Tornado Plays Ashlanders,
Grants Pass; Crater Will
Be Host To Klamath Falls
Week end objective of the
Medford High school basket
ball team Nail down a berth
in the Oregon Class A-l tourn
ament. To do this to clinch a
third trip, if it is to be ac
complished this week the
Black Tornado must subdue
both Ashland and Grants Pass.
Medford vies at Ashland on
Friday evening and entertains
the GP Cavemen at Hedrick
gym here on Saturday night.
Klamath Falls, in two week
end encounters, will aim to
sew up the Southern Oregon
conference District 6 A-l
championship. The Pelicans
meet Crater at Central Point
AAV MEET HERE
A southern Oregon dist
rict AAU basketball play
off is scheduled with Satur
day and Sunday contests
at Hedrick Junior High
school gymnasium here,;
Entrants will include
Wooden Shoe of Medford,.
Roundup of Klamath Falls,
Coquille, Drain and Rose
burg. Wooden Shoe is the
second place team in the
Southern Oregon Independ
ent league and represents
this area because the loop
leader. Southern Oregon
college junior varsity did
not desire to enter.
on Friday night and are Sat
urday hosts' to Ashland. Kla
math already has secured one
of the two District 6 state
tourney spots.
Crater and Ashland are out
of the running but would en
joy spoiler roles. There's little
that they can spoil for the
Pels, however, except pres
tige. Klamath is strongly fav
ored in both its week end
scuffles but has run into
trouble consistently on Cra
ter's home court before top
ping the Comets.
Crucial Games
For Medford, although both
games are crucial, a victory
over Grants Pass means the
most. The Cavemen, who have
taken one of the three previ
ous tangles from the Tornado,
are just one game behind the
Tornado in the conference
standings. If the Climate city
club is fired and clicking like
it was in the last meeting at'
Grants Pass, when the Cave
men won, then. Medford will
have a rousing battle on its
hands.
Coach Frank Roelandt of
the Medford team had little
to report from practice ses
sions this week except to say
that his contingent is in good
physical health. Veterans Bob
Quinney, Dick Ragsdale and
Jim Barry are rather certain
to be starters. Roelandt was
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not ready to list the possibles
for the other spots until after
today's work. It'll likely be
a choice from among Scott
Eaton, Stan Dowson, Mike
Hood, Steve Hoots and George
Clearwater. Ashland likely
will employ a platoon syetem
again with duties among 10
men. Grants Pass, with just
one game on the week end
will have a starter combine
from among Clyde Murray,
Jim Davis, Dave Hauntz, Jim
Hamilton, Mel Atkins, Jim
Blacksmith and Bob Lewel
lyn. Crater's club may be from
among Loyal Higinbotham,
Mike Glines, Louis Alvarez,
Tom White, Dennis Edwards,
Jim Allen and Jeff Anhorn.
At Klamath Falls, Bruce
Brickner, who had the mumps,
and Wally Palmberg, who had
an appendectomy, are back
with the Pelicans. Brickner's
duty will be much limited
and Palmberg likely, too, will
see just part time service.
Fred Biehn, suffered a split
hand this week. The split, in
practice, occurred between
the index and middle fingers
and required stitches.
Among the KF players who
could be starters are Gary
Patzke, Ray Taylor, Kent
Hunsaker, Sherm Allen and
Wayne Dennis.
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LAKE OFFERS ICEBOATING Lake of the
Woods is offering recreation this winter.
Two Medford men have been testing ice
boats there with success and more Medford
enthusiasts are reported building craft with
the hope of racing next winter. The Medford '
men, Lee Hobbs and John Chipin, each have
constructed iceboats, skeletal and ghostly
craft of wood, wire and sail that can streak
at high speeds when wind is right. Hobbs is
pictured here. The boat is just over 10 feet
long and seven feet wide. Its mast is IB feet
high. With a 20-mile per hour crosswind,
it can attain a speed of 40 miles per hour.
Hobbs and Chipin are looking forward to
better road conditions. They have been
traveling the Dead Indian rd. on four-wheel
drive vehicles. Ice was 9 inches thick on the
lake at the winter peak and ideal for boat
ing. (Charles M. Van photo)
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1901
Western
NCAA
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. By MIKE HUDSON Vvl
United Press international
. ! As the season enters its f i
nal month, lots" take a look at
how the western , regional i
NCAA basketball tournament
shapes up,, . - - , .
Four teams will battle at
Portland March 17 and" 18
with the winner going' for all
the marbles in) the national
semifinals and finals at Kans
as City March 24 and 25:' -.
California has , dominated
western basketball completely
for the past two years and has
finished, first and second, in
the nationals.'. . .' ! '.
But the Bears have slumped
out of sight this season which
shbuld-'lead to a wide-open
scramble. among many other
fine. teams. v- .''.''.';:''.'--
Two - teams . automatically.
qualify ior the Portland
tournament They are the win
ner of the Skyline conference
andi the winner, oi the West
Coast,- ' Athletic ' '. conference,
who V who square: off in .the
upper bracket at rPortland.
Utah clings to a half-game
lead 'in . the Skyline battle
with a '9-1 mark. The season
record of the tall Utes is 17-5
and onlyv Colorado State at
9-2 has a , chance to keep Utah
from heading for Portland.
The 1 West Coast Athletic
conference is a scramble de
luxe. ': ... -V.-V .', ' ..';"
Although USF (6-1) leads
Loyola (8-2) .'.and ' St. -Mary's
(5-2); Lioyala must rate as the
favorite.; The Lions have only
home contests against patsies
UOP and Pepperdine remain
ing, while USF and St.
Mary's have a ragged sched
ule including tough tests this
week end. ,
Friday USF hosts classy
Santa Clara and St. Mary's
goes calling on San Jose State.
Saturday, the Gaels and Dons
collide in a big one at Oak
land Auditorium while the
idle Lions lick their chops.
Three or four teams com
pete for the two other open
ings at Portland. Preliminary
contests are scheduled March
13, 14, or 15 at suitable gyms.
The Border conference
champion almost certain to
be Arizona State meets an
at-Iarge team for one spot.
The Big Five winner either
gets a bye or faces a second
at-large team for the fourth
niche at Portland. It depends
on whether officials feel a
second at-large team deserves
a chance.
USC has a healthy lead in
the Big Five with a 6-2 record.
The Trojans meet Oregon
State in a pair of non-league
games at Corvallis this week
Eddie Machen
Stops Sawyer
Stockton, Calif. - flJPD - Port
land's, highly-rated Eddie Ma
chen knocked out Garvin Saw
yer of New York in the fifth
round of a scheduled 10-round
heavyweight fight here Wed
nesday night. . r
Machen- weighed 195, Saw
yer 200.
Machen scored the knock
out with a straight right just'
before the bell. "
Machen, ranked among the
top five heavyweight contend,
ers in the world by Ring
Magazine and the National
Boxing association, knocked
Sawyer down in the fourth
with a left hook and used a
left hook again to deck him
in the fifth before the knock-,
out.
end. Second-place Washing Ion
still ' entertains dim title I
dreams with a 6-4 Record, .but
ine,.,--.icam , given ! the'-, bestj
cha'neeo stop the Trojan art'-'
pears to be third-place .yCLA,
s-s. me Bruins have punish
ing Big five tests this week!
end at they invade the gyms
of California and Stanford..
-They', must,.. win both games
;ancj take; care of Troy- March
3 a .tall. order.-. ' i
Seattle .Dumps' Bengals -; ., - "'
-.1 oeaiue.'iooK a giant striae
toward an at-large invitation
Wednesday night .when it-invaded
Idaho State and emerg.
ed . wUlu'a ' 64-57 victory. The
wirrgavs the;Chia tains a 16-7
recordT best in the Northwest.
and Bhapped an, ll-game; Wiri'-
sireaic tor ;tne tsengais.-; "-'
; - In olHer games1 Wednesday
night, . Gonzaga's Frank -Bur
gess -top scorer- in the nation
had another Big hight.lni a
losing effort. Burgess hit 39
points, but, his Bulldogs-fell
before Montana "Stale!, 97-80 -A
Montana State hosts. Seattle
Friday night ih.'a final acid
test for the Chieftains; i'V
San F-rancisco State rolled
to' an 88-69 win over the Cal
Aggies on a Far West confer
ence game. Chapman won its
13th game in its last 16 starts
with an 84-80 win over Occi
dental, Orange County defeat
ed San; Diego U, 80-68.
Pro Cagers
Have Battle
United Press International
There's no doubt National
Basketball association fans are
getting their money's worth
this season-plenty of slick
ballplaying in between the
fist fights:; 1
Another poor imitation of
a: championship fight took
place--Wednesday-night in the
Detroit-New, York game when
Bob' Ferry of the Pistons and
Richie Guerjri of the Knicker
bockers'' '-sciunred off. Perry
was floored twice, but remain-,
ed in the'game? i,
A The battle':- which embtied
both' benches, ' was just one
of many this season in the
'volatile' NBA. Ray Felix of
Los Angeles has had it out
with Walter Dukes of Detroit
and jMike Farmer of Cincin
nati; and .George. .Lee of De
troit broke the jaw of Knick
Kenny Scars.- -
-jinThe Pistons broke out of a
rseven-guifrie losing streak by
edging N,ew York,. 123-117, in
the -night-cap of ;' a'" ' Detroit
dpliblchoader1.1 after Philadel
phia squeaked past Cincin
nati;' 132-131.
' In the' only other NBA ac
tion, the Lakers beat Boston
handily, 105-93, at Los An
geles, as Elgin Baylor pulled
the "hat trick," leading both
teams in scoring (38), rebound
ing (24) and assists (14). '
RELEASED
Portlands WW - Daryi Wcst-
erficid, first line catcher of
the Portland Beavers of the
Pacific Coast league last sea
son, has .been given his out
right, release.
Age Limit
Hipped for
Bctseballers
Eugene - Oregon Junior
Baseball association has in
creased its age classification
to include 16 year old boys.
This change, to be effective be
ginning with the 1961 baseball
season, was approved at the
annual winter meeting of the
association in Eugene.
In other items of business,
Dean Brown of Eugene was
reelected president and Bob
Robertson of Corvallis was
elected secretary - treasurer.
Dates for the 12th annual
"state tournament" were set
for Aug. 11, 12 and 13. Site
for the 1961 tourney, held in
Eugene the past two years has
not been named.
Legion Age Boosted '
The lop age limit for this
youth baseball program lias
been changed because, of the
eight-month, increase in age
classification recently an
nounced by the American Le
gion Junior Baseball- league.
Due to . the Junior, Legion
change many 16 year old boys
will now be unable to make a
"Legion team." The Increase
in age limits by the OrcEon
Junior Baseball association is
made to provide this 18-year-old
boy an opportunity to par
ticipate in an organized and
recognized summer baseball
program.
The new age eligibility rule
reads, "Any boy whose birth
date is on or after Jan. 1, 1945
is eligible for participation in
the Oregon Junior Baseball as
sociation for. the 1961 season."
Policy on expansion of this
association is an open .one.
Any y community desiring , to
enter a team for participation
in, one of the eight stale dis
tricts may apply for admission
to the Oregon Junior Baseball,
association, 1345 East 22nd
ave., Eugene, Oregon, or di
rectly to any district commissioner.
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