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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1939. Sport Graphs Billy Bulen says: Coquille Relie On Pass Attack And Fine Line Just how good is Coquille high's grid machine, which plays the Medford Black Tornado here Thanksgiving Day in a game which will go a long way toward untangling the present mixed-up mythical state title situation? Are Spike Leslie's unbeaten, untied and unscorcd-upon Red Devils really a great football ag gregation, as their icord would seem to indicate? Or have the boys from the Coos bay territory hung up their remarkable win ning streak at the expense of cream-puff opponents, the beat ing of which proves nothing so far as actunl tests of power and potency arc concerned? Ever since the game was scheduled, local pigskin fans have had a field day arguing these questions, some holding that Coquille must have quite a ball club to run up 279 points to their opponents' 0 in seven starts, an average of 39.9 points per tilt, and other grid addicts claim ing that the Red Devils haven't played anything but pushovers and that against a major team they would be soundly beaten. Local fans haven't been the only persons interested In obtain ing an answer to these questions. Coach Bill Bowcrman of the Tornado has had more than an academic interest in the Coquille team, and to discover what makes it tick and why he sent Russ Acheson, assistant mentor, to Coos bay last Friday to watch the Red Devils massacre Myrtle Point, 58 to 0. Russ' scouting report is revealing. The Red Devils, Acheson brought back word, are consider ably lighter than the Tigers, but have a well-drilled, fast, tough and smart eleven. Against Myrtle Point Coach Leslie used only 13 men, Russ said, so appar ently the Red Devil reserves are not of the highest calibre. This is not unusual in a small school. Because of. Cpquille's feat in keeping its gonl-line uncrossed In seven tilts, Acheson was espec ially interested in the forward wall and all-around defensive ability of the team. "Coqullle's line," Russ explained, "charges fust and hard and appears to be very smart. They are well conched in fundamentals, and while not overly large they tackle hard and cleanly. From what I saw of Coqullle's line, I would say It "was about on a par with Med ford's. "The Red Devils, on olfeme. employ a double wingbaclc and an unbalanced line, and ihey have a grand passing at tnck," Russ pointed out. "Against Myrtle Point they cored throe touchdowns in rapid succession in the first quarlor, and all of them were on forward passes. In the second period two more passes sot up another touchdown, and in the fourth quarter still an other heave accounted for a touchdown." With nil duo rcaprrts to Aallland. which prr'ormrd damply In the fore o.- overwhelming odds. It w.e good thing Mocllord wasn't ploying a wal tough opponent 4rmlitlce dny. The Tornado didn't ahow too much fire and r.lp, bom . output moat ot lh time to tnke thl-His rnthor ensy, mid with four tulnra on the bench 1ue tc the flu a major opponent might hv upset the local applecart. The Kids, esp, ially the regulars who did play, can't be blamed, though, tor enalng off llnhtly from the red-hot peak thev reached aii.-im.'-t Eus-ne. lie Users have come through a mighty !o,.'h ached l'!e and If a almost Impossible to retain the old m-ntal mom for irven nr cl';ht c msecutlie weeks Bowcim.in exacts tle team to be In pretty fnlr shape for Coquille Thanksgiving, with all the regulnrs but Harry Thurman back In uni form. ThurmiHi. the coach sal.t, would prnbab'y be out for the eat COLD WEATHER IS HERE SOLVE YOUR Heating Problem With This Cheap, Efficient Fuel DRY PINE SLABWOOD $6.00 DRY FACTORY BLOCKS $5.50 BUNDLED KINDLING $5.00 Delivered In City Limits Or fill your car or trailer at our fuel yard on th. corner of North Central Ave. and McAndr.wi Road I ki.' V - Timber Products Company t ID FOK O Money Angle Causes Cancellation PLUS REFUSED BY EASTERNSCHOOL LaGrande Demands $650 After Taking Offer Once; Tornado Idle This Week Inability of Medford and La Grande high schools to get together on financial ar rangements today caused cancellation of the Black Tor-nado-LaGrande football clash slated for here next Friday night, It was announced by Prin cipal Leonard Mayfield of the local school. James King, LaGrande princi pal, in a telephone conversation with Mayfield last night, refused Medford's offer of a $500 out right guarantee, plus 50 per cent of the next $200 net, plus 25 per cent of the remaining net gate, Mayfield stated. In a counter offer, Mayfield said, LaGrande asked for a $650 guarantee, which Medford was unable to meet. Coquille Next Game. As a result of the breakdown In negotiations with LaGrande, the Black Tornado will remain idle next weekend, and will prepare for the Invasion of Co quille on Thanksgiving Day, No vember 23. The refusal of LaGrande to come to Medford for the $500 guarantee struck local officials like a bombshell. In previous negotiations, LaGrande had ac cepted the offer, Mayfield ex plained, and everything was be lieved all set for the game. "I received a telegram from LaGrande Sunday," Mayfield said, "In which they accepted our offer. Then, last night, came the telephone call refusing it. It Is just impossible for us to guarantee them $650 for next Friday night, because if we got a bad weather break we would, stand to lose a considerable amount ot money." Although the LaGrande-Med ford game for next Friday nighi is definitely cancelled, there Is possibility the two clubs will get together on December 2, Mayfield stated. May Play December 2. The Medford principal tele phoned LaGrande this morning with the offer of a $650 guarnn tee for a December 2 game, pro vided Medford defeats Coquille on Thanksgiving Day. Mayfield quoted LaGrande as answering that they would "think it over" and let Medford know in a few days. In explaining this $650 guar antee offer for a December 2 tilt, Mayfield said that If Mod ford defeats Coquille, a Medford LaGrande game following would of the season. Tht regular center, who r-nan't mad a bad pass all year, haa been a very sick d with the flu. Billy Plche, Don Moyer, Prod Ounnette and Bob Newland should be okeh the end of the week Whoopee! I riekent picked an upset And what an apart. The master prngnostlentor socked one of the year's hlgqest form re versuls right on the button over the week-end Intra over Notre Dame, am. Just like he said. Nile Klnnlck struck through the air lo whip the Irish. II waa 7 to ft Instead of IS to 7, ai I'lckem figured, but Iowa won and the plckster will he hurd lu get along with from now on out. Remainder of kick's selections were fair. Just fair. All told, he hit seven out of ,a. missing on Orcgon-Orcyon State, Washtnuton-Callfornla, Mon-tana-nonzaa, Washington State Idaho and Plttaburft-Carnegte Teoh RUht calls were Medford over Ash land, Klamath "alls over ttend. Southern Cal over Stanford. Bronca over Michigan State. Cornell over Colgate and Harvard over Army. In addition to "owa over Notre Dam The aver- dropped nine points b. the following: Won Ixst Tied Pet. 52 30 S .634 ,-iNJ V! CAf OMtON Webf oot i I 1 svLu.v'1 ;U Pflnlr r mm -.net 4Ua TTntarl ' - "- fullback, was stopped by Quarterback G, Peters of Oregon State after a short off-tackle gain in the annual "civil war" game between the traditional rivals last Saturday at Eugene. The Staters won, 19 to 14, football that saw both elevens was the fourth straight over Photo.) be certain of drawing a crowd large enough to permit the guar antee, whereas it was doubtful if a Medford-LaGrande game next Friday night would pull enough customers through the turnstiles to warrant such a guarantee. Mayfild said that all tickets sold, so far, for the cancelled Friday night game would be re funded or honored at the Med-ford-Coquille clash. BOWLI Classic league bowling matches In the Medford alleys lost night saw M. and M. beat Mald-Rlte, 3 to 1; Studebaker take all three points from Zoric and Active club beat Ramblers, a to 1. Scores follow: M. A M. Pent, stare Rengstortf . 306 176 183 147 163 334 903 103574 100623 188 466 164 498 171818 881 149 460 141429 152661 147466 140461 44133 769 Adair no Daws 131 Simmons lei Hemstreet 311 Totals 904 Mald-rlte Murray . M 18.1 139 331 173 176 44 9.14 Lewis ... 145 Oable ;. 188 Hagen 7 Bell 146 Handicap 44 Totals 833 Prultt 183 Stark 163 Sanderson 144 173 171 no 199 H3 184 539 140 473 137 151 180 587 103003 893 18 168501 124 384 141 437 181 479 181563 813 Paske 109 Ends 338 Totals 916 Zorlo Handicap 18 Bean lsj Pabrlck .. us Lyons ....... 158 Saylor 151 Dixon 215 Totals 820 18 181 133 130 147 198 754 Medford Active Moore 191 134 147 163 313 170 816 199484 166463 I1R Att Laraen 149 Porterfleld 156 DeVore 192 Sims no Totals 864 181 585 109546 833 164601 170 156 1110 521 109517 108522 831 Outei Cannon - Proctor . , Green . Oatea Hnmhlers .. 169 168 . 136 149 .. 187 174 .. 146 202 Reltsma 178 Totals 814 178 871 Closing time for Too bate to Claa slfy Ads la 1 .30 p m. 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Spokane, Portland Fullback Makes Short Gain Off Tackle i mr: A i.Z-jum 'i l.r-A - e-seshlt.n r w.yw.. - a i last Saturday at Eugene. !0 minute, of spectacular . long runs. The victory for'th. Staters. - (A.P. after 60 mak Oregon OZELL DEFEATS GERMAN IN 10 STRAIGHT FALLS Hans (Hitler) Schulz la in the middle of another winning streak, only this time it is in reverse. Before a sellout crowd of shrieking ladies' nighters and their escorts last night, the hor rible Hun dropped his tMrd straight armory grappling match with Paul B o z e 1 1, erstwhile Black Dragon, turning the trick in 17 minutes. Crappling without the mask he wore on previous appear ances here, Bozell took Schulz over the hurdles without losing a fall. Paul's first tumble came in 13 minutes, after the boys put up a good imitation of at tempting to slaughter each other. It was a sensational backward body flip and press that brought the count for Schulz. Bozell grabbed him, hoisted him up and turned a complete backward flip-flop, with the Nazi landing smack on his shoulders and Bo zell still on top. Four minutes later the perfectly-built physical specimen had his final tumble. Out of a flurry of punches, etc., Bozell flipped Schulz over and whip ped on his payoff Boston crab. The German badman managed to break the hold, but Bozell wasn't to be denied and slapped it on again. This time Schulz couldn't stand tho pressure, and gave up. Pete Belcastro was suspended for 30 days by the boxing and wrestling commission for his ne farious activities in the middle "-v -""B -'y- lon on a loui in tne lourth round. It was a wild match, Belcastro punishing the Negro for two rounds before Clayton turned on his opponent and grabbed the first fall with a leg-breaker and press. Between the third and fourth heats Pete visited the dressing room and came out with a heavy bandage around his right arm. CHOICE OF S.P.&S. 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It was all over in one round, with Pettigrove again socked plumb goofy by the roaring Italian-American from Portland, one of the most colorful matmen ever to appear here. Pettigrove couldn't wait for the bell to start the thing. He couldn't even wait until Piluso climbed into the ring to begin action. As the litter was com ing through the ropes Pettigrove let him have it with a foot to the kisser, and Piluso crashed back to the floor Ernie, fight ing mad, catapulted back through the hemp and the bat tle was on. For five minutes everything in the book occur red, and plenty that was never written. The pair spent considerable time in the first row ringside as they slugged each other divzy, and the climax was built up by Piluso returning to the arena and Pettigrove remaining out side, bellowing for Ernie to cqme out and get him. Ernie did. He soared through the air In a perfect swan dive, up and over the top strand of the ring-rope and squarely on top of Pettigrove, and down they crashed to the floor. Ernie yank ed Duke to his feet, hustled him back into the ring and battered him into a coma. Referee Yoak ley counted Duke out and that was the end ctf 1ht match Pet tigrove was unable to answer the second-round gong. Pettiu'rove wouldn't leave the vt.vft jnr MM Irm f 1 M JWataM- W 1 J IK W MJT t IST TB . ' fa fcJTK 5T - J5sV - , Enjoy Modem Tourist Comfort Fares are law en thai. EMPIRE BUILDER modern fouriit tletpers. You'll like their air-condirioned comfort toft, roomy berths clean, spacious dr.ning rooms. Delicious meols for as little os 50 cents Itpeclally prepered foods for kiddies. Whether it's table right at your seat or a pillow for a cosy nap friendly, courteous attendants are eager to serve you. And the scenic EMPIRE BUILDER route includes 60 mil.! along the border of beautiful Glacier National Park. Doily: to Spokane, Twin Cities end Chicago, with direct connections East. See Local Agent, or writs C. L. Bischoff, T.P.A. S30 American Bank Bldg., Portland, Or. 1 R-. t- J. :'. 3 V.v' ' . . .''wn T Xf 7 i ring, claiming he hadn't lost two falls. He raved and ranted and when Clayton and Belcastro came on for their match, Duke was still on hand. Yoakley climbed in the ring and Petti grove took a punch at him. The pair tangled for a spell, then Clayton took things under con trol with several belts to Petti grove's chin. Finally Duke went on home. L POINT ISSUES CLASS B Medford's Black Tornado Isn't the only Jackson county grid i machine with state champion ship aspirations. The Central Point high Point ers, undefeated In class B com petition, have issued a challenge to any class B aggregation in the state, the game to be played anywhere and on either of the Thanksgiving Day dates No vember 23 or November 30. "We are wide open for a game with any class B high school team in Oregon," Superintend ent H. P. Jewett said today. "We haven't been defeated this year and we think we have a pretty good team. We are will ing to travel or play host for the game, on either November 23 or 30, and will welcome any or all answers to this request for an opponent." The Pointers ended their regu lar schedule Armistice Day with a 13 to 6 victory over Henley, Klamath county champs, at Cen tral Point. Garrett, fullback, ran 25 yards through center for a touchdown in the fourth quar ter after a 30-yard forward pass from Pinkham, quarterback, to Twyman, end, tallied a touch down in the first period. Henley scored in the first stanza. Coached bv Ken Hulbcrt the Pointers have lost onlv one game this year to the class A Grants Pass Cavemen by a score Tiger-LaGrande Game Texas Aggies Threaten Lead Of Tennessee in Grid Poll By Bill BonL New York Nov. 14. lr") Texas A. and M., the southwest', candidate for' election as No. 1 football team In the country, cut sharply into Tennesee's first-place margin today while strength ening its own hold on the runner-up spot in the Associated Press national ranking poll. Winners of eight straight games, in which their rivals have got but 18 points, and only two games away from a perfect record, the Aggies got 28 first place votes in the season's fifth survey for a total of 877 points to 1,014 for Tennesee. The Vol unteers, as usual, commanded a majority of first-place ballots 66 out of 113 but it was an appreciable drop for the team that is hampered by the weak est schedule of any big-timers. Iowa's one-point triumph over Notre Dame; Michigan's second successive licking, this one by Minnesota, and the fact that Duquesne ran its winning streak to seven In a row accounted for all the changes in the lineup of the first ten. The standing of the teams of 13 to 6. The Pointers have beaten Henley twice, by 13 to 6 and 7 to 6, and the Ashland high reserves once, 13 to 0. The Ashland reserves held Central Point to a scoreless tie in an other battle. SAN DiEGOTLAYER SOLD TOJEATTLE Portland, Nov. 14. (P) Only one player deal developed yesterday as the Pacific Coast Baseball league fall conference got under way. It sent Al Niemiec, San Diego second sacker, to Seattle at the waiver price. Delegates awarded San Diego the winter league meeting which will take place January Men! Save 187 ... on any 16 J 5 Coat in Wards Stock! MEN'S 16" OVERCOATS AND TOPCOATS l"? II f!& i i ! tr Mil mm .7 ' A' 117 So. Central (points figure on 10-9-8-7-6, etc., basis. First-place votes In pa denthesis): Teams Points 1. Tennessee (66) 1.014 2. Texas A. and M. (28).... 877 3. Southern California (10) 84a 4. Cornell (3) 5. Oklahoma (2) 6. Tulane (2) 7. North Carolina (1).. 8. Ohio State 9. Notre Dame 649 631 615 457 250 244 10. Duquesne 129 Second ten: 11, U.C.L.A., 85; 12, Missouri, S3; 13, Duke, 82; 14, Santa Clara, 48; 13, Iowa, 37; 16, Clemson (1), 33; 17, Southern Methodist, 27; 18, Holy Cross, 15; Oregon State. 10; tied for 20, Minnesota and Dart mouth, 6 each. 16, re-elected W. C. Tuttle pres ident, and Harry Williams see retary-treasurer, for three yeai terms at salary increases and re tained the 18 veterans and seven youngster player limits. The delegates disapprovec calling off day games becaust of darkness, ruling that whet necessary they be finished un der lights. 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