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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY. MARCH 19. 1961 B 7 HOLD, THAT POSE Grant's Bob Phillips (40) and Klamath Fall's Fred Biohn (23) took statue-like poses as they waited for a Grant rebound to come down in Friday night Oregon A-l basketball action. Klamath Falls won the semi-final 57 to 49. SB MEDFORD!TEIBimB D QDB Crater Diamond Hopes Pinned on Four Moundsmen Central Point - Crater High school has been drilling for the coming baseball season with a core of nine lettermen under the helm of Coach Bill Piche. Piche predicts that his in field talent will provide Cra "ter over the next three years with one of the best defensive infields to come out of the Southern Oregon conference. For this season, he says that Comet success will depend on how effectively four pitchers, two of them lettermen, do on the hill. Senior lettermen are Loyal Higinbotham, centerfielder; Ed Allen, catcher, Mike Pep per and Denny Samples, pitch er, and Jim Allen, first base man. Higinbotham was lead ing hitter for the Comets in 1960. Ed Allen is throwing real well and Piche expects him to be one of the Comets' top hitters. Junior monogram man is Jeff Anhorn, catcher. Anhorn will see outfield service when not catching and may prove a strong man with the bat. Soph Infielders Crater's hopes for a stout Infield are based around three sophomores who lettered as freshmen. They are Mike Glines, third baseman; Louis Alvarez, shortstop, and Pat Pepper, second baseman. Glines plays with surprising ease and hit .266 last year as leadoft man. Alvarez is team captain. He is quick and cov ers the ground real well. Pep per is a good double play man. Piche may convert him to pitching in the next two years. He hit well In Legion ball last summer. Mistakes were expected from the foregoing trio as freshmen but Piche had them playing to give them experi ence. Five of the Comet losses last year with them in the lineup were by a single run. Pepper and Samples are righthanded pitchers. Lefties are Doug Pfaff and Bill Chase, seniors with junior varsity backgrounds. A freshman Darrell Sum- merfield, will be given the opportunity for one of the starting outfield slots. He is big and strong and hits the ball very well. Piche said it is possible Summerfield will be used as a pitcher the next two years. Sword Assistant Others working on the var sity are Don Pfaff and Larry Ryerson, senior outfielders; Steve Isaacs, junior infielder, and Willie Jones and Neil Ri ven burg, sophomores, an in fielder and outfielder, respec tively. Piche weicorr.:; Phil Sword, ex-Ashland high and ex-Southern Oregon college, as varsity baseball assistant coach, the first he has had full time in five years here. Lloyd Hof fine again will be junior var sity coach. Crater will play a practice game at Ashland on Wednes day, March 22, while Del Norte of Crescent City, Calif. , at Central Point in a double bill next Friday and on Sat urday, March 25 will vie at Yreka, Calif. Conference play opens on April 1 with a dou bleheadcr against Grants Pass at Central Point. Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sportt Editor BONNIES, USC LOSE McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene Mark down Jerry Andersoh and Lowell Dean, ex-Medford high athletes as definite varsity prospects after completion of freshman basketball and football seasons, at this university. Anderson, if he displays the same hustle and shooting ability in next season's basketball drills will be tapped for no less than varsity reserve duty. Dean is one of five or six from the 1960 Frosh football squad who loom as varsity material as lineman. Dean played Frosh basketball, along with Anderson as did Booth Deakins and Darrell Miller, both ex-Medford. , University of Oregon is well pleased with its contingent of athletes from Medford high's 1960 graduating class. Cal Dean in football and Deakins and Miller in basketball re portedly have tougher rows to hoe than do Lowell Dean or Anderson to beat out other varsity contenders. KOCH SHINES At University of Portland, the Pilots ara looking for ward to the second varsity basketball year of George Koch, ex-Medford high ace. George, now a sophomore at Portland, came on in late season and held Gonzaga's Frank Burgess, the nation's highest scorer, to just six iield buckets. Koch, at the same time, put in six goals himself. Doing a good job for the Pilot Frosh in basketball this year was Bob Evans, ex-St. Mary's of Medford star. We were told that Bob may concentrate on track and field for Portland but not to count him out as a varsity hoop possibility. SO IN SEMIS For the second year in a row the Southern Oregon con ference had both its entries in the semifinals of the Oregon Class A-l prep basketball tournament as Medford's state title defenders and Klamath Falls' conference titlists again made the grade Thursday with night triumphs. The quarter finals would seem to establish the Portland lnterscholastic leagues and the Southern Oregon circuit as the top districts in the slate. Of course, this contention defied definite state ment until after Saturday's final games were played and the tournament could be completely reviewed. Wonder if there was some leg pulling intended by those spreading the report that the PIL was weak. Grant and Wilson have looked tough to us. SUBSTANTIAL MARGINS Interesting about the championship quarterfinals was that there was not a real close encounter among the four. Victories were by substantial margins with Wilson's 14 over Roseburg the narrowest. No spine-tingling finishes among the lot. None of the eventual losers could get a real rally going in th second half, although Corvallis, South Eugene and Roseburg all were within striking distance of Klamath, Grant and Wilson, respectively, at the sound of the midway horn. Roseburg pulled up to 23 to 31 of Wilson in the second quarter on three successive left side longies by Gordon Avery. TORNADO DEFENSE BEST Medford high, in its first two games, exhibited probably the best defense in the tourney. The statistics are the evidence. Tornadoes allowed just 20 field goals in the two games. 11 to Tillamook and nine to South Salem. The 32 points by Tillamook and 33 by South Salem were the lowest final scores in the first two rounds of the tourney. Bucks Squeeze by Louisville in NCAA By MARTIN LADER United Press International The unbeaten Ohio State basketball team is finding, just as the federal revenuers once did, that there's plenty of trouble in them thar Ken tucky hills. The Buckeyes huffed and puffed as never before this season to eke out a 56-55 de cision over Louisville in an NCAA Mid - East regional game Friday night. While it was almost a cur tain call for the Buckeyes on Friday, third-ranked St. Bon aventure and fifth -ranked Southern California weren't as lucky, the Bonnies falling before rampaging Wake For est, 78-73, in the eastern re- gionals and the Trojans to Arizona Slate. 86-71, in the Far East rcgicmnls. St. Joseph's Utah Win St. Joseph's. Pa., defeated Princeton, 72-67, while Utah earned the right to meet Ari zona Slate by stopping Loyo la (Calif.), 91-75. Kentucky had a hectic ses sion of Its own Friday be fore downing Morehcad State, 71-64, to qualify against Ohio State, and in the midwest re gional, Cincinnati . defeated Texas Tech. 78-55. and Kan sas Slate eliminated Houston, 75-64. Ohio State, was held to nine points, the away from the Bonnies in the lowest in his collegiate career. I second half. Chappell had 24 T h e Buckeyes themselves points and Si. Bonaventure's wore upset by the Louisville i All-America Tom Stith had defense and committed 18 29. errors, about thre times their normal rate. Kentucky Hard Pressed Kentucky, seeking its fifth NCAA title, had to overcome a pesky Morehead five. More head led by one point with less than three minutes to go. but Roger Newman hit a set shot for the Wildcats and Car roll Burchett added two free throws to open a fairly safe margin. Wake Forest, which pulled a shocking upset victory over St. John's in the qualifying round, continued to outsmart the smart set against St. Bon aventure. The Deacons trail ed, 37-36, at halflime, but un der the guidance of center Len Chappell they pulled Bend Placed On Probation NCAA champion, the No. 1 college basketball team in the nation, and riding a 29 game winning streak extend ing over two years, managed to squeeze by Louisville only because John Turner, the Cardinals' top scorer, missed a foul shot with one second remaining to play. The pride of the Ohioans Jerry Lucas - considered the nation's outstanding player, Eugene - IITH - Bend High school Friday was placed on probation for the remainder of the school year by the Ore gon School Activities associa tion. The association's board of control said it took th ar. defending, tjon 0n a complaint from La Larry Armstrong, a 5-9 jun ior, was the Arizona Slate sparkplug, scoring 27 points and playing a strong flour game. The Sun Devils fell be hind by 13-4 after six minutes, but then rallied on a 14-1 spurt to take the lead. Big John Rudometkin tallied 21 points for Southern Cal. Princeton Rally Fails Princeton put on a bold ral- ! ly to come within a single point of SI. Joseph's with 26 seconds left after trailing earlier by 11, but Vince Kemp ton, who scored 21 points, converted two foul attempts to ice the game. Second - ranked Cincinnati enjoyed a 37-20 halftinie ad vantage over Texas Tech and rolled along to its 19th con secutive victory. Houston took an early lead against Kansas State, but the Big Eight titlists rallied for a 33-29 intermission edge. Larry Momley had a high of 18 points for Kansas Stale. Pino High School Superin tendent Charlie Orbie and Athletic Director Carlyle Stuart. The ban was imposed for rectruiting violations by track coach Hoot Moore, the board said. Bill (The Hill) McGill had 29 points to lead Utah over Loyola. The Redskins had hot hands and connected on bet ter than half of their field at tempts. In the NCAA small college semifinals at Evansville, Inri., Southeast Missouri defeated South Dakota Slate. 81-69, and Wittenberg toppled Ml. St. Mary s (Md.), 65-49. YMCA Swim Classes Start The second session of YMCA women's swimming classes will start Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. The beginners class is for anyone who cannot put their face in the water or float, and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The intermediate class is for women who can swim a little or float and will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. 1 Anyone may join the swim- ming classes by registering at i the YMCA at 522 West 6th I street by March 28. I Basketball FRIDAY SCORES NCAA Kast Regional at Charlotte, n.c. Semifinal Hound St. Joseph (Pa. i 72. Princeton R7 Wako Forest 78 St. Bnnav'ture 73 NCAA Miri-I.ast Regional at I.mitsvillr, Kv. Semifinal Round Ohio Si. 3ti, Louisville 55 Kentucky 71. Morehead St. 34 NCAA Midwest Regional at I.awrrnre, Ivan. Sentidn.ll Round Ciniinrt;Ui 7H. Texas Tech 5.1 K.insiis St. 7.5. Houston 64 NCAA West (nasi Regional at Portland, Ore. Semifinal Round Utah ill. Loyola lCahf.1 75 Ariz. St. V. 88. Southern Cal 71 NCAA Small Coll. Tournament at Kvansville. Ind. Semifinal Round Wittenberg 5. Mt. St. Marvi it Southeast Mo. 81. S Dakota St. 69 XAIA Tournament al Kansas City, Mo. Sffimin.il Round Gramnling 4.1. W'minster (Pa.) A Con town iKy.) 101. No. Mich. ti7 Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS - Chimneys J ''. Prestrcsitd I GiJw- MeAndMw PHONE SP 3-45.T5 BETTER FREE TOSSING We were happy to tee the Black Tornado's free shot accuracy pick up in the tourney fray with South Salem. Medford'i 16 of 22 was a .727 mark, improvement over the .440 on 11 of 25 against Tillamook. The Tornado with .370 from the field against Tillamook and .386 against South, failed to match its season average of .415. Medford followers here, naturally, were hoping that the Tornado was saving its hotter shooting for tougher foes. The Big Wind's Bob Quinney fired at a .514 field clip. 18 field goals on 35 tries, in gaining his 45 points and second high scoring laurels for the 1961 A-t classic's first two rounds. Larrv Enos. Corvallis, led him with 51 points, on the strength of more free shots. Enos trailed Quinney in field average with .442. SO DOMINATION Rebounding in this tourney was pretty much a southern Oregon domination for the first and second rounds. Quin ney led with 36 retrieves for two games. Bruce Brickner, Klamath Falls, had 33 total, Gary Patike, Klamath Falls, 28, and Ron Lake, Roseburg, also 28. rasas 1 KM nJJ yttij 3IEHN CRIPPLED On crutches for a while after the Klamath Falls- Cor vallis quarter-final game was KF's Fred Biehn. He collided with a Spartan while driving for the basket. Fred had both ankles taped lightly for the Pelicans' Friday fray with Grant so that he would not favor the injured one too much and cause strain on the good ankle. Beihn was among those hoping for a Klamath-Medford championship finale. O'NEAL RECALLS Chatted with Frank O'Neill, ex-Ashland high coach who is athletic boss now at Portland's Wilson high. He recalled with considerable pleasure the victories of his Ashland football teams over Medford and the athletic pro gram he set up in the Lithia city schools. (It was abandon ed after he left.) Frank said that he missed the hunting and fishing afforded in the Rogue valley, particularly the nearness of fishing and hunting spots. "I just might move back to southern Oregon when I retire," he, in effect, remarked. Silent Typo INSTALLED FREE IN FIFTEEN MINUTE! ANY CM frevfoM Mifeufy Di Solo Mtlropotilig (Ml. Kiih (dstl OdunotnH Ford Psckard ftmr Plfmoulh Hrrry J Pontile MurJwn fttmt'ir Kuwr Stuttltlf unectt 'ft (3 (or fock, CJi -'K Cf-TrSitr GAME BACKFIRES Roseburg high, in its double overtime fourth place semi final with South Salem, was an example of a team which sees an easy victory ahead then becomes victim of a disas trous letup. The Indians led by 16 to 5 in the opening period which ended 21 to 12 in their favor. Then South Salem rallied back with a hard driving game. Both teams were running but Roseburg was pushing too intensely and missing shots. Ed Meers' hook shot at the buizer gave the Saxons a 31 to 30 halflime edge. Salem then steamed to 43 to 35 command and headed 43 io 35 at third intermission. Free shots, which meant the scoring difference for Salem in the final anlaysis of the 66 to 64 game, kept the Saxons ahead for a while but Rose burg's Jim Jarvis and Mike Brundage took charge and pulled the Indians even at 56-all. With the score 58-aIl. Roseburg ball controlled for a final shot. Jarvis. driving for it was knocked off balance by a Salemite but no foul was lulled. South got a 64 to 62 gap in the first overtime but Ron Lake grabbed a loose ball under the hoop and scored to tie it at 64 all. In the last minute of the sudden death extra, Maen tried a hook from the circle. The ball rebounded into Dave Nelson's arms and the Saxon put it in to end the tussle. Mentor FiguresOur Opponents care of the rest, was ine way LceniK explained his pre- SPring 3-6450 12th and So. Central New York -UP!)- Holy Cross coach Roy Lecnig had it fiRiircd out right all the way, but St. Louis coach John Ben nington was just plain happy with the final result in open ing round play in the Nation af Invitation Basketball tour nament. Holy Cross, battling back from a 10-point deficit mid way through the second half, whipped favored Detroit, 86 82, and St. Louis, a nine-point favorite, nipped Miami (Fla.), 5B-56, on a layup at the buzzer Thursday to launch the 24th annual NIT in fine style be fore a crowd of 13.238 at Mad ison Square Garden. "I figured if we could hold Dave Dcbusschere to 20 points and keep John MorRan from driving off the pivot too much our hot shooting would take game strategy. Jim Beatty Undefeated Cleveland, Ohio-IUPD-Stoeky Jim Beatty, America's top mil er, looked forward to the out door season Saturday after completing his second consec utive undefeated indoor sea son. The former North Carolina star temporarily abandoned the mile as he defeated Ernie Cunliffe, Stanford graduate, in the 1.000-yard run Friday night. The race was a high light of the 21st annual Knights of Columbus track meet. Beatty, a member of the Santa Clara Youth Club of California, unleased a blister ing finish-kick to beat Cun- liffe, who set the world indoor record for the event earlier this year. Beatty opened up in the final 60 yards and roared past Cunliffe about 20 yards from the finish line. Beatty's time was 2:09.5 compared to Cun liffc's word record of 2:07.9. Cunliffe's time Friday night was 2:09.7 as both he and Beatty cracked the meet rec ord of 2:11 held by Arnie Sowell of Pittsburgh. Buckaroo Bid For 1st Fails By United Press International Portland's Buckaroos failed in their bid for a tie for first place in the Western Hockey league Friday night. The second-place Buckaroos, two points behind front-run-njne Calgary, dropped a 3-2 to Victoria at Victoria. In other play Edmonton de feated Vancouver 4-2 at Ed monton and Spokane trounced Seattle 7-2 at Spokane. Victoria scored three goals in the second period to top the Portlanders in aw ild fist- swinging Melee. Gordon Fash- oway scored both of the Buck's goals In the first period. Eugene Tournament Final Results . Final Standings Eugene - MM) - State Class A-l basketball tournament at a glance: FRIDAY'S SCORES CHAMPIONSHIP Medford 59, Wilson 48. Klamath Falls 57, Grant 49. CONSOLATION South Salem 66. Roseburg 64. 2 OT (loser out). South Eugene 58, Corval lis 43 (loser out). Central Catholic 47, St. Holens 42 (loser out). David Douglas 51, Tilla mook 47 (loser out). SATURDAY'S SCORES David Douglas 55, Cen tral Catholic 32. 4TH PLACE South Eugene 58, South Salem 53. BEATS SWIM RECORD Cardiff, Wales -'I'Pb- Nancy Rumey of Seattle, Wash broke the British university record for the women's 55 yard butterfly event Friday night with a clocking of 32.4 seconds in the university swimming champio n s h I p s. Miss Ramey is a student at London university. Cunliffe Meets Jim Beatty Cleveland, Ohio-IM-World indoor record holder Ernie Cunliffe of Stanford clashes in a 1,000-yard duel for the first time with Jim Beatty, holder of the U.S. outdoor mile mark, in the highlight of the 21st annual Knights of Columbus games tonight. Cunliffp, who notched a time of 2:07 9 last month in door, and Beatty, with an American outdoor milo record of 3:58, were among a star studded array which includes 14 Olympic veterans strain ing for new marks in the 25-cvent program. SEE THE AMAZING JET PROPELLED TURBOCRAFT On The Rogue JET action all day Sunday. Come out and have a ride. 12 Miles From Medford . OOMJ f , 1 0,t. I l-Tou Villi ft t TRU-V BOATS Poison Oak? Try a-Bottle of ZEMACOL You mull bt litillitrj oi youi monoy chiorfully rofundod. 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