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.
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, 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.
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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
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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.
Philomath's win was the
biggest surprise of the tourn
ament and the Warriors had
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1 Phil Davis to thank. He drop-
ped in the only point in the
overtime period to whip the
Vikings. 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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Coquille had led Seaside at
the end of the third quarter,
44-43, after trailing at half
time, 34-30.
Staylon Ice Cold
Jarvis wound up with 20
points but had to take a back
seat in the scoring department
as Vermillion set the pace.
In the Stayton-Mac-Hi tilt
it was cold vs, hot-in that
order. x
Everything that Mac-Hi
seemed to put up to the bas
ket went in while Stayton
was doing just the opposite.
Stayton managed only three
field goals in each half. Most
of Mac-Hi's points came from
the outside. The Pioneers had
only three free throws in the
entire game. .
Stayton's record for the
least points bettered by 10
the mark set by Sherwood in
1958 when it scored 30 points.
Prior to that, in 1956, the first
year of the tournament, Stay-
ton had held the low record
of scoring 34 points.
SOLONS DRILL
Palm Springs. Calif. -4UPD-
The Sacramento Solons go
through spring training drills
in earnest today. Eighteen of
the Pacific Coast league
team's players reported for
the opening of drills Monday
and to meet new Solon coach
Bob Elliott. Absent was for
mer major leaguer Jim Green-
grass, a holdout according to
officials.
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Gene Leek
Tucson, Ariz. - (LTD - Gene
Leek, 21-year-old third base
man of the University of Ari
zona baseball team, has
signed with the Cleveland In
dians for a reported bonus of
between S30.000 to $40,000.
The 6-foot, 1-inch, 190
pounder from San Diego,
Calif., inked with the Indians
Monday to play with their
Pacific Coast league team, the
San Diego Padres.
Tribe Manager Joe Gordon
said Leek would work out
with the Indians and might
be kept with the team if he
made a good showing.
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