Pelicans Inlope To Set Hack
The Klamalh Union Pelicans,
virtually out of the Southern
Oregon Conference race after
their fifth straight defeat last
week, can become the league's
spoiler in these last three games
if they u ill set their minds to it.
The Pelicans lost to Crater
last Saturday at Central Point,
78-60. when they fell apart in
the final quarter. It all but halt
ed any hopes they had of retain
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CAROTHERS LANDS LEFT JAB "Chief" Ken Carothers (left) sticks out a stiff
left jab to the face of Ramon "Buffalo" Hernandez in the main event 10-round fight
Wednesday night at the Klamath Auditorium. The two battlers fought on even terms
through the first six rounds until Hernandez' better conditioning began to show and
he opened a bad cut over Carothers' eye in the seventh which stopped the fight and
won a TKO for Hernandez.
Klamath County League Ends
Regular Season Play Friday
The Klamath County League
winds up its regular season play
Friday night with Bonanza going
to Bly, Chiloquin journeying to
Gilchrist and Malin entertaining
Merrill.
Chiloquin still has the league
lead Willi only one loss and Merrill
is second only a game behind. But
it isn't probable that either team
will lose Friday night so the
Panthers are picked to remain in
the lead and gain the champion
ship. t
However, the big test comes next
weekend when the annual Class
5-B tournament will be held at
Oregon Tech's gym. The top five
teams of the league will go into
the tourney along with Prospect
and Paisley. Winner of that tourna
ment will go to the state tourna-nftent.
Trojans Scare
IV In Overtime
'. The Sacred Heart Academy,
Slaying their best game of the
season, gave the Illinois Valley
Cougars, battling for a tourna
ment berth, all they wanted at the
Trojan Gym Tuesday night before
bowing to the Cougars in an
overtime, 48-47.
It was undoubtedly the finest
game played this season by the
Trojans who just got little guard
Elmo LeBeau after a fight with
the books. His leadership led the
Trojans into a close game which
they probably wouldn't have been
in otherwise.
The Cougars were heavy favor
ites but could have been overcon
fident. The Trojans jumped on
them from the opening gun and
led all the way until the last 10
seconds of the game when
the Cougars got the ball on a five
second violation and scored with
10 seconds remaining to knot the
game and send it into overtime.
Ron Thornhill, who led the
Cougars with 21 points, stuck the
shot in to tie the game.
The Trojans had a five point
lead with four minutes left in the
game when rugged Pete Krok
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ing their SOC title and may
have knocked them from the
state tournament which they
have been a part of for 14 years.
But they can make it rough
on the others. They will host the
sometimes tough Ashland Griz
zlies on Pelican Court Friday
night. And victories in their last
three games I Ashland, Grants
Pass and Medford) could give
the players for next year a good
There may also have to be a
playoff between the bottom two
teams, Malin and Bly, if they both
lose or both win this weekend
The bottom team of the league
does not get to enter the 5-B
tournament. That date and site is
as yet undetermined.
Chiloquin will be favored to win
the championship flag Friday
night but not before they get a
battle from the Gilchrist Grizzlies.
The Panthers could run into a
rough road at Gilchrist.
Coach Dave Sigado will probably
. 3n with a lineup of Tony Wilder,
Tony DiUlio, Don Taylor, Gregl
Harris and Al DeBortoli with Leo
nard Wilder, Joe Kirk and Jim
Bridge seeing some action, also.
Gilchrist's Jerry Bennett will
probably go with Dave Spor-
rer, Dan Hoff, Denny Jessup, Bob
fouled out. And top rebounder
Dick Miller and Joe Durrell fouled
out in the overtime to kill the
Trojans' chances.
The Trojans missed two layin
shots in the overtime which killed
them. Jim Korsen and Miller
scored the two buckets for the Tro
jans in the overtime while Chuck
Versteeg and Darryl Gellert pot
ted buckets for the winners. Thorn
hill made the free throw which
won the game.
LeBeau led the team with 21
points. He also hit a bucket just
after the buzzer sounded and it
didn't count.
The box score:
III. Valley (41 loll Fo Fla-Ft PI TP
Martin 0
Thornhill I
Kenlfield 0
McNaught 2
511 2 21
sa o 5
ueiierl 3 fro 5 6
Verjteeg 10-4 12
Beumqardner 2 3-4 3 7
Totals H 14-M H II
SHA (ol) Fg Fta FI PI Tp
Krok 3 2 3 5 8
LeBeau 7 7-U 3 21
Korsen 15-7 2 7
Schuck 0 0-0 0 0
Miller 4 1-2 5 e
Durrell 0 04 0 0
Schwarz 0 0-0 0 0
McNer 10-13 7
Martinez 0 0-0 10
Totals It 1H4 l 47
Score by quarters:
III. Valley 7 is 10 11 S4I
SHA IS t It t 447
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send off in the inning direction.
The Pelicans, who weren't ex
pected to do too much in the
w ay of w inning in league compe
tition this season, opened up
with two straight losses but
pulled themselves back into the
race with four straight wins.
Then Uie losing skein came
about.
But the Pelicans could finish
in a tie for second by winning
Mayfield and Matt Koski and
Jack Hazclwbod as the six to pick
the five starters from.
Merrill also will be favored over
the Malin Mustangs. Merrill will
probably finish with a second
place while Malin will be sent into
a playoff with Bly, if all goes to
form.
The Huskies will go with Ken
Smith, Larry Connor, Dave Hill,
Bob Moore, and Dale Kurtz. The
Mustangs will open with Tom To
fell, Tom Brown, Sherm Kalina
and a brother combination of
Randy and Reggie LeQuieu.
Bonanza will be at Bly's home
court but still will be the slight1
pick in the game. The Antlers
will probably start Fred Dearborn,
Bill Newiun, Ricky Steber, Ed
Simmons and Ed Nichols, with
Jim Scaler, Monty Burnett and
Rod Pfeiffer also seeing action.
Bly will open with Jim Watts,
Johnny Godowa, Merle Clemens,
Jack Patzke and Greg Davis.
T. Baker Adds
Cage Laurels
NEW YORK UPI-Terry"Bak-
er of Oregon State, who won the
Hcisman Trophy award as the
nation's outstanding college foot
ball player, won honorable men
tion honors today on the United
Press International All-America
basketball team.
Although Baker did not join the
Oregon State basketball team un
til Dec. 21, just one week after
he played in the Liberty Bowl
football game, he was mentioned
on 12 ballots in the UPI ali-l
America poll.
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all tliree remaining games and
hope that the other league
games go according to the KU
form sheet. Should Ashland top
Grants Pass and Crater fall
twice and with Giants Pass
knocking off Medford, it could
wind up in a big tie. But that
is the long string of hope, now.
"We just lost control at Cra
ter," Keck said. "They slarled
putting that press on us again
Bloody Fights Thrill
By JERRY WAGGONER
Herald and News Sports Editor
The professional boxing card at
the Klamath Auditorium Wednes
day night might have cost promo
ter Vcarl Sherman of Portland
money because the crowd
wasn't as big as expected. But
the fans that attended the fights
certainly got their money's worth
in spades.
The main event bout, between
Mexico's Ramon (Buffalo) Her
nandez and "Chief Ken Caroth
ers of Grants Pass, now fight
ing out of Portland, probably was
the slowest bout on the card with
Hernandez winning on an eighth
round TKO when Carothers
couldn't answer the eighth round
bell because of a severely cut left
eye.
Four of the five bouts failed
to go the distance. Jerry Hamil
ton won a TKO over Eddie First
Rider when the Canadian Indian
suffered cuts over both eyes,
Cecil Mod, certainly main event
material, finally put Jimmy Proc
tor out of his misery and frus
tration in the fifth round and
Derry Thompson, fighting his first
fight, kayoed Klamath's Jim Bu-
kcr in the second round.
Only the opening bout between
Indian
Tourney
To Begin
CHILOQUIN-The annual Pa
cific Coast Elimination Basket
ball Tournament will open to
day at 4 p.m. in the Chiloquin
High School gymnasium. Tour
nament play will continue
through Saturday. Sponsors are
the Reservation Jaycees.
Teams from Chico, Calif., and
the Beatty Lakers will tangle for
the opening game. Two Chilo
quin High teams, the Red Fox
es and the Carol Shadleys, will
toss for the first ball at 5 p.m.
Reno and Portland will play at
7 p.m. followed by Toppenish,
Wash., and the Warm Springs
Magpies.
Afternoon gate prices will be
$1 for adults and students over
12 years and 50 cents for chil
dren under 12. Evening prices
will be $1.50 for adults and stu
dents, 50 cents for children un
der 12.
Semifinals will be played Fri
day night, March 1, at 7 o'clock.
Finals will be played, starting
at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2.
All net proceeds will be turned
over to the high school athletic
field lighting fund by tile Jay
cees who have assumed respon
sibility for the lighting program.
Winner and runnerup teams
of the Pacific Coast Tournament
will be seeded in the National
All-Indian Basketball Tourna
ment March 21. 22 and 28 which
draws some of the best teams
from the West and Midwest.
Michele McNoise, 12 queen,
will reign through the Pacific
Coast Tournament and the
Queens' Ball March 10 which
will determine this year's royal
ruler and her court.
Oirato Win Hoad Against Grizzlies
and it was just like the other
games. We lost our poise. And
they t Crater) out rebounded us
in the second half. I tried to rest
the boys thriHigliout the p;-ime so
that we would have them in
there in the last quarter for
that press," he voiced.
"We've lost some close ones
and won some close ones w hich
could have gone cither way. A
break our way and we could
Ernie Estcrbrook and Rabbit
Chambers went the dis
tance with Esterbrook winning a
unanimous decision.
The main event was virtually
even all the way until the finish.
Referee Wally Moss had it 68-
68 when the finish came and
Buck Davidson had Carothers
ahead 69-67 The card of Homer
Amoureux was unavailable. The
Herald and News card had Her
nandez ahead at the end, 66-64.
Tile two felt each other out in
the first few rounds, apparently
respecting each other's punching
ability, Hernandez was a little
more aggressive of the two.
Carothers landed a good left hook
to the chin of Hernandez in the
second but it was about the only
good punch as the boys contented
themselves with a good pace.
The action was still slow in
the third although Carothers again
landed a good left hook as Her
nandez trid to counterpunch to
the mid-section. Hernandez began
to pick the pace up some in the
fourth and was working almost
solely to the body. The fifth was
even with the bout reverting to
the earlier tactics. But Hernan
dez opened up in the sixth when
he found that the "Chief" was
beginning to tire. The only effec
tive punch Carothers had left was
a right hand lead.
Hernandez went to work in the
seventh. He pressed the tiring
Carothers and slammed him into
the ropes early in the seventh with
a right hook which opened an
ugly cut over Carothers left eye.
It was apparent then that if Ca
rothers lasted the round, he
wouldn't be allowed to continue
because of the eye. Ring doctor
Mark Kochevar halted the bout
without looking a second time
The best fight of the night was
the third scrap between welters
Cecil Mott and Jimmy Proctor.
Mott showed a left hand which
had the crowd buzzing and had
well-conditioned Proctor thorough
ly frustrated.
His rapier-like left was the
fight. He kept Proctor off bal
ance in the first with the lightning
jab and put the mouse under the
rugged Proctor's left eve in the
second. Every time Proctor tried
to begin an offense, he found that
left staring him in the face.
Mott dropped Proctor in the
third with a tremendous left
hook. But Proctor got up at the
count of nine and only experience
saved him and the bell which
rang about 10 seconds later. Mott
hit Proctor at will in the fourth
and was just toying with him. He
kept Proctor reeling with the left
hand.
The Los Angeles fighlcr fin
ished Proctor off in the fifth.
He caved Proctor in with a right
uppercut to the mid-section which
doubled Proctor up on the can
vas. But again he climbed up.
Mott stuck a stiff left jab out
and rocked Proctor back onto his
heels. Then he used that left
again to practically bury it in
Proctor's stomach to deck him for
the final time. The fight was
stopped at the 2:52 mark.
Eddie First Rider lost a TKO
to Jerry Hamilton on a pair of
cut eyes in the semifinal. But
First Rider had the lead in the
fight when it was slopped. He
countcrpunched well in the first
(and say ahhh)
have been right up tliere. Wo
still are not completely out of
tins, yet. We're still playing
about the same, but could use a
break or two." Keck said
The KU coach w ill go w ith an
opening lineup of Fred Kelley,
Wayne Chaniberlaid, Oon Piper,
Dick Scott and ('.over Dahn.
Hal Ilolman sprained his ankle
in drills Wednesday afternoon
and it swelled up quite a bit af
Fans
but a cut was opened over his
right eye in the second.
The Canadian was allowed to
continue and went out after the
knockout and almost got it but
suffered a cut left eye in the
round. He couldn't quite finish
Hamilton off and the fight was
not allowed to resume in the
fourth because of the cuts. Fust
Rider displayed a few unsports
manlike gestures during the final
round in hitting on breaks and
butting.
Buker had a slight edge on
Thompson in the first round
simply because he threw more
punches. But Thompson landed a
right hook to the jaw of Buker
and he barely beat the count.
He got up and tried to cover up
but caught another right on top of
the head which sent hira to the
deck. Referee Homer Amourex
stopped the bout with 2:30 gone.
The opening bout was even with
a wide open slugging brawl. Es
tcrbrook got in the better of the
licks and won the judges decision
unanimously.
Sherman brought a tremendous
card and the fans that saw it
enjoyed it. He hopes to bring
another card back in about a
month to six weeks.
W. Virginia
Has To Win
Tournament
By MARTIN LADER
UPI Sports Writer
West Virginia will have to do
it all over again when the South
ern Conference tournament gets
tinder way today n it wants to
claim its traditional berth in the
NCAA basketball championships
Only this time it may not be
as easy as is usually the case,
The Mountaineers finished in
first place in the Southern Con
ference standings with an 11-2
league record and 18-7 overall,
but it won't mean very much if
they don t come out on top in
this annual intra-conference fra
cas at Richmond, Va.
And to quote Les Hooker, the
coach of the undistinguished Rich
mond team West Virginia plays in
an opening round match tonight
Everyone starts off even in a
tournament."
Other opening round pairings
are: I'urman vs. George Wash
ington; Davidson vs. Virginia Mil
itary Institute; and William and
Mary vs. Virginia Tech.
Loyola of Chicago, third ranked
team in the nation and already
assured of an NCAA berth, ral
lied for 60 points in the second
half Wednesday night to over
come Ohio University, 114-94.
Notre Dame, also bound for the
NCAA, struggled past small col
lege power Evansville, 78-72, and
Kansas State remained in the
driver's seat for the Big Eight
title and a place in the NCAA
by downing Kansas, 74-60.
Two teams which will play in
New York's National Invitation
Tournament didn't fare as well
St. Francis of Brooklyn dropping
a 71-60 decision to Scton Hall and
DcPaul falling before Louisville,
71-6!), in overtime.
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ter practice. He may not be
ready to go Friday night.
"1 thought I'd give Piper a
chance at starting. He is a real
hustler ami has been shooting
and rebounding well. In fact,
he's shooting very well," Keck
stated. "He's a good rebounder,
too, simply because he hustles
the way he does," Keck said.
Chamberland is the leading
scorer for the Pels with 203
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THE END IS COMING Portland's Jimmy Proctor
doubles up as he is smashed hard to the stomach by a
left uppercut by Los Angeles' Cecil Mott. The muscular
Mott dropped Proctor twice with vicious body blows and
once with a great left hook. The fight was stopped sec
onds after this picture was taken when referee Homer
Amoureux felt that Proctor had taken enough punish
ment. Mott, although fighting in a six-rounder, was the
highlight of the five-bout card with his darting left hand.
Lavorante s Dad Petitions
To Be Named Conservator
LOS ANGELES (UPI)-A peti
tion was to be heard in court to
day asking that the father of Ar
gentine boxer Alejandro Lavo
rantc, still in a coma since being
knocked out Sept. 21, bo appoint
ed conservator of his Bon.
Alejandro Lavorante Sr., 66,
filed the petition Wednesday stat
ing Argentine President Jose
Maria Aguido has arranged to
give his 26-year-old son tho best
medical attention.
Lavorante has been a patient
since the bout at California Luth
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were paid under a special fund
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points in the 19 games for a 10.6
average. He ranks sixth in the
league. Kelley is eighth in the
league with 191 points and a 10. 1
average. Tl.ct!-irjHKi tkM anil
Holman in 13th and 14th with
161 and 146 points respectively
for 8.4 and 8.1 averages. Gra
ver Dahn was the fifth Pel in the
top 20 with 132 points and a 6.9
average.
Keck also expects to get
PAGE 1-D
Klamath Falls, Oreoa
created for Injured boxers and
with the assistance of friends. The
heavyweight fighter has been in
a coma since being knocked un
conscious by Johnny Riggins, al
though he is able to utilize reflex
muscle actions to cat, sit up and
follow parallel bars.
The elder Lavorante stated In
his petition that the boxer has
$15,000 deposited in bank ac
counts here and plans to take
charge of the money for further;
treatment in Buenos Aires.
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by JIM and BARBARA CLARK
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Hunters take Caribou and Moose that go in th
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Fly up the Alcan by float plane; see a pack of 15
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More wildlife than ever shown before.
Don't Miss This Exciting New Show
(Something for the whole family)
Mills School Auditorium
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Thursday & Friday
FEB. 28 & MARCH 1
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Cam. In and book yaur Alaskan Hunt!
sophomore Terry Ash, junior
Lanny Guyer and senior Bob
Holman into some action Friday
night against the Grizzlies.
T: fvSi.aar- iii lake tho
road Saturday night and travel
to Grants Pass for a game with
the Cavemen. The Cavemen beat
the Pels here in the last game
and a close one. It could be dif
ferent this time.
The Pelicans have their backs
to the wall now and must fight
to get back into any form of
contention.
Reserved tickets for the Ash
land game Friday night are now
on sale at the Chamber of Com
merce. Reserved tabs sell for
$1.50.
SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE
STATISTICS
Saaun
w L Pet. pf pa,
14 5 .737 124 100
13 1 .U4 U 83 1006
12 6 Ml 1025 945
12 7 .632 m 64
II M) 942 1008
Taam '
Craler
Mad lord
Granlt Pass
Clamalh Falls
Ashland
Confartnca
W U Ptt. PF P
8 4 .667 697 636
1 S 415 819 70
8 5 .615 615 787
6 7 .462 679 699
2 11 .154 626 807
Taam
Grants Pass
Madlord
Crj-lar
Klamath Falls
Ashland
Top 20
Playar
Individual Scorers
GP FG FT-A P TP
19 96 112-146 55 304
19 112 62-101 52 286
19 114 49-67 60 277
19 113 34-57 35 260
18 85 75-121 44 245
KF
19 74 51-79 46 203
IB 83 32 72 67 198
19 75 41-58 52 191
19 59 70-110 49 188
14 70 43-68 44 183
19 76 29-70 37 181
19 64 40-57 46 168
18 61 39 61 56 161
18 46 54-72 22 146
19 52 33-52 70 137
19 44 47-75 58 135
IB 55 24-38 58 134
19 48 38-79 63 1 34
19 47 38-85 50 132
18 43 4243 44 128
AV.
16.0
15.0
14.6
13.7
13.6
106
11.0
10.0
9.9
13.1
9.5
t
84
8.1
7.2
7.1
7.4
7.1
6.9
7.1
Tomllnson. C
Forda, M
Alvarez. C
Gllnes, C
Pippin, GP
Chambarland,
Jim Hill, M
Kelley, KF
Lamb, A
Hutchlns, GP
Miles, M
Pepper, C
Scoll, KF
Holman, KP
Pierce, A
Hess, A
Sparlln, GP
Tapper, A
Dahn, KF
Shapard, GP
St. Mary's
Garners
Lead
West Coast Basketball Roundup
By United Press- International
Sharp-shooting Steve Gray had
St. Mary's in first place in the
tangled West Coast Athletic Con
ference basketball race today.'
Gray bucketed 30 points as the
Gaels breezed past University of
Pacific 76-9 Wednesday night at
Stockton. The score Ls misleading
since 6t. Mary s built up an IB
point lead and coasted home with
every man on the squad seeing
action.
St. Mary's is now 8-2, while
Santa Clara and USF are 7-2
each. St. Mary's Is at USF Sat
urday night.
Elsewhere Nevada closed out its
season with a 66-55 win over the
Cal Aggies. Sob Donlan had 18
for the Wolf Pack, who were 6-6
in the Far Western Conference
and 11-13 for the season.
Tonight's major clash is an un
scheduled battle in Pasadena be
tween SCIAC co-champs Occident
al and Whittier. Both finished
with a 9-1 record.
Meanwhile, the West Coast
fared only 60-so in the UPI all-
America selections. Two West
Coasters landed on the third
team, Seattle's Eddie Miles and
UCLA's Walt Hazzard.
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