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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WedneidaY. February 27, 1957 Hedrick Gym To Be Phoenix-Glide Game Scene Thursday Night Hendrick Junior High school's spacious gymnasium will be the scene of the opening play-off game between Phoenix and Glide Senior highs for the Dis trict. A-2 basketball champion ship. The Pirates of Phoenix and the Wildcats of Glide will clash on the Medford floor at 8 p.m. Thursday. Second game In the two-of-thre series will b at two-of-three s eries will be at Glide on Saturday. Scene of the third game, probably on Mon day, if needed, is set to be de termined. Phoenix will take a 12-win 8 loss mark for the season into tourney play. The Pirates tied for second with Illinois Valley In the Rogue league with a 6-4 standing and in the subdistrict tourney fought past Glendale, Illinois Valley and Rogue cham pion Eagle Point. Gary Simmonds has been the top point maker for the Pirates this season with 197. But Jim James is close behind with 193. Jim Stout has scored 142. In its 20 games Phoenix has piled up 881 points while yielding 901 to rivals. James Heads Rebounding James has been the main re bound retriever for the club and shared backboarding laur els with Douge Witte and Stout. Coach Jack Woodward who guided Phoenix to the state B championship in 1951, likely will have Jim Heath in the starting crew along with the foregoing listed players. Heath is a defensive standout on the club. Glide was 13-3 for the season. It took the northern subdistrict honors with a 7-1 mark and stood 10-1 for Umpqua Valley league action. Sparkplug of the Wildcats is Dick Smith, 6-1 sen ior who has gained Ail-American football recognition and has been termed "the best high school basketball player in Douglas county. No possible starting five has been indicated by Wildcat Coach Loren Thornton. It could include Dick Smith, his cousin. Allen, Wayne Kennaday, Gary Wagner and Chuck Meracle. All are seniors. This is Glide's first year as an A-2 school. The 'Cats also won the District 6 northern division football toga last fall, having made the transition to 11-man football from six-man competi tion the year before. Black Tornado Needs One Verdict for Tourney Spot Medford hieh'n hooDmen. who drew a bye in the Southern Ore gon conference last week end, are back at hard work this week in preparation for a crucial series with the Ashland Griz zlies. 0 The Black Tornado goes to Ashland on Friday and hosts the Grizzlies at the Hedrick court her on Saturday. In the other week end series loop leading Klamath Falls plays both nights at Grants Pass. Action will find Medford at tempting to cinch a state tourney spot and Ashland, fighting to stay in the running for a trip to the A-l scramble at Eugene. Klamath Falls has assured it self of entry in the big school ruckus but still needs triumphs to sew up the league lead and District 6 title. ' Grizzlies Require Both A single victory over Ashland will qualify Medford's Tornado aggregation for its third consecu tive jaunt to the state tourna ment. Ashland concludes regu lar league play with the Med ford scuffles and must win both to stay in contention. Coach Frank Roelandt today reposed his Medford squad in tact and in good shape follow ing a rugged Tuesday drill. The $omado was to go at it hard again today before tapering off Thursday for the week end games. Assistant mentor Bob Kewland was to have charge of this afternoon's workout. Roe landt headed for Corvallis where former Oregon State collegians are playing the Harlem Globe trotters tonight. The head tutor of the Tornado reported this week that the Med ford crew was aiming a both offensive polish and tighter de fense this week. No Easy Time Medford won both previous hassles with the Grizzlies but both victories were hard earned and the Tornado is anticipating no easy time this week with the Ashlanders. The Grizzlies doubt-' less have picked up a lot of con fidence from their upset last Friday of the high ranked Klam ath Falls team and their close tussle on Saturday with the Peli cans. Southern Oregon conference statistics show Dick Copple and Dick McLoughlin of the Tornado still tied for third in per game scoring average with 12.4. In total points, however, Mel Dailey of Ashland took the advantage of the Tornado's idle week end to pull ahead of the two Med fordites. Butch Klmpton of Klamath Falls heads the pack with 196 total and 16.3 average and Glenn Moore of Klamath is next with 181 and 15.1. Dailey has 152 and 10.1. Copple and McLough lin each have 148 points. ' The statistics are prepared by Clayton Hannon. sports editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News. SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE SCORINO: Butch Kimpton. Klamath Falls Glenn Moore. Klamath Fall Mel Dailey, Ashland Dick Copple. Medford Dick McLaughlin. Medford Fred Herrmann. Crater Jack Eberhart. Ashland , Mark Fitch. Ashland Neil Plumley. Medford Jack Tobiasson. Ashland Bob Nile. Klamath Falls TEAM SCORING: Klamath Falla Medford Grants Pass Ashland Crater . 65 . 5B . S.I . 59 . 48 . 41 . 29 . 3 . 31 . IS . 37 FT s R5 42 30 ntt ss 62 2a 49 rr 28 31 30 35 33 48 49 38 37 28 23 TP 196 181 152 148 148 140 120 114 lit 9l 98 PF . 682 . 660 , 540 589 . 587 Ave. 56 8 55 0 45 0 42 7 41 9 PA 535 545 601 363 778 Ave. 16 3 15.1 10.8 12 4 12.4 100 8 57 8.14 9.25 6 86 80 Ave. 44.6 45.4 5008 40.02 55.6 Vince Choice Unpopular Newark, N. J. (U.PJ Welter weight contender Vince Martinez wasn't a vary popular victor over the rejuvenated Kid Gavi lan, but he was thrust forward today as a SlOO.OOO-guarantee challenger for either the welter weight or middleweight titles by, elated Ne Jersey promoters. He was also considered for a return bout with either of the ex-welter champions, Gavilan or Tonv DeMarco. Cflban GeVilan, 31. was yelling for another fight with Martinez ofPaterson, N.J., and he de served the rematch because of his magnificent performance in Tuesday night's wham -bam brawl. The money for this non-televised fcout was not mis-spent; for Gavilan fighting well throughout staged an electri fying finish that had 27-year-old Martinez lurching about the ring on rubber legs at times in the ninth and tenth rounds. Thereare no judges in New Jersey. On a rounds basis. Ref eree Joey Harrison of Garfield, N..T , gave the decision to Vince: 6-3. It was booed for five min utes by he fans. Phar.s II Dies At Age of 21 Paris OJ.R) Pharis H, France's greatest race horse whose offspring have won 256 ra&s in England and France, has died atthe Fresnay-le-Buf-fard stud farm, the sits of his birth yers ago- Esselstyn Will Head Refs Group Bill Esselstyn, Central Point, will assume office next fall as president of the Southern Ore gon Officials association, the or ganization of football and basket ball referees. C. A. (Dutch) Meyer, Central Point, will serve as basketball commissioner for the 1957-58 season. They were named Monday at a meeting of the arbiters. Others chosen to take office next fall were Joe Zarosinski. Medford, vice president; Lee Flink, Med ford, secretary-treasurer, and Barney Riggs, Medford, director. Esselstyn will succeed John Tullis, Grants Pass, and Meyer will replace Virgil Swanson. The arbiters voted to continue next season with the policy of having the commissioner assign basket referees. It is planned, however, to leave selection of football of ficials up to coaches. SPORTS Prep Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL Bv United Press Grant 62. Wilson 34 Benson 63. Jefferson 44 Lincoln 59, Washington 31 Cleveland 64. Franklin 61 McMinnville 59. Forest Grove 53 Central Catholic 70. Milwaukie 46 Beaverton 61. Gresham 59 ioti West Linn 57. Oregon City 43 St. Helens 46. Tigard 42 Kewberg 49. Oswego 44 North Salem 68. Corvallis 47 Hillsboro 64. David Douglas 50 Dallas 47. Central 43 Molalla 67, Sandy 41 Reedsport 48. Waldport 38 Willamette 58. Junction City 43 Elmira 87. Pleasant Hill 36 Oakridge 57, Drain 51 Yoncalla 77, Oakland 34 Silverton 46, Stay ton 39 Sheridan 51, Banks 50 Hood River 51. Wy'east 45 Rainier 60. Reynolds 54 N'eakahnie 60. Nestucca 49 Riddle 56. Days Creek 43 Jefferson 69. Perrydale 35 St. Francis 43, Creswell 36 Gambee Has Scoring, Lead In PCC Race Los Angeles (U.R) Dave Gambee of Oregon State has tak en over the individual scoring lead in the Pacific Coast confer ence basketball race, figures re leased by the PCC commission er's office showed today. Gambee has averaged 21.8 points per game in his 12 games through Feb. 23 and has taken the top spot away from Wash ington State's Larry Beck, who had lead the scorers since the second week end of the season. Gambee has scored 89 field goals and 83 free throws for 261 total points, while Beck has 81 field goals and 92 free throws for 254 points and a 21.2 aver age. Washington's Doug Smart is third with a 20.4 average. Smart, the rebounding and field goal leader since the start of the season still leads rebound ing by having recovered 15.9 per cent of all opportunities. He has 192 recoveries out of 1,210 chances. From the floor Smart is shoot ing 56.2 per cent to still retain the field goal lead, well ahead of the all-time conference rec ord of 53.1 per cent set by Wash ington s Bob Houbregs in 1953. Gary Simmons- of Idaho has taken over the free throw shoot ing lead with a terrific late-season performance. After missing the first eight conference games due to injury, Simmons has scor ed 40 points in 42 attempts for 95.2 per cent in his last six games. Simmons scored on his first 24 attempts this year, and coupled with completions on his last two tries of the 1956 sea son, gives him a consecutive mark of 26, erasing the old mark of 25 set by Bill Bauscher, Idaho, in 1955 and 1956, UCLA, ranked fifth in the nation and running second to California in the PCC race, dominates offen sive team statistics. The Bruins are on top in total scoring, free throw percentage and rebound ing, while California heads total defense. Stanford leads in field goal percentage and Washington is out in front in field goal de fense. UCLA has scored an average of 73.9 points per game, with Southern California in second with 72.0 and Washington in third with 70.9. Med. Nazarene, YMCA Winners In Church Tilts YMCA scored its second win of the second half in the men's church basketball league last week end by bouncing Phoenix Nazarene 59 to 36. Medford Naz arene won the other game play ed 40 to 30 over First Methodist church. 40 Med.' Nazarene Methodist SO 16 Goble L. Van Ausdall 4 Sherman K. Van Ausdall 12 8 Johnson . Lagergren 4 12 Beatty ; McKenzie 6 5 Yates Hale Substitutions For Nazarene. Walker 1; for Methodist, Richey 4, Eicher. Buy At Builders Supply Lr rO-J 1 QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Flnei, Drain Til 727 W. McAndrews Phone S-4107 5 YMCA 20 Isaacs 16 Peterson. 8 J. Gordon,. Ph. Nazarene 3fi i. Wood 21 Witt Dean 10 Yorton 8 4 D. Ennis Merwin Substitutions For YMCA. Hammer 11. Armstrong 4; for Ph. Nazarene, McCary. 7 a. : with Rogue Valley V, ii Land Co. 704 West 6th 3-3641 -Bedford BUTTE FALLS WILL TRY FOR FIRST B TOURNEY BERTH SINCE 1942 TOGA Butte Falls The Butte Falls Loggers will be aiming for their first state tournament berth in 15 years ajid Malin will be gun ning for a chance to defend the state B championship it claimed last year when the two clubs collide this week for the District 5B basketball crown. Thursday arid Friday night scuffles in the two-out-of-three play-off will be at Oregon Tech gym at Klamath Falls. If a third game is necessary, the clubs will move to Ashland on Saturday evening. Butte Falls last state B tourna ment jaunt was in 1942 when it was a surprise winner of the Oregon small school diadem. Ma lin took the title last year after being runner-up the year before. The Mustangs, although sec ond best in Klamath county in regular season play for the third year in succession, took the sub district tourney bya nose and will carry a more impressive sea son record than Butte Falls to the play-off. Malin has a 16-5 mark and was 4-2 in regular loop play. The Loggers finished with 10-6 but had an 8-2 standing in the regular Jackson County B league slate. They lost to St. Mary's in the county tourney but beat Talent in their "second chance" county play-off final. It was the fourth win over Talent in five games with the Bulldogs. Butte Falls suffered three of its setbacks at the hands of Pros pect, which it beat once. The Loggers won one of three games with St. Mary's. Malin in bidding for the tourney trip will have a height edge over the Loggers. The Mus tangs haye Allen Myers, 6-2, a regular on the 1956 state champ club, Dale Rick, 6-3, and Bill Rajnus and Len Dobry, either of whom could start, 6-0 each. Stu Miller, 5-11 and Roland Harmon, 5-7, speedster are the guards. Not a Butte Falls regular is shown at 6 feet. Pat and Mike Conley, Bill Irwin and Don Ellis are 5-11. Raymond Abbott, -6-3 freshman, will be the tallest man on the traveling squad. 0Malley Won't Be at PCC Meet San Francisco U.R) Presi dent Walter J. O'Malley of the Brooklyn Dodgers has decided to miss Saturday's special meet ing of the Pacific Coast league directors to act on Brooklyn's purchase of the Los Angeles franchise from the Chicago Cubs. In a telegram to league head quarters, O'Malley said: "We will be absent from the meeting to avoid any implica tion of pressure, but believe the Cubs, as present member. (should be present." WEST CAGERS PICKED New York (U.R) Gary Thompson of Iowa State and Jimmy Krebs of Southern Metho dist became the first players named for the West squad today for the annual East-West All Star Basketball game at Madi son Square Garden, March 30. COACH RELIEVED Lexington, Va. 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