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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1941.
Cougar-Stanford Battle Tops Conference Play This Week
Sport
Graphs
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Billy Hulen Says:
Tigers Still Can
Enjoy Successful
1941 Grid Season
PULLMAN ELEVEN
National Champion Begins Title Defense GROGGY FANS EYE1PR0SPECT TO VIE
What now for Medford, now
that the roof hai caved in to
mar iti unbeaten record and kill
all hopei for an undisputed itate
title?
Juit thif. The season 1 not
over by a long light, and it ia
not ruined, even though the first
reaction to that 20 to 13 Ashland
victory Friday night left every
body In this town ready to be
lieve the loss to the Grizzlies
made of the 1941 campaign a
dismal failure.
But such is not the truth. The
Black Tornado has two more
games to play, Ealem high'a
Vikings here next Friday night
and undefeated and untied The
Dalles at The Dalles November
38. If Bill Bowerman's boys can
pull themselves together, forget
that Ashland defeat and roar
back to win both those games
by playing the sort of football
of which they are entirely cap
able, could anybody charge that
the locals had suffered an un
successful year? Of course not.
By doing this, Medford will
wind up with a record as good
s any major eleven In the state.
The Tigers will have been beat
en once, that's true, but so will
every other big time team in
Oregon. The Dalles right now is
the last unbeaten outfit of the
major schools, and a loss to the
Tornado will level off the In
dians to the once-defeated status
of several teams.
The way we look at It, one
f two things will happen to
Medford as aa aftermath el
'the Ashland trimming. Cither
the Tornado will come back
more powerful than ever, or
It will fall apart completely
and Just play out the string.
That defeat will either prove
the making of a potentially
great eleven, or it will break
Its heart and sink (t Into the
depths of despair too bitter
to overcome.
Another thing. That Ashland
victory was not so tantastlo as it
appeared. Yes, Medford was the
favorite and figured, by all man
ner of reckoning, to win. But, as
this department pointed out last
Wednesday, the game DID look
like a toughie, the teams were
much more evenly matched than
was apparent on paper.
Thera have been many more
shocking upsets than Ashland
beating Medford on November
T, 1941. How about Pitt's 13 to
0 licking of Fordham Saturday?
Pitt, without win, and Ford
bam, without a loss. That,
friends, was something. But Ash
land, remember, went Into the
Medford game with only one
defeat. BOTH Ashland and Med
ford had fine records, so that's
why we maintain it was NOT
the "impossible" that happened
Friday night
If the Tigers can look at the
thing In that light, if they can
realize they weren't beaten by
vastly weaker team, but by a
team their equal in almost every
respect, their natural heartbreak
over the loss should be eased.
They should be able to pull
themselves together, determined
to blast and keep on blasting
from here on out. A defeat by a
team in your own class is Just
something that occurs every day
and is nothing to be ashamed of,
or to cause a complete craci;up.
That's what that Ashland loss
represented, and nothing else.
We are of the opinion that
Medford will have what it
takes to shake olf the memory
of last Friday night And it
we are correct, Salem better
come to Mediord ready for
60MCTHINC, and The Dalles
better expect some of the
Professor I. Plckem is a sad
prognosticates this day, a blue
Monday if there ever was one.
Of the 11 games played over the
week-end, the Prof hit four, lost
six and tied one. The Santa
Clara-Oregon contest is tomor
row, but no matter how it turns
out Professor Pickem's record
for the dozen will be under .300.
Missed were Ashland beating
Medford, Washington beating
California, Notre l)ama beating
Navy, Harvard beating Army,
Pitt trimming Fordham and Ala
bama knocking off Tulane. The
tie was Tsxas tlaylor. Correctly
called were Oregon State ovei
Uclana, Stanford over Trojans,
Washington State over Idaho
and Nebraska losing to Minne
sota. The season's record:
Games Won Lost Tied Pet.
83 61) 21 S .737
The navy has increased Its pur
chases twenty times over what
they were in 1938 and 1939.
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M CHANCE TO
STYMIE INDIANS
Santa Clara Plays Oregon
Armistice Day Beavers
Face Bears Saturday.
San Francisco, Nov. 10. (AP)
Pigskin preview: Football's
merry-go-round spins Washing
ton Stat college Into position
this week-end In the west coast's
big contest known as "try to stop
Stanford.
Will the Cougara spear the
brass ring or bruise their paws
on the T-formatlon as six out of
seven ambitious rivals have done
this season? The trick can be
turned. Oregon State pulled it
in the rain at Corvallls five
weeks ago.
This time Stanford will be
playing on its home field. There
Isn t much prospect of wet wea
ther and slippery footing at Palo
Alto. Questionable spots In the
Indians gridiron makeup appar
ently have been erased since the
debacle in the north.
Could Be Better
By tracing one branch of the
comparative scores tree. Wash'
lngton State conceivably is a bet
tear team than Stanford. Only
two weeks ago It defeated Ore
gon State, 7-0, and O.S.C. won
from the defending conference
and Rose Bowl champions, 10-0.
On, the other side, however
W.S.C. lost to U.C.L.A., Washing
ton and Southern California,
teams clouted to a stand-still by
Clark Shaughnessy's Indians.
The fireworks flare early and
often this week. University of
Oregon and Santa Clara, both
Idle last Saturday, touch off the
display in an Armistice Day
game, Tuesday, at Portland.
The outcome won t affect Ore
gon's conference standing, but
the big Webfoot team Is due for
a lively session. Stanford beat
Oregon by the margin of four
points and walloped Santa Clara,
27-7, but the latter la much
stronger than such a score would
Indicate.
Conference clashes this Satur
day, aside, from the Stanford
W.S.C. headlinar, Include Oregon
State and California at Berkeley
and Montana and Idaho at Mos
cow. U.C.L.A. meets the army
service team from Camp Haan.
Gaels-Broncs Sunday
St Mary's and Santa Clara.
the heavy hitters among the
west's Independents, hook up In
their yearly classic next Sunday
and all bets are off on this one.
They always rise to Inspirational
heights.
Conference Standings
W. L.
Pet.
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.867
.887
.871
.800
.400
.400
.429
.000
.000
Stanford 4 1
Washington 4 2
Ore. State 4 2
Wash. State 4 3
Oregon .. 3 3
California .... 2 3
S. Calif. 2 3
U. C. L. A 3 4
Montana ,., 0 3
Idaho ....... 0 3
JIM BOLTON TOPS
Jim Bolton, due in asim .
ceptlonally fine rapid-fire rifle
shooting, placed himself In the
top spot in yesterday's quallfi
cation matcn at the Medford
Rifle club outdoor rifle range.
Bolton went straight In his
prone raoid fire and lnt nnlv
three points In repld fire sitting
and this added to his slow fire
score of 98 gave him a one-point
margin over Otto Howard and
I'ete Pomeroy.
qualifying scores fired yes
terday were:
p. nr. tuui
D. J. Bolton .......... 98 97193
Otto Howard . 98
Pete Pomeroy 97
Ed Lull 88
97 192
98 192
93191
93188
87188
90 183
86183
89177
84164
Lew Conger 95
Phil Whitlock . 99
Jim McDonough... 95
Ivan Waddcll 99
W. E. Thomas 88
Bren Starcher 80
Golf Slart Play for
British War Relief
Pasadena, Calif., Nov. 10 ,)
Clara Callander and Pat Abbott
handed a 2-and-l defeat to
Betty Hicks Newel of Loni
Beach and Bud Ward of Spo
kane, national amateur wnmen'e
and men's tltlists. respectively,
in an exhibition golf match for
the British war relief at the
Annandal course yesterday
Ward and Abbott ended all
wen, while Miss Callender
topped Mrs. Newell, 2 up. The
scores: Ward 72, Abbott 73.
Mrs. Newell 73, Miss Callen
der 78.
Ned Day (right) of West AUli. Wis., holder of the national match play bowling cham
pionship, prepared to begin a difense of his title at Santa Mon'.ca, Calif., against the challenge
of Lowell Jackson (left), of St. Louis. After rolling a three-block series, they were to perform
at Indianapolis, West Allls, St. Louis and Chicago, rolling 110 gimes In all.
Intentional Safety Starts
'Was It Dumb Controversy
By TED MEIER
Philadelphia, Nov. 10. (VP) Penn'a 38-yard run In reverse
that gave Columbia an intentional safety Saturday started
a "was it dumb or smart controversy among in Monday
quarterbacks that probably will be the topio of discussion for
many a day.
Picture the situation: Penn Is'
ahead, 19-14, with four minutes
to play. Penn's ball on its own
38, fourth down, three yards to
go. Bob Odell drops back in
punt formation, but instead of
kicking he turns around and
runs over his own goal line,
giving Columbia two points.
That gave Penn the privilege
of a free kick without any
danger of It being blocked, but
it also gave Columbia the ad
vantage of having 10 blockers
for the receiver Instead of only
a few as usually la the case on
punts.
As It turned out, Paul gov-
email, Columbia's star, took the
free kick on his own 30 and
almost got Into the clear before
he was nailed on his 40. That
was a net gain of only 22 yards
for Penn and the Lions were In
a favorable position to score on
long pass or to get close
enough to boot a field goal to
tie the score.
Thinking it over afterwards,
Penn Coach George Munger de
ulared "I'm taking full responsi
bility for what happened. If I
had it to do over, we wouldn't
let the kids make that 38-yard
run in reverse.
"Instead I'd Instruct Gene Da-
vis to go in and tell Odell to ,
pum niRn, noi out ui oounai
which stops the clock, and let
Columbia start from wherever
we threw their receiver."
Opinion among the sports
writers generally leans to the
view that the play was "dumb. "
Suppose Odell had dropped the
ball or stumbled and tell on the
ore-yard line, they argued. Co
lumbia would have taken over
and might have won the game.
LEAD IN SCORING
New York, Nov. 10. AP
for the third straight week, Ben
Collins of West Texas State Is
the leading collegiate football
point-maker In the country.
Ahead by only four points last
week he went on a one-man ram
page to collect 34 tallies In his
club's 40 to 21 triumph over St.
Mary's of San Antonio, running
his total to 122.
He needed such an outburst.
however, to remain ahead of
Johnny Thompson, who closed
his collegiate career at the U. S.
Coast Guard academy by manu
facturing 39 points while playing
only 12 minutes against Middle-
bury.
Thompson now has 109 tal
lies, Just six markers ahead of
Ed McGovern, speedy halfback
for the unbeaten and untied Rose
Poly aggregation.
In the Pacific coast group. Eso
Naranche of Montana leads with
40 points.
INDIAN LEADER DESERTS
New Delhi, Nov. 10. lAP)
Subhas Chandra Bose, famous In
dian political leader and head of
the left wing of Mohandas
Gandhi's all-India congress
party, "has gone over to the
enemy" and Is now believed to
be In Rome or Berlin, the gov
ernment announced today.
SEEK SHIP CONTRACTS
Portland. Nov. 10. (AP) Or
ganlrers of a new Portland firm
leased 20 acres of waterfront
' property from Multnomah coun
: ty Saturday, and disclosed that
I they were seeking federal hip
(construction contract.
PRICE, 3 AND 2
FOR CLUB TITLE
Bob Hammond captured the
championship of the Rogue Val
ley Golf club Sunday afternoon
by defeating Hobart Price, 3 and
2, In the finals of the first cham
pionship tournament staged In
many years.
Hammond held a three up
lead at the end of the first nine
holes, and retained his margin
to the end. Hammond's medal
score was 73, Price's was 77.
In semi-final matches of the
first flight. Paul Meyers, elim
inated Sid Reaney. 3 and 3, and
Charles Clay defeated Trank
Perl, 2 and 1. The two winners
will play their title match some
time this week.
Club Pro Laddie Selkirk said
that much Interest was being
shown in the Thanksaivinif Dav
turkey tournament to be played
tomorrow. Armistice Day. There
will be prizes of turkeys for the
winners and runners-up.
THE DAUESGAME
RETURNED TO EVE
The time of The Dalles-Med-ford
football game at The Dalles
November 28 has been returned
to its original starting hour of 8
p. m. on the suggestion of Med
ford officials, it was announced
today by Principal Leonard B.
Mayfield.
Last week The Dalles shifted
the starting time to 2:30 in the
afternoon on the theory that It
would be too cold to play a
night game. However, when
Medford suggested the game be
played in the evening so that
more local fans could hear
proposed broadcast of the tilt,
The Dalles agreed and the shift
followed.
FLIER INJURED
Pendleton, Ore., Nov. 10.
(AP A small airplane crashed
near the Steen fly ways airport
near here after hitting a power
line Saturday, seriously injuring
Pilot Bruce Bates of Eugene. The
plkne was landing after a flight
from Milton.
TEACHERS ASK RAISE
Albany, Ore., Nov. 10. AP)
The Linn county Teachers' as
sociation has requested that all
teachers In the county be granted
a $10 monthly salary increase,
starting December 1.
SHIP SINKS TUO
Seattle. Nov. 10. AP) The
British Columbia tug Canada
was sunk and the Alaka liner
North Coast was delayed more
than eight hour yesterday by a
collision In heavy fog off Mar
rowstone Point, near Port Town
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Redskins Gel Chance
at Revenge Against
Chicago Next Sunday
Chicago, Nov. 10. OF) If the
Washington Redskins still hold
a grudge against the Chicago
Bears for last year's 73 to 0
whacking in the National foot
ball league's title game, this Is
the week they have a chance to
get even.
Because next Sunday's sched
ule has provided just such an
opportunity, calling for, In- an
Innocently-phrased line In the
schedule, "Washington at Chi
cago Bears."
The game comes at time
when both the Bears and Red
skins have just been nudged out
of the leadership la their re
spective divisions.
Washington's short stay In
first place was ended yesterday
by the Brooklyn Dodgers, who
won 13 to 7 and thereby re
tained their own chances of a
share of eastern laurels. The
Redskins were replaced bv the
New York Giants, who had held
the No. 1 post until shoved out
a week ago by the Redskins.
The Giants won yesterday's
scrap wth the Detroit Lions.
20 to 13.
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
the two low teams of the east
ern division, played to a 7 to
7 tie yesterday. The Bears,
dropped into the western divi
sion's second place last week
by the Green Bay's Packers,
beat the Cleveland Rams, 31
to 13, and gained a half game
on the Packers, who beat the
Kenosha Cardinals in an exhi
bition, 83 to 2.
The Redskins' step backwards
was created by Dean McAdams'
29-yard touchdown pass to Don
Wemple which broke a 7-7 tie
and won the game for Brooklyn
in the final period.
BRONCOS DUE
PORTLAND TODAY
Portland, Ore., Nov. 10. (AP)
The Santa Clara Broncos were
expected to arrive here today In
time to work out on the Multno
mah Stadium field where they
meet the University of Oregon
football team tomorrow.
An offensive duel between
stellar halfbacks Ken Casanaffa
of Santa Clara and Curt Mecham
o. Oregon was predicted. Casa
nega. who throws Santa Clara's
passes, is rated one of the most
dangerous broken-field runners
on the coast. Mecham la a triple
threat man.
Oregon Coach Tex Oliver said
he would have capable reserves
in this game for Mecham and
Tommy Roblin, the starting half
backs. Frank Boyd and Ken Oli
phant, who have been benched
by injuries, will spell the
starters.
Oregon, however, lost services
of Merritt Kufferman, r -erve
tackle, hospltallted with a stom
ach ailment.
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Gophers, Duke, Duquesne,
Texas Ags Only Remain
ing Perfect-Record Teams
By Harold Claassea
New York. Nov. 10. P)
Football fans, still groggy from
last Saturday's extended list of
surprises, are sticking pins Into
this week-end's program in
hopes of finding where the
lightning will strike next.
The Saturday gridiron up
heaval left only four major un
tied and unbeaten elevens
Minnesota, Duke, Duquesne and
Texas A. 4t M and each has
worthy foe ahead.
Minnesota, the club voted No
2 behind the erstwhile unblem
ished University of Texas last
week In the Associated Press
poll, goes against a rejuvenated
Iowa machine In a Big Ten tus
sle. The Hawkeyes, with Nile
Kinnick In command, handed
the Gopher their last defeat
In 1939.
Rice race A.esM.
Duquesne hurries home from
the west coast and 9 to 0 ver
dict over St. Mary' for an en
gagement with once-tied Missis
sippi State.
Texas A. & M., a 21 to 10
last period victor over Southern
Methodist, oppose Rice, a club
that was good enough to deflate
powerful Tulane a few Satur
days ago.
Duke, the tough part of Its
schedule behind it, has North
Carolina and possible over-con
fidenc to fear. The Dukes
trimmed Davidson. 00 to 0.
while North Carolina whipped
the same club 20 to 0 earlier In
the year.
Other point of Interest this
week-end are: Notre Dame' en
gagement with Northwestern.
Missouri' clash with Oklahoma
for the Big Six title, Texas' bat
tie against Texas Christian.
Stanford vs. Washington State.
Michigan vs. Columbia, Yale vs.
Princeton. Army v. Penn. and
Tennessee at Boston College. .
San FranelsM. Wnv. 10
Duquesne university' unbeat
en uujees powered lo a B to O
victory over St. Mary's college
yesterday to stretch their win
ning streak to 13 consecutive
games.
After a scoreless first half, the
Dukes took St. Mary second
half kickoff and Hrova IK vani.
tc a touchdown, with Fullback
George Gonda dashing 33 yards
for the score.
A few play later left end
John Rosklsky kicked field
goal from the 33-yard line.
St Mary's, which lost to Du
quesne only 7-8 last year, was
completely outplayed in this re
newal of a transcontinental rl
valry. The victory was the 12th
In a row for the Dukes.
WEATHER
Northern California d.wi..
cloudy tonifht and TW.Hai,
with light rains on north coast
ronignt; augntiy cooler in north
portion Tuesday; . gentle varia
ble winds off the coast.
BIO TURKEY CROP
Redmond, Ore., Nov. 10. (Jp)
Mrs. E. D. Elrod, Redmond,
widely known for her aiiccem in
large-scale turkey growing, will
raise lo.uou turkeys next year,
but will sell many more poults
This year she has raised 9,009
turkeys, many of which will
be sold for the Thanksgiving
market.
The Arctic territory 1 rich In
gold, salt, and various minerals,
as well at fur-bearing animals.
Missouri automobile traffic
increased 18 percent In the first j
half of 1941.
DUQUESNE LICKS
ST. MARY'S; 9-0
WITH J1LE IN
GAMJEFOR TITLE
Unbeaten Six -Man Grid
Teams Clash At J'ville To
morrowTilt a.Tossup.
Two undefeated and untied
six-man football team, the
Jacksonville high Redskin and
the Prospect Prospector, clash
at Jacksonville tomorrow after
noon, Armistice Day, for the
1941 championship of the Jack
son county class B high school
conference. The opening kickoff
is scheduled for 1:30 sharp.
The Redskins, coached by
Leonard Patterson, have won 20
straight games over a three-year
period, including five in a row
this season. Prospect, mentored
by Ed Eilertsen, are unbeaten
and untied in four' starts this
year.
Comparative score against
four common opponents Gold
Hill, Rogue River, Talent and
Eagle Point Indicate the con
test will be a tossup, and bitter
ly fought.
Eberhart to Ret
Jean Eberhart of Ashland will
referee, Stephen Epler of Ash
land, inventor of six-man foot
ball, will umpire and Rus Wer
ner of Medford will act a head
linesman.
Jacksonville's probable start
ing lineup will include Bill
Hyde at left end, Merton LeRoy
at center, Ned Mellott at right
end. Bob Smith at quarter
back and Ed McGinty at full
back. Two last-mtnute changes may
find Jay Hoffman at right end
and Bill Campbell at fullback.
American Legion script will
be honored at the gate.
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warm shower after hs't been
well lathered with soap. He U
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OREGONELEVENS
By Matt Kramer
Associated Press Staff Writer.
Oregon' last two undefeated
minor powers risk their records
tomorrow (Tuesday) In high
school football play featuring
more than 30 traditional Armis
tice day games.
Unbeaten Myrtle Point jour,
neys to Coqullle to play the
Red Devil whom they barely
defeated earlier, 13 to 6. New.
port, also unbeaten, play the
first of two games against To.
ledo.
The only major undefeated
team. The Dalles, rests until a
Thanksgiving day contest with
Pendleton.
Pendleton, however, clashes
with Milton-Freewater for the
championship of the Blue Moun
tain conference. Milton-Freewater,
while eliminated from state
title contention by The Dalles,
is unbeaten in conference play.
Pendleton has a single defeat.
inflicted by Milton-Freewater.
The other two conference
teams, Baker and La Grande,
wind up their season' schedule
at La Grande.
In western Oregon, CorvaUl
and Albany meet in a game that
may decide the No Name league
championship. Corvallis, unbeat
en In league play, could sew up
the title with a win. A loss
would drop the Spartans to the
once-beaten statu of baiem ana
Albany.
Other standout games will see
Klamath Falls at Bend, Grant
Pas at Roseburg, one of the
state' strongest B team, Ar
lington at home against Condon.
and high-scoring roneviue at
Redmond.
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