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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAM. TRIBUNETHIRTEEN o Me Friday. March IB, 1958 O Marshfield Pirates To Battle For Chance at By RICHARD JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Writer McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene The Med- ford high Black Tornado, out fought and outhustled through most of the first two quarters, zoomed out and stormed strong during the final half here last night to tame the Milwaukie Mustangs 65 to 53 and push into the semi-finals of the Oregon class A-l high school basketball tournament. Struggle for the championship in the state's No. 1 prep sports attraction goes into the semi final phase this evening with O the Black Tornado competing in the night's hoop bill-of-fare in an 8:45 o'clock engagement with the rampaging Marshfield Gold en Pirates of Coos Bay. Marsh field last night followed up Med- ford's triumph over Milwaukie with an impressive 67 to 45 de cision over Jefferson, Oregon s No. 3 rated club at the end of the regular season. Southern Oregon Assured Berth Victories by the battling Tor nado stalwarts and the big, booming Pirates assured south ern Oregon of a representative in the Saturday night final skirmish. They are the only clubs remaining in the cham pionship running of the lower bracket. Franklin and Lincoln, both of Portland, take to the court ahead of southern crews this evening in a hassle for the other finals berth. CMedford found the plucky and ambitious but smaller Mus tangs about as tough to break in the first half as the strawberry roan of fabled song. But the Tornado turned . the trick by holding the Milwaukie quint to a lone field in the third panel and outscoring the Mustangs during that session 18 to 8. And the Medfordites had the situa tion well in hand by the early minutes of the final stanza. The point producing of Neil Plumley and Bob Tisdel, the rugged backboard work of Dick McLaughlin, Plumley and Dick Copple, the ballhawking of Tis del and Lloyd Clearly and the aggressive work of Johnny Foust after Copple was held out because of a fourth foul, con tributed to Medford's comeback and victory. Milwaukie Leads Sparked by sturdy Len Paola's rebounding and scoring, the Mustangs outhawked Med ford during $ie initial two pe riods. Their defense kept a good share of the Tornado firing at fair distance from the net and broke up the Medford attack under the hoop. Milwaukie led most of the time up to the mid way point. The Mustangs went into the final half on top 32 to 29 but Medfrd went in front for good in the first minute of the third stanza. Tisdel hit a driver shot in the open".--: seconds of the quarter and ac .he minute mark swished a longie for 33 to 32. Copple connected from a cor ner and Plumley tallied on Mc Laughlin's feed and on a gifter for 38 to 32 before Milwaukie flicked the hemp again. John Keyser swished two free tries for the Mustangs but Mc Laughlin picked up a loose ball and dumped it in and then got a O rebound bucket. Tisdal made his first attempt on a one-and-ohe foul and Medford had a nine point gap at 43 to 34. Ed Gros senbacher picked up a pair of free points but Tisdel counter 'UDGE it from any angle power quality construction . . . modern advance ments ... ease of handling ... operator's comfort . . . all-around economy . . . and equipment. You'll agree the new "420" tops them all. See it! Drive it! There's a model for you. May we demonstrate? State Prep C ed with a driver and Plumley with a couple of foul tosses for an 11-counter spread at 47 to 36 Milwaukie showed rally signs with Ron Betnar's jumper and free baskets by Keyser for 47 to 40 at the end of the canto. However, Medford pulled quick ly away in the fourth frame. Plumley got a rebound goal and followed with a free shot. Tisdel took a defensive rebound and soloed down the floor. Grossen bacher canned a fielder for the Mustangs but Plumley and Foust got a brace t;"iece of free points and Clearley a jumper goal from the side. The counters put Medford ahead 58 to 42. That 16-point difference was Medford's biggest margin. The edge after that never slipped below 11 markers and in the last moments Coach Frank Roe- landt cleared his bench of Med ford reserves. Tornado Scores First The Tornado got the first bucket of the contest on a steal by Tisdel but the pesky Paola got eight chalkers and Grossen bacher one to give Milwaukie a 10 to 2 bulge. Medford fought back with two long heaves by Cearley and one by Tisdel while McLaughlin pumped in a re bound and Plumley scored on a feed. In the meantime Grossen bacher got a free pair and Key ser a goal from back of the key. Result was a tie score of 14 all. Paola slipped behind Med ford defenders and scored on a feed for 16 to 14, Milwaukie, at the quarter. Plumley plucked the ball off the backboard and shoved it back for two points and a 16 all standing as the second chuk ker opened. That was the Tor- BOB TISDELL Tornado High Point Man Beavers Ease Training For Seattle Exhibition Glendale, Calif. (U.R) The Portland Beavers eased off in their training today as Manager Tommy Holmes announced his pitchers for tomorrow's exhibi tion game with Seattle. Holmes said he will use Bob Alexander, Dick Waibel, ,Bill Griffin and Leroy Han against Seattle. Use Tribune Want Ads! . . . v? I- ' I ,1 : St A l 7 - i v ? 1 z k H p : l ' 1 25 South Riverside Avenue Medford ampionshsp nado's last field goal for 534 minutes. Nine free shots dur ing that drouth kept Medford on the Mustang hoofs until Tisdel got a couple of buckets as the half drew to a close. Milwaukie sported one nine point lead over Medford at 28 to 19. Tisdel Scores Tisdel put in 21 points for Medford, getting 10 field goals. Plumley, sharp at the free line, made 10 gifters in 11 attempts and had 20 points. Paola got 18 and Grossenbacher 16 for the Mustangs. Under the boards Paola grabbed the ball 20 times. McLaughlin had 14 retrieves, Plumley 10 and Copple eight. Medford outgunned Milwau kie from the field both in num ber of goals made and in per centage. The Tornado made 22 of 58 tries for a .379 average while Milwaukie turned in the poor est shooting in the two days of tourney play with a paltry .246. The Mustangs hit 15 for 61. Both clubs did well at the charity stripe. Milwaukie can ned 23 of 32 tosses and Medford 21 to 28. Milwaukie cause suffered a blow when Paola fouled out midway through the last quar ter. Bill Haller, Grossenbacher and B e t n a r completmented Paola's backboard work with their aggressive floor play. The Mustangs passed and worked the ball well in the first half. Medford Leads Rebounding Medford had an edge of 44 to 35 in overall rebounding. Tonight's fracas will be a rub ber game for Medford and Marshfield. The Tornado caught the Pirates 80 to 44 at the start of the season but in late Janu ary the Coos Bay quint whack ed Medford 57 to 52. The Pirates are big and rug ged with four men six feet two inches tall or better in the start ing five. And Marshfield runs and drives well for its size. That was in evidence in the verdict over Jeff. The Coos Bay five ran hard against the pressing Democrats and was potent under both the offensive and defen sive boards to establish com mand in the first quarter. Marshfield had quarterly ad vantages of 27 to 11, 41 to 25 and 59 to 34 over Jefferson. Roger Johnson got 22 and Sandy Fraser 20 points for the Pirates. In the backboarding Fraser got 19 and 6-4 Barry Bullard claim ed 13. Chuck Rak was high scorer for Jeff with 15. Margin on' the backboards for Marsh field was 61 to 43. Johnson, Fraser, Bullard, Hardy Spurgeon . and Denny Baker are likely Pirate starters tonight with Copple, McLaugh lin, Plumley, Clearley and Tis del probably getting the call for Medford. BOX: Medford f ga fg fta ft reb pf tp Copple. f 8 1.1 0 8 4 2 McLaughlin, f .... 9 3 2 1 14 4 7 Plumley 7 5 11 10 10 3 20 Tisdel, g 24 10 2 1 6 4 21 Cearley. g 8 3 1 0 0 1 6 Foust, f 1 0 9 8 5 3 8 Reinking. f 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 Perkins, g 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Stearns, c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gober 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 53 22 2S 21 44 19 65 Milwaukie fga f g fta ft reb pf tp Haller, f 5 A 2 2 1 2 4 Paola. f 11 6 9 6 20 5 18 Kevser. c 8 15 4 6 Grossenbacher g 15 3 10 10 3 Betnar, g 18 2 4 0 4 Landis. c 110 0 1 Schneibel, g 3 12 10 Nelson, f . ...... 3 0 0 0 0 4 6 3 16 2 4 Totals 61 15 32 23 35 17 53 Officials Bob Howell and Dan Jones. Phone 2-4011 High School Scores TOURNEY RECAP (Championship Round) Marshfield 67, Jefferson 45 Medford 65, Milwaukie 53 Franklin 56. Eugene 50 (overtime) Lincoln 57, Klamath Falls 44 (Consolation Round) Central Catholic 36, McMinnville 40 Pendleton "2, South Salem 55 Beaverton 66, North Salem 60 Mac-Hi 64, Corvallis 39 TODAY'S SCHEDULE (Consolation Bracket) 9:45 a.m. Central Catholic vs. Pendleton 11 a.m. Beaverton vs. Mac-Hi - (Third Place Bracket) 2 p.m. Klamath Falls vs. Eugene 3:15 p.m. Jefferson vs. Milwaukie (Championship Bracket) 7:30 p.m. Lincoln vs. Franklin 8:45 p.m. Medford vs. Marshfield FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS New York Johnny Brusso, 140, New York, outpointed Frank Ippolito, 1393,i, New York. (8). Philadelphia Jimmy Soo, 136 Vi, Philadelphia, outpointed Earl Hilton, 137'-., Philadelphia. (8). Birmingham. Ala. Bobby Spaeth, 183, Topeka, Kans., outpointed Tom my Thompson, 184. -Birmingham, (10). Los Angeles Joey Dorando. 146, Hoilvwood. Calif., outpointed Joe Abasta. 147',4. Azusa Calif., (10). Santee To Run In AAU Mile Cleveland, Ohio (U.R) W e s Santee, running between appear ances in New York State Su preme Court, again provides ex citement for track fans and red faces for National AAU officials tonight by competing in a spe cial mile at the Cleveland Knights of Columbus indoor meet. The AAU tagged Santee a pro fessional Feb. 19 when it ban ned him from amateur foot rac ing for life for accepting exces sive expense money in 1955. The lanky Kansan then touched off one of the biggest rhubarbs in amateur sport history by obtain ing a temporary injunction against the ban. Nationals Win Berth In NB Playoffs By UNITED PRESS A brilliant five-point burst in the final 80 seconds of the play off game carried , the Syracuse Nationals into a berth in the National Basketball Association playoffs today and a date to meet the Boston Celtics in Bos ton tomorrow. The Nationals broke out of a 77-77 tie to whip the New York Knickerbockers, 82-77, yester day in Syracuse. The two teams had finished in a tie for third place in the Eastern Division, the last playoff berth. DAYTON PLANS TOURNEYS Dayton, Ohio (U.R; Dayton, the nation's third-ranked college basketball team this year, an nounced today they will com pete next season in two major court tournaments the Ken tucky Invitational at Lexington and the Sugar Bowl Tourna ment at New Orleans. Use Tribune Want Ads Df&fHfm Get the tire fSSi that comes on the KTM ' tinn 95 . Deluxe Super-Cushion by do Fits your present wheels No extras to buyl The exclusive Triple-Tempered 3-T Cord body makes . the new Tubeless DeLuxe Super-Cushion one of the strongest, safest tires ever built. You get better puncture protection, better blowout protection, and better per formance. Switch to Goodyear Tubeless today black or white sidewalls. MORL PEOPLE. RIDE BEDFORD -TIRE-'SERVICE, BMC. 123 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Prep Slate Franklin EI Eugene (U.R) Medford, Marshfield and Lincoln and Franklin of Portland were still in the running for the 1956 Oregon class A-l high school basketball title today. Medford meets Marshfield and Lincoln plays Franklin to night for championship berths. Eugene, the 1955 champ, was Herbert Leads Petersburg Open St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R) Lionel Hebert, portly profession al from Erie, Pa., carried a one stroke lead into, the' second round of the St. Petersburg Open Golf tournament today after a first round in which 55 of the 148 golfers broke par. "It was one of those days that when I had a three-footer to make, I could make it," Hebert commented after the round. Actually, Hebert had to be considerably better than that to card his 'brilliant, seven-under-par 65 which earned him the one-stroke lead over Art Waif Jr. of Pocono Manor, Pa., and Frank Stranahan of Toledo. .: S. P. True Wins Shooting Match Stanley P. True, University of Alaska student from Medford, recently won a shooting medal in the Gold Nugget Champion ship competition on campus. The Tanana Valley Sports men's association sponsored the competition as part of the Fair banks Winter Carnival activities. It was the largest match ever held in the territory, and was open to both Alaskan and Yukon Territory residents. The agriculture sophomore is the son of Mrs. Amy-M. True, 401 Newtown st., Medford. He won second place in tyro in an aggregate event which was a con bination of matches fired with iron and "any choice" sights. Local Riders To Attend Crescent City Races Several riders from the Med? i j i . iutu area pian 10 participate in the annual Red Squirrels' motor cycle field meef at Crescent City, Calif., at 9 a.m. Sunday, it was announced today.'. The races will be held at low tide on the beach about three miles south of. Crescent City. There will be no admission charge for spectators.. Those planning to tittend from this area should contact their local cycle shop. Timber wolves are getting fewer all the time, Wisconsin game experts report. They paid bounties on only 55 of the ani mals between 1953 and 1955. ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN Narrowed To Four7 iminates Eugene eliminated 56-50 in overtime by Franklin in yesterday's feature game, a late afternoon affair which drew 8878 fans. Other title-round clashes saw Lin coln take Klamath Falls 57-44, Medford down Milwaukie 65-53 and Marshfield clobber Jeffer son of Portland 67-45. Game Tied Big Bjarne Jensen, Franklin's six-foot nine-inch junior center, paced the attack against Eu gene with 26 points. Charlie Warren, a stepson of John War ren, former University of Ore gon basketball coach, scored 23 for Eugene. Warren is only a sophomore. The game was tied at 50-all at the end of regular . playing time. Lincoln, which downed Franklin twice during the reg ular season, rode over Klamath Falls on the strength of 25 points by Mike Doherty. Easy Win A couple of star football backs geared Marshfield to its surprisingly easy win over Jef ferson, the Portland co-champion, in last night's finale. Rog er Johnson and Sandy Fraser hit 22 and 20 points respective ly. Chuck Rask had 15 for Jef ferson, which could hit only .262 from the floor. Medford and Marshfield split a home-and-home series . early this season. Klamath Falls meets Eugene and Jefferson plays Milwaukie today with the losers out and the winners continuing in the battle for third place. UCLA Meets SF Tonight By HOWARD APPLEGATE, United Press Sports Writer 1 Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Mighty University of San Fran cisco launches a drive for its second straight NCAA basket ball title tonight when it meets UCLA in the Far West regional eliminations at Gil Coliseum. : The Dons, who blasted UCLA 70-53 last December in the fi nals of the Holiday Festival Tournament at Madison Square Garden, have to go after their 52nd consecutive victory with out Ail-American Guard K. C Jones. The mustachoed play- maker, ineligible for post-season tourney competition, has been replaced by Gene Brown, a smooth-working , sophomore whose ability to stand pressure will get its first test. UCLA Also Worried UCLA also has its woes with guard Morrie Taft, the Bruins' jump-shot expert and floor man, a doubtful starter because of a back injury. "I won't know whether Taft will start or not until just be fore game time," said UCLA Coach Johnny Wooden. "He worked out lightly with the team yesterday, doing some lim ited shooting." But whether he plays or not depends on how he feels at-game time." ON ANY OTHER KIND PHONE 2-6314 Four teams McMinnville, Corvallis and North and South Salem fell by the wayside yesterday. Central Catholic took McMinnville 56-40; Pendleton walloped South Salem 72-55; Beaverton ousted North Salem 66-60 and Mac-Hi disposed of Corvallis 64-39. Central Catholic met Pendle ton and Beaverton played Mac Hi in consolation play today. Milwaukee Sure Dodgers Won't Repeat in 1956 By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer ' The Mflwaukee Braves were convinced today there'll be no repeat of the runaway staged by the world Champion Brook lyn Dodgers in 1955. After a week of exhibition play, the Braves have run up a 5-1 record ' while the world champions have managed to win only one of six games. What's more, the Braves have won two of three games with the Dodgers themselves. 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