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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941
Sport
Graphs
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Billy Hulen Says:
8eavers, West
Get Handicaps
On Grid Sheet
Interesting, no end, Is the
final "yellow sheet" ol the mi
football season, which lists and
handicaps the flva New Year s
Day "bowl games and tht an
nual East-West Shrine contest
slated for January 3.
Only two of tha six tilts are
not even. The sheet gives Duke
a 13-polnt edge over Oregon
State In the Rose Bowl, and the
East seven-point handicap over
the West in the Shrine affair.
Rated aven are Fordham
versus Missouri In the Sugar
Bowl, Alabama versus Texas
Aggies In the Cotton Bowl,
Georgia versus Texas Christian
in the Orange Bowl and Tulsa
versus Texas Tech In the Sun
Bowl.
Way out of line la that 13
nolnt not handed Oregon State,
In this corner's opinion, and as
nrnhablv everybody knows by
this time. Also, we believe the
East-West game should Da even
Instead of seven to the West.
Hlntorv records that year af
ter year the East squad boasts
the greater numDer or aii-
Americans ana Dig nme,
nri vr after year the "star
less" West rises up to knock
the pants oil their glamorous
opponents.
As for those other "bowl"
battles, they appear tossups.
If we had to predict the win
ners we would hesitatingly
finger Missouri over Ford
ham. Texas Aggies over Ala
bama, Tulsa over Texas Tech
and Georgia over Texas
Christian.
T r e d "Gunner" Ounnette.
captain of Medford high's bas
ketballers last season, is enjoy
ing considerable easaba success
at Sacramento junior college,
according to letter received
from Ned Kay, coach.
Kay writes: "Fred is at pres
ent giving tha forwards a battle
for a starting position ... Is
gaining much needed experience
and will be valuable man
both this season and next."
Gunnette has made the squad
and was one of 12 players taken
on a six-day barnstorming tour
into southern California, Kay
writes. The Sacramento coach
adds that Fred has plenty of
possibilities and is extremely
well-liked by his teammates.
Skeet O'Connell, whose Cor
vallis high Spartans tangle with
the Tigers here tonight, calls
his new system the "weaving
offense" . . . the ex-Ashland
mentor has patterned the style
of play after that being Inaug
urated by Slats Gill at Oregon
State college ... It Is designed
to combine the best features of
both the fast and slow break. . . .
Oregon State's two back
field aces. Don Durdan and
Bob Dethman. both played
against Medford's Black Tor
nado in their prep school days
.... Durdan led the Eureka,
(Cel.) high Loggers to a 20 to
12 win oer Medtord in 1937,
and Dethman was the big gun
when Hood River nicked the
locals. 14 to 13. In the same
year ...
Paul B. Wil.'amson, football
rating authority, predicts Duke
over Oregon State, Missouri
over Fordham, Texas Ags over
Alabama, Georgia over Texas
Christian, Tulsa over Texas
Tech and East over West ... his
final national standings find
Texas the number one team,
Duke second and Minnesota
third . . . Oregon State Is 22nd,
Oregon 3 1st.
Chick Harberl Wins
Rich Beaumonl Open
Beaumont, Tex., Dec. 30. (JPt
Chick llarbert, an unknown
who failed even to place among
golfdnm's 12 top money winners
of 1941, ran away from the vet
erans and won the $3,000 Beau
mont open with a 276. eight be
low par for the 72 holes.
The youthful Battle Creek.
Mich., pro never was over par.
He coasted In yesterday with
an even par 71 to win by seven
strokes over wee Ben Hogan
and Paul Runay. who tied for
second place at 283.
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3 SENIORS, ONE
i TO START FRACAS
Tigers Look Better In Mon
day Drill Low Scoring
Contest Is Possibility
Three seniors, a Junior and
one sophomore will take the
floor for Medford tonight when
the Tigers open their 1041-42
basketball season against Skeet
O'Conn ill's Corvallis high Spar
tans at the local gym. The pre
liminary, between Lost River
Dairy and a group of former
Medford high and St. Mary's
players, will start at 7:30
sharp.
Captain Hank Herman, for
ward; Bill Wall, center and R.
B. Webber, guard, will be the
seniors seeing starting action.
Balance of the quintet will find
Don Fawcett, a Junior, at a
guard post, and Dale Nieder
meyer, a soph, at a forward po
sition. Coach Russ Acheson, dissatis
fied with his squad's practice
performance last week, said to
day they looked better in yes
terday's workout and would
probably give a good account of
themselves against the strong
Spartans. "Their passing and
shooting seems to have Im
proved," Acheson remarked.
Cavemen Beaten
Corvallis last night defeated
Grants Pass, 18 to 13, and the
dearth of scoring leads Acheson
to believe that O'Connell has
developed a potent defensive
team. The Tigers themselves
spent considerable time on de
fense In yesterday s workout.
so tonight's battle might pos
sibly turn into a low-scoring af
fair. Many former Bengal lumin
aries will perform in the pre
liminary, among them being
four players now attending col
lege. They are Walter Kresse,
University of Oregon; Fred
Gunnette, Sacramento Junior
college; Billy Piche, Llnfield.
and Harold Fawcett, University
of Oregon. These four, with
Johnny and George Gltzen, will
tangle with Lost River Dairy.
MISSOURI SLIGHT
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New Orelans, Dec. 30. UP)
If Canal street had cats on every
corner, the uncertainty of where
they'd Jump would be no great
er than Thursday's Sugar bowl
quarrel between Fordham uni
versity and Missouri.
To New Orleans' curbstone
authorities and thousands of
football-minded visitors from
the east and middle-west, it add
ed up to Just one answer: prob
ably the wildest, woollest Sugar
bowl game ever played In the
73.000-seat stadium. Betting fa
vored Missouri by the unpro
fitable margin of 6 to 8.
Each team Is a specialist, and
that specialty is the other's
weakness. Missouri, an expon
ent of the old battleship strategy
of power, has a great .-unnlng
attack. Fordham, in the past,
has found that sort of power
troublesome.
TOURNEY LOCALE
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Salem, Dec. 30. UP) Troy
Walker, secretMry of the Ore
gon State High School A.-tlvltles
association, met here today with
Willamette university officials
to discuss whether the high
school basketball tournament
should be held at the Willam
ette gymnasium.
The association's boar' of
control recently voted t- have
the tournament here for the
23rd straight year, but Roy S.
Keene, Willamette athletic dir
ector, .aid he is not mu'h In
terested In whether the tourna
ment is held here.
Should the members of Wll
lamette's athletic board appear
as "disinterested" as Keere, it is
probable that the high school
officials will look for some other
place to hold the tournament.
SL?7 TERMS
Coach Lon Stlner (right) watched with eagle eye as George Peters (58). Oregon State's blocking
quarterback, led Fullback Joe Day (52) through a gaping hole during a scrimmage workout on the
North Carolina University gridiron in preparation for tha Rose Bowl classic against Duke at Dur
ham. N. C New Year's day. 1
MANDIC, VALENTI
STAR AS BEAVERS
New York, Dee. 30. m
Taking the lead midway in the
first period, the Oregon State
college basketball squad con
tinued to pile up counters to
defeat Manhattan last night, 47
34, in Madison Square Garden.
The Pacific coast team was
led by lanky John Mandle and
Paul Valentt, with 10 points
each but Dick Murphy of Man
hattan was high with 11.
Halftime score was 23-18 and
was increased to 41-24 before
substitutions slowed down the
tallying.
Scores:
Ore. State (47) G
F PF TP
0 3 3
Dement, f 1
Mulder, t 3
Hall, f 2
Harvey, c 0
Mandle, e 6
Martin, c . 0
Valenti, g 4
Beck, g . 3
McNutt, g 4
0
3
0
2
1
3
1
1
0
1
Jeffries, g 0
Warren, g 0
Totals 22
14 47
PF TP
1 2
Manhattan (34) G
Hassett, f 1
D. Murphy, f
J. Murphy, f ,
Weber, c .
Reulcy, c
Draddy, c
Courtney, g
Maccabe, g
Jordan, g
Kebba, g
Christie, g
Totals 13 8 8 34
Score at half-time: Oregon
State 23, Manhattan 13.
Free throws missed: Manhat
tan D. Murphy 3; Weber 2;
Rcilly, Draddy. Oregon State
Dement, Mulder, Mandic, Val
enti 2, McNutt.
Officials: Begovlch and Mai-
loy.
G0NZAGA NOSES OUT
IDAHO FIVE, 34-31
Spokane. Dec. 30. UP)
Clinging tenaciously to a small
lead, the Gonzaga University
basketball tram last night de
feated the University of Idaho
squad. 34-31, in a close game
here. The bulldogs led, 26-19, at
halftime.
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O'Doul To Coach
Gary Cooper In
Lou Gehrig Role
Hollywood, Dec. 30. UP)
To Frank (Lefty) O'Doul,
manager of the San Francis
co Seals and former New
York Giant outfielder, goes
the task of coaching Gary
Cooper for his role of Lou
Gehrig In the film version of
the late Yankee first base
man'a career.
O'Doul, retained by Sam
Goldwyn as technical adviser
on tha picture, will have as
his first assignment teaching
Cooper to throw and bat left
handed. Babe Ruth has been signed
to play himself in the picture
and is expected here within
two weeks.
EfSAN WILL REF
E BOWL TILT
San Francisco, Dec. 30 UP)
Lee Elsan, considered one of
tha top football officials in the
far west, was en route to Dur
ham, N. C, today to act as ref
eree in the transplanted Rose
Bowl game between Oregon
State and Duke.
Edwin N. Atherton, Pacific
coast conference commissioner
assigned Eisan to the contest af
ter his original choice, Tom
Fltzpatrick of Oakland, had
been protested by Percy Loccy.
director of athletics of Oregon
State.
Segura and Schroeder
Reach Tennis Finals
New Orleans, Dec. 30. UP)
Francisco Segura of Ecuador,
holder of several South Ameri
can championships, and top
seeded Ted Schroeder of Glen
dale, Calif., were matched today
In the finals of the Sugar Bowl
tennis tournament
Segura, who beat Wayne Sa
bin of Portland, Ore., and
George Lyttleton-Rogers of Ire
land In earlier rounds, ousted
Earl Bartlett of New Orleans,
4-8. 7-3, 6-2, 6-4, in the semi
finals. Schroeder defeated Card
nar Mulloy of Coral Gables,
Fla., 4 6, 6 2, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
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Sullivan Award Goes
To Les MacMifchell,
Cross Country Star
New York, Dec. 30. UP)
Leslie MacMitchell, who scored
a virtual grand slam In cross
country and mile running dur
ing 1941, is the winner of the
James E. Sullivan award, an
nually given the nation's out
standing amateur athlete.
By a vote of 600 sports critics
polled by the amateur athletic
union, the New York University
senior became the first native
of the Empire state and the
youngest athlete ever to win the
honor.
MacMitchell, on a basis of
five points for a first place vote,
three for a second and one for
a third, collected 848. Cornelius
Warmer dam, the California pole
vaulter, was second with 662.
Joe Platak, Chicago's handball
expert, was third with 463.
Other vote getters: Billy
Brown, Louisiana State track,
413; Bud Ward, Spokane, Wash.,
golf, 378; Nancy Merkl, Port
land, Ore., swimming, 351; Earl
Clark, Ohio State diver, 253.
Gregory Rice, also a track
star, was the winner a year ago.
LOFTY INDIANS SCORE
60-45 WIN OVER OHIO
Berkeley, Cal., Dec. 30. (JP)
Stanford university, showing
an impenetrable defense with a
basketball team averaging six
feet three Inches In height, bot
tled up Ohio State to win 60
to 45 last night.
In the other game of a double
header. University of California
reserves defeated the Athens
club of Oakland, 30-27.
JAPAN AND RUSSIA
ON FRIENDLY TERMS
Tokyo, Dec. 30. (Official
Broadcast Recorded by UP)
Masayuki Tani, head of the gov
ernment information bureau,
told a press conference today
that negotiations between Japan
and the soviet union concerning
extension of their fisheries
agreement, which expires De
cember 31, were continuing at
Kuibyshev.
Tani asserted that Japan's re
lations with Russia continued to
be perfectly friendly and that
Japan was quite satisfied with
them. Relations with Moscow
were regulated by the terms of
the Japanese-Russian neutrality
pact signed at Moscow last April
13, he said.
STRAIGHT
DEATHS IN 1 941 ,
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'Sand Lot' Fatalities In
crease; Few Rule Changes
Suggested By Mentors.
By Charles Dunkley
Detroit, Dec. 30. VP) Not a
single death attributed to foot
ball occurred In the nation's
ranks of 65,690 college players
during the 1941 season.
It was the first year In an 11
year period that no collegian
sacrificed his life, either direct
ly or indirectly, because of the
gridiron game.
This cheerful report was pre
sented to the Joint meeting to
day of the American Football
Coaches association and Nation
al Collegiate Athletic associa
tion by Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood,
of Purdue University's school of
physical education for men.
Members of the two associations
discussed the possible effects of
the war on inter-collegiate ath
letics and heard addresses on
the question. "How can collegi
ate athletics best contribute to
the national crisis?"
Prof. Eastwood's report re
vealed that although there were
no fatalities among the collegi
ans, a alight increase in deaths
occurred among so-called "sand
lot" athletic club players which
brought to 14 the total number
of fatalities In all classifications
of football deaths during the
year. This was compared with
a total of 11 last year and 33
in the peak year of 1931 when
the survey was begun.
Faweat in 10 Years
Columbia' Lou Little, chair
man of the coaches' rules com
mittee, said the fewest sugges
tions for changes in the rule
book were made sine the body
was organized 10 years ago.
They Include:
(1) The team scored upon by
either a touchdown or field goal
is to have optional choice of
goal. This Is designed to create
offensive balance. Little said,
particularly when the wind ad
vantage Is great
(2) Clarification of the substi
tution rule to remove the possi
bility of the so-called sleeper
play.
(3) Revision of the lateral pass
rule which nullifies a play
downfield when the ball is
passed forward. The coaches
would make this a five-yard
penalty from the point of in
fraction. Now the ball Is re
turned to the line of scrimmage.
(4) Placing a penalty for send
ing a substitute on the field af
ter the offensive team has left
the huddle or gone into forma
tion. Penalty: Loss of a time out.
(5) Revision of the substitu
tion rules to permit players to
report to any one of the officials.
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Duke Coach Fears Southpaw
Kicker, Passer of Beavers
Br frank B. GUbreth
Durham, N. C, Dec. 80 UP) Coach Wallace Wada U doing
his best to make sure that the highly polished Duke football
machine won't be wrecked in tha Rose bowl Thursday by
left-handed monkey wrench, tossed by Oregon State.
The westerners have such
monkey wrench in Don Durdan,
a southpaw who passe left
handed and kicks (eft-footed.
Lon Stlner, coach of Oregon
SVite, bad high hopes that the
unorthodox delivery of his star
mail carrier would befuddle the
Dukes.
But Wade, who tries to think
of everything, is teaching his
boys all he can about left-hand
ed backs. George McAfee, per
haps the best southpaw triple
threat in the country, has been
working out with the Blue
Devils for the last three days.
It may be some comfort to
Stiner and his squad to learn
that McAfee has had consider
able success against the Blue
Devils. However, it's hard to tell
whether this success should be
attributed to the idiosyncrasies
of a southpaw or to natural
ability.
Yesterday, for example,
George romped through the
varsity with the greatest of ease.
Sometimes the big Duke line
would crash through and nail
him before he got started, but
If McAfee danced into the clear
nobody could bring him down.
Wade, however, seemed fair
ly pleased with the work of his
regulars. Like most veteran
coaches, tha Duke mentor suf
fers from the occupational mal
ady of understatement When
asked whether he thought Mc
Afee hadn't trucked through the
Duke secondary with a little
too much ease. Wade replied:
"Well, George Is a good run
ner." SPARTANS DEFEAT
,18 T0 13
Grants Pass, Dec. 30
A slow-breaking Corvallis style
of play dragged the Grants Pass
high school basketeers to a dead
stop In the second half here
last night and the visiting Spar
tans won 18 to 13. The Cave
men tallied only one point after
leading at halftime 12 to 6.
Corvallis plays at Medfrrd to
night. Grants Pass (13) (181 Corvallis
Lathrop, 3 J..- WHmer. 3
Gray, 2 J" Knoll
Martindale, 3 C Ryman, 5
Schrlmpf, 4 Anderson, 8
Havard . Groshong 2
Substitutes: Grants Pass
Strowbridge 1, Everton and
Clayton; Corvallis Masters.
CONSULATE SAFE
Washington, Dec. 30,
The American consulate at Man
ila Is "undamaged" and the en
tire diplomatic staff is ' safe and
well," the state department an
nounced tonight.
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Tonight
Fights Last Night
(By the Associated Prase)
Chicago Harry Teaney, 138,
Cleveland, outpointed Eddie
Lander, 138, Chicago (10).
Baltimore Kid Tunero, 160.
New York, outpointed Irvln
Proctor, 159V4, Baltimore (10);
Deacon Johnny Grown, 198V&,
Baltimore, and Frankla Wil
liams, 1S2V4, Washington, drew
(10).
Pittsburgh Paul Carrabantee,
145, Chile, outpointed Otto
Blackwall, 148, Homestead, N,
Y. (10).
Newark Jack Kenny, Liv
ingston, N. J., knocked out
Steve Hostak, 163, Newark
Walter Stevens, 141, Newark,
knocked out Steve Ozga, 131,
Passaic, N. J. (4).
Wilmington, D 1. Al Tri
buanl, 156V4, Wilmington, out
pointed Eddie Finnazzo, 161V4, .
Baltimore (8),
High School Scores
(By the Associated Press)
Ashland 51, Chemawa 33.
Hood River 3i; Silverton 28.
Corvallis 18, Grants Pass It.
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