Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1959)
Blaok Cage Tornado Qualifies For A-1 Tournament; Downs Crater SOUTHERN OREGON' CONFERENCE STANDINGS (A of Friday) Kiamath tails Medford Grants Pass . Crater Ashland w. 13 11 10 2 - a 2 4 6 13 13 Pet. .867 .733 .625 .133 .133 added two field goals and Deakins a fielder and free shot for Medford while Den nis Edwards put in a rebound er and John Burns two free markers for Crater for a 16 to 11 first quarter score. Comets Threaten Crater threatened in the early second panel coming up with one point three times. A long jump by Allen and hook by White cut the Med ford lead to 16 to 15. Shults and White traded buckets for 18 to 17 and after Ander son and Burns exchanged drivers, trie scoreboard read 20 to 19. i It was Medford the rest of the way. Shulis goaled twice and Durteee and Calvin Dean each once in the pull-away move for 28 to 19. At half time the score was 33 to 23. In the third quarter Med- Grants Pass Ends Slate By Downing Ashlanders Liedford's High school's Black Tornado looked for ward to participation in the Oregon Class A-1 basketball tournament today. Avictory by 59 to 43 over the Crater Comets Friday night qualified the Tornado for the big school hoop clas sic and assured Medford of second place in the final Southern Oregon conference standings. Coach Frank Roelandt's Tornado will learn sometime Monday who its foe will be in the tourney March 17 through 21 at Eugene. Draw ings are scheduled at the Ore gon School Activities associ ation office in Portland at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Medford found the Comets a rugged and determined foe in the early going Friday night. Crater gave the Tor nado a tough battle under the boards for at least the first half and had a zone de fense that made the Medford ites work briskly to get open for good shots. Still the Tor nadoes were able to get a larger number of good shoot ing opportunities, including those at long range, than were the Comets against har assing Medford man-for-man protection. Anderson Has 19 la the late stages the Tor nado aDDlied its somewhat sharper shooting, rebound control, and effective ball- hawking against a shaky Cra ter offense to maintain dom inance. Jerry Anderson sparked the Tornado with 19 points nd nine rebounds while Bill White had 16 markers and Chuck Turner 12 backboard retrieves for the Comets. Four Medford men were in double coring figures, Jerry Shults getting 11 and Booth Deakins and Ken Durkee each 10. Wayne Allen put in 10 count ers for Crater. For the full game Medford led In rebounds 40 to 29 and fired a .393 average from the field to .360 for Crater. Medford went ahead for food with 4V4 minutes play- i d in the game when Ander- made the score 9 to 7. Shults J during December brought the total poundage of fish stocked in Oregon's lakes and streams during 1958 to a new all-time high of just over 713,800 pounds, Phil Schneider, state game director, said today. Fish produced during 1958 exceed ed last years record poundage by nearly 188,000 pounds. Schneider said that the mild winter and warmer water tem peratures during the year re sulted in excellent growing conditions at all game com mission hatcheries and that the fish fed avidly even dur ing the colder months. The increased growth of the fish, both in size and weight, re sulted in the record poundage released. The total number of fish re leased during the year was slightly more than 15,300,000 of all species. ford moved out in 234 min utes to a 39 to 25 bulge and with 10 seconds to go in the period headed by 15 points at 45 to 30. A free shot by Ed wards of the Comets made it 45 to 31 at the rest buzzer. Widest spreads of the Torna do were 18 points at 55 to 37 and 59 to 41. Medford completed its home season with the Fri day game and returns to the A-1 tourney after a one-year absence, making its fourth Eugene jaunt in five seasons. Crater Cops JV Game Coach Frank Roelandt of the Tornado started an all junior line-up Friday night while Crater mentor Lloyd Hoffine began with a soph omore, two juniors and a senior. Not in uniform for the game for Medford were George Koch, because of ill ness, John Harvey, because Grands Pass - Grants Pass high wrapped up its South ern Oregon conference bas ketball slate Friday night by downing Ashland 53 to 49 and winding up in third place in the loop standings. The. Cavemen gained con trol of the contest in the third quarter when they out scored the Grizzlies 15 to 8. Ashland closed up the spread in the final minutes. Quarter margins, all favor ing GP, were 13 to 10, 26 to 21 and 41 to 29. The Climate city club led 51 to 37 with two minutes left in the rough and scramble game. Benner Tallies 18 Ashland had early leads in the tussle and pushed on top 16 to 15 in the second quar ter. Ashland went ahead for good at 18 to 16 midway in the stanza. Rex Benner hit nine of 11 field goal tries for'GP and topped all scoring with his 19 points. Bob Johnson had 13 for Ashland, hitting seven of nine free shot tries. John nie Olson of GP put in seven of eight from the gift stripe. Grants Pass won the junior varsity scrap 43 to 33. of an ankle injury and John Frohnmayer, because of a choir trip. Crater jayvee kept it from being a perfect night for Med ford by nipping the Tornado JV 51 50. Earl Cooper put in the winning bucket with three seconds to play. Medford was on top 50 to 49 and had the ball with 25 seconds left to play. The Jun ior Tornado lost possession when the ball went into the back court. Crater took it out of bounds. Edwards tried a shot and missed and Cooper came up with the winning close-in shot after a scramble under the hoop. It was a close tiff all the way with Medford having the quarter leads at 16 to 10, 27 to 26 and 37 to 36. Cooper had 18 points for Crater and Edwards 15. Dick Allen and Bob Quinney each put in 13 for the Tornado. The verdict for the Comet junior varsity followed a de cisive win last week end over Grants Pass. BOX: Ashland Forest Bjork B. Johnson Smith , Taylor ' Allen .. Stemple D. Johnson FG 8-2 8-0 4-3 2-1 14-5 9-4 0-0 3-0 FT 5-4 2-1 9-7 4-1 1- 0 4-3 2- 1 0-0 PF TP 1 8 Totals .48-15 27-17 23 17 47 Total Poundage Of Fish Stocked All-Time High Portland - The planting of kokanee fry and the release of excess hatchery brood trout BOWLING INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Standings: Desert Servic Eagles Graham Electric City Han Richfield Oil Kims Standard Oil Oregon Roof & Paint Co. National Cash Register . Rail Rogues Snoboys ... W. 4 . 3 . 3 . 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 Red Blanket Lumber Co 0 Results: Red Blanket 0 (Fuller 483) 2558; Desert 4 (Grant 544 1 2920. Rail Rogues 1 (Kidd 513) 2687; City Hall 3 (Sneddon 525) 2768. Snoboys 1 (Couch 521) 2758; Rich field 3 (Dunphy 554) 2798. Oregon Roof 1 (Clark 469) 2663; Zagles 3 (DiddeU 491) 2735. National Cash 1 (Spain 512) 2562; Graham 3 (Christianson 497) 2709. Kim's 2 (Stephens 504 2582; Standard 2 (Greene 480) 2709. ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE Standings: CWA Local 9208 State Forest Patrol Fire Department Darrell Miller Co. Kachina Room Willamette Valley Co. Pigely Wiggly ! C. F. Van Lines W. 31 25 25 25 24 22 22 21 Larrys Rich Maid 19 Prospect Shopping Center 18 Domestic Laundry , 18 Harry & David 14 L. 13 19 19 19 20 22 22 23 25 26 26 30 Results: Domestic 1 (Van Sickle 552) 2840; CWA 3 (Hunter 563 1 2914. Kachina 0 (Fenton 510) 2702; Miller Co. 4 (Brown 543) 2883. CF 0 (fDeGroot 485) 2665; Fire Dept. 4 (Minger 498) 2876. Willamette 3 (Kreer 534) 2823; Prospect 1 (Hollenbeck 515) 2717. Harry & David 0 (Uhrine 421) 2593; Piggly Wiggly 4 (McKeen 574) 2752. Forest Patrol 4 (Layton 542) 2826; Rich Maid 0 (Peterson 475) 2639. INDEPENDENT LEAGUE Standings: W. Hughes & Dodd 20 E. H. Mann Co. 13 Midcoast aPinters . 12 Table Rock" Lumber 12 Cove Valley Supply ; 11 Ideal Cement 11 Tee Pee Plywood 11 Communication Workers 11 Timber Wolves 10 Andy's Jewelers 9 L. 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 15 Results: Hughes & Dodd 3 (Dick Adkins 536) 2808; Mann Co. 1 (Don Moser 508 ) 2682. Midcoast 3 (Gary Couch 591) 2819; Ideal 1 (Herb Mang 464) 2639. Table Rock 3 (Connor-Jones 541) 2848; Cove Valley MDon Harmon 530) 2703 Tee Pee 2 (Willie Anderson 541) 2813; Communication 2 (Lyle Brown 553) 2825. Timber Wolves 3 (Bill Tope 556) 2783; Andy's 1 (Carl Perdue 484) 2724. VALLEY BOWLERS LEAGUE Channel Rollers Standings. W. Lucky Strikes loa Jokers Channel Rollers . Splits & Mrs. 3 Hits & A Miss Trv Hards Glad Rags Nine Pins ; 12 10'j 10', 10 8 7 7 L. 5 8 9'2 9' a 10 . 12 13 13 Grants Pass FG Olson 6-2 Sabin ... 9-3 Benner 11-9 Leonard 0-0 Hayes 7-4 Burton 8-1 Chandler Erickson Janssen Mannan Purkett 1-0 0-0 0-0 0- 0 1- 0 FT 8-7 4-4 2-0 1-1 1- 0 0- 0 2- 1 1- 0 1-1 0-0 3- 1 R 4 3 8 2 3 S 1 1 O 0 1 PF TP 2 11 Totals ..43-19 23-15 28 18 53 BOX: Crater FG Edwards 2-1 Turner 8-2 B. White .. 15-8 Burns 6-2' Sharp 6-0 W. Allen .. 9-5 Hig'botham 2-0 T. White 0-0 Cooper 2-0 Totals FT 4-4 2- 1 3- 0 3-2 0- 0 2-0 2-0 1- 0 0-0 12 3 4 1 3 O 1 0 PF TP 3 6 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 BALL GETS AWAY - The basketball was the objective in this unusual result of ac tivity under the hoop in the Medford-Crater high game on Friday night. But neither Cal vin Dean, of Medford, in white, nor Dennis Edwards, of Crater, who's wrapped around the Tornado player, wound up with the ball. Crater's Chuck Turner (32) poises to pounce on the ball. Also shown are Bill White (42), Crater, and Booth .Deakins (50), Medford. The Tornado won 59 to 43 to gain a state tournament berth. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, March 8, 1959 9 Golf Coaching Conference Set ! Sah Francisco - The first; all-golf coaching conference! for golf coaches and physical education teachers in colleges and high schools will be held at Fresno State college, July 9-12. Bud Finger, Stanford uni versity golf coach, and Les Bolstad, golf director of thej University of Minnesota, head ! up an instructing staff com-j prised of leading college and club professionals. i SKIING CONDITIONS Roads to Mi. Shasta Ski Bowl were open and ary yesterday and skiing was reported good. Snow depth was reported at 112 inches. Electrical Wiring & Repair Industrial Commercial Residential Call Jack Henbest ROGUE ELEC. SERVICE SP 2-6603 104 S. Grape Medfc RDeJiTRLBUNS SMARTS V ..50-18 17-7 29 10 43 Medford FG Anderson 20-8 Shults 13-5 L. Dean Deakins Durkee Peek C. Dean Rasmussen Ice D. Miller .. 5-0 7-3 9-5 1-0 5-3 0- 0 1- 0 0-0 FT 4-3 1-1 1- 1 7-4 0- 0 2- 2 1- 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 R 9 5 9 6 2 3 5 1 0 0 PF TP O 19 Totals 61-24 16-11 40 14 59 Medford 50 JAYVEE GAME: 51 Crater F 18 Cooper Dowson 2 F 2 T. White .. D. Allen 13 C 5 Woods .. Quinney 13 G 15 Edwards . Jensen 4 G 11 Sharp Barry 7 Substitutions For Crater, B. An horn, Johnson; for Medford, Olson 2. B. Lindemann, D. Miller 7, Hoots. Utah Holds NCAA Spot United Press Internationa! North Carolina, Utah, and California have taken over berths in the NCAA major college basketbal ltournament. Only four berths remained unfilled in the big 23-team post-season carnival. North Carolina, the 1957 NCAA champ, wrapped up a first-round berth vs. Navy at New York, March-10, by de feating Duke, 74-71, to ad vance to the final round of the Atlantic Coast conference tournament at Raleigh, N. C. Utah clinched the Skyline Conference championship by beating Wyoming, 85-73. California, though idle, re ceived the Pacific Coast Con ference championship when UCLA beat second-place Wash ington, 56-55, at Los Angeles. California will meet Utah in NCAA regional at San Fran cisco, March 13. CRUSADERS NAME CAPT. Worcester, Mass.-(UPD-Ralph Brandt, a 6-foot, 6-inch center from Palo Alto, Calif., has been elected captain of the 1960 Holy Cross basketball team. He has been starting center the last two years. Kentucky Derby Nominees 130 Louisville, Ky.-TOPD-Church-ill Downs has announced the names of 130 thoroughbreds nominated for the 85th run ning of the Kentucky Derby May 2, including all but a handful of the top three-year-olds. Among them were the lead ing two-year-old of 1958, Chris Chenery's First Land ing, and his conqueror in the Flamingo Stakes, Bayard Sharp's Troilus, as well as the unbeaten filly from the C. V. Whitney barn, Silver Spoon. The list also included Tomy Lee, Dunce, Intentionally, and Sword Dancer, which, with First Landing made up the top five youngsters of last year; Neil S. McCarthy's West Coast favorites, Ole Fols and Finnegan, and Open View, which was an impres sive second in the Flamingo. CALL THE TUNE J-j AUTO LOANS feL J ft PERSONAL LOANS MSi III mortgage loans yrpiATiN"GS ACCOUNTS If 1 CHECKING ACCOUNTS Y W I SAFE EPQSIt"bOXES w M I H0ME IMPROVEMENT LOANS j8 MANY OTHER BANKING SERVICESy that suits you best Stop in soon -we'll do the rest! Your funds are insured here up to $10,000 by Federal De posit insurance Corporation. Your savings earn interest at IV2 semi-annually. Interest on three year certificates of deposit 3. QMS mm 1109 COURT STREET MEDFORD Pemey's C(DMIPAffiIE...SAVIE (OKT MJL TTTHCffilElE! DOWNTOWN MORE SAVINGS! MORE SELECTION! MEDFORD COMPARE THIS VALUE ANYWHERE! Men's Fine Plaid ALL WOOL CASUAL JACKETS 295 Gold Hill Wins In Volleyball Postponements slowed the start of the single elimination tournament sponsored by the YMCA Women's Volleyball club. Gold Hill won 15-1, 16-14 from Griffin Creek in the only match played. Three other tussles were postponed. In matches next Thursday Central Point women are billed against the Y'Nots, the VEttes against the Y'Sets and Rogue Valley against Eagle Point girls. Y'Sets - Y'Ettes winner will meet Gold Hill. Griffin Creek won the sportsmanship award for the round robin league which was recently completed. Members of the squad were Dorothy Briggs, Elizabeth Dussault, Evelyn Large, Mark Hampton, Peggy Partsajas, Lenora Ny- lander, Jessie Lawton, Irene White Claire Ellison and Dolly Maxson. Los Angeles -CPD- The Uni versity of British Columbia Saturday evened its two-match rugby series with UCLA, de feating the Bruins, 14-8, at Spaulding Field. Results: Lucky Strikes 4 (M. Booth 433) 1696; Channel Rollers 0 (M. Hard ing 424 1 1502. Nine Pins 1 (G. Stone 415) 1671; Jokers 3 (G. LeRoy . 450) 1695. Glad Rags 1 (R. Travis 406) 1491; Trv Hards 3 (P. Coltrane 387) 1511. Splits & Mrs. 3 (B. McCardell 434 1682; 3 Hits & A Miss 1 (A. Salvers -i67i 1594. Conversions R. Mosser 3-10, O. SU om 6-5. . BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanised and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 III -vST 'Hfevfr III jtriMlm NOW!, A terrific buy from a famous maker! Fabulous . . . beautiful softly blended 100 wool plaids for the smartest or casual wear. Expertly tailored fully lined with smooth satin acetate . . Jackets that have that extra . . . expensive look . . . Large patch pockets, handkerchief pocket, leather button front styling Featured at the LOW PRICE! Penney's Men's Store Street Floor JL 11 Ill IHI IIMII I I " ..M - - LASTEST FABRICS! NEWEST STYLES! EASY-CARE! CHOOSE SHORT OR LONG SLEEVE STYLES! ' A ONE TIME BUY! AND WHAT A SELECTION! Rich looking, fine textured fabrics . . . trimmed rayon challis, cotton broadcloth foulard prints, small gingham checks, solid colored- rayon cupionois, new style chalis vestees. All Town craft tailored in short or long sleeve models. Most are wash 'n wears, the rest are machine washable! PENNEY'S MEN'S SHOP . . . Street Floor 88 PENNEY'S FAMOUS TOWNCRAFT GLOVE LEATHER CASUAL SHOES With Cushion Crepe Soled Comfort! -A- Men's Moc Toes sport light 'n flexible glove leather uppers, heavy cushion crepe soles and heels! Si?es 6 to 12 in smart new shades. Amazing LOW PRICE! -B- in- Men's snug-fit slip-ons for the ultimate in casual comfort! Cloves leather with elasticized gore! Sizes 6 to 12. See 'em tomorrow! MEN Beige! Brown! COME IN, TRY ON A PAIR IS95 )) Pair
