Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 22, 1961, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text2 R WEDNESDAY, PROSPECT GAINS COUNTY B LOOP BASKETBALL LAURELS ' ' Prospect High school's Cou gars set their sights today on the District SB basketball championship. They wrapped ud and tucked away the Jack aon County B league laurels last night by spurning St. Mary's of Medford 53 to 46 at Eagle Point in a conference tie-breaker game. " Cliff Chapman and Cra g Gardner, with their ballhawk ing, their driving and their scoring, sparked the triumph. A 17 to 2 margin in free shots made determined the final scoring difference in the fracas. But, the bulge In gift chances doesn't tell the whole Kentucky Displaying :Much Fight J : ?Br. MARTIN LADEB S Phu International 3 The cynics were ready to AHolnh Rupp, but the Kentucky baron and his band 'fit Wildcats are showing lots iof fight now me um -j basketball season has reached "4i, nmmirlnwn stage. i Kentucky nipped Vander- Ibilt 60-89, Tuesday nignv u : spinning jump shot by Ned Jennings with 12 seconds to play. The victory pushed the EWlldcats into a third-place tie iwith Vanderbilt in the South eastern conference and, more ,"ir,ni-iont. enhanced their hopes for a berth in the NCAA tournament. ' . t Although Mississippi State !S expected to win the South eastern conference title and 'an automatic bid to the ;NCAA, it is believed the Ma 5roons will pass up the invita tion because - of segregation "problems. Florida is currently ,ln second place with an 8-3 record, but it must play at tVandcrbilt on Saturday. ? r. " Kentucky, four-time winner 'of the NCAA, failed to qualify ior the tournament in I960 -Jor the first time lit seven Vyears and prospects seemed .lim again this season, until ahe upset victory over Vander- rbiit, , - - ; "'The Wildcats have three conference games remaining r'.-two of them at home and tthose familiar with Rupp's Writ' In 30 years at Ken tucky wouldn't be surprised to je tne Daron pun uui ....- tr..- ' 1 '. -' '"'- : '.In other key games Tues day that will have an effect on who's going where In the post-season tourneys, , Texas "-Tech defeated Baylor, 98-81, ISouthern Methodist topped , Texas A&M, 65-81, and Wes tern Michigan beat Loyola of ''Chicago, 107-99. , . V' TUESDAY BOUTS .s Untied Press InternaUonal -Miami Beach, Fla. Casslus ifilav, ion (t, Loulsvlllt, stooped Donnii Fleeman, 1B, Dalles, Tm. - $" Trenton. N. J. Mel Collins SiSTtt. Trenton, N. J., outpointed Johnny Hopkins, ISOV.i Phlladel- In 110). Oakland, Calif. Lull Rndrl- TiVU Cuha. stonoed Lyla'l" '., " "7 ' Mackin. iw, Oakland. calif. (5). Return To Match Play in Golf Urged M By OSCAR FRALEY Miami -IUPD- When Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead re. ,' cently drew a gallery of 5,000 i' at $4 a head for an exhibition t at Boca Raton It proved, ar '.' cording to pitch and putt pro 'motional genius Fred Cor ;'coran, that golf is ready for t; major return to match play. "Golf is a head and head ;game," Corcoran asserted. "That's what the public wants o see and the Palmer-Sncad niatch proves that the fans are satisfied with, medal play 'u tournaments." i' The time Is ripe, Corcoran (' insists, for some city to stage !. major match play chain ' plonshlp. Medford Grapplers Look Toward District Tourney aniTTIIKItN OREO ON CONFERENCE STANDINGS -" W.L.PF Klamath Falle ...... S 0 163 Medford s 2 , 248 ' Grants Pass - 4 4 108 .'Ashland 1 5 78 Crater 1 '..' Medford High school wrcs- tlors will carry an 11-3 record ;ln to the District 6 A-l tourna ment Friday and Saturday at .'Grants Pass. - The Black Tornado chalked up a mark of 9-3 In dual com y petition and its victory In the 'Clackamas tournament is con inlderod the equivalent of two matches. Medford's 6-2 record I was second best In the South ' ern Oregon conference dual ; action. Klamath was 6-0. r' - Point total for the Torria ., does for the season was 432 - against 289 for the opposition. I:Tor Records - ;; Statistics disprove any con tention that Medford grap ;plers don't go for the pins. !,Fifty-slx of their matches '. were won on pins. They lost " only 17 in iailt. Ucdfarditai FEBRUARY 22. 19B1 story of the game. The hoop- sters from tne upper nunue community, who had to quell a Crusader upsurge in the concluding quarter, prevailed on their fiery hustle, their surer, steadier handling of the ball and their stubborn zone difense. It appeared also that Pros nM' Cnuears. although out- hit 22 to 18 from the field, had a better gunning average from the floor. Prospect pulled away from a 44-all deadlock in the last four minutes of the game. The Cougars ran their total to 51 before St. Mary's put in its final bucket of the game with Just 10 seconds lett to piay Jackson county's new stand' ard bearer will go to Klam ath Falls on Thursday, March 2, for a two-of-three scries against the Klamath - Lake county tltlist for the district crown and a berth in the Ore gon Class B tournament. Sec ond game win De on nunu u and the third, If needed, will be on the following night. A three-night Klamath-Lake tournament begins this Thurs day evening. Coach Duane Payne's Cou gars, who tied with defend ing champion SM at 8-2 in regular loon standings, went on top for keeps Mast night on a pair of free tosses by Chapman with 3'4 minutes left. A minute later Gardner swished in a bucket from the side of the slot. Chapman netted another glfter and with 30 seconds on the clock Gard ner tossed in two more. : Gardner Scoras Fred Burich pumped in a nush from the corner for St. Mary's last points. Two sec onds remained when Chap man padded the margin with another brace of free points. Gardner had 19 points ior thn Cougars and Chapman, not often a high scorer for the Prospect club, was next in tabulations with 17. Bob Fitch .followed with 11. . For St. Mary's Aiindre Knutson and Dick Evans each had 12 tallies. The Couaars held three point gaps at each of the quarterly breaks, iu 10 i,-t to 21 and 37 to 34. With Gardner getting seven counters, Prospect picked up a six-point lead of 31 to 25 In the fore part ol tne tniro quarter. Knutson's Jumper cut the spread to four points. But, Chapman hit a pusher from close range and Stan Payne nashed in from the slot wnen Prospect outfought the Cru saders for the ball under the hoop. That put the clubs eight markers apart at 35 to 27, widest bulge of the nignt, with three minutes to go In the canto. .':...-, Four Foul Out Evans came back for coach Bill McKlbbln's Medford team with a long Jump push er. Knutson hit from close range and Florian Shasky dunked one of his three re bound shots. To these Mike Austin added a gift heave. Gardner and Chapman, in the meantime, gov iree snuia im Long golf's greatest "idea man," Corcoran thinks that the game could benefit great ly from an annual match be tween the .U.S. Open and PGA champions with that winner meeting the top ladles' pro fessional In' a head-and-head match on a par-three course. Sides With Jones He also sides with the Im mortal Bobby Jones in a be lief that the U.S. Golf Associa tion should give deep thought to bringing back the stymie. : "Laying a man a stymie calls for great defensive skill," Corcoran said.. "Without the stymie, Jones might never have made his Grand Slam in 1930. On the first extra scored 74 decisions to oppo nents' 58. They had 15 draws. The following had the best records for Medford: Monte Jones, heavyweight, 7-0-2 (wins-losses-ilcs); Wayne Fields, 148, 14-1; Dan Eddy, 136, 13-1; Al Funston, 178, 11-2-1; Chuck Shnw, 191, 9-0-1; Terry O'Sulllvan, 191, 4-1; Larry Gunn, 157, 9-2-1, Doug Robertson, 130, 8-3-4; Chuck Holt, 178, 7-2. Medford will encounter Southern Oregon conference rivals, Crater, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls and Ashland in the district tourpey. There are 13 weight classes and each school will be permitted to enter two men in each class. Winners and second placers get berths In the state tourna ment. There will be afternoon and evening wrestling sessions both days at Grants Pass and "season" tickets, as well as individual session tickets are being sold. Jess Loffer, Grants Pass athletic director, is In charao, the Cougars and the score stood at 37 to 34. Knutson tallied off the fourth quarter tip for St. Mary's. Fitch tossed In a char ity try when Jim Calhoun be came the first of four St, Mary's players to foul out. Drivers bv Chapman and Gardner gave Prospect a seemingly comfortable spread of 42 to 36 with 5V4 minutes to Dlay. But Shasky's rebound. er and Austin's long push cut It to 42 to 40. Gardner put In a rebound try off Payne's missed foul toss. Knutson swiped the ball under the SM hoop and scored and Evans made good on the third of a flurry of rebound tries to knot the conflict. Ball Control Prospect resorted to ball control over the final two minutes and Evans, Austin and Knutson fouled out in successive order In Crusader efforts to get hold of the ball. St. Mary s led in the open lng minutes of the mix with one gap of 7 to 3. The Cou gars tied at 7-all and never were behind after that. Prospect had a brief margin of seven points at 24 to 17 in the second quarter. Goals by Shasky and Evans narrow, ed the gap. The Crusaders came close to shutting the difference to 37 to 36 right at the end of the third quarter. Austin took a pass off an SM rebound of a Prospect missed shot. The Medford player turned and fired a long one-hander which went through the hoop. But officials ruled the ball left Austin's hands after time had run out. . Terry Gardner Hurt Prospect suffered a blow when Terry Gardner, brother of Craig, fell and hurt his knee with 6V6 minutes yet to play in the second quarter. He was replaced by rugged Chuck Poole. Terry was back in the game at the start of the second half, contributing some fine work under the boards and serving as a cog in the Cougar team play. Shasky and Evans did some rugged rebound work for St. Mary's but the Cougars fre quently had good position for retrieving the ball and the Prospect gang generally had the better of it in the scram bles. Lost balls were a Cru sader bugaboo., St. Mary's won the junior varsity preliminary 30 to 23. Prospect, however, led at the quarters 13 to 5, 16 to 7 and 22 to 21. BOX: . Prospect Fitch ft pr TP 5-3 2 11 J-0 1 4 3-0 1 0 11-7 0 10 11-7 1 17 0-0 0 2 Payne T. Gardner , C. Gardner , Chapman ... Poole Total IS 31-17 9 93 St. Mary's Knutson ... Evans FG . S . 6 . 3 FT PF TP 3-0 3 12 0-0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Shasky Austin , 3 Calhoun 3 Elliott 0 BertaK o Burich 1 Lewis 0 Totals 22 M J. Heicrcea warren ana Perkins hole against Cyril Tollcy in the British Amateur he laid Tolley a stymie and took the title." Corcoran, who made a mil lion dollar business out of the men's pro tour, guides the lady professionals and drew up the format' for the International Golf and Canada Cup matches, thinks that the new things are good for the game. Along these lines he praises this year's inaugural Selective Drive Tournament at Sebring, won by Jim Turncsa and Gloria Armstrong, and the Par-Three Invitational at Palm Beach In which Louise Suggs whipped a dozen men profes sionals, Better Short Gam "I've always contended that from 60 yards Into the green the woman pros are better players than the men," he grinned. "It's a cinch they are better putters. Well, Louise proved it by beating the men In that par-three tournament. Imagine what It would draw if she played the winner of a match between the U.S. Open and PGA champions." But he sees the match be tween the Open and PGA Schools Clinch Tourney Spots Portland-fljril-Ccntral Catlv ollc high won a state tourna' mcnt berth Tuesday night by defeating Centennial 62-45 in Metro league action. Grant edged Wilson 40-38 for its 17th straight PIL vic tory to clinch at least a tie for the 1961 city title. Both teams already are in the A-l tourney. Tillamook also won a tour ney spot Tuesday night with 69-59 win ovtr McMinnville. WXX -;; .feV : ' ' VARIED ASSIGNMENTS Walt Alston, right, manager of the Los Angeles Dodger, ssys he may call on Gil Hodges, left, to fill siPdDiHnrs Team, Player Listed for SO Higinbotham Loval Higinbotham of Cra ter high, with, 25 points against Medford last week end, became the second player among those in Southern Ore gon conference basketball to go over the 300 mark. ' Higinbotham's total is 301. In the meantime, Medford's Bob Quinney is approaching 400. He now has 374 for 18 games this season. With Wally Palmberg and Bruce Brickner of Kla"iath Falls sidelined, by appendi citis and mumps, respective ly, Quinney and Higinbotham have pulled well ahead in TEAM STATISTICS: W. 1" l-ct. ' Klamath Fall 17 , 1 .004 1204 Medford 14 5 .737 1232 Grants Pass 10 8 .556 1008 Crater 0' 10 .000 713 Ashland 0 10 .000 713 TOP 20 PLAYERS: Games Team Played Bob Quinney. Medford in Loyal Higinbotham, Crater ....18 urllu Pnlmhtrff. F-Falls 15 Gary Patzke, K-Falls 18 Bruce uriCKner, jv-rttiin Clyde Murray, Grants Pass ....19 Dick Ransdale. Medford 19 Sid DeBoer, Ashland 19 Jim Barry, Medford 19 Dennis Edwards, Crater 19 .Tin, nnvls. Grants Pass 19 Larry Janssen. Grants Pass ....14 Fred Bienn. jwans ; Rnh Lewollvn. Grants Pass ....19 Lou Alvares, Crater ..19 ..19 Scott Eaton, meoiora Dave Hauntz Grants Pass Gale Tepper, Ashland Hay Taylor. K-Falls Stan Dowson, Medford ...... Jim Allen, Crater ...19 ...18 ...18 43 ...19 '41 ) ' ' ...18 15 ...IS 19 ...13 9 ...16 8 ...15 10 .17 9 ...15 7 ...14 4 Bruce Bray Howard Brown Steve Hoots George Clearwater Mike Hood Bob Schrocder John Tlchenor Additional Crater I'layeri) Tom White Brvson L.ai-asse Mike Gllncs Jeff Anhorn Ron Bcman .. All outers if PJifff.'n hv "j.7rv Ackicn;-sports champions almost as a "must" in the future. "This is the kind of thing golf fans want to see, he argued. "Look back and see what golf fans remember. They don't talk about Jones winning a medal play tourna ment during his Grand Slam. But they still talk about Walter Hagen beating Jones at Sarasota in 1926. It's that head-and-head drama which draws them." ! Makes Switch The PGA switched its match play championship to medal piny a few years back on the grounds that unknowns who reached the finals didn't draw flics. Smaller fields and longer matches would elimi nate such situations, the Bos ton Irishman Insists, and the golf bug is so eager for match play today that he'd probably patronize even a dark horse finale. "The way they flocked to see Snead and Palmer is a case in point," he said. And, speaking of that match, Just before it started Palmer took an appreciative glance at the gallery and said in an aside to Snead: "Sam, this is a tremendous crowd." The practical Snead looked them over as if counting every one and replied with pecuniary hopefulness: "It is if they all paid." ffiH QSnnED MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. , ' "... Statistics Circuit; Passes 300 both the full season and league total point tabulations. Quinney tops league scoring with 277 and Higinbotham has 216. Totals of Palmberg and Brickner have remained at 163 and 133. Ahead of the two now are Pelican teammate Gary Patzke with 151, Clyde Murray of Grants Pass with 149, Dick Ragsdale of Med ford with 144 and Jim Barry of Medford with 136. Palmberg's 255 is still third high for the full season and Patzke has pulled even with Brickner at 229 each.. - W. L. 12 0 0 4 8 3 0 13 0 13 Pet. PF PA 1.000 803 538 .692 886 644 .615 772 694 .000 481 ' 908 .000 4B1 908 r 1 862 904 1015 1230 1230 Total Points FTA K Season Cont'e 125 41 374 277 153 52 301 216 82 47 255 183 131 31 229 151 71 36 229 133 64 58 204 . 149 49 51 108 144 go 46 182 131 63 49 177 136 75 58 170 109 52 47 149 110 56 34 149 85 60 37 141' 78 99 61 130 91 47 32 130 84 36 ' 32 124 97 56 50 119 102 43 30 119 92 4B 45 107 ' 65 35 26 104 60 30 23 103 59 44 19 57 4 28 14 32 12 . 24 7 34 21 19 13 29 22 11 10 27 24 9 18 22 16 11 7 17 7 12 15 13 11 50 46 89 S.l 56 49 83 70 27 32 63 48 14 16 48 27 13 11 12 H 8 24 16 10 FG 1JU 94 76 91 76 79 64 70 47 40 editor, Grants Pass Dally Courier.) Ninth Grader Toga at Stake Southern Oregon conference freshmen honors in basketball could be resolved Thursday afternoon when McLoughlin ninth grade of Medford enter tains Crater. Each has suffered just two setbacks in counting competi tion. Crater will conclude its season while McLoughlin still will have two games to play. Game time is 4 p.m. . McLoughlin meets Klamath Falls here at 1 p.m. Saturday and opposes Ashland on Thursday, March 2. Hedrick of Medford takes on Ashland there this Friday and will go to South Grants Pass on March 3. ' Hedrick's eighth and sev enth grader Whites also go to Ashland this Friday and the Reds meet the McLoughlin Golds at Hedrick. McLoughlin eighth and seventh grade Blacks meet Central Point clubs Friday. LOSE HIGH SCORER Montreal (UPD High-scoring Dickie Moore of the Montreal Canadiens will be sidelined with a fractured left foot for a "minimum of three weeks" the club revealed. Moore, whose 69 points make hiin the fourth highest scorer in the National Hockey league, was injured Saturday night in a collision with New York Ranger defenseman Irwin Spencer. USD 3 iJ8JS' , if 4 ' a utility role as first baseman, outfielder or catcher this season. Gil is learning to wield all three gloves. (UPI Telephoto) SF Giants Kept Away By Strike Phoenix, Ariz. (UPB - The San Francisco Giants opened spring training under the des ert sun today - with only 10 players on hand. The plane strike has result ed in players being stranded all over North and Latin America, and the squad mem bers were expected to strag gle in during the next few days. Among the missing was manager Alvin Dark, last heard from in Chicago where he was trying to make plane or train connections. Two veterans were among the 10 players present. One was pitcher Mike McCormick and the other Willie McCov ey. The latter broueht smiles to the Giant management by reporting in at 205 pounds. He floated in to camp last spring weighing 230 pounds and later went on to hit only .Zdtf in tne campaign. 61st Spring Training It marked the 61st consec utive year that the Giants (New York and San Francis co variety) had launched spring training. Only four players still, have not signed their 1961 pacts. They include pitchers Juan Marichal, Jack Sanford and Billy Loes and infielder Jim my Marshall, Club officials expect Mari chal to sign soon since he was reported trying to catch 'W - .C l-'--A:i-l:i'fvV, - Willi v. Jr T Miracle at spot marked X lc happens every day. Advertising builds mass demand. Produc tion goes up costs come down. More people can buy more jobs are created.' These are the ingredients of economic growth. Each stimulates the next in a cycle of productivity and plenty which constantly creates a better life for you. Medford Mail Tribune Chieftains Have Another Chance To Bolster Record United Press International Seattle, new kingpin of the Northwest independents, gets a chance to get another length ahead of its rivals when it faces Idaho State tonight. The red-hot Chieftains have improved their record to 15-7, while Oregon State and Ore gon have faded to 13-9 and 12-9 respectively. Seattle may be in line for a NCAA at large spot if it continues its fine play of late. : Gonzaga is at Montana State in more Northwest ac tion tonight while San Fran cisco State and the improving Cal Aggies square off in a Far West conference game. Cougars Win The two also rans in the Northwest, Idaho and Wash ington State, met Tuesday night with the Cougars emerg ing on top 77-63. Terry Ball; one of the West's top shot makers, meshed 21 while Ida ho's Ken Maren scored 15 to lead his team. BASKETBALL TUK8DAV COLI.FGK GAMES United Press International EAST Westminster 85. Pittsburgh 68 Boston Col. 69. Boston U. 59 Temple 69, Manhattan 59 SOUTH Kentucky 60, Vanderbilt 39 Geo. Tech 60, Tenn. 59 MIDWEST Drake 110. Omaha 49 SOUTHWEST ,, Texas 81, Rice 79 Tex. Tech 98, Baylor 81 WEST Pacific 80, Willamette 68 Washington St. 77, Idaho 63 Oregon Tech 93, S. Oregon 60 S. Fran. City 49, Sacramento C. 35 ' Loyola 73. S. D. State 47 Portland St. 52. OCE 44 Portland Frosh 71, Clark JC 67 plane out of Ciudad Trujillo for Phoenix, but the olher three players remain unyield ing to all Giant offers. WHEN YOU NEED BEARINGS call SP 2-5227 ON-THE-SHELF 5TUCK5 TORRINQTON LINK BELT FAFNIR HYATT I NATIONAL SEALS LUBRICO GREASES NEW DEPARTURE 7SEALMASTER-TIMKEN 5PIROLOX Cast Loyola sauntered to a 73-47 win in a non-league contest against outclassed San Diego State. Jerry Grote hit 20 for the Lions, who now have a 16-6 record this year. :,t.V:.'.v:v:::iv:-;;v..-;.v..'. ,.v,,ta,..w.-." e itSj y VOL(SW,.(( of MCflO, IN( In 1949 Volkswagen sold 2 cars , in the U.S.A. What a kidding the owners of those two VWi must have taken. But they had something to sus tain them. 32 m,p,g. An air-cooled rear engine thai never boiled over or froze, and that carried them land their stranded neighborsl up icy hills. They fiercelydefended the beetle shape against a thousand jokes. And finally, they had the sweet . satisfaction of seeing one' kidder after another ' turn up with a new VW. IIn 1960 alone", around . 185,000 Americans bought VWs including ; station wagons and trucks.l ! .. .' Those '49ers must be pleased: then- VWs we still in style, and they can get parts replaced , quickly and inexpensively. IW have literally thousands of parts on hand to fit any year VWJ Now that you know a few of the reasons why rhe VW has been such a phenomenal success, we suggest you come in and drive one yourself. MORSE MOTORS i t u..ii I ml orn ana ivy mearora Let's Redlands won its second straight Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic con ference title with a 79-52 win over Cal Tech. The Bulldogs outstanding forward, Jack Schroeder, swished 19 points. Whittier breezed to an 88 70 win over Pomona in an other SCIAC battle in which Paul Collier scored 23 for the victors. i m a ewi MTH0i rnon sr i ..maiei nils HSU Keep Rolling Ahead i :!