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Black Tornado Heads for State Tourney; Klamath Plays Astoria Eugene (LTD Power meets power here tonight as the 1959 Oregon class A-l high school basketball tournament gets underway with four teams seeing action. Wednesday the rest of the 16-team field will get its bap tism in the giant hoop show which runs through Saturday night. All attention is focused on the opening game tonight which matches Gordon Scott led Astoria against Bob Peter-sen-led Klamath Falls. Klam ath falls is deferfuing cham- Anderson Picked for HN All-Star Poll of the Klamath Falls Herald and News to choose a Southern Oregon conference all-star basketball crew pro duced the same unanimous choices and the same first team as did the balloting con ducted by the Medford Mail Tribune. Unanimous picks in the Herald and News poll were Bob Petersen, Klamath Falls; Rex Benner, Grants Pass, and Jerry Anderson, Medford. Also on the first five were Don DeLap, Klamath Falls, and Johnnie Olson, Grants Pass. Dean, Koch Chosen On the H and N second five were Dean Dunson and Jim Hall, Klamath; Lowell Dean and George Koch, Medford, and Dick Hayes, Grants Pass. Those receiving honorable mention were Bob Lewis, of Klamath; Ken Durkee, Med ford; Bob Johnson and Doug Forrest, Ashland; Wayne Al len and Bill White, Crater, and John Fox, Grants Pass. The Herald and News asked votes from the five coaches of the conference and from the Mail Tribune. It cast one bal lot itself. In the Mail Tribune poll each coach and each team voted on an all-opponent basis for first and second teams. YOUNG HONEYMOON New Orleans -UPD- Thomas L. McKnight, 85, and his 90-year-old bride honeymooned today in front porch rocking chairs at home. McKnight said he proposed to his new wife, the former Emily Mitchell, shortly after she suffered a nearly fatal heart attack 10 days ago. She is a sister of his former wife. TV-RADIO STRIKE Paris -(UPD- Administrative and technincal personnel of the state-owned French radio and television network have called a 24-hour strike Fri day to back their demands for higher wages and the hiring of a larger number of quali fied workers. The walkout throughout France is due to begin at midnight Thursday. r only the finest is fine enough. . . today! iJ - say Seagram's and , BLENDED WHISKEY. ? PKMF, 5i Wm. WW, Mm pion but Petersen is the only returning regular who saw ac tion last year. Jeff Versus Sandy In the second game tonight Jefferson of Portland, led by versatile Terry Baker, clashes with Sandy. Wednesday action shapes up this way: St. Helens vs. Marshfield, North Salem vs. Baker, Beaverton vs. Med ford, Franklin vs. Scappoose, McMinnville vs. North Bend and Pendleton vs. Bend. Astoria has lost only once this year in 21 games. Klam ath Falls has a 19-3 mark. Jefferson is 19-3 on the sea son while Sandy has a 20-2 mark. Medford High school's bas ketball squad headed for Eugene this morning, its sights set on the top honors in Oregon prep competition. The Black Tornado, con tending in the state A-l cage classic after missing the big school extravaganza last March, opens its tournament play on Wednesday afternoon. Strong Beaverton will provide 20 Crater Thinclad Lettermen Central Point - Twenty let termen are among 76 varsity candidates drilling in track and field at Crater high school. Freshman roster totals 34. Coach Ed Knapp's Comets have their sights on a season opening meet against Ash land at Central Point on March 28. Lettermen are Kerman Ben nett and Clark Cutting, sprints; Jim Eldred, pole vault and hurdles; Don Gillaspey, sprints and quarter-mile; Den nis Edwards, sprints and broad jump; Dick Woods, quarter-mile and broad jump; G'en Cote, quarter-mile and discus. John Burns, half-mile, high jump and javelin; Rick Burns and Earl Cooper, half-mile; Nathan Parrish and Bob Mor ris, mile; Roscoe Day and Jerry Michael, high jump and high hurdles; Wayne Martin, hurdles and relay; Max Bur ton, javelin, pole vault and low hurdles; Darrell William sen, shot put and discus; Mickey Clark, shot put; Doug Davis, discus, and Durand Waller, javelin and pole vault. DUCK AILING Eugene-rtJPD- Oregon's base ball team suffered a blow Monday when it was an nounced that Rollie Heath, veteran right-handed pitcher from Portland, may not be able to pitch much this spring. Heath, who had a 6-1 record last year, has a sore shoulder which has not re- I sponded to treatment. I V ' It $45 -! If v ' 3 j SO90 f the opposition at 1:45 p.m. leading off the bottom half of the championship bracket. Coach Frank Roelandt, tak ing a Medford aggregation to the tourney for the fifth time in seven years, will go on Mc Arthur court with a squad of six juniors and four seniors. On the tourney trip roster are Jerry Anderson, Jerry Shults, Lowell and Calvin Dean, Ken Durkee and Booth Deakins, juniors, and George Koch, Don Peek, John Harvey and Pete Rasmussen. Workout at Eugene The Tornado completed workouts here yesterday aft ernoon. Roelandt said bis charges have been working mainly at conditioning and polish. The Medfordites were to arrive in Eugene shortly before noon today and were scheduled to get some loosen ing up drill on the University of Oregon floor at 1:15 p.m. This evening the Tornado stalwarts likely will be spec tators at opening games of the titular play-offs. Medford has a better win loss record to show for the sea son than does Beaverton and rated better in the prep polls but the Black Tornado does not consider that it has easy pickings in the tourney opener with the Beavers. The Tornado was 17-4 for the season while the Beavers went 14-7. In the rankings by coaches and sportswriters and sportsmasters, Medford was sixth and tied for sixth while Beaverton consistently was mentioned but was out of the top 10. Main asset of the Beavers is Steve Pauley, 6-4, who is the only 1958 a 1 1-Tournament first team player back for the A-l class this year. Pauly, a top rebounder and leading point-maker this season in the Metropolitan league, was a first team choice on the 1959 all-state squads announced last Sunday by the Oregon ian. Pauly is classed as good a rebounder as Bob Petersen of Klamath Falls and a better of fensive player. The Beavers have another big man to go with Pauly in Bill Moore, 6-5. No. 2 offensive threat of the Beaverton team is Ralph Rittenour, 5-10. Moore, Pauly and Rittenour are seniors. Two juniors, Larry Clark, 5-11, and Jiggs Burnett, 5-10, round out the starting five and a couple of 6-1 players, Berg and Kiel block, see quite a bit of serv ice. One advantage that Beaver ton has is that several mem bers of the Metro club saw state tourney service last year. On the Tornado squad, Don Peek is the only one who has made the state tourney trek as a player. He was a so phomore member of the 1957 Medford crew. Last year Beaverton lost its opening tournament game to s Qt. Code 265 B v j Pint Code 265C i be Sure 5A5RAH-3.STtUIgS S0H?m. 8ES Y05K CT, Klamath Falls. Klamath went on to win the championship and Beaverton took its next three games in the consolation bracket to claim fifth place. The Medfor d-Beaverton clash matches the No. 2 finish ers in District 6 and 3, respec tively. Klamath Falls and .As toria, champs in the two dist ricts, head off the top bracket of the tournament tonight while the Tornado and Beav ers lead into the bottom bracket with their game Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday Meet Set On Softball Jackson County Softball association will meet on Wednesday evening, March 18, lo begin organization for the 1959 slate. Willard Barnum, who has managed league affairs for the pasi two years, said that the meeting will be at 8 p.m. in Room B at the Medford YMCA. He asked the attendance of all team captains or other representatives of all groups or organizations which wish to participate in the circuit. Eight teams took pari in the association activity last year with games at Memo rial stadium. Camp White. Barnum said that a larger league looms as a possibility this year. John Day Bills Junior Rodeo John Day A spill a min ute. That's what Bill Kendall of John Day, general chair man of the 11th annual East ern Oregon Junior rodeo, promises spectators who at tend the May 16 and 17 show here. More than 200 Oregon youngsters, from all over the state, are expected to register for the five major event pro gram. In addition to calf roping and riding, cow riding and saddle and bareback bronc riding, "play-events" of stake and barrel races, quarter horse races and many other contests are being readied. OJRA points are given for the major events. Fast action doesn't stop at nightfall either. On Saturday evening 36 rounds of boxing are scheduled. Later that eve ning a rodeo dance will be held on the grounds. Prospective contestants can nhtain entrv blanks and a program of events by writing to the office of the Grant County Agent, Canyon City, Oregon. Any Oregon noy or srirl. between the ages ot a and 18 is eligible to compete. CLARK BEATS VIRON Cannes. France -UPD- Straight Clark of Los Angeles beat ChristianVironof France, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, Monday in the opening round of the Cannes International tennis tournament. 'SKINS SIGN OSTROWSKI Washington-(UPD-The Wash ington Redskins marked St. Patrick's Day today by an nouncing the signing of their great Irish tackle, Chet O'Strowski. O'Strowski, oth erwise known as Ostrowski, played for Notre Dame and will be starting his sixth sea son with the Redskins. ON MAT CARD-Nick Kozak, above, will oppose Haru Sa saki this evening in the semi final of the wrestling card at the Josephine county arena at Grants Pass. The . card gets underway at 8:30 p.m. BEST SPORTING NEWS OF THE THIS SPORTSCASTS Radio station KYJC will carry the Astoria-Klamath Falls opening game at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the Oregon A-l high school basketball tournament at Eugene. Stations KYJC and KMED plan to air all Med ford high contests in the tournament beginning with 1:45 p.m. Wednesday game with Beaverton. About 10 games will be broadcast over KYJC and probably will include the Bend-Pendleton tussle at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday. Tom MacLeod. KYJC manager, will be one of three sportscasiers for the tournament. Others will be Ted Smith, Pendleton, and John Carie, Salem. SPORTS Orange Balls To Be Used by NBC ar Night Wichita, Kan. Bright orange baseballs known as the Glo-Bal will be the at traction in non-pro baseball games over the nation for the coming season. The new innovation has been created by the National Baseball congress which claims the new type ball has more visibility than the white one. It has already been officially adopted for the 25th annual National champion ship baseball tournament in Wichita in late August. Sandlot and semi-pro base ball clubs will qualify through 49 state championship base ball tournaments this summer for a chance to compete in the National tournament with the U. S. champions awarded a cash purse of $10,000. Dis trict tournaments are now being franchised in the ma jority of states to qualify champions into respective state tournament. Associations Sponsored The National Baseball con gress also sponsors an Associ ation of Leagues to help as sure the success of these cir cuits. Each league champion is presented an elaborate tro phy and leading players are awarded certificates through the national organization. Ten services are offered by the national organization includ ing the settlement of disputes. Each league, however, oper ates under its own constitu tion and by-laws without in terference from national or ganization. The Congress also sponsors National Associations for Um pires and Scorers. It also has available a nation-wide player contract system for teams, which desire it, to prevent players from jumping to oth er teams during season with out a release. Team officials who desire material on any phase of this extensive program should contact National Baseball Con gress, Wichita (1) Kan. Com plete details are in the 1959 Official Baseball Annual, pub lished by this organization, at newsstands or sporting goods stores. Congress president Ray Du mont predicts that nearly more than half of the teams and leagues will be adopting the new Glo-Bal for the 1959 season. They are available through athletic goods stores or direct from the National Baseball Congress, Wichita (1) Kan. HOCKEY AMERICAN LEAGUE United Press International The Cleveland Barons and the Springfield Indians, who have played several wild hockey games against each other this season, will add an other bizarre chapter to their American Hockey league riv alry tonight when they play one-half of a game at Cleve land. The two teams will replay part of a protested game of January 31, which was "won" by Cleveland, 6-3. The Spring field club appealed the loss, however, because of an error by the official timekeeper. Tonight's action will start at the 8:56 mark of the second period, with the Indians ahead, 2-1. A Cleveland victory to night will insure the Barons of a second-place finish for the second straight year. More coffee is consumed in the U. S. than in the rest of the world combined. CENTURY WEEK! Philomath Nips Myrtle Creek In A-2 Tournament; Coquille Newport, Mac Hi Gain Semis Coos Bay -(UPD An individ - ual outscored an entire team by nine points here Monday in the opening of the class A-2 high school basketball tourna-ment-but both lost. The individual was Sea side's 6-6 Mike Vermillion. He scored 29 points but his team dropped a 65-59 decision to Coquille's Red Devils. Stayton set a new tourna ment mark for scoring the least amount of points. The Eagles could manage only five points per quarter in a 47-20 loss to Mac-Hi's Pio neers. In other first round games Monday Philomath advanced to the semi-finals with a 42-41 overtime upset win over Myrtle Creek and Newport had little trouble in getting past Junction City, 70-54. Mac-Hi Meets Coquille Tonight's semi-finals match Philomath against Newport in the first game and Mac-Hi against Coquille in the second. Myrtle Creek played Junc tion City and Stayton was against Seaside in afternoon consolation games. 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He shared team scor ing honors with Ernie Huyett as each had 10 points. Gary Lindquist was high for the Vikings with 16. Bill Barnette, Cliff Hunter and Herb Harms led New port's victory over Junction City. The trio scored 21, 15 and 14 points respectively. Newport led at half, 42-31. Jim Jarvis, son of Coquille's coach, and Don Purvis scored the first 10 points in the final quarter for the Red Devils. Worthington. Ends Holdout Scottsdale, Ariz.- (UPD - The San Francisco Giants were to attempt to solve the Boston Red Sox problem today, after disposing of a minor intra family squabble in the person of Pitcher Al Worthington. - Worthington, a holdout for weeks immediately signed his contract Monday after arriv ing in camp from Birming ham, Ala. The big righthand er, 11-7 last year, settled for an estimated $17,000 after originally asking for some where in the neighborhood of $20,000. Worthington's signing left only Pitcher Ranym Monzant on the holdout list. In other news, the stitches in Willie Mays' leg are ex pected to be taken out Satur day. A special padded guard will be taped over the cut so Mays can take batting prac tice. Prep Basketball A-2 STATE TOURNEY MONDAY GAMES Philomath 42, Myrtle Creek 41 Newport 70, Junction City 54 Mac-Hi 47, Stayton 20 Coquille 65, Seaside 59 TELECAST TRIPLE CROWN New York -OIPD-The "triple crown" of thoroughbred rac ing the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont - will be telecast and broadcast na tionally this year by the Col umbia Broadcasting system. Sever Football Relations Charleston, S. C. -UPD- The Citadel will sever football re lations with Wofford after the 1959 season. The reason given was Wofford's alleged failure to comply with NCAA eligibil ity rules. The Citadel has lost four straight to Wofford. 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