2 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. , .
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Untied Press InternaUonal
-Miami Beach, Fla. Casslus
ifilav, ion (t, Loulsvlllt, stooped
Donnii Fleeman, 1B, Dalles, Tm.
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$" Trenton. N. J. Mel Collins
SiSTtt. Trenton, N. J., outpointed
Johnny Hopkins, ISOV.i Phlladel-
In 110).
Oakland, Calif.
Lull Rndrl-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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