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Show I v sy u u OS) ECiller' Attack1, D ovi Oregon UCLA's bruising Bruins used a "chiller" attack and an aggressive defense to annihilate Oregon State, 9 to win the NCAA Western Basketball Regional championsip Saturday night before more than 10,000 fans at v w : Downs Ufa h captured a berth in the NCAA finals next weekend in Louisville Ky.? Leading the Uclans to victory was John Green who scored 23 points, followed by Walt Hazl zard who scored 17 and was voted BYU Fieldhouse. the most valuable player of the By winning the Western tour tournament by the press and radio ney Coach John Wooden's charges covering the tournament. Big Lead at Half 0 halftime lead Taking a Uclans playing with tremendous fire and oyerpowering desire stepped up the pace even more in the second half leading by a 2 score with seven minutes, seven seconds to play in ' the 88-6- Aggies n S r 3 o i v. 14 jak fa ISStefc1 0 Pepperdine 88 to 69 S Me A!'y7 H n r. it m ti-- i i. m it r .r n u a i .' tr Beetdiggefs Win ft Fifth 1j 75-7- 1 SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Jordan High School won its fifth Utah Class A Basketball Championship under coach Art Hughes Saturday by smashing the previously undefeated West High with a tremenPanthers, 69-5dous last quarter explosion. The Beetdiggers from Sandy thus! ruined West High's bid ..for its first championship. Bradley Brimhall came off the ' By WENDELL RIGBY ' Herald Sports Writer, Pepperdine College of Los Angeles downed Utah State University Saturday night to win third place honors in the NCAA Far West regional playoffs held in Provo. Tim, Tift, senior center for Pepperdine, canned the first two baskets Jo give the California quint a lead they never relinquished. Mark Hasen and Darnell Haney hit fouls for Utah ' State to cut the margin, but Pepgame.. !.'.'"; And with a little over minutes to perdine moved ahead as Noel go the Bruins led 5 despite the Smith clicked on a foul toss and split the strings again with desperate press thrown Tift a long looper. Coach Slats Gill's badly up by n Darnell Haney put on a p beaten but Beavshow for the Aggies scoring ..... ' ers. The Bruins raced into an 11-- 5 in an attempt to keep them in first lead on the shooting of Slaughter, the game1 midway in the War-lick Green and Blackman. Carty of half.. But Lee Tinsley,. Bob mountscore and Tift the kept the Beavers tried to keep his team in the ball game but was unable ing for the Waves with ,their to do it as the UCLA quintet steady shooting. Cornell Green, ace Aggie forracked up nine straight points for a 20-- 7 lead after seven minutes ward, was held to a single foul toss until he broke loose with a 'Jof play, .,,!:,.bucket minutes, 26 secPauly and Counts scored for the onds with nine on the clock. That; showing Beavers, but Hazzard went onja a time as he broke the for spell tallying , rampage as the Bruins with the scoring chores.! moved out in front Green, helped moved Waves the Hazzard and Blackman continued However, 6 a had ahead and to bomb the hoop as the UCLA steadily at halftime. lead quintet moved into a 4 marThe Aggies made another of gin with six minutes 59 seconds their big rallies as they closed, to play in the first half. on the Waves and! the margin Pauly tried to keep the Beavers their big lead, A foul toss byj in the contest and did lower the Green brought the score to 50Uclans advantage to 15 points, 52.1 They shot basket for basket! but Waxman and Hazzard a short time until Tift . and! for de0 lead gave the Uclans a got back to work and! spite some fine shooting down Tinsley the margin again, Twoj the first half stretch by Carty. spread UCLA was outshot from the baskets by Green and three points; field In the first half 13 to 12, but by; Dennis Nate fanned Farmer again, but Tinsley's fielder managed to more than make tip hopes coast five out to a shot the the difference at the free throw margin at the buzzer. line,! 20 out of 22 at the charity Jim scoring honors stripe, compared to Oregon with 22Tift took trailed by Tins4 points, State's rather poor four out of 12. 19." it For with the Aggies The UCLA squad had a 40 per ley 20 and with Green was Cornell cent' shooting average from the field in the first half, and 90 per Darnell Haney with 19. cent! from the free throw line, compared to Oregon State's 35 33 per cent from the field and !'i foul line. cent at the per Starting off the second half with a charge, the Bruins behind the shooting of Cunningham and Haz6 zard: rolled into advantage after five minutes of play in the second half. Baker and Counts tried to keep the Beavers from being completely ambushed but TTfTT.A (RR) G. TF P the score continued to mount as 12 4 4 Green and Cunningham kept fir- Cunningham, f 7 1 ...3 ing away at the, basket for the jjiacKman,. c.i 7 2 3 Bruins. After the score reached Slaughter, .1... 17 6 5 it never was a contest Hazzard, g. 23 3 .... 5 " Green, g ; again, 2 12 c ...5 Team j. ; M Waxmanj 0 4 2 ... XHclcSf Besides Hazzard other members ' 2 1 0 ... inrc team Stewart, of the 2 1 ... 0 Cornell Rosvall, g cluded John Green, War-lic2 2 ... 0 Gower, g Green, Terry Baker, Bob :o o .... T jg Milhorn, 'r : 0 0 John Green and Cunningham in LHuggins, g ........... ... 0 ., were from to Hazzard addition: 88 ..... . 29 0 Totals UCLA. Cornell Green is from G TF P Utah, Baker from Oregon and OREGON STATE 1 4 J9 ... Carty, f Warlick from Pepperdine. 2 1 .... ;5 Jacobson, f j PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1962 75-7- 1, 4, 44-3- UCLA, OSC Win Friday Encounters! VI A 76-5- - I ' Cage Scores 84-6- all-cou- rt - UCLA finally broke their BYU Fieldhouse jinx and Oregon State won a squeaker over Pepperdine Friday night in the opening round of the NCAA Western Regionals before 10,148 fans. Coachr John Wooden's Bruins were staved off a determined Utah , State rally in the second half and then put together a spurt of their own in the final five minutes to score a 2 victory the first win they've ever bagged in the Cougar sports arena. The Uclans' triumph' followed Oregon State's stirring come 73-6- .. victory over Pepperdine in the tourney opener, Contrast in Styles The two games were contrasts in basketball styles. The Oregon State - Pepperdine game stressed the "slow deliberate, from-behin- 69-6- d 7 set-patte-rn type, of play, while the Utah State- - UCLA game was a fast-breakin- g, somewhat rough and tumble kind of. contest. Leading the Uclans to victory Friday night wai Gary Cunning , ham, who scored 21 points. Three other UCLA players scored in double figures including Walt Haz- zard with 13, John Green with 11 and Fred Slaughter, with 10. However, the game's leading scorer was Utah State's Cornell Green, who tanked 26 points, In cluding 10 in the first five minutes of the game and six in the last four, minutes of the first half. Darnell Haney followed Green in the Aggie scoring with 12 points, while Phil Johnson and Mark Hasen had 10 each. with Trailing by about. 14 minutes to play, the Aggies made a great run at the Bruins, scoring nine straight points in about five minutes playing 31-5- 7, ts, time as Hasen, Johnson and Green ' . led the charge.. . Kept Coming: And, the Aggies didn't quit, coming .until Green's! two free throws, cut the Uclans lead to with 5:05 to play. After both teams went scoreless for the next two minutes or so, UCLA went Into a freeze and the pressing Aggies never got any closer. ' Two spurts in the first half gave the Uclans a 0 lead at the intermission. Early in the first ses sion, they scored six straight points and then moments later came back to hit the Farmers with a nine-poisplurge to take 8 advantage in the game. .The key to the Bruins' success was their ability to defense Green, after the Aggie ace "had racked up 10 quick points. After that, UCLA was never threatened until Coach LaDell Anderson's charges made their big push midway through the second session. d scoring It was Its State victory that gave Oregon over Pepperdine, after the Beavers found themselves trailing 7 f Continued on Pa?e 12) f . 63-6- 43-3- nt . 28-1- . better-balance- 13-1- 1, . j "... A (consolation) l NCAA Small College Tourney J - j ' I Wesleyan 81 (consolation) J 1 37-1- j NCAA Mideast Regionals At Iowa City, Iowa Butler 87, Western Kentucky Overtime) (consolation) 9 ' 1 NCAA Midwest 4 j -j , 39-2- 4, GREEN SCORES FOR jAGGIES Utah State's Cornell Green is shown seoring against Pepperdine in 'Saturday, night's consolation championship game in the NCAA Western Regional Tourney: Noel Smith is shown charging in from the side. . 1 , 76-5- 2, 5-- j j 16-1- i 2-- All-Tourn- ey j 1-0-- ent 0-2-- k. o--o ' ' - 1-- Jf 37-3- 5-- f 2-- Salt Lake Skier Suffers Broken Lea in Tourntey Mont. Counts, c Baker, Psuly j . g - , (UPI) Salt Lake Skier Kip Harris broke his right leg Friday during the Junior National Alpine Ski. Championships here. Harris fell during the first run of the slalom event. WHITE FISH, Campbell, c Bastor, f Torgerson, f 24 2-- 2 .... .... 2 4 5-- 2 ... 10-- 0 16 3-- 2 .... 0 ... 3 ... Benner, g Hayward, g j 11 ,. 10 2 0 6 0 3 4 0-- 0 0-- 0 .. . 0 0-- 0 .... 1 1-- 1 2 O-- O ' 30 Totals Score by quarters: 27 17 23 UCLA 20 10 OSU T7 69 18-- 9 18 2188 2169 Hasen j Holman! Nate ...1 Haney .1 Johnson ......... 1 6 ...... 6 3 Green Gam Puzey I. . 1 . 22 Totals PEPPERDINE (75) Dinnel L I" Tift .....L..... Tinsley Warlick Smith - 1 9 4 1 Bridges .... 3 Dougan .... ... 1 Totals TTflifHrne Utah State 2 1 2 4 1. 13 2 0 10 11 0 9 1 Goldsberry 32 1 0 13 3 0 21 I 19 1 3 71 15 11 22 19 11 5 4 2 5 4 2 0 22 4 6 2 basket during Saturday night's NCAA Far West-Regional basketball tourney in tha BYU Fieldhouse. m One of the 75 ;42, j score: Pepperdine 36. NEW YORK (UPI) -- Holy Cross Foley boys Jack (The Shot) and Bob, went on a St. Patrick's Day shooting spree to highlight a 1 victory over Colorado State University and Duquesne breezed 8 to a nationally - televised win over Navy Saturday to win quarterfinal berths in the National Invitation BasketbalF Tournament. The results qualified Holy Cross to meet St. John's and pitted pu- - 72-7- 70-5- quesne against topseeded Bradley in Tuesday night's quarter-final- s. An afternoon crowd of 14,033 watched the Foley boys from tioly Cross combine to score 55 pomts and offset the superb performance by Colorado State's burly Bill Green. J ack Foley, runnerup in the major college scoring race tallied 34 points and Bob, no relation, contributed 21 for the high mark 'of his two years at Holy Cross. The Foley Boys and their Holy Cross teammates shot brilliantly, hitting on 30 of 58 field goal at tempts, but they had no one who could handle the muscular, . 6 green. The Colorado State center planted himself under the goal and! hit on 14 of his 14 field goal tries. He also cashed in on nine of 11 " free throws. M . The Rocky Mountain boys Vere jittery at the start and fell j behind, 14-Only the inside work of Green and the backcourt play of Jim Olander kept Colorado State in the game. 37-poi- nt . ? 3. . Regionals At Manhattan, Kan. them in overtime. A pair of Davis County teams grabbed third and fourth spots, while Box Elder High took the Consolation Crown, and fifth place. Darts, Braves Nab 3rd, 4th Creighton 63, "Texas Tech 61 (consolation) FRIDAY RESULTS NCAA East Regionals At College Park, Md. Wa ke Forest 96 St. Joseph's 85 (ot) Villanova 79 New York U. 76 SALT LAKE CTTYUPI) A NCAA Mideast Regionals of Davis County teams grabpair I At Iowa. City, Iowa bed third and fourth spots in the ' Ohio St. 93 Western Kentucky 73 Utah Class A basketball tournaj Kentucky 81 Butler 60 ment here Saturday. NCAA Midwest Regionals , Davis High, last year's Class A At Manhattan, Kan. champs, .rolled to an easy 2 Co orado 67 Texas Tech.v 60 victory over Granger to grab Cincinnati 66 Creighton 46 third spot while Bountiful explod- NCAA West Regionals ; t ed in overtime to defeat East, j At Provo, Utah; and take fourth place. Oregon St. 69 Pepperdine 67 and East finished sixth, Granger UCLA 73 Utah St. 62 and seventh. NCAA Small College Tournament The Davis Darts jumped ahead At Evans viae, Ind. 10-- 0 in the first 'period and held Semifinal Round a commanding 16-- 2 margin after Sacramento St. 74 minutes. During that time, Neb. Wesleyan 73 (double ot) eight Granger connected on only two Mt. St. Mary's 58 Southern Hi. 57 free throws. John Taylor, Brad NAIA Tournament and John Noriega did Cowley At Kansas City, Mo. most of the early damage1 for Semifinal Round Davis. Westminster (Pa.) 54 Cowley and Raymond Blood S.E. Oklahoma St. 45 shared scoring honors for Davis Prairie View A&M 80 W. HI. 63 with 15 points apiece. Noriega had 12 and Taylor 10. Granger went nearly nine minutes before its first field goal. Once the Lancers found the range, Richard , Hawkins hit for 15 points and Larry Cox 12. The Bountiful Braves exploded for nine points in overtime to defeat East after Lyndon McKay MURRAY (UPI) The Inter- - sent the game into the extra sesmountain AAU boxing champion sion with a free throw with 39 scor ships will be held here Monday seconds left to play. McKay scorers. all to lead 30 ed points and Tuesday with two national to win . East missed a chance champions in the spotlight. Geertsen when Lenny the game Gary Brown and Ralph Unwith five secgricht of Stan's Boxing Club in missed a foul shot Orem will be the featured attrac- onds left. The boxes: tions. Brown, winner of the NaBOUNTIFUL (72) tional Golden Gloves title, and G T F P Ungricht, national AAU feather0 0 1 0 ...L weight champ, will be on hand Cushing 10 4 5 3 ...... Jenkins to defend their titles. 16 12 30 MacKay Bertx (Red) Taylor, co chair 9 1 .... man of the Intermountain AAU Reisteck J.. 2 2 0 boxing committee, said a large Siddoway 17 4 8 entry list may force the finals Stott 4 5 1 i Smith over to Wednesday night. 0 0 J 0 . Wilkinson Cincinnati Beats Buffs; Score, . st earlier 15-fo- ot 63-6- j s-- 1500-var- over to the scorer's table to an nounce a foul. Come to think about it, the "ref" did chhhharge! , Press tables were lined along playing floor level and members of the Fourth Estate who hereto-fore had hung precariously from the ceiling-hig- h press box to watch the pep squad girls dance nearly got their hats kicked off and admited it. was much better that way. One sportswriter the Daily Herald was heard If anyone thought the brave from to comment: "That doll can can Bruins of UCLA felt "up in the an she?" can't air" Saturday they were right.! The mighty Uclans were brought The UCLA Band members from their oceanside altitude to 4549 a higher at Provo and then were joined by a spirited were escorted to Provo's Bridal group of school boosters, the Veil Falls airlift for a perpen "Kelps." Kelps gave Pepper--: dine the dicular 1200 foot additional liftj foster fathat care the er and provided added ' Dangling precariously a in the falls of the rooting section for help top spectacular the smaller college group. awestruck squad and coaches " were alarmed to learn that they Pepperdine gave a terrific would have to wait there: "Some display of sportsmanship and our with lent moral support to their has gone wrong thing the team Don't go away," equipment. voice soothed. "We hope we can Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCam- get everything repaired in time to get you back for tonight's mon and sons Tom and Terry game." They did and it was a came all the way from Portland, great stunt and possibly the great Ore., to root and support their team will ever ex favorite team PEPPERDINE I V est thrill-thperience. People who thought they were TV's "Divorce Court" seeing Long after the raucous show when they glanced into the buzzer had blasted its blessed press box were right, almost. finale on NCAA tourney acThe now famous courtroom re tion and the new champs had porter Bill Welsh broadcast the been heralded, persons who championship game back to Los had crowded into the George Angeles for LA Channel 11. Bill Albert Smith Fieldhouse to is an authentic Fourth Estater see four championship teams TV or no TV and hs narration in action continued to mar- of the championship game was n rlntlf. ilicnlqir 11,. i live. c of school spirit displayed by out of state teams. Brigham Young University was much in the tournament Oregon-Statearrived in Pro very even if only at half time. Mid-gavo as if by avalanche and made loud ceremonies their presence known in motels, acclaim from everybrought school visit-cafes and on the streets of the in e from out of state. Other col ever friendly city. They wore marveled at the their school colors and came to lege studentsexhibition and con spectacular root over 200 strong not includ fessed they had never seen any ing band and pep club members to equal it BUT GOOD! Speaking of school spirit, a very thing special nod to two wonderful pep "Buy your programs here; club bands, UCLA and Oregon statistics; every names, State. UCLA provided music and thing butpictures, final the score," was the cheers for their neighbor team rather interesting announcement from Pepperdine in California that greeted ticket holders as they while Oregon State gave the most entered the BYU Fieldhouse for classic exhibit of sportsmanship the NCAA Far West Regional imaginable. The band members, playoff. When one customer ask group, ed. "Why not that?" the answer traditionally an had spent 23 hours on the bus ar- came "Bring it back after the riving a very short time before game and we'll fill that in." the game yet they remained to play, for the USU and even formEvery effort was made by ed the cheering section. Logan NCAA officials to insure fairness in game officiating. Don (it must be said with bowed head) might as well have been Watson was from the 'Southon the moon as far as bringing west"; Ben Eidwell came to the tourney. school from the "Big Eight"; and spirit any; One of the BIG questions asked by Bobby Scott and Brad Beck are from the "Missouri Valother cheer sections was "What happened to Logan's Alumni, stuley." Seems an awfully long dents, backers, etc.?" way from home. . - full-fled- ge e X me MANHATTAN, Kan. (UPI); Cincinnati's Bearcats romped; past the Colorado Buffs 6 Saturday to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Mid-Weregional basketball tournament. In an gam ej Pete McManamon's jump shot with eight seconds to go. gave Creighton a 1 win over Texas Tech for third place. Cincinnati got balanced scoring from its three big. boy f Paul Hogue, Ron Bonham, and George to overwhelm Colorado Wilson and return to the national tournament for the second straight! year. Hogue, despite playing jmore than half the game with- four fouls, was top scorer with 22 had 17 and points, while Bonham " Wilson 19. Wilky Gilmore and Ken Charlton paced Colorado with 15 and 11 points, respectively. ! j rs 73-4- 6 W Tourney; 72-6- 5, , The !University of Utah swim ming team won the mens aivi sion championship and the Riviera Swim Club the women's crown! in the annual AAU Senior Swimmins and Diving Champion ships held Saturday at the Riviera ' pool, Tooele placed second in the men's division. from Mark Imai. d frcestvle. winning the Tooele, was the men's high in100 yard backstroke, and placing dividual point leader, setting a tasw fcidocr AAU mils ia; tlita second in tie 2uuyara DacKstroKe. jl sidelight-highligh- ts of the of NCAA's cham pionship game Was the presentation of souvenir trophies to Stan Watts and Eddie Kimball of BYU, basketball mentor and athletic, director. The basketballs had been signed by every team member in the tournament. The presentation was sponsored by Provo Chamber of Commerce in appro ciation of the pair's assistance. 1 -. j e offen-siv- efforts. Ken Mc Cleary, brother of for- 65-5- wind-u- p 73-4- 11 minutes and rattled West's L Watts, Kimball Presented NCAA Souvenir Basketballs 0 0 8 20 2 8 0 2 Utah U; Riviera Win Titles in AAU Swim Most John Green BRUIN BREAKS AWAY FROM GUARD shown UCLA is of breaking away from, Oregon (45) State's Steve Pauly, as the Uclan player drives in for a Holy Cross Beats Rams; Score 72-7- 1 Tourney Sidelights . UTAH STATE (71) 42-3- In 75-7- 1 5-- 8$ t ! 44-3- j i At Evansville, Ind. Southern Illinois 98, Nebraska " 1-- 9 West went ahead at the end of three quarters on the shooting of Gale Horton and George Pasulis. But Brimhall went Into action, scoring five field goals and four of seven foul shots. Jordan riddled the West defenses for 30 points in the torrid eight the Consolation contests- - two of j 42-3- 4-- 32-3- at halftime. i 27-1- 0. 60-3- Jordan had taken a lead in the first quarter sparked by the shooting of Steve Cramer, but' West came back in thej second quarter to narrow the gap to 0 j . Attendance: 9,816. lay-u- p r - NCAA Meet Box Scores . 21-- 8 j t Salfurday . finish. Mc-Clea- ry, , j , By; United Press International National Invitational Tournament mer Jordan great Jerry At Madison Square Garden added eights points and Holy Cross 72, Colorado State 71 Kent Stephan 6 in the final surge. (1st round) Stephan, Mc Cleary and'Pasulas Dayton 94, Houston 77 tied for scoring honors' with 15 (quarterfinals) each. Duquesne 70, Navy 58 Jordan previously won state NCAA Eastern Regionals at in 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955. titles College Park, MdJ Earlier Saturday night, a trio New York University 94; St. . of Northern Utah teams grabbed Joseph's (Pa.) 85 : . Jordan .bench in the fourth quarter to score 14 points and bring Jordan from behind in a thrilling j one-ma- never-give-u- Title 1A' . all-ma- le ! j j Area AAU Boxing getting Tourney to Get Started Monday ! ! ' ; .-- 34 G T F P 6 1 5 5 0 Members of the Fourth Estate Stewart ..... 5 .... to look a chance Burton had up really 1- ... 0 to some of those tall boys in ac Giles tion in Tournament play. Press Orme ....Z. 7 ... seats were down below the level Steele ......... 0 of the Playing floor, where special Elggren tables were set up on a level --3 Totals with the floor. From this posi tion big Mel Counts, 0 center Score by quarters: 18 35 for Oregon State, really looked Bountiful 15 28 and was only East Carty big. Ray Tim Campbell and Bob Jacobsen were practically overshadowed Wonder how the air DAVIS (65) With their feels up there? G 0 0 3 0 5 0 Owen .- -... ... - - 12 15 0 2 1 15 0 10 15 2 O 0 19 '9- 6 1 2 0 65 - 7-- 6-- 7, 44 48 61- -72 61- -65 6-- 6. I ; State fans made almost as much noise as Jordan and Highland at the recent Class A Tournament held in Provo, when Steve Pauly, 4 forward, knotted It was only the count at the third time in the 'game that the score was tied. It was evened 1 and again at up once at The fans really, raised the rafters as their team came from Oregon i . 6-- 23-2- 3. 11-1- 13-1- 3. behind. Don McCalleb, Sports Information Chief at Los Angeles State College, brings special greetings from a contingent of former Provoans now at L. A. State. The group includes such well known sports enthusiasts and former players as President Howard S. McDonald; Dr. A. C. Lam- A I- . I 5 Even the giant score board group of imaginative students who had heckled the referee was more than usually interest somewhat during the tournament, ing for the spectators. The names, and all in fun, would yell in unison: "Pepperdine," "Oregon dash would "UCLA" "Utah and' and he when State," "Charge' 72 22 25 Totals State" were placed on the board in large letters and well illumin EAST (65) ated for easy reading by the Geertsen fans. bert; Ferron Losee; Reed - Nil-se- n; Scotty Deeds, Bob Fcn-ncs- y, and Marion J. (Pete) I, Gls&a. Cowley Miller Noriega ...L Blood Taylor Dixon . '.. Bradley Fisher - dark Cox Johns . Granger.. 2 8 12 1 15 3 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 63 T F P 5 2 7 4 4 ... 3 3 0 2 0 3 5 15 7 3 4 12 2 8 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 4 0.2 .....17 Score by quarters: 16 Davis Totals 2 2 G :.. . 10 15 17 Hawkins Moksnes R. Wood 5 27 Totals .. GRANGER (51) M. Wood F P 6 1010 Oviatt .. 0 0 T 1 Hollist Benson 5 4 5 7 4 0 23 17 GO 4 2 13 0 1 1 Zj- - - 1 |