HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1052
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114 Don Caoe IFid
Pilot
WHEN TOU'KE thinking of
spring training camps in tar-off,
sun-bathed Florida and at the same
time looking with tome disgust at
the mid-March snow here, it's I
bound to result in scattered
thoughts while trying to bav out a,
ports column.
Like this: -I
Uni-Hi
Cinches
'A' Berth
EUGENE (Jt University High
of Eugene became the 14th team
to qualify for the State Class A
basketball tournament, by defeat
ing Junction City, 63-39, .. here
Wednesday,
University High won the District
S title, turning the trick tor the
first time since 1940.
Only two district races remain
unsettled. La Grande and Vale will
play at Baker to decide the Dls
trict 1 contest Friday night.
Bend and Redmond will meet
the same night at Prineville for
the District 3 crown. Bend will
need a win then and Saturday night
to get the title. Redmond needs
only a single victory.
I NIT Semis
THE PELICANS' first-round foe. I I
In the class A state basketball, 111 QniGllT
tournament will be either Bend oi, VII I Villain
Redmond. ,
That'll be next Wednesday, 1:45
p m on the University of Ore
gon's MacArthur Court.
Baskteball fans planning to see
the tourney art generally agreed
the Pels will be around until at
least Thursday, 1:30 p. m., for the
championship quarter-finals.
But then the doubts start to pop
up. Because, it Klamath Falls man
ages to breeie into the quarter
finals, it will get either Lincoln or
Balem. ,
Either would be tough. From
here It looks like Lincoln and seven-foot-plus
Wade (Swede) Hal
brook. But Pelican cage followers take
some consolation in the i&ct that
vu.t.th vail. th nnlv tpam
AJWUUi ot - J
to de-rail Lincoln, in last years
tournament.
IF BONANZA had out-distanced
Rogue River for the State Class B
state tournament that opens this
afternoon, they would have gone
torn the frying pan into the lire.
The Rogues met Powers in the
first round. (This is written Wed
nesday, the day before the tourna
ment. , Powers is unofficially picked to
win the shooting match on Willam
ette's court, having ranked high
among the also-rans in the first
few class A weekly Associated Press
polls,
' BRIEFS from the sports file:
Th wire and mat service are
doing nothing te-aBay our confused
state of mind "-. . with stories of
spring training, finally hitting the
wire regularly after some prompt
ing, come pics oi oaupiayers romp
ing on the beaches with Florida
cuties . . . and some big leaguers,
with salaries in five figures, hold
out for more money 1
This falls in the last-straw de
partment: Securing box scores on City
League basketball games this sea
son about 40 per cent of the time
was as difficult a chore as finding
a mink coat on skid row ... to:
cap the whole matter, scoresheets
en the final game to determine the
champion of the entire Basin were
lost in the shuffle and didn't reach!
this desk in time for publication
. . . two days later they showed
up . . . needless to say, they
weren't printed ... "
It's seldom one in this business
gets the chance to give with "I
win you ao , i , to i take some
consolation in the fact that in this
column, Jan. 8. I picked the Fell
cans to win the Dist. 4 basketball
line . . out without Grants Pass'
two final wins over. Medford. I'd
take my rightful place with a long
ubb ui Dum guessers
Hoppe Rallies
For Cue Win
SAN FRANCISCO Wl -Willie
Hoppe, the master cueist, gave one
of his most persistent and danger
ous challengers a heart breaking
lesson in the World Three Cushion
Billiard Toumey Wednesday night
Joe Chamaco, 1939 world champ
and three-time runnerup, staged a
great run rally in the 29th inning
to take a 36-32 lead. '
But the great Hoppe quickly
banged the door, in Joe's leathery
brown face. He cut the gap to 37-38
to the 34th inning and closed it out
80-38 in the 43rd Inning.
NEW YORK Wl Miuhty Du-
quesne tests its 22-1 record against
LaSalle's giant-killing Explorers in
the semi-final round of the National
Invitation Basketball Tournament
pt Madison Square Garden Thurs
day nignu
Dayton, (26-3). surprise runner
up last year, meets third seeded
St. Bonaventure (20-5) in the other
semi-final.
The two winners will go into Sat
urday's final with the losers meet
ing for third place. All teams were
idle Wednesday.
A POOR PROPHET
VERO BEACH, Fla.l You
know those notes on walls in tele
phone booths? Well there's one on
the wall nere at uoagertown. it
says "Ralph Branca and Rex Bar
nev will win 50 games in 1950."
They accounted for nine victories
tnat year.
5 MP) siWI C "" SIS
PROOF THAT rainbow trout are being taken from Upper
Klamath Lake is this fine string proudly displayed by
Alvin Woldt (left) and Til Balliet. The biggest of this bunch
is 4 pounds, 8 ounces. Neither Woldt, Great Northern fire
man, or Balliet, Southern Pacific car inspector, would
say which one caught the big one in their trolling trek.
Portland
Gets Over
Memphis;
KANSAS CITY P) Portland
University has drawn the stillest
asslunmcnt in the National Inter-
collcKinte Basketball Tournament
trying to stop thrre-llme cham
pion Hamllnc, rated with Southwest
Texas State as the best bets to
reach the finals.
The Pilots, one of three Pacific
Northwest entries, cruised to a 72-
48 win over Memphis State Wednes
day night and were matched
uxalnst Ilnmllne In Thursday nights
quarter-final.
i'oi.sa hot
Capable Wlittwoith of Spokane,
which eliminated James Mllllkln
of Decatur, III., 72-71 In Wednes
day's round, meets Murray State
iKy.,) Thursday. Whllworth will
be led bv Ralph Poison who pitched
in 38 points against Mllllkln.
The Pilots, who pulled away
from a 48-41 three-qunrter mark
lend to smother Memphis State,
will find Hainline a sturdier foe.
The Joe Hutlon-coachcd team
coasted over Montana State ol
Bozeinan 85-72 Wednesday night
and was classed with Southwest
Texas as a n-obnblo finalist.
28 STRAIGHT
The Texas team outclassed New
Mexico A&M 69-52 to bring Its
season record to 28 successive vic
tories. The Bobcats plav Lawrence
Tech of Detroit Thursday nlnht.
In other Raines Wednesday.
MornliiRside (la., I College scored
the first tournament upset In dump
ing second seeded Eastern Illinois
of Charleston 98-93: Springfield
iMo.,l State whipped Indiana State
82-64; Lawrence Tech levelled Utah
State 72-63, and Murray State elim
inated West Texas State of Canyon
75-73 In overtime.
. , no hub. smosihtcm
Powers, Rogues Open
Class B Tournament
LAST
Night
SALEM W The best of the
small high school basketball teams
in the state open their annual
tournament here Thursday.
It Is the Class B tournament,
composed of schools smaller than
150 students.
Eight teams, survivors of district
playoffs, are in the field with no
established favorite.
One team, however, is getting
prominent mention in pre-touroey
speculation. That is Powers, an
entry from Southwest Oregon.
Powers was runner-up in the
DIXIE DANDY Marguerite
Williams, defending
women's Dixie ski-jumping
champion'' from Holland,
Mich., zooms skyward on a
tremendous leap during
Mexican Invitational Water
Ski Tournament at Aca
pulco. The talented miss
will try for a new world's
record this year.
People DO TOO
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Hager Seeks
Fight Rematch
OISE Wi A Harry (Kid) Mat
thews-Danny Nardico rematch may
be in the works for Boise.
Promoter Tex Hager announced
Wednesday he is trying to ayange
an outdoor meeting between the
two here in June.
Matthews declsioned Nardico at
Cleveland several months ago.
tourney last "year, and has three of
its standout players back. Two of
them made the all-star team q
last year's tournament Joe Boutin
and Duane Brady, who are cousins.
Powers opens the day's activities
against a highly regarded team
from Southern Oregon the district
that nroduced last vpnr'i Phnmnlnn
nogue Kiver at 3:30 pm.
Mapleton. a Lane Countv team
undefeated in 27 contests this year
one of the wins was over Powers
appears in the second game,
meeting Wallowa from Northeast
Oregon at 3:45 p.m.
At night there will be Echo from
Eastern Oregon against Sublimity
from the Willamette Valley at 7:30
p.m., and Culver from Central Ore
gon against Knappa of Northwest
Oregon at 8:45 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Chicago Jlmmv Carter, 136 tj,
New York, outpointed Luther
Rawlings, 138. Chicago, 10 (non
title). Sacramento. Calif. Woodv
Harper, Oakland, Calif., outpointed
Enrique Bolanos, Los Angeles, 10.
Exhibition
Baseball
Exhibition Baseball
By The Associated Press
St. Louis (N) 7 Boston (A) (15
innings)
St Lnnls (A) 1 Chlraro (A) 0.
I called end of 5 Innings, rain
New York IA1 Detroit (A) 1
Chicago (N) 10 New York (N) 1
Boston (N) 7 Cincinnati (N) 8
Cincinnati "B" N 1 Philadelphia
"B" 'Ni 0 '10 lnnlngsi
HOCKEY
Pacific Coast Hockey
By The Associated Press
Saskatoon 3 New Westminster 1
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DEEP THINKER Pitts
burgh Manager Bill Meyer
is lost in deep concentra
tion as he studies the Buc
roster. The veteran baseball
strategist is pessimistic
about the 1952 campaign,
doesn't figure the Pirates
to finish in the National
League's fir.st division.
Huskies
Shatter
Records
LOS ANOKLKS lid Washing
ton's Huskies, ruinier-iiu for Urn
I'aclllo Coast Conforencn banket
hall championship, led the assault
on Northern Division records in the
season Just closed.
Final statistics from conference
hi'iidduarteis Thursday listed the
Waslilnutim center, Dob HotihrcKS,
as the leading scorer and ton shoot
er. HoiibrcKs missed three Karnes be
cause nf In Hi rlrs but scored
points In his 13 contests for an
aveniKti of 10.3. It topped the old
division murk of Ilia points a
Kiiinc.sot bv Jnek Nichols, Wash
button, In HMD.
Wnshlnitton's total points, 1.0:10,
topped the division mark of DOB set
III 1U47 by Oregon Blate and lied
by WnshltiKton lust year.
WashliiKlon's 310 field itouls ex
ceeded the SB8 registered by Uie
lOf.l Huskies.
The Unlverlsly of Flordla'a only
shutout grid triumph in 'HI was
a 14-0 Job over Wyoming. The only
time the Gators were blanked was
a 0-37 loss to Georgia Tech.
Willie Knapp, who rode Exter
minator to victory In the 11' 1 8 Ken
tucky Derby, Is now a (rnlner at
lllalciih race track.
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