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Pelicans Remain, Mathemaficallv, Dn SOC Kunming Wish Win PAGE t-B Sunday, March 3. 1963 HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Or. Major Leaguers In full Swing At Spring Camps orlando. ria. 'UPi-phWashinaton dent Calvin Griffith of the Min- " aan,n9 1 WM nesota Twins Saturday took rainy day. issue with Baltimore short slim: Luis Aparicio's assertion that the Orioles have the best in fipI4 in the American League, better even than that of the New York Yankees. "Luis might be right when he says the Orioles infield is better than the Yankees." said Griffith, "but I'd have to say the Twins are better than the Orioles. Luis is slightly prejudiced toward his home team and that's good. But let's be objective." New York Mets .ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. UPI Outfield Joe Christopher agreed lo terms with the New York Mets Saturday, reducing Die club's holdout list to two. Only Frank Thomas, the club's home-run champ, and Elio Chacon remain outside the fold. "We haven't heard a word from either one," said Assistant General Man ager Johnny Murphy, Houston Colts ; APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (UPI) Manager Harry Craft named Dick Farrell and Bob Bruce as the starting pitchers for Sunday's inter-squad game of the Houston Colts in which Craft planned to use 40 players over the 12 inning route. Farrell was to open for the No. 1 group, followed by George Bru- net, Jim Umbricht and Gordon Jones. Bruce was to be followed by Ken Johnson, Don McMahon and Jim Dickson, POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (UPI) Washington Senators manager Mickey Vernon Saturday decided to hold a "kiddie show" and scheduled a six-inning intra-squad game for Sunday featuring most of the rookies in camp. . Jack Jenkins. Carl Middledorf, Jim Duckworth and Art Quirk will share the pitching assign ments but won't do any batting. Each pitcher will work nine outs against both teams before being relieved. Baltimore MIAMI (UPD-Big John Powell unloaded a tremendous batting practice home run and displayed power to all fields Saturday dur ing a lengthy Baltimore Orioles hitting drill. The 245-pound sophomore out fielder, who belled 15 home runs as a rookie last season and 15 more in winter ball in Puerto Rico, slammed a pitch by Robin Roberts 475 feet over the right center field wall. On the follow ing pitch, Powell lined a drive off the left field fincc. Pittsburgh ', FORT MYERS, Fla, (UPI) -The Dick Schofields edged the Johnny Logans, 10-8, Saturday in the first Pittsburgh Pirate camp game of the spring, topping it off with a five run rally in the seventh inning against Tom But ters, Frank Hcrrcra, still on the Columbus roster, hit two homers and Bob Skinner, Larry Elliot and Elmo Plaskett one apiece. El liott's three-run blast in the sev enth gave the Schofields the lead, Chicago Cubs MESA. Aril. (UPI) - Lindy McDaniel, acquired in a big win. ter deal, was the first pitcher to throw batting practice here Sat urday as (he Chicago Cubs held their first full workout of tho spring. All 39 players on the Cub roster were in uniform and par ticipated in the three-hour work' out. LA Dodgers VERO BEACH, Fla. (UPD - Sandy Koufax. Ed Roebuck and Bruce Gardner combined on three-hitter Saturday as the Dan ny Ozarks blanked the Leo Du rochers, 6 0, in the Los Angeles Dodgers' second six-inning intra squad game. Koufax, testing his much dis cussed left index finger in com petition for the first time since the playoffs, faced only six men in his two-imung stint. He con centi'3led on curves and change ups and said his once-damaged finger gave him "no trouble what soever." Philadelphia CLEARWATER. Fla. (UPD -Manager Gene Mauch announced Saturday that the Philadelphia Plumes will play their first intra squad game o( the spring Sunday after rain washed out the club's sefieduld Saturday practice. Mauch said three rookies Mar- ctHino Lopez, Kirk Qulroi and converted catcher Larry Cutright would do the hurling in the squad contest. KC Athletics BRADENTON. Fla. (UPI) -Rain and wet grounds prevented the Kansas City Athletics from completing their first full-squad workout Saturday. Manager Ed Lopat had a four heor drill achcduled, but got only one hour In fcclcra rain forced U players lo tlx dressing rooms. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPD Catcher Joe Torre was left as the Milwaukee Braves' only holdout Saturday when out fielder Mack Jones signed his contract. Although he was sent to Toron to in mid-July last season after striking out 100 times in 91 games, Jones is expected to got lirst shot at one of the two vacancies In the Braves, outfield Milwaukee i -in YsJ REBOUND SKIRMISH Klamath's Wayne Cumberland goes up above a pair of Ashland Grizzlies fo grab off a rebound in the game Friday night at Pelican Court. At tempting to get a hand on the ball is Ashland's Gale Tepper 1451. At right is Jeff Trost (31). The Pelicans won the game, 55-51. Mustangs Upset Merrill, 65-59 MAUN (Special) - The Malin Mustangs, playing for a berth in the County League Tournament next week, made their final reg ular season game a successful one here Friday night as they upset the second place Merrill Huskies, 65-59. The victory put the recent im proving Mustangs into the coun ty tourney which begins at Ore gon Tech Thursday and continues through Saturday. It was the biggest win of the season for the Mustangs. They had lost four games by one point Cincinnati TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) - Rain Saturday restricted the Cincinnati Reds' workout to throwing and running. Rookie pitcher John Tsitouris reported to camp Saturday. He was delayed when his two-year- old son, Eric, was scalded after pulling a pan of bacon grease off the stove at their North Carolina home. New York Yanks FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (UPD-Whitcy Ford, dean of the I New York Yankees' pitching staff, and Stan Williams, the ex-Los Angeles Dodger righthander, will be among the hurlers In Sunday's simulated Intro-squad game. Meanwhile, the Yankees find themselves with a holdout. Jim Bouton. 7-7 in his rookie season, has refused to sign after two conferences with the Yankee brass. Bouton reportedly Is seeking $11,000 while the Yanks offer is reported to be W.5O0. St. Louis Cards ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. (UPD Keenest competition for places on the St. Louis Cardinal roster this spring undoubtedly will be among the pitchers, manager Johnny Keane indicated Saturday. Keene announced that he planned to take the team North with a staff of 11 men, Including Larry Jester, a left-handed bonus hurler who must be kept on the roster all season. Keene has named Bob Gibson, Ernie Broglio, Ray Washburn and Ron Taylor, right-handers, and Ray Sadcckl and Curt Simmons, southpaws, as prospective start ers. His relief corps at this early date includes Bobby Shantz and Diomedcs Olivo. lefties, and Bob Duliba and Ed Bauta, right-hand ers. Dijkstra Takes Lead In Skating CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (UPD Holland's Sjoukje Dijkstra piUJ up an almost unbeatable lead at the end of tho six com pulsory figures Saturday and ap peared to be a sure bet to retain tlie women's world figure skating championships. Young Donald McPherson ol Stratford Ont., won the first title of the 1963 championships Friday wlien he took the men's individual competition. A third title the ice- dance for mixed pairs was to bo decided Saturday night. Miss Dijkstra, a 20-year-old stu dent from Akknun, Holland, had 1.272.8 poin and nine ordinals to move well ahead of her nearest competitor Austria s Rcgma Heitzer, who had 1,213.5 points and 22 ordinals. Canada's Wendy Griner was third after the compulsory figures with 1.163.9 points and 34 ordinals and Nicole llassler of France was fourth with 1,155,0 points and 38 ordinals. Lorraine Hanlon of Boston was the best placed American, but slie was far behind in seventh place with 1.119 5 points and ) ordinals. Kaian Howland of Seat tle. Wash., was even father back m 11th place with 1.06H.3 points and 112.5 ordinals. A total of 24 sills were in tlie competition which w inds up Sunday w ith the free-skating pliase. HONORS AFL COACH and several other by a few points. The Mustangs took the opening period lead and held it throughout the game. Tlie Mustangs jumped to a 13-11 first period lead and increased it to 27-22 by tlie half time inter mission. The Mustangs kept the pressure on through tlie third and had a 51-43 margin going into tlie final period. Tom Tofell led the winners with 19 points while Sherman Kalina pumped in 14 points. The LeQuicu brothers. Randy and Reggie, chipped in with 12 points each. But Merrill's Ken Smith got high scoring honors with 28 iwints. all from the outside. He was tlie only Husky in doubles. Dave Hill was second with nine. The Huskies had a cold first half, even missing some layups, hut Smith warmed up in the sec ond luilf but couldn't pull it out. even with his 28 points. He hit 13 baskets, all from the outside. Score by quarters: Merrill 11-11-21-16 5!) lalin 13-14-24-14-63 Scoring: Merrill Hill 9, Kurtz 4, Con nors 6, Moore 5, Smith 28, Reed CjIkki 2. Malin Brown 6, Kalina 14, To- fell 19, Reggie LeQuieu 12, Randy LeQuieu 12, J. Pairish 2. Whitebirds Whip Ashland, 55-51 Cuccinellos Ax Gutteridges SARASOTA. Fla. il'PD-Biil- liant young pitching dominated tlie first While Sox intra - camp game of the spring Saturday when the "Cuovincllos" defeated (lie "Gutteridges" 3-1 in six inn iocs. Doubles by Deacon Jones and Jake Smith powered a two - run surge by Coach Tony Cuccin ellos team in tlie sixth inning off Ed NoUle. farmhand hurler. Kx- cept for that brief rally, how ever, tlie pitching was superb. Bob Gordon and Ken Lawrence each tossed two hitlc-s innings with the former being credited with Uie win. By JERRY WAGGONER Herald and News Sports Editor The Klamath Union Pelicans re mained, mathematically, in the running for a state tournament berth at Pelican Court Friday night when they whipped the never-say-die Ashland Grizzlies. 55-51, despite having one of their near-patented last quarter col lapses, and snapped a five-game losing streak. Coach Al Keek's Whilebirds traveled to Grants Pass Saturday night for a game with the de fending state champion Cavemen in a must game, as most of them this year have been. Medford pulled into the lead with a 58-52 win over Grants Pass Friday night and tops the league with a 9-5 record. Grants Pass and Crater were tied for second with 8-5 records while Klamath had a 7-6 mark and Ash land 2-12. The Pelicans must beat Grants Pass and then measure Medford next week. They also need assistance from Ashland who met Crater Saturday night. The Pelicans, with as much as 17-point lead at one time al most blew the game in the last period when Ashland applied the press. The Whitebirds had to use their gift shots at the line to win the game. They didn't make a Held goal in the last quarter and only four in the last half Only the free throw shooting of Gi over Dahn, Bob H o 1 m a n and Lanny Guyer saved the day for them in the fourth period Coach Keek's crew won the game from the line because the Grizzlies had one more field goal than the Pels, 17-16. But the Whitebirds tallied on 23 of 34 foul shots. Ashland committed 22 per sonals and Klamath 18. The Whitebirds took the lead in the lirst period ana neia it throughout the game. Rick Pierce got the first two points of the game and that was the last time that Ashland led. Dahn tied the game on a jumper and Don Pi per, who played a great game, hit pair of charities to put the Pels in the lead to stay. They built up a 15-10 first period lead. The margin remained about the same throughout the second peri od as Wayne Chamberland warmed up and began hitting frequently. He tallied eight of the 18 points in the second. The Pels finished with a 33-22 half time lead. The third period slowed down and the Pelicans tallied 12 points to 11 for the Grizzlies. Chamber- land again led the way with four points. But then began the near-fatal fourth. Greg Lindley hit a jump er to open the fourth to chop the margin lo 10 poinU, 43a and Bob Holman hit a pair of gift shots. At that point, with 7:19 left in the game, the Grizzlies applied the press which shook the Pell cans. The Grizzlies took advan tage of the shaky position of tile Pels on the press and hit for eight straight points, all, oddly enough, on outside shots which they hit with deadly accuracy, o slice the margin quickly to 47-43 with 4:02 remaining. But the Pelican guards began to pick up fouls the way they should against the press and that saved them. Dahn. Guyer and Chamberland worked for the fouls. Dahn hit five from the gift line and Guyer two. Then, with 3:48 left and holding a 51-45 lead, the Pelicans began an effective stall. They drew more fouls and controlled the ball. Chamberland, hitting half of his field shots, led the Pelicans with 16 points. Dahn was second with 13. He had 13 charity shots and hit only seven of them or would have had more. Piper chipped in with 11 points, five from the line in six attempts. Jim Lamb led the Grizzlies with It points while Pierce and Dale Tepper each potted 10 points. The Pelicans hit on 16 of 45 shots for .356 per cent while Ashland connected on 17 of 47 for .362 per cent. The Pelicans had the best of the rebound department with 33 to Ashland's 24. Chamberland led the Pels with 13 while Fred Kellcy did a good job with nine and Piper turned up with seven. Mike Cotton had seven and Lamb six for the losers. Marquette Axes Xavier, 80-67 CINCINNATI (UPD-NIT-bound Marquette surged ahead late in the second half Saturday night to defeat Xavier 80-67. Xavier, which finished tlie sea son with a 10-16 record while the Warriors are 17-7 with one regu lar game to go, held a 23-11 lead with 8:59 to go in the first half behind the scoring efforts of Bob Pelkincton, who racked up 24 noints and 23 rebounds tor tne game. The Warriors, sparked by Hon G laser with 14 of his 24 points coming in the first half, caught up at halftime. 35-34. but fell back in the opening minutes ol the second half with the Muske teers having a three-point lead. Then Dick Nixon turned on the steam, collecting six straight points, to send S!arqueue aneao lor good with the warriors widen ing It gap to the end. Nixon racked up 26 points for high scoring honors. Xavier is heading for tlie Na tional Catholic Tournament at Louisville, Ky. Arizona St. Tops LA St. TEMPE, Ariz. (UPD - Arizona State University took a pair of victories Saturday, from Los Ange les State 3-1 and 6-3. Hie first game was a seven in ning affair in which Larry Smith gave up but three hits, striking out eight, walking one and rctir- mg 14 opponents in order. Ken Renter took tlie loss for the Cahfornians. Jim Vickers hit home run in the first for Los Angeles and Rich Oliver got one lor ASU in the bottom of the first. The winning run in the second in ning came on back to back doubles by Bob Kafjim and Doug Wesley. In the nine inning second game relief hurler Sam Cook picked up the victory. He replaced Larry Codicil in the fourth. THE BOX SCORE Ashland (11) Fga-Fg FU-Ft nab PI Tp 2-4 1-1 7 15 0-2 ill 3- 9 4- 10 3- Cotlon Hass Lamb Pltrct D. Tepoar G. Tcppar Trosl Lindlay Tolali 0-1 0-0 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 II 4 10 5 10 17-47 15-21 24 12 SI 7-U 5 a Klamath (SSI Fga-Fg Fti-Ft Rab PI Tp Kellev 1-4 3-3 9 5 5 Chambarland Scott Dahn Piper Holmar, Guvar Ash Tol.lll Scort by quartan; Ashland Klamath Falls 7-14 2 3 13 2 16 2- 8 3- 6 3- 0-0 0-0 0-5 14-4S 23-24 U li 10 12 11 15 1 12 H 51 1055 Delegation Bids For Olympics PORTLAND (UPI) - A 15-man delegation will present Portland's bid for the United States' nomina tion for the 1968 Olympic Games, it was announced Friday. The announcement was made at a meeting of the b o a r d of direc tors of Portland Metropolitan Fu ture Unlimited, Inc., organization sponsoring the bid. The delegation will make 1 1 s pitch lo the U.S. Olympic Com mittee at New York City March 18. Detroit earlier was named as the nation's nominee but the com mittee called for further bidding Portland's delegation will in dude, Paul WcKee, Edward Welch, of Portland, Gerald Frank of Salem, and Glenn Jackson of Medford. ' .'A - "I: &d&f jS n f r ir. m 'ii, LOOK, IT'S FALLING This seems to be the baffled expression of these two KU Peli-' cans and one Ashland Grizzly who appear to be dodging whatever it is that is fall ing. It was the basketball as the trio watched a shot and waited for the rebound. At , left is KU's Don Piper and Terry Ash at right. The Grizzly is unidentified. Small McAAurry Upsets Louisiana In Track By ED F1TE UPI Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Tex. (UPD - Versatile Bill Miller and a New Zealand midterm freshmen, lan Studd, led McMurry College to an upset college division victory over Northeast Louisiana in the 40th Annual Southwestern Recreation Track and Field Meet Saturday. Miller, voted the meet's out standing athlete trophy, set one of the four new meet records in winning the broad jump, placed second in the 220-yard dash, third in the 100-yard dash and ran a leg on the winning sprint relay team. Studd lowered the meet's mile record mark to 4:12.1. McMurry got 69 points to Northeast Louisi ana's 59. Abilene Christian, led by double winners Dennis Richardson and .lorry Dyes, cruised to its fourth consecutive university division crown by more than doubling run. nerup Baylor's total 91'i to 44, and also successfully defended its junior college freshman title by easily outpointing Howard County JC of Big Spring, 46 to 31 points. Hillcrest Wins Dallas Hillcrest kept the team championships from being an all- Abilene sweep by winning t h e high school division with 29 points while defending titlist Abilene high finished fifth with 7'i points. In addition to the 18-vcar-oId Sludd's great mile run. Miller set a new high in the broad jump with a leap of 24 feet 8'j inches, Northeast Louisiana's John Pen ncl raised the pole vault record to 15 feet 23i inches, and Frank Mazza of Baylor lifted his own shot put mark to 54 feet Vk inches. And, ACC's Richardson equaled the meet furlong dash mark of 21.3 seconds held by former team- All-Pacific Coast Team Selected SAN FRANCISCO (UPD Big Six cagers won three places and Northwest independents captured the other two on the United Press International 1963 All - Pacific Coast basketball team announced Saturday. Named on the first squad was Walt Hazzard, UCLA; Tom Dose, Stanford; Gordon Martin, USC; Mel Counts, Oregon State, and Eddie Miles, Seattle. Hazzard, scoring and rebound ing ace of the Bruins, was chosen as "Player of the Year," and Howie DallmaT of Stanford was picked as "Coach of the Year.' Toughest man to leave off the first team was Gits Johnson of University of Idaho, a 20-point man who also is one of the coun try's leading rebounders. He was barely edged out of a first-team position by Martin in the ballot ing by coaches and UPf sports writers. Every man on the first team is averaging better than 20 points a game and Miles, who ranks eighth in the nation, is on. top with better than 25 points. Second team: Gus Johnson, Ida ho; Steve Gray, St. Mary's; Ter ry Baker, Oregon State; Fred Slaughter. UCLA; Don Clement son. Stanford. Third team: Dick Smith, Cali fomia; Steve Jones, Oregon; II lie Johnson, USF; Joe Weiss, San ta Clara; Ed Correll, Washington, mate Earl Young of ACC. In addition to the meet record performances, Billy Pcmellon of ACC posted a new university pole vault mark of 14 feet 9"4 inches; Jim Stephenson of McMurry loft ed the college javelin mark to 208 feet 5'4 inches; Mike McCright of North Texas equaled the junior College-freshman 220-yard dash mark of 21.7 seconds, and James White of Dallas Sunset tied the high school 220-yard dash mark of 22 seconds flat. Richardson Takes Dash Richardson won both the 100 and 220-yard dashes and Dyes took both the broad jump and javelin. The only other double winner of the meet was Southern Methodist freshman John Roder ick, who won the 100-yard dash and the 120-yard high hurdles. Mille's broad jump erased the oldest mark on the Southwestern Recreation's record book. The old mark of 24-5'j had been set by Rice's Mike Hale more than -three decades ago, in 1931. A new event, the 330-yard inter mediate hurdles, was run for the first time and records were placed in the books in this event with McMurry's David Bonds posting the best time of 38.7 sec onds. Ronnie Biffle of Texas Tech won the university event in 39.3 and Gary Woods of Oklahoma City University the junior college freshman event in 39.4. SPORTSMAN DIES OCALA, Fla. (UPI) - Carl G. Rose Sr., a Florida sportsman,' died at tlie age of 71 Wednesday. Rose, who pioneered Thorough bred horse breeding in Florida, was a member of the State Rac-' ing Commission. Hong Kong's name means "Fra grant Harbor" in Chinese. "Prairie wolf" is another name for the coyote. f DALLAS. 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