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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1956 IIERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINK ft ft ft lPk Owls Thump Wolves Twice To Cop Crown By CLAYTON HANNOM Herald-News Sporli Writer Coach Wally Palmberg's Oregon Tech Owls swept their way to a second straight Oregon Collegiate Conference basketball champion ship over the weekend by rapping the Oregon College of Education Wolves in a two-game conference series at the Mile High Campus gym. The Owls clinched the 1957-58 OCC title Friday night by thump ing the visiting Wolves. 84-48. Sat urday night the defending confer ence champions started slow then steamrolled OCE in a 92-51 rout. The two wins closed the season for Palmberg's club and gave them a season's wan-lost record of 20-6. In league play the Owls fin ished the 16-game schedule with 14 wins against two defeats. The Owls had little trouble in wrapping up their second consecu tive conference basketball champ ionship Friday night as they han dled the ball with polish and shot the eye out of the baskets to sub due the out-manned Wolves from Monmouth. Palmberg's cagers were down 2-0 after a field goal by OCE's Gary Milton had opened the game, but the hand writing was on the wall for the visitors who had dropped 19 slraight games this year before upsetting Portland State College last Tuesday night. Truman Williams tied the score at 2-all with 18:21 remaining in the half and John McCutcheon chipped in with a push shot from the base line as the Owls took a lead they never lost. With Jerry Fasteen, Charlie Bo gle. John Rhine, McCutcheon and Williams taking turns, the Owls boomed their way into a 16-2 lead with a little less than seven min utes gone in the half. Fasteen hit six of the 12 OTI points in this spurt that buried the Wolves. At halttime OCE was down 40-22. OCE scored first in the second half but the Owls picked up field goals by Williams and Bogle to take a 44-24 lead. Through part of the second half, OTI doubled the score and held a substantial lead all the way as the Owls made . good use of their feared fast break and worked the ball in for easy shots when the Wolves would make their hosts set up an offensive pat tern. Bogle, who didn't play the last several minutes of each half, led the evening's scoring with 21 points while three other Owls tallied in double figures. McCutcheon, who completed his fourth year of bas ketball at OTI Saturday night, pumped through 18 points followed by Rhine and Williams with 14 each. Tom Williams had 13 for the losers. The Owls used their height to good advantage at both ends of the floor and didn't give the Wolves many "second chances" at the basket, OTI cleared off 79 rebounds compared to OCE's total of 25 for the evening. McCutcheon had 16 rebounds, Williams and Bogle each had 15. Saturday night, the Owls were till living on their one-sided vic 1 1 dl ALL MOUTHS WERE OPEN when Herald and Newt photographer Don Kettler .topped" hi bit of action Friday night between the OTI Owl and Oregon College of Education Wolves. OTI'i Dell Francis 170) grabs a rebound while OCE players, left to right, Wayne Young, Bill Goodman and Danny Spencer watch. In the background is OTI canter Charlia Bogle. Tech won the gama and the eonferenea title with a lopsided M-48 win over tha Wolves. tory in the series opener. After holding an 8-2 lead, OTI lost ground to the Oregon College cag ers who were fighting desperate ly to get in the win column in their final conference game of the year. The Wolves closed the count to a 17-15 deficit with about six minutes left in the first half. Wayne Young tied the score at 17-all on a lay-in basket for the Wolves only to have Truman Wil liams give the Owls the lead again on a shot from close in. OCE's Tom Williams knotted the score at 19-19, but the Techmen were soon to come alive and erase any hopes Oregon College root ers had of an upset. Sparked by the play of reserve Dell Francis, the Owls zoomed into a 26-19 lead with four minutes left in the first half. Francis hit for three points in leading his club out of trouble. OCE closed the count back to three points, 26-23, but Bogle hit twice from the free throw line and the Wolves were never closer the rest of the way. At halftime, OTI held a 36-27 margin. In the second half, the Owls went on a wild scoring rampage, netting 56 points in the 20 minutes of play, an average of just less than three per minute. Moving away quickly to a 41-27 lead, the Tech cagers were moving all the way, paced by a tight pressing de fense and a fast-breaking offense. The Owls held leads of 57-39 and 68-41 lead midway through the last half's play. Oregon Tech finished off its sea son with six players hitting in double figures. McCutcheon was high with 18, and Williams was close behind with 17. Francis and Charlie Wilson came off the bench to score 11 points each and 10 points were credited to both Rhine and Fasteen. Young topped OCE's Saturday scoring with 10 points. Box Scores: SATURDAY'S GAME OCE (31) FG FT PF TP Brown 3 1-3 0 7 Goodman 2 0-0 1 4 Young ' 4 3-6 4 10 Williams 3 2-3 0 8 Milton 5 0-0 2 10 Spencer 3 0-0 3 6 Rumbold 2 2-6 2 6 Ward . . . . , 0 O-a -00 Utll 0 0-1 2 0 TOTALS U 7-l 14 81 OTI (92) FG FT Pr TP Williams 7 3-6 2 17 McCutcheon 9 0-1 5 18 Allesslo 2 2-4 4 6 Rhine 5 0-0 0 10 Fasteen 8 0-0 1 10 Bock 2 3-7 1 7 Wilson 4 3-4 1 11 Francis 8 1-2 0 11 Norgaard 10-0 2 2 TOTALS 4A l'J-t 16 92 Halftime score: OTI 36: OCE 27. FRIDAY'S GAME OCE 148) FG FT PF TP Brown 3 4-8 1 10 Spencer 1 3-3 3 8 Young 0 0-0 0 0 Milton 2 0-0 4 4 Goodman 3 2-3 2 8 Ward 0 1-12 1 Rumbold 0 2-3 2 2 lUttl 13-4 0 S Williams 8 3-4 0 13 TOTALS 15 18-'!4 14 48 OTI (84) FQ FT PF TP McCutcheon 7 4-6 3 18 Williams 6 2-2 4 14 Bogle 8 3-4 3 21 Rhine 8 2-2 2 14 Fasteen 2 2-3 0 6 Wilson 2 0-0 2 4 Francis 0 0-11 0 Norgnard 0 O-O 1 0 Allesslo 3 3-3 4 7 TOTALS 34 Ifl-tl Id 84 Halltime score: OTI 40, OCE 22. HUD SATURDAY'S GAMtS COI.LKGt; WEST Oregon State 77. UCLA 61 Stanford 69. Southern California 61 Oregon Tech 92, Oregon College 81 Idaho State 71. Seattle 69 'Overtime.) California 39. Washington State 48 Utah 75, New Mexico 53 Colorado State University 74, Brlgham Youno' 49 Colorado 54. Air Force Academy 50 Arizona state college at lempe 70, University of Arizona 66 Denver 55. Montana 52 Wyoming 72, Utah State 88 Eastern Montana 79, Carroll (Mont) 76 Western Montana 62, Northern Mon tana SO Idaho 85. Washington 63 Southern Oregon 57, Northwest Nai- arene to College of the Pacific 57,' Loyola (Los Angeleai 53 Seattle Pacific R7. St. Martin's 83 College of Idaho 78. Willamette 81 Llnrieid 88, Whitman 68 Lewis and Clark. 66. Pacific 65 Eastern Oregon 66. Portland State 64 EAST Dartmouth 77, Princeton .19 West Virginia 99, Pittsburgh 86 Perm 71, Harvard 67 George Washington 76. VPI 72 Brown 96. Columbia 94 Yale 79, Cornell 59 Temple 73, Villanova 58 St. John's (NYi 83, Fordham 74 Manhattan 96, Army 76 Niagara 79. Duquesne 64 St. Bonaventure 62. Canisius 35 SOI Til Baylor 65. Texas 64 Overtime) Georgia 62, Georgia Tech 59 North Carolina State 71. LaSalle 62 North Carolina 66. Maryland 59 Wake Forest 72. South Carolina 59 Kentucky 45. Alabama 43 (Overtime) Florida 75, Vanderbilt 53 William and Mary 93, Virginia M1U tary 78 Furman 102. Clemson 95 (Overtime) Mississippi 83. Tulane 68 Mississippi State 95, Louisiana State 72 Wichita 64. North Texas State 54 Southern Methodist 66. Texas Tech 36 Auburn 72. Tennessee 66 Texas Christian 90. nice 65 Miami (Fla) 86, Florida State 68 MIDWEST Nebraska 43. Kansas 41 Oklahoma State 73. Houston 60 Kansas state R2. Missouri 61 Northwestern 75, Michigan 68 Notre Dame 85, Navy 63 inaiana aa. ' umo state OJ Michigan State 93, Wisconsin 59 Dayton 58, Louisville 52 Detroit 69. Seton Hall 48 Cincinnati 86, Tulsa 71 Ohio Wesleyan 65, Oberlin 61 Iowa 83, Illinois 79 Purdue 88. Minnesota 79 Bradley 82, St, Louis 68 OREGON PREP Baker 56, La Grande 50 Klamath Falls 79, Grants Pass 58 South Eugene 63. Marshfield 37 North Bend 4a. Springfield 44 Nehalem 63. Warrenton 49 Joseph 53, Union 41 Ontario 41. Vale 40 Bend 78. Burns 44 Sisters 48, Sherman 37 Ashland 36, Medford 43 The Dalles 69. Pendleton 62 Milton-Freewatcr 78, Hermiston 62 Star of the Sea (Astoriai 55, Mount Angel 37 Prlnevllle 61. Lakeview 55 Astoria 64, Hlllsboro .19 Mountaineers Shade Vikings LA GRANDE, Feb. 22 Wl A late rally enabled Eastern Oregon to shade Portland State 66-64 in an Oregon Collegiate Conference basketball game here tonight. The score was knotted 60-60 when Tom Neel hit a field goal that put EOC ahead to stay with two minutes remaining in the game. Larry Howard then padded EOC's lead with four three throws. Tom Ferguson and John Winters hit field goals in the waning min utes for Portland, but time ran out for the Staters. It was the final conference game of the season for both squads. Portland State ended the season in third place with a 7-9 record. EOC followed in fourth spot at 6-10. KU Whips Cavemen In Last Home Games By WifYNE SCOTT Herald-Newi Sports Writer The Klamath Union Pelicans, newly-crowned Southern Oregon Conference champions, swept their final weekend home series in a blaze of glory as they turned back the Grants Pass Cavemen 70-61 Friday night and roared back Saturday night to a 79-58 victory. Paced by center Glenn Moore, who collected 28 points to brin? his career total to 1065, the Peli cans outran, outshot, and outre bounded the ever-trying Grants Passers to count their highest score of the season. Pel forward Bob Peterson turned in his best performance of the year as he counted 20 points and captured more than his share of rebounds.. Seniors Dave Robinson and Tom Ankeny made their last home ap pearance with two very fine ef forts, Robinson collecting 12 tallies and Ankeny 10. Big Bob Niles, although he only hit for six markers was a big factor in the win, as he led the Pels in their fast break; passing and rebounding in an admirable fashion. Jim Smith and Jerry Putnam were high-pointers for the Cave ment with 12 counters each. Grants Pass hit a .343 from the field and .714 from the foul line while Klamath Falls hit .411 from the floor and .717 from the charity line. The first quarter opened on a successful free toss by Jim Smith to give Grants Pass first blood. Tom Ankeny quickly countered with a jumper and a free-throw and from hereon the period was nip and tuck: the Grants Pass quint grabbing the lead twice be fore finally tying the count 18 all in the last two seconds on a stolen Oregon State Clubs UCLA LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 22 ( Oregon State dealt UCLA's championship hopes a crushing blow today by downing the Bruins in a Pacific Coast Conference bas ketball game, 77-61. The Beavers were pretty much in command of the game all the way. The victory put OSC in second place with a 9-3 record. The Bru ins slipped to third at 8-4. Califor nia had a top-rung mark of 9-2 as it prepared to meet Washington State tonight. Oregon State s Dave Gambee, who poured in 24 points as OSC beat Southern California 69-50 last night, threw in 30 today. His 54 points for the weekend brought his three-year PCC scor ing total to 1,858 points, a record. The previous mark of 1,855 was set in 1951-53 by Washington s Bob Houbregs. The Beavers have four games remaining in which the talented Gambee can pad his record. The Bruins, behind 39-30 at the half, made a determined effort against the taller Beavers in the later going. Walt Torrence and Jim H a 1 e t e n, instrumental in UCLA's 46-43 victory last night over Stanford, alternated hitting jumpers in the first six minutes after intermission. Their combined efforts brought UCLA to within one point of OSC at 42-41 at one time. Tebbetts Has Williams Jinx CINCINNATI (NEA) - "When I was catching with Detroit," Birdie Tebbetts was saying, "we were never able to get Ted Wil liams out. Finally we hit on the idea of letting him call the pitch. Figured he hit whatever we called, so why not let him get in the act? "His first time up, I explained the new plan to him and asked him what we should call. He thought it was a gag, but he said, 'Fast ball.' "1 called for the fast ball and it came right over the plate and Ted took it. He didn't get the gag yet, "I asked him what he wanted next and he called for the fast ball again. "So I called for it and this time he swung. But he wasn't sure of us so he hesitated and swung too late. "That went on all day. Williams went 0 for 5. The reason was we had him thinking about our gags, and he wasn't concentrating on the ball like he usually does." Seattle U. Upset POCATELLO, Idaho, Feb. 22 on Scrappy Idaho State College used five men all the way tonight and scored a stunning overtime 71-68 upset victory over favored Seattle University. Elgin Baylor held on to his national scoring lead by a fraction, dumping in 32 points. ball and a layup by Proctor, Peterson was the big gun in the second frame as he hit seven of nine free throws to help boost the Pels to a halfway margin of 39-25. Moore sparked a 30 point third stanza for the P e 1 s as they swarmed over the Cavemen who could only manage 17, chiefly on the eltorts ot Mike bparlm. Both teams' reserves saw a good bit of action in the fourth frame as Niles, Lindquist and Sparlin fouled out. The Pels scored 12 points to the Cavemen's 16 during the period as the gun sounded on the final 79-58 count. In Saturday's preliminary the Pel Jayvees scored a 61-59 win over the Grants Pass Juniors in an overtime test. CONFERENCE CHAMPS Friday night the KU Pelicans who ran in front all the way after the iirst 20 seconds of the game, blasted the Grants Pass Cavemen 70-61, to win the Southern Oregon Conierence championship. "The club," according to Pel coach Don Mosaic, "played what I feel was their best game of the season against the best team they nave met all season. The boys seem to be improving steadily ana tney were pretty good when they started; they've hit 70 points in tneir last five contests! The Whitcbirds, behind a spec tacular 25 point performance by All-Stater Glenn Moore, hit a blaz ing .511 from the field and a tor rid .774 at the foul line. The hustling Caveman quint, who stayed within four to 10 points of: the champions nearly all the way, j out-percentnged the Pels from the! field, hitting approximately 60 perl cent of their shots. A lack of op-1 portunities to shoot, because the! Pelican defense, beat them. At the free toss line they collected a re spectable .625. I CAVEMAN DYNAMITE Running behind Moore in the score-column was Caveman Mike Sparlin who was dynamite from the outside as he swished eight field goals and three charity toss es for a 19 point total. Sharpshooter Dave Robinson, who has definitely' regained his eye, bucketed 18 Pel tallies for the number three slot. Springy for ward Bob Peterson and Caveman Jim Smith shared the number four spot with 14 points apiece. The Pels, performing like spring stars, outran the speedy Grants Passers as they used the best fast- break offense they have shown to date. The Cavemen were out-re bounded two to one by the lanky Klamathites who collected 42 of the available 63. ' The Cavemen got off to a two point lead in the iirst 10 seconds on a jumper by Jim Smith but Bob Peterson countered with five tallies in the next 50 seconds to put the Pels out front. They never looked back. The first period end ed at 15-11 for the Whitcbirds; as close a margin the Cavemen were to reach. MOORE STARS Stanza number three was a hec tic, fast-moving affair with ball stealing and bobbles on both sides the order of action. Moore was the big Pelican contributor as he counted 10 of his total points. The period ended at 53-43. Peterson and Robinson rejoined the Pels in the fourth canto, after having sat out a portion of the third, each having collected four fouls. "L i 1 1 1 e" men, DeLap, Ankeny and Hen-era turned in creditable performances in their stead. Dave Robinson was tha sparkler in the last quarter for the Pels as he turned beautiful passes from Moore and Niles Into nine mark ers. Fiery Caveman, Sparlin, collect ed eight of his specialties as he led a Grants Pass attack that threatened to overcome the Cave men's 68-51 deficit, with three min utes left, to boost them to the nine-point final margin. In the preliminary game, Friday the Merrill Huskies, top ceded B Tourney club, downed the Pelican Jayvees 45-40. Box Scores: SATLROAYS flAME Grants Pass U Hi FT PF TP Soarlin II smltn Putnam Haves Lindquist 1 10-11 8 2-2 2 1-5 4 U-O a i-.i o o-o 0 55 0 n.Q f Proctor I Thomas Remfoert ! Olson TOTALS I 'Klamelh 118) Prterson Niles : Moore ' Robinn Ankeny J llerrrra UrLap Hall RishOD 19 3t-18 II M to rT rr tr S 10-12 .1 20 8-11 2-3 2 .1 0-0 .1 10 2 0 3 0 0 i TOTALS 1 tg-at 18 ? Halftime score: Klamath 31: Grants Pass 28. I railtAT'S GAMS Grsnts Tsss (411 Spatlin i Smith Putnam I Hayes Lindquist Thomas Proctor TOTALS Klamath (70) Moore Niles ; Prterson I Robinson ; Henera Ankeny to it rr tp H .1-8 3 19 8 2 2 0 14 14-93 8 1 0 2 3 2 8 3-4 3 13 13-3 1 S 1 0 3 2 13 11-24 II 81 ro rT pr tp 8 -10 3 33 3 12 3 7 2 3 4 14 7 4 4 4 18 0 0 0 0 2 28 2 8 0 0-0 1 0 t 11-1.1 IT It IJcLap TCITAI Halrdma icora: KUHS 37, Grants Pass as. KLAMATH'S ALL-STATE CENTER Glenn Moore falls to tha floor In Friday night's con ference game against Grants Pass at Pelican Court. Pelican forward Bob Peterson looks on at the left, while Grants Pass players Mike Sparlin and Paul Lindquist 110) move in on Moore. The Pels clinched the district championship with their 70-61 Friday victory ovar the Cavemen. fromfht "If tha rulat permitted varsity guards." So said University of Belko when he discussed the frosh guard from Klamath words they were. " Belko, who lured Kimpton away from several other attractive of fers last year about this time, has been very pleased by the showing made by the Klamath Falls prod uct. So far this year. Butch is lead in the UO's frosh scoring. In 12 games (the frosh have ac tually played 13) here is Kimpton's scoring for the season through this week: KG FT PF TP AVE. 59 30-42 21 148 12.S Kimpton leads teammate Denny Strickland, a former Washington all-staler from Bremerton who has 140 points. The frosh by the way are loaded with "all-staters." Be- sides Kimpton and Strickland, Knappn's Bob Hunt, Madras' Mur ray Newton and Lincoln's Ron An derson were all picked oil all- state honors during their prep ca reers. Butch's play has been so out- stanaing null cento iigures ire WOUIQ ureait into uiw vmaiiy iiiic- up if the Pacific Coast Conference rules wou u permit a iresnman to yiay vaiaiij vvit'cnwv,. It looks like Klamath Falls base ball fans are going to be In for another season of fine semi-pro di amond action this summer. For the second straight year, Klamath Falls is expected to be represent ed in the Northern California League. Irv Whitt, who managed tne Kubs last year, expressed hope that with a little help from an un identified major league team, Klamath plans to pick up two or three top flight college prospects to add to the local forces in building an outstanding team. Whitt said the team will be getting some ii ...ui-t. ...ill nb. iu .: 1., Kubs a top contender. Although it is not official at this time, it seems safe to venture a guess that the same team is will ing to help the Kubs out with per sonnel, is interested in getting this city back into professional base ball say the class B Northwest League, which has only seven teams. Just how well local fans accept semi-pro ball this year could be the key to getting pro baseball back in Klamath Falls. -0 Evidence of how Oregon Tech and .Southern Oregon ruled the Ore gon Collegiate Conference basket ball race this season can be seen in the latest oflicial statistics re leased Friday. iNot including the final OCC games Friday and Sat urday.) Between the two schools they held the number one spot in team scoring, team defense and team field goal shooting (all by OTIi, the socond position in all three (by Southern Oregon) and second TUNE-UP SPECIAL All Mokes All Models Appointment! If dMlrtt) DICK B. MILLER CO. 7th Klamath ra. tu 4-4IM bif CLKYTOH HAfVNON it, ha would bo on of my Oregon basketball coach Steve playing of Butch Kimpton Falls. And very complimentary y - - - BUTCH KIMPTON u I -i L II P'y " place , team fre9 tnrow thooting (OTI). Individual races. OTI cagers led the rebound department (Charlie Bogle and Truman Williams), SOC the scoring (Bill Hollingsworth), and Oregon Tech field goals and free throws (Williams and Char lie Wilson). Between the Raiders and Owls, all top six spots in the rebounding column were swept this end of the league. Nine of the top IS scorers were playing at OTI or SOC. All five of the Oregon Tech starters were listed in the top 15, -0- Orrgon Tech basketball coarh Wnlly Palmbrrg Is rated quite man on .lima uui a mi-iuiic I list. Gill has picked the three top boys who have played under him in his 2!) years at Oregon State as being the best in 29 different departments of the game Of these, Palmberg Is first In four of the departments shoot ing on the run, scoring from the foul line on either side of the key, best natural player and hard est fighting, scrappiest. Wally rates second in the best dribbler from a set start and third as a free throw shooter. Wally shares a third place spot as quickest mov. er with Skeet O'Connell and In man-to-man defense with Bill Toole O'Connell is the former OTI basketball coach and currently in business in Klamath Falls. 0 Con nell is rated third in scoring off a fast break. Toole, the ex-Klam-alh Union High all-stater, is classed by Gill as being the best at break ing up opponents plays, second in fast break dribbling and quickest- (Contlnurd on Page Ten) pnoTocsmpmri FLOYDS STUDIO vim linn lUtsUltiM' Huskies Beaten By Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 22 W Borrowing a page from the Cali fornia Bears who defeated them last night, Idaho used similar tac tics to surprise Washington 85-63 in a Pacific Coast conference basketball game tonight. The Vandals took over mid-way In the first halt and built a 42-31 intermission lead and steadily in creased the margin in the second half. Capt. Gary Simmons topped an scorers with 30. Big Doug Smart of Washington, who has been run nerup to Simmons in the PCC scoring race, got 28. i . 1. : 1 . .1 , I 1 1 . . 1 is mine me vanuaiB fiuuixu iv mi, the key to the win was wrapped up in a 55-second period early In the first half. Trailing 8-2 three minutes into the game, the Vandals suddenly flustered the Huskies with a full court press the same as used by California in its 70-62 win last night. Idaho moved ahead 9-8, played it even until midway in the first half and then took a 22-21 lead on a shot by Simmons. From then on, It was Idaho all the way. The Vandals largest lead came with 3'i minutes left when they were ahead 79-55. Several factors helped Idaho- including a 45 per cent accuracy on field goal attempts. Washing ton hit 38 per cent. Smart was the only Washington player able to connect consistently early In the game. Tha 6-foot center got the first 13 Washington points and had 17 In the first half. Some solid defensive work by Jerry Jorgenson held Smart down late in the first halt. Jorgenson, a hefty 6-foot-4 senior who waa captain last year, quit for a time this season because of a leg Injury but came back when needed. Simmons got only eight points in the first half. Whaylon Coleman, who also did fine defensive work for Idaho, had 20 points. Cal Beats WSC PULLMAN. Wash.. Feb. 22 Of) The confident California Bears were content to shoot only when clear tonight in beating Washing ton State 59-48 to retain their lead in the Pacific Coast Conference basketball race. Purdue Triumphs LAFAYETTE. Ind., Feb. 22 Ml Purdue's young Boilermakers beat back a rallying Minnesota team tonight, 88-79, and held sec ond place in Big Ten basketball standings. Jake Eison of Purdue and Tom Benson of Minnesota scored 25 points apiece. Extra Work Made Easy Rent a Typewriter er Adding Machine Last moKth'i rental la piled te purchase price VOICHT'S PIONEER OFFICE SUPPLY at Mala TO S-44M t
