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A 9 8 AUSTIN (Minn) HERALD Saturday March 10 '62 ANDREOTTI SAYS Lions' Win Is Vff: OPEN EXHIBITION SEASON Twins to ace Phillies went about as Stange were due to do the pitch TT SUITS THE NEED IN CHICAGO 21 10 52 the 26th annual Chicago Daily me for years said Jones who News Relays riday night Their outstanding performances anhis Swedes Provide Challenge Cling blocks Guess I got an Sta1 lath faster start" 14 11 4 Henry Wadsworth of 07524 9 won his fifth straight Chicago Daily News Relays hurdle crown 37 25 62 52 9 16 0 1 8 1 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 49 51 49 0 7 24 0 6 0 0 TOM NELSON Hits Winning Shot CHICAGO AP) Jim Beatty registered his second sub four minute mile of the indoor track season and Hayes Jones bettered American 60 yard high hurdle record to be the show stoppers of 5 4 7 ft I is ll 18 10 46 21 32 47 25 36 46 gARONETCY OP ADOL PH RUPP AT KENTUCKY TLOURiBRlNGi BECAUSE A KINETIC BOPHOMCRB AND 'PROBABLY WILL wind ip 10 2 16 0 0 0 3 8 4 3 0 0 0 1ST LORIDA SHOWING The new 'American Basketball League made its: first appearance of the season jn riday night and a crowd of 7322 Saw the Chicago Majors whip the Ha waii Chiefs 104 92 to tie the idle Pittsburgh Rens for first place in the Eastern Division' ST I sixth place' in the regular divi sion doubles Jack Curry also of Lansing took over eighth place in the clas sic singles with 652 In other Class A game the Canadians who beat inland 8 1 on opening night go against West Germany at Denver The Class conteslfc inatdr Austria against Australia here and Hol land against Denmark Denver both afternoon contests Norway surprised West Germa ny 6 4 riday night on tjiird period goals' by Henri k'Peterseh and Per Skjerwen Olsen the former from 45 feet and the latter from 20 feet goalie Knut Ny 21 rnarii 4w ai fllA cftltA meet "What a' first season of coach ing" Andreotti added "One could n't ask for any better Checks Ankle Gustafson meanwhile was busy checking on the puffed left an kle of stringbean center Phil Block After applying an ice bag a while an clastic bandage was trapped around the bruised ankle The 6 5 senior injured it early In the first quarter when he tumbled to the' floor going after a high under the basket Tom Nelson the No 1 tion hero say much in the noisy Lyle locker room but his smile couldn't have been wider What did he think when he threw up that game ivlnning jump shot with less than five seconds re maining? "I just' hoped it would go in" Nelson sjd simply with out breaking the mammoth smile Edge to Tigers? think Albert better' than Austin High" Galen Lehnhardt the 200 pound plus rebound hawk ing forward opinioned Lyle did play Austin High this year but most of the Lions viewed Albert 71 64 semifinal win over the Packers Tuesday night the red lie that did a fr Anri IaViA TaViaVo Vl4 LlClllUlGlUt' unit uuun 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 Miller 9 Grausnick 0 Keller 0 arrell 1 ID oster 0 0 0 half mile in 1:520 Tonni Coane Bill Thornton and Bill Dotson vibose anchor leg was 1:511 Poler vaulter John Velses who cleared 16 feet inch missed on three chances with the i 0 4 0 0 0 MG TOO MUCH OR ME? By JACK STEVENSON COLORADO SPRINGS Colo (AP) The United States faces crucial test tonight when they meet the big fast Swedish team in the world champion ships 1 a Both clubr have 'posted impres sive victories in their i opening games and the winner is expect ed td battle Canada's defending champions for the title? ip 'their international competition" are sure going to give the Yankees a rough declared popular veteran Sven fourth period and Nelson ram med homfc short jumper fol lowing a pass interception on an Albert' Lea in bounds pass in to give the Tigers only a perilous 36 35 edge disaster hit Lyle Block key man on the" boards despite his lack of scoring (only nipe points) picked up his fifth personal while trying to stab a ball away from opposing center Clair laten and was waved to the bench with 6:43 left? 1 It seem to rife the Lions though? Gustafson inserted Dar rin Anderson 6 2 senior at for ward along with John Kohnke and moved bulky Galen Lehn hardt usually a forward to thepivot 12 foot 'baseline jumper tied things up at 37 37 39 seconds later but the Tigers us about scme thmcT This is the Zizggest uinu oi my said Gustafson a 14 year veteran of the basketball coach ing wars adding it was his initial district title with team coached olanned all along to set up Tom (Nelson) for the final shot and it Praises Lion Defense Meanwhile losing coach Don Built was naturally disappointed for he his assistants and fans in both "Albert Lea and the South ern Minnesota area had guessed the powerful Tigers could pos sible even win the state touma ment have a nice he praised the Lions have a chance to go all the way I hope they He also had a wo rd for strong tour naments usually the teams with the sound defenses that come 18 15 ARE THEY You're darn right for these four players clutching the newly acquired Dist 2 championship trophy played key roles un believable 47 46 triumph over powerful Albert Lea the High School Gym riday to1 right they are Phil'Block Tom" Nelson Galen Lehnhardt and John Kohnke (HERALD Photo by Ken Hanson) 'ORLANDO la (AP) The Minnesota Twns are scheduledi to open their exhibition Reason this afternoon hosting the' last place Philadelphia Phillies of the DES MOINES Iowa UH Lou Campi will be among the top attractions at the 59th American Bowling Congress tournament tonight Campi is a righthander who slides on his right foot He de vetoped his unusual style Jn his boyhood playing bocci a type of bowling popular in his native Verona Italy Campi will be bowling with the Campi Tarsio Lanes team of Newburgh in the classic division Campi Teammates Team members include John De Martino Gordy Colletti rank Chuck Pezzano and Pat Tarsio who is partner in a bowling center is gen eral manager of the New York Gladiators of the National Bowl ing League 1 Also "on bill Is Albert Pick rfotels of Chicago a team that has won sx straight league Champioifthips andsfC' ''iy'vlA1 in the ABC classic division last year Team member Bob Thiel took second place in the classic all events a year ago Move Into 6th Robert ox and Robert Heri ford of Lansing Mich rolled a 1293 series riday to move into District 1 final Lyi 47 Albert Lea 46 District 3 final Kasson Mantorville 62 Winona 52 District 4 final Medford 51 Waseca 49 District 6 final St James 76 Lake Crystal 46 District I final Pipestone 76 Luverne 74 Distnct 12 Buffalo Lake 45 Hutchinson 35 7 Danube 55 Renville 46 District 13 final Jordan 52 LeSueur 46 District 15 final Wilson 40 Harding 33 District 16 final Cambridge 63 Elk 'River 56 District IS St Louis Park 51 Hopkins 46 Bloomington 55 Watertown 1 District 20 final Howard Lake 59 Willmar 49 District 22 final Alexandria 70 Henning 62 District 23 Moorhead 55 Barnesville 38 Battle Lake 43 Moorhead Stato High 28 District 25 final Rush City 75 Pine City 50 District 26 Duluth Cloquet 54 Hermantown' 51 District 27 Virginia 51 Gilbert 34 International alls 52 Aarora Hoyt Lakes 43 District 21 Chisholm 51 Keewatin 49 Grand Rapids 63 Hibbing 57 District 29 final Bemidji 65 Walker 47 vr District 30 final 58 Hendrum 53 District 32 Lake tronson 56 Stephen 47 Kennedy 38 Newfolden 37 'I I 1 (S2) TP 4 0'8 0 2 2 0 0 6 the Tigers (behind laten) his hand and bites his tongue to no avail while teammate Gary Jacobson (right) extends his hands in a "come to me" WINONA TP 12 4 28 Krause 0 0 0 Prigge 7 tO 24 Strand 0 4 i 0 0 lomgiiv Andreotti Lyle 'assistant coach smiled as he and head mentor Earl Gustafson walked up the Aus Un High locker room steps to face a near capacity crowd for the Lyle AlberttLea Dist 2 cham pionship game riday night The Mpcalester graduate Jn his fipst coaching" job since col lege graduation (hels the Lion football coach too) probaBly wasn't too seriously thinking about a Lyle victory since the South land Conference titlists were any: where from 15 to 20 point under: dogs' But an hour and' a half later he gleefully reminded the 1IER Rich Mdin" also 8 Mac alumnus of his pre game predic tion two more to he shouted raising two fingers 'in the air representing needed wins in representing needed wins in Lchnh't fc i 4 9 Jacobsen Block Slinde Kohnke Rohne Anderson 2MH Gustafson Explains moved in front again and led by three at 42 39 following fast break layup with three mio utes remaining Lyle barged back however with a pair of charity tosses from Kohnke to draw within a point and then guard Albin Slindq the lone junior on start ing five tosW In' a last break layup after a jump ball situa tion at the other end of the court I'M? for the first time since the con opening minutesr iatenSf layup at 1:13 put' Al bert Lea in front but Nelson's 12 Joot baseline jumper with 28 seconds left had the Lions in coq trol again at 45 44 But the duo ovef yet laten was deadly on two pres sure free throws with 11 seconds still to tick off and it appeared the Tigers had pulled out the Jentsit was a 47 46 shocker tri heart throbber But Shnde drib bled upcourt quickly with deter mination whipped the ball to Nel son he let fire and boom the Lions had done it and pan demonium broke loose After a slow start (7 to 2 first quarter deficit) Lyle ended 'tip in control of boards 26 to 22 thanks to the board work of Leon hardt Block and Kohnke Lehn hardt and Block just missed dou ble'" figures with nine points apiece while 'laten took high in dividual honors with 24 points 14 in the first quarter ARMS AND LEGS Albert Lea's Clair laten locks legs with Galen Lehnhardt (51) of Lyle as the pair battle for a rphnnnrl in i vto's surnrise 47 46 Dist 2 championship win at the HigTi School ball" pose (HERALD Photo)' Gym riday night Lowell Syverson of St Cloud State Opens Bid Monday I KANSAS CITYW St Cloud I Minn State and Mayville I II State open their bids for the I National Association of Intercol I legiate Athletics basketball cham I pionship Monday afternoon in the first round of the annual NAIA I championships in Municipal Audi toriim here St Cloud the Northern States Conference champion which is seeded 10th in the tourney plays lorence Aia State at 3 pm Monday and Mayville follows at 5 30 against Peru Neb State If wins its first game it will draw the winner of first round game matching Buena I Vista Iowa and Arizona State of I lagstaff in the second round If I Mayville wins its second round I foe will be the winner of the I Central Connecticut William Jew I ell contest BOXSCORE LYLE" (47) ALBERT LEA (46)' EG Ht? EG TP 6 5 17 Syverson 3 3 9 laten 2 0 4 Good'nson 4 ooyum 2 Elvcbak 2 Whittk'er TOTALS 18 II 47 TOTALS Score by Quarters: Lyle Albert Lea ing for the Twins Slugger Haf 1 trasguad game Thursday mon Killebrew was to 'diake his Manager Sam Mele planned" to debut in left field 'start utility infielder Jose Valdi The twins riday lost shortstop jviclso at shortstop "today A Zoiln Versalles for about 10 davs One pitcher who hopes to settle Itrkanili with mumps It was the second short stop the club has lost in recent Orlando Martinez strained a tendon in his left heel in an in 47 34 WASECA Tr 5 7 Wolf 5 3 7 Droheim 0 0 4Youngberg 6 1 5Spry 6 26 Mankt 3 0 2 Cole 7 1 iVAO 'Wrong oo Lou II" Among Headliners championship at the High School Gyim wanted John Kohnke (6 2) and Halen Lehnhardt (6 3) to work under the boards with Tom Nelson and Phil Block (both good outside shots) to do most of the shooting work at first be cause we get the ball in to them but then things be gan to The overjoyed coacly admltted defensive change moving from a 2 1 2 zone to a 3 2 alignment helped the Lion cause Gary Jacobsen who scored 28 points in the 71 64 win over Austin High Tuesday was held scoreless while Lowell Syverson another member of the got only nine Centef Clair la ten did however tally 25 points Tiny Ones to Battle plus an American record lower it event moved my rear foot mg time bv the University of i 1 back a full three inches farther: Kansas two mile relay ieamLu i rthan I ordinarily do in the start drew cheers from a canacitvi crowd of 13189 in 1 Kansas overshadowed the re Beatty who became the firs! lays competition with a blistering indoor miler to break the four This bettered the accepted minute 'barrier last eb 10 witiri two mile baton record of 7:328 3:584) in Los Angeles took the I set by Manhattan College in 1961 mile in 3:597 On his heels until The Kansas team was made upi he opened up a 12 yard gap to! of Kirk Hagan who sped the first the finish was 19 year old Tom Loyola' of Chicago soph more was timed East Siegfried i Ara tlwrnvmn ran sn indoor mile in 3:599 shortly after Beatty's Los bar at 15 4 ancT'settled for i Aneejes race i Jones former Western Michi Army the national AAU winner I Jan star and now a Detroit school last month won 'with 15 4 i in Region 1 be strictly a affair for the first time in years when the Re gion One basketbairtouma ment swings Ln Tuesday night at Roches Mayo Civic Auditor 'That was when Lyle KaSson Mantorville and Medford came out on Wp in the finales in Dists 2 4 Spring Valley the biggest community of the four entries with a popula tion of 2628 qualified for the meet Thursday night edging Ma bel 42 39 in overtime in the Dist 1 title game or Lyle which has 607 'rest Beatty Hayes Steal Spotlight at Relays By JTHARLES CHAMBERLAIN teacher rocketed the high timb ers in 069 clipping one tenth second off his own American mark which he had shared with Milt Campbell Campbell ex In diana ace first set it in 1957 :069 had been eluding tvon mght 31 Lyle "eagers shockedA I (fetl free throw 30 'seconds into the Lea 47 46 for the Disk 2 'Upsebo Yeaf TP 1 11 0 0 2 14 6 14 2 8 0 2 19 11 (Tumba) Johansson after his club ha warmed up with a 17 2 shell ing ol Switzerland riday That game saw little rough checking and only one penalty but Coach Arae Stromberg told newsmen will be ready for hard body contact against the United After days of action only the' "United Sweden' and Canada are undefeated in the Class A competition Th a United States team play riday after Nor gard also starred with savesway 12 io the opener Thursday Jin his btisy evening qmph over Albert Lea ranked as the No 2 team in the state by the final St Paul Pioneer Press cutstate sports writers poll Tom Nelson's 20 foot jump shot three seconds left provided the winner Kasson Mantorville not too sur prisingly dumped defending Re gion One champion Winona 62 52 Gary Petersen and Lee Lampland a pair of sub six footers supplied 1 the firepower for the KoMets with 28 and 24 respectively The two merged towns have a com bined population of 2230' Overtlnfie Thriller Medford smaller than Lyle went three overtimes before it dethroned Waseca defending Dist 4 champ 51 49 Jim re bound basket and Chuck Wobb pair of free throws spelled victory for Coach Dan Smithtoj Soqthpaw Jack Kralick (1341 Thus Lyle (Dist 2) meets season) and rookie right Sririna Vallnv (Dist: 1) in the TOr hannvarl Gustaf ndIlueI "winmg uuu i ry £iopai opener ruesuay nigin wuiic Kasspn Majjte 37 Medford (Dist: 4) match shots' jn the other semifinal the next night The first round winners face each other riday for a berth in the state classic at Williams Arena in Minneapolis March 22 24 Kasson Mantorville which uses a picband go offense since its biggest starter center Tom Lo quai stands but 6 1 shot 50 per cent from the field (23 of 46) as it leveled the Winhawks After grabbing an 11 10 edge with 3:29 left" in the opening quarter the KoMets never trailed again Holds the Ball In the Meford Waseca thriller Medford got the tipoff in the first two overtimes held the ball for the final shot but missed on both occasions The third session found it doing the same thing until a long shot missedwith 1:25 re maining when Hinchley stuffed in the rebound and Wobb rock 26 poinL scoring Jiero iced things with two free throws with 12 seconds left' Dean set shot with just seconds remaining was anti climatic Youngberg did however force the overtime sessions by hitting two field goals the last one with 24 seconds to go in regulation lime to knot the score at 45 45 Peterson Loudon Lampland Blaisdell Loquai Brown Engelstad 0 uennv Burgess 0 Harmon Wright Horsman" TOTALS 23 16 62 TOTALS Winona bor Score by Quarters: Kasson Mantorville Winona Medford (sd Schwiifthal 1 Hmchlay 2 Selby 2 Pofahl 2 Wobbrack "10 VanDenB'm I 18 15 51 TOTALS score ay vuarrers: Medford 15 27 36'45 47 47 Waieca IO 21 30 45 4 The Lion couth ad mits a 'little supertti fjlC in iVtrifWiVflAcf Thrill Afmv i hps Brainerd 72 66 Thirteen more Minnesota high schoob will claim ional tournaments tonight after 15 district champion ships were decided riday night in the annual Stato High School Basketball tournament Nineteep district berths are al ready filled And action will complete the brackets for next regional at Roches ter St Peter Minneapolis Moor head Hibbing Duluth and Grand orks ND The major surprise riday night earne st Staples' vlrtra favored Lm 79JM riimnisr tn OlClllIdU IUOU a drvv Crosby Ironton lot the District 24 I Jlratoerd 7 the top ranked teqm in many quarters fell behind 44 36 at halftime pulled up to a 54 52 7 deficit after three quarters' but keep pace in the final stanza Jack earing topped Cros scoring with 21 points Jmt Bill Laumann of Bratneru look scoring honors with 28 ft Lyle won its first District 2 championship since '1957 with a 47 46 win over Albert Lea Tom Nelson hit a Jump shot in the late seconds to give Lyle the upset win over highly regarded Albert Lea Nelson had 17 points Bemidji rolled on "as expected crushing Walker 65 47 for itslOih straight District 29 title Bemidji was down 102 in the early going but scored seven straight points to take a 23 17 lead and was never in danger again Jack Phelps led Bemidji with' 20 pointa and Bill Hanson added 16 Other teams winning district crowns riday night were Cam bridge Ada St Paul Wilson Clo quet Medlord Howard uaice exandria Kasson Mantorville St James Rush Qty Pipestone and Jordan Cambridge downed Elk River 63 56 to replace Anoka as District 16 champion Aia sA3B 2l aLkHine an? 45 44 at the end the third period before overcoming Hendrum 58 53 tq take District' 30 Herb Hasz led Ada C5 Pad Wilson took' the District 15 title by turning back St Harding 40 33 'Dave Causton led Wilsdn with 13 points' Cloquet edged Hermantown 54 51 on Dennis three noint Dlav with only seven sec oiids to go John Micketts led Cloquet with 20 points Cloquet replaces defending state cham pion Duluth Central as District 26 champ Howard Lake claimed its first District title since 1938 when it bested Willmar 59 49 in 'District 20 Howard Lake won it at the free throw line with a 25 6 edge in charities Bill Schmeig had 18 points for Howard Lake St James repeated as District 6 titlist with a 76 46 win over Lake Crystal while Rush City beat defending champion Pine City 75 55 in District 25 Pipestone clip ped Luverne 76 74 in overtime for the District 8 title ancto Jordan whipped LeSueur 52 46 in District 13 Nelson Last Second Shot Brings vj Lyle Surprise Package I tie 34 Kv RICIIMELIN I I HERALD Sports Editor I Tournament play brings the unbelievable the un lexpected and that was the case riday night as a 15 to 120 point underdog Lyle team which know the meaning of stunned probably Albert best I all around crew in the 'history 47 46 In the I Dist 2 finale at the High School Gym Although Lion coach Earl Gus tafson got the traditional victory ride the lad who ook his among Lyle basketball immortal's was slender Tom Nelson The 6 2 1 senior forward guard received not one but two rides in the joyous post game celebration which found mord fans milling on the playing floor (han werejeftjn the gym seats' Why? Nelson was the key man offensively in the shocker trftimnn Wrtri inn important Ips 20 foot right side jumper with less than five sec onds left slid through the net after bouncing off the rim high on the backboard and then through without again touching the orange painted rim for the game winners Not only did the slim one point decision put an abrupt end to region and state tournament hopes for Coach Don Tigers but also vaulted Lyle into next Region One meet at Mayo Civic Auditorium agqinst Spring Valley the Dist 1 titlist The Wolves ef Dick Kowles edged Lyle 42 41 at Spring Val ley Jan 6 in a non conference game for one of our setbacks in 23 games for the latter Asst coach Allan Andreotti who re marked the Lions an eight point lead with two minutes re maining in that game said before contest the Southland Conference champions eager to get another crack at Spring Valley game was the kind fans kept shaking their heads in dis belief as the game wore oh and lions still were Jn the thick of Down by as many as 9 points (20 1L with 6:02 left in the oonnKe quintpeck bright red neckpiece ever sincef a shaky four al season start The Lion codch aq going into the last eight 47 47 Hamline Tumbles to SCI 81 68 "LINCOLN Neb" UP) State College of Iowa meets Nebraska Wesleyan 'Saturday night for Jthe NCAA" Midwest regional small college championship SCI moved into the finals ri day nrgh by defeating Hamline University Jl 68 victory over Grinnell With center Pete Spoden pump ing in 27 'points State College pulled away after finishing the first half with a narrow 40 38 margin 6 7 center red Schmiesing fouled out with 13 minutes left after scoring 13 points man was Zig Khwith 21 In a match between once beaten clubs Britain rallied with four goals in the third period to upset inland 7 5 The Class game saw Japan outscore rance 10 8 Since Canada doesn't meet Swe den until Tuesday and the United States until the March 18 finale much of the early interest rests on tonight's game we can get by Sweden we a a should be "all 'right commented US coach Connie Pieban He has been worried because his club had only two practice games before the tournament opened a LSlUp i V1UJ5U clL dllUl votup tuuuj rlnvcl Onp nilrher who hones ihe iiown and mugh traveled lefthander Danny McDevitt I halve a better pic lure if you kijQjjL what I feel I don't 'have to play: give it my 'best shot and if not good enough McDevitt vows McDevitt had a 2 2 record last season after being acquired from the New York Yankees in midsea son Wildness has beetr his down fall McDevitt showing a 21 24 record in the majors 11 years in this he added guess had 11 dif ferent coaches try to teach me 11 different methods But if I make it this the it' i 1 I I 11 A Jhmk I i Im 1 JIJI 'i Jr4 I 4 "fc if I a A IWW I BK if Hi fey? 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