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FRIDAY. MARCH S. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Bedford at Klamath Falls; GP
At Crater Tonight; Tornadoes
Entertain Comets on Saturday
Mcdford, Crater and Grants
Pass - the remaining three.
Who from among them will
the conference champion and
state tournament entrants be?
That puzzle still is to be
solved as the Southern Ore
gon conference schools take
to the maplccourts tonight in
the final week end of the
regular basketball season.
The three high schools, as
just above everyone here
abouts knows, are tied for
the loop leadership. They
have 0-5 records and among
the five league schools are
the only ones left in the
chase for the title and for
the two District 8 A-l berths
in the Oregon state tourna
ment which opens on March
19 at Eugene.
T o n i g h t's encounters are
Grants Pass at Crater (CeiT
tral Point) and Medford at
Klamath Falls. On Saturday
completing the regular sched
ule, Crater vies at Medford
and Grants Pass at Ashland.
Games at Central Point and
Medford are billed for 8:15
p.m. and the others for 8
o'clock. The varsity scuffles
all follow 8:30 p.m. junior
' varsity contention.
Tourney Spot Stressed
While the league champion'
ship is a coveted prize, win.
ning it seems almost second
ary to garnering a tourney
place. And, even the week
end games may not settle the
Issue. Deadlock in the bid
for tournament representa
tion looms highly possible -even
probable - necessitating
playoff action.
A three-way knot could re
sult should the three con
tenders split their week end
frays.
Crater's Comets feel that
the burden mostly is on their
shoulders since they meet
both their co-league pacers.
Coath Gordon Prehm of the
Grants Pass Cavemen perhaps
reflected Comet and Black
Tornado sentiment as well
when he said concerning the
week end's challenge: "We ex
pect to win two. But, some
body is going to have to
lose."
Hard To Predict
This week end's outcome Ik
a "hard thing to predict
stated Prehm. I don't know
as if there has been a altua
tlon such as this where three
clubs are even and every'
thing hinges on two games."
The GP tutor said that the
Cavemen are getting ready
for Ashland as much as Cra
ter. Both games arc just as
important, he said. Ashland
is a real threat.
Prehm reported that his
club has made some offensive
changes. Some new patterns
are being worked on to try
to get Increased scoring. lie
mentioned Cavemen trouble
getting the ball in the hoop
regularly.
Also, the mentor has work
ed his charges In effort to
avoid collap.se such as oc
curred when Medford pressed
in the last part of Ihc Tor-nado-GP
game one week ago.
Prehm blamed the collapse
on carelessness then panic,
lie said that quite a bit of
lime has been spent on the
problem and that he feels con
fident the Cavemen can han
dle the press by anyone now.
Postiblt Starters
Possible GP starters tonight
arc Jim Pippin, Bob Shrpard,
Al Hutching, Lyman Kciseck
cr and Tom Sparlln. How
ever, Shepard, along with
Larry Lindquist, has missed
a couple of days practice be
cause of bad colds. Both are
expected to be ready for the
week end, but Marty Bauer
could get the starting call
ahead of Shepard.
, As for the Crater Comets,
Who are making their finest
show in the maplccourt in the
school's Class A-l competi
tion history, Coach Lloyd
Hoffine had little to add to
what has been said already
this week. He'll likely open
with the regular combine of
Howard Tomlinson, Paul
Bransom, Lou Alvarez, Mike
Glines and Pal Pepper.
The Fireballs, who beat GP
on their own court, are am
bitious to atone for two bad
nights at Grants Pass. But,
the view of a state meet berth
within their grasp fires them
most of all. Crater has never
been to a state tourney and
has a flood of well-wishers
from throughout the confer
ence. Keep Wary Eye
It's a big push for the Fire
balls and they know it. I
The Pelicans are out to get
Medford. Such word was
brought back to the Rogue !
valley last week end. Klam
ath Falls is really looking
for you," was the warning.
"Keep a wary eye" out for
the Pels.
"We realize KlaniRth is
really waiting," said Medford
Coach Frank Roelandt. "It's
going to be a rough one I
know and it will be the same
Saturday (against Crater). It
will be one big, long rough
week end."
Said the Tornado mentor
further, "I think we're as
ready as we possibly can be.
I just hope it's ready enough
. It s just a matter of the
ball going through the hoop
. we'll be giving that 100
per cent effort." j
Aim To Do Job
The likely Tornado start
ers arc Jim Hill, Rich Ben
ncr, Jack Forde, Larry Vowell
and Dan Miles.
Klamath may be Fred Kel-
ley, Wayne Chamberlain, Bob
Holman, Don Piper and Hal
Holinan or Lanny Guyor.
Grover Darin, reportedly, has
been dropped from the squad.
The Ashland Grizzlies will
go for victory against Grants
Pass as a matter of pride.
With only two loop verdicts
over the long slate they want
to complete their souson on
a note of triumph. .
"We're going to do a job
on Grants Pass, said Coach
George Keil. The kids arc
looking pretty good Ihis week
. . . We're going to give it
all. Whether it will be enough
or not, I don't know." The
spectre of flu is hanging over
the club.
Possible slartcrs arc Mike
Cotton, Dale Topper, Jim
Lamb, Rirk Pierce and Tod
Hess. Howard Johnson has
been laid up with a sprained
foot and Joe Rayncs sprained
his ankle (his week.
Past Scores
In past games this season
with week end foes Medford
downed Klamath Falls 44 to
35 and 49 to 47 at Medford
and lost lo the Pels 85 to 64
at Klamath Falls; Medford
trimmed Crater 87 tn 58 at
Medford and 61 lo 50 at Cen
tral Point and lost 68 to 83
to the Comets al Central
Point.
Grunts Puss has won 56 lo
45 and 78 to 48 over Crater
ai urams i-ass ana uraier
beat the Cavemen 75 to 67
at Central Point; Grants Pass
has won all three from Ash
land 67 to 39, 61 to 55 and
51 to 44.
Sophomore games also are
sot this week end. At Cen
tral Point and Medford they
will be at the multipurpose
room and senior high boys'
gym, respectively. Klamath
Falls and Ashland game will
be at 5 p.m.
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TORNADO BATTLER Hard
scrapping Gibb Mitchell,
above, is one of Medford high
hoopmcn likely to see much
service this week end. The
Black Tornado is at Klamath
Falls tonight and entertains
Crater here on Saturday
evening.
GP Shares
Mat Title
Corvallis - Hint - Lebanon
has to share its Oregon high
school Class A-l wrestling
title with Grants Pass, it was
announced here.
The schools were named co
champions after a scoring
error was discovered by tour
nament manager John Dustin
of Coos Bay.
Lebanon, which was cred
ited with edging defending
champion Grants Pass 44-43
for the title in the tournament'
at Corvallis last week end,
lost a point in the corrected
scoring.
Hermiston, Lebanon,
South Eugene Picked
To Gain Tournament
United Press International
South Lugcne, Lebanon and
Hermiston arc heavily fav
ored lo gain berths in the Ore
gon high school Class A-l
basketball tournament to
night. South Eugene is at Thurs
ton, Lebanon plays host to
Sweet Home and Hermiston
is at Milton-Frcewatcr
Marshall, Franklin. Tigard,
Sandy, MoUilla, Souih Salem,
North Eugene and Pendleton
already have clinched spo ;
in the lfl-tcam tournament at
Eugene March 1I) 'J3.
Astoria, Mihvaukic, Reav-
crton, Forest Grove, Tilla
mook, Oregon City. Crater,
('rams Pass and Medford bat
tle it mil for the five other
berths In the tourney.
I Coquille, Pleasant Hill and
I Vale can clinch berths in the
Class A-2 tournament with
! wins tonight.
SPORTS
VIES FOR COMETS A vet
eran competitor for Crater
high school's Comets Is Mike
Glines, above, who is slated
for starting duty against
Grants Pass at Central Point
tonight and against the Tor
nado at Medford on Saturday,
Stroh Beer
Will Roll
In Tourney
Buffalo, N.Y. - (UHl - The
Stroh's Beer of Detroit, which
placed ninth last year and
second in 1061, will roll its
first three-game block in to
night's American Bowling
congress tournament and may
pile up enough pins to theat
en first place Helin Tackle
of Detroit.
Paced by Dave Soutar, who
won the 1061 Professional
Bowlers Association national
tourney and finished fifth in
1062, ihe team will undoubt.
edly shoot toward the 6157
compiled by Helms fob. ne
Formed in 1934, the Stroh's
won the ABC that year and
went on to place second in
1057 and 1058 and third in
1951, 1054, 1058.
Another team, Monlclare
Pontiac of Chicago will make
its classic division debut to
night. No teams in cither division
slipped into the top ten stand
ings Thursday. In the minor
events, Vince Dinapoli of Ro
chester, N.Y., missed a 7-pin
and settled for a first place
tie in the regular division all
events. His 1054 total for nine
games matches thai of Andy
Huboda of Young?town, Ohio.
who moved into first in the
all-events three days ago.
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wis sat up in meeting at
Crater High last night to
settle state A-l basketball
tournament berths should ties
occur for first or second spots
In the final standings of the
Southern Oregon conference.
This is the final week end
of regular league play. Crater.
Medford and Grants Pass
High schools go into it tied
for first and each with two
games to play.
Should all teams lie for
first, two of them, to be de
termined by a Sunday draw
ing, would play on Tuesday
on neutral court- with the
winner to automatically qual
ify for one of the league's
two tourney spots. The loser
then would play the third
team on Wednesday for the
other position.
IF TWO TIE
If two teams lie for second,
playoff game would be on
Tuesday. Should two tie for
first, a simple drawing would
decide which state tourna
ment each will occupy.
This is the neutral court
setup: Should Grants Pass and
Crater meet the game would
be at Hedrick gym in Med
ford. Games putting Grants
Pass against Medford or Cra
ter against Medford would be
at Ashland High.
Commissioner Golden Noble
would assign officials after
conferring with coaches and
alto would name a tcorekeep
er and timer.
A pre-tale of tickets would
be conducted at the schools
involved. Charges for admis
sion would be 50 cents for
students and $1.50 for adults.
Only radio and newspaper
men working the games
would be given passes.
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