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Newspaper Page Text18 MAIL. TRIBUNI, Medford, Oregon, Fridsy, March 13, 1, Merrill Overcomes Yoncalla In Oregon B School Tourney Bend-OE-Two of the favor ites in the state class B basket ball tournament were out of the title picture today. Jefferson, for many weeks Oregon's top-ranked class B high school team, was knocked off in the opening game by Joseph, 42-37. Yoncalla blew n eight-point lead and drop ped a 49-45 decision to Mer rill. Other first-round games saw Pilot Rock wallop Corbett 76 45 and Mapleton drub Wheel er 59-36. Joseph and Mapleton play and Pilot Rock meets Mer rill in championship round games tonight. Afternoon con solation games matched Jef ferson and Wheeler and Yon calla and Corbett. Maupin Leads Merrill The Merrill-Yoncalla clash was the day's top thriller. The same two schools had battled it out for the class B football title last fall with Merrill winning a lop-sided decision. It appeared the situation would be reversed Thursday night as Yoncalla held a 42- Butler, St. John's Triumphant in NIT New York -(EPD- Coaches Tony Hinkle of Butler and Joe Lapchick of St. John's, whose clubs won opening round games in the National Invitation Basketball tourna ment, sang the same tune to day they'll have to do better the next time. Hinkle sang it softly, for his Bulldogs gave a pretty sharp exhibition with a 53 per cent field goal accuracy in beating Fordham, 94-80. But Lapchick sang it loud and clear, not at all pleased by the way his Redmen struggled to a 75-67 win over a green Villanova team in the second game o f Thursday night's twin bill before a crowd of 12,235 at Madison Square Garden. "No team is going to win a championship playing the way we played in that one," said Lapchick. ". . . St. Bona venture, third-seeded, is going to be a problem for us in Sat urday night's quarter-finals." Bradley Has Height Hinkle, whose team draws the asisgnment of facing top seeded Bradley in another eni jgJL. It's the extra care and attention of slow-distilling... the patient willingness to take twice as long. ..that gives Early Times its full, gratifying flavor. Making whisky this old-style way costs more, but we think youll agree it's worth it: KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY . 86 PROOF EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY . LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY 34 lead with five minutes to play. But Merrill, led by Bud Maupin, got hot and evened the count at 42-all. Soph Bruce Brickner hit a field goal to put Merrill ahead 46 45 with a little over a minute left and free throws iced the game. Maupin hit 17 points for Merrill while Orland Wiley hit a like number for Yon calla. Yoncalla at one point in the first half led 20-8. Joseph's win over Jeffer son was the day's biggest sur prise. The Wallowa county team was paced by the re bounding of Dave Beier and the shooting of Don Clark. Joseph had a 21-17 halftime lead and pulled ahead to 31-22 only to see Jefferson rally to close it to 32-31 late in the game. Clark Hits Clutch Shot A clutch field goal by Clark, who had 16 points, put Joseph in front 36-33 and the jEagles held on to win. Beier added 11 points while Jefferson's quarter-final Saturday night, said, "Bradley is going to pose a height problem for us. We will have to run a lot faster than we did last night. . ." Butler, a two-point under dog, surprised by blowing Thursday night's game wide open in the second half after a 54-54 halftime tie. The Bull dogs held a six-point lead with 7:08 to play and then ripped off nine straight points for an 86-71 lead as Fordham went scoreless for more than three minutes. Villanova held St. John's to a 17-17 tie early in the first half and then drew a blank as the Redmen ran up a 30-17 margin. The' Philadelphia Wildcats pulled as close as four points in the second half but couldn't rattle the more experienced New Yorkers. The NIT first round ends Saturady afternoon when Manhattan meets Providence and NYU faces Denver. At stake are quarter-final berths Tuesday night at St. Louis and Oklahoma City respec tively. oy the true old-style Kentucky Bourbon always smoother because it's slow-distilled Frank Marcum led all scorers with 19. Pilot Rock, a small team from Umatilla county, breezed by Corbett. Pilot Rock led at the half by a 35-13 count. Merc McGowan hit 18 and Mike Roberts 17 for Pilot Rock. Roberts, who isn't quite six feet tall, also had 22 re bounds. Les Nixon led Cor bett with 13 points. Mapleton had little trouble in disposing of Wheeler. The Lane county quintet used a fast break and. run style to overpower the central Oregon squad. Jim Bennett hit 17 and Bob Jensen 14 for Mapleton. Bob Myers had 15 points for Wheeler. )16( HOW MANY SEASONS DID IT TAKE STAN fAUSlALTO GET HIS 3000T HIT? Stan The Man' Mus'ial collected hi Taxfe major league Kit' in May. hie- season in in the majors. Ty Cobb gob hie 30COtii Kit in August of his season while it took feul V&ner and THs 5peaker rt seasons, Eddie Collins(Nflp Lajoie and Hcnus Wagner IS seasons and Cap Anson 2Z seasons to enter the charmed circle. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Bradyiwill send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. A MiClart Nawipapw lyn4ltH Nat.f BOWLING LADY ELKS NO. 1 Standings: Late Comers W. L. 27 13 25 15 20 20 19 i 20','2 19 21 19 21 17 Vz 22'a Wapiti Maudlin Mamas Three Spares stumble Bums Goof Balls ; Demi Lassies Results: Late Comers 3 (D. Jantzer 50) 1301: Maudlin Mamas 1 (V. Bate- man 445) 1193. WaDiti 4 (V Lusk 491) 1278: Demi Lassies 0 (V. Knox 506) 1214. Three Spares 3 (F. Bittle 397) 1317; Goof Balls 1 (M. Little 450) 1304. Wanedos 2 (W. Booth 376) 1127: Stumble Bums 2 (F. Hogue 407) 1147. Split conversions Fran Bittle 5- 10: Mel Bittle 5-7. 3-10: Nelda Mor ris 5-7; Aili Salyer 8-5-19; Bernice Hazlett 3-10, 3-9-10; Nellie Dyke 3-10. CITY LEAGUE Standings: W. L. 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 Ross Lumber Co. . 4 State Farm Insurance 4 First National Bank 3 Telephone Employees Assn. 3 Weter & Olson 3 Hi-Way Lumber Co 3 W H Daugherty Lumber Co. 1 Medlord Barbers 1 Southern Oregon Moulding.. 1 Westside Merchants 1 Central Market 0 California Oregon Power Co. 0 Results: Barbers 1 fDick Vance 529) 2719: Hi-Way 3 (Fred Anderson 551) 2771. Daugherty 1 (Frank Chapman 518) 2595; FNB 3 (Art Carlson 546) 2691. S O Mlde. 1 (Llovd KnaDD 325 2718: TEAA 3 (John Strobel 532) 2809. W & O 3 (Bill Luman 545) 2751: Westside 1 (Erhardt Blind 505) 2709. Central Mkt. O (Gordon Schulz 542) 2576: State Farm 4 (Willie Fischer 629) 2689. Ross Lbr. 4 (Bob Forrest 523) 2817; Copco 0 Hank Fisher 497) 2715. EVERGREEN LEAGUE Standings: W. R. O. Stephenson Lbr. Co 4 Mediord steel jno. 2 4 Safeway Stores 4 Seven Up Bottling Co. 3 Big Y Market 3 Medford Blowpipe Co 2 Kogap Lumber Industries 2 Barco Supply Co 1 Medford Steel No. 1 1 Tru Mix Construction Co 0 Knights of Columbus O Jay Allen Co. 0 Results: Big Y 3 (Gordy Huttney 513) 2817: Barco 1 (Herb nuniwr 54R1 2792. Kogap 2 (Earl Lenz 503) 2656; Blownine 2 H n Vpm .Tnh 2698. Jay Allen 0 (Lloyd Carr 481) 2551; Safeway 4 (Bob Cast 470) 2778. StpnVipncnn 4 flvHo Pamuv V1A 2782; K of C 0 (Hal Culver 496) 2650. Steel No. 2 4 (Jim Carrigan 514) 2936: Tru Miir n IVira Afc-fali sia 2741. Steel No. 1, 1 (Bill Hopkins 473) 2719: 7 TJn 3 Y.mi T.nrolIre snni 2751. ' EMPIRE LEAGUE Standings: tf L. 8 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 Nu Wav Clpanprc 9n The Clock " 16 Ekerson's Paint , ,. 16 Western Thrift 16 Dvke's FloorenvmHnff . is Jewel House .... 14 Winnie's Style Salon 14 Skinner's Buick 14 Dairy Smith , . 13 Music Mart 10',i 17 4 Food Basket Big Y Cleaners 10 18 9'i 184 Results: Nu Way 4 (M. Jerden 18 1312- Music Mart 0 T. Shelton 405) 1130.' Clock 2 (M. Clark 439) 1265; Jewel House 2 (P. Braack 472) 1319. Ekersons 0 (V. Lusk 411) 1179; Food Basket 4 (M. Langston 456) Western 3 (A. Maggenti 498 1333: Big Y 1 (E. Redfield 439) 1225. uykes 3 (V. Harris 429i 1242- Winnies 1 (B. Mathews 440) 1241. Skinners u (M. Janzen 439) 1184; Dairy Smith ,4 (E. Dickinson 523) High game E. Dickinson 197. High series M. Jerden 516, E. Dickinson 523. Split conversions B. Hazlett 5-8-10, -N. Boberts 3-10, M. Janzen 5-7. SIPOTES Fanfare Basketball rating polls don't actually settle championships and fans should take them for what their worth as mainly interest stimulators. Just how right or wrong the "experts" have been in Oregon this sea son will be revealed this week and next in the three high school state tournaments. If the experts are anywhere near right, however, Med ford certainly had the luck of the draw in the pairings for the A-l titular tourney in gaining a lower bracket berth. The top four clubs in the Oregonian and Oregon Journ al polls, Astoria, North Salem, Klamath Falls and Jefferson are in the top half of the pair ings along with Marshfield, fifth and eighth, in rankings, and St. Helens, which was given a tie for sixth and was placed eighth in respective ratings. Among teams in the lower tourney grouping Medford was sixth in one poll and tied for that spot in another. Pen dleton had fifth and tie for sixth standing while Bend drew seventh and 10th spots in tabulations. CHAMPS IN TOP BLACKET Seven of the dislrict champs drew berths in the upper bracket for the stale meet and Medford is in the lower pairings with six other runners-up. District winners in the upper pair ings are Astoria, Klamath Falls, Jefferson, Sandy, St. Helens, Marshfield and North Salem with Baker the only crew in the lop bracket which was second place in its district. Pendleton was the only district titlist to get a low er bracket pairing. It joined Medford and the other reg ional runners-up. Beaver ton, Franklin, Scappoose, McMinnville, North Bend and Bend. ROEIANDT SEES BEAVERS Medford High Coach Frank Roelandt was interested Spec tator at the Franklin-Grant High and Beaverton-David Douglas hoop play-offs on Tuesday, taking in the former in the afternoon and the lat ter in the evening. The Med ford Tornado faces Beaverton in its opening tournament game. Franklin will oppose Scappoose right after the Med-ford-Beaverton mix. Winners of the tussles meet and the two losers also vie on Thurs day. CRITIZES OSAA According to a Portland newspaper, Ted Wilson, Beaverton cage coach, took issue with the Oregon School Activities associa tion for announcing state tournament pairings before the Tuesday play-offs. "That gives our opponents a chance to scout us and there's nothing we can do about it. And, I'm not the only one who doesn't like it. It gives a definite ad vantage to certain teams in the tournament," Wilson is reported to have said. Which brings us to In quire: "What if the shoe had been on the other foot?" LAST TITLE IN 1929 Medford's Black Tornado, after a year's absence, re turns to Oregon state tourna ment play on the 30th anni versary of its last state cham pionship in basketball. The Tornado has gained the dia dem only twice, 1924 and 1929, but has been a finalist on six occasions of its 20 ap pearances in the tourney. Medford has been in 14 tournament quarterfinals and in nine semi-finals and its win loss record for the classic is 42-24. Twelve Tornado play ers have been selected over the years the tournaments all star first team and 14 have been named to the second team. 18 TIMES FOR KF Klamath Falls, defending champion in the state meet and member with Medford in the Southern Oregon conference, has been in the big tournament 18 times and has won 33 and lost 25. The Pels, champs of District 6 A-l three years running, have won the big trophy twice, have been in the finals five times, semis six times and quarter-finals nine. Klamath was titlist in 1943 and between that year, and last, when they went all the way again, had de- Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT UJflB By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor veloped a reputation as a tournament "bust." TOURNEY VETERAN Of the teams in the 1959 state cage extravaganza, only Astoria with 33 trips has ap peared oftener thanMedford. Marshfield, like the Tornado, has been represented 20 times. CARRIGAN SHOT FINEST Carl Cluff, Oregon Journ al sportswriter, has this to say about Gordon Carri gan, Southern Oregon col lege eager, in his Campus Canvass column: "Carri gan's set shot is the finest in the OCC (Oregon Colleg iate conference) and rates right along with Northwest conference's best, possessed by Linfield's Jack Riley." SAME COLORS One thing all entries in the District 6 A-2 prep basketball play-off had in common was school colors. For all four schools. Myrtle Creek, Glide, Eagle Point and Henley, the colors are blue and gold. TURNER TOTALS 502 Bill Turner's 43 points for Eagle Point High in the 6 A-2 tourney at Ashland put him over the 500 mark for the 1958-1959 slate. Turner had a total of 502 for 22 games, or 22.8 per game. COACH OF YEAR Kansas City, Mo.-(UPD-Coach Bob Davis, whose George town, Ky., team was the only one this season to defeat na tional small college champion Tennessee A&I State, today was named coach of the year by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. iZ&mBm mifc!" Jit in the woods. Chevy fakes on hefty paload. rywy"i"'i yjr" w,.-w -'jwrnm m n Tough-built Chevy truck ! bulls its way deep into the woods for mammoth loads This big Series 60 Chevy bulls its icag as far as 8 miles into the Louisiana woods, fights through thick brush, over ruts and jagged stumps . . . then grinds back out with towering loads of logs! Mr. J. C. Ferguson, President of the Sabine Lumber Company, attests to the truck's ability to take it: "In our experience, Chevrolet makes the best truck for our type of operation." Chevy's best for your tough job, too! Out where a truck is known for the beating it can take, Chevy's making friends fast. Truckers like the way these toughies hold up ; the way they wade right No job's 9th at Bartlett ristie's Independent Title Christie's Silver Dollar of Grants Pass reigns as the first champion of the Southern Oregon Independent Basket ball league. The Grants Pass quintet edged Southern Oregon col lege junior varsity 69 to 67 at Hedrick gym here last, night to claim the title. Chris tie's and the jayvees had tied for top spot during the regu lar schedule. The crew from the Climate city pushed to the widest spread of the night, seven points and 62 to 55, with four minutes left to play and was able to offset the SOC chal lenge with free shots to gain the crown. Don (Duke) Reese sparked Christie's with 22 points and Tom Flynn, the loop's most valuable player, scored 19. For the junior varsity, Dick Puhl had 15 markers, Jerry Flakus 14 and John Payne 13. Silver Dollar led 33 to 31 at the half. Chance To Tie Southern Oregon had an opportunity to tie the score with six seconds left to play. The junior raiders called time out after Reese had put in a gifter for the last Christie's tally. They put the ball in play then at midcourt but the only SOC shot tried, by Puhl, was fired after the buzzer in addition to failing to go in. Lead switched hands four times in the second half and there were five tie scores be fore Christie's went on top for good on a pusher by Keith Johnson for 46 to 45. Grants Pass worked to a 56 to 51 margin, saw it shrink to 56 to 54 then led by five again at 59 to 54. After a 61 to 55 gap with 5V2 minutes to go, GP, play ing ball control, didn't put in another field goal. However, the Silver Dollar men collect ed another eight points on free heaves. The seven-point lead of 62 to 55 was hacked to 64 to 61 as Payne got two field goals too tough for a Chevrolet truck! zzE7 See your Annexes and Dave Gardner one for SOC while Flynn and Don Ja cobson swished free tosses for GP. Johnson and Puhl traded pairs of free casts and Flynn got another brace for Chris tie's for 68 to 63 with 44 sec onds to play. Payne and Dick Callender hit from the field for the jayvees and the score was cu to 68 to 67 with 14 was cut to 68 to 67 with 14 A mixup followed when it was thought Grants Pass had called a time out. The clock was momentarily stopped but play was motioned to con tinue. Then with six seconds to go a foul was tooted on SOC's Bill Harper. Reese missed the first gift chance and made the second. 69 Christie's SOC JV .. Flakus r 22 Reese F 19 Flynn Gardner C 10 Heater Payne G 7 Jacobson Puhl G 10 Johnson S. Peterson Substitutions For Christie 's Maurer 1; for SOC, Callender 3. Gribble. Kyle 3. 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