BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, February 20. 1956
Tornado Wears Southern Or
Medf ordites
Overtake KF
Crew 56-53
SOUTHERN OREGON
CONFERENC ESTANDINGS
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Medford
Klamath Fall 6
Grants Pass 3
Ashland , 2
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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.
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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
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.333
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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. '.
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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 ..... ..
Hed. 8th 4 J 39 KF 8th
Moore 4 - f 3 Mocobee
Frohnmayer 3 f 12 Marier
McGill 8 c -6 Santo
Olson 2 g 10 Herrera
Anderson 10 : . g ' '3 Bishop
Substitutions For Hedrick: Furrer
2, Criswell, Parsons, Can trail 4, Klie
ver, Smith 2, Deakins 8, Miles; Dunn;
for 'Klamath: Hawkins 4, Elliott, Ol
vera. Myers, Lewis McPhetridge, Bol
ing, Warrke. , '
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day
noon Saturday. 10 a.m Monday for
SUPPORT PROMISED
New York, N.-Y. (U.R)
Julius Helfand, chairman of the
New York" State Athletic Com
mission, has disclosed receipt
of a letter from the California
commission promising -complete
support of the . ban against the
N.Y. Guild. The California com
mission has passed a resolution ,
banning the licensing of any
N.Y. Guild: member. -. . ".
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