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Off-Form MHS Team
Scrambles Back After
Trailing Cleveland
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Seort. Editor
McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene Tha Madford
High Black Tornado batkatball team cama back from tha brink of
dafaat in tha fourth quarter hera Friday night to defeat Cleveland
ef Portland, 42 to 37.
Tha victory put Madford into tha finals of tha 37th annual
Oregon Class A high school basketball tournament against Eu
gene's Axemen.
For Medford, it was tha third victory of tha season over tha
Indians and their ace, Dick Jolley. However, tha Tornado team
was far off tha form which earned them Oregon's No. 1 prep rat
ing weak after week in pre-tourney polls.
Lacked Sharp Edge
Of Earlier Contests
The Black Tornado did show
ome of the hustle, drive and ag
gressiveness of its finest and
most successful season in 10
years. But Friday it lacked the
sharp edge and zip that marked
many of its contests. Medford
made three fourths of its field
goals on close-in tosses, but only
a couple of them came on real
fast breaks.
The Medford cagers won the
opportunity to encounter the
"bridesmaid" Eugene Axemen in
the Saturday finals.
Eugene, runner-up for the
state's top prep hoop glory in
both 1953 and 1954, gave the
Central Catholic Rams a severe
73 to 46 chopping in the other
round-of-four conflict Friday.
Medford gained the finals for
the first time since 1939, 16 long
years ago.
Neither Glitter
Neither team was "glittering"
Friday as Medford rang up its
25th consecutive victory of the
season and its 26th in 27 games.
But the Tornado overcame a
seven-point Indian lead in a
hectic, heart palpitating finish
which had Medford Coach Frank
Hoelandt sniffing the smelling
alts.
And Cleveland the little
Indians defensed the taller Tor
nado players effectively and
fought on almost even terms for
the rebounds. Utilizing a slow
deliberate offense, the Cleveland
ers had the' Medf ordites playing
the type of game they wanted,
and took the whoosh out of the
usual hard-running Tornado at
tack. And, Jolley, a marksman
from all angles, but particularly
deadly on long shots, enabled the
Indians offensively to make a
stirring game of it.
Medford was tough on defense
but, pestered by the scalp-mind
ed Indians and plagued by its
own failure to connect on shot
after shot, had to fight a desper
ate struggle.
Fight in 3rd Quarter
The tense, dramatic portion
of the fracas began with Med
ford lagging 19 to 26 and less
than 2,4 minutes remaining in
the third quarter. The Tornado
quint had been missing free
hots all evening, but suddenly
found the net for five plus a
field goal to cut their deficit to
26 to 28 at the quarter's end
Bud Kastner and Jerry Kalapus
each swished a brace of gifters
and Frank Rector got one after
a successful bucket from the
field. Jay Bashor picked up a
goal for Cleveland
Kalapus tied up the count at
28-all with a hook shot as the
fourth panel began. Jolley count
ered immediately with a jump
pitch and 1V minutes later Rec
tor retaliated in kind. The score
was 30-all. Jolley got a bucket
and a free throw for a 33 to 30
Tribe advantage. Glenn Peter
son tipped in his own rebound
for Medford and Jolley etted a
longie for a 35 to 32 Cleveland
margin. Kastner hooked in
shot from under the hoop for
the Tornado. Then Rector drib
bled the full length of the floor
and flipped in a basket. Many in
the crowd thought he took steps
wun tne ball but Referees Len
Patterson and Bill Williams
didn't see that way and Medford
had a 36 to 35 count. It was the
first Tornado lead since a 10 to
spread in the first quarter.
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Rector continued as the man
of the hour with a close in jump
er and a free shot for 39 to 35,
with three minutes yet to" play,
and Medford hung on for dear
life. With 2Vi minutes left Jolley
dunked in a shot from under the
basket. Larry Copple with Wi
minutes to play pushed in one
free toss and missed his second.
Harvey Jones missed one long
try for Cleveland in the final
minute.
Time was running out fast as
Rector rifled a pass to Kastner
under the basket. Kastner flip
ped the ball in the hoop with 2
seconds to play for Medford's
final 42 total.
Lead Changes
The lead changed hands four
times in the first quarter. Cleve
land led at the buzzer 14 to 10.
Jolley picked up 10 of those
points. -
A weird second quarter saw
only six points scored. Peterson
and Copple got field goals for
Medford and Bob Hevener col
lected one for the Tribe. Cleve
land led 16 to 14 at half time.
Both had other opportunities for
goals and each muffed three free
toss opportunities. More than 4
minutes had been played in the
period before Peterson broke the
scoring freeze.
Long shots by Jolley made it
20 to 14 early in the third canto.
Kalapus put in three gift tries
to narrow the score to 20 to 17.
After Jolley got two free ones
and Copple a goal in close on a
feed, the standing was 22 to 19.
Bashore dropped in counters
twice from the free line and
Jolley flicked a fielder for the
26 to 19 gap.
While Jolley got more than
two-thirds of his team's points,
Medford's scoring was more
evenly divided. Kalapus had 11
and Kastner and Rector each 10.
Medford hit 16 out of 52 fi
goal attempts for a .308 average,
poor for the Tornado. Cleve
land was under that with 15 for
53 and .283.
Medford made seven out of 31
field attempts for a .226 average
in the first half. Cleveland did
little better with seven for 27
and .259.
At the free throw lane Med
ford recorded 10 for 22 and the
Indians seven for 15.
Medford outscored Cleveland
16 points to nine in the last
stanza.
In rebounding, the Black Tor
nado had a slim 40 to 37 edge.
Jolley again was leader of the
Tribe with 12 and Hevener had
nine. Kalapus plucked nine and
Peterson and Copple eight each
for Medford.
Earlier Games
Medford beat the Indians 58
to 48 and 56 to 40 in December
encounters. The championship
scrap last night also was the
Tornado's third meeting of the
season with Eugene. The Axe
men took one mix 58 to 50 and
Medford won the other 51 to
50, also in December.
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TWO FOR MEDFORD Jerry Kalapus, 6 foot
4 inch center, is shown above dunking in two
points for the Black Tornado as Medford piled
up a 60 to 51 victory over Franklin of Port
land Wednesday night in the opening round
of the state prep tournament at Eugene. Wait
ing for a rebound which failed to materialize
Albany EDrutes St. Mens For
Fourth Place Tourney ertSi
Eugene, Ore. U.R) Albany
High school rode over St. Helens
62 to 29, Saturday with a smash
ing attack that gave them fourth
place in the State Class "A"
High school basketball tourna
ment here.
In another afternoon consola
tion game, Milwaukie drubbed
Baker 58 to 38 to give last year's
Bosking 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 15 1 15 37
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Tuttle, f 4 7 1 lo
Moran. c 6 9 2 21
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King, g 1 2 'f
Hughes 0 12 1
Powell 112 3
Lawrence 2 0 0 4
Anderson 3 3 0 9
OUen 1 0 3 J8
24 25 13 73
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McWirter. f 2 0 5 4
Hopman. f 2 14 5
Altenhofen, c 6 3 4 14
Santangelo. g 3 0 4 6
Bernhardt 13 5 5
Petersen 0 0 0 0
Kane 3 0 16
Df-aney 0 0 0 0
Lewis .. 0 2 12
Farrell 2 0 2 4
TOTALS 19 8 28 46
local Agant tor
EMUHfiMJI.THt" PIE
MEDF0RD(TBIBUHS
siPODimrs
Slate champion Milwaukie team
fifth place in tourney standings.
Milwaukie led all the way
Eugene U.R) Mike Moran,
big Eugene center, led indirid
ual scoring at the end of tha
third round of the state high
school basketball tournament
with 71 points. He was fol
lowed by Don Stamps of Al
bany with 68, Dick Jolley of
Cleveland with 61 and Ted
Miller of Milwaukie with 59.
against the Eastern Oregonians,
spearheaded by Guard Ted Mil
ler who scored high for the game
with 22 points.
The largest! crowd in state
tournament history 9141 saw
the Axemen and the Black Tor
nado advance to the finals Fri
day night in a pair of games that
provided plenty of contrast.
Eugene, rolling in high gear
since its narrow squeak over
Milwaukie Wednesday, crushed
Central Catholic 73-46. But Med
ford, top-ranked team in the
TOURNEY AT A GLANCE
By UNITED PRESS
Friday'. Result.
Championship Bracket
Medford 42. Cleveland 37
Eugene 73, Central Catholic 46
CONSOLATION
Milwaukit 70, Redmond 37
Baker 69, North Bend 59
Albany 47, South Salem 35
St. Helen. 65, Mae-Hi 47
state, had to go all out to down
Cleveland, the Portland cham
pion, 42-37.
Albany downed South Salem
for the third time this year, 47
35, to go into the fourth place
finals against St Helens, which
took Mac-Hi 63-47.
Baker upset North Bend BB
SS and Milwaukie crushed Red
mond 70-37 as all-stater Ted Mil
ler hit 30. points.
THIRD TOURNAMENT
TALKED BY OSAA
Eugene (U.R) The Oregon
School Activities Association
gave tentative approval early
today to a plan to have a third
high school basketball tourna
are Medford Forward Glenn Peterson, and
Bjarne Jensen, Franklin's 6 foot 10 inch soph
omore center. Kalapus tallied 20 points
against Franklin to take second high scoring
honors as Larry Copple picked up 24 for Med
ford. Jensen topped Quaker scorers with 16.
(Brainerd Photo by Kenn Knackstedt)
ment next year.
The OSAA's plan would have
a 16-team A-l tournament and
eight-team A-2 and B tourna
ments. At present there are 16
team class A and eight-team
class B tourneys, with A-2
schools playing in class A.
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Knickerbockers,
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By UNITED PRESS
The New York Knickerbock
ers and Minneapolis Lakers
were slight favorites today to
reach the semi-finals of the Na
tional Basketball Association's
post-season division playoffs.
Fresh from two days of rest,
the Knickerbockers took on the
Boston Celtics in an afternoon
game at Madison Square Garden
while the Lakers played the
Rochester Royals in a night game
at St. Paul, Minn. The winner of
the New York-Boston clash
meets Syracuse in the eastern
division final and the winner of.
the Minneapolis-Rochester game
plays Fort Wayne in the western
division windup.
The two winners will then
play a best-of-seven game series
for the league championship.
The Knickerbockers lost their
opener to the Celtics in Boston
but bounced back for a 102-95
triumph at the Garden last
Wednesday. They hold a 9-5 edge
over the Celtics in playoff
games the last few years and are
in perfect physical condition.
The Royals squared their se
ries at 1-1 Friday night when
they eked out a 94-92 victory
over the Lakers at Rochester.
Arnie Risen scored 10 points and
Odie Spears 17 to lead the Royals
while Clyde Lovellette tossed in
19 for the Lakers although han
dicapped by four personal fouls
throughout the entire second
half.
Idaho Pugilists
Lead Tourney
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) The
Idaho State boxing team held a
strong lead over 10 other west
ern colleges Saturday as the
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
Boxing tournament entered its
final day.
Going into the finals, the
Idaho State team had a total of
23 points, followed by Washingr
ton State with 18 and San Jose
State with 16. Other teams in the
scoring column include Cal Poly
10, Santa Clara 9, Nevada 3, and
Chico State and Stanford 2 each.
Tonight's finals in the nine
weight divisions will be worth
five points each.
Friday night, heavyweight
Mike McMurtre, last year's na
ed the list of five voctorious
tional collegiate champion, head
Idaho State fighters. His cham
pionship style showed, as he de
feated tough John Rehder of Cal
Poly.
Andrea Lawrence
Slalom Winner
Stowe, Vt. (U.R) Andrea
Mead Lawrence of Parshall,
Colo., swept to her second win in
two days today as she captured
the giant slalom event at the
second annual American-International
ski races.
The 21-year-old Mrs. Lawrence
displayed perfect form as she
cut through 36 gates on the
three-quarter mile course in
1:53.4. Catherine Rodolph of
Reno, Nev., was second in 1:54.8
and Skeeter Werner of Steam
boat Springs, Colo., was third in
1:55.8.
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afternoon, the Rogue Valley
Country club reported.
The annual links event will
make Medford the focal point of
northwest golf enthusiasts this
week. The tourney gets under
way with the professional-ama
teur rounds Thursday, with the
actual tournament starting Fri
day and concluding vith 36
holes Sunday.
The entry list includes 95
amateurs, 35 professionals and
14 seniors.
Pro. Enter
Among the new entries in the
ranks of the professional players
are Ray Honsberger, Ranier
Country club, Seattle, who holds
the record for the most consecu
tive birdies in a row (seven, in
the 1953 Oregon Open); Joe
Greer, Yakima Country club,
Pacific Northwest Professional
Golf association champion;
George Buzzini, Diabolo Country
club, San Francisco, Northern
California Open champion.
Other professionals are Al
Feldman and Ockie Eliason,
both Tacoma; Joe Mozel, Port
land, and Ron Caperna, Astoria
Country club.
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teurs who have entered in the
last day or two are Dick Price,
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