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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY MARCH 18. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON OSU Beavers Thump Arizona State For Far West Regional Cage Toga Provo, Utah-Pll-When Ore gon State wins a big game, the methodical Bea'ers take no halfway measures about it. The Beavers, who meet de fending champion Cincinnati in a semifinal of the NCAA basbetball tournament, show ed their class Saturday night in trouncing Arizona Slate University 83-65 in the Far West regional finals. Coach Slats Gill's well-dis ciplined cagers never trailed in the contest as they treated the fine Arizona State club Just as if it were an ordinary team. The Beavers forced the Sun Devils into one mistake after another and taught them a lesson in defense. The heroes in Oregon State's win were towering Mel Counts, their seven-foot center, Terry Bak er and senior Steve Pauly. Counit Scores 26 Counts poured in 26 points, and grabbed 13 rebounds. Baker, the Heisman Trophy winner last football season, got IS poinis and played a great floor game. Pauly hit on nine of 14 field goal at tempts and got 21 points. The loss was a bitter one for Arizona State, winner of 26 out of 29 games. Joe Cald well led the Sun Devils with 17 points. Oregon State will be mak ing its first appearance in the semifinals since 1949, when they lost to Oklahoma A. and M. in the semifinals. Gill's cagers also are the first Pa cific Northwest team in the semifinals since Seattle lost to Kentucky in the 1958 tour nament. Gill said after the turna ment his team welcomed the opportunity to meet Cincin nati. "We respect Cincinnati but we also welcome the chal lenge of meiing them," he said. University of San Francis co won consolation honors in the meet played at Brigham Young university ficldhouse. The Dons edged UCLA 70-75 with sophomore Ollie John son paving the way with 20 points and 20 rebounds. osu Kraiu 1 Pauly 1 Countj -.11 Pnlera 4 Baker S Jarvla 1 Bawl - 1 Thorgcrion ......... 0 o-n 3- fl 4- 4 fi-8 3-3 n-s 2-3 0-3 it it 3 0 ToUIi 31 31-2T 34 3 PP.. TP ro Arizona Caldwell ... cervemk ...... s Backer 6 Dalrman 3 Senltza 4 Howard - 0 Dlaaruflno .......... 1 FT .1-10 8-10 1-3 3-3 0-3 3-3 0-0 ToUlf 24 17-31 23 J WHOOP IT UP Oregon State University basketball team and cheerleader whoop it up following their championship in the Far West roa onal basketball tournament or. ine imi-aa. The Beavers defeated Arizona State 83-65 to advance to the national tournament (UPI) Cincinnati, Loyola Duke Go Into NCAA Tourney Semifinals School Head Says Coach Innocent Birmingham, Ala. - IUP0 -University of Alabama Presi dent Frank Rose said Sun day Coach Paul (Bear) Bry. ant was Innocent of charges that he conspired to rig the outcome of a football game. Rose's statement was read on a statewide television pro gram on which Bryant df nled the charge. Rose said the charges made against Bryant in a magazine article were a "real injustice." "After careful and thorough investigation, including the most favorable results of a lie detector test ... I have found no evidence of any kind that would implicate Coach Bryant in any way with riR glng, or fixing, or betting on football games," Rose said. Post Levels Charges Bryant and former Univer sity of Georgia Athletic Di rector Wally Butts have been charged In a Saturday Eve ning Post article with con Spiling to rig the outcome of the Alabama -Georgia foot ball game last Sept. 22. The Post, in an article scheduled to appear in its March 23 edition, quotes George Burnett of Atlanta as saying he overheard a tele phone conversation in which Butts briefed Bryant on Georsia's game plans. Butts has termed the charges "the most fantastic nd ridiculous thing that I can imagine," and instructed his lawyers to file $10 mil lion libel suit. The charges have touched off a sweeping invest igal Inn Involving university ofdci ils at both schools. Southeastern conference officials, the Geor gia attorney general's office, the FBI and the U.S. Senate. By GARY KALE UPI Sports Writer Friday Night's NCAA col lege basketball tourney semi finals will be anything but C-O-L-D when Cincinnati, Oregon Stale, Loyola (111.) and Duke clash at Louisville, Ky. Ton ranked Cincinnati, leading from wire to wire all season in the national ratings. goes against surprising Oregon State and Duke runs into ils most formidable hurdle when the Blue Devils face Loyola. The winners will be matched in the championship game the following night. The Bearcats, with All- Americas Ron Bonham and Tom Thncker, gained momen tum for an unprecedented third straight NCAA champi onship by knocking off Colo rado, 87-60, at Lawrence, Kan. Saturday night. Beavers Surprise Arizona Unhenrldcd Oregon State, with All-America football quarterback Terry Baker one of the few "names" in the Beaver lineup, advanced to the semis with an 83-65 sur prise victory over third-rank ed Arizona Slate university at Provo, Utah. Oregon Stale reached a semifinal bracket once before when it lost to Oklahoma A&M in 1949. Second - ranked Duke had no trouble moving up as the hoys from North Carolina de feated St. Joseph's (Pa.) 73 59, at College Park. Md., and fourth - rated Loyola stopped neighboring Illinois, 79-64, at East Lansing, Mich. In the National Invitation tourney at New York Villa nova stepped inlo the semi finals with a 54-53 victory over top - seeded Wichita and Canlsius duplicated the move by boating Memphis Stale, 76-67. Advancing to quarter final competition were St. Louis, which edged LaSallc, 62-61, and Miami (Fla.) with a 71-70 squeaker over St. Francis (N.Y.). St. Louis meets Marquette and Miami plays Providence in quarter finals Tuesday night. The winners compete In a Thursday night semifinal twinbill, with Canisius vs, Vlllanova on the other hall of Hie card. Btarcats Forged Ahead Cincinnati trailed Colorado until the early part of the second half In the Mideast regional finals and then forged in front as Bnnham, Willi 22 points, and Thacker, with 18 bombarded the Buf falo defenses. Ken Charllon of Colorado took game hon ore with 23 poinis. A cry of "three in '63'' was immediately set up. referring to the Bearcats' drive for a third conscculivc NCAA title. Jeff Mulllns and Fred Schmidt found the scoring range for Duke when All America teammate Art Hey man was too closely guarded and scored 24 and 20 points, respectively, against St. Jo seph's. Hcyman tallied 16 as Duke was held to a 34-33 half lime intermission lead, but broke loose in the second half to sew up the Eastern region al title. Oregon Slate, hitting on 66 per cent of its field goal at tempts before halflime, re ceived a 26-poinl effort from Mel Counts and 15 from Bak er as the Beavers won their first Far Western regional since 1049. Jerry Harkness, the fourth UPI All-America player m the NCAA tourney, scored a game high of 33 points against Illinois as the Pemblcrs' em ployed a fast break to good advantage in the Midwest re gional final. Loyola had a 38 30 halflime margin and al most doubled Its lead at the finish. Pan American of Texas de feated Western Carolina, 73 62, al Kansas City, Mo., to win the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA championship, Lucius Jackson, top choice on the UPI small college All-Amor ica team, scored 25 points for the Tcxans. Safety Classes At Rifle Range Junior safety classes are be ing conducted each Monday at 7:30 p.m., at the Medford Rifle and Pistol club ranee, on Vilas rd. Age limit for these classes is 10 to 18. Boys and girls are equally accept ed. PistoU shoots are held every Tuesday and Thursday t 7:30 p.m. Challenge Faced by OSU Quint Corvallis - IUPU - "I always get a thrill with a challenge and you can t deny there s a challenge here," Oregon Stale Coach Slate Gill said today. Gill was talking about the Beavers' upcoming NCAA semifinal game with defend ing champion Cincinnati at Louisville, Ky., Friday nigni. Duke meet Loyola of Chicago in the other semifinal contest. 'There's no doubt this fig ures to be our toughest game of the season," he said. "But we're capable of winning." Oregon State began work outs today in preparation for its game against the Bear cats. The Beavers plan an other practice session before leaving Wednesday morning for Louisville. Tlie Beavers, who gained the semifinals with a 83-65 upset victory over Arizona Stale in the finals of the Far West regional playoffs at Pro vo, Utah, Saturday night, fig ure to be big underdogs against Cincinnati, which will be seeking an unprecedented third straight national cham pionship. More Losses In fact, with a 22-7 record, Oregon State will have more losses than the other three scmifinalists combined. Cin cinnati has lost only one and Duke and Loyola two each. But Arizona State, ranked third in the nation in the fi nal United Press Internation al season poll, also was heav ily favored against the Ore gonians, who were ranked 14th. "They've indicated to me that they're at a peak for the season," Gill said of his bea vers. "They really have dem onstrated a lot of poise in the playoffs." Oregon State's fortunes will be carried on the shoul ders of 7-foot Junior center Mel Counts, who poured in 26 points to help defeat Ari zona State. Counts Sals Record His efforts against the Sun Devils gave him 616 points for the season and his school's one - year scoring record. The old record was 614 points by Wade (Swede) Halbrook in 29 games In 1953-54. Gill said he will open with Counts, 6-7 sophomore Jim Kraus and 6-4 senior Steve Pauly at forwards and 6-3 senior Terry Baker and 6-2 Sophomore Frank Peters at guards. Baker, Heisman Trophy-winning football quarter back, guides the Beavers' offense. Meifori)Tribune SIPODIffiTS Lowell Five Takes State B Hoop Title Bend - HOT - Lowel's Red Devils hold their second Ore gon high school Class B basketball title in three years today. They won the 1982-63 championship Saturday night by rolling past Powder Valley 55-41 in the finals of the eight-team, three-day tourna ment. Lowel, the pre-tourney fav orite which captured the crown two years ago, led 16- 12, 31-22 and 35-31 at the quarter stops. Simdars Paces Tom Simdars and 6-8 Dave Batnbridge paced the Red Devils with 19 and IS points, respectively. Jim Peters hit 15 for Powder Valley. Simdars and Bainbridge were named to the all-tour ney team. Also chosen were Bob McMillan and Mike Shields of McEwen and Dan Taylor of Powers. Cascade Locks captured third place by beating Powers and MpF.wpn iHrprf Corbett 46-44 for fourth place in consolation games Satur day. Taylor was the top scorer in the tourney with 62 points in three games. Class A-2 Tournament Under Way Coos Bay - (UPD - Oregon's high school Class A-2 basket ball tournament got under way at Marshfield High school here today. Central (21-1) met Yamhill Carlton (18-6) and Vale 15-9) faced North Catholic (17-5) this afternoon. Newport (14-7) takes on Coquille at 7:30 p.m. and Hen ley 22-0 battles Elmira 23-2 at 8:45 p.m. Pleasant Hill, 1962 winner did not qualify for the eight team, three-day tournament. phone I j tot y. t TRU-MIX I I Steel Road Concrete & Equipment Corporati 248 East McAndrews Division of CSC Concrete Falstaff Pin Score Disappoints Buffalo, N.Y.-IUPD - Falstaff Beer of St. Louis rolled a disappointing 2,969 series in its opening block in the clas sic team division of the Amer ican Bowling congress tourna ment Sunday night. Team captain Billy Welu led Falstaff with a 679 series. The team must roll at least 3.241 tonight to overtake Unit ed Van Lines of St. Louis. The Vans still lead the classic division with 6,210. Lawrence, Kan.-UPD - An Oklahoma City University basketball player reported to the FBI that an unidentified man tried to bribe him. Ed die Jackson, 7-foot forward from Waco, Tex., said the man, apparently a gambler, approached him at a cafe here after his team's Friday night loss to Colorado in the NCAA Midwest regional tournament. Hapanowicz Brothers Mar ket of Utica, N.Y. fired 3,014 to move into ninth place in the regular team division Sun day night. In the minor events, Jim Smith of Rockford, 111., took second in the classic singles with 704. Still leading this category is Ed Thomas of Logan, Ohio, with 720 rolled Saturday. In the classic doubles, Ben Vitale and Max Delamater of Rockford, moved into third place with 1,309. Another Rockford pair. Jack and Joe Cerniglia, took fourth with 1,308. Joe Joseph and Billy Gol embiewski of Detroit still lead the classic doubles with 1,378. Regular doubles play saw Fred Mackowiak and Casey Klein of Buffalo move into third place with 1,319. Philip Wright and Don Janney of Streator, 111., still lead with 1,326. 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