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.
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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:
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At New York. March 12-13 Con
necticut vs. Manhattan; Temple vs.
Holy Cross: Canisius vs. North Car
olina St.; West Virginia vs. member-at-large
probably Dartmouth.
At Fort Wayne, Ind.. March 12
De Paul vs. Wayne, winner to meet
Southeastern champion at Iowa City.
March 16; Marshall vs. Ohio Valley
champion, winner to meet Big Ten
champion at Iowa City, March 16.
At Wichita. Kans., March 13 Mem
phis St. vs. Oklahoma City, winner to
meet Big Seven champion at Law
rence, Kans.. March 16; SMU vs. Texas
Tech, winner to meet Huston at Law
rence. March 16.
At Seattle. Wash., March i3 Idaho
St. vs. Seattle, winner to meet Utah at
Corvallis, Ore., March 16.
At Corvallis. Ore.. March; 16 San
Francisco vs. UCLA.
Baskelbai)
SATURDAY COLLEGE SCORES:
By United Press
Canisius 64 Niagara 62
Dartmouth 90 Brown 79
Duquesne 83 St. Francis (Pa.) 69
Fordham 78 Seton Hall 76
Pittsburgh 100 Penn State 90
St. John (NY) 77 CCNY 69
Southern Conference Tourney
Championship
West Virginia 58 Richmond 56
Bradley 69 Notre Dame 63
Nebraska 64 Oklahoma 63
Wisconsin 76 Northwestern 70
Oklahoma A&M 52 St. Louis 49
New Mexica 74 Utah St. 63
Brigham Young 96 Denver 86
UCLA 84 California 62
Washington 71 Southern Cal 67
Oregon 72 Washington St. 58
Stanford 72 San Jpse 70
Stanford 72 San Jose 70
San Francisco 65 Loyola (Calif.) 48
Pacific Lutheran 80 Gonzaga 72
SUNDAY PRO GAMES
New York 118 Syracuse 111
Minneapolis 113 St. Louis 84
Fort Wayne 103 Rochester 88
Boston 128 Philarelphia 114
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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
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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.
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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
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shot 59 times in the game and
of Temple.