The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky • 33

if Sports Section D- 8 Page's News March 8, 1964 1. Fill Ion City 61, Carlisle County 50 2. Lone Oak 61, Ballard Memorial 57 3. Mayfield 76, Lowes. 54 4.

Ilenioit 45, South Marshall 43 Lone Oak Is New Second District Champion title, the excited Lone Oak players ran onto the floor for the traditional cutting down of the nets this time under a heavy shower of debris being onto the floor and at the players from the disappointed Ballard Memorial cheering section. "Following the game the cheerleaders were honored, in the order of a vote by the participating sponsors of each school. Lone Oak' not only won the game championship, but also the cheerleader first place award. Ballard Memorial was runner-up here. Padu fcah Tilghman received fton-orable mention.

By WELDON GRIMSLEY Sun-Democrat Sports Editor LA CENTER, Ky March 7 Ballard Memorial fought Lone Oak like a demon, but it was the Purple Flash which captured the Second District Tournament; championship here tonight, winning 61-57 in a battle royal. Both teams will appear next In the First Region nament at the Murray State College Sports Arena. Ballard wanted this game In the worst way, as badly as any team could want a victory. The Bombers had never before won, a district championship, and they wanted to do better than fall four points short But, It just wasn't to be. Coaches voted on the players they thought were most valuable to each Individual team not an all-tournament team.

Named to the Most Volatile group were Robert Hargrove of Lincoln, David Hopper of St. Mary's Phil Hayden of Reldland Don Harris of Tilghman, Don Crews of Heath, Frankie" Harris of Lone Oak and Barry Rollins of Reidland. Lone Oak ,..15 31 '43 81 Ballard 11 22 38 87 LONI OAK (41V Beaton 0. Harria 31. Howard 9, Shepherd 7.

Burnett. Harper. Coleman 8, Blackirton. Wai-111, Hayden. ALLARD (17) Allen 11.

GUee IS. RoUina 10, Canada 14, Petty 1, Matlock 8. for the final score, 61-57. Harris was the only Lone Oak player to bag as many as ten points. However, Ballard Memorial put four players Into the double figures column.

Neil Giles led with 15 points, Randell Canada had 14, Jimmy Allen 11 and Barry Rollins 10. Lone Oak outscored 21-20 from the floor and hit 19 of 24 free throws while the Bombers were getting 17 of 19 chancer at the gratis stripe. After the final buzzer an emotional dam broke. Having copped the district After Lone Oak moved out by eight points, 21-13, on another shot by Harris with. 4:49 left in the.

first half, Ballard rallied to come within one point twice, 21-20 and 23-22. A field goal by Harris, two free throws by Howard, field by Harris and another by Hank Shepherd gave the Flash a nine point lead, 31-22, 1 at the Intermission. The Bomber, came out buzzing in the third quarter and consecutitve baskets by Canada, Giles, Matlock and Petty cut the lead to two points, 31-29, with 5:14 left.1 Then, on five straight trips down the floor, Lone Oak took Lone Oak's height and shooting couldn't be stopped. It might have been a differ ent story if Barry Rollins had not left the game early with four' fouls, but that is beside the point. Tonight the power-packed Purple Flash was favored to win, and win Lone Oak did, led by the super shooting of Frankie Harris.

1 The biff forward scored 31' points against Ballard, test for the tournament, and had marked up 21 points by halftlme. It was his shooting which made the difference. Offscetting the loss of Rol its biggest lead of the game, 12 points, as John Beaton hit with 1:31 remaining to make it Lone Oak 41, Ballard Memorial 29. Three straight free throws by Canada cut the lead to eight points, 43-33, as the third quarter ended. Lone Oak took a 12-polnt lead once again in the fourth quarter when Dick Coleman scored a layup with 5:17 to go in the game for a 51-39 score.

With 1:27 left in the game Shepherd scored to make the score 61-51, and then baskets, by Giles, Allen and Canada sliced six points from that lead lins by Ballard, Lone Oak was also playing under a severe handicap with guard Jay Burnett riding the bench nearly all of the game. Burnett started but played only about three or four minutes before being -lifted because of a badly bruised leg, Ballard drew first blood as Neil Giles hit two three throws for a 2-0 Bomber lead. Hank Shepherd hit one of two free shots and Freddie Howard hit another to tie it 2-all. With 3:42 left in the first half Harris hit from outside for a 6-4 Lone Oak lead, and the Purple Flash held onto that the rest of the game, leading 15-11 after eight minutes. Benton Edges 'wiiwwwiin i miiii I mil in jnfiiiiirri i iftiw hi imwMnrrMim i i in qni; ni- i--, iiiimimiw im iJ I r-, i.

5 i Mayfield Routs Lowes For Crown In Third South For 4th MURRAY, March 7 Benton's Indians latched on to the championship trophy of the Fourth District Tournament here tonight by pulling a surprising 45-43 victory out of the hat against favored South Marshall. I 1 houser and Dick Blackston; seated, Don Harper, Dick Coleman, Ronnie Hayden, Terry Barkley, and Jay Burnett; standing, Hank Shephard, Bobby Wallls, Freddie Howard, John Beaton and Frankie Harris. SECOND DISTRICT CHAMPS It was a happy group of basketball players who brought the Second District Tournament championship to Lone Oak Saturday night. From the left are, kneeling Tonny Hols- IUcsiilis 45 43 Title: John Niemi in the waning sec- mined Dawson Springs team to score a 70-55 victory In the finals of the Seventh District Basketball Tournament here tonight. Dawson Springs made a gal- ant effort and pulled to within four points during the third period before the hot Hopkins-ville quint threw out a blister ing 23 point final' period to crumble any hopes that Dawson Springs may have had.

The two teams matched bask ets in the opening period before the Colonels pulled ahead 32-26 at halftime. Dawson Springs came back to knot the' score at 38-38 in the third quarter but Hopkinsville retaliated with five free throws and a field goal to dampen their spirits. Rusty Nunn tossed in 20 points to pace the Hopkinsville scor ing attack. David Cavanah added 16 and Herb Covington 4." Bobby Cunningham topped Dawson Springs scoring with 18 Hopkinsville was superior on the boards 43-20 and led In all other departments with the ex ception of free throws which Dawson Springs edged out a 13- 12 count The two teams will advance to the Second Region Tourna ment at west Hopkins next week. 1 HopklnaviUt 14 32 47 70 Dawson Spring! 14 28 43 85 HOPKINSVILLI (70) Cavanah 18.

Covington 14, Randolph 2, Kicka 4. Nunn 20. William 12, Davis 2. DAWSON SPRINGS (5S) Summera 13, Parker 0, Roblnwn 2. Klnaolvinc 11, Cunningham 18, Murray Tops Morehead 89-84 As Pendleton Hits 36 Points The Comets, though never gaining a comfortable margin, had led 12-11 at the first horn and had carried a 28-27 lead into the halftime dressing room.

The two teams fought tooth-for-tooth during the wild and wooly third quarter until Mann's layup caused a revamping of the evening's show. An overflowing crowd saw the Bulldogs pile up their lead in the final period to grab off the coveted district It marked the third time these two teams had met this season and gave Fulton a 2-1 edge in the meet ings. John Sheppard and Terry Beadles were the driving force behind the Bulldog attack. Shep pard, hitting with unerring ac Ky. High School Basketball By The Associated Press District Tournament Finals 1st at Fulton County Fulton 61, Carlisle Co.

54 2nd at Ballard Memorial Lone Oak 61, Ballard Memori al 57 3rd at Sedalla Mayfield 76, Lowes 54 4th at Murray Benton 45, South Marshall 43 5th at Lyon County Caldwell Co. 41, Livingston Central 30 6th at West Hopkins' Madisonville Rosen wald 51, Earlington Million 50 7th at Trigg County Hopkinsville 70 Dawson Springs 55 8th at Todd County Central Christian Co. 64, Todd Co. Cen tral 45 9th at Webster County Providence 83, Webster Co. 54 10th at Henderson Henderson Co.

98, Henderson 73 1 1th at Llvermore Bremen 71, Llvermore 52 12th at Owensboro Daviess Co. 51, Owensboro Catholic 45 13th at Meade County Breckinridge Co. 75, Hancock Co. 64 14th at Butler County Caneyville 71, Butler Co. 47 15th at Beaver Dam Beaver Dam 44, Hartford 39 16th at Muhlenberg Central Greenville 62, Central City 56 17th at Bowling Green Bowling Green High Street 61, Franklin-Simpson 60 18th at Russellvllle Auburn 90, Olmstead 28 19th at'Scottsville Glasgow Bunche 54, Allen Co.

53 20th at Columbia Cumberland Co. 50, Metcalfe Co. 36 21st at Campbellsville Greensburg 67, Campbellsville 52 22nd at Larue County Caverna 47, Larue Co. 41 23rd at Elizabethtown East Hardin 35, Elizabethtown 34 24th at Bardstown Bardstown 60, Bloomfield 53 25th at Louisville Lou. St.

Xavier 42, Lou. Shawnee 40 26th at Louisville Lou. Male 50, Lou. DeSales 27 27th at Louisville Lou. Butler 56, Lou.

Valley 49 28th at Louisville Lou. Seneca 64, Lou. Waggen- er 47 29th at Shepherdsville Shepherdsville 81, Lebanon Junction 64 HMstric curacy, tallied 23 points in a fine show of marksmanship and Beadles chimed in with 18. Mann finished the game with five points, including his crucial baskets. Dwight Davis was top point producer for Carlisle County with 19 markers.

The two teams advance to the First Region Tournament at Murray State College next week in a bid for a trip to the Mate Tournament in Lexington later this month. Fulton city mar 41 ei Carlisle County 12 28 39 68 FULTON CITY (41) Beadles 18. Bradley 1. Sheppard 23. Hutchinson 6.

Buahart 2. Mann 8. McAllister 7. CARLISLI COUNTY 5a King 12. Davis 19.

Jenkins 3, Martin 2, Summers 11. Thomason 9. Keiley, Guny. MltchcLL Burgess. 30th at Shelby County Lincoln Institute 58, Shelby Co.

56 31st at Henry County Henry Co. Oldham Co. 54 32nd at Grant County Carrollton 53, Williamstown 51 33rd at Erlanger Lloyd Erlanger St Henry 69, Simon Kenton 58 34th at Covington Catholic Covington Grant 69, Covington Holy Cross 57 35th at Newport Catholic Newport Catholic 73, Bellevue 43 36th at Ft Thomas Ft. Thomas Highlands 67, Ft Thomas St. Thomas 63 37th at Georgetown Scott Co.

61, Lex. Bryan Sta tion 60 38th at Pendleton County Augusta 80, Falmouth 58 39th at Maysville Mason Co. 63, Fleming Co. 53 40th at Paris Bourbon Co. 68, Paris 57 41st at Frankfort Frankfort 65, Woodford Co.

58 42nd at Jessamine County Anderson 87, Jessamine Co. 59 43rd at Lexington Lex. Dunbar 59, Lex. Henry Clay 53 44th at Richmond Madison Central 82, Estill Co. 52 45th at Boyle County Danville Bate 49, Buckeye 35 46th at Waynesburg Houstonville 65, Livingston 64 47th at Somerset McCreary Co.

69, Pulaski Co. 6 48th at London London 57, Hazel Green 52 49th at McKee Clay Co. 89, McKee 52 50th at Barbourvllle Knox Central 93, Whitley Co. 58 51st at Bell County Bell Co. 47, Middlesboro 35 52nd at Cumberland Lynch 62, Harlan 57 53rd at Whltesburg Fleming-Neon 68, Letcher 41 54th at Hazard Hazard 68, Leslie Co.

44 55th at Hlndman Carr Creek 58, Breathitt Co. 52 56th at Powell County Wolfe Co. 64, Owsley Co. 62 37th at Pikeville Pikeville 65, Mullins 57 58th at Prestonsburg Martin 86, Wayland 81 59th at Palntsville Paintsville 77, Inez 63 60th at Sandy Hook Morgan Co. 71, Ezel 48 61st at Clark County Clark Co.

71, Camargo 57 62nd at Rowan County Bath Co. 66, Rowan Co. 64 63rd at Lewis County Lewis Co. 74, Grayson Pritch-ard 64 4 64th at Russell Ashland 58, Russell 55 Fulton Wins Title From Carlisle Co. SEDALIA, March 7-A high-spirited bunch of Mayfield Cardinals soared to a 76-54 Victory over Lowes in the finals of the Third District basketball tournament here tonight Mayfield sparkled in almost every category from the beginning in handing a team the Cardinals could beat by only nine points during the regular season a 22-point drubbing.

The winners were led by the deadly shooting of lanky center Jim Youngblood, who bucketed 33 points, and guard Roger Fields who threw in 20. Behind the unerring marks manship of Youngblood, who was death from all points of the floor, the Cardinals built a bulg ing 10-point, 17-7, lead in the initial period. While Lowes ap peared to be snapping out of a dry spell early in the second period, Mayfield still managed to increase its lead. The Cards pulled away to an 11-point ad vantage as the halftime horn read 39-28. Lowes played without the ser vices of Lonnei Arnett This factor played an Important part in the final margin.

Mayfield knew the title was well under wraps early in the third period and they casually picked up a 16-point lead at 52-36 to end the period. Chajjes Wilkins was top scorer ftjrlowes with 15 markers. Mayfield 39 82 78 Lowea 7 28 38 64 MAYPIILD (7 Wlnalow 8, Malone, Morrli, Jonea 9, Adams 4, Youngblood 33. Fields 20, Albritton 4. LOWEI (S4 CaldweU 2, Harned 11, Sledd 8, Burnett 8, Bridges 2, Veucaio-vlo 10, Smith.

WUkins 19. Fulton Snares 'First' Title HICKMAN, March 7 -Fulton City grabbed the lead for the first time just before the third period horn and went on to defeat Carlisle County 61-56 for the championship of the First District Basketball Tournament here tonight Carlisle County, considered by many as the favorite to capture the crown, had led throughout the game until Bulldog John! Mann hit a driving layup at the third quarter horn to give Ful ton a 41-39 edge. Mann imme diately tossed in another basket to open the final period to send Fulton to a four-point lead. Carlisle County never could catch After birdies on the second and sixth holes, he started to roll. He put his five-iron second shot at the 495-yard eighth hole seven feet from the pin and dropped the eagle putt He sank putts of 10, 6 and 20 feet then two-putted the par-five 14th as he birdied four of the first five holes on the back nine before closing with the two bogies.

Palmer, who came from lour strokes off the pace to win here last year, also ran into trouble in the stretch when rus seven iron approach hit a bunker at the 17th hole, the only green ne missed all day. He eagled the eighth hole, canning a 15-foot nutt and nicked up oiraies ai I See PALMER, Page 3-D. the season and take on highly-touted Chicago Loyola in the NCAA Tournament Tuesday night Tonight's game was a thriller right down to the wire with neither completely dominating the action. The lead switched hands frequently, was tied more frequently and the margin never got out of hand. Murray put the game under wraps with 18 seconds left in the game when Al Varnas hit a fielder to give the Racers an 89-82 advantage.

Morehead was then given an unchallenged shot to make the final score. Morehead began like it was going to make the game a runaway. The screaming Eagles registered the first six points of the game and led by 8-2 with 17:58 showing on the clock in the first half. But Murray warmed to the occasion as Pendleton broke loose for three straight baskets to knot the score at 8-8. The Racers proceeded to extend their lead, going as high as 10 points at 23-13 when Jim Jennings hit a 15-foot jumper with 11:38 left More- head, not to be denied, though, back to again knot the score at 31-31 and that's how the situation remained until Varnas hit a free throw at the halfway mark to give the Racers a slender 43-42 intermission lead.

Morehead quickly tied up the score in the second half and the A pair of free throws by big brokft nrxn AT-lt a and I onds broke open a 43-43 tie and gave the Indians the district title. A huge crowd was on hand at the Murray State College Field House to see the windup. Both teams will return here for the First Region Tournament next week. Benton almost let the game slip from its grasp after holding a nine-point lead early in the third period. South, trailing by 31-20, had seen the Indians score the first five points in the quarter to forge to the big lead.

But the fighting Rebs fought back gamely and narrowed the margin to three points at 39-36 to end the period. Benton trailed during the first period 14-12 but pulled out to a 26-20 halftlme lead and continued to dominate the lead until South finally tied it up at 43-43 with 17 seconds remaining in the contest It was at this point that Niemi put it out of the reach of the Rebels with his two dramatic gratis tosses. Niemi and teammate Larry scoring with 13 each and Larry Baremore added 12. Bobby War ren was tall for South with 15 while Jerry Trimble added 13. Benton ...12 28 39 49 South MarshaU 14 20 36 43 1BNTON (45) Lampkjns 8.

McGregor 13. Niemi 13. Baremore 12, Long 1. SOUTH MARSHALL (43 Butler 6, Wyatt 4. Trimble 13.

Hill 8. Warren 15. Caldwell Soars Into Regional NEW EDDYVTLLE, March 7 Livingston Central put a deep freeze on Caldwell County tonight and held the Tigers to a chill 12-all tie at half-time in the Fifth District basketball tournament here tonight But Caldwell warmed up a bit during intermission and came back to win 41 to The Livingston crew stalled masterfully throughout and the slow-style cramped the usually fast-moving Caldwell Countians. Neither team could find the mark with much accuracy from the field or the free-throw line. Livingston missed nine of 19 foul shots and Caldwell misfired eight of 16 times from the charity line.

Caldwell managed to pick up some steam after half-time and more than doubled its low score, upping it to 25 in the third frame" Livingston could score only six points to the Tigers' 13 in the third stanza and that sev en point difference could never De overcome. Caldwell continued to peck away, despite the freeze technique by their opponents, and added four more points to their lead to final quarter to chalk up an eleven point win in slow motion. Caldwell County 8 12 23 41 Livingston Central 4 12 18 30 CALDWELL COUNTY (41 Byrd Copeland 8. Smith 8. Rasco 10, Stevens 3.

Edwarda 7 i ivimsctom CENTRAL (30) Harnice 4, Coleman 2. Johnson 4. Gil- llhan 4. Taylor 8. E.

Hanuce Hopkinsvillc Winner In 7th CADIZ. March 7-Hop- klnsvHIe, highly favored to win th crown, fouzht oil a aeter- MOREHEAD, Ky March 7-, Murray State's Gene Pendleton outduelled Morehead's great Harold Sargent in a head-to-head scoring battle here tonight to lead the Racers to an 89-84 victory in the two teams conference finale. Pendleton rang through 17 of 34 field goal tries and finished with 36 points to overshadow a record-breaking 32-point production by Sargent who tied Darrel Carrier of Western for the OVC scoring record for the season. The victory pushed Murray's conference mark to 11-3, and marked the first time a team has won nine straight league games. The Racers are 16-8 for iff CAP Wirephoto) two teams matched baskets un til Sargent cashed In a pair of free throws to give the Eagles a 68-64 lead.

The home team pushed It to six points on a 20-foot shot by Floyd McCoy with 5:30 left Then the Racers turned to the half-court press, ana a Fenoieton-v a a barrage caught the Rao ers at 76-76. when Jenningslhit a jumper the Thoroughbr took an 80-78 lead and, after Morehead tied it again, Stu Johnson put Murray ahead for keeps with 2:20. MURRAY 6 0-5 17 2-4 8 3-5 Jennings Pendleton Johnson Schlosser Varnas Goheen Walker Totals MOREHEAD Sergent Akin Ware Kohler Martin Hoover McCoy Totals Murray, Morehead 0 9 0 0 40 13 6 7 5 0 1 2 3-3 1-4 0-0 0-0 9-21 89 6-10 32 44 1-4 0- 0 3-3 1- 1 1-1 16 15 10 3 3 5 34 16-23 84 43 46-89 42 42-84 Personal fouls Murray, Jen nings 3, Pendleton 3, Johnson, Schlosser 4, Varnas 3, Goheen 2, Walker. Morehead, Sergent 4, Akin, Ware 4, Kohler 5, Martin 4, Hoover. Attendance: 2,500 estimated.

Mason Rudolph who won the New Orleans Open last Mon day, joined the pack with an eight-under-par 64, the lowest round of the tournament. He is just two strokes off the lead at 207 with former PGA champion Jay Hebert and veteran Gardner Dickinson Jr. Hebert shot a 67 and Dickinson 68. Freshman pro Chuck Court ney and Bert Weaver with 208s and five-others at 209 remain within striking distance of the first prize. Player had a chance to move in front as he went eight under par for the round with his third straight birdie at the 14th hole.

But par putts at the 15 and 18th greens hit the cups and failed I Palnier, Player In Three-Way Tie For Pensacola Open Lead PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, two of the biggest names in modern golf, and Miller Barber, a tour regular who has never won, were tied for the lead Saturday in the third round of the 530,000 Pensacola Open with 11 under-par 205s. Palmer, the defending cham pion, shooting for his third Pen sacola title, and the 31-year-old Barber, shot four-under-par 68s Player moved up with a 66 on a dreary, overcast day at the 6,380 yard Pensacola Country Club course. rred Hawkins rallied from a shaky start with a 71 for 206 and just missed a five-foot birdie putt on the final green to SECOND ROUND LEADER Fred Hawkins tees off on hole no. 4 and goes on to lead at the end of the second round of the Pensacola $33,009 PGA Open with a 135 score.

Ken Ventarl in second place at 138, Arnold Palmer breathing on their neck in third at 137. join the leading threesome. to drop. v..