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Oregon Tops San Jose 26-7; Shaw Praised : Eugene, Ore. U,R) Oregon's Ducks, led by a 203-yard effort by Quarterback George Shaw, the nation's total offense leader, won a 26 to 7 victory over San Jose State here Saturday before 10,000 wind-swept and chilled fans In a non-conference football game, . Shaw passed to End Hal Reeve for one touchdown and scored another himself as the Ducks took full advantage of four re covered Spartan fumbles and MHS Jayvee Team Whips Ashland 26-0 Medford high school's Junior varsity football team, pulling together and showing more spir it and drive than in previous play this season, licked the Ash land jayvees 26 to 0 here Sat urday afternoon. First Quarter of the conflict was scoreless but Medford cros sed the goal twice in the second chukker. Francis went over from a yard away to conclude a march from midfield. Dennis Miller scooted off. tackle on a T play and ran 45 yards for a TD. Dick Copple kicked both conversions. The halftime score was 14 to 0. The center of the Medford line set up the third touchdown by blocking an Ashland punt with two seconds left in the third quarter. That gave the Tornado the ball on the Grizzly 14. Medford worked to the two- yard line where Francis sneaked over in the early moments of the final frame. Copple's kick was wide, : 1 Ashland pushed Medford back to the one-yard line after that. But the Tornado held. Medford took over and pushed out to the 10. There Waliy Larson broke through the middle and went SO yards to score. Copple's kick was blocked. The Tornado Jayvees were tackling their hardest of the season in the game and Line man Bob Apple drew commend ation for his defense work. Indians Roll By UW, 13-7 Stanford, Calif. (U.R) Stan ford bounced back from two lop sided defeats Saturday to grind out a 13-7 victory over Washing ton's Huskies in a penalty packed fumble fesfc,,. , The victory was the second, for the Indians in Pacific Coast conference play as they located the comeback trail from .last week's 72-0 trouncing by UCLA. Washington went through the contest without the services,- of Fred Robinson, its 235-pound right tackle who was ruled in eligible' Saturday morning , be cause of scholastic deficiencies, All of the scoring was Jammed Into the first half while a slim crowd of 18,000 watched num erous other scoring sorties wiped out by fumbles or fouls. Crescent City Player Signed on Bosox Club Crescent City, Calif. (U.R) Collegiate baseballer Lee Tem- pleton was signed Saturday to a Boston Bed Sox contract and ordered to report to the Sox' San Jose farm team next spring. Templeton, a 6 foot 3 inch first baseman, starred at Cres cent City High school prior to entering St. Mary's a year ago. He, was the starting first base man on the St. Mary's team last year, . ; ASHLAND-TALENT YOUTH DRIVE Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, Y.M.C.A. Hard TODAY! OCTOBER 24TH Ashland Speedway-Ashland, Oregon , i FULL RACING Program TIME TRIALS 12:00 Noon FIRST EVENT 2:00 p.m. Largest Field of Entries Ever Gathered in Southern Oregon LIKE EXCITEMENT? Don't Miss These Thrilling Races! ALL PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO THE ' J. MVH II one blocked kick to score their first two touchdowns. . Sun Shine A chilling wind swept the field throughout the game and played havoc with the passing attacks of both teams. The field was in good shape considering the week of rain and the game was played In bright sunshine. The first of San Jose's eight fumbles led to the opening touch down for Oregon when the game was only three minutes old. Dean Van Leuven Jumped on an errant lateral by Benny Pierce on the Spartan 14 and after Jasper McGee and Tom Crab tree had made five yards be tween them, Walt Gaffney took a pucnoui ana ouueggea we Spartan defense to the end zone. Shaw hit only seven of his 20 passes, but averaged 11 yards per carry on six tries and both coaches had high praise for his performance Saturday afternoon Football Briefs MICHIGAN ROLLS Ann Arbor, . Mich. (U.R). Michigan knocked Minnesota from the unbeaten ranks and regained the Little Brown Jug Saturday with asurprisingly easy 34 to 0 victory before 70,303 fans at Michigan Stadium, PIT WINNER Pittsburgh U,R) Pittsburgh scoied with 39 sceonds left in the - game Saturday to defeat Northwestern, .14-7, before homecoming day crowd of 28,- 862 fans that were on their feet at the final whistle. Corny Salvaterra scored the winning touchdown on an end sweep from the one-yard line. BOSTON U. TOPPLED 1 Worcester, Mass. (U.R) Cap tain Lou Hettinger set up one touchdown with a spectacular catch of a pass and grabbed an other throw for a score in help ing Holy Cross knock Boston University frum the undefeated ranks with a 14-13 upset victory Saturday. 1 HARVARD DEFEATED Cambridge, Mass. (U.R) Dartmouth's pitching qusrter. back Bill Beagle comp' uieu 10 of 15 passes Saturday for two touchdowns to beat Harvard 13-7 in the 58th game of their Ivy League rivalry before 32,000 fans at Soldier's Field. . For Dartmouth, recoiling from successive beatings by Navy and Army, it was the first win over Harvard In three years and the 22nd-in- the -long rivalry;. -Harvard has won 53 and there have been three ties. , '. PURDUE VICTOR East Lansing, Mich.1 (U.R) Purdue's passing wizard Leonard Dawson, pitched three touch down tosses Saturday to lead the Boilermakers to a 27-13 vic tory over favored Michigan State before a record-breaking- Spar tan crowd of 52,619. BROWN STOPPED , Providence,, R. I. (U.R) An underrated Temple eleven sparked by co-captain Tex Rob inson stopped the Brown Bears 19-14 Saturday in a sea-saw bat tle at Brown Field. ' Robinson led the Owls acros Brown's goal line three times in as many periods to end a Bruin victory streak. It was Temple's first triumph of the season in four games. UTAH WINS Laramie, Wyo. U.R Utah university dampened Wyoming's hopes for an early claim to the Skyline conference title Satur day, upsetting the Cowboys, 14 7, before 14,734 fans here. Top MAC . CHAMPIONSHIP RACE Featuring: DRIVERS AND CARS ' From Ashland, Medford, ' Roseburg, Klamath Falls, Yreka, and Prineville ASHLAND - BORING IN WITH RIGHT tomldsection, Johnny Saxton scores against Cuba's Kid Gavilan in tenth round of Philadelphia bout which ended with unanimous decision giving Saxton welter weight title. At left Gavilan weeps In dressing room over loss of championship. ', (International) Marshfield Victor 30-13 Oyer Eugene By UNITED PREBS , Marshfield, South Salem and Pendleton were the only un beaten and untied class A-l Ore gon high school football teams Saturday following Friday night's action which also saw Prineville's ' 23-game winning streak snapped. .. v . The powerful Golden pirates front Coos Bay's Marshfield high scored a convincing 30-13 victory over Eugene high; South Salem knocked Milwaukie out of the perfect record class with a 19-0 triumph, and Pendleton cinched at least a tie for the dis trict 7 crown by winning a cru cial contest from Hermiston 6-0. . Prineville, pride of the Oregon prairie, which had sewed up its district 8-A-2 title last week, was held to a 14-14 tie by Baker of the A-l ranks. Medford, the only other Oregon team to win with a district title. so far, lost some prestige and probably its number one ranking in Oregon by dropping a 12-7 decision to Eureka, Calif., Thursday night. Although no other district titles were cinched last night, Dallas and St. Helens assured themselves of ties in district 4--A-2 and the Lower Columbus League respectively. Dallas downed Silverton 25-13 and St. Helens defeated Rainier 26-6. Oswego took a sub-district title by edging Wy'East 13-12. . CP Smears Redding ' . Grants Pass, which lost out to Medford in southern Oregon, showed real power by clobbering Redding, Calif ., . 47-6. Roseburg pulled a surprise by holding North Bend to a 7-7 tie. La Grande took a 14-13 thriller from The Dalles. In other top games, Gresham edged North Salem 7-6; Beaver ton took Hillsboro 9-6; Forest Grove edged Tlgard 13-7; Corval lis blanked. Sweet Home 39-0; Vale, another A-2 threat,' wal loped Weiser, Ida., 40-0; Co quille downed Myrtle Creek 25 0; Ontario beat Emmett, Ida., 20- 7, and Springfield surprised Albany 14-6. Sisters of the "six-man ranks ran up the biggest score, dump ing Dufur 80-32. In Portland, Lincoln's win streak was stopped by Franklin in a 12-12 tie game. Jefferson held onto second place with a 21- 0 win over Cleveland, while Roosevelt maintained a chance for the playoffs by taking Grant 6-0. Benson won its first league game, 13-0 over winless Wash ington. A crowd of 4623 in Multnomah Stadium saw Central Catholic wallop Columbia Prep 39-0 in their annual clash. Crude oil produced in Texas in 1953 was worth $2,787,400,-000.- :. . : - ADMISSION: ADULTS $1.40 Tax Inc.. STUDENTS 90e Tax Incl. . CHILDREN 6 Years and Over 50c Tax Incl. ' TALENT YOUTH DRIVE If Med: Footballers Consume Fine Cuisine By WILLIAM WARREN ' Salem (U.B A football team, like an army, travels on Its slomieh. V And oh, brother, what trav eling! - ' ' The UCLA Bruins a.rrlved, by plane Friday and "stayed , overnight at the Senator hotel before continuing on Saturday lo Corvallis for their clash , with Oregon .Stale. And this Is the chronicle of their brief sojourn here. They were met - at the plane, by Leonard Rowan, manager of the Senator hotel, and driven to McCulloch stadium where they had a loosenlng-up work out. Then to the Senator hotel for dinner. This was the menu, ordered by Coach Red Sanders and executed by Chef Bill Ward: Fruit cocktail. Tossed salad. Final Legal Work for A's Sale Underway Philadelphia U,R The prospective owners' of the Phil adelphia Athletics hoped Satur day to. wrap up detailed legal work to pave the way for quick approval of the sale of the club by American League President Will Harridee. Attorneys for the eight local businessmen who agreed to buy the A's at an 11th hour meeting last Sunday and counsel for the Mack family have been working "night and day" to complete work on formal sale papers, in cluding the transfer of stock. ' I wouldn't be surprised to see the whole thing signed and de livered by today," John P, Cris- coni, one of the new oners, said Friday night. Cresconi. a sportsman and automobile agency executive, said the group" met earlier last week and discussed sending a delegation to Chicago to see Mr. Harridge, but things are going smoothly that it looks as though we will not have to go but." Sixth Football Death Reported Worcester, Mass. U,R) Robert Lampron, 16, died Sat urday at City hospital of a head Injury suffered in his first high school football game Friday. His was the nation's sixth foot ball death reported this year and the second in Massachusetts Last year's national gridiron death toll was 19. The North High school senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Almor Lam' pron of Worcester, was 'hurt in the final period of a North High- Commerce High contest Friday. Commerce won 12-6 to gain the Worcester High school cham pionship. Group to Ask Firearm Change Portland U.R) The State Game commission Saturday de cided to ask the 1095 Oregon Legislature for a law to lessen the danger from firearms. The commission gave tenta tlve approval to a loaded-gun law concerning the carrying of loaded firearms in motor ve hicles, but left final wording of the statute to be worked out later. The commission also okayed a bill to repeal the present law pertaining to pioneer and Indi gent inning licenses ana set up new requirements. The proposed law would allow Issuance of a pioneer license only to persons who have been residents of the state for more than 60 years prior to application and who were born ot later than 1899. Persons applying for indigent licenses would have to furnish certificates from welfare associa tions stating their Inability to pay. The 1899 provision would have no meaning until 1959. ARMY ROARS New York (U.R Army hand ed Columbia Its worst gridiron defeat in 64 ynars Saturday ,when it roared to a 67 to 12 I triumph. rTRIBUNB- Large halibut steak pound and a half. Peas. Corn. Whipped potatoes. Hard rolls and but ter. Ice cream. Milk coffee or tea for those who so wlf.hed. And Saturday morning be fore bqprding the bus for Corvallis, they took on a slight amount of nourishment, their last before the game, like so for each mam' ', Sliced oranges. Three scram bled eggs. Twelve-ounce ten' dtrloin steak. Green beans. Baked potato. Black, coffee or tea. , And so, all ready for the big drive at Corvallis. But wait, .They were to board the plane and return home after the game. And sot ' Forty beef sandwiches and forty ham sandwiches, for a snbck on the plane en route there. BYU, 19-7 i Provo, Utah flJ.R) Brigham Young university scored .two fourth quarter touchdowns Sat urday to net 'its first win of the ison, 19 to 7, over Montana in a Skyline conference football game before 7,197 happy Home coming fans. The game was telecast to Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states. Halfback Phil Oyler ' scored the touchdown that put Brigham Young ahead wUh 12 irtiiutes left in the game as he plunged over on a pitchout from the five yard line. MONT. STATE CHAMP Bozeman, Mont. (U.R) Sophomore Halfback Frank Landon and a tough Bobcat line combined to give Montana State college the Rocky Mountain conference title over a fighting Western State team, 27-6 before a. chilled crowd of 3,000 In a snowstorm here Saturday. Saturday's victory brought the Bobcats their first title since 1946 and also makes them the first Montana State college team in the history of the school, to win six games in a row. COMM& SOOM.. Mirk Cooksey STUDEBAKER-PACKARD Sunday, October 24, 1954 Phoenix Nips e roint By 7-6 Count 1 Eagle Point A conversion kick by Delmar Brood of Phoe nix slapped the District 6, A-2 southern division, title hbpes of Eagle Point high school football eleven here Friday afternoon. The kick was the margin of decision as Phoenix nipped the Eagles 7 to 6 in the district and Rogue League scramble. All the scoring was in the fourth period. . i , Phoenix reached the end zone first, getting Its TD in three plays after gaining possession of the ball on its own 48-yard line. A pass play, Willie Garner to Bill Madden put the ball on the Eagle 35. A crack at the line moved ' the pigskin to the 28. There Brood broke over the left side of the line and rambled to the end zone. Passes Aid Eagles Eagle Point passing set up Its touchdown after the Eagles took over on their 36. A line play gained to the 40. A heave, Jerry Tuttle to Jerry Cave, carried to the Phoenix 44 and a Phoenix offside put the ball on the Another Tuttle to Cave toss got to the 25 and Jack Greb reached the seven on a cast by Carl Christian. Mason boomed to the goal from there. The extra point buck at the line was ruled short. Phoenix rolled to the Eagle 21 and Eagle Point to the Phoe nix 10 in the second quarter and the Pirates were stopped on the Eagle Point seven In the third stanza. The Pirates, just short of a first down in the second quarter surge, were, given only three plays in that series of downs. First down edge went to Phoe nix 11 to eleht. Eagle Point now has one-win, one-loss standing in district scuf fles but does net meet Ashland, a district member. Phoenix is out of contention with two wins and two defeats and its division slate finished. The Eagles are scheduled to meet Crater next Friday while Phoenix is to wind up Its campaign against uien- dale. . v PEP -NOT SUSPENDED ' New York U.R) Willie Pep, ex-featherweight champion from Hartford, Conn., who Is looking for fights so he can "feed his children," cannot fight tin New York state until he is "of ficially" taken out of retirement. New York Chairman Bob unrist enberry said yesterday Pep was not . suspended but retired for physical reasons. . . LEUKEMIA DEATH , ,.- San Mateo, Calif. U.R) Cor oner Paul Jensen Saturday said Leonard Micheli, 16-year-old Serra high school football star who collapsed and died Tuesday during football practice, died ot a rare type of Leukemia. DUPAS, CHAVEZ SIGNED ' New Orleans U.R) Ralph Dupas, fifth-ranking lightweight contender from New Orleans, and Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles veteran lightweight, have been signed for a 10-round bout at Coliseum Arena here Nov. 1, promoters announced today. ' Motor Co. DEALER MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN WSC Upended 10-0; First Since 1925 Pullman, Wash. U.R) An Inspired band of Idaho Vandals upset highly favored Washing ton State College 10-0 Saturday for their first victory of the year and first over their Pacific Coast Conference , arch rivals since 1925. The win was strictly a team effort for the thinly manned Vandals whose hard charging line and fast-stepping backs com pletely dominated the game after halting two early WSC thrusts. The Vandals collected a touch down late In the first half and Detroit, SF Duel Today : San Francisco : (U.R) San Francisco football fandom forgot the colleges Saturday and turned to its own "World Series" San Francisco Forty Niners vs De troit Lions in a professional game that may decide the na tional championship. A sell-out crowd of 60,000 fans will jam Kezar stadium to day for the game. The forecast is for mild weather. ? Coach Buck S h a w of the hometown Forty Niners has an' nounced that he will start his ailing quarterback, Y. A. Tittle. Tittle still is suffering from a broken left hand, but It will be encased in a special sponge- rubber cast that will enable him to perform. ' " ' '. 1 ' If he isn't able to olav too long, the chores will be turned over to rookie quarterback Maury Duncan who pulled the game out of the fire against the Chicago Bears last, week. Duncan, fresh from San Fran cisco State college, still has a lot to learn about professional football. 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' Idaho, which had been expected to throw the ball against Washing ton State's woefully weak pass defense, stuck to the ground In stead. ,,r'V But when the Vandals were faced with a fourth down situa tion after three running olavs failed deep in WSC territory.' Idaho Quarterback George Eid am stepped back and uncorked short pass to the sidelines where his favorite target, End .rank Teteverbaugh, caught it and skirted across the side stripe for nine yards and a touchdown. The entire Idaho team was up for the game ''the game" lor the perennial conference dor mats. But Fullback Wilbur Gary and Halfback Bill Lawr turned in the most dazzling runs. Gary scampered 47 yards in the second period and Lawr ran 61 yards to the State 19 to set up the Idaho touchdown. WISCONSIN BLASTED Columbus, O. (U.R) Un beaten Ohio State turned loose a three-touchdown barrage in the fourth period Saturday to blast previously undefeated Wiscon sin, 31-14, and take a command ing hold on the Big Ten. lead. A homecoming crowd of 82, 636, third largest in Ohio Sta dium history, watched the hair raising contest. If was Wiscon sin's first loss in five starts. professional football, a club that hasn't allowed a touchdown in its last two outings. In their last game the Lions whipped Los Angeles 21-3. This Ram cluh Is the same one that held Sou Francisco to a 24-24 tie. : w 21T15M TO95 mm
