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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942.
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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
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fore 14,000 spectators.
BANK CALL
Washington, Jan. S (IPi The
comptroller of the currency to-
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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).
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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.
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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
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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.
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