Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 22, 1961, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextCardinals Stronger (Thii ii another of 18 dii patches on in 1961 pros pects of tha major Uagua ttams.) O By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor St. Petersburg, Fla. -(UPD-The St. Louis Cardinals sur prised the baseball world last Fanfare The Southern Oregon con ference long has been respect ed in Oregon prep circles as one of the top circuits in the state. It was easy to see why last week end at Eugene. The league's reputation most cer tainly was upheld in basket ball with the Medford high and Klamath Union In the all-District 6 finale of the Oregon Class A-l tourney. All In southern Oregon who fol low sports have reason to be proud of their representatives at McArthur Court. With only five schools, the Southern Oregon, is the small est A-l conference in the state. It's spectacular that such a small league should produce both tourney finalists. It would seem to us that clubs who encounter a greater diver sity of foes would be better prepared for the tournament at University of Oregon. Of course, there's the different view we heard at Eugene -that with so many different rivals on the schedule a team doesn't have time to gird for the tourney, Itself. But, what better preparation could a team want. Said Sports Editor Wayne Scott Monday in the Klamath Falls Herald and News: "The championship game, a fitting climax to a five-game duel between the Pelicans and ih hard working Medford sq iad, shook the rest of the stn'e since, in the very fact that it was played, it empha sised that Southern Oregon had established a lupermacy over the more thickly popu lated and favored northern portion of the state." FRIENDLINESS One of the finest things we noted at the big school hoop extravaganza was the cordial feeling between supporters of Medford and Klamath Falls aggregations. Perhaps, cama raderie is not the exact des cription but warm sincere friendliness certainly existed. We are for all - out, intense, hard-played rivalry on the maplecourt, the field, the diamond and the track but we certainly hope that the friend ly feeling remains that way. This writer's seat at Mc Arthur court was side by side to Scott's. We got along fine. FAVORITES ENEMIES Scott points out that Klam ath Falls people, holding their victory celebration at the Eu gene hotel, ". . , invited their favorite 'enemies,' the Med ford fans and players to join lhem," The buffet was provid ed by the Winema hotel of Klamath Falls. TORNADO INVITED In another fine gesture, Klamath Union high has in vited the Medford tournament squad to its sports banquet at which Len Casanova, Univer sity of Oregon football coach, will be the speaker. Tornado Coach Frank Roelandt said that his squad has had to re gretfully decline. There are nine weeks ex ams here this week. The Big wind players want to study and keep their grades. As Roe landt points out, "After ail, that's pretty important." Of the Klamath athletes, Roelandt emphasized, "Our kids think highly of them and we re sorry we can t go." OUINNEY TOPS In our humble opinion, Medford's Bob Quinney was the top player in the 1961 state A-l hoop tourney. Not just for his scoring and hit re bounding but for hit all around ability and his stature at a team player whose assists led to many goals by team mates. And, Dick Ragtdale and Jim Barry of the Black Tor nado, despite the fact ti ' the latter got no all-state mention rank right up there with the best, A terrific twosomewhat a pair of competition in Med ford t free wheeling ottense and pressure packed man-lo man defense. And, Scott Ea ton. On the basit of his tour ney play he'll be one of the players to watch next teaton In the Southern Oregon con ference. Praise, too, to players Stan Dowton. Steve Hoott, Bruce Bray, Mike Hood, George Clearwater and Rob Mclntyre for their work when called upon to do a job. BIEHN FORGOTTEN MAN Each year Dick Strite, sports editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, picks a "for gotten player." This Is a state tourney performer, who, in his 3timttion displays all ate wr-. out Is overlooked in t ;e a'l.var .ecllor-s. (H s cJwce in I'i0 ws Ken Dur l it tf Kediwd.) Figure To Than Last year when they finished third. It wouldn't be surprised this year if they went all the way and won the National league pennant. Solly Hemus, in his third season as manager of the Red birds, says they can do it if they come up with a little more outfield and catching ty DICK JIWETT Mill Tribuna Sporrt Editor Said Strite, a longtime tour ney observer, in the Monday R-G: '. , , the task was simplified this year by the performance of Fred Biehn, 5-10, 155-pound senior from Klamath Falls' title team. He was good all four games the Pelicans play ed and was particularly out standing in the semifinal and championship games. He was not among the 11 players selected by the 16 tournament coaches on the first or second All-State teams. Perhaps he isn't a college prospect, but in prep circles he was the best all - around performer other than Dick Ragsdale, 5-11, 170 pound senior for the runnerup Medford Black Tornado." BELOW EXPECTATIONS Slrite Said that Jim Jarvi.. Roseburg. and Wally Palm- Derg, Klamath Falls, were possibly the best eollnaa nroit- pects in the tourney among ine cacKcourt men, "but quite frankly they did not cerform up to my expectations." He listed Barry among the good backcourt players. The Eu gene writer pointed to Quin ney as the fastest big man. BEST COACHED The R-fl snorts prfitnr tprm. ed the Saturday night finale as -one, it not THE best championship game I've ever witnessed." He comDlimentert Medford Coach Frank Roe landt and Klamath mentor Dean White "for sending two of the best rnnnhpH nntntotc tn the state tournament in many, many years." Added Strite, "It was unfortunate one had to lose because hnth nlavori like champions." GRAIN OF SALT Heard a few times at Mc Arthur court were remarks like this: "The refereeing in the tournament is getting is getting worse every year." we take such comment with the proverbial grain of salt. We hear it every year we go to the tournament. Strite, who has teen to many tourneys, characterized the officiating better than usual." He criticized tome excessive whistle tooting. This writer. however, taw some occasions when game got out of hand. Some well-timed whittle-blow ing would have rettored or der. BOYS. PARENTS PRAISED Medford hoop mentor Roe landt yesterday reiterated his designation of his 1961 squad as the finest tournament ag gregation of any club he's had and praised them for four of the finest tourney games that have been played. "I'm just as proud of them as any club I've had, if not more proud." He said that the team, with the fine way it came along, is one of his most successful clubs. Roelandt, whose work in developing this crew has gained him statewide acclaim, brought out that the Tornado players reached their heights "through the strict determi nation, hustle and desire of the whole squad." He declared that the boys must of picked up these qualities from their parents and added, "I'm proud of the parents who were able to instill that in the boys. I'm so pleased with these kids and their desire that it has left me speechless and overly proud. Frank can't just brush atide hit thare of credit. It takes boyt and parents, yet. But. it alto taket a coach to drill into a group of players the in tricacies of the game, to make a team of them and to pro vide an inspirational guiding hand. Everyone who saw the Tornado in action could tee that it was expertly coached. Bare mitt of a ttale cham pionship is disappointing. But the school and the community can tell the boyt and coach, "well done." Barney Riggs, Hedrlck Junior high head coach, served as a state tourney referee with battered ribs. The injury oc curred In a collision at Hed rlck gym with Ralph Monroe, a wrestling coach. Monroe was an official at the state wres tling tourney. NOW... Medford's Newest and Finest Automatic Transmission Rebuilding WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENINGI MEDFORD TRANSMISSION 1910 Table Rock Road Across From Be Much Season power and a lefthanded relief pitcher. Those are the departments the Cards were short in last year when they jumped from seventh to third place. "We figure to be stronger much stronger-than last sea son," said Hemus. "We have a fine all-around infield, young and strong pitching and plenty of outfielders." The trouble with the out fielders is that they fall into two categories-those who can hit but are weak in the field and those who can field but can't hit. x "My big problem is to come up with a combination of three who can do the job both in the field and at plate," ex plained Hemus. "We have plenty of candidates and I'm hopeful they can do the job." If they do not, Hemus does not think the Cardinals cause is lost. "Our infield," he predicted hopefully, "might be able to supply all the power we'll need. Then I can concentrate on defense in the outfield." His infield is set with Bill White at first, Julian Javier at second, Daryl Spencer at short and Ken Boyer at third. Boyer hit .302 last season with with 32 homers and 97 runs batted in. White hit .283 with 16 homers and 79 RBI's. "Between them they should bat in 200 runs, hit around 60 homers and both hit above .300," Hemus said. The Cards started to move last year when they obtained Javier from the Pittsburgh Pirate farm organization for southpaw pitcher Wilmer Mizell and installed him at second base. He's a brilliant glove man and while he bat ted only .237 last season, He mus thinks he can hit between .270 and .300 this year "be cause he has learned to bunt." Spencer doesn't hit for an average but is a long ball threat and a good hitter in the clutch. For infield re serves there are Red Schoen dienst, who has won a utility role after being given his free agency by the Braves; Alex Grammas and George Crowe. Don Landrum, up from Buffalo where he hit .292 with 18 home runs and 75 RBI's, may be the answer to the outfield situation. If he can do the job in centerfield and If he can hit he will beat out another good glove man but weak hitter, Curt Flood. Stan Musial will see a lot of action in left field, but he will have to hit to hold the job because of his defensive short comings. Joe Cunningham is another outfielder who can hit but leaves a lot to be desired defensively. Also in that cate gory are Bob Nieman and Walt Moryn. There's enough hitting among them but whether it will be enough to make up for their fielding lapses is doubtful. Two rookies, Jim Hickman, whose high mark last season was .323 at Tulsa, and Char ley James, .370 at Charleston, have a chance to stick. Hal Smith, a fine receiver with a light bat, probably will be the No. 1 catcher although rookie Tim McCarver, who hit .347 at Memphis, has a chance to win the job. Carl Sawatski will be the third string catcher. Starting pitchers will be Ernie Broglio (21-9); Larry Jackson (18-13); Bob Miller (4-3); Curt Simmons (7-4) and Ray Sadecki (9-9) with Llndy McDanlel (12-4) the king of the bullpen. Two rookies, Mel Nelson, a 13-game winner at Spokane, and Clint Stark, who won 12 at Tulsa, are candidates for the left-handed relief pitching vacancy. Free agent Mickey McDermott also is getting "a look." For middle inning relief there are Bob Gibson, 3-6 with the Cards last year; Al CI cotte, a 16-game winner at Toronto who has flunked pre vious major league tests, and Ronnie Kline, the former Pi rate who slumped to 4-9 with St. Louis. Should Kline regain his old form he would join the list of starters, making either bun mons or Sadecki available for spot jobs and southpaw relief pitching. Miller may be the key to the St. Louis pitching for tunes. Only 22, he hat the po tential to be a 20-game win ner. "He well could be the ace of our staff," said Hemus. If he is and Hemus can come up with a little hitting power from his outfielders and catchers, the Redbirds may fly too high for the other clubs to catch this season. Big Y Market SP 2-8368 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE. rDTORNTiUBUWI New Contact Lens May End Pop Outs By ED FITE Dallas, Tex. -IUPD- Fret no more, athletes with poor eye sight, about the embarrassing moment when your contact lens pops out at a crucial roint in the game. Relief is in sight. Nearly every basketball or football fan has seen a game delayed while players on both sides looked for a lost contact lens. That was because the cor neal type contact lens in cur rent usage is no large than a medium - sized pea, literally floats on a tear and is subject to popping out of the eye or floating over to a non-seeing portion of the eyeball at the first healthy jolt or jar. Three optometrists believe they have come up with the Oklahoma Mat Team NCAA Pick Oreeon State University, Corvallis-All wrestling roads in America point westward to Corvallis this week end, when Oregon State hosts the 1961 NCAA collegiate wrestling championships. First - round preliminaries start Thursday at 2 p.m. at mammoth Gill Coliseum, with quarterfinals on tap that eve ning. Grapplers compete again Friday, with champions to be crowned Saturday night. In addition, to the NCAA event, OSU will sponsor a na tional kids tournament, in volving boys four years of age through 12. There is no pre registration necessary for the kid s tourney, and several hundred are expected - many of them from out of state. No Kids' Titles Kids will tangle starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, with matches continuing until 11:15 a.m. Boys are divided into various weight classes, with participation the keynote There will be no champion ships, but entrants will be given different colored rib bons for winning or losing Length of matches will be less than three minutes. As for the NCAA champion ship, Oklahoma State heads into the meet as tourney fav orite. That school has won the team crown 21 times In the 30 times it has been held, but last year finished fifth - it's lowest in Cowboy annals. Oklahoma State whipped through seven dual meets and quadrangular tournament with virtually no strain. Defending champion Okla homa, of course, will be strong again. Heavyweight Dale Lewis is a defending titlist, and Duane Miller and Bill Carter are title favorites. Lehigh, from the east coast, will bring a full-squad loaded with talent. Michigan State has good balance, but not enough men likely to make it all the way through. That is also true of Oregon State's Pacific Coast champions, cer tainly the best in the west but not yet the national power Coach Dale Thomas is search ing for. Other schools such as Michigan, Iowa State, Colo rado State and Iowa Teachers have some strong Individual performers on hand. Pi) 111 MUSTANG TILLERS Let a Bolens Mustang do the dirty work In your garden. 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The breakthrough came on chance meeting and dis cussion of the subject between Moss and Braff. They discov ered they were working on the same idea and Braff had solved one problem which had stumped Moss. Their solution is a convex- shaped lens, about twice the size of a corneal lens and half the size of the old-style con ventional contact lens which covered the entire eyeball. The lens proper has a flanged edge which rests on the scleral, or white portion, of the eyeball and also fits under the edge of the eyelids. The lens, called the "Sclero- form," will not move about because of the lid pressure and the suction on the whites of the eye. Neither will it be subject to popping out of the eye. Gas Tax Increase To Portland Favored Salem-(UPD-The House High ways committee Tuesday ap proved a bill granting anoth er $64,000 a year in gas tax money to the City of Portland. The bill would mean losses In revenue to certain down- state cities. Cities the size of Salem would lose $5,000 a year, Corvallis $2,000 and smaller municipalities some $300. The bill, HB1324, is a com promise and the League of Oregon Cities did not object. The 220 cities in Oregon share In 10 per cent of the state's gas tax funds, but there is a restriction that limits Portland's cut to two-thirds of its population. Portland wanted its share of the basis of 100 per cent of population. The comprom ise agreed upon in the com mittee was 70 per cent. Portland will get $1.8 mil lion from the fund this year. Too Many Counties, Rep. Annala Says Salem-IUM - Rep. George Annala said Tuesday Oregon has too many counties and challenged the legislature to reduce the number. The Hood River Democrat said improved roads and com munications have done away with the need for 36 counties. But, he said, legislators lack the courage to sponsor a bill combining some counties. Annala said he thought if Gov. Mark Hatfield would back such a proposal it would receive a lot of support. He added it might be one way out of the current strug gle over legislative reappor tionment. FROM s1 1 995 easy payments Entries Number 118 For RV Fieid Trial Total entries for the 10th annual field trial of Rogue Valley Retriever club number 118. Tlie trial is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 24, 25 and 26 at the Rogue Valley Game Manage ment area on Rogue river and at Hoover lakes. Entries for the event closed Monday night. There will be 39 dogs in the open slake, 18 in the amateur, 29 in the qual ifying and 33 in the derby. Labrador, golden and Chesa peake breeds are entered. The trial is one of a number on a west coast circuit. It is licensed by the American Kennel club. First stake of the meet will be the amateur all age and it is set for 8 a.m. Fri day. The derby event will be gin at the conclusion of the amateur. 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A snack wagon will be in operation at the trial site. Glen Bessonette is field trial chairman and Hurley Nelson is marshal. BOUT POSTPONED Patcrson, N.J. - lUI'D - The. Jose Torres - Bobby Barnes middleweight bout scheduled for Saturday night has been postponed until April 1. Tor res, a Puerto Rican, is suffer ing from a sore throat. REPORTED IN LINE Portland - IUPII - Ole John- j son, who coached Madras lo J the state class A-2 basketball ) title this year, was reported in line today for the coaching iob at Portland's Wilson high.. I .Tnhnrn is a 1QS1 T .InfiolH . ' graduate. ...and you can be sure 1 Road an DFOm Service, Your Goodyear Dealer for 43 Years ; Phone SP 3-6266 123 So. Riverside Available at ALL Shell, Union and Stations Displaying Goodyear's Diamond WEDNESDAY. MARCH 22, 1961 OSC Trackmen Fresno - (UPI) - Oregon State won seven events Tuesday to defeat Fresno State 101' 2 20 Is in the dual track meet here. 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