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The Merrill Hudues, the run
nerup in the Klamath County
League and surprise winner
in the District 5-B Tournament,
will represent the district in tha
State Class B basketball tourna
ment in Bend which begins
Thursday.
The first round opponent for
the Huskies is Cascade Locks
of District 6. The Locks team
reportedly was undefeated in
league competition.and will give
the Huskies a hard game.
Merrill, however, is a tnurna-ment-wise
team as this is the
second year the Huskies have
made the state tournament trip.
The Huskies won the KCL title
last year and finished fifth in
the state tournament after los
ing their opening round game.
Four of the starting five from
that team are back and should
be more seasoned and ma
ture now. Coach Jerry Grocne
veld will take 10 players to the
tournament.
The starting five will include
Ken Smith, a two-year junior
letterman: Dave Hill, a three
year senior letterman; Bob
Moore, a two-year junior let-
y 1st Conine
terman; Dale Kurtz, a two
year junior letterman; and Lar
ry Conner, a one-year sopho
more letterman.
The other five making the trip
will be one-letter winner senior
Jim Reed; junior guard Ralph
Northrup, a one-letter winner;
sophomore forward letter win
ner Maiiii) Barnes; sophomore
guard Jim Mcrrilees, a one let
ter holder, and Bob Merrilees.
Smith leads the Husky con
tingent in scoring. The junior
guard has a 15.0 aver
age through the 24 games. His
high was a 28-point effort. Hill
h the center on the team des-
pile his small stature of only
6-0. He is a good feeder and
scrappy rehounder with an S O
average per game. Connor,
Kurtz and Moore each 'have a
7.0 average for a 440 game
average for tlie starting five
only.
The Ifekies are 15-9 for the
season and were 11-3 in league
play. They went into the Distr ict
5-B Tournament as an under-
assius Predicts
Fourth Round
To Finish Jones
By JACK CUDDY
UPI Sport Writer
NEW YORK ' UPI) Cocky
Cassius Clay will try tonight to
put his fast fists where his loud
mouth .la, for a fourth-round
knockout over dangerous Doug
Jones in jammed Madison Square
Garden.
The Garden's first sellout crowd
in 13 years 18,732 spectators OC'
cupying all seats and standing
room will watch unbeaten young
Clay's attempt to fulfill his dar
ing fourth-round prediction. Tho
gate will approximate $105,000.
Twenly-one-yoar-old Cassius of
Louisville, Ky the world's second!
ranking heavyweight, has loudly
but successfully pin-pointed In ad
vance the exact rounds for 12 of
his previous 14 knockouts.
' And If tho "-Louisville Lip" can
overcome the double Jonah of I
shooting for his 13th round-predicted
kayo on March 13, he'll
certainly be in line for a Sep
tember shot at the heavyweight
crown.
Jrines Never Kayocd
A fourth-round knockout vic
tory for Clay would be a
notable achievement indeed be
cause his opponent, New Yorker
Jones, never has been kayoed In
25 fights against generally better
opposition than Clay faced while
Clay clicked off his 17 straight
.victories as a professional.
"I can't miss," said Cassius
modestly today. 'I'm tho great
. est."'
The Kentucky contender, who
garnishes his pugilism with poe
try, then slated:
Jones thinks he'll fight some
more
"Buth he's got to go in four."
The belting bard from the blue
grass country is buoyantly riding
a string of nine straight knock
outs. And he is favored at 17-3
to beat 26-year-old Jones, whol
produced the biggest upset of
1062 on last Dec. 15 when he
knocked out third-ranked Zora
Folley in the seventh round at
the Garden. Folley had been a
12-5 favorite.
Lost Three Decisions
That was Jones' 21st victory
and 13th knockout In his 25 fights
which Included one draw. Doug
lost three bouts on decisions to
Eddie Machen, light heavyweight
champion Harold Johnson in a
litle fight, and Folley in their first
bout at Denver, Colo., Aug. 1,
12. He also had a draw with
Erich Schocppner of Germany.
Despite Jones' greater experi
ence against good men, Cassius
is a long favorite because he is
the taller, heavier and longer In
the reach.
Tonight's scheduled 10-rounder
at 10 p.m. EST will not be tele
vised nor broadcast to homes. It
will be sent by closed-circuit tele
vision to 37 arenas in 33 cities
with a total of 150,000 available
teats and a possible $500,000 to
tal gate. It also will bo sent to
home pay-TV stations in Toronto
and Hartford. Conn.
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dog to champion Chiloquin. But
the highly-touted Panthers were
upset by Paisley in the second
round. The Huskies stomped
Paisley in the finals. 59-40.
Merrill won the KCL title last
year and went to the state tour
nament. They lost -their lirst
game in the tournament.
The other tournament opening
games will include Chemawa
against Poder Valley; Corbett
versus Powers: and Lowell
meeting McEwen.
Smith has been the leader of
the Huskies most of the season.
He has a deadly jump shot from
outside and has. led the H
scoring in almost every vr.
Hill is the hustling portion
the team. He is a good rebo
er despite his size as is Conl
at 64). Smith stands only
Moore is 5-9 and a good
bounder, too. Kurtz, at 5.9,
the playmaker of the team
a winning spirit.
.The Huskies aren't tall.
neither is their opponent. Cok
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little about the Huskies' opj
nent. ineir tauesi piaver
6-1 and they were undefeated
league play.
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Wednesday, March 13, 1!
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Hcazzard Leads
UCLA By Indians
STATE TOURNAMENT-BOUND HUSKIES This group of Merrill
Huski es will be at Bend Thursday, Friday and Saturday to compete in
the State Class B High School Basketball Tournament. The Huskies, sec
ond in the Klamath County League, won the District 5-B Tournament' to
gain the berth. They are, left to right, top row, Marlin Barnes, Ken
Smith, Larry Conner, Bob Merrilees, Dale Kurtz and Coach Jerry
Groeneveld. Bottom row, team manager, Jim Reed, Jim Merrilees, Dave
Hill, Bob Moor and Ralph Northrup. They play Cascade Locks in the
first round.
Giants, Dodgers Happy With Fisher, Slcowron
Lewis And Clark Defeats
Oshkosh, Wisconsin Team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) -
The hotly-contested National As
soriation of Intercollegiate Ath
letics (NAIA) basketball tourna
ment today moved Into the second
round minus five seeded teams.
Today's action features first,
seeded G rambling vs. Athens,
Carson Newman vs. Indiana State,
Stetson vs. Tan American, Michi
gan vs. Central Ohio, Transylva
nia vs. Lewis and Clark, Western
Carolina vs. Miles, Rockhurst vs.
Alliance and Fort Hays vs. second
seeded Augsburg.
Tho five heralded (earns that
fell included third-ranked Winston
Salem (N.C.) beaten 64-60 Tues-
Ducks Grab
Hoopa Cage
Tournament
The Sprague Iliver Ducks, de
fending National Indian basket
hall champions, retained their
lhiopa Inrlidii Tournament titlrl
last weekend In California by
downing the Wapalo Hawks of
Washington In the finals. 77-WS.
The Ducks won tlieir first game
by dowsing old foe Warm Springs
Magpies again. 75-73. in a close
one with DeMerle Lytic connecting
for 28 points and Butch Crume for
18.
The Ducks measured the Hoopa
All-Stars in the second outing.
80-56, as Lytle connected (or 33
markers and Crume for 24. Lytle
scored 39 in the final game and
Crume 14 to win the champion
ship. Lytic, for the second straiglit
year, was named the Most Val
uable Player in tlie tournament.
He also bi-oke his own single
game rebounding record with 39
grabs. He had pulled down 38 (or
tlie record last season.
Wapato was second. Reno, Nev.,
third, and Warm Spring, (ourlh.
The other teams were Oakland.
Fort Bidwell Braves and Toppen
kh, Wash. This was a warmup
tournament for the National Tour
nament slated March 21-22 1 at
the Chiloquin High School gym.
day by unseeded Transylvania of
Kentucky. Fourth-seeded Okla
homa Baptist was beaten 84-81
Monday by Central Ohio.
Miles College of Alabama pulled
an 84-81 upset from seventh
seeded Western Illinois, fired by
four last-minute points by Tom
llamncr. Seeded Howard Payne of
Texas and Central Connecticut
fell Monday.
Jim Bouton hit a lay-up at
buzzer time to help Lewis and
Clark lOrc.) edge Oshkosh (Wis.i
75-74 Tuesday night. The Oregon
squad had missed three shots In
tho last II seconds before Bou
ton scored.
By FRED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
First impressions can be de
ceiving but the San Francisco
Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers
think their relations with Jack
Usher and Bill Skowron are
going to be long and profitable.
Fisher and Skowron were in
volved in major winter deals
the Giants acquiring the pudgy
pitcher from the Baltimore Ori
oles and the Dodgers obtaining
the rugged first-baseman from
the New York Yankees.
Fisher made his' competitive
debut for the Giants Tuesday
with four shutout innings in a 4-1
victory over the Boston Red Sox
while Skowron ran his hitting!
streak to five straiglit hits in twol
games in a 4-3 triumph over the
St. lxwis Cardinals.
Fisher and Billy Pierce shut
nut the Bed Sox with three hits
(or eight innings before Boston
scored a run off rookie Bob Bish
op. Joe Amallitano singled in the
fifth and seventh innings and
went on to score the Giants' first
two runs.
.Skowron Starts Rally
Skowron, 5 for-5 in his last two
games, touched off the Dodgers
winning two-run seventh-inning
rally with a single. Frank How
ard's single, a wild pitch, two
walks by rookie Harry Fanok and
an error bv Dick Groat comnlet-
Charles Anderson poured In 34 .ed tho rally. Bill White-had three
hits for the Cardinals.
The Yankees could have used
Skowroii's hat Tuesday when
Frank Funk, Claude Raymond
.mil rookie Larry Maxie combined
to limit them to one hit in pitch
ing the Milwaukee Braves to a
5-0 victory. Raymond allowed the
only hit a scratch single by
Turn Troll. The world champions
now have lust three of four ex
hibition gillies.
Don Ixv, 8-8 last season, yield
ed a triple and a douhlo to the
first two hitlers he faced and
Ihen didn't permit another hit for
four innings as the Los Angeles
Angels defeated the Cleveland In-
points to lead second seeded Augs
burg (Minn. to a 67-57 win over
West Virginia Slato. Sixth-ranked
Hockhurst College of Kansas Citv
rolled past Pacific Lutheran of
Washington 83-77.
Kigljt games were slated today
n the 2Mb annual tournament
ind quarterfinals are scheduled
Thursday. The meet ends Satur
day after semifinals Friday.
Hatfield Joins
Olympic Bidders
PORTLAND (ITD-Gov. Mark
Hatfield announced here Tuesday-
he would join the Portland delega
tion in its bid before the U.S.
Olympic Committee In New York
next Monday
The committee Is to select the
American city to compete with
cities from other nations to be
lost to the 1018 Olympic Games
dians, 6-1. Rookie catcher Ed
Kiikpatrick contributed a single
and a triple to the Angels' at
tack.
Phillies Top Reds
The Philadelphia Phillies scored
four runs in the third inning and
six in the fourth to defeat the
Cincinnati Reds. 12-6. Thera were
24 hits, including homers by the
Reds' Jerry Lynch and Gordyi
Coleman and the Phillies' Don
Demeter. Ray Culp pitched three
hitlcss innings and struck out
four for the Phillies. '
Dave Nicholson drove in two
runs with a double and scored
another after a single to lead the
Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 win
over the New York Mcls. Nich
olson also bruised his knees and
the heel of his right hand trying
to make a catch against the out
field wall in the ninth inning but
his injuries are not believed se
rious.
The Pittsburgh Pirates went 10
innings to' win their first exhibi
tion game of the spring, 7-6, over
the Washington Senators. Pitcher
Frank- Bork won the game with
a run-producing lOth-inning sin
gle. Gene Alley had three hits
(or the Pirates.
Norm Bass Homers
Pitcher Norman Bass homered
in the eighth inning to snap a 4-4
tie and pave the way for the Kan
sas City Athletics' 7-4 triumph
over the Minnesota. Twins. Chuck
F.ssegian, acquired recently from
the Cleveland Indians, doubled
with the bases filled for the Ath
letics. Dave Roberts' double and a
single by Bob l.illis paced the
Houston Colts from behind to a
6-5 decision over the Chicago
Culis. Jim Schaffer hit a two-run
homer and Ken Ilubbs a triple
lor the Cubs. The teams split
their two-game series.
The Baltimore Orioles scored
their fourth straight victory of
the spring when they beat the De
troit Tigers, 7-2, in a night game
at Miami. Fla. Luis Aparicio
homered and stole two bases for
the Orioles and Jerry Adair also
homered. Al Kaline homered for
the Tigers. Rookie fireballer
Steve Dalkowski pitched hitless
ball over the middle three innings
for Baltimore.
Exhibition Baseball Results
At West Palm Beach, Fla.
N. Y. (A) 000 000 000 0 1 5
Milwaukee 010 202 OOx 5 7 1
Bronstad, Cullcn (41, Kunkel
(6i, Reniff (8) and Manchard
Funk, Raymond (5', Maxie 9i
and Uccker. Winner Funk. Los
er Bronstad.
At Sarasota, Fla.
N. Y. I'M) 000 O00 001 1 4 0
Chicago (Al 300 000 OOx 3 7 0
Kucks, Mackenzie (3), Dillon
(61 and Coleman. Score. Zanni
(4, Wilhelm (71 and Carreon
Winner Score. Loser Kucks.
At Clearwater. Fla.
Cincinnati 111 000 003 6 11 0
Phila 004 602 OOx 12 13 0
Maloney, Lown (41, Henry (61,
Fodor (8) and Edwards. Green,
Culp (4'. Siebler 17) and Dal-
rymple, Oldis (41. W inner Green.
Loser Maloney. HR Lynch,
Dcmcter, Coleman.
'At St. Petersburg Fla.
Los Ang N 101 000 200 4 8 0
St. Louis 100 020 000 3 10 2
Sherry, Scott (4, Smith 19) and
Brumlcy. Gibson, Shantz I4,
Fanok (7, Ticfenauer 1 8 and
McCarver. Numan (9'. Winner
Scott. Loser Fanok.
Al Ft. Myers, Fla.
(10 innings)'
Wash 004 200 0O0 0 6 8 0
Pills 000 400 002 1 7 16 1
McClain, Baker I4 Hobaugh
171, Baird (10) and Retzcr. Lep
pert (7. Friend, Francis Sisk
Bork HOi and Pagharoni,
McFarlane MO). Winner Bork.
Loser Baird.
t Orlando. Fin.
Kan City 004 000 fttlV- 7 6 1
Minnesota 2CD 000 200 4 5 .1
Thies, Montcagudo (4', Bass
(7) and Azcuc. Kaat, Arrigo (4),
Moore (7), Dotler (9) and Ratliff.
Winner Bass. Loser Moore.
HR Green, Bass.
At Apache Junction, Ariz.
Chicago (N) 030 002 000 5 12 2
Houston 000 002 22x 6 10 1
Mudrock, Schultz (4), Elston
(7) and Schaffer, Bcrtcll (6).
Drott, Cardinal (5), Jones (7),
Woodeshic'k (9) and Bateman.
Winner Woodeshick. Loser El
ston. HR Schaffer.
At Scottsdalc. Ariz.
San Fran 000 010 102 -4 10 1
Final Tourney
Berths Filled
By United Press International
The final three berths in next
week's class A-l and A-2 high
school basketball tournaments
were filled Tuesday night.
Tillamook edged Oregon City
54-52 in a double overtime thriller
at Hillsborn to capture the second
spot from the TYV league. Ken
Olson's jump shot with 50 seconds
left won the game.
Elmira won a big battle of A-2
powers and a spot in next week's
Coos Bay tournament by defeating
Pleasant Hill 53-50. Pleasant Hill
was the state's second ranked A-2
team behind Henley. Elmira
ranks third.
Yamhill-Carlton picked up the
other A-2 berth with a 52-49 win
over Nestucca.
Boston 000 000 001 1 5 4
Pierce, Fisher (5) and Bailey
Wilson, Stephenson (5), Earley
(8), and Skeen. Winner Fisher.
Loser Stephenson.
At Tucson, Ariz.
Los Ang (A) 021 001 002- 6 11 1
Cleveland 100 000 000 1 4 4
Lee. Mocller (5), Leopold ( 8
and Kirkpatrick. Tyriver, Gaz
muri (4), Walker (71 and Lipski.
Winner Lee. Loser Tyriver.
At Miami. Fla.
Detroit ' 200 000 000 2 7 3
Baltimore 312 001 OOx 7 8 0
Koplitz, Lolich (4i, Fox (7) and
Triandos, Roarke (7). Hall, Dal
kowski (4) and Landrith. Winner
Hall. Loser Koplitz. HR Ka
line, Adair, Aparicio.
By United Press International
The UCLA Bruins can thank
Walt Hazzard for their berth in
tlie NCAA basketball tournament.
Hazzard whipped in 19 points,
including four crucial free throws
in the waning minutes, to lead
UCLA to a 51-45 victory over Stan
ford Tuesday night in their Big
Six Conference playoff at Santa
Monica, Calif.
The Bruins, who also represent
ed the Big Six In last year's
NCAA championship, led most of
the way, pulling away to a 40-26
bulge after six minutes of the
second half.
Hazzard Goes To Work
However, Stanford later slowed
down the UCLA fast break and
reduced its deficit to 44-40. That's
when Hazzard went to work at
the free throw line to pull the
Bruins out of danger.
Jack Hirsch was the Bruins'
second-high scorer with 15 points
while Tom Dose led Stanford
with 19.
UCLA opens Its bid for the
NCAA title against Arizona State
in the Far West rcgionals at
Provo, Utah, Friday night. Ore
gon State plays San Francisco on
the same card.
The NCAA small college tourna
ment resumes tonight at Evans
ville, lnd., with the eight surviv
ors of regional playoffs squaring
off in the quarter-finals.
Matinee Doublcheader
A matinee doublcheader pits
Oglethorpe against Philadelphia
Textile and Fresno State against
South Dakota State. Wittenberg,
named the nation's' No. 1 small
college team by the UPI Board
of Coac'.es last week, plays North
eastern and Evansville meets
Southern Illinois in an even:
twin bill.
In the NAIA tournament Tur
day night at Kansas City, Mol
Indiana Mate edged Parsons,
77; Carson Newman walloped ft
der, 83-57; Rockhurst turned bat-
Pacific Lutheran, 83-77; Miles 61
feated Western Illinois, 84-8
Augsburg downed West Virgim
State, 67-57; Lewis & Clark elini
mated Oshkosh, 75-74; Transylvi
ma beat Winston-Salem, 64-60, an
Western Carolina ousted Easterj
Montana, 64-61.
Hope Lutheran
Garners Win
Hope Lutheran and Merrill Pres
byterian garnered YMCA Church!
League victories in basketbai;
Tuesday night.
Hope Lutheran topped Firsil
Christian, 28-15, with Pele La-
Pierce hitting 15 and Gary Du-
free 10. Rooks topped the losers I
with six.
Merrill Presbyterian edged Firs. I
Baptist, 41-36, with Bill Phelp-
notching 17 points and Bud Maup-I
in six. Gary Waterhouse led the I
losers with 14 and Doug Dcdrikl
had eight.
APPROVE RACE EXTENSION
ALBANY, N.Y.' (UPI) - Tin
New York State Assembly over
whelmingly approved a bill Tues
day to extend the Thoroughbred
racing season in the state seven
days to Dec. 7. The extension, I
which would produce an estimat
ed $1.7 million, now goes to Gav.
Rockefeller.
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NAMED ASSISTANT COACH
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. U PI'
Richard B. (Dick) Bunting has
been added as an assistant foot
hall coach at (he University of
New Mexico. Bunting, ho will
join the staff on July 1, had been
head coach at Palm Springs.
Calif., High School for the last
three vears.
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