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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939. tibers. peucjus- ALL -STAR e PAGE FOUR dom hate m teams Co - Champs Each Place Five Men; One for Cavemen All -Southern Oregon Conference Teams First Team Second Team PLAYER Pos. ' PLAYER Royal Mooers, Grants Pats....E Bud Silver. Ashland Bill Clute, Medford T... Al Barrow. Medford Charles Slaymaker, K. FaIU..G Kenneth Wilson. K. Falls Charles Coffman. K. Fallt C Harry Thurman. Medford Dale Howard, Medford G Alden Hlbbert. Medford Hugh Barnoix, K. Falls.....T Richard Espey, G. Pail Harold Weber. K. Fallt E Donald Moyer. Medford Louie Thurman, Medford B . Waller Salibery, K. Falls (c) Bob Anacker, K. Falli B Melvln Ramos, K. Falli Bob Newland, Medford (c)....B Bill Ruth, Klamath Falls Al Plche. Medford B John Saulsberry, Medford Honorable Mention Endsi Stan Winter, Medford) Marion Reginato, Klamath Falls. Tackles! Lyndel Newbry, Ashland; Earl Schilling, Ash land. Guardst Ray Crane, Klamath Falls; Roy Davidson, Grants Pass. Centers Edward Young, Grants Pass. Back! Bill Davis, Grants Pass. A team that would boast al m o s t unbelievable offensive equipment in the backfield, with spectacular speed and shiftiness spread among three ball-carriers, with forward passing and punting of a calibre far above par for prep pigskinners, and with the excellent blocking and generalship so necessary to make a grid machine roll, A team that, were it possible to collect its respective mem bers and weld them into a unit, would move into battle with a big, tough 191-pound forward wall capable of tossing back all ground attacks of its opponents and, on offense, unleash a bruis ing charge for the benefit of its own lightning-fast backs, whose average weight would be 187 pounds. This Is the mythical 1S3S All Southern Oregon conference football aggregation, selected by coaches and sports writers of the four loop towns and released today, for the sixth straight year, by the Mall Tribune. , The first eleven is almost completely dominated by Med ford's Black Tornado and the Klamath Falls Pelicans, who battled each other to a score less tie and wound up the season with no defeats and deadlocked for the conference champion ship. Both teams placed five players oh the all-conference outfit, while the Grants Pa.is Cavemen, who finished third in the race, received the remain ing position. Ashland high's Grizzlies, who failed to win a game during their most disastrous season in history, placed one man on the second team. Five Medford players, four Klamath and one Grants Pass lad completed the second team personnel. The first team backfield Is composed of three Medford players and one from Klamath Falls. In the line, Pelican stal-wa-:- earned four posts, Med ford men two and Grants Pass one. Medford's Bob Newland, 130 pound triple-threat left half back, was the best-liked back field man in the conference. With each coach and writer se lecting his own all-conference teams, first and second, and two points being given for first team mention and one for second team nomination, Newland re ceived a total of 14 points out of a possible 16. In the voting for captaincy, Newland received three ballots, so he becomes the 1939 oil-conference first team leader. ' Walt Salsbery, K 1 a m a t h's blocking quarterback, was hon ored by the balloters for the second team captaincy. Royal Mooers, big Grants Pass end, and Bill Clute, 250-pound Medford tackle, both polled 14 points to becomo the most pop ular linemen. Charles Coffman, 236-pound Klamath Falls center, was the next-best liked lineman with 13 points. Mnorrs. Anarkrr Kfprat There were no unanimous choices for any position on the first team. and only two repeaters from isst year's all-conference eleven. Mooers was awarded a Hank position for the second straight season and Bobhy Anacker, Klamath'a flashy left-halfback, again waa named to the first outfit Advancing from last year's second team to this season's first eleven waa Coffman. Pelican anapper-back. Up from lB3B'a honorable mention waa Medford's Bill Clute. The 1939 second team haa two repeatera from last year Kenneth Wilson. Klamath guard, and Al Barrow, Medford tackle. Bealdea Newland, the Black Torna do placed Al Plche and Louie Thur man In the backfield. and Clute and Guard Dale Howard In the line. Kla math rails got Anscker In the back field and End Harold Weber. Tackle Hugh Bsrnett, Ouard Charles 81sy. maker and Center Coffman In the line. O rants Pass placed Mooers at an end berth. End Ballotlnf Close Balloting for the end positions waa very close, except for Mooers. Klam ath'a Harold Weber, the other wing man, barely noaed out Bud Silver of Ashland and Don Moyer of Medford, who were named to the second team. Weber polled eight points, silver seven and Moyer six. Olute and Barnett won their tackle berths with eaae, the former getting 14 points and the latter 11. Medford's Al Barrow and Dick Espey of Oranta Pass, second team tackles, both re ceived eight points. The guard posts were determined only after a dog fight. Slaymaker of Klamath polled 10 points, Howard of Medford nine, Kenneth Wilson of Klamath eight and Alden Hlbbert or Medford alx. In all, 10 guards were mentioned by the coaches and writ era. Coffman, second largest man In the Una, won the center position handa down over Medford's Harry Thurman, who waa placed on the second team. Coffman accumulated 13 polnta, Thurman aeven. Only one other center waa mentioned, Edward Young of Oranta Pass, who reoelved three points for honorable mention. Newland Best-Liked Back Except for Newland, balloting for the baokfleld poaltlona waa excep tionally close. Louie Thurman and Plche of Medford both received 13 polnta and Anacker of Klamath got 11, which barely placed htm on the flrat team over his teammate, Melvln Ramos and Medford's John Sauls berry, who both pulled 10 polnta. Right behind them waa Bill Rush of Klamath, with nine polnta and Wal ter Salsbery of Klamath, with eight polnta. BUI Davis of Grants Pass polled alx polnta for honorable men tion. In order to place In the backfield the four players receiving the great est number of polnta, their positions are not designated: they are merely caned "backs." As a result of this, the first team backfield aotually la composed of one quarterback, Thur man; two left halfbacks, Newland and Anacker, and one right halfback, Plche. By the same token, the sec ond team backfield la composed of one quartsrbaok, Salsbery; one right halfback, Ramos, and two fullbacks. Rush and Saulsberry. Team Is Heavy The first team would take the field averaging 178.8 pounds, with Clute being the heavleat man at 380 pounda and Newland and Slaymaker the lightest at 190. The second team line would average 169.?,, the back field 179 and the team as a unit 173. Barrow, at 193, would be the largsat man on the second eleven end Sliver, at 133. the smallest. Those who participated In the bal loting, each naming hla own flrat and second team, were Coaches Arthur (Snowy) .Ciuatafnon of Klam ath Falls. Bill Bowerman of Medford. Forrest (Skeet) O'Connell of Ash land, Loren Tuttle of Oranta Pass and Sports Writers Larry Hunter of the Ashland Dally Tidings, Roy Shoedy of the Oranta Pasa Courier. Bill Cummlnga of the Klamath Newa Herald and Bill Huleo of the Mall Tribune. Aa In yeara past, the Mall Tribune, which sponsors the annual all-con ference selections and tabulates the votes, will Issue award cards to all players named to the ftrat and second teams and to those receiving honor able mention, the latter by polling three or more polnta. Following are the players and their qualifications, with number of points they received In parentheses; F.nda Royal Mooers. Grants Pass, (141 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Tt. LOST RIVER DAIRY High School Gym Wed., Dec. 13, 8 p.m. Two powerful fives lo open the local Season Promise Plenty of Thrills GENERAL ADMISSION 25c This IBS-pound flankman was one of the finest players developed In Oranta Paaa In the past several yeara. On a rather weak Caveman team be atood out aa the beat end In the conference. Harold Weber. Klamath Falls. (8). He waa brilliant on both offense and defense, and although weighing only 163 pounds was a savage tackier and blocker. Bud Silver, Aahlsnd, (7) and Don ald Moyer, Medford, (6). These play- era were only allghtly t leas potent than the two first team ends, silver was probably the beat all-around performer on the Ashland club, while Moyer developed into a fine player for the Tornado. Tackles BIU Clute, Medford, (14). A verlt able giant of defense, where he used his tremendous weight to stymie playa aimed at hla position. Fairly faat on hla feet and a great favorite with fana and teammates. , Hugh Barnett, Klamath FaUs, (11). One of the best In Klamath'a power ful forward' wall. A ISO-pounder who rocked and socked like a tackle should. Al Barrow, Medford, (8) and Dick Espey, Oranta Pass, (8). Barrow made a great running mate for Clute, using hla 193 pounde to the best possible advantage. Espey waa a bul wark In the Oranta Pass line and opposing teams usually stayed away from hla poat. Guards Charles Slaymaker, Klamath Palls. (10). He weighed only ISO pounds but waa a devastating blocker and tackier. He waa largely reaponslble for the success of the Pelican run. nlna attack. Dale Howard, Medford, (9). Cap tain of the Black Tornado, the 170 pound Howard waa considered one of the beat guards to wear the red and black In many seasons. Like Slsymaker, Howard did terrlflo mop- up work on offense. Kenneth Wilson, Klamath Falls, (8) and Alden Hlbbert, Medford, (6). Wilson, a two-year veteran for the Pelicans, waa a mainstay In the Klamath line, aa waa Hlbbert for the Tlgera. . Centers Charles Coffmsn, Klsmath Falls, (13) and Harry Thurman, Medford, (7). Coff man's weight made him a highly valuable member of the Pell can forward wall, and he Is consid ered promising college material Thurman of Medford didn't make a bad paaa all season, and waa a fine line backer. Backs Louis Thurman, Medford, (13). According to remarks made by the coaches and writers. Thurman waa placed on the first team principally because ot hla excellent signal calling for the Tigers, which was well-nigh perfect. He waa also a good blocker and pass receiver. Bobby Anacker, Klamath Falls. (11). Although this 166-pound speed ster didn't run so wild thla season aa he did last, he waa Klamath'a big ground-gainer and scorer. He waa especially dangerous on punt returns and, once In a broken field, waa very hard to bring down. Bob Newland, Medford, (14). A trlple-threater de luxe, a runner, passer and punter to gladden the heart of any coach. Newland waa tne apark plug of the Tornado offense and was on the throwing end of the loop's most effective aerial combina tion Newland to Plche. Al Plche, Medford, (13). From hu. right halfback position Plche many times tore off long runs on reverse plsys, and aa before noted he waa a great pass receiver. The loo-pounaar also waa a savage tackier on defense. Walter Salsbery, Klamath Fulls, (8); Melvln Ramos. Klamath Falls. (10); Bill Rush, Klamath Falls, (9); and John Saulsberry, Medford, (10). Salsbery took csre of the Pelican baokfleld blocking assignments In fine style. Ramos waa a hard-hitting right halfback and Rush averaged over 44 yards on his punts for the entire season. Saulsbsrry of Medford was probably the league's best llne plunger. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press Chicago Henry Wacker, 194, Tavlorvllle, 111., knocked out Leo Bruce, 182V4, Pittsburgh (3). Pittsburgh: Frankie Covelli, 126, Brooklyn, outpointed Sixto Escobar. 123, Puerto Rico (10). Washington Harry Jeffra. 124, Baltimore, outpointed Johnny Buff, 122V4, Jersey City (8). Atlanta Ken Overlin, 163. Washington, and Ben Brown, 160, Atlanta, drew (10). NURMI ABANDONS PLAN FOR TOUR OF AMERICA Helsinki. Dec. 12. (P) Paavo Nurml, famous Finnish runner who has been driving a truck in removing citizens from Hel sinki said today he had aban doned plans to take Taisto MHki. currently Finland's outstanding distance runner, on a tour of the United States. CLAYTON EMPLOYS ! UCLA Battles USC to Scoreless Tie li BOB SMITH VOTED 10 VANQUISH BOZELL King Kong Clayton turned the tables on Paul Bozell in their wrestling rematch in the armory last night, springing out of one of Bozell s Boston crab holds and clamping on one of his own to win the third and deciding tumble of a rough brawl before a near-capacity au dience. It was a thrilling climax to a thrilling match. It came when Bozell seemed to have clinched his second straight victory over the Birmingham Negro, and how Clayton ever managed to weath er a series of punches that ap parently left him goofy, and then flip out of Bozell's crab hold only to slap the same man euver on Bozell, was nothing short of remarkable. Bozell wasted no time in gain ing the first fall. He opened up with body punches and arm twists and made Clayton give up in three minutes. It was a Boston crab that did the work. Six minutes later the Negro flash had the equalizing tumble, on a foul when Bozell refused to heed Referee Earl Yoakley's ultimatum to stop using the ropes illegally. It looked to be all over when Bozell, five minutes later, weak ened Clayton with clouts to the body and managed to flop him over and apply the crab. How ever, Clayton gave a mighty heave, broke the hold and started firing dropkicks. Two of them landed flush on Bozell's chin and the Negro quickly took advantage of Bozell's weariness to whip on his own crab hold. Bozell was forced to give up and the fans went home happy. Clara Mortensen, world's wo man lightweight champion, -took two out of three falls from Gladys Nolan, a capable and pretty blonde matwoman, in the special semi-windup. Consider able hair was pulled and foul punches tossed, by Miss Morten sen, before the exciting match was completed. The champion used a flying body-scissors and a press to win the first fall In 13 minutes, but Miss-Nolan came back to even the score with a body press in 16 minutes. La Mortensen hammered her opponent with doubled-up fists to set the stage for her deciding fall, finally obtaining it with a ferocious body slam. Miss Nolan staged a game fight and several times had the champion on the run for the ropes, but Miss Mortensen's ex perience and slightly better condition proved deciding fac tors. Referee Earl Yoakley be came entangled in the brawl a number of times. Sgt. Bob Kcnaston took two straight falls from Leo Morten sen, Clara's brother, despite the fact that Leo displayed great improvement over his previous appearances here. The Gold Hill bad boy's first tumble came in the second round, after three stunning dropkicks and a body press. He ended the match in I Here it is men, that good Ter-ble Springs" Bourbon better than ever, because it's older and mellower. BUT it costs you nof one fvnny more. Those Same Low Prices Pint 90c Quart $1.75 "Pebble Springs" Straight Bourbon Whiskey is 90 proof. This W hiskey is tour years old. aeaew eieniuaiee, me. reema, (U rirm 'MOST VALUABLE' i' "Si iM V" 1 1 v;.i -41 V 'i1 '44' In a football game that kept 103,000 Los Angeles fans thrilled lo the final gun, the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles and Southern California battled to a scoreless tie. Here Bill Overlin, hard-driving UCLA fullback, dove through a bighole in the USC line for five yards. USC players in white jerseys are Winslow (73), Gaspar 44), Stoeker (68, S'ohn (55), Fisk (50). UCLA players Include Frawley (12), Robinson 2B) and Simpson (44), the fourth heat with a Gold Hill swivel and press. Bobby Chick needed Just one fall to win the opener from Ed die Rogers. It came in the third round, and was manufactured with an airplane spin. Just be fore Chick hoisted Rogers to his shoulders the latter sent Chick spinning into the ropes with three dropkicks, but as he moved in to take advantage Chick bent over, caught Eddie around the waist and up he went. CKALLEDON NAMED HORSE! YEAR' Baltimore, Dec. 12. (P) As easily as he romped to victory in the Preakness or the Pimlico Special, Challedon today scam pered off with top honors in the Turf and Sports Digert's fourth annual poll for the "horse of the year" designation. But if Challedon, W. L. Brann's great three-year-old is the king of the turf, Col. E. R. Bradley's Bimelech must be called the crown prince. Running alongside of those two favorites are Kayak II, C. S. Howard's importation, which won the vote for the best four-year-old, and Now What, named the best two-year-old filly. Of the 208 turf writers and experts participating in the poll, 156 picked Challenger H's big son for top honors after he took charge of the three-year-old pa rade, following Johnston's crack up, and climaxed his triumphs with that great victory in the Pimlico Special. IS NOW I f YEARS LI OLD mat MA :i4tt B.-.-'Y-Jui avj " . us -ly 4u .v jtH K4"'- Alice Marble Chosen Year's Outstanding Woman Athlete By Sid Feder New York, Dec. 12. (JPj Encountering no more opposi tion than she met on the tennis courts this year, blonde Alice Marble was named today the outstanding woman athlete of 1939 by a record landslide of votes of the nation's sports experts. Rolling up the widest margin ever compiled by a winner in the nine-year history of the Associated Press annual poll, the queen of the courts was named No. 1 on the 'ballots of 54 of the 63 experts who voted. Her triumph put a tennis player on top for the first time since Helen Wills Moody turned the trick in 1935. There was strictly no compe tition for California Alice. With the experts voting for first, sec ond and third place choices, and ballots counting three, two and one points respectively, the year's Wimbledon and national champion polled a total of 167 points. Far back, in second place, was the U. S. women's golf ruler, "Betty Jameson, of San Antonio, Tex., with two first-place selections' and 55 points. The 1938 winner, little freckle-faced Patty Berg, whose golf hopes for the year were shattered by an appendectomy, was third, with 31 points, altho she did not receive a first-place mention. Those were the only three to run their point totals into double figures. Surprise of the balloting was the support shown for Eleanor Holm, star of the world's fair tfQ'H Si if'' $Sfc9 . S Wt, aquacade, but out of swimming competition, and Elsie Crabtree, the University of Nevada drum majorette, who made the head lines with her "bare knees" con troversy with school officials. COMMUNITY CLUB SIX The Medford Girls' Commun ity club basketball team is de sirous of scheduling games for this season with other sextettes of Southern Oregon, and all teams wishing competition are asked to write Margo Watson, manager of the team, at F. W. Woolworth company. Miss Watson states that the community club team will play either out of town or in Med ford, and on nights convenient for their opponents. Mighty few "traffic delays . when you "Voice Highways" telephone wires arc high-speed highways with green "go" lights and courtesy all the way! Why not use this fast, dependable service today? Long Distance will take your message at low cost. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE W. 61h Street. WEBFOOT PLAYER Eugene, Dec. 12. (P) Robert "Lefty Bob" SmitM, senior right halfback of the Univeristy of Oregon football team, sported a handsome 21-jewel wrist watch today emblematic of the Hoffman grid award presented annually to the Webfoot gridder voted the most valuable player on the squad. ' Forty teammates selected the Medford journalism student in stead of his more famous part ner in the "touchdown twin" tandem Jay Graybeal. Smith, a 190-pounder, was the team's leading ground gainer this sea son. He carried the ball 64 times for 325 yards and com pleted 23 of his 51 passes for an additional 405 yards, bring ing his season's total to 730 yards on the ground and in the. air. Since they were sophomores, Smith and Graybeal have com bined to complete a long list of touchdown passes, and last year "Lefty Bob" came into his own with a near-record 92-yard touchdown run against Idaho. Other leading contenders for the award besides Graybeal were Tackle Jim Stuart, Guard Ernie Robertson, Quarterback Dennis Donovan and End Vip Reginato. JIM PHELAN SIGNS 7 YEAR CONTRACT Seattle, Dec. 12. (JP Coach Jim Phelan attached his signa ture to a new one year contract yesterday which will carry him through his 11th year of Uni versity of Washington football. Athletic Director Ray Eck mann in announcing the renew al of the contract did not dis close the salary figure but said it would be same as in the three-year contract which ex pires December 31. Phelan's salary has been reported around $9,000 annually. . DO IT NOW! for . Tomorrow May Be Chtisimasl WHO KNOWS? Immediate Delivery of 1940 Plymouths Humphrey Motors 33 S. Riverside. Phone 454 DE SOTO PLYMOUTH AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Telephone 1720
