PELICANS CM
HEB STATE HOOP CHAMPS
Woyne Scott Breaks Jinx to Bring Home Crown; Fosier All-State
BAWK CAUSE
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY GYMNASIUM, Salem Here
In the Willamette University's basketball gym a hoop final
was being performed with Klamath Falls as the underdog play
ing with the Baker Bulldogs. The referee blew his whistle for
the tip-off. Slender Jim Cox
to bespectacled Baldy Foster. Foster tossed it to
Bocchi and Bocchi let one go from center for
tho first tally.
A Baker man dribbled the ball back down .
the center and Bocchi came running and slapped
the ball out of his hands in a very
and made a fast break for the
one in for more tallies. Baker, still without
points, worked it back to their basket and Fos
ter again grabbed it and tossed it to Bocchi and
he tossed it gently from the mid-stripe for the score board to read
six tallies and only 63 seconds of the game gone.
The crowd was wild. The crowd was saying "Another all
stater and no question" but the crowd was fooled, for Bocchi
was not mentioned on the first string lineup for all state. He was
on the second team. Why? the crowd asked. It was because the
coaches voted at noon when Klamath was rated as the underdog.
Foster put up a good show for the first two games and earned
his spot on the first team. Bocchi showed up but was not playing
the brand of ball up to his par. Not until the final game did
Bocchi really show his talents to the anxious crowd . . . but
it was loo late ...
Asked Al Lightner, sports editor of the Oregon Statesman
if he liked the way the coaches picked the all stars. "Nol" was
the answer. Bocchi would have made the all-state If the coaches
would have picked ten straight men and the ones with the most
" votes would be slapped at the top. but instead they picked two
separate teams and the ones with the most votes on the team
picked would get that position. Bocchi had first team .votes but
he didn't have enough of them to stay. He did have enough on
the second to be placed. If all the votes he received had been
tallied up, Bocchi would have made the first team. He was robbed.
But in the minds of the crowd and his teammates, Bocchi
was an all-star with no arguments.
Bocchi's 20 points is believed to be a new record for points
scored by a player in a tournament title game. The 52 points
added up by the Pelicans are the most ever made by a team in a
championship game ana the combined score of the two teams
80 points is the highest ever put in a record book.
Bocchi also took the individual scoring title with a low 39
points, which would zing up 13 points to a game. Catterall, Pen
dleton, had 35. Sowers, Baker, 34, Henderson, Baker, 30, Kinney,
St. Helens. 27, Wolfe, Eugene, 26, Welch, Klamath Falls, 24, and
Guetner, St Helens, 24.
Bocchi and Catterall each made 15 field goals. Bocchi had
the most free shots, 9, and Henderson had the most personal
fouls, 11.
Klamath Falls led the teams in scoring with 118 points, St.
Helens had 115, Baker 111. Pelicans had the most field goals,
51, and St. Helens tried the most free shots, 47, 45 for the Peli
. cans. Baker made most foul conversions, 26, to 24 each for St.
Helens and Klamath Falls. Astoria had 45 personal fouls, Pen
dleton 36, Eugene 35, Salem 34, and Oregon City 33.
To show that the Pelicans were really on in the title game,
statistics disclose 61 shots and 23 fields goals for a .375 average.
Baker's average of .166 with 11 goals in 66 shots shows that the
Bulldogs were not netting the casaba.
The Pelican fans dotted the packed gym to see their team
crowned for the first time in the tournament and saw them play
in the finals for the first time since way back in the year of
1934 when they were taken by Astoria.
" . As the Game Went
Klamath was ahead with nine tallies before the Baker team
caught on where the hoop was when Henderson shot in a free
throw and gave the Bulldogs their first point. Bocchi put a lay
in and Welch slapped one in to make it 13 for the red hot Peli
cans. Henderson tipped one in and then another one ending the
first quarter, 13 to 5.
Baker came in after the first quarter to score one bucket and
it teemed that ended their spirit. Klamath started on a rampage.
Bocchi, Young, Cox, Welch and All-State Foster began setting
up plays and ended the half 23 to 9.
Baker was out of the play now and the Pelicans ruled the
floor as the tallies burst into the hoop and the score at the third
quarter was 42 to 20. In the fourth period changes were made
by Wayne Scott when Belloti, Biggers and Conroy saw action on
the hardwood, and the Pelicans were crowned, with a score at
the end of 52-28.
Only Three Fouls
As long as we are looking for records we think the Pelicans
broke another record. In their first game with the rough and
rugged Pendleton boys, the Pelicans only had three fouls called
on them . . . and the way those boys looked it really was an
all time record ...
Wayne Scott
Wayne Scott was the one who really broke the jinx on the
state tournament ... It was his first time coaching the Pelicans
at th state meet . . . but it was old time stuff for him . . . When
he was in high school at Silverton he attended the meet three
rimes . . . The first time he put a record in their books by add
ing up 58 points and the second and third years he made the
ill suite toams . . . Then he ventured down to Ashland and play
ed on the teacher championship collegiate hoop team that went
all the way to the finals in Kansas City ...
Three Franks
Frank Ramsey was there and we met him at the coaches'
meeting. Ramsey was noted as the Pelican's coach and ran in
several papers, but it was all fixed up when the three Franks
got together, Frank Ramsey, Frank Gianelli, of the Oregonian
and your truly ...
Trophies
Tiie trophies this year were not made out of the real metal
but out of wood. It was presentable. It did have a metal figure
on it but it also had the state champions inscribed on it and that
was the most important thing.
Oregon Sport Notes
By FRED HAMPSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
Seven of the eight coaches of
class-A entiles in last week's
stat high school basketball tour
nament were new to it. Wally
Palmberg of Astoria was the
only veteran. First-timers were
Frank Brown of Salem, Ford
Mullen of Eugene, Ted Sarpola
of Baker, Dan Jones of Oregon
City, Dick Nixon of Pendleton,
Wayne Scott of Klamath Falls,
and Hal Smith of St. Helens.
Boxing may not be classified
as a war-essential sport but Har
ry Lccding of the Oregon Jour
nal arises to the defense of the
gamo by noting that among last
Friday's fighters in a Portland
ring show was a foundryman, a
welder, an iron worker and four
shipyard workers of other trades.
Boxing is a sideline.
Spring training note: This is
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the first season since 1008 that
no major league club will train
in California. The favorite west
coast haunts of big league clubs
will be taken over by coast leag
uers or by such coast leaguers
as train in California.
Bill Taylor, the sophomore
utility man on the University of
Washington quintet who contri
buted seven field goals in Wash
ington's opening-game victory
over USC, is the son of Homer
Taylor, one-time coach at Pen
dleton high. Son Bill potted a
side-court shot in the last 30 sec
onds to win the game.
The managerial turnover in
the Pacific coast league will be
heaviest this season since 1036.
The new blood to boss Jobs
are Ken Penner of Sacramento,
Merwyn Shea of Portland, Char
ley Root of Hollywood and Bill
Sweeney, Hollywood.
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Baldy Foster
Named on All
State Roster
Klamath Falls Pelican hoH
only one mention on the all
state team with Ralph Foster
taking the honors. Jim Bocchi,
the tourney's star, was men
tioned on the second team.
SALEM, March 13 (if). Ba
ker's second place Bulldogs
placed two men on the all-state
team announced by coaches and
officials before the finals of the
24th high school tournament
Saturday night while the cham
pion Klamath Falls Pelicans,
Astoria and Pendleton landed
one each.
The first team:
Paul Sowers, Baker, and Cliff
Crandall, Astoria, forwards;
Bob Henderson, Baker, center;
Jim Catterall, Pendleton, and
Ralph Foster, Klamath Falls,
guards. :
The second team:
Kenny Seeborg and Happy
Lee, both Astoria, forwards; Al
Wolf, Eugene, center; Jim Boc
chi, Klamath Falls, and Joe Mil
ler,. Baker, guards.
Huskies Clinch Coast
Hoop Title From USC
Washington Begins Resting for
National Tournament This Month.
SEATTLE, March 15 (JP)
With the Pacific coast confer
ence basketball title safely tuck
ed away, by virtue of straight
victories over the University of
Southern California last week
end, the University of Washing
ton Huskies rested today before
starting training for the western
Intercollegiate tournament later
this month. , f k
The Huskies clinched the coast
title Saturday night with a 82 to
45 victory over USC in one of-l
the tightest and roughest basket
ball games ever seen at the uni
versity pavilion. ' ' - f f
The score changed, hands io
less than 18 times and was tied fl
times as the two teams battled
back and forth for 37 minutes
be fore Washington- pulled
ahead. The Trojans' led 24-22 at
the half.
Statistics emphasized the
closeness of the contests.
Saturday, both teams took 75
It's Major League Baseball
Time as It Opens Training
By HAROLD CLAASSEN
NEW YORK, March 15 (P)
Major league baseball officially
opens its spring training season
today with at least 17 members
of its sparse roster classified as
holdouts.
The New York Yankees who,
until last fall's World series,
made it a praemtice to be out in
front in v i r t u a 1 1 y all depart
ments set the pace here, too,
with four unsigned batterymen
even though Pitcher Ernie Bon-
ham said on the west coast that
the terms offered were agrees
able. He didn't initial the con
tract, however.
Ten of the 16 American and
National league clubs start their
seasonal grind today with the
Yankees shedding their excess
poundage at Asbury Park, N. J.
A player automatically becomes
a holdout when his club begins
its drills and hiB name isn t on a
pact, h
Catcher Bill Dickey and Pitch
ers Alley Donald, and Spud
Chandler are on the outside
along with Bonham.
The Yankees, conquerors In
the last world series, the St. Lou
is Cardinals, unpack their bags
in Cairo, 111., with only Harry
Walker, reserve outfielder, un
signed. Walker, now a police
man, has hinted that if the Cards
don't meet his terms he will stay
out for the duration.
Walker's brother, Dixie of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, also has inti
mated that he may not play this
ST. PATRICK'S
DANCE
WEDNESDAY
March 17th
Klamath Falls Armory
Music by
BALDY EVANS BAND
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Here Is the 1943 champion baskotball team, which defoated Uakor 52 28 in tho final game
at Salem tc clinch the title in their hands Saturday night. Back row, loft to right; Jim Bocchi,
Don Bigger, Manager. Dean Fltsgerald, Coach W.ayn Scott, Ralph Fottor, W. Wolch. Knooiing:
Rex Young. Jim Conroy. Jim Cox and A. Bollotti.
shots from the floor and both
scored 18 field goals. Wally
Leask, guard,. was high man foi
Washington, and Jim Seminoff,
center, was the kingpin for the
Trojans. Both scored 18 points.
Washington won. by scoring 16
frcir.;throws against 9 for the
Trojans.
'" Friday, the margin was the
saijie,1 Washington won 53-51, by
scAlng. two more free throws
a', r. each had slipped through
2. ' skets from the floor.
i ? Viv examinations , due the
fc-t-f-l' the -week,- the Washing
tbvj; jm will lay off for a couple
W v':ys rest, Coach Hec. Ed
jnundson said today. Then they
will, put in four days of hard
work before leaving Sunday for
Kansas City- where they will
compete in the western playoffs
March 26-27. If they, are unbeat
en there the squad will continue
to New York for the National
championships March 30.
summer. He Is a recreation di
rector for a Long Island defense
plant. In addition, the Dodgers
have three full-fledged holdouts
in Pitchers Rube - Melton and
Buck N e w s o m and Catcher
Mickey Owen.
The Brooklyn club is getting
in shape at Bear Mountain, N. Y.,
half-way between New York
City and the U. S. m i 1 i t a ry
academy.
The St. Louis Browns, drilling
at Cape Girardeau, Mo., have no
holdouts while the Cleveland In
dians, starting their conditioning
on the campus of Purdue univer
sity, have only Jeff Heats, out
fielder, outside the fold. How
ever, another contract with re
vised figures is en route to his
home.
The New York Giants, work
ing out on what once was the
private golf course of John D.
Rockefeller at Lakewood, N. J.,
were unable to sign Veteran
Dick Bartell before the practices
got under way. In addition, First
Baseman Johnny Mize and
Catcher Frank D a n n i n g re
mained at their homes awaiting
induction orders.
HUNT SCHEDULED
PORTLAND, March 15 (P)
The Lake Oswego hunt, annual
horse show sponsored- by the
Clackamas county sheriff's pos
se, was scheduled today for April
2-4.
Pelicans Named Champions!
t'AUK SIX
A!!-Stater
V ' A r
Baldy Foster was named all-state Saturday night alter tho
Pelicans romped over the Baker Bulldogs for tho final 'victory
for the hoop championship. Captain Jim Bocchi was placed on
the second team.
Academy
Second in
Hoop Race
Sacred Heart Loses to
Tillamook 38-14 Final
MOUNT ANGEL, March 15
VP) St. Mary's of Eugene came
from behind hero yesterday to
nose out Columbia Prep of Port
land, 31-29, for the Oregon Cath
olic high school basketball cham
pionship. Tho Saints trailed al halftimc,
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15-12, but unloosed n scoring
drive in the flnnl periods.
Tlllnmook won the B division
Catholic crown from Klamath
Falls, 3814.
Costcllo, Hcllzman and Pen
dcrgrns of St. Mary's and Bosch
and Burlingham of Columbia
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Klamath Wallops Baker
In State Meet 52-28
Captain Jim Bocchi Put on Second
Team Before Displaying Hoop Ability
In exactly 03 svcmul.i, Cnpliiln Jim Bocchi piled up thrre
buckets mid left tho linker Bulldog in II bewildered condition,
and bellied run tho scmo up to 52 tallies to linker's 2li to bo
crowned n prep champions of Oregon,
Klaiimtli took tho lead mid never whs In any danger fiQ
Maker and at the first quarter saw tho Pelicans 13-5 mid movmlj
faster for points. Welch, Cox and Young wero In tho gamo pitch,
lug mid tossing the casaba Into the hoop constantly during ,
the four periods adding flguies-
to the score.
Fosier was In on tho buck
board utrugitlo mid usually
came out with the ball In his
hands, and al tint halftimc
whistle Klamath was well In tho
twenties with 23 tallies and the
Maker team barely catching on
that n gaum was being played
and had only ulno.
Bocchi finally added up 20
points with Welch 13, Cox 12
and Young right In back of
them with seven.
This was Klamnth's first
crowning in tho prep division
In the 24 years of tourneys held
III Oregon.
SALKM, March 15 An
aroused Kluimitli Fulls high
school team raced to its first
state basketball championship in
history Saturday night by crush
ing a highly rated Maker high
team, 52-28.
In direct contrast Wiirrcnton
nosed out lliirrisburg, 20-11), In
a scc-suw contest for tho state
U division title.
As if to make up for years of
dismal slate tournament per
formances, the Klamath Falls
lenin bounded into nn iminedl
uto lend in the A division finals
and extended the victory margin
with the minutes.
' At tho end of the first quar
ter it was 13-5, at tho half,
23-0, ami at tho end of tho
third period, 42-20. Tho final
score was the highest on record
in tournament wind-up games.
Captain Jim Bocchi, who had
a personal score to settle, led
the Pelicans, Relegated to the
second string on tho all-stnto
team selected before thu final
tournament game, Bocchi scored
20 points and gave nn outstand
ing defensive performance.
Ho raced through tho Maker
team for six points in tho first
minute, and the stunned Bull
dogs never recovered.
Wilbur Welch added 13 points,
James Cox, 12, und Rex Young,
7, to complete the Klamath
scoring. Ralph Foster, the only
Pelican to mnke the all-state
first team, didn't breuk into the
scoring, but set up his team
mates with slick passes,
Pnul Sowers, nll-stato Maker
forward, led the Bulldogs' only
rally, scoring 7 of his team's 11
points in thu third period.
Tho gamo completed a tour
numcnt that for the first time
wns completely dominated by
teams from tho eastern sldo of
tho Cascades. Baker followed
Klumatli Falls to earn second
place, and Peudluton downed
Astoria, 34-33, Saturday to earn
third place. St. Helens won tho
TENNIS WINNERS
PORTLAND, Ore., March 15
(A'l Bulbar- McKay, Victoria,
B. C., defeated Ruth l'nync, Vic
toria, and I-lurold I'hllnn, Port
land, defeated Clyde Brown
Clave, Victoria, to win women's
and men's table tennis titles in a
Pacific northwest tourney Satur
day night.
Plillan and Jennno Robertson,
Portland, won tho mixed doubles
from Brown -Clave and Joy
Payne.
ii it goiui
taint i mint, i,ni,,t n,,,m
only ninkliiK itpot for tho went
cm U'liins, ili'(eutlii EutjriK',
3D-2'l, fop fourth.
In tho U division Ilia outcoina
wns different, (ho only eimtviu
Oil-nun ti'iim, Union, coiiiIhk in
(oui'lli uftcr sufU'rliiK u au-t
di'teiit lit tho liiinds of Powers,
tho third liti-c teiim.
Wurrvutoii eiirnvd Its top spot
by tho mirrowest of inui'Hlus.
't'lu'io wus never mora tluin
tlueo points dlfffronca between
tho k'uuis, iillhuuiih Jliirrlsburu
could not qullu foi'uo Into thu
lend. Wiirrcnton took ft 18-13
loud us tho fourth period open
ed, und held onto thu udvimlngo
tho rc.it of tho woy,
Suminury:
Baker
KG IT PF TP
Sowers, f
Miller, f
Henderson, c
l.emon, g
Uiilliintyne, t ....
Durllnutoii, f ....
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0
2
1
2
2
0
4
2
4
4
1
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Wviult, t 0
Totiils Ji 0
Klamath Falls
13 2U
KG FT PF TP
Cox, f 5 2 112
Welch, f U 1 1-13
YounM, c 3 117
llocchl, s 10 0 3 20
Foster, g 0 0 0 0
Totiils 24
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Slats Gill Picks - ,
All-Opponent Toams '
With Huskies Ahead '
COHVALI.LIS, Ore., Mreh4 '
M') Conch Slats Gill of OroW,
Stntc, who should know n basket- ,
bnll player when ho sees one,
hns plnced nil five of the Univcr- .
slty of Wnshlnitton first strinit
ciicrs on his two nil-opponent ,
tennis.
Three Huskies Center Chuck
Gilmu'r nnd Gunrds Bill Morris ,
nnd Wnlly Lcnsk mndo Gill's ,
first five, tilonx with Gnll Blsh- ,
op, WnshliiKton Stnte, nnd Fred
Qtilnn, Idiiho, who won the cnll
ns forwards.
Gill's second team: Warren
Tnylor, Oregon, nnd Doug Ford, ,
Washington, forwards; Boocly ,
GllberLion, Wnshlnitton, center,
nnd Don Klrseh, Oregon, nd
John Ryan, Idi.ho, Kuards.
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