MONDAY 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.
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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.
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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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