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Bjarne Jensen's Height,
Play Give Portland Quint
Edge in A-l Tourney Final
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
McArthur Court, University of
Oregon, Eugene Bjarne Jensen,
the superb, agile giant and
"splendid spire" of Franklin high
spurred the Quakers Saturday
night to the loftiest peak in Ore
gon hi;?h school basketball, the
Class A-l diadem. And for the
second successive year a maple
court goliath proved the undo
ing of the championship aspira
tions of Medford Black Tornado.
The 6-foot 9-inch Jensen was
the "tower" of might under the
backboards and poured 27 count
ers through the hoops on this
collegiate court to head the
Quakers of Portland to a record
smashing 73 to 60 decision over
a game, never-say-quit Tordano
aggregation.
Franklin, in the championship
engagement for the first time
since 1926, gained its first state
prep cage diadem in 35 years.
Medford, back for its sixth final
ist appearance in the 38 years
of tourney history, bowed last
BOB TISDEL
All-State Choice
year to the Mike Moran- led
Eugene Axemen in the title
game. ,
Spurt Away
The Quakers, who piled up
margins of 17 points inthe sec
ond quarter, saw their lead al
most vanish before a potent Tor
nado gale in the third session.
But the Portlanders spurted out
early in the fourth stanza with
a 10-point rush for a 15-marker
bulge and they battled the Med
ford crew on even scoring terms
from that point to the finish.
As vital as Jensen's play and
altitude were in the titular tri
umph, the skyscraping center
was not solely responsible for
the victory. When the Tornado
massed its efforts at stopping the
goliath, the "little" Quakers
fired from "outside", or slipped
close in for all-important scores.
dick Mclaughlin
2nd Team All-Stater
And the sharp floor work of
Ernie Spargur, not-so-small at
6-2, Jim Kuhn, Jack Luhrs and
Glen Hutton and their scrappy
defensive efforts took up where
Jensen left off.
But it was the work and pres
ence of the towering Bjarne that
was the key. His lofty reach en
abled him to get in shots in close
and frequently when a mate
would miss the "spire" would
tip or rebound the ball in any
how. .
Medford, an aggregation which
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all season never knew the word
quit, gave it the old try all the
way against the Franklins. The
Tornado grabbed the lead in the
early portion of the fray, was
sturdy on defense through most
of the first half and bettered
the Quakers, Jensen and all, dur
ing the first half.
But the field gunning of the
Medfordites fell short by far
of their season average. Had
their barraging not faltered to
a meager 25 per cent in the first
half, their rousing surge up in
the third quarter could have car
ried them to the championship.
The Tornado, spurred by bur
ly Larry Gober, Dick Copple and
Ed Reinking, turned to a press
ing game in its big bid to pull
a victory, and with it the title
out of the fire. Five buckets
in the last IV2 minutes of the
third panel and one other at the
start of the fourth whacked a
Franklin spread from 17 points
to five from 53 to 36 to 53 to
43.
- But the risk of a pressing
defense, fouls, caught up with
the Tornado. Franklin tallied
four points on free shots and
added three field goals for a 63
to 48 advantage. Medford could
not come closer than within 12
points of the Quakers after that.
Franklin had one lead of 16
points at 67 to 51.
Scoring Records Set
When Jerry fjarboe added a
final free shdr for Franklin's
73rd point a ; new record was
set for a champion's final score.
Eugene's 72 'against Medford
last year was the old mark. The
133 points of the final total
score was a new record also for
the championshiD game, exceed
ing last year's 128 (72-56).
Medford had its first lead in
the conflict at 4 to 3 on two
free shots by. Bob Tisdel. Spar
gur's bucket made it 5 to 4 for
the Quakers. But McLaughlin's
jumper and a fielder and free
shot gave Medford a 9 to 5 edge.
Medford still had the front posi
tion at 13 toJ10. Then Luhrs got
a long jump, Hutton two gifters
and Luhrs a, tip shot for ' a 16
to 13 Franklin gap at the quar
ter. Tisdel tied up the mix at 16
each on a jump basket and a
free shot. Spargur got a free
toss for 17 to 16 but Reinking
countered from the key slot off
a feed for a Medford lead of 18
to 17. Kuhn then drove in for
19 t j 18 and Franklin was ahead
to stay. 1
Fioht Back
The Quakers upped their mar
gin to 27 to 20. The Tornado
came back with a long shot by
Cearley, a free counter by John
ny Foust and brace of foul points
by Tisdel for 27 to 25. But Jen
sen and Luhrs got baskets for
31 to 25 at the half.
As the third quarter wore
along Jensen and company
fought to 49 to 32 and 53 to 46.
Then Medford applied their
pressure. Copple got a jumper,
Gober a rebound shot and Cop
ple another jump goal. Gober,
who moved with surprising agil
ity for his heftiness and drew
"ahs" for his work, stole the ball
and went for a solo marker.
Copple scored on a fast break
off an interception and score
at the end of the third quarter
was down to 53 to 46. Reinking
plunked a rebounder as the
fourth period swung into action
to bring the score to 53 to 48.
Coach Frank Roelandt used his
seniors in the final minutes,
Gober, Foust, Reinking, Tisdel
and Cearley, giving them a
chance to vie in their final cage
conflict for Medford high. They
battled their hearts out, as did
all the players who saw duty,
but the four-day tourney pace
was telling on the Tornado. And
Franklin, improved since its 58
to 53 loss to Meriford in Decem
ber, was not tb?be denied.
Tisdel Scores 17 Points
Jensen i,n addition to his 27
points pulled down 22 rebounds.
Tisdel scored 17 points for Med
ford and Copple was the top
Tornado backboard man with 16
plucks. Spargur scored 15 points,
Gober 12 and Copple 11. Spar
gur got 13 retrieves and Neil
Plumley of the Tornado 10.
Medford's ganging on Jensen
and furious play under the bas
ket enabled the Tornado to have
28 to 22 edge in rebounding in
th. first half rbut Jensen's effec
tiveness became more- pronounc
ed as the tangle went on and
Franklin had"a 54 to 47 margin
for the game. The Quakers had
a .364 average to Medford's .250
in the first half and for the
game the difference was .387
to .304.
Franklin made 25 free shots
in 48 tries and there was some
feeling the Quakers were de
liberately trying to- draw fouls.
Medford shot 18 to 29. .
Free shots helped Lincoln to
its 72 to 57 third place win over
Marshfield. Refs Pat Wohler and
Dan Jones whistled 26 infrac
tions on Marshfield and just 13
on the Cardinals. Lincoln made
46 of 30 free attempts and
Bob Tisdel
On All-State
First Team
Eugene (U.R) Seven teams
shared spots on the all-state team
announced at the close of the
state A-l high school basketball
tourney here Saturday night.
State champion Franklin and
runnerup Medford each landed
two spots on the 10-man squad
as did fourth place Eugene.
Chosen for berths on the my
thical all-state five were two
seniors, two juniors, and for the
first time in six years, a soph-,
omore.
Seniors named to the first
team were Jefferson's Chuck
Rask and Bob Tisdel of Medford,
a pair of scrappy guards.
McLaughlin Picked
Bjarne Jensen, acclaimed as
the tourney's top single player,
and Roger Johnson of Marsh
field were the two juniors chos
en. Jensen, 6-9, was picked to
fill the pivot slot and Johnson
named as a forward.
Rounding out the top five was
Charlie Warren, sophomore from
Eugene.
Gaining berths on the second
all-state five were Dick Mc
Laughlin, Medford; Ernie Spar
gur, Franklin; Norm Weis, Mac
Hi; Mike Doherty, Lincoln; and
Doug Lundstrom, Eugene.
Of SO Loop
This Year
Bandon has been suspended
from the Southern Oregon base
ball league, according to word
received here from Hal Zurcher,
Roseburg, league president.
Zurcher said the suspension
took place because of Bandon's
failure to notify the league of
its intentions for the coming sea
son. Several feelers have been
sent to Bandon to learn pf their
1956 plans but no response has
been received.
The suspension means that the
Southern Oregon league will
consist of five teams for the
campaign. They are Coos Bay
North Bend, Coquille, Bend,
Drain and Medford. A sixth
team will be added if one can
be found before the playing
schedule is drawn and it could
be Bandon if a decision is
reached before that time.
Teams already in the league
are anxious to learn if they will
have bye dates so that they can
be filled with exhibition games,
Zurcher said.
Hawks Lead
By UNITED PRESS
The St. Louis. Hawks, one up
on the Minneapolis Lakers in
their Western Division National
Basketball League play-off series
and hope to end it all tonight
when they meet the Lakers in
Minneapolis.. '
The Hawks came from behind
in St. Louis Saturday night to
defeat the Lakers, 116-115, and
a. victory tonight would clinch
the series for them in their best-of-three
play off. The winner of
this series will meet the division
champion - Fort Wyne Pistons
in the semi-final playoffs.
A Laker victory would mean
they'll meet again on Wednesday
night again in Minneapolis.
In the Eastern Division, the
Boston Celtics defeated the Syra
cuse Nationals, .110-93, Saturday
to take the lead, and will be
trying to; clinch the series to
night against the Nats in Syra
cuse. , A third game if necessary,
will be played in Boston Tues
day night.
Central Catholic
Chooses O'Brien
Portland UR) Bill O'Brien
an assistant coach at Aberdeen
high school, was named Satur
day as head football mentor at
Central Catholic high here.
O'Brien will fill the vacancy cre
ated when Harry Scarff resigned
to accept a head coaching job at
Vallejo, Calif.
Marshfield 11 of 21. The Pirates
of Coos Bay topped the Port
landers 23 to 21 in field goals
although their hitting rate was
poorer.
George Miller scored 23 for
Lincoln and Roger Johnson 16
for the losers.
BOX SCORE:
Franklin fa fg fta ft reb pf tp
Spargur. f 12 3 13 9 13 0 15
Kuhn. f 6 1 8 4 6 5 6
Jensen, c 23 12 9 3 22 1 27
Luhrs. g 11 4 3.2 4 1 10
Hutton, g 7 3 9 4 2 5 1ft
CrandaU. f 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Porter, f 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Zilk. c :. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jarboe, g 2 1 6 3 5 4 5
Nakata. g 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS 62 24 48 25 54 20 73
Medford fga ig fta ft reb pf tp
Copple, f :.. .13 5 3 1 16 5 11
McLaughlin, f .... 8 1 2 2 9 4' 4
Plumley. c 7 1 4 1 10 3 3
Tisdel, g 17 4 11 9 1 4 17
Cearley. g 7 2 0 0 3 1 4
Foust. f 2 0 4 1 1 4 1
Gober. c ... 6 5 3 2 4 4 12
Reinking. g 9 3 2 2 3 4 8
Perkins,, g C 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 69 21 29 18 47 29 60
Medford Rifle
Team Laurels
The Medford Junior Rifle
club team took top honors at
an all junior rifle match held
Sunday at the Ashland armory.
Medford's team "score of 676
bested Yreka's 664 by 12
points The Medford team of
William Goldin, son of W. A.
Goldin, 2933 Lone Pine rd.,
Phyllis and Margaret Taylor,
daughters of Chuck Taylor, Old
Stage rd., Central Point, and
Eddie McGrew, son of E. E.
McGrew, 1433 Mc Andrews rd.,
made a fine showing, especially
since they have been hampered
by the lack of a place to prac
tice due to the loss of their
range which had been located
in the Merrick building.
There was a total of 36 com
petitors and five teams, coming
from Fort Jones, Yreka, Ash
land, Grants Pass, and Medford.
Medforih,Tribune
ilwaukee Braves Think
1956 Will Be
(This is the first in a series
on the 1956 prospects of the
major league clubs.)
By LEO H. PETERSON
United Press Sports Writer
Bradenton, Fla. U.R) The
Milwaukee Braves feel that 1956
is going to be their year.
Almost every one is talking
about the world champion
Brooklyn Dodgers when it
comes to the National league
penant race, but Manager Char
ley Grimm of the Braves will
not go along with that.
"Man for man, we're as good
as they are, and I think even
better," jolly, Charley said. "We
aren't giving an inch to any club
in the league, and that includes
Brooklyn."
"I think Charley is right,"
General Manager John Quinn
pitched in. "But there's a lot of
luck that goes along with base
ball, and if we get some for a
change, we could win it all."
Injuries Hamper-Club - .
What he was referring to was
West Heads
Pro-Am Golf
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' Harold West, pro of the home
course, and Duke Matthews,
Eugene Country club, took the
lead among the professionals
yesterday as a three day pro
amateur golf tournament began
with medal play on the Laurel
wood Country club links at Eu
gene. .
West carded a. 68 gross score
and Matthews followed with a
69.
Play moved today to Rose
burg Country club. Third 18
holes of the 54-hole tourna
ment will be contested Tuesday
at Rogue Valley Country club
here.
Each pro will play here with
two to four amateurs. There is
a S600 total purse for the pro
fessionals, plus entry money,
and trophies will go for gross
and net honors among the ama
teurs. Prizes are offered for sep
arate day's play as well as for
the overall tourney.
West, Matthews, Ron Caper
na, Astoria, and Harvey Hixson,
Laurelwood and amateurs with
which they teamed were tied
with 66s in the pro-am best ball
competition.
Terry Carter and Bruce Fish
er, Eugene, had 73 nets to head
amateurs. Al Williams, Rogue
Valley pro, carded a 74.
Nineteen pros and 100 ama
teurs played.
Among professionls expected
here are Eddie Oldfield, Rose
burg; Wendell Wood, Harold
West, Duke Matthews and Har
vey Hixon, Eugene; Bunny Ma
son, Salem; Larry Lamberger,
Eddie Hogan, Howard Bonar,
Harvey Bunn, Bob and Buck
McKendrick, Dave Killen and
Glen Spivey, Portland, and area
and Ron Caperna, Astoria.
Tourney Crowds
Short of 1955
Eugene i(U.R) Attendance at
this year's class A-l high school
tournament here fell short of
last year's record turnout but
still- soared to 74,961.' Last
year's record figure was 77,285
for the five day meet.
Attendance records for six of
the 12 tournament sessions were
broken this year with Thurs
day's 18,670 for the day's three
sessions, an all time high for the
third dav action.
Palm Springs, Calif. (U.R)
Portland collected two unearned
runs yesterday to edge San
Diego, 3-2, in a game played in
88 degrees weather.
Juniors Nab
On Sunday
This was the first ' time Grants
Pass has been represented at a
local match.
Margaret Taylor came out
second best in the Grand Aggre
gate with a total score of 178,
being topped by Victor Hansen
of Yreka who shot a 186. Mar
garet, however, took top hon
ors from a field of nine girl
shooters to win the high girl
award.
Next junior tourney is na
tional sectional at Roseburg
April 21.
RESULTS:
Grand Aggregate
1st, Victor Hansen. 186. Yreka; 2nd,
Margaret Taylor, 178, Medford; 3rd,
Mike McDonald, 177, Ashland.
Match I (10 shots prone)
Class A. 1st, Mike McDonald, 99,
Ashland; 2nd, William Goldin, 99.
Medford.
Class B, 1st. Duane Nelson, 93,
land; 2nd, Judy Heitmanek, 92,
land.
Match II (10 shots standing)
1st, Victor Hansen, 88. Yreka;
Margaret Taylor, 70, Medford.
Ash.-Ash-
2nd,
Their Year
injuries. For two years now the
Braves have been handicapped
by injuries to their key players.
One of them is a question mark
right now- pitcher Gene Con
ley. The 618 righthander won
only 11 games last season be
cause of back and arm miseries.
There have been reports that he
is through.
But Conley, Grimm and Quinn
won't buy those reports.
"Gene will be all right,"
Grimm declared. "He's only 25
and has had his share of tough
luck. Maybe that luck book will
balance on him. If it does, watch
out for us."
It will be big Joe Adcock and
George Crowe at first base; Dan
ny O'Connell, a disappointment
since the Braves obtained him
from the Pirates, al second;
Johnny Logan at short and home
run hitting Eddie Mathews at
third.
In the outfield, Henry Aaron
will be in right field, the speedy
Bill Bruton in center and either
Bobby Thomson, the former
Giants star who never has been
the same since he broke an an
kle in spring training in his first
season with the Braves two
years '. ago, or veteran Andy
Pafko in left field.
Depend on Conley
Del Crandall is the No. 1 guy
behind the plate with Del Rice
the second string catcher.
Grimm is counting on Conley
to anchor the pitching staff. Be
hind him as starters are the vet
eran lefty Warren Spahn, Bob
Buhl, Chet Nichols, Lew Bur
dette and a host of other poten
tials. Ray Crone, 10-9 with the
Braves last season after he was
recalled from Toledo; Humberto
Robinson, a 14-game winner at
Toledo; and two left-handed
discards, Gene Bearden and Lou
Slater are among them.
"So if those Dodgers do not
get off to another miracle start
as they did last season, don't sell
us short," Grimm said..
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In NCAA Basketball Tournament;
Utah Beaten 92-77 in Regional
By UNITED PRESS
San Francisco's brilliance even
without All-America K. C. Jones
established the defending champ
ion Dons today as overwhelming
favorites over the three other
survivors in the NCAA basket
ball tournament SMU, Iowa,
and Temple.
It will be San Francisco vs.
SMU and Iowa vs. Temple in
the semi-finals at Evanston, 111.,
on Thursday night, with the two
"hot" streakers, San Francisco
and Iowa favored to reach the
finals. .
And the defending champion
Dons must be rated heavier fa
vorites than ever to walk away
with the top prize, in, view ' of
the way they swept through their
first two games in the tourney
72-61 over UCLA and 92-77
over Utah.
The other tourney teams had
hoped that the loss of Jones
through ineligibility as a fourth
year man would make the Dons
a much weaker outfit. But .soph
Gene Brown has stepped capably
into Jones' shoes with 41 points
in the two games to completely
wipe out that hope. ,
Russell Sparkles
And All-America Bill Russell,
the Dons' 6-10 center showed
that post-season play has dulled
Jensen Top
Point Maker
University of Oregon, Eugene
Bjarne Jensen, ' the talented
Franklin junior who guided the
Quakers to their first state cham
pionship in 35 years, won both
the..; scoring and the rebounding
championships as the 38th annual
Class A-l Oregon basketball
tournament closed : Saturday
night.
Jensen tallied 27 points and
grabbed 22 rebounds in his final
game to boost his four-game to
tal to 96 points apd 91 rebounds.
Charlie Warren, the sophomore
Eugene center, took, second
place in both departments with
79 points and 68 rebounds.
Bob Tisdel of Medford' . took
third place in scoring with 75
points and the top five also in
cluded Roger Johnson of Marsh
field with 73 and Doug-Lundstrom
of Eugene with 64. '
The other three top rebound
ers were George Lieuallen of
Mac-hi with 61, Norm Weis, also
of Mac-hi with 59, and Len Paola
of Milwaukie with 51.
iTOP SCORERS:
fg ft reb pf tp
Jensen, Fran. ....39-86 18-42 91 11 96
Warren, Eug 32-80 15-24 68 16 79
Tisdel. Med 28-81 19-29 21 14 75
Johnson, Marsh. 25-78 23-32 24 11 73
Lundstrom, Eug. 24-52 16-24 22 10 64
Weis, Mac 20-58 22-33 59 14-62
Rask, Jeff 19-55 24-34 27 16 62
Tague, Pend 21-52 12-22 41 14 54
Lieuallen. Mac. -.19-63 15.-21 61 8 51
Paole, Mil.- 19-39 12-23 51 12 50
G's'nbacher. Mil. 14-47 22-23 10 5 50
Thorne, Pend. ...17-40 16-30 35 13 50
Doherty. Lin 21-61 10-16 33 11 50
NET CHAMPION
Cannes, France U,R) Jac
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Cupper, won the men's singles
final of the Cannes International
Tennis tournament Sunday by
defeating Antonio Maggi of
Italy, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3.
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none of his sparkle, either.
SMU, on the other hand, had
to fight to a one-point win over
Texas Tech before drubbing
Oklahoma City, 84-63, at Lawr
ence, Kans., on Saturday night.
And Temple edged Canisius by
only 60-58 at Philadelphia on
Hal Lear's pair of free throws
with two seconds to play. Iowa
appeared more formidable in
downing Kentucky, 89-77, at
Iowa City as Carl Cain tallied
34 points. Each of these teams
emerged ' as the winner of the
regional tourney to qualify for
Thursday's, games.
By HOWARD APPLEGATE
Corvallis (U.R) AIL Ameri
can Bill Russell led the Univer
sity of San Francisco to a 92-77
victory over Utah Saturday night
for the Don's 53rd straight vic
tory. It advanced the defending
national champion to the semi
finals of the NCAA tournament.
A howling crowd of 9,858 fans
had visions of an upset for the
first 30 minutes of play as Utah,
champion of the Skyline con
ference, battled the heavily fa
vored Dons on even terms.
But Russell's tremendous
height and his all-around play
pulled San Francisco out of
danger late in the game. Russell
made three personal fouls in the
first half and sat out the final
four minutes of the period. '
Jenson Hurts ,
Curtis Jenson, a scrappy little
guard from Midvale, Utah, was
the big thorn in San Francisco's
side in the first period. He
bucketed 16 points in that period
alone, all on field goals. Morris
Buckwalter of Utah made a field
goal just as the half-time gun
sounded and San Francisco led
only 44-41 at the midway point.
' Utah came out full of fight in
the second half and after two
minutes and 49 seconds a field
goal by big Gary Bergen put
Coach Jack Gardner's Redskins
in front 49-48.
Sophomore Gene Brown and
Mike Farmer hit for the Dons to
put them back in front "but Jen
son sparked a drive that pulled
Utah to within one point 56-55,
with 13 minutes to play.
High Water Mark
That was the high water mark
for Utah, however. Farmer,
Mike Preaseau and Russell con
nected to put USF ahead 63-55,
then Bergen, who had done a
fine job on Russell, fouled out.
The Utah club sorely missed his
6-foot 8-inch height for the re
maining 12 minutes. .
Russell scored 27 points, , 18
of them in the second half. He
thrilled the crowd several times
by leaping high above the basket
and firing the ball through like
a line drive.
Art Bunte was Utah's high
point man with 23 counters
while Jensen hit for 21. :
Brown, the replacement for
tournament-ineligible All-Ameri-can
K. C. Jones, scored 18 points
for the Dons while Farmer and
Preaseau hit 14 apiece.;
Russell Outstanding
Russell was named the tourna
ment's outstanding player.
Utah led only once besides its
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49-48 margin in the second half.
That was in the first half when,
a field goal by Bunte put the
Redskins in front 20-19.
San Francisco appeared to
have trouble in the first stages
of the game with Utah's pressing
defense. Utah also forced San
Francisco to play its type of run
ning game. But the Dons had
what it takes to pull out to vic
tory, thanks mainly to Russell,
who finished the game with four
personal fouls.
MHS Cagers
Praised by
Their Coach
"I thought they played
whole-heartedly and gave all
they had,";Coach Frank Roe
landt of lhe Medford Black
Tornado said yesterday when
questioned concerning his ag
gregation's play in the losing
to Franklin of Portland in the
Oregon Class A-l basketball
tournament semi-finals.
The mentor had high praise
for his squad for its perform
ance not only in the disap
pointing final game but in the
whole tournament. : "I feel
they did the finest job they
possibly could . do, the kids
worked awfully hard and -.
hustled the whole tournament
and I'm downright pleased,"
Roelandt declared.
PLAN TO GO BACK
- Medford for the second yet r
had its hopes spoiled in -the ,
tournament finale. But the
Tornado aims to do like Eu
gene which last year won the
. title after losing in the eon
cluder of the two previous
tournaments. "We plan to go
back," Roelandt stated, point
ing out at the same time that
there will be four other clubs
in the district with equal am
bitions.
The coach pointed to his
. club's great defense in the
first half but brought out that .
not being able to make shots
connect from the field was
damaging.
Roelandt did not take any
thing away from the Franklin
team. Like others, he felt they -.
were improved over their
December-.game here.
Medford received the well
wishes of not only Medfordites
but supporters from through
out southern Oregon for its
finale and Roelandt expressed
the appreciation of his team
for this backing.
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7
W. McAndrews
Phone 2-4107
Phone 3-3655
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