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EIGHT MEDfORD MAIL TRIBUNE frlday. Wot. 84, 1144 Tornado SCORED BY DOTY IN FINAUWD Both Teams Threaten Often But Time Runs Out Before Scores; Try Many Passes Medford high school football team will meet LaGrande, win ner over Roosevelt of Portland 33 to 7 yesterday, at Multnomah Stadium, Portland, for the state football championship Satur day, December 2. 'Medford's B.laek Tornado eked out a 6 to 0 victory over a tough Gresham high football team here yesterday to keep their undefeated record Intact and earn a berth in finals for the state championship. Medford's lone touchdown came about midway In the fourth period when Marvin Doty skirted wide around left end from 15 yards out to cross the goal-line. Bob .Watsons kick went wide. . , Owens Stars Watson opened the game by kicking to Jim Sunderland on the Gresham 11 and the ball was returned to the 35. Sunder land made a yard Into the line and Don Tucker picked up a first down with a nice 10 yard gain. Frod Owens, who sparked the Gopher offense U after noon, was held to no gain on the net play. Sunderland pick ed up four yards and a flat pass by Owens failed to gain. Here the Tornado drew a 15 yard pen alty for clipping and Gresham had the ball with a first down oh the Medford 24 yard line. A pass ,from Owens to Frank Cleys made it a first and ten on Medford's 14. On. the fourth play Owens threw a desperate pass into the end zone which was knocked down by . Gerald Bostwlck and Medlora too over. Jerry Clark and Doty al-1 ternated for eight yards ' and then' Doty was forced to kick, the ball going out of bounds on Gresham's 40 yard stripe. Boitwlck Intercept On the second play Owens threw a pass which was inter cepted by Bostwlck on the mid field stripe.- Owens then Inter cepted a pass from Watson on the Gopher 40 and returned it 10 yards. Four plays later Wat son took pass from Owens, in tended for Cleys and Medford was in possession on their own 31 as the first period ended. It looked like the Tornado would begin to roll at the start of the second period when Clark picked up 6 yards, Bostwlck 5 yards, and then 11 yards for a ' first down. Clark then picked up 13 yards. ,On the fourth play Watson threw a pass into the end zone which went in complete and Gresham took over. , Gresham Kicks Gresham was forced to kick after three tries at Medford's line but got possession soon aft erward when Cleys recovered, a Medford fumble. Bostwlck then intercepted one of Owens' passes on the Gresham 40 and returned it to the 22. Medford had the ball on Gresham's six yard line as the half ended. Cleys opened the second half when he kicked to Bostwlck on the ten, the left halfback mak ing a nine yard return. Clark picked up two yards and a backficld pais from Watson to Doty was fumbled and Gresham recovered on , the Medford 18. After picking up a first down, Medford held for downs and took over on their own nine yard line. Doty kicked to the mid-field stripe and it was re turned to Medford's 45. Doty . then intercepted a pass from Owens but Doty was forced to kick again. Five plays later Bostwlck Intercepted another pass from Owens and Medford bad possession deep In their BLENDED WHISPKY a If PROOF Ml LAKIDOWME UUXUXUI Takes Gresham 6 Medford-Greshain Statistics Yards gained from rushing Yards gained trom passing Yards lost by penalties net yardage gained Passes tried Passes completed Passes intercepted Average length of kicks First downs rushing ... First downs passing f irst downs penalties own territory as the third period ended. Doty Scores Medford again found them selves with their backs to the wall when Earl Stelle, replacing Doty, fumbled with Gresham re covering on Medford s 23. Med ford took over on downs and the Tornado started to roll. - Doty made 11 yards, Bost wlck two, and then Bostwlck went through a nice hole in Gresham's line for 48 yards to the Gresham 15 where he was stopped by Cleys. Doty then took the ball on a wide left end run to score standing up. Wat son's kick for the extra point went wide. Owens, in a desperate effort to score, filled the air with passes until three of them went incomplete and Medford took over on their own 41. Medford had the ball third down and four yards to go on the Gresham four yard line as the game end ed. TROJANS, UCLA CLASH IN THIRD E By Robert Welde United Press Correspondent Los Angeles, Nov. 24 (U.R) When grldders from the Univer siy of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California cavort oh the coli seum greensward Saturday, it will make the third time in the history of the cross town war fare that a Rose Bowl bid hinged on the outcome of the battle. Last time the $100,000 golden egg was at stake wau In 1042 when the win-hungry Bruins Struck through the air twice to deliver the Trojans a 14 to 7 setback and wind up "In the Pasadena arena New Year's Day. only to take a 9 to 0 drubbing from Georgia. - But the fracas local- football patrons will never forget was the' memorable 0 to 0 struggle in 1939, when the underdog Bruins couldn't score in four at tempts from the 3-yard line in the last minute of play. With 103,000 customers yelling them selves hoarse, the Bruins were stopped six Inches from pay dirt in what would have gone down as one of the great upsets' of far western football history. That Bruin backfiqld boasted such areata as Kenny Washing ton, now running wild for the San Francisco Clippers; Ned Mathews, currently starring for the Hollywood Rangers; Leo Cantor, power driving fcack for the 4th Air Force Bombers, and fleet Jackie Robinson. Howard Jones' Trojan backfield featured all-American Grenny Lansdell, Bob Peoples, former national javelin champ; blocking back Bob Hoffman and breakaway artist Amby Schlndler. Saturday's game might lack the luster of the stars of that year's game, but it won't be short in the fight department. The Trojans and Bruins are about as fond of each other as are the clan from Stanford and California. BOWLING In City Bowling league Wed ncsday night Office Boys lost three straight games to Union 0 1 1 (Wclsenburger 232-583), Firestone took three straight from Henry's Drive In (Orndoff IRQ-Learning 513) and State Po i lice took t'vo out of three from 1 P. M. T. (Prultt 225-628). . 1K GRAIN. NEUTRAL SPIRITS HAHVl UK OBACB, MAKVLANU Medford Gresham "a 9d 1 5 . 35.5 38 R . ft , 0 2 0 It FACE NAVYCATS Oregon State College, Corval lis, Nov. 24 Oregon State bas ketball fans will get their first look at the 1944-45 Beaver hoop team here tonight when William ette university's Navycats come to Corvallis for the pre-season opened. The two clubs will move over to Salem f or a return con test Saturday night. Although the speedy young Oregon Webfoots whipped Wil lamette twice by scores of 55 to 35 and 69 to 49 last week end, Coach A. T. (Slats) Gill has warned his men not to expect a soft touch this week end. Coach Duke Trotter's navy boys showed lots of promise in the Duck games and should give the Beavers plenty of competition. After over a month of prac tice the Beavers are rapidly rounding into top form and Gill believes they are ready for out side competition. The half vet eran, half freshman Orange squad shows promise of giving Oregon State a strong entry in the coming northern division campaign. ' Probable starters for the Beav ers Friday night will be George Sertio and Ted Henningseh, for wards; Hal Puddy, center, and Bernie McGrath and Jack Slmms, guards. All except Hen ningsen are-letter winners from last year's squad and he was a varsity reserve on the strong 1941 club. - Other men sure to see action in the series this week end are Bob Labhart, Johnny Moore, Don Eldridge and Larry West, guards, and Dick Strait, Ed Stagg and Chuck Matheson, for wards. PETE BELCASTRO TOPS OPPONENTS IN BATTLE ROyAL Pete Belcastro pflmn mil. hest man in last night's battle royal ai meaioro armory when he de feated Earl Malone in the one hour top main event, after sur vlving the free-for-all which de cided pairings for the regular bouts. The'Grav Mask ripimlwl Kv wrestlers and spectators" alike. was tirst man eliminated in the battle royal. The other five mat men ganged up on the hooded mystery man and cbvb him n merciless beating, all five piling on him for the fall. Next out was Jack Kiser, coast champion, who was a vic tim of an attack by Belcastro and Bulldog Jackson. Rowdy O'Doudy and Malone then open ed an assault on Jackson , to eliminate him. Next out was O'Doudy, who was pinned by Malone and Belcastro. In the .first rpfflllnr mntnh Kiser held the Mask to a draw in three rounds with each tak Ina a fall. Jackson took nn pnsv turn straight fall decision over O'Doudv in the ppnnH hnnt Falls camo In the first and sec ond rounds with stomping ham meriocK. Belcastro used hl Henrilv surfboard for a lone fall over Malone. The Ohio ruff an was unable to continue. Olouni tlmt for OlMalfttd ! t . m. too lm to giuuri la.so WEIL PAY YOUR PRICE for your GAS BUGGY WITHOUT GAS! Fly In, Ride In, Fall In, Walk In, Write In o Phone In . . , Automobile Market Sixth and Bartl.tt 3919 to 0; Will Play SIN MEDAL DESPITE STORM By John W. Dunlap United Press Staff Correspondent Portland, Ore., Nov. 24 U.R) Golfdom's topnotchers set out today to overtake Slammtn Sammy Snead, whose two-under- par 70 led the field in the initial medal round of the $15,500 war bond Portland open tournament. Snead defied driving rain, wind and a water-covered course to regain bis championship form after two years of naval service, the first time in the history of the Portland Golf club that two strokes- have reached the 522- yard par five flag. Except for the soggy greens the Hot Springs. Va., sharpshooter would have clipped off several additional strokes. Turnesa Close Mike Turnesa of White Plains, N. Y., was only one stroke be hind, three pros were bunched at 72, six at 73 and plenty of other aces were within striking distance of the $2,666 war bond first prize at the end of 72 holes yesterday. ' The trio at 72 included wime Goeein. also of White Plains Zell Eaton of Los Angeles and Denny Shute of Akron, O., were the only players to round the first nine in 33, but Eaton's last nine 39 landed him in the 72 bracket. A dark horse, Bus Driver- Harold West of Portland, paired two 36's for his 72. There was real class in me half-dozen 73's, paced , by all American Champion Byron Nel son of Toledo, O., and the vet eran Shute. Four west coasters. Ted Longworth of Portland, Har ry Bassler of Culver City, Cal., Gordon Richards of Seattle and Charles Congdon of Tacoma. Wash., crashed this bracket. ' Two stars, PGA Champion Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind., and Harold "Jug" McSpaden of Kansas City, were close behind with 75's. ' . ' Big Names Lag Big names were spotted back In the field, including George Fazio of Pine Valley, N. J., 77: George Schneider of Salt Lake City, Leonard Dodson of Kansas City and Sam Byrd of Detroit, 78; Ralph Guldahl of San Diego. Calif., 79; Craig Wood of Mar m&neck, N. Y., 80, and Ed Furgol of Detroit, 81. Johnny Robbins of Portland topped the amateurs with two 37's for a 74. Two Seattle play ers, .Washington Amateur Cham pion Harry Umbinetti and Erv Parent, were next at 75. Other Simon-Pures did credit ably with four 76's, two 77's and six 78's. Betty Hicks of Chicago and Long Beach, Calif., was an early favorite to win women's honors after her two-over-par 39 foi nine holes, all the golf darkness permitted last night. The women finish their first round early to day with several within striking distance of the national cham pion. Babe Freese, Portland champion, trailed with 42 and two topflight competitors, Mary Mozel Wagner of Portland and Betty Jean Rucker of Spokane, tied at 43. A BETTER BLEND FOR BETTER DRINKS m OLD InOMPSON BRAND OLBNMOU OISTILLEUBS COMPANT Ucorpof ttW LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY Blended Whiik.y 66.8 Proof 65 Grain Neutral Spirits Undefeated Ohio State Has Hopes of Bid to Rose Bowl . By Carl Lundquist United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Nov. 24 (U.R) A dozen football teams harboring hopes for invitations to New Year's Day Bowl games lead the war into the climactic phase of the 1944 season tomorrow and the losers may as well pack their moleskins into mothpalls for an other year. Heading the list of hopefuls is Ohio State, which has to be doubly optimistic, because even If it tops Michigan in a battle for the Big Ten title it still has to win' a battle with the circuit's faculty fathers at a special meet ing in Chicago on Sunday. The Buckeyes, all-victorious to date and ranking as the nation's num ber one civilian team, have got ten a definite Rose Bowl bid but haven't a ghost of a chance to go unless the long-standing league rule against post-season games is rescinded. Day's Attraction ' That game, likely to be de cided in a brilliant battle be tween Ohio State's hard driving backs and Michigan's stout line, is tne day s top attraction and probably will draw a crowd of 75,000 or more at Columbus, O. The Buckeyes, 7 to 5 favorites, will lose the title to Michigan by a half game if the Wolverines stage an upset, since they have played one more conference game. ' The western representative for the Rose Bowl game .will emerge from the Southern-Cali-fornia-U.C.L.A. game ' with the Trojans 2 to 1 favorites to win it. Texas Christian can clinch the southwest conference title and a Cotton Bowl bid by beating Rice and is an 8 to 5 favorite.- Other Bowl eligibles are Georgia, which is 7 to 5 to defeat Clemson tonight, Oklahoma A & M, a 6 to 5 favorite oyer Okla homa, Duke, which rates 2 to 1 over North Carolina, Tennessee, unbeaten but tied and 2 to 1 to repeat an earlier victory over Kentucky, and Mississippi State at 5 to 2 over Mississippi. Iowa Pre-Flight, highly eligible with nine straight victories after an opening day defeat, . closes a heavy season at 3 to 1 over vIowa's Civilian Kidsi ' Georgia Tech Favored Georgia Tech's Engineers, who have sewed up an Orange Bowl bid, aren't concerned with any thing but intersectional prestige WELCOME GIFTS 117 So. Central Billfolds WHC ' ' 1 .65 v La Grande for State Title in their bout with Notre Dame in which they are 8 to 5 favor ites. Yale is favored 8 to 8 to finish its season all-victorious for the first time .since 1923 against Virginia's Cavaliers. Elsewhere in the southwest, Texas Tech is 6 to 5 over South ern Methodist and New Mexico is 7 to 5 over West Texas State. St. Mary's Pre-Flight is 8 to 8 over California and Fleet City rates 9 to 8 over Modesto on the Pacific coast while in a Sunday game the Second Air Force Superbombers are 7 to 8 .over the Fourth Air Force Fliers of March Field, Calif. s PORTLAND MEET ' Eddie Simmons, Medford golf er, who is now playing in the Portland open tournament, has been Southern Oregon tourna ment champion five times, ac cording to an official of Rogue Valley. Golf club. Starting his : golfing career here, he began as a caddy in 1928 when a small boy. He took part in a tournament in California last year, but has played in " very few outside tournaments. Simmons is the best golfer in this part of the country, said a club official, Leland Clark, 1943 winner of the Southern Oregon tourna ment, also entered the Portland meet, but was forced to, return due. to the death of -his father in Grants Pass. . 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