Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 31, 1954, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextMarshf ielcPs Rugged Club Overpowers Black Tornado 28-6; May Play Again Marshf leld's rugged and high spirited Golden Pirate, bolster ing their claim to a high place nmnne . Oreenn'a tiren tfrfdiron elite, got the jump on Medford's Black Tornado Friday night and rolled on' to outplay ,and over power the Tornado 28 to 6 in .a non-district "bitf" game at Cooa ' Bay. ' ; "' ; " The fired up Pirates turned their recovery of the opening kick-off and a pass Interception into first quarter tourchdowns to gain the upperhand. They added another goal on an extended drive in the second quarter and broke Johnny Johnson loose for the fourth in the final panel to bowl over another of Oregon's top-rated crews. Medford exploded for its lone touchdown in the second quarter and saw three drives run out deep in Marshfield territory.. Second Lou The Tornado suffered the sec ond consecutive blow to its pres tige along with its second loss of the year as the Pirates romped on unblemished. But there was a note of consolation as the Med f ordites reviewed the fray. They're almost certain to get a second chance; Medford already Is District 6 A-l champion. As of yesterday only North Bend stood in way of the Pirates in District 5 and Marshfield is fully expected now to grab the crown. That will put Medford and Marshfield against each other here on November 12 in state quarter-finals. 'Clearly Superior' But, -while the Tornado will aim at making the most of the next opportunity, the Pirates were clearly superior Friday night at Coos Bay. A determ ined aggressive line paved the . way and tough Denny Baker and scooting Johnny Johnson .reeled off the bulk of the yardage as Marshfield outrtetted Medford 390 to 199 in scrimmage gains. And the Tornado was not tackl ing the way it could and should. It was Tom Metzger,, another capable back, who gave Marsh field its first break and started the Pirates on the road to tri umph. The Pirates kicked off and Metzger fell on the oval on the 25-yard line in Medford ter ritory.. Baker, consistent gainer all night . for Marshfield, made two seven-yard carries and John son went 10 yards on a crossbuck to the one. Metzger barged into the end zone. Sandy Fraser's conversion kick was wide but he got another chance and made it good when Medford was pen alized for roughing him. Johnson Intercepts. To set up the second Marsh field scoring thrust, Johnson in tercepted a pass by Medford's Ed McCullough. He ran it from the Marshfield 45 to the Medford 31. Baker went five yards and John son whacked out five, five, eight, . seven and one-yard gains to get the touchdown with 21 seconds left in the quarter, Frazer made the second of his four convers ions. Medford threatened to get back in the tussle right after the kick-off. Mike Hawkins returned the boot 24 yards to his own 46. He made another four yards to midfteld. Then McCullough un leashed a 38-yard pass to Bud Kastner. His teammate, Gordon McVey, blocked Metzger out of the play and Kastner was lose to go the last 12 yards. Lorin Jacobs' bonus kick attempt was wide. Drive Halted Later in the second period the Tornado took a punt on the Marshfield 41 and drove to the 14. There the Pirates took over and 13 plays later, going 86 yards, had their third TD. Baker and Johnson did the heavy work and Metzger boomed the last three yards with slightly more than two minutes left in the half. Johnson shook free and ran 70 yards in the fourth quarter for the last Pirate touchdown. They play started as a crossbuck to the right. Four Medfordltes fc converged on himxbut he got ' loose and cut to the left sideline, then headed for the goal. John son outran Medford's Bron Ogelsby ,who made a last diving lunge. . Medford threatened in the third quarter driving from its own 38 to the Pirates' 19 with three first downs Jacobs made 14 and nine yard shoves and Mc Cullough got free for 10. In the fourth, starting also from its 38, the Tornado pushed to the Marshfield 17. Jacobs made one gain of eight yards and McCul lough to Dick Copple passes were good for iz and 24 yards. Yardage Given The Pirates outdid Medford 20 to 11 in first downs. Of its net yards 350 were from rushing and 40 from passing. Medford made 102 on the ground and 90 through the air. Medford tried 15 passes and completed five and had three intercepted. Baker netted 188 yards for Marshfield and Johnson 143, the two of them accounting for 336 out of the 350. Hawkins was the top ball car rier for Medford, doing particu larly well on T plays. The Pir ates had the Medford single wing pretty well figured, ftocky Stone was Medford's standout defens ive back while Mike DeVore, Paul Eckel, Bill Dyer and Dave SIPdDDG'irS Spartans Tie South Salem; Jefferson Clubs Lincoln Br UNITED PRESS Marshfield and South Salem, two of the most powerful high school football teams in Oregon, still faced opposition ioi playoff berths today while the other six class A-l spots were filled fol lowing Friday night's action. Jefferson of Portland, Beaver- ton and- Milwaukie joined Lin coln, Medford and Pendleton in the select circle last night. In A-2 ranks, Reedsport end Dallas won playoff berths to join Prtnevillle. Five A-2 spots remain to - be filled. Marshfield whaclted Medford 28-6 last 'night for its eishth straight win and one that could put the Golden Pirates on top of the coaches' poll. . Modford had ranked second, lust ahead of Marshfield, while South Salem, the top-ranked team,, was held Stone Heads Tornado in Statistics Left Halfback Alton (Rocky) Stone paced the Medford high football team in yards rushing, passes completed, passes inter cepted, punt returns and scor ing during the first Seven games, according to statistics compiled by Joe Raabe, varsity squad member, from Medford's official score book. Figures from the Marshfield mix are not included. - ' . Ed McCullough and Everett Kastner topped the pass receiv. ers and the records showed a 34.2 per kick average for Lo rin Jacobs, the Black Tornado punter. ., In rushing Stone had 97 car ries and 665 total yards. His average of 6.87 yards per carry was' tops among backs who have seen most action. Jacobs with 60 carries had the next high total yardage, 231, while Ed Mc Cullough with 156 yards in 25 acks was second in average with 6.24. ' ;t ,. .; 8 Out of 13 Eight of 13 passes thrown by Stone were completed. . Seven of McCullough's 21 tosses were gathered in for 110 yards, head ing the yardage column. Kast ner had the most catches, six, and McCullough, the most yards gained receiving, 54, averaging 13.5, for four catches. Stone's 102-yard runback for the winning touchdown against Grants Pass gave him a total of 162 yards for four pass inter ceptions. He returned three punts for a total of 91 yards. In scoring Stone had nine touch downs and three . extra conver sions for 57 points while Jacob's total for seven games was five TD's and five extra points for total scoring of 35. MEDFORD FOOTBALL STATISTICS (Through icven samcs: Include! Eureka game, October 21.) YARDS RUSHING: TC YO AFC Alton Stone Lorin Jacobs H Mike Hawkins , 97 669 , 60 231 . 59 328 6.87 3 85 4.00 Ted Braun , 7 29 , 11 56 , 25 156 . 11 24 4.10 Bron Ogelsby Ed McCullough ..... Dick McLaughlin , John Bellack B.09 6.24 2.18 PASSES THROWN: PT PC YG PI APC Stone ..... McCullough Bellack Jacobs 13 S 88 0 11.00 . 21 7 110 2 15.7 2 2 8 0 4.00 . 1 1 13 0 13.00 PASSES CAUGHT: PC YO APC Everett Kastner McCullough .... . 24 4.00 4 54 13 5 McLaughlin 3 31 10.03 stone Gordon McVay Hawkins .. 3 35 11.6 .13 3.00 .... 1 4 4.00 PASSES INTERCEPTED: i Stone - NO. YO API PUNT RETURNS: No. YR APR 3 91 30.3 Hawkins Jacobs ..... V 23 23.00 -1 13 23.00 rUNTINO: No. TYK APK .... 17 582 34 2 SCORING: Stone Jacobs '.. .. McCullough Ka.tner Ogelsby Tds. PAT TOUT! 9 3 87 5 S 35 . 3 0 12 , 2 0 12 . 0 1 Peterson were best defenders in the line. . Coach Fred Spiegelberg said yesterday that a - slump in tackling had a lot to do with the Tornado loss. He indicated too that Medford blocking was not up to par and the big, rugged Pirate line was outcharging Med ford. If Medford tackling had been better, "we would have held the ball more," the mentor reported. , He added that his charges "learned a lot." The Medford squad preps this week for a Friday encounter here with Crater high..... . MEDFORlHrlTRIBirrfB I to a 6-6 tie by a stubborn Cor- vallis eleven,. Eugene met North Bend last night and if Eugene won the district crown was Marshf ield'ii. If North Bend won, the title will be decided by the Marshf ield North Bend game next week. South Salem's tie with Corvallis spoiled its perfect season record and the Saxons need to win from North Salem next week to wrap up the title, as Albany and Cor vallis still have a chance. Jefferson scored three touch downs in the last four minutes before 7,159 fans at Portland to beat Lincoln 27-7 and spoil the Cardinals dream of their first prep title in 31 years. But both teams got playoff berths. Beaverton, which dropped an- early game and then has looked terrific, wrapped up the district crown by routing Newbem 57-7. Milwaukie, loser only to South Salem, won the district 3 title with a 27-13 non over Tilla mook. Pendleton remained, with Marshfield, one of the two un beaten, untied Al teams in the state, with a 13-B victory over Clarkston, Wash. Grants Pass, one of the top teams although out' of playoff action, clobbered Klamath Falls 23-6. Prineville, unbeaten in 25 starts, had a scare before edging Roseburg 8-7. , In the A-2 title picture, Reeds port took the district 3 crown by beating Siuslaw 42-7 and Dallas won district 4 honors, with 33-7 win over canny, otner teams in title contention include St. Helens and Oswego in dis trict 1; Ashland and Coquille in district 6; Ontario and Vale in district 7; and Central Union in district 3 and Junction City in district 5, both of which have cinched mathematical ties. In other top games last night West Linn upset Oregon City 33-18; McMinnville beat Forest Grove 20-14 to knock the latter out of a possible playoff berth; Albany clobbered North Salem 41-18; Coquille edged Myrtle Point 7-0; St. Helens blanked scappoose 33-0; Ontario downed Nyssa 40-13, and The Dalles took Hermiston 27-7, As Featured in LOOK MAGAZINE! with His ne low-fried In gw k'thhnl 4'Snjir.Amafitr" Aiutrm fajif IneM the doorway, completely oat of the way. Tour kitchen Is larger, easier to move around In. No cabinet or 'counter tops lost to swinging ,. doors. No danger of doors stand ' lng ajar, or closing on children's .fingers, , ;j . Jn jfffctt Uiflni mint "Spacematter" doors fold back . on themselves, nuke better furni ture arrangement possible. No 41 dead" corners, no valuable floor arid wall area lost to door swing. "Spacemaster" doors add -many ' valuable feet of floor and wall space. Beds can be pushed closer to closets. There's more room for night stands and lamps, too, bt caase swinging doors are com pletely out of the picture. BEG PINES 6TH & FIR STREETS c Tornado 1st In Harrier Encounter Medford high school's cr county aggregation came through with a victory Friday edging Roseburg and Springfield in a three-way meet at Roseburg. The Tornado runners had the low count of 39 to shade Rose- burg's 40. Springfield had a 45 score. .. -1 Roseburg's state mile cham pion, Mark Bobbins, picked off first place and another Indian ran second but Medford nabbed third, fifth, eighth, 11th and 12th spots for low scoring. First Med ford youth to cross the finish line was Glen Allison, a senior. Fifth in the race and No. 2 fin isher for Medford was Les Ling scheit, a sophomore. The run was about' 2V4 miles and Robbins time was about 10:31. Each team was allowed to enter seven runners but only the first five to cross the finish line counted In the scoring. Oaks Nudge Rogue River Rogue River Oakland drove from midf ield for a fourth quart er . touchdown Friday night to edge the Rogue River high gridders 28 to 25.. Ice scored the winning TD from one-yan! out and Breed love plunged the conversion. The Oaks had leads of 7 to 6 at the quarter and 21 to 12 at halftime but Rogue River put over, two touchdowns in the third panel for a 25 to 21 margin. Bud Hoover, Fred Bond and Roland Prefountaine ran eight 19 and seven yards for Chieftain touchdowns and Prefountaine and Gary Johnson combined in a 34-yard pass play for the other. A 21-yard Prefountaine to John son pass and 11-yard run by Bond set up Preiountaine's score. Lloyd Morrow kicked one extra point. Oakland got its first TD when Jack Herburger of Rogue River fumbled on the Chief 3. Four plays later Breedlove crossed the final line and also converted. A 15-yard TD jaunt by Breed love and Moore's extra point run got the next Oak points. , . A Bob Hoovet fumble set up the third Oakland touchdown. A 34-yard pass play, Moore to Breedlove gained to the five. From' there Breedlove tallied and Ice added the bonus. . Rogue River plays at Glendale on Friday. MMMMAlH door NfW a 10W COST MMPII TO INSTALL e lAST TO WASH WITH PLAIN SOA ANO WATiR e VtHYl FABRIC COV- IRIN9 DOUM-STRiNOTrl ITHLr RRAMI LUMBER GO. PHONE 2-6251 I asm. ftC&fl ft H 3 GP Jayvees Top Tornado Black Tornado junior varsity players dominated the second half of play but the damage had been done in the first half as Grants Pass ' jayvees defeated Medford 27 to 7 here 'yesterday. All the Grants Pass scoring was done in the first two guar? ters. The Cavemen hit pay soil on a sustained drive and coun tered again after a fumble re covery in the first stanza. In the second quarter GP touch downed on a 25-yard fumble runback and a 55-yard pass inter ception run. ' : ;: ' Medford got down on the GP one-yard line in the first quar ter and fumbled and was on the Grants Pass one-foot line when the halftime signal sounded. The Tornado score came In the third quarter after an ex change of fumbles. Medford got the ball on the GP 15 and Larry Perkins shoved the last four yards to the goal, Dick Copple kicked the extra point. 2nd Largest 2nd Largest tlsssiirm i -iTWrr) 'itfT it'lfr'tnt it fin rr i if mi ORBA R. ABBOTT 226 EAST Sunday, October SI. ISM Miami Crumbles Ford ham 75-7 By UNITED PRESS ' Miami, )Fla.) got the jump on its undefeated rivals Friday night by polishing off Fordham, 75-7, In the Orange Bowl. It was the Hurricanes' sixth straight victory of the reason. Miami, nursfng a grudge be cause of a 20-0 loss to Fordham last year, annihilated the Rams with an offense that piled up S73 yards rushing and f)8 in the air. Fordham did not advance into Miami territory . until' late, in the third period as the Hurri canes ran up a 41-6 halftime margin and kept piling it on. The Citadel knocked Wofford from the unbeaten and untied ranks with a 1 14-13 triumph; Richmond downed George Wash ington, 7-0, and Marquette shaded Detroit, 14-13, in other games. :;. r .. Dead line Sunday Classified s at noon Saturday : 10 mxa. Monday for Monday; otner days 530. orevlotia day MuletaiI-235 lbs. of zn MRS. W. C. MATTSON 601 W. Jackson, Medford Blaektail-190 lbs. Burt Falls SPORTING GOODS and SADDLERY MAIN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TWBtfME TJWSTEEiT IV Bounces Jacksonville Jacksonville Illinois Valley high, striking three times in the first quarter, whipped the Jack sonville football teMf 28 to 0 Friday night at Cave Junction. A Redskin fumble on the slick, frosty field, set up the first IV goal. The muff was On the 40 yard line and the scoring play was a 20-yard run. A 35-40-yard pass play and a 30-yard end romp provided the other scores. Jacksonville's defense then tightened but the Redskins could-, never get their offense really rolling. IV tallied in the third period on a 15-20-yard pass play. . The game wound up the season for the Redskin varsity. Fresh men and sophomores play at Rogue River on Monday. Boston is the largest capital city in the U.S. Here Are l!ljl?IlllnlS Our Biggest Cmres, Largest Muletail-272 lbs. H. E. LAMB 1365 Sweet Road, Medford Largest Blacktail-208 lbs. ssasaasssssaaaissiiiMainiaaasasaasasaassssasssasSBr"! ; i ft f j CHARLES Takilma, - SMALLEST MULE TAIL . 59 lb. Dick Tally 1424 Thomas Rd. Medford Season Tickets Good for Crater Scramble Friday Medford high school foot ball season tickets will fcs good for the Crater high ... game on Friday, November t, " Principal Latin Karris said yesterday. He stated that ether reserve .. tickets will gs on sal Menuar r.v morning at the local school.-..-. Season tickets, however, g will not be good for the state quarier-iinal play-off tangle M here the week end of ltovem- , bsr 12. Harris reported that 1Jt holders of season tickets will ,t have until Thursday prior to .,. the game to purchase their fi same seats. MarsbfUid likely will be Medford's rival In "., fracas. t Cambridge, Mass. U.B Harvard ground out a 27-1 victory over Ohio Saturday be- fore 6,800 drenched fans at Har vard stadium. .' - M, the p atr.fali W. BAIRD Oregon : ; SMALLEST BLACK TAIL 38 lb. A. E. Leopard Rr.1,Box101A Esgle Point PHONE 2-6315 nr if.