HOHT 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.
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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
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There are eleven weeks of play. $50 In merchan
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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
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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.
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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. . :
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