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THURSDAY. JANUARY 3. 1363
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
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Tornadoes Oppose
Grants Pass High
Mcdford high's Black Top
nado, third in the loop last
season, begins Its 1963 South
ern Oregon conference bas
ketball slate on Friday night
by facing the defending state
champions.
The Tornadoes travel to
Grants Pass for an 8 p.m. en
gagement. It will be the only
fracas of the wee'-, end for
Medford.
Grants Pass, which battled
to the state diadem of 1962
after taking second in the cir
cuit, will vie on Saturday at
Klamath Falls. Klamath is
the defending conference and
District 6 A-l titlist.
Mcdford will carry the bet
ter win-loss record Into the
Friday contest. The Pig Wind
is 5-1 for pre-loop action and
fourth ranked in the current
prep poll. Grants Pass, 4-2,
is seventh rated.
The two aggregations have
encountered three common
foes. GP whipped Marshfield
and North Bend by wider
margins than did Medford.
Tornado cagers won by 32
and five points from Willam
ette high. The Cavemen nosed
Wil-Hi by one.
Hill Sidelined
Medford split with South
Eugene. Grants Pass divided
with Roseburg and bowed to
No. 1 ranked North Eugene.
Tornado players will go into
action this week without the
services of the top r-bounder
and scorer Jim Hill. Coach
Frank Roelandt reported that
the 6-2 4 jumping jack threw
his shoulder out of action last
Friday at practice.
Friday's games will be pre
ceded by sophomore and jun
ior varsity tussles.
Grants Pass has five play
ers back from the Cinderella
club which won the 1D62
Class A-l banner. They are
larry Lindquist, 6-4, Marty
Bauer, fi-2, Jim Pippin, 6-2,
Bob Shepard, 6-1, and Den
nis O'Leary, 5-10.
Up From Jayvee
They are supported by
players with junior varsity
or sophomore experience.
Among these are Glenn Scott,
6-1, Tom Sparlin, 5-11, Ly
man Kicsecker, 5-0, Gary Red-
dick, 5-9, and Gary Van Ko
ten, 5-9. A 6-4 transfer from
San Carlos, Calif., John May
nard, with the equivalent of
jayveo experience, is also on
the squad.
A H-3 nnn-lellcrman, Al
liutchins, who is being much
counted on, injured his ankle
in pro-season drill. It was re
ported yesterday that Dennis
O'Leary, who started CP's
last pie-league name, was on
crutches. O'Leary, has been
playing despite a football In
jury. He went on crutches on
doctor's advice, however.
Medford has a player Ril
ing in addition to Hill. Rich
Bonner, transfer from Grants
Pass, broke his wrist at the
slart of Meritord's third game
of the new season. Bonner
was a member of the stale
title Caveman iuad and will
miss this first opportunity to
play against his former team
males. Hill Has 79
Hill with 79 points, Jack
Fordo with 72 and Dan Miles
with (IB were the muin scor
ers in prc-confercnce play for
Mcdtord. Hill has the top to
tals in field goals with 34 and
In free tosses with 11. Forrie
Is second In both categories
with 32 and eight.
The two tall men also domi
nate (he rebounding. Hill has
77 snares and Fordc 60.
Medford has out-tabulated
lis opposition In points 364 to
304 and has compiled a 257
to 174 margin In rebounding.
The Tornado has fired hot
from the field but cold from
the free heave line. Its field
goal average is .421 on 152
made in 361 tries. At the gift
line the Mcdford's have put
In 60 of 123 unguarded shots
for .481.
Mcdford KG FT Krh. TP
Bnrne 11-2 7-S 10
Bonner 20-7 11-4 17 IB
uellley 6-2 2-2 2
Forde (17-32 10-S SO 12
Hill 82-34 25-1! 77 71)
Houiton .... .1-3 3-1 3 7
Lowory 3-0 4-2 4
Miles ao-3o is. n l.-i sn
Mitchell 23-9 7-3 22 23
nesinamer 34-21 13-7 is 4n
Rcid 0-0 2-2 1 2
.Salvers 12-3 7-4 in 14
Stockton .... 1-0 '3-1 8 I
Vowell 13-7 3-2 5 10
Crater Encounters
Ashland Saturday;
Grizzlies Face KF
Totals 361-1J3 m-SO 37 34
Opponent! -1I8 126-68 174 304
TORNADO CAGER - Darryl
Stockton, above, has seen duty
as a reserve for the Mcdford
high basketball team this sea
son. He is a 6-1 'a senior. Med
ford opens its Southern Ore
gon conference schedule on
Friday at Grants Pass.
Gifford
Honored
New York-IUPII-Frank Gif
ford, who ended a one-year
retirement, mastered a new
position and played a big part
in the New York Giants' fine
season, today was honored by
United Press International for
the 1902 comeback -of-the-year
in the National Football
league.
The handsome halfback's
career appeared endcu exact
ly two years ago al this time
when ho was sent to the hos
pital with a severe concus
sion after being hit hart by
Chuck Bcdnarik in a game
against the Philadelphia
Eagles.
Clifford sat out the 1961
senmn and earned a comfort
able living as a radio broad-
castor and a model for tele
vision commercials and maga
zino advertisements.
But as Clifford put II, "Mo
tiring was a big mistnko."
"I had to got buck." he
said. "Football is my life."
Linebackers
To Convene
Medford Linebackers club
will resume weekly sessions
with a noon mooting on Fri
day. The mooting will he at
North's C'hurk Wagon.
Two Modford high head
rnarhes have boon invited to
t lie luncheon. Thry are Frank
Rocliindt, basketball mentor,
and Ralph Monroe, wrestling
tutor.
Roelandt likely will discuss
Mcdford's pre-conference hoop
performances and talk con
cerning the Blark Tornado's
Friday night game at Grants
Pass. Monroe, In talking on
Mcdford's mat squad, will
speak on a sport which Is
growing in importance as a
prep activity in the state and
which is building a growing
following locally - alihough
the majority of fans are not
so familiar with wrestling as
Ihey are with bnskethall.
ROYALS PLAY
Portland - flM - The Port
land Royals will meet a team
of all-stars from Vancouver,
B.C. in an amateur hockey
tame here Saturday night.
Trust Fund
Tale Denied
Milwaukee - WPP - The vice
president of the Green Bay
Packers denied emphatically
today the club had set up a
$250,000 trust fund for coich
Vince Lombard! to keep him
from going to the Los Angeles
Rams, but the president of the
team said he didn't want to
talk about such a report.
Lombardi, who also is the
general manager of the team
which has found fabulous suc
cess In the National Football
league standings as well as at
the gale, said "I Just don't
know anything about it."
When asked if he was deny
ing the fund rxislod, Lom
bardi answered "I am Just say
ing I don't know anything
about It. No more, no less."
Richard Bourguignnn, the
vice president of the Green
Bay Packers, Inc., a non-profit
corporation, Insisted "there Is
no truth" to the report by Joe
Williams, sports editor of
Scripps Howard Newspapers,
that a $250,000 trust fund was
set up for Lombardi by Green
Bay directors.
Ashland High school, one
of three Southern Oregon
conference teams untarnished
in pre-league tussles, meets
the other two this week end
In the opening conflicts of
1963 District 6 A-l conten
tion.
On Friday night the Griz
zlies entertain the defending
conference champion Klam
ath Union high Pelicans. On
Saturday Ashland goes over
to Central Point to meet the
Crater Comets..
The two varsity hassles will
be preceded by jayvee and
sophomore skirmishes.
Ashland, Crater and Klam
ath each go into conference
competition with 6-0 records.
There is, however, no direct
means of comparing the three
clubs. Crater won two from
Lebanon and Mt. Shasta
Calif., and one each from Cot
tage Grove and Eagle Point.
Ashland won a pair each from
Phoenix, Fortuna, Calif., and
Shasta high of Redding,
Calif. i
Klamath has defeated Rose
burg, Springfield and Bend
In two games each.
Comet Prestige
Crater will carry the most
prestige into the league's
starting play. The Comets are
sixth-rated In the Portland
Oregonian prep poll. Ashland
tied for 11th in the voting
and Klamath Falls picked up
one vote.
Ashland will fight for con
ference honors after failing
in three straight seasons to
win a league game. The Griz
zlies, some followers feel,
may prove a surprise team in
the loop. Crater has been ac
corded a darkhorse role in
the circuit chase.
Klamath, which hosts
Grants Pass Saturday, has an
other big team which works
the boards well but docs not
have the speed of last year's
club. The Pelicans may use
the tactics of zone defense
which give the opposition lit
tle inside chance and use
their height to grab the ball
on missed shots from outside.
Fred Kelley, 6-5, is a re
turned KF regular. Grover
Dahn, 5-10, and Dick Scott,
6-1, are lettcrmcn. Up from
the junior varsity are Wayne
Chamborland, 6-3, Hal Hol
man. 6-2, and Lanny Guyer,
5- 8. Terry Ash is a fl-3 sopho
more on the crew. Bob Moore,
6- 1, is a freshman who looms
as a fine varsity prospect.
Moore has played in two
games.
Hopes For Upset
Ashland would like nothing
bettor than to launch its 1963
league slate by spilling the
1962 winner. The Grizzlies
have been working on their
rebounding and defense this
week. Coach George Koil said
that the Bruins are drilling to
patch some of the weak spols
which appeared in last week
end's Fortuna series.
Bolstering Ashland is the
return to full strength of
Mike Cotton. Weakened by
flu, he did not play for the
Grizzlies Inst week end.
Return to their regular
floor for practice lias spark
ed up the Crater Comets.
They have boon drilling in
the girls' gym while the boy's
gym was worked on during
the holidays.
Crater Coach Lloyd Hot-fine
reported all hands at prac
lice yesterday with exception
of Merle Flonnor. who suffer
ed a bad ankle twist in last
Friday's workout. Flonnor
has seen reserve duty In all
Comet games so far and has
been of considerable value
to the Fireballs In practice
because of his quickness.
Pepper Tumi Ankle
Pat Pepper turned an ankle
in yesterday's Crater drill
bul lloffino tools he'll be
ready for the Ashland game,
the Cornel's only one of the
week end. If not, rllher
Darryl Sunimorfiolri or Noil
Rivcnburg may got (he call.
Summcrficld gives the Com
ets board strength while Riv
enburg provides more offen
sive power. Rivenburg report
edly has started to hit his
stride and is doing well in
workouts.
Mike Glincs, Howard Tom
linson and Lou Alvarez paced
the scoring and Paul Bran
som and Tomlinson the re
bounding for the Comets in
their six pre-league encount
ers.
Glines has totaled 99
points, Tomlinson 95 and Al
varez 82. Bransom has clear
ed backboards 81 times and
Tomlinson 81. Fourth high
scorer for Crater is Pat Pep
per witn 65 points. Summer
field runs third in rebounding
with 32.
Shot .397
Glines leads in field buck
ets with 44 while Alvarez has
35. Tomlinson has put in 39
of 47 free toss attempts for
a fine 830 average.
As a tceam the Comets have
shot a warm .397 average
from the field on 172 goals
in 433 attempts. They are
.712 from the free stripe on
104 of 146 tries. They have
outscored rivals 448 to 283.
Crater has outshot its ad
versaries both from the field
and the free line. Field av
erage for opponents is .283.
The rivals have averaged
592 in gift tossing.
Rebounding comparison Is
not possible because figures
tor Mt. Shasta are lacking.
The Comets beat the Califor
nia team twice.
Crater
CJllnes
Itivonburg
Alvarez ....
Tomlinson
Bransom ..
Pepper
.innes ..
Sunimerfl'lf
B. Turner..
M. Turner
Menner ....
Gardner ....
SI roh
Mincer
Totals
FG FT Rco. TP
9S-44 16-11 12 09
14-6 7-3 0 17
H3-33 17-12 17 B2
75-28 47-30 7B 03
41-14 IB-10 Bl 3B
81-27 14-11 IB 38
11-3 2-2 14 8
10-11 8-3 32 27
4- 2 4-4 fi 8
1- 1 0-0 12
3-1 2-0 I 2
5- 0 10-3 2 5
2- 0 1-0 4 0
0-0 0-0 1 0
131-171 llfi-ln'l Tl4 Till
Ili4-ln3 1111-77 2S1
COMET HOOPSTER Lou
Alvarez, above, has scored 82
points for Ihe Crater high has
kctball loam in six games this
season. Alvarez is a 5-8 sen
ior in this third year on the
varsity. The Comets open
their league slale on Satur
day as hosts at Central Point
to Ashland.
Rod Laver Pro
Debut Slated
Sydney, Australia - HPI1 -Rod
(The Rock ell Laver.
proud owner of a contract de
scribed the "best ever" sign
id by an amalcur, will make
his protcssional tennis dchut
at While City courts hero Sat
urday night when he mods
follow Australian star L e w
llnad.
Laver, 'he grand slam
champion who signed a Ihrro
yoar contract Wednesday for
a guarantee of 49.00(1 pounds
(approximately $109,270). will
ho on display as a pin for Ihe
first time in the United States
next month.
Commission Cites
Medford Gun Club
Medford Gun club recently
received certificate from the
slale industrial accident com
mission citing II or 27 voir
of unlnlerriiDted rnvprjmr nn.
dor the Oregon workmen's
compensation action.
The club also was cilod for
' promoting Ihe protection of
its workers." k I
i'i
Hubbard Bros., Inc.
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January 3, 4 and 5
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Magazine Rema
To Al Lightner
Salt Lake City -IUPII- Utah
basketball coach Jack Gard
ner Wednesday challenged re
marks attributed to veteran
referee Al Lightner criticiz
ing Gardner's court conduct.
Gardner was one of four
coaches singled out by Light
ner for "exeplosiveness." The
veteran West Coast official
made the charges in an article
in a national magazine (Sat
urday Evening Post).
"Biggest bunch of baloney
I ever read," Gardner said
when asked to comment on
the article.
The article, entitled "Basket
ball's Bullies" said reckless
coaches, rowdy players and
riutous fans were disgracing
college basketball.
"I think Lightncr's remarks
are out of line. He's certainly
doing basketball an injustice.
Sure it's an emotional game.
That's why it's so popular,"
said Gardner.
Called Hooligans
The article also tabbed the
crowd on hand for the Utah
Southern California game at
Provo, Utah, in 1960 as 11,000
"hooligans."
Gardner said he had a
statement from Larry Varnell,
Lightner's fellow official in
the Utah-USC game disprov
ing Lightncr's charges.
Gardner quoted Varnell as
saying "I did not see anything
come on the floor at all from
any of the spectators in any
portion of the game. I am
positive that the game at no
time had to be stopped for
any reason. I recall clearly
having loft the game under
normal peaceful conditions."
According to the article
Lightner said paper cups, pro-
rks Attributed
Challenged
grams, apple cores ana a aeaa
fish showered down and the
floor became unplayable when
Lightner called a foul on
Utah star Billy McGill.
Counts 3rd
in Rebounds
New York - IUPU - Oregon
State center Mel Counts tum
bled out of the top 10 in bas
ketball scoring this week, but
the seven-foot junior moved
up to third in rebounding.
Counts has collected 159 re
bounds in nine games for a
17.7 average. The leader is
Paul Silas of Creighlon with a
19.2 average.
Nick Werkman of Seton
Hall holds the scoring lead
with an average of 36 per
game. Seattle's Eddie Miles is
third with a 29.7 average on
267 points in nine games.
Counts scored 64 points and
grabbed 57 rebounds in three
games in the Far West Classic
last week. Miles was the
Classic's leading scorer with
70 points.
NIEDER APPLIES
San Francisco IUPI) Bill
Nicder, the Olympic cham
pion shotputter whose profes
sional boxing career lasted
less than one round, will seek
to regain his amateur status.
Jim Terrill, who is handling
the Feb. 15 Golden Gate In
vitational indoor track meet
at the Cow Palace, said that
the 240-pound Nieder will be
a competitor if cleared by the
AAU.
Joe Mann
Joins OSU
' Corvallis - OJPII - Joe Mann,
a 6-8, 220-pound transfer from
Clark Junior college, joined
the Oregon State basketball
team Wednesday. He is Imme
diately eligible.
Mann, who is from Irrigon,
led the Oregon State Rooks in
scoring in the 1956-57 season
and then went into the Navy
for three years.
The Beavers, who won
their seventh straight Far
West Classic title last week
end to run their season's rec
ord to 6-3, play host to Wash
ington State here Friday and
Saturday nights.
Sophomore Jim Kraus, a
6-7 forward, probably will
start against the Cougars. The
other probable starters are
forward Steve Pauly, center
Mel Counts and guards Terry
Baker and Frank Peters.
CASCADE VICTOR
Los Angeles UPI Cascade
College of Portland defeated
Southern California College
55-52 in overtime in the first
round of the Los Angeles Pa
cific college basketball tour
nament Wednesday night. '
TRIAL RESUMES
New York - IUPD - The trial
of former Columbia Univer
sity basketball star Jack
Molinas on charges of bribery
is scheduled to be resumed to
day after a motion for a mis
trial was denied.
JAPANESE SCHEDULED
, Portland - IUPII - A team of
Japanese high school wrest
lers is scheduled to arrive
here Saturday. The team will
compete against 18 Oregon
high school squads during
this month.
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