December 26, 1963 SttELTON--MA0N C}UNTY JOURNAL,-- Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.', Shelton, Washington PAGE 5
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WILDCAT ACEJim Clifton, left, Puyallup junior guard, is averaging 13 points
a game to lead Central Washington scorers. Coach Leo Nicholson's CWSC
team will meet St. Martins College in Shelton Saturday night.
SHELTON'S CONTRIBUTION--Jerry Bloomfield, right, is playing his fourth year
of basketball for Coach Jerry Vermillion. He was a .prep ace at Shelton for two
seasons during the regime of Vermillion as Highclimber hoop coach. Bloomfield
was one of the key cogs in the Climber team which tied for the Seamount league
title in 1960. After laying out a season, he entered St. Martins and earned his
letter, frequently starting at a glJard spot, as a freshman last year. He Will get
a starting call in Saturday night's game against Central when the two teams
play in Shelton gym.
STRATEGY SESSION--Coach Jerry Vermillion (right above) talks over a play
with two of his lofty front-liners, Mike Bruener (left) and Terry Monahan (Cen-
ter), both 6-feet-5 and both regular starters this season,
BASKETBALL SLATED HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
no competition from any test.
source, college basketball
s over Shelton gymnasium
aturday night featuring St.
as the home club against
Washington State College
Ellensburg.
time is 8:00 p.m. with
Shelton Junior Chamber of
as sponsors of the con-
It should be a close battle, ac-
cording to the dope sheet.
Neither team has been very
successful so far. The Rangers,
coached by former Shelton high
school cage mentor Jerry Vermil-
lion, have a 2-and-6 record at
this point but have also had some
injury and illness troubles which
GREETING BY CHERRIE SPEAS
5th Grade Mt. View School
VERLE'S SPORTING GOODS
account for at least half of the
losses.
OE OF THE KEY MEN in the
St. Martins plot is big John Don-
aldson, ex-Aberdeen Bobcat,
whose blistered feet have sidelined
him the past two weeks. He may
be ready for limited action Satur-
day, but not in his accustomed
starting assignment.
The starters Vermillion has no-
minated include former High-
climber luminary Jerry Bloomfield
at one of the backcourt spots,
where his excellent play in the
past couple of weeks has elevated
him from a reserved roll. He has
been scoring consistently in dou-
ble figures recently.
His baekcourt teammate will be
John Burnley, a Negro youth of
about Bloomfield's build, from
Louisville. Ky., where he was all-
city choice. Bloomfield and Burn-
ley at 5-i0 will seen] like midgets
compared to their front-line team-
rhates---Mike Bruener, Terry Me-
n]hart, and Rick Eberhardt. The
latter is 6-foot-8. the other two
6-5. giving the Rangers fine re-
bounding and backboard strength.
BLOOMFIELD. Eberhardt and
Monahan are sophomores, the oth-
er starters juniors, so Vermillion
is playing a comparatively young
lineup=.
The starting fron"-liners don't
have any monopoly on height on
the Ranger squad, however. In
addition. Vermillion has at his dis-
posal Don Amundsen, 6-9 junior
center; Vic Napoli. 6-7 fresh-
man: Gary Kautz, 6-6 junior; Jon
Iglvin. 6-6 freshman; and Don
Pakelle. 6-3 sophomore. Donaldson
incidentally, is 6-5, so the Rangers
have eight squad members of 6-5
or better.
Central comes equipped with
some height of its own, topped by
6-]1 center Dale Hall. who goes
with Jim Clifton of Puyallup and
Bob :Moa\\;x, oad of Kalama at guards,
Bob Smith of Puyallup and Mel
Cox of Coulee City at forwards
in the starting lineup.
CENTRAL HAS dropped three
games, to Eastern Washington,
Western Montana and Whitman,
and defeated the top British Co-
lumbia AAU team.
St. Martins' record looks worse
j:t
than the calibre of the team de-
serves. The Rangers went on a
4-game trip into Montana last
week dn which only seven of the
10-man varsity squad were heal-
thy eno'uh to board the plane
and two of them suffered dis-
abling injuries during game ac-
tion on the trip. The Ranger] lost
hlt four.
Besides oach Vermillion and
player Bloomfield, the Rangers
have a third Sheltonian connected
with the squad this year in the
person of Morley Preppernau, who
serves as team trainer. Morley
transferred from Olympic Junior
College to St. :Martins this year.
Admission prices for this game
(can anyone remember when Shel-
ton ever hosted a college game
before?/ will be $1 for adults.
50 cents for students, and 25 cents
for children under 12.
LONG LAYOFF FOR
BLAZER GAGE TEAM
JUNIOR HIGtl BASKETBALL
XV L pf pa
Miller ......................... 3 0 134 89
Hoquiam .................. i 0 45 33
SHELTON .............. 2 1 102 101
Washington .............. 2 1 106 93
Hopkins .................... 1 3 110 115
Jefferson .................. 0 1 31 43
Centralia .................. 0 3 66 108
Latest Scores
Miller 42, Washington 41
Hoquiam 45. Hopkins 33
With no action slated until Jan.
10, Coach- Jerry Knutson has a
problem of keeping his Shelton
Blazer junior high basketball
squad in some semblance of con-
dition in the interim.
He is limited by regulaton to
three days of turnouts during the
Christmas holidays, which isn't
going to be nearly enough in view
of the extra long holiday period
this year plus Shelton's unfor-
tunate draw of the bye during the
first week of play resumption af-
ter vacation.
The Blazers will host Washing-
ton of Olympia in Shelton gym
on January 10 when they do get
back into action.
Little Climbers Heat
Up, Avenge Fife Loss
With 64-36 Triumph
Another revenge victory put the
Little Climber B squad basketball
record at 2-3 for the year so far
when Coach Harold Wilson's club
came up with a dazzling 64-36 vic-
tory over a Fife junior varsity
Saturday which had whipped them
61-54 at Fife two weeks earlier.
The IAttle Climbers rolled to a
21-8 first quarter lead as Jim An-
derson hit for six and Mike,Keh
ly eight and from there on it was
clear sailing. Another big splurge
in the tbzrd quarter, in which
Floyd Barnes and Denny Bailey
scored six each and Kelly four,
ran up a 49-29 margin after the
clubs had gone off the floor*at
the half at 30-21.
Bailey wound up with 16 for
game honors and Kelly had an
even dozen. The lineups:
Sheiton 64 Fife 36
M.Brickert 2 f Olson 2
Anderson 8 f Collins 8
Wilson 8 c McKay 15
Bailey 16 g Stowell 2
Kelly 12 g Gustafson
Subs: Shelton---TWyatt 2. T:
Fredson 2. Barnes 6. Dawson 4,
Johnson 2. Preppernau 1. M. Fred-
son 1. McNeil, Olson. Landis.
Winn. Fife--Hankel 4. Nell 2
Bartz 1. Sternberg 1. Baline. Cam-
eron, Phipps, McBurne.
Score by Quarters
Shelton ............ 21, 9 19 15--64
I Fife .................. 8 13 8 7 36
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Age 11 - 5th Grade Mr. View School .I GREETING BY WENDY RYE
I Age 9 Bordeaux School
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Mat Team Takes On
Tumwater T-Birds
Here Friday Night
Athletic action on the high
school front this holiday weekend
is eonfin.d to wrestling,
The Highclimbers. coming
strong after losing their first two
engagements, will go ater their
third utraight success Friday
night when they host the Turn-
(water Thunderbirds in Shelton
gym.
Junior varsity matmen open the
program at 6:30 o'clock with the
varsities following along about
7:30 or 7:45. depending on how
many pins mark the early action.
The C'iimbers are near peak
strength with the return to ac-
tion of Daron Taylor in the 127-
lb. weight division and Jim Rod-
gers in the 175-1b. division, al-
though Rennie Mason who won all
three of his matches by pins in
the 191-lb, division (wo in J.V..
one in varsity competition) will
be missing due to boil trouble. He
missed the last match when Shel-
ton uulled a major upset by
thrashi.ng Auburn 40-15.
The Climbers staged a last-ditch
rally to nip Federal Way, 25-21,
by winning the final two bouts by
falls to get back on the victory
path after suffering defeats at
the hands of Olympia and North
Thurston in the first two engage-
ments of the season.
After Friday's Tumwater com-
petition the Climbers travel to
Montesano next Monday night to
meet Bulldog aggregation which
is unbeaten at this writing.
RICE REACHES 600
WITH 2 TO SPARE
MEN'S INDUSTRIAL
(final 1st lmlf) V L
Shetton Motors .............. 40 24
20th Cent Thriftway .... 35 29
Canteen ............................ 34 ,. 29 /
Pantorium Cleaners ........ 31 33
Clary Trucking ................ 30 34
Cole's obil Service ...... 291. 34
Morgan Lumber .............. 29 35
Lmnbermen's Mere ....... 27 37
High game--Ray Rice 227.
High series--Ray Rice 602.
:: $ *
MeWs Industriai league bowlers
wound up their first half sched-
ule last week with Shelton lIo-
tors as pennant winners and Ray
Rice edging across the 600 hur-
dle with two pins to spare.
Shelton :h[otors Dan Densley
5351 put "the clincher on the crown
with a whitewashing of L.M. (Phil
Bayley 511) while Rice's 602 man-
aged to bring only a 2-2 standoff
for his second place 20th Century
squad with Clary Trucking
(Wayne Clary 510).
In the two othcr finales. Eac-
rett Lumber (Hap Smith 567)
finished with a 3-1 victory over
Cole's Mobil Service Dean Smith
558). and Pantorium Cleaners
Jim McCcmb 509 drew with
Canteen {Forest Gilchrist 458).
MIXED FOURSOMES
Board Busters ........................... 2
Pin Busters .............................. 6 2
Knork Outs .............................. 5 3
Strippers .................................... 5 3
Twisters ...................................... 4 4
Odd Balz .................................... 3 5
What's Next ................ .' ............. 3 5
Timber Ducks ............................ 0 8
High games---Lou Nault 18(1,
Duane Nault 234
High series---Jean Hartwell 465,
Duane Nault 561.
Split pick .... Jo Wentz 6-7-10.
MERCHANTS LEAGUE
Bill's Shell Service .......... 38 22
Prepp's Rexall Store .......... 37 23
Olympic Plywood ............. 36 24
Miller's .................................. 30 30
Old Mill Pavern .................. 2D 31
Stewart's Foodliner .......... 24 36
Kimbel & Whitey's ............ 23 37
Ralph's Serve-U ......... : ........ 23 37
High game---Ron Strickland
234.
High seriesRon Strickland
578.
NORTH illA$OH SPORTS HEWS
Wright Academy Cops Another Close
BasKetball Verdict From Bulldogs
By Dennis Shelly
BELFAIR For the second
time in a row. the Charles \\;Vright
Academy of Tacoma edged out NEW BLUE OX
the North Mason Bulhlogs ]n a
battle of wits which ended in fa- THURS., FRI., SAT,
vor of Wright, 52-45. in the North Open 6:45
Mason gym last week. DEC. 26, 27. 28
Guard Mike Ellis from the Ter-
rier team again took game and :iii!k" ........... iii
team honors with 16 points as '
compared with his 22 •points dur- JacK,emmon
ing the last encoumer with the
Bulldogs. \\;Vayne Crosswhite for ndLee RemicK
the Bnlldogs shared team honors
with Rick Anderson and Dennis x-. : _.
Shelly, each scoring 10 points.
00'DaYSOF win-e
Other Bulldogs scoring was quite
even as Gary Millet' scored eight stun_.._
points, and q'om McKay contrib-
uted seven. AliNUiBl00a *,JPMILIER kli]l
BIK[ [OWARDS WARNFR BRlIS
The game was pretty much a
see-saw battle until the Terriers
broke the monotony with a scor- il;lkligllVNill(lllllr,tlll
ing surge resulting in a 22-13 half
time lead• The Bulldogs dug in -G.M SUSAN PETER
during the third qnarter, scoring HAYW)RD:FIHCH
19 to the Terriers' 15, but NM ,O!t/rli#
slacked off in the fourth period,
tallying only 13 to the Terriers' ' DIANE °'""CYRIL
15. C1LENTO OUSACK:00
Tom McKay for the third time "' !:i !
this year fouled out of the game, - .... """-- .......... -'-- .......... -
leaving space for the Terriers to .............. SUN:,MON:--0-i[2 ............
attack on fast breaks. Both teams
fourth quarter as a fast moving
man-to-man defense picked up the
pace in scoring and fouling. Gatw
Miller of the Bulldogs didn't see
any action tmtil the second half __,.. ____
when he fast broke for seven
4E
straight tallies to hetp in the scor.
ing department. Scoring went: i
North Mason .. 8 5 19 13-45
Chas: Wright ..10 12 15 15--52 N[JTi
Individual scoring went: (NM)
Crosswhite 10, Anderson 10, Shel-
ly 10, Miller 8, McKay 7. Whit- . ,,,.t= tV -
man 0, Allen; /CW) Morey 9, -'
Ellis 16. Wright 12, Shanaman 4, " "
Pascoe2, Allen4"2.Mac Donald 3, Frank i
The Junior Varsity team also
lost, 27-6, to the Wright Academy.
Next encounter for the Bulldogs
is Jan. 3, NM's first Olympic
league competition with Port
Townsend, at PT.
JUNIOR LEAGUE $:'
w L 00FIIED ;
Joslin Ins, lranee .................. 38 18 HITCHCOCK00
Bloomfield Logging .......... 36 20
Hembroff Agency .............. 34 22 k
Beckwith Jewelry .............. 31 25 ¢l @,_ -11}
Eagles Aerie 2079 ............ 24 32
Starkey's Heating .............. 20 35
The Hut .............................. 13 43 "'eTE(:HNI'OLOR°IBIII
High games--Sonja Ahlquist WE ARE CLOSED
156. Mike Vtuench 195. DECEMBER 31
High series--Sonja Ahlquist OPEN JAN. 2
396, Claude Cool< 487.
Sponsored by Shelton Jaycees
COLLEGrE'BASKETBALL
Comes to Shelton -
SATURDAY., DEC. 28
St, Marlins College
Central Washington Slate College
SHELTON GYM -- 8:00 P.M.
Adults $1 -- Students 50¢ 12 and Under 25¢
GREETING BY ROGER LAWSON
Age 11 Bordeaux School
SHELTON UNION SERVIGE-.B & R OIL GO,
Bill Besch and Glen Roessel
