EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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CONFERENCE STANDINGS
W. L.
Med ford
Klamath Falls
Grants Pass
Ashland
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Medford high's Southern Ore
gon Conference and i District 6
A-l champions wound up their
1958 home basketball slate in
appropriately impressive . and
glittering style on the Hedrick
court Friday night. The Black
Tornado combined torrid shoot
ing with fine floor play and
aggressive defense to overpower
the Grants Pass Cavemen 72 to
52. '
It was the 10th victory in 11
conference scrambles for the
Tornado and its 16th successful
maplecourt venture in 21 games
this season.
Sizzling during three quarters
of the fracas, Medford fired at
a scorching .595 average from
the field, its best shooting of
'the season. The Medfordites took
control of the skirmish when it
was ,three minutes old. They
whirled to a 25 to 9 first quart
er bulge. Tornado lead was nev
er less than 12 points after that
although the Cavemen showed
streaks of strength.
Zone Gives Trouble
Grants Pass gave Medford
trouble with its zone defense
in the second canto and that
session ended 31 to 18.'The Cave
men then tussled on even terms
through most' of the third chuck
er but by the end of the stanza
the Medford crew had upped its
advantage to 50 to 33. Medford
had several 23-point margins in
the final quarter.
The Tornado flicked in 10 field
shots in 13 tries in the first
quarter with Lloyd Cearley sink
ing four for four. And Cearley
and his mates, Dick Copple, Dick
McLaughlin, Bob Tisdel and
Neil Plumley, all had a hand in
ballhawking defense which en
abled Medford to establish its
command. Medford interceptions
and steals cut down the GP
shooting chances and Tornado
pressing gave the Cavemen few
good opportunities. Grants Pass
got only two field goals in the
stanza. ' I- .
The Cavemen came back with
its stiff zone in the second panel
to limit Medford to only two
goals in 10t tries., Two stalls by
the Tornado in an attempt to
break up the zone, resulted in
some of the dearth of scoring
in the quartern Grants Pass
switched to man-to-man " defense
in fairly short order on the first
occasion and Medford got one
bucket, by John Foust. But the
Cavemen were more reluctant
to come out and try for the ball
moments later and Ed Reink
ing stood and held the ball for
almost 1 minutes.
28 of 47 From Field
That was all of the real slow
down tactics of the night and
the Medford offense clicked for
eight field goals in 12 tries each
in the third and fourth quarters
to give the Tornado a 28 out of
47 tabulation for night. -
There were three ties of 2
all, 4-all and 6-all in the open
ing minutes and the Tornado
went ahead for keeps , on Cear
ley's long cast at 8 to 6.
Individual scoring was well
distributed on both squads.
Plumley got 14, McLaughlin 13,
Cearley 12 and Tisdel 11 for
Medford and Chuck Nevi 13 and
Allan Drews 12 to lead the Cave
men.
While the Cavemen were kept
from having a big night from
the field, they were impressive
from the gift line with 21 free
shots in 26 chances. Medford did
well, too, with 16 for 21.
Grants Pass had the rebound
ing edge 14 to eight in the first
half and Medford 13 to eight
in the second half. The Tornado's
success from the field and its
frequent busting of the GP at
tack before shots were fired,
however, took away some of the
significance of backboard work
on the outcome of the game.
Copple was Medford's top re
triever with seven and Larry
Henderson and Tom Bernet each
had six for Grants Pass.
Many Reserves Played
After the Tornado took wide
control in the fourth quarter,
Coach Frank Roelandt began
filtering reserves into the fray.
Twelve Medford players saw
duty. GP also finished up with
substitutes and .11 Cavemen
played. '
It was the final home basket
ball appearance in the prep hoop
careers of five Medford seniors,
Tisdel, Cearley, Foust, Ed Retak
ing and Larry Gobef . For Gober
it was the first action since the
Eugene series at the start of
the season. First a cold then an
ankle sprain sidelined him. Gob
er was in the mix during the
final 5Vi minutes and did well
in that time.
Medford was without the ser
vices of Tisdel through the sec
ond quarter and for five minutes
of the third because of his third
and fourth fouls. He played 3Vi
minutes of the last ' quarter.
In another conference game
at Ashland, Klamath Falls al
most duplicated the Medford
score, trimming the Grizzlies 72
to 51.
BOX:
Medford
Copple, f
McLaughlin, f '
Plumley. c
Tisdel, g .
Cearley, g
Foust
Reinklne
Perkins
Stearns
Puhl
Slessler
Gober .
FG FT PF TP
8
13
14
11
12
5
2
0
2
0
1
. 4
Totals
Grants Pass
Bernet. f ...
Walker, f -
Henderson, o
Nevi, g
28 18 17 72
FG FT PF TP
. 2 3 3 7
Drews, g
Slaven
Weller ..
Winger
Taylor
Smith .
Tompkins
Totals
0
2
.... 3
5
.. 0
.. 0
... 3
0
0
. 0
0
2
2
. 1
' 1
- 2
. 0
0
0
1 0
5
6
13
12
0
0
9
0
0
0
15 22 11 52
Referees Bill Esselstyn and Clar
ence Mellbye.
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Idaho Edges Oregon State
58-55 in Dreary Battle
Corvallis (U.PJ Oregon State
fell even deeper into the lower
rungs of the Pacific Coast Con
ference ladder here Friday night
as the cellar-dwelling Vandals of
Idaho poked out a 58-55 win
over the Beavers in a slow un
impressive display of basketball.
Idaho took its final- game-winning
lead with only 1:10 show
ing on the clock as Oregon State
failed to connect from the field
since midway through the second
period. .
The Beavers took a 55-54 lead
with two minutes to play, only
tj see Gary Simmons connect
with a 20-footer and ' put the
Vandals in front, . 5 6-5 5. Oregon
State got two. more chances to
take the advantage but on the
second miss, Idaho cleared the
board and set the stage for a
clincher by Jay Buhler in the
waning seconds on a layin that
ran the final to 59-55
Vandals Lead Early
Idaho took the early lead in
the ball game, stretching it into
an 11 point advantage midway
through the first period at 23-12.
Oregon State rallied to knot the
count at 27-all before the Vand
als pounced back to go into
intermission period with a 37-31
bulge.
The second half was' little
more inspiring for the 4496 fans
than was the first until Oregon
State finally caught up and took
their first lead of the night,
44-45 for the Beavers.
That go ahead basket was the
last two-pointer that the Beavers
collected for the night, although
the lead alternated until the
final minute. '
Bill Baucher paced the Vand
als collecting 13. High for Ore
gan State was Dave , Gambee
with 16. The two clubs go into
tonight's battle knotted with
two-won and 11-lost records a
tie for the conference cellar.
MX!
IdahOB .
Buhler f .
Jorgenson
McEwan f
aranon c
Simmnnc
Baucher g
Thomson g
FG FT PF TP
.2 4-6 4 -8
g
5
:...-2
. 4
.. 4
.... 6
... 0
0- 1
1- 4
3-6
3-4
1-2
0-0
Totals '
Oregon State
Allord f
Gambee f ....
Paulus f
Frederick f
Moss c
Carroll c
Nanson g
Haynes g
Crimins g
23 12-23 18 58
FG FT PF TP
3
5
0
0
3
0
3
1
0
7-8
6-8
0-0
0-0
1- 3
2- 2
6-8
3- 4
0-0
Totals
15 25-33 13 35
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and asphalt course. His time for
the 160 miles was one hour, 39
minutes, and 53 seconds with an
official average of 96.11 miles
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YOU FOULED HIM That's what Referee
! Clarence Mellbye appears to be saying as he
, points the finger of guilt at Medford's Larry
Slessler (23) in the closing minute of the
Black Tornado-Grants Pass high . basketball
game Friday night. Slessler was charged with
an infraction against the Cavemen's Tom Ber
net. The "photo was snapped just after Bernet
let fly for the basket. The shot failed but Ber
net made one of his two free tries. Other Med
fordites in the picture are Larry Gober (25),
Larry Perkins and Mike Stearns (13). Medford
won 72 to 52. (Brainerd photo) - :
Walfonians Asking Support
In Effort for Funds for
Savage Rapids Screening
Officials of the Jackson Coun-
ty chapter of the Izaak Walton
league made another big move
Friday in their efforts to secure
federal appropriation for turbine
screening at Savage Rapids dam
on Rogue river.
They mailed copies of an. urg
ent appeal for support and hehp
to the IWL national headquarters
which -is to relay them on to
Waltonian division headquarters
in the 47 other states. Appeals
request the IWL leaders to com
municate with their representa
tives in Congress, especially
those who are members of the
House appropriations commit
tee, urging support of the tur
bine screening proposals Oregon
Cong. Harris Ellsworth will
make to the committee.
The plea for immediate action
by Waltonians states that due to
failure of screen, turbine intake
at Savage Rapids irrigation dam
the spring chinook and summer
steelhead runs on Rogue river
are about to disappear. It points
to -a decrease of 62 per cent
since 1942 in spring run chinook
and 77 per cent decrease in sum
mer steelhead.
Loss of fish when they are
forced to pass through the tur
bine and pumps on downstream
migration is brought out. That
83 per cent of the flow of the
.river must pass through the tur
bine or pumps is also stated.
Hedrick Eighth
Downs CP 45-30
Hedrick Junior high won the
eighth grade mix and Central
Point the seventh grade tilt yes
terday in basketball contention
at Central Point.
. The Hornet eighth trailed in
the first half but went ahead to
stay in the third quarter in. top
pling the Pointers 45 to 30. Cen
tral Point seventh grade estab
lished a huge lead in the first
half and surviyed a faltering de
fense to beat Hedrick 36 to 23.
Pointers led 13 to 11 at the
quarter and 22 to, 21 at the half
of the eighth grade hassle but.
Hedrick gained a 35 to 25 edge
in the third period.
In , the seventh grade scrap
Central Point went on top 15 to
2 in the first quarter and 23 to
2 by half time. Third quarter
standing was 32 to 11.
LINE-CPS:
Hedrick 8th 45 30 Central Point
Moore 13 f ' 4 Woods
Frohnmayer 7 f 2 Cote
McGill 10 c i 10 Michaels
Olson 6 1 g , 6 Pfaff
Anderson 5 g 8 G Bartley
Substitutions For Hedrick, Cantrall
2, Parsons. Kliever, Deakins 2; for
Central Point. Sharp, Warren, Arnold,
Toner, B. Anhorn, J. Anhorn.
Federal appropriation of $208,-
000 to adequately screen the in
take is needed. Starting with
1949 every effort to secure fed
eral funds for screening has
failed. Ellsworth is to appear
before the appropriations com
mittee on the matter by March
The appeal stresses that the
U. S. fish and wildlife service
and the Oregon state game com
mission urge immediate screen
ing.
About 45,000 angler days are
spent annually in trying to take
the two species of fish and about
45 per cent of the fishermen are
from states outside of Oregon,
according to Waltonian informa
tion. .,' . ;
Grants Pass Irrigation dis
trict, for who the dam was re
built or rehabilitated, will not
screen the .intake at,. Savage
Rapids. State law will not per
mit the game commission to do
the job. At the time of rebuild
ing; Congress considered the pro
ject as not eligible for nonre
imbursable funds. ' -
Ma I in, Chiloquin
Klamath Victors
Cavekids Top
int
One of Hedrick junior high
ninth grade's best basketball
performances of the season was
not quite enough Friday.- The
Hornets dropped a 45 to 39 ruck
us with Grants -Pass. '
The Hedrick crew looked
good in a losing battle which
was close to the finish. Only one
point separated the clubs with
less than a minute to play
Grants Pass extended its margin
on free shots off three fouls
iwo cavekid gifters were
plunked in after the final buz
zer.
Grants Pass had quarterly
leads of 14 to 9, 26 to 22 and
36 to 32. Jerry Putnam was .the
big gun for GP. He had 16 points
and his 6 feet 4 inches proved
too much for Hedrick to con
tend with. John Harvey was
high scorer for the Hornets with
15. He had 13 in the first half
but was held down by Johnny
Olson in the last two quarters.
LINE-UPS
GP. 91h 45
Olson 8. . ,
Barrell
Putnam 16
Leonard 4
Hays 7
39 Hed. 9th
10 Peek
4 Maurer
6 Rasmussen
15 J.. Harvey
2 T. Monroe
Substitutions For Grants Pass, Wil
son, Fox 10, Dean; for Hedrick, Wha-
ley z, winctrout.
Klamath Falls Chiloquin
high defeated Sacred Heart 59 for the District 5B diadem
to 52 and Malin - clubbed Bly
77 to 28 Friday night to go into
the Saturday finale for the Kla
math-Lake county B basketball
tourney championship. Winner
will face St. Mary's of Medford
Med f o rd Wrestle rs
Capture TwoTitles
Medford high school captured i
two individual championships, i
placed four men in the state
meet and won third place in
team standings in the district
wrestling tournament Friday and
Saturday at Southern Oregon
college gymnasium.
Ron Lingren and Ray Hilton
of the Black Tornado won titles
in their respective weights and
George Flanagan and Gordon
Owsley got the other state ruckus
spots for Medford. .
Klamath Falls won the district
laurels with 154 points ' and
placed 13 men in state tourney
spots, : seven of them area
champs. Grants Pass scored 115
counters and six Cavemen earned
trips to Corvallis. Medford had
a score of 70, .Illinois Valley 43
and Glendale 39. .
IV Places Two .
Illinois Valley qualified two
first place men and Glendale one
second place grappler.
Lingren decisioned George
Flanagan, a Medford squad mate,
for the 130-pound district toga.
Flanagan defeated , Alley of
Klamath Falls, consolation win
ner, for the number two. spot in
the weight. ,
Hilton decisioned Richie Con-
dray of Grants Pass in the 136
pound field. Owsley won the
123-pound consolation and then
trimmed Brown of Klamath Falls
who ; had lost in ; championship
finals. '
Champions included Bleek,
Klamath, 98 pounds; Cramer,
Klamath, 106; Stevens, Grants
Pass, 115; Roberts, Klamath,
123; Cole, Illinois Valley, 141;
Berg, Klamath, 148; Leeling,
Klamath, 157; Peterson, Grants
Pass, 168; Simons, KlamatU, 178;
Swift, Illinois Valley, 191, and
Barker, Grants Pass, unlimited.
Medford Sure
Medford high was sure of at
least one area' winner and had
six other entries still in the run
ning for state tournament berths
after Friday bouts..'
Ron Lingren and George Flan
agan of the Tornado reached the
130-pound class finals.' Losers
were to meet the consolation
bracket winner for a second state
meet spot in the weight.
In the -136-pound eliminations
Ray Hilton won his way into a
finals . engagement with Richie
Condray of Grants Pass. Dennis
Walker had similar success in
the 141 grouping, winning the
right to wrestle Cole of Illinbis
Valley - in the ; : championship
match. ' -' '' i ,
Gordon Owsley, 123, Larry
Anderson, 168, and Bob Martin,
148, were all in the running in
the consolation flights after Fri
day scrapes.
Results Listed
In Friday matches Hilton de
feated Leland Barrows of Grants
Pass and Steiner of Klamath
Falls. Walker subdued Smith of
Glendale and Bob Fawcett of
GP. Flanagan drew a bye in the
first round then trimmed Alley
of Klamath Falls. Lingren got
by Cheney of GP and Tonelli of
KF.
.Owsley lost to Ivan Taylor of
Grants Pass, pinned Coate of
Glendale and beat Valle of GP.
Anderson was winner over Larry
Drake of GP but lost to Roy
Ropp of Klamath. He then de
feated Krauss of Illinois Valley.
Martin was subdued by Flipse of
GP and then beat Gary Heath of
Medford.
In the tourney consolation
bracket champions - had the
chance to wrestle losers in
championship flight finals, for
second state meet positions from
the district.
BOBBY BROCATO
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by Brocato went out in front
as expected yesterday and with "'
no Swaps to press him, won the
$135,000 Santa Anita handicap
by more than four lengths. With
Johnny Longden aboard for his
fourth winner of the day, Bob
by Brocato raced the mile and
a quarter in 2.04 3-5 over a
slow track. It also was Long
den's fourth victory in the San
ta Anita handicap, a record for
the race which had its 19th re-'
newal today.
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