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TEN M2DF0RD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, March 8, 19SS MEDFORIVjTRIBUire Bedford Smothers Crater, 96-49, in 4-A Title Clash Win String Reaches 21; Team Shines Medfoid high's blistering Black Tornado, a court combin ation verily bulging with power and finesse, was only a game away from a Class A tate basket ball tournament berth Friday night in the wake of its most scorching triumph of the 1954 campaign. The Tornado, No. 1 rated on the Oregon prep scene for many weeks, caused' fans throughout the state to take more awesome note and gave other tourney- bound teams menacing warning as it crushed the Crater Comets by a stunning 96 to 49 count at Central Point in the first en counter of a two-out of three week end series for the District 4A championship. The Big Wind of southern Ore gon simply outwhooshed, out played and outclassed the Comets in rolling up its biggest single game scoring total of the year and, so far as is known, the hugest total in Medford varsity scoring annals.' 21st Straight Medford's 47-point spread at the final buzzer, m its 22nd win of the year and 21st straight, duplicated the victory margin in an 85 to 38 Southern Oregon Conference verdict over Ashland but was two short of the 49-point bulge in an 86 to 37 victory over Grants Pass at the start of the conference campaign. Torrid shooting, sharper, surer ball-handling, tough defense, and finer battling under the back boards won out for the hustling Tornado over the Comets, who were cold in their field goaling and obviously not up to their best. Crater lacked the sharp ness and aggressiveness which carried- it to victory over Eagle Point in subdistrict finals last week. : Medford took control of the action in the opening couple of minutes and its command was borne out not only by the scor ing but by the statistics. A torrid .534 field goaling aver age was recorded by the Tornado for the full game while Crater shot just .262. Backboard re bounding count according to Crater tabulations, favored Med ford 60 to 16. 39 Field Goals , Crater scoring frigidity and the stout Medford defense which jammed the middle and gave the Comets few close in oppor tunities held the home team to only 11 field goals. Medford, get ting in close for more than half its shots and hitting well also from mid and far range, poured in 39 field baskets, its season high. Fred Hogue's free shot gave Crater the first point of the fracas but a jumper by Bud Kast . ner, a pusher by Frank Rector and two free heaves by Kastner put Medford 8 to 1 in front. The Comets used free shots to keep pace for a short time they didn't get a field goal in the first quarter and trailed 3 to 6, 5 to 8 and 7 to 10., But the Tornado, with every hand helping, boomed to a 25 to 10 lead at the end of the period. Medford advantage mounted steadily through the second quarter, with Jerry Kalapus, Glenn Peterson, Rector and Larry Copple contributing tal lies. And when a 29-point 44 to 15 spread was reached with 4i minutes . gone by, Coach Frank Roelandt began to send in reserves. Rally a Bit Crater, scoring better, came back slightly. Bob Gray, Harvey Tonn, Vera Parent ,and Gordon Tidwell did the point-producing. At half time' the Tornado gap was 23 points at 52 to 29. Regulars returned to duty in the third quarter. It was Med ford's lowest scoring session. However, the Tornado picked up 19 more markers to Crater's 11 and led by 31 points, 71 to 40 at the end of the stanza. - Reserves filtered into the Tor : nado line-up during the third ' quarter and a complete non-regu lar unit was on the floor with the score 87 to 44 and 3 minutes ; to play. Medford had a 49-point margin at 96 to 47 in the closing ; moments. Free shots by Parent 'and Donn Johnson for Crater concluded the scoring. . Team Effort It was a big team effort for ; the hustling, driving, , Medford ;crew. That was jShown in the scoring and in the work on the . backboards. Kalapus was high point man with 18 but barely shaded Copple and Rector who had 17 apiece. Peterson, with ; some beautiful faking for at least three of his buckets, scored 15 ; Kastner collected just six 'counters for the night but his .feeding, floor, play along with Rector and Copple and his re 'bounding were factors in the vic ' tory- He and Kalapus picked 11 rebounds each while Peterson pulled down 12. Crater scoring was just about ; as balanced as Medford's. Harvey ,Tonn had 12, of which 10 were 'free ones. He didn't miss from the gift stripe. Bob Gray and "Vera Parent had 10 each and Jim Higinbotham nine. The Tornado took 73 shots .from the field, the biggest share MAUN NIPS TALENT IN PLAY-OFF OPENER Klamath Falls Reserve Don Rajnus got his entire evening's output of eight points in the last three minutes here Friday night to pace a Mustang rally as Ma lin high defeated Talent 49 to 47 in the first game of a twq-out-of-three game series for the District .5B basketball cham pionship. Talent grabbed lead in the Chico Vejar Earns Nod New York ttJ.R) Young Chico Vejar and veteran Billy Graham will meet in a return welterweight, bout sometime next month "because Chicago's speed and hustle earned, only a split decision over Billy's skill in their 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Both fighters and their man agers said today they were will ing to accept the second engage ment. Vejar, of Stamford, Conn., re ceived the votes of the two judges for his first major vic tory since he was given his Army discharge on Jan. 20. But 33-year-old Graham's third con secutive defeat was softened by the Referee's ballot in his favor. Writers Favor Vejar For 23-year-old Chico, Judge Bert Grant tabbed it 6-4 on a rounds basis. Judge Jack Gor don agreed, 5-4-1. But Referee Al Berl favored Irish Billy, 5-4-1. The United Press had Ve jar ahead, 7-2-1. - A poll of 11 sports writers favored Vejar, 7-4. Vejar was much superior at long range because of his speed afoot and his flashy left jabs. But when he tried to come to close-quarters and slug it out with slow-footed Billy, he re ceived solid right jolts to the face and clubbing rights to the body. Graham's best rounds were the only sessions the three ring officials voted unanimously for Billy. It was Vejar's 59th victory in 64 fights, and Graham's 14th defeat in 125. San tee Back On U.S. Team For Pan -Am New York (U.R) Wes Santee, America's mile king, was put back Saturday on the U. S. track team that will compete in the Pan-American games at Mexico City later this month when he and six other collegians were given permission to report late. Santee announced last week that he had to withdraw from the team because the Pan-Amer-theican competition would keep him away from his studies at the University of Kansas for a period of two weeks. Jim Kelly of Minnesota, chair man of the U. S. Olympic Track and Field committee, said today, however, that seven college ath letes will be permitted to report late to Mexico City. The others are Arnold Sowell, middle distance ' star from the University of Pittsburgh; quar-ter-miler Jesse Mashburn of Ok lahoma A and M; Rafer John son, U.C.L.A. decathlon star; Bud Held, - javelin-throwing di vinity student from California, and sprinters Charles Thomas and Dean Smith, both of Texas. in close, and Crater fired only 42 times. BOX: Medford Kastntr, f . Kalapus. f Peterson, e Copple, g F6 FT PF TP L 4 2 6 8 2 2 13 5 . 5 4 15 8 1 3 17 7 3 4 17 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 6 3 11 7 1,0 0 2 Rector, e FOUSt McLaughlin McCullough Tisdel Deakins 39 18 24 96 FG FT PF TP - 2 2 4 6 3 3 5 9 2 6 2 10 3 4 3 10 1 10 0 12 0 0 0 0 -0111 0 1 1 1 11 27 IS, 49 Crater Hogue, f ;.. Higinbotham, f Gray, c Parent, g Tonn. g .. Kellev Tidwell Johnson Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday : 10 am. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviouaaay You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY Me Andrews Road , , Phono 2-5271 .; game three minutes into the second quarter and held it until a long jump by Rajnus gave Malin 48 to 47 command with just 55 seconds left in the con flict. Ray Johns6n added a free shot for the concluding margin. The Bulldogs from Jackson county went into the final canto with a 39 to 34 edge and Gordy Thoreson made it 41 to 34. Norm Oliva cut the count to 41 to 36 and Lavon Travis hit from the key for Malin slicing the Talent margin more, 41 .to 38. George Zickefoose shot from the base line to make it 43 to 38 for tal ent. Travis hacked it to 43 to 40 but' Zickefoose and Thoreson combined gifters for 45 to 40. Rajnus then got two free heaves and a jumper but Zicke foose's bucket made it 47 to 44. Then Rajnus scored from the free lane and followed with his long cast to put the Mustangs on top. Malin took a starting 4 to 0 advantage but tie scores follow ed at 4-all, 6-all, 8-all and 10-all. The Mustangs shoved ahead 13 to 10 but headed only 13 to 12 at the quarter. Thoreson knotted the game at 13-all but Malin forged to 18 to 13. Talent rallied back and a fielder by J. Lloyd Wood put the Bulldogs on top 19 to 18. The Jackson county gang had a 25 to 24 edge at half time; Malin's taller quint had edge on the backboards, mostly in the first half but Jim McAbee got a good share of rebounds for the Bulldogs. He was also high point man with 16. Johnson topped Malin with 12. Talent defense was good and broke the Malin offense a number of times The clubs played again last night at Klamath Falls and were to move to Southern Oregon college, Ashland, for a Monday game if Talent won. LINE-UPS: Malin 49 47 Talent 9 Zickefoose 8 Barrett 16 McAbee 6 Thoreson Steyskal 2 Dokkens 6 Oliva 10 Travis 11 Johnson 12 8 Wood Substitutions For Malin. Rajnus 8: for Talent, M. Wallace, G. Combs, Helm. Women's Golf The first scheduled day of play of the season for the Wom en's Golf association at Rogue Valley Country club Thursday was nine-hole medal.' In the A group Mrs. Leslie Schneider Won with a net 39. Winner of the B group was Mrs. Roger Clark with net 42.'c group vic tor was Mrs. L. G. ,- McLaren with a net 45 and in the D group Mrs. Jerry Olsen . won with a net 53. On the next ladies' day, March 10, play will be a Crier's tourna ment for nine hole play. Be ginners who have never played before and are planning on tak ing the Beginners' lessons will be paired after, completion of the lessons if they wish. First person listed in the following pairings will be responsible for contacting the others to arrange suitable playing time. THURSDAY PAIRINGS: - Miss Isobel Stuart, Mrs. Loren Haugen and Mrs. Miles Doran; Mrs. C. B. Collins, Mrs. Paul Walker and Mrs. Dick Knight: Mrs. B. L. Nutting, Mrs. Sam Colton and Mrs. W. L. Stark; Mrs'. Belle Schenck. Mrs. Fran cis Cheney and Mrs. L. G. McLaren; Mrs. Jack Wood, Mrs. Ray Frisbie and Mrs. Robert Lockwood. Mrs. Wm. Miller, Mrs. B. B. Temple and Mrs. John Day; Mrs. George Har rington, Mrs. H. D. McClure. and Mrs. Mahr Reymers: - Mrs. Noble Vincent, Mrs. Richard Finch and Mrs. Ray Lar son: Mrs. Leslie Schneider, Mrs. Rcger Clark and Mrs. Al Hart. . Mrs. W. W. Davies. Mrs. L. C. Burt and Mrs. Victor Sether; Mrs. Thomas Culbertson, Mrs. Ken Teeter and Mrs. Ward Samuelson; Mrs. Warren Lesseg, Mrs. Ed Ross and Mrs. H. G. Dowson; Mrs. L. W. - Bates and Mrs. H. L. Bush; Mrs. Frank Tamney and Mrs. Ed. Radzweit. Mrs. Robert Morris. Mrs. Lee Bau mann (Hilt, Calif.) and Mrs. Ed Milne; Mrs. Fred Conrad. Mrs. R. E. Barclay and Mrs Dan Adams; Mrs. C. E. Gordon, Mrs. Jerry Olsen and Mrs. T. C. Groom es: Mrs. Dick Field, Mrs. J. W. Barnard and Mrs. Dean Lambert; Mrs. Al Morion. Mrs. John Bunker and Mrs. Robert Little. Mrs. J. O. Oakes, Mrs. Melvin He Grew and Mrs. J. W. Mack; Mrs. R. E. Heysell, Mrs. James Asher and Mrs. Stuart McQueen; Mrs: James Shaw, Mrs. F. M. Rhoades and Mrs. C. H. Barrell. . - Mrs. Reese Alexander, Mrs. T. A. Benesh and Mrs. A. Z. Dean: Mrs. li. T. Anderson. Mrs. Wm.- Blackledge and Mrs. John Pletsch; Mrs. F. L. Somers. Mrs. Paul Dix and Mrs. Chas. Mclntyre; Mrs. James Dunlevy, Mrs. Royal Bebb and Mrs. M. Don Mc Geary. Mrs. James Lydon. Mrs. Raymond Wise and Mrs. Wm. Deatherage; Mrs. S. R. Mosher. Mrs. L. E. Wilson and Mrs. Harry Reames. Those paired with Mrs. Baumann need not call her. She will be at the Pro-shop by 9:30 ajn. on Thursdays. 1 --- r-vv t eaa Tornado J V Quint Nicks Crater 53-51 Medford high junior varsity edged from behind in a free shot filled fourth quarter at Central Point Friday night to nick the Crater high jayvee basketball crew 53 to 51. The Comet junior club made only free throws during the closing period but utilized them to overcome a one-point deficit and take two four-tally bulges over the Tornado gang. Medford collected five gift tosses and three field goals to finally out score Crater 11 to 10 in the panel. Big Mike Stearns came through with the winning field goal with something over a min ute yet to play. He took a feed from Larry Gober after .the Medfordites had turned to ball control to play for one sure bucket. In the final seconds a shot by Don Goyette of Crater was in and out and another try by Freddie Herrmann whacked the rim and fell back. Medford led 16 to 12 at the quarter and 29 to 26 at half-time. The Comets tied the game at 37 all and 41-all in the third quar ter but the Tornado had a 42 to 41 lead at the end of the chuk ker. Comets Go In Front Crater tied up the contest, then, on two free tosses by John Greb and one by Gayotte, went ahead 45 to 42. Ed Reinking got a pair for Medford and the Comet lead was 45 to 44. Greg got another pair and Neil Green a singleton for a 48 to 44 spread. Dick Copple got a goal from the side for Medford but Goyette hit twice from the gift lane for 50 to 46. Copple got two gifters and Charles Inskeep a fielder for a 50-all deadlock. John Hawley put Medford on top with a free toss and Goyette evened the mix at 51-all. Then Stearns got his bucket. Goyette was high point man with 25 counters, 13 on free shots. Greb was second high for the Comets with 12, of which 10 were gifters. Reinking got 12 for Medford, six from the free line, Hawley got 10 points. Greb didn't miss a free try, Goyette muffed only two and Reinking only one. The Medfordites had 18 field goals and 17 gifters and Crater 11 and 29. Referees charged 25 infractions to Medford and 19 to Crater. Hawley, Reinking, Greb and Green fouled out in the final quarter. JAYVEE LINE-UPS: Medford 53 Hawley 10 . . f Inskeep 6 f Stearns 7 c Cearley 7 g Reinking 12 g 51 Crater 6 Harsh 4 N. Green 12 Greb 25 Goyette 4 Juveland Substitutions For Medford, D. copple 4, Puhl 2, Gober 3. Plumley 2 for Crater. Herrmann, Barnes. Delaney Faces Wilson in N Y. New York 4J.R) Ronnie De laney of Akron, Ohio,, the N gro southpaw middleweight who recently, upset welterweight champion Johnny Saxton, will make his network television de but Monday night in a 10-round bout "with Sugar Al Wilson at St. Nicholas Arena, Delaney won a non-title deci sion over Saxton at Akron on Feb. 11. It was his 48th victory in 52 professional bouts. Ron nie, has lost but one fight, to Jimmy Welch of Columbus, O He has been held to three draws, . Ronnie is favored at 3-1 to beat rangy Wilson of New York, who like Delaney, has been having difficulties getting bouts with name" fighters. COME WIDER-L0NGER-STR0NCE8 MORE COMFORTABLE GREATEST JEEP EVER MADE IN MADE IT THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAKER OF 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES WILLYS MOTORS, MC?U4e 1, OM ' Stevens Kaiser-Willys, Inc. 505 N. Central Dom Provost In Oregon Open Golf Meet Dom Provost Jr., 1954 South ern Oregon champion whose home course for many seasons was Rogue Valley Country club, will be among entrants in the Oregon Open Golf tournament here on March 25, 26 and 27. Provost, a former Ashlander, is now a Portland resident and plays out of Columbia-Edgewater club. , Rogue Valley committeemen for the tournament reported that early entries total 17 profession als, 25 amateurs and five sen iors. The list included the name of Bruce Cudd, Portland, the de fending titlist. Cudd also plays out of Columbia. Ed Hogan, Riverside, Portland, top money winner of 1954 tourney has his entry filed. - Tournament activity actually opens on Thursday, March ; 24, with a pro-amateur event. Medal play begins on Friday with 18 holes. Another 18 will be con tested on Saturday and 36 holes will be the order for Sunday. Seniors, golfers over 50, will be in contention during the first two days. Co-Sponsored Rogue Valley Country club and the Oregon division of the Professional Golfers association are co-sponsors of the tourney this year, one of the few times it has been held outside the Portland area. Among entries previously an nounced were those of , Phil Get chell, Stanford university play er, and Eddie Oldfield, Roseburg pro. Getchell and Oldfield were teammates at Medford high school an both won all-state hon ors in their prep days. During 1954 Getchell was runner-up to Cudd for the Western Amateur title and runner-up to Provost for the Southern Oregon laurels. A number of big name golfers from a number of western states are expected to be among par ticipants. . Tourney sidelights will be pro vided by D. Scott (Scotty) Chis holm, Ocean Park, T&lif., who will be announcer on the course, and by Tom Harmon, radio sportscaster and former All American football player, who will emcee the trophy presenta tions. Chisholm is well-known in the' west for his role of announcer in some of . the bigger tourna ments A native of Scotland, Pat Lesser Wins Crown Ormond Beach, Fla. (U.R) Smiling Pat Lesser of Seattle, Wash., defeated Mary Ann Downey of Baltimore, 3 and 2, Saturday to win her second straight title in the South Atlan tic Women's Amateur Golf tournament. Miss Lesser, a University of Seattle senior noted for her courtesy even to the ' caddies, whipped the Maryland veteran mainly on her more accurate approach shots throughout the 36-hole match. The two girls went into the 32nd hole all even after a see saw battle earlier. Miss Lesser took that hole with a par three when Miss Downey drove to the right of the hole about 20 feet, chipped short and then two-putted. The poker-faced Baltimore golfer suffered a similar fate on the next hole when her drive was 50 yards short of the 212 yard par three hole. She pitched 25 feet beyond the hole and then two-putted while Miss Lesser again scored an even -par. AND SEE IT! 1955 ALL rvn r?rrn 3 m - mm m Medford Phone 3-3655 Will Contend where golf was "originated, he dresses in a kilt. He has a loud booming voice. Harmon is sports director for Columbia Pacific regional network, west coast branch of Columbia Broadcast ing system. He is to originate his Sunday News Desk from the country club. Russ Heysell is general chair man for the host club for the meet. Rogue Valley members sched uled a rock detail today on the three new holes at the club. The holes, closed during the winter, are to be reopened next Thurs day. Rock pickers will break fast at the club at 8 a. m. They will have golf instruction from 8:30 to 9 a. m. and then will begin the detail. A best-ball part nership tournament will follow. OREGON OPEN . GOLF ENTRIES: Professionals .Bunny Mason, Salem; Harvey Hixson, Eugene; Dave Killen, Portland; Harvey Bunn, Tuala tin; Ken Omlid, Cottage Grove; Jack White, Washougal, Wash.; Eddie Joseph, Crescent City; Harold West, Eugene; Bob. Mc- Kendrick, Oswego; Bobby Lit ton. Vancouver, Wash.; Eddie Hogan, Portland (Riverside); Dave Juarez, Jr., San Jose, Calif.; Leo Gaulocher, Olympia, Wash. Eddie Oldfield, Roseburg; Wen dell Wood. Eugene, and Vern Martin, Corvallis. Amateurs Harley Eckles, Oswego; Ward Slight, Kent Myers, Wallace Hug, Jack Owens and Dr. John R. Wood, Salem; Pete Mundle, Al Erickson, Sam Mock, George Lynch and Vern Allen, Eugene: Bruce Cudd, Portland (Colum bia); Jerry Cloninger, Corvallis Johnnie Riggle, Camas, Wash George LeBoeuf, Seattle, Wash. Major R. E. Stafford, Portland, Bob McKevitt, Ocean Lake Art Abrahamson, Everett, Wash, Larry Werson, Everett, Wash. 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