Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, November 21, 1953, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextWhip; xtU Broncos Post 30th in Row For 3rd Crown By PETE CORNACCHIA The unbridled Broncos of Coburg have their third con secutive Oregon Class B prep six-man football crown with their 30th straight triumph, a 58-13 conquest over Half way in Friday night's final at Civic Stadium, and now each school can return to the comfort of its rural but turfed gridiron. Coach Jack Mitchell's Coburgers had a .24-0 -lead nnirker than it takes to write this. They had two touch downs on their first two scrimmage plays over the striped hoe wallow usually used by Class A schools while some . . . . r :i i n l 1 t Of tne laas irom eastern uregun were aim peii-uuuuu , the sight of mud for the first time in their lives. While Coburg proved beyond all doubt its right to have and hold its crown before 2,600 fans who sat in judgment and cold, Coach Al Grubb's warriors from Baker County showed signs of a strong ground attack that might have done considerable dam age anywhere but in the muck of Civic Stadium. This writer bent to retrieve a dropped pencil and missed Co burg's first two touchdowns but reliable reports indicate Quarter back Frank Littlejohn rambled 43 yards on the first play after the opening kickoff and Half back Les Green sloshed 47 next time the Broncos gained title to the ball. WOLF POISON Littlejohn didn't seem to mind the mud as he, along with Half back Clint Crownover and re serves Jack Cooke and Ralph Hunt, contributed a final grid effort for the Broncos. The swift 150-pounder tallied three touch downs on lengthy jaunts and passed to three others. He car ried the ball seven times for 202 yards an average of 28.5 yards each time he worked. Littlejohn covered nearly every puddle in the bog as he swlveled 55 yards for Coburg's third touchdown three plays after the Broncos gained possession the third time. End Gene Manley contributed perfect drop-kicks for two points after each tally to give Coburg a 24-0 margin after seven minutes. The clock was cornering the last stray seconds of the first quarter when Coburg got the ball again, this time on its own 37. They were fined five yards for backfield-in-motion and then Lit tlejohn passed to Crownover for another touchdown. Manley, evi dently tiring of routine, passed to End Carl Holsey for an extra, do nt and a 31-0 lead. Coburg had tried six plays for its three tallies in tne tirst quarter. The Broncos used seven plays for a touchdown in the second period and tried only two for one more In the third. Led by Phil Krigbaum, the Wolves howled for two touch downs within two minutes early in the second period but after that their T attack failed to go against the mud and Coburg's swarming defense. The 185-pound halfback car rled from his own 30 to within a yard of the Bronco goal in six plays after Coburg's kickoff and then punched over. His place ment failed. SUDDEN SURGE Center Bob Woodruff moved into the backfield as Mitchell sent his colts into the fray and gained two yards from his own 30 before his pass was inter cepted by Krigbaum, who re turned .from the Halfway 24 to the Coburg 36. Dale Taylor car ried to the 24 and then Krig baum, blessed by Quarterback Gordon- Summers lethal down field blocking, raced to his sec ond touchdown. His conversion pass to Taylor cut the difference to 31-13. Halfway's surge continued as Littlejohn returned the kickoff to his 39, where he parted with the ball and the Wolves recov ered. This time Coburg's regulars pushed the enemy back to its 39 in three plays and Summers punted out of bounds on the Bronco 26. Woodruff took two passes, the first from Crownover for 28 yards and the other from Little john for 14, to carry to the Halfway 12. After an incom plete pass, Crownover high kneed to within a yard of home and then Littlejohn shoveled a pass to Manley for Coburg's 37-13 edge at halftimc. To open the third quarter, Halfway drove to a first down on the Coburg 9 but was pushed ,back to the 10, where alert Carl 'Holsey pounced on Krigbaum's fumble at the 13. Littlejohn again slipped an elusive hip nt the lads from over the moun tain, not a good block from Man ley, and antcloped 87 yards to the pay window. Manley added his fourth and final drop-kick for a 45-13 lead at the end of the period. The Broncos really proved themselves thoroughbreds early in the final session when Holsey dropped two pay passes from Littlejohn, who kept Coburg on the march with romps of 28 and 11 yards. Ho gave Holsey a pat on the back and a three-yard payoff pass for the seventh touchdown. GAME HALTED CTOwnover Bounded 18 vrd for' the final tally to make it 58-13 and end the battle with two minutes to go. Six-man rules halt the game when a team has a 45- point bulge. While the mud had no money down on either team, it appeared to provide more trouble for the boys from the dry country who have depended greatly on Krig baum's running. Although un able to maneuver well, he car ried oh 27 of 36 rushing plays and finished with 117 yards. Summers was a dangerous pass receiver but Krigbaum's pitching was spoiled constantly by Wood ruff, Manley, and Holsey. Coburg unloaded both barrels of its well-balanced offensive for 291 yards on passing and 127 on rushing, while Halfway traveled 140 by ground but only 28 by air. STATISTICS:- H C Yards gained, rushing 161 293 Yards lost, rushing - 21 2 Net yards, rushing 140 201 Yards gained, passing 2S 127 Total Net Yardage 168 418 First downs, rushing S 6 First downs, passing 0 - 3 First downs, penalties . 0 0 Total First Downs 5 9 Passes, attempted 32 16 Passes, completed 6 7 Passes had intercepted 0 2 Rnbk.Int. Passes, Fumbles 0 24 Fumbles , 2 1 Opp. Fumbles Recovered 1 2 No. Punts . 6 0 Av. Length Punts 20..B 0 Yds. gain, punt it ko ret. .. 120 34 No. penalties 2 2 Yards Lost Penalties VA 10 Scoring: Halfway 0 13 0 0-13 Cohurg 31 6 8 1358 Touchdowns: Halfway Krigbaum 2: Coburg Littlejohn 3, Crownover 2, Green, Manley, Holsey. conversions: Halfway Taylor; Coburg Manley 8, Holsey, Woodruff. Vandal Alumni Irked at Coach BOISE, Idaho W Alumi of the University of Idaho were reported on reliable authority Friday to have asked President J. E. Bu chanan and the Board of Regents to replace Babe Curfman as foot ball coach. The request came at a meeting Thursday night. It was reported that no commitments were made. and that the alumni were told that the matter was not on the agenda of the current board meeting here. Buchanan was here to meet with the regents, and reportedly arranged the meeting between the Boise alumni and regents after being contacted by the alums. One source said the alumni were unanimous in wanting a new coach. Another said that some were not sure this was the reason showing. The discussion centered around the fact that Idaho, after making a creditable showing of four wins, four losses and a tie last season. had won only one of eight games this season. The Vandals end their season against Utah State here Saturday. The alumni reportedly told the regents that they feel the entire athletic program is jeopardized by the team's poor showing, and that it will be difficult to attract high school students to the univer sity unless something is done about it. Eagles Seek Sixth in Row NEW YORK lW-The Philadel phia Eagles, who have averaged almost 38 points in winning their last five games, are 1-point favor ites to make it six In a row Sat urday night when they entertain the Chicago Cardinals as the Na tional football League reaches the three-quarter mark in ils 1953 season. The undefeated Cleveland Browns leading Philadelphia by 2'i games in the Eastern Confer ence, are 10-point choices to make the Steelers their ninth victim at Pittsburgh In one of the five Sun day games. Although they have made only two touchdowns in their last two seven-point picks to retain the Western Conference lead by beat ing the Bears at Chicago. The Los Angeles Rams, trailing Detroit by a half game, are 14'4 point choices to defeat the Colls at Baltimore. The San Francisco Forty Nin crs. a game behind Detroit, are 10-point favorites to defeat the Green Bay Packers at Milwaukee. In the other Sunday game, the Giants are one-point favorites over the Washington Redskins at New York. I 9 ' w SIX FOR THE CHAMPIONS Clint Crownover (left), Coburg left halfback, gets fine escort duty from team mate Carl Holsey (15) on this 48-yard pass play which resulted In the Broncos fourth touchdown Friday night. Crownover took a pass from Frank Littlejohn on the ' V. Njr(, . (Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) ALL THE WAY IN ONE PLAY Frank Littlejohn (12) displays some of the fancy footwork which netted him three touchdowns for Coburg in the championship tussle. He gives Halfway back Gordon West an elusive hip on a 55-yard end-zone jaunt' for the Broncs' third score of the night. Yankees, Cardinals Argue Over Rookie Bonus Player NEW YORK (IB A 17-year-old high school pitcher's- "change of heart" Saturday had Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick on the spot and the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals at each other's throats. It all started when the Yan kees announced they had signed Ralph Terry of Miami, Okla., and that he would report to them at St. Petersburg, Fla., next spring. Within a few hours the Cardi nals announced they had signed Terry "and didn't know anything about what the Yankees are do ing." Terry explained that he first agreed to sign with the Cardi nals; changed- his mind and wired the Yankees that he would BOWLING EUGENE RECREATION Ed Wade scored 241 and 627 for Berwyn Lum ber In a 4-0 shutout over American Legion In .the McKcnzle League Fri day night. Oscar Qulnn hit 572 in leading Irrigation Equipment Two to a 40 win over Jim the Shoe Doctor, Warren Archer scoring 219 for the losers. Wlldish Truckers, paced by Babe Miller's 197 and 536. hlanked Alaska Junk 4-0. McDonald Candy, with Walt Hurd scoring 202 and Ray King 529, shutout Oregon Fruit 4-0. Mcdo-Land, with Ross Doty rolling 194. beat Irrigation Equipment One 3-1, M. Jack scoring 490 for the losers. The Robins, led by Frank Rain- bridge's 230 and 491, beat the DoDos 3.1 In the Friday Social League. The Myna Birds, led by Hetty Hernardl with 178 and 475, beat the Sparrows 3-1. The Jaybirds beat the Wrens 3-1, mm Moore scoring in aim -h for the losers. The Blue Jays, led by M. Powell's 443, beat the Kiwis 3-1. Belts Matteson scoring 167 for the losers. The Hoot Owls downed the Red Wings 3-1, E. Anderson scoring 169 and 441 for the losers.' ll-HOWI. Pollard Insurance, led bv Helen Olckerson's 166 and 435. boat Eugene Overall Laundry 4-0 In the Bowlerette League Friday night. Eu gene Laundry neat Mccracken Motor Freight 4-0. Beulah Thompson scoring 152 and Tcte Carson 419 for the los. Amazon .Market, paced bv R. Kaufman's 153 and 414, tied EJ&E Railroad 22. TIMBER BOWL Laksnn'a led bv Lorraine ruts' 173 and 452. blanked Rhoades Home Appliance 4-0 In the t-rl-d-ettes League Friday night. Weyerhaeuser beat First National Bank 4-0, Mae Newel scoring 44-1. Nallev's beat Willamette Press 4-0. Amanda Mason scoring 432 for the losers. Timber Bowl, psced by Maude l,ranam s 4 7. n anked Haunter's 4-0. (,ene Crane rolled 216 and 356 to sign with them and then again changed his mind. He then signed a contract, on which he will receive about $4,000, Mvith the Cardinals, who indicated he would go to Omaha in the West ern League next spring. The Yankees, however, prompt ly asked Frick to decide in their favor on the basis that a tele gram confirming a signing is "the accepted way of doing busi ness in baseball." "Terry agreed by wire to our terms Friday morning and the wire also was signed by his moth er and legal guardian, Mrs, Charles Dawes," General Mana ger George Weiss of the Yan kees said. "Then about 6 p.m Friday night Ferrell Anderson of the Cardinal organization ap proached the boy and induced him to change his mind." . Frick said he had "no com ment and that he wanted to hear both sides of the story. Connie Mack Marks Early 91st Birthday PHILADELPHIA WV-For the 91st time a birthday cake was admired and then eaten in honor of Connie Mack, the fabulous fig ure of baseball. But Connie, who sampled a piece of the cake himself, made the biggest fuss over a birthday congratulatory note from an other rather famous sportsman President Eisenhower. Connie, once manager of the Philadelphia Athletics and now president of the club, will ob serve his fllst anniversary on the actual birday Dec. 23. But members of the Recipro city Club here decided that Con nie should have an old-fashioned Philadelphia observance of the big day and since Connie will be in California or Florida next month they decided on Thursday night. ' (Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) play. Halfway players futilely giving cjiase include Gor don West (11), Bob Schultz (18) and Bill Starke (12). Coburg won 58-13 from the Wolves for the six-man crown and the Broncos' 30th straight grid triumph. Grid Scores PREP FOOTBALL l'A Semifinals Grants Pass 32, jefterson 7, 2-A Semifinals Prlnevllle 21, uoquuie 7. Estacada 13. St. Heles 13, Estacada advanced to finals on yardage) B Semifinals Amity 21, Monroe zo. Union 21, Moro 7. . Slx.man Final Coburg 58, Halfway 13. Vejar Loses To Martinez NEW YORK HPI Welterweight Vince Martinez floored Pvt. Chico Vejar in the second round and won an avenging, unanimous 10 round decision over him in their return TV-radio bout before 7,319 at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Vejar had taken a unanimous verdict over handsome Martinez of Paterson, N. J., in the Garden last March 13. It was an excellent fight, and Vejar of Stamford, Conn for mer drama student at New York University may have lost it by turning southpaw in the sixth round, at a time when he appear ed to have taken command of the fight. Vejar, 22, was floored by a left- right combination to the . chin in the second round. He rose at the count of two and took a manda tory eight-count. He quickly shook off the effects of the punch and was beating Martinez in the last minute of the round. Vejar, scaling 150 pounds to Martinez' 149V4, went after Mar tinez in the third and continued to beat him in the fourth and fifth. But he strangely turned southpaw in the sixth, got nailed by a hard right to the chin, took a battering, and never appeared to have the same "zing" after that. After the sixth round, ChicO won only 'the eighth, although he fought on even terms in the ninth. Vejar did not appear to have gathered much ring rust since his induction into the army on April 20. He made an excellent fight of it but lost some of his steam after his needless battering in the sixth. Referee Petey Scalzo favored Martinez on rounds, 6-4; Judge Artie Aidala favored him, 6-3-1, and Judge Frank Forbes, 6-4. The United Press favored Vince, 5 4-1. Sat., Nov. 21, 1953Regster7 Cavemen Drm Jeff; Rangers, Prineville Win By THE ASSOCIATED PResj One state championship was decided and ' won semi-final berths Friday night in the o school football playoffs, -AU..M AfAntAl TJnir...n.. en,n , V-.UWUIC uucaicu llounnv 00-1,5 In j n IL. llT, 1-J Tir- n , .. " HIE H.SM. urams rasa, laieu no. 8 in tne Assoeiat.j iC t Jefferson of Portland, ranked fifth mi,11 ilc nf tho A.1 division flrnnfe c enlli Hoad Captures Tennis Crown SYDNEY, Australia W Young Lewis Hoad, who bowled over Tony Trabert, the U.S. champion in the semi-finals, followed through Saturday by beating his Australian countryman, Ken Rosewall, to win the New South Wales singles tennis championship. Hoad, who'll be 19 on Monday, had to battle every step of the way before overcoming his 19-year-old opponent in a- 2 hour struggle before a capacity crowd of 11,000. The scores were 8-6, 4-6, 9-7, 10-8. Hoad, who has , been playing the best tennis of his career, fin ished the match in thrilling style, Behind 8-7 in the fourth set and with Rosewall having set point, Hoad whipped over a fore hand return of service for deuce. Then he forced two errors from Rosewall to tie at 8-8. This apparently was the turn ing point. Between games Rose wall received attention for a blistered right hand. After that Ken won just two points as Hoad quickly won the next two games. The last was a love game on Rosewall's service. A crips cross- court volley gave Hoad set and match point. After the match Hoad told re porters "I think I can get a lit tle better before the Davis Cup." He referred to the challenge round matches next month at Melbourne. Twin Main Mat Events at Armory One of the most attractive and best-balanced wrestling programs of the season is expected Satur day night at the Armory arena, where Matchmaker Don Owen presents a double-barreled main event card that also includes two attractive preliminary matches on the four-star slate. Getting top billing on the card will be Luther Lindsey against Villainous Don Kindred,, an all Negro skirmish. The other head liner will be Frankie Stojack, world light-heavyweight champ from Tacoma, meeting Carl Eng strom of Chicago, former collegi ate champ. Semi-final attraction will be either Jack O'Reilly or Red Vagnone against Frank Fag etty. The opener, starting the show at 8:30 p.m, will be Doug Donncn against Sugi Hayamaki. Race Claims Sixth Victim MEXICO CITY OB Italian Lan- cias and American Lincolns swept the honors again Friday as a sixth death was recorded in the hazardous Pan - American road race. Antonio Stagnoli, one of the youngest and most promising Italian drivers, died in an Oax aca City hispital from injuries suffered in the crash of his Fer rari Thursday. His co-pilot, Giuseppe Scotuzzi, was killed immediately when their car blew a tire and over turned crossing a recent fill in the road. Phil Hill of Santa Monica, Calif, and his co-driver escaped injury when their Ferrari turned over on the second lap Friday, about 31 miles from Mexico City. The Lancia team, led by Italy's Plero Taruffi and Felice Bonet to, finished one-two in record breaking fashion in both laps Friday while the Lincoln Capri team, paced by Chuck Steven. son of Milwaukee and Johnny Mantz of Los Angeles, captured the first four positions in each lap just as it did on the open ing lap Thursday. The first run of 252 miles Fri day was from Oaxaca to Pueblo. The second, a short, but treacher ous uphill climb of 10,000 feet, covered 79 miles from Pueblo to Mexico City, beat finals of Saturday night's Salem- Central Catholic game for the championship. Prineville and Estacada ad vanced to the A-2 final round. Prineville beat Coquille 21-7. Es tacada, which fought to a 13-13 tie with St. Helens, earned its berth with a winning yardage margin. Amity and Union will clash next week end for the class B championship. Amity edged Mon roe 21-20 and Union defeated Moro 21-7. WOOD, KORNS SPARK Bob Woods and Don Korns paced the winners scoring attack in the big game of the night at Grants Pass, Woods scored two touchdowns one on a 43-yard run in the second quarter and the other on four-yard plunge in the final period. Korns, Gary Bollinger and Jerry Yosten scored the other three Grants Pass touchdowns Jefferson's touchdown came lh the second quarter after a 55 yard fumble recovery run by tackle Jimmy Wierson. Grant Jackson scored on a short plunge Grants Pass made good use of its big weight advantage on a muddy field which hampered speedy Jefferson's running and passing game. ST. HELEN'S UPSET The victory gave Grants Pass its third chance at the title they have won twice. In 1948 they beat Jefferson 6-0 and in 1951 won on downs in a tie game with Grant, They lost in the quarterfinals last fall. Biggest upset of the night was the tie at Estacada. St. Helens was favored to win but Estacada advanced to the championship game with a yardage total ot 304 to 207 for St. Helens, Duane Marshall scored both St. Helens' touchdowns. He ran 38 yards to the end zone in the final minutes of the first half and leaped over the goal line from one yard out in the final quarter. Jerry Wallace scored Estaca da's first touchdown, climaxing a 65-yard drive from the second half kickoff. Jim Vickerman broke over left tackle for 67 yards and the final Estacada tally. 23RD FOR PRINEVILLE At Coos Bay, Prineville posted its 23rd straight victory in down ing Coquille. Mel Gillett led the attack for the winners with two touchdowns one on a 71 - yard run. Bob Klaus scored the other on a pass from Ron Parrish. Co quille's touchdown came in the second quarter when John De- Main circled left end i. Prineville ZlX Gene EM., . Plunge conversion J7 also scored for Amfh? Ihird quarter and tew , yard pass to Jem, il ' another touchdofe Penod.phi,Koltal the firs conventa JV c"5 10 "en Steven i,. Second extra point Harry Smith, NelsonDi, Ray Joyner scored lo, T Joyner failed onoaetoh conversion, Bill Kates, BUI Jamum Jensen got touchdowns J, at The Dalles, D,,,.1? SfnroH f. u... .UU1U, Scheibner Honswil At Lowell Banauel Rich Scheibner wis el&J orary captain at the taai school football banquet lh night. The dinner was im by the Lowell Mothers' Mi guests included the plifmi loiueii, ana me KeaDwij ing siaii. The program included Itj awards, football movies ud by all graduating itm coaches Jim Carmiclud Carter, John Hepner and Bdj ler. Players receiving letttnl eluded seniors John Bniilij Rich Erickson, Boh Is Scheibner, Ed TurbyhTlitll aid Wilson; juniors Raylm Dick Gilbert, Ron Malhji uunny Rice; sophonoml Brentlinger, Ralph Buttn,! Maxwell, Date Moon ill 1 .Taylor and freshman Giirk ROCKY DEPARTS NEW YORK tn-Hotbll ano, world heavyweJjht W champion, left Friday feral hibition tour in the PtlM and Korea. DR. SETH ANDIM - Naturopath-Chlrojndi Ph. 5.8020 u Hours U u, bit En. br If Landy Triumphs MELBOURNE, Australia John Landy, the Australian who startled the track world last De cember by running a 4:02.1 mile, ran his first mile of the new season Saturday. He was clocked in 4:09.2 over the Olympic Park lead Tram Threo to a 31 Crescent! course. Before the race he de- KWiSirt'S Jim Biarkbu'mVf he had no Intention of try us and sw. tint PeoriFjs Laundrv ing for Gunder Haeuiz s world J'J'.,N'fl!!,f'"i SSmt"' Hl,I,wanni:rccor1 of 'Mi- At the finish he and Jos, ihutout Bryan Aiiociaidhad virtually stopped to a walk, 4 . I but still won by 110 yards. Carburetor Service Parts & Service , 1 CLARK BATTERY & ELECTRIC CO. 1641 W. 6th Ave. Ph. 4-3319 A HELP WANTED If you are under 30 and draft free, have had any experience or training In .bookkeeping, can type 30 words per minute and write legibly, and are looking for a position with a future with good pay while training, write Lyle White, 215 N.' 4th St., Corvallis, Ore. Il TURKEY SHOOT Sun., Nov. 22 9:30 a.m. OAKRIDGE ROD and GUN CLUB g InsliM: AND UP XXjMt FREE Tec 2 1 ... J We will demonslntf J in your home new" Hon is made. Reed&WbiUK PHONE H Or MW 4-30 mi . (ft aM. MOW ON , DISPLAY -i ,. 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