EIGHT- MEDFORD (OREGON)
Lions, Browns Win;
Forty-Niners Nicked
As Pro Races Tighten
By EARL WRIGHT
Uniled Past Sporls Writer
Timely triumphs by the de
fending champion Detroit Lions
and Cleveland Browns plus three
upset victories by underdogs
made the National Football
League's division races tight as
wet shoes today with 10 of the
12 teams at the halfway marks
in their 12-game schedule.
The leaders staggered out of
the week end action with the
Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh
Steelers and New York Giants
still tied for the Eastern lead
with 4-2 records. But the Browns,
who started slowly in their bid
to win the division crown for
the fifth straight time, now are
3-2 and only a half-game behind.
The Lions, seeking a third
straight Western Division and
playoff title, again are tied with
the San Francisco Forty-Niners
for the Western lead. San Fran
cisco has a 4-1-1 record and De
troit is 4-1. Ties don't count in
the NFL.
The Green Bay Packers began
the wave of upsets Saturday
night. They r -."-e 11-point un
derdogs but th.ustied the Eagles,
37-14. The Chicago Cardinals
Shaw Could
Be In Spot
Like Larson
COAST CONFERENCE
League Games
W
L T PP PA
0 0 181 26
UCLA
Southern Calif.
..4
..4
..3
0 126 41
0 127 76
0 57 122
Oregon .
Stanford
..2
Wash. State
.2
71 98
10 54
77 06
51 67
26 146
Idaho
California
Washington
Oregon State .
All Games
UCLA
Southern Calif.
W
7
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T PF PA
0 292 40
0 172 75
Oregon
-..4
159 90
Stanford
Wash. State
Idaho
..4
..3
..2
..2
..2
..1
S2 161
103 138
45 153
California
148 144
Washington
Oregon State
65 121
33 173
By JACK HAYS
Portland (U.R) Quarter
back George Shaw and the Uni
versity of Oregon football team
are likely to find themselves in
a position similar to Paul Lar
son and the California Bears
last Saturday when the Web
foots meet the UCLA Bruins at
Los Angeles this week end.
The Bruins, top-ranked - na
tionally allowed Larson 280
yards through the air Saturday
and still beat Cal 27-6. Oregon,
which is coming of age as a team
has shown by its 26-7 victory
over Washington last weekend,
evidently has the potential to
battle the Bruins but it will take
more than Shaw's talented arm.
OSC To Minnesota
Oregon State is due for a trip
to Minneapolis to meet Minne
sota. After successive week ends
against UCLA and USC, top
teams on the Pacific Coast, the
Beavers won't be scared and
may put up their best effort of
the season.
Shaw accounted for nearly
half of the Duck's total yardage
in Seattle, passing for 183 yards
and adding 14 on the ground.
Oregon ran up 223 yards rush
ing for one of its best balanced
offense efforts this year.
Johnson Remains
Optimistic on
Atheletics Deal
Philadelphia (U.R) Arnold
Johnson wants to confer again
with his attorneys but he's "still
optimistic" that he'll be able to
buy the Philadelphia Athletics
and move them to Kansas City.
Johnson, Chicago realtor who
heads a Kansas City group, made
that observation Sunday before
leaving here for Chicago.
Johnson said he would discuss
the admittedly "confused" sit
uation with his attorney in Chi
cago "to look over the situation
and make a final decision," but
he refused to outline what de
cision he was considering. There
were reports he is considering
revising his $3,375,000 offer for
the franchise.
Add To Confusion
"I'm not going to say any
thing more now because it would
just add to the confusion," said
Johnson. "However, I'm still op
timistic as to the future of the
team in Kansas City and I still
think it's the logical move."
Johnson's offer for the A's al
ready has been approved once
by the American League, at the
club owners meeting in Chicago,
Oct. 12. Last week the owners,
meeting in New York', refused
to approve the sale of the Ath
letics to a syndicate of eight
Philadelphia businessmen.
RYFF VERSUS DAVIS
New York (U.R) Frankie
Ryff , unbeaten young New York
lightweight contender, meets
veteran Henry Davis of Hawaii
in a widely televised test fight
tonight at Brooklyn's Eastern
Parkway Arena. -
The Plaza Hotel at San Juan
Bautista, built in 1856, was a
popular hospice for stage travel
ers and visitors to California
in pioneer days. -
MAIL TRIBUNE
were Sunday's biggest underdogs
20 points but edged the Steel
ers, 17-14.
Hill Scores Four
Several hours later at San
Francisco, Harlon Hill snared his
fourth touchdown pass of the
day with 25 seconds to go and
the Chicago Bears 10-point un
derdogs handed the Forty-Niners
their first 1954 defeat, 31-27.
At Los Angeles, 74,342 fans
saw the Lions show how and why
they have dominated the league
the last two years. The champ
ions made every break count and
came from behind twice to edge
the Rams, 27-24.
At Cleveland, the Browns re
covered a New York fumble
early in the third period and
turned it into the decisive touch
down in their 24-14 victory.
The Redskins also furnished a
mild surprise in Sunday's other
game. They were seven-point
underdogs at Washington but
posted their first 1954 victory
by edging the Baltimore Colts,
24-21, on Vic Jannivicz' first NFL
field goal.
Hill, a six-foot, three-inch
rookie end from Alabama Teach
ers College, put on the week
end's top individual performance
as the Bears downed the league's
only remaining undefeated team
before 53,000. He scored on 47,
20 and 12 yard passes from
George Blanda before Ed Brown
threw him the 66-yarder that
beat the Forty-Niners in the clos
ing seconds. .
McElhenny Injured
Only 36 seconds before the
gun, Gordie Soltau had given
San Francisco a 27-24 lead with
a 24-yard field goal. Besides the
loss, San Francisco suffered an
other hard blow when halfback
Hugh McElhenny, the circuit's
top ground gainer, suffered -a
shoulder separation late in the
last quarter. Doctors said he
probably would be out for the
rest of the season. .
The Lions scored their de
cisive touchdown when Bob
Hoernschemeyer ended an 80
yard march with a 28-yard dash
in the. final period. Each team
scored three TDs but Doak Walk
er booted field goals of 33 and
24 yards while Les Richter
kicked only an 11-yarder for the
losers. Leon Hart, 265-pound
end, stole the ball from Skeet
Quinlan and dashed 22 yards
for Detroit's second touchdown.
Ollie Matson scored on a 91
yard kickoff return and on an
18-yard pass from Lamar Mc
Han and Pat Summerall kicked
a 24-yard field goal as the Card
inals upset the Steelers. The
game drew 18,765 fans at Chi
cago. Otto Graham scored twice on
quarterback sneaks and threw a
16-yard TD pass to Dante La
velli to lead the Browns to vic
tory before 30,448 fans.
Tobin Rote fired three scoring
passes to end Max McGee as the
Packers surprised the Eagles be
for 25,378 fans at Philadelphia.
The Bears and Packers now are
tied for runner-up honors in the
Western race with 3-3 records.
Biggest Blow
Detroit and Cleveiand have
played five games apiece. The
other clubs have played six.
Biggest blow to the Forty
Niners, even more than Chi
cago's win, was the injury Mc
Elhenny received when "he was
tackled late in the final period.
Doctors at Palo Alto hospital
said the separation would almost
certainlv prevent McElhenny
from playing again this year.
They said he would be operated
on toaay.
The former University of
Washington. ail-American has
been the sustaining force behind
the Forty-Niners running attack
and the outlook was gloomy for
San Francisco's remaining ix
games.
There was the barest chance
McElhenny would be back be
fore the end of the season, but
team physician William O'Grady
said he was "only being realis
tic" in predicting no more games
for the halfback this season.
CI Coyotes Left
In NW Loop Lead
By UNITED PRESS
Willamette was bumped from
the top of the Northwest Con
ference standings Saturday after
noon, leaving the league leader
ship in the possession of College
of Idaho.
C of I, which eased by Whit
man 14-7 at Walla Walla Satur
day night, now has four confer
nce wins and no defeats. Willam
ette fell 23-13 to a fired-up Lewis
and Clark team for its first con
ference loss.
Other conference members had
a 50-50 week end in non-league
games. Linfield was crushed
41-13 by Whitworth of the Ever
green conference, the only unde
feated college team in the North
west. Pacific defeated Oregon
College of Education 19-6.
The week end's conference
slate takes Whitman to Portland
for a game with Lewis and Clark.
The league's cellar dwellers, Lin
field and Pacific, will be matched
at Forest Grove.
College of Idaho will host the
Seattle Ramblers in a non-conference
go, and Willamette takes
on College of Puget Sound at
Salem. - , .
Monday, November I, 1954
Tough Game
Still Ahead
For Uclans
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
There's clear sailing in the
offing for three of the nation's
six unbeaten and untied major
powers but the worst is yet to
come for UCLA, Ohio State
and Cincinnati.
Barring upsets that would riv
al anything the topsy-turvy sea
son already has offered, Okla
homa, Arkansas, and Miami
(Fla.), should continue unscath
ed past teams which have a
combined season's record of 36
wins and 30 losses. Only one of
the trio's 11 future opponents
have escaped with fewer than
two losses and two of the teams
are under .500 for the year.
Oklahoma, which beat Colo
rado, 13-6 for its sixth straight
victory on .Saturday, meets Iowa
State (3-4) next week end and
then goes again Missouri (3-3),
Nebraska (4-2) and Oklahoma A
and M 3-3-1 on successive Sat
urdays. Arkansas, still unbeaten after
a 14-7 triumph over Texas A&M,
takes on Rice (4-2), SMU, (3-2-1),
LSU (2-5) and Houston (3-2),
while Miami, which butchered
Fordham, 75-7, Friday night,
meets Auburn (3-3), Alabama
(4-2-1) and Florida (4-3). Betting
on any of those underdogs would
be like risking money on Army's
black and blue Knights of the
Hudson against the Detroit
Lions.
No Soft Touches
There are no such soft pick
ings in prospect, however, for
UCLA, Ohio State and Cincin
nati, whose combined opponents
have a season's record of 41 vic
tories and only 13 defeats.
, UCLA, 27-6 victor over Cali
fornia last Saturday, shouldn't
have too much trouble next
week end. with an Oregon team
which has lost three of its seven
games. But then the Uclans run
into a real tough one 'on Nov.
20 when they take on Southern
California (6-1), the Pacific
Coast conference's likely repre
sentative in the Rose Bowl.
Ohio State, which downed
Northwestern, 14-7, for .victory
No. 6, still 'must hurdle upset
conscious Pittsburgh (3-3), in ad
dition to such Big 10 powers as
Purdue and Michigan. Pitts
burgh has beaten Navy, North
western and West Virginia in
succession while Purdue is 4-1-1)
and Michigan (4-2) for the sea
son. .
Cincinnati, which slipped by
College of Pacific, 13-7, for its
seventh straight, goes on to play
Arizona State (4-2), Wichita, (5-1)
and Miami of Ohio (6-0).
Fred Conrad
Golf Leader
Fred Conrad now has the lead
in the men's fall golf handicap
tourney at Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
He put together nets of 76,
65, and 71 for a 212 total for the
54 holes of play and heads three
others by one stroke.' Those
who completed their three
rounds with 213s were Norm
Hillyear, Ron Gandee and Paul
Meyers.
Bud Garfield with a 69 and
72 for a 141 net for two rounds
is still in contention for the
mantle. '
About 50 men are entered in
the tourney.
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Tech's head coach, Bobby Dodd (right) blew the whistle
which ended the playing days of his star halfback, Bill Teas
(left). Teas was benched, along with three other Tech
players, for violation of training rules. In last week's game
with Kentucky. Teas moved to within two yards of the all
time Tech rushing record of 1795 yards.
MedforM
SIPOTITS
Crusaders 33-20 Victors
Over Crater High Jayvees
St. Mary's high's tricky dou -
ble wing offensive carried it to
a 33 to 20 decision over the
Crater jayvees here Saturday
night as the Crusaders played
their last contest before enter
ing the district play-off.
The Medford parochial school
touchdowned first in the fracas
but the Comet gridders came
right back in the first quarter
to mske it 6 to 6. In the second
quarter the Crusaders took com
mand and had a 20 to 6 half time
advantage.
St. Mary's took a 26 to 6 lead
in Ihe third quarter but that
stanza wound up 33 to 13 and
the Comets tallied again in the
final panel. The s Crusaders
showed a fine ability to take
advantage of the breaks
A. long drive after the kick
pff got the Crusaders' first TD
and Laval Meunier scooted the
last 11 yards. Crater got its
touchdown "on recovery of a
fumble in the end zone. George
Juveland passed to Carl KoelL
ner who fumbled as he was
tackled. The ball bounded
across the goal and a Comet
fell on it.
Read. Scores.
in the second a 25-yard pass
play, Jim Jones to Stan Read,
and a 12-yard run by Read
gained the touchdowns. Read
and : Meunier ran the conver
sions. Pass interceptions by Tim
Dugan and Meunier set up both
goals. Meunier scampered 37 yards
for one third quarter score. The
Crusaders had recovered a fum-
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;ble on yard line. Crater marched
right down the field 59 yards
after the kick off. Juveland went
the last foot on a keep play and
repeated for the extra point. St.
Mary's hiked also 59 yards after
the Crater kick with Jones
spinning the final four and
Meunier running the bonus for
the 33 to 13 bulge.
Crater moved from its own 36
foi the wind up score after SM
had been penalized for catch in
its own punt. The Comets went
down the field in eight plays.
Don Goyette went across the
goal from six yards out. The
conversion buck was good.
. The Crusaders, Jackson Coun
ty B League champions, en
counter Chiloquin, Klamath co
titlist, for the District 5B place
in state championship quarter
finals. The clubs will collide
next Saturday afternoon at Mer
rill. Baseball. Damage
Suit Filing Set
Portsmouth, Va. (U.R)
Frank D. Lawrence, owner of
the Portsmouth Merrimacs " of
the Class B Piedmont league,
said he expects his huge dam
age suit against the National
League and baseball Commis
sioner Fork Frick to be filed
today n Washington, D.C.
Lawrence said the amount of
damages he will ask will be de
termined after a conference! with
other minor league owners, but
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Ladies Lose x
Medford men's teams won over
Bend quintets in matches at Med
ford Bowling lanes on Sunday
but the Bend women, aided by
a high handicap, took the meas
ure of the local ladies.
A Medford club made up of
Duane Lubbers, Nels' Florey,
Travis Mitchell, Hal Schroeder
and Bill Hawley, took two games
and total pins from a Bend quint
in each of two series. The Tally
Ho crew won a game and total
pins in one series and two games
and total pins in the other against
the Bend Snoboys.
Bend women won both series
from Medford.
The first Medford men's five
won 2783 to 2703 in the initial
match. Total pins in the second
were not listed. Florey had high
series with 579 and 560 in the
two contests. Schroeder had high
games of 213 and 211. Bill Kol
ler rolled a game and series of
249 and 604 in the opener while
Ray Wise had 228 and 623 for
Bend in the second.
George Spaunhorst, Harry
Goode, Karl Johnson, Buzz
Green and Fred Anderson com
bined for series of 2763 and 2773
for Tally Ho to 2757 and 2696
for the Snoboys. Dan Musgrave
for Bend had high series of the
day with 640 in the first match
and Johnson had a 236 game
and 613 series' and Green a 595.
Green led Tally Ho with a 585
in the second time around and
Spaunhorst had a 213 game. Paul
Selvy had a 213 game for Bend.
Claudia Lowd had 517 and
521 series and one 201 game to
head the Medford women. Boots
Musgrave had one 558 for Bend
and 220 high game.
O'Doul Quits
At San
San Diego, Calif. (U.R)
Lefty O'Doul, who quit as man
ager of the Pacific Coast League
pennant winning . San Diego
Padres, said today he "has a few
things in the fire" but that they.
do not include a possible job as
a field manager of the Philadelphia-
Athletics.
"Those people seem to be
much more up in the air than I
am," O'Doul, 57, said.
The veteran of 20 years in
the PCL has been the center of
many hot stove league rumors
during the past weeks Sunday,
Padre President Bill Starr an
nounced O'Doul had quit.
The parting was a friendly
one, Starr said, and added that
he would not name a new man
ager until after the minor league
meeting in Houston, Tex., early
in December. -
O'Doul had been rumored as
Philadelphia field manager and
also as leader of the PCL's Oak
land Acorns, who lost Charlie
Dressen to the Washington Sen
ators early this fall. .
A likely successor to O'Doul
appeared to be Bob Elliott, a
veteran of 13 years in the ma
jors. Contacted at his home, El
liott said he would welcome a
chance at running the .Padres.
might run as high as $50,000,
000. The Portsmouth owner said
he will charge that radio and
television broadcasts of major
league games into the Ports
mouth area had hurt the attend
ance at his team's games. Law
rence claims the major league
clubs have thus violated their
agreement to protect the "terri
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Tornado Host This Friday
To Crater Comet Gridders
Football season is over for
varsities of half of Jackson coun
ty but the other half will be
participants in four games this
Friday and Saturday. Two of
the conflicts will be for district
diadems while the other should
have considerable fan appeal.
Medford's Black Tornado will
be host Friday to the Crater high
Comets, the upstart eleven which
humiliated it last season. St.
Mary's of Medford tackles Chilo
quin at Merrill on' Saturday for
the District 5B bunting and Ash
land will entertain a strong Co
quille crew Friday in the play-off
for District 6 A-2 honors.
Rogue River concludes its sea
son with a trip to Glendale on
Friday. Grid play is over for
Eagle Point, Phoenix, Talent,
Jacksonville and Prospect. They
will turn to basketball soon.
Medford, its prestige battered
FOOTBALL
SATURDjr COLLEGE GAMES
Portland State. 27, Eastern Oregon
13
Pugct Sound 46, British Columbia 6
Central Washington 27, Eastern
Washington 13
Whitworth 41, Linfield 13
Santa Barbara' 32, Cal Aggies 0
Pomona-Claremont 60, Cal Tech 6
Redlands 21, Occidental 13
Fresno State 20, North Texas State 0
Arizona 48. West Texas State 12
Arizona (Tempe) State 14, Hardin-
Simmons 13 ,
West. Colo St. 43, Colorado Coll 0
Colorado Mines 18, Colorado St. 6
Los Angeles St. 13, Laverne 7
Pacific Lutheran 7, West. Wash. 6
Pomona-Claremont 60, Calif. Tech. 6
Whitworth 41. Linfield 13
Redlands 21, Occidental 13
Pacific U. 19. Oregon Coll 6
Chico St. 18, Humbold State 7
College of Idaho 14, Whitman 7
. Pepperdine 22, Whittier 6
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by the Marshfield Pirates last
week end, will have revenge in
mind when it meets the Comets
on Friday. Crater, making its
gridiron bow against a "big
time" foe, clipped the Tornado
20 to 14 last season. The Tornado
will have the role of favorite
again this time. It is stronger
this season while Crater hasn't
quite the club it had in 1953.
Overconfidence had much to do
with the Medford loss last sea
son but the Tornado should go
into the fray this time with a
lesson learned. The game is one
both teams and fans of both com
munities have looked forward to.
A good showing is a "must"
for Medford this week if the club
has in mind to get itself "up" for
lowing week end when it likely
will get a second chance at
Marshfield.
Season tickets will be good
for the Crate'r-Medford mix, High
School Principal Lester Harris
said Saturday. .
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