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3 Crater Series Finale at Central Point Crater high's injury beset but doughty, fierce tussling Comets soared back into contention for a state A-2 bas ketball tournament berth Satur day night by squeezing out a one-point triumph over the Co quilie Red Devils in a rousing conflict here, suspense-packed from start to finish. Bob Gray took a pass from Nathan Douthit from out-of-bounds under the Crater basket and plopped the ball through the hoop with 25 seconds left to give the Comets a 53 to 52 nod over the Devils in the nip-and-tuck fought District 6 play-off fracas. Comet victory sent the run-off series into a full three games. Coquilie won 66 to 62 on Friday on its home court and would have gained the district banner and its ticket to the state ruckus at Salem had it subdued the Comets again. Bylip of a coin the decider skirmish was scheduled for the Crater floor in Central Point at 8 p.m. this Wednesday. There will be a grade school preliminary. Heart Palpitator Like Crater's subdistrict finale with Phoenix the week end be fore, also resolved in the final tense moments, the Comets' scramble with te Devils was a heart palpitating closey. It was even tighter than the Pirate skirmish. The score was dead locked 17 times in the 32 min utes of anxious action. Fif teen times leadership changed hands and not until one last desperate futile Coquilie effort as the buzz er sounded was the issue settled. The Red Devils sought hope fully for a game-winning bucket 'as the seconds ticked off after Gray's shot but with four sec onds on the clock Leroy Ames of the coast area club fouled Fred Herrmann. Crater's forward missed the try and Coquille's Don Nelson controlled the re boiisid. "With one second left the Red Devils called time-out and stopped the clock. Then Nelson took a pass at midcourt as time was in. He made a leaping frog like heave. The ball sailed over the backboard and the game was over. 45-A11 Deadlock Count was knotted at 45-each when the fourth quarter got underway. Ames flipped in a shot from beside the key for 47 to 45 Coquilie lead but Comets long range expert came back with a cast from behind the free toss circle. Ames made it 49 to 47 with a longy but John Shama drove in under the basket to again tie up the fray. It was Ames again who put the Devils ahead, dunking a free shot with five minutes to go for 50 to 49. A three-minute scoring drouth followed. Then Leroy Sargent got a pair of gifters for 52 to 49. One and one-half minutes re ) mained when Gray put in a brace of gifties on a foul by How ard Waggoner to tighten the score at 52 to 51. Coquilie tried to stall from there. Crater tied up the ball once. The Red Devils controlled the jump but missed a set-up shot. With 43 seconds to play Don Goyette fouled Ames, who missed the free attempt. Thirty three seconds showed when Le roy Sargent was tooted for an infraction against Herrmann. The Ogift try failed and in the battle under the boards a Red Devil knocked the ball out of bounds. It was awarded to Crater, set ting up the game-deciding goal. Five Poinis Widest The two clubs were seldom more than two points apart through the evening. Crater had the biggest bulge, five points, at 7 to 2 when the mix was IV2 minutes along. Coquilie fought back to knot the tilt four times. Then the lead switched on five occasion's before the Red Devils enftrged in front 22 to 21 at the quarter. Second quarter saw the lead switch and the score tied six times each before Coquilie held a 37 to 33 halftime margin. That four-point spread and one of 39 to 35 were the widest for the Red Devils. The Comets caught at 39-all and went ahead 43 to 39. Coquilie evened affairs at 43-each and Crater had a short 45 to 43 lead before the tie score at the end of the period. Crater swung from cool- to warm and Coquilie from torrid to frigid in Saturday field-goal- ii.g and it was at the free line where the Comets win out. The Red Devils had a field bucket edge of rz w zu wniie crater made 13 of 21 free opportunities and Coquilie 8 of 17. Devils Hot First Half Coquilie recorded a sizzling .552 accuracy rate from the field in the first half while Crater had only a .292 mark and the Comets kept within range with even rebunding and with 11 of their free points. The Comets warmed to a .409 clip in getting their nine second half field goals while Coquilie shot a skimpy .193 in collecting just six. Crater Squares A-2 With Coquilie CP on Wednes had a .338 average and Coquilie fired 60 times to end with .366. Despite Crater's better shoot ing in the second half there were streaks and flurries when shots just wouldn't go in. Coquilie had the same luck only more so. The Comets held Nelson, the Red Devils' ace marksman to four field goals and a total of nine points. However Ames and Sargent came through with 19 Marshf ield In Ranks for A-l Tourney By UNITED PRESS Bertha in the three state high school basketball tournaments went like hotcakes over the weekend with only four spots in the A-2 meet and iive openings in the A-l classic remaining un claimed. Marshfield was the latest join er of the select 16 teams that will invade Eugene March 13 for the opening of the A-l tour nament. The Pirates captured second spot in the district 5 standings and the state tourney spot that went with it. Friday night Franklin of Port land, South Salem and Corvallis claimed tickets to the five-day tournament. Most of the remain ing spots will be claimed by mid week as teams hustle into play offs to determine the remaining selections. Others In Other teams that had already qualified for spots in the field in clude Eugene, Central Catholic, Jefferson of Portland, Medford, Klamath Falls, McMinnville and Beaverton. Half of the eight spots in the Class A-2 tournament have been sewed up, Redmond and Ontario, both already in the group, were joined this weekend by Stayton and St. Francis of Eugene. The Class B field of eight teams is completely filled as the teams prep for the tournament opener at Baker Thursday. Making the grade in the smaller school circuit were: El gin, Knappa, Jefferson, Browns ville, Elkton, Malin, Sisters and Echo. Canby Grabs Mat Mantle Corvallis (U.R) Canby high school repeated as champion of Oregon high school wrestling circles Saturday as the Canby matmen piled up a total of 68 points in the state meet held here, 17 more than their nearest competitor could garner. Next in line was Redmond with 51 to give the class A-2 schools the top two spots in the meet. Ray Hilton, Medford high, won two matches and lost two in the 136-pound class in the state wrestling tournament at Corvallis. Gordon Owsley, Med ford, was in the running in the consolation bracket of the 123 pound group but lost by default Saturday because he was over the weight limit. Ron Lingren and George Flan agan, Medford 130-pounders, lost in the opening round Friday and were out of the action when the men who beat them lost in the next round. Hilton decisioned Joe Kesey, Springfield, 3 to 0 in quarter finals and lost to Carl Bellows, Vale, in semi-finals, 1 to 0. That put him in consolation where he lost to Ted Brewster, Milwaukie. TEAM TOTALS: Canbv. 68; Redmond, 51: Klamath Falls. 38; Newberg. 37; North Salem and Lebanon. 28; Roseburg 27; Sweet Home. 26: Oregon City, 25; Sutherlin and Yamhill, 23: PnnevUle. zu: Mil waukie. 19: Grants Pass. 18: Molalla, Parkrose and Springfield, 16; Scap- poose, 15; Hillsboro. 14; Sandy and Vale. 12: Marshfield. 10; Dallas and Eugene. 8: Beaverton and David Doug las. 7; Gresham. 6; Bend. 5; Albany, 4; Illinois Valley. McMinnville and Medford. 3; Forest Grove. Jefferson (Portland! and South Salem. 2; Ben son (Portland). Central High. Corval lis. Estacada, and Franklin (Port land), 1. Kaulls Olympic Squad Selection Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Wil lie Naulls of Pacific Coast Champion UCLA and Joe Holup of George Washington today were named to the U.S. College Olympic squad. Named to the team Saturday were Bill Russell and K. C (Casey) Jones of San Francisco; Jim Paxson of Dayton; Paul Dudson, Illinois; and Hal Lear MEDFORDjTREBUNE Distnct Quint: I day and 17 markers, respectively, to pace the scoring. Douthit got 15 and Herrmann 12 for the Comets. Rebounding overall was al most even, the Comets plucking 33 and Coquilie 36. LINE-CPS: Crater 53 Shama 8 Herrmann 12 Grav 10 Douthit 15 52 Coquilie 19 Ames 9 Nelson 1 Waggoner 4 Liles 17 Sargent Crater: Callen- Lefler Substitutions For der 6. Goyette 2; for Coquilie 2, Schnick. Creager SHRINE COACHES PICKED Kansas City, Mo.. (U.R) Coaches Floyd S. Stahl of Ohio State and Lyles Alley of Furman have been named to coach the West and East teams, respective ly in the annual East-West Shrine All-Star basketball game here, March 26. WATCH Wards for LUXURY WOOL m In Wards 1 fcSH 1 BRENT 3-STAR SHIRTS Men's Sanforized white broadcloth. Collar is scientifically mad to fit perfectly, wear long er, Icunder easily. NCAA, NIT Hoop Tourneys Might Add Entries Today By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer The NCAA and National In vitational tournaments were ex pected to add two teams each today, virtually completing the blue-ribbon fields for these two biggest post-season basketball classics. The NIT, which opens at New York, March 17, still has four places to fill in its 12-team field and was expected to disclose two of them today. The top candidates were: St. Joseph's (20-4), the Phil adelphia area standout; St. Louis (16-6), the Missouri Val ley conference runner-up; Okla homa A&M (17-8), which could tie St. Louis in the MVC; and Brigham Young (18-8), the Sky line conference runner-up. The NCAA has five places to fill in its 25-team field for com petition starting March 12. Two could be disposed of to day. Dartmouth, which clinched the Ivy League crown Saturday by a 90-79 overtime win over Brown, can have one berth just for saying "yes." Iowa, victor by a rousing 96 72 score over Illinois in Satur day's nationally-televised game, can clinch another berth along with the Big Ten championship by beating Indiana as expected tonight. Here's how the NCAA tourney looked after additions for first-round games: EXTRAS Sparkling New BRENT SPORT COATS take you everywhere in style! You'll admire the manly styling, fine workmanship. In two and three-button models, with center or side vents. Regulars, longs, shorts. 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MEN'S T-SHIRTS of flat knit combed cotton, for obsorbency. S-M-L( MEN'S RIB-KNIT Speed Shorts of smooth combed cotton. S-M-L OPEN WEDNESDAY Monday, March 5, 1956 Ducks Score First Sweep Season PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE By UNITED PRESS W. L. UCLA 14 0 Washington 11 5 California 10 4 Southern Cal 9 5 Stanford 8 6 Oregon ; : ... 5 9 Oregon State 3 11 Washington State 2 12 Idaho 2 12 Eugene (U.R) The Uni versity of Oregon made it two in a row over Washington State Saturday night as the Ducks rode to their fifth Pacific Con ference win with a 72-58 rout over the Cougars. It was the first two-game series sweep of the year for the Ducks of Coach Bill Borcher in conference ac tion. After three early ties, Ore gon jumped out from a 14-14 deadlock with 10:30 remaining in the first period and maintain ed the lead the rest of the way. With Ray Bell hitting i on four successive attempts, the Ducks manufactured a 27-17 lead and held on to the margin to lead at halftime, 35-27. Bell, collecting his third var sity Oregon letter this year, had the biggest night of his college career, leading the night's scor ing for both clubs with 22 mark ers and turning in a defensive performance that limited Larry and Colors NYLON STRETCH SOCKS Men prefer them for their perfect fit. See them m rib, clock patterns in neat colors. Reg; large. 69' BOYS' BLAZERS.. 49e CkUr NIGHT TILL 9 High School Scores SATURDAY GAMES: By United Press Baker 64 La Grande 59 Redmond 98 Burns 73 Malin 56 St. Mary's (Medford) 34 Knappa 49 Nehalem 41 Echo 70 Pilot Rock 59 Mitchell 60 Heppner 55 St. Joseph's (Pendleton) 57 Day ville 48 Sisters 53 Culver 50 North Salem 61 Bend 55 Jefferson 46 Siletz 31 Mill City 61 Scio 29 Stayton 57 Cascade 43 - Sherwood 44 Willamina 43 St. Francis (Eugene) 62 Drain 53 Corvallis 56 South Salem 54 Sandy 58 Woodburn 57 Estacada 54 Mt. Angel 49 North Bend 68 Cottage Grove 61 Marshfield 65 Roseburg 50 Elkton 57 Powers 47 Crater 53 Coquilie 52 Parkrose 74 The Dalles 50 Albany AAU Hoop Champ Albany, Ore. (U.R) The Albany Industrialists captured the Oregon state AAU basket ball title here Saturday night, trimming the Eugene Paddocks, 70-53. The Condon Elks tripped Myrtle Point, 84-74, to take third place in the two-night tournament. Tony Valstelica paced the Al bany club, collecting 20 points. The Industrials now meet the Spokane area champions this weekend in their fight to gain a spot in the national AAU tournament at Denver. Beck, the Cougars main hope, to only three field goals and a total of 10 points. M$m: If . w,! "fieri lAW"4A FAMOUS THOM McAN'S This handsome style is just one of Wards many popular Thorn MeAn's ot this low price! wswO c Sizes from 6 to 12. TVi P.M. f MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Mayfield Victor At Baton Rogue Baton Rouge, La. U.R) 4 Shelley Mayfield today thankecL, a good caddie and a lucky silver dollar given him by a freckle faced 13-year-old girl for help ing him win the $12,500 Baton Rouge Open golf tournament, his first major victory of the year. Mayfield, who shot a final round three-under par 69 for a 72-hole winning total of 277, said, "I had a good caddie nam ed Ike. He really helped me a lot." He carried the silver dollar given him by Jane Winfree, daughter of Jim Winfree, one of the tourney officials. O JDemaret ended with a 280 in the second place tie with Fred Hass, Claremont, Calif.; Walter Burkemo, Franklin, Mich.; Doug Ford, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., and Fred Hawkins, El Paso, Tex. Each got $1,046. SOFTBALL LOOP FORMED Portland (U.R) Officials of seven Northwest cities met in Portland yesterday and organ ized a women's softball league with seven teams already com mitted to field teams in the cir cuit. The league will be liown as the Northwest Major Softball league. Teams entered in the league at yesterday's organiza tional meeting include: Seattle. Vancouver, B. C, Bremerton, Forest Grove, Lake Oswego, and two teams from Portland. O o shot 59 times in the game and of Temple.
