Pelicans Tackle Tough
Tornado In Final Came
PAGE 10-A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Thursday, March 7, 1963
Doug Sanders Defends
Pensacola Golf Crown
The Klamath Union Pelicans,
out of the state tournament
berth run, can make it rouph on
their favorite target at Pelican
Court Friday niht if they can
spoil the front running efforts of
the Medford Black Tornado.
Coach Al Keck s crew, out of
tiie state tournament picture for
tlie first time in seven years,
can make it tough on the Tor
nado which is tied for first with
Grants Pass and Crater. A 1 1
Ciirfl te.?ms have a 9-5 record
while the Whitebirds sport a
' '7-7 Southern O:e,iur.-Ojnlrrence
record. Reserved tickets for the
game are on sale at the Cham-
. ber of Commerce.
-..'This will be the final game of
the season for the Pelicans and
. they hope to make it a winner.
They also hope to even their
. season's record with the Torna
do which has won two of t h e
three contests.
- And the Medford team is the
hottest thing in the loop at
present. The Black Tornado has
San Francisco Dons Seek
To Light Cage Torch Again
" By United Press International
The University of San Francis-
' co, which set the college basket
ball world on fire in Die mid
isno's, is seeking to light the
-torch once again.
-'San Francisco still holds the
"ell-time record for a college team
" of 60 wins in a row stretching
from 1954 to 1956, including two
llraight NCAA championships.
Leading the team in those ban
ner years were Bill Russell and
K. C. Jones, current stars with
tlie professional champion Boston
Celtics.
The Dons never could reach the
lame peak again, hut slill may
Sports Schedule
TODAY'S 5-B TOURNEY PAIRINGS
1:30 Butte Falls vt. Bonanza .
3:15 Merrill vs. Prospect
7:30 Paisley vs. Gilchrist
9:15 Chiloquin vs. Malin
FRIDAY'S SLATE
At Ashland
Henley vs. Douglas
Eagle Point vs. Myrtle Point
At KU
Klamath vs. Medford
WCAC Cage Race
.
Hottest In Years
By United Press International
The West Coast Athletic Con
ference has known a few stronger
teams than any of this year's
crop, but it has never produced
a more hectic race.
Santa Clara and USF. as alike
as two pens in a pod, w ill meet
Saturday night in a showdown
battle. Both have 9-2 records and
16-8 season marks. Both feature
big front lines, slick guards, but
must rely heavily on their start
ers because of a shortage of re
servo help.
The Dons polled even with the
Broncs again Wednesday night by
sweating out a 51-46 win over San
Jose State in the type of slow
motion chiller that tlie WCAC tea
lures.
Dave Lee, who had 19. and Ol
lie Johnson with 15 sparked tlie
Dons, who built up a 36-20 lead
midway in the second hall and
then turned cold as ice. Dennis
Bates of the Spartans meshed 19
and kept Ins team In the game
with his stellar all-around play.
EvcrylKKly is Idle tonight, but
action breaks out on all fronts
Friday. In the Big Six, Stanford
17-1 can Ice the title by dumping
the only other team mathematic
ally in tlie race, UCLA (5 5. ( al
and USC iboih 4R also go to it
r rinay.
1 tie Los Angeles teams swap
foes Sahnd.iy and UCLA must win
both battles and then have USC!
deleat Stanford Saturday for tlie
Bruins to even get a share in the
' roa n. I lie m ums hopes are
lim at Ih-sL
Oregon State, with a 17-7 record
and an NCAA berth in its pocket.
finished the year by playing at
Oregon and then hosting the
Ducks. Oregon is 11-1.1, but
dumed the Beavers once this
) eai .
iientlle. 20-5 and another NCAA
tourney memlier, hosts Idaho in a
grudge battle Saturday. Tlie
Chiels don't have much of a
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yeu ere now.
a seven-game w inning streak go
ing after turning in a poor open
ing season start. They have
since come from the fourth
place position the Pelicans now
hold, into the lead. The Black
Tornado will be favored. The
Pelicans have lost five of their
last six games. The Whitebirds
still have a winning record,
however. They won their first
six games and are 13-8 going
into l!e final contest.
Coack Keck v. ill have at least
one new face in the starting
lineup Oiis week. The probable
starters will be seniors Fred
Kclley, Dick Scott and Wayne
Chamberland and probably jun
ior Hal Homan at one guard
and senior Don Piper at the
other.
The starting guard berth was
opened this week when senior
guard Grover Dahn was re
leased from the team because
of a breaking of a school pol
icy. Lanny Guycr, small junior
guard, is also a possible start
er. Terry Ash, a sophomore for
cause a stir if they reach the
NCAA tourney next week.
They moved Into good position
to do just this by turning back
San Jose Slate. 51-46, on their
home court Wednesday night. The
triumph pushed tlie Dons back
into a first place tie with Santa
Clara In the West Coast Athletic
Conference. The two top teams
meet in a showdown game Satur
day night with an NCAA berth
awaiting the winner, and San
Francisco will have the all-important
home court advantage.
Vitlanova and Marquette, both
of whom will play in the National
Invitation Tournament, warmed
grudge but the Vandals, uninvited
and unrated despite a 19-4 record
would like to prove their mettle
against Seattle. Idaho is at Wash
ington Friday.
First round of the NCAA small
college regional tourney Friday
pits San Francisco Stale (14-11)
and Chapman (20-5) in one game
and Fresno Slate (18-7 and Santa
Barbara (17-91 in the other.
Liston Expects
To Get Signal
MIAMI BKAC1I. Fla. (UPD
Sonny Liston's manager said ear
ly today that he expected the
heavyweight champion will "io
ceive a green light" to resume
training Saturday after a thor
migh physical examination by Dr
Duke Baird of Miami.
Jack Nilon said the heavy
weight champion will be exam
ined lor the second time in 2-1
hours by Dr. Haird this afternoon
and added, "we e.Xwit Sonny to
lie cleared ami given a go-ahead
to resume training Saturday."
Liston's return title bout with
Floyd Patterson, from whom he
won the crown on a one-round
knockout last September 2i. has
already been switched bom April
4 to April 10 because of the
champion's injurv to his right
knee.
The Miami Herald rewted to
day that there was a xissibility
of an ojieration on the knee hul
Nilon discounted the ivxul.
"No oK-ralion is likely," heifalgary
said. "The liht is not in dangcr.'Kdmontnn
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ward-center and senior forward
Bob Homan also will get into
the scrap.
The Black Tornado probably
will open with leading scorer
lack F'orde, Dan Miles, Rich
Benner. Jim Hill and Don Vow
ell with Dick Deffley, Mike
Barnes, Gibb Mitchell and Mike
Neathamer also to see a lot of
action.
The BIck Tornado won the
last meeting between the two in
Medford by tv points, 4JM7,
when the Pelicans fell at the
charily line to lose the game.
They had the baskets on the
Tornado, 19-18. The Pelicans hit
only nine of 17 gift tosses and
Medford connected on 13 of 22
for the win.
All three previous games have
been close and this one is ex
pected to follow the same pat
tern. Chamberland was high for
the Pels in the last game with
13 points. Bob Holman, playing
his finest game of the season,
was second with JO.
up for the task with victories
Wednesday night but Canisius.
also headed for the New York
tourney, was beaten by Dayton
75-64.
Villanova snapped Seton Hall's
18-game homo court winning
streak, 71-64, as Wally Jonesl
scored 38 points; Dick Nixon tal
lied 20 points to lead Marquette
to a 74-68 triumph over Orcigh-
Ion; and Dayton coasted to vie
lory over Canisius after opening
a comfortable nine-point halftime
lead.
Dave Lee scored 19 points for
San Francisco and Ollie Johnson
added 15 as the defense-minded
Dons held San Jose to only 1
points in the first half. Dennis
Bates of San Jose shared game
honors with Lee by registering 19
points.
Seals Go
For Loop
Solo Lead
Western Hockey league Roundup
By United Press International
The San Francisco Seals will
try to hurst (lie tic that binds to
night when they meet the Los
Angeles Blades in Western Hock
cy League action at Los Angeles
The Seals, deadlocked with the
Portland Buckaroos for the lead
in the Southern Division, are
shooting for their sixth straight
win, which would boost them into
solo occupancy of the top spot.
It s the only game on the sched
ulc tonight.
Wednesday night was another
one-game evening In the W11L
with Vancouver padding its
Northern Division lead by thump
mg the Calgary Stampcders 3-1
at Vancouver.
Vancouver's win enabled the
Canucks to ease out to a four
point margin over second-plncej
Seattle in the division. It also
severed a f I v e-game victory
string for the Stampcders.
Calgary scored first with John
Kosiancic hitting the net early in
tlie second period, hut a minute
and 20 seconds later Buddy Boone
scored the equalizer (or Vancou
ver.
Bob McCusker hit the deciding
goal at 8:40 of the second period,
and Marty Howe sewed it up witli
another winner alter 3.1 seconds
in the third period.
Calgary, battling for third place
in the northern bracket and
spot in the playoffs, remains one
point ahead ol fourth place F.d
monton.
Will, Staiullncs
Southern Division
W 1. TI'tst.Kf
San Francisco 37 20 I 75 244 183
Portland 35 20 5 75 2.10 16.".
Los Angeles .10 24 .1 63 197 185
Spokane 27 27 2 56 181 178
Northern Division
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Vancouver
Seattle
2!l 27 .1 61 204 192
28 20 I 57 193 206
20 39 t 41 196 245
19 39 2 40 1110 273
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GET 'EM READY BOYS This pair of Klamath Union trackmen, Dave Vaagen, left,
and Jim Sibbet, look over their feet while practicing for the Klamath Marathon
which is to be run at Moore Park March 15 at 3:30. The five-mile run (or walk) will
be open to anyone who wishes to enter. County school track participants and Oregon
Tech runners are urged to enter as well as anyone in the area who wishes to get into
the open air for some exercise. It is sponsored by the Park and Recreation Office in
joint connection with Coach Jack Peterson and the KU track program. A course is
now being laid out. Anyone wishing further information can contact Peterson or Gary
Woodring at the Park and Recreation Office.
'Louisville
New York
NEW YORK (UPIl - Unbeaten
Cassius Clay, tlie ring's most
colorful heavyweight since the
late Max Baer, is taking blase
New York by storm.
In unprecedented numbers, the
fans are buving tickets for his
fight with New Yorker Doug
Jones at Madison Square Garden
next Wednesday night.
Matchmaker Teddy Brenner an
nounces, "there'll be a complete
sellout of all 18,000 seats b-e-f-o-r-c
the day of the fight, for the first
time in the new Garden's 38-ycar
history."
Brenner explains that the last
Garden pro boxing sellout, 13
years ago. and a couple sellouts
Detroit Fighters Capture
Golden Gloves Crown
CHICAGO (UPI - Detroit's
amateur boxers held the team
championship today after what
might have been the last national
Golden Gloves tournament, but
individual honors had to go to
Omaha's Harley Cooper and Wade
Smith of Muncie, Ind.
Cooper, a 2a year-old Air Force
sergeant w ho is the father of sev
en children, defeated Ronald
Marsh of Kansas City and James
Taylor of Hollywood, Calif., to
win the heavyweight champion
ship with his 50th straight tri
umph, covering seven years.
Smith, a welterweight who won
the National AAU crown last
year, revenged himself (or loss of
the Golden Gloves crown when
he defeated Rorv O'Shea, one ol
three brothers who have held
Chicago and national crowns, in
rematch of last year's title
hoot. O'Shea was the only de
fending champion who advanced
as far as the semifinals Wednes
day night.
Detroit won only one individual
title, by 118 winder Emanuel
Steward, who whipped Frank
Glover, Columbus, Ohio, for the
crown, and three other Detroit
scrappers were eliminated in ei
ther the scnnlinals or title bouts.
Still the Motor City team got
16 points to finish well ahead of
the ruiiners up. Chicago and Co
lumbus, lied at 12 points. Behind
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before that, were achieved wilhl
tlie help of big fight-day sales.
Twenty-one-year-old Cassius, the
world's second-ranking heavy
weight contender and new No. 1
sports pop-off guy, loves the im
pact he is making among New
York's 8-million: but says: "It's
only natural because New York
ors recognize me as the greatest
and are coming to see me fight
Clay, the "Louis-viUe Lip" who
names the round for a knockout
and then fulfills the forecast, says
third-ranking Jones "must go in
six" if he doesn't offend Clay be
fore the fight. In case ot any
offense, however, the seer of
swat may pick an earlier round.
"including tlie first."
them were Fort Worth with 11
Hollywood and Nashville with 10,
Cincinnati and Omaha with 9
Kansas City and Green Bav with
8, and Buffalo, Kenosha, Toledo,
Cleveland and Strcator, 111., with 7.
Other individual champs were!
Freddie Garcia, at 112 pounds
who won the first crown ever for
Rnswcll, N.M., Nick Petracca of
Chicago at 126 pounds, Perrv
Bennett, Strcator. 111., at 13.1
pounds, middleweight Bill Doug
las, Columbus, and light heavy
weight Ted Gulhck, Cleveland.
College
Scores
lty United Press International
EAST
Westminster (Pa.t 76 Slip. Rock 59
Alliance 65 Mansfield 46
Villanova 71 Seton Hall 64
Rider 104 Bloomfield 65
Cornell vs. Columbia, cxld
SOUTH
W. Va. St. 67 W. Va. Tech 60
Louisville 96 E. Kentucky 78
Athens 85 Huntington 83
MimVKST
Missouri 84 Nebraska 72
Marquette 74 Creighton 68
Davlon 75 Canisius 64
WKST
S. Francisco 51 S. Jose St 46
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Public confidence in Cassius as
a prophet is reflected in the bet
ting price of 16-5 favoring him.
Clay seeks his 18th consecutive
victory as a professional heavy
weight and 15th knockout.
Jones. 26, has scored 13 knock
outs while winning 21 bouts, los
ing three and drawing one. He
never was stopped..
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PENSACOLA. Fla. I CPU -
Defending champion Doug Sanders
tees off in the 125,000 Pensacola
Open golf tournament today de
termined to prove it just takes
a jinx to win.
A field of 149 pros and 10 ama
teurs, including Downing Gray,
1962 National Amateur runner-
up and top amateur here for the
past three years, compete in the
event over the 6,400-yard Coun
try Club course hard on the Gulf
Of AtcXicO. . I
Sanders, a hustling Georgian.
won ttv? tournament last year
w ith a 14-under-par 207 after gash-j
ing his left foot.
Pelican Booster Club
To Fete Cage, Mat Teams
The Klamath Union basketball and wrestling teams will be
feted Sunday night in the Winema Hotel in their annual winter
sports banquet, put on by the Pelican Booster Club.
The fete, which is to begin at 6 o'clock, will have Portland
University's basketball coach Al Negratti as the featured speak
er. Bob Williams, head football coach at Klamath Union, will be
the master of ceremonies.
The banquet is open to the public and Pelican fans are In
vited to attend. Tickets for the affair will be on sale at the door
to the banquet room in the Winema and are $2.25 each.
Special awards also will be given to the respective teams
during the night. The wrestling team took third In the state this
year and missed being state champions by only two points. The
basketball team didn't have quite that success but came up with
a winning season.
TAKE DELIVERY OF NEW
are shown here with Jim Knoles of Juckeland Motors, taking delivery of a new cus
tom built F 1 800 dual-drive 8-10 yard International dump truck. The unit was de
signed especially for Mr. William to provide him with the most efficient transpor
tation in his sand and qravel business. This is just one of the many Internationals
built to do a particular job. Sold, serviced and warranteed by the Basin's largest
Truck Center, Juckeland Motors, I Ith and Klamalh.
STORE HOURS
He arrived at the course by
ambulance for the second round
and won the tournament while
two Navy medics followed him
with bandages and medicine.
Packing up after the Bing Cros-
Ku Onen at Los Anceles two
months ago, Sanders broke the
little finger on his left hand picK
inir un a suitcase. His first start
since the mishap was at New
Orleans where he tied for fourth
money.
Sanck-rs J-,:e""s kte hard luck
somewhat pessimistically.
Tf I herame a watermelon
farmer, picnics would go out of
style, he said. - But, he aaaeo
UNIT Mr. and Mrs. Je
Wards-just say
9:30 to 5:30
fc-. .-w .... ; a fiQ&uUMt-
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with a touch of optimism, "I'm
hoping to repeat here."
But the experts figure Sanders'
handicap may be too much of a
drawback in the formidable com
petition. They established Arnold
Palmer, Gary Player and Bo Win
inger as the early favorites.
Palmer fired a six-under-par 66
Wednesday to post the lowest in
dividual score in a pro-am event
over the Naval Air Station course.
Palmer's team, including three
aontpurs. finished in a three-way
tie nr filst plrtci: . tiu .siiiviv
groups headed by pros Chandler
Harper, Portsmouth. Va., and
John Langford, Enid. Okla.
Palmer, who won here in 1960,
has won two top prizes on the
winter tour and currently is in
second place among the money
winners. Player heads the earn
ings list with more than $20,000.
Wininger picked up $6,400 top
money in the New Orleans tourna
ment for his third victory in less
than a vear.
INGO HAS SON
GOTEBORG, Sweden lUPD
Former heavyweight champion
Ingemar Johansson's wife gave
birth Wednesday to their first
child, a boy. Johansson said the
child weighed seven pounds and
has "blue eyes, unusually big
hands, a dimple on his chin and
brown hair."
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