Simpson Drills Football
Team For Heavy Schedule
CLEAN UP
BLE HEADER
Pope Urges Sports Stress
As Healthful Recreation
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Thursday. Sept. 8, 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE TORM
Six returning regulars from
last year's state championship
Medford high school football
team are working out nightly at
the stadium in preparation for
an eight-game schedule which
opens against Albany here Sept.
21, Head Coach Al Simpson
said today.
Al Kircher, returning letter
man reserve from last year who
was slated to play a major role
at end this year, pulled a ten
don away from his knee In piac
tice and will be out for at least
half of the season.
Drive For Title
Returning regulars who are
expected to carry the burden in
another drive for the state title
are Bob Watson, 105 pounds,
fullback; Lynn Bessonette, 210,
right tackle; Jim Cave, 180, cen
ter; Jerry Clark, 195, right half
back; Glenn Bostwick, 160, left
half, and Darrell Riggs, 135, left
end.
Lettermen reserves from last
year who are again in uniform
are Howard Whillock, 184, end:
Glenn Tingley. 160, guard; Le
Roy House, 168, center; Nick
Greene, 162, guard; Earl Stelle,
160, quarterback; Bill Singler,
161, left half; Jerry Hunter, 146,
right half; Herbert Nill, 167.
tackle, and Jerry Ross, 175,
quarterback, who was a letter
man in 1943 but did not play
last year due to a back Injury.
Reserves from last year who
did not win letters but are again
in uniform are Lloyd Carr, 162,
back; Dick Hake, 170, guard;
Bill Rose, 170, guard, and Rus
sell Rose, 165, tackle.
New material, most of them
from last year's junior high
school team, is composed of Don
Waldron, Byron Carter, Tom
Mottern, Bill Carter, Bob Peter
son, Bob DeArmond, Lloyd Tim
mons, Alfred Gleason, George
Jennings, Joe Fleigal and Ron
Nutting.
First stringers from the cham
pionship eleven who will not be
back are Bud Cahill, guard, Bob
Porter, guard. Dean Sheldon,
tackle, Bill Plaskett, end and
Marvin Doty, fullback. Re
serves lost are Earl Barnhart,
right half, Paul Anthony, tackle,
Alton Hays, tackle, Jim Gor
man, fullback, Ken Lindley,
halfback, who was injured in an
auto accident during the summer
and will not be able to play, and
Roger Hibbard. guard, who was
not yet reported.
Bowerman Helps
Bill Bowerman, head coach
on leave with the army, is aid
ing Simpson and Ed Kirtley, as
sistant coach, but will return to
the army shortly after the mid
dle of the month. Simpson said
many of the players are working
in the pear harvest which is
somewhat slowing up workouts.
The Black Tornado will play
two games, with Albany and
Coos Bay, before school opens
on October 1.
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Program Next Week
Jack Lipscomb, current Pacific
Coast junior heavyweight wrest
ling champion, may be one of
the participants when the weekly
Medford armory wrestling cards
resume next Thursday night.
Promoter Mack Lillard said
today he had contacted the burly
title-bearer for a spot in a con
templated battle royal to renew
the weekly bouts.
Walter "Sneeze" Achieu, vet
eran campaigner and crowd
pleaser de luxe, will probably
also have a spot on the card as
will Rufus Jones, colored new
comer from the east.
Capital punishment was abol
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New York, Sept. 6 (U.B
The pennant-conscious Cubs,
who show mastery over every
national league team but the
Cardinals were building a fat
cushion today to absorb any pos
sible shocks in the five games
they have left with the Mis
sourians. The Cubs reportedly were on
the spot because of various in
firmities of key players, got off
it in a hurry yesterday with a
double victory over the Giants
at Chicago, 5 to 2 and 10 to 2.
That put them four and a half
games ahead of the Cards.
Cards Top Bravei
St. Louis topped the visiting
Braves, 4 to 2. Harry Breeheen
held the Braves scoreless after
the first inning. Buster Adams
led the Cards with three hits.
Broklyn defeated the Pirates
5 to 3 in the 10th inning at Pitts
burgh. Goodwin Rosen hit two
run homer. Relief Pitcher Vic
Lombardi was the victor.
The Reds and Phils split at
Cincinnati. Rookie Mike Mo
dak pitched the Reds to a 1 to 0
shutout in which Dick Mauney.
the loser, gave only three hits.
After that the Phils paced by
Vince DeMaggio who had three
hits, were victors in an 8 to 6
"wooden wedding."
American Still Tight
A slate of double headers
brought no- changes in the tight
American league situation. De
troit remained two and a half
games in front after splitting
with the Yankees at New York.
Eddie Mayo's three run homer,
followed by a bases-empty clout
by Hank Greenberg gave the
Tigers four runs in the ninth and
a 10 to 7 first game victory.
Lefty Joe Page cooled the
Tigers in the second game, spin
ning a three-hit. 4 to 1 victory.
The Yankees got all their runs
off Alton Benton in the first
three innings.
The Browns and Senators
split two eNtra-inning games at
Washington. The Senators took
the opener 2 to 1 in the 11th on
a bunt and two singles. Lou
Finney tied the score for St.
Louis with a homer in the ninth
of the second game. The Browns
went on to win 4 to 3.
Bob Feller of the Indians re
discovered an old jinx when he
dropped a 2 to 1 duel to Otis
Clark at Boston in a split double
header. He had trouble win
ning there before the war. Al-
lie Reynolds won his 15th game
in th- nightcap, 5 to 2, holding
Boston to six hits.
Chicago won two from the
Athletics at Philadelphia, 15 to
6 and 6 to o in 14-innings. Joe
Haynes, starting for the first
time since breaking his ankle in
June, gained an easy first game
victory.
HIGH RESOLVE WINS
Inglewood, Calif., Sept. 6
(U.R) Jockey Charlie C o r b e 1 1
brought Stice and Sons' High Re
solve from eighth place to a
three-quarter length victory in
yesterday's $15,000 added Pre
miere handicap at Hollywood
race track.
By Jack Cuddy
United Press Correspondent
Rome, Sept. 6 lU.PJ The
world of sport found a staunch
friend today in Pope Pius XII,
who granted touring American
sports writers an audience and
urged them to stress the need
for athletics in the post-war com
monwealth of nations.
"Sports on the whole are
essential, helping to deter juve
nile delinquency through provid
ing healthful recreation and pro
per environments causing
healthy bodies and healthy
minds, resulting in good citi
zens," he said.
Referring to St. Paul as an
early advocate of athletics, his
holiness said the idea of not in
dulging in sports is far from the
Christian idea.
"The human body is a master
piece of God's work and should
be properly cared for in apprc
tion," he said.
Although he would not en
dorse any specific sport, stress
ing that virtually all were bene
ficial if properly pursued, he
gave American football an in
direct pat on the back.
Recalling his visit to the
United States in 1936 when he
was papal secretary of state, he
mentioned a trip to Notre Dame
university. One of the writers
asked what he thought of the
Notre Dame football team.
"You'd have to see it with your
own eyes to believe it," he' said.
Although the pope was frail as
a boy and never participated in
athletics, it was evident through
his friendly discussion that he
admired American enthusiasm
for sports.
The pope met the writers pri
vately in the Ambassadorial
room. He emphasized his interest
in the world of athletics by re
calling that last May he held a
large audience for sports leaders
in the Rome area.
Although frail in appearance
he was surprisingly dynamic in
his movements and in his mental
Reaction to the questions which
j i ...u:i
ne answered in .iis"S" wune
standing with the writers.
Match Play Starts
California Tourney
Pebble Beach, Cal., Sept. 6
(UP.) Match play, the toughest
of all golfing tests, got under
way today in the 34th annual
California state amateur golf
tournament with Johnny Daw
son, veteran Los Angeels shot
maker still rated as the "man
to Ijeat."
Dawson, champion back In
1942, put together rounds of 69
(three under par at Cypress
Point) and 75 (three over par at
Pebble Beach) for a 144 in the
first two days of play to win
medal honors by four strokes.
GRID CLASSIC SOLD OUT
West Point, N. Y., Sept. 6
(U.R) The Army-Navy football
game still is three months away,
was a sell out today. All of the
110.000 seats in Philadelphia's
Municipal stadium have been
sold for the clash on Dec. 1, Col.
Lawrence (Biff) Jones, graduate
manager of athletics at the army
military academy announced.
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By United Press
Looking at things through the
wrong end of the telescope, the
Hollywood Stars hit the 100
mark in the 1945 Pacific Coast
league yesterday but that's as
far as Manager Buck Fausett's
club wants to go in that di'ec
tion. The whole trouble Is the fact
that the "100" represents losses
instead of wins. The Stars split
a twin biir yesterday with Sac
ramento, 6-3 and 14-6, and
although taking the opener
boosted their season average a
bit, they still weren't too happy
about balancing up the league
in other words sort of evening
things off for the 101 wins post
ed by Portland.
The Beavers split a pair yes
terday, too, dropping the first
game to Los Angeles, 1-4, but
coming back in the finale. 6-4.
San Francisco edged San Diego,,
3-2, and Oakland took two from
Seattle the first. 3-1, and the
nightcap in extra innings, 5-4.
Roy Helser got credit for his
20th victory of the year as the
Portland entry won the second
game with a two-run splurge in
the ninth. Helser went In to re
lieve Don Pulford in the seventh
and got the cheap win when
Larry Barton doubled and Ted
O u 11 is singled around a pair of
walks. Red Adams, recently
voted the Angels' "most valu
able" player, pitched the open
ing victory.
Oregon was first settled In
1830 by French Canadian em
ployes of the Hudson's Bay
Company.
Coast League
W. L.
Portland 101 62
Seattle 94 69
San Francisco 86 70
Sacramento 86 78
Oakland 81 81
San Diego 74 90
Los Angeles 68 96
Hollywood 63 100
American League
W. L.
Detroit 73 54
Washington 72 58
St. Louis - 68
New York 65
Cleveland 64
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Chicago 64 63
Boston 62
Philadelphia 40
68
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National League
W. L.
Chicago 79 47
St. Louis 77 50
Brooklyn 70 55
New York. 69 60
Pittsburgh 69 63
Boston 57 71
Cincinnati 50 76
Philadelphia 40 89
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LUCKMAN IN CAMP
Collegeville, Ind., Sept. 6
(U.R) Quarterback Sid Luckman,
nerve-center of the Chicago
Boars' T-formation, arrived in
camp today to make the Bears a
leading contender in the ap
proaching National Football
league race.
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