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, By JERRY WAGGONER
Hprald and Newi Sports Editor
The Japanese National High
School All-Star wrestlers came
to town Wednesday to wrestle the
Klamath Union team with pres
tige. They left with even more
prestige and honors, hut they
knew they had been in a battle
yben the bouts were over.
. The Japanese team defeated the
Pelicans, with the addition o one
Hornet from Henley, 27-3, in con
vincing style with some classic
moves for high school wrestlers,
the speed of striking rattlesnakes
and centuries of wrestling savvy.
The fights drew n packed housoiand
in which en estimated 1,500
squeezed into Pelican Court, stood
around the fringes of the court
and sat in aisles to watch the
stylish Japanese perform.
This was the final match on the
18-match tour which lasted 25
days. The Japanese team won all
18 team matches and had only
six individual losses on the tour.
Three of the Japanese grapplers
finished the tour undefeated. They
were Y, Tobita, A. Sato and S.
Sakai.
Hut the Pelicans gave them a
run for their money with a line
up which included two boys who
generally wrestle for the Jayvees
one grappler from Class A-2
Henley.
Tom Miles, tile 13A-XHind dyna
mo from KU, was the only victor
of the night. He nulled out a
4-2 decision over S. Haraikawa
with a takedown and an escape
for his four points while the All
star got only an escape.
Coach Delance Duncan was
proud of the way his Pelicans
(ought the Japanese. "Their coach
said that our kids were tougher
than most they met," Duncan re
lated. The Japanese coach said
that Klamath Falls, Grants Pass
and the Portland All-Stars were
the three toughest and that they
all were about tlie same.
It must be remembered, how
ever, that the Japanese are na-
tional champions and they wres
tie three to four hours a day and
have as many as 80 matches per
year. They began this tour ith a
total combined record of 340
matches and only six losses.
S. Sakai, who was one of the
three undefeated on this tour, de
feated John Stilwell in the opening
123-pound match. Stilwell usually
wrestles on the second unit behind
Grant Humphreys. Sakai got three
takedowns and an escape to beat
the KU boy, 5-1.
Humphreys was in the 130-pound
division, one step above his usual
weight event. He lost a 4-1 deci
sion to M. Nakai. Humphreys'
only point was a penalty point
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MILES ON WAY TO VICTORY Tom Milei on -lop) him turned over or pinned, but he did get the only win
qaini valuable ridinq time at he holds down Japan's tor Klamath Union over the Japanese National All-Stars,
S. Haraikawa and tries to qain a hold which he can turn 4-2, The fights were fought before a packed house at
the Japanese All-Star over with for a pin. He didn't get Pelican Court which the Japanese team won, 27-3.
Henley's Top Ranked Hornets
Tackle Rogue River, Eagle Point
Henley's Hornels finally made
the grade, Now they've got to play
every game like a championship
contest because the pressure will
be on them. The Hornets were
named as tho top Class A-2 bas
ketball team in the state this
week after defending champion
riensant Hill dropped a contest
to Elmira.
The Hornets will be' hard
pressed to live up to this task
because they will he put to a stern
tost Saturday night against de
fending league champion Kagle
Point. Hie Hornets beat them
gnly one point in an earlier game
on the Kagles home court.
Hut the Hornets had better not
overlook their Friday night con
lest with Rogue River which
seems to have found the winning
formula lately by downing their
last two opponents, Sacred Heart
and surprising Phoenix.
Other games find lkeview, (he
third place team in the tough
Rogue league, at home Friday
night against that same Eagle
Point crew which handed It a
one-point loss early in the sea
son. This battle may take some
of the starch out of the F.agles
for Henley Saturday night. The
Honkers could jump into a tie
for second should thry heat the
Kagles and thry will have tfic
home court advantage. The Honk
ers swap opponents with Hrnley
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Saturday night, too, and will host
Uoguc Hivcr.
Sacred Heart's basement-dwelling
Trojans will he at Illinois
Valley Friday night trying to
shake (ill a six-game losing slrrax
and will come hack home Satur
day night for a contest against St.
Mary's.
The Hornets had onlv one game
last week hut that one w a s
enough. The stale's top ranked
team had to go an overtime to
beat the soprismgly strong Lake-
view quintet on the Honkers'
home court. The Hmnets finallv
won, (il-.V). It also was one of
their lowest scoring games. They
are 1.1-0 for the vear.
Coach Jerry Johnson will have
his usual lineup in the Rogue
River game. It will consist of
the league's leading scorer and
reliounder Kent Gooding, forwards
Earl Allhritton and Mike Beymer
inn guards Ix'V'oy Young and
Steve Helling
Gooding, although held to his
lowest output of the season against
Uikeview with 13 (mints, is hit
ling at a 5.Y2 average per game
He has l."4 ioints in five of the
six Henley games. He missed one
game because of illness and has
a 22.1 average lor the 13 games
with 2ix points. His scoring real
!y began to spread out uhen
league play began.
Hevmer, although he fell in the
standings, is fifth among IragiirJ
tally makers with IIVi points for a
fine 15 0 average. And Allhrit
ton is right on his heels with 9.1:
point and a 13 3 average, good
enough lor seventh position. The
two fine forwards were aided in
the scoring department last week:
when the Honkers sagged on Good
ing and left them open a lot
Young, the other starter, is Wh
among the top 55 with tC! points
and an 8 it average.
l.;ikei irw 's l-any S.ini!cs took
the solliglit in the Henley game
last weekend. He hit lor his sea
son's high of 31 points to pull
hack into thud place among the
top scorers. He has ILM Hnnls for j
a 17 7 average. Joining their male
liom Lukrvunv in the Ion 25 are
Dennis Warren with 88 points and
a 12.6 average in ninth and Dan
leahy in 10th smt with 8T points
and a 12.3 mean. Fred Williams
moved into the top 23 with 51
points for a 7.3 average.
The chief threat to Gooding's
scoring championship is one who
will he matching shots with him
Saturday night. He is Charles
Pomcroy of Eagle Point. He has
l-tfi points in one more game than
Gooding for a 20 9 average. He
could conceivably pass Hie big
Henley center this weekend hut he
has a tougher schedule than the
big Hornet.
Kagle Point also has the sixth
leading scorer in Mil liard Short
with loo points and a 14 3 average
and Wilbur Roatwrighl in 12lh
spot with 7S marker and a 10 9
average.
The Hornels will lie favored In
both their games Rogue River
will probably send a lineup of
Mike O'Brien. Tom Davidson.
Joe Salter. Larrv Snefstrom and
Powell against them. The prob.
able Kagle lineup will he Pnmer
iv. Short, Boatright, John I.inder
and John Whalcv.
Uikeview probably will go
with Samples. Warren. Iahy, Wil.
ams and Vein Plato agaist
the above mentioned two teams.
Sacred Heart will take on Illi
nois Valley and SI. Mary's with
a probable starting unit of Pete
Kink. Dick Miller. Marv David.
Jim Korsen and Mike Martinez.
Krnk and Miller ilh made giant
steps into the top 25 scorers with
good games last weekend. Krok is
I3th with 71 points for a fine
10 8 mean and Miller has 5fi lor a
93 average.
while the foe got a takedown and
reversal.
Then Miles won the only match
of the night which had the crowd
'in its feet and applauding his
ellorts. He scored one of the
two takedowns the KU wrestlers
cored in. the eight matches and
added a reversal for his four
points while Haraikawa got
two-point reversal.
Ron Head dropped a well-fought
3-0 decision to T. Shinjo in the
141-pound event. Shinjo had an es
cape and a takedown for the three
(mints..
Henley's Chuck Milanovich
scrapped but was no match for
Y. Tobita in the 148-pound class.
Tobita has never been beaten in
his life. Time and again Milano
vich squirmed out of pin situa
tions but ran out of gas and was
finally pinned with 16 seconds re
maining in the match. He was be
hind on points, 11-2.
Then came what was probably
the best bout of the card. Ron
Hitchcock lost a heartbreaker to
A. Sato in the 157-pound division
in the last 30 seconds of the bout.
Hitchcock showed the Japanese
some of their own maneuvers and
jumped to a 5-4 lead w ith 33 sec
onds left in the match when his
efforts had just about robbed him
of all his stamina. Sato got a one
point takedown to even the match
at 5-5. His pressing kept Hitch
cock moving to try and salvage a
-Ar
tie but he caught up with the
gutty Pelican and gained two
points as the buzzer sounded for
a predicament and the 7-5 win.
The crowd really appreciated this
bout. Sato has been beaten only
once in his life.
Ben Gonzales was a last day
substitution in the 168 - pound
event. Bob Daulton was to wrestle
there but had to move up to
the 178-pound bracket because the
Japanese didn't want Thurston
Henzel, who weighs about 210, to
go against their lighter boy. Gon
zales was pinned by S. Endo in
3:45 while trailing 5-0.
Bob Daulton closed out the
matches with a good attempt but
it wasn't enough against S. Ma
buchi and he was pinned in 8:40. cates how hard they are to take
Mabuchi was ahead by 5-2 when down which also is a good meas
he pinned Daulton. uring stick to good wrestling.
The Japanese suffered only two They felled the Pelicans 12 times
takedowns all night which indi- for the big difference.
tAGE 10 A Thursday, January 31, 1963
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THE WINNING POINTS Klamath's Tom Miles is in the process of throwing Ja
pan's S. Haraikawa for two-point takedown which eventually won the match for
the Pelican and was the only win of the night for the home town team. He won over
the Japanese All-Star, 4-2.
Dickinson, Kneece Sharing
First Round Classic Lead
PAI.M SPRINGS. Calif. U'Pl
They changed partners and
courses today and started into the
second round of the $.V).0i)0 Palm
Springs golf cla.--sic a tourna
ment sometimes called the "IBM
0ien."
The scorelioard showed that
Harold Kneece. a little man
I rum Aiken. S C., and Gardner
Dickinson, a string-bean li om Te
questa. Kla . teed off leading tlie
I ic Id with wis.
But there wins a joker in Hie
seiwes. Iiickmson lasliionert ni:
(me six-under-irar effort at (lie
Willie Anderson
Leading Scoring
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louph Eldoradn cimrse and moves
to the "easy" Indian Wells lay
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Kneece. u no stands only
5-feet-7, played Indmn Wells
Vedneday aixl is stuck w ith tho
long Tamarisk lavout today.
So IH'kinxn apjieared to le in
tlie driver's seat.
Rifiht m the Iwels of lite load
ers came South Africa's Gary
Player, admittedly playmg the
finet pulf of his brilliant career,
and unheralded Rob Shave of Wil
louiihby. Ohio. They each had fi".
at IiHiwn WelU and move to Tam
arisk today.
Meanwhile memlers of gulfs
"bi; live" all were in contondin;
(xxsiUins. National Often cham
pion Jack Nicklaus. still cim-
plammg of bursitis in his leg. had
fi!. Master champion Arnold
Palmer had a 71. Hilly Casper
and liene Utile each hiid a 70.
DickniMin. .Vy ear-old 130-noiind
one-time proteee of Ren Hogan.
also hat been a consistent threat
Wednesday lie had nine birdies
aiiainsi three hogevA with putts
from as far away as 27 feet roll-
major PGA event, had even
greater success on the giccns
His 66 was five-vinder-par on the
Indian Wells course. And he had
one "sea-goer" putt that rolled
into the cup from !0 feet on the
big 14th green.
There was a four-way tie at BR
featuring Pat Schwab. Tommy
Aaron. Davey Hilt and Ro Win
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th mat lor a takedown. Thii attempt railed but ha won
tha match Ovar Mumphreyt in a qood bout, 4-1. Tha
Japantia taam won, 27-3.
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