EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Fanfare
Congratulations to Larry Cop
pie and Frank Rector, the steller
Medford high school basketball
guards who were named to the
first and second all-star teams,
respectively, of the Oregon Class
A high school basketball tourna
ment. There were a lot of good
players' in the tourney, even
among some of the clubs that did
not finish high in the event, and
to gain the recognition they did,
to be listed among the top 10
participants, is an honor not only
to the boys but to the team, the
school, the town of Medford and
their coach, Frank Roelandt.
CAN BE PROUD
The Medford Black Torna
do, wiih a record of 26 wins
and only two defeats, best in
the state this year and one of
the best in the school's his
tory, need not be ashamed be
cause it did not win the Ore
gon championship. It lost in
the finals to a fine team which
apparently played the best of
the season in the state tourna
ment itself. And Medford's
lone losses of the year were to
the champion Axemen.
While the Tornado didn't
roll and shoot consistently at
Eugene at the blazing clip that
marked much of its path to
the tourney, the fact is that
the Medfordites did win their
first three games and gain the
finals.
And the point is that, if the
boys feel that they played
their level best all the way and
were always trying, they can
hold up their heads with pride
despite bitter disappointment
and downcast spirits that fol
lowed the loss in the titular
struggle. They can be proud of
the second place iropny even
though it was not the one they
wanted.
TOO MUCH MORAN. TUTTLE
In that final game it was just
too much Mike Moran and Leigh
ton Tuttle, Moran with the
height and Tuttle with the rug
gedness to take up the offensive
slack. And the two horses had
ponies to help them along in Bud
Kuykendall, Larry Hughes and
Pete King. Its a quint which had
been together since grade school
days and had the immediate
benefit of coming up from or
behind the state runner-up Axe
men of two previous seasons.
GAMES REVIEWED
In their first tourney con
flict against Franklin the Tor
nado had opposing height to
combat, in the second against
Mac Hi they were up against a
club who deliberateness and ag
aggressive defense made up for
youth, in experience and lack
cf polish; in the third against
Cleveland they met a team
playing aggressive, pressing
defense to make up for height
deficiency and a deliberate but
good moving offense to shake
open their star, Dick Jolley.
"TOURNEY" TEAM
Eugene, which had the advan
tage of living at home and a
large gallery of hometown sup
porters, was a real "tournament"
team and its hot pace for the
whole four game slate is statis
tical evidence. The Axemen ave
raged .480 from the field in their
tourney shooting, a terrifically
hot mark for a battle matching
the state's elite. Medford, a .443
average team for games up to
the tournament, shot .353 in the
Eugene competition.
MIKE GOT BENEFIT
There shouldn't be any ali
bing of Medford high's Satur
day night loss nor can a lot be
taken away from Eugene's
Mike Moran, who really earn
ed his all-state laurels. But
we did feel, and so did others,
that officiating leaned to his
benefit. Doubtlessly, it was un
intentional. It didn't happen in
just the Medford fray. The big
boy got by wiih some elbow
use on defense and on offense
rivals trying to stop Moran
found it difficult to do with
out being whistled down.
Teams seldom can rightfully
blame refs for their losses but
poor calls and overlooked fouls
can be mighty demoralizing.
BALLS REFLATED
There could have been some
nrpiudice in Euaene getting the
sportsmanship trophy. Other
schools were jusi as aeserving.
We're not thinking of the teams
but of the rooting sections. The
rpnnrt has come to us that Med
ford and Milwaukie balls which
hnnnced into the Eugene cheer
ing section during games with
other schools got back to the
Tornado and Mustangs all right
but were in deflated condition.
Then there was that Medford-
Eugene supporters' sign tearing
dual in the balconies during the
final game.
MOB HYSTERIA
The mob hysteria of victory
can prove dangerous. That
was demonstrated Saturday
night when virtually the
whole Eugene rooting section
erupted on to the floor to con
eraiulate the new champions.
No less than three girls were
hurt, crushed or knocked out,
in the mad rush, and could
have been more seriously in
jured. Among those frantical
ly trying lo wave the Eugene
students back to their seat and
unjam the mob was Cecil War
ren, former Central Point high
school mentor now an assis
MAIL TRIBUNE
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
tant to Hank Kuchera, the Eu
gene cage tutor.
GALS SWOON
How an athletic event can stir
emotions to the breaking point
was shown but the hectic third
place game of the tourney which
Cleveland of Portland won by
one point over Central Catholic
of Portland. Five girls reported
ly fainted, including the girl
friend of Dick Jolley, Cleveland
star. One girl, who was carried
out, was said to have fallen and
hit her head. Anyway, there was
a lot of business for doctors.
CALLS SHOT
Hank Kuchera, the Axemen
coach, has a joshing manner
which sometimes gives him a
pop-off reputation. He said be
fore the final hassle that Eu
gene won the first game early
in the year with Medford and
Medford the second so now it
was the Axemen's turn. Ku
chera also said after coin toss
for jersey choice on Saturday
night, that Medford won the
flip but that Eugene would
win the game.
SUPERSTITION
There was some concern
about Coach Frank Roelandt
chosing the Tornado's Black
Togs for the final hassle.
Those were the uniforms in
which Medford suffered its
only defeat. However, the Tor
nado won plenty of games
dressed in black and scored
its most lopsided victories of
the year in those uniforms.
There was no need for super
stition. COPPLE HEADS SCORING
Larry Copple was Medford's
top scorer in the state tourna
ment with 56 points and Bud
Kastner headed in rebounding
with 33. Among the Medford
regulars Kastner scored 26.
Glenn, Peterson 26, Jarry Kal
apus 49 and Frank Rector 39.
The rebounds included Cop
ple 25, Kalapus 32, Peterson
31 and Copple 25. Eugene's
Moran was high scorer of the
Class A event with 104.
KASTNER. KALAPUS PRAIS
ED Medford Coach Frank Roe
landt reported that in the coach
es section, where he sat when
Medford was not playing, talk
was high on Kastner for his ter
rific spring and rebounding and
on Kalapus for his backboard
work and shooting. He, himself,
praised Kastner for fine work on
Dick Jolley in the Cleveland
game. While the Tribe kingpin
got 25 points almost all of his
backfield goals were from far
out.
An all-state team named
unofficially in a poll of the
press section was almost the
same as that picked unoffic
ially by the coaches. The press
section listed Don Stamps, Al
bany, instead of Larry Copple,
Medford. Others chosen were
Mike Moran, Eugene; Leigh
ton Tuttle. Eugene; Dick Jol
ley, Cleveland, and Ted Mil
ler, Milwaukie. No second
team was selected in the poll
conducted by Art Moyer of the
Albany Democrat-Herald.
MUSTANGS RATE BETTER
We're not willing to place Mil
waukie above Medford's own
Black Tornado without proof in
an actual game, but the Mus
tangs seemed to us to rate better
than the fifth place they had
to be satisfied with after losing
to Eugene in the first round of
the state hoop tournament.
BOWLING
ROGUE ROLLERS
Standings: W.
Chris Drugs 27
Ralph's Green Lantern 25
Burelson's 24
Clave Construction 93
B & B Auction 21 Va
Rogue Sportsman 20
O. K. Market 19
Women of the Moose ,
First National Bank 14
Brooks Electric 9
L.
13
15
16
17
18 'i
20
21
22 'a
26
31
Results:
1st Nat l. Bank 0
V. Abbott 282
H. Read 394
D. Scholev 272
M. Tedrick 298
C. Selleck 371
Mandicap 90
B and B
H. Hobos
O. Wyatt
A. Zenor
V. Miller
G. Rises
4
40
387
376
334
457
1707
1956
Burelson's
V. Findley
H. Culy
D. Dotv
A. Jahnow
J. McCready
3
439
398
439
368
389
W.O.T.M.
C. Thorsen
S. Coulter
D. Finley
J. Jordan
E. Olson
Handicap
1
341
320
306
311
376
327
1981
2033
Rogue Sptsman. 2
O. K. Market 2
E. Baker 405
A. Bohannon 410
G. Russell 422
D. Christ'nson 462
E. Lenz 416
A. Wilson 350
L. Keener
D. Webster
N. Roberts
D. Ricks
Handicap
325
3H8
334
426
306
213
2117
Chris Drugs
B. Minser
B. Henson
I. Forga
R. Cable
M. Clark
4
418
396
446
403
532
Brooks Elec
E. Asher
V. St. Hill
E. Sessions
G. Havse
M. Durham
Handicap
0
343
349
413
. 386
365
150
2016
2185
Green Lantern 2
Clave Const.
A. Swoape
F. Clave
T. Smith
A. Hoffman
J. Tresham
2
521
314
435
328
384
V. Knox
446
O. Henson
M. Pierce
K. Smith
F. Doty
Handicap
399
253
412
408
54
1970
1982
Peanut acreage for 1954 in
North Carolina was estimated at
175,000 acres. The total for 19,53
was 184,000 acres.
A modern railway tank car
may have a capacity up to about
116,000 gallons.
Tuesday, March 22, 195S J
Major Loop
Skipper Job
Bragan Aim
By SCOTT BAILLIE
Anaheim, Calif. 4U.R) Slow
spoken, trigger-tempered Bobby
Bragan figures he is destined to
become a major league manager
and only grins when his
enemies shriek "Bush!"
"My ambition is to run a big
league team and I intend to get
up there," the sultry Tsar of the
Hollywood Stars said today as
he watched his Pacific Coast
League squad work out. "And
even if it meant managing a last
place club, it still would be the
big time."
Thus Bragan, who is seeking
his second pennant in three
years with the Pittsburgh farm
club, indicated he is in the run
ning for the Pirates' helm if ever
the brass decides that Fred
Haney, the Bucs' current strate
gist, needs a change. And Bra
gan is known as one of general
manager Branch Rickey's favor
ites. An "Ump-Hater"
Bragan, swarthy and brown
eyed, is a masterful public rela
tions man as well as umpire
hater and holler guy. Spring
training fans who haven't seen
him for over a year are greeted
by name by Master Bobby, and
he gallantly throws away his
chaw of tobacco if they are
elderly ladies.
Bragan doesn't like to sit
down and discuss the club with
reporters. While some managers
reiax, cross their legs and talk
easily, Bobby prefers to stand
with his hands on his hips so
that he won't lose sight of them
and vice versa. Possibly he
will discuss the year ahead
while catching batting practice.
"Atta boy, Lindy!" he will
yell from behind the plate if a
rookie or veteran hits a high
popup. Then he calls strikes and
balls if the hitter gets too
choosy.
Goes For Dramatics
Bragan has adopted a rather
melodramic approach to the
game which has rubbed some of
his critics the wrong way. His
slow stride out to the mound
when a pitcher falters has irked
some. Others never got over last
spring training when he lay
down on the ground and dared
an umpire to heave him off the
field. If a towel is waved from
the dugout the umps are prone
to blame it on Bragan.
"Ah don't forsee any drastic
changes in my policies toward
the umpires," Bragan says.
So another stormy year seems
ahead for the doughty Texan
maybe even more so if the un
tested club has trouble making
a race of it. But come first place
or last place, Bragan wants that
major league job.
Bobby Cox Said
Planning Move
To Minnesota
Seattle (U.R) Bobby Cox,
the University of Washington
first-string quarterback, may not
be back to play football for the
Huskies next fall, it was report
ed today.
It was believed Cox was head
ed for the University of Minne
sota where he would be eligible
to play the 1956 and 1957 sea
sons under the rules of the Big
10.
One of the player's close
friends said Cox was not happy
at Washington. He said Cox
started correspondence with
Minnesota about a month ago
and that when he found he could
play two seasons in the Big 10
decided to cast his lot with the
Gophers.
Washington Coach Johnny
Cherberg said the news is more
than a surprise to him.
Said Ch.irberg "Cox has a
fine caret r ahead of him in foot
ball. I hojja he isn't doing any
thing to Virt it."
Bobo May Fight
Bout in Seattle
Seattle (U.R) Middleweight
champion Carl (Bobo) Olson may
fight a non-title match here next
month against the winner of to
night's 10-round bout between
Milo Savage of Seattle and Tig
er Al Williams of Los Angeles,
it was reported today.
George Chemeres, matchmak
er for the Olympic Boxing club,
said Olson was offered the
match yesterday.
He said Sid Flaherty, Olson's
manager, seemed to be inter
ested in the offer and a defin
ite reply is expected from Flah
erty within the next few days.
Indians Trip Giants
To Even Spring Series
Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) The
Cleveland Indians finally have
caught up to Marv Grissom.
Grissom, New York Giants'
veteran relief ace, handcuffed
the Indians in last year's World
Series but Monday, he was blast
ed for 10 hits in four innings
as the Indians won, 3-2, to even
the spring series between the
clubs at 4-.4 Al Rosen singled
off Grissom in the ninth inning
to drive in the last two Indians'
runs.
The Indians play the Chicago
Cubs at Tucson today.
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TO TACKLE DOBBS Cyclone Cobb, above, six feet, four
inch Texas Negro who tips the scales at 242 pounds, will take
on "Crybaby" Johnny Dobbs in one of the scraps on Saturday
night's wrestling card at Merrick's arena. Cobb won the plau
dits of fans last week with his big bag of tricks. Yoggi Hussane
and Buck Davidson clash in another match. In the feature
spot, Gerry Hunter has pledged to throw Tiny Kim and Ella
Kowalski in 30 minutes or forfeit her purse. Tickets are on
sale at Rogue restaurant, 42 South Central ave.
Medford
sipod
WALKER CUP LINKSMEN
TO VIE IN OREGON OPEN
MEET HERE THIS WEEK
Two members of this years
United States' Walker cup team
will play this week in the Ore
gon Open Golf tournament at
Rogue Valley Country club here.
They are Bruce Cudd, Port
land, the defending open champ,
and Dick Yost, formerly of Port
land but now working in Seattle.
The open, which will draw
some of the leading pro and am
ateur talent from several west
ern states, is scheduled for this
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
It is a medal play affair and
will go for 72 holes, 36 of them
on the final day. Sponsors are
the Medford club and the Ore
gon branch of the Professional
Golfers association. A pro-amateur
hassle on Thursday will
unofficially launch tourney ac
tivities. Entry list so far contains a
total of 153 names, according to
Club Manager George Harring
ton. Of these 32 are pros, 110
are amateurs and 11 are aspir
ants for the senior champion
ships. Cudd and Yost are amateurs.
Both will go to England in May
to vie for the Walker cup match
es. In addition to picking up the
open mantle last year, Cudd won
the Western Amateur. He was
Oregon Golf association match
play titlist in 1952 and 1953.
Yost won the Northwest Open
in 1951 and the OGA toga in
1950.
Also among the newest en
tries is Dick Price, Vancouver,
the 1953 Washington amateur
champion.
The amateur list also includes
Eddie Simmons, Medford, 1953
OGA crown winner, and Gene
Bates, and Hal Duden, Portland
Golf club. Simmons fired a 69,
which is three under par, in
practice on Sunday.
A group of Astoria linksmen
plan to arrive on Thursday mor
ning by chartered plane, it was
reported here yesterday. The
group likely will include Ralph
Dichter, 1954 Oregon Open
runner-up, Ron Kapurna, pro at
Astoria Golf and Country club,
and Bill Palmberg.
Ford Knutson, Astoria, is ar
riving here Wednesday to par
ticipate. Programs are now off the
Stan Gifford Slates
Move To Midwest
Portland (U.R) Oregon
is losing one of its best bowlers
to the Midwest.
Stan Gifford, operator of the
Palace Bowl in Portland, and
the city's top alley man, has an
nounced that he has signed a
contract to bowl with the Fal-
staff Beer team of Chicago next
season.
Gifford has won the Oregon
state match game title two out
of the past three years and in
1953 finished 14th in the na
tional match game champion
ship.
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OPEN ENTRY Bob McKend-
rick, above, Oswego Country
Lake Country club pro, will be
among contenders Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday in the Ore
gon Open Golf tournament at
Rogue Valley Country club here.
He is president of the Oregon
branch of the Professional Golf
ers association, co-sponsor of the
tourney with RVCC.
press and Rogue Valley Country
club is mailing them to various
clubs in Oregon, Washington,
California, Arizona and Idaho.
Some club members, as individ
uals, are mailing the programs
to various places in the country,
Harrington said that the pro
grams are available free of
charge for others to mail
Proceeds from the program
are financing the tournament
and Rogue Valley will not
charge links fans who wish to
join the galleries and follow
their favorite players.
Shooting School
Set For Saturday
Medford Gun club plans an
other shooting school on Satur
day afternoon, March 26.
Instructors will be on hand
to give trapshooting pointers
New shooters and anyone else
with a "problem" will be wel
come, members said.
On Sunday skeet, 16-yard and
handicap practice is slated and
there will be firing in the Jour
nal trap and East Oregonian
skeet telegraphic events. A pre
Easter ham shoot is on tap for
Sunday, April 23.
Last Sunday's skeet scores en
tered in telegraphic rivalry
were Bert Peck, 24, Ed Pease
21, and Ed Henselman 19. Peck
shot 48 out of 50. For the Jour
nal's 16-yard hassle Pease, Hen
ry Niedermeyer and Charles
Bendell all had 24s.
In practice Ray Coleman had
a handicap count of 46 out of 50
and Bill Baylie shot a 25 at 16
yards.
Pat AlcCormck Expected To Lead U.S. To
Further Triumphs in Pan-American Games
Mexico City (U.R) Olympic
diving champion Pat McCormick
of Los Angeles was expected to
lead the United States to still
further triumphs in swimming
competition today in the Pan
American Games.
Favored for Title
Mrs. McCormick, ranked as
the favorite both for the plat
form diving and the three-meter
diving, was favored for the title
in the latter event today. More
over, she was backed up by
two strong U. S. entries in
Hoop Rule
Sets Changes in Code
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The
National Basketball Rules com
mittee planned to meet today to
"refine" the wording of six
changes it approved in the code
to reduce closing-minutes foul
ing and cut down on stalling.
Two Primary Problems
H. V. Porter of Chicago, sec
retary of the committee, said
the rules-making body felt from
the start that "the two primary
Ricketts
Leads East
To Victory
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) All-
America Dick Ricketts of Du
quesne today held the most valu
able player distinction for his 19-
point play that led the East All
Stars to a 90 to 77 fourth annual
Shrine basketball victory.
Monday night's victory was
the first for the East, which also
had the help of All-America Tom
Gola of La Salle. Gola scored
10 points.
But Fordham's Ed Conlon tal
lied 10 points during a five-and-one-half
minute drive as the East
set up its superiority over the
West and never fell behind. Con
lon finished with a 14 point total,
tying Indiana's Don Schlundt for
second high honors on the East
team.
Ricketts, a 6-foot-7 Duquesne
senior, was an overwhelming
choice for the most valuable
player award.
' The halftime score had the
East ahead 41-to-27.
The West squad was hindered
when three players, including
All-America Dick Garmaker of
Minnesota, failed to appear.
High point man of the game
however, was on the West side
as Oklahoma's Lester Lane, the
smallest man on the floor,
scored 23 points.
Ca I Crews Beat
Oregon State
Oakland (U.R) The Uni
versity of California varsity and
junior varsity crews scored vic
tories over Oregon State yester
day on the Oakland Estuary."
The Beavers grabbed an early
lead, but California came from
behind to win by three-quarters
of a length. The Bears covered
the 2000 meters in 6:32.
The California JV crew rowed
the same distance in 6:28 and
triumphed by two lengths.
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Jeanne Stunyo of Detroit and
Emily Houghton of Lafayette,
Ind.
U. S. swimmers also were ex
pected to set the stage for heavy
point scoring by strong per
formances in the trials of two
men's events the platform dive
and the butterfly breaststroke.
The United States picked up
four gold medals in Monday's
competition one in swimming
and three in boxing.
A brilliant U. S. team won the
400-meter medley relay by the
Committee
problems in basketball today
are concerned with fouling and
stalling."
The committee has to meet
again this morning to make "edi
torial refinements" on the regu
lations and discuss aiding offi
cials in controversial calls of the
game.
The six revisions were:
1. The bonus rule adopted for
the full duration of the game.
2. A restriction placed on the
privileges of the dribbler.
3. Free throw lanes widened
from 6 to 12 feet.
4. Two free throws given in
stead of one for any flagrant
technical foul.
Jump Ball Rule Change
5. Jump ball rule revised to
eliminate the delayed whistle.
6. Use of rubber-covered ball
permitted for high school and
YMCA teams, but leather-covered
type retained for colleges.
Adoption of the bonus rule for
the full duration of the game
was designed to cut down on
the number of fouls in the late
stages of the game.
This means one free throw
will be awarded on each foul,
with another shot if the first is
good, throughout the game. The
old bonus rule was effective for
the first 37 minutes with a
straight two-free-shots for each
foul during the final three min
utes,
Card Beaned
By Pitcher
St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R)
Joe Cunningham, St. Louis Car
dinal first baseman who was
beaned in Monday's exhibition
game, will be able to play again
after a two or three day rest.
That was the opinion of doc
tors at a local hospital today
after examining x-rays. Cun
ningham, who hit .284 as a car
dinal rookie last season, was
struck on the head in the second
inning by a pitch thrown by
southpaw Tom Casagrande, a
Philadelphia Phillie rookie.
The pictures, however, dis
closed no fracture.
Casagrande, a former Ford
ham University star, combined
with Lynn Lovenguth to hold
the Cards to five hits as the
Phillies scored a 3-2 victory.
Stan Lopata's three-run homer
in the sixth inning provided the
Phil's victory margin.
The Cardinals play host to the
Cincinnati Reds today.
length of the pool over second-
place Argentina.
Title Winners
The three titles In boxing
were gained by welterweight
Joe Dorando of Lynhurst, N. J.,
lightmiddleweight Paul Wright
of Flint. Mich., and middle
weight Orville Pitts.
Pitts was the most sensational
winner by probably the most
explosive "technical" knockout
in the history of the game. In
the third round of his bout he
floored Miguel Safatle Ali of
Chile with a hard right to the
chin. The Chielean fell so hard
that the referee didn't bother
to count and the victory was
officially recorded as a technical
knockout, although it took han
dlers five minutes to revive the
loser.
Seven Grid
Frays Slated
For RR High
Rogue River Coach Tinker
Hatfield has lined up seven foot
ball contests for the 1955 sea
son, he announced today. Two
open dates remain to be filled.
Hatfield is negotiating for a
contest on Sept. 9, and a game
with Oakland may be arranged
for that date.
The remainder of the schedule
includes Sept. 16, Rogue River
at Phoenix; Sept. 23, Rogue Riv
er at St. Mary's; Sept. 3, Eagle
Point at Rogue River; Oct. 7,
Jacksonville at Rogue River;
Oct. 14, open; Oct. 21, Rogue
River at Prospect; Oct. 28,
Rogue River at Talent; Nov. 4,
open, and Nov. 11, Illinois Val
ley at Rogue River.
The Chieftain mentor hopes to
arrange a game for Oct. 14. The
Nov. 4 date will be left open. A
vacancy has been created on the
schedule by the fact that Rogue
River and Glendale will not
meet this year.
The 1955 season is expected to
be a building year for Rogue
River, which loses 16 lettermen
by graduation.
Portland Golfer
Getting in Rut
Portland (U.R) Dale
Mulholland scored a hole-in-one
six months ago on the
145-yard fifth hole at Lloyds
golf course while using a four
iron. His partner was Carl
Larson. '
Yesterday, Mulholland got
another hole-in-one ' on the
same hole wiih the same four
iron. Again,. Larson was his
' partner.
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