Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 21

Statesman, Salem, Ore Mar. 12, '61 (Sec III) 21 i Anm for 'Stat eots ournrri axons, "The main thing that I have I tried to stress In preparation for because I wanted things to be as normal as possible. this tournament is normality. We worked out everyday last week I Grant (22-1) vies with Sea, poose (21-1) at 10:15. Medford, the defending state champion with 17 wine and five.

losses, plays Tillamook at 2 p.m. and the Saxens follow against Bend (1M) at 3:15. Roseburg (20-2) meets David Saulsbury Angel Leader Ed to Make i 4 Is practicing for a state tourna' merit different from that during tht regular season? What drills are included la tournament practice sessions? How do coaches prepare their teams mentally for tournament competitkai? questions were among -i i i i DICK BALLANTYNE 5 Fourth Tourney 1 MmmMhm feet individual 'moves and positions for certain defenses and offenses that we may encounter." "For instance. Bend uses a zone press. We tried to work out something to use against it Practicing for a tournament is not a matter of conditioning, but getting ready for the opposing teams.

"We don't scrimmage too much," Ballantyne said. The Saxons held just three practice sessions last week. When asked what he thought the difference was between tournament play and the regular season, Ballantyne said, "Mostly If fuct the pressure and the fact that there are four games to play. If hard to play each game with all you've got four days in a row." The principal factor that has been facing Ballantyne on the psychological point is that of the Saxons' record. Ballantyne said, "We have the worst record 13-9) of any team in the tournament." "I have to emphasize that record means nothing in the tournament.

I tell the boys that they can beat anyone on a given night. And that goes for any team in the tournament." Ballantyne will be taking his fourth South Salem team to the tournament. He went after the 1954-55 and 1955-56 seasons, but his team's best effort came last year when the Saxons lost two games by eight points. "We lost to Medford and Klam ath Falls both by four points," said Ballantyne. The Medford game was in the thampionship bracket, while the Klamath Falls contest was for third place.

"I've boon waiting 19 years for this opportunity," said Brown Saturday. "Not all of those years have boon at Mt. Angel, but thafs how long I have boon coaching." night before. But we practiced the rest of the week. Wednesday we worked on basic fundamentals just like it was the first practice of the year.

Thursday wo worked on defense and the fast break and Friday we drilled on defense, Up offs, and in bounds plays. "I feel that the hardest thing is getting into the tournament Every team there must be pretty fair or it wouldn't be there. Any- Gilmore Tops Boxing Group POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -Heavyweight Art Gilmore, Oregon State star halfback, will head a Seattle delegation to the national AAU boxing championships on the Idaho State campus April 6-8. Tournament Manager Earl R. Pond said Saturday more than 100 boxers from the West and other states are entered in the matches.

Another strong Seattle entry will be 12 round Bobby Cornwall former two-time NCAA champion at Washington State, former Detroit Golden Gloves winner and an amateur veteran with some 100 bouts. Full, 10-man teams are entered by Spokane, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. The California boxers will be managed by Julie Menendez of San Jose State, whose teams have been strong in NCAA tournaments. Retriever Club Opens Season The Salem Retreiver Club holds its first trial of the season this morning, starting at 8:30. The event will take place on Oregon Gravel Company property two miles south of Salem airport on the old Turner road.

one has an opportunity to win." Brown felt that the psychological part of the drills also came in keeping everything normal. "When wo fet to Coos lay, I want to find a routine to follow. I differ from a lot of teaches on an eating system. I cant see this poached egg and toast business. If a boy Is uod to a lot of moat, potatoes and bread or something else I feed him that, if you change someone's diet it will bother him both physically mentally.

I want the boys to feel ust like thoy wore at home." The Angels face a five-year jinx on District 8 teams. None of the Capital Conference tourney teams has won its first game. Too, the Angels will be trying to make up for their football season of the past fall. They were beaten only by Central (21-14) which won the state A-2 grid championship. DICK BROWN First Tourney those asked South Salem coach Dick Ballantyne and ML Angel mentor Dick Brown Saturday prior to the state A-l and A-l tournaments to be played within the next week.

The Angels get tnte action first Monday night whan thty play Seaside in the final game a few-tilt sasslon In the A-l tvmt at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay. Madras (22-1) will open tournament action against Henley (194) at 2 in the afternoon. Reedsport will battle Al Sherwood Bowmen in the second tilt (3:43) and Pleasant H1U (14) meats Coquffle (17-4) in the third fracas. Mt, Angel plays the Seagulls in the nightcap. Ballyantyne'a squad gets into action the second day of the A-l event at Eugene.

Two games of the cage tournament Tuesday, with the remainder of the clubs playing Wednesday. JOamath Falls (18-3) wm battle St. Helens (15-7) at 30 and Corvallis meets La Grande (194) at 8:43 Tuesday night. She games are en tap WodneV day. In the morning session.

South Ewgono (16-7) plays Contra! Catholic (1M) at and "It's the same thing that be had the first part of December," said Ballantyne Friday morning. "He has to go to bed and the doctor says he can't get up until Monday. Dave isn't too, strong anyway and it is hard to play four games straight in the tournament even when you haven't been sick." Nielsen missed two games during the Saxons' non-league schedule. The big pivot was idled against Beaverton and Clackamas. South Salem won the game with Clackamas, but lost a 66-63 decision to Beaverton.

"Othor than Davo," Mid Ballantyne, "We ere In pretty good physical condition. I think that wo will do all right, even though we are entering the teurnamont with the worst record." The Sexens have wen and lost nine. With state tournament time less than a week away, coach Dick Ballantyne received a jolt Thursday when starting center Dave Nielsen was ordered to bed with a chest infection and his status for the Eugene tourney won't be known until Monday. Much of Mt. Angel's success in the state A-2 basketball tournament at Coos Bay will depend on its center Bob Saulsbury.

i Saulsbury was the team leader In points scored and rebounds this winter tho Angels won 17 and lost four. Saulsbury scored 292 points. I NIT Event Will 7T -w, SPECIAL! SAVE s5.00 TODAY ONLY OPEN TODAY 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. YOU MUST COME IN OR CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TODAY! Monday you pay our regular $29.95.

Thursday at South Salem forward Ed Maori will bo making his second trip to Eugene and tho state A-l basketball tournament. Tho 6'3" junior played on tho Saxon team that finished sixth last yoar. Ho was a unanimous District 8 all-star selection and tho fifth leading scorer In tho circuit with 203 points in 15 games for tho Saxons the winter. DAVE NIELSEN Chest Infection Douglas (164) and Wilson (20-2) plays Jesuit (144) in the 7:30 and 8:45 games, respectively. When Ballantyne was queried on the, above subjects he said, "We try to work a little bit on each thing that we may face in the tournament We try to per- Second Trip 1 "1 4 i -i r-1 Lakers Club of selling the Lakers," he told a sportswriter luncheon after the Lakers-Cincinnati Royals game.

"Basketball is not my business. It's my hobby. I want to stay in the sport. One day we'll win the world championship, and then maybe I'll entertain ideas of sell ing. "When you're on top, with no place to go, that's when selling is more appealing." Short, who owns 51 per cent of the club, said he has had several offers and rejected them all He said of the club's financial situation: "We're more comfort able now than we've ever been." When the club moved this sea son from Minneapolis to Los An geles, Short added, the Lakers were $150,000 in the red.

"Now we're solvent," he commented He said the Lakers are close to breaking even right now despite moving expenses. To make money, he estimated the Lakers must average attendance. So far, they've averaged about 5,300. Burgess Won't Play AAU Ball SEATTLE (AP) Gene John son, coach of the Seattle Bakers, said Friday his National Basket ball League team won't have the services of Frank Burgess in the national AAU tournament at Den ver. The Gonzaga star, the nation's leading scorer, is doing cadet teaching, Johnson said, and schoo.

officials felt he shouldn't lose the school time. However, Johnson said, Denny Strickland of Oregon, and Waver ly Davis of Columbia Basin Jun ior College will go to the na tionals with the Bakers. ANCER GOOD LOOKS ECONOMY Low as .1. LEAGUE tflOH OOMEIOTA ft i "I did give the kids Tuesday off because they played Serra the Open Garden i i mittee, replied that Tennessee State was under consideration "right down to the wire" before the committee decided to invite St. Louis, third-place team in the Missouri Valley Conference.

St. Louis, NTT winner in 1948 and a contender in nine previous tournaments, was chosen after Bradley, last year's winner, rejected an invitation. The tournament schedule: Thurtday (flrtt round) 1:10 p.m., EST, St. Louie (1S-S) vi. Miami (Fla.) (1S-C); p.m., Holy Croii (1S-4) vi.

Detroit (fS-S). Saturday (iceond round) 2:13 p.m.. Temple (l-6) vi. Army (17-fi); 4 p.m., De Paul (17-7) vi. Providence (11-5).

Saturday (quarter flnali) 7:30 p.m., Colorado State vi. St. Louis-Miami winner; 9:15 p.m., Memphis State (20-2) vs. Holy Cross-Detroit winner. Tuesday, March 21 (quarter finals) 7:30 Dayton (19-7) vs.

Temple-Army winner; 9:15 p.m., Niagara (16-4) vs. De Paul-Providence winner. Thursday, March 23 (night) Semifinals. Saturday, March 25 (afternoon)- Consolation game and championship. me ue Paul providence came March 18 and the finals March 25 will be televised.

Temple won the first NTT title when the tournament was started in 1938. ToggeseK MARCH SERVICE SPECIAL! BRAKE ADJUSTMENT 0)C 2J YOU GET: INSPECTION OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES MASTER CYLINDER CHECKED AND FILLED BRAKES CAREFULLY ADJUSTED INCLUDING PARKING BRAKE TAGGESELL P0NTIAC 660 LIBERTY NX JU 1-2524' A HANDICAP Mixed Doubles Every Sunday P.M. $50 GUARANTEED ROWL L2J JU 11634 Short Denies lie Will 't'iiZ ill When asked what changes he would make in the starting lineup if Nielsen could sot play, Ballantyne said, "I probably will move lfaerx (Ed) into the post and use either Jim Glodt or Gary Allen and Stewart (Steve) at the forwards. The guards wil Ibe Brack (Jon) and Madison (Jerry) Madison." In sizing up Bend, the Saxons' first round opponent, Ballantyne NEW YORK (AP)-The National Invitation Basketball Tournament, the grandpappy of post-season basketball, opens its 24th run in Madison Square Garden Thursday night. There is a cast of familiar names, an evenly-matched field of 12 teams who wore strong at the finish, and a total absence of major conference champions and teams that were rated near the top of tho national heap.

The champions and a good many of the leading independent college teams now are committed to the younger but larger nation al collegiate (NCAA) championship. This sometimes rankles the NTT sponsors, who had more than a little trouble this year round ing up a dozen worthy represen tatives for their tournament. After pondering at length over invitations and seeing a couple of old garden favorites defect to the TODAV omv rm tflA Af i said, "They are tall, but I think we are faster. They have a good team but I think we will do all right." Ballantyne also stated that he thought Corvallis would do okeh against LaGrande -in its opener Tuesday night at Eugene. "I think that Bob (Payne, Corvallis coach) will get past LaGrande.

I know that LaGrande has a 19-3 record, but you never can tell what is going to happen in the state touranment Olson Keeping Fingers Crossed Sherwood coach Al Olson is keeping his fingers crossed in preparation for the state A-2 touranment which begins in Coos Bay Monday. The Bowmen meet Reedsport in the second game of the tournament at 3:45. "I'm Just hoping for the best," said Olson. "I think we were a bit fortunate in drawing Reedsport because they are not a tall team and neither are we. We are pretty well even in that depart Shipley Sets Record; Wilma Loses 220 Race NCAA tournament, the NI Tselec- tion committee wound up with teams so evenly rated that it didn't try to rank the four chosen for seeding.

Dayton and Colorado State were placed in the quarterfinals in one half of the draw, Memphis State and Niagara in the other half. The committee also wound up with something of a headache because it passed over Tennessee State, an all-Negro team with a 24-5 season record, -mostly in small college circles. Percy a New York lawyer who heads the New York branch of tho National Association for Advancement of Colored People, charged that racial prejudice was Indicated when Tennessee State was given "a flagrant run-around." Ken' Norton of Manhattan, chairman of the selection com- the 440-yard relay team finished five feet back of Leahseneth O'Neal of tho Chicago Mayor Daley Club which set a new record of 48.8. On a 5-3-2-1 scoring basis the Daley Club finished with 38 to Tennessee State's 29. Other team totals were: Ohio Track Club Colorado State Univer sity 10, Liberty A.

C. 7, Topeka Cosmopolitan 6. Chicago O'Hal-laren Club 5, Montclair (N.J.) State College 4, DeKalb 3, Cleveland Magyar 2, Cleveland Recreation 2. I Mantilla Signs Milwaukee Pact BRADENTONFla. AP) The Miiwauxee Braves nad their next-to-Iast holdout, veteran utility infielder Felix Mantilla, under contract Saturday.

Mantilla had been in camp for several days but held off signing in an effort to obtain pay raise. General manager John McHale indicated Mantilla would have to be satisfied with the club's terms, said to be the same as last year. SURE TO TUNNEL BAKED ment, anyway." Olson went on, "I hope we do better than the last time. In 1958 we went down there and lost two ball games." During the 1958 tourney, Sherwood was beaten by St. Francis of Eugene and Douglas.

Sherwood won It games and lost four during the regular season. All four of the defeats came in Yawama League play. Shor. wood will bo attempting to match or even bettor the feat of Wil-liamine the Yawama League team that was second in the state tournament last year. Wfllamina finished its Yawama League schedule in fourth place, but won the District 2 A-2 playoff and reached the finals of the state tournament.

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Palmborg, Bruce Brkkner and Gary Patrxke. Members of the Black Tornado unit on the squad were Be Qufeney and Dick Ragsdale, The Black Tornado is the defendinjstate champion. Quinney was the No. 1 scorer in the loop. Palmberg, incidentally, is the son of Oregon Technical Institute basketball mentor Wally Palmberg, whose Owls won the Oregon Colleigate Conference cage title Jack-Pot Bowling Sunday "All Kind of INSURANCE and SURETY BONDS" -iM'v 'MMilSE' Free body and fender repair service.

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