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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1961)
Monday, March 20, 1961 PAGE t J HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, 0:t. &as Jam rL " H. Eft n 1 e vers EXPERT SERVICE WORK From coat-to-coast iLmmpmmmp mill Pel Rooters Hail Returning Heroes By WAYNE SCOTT Herald I News Sporti Editor Highway 97 travelers northbound (lirough Klamath Falls Sunday afternoon were more than pleased that there was a bvpass lead ing around the town. Because for an hour or so "Championship Boulevard" was a one-way street. It was jammed from curb-io-curb with hundreds of horn-looting ears containing a horde of screaming basketball fans who turned out to welcome the 19il Oregon Prep Championship Klamath Union Pelican basketball team on its return from the annual pl. grimage to Eugene. It's getting to be a habit. Thel rcis won melt second slate title in four years Saturday night when they brushed off the powerful Medford Black Tornado, 66-M. be fore a record crowd in the Uni versity of Oregon's McArthqr Court. The north entrance to the. city, from the edge of town to Wocus. was lined with cars containing Pelican fans who had been un able to attend the tournament, and when the caravan of those who had accompanied the team came into sight, the scene exploded into! room work would be a secondary a roar of cheers and horns. thing In the school today. In the quadrangle adjoining the gym at KU the players were sur rounded by a howling mob that did Its best to shake the arms off the players and their coach. Among those on hand to greet them was school Principal WIN lard McKinny, who grinningly shrugged when besieged with que ries (and commands) as to whe ther Monday would be declared a Pelican holiday. -Regardless his ultimate decision. one got the impression that class- The players, who traveled most of the way home in private cars, were assembled in Klamath Falls police cars, which, with The championship is the third in the history of KF, the first coming in 1043 and the second in sirens . in jam me ru team nnisnea screaming and lights flashing, headed a procession that traveled the length and breadth of town to wind up at the high school. New League Ends Draft Of Players CHICAGO (AP) The Ameri can Basketball League which plans to begin its operations next fall drafted a total of 131 college players at the end of a two-day meeting Sunday. The preparation of schedules and the question of playing rules which will list several changes from the way the game is played were referred to various commit tees for study. Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, who has been acting as commissioner of the new league, will operate the Chicago franchise. The league of fices will be located in Chicago. Other members of the league are Washington, D.C.; Pittsburgh; San Francisco; Los Angeles: Kan sas City; Honolulu, and Clove land. All of the players drafted were seniors, and each . team was al lowed two territorial selections. Among draftees were: ' Los Angeles Rafer Johnson. UCLA. Honolulu Frank Burgess, Gonzaga. and Dave Mills. Seattle. Open draft selections include: Los Angeles Clint Names, Washington: Bill Ellis. UCLA. Honolulu Karl Anderson, Ore gon State: Jim Altenhofen, Port land: Rollie Williams, Idaho. San Francisco John Bcrbcrich, UCLA: Stan Morrison. California: Jim Woodland. Oregon State. sixth in the classic and in I960 they grabbed third place honors. Also in 1960, they had prom ised head coach Dean White in the dressing room following their I third place win. they would nail the championship this year. The team lived up to its prom ise, rocking state high school bas ketball circles with as thrilling a performance as ever witnessed on the university floor. The victory became theirs with four seconds remaining to play when junior guard Ker-S Hunsak er flipped a pass to '.econd team all-stater Gary Pa'zko, another junior, who leaped high and crammed the ball through the net for the most Important two points in the lives of the 1961 Pelicans. The championship game, a fit ting climax to a five-game duel between the Pelicans and t h e hard - working Medford squad, shook the rest of the state since, in the very fact that It was played, It emphasized that South ern Oregon had established a su premacy over the more thickly populated and favored northern portion of the state. Third place in the tournament went to Grant of Portland with a win over Wilson High, the teams, like Klamath and Medford. . also the number one and number two representatives in their own league. Another heated rivalry, one ex isting between South Eugene and South Salem, culminated in a fourth place spot for the Axemen who defeated the Salemites 58-53. David Douglas of Portland defeat ed league-mate Central Catholic for consolation honors. I A Ft I L Kz$ JW.m. .r.,. m, ,i. -iL 1 I Medford KFFans Jubilant Saturday night Klamath Falls people took over the entire base ment of the Eugene Hotel for a gigantic victory celebration alter the Pelicans had won the 1961 Oregon State Prep basketball championship. And Ihcy invited their favorite enemies." the Medford fans and players, to join thern. While the adults filled one gi gantic room the players and stu dents gathered in a nearby room lor their own party. A well-stocked buffet provided in congratulations by Klamathj Falls Winema Hotel, awaited the celebrants and the building rang (Continued On 10) PBRAKE ADJUSTMENTS fc'ir t ii if n i i iniiiii hi - ii ii i ii ii n i i i iTIWla i il I GOOD WINNERS. GOOD LOSERS An atfitud. 4UD; of that following the KUHS victory over Medford in tho championship game at Eugene Saturday night is exem plified hero as pair of Tornado rally squad girls con gratulate Pelican captain Bruce Brickner at the conclu sionofthi hard-fought game. Culminates Long Year; Injuries: Ailments Make For Tough Row ny iTAirvc m.uii nore enoucn pnysical problems ot ace o! these obstac cs. serves as Herald and News Sports Edilor last a number of seasons in their a tribute to the nih il of the nlav- The Klamath Union Pelican basketball team had to overlook, overcome, accept, or otherwise ig- climb to the 1961 Oregon Prep Lliampionslup. Their accomplishment, in the f. V'-' adit f 1 Saxons Claim Special Award EUGENE lAPi The first place sportsmanship award at the Oregon class A-l basketball tour nament was awarded to South Salem High School Saturday night. Corvallis was named to the sec ond place and La Grande took third. The awards are given on the basis of sportsmanship of both the school team in the tournament and the school's rooting section. Celtics Down Nats, 128-1 15 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The well-restcd Boston Celtics are off on the right foot in de Icnse of their National Basketball Association playoff championship. The Celts trimmed the weary Syracuse Nats 128-115 Sunday in a nationally televised game in Boston to take a 1-0 lead in the besl-of-7 Eastern Division title series. Syracuse had completed a three game sweep of its best-of-o semi finals against the Philadelphia Warriors Saturday night, winning 106-103. Meanwhile, in the Western Divi sion the Los Angeles Lakers elimi nated the Detroit Pistons in their best-of-five semifinals Sunday. Los Angeles turned back Detroit 137 120 to take the series 3 games to 2. The second game of the Celtics- Nats scries will he played in Syra- J fjv- :: W . V 1L W "t: :..'." y. si JM PELICAN HERO Klamath Union Pelican Gary Patzke, the lad who came up.with the game-winning two points in the title struggle here gets t victory hug from Rich Bo gatay, the I Ith man on the KU squad, at the conclusion of the test. Patike was named to the All-State second team, as was teammate Wally Palmberg, Captain Bruce Brickner was voted to the first team. their coaches and the school, and reflects credit that can be shared by every citizen of Klam ath Falls. The KU cagors got off to a flying start as the season opened, but even at that time they were forced to live with a pair of things that could have dampened the enthusiasm of lesser boys. One ot their players, junior Gary Patzke, had been a victim of Perthe's disease since he was S years old. The ailment has caused him to grow to his 6-3 height with one leg markedly shorter than the other. His decided limp, however, has been overlooked many times by opponents that saw him spring high in the air to pull down the lion's share of re bounds over the season, and also watched him leap skyward with the two points that won the cham pionship (or the Pelicans Satur day night. Despite the bad leg Patzke matched all-stale team mate fi-7 center Bruce Brickner for the number two position, among all the reboundcrs on the 16 tournament teams. ' Brickner, himself, had his mis-1 cries during the late regular sea-' son. He was stricken with Ihe mumps and forced to miss a number of games while recuperat ing. The forced benching natural ly cut into his effectiveness prior More Sporfs Pages 70-77 to Ihe start of the tournament, a poor time for inactivity for many a basketball player. Brickner't performance at Ihe tournament, and particularly in the championship struggle with Medford, however, failed to indi. cate he had ever been sick. Another front-line Pelican. 5-10 senior guard Freddie Biehn. plays his championship basketball with an abnormal back, one that has (Continued On Page 10) invites hi! friinds to MICKEY CARR cuitomon and set th complete selection of New Econoline PICK-UPS now on diipley at Boliii er'i, Mickey lays, "Coma In. 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