, Copple, Kastner and Frank Rector combined with a variety of shots for a 12 to 3 Medford margin. Kalapus, who put in seven free throws without a miss, got four of them while Rector, Copple and . Peterson tang up field goals for Medford. '"Woolstenhulme King, and Bill Rush got fielders for the visi tors and the bulge was 20 to 9 After Woolstenhulme put in charity toss, Peterson whirled and got "a jumper for Medford, That set the count at 22 to 10 for the first quarter. , Medford widened its margins to two 16 pomt situations of 28 o 16 and 31 to 15 in the second quarter as Rector, Kalapus and Peterson contributed to the total. LeRoy King with a pair of free shots cut the Medford gap to J31 to 17. : .Complexion Changes With minutes to eo in the iialf, Peterson charged with his 'third foul, was called to the Medford' bench. It was' at that jDoint that the complexion of the game changed. Sparked by the f loor play of King a 5-foot inch shorty guard and the 'shoot ing of. Dick Woolstenhulme, the i Bulldogs caught fire and began 'to click. The Black Tornado at "the same time began to function -erratically, passing wildly on of- lense ana lapsing on defense. .North Bend took full advantage. Woolstenhulme with three ifield goals set the pace as North ;Bend surged. Dave Hartley piled up five points and Shanley got two. A tip in shot and a fast break bucket by Rector were all Medford could produce in four minutes and at half time the taints 35 to 30. Medford was somewhat its 'former self as the second half -opened. Copple tallied on a tip Jeff play. Peterson and Rector , added field goals and the Med ford lead was 11 points 41 to 30 with less than a minute played. But in the next three , minutes the Bulldogs came back with 12 straight points, 'while holding the Tornado scoreless, and took their first lead in the ; scrape at 42 to 41. Free shots did most of the damage. Al Van L'euven sank four. King and Hoddy Schopman each two and 1 goals put North Bend on top. Rector Fouls Out . . The lead changed hands five times after North Bend first 'took it and the count was knotted four times. Peterson, 'seconds after the Bulldogs went ahead, put Medford back on top 43 to 42. Schepman then made it 44 to 43 for North Bend. Kalapus tied it with a free toss. Schep man nut the Bulldogs in front with a jumper 46 to 44. But Copple broke in to knot tne frav again. King gave North Bend the lead for the start of tne nectic final panel. He scored from the field with 17 seconds left in 'the third quarter, busting the dead lock. The count going into the Jinal session was 48 to 47 for the Bulldogs after Copple of Medford, fouled by Woolsten Tiulme, sank one of two free -free throw tries after the third period buzzer. - r r It didn't stay that way long, f Fifteen seconds into the con-, Copple and Kalapus all checked field shots of the desperate Bull dogs. There was tense six or seven seconds for the home crew, when with 13 seconds on the board the clock refused to run. Medford clung to the ball and with nine seconds to go Reeve, in his fifth infraction, fouled Kalapus under the hoop. The tall Medford forward made one and missed the other. While the Tornado encoun tered passing and defensive trou bles, its field shooting was great. Medford put in 22 field free shot attempts with - Kalapus getting 10 out of 16. The- Medfordites also domi nated the boards in the overall picture. They had control in the ! early part of the game and it was about even after that. Kal apus retrieved i3, Kastner seven and Peterson six of Medford's 31. Kastner also turned in a fine job of guarding burley Willard Reeve, one of the Bulldogs scor ing start Reeve .. got only one field goal agamst Medford. He tallied 18 points against. Grants Pass on Friday. Kastner was charged with only one foul. BOX SCORE; Medford fg ft pf Kastner. f L2 0 1 Peterson. , f 0 5: Kalaous. c 1 10 3 L. Copple. g 8 13: Rector, g 4 2 5: Foust i...O 0 0 McCullough ' 0 2 : 1 Cochran 0 0 0 Cearley 1 0 0 28 15 18 t North Bend Reeve, f Rush, f Woolstenhulme e Schepman. g Shanley. g . Hartley Why King .. Van Leuven , U ..1 ..2 -6 ..3 ..2 .1 ..0 ..4 ..0 , ft 2 0 1 5 0 . 1 0 5 4 5 1 4 2 0 ' 2 0 2 1 19 18 17 Grants Pass -. . . Trips Eagles Eagle Pomt Eagle Pomt high's battling basketball crew had the edge on the backboards here Saturday night but could not muster quite enough shoot ing power as it dropped a 51 to 40 decision to the Grants Pass Cavemen. The Eagles outrebounded Grants Pass 37 to 32 and had a 14 to nine, advantage at the foul line but the Cavemen were best from the field with 21 goals to 13. Grants Pass had a .382 av erage from the field and Eagle Point an even .250. Jim Reid was top point pro ducer with 17 for the Cavemen. Harvey Nelson put in 12 for the Eagles. Quarter scores favored Grants Pass 11 to 8, 28 to 14 and 37 to 24. 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