B
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1961
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Black Tornado Bops Cavemen
To Clinch A-1 Tourney Berth
SOUTIIKRN OHKGON
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
W. 1.. Pet.
Klamath Falls 13 1 .020
Medford 11 888
Granti Paa B fl .371
Crater 4 10 .2B6
Aihland 0 13 .000
- With ' Jim Barry surely
throw record and reportedly
three short of the Btate stand
ard, Medford high's Black
rornaao oasKeiDau aggrega
tion earned its third consec
utive trip to the Oregon Class
A-1 tournament by thrashing
Grants Pass here Saturday
night 75 to 44.
; Barry had a perfect night
at the free throw stripe, hemp
lng 18 without a miss. A bet
ter mark cannot be recalled
in the Southern Oregon con
. ference, ,.. ' '. .. ' ." .
Along with the free shots,
Barry had two field goals. He
and Tornado teammate Bob
Quinney, who had 10 field
buckets ad two Tree heaves,
tied for high scoring laurels
with 22 points each.
Medford recorded its de
cisive win, its third in four
games with the Cavemen with
a 21-point first quarter and a
22-marker third. It was ap
parent early that this was
Medford s game and that the
Tornado once more was "go
ing to State." Strong Big
Wind defense was major con
tributor to triumph.
Grants Pass could make
that shopworn remark, "we
couldn't buy a bucket." But,
it was mainly because Med
ford was not selling many.
Tornado defenders kept well
on top the men they guarded
Especialy, in the early going
MEMWWLStiTiuBinn
Pelicans Tuck Away Loop
Banner, Defeat Ashland
Trinmnlh T?all Klamath
Union High school, its hopes
f o narfont rpr-lirrl SOUthcm
Oregon conference basketball
season, wrecked i riaay ay
Crater, overcame the stubborn
challenge of cellarite Ashland
here Saturday night to wrap
up - lone possession of the
league and District 6 titular
banner. -v:.
The Pelicans subdued the
Grizzlies 87 to 54, running
away in the final stanza after
a close three quarters.
' Klamath brought lis loop
standing to 13-1 with two
games left next week end.
That's 2V4 games ahead of
Medford (11-4) which has Just
one tangle remaining on Its
Arn Palmer
Golf Victor
'5 Baton Rouge-IUPII- Pressure
player Arnold Palmer, the
guy who UBes golf clubs with
the finesse of a virtuoso, was
top the golfing world today
after running away from the
field to register a record 72
hole total of 266 In the $20,
000 Baton Rouge Open.
Palmer, the defending
champion, was tied for the
lead at 65 in the first round
but the rest of the Held fal
tered as he shot sub - par
rounds of 65-87-88-66. Only
one other golfer in the tour
ney, second place finisher
Wcs Ellis Jr played all four
rounds below par. Ellis, seven
strokes back, had rounds of
68-68-68-80-273. Par on the
8,700-yard Sherwood Forest
course was 70.
Behind Ellis were Johnny
Pott, Buster Cuplt and Gary
Player -all bunched at 274.
Burke was all alone at 278
nd then came Bob Nichols
t 277. ' ". .
Coast League
Winner May
Play Japanese
San Diego - IUPD - The win
ner of the Pacific Coast
league pennant this year may
meet, the Japanese baseball
champions in a post season
cries, Eddie Lelshman, gen
eral manager of the San Diego
Padres, has disclosed.
Leishman said Pacific Coast
league president Dewey Sori
ano has called a meeting in
Seattle' March 4 to discuss the
nlan and other matters. Fi
nances would be the big prob
lem, he indicated
He said the series with the
Japanese would start Oct. 10,
but he does not know where
the games would be played
Soriano commented, "When
I think of the cost, I really
don't see how it could be
worked out. The winning
team would have to sit around
month and wait for the start
of the series. Who is going to
pay salaries for that time, plus
trans portation and other
costs?
regular season slate and
that with the Pels on Satur
day night.
Against the Grizzlies, tne
Pelicans did not have things
much their way until late in
the third quarter. With five
minutes gone in that panel,
Klamath led by just 51 to 45.
At the end of that canto they
had upped to 60 to 47. Until
the KF gang shot away in the
final chukker, the action
marked the best play of the
season for t h e Grizzlies
against the Pels.
Klamath had 17 to 14 edge
at the quarter and 36 to 30
difference at the half. There
were ' ties of 24-all and 26
each In the second quarter be
fore the Pelicans went ahead
to stay. In the third canto KF
lengthened to 45 to 36 but
Ashland cut the deficit to four
points at 45 to 41, Ashland
had an early, lead of 4 to, 2.
The score was tied at 4-all
and KF had just a scant gap
of 11 to 10 before going to
first period margin.
Klamath got going after
Jerry Hauck. one of the taller
Ashlanders, was removed
temporarily because of four
fouls. The Pels kept fresh by
shuttling players in and out of
the action. They built a 71
to 51 spread to outscore Ash
land 16 to 3 in the last four
minutes.
In the jayvee mix, KF beat
a cold shooting Ashland club
58 to 25 with 14 to 4, 34 to 7
and 48 to 15 quarter counts.
Dave Stipplch had 16 points
and Bob Dearing and Grover
Dahn each 14 for Klamath
and Tod Hess nine for Ash
land. 1 -
The Pels also took the
sophomore mix 63 to 36 with
13 to 9, 27 to 18 and 43 to
20 quarters, Bob Piper scored
18 for the victors and John
Polk 12 for the Grizzlies
Prep Basketball
SATURDAY GAMKS
Klamath FalU 87, Ashland M
Soulh Eugene 311. Willamette 39
Medford 75, Grant Puss 44
- Astoria fiS. Cl.ckamns 42
North Bend SS, Cottage Grave 50
Mpnngueia 43, 'lnursion 44
Rcwehura. SS, Marshfteld 44
Sutherlln 83. Glendale 40
Madras 62, Mllton-Kreewater 70
' Eimtra 71, uaitridjie 40
Condon 02, Sherman 52
Star of Sea 45. Knappa 42
Riddle 68. Oakland .18
Coqullle 55, Myrtle creek 33
Sacred Heart (Klamath Fall! 92.
Malln 42
Chiloquln 87. Bonanza 40 (Klamath-Lake
County championship)
Monroe 41, Crow 23
Glide 54, Douglas 43
Spray 58. Uktah 3D
Long Creek 51, Dayville 42
. Mt. Vernon 48. Prairie Cltv 43
Cascade Locks 67, Mosler 45
BEAVER STILL UNBEATEN
Corvallis - tUPB - Oregon
Slate's wrestling team remain
ed unbeaten against collegi
ate conmpetition Saturday
with a 20-6 win over Oregon.
box:
Ashland
Hauck .....1...
L. Pierce ...
Brownson .
DeBoer .......
Johnson
Vorl
Dostcr .......
Herijtes .......
R. Pierce ...
Molt
G. Tepper
FO
0-fl
..17-7
.. 0-0
..ia-5
.. 1-0
.. 3-1
.. 0-0
.. 0-0
.. 0-0
.. 0-0
.. 4-1
FT PFTP
n-7 4 17
0-0
o-o
li-o
0-0
2-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
5-3
3 14
I 0
3 in
0 0
4 2
1 0
1
0
Totals 45-19 26-18 10 54
Klamath Falls FO FT PFTP
Pattke 7-3 10-4 3 10
Hunsaker 7-2 2-1 , 1 s
Bricknor 1B-10 1-10 21
Allen ; 1-0 0-0 0 0
Lapsley 0-3 1-0 18
Biehn 7-5 3-2 2 12
Pa mbera- 11-5 1-1 3 11
Taylor 10-5 8-8 4 1(1
Dennis 7-2 2-2 2 8
Dearing 0-0 0-0 I 0
Brlsbon 2-0 1-0 10
Sllppich 0-0 0-0 0
tjORHiay u-u u-ii u
Totals ...78-35 29-17 17 87
Lakers Spurred
By Jerry West
NBA STANI11NOS
Eastern Division
W.' I.. Pet
Boston 48 21 .700
Philadelphia 41 29 .586
Syracuse 36 33 .323
New York 20 30 .288
Western Division
w. I.. Pet.
X-St. LOUIS 43 26 .634
Los Angeles 32 38 .437
Detroit 30 41 .423
Cincinnati 29 44 .307
By United Press International
Credit Jerry West of Los
Angeles with an assist that
lowered Boston's magic num
ber to 2 In the Celtics' drive
for their fifth straight Eastern
Division title in the National
Basketball association.
West, an All-American at
West Virginia last season, hit
a personal high of 38 points
In the NBA that helped Los
Angeles to a 121-116 victory
over Philadelphia Sunday.
Boston Increased its lead to
eight games over the second
place Warriors by defeating
Detroit, 113-99. Syracuse rap
ped New York, 136-110, and
St. Louis romped over Cin
cinnati, 148-122, In other con
tests. . "
Corvallis - IUPII - Oregon's
swimming team defeated Ore
gon State 50-44 Saturday and
the Oregon Frosh dewned tin
OSC Rooks 58-27.
the Cavemen got few good
shots at the hoop. Most of
their field tries were forced
Medford qualified for the
A-1 championship classic by
eliminating Grants Pass in the
skirmish for the second-berth
from District 6. Tornado vic
tory gave it an 11-4 conference
standing. Grants Pass is 8-6,
The Cavemen have two games
remaining on their schedule.
Medford has but one.
For the Cavemen, after a
considerable build up for the
game during the week,- the
loss was a big letdown. They
just never could get started
against a Tornado determined
to make the'anual trip to Eu
gene. Field Goal Drouths
. Grants Pass didn't get a field
goal until Dave Hauntz hit a
pusher just before the first
quarter ended.- Three an one-
fourth minutes were played
before GP hit from the field
in the second panel and the
Cavemen went almost BV2
minutes with out a fielder in
Approximately 70 reserv
ed isction tickets for the
Medford-Klamaih Union
high basketball game at
Klamath Falls next Satur
day night will go on sal
Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at the
Medford senior high office.
It is stressed thai no general
admission tickets will be
sold at the door at Klamath
and that no person will be
admitted to the gam with
out a ticket.
the third session. And, the
free shot they got were not
enough to keep them in con
tention.
The Tornadoes had quarter
margins of 21 to 4, 37 to 17
and 59 to 27. They were 34
points ahead at 59 to 25,
Medford dominated every
department of the game which
contributes toward winning.
The Tornado hit 22 field buc
kets in 55 efforts for a re
spectable. 400. GP had 11 to
49 for .224. Headed by Barry
MHS sank 31 of 39 free tries
and Grants Pass 22 of 32.
38 to 24 Rebounds
The Tornado had 38 re
bounds to Grants Pass's 24.
Steve Hoots and Quinney each
made eight retrieves and Stan
Dowson six, topping the five
each for Grants Pass by Dave
Hauntz and Lee Burton. .
Quinney .turned in some
fine assisting along with his
scoring. Ragsdale and Barry
continued their hard driving
play and Ragsdale was anoth
er top feeder.
Grants Pass won the junior
conflict 52 to 41 after a Med
ford midway edge of 20 to 17.
Medford came from behind in
the last quarter of the sopho
more mix to take it 51 to 48.
Norman- Sturgill had ' 11
points for GP and Mike Neat-
hamer 10 for Medford in the
jayvee go. Alan Hutchins had
10 points for the Grants Pass
sophs while Darryl Stockton
and Mike Rallton had 12-each
for Medford and Dennie Sal
yers scored 11. Score was 11-
all after one quarter for the
sophs. GP led 30 to 29 at the
half and 42 to 37 at the third
quarter halt..
BOX:
Grants Pass FO
Haunl7 f 6-3
Hamilton, f .... 2-0
Murray, c 11-2
Blacksmith, g 3-1
Lewellyn. g .. 3-0
Slurgilt 0-0
Davis .'. 3-1
Atkins ..1 1-0
Burton 7-3
Mllleman 0-1
FT Rll PFTP
7-6
0-0
3-3
6-3
3-1
0-0
8-6
0-0
3-3
0-0
Totals
Mcdlord
Hoots t ..
Dowson. I
Quinney. f ....
Marry, g .
Ragsdale, I
Katon
Hood
Tlchcnor .
Clearwater
Melntyre .
Hrown
Sclirocdor
Bray
.49-11 32-22 24 25 44
FT Rll PFTP
FO
2-0
4-3
...,16-10
....10-2
... 0-2
... 2-0
... 2-1
... 2-2
... 3-2 '
... 2-0
... 0-0
... 1-0
... 0-0 ,.
3-3
4-1
2-2
18-18
1-1
7-4
4-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
3
2 7
1 21
, 2 22
4 .5
1 4
3 4
Totals S3-22 39-31 3 20 75
Referees Williams and sutphln.
JAYVKF. LINKUPS:
32 orants Pass Medford 41
F 8 Shcpard Ndathamer 10
F 7 Bonzon Forde 3
C 8 Woodman Sander 8
G 3 Roddick Miles
G 11 stum It Defflev
Substitutions For Grants Pass,
O'Lcary 2, Lindquist 6, Benner 7:
For Mcdtorn, wmio Miicneii a,
Lowery 1, Laurance 2,
SOIMIOMOHE LINKUPS:
51 Medford Oranls Pass 4X
F 7 Bold Hutchins 20
F 11 Salvers Kc ler
C 7 Farmworth Scott 4
G 12 Stockton Furguson 7
G 12 Rallton Thompson 10
Substitutions For Medford,
snaw 2, buger: tor uranis rass,
Kclseckcr 7, DeCourccy.
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Ohio State
Buckeyes
Must Wait
By GARY KALE
United Press International
Poor Ohio State has to wait
until Saturday to clinch a Big
Ten title and an accompany
ing NCAA basketball tourna
ment berth.
Poor, poor North Carolina
already has won a regular
season conference champion,
ship, but has no place to dis
play its talents.
Top-ranked Ohio Stale, de
fending NCAA champ, was
assured of at least a tie for
the Big Ten crown by scoring
a 97-74 victory over Wiscon
sin during the week end. The
undefeated Bucks, 22-0 for the
season, are odds-on choices
to win their second straight
conference flag against Michi
gan State on March 4.
North Carolina gained the
Atlantic Coast conference's
pre-playoff title with a 69-66
win against eighth - ranked
Duke. The Tarheels, however,
are banned from NCAA post
season play and have with
drawn from the league play
offs. It's anybody's guess who
will win the playoffs and be
St. John's opening round op
ponent in the Eastern region
al at New York's Madison
Square Garden March 14.
Other NCAA berths are in
ference competition nears a
the offing this week as con-climax,
Thompson Wins
Stock Modified
Championship
Daytona Beac'h-IUPD -Jimmy
Thompson, veteran from Mon
roe, N.C., running on the
head end most of the way,
won the 250-mile national
modified stock car champion
ship Saturday with a record
average of 141.732 miles an
hour., , ,
Thompson won a relatively
accident-free race over the
2.5-mile Daytona Internation
al speedway, despite 27- to
35-mile-an-hour wind gusts,
to break the 116.612 m.p.h.
record established last year
by Marion Farr of Augusta,
Ga.
The Carolina driver finish
ed a half-lap ahead of Bill
Decoster of Basking -Ridge,
N.J., with Sonny Black of
Forest Park, Ga., third. Only
26 ' of the 60 starters were
running at the end of the
USC Trojans Split
WithO regon State
The Oregon State Beavers
dropped to third place among
Northwest College independ
ent basketball squads Satur
day night by dropping a hard
fought 74-68 basketball deci
sion to the sixth - ranked
Southern California Trojans.
The loss gives Oregon State
a. 14-10 record, one-half game
behind Portland's Pilots, who
new stand 14-9.
St. Mary's
Eyes WCAC
Opportunity
United Press International
Jim Weaver, coach of St.
Mary's explosive basketball
team; said today that Loyola
is "no cinch" to win the West
Coast Athletic conference
title although the Lions face
apparent patsies in their last
two games.
"You don't win on paper,"
Weaver said when reminded
that Loyola, which holds a
half game lead over St,
Mary's, can assure itself of
at least a tie for first place
by beating the feeble two
some of the University of the
Pacific Friday and Pepper
dine March 7.
Weaver's club has captured
five in a row, with one of the
victories being a 92-61 stun
ner over Loyola in the mili
tant Gael gym. They close
out regular season play
against sterner opposition,
meeting Santa Clara and San
Jose State this week end and
UOP March 7.
Not Certain
Nothing is certain in the
Big Five, either. Southern
California, loser of three out
of its last five after an eight
game win splurge, seeks to"
nail down the league cham
pionship when it plays UCLA
Friday and Stanford Satur
day. On paper, the Trojans
should make it. But they split
a pair with Oregon State in
furious non-conference action
last week end and Washing
ton . has surged into second
place after a bad start.
The Huskies face California
Friday and UCLA Saturday
in road games. Southern Cali
fornia is at home.
- Oregon State is idle until
March 10 when its meets Ore
gon in a week end series. The
Ducks visit Washington State
this Friday and Saturday.
The contest, uas 'a uiiM nnn
which saw four technical fouls
called, a fight between Ore
gon State's Ernie Johnson and
USC's Bill Martin, and a verb
al duel between USC mentor
Forest Twogood and OSC as
sistant coach Rocha.
Towel Thrown
Twogood and Rocha jawed
at each other for several min
utes near the end of the first
half. Twogood, provoked by
a sweat - drenched towel
thrown in his direction charg
ed the Beaver assistant, but
referee Al Lightner halted his
progress. It all started when
an Oregon State cheer leader
flipped the towel toward the
USC bench, a USC player
threw it onto the floor where
it was then thrown toward
Rocha. Rocha then tossed the
towel in the direction of Two-
good.
USC's Chris Appel led all
scorers with 27 points and he
was followed by teammate
John Rudomctkin who tallied
18. Oregon State's Bill Wold
paced the Beaver attack with
15.
Linfield
NW Champ
United Press International
Linfield wrapped up the
Northwest Conference basket
ball titli. Saturday night with
a 95-87 victory over cellar
dwelling Willamette. :
In other games, College of
Idaho assured itself of at least
a tie for second place by tak
ing its second in a row from
Lewis and Clark 87-79 and
Pacific dumped Whitman 75
68. Five Linfield players hit in
double figures with Gene
Carlson and John Polhemus
triggering the Wildcats' title
clinching victory with .18 and
17 points, respectively, v ;
HOCKEY
WESTERN LEAGUE,
United Press International
Portland's hockey team re
turned home after a long road
trip , Sunday, seven points
back of first place Calgary.
Portland dropped an 8-2 de
cision at Calgary Saturday
night. Spokane downed Van
couver 7t3 Saturday and lost
to Seattle 8-3 Sunday in other
week end action. .
Sportsmen Meet
The meeting of the. Cen
tral Point Sportsmen's club
scheduled for 8 o'clock to
night will be at the organ
ization's clubhouse at Cen
tral Point, It was inadver
tently stated in Sunday's
paper that the meeting
would be at another location.
Tourney Taken
By Happy Camp
Etna, Calif. - IUPII - Happy
Camp Independents won the
Etna Invitational basketball
tournament here over the
week end. Happy Camp whip
ped Etna 44 to 42 in the finals
Sunday.
Happy Camp advanced to
the finals by beating College
of the Siskiyous and Fort
Jones.
The championship game
was a seesaw battle. Happy
Camp led 14 to 10 at the end
of the first quarter. They held
a halftime lead of 25-24 and
led at the end of three frames
39-37. ;
With two minutes remain
ing the score was 42-all. Hap
py Camp stalled for 1V4 min
utes. With three seconds left
Robert Hokenson put in the
winning bucket. Hokenson
led Happy Camp scoring with
24 points. Tony Hannah led
Etna with 17.
44 Happy Camp Etna 42
T 24 Hokenson Face 7
F 4 Hamilton Dotson 12
C 10 Robberson Hannah 17
G 6 Cadola March 3
G Ragsdale Dean 1
Substitutions for Happy Camp,
Griffin, Marriot; for Etna, Gil
more 2,
Benner Paces
Rook Triumph
Corvallis - IUPII - Oregon
State's Rooks, riding along on
the one-two punch of Rex
Benner and Mel Counts, scor
ed a 55-49 basketball win over
the Multnomah Athletic club
Saturday night.
Benner, scored '21 and
Counts made 19. '
Bulldogs, Pointers
Win in Cage Games
McLoughlin of Medford
beat Central Point 35 to 19
Friday and Central Point
bounced Fremont of Klamath
Falls on Saturday in eighth
grade basketball games.
Mac had 9 to 8, 15 to 13
and 29 to 17 quarter gaps In
its tiff with CP. Larry Stock
man scored 11 points and
Curt Wyatt-10. Against Fre
mont, Larry Branch had 14
markers as Central Point led
11 to 8 and 23 to 22 for three
quarters after a 16-all half
time total. -,
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