1963 Klamath County Sports'
World
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TENNIS
Numerous not tournaments
tailed Klamath Kails and area
iwtters during 1963 and top fin
ishes were recorded.
Beverly Jennings and Harold
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BEVERLY JENNINGS
. . . top net year
Tice took top honors in the Eu
gene Tennis Ciub tournov in
July.
Miss Jennings defeated anoth
er Klamath Falls netter. Linda
Brooks, in the 14 and undo r
singles action (or the litle.
6-2, 6-1.
Tice defeated Kirk Kirkpat
rick of Corvallis for the boys'
singles crown, in the same ase
group, 4-6, 7-5. 6.1.
Tice and Miss Brooks also
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Tlie 5th annual Willamette
Valley Tournament at Corvallis
called local rotters, with Tice
and Miss Jennings again scor
ing singles wins.
Tice defeated Handy King of
Portland in the 14 and under
class, 2-6, 6-2. 6-2 and Miss Jen
nings defeated Cindy Love of
Corvallis for the girls' title. 0-1,
6-1.
The Laisen Park Champion
ship Open Tournament at Yaki
ma. Wash., drew local court
stars with Sue Jennings w in
ning the women's singles and
Beverly Jennings the 14 and un
der girls' singles. Tice reached
the iinals of the boys' singles
but was defeated.
Beverly Jennings and Cathy
Hawk of Yakima teamed to win
the doubles in their age group
of this tourney.
The 16th annual Herald and
News Tennis Tournament was
lied at Moore Park, with
second seeded Harry Doyle o?
Portland defeating the 11
champion Jimmy Jackson of
Portland for the singles title in
straight sets, 6-2. ti-2.
The women's singles title was
tr.kcn by Michele Nance of Eu
reka as she defeated Sherry
Sevall of Hoscburg, 2-6. 8-6. 6-4.
Teddy Jackson of Portland
captured the junior men's sin
gles title downing Bruce Middle
ton of Redding. 6-4. 2-6. 6-2.
The junior girls' singles crown
was taken by Miss Sevall of
Roseburg w ith a straight set vic
tory over Klamath Falls' Bev
erly Jennings. 6-3. 6-3.
The boys' 16 and under title
was won by Steve Miller of
Crescent City. Calif., as he de
feated Bruce Middlcton. 0-6. ti-4.
Jackson and' Doyle came
back to team up for the men's
doubles crown of the tourna
ment as they defeated Ellis
Williamson and Mike Moor c,
both of Eureka. 6-3, 6-4.
And Jackson and Gertie
Brooks of Klamath Falls
teamed to win the mixed dou
bles action with a victory
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over the duo of Mike Moore of
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Eureka. 6-3-6-3.
The junior men's doubles
crown was taken by a Redding
team of Bruce Middleton and
Doug Chickering over Teddy
Jackson and Wayne Roberts,
6-4. 6-2.
In tlx Ashland Invitational
tournament Sue Jennings of
Klamath Falls defeated Gertie
Brooks also of Klamath Falls
for the women's singles crown,
6-2. 6-3. -And the men's singles
title in tins tourney was taken
by Jimmy Jackson with a win
over Dick Hallack of Red Bluff.
6-1. 6-1.
In Klamath Falls Pelican
I prep action, Larry Tice won the
Southern Conference singles ti
tle with a win over Dan Sprinkle
of Grants Pass. 6-1. 6-1, Nick
Kasmussen of Med(ord, 6-0, 6-2
and defending champion Lee
i tt'imberly of Med.'ord, 6-3. 4-6,
6-4.
Tice advanced to the state
tournament where he first lost
to Charles Alloo of Wilson, 6-3,
6-0; defeated Eeaverton's entry
6-2. 4-6. 6-0 and finally bowed
out on a loss to Hillsboro's John
Kinney, 6-3, 6-0.
Wilson High School won the
state crown, with Medford and
North Salem tied for second.
TRACK
The team effort of the Bonan
za Antlers, the individual work
of Klamath Falls' All-American
javelin man and national
prep record - holder and the
storybook action of Oregon
Tech's "Sturdy Six" caught
the eye of county track fans in
1963. '
The Antlers served notice of
their cinder ability as they
walked off with the county meet
at Henley scoring 74 points to
49 for the second place G i I
christ Grizzlies. Third was Ma
lin with 31 points, then came
C'hiloquin with 29. Bly with 13
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and Merrill with eight points.
This victory was matched in
the District 5-B meet as the
Antlers won the title with 136
points followed again by a
strong Gilchrist team with 106
points. Then in order it was
C'hiloquin 73, Malin 48, Prospect
24, Bly 20. Merrill 17, and Pais
ley 14.
The next step tor Bonanza
was the state meet and a thud
place finish just one half point
out of second behind Camas Val
ley. Corbet! captured the state
title.
The work of Walt Smith of
the Pelicans captured the eye
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WALT SMITH
. . . shatters mark
of the track bugs in the state
and gave him a national mark
in the prep javelin world.
He hit for 214-4'i to hold the
"best" in the state through
most of the track season until
the Pels entered the District 6-A-l
carnival.
In this the Pel spearman let
loose with a heave carrying 220
1 1 1 'j to shatter the existing dis-
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trict mark to 208-8 set by Cra
tor's John Burns.
The Pelicans, as a team, fin
ished the district test fourth
with 4i'i points as Medford
won the title with 151 points.
Grants Pass second with l-is's
and Crater third with 4!'i. Ash
land was last with 37' points.
Despite Smith's outstanding
record . setting heave in the
district meet, his state meet ef
fort fell far below his best as
he won the state title with
toss of l'Jo-4 and this mark
gained in the preliminaries.
The Pelicans ended the state
show with 10 points, while Jef
ferson of Portland won the ti
tle with 46 points. North Eugene
second with 41 and Grants Pass
third with 35 points.
The work of Oregon Tech's
"Sturdy Six" so named be
cause this number made up the
Owl track roster kept track
fans watching closely.
This group missed a third
place finish in the Oregon Col
legiate Conference meet by just
one point, as Southern Oregon
took the title with 148 points,
Portland State second with 115,
Eastern Oregon third with 114
and Oregon Tech fourth with
113. Oregon College ran fifth
with 108 points.
For the first time in the his
tory of the state meet, the Hen
ley Hornets failed to qualify a
man for the state show in 1963.
Hogue River won both the sub
District fi-A-2 meet and the dis
trict test, with the Hornets fin
ishing sixth in the sub-district
meet. Lakeview gained a fifth
place finish.
Rogue River went on to take
second ill the slate, with the
Myrtle Creek Vikings capturing
the statu A-2 title.
In other tack news the for
mation of the Klamath Basin
Athletic Association brought
hundreds of young track people
to Modoc Field during the sum
mer, with the participants com
peting in numerous meets at
home and on the road.
The KBAA participated in
the Emerald Empire Games at
Eugene and brought home 14
first place finishes and set two
new Emerald Empire Athletic
Association records.
Leah Taylor in the 6 and un
der division for girls won the
220-yard dash in 41.1, breaking
the EEAA record of 44.5.
Janis Narramorc won the 15
and older broad jump with a
leap of 15-1, which shattered the
EEAA record of 42-9',i.
On July 27 an All - Comers
meet was conducted by the
KBAA at Modoc Field, with
some 200 contestants and 32
records were broken.
I The Junior Olympics was en
tered by KBAA runners in Port
land and 20 medals won by the
85 competing.
It marked the first time a
local team had entered this
meet.
The KBAA. headed up by
president George Demetrakns.
completed its first year and
brought welcomed summertime
track and field competition to
hundreds of area boys and
girls.
In other news. Ed Cecil won
the first annual Oregon Tech
Decathlon with 4.307 points,
with Bob Bryant second with
4.0.i2 points.
And on March 15. Bob Schol
won the lirst annual Marathon
Run over the 3.6 . mile Moore
Park course in 119:58. Dave
Vaagen was second. Both were
members of the Klamath Falls
Pelican cross country team.
TRAP
SHOOTING
Many local shoots kept the
clay pigeon man in business
during 1963 as they do each
year, with the Klamath Gun
Club at Wocus Flats the site of
most.
Bill Davis topped the local
shooting of one such shoot with
a score of 24 of 25 birds on the
16-yard course and in another
Earl Kent won the A. V.
Moore Handicap Trophy by
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hitting 46 of 50 targets to lead
a field of 15.
Jim right and George Cunha
both hit 48 of 50 for a leg on the
Nelson Reed Handicap Trophy
and in a shoot-off Wright was
the winner.
Kent also won a leg on the
E. If. Halsigor Memorial Award
Trophy.
In April the spring tournament
was conducted by the Klamath
Club, with E. 11. Cahoon of
Klamath Falls winning the
Class A: Eocene Hunt of Med
ford taking the Class B shoot
ing: Paul Zahniser of Klamath
Falls w inning the Class C shoot
ing and Paul Bellm Sr. of
Klamath Falls topping the Class
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VOLLEYBALL
The Klamath Falls Parks and
Recreation Department volley
ball program found eight teams
competing in the league, with the
Oregon Food team winning the
league title.
The team, composed of lie
Umce Duncan, Jim Johnson.
Wade Patterson, Bruce Patter
son, Bob Johnson, Jack Peter
son and Al Keck, compiled a
record o.r 7-0 in w inning the
title.
A victory over Great West
Life by scores of 10-15, 15-12 and
15 - 12 gave the Oregon Food
team the title. Great West l.ile
ended with a 6-1 record.
ROLLER
SKATING
The Skateland Wheels Roller
hockey team competed in the
nalional finals in Portland in
July, winning the right to rep
resent this area by winning
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the Northwest Regional Tour
ney. In the regionals, the Skate
land team was undefeated and
won 10 straight contests.
In tlie national finals the first
loss was inflicted by tlie Browns,
villc, Tex., team by a 7-1 score
and this setback was followed
by a victory over San Francis
co. 2-1.
The team eventually won
third place with a 10-0 victory
over Longview, Wash.
In November the team com
peted in the Oakridge meet
taking first place.
Two youngsters gained first
place finishes in the 8 and un
der division as 5-year-old Kay
Miller was first in the girls' di
vision and 6-year-old Jerry
Runnels was first in the boys'
competition.
SKIING
Jean S a u b c r t of Lakeview
and a student at Oregon State
University continued to Rive ski
i n g enthusiasts conversation
items with many successful per
formances. She gained second in the
competition in the National Al
pine Ski Championships at Mt.
Alyeska, Alaska, w ith a time of
2:24.2. She was second to Ger
many's Barhi Ileiinebeiger, w ith
a winning time of 2:22.9.
And at Anchuibgc, Alaska,
she was third in the National
Finals of the slalom. On June
14. she was named to the 1964
U.S. Olympic team.
WRESTLING
The Klamath Falls Pelicans,
long a slate power in this sport,
proved no exception to this rule
1IKH Al l) AND NEWS! Klamath
in 1963 as Dfi.eitre Duncan's
Pels entered tlie state tourna
ment at Corvallis and nearly
captured another state title.
In a crazy, mixed up f i n a 1
day, the Lebanon Warriors were
judged the state titlists with 44
points, with Grams Pass sec
ond with 41 and Klamath Falls
thud with 42.
A day later a recount sub-
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CHUCK MILANOVICH
. . . first Hornet title
traded a point from the Leba
non total and the Warriors and
the Cavemen ruled co-champs
with 43 points each.
In gaming tlie stale meet, the
Pels had finished second in the
district test to tlie Cavemen,
with Grants Tass scoring 40
IKiints and the Pelicans 30. Med
ford was third w ith 24 and Ash
land and Crater followed.
Bob Ewhg won tlie stale title
in the t!il-pound class.
Later Coach Duncan was
named as coach of the Oregon
prep grappling team to tour
Japan, with Ewing earning a
position on this select team.
Henley's Hornets were fourth
in the district meet behind
Glendale with 107 points, Oak
Falls, Oregon
Wednesday,
land with 92, Glide with 87 and
Henley with 86.
Three Hornets qualified for
the state mat show as P;h i I
Hale, Chuck Milanovich and
Fred Rodriguez all made tlie
big journey.
'Milanovich brought home the
first individual mat crown by a
Henley grappler in the hisiory
of the siort at the school as he
won tlie 148-pound state toga.
Rodriguez gained a third
place in the 115-pound diss.
Tlie Oregon Tech m a t m e n
gained third place in the Ore
gen Collegiate Conference meet,
missing second by a single
point. Portland State tcek the
title.
The Owls ci mpiled a glow
ing 9-1 dual-match record. los
ing only to Portland State.
Tlie iAAU Far West Tourna
ment at San Francisco drew lo
cal grapplcrs. with the Owl ttam
placing fourth in the team to
tals. Miln Crumrine won the'lll
pcund championship for Oregon
Tech and Pelican assistant
coach Lee Allen captured the
138-pound title.
The Klamath Falls freshman
team won the Southern Confer
ence freshman title with a 69-S7
victory over Mcl.oughlin Junior
High of Medford. Grants Pass
wtis third with 68 points.
It was a pin victory pisted
by Glen Miller in 4:30 of his
168 - pound match giving the
baby Pels their victory.
The visit to the state by the
select group of Japanese
wrestlers was high on the list
of outstanding sports attractions
in the state during 1983 and the
visitors appeared at most of the
Uirger high schools in the state
and won all meetings.
At Klamath Falls, a 27-3 vic
tory was recorded by the Japanese.
January I, 1964
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