Warren Times Mirror from Warren, Pennsylvania • Page 12

Thursday, March 9, 1961 Clutch Game Faces Sheffs Against C-L Tonight is time for hard- driving Wolverine basketballers: enroute back to St. Marys for the District 9 Class championship game, and in it they face the team Coach Ralph Santo bluntly insists is the best have seen to date: Clarion-Limestone. know fast and really accurate; they have a pair of boys pretty similar to A1 Ludwick up at Northern Area and a running outfit; give us a lot of trouble, sure of was the way Santo summed it up. Clarion-Limestone, at least, owns a record comparable to While the Wolverines have lost just one game, C-L has dropped three, but their overall record also shows 22 wins. The sharp-shooters Santo mentioned are Don Rhoades, 5-11, and Gary Fink, 5-9; both are seniors.

When it comes to hard and fast basketball, of course, Sheffield plays a pretty torrid brand of that, too, and has come through their preliminary and semi-final games with scores of 71-48 over Oswayo Valley and 88-50 over Sykesville, respectively. how teams line up: SHEFFIELD THE BROCKWAY HIGH team which upset Emporium Tuesday night to earn place in District 9 Class championship game against Slippery Rock at Punxsutawney. Left to right, Denny Cavalier, Bill Pearce, Frank Troyan, Tom McNulty, Gary Taylor, Ben Taylor and Denny Clinton. McNulty is high scorer, with a 16-point average. He scored four of five points in overtime period to edge Emporium, 54-53.

(Photo By Ed Hockman Studio, Brockway). Ted Benson Senior 6 Dan Petchel Senior 6 Jim McNeal Senior5-11 Jim Misulich Senior 5-8 Joe Haser Senior 5-8 Rick Moore Junior5-8 Bob McMillen Junior 5-11 Steve Blair Junior5-10 Pat Cronmiller Junior 5-7 George Petruney Junior5-10 CLARION-LIMESTONE Don Rhoades Senior5-11 Gary Fink Senior5-9 Fred Phillips Junior5-10 Dave Armagost Junior5-8 Bernie Ganoe Junior 5-10 Bob Star Senior5-9 Jim Beveridge Junior5-9 He'd Fight For Nothing MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sonny Liston, the No. 1 ranked heavyweight contender, said today he is willing to fight either Floyd Patterson or Ingemar Johansson for nothing as long as the title is at stake. the way Cus manager) talks, I guess never get said the 27-year-old Philadelphia heavyweight after he had knocked out Howard King of Reno in 53 seconds of the third round Wednesday night at the Miami Beach Auditorium.

I know about Liston said. he didn't have the title he said he would fight me. When he won it he fight me. I know how he would feel if he wins this winner of 32 of 33 pro fights and 25 in a row, predicted that Patterson would knock out Johansson inside of five rounds when they meet Monday night for the third time. Liston, about 10 pounds over his normal weight at pounds, dropped the 204-pound King for a count of nine in the second.

He floored him for the 10-count in the third with a right to the head. It was first fight in six months. Easy Way To Choose SEATTLE Jackson, speedy fullback on two successive Washington Rose Bowl champs, decided to attend Washington after being romanced by the big schools in California. He visited their campuses and saw movies of the Southern California, California and UCLA games against the Huskies. decided I could make the team at he said.

so sure at the other Smaller Colleges Set Games By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thirty two of the leading small college basketball teams, headed by two-time winner Evansville and Prairie View, ranked as the No. 1 small college this season in The Associated Press poll, begin play Friday in eight regional tournaments of the NCAA small college tournament. The winners of the eight two- day, four-team play-offs will go into the main tournament at Evansville, March Evansville, winner for the past two years, plays in the Great Lakes regional at Chicago against Lincoln (Mo). The University of Chicago meets MacMurray, 111., in the other game at Chicago. Prairie View meets Superior State (Wis) and South Dakota State battles Cornell (Iowa) in the Midwest play-off at Brookings, S.D.

Other first round pairings: At Clarksville, Abbey vs. Kentucky Wesleyan and Austin Peay vs. Chattanooga. At Reading, St. Marys vs.

Virginia Union and Fairfield vs. Albright. At Springfield. Mass. Williams vs.

Rochester and Springfield vs. Bates. At Crawfordsville, Ind. Wittenberg vs. Youngstown and Wabash vs.

South Carolina State. At Cape Girardeau, Illinois vs. Trinity (Tex) and Southeast Missouri vs. Colorado College. At Santa Barbara, Calif.

Chapman vs. Long Beach State and UCalif (Santa Barbara) vs. Nevada. Reggie Root, former Yale assistant football coach, is the new dean of men at the University of Washington. a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale.

Reading Wampum 5s Still In Race By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Reading, favored to win the PI- AA Districr 3 Class A crown, Boy Beaten And Knifed After Game PHILADELPHIA (AP) FiveN Negro boys were arrested early today accused of a savage attack on an 18-year-old white boy after a high school basketball game. Robert Cerone was beaten, kicked and stabbed in the head near the University of Pennsylvania campus Tuesday night. The knife wound paralyzed his left side. Capt. Henry Brown, of the juvenile aid squad, said one of the five admitting the knife blow.

The police officer identified him as Rober Theodore Goode, nicknamed the Blocker. The four others, said Brown, said they were there when Cerone was set upon. All five were charged with aggravated assault and battery. With two schoolmates at West Catholic High School, Cerone had just left the Palestra. They had seen Benjamin Franklin High School lose the Public League Basketball Championshp to John Bartram High, 61-57.

The game was blemished by a third quarter row over the official scoring. Brown quoted the five boys as saying they had gone to the game as Franklin High fanatics, were incensed by the loss, felt that their team had been cheated in the scoring, and that they were looking for someone from Franklin to work over. Only 1 Pirate Trade Flopped By HARRY GRAYSON Sports Editor Newspaper Enterprise Assn. FORT MYERS, Fla. (NEA) Joe L.

Brown demonstrated that he was a shrew hoss trader shortly after being named general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1956. The frustrated first baseman has been going to strong ever since. Of 10 major deals only one kicked back on Brown. After talking it over with Manager Danny Murtaugh and others Brown in December of 1957 sent Bob Purkey to Cincinnati for Don Gross, a stocky little hander. Purkey became a 17-game winner.

Gross developed arm trouble. Capt. Dick Groat came right out of Duke University and the Armed Forces to play shortstop for the Pirates. Swashbuckling Buccaneers were developed on the farms and were drafted, but in the end smart swaps put the championship club on the field. THOSE CLOSEST TO the Bucs list five most important deals in this order: 1.

Don Haok, Harvey Haddix and Smokey Burgess from Reds for Frank Thomas, Johnny Powers, i Pendleton and Whammy Douglas, Jan. 31, 1959. 2. Bill Virdon from the St. Lous Cardinals for Bobby Del Greco and Dick Littlefield, May 16, 1956.

3. Vinegar Bend Mizell from the Cardinals for Julian Javier and Ed Bauta last May 26. 4. Dick Schofield and cash from the Cardinals for Johnny and Gene Freese, June 15, 1958. 5.

Hal Smith from the Kansas City Athletics for Dick Hall and Ken Hamlin. Dec. 15, 1959. Hoak, Haddix and Burgess gave the Piratesi the defensive third baseman, the left-hand pitcher and the left-han hitting catcher they wm DON HOAK SMOKY BURGESS The Biggest, Best Deal of All HARVEY HADDIX so sorely needed. Virdon stabilized the outf i 1 which positively showed off in the World Series last fall.

Mizell won 13 games for the Pirates. THE HIGHLY aggressive Schofield gave the Bucs the finest reserve infielder in the business. When Groat was sidelined for three weeks by a broken wrist late in the going last season, Schofield batted .336. Groat, the great shortstop, National League batting champion and Most Valuable Player missed. Smith turned out to be an under rated catcher who could hit.

He blasted the neyer-to-be-forgotten inning oi the final World Series game. THE OTHER BROWN deals helped keep the Pirates rolling. Preston Ward went to Cleveland for Catcher Hank Foiles, who lent a rather capable hand for four campaigns. Dale Long and Lee were shipped to the Chicago Cubs for Gene Baker and Dee Fondy. Baker did a good job for twj years, or until the infielder injured hi? knee.

Ted batting average and -runs- he came frem the Reds for Fondy. Gino Cimoli and Tom Cheney were obtained from the Cardinals for Ronnie Kline. Cimoli got in 101 games and the World Series when Bob Skinner was hurt. Murtaugh and the Pirates have great expectations for the fireballing Cheney. Brown acquired Clem Labine as a free agent last Aug.

16 and the veteran relief worker had a 3-0 record and saved five other games with an earned run average of less than 2. MOST RECENT trade sent Bennie Danils, R. C. Stevens and Harry Bright to the new Washington American League club for Bobby Shantz. Now the handed vest-pocket fire fighters, and Roy Face have to make that long walk from the bull pen 68 times as he did last season.

Of all the deals, however, there any question but that Brown derives the most satisfaction out of having drafted Rocky Nelson from Toronto Dec. 1, 1958. The first baseman was 34 at the time and had nine trials with five major league clubs. TITTERED when I named recalled Joe as the grizzled old warrior reported at the Terry Park training site for hir third year with the Pirates. asked me if I mean young Rick Nelson, the singer.

I talk over player selections with Danny Murtaugh and others, but Rocky Nelson was my eluded Joe L. Brown. got news for them. Ricky Nelson bat .300 in the National Leauge and hit a two-run home run in the final game oi the World scored a runaway victory in semifinal competition Wednesday night while Wampum, defending state Class champion, downed a tough WPIAL foe. Reading defeated Central York 70-37 while Gettysburg won the other hall of the semifinal doubleheader at Hershey, beating Solanco, 58-43.

Although Wampum passed a tough test by beating a highly regarded Avalon team, 79-68, Montrose runnerup to Wampum for the state Class title last year- lost a one-point decision and was knocked out of the playoffs. Mountain View beat Montrose 55-54, and picked up the District 12 Class title. West Hazleton posted a 69-53 victory over Westmoreland in the first round of District 2, Class A competition, and Lewistown, Mountain League champion, upset Altoona, a team that plays an independent schedule, 59-52, in a District 6, Class semifinal game. Fort Cherrv Wins In the other WPIAL Class semifinal contest, Fort Cherry nosed out Trafford, 55-52, and won the right to go up against Wampum for the Western Pennsylvania Class championship. In another Class match, Cresson beat Renovo 68-63 in a District 6 semifinal game.

Six For Jenkg i town won its sixth straight District 1 Class title by beating Conshohocken 68-55, and Commodore Perry, defending District 10 champion and runnerup to West Reading for the state Class title last year, edged Wesleyville, 59-58. PCIAA Hot In the PCIAA, South Scranton Catholic won the Class championship of the Scranton Diocese with a 51-36 victory over Plymouth St. Vincent and St. Canice won the Pittsburgh Diocese Class crown with a 56-39 win over St. Thomas.

All-Stars Play UAVL Tilt Friday With all Upper Allegheny Mountain League teams removed from serious playoff competition, the two all-star squads worked out last night and pointed for game af Northern Eisenhower High gym. The contest will get underway at Northern Eisenhower High gym. The contest will get underway at 8:15, with a game starting about an hour earlier. The two teams, Tri-County and Warren County feature just a single sophomore and three juniors; the others are seniors, and the four underclassmen are evenly between the two squads. Juniors Dick Thompson of Area and Jim Sample of Youngsville hold almost sure starting assignments with the Warren County five, while Tri- County will be depending heavily on high-scoring Larry Geer, Spartansburg sophomore and Denny Hinkle, capable West Forest junior.

Both teams boast plenty of scoring potential. A1 Ludwick of Northern Area paces the County, with a 23.4 average; George Becker hit a a 21-point clip. Pat Hepinger, East Forest, romped through the season scoring 21 points a game, too the best of the Tri-Countains; followed by Geer, with an even 20. The teams for game: WARREN COUNTY Kirk Morris, Bill Check and Bill McLaughlin, Tidioute; Lowell Livezey, Dick Thompson and A1 Ludwick, Northern Area; George Becker, Bob Anderson, Jim Sample and Gary Gruttaria, Youngsville. TRICOUNTY Larry Geer, Jim Linden and Dick Nadonly, Spartansburg; Ken Beane, Bob Greathouse and Denny Hinkle, West Forest; Chuck Cochran and Pat Hepinger, East Forest; Jim Bailey and Steve Zook, Pleasantville.

airings Set For Weekend Keg Tourney Bue Leftie Again Has Sore Arm FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Southpaw hurler Don Gross, trying to regain a spot with the Pittsburgh Pirates, has come up With the same trouble that has plagued him for the past two years a sore arm. Gross was unable to finish pitching a 10-minute batting practice at the Buc training camp Wednesday because of a pain in his left shoulder. Although not under contract, Gross has been working out here to determine if his lame arm has healed. He broke into the Pirate lineup in 1958 as a relief hurler, posting a 5-7 record and saving 12 games in 40 appearances.

The arm trouble cropped up in 1959 and the Pirates sent him to Columbus of the International League where he spent most of the time on the disabled list. He had the same trouble off and on with Salt Lake City of the Pacific Coast League last year. Somebody Goofed VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP)From the position of the flags at Holman Stadium where the Los Angeles Dodgers train nobody would guess that Pittsburgh won the 1960 National League pennant. The Pirate flag is in tha spot normally reserved for a fourth place club.

From the first base side of the field the flag positions show Milwaukee in first place followed by St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Chicago and Los Angeles. Hot Stovers Name 1961 Chairmen Snow may be falling and jiving thoughts of some last-fling uKating or sledding, but sure indications that Spring is at hand come in announcements of registration dates, new rule discussions and appointment of chairmen for the Warren Borough Hot Stove League. League leaders, headed by President Ray Marti, met at the YMCA here last night fo set gears in motion for the 1961 season. Registration dates are April 10 and 11, but no sites were cnosen: be determined later by ward chairmen.

The next meeting, April 5, will be devoted to discussions of rules, President Marti said this morning. At last sessions, these committees were appointed, with the first-named men serving as chairmen: STEERING: Bob Johnson, Creola Harry Wooster. WARD CHAIRMEN: One, two and three, Irv Poust; lower four, Nick Creola; upper four, Joe Bevevino; five, Bill Hesch; six, Harry Wooster; seven, Bob Johnson; eight, F. Seeley; nine, Ray Marti; ten, Harry Tourtellott; Starbrick, Dick Amaeher; North Warren, Frank Regina and Kinzua, Louis Flatt. Wooster, Harry Tourtellott and Mel Bines.

Regina, Frank Cruickshank. Massa, Harry RosequisV Fred Bell. Rydholm. Tournament action by keglers of the Warren Bowling Association will get underway tomorrow night at the Arcade, with singles and doubles competition. The weekend schedule looks like this: FRIDAY 7PM Frank Suppa and Don Suppa vs J.

F. and J. L. Ran- dinelli; Jim Davis ancl Calvin Lawson vs. Thad Wonderling and Ned Smith 3PM Del Smith and Larry Brown vs.

Vincent Gray and Robert Hand; Robert Jackson and Robert Covell vs. Robert Dixon and Art Carlson. SATURDAY 7 PM William Sandberg and William Abplanalp vs. William Henry and D. Phillips; A.

and J. Randinelli vs. J. Suppa and J. Kulbaki.

9 PM Walt Forsberg and A1 Aiello vs. B. Oehlenschlager and W. Blakeslee; Doc Giunta and P. Coppola vs.

Dan Doherty and John Snyder. SUNDAY 1 PM Don Mills and Deac Lay vs. Walter Keil and Earl Mohnkern; Beckwith and John Snyder vs. Jock Pirillo and R. Carlson.

3 PM Rob Sandrock and M. Lauffenburger vs. Rudy Rudolph and Mike Davis; P. R. Sundberg and Adams vs.

Bill Rea and Dick Rea. 5 PM Ben Randinelli and Bill Lauffenberger vs. John Fago and P. Rosenquist; Paul Bova and Jack Rieder vs. A.

Maeder and J. Johnson. PM Jim English and Shy Punski vs. Marion Howies and John Smith; Loyal Hyde and K. Green vs James Smith and C.

L. Sorenson. Also on the weekend, action will ge underway at Youngsville in Association team competition, which will find these pairings: SATURDAY 7 PM McMillen Lbr (Sheff Major) vs. Yard Birds (UE) and Millers Const. (Merchants) vs.

Untouchables (Sylvania). PM Suppa Lumber (Ind.) vs. Domino Market (Ygs. City) and St. Agnes (Church) vs.

Weldon's (Ygs. Merchants 16407). SUNDAY 1 PM Style Shop (Shop) vs. Arcade (Shop) and St. Francis (Ygs.

Church) vs. J. and M. Radio (Classic). PM Times Square (Tues.

Morn) vs. Finish (Nat Forge) and Earl Young Co. (Merch) vs. Penn Auto Aligning (Allegh- Lion Track Stars Hold 4-A Marks UNIVERSITY PARK. State will compete Saturday in New IC4A track championships an event in which the Nittany Lions have set four records.

Ed Moran of Kane, captain of Penn 1959 team, established an IC4A record in the 1000- yard run with a time of 2:09.6 in his senior year. The Lions' Ollie Sax owns the 600-yard record of 1:10.4. He set it in 1953. Barney Ewell set a broad jump mark of 25 inches in 1942 which still stands, and Jim Gehrdes shares the 60-yard high hurdles record of 7.2 with three others Gehrdes posted his mark in 1949. Despite its unbeaten dual-meet record during the past indoor season, Penn State coach Chic Werner gives his team little chance of winning their third team title Saturday.

Villanova, Yale, and Maryland appear stronger. Penn State won the crown in 1942 and 1959. eny). 7 PM National Forge (Tues. Morn) vs.

Abplanalp Dairy (Merch) and Disposal (Merch) vs. Legion (Ygs. City). 9 PM St. Lukes (Ygs.

Church) vs. (Ygs. City) and Pleasant Valley (Comm.) vs. Sylvania (Syl.) Listings for next bowling in the continued tourney will appear in a later issue of Times- Mirror. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE (Riverside) Match Results J.

B. Connolly 3, Interlectric 1 Struth. Wells 3. Busy Bee Soda Mineral 3, Penn View 1 Clnrs. 3, T.

W. Fisher 1 Best Series Bob Check ...........201 171 Paul Bova ...........172 205 1 90-567 Harry Clepper ...142 223 200-565 Fred Hennessey ..188 178 190-553 League leaders High game; Jonn Phillips High 3: Bill Scheiwer ..............637 High T. Strothers Wells .962 High T. 3: Busy K. OF C.

(Riverside) 2, J. Powley Ins. 1 Virg-Ann 2, Paulmars 1 Wrn. Drug 2, A-B Sheet Metal 1 Welding 2, Mkt. 1 Best Series Sam Gerardi ....178 207 208-593 Mike Bleech .......153 214 Sammy Scalise ...180 194 Fred Aumer .......160 214 league Leaders High game: Mike Kotmair ...247 High 3: Fred High T.

Rest .........923 High T. 3: J. Powley Ins. ..2473 MOONLIGHTERF (Riverside) Match Results Nat. 3, Wrn.

Compts. 1 Wrn. Motel 4, Med. Center 0 Nat. 3, Garrisons 1 Sptswear.

2, LaVogue Betts 2, Virg-Ann 2 Best Series Pat Graziano ....178 186 Phil Reider .........151 160 170-481 Bea 147 M. Kwiatkowski ..147 169 466 League Leaders High game: Carol Schwitzer ..201 High 3: Pat Graziano ...........537 High T. Wrn. 795 High T. 3: Betts ......................2177 Penn State Matmen Seek 9th EIWA Title UNIVERSITY PARK, State will seek to enhance an already impressive tournament record this weekend when the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association nolds its 57th 'annual championships at Bethlehem.

The Nittany Lions, who last year tied with Pitt for the crown, are deadlocked with host Lehigh for the lead in number of team titles. Each owns championships. Cornell, perennial Ivy League power, ranks third with 12. Seven of the titles plus the 1960 tie have come under Charlie Speidel, who became coach in His teams won crowns in 1936 and 1937, again in 1942, swept three straight from 1951 through 1953, won again in 1957, and last year gained a tie. The Lions were runners-up seven times and placed third seven times during that period.

The 1953 team went on to win the NCAA title, marking the first and only time an Eastern team has won the national crown. Penn State leads in number of individual Eastern champs with 75, and Speidel has produced 51 of those. His latest is heavyweight ton Oberly who will defend his crown this weekend. Oberly, Lion co-captain, compiled a record of eight victories and two draws this season, with six of his wins coming on falls. He won the Eastern crown last year by pinning Bill Wood, a victory which clinched the team tie for State.

Other tournament veterans on current team are 137- pound Dan Johnston who won the Eastern 130-pound title in 1958, and was runner-up in 1959; captain Jerry Seckler, a 147- pounder who was 167-pound runner-up last year; and 177-pound Phil Myer who placed second at last year. Although Speidel-coached teams have ahabit of producing top efforts in tournament competition, take some doing for the Lions to walk off with this bauble. A well-balanced Lehigh team looms as a heavy favorite to win, with Pitt, Penn State, Army, and Navy as the likely challengers. Penn State compiled a 6-4 meet record this season. Lehigh won 11 of 12 meets.

PITT DES MOINES (Riverside) Match Hi Five 4, Office 0 Favorites 3, Tankers 1 Long Shots 2, Hot Shots 3 Best Series Arch Buerkle ....210 194 BiU Dahl ..............189 176 189-364 E. Baldensberger .199 176 Bill Wholeben ....189 151 League Leaders High game: Tom Peterson ....246 High Tom Peterson ...........506 High T. Hi High T. 3: Hi WEDNESDAY NIGHTERS (Bowladrome) Match Results 4, Lopers 0 Clifton 4, Lorangers No. 1 6 Lorangers No.

2 4, Alleg. Hotel 0 Farnsworth 4, Parsons 0 Spouts 2, Logans 2 Best Series Don Miller ...........150 197 E. Gillon ..............226 180 John Guthrie .......234 149 Leo Salerno .........178 179 PEGS Match Results Style Shop 3, Steins 1 Wrn. Drug 4, Newells 0 Best Series Dolores Shepard .166 184 Marge Ristau ....157 157 Aurelia Crecraft 153 163 Viola Seaquist ....112 160 14.5—417 Janet Mellander ..142 144 MAJOR (Penn) Match Results Marguerites 4, Caldwells 0 James Jwlrs. 3, Betty Lee 1 Best Series Vi Sterling ...........167 169 Arlene Harriger ..144 142 Konky Tridico ...150 135 472 Mary Check .........160 112 192-464 Flo Albaugh .......135 182 464 MINOR (Penn) Match Results 4, Pizza Villa 6 Olson-Bjers 3, Lucky Five 1 Wrn.

Obsvr. 3, Interlectric 1 J. B. Connolly 3, Oakview Tav. 1 DROMETTES (Bowladrome) Match Results Yule Tr.

Farm 4, Belz Larson i Alleg. Valve 4, Wrn. Co. Dairy 0 Newhall Prod. 3, Barretts Gar.

1 Tips 3, Chemical Prod. 1 DeVore Kyst. 2, Kofod Studio 2 Best Series Bea Stewart .......151 162 Dot Atkins ...........148 176 N. Poncharick ...172 118 Less Hoffman ....137 123.