SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
rater
Comets Nick
Pirate Five
In Tourney
Central Point Crater high
school's Comets, who started
slowly but have come along well
in late season, wore the District
6 A-2 southern division basket
ball crown today and eyed their
chances in the play-off for the
overall district diadem and a
state tourney trip to Salem.
The Comets, runners-up in the
Eogue league during the regular
season, nudged the conference
championT Phoenix Pirates 55 to
54 in a tight,- tense, lulu of a
battle down to the final buzzer
here Saturday night Jm the sub
district tourney final. Seew-saw
finish of the ruckus saw the
Crater crew go on top with less
than 1 minutes to play and
Central Point Three play
ers - from Phoenix high, two
each from Crater and Eagle
Point and one each from Il
linois ' Valley, Brookings and
Henley were named to the
District 6 A-2 southern 'divis
ion tournament ' all-star team
by the coaches of the partici
pating schools.
' Phoenix selections were Bill
Madden, Jim Korth and
Charles Wall, Fred Herrmann
and John Shama were picked
from the champion Crater club
and Jack Greb and- Gale
Friend were the Eagle Point
choices. '.
" Others chosen were Gary
Coates, Brookings; Dale
Searcy, Henley and. George
Plumlee, 'Illinois Valley.
stay .there in the final heart
pounding moments. Phoenix was
in ' the running until the final
second of the game.
Victory qualified the Comets
to meet either Myrtle Creek or
Coquille next week end in a
two-out-of -three series for the
A-2 district bunting. The Vikings
and Red Devils knotted in their
regular northern division slates
with 10-2 records and vie Tues
day night at Roseburg.
Illinois Valley Third
Crater's brush with Phoenix
was one of three tangles here
Saturday. Illinois Valley outlast
ed Eagle Point 59 to 53 for third
place in the subdistrict and
Brookings bombarded Henley 2
to 27 for fifth. - ;
Lead switched hands 14 times
In the championship struggle in
which Crater matched its rugged
rebounding against the Pirate's
greater ' speed and quickness.
There were five tie scores in
the final 10V4 minutes. '
Five . of the leadership ex
changes were in the final quar
ter. Harold Lefler put the Com
ets ahead for good 53 to 52 with
a close-in rebound shot. With one
minute , to go .Nathan Douthit
got a pair of free heaves on
Delmar Brood's foul for 55 to
52. With 35 seconds left Jim
Korth fouled Lefler but the
Comet missed. Crater tied up the
ball 16 seconds away from -the
title but on the jump Douthit
fouled Bill Madden, tall star
Phoenix center. Madden made
good on two tries for 55 to 54.
With 14 seconds remaining
TONIGHT!
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the Comets put the ball in play.
Phoenix ganged Lefler and Mad
den got the ball as three seconds
showed on the clock. Little Don
Goyette boomed in to check him
and with one second left Referee
Darrel Copeland. signalled held
ball. On the jump Madden tipped
the: ball back, not toward the
hoop, and the game was over. ;
Pirates Ahead 43 to 42
Phoenix went into the final
quarter leading 43 to 42. Crater
went in front 44 to 43 on Gray's
two free buckets and Dick Cal
lender added another for 45 to
43. Korth tallied a gifter for
Phoenix but Callender hooked
from close in and Douthit got
Medfoi
UCLA Californians Set Up
Showdown Scuffles in PCC
COAST CONFERENCE
Team
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California :
Southern' Calif.
Washington
Stanford
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington State
Idaho :.
By UNITED PRESS,
UCLA and.; California set the
stage for the showdown battle
in the Pacific Coast Conference
next week end as both the
Bruins and the Golden Bears
sailed through two-night stands
over the week end with nothing
worse to show for it than a mild
scare."
. UCLA, leading the pack with
a 12-won and 0-lost slate, twice
took the measure of Oregon at
Los Angeles, routing the Ducks
97-71 Friday and then following
with a conference record break
ing 108-89 win. in Saturday's
TV showing.
Oregon State gets a rest this
week end after its split series
with Idaho last week end. The
Vandals surprised the Beavers
with a 58-55 decision Friday
night but Oregon State was back
Royals, Knicks
Miss Chances
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' , It was a Sunday of missed op
portunities for the Rochester
Royals and New York Knick
erbockers two last- place
teams battling for berths in the
National Basketball association
playoffs. i j. . v
Each of the tail-enders could
have gained important ground,
because the third-place teams
they are chasing lost. But the
Royals were handed a 111-110
whipping by the Boston Celtics
to stay two games deep in the
Western Division cellar; and
the Fnicks were beaten by St.
Louis, 103-85, to remain IV2
games down in the East. !
In . the other Sunday game,
Philadelphia beat eastern third
place Syracuse, 87-85, on Ernie
Beck's basket, and Fort -Wayne
beat western third-place Min
neapolis, 95-90. . - .
REVIVAL
SERVICES
Held Over
TONIGHT
Through
Wednesday
7:30 P.M.
Each Night
FIRST
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of the
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Pastor
Monday, February 27. 1956
2 Division
a pair of free tosses for a five
point 49 to 44 Comet spread.
Seconds later . Crater's Fred
Herrmann went out with his
fifth personal and Korth made
two gift points. Charles Wall
swished a long shot and Brood
bounded in for two points, driv
ing off a jump ball for a Phoenix
lead of 50 to 49. Douthit sank
another brace in his six free
shots of the quarter and Crater
led again 51 to 50. Then Madden
got the ball out of a melee under
the hoop and gave Phoenix its
last lead at 52 to 51.
f Crater had early five-point
margins in the game but Phoe
nix pushed on top 9 to 8 on a
UNE
for a 69-59 Saturday night win.
Oregon Stale had to stave off
a desperate Idaho second half
flourish to pick up that Satur
day night win, though. The Bea
vers carried a 38-9 half time
bulge into the second period,
built it into a 45-12 margin, then
settled back to watch , Idaho
whittle away at the difference
until the final gun when only
10 points separated the two
clubs.
Bob Allord sparked the Bea
ver cause with 27 points and
also took the game's scoring
honors. i
Oregon entertains the upset
minded Cougars of Washington
State next week end.
ROGUE ROLLERS
Gertie Riggs of Rogue Sports
man took all top honors in the
Rogue Rollers Bowling league
last week, rolling 207 for high
game and 573 for- high series.
Anna Dale Bohannan had 201,
Dell Christianson 203 and Mabel
Clark, 200, for the only. other
200 games of the evening. H and
M Shell had high garpe, 859, and
high team series, 2267.
Standings:
Ralph's Restaurant .
H and M Shell
Roeue Sportsman ...
W
26
22
L
10
14
16
16
17
17
19
19
26
26
.: 20
Women of the Moose
B and B Auction .
Brooks Electric
Darrell Miller Co
First National Bank
Chris Drug L
Clave Construction
20
19
19
17
17
10
10
Ralph's 3
V Knox 457
F Doty 439
R Edmonds 379
J Frohreich(s) 396
M Clark 535
B-B Auction 1
J McCready 439
A Zahnow 344
M Holdon 378
A Gebradt (s) 434
V Findley- 421
Handicap 118
2206
2134
H-M Shell 4
A Monroe 390
E Lenz - 460
A Bohannon 570
E Baker 463
D Christ'nson 544 .
Miller Co. 0
N Roberts
M Tremblay
A Zenor .
P Haven ,
O Wyatt
Handicap
437
367
395
316
361
249
2267 ,
2135
Rogue Sports 4
Clave Const. 0
GXudwie
464
573
359
396
D Hickson .
M McNeel '
J Tresham
A Hoffman
T Clave
Handicap
414
G Riggs (s)
D Webster
E Johnson
A Frost
361
379
351
387
66
431
2223
1958
Chris Drug 1 W. O. T. M. 3
E Doty 438 "S Coulter 331
T Tolles 484 D Kaufer (s) 366
G Russell 358 I) Fmley 361
AWalton- - 381 M Fordyce 383
V Corby 410 E Olsen 498
Handicap 195
2071
2134
Brooks Elec.2. . . F. N. B. 2,
P Braack 436 V Stearns 435
E Sessions- 406 J Davis 288
M Durham . .355 . V Schmidt (s) 297
J .uarnum aoi m Martin Z78
G Hayse 426 C Selleck 445
' Handicap 174
1974
1917
BANTAM "LEAGUE
High game 122, Ralph Goode, Rain
bow Cafe: high series 237 Goode:
high team game 542, Wilson's Chev-
rolettes; high team series
V.. F. W. . . . , . . . .
1,060,
Standings:
Wilson's Chevrolettes
Rainbow Cafe
Hudson's Pharmacy ,
Kiwanis , M
Rowling
W li
..21 12
..21 12
..20 13
19 14
18 15
1614 1614
16i,i 16V4
13 20
11 22
9 24
V.-P. W.-
W. O. T. M.
Cumming's Agency .
Ginn's" Flower Shop .
Grabow's Jewelry
Hawthorne Market
Kiwanis
C Booth
M O'Neil
Karen Hass
D Popow
Handicap
W.O.T.M. 2
J Webster
K Hunter
C Ravenor
R Newland
Handicap
180.
82
115
114
398
889
168
89
210
132
366
965
Cummings Agcy 0
V.F.W3' r "
J Wise
192
170 ,
194
J Kellogg 181
R.Lenz
D Bohannon
M Florey
Handicap .
R Bauman . 185
B Van Duker 180
D Bauman 168
Handicap 346
186
236
978
1060
Rainbow Cafe 3
R Goode 237
M Elrod 174
M Jantzer 189
Mike Jantzer 174
Handicap 244
Hawthorne Mkt. 0
D Christianson 160
D Wright 90
B Stroh 177
M Wright 98
Handicap 388
1018
913
Hudson's P'cy J
B Anderws 197
J Tompkins 189
C Neifert 174
B Lenz 201
Handicap- 224
Wilson's Chev. 2
D Wilson , 165
K Wise 189
M Higday , 127
J Yoder 220
Handicap ???
985
???
Grabow's J'lr'y 3
C Roberts 191
S Stroh 93
B' Edwards 173
C Lenz 183
Handicap 306
846
Ginn's F. Shop 0
L Little 143
D Byrd 172
D Higday 146
N Olson 185
Handicap 236
Hoop
long shot by Madden. Douthit
also hit from far out for 10 to
9 for Crater but Don Wallace
came back with shots from the
side and corner for a 13 to 10
Pirate gap at the quarter.
Game Knotted
The Comets took a brief edge
in the second stanza when Gray,
lengthy center stole the ball and
lumbered to the goal for 16 to
15. Korth then got a rebounder
for Phoenix" 17 to 16 and the
Pirates maintained the upper
hand until late in the third quar
ter, three times having spreads
of six points.
With 2Vi minutes left in the
third stanza Callender dunked
a jumper for Crater to deadlock
the fray at 38-all. Douthit follow
ed with a long cast from the side
for a Crater, lead of 40 to 38.
Wallace drove in for a tying
Phoenix bucket, Callender foul
ed him and Wallace made the
free marker for 41 to 40 for the
Pirates.
Herrmann tallied at short
range for a Comet edge of 42
to 41. But Wallace got one gifter
to knot the count and another
to make it 43 to 42 for Phoenix
seconds before the quarter
ended. t
Wallace Scores
Madden, a "big scoring threat
of the Pirates, was held to three
field goals as Herrmann and Cal
lender. had. the job of guarding
him in the Comet combination
zone and man-to-man defense.
That strategy, however, loosed
Wallace and the driving Phoenix
forward got eight field goals. He
added five free heaves and was
high man for the night with 21
points.
Herrman and ' Douthit each
had 14 for Crater, Douthit get
ting eight , free markers. Korth
got 13 points for Phoenix, seven
from the charity stripe.
Crater charts showed the Com
ets with 43 . to 27 command in
backboarding and with a - .417
field shooting average. Gray
plucked 16 rebounds and Cal
lender nine. Phoenix had a 16
for 23 night at the free line and
Crater shot 15 for 24. The Com
ets hit 20 shots from the field
and Phoenix 19.
Three in Five
Victory wasn't exactly an up
set for Crater. The Comets have
beat Phoenix in the last three
of five games this . season. The
tourney championship brought
the Crater season record to 11
wins and 11 losses. Phoenix
wound up the campaign with
an impressive 20 triumphs
against four setbacks, the last
of which was bitterest to take.
A big first quarter, and George
Plumlee's and Dennis Kennedy's
shooting from the free line were
features of the Illinois Valley
win over Eagle Point. The Cou
gars got a 21 to 7 bulge in the
opening canto. They sagged and
the Eagles got going, better after
that. EP picked away at the
IV lead through most of the
rest of the game and almost but
not quite caught up.
Plumlee made an amazing 20
out of 23 free shots and Kennedy
sank 10 for 13. For the night
Plumlee had a total of 24 points.
Gary Foran of Eagle Point was
second high with 16. Kennedy
and Plumlee with thirty gifters
between them had the major
role in a 37 out of 46 night for
IV at the free stripe. Eagle Point
hit 13 for 24 but outshot the
Cougars from the field 20 to 11.
Two-Poini Difference ,
Closest the Eagles came to
overtaking IV was 51 to 53 with
one minute left in the game,
Kennedy put in four free points
and Plumlee two after that to
ice the mix. Plumlee had nine
of the TV counters and Kennedy
the other six in the last quarter.
Cougar leads were 32 to 21
at the half and 44 to 39 after
three quarters." 1
Just plain coldness was the
damaging .factor for Henley as
Brookings rolled against the
Hornets. The Klamath county
nine got only 10 field goals while
the Beavers from the coast col-
m 0 'A
BANK Klfout.
CONVENIENCE!
of pur
Late-llour Vindovs
Sal
lected 24. Henley kept fairly
close in the first half but got
only eight points in the rest of
the game. Quarter scores favor
ing Brookings were 11 to 8,
25 to 19 and 46 to 23.
line-ups: '
Creater 55 54 Phoenix
Shama 4 f - . 3 WaU
Herrmann 14 f 21 Wallace
Gray 8 , ' c 9 Madden
Lefler 10 g 13 Korth
Douthit 14 g 6 Brood
Substitutionsi-For Crater: Callender
5, Goyette; for Phoenix: James 2.
Illinois Valley 59 53 Eagle Point
Pickle 5 f 7 Greb
Preston 4 - f 16 Foran
Plumlee 24 c 2 Christian
Kennedy 14 g 14 Friend
Simington 2 g Veach
Substitutions For Illinois Vallev:
Piller. Camp 4, Smith 6, Spencer, King,
Carothers; tor tagie Point: Boren 6,
Tresham 2, Wallace 6, Axtell. Brown.
Hanson.
Brookings 62
R. Bullock 3 t
Rush 9 f
Coates 10 c
Anderson 10 g
27 Henley
2 Roberts
10 Searcy
. 2 Blofsky
11 Arant
Gribble 12 g Cunningham
Substitutions For Brookings: Gra
ham 2, Evans 6, M. Bullock, Weaver 1,
Fox 9, Ingle; for Henley, Moffitt,
Montgomery, Miller 2 ,r
NW League
Crews Eye
NAIA Berths
- By. UNITED PRESS "
Only one game remains in the
Northwest Conference schedule
for the year this week, that a
Tuesday night meeting between
Linfield and Willamette at Mc
Minnville. The other four clubs
in the loop closed out activities
over the. past week end.
College of "Idaho,-; with an 80
72 win over Whitman Friday
night at Caldwell, grabbed off
the. conference . crown- for the
second consecutive year. Cou
pled with the Coyote win were
a pair of Linfield losses to Lewis
and Clark and Pacific fell be
fore t Willamette.
Lewis and Clark, a late start
er this year, twice downed Lin
field, Friday- night by a 79-71
count and Saturday by a margin
of 80-73.
Pacific and Willamette met
only Saturday night with the
Bearcats taking the measure of
the second place Badgers with
a 67-60 decision.
Out of Running
Linfield and Willamette are
both out of the running for. the
conference toga but a great deal
could hinge on the outcome of
Tuesday night's finale. -
A win for Linfield would
move them into a tie for second
place in the standings while, a
loss for the Wildcats would put
them in a tie with Lewis and
Clark for third spot.
Up for consideration are
berths in the coming four-team
NAIA tourney. Pacific, as run
nerup in the league will take
.one of the spots undoubtedly,
but should Linfield . lose to Wil
lamette, the ; Pioneers V of Lewis
and Clark could be in conten
tion for a bid to the tourney
that already has Portland State
and the University of Portland
in it.
Betsy Rawls Winner
In Women's Open Golf
Sarasota, Fla. U.R) Betsy
Rawls, who survived a shaky
finish to score a one-stroke vic
tory, and gallant Babe Zahar
ias, were the big winners in the
Women's Open Golf tournament
run for "the Babe's" cancer
fund.
Miss Rawls,' sandy-haired lass
from Spartanburg, S.C., earned
$900 for the three-over-par 291
for 72 holes that gave her first
place. .
Mrs. Zaharias, recuperating
from her third battle with can
cer, was on hand to receive in
the name of her cancer fund, the
money and land in ceremonies
at the close of the tournament
now named for her.
Betty Dodd of San Antonio,
Tex., wound up in second place
with a 292 total.
Mon. through Fit
Drhf-vp
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MEDFORD
BRANCH
MYRTLE POINT BUCKS COP AAU
DISTRICT BASKETBALL BANNER
Rogue River The Myrtle .
Point Bucks, spurred by Jack
Orr, won' the Southern Oregon
district AAU chamnionshiD in
basketball here last night.
Orr scored 41 Doints as the
Bucks defeated the Rogue River
Merchants 81 to 77 in a closely
contested .final. Myrtle Point
will go into the state tournev
at Albany this week end against
eitner Paddock's Inn of Eugene
or the Longview. Loggers.
The new titlists downed
YMCA 84 to 83 Saturday in a
double overtime semi-final here
while Rogue .. River tripped
MH Jayvees
Rally to Tip
Grants Pass
Medford high junior varsity
basketeers came from 12 points
behind in the third quarter to.
overcome the Grants Pass jay
vees 55 to 51 Saturday night at
Grants Pass in the season finale
for both clubs.
With the win the junior Tor
nado ended its campaign with
a bright 18-win 2-loss record.
Grants Pass headed at all the
intermissions Saturday, 20 to 11,
33 to 25 and 41 to 39. The Med
fordites tied up the game with
2Vz minutes to go. GP went back
in front then Medford took the
lead and the score was once
more tied before the Tornado
got on top to stay. Medford used
ball control to get the lead.
Mike Russell of Medford with
20 and Sparlin and Gary Tomp
kins of Grants Pass with 15 each
were high scorers in the game.
Medford lost once to the Rogue
River high varsity and once to
the'Roseburg jayvees during the
season. 5-
LINE-UPS:
Medford JV 55 51 GP JV
Mullen 2 f 15 Sparlin
Hamlin 9 f 3 Smith
Russell 20 c 5 Lindquist
Puhl 5 K 15 Tompkins
Peery 2 . g 9 Rembert
Substitutions For Medford: Wisely
7, Funston 2, Lane 4, Brauner 2, Berg
man 2, Payne; for GP: T. Putnam 2,
J. Putnam 2.
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On the Stage at the
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Tickets Available from any
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iorkeir
This is the only Kiwanis Fund Raising Progrc.n
-for the entire year to raise money for their
underprivileged children's work.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Skeets tavern of Klamath
Falls 85 to 79.
Score was tied 15 times in
the final game. Last deadlock
was at 75-all. Joe Martinka and
Ross Pinkley put . the Bucks , on
top with field goals and Don
Reese came back with one for
Rogue River. Orr got two free
shots to round out the scoring.
Orr's Tip In Wins
Halftime score was 44 to 41
for Myrtle Point. Don Reese had
24 points for Rogue River.
Orr, ex-Oregon Stater also
headed the Bucks against
YMCA with 33 counters while
Bob Serak got 27 for the Y. A
tip-in by Orr with 10 seconds
to go in the second overtime
gave the MP five the win. Score
at the end of regular playing
time was 67-all and the clubs
were locked at 73-each at the
close of the first extra period.
Serak missed a lay-in with
two seconds to go that would
have given the YMCA the vic
tory in the regular time. Y was
ahead most of the way until
the final five : minutes. The
Medford team led 36 to 27 at
the half.
Rogue River, was in front of
Skeet's 36 to 35 at halftime Sat
urday. The Klamath team went
with just five . men until Doug
Crippen fouled out at the start
of the fourth quarter. Manager
Hi Hatfield took his place. .
LINE-UPS:
Myrtle Point 81' ' 77 Rogue River
Lewellen 4 f 24 Reese
Orr 41 f 6 Heater
Hammack 18 c -. 6 Clark
Walton 4 g 18 Hatfield
Pinklev 10 . g 6 Dimick
Substitutions For Myrtle Point:
Gutowski Clears
15 Feet in Vault
Los Angeles, Calif. (U.R)
Bob Gutowski of Occidental col
lege became the sixth 15-foot
pole vaulter in history Satur
day night when he cleared 15
feet, Vi inch in a dual meet with
California. Institute of Technol
ogy. Gutowski also is only the
fourth vaulter to clear 15 feet
during his college career.
Wed imesdfey
USD
Couts, Martinka 4, Miller for Bogus
River: Stanfield 9, Bean 6, Johnson 2.
Myrtle Point 84 83 YMCA
Lewelleri 6 t , 7 Smith
Martinka 12 f 12 D. Wooton
Hammack 23 c 9 R. Wooton
Orr 33 g 14 Thompson
Couts 6 g 27 Serak
Substitutions -x For Myrtle Point:
Miller. Pinkley 4, Walton; for YMCA:
Singler. Niles, Newton 2. Rodgers,
Weber 5, Johnson 6.
Rogue River 85
Reese 14 : f
79 Skeet's
. 13 Crippen
1 Shallhorn
11 Overen
19 Whitney
32 Dawes
For Rogue River,
, Stanfield 6, John
Brown; for Skeet's:
Heater 25 f
Clark 10 c
Dimick 10 8
T. Hatfield 8 g
Substitutions
Bean 10, Biggers 2
son. Black. Frantz,
Hi Hatfield.
Simsbury, Conn. (U.R)
Robert F. Buckley paid a $30
fme for speeding to work, and
for driving with his electric
shaver plugged into the car ciga
rette lighter socket.
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