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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1963)
Hawks Ax Lakers To Even Series M LOUIS HIPP - The St Louis Hawks, behind Uieir hang- on 1211 13 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Lakers, SF Seals Even Set, Rip Bucks ; By I'nilrd I'ren International Seattle and Vancouver open the ; econd round playoff action in the ! Western Hockey League's North i - crn division Wednesday niRht. It Vill he a besl-of-seven series. j Jan Francisco Tue.ylay niglit -pvprcamo its hex at Portland to jrah a convincinR 5-2 decision and knot the Southern Division series at one came apiece. The winners of the Northern end Southern Division playoff scries square off in anotlier best- of-seven affair for the league title. The Seals, who had lost seven in a row at Portland, grabbed a . ; 10 lead early in the going on I; Ray Cyr's goal and never were ,;behind. Danny Rclislc scored at the top ;-0f.the second .stanza and then -Portland's Tommy Mcvic made It ::?-'- - ' Al Nicholson, Duke Eilmondson and Larry Mcnabb scored in the final period to wrap it up for the Seals and send 8,741 fans home in a depressed mood. Will, Playoff Standings Southern Division Second Hound (Best-of-seven) ; : w l gp.ga .' Portland - 118 8 : .San Francisco 118 8 '. Tuesday's Itesull j'San Francisco 5 Portland 2 ; (Next game Thursday, Port ; wand at San Francisco i O- '- Northern Division '- Second Round ' " (Bcst-o-scvenl W L OF CA Seattle 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 Tuesday's Result No Game (Next game Wednesday, Seat tle at Vancouver) ;Meford Defeats Crater, 5-0 MEDKOriD - The Mcdford ''Black Tornado moved Into the Southern Oregon Conference lead here Tuesday afternoon behind the near-no-hit hurling of Jack Forde as the Black Tornado won, 5-0. 1'orfle gave up only one nit, ana that an Infield single by Mike 'Glines with two out In the sev enth and final Inning. Glines beat the throw from deep shortstop al- ' frnter'K Ijirrv Penner wns liter- a1Iv knm-kpd from Ihp hnx In the . ...i. i ........ iirru..' 1;M .tllllu wiivii 1,(111 iUHivjr o iiik- ; drive struck him on the foot. That ;pul the first Medtord runner on ;tn1 lie scored. So, technically, pepper Is the loser. Medtord is 3 0, Klnmnlh 2-0, '('raler 3 - 2, Ashland K! and Grants l'ass 0-4. Klamath's dou- tiill, C E Putc Time. day was rained and snowed out. Crater OOO-000-O 0-1-4 Mcdford Ooa-)2-X-5-8-:! ; Larry Pepper, Mason ISI and ; Siunmerfield; Fordo and Haines. 1,000 To Run In Hay ward :F.UGF.NK it:p officials esli ' fiiated todav that more than 1.000 Oregon and Southwest Washington high school athletes will compete - in the 2(ith annual Hayward lie- - Jays here Friiluy and Saturday. - TIh meet w ill be run in tour divisions. The B and C schools compete Friday and the Metropol itan and A schools .Saturday. TRACK COACH KII.I.K.D ; CLARKSVI1.I.E. Tenn. (UPI , Clinton Graves, Olympic track ; star Wilma Rudolph's high school coach, lost his life in a traflic accident Tuesday. . Graves was killed when his . rar went out ol control and j trashed just over the Kentucky 'state line at nearby Fort Camp- -:bcii. FUE1 OIL DELIVERED 7 DAYS A WEEK Ph. TU 4-6788 .7 DAYS A WEEK Ph. TU 4-6788 Jay Hawk PETROLEUM 2135 So. 6th or So. 6th end Creit forced the Western Division play off of the National Basketball As sociation into a seventh and final game Thursday. With Bub Pettit scoring 3d ixnnts and injured Cliff llagan adding 24, the Hawks were able to maintain command of the garni until the final minutes, after Charlie Vaughn, Hagan and rooki Zelmo Beaty had fouled out The Hawks opened up a 16- point spread, behind a 13-point outburst in the third quarter, but saw that melt away to only three as the Lakers made a slroni comeback atlempt. hlgin Baylor fired 39 points through the hoop and Jerry West added 28 to spearhead the attack Pettit lies Game However, it was strongman Pettit who iced the game with pair of free throws and a three- point play to pad the Ihree point Hawk lead in the final moments ol the fourth quarter. I tie two clubs now travel to the West Coast for the windup game and the right to meet the Eastern Division playoff champs, who will be crowned tonight at Boston. The Celtics and Cincinnati Hoy- als are also tied at three games cadi. Both clubs predict victory in Hie final, but if tradilion holds it will be Un Angeles taking the final contest. Neither team has won on the other's court in the entire series. "Tram Has Heart" Following Tuesday night's win, Hawks Coach Harry Gallatin commented, "this team has heart. They've come back each lime to deadlock the scries." A depressed Laker squad sat in their dressing room billowing I he game, but left little doubt they thought they could come up with the crucial win Thursday at home. Both Scliaus and Baylor ex pressed little surprise the Hawks arc as tough as they arc. You ve really got to be up to win in the playoffs," Baylor said. "Any team can do it." When asked if he thought the Hawks would be lough in the playoffs, Schaus replied, "I did, I knew we would be very fortunate to get out of it." NBA Playoff Standings (Best-of-Scvcn Scml-Flnals) Eastern Division W. I Pel, Boston 3 3 .500 Cincinnati 3 3 .500 Western Division W. L. Pet. Los Angeles 3 3 .500 St. Louis 3 3 .500 Tuesday's Itesulls St. Louis 121 Los Angeles 113 (Only game scheduled!. Choose your Easter gifts from our complete selection of Russell Stover Candies. ,m . l i, l 11 ! Bin t.tw.T jar 1 lb. $1.50 Assorted Chocolates y $1.25 Easter Basket aiiorted Eailer condiei ' 550 Easter Quartet 1 VLl . 3 chocolate & butter bon eggi Chocolate Cream Egg oisorted cream centers dipped In milk chocolate FREE DELIVERY 9th & Main WILLS TAGGED OUT AT Wills is our at the plate as on Tom Davis' grounder Rodgers during the third Los Angeles State, Southern Cal Clash In Tournament Showdown Tilt LOS ANGELES UPI - Host Los Angeles Stale and the Uni versity of Southern California, both with two wins and no losses in the eight-team Easter college baseball tourney, clash Wednes day night in a showdown gome. The winner will play in the tournament championship game Thursday. Los Angeles State and IJSC both have victories over Brigham Young University and San Jose Stale, who met Wednes day in a consolation game. In Hie other tournament bracket UCLA faced Cal Poly of Pomona and Fresno Stale opposed Long Rochester Tops Beavers, 10-8 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPU The Portland Beavers dropped a 10-8 exhibition baseball decision to Rochester Tuesday. Outfielder John Wojcik hit two home runs and second baseman Dick Green collected a homer, triple and double for the Beavers. Big Steve Bilko homered for Rochester. Willamette Edges Wolves SALEM (UPU - Willamette edged Oregon College of Educa tion 1-0 and 3-2 in a baseball doublcheader Tuesday. $1.25 Fruit & Nut Egg dipped in milk chocolate T7 ft " ' 75S5 12 Marshmallow Eggs dipped in milk chocolate Ph. TU 2-3475 Rt A A., HOME Dodgeri,' Maury he tried to score from second to Cubs' shortstop Andre inning Dodgers-Cubs season Beach State. The four teams all have I I records, and will play until a winner is determined to lace either USC or Los Angeles State. In games Tuesday, L'SC romped over BYU 17-1, hitting six homers including a three-run blast byjteam committed six errors. Two Kenny Washington Jr. During theiin the 14lh allowed two Fresno Trojans' 11-run sixth inning. BYU got its only run on a balk by Trojan pitcher Bob Sclleck in the seventh. TAKE YOUR CAR WHERE THE EXPERTS ARE FOR ALL SERVICE WORK 26 WEEKS TO PAY On Service Work At SK, fflUUlM TUFSYNi If II Special... i f Pi " fH)i 1 11 &t M i . 1 j ' , Tufsyn is Goouyear's Super-Durable ff v t r J'JS 1 Vc" tfrffO I ' fl ' I Synthetic Rubber toughest Goodyear 1$M - y WffiJ!. 1 vr zb i It l everuse dinAu,oTire31 1 Inuh mr is month "y u.s. Car I V. Y-a I Written M? goodyear I fu fd w R0AD HAZARD GUARANTEE Check grease seals I t 1 I 1 if I gme& ,m (y. tfOir f pQ I ABSORBERS j QSPMi fcTl s-Kpa f V J -ILnlSSl BREADS Installed liiJIiSJiiil LJUUIPC , .... ., .. . 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Sunny Jim has saddled more than 2.000 win ners since he retired as a jockey and started training horses be Umpires Meeting Set Thursday The Klamath Falls Umpires Association will hold a meet ing Thursday night at the city hall, beginning at 7:30. The meeting is for all officials of baseball and they are urged to attend. MONEY-WINNER NEW YORK (UPI I Kelso. Armed and Find are the top mon ey-winning geldings in thorough bred racing history. Plus Tax & 4 Tires 12 MONTH NEWS. Kbnialh Fills, Ore. fore the turn of the century. He has three Kentucky Derby win ners to his credit Gallant Fox in 1030. Omaha in 1935 and Johns town in lti:i9. Gallant Fox and Omaha went on to "triple crown" sweeps fol lowing their Derby victories with triumphs in the Preakness and the Belmont stakes. Other great horses trained by this friendly Irishman with the stooped shoulders and crystal- Pel Boosters Meet Tonight The Pelican Booster Club will meet tonight at the Broiler Res taurant, the meeting beginning at 6:30. It will be a regular meeting with several topics up for dis cussion by the Klamath Union coaches, probably about the weather whieh has caused postponement of most athletic events. Coach Bill Mansfield will speak about his baseball team which has been plagued with the bad weather. Coach Jack Peterson, the only active mem ber, will tell of last week's Rogue Relays and the upcoming Hayward Relays this weekend. Coach Gil Boyd will speak of his tennis team and upcoming I matches. Off Your Car ROAD HAZARD Wednesday, April la, 1963 clear eyes include Nashua. Bold Ruler. Mistv Morn. High Volt age, Granville, lsolater. Fenelon. Busanda. Vagrancy. Diavolo and Fighting Fox. Nashua Brats Swaps Mr. Fitz was 81 when he led the nation's trainers for the fifth time in 1955. That was the year Nashua beat Swaps in their famed match race and went on to earn a record $752,550 and become "horse of the year." The impending retirement of Sunny Jim was announced Tues day by Ogden Phipps, one of the three generations of the Phipps family for whom the octogenar ian has trained horses. Phipps said that Bill Winfrey, who trained the great Native Dancer for Alfred Vandcrbilt, will sue-' ceed Mr. Fill. Asked how he plans to spend his free lime when he finds him self without a job for the first time in 78 years. Mr. Fitz re marked: "Oh, I'll still be around the track if they let me in. I fig ure, though, it's about time 1 kinda laid off a bit and took care of mvself instead of horses." ROCK! Crushid Dram Rock Sand Fill Dirt Frtt Estimates BASIN ROCK CO. ttitft T.ary Ti; 4-.MH r TU 1-.0 WARRANTY TU 4-8141