Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 18, 1956, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORDSWTBIBUNB McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene Tourna ment notes: Since arriving on the scene for the Oregon A-l high school hoop show, this writer has heard the opinion expressed that the Medford prep contingent drew the easy bracket in the tourney. After watching two rounds of action he does not wholeheart edly agree, despite the fact that the two top-rated clubs of the state are in the upper group ing, and the "lesser favorites," Medford among them, are in the lower flight. Neither bracket in our estimation is easy. Medford's Black Tornado, we feel, reached the semi-finals of the 1956 cage classic by earning Its way. The Tornado, in the pre-season forecasts not ex pected to attain the great heights of its 1955 MHS prede cessor, has gone as far as it has with desire and spirit helping tremendously while it gained ex perience under fire. The bearers of Medford High's red and black athletic banner had to call on that determination, and fight back in the second half with one of their best performances of the year to bounce the plucky Mustangs of Milwaukie in the second round Thursday. And as this is written Friday, the Tornado players awaited an awesome foe in the semi-finals, the Marshfield Pirates. The Coos Bay aggregation came to Eu gene with a respected reputation and they showed themselves as a powerhouse by nicking a good McLoughlin gang, then quickly taking command in their 'game with the Jefferson Democrats. OTHERS RATE CONSIDERATION A lot of fans felt that the tourney championship was de cided in the Thursday quarter-finals when Franklin, No. 2 in lha prep polls, subdued No. 1 ranked Eugene. This Friday morning the writer can't add an "amen." He had the feeling that the Lincoln Cardinals, who have some go&9 all-around haight to put up against the Franks' 6-9 ' Bjarne Jensen, still have a chance. Marshfield has been impressive and, along with - the surprising Medfordites, " still rated' title consideration.' Medford, loo. has met Jensen ' and his mates and trimmed them once this season. TOP THRILLER The Eugene-Franklin fray, whether it was the title-decider or not, was the top thriller of the tournament so far for ye sports editor. High rating of both teams, the comeback of the Eugene Axemen to send the ruckus . into overtime, the duel of the tall Jensen against medium-sized 6-3 Charlie Warren of the hometowners and the ten sion of the crowd all made for a long-to-be-remembered game. It was reminiscent of last year's opening round scrape in which Eugene barely nipped a strong Milwaukie. Warren, six inches shorter than the Quaker g o 1 i a t h, equalled Jensen in rebounding with 19 retrieves and in field goals with 11, but was edged in total points, 26 to 23. Eugene, despite its marvelous rally, couldn't push ahead of Franklin in the final quarter, although it had the opportuni ties. Dave Powell of the Axe men was possibly the most dis appointed member of his crew. With the score deadlocked he missed on a one-and-one free try with only 12 seconds left in the game. A successful first toss and a bonus point could have meant victory for Eugene. Jensen definitely made the difference in the tussle but Franklin turned in a sharp team game, too, with Ernie Spargur, Jim Kuhn, Jack Luhrs and Glen Hutton all shining for the Quakers. If they hadn't just Jen sen wouldn't have been enough. FOUST SHOTS VITAL Ye ed slipped up and failed to give Johnny Foust some credit due in the account of the Medford-Milwaukie tus sle. His capable job of taking over in Dick Copple's spot in the third quarter was men tioned but Johnny's role in keeping the Tornado in the ' game in the second quarter was not. Foust's vital contri- ' bution was this: He hit six ; straight free shots to whack a Mustang lead of nine down to three at 28 to 25. Medford was in ih midst of a field goal drouth at the lime and Milwaukie was threatening . to break out of reach. Foust had an eight for nine accuracy mark at the free heave stripe while Neil Plum ley was canning 10 for 11 for Medford and Eddie Grossen bacher was hitting a perfect 10 for 10 for the Mustangs. PLUMLEY MAINTAINS AVERAGE Plumley, whose height pays off, continues in the tourney to match the better than .500 shooting mark he had for the By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor regular season. His five for seven field shots against Mil waukie and three for six against Beaverton gave the husky Med fordite a healthy eight for 13 for halfway through the Tourney. HUDSON TAKES MOVIES We'll be interested in learn ing what luck Gordon Hudson of Medford had with his mo vie camera. He shot 100 feet of 16 m.m. film on the Tornado-Mustang tangle Thurs day. MOORE IGNORED Klamath Falls in losing out in championship play to Lincoln of Portland Thursday, didn't live up to the capabilities displayed in the Southern Oregon Confer ence season. A source close to the Klamath team has pointed out how the Pelicans might have won the game. They could have fed the ball to tall center, Glen Moore, more often. Instead they passed up numerous such opportunities. MAC HI SHOOTS .432 Milton- Freewater's Mc Loughlin (Mac) high owned the best field shooting mark after 16 tournament games with its .432 against Corvallis in the consolation bracket Thursday. . . . South Salem Thursday was an example of how a team can have the up per hand on the backboards and still lose. The Saxons had 58 rebounds to Pendleton's 42 but lost on fouls and free shots .... Bob Williams of Beaverton set a record in re verse in the Beaver's "sloppy thriller" win over North Sa lem. He missed 13 free throws in 14 attempts. The old record of 12 missed was established by Willard Reeve of North Bend last year .... Fouls hurt the Klamath Falls cause against Lincoln. The Pels were charged with 25 infrac tions to Lincoln's 12. The Cardinals made good on 23 to 42 free heaves while KF made only eight of 20. Klamath Falls had an 18 to 17 margin in firing from the field .... RUSSELL WORKS OUT Mike Russell, Medford high sophomore quarter-miler and among students attending the tournament in spectator roles, brought his spikes along. We met him coming in from a work out under tutelage of Don Spi nas, ex-Medford high, Thursday morning. Don, a star trackman atJVIedford, enrolled at Oregon State college where he was a cyider performer as a freshman and sophomore. He transferred to University of Oregon last school year and so was in eligible to compete last track season. Other ex-Medford prep ath letes with whom we've chatted are footballer Norm Chapman and state champion shot putter Jack Moad. Norm who played a lot of varsity ball last fall as a sophomore, is awaiting spring drill in April. He says he'll go out for track until grid drill gets underway. Moad had .his track participation halted by a bout with polio last spring. He's been lifting weights to get back into shape. " Also spoke chiefly with Bill Bowerman, U of O track coach and grants-in-aid director. Bill, ex-Medford high mentor and Tornado star in his prep days, returned Tuesday night from Pakistan where he toured under auspices of the federal state department. GETTING OLD This newspaper man finds it hard to get any sleep around the hotel, what with all the late night and early morning hallway conversa tions of a hotel full of tour ney followers and out-of-town students full of pranks and fun. Possibly the solution is to join the crowd after work is out of the way. Guess the re luctance is a sign of old age. Milwaukie used its pesky pressing defense against the Medford Black Tornado Wednes day but not to the full harassing extent that it did against North Salem on Wednesday. Cleveland, Ohio U.R)' Harry Javernick, a 350-pound tackle from Colorado University was signed for the 1956 season today by the charnpion Cleve land Browns of the National Football League. Javernick was the Browns 14th choice in the college draft. USE READY-MIX CONCRETE Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 .C. LININGER & SONS sowiing BANTAM LEAGUE Standings: W. L. Hudson's Pharmacy 29 13 Bud Wilson's Chevrolettes . 26 16 Kiwanis 24 18 Cummings Agency 23',! 18!,i Rainbow Cafe 22 20 F.F.W 21 21 Ginn's Flower Shop 19 23 W.O.T.M 19 'a 23 ',i Grabow's Cafe 17 25 Hawthorne Market 10 32 Results: W.O.T.M. 2 Hawthorne Mkt. 1 Jack Webster 238 D Christianson 195 Karen Hunter 115 Absentee 148 Cora Ravenor 172 Mike Wright 125 Absentee 132 Bob Stroh 158 Handicap 356 Handicap 342 1013 868 V.F.W. 0 Ginn's Floweri 3 Jobie Kellogg 177 Larry Little 199 Ron Bauman 126 Dick Byrd 280 VanDucker 167 Dale Wright 126 Den. Bauman 246 Norm. Olson 192 Handicap 314 Handicap 294 1025 1091 Wilson's Chev. 2 Cummings 1 David Wilson 168 Jim Wise 166 Ken Wise 172 Richard Lenz 189 Mike Higday 160 D. Bohannan 213 Jim Yoder 231 Mike Florey 233 Handicap 296 Handicap 224 1027 1025 Kiwanis 2 Rainbow Cafe 1 Carol Booth 161 Absentee 192 Mike O'Neill 131 Mary Elrod 170 Karen Haas 132 M. Jantzer 191 Dari Popow 193 Mike Jantzer 207 Handicap 402 Handicap 250 1019 1010 Hudson's 3 Grabows B. Andrews 201 Cliff Roberts 200 Absentee 180 Susan Stroh 91 Absentee 148 Bob Edwards 176 Beverly Lenz 221 Calvin Lenz 195 Handicap 214 Handicap 292 964 954 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE American Legion took four games from the Snoboys Friday night to hold on to top place, and drop the Snoboys to a three way tie for fourth place, five games behind. Local 9208 took four from Donna Timber to go into second place and Richfield Oil's three-game victory over TEAA put them in third place. Earl Lenz turned in a 602 ior high series and Jack Monroe's 255 was high game of the eve ning. Standings: W L American Legion 14 2 Local 9208 11', a 4,j Richfield Oil Co 10 6 Snoboys 9 7 I. O. F 9 7 V. A. Appliances......-.-...- 8 8 City Appliance 8 8 Medford Steel 7 9 T. E. A. A 6 10 Jaycees 5 11 Donna Timber Products 4 12 V. F. W. Central Point. 3 4 12 ,i City Appliance (3) Jaycees (1) .T Monroe 561 J. Walsh 420 G. Eads 450 Absentee 339 B. Thornton 506 A. Holmes 503 H. Withrow 462 M. DeHeart 437 D. Morehouse 476 M. DeHeart 437 B. Bernard! 502 Handicap 177 2455 2378 Medford Steel (0) V. A. Engin'rs (4) L. Smith 369 B. Findley 521 D. Hawkins 439 B. Cody 482 R. Eastgate 395 B. Doran 444 L. Irwin 476 R. Pettit 503 T. Garvin 379 M. Ament 461 Handicap 48 2108 2421 Snoboys (0) Am. Legion (4) G Russell 494 P. Patterson 494 Absentee 342 G. Stewart 505 J. Maclnnes 371 C. Epps 465 E Dwight 390 H. Fuller 504 F. Couch 572 C. Tennant 506 Handicap 21 2190 2474 Donna Timber (0 Local 920S (4) G. Rone 410 E. Lenz 602 L. Swinney 547 T. Foster 565 B. Perdue 465 V. Martin 444 J. Monroe 435 D. Knowles 444 E. Harris 424 L. Brown 317 Handicap 43 317 2324 2495 V. F. W. (2) I. O. F. (2) A. Bohannan 488 B. Porter 490 L. Carr 506 J. D. Lubbers 439 H. Baker 496 H. Vessey Jr. 507 Absentee 408 B. Simmonds 484 K. Christ'nson 488 C. Morrison 505 Handicap 39 2386 2468 T. E. A. A. (1) Richfield (3) J. Martin 463 G. Culy 466 B. Doescher 360 G. Vilas 419 M. Walker 443 G. Andersen 508 R. Rogers 410 W. Nelson 440 J. Strobel 420 D. Kreer 466 Handicap 201 Total 2297 2297 2299 ROGUE ROLLERS LEAGUE Standings: W L Ralph's Restaurant .. ..... . 35 13 H & M Shell 30 18 Brooks Electric 27 21 Rogue Sportsman 27 21 Darrell Miller Co. 23 25 B & B Auction ; 23 25 Women of the Moose : 22 26 Chris Drug 18 30 First National Bank 18 30 Clave ConstrucUon 17 31 Ralph's Rest (3) H-M (I) V. Knox 527 A. Monroe 394 F. Doty 456 E. Lenz 535 R. Edmonds 443 A. Bohannan 475 K. Smith 430 E. Baker 400 M. Clark 489 D. Christeru'n 539 Handicap 27 2372 2343 W. O. T. M. (0) Brooks Elee. (4) R. Wadlow 363 P. Braack . 386 S. Coulter 331 E. Sessions - 433 D. Finley 330 M. Durham 382 D. Kaufer (sb) 313 J. Barnum ': 419 E. Olsen 402 G. Hayse 451 Handicap 90 1829 2071 B-B Auction (3) Rogue Sports (1) J. McCready 397 G. Ludwig 482 A. Zahnow 373 D. Paul - 395 M. Tremblay 340 D. Webster 338 HASKINS Saw Shop MACHINE SHARPENING Chain, Circle and Hand Saws Lawn Mowers and Tools - 1736 No. Riverside Phone 2-8236 Red Hat Day Praised By State Game Group Portland (U.R) The Ore gon State Game commission meeting here yesterday praised the Red Hat Day program and pledged its continued support of the activity this year. Kenneth Denman of Medford, serving as chairman in the ab sence of Don Mitchell, said "We consider the Red Hat Day pro gram an oustanding develop ment In the field of sportsmen landowner relations. Only through a cooperative effort of this kind can we expect to min imize and eliminate many of the problems now existing. An ex cellent start has been made. But continued support of the Red Hat Day program is assured." ANNOUNCE TOURNEY . Dallas, Tex. (U.R) The Na tional Skeet ' Shooting associa tion has announced its 1956 na tional tournament would be run run off at Harold's Trapshooting Country club at Reno, Nev., Aug. 6-11. This year's tourney, the 17th national, will be return ing to Reno for the first time since 1953. M. Holden V. Findley Handicap 355 476 6 1941 E. Johnson A. Frost 350 335 1900 U) 375 442 372 395 359 Miller Co.D N. Roberts M. Tremblay A. Zenor P. Haven O. Wyatt Handicap (3) 357 348 354 Chris Drug E. Doty T. Tolles G. Russell A. Walton V. Corby 415 448 114 2036 1943 F. N. B. (0) flauc Const (4) H. Read 413 D. Hickson 423 J. Davis 321 M. McNeel 428 A. Gebhart 454 J. Tresham 445 M. Martin 315 A. Hoffman 457 C. Selleck 400 F. Clave 348 Handicap 82 1985 2101 Sailor Defeats Nashua To Win . At Gulfstream Hallandale, Fla. (U.R) Brook meade Stable's Sailor turned back Nashua's . bid for racing immortality yesterday by win ning the $112,900 Gulfstream Park Handicap under a front running ride by Willie Hartack, 1955's leading jockey. Nashua, shouldering high weight of 129 pounds compared with Sailor's 119, finished fifth in the seven-horse field. The long shot Mielleux charg ed up in the stretch to finish a length and one quarter behind Sailor and three quarters of a length in front of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's find. Nashua, which would have become the top money winning thoroughbred of all times with a victory in this race, never was better than fourth. The record crowd of 32,532 had set him off as a 7 to 10 favorite. Forty-Niners Announce 9-Game Home Schedule San Francisco (U.R) The San Francisco Forty Niners Sat urday annonced a nine-game home schedule for 1956, includ ing three pre-season games and six regular National Professional League contests. The Forty Niners will play the New York Giants in a regu lar league game at home thk' year for the first time since the San Francisco club joined . the NFL. The Giants will be the opening oponent at Kezar stad ium on Sept. 30. 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PACIFIC HIGHWAY PHONE 3 Sunday, March 18, 1953 Logart Eyes Shot At Welterweight New York (U.R) Isaac Lo gart's convincing victory over rugged Gasper Ortega has put him hot on the trail of the welter-weight crown, once worn by his fellow townsman from Camaguey, Cuba Kid Gavilan. Because of Logart's lopsided decision over the rangy Mexican Indian in their national tele vised 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden Friday - night, matchmaker Billy Brown opened negotiations today for a contend ers' fight with ex-champion Tony DeMarco at Miami Beach on April 27. Cuban Ike, scaling 147 pounds to Ortega's 150, had 20 year old Gaspar almost out on his feet in the final round of the Mexican's first Garden main event and first TV bout. But he couldn't floor the tough Indian nor dull his lust for battle. Ortega finished the bruising though one-sided contest without having been kayoed in his 38 fights. It was his sixth defeat. Logart registered his 42nd vic tory in 52 bouts. Miles Richmond Named New League President Dunsmuir, Calif. (U.R) Miles Richmond of Dunsmuir is the new president of the Northern California Baseball league. . At the league meeting recent ly franchises represented were McCloud, Dunsmuir, Weed, Mt. Shasta, Fort Jones, Tulelake and Yreka. Richmond said the league is seeking participation by anoth er team in order to make it an eight-team circuit this year. The (TO WV I88S frecta us, too, for Triple-Checked used MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Three Clinch Berths In Trophy Tourney - Fort Worth, Tex (U.R) Julius Boros, Cary Middlecoff and Ted Kroll appear to have clinched berths on the United States' Hopkins Trophy team along with automatic qualifiers Jack Fleck and Doug Ford, Col onial National Invitation Tourn ey officials said Saturday. The international team match es between U. S. and Canadian professionals will be staged here at Colonial Country club May 7 8 immediately following the club's annual invitation tourna ment. The seven man U. S. team is made up of national open cham pion Fleck, PGA champion Ford and the five top money winners in the 15 months since Jan. 1, 1955. Agostini Sets New Dash Record Bakersfield, Calif. (U.R) Sophomore Mike Agostini of Fresno State college today ran the 220-yard dash in 20.1 sec onds to break the world mark of 20.2 set in 1948 by Southern California's Mell Patton. Three official watches clock ed the 21-year-old Trinidad sprinter in 20.1 seconds during a triangular track meet among Fresno State, Fort Ord, Calif., and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. There was no wind. ' Meet officials said the mark will be submitted to internation al officials for acceptance as a new world record. group will meet again the first week in April. GREATER displacement on 6-cylinder models, 16.2 on V8's than our nearest competitors. And GMC V8's, mind you, match the shortest stroke ratios in the truck industry. Styling is well into the future panoramic windshield to sand-tight tail gate. 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