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State A-1 Tourney Opens; Bedford High
Goes Against Lebanon Warriors Tonight
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JACK FORDE
Oregon's 45th annual big
high school basketball tourna.
ment opens this evening at
McArthur court at University
of Oregon in Eugene. And, ac
cording to Paul Harvey, prep
sports writer for the Eugene
Register Guard, "tnere g gen.
eral agreement on two
counts."
Said Harvey, "Two Eugene
schools and Medford are the
clubs to watch, and with
North Eugene and South Eu
gene in the big classic, tour
nament attendance records
should fall.
"The sports writers tabbed
North Eugene (21-1) the top
club in the state in the final
Associated Press poll, then
picked South Eugene (18-4)
as the club most likely to win
the tourney.
"The writers predicted an
all-Eugene finale , , . But they
also warned thai Medford
could walk off with every
thing." First Test
The Associated Press pre
dictions get their initial tests
this evening. Medford High
and North Eugene appear in
the Class A-1 tournament's
first engagements. The Black
Tornado of Medford, contend
ing in a Tuesday opener of
the tournament for the first
time, takes on Lebanon's War
riors at 7:30 p.m. North Eu
gene follows at 8:45 p.m.
against Marshall of Portland.
These two encounters touch
off a 28-game tourney pro
gram which continues
through Saturday night when
the 10(33 champion will be
crowned. Six first round
games are on the Wednesday
docket. On Thursday four
consolation bracket contests
SPORTSCAST
Radio station KYJC will
carry in Madford Labanon
gam at 7:30 o'clock and tht
Marshall-Norlh Eugana clash
at 8:45 p.m. In tha Oragon
Class A-1 high school baiktl
ball tournament at Eugan.
KYJC will carry all tha
Medford gamts in tha tour
ney. Tha Grants Pan-South
Salem game at 2 p.m. Wednes
day will b among those
broadcast.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19. 1963
RICK BENNER JIM HILL
Start for Medford High in Stat Tourney
will be followed by four tus
sles in the championship sec
ond round.
Grants Pass High, co-chain
pion with Medford in the
Southern Oregon conference,
was the 1962 A-1 titlist. It
begins its derense at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday against South Sa
lem. Medford and GP will aim
to uphold recent year's Dis
trict 6 domination of the tour
ney. The Tornado was champ
in I860 and Klamath Falls
nipped Medford in the 1961
title game.
Wednesday first. round
games include Pendleton ver
sus Molalla at 9 a.m., Tilla
mook versus Astoria at 10:15
a.m., Hcrmiston versus Sandy
at 3:15 p.m., South Eugene
versus Milwaukie at 7:30 p.m.
and Franklin versus Tigard at
8:45 p.m.
winner of the Lebanon-
Mcdford game will play the
winner of the North Eugene-
Marshall contest on Thursday
at 3 p.m. Losers meet at 8:30
p.m. Thursday, Grants Pass
South Salem victor goes
against the Hermislon-Sam'y
winner at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Losers of those two games
meet at' 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Scouting Reports
Lebanon is in the tourna
ment for the first time since
1951. The Warriors have been
described as similar to Med
ford in Personnel. They won
second place in their Valley
circuit with an 11-4 record
while Medford knotted wllh
GP in the Southern at 11-5.
The Tornado and Lebanon
each were 18-6.
Harvey in the Register-
Guard published "scouting re
ports of all 16 tourney
teams. This is his report con
cerning Lebanon:
'Good speed but might
slow down in tournament.
Good overall rebounding . . .
Only good outside shooter is
Tim Blanchal, best all-around
player. Height good but bench
weak. Ability to win close
ones with all three triumphs
over Corvallis by single point.
Generally man -for -man de
fense but can go zone at
times."
Of Medford Harvey said:
Momentum
"Came from fourth place
to tie for Southern Oregon
crown and have momentum
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might carry
Tall and strong on back
boards with Jack Forde (6-5)
and Jim Hill (6-3 Vi). Pair top
club in scoring. Outside shoot
ing improved in recent weeks
with Dan Miles and Mike
Neathamcr both dangerous.
Rich Bonner, with Grants
Pass champions last year, re
covered from broken wrist.
Not particularly outstanding
on defense. Use man-for-man."
In the appraisal of North
Eugene, Harvey points to the
height of 6-5 Ron Davics, 6-5
Bill Thomas and 6-6 Bob
Graven plus 6-6 Pete Robert
son in reserve.
coaches claim
them to title.
Henley Edges Elmira 61-59
To Reach
Coos Bay-IUPD-Cenlral mets
Vale and Coquille meets top
ranked Henley in semi-final
action of the State A-2 prep
basket ball tournament to
night. Henley, unbeaten in regular
season play and ranked No. 1
in the state coaches poll, sur
vived some late game errors
to defeat third-ranked Elmira
61-59 in overtime Monday.
In other first round action,
Coquille beat Newport 60-51;
Vale riddled North Catholic
67-50 and Central look advan-
San Jose State
Track Team
Defeats OSU
San Jose, Calif. -IUP1I- Soph
omore Dwight Middlclon won
two events and anchored the
winning 440 relay Monday to
spark San Jose Stale to a
78 'j lo 66' 2 victory over
Oregon State's track and field
forces.
Midclleton won the 440 in
:44.9 and the 220 around a
curve in :21.4 and he anchored
the 440 relay to victory in
:41.4. He also ran the final
lap of the mile relay in which
the Spartans hit the tape first
in 3:15.6, but were disquali
fied because of lane infrac
tion. San Jose's Bob Lovcjoy
won the high jump at 6-9' 4.
Oregon State's Gary Sten
lund threw the javelin 253
S'.i for first place.
Beaver Norm Hoffman cli
maxed the half mile with a
slrnng finish to whip San
Jose's Mike Gibcau. Hoff
man's time was 1:49.5.
Oregon Stale's Moi-rgan
Groth look the load starting
the third lap and won the
mile easily in 4:07 9. San
Jose's Ben Tucker was second
In 4:12.5.
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Tonight
He describes Thomas as one
of state's finest who is a dan
gerous shot but doesn't shoot
much. The club has had prob
lems with aggressiveness but
has improved, Harvey says.
Highlander speed is not ex
ceptional but Paul Michael is
dangerous. Both man-for-man
or zone defense can be used.
The Eugene writer lists
Marshall as strong all around
with possible exception of its
bench strength which has im
proved recently. The club is
good defensively with man-for-man
and some zone. The
Portland team has a run and
shoot offense which uses the
long pass. Stan Koltsch (6-3)
and Nick Jones (6-2) are men
A-2 Semi
tagc of Yamhill-Carlton's ball
handling mistakes for a 71-64
victory.
Yamhill-Carlton was sched
uled to meet North Catholic
at 2 p.m. today in consolation
play. Newport and Elmira
were slated for a consolation
bracket game at 3:45 p.m.
Henley lad Elmira by 10
points in the third quarter,
but Elmira caught up and
went ahead. Henley's 6-8 cen
ter, Kent Gooding, tied the
score 55-55 at the end of
regulation play.
Gooding and LceVoy Young
and Steve Roiling were the
winning scorers in overtime,
and Gooding was Elmira's
high scorer with 21. Henry
Drummond netted 28 for El
mira, 15 in the final quarter.
Coquille defeated Newport
with a fourth quarter rally on
the outside shooting of Dave
Wood and Tom Leatherwood.
Wood was high point man
with 20 and his team led at
halftimc 32-28.
Vale pierced North Catholic's
man-to-man defense at will,
building a 23-pnint bulec in
the last period before North
Oregon State Tops
Arizona In Baseball
By 6-2 At Tucson
Tucson, Ariz. (UPll Oregon
Stale handed Arizona its sec
ond defeat of the young base
ball season Monday 6-2.
Cecil Ira went the distance
for the Oregonians. allowing
just two hits the first six in
nings, llomeruns were hit by
Terry Markhani of Oregon
Slate and Bobby Maxwell of
Arizona.
Four runs off starter Grant
Wallke started the Beavers on
their victory drive. 11 was
their first game of ihe season.
The same clubs meet today
and again on Wednesday.
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to watch. Koltsch is hook shot
artist and Jones jump shots
from the outside.
Harvey terms Grants Pass,
because of its balance, tough
to defense. He lists the Cave
men as steady with speed not
great but with team just as
aggressive as a year ago.
Coach Frank Roelandt has
indicated that his Medford
starting lineup will be the
same as during the late sea
son streak - Jim Hill, Rich
Benner, Jack Forde, Larry
Vowell and Dan Miles.
Coach Barney Holland like
ly will use Ron Price, Dave
Sturgis, Tim Blanchat, Jerry
Joslin and Steve Simpson or
Mike Grieve.
- Finals
Catholic started moving. Ted
Evans of Vale and Jack Pe
trina of North Catholic were
the high scorers with 15 each.
Vale led at the half 30-25.
Dale Wildfang scored 31
for central in the Independence-Monmouth
school's vic
tory over Yamhill-Carlton.
Wildfang scored 11 straight
free throws in the fourth
quarter to bring his team
from behind.
TOUIINKY IIKCAP
Central 71. YHnihlll-Cnrltnn 64
Vale H7. North Catholic 50
Coquille (10, Newport 31
Henley 51. Elmira 59 to.t.l
TODAY'S SUIIIiUULE
lotisolallon
2 pn
CnthoHc
p.m. Yamhill-Carlton-North
3:45 p.m. Newport-Elmlra
Championship
7:;i0 p.m. Central-Vale
8:43 p.m. Hcnley-Coquille
NIT Quarter-Final
Game Slated Tonight
New York - IliPli - Power
ful Providence college makes
ils fifth straight appearance
in the National Invitation
Basketball tourna ment lo
nighl against Miami of Flor
ida in a quarterfinal game
at Madison Square Garden.
In the opening quarter-final
contest, fast - breaking Mar
quette meets St. Louis. Both
Miami and St. Louis were
shaky first round survivors,
making second-seeded Provi
dence and third-seeded Mar
quette the favorites to ad
vance into Thursday's semi
finals. TELLS OF OFFER
Goleborg, Sweden - IITP -Swedish
promoter Edwin Ahl
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Championship Sports Inc., has
offered Ingcmar Johansson
$750,000 lo fight Cassius Clay.
Ahlquist said the sum is
S250.000 above the original
figure Bolan offered, Ahl
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Valley
MEDFORDvlS&TRIBUNE
Butts' Attorney Asks
Post To Retract Story
Atlanta (UPII An attorney
for former Georgia Athletic
Director Wally Butts Monday
night demanded that the Sat
urday Evening Post retract
and correct an article entitled
"The Story of a Football Fix"
in its current publication.
The lawyer, William H.
Schroder Jr., also requested
the magazine in a telegram to
print an editorial specifically
repudiating the article which
accuses Butts and Alabama
football Coach Paul (Bear)
Bryant of conspiring to rig
the 1962 Georgia-Alabama
game.
Oak Knoll
Tops RVCC
In Match
Ashland -Oak Knoll Men's
club defeated Rogue Valley
Country club of Medford 41
to 34 Sunday in a team golf
match at the Oak Knoll
course.
Dom Provost Jr., of the
Ashland team was low net
with 66 and Carl Schmidt,
playing for Oak Knoll, was
low gross with 70.
Bob Weaver netted 67 and
Dave Snyder 68 for the Ash
land team. Al Akins took sec
ond low gross prize for Oak
Knoll with a 76 and Bill Sey
mour third low with 82.
Stewart Low
Ray Stewart fired low net
for the Medford club with a
71. Duke Anderson and Bob
Phillips tied for second low
prize with 72 and Bob Maemz
took third low with 73.
Dr. Dave Engleson had 75
low gross for Rogue Valley.
Other low gross prizes for
RVCC went to Justin Smith
with 77 and John Nuich with
78.
A ham and egg breakfast
preceded the match. Shotgun
start was at 9 a.m.
March 31 is the last day for
men to qulaify for the Oak
Knoll spring handicap tourna
ment. Dave Elliott won the
event last year.
WIN IN TRYOUTS
Mount Shasta, Calif. (UPO
Paul Bacon and Smilie Kcr
ridge, both representing
Mammoth Mountain of South
ern California, Saturday won
top honors in the Olympic
tryouts at the Mount Shasta
Ski Bowl. Bacon made the
700-foot, 46-gate run in 95.2
seconds in the men's event
while Miss Kcrridge skiied
her slalom in the women's
event over the same course in
97.6 seconds.
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Schroeder said, however,
that he will file a libel suit,
probably for $10 milion,
against the Post rcgardess of
any subsequent action in the
matter of the magazine. He
said the telegram was a for
mality required by Georgia
law as a basis for seeking
punitive action.
Both Butts, who resigned
last month to end a 25-year
era at Georgia, and Bryant
have denied the allegation in
the March 23rd edition of the
Post. The article said George
Burnett, an Atlanta insurance
man, through some communi
cations freak, was cut into a
long distance telephone con
versation between Butts and
Bryant last Sept. 14.
Burnett, according to the
article, said he heard Butts
giving Bryant Georgia's of
fensive plays and other stra
tegy for the Sept. 22 game
which Alabama won 35-0.
Burnett said Monday he
was motivated only by "an
impulsive desire that the
truth be known" when he re
vealed the alleged telephone
conversation, and he felt the
"truth will be eventually told
in full" after an investigation.
Lorenzen
Wins 500
Atlanta-IUPD - The Atlanta
500 almost retained its repu
tation as a rainmaker Sunday
but a last-second change in
the weather produced a rain
bucket full of records instead,
New speed records were set
at every check point as de
fending champion Fred Lor
enzen of Charlotte, N.C., and
Elmhurst, III., roared to vic
tory at an average speed of
130.592 m.p.m. before mc
than 60,000 fans.
Burleson Will
Run At LA
Eugene -IUP1I- Dyrol Burle
son, three-time NCAA mile
champion while at the Univer
sity of Oregon, plans to run
in that event May 17 in the
Coliseum Relays in Los An
geles. Also scheduled for the mile
there are Peter Snell, the
world record holder from New
Zealand, and Jim Beatty,
holder of the American mark
of 3:56.3.
Burleson ran second to
Snell last May 19.
Snell's world mark is 3:54.4.
Burleson's best mile time is
3:57.6.
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Salem - (UPII - A resolution
setting up an investigation of
the State Game Commission
was approved by the House
Fish and Game Committee
Monday at the start of a meet
ing attended by some 200
hunters.
The sportsmen had gather
ed to testify on the measure.
The Senate-passed resolution
was sent to the House floor,
where passage was certain.
The sportsmen remained to
testify on another bill that
would restrict deer and elk
hunting during the next two
years. A group of hunters has
complained that deer and elk
herds are vanishing.
Supporters of the State
Game Commission have gen
erally agreed that the interim
investigation will help clear
the air.
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the end of the regular season.
The best-of-seven semifinals
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isher against the third-place
finisher and the second-place
finisher against the fourth
place finisher.
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