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8 B THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1982 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Oregon Wins, Stanford Upset As Basketball Tourneys Open Br United Pru International : College basketball': annual (nerry-go-round of Christmas tournaments ha only begun but it already hai the experts dizzy, " The opening rounds of both Ihe Los Angeles Classic and Jhe Quaker City Tournament produced spectacular upsets and play in three other tour naments suggested that the upset lightning has only begun o strike. '. The most surprising results pn Wednesday night were Northwestern' 62-61 last-gasp triumph over fourth-ranked Stanford and St. Joseph of Philadelphia's 58-57 last-sec- end victory over seventh tanked Bowling Green. Both losers started the tourna ments unbeaten and with de signs on displacing Cincin nati as the nation's No. 1 (cam. Oregon Wins ; Defending champion Ore gon State starts its quest for a seventh consecutive Far West Classic basketball title tonight, and once again arch rival Oregon is bidding to rjieet the Beavers in the finals. j Oregon defeated Washing ton State 67-57 and Iowa edged Arizona 57-56 in open ing games Wednesday night. Oregon State takes on un beaten Idaho tonight in the last opening round contest at 0:30 p.m. (PST) after Seattle arnd California meet In the opener at 7:30. Oregon State has never lost a game in this tournament and the Beavers are among the favorites again Washington State gave Ore gon a scare by Jumping off 16 an 18-5 lead In the first seven and a half minutes, but Qregon hit 15 points in a row later In the Iir.u nan ana took a 36-29 lead off the court at halftime. After that the liucks simply maintained : their margin. Junior forward Steve Jones collected 22 points and re serve center Jim Johnson scored 17 for Oregon. Guard Byron Vadset had 12 and cen ter Ted Werner 11 for Wash ington Stale. ' Iowa, aroused when coach Sharm Scheuerman was eject ed from the game after col lecting his second technical foul of the night, came from nine points behind to edge Arizona. At Los Angeles, lowly Northwestern bounced the na tionally fourth-ranked Indi ans, 82-61, on Ken Lutgens' desperation tip-in. It was the first defeat of the year for Stanford. Tom Dose had 21 for the Indians, but did not get much help from his mates. The Trojans of USC also suffered their first iXeat when a sound Colorado State learn tore them apart, 72-54. Wrong End Ironically, this set up to night's expected USC-Stan-fnrd battle - but In the los ers' bracket. Eleventh ranked UCLA meanwhile may make It to the top 10 yet. The Bruins saved a little of the coast's prestige by disposing of a sound Utah State club, Rfl-75, with a roerlng fast break. Big Fred Slaughter, who makes up in muscle what he lacks in height when he bat tles tailor pivot men, scored 19, grabbed 15 rebounds and held Utah State's R-font-8 Troy Collier to 10 points. Slick Walt Hazzard hit 18 and engineered the Bruins attack. St. Louis drfratrd Washing ton as expected in the fourth game. But the lop sided 64-;i score again Indicated that Washington will not be able 1o match the Califnrn teams In Big Six competition this winter. Colorado Mate takes nn Northwestern this and UCLA meets St. Louis tonight, in winner's action at Los Angeles. Finals are Sat urday. Waves Can't Win Pepperdine has recorded an amazing jinx in the annual San Francisco gathering of the West Coast Athletic Con ference. As the WCAC tourney en ters its fourth year, the Waves have not yet won a first round game. After losing three straight games last year, they went on to win the WCAC title. This year, San Jose bounc ed them 65-54 last night as forvard Bill Robertson came off the bench to lead the Spartans, who are now 6-4. This made Santa Clara the prohibitive favorite.. In a night of upsets along the Pa cific Coast, the Broncs solid 80-63 win over University of Pacific stood out. Guard Russ Vrankavich had the biggest night of his life with 25 points and the tower ing front line of Joe Weiss, Gene Shields and Leroy Jack son added 41 more. Tonight, Si. Mary's meets Loyola and USF meels Port land in the rest of the first round of play. Illinois Routs Penn Elsewhere in the nation, fifth-ranked Illinois ma.'e an impressive debut with a 98-66 rout of Pennsylvania in the Holiday Festival Tournament in New York, but 12th-ranked West Virginia staggered to a 65-64 decision over Boston College in a game that nearly produced the biggest upsjt of all. Last Second Win Bowling Green led St. Jo seph's by a point with four seconds left and also had pos session of the ball out of bounds. But a wild pass gave St. Joseph's the ball and a quick timeout set up a shot by Jimmy Boyle that went through the cords as the final buzzer sounded. It was the 18tt. lime the lead changed hands in the thriller at Phila delphia, Bruce Burton's 34 points led Brigham -Young to an 84- 73 win over favored LaSalle, Providence beat Delaware, 70-57, with the help of 20 points by Bay Flynn, and Wally Jones' 18 points paced Villanova to a 72-54 victory over Manhattan in the Quak er City's other first-round ac tion. Center Bill Burwell con nected on 10 of 13 field goal tries as fasl-breaklng Illinois blitzed Pennsylvania. Illinois led by as much as 35 points In scoring Its sixth straight victory. Mike Wolfe tied the score for West Virginia with five seconds left In regulation time and scored the winning basket with 13 seconds lelt in the overtime period at New York. St. Bonaventure walloped Holy Cross, 82-88, and New York University heat Du quesne, 71-fiH, In other first round games. Kansas Beats Colorado Mnrv Straw scofed 27 points as Iowa Slnte whipped Ne braska, 82-68, and C'.eorRe Unseld tallied 25 points as Kansas defeated Colorado, 70-64, in first-round games of the Big Eight Tournament at Kansas City, Mo. Kansas State plays Missouri and Ok lahoma Slate faces Oklahoma In tonight's other open-round games. jr.' .?JT .3S- ;Z s jt-M 4 .jwif.' GETS POSSESSION - Washington Stale's Ted Werner (41) grimaces as Oregon center Glen Moore looks for someone to pass to after out-rebounding Werner. Oregon beat the Cou gars 67 to 57. (UPI) MEDF0RD5WrRIBUNl SIPflWBiTS Y. A. Tittle Voted NFL Player Of Year By NORMAN MILLER UPI Sports Writer New York - IUPII - Y. A. Tit tle of the New York Giants, only two years ago on the scrap heap of pro football, today was voted United Press International Player - of - the -Year for the 1082 National Football league season. The Giants to a man agree that they could not have won the Eastern division title In the NFL this season were It not for their bald 36-year-old quarterback. . Tittle set a league record by throwing 33 touchdown passes, in addition to provid ing the brainy play -calling and Inspired leadership requi site of a championship quar terback. Carries Ball And despile his advanced age, he risked his limbs by carrying the ball 17 limes, averaging 6 4 yards per rush and scoring a pair of impor tant touchdowns. Tittle won the honor bv a close margin over fullback Jim Taylor of the Green Bay Packers. Tittle received 19 votes and Taylor 17 in a poll of 42 writers who covered the NFL campaign. Defensive tackle Roger Brown of the Detroit Lions attracted two votes and four players had one vote each, Tittle and Taylor will be on opposing sides In the NFL championship name next Sun day for Ihe second year in-a-row. Taylor had much the better of it in last year's 37-0 Green Bay rout as Tittle had a lack-luster game. Seeks First Title "If we can win ncxl Sun day, It will be the greatest thrill of my lifetime," says Tittle. Although he has played pro football for 15 seasons, he never had played nn a cham pionship loam before coming to the Giants from the San Francisco Forty Niners at the start of the 1981 season. This was the second time in his career, however, that he was named UPI Player-of-the-Ycar in Ihe NFL. He previous ly was elected in 1957 during his heyday with the Forty Niners. Fishing-Hunting Conditions Are Summarized Portland aw The weekly fishing and hunting condi tions prepared by the Ore gon Game Commission: Northwest: North coast streams low and clear with poor steelhead f I s h I n g; angling for perch at ocean shore points good; Siilmon ri ver low and clear; Silo!, ri- aflernoon I ver low and clear; steelhead fishing in Alsoa river slow but boat and hank anglers Mill catching; all lower Wil lamolle area streams poor: Long Tom river below Fern Ridge dam good for erappie and fair for trout. Southwest: Angling in miiin Umpqua river spotty; North and south Umpqua slow: steelhead angling In Coqtiille system fair to good: Coos only fair; steelhead fishing in Ca lico area of Rogue good to ex cellent; Illinois fair; Sixes ri ver dropping; Klk and Pistol rivers producing good catches Chinook and fair steelhead. Northeast; Mosl streams frozen and steelhead angling ! al standstill. For hunters, ) Shaw mountain and Trov ! i permit elk hunts slow he- ' ,'canse of cold and noisy con- i onion; wairrlowl slow in Union and Raker counties. Schmidt, Pearson Boost Lead In Holiday Tourney Carl Schmidt and K. A. Pearson continued to bold a lat-Rp lead in the holiday Rolf handicap tournament at ; Ro(!up Valley Country club, I collection 14 more points, J Schmidt and Pearson are j now plus 37 point in seven i t.indqui.(-NitlUm Humphriry-Quinry ... RMkrr-Vnrt linker VIIon-l,ewi Blllton-Ri-f nfnmn Jiiiiy-Mlrkrlsnn Sclhy-Mcl.miRhltn ... . ;i((orrt-Six Oumn.-('nrU Another Award For Baker Palo Alto, Calif. - HIPD Terry Baker of Oregon State Wednesday was named win ner of the 14th annual Glenn S. (Pop) Warner award for the most valuable senior foot ball player on the Pacific Coast. Baker, chosen by vole of more than 400 sports writers, broadcasters and coaches, will receive his trophy Jan. 22 from the Palo Sports club. The versatile quarterback who rushed and passed for 2,276 yards and threw 12 touchdown passes, also won the Helsman and Maxwell trophies as the nation's top collegiate player. He was the first westerner to receive all three awards. Previous winners of the Warner award starting in 1049 were Eddie Lebaron, College of the Pacific; Russ Pomeroy, Stanford; Ollie Mat- son, Ufar, Jim hears, UbU: Bob Garrett, Stanford; George Shaw, Oregon; Bob Daven port, UCLA; Jon Arnelt, USC; Joe Francis, Oregon State, Joe Kapp, California; Chris Burford, Stanford; Bill Kil mer, UCLA; and Chon Ualle gos, San Jose Slate. Eagle Point Has Averaged 60.1 Points Per Tilt Eagle Point - As the Eagle- Point High school basketball team heads into tonight's opening round o the Rogue League Classic tournament at Cave Junction, it brings a mark of 60.1 points scored per game. Eagle Point's average of 60.1 in winning five out of six games compares with the op ponents' average of 48 points per game. Charles Pomeroy leads In tolal points scored with 117, followed by Richard Short with 77 and Wilbur Boat wright with Bfi. Short leads the team in re bounds with 99. The team statistics: Nam G Pomeroy fi Short R Bnntwright R Under fi Charley Whaley fi Clement fl Menloh fi Avres fi CorliM 5 Sirwtis fl Hoeftt Hudson nil. 117 Red. 73 matches, far ahead of I,eo cimk-Kton - l , who Hou.i-Trnvi 1 Colemnn-;itirtoiti 4 ChlUvood-Honver S Ohenmir-lMed 2 Klnch-Hlnnmn 2 Reeven-Smllh ) ('Mucin to-Cox . .. '. 2 Forty-Niner Coaches Resign San Francisco -iUPH- (.'oach Hod illckey of the San Fran cisco Forty Niners was look ing for a new pair of assist ant coaches today. Defensive line coach Mark Duncan and offensive end coach Billy Wilson resigned Tuesday from the Forty Niner staff. There were nn pressures brought to bear on them, both men declared. Duncan, 44, came to t h e rlub In 1955. He said he was quitting to go Into the real estate business In Anaheim, Calif. Wilson came to the Forty Niners from San Jimp Slale college In 1B51 and became nne 01 top Nallonal Football : Pacific Coast leagues all time best ends, spearing 407 passes. He took over as offensive end coach In I960. Vilarino and Dick Knoll have 14. The Si'liinlilt Pcason combo picked up seven points from Clayton Lewis and Fred Con nut and another seven from Frank Perl and Jack Dough-1 tni!irrM-MAmmnnrt . ertv last week end. Rd-;ui Vilarino and Knoll w o n I M-.v-Hro-n three points in their match ! """"t";'" i Mantnn-Tlchetior Ra Imt-l.inher ,lr Ou rn-Shrpherd Heinel-SAw er Wood-Wemlt llenieliTiftii-QiMnn Wtlltdini-Mtlvnin ... . Clnrk-l.HKt'Knn Vaion-Nrt Kiiitin I nvn-Coni nd Muhhui d-Johnnn - -Clt ii ken heard Spa i o Jr. and Pick Brown, now with i ivri-ivniniieny Z points, having picked up J.ruier.ri (u .. First Players Named For NBA All-Star Team New York - flU'D - The first of the plHyers, eiuht for each squad, for the 13th annual National Basketball League's All-Star game to be played In Los Angeles Jan. 16, were announced today. They wrre chosen by Ihe sports writers and broad casters in the league cities. Both squads will be completed next week when the coaches select three more players from both the East and West. Those named thus far:' East - Tom Hrinsohn, Bill R u s.se 11 and Bob C on sy of Boston; Oscar Robertson and Jack Twymnn of Cincinnati; Lee Shaffer and Johnny Kerr of Syracuse and Richie Guer in of New York. West - Elgin Baylor and .Terry West of Los Angeles; Wilt Chamberlain and Guy Rorigers of San Francisco; Bailey Howell and Don Ohl of Detroit; Bob Prttit of St. Louis and Walt Bellamy of Chicago. Six of the players were unanimous selections - Bay lor, Chamberlain, Bellamy, West, Russell and Robertson. with llr. W. Miller and Al Stcrton, increasing their point total from 1 1 to 14. The first and second place combos have now each played seven match es. Moving up to third, after having played u n 1 y four matches, were Justin Smith three from pom Cnseiato and Bill Cox. Smith and Brown were fourth with nine points last week. Ivuss Acheson and Bob Phil lips won iwn points from Bill Dent hern tie and Bruce Ham mond to move from seventh to fourth place, now with 10 ASSUMING NEW DUTIES Tucoma, Wah. IT!' l,ow Matlin will Hstumr his new duties as general mttnauer of the Hawaii Islnnriers of the leatinc at 'the start of Ihe new year. Mntlin had been business manager of the Taeomn Giants for the Last i points in just three matches, j nm '' In ball sweepstakes last week end, Schmidt had a low gross of 7r. Jim McCoy and Larry Butler tied for low net honors with "U. Man he PutnU . .. 7 Phit S. TiiMx-l'imit'li I anihert-SfhoM Aintenon-Mitrhell I inn-M line I'm l-t't amer ne niln-Mnlfat KoHj-nunle. 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