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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Jackpot Hit In Predicting OSC Would Beat Duke Please pardon ui, pali, but iter the consistent drubbings we took all season on our peer less prognostications, we can't help crowing a bit when we really hit a Jackpot "Oregon State will beat Duke In the Rose Bowl." That's what we bravely wrote In this column December 1, the Monday after the Beavers tipped Oregon to capture the loop crown. And, on December 23, as that f e e 1 1 ng grew stronger and stronger, here Is what appeared In this space: "We still think Oregon State will beat Duke, despite the gamblers' odds of 3 to 1 against any such thing oc curring. We can't help but feel that Oregon State's great de fense and Its ability to score when the chips are down will prove sufficient to overcome a high-scoring Duke team that hasn't yet played a really tough opponent." Well, it we can be forgiven for saying so. that's Just what happened. The Beavers DID beat Duke, in what a game, what a gamel And, forgive us again, they certainly did do It by "scoring when the chips were down. When they had to. Although Lon Stiner's men were never behind, the score I was tied twice, at 7-7 and 14-14 and both times those fighting Beavers had what It takes to buckle down and get the touch down to put them in front again. If you could heap all the praise in the world upon the shoulders of the Orange lad dies and their coach, it wouldn't be enough. Almost hopeless underdogs at 1 to 8. and even money they lose by 12 points, the Beavers rose up to completely earn their 20 to It triumph. They had what some people call intestinal fortitude, what others call guts, and to our way of thinking that performance by the Corvallis eleven was the most dramatic in Rose Bowl history. As for Stlner. how In the world did they ever overlook him when selecting the "coach of the year." We don't mean to belittle the work of Notre Dame's Frank Leahy, who re ceived the honor, but, alter all, Leahy was laboring at a school where great teams and glory are traditional, and where material Is always plentiful. Stiner, on the other hand, took Just - about the smallest squad in the Coast conference, from a school never noted for its gridiron grandeur, and put them smack dab in the Rose Bowl when everybody said it was impossible Until yesterday, we thought Bill Stern was the finest sport caster in captivity, especially the best ploy-by-play describer of a football game. But if ever a prejudiced, one sided account of a grid struggle came over the ether, Mr. Stern's Job at the mike in Durham, N. C, was it. At times we wondered what team mighty Duke and great Steve Lach and those other magnificent Blue Devils were playing against. And once, when Stern finally did get around to mentioning Duke's opponents, he called them the "Oregon Beavers." (Keep calm. Eugene.) We'd like to have a buck for every time Stern popped off about "Duke's mighty offensive team, the second highest scoring team in the nation." And 'This great Duke team, the highest scoring Duke team In its his tory." Stern knew of Duke's unbeat en and untied record, knew It by heart and didn't let his radio listeners forget It. He even called off the teams the Blue Devils had beaten. But as for Oregon State's record, he couldn't give a coherent re view, saying they beat so and so, and so and so, "I believe." At another point, he railed Durdan, "Bob" Durdan, and sev eral times referred to the Pa cific Coast conference as the Taciflc conference." Which was certainly a misnomer, for foot ball action in the loop this year was anything but "pacific." Last but not least, Mr. Stern couldn't seem to quit eulogis ing "Wally Wads. Duke uni versity and Durham officials for their splendid generosity and cooperation In making their fine stadium and all fa cilities available for the Rose Bowl game" when It was mad homeless by the war department's order. ..We don't suppose the appro- Bill Bowerman TO ENTRAIN FOR SEATTLESUNDAY Acheson To Take Over Grid, Track Coaching Jobs Bill Has Great Record. Bill Bowerman, head football and track coach at Medford sen ior high school for the past seven years, said today he had re ceived his orders to report for active duty at Ft. Lawton, Se attle. The Medford mentor is a first lieutenant In the U. S. army reserve. Bowerman will leave here by train Sunday night and arrive in Seattle Monday afternoon. For the present, he said, Mrs. Bowerman and their son, Jon, will remain in Medford. Although having no definite Information as to what branch of the service he will serve in, Bowerman said he might be transferred to the air corps. The order to report for active service has been expected for some time, as Bowerman has taken three physical examinations. Succeeding Bowerman as head football and track coach will be Russell Acheson, present basket ball mentor. He will be assisted by Alex McDonald, baseball coach, and Ed Kirtley, long-time backf ield coach of the Black Tor nado. Acheson la a graduate of Washington high in Portland and of Oregon State college, where he was a member of the Beaver varsity grid squad. Leave of Absence Bowerman has received a year's leave of absence from his coaching and teaching duties at Medford high. Bill Bowerman came to Med ford as head football, basketball and track coach in the fall of 1935, after having spent one year coaching - football at Franklin high of Portland. During his seven football- coaching seasons here the Black Tornado compiled a record of 43 victories, 11 defeats and five ties for a percentage of .738. Four times, in 1033, 1037, 1938 and 1940, the Tigers won the South ern Oregon conference cham pionship. In 1039 they tied with Klamath Falls for the crown, and In 1941 they deadlocked Ashland and Klamath Falls for the title. Title Claimants Three times the Black Tornado was a claimant to the mythical state championship. These years were in 1933, when the locals won seven and lost none; in 1938 when the team captured seven, lost one and tied one, and in 1939 when their record was eight wins, no defeats and one tie. During those seven seasons the red and black grldders ran up 1,231 points to their opponents' SS6, and built up a reputation of being one of the state's most potent offensive elevens. Even more Impressive is Bow erman'a record coaching track. In six seasons the Tiger thinclads won five straight southern Ore gon district championships, miss ing only In 1033; two state cham pionships, In 1039 and 1940, and four Hay ward Relays champion ships. Bowerman coached basketball for three seasons, in 1938, 1937 and 1938; his last team winning the district title and competing in the state tournament. In the fall of 1938 he retired from the basketball coaching position when Rusa Acheson took over those duties. Local Crad Bowerman was graduated from Medford high school in 1929, after starring in basketball and football for three seasons, and from the University of Ore gon in 1934. At Oregon he played football In 1930, 1931 and 1032. Actor Stewart Now Lieutenant Moffett Field. Calif .i.n WPi It used to be James Stew art, screen actor, then Corporal Stewart, but today it's Second iieui. Stewart, u. S. A After studying War Henarf. ment extension courses for sev eral months, the motion nitnr star was commissioned a second lieutenant yesterday without ceremony. ROUGH PARTY Taeoma. Jnn 9 i.n A n ?, dian wii nrr.il.J (nil,. his wife was found dead in their nome near Fife late last nisht Sheriff's Deputy Powell Clay quoted Julius Young, 41, as sav ing he kicked his wife In the head during a New Year's day party. lmate 73 grand Duke was to make off the game had anything to do with Its grarlousness in letting the "country boys" from Oregon State play the Blue Devils Ui Durham. ' Durdan An underdog eleven from Oregon State college whipped Duke, 20-16 in a transplanted Rose Bowl game at Durham, N. C. in a pulse-pounding battle that was anybody's ball gam all the way. A capacity crowd of 58.000 saw the contest. (A.P. photo by wire and airmail to Mall Tribune.) 14-Year-0Id Mascot Claims East Cinch To Defeat West By Romney Whe!r ' New Orleans, Jan. 2. (IP) Little Jerry Glynn says the east will win and that ought to the blue chips in tomorrow's charity all-star football game. Jerry, a 14-year-old kid who looks no bigger than a minute, I is the East's self-appointed mas- I cot. If his luck is as good as it has been in the past, the easterners have the decision wrapped up and packed away before they ever go onto the turf of Sugar bowl stadium. For Jerry never has been with a losing team. His latest Job was helping his high school football team win a scholastic championship, and he can reel off other achieve ments if you give him half a chance. He adopted the East team at Biloxt, Miss., when it opened training 10 days ago. That first afternoon he learned all the names, weights, positions and schools of the all-star squad men, and now is a walking encyclopedia of who's who and what's what with the team. "The West team?" he snorts, "Whatta they got? We'll beat 'em bv three touchdowns, may be four." Bob Westfall, the East's all America fullback from Michi gan, is Jerry's favorite, and he thinks all-America BUI Dudley of Virginia and Bruce Smith of Minnesota also can carry the mail. That the West can match them with all-America Frankle Albert of Stanford, Bill Sewell of Washington State, and Ken Casagena of Santa Clara to name Just three doesn t worry him. The East and West teams both came to town yesterday from their training camps at unoxi. Miss., and Baton Rouge, La., and took quarters at Tulane campus. A crowd of between 30.000 and 33.000 is expected for the kickoff at noon (Pacific stand ard time) Saturday. HAS LAST LAUGH Durham. N. C, Jan. 2. (IP) They laughed when Coach Lon Stiner of Oregon State sat down hard on the football dopesters because they had "underrated my team." But when Lon s boys started to play the laughter ! changed to amazement Lon proved convincingly yes- teroay in ine nose dowi game here that his Beavers, who ent ered the contest on the short j end of 3 to 1 odds were the mos. unoerrau-o inn.vimiais pll reception, downed the Red since David slung his sling i Haiders 6 to 0 Thus ended what probably p,. m,,!f,t.,lk. p,, d(S will go Into the record books as ; Tfch., df flS. ,nd one of the most unusual games wnen wa,n., hi, , w in he Rose Bowl saga. Duke Dobbs' kicking and running Two made IS first downs to 14 for I ,nd, son Jud, ,nd E. the visitors. But the Beavers ,ton Campbell, with Dobbs made were out front most the way,1, .., ,ki..i -.m-i. and Duke never forged into the j iran. The policy of awarding the letter "E" to a crew or division of a crew makltig the best rec ord In Its claw was started by , he U S navy In 1908 The prac , Ice has now been widened to Include private plants making outstanding records in produc-1 Uon for the navy. I Called Into Active U. S. Army Scores For Oregon State tell most people where to put 17th annual Shrine East-West BEAT OSC, 35-29 Indianapolis, Jan. 2. IP) A speedy Butler university basket ball team last night upset the Oregon State Beavers, 33-29, despite a height advantage en joyed by the Beavers. Butler led at halftlme, 21-18. John Mandic, Oregon State center, led scoring with 12 points, followed by Forwards Norris and Schumacher of But ler with 10 and 8, respectively. Lineups: O. S. C. (29) Dement, f Mulder, t Hall, f Mandic, c . Martin, c Beck, g Valcnti, g McNutt, g Jeffries, g G . 2 . 1 . 0 . 4 0 . 1 1 1 0 PF TP 3 4 Totnls 10 Butler (33) G Schumacher, f 4 Norris, f 3 Schwomeyer, f 0 Hardy, f 0 G. Miller, c 1 Baumgnrtncr, c. 0 Hunckler, g 1 Tidrow, g 0 H. Miller, g 2 13 29 PF TP 2 8 Totals 13 Half-time score: 8 13 Butler Oregon State 18. Free throws missed: Schu macher 4, Norris 2, G. Miller. Dement, Mulder, Mandic 4, Beck. Valenti. Officials: Robinson, Indiana; Chestnut, Indiana State. TULSA CONQUERS TEXAS TECH, 6-0 By B. L. Livingstone El Paso, Tex., Jan. 2 UP) A long legged kid with a nonchal ant air and an arm like a black- " '"' "" He was Glenn Dobbs. lanky six foot, four-Inch halfback for Xu,M linlv,,Vi who pt.h Xfx Tpcn djv , the Su Bow, ,nd w(th ihe hf) p , magnil,nt ,ine .nd ,,, flncv ov tne Rfd nMfn be. fore 14,000 spectators. BANK CALL Washington, Jan. S (IPi The comptroller of the currency to- dKy ,Mllfd , c for italement o o( , nion b,nk, 1h, plp f bu(ln, Wedned ay. Dec .31. Ca uu Tribua mat ana. 1 NELSON BIG SINKS TEXAS AGS By Harold V. Ratllff Dallas, Jan. 2. UP) Alabama didn't stop that blazing aerial game of the Texas Aggies but the Crimson Tide did the next best thing they Just outscored the Cadets and the result was the thriller of thrillers in Cotton Bowl history. At the long end of a 29-21 count, the Tide rolls toward Tus caloosa late today, breaking the homeward Journey at New Or leans where the squad will see the East-West game, t Making only one first down and outgained by 234 yards, the Crimson Tide yesterday halted the Aggies victories march among the bowls. But there was Jimmy Nelson and there, broth er, was plenty. Nelson went through twice for touchdowns, once on a 72-yard return of a punt, then on a 21- jyard swirl around end. The score was tied 7-7 when Nelson started to move and the Aggies never could catch up. Slate Gage Tourney May Be Shifted From Gym to Fairgrounds Salem, Jan. 2. (IP) There Is a distinct possibility that the state high school basketball tournament next March will be held in the Horse Show building at the State fairgrounds, instead of In the Willamette university gymnasium, where it has been held for 23 years. Sports Editor Ron Gemmell of the Oregon Statesman said today. The building would seat 9.000, but capacity could be Increased to 16.000 if additional seats were installed. The Willamette gym nasium seats ibout 2 300. It would cost S3. 500 to install a removable floor In the Horse Show building and to Install bas ket stands. Gemmel said It Is almost cer tain that the tournament would start March 10, a day early, making the meet last four days 'nstead of three. This would make It unnecessary to have more than four games a day. Fights Last Night (By the Associated Press) Philadelphia Ellis Phillips. 130, Philadelphia, outpointed Vince Del'Oroto. New York (8). VACATION AT CHETC0 INN M.h Smith Rltrr. the Wlnrhnrk lh i'hett-o and tha Rntue. swtm in III Pari (If. Rrlat. ml Spa rta! Hera-end ral of nly sja per tfat for room. B-entiraa dlnnei a la carte arrakfat. enniplair luncheon, lamll; ralea. arrkli and mnnthi? raira Mrnn lm-ludr ea rod, rnlrkrn. ttraa, bora mad buttrr. mlla. feim. I. lf M aoawareplnt mom la ante, and arparala rahlna. an-nntmtMl-llona lor 4 Si M per dar. Ah monthly ratr l perntanrnla II. Xfl sso. SSS and S4 per month S mrala prr day t""l noawna, ,m ban ruhint i tond a ri and aalmo alrlhlng. 1SINKWICH STUNS TCU WITH THREE SCORING PASSES By Stanmor Cawthon Miami, Fla., Jan. 2 UP) Georgia's Bulldogs wrote the rpectacular story of "Frankie Sinkwich, all-America" all over the Orange Bowl stadium while piling up a 40-28 victory over Texas Christian before a New Year's day crowd of 33,303. The flat-footed Youngstown, Ohio, sensation left the Homed Frogs bewildered by throwing three first half touchdown passes two of which covered 60 yards or better. Then, Just to show the Horned Frogs he could do something be sides pitch the ball, he pounded through the whole T. C. U. team for 43 yards and Georgia'i last touchdown. Sinkwich set up another Geor gia touchdown with a 32 yard pass to Lamar Davis. Only one of the Bulldogs' six scores was made without his assistance. Jim Todd tossing a 23-yarder to Davis for that one. Although Frankie's passing was easily the feature of the game, his running wasn't any thing to sneer at. His net aver age from scrimmage was 8 3 in 22 tries and his total net yard age of 139 compared favorably with the 64 net yard racked up by all the T. C. U. backs com bined. LUCKY CUSTOMER Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 2. (AP) Mrs. Louise Parker, operator of a five and ten cent store, put $153 between paper napkins and hid them on a store shelf. She forgot where she put the money, and two days later sold the nap kins. She hasn't been able to locate the lucky customer. Your MAIL TRIBUNE Carrier Boy is an Official U.'S. Defense Agent for the sale of 10c DEFENSE SAVINGS STAMPS ill def W' a Your W if- Mystery Package Only Beer Fan Given Co-Ahead New Orleans, Jan. 2 UP) There were many tense mo ments In the Sugar Bowl game between Fordham and Mis souri, but Chief Clerk Harry Reilly of the police depart ment had one of his own. A man approached one of the stadium gates with a large sized package which was leak ing. Police had been In structed to inspect all pack ages and bundles. Reilly stopped the man, un wrapped the package and found 24 cans of beer. Reilly opened two cans. It was beer, all right.- The spectator was allowed to enter the stadium with his 22 unopened cans. PUNT FOR SAFETY New Orleans, Jan. 2.- The Fordham and Missouri foot ball teams were about as evenly matched as teams could be, and the one that got the big break won outside of that the eighth annual Sugar bowl game yes A 4 i cU to cottect tblt order " . you . own? , 10C clip Medford Mail tribune Service terday ran exactly contrary to all predictions. Since both teams boasted pow erful offensives, the tilt wai exoected to be a free-scoring affair but the final score was Fordham 2, Missouri 0, and a blocked punt decided the issue. The score came after about five minutes of play. After a punt over the Missouri goal line, Maurice Wade fumbled the slippery ball for a 12-yard loss and Don Greenwood tried to kick from the goal line. Alex Santilli blocked the punt and the ball bounded through the end zone for an automatic safety. BLACKOUT Bucklin, Mo., Jan. 2. (APV This village of 1,000 population is back on blackout schedule. The city fathers have been at outs with the electric company for three years, leaving streets dark except for annual truces during the Christmas season. AT MEDFORD'S NEW ICE ARENA Popular Prices Skates for Rent ti 'St. owe bim yur w.u teqUlre. . , . eP. Sftvlnft.
