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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1939. Sport Graphs Billy Hnlen sayi: Corvallit Score Puzzle Medford Gridiron Clients This Medford high football sta drum, no matter how long It con tinue! to be the scene of grid war- fare, will probably never see a freakier or more quickly gained touchdown than that acored by Cor Tallla Friday night on the opening klckoff of the game. The odda are many thousand to one that a aim- liar play will NEVER again occur to aetound ana puzzie xocai cueni. When that long Corvallla klckoff aalled Into the end tone, to be re covered by the Spartans for a touch- down, one of the game'a rarest acorlng-plays waa unfurled to the amazement of all concerned. It nap- pened ao auddenly. Just aa long na It took Roger Anderson, Corvallla taokle. to run 60 yards and Ian on the ball, that hardly anyone realized what actually happened. It waa all over In considerably less than 10 seconds, which la pretty fast scoring after the opening whistle, in fact, we don't see how It could be any quicker. Many fans, after the game, till didn't understand how Cor fallls could score on the play and they can't be blamed for their bewilderment. The likes of such a situation had never be fore come to their attention. They had witnessed countless klckoffs sail over the goal line and the ball brought out to the to-yard line and given to the re ceiving team, so when apparent ly the same sort of a boot was turned Into six points for the klrklng team they were under standably tied up In a mental knot. Tea, that klckoff waa no different than hundreds of others, up to a certain point. Like all those others It floated Innocently Into the end one, but here the similarity ended. It ended when Medford failed to touch down the ball, producing an automatic touchback, which In turn would have given the Tornado pos session of the leather on Its own 30-yard line, first and 10, with no score. (A touchback, by the way, Is not a scoring play, as some persons believe. It's a safety that counts two points). The ball, If it had been touched down by Medford, would Immediate ly have been called a "dead" ball and taken to the 20-yard line. But, until the oval Is touched down It la "live" and In play, subject to recovery by the kicking team. This la Just what happened, corvams re covered the ball In the end zone. when the Tigers didn't touch It down, and thus gathered In six points. Anothsr question that has puzzled many fana la, how come Corvallla players were eligible to recover the ball? The answer Is, they were on alde at the klckoff. In other words, the Spartans were BEHIND the ball when It was kicked, making eaoh of them eligible to gain possession of the pigskin by recovering It at any point on the field, Everybody haa seen teams attempt onslde klckoffs by booting the ball toward the sidelines, hoping the ends can recover the ball downfleld. The play Friday night was basically the same, although It was unintentional Instead of planned. I Plckem's ego was further deflated over the week-end, and If these things keep up the grid prognosticate sees himself drop ping Into the second division, perhaps winding up In the cellar. Maybe clean out or the league, which would he tits most disas trous season since IRIS, when he predicted Napoleon would grab a win at Waterloo. Out of a doEcn guesses, Plckem's best shots missed widely on four games, five were successful nnd three tilts ended In tics. Thus, the old average Jumped from .167 to .400. quite a leap but still strictly "buh league." The plckster missed on Ore gon State-Stanford (thnnk goodness), Washington-Pittsburgh. UCLA-TCU and Colgate-NYU. He correctly called the turn on Mrdford-Corvailis, Ashland-Grant Pom, Notre VJnme-Pur due, Army-Furman and Mtsslsslppl Umlslnna State. Instead of upsetting Klamath rails, The IMlles tied the Pelicans, and Oregon and U8C and Oklahoma and Southern Methodist battled to deadljcka. Aa of last week-ends games, th. average looks ilke ths: Won Lost Tied Avg. 9 8 .400 Webfoots In Secret Drill For Stanford KUGENE, Ore., Oct. 3. (AP) The University of Oregon football team upsetting Pacific coast dopeters by tieing U. 8. C, 7-7, went to work behind closed gates yesterday after noon for the Stanford game at Port land Saturday. The U. 8. C. contest produced only two casualties. Bob Blenklnsop, end. waa lost for the season when he suf fered a broken elbow. Dennis Dono van, quarterback, suffered leg brulsrit but will be ready for the Indian game. PAINFUL He relieved by nur hrrbal remedy. lo you have tins rontlpntinn, stomach Trimble Hhriimiitism, l'rtitate Trouble, I Icert. Chlldren-i tied Wetting, Athma. Female Trouble, plies, hrnnii Cmiih. tilth HI mid Pietiire, Arthrlllt, C'oH(l, Ne rmint Tonmtl; iirnrt, L'ter, Mladder Kldnrvi Lurt, tllood, I rhiary lnrdersf llerht will often give you relief when others fall Free ronMiltallnn. C R. CIIA Yankees RED RUFFING OR PEARSON SLATED FOR FIRST GAME Cincinnati Reds Will Open With Paul Derringer Odds On Bronx Bombers Chopped to 5 Against 16 NEW FORK, Oct. S. (AP) Charley (Red) Ruffing. big right-hander, definitely was named today by Manager Joe McCarthy of the New York Yan kee to pitch the opening world series game against the Cincin nati Reds. National league cham pions, tomorrow. Ruffing, who has been suffer ing from a sore arm for several weeks, worked out nt length at the Yankee stadium this morn ing. After he was through, Mc Carthy announced that the red head apparently was In shape again. By J u (I son Bailey NEW YORK. Oct. 8. (AP) A pitching problem, of all things, had the New York Yankee master minds fretting today aa the world cham pions and the Cincinnati Reds re hearsed for tomorrow's opening act of the 1939 world aeries. Charles (Rufiu the Red) Buffing, rugged, righthander who started the first game of the series last year, and also opened the all-star game for the American league In July, has had an arm ailment. He vowed he was ready to work, but up until the Yankees struggled onto the soggy turf of Yankee stadium for practice today (about 11 a. m.. E.S.T.) Man ager Joe McCarthy had not decided whether to lead with .bis ace. "Big Red" Inactive Ruffing has not thrown a business ball since the middle of September when the last place St. Louis Drowns chiseled 13 hits off him in less than nine Innings. If the Yankee skipper should de cide to hold back Ruffing, he un doubtedly would open with Monte Marcellua Pearson, chunky Callforn lan who won one gome In each of the last three world series for the Yanka. Lefty Gomez, Just out of a hos pital and still taped on the back and side where he strained a muscle, did not rate consideration for the first two games, and his appearance at any time during the series was in doubt. The Reds arranged to follow the Yankees onto the stadium field (about 1 p. m.) this afternoon for a trial workout. Manager Will Mo Kechnle already had settled on Paul Derringer to hurl the first game for tne National league champions, Walters In Second Bucky Walters, the converted in flelder who combined with Derringer to win 62 games during the season, waa certain of the second game aa slgnment. Uncertainty surroundtnr the Yan kee pitching caused bookmakers to shift their odds slightly. They cut the three-time chnmplons from ft against 17 to 6 against 10. and on the Reds were laying 13 to 6 In stead of 14 to B, which they gave yesterday. The vanguard of baseball lumin aries and out-of-town fans began swarming Into Manhattan late yes terday and sent Interest in the series spurting upward. Crowds In excess of flO.000 appeared assured for the two games tomorrow and Thursday. fi LOS ANOELES. Oct. S. ) John Bromwtch of Australia emerged from the Pnclflo southwest tennis tourna ment todny, holding the men's sin gles title and shnrlng with his coun tryman, Adrlnn Qulst, the doubles event. Alice Mnrhle won the women's sir. Hies event, defeating Dorothy Bund: Santa Monica, 9-7, 6-1. In the mlx doubles, Miss Marble, paired will Hopman. were defeated by Mrs. Sarah Palfrey P,byan. Boston, and Elvvood Cooke, Portland, S-3. 0-8. 0-4. Beavers Start Drill For Tilt With Idaho COIlVAUsIS, Oct. a (AP) Coach Ion Stlner of Oregon State hustled tils victorious Beaver football team from the train to the practloe field yesterday on arrival home from the 12-0 conquest of Stanford. The Orsngrmen play Idaho here Satur day. Idaho has beaten Oregon Btat the last two seasons. Stlner said the week's work wouh be chiefly on offense. "We mLve several acorlng opportunity In th.- last half of the Stanford game be cause the backs larked snap and drive. he asoerted. PILES 9. M. NO Worry Oregon Battles Southern . m mm yr . a Ma x - .M Mm I X a f , lic-foro Jo.ooo stunned spectators, a Mirprlslngly utronj Oregon eleven battled the highly favored Trojans ol Southern California to 7-7 tie at Los Angeles. Here Is Jay Graybeal, Oregon halfback, as he smacked at the center of the Trojan line for one yard. No. 85 Is Ben Bonn, U.S.C. guard, and No. 10 la James Stuart, Oregon tackle. Cavemen Show From Ashland, (Editor's Mote: This Is the first of by Bernle Hughes, ex-Mcdford high. University of Cregan and profes sional star, dealing with high school grid teams of southern Oregon. He writes today about the Grants.. Pass-Ashland game of last Friday, which he witnessed In the role of referee.) (By Bernle Hughes.) The Grants Pass Cavemen, In open ing the Southern Oregon conference season with a 13 to 0 victory over the Ashland high Orlzzltes, showed a strong team In the making. They have speed In the backfleld as well aa weight and speed In the line, and showed a big Improvement over their performance of two weeks ago. when they lost to Dunsmulr, Cal. The Grants Pass blocking and tackling were much Improved, aa was their execution of plays, I believe they are a team that can cause Med ford or Klamath Falls a lot of trouble If given half a chance. Backs who were Impressive for the Cavemen were Pruess, a very rugged and hard-running fullback, and Pierce and Newman, two very shifty halfbacks. Grants Paw has a well balanced line, although their guards are light but fast. Their tackles are good-sized and they have a fine set of ends. Royal Mooers turned In a good game at end. On offense the Cavemen showed very little of what can be expected of them. They relied almost en tirely on a strong end run and an off tackle play, with a wing back In motion blocking the defensive end or tackle at the line of scrim mage. They also showed a good passing attack, but on the other hand revealed a weakness on pass defense. Ashland displayed a well-coached but much lighter aggregation, and could not aeem to get any of the breaks. The Orlzzllea also were ap parently weak on pass defense. Jan drcau at left half looked very good at both running and passing. After Ashlnnd gets a couple of more games under Ita belt It la going to be a hard team to boat, say around Armis tice Day. The game as a whole was the oleaneat and fastest I have seen this year. Only two offside and one holding penalty waa called. Oilman looked good at right end, along with Newbry at right tackle, for Ashland. "Coyote wells." In American desert parlance, means natural depressions In the rock which catch and hold rain water. Modern-Type Construction Calls For CEMENT Use This Dependable Southern Oregon Product "BEAVER BRAND" PORTLAND CEMENT Beaver Portland Cement GOLD HILL, OREGON Big Pines Lumber Company, Medford Lumber Company, Medford Concrete Construction Company, Porter Lumber Company, Bruce Bauer Lumber Company, J. W. Copeland Yards, Woods Lumber Co. About Power in Win Says Hughes a series of weekly football articles BOWLING Classic league bowling matches at the Medford alleys last night resulted In Studebaker taking two out of three points from Mald-Rlte, Zorlc Cleaners beating Active club, 3 to 1 and M-M defeating Gates' Ramblers by the same margin. Scores follow: Studebaker Prultt 108 102 100 660 Stark 180 166 153 130 Sanderson 143 184 148 445 Paske .-. 137 170 153450 Eads 174 181 166 621 Totals 703 863 810 2465 Mald-Rlte Murray . 140 160 145444 Lewis 130 180 154464 Hagen 147 167 100613 Prultt, W. 177 168 161606 Gable 151 151 131 453 Handicap 11 11 1133 Totala 785 837 831 3413 Active Club Moore .: 138 108 Porterfleld .. 173 145 Larson 166 156 Burroughs ..... 131 175 Sims 156 155 Huudlcap 10 10 Totals 703 830 Zorlc Cleaners Bean 138 171 Saylor 166 173 Welsenberger .. 140 163 Lyons 125 184 Dixon 160 150 Totals 714 840 303530 185 R3 154476 134 130 1434.13 10 30 808 3409 164 451 183521 162 465 134443 190616 833 2398 M-M Dept. Store Handicap . 11 n Adair 176 187 Daws 177 183 11 83 187640 164624 313633 181545 104 534 950 369B 142 143 186 478 303649 159523 178594 847 3686 Scmon 139 171 Simmons 313 151 Hemstreet 160 161 Totala 884 864 Gates' Ramblers Cannon 120 171 Proctor .. 162 150 Green 141 208 Gates .. 203 161 Reltama 232 184 Totals 867 873 Use Msll Tribune want ada. Pitching CaL to Draw Sf,w mi .iiimiiii yiinwiwwu. ii iwgi in ii Bob Feller Will Display Prowess For Home Folks VAN METER. Ia., Oct. 3. (AP) This Is "Bob Feller" day here, which meana that . . . Hundreds of central Iowa resi dents will Join the 400 home town folks In paying day-long tribute to the Cleveland Indians' pitching star. Gov. George A. Wilson and other state executives will come from the capital city 16 miles away to honor the youth who hurled his way from a village nine to a high spot In the major leagues. Bob's neighbors most of whom have never seen their No. 1 cltl cen In a big league game will watch him pitch for the local nine In a game against Adel, Iowa. TWIN BILL TODAY LOS ANOELES. Oct. 8. (AP) The Los Angeles baseball team, If It wanta tO Cllt Off .ft Onn M l. -hnr. nf ha Pacific Coast league president's cup ymv-oil series, will nave tn tnkA hnt.h ends of a double-header tonight from tne eacramento senators. The Sacramento team now holds a 3 to 3 edge In the playoff series. Vic tory tonight In the first game for the senators would mean an end to hos tilities. If the Angels win the first 2tie tonight, the double-header will be played. Julio Bonettl probably will start on the mound for the Angels with Tom SeaU opposing him. The team to finish second In the play-off will receive 83,500. (By the Associated Press.) FORT SMITH, Ark Johnny RLiko. 100, Cleveland, outpointed Sandy Mc Donald. 305. Dallas, Tex., (10). SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 3. Horace Mann, 121, San Francisco, outpointed Henry Hook, 132, Indianapolis, (10). For ELECTRICAL WORK call OLSON ELECTRIC on Eve F MAIN II TUSSLE Big Hans (Hitler) Sehuls added the name of Dave Levin to his victory-list !ast night In the Medford armory, but unlike the other matches the German has won with eaae, he waa forced to battle furiously in ordsr to defeat the popular ex-heavy-welght champion. As a matter of cold fact, Levin had all the better of the savage milling, but the luck which has fol lowed SchulB m Medford held good and he managed to take two out of three falls. The one fall Levin won, by the way, was the first Schule hod lost In four local starta. The third and deciding tumble met with the whole-hearted disapproval of the clients, not to mention Levin. Prom the spectators point of view It appeared that Levin was far from down. Davie had Schulz clamped tightly with a leg-breaker and was apparently pressing the German's own shoulders to the canvas. Schulz auddenly gave a lurch and rolled Levin over, and before anybody knew what waa going on Referee Earl Toakley had counted Levin out. The crowd stood and booed the decision for five minutes, adding their din to Levin's protests, but It did no good. Schulz opened up with his usual brand of dirty stuff but In a few minutes Levin turned on him and handed out probably the worst beat ing Schulz has ever taken. For almost 16 minutes Dave chased the Nazi bad man round and round the ring, slugging him on the head and body and slamming him to the mat. Several times Scnuiz scurried for the ropes. Levin evidently wore himself out clubbing the Hun horror, for when Schulz started fouling again Levin went down from several ter rific punches to the Jaw and was pinned by a body press. Levin evened the score with a com bination leg-breaker and body -press, six minutes later, setting up Schulz for the fall with another spectacular flurry of prize-fighting tactics. Aa before, Schulz ran for the ropes and did everything In his power to es cape the Levin dynamite, but Dave caught up with him and hammered him to the floor. Pete Bslcastro, returning after sev eral months absence, showed his old time fire In walloping Billy Venable in two straight falls. Pete's first tumble came In the second round with a bouncing body scissors. Hts second was produced In the fourth heat by a pair of dropklcks straight to the button and a surfboard. Speedy Ln Ranee beat Joe Smollnski In the opener, two falls to one, using his payoff Canadian grapevine both times. Joe took the first fall In the second round with a body press, after La Ranee had refused to accept the match on Smollnski 'a repeated foul ( GET A Bid, BIO BOTTLE J I ; j pS&r V FOR A NICKEL J " f V .SgfrV IMAKE SURlT llpil 1 4&f (its better tasting-) ilk m I 7f J vanp wholesome lllf Ii The biggest nickel in j America. .. it's yours when jlP you swap itfortW BeViS!l of World Series ing. Fred Erlckson, member of the boxing and wrestling commission, ordered Referee Yoakley to award the fall and match to La Ranee, but the latter said be didn't "want any falls like that." Speedy came back In the third round to pummel Smollnski Into sub mission, and ended the match ln the fifth with another violent attack. It was announced that Smollnski had been suspended by the boxing and wrestling commission for 80 days, for his naughty work. ALLIES WILL GIVE PEACE PROPOSALS CLOSE SCRUTINY (continued lrum page one) Chamberlain's avowals that Britain could not be threatened Into peace and she would examine peace pro posals in the light of Germany's past record. Labor and liberal leaders con curred. Laborlte Clement Attlee said "we must carefully examine every kind of a proposal for peace, but we must deal with realities, and It la no good saying there Is peace when there Is no peace. "A mere reversion to the situation of the last year or ao would not bring the world back to peace." Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sin clair said: "So long as Germany Is governed by Hitler and the people who surround him, we will con stantly be confronted with a choice between submission to his will and the dread alternative of war. "This country wants peace, but Is not prepared to buy It at the price of freedom and the moral values of civilization." Hitler's Word Valueless Whlte-maned David Lloyd George, speaking ln commons for the first time since the war's atart. declared: "If peace depends on the word of Hitler we shall have no alternative but to proceed until we get some other and more assured guarantee." Referring to the German "discus sions" with Italy, "at the Invitation of Herr Hitler," the world war pre mier added: "I do not think Signor Mussolini has shown much hostility to this country ln the last few days he has on the whole shown a friendly disposition. Lloyd George continued "it Is clear that somebody is going to sub mit detailed terms for the considera tion of this government. "I think It is important that we should not oome to a too hurried conclusion. It needs very careful consideration. "If there comes a document from the Italian or Russian governments It Is vital that we should regard uiem as neutrals, we do not want to, double our enemies." GARCIA KO'S AP0S1I IK 7TH ROUND TO IN NEW YORK, Oct. S (AP) Tha long trail haa ended for Cefertno Garcia, the two-fisted whirlwind from Los Angeles, but not at the original destination. Thrice thwarted In bids for the world welterweight title, the somber faced Filipino won the world middle weight crown as recognised In New York and California, laat night by scoring a technical knockout over Fred Apostoll of San Francisco after 2:07 of the seventh round of a bit ter slugging match. Oarcla carried the measage with a machine-gun series of rights and lefta, which Bent the befogged title holder down twice ln the seventh before Referee Billy Cavanaugh, with ( Apostoll down a third time, waved Oarcla away and ended the fight. The bout drew 11.46B spectators who paid a gross of t39.433.83. Oarcla Is recognized aa champion only in New York and California. Al Hostak of Seattle la recognized ln the other states. Oarcla weighed 1531;. Apostoll weighed the limit of 160 after being given time to peel off a half pound he was overweight at the original welghlng-ln. Three Stanfordites Out With Injuries PALO ALTO, Oct. 3. (AP) Three players were not ln uniform today when Coach "Tiny" Thornhlll began whipping the Stanford football team Into shape for Ita Saturday gama at Portland against Oregon. First string right halfback Jim Groves haa a cracked rib and sora legs; BUI WUIard, substitute end who was Injured while wanning up before the Oregon State game Sat urday, will be out for about three weeks with a pulled knee ligament, and Hugh Callarenau. second atrlng right half, was In the hospital with a fever from an Infected blister. VANDALS AT PEAK FOR CLASH AT CORVALLIS MOSCOW. Idaho. Oct. 3. (AP) The University of Idaho Vandals were at full strength for the first time this year as they rushed foot ball preparations for their game with Ortgon State college at OorvalUs Saturday. Bill Piedmont. Idaho's best taekle, and Savtno Uberua.?a. half-back, re turned to the Vandal squad siter leg Injuries. The 30 Vandal players and their coaches will leave Thursday nfght and work out briefly at Corvallls Friday afternoon. Use Mall fribune want ada. 10-It-1-5 Mon. - Tues. P.M. Vied. Chan & Chan rhlnr.e MedH-lne Pa. 1.15 E. Main
