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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1961)
Dick Groat Signs Pact By FRED DOWN United Press International They say Dick Groat looks like a bank clerk but he'll get the "Texas oil royalty" treatment when he steps up to the cashier's window this year. v The National league's bat ting champion and most valu able player, Groat signed with the world champion Pitts burgh Pirates Friday for salary estimated at between $40,000 and $43,000. Groat, ex-Duke All-America basketball player, typified the Pirates' rise , to their first world championship : in 35 years with his gritty play. He edged out Los Angeles' Norm Larker for the batting title, .325 to .323, despite a late season injury and was the sparkplug of the team all season. Buckaroos Within Point of WHL Lead By United Press International Portland's Buckaroos moved within a point of the Western Hockey league Friday night. The Buckaroos gained two points on front-running Cal gary by downing Seattle 3-2 at Seattle. In other games, Vancouver took over undisputed posses sion of third place with a 1-0 win over Winnipeg and Vic toria beat Edmonton 6-3. SECTION B IP(DMT MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1961 Klamath Hoopsters Subdue Ashlanders SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE STANDINGS Klamath Falla 10' 0 Medford 8 3 Grants Pass 6 4 Crater 2 8 Ashland 0 11 Pet. 1.000 .727 .600 .200 .000 Ashland - Klamath Union High school Pelicans, despite the absence of two regular starters because of illness, chalked up an easy 70 to 39 victory over the Ashland bas ketball team here Friday night.-.- - : . By the outcome the Pels extended their spotless record in the Southern Oregon con- j ference to 10 games. Ashland was in the battle for one quarter. But KF stretched from a first canto advantage of 17 to 10 up to 35 to 17 at halftime. The dis tance was 47 to 25 at the three-quarter rest. Five In Double Totals Klamath Falls had five players in double point totals and Pelican reserve Sherm Allen was high for the night with 16. Fred Beihn collected 15 and Bob Lapsley 13 for KF, the No. 1 rated team in the state. Stewart Hedges put in 12 for the Grizzlies. Missing from the Pel lineup St. Mary's Victor Over Yreka High St. Mary's high trimmed Yreka, Calif., 53 to 51 here wnrfav niffht in a non-league basketball game which was see-saw until the Crusaders nr ttTofnrrl nulled ahead for keeos midway through the final quarter. The Medford club broke t riasdinnk nf 43-all to take per manent lead. A single free shot by Dick Evans and two gift heaves by Aundre Knut son made it 46 to 43 for the Crusaders. St. Mary's had a spread of 53 to 49 before the final horn. Yreka had a 12 to 11 first quarter lead. St. Mary's was on top at halftime 26 to 21 and the California club headed 39 to 35 going into the closing chapter. Free Shot Decide St. Mary's utilized a press ing defense to pull from be hind and were aided by op portunities at the free line. The gift tosess did make the scoring difference in the mix. Tha fposnrifirc mlt In 25 Of 32 attempts and the Miners 11 of 18. Yreka used a pres on SM through the first quarter and halfway through the second. The Crusaders couldn't get their offense working and this contributed to a helter skelter game. Dick Kinney of Yreka was high scoror- with 16 points while Dick Evans had 14 for the Medford club. Eleven was a popular scoring total. Knut son. Florian Shasky and Mike Austin of SM and Jackson Lawe of the Miners each had that many. LINKUPS: 53 St. Marys Yrek 51 F U Evans McCarthy 8 F 11 Knutson Sase C 11 Shaskv Eley 8 G 5 Calhoun lm II C 11 Austin Kinney 16 Substitutions For St. Mary's. El Matt 1: for Yreka. Ellij 8, Shelton. Grants Grants Pass high's inspired Cavemen, fighting to return to the Oregon Class A-l bas ketball tournament after two seasons absence', held them selves in the thick of the run ning Friday night by spilling the Medford Black Tornado 49 to 46 at Grants Pass. The Cavemen supposedly were weakened by the absence of veteran regular Larry Jans sen. But, possessing probably the best depth in the South ern Oregon conference, they played like they didn't miss him. They were a bit steadier, sharper and surer over the route than the Black Torna do. They had a better eye from the field, had sinewy tough zone defense, battled Medford evenly under the boards and kept the pressure on. Twice trailing by seven points in the second quarter, Grants Pass had a 37 to 34 margin going into the final period but fell behind once in the final canto' before go ing ahead to stay. Jim Davis, who sparked the Cavemen with nine points in the sec ond half, meshed a long jump pusher for a Grants Pass edge of 40 to 39 with 5i minutes left in the game. . Thirty sec onds later he sank another long one and a free toss for 43 to 39. Margin Hacked Medford fought back but couldn't go ahead. GP victory cut the margin of Medford, in second spot in the Southern circuit, to l'2 PAGES 1 to 8 were Bruce Brickner, who is recuperating from the mumps, and Wally Palmberg, who had an appendectomy last Sunday. Ashland won the Junior var sity scrap 39 to 38 on Dan Dix on s bucket with seven sec onds left in the fray. The Grizzlies had 11 to 6 quarter and 17 to 16 half leads and the game was knotted 28-each after three periods. Tod Hess had 16. points for Ashland and Kaler 12 for Klamath. Box: Klamath . FG Dennis, f 3 Hunsaker, f 1 ralzKe. c 9 Blehn. K Lapsley. g u 3 Allen 6 Ash 0 Taylor : .l 0 Stlppich 0 Hogolay u Ashland Doster. f . 1.. Pierce. 1 2 Brownson, c 1 K. nerce. g . DeBoer, g 3 , Hauck 1 ' Johnson 1 Mott 0 Vorls 0 Tepper 3 Hedges - 3 Everett 0 Frank, Gifford Has New Job New York -(UPD-Frank Gif ford assumed his new job as sports broadcaster with WCBS radio Friday, ending his nine years as one of the National Football league's top half backs with the New York Giants. The 30-year-old Gifford an- j nounced his retirement with the Giants Thursday to sign a long-term contract to do six nightly sports shows each week for station WCBS in New York. 1 BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 i i wssriawi r Mr x w 101 winni ji ir i in.ii - v II (I - 3 MBW isp " Now! "You can select from 500 Suits"! I H : 'T: f "V.v ' "One of Southern Oregon largest suit stocks' ! .. . -::7.v.::-;:iy: a. MiJr dsm , ; - i . ... J FRANK GIFFORD 'tt O Quits Pro Football I I , t ' -I fi Pass Dumps Bedford 49-46 games over the third place Cavemen. It also made the Tornado losei ground to the league heading Klamath Falls Pelicans, who tumbled Ash land Friday 70 to 39. The Cavemen took their first decision in three games with Medford this season. As things stood after the Friday contest, the Tornado will have to make it 3-1 over the GP quintet, if it is to gain for the third straight time one of the two conference berths in the state tournament. Grants Pass defense damag ed Medford effectiveness from close range. The Tornado did get some close-in opportuni ties but cashed in on them only seven times. However, the Cavemen did not succeed entirely in their effort to halt Medford's Bob Quinney. ;V h e n he couldn't get close, he hit from the side and deep, totaling eight field goals. He drew nine chances from the free heave line and swished eight. That gave him high honors with 24 points. Quinney led in rebounds, too with 12. Lewellyn Has 12 . Bob Lewellyn had 12 points for Grants Pass, Davis 11 and Clyde Murray 10. Except for a f r e e toss by Bruce Bray, Medford tabulating was con centrated in three men. Jim Barry had 11 markers and Dick Ragsdale 10. Davis had six rebounds and Dave Hauntz and Lee Burton each five as GP compiled a 26 irrv : : re3 li n . m W rr"s r--rnr.1Trs's -rrtmrM mem gy-"w-'w w w rear jrrwt 11 i 1 Ttrrjm I fl V V ti-H l tn' - ,) fill w 5 Hi j IB wmmml RCgUlars! We can fit you-if it Q OO I C Shcrts! isn't here we will get V "JJ A OU j i i it for you ... all the W. V N518, sizes right up to size r-i I I L-T 1 J lV ZLjjNk . Why pay more for finely tailored wool worsted suits? . Compare the superb tailoring right down to minute de tails . . . the luxury wool' fabrics . . . the new fashions, ' mnro -nmf rn-t mnro rlawc nf trio earl C nmnarp Ppnnflv's low budget saving prices anywhere! Penney's famous collection of year around weights always travel in perfect comfort, always look neat and sharp. See and try on the distinctive 3-button models ... in subtle stripes and plaids, lustre-sheens, herringbones, irridescent checks. Marvel at the top perform ing wrinkle-fighting new wizard weave wool twists. The biggest selection of suits we've ever offered Southern Oregon ... lay yours away tomorrow with a small deposit or charge it and enjoy it. Pay for it while you wear it with Penney's Easy-Pay Charge Account. Men's Store . . . Penney's Street Floor to 24 edge under the back boards. The Cavemen fired just 39 shots from the field to Med ford's 47 and hemped 18 for .461 average while the Torna do put in 16 for .340. Med ford was more accurate from the gift line with 14'of 17. GP tossed 13 of 19 tries. Grants Pass had but a bare 45 to 44 margin with 2:45 to play after a free shot by Bray and Ragsdale's bucket from the side but with 2V2 minutes left Atkins put in two free heaves. With 2:15 remaining, GP rebounded a missed shot by Medford's Scott Eaton and turned to keep-away. Lee Bur ton added two gifters with 50 seconds to go for 49 to 44. Twenty seconds remained when Ragsdale hit from the side for the Tornado. Grants Pass got the ball and hung on. GP held a 6 to 5 lead at one stage of the first quarter but Quinney's fading jump, Bar ry's bucket behind the GP de fense, on a pass from Rags dale, and Quinney's pusher made it 11 to 6 at the quarter. Free Tosses Aid The Tornado had 19 to 12 and 21 to 14 gaps in the sec ond period but made only two field baskets in the canto and kept ahead of GP on the strength of eight free chances without a miss. Grants Pass hit from the field five times in this chukker and the Torna do headed only 23 to 19 at the half. Score was tied three times in the second half and 27-all 29-all and 37-each. Lead changed hands five times. GP got its first lead of the second half at 29 to 27 when Murray tallied on a fast break for 29 to 27. Quinney's driver knot ted the mix and Medford went ahead 32 to 29 on Barry's fielder and Quinney's free toss. Then, Jim Hamilton drove for a goal and Murray hit a jump for 33 to 32 Grants Pass. Murray added a push from the side for 35 to 32. Barry cut the difference with a goal 01 the Quinney feed but Burton netted a two-hand set sho: for 37 to 34 GP at the third stanza buzzer. The Tornado didn't even get a free toss try in the third session. Jayvees Victors Barry put in a free heave and Quinney a long field bucket to tie up the fray at 37. Quinney blocked a Lewellyn shot and Ragsdale scored off the resulting fast break for a 39 to 37 Medford lead. Mel Atkins netted a free toss for GP. Then Davis put the Cli mate city team ahead for good. In junior varsity play, Jack Lowery's goal with just sec onds left gave Medfor da 55 lo 54 nod over Grants Pass. GP had leads of 13 to 12 at the quarter and 41 to 40 at the three-fourths rest. Medford was on top 27 to 26 at half time. Mike Neathamer had 19 points for the Tornado and Dan Miles 12. Dennis O Lcary scored 13 for GP. Score was tied 52-all with 1W minutes left. Medford took the lead 53 to 52 on a free shot. Lou Bonzon put GP on top 54 to 53 with 10 seconds to go. Grants Pass won the sopho more fray 62 to 55. Jim Pippin had 20 points for Grants Pass and Mike Railton 19 for Med ford. FG FT Reb. PF TP Eaton, f 4- 0 Bray, f 2- 0 Quinney, c .16- 8 9-8 Ragsd'lc, g.12- 4 !- 2 Harry, g ....li- 4 Dowson ...... 1- 0 Hood 0- 0 Melntyre .. 0- 0 Brown 0- 0 Clearwater.. 1 0 4- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 Totals 47-16 17-14 24 14 16 Grants Pass FG . FT Reb. PF Tr Hamilton. 5- 1 1- 1 Murray, r .. a- 5 Hauntz, c . 3- 0 Lewellyn. g 8- 4 Blacksmith, I- 0 0- 0 7- 4 0- 0 5- 4 4- 3 1- 1 1- 0 Burton 4- Atkins 31 2 Davis 6- 5 Totals 39-11 19-13 26 13 49 Referees Warren and Sodcrlund. JAVVK.E LINEUPS. 35 Mrdford Grants Pass 54 F 1!) Neathamer :.. Robertson 6 F 6 Fordc Bcnner 4 C 3 Sander Wcedman fl C 2 Deflley Sturgill 7 G 12 Miles O'Leary 13 Substitutions For Medford, White - 4. Mitchell. Lowery 5, Partsafas 4: for Grants Pass. Lind quist 5, Bonzon 6, Rcddick 3, Wil son 1. SOPHOMORE LINEUPS: U2 Grants Pass Medford 55 F 14 Hutchins Reid 3 F 20 Pippin Salyers 7 C 11 Arnold Farnsworth 12 G 5 Keisecker Stockton 10 G 12 Thompson Railton 19 Substiutions For Grants Pass. DeCourccv: for Medford. bhaw 2. llcnnev. Young. Hevscll 2. Grade Basketball FRIDAY GAMES (Junior Varsity) Oak Grove 35. Jacksonville 18 . Roosevelt 33. Jefferson 10 Heavyweight Bout Changed to Feb. 22 Stockton, Calif. - lUPD - The 10-iound heavyweight boxing match next Wednesday be tween Portland's high-ranking Eddie Machen and Garvin Sawyer of Arnold, Pa., was postponed Friday until Feb. 22. Sawyer's manager. Bobby Glcason, requested the post ponement. 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