PAOE FOUR
ifEDFORD M AIL TRIBUTE, AfEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1937.
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HEARTEN WEBFEET
Oregon Optimism . Manifest
Early Freshmen Ex
pected Give Ball-Carrying
Punch Lacking Last Year
EUGENE, Sept. 14. ( AP) Right
down the squad roster from bewnis-
leered Captain Tony Amsto to the
young and enthuslsstlo lad wno win
alt out the season on the bench,
football optimism makes Its annual
debut at the University of Oregon.
Coach "Prink" Calllson tacks bit
hopes of getting last year's coast
conference cellarltes Into the cham
pionship running on two pretty good
ressons. First, lacking Del BJork.
graduated captain and guard, the
Webfoots will throw a veteran line
against UCLA at Los Angeles for
the season's opener on September
34. Second. Oregon has a good run
of sophomore ball carriers who scored
a flock of touchdowns last sesson
to win the northern division year
ling championship.
Mean Boortng Punch.
Those freshmen, Cslltson likes to
believe, will supply the scoring o
disastrously absent a yesr ago. Tne
Webfoots soored a touchdown and
tied with Stanford In 1986. It was
the only touchdown they msde
against any major team reappearing
on thla year's 'schedule.
, Ten of the 18 returning lettermen
are In the line. From this group
dene Shields, line cosch, will fit
a starting comblnstlon to Include
these athletes: Captain Tony Amato,
who still sports a nice crop of whis
kers from Eugene's pioneer celebra
tion last summer, Joe Huston and
Nello Olovanlnl, guards: Bill Fof-
kett, tackle, and John Yerby, endv
all 1SS fixtures. Bill Bates, senior
letterman from Klamath Falls, Cliff
Morris, 217-pound reserve, and Elroy
Jenssn, 190-pound sophomore, may
get chances to fill All-Coast Bjork's
Job.
The vacaney at right end will be
taken over either by Victor Reglnato.
punting aoe from Klamath Falls, or
Bud Robertson, a one-year letterman.
Backfleld Mstery.
If Oslllson and Bsckfleld Coach
Mike Mlkulsk wsnt to conceal their
backfleld combinations. It shouldn't
be difficult. The whols thing Is
much of a mystery even to the
mentors.
Rank tfllsen, former end, and Ar
lelgh Bentley, one-year letterman
fullback and quarterback, will alter
nate at the blocking back position
Ernie Robertson, reserve, and Dennis
Donovan, sophomore psss-catchlng
ace, are two more possibilities.
Jim Nicholson, 187-pound Junior,
and Dale Lsseelle, 170-pound senior,
both alternates last year, have taken
the lead In early practice for the
Important left half post. Other scor-Ing-plsy
hopefuls are Ted Gebhardt,
no, Junior college transfer, Steve
Anderson, a fine passer, and Jsy
Or ay be el, the Pendleton Jack rabbit
who ran froah opponents Into a
dither last season.
Bob Smith liked.
Bob Smith, Medford sophomore, Is
a favorite for right half. He Is a
brilliant passer and runner. He will
find his chief opposition from Don
Kennedy, 170-pound blocking back
from last year's team, and Bill Rach,
stocky sophomore from Seattle.
Mlkulak, former All-Amerlcan full
back at Oregon, likes Paul Rowe,
ex-rugby player from British Colum
bia, and Frank Emmons, Beaverton.
as candidates for his old lob. Both
weigh around 180 pounds and are
10-eeoond men. Rach. when not at
right half, may understudy them
with Bentley.
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IN SCORELESS TIE
With both teams threstenlng ssv
eral times, but lscklng the punch to
cross the ftnsl stripe, Ashlsnd blgn
school's 1697 Grizzlies and a strong
Alumni eleven battled to a score
less tls yesterday afternoon In the
opening game of the season.
Big Steve Fowler, aoo-pound high
school fullback snd tiny Charlie
Warren, quarterbsck, were outstand
ing In the Grizzly backfleld while
Bob Bell snd Jsck Weaver at the
tackles, turned In good performsnces.
Phil Keston. Alumni end. became
the first cssuslty of ths season when
he suffered a fractured Jaw on the
final play of the game. He had Just
been shifted to halfback, and on bis
first ball-csrrylng attempt, he was
nit by both high school ends.
gridmOTlled by
LAS VKOAS, N. M. ftopt. 14 A)
An utopy vii ordered today on the
body of Ivan Prrkln. 22, flrat victim
of a fftU) tccldent on the ntion
college gridiron thl nunn.
Only a few mlnut?i ftr h trot
ted out for the flrat practloe of the
euon, Prrkinn, aophomnra football
player at New Mexico Normal un
veratty here, lay dead on the field
yeeterday.
He collided head-on with another
player. Larry Stockton, an both leap
ed up to catch a pa; then col
lapeed on the (round. He wai dead
wJiea pbticlan exaoUoed Hum. J
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To be sure, heavy bodily contact was rarefully avoided, but members
Los Angeles vanity went through a light scrimmage on their first day of
Is Fullback Billy Bob William coming through a wlde-npen hole In the
Sport
Graphs
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Billy Huleti Says:
Rich Dish Waits
Football Addicts
In Coming Season
Probably because of the fact that
Medford f hlgb'a Black Tornado will
meet Ite three southern Oregon con
ference opponent
on foreign fields
this season, local
football addle t a
have been doing
conMdemble wor
rying for fear
they will not be
aerved their fav.
orlte fall sports
dish In large
enough quantl
ties. However, i
glance at the list
of battles to be
staged at the
Billy Rolen
high school stad
ium reveals that
this year of 1937 will be Just about
the biggest In Medford history.
It Is not only In quantity that
this season figures to surpass all
others, but tn quality as well.
With the definite sruodullt.fr, of
the SONR-OreRon state rook hat
tie for Not. A under the light,
Med ford's slate of games was In-
. creased to five, and every one a
humdinger. With a dnuM, the
array of encounters to he otujrrd
on the green turf of the stdlum
here Is the finest yet.
Jimmy Carr's Hood River high sg
g relation will breeze into town Oct.
1 to Inaugurate night football In Med
ford against the Tigers. Hood River
lst year tangled with the Portland
prep champions for a claim to the
mythical state champlonahlp, and
will field practically the same outfit
this sesson. By snd Isrge, that
should be one of the year'a best ball
games.
Qame number 3 will be the appear
ance of Eureka, Cel., high on Oct. 10,
and anyone who has seen the Call
fornlana perform In the past several
years will realize what the Tigers sre
In for. There Is a possibility thst
the game, will be played under the
lights Oct. IS, It all depending on
whether the weather Is mild or wild.
Then, comes October 80 and gams
number 3, with John Londahl bring.
Ing his mighty Bend Lava Bear to
Medford. Laat year Bend went
through undefeated snd wss tied only
by sn inspired Klamath rails eleven
Like Hood River, the Lava Bears sre
reported to hsve their 1939 club re.
turning almost intact.
Clame number 4 will be the Oregon
State Rook and Southern Oregon
Normal affair Nov. J under the lights.
Last year the teams fought it out In
Klamath Falls with the SONS com
ing from behind In the Isst qusrter
to pass across two touchdowns and
gain a 13-13 deadlock. It waa a thril
ler, and some more of the ssme busi
ness la expected this sesson.
Anil ttnsllT, as a fitting climax
fo Its "sudden death" schedule,
Bouermsn'l Tigers will fare the
Eugene high Axemen of Cnsrh
Fritz Krsmrr. considered by sll
the mart stute rhemplnns... rnde
feated and untied. Eugene Isal
year blattrd Medford, 4-o. and
no victory this season would seem
more dear to the locals than a
win over the Fuienean,.
So, there they are; the "big five"
that will be aerved local pigskin fans
piping hot snd boiling over. And sll
win be staged right out there at the
south end of Oakdale avenue. If we
were to select one of three five en
counters as the highlights of the
season, our method of deciding would
be the well-known hat snd numbers.
When you hsve three of Oregon's fin
est prep elevens In town the same
sesson, northern Cslifomis's top tesm
slsn appearing, snd two of the bit
terest collegiate rivals staging their
annual show in Mrtition. there Just
but any method by which to pick
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BUT NO SLOUCH in
the Pittsburgh Panthers,
coached by Jock Sutherland
(above). The Panthers defeated
Washington in the Rose Bowl
Jan. 1.
the "big" game. They are atl-glgan
tic. and that's that.
Husky Paul Oehrmsn. the Bend
Ore., boy who was picked up by the
Cincinnati Reds last fall when they
staged their tryouts In Medford. is
certainly msklng the grade In pro
fesslonal baseball. Oehrmsn was the
lone youngster that caught the fancy
of Red scouts during the ten-day
training session at the high school
field. He wss farmed out to Durhsm
In the Pledmbnt league and now It
la reported a hslf-dozen msjor lesgue
clubs are asking a price tag on the
sensstlonal righthander. But. he Is
definitely slated for the Cincinnati
mother team.
Latest Piedmont lesgue pitching
averages reveal that Qehrman has
won 30 games and lost 10 for a per
centage of .687. He has worked In
39 game,, one-third of the Durham
total, and had pitched 343 Innings.
And his tesm la a second-division
butflt.
IN SEMI-FINALS
CHIOAOO, Sept. 4. (UP, The
Bendlx Brakes. South Bend, Ind.,
who defeated the defending cham
pion. Kodak Park. Rochester. N.
led the way Into the seml-flnale of
the men's world's soft ball cham
pionship tournament last night at
Soldier field by defeating .Weaver
Palls, Cleveland, a to 0.
Detroit also advanced to the aemt
final round by defeating Hamilton,
Ont., t to 0, and will meet the
Brakes today.
The Oklahoma City girls team
beat Buffalo, N. Y.. 7 to 3. to gain
the seml-flnal round.
The women's defending champions
National Manufacturing company, of
Cleveland, entered the semi-finals to
compete for the title with Oklahoma
City, by defeating Weaver Walls'
glrla' team. 9 to 0.
Quarter final mens' score:
Sapulpe, Okla, 1: Phoenix. Aria. 0,
Sam Baugh Pitted
Against Danowski
WASHINOTOM. Sept. 14 fAPI
They're sending Sammy Baugh. the
Texaa Christian slinging star, against
perhapa the greatest passer in pro
fession! football in Sammy'a salaried
debut hese Thursday nlgM.
Slinging Sam. regarded as Just about
tops last fall tn tnterco11egiat for
ward pawing will do the tossing
for the Washington Pedskins. east
ern champions, sglanst Dead-Eve Ed
Danowski of the New Tork Olants.
Danowski, who has completed al
most 50 per cent of his flips over a
three-year professional stretch, and
Arnold Herber of Oreen Bay stand
out among proferoonal passer.
Use Mali Tribune want ada. 1
of the University of California at
practice for the 11)37 season. Here
line.
Saturday Meeting
Will Map Details
For World Series
CHICAOO. Sept. 14. (JP) Rep
resentatives of contending clubs
In the National and American lea
gues will meet Saturday to ar
range world series details.
Commissioner Kenesaw M- Lan
dla Invited to the meeting Presi
dent William Harrldge of the
American league, President Ford
Prick of National circuit, and
representatives from the New York
Olant-i. Chicago Cubs, St. Louis
Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates
of the National circuit; and the
New York Yankee, Detroit Tigers
and Chicago White Sox In the
American league.
The series will start either Octo
ber A or 0 In tho home park of
the American league winner.
ANGELS
IN LAST DITCH FIGHT
FOR FOURTH POSITI
(By the Associated Press)
Los Angeles and Portland prepared
today for a last ditch fight for the
coveted fourth plaee In the post
season Shaughnessy playoff as the
Pacific Coast baseball league en
tered It flnel week of scheduled
competition.
Sacramento with a five -game lead
was virtually assured first place end
3500 prlee money. San Diego In
second place had only a game lead
over San Pmnclsco. but, both were
several games ahead of Lns Angeles
in the fourth spot. The Angels were
a game and a half ahead of Portland
Today the league leaders Invade
Seattle, Oakland goea to Portland,
San Diego opposes the last-place San
Francisco Missions at San Francisco
and San Francisco Seals go to Los
Angeles.
The playoffs start next Tuesday
with the first-pi ace team opposing
the third-place team and the second
berth outfit playing the fourth -place
team In seven games or leas. Winners
of those series meet In seven games
or less for the championship the fol
lowing week.
The winners and runnera-up of the
playoff will divide $7AO0.
Possibility that the Portland Bee
vera may be aeen in Medford this
year was announced today by Austin
FrarJer, secretary of the Medford
Athletic association. Frazisr aald that
he had written B. J. Schefter. presi
dent of the Pacific Coaat league club
concerning a game to be staged at
the high school field after the coast
league pennant battle waa completed
Portland Is planning a barnstorm
ing tour of Oregon In case It doee.nl
get In the league playoffs, which
consists of the first four teams. The
coast league ends this week, with
Oakland playing a seven-game series
at Portland. If the Beaver fall to
flnlAh In the first division, the pro.
pecta are good that a game can be
arranged here, with an all-star tem
from southern Oregon furnishing the
opposition. Frasier believe.
8alem Brewery Asi'n, 8a!etn
Ill
ESTES' COURTESY
LEADS TO DEFEAT
Courtesy la without doubt a be
coming virtue, but has no place In
the grappling ring. That much Toota
Estes lesrned last night In his main
event squabble with Larrupln' Lea
Wolfe at the Medford armory.
In one of the roughest, toughest,
most thrilling matches staged at the
house of horror In many moons, the
lanky Texan, who Is fast becoming
one of southern Oregon's most de
spised citizens, upset popular Toots
In a two-out-of-three fall set-to. But,
as before mentioned. It was because
of the cleanle's extreme good man
ners that Wolfe today stands as the
number one wrestler of this district.
It was with the falls standing one
apiece that Bates pulled his "Jack
Sharkey." Both boys were In a fur
ious mlxup when suddenly Estes
fired a vicious double-barrelled drop
kick. So thorough and devastating
waa the foot-punch that It not only
whammed Wolfe to the carpet but
leveled Referee Sailor Dick Trout, as
well. Apologizing profusely, Estes ran
to the writhing form of the ref, and
totally disregarding the Wolfe men
ace, stooped over and tenderly help
ed the groggy Trout to his feet. With
his back to Wolfe. Estes Inquired
about the health of the referee, a
brand of courtesy that Wolfe com
pletely disregarded. The Texan heav
ed his shaking torso off the floor
and cut loose with a flying body
scissors. Unprepared for the attack,
Estes wss helpless and went to the
mat where Trout weakly patted
Wolfe's shoulders for the deciding fall.
Wolfe, who was meaner last night
than ever before. If possible, took the
first tumble with his favorite pun
tsher, a hammerlock and Chicago
crab combined. It was the same hold
that Incapacitated Marshall Carter
last week. However. Estes was able
to return for more, grabbing the sec
ond tumble 13 minutes Ister with
blasting sonnenbergs and dropktcks. i
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the last of which connected squarely
with the Wolfe button and stretched
him flat. . That made It one-up, from
which point the boys really went to
town until the payoff.
Ending of the Marshall Carter- Go
rilla Pogl middle event waa almost
the equal of that displayed In the
main go. With the tumbles standing
one apiece. Carter aonnenberged from
outside the ring, shot through the
ropes and found Pogl'a middle with a
hard, hard head. That was all there
waa to It. Previous to the maneuver,
Pogl had battered Carter from the
ring and refused to allow him to re
turn, kicking the daylights out of
him whenever he made a move to
climb back In. Finally. Carter gath
ered fast-waning strength for one last
effort and It was successful.
The Argentine took the first fall
la the second round with a Boston
crab after weakening Carter with foul
punches and outright choke-holds.
Carter went to work In the third
canto and aonnenberged and drop-
kicked his way to the equalizing fall
The deciding fall came In the fourth
round.
In one of the cleanest and most
scientific matches ever seen here,
Bobby Wagner, the New Hampshire
speedster and Young ("Zlbby") Zby
szko, Polish ace, went six rounds to
a sensational draw. . Wagner won the
first fsll In the third round with
reverse body slsma after fast and
furloua action and Zlbby tied the
score In the sixth and final stanza
with a series of shoulder flips and a
body press.
Although outweighed considerably.
Zlbby kept moving In at all times
and gained a draw with his bull
dog tactics. There wasnt' a dirty
punch fired the entire match, and
both boys received a great hand from
the large crowd when It was all over.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. It. (AP)
General Manager Warren 0. Otlea of
the .Cincinnati Rede announced to
day the unconditional release of
Msnsger Chsrles "Chuck" Dressen
snd Coaches Thomas Sheehan and
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Schmeling and Farr Rate
Tops Among Challengers
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS! W.
Va., Sept. '14. (jet Germany Max
Schmeling and Tommy Parr of Wales
were rated today by the National Box
ing assoelstlon aa the beat of the
challengers for Joe Louis' . heavy
weight crown.
Schmeling, who holds a .knockout
victory over the Brown Bomber, and
Farr, defeated In his first title quest
two weeks ago. ranked well above
former Champion Jimmy Braddock
In the NBA'a ratings.
Back of the German and the
Welshman came Bob Pastor of New
Tork as No. S contender: Al Besto
Lovell of the Argentine. No. 4; Brad
dock. No. 8: Tony Gallento of New
ark, N. J., No. 8; Nathan Mann of
New Vork City. No. 7; Al McCoy of
Boston, No. 8: Arturo Goday of Chile,
No. 9, and Roscoe Toles of Detroit,
No. 10.
Louis was installed as the asso
ciation' new chsmplon despite Presi
dent Joseph F. Maloney's criticism
George Kelly. Dressen will be re.
placed temporarily, Giles said, by
Bobby Wallace, chief eeout for the
team, and salaries of the three re
leased men will be psld In full to
the end of the season.
Dressen hss msnaged the Reds for
two full seasons, coming here from
Nashville mldwsy of 1834 after the
release of Bob O'Farrell. He Is a
former Cincinnati third Backer.
In a statement, Giles said:
"There have been many contribut
ing causes to the failure of the
Reds this season, and by no means
are we placing the full responsibility
for failure on Charlie and his assist
ants." Bears Deprived of
Anderson For Year
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 14. (AP)
University of Csllfornls will have
to do without the ball-carrying serv
ices of the world's fastest sprinter.
George Anderson, co-holder of the
100-yard dash record of 0.4 seconds,
suffered a recurrence yesterday of
the old knee Injury which kept him
to know
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
of the bomber's showing In his fight
with Farr.' Maloney declared:
"He was saved by a deelsloa hand
ed to him on a silver platter."
In other divisions, the NBA cham
pions were unchanged from last year.
They Included: Ltght heavyweight,
John Henry Lewis of Pittsburg:
middleweight. Freddie Steele of Se
attle; welterweight, Barney Ross of
Chicago; lightweight. Lew Ambers of
Herkimer. N. Y.: featherweight. Petey
Sarron of Alabama: bantamweight,
Slxto Escovar; and flyweight, Benny
Lynch of England.
The wrestling association's task tt
picking a champion was not so easy.
John Pesek. the big Nebraskan, was
named finally because he was ths
only mst srtlst who posted a tlIM
bond last year to wrestle for the title.
Pesek's selection wss msde condi
tional on his agreement to meet
Everett Marshall or Bronko Nafurakl
In a title match within six months.
If he falls, the title again will be .
vacated.
from trsck competition In 1986 and
Trainer Bert Fallon said the sprinter
probably wouldn't be able to play
this year.
SIX INCHES OF ROPE
COST ANGLER'S LIFE
ABILENE, Tex., Sept. 14. (AP)
Beset by dizzy spells and dogged
by a fear of drowning. Riley Swift,
38. always took the precaution of ey
ing himself to a tree when he want
fishing.
Yesterday his body was found dan
gling at the end of a rope ties) to
a willow tree, his head submerged
In a little creek. A rope six Inches
shorter would hsve ssved him.
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