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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON
THURSDAY. JANUARY 26. 19t¡
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Prom ihr Stands
By STAN THOMPSON
*room Jovial noisemaking filled
the Nyssa locker room as the
Struggling through an obstacle : Bulldogs washed off their hot
course of unheeding cheerleaders ’ sweat and headed downtown for
who were finding the gym floor a hamburger.
a playground tor ill-timed yells,
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the Nyssa Bulldogs dumped in a 1 NYSSA JV TEAM LOSES
basketful of points to give them­
The Nyssa JV’s walked a short
selves a 47-24 grin-filled win over plank and lost 38-27 to the young
the visiting Payette Pirates Fri­ Pirates. It was a close game un­
day night.
til the fourth quarter, but from
The -ball seemed allergic to a then on the Bullpups couldn’t buy
metal rim as time after time a basket.
puzzled shooters stared in disbe­
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lief when their favorite shot
would snub the basket and hurry
The Bulldogs were invited to
into the hands of the other team.
The scoreboard was having it Weiser Saturday night, then were
easy, with an 8-4 score in favor handed a 45-37 loss. Highly un­
of Nyssa ending the first quar­ sociable, those Wolverines.
The long drive through fog
ter.
and over slick roads kept at­
The two teams nestled around
tending fam to a minimum. The
their coaches and watched a
fog was so thick the highway
detailed play being drawn with
department was using a snow
a stubby finger on the varnish­
plow io move it to one side.
ed floor. The two men in black
One fellow grabbed a handful
and white striped shirts listen­
of the fog. took it home and put
ed to suggestions shouted from
it into his refrigerator to show
the crowd until someone final­
visiting relatives just how thick
ly pressed the buzzer button
fog can gather around the
for more action.
Snake river.
The Nyssa boys and the Payette
The Weiser boys proved to have
Pirates responded and soon tangl­ a desire for rough-housing and
ed themselves into a 15-15 toss up rough talk. A player getting an­
at halftime.
gry during a game hurts no one
Seeing there was once again but himself and his teammates.
no halftime entertainment, the A mind cluttered with “getting
long and boring halftime slowly even” plans can’t click with the
passed. If just a fraction of the coolness needed for clear deci- ,
energy used to rattle the windows sions.
and deafen ears were turned into
The Bullpups ended up on the i
some creative halftime entertain­ other end of the scoreboard them- 1
ment, the basketball games would selves.
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Finally the dressing room doors
opened and the two teams poured
The Nyssa wrestling team was
onto the floor, bouncing all kinds
host to Boise Thursday night. The
of basketballs.
Someone awakened the referee match was held in the gym, with
and together with his colleague the mat placed in the middle of
he found his way to the middle the floor. A modest crowd sat to
of the floor. A few hundred eyes one side and watched the tortur­
watched the ball hovering above ous writhing and twisting on dis­
two high reaching hands, and play as Nyssa fell behind and fi­
rubber soled shoes clapped the nally became the loser.
“But the boys are improving,
hard floor unmercifully once
again as the uniforms chased and we’re having a good year.
Reserve material is being deve­
back and forth.
And there were the cheer­ loped to give our high school con­
leader«, parked under the bas­ tinuous good wrestling,’’ said
ket. feet protruding over the Coach Mel Calhoun.
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foul line into fair territory.
What has happened to the sac­ JUNIOR HIGH TAKES VALE
The Nyssa junior high bas-
red gym floor. Now these young
keieers traveled to Vale Friday
girls can stand and walk where
and dealt a 34-33 photo-finish
they please, using discretion or
blow to the ego of the young
not. regardless of play. They
“soon-to-be terrorists.''
are permitted to stand directly
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under the basket a few feet
away from a player shooting a
free throw, and shout right in­
The Adrian Antelopes galloped
to his face.
away with honors in a 58-31 drib­
Several times these girls have ble contest with Wilder Friday
been bumped by players. Must night. Many second stringers got
someone be hurt before a person their hands on the bail before the
of some official capacity realizes game was over.
the playing floor is the basketball
McDonald and Costley totaled
players' working ground and that up 15 points apiece as Adrian
anyone standing in the way is a mopped up New Plymouth in
hinderance, not a helper. Cheer­ Antelope territory. The runaway
leaders, give the ball players a game ended with a 73-37 score.
break and give them some room This gave Adrian a 5-1 record and
to play the game in. Remember, a tie for first place in the league.
the only reason you have the pri­
vilege of being on the floor at all
is to direct yells, using some kind
of judgment, please, and not to
be a personal hazard to the play­
ers.
Last Thursday evening at Bye
Play resumed and it was Nyssa
Lanes
was the first game of the
all the way, gaining a good lead
second half of season play for
in the last quarter.
The empty bleachers on the members of Nyssa Eagles bowl­
Payette side weren’t much en- teams.
High single game score went
couragement for the Pirates as
the boys filed into their dressing to Dick Butcher with 217 pins,
High individual game series win-
I ner was Don Hatch with 543,
scratch High three game indi-
vidual tally, plus handicap, went
to Lloyd Mackrill with 623 pins.
High single game team for the
evening was the Beaks with 658
pins and high team for game
series was Wishbones with 2389.
Dial FR 2-3932 214 Main
Team standings at end of the
first game of second half of sea­
son play are as follows: Wings,
4 wins, no losses; Wishbones, 3-1;
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
Near Misses, 3-1; Renegades, 2-2;
and SATURDAY
Beaks, 2 2; Tail Feathers, 1-3;
Jan. 26, 27 and 28
Bald Eagles, 1-3; and Claws, 0-4.
At the end of first half of sea­
son play team standings were
Wishbones, won 37, lost 19; Near
Misses, 34-22; Tall Feathers, 33tt-
22H; Renegades, 28-28; Beaks,
27-29; Claws, 24-32; Wings, 23-33;
and Bald Eagles, 17^-38V4.
Captain of the winning Wish­
bones is Robert Allen. Other
team members are Lloyd Mack-
nil, Harold Brendle, Asa Win­
chester and Dale Garrison.
Individual first half winners
SUNDAY, MONDAY
were: high scratch series, Don
and TUESDAY
Hatch, 593; high handicap series,
Jan. 29, 30 and 31
Bert Ross, 699; and high scratch
game. Dale Bingman, 234.
Pirates Hijacked
Wolverines Win
Oxnam and Butcher
Win Weekly Trophies
In Lady Eagles Play
Lady Eagles bowling league
met at Bye Lanes in Ontario for
the last game in first half of play
Thursday evening Two ladies
received small trophies for bowl­
ing over 200 in a single game
without handicap — Rosella Ox­
nam, 210, and Sadie Butcher, 220.
High scores in single games
plus handicaps went to Irene Bar-
tron with a score of 247, Rosella
Oxnam 244 and Marjorie Brewer
222. High series plus handicap
were Irene Bartron 604, Sadie
Butcher 601, Marjorie Brewer and
Stella Ross tied with 595.
Team standings are as follows:
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Butler and
Shirley and Bill Gifford of Nyssa
were Tuesday
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evening dinner
guests at the Ray Edmondson
home.
Mr. and Mrs Herschel Heilig
of Moses Lake, Wash., visited
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Will is
Bertram and were overnight
guests of AJf. and Mrs Chet Sage.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Wild, the
Rev. and Mrs. Omar Barn house
and family were Sunday dinner
gue.-U of Marie Coate and Gert-
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Nyssa First Ward No Winners Present
Tuesday Drawing
Downs Owyhee At Names
drawn this week at Nys­
sa Bank Days event were Wallace
In Hoop Tourney Strate,
route 2. Parma, $50 jack­
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Begin beCOnd naif
Wednesday bowling group met
last week at Bye Lanes in On-
tario for their first seMion of play
in the second half of the season,
Nyssa LDS stake basketball
New standings for teams are1 tournament got under way Tues­
Leuck’s Signs, won 3, lost 1; First day evening with Nyssa First
National Bank of Ontario, 3-1; ward defeating Owyhee by a 56-
Courtesy Comer, 2-2; Malheur 21 score.
Boyd Blair was high point man
Memorial hospital, 2-2; Emblem
club, 1-3; and Palomino cafe, 1-3. for Nyssa First with 32.
Emblem club team had high, Parma defeated Vale in a thrill­
single game score with 725 and er 49-45
Leuck’s Sign team was high for
Next Tuesday night, Nyssa
three game series with 1993 pins. i Second ward will meet Ontario
Ann Richter had high indivi- at the Owyhee ward in the sec-
dual single game score with 179 ond series of tournament play,
and Marie Moggridge and Fran- Game time will be at 7:30 p.m
ces Walker tied with 470 for high Owyhee will meet Vale in the
in three game series.
second game.
pot prize; Dolly Fenn, 309 Good
Ave., $10 second award; and T.
A. Gall, 305 North Fifth street,
third prize of $5. There were no
winners on hand to claim their
awards.
Next week the jackpot prize
will advance to $100.
ATTENDS CO-OP MEETING
Ernie B. Metcalf, manager of
Nyssa Co-op Supply, attended a
Pacific Co-op
- regional develop-
ment meeting Jan. 16-17 in Twin
Falls, Idaho.
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NYSSA
THEATRE
Flying Eaglettes, 35V4 wins and
24*4 losses; H.gh Lows, 33*4-28^4;
Four Foulers, 32*4-27>4; Happy
Handicappers, 32-28; Four Mrs.,
28-32; Gutter Gussies, 27t4-32^4;
Odd Balls, 27-33; and Eight Balls,
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Adrian Wins Two
legionnaires to attend
CHURCH SERVICES JAN. 29
According to Post Commander
C. M. Pounds, members of Amer-
ican Legion post 79 will attend
Faith Lutheran church Sunday in
a body in keeping with the Le-
gion’s “Back-to-God” movement.
Those planning to attend should
meet at Nyssa community hall at
10:40 a.m.. Pounds said.
All Legionnaires and auxiliary
members are invited to partici­
pate in this church visit.
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