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fEDFORD MAIL fRTBTjyE, fEDFORD, OKBflOy, FRIDAY, ypVEMBER 26, 1937. Tigers Climax Season With 1 3 to 7 Victory Over Vaunted Axmen PTC?! TEN AERIAL ONSLAUGHT L Ml Locals Score First Touch down Few Seconds After Opening Kickoff Bitter Battle Waged Throughout Med ford high tchool'a Black Tor nado climaxed lt 1037 football cam palgn yesterday at the stadium with a airmailing, crashing 13-7 conquest of the mighty Eugene high Axmen the team that walloped Coach Bill Bowerman'a machine last year by a score of 44-0. Scaling the heights of football greatness, the Tigers stunned crowd of 8600 by scoring their first touchdown In less than SO reconds after the opening kickoff, then bat tling their heavier and favored op ponents to a standstill through almost four periods of bruising play before taking to the air in the final three minutes of the last quarter to break a 7-7 tie. Kickoff Fumbled So suddenly did Medford strike for It Initial score that the Thanksgiv ing day crowd could scarcely believe Its eyes. Wally Erl booted the open lng kickoff long and high to Eu gene's Doug Caven, standing on the 10-yard line. The ball bounced once In front of him, struck his ankle and rolled to the five yard stripe, Caven ran back, picked It up and was smacked by Jack Htll and Bob Wilson. The pigskin spurted from Caven'a arms and bounded crazJly to the one-yard line where Med ford's Don Montelth fell on ft. And, there were the Tigers. On the first play, Hill swept wide around his own left end and, with superb Interference that mowed down tacklers, crossed the goal line standing up. Wally Erl converted from placement and It was 7-0. Axmen Score Qulrkly Plva minutes later the Axmen, with great Doug Caven ripping off the tackles and around the ends, had the tying touchdown. Coach Fritz Kramer's huge eleven moved BO yards In eight plays directly fol lowing the kickoff after Medford's score, winding up the brilliant drive ; by sending Caven over from 11 yards out. Starting on his own 41, Caven went over Medford's right tackle for five yards, then picked up one yard at the same spot. Fullback Ronny Mo Intyre fired a bullet forward pass straight down the middle to End Jack Stevenson, good for 17 yards and a first down on the Tiger 36. Caven, on a reverse, circled his own left end for 14 yards to the 91, and after a paas was Incomplete, Halfback das McLaln went wide around right end for 10 yards and another first down on the Medford 11. Caven, best bail carrier on the field yesterday, smashed Into left tackle, broke clear and cut back to cross the flnsl stripe untouched. He place-kicked the extra point, dead locking the game. Bitter Rattle Prom then until the final Med ford touchdown, the two tea ma fought a bitter battle. The field, sodden and slick from days of rain fall, offered Insecure footing and time after time ball carriers, appar ently in the open, slipped to one knee. It was a forward paas from Pull back Bill Caples to Jack Htll; a left handed shot straight down the cen ter and Into the end cone that gave the fighting Tigera their greatest victory of the year, ft came in the waning moments of a geme that appeared destined to end In a 7-7 standoff. There were only five minutes of plsy remaining when Shorty Camp bell. In the game for Bobby Ettlnger. brought back a booming Caven punt 13 yards to mldfleld. After Campbell and Caples made It a first down on the Eugene 40 by line bucks. Caples suddenly unleashed his touthpaw aerie 1 show. He tossed one to Wilson good for five yards, then repeated to the same feltow for a ft rat down on the 33-yard line. Paw Olrei Score With the Axmen defense spread. Caples ripped through the middle for five yards in two tries. After another pass to Wilson was incom plete on the goal line, the husky fullback faded back and with great protection, shot a wobbly trolley, wire pass dead over the center of the line. Hill, standing over the goal line, was unmolested as he caught the ball. Wally Erl's attempted place kick for the extra point was blocked. That winning touchdown march constated of nine scrimmage plays and Included three first downs. The final pass from Caples. playing his first yesr for Medford, to Hill, wear ing the red and black for the last time, went exactly 17 yards. 425 E. Main Across from Boxy Theater MEDFORD'S MARKET FOR Wholesome Sea Food PRODUCTS FRESH FROM COOS BAY Fresh Lutifiak Spiced Herring Fresh Ocean Caught Salmon Fresh Halibut Filet of Red Snapper Fresh Clams in the Shell Superior Quality Coos Bay Oysters And, It waa Caples, who all day long was a ripping and rugged ball carrier and Impregnable on defense, who Intercepted a Eugene forward paas a few seconds later to halt the Axmen In their desperate attempt to pull the gsme out of the fire. Axmen Block Threat In the hectic first period, Medford twice threatened to score, but each time the Axmen managed to hold for downs on their own 10-yard stripe. Starting on their own 28-yard line, the Tigers advanced to the Eugene 10 with Bobby Ettlnger blasting out yardage In chunk of 9, 13, 12 and 14 yards, mostly on hla favorite cutback maneuver, and Hill and Ceplei helping out with bursts through the line. However, the drive stopped when a fourth down pass waa Incomplete. A moment later, Medford a wayne Curry, end, broke through to toss Mclntyre for a 12-yard loss as the Eugene fullback attempted to punt on fourth down and again the Tigers were In sight of the promised land, on the 10-yard line. Hill got five yards at right tackle but the Axmen braced and took the ball on downs on the 10. Eugene recovered a fumble by Red Root on Medford's 30-yard line early In the second quarter and Caven and Fullback Cugle, sub for Mclntyre, drove to the Medford 20 before Jack Bowman Intercepted a pass on the Medford 10 to halt the threat. Caples Halts Drive It was Caples who saved the Tigers from a posslblo Eugene touchdown shortly after the third quarter opened. Halfback McLaln passed 30 yards to Caven on the Medford IB yard line, and Eugene seemed to be on Ita way. However, Caples Inter cepted the next pass on his own five-yard line and battled his way 32 yards up the sidelines to bring his team out of danger. Those wero the only times Eugene oenetrated Inside the Medford 26- yard line. The Tiger forward wall, averaging 166 pounda per man to Eugene'a 181 a disadvantage of 16 pounds stood toe to toe with Its opponent and fought like It never ; had before this season. Sammy Rich- I ardson, guard; Dan Ehrhart and Hu bert Santo, tackles; and Bob wuson and Wayne Curry, ends, playing their last game for the Tigers, turned in brilliant exhibitions. So, also, did Don Montelth, end; Wally Erl, guard; and John Prentice, center. Veterans Scintillate In the Tornado backfield. Hill, Ettlnger, and Red Root, an seeing action for the last time for Medford, wound up their high school careers in a blaze of glory. The slippery condition of the turr slowed tne grand Ettlnger somewhat, but he was always dangerous. He practically nul lified the amazing punting of Caven by brilliant returns. Jack Bowman, also, was an Important offensive fac tor. And, of course, Caples. caven waa outstanding for the Ax men. Sprung loose on reverses from a double wing back, the Eugene star broke away for runs of 11, 22, 28, 16 and 27 yards, and waa the moat ef fective ball carrier on the field. How ever, Caven could also be termed the "goat" In his team's defeat because of hla fumble in the first 30 seconds of the ball game. Teams Near Even The teams were almost exactly even in statistical strength. Medford rolled up 230 yards from acrlmmngo to 326 for the Axmen. The Tigera garnered 11 first downs to 10 for Eugene. Medford took to the air eight times and completed four for 36 yards, In cluding the touchdown. Eugene tried 15 passes and completed lour, gaining 62 yards and three first downs. It was the Black Tornados sweet est victory of the year, coming as It did after a rather in-and-out season and In the face of heavy odds lavor- iivt Eugene. It also avenged com pletely the terrific 44-0 pounding received at the hands of the Axmen last year at Eugene. It gave the Timers a record of five wins, three losses and one tie for the season. Lineups and statistics: Medford Eugene Montelth RE Stevenion Ehrhart ...... RT waiters Erl RO Bishop Prentice C Fish nichardson LO...- Bodner Santo LT Elliott Wilson LE ...... Johnson Root (C) QU Anderson Hill RH Caven (C) Ettlnger ............... LH ........... McLaln Caples FB Mclntyre Substitutes: Medford Howard, ver blck, Archibald. Clute. Stead. Camp bell, Bowman and Curry. Eugene Seybold, Sherwin and Cugle. Scoring: Medford Touchdowns, Hill 3. conversions, Erl 1. Eugene Touch down, caven; conversion, Caven. Score by periods: Medford 7 0 0 613 Eugene - 7 0 0 07 Officials: Referee. Joe Peak. Klam ath Falls; umpire. Howard Schetfel, Medford; head linesman, Ivan Har rington, Medford. Statistics: Medford Eugene Total yardage gained 330 236 Yardage from running plays .. 105 164 Yardage from pasara. 36 63 Total tlrat downs .... 11 10 First downs from Phone 1255 ' running plays.....w.M 11 7 First downs from passes.. 0 3 Passes at tempted.. ............ 8 16 Passes completed ....... 4 4 Passes Intercepted.. 0 3 Passes lncomplete..HWWM. 4 a Yardage lost from penalties 10 6 Average length of punU.. 30 32.4 Sport Graphs .... Billy Hulen Sayi: Burdette Kindred Ex-Medford Star Through Football Burdette Kindred, a great big tackle for Medford high school during the coaching days of Darwin Burgher, can be added to the list of former Black Tornado football players m a k lng more than good In college ranks. In fact, by h Is performance this season at right tackle for -the Un Iverilty of Washington Hus kles, Kindred can probably be call ed one of the finest line men ever turned out from the local Mr Hole. Institution, talc lng his place right alongside Bill Mor gan and Be rule Hughes. This last year rung down the cur tain for Kindred, who has been i mainstay In a plenty tough Wash ington forward wall for two cam paigns. Last year In the Rose Bowl against Pittsburgh, Kindred did fill the kicking for the Huskies, and Is considered by his coach, Jimmy Phe lnnd, as one of the best linemen he ever worked with. Medford's other football product seeing action In Pacific Coast con ference football, Bob Smith, didn't set the world afire at University of Oregon this season, hla first. Nor did he fall to live up to expectations. With a mediocre ball club, Smith aid as much as anyone and was danger ous always with that left arm cocked for a forward pass. Not a great ball carrier. Smith Is a superb de fensive back, however, and will un doubtedly be In there again n?xt sea son, under Calllson or somebody else. You fly and spinner fishermen may as well lay away your tackle for another year, so far as Rogue river Is concerned. It's all over now, says Joe Wharton, angling expert who releases week ly bulletins for the Grants Tass Chamber of Commerce. Wharton reporta that the torren tial rains of the past few weeks have so roiled the river and its tributaries that fly and spinner fishing Is out of the question for another year. How ever, ho says, there will be good bait fishing when the river drops back to normal and seasonal flow. If and when the rains stop. Everybody knowa you don't have to be a college all-American to play professional football: some of the finest money players were never heard of before taking up the play-for-pay mm IN GOOD TASTE Gifts selected lit The Toggery ARE In 000D TATSE . . . gratefully re ceived, too, and you will be long remembered for your discriminating judgment in selecting HIS gift at HIS favorite store. PENDLETON WOOL ROBES HICKOCK BELT AND BUCKLE SETS MANHATTAN SHIRTS HANSEN DRESS GLOVES INTERWOVEN SOCKS LUGGAGE and FITTED TRAVELING CASES NECKWEAR SCARFS SWEATERS JACKETS SPECIAL DISPLAYS FOR MEDFORD'S CHRISTMAS 0PENIN0 The variety of the great fall game. How ever, all-Americans usually do well by themselves In the pro gsme, re gardless of the fact that they are marked men right off the bat. Take last year's Associated Press all-American club, for Instance. Of the 11 men tried and true, nine were graduated from their respective schools of higher learn ing. Of those nine, all except Larry Kelley of Yale and Max Starcevtch of Washington's Hus kies are this season publicly re ceiving the long green. In other words, they are playing profes sional football. Two of the backs, Sam Francis of Nebraska and Ray ("Buzz") Bulvld of Marquette, are star performers for the Chicago Bears In the National league, Francis doing ( the punting and some of the passing and Bulvld the running and tossing. A third member of the all-Amerlcan quartet. Ace Parker of Duke, la with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and has been dis playing even more brilliant form than he did while In college. Clint Frank, other member of the backfield, is of course still fighting for the Yale Bulldog, and plenty. Four all-Amerlcan linemen arc making fresh reputations and handy pieces of change for themselves as pro grldders. With the Chicago Card inals. Bernle Hughes' old team, la Qay- nell Tlnsley of Louisiana State, pick ed as Ke) ley's running mate at end last season. He Is considered one of the greatest pass receivers to ever perform Irf the pro game. Ed Wid- seth, twice all-Amerlcan from Uni versity of Minnesota, Is a defensive star for the New York Olants, having stepped Into the slot vacated by Bill Morgan when the latter retired to sell rubber equipment. The Giants, as usual, are In the thick of the pen- annt chase, and are slated to battle it out with the Chicago Bears for the world's championship. Two other linemen are Mike Bas- rak, who played center for Duquesnt last season and Is now with the Pitts burgh Pirates, and Averell Danlell, a former Pitt Panther now with Brook lyn after having been purchased from the Green Bay Packers, last year's champions. CLIPPERS TRIM BCS IN WILD PUCK CHASE PORTLAND. Nov. 26. P Scoring In the final minutes, the Spokane Clippers detested the Portland Buck aroos 1 to 0. last night In one of the roughest hockey games seen on the local Ice. A crowd of 4.000, largest at a local game In two years, saw Referee Bill Shaver levy 20 penalties as the play- era ataged one of the wildest Ice battles In Pacific Coast league his tory. BULLDOGS CONTINUE CONQUEST OF EAST LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28. (P The is Angeles Bulldogs, members of the American Professional Football league, remained an untied, undefeated team today. Showing the same power and de ception which have netted them 1 straight victories, the Bulldogs swamped the New York Yankees 27-0 before 15.000 fans In G 11 more stadium n a turkey day game. SAUNAS PACKERS WIN- 7-3 OVER ROCHESTER .BAKERSFIELD. Calif.. NOV. 28. p) The Salines Packers, for years one of the strongest "pay for play" teams on the Pacific coast, today held a 7 to 3 victory over the Rochester Tigera of the American Professional Football league. TOGGERY E Field Goal Gives Southern ers 9 to 7 Edge Over Van derbilt Cornell Drops Pennsylvania, 34 to 20 By DREW MIDDLETON NEW YORK, Nov. 2.(AP) Pro pelled by the accurate toe of gangl ing Hayward Sanford. Alabama's un beaten eleveL lands plumb In the middle of the most muddled Rose Bowl situation In years. Young Mr. Sanford booted a field goal for the Alabam' boys yesterday to beat Vanderbtlt, and the harried gentlemen who must pick the out land representative called for another dose of aspirin. If Pitt beats Duke and Ford ham does the same to 'New York university, Saturday, there will be three major claimants. ' Duke In Way, The 9 to 7 triumph admits Ala bama Into the charmed circle but Duke stands In the way of Pitt. The Blue Devils are no small obstacle. They are tough on attack and "up" for the game. Ford ham, on the other hand, has a small obstacle. Dr. Stevens' violet operatives being noted more for cleverness than size, but the obstacle was Just as small a year ago and the Fordhams haven't got over that 7-6 defeat yet. All this is all very Important to the teams that hope to be tapped for the Rose Bowl society, but the biggest crowd of the day will con gregate at Philadelphia for the Army- Navy meeting. Here, despite sorry seasons for the i service teams, brass hats and plebes and dowagers and debutantes will gather to the number of 103,000. Cornell Wins, 31-20. The stirring events at Nashville yesterday can't quite eclipse the equally uproarious events at Phila delphia. There Cornell and Pennsyl vania closed the "Ivy" league season with a burst of offensive football that brought a 34 to 20 score with the Cornells on top and 60.000 fans In various stages of hysteria. Cornell old blues are sure you need look no .further than Tomp kins county. N. Y., for the next "Ivy" champion. Stymied by Penn's cool gambling with the forward pass ana tied. 20-20 at the start of the fourtn period, the big red broke loose to score two touchdowns with an awe some display of overland power. Duquesna provided some excite ment by tripping Detroit and Brown proved the wisdom of substitution by downing Rutgers. 7 to 6, on a 95-yard run back of the kickoff oy Frank Foster. For the Bruins, after a series of beatings by Colgate on Turkey day, there was real cause for ; thanksgiving. Maryland's Terrapins trlmmeo Washington Si Lee, 8 to 0. North Carolina, a strong claimant for the title, ran all over Virginia, 40 to 0. In a game with no bearing on the conference standing. Clem son had a hand In the title pot until It was tied by Fur man. 0-0. yesterday. Tennrswe Victor. Elsewhere in the south. Tennessee downed Kentucky. 13 to 0, ana Mississippi State edged out Missis sippi, 9 to 7. OlfM sttr a r 1 1 v e 1 wrapped fnr Chrlt ma . . . and a hen our gifts are from The Tomterv, ad ded assurance of TOP qVAMTYl TO - The Big Six title resolved Into a Nebraska sinecure as Kansas and Missouri played to a 0-0 tie. The Cornhuskers can win by either tying or beating Kansas State. Texas A. and M. beat Texas, 7 to 0, In a conference game In the southwest and Arkansas whipped Tulsa, 38 to 7. Byron White, the Colorado whlzzer. went all out to trim Denver, 34 to 7, a victory that gave the undefeat ed, untied Buffaloes the Rocky Mountain conference championship with six straight wins. Utah downed. Utah State, 37 to 0. and Montana rallied to beat North Dakota, 14 to a. S W BEARS 13-0 VICTORY OVER HONS CHICAGO, Nov. 36 (VP) Whenever the Chicago Bears are hard pressed, all they have to do la put their best foot forward. The best foot Is the property of big Jack Manders. whose place-kicking ability has made him the most com petent field goal artist in the Na tional Professional Football league. His two accurate kicks yesterday were enough to defeat Detroit's hardy Lions and give the Bears a strangle hold on the circuit's western division title. In taking a big step toward clinch ing the right to meet the eastern section tltleboldera. Chicago whipped Detroit 13 to 0 before 25,000 specta tors at Detroit. Manders kicked a field goal from the 34-yard line early in the first period and then booted another late In the period from the 23. Late In the game San Francisco Intercepted a pass and ran for an unneeded touchdown, on which Man ders picked up the extra point. In the other Thanksgiving day pro game. Brooklyn earned a 13-13 tie with the New York Qiarits, favorites to win the title in the eastern sector. Use Mall rrlbune want ads. THE CAPITAL PARADE By and mmHQ! " "'.i'1"" " -i '"' 'v ! vt ; v SPtKLKlfcllNtB THE CAPITAL PARADE Now A Daily Feature In The LOH AND L Popeye O'Brien Meets Ro mano in Curtain-Raiser Middle Match Expected to Bring Renewal of Feud It took two weeks to arrange It, but Promoter Mack Llllard finally succeeded. Steve strellch, Hollywood leg artist, and Polish Palooka Joe Smollnsm will again face off In the grappling ring next Monday night at the ar mory, the bout being the long-sought-after rematch from the sen sational brawl staged November lo in which the hated Palooka fouled Strellch Into oblivion, then carried the battle to the dressing room door. They meet in the middle event and will go six 10-minute rounds or two out of three falls. ' Topping the card will be Jimmy Lott, great little former football star and Hugh Nichols, ex-light heavy weight champion of the world. Nich ols will make but one appearance here. He is the grappler that re lieved Bobby Chick of the title seve ral months ago In Arizona, but lost it himself a short time later to Frank McGurk. He Is considered one of the finest scientific grapplers in the world. Opening the program will be Pop eye Pat O'Brien, returning after an absence of several months, and PhU Romano, tall and orthodox grappler from Mexico City. He is a newcomer to Oregon. LINFIELD LOSES, 12 0 TO BELLINGHAM SQUAD BELL INGHAM, Nov. 26 (AP) The Western Washington College of Edu Joseph Alsop Groton-and-Harvard edu cated grand-nephew of former President Theo dore Roosevelt, whose brilliant Washington cor respondence and dra matic articles in the Sat urday Evening Post (among them "The 168 Days," a story of the court fight) have gained him a national reputa tion. Robert Kintner whose coverage of the economic and financial side of Washington news was preceded by Wall Street training and has been marked by more ex clusive stories than that of any other reporter in the field. Washington is the nerve center of the nation and more and more is it affecting the lives of all the people. Because there is a need for news that interprets news and points the moral of the front page ... for news that anticipates news and enables you to prepare for news ... for background, behind-the-scenes news that is available only to a few ... for the news, not only of what happens, but how and why it hap. pens we offer cation Norsemen defeated Iinfield col lege. U to 0. in a Thanksgiving day football gam here, with Howard Jones and Unit sarles sparking tha attack. oregHTwins 14-13 BEND, Nov. 36 (IP) Oregon City held the unofficial high school foot ball championship tday after a 14-18 victory over the Bend Lava Bears In a Thanksgiving day game here. The tcore tied 7 to 7 at the half, tilted In the visitors' favur when Shultz kicked poli.t after vo-lng the final touchdown. PORTLAND. Nov. 38. (P Quar terback Harry Rich ran 103 yards with an Intercepted pass In the sec ond period to give Lakeside high school of Seattle a 7-0 win over Jefferson, Portland high school cham pion, In a football game here yes terday. The Jeffmen made 13 first downs to three for the visitors, and knocked Insistently it the Lakeside goal. LEBANON. Nov. 36 (Pi A score less tie with Astoria high school Thanksgiving day left the Lebanon football team undefeated. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads la 1:30 p. m. aaUrfiil a friiiir Olutlltrr U lactam, Vr Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 95 Proo! MMHMaaUSHIIUlsl
