Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1956)
o TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Devils Trip Crater High Quint 66-58 Central Point Coquille high parlayed hotter shboting, adept ballhawking, sharper, surer ball handling and steadier action in the final clutch into victory over the Crater Comets here last night and today celebrated its first state basketball tournament berth since 1934. The Red Devils of the south western Oregon coastal sector fought back into control after a surging Crater rally in the third quarter, pushed into an eight-point advantage in the final stanza and held on with a slow-down offense to defeat a stubborn-yielding Comet .quin tet 66 to 53. It was the third and deciding conflict in a two-out-of-three play-off for the District 6 A-2 championship. For Coquille it means a trip to the first Oregon Class A-2 prep cage tournament at Salem. For Crater it was the final appearance in basketball as an A-2 school. The Devils will play winner of tonight's District 4 tussle be tween Sandy and Molalla in Monday's opening state tourney round. All-Out Effort Needed C&jquille had to go all-out for its triumph against a Crater ag gregation which fought its heart out all the way. The Red Devils had to overcome Crater leads six times in the fracas, three times in the first period and three again in the third. But the northern division titlists, after seeing their 53 to 50 third quarter edge narrow to 53 to 52 and 55 to 54, got a free shot by Tom Creager, two field buckets by sharpshooting Don Nelson and another goal by Leroy Sargent for a 62 to 54 spread over Crater with 33A minutes left to play. That about did it. 4, The Devils turned to a ball control the rest of the' way and, while the Comets got possession of the ball on a number of oc casions, they couldn't bounce back sufficiently to make up the deficit. A shot by Bob Gray of Crater made it 62 to 56. John Shama dribbled in under the hoop in the last minute for the Comets' concluding goal. Comets Rouse In Third Most stirring action of the battle for the home fans was in the third canto, when the Comets made a terrific comeback and outplayed the Devils for most of the quarter but saw their efforts erased principally by the radar-like long range shoot ing of Coquille's Nelson. Crater went into the period lagging 28 to 37. Don Goyette sliced it to 30 to 37 with a howitzer but Howard Waggoner hooked for a bucket and Nelson tabulated on a feed for an 11 point 41 to 30 Devil bulge. That's when the Comets went to work. Dick Callender 'hit a long range cast, Gray scored on a rebound and Shama scored on a steal under the hoop for 36 to 41. Waggoner broke the spell momentarily with two gifters but Shama got a singleton and Callender a tip-in for 39 to 43. Creager got a brace at the free throw line for Coquille.- Then Fred Herrimann got a lone free point. Gray connected on a re bound, Callender on two free tries and Goyette on one to tie up the gjime at 45-all with 2Vz minutes left in the quarter. It was the first tie count since late in the first period. Cramer Leads Herrmann dribbled in under to give the Comets a 47 to 45 lead. Nelson came back with the first of three long howitzers from the left side of the court. An interception and break en abled Goyette to score for a Comet edge of 49 to 47 but Nel son evened the game. Goyette got a free heave for 50 to 49 but Nelson retaliated from afar ; to put Coquille on top for keeps at 51 to 50. Leroy Ames hit from in close off some good ball work and the Devils had their I quarter-end 53 to 50 standing. I Shama got the Comets off to a quick start with two baskets in the opening minute of the) tussle and with 3U minutes! played Crate? had a 9 to 2 lead. I The Devils rose after that with; the help of a steal and an in- j terception and rallied to go; ahead 12 to 9. Crater got the' lead at 13 to 12, Coquille took I it back at 14 to 13, the game: was tied at 14-all and Crater re gained leadership at 16 to 14'. Sargent's long shot tied up the scrape and two free tosses by Waggoner and a fielder by Sar gent gave the Red Devils a 20 to 16 period margin. Wide Devil Bulge - quille advanced to an 11-point gap of 29 to 18 but Crater cut the spread to 33 to 28. Waggon er's hook shot and Ames' bucket from side midcourt made it 37 to 28 at the half. Sargent and Gfray of the op posing factions shared scoring honors with 18 each. Nelson got 16 markers and Shama 15. Co quille hit 25 out of 61 field at- MAIL TRIBUNE Lincoln, Pendleton Grab Tourney Berths By UNITED PRESS Four state high school basket ball tournament berths were gobbled up last night but still two remain to be settled tonight, one in each the A-l and the A-2 fields. Newest entrants in the A-l tournament which opens in Eu gene next Tuesday were Lincoln of Portland, Milwaukie and Pendleton. Lincoln, ending the season in a third place' deadlock with Washington, handed the Colon ials a 63-58 setback last night. The Cardinals will meet Central Catholic in the opening game of the 16-team tournament Tues day night. Baker Beaten Pendleton tipped Baker, 62-50, last night , to take the number MedfordSTribune AFTERNOON TILTS OPEN 'B' PREP HOOP RUCKUS Baker (U.R) The little broth ers in Oregon prep circles stole the spotlifeht in the state today as the 20th annual Class B tour ney opened here: Eight teams, comprising the cream of the crop from the state's eight elimina tion districts, all swung into ac tion in opening round games. First game on the schedule sent Elgin against Jefferson this afternoon. Elgin was making its third tourney appearance in the last four years while Jefferson was in its first tournament ap pearance. Malin, runnerup in last year's meet, tangled with Sisters in the afternoon's second game. Knappa Back Defending state Class B cham pion Knappa is back to defend its crown, meeting Elkton in the first round at 7:30 o'clock to night. Knappa has been' at the state classic six of the past seven years while . Elkton makes its first appearance. Windup on the opening day's program sends Echo against Brownsville at- 8:45 o'clock to night. Echo was the state cham pion in 1953 when it ran up a 30-game winning streak over the year. John Sullivan Gets Split- Nod Over Jack Labua Syracuse, N. Y. U.R! Middle weight John L. Sullivan of Eng land said today his one-point, split decision over Jackie LaBua Wednesday night was "the first good break I've had in a long time." Sullivan was awarded the split verdict for the TV-radio 10- rounder with Jackie LaBua of East Meadow, N.Y., only after Chairman Julius Helfand of the New York State Athletic Com mission called attention to the fact that one of the official scores had been announced wrong. Card Rechecked After the rough fight, the an nouncer gave Judge Dick Albi no's card an even on rounds and even on points, for a draw; but Helfand, who already has in spected the card, asked that it be brought to him for a recheck. The announcer then gave the scoring correctly as 4-4-2 on rounds and 5-4 on points favor ing Sullivan. That "break" gave Sullivan the fight by a one-point margin because Referee Joe Palmer had favored him on rounds, 5-4-1. Judge Ted Shiels favored LaBua on rounds, 5-3-2. In Wednesday night's bout be tween the two 23-year-olds, Sul livan forced the fighting throughout and scored the only knockdown in the fifth round. tempts for a healthy .410 aver age while Crater made 20 for 64 for .313. Crater shot 18 for 23 at the gift stripe and Coquille 16 for 22. Rebounding the game was almost even. Crater picked off 43 and the Red Devils 41. Lost balls on both passing and dribbling hurt the Crater of fense and the Red Devils with livelier reflexes and speed took advantage of their opportunities frequently. BOX: Coquille FG FT PF TP Nelson, f .7 , 2 116 Ames, f 4 0 3 8 Waggoner, c 3 4 0 10 Liles. g 3 3 4 9 Sargent, g ; 8 2 3 18 Creager 0 5 3 5 Totals 25 IS 14 6fi Crater FG FT PF TP Herrmann, 2 2 2 6 Shama, f 7 1 4 15 Gray, c 5 8 2 18 Douthit, g 0 111 Lefler. g 1 0 12 Callender 3 4 1 10 Goyette 2 2 2 6 Totals 20 IS 13 SS Thursday, March 8, 1958 two spot from district seven. First opponent in tourney action for the Buckaroos will be de fending champion Eugene. Milwaukie captured the other A-l spot that was up for takers last night, edging by Gresham 45-44 in a battle that wasn't won until the final three seconds when Ron Bettnar sank a jump shot In A-2 action. Coquille took its rubber game from Crater, 66 to 58, to move into the A-2 tourney which opens in Salem Monday. Sandy and Molalla battle to night for the only remaining vacancy in the eight-team A-2 meet. Only A-l decider yet to be played will match Cottage Grove and North Salem at Roseburg tonight. Malin carries the best overall record into the tourney, going in with a 23-won and 1-lost count. Elkton lost only once in 22 starts and Jefferson fell twice in 27 appearances. Two clubs have only three losses on their records, Knappa in 23 outings and Echo in 25. Brownsville has a 22-4 record, Sisters 16-5 and Elgin 21-6. Philadelphia Eastern Pro Cage Champ ' By UNITED PRESS The Philadelphia Warriors took over today as the new East ern Division champions of the National Basketball association, while last year's champs, the Syracuse Nationals, continued in a hot battle for a playoff berth. The Warriors officially wrap ped up their title Wednesday night by trouncing the New York Knickerbockers, 108-87, in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston. Second-place Boston scored a 111-99 victory over Syracuse in the night-cap but now trails the Warriors by 5 V games with just five to go. Lakers Beat Pistons The Fort Wayne Pistons could have clinched the Western title with a win Wednesday night, but were beaten by Minneapolis, 98-95. In the same division, St. Louis downed Rochester, 96-89, to strengthen its hold on third place: As a result of the two defeats, Syracuse continued to' lead New York by a half-game in the fight for third place in the East, Syra cuse with five games left and New York with six. The victory came close to clinching a playoff berth' for St. Louis. The Hawks lead the Royals by four games in the lost column, the Hawks with six to play and the Royals with just two. Pettit's 28 points also in creaed' his lead in the scoring race to 38 over Paul Arizin of Philadelphia, who scored 23 Wednesday night. Pettit has the added edge of an extra game to play. Pensacola Open Tussle Resumed Pensacola, Fla. (U.R) The professional golf stars returned here today for the first Pensa cola Open golf tournament in 10 years and found something new waiting for them 20 new sand traps - Shelley Mayfield of Westbury, N.Y., winner of the Baton Rouge Open tournament earlier this week: former U. S. Open cham pion Ed Furgol of St. Louis, Mo.; and former U. S. amateur cham pion Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pa., are among the pro stars on hand. The Pensacola Open, coming back as a S12.500 event on the tourney trail, was dropped from the tour shortly after World War II. Since then, the sponsors have toughened up the 6,627 yard, par 72 course by the addition of the numerous sand traps. IN NET SEMI-FINALS Cairo, Egypt (U.R) Fred Ko valeski of Washington, D. C, beat Giueppe Merlo of Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8, to reach the men's singles semi-finals of the EevD- tian Lawn Tennis championships Wednesday while Althea Gib son of New York and Bttv Abbas of Egyp'; gained the women's aouoies tinais with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Egypt's Mrs. Kinahorn and Miss Eid. Use Tribune Want Ads mot Gertie Riggs of the Crater Inn Motel had a 211 game and high series of the evening with a 556 in the Women's Classic League. Helen Culy of Morning Fresh rolled the only other 200 game and she had a 206. The Union Club rolled an 824 for high team game and 2320 for high team series. Standings: W. L. Jorgensen's Dairy 80 32 Medford Feed and Seed ....70 's 41". 2 Crater Inn Motel 68 44 Union Club 61 51 Elk Lumber Co 60 52 Daugherty Lbr. Co 59 53 Morning Fresh 55 'i 56 'i Kachina Room . 54 2 57 ?a Hawkinson's 51 61 Mary's Casa . 47 65 Jack's Drive Up 43 U 68!2 Trail Creek Lbr 24 88 Results: Daugherty Lbr. 3 Crater Inn 1 I. Schroeder 469 A. Gebhart 446 V. Corby 440 B. Minger 439 V. Johnson 426 J. Hampson 420 N. Burroughs 413 T. Farrar 337 L. Learning 462 G. Riggs 556 Handicap 3 2213 2198 Union Club 4 V. Cummings 472 Hawkinson's V. Knox F. Doty P. Mathes L. Rudy E. Baker Handicap 0 444 408 G. Ludwig E. Straus T. Tolles M. Clark 469 393.. , 504 : 482 374 395 463 ' 63 2147 2320 Mary's Casa M. Dyer Absentee C. Corwin D. Ricks V. Blunt Handicap 1 391 372 Kachina Room 3 G. Blind 453 391 347 432 478 A. Wilson B. Miller M. Holden V. Findley 406 383 452 24 2028 2101 Jorgensen's C. Lowd J. Wilson King F. Willett P. Gardner 3 432 422 375 513 509 Medford Feed M. Little M. Tennant E. Lenz . L. Sacchi R. Ban Handicap 394 412 427 428 514 ' 54 2251 2229 Morning Fresh 1 Trail Creek Absentee 408 K. Smith 440 J. Long S. Beck K. Jennings H. Culy 435 A. Elrod 373 L. Hale 365 395 480 350 168 2198 461 L. Jantzer E. Goode Handicap 503 2180 Elk Lumber 4 Jack's 0 D.Christianson 486 P. Shama 387 I. Forga 423 B. Dovon 434 F. McDonald 518 V. Coates 389 A. Tamney 418 O. Hall 376 A. Swoape 470 A. Monroe 423 Handicap 248 2315 2257 COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Valentine's Cafe .. maintained first place in the Commercial Bowling League with a 2 and 2 split with Crater Lake Motors. Quality Market, Alexander and Brown, and Bates Candy moved closer with series over White City Sales, Morning Fresh, and Olsen's. High team game went to Crater Lake Motors wtih 970 and High series to Alexander and Brown with 2721. Frank Boone and Harold Vessey had 600 series each to take high hon ors while Stan , Straus had high game of 257. . ' Standings: W. L. Valentine's Cafe ..... 9 3 Quality Market ': 8 4 Alexander and Brown 8 4 Bates Candy 8 4 Table Rock Lumber .. 7 5 Morning Fresh 6 6 Mail Tribune 5 7 Dad s Hideaway 5 7 Olsen's Eagle Point 5 7 White City Sales 5 7 Crater Lake Motors 4 8 Courtesy Chevrolet 2 10 Results: Morning Fresh 0 Beclf 454 Ratty 541 Shinn 439 Spain 525 Sacchi 565 2524 A and B Boone Guldan Kirk Speer Knapp 4 600 509 581 434 547 2721 C L Motors Vessey VanDyke Chapman Royce Farrar 2 Valentine's 600 Meyers 485 Brooks 513 Carr 515 Parker 516 Schneider 548 ! 462 j 530 j 503 ! 480 j 2523 ' ' 1 1 437 ; 514 . 514 ; 530 : 505 2629 Quality Market 3 Lubbers 483 Huston 469 Kyker 457 Henderson 533 Wise 585 . 2527 White City Smith Fehl Bex Knox Henson 2499 Bates Candy 3 Olsen's Straus - Tresham Olsen Clave McNeel 1 589 458 508 Weber 490 Dimick ' 518 Grant 414 Garrett 584 Dixon 539 429 ; 487 2471 2545 Dad's Joe Cabler Jim Cabler Christianson Jack Cabler Bob Cabler 1 443 483 557 472 565 Table Rock Lbr. 3 Gardner 591 Forney 566 Neece ' 442 Freeman 503 Schroeder 511 2520 2618 Courtesy Cnev. 2 Mail Tribune Anderson Mathes Liddell Casey Spaunhorse Barclay 428 568 i 409 j 478 i 447 ; 478 ; Fetheraton 515 453 r, 424 ' 463 2283 Wilson Radzweit Maggenti 2380 Standings: w. L. ; .......30 18 I Team Three Team Four . ..28'i 19U : Team One .. Team Six Team Two Team Five 23'- 24'. 22 26 21 27 19 29 Results: Team Three Team Two Dick DoDkins 283 Keith Berg 307 Dick Orr 342 Andy Walker 326 S. Wymore 365 D. Williams 341 Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport S. Schroeder 425 Bud Quinney 306 Handicap 71 1451 1457 Team Four Bill Evans 391 Linda Brooks 376 Mike Walker 399 Ron Eastgate 324 Team Five Ron. Martin 350 Ruth Coggins 300 Ernie Tylor 351 Jim Ragsdale 298 Handicap 159 1558 1490 Team One Jan. Mathews 376 Rod. Bacon 458 G. Burroughs 551 Team Six J. Buchman Bob Taylor Jerry Gatlin Handicap 331 336 354 90 1385 1141 Tigers, Zombies Saturday League Hoop Finalists Timid Tigers and Zombies, No. 1 and No. 2 team, respec tively, at the end of regular round .robin play, were to vie today for the Saturday recrea tion basketball - league cham pionship of Medford high school. The Tigers laced the Sleepy Hollow Boys 51 to 32 and the Zombies trimmed the Trojans 43 to 34 in championship play off semi-finals last week end. A Saturday 1 p.m. fuss matches Sleepy Hollow and the Trojans for third and fourth place. Two other Saturday games will be contested. Strokers and Eight Balls mix at 10 a.m. for seventh and eighth place. Fra grant Five and Stampers collide at 11 a.m. for fifth and sixth. Stompers downed the Strokers 42 to 25 and the Fragrant team won by forfeit from the Eight Balls in semi-finals. KF, MP Beaten By Medford Club Medford Gun club members picked up two points in the in itial standings of the Oregon Journal Telegraphic trapshoot Sunday by posting better scores titan Klamath Falls or Myrtle Point. The Medford club had a 74 total compared to 73 each for Klamath Falls and Myrtle Point. McMinnville was victor over all three with a 75. The telegraphic event will con tinue this Sunday and Medford club will have practice events also. A shooting school is planned at the club on Saturday after noon. Singleton, Judson Sign 1956 Seattle Contracts San Bernardino, Calif. (U.R) Pitchers Elmer Singleton and Howie, Judson yesterday signed their 1956 contracts with Seattle. The signings left pitcher Larry Jansen the only Rainier not inked for the season. Club offi cials said Jansen is at his Forest Grove, Ore., home deciding whether to retire from organized baseball and take a college coach job in Oregon. In yesterday's drill Manager Luke Sewell stressed bunting. Use Tribune Want Ads District Star PI From So. Oregon High Schools with Tom MacLeod Tonight "LET'S KICK IT AROUND" TV at 8:30 Jack and Dick will be there with some sensational savings! Ernie Banks' Hopeful Sign By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Ernie Banks' first hit of the new baseball year gave Manager Stan Hack confidence today that it'll be 1955 all over again for the Chicago Cubs' brilliant short stop. Banks, key man in the Cubs' hopes of moving up in a balanced National League, demonstrated Wednesday that he still has the 'grand slam" touch that made him the sensation of the circuit last season. Banks set a major league rec ord in 1955 -when he hit five grand slam homers so it was only fitting that his first hit of the new year was a "grand slam mer." The blow came off a 3-and-2 pitch by John Andre and led Coach Ray Blades' team to a 7-1 victory over Coach Pepper Mar tin's team. Hack also was encouraged by the debut of Sam (No Hit) Jones, who turned in two hitless frames in his first outing of the spring. Jones pitched the only no-hitter of the 1955 big league season and Hack hopes that improved control will help him better a 13 20 won-and-lost record. Setting Up Pitchers Most of the other major league managers were concerned, mean time, with setting up their patch ing rotations for the Grapefruit League schedule which begins next Saturday. Manager Casey Stengel an nounced that he'd lead off with Mickey McDermott, the left hander obtained during the win ter from Washington, when the New York Yankees square off against the St. Louis Cardinals. Stengel also has Bob Turley slated to work Sunday and Whitev Ford to go Monday .in an effort to get an early look at three ' of his most important pitchers.- The Cleveland- Indians an nounced that they'll open against the New York Giants with no less than Herb Score, the spec tacular speedballer who set a rookie record of 245 strikeouts last season. Manager Marty Mar ion named 15-game winner Billy Pierce to work for the Chicago White Sox in their "opener" and Manager Bucky Harris list ed Jim Bunning and Pete Wojey, both fortified by plenty of win ter pitching, to go for the Detroit Tigers. . . San Francisco Seals' Swells to 37 Placers Deland, Fla. (U.R) The ros ter of the San Francisco Seals was swelled to 37 yesterday with the addition of second baseman Ken Aspromonte, prize prospect of the recent Boston- Red , Sox rookie camp in SarasQta.. Manager Eddie Joost worked out for the first time, despite a statement that he hopes he won't have to play. In batting practice, Albie Pearson, Pumpsie Green and Matt Daskalakis each hit drives over the 350-foot right field wall. Joost nominated Stan Willis, Eli Grba and Jack Osborn to share the pitching chores against Houston in the Seals' exhibition opener Here Sunday. ayers Tom MacLeod, sports authority and KYJC sports announcer Record Big Game From Tree Farms Portland A record harvest of more than 14.CG0 big game animals came from tree farms in Western Oregon and Washington in 1955, the Industrial Forestry association has reported. Not only did the 115,000 hunters who visited the tax-paying tree farms take their largest kill, but they were the best be haved group of nimrods, said W. D. Hagenstein, managing direc tor of IFA. Accurate checks made by 74 industrial tree farms in the Doug las fir region of the two states covering 4,266,298 acres, dis closed 107,516 hunters bagged 11,344 deer, 1,439 elk, 384 bear and . one mountain goat, for a total of 13,168 big game animals. Hagenstein said a projection of these figures to cover the re maining 300,000 acres of indus trial tree farms not reporting raised the take to 14,089 big game animals, and the total num ber of nimrods using tree farms to 115,042. Only four forest fires were di rectly traceable to hunters, Ha genstein said, as he praised hunters for their cooperation with tree farmers. Forty -four tree farmers re ported hunters respect for prop erty, cooperation with foresters, and general good conduct had im-' proved, while only 30 tree farm ers could see no change in the attitude of a minority of hunters who still insist on ill treating roads, signs, and other property. Dual Capacity Hagenstein said the tremen dousTiarvest of big game animals is further proof of the dual ca pacity of tree farms as producers of both timber and game. He said big game population was on the upswing on tree farms where managed forestry insures a ro tating area of land perpetually in good game browse. Complaints from tree farmers of hu-i':srs who violate their role as gussts include extensive de struction o gates and fences pro tecting dirt roads from car traf fic during rainy season. Mali cious damage includes destroying signs, shooting up gas tanks, headlights on equipment, section line markers and direction signs. There were some thieves among hunters who stole every thing from gasoline, after shoot ing locks off gas tanks, to tools and some' hunter poured water into powersaw gas tanks after emptying the gas. One tree farm er reports annual damage to dirt roads on his tree farm runs as high as $10,000. ' "We commend those hunters," YEARS $1180 " $35 L PT. 1 45 QT. ' ' ' now in. tills - handsome new 'H ' National Distillers Produots Corp. IT. TT. Straight Bourbon "Wiiisltey b6 Proof Animal Harvest in Two States Hagenstein said, "who. act lika gentlemen while hunting, and to them tree farmers extend an an nual welcome during the hunt ing season. The few vandals who rob, destroy and pillage are fac ing more rigid patrolling, and those apprehended have been taken into court." High School Scores WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL By UNITED PRESS (District 2 Playoff) Lincoln 63. Washington 58 (District 3 Playoff) Milwaukie 45. Gresham 44 (District 7 Playoff) Pendleton 62. Baker 50 (District 6-A-2 Playoff) Coquille 66. Crater 58 Beaver Players Please Holmes r Glendale. Calif. (U.R) -Mari- ager Tommy Holmes of Portland says he is pleased with the spirit shown, by Beaver players already in spring training here. Holmes said he asked players to report at 9:30 a.m. but most showed up before 9 a.m. The Beavers' advance detail of pitchers and catchers went through a four-hour, drill yester day, concentrating On ' buntinz and regular batting practice. Holmes did not have any of his hurlers bearing down. ' INJUNCTION GRANTED Philadelphia (U.R) Judge Eugene V. Alessandroni granted a preliminary injunction Wednes day restraining light - heavy weight Harold Johnson from boxing under any manager but Tommy Loughrey of Philadel phia. Johnson contended that he signed a four-year contract in 1953 giving Johnson's services exclusively to Loughrey. . College Basketball By UNITED PRESS Pennsylvania 67. Yale 60 Temple 71. St. John's (N.Y.) 64 Harvard 79. Brown 66 Columbia 78, Princeton 69 Buy At Ekilders Supply QUALITY . BLOCKS Bricks. Flues Drain Tile V27 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 1 rl MAIN AT CENTRAL
