Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 27, 1954, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextHOHT MED1T0RD (OREOOH) G. Shaw Ups Total Gain , Leadership New York (U.PJ Oregon'! George Shaw and California's ' Paul Larson are pulling away from one another in the respec tive major-college individual of fense and passing races, NCAA tatistics showed today. ' 1 While Larson, the defending champion in total offense,., was increasing his passing lead over Shaw last weekend, Shaw push ed his total offense lead by run ning and passing to 1048 yards to Larson's 858, but Larson has completed 68 passes to Shaw's 60. ; ', i.;-.-: i Exceptional accuracy if the backbone of . Larson's bid for statistical honors. He has thrown 104 times, and his 68 comple tions give him a 6S.4 per cent mark. This is considerably ahead of the record for a minimum of 100 attempts 63.1 per cent by Oklahoma's Hugh McCullough In 1938, which is the oldest sea son passing record in the books. Eyes Heinzlch Mark. But Larson figures to exceed the minimum of 150 attempts for which the record is 60.9 per cent by Washington's Don Hein : rich In 1950. For that matter, no passer ever has completed as many of his first 100 attempts in a season as Larson has done. However, neither Larson nor Shaw had the best day last. Sat urday. That distinction went to Purdue Sophomore Len Dawson, who piled up 285 yards against Michigan State, 273 of them by passing. It was the biggest day in total and passing yardage of any major-college player has had this year, and it moved Dawson into third place 'in the total of fense race.)..- Crater High, Eagles Mix In Loop Tiff . Jackson county high school football varsities will engage in six football contests this Friday ' and all but two of the encount - ers will be "anti-climax." Medford's ruckus against Marshfield at Coos Bay and the . Eagle Point tussle against Cra . ter at Central Point have the top billing. Games In which nothing will be at stake save honor will . be Phoenix at Glendale, Talent ' at Prospect, . Oakland at Rogue River and Jacksonville against Illinois Valley. No league togas will be at stake in the latter four games. . There will be no conference or district title to be fought for at Coos Bay. But that Medford- .Marshfield clash will have state wide interest because the two schools are among the top rated in uregon. . ; Crater and Eagle Point scrap , In the Rogue league finale. The . Comets will be sole possessors of the crown with a win. Eagle Point can gain a co-title with a victory and Phoenix would share that co-championship. A Comet decision will mean three wlna and no losses in the loop for Crater. If the Eagles come through, it will mean two wins and one loss for the co-titlists. f The desire evidenced bv both the Comets and the Eagles is in dicative of a spirited ruckus Friday. Buckeye Mentor Coach of Week By CARL LUNDQUIST New York (U.R) When the grandstand quarterbacks . telephone to complain at 4 a.m. his wife Invites them to drop in for breakfast "so you can get it off your chest." They used to gripe loud and long and the football gridiron was a coaches' graveyard. Now instead they hoist their steins high and toast the man they think will put them in the Kose Bowl. He's the United Press Coach of the Week, wily Woody Hayes of those battling Buckeyes from jnio state. Takes a While It took the skeptics a while to accept the fact that he had built up a real power house. "Ohio State will fold," they'd say. "They'll choke up Just like the Cleveland Indians." How Hayes put the lie to those notions: Two weeks ago against Iowa, leading 20-14 late in the final period, there was no quit in the ducks as iney stopped one drive on the five and another on the 11 in one of the most exciting games ox ine season. It was a different story last ; Daiuraay. Wisconsin, a mean cal culating team, was ahead 7-3 in a battle of unbeaten giants. Time was running out when Ohio State made a shambles of the scrap by scoring four light ning touchdowns in nine min utes. The Badgers never knew what hit them. STARTER PROBLEM Stanford, Calif. --U.R)-,Coach Chuck Taylor of the up-and-down Stanford Indians admitted today his problem was whether to start John Brodie or Jerry Gustafson at quarterback in Sat urday's gam against Washing ton State.' MAIL TAIBUNK Tackle Jim Link Injured; To Miss Marshfield Scrap Bad new mingled with the good today as the Medford high football squad continued in tense preparations for its third "battle of the colossal" on its season schedu les ' - As the Black Tornado groom ed itself for its Friday skirmish with the Marshfield Pirates at Coos Bay, the good news was that Fullback Lorin Jacobs probably will be ready for the tangle. The bad news was a casualty.- reserve Left Tackle Jim Link. Jacobs, regular fullback and linebacker and the team's kick er was hospitalized Monday night for a treatment of a leg infection. Coach Fred Spiegel berg said the hospitalization was largely precautionary. The full back was expected to be back with the squad today. Link suffered a knee Injury, probably a torn ligament last night in practice. Spiegelberg said that he will be out this week and probably for the No vember 3 game against Crater. It is hoped that the first line re serve will be available for the state quarter-finals on Novem ber 12. Link was in Sacred Heart hospital today. Bron Oeelsby. who has estao- lished a fine reputation for him- Leibbrand Chosen Rifle Club Head; Matches Slated Charles Leibbrand was re elected president of the Medford Rifle and Pistol club at the an nual meeting held Monday night at the gallery range. Other officers elected to serve in 1954-55 were vice-president, Roy Hewitt; secretary, D. J. Bol ton; treasurer, Octavia B. Wad dell, executive officer, Florene Bolton and chief Instructor, Har ry Heidenreich Jr. The annual National Rifle as sociation sectional gallery tour nament will be held by the club in March and the spring outdoor tournament in May. 1 Members discussed the recent Hunter Safety Program conduct ed by the club and decided to maintain a continuous education al program in order to help re duce hunting accidents. . New shooters will be most welcome and a system, of compe tition among the iron sight shoot ers will be established. Edmund Gibson, a. new mem ber, whose hobby is muzzle loading guns demonstrated his unusual Kentucky rifle. - Regular weekly shoots begin the first week in November with the pistol enthusiasts firing on Tuesday nights and .22, caliber rifle shooters on Wednesday. Those who fire .38 caliber pistols will have use of the range Sun day mornings under the super vision of Roy Hewitt. The range which is open at 7:30 p.m.. is situated in the Merrick Building on 6th and Riverside. Club offi cials Btated that the program for the junior club will be announc ed in a few days. , American League Will Consider Athletics' Sale Chicago 0J.R) The tour ing American League vaude ville show which is supposed to determine the fate of the Phil adelphia ' Athletics opens in New York Thursday morning, - Where the Athletics are going to end up is still anybody's guess. Rumors have it that Kansas City is still very much in the running. The American League club owners, however, have presum ably been meeting to approve the sale to a Philadelphia syn dicate. - The club owners have already approved the sale of the A's to Arnold Johnson, Chicago bus inessman, who wants to take the A s to Kansas City, Road Blocktd . But the road to Kansas City was blocked when Roy Mack announced that a group of Phil adelphia businessmen had the cash to buy the club and keep it in Philadelphia. And Connie Mack and sons Roy and Earle said they would rather sell to their fellow Philadelphia. But before they can close this sale, the American League club owners have to give their con sent. Six of the eight votes are required for the green light. Will Harridge, president of the American League, announc ed, at a league meeting here only that "the American League will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thurs day In the Waldorf Astoria Ho tel in New York City to con sider the sale of the Philadelphia club stock." u BEAVERS SWITCH Corvallis, Ore. U.R) Coach Kip Taylor attempted to strength en, his waning Oregon Beavers today with experimental lineup changes throughout the team. Sophomore Ernie Zwahlen went from right half to fullback stid transfer Bob Sutton was shifted from fullback to left half. , Another change, Taylor said, was Ron Daniels, shifting from guard to center. The Ore gon Staters meet USC in Los Angeles Saturday, I Wednesday. October 17. If 84 self as a defensive player, was being worked at the offensive fullback slot this week and has been "looking very good," ac cording to the head man. With Link out. quite a bit of duty should fall on the shoulders of Dave Peterson, who did yeoman work last week against the Eu reka Loggers. Medford players knocked the California mud off their gear, worked the kinks out of water warped shoes on Monday and immediately began stiff drill for the Golden Pirate battle. The Black Tornado held both offen sive and' defensive scrimmages last night and more of the same was on the agenda today. Mem bers of the . squad had their weekly night meeting last night and viewed films of last year's scoreless deadlock with Marsh field. They can get a boost to morale from that tussle for the Golden Pirates were heavy fav orites in that game. Marshfield is a team to be highly respected again by the Tornado but the Pirates don' have the role of the big favor ite this week. The Tornado-is rated ahead of Marshfield, in second place to the Pirate's third, in a coaches' poll. In the poll of sportswriters the positions are exactly re versed.. No league or district mantle will be at stake Friday. But, so hlehly-rated, each team will have tremendous prestige to up hold. It will be regarded as one ot headlmers, if not the leading fracas, in Oregon on Friday. If both clubs are sparked high for the evening it will turn into tne top drawer scuffle in actuality as well as in name. Jayvee Club Victor Again Oxer Ashland The Medford high Junior var slty football eleven combined runs nf 80 and 75 yards and pass plays of 55 and 45 yards yester day to chalk up a 27 to 6 grid iron triumph over ine Asniana jayvees. It was the Junior Tornado's second win in four days over the Grizzlies. Medford won 26 tn 0 on Saturday. ' End Mike Stearns of Medford pulled the stunner of the day. He picked up an Ashland punt in the first quarter ana aasnea awav on the 80-yard TD jaunt The punt had rolled to a stop on the Medford 20. Asniana play ers were apparently just stand- ins around thinking tne Dan dead when Stearns scooped up and ran away without a hand laid on him. CoddI Kicks Three On the second half kick-off Dennis Miller got a hole down the middle and scampered the 75 yards to the goal. Larry Cop- pie kicked the first of three straight conversions. His first quarter try had been blocked. Eldon Francis passed to Copple in the third quarter for the 55- yard TD play. The 45-yarder in the final stanza was Francis to Terry King. Ashland capped a SS.yard first quarter drive with a five-yard touchdown play. Halftime score was 6 to 6. The Medfordltes, rather dead" in the first half of the mix at Ashland, 'came back with a lot of spirit in the second half. Jayvees finish up theireason here Saturday in a 1:30 p.m. scuffle against Grants Pass. Medford's record is now two wins and two losses. They have lost to Grants Pass and Klam ath Falls. McCoy Triumphs On Ashland Oval Jack McCoy copped the south ern Oregon hardtop auto racing championship last Sunday when he beat out Cecil James In the 50-lap main at the Ashland speedway. McCoy is champ of the Jack son County speedway at Med ford and also In the race was John Hitson, top man at the Klamath Falls track. Hltson's engine blew in the race. Ben DeHaven suffered a com pound fracture hi the big race, He spun out and another racer smacked into the side of his ma chine In a pile-up. Twenty-six cars were entered in the program. 1,000 Washington State Students Pay Idaho Bet Moscow, Ida. (U.R) Wash ington State college students yesterday paid off the annual WSC-University of Idaho foot ball bet with a vengeance. Instead of four.WSC student leaders walking the 9 miles from WSC's home at Pullman, Wash., to Moscow, Ida., some 1000 WSC students, led by the college band in full uniform, made the trek. It was the first time since 1925 that WSC had been forced to make the hike. They walked halfway when the two teams tied In 1930. Yesterday's walk was made necessary by WSC's 10-0 loss to Idaho Saturday. Dead line Sunday Clattll It at noon Saturday: 10 a m. Mon1v for Uonaayi otbw dan 030 pravioua dajr. 'LANDING GEAR DOWNi And he's going to need it, thinks -UCLA's John Herman as he heads for the turf at Corvallis, Ore., after being tripped up by Oregon's defensive back In the third quarter. The Bruins walloped Oregon, 61-0. Medford. SIPODIKTrS Army Leads Bruins in Front in Scoring New York U.R) UCLA and Army are enjoying two of the greatest hot streaks in the his tory, of major college football. The Cadets have moved Into first place in total -offense and second place in running yard age, while UCLA is out in front in scoring and third In rushing, NCAA Service Bureau statistics showed today. Army has made 446 yards a game, 340.4 of them. on the ground, while UCLA has averaged 44.2 points a game and 318.3 yards rushing. - . But the really impressive fac tor In their records is their re cent pace. Army started the sea son by losing to South Carolina, 34-20. but since then it has aver aged 495 yards a game against Michinan. Dartmouth, Duke and Columbia. Against both Dart mouth and Columbia it gained exactly 600 yards, a one-game total that has been equalled in only one other game this season, by Texas Tech against Texas Western last Saturday. No team has ever responded to so clear-cut an opening defeat by an unranked team with the explosion - that Army has pro duced. UCLA Has 265 Points UCLA, mainwhile, piled a 81-0 defeat of Oregon State on top of a 72-0 rout of Stanford the previous week, for a six game total of 265 points. No team in modern times has matched the 133-polnt total for two consecutive games against major opponents. In total offense, only one otn- er team is above the 400 yards-a-game level, defending cham pion Cincinnati with 402.7. In Yankee Hoopmen Play Philippines Rio De Janeiro, Brazil vj.kj The title-favored United States team was scheduled to meet the Philippines tonight as play gets underway in the final round of the - world - amateur basketball tournament. Also on tonight's program, Canada will play Israel, France meets Uruguay, and China will play Brazil. These eight teams comprise the entire surviving field for the finals, with each team to play every other team once. The U.S. team was Idle Tues day as play was concluded in the preliminary rounds with Canada defeating Peru, 68-58; Uruguay beating France, 58-46; and Israel defeated Chile, 53-49. Cambridgeshire Won by Minstrel Newmarket. England (U.R) Lord Rosebery's Minstrel won the 114th Cambridgeshire Stakes today at Newmarket Queens Beeches was second and Marshal Ney third. The Irish Sweepstakes based on the Cambridgeshire reached its hichest subscription in his tory this year and 13 holders of tickets on today's winner will receive $150,000 each. Tickets on the second and third place horses will be worth $60,000 and $20,000 respectively. Seventh-Eighth Graders To Play Central Point Medford Junior high seventh and eighth graders will try to even the score for a past loss on Thursday when they play Central Point The tussle will be on the Cen tral Point turf at 7 p.m. The Pointers tipped Medford to 0 recently, , 3-1 Total Offense; rushing,' leader Colorado with 345.8, Army and UCLA are the only ones in the 300-yard class. UCLA, Arizona with 41.2 points game and Army with 40.2 are the 40-point teams. And the Cadets have the best gain-per-day mark in the coun try, 7.24 yards to Colorado's 6.69. Against Columbia Satur day, they rolled up 532 yards rushing, the. season's one-game high. At the same time UCLA turned in the second high, get ting498. Oregon No. 1 Passing ' The rushing column Is headed by a concentration of the coun try's top ranked teams. Behind Colorado are Army, UCLA and Oklahoma, all members of the top five in this week's poll. Oregon is back on top this week as the No. 1 passing team, averaging 185 yards a game. Purdue has 181.4 and Washing ton 165.2 Mississippi, passing leader for the three preceding weeks, was knocked down to fourth place as well as out of the unbeaten class by Arkansas. Ole Miss had aver aged 189.4 yards a game through the air; Arkansas held it to 32, allowing only two completions in 11 trles and won the game 6-0 on a long pass of its own. California, which plays host to UCLA Saturday, boasts the highest pass completion percent age, 62.8 per cent, while Purdue and Alabama have scored most often on passes, 12 touchdowns each. jr v 1 BARKER'S FOOTBALL INSTRUCTIONS: Check tha team you pick to win. If you pick a tie game, check both teams. All slips must be at the store by 5:30 Friday evening. , OCTOBER 30, 1954 Penn State at Pennsylvania (TV) UCL A, at California " Idaho at Utah . Wisconsin at Iowa Oregon at Washington Pittsburgh at West Virginia Washington State at Stanford Arkansas at Texas AIM Georgia Tech at Duke Medford High at Marshfield A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERS! There are eleven weeks of play. $50 In merchan dise to tha highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second place and $20 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in the group picking the most winners wins a $1.50 necktie. ONLY ONI INTRY PER PERSON. Name.. Address... MAIN UCLA Dominates Statistics In PCC; Shaw, Larson Tops Los Angeles (U.fi) UCLA, with one of the greatest rushing game averages in the history of the Pacific Coast conference, dominated weekly team statis tics released today by the PCC commissioner's office, UCLA has averaged 318.3 yards a game rushing and if it keeps up that pace it would be the best game average by a PCC team since World War II. The all-time conference - record of 345.5 yards per game was pet in 1929 by Southern California. UCLA led in total offense with 381.8 yards a game to top the number one team in passing, Oregon, which has 345.3. Ore gon has averaged 185 yards per game passing and has thrown eight TD passes. Tough Defenders UCLA and Oregon also excell in the same departments defen sively. UCLA allowed the few est yards to opponents rushing, 90.2 yards per game, and total defense, 193.8, while Oregon has given up the least via passing, 76.3 yards, and ranks second in total defense, 220. ' Southern California had the best punt average, 37.3 yards; California tne best kickoff re turn average, 22.8; UCLA inter cepted the most passes, 21, and has the best punt-runback aver age, 23.6 yards per return. UCLA s return of two punts for touchdowns last weekend ran its season total to five to set a new PCC season record. Old mark, 3, held by several teams. Oregon's George Shaw and California's Paul Larson, lead ing the nation in total offense in that order, also lengthened their leads in total offense and pass ing in the PCC. Larson, by completing 14 of 18 passes against Southern Cali fornia, raised his total to 68 com pletions out of 104 attempts for 845 yards and an average of Tornado Gridders Feted by Rotary : Medford high football players. wearing their jerseys, were guests of the Medford Rotary club yesterday. Members of the coaching staff spoke and Sportscaster Tom MacLeod introduced the play ers. The coaches were) Fred Spiegelberg, head tutor; Bob Newland, backfied coach; Paul Ever.sen, line' coach, and Frank Roelandt, jayvee mentor. Floyd Baker, guard, and Russ Brown, back, players of the 1930's at Medford high were guests and reminisced at the meeting. Cliff Hanson was chairman for the program. FLANAGAN RISKS San Francisco (U.R) Del Flanagan, self-styled "uncrown ed king of welterweights," risks his chances for a shot at the title tonight when he takes on up-and-coming, but unranked, Maurice Harper in a nationally televised bout. The fight, to be staged at Winterland, is slated for 10 p.m. EST. ' A crowd of about 3,000 is expected at the arena. Dead Una for Sundav Claaatflad is at noon Saturday. CONTEST LAST WEEK'S WINNERSi Donald Zelxnlk T. N. Tibburr Bootf) Deakint Nine Correct Out of Vine AT CENTRAL. 64.4 per cent and six touch downs., i 1 Shaw, who has completed 60 of 126 was second to Larson. He had a .468 average Taut his pass es were good for 885 yards and five touchdowns. In total offense, Shaw had 1048 yards to Larson's 858, but Larson has 10 touchdowns to Shaw's seven from running and passing, Duke Washington of Washing ton State held his rushing lead with 463 yards, while Southern California's Jon Arnett and UCLA's Bob Davenport tied for top scorers with 48 points each. California end Jim Hanlfan topped pass catching with 26 receptions for 352 yards. In in terceptions, Bob Iverson of Washington State was first with five. Jim Wlthrow of Oregon State led in punting, with an average of 43.7 yards; Sam Brown of UCLA led in punt returns with a total of 235 yards; and Larson led in kickoff runbacks with 244 yards. Dean's Pontiac 6th & Grape m- AS, Ik EVERYONE READS AND USES WANT ADS THE LOW COST WAY TO ACTION and PROFIT Phone Scatfergunners To Vie Sunday For Merchandise A merchandise shoot on Sun day, October 31, will kick off fall and winter shooting sched ule announced by Medford Gun club. : Skeet and 16- yard practice will start at 10 a.m. and every one will have a chance to shoot during the day. There will be events for non-shooters. Lunch will be served on the grounds. There will be skeet and 16 yard events every Sunday Highlight events will be tha club skeet tourney on November 7, turkey shoots on November 14 and 21 and December 12 and 19 the annual Red and Blue team shoot on January 23. PRIMO HAS TIMING : Los Angeles -MU.P.) UCLA tailback Primo Villanueva to day appeared to have the timing down perfectly on his optional pass-run play to counter against Paul .Larson's version of the same play, against California Saturday. . : Sales & Service Phone 2-5241 T A few lines In the classified ad section of (his newspaper can turn spare room into extra income, or will help you Mil Items you no longer need for quick cashl Phone in your WANT AD today. MAIL TRIBUNE v frm the ..w7 o 0"