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Mondty. March II. 1957 O McLaughlin, Copple Repeat As Hoop All-Stars In SO Conference SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE O I : ' . ' I, ft ! " , ftf" - 1 1 an li iHia.xi 11 ii urn i n ii hiiii i I dick Mclaughlin On SO All-Conference 1st Team ""' " .u' !jm, w)H'm--'ll"WvJ ' j U; v , U,' -' f . . - i n- v - - u FRED HERRMANN Make SO 1957 Medford Mail Tribune SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE All-Star Basketball Squad FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Player and Points Player and Points 'Glenn Moore. Klamath Falls (30) Fred Herrmann. Crater (14) 'Butch Kimpton. K. Falls (30) Dick McLaughlin. Mediord (28) Dick Copple. Medford (25) Jack Eberhart. Ashland (20) Mel Dailey. Ashland (20) HONORABLE MENTION: Bob Niles. Klamath Falls (7); Jack Tobiasson. Ashland (5); Mark Fitch. Ashland (3): Dick Puhl. Medford (2): Don Goyeite. Crater (2). 'Unanimous. ELKTON ANNEXES B DIADEM; MADRAS BUFFS A-2 CHOICE Bend (UP.) Elkton of Doug las county ?ield its first class 'B' high school basketball title to day after defeating Echo 65-40 Saturday night to end its season with 25 straight victories. Echo previously had downed two unbeaten teams, Knappa and Sisters, to gain the finals. Last year Echo also lost in the finals, to Malin. - Harold Duncan, Elkton's all state center, led his team with 24 points. Kfiappa, led by record-breaking Bob (Pudgy) Hunt, won con solation honors by taking Malin 48-39 while Jefferson won third 136 Nominations For Prtakness Baltimore. Md. (U.R) A list !f 136 nominations for the 81st running of the $100,000 Preak ness Stakes was announced to day by Executive Director Louis Ponderfield of Pimlico. complet ing the eligibility list for the Triple Crown classics. TATE Moil Tribune Station 0ce again KYJC will bring you top coverage of this year's State Tounamtnt from Eugene-10 tournament games will be broad cast - 7w6s.-7:30 p.m. St. Helens vs Lincoln 8:45 Wed.-9:00 7:30 C flock jvr Mail Tribune for broadcast time of other games. Listen 4oyngment "Hi-Lites" all this week 5:15 p.m. vf, . - t !- DICK COPPLE VEIL PLUMLEY All-Star 2nd Five Jim Smith. Grants Pass (10) Lee McGill. Klamath Falls (9) Veil Plumley. Medford (8) Cliff Sutherland. K. Falls (8) place by defeating Sisters, 57-44. Scoring Mark ' Hunt wound up with 114 points in three games for a new record. Hunt and Duncan headed the all-star team which also includ ed Mike Ramos of Echo, Cliff Otto of Elkton and Phil Hoch speier of Jefferson. On the second team were Ron Phillips and Stan Williams of Sisters: Bill Rajnus of Malin, Dick Johnson of Elkton and Arlen Gustafson of Coburg. Salem (U.R) Madras was favored today as eight class A-2 high school basketball teams opened fire in their second an nual state tournament. The unbeaten White Buffaloes opened against Glide, one of three Douglas county entries in the tournament, at 2 p.m. today. Other games today matched Dayton and Reedsport at 3:15, Molalla and Drain at 7:30 and Scappoose and Cascade at 8:45. St. Helens, last year's champ, is in the A-l tournament, at Eugene this season. TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL KYJC p.m. Astoria vs Benson a.m. Klamath Falls vs Marshfield p.m. Medford vs Eugene 2 KF Cagers Unanimous Selections Six players, two each from the three top-rar.king schools have been elected to the first team in the Medforrd Mail Trib une's 1957 Southern Oregon con ference all-star basketball poll. Chosen were Butch Kimpton and Glenn Moore, Klamath Falls, Dick McLaughlin and Dick Copple, Medford, and Jack Eb erhart nnd Mel Dailey, Ashland. Moore and Kimpton, members of the championship team in the circuit, were the only unanimous choices. McLaughlin missed un- Butch Kimpton. Klamath Falls, was name dto the Port land Oregonian's all-state first learn in prep basketball and Glenn Moore. Klamath Falls, to the second team. Dick Cop ple and Dick McLaughlin. Medford. gained honorable mention. animous pick by just one point. A six man club was named be cause Dailey and Eberhart tied for the fifth position on the team. The players were the selec tions of sportscasters, sportswrit ers and coaches. Points were awarded on the basis of two for a first team vote and one for a second team vote. Filteen bal lots were cast in the poll. Moore Picked Again McLaughlin, Copple and Moore were repeats from the 1956 Mail Tribune all-confer ence first team. AH of the choic es are seniors except for Moore who is a junior. The aggregation includes the league's leading scorers and had an outstanding quality with its height. Not one of the six play en is listed under 6 feet 1 inch. Moore is tallest at 6-7, Mc Laughlin and Copple are 6-2 and Kimpton, Eberhart and Dailey 6-1. Fred Herrmann, Crater, was the No. 1 selection among play ers making up the second team. Rounding out the five were Jim Smith. Grants Pass, Neil Plum ley, Medford, and Lee McGill and Cliff Sutherland, Klamath Falls. Plumley and Sutherland tied in the voting to get the fourth and fifth spots on the quint. They beat out by one point Bob Niles, who heads the honorable mention. . At least two points were need ed in the poll to make the men tion list. All members of the all-conference squad will receive from the Mail Tribune billfold sized cards indicative of their honors. Coaches voting in the poll were Do,i Peterson, Klamath Falls, Frank Roelandt, Medford, Earl Iba, Ashland, Jim Nau, Cra ter, and Ray Davis, Grants Pass. Sportscasters voting were Larry Gordon, KWIN, Ashland, Tom MacLeod. KYJC, Medford, J. Warren Bunyan, KFJI, Klamath Falls, and Dave Allen, KUIN, Grants Pass. Sportswriters cast ing ballots were George Curtis, Grants Pass Daily Courier, Glen Prescott, Ashland Daily Tidings, Clayton Hannon, Klamath Falls. Herald and News, and Dick Jew ett, Medford Mail Tribune. Since Central Point has no ra dio station or daily newspaper, Bill Aswith and Bob Monsey, timekeepers for Crater High, were invited to ballot in the poll. From 1942 to 1946 Dartmouth college set an intercollegiate hockey record of 46 consecutive games without defeat. 1230 en Your Dial MEDFORDvJTBJBUNE TORNADO SCORES 54.86 PER TILT OVER SEASON Medford high school's basket ball squad, which makes its third straight try for state champion ship honors at Eugene this week, goes into the 1957 Class A-l tournament on the strength of .353 gunning from the field, .567 shooting from the free line and a 54.86 per game scoring mark over its 22 contests this season. With Dick Copple leading the way, the Black Tornado has rolled up a 1207 team point total while rivals have collected 1038 for 47.18 per game tabulation. Copple has rolled up 394 points in the Black Tornado's quest for a third state tourney spot after losing in the champion ship finals in both 1955 and 1956. The tall dark forward, scoring at a rate of 17.9 mark ers per game, also heads his teammates in shooting accuracy with .429 from the field and .714 from the gift line. He is tops in field goals with 117. McLaughlin Has 250 Dick McLaughlin, second team all-state last year is second high for Tornado pointmaking with FCT Dick Copple 273 Dick McLaughlin 215 Neil Plumley ..138 Dick Puhl 135 Larry Perkins 204 Tom Hamlin ....114 Bilbee Lane 33 Steve Wisely 5 Don Peek 4 Larry Slessler 11 Mike Stearns 6 Frank Albert 3 Don Bowling 5 Jav Mullen ...... 8 John Payne 3 FGM Ave. 117 .429 .339 .369 J61 J38 .392 .333 .000 .000 .363 .333 .333 .200 .125 .000 73 51 49 69 45 11 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 Total! -1164 424 .353 Lakers Berthed In NBA Playoff By UNITED PRESS The Minneapolis Lakers were safely berthed in the National Basketball association playoffs today and now the only thing left to be decided is the identity of the last playoff team in the Eastern Division. The Lakers, clinched third place in the Western division Sunday with a 117-104 victory over St. Louis. However, the fourth -place New York Knicks remained temporarily "alive" in the East ern division by upsetting third- place Philadelphia, 104-103. In other Sunday games, the Syracuse Nationals upset the Boston Celtics, 94-92, to cinch a playoff berth in the east, and the Forst Wayne Pistons downed Rochester, 100-96. There are only three counties in the state of Delaware, $080 $4 a PT. W OLD SUNNY BROOK 250, or 11.7 per conflict. He has made the most free shots, 104, and has hit .339 from the field and .634 at the charity line. Neil Plumley follows with 190 points. His averages are .369 from the field and .607 from the gift stripe. Tom Hamlin is second high on the squad in field goal accuracy with .392. Plumley has been the main re bounder with 218 retrieves from the backboards. McLaughlin col lected 161 rebounds and Copple 157. The Medford squad of 10 goes to Eugene on Tuesday morning and will have a drill there in the afternoon. Medford is one of the rated clubs of the tournament but the Tornado, "bridesmaid" of the two immediate past tourneys is conceded less of a chance of reaching the finals than in 1955 and 1956. It meets high ranked Eugene at 7:30 p.m. in the Wednesday opening round and highly regarded Central Catho lic is a co-member of the lower bracket. FTT FTM Ave. TP 394 250 190 122 163 114 36 1 7 16 6 2 4 2 0 APG 17 9 11.7 8.7 5 5 7 4 5.1 1.8 0 83 .46 16 10 .40 .80 .66 .00 RB PF 157 65 84 60 .714 164 145 58 59 47 28 4 12 11 4 2 7 a 104 88 24 25 24 14 1 7 8 2 0 2 0 0 .634 .607 .412 .424 .510 .500 .2)0 .584 .615 .500 .000 .286 .000 .000 161 218 56 50 91 10 4 5 20 8 S 8 S 633 459 .567 1207 54.86 799 425 Raiders Eye Track Slate Ashland Track Coach Dan Bulkley has lined up a tentative schedule for Southern Oregon college athletes and is anticipat ing warm weather for beginning final workouts. All practice now is on an in dividual workout basis. Al though a large turnout is anti cipated, only a few men have drawn their equipment to date. Twice Champs The Red Raiders, OCC track champions twice in the last three years, took third place in the conference last year. The tentative track schedule Sat., March 30 Willamette et Salem; Fri., April 6 Interclass meet at Ashland; Fri., April 12 Linfield and Portland State at McMinnville; Tues., April 23 Shasta J. C. at Ashland; Sat. April 27 Humboldt State and "It's the boys... better bring out the cheer- Sunny Brook bourbon, that smoothest of fine Kentucky bourbons.,, cheerful as a spring morning.., mellow as a moonlit night! 5 ..-"is? tsss 1 ol also COMPANY, LOUISVILLE. KY, DISTRIBUTED BY Basketball Scores SUNDAY EXHIBITIONS New York (Ai 9. St. Louis (N) . Chicago (A) 6, Cincinnati (N) 4. Pittsburgh (Nl 7, Philadelphia (N) 4. Milwaukie (Ni 7, Brooklvn iNt 4. Kansas City l A) 13, Detroit (A) 4. Washington (Al 4 Boston (A) 1. New York (N) 9, Cleveland (Al 8. Baltimore (A) 6. Chicago IN) 0. SATURDAY" COLLEGE SCORES By UNITED PRESS East LaSalle 81, St Josephs (Pa.) 57. Fordham 81. Manhattan 73. Columbia 89. Brown 72. Yale 79. Harvard 78. Dartmouth 56. Cornell 46. itimwest Nebraska 67. Iowa St. 58. Kansas 78, Colorado 63. Wisconsin 60. Inwa 59. West California 89, So. California 83. Oregon 65. Oregon State 61. Washington 76. Wash. State 68. NCAA Small College Tourney maer on. at. aiicnaels bti. Mt. St. Marys 106. N. C. College 88. U. of Buffalo 77. Evansville Ind. 75. Ky. Wesleyan 84. E. Tenn. St. 73. Weaton 77. Beloit 75. San Diego St 81. Regis 78. Los Angeles St. 85, Linfield 74. OSWBA Picks Wanefa Ball As President Waneta Ball, Redmond, was elevated to the presidency, Sea side was selected as site of the 1958 state tourney at the annual meeting of the Oregon State Wo men's Bowling association yest erday at the Medford hotel. By a large majority, return to a handicap tournament next year was voted. The Redmond lady suceeds Velna Byrd, Sweet Home to the president s post. Other new of ficers are Mary Ann Wilson, Medford, first vice-president; Martha Pocklington, Roseburg, second vice-president; Evelyn Kobow, Lebanon, third vice' president; Floretta Ziegler, Sea side, secretary, and Sara Cook Sweet Home, sergeant-at-arms. Dee Dale, Sandy, was retain ed as treasurer and Mary Arndt, Portland, as junior bowling chairman of the state. In the decision to change back from scratch to handicap in the state tourney, the women fol lowed the recommendation of the executive board. It was felt that the move will increase the number of Class A entries in the annual competition and will distribute bovlers more evenly among the classes. Means of de termining the handicaps is to be worked out. There were 162 women at.the meeting. It was reported that the OSWBA has 9,939 members and 34 city associations affiliat ed with it. Oregon Tech at Ashland; Tue., April 30 Chico State at Chico; Fri., May 10 Oregon Tech at Ashland. Fri., Sat., May 17, 18 Oregon Collegiate conference meet at Monmouth;' Sat., May 25 NAIA meet at Portland. is!" Sunny Brook, Bourbon Cheerful available: Kentucky Blended Whiskey In the traditional round NATIONAL DIST. PROD. CORP.-BQTH 86 PROOF KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY CONTAINS Cal Undisputed PCC Basketball Champion PCC FINAL STANDINGS W. California ..14 UCLA 13 Washington 13 So Calif 9 Stanford .... 7 Ore. State 6' Wash. St. .... 4 Oregon 2 L. PF PA 2 1092 951 3 1171 1032 2 1142 1029 7 1156 1148 9 1033 1046 10 962 974 12 1024 1145 14 978 1127 By UNITED PRESS The buzzer on the final Pacific Coast conference basketball games of the 1956-57 season sounded Saturday night and only the University of California faces more action, at the NCAA Far Western Regional tourna ment at Corvallis, Ore., this week. The California Bears became the undisputed victors in the PCC Saturday night by out shooting the Trojans of South ern California 89 to 83 in a thrilling game in Los Angeles that was tied 12 times. California will be joined by the Dons of the University of San Francisco representing the California Basketball Associa tion at the Corvallis play offs. The schedule this Friday and Saturday finds California oppos ing Brigham Young and USF taking on the winner of tonight's contest between Idaho State and Hardin Simmons at Pocatello. Gets Ice Cream At Eugene, Ore., a lively nip Methodists Take Second Medford First Methodist church senior team took second place in a YMCA tournament at Eugene Saturday, losing to Eugene in the finals after win ing an opening game from Ash land. The Methodists won the sen ior league title here last week by downing St. Mark's Episcopal 46 to 39 ui the play-off. St. Peter's Lutheran defeated First Methodist also last week for the junior crown. In the men s league Saturday night St. Peter's upset YMCA 33 to 31 while Phoenix Naza rene won by forfeit from First Methodist. First Baptist is un defeated leader. Dean Sheldon Pirate Coach Coos Bay U.R) Dean Sheldon, assistant football coach at Marshfield high school, Sat urday was named head coach to succeed Pete Susick, who has ac cepted a position as an assistant at the University of Washing ton. Sheldon played football at Medford high and University of Oregon. hi as its Name! W"3jjjf ' and tuck battle between arch rivals, Oregon and Oregon State, had a bizarre ending, with Ore gon coming out on top 65 to 61. The game officially ended with the score 63 to 61 in favor of Oregon and the fans were already swarming onto the court when it was learned that Hal Duffy of the Ducks had been fouled. Referees awarded him two free throws and a thoughtful fan handed him an ice cream cone. He sank both throws while nib bling at the cone. In the only other game in the conference Saturday night, the Washington Huskies ended their PCC season with a second straight win over the Cougars of Washington State, 76 to 66. PAL Boxers Win Fights Larrv Lewis. Dick LoDei and Don Eskew, Medford Police Ath letic league, won bouts Satur day night in a boxing card at John Day. Lewis decisioned Everett Capps and had the Rums ficht- er down twice. Lopez knocJked out Bart Biedler, Fossil with a left hook in the second round and Eskew took a decision from David Brenner of John Day. Herb Hawley, Burns, won an unpopular split verdict over Larry Irvin, Medford. Arthur Bobb, Burns, was victor by sec ond round technical knockout over Orin Inlow, Medford. IV Builders Supply B"fks Floes. Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrew Phone 2 4107 i Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Ill bottle '"V"" 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS fejjfWH QUALITY If 11 BLOCKS o
