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BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, February 20. 1956 Tornado Wears Southern Or Medf ordites Overtake KF Crew 56-53 SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENC ESTANDINGS W Medford Klamath Fall 6 Grants Pass 3 Ashland , 2 Pet .800 .600 .300 .200 When the 1956 Medford high school basketball season is his tory, the Black Tornado's thrill er struggle last Saturday night with the Klamath Falls Peli cans should be written into the campaign record book as one of the most memorable of the year. Medford's- rumbling . Whirl winds, outplayed in the first two periods, fought a magnifi cent uphill battle in the second half, came through, in the clutch in a tense and trying finish to overtake the Pelicans 56 to 53 and ran up the Southern Oregon Conference title banner fop the third time in four seasons. It was a real team triumph for the Black Tornado but big, rugged Dick McLaughlin had the major starting role. Terrific Tin der the backboards in play , which helped hold the Pels' tall ace, Glenn Moore, without a fieldgoal, McLaughlin flipped the two braces of free shots for ; the tying and winningcounters. One pair of the husky for ward's gift line swishes, with theweight of victory or defeat on his shoulders, gave Medford' its -fourth tie of the nightu53-all, with three minutes left to play. His last pair with 63 seconds to go provided the winning counters. Medford had not led before in the fracas. ' Medford's triumph was its ninth in 10 conference games and its 15th for the hoop year against five losses. The Tornado inflicted Klamath with its fourth conference setback but the Pel icans in defeat still gained the second state tourney spot from District 6 A-l. Ashland, already out of the running, crushed the hopes of Grants Pass Saturday by dumping the Cavemen 53 to 38. : The Black Tornado and Klam ath Falls are the first two clubs in A-l ranks to qualify for state tournament action. ' - -. , Outlook for a Medford title cinching ; victory was bleak when Klamath took a 10-point 33 to 23 lead on Butch Kimp ton's long shot in the opening seconds of .the, third quarter. But the Black Tornado with a never-give-up poised whole team effort, which is ' the mark " of champions, '. began its upward fight rom this point. By surges the Medfordites picked away at the Pelicans, then traded them counter for counter for a spell, caught up, went in front and held on until time , ran out. Improved shooting after a second quarter lag and equal terms under the backboards, with McLaughlin heading this scrap, aided the Medford climb. Bob Tisdel with field goals and McLaughlin with eight free markers in nine tries headed the scoring but all hands contribut ed to the scoring. And in the final minute vital ballhawking by Lloyd Cearley and Tisdel helped preserve the Medford edge. ; ' After Klamath took, its 10- point margin Tisdel swished a long pusher, Plumley a hook shot and McLaughlin his first pair of gifters to cut the deficit to 33 to 29. Kimpton got a driv er f or KF but Cearley his from 15 feet for .35 to 31. Then Donn Taucher drove in for a goal and Orin Perkins canned a free shot and a rebound goal to make the score 40 to 31. McLaughlin sank another two from the free stripe and Plum ley plunked in a fielder for 40 to 35. Perkins got two free points for Klamath but Tisdel jumped from the side for 42 to 37. Earl Tichenor hooked for the Pels and Dick Copple push ed from close range for Medford for 44 to 39 at the end of the quarter. Medford slipped up to 44 to 43 in the tensing tangle when Cearley hit from far out and TisdeJ dribbled for a- lay-in off a jump balL But Taucher got a free heave and Tichenor a pivot shot to up the count to 47 to 43. Tisdel made a long set but Cliff Sutherland hit in close for KF for 49 to 45. McLaughlin hooked from near the hoop but Tichenor got two free shots for 51 to 47. There were 3 V4 min utes left to play. A goal by Tisdel was offset by two free tosses by Kimpton but those . were Klamath's last points. Copple flicked in a long jump for 53 to 51.. With three minutes to play Taucher, driv ing for the basket and passing to Moore, fouled McLaughlin. The rugged Medford forward then calmly put in both tries to tie the; score. Tallies which, put Medford on top for , the : first time during the night came on a foul by Kimpton. McLaughlin again bearing up under, the ten sion plunked the shots away.' ; Cearley in the final minute succeeded in tying up the ball. But Klamath got possession aft er the jump. Tisdel got the ball for Medford with a slick steal with 30 seconds left. Medford play ed . keep-away until with four seconds- left three Pels ganged up on Copple and a four was whistled on Taucher. Cop ple dropped in his first shot and missed the second. Taucher then boomed in for a Klamath bucket but the buz zer had sounded, ending the game and nullifying the goal. The jubilant "Medford -squad put Coach Frank Roelandt on then shoulders and gave him the tra- i ditional ride. Klamathites head ed by Assistant Coach Ray Co ley got into a beef with Timer Paul Evensen in discussion of the invalidity of Taucher's buck et. Someone, reportedly- a Klam ath player, pulled Evensen, big Medford high grid line coach to the floor. Klamath clearly was the bet ter club in the first half. Moore and -Perkins were the big guns in two to one backboard control for the ; Pels " and deadly hook shooting ; by Tichenor and the driving of .Taucher . paced the offensive. Medford, nevertheless had a good first quarter and aft er, falling behind once 12 to 19 was on the short end only 18 to 21 after the period ended. In the second quarter the Tor nado was met by good .defense play and managed only two field goals in' 11 tries. Klamath was in front at the half 31 to 23. Tisdel with eight field goals topped point producing with 18. Four Clubs Have Berths in NCAA By UNITED PRESS . Memphis State, Holy Cross, Marshall and Connecticut owned berths in the NCAA basketball tournament today, while Niagara Decame the eighth team to ac cept a bid to the National Invi tation shindig. ; Marshall and Connecticut auto matically joined the NCAA par ade by clinching their respective conference championships dur ing the week end, while Holy Cross and Memphis State were named as "at large" entries. This year's NCAA champion ships will include 25 teams Thus, 14 more conference repre sentatives and seven additional independent teams must be se- ' lected before the eliminations get underway on four widely- scattered fronts March 12. umciais of tne nit have a much easier row to hoe." They have been getting the jump on their NCAA rivals by signing up independent teams for the last three weeks And now have only four berths unfilled. a. m OK. MARKET 202 North RiverJd OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT Tichenor had 14 for the Peli cans. Klamath led 30 to 22 in back board retrieving for the night. The Pels had 16 to Medford's eight in the first half but the re bounds were 14 each in the last two quarters. Perkins had nine and Moore .eight for KF and McLaughlin eight for Medford. The Tornado had a .396 field goal average with 21 for 53. Best mark was six for 10 in the fourth quarter. Over the route Medford bettered Klamath 21 to 18 from the field but KF had the free throw edge 17 to 14. . Southern Oregon conference play winds up in anti-climax egon Conference Toga manner this week end with Medford meeting Grants Pass and Klamath playing Ashland. BOX SCORE: Medford McLaughlin, f . Copple, f ; ; Plumley, c Tisdel, g Cearley, g Foust U . 2 . 3 . 2 8 .5 . 1 pf 1 4 4 2 2 2 Totals 21 14 15 56 Klamath Falls Perkins, f Tichenor, f Moore, c Kimpton, g . Taucher, g Burke Sutherland fg 3 6 0 , 3 . 4 . 0 .2 Pf 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 Totals 18 17 10 53 Referees Virgil Swanson and Lee Flink. Phoenix Pirate Quint Rogue Loop Champion ROGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS W L Phoenix 10 2 Crater .......... - 9 3 Eagle Point 4 8 Illinois Valley 1 11 Pet .833 .750 .333 .083 New York ' (U.R) Al Worth- ington, a 19-game winner with Minneapolis . last season, was signed to his 1956 contract with the New York Giants - today. Manager . Bill R i g n e y hopes Worthington will develop , into a steady winner, for the Giants this year. His salary was esti mated at $18,500. : Phoenix high closed out its regular season basketball sched ule Saturday night by lacing Illinois Valley 56 to 29 to hold sole ' posesssion of ' the ' Rogue League basketball bunting. The Pirates" kept . their' one tussle edge over the Crater Comets who tipped Eagle Point 57 to 52 in the - other Rogue final. Hoop activity will continue this week for all league scb'jols when they compete with .Henley and Brookings in. the District 6 A-2 southern division tourney at Central Point. The play-off will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Phoenix maintained the upper hand Saturday all the way in a slow moving affair in which there was little fouling and in which both quints used zone de fenses. Period standings were 12 to 8, 24 to 14 and 40 to 19. Don Wallace scored 16, Charles Wall 15 and Bill Madden 14 for the Pirates and Howard Pickle was high for IV with seven. . Good Outside Firing '-.' Good shooting from the out side helped the Pirates and they Cathy Cornelius Nabs Golf Title St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R) Cathy Cornelius, a newcomer to the professional circuit from Lake - Worth,' Fla. made slow, careful golf pay off in her first tournament triumph today. " Playing her shots deliberate ly and without any rush what soever, the . dark-haifed ; Cathy wound up with a total of 287 that netted her $900 first-place money in the , $5000 St. Peters burg Women's 'Open. Marilyn Smith, Wichita, Kan., fired a 71 over the difficult Sun set course yesterday to wind up with a 291 that earned her $630 in second place money. Defend ing champion, Patty Berg of St. Andrews, 111., took a 74 yester day and her 293 total was good for third place. .''; didn't allow the Cougars many shots. Only 18 fouls were toot ed in the fray. '.; - - Crater . trailed the Eagles 43 to 42 after a nip and tuck third quarter but got- the lead early in the final canto and kept ; it. The Comets were on top 13 to 7 at the quarter and 31 to 25 at the half. They were, in front 21 to 10 at one time in the second panel but the Eagles put in five of eight long shot tries to pull up. " Nathan Douthit had 16 points for Crater and. John Shama of the Comets and Gale Friend of Eagle Point each 13 markers. Shama and Fred Herrimann. of Crater fouled out. Herrmann limited the Eagle's good gunner, Jack Greb, to one field goal. . LINE-UPS: Phoenix 5S i: . 29 Illinois Valley f 4 Preston Wall 15 Wallace 16 Madden 14 Korth 8 , : Brood 3 7 Pickle 3 Smith 4 Kennedy 2 Simington Substitutions For Phoenix: Sim. monds, James, Dean; for Illinois Val ley: King 1, Filler 2, Spencer, Hogan 4, Camp 2. Crater 57 Shama 13 Herrmann 8 Gray 12 Lefler Douthit 16 52 Eagle Point 8 Greb 9 Christian 2 Foran ; 13 Friend 11 Veach Substitutions For Crater: Calen der 8, Davis; for Eagle Point: Boren 9, Tresham. Gorbous Signs Up At Philadelphia Clearwater, Fla. (U.R) Slug ger Del Ennis, infielder Ted Ka zanski and outfielder Glen Gor bous -were signed by the Phila delphia Phillies today. Ennis, who hit .296 and drove in 120 runs last - season, . is believed to have signed for $32,500. Prep Jayvee Aggregation Tips KF Club Medford high school jayvees put the brakes on a Pelican rally and pulled to a comfort able . lead Saturday night to whack the Klamath Falls junior varsity 60 to 44 in the prelim inary to the varsity cage contest. The Junior Tornado -romped to a 33 to 21 advantage in the third quarter. Then it appeared that a Pelican surge would catch it as it did Friday night. But, after the gap ; had. been cut to four points twice at 36 to 32 and 38 to 34, Medford rolled away again. First quarter score was 7-all. At half-time the count was 24 to 19 for Medford and after three quarters it was 36 to 28. Robert son of Klamath Was the high point producer with 14 and Tom Hamlin carded 13 for Medford. There was evidence of spirited feeling between the two clubs in the second half. LINE-UPS: Medford JV 60 ' 44 Klamath JV King ; ' f 5 Tawney Funston ' f 6 Croxford Albert c .14 Robertson Peery 2 g . 6 Beamwell Brauner 3 g 2 Niles Substitutions For Medford: Mul len 6, Hamlin 13, Russell 7, Puhl 8, Payne 6, Wisely 2. Riley 9, Berteau, Lane 4, Bergman; for Klamath: -Yuen 2. Ankeny, C. Tichenor 2, Green 2, Shaw 5, Cox, Van Buskirk. Red Hat Supporters To Ask Smith's Support Portland (U.R) Gov. Elmo' Smith will be urged to continue activities of the Red Hat ' Day education program for Oregon hunters. L. C. Binford, chairman of the governor's - red hat committee, said he would urge continuance because of 'encouraging - re suits'' from 1955 activities. '. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. CI Gets Back Lead in NW By UNITED PRESS College of Idaho was back on top of the Northwest conference basketball standings today, after being sidetracked to second spot for a week. ' The. Coyotes two-timed Whit man over the week end, taking a Friday night game, 87-80, and then following up Saturday with a 7766 win. " " f ' " ' The two wins put the Coyotes pack to the front of the league with a 10-4 record for the year, The only counting, game remain ing on the Idaho schedule is a return i engagement with Whit man this week end at Caldwell. Linfield,' holder of . the top spot for a , week, tumbled 'into second place as it was bumped by Pacific Saturday night, , 76 58. The Wildcats now' "hold fa' record of 8-4 and Pacific is close behind with a record of 8-5. , In other action this week end,. Lewis am." Clark improved its standing tw.'ce by bouncing Wil lamette, Friday night by a 70-64 margin and Saturday an 80-73 count. . Littler Captures' Texas Open Golf San Antonio, Texas (U.R) Gene Littler, 24-year-old Palm Springs, Calif., pro whose accur ate iron shots won him top money in the $20,000 Texas Open, hoped he was back on the victory trail today. Littler's controlled iron shots helped him to a seven-under-par C5 over the Fort Sam Hou ston course and a 276 total Sun day. It won him $3,750. Ernie Vossler, former Texas amateur champion from Fort Worth; Mike Fetchick of Mah opac, N.Y., and Frank Strana han of Toledo, Ohio, tied for second place with 279 totals. They each won $1,600. Hedrick 8tfi Whacks KF Hedrick junior high's eighth graders were the fourth aggre gation Saturday" to win basket ball action from Klamath Falls. The Hornets . stung the KF eighth 43 to 38 witli the Medford regulars encountering little re sistance. - '-" ; Hedrick had 15 to 2, 27 to 9 arid 39 to 16 quarterly gaps. Spread was 19 to 2 at one time and in the third quarter the locals pushed to 37 to 9. Good tight Hedrick defense kept the Klamath five from getting good shots. LINE-UPS: r ..... .. 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