SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, February 21. 19S5
TORNADO FLARES It! 2ND HALF
TO CRUSH ASHLAND FIVE 82-57
SOUTHERN OREGON
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
W 1 Pet
Medford 10 0 1.000
Klamath Fails 6 4 .600
Grants Past ; 3 7 .300
Ashland , 1 9 .100
With a second half display of
glittering might and aggressive
ness' and of fired up determina
tion, the Medford high Black
Tornado put a stop to hot shoot
ing by the Ashland Grizzlies and
powered to an 82 to 57 Southern
Oregon Conference basketball
win here Saturday night. r
Bettering 80 points for the
third time this season against
the Grizzlies, the Black Tornado
also took its fourth verdict from
the Ashlanders. It was the 10th
triumph against : no defeats in
the conference for Medford and
ran the full season victory string
to 18 in a row. Tornado record
for the year is 19 wins and one
loss. .:
Saturday victory assured Med
ford of at least a two-game mar
gin over second place Klamath
Falls in final league standings
and a four-game bulge is pos
sible. The Pelicans got a series
split with Grants Pass by a 55
to 51 edge over the Cavemen
Saturday to stay four games be-
MEDFOaDwJTRIBUNE
siPdDiFirs
fEIla Kowalski Seeks
Following
Tussle
Rmafch
Draw
in
Mat
' Promoter Mack Lillard today
was attempting to satisfy Ella
Kowalski's demand for a return
no time limit wrestling match
with Gerry Hunter. The ' two
girls went to a fall-apiece draw
in the feature match of a card
at Merrick's arena : Saturday
night. .
Subdistrict
Togas To Be
Determined
All A and B subdistrict titlists
in this southern Oregon region
will have been, determined when
the coming week end's high
school basketball slate is com
pleted. The stage--will then be
set for the following week when
play-off's decide state . tourna
ment entries from this area. . :
Final series in the Southern
Oregon conference, the Little
Six 3 tournament and the Jack
son County B ' league titular
play-off those' tussles provide
the bill-of-fare this week.
& Medford has already , been
crowned Southern Oregon con
ference champ. Nothing will be
at stake except prestige ' this
week in the circuit. However,
the Tornado, in its bid. for an
unmarred season in the loop,
anticipates its toughest series of
the 12-game campaign in the
Friday . and Saturday night
stands at Klamath Falls. -,
Other skirmishes in the loop
match Grants Pass and Ashland
at Grants Pass on Friday and at
Ashland on Saturday.
Who Plays Medford?
Medford's Black Tornado has
already claimed - the Big Four
division mantle of Class A, Dis
trict 4. The Little Six tourney
at Eagle Point will determine
who plays Medford for the ov
erall district toga.
Action starts Thursday when
Phoenix opposes Eagle Point and
Illinois Valley takes on Henley.
Crater meets Brookings on Fri
day and the winners of the pre
vious night's games collide. The
championship and two . other
tangles are billed for Saturday.
Talent and Rogue River, who
deadlocked in the . regular Jack
son B races, are adversaries on
Friday in the St. Mary's "gym
Winner will take on Malin the
following week for the District
5-B tiara. Malin won the Klam
ath county subdistrict- laurels
Saturday night by rapping Chil
oquin 54 to 48 in tourney finals.
Cinch
SD Laurels
Berkeley, Calif. U.R)
UCLA broke loose late in .the
second half to defeat California
84-76 and cinch, the Southern
division of the Pacific Coast con
ference basketball- title here
Saturday. ..r .
A hot 36 points" by California's
Bob McKeen was offset by the
sharp shooting of three Bruins'
each of whom made more than
20 points.
McKeen ran' his three year
total to 626 points, eclipsing
Hank Luisetti s Southern divi-
lion record of 612 points. He
dumped in 15 baskets and six of
11 free throws.
Taft Gets 26
Morris Taft with 26 points led
UCLA but was followed closely
by Ron Bane's 24 and John
Moore's 21 points. - .;... .;
The game was tied eight times
when Bob Blake got four
straight, free throws to make it
72-72. Moore then hit .two free
throws and a .tip-in and Taft
got a pair of free throws and a
jump shot to give the winners an
invincible 80-72 lead. - -
UCLA hit 30 of 62 shots from
the floor, 20 of them in the sec
ond half to run their record to
11 in a row and 19-3 for the
season with a 9-1 conference
record. . - '
Miss Kowalski complained to
Lillard that she believed Referee
Harold (Buck) Davidson gave
Miss Hunter all the breaks and
in an interview after the match
Miss Kowalski gave that as her
reason for attacking Davidson
during the bout. She said she
wants a different referee if she
gets the return bout.
Miss Hunter, who claims the
world's feminine, middleweight
championship, took the first fall
before a sell-out crowd with a
Boston crab hold in 17 minutes
and 15 seconds. The second fall
went to Miss Kowalski in 8:10
with a body press.
Miss Hunter, angered at Da
vidson's interference with her
rough stuff, ripped, the referee's
white duck trousers completely
off him , and later threw him
about the ring with a headlock
while Miss Kowalski sat on the
ropes and watched.
Another -- match . loomed for
Lillard when Yoggi Hussane is
sued a challenge to Davidson
following Hussane's loss to Joe
Hahn in the middle match.
After Hussane. had taken the
first fall from "Hahn in l&A
minutes with a surfboard hold,
he tackled Davidson for inter
ferring with his rough stuff,
which rivals that of any ever
seen in the arena.' Davidson pol
ished Hussane off without too
much difficulty after which the
angered Turk, turned on Time
keeper Joe Crawford. That last
ed only until Crawford raised
his hammer. v ;
Hahn won the second fall on
a foul in five minutes and five
seconds when . Hussane refused
to break choke holds. Again Hus
sane took after -Davidson and
again he took a beating from the
arbiter.
The winning fall went to Hahn,
again on a foul. Hussane had
been awarded the fall . with a
shoulder press but Hahn, the
crowd and Crawford screamed
that Hussane used leverage by
holding Hahn's pants, an illegal
maneuver, to get the fall.-Davidson
reversed his decision and
gave the match to Hahn." Time
was six minutes.
Hussane tackled Davidson for
the third time and was tossed
over the ropes Onto the. arena
floor for his efforts. . ;
Johnny Dobbs, another rough-
house expert, drew a multitude
of jeers from the crowd as he
polished off Larry Presnell,
Portland, in the opener, - two
falls to one.
All in all, the card was well
received . by the throng and
many of the spectators; called
it the best wrestling program
they have seen in Medford in
recent years. - . . "
Joyvees Nip
Ashlanders
. Medford high junior . varsity
hoopmen blew a 12 point lead
in" the 'fourth quarter here Sat
urday night but managed to
hold to. tight enough to eke out
a 45 to 43 win over the Ashland
jayvees and extend ." their ; un
beaten record to 18 contests.
The Junior Tornado went into
the last quarter heading 36 to
29 and soon had a 41 to 29 ad
vantage. That 1 edge was - cut
down to two-point gaps of 41 to
39, 42 to 40. and 44 to 42. The
margin slipped to 44 to 43 when
Lance Locke made a gifter for
Ashland and John Hawley miss
ed one for Medford on a double
foul.
: Larry Gober got a final, free
shot with 25 seconds left to
bring ' the score to the final
count.
Medford was . leader at the
quarter 14 to ft. and at the half
25 to 20.
Gober totaled ' 21 points" for
Medford and Woods and Fitch
each 10 for Ashland.
hind the Black Tornado. Med
ford clinched the SO Big Four
crown Friday, whacking Ashland
85 to 54 while Grants Pass spilled
the Pels 54 to 47.
Early Lead
Medford took the lead early
Saturday against the Grizzlies
and after the first quarter ended
another Tornado runaway . ap
peared in the offing. That canto
ended 21 to 12. . But in the
second stanza the Tornado fell
victim to torrid Ashland shoot
ing and its own defensive and
offensive lapse. The Grizzlies
outscored the Tornado 18 to 15
in the panel and the Medford
spread at halftime was cut to six
points at 36 to 30.
A rejuvenated, hustling, driv
ing, ballhawking Medford club,
however, took the floor at the
start of the second half and the
height provided by Jerry Kal
apus and Glenn Peterson and
the torrid fast breaking and ball
handling of Larry Copple, Bud
Kastner and Frank Rector, as
usual, took its toll.
29 Point Lead -
Medford ran up 25 points to
Ashland's 10 for a 61 to 40 lead
at the end of the third quarter
and the regulars pushed their
margin over the Grizzlies to 29
points at 73 to 44 before giving
way to reserves with 3 V4 min
utes played in the final quarter.
Frank Rector headed the third
quarter scoring parade with six
field goals and a free shot. Kal
apus got four field goals in the
surge. .
Ashland's .542 field goaling
average on 13 buckets in 24 tries
kept it in the ruckus during the
first half. Medford fired 15 out
of 38 for only .397 during that
stage of the fracas but came back
in the third quarter to make 11
out of 22 for a .500 mark of its
own. The Tornado held Ashland
to a .321 goaling average in the
second half.
.407 Average
Medford racked up its most
field shots of the year, 35, but
with 86 attempts had one of its
"poor" nights with a .407 mark.
Ashland's average for the night
was .423. Tornado reserves in
the closing part of the mix didn't
get the ball in the hoop ' with
the consistency of the regulars
and Medford hit only nine for
26 in the last quarter.
Eighty per cent of the made
Tornado field shots were from
close range and Ashland got 14
out of its 22 from short distance.
most of them in the first half
and late fourth quarter.
Tornado height paid off offen
sively but the rebounding margin
was not decisive.. Medford
cleared 40 boards to 32 for Ash-
land. Kalapus and Ashland's
Gene Parent each had 12. Kast
ner and Copple got six each for
Medford and Peterson five. .-,
Larry .Copple was Medford's
high scorer with' 20. Peterson
ana tector got 15 apiece and
Kalapus 12. Parent got 16 for
Ashland, Stu-Baker and John
son each 11 and Jerry Mickle 10.
BOX:
Medford
Kalapus,
Kastner. f
Peterson, c
L.. Copple, g
ttector, g
McCullouBh '
McLaughlin
Cochran -...
Cearley
Tisdel
Reinking
Dtakins ;
5
2
7
; 9 ,
7
2
1
1
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1
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0
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3 12
2 6
0 15
1 20
1 15
0 '4
5
0
3
0
1
0
Fanfare
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
We're glad to see an early
start in preparations for this
year's Medford Softball season
and hope there is a good turnout
for the 8 o'clock meeting sched
uled tonight at the YMCA by
Russ McKechnie, Medford Soft
ball Association president.
Softball, abandoned during
the years professional - baseball
was in Medford, has struggled
since its revival a few years ago
and could die out completely, on
a league basis, unless more in
terest is shown in making the
circuit operate. The job can't
be done by one man or even two.
The fact that the MSA had to
switch from play on a lighted
field and finish the season, with
twilight games is evidence that
there are problems to be faced,
even for the coming sason. Per
haps, the long range answer is
a city financed and administered
recreational program.
slderation and study.
Ashland
Baker, -f .
Sword.: f
Parent, c
Mickle. g ,
Johnson, g
Schultz
Locke
Taylor ..
Lemley
Carter
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22 13 16 57
Medford 45
D. Copde. 4'
Inskeeo 7
Stearns 2 '
Hawley 4
uoDer 21
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43 Ashland
4 Moores
3 Clemens
6 Green
S Lock
- 10 Woods
SuhRtltllTirms TT1.- 1trfn.l c;i
--Puhl 1. Plumley. 2; for . Ashland:
Fitch 10, Bailey, Ebexhart 2. Cray 3.
Red Raiders
Out of Race
In Circuit
Ashland Portland ' State col
lege eliminated Southern , Ore
gon college from the Oregon
Collegiate conference basket
ball running and assured itself
at least a tie for the champion
ship Saturday night by clipping
the Red Raiders here 51 to 39.
. Victory put the Viking record
at 11 and 1 in the circuit and
put SOC's standing at 9 and 5,
leaving only Eastern Oregon (7
and 5) with a chance to catch
the PSC team.
Stall Used
Southern Oregon employed a
zone defense in the conflict and
Portland State, leading 19 to 15,
stalled five minutes late in the
first half. The' 19 to 15 count
prevailed at halftime.
"The Vikings controlled the
boards with a 62 to 22 margin
in rebounds. - r -,- ;
Lloyd Hoffins of the Raiders
was high scorer with 15 points.
Paul Poetsch .of. PSC. and Tiger
Bob Smith of SOC each had .12..
Southern Oregon ends : its
loop slate Tuesday playing Ore
gon Tech at Klamath Falls.
LINE-UPS:
PSC 51
Parker 6
Robertson , 7
Nenow 9
Viskov 10
Poetsch 12
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39 SOC
15 Hoffine
. 12 Smith
4 Titus
.1 Johnson
4 Bates
Perkins 5,
OSGC EYES SUPERTROUT
Ken Denman, Medford, mem
ber of the Oregon State Game
Commission, has reported that
Commission has looked into
the steelhead propagation and
planting program of its state
of Washington counterpart and
feels "that they" have some
thing there." Trial of a sim
ilar program in Oregon is an
ticipated. Denman says , some
procedures will have to be
changed. Under the program
headed by Clarence Pautzke,
chief biologist for the WSGC,
steelhead fishing in Washing
Ion has .produced more and
bigger fish despite heavier
fishing pressure.
Substitutions For PSC
Evans 2. Mclntyre; for SOC: Springer
2, Lillebo 1. Love. Crandall.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon -Saturday-: 10 - a jn. Monday -for
Monday; other daya 5:20 previous day.
V ALTON PLAN FAVORED
. Sentiment was generally lav-
brable toward the Izaak .Walton
League of America land restora
tion proposal : last week during
a discussion at the - Jackson
county Waltonian chapter ses
sion. Members, however, delayed
until March 14 their decision on
whether they will support the
proposal. - r . .. .
The. I WLA. plan, presented by
its land use committee proposes
that the U. S. Department of
Agriculture lease from the own
ers and remove from all agri
cultural production a sufficient
acrease of cultivated land to
bring production back' into line
with current demand.
Committeemen in presenting
the matter ' for " consideration
pointed to paradoxes. On; the
one hand there is over-produc
tion and increasing productivity
through technical advances.
Meanwhile, foreign ' m a r k e t s
have dwindled, and enormous
and growing surpluses of basic
commodities have been pur
chased in the federal price sup
port program. An estimated -70,-000,000
acres- are being culti
vated which are not suited to
cultivation. .''',
The committee1 charged that
the country is using 10 per cent
too much pf its potential produc;
tMty '"and' misusing and de
teriorating a substantial amount
of land resources. -
.A term of the. leases proposed
would be that the land be im
mediately condition ed and
planted in a way to assure high
est fertility stabilization and re
storation. .The IWLA plan aims
at an effective soil conservation
program. It would first supple
ment then supplant the present
system, of price supports. It is
felt-by-, the . Walton committee
that the program would at least
strike at the roots of economic;
social ana conservation - pro
grams facing agriculture.
The 'idea evolved by ' the
sportsmen's group has. much
merit but requires careful con-
MIBL HAS GOOD YEAR
Despite the fact that the
Medford Independent Basket
ball League had to curtail its
slate for financial reasons, no
real harm resulted and the
loop actually enjoyed one of
its best years, particularly
from an administration stand
point. And the circuit and its
officers axe to be congratu
lated. From Glenn Linn, principal
of the junior high school,
where MIBL . games were
played,, comes this comment:
"There's been the 'finest, re
lationship we've ever had.".
He pointed out that the city
leagues showed courtesy and
took fine care of the interior
of the- gym quarters. Linn
said it was the first time the
league ihas been permitted
' to use the shower room that
there has been no trouble. He
praised the loop for having .
someone on hand responsible
at the games and for the ef
forts of the players to get out
of the building on time after
games.
Promptness on the part of
players and referees had a lot
to do with the getting games
underway and over on time.
A big share of the credit
for a successful year goes to
President Bill Singler and to
his work and guiding hand.
His administration proved the
value of having as president a
non-player who has no team
affiliation.
WHO IS THIS - - -
WELL-KNOWN- ....
SPORTS FIGURE
APPEARING ON
BARKER'S TELE
VISION PROGRAM
THIS COMING
WEDNESDAY NIGHT?
POINTERS ROMP
Out at Central Point there's
considerable pride in the eighth
grade basketball team coached
bv Barney. Riegs. ; The club is
undefeated in 10 games includ
ing - two with Medford. The
Pointers will attempt to end the
resular. season unbeaten in
eames Tuesday night . . with
Grants Pass and Thursday after
noon ; with St. - Mary's. Both
scraps will be at Central Point.
PILOTS FLY
The. Nazarene Pilots, see
end place Cagers in the local
church league, really flew
during the week end. They
journeyed by commercial air
liner to Crescent City, Calif.
They downed the Foursquare
team, tops in the Crescent City
church loop, 102 to 70 then
flew- back to - Medford. Clar
ence Johnson scored 26 : for
.Nazarene. One - Foursquare
player got 28.
Crater, Eagle Point Grab
Rogue Cage Loop Finales
ROGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS
(Final)
w . It
Crater 10 2
Phoenix 7 - 5
Eagle Point 6 6
Illinois Valley 1 11
Pet
.833
.583
.500
.083
Crater high added gleam ; to
the luster of its championship
and Eagle Point gained a break
even record in the circuit Sat
urday 'night as Rogue league
basketball opposition concluded.
The Comets of Crater bounc
ed Phoenix 54 to 42 at Phoenix
to " boost its spread to three
games over the second place Pir
ates. Eagle Point outscrapped
Illinois' Valley at EP, 58 to 48
for its sixth loop setback against
as many setbacks. .
Both Saturday winners had
little trouble. Crater took its
lead early and was never head
ed. The Comets outplayed Phoe
nix and kept a good lead through
out the tussle. Eagle Point, too,
was on top from the start and
its fast break worked well. Both
victors had 20-point advantages
after three quarters.
Parent Drives .'
Period margins favored Cra
ter over the Pirates 17 to 7, 28
to 19 and 50 to 30. Vern Par
ent stood out for the . Comets
with his driving and shooting.
He was high scorer for the con
flict with 16 markers and his
teammate and fellow guard,
Harvey. Tonn, was next with 14.
Jim- Korth had 10 for Phoenix.
Eagle Point had intermission
standings of 10 to 0, 26 to 9
and 47 to 27. Frank Reich of
Eagle Point and Larry Maurer of
Illinois Valley each had 17 tal
lies. Reserves saw duty for most
of the third and fourth stanzas
for the Eagles. "
A .480 average from the field
and .526 clip from the free line
assisted the Eagles. The Coug
ars averaged .318 in their buck
eting and at the gift line got
20 of their points at a .689 shoot
ing rate. Eagle Point had the re
bounding advantage 38 to 25.
Eagle Point won its jayvee
contest 32 tp 30 in overtime.
LINE-UPS:
Eagle Point SS " 48 Illinois Valley
Nelson 13 f 17 Maurer
Christian 6 f Hemingway
Caldwell 4 c 6 Krauss
Wyatt , g 10 Sams
Reich 17 g 10 Harrison
Substitutions For Eagle Point: Bit-
terling, Tuttle 7. Greb 8. Mason.
Friend 3. McDonald; for Illinois Val
ley, Pickle 4, King, Preston 1.
Bobby Bell Favored
Over Carmelo Costa
New York (U.R) Bobby Bell
of Youngstown, Ohio, eighth
ranking featherweight contender,
is favored at 8-5 to beat tin
ranked Carmelo Costa of Brook
lyn again tonight in their return
10-round bout at Brooklyn's
Eastern Parkway Arena.
Middleweight Rafael Meretino
of . Argentina makes his U.S
debut tonight in another TV 10-
rounder with Rinzi. Nocero of
Brooklyn at St. Nicholas Arena.
' Oil is now produced commer
cially in 28 of the American
states. The most recent addition
to the list is South Dakota.
Crater 54
Hogue 9 -Higinbotham
6
Gray 9
Parent 16
Tonn 14
f
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42 Phoenix
6 Madden
9 Bean
6 Vreeken
10 Korth
2 Kelsoe
Substitutions For Crater: Kellev.
Von - Buskirk, Tidwell, - Anderson,
Shama, Bailey. Leffler; - for Phoenix:
Oldham 2. Wall 4. Da hi 3. Simmon ds.
Wallace, James. , .
Albany (U.R) The new leader
in the Class A singles of the
Oregon Women's Bowline tour
ament here is Dorothy Raisanea
of Portland. She - rolled a 565
yesterday . to oust Louise Oar
of Coss Bay who had the pre .
vious high of 557. -.
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