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U A Monday, March 21, 1960
A-l TOURNEY AT GLANCE
How They Finished
1. Medford
2. Marshfield
3. Klamath Falli
'4. South Eugene
5. Jefferson
6. South Salem
7. Lake Oswego
8. David Douglas
Saturday Scores
(Championship)
Medford 63. Marshfield 58
(Third Place)
Klamath Falls 74, South Salem 69
(Fourth Place)
South Eugene 63, Lake Oswego 55
(Consolation)
Jefferson 68, David Douglas 60
Celtics Near
Eastern Title
United Press International
Wilt Chamberlain's hand in
jury brightens the Boston
Celtics' chance of wrapping
up their fourth straight East
ern division title Tuesday
night . when they meet the
Philadelphia Warriors at Bos
ton. The St. Louis Hawks, how
ever, are having their troubles
with the scrappy Minneapolis
Lakers, who seem determined
to turn the tables on them
again. Elgin Baylor's clutch
goal Sunday produced a 103
101 Laker win and dead
locked the Western division
series at two-all.
Boston needs only one more
victory over the Warriors
since taking a 3-1 advantage
in the series with a 112-104
triumph in Philadelphia Sun
day. Receives Honor
Portland - HJPD - George Pa
sero, sports editor of the Ore
gon Journal, and Bob Black
burn, sports announcer for
radio station KPOJ. have
been honored by the National
Sportswriters and Sportscast
ers Association.
Pasero was voted the out
standing sportswriter in the
state and Blackburn received
a similar honor for sports
broadcasting.
Pasero has been with the
Oregon Journal for 18 years
and became its sports editor
in 1956.
Both will be honored at
Salisbury, N.C., April 12, at
the association's awards banquet.
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"It was a great thing."
That terse but emotion
packed comment by Coach
Frank Roelandt echoed the
sentiment of this Rogue val
ley metropolis Sunday as the
mighty, terrific and triumph
ant Medford Black Tornado
basketball contingent return
ed home flushed with the joy
of the greatest hoop honors
achieved for its school in more
than three decades.
A rampaging Big Wind with
a fighting pull-together spirit
and romping with a torrid
shooting pace, the Tornado
from the City of Pears ruled
as master of the maplecourt
among Oregon's Class A-l
high schools after clubbing
Marshfield of Coos Bay Satur
day night in the 1960 tourna
ment finale game. Medford
turned back Marshfield and
its tall hoopster, Mel Counts,
63 to 56 at Eugene on Univer
sity of Oregon's McArthur
court.
The outcome of the five-day
colorful cage carnival brought
Medford high its second ma
jor athletic championship for
the 1959-1960 school year. Its
basketball titular trophy will
join the hardware emblematic
of last fall's A-l football dia-
! dem in the Tornado trophy
case. This is the second such
double triumph for Black
Tornado teams. Medford last
won the state cage tourney
mantle back in 1929 after hav
ing gained Oregon's mythical
gridiron banner in the fall of
1928. No other school in the
state, so far as can be recalled,
has won the grid and hoop
court pennants in the same
academic year.
Join the Greats
Tornado athletic power
houses of 1959-60 have joined
the "Terrors of the '20s" in
the annals of the greats.
Sizzling accuracy from the
field, poised and assured floor
play and aggressive defense
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have been through the sea-
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,son, in Medford's 21st straight
victory and its title clinching
play. And, with the threat
from fouls and free shots in
stopping the Pirates bid, it
took an eight-man effort.
Lowell and Cal Dean, Jerry
Shults, Jerry Anderson, Booth
Deakins and Ken Durkee, sen
iors, and Bob Quinney and
Dick Ragsdale, juniors-those
are the champions and the he
roes of Saturday's deciding
game. And they share their
laurels with Coach Roelandt
and with reserves Darrell
Miller and Jim Barry, who
contended in the first two of
Medford's four tourney
games.
Marshfield's cagers, rated
No. 2 by pollsters to Med
ford's No. 1, made it touch
and go for the Tornado over
much of the 32-minute route.
While the leads they held ex
ceeded one point only once,
they seldom let the Tornado,
itself, stay very far ahead.
Counts teamed with Bob
Buries, mainly, and with Karl
Coke, Dick Shanley, Bob
Burke and Jerry Weekly to
give the Tornado battle.
Crushing Blow
Frequent Pirate tactic was
to feed into Counts, the gigan
tic hoopster, in tries for close
in easy shots. Tornado defen
sive measures against Counts
and Buries cost many fouls
and free shots. But, for Med
ford this pressure eased when
the 6-10 Buc center Counts
fouled out in the late third
period. And,' Coos Bay cham
pionship ambitions suffered a
crushing loss.
Counts had 24 points, 10 on
free shots, and 11 rebounds
for his abbreviated duty.
Buries had 13 tallies and 10
backboard retrieves. Top
Medford scorers Saturday
were Anderson with 15 count
ers and Shults and Durkee
with 10 apiece. Anderson had
10 rebounds and Quinney and
Ragsdale five.
Medford put in 23 field
buckets to the Pirates' 17, out
hitting the southwest coast
club .435 to .327. Marshfield
had the free toss edge 22 to
17.
Medford, turning in a con
fident, determined, sparkling
brand of ball, despite the bug
aboo of fouls, grabbed the
lead for keeps on a play which
I coincided with giant Counts'
departure from the fracas.
Lead, For Keeps
Marshfield had taken its
only lead of the second half
with just two minutes to go
in quarter No. ,3 when burly
Buries netted a bucket from
the side of the slot. That made
it 39 to 38. But the Bucs held
this slim advantage for just a
brief 17 seconds. The Tor
nado's Anderson drove across
the key slot and looped the
casaba through the hoop to
make the scoreboard read
Medford 40, Marshfield 39.
Referee Bill Gatch's whistle
tooted and Counts was charg
ed with fouling Andy. It was
i the center's fifth personal and
banished him. Pirate parti
sans set up a chorus of boos
that lasted minutes long. They
thought that Counts, with four
infractions already .charged
against him, was trying hard
to avoid his fifth and that the
Medford all-stater made the
contact. But, that's not the
way Gatch saw it and the
Buccaneers had lost the king
pin of their team, as they did
also before the ends of their
quarter and semifinal tilts.
Coim On Floor
Marshfield backers display
ed further disapproval as
coins and debris were tossed
upon the court.
Anderson, when play re
sumed, made his free toss for
41 to 39. With 36 seconds left
in the panel, Cal Dean and
Ragsdale, a pair of solid per
formers in the titular mix,
combined. Dean took a feed
from Ragsdale and flipped
the ball into the cage. Cal
drove the bucket and scored
with one second remaining in
the quarter. Buries fouled
him and Dean"s free marker
established the score at 46 to
39.
Durkee, whose feeding,
floor play and shooting fig
ured strong on Medford's bril
liant night, started off the
fourth quarter fireworks. The
Tornado opened the fourth
quarter seemingly bent on
playing a deliberate, ball con
trol game but willing to take
the long and mid-range shots
they were sure that they
could make. Captain Durkee
hemped a one hand push from
back of the key, one of his
effective shooting spots.
54-42 Widest Gap
Cal Dean put in a gift mark
er for a 10-point 49 to 39
spread. Shanley for the Bucs
hit a pusher from the side and
Deakins, another sturdy Tor
nado stalwart in the clutch,
sank a shot from the corner
SCRAP FOR BALL It's anybody's ball as Dick Ragsdale
(22), Medford, and Jerry Weekly (53), Marshfield, jump for
it in state A-l prep basketball championship final at Eugene
Saturday night. In background at right is Medford's Jerry
Anderson. Medford defeated Marshfield 63 to 56 for its third
hoop championship in Tornado athletic history. ,
(UPI Telephoto)
in a trade of buckets. Rich
Hughes of Marshfield and
Ragsdale of Medford each
made free tosses and, when
Lowell Dean, rugged bulwark
under the hoop, goaled from
under the cage on playmaker
Ragsdale's feed with 4:19 to
go in the game, Medford had
its widest margin at 54 to 42.
Coke's long push and
Burke's gift shot cut the Tor
nado edge to 54 to 45. But
Ragsdale came through with
a pair of charity casts.
With 2:21 left on the clock
Shanley put in a driver for
the Bucs. Medford's slender
scrapper Quinney fouled out
on the play and, when Shan
ley added the one-pointer, the
score was 56 to 48. A pair of
Buries free markers made it
56 to 50 with 1:36 remaining.
Braces of free heaves by Dur
kee and Lowell Dean took
Medford back to ' a 10-point
difference, 60 to 50, with one
minute on the clock.
Cal Dean Adds Clinchers
Then Buries put in a driver
for the Pirates. Lowell Dean
fouled on this score but
Buries missed the gifter. "With
47 seconds to go Shanley made
two free points for 60 to 54.
In the next seven seconds An
derson and , Shults missed
free throws but with 17 to go
Cal Dean put in a driver and
then an extra counter on a
foul. Weekly then topped off
the Pirate scoring. The horn
blared and the Black Tor
nado were the champs. '
First quarter of the conflict
saw a ding dong battle mark
ed by seven lead switches and
four ties. Durkee gave Med
ford 16 to 14 advantage at
the buzzer. Medford outgun
ned the Coos Bay club seven
to four from the field for the
chukker but the Buccaneers
gained six free heaves to the
Tornado's two.
Shults. Anderson,' Quinney,"
Lowell Dean and Durkee all
got points for Medford in the
quarter with Shults, a year
long cog in the Medford scor
ing and playmaking machine,
and Anderson each collecting
five. Counts got six points for
Marshfield and Coke and
Buries each four. Buries, who
teamed with Counts as chief
thorns in Medford flesh, got
his markers at the free line.
Game Tied
Counts jumper tied up the
game as the second period
opened and Marshfield went
ahead 18 to 16 when the big
boy hit twice from the free
line. But Lowell Dean put in
a jump over Counts to tie the
game again. Anderson scored
off a steal but a Big Mel re
bounder made it 20-all.
Durkee came back with a
long push, then grabbed a
loose ball under the Marsh
field hoop and dribbled down
the floor. He fed off to Quin
ney who dropped the ball
through the net for 24 to 20.
Medford headed the rest of
the period "with margins as
much as seven points at 30 to
23, 32 to 25 and 34 to 27. The
Tornado went to the dressing
room at halftime leading 34
to 28 after a rebound bucket
by Anderson at the buzzer
of a short shot by Rags
dale had ' been disallowed.
Pear City scoring in the
stanza again was distributed
among "five men with Andy
swishing six.
-- Counts had 12 of Marsh
field's markers in the second
session and Buries the other
two as only three Pirates tal
lied in the initial half.
.577 Field Coaling .
The Tornado, with only
four points on free shots in
the half, outshone its rival
with blistering .577 shooting
from the field on 15 of 26.
The Pirates made just eight
of 29 for .276. However, the
Pirates kept within range by
flipping in 12 free shots on
20 tries. Medford at halftime
had Lowell Dean with four
fouls against him and Quinney
and Shults each with three.
Coos Bay opened second
half point production with a
jumper and free shot by
Counts for 34 to 31. Quinney
sank a try from the side of
the slot for Medford but
Weekly put in a long range
pusher and Counts a turn
jump from close to the hoop.
Counts' free tally tied up the
game at 1 36 apiece halfway
through the canto. Shults and
Buries exchanged gifters for
37-all. Anderson cashed in at
the free stripe. Then Buries
gave the Oregon coast team
its last and short-lived lead.
This was Roelandt's third
Medford team in the state
prep finals., His clubs lost to
Eugene in 1955 and to Frank
lin of Portland in 1956 in the
title games. And the Tornado
tutor was high, in retrospect,
on the Tornado's team effort
and its ability as a pressure
crew. All - state . selections
proved, the coach declared,
that Medford won as a team.
Coach In Daze
He referred to the fact that,
from the Tornado's roster of
fine ballplayers, only Ander
son was an all-state choice.
He made the tourney's first
all-star team. Not a Medford
its, even, was selected for the
second team.
The South Salem game
showed, Roelandt pointed out,
that his Tornadoes could come
back under pressure. South
almost upset the Medford
gang before falling 56 to 52
in a Friday semifinal. The
Tornado, seldom under strain
through the regular season,
had the pressure on it, too, in
the championship game.
"Right now, I'm still in a
daze, myself," the Medford
coach commented yesterday.
"I'm very happy, I'll tell you
that. We're all happy and are
sitting and relaxing."
Praising the players, Roe
landt said, "I'm really proud
of them. I think they sure
deserved it (to win).", He men
tioned .the players' own confi
dence in their ability and
their great competitive spirit.
"They knew they could win,"
Roelandt stated. '
Proud, Thankful
"We are real proud and
thankful of the enthusiasm of
the Medford people there,"
Roelandt said of Tornado sup
porters who saw the team
breeze over Jesuit and St.
Helens, rally by South Salem
and then dump the Pirates,
who had,tripped the Tornado
66 to 58 in its season starting
game.
The. coach hestitated in
making comparisons of his
current crew with his Med
ford teams of past years. He
stated that it is unfair to try
to single out any players be
cause there have been so
many so good. But he did
agree that the 1959-1960. ag
gregation, which compiled a
23-3 mark, was tops for depth
of fine basketball talent.
His players gave Roelandt
the traditional and ceremon
ious dousing in showers Sat
urday night. The mentor de
clared, "It, definitely, was the
best shower I ever had."
BOX:
Marshfield FG FT RB PF TP
Buries 3-9 7-14 10 .4 13
Burke 0-1 1-3 6 3 1
Counts 7-17 16-16 11 5 24
Coke 3-9 0-0 0 0 6
Shanley 2-10 3-3 3 5 7
Weekley 2-4 0-0 4 3 4
Eickworth 0-2 0-0 3 0 0
Hughes 0-0 1-2 0 2 1
Totals -1J-S2 22-3S IJ 22 II
Klamath Grabs 3rd
flnState Tourney
Eugene -filPD- Klamath Falls , Paul Bishop paced K-Falls
nailed down third place Sat-jwitn 23 points followed by
urday night by downing South iuce jfVc J
o i on Brack had 26 to lead South
Salem 73-69 in the Oregon J. Salem
Class A-l high school basket
ball tournament.
Wally Palmberg Jr., made
his only basket of the night
an important one in Klamath
Falls' third-place win. He
drove the key to lay up a
shot that sent the game into
overtime. He tied the score at
67-all.
Lakeview
Shifted To
District 6
McArthur Court, University
of Oregon, Eugene - Oregon
School Activities association
board of control action Satur
day moved Lakeview high
school from District 7 to Dis
trict 6 for A-2 high school
competition. The change will
be effective Dec. 1, the start
of next basketball season.
Board action came when
the schools of the two districts
voted 13-10 in favor of the
switch. Lakeview will ioin in
with Rogue league schools,
f noenix, n.agie Foint, Kogue
River and Illinois Valley for
District 6 southern division
rivalry.
It is reported Glendale may
j shift from the Rogue league
to me umpqua vaiiey loop in
the northern part of the dis
trict. Lakeview requested the
change because of the great
distance it has had to travel
for athletic contests.
Heppner and Sherman high
school of Morrow will become
A-2 schools next fall and will
play District 7 teams.
Sam White
To Retire
Tucson, Ariz.-(UPD - General
Manager Frank Lane of the
Cleveland Indians said today
catcher Sammy White's deci
sion to- retire from baseball
cancels a deal with the Bos
ton Red Sox in which his club
gave up Russ Nixon for White
and another player.
White faces a 60-day su
spension if he reconsiders and
tries to play for Boston, Lane
indicated.
Lane belatedly received a
wire from White Saturday
confirming he was qutting
and therefore would be un
able to report as scheduled
under terms of the trade with
Boston. ' , .
Lane promptly sent two
telegrams. One went to Com
missioner Ford . Frick, and
asked that the star catcher
be placed on suspension for
60 days if he attempted to
play for Boston.
White, 31, termed the de
cision "the toughest of my
life." The announcement came
through a public relations
firm handling a bowling alley
enterprise White initiated
only recently.
White batted .284 with Bos
ton last year to lead all Amer
ican league catchers. In addi
tion, he was rated the top re
ceiver in the league in his
ability to handle pitchers. ,
White was traded to the In
dians along with first base
man Jim Marshall in ex
change for 25-year-old left
handed hitting catcher Russ
Nixon. . "
STRONG MAY INHERIT
St. Petersburg, Fla. - (UPB -It
appeared the strong would
inherit the St. Petersburg golf
title as the field faced a tir
ing 36-hole windup today.
Strongest after the second
round Sunday was George
Bayer, the hulking slammer
who also has a delicate touch
with a putter. Bayer, of Glen
eagles, 111., fired a three-un-der-par
69 Sunday and led
the field by four strokes. '
Medford FG FT RB PF TP
Anderson 5-12 5-9 '10 4 15
L. Dean 3-3 2-4 3 5 8
Quinney 3-8 0-0 5 5 6
Shults 4-7 2-3 3 4 10
Ragsdale 0-1 3-4 5 3 3
Durkee 4-7 2-2 1 2 10
Deakins 1-1 0-1 2 12
C. -Dean i 3-4 3-4 11 9
Totals .-.-23-43 17-27 30 25 S3
Mima SP 3-4393
DAILY'S U-CRIVk
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The third place tangle had
a scorching finish. Lead
changed hands 12 times in 4
minutes 35 seconds of the last
quarter.
Salem Takes Lead
John King put Salem ahead
66 to 65 with a jumper with
Wz minutes to go and Loren
Seitz added a free toss with
26 seconds left. With nine sec
onds to go Klamath got the
ball out of bounds when Sa
lem's Ed Swearinger was call
ed for traveling. The Pels
took timeout with seven sec
onds on the clock.
Palmberg took the ball on
the inbounds throw and drib
bled oh a bee-line for the bas
ket. He put the ball through
the hoop with one second of
regular time remaining.
. The Pelicans of KF led at
the quarter 22 to 19 and Sa
lem at the half 36 to 34. South
headed by 54 to 49 when the
four quarter ended.
Klamath victory gave south
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final tournament standings,
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land made it two baseball
wins in a row Sunday over
Sacramento as the Beavers
downed the Solons, 2-1, with
an unearned run in the ninth
inning.
Don. Frailey went 2 for 3
at the plate to pace the Port
land win.
Bob Anderton, who saw
duty only in the last inning,
was the winning pitcher and
Chuck Hickman the loser.
Portland won Saturday 8-3.
CAMPY IN HOSPITAL
Vero Beach, Fla.- (UPI) -Roy
Campanella, paralyzed former
Dodger catching star, was re
ported resting comfortably to
day after he was taken to St.
Mary's Hospital in West Palm
Beach suffering with a dizzy
spell.
PAQUIN SETS MARK
Pullman (UPD Phil Paquin,
University of Oregon, set a
new pole vault record for the
18th annual Washington State
invitational track meet Satur
day with a leap of 13 feet, 8V2
inches.
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was picked by competing
coaches in the state A-l
lournament Saturday night.
Picked were Jerry Ander
son, Medford; Sandy Nosier,
South Eugene; Mel Counts,
Marshfield; Jay Brack,
South Salem and Paul Bish
op, Klamath Falls.
Six players made up the
second team. Selected were
Bo Blair, South Eugene;
Warren Newell, Cleveland;
Rod Young, Lake Oswego;
Clauis Nickelberry, Jeffer-.
son; Bruce Brickner, Klam
ath Falls, and Leon John
son. David Douglas.
Counts won the tourna
ment scoring title with 100
points in four games. He
was followed by Brack with
87, Young with 84, and
Nosier and Anderson with
77 each.
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