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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941. DOMINATE ALL-LOOP TEABa . WITH 5 FLAY tigers Four Klamaths, Two Ashlanders Capture Berths All-Southern Oregon Conference Teams First Team PLAYER SCHOOL Curt Hopktni, Medford BUI Wall. Medford Bud Mayfield. Medford Chet Fowler, Aihland Jack Mitchell. Klamath rails Jack Rich. Klamath rallf Phil Blohm. Klamath rails Eugene Love. Klamath Fall Charlai Jandraau. Aihland Cato Wray. Medford Ik Orr. Madlord PLAYER SCHOOL Nail Marflald, Klamath rails John Ball, Aihland Martin Herrln. Aihland Buitar Vogel. Klamath Falli Jamai Clann. Madford Bob Mltchall. Madford Dan Wlntar. Madford Bob Staad, Madford Cliff Jon, Madford BUI Christensen, Klamath rail Bud Provost, Aihland Honorable Tacklaai Ruieell Blgolow. Grant Pan and Bill King, Klam ath Fall. Guardt LaMar Ormond. Aihland. Center: Ruiiell Hawk. Aihland. Backit Bud Jerk. Grant Pau Bob Snyder, Klamath Fall and Don Mait Klamath Fall. Fashioned by a poll of coaches and (ports writer In the four loop citlei, the eighth annual Mail Tribune All-Southern Oregon conference football (elections, released today, show the first eleven to be composed of five 'members of Medford's Black Tornado, four stalwarts of the Klamath Falls Pelicans and two stars of the Ashland Grizzlies. On the second team are five Medford men and three each from Klamath Falls and Ash land. These three teams tied for the league championship, each with two victories and one de feat The inexperienced Grants Pass Cavemen, losers of their three conference tilts, failed to land a man on either the first or second aggregation. With each of the eight coaches and writers naming their own first and second teams, and with two points being given for first team mention and one for second, the balloting for several positions was the closest In the history of the all-star selection. Also, for the first time in sev eral years, nary a player re ceived 16 points from unani mous first team mention. Captain Curt Hopkins, Med ford's stellar left end who suf fered three broken ribs In the next-to-last gam of th season, polled the highest point-total of any player In the conference. He received six first team votes and one second eleven mention for 13 points. He was followed closely by Eugene Love, Klam ath's great fullback and Ike Orr. Tornado ri.-ht halfback, both of whom polled 12 points. Lot Captain Love, with five votes for first team captain, becomes leader of the mythical "varsity," while Ashland Bud Provost, full back, was given three captaincy voles and thereby becomes the "boss" of the second team. There were three first-team repeaters from the 1940 selec tions Ashland's Charles Jaml reau, left halfback; Mrdford'i Ike Orr and Medford'i Bill Wall, who made an end posi tion this year after being se lected as a tackle Inst season. There were no second-team repeaters, but Wray and Love jumped from 1940's second eleven to 194 Is first aggrega tion. Of last year's honorable mention players, Ashland's Pro vost and Guard Bob Mitchvll of Medford moved up to this season's second team. Russell Hawk, Ashland center, was again accorded honorable men tion for polling three or more points. Lining up on the first team are both Medford ends, Hop kins and Wall; Tackles Bud Mayfleld of Medford and Chet Fowler of Ashland; both Klam ath Falls guards. Jack Mitchell and Jack Rich; th Klamath center, giant Phil Blnhm; and in the backfield, . Klamath s Love, Ashland's Jandreau, and Medford's Wray and Orr. Nell Mayfield of Klamath and Johnny Bell of Ashland cap tured the second team end po sitions, Martin Herrln of Ash land and Buster Vogel of Klam ath the tackle berths, Bob Mitchell and Jim Glenn, both of Medford, the guard posts. Dan Winter of Medford the center spot, whlla In the back-, POS. WT. CLASS End 160 Senior End 1S2 Sanlor Tackl 195 Junior Tackla 152 Senior Guard 143 Senior Guard ISO Senior Center 200 Junior Back ISO Senior Back 137 Senior Back 142 Senior Back 163 Senior &m POS. ' WT. CLASS End ISO Junior End 160 Senior Tackl 190 Senior Tackl ISO Senior Guard 193 Senior Guard 168 . Senior Center 171 Senior Back 161 Senior Back 166 Junior Back 174 Junior Back 162 Senior Mention field are Medford's Bob Stead and Cliff Jones, Klamath's BUI Chrlstensen and Ashland's Pro vost. Only two Juniors cracked the first eleven, Mayfield and Blohm, while three second-year men mad th second team, Mayfield, Jones and Chrlsten sen. The rest are seniors. - Narrow Margin Only by the narrowest of margins did two first team backs, Jandreau and Wray, win out over a pair of their respect ive teammates. Provost and Stead. Jandreau and Wray, the forward-passing specialists for the Grizzlies and Tigers, each polled 11 points, while Stead, Medford's blocking back, and Provost, the conference scoring leader with 27 points, each got 10 points. The backfield wasn't alone in developing a bitter fight for first team positions. Big Bill Wall, Medford s pass-snatching flankman and punter, barely nosed onto the first team witn 10 points to the nine polled by Mayfield of Klamath Falls. John Bell, the other second team end, got seven points. The guard positions were also hotly contested, with the first team pair, Mitchell and Rich, being closely pressed by the two Medfordltes, Mitchell and Glenn. The Klamath duo each received 11 points, Glenn poll ed 10 and Mitchell nine. Mayfield- and Fowler polled 11 and 10 points, respectively, to win their first team tackle posts from Herrln and Vogel, with eight and seven points. Blohm, first team center, got 11 points to six for Medford's Dan Winter, second team snapper back. Lot. Orr Liked Love and Orr were the best liked backs among the coaches and writers balloting, and would give the first team tremendous power down th middle and off tackle. Love can punt and pass, also, while Orr is a better-than-falr broken field runner. Love's best conference per formance cam In the Grants Pas game, which Klamath won by a score of 27 to 0. In this contest he ran 88 yard for a touchdown after intercepting a pass, bucked over another score and tossed a forward pass to Mayfield for still another. It is fitting and proper that he should be named the first team captain, for throughout the season he Inspired the Pel ican with hi unflagging spirit. ) TAYLOR TOT HANSEN HARDWARE 3J North Bartlett real ability and excellent sports manship. Orr was Medford'i chief "breakaway" threat on offense, in addition to being a very fine defensive back. He scored two touchdowns in that hysterical Klamath game, won by Med ford, 32 to 21, one of them coming on an 80-yard run after receiving a pass, and the other on an aerial shot into the end zone. Jandreau sparked the Ash land attack all season, and de spite his 137 pounds was a tough, rugged runner liable to go the distance at any time. His peak performance occurred in Ashland's 20 to 13 upset of Medford, when the little fellow fired two touchdown passes to Provost in completing seven out of 11 tosses. He also threw a scoring pass to Bill Elain i when the Grizzlies blanked the Cavemen, 20 to 0. I ' Wray Spark Plug Like Jandreau, Wray was Medford's passer de luxe and runner par excellent. He had a j field day against Klamath, com pleting eight out of 13 passes or 98 yards, two of them re sulting in touchdowns. Against ! Ashland he ripped off a 24-yard touchdown dash, and against ! Grants Pass, In Medford's 19 to 6 victory, he tallied on a six- yard run and threw a pass to iDlppel for another six points. That first team backfield would manufacture an amazing ly diversified attack, with Love and Orr providing the power running and blocking, and Jand reau and Wray the aerial pyro technics and fancy stepping. It would be but slightly more potent than the second team backfield, however. Provost, who can run with the best of them as well as toss a pass when the occasion demands, and Christensen who can do the same two things, would keep the opposition guessing. Jones, who polled six points. Is a pow erful runner who performed brilliantly against Klamath Falls, and Stead is a knock-'em-dead blocker. Christensen, Inci dentally, polled seven points. The two lines are almost equal In every respect. Wall and Hopkins were largely respon sible for the success of Med ford's passing attack, but May field and Bell also were excel lent flankmen. All four were capable defensive wingmen. Mayfield and Fowler at the tackles were defensive giants In the Medford and Ashland for ward walls, as were Herrln and Vogel In the Ashland and Klam ath Falls lines. As indicated by the voting, the two Klamath guards, Mitchell and Rich, were only slightly more respected by the ballotvrs than Mitchell and Glenn of Medford. All four were fine blockers and strong defensively. Blohm at center was one of Klamath's best linemen, and the same can be said for Med ford's Winter. Second Team Heavier As a matter of fact, the sec ond team would possess a weight advantage over the first eleven If the two mythical teams could face off against each other. The first outfit averages 155.5 pounds In the backfield and 172 in the line, for an aggregate 165.1, whi.e the second tt-am averages 165 7 in the backfield and 173.1 In the line for a team average of 170.3. The most surprising result of the balloting was the failure of Provost to make the first team, after his sensational 20-point scoring spree against Medford, and of Medford's Leonard to get better than second team honors. He was considered the Tigers' best lineman. Cooperating with the Mail Tribune In selecting the all-star teams were Coaches Buck Ham mer of Klamath Falls, Justin Weakley of Grants Pass, Frank O Neil of Ashland and Bill Bow erman of Medford. and Writers Bob Leonard of Klamath Falls, Jim Welch of Grant Pass. Larry Hunter of Ashland and Bill Hulen of Medford. The Mail Tribune, as in the past, will issue award cards to all players on the first and sec ond teams, and to those recelv ing honorable mention. The cards will designate the player's position and team, and will fit in a billfold. An Ideal Gift fcr Christmas Priced $4.75 to 59.50 Phone 2370 MEDFORD COACHES1 GIVE PRAISE TO THE DALLES TEAM Bowerman Calls Indians 'Finished Product;' 'Tim ing Perfect,' Says Kirtley. By Fred Hampton Associated Press Staff Writer Oregon State' Rose-Bowlers have predominated the sport news so much since last Satur day that it might be a good idea to Ignore them for a minute or two in favor of a team which in its crbit has been just as out standing. Coach Charles McGuinness' the Dalles high school eleven walloped a powerful Medford and make no mistakes that Med ford wasn't a whale of a foot ball team last Friday night, V!8-0, and won the major claim to the state prep championship. Here's what Coach Bill Bower man said about The Dalles after he recovered: "The Dalles has the best toot ball team that Medford has played since I started coaching in Southern Oregon. Further more It's the first team this year that has been able to stop our running attack cold. "You people of The Dalles (he was talking to Dalles Chron icle sportster Rod Finney) have been watching a finished pro duct from end to end and from ! nalfback to quarterback to full back. Every man handled his assignment and handled it well." Medford's backfield coach. Ed Kirtley, was Just as extravagant in praise of the Mid-Columbia eleven: "If ever I've seen a high school team that looked like a college outfit, this is it. The Dalles could play almost any freshmen college squad in the country and beat them, as well. In all my 10 years as backfield coach at Med ford this is the best balanced backfield I have ever watched perform. The timing and pre cision were perfect. "Our passing attack was stop ped because the Dalles line charged so fast that Cato Wray (passer) was rushed to find a receiver. Then, too, the Dalles line was so strong It could use a six-man defense and still let the Indian secondary stay far back and cover receivers." Coming from men like Bower man und Kirtley, that makes the Dalles sound a wee bit ter rific, end sets one to wondering how many of those McGuinness players are seniors and where they will matriculate. FLORITA FLATTENS 10 IN FIRST Los Angeles, Dec. 3. (IP) Jimmy Flnrita, the little guy Harold Hoshino expected to KO to strengthen his hopes of a shot at the featherweight championship, knocked out Ho shino In Just one minute, 21 sec onds last night. Hoshino, a Seattle Japanese with a record of 26 KO's in J7 scraps, was a 1-3 favorite to defeat Florita and a 1-2 choice to drop him for the 10-count. Instead, after a minute of feinting. Florita ducked a left and right, then countered with a terrific right uppercirt to Hoshino's chin. That was all. Florita, Los Angeles Filipino, weighed 130' : Hoshino 12. Good to your budflct. too. is this smoother, mellower whiskey! Try Old Hermitage. ..a fine Kentucky bourbon, as smooth, mellow and deli cious as any you'll ever taste (or the modest price you'll pay. KENTVCKY STRAIGHT BOL'RBON WHISKY Niiki' twit-, -x -.t'-t, xmw n.y. BOWLING Ladle' lesirue result lut night: WslneoDttl Drat 4. Office Supply 0; Valentine'! 4. fuehfleld Oil 0; Tol ly's Ollroore 8, Uttrell Part 1. Beoree follow: wsJneootts Drags Uttrell 11 1S4 IIT 41 Pllrfleld 138 16 US 411 Ban- 141 165 164 450 Ormmei 114 187 194 75 QUI IS IS4 170 44S Totals 608 88 7O63O06 Office Supply Sims - 144 166 145 454 156 111 141 407 Colton Porterfleld Hsgcn Prultt , no iM toe SOS , 181 114 148 887 . 131 133 114 858 661 668 6461074 ToUIs Blchfleld oil R Oougle 1S7 100 163 408 O. Witter 150 S Knox (brt.) 161 150 137 416 151 151 468 M. Proehno- ISO 137 168 433 M. Stienrood 164 150 136 480 Totals 733 676 7803188 Valentine's Cfe 80 8 80 117 M. Swoepe 163 164 144 460 T. Swoape 158 130 181 414 B. Morse 130 96 137 358 P. Bush 147 146 145 488 A. Swoape 167 106 330 583 . 788 771 8063866 Tolly's Gllmore 18 18 36 Tollefeon . Ollhara Wilkinson Davidson . Carbtener 148 140 144 437 140 133 167 430 147 180 159 445 147 105 149 401 .193 165 130 447 760 690 7573316 Ltttrtll'i 19 188 179 10 . 607 Prultt. M. Uttrell, N. . Corwln, H. . DeVore. D. . Frlsble. B. . . 141 159 137 437 , 116 104 114 884 . 108 148 139 386 . 188 151 149 488 , 705 741 7193165 Total! The PuMTcat took three out of four points from the Alleycats In en Elks club bowling tournament match last night. Scores follow: Pussy Cats Buchanan 185 130 163 447 Newbury 131 133 - 343 Tollefson . Boomer 165 158 150 458 158 165 130 443 Lewi! 138 188 134 888 Handicap 308 303 303 600 Total! 038 901 8583687 Alley ClM Lantls 156 118 143 411 L. Duff Smith Eddy Jnnouch . Handicap . Ill 133 187 871 , 141 134 145 410 , 06 84 93 373 . 109 109 109 337 343 343 343 739 Total! 866 798 8683630 WILDLIFE PREXY Corvallls. Dec. S (IP) The Oregon Wildlife Federation elec ted Elmer Church, Salem, as president yesterday. Carl Baker, Eugene, was nam ed vice-president; W. P. Winkle, Eugene, secretary, and Alva Day, Hood River, treasurer. Charles E. Jackson, Washing ton, U. C. assistant director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice, approved a proposal that Idaho, Washington and Oregon Join the federal government In planning for an Increase In the run of Columbia river salmon. Resolutions asked: stricter en forcement of game regulations, especially on splash dam con struction; acceptance of a big management plan, proposed by the S ate Game Comission, pro vided that the plan be based on scientific facts; tagging of all ar tificially raised game birds; a study of construction costs of other states' fish hatcheries. About 30.000 tons of waste paper are being salvaged in Eng' land each week. SALEMITE NAMED CLASS B QUINTS HERE FRIDAY EVE Jackson county's class B high school basketball season will be launched in grandiose style here Friday night when the 12 quin tets composing both divisions of the loop stage a gala Jamboree at the Medford senior high school gymnasium. The western division's six teams will be pitted against the northern s e c t o r's half-dozen fives, with each game to be of eight minutes' duration. The score will be accumulative. Pairings for the six eight-min ute games follow: (West) (North) Phoenix vs. Sams Valley Gold Hill vs. Eagle Point Rogue River vs. Talent Kerby vs. Prospect J'ville vs. St. Mary's C. Point vs. Butte Falls A feature of the Jamboree, of which Superintendent H. P. Jewett of Central Point is gen eral chairman, will be the per formance of a massed band rep resenting every "B" school in the county. The Phoenix, Tal ent and Jacksonville girls' drill teams will also entertain the spectators. The Jamboree will start at 7:30 sharp. Wesi Shrine Group Will Meet Dec. II Corvallls, Ore., Dec. 3. (IP) A committee to name western players in the New Year's day East-West Shrine football game at San Francisco will meet at Palm Springs, Cal., December 11. Percy Locey, Oregon State college athletic director, who has handled arrangements for the game for several years, an nounced the meeting and said the committee includes: Joe Hickey, James B. Howell and C. D. Woods. San Francisco; Babe Hollingbery, Washington State coach; Biff Jones, Nebras ka coach, and Dana X. Bible, Texas coach. UCLA, Trojans End Schedule Saturday Los Angeles, Dec. 3. IIP) Oft-beaten University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles and Southern California may attract 60.000 fans Saturday when they wind up the Pacific Coast con ference grid campaign in their annual cross-town battle. Athletic Director William C. Ackerman of U.C.L.A., the host team, predicted the attendance after a check of ticket sales. Both squads continued work out today, with the Trojans of U.S.C. still ranked as pre-game favorites. TIMBERLINE SKI RACE HALTED BY RAINFALL Portland, Dec. 3 (P Heavy rains have melted all snow at Tlmberline lodge, and forced postponement for one week of the fifth annual Arnold Lunn ski race, scheduled for Sunday. BEARCATS LOOK POOR LOSING TO PACKARDS Salem, Dec. 3 (IP) The Wil lamette university basketball team was unimpressive last night when It lost 39 to 28 to the Pacific Packards, Portland in dependent team. Connecticut has used perma nent auto license plates since 1937. i yL 277 Minor Leaguers Inducted Into Army; Attendance Increases Jacksonville. Fla, Dec. S. WV-Two hundred and seventy seven minor league players have been inducted into the country's armed forces within the last year, but as yet the game ha not been seriously hurt by the draft, baseball's leaders were told today. President William O. Bram ham, opening the formal sessions of the 40th convention of the Ntaional Association of Profes sional Baseball leagues pointed out in his anual report that while this was a considerable loss in available playing talent, still it was short of the 338 players who were dropped through retirement or Ineligibil ity during the year. Offsetting this drain on play ers, 111 reinstatements were made. President Bramham called at tention to the generally sound condition of the minors that nil 41 leagues which started the 1941 season were able to com plete their schedules and have qualified for the 1942 season end said that total attendance for 1941 was 13,000,000 a gain of more than 3,000,000 over 1940. Trail. Dec. 3. Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Johnson have returned home after spending Thanksgiving with Mrs. John son's son, Clare and family at San Jose, Calif. Mr. snd Mrs. Wayne Ash and daughter Claudia vera over-night gutste of relatives hare Wednesday night en route to Prospect City, Callf where Wayne will join the Gates Canstructlon company In their work there. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Buser have moved to Estecada, Oregon. P. T. A. of Trail school Is having a kitchen shower Dec. 13 at the school house to get needed articles for their kitchen, preparing to serve hot lunch es to the children. Everyone la In vited and any kitchen supply will be gratefully accepted. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Watson en tertained at dinner Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Hutchinson and Everett Cuahman were present be sides the family. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hall drove to Jacksonville on business Not, 39. Fred Warner has gone to Seattle for the winter after spending two weeks here looking after business. Mr. and Mrs. 6. W. Hutchinson left Tuesday for Portland where they will spend an week vt siting their son Floyd and family and Mr. and Mrs, H. R. Hutchinson after which they will drive on to Lswlston, Idaho and Pomeroy. Wash., where they win spend two. weeks visiting relatives, from there they will go to Klamath Falls to spend Chrtstmaa with their son and famly returning home a few days after Christmas. During their sbaence Miss Cora Horton and Miss Dorothy Shelden are staying la the house and looking after things. Please remember the Negro Min ister show to be given at the Upper Rogue grange ball Saturday evening, Dec 13. BETTER AT HOME Bath, Me. UP) Judge Gardi ner G. Deering got three ducks on the first day of the Maine open season, but Recorder Har old J. Rubin, who spelled him on the municipal court bench, did better that day. He got seven taken from a pair of hunters who allegedly shot the birds in a sanctuary. Closing time tor Clusifled Ads e m. Too Late to Clewlfy 13 :80 p Trail THE WINNERS IN Barker's Football Contest FIRST PRIZE TOPCOAT Won by EUGENE ORR 2nd Prize Tied by Jiro Shimoda. Ike Staple, Irwin Doty Last Week's Winner FRANK DIXON. DR. C. C. GOLDSBERRY. JEANNE HALPER. STANLEY HAMEL. RAWLES MOORE, HOWARD RICKMAN. ROBERT R1CKMAN. JIRO SHIMODA Barker's With to Thank the Many Participant Who Entered' Their Annual Foothill Contest : "BARKERIZE AND COACH LEAVES TO TAKE ARMY EXAM Bill Bowerman, Medford high football and track coach, left this morning for Vancouver (Wash.) Barracks to undergo a physical examination prepara tory to being called Into active service. He is a first lieutenant. Infantry, in the U. S. army re serve. Head football and track coach here since 1935, Bowerman said he had been granted a year's leave of absence from his teach ing and mentoring duties con tingent on his passing the phys ical examination ana oeing m railed into active service. Ruis Acheson, assistant grid coach and head basketball tutor, will replace Bowerman If the latter it called. Bowerman passed a previous army physical examination on September 1, and expected no difficulty In passing this one, after which he expects to be ordered to report to Ft. Lawton, Seattle, by December 17. Fights Last Night (By the Associated Press) White Plains, N. Y. Augle Angarano. 159, Harrison, N. Y, stopped Warren Peterson, 158V4, Jamaica, N. Y. (1). New York Al Nettlow. 148V4 United States naw. nutnnlntorf Maxie Berger, 1454, Montreal p (8). vj Brooklyn, N. Y, Vic Delll curti, 152, New York, outpointed Irwin (Kay) Kaplan, 154W, Los Angeles (8). Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Billy Speary, 128. Nanticoke, Pa, and Jimmy Hatcher, 28, Llnville, S. C, drew (10). Paterson, N. J. Lee Savold, 190, Des Moines, Iowa, stopped Buddy Knox, 192, Dayton, Ohio (8). Jersey City Roy RovelH, 152 Hackensack, N. J., outpointed Oscar Poindexter, 158, Newark (8). Closing time for Clualfled Ad t a. m "OO tat to Classify 13:80 P. m. 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