Fanfare
. ! "We came to lee an upset,"
ltd this writer to a Crater
high faculty member Friday
night on entering the Comet
gym with hi! wife and daugn
ter to see the Central Point
chool face the state's No. 1
rated prep basketball team,
the Klamath Falls Pelicans.
' "You certainly called it
right," said the faculty mem
ber after the came."
Now, we'll have to admit
that, while our sentiments
were in the right place, our
remark was made with tongue
slightly in cheek.
OVERDUE VICTORY
: The Comets showed what
determined, aggressive, per
sistent piay combined with
fine shooting can do. In Dis
trict 6, where fans are still up
on Cloud Nine after the tri
umph of their team, there's a
note of regret that the victory
did not come earlier in the
season' in the first game with
the Pelicans at Central Point.
For, the inspiration and the
confidence gained could have
led, to a better record in the
win column than the season
tendings now show. Crater
demonstrated that potential
Triday.
.- Actually, the victory was a
bit overdue. Comet cagers tor
the put several years have
given Klamath a scare when
the clubs have met at central
Point. This time the hex went
11 the way.
Crater's shocker knocked
Klamath out of first place in
the Associated Press rating
poll but the Pelicans managed
to cling to top spot in in
Portland Oregonian and Ore
gon Journal rankings. Choice
was not unanimous, however.
WILL IT HELP?
". Around Klamath Falls, last
week end, people were say
ing, "Losing to Crater will
prove to be a good thing for
the Pelicans." Said Wayne
Scott, sports writer for the
Klamath Falls Herald and
News, "If I heart it once, I
heard it 100 times."
' I "That will depend on the
Pelicans," said Scott. "While
It's true that a defeat once in a
while can help to keep a club
from getting overconfident, or
so it's said, I can't help but
feel that it's possible for one
to learn just as much from a
win as from a loss . . . (some
thing like it's just as easy to
fall in love with a rich girl as
It is with a poor one.)"
A Southern Oregon confer
ence coach told us once, "It
never helps to lose."
At Klamath they are blam
ing overconfidence for the
Pelican defeathering at the
hands of Crater. The terrific
Big Gamble
Tonight by
Duquesne
By MARTIN LADER
United Press International
The Duquesne basketball
team is gambling its whole
season on the outcome of one
game today - but even the
Dukes must be wondering if
they've inadvertently chosen
the wrong team on the wrong
night.
The team in question is St.
Bonaventure, second-ranking
college five in the nation and
Duquesne's opponent at Pitts
burgh tonight.
Just a few days ago, mem
bers of the Duquesne squad
sent a letter to Ken Norton,
chairman of the National Invi
tation tournament selection
committee, telling him to read
the papers on March 2.
In brief, the letter read:
"We are resting our case on
the Bonnie game. . .All that
we ask is that you give us
serious consideration after
reading the papers on March
J.""
What at the time may have
served as a spur to the tournament-hopeful
Dukes is now
likely to backfire, and with
an extra-loud bang following
the nation-wide publicity the
letter received.
The power-packed Bonnies
fell victim to a shocking upset
at the hands of Niagara last
Saturday, their first home
court defeat after 99 straight
successes.
Somewhat humiliated, St.
Bonaventure is out for re
venge, and Duquesne stands
directly in the path.
Three Raiders
Enter Tourney
Ashland - A trio of South
ern Oregon college graplers
and coach Bob Bennett leave
Thursday for Seattle and the
site of the annual Pacific
Coast Intercollegiate Wres
tling tournament.
The Raider matmen close
out the season with the tour
ney appearance, which is
scheduled for this Friday and
Saturday.
The trio, Tom Parker, Rod
Napier and Jerry Hull, all ap
peared along with teammates
Bill Hartley, Ken Williams.
George Moses and Ron Mul
ls nix In the District 2 NAIA
tourney at Portland last week
end, where the SOC squad
finished low In the team scor
ing but had three third place
winWs an i one fourth.
By OICK JIWETT
Mall Tribune Jporti Editor
play of the Comets should
really get the credit. Scott
said he pointed out some time
ago that "one day Loyal Hlg-
inbotham and Louie Alvarez
would get hot on the same
night and get up and 'kill
somebody.' Well, it happen,
ed."
MUST BE RECORD
Some player in the Wilco
league In northern Oregon, we
are told, put in 21 free shots
in a game this season. But, so
far as we have been able to
learn, Jim Barry's amazing
perfect 18 for 18 from the gift
stripe against Grants Pass Sat
urday is a record in the state,
the highest total among prep
cagers for 100 per cent shoot
ing in a single game. Barry's
18 Saturday actually gave him
a siring of 20 without a miss
He made the last two of his
three free shot attempts
against Ashland on Friday,
Barry's impressive achieve
ment is far better than the
state tourney perfect mark of
10 for 10. This gift toss stand
ard was set by Burton Wil
liams. Medford, in 1953. It
has been tied by Eddie Gross-
r.bacher, Milwaukie (1956).
and Bill Maurer, North Salem
(1959).
WIND STRIKES TWICE
Said sportswriter Jerry
Acklen in the Grants Pass
Daily Courier Monday.
"Tornado-like winds struck
twice at Grants Pass High
school last week end-the first
time it took the roof off the
building on Friday and forced
school authorities to close
school for awhile, but the sec
ond time was on the basket
ball court at Medford when
the Big Wind slammed shut
the door on any chance of the
Cavemen basketeers making
the trip to Eugene next month
to participate in the state hoop
tournament."
TOO MUCH PRESSURE
Acklen says thai "probably
too much pressure was the
answer" for poor Grants Pass
field shooting. Perhaps, the
pressure resulted to some ex
tent from an overtenseness in
the desire to win and stay in
the chase for a state tourna
ment berth. But, as we saw it
a tenacious-covering Tornado
defense had much to do with
making the Cavemen force
and miss their shots.
MARCH 15 FOR TORNADO
Medford will play at 2 p.m,
Wednesday, March 15, in the
Oregon A-l hoop tournament
at Eugene. The Tornado, No.
2 team from District 6, meets
the No. 1 team from District 4
(Tualatin - Yamhill Valley
league), Tillamook, which
Medford defeated in Decem
ber in the two games starting
its season.
ROELANDT DETAILED
The Southern Oregon con
ference has detailed Medford
High Head Coach Frank Roe
landt to come up with some
workable and acceptable plan
or limit concerning use of
varsity reserve players in
junior varsity basketball
games among schools of the
circuit. It's been our observa
tion thai Klamath Falls has
made considerable use of var
sity reserves in jayvee tussles,
with Grants Pass and Crater
doing so to lesser extent.
Crater, of course, as a smaller
school, has less manpower.
77 IN VARSITY GAMES
The Courier's Acklen, whom
we appreciate for his tabula
tion of conference statistics,
has come up with some infor
mation that may seem to con
tradict our foregoing observa
tion. He reports that for
Grants Pass some 18 boys
have seen action in varsity
games while Ashland has
used 17 different players,
Crater 15", Klamath 14 and
Medford 13. We don't think
the figures conflict when time
played is considered along
with the matter of squad ad
justments as the season
progressed.
Acklen reported that 77
players among the five con
ference clubs have varsity
duty this season. That's an av
erage of 15.4 players per team
- not that any cagers come in
fractions.
NO GRID COMMISSIONER
Southern Oregon confer
ence schools will not utilise
the services of a commissioner
to assign football officials for
games next fall. Thl was a
decision in a recent league
meeting here. A commissioner
has assigned basketball offi
cials for the past few seasons.
This season the commissioner.
Golden Noble, has been direct
ly responsible to the confer
ence. There are not the num
ber of games in football that
there are in basketball to
secure officials for.
WRESTLING RULE
It was ruled also by the
southern Oregon big school
circuit that, when a member
school wrestles ita junior var
sity against the varsity of
another member, the match
counts as a varsity engage
ment. There is a limit of 14
matches. Klamath wrestled
its jayvees twice against the
Ashland varsity this season.
It would thereby have had 16
matches, had the new rule applies
SLUGGING OUTFIELD One of the best
slugging outfields in the American league
reported for work today when the Detroit
Tigers opened camp. From left are Al Ka-
SMARTS
Arm Bothering
Pitcher Roebuck
Vero Beach, Fla. - IUP1I - Re
liefer Ed Roebuck, whose
right arm is a source of con
cern to the Los Angeles Dodg
ers when it's sore and a
source of concern to oppon
ents when it's OK, is showing
improvement.
After three days off because
his wing was aching, Ed re
turned to action Tuesday and
did well.
He practiced pickoff plays
for 20 minutes and then threw
for another 20 minutes.
"I felt pretty good," Roe
buck said, "but I guess I'll
have some soreness all spring.
My arm isn't as strong as it
was at this time last year, aft
er I'd pitched a season of win
ter ball.
Concerned
"This winter I only threw
once a week.
"Sure, I'm concerned," said
Manager Walt Alston, "but
not alarmed. I d hate to lose a
pitcher like him. But he's had
these streaks of soreness .be
fore and has always bounced
back. It's typical of Roebuck."
General Manager Buzzie
Bavasi said the Dodgers do
not contemplate sending Roe
buck back to Los Angeles for
treatment.
Roebuck had an 8-3 record
for the club last year, working
in 58 games and 117 innings.
Ang
els Conduct
Sq
uad Tussle
Palm Springs, Calif. - (UP0 -
The Los Angeles Angels ac
complished some sort of
"first' every afternoon and
today it was the club's first
camp game - the Elliotts ver
sus the Kresses.
Coach Red Kress fielded a
lineup headed by former
Rookie of the Year Albie
Pearson in center field and
veteran Eddie Yost al third.
They were joined by Jim Mc-
Anany. right field; Bob Cerv,
left field; Sieve Belko, first
base; Rocky Bridges, second
base; Ken Hamlin, shortstop;
and Bob Rodgers, catcher.
Coach Bob Elliott went with
an infield of Ted Kluszewski,
first; Ken Aspromonte, sec
ond; Gene Leek, third; and
Jim Fregosi, shortstop; and
an outfield of Earl Avcrill,
left; Ken Hunt, center; and
Faye Throncberry, right. Ed
Sadowski will catch.
Manager Bill Rigney in
tended to have the following
pitchers work: Bill Garcia,
Tom Morgan, Jack Harshman,
Ken McBride and Jack Han
nah.
Logan Responds
To Challenge
By FRED DOWN
United Press International
The battle's on between
Roy McMillnn and Johnny Lo
gan for the Milwaukee Braves'
No. 1 shortstop berth.
The job was supposed to be
all McMillan's when the fancy-fielding
shortstop was ob
tained from the Cincinnati
Reds but Logan, who has been
the Braves' regular shortstop
since 1952, Insists it's not that
easy.
"You don't Just get handed
a Job in baseball." says Logan.
"You've got to beat out your
competition for it-and that
means McMillan has got to
bent me out."
Manager Charley Dresscn
stood by approvingly Tuesday
when McMillan and Logan
each connected for a homer
during the Braves' Intra-squad
game at Bradenton, Fla. Mc
Millan hit his off rookie Larry
Maxie while Logan connected
against southpaw star Warren
Spahn.
"Both know they'll have an
equal chance,-' said Dressen.
"The fellow who plays the
best will play the most."
I
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE.
UCSB Looks
To Be Top
Contender
United Press International
UC at Santa Barbara looks
like the team to beat in the
NCAA regional small college
basketball tournament.
Picks for the western com
petition were announced to
day. It will be held March 10
and 11 at Santa Barbara with
the winners going to Evans-
ville, Ind., to meet seven other
district champions March
16-18.
In the upper bracket at
Santa Barbara, Far West con
ference victor Nevada (13-7)
will face "UCSB, champion of
the California Collegiate Ath
letic association.
The Gauchos ran their sea
son record to 17-7 Tuesday
night with a workmanlike 76-
55 win over the crosstown ri
val Westmont. Gene Freeman
had 15 for the winners. Santa
Barbara ends its regular sea
son Friday against Arizona.
Teams Breezed
In the lower bracket at San
ta Barbara, independent Chap
man (15-9) will face the
CCAA's second place team,
Long Beach State (14-10).
Elsewhere Tuesday night,
two of the first division West
Coast Athletic conference
teams breezed to easy vic
tories. Sanla Clara won a confer
ence battle over cellar-dweller
UOP, 54-40.
Santa Clara faces St. Mary's
in a key contest Friday night.
The Gaels (7-2) must get by
the lough Broncs or else just
about guarantee that Loyola
(8-2) will win the WCAC.
USF, which is 6-3 in the
WCAC and still mathemati
cally in the race, rolled to an
easy 61-49 win over San Fran
cisco State.
Van Brocklin
Appoints West
Minncapolis-St. Paul-IUPD-
Coach Norm Van Brocklin of
the Minnesota Vikings today
had just one more position to
fill on the coaching staff of
the new National Football
league club.
Stan West, former All-
Amer- guard from the Univer
sity of Oklahoma, was named
defensive line coach Tuesday.
He joined assistant coaches
Harry Gilmer and Pete Brew
ster on the Viking staff.
Yet to be named is the of
fensive line coach.
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the Milawukee Braves.
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Celts Aim
To Clinch
East Title
United Press International
This could be clinching day
for the Boston Celtics, win
ners of the National Basket
ball association's Eastern di
vision title the past four sea
sons. The Celtics, who gained at
least a tie for the title Tues
day night by routing the New
York Knickerbockers, 142
116, met the Western division
champion St. Louis Hawks to
day in the second game of a
double-header at the Boston
garden. The Knicks play Los
Angeles in the opener.
The victory over New York
was Boston's 50th of the sea
son in 71 games and meant
that any combination of one
more Celtic win or Philadel
phia loss would give Boston
the Eastern title.
Slay Alive
The Warriors stayed "alive"
by beating the Lakers, 123-
108, as Wilt Chamberlain
scored 32 points to set a new
individual NBA season scor
ing record of 2,734. Wilt set
the old record of 2,707 last
season.
Oscar Robertson, the All
America from the University
of Cincinnati, tallied 16 points
Tuesday to push his season
scoring total to 2,009 and be
come the only other player
besides Chamberjain in NBA
history to score 2,000 points
in his rookie season.
Because of a still sore ankle
Robertson turned play maker
in leading the Cincinnati Roy
als to a 131-105 victory over
the Hawks in the preliminary
game to the Boston-New York
contest at Madison Square
garden. Jack Twyman was the
top Cincinnati scorer with 24.
Giants Maranda
Still Missing
Phoenix, Ariz. -IliPlI- Any
body seen Georges Maranda?
The San Francisco Giant
hurler is the only player miss
ing from camp. Pitcher Jack
Sanford arrived Tuesday.
The squad ran through a
workout under the bright sun
Tuesday. Batting instructor
Frank (Lefly) O'Doul failed
to make his first appearance
of the spring, however. They
could not find a uniform big
enough for the former hitting
great.
Hitting Seminars
He was expected lo conduct
his hitting seminars today if
equipment manager Eddie Lo
gan can come up with a big
enough uniform.
Orlando Cepcda looked
ready for another big cam
paign as he rocketed many
drives out of sight during a
hilling drill. Ccpeda's new
bride, Ana, looked on.
Portlond, Oregon
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Northwest Champion
Says Good Ski Jump
Team Possible Here
Lenny Johnson, l'9-year-old
court reporter here, who is
the new Pacific Northwest ski
jumping champion, has indi
cated he may enter a meet
this week end at Revelsloke,
B.C., under sponsorship of
Cascade Ski club, Portland.
Johnson, carrying the stan
dard of that club, won the
northwest title last Sunday at
Multorpor mountain In the
Ml. Hood Ski area. He had
180 and 178-fect jumps.
Johnson hopes to join the
United States International
ski team which will compete
in Portland in 1962. He plans
to spend two or three months
in ski jump training and com
petition next year. He was an
alternate on the 1956 U.S.
Olympic jumping team.
The small, wiry jumping
champion who has competed
in major ski jumping contests
throughout this country
thinks there are a number of
hills in this area which could
be developed for jumping
competition.
"Mt. Ashland looks like a
very nice ski area and I under
stand there are two or three
others being considered which
I haven't even seen," Johnson
remarked today. "Mt. Shasta
is real nice. It's a big area
without too much rugged ter
rain where most people can
enjoy themselves."
Start Young
The ski jump expert said a
good jumping team could be
developed in the Rogue Val
ley and he would be willing
to coach and instruct. He sug
gests that future jump contes
tants start when they're
young - under 12 years old.
"That way you don't have to
overcome a fear of the hills,'
he jump champion said.
Johnson started when he
was young. He's been in jump
ing competition since he was
eight years old. His father,
who still skis for pleasure at
67, started his son off. The
young court reporter is half
Norwegian and half Swedish
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which also makes ski-jumping
a natural activity. Many of
the world's champion ski
jumpers come from the Scan
dinavian countries.
"You feel like you have
wings when you get up there,'1
Johnson remarked. "There
are ski hills from one end of
town to the other at Dululh,
Minn. Jumping was just a
natural part of everyone's
conversation there."
More Scientific
"But, jumping is getting a
lot more scientific like the
rest of skiing. A serious jump
er hns to study airfoil styles
and techniques. You almost
have to have algebra and
physics to plan each jump."
Johnsons pays a lot of at
tention to his waxes. He uses
mostly parafin types and ap
plies them differently depend
ing on the different types of
snow and the amount of fric
tion each produces.
Jumping competition was a
natural progression of train
ing and competition for the
young juniper. He was jump
ing for a junior ski club in
Dululh when eight. When he
was 16 he graduated to the
local senior club and taimhl
jumping for the junior club.
The highest jump he's made
was 300 teet al Steamboat
Springs, Colo., and Iron
Mountain, Mich. Leaven
worth, Wash., spectators saw
his longest jump this year at
286 feet.
From his senior club, John
son entered the B class in the
1952 national competition al
Steamboat Springs. His sec
ond place there put him in
the A class where he took
fifth in the following year in
Michigan c o in p e tition. At
Leavenworth he was seventh
in the AAU sanctioned jump
ing event which included in
ternational competition.
Johnson skis for the Cas
cade Ski club from Portland.
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Portland -ilW- Broad jump
er Ralph Boston heads an im
pressive list of track and field
stars who will compete here
Friday niHht in the Far West
meet.
Boston set another indoor
record of 26-6' i at New York
last weekend. He's expected to
gel his sliffest competition
from Oregon Slate's Dan-ell
Horn, who has gone 25-6'.
Anions stars to compete arc
Parry OTSiien, Dyrol Burle
son, Roscoe Cook, Kddie
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ers. HOCKEY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
United Press International
The odds are heavily against
them but the Detroit Red
Wings are still battling to fin
ish third in the National
Hockey league race.
The Wings Crept to within
six points of third place Tues
day night when they downed
the Chicago Blac k Hawks, 3-1,
and ended a winless streak of
four straight games.
WESTERN LEAGUE
United Press International
T h e Vancouver Canucks
moved into second place in
the Western Hockey League
Tuesday night by defeating
the Victoria Cougars 4-2 at
Victoria.
The victory moved the Ca
nucks one point ahead of the
idle Portland Buckaroos.
In tonight's action, Seattle
is at Portland and Edmonton
travels lo Winnipeg.
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compete in the NCAA tourna
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by Roy Keene, Oregon Stato
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of Ihe NCAA Western Selec
tion committee. Keene said
Marquette will play its first
round game against Houston
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site was selected by a flip of
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