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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.
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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
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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
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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";'"
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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
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Grants Pass
Beaten By
Roseburg 61-40
By Unitftd Prtss International
Defending stale champ i o n
Grants Pass was rocked by
its second consecutive loss last
night in the only game on
the stale high school basket
ball schedule.
The Cavemen lost 61-40 to
Roseburg, which had not won
a same this season. Paul
Brothers scored 1 points and
Ihe Roseburg zone defense
held Grants Pass to U field
Bonis in 59 shots from the
field in the game at Roseburg.
There are several games
scattered around the state to
night. The only one involving
class ,-l teams sends The
Dalles, unbeaten In two games
this season, to Wv'east.
three yrars.
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Blum scored a riding
triple at Tropical Park Wed
nesday, winning with Song of
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Blades Rally For 6-3 Win
By Uniltd Prt International
Lou Angeles broke open a
3-3 tie with a trio of third
period goals Wednesday night
on the way to a 6-3 win over
Vancouver.
The victory moved Los An
geles to within five points of
high-flying Portland in the
Southern Division Western
Hockey league race, while
Vancouver still leads Seattle
by Just a point In the North
ern division.
In the night's only other
action, Calgary bottom
team in the Northern division
bounced Southern division
cellar-dweller Spokane by a
6-2 count.
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