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PAGE FOUR MEDFOHD MATL TRTBTTXE, !M"EDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. DECEJfBER 7, 1938. DFORD fifJI IL F. Sli TMUfJE ALt-STflR HOHOR I .II. 18 I II ... I. ., .,--.. ,., ., ..... ., , ., . ., . ,.. . I I I " ' ' - ' " ' " '" ' Coaches, Writers Pick Outstanding Players of Year All -Southern Oregon Conference Teams First Team PLAYER Don Montelth, Med ford. RE . Walter Baulsberry, K. Falli.MH RT .... Wallace Erl, MedforA BO .... John Prentice, Medford C Frank Webber, K. Fa! LO .... Lee Mayfleld. K. Falls . LT .... Ro.val Mooers, GranU Pui.. LE Charles Warren, A all land, Back Robert An acker, K. Fallf..-.-. Back "William Caples, Medford (o) Back Blondel Own bey, G. Pass.... Bark Second Team PLAYER .Joe Jessel, Ashland ..Lyndel Newbry, Ashland .Kenneth Wilson, K. Falls .Charles Coffman, K. Fall .Roy Davidson, Grants Pass .Al narrow. Medford Bob Verblrk, Medford Ralph Lannlng, Grants Pass Jock Bowman, Medford (o) Archie Anderson, K. Falls Kenneth Harris, Ashland Honorable Mention Backs: Walter Lee, Ashland; Jay Mayhew. Klamath Fallst Louie Thur raan, Medford; Bud Stelnseifer, Klamath Falls; Winston Campbell, Medrord. End: Herman Blwer, Klamath Falls. Tackle: Bill Clute, Med ford. Guards: Richard Leigh, Ashland; Lewis Merles, Grants Pass; John Chtlders, Medford. Determined by a poll of head coaches and sports writers in Ash land, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls and Medford, The Mall Tribune to day presents Its fifth annual Ail Southern Oregon conference football selections Its roll of honor for the boya who this year thundered across the gridirons of one of the toughest prep leagues In the state. The 1038 all - star aggregations, composed of the finest pigskin per formers In the four-team southern Oregon loop, were named solely by the players' own coaches and by writers who saw them In victory and In defeat. Each coach and each writer selected his own all-conference teams, and this final result Is the consensus of those best qualified to single out the star players, and award them the honor and glory they deserve. On Point Basis Positions on the two teams, and for honorable mention, were gained on a point basis. For every first team nomination on the teams selected by the coaches and writers, the players received two points. For every second team mention, one point. These points were tabulated by The Mail Tribune, and the grldders were placed on the teams according to the number of points they received at their respective positions. Honor able mention waa given to all play era who polled three or more points and who didn't "make" either the first or second eleven. To the undefeated oonference champions of Medford, and to the once-beaten Pelicans of Klamath Falls goes the honor of placing four players each 'on the first team. O rants Peas' Cavemen gain two posi tions on the first eleven and the OrlBzltea of Ashland complete the lineup with one man named. On the second outfit, Klamath Falls, Medford and Ashland are all awarded three posts, while the Cavemen are successful In landing a pair of players on the next-best team. ' Erl Is Repeater To Wallace Erl, Med ford 'a great right guard, goes the distinction of bedng the only first-team repeater from the 1037 all-conference selec tions. However, Ashland's Charlie Warren, tiny but mighty quarter back, again la accorded a first-team position after one year's lapse. War ren wss on the first team In 1938, his sophomore season, but dropped back to the second eleven In 1037. Don Montelth, Medford end and BlU Caples, Medford quarterback, move up from last year's second team. Med ford's Jack Bowman Is again on the second team, and Ash land's Joe Jewel loses the first team berth he held last season to slide back to the second outfit, appar ently because his team was weaker. All other players on both teams are newcomers to the role of honor. All coaches and writers. In addi tion to selecting their own teams, named a captain for each team. For the highest honor to be bestowed first team captain the balloters chow BUI Csples, the dynamic, rip ping and haid-hltttng blocking quar terback of Med ford's Black Tornado. Caples, the Inspiration of a Tiger team which didn't lose a conference game, received two nominations for the first team leadership and three for the second team captaincy. Ho barely nosed ot Ashland's Warren, who was named captain of the first team on two ballots and head of the second eleven on two selections. Bowman Captain Medford's Jumping Jack Bowman, who missed "making" the first team by one vote, was nominated captain of the second aggregation with three votes for the honor. No other mem ber of the second, team received a vote for the captaincy. Tiny Bobby Anacker, sensational sophomore left halfback of the Klam ath Falls Pelicans, wss, the most popular player In the oonference with the coaches and wrltera. The 140-pound flash, who sprinted the legs off most all opponents In his first year of varsity action, received the greatest number of votes of any player. Out of a possible 18 points (first team men ton from every coach and writer), Anacker re ceived IS mark As, only three shy of unanimous first team mention. BUI Caples of Medford. Left Tackle Lee Mayfleld of Klamath Falls and Right End Don Montelth of Med ford all polled 13 points. On the second team, Medford's Bob Verblck, loft end, and Medford's Bowman, j back, each had 10 points, the highest : number of points of any second team grid tier and ordinarily enbugh to earn them first team positions. How ever, balloting was so close at the flanka and In the backfleld that they were forced to move back to the second eleven. Positions Not Named The backs, this year, are not named to certain positions, being designated merely as "backs." Most all coaches shifted their ball-carriers from one position to another during the course of the season, and as a result several were named to dif ferent posts on the all-star teams of the coaches and writers. For In stance, Bowman received votes at three backfleld positions. Thus, to place the four backs receiving the greatest number of votes on the first team, the designation to cer tain posts had to be eliminated. As a result, the first team backfleld Is actually composed of two quarter backs. Warren and Caples, and two left halfbacks. Anacker and Ownbey, although all those four received votes at two positions. The mythical first team. If it could move onto a gridiron Intact, would boast practically every requis ite of a great high school machine Although It might need a Une plunglng fullback, It would possess terrific offensive speed In Anacker, Ownbey and Warren and magnifi cent backfleld blocking in Caples. Any one of the first three named would be apt to go the whole dis tance in one sharp shot. On defense, there would be few forward passes completed into the secondary. Great Line Chosen The line, although rather light at a 167-pound average, would dls- A play aavage offensive charge and knock-'em-dead tackling. It would have speed to spare and spirit to burn, and would have a fine place klckar and klcker-off in Erl. It would exhibit marvelous down field and line blocking for the brilliant broken-field runners In the back fleld. Coaches who cooperated In the selections were Forrest ( Bkeet) O'Connell of Ashland, BlU Bower man of Medford, Arthur (Bnowy) Quatafson of Klamath Falls and Loren Tuttle of Grants Pass. Writers were Asshel Bush of the Klamath News-Herald, Larry Hunter of the Ashland Tidings, Roy Bheedy of the Grants Pass Courier and Bill Hulen of The Mall Tribune. Award cards to all players on the first and sec ond teams and to those making honorable mention will be mailed by The Mail Tribune In the near future. ; Following are the players with their qualifications and the number of points they received in the bal loting: Ends Don Montelth. Medford. (13). This 146-pound senior waa one of the greatest wlngmen ever to see action In Tiger uniform. A sensational pass- receiver, It was his "Impossible1 catch of a touchdown toss that gave Medford Its 0 to 0 win over Klamath Falls, and he came up with spec tacular grabs In almost every game. He was Impregnable on defense. Royal Mooers, Grants Pass fll). A rangy, scrappy 175-pounder. Mooers was so well respected that he re ceived two nominations for the first team captaincy. He was one of the two bright lights on a rather be low -par Caveman team. Bob Verblck. Medford. (10), and Joe Jesse! , Ashland, (7), would glad den the heart of any coach. Both were great defensive players, and Jessel could snag aerial tosses with the best of them- Verblck, called by his coach "the finest end I have ever seen In high school football," waa nosed out of a first team post by one point. Tackles Lee Mayfleld, Klamath Falls, (131. A 300-pound slasher, he was the best liked tackle in the conference by the coaches and .writers. He didn't play last year, but was a regular In 1036. He and eaulaberry, other Pell- can tackle, msde the team's high powered attack click by opening gap ing holes in opposing forward walls. Walter Baulsberry, Klamath Falls, (10). Rather small for a tackle, 168 pounds, Saulsberry came up from last year's Klamath Wildcats to wreak havoc with the enemy. He' blocked and tackled like a fiend, and I will be back for more action next season. Lyndel Newbry. Ashland, (6), and! Al Barrow, Medford, ' (6), were not far behind the two Klamath tackles In all-around efficiency. Ifewbry stood out on defense, as did Bar row, and both were fine blockers. Guards Wallace Erl. Medford, (10). A smashing blocker and a solid rock when the opposing team had the ball, he was a coaches plsyer; not spectacular, but the acme of de pendability. He weighed 170 pounds, and will be graduated thla sptlng. Especially valuable In converting the i point-after-touchdown. Frank Webber, Klamath Falls, (10). A backfleld man In 1037, he was moved this season to the guard spot be cause of his blocking .ability. He led most of the Pelicans' power plays off tackle and was a terror pn de fense. Kenneth Wilson, Klamath Falls. (0), and Roy Davidson, Grants Pass, (6), were mainstays of their respec tive teams. Wilson received five votes for guard and four for tackle. Centers John Prentice. Medford, (11). He Just did heat out Klamath's Charles Coffman (10) for the first team snapper-back position. Prentice, a senior weighing 160 pounds, was a keen diagnostician of enemy plays and helped back up the Tornado lite In vicious fashion. Coffman. tip ping the scales at 300 pounds, was the equal of Prentice In almost every respect, and was named by Medford as the best center they played against all season. Backs Charles Warren, Ashland, (11). He wss the sparkplug of the Griazly team, a deadly tackier on defense and a smart, shifty and speedy ball carrier on offense. He played safety and his punt returns were beautiful to aee. Robert Anacker, Klamath Falls, (13). Undoubtedly one of the most amazing mall-packers ever to per form in southern Oregon. Almost unbelievably fast and clever, he broke loose for touchdown gallops ranging In length from 36 to 00 yarda In every game In which he played. William Caples. Medford, (13.) He played blocking quarterback most of the season, and It was largely because of his devtastatlng mop-up work that other Tiger backs were able to rip off long gains through the tackles and around end. He was also a fair passer and kicker, doing both with his left hand and foot. Definite col lege material. Weight 176, which makea him the biggest man In the mythical backfleld. Blondel Ownbey. Grants Pass, (11), This speedster provided the Cave men with their most dangerous of fensive threat. Like Anacker, he was a "climax" runner from way back, and was liable to hit the end zone from any point on the field. Ran rather wild against Medford. An other half-plnter at 141 pounds. Jack Bowman, Medford, (10); Archie Anderson, Klamath Fails, (7); Ken neth Harris, Ashland, (6); and Ralph Lannlng. Grants Pass. (5), would form another excellent backfleld quartet, with emphasis on power and breakaway speed. Bowman was probably the fastest halfback In the conference, and was a "money" player -all season. His 60-yard run tied Bend and led to an ultimate Medford victory, and hla forward pass beat Klamath Falls. Anderson waa second only to Anacker as Klamath's big scoring gun. Harris and Lannlng provided the straight ahead power for Ashland and Grants Pass, and Harris wss a fine forward passer. 4 FAMILY FEUD AT It will be practically a family feud in the Medford armory wrestling ring next Monday night, with the Jones boys (Arkansas Scufflers) pitting their talent against the Brltt family. represented by Floyd and Alvln. Promoter Mack LI Hard announced today he had signed Tony Jones snd Floyd Brltt for the grudge-match main event, and Tuffy and Alvln for the center encounter. Mike, the youngest brother of the colorful Jones trio. Is still lacking an oppon ent, but the promoter expects to rem edy that sometime today. : 1 36 Discount on ail Ready-To-Wear and Hats ETHELWYN B. HOFFMANN IS ORGANIZED FOR Basketball Teams From Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass and Other Towns Represented at Meeting Nine Independent basketball teams of southern Oregon were represented at a meeting In Ashland Monday night, held for the purpose of laying Initial plans for the organisation of an A-A-U. league to Include quintets from Ashland. Medford, Grants Pass and the smaller towns of the county. No schedule was drawn up because several teams certain to enter were not represented, but It was decided to a tart, circuit action the first of the year. Until the league officially opens, the teams will slate their own games. Jean Eberhart, In charge of the meet ing, appointed Frank Relnhart of Medford and Frank VanDyke of Ash land to work with him In forming a definite organisation to open play about January 1. It Is planned to play two games a week, each game to consist of 10-mlnute quarters. Medford teams represented at the confab were the Salvation Army Red Dote, by Capt. R. H. Vincent; the West Side district team, by Randall Gifford; the First National bankers. By Willard Oliver: the Owl club, by Boyd Bellamy. The Jacksonville Mer chants were represented by Glenn .Yost. Arba Ager represented the Schoolmasters. Ashland clubs repre sented were the Merchants, by Blck Nell; the SONS freshmen, by Eber hart; and Ingle's Cowboys, by Bob Ingle. Fights Last Night (By The Associated Press) New York B e r n 1 e (Schoolboy) Frtedltlo. 134. New York, outpointed Wally Hally. 131. to, Angeles (8). Los Angeles Bobby Pacho, 146A. Loe Angeles, stopped Johnny Stevens. 141. Cincinnati (3). Detroit Johnny Winters, 198. Pon tlac, Mich., outpointed Eddie Slmma, 197, Cleveland (10). Houston, Texas Al Bernard, 158. Houston, stopped Spud Kelly, 159, Los Angeles (3). New York Leonard 'Del Genlo, 14514. New York, knocked out Eddie Alzek, 137, New York (7). New Haven, Conn. Nate Mann. 105, New Haven, knocked out Oeorge Fitch. 178. New Haven (7). WEBFOOTS BATTLE FOR EASTERN TRIP CHANCE EUGENE. Dec. 7. 7Pi While Unl erslty of Oregon bssketball plsyers battled tooth and nail for places on the varsity squad for the trip to New York, Coach Howard Hobson re mained undecided today whether to take 10 or 11 men. The Webfoota will leave Saturday on the 7, 000 -mile barntsormlng swing across the nation. Phone 1300 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime j Lewis Super Service iCtasM El Economy Lumber Co. Low Ptied Phone 594 No. Riverside m-. -'-"miiniiiiiii iiMfoinV- f We're Rounding Up Every Person In Town Who Wants a Real Buy USED CARS . J Why Not Rope Both Sides of Your Dollar? 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NET QUEEN READY IF HELP NEEDED LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7-hTP) Helen Wills Moody, having turned down a promoter's offer of "approximately $100,000" to turn professional, today hinted aha would gladly start out on another International tennis campaign If the United States wants her. Queen Helen, on the fag end of a lecture tour that took her to 25 cities, unpacked her racquets for the first time in nearly three months and divided a snappy two-set match with a Los Angeles instructor, Bruce Ansley. Afterwards, she aaid: "I don't expect to play any more competitive tennis but if the Ufl. L.A.T.A. officials needed me and I had opportunities to whip my game Into condition, I would likely ac cept an Invitation to represent the United States again In international competition SET FOR SUNDAY AT TRAP GROUND Introducing a newly popularised trapshooting program the Medford gun club will stage a "Hunters' Spec ial Bhootfest" at the elub ground at the airport field Sunday, December 18. The day will be specially planned for duck and upland bird hunters who are not trapshooters. Separate traps will be reserved for the non trapshootlng hunters who will shoot in their own separate contests, no trapshooters or members of the Med ford gun club being permitted to take part In the events. Prizes con sisting of turkeys and other good things useful for Christmas will be awarded the contestants. The club invites all bird hunters to enjoy the shoot which Is being specially held for them. Gun club members will be in attendance to give and instruction or assistance to the visitors. Shooters are welcome to bring their own game loads left over from the bird season. Any standard game loads can be exchanged at the gun club for the lighter trap loads If desired or the visitors may shoot game loads. The public is invited to take part In the day's sport either as spectators or as contestants. Lunch will be serv ed and a warm club house will in sure comfort of all visitors. The clubs regular practice shoot will be held at the usual time Sun day. December 11th. Santa Knows What Sportsmen Enjoy PORTLAND, Dec. 7 P) Fred O. Haldeman of the state game depart ment says hunting and fishing lic enses are becoming popular Christ mas gifts. Yesterday he wrapped up and mailed more than 160,000 licenses tc agents, in order to make them available weil ahead of Yule. BOWLING In ladles' league bowllnt mitntm at the Medford alleys last nlfht, Pear City Four and Ramblerattts tied, 2 to 3; City Market and Adrt enne's tied, 2 to 2. and Copeo task all four points from the AlMyattat Scores follow: City Market Semon in 1M tat m DeVore , 137 180 Goodrich Sherwood O'Brien Swope Tollefaon Carblener Handicap M. Mathes .... 6. Bates Hattle Fields Roeey Prultt M. Lendt ... F. Colton ... Z. Sims Rena DeVore Handicap ..... ise ... 98 138 lie tee 164 m iso jsj. 494 6T8 571 18SS Adrienne's . 178 ise lae m 167 188 141 Ml 91 ' 88 138 818 84 148 130 ITl ' 33 38 K 88 648 883 688 IM Copco 104 188 188 itf 178 117 188 41 173 308 188 114 310 173 177 888 Alleyettes 167 168 136 480 838 106 107 116 107 186 147 see 199 184 176 618 19 19 19 IT 688 883 693 1711 Pear City 4 Slmmonds 118 88 169 Wallace 113 118 138 868 Grames 109 93 106 808 Watson 116 178 136 419 Handicap 36 38 6 4S8 613 618 Ramblerettes Prultt 165 138 1M 46t DeVore 85 156 lot 348 J. 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