The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 58

FIELD GOALS BY a pair of who played vital roles an their teams semifinal In the CU regional tournament here last night are shown above. In the top picture Bob Tomasi of Hermansville has spun around big David Jeski to lay up a lefthanded two-pointer thr Redskins defeated Marenisco 71-62. In thr bottom photo Bill Moore of Michi- gammr drivrM in with a as thr rallied to tip Trrnary 71 Michigamme and Hrrmamivillr meet for thr titlr Saturday at 2:30 at thr Holy Name gym. (Daily Press Photo) Church Dartball Tourney Slated The Delta County Church League Dartball tournament will open Tuesday, March 19, at Hall in Kscanaba with the first games scheduled for 7 p. m.

All games will be innings with the exception of the championship game which will be the regulation nine innings. The tournament schedule is as follows: First Red Shirts vs. Calvary Lutheran. 2. R.L.D.

vs. Central Methodist. Second First Methodist vs. Bethany Lutheran. 4.

Winner of No. 1 vs. First Lutheran. 5. Winner of No.

2 vs. Presbyterian. 6. St. Stephens vs.

Immanuel Lutheran. Semifinals Winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4. 8. Winner of game 5 vs.

winner of game 6 9 9 Winner ol game 7 vs. winner of game Earl Haddy of Central Methodist is the tournament manager All managers are requested to be at Carpenters Hall at 6:50 for instructions on tournament rules. Mel Peterson Paces Wheaton To Finale In NCAA Tournament Hermansville To Meet Michigamme For Crown l.ast Night llermannvllle 71, Marenlseo 62 Mlrhtgammr 71, Trrnary flg (iimr Saturday vs. Mich- Igammr Couch Don Hill's Hermansville Redskins reached the first in their regional battle for the Upper Peninsula and state MUSA A Class basketball title when they trimmed Marenisco 62 at the Holy Name gym Thursday night. lit the other semifinal contest, a small Michigamme quint staged a tremendous comeback to edge the Trenary Comets 71-68.

Michigamme will provide the opposition for Hermansville in the championship game at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. The tall trailed only once in their game with Marenisco. Just past the midway mark in the second period Marenisco sneaked into a 29-28 lead on a field goal by forward John Peterson. Reserve Player With three elongated players operating up front, Marenisco gave the Redskins a battle for the But Hermansville had better over-all balance and the Redskins received a tremendous boost from reserve Bob Yale who chipped in 13 points and was a demon under the boards. Deadly Bob Whitens set the scoring pace for Hermansville with 10 field goals and a free throw for 21 points.

Center Bob Tomasi flipped in eight and a free throw for 17 while Ken Fish added 10 more to give Hill four players in double Tomasi turned in an excellent game when he operated at the pivot post. He caught his defensive opponent flat-footed on more than one occasion, spinning and driving for perfectly executed layups. Hermansville applied a press to bother the Milltowners in the first period and led throughout for a 23-15 margin at the end of the quarter. The maneuver had its faults, however, as Marenisco repeatedly a man loose under the bucket for simple layupe. After Marenisco pulled ahead 28-28 with 3:57 left in the second period, Hermansville scored eight straight points and had a 40-35 advantage at the half.

Marenisco refused to fold, creeping back up to a 45-43 def it midway in the third period. But the Redskins began pulling away at that point and led by 15 points. 61-46, entering the final quarter. Field Goal Edge The Milltowners were never in the game after that and Hermansville played possess ion-ball in the fourth period. 6-3 center Carl Hill took game scoring honors with 23 points while Peterson added 16 and Chris Christensen 11.

Hermansville outscored Marenisco by 16 points from the field but Class Tournament Will Open Tonight The Upper Peninsula basketball tournament for Class quints will open before a capacity house at the Holy Name gymnasium tonight at 7. The Class regional tournament will pit Ironwood against Nejfaunee in the first game and the Stephenson Eagles against Marquette at 8:30. Winners will play Saturday night at 8 for the right to represent the U. P. downstate in the MHSAA tournament next week.

largest crowd in the history of Holy gym was assured when all tickets were sold out long in advance of the tournament. EVANSVILLE. Of The newest tournament champion will be crowned tonight at Municipal Stadium with a pair of hot-shooting basketball teams, Wheaton (III.) College and Kentucky Wesleyan, meeting for the small college championship. The NCAA college meet, inaugurated this year along the lines of the university division, has been termed a success by officials and plans already are being set up for the second annual tournament next year, probably again in Evansville. Wesleyan, from Owensoro, put on the greatest sharp-shooting rally of the tournament in Thursday semifinals, pouring in 28 points the first nine minutes of the second half and going on to hand Mount St.

of Ern- mitsburg, its first loss in 22 starts, 99-81. Panthers hit a re- Powers Edged In Regional Opener By St. Paul 5' Results Last Night Negaunee St. Paul 50. 46.

(hassell 66. Rudyard 53. Gamr Saturday 2:30 Chassell Negaunee St. Paul. NEGAUNEE Leading 42-41 entering the final quarter.

Coach Ron Powers-Spalding Tigers were able to hit only two more field goals and bowed to Negaunee St. Paul 50-46 in a Class regional tournament semifinal game here Thursday night. The Chassell Panthers, defending state champion, led all the way Hockey ATION Al I Bv 1 hi AwurUlrd I'ress Retulls Montreal fi. Toronto 4 Detroit 3 Chicago Friday's schedule No games scheduled. DAILY PRESS 12 FVHIBITION BASFBAI.I.

By Thr Assorlated Prrss Friday Schedule Brooklyn vs Boston Chicago vs Baltimoie Cincinnati vs Kansas City Milwaukee vs Philadelphia New York vs Cleveland Pittsburgh vs V'ashington St Louis vs New York Chicago 'A' vs Detroit Thursday Results New York 3, Detroit 2 innings) Chicago 12. Washington 2 Milwaukee 12. Brooklyn 9 Boston 4, St. Louis 0 Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 7, Kansas City 6 Cleveland 9. Chicago 8 innings) Baltimore 7.

New York 6 Cincinnati 4, Kansas Citv 3 Nashville tSA 10, Detroit 0 MEL SCORES 18 Fx-Strphrnson aer Mrl Peterson led Wheaton to its NCAA tournament semifinal victory last night with 18 points un 8 of 12 firld goals and 2 for 2 from thr foul linr. Ilr also led in thr rebound department with 13. Ilis father, thr Rev. (ieorge V. Peterson of Wallace, attend- rd thr gamr.

markable 536 of their floor shots and cooled off the No. 3 scorer of the nation, Jack Sullivan, for 19 points. VS tteaton field goal percentage was 491 in trimming Angeles State 71-53 for its 20th straight victory in an overall record of 27- I. Freshman Mel Peterson topped I the Crusaders with 18 points, while Bob Whitehead added 17 and I Bill Gerig 13. Rebounding, however has been a major factor so far in the tournament and in this respect Wheaton a Chicago Suburb, must give ground to Kentucky Wesleyan based on Thursday plav.

Wesleyan grabbed off Uic I boards and the Crusaders 35. Team Sets Hons Kea Pace ROCK Pfeiffers of Gwinn took first place in the team event of the Upper Penl.isula Lions bowling tournament which opened here last weekend, spilling a 2619 count. The doubles team of Bill Bilsky and G. Bodenus of Gwinn leads that event with 1080 and C. Baker of Champion tops the singles list with 582.

Highlighting this activity w-ill be a buffet supper served by the Rock American Legion Auxiliary at the Lions Clubhouse Saturday, March 17, at 5 p. m. Leaders: Teams: Pfeiffers, Gwinn Lions, 2583; Champion Lions, 2517. Doubles: William Bilsky-G. Bodenus, Gwinn, 1080; E.

Numinen- William Ives, Michigamme, 1014; M. Ball-H. Murray, Michigamme, 1011 Singles: C. Baker, Champion, 582; G. Bodenus, Gwinn, 573; A.

Skytta, Champion, for a 66-53 victory over Rudyard in the other semifinal game. Chassell and St. Paul will meet for the title at 2:30 Saturday. The lead changed hands 11 times in the tight clash between Powers and St. Paul.

The score was tied for the last time at 46-46 with 3:30 remaining in the game and Powers was unable to find the range again. Negaunee won when guard Phil Campain scored at 1:30 and Tony Bogetto clinched it with a layup with 15 seconds left. opened with a pair of free throws and a field goal by Bernard Poupore for a 4-0 lead but St. Paul led 15-14 at the end of the first period. Negaunee had a 30-28 margin at half time before Powers snatched its 42-41 lead at the three-quarter mark on a field goal by John Bellefeuil.

Maurie Poupore scored first field goal in the final period and Ben O'Neil hit the bucket that tied it at 46-46 with 3:30 left. Bernard Poupore led both teams in scoring with 20 points while Bogetto hit 18 and Phil Campain 12 for St. Paul. Powers tallied on 10 of 16 free throws while St. Paul converted 12 of 23 and outscored the Tigers by one field goal.

POWERS pp Ti, Poupore Pf TP Behrend ..........0 Poupore o'Neii Bellefeuii Murray i Nowack 2 via aumck st. Maino C. Campain ..7.7.7.., Bojjetto Mariette Campain Bertuecl hit on only 7 of 18 gift while the Milltowners converted 14 of 26 Coach Vic Trenary Comets were the victims of uncanny accuracy from the free throw line on the part of Coach Bob (Pappy) Michigamme Eagles. Leading by as much as 15 points in the second period, the Comets appeared to have the semifinal victory cinched until Michigamme staged a tremendous comeback late in the third period. After being practically blanked on the boards, the shorter Michigamme cagers suddenly came to life and began to pull down a steady stream of rebounds.

The Eagles went ahead for the first time (except briefly in the opening minutes) when Oliver Chantelois scored a field goal with 2:52 seconds left in the game. That made it 62-60. Lead By 70-60 Michigamme spread the margin to 10 points, 70-60, with 1:10 remaining. In the final minute the Comets slammed home eight points but catch the red hot Eagles in the stretch. The big gun for Michigamme was southpaw center Pete Swanson who triggered the third quarter comeback with six straight field goals.

He closed with 23 points for scoring honors for the night. All four of the other Eagles to see action also scored in double figures. The foul line gave Michigamme its opportunity to win, and the Eagles took full advantage of it. They converted 12 of 15 free throws in the final period and scored on 23 of 35 in the game. Trenary outscored Michigamme by six points from the fieid but clicked on only 14 of 27 gift tosses.

Jack Flynn, Trenary guard, led four Comets who scored tn double figures. He tallied 17 points, Doug 16, Pete Nance and Pat Webber 14 apiece. Box scores: MICHIGAM.ME PF TH Murray 3 10 Moore 5 3 Swanson 5 3 23 Chantelols 4 11 Pelto 3 5 3 11 24 23 16 71 TRENARV TO IT PF TP 7 2 4 16 LaLone 2 13 3 Nance 7 0 4 14 Webber 4 6 5 14 Flvnn 6 5 2 17 Laurtla 0 0 0 0 In This Corner With Ray Crandall The Upper Peninsula basketball tournament setup this year differed somewhat from the past, with only Holy Name and being host to regional tourneys The big Michigan Tech Sherman gym at Houghton not used as a championship tourney site. With Negaunee entertaining the regional, a peculiar circumstance came up Negaunee St. Paul team captured diNtrict championship at Gwinn and returned to its home floor for the regional battle The same thing could have happened in the district at Menominee If Holy Name had defeated in the championship game the would have been playing the regional on their home court.

a a In this regard, state prep director Charles Forsythe was asked: it be fairer if no team were permitted to play on its home floor during any part of the state Forsythe think more he had te substantiate that the procedure now' being followed, whereby a school in own dintrict and regional tournament. afford the host any great advantage aver other Forsythe pointed to the following facts In the 1956 district tournaments there were 57 centers where teams played on their home floors In such cases, 16 teams came through with the home advantage There was an average of 4.6 teams in each district tourney That would mean that any given team would have approximately 21.5 percent opportunity of winning The percentage of teams winning tournaments on their home floors was 28 percent. a Forsythe added that the Representative Council of the MHSAA feels there Is no Justification in changing the present tournament policy He notes that when a team playa on own floor it not eligible for a bye, there be one In the tournament some extent, the loss of a chance to receive a bye the very slight advantage which Its team might have a result of home-floor participation." he stated. Chassell Wins 35th Straight Cage Game In Regional Opener Score bv quarters: Michigamme Trenary Officials: Schram, Ran- guette. Manlstique.

27 14 20 68 11 22 22-71 20 16 17 IIKRM4NSVILLE fr. FT Pf TP Whitens 10 2 21 5 0 3 10 Tomasi 8 I 4 17 Scholtz 10 2 2 3 0 Yale 4 2 13 Larson 0 0 10 Paqum 10 0 2 Johnson 1 Anderson 0 0 2 Nygaard 0 0 0 Totals 32 7 18 71 MARENISCO FO FT PF TP Peterson 4 2 is Hill 5 1 23 2 0 4 Christensen 4 3 0 11 2 2 .1 Markinson 1 0 1 2 Totals 24 14 12 62 Score b-- quarters: Hermansville 23 17 21 71 Marenisco 16 20 11 IS- Score bv quarters: Officials: Ronberg. Vecellio. St. Ignace.

By JOHN Associated Writer Chassell, the defending Class titlist, carved out its 35th straight high school basketball victory Thursday night but the failure of Tom 34 points in a tight Class battle stood out in a night of state tournament play. 34 points enough to carry his Lapeer squad which became Flint 16th straight victim in a 62-60 overtime contest. Wilson missed his only field goal attempt in the extra period. He had averaged nearly 30 points a game in this, his senior year, and had all but 24 of his points when regulation play ended 58-58. Lapeer made only one of five shots in overtime, Kearsley converting two of four.

Lapeer had led the whole fourth quarter, but lost in the last two seconds of the overtime when Tom Phipps made the final basket. Chassell had no trouble with Rudyard, 66-53, to earn a finals position In the Negaunee regional against Negaunee St. Paul which hasn't lost a game since Chassell defeated it earlier in the season. 62-42. Hermansville meets Michigamme for the Upper Michigan Class crown Saturday by virtue of its 20th victory against one loss, a 71-62 victory over Marenisco Thursday night.

Hermansville is favored over Michigamme which earned its 15th victory against six losses by defeating Trenary, 7168 East Grand Rapids powered to its 19th victory against a single loss with a 76-72 victory over Kalamazoo State High. Scott Maentz, cousin to University of Michigan football star Tom Maentz, poured out 29 points for East Grand Rapids which is favored in the Holland Class regional. Another strong Class contender. Harper Woods, was forced into overtime for its 20th straight victory, a 69-58 decision over Detroit Servite. Flint Tech topped Cass City, 8069 to win a finals position against Flint Kearsley in the Flint Class regional.

Gaylord St. Mary coasted to its 24th straight victory in the Traverse City regional, defeating McBain, 74-52, to take on Mackinaw City (15-3) in the regional finals. Dick McCoy poured out 28 points for the St. Mary squad. Other top winners Thursday night: Class (17-2); Class Lutheran Seminary (20-1); Class St.

Mary (18-2), Parma (17-2) and Saginaw St. Joseph (17-5). 18 FO 1 2 7 4 4 1 10 FT 4 0 4 0 4 0 15 46 PF TP Totals Score by quarters: Powers Negaunee St Paul Officials: Rouman. Slough Rapid River 19 12 10 50 14 14 14 15 15 11 Michigan Pucksters To Battle Harvard COLORADO SPRINGS, Cola Wf dcfcnduig national champions and Harvard will battle tonight fur the right to contest a tough Colorado College crew for the NCAA hockey crown. Tigers bounded past Clarkson of New York state, 5-3, Thursday night in the opening game the 10th annual playoffs, Wing Bob McCusker set the pace for the Western Intercollegiate league tiUists with three goals after Clarkson grabbl'd a 1-0 edge in the first period.

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553 LAKELAND. Fla. UP Manager Jack Tighe may order more batting drills for the Detroit the best hitting club in the American League last they pick up at the plate. The club has had only 34 base hits in five exhibition games, and principally because of lamb-like efforts with the bat. has wily one victory in those five The Tigers got only five singles Thursday as they dropped a 3-2.

10-inning decision to the New York Yankees at St. Petersburg. They weir back home today to meet the Chicago White Sox at Henley Field. Of the 34 safeties, only seven have been for extra bases. And if it were not for the fielding and the good showing of bonus outfielder Jim Small and a couple of promising pitchers, Tighe could get ulcers in a hurry, "I don't know w'hy not hitting," the manager said know w-e should be.

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Starter Duke Maas looked good although the Yankees reached him for two runs and five hits in five innings. His control was good and he walk a batter. Small got two singles for the second day in a row. If he keeps hitting at his present pace, Tighe says probably use the 20- year-old Small in center field in place of Bill Tuttle despite defensive weaknesses. New York broke a 2-2 deadlock on Gil long triple over head and Tony single off Jack Crimina, who was charged with the defeat.

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