18 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
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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.
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Saturady afternoon when
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and NYU faces Denver. At
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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5V2 minutes to go, GP, play
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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. Murray, Harper.
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