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(our Guess Is As Good . . . UCLA may be a shoo-in for Pacific well on such a record, have only one re- bast, regional and national 9ollege cage turning starter from last year's champs rowns, but there's no prep counterpart of (Bernie Fryer, a good one), lack experi- he Bruins in the Olympic AA basketball ague this year. You have about as good a chance of pre- licting the league champion at this me- sent by hauling names out of a skypiece by trying to "reason" it out. The truth s, Very likelY, there isn't a stand-out club n the circuit. At this writing North Kitsap's seven successes in seven trips to the tip-off circle has many casting covetous eyes at the Vikings, but careful perusal of North's schedule so far shows five of those triumphs have come over Class A teams. But, again, further comb- ing of who the Vikings have beaten shores up the contention North could be "the team". HK has beaten two highly-rated Class A rivals, Port Townsend 76-47 and 61-56 and Bainbridge 56-45. Port Townsend has split with both Port Angeles and South and beaten highly-regarded Central. Bain- bridge split with Central (losing in 3 over- times), lost by one to PA, beat South 60-56. North's victories over AA clubs were by 48-46 over Hoquiam and 54-49 over West Bremerton. Sequim was twice a victim, 58-44 and 66-41. Hoquiam trounced South 51-28 and East Bremerton 53-36. West hasn't won in five starts. North also won its jamboree crown. " All of which leaves the Vikings sitting on a pretty pedestal. Central and Port Angeles followed up their jamboree titles with so-so pre- season records going into this Friday's league openers. The Cougars are 3-5 at this writing, their wins coming over West 48-38, O'Dea 54-46, and that triple overtime with Bainbridge 76-75. They've lost twice to Lynden, regard- ed as a Class A power, to PT 66-64, Bainbridge 50-39. and O'Dea 59-51. CK so far has lacked consistency but seems to have, otherwise, great potential-- size, experience, firepower. Defending league champion Port Azi- geles stands a. .3 alter its jamboree suc- cess, with twin losses to Kelso and a split with Port Townsend, two dukes over Sequim, and a one-point squeeze past Bain- bridge. The Roughriders don't rate too ence. South, pooh-poohed in pro-season figur- ing, could be the league's dusky stallion this year. After three straight losses fol- lowing the jamboree, the Wolves have turn- ed mean, won three of their last four -- over West 62-51, Vashon 66-42, and Port Townsend 47-42. That last one is signifi- cant, for PT won an earlier decision 56-47. Other losses were to Aberdeen 75-45, Ho- quiam 51-28, and Bainbridge 60-56. This club, if it keeps improving (Coach Orv Anderson has a history of strong-fin- ishing clubs), could make North look to its hole-card. East Bremerton, again sporting its error-causing pressing defense, and always small, is smaller than usual this year. The Kni=hts will trouble some clubs with that defense but not all and doesn't figure to be capable of stick- ing with the upper division in 1967. East rests at 3-3 (including a win over an alumni team 71-56), but its three successes have come in succession after three short-end openers. Most significant of the three Knight wins was a 59-56 conquest of Mt. Tahoma, which beat the Knights 69.62 earlier. Hoquiam (53-36) and Aberdeen (77- 53) also toppled East. Mount Rainier fell, 73-63, to the Bremertonians. Shelton (3-5) doesn't figure as a title contender, yet the Climbers are going to give some of their league brothers trouble, more so as the season develops. Climber victories were over weak Vashon twice and Montesano, losses to good Bellarmine and Elma, twice each and Centralia. Coach Jack Wright's club lacks experience but hustles and shoots pretty well, will improve as the season moves on. To summarize, the Sideliner would lump North, South and Central in the upper di- vision with North holding a slight edge; East, Port Angeles and Shelton in the low- er division. This is a year when the sus- picion is strong that the title winner may finish with a 7-3 league record, the tall- ender at 3-7, the other four jammed be- tween 6-4 and 4-6 marks. A title-tie is an , excellent possibility this even-Steven sea- son. Sfan Wyatt S÷irs Memories Among the many pleasures of the holi- day season must };efisted the bull sessions with athletes of by-gone days returning to the old t-.omc ailiwick for yuletide visits. Such was the case when Stan Wyatt sip- pod a cup of coffee at, Nita's with this crivener and a couple of his Highclimber. tammates of the class of '37, Don White- ner and Jim Bariekman, last week. Stan was involved in several mem- orable sports m,oments of Highclimber history. He was big as a boy (215 pounds of prep tackle) and is a behe- moth as a man (he wouldn't confess exactly but we'd judge 275 pounds at least.) Now working for the Red Cross out of San Francisco, he was in Shelton for the first time since 1952, Stun was an accomplished place-kicker ia his prep days, but it was a field goal he didn't kick which is etched most vividly in this sports scribe's mind. The play beat Tacoma's Lincoln in the Armistice Day game of 1936 on Loop Field. The game was scoreless with Shelton owning a 4th- and-goal-to-go on the Abes' six, the ball directly in front of the uprights. Stun stepped back with Pat Smith in the place- kicking formation, only Smith flipped the ball to Stun instead of setting it up for the kick and Stan heaved a perfect pass to full- back Don Drake in the end zone. When Stun booted the try-for-point to give Shel- ton a ?-0 lead he had won the game, for the final score wound up 14-6 in one of the most delectable victories in Highclimber football history, especially since it came on Coach Jim Jonson's 37th birthday. Jonson, incidentally, lives only ten miles from Stan's home now, at Atascadero, where he raises show horses. He teaches health education at California Polytechnic College (Roy Scialabba's alma mater) and formerly was head track coach but is now retired from all coaching responsibilities. Wyatt lives at Millbrae. Another one-time limber track coach whom Wyatt sees oc- casionally, Walt Lunsford, is also a nearby neighbor at San Jose. Just to jog your memories, how many sports fans of today remember the 13 Climber players who took part in that sig- nal victory. The snap from center for that fake field goal was propelled by Newt Towhead, probably the lightest high school cetter ,you over saw. Smith, e though an end, called the signals, and that particular play. Bariekman was the other end, Max Schmidt (now top Simpson Timber official in the Shel- ton Working Circle) and Harry Trout (manager of a Bellevue bank now) were the tackles, Jack Dennis and Gone Wolden the guards. Bill Vigor, Chuck Hanson and Whitener were in the backfield with Drake (a World War II casualty). Wyatt was the only line- man and Harold Bell the only back who came off the bench to relieve the starters. A couple of weeks later Stan and his teammates engaged in probably the fog- giest grid game the Climbers ever played, on Thanksgiving Day in Olympia. Only this one didn't turn out so happily, Olym- pia winning 13-0. Later that same winter, as a member of the Shelton basketball team, Stun was party to another unique Highclimber ex- perience, happily without precedence or repetition. Returning from a game at Port Townsend, the roads icy from freez- ing temperatures, the bus slid off the U curve at Wichetiche Creek and overturned in the ditch. Luckily no one was injured and the bus was not even seriously dam- ged, but the Climber hoop team of '36-'37 (coached by Cliff Cannon, who now teaches but doesn't coach at Olympia) had some- thing to remember which probably tran- scends anything they did on the maple court that season. $ $ i $ i $ SPORTS SPLI NTERS--I am grate- fully indebted to Maury Stackhouse and Ernie Wagner for bringing me a souvenir program from the 1966 Man- of.the-Year Sports Award Banquet sponsored by the P.I., which they at- tended in Seattle last week. It is not their first time at thin event, but an experience I have yet to enjoy. Another ex-Climber athlete of long-ago vintage home for a Christmas. visit was Bill McComb, one of the many fine" catch- era who have graced Shelton's baseball lineups over the years. Bill is now a top forester for the Simpson Timber Company's redwood operations and lives just out of Arcata, California. Sometime soon let's go into the business of fine catchers in Highclimber history, in greater depth in this column! L 6 - 8helton-Muon County Journal- Thurlsy: January S, 1967 JERRY SPARKS of Shelton's Highclinfl)ers, goes way up to lay one in against Be]larmine in last lri(lay's nonlcague game in Tacoma. Jayvees FalITo Bells • Shelton's junior varsity bas- ketball team was outclassed by Bellarmine's reserves 56-34' last Friday 'night in the Lion's gym. The Little Climbers were 'out- gunned during each quarter, but the Bell's 24-point splurge in the fourth quarter, compared to Shel- ton's 5, proved to be the (tovn- fall of the Climbers. Bcllarmine took a 11.-7 first quarter lead, and lengthened it to 21-12 at the half. They doubled their half-time score in the third quarter 42-27, and shot well in the fourth quarter also to make 34 points. The loss puts Shtdtoo's record as four wins, fot, r losses. They meet East Bremcrton tomom'ow night at (;:30in the Shellon gym- nasium. Shclton (3t) Flower (4}, Tuson (7), Schmidt (7), ]3anicls (4), Austin (7). Subs: Hoard, Howe (7), Burficnd McDowell, Allen, Lannlan, Ad- ,ms (1). Night Game the final score 56-34. Three Little Climbers shared Sef For Blazers • Shelton Junior lti/h School's Bazers Ilskclball Team will travel to Centralia tonight for one of their two night games of the season, a ('l;tsh with Cent:ral- ia Jmior Iiigh's Ycllowjackets. scoring honors. Gary Austin, Frank Schmidt and Bud Tuson each had seven points a piece. Ron Howe, Bill, Daniels and Jolm Flower each had four points with Ed Adams' one point, mak- ing up the Little Climbers' total f EXPERIENCE is one o£ the reasons why you cart entrust your HEARING problem to our care Harry Bodenlchatz Bonded Consultant I I FREE! , Come hi for an au. I/Iol'il(I/IV(', (1CCIII'G/t? 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Bellarmine forward Craig Hil- den scored 15 of the 18 Lion lack Jayne Is rap City League Scorer • Jack Jaynes has pumped 104 Peterson 10, Dave Rogers 9, points through the hoop in three Johnson 6. games for Wolden's team to lead Gott Oil 56, Eclls & Valley 55 all scorers in the Shelton City Gott Oil -- Andrews 9, Cole- Basketball League. man 10, Heft L% Clary 9, Cry 2, JSighlight of Jaynes' early-sea- Tournquist 5, B. Bryant 9; Eells son play was a 39-point effort & Valley -- Dean 26, Brown 2, against Beckwith's which Wold- Wilson 7, Sell 8, Moore 4, G. Jay en's won 106-54. 6. Results of games played so Eells & Valley 68, 20th Century far in the league are: 62 Eells & Valley 91, WoldeJa.'s 71 Eells & Valley -- Dean 27, Eells & Valley -- G. Wilson 10, Brown 13, Sell 8, DeshaTxJ 8, t4. Dean 28, J. Deshago 14, B. Wilson 10, Jay 2; 20th Con- Brown 21, C. Sell 3, Clarke Moore tury  Clinton 2, Jerry Westland 15; Wolden's -- Bob Miller 10, 4, Schmidt 14, Mills 16, White 6, Guy Miller 8, Jack Jaynes 35, Jerry Mallory 18. Gott Oil 78; Beckwith's & Hooda- Tom Baze 8, Herb Baze 4, Herb port Texaco 44 Baze, Jr) 4, Jim Cross 2. Gott Oil -- Clary 8, Andrews Wolden's 80, 20th Century 59 16, Antella 11, Coleman 14, Bry- Wolden's -- H. Baze 7, T. Baze ant 2, Tornquist 8, Young 8, 3, B. 1Willer 32, G. Miller 4, J. Cory 11; B & HT -- Stan John- Jaynes 30, J. Cross 4; 20th Con- ston 4, Rogers 4, J. Collins 18, fury -- Steve Clinton 10, Jim D. Collins 1, Larry Brown 2, Olson 231 Mark Schmidt 18, Mike Gene 5, Notenbaum 10. Mills 4, Gene White 2, Vie Bailey Gott Oil 83, Wolden's 79 ! 2. Gott Oil  Andrews 21, Antel- Wolden's 106, Beckwith's 54 la 9, Coleman 4, Tornquist 1, Wolden's -- Jaynes 39, B. Mill- Young 5, Wilson 4, Cory 5, Clary er 31, T. Baze 10, H. Baze 6, 19, Hoff 13,; Wolden's- B. Mill- G. Miller 20; Beckwith's -- Jim er 21, H. Baze 3, T. Baze, 6, S. Collins 16, Dutch Notenbaum 6, Swisher 18, H. Baze Jr. 1, G. Steve Martin 4, Larry 2, Pete Miller 28. the Climbers in their last ski rul ish. He ended up with 21 for t night. . e Chris Closes' a/] seven points Jerry Sparks' six brought Sh.' ton within striking distance m the half ended 35-29. Closes' fl@ol goal and free throw late in second quarter brought the cle bers within one point, but Belli mine guard Pat Smith and Cr ro Hilden dumped in six points IV tween them to bolster their"le de The third quarter started the Climber's attempt to Hilden and possibly make foul out of the game. He three personals in the first Hiklen was successfully pod but the scoring was up by ldlarmine center J i Saybe and guardu Dave and Jn Jilhr. *ltarrnj oLtcored the t.,r.s -l i the flird quarter rnaln, a r.-43 third I,.'ad. (?i:l (yttm, Sparks Sve l./rmey each had p,Ants a piece U kep hopes up in the fourth They outscored the Bells in the final period, but the point margin wasn't enough the game ended 71-61. Reboundwise Bellarmine bed 46 to Shelton's 40. The Lit shot 65 times to the Climbe 64 shots. Craig Hilden took scoring h ors with 21 points, followed John Miller with 18. Clayton and Sparks had 17 16 respectively. ' Shelton (61) Donaldson (2), Sparks (16) ley (4), Clayton (17), (11. Subs: La iVIarsh (2), Close g--Txeitinq wag to heat €our Special Offer The P.U.D. Commissioners have exfended the $10.00 for each 1000 wafts of Elecfric Hea÷ ins÷ailed Special Offer un÷il January 31, 1967. HURRY . THIS SPECIAL OFFER __ MAY NEVER BE R£PEATED \\; clean, quiet ELECTRIC IIEA 1'! N0w's the lime t0 plan ahead--t0 plan for modern ele©tri© house healing. 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