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PAGE TTTRETP Oregon Defeats San Deigo Marines 24-7 in Viciously Waged Battle ' HrEDFCmD NfATL TRTBUNE, rED'POTt'P. QT?EGQy, SrmT. NOTEMTIET? 58. 1037 BREAID, HALFBACK HELD L HOSPITAL First Half Scores Bring Victory To Callison Squad Graybeal Stars. SAN DIEGO. Calif., Not. 37. (AP) Oregon university's Webfeet rolled up a comfortable first-half lead and then were hard pressed to protect their advantage In the last two quar ters as they defeated the San Diego Marines, 24 to 7, before 5000 here today. The Pacific coast conference outfit scored once in the first quarter, twice In the second and ones In the third, white the Marine made their lone tally In the final session and threatened on two other occasions during the last half. The Devil Dogs put on a spectacular aerial circus In the fourth quarter and had the Webfeet on the run through most of the period. Little Jay Graybeal. Oregon's great open-field runner, accounted for the Initial tally. Just before the end of the opening quarter, when he slanted off right tackle, put on a burst ol speed end scored without having been touched. Recovery of a Marine fum ble on the Devil Dogs' 14-yard line in the second quarter paved the way for another Oregon touchdown and once more It was Graybeal w!o rang the bell. This tit..' he reached pay dirt on a 10-yard sprint around left "Viie webfet took the air for their next score, a long pass. Steve Ander son to Dale Lasselle. being completed In the end zone after a 3B-?ard throw. Soon after the third quarter got under way, Oregon punctured the Marine defense with another touch down pasa. Southpaw Bob Smith cul minating a 59-yard march by flipping ... in Anderson In the end B, e;ioi i. J . Anriorcon. Huston and Las selle all tried their luck at conver sions from placement, and all failed. Late In the third quarter the Ma rines tossed aside their running mlled Almost completely on ' an aerial offense. Prom their own 37-yard line they marched down the field as John Callaham completed a scries of short throws to Don Gib son and Ennls. A pass from the n-Dnr. siv.vaM line was completed . mhsnn for the Marines' only touchdown and Ross Rountree con verted with a placeklcR. nnrinff their second drive, the Ma rlnes completed live passes In a row and for the entire game mm -... ... 1 1 nut of is. It was In only this deportment and punting that the service men excelled. pome VlelOUSlV fOUgllt, pro duced three Injuries of a aerlous na ture. Denny Breald, center oi uresuu. suffered contusions of the head and spine: Jimmy Nicholson, fleet Weh tx haitnark. Incurred a broken shoulder, and Bob Huth. Marine guard, wound up with contusions of the hip. All were confined In the naval hospital here. th. imam and summary: n-x.nn (24 MarlDM (7) vrh LE C. Griffin FosKtett LT Davis Huston LG Harris Moore C Sabol Amato RG Huth Jensen RT Walker Robertson RE Llndfelt Bentlev B Callaham Nicholson LH Trometter ruhn.rHi. RH Arneson Emmons FB Crouch firnr hv auarters: Oregon 12 024 Marines 0 0 0 77 S,'orlnff : nn,?nn Touchdowns Graybeal isub for Gcbhardt) 2: Lasselle (sub for Bentley) 1: Anderson (sun for Marines: Touchdown Gibson (sub for Trometterl: point aftr touch down Rountree (sub for Arneson). PLAY CHAMPIONS SALEM. Nov. 27. (VP; The undefeat ed Salem high school eleven bid for the unofficial state title today, chal lenging Orccon City to a post-season tilt. Coach Harold Hsu and Athletic Director Vernon Oilmore of Salem went to Oregon City yesterday but learned Coach Harold Dlmtck. whose team defeated the powerful Bend Lava Bcrs Thanksgiving day, was out of town. Mike Reddy, Water Boy In Game, Today Whan Santa Clara's unbeaten and untied Broneo tangle with th Oon rga university Bulldogs at Sacra mento this afternoon. Mike Rddy. .St. Mary's high of Medford banket ball ftnr and all-around athlete will hav the best peat In the itadlum. Mtke will alt on th Oannga lynrh. He will even fio out on the field several times. In other words. Mike will set water-boy for the Bui I dogs. EiMv this week Mike received a Irttrf from Conch Mtke Perarovirh of vr Onnzaea team. Inviting him to Attend the came and be the Hulld'jg watT-boy. Mtke ert Medford by plane yesterday morning to kep his date todav. Young Reddy and Conch Pecarovtch are -Md frinrts. and when.h U eradu ti from St Mary' hr Mlk 1ll attend Gonzaga on a scholarship. NICHOLSON. Jimmy Lou, (Boovt?) wno win face the great Hugh Nichols In the main wrestling event of the Medford arm ory tomorrow night. A former Uni versity of Alabama football star, Lott will pit flying tackles and blocks against the scientific maneuvers of Nichols. NEW YORK. Nov. 27. (AP) Co lumbia, doormat of the Ivy league, finished Its season with a rousing hurrah by battling the Stanford Indians to a scoreless tie before 20, 000 rain-soaked fans at Baker Held today. Not only did. Sid Luckman ana his valiant comrades avert the ex pected rout, but they actually out played the huskies from the coast most of the afternoon. They missed a touchdown by only two yards in the closing period and twice before nudged their way inside Stanford's 20-yard line, Stanford threatened only once. In the final minutes they rushed the ball 68 yards right down the mid dle, only to be brought up short 12 yards from the goal. Bill Luckett rushed in and tried a placement kick from the 25. but It went wide. Stanford's "Columbia" Jinx hem good to the last. As a matter of fact, the Jinx con sisted principally of Luckman. He gave the coast team and Its follow ers, including former President Her bert Hoover, an eyefull of football players. The big fellow passed and ran and kicked the Stanfords rignt back on their heels. Only Pete Fay. the Indians' scurrying halfback, gave him a slight argument for the day's honors. TERRY IN DENIAL MEMPHIS. Tcnn., Nov. 27 (fr Manager BUI Terry of the New York Giants declared today there was "nothing to it" when advised of a New York newspaper report that the Giants had acquired Joe ( Dticky ) Medwtck from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Mel Ott, Hal Schu macher aiyl Gus Mancuso. Buffalo Grandmother Bowls Perfect Score BUFFALO. N. Y.. Nov. 37. flVA grandmother took her place today among the few women who have bowled a perfect game in league com petition. She was Mrs. James W. Banks, who has two grandchildren but "would rather not" give her age. Mr. Banks started off her match yesterday with a 187, then went Into her pln-sptlltm; spree for the 300 score. Her third game dropped to 130. "because or the react'lon, I guess. she said. Pick Gabby Street For Brown Manager ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Nor. 37 AP Charles E. ("Gabby") Street, former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National league, was named manager today of the city's American league rlub. the Browns. President Donald L. Barnes an nouncement said Street was chovn "because of his long experience end uniform success In baseball. Joe (inn Honored COrtVALLIS, Ore.. Nov. 37 (API For "outstanding service to Oregon -State collegp." Joe Gray, the Beavers' randldate for all. American football honors, was elected to a life member sMp In Beta Pi chapter of Blma Chi. tempe race. Operation TORONTO. Nov 27. IAPi Ja-k Dempwy left here for New York to day a few hours after havin? been advised he was suffering from acute appendicitis The former world's heavyweight botlnB c-smpion is ft petel to underso sn operation soon aa he arrives in New Y-rk 102,000 SEE ARKIYlljloallJcores BEAT NAVY 6 TO 0 IN HECTIC GAME MUNICIPAL STADIUM. PHILADEL PHIA. Nov. 37. Ph-Army's Cadets executed an early pausing attack with a slippery ball, scored a first period touchdown and then stood off Navy's spirited second half rallies to whip the sailors 8 to 0 today In the 38th renewal of their series before the year's biggest football crowd, 102.000. Shifting suddenly from a running attack midway of the first period, while a steady rain pelted down the cadets struck quickly and built their winning touchdown on a pair of long tosses, with Jim Craig bucking the final two yards through the sailor fore wall. John Ryan's placement try for the extra point was wide. Starting from Navy's 44, after a couple of rushes. Woody Wilson shot a pass to Jim Schwenk. big fullback, for a 20-yard gain, and then Long southpawed a 17-yard toss to Jack Ryan, who caught the ball and tum bled out of bounds on the two. The Navy withstood one plunge, but the sailor line cracked as Craig tore through on the second tTy. Shackled deep in its own territory during the first two periods, due chiefly to a pair of poor kicks by Lemuel Cooke at the outset. Navy took a fresh start at the beginning of the third period and rushed the Army's five-man line off It feet on a 49-yard drive that carried to Army's 16 and wound up Inches of a fourth consecutive first down. Navy made one more bid. with Cooke leading a charge down to Army's 32. but Jim Craig's lengthy kicks steadily began to push Navy further and further back and. In the final quarter. Navy could do little but gamble unsuccessfully on a des perate air attack. NEW YORK, Nov. 37. P) Bob Pastor, who ran dashingly into the heavyweight boxing picture In a ten round romp with Joe Louis, Is on the outside looking In. The New York heavyweight drop ped his ranking as one of the top flight heavies to stolid Nathan Mann, of New Haven, In a ten-round bout at Madison Square garden last night. It was the biggest upset of the fall boxing season. Mann, a rugged warrior with a fair punch but no visible signs of fistic greatness, catapulted hlm&elf Into the heavyweight elite. He may get a shot at Tommy Parr, the durable Welsh man, as a reward. Pastor was never in the fight alter Mann dropped him in the first with a short right. MYSTERY GOLFER BRADENTON. Fla.. Nov. 27. (AP) Dizzy Dean wired a challenge to John Montague today see Sing to draw the mystery man of golf Into a match with him In the second an nual Dizzy Dean tournament to be staged December 11 on the Bradcn' ton Country club course. Dizzy said: "I think I can prom ise you a good workout because my golf game's not exactly minor league stuff." MICHIGAN STATE SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27. I API Behind two brilliant touchdown runs on the part of John Plngel Michigan State college rolled to a 14 to 0 triumph today over Univer sity of San Francisco. The long-legged left halfback.' a Mt. Clemens boy who proven ine moving spirit In the Spartan attack gave 20.000 fans their biggest thrills by running 75 yards In the tnira period to break a seeming desaiock then coming back In the last quar ter to dash 34 yards on the same kind of scoring ply. a slash through left guard. 1 RACING BOWrE, Md.. Nov. 27 (API The 2-yenr-old Sun Egret, neglected in the betting, sprinted six rurlongs in mud and frur today to take the 11500 added W. P. Bureh memorial handi cap from the favored Murho Ousto A. C. Compton's colt, laden with only 102 pounds, won by sn easy ! three lengths, Second was Oreat ! Haste, second choice In the "ettlg. ' Mrs. B. P. Christmas' Sunned was a head behind Orwt Hnste. Sun Egret paid 115 80. 11(90 and 9 00. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 37 (AP) Leading all the may, Polvo't Prince, a long shot, recorded a three-lngth victory over Basque today In the A. B. Spreckels hand Scrap at Tonforan Stimuli was third. Time for th six furlone w 1.14 T-e winner pld 123 40. 110 40 VA60; Buque, 5 80, 14 30; JUmuU 4. Coast Oregon 34. San Diego 7. Uclans 13, Missouri 0. Michigan State 14. San Francisco U, 0. East Army 8. Navy 0. Holy Cross 20, Boston college 0. Stanford 0. Columbia 0 (tie). Fordham 20. New York univer alty 7. Johns Hopkins IS. St. John's (An napolis) 0. South Pitt 10, Duke 0. Georgia 8. Georgia Tech 8 (tie). Auburn 14, Florida 0. Louisiana State 30. Tulane 7. Midwest Notre Dame 13, U-S.C. 8. Nebraska 3. Kansas State 0. Southwest Texas Christian 3, Southern Meth odist 0. Rice 13. Baylor 7. Centenary 10. Oklahoma A. and M. 0. ST. MARY'S FIVE STARTS EARLY ON HEAVY SCHEDULE With eight lettermen reporting daily for practice, St. Mary's high of Medford is busily preparing for their first year of basketball competition In the Jackson county class B league. Coach Wally Rlckert has the Identical team back this season that last year represented southern Oregon in the state Catholic high school tourna ment In Portland, and figures the Crusaders to be an Important factor in the class B conference, southern division. Lettermen available are Larry Schade, center; Mike Reddy. John Estes and Ed Lemlre. guards; and Norbert Mlksche, John Jensen and George and John Qltzen, forwards. Many others are also reporting for practice and several are pressing vet erans hard for regular berths. St. Mary's gym, constructed last year, haa recently received a new celling and circulating oil heating system. The team Is also equipped with new uniforms of blue silk with white monograms. In addition to the 10 conference games, St. Mary's will play five out side opponents, according to she ten tative schedule drawn up. Following is the slate: December 3 Medford Junior high, here. December 8 Phoenix, there. December 10 Prospect, there, (con ference). December 13 Jacksonville, here. December 17 Talent, here, (con ference). December 18 Phoenix, here. January 7 Butte Falls, here, (con ference). January 14 Sams Valley, there (conference). January 21 Eagle Point, here (con ference). January 28 Prospect, here ( con ference). February 4 Talent, there, (confer ence). February 11 Butte Falls, there, (conference). February 12 Roseburg Junior high, here. February 18 earns Valley, here, (conference). February 25 Eagle Point, there, (conference). PITT BEATS DUKE, . FUMBLES COSTLY DURHAM. N. C, Nov. 37.-H API Pittsburgh defeated Duke university 10-to-0 In their Intersections! foot ball game here taday, taking (id van tage of two fumbles by Duke's Hack ney to scorer a field goal In the first period and a touchdown In the sec ond. More than 40,000 spectators sat through a drizzle and saw the Pan thers thus wind up their regular season undefeated, but tied one time in the scoreless Fordham game. Hunters Flock for Tule Lake Opening KLAMATH FALLS. Nov. 37 (AP) Hundreds of hunters from all parts of California and many from Oregon crowded every hotel, rooming house and cabin In Tule lake. Ctlf and overflowed Into Klamnth Falls today as the duck and goose season opened on the Tule Lake reserve. Boats were at a premium. C. O. Falrrhlld. U. S. biologist! sur vey agent, said the reserve was lit erally teaming with game. Grid Oame Cancelled FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 27. AP) The Fresno Bute college football team's proposed post-senson game with the University of Portland Is off. "There Is no "rhance" when ou buy here. You get (he bent for your money, Daily's Auto Painting 32 south liartlrtt PHONE 115 OLSON ELECTRIC V. Rartlrlt FLASH OF LEADS IN MISSOURI DEFEAT MEMORIAL COLISEUM, Los Ang eles. Nov. 27. ( AP ) General Kenny Washington, dusky halfback sensa tion of the University of California at Los Angeles, led the Bruins to a 13 to 0 "victory over the road weary Missouri Tigers today. The Bruins capped a game, dull for three quarters, with a final burst of energy. Their first touch down came on a 56-yard march 1 by Washington. The second brought 30.000 fans to their feet In the final 30 seconds of play. It came when the "Gen eral" grabbed a Tiger pass on his own 10-yard line, galloped pellmeli for about 88 yards and lateralled. Just as he was tackled on the two yard line, to his ball hawking cen ter, Johnny Ryland. R viand fell across the goat for the score. The play ended a gallant Tiger drive to tie up the score which had seen the Missourlans, playing their third engagement In eight days, pass their way nearly 60 yards to the Bruin 20. with Don Johnson. BUI Amelung, Ray Moss and Arthur Murray figuring In the drive. With both teams playing strong defensive games, the break occurred late in the third quarter when Ame lung. starting into Bruin territory, fumbled to Wood row Strode, the Bruins' negro end. The suddenly energetic Uclans started from their own 44 and scor ed on Washington's fourth down thrust over his left tackle a drive that nearly ended on the Tiger one half yard line. ALL STAR SQUAD Some time this week the Mali Tribune will announce Its fourth annual All-Southern Oregon confer ence football teams, first and sec ond, selected by coaches and sports writers of Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls. Eight mentors and writers will do the picking and to date all but one have sent In their ballots. Immed iately upon receipt of that lone selection, the all-star teams win be announced. Coaches who are helping this paper In the nomina tions are . Bill Bowerman of Med- ford's ohamplon Tigers. Snowy Qua- tnfson of Klamath Falls. Loren Tut- tle of Qrants Pass and Skeet O'Con nell of Ashland. Sports writers are Atthel Bush of Klamath Falls, Larry Hunter of Ashland. Sid Smith ot Orants Pass and Bill Hulen of Med ford. E BOWL T STILL IN DOUBT PASADENA. Calif.. Nov. 27.--(APr Leaving the Rose Bowl football situation as much a mystery as ever. Ken Priestley, graduate manager of University of California, returned to Berkeley tonight. He gavo no indication when he would name the team Invited to meet the Golden Bears In the an nual New Year's Day conflict. It was assumed, howeved, the . an nouncement would be made Monday. Priestley would not say what was holding back the announcement, but It was probable he wanted to talk the matter over with the California team. Prospect Team in Warm-Up Victory PROSPECT, Nov. 37. (Spl) Pros pect high's basketball team, warm ing up for the opening December 10 of the county class B conference season, southern division, defeated Gold Hill, 40-10, Wednesday night at Prospect, with Ttlbbet scoring 10 points. The game was a non conference affair. In a preliminary, the Prospect re serves defeated a like team from Oold Hill, 33-11. Grieve scored U points for the winners. Coach Les Wilson's team will meet St. Mary's of Medford In the open ing conference battle at Prospect. MEDFORD ARMORY MONDAY NIGHT Hugh Nichols v. Jimmy Lott Joe Smolinski VH. Steve Strelich Popeye O'Brien vs. Phil Romano rati an salt at BROWN'S. Ptinna 101 V.NTINi:' rATl.' Phon, 178 11 - COLLEGE CZAR who will supervise athletic activity of SO universities is Asa Bush nell, new director of the Eastern ntercolle'iate Association. BY TONELLI NETS NOTRE DAME WIN SOUTH BEND. Ind.. Nov. 27. P With two minutes left to go In a deadlocked 6 to 6 struggle, an Italian youth, Mario Tonelli. came to the aid of the fighting Irish today, en abling Notre Dame to triumph over Southern California. 13 to 6. The crowd of 40.000 was thrown Into an uproar of excitement when Tonelli. husky fullback, suddenly broke loose from Notre Dame's 17 and raced 70 yards before he was brought down 13 yards short of the goal. , Two plays later he smashed eight yards over the line for the touch down that gave Notre Dama a glori ous finish to Its 1037 campaign, with six victories In nine games. It was n fitting climax for the 60th anniversary of Notre Dame football, for the Irish had made a brilliant comeback after having been pushed around the field for two periods, outplayed by the Trojans. Southern California held a 6 to 0 lead at the half aa the result of a touchdown pnas tossed by Grenvllte Landsdoll to Gene Hlbbs In the sec ond period. But when the Irish broke loose in the second hair they were entirely too shifty and hlocked too perfectly for the Callfornlans. Andy Pupils broke away for a SB-yard touchdown run to tie the score in the third period and then Tonelli came through with his long, snaky runs. BIG SIX TOGA MANHATTAN. Kaa.. Nov. 37. (API Burly Lowell English dropped back from his guard position to the Kan sas State 23-yard line in the final seconds of the second period and on a snow-glazed field literally kicked, tho Nebraska Cornhuskera Into their third straight undisputed Big Six football championship today. The score was 3 to 0. In a stadium quiet except for the chattering of teeth, 6000 benumbed fans, English calmly placcklcked for the three points which represented the sole profit of an afternoon whtcfc saw the ....ebraskana threaten peri odically In the second and fourth periods; the Kansas Staters launch three futile drives In the. third quar ter, and both teams milling about aimlessly In the opening stanza. Ham Sad Hrst Hurler SAN FRANCISCO,. Nov. 27. (ff, Sam Gibson, lanky veteran of the San Francis ao Seals, was the Pacific coast league's No. 1 pitcher last season, of ficial baseball averages released to day disclosed. The big right hander won 19 amch and lost 8 for a percentage of .704. His earned run average was 3 83. Referee: Ole Olson FORDHAM SPILLS NEW YORK 20-7, EYES ROSE BOWL NEW TORK, NOV. 37. Pi Ford -ham's "Rose Hill to Rose Bowl" foot ball express roared through Its last way station today with a 30-7 vic tory over New York, university, and then looked ahead for the signal from Pasadena and the post-season classic. In the mud and rain of the Yankee stadium, before a crowd of 65,000. the Ram limited was slowed down and several times sidetracked In the first and third periods, but once the throttle was opened, there was no stopping It. The Rams banged over two touch downs In the second period and udded another in the fourth to wind up their nine-game schedule, undefeated and tied only by the great Pittsburgh Panthers. Paced by a classy collection of backs, particularly Jarnng Joe Gran ski, who galloped 60 yards for the second touchdown, after Dom Prin cipe pounded over to climax a for ward and lateral -passing 50-yard drive in the second period, Fordham took sweet revenge for the 7-6 beating the Violets gave the Rams a year ago. The vaunted Fordham tine gave one of the neatest defensive and of fensive performances of Its season Tackle Ed Franco was all over the Violet backs, and Center Alex Wojclo chowlcs was so outstanding he was voted the annual Madow trophy as the top player In tho game. Ed Bael passed four tlmea for N. Y. U.'a score In the second. Don Lash to Run NEWARK, N. J Nov. 27. Jp) Don Lash, former Indian university star, defends his national senior A.A U. cross country title for the third suc cessive time In a field of 100 men over the Flat Branch Brook 10.000 meter course tomorrow. Dm Mat Tribune want ada. GIFTS IN MEN'S FINE FURNISHINGS McCelland Barclay Blue , B. V. D. PAJAMAS in tho 4 best blues iikncl by America's foremost artist MvClcllund Barclay 2.95 ARROW SHIRTS hite, woven pal terns and "tripesAlso shirt, tie am handkerchief combination of the month as seen in Esquire 2-00 to 3-50 Medfnrd's Arrow Shirt Store NICHOLS TO FACE LOTT IN FEATURE Maktng his first and only appear ance In Medford this year, Huga Nichols, former light heavyweight champion of the world, will display the class which has led him to ba called one of the greatest scientific grapplera in the business by tangling with Jimmy Lott In tho main event at the armory tomorrow night. With Lott, ex-football star, also a clean and llghtnlng-fast performer, local fans expect one of the finest exhi bitions of straight wrestling ever seen here. Nichols has held the world champ ionship twice, winning the title from Bobby Chick last wlntar in Tuscon. Ariz., but losing It a lew months later to Frank McGurK. Since then he has been roaring up the comeback trail and experts to get another shot at the crown in the near future. Because of pressing engagements In the large grappling centers. Promoter Mack Li Hard waa able to obtain Nichols for only tuts one appearance, and a capacity crowd Is expected to turn out. In the middle event, Steve Stre Ilch and Polish Paloo"ka Joe Brno linskl meet In a rematch from th sensational brawl the pair tunica In two weeks ago. It took Uilard two weeks to arrange the lollow up, principally becatiso of Smoiin skl's obvious reluctance to give tna popular Strellch another chanca. Steve claims he will get plenty of revenge for the foul beating Smo Unskt handed out In their last bout, and local phllberts are hoping ao. Phil Romano, a tall, clean wrest ling newcomer from Mexico City, will match holds with Popeye Patt O'Brien In tho opener, O'Brien, a past favorite here, will be making his first local showing In several months. 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