Pelicans Lose To Crater Comets In Final Minutes, 641-5
Loss Ties Pels,
Owls Shatter Scoring Record, Mountaineers, 113-91
Comets For Lead
By JERRY WAGGONER
Herald and N'rwi Sports Editor
The Oregon Tech Owl got as
hot as a newly-formed piece of
steel at the Mile High gym Friday
night and set a new school scoring
record as they pulled away from
a hot-shooting clan of Eastern
Oregon College (Mountaineers in
the lading minutes to win, 113-91.
It was the first time this sea-
ion the Owla have smashed the
ino-point barrier although they
had the chance on another occa
sion or two. It broke an old record
of 109 points. The Owls defeated
Olympic Junior College in 1957-
53. 109-100. It wasn't a total scor
ing record but was a new mark
for the Owls. It isn't known yet if
that is a new league record.
The victory put the Owls one
step nearer their third Oregon
Collegiate Conference crown. An
other victory Saturday nignt over
the Mountaineers would clinch at
least a tie for the titlc.lt could
have been clinched Friday night
had Oregon College of Education
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Golden Gate
Track Meet
Sanctioned
LOS ANGELES tUPh Next
Friday's Golden Gate Invitational
Indoor track meet at San Fran
cisco has the ollirial sanction of
the United Slates Track and Field
Federation.
William S. Russell, president of
the federation, announced the
sanrlionine Friday night.
"This sanclion." Ilussell said,
"has been granted to make II
possible for high school, college
and university athletes to partici
pate without restrictions, and to
enable the federation to continue
to operate within the letter and
spirit of the recent (Gen. Douglas)
MacArlhur agreement in New
York."
Earlier last week, the Big Six
Conference said It would not per
mit athletes tn compete in the
los Angeles indoor games Satur
day unless the meet was sanc
tioned by the 1JSTFF even though
it previously had been sanctioned
by the rival Amateur Athletic
Lnion.
However, the I'STFF sanctioned
the Los Angeles meet, enabling
all possible college participants to
compete in tho San Francisco
mfet.
Tigers Open
Camp First
LAKELAND, Fla. UTI'-The
Detroit Tigers became the first
major lcacue cluh tn nrgin spring
training Saturday with the start
of their early ramp at Tigcitnwn.
Thirty - nine players went
through a two-hour dull under a
v.aim sun and tcmpetaitiie of "n
degrees.
The camp is composed mostly
of minor league players, though
pitcher Frank Laiy, who missed
most of last season because o(
a sore arm. and catcher Gus
Tiiandos, acquired from the Bal
timore Orioles in a trade, are due
hi shortly for some extra work.
; Among the early .tarter was
.jake Wood, 25-year-old inlicldcr
who slumped to .226 last season
and lost his second base job to
Dick McAuhffe.
Manager Bob Schclling said he
would trv Wood at ahntlslop. as
j fill-in player behind Chico Fcr-!wn yx nitht fur Ibcir thud Vales
nandrz. hut Wood said he antcd 0, , lhf v.imlals tins season .lobnv.ii
(han.e to regain his second; Vlr ,,.,, r I(l,lho (, , ,,!
ba-c job record ami Oiryon with a'llatwin
Hie initial workout was a light
one. The players, under the direc
tion of Si hefting and Don Lund,
the Tigers' new director of minor
league operations, did htlle mine
than plav pepper practice, run I
and catch.
PAI.MKK IMAMS MAI Al.
PHOENIX. Ariz 'I'Pli - Pro
golfing king Arnold Talmer de
nied Friday that he had made
delinite plans to leave live Conn
try C luh of Miami. Fla. Palmer
currently is competing in the si.
OOn Phoenix Open gulf tourna
ment. -.South Africa's moft valuable e
poils are gold, wool and uiani
lim, in that order.
lost. But the Wolves downed South
ern Oregon, 64-49.
The Techmen are now 11-1 for
conference play and OCE is a dis
tant second with a ft-4 record.
The Owls were Mhjte-hot in the
second half but less than hot in
the first half. And they had to be
that hot to whip the rapidly im
proving Mountaineers. The Owls
hit a fabulous .565 per cent from
the floor for the night in connect
ing on 48 of 85 shots. EOC hit a
highly respectable .10 of 78 for a
fine .462 percentage.
It was a team elfoii on the part
of the Owls and they had all five of
their starting "Iron-Man Five"
in double figures, three of which
had 20 points or more.
There was a span in the first
half, however, when the Owls
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HERALD AND
Owl Wrestling Team
Wins Three Road Meets
PORTLAND iSpeciali The Ore
gon lech Owl wrestling crew
closed out a highly successful dual
match season this weekend with
three victories over one confer
ence foe and two non-league foes.
The Owls measured the Oregon
College of Education crew Fri
day in Monmouth, 24-8; beat Lew
is and Clark's team Saturday aft
ernoon in Portland, 24-10. and then
took on Pacific University Satur
day night and stopped them, 28-.1.
The Owls won 18 matches and
lost only three matches, not in
cluding the three they had to for
feit in the heavyweight division to
all three teams. They got five
pins in those 18 victories.
Milo Crumrine, Dennis Sathor,
John Norton, Vcryl Miller, and
Ed Appleman won all their match-
The Owls finished with a 9-1
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CHAMBERLAND SCORES
land 1351 is about to ihoot
against the Crater Comets
field throws up his hands in
The Pelicans scored hut they
minutes, 64-58.
ilv
JOY
Johnson Leads Vandals By
Sputtering Oregon, 79-61
MOSCOW. Idaho it PI" - Oie-
gon's simllering basketball Ducks
cet their last chance to brat the
Idaho Vandals tonight.
The Dinks dropped a 79 M de
cisnm to Idaho behtie Twin ncr-
7-10 mark
Talented (ins Johnson collcited
rebounds and scored IS imints
to spark the anilals Itich Porter
and ( buck White tallied 2n and ltt
points for tlie w unlets
Steve Jones paced the titrun
scoring itli 11 Idaho was in
Hunt of the Dinks 41 ;"i at half
time IIIIOM'OS (.FT .vTMII.IMi
PF.NYErt '1 PI - Tlie Pomer
Broncos Fudav acquired haltback'
Rtuce Mailing liom tlie Dallas
Tesans for a ' high" Inline draft
choice The Hrnncos said tlicy
also Mere negotiating with the
Hutlalo Hills lor an Amct k an
Football lraaif evlubiliun tame
at Kansas Citv nest fall.
suffered a streak of bad passing
and gave the Mountaineers no less
than 10 points in one span on the
bad passes. That kept the Moun
taineers well in the game.
Despite the final score, it was
a close game until the last eight
minutes of the game. Then the
Owles pulled away and pulled
away fast when it appeared the
Mountaineers had run nut of gas
and could not keep up the fast
pace.
Everyone did a brilliant job for
tlie Owls. Willie Anderson was
magnificent, especially in the sec
ond half. He topped the Owls
with 29 points but he got 20 of
those in the second half. He also
hauled in 20 rebounds. Sam Smith
played less than half a game be
cause of fouls but still managed
NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
dual match record for the season
losing only to very strong and de
fending league champion Portland
State. They go to the conference
Monmouth and will have to more
tournaments following that meet
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173 Mllo Crumrlnt pinned Oala AtMIt,
1:33 In 3rd.
lift Dennli saltier won forfeit
1J7 Henk lierthart won forfeit.
147 Ken Klnnear dec. by Frank Wll-
tel.
IS7 John Norton dec. Bill Jones, 4-1.
17 Veryl Miller dec. Tom King, 1A-I.
177 Ed Ac-pleman dec. Rudy Sonnen,
114.
HWY Forfeit In Jim Ryan.
, OTI I.1C
173 Mint Crumrine won by torleit.
130 Dennii Sathor dec. Mike Depele.
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7 Henk lienhert pinned by Jim Clow,
l:W 01 2nd.
U7 Ken Klnneer der. Dean Fngall. Is-.
117 John Norton pinned Scott Morton,
U of 3rd.
17 Veryl Miller won by forfeit.
177 Ed Appleman dec. Ken Ochiner,
43.
HWY-John Gredy (OCE won by lor
felt. OTI-Pecllic
y
Klamath's Wayne Chamber,
for two pointi Friday night
as Crater's Darryl Summer,
an attempt to block the shot.
lost the qm in the closing
The fins:
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Irlahn 179
While
Whitlipid
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Sowatd
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HalltiiTie -Idaho 41 Oi:nn 29
.Vlf rtdancr Vrtnn
to hit for 22 points. He tallied on
11 of 14 shots for an almost un
believable 78 6 per cent. He played
18 minutes and 40 seconds.
Utile Hewlett Nash, although
he did have some bad passes.
made up for it. He tallied 2.1
points on some fantastic drive
shots and kept the team moving
all the time. Norm Johns, who
has been one of the most import
ant rugs in the wheel of late,
had his best scoring game of
the season with 17 points. Van
Zitek had the only cold night
among the members of the team
with only 10 points. But he and
Johns time and again passed off
when they had good shots to
teammates who were perhaps in
just a little better position to
score.
Sunday, February 10, 19G3
133 Mile Crumrine pinned Terry Shel-
don. 3:0S or 3rd.
130 Oennit Sather pinned Paul Carr,
3:03 Of 7nd.
137 Hank Itenhorl pinned George Llnd'
queit, :33 or 3rd.
147 Ken Klnnear won by forfeit.
137 Don Brench dec. by Chuck Mo
reno. 4-7.
167 veryl Miller dec. eel Kreldler, t-o.
177 Ed Appleman won by forfeit.
Scores
College Raskethall Results
By United Press International
FAST
Glassboro St. 9.1 Paterson St. 54
Ithaca Coll. 82 St. Iiwrence fifi
St. Joseph's (Pa.) 78 Ifayctte60
Queens 09 King's Point 57
St. Anselms 71 Harttord 4
Dartmouth 5K Columbia 57
Cornell 60 Harvard 54
Holy Cross 77 Villanova 02
Princeton 71 Brown M
Pennsvlvania 70 Yale 69
ling Island V. 54 Pratt 40
Hates m Wesleyan 54
I. Hopkins 70 W'. .Maryland 5.1
l)iiiuesiie ill Seton Hall 74
Albany St. 09 Marrimack 67
SOUTH
Clcmson IKS Virginia 64
Tulane 77 Geo. Tech 69 loti
Alabama St. 71 Morehouse St. 60
Geo. Wash. 58 Citadel o2
Morgan St. 80 Lincoln Coll. 59
Ixniisiana St. 6.1 Vanderbilt 56
Sewanee 94 S.W. Tcnn. 69
Va. St. Coll. 57 Va. l nion 44
Jacksonville 94 Rollins 54
Une 1I7 Miss. lnd. 69
Old Dominion KB Bridcealcr 67
Augustana 70 N. Cen. 111. R.1
MIDWF.ST
4 Cen. St. (Ohio) 09
s.
F.mioria St. 68 Washburn 5.1
N. Dakota St. 68 N. Dakota 66
Friends 78 Kans. Wesleyan 65
Hnckhuisl IDS Dmry 78
Wash. V. I Mo.) 94 111. Coll. 65
Mo. Mines 79 N W. Mo. St. 67
SOI TIIWKST
Abilene Christ. 92 Arlington 75
Tex. Western 57 I'lnh St. 55
Rrigham Amine 76 N. Mex. 7.1
WKST
Portland 67 Oregon Stale 58
lis and Clark "2 Willamette 44;
Portland Frosh 60 Oregon State
Itooks 5.1
Mt. S Antonio 57 Citrus 44
S. Calif. 61 Stanton! 57
l.cis & Clark 62 Willamette 44
Colo. St. lT. 59 Air Force 41
Washington 64 California 62
I'lnh 104 Wyoming 71
Portland 67 Oregon St. 58
1SF 74 Uvula .19
San Fran. St SB Humboldt SI. 50
San Jose St. 67 Pepperdine 60
Idaho 79 Oregon St
Oregon Tech 111 F.aMern Ore. 91
Oregon Col. 64 Southern Ore. 49
Uamoda SI. 61 Cbico SI. 61
Seattle too Montana St. M
Occidental a Cat Hiversioc .
Nevada 57 California Davis 41
Santa Haiti 74 (.11 rniy 'M U' t.
Fresno St. t San Fern Val. 61
S D ego Marines 77 V S Diego 68
Upland 85 Cal lAitheran 84
A St 76 l ong Hcach SI Mi
- Hedlainls 64 Cal Tech 49
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T 1 III V iSiw.-i.il '-Tlie KU B,.lHalsinm
is! surprised the Paisley lasers I Many Neiille. I lah Stale t'ni
9 here .Saturday night. .VMS. in sel.'versits. timshed second with a
IH line some of the be.t scoring combined tune of 81 2, nearly siv
20 of the seaon c.-oist-. utt Mevn's Mi.-e. and .Ion
' (ires Davis lrt tlie Bvals "eveal. also of t tah. winind up
J with IS points while Johnny t;l
;iwa had 14. Merle Clemens 11. and
J'.lim Watts 10 Watts also had 19 o( lour events wcte
flirebounds Dick Bra.ttniry lest the: t, Siena College. 274 I. 2. I'lu-
Ojloscrs with 17 points with Dael..u,t Mate Coiice, 272 2. 1. Ne-
fllltrstlain hitting for to
21 The Bly .layxees a'.o won.
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One of the better performances
and a surprising one was turned
in by football end Chuck Haw
kins who came in when Smith
had foul troubles. He was a sur
prise move on the part of Coach
Jim Parlow. He came through
with flying colors. He tallied six
points, got five rebounds and
helped out considerably.
The 29 points by Anderson was
his best scoring effort of the year.
But the Mountaineers had some
top efforts, also. Little Robert
Myers led the Mountaineers with
22 points while George Wach
ter had 19, Dick Turley 16 and
Don McClain 12.
The Owls jumped off to a quick
lead of 21-12 but it began to
dwindle quickly on the bad passes.
REBOUND BATTLE A host of players from Klamath and Crater light- for a re
bound during their game at Pelican Court Friday night. Fred Kelley (40) tries to
get into the action while Crater's Darryl Summerfield gets his left hand higher
than the others. The Pelican with his head showing is Dick Scott. The Comets
downed the Pelicans, 64-58.
Powell Spearheads Pilots
To Upset Over Beavers
PORTLAND U;PH Big Cincy.The loss led Orecnn State with a
Powell scored 24 points 16 in the
tirst half to spark underdog Port
land to a 67-58 haketball victory
over powerful Oregon State Fri
day night.
Powell, a husky 6 fi sophomore
forward playing in only his third
varsity game, collected 12 re
hounds as the Pilots scored their
major upset over the Beavers.
ankixt Iflih in the nation bv
United Pros International.
It was only the sixth win o the
season in 19 starts for Portland.
Thor Mjoen
Tods Skiers
ItKXO. Nov. fl PH - Thnr
Mjocn. a 20. year-old veUran skier
from Norway, won tho downhill
and !,t!. m trnts Saturday to
push Niorra College into Ihe team
lead of the 2:ird annual I'nivorMty
01 Nvada Winter Carnival.
Mioen, a native of ftppdahl.
Norway, took the one mile down
hill tai-e with a time of 7ft 8 sec
onds. I j no Monroe. Nevada, and
Mike Moore. I niversity of Oregon,
tied for vev-ond with a flat 77
M'enndv
At one time .wood-ranked
amoni; junior alpine skiers in his
native eounti. Mjoen went on to
swish tin ouch the sJaiom pate in
n i iiiiukhii lllllf (M .1 .1 1(H it
third with a t:me of 1
TV.im .'.indices lor three out
a.la. 249 0. ir Force Academy.
227 I. s. Cnivei ity ol reg..n.
Is.' 7. s. lnivciMiy o! Calitoinia
IVtkecv . iTin, 7, Arizona State
College. 165 2. 8. I lah. milt. Stan
ioH, 127 I
The Mountaineers tied tiie game
up at 27-27 but Zitek put the
Owls back in front with a long
set. The Owls maintained a one
to seven point lead up until the
fading minutes of the half when
the Mountaineers came back to
tie the game up at 48-48 with
16 seconds left. Norm Johns hit
a crucial bucket with five sec
onds left in the half to give the
Owls a 50-48 lead at the rest pe
riod. Smith had left the game with
6:45 left in the first half with his
fourth foul. He didn't start the
second half, either. Hawkins re
mained in the game until he
picked up his fourth violation and
Smith came back in with 12 min
utes left in the game and the Owls
really came alive then. Sam last
12-5 record
Tlie Pilots, who led 16-28 at half
time, reeled olf nine straight
points in the final minutes of the
same. The rally carried them
from a 58-55 edge with three min
utes remaining to a 67-55 lead
with a minute and a half iett.
The Beavers played without the
services of "quarterback" Terry
Baker, who was out with a toe
infection.
Tom Nichols scored 17 points
and Dave Cooper tallied 1.1 lor
Portland. Seven - fool center Mel
Counts led Orcein State with 22
points and 11 rebounds.
The Pilots hit 25 of 54 field goal
attempts for a .4ti1 averacc and
Ihe Beavers made 21 of 71 shots
Irom the field lor a .119 mark.
Aggies Whip
TCU, 85-69
FOIST WOKTII. Tex U'PI
Tesas AM pulled away in the
second half to cruh win!rs
Tcsas Christian R5-6') and keep a
glimmer of hope alue for th
Southwest Conference Rasketha
title
The win left the Cadets with a
4-1 conference record. It was the
seventh loss in as many starts
tor the Frocs.
AM. paced by guard Bennie
Irnos s 18 points and 17 each by
forwards Jerry Windham aad
Herald V nodal-it. built up a 20
point lead mid way in the second
hall.
Ctiard Boh'iy McKinley was the
TtT sainns leader with 17
Ipomls. Vrchie Clavlon. the 6-19
..enier. bucketed 1.1 and foiwaid
IVn Rosi. k hit 12 lor TCI'.
MAC McDANIELS
Now With
Joe's Barber Shop
433 Ma,n
PS. TU 4. rial
ed only five and a half minutes
before he got his fifth foul, but he
tallied eight points during the pe
nod.
The Mountaineers caught up on
Hawkins' fourth foul when Myers
hit a pair of charity tosses for
a 64-64 tie and a 65-64 lead. An
derson's gift shot tied it at 65-alI
and Johns again gave off the
spark needed with a go-ahead
bucket and the Owls never again
were tied or behind.
The OwLs had 21 fouls to 17
for EOC. EOC also tried some of
SOC's strategy with the screen
to bring about fouls and it worked
to a certain extent. Everyone is
trying to foul the OTI starters
out. But they have been doing a
good job of slipping the blind
screens.
The visitors held a 49-41 edge in
rebounding. Tlie game was watch
ed bv a crowd of 6.772.
The teams play again tonight at
Corvalhs.
The Hn:
OSC 1581 0 F P T
Pauly J 14 5 7
Kraus .1 15 4 9
Counts 19 2-2 1 22
Peters 1 3-.1 1 9
.larvis .1 (M) 2 6
Torgerson 0 0-0 I 0
Havward 2 1-1 2 5
Rentier 0 0-0 2 fl
Rossi 0 00 0 0
Totals 2.1 IMS 20 M
Portland (671 C. F P T
Powell 9 6-9 2 24
Cooper .1 7-10 3 11
Anstett 4 1-2 4 9
Nichols 8 1-5 2 17
Portch 12-2 2 4
Carpenter fl 00 o n
Totals 25 17-2K 1.1 67
Ilalltime Portland .16 Oregon
State 28
Attendance 6.772
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The Klamath Union High School
Pelicans appeared to be the undis
puted champions of the Southern
Oregon Conference for exactly 29
minutes of a regulation 32-minute
basketball skirmish with the Cra
ter Comets on the local hardcourts
Friday night.
But what occurred during the
final three minutes of the game
made the appraisal a subject for
debate, as the Comets capitalized
on their alert defense and Peli
can miscues to win, 64-58, and
pull abreast of their hosts in the
race for the conference crown.
The loss dropped the hitherto
loop-leading Pels into a deadlock
with their conquerors at the head
of the SOC race with six wins and
three losses apiece.
The final quarter was almost a
replay of the same stanza in the
Pels' game with the Comets a
week ago Saturday, but that
time the locals survived, despite
an incredible 69 per cent shoot
ing average attained by their op-
onanza
Tumbles
Sophs
BONANZA (Special '-The Bo
nanza Antlers slipped past the
Klamath Union Sophomores here
Saturday night, .19-35. with Ernie
.Nichols and Monty Burnett lead
ing the way.
Ihe Antlers jumped to a 13-8
first period lead and held on
for a half . time margin of 23-22
The Antlers increased the one-
point lead In the third with eight
points to KU's six and the fourth
was a slow one with eight points
10 KU s seven.
Nichols led the Antlers with 13
points while senior Burnett came
into the game in the second half
when big rcbounder Ricky Steber
fouled out and came through w ith
10 points. Their s were the only
two in double figures for the Ant
lers.
Kenyon had eight points to lead
tlie KU Sophomores.
Score by quarters:
KU Sophomores 8-14- 6- 7 35
Bonanza 1.1-10- 8- 839
Scoring:
KU Sophomores Kitching 2.
Schiff 4. Kenyon 8, Stiles 6, Ben
son 4, Moore 5, Tcater 6.
Bonanza New lun 6, Burnett 10.
Simmons 6, Steber 1, Nichols 13.
Dearborn 5.
ini Stops
Michigan St.
CHAMPAIGN. III. (UPI'-Big
Ten basketball leader Illinois
chilled a late Michigan State rally
Saturday to defeat the Spartans
91-86 for its sixth consecutive con
ference victory without defeat.
The victory gave the fourth-
ranked Illini a corrmandine 6-0
record in league play and a 14-2
overall slate. It wr.s the third
consecutive conference loss for the
Spartans who slipped to a 3-5
record.
The Spartans led for the firs'
nine minutes of th game. Bob
Starnes sank a field goal to tie
the score at 16-all and then
dropped in a fire throw to put
the Illini in front to stay.
The Illini moved ahead stead
ily, closing with a 44-15 margin
at halftime and increased their
lead to 14 points at 61-49.
Starnes paced Illinois with 20
points and Bill Small had 19
Sanders' 29 was tops or Ihe
Spartans.
BI1.IS SK.N H.Al.L
Bl'FFAI.0. N Y. UPD - Her
man Ball, offensive line coach
lor tlie Baltimore Colts since HiSti,
has been signed for a similar to
sition with the Buffalo Bills of
Ihe American Football League.
Csrr.s KcAe, iypzk
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Air Ambulance Service
P.. TU Mtlt
ponenls in Ihe second half of the
skirmish.
Friday night, the Comets again
approached that sizzling shooting'
percentage, connecting on 58.3 per
cent of their attempts in the fi
nal half compared to a good
shooting mark of 53 per cent for
the Pels. But Ihe Comets owed
their victory to alertness on de
fense as much as they did to their
sharp shooting.
The issue was settled about 1 : IB
before the final buzzer, after the
Pels' C.rover Dahn, guard, had
stolen a wayward Comet pass and
dribbled cross-court to score 4
lay-in, knotting the score at 56-56
The Comets then came down-
court, passing Ihe ball back and
forth quickly in an attempt to
spread the Pels efficient zone de
fense. The Comets Lou Alvarez,
runnerup in the conference scoring
ladder, finally received the ball
on the right end line and thrcw"?i '
long looping pass to his team
male, Pat Pepper, on the other
side of the court. Pepper, un
guarded, then connected on a 30-
foot set shot to put Crater ahead,
58-56. Moments later. Pepper
cashed in on two free throws
which clinched the win for thei
Comets.
The beginning of the Pels' uifj
doing came in final seconds rii
tlie third quarter when the Com
ets applied a full court pressing
defense that they used throughouj
the remainder of the skirmish.
Until then, the Pels had the is
sue under control with Dick Scot
hitting on jump shots from tlje
post, and Fred Kelly scoring fre
quently on shots made from
around the key.
The Pels led at the end of the
three rest periods, 17-13; 27-26;
and 45-38.
Scott fouled out with six minutes
left in the final stanza, after the
w hite shirts had boosted their lead
to 54-44. The loss of the rangy
shntmaker. who tallied 12 mark
ers up tn that point, slowed down
the Pels scoring attack and within
three minutes the Comets had
chipped away the Pels' advantage
to tie the count 54-54.
The major damage of the rallv
came during a 90-sccond period
with 4:35 remaining in the final
quarter. At that point the Pels"
54-44 advantage began vanishing
faster than a pea in a shell game.
Pepper started the rally with a
25-foot shot from right of the key.
Ten seconds later, Paul Bransnm
connected with a tip-in. and with
in the next .10 seconds Howard
Tomlinson scored a two-pointer
and Pepper and Alvarez each
stole the hall from the Pels and
parlayed the miscues into field
goals, tying the score at 54 no.
The Comets added another fielder
and moments later Pepper scored
the field goal and free throws
which clinched the win for the
Comets.
The Comets' Alvarez was high
point man for the game with 20.
followed by his teammate. Tom
linson. and the Pels' Wayne
Chamberland. each with 13.
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Scott 17 S
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