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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.
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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