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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, March 28. 1955 (MESON iLF W C0HD TIM Ul mm ma Young Portlander Heads Field by 2 Strokes; Greer Captures Top Pro Money Young but masterful Bruce ! of a morning eagle and Yost. In Cudd won his second consecu- j another three-some, also eagled tive Oregon Open Golf champ-1 seven in both the morning and ionship Sunday, carding a 74 in the morning round and a one-under-par 71 in the afternoon final lap to gain a one-above par 289 total for the three-day 72 hole medal play tournament stag ed at Rogue Valley Country club's long layout here. The hassle began on Friday. Cudd, 21-year-old Portland amateur playing out of Colum-bia-Edgewater club, overcame a one stroke deficit to deadlock with his chief adversary, Dick Yost, at the end of yesterday's morning round, third leg of the tournament. In the afternoon he applied the pressure to take command and then hung on pre- cariously over the last five holes to successfully defend his i crown. Yesterday's morning play was under cloudy but dry skies. Showers of light and medium in tensity fell during the afternoon but did not seriously handicap the contestants although greens and fairways were soaked. By Three Strokes The champion's final medal was three strokes ahead of his nearest challengers. Yost, an other Columbia amateur, and Joe Greer, professional from Yakima, Wash., tied for second with 292s. While Cudd picked up the titular trophy, Greer collect ed top prize money in the tour ney, $500 as the low pro and $50 in lap money. George Bazzini, Diablo, Calif., was fourth in the field and pick ed up $300 as second low pro fessional, plus a $50 lap prize. He had a 293. Knotted for fifth with 294s were Harold West, Laurelwood, Eugene, pro, and Fred Brown, amateur and current No. 1 on the Stanford university links ag gregation. Eddie Simmons, Ore gon amateur champ, put Med ford among the leaders with a 296. He tied with Eddie Hogan, Riverside, Portland, profession al, for seventh. Harvey Hixson, pro of Laurel wood, was ninth with 298. Ockie Eliason. Tacoma, Wash., pro, was 10th with 299 and George Har rington, Medford, amateur, and Bob Duden, Portland profession al, had 300s to knot for 11th. Simmons was fourth and Har rington fifth in amateur run ning. Warren Dailey, Stanford No. 2 man, who was low in Friday's first round with 69, ended tied for 15th with 303. Lead Sufficient Cudd, four under par for the first 13 holes of the final 18, had two bogies and one double bogey on the last five greens but the lead he had built up was sufficient to carry him through. The champ had a 267 tally for 67 holes, while at the same stage Bazzini had 271 and Yost and Greer each 272. A 253 count for 62 holes, at the end of yester day afternoon's out nine, gave uda a one stroke lead over Yost, two over Bazzini and three over Greer. They never caught up. Greer, whose Sunday morning 70 put him at 219, one behind the leaders, and one ahead of Bazzini's 220, trailed Bazzini by a stroke from the sixth hole to the 17th yesterday afternoon. There Greer went down in par three while Bazzini rimmed the cup and took a bogey. The Yak ima linksman grabbed top money with a slick 20-foot putt for a birdie four on 18. Buzzini, playing in another threesome, saw his try for a bird roll by the cup. He was par five for the hole. Both men had 73s for the afternoon. Yost Midway Leader Thirty-six-hole scores at the end of Saturday contention had Yost on top with 143 and Cudd following with 144. Simmons and Eddie Joseph, Crescent City pro. had 145s and Dailey a 146. Hogan and Bazzini had 148s and Greer and Hixson 149. Yost three-putted the last hole of the Sunday morning round and took a 75. Cudd col lected a birdie on the green for his 74 and that tied the Walker Cup teammates at 218 each for the 54 holes. While Greer was coming through with two-under-par, Simmons. Joseph and Dail ey faded on the lap. Simmons, damaged by triple bogey seven on the 16th hole, had a 76 for the morning for 221. Joseph and Dailey had 79s for 54-hole tabulations of 224 and 225 respectively. Bazzini swept into contention with a par 72 and West came up with a one-under-standard 71 for 222. Ho gan got a 73 to match Simmon's 221. Approached Well Cudd approached the green w-ell for the most part and can ned two long putts in the final round of the tourney. Two oth er Cudd lengthy putts stopped on the lip or edge of the cup. The whacks which went down were a 40-footer on seven and about a 30 footer on 11. The 40-footer was a duplicate afternoon. Cudd got a 35 on the front nine with his afternoon eagle and also picked up birds on the par four 11 and 13 holes. Ball Hill Foot On 14 Cudd had his worst spot of the tourney. His approach hit a girl in the foot and bounc ed into fairly tall grass about eight or nine inches from a small fir tree. He got out of the spot expertly by using his putter but knocked the ball only 15 to 20 feet and got a bogey five on the hole. Cydd's double bogey six came on the par four 16th green. He flubbed a shot into a small ditch from a spot above the green. He was allowed to drop his ball out. His next shot was onto the car- pet but this nine-foot putt rim med the cup. On 17 the champ was on the green on his drive. His long putt rolled over the cup and missed a five or six footer for a birdie. Greer Played Steady Yost, although he was only two over par, was dissatisfied with his afternooh . game. He was often in trouble and had six bogies to go with his eagle and two birds. Greer felt that, despite his four over par tourney perfor mance, he had played a steady game over the three days. He was not in serious trouble at any time and approached well. A 70-foot putt on No. 8 Sunday morning was a highlight for him. Simmon's morning triple bogey and afternoon single bogey on 16 which figured in his 151 Sunday total were fac tors which kept him from plac ing higher. It was his first big medal play tournament. Dailey provided one of the Sunday highlights with a drive that bounded about 350 yards and was 10 feet on the green on No. 6 when it stopped. His Stanford teammate, Brown, had the best afternoon card yester day with a two-under par 70. Phil Getchell. Stanford and Medford, had a 306 for the tour ney and Justin Smith Jr., Med ford, 310. Al Williams, Medford pro, matched Smith's 310. Lap money winners in addi tion to Buzzini and Greer were West, Duden; Harvey Bunn, Tualitan; Bill Johnston, Provo, Utah; Al Feldman, Tacoma, Wash.; Ken Towne, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; Ockie Eliason, Tacoma, and Harvey Hixson, Eugene. The latter three tied for one prize. Amateur net winners were Bob Phillips, Medford, first with id, and Marshal Smith, Rose burg, and Clayton Lewis second with 146. Three tied for fourth, Lou Stafford, Eastmoreland; Dick Stearns, Columbia, and Maj. R. E. Stafford, Portland. Senior gross winner was Ted Fleskes. Oswego, 161 with Mar vin Clark and Bob Smith tied be hind him with 164. Morris Hall mark, Roseburg. was senior low net with 153. Bill Catev. Med ford, had 154 and Ward Cum mings, Roseburg, 155. Manager Jim Dunlevy of radio station KYJC was emcee of the presentation dinner last night replacing Tom Harmon, who had to leave early. RESULTS: ( Pros i Brcce Cudd. Columbia.. 144-74-71 28P Dick Yost. Columbia .... 143-75-74 ill Joe Greer. Yakima 149-70-73 2H2 HarBoldZWeSlabl- Cal' '2-73-293 Laurelwood 151-71-72 294 Brown. Stanford.. 151-73-70 294 Eddie Simmons. Med- .. ford 145-76-75296 Eddie Hogan. Riv rside 148-73-75 296 Harv ey Hixson. Eugne 149-75-74 298 -Ockie Enason. Tacoma 150-75-74 299 Geo. Harrington, Aled- . .f0"1. -152-72-76300 Bob Duden. P rtlnd .... 150-76-74300 al,ley- R'odng, C. 15-72-79303 Mel Babica. Eur ka. C. 151-78-74303 a,r5?n Dailey. St niord 146-79-78 303 Al Felaman. Tacoma .. 153-79-71303 Ken Townes. Ft. L wis 152-74-77 303 Ben Hughes. EstmTTnd 155-73-75 303 Eddie Joseph. Crescent .. c,ty 145-79-80304 Larry Lamberger, Port- . la2d - 151-76-77304 Dick Stearns. Colwood 153-75-76 304 Bob Prall. Salem 156-77-71304 Dick Hanen, Coos Bay 157-74-73 304 Chuck an Linge, Stanford . 152-77-76 ans Eddie Oldfield. Rose: JU5 Cfc .bur8 - 153-77-75305 Phil Geichell. Medford 152-73-81306 Lou Staiiord, Eastmore- . If "d -- 151-80-76307 Ralph Dichter. Astoria.. 152-78-77 307 -Dave Killen, Eastmore- land - 154-78-76308 Gary Loustalot, Red- .dl?!: CaUf 151-79-79309 Bui Johnston, Provo, .nvU,ifh U 152-76-81309 Hay Honsberger, Seattle 156-77-76309 Justin Smith. Jr, Aled- .,.(ord - 156-80-74310 Chff Whittie. Twin Fal's 153-78-79 310 Ray Lindquist. C'rvalhs 152-78-80 310 Alex Webber, Prine- . . . ;e. 151-81-78310 AI Williams. Medfrd.. 154-79-77 310 "Leo Galoucher, Olympian 157-76-78311 Dora Provost, Jr., Columbia 158-77-77312 Harvey Bunn. Tuala tin 155-81-76 312 Harry Millette. Medf rd 155-81-76 312 Bob Bums. Riverwood 156-80-79 315 Bunny Mason. Salem.. 160-78-78 316 Bob Litton. Vancouv er, Wash 162-75-80 317 Vern Martin. C'rv'llis 153-81-83 317 John Brodie. Sfnfrd .. 162-76-79 317 Fred Hill. Grants Pass 161-79-78 318 Maj. R. E. Stafford, Colwood 155-83-80 318 Bob McReynolds, Riv erside 159-81-78 318 Bob McKendrick, Os wego 160-83-76 319 Clayton Lewis. Medford 158-81-81 320 Ciark Good, Klamath Falls 161-76-86 323 -Vince Aleksa. Medfrd 161-81-81 323 Bob Phillips. Medford 159-82-84325 Marshall Smith, Rose- Medford, SIPODIBOTS Hunter Goes Without Pay; Fails To Defeat Kowalski And Kim in Required Time A disgruntled Gerry Hunter, charging that Timekeeper Joe Crawford short-changed her on time, passed the pay window without stopping at Merrick's arena Saturday night. Miss Hunter had vowed to de feat both Ella Kowalski and Tiny Kim in 30 minutes -or turn her pay over to them. Had there been a few more minutes in the match, she might have done it but she took just a little too much time to soften Kim up for the kill and time ran out, to the delight of the screaming near- capacity crowd. Thrown from Ring Hunter took the measure of Kowalski in 23 minutes and 45 seconds with a full nelson, after slamming the red-haired speed bsll into a turnbuckle twice. That left it up to Hunter to throw Kim in six minutes and 15 seconds. She took some vicious judo cuts from the cute little Honolulu ace before Hunter heaved her out of the ring by the hair. Kim landed in the chairs at ringside and hurt her head. Kowalski came around the ring, picked Kim up and shoved her back in to beat Referee Larry Presnell's count. Hunter was giving Kim a savage beating in preparing her for the fall when time ran out. Presnell and Hunter contin ued their own feud by exchang ing swats, flying mares and step ping on each other's toes. Win Via Fouls Cyclone Cobb and Buck David son used the foul route to win their final falls in their matches. Cobb took the match from John ny Dobbs after being thrown out of the ring when Dobbs wouldn't let him back. Cobb had taken the first fall with an abdominal stretch and Dobbs had evened it with a shoulder press, gained when Presnell didn't see Dobbs using Cobb's trunks for leverage. Davidson's win on a foul came after Yoggi Hussane had tied Davidson's neck in the ropes and wouldn't let Presnell free him. Hussane turned his attention from Davidson twice to drop Presnell with fists to the jowls before the referee stopped it. Davidson had taken the first fall with a reverse cart wheel. Hussane protested that he had been given a bum deal and ROCKY HEADS WEST G r o s s i nger, N.Y. (U.R) Rocky Marciano was only four pounds over his best fighting weight today as he broke camp here and headed for California for the May 16 defense of his heavyweight crown against Brit ain's Don Cockell. After his final workout Sunday, the champion tipped the scales at 191 pounds. Baseball SUNDAY EXHIBITION N.Y. (A) 021 000 040 7 11 1 St. Louis (N) 000 200 210 5 10 2 Ford. Sturdivant 9, and Berra. Mil ler, Moford 4, Jones 8 and Rice. Smith 8. Winning pitcher Ford. Losing pitcher Jones. N. Y. fA) 000 000 0 0 2 0 St. Louis (Nl 000 000 0 0 3 0 Called end of seven innings. Grim and Howard, Berberet 4. Had dix and Sarni. Kan. City (A) 100 000 000 1 4 1 Boston lA) 010 101 lOx 4 7 0 Boyer. Gray. 6, Bishop 8 and W. Shantz. Sullivan. Brewer 6 and White. Daley 6. Winning pitcher Sullivan. Losing pitcher Boyer. Chicago (Nj 002 010 010 4 10 1 N. Y. (N) 000 141 020 8 7 1 Perkowski. Pyecha 6. Jeffcoat 8 and Fanning. Maglie. Hearn 6 and Wes trum. Winning pitcher Maglie. Los ing pitcher Perkowski. Cincin. IN) 000 000 0001 1 3 1 Phila. (Nt 610 233 OOx 15 19 0 Ross. Gross 1, Werle 5 and Semin ick. Landrith 6. Wehmeier. Spring 6. Cole 8 and Burgess. Winning pitcher Wehmeier. Losing pitcher Ross. Cincin (N) "B" 000 000 100 1 9 2 Bham (Sou.) 000 200 Olx 3 8 2 Klippstein, Lane and Dotterer. Gras so. iSichols, Reynolds and Neeman, Thacker. Bklyn (N) 002 010 00 00 3 11 1 Chgo (A) 001 000 002 01 i 10 0 Meyer. Bessent 6. Black 9. Lehman. 10 and Campanella. Harshaman. Con suegra 5, Chakales 9, Martin 10 and Courtney. Winning pitcher Martin. Losing pitcher Lehman. Detroit (A) 000 020 000 2 7 1 Wash. (Al 000 2000 001 3 10 2 Miller. Herbert 5 and Wilson. House 5 Pascual. McDermott 7 and Edwards. Winning pitcher McDermott. Losing pitcher Herbert. Bait. (A) 001 000 050 6 11 1 Pitts. N 113 011 OOx 7 10 1 Duren. Harrison 6. Johnson 7, Alex ander 8 and Smith. Surkont. Grun wald 7. Hall 8 and Shepard. Winning pitcher Surkont. Losing pitcher Duren. N. Y. (Nl "B" 302 105 20013 17 1 Clev. (Al 'B'" 301 010 003 8 8 3 Worthington. Margoneri 4. Corwin 7. Constable 9 and Grasso. Hofman 7. Rodemoyer. Hoskins 6. Mever 8 and Naragon. Winning pitcher Worth ington. Losing pitcher Rodemoyer. At San Francisco. Calif. Cleve. (Ai 000 060 008 14 11 o San Fran. (PCLi OOO 000 000 0 5 2 Lemon. Houtteman 7 and Foiles Burns. Evans 6. Walsh 9. Bradford 9' and Tiesiera. Winning pitcher Lem on. Losing pitcher Burns. .u- bUg -r. - "4-87-87328 Ken Omhd, Cottage Grove 162-80-86328 Robert I,orquist, Col- umbia 159-89-86 334 Vern Allen. Medford .... 162-84-88 334 Keith Gubrud, Eugene- 162-86-86334. Tribune stormed around the ring demand ing the decision be reversed. He went on a "sit down" strike in mid-ring and was still there when Dobbs and Cobb came in. He started a "beef with Dobbs and was slugged to the canvas. He made a pass at Cobb and got the same treatment. Deciding that was enough, he sulked off to the dressing room. Promoter Mack Lillard said yesterday he was trying to get Miss Hunter to agree to a tag team match with Kowalski and Kim next Saturday night. If the blonde bomber goes for it, her partner probably will be Shirley Winters, a newcomer who was introduced from ringside. Shantz Comeback, Revival Of Spirit Athletic's Hope For Comeback This Year (This is the 10th in a se ries on the 1955 prospects of the major league clubs.) By LEO H. PETERSON United Press Sports Editor West Palm Beach, Fla. (U.R) Lou Boudreau is counting on a comeback by little Bobby Shantz and a new spirit to get his Kan sas City Athletics out of the American League cellar. He admits, however, that he could be wrong on both counts. The pint-sized Shantz won only one game last year, hurting his shoulder in the opener against the Boston Red Sox. The year before that same shoul der ailment sidelined him much of the season and he wound up with a 5-9 record, a far cry from the 24 victories he scored in 1952. "If he could come back far enough to win 10 games I'd be satisfied," Boudreau said. "That would give us a big lift." As to the new spirit, Bou dreau said he never has man aged a club which "has given me more cooperation and spirit than this one." Three-Man Nucleus "I think it's going to mean a lot to the players to get out of Philadelphia," he explained. "Af ter all, most of them were all but booed out of the park there last season." Shantz, Kellner, another lefty who disappointed last season with a 6-17 record, and Arnold Portocarrero, who won nine games while losing 18 but is re garded as one of the most prom ising right handers in the league, will form the nucleus of the staff. Behind them, Boudreau has high hopes for two draftees, Cloyd Boyer, the former Cardi nal who won only two games at Columbus; and Arthur Ceccar elli, a 15-game winner with Bir mingham. For relief he is banking on John Dixon, who won only one game with the Senators but went on to win five for the Athletics after being traded, as his No. 1 man. Other relief pos sibilities are Ed Burtschy, 5-4 Hal's Spi-Wise Zeke Open All-Age Victor In Retriever Contest Hal's Spi-Wise Zeke won the open all-age stake yesterday in the fourth annual licensed trial of the Rogue Valley Retriever club. The labrador male, owned and handled by Hal Shidler, Klam ath Falls, was one of seven dogs called back for the fifth and fi nal series of the event out of a field of 26. Open all-age competition con cluded the three day trial which began on Friday and which was licensed by the American Ken nel club. Am-veur all-age, derby and qualifying stakes preceded the open. The trial was held generally in the old Camp White area north of Medford. Second in the open was Butches Bitterroot Smokey, lab rador male, owned by Joe AL with the A's last season; rookie Ozzie Vanbrabant, who won only three at Ottawa; and Robert Spicer, a southpaw up from Los Angeles where he registered 13 triumphs. Robert Trice, who asked to be sent to the minors last year be cause he did not think he was ready for the big time, is back for another shot, and the Negro right hander may make it, al though he won only four games with Ottawa. Before he asked to be sent down, however, he won seven for the A's. Vic Power Shifted Holdovers Charles Bishop (4-6); Marian Fricano (5-11); John Gray (3-12) and Art Dittmer (1-4) are other possible starters So are William Oster and Har old Reather, two rookies. ' Wilmer Shantz, brother of Bobby, and Jos Astroth will share coaching duties with Al Robertson, the No. 3 man if he recovers from a sore arm. Otherwise, rookie Eric McKen zie, just out of service, will move in. To get more left-handed hit ting in his lineup, Boudreau shifted outfielder Vic Power to first base and first baseman Louis Limmer to the outfield. Power is battling Don Bollweg for the first base job. Spook Jacobs and rookie Hec tor Lopez are leading candidates for second base with Joe TJe Maestri at short and Jim Fini gan, who hit .301 in his rookie season last year, at third. For infield reserve duty there will be the veteran Pete Suder and either Harold Bevan, a rookie, or Jack Littrell, a good glove man. Gus Zernial in left is the only outfielder sure of regular duty and he must beat out two rook ies, Joe Taylor, a .318 hitter at Ottawa last season, and Al Pmkston, a big, rangy Negro who can hit a long ball. The veteran Elmer Valo and Bill Wilson are fighting for the cen ter field job and Bill Renna and Limmer for the right field berth. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. a new Ford during MARCH 25 -APRIL 30 See your Ford dealer todery. Get a top trade-in allow ance for your present car on a brand-new '55 Ford. He's out to round up et supply of good used cors for the big Spring ami Summer selling season. bertson, Boise, Ida., and handled by Cliff Brassfield. Rip of Holly Hill, nine - year - old labrador male, owned by Mrs. William P. Roth, San Mateo, Calif., and han dled by Roy J. Gonia, was third. Kip Fourth A Medford entry. Kip of Ge neva, labrador male, owned and handled by Kenneth G. Denman, was fourth. Kip also was fourth in the amateur stake. Two certificates of merit were given by Judges Al Schmidt, Portland, and Lafe Utter, Los Angeles. They went to Oak creeks Golden Spirit, golden fe male, owned and handled by Don P. Smith, Bishop, Calif., and Jibidad Blade, labrador male, owned and handled by Charles W. Gale, Bremerton, Wash. Shidler's Zeke also was sec ond in the amateur. First series or test in the open was a three duck retrieve with three shots and with decoys. It was staged on the east side of Hoover lakes. Dogs were made to honor (be on the line while another dog performed). Three Pheasants Second series was a three pheasant event. One was shot far out. When the dog picked it up another pheasant was thrown and a shot fired. The retriever had to pass it, bring the first bird to the handler and make a blind retrieve of another bird before going for the second "shot" pheasant. This test was off Cra ter Lake highway and north of the Medford Gun club. Third series was at Agate slough. It was a two pheasant retrieve and the dogs were re quired to honor. Fourth was a blind retrieve of a duck in a pond in the Game Commission area south of the Military bridge on Rogue river. Dogs had to swim through water to get the duck on land. Final test was on Game Commission property in the old munitions dump area. It was a triple on pheasants. Other winners during the three days were Jibodad Dandy, owned by James W. Bryan Jr., Bremerton, Wash., in the ama teur; Jig's Moonbeam, owned by Edward F. Pavlich, Cutten, Calif., in the derby and Bee wackers Chester, owned by E J. Rowe, Daly City, Calif., in the qualifying stake. Bisons, Hornets In Final Round By UNITED PRESS Two - goal performances by Ken Wharram and Bobby Has shard helped carry the Buffalo Bisons and Pittsburgh Hornets today into the final round of the American Hockey league play offs. Wharram tallied his two goals and added an assist at Buffalo Sunday night as the Bisons downed the Cleveland Barons, 6-4, to win the best-of-five "B" series in the playoffs, three games to one. Hasshard notched his two goals and Gerald Foley tallied the game-winning goal in the second overtime period at Springfield as the Hornets downed Spring field, 4-3. The Hornets thus cap tured the "A" series by the same 3-1 margin. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday. the big Bob Elliott Hopes To Be Bench Pilot for San Diego (This is the fifth in a series on the outlook of Pacific Coast League teams for the 1955 season.) By SCOTT BAILLIE San Diego, Calif. (U.R) Bob Elliott, who boosted the San Diego Padres to the PCL pen nant last year on the end of his big bat, figures they will win their second straight flag this season while he operates as a bench manager. "I intend to run this club from the dugout," the thunder-voiced third baseman said "And I think we'll be in the thick of the race all the way. Will we win the pennant? Why not?" Elliott crashed two home runs and drove in five tallies last Sep tember while leading the Padres to a 7-2 sudden death playoff vic tory over Hollywood and the championship. Sore-Armed Hurlers Right now Elliott is worried over a pair of sore-arm pitchers, a big vacancy at first bease and the need for a right-handed hit ting outfielder. If he can solve these three headaches, he feels the club is set to roll. The sore arms belongs to vet eran right-hander Cliff Fannin (8-5) and southpaw Lloyd Dickey (14-11). Elliott said he is prepar ed to "stop worrying altogether about the hurling when those two come around." Elliott also is counting heavily on the relief hurling of Al Lyons, who compiled an 8-2 record for the Padres after coming from San Francisco in midseason. Other proven pros back for mound duty are lefty Bob Kerri gan (17-11), Bill Thompson (10 9) and Eddie Erautt (16-12). A couple of right-handed kids from Yakima of the Western Interna tional League have caught El liott's eye. They are John Car michael (20-10), and Art Ed munds (19-9). Rookies Looks Good The hottest rookie in camp is Dick Hogan, who is batting close to .400 in exhibition games and recently smashed Hollywood in an exhibition game during which he drove in five runs with three hits which included a 400-foot home run. Hogan, who may be that right-handed hitting out fielder Elliott is searching for, batted .360 at Tucson of the Arizona-Texas League last year and Pistons To Meet Nationals for Pro Cage Crown By UNITED PRESS Tlie three-year reign of the Minneapolis Lakers is over, and the new champion of the Nation al Basketball association will be either the Fort Wayne Pistons or me Syracuse Nationals. The Lakers blew a 12 nnint lead on their home court Sun day night and were beaten by the Pistons, 105-96, giving Fort Wayne a 3-1 triumph in the best-of-five finals of the Western Division playoffs. 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