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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1957)
Tornado, Pelicans Grab Loop Tilts From Cavemen, Comets BOfTHFRV ORFOOV CONFEREN STANDING Klamath rlll 13' Medford ...... 11 Ashland A Grants Past 4 Crater 2 Prt. 867 .735 .500 .267 .135 Medford high's h o o p m e n wrapped up their 1957 home sea ion by bouncir Grants Pass with comparative ease 67 to 52 last night and rite the finish to their regular (Ve this eve ning when they try to make a clean sweep of thi ytr's rivalry with treffiCavt in t frc.g at Grants 'Pass. In last nighfs other Southern Oregon conference scuffle Klam ath Falls assured itself of an un shared championship by whip ping Crater 70 to 46. The Peli cans and Comets of Central Point also have their loop finale tonight with another game at Klamath Falls. In its battle with Grants Pass the Black Tornado utilized hot shooting, well-geared team play, i some fine ballhawking which spoiled the Cavemen offensive and exercised rebound eontrol under its offensive board to ramble toa wide lead in the first half. Medford never trailed in the contest. Beth Turn Cold Tornado shooting turned cold in the third quarter but Grants Pass fared no better. In the its lead to 23 points. Grants Pass challenged with a 13 point surge, mostly against Medford reserves, while the Tornado went scoreless to cut the deficit to 10 points with less than a minute to play. Then the home club picked up six more points while GP got one to establish the final margin. At Klamath the Crater Com ets put up a stiff challenge to the ; league and district champs for 1 11 minutes of the contest. But, ; after three minutes of the second quarter had passed, Klamath put iits fast break going and pulled away to a comfortable spread. Medford. against GP had a .375 field goaling average for the ! night. In the first half the firing i rate was .448. In overall re- bounding the Tornado had only i a 36 to 30 margin over the Cave jmen but picked off 16 of them under their own offensive board while GP collected only four under the goal at which it was shooting. Scoring Leaders Neil Plumley and Dick Mc Laughlin, each of whom made nine free shots were high scor ers for the Tornado with 15 and 11 points respectively. Larry headed Medford in shots made from the field with five. High man for GP was non-starter Larry Walker with 11 markers. Plumley sparked Tornado back board play with 14 retrieves while Larry Henderson and Wal ker each had eight for the Cave men. All of Medford's starters tal lied in double figures. The Tornado had quarterly leads in the fuss of 18 to 7, 35 to 20 and 50 to 32. In the second quarter, with Perkins and Larry Slessler getting four points apiece, Dick Copple and Mike Stearns each two and Tom Ham lin one, Medford put in 13 points over a stretch to none by GP for a 22 point lead at 35 to 13. Grants Pass closed the gap to 35 to 20 against a complete unit of Medford reserves. In the third quarter, the Tor nado got nine points on free throws, although missing a good number of chances, to make up field goal lack and outscore the : Cavemen 15 to 12. i Herrman Cats 2t Medford had a 61 to 38 spread with 4 minutes left in the final panel. Grants Pass closed the gap to 61 to 51 in the next 3Vi minutes. At Klamath lead switched hands through the first quarter and Fred Herrmann's bucket in to 11 lead for that intermission. Butch Kimpton put Klamath in front for keeps at 17 to 16 in the second stanza. He made it 19 to 16 with two free throws. Lee Mc Gill of Klamath and Dick Davis of Crater exchanged free shots for 20 to 17. Then the Comets went scoreless until the Pels ran their total to 31. Halftime count was 35 to 23 and after three periods Klamath led 51 to 36. Herrman with 22 points on 11 field goals was high point maker. He collected 12 of the Comets' 13 points in the third quarter. Kimpton was top man for Klam ath with 21. Klamath did not have the serv ices of tall center Glenn Moore who had a bad head cold and was confined to his home. Exciting Adventure! On And Under The Sea LININGER'S Ready Mix Concrete It Pleased to Bring You "Kingdom of the Sea" KBES-TV Every Friday 6:30 p.m. A STORY OF THE SEA IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD O Fine Entertainment For The Entire Family! LININGER'S Ready Mix Concrete Phone Medford 2-5336 or Ashland 8121 SPORTS Marshfield In Tourney By UNITED PRESS Marshfield won a ticket to the state A-lx high school basketball tournament and Scappoose a berth in the A-2 tourney last night. Marshfield edged North Bend in an overtime thriller, 63-61 to move into next week's big show at Eugene. The Pirates will meet Klamath Falls in an opening game. Scappoose won its A-2 berth by a narrow 46-45 margin over Hood River, and goes up against Cascade in a first-round game. Lincoln won a co-title with Grant in the Portland race by walloping the Generals 71-49. A drawing after the game gave Lincoln the No. 1 berth in the tournament and an opening game against St. Helens next Tuesday night. Grant will meet McMinnville next Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. BOX: Grants Pau Sparlin. f Marks, f Henderson, c Sin il h. g Lasher, g Rembert Proctor Tompkins . Lindqiwst Walker FG T PF 0 0 2 4 2 2 3 1 0 4 Medford Copple. f McLaughlin, f Plumley. c Perkins, g Puhl. g Lane Hamlin Slessler Peek 0 Stearns. 1 Wisely 0 Bowling 0 IS 1 27 42 FG FT PF TP 4 1 3 5 4 0 1 2 Totals 21 25 18 7 Referees Douglas and Bocchi. Crater White, f Herrmann, f Cockran, c Goyette. g .... Teeter, g Greb Bennett Davis FG FT PF TP 2 ..11 3 1 0 Campbell 0 Bpach 0 Kime 0 1 4 1 22 Totals 19 S 16 46 FG FT PF TP Klamath Falls FG FT Niles. f 5 3 Douglas, f . 5 1 Sutherland, c 3 2 Kimpton. g 7 7 McGill. g 2 1 Albo 1 0 Tawney 0 0 Robinson . 3 0 Ankeny 0 0 Yeun 0 0 Crozford 1 0 Bramwell 0 2 Saturday League Basketball Play Ends This Week Boy's Saturday recreation pro gram of the Medford public school system will end this Sat urday at the various school gym nasiums. At the senior high school gym there will be play-offs in the two basketball leagues. Games for first and second in the National loop will match the Misfits and Doug's Mugs at 11 a.m. The two tied in the reg ular standings. Tussle for third and fourth will be at 10 a.m., matching Pond's Pounders and Hound Dogs who also tied in the standings. Sheiks and Hansin's Five will mix at 1 p.m. to break the first and second spot deadlock in the American league. In games last week in the Na tional circuit the Mugs rapped the pounders 35 to 26, the Hound Dogs slipped the Road Hogs 25 to 9 and the Unholy Five downed Bob's Cobs 20 to 15. Misfits took a default win from Dennis' Menaces. In the American league Hangin' Five won by forfeit from the Okie Joes. BOWLING Wednesday, March 8, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Syracuse Beats Knickerbockers By UNITED PRESS Today could be elimination day for the New York Knicker bockers in the Eastern division face of the National Basketball association. The Knickerbockers meet the Syracuse Nationals on the Nats' home court and a loss coupled with a Philadelphia win over the Rochester Royals in Rochester, would eliminate the New York ers from post-season play. Syracuse, behind Ed Conlin and Adolph Schayes, who scored 24 and 21 points respectively, buried the Knicks still deeper in last place Tuesday night by handing them a 99-92 defeat in Madison Square Garden to re main tied for second place with Philadelphia. The Warriors, scoring as they pleased, wal loped the Fort Wayne Pistons, 114-80, in the opener of the doubleheader. In the only other game played, the St. Louis Hawks nipped Boston, 104-102. Angels To Get 11 Portlanders N Los Angeles (U.R) The Los Angeles Angels -will retain 12 members of their present ros ter and acquire 11 from Port land under the recent sale of the local baseball club ' by the Chicago Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Among those retained by the Angels were Steve Bilko, lead ing home run slugger of the Pacific Coast league last year with 55 round-trippers, and out fielder Monte Irvin, acquired from the Cubs prior to the sale of the club to Brooklyn. Score Challenges Strikeout Mark By UNITED PRESS Herb Score, bigger, stronger and apparently faster than eve, said today he may challenge Bob Feller's strikeout records "if I can learn to throw my curve consistently well." The major leagues' strikeout King made his first appearance of the spring for the Cleveland Indians Tuesday and struck out four batters in three innings. He said he weighed 200 pounds from eight to 13 pounds more, than he did last season. WE'VE MOVED! to Corner 5th & Central Yellow Cab Co. PHONE 2-6262 NATIONAL LEAGUE Misfits Doug's Mugs Pond's Pounders Hound Dogs Unholy Five Bob's Cobs Dennis' Menaces ., Road Hogs 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Totals 27 16 16 70 Boxing Results (Bt United Press i Miami Beach: Chieo Vejar, 1S2'. Stamford. Conn., outpointed Jimmy Peters. 130'i. Miami. (101. Test-drive tomorrow's truck today! The All-New The New Forward Control 'Jeep' FC-150 is powered by the rugged, economical engine that made 'Jeep' vehicles famous. Forward! 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