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UCLA Moves Ahead
Of Ohio State by 17;
Miami Steps Into 10th
By NORMAN MILLER
New York (U.fS UCLA, the
Pacific Coast powerhouse which
lias exceeded even the expecta
tions of its optimistic coach. Red
Sanders, pulled away from Ohio
State and Oklahoma today in
the college football rating of
the United Press Board of
Coaches.
Nineteen members of the 35
man rating board picked the
Bruins No. 1 this week, giving
them a 17-point margin over
Ohio State and 28 over Okla
homa. Last week, when UCLA
tcok over the lead, it had only
eight first-place votes and only
three points over Ohio State and
Oklahoma, which were tied for
runnerup.
Two Newcomers
Mississippi and Miami Fla.
were this week's newcomers
among the top 10 teams. Ole
Miss returned to the select group
after an absence of one week,
but Miami made it for the first
time this season.
Arkansas remained in fourth
p!ace, followed by Notre Dame
and Army, which exchanged the
places they held the previous
week; Purdue and Southern Cali
fornia each jumped one notch
to seventh and eighth, respective
Fanfare
It's stretching a point here
and there but the Medford-Cra-ter
ruckus this Friday might be
termed a southern Oregon Class
A prep grid championship affair.
Unofficial, of course. Medf ord
won the Southern Oregon Con
ference with three victories and
no defeats and. Crater took the
Rogue League crown with the
same record. The two circuits
are "the" Class A loops in this
section of the state.
Ashland will dispute any
championship -idea concerning
the game on the basis of its 7
to 7 knot wita Crater but the
Grizzlies lost to Medford 33 to
7. Grants Pass will have oppor
tunity on November 11 to show
its stuff against Crater's Comets
but the Cavemen will play minus
seniors. The scrapes with Ash
land form the only direct basis
of comDarison between the
Comets and Medford's Black
Tornado.
SMALLEST FOE
. In taking on the Comets
this week, Medford will face
the smallest school on its slate
this season. Crater will go
against the largest school on
its schedule so far. Medford
senior high has 883 students
enrolled in its sophomore,
junior and senior classes.
Frankie Ryff
Shuts Out Davis
New York i(U.R) Unbeaten
young Frankie Ryff of New York
said today, "I'm ready now to
fight any lightweight in the
world."
And the spectators or televis
ion fans who witnessed Frankie's
near shutout victory over veter
an Henry Davis of Hawaii Mon
day night at Brooklyn's Eastern
Parkway Arena doubtlessly will
agree with him.
It was his f5th straight win as
a professional.
Ryff, scaling 139V4 pounds to
Davis' 135 V4, gave the Hawaiian
such a thorough 10-round beat
ing that none of the three ring
officials voted him a round, al
though Judge Artie Aidala did
score the eighth frame even.
Frankie's skill and tremendous
speed so outclassed Davis -that
when Dr. Samuel S. Swetnick
examined him in his corner at
the end of the sixth round, Davis
told the physician, "I'm all right,
but he's too fast for me."
Ducks Have 5
Lettermen Out
Eugene (U.R) Five lettermen
were put yesterday as the Uni
versity of Oregon opened basket
ball practice for the 1954-55 sea
son. The lettermen included Max
Anderson, Jerry Ross, Ray Bell
and Howard Page from last
year s team and Jim Lostcutoff
a regular in 1951. Non-lettermen
who had some varsity action last
year included Gary McManus,
Kent Dorwm, Rex Davis and Bill
Sherman.
Thirteen of the prospects were
sophomores.
VANDALS SCRIMMAGE
Moscow, Idaho (U.R) The
University of Idaho Vandals, rid
ing on a two-game win streak
after dumping Utah, 14-13, rested
yesterday, but Coach Skip Stah
ley put them right back to work
tcday.
The Vandals, who have an
open week end coming up, will
run through scrimmage sessions
one hour each day through Fri
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MAIL TRIBUNE
ly; with Mississippi and Miami
rounding out the top 10.
Aside from UCLA, four other
teams had first-place votes. Ohio
State received 10, Oklahoma
four, and Purdue and Miami one
each.
The Bruins, with seven straight
victories and a scoring pace of
more than 41 points per game,
have made a sound prophet of
Sanders, who departed from the
coaches' . "crying towel'' tradi
tion and tabbed his team one of
th& best in the country before
the start of the season.
UCLA Needs Two More
UCLA needs two more vic
tories its unbeaten and untied
objective, but both are against
upset-bend PCC rivals. The
Eruins meet Oregon next Satur
day and after an off-Saturday
close their season against South
ern California, Nov. 20.
With points distributed on the
basis of 10 for a first-place vote,
nine for a second and so on
down to one for a 10th place
ballot, here is how the teams
were aligned after UCLA: Ohio
State 305, Oklahoma 294, Ar
kansas 200, Notre Dame 155,
Army 125, Purdue 120, South
ern California 101, Mississippi
65 and Miami 58.
By DICK JEWETT
(tail TribuiM Sports Editor
while Crater, a four-year
school, counts an enrollment
of about 505. Adding 332 stu
dent in the ninth grade of
junior high, Medford high en
rollment would be 1195 on a
four year basis. Crater in size
is comparable to Ashland, a
longtime Medford athletic ri
val. The Lithia city school has
around 560 students.
MORE SENIORS
Seniors more than likely will
predominate in the Medford high
backfield in the tussle with the
Comets. Crater may open with
only one senior in the line along
with four or five juniors. At
least one lineman and, perhaps
two will be a sophomore. As
high as three seniors may be in
Crater . backfield at one time
but several juniors and at least
one sophomore are expected to
see a lot of duty.
WEIGHTS COMPARED
Crater's possible starting of
fensive line, according to cal
culations taken from weights
on programs, will average 2Vz
pounds heavier per man than
Medford's, 177!2 to 175. But,
its Guard Lyle Yocom of the
Comets who makes the dif
ference. He's listed at 223
pounds. Next heaviest among
the Comets' likely starling
linemen is End Gordon Tid
well. 178. The Comet aver
age will go down IV2 pounds
if Carl Koellner, 153. starts at
an end and go up somewhat if
sophomore Tackles Dick Dav
is, 190. and Dave Parker. 185,
get into the line-up. Medford's
heaviest offensive line regu
lar is Center Mike DeVore,
194, and Tackle Ken Piland,
190, is next. Guard Paul Eck
el follows at 178.
CRATER BACKS LIGHTER
Medford's backfield shows an
average of 167 while Crater's
may be about 156 and even
lighter when Don Goyette, 127,
is in tne contest.
ON PAR WITH COLLEGE
Alton Slone.'s 102-yard pass
interception runback for Med
ford high in the Grants Pass
game this year ranks with the
best college runback on rec
ord on the Pacific coast. Rec
ords kept by George Berts,
sports editor of the Oregon
Journal show the top college
runback as the 100-yarder by
Jim Jurkovich in the California-Southern
Cal game of
1940.
ANOTHER STEP
Crater high takes another
step toward bigger time football
when it plays at Grants Pass on
Veterans day, November 11, ev
en tnough it will meet a water
ed down Caveman team.
A Grants Pass reDort is that
Crater likely will be on the ree-
ular Grants Pass schedule next
fall. The A-2 Comets may have
to be playing in the A-l brack
et oeiore long. It was thought
last year that this school year's
enrollment would make Crater
A-l by the fall of 955. But
freshman enroTSmpnt tho -fo-n
fell short of expectations.'
Cavemen missing from the
GP-Crater mix will be six cur
rent offensive starters. Vic Bart-
lett, Mel Drews, Don James, Jay
Keese, Dale Tripp and Lloyd
Zinn; two defensive starters.
Tom Cudd and Jim Reid, and
reserves Bob Gay, Gary Gan
oung and Bob Hissong.
Crater and Grants Pass will
split the gate 50-50.-
Tuesday. November 2, 1954
Duck Coach
Say!
s anocic
Due Bruins
Eugene (U.R) Webfoot Coach
Len Casanova said today the
UCLA Bruins may get a surprise
Saturday when the Ducks tackle
the nation's top-rated football
team in Los Angeles.
Casanova said "somewhere
along a 10-game schedule, even
the best teams run into a sur
prise." He added that "just be
cause they're big, bad Bruins
of UCLA we're not going to go
down there and roll over and
play dead."
But the Oregon mentor warn
ed it would take the Webfoots'
best kind of ball to slow the
UCLA machine.
Two years ago Oregon lost to
UCLA by one touchdown and
last year it was 0-0 going into
the fourth quarter when the
Bruins managed to salvage a
12-0 victory.
Scout Bill Hammer predicted
the Saturday game would be
a "fairly high scoring affair."
"There are certain things I
think Oregon can do successfully
against them," Hammer said,
"but you've got to figure UCLA
to score at least three times
they'll do that much against any
one."
Skeet Shoot
Postponed
Medford Gun club's annual
skeet touranment, which was set
for November 7, has been post
poned because the skeet set-up is
being overhauled another field
being added. ,
No new date has been set for
the tourney.
There will be 16-yard and
handicap practice this Sunday
and turkey shoets on November
14 and 21.
George Jantzer, Ted Jantzer
and Charles Bendell broke 50
straight targets last Sunday in
16-yard practice. Arrfbng winners
in the merchandise shoot , were
Bendell, Floyd Young, Lyle
Russell, Everett Gibson, W. E.
Richardson, Martin Clogston, Ed
Pease, Emma Jantzer and Hen
ry Niedermeyer.
Lefthander Golf
Tourney Slated
At Rogue Valley
Play in a Rogue Valley Coun
try club lefthanders' golf tour
nament will open Wednesday,
November 3.
The 36-hole medal play ev
ent will conclude on November
18. Play will be with handicap
and prizes will be offered for
low net and low gross. Parti
cipants are asked to sign up at
the pro shop and declare them
selves before starting on a tour
ney round.
Among lefthanders who may
enter are Ray Menke, Morris
Leonard Sr., Bob Corbin, Ken
Teeter, Seth Bullis Jr., Joe
Rafke, Dutch Oakes, Carl Bro
phy, Jim Shaw and Paul Mey
ers. Justin Smith Sr., a righthand
er, is chairman for the tourna
ment. Dupas Hopes
For Ryff Bout
New Orleans U.R) Young
Ralph Dupas hoped for a New
Year's nationally televised fight
with unbeaten Frankie Ryff to
day on the basis of his seventh
round technical knockout of
Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles.
A probable bid to a nationally
televised fight from here in con
nection with -the Sugar . Bowl
sports program hung on last
night's fight and Dupas gave it
all he had and a vicious fifth
round attack of lefts and rights
to the head opened a bloody
gash over Chavez' left eye.
Dupas then pecked away at
the eye until referee Francis
Kercheval stopped it with 1:44
gone in the seventh round of a
scheduled 10-round bout.
Manager Discussed at
Bevos Meet Last Night
Portland U.R) Sale of stock,
operation of the ball park and
informal discussion of applica
tions for a general manager oc
cupied the attention of tempor
ary directors of the Portland
baseball club at a meeting here
last night.
Clay Brown, president of the
group, said the field of candi
dates for the general manager
ship post was narrowed but he
would not disclose the number
remaining in contention.
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SLICK THEFT California's quarterback Paul Larson (12) man
ages to steal this pass right from the hands of UCLA halfback
John Hermann (33) in the second quarter at Berkeley. The
Bruins went on to down Cal, 27-6.
Jess Hill Favors Sending Top
Pacific Coast Club to Bowl
Los Angeles (U.R) Southern
California coach Jess Hill today
favored sending the best Pacific
Coast Conference team to the
Rose Bowl, even if it means his
team might lost the chance to
play.
UCLA, the nation's top rank
ed football team, is barred from
the New Year's day contest be
cause it renresented the PCC
last January and the PCC-Big
Ten agreement allows a team to
go to the bowl only once in two
years.
Hill, wh,ose Trojans appear an
almost cinch to go to the Rose
Bowl even if they lose to UCLA,
said "the best team in the con
ference should go to the Eowl,
no matter if it has been there
the previous year."
But Southern California ath
letic director Bill Hunter told
Southern California football
writers yesterday there wasn't a
chance of any such change in
the "one-in-two" rule between
the PCC and Big Ten.
Meanwhile, Hill disclosed that
the coast conference is starting
Drenarations for the . New
Year's Day classic" by sending
scouts to the games of leading
Big Ten teamsJ with Southern
California taking over the scout
ing assignment against Ohio
State.
The football writers voted to
make Paul Larson of California
and UCLA tackle Jack Allena
their top choices in the all-Amer-
U.S. and Brazil
Tied at Tourney
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (U.PJ
The United States and Brazil,
both undefeated in seven games,
stood tied for the lead in the
round-robin final round of the
world amateur basketball cham
pionships today with two games
left to play. v
The U. S. team, the Peoria, ill.,
Caterpillars, kept its perfect rec
ord intact by romping to a 72-28
victory over China Monday
night, while Brazil responded to
the wild cheers of an enthusias
tic home crowd to wallop France,
49-36.
In the only other game played,
the Philippines upset Canada
87-83-r-the third defeat for the
Canadians, wiping out their title
hopes. .
FIGHTS
By UNITED PRESS
Brooklyn: Frankie Ryff. 139!i. New
York, outpointed Henry Davis. 135 U.
Hawaii 10. .
New York: Bobby Jones. 155V2.
Oakland, Calif., outpointed. Moses
Ward. 159 ,i, Detroit 10.
New Orleans: Ralph Dupas, 137,2.
New Orleans, stopped Carlos Chaves.
139. Los Angeles .7.
ica balloting, with two UCLA
men named as runners-up, guard
Jim Salsbury and fullback .Bob
Davenport.
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OHIO STATE
By ED SAINSBURGY
Chicago U.R) Rose Bowl
pressure doesn't bother Ohio
State's Coach Woody Hayes be
cause he and his team "would
like to win them all." .
The Buckeyes, Rose Bowl win
ners after the 1949 season when
Wes Fesler tutored the club to a
share of the Big Ten crown,
were title bound again today as
the only unbeaten club left in
the league. ,
But Hayes had no fear of a
"jinx" simply because the team
hasn't lost.
"Maybe it'll help us a little bit
this wek, because we're playing
Pittsburgh," he said, "and so
there won't be as much pressure
as if we were playing a Big Ten
team.
"But we're going to get ready
for Pitt just as if it was a Big
Ten game, and we know we've
got two tough ones ahead, Pur
due and Michigan."
Marshfield
Rated No. 1;
Tornado 3rd
Portland (U.R) Marsh
field's Pirates were the number
one ranked high school football
team in Oregon today.
The Pirates, who walloped
Medford last Friday, were giv
en 73 out of a possible 80 points
in the Journal coaches' poll to
wrest the lead from South Sal
em, tied 6-6 by Corvallis, Med
ford remained in third place,
while Jefferson, the Portland
champ, moved up to fourth pos
ition. ' .
The Ratings: '
Team Points
1. Marshfield
73
67
59
50
45
40
39
19
13
13
2. South Salem -
3. Medford .
4. Jefferson
5. Grants Pass ... .
6. Pendleton .
7. Milwaukie . ..
8. Prineville ..
9. Lincoln ...
10. Beaverton
Others: Vale 5; Eugene and
St. Helens 4; Corvallis 3,- Gres
ham 1. .
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It just happened that both
Purdue and Michigan stacked
up as logical upsetters of the
Buckeyes, particularly because
Purdue boasts a top passer in
Len Dawson and Michigan might
be eligible for a return Rose
Bowl trip, should it finish the
season without another defeat,
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"This league is even enough
that anybody can beat you, if
you let down a little bit," Hayes
said. "Look at what happened
to Michigan Saturday, and Wis
consin. "We know we can't let down.
We played our poorest game of
the season against Northwestern,
and Northwestern was five times
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tough.
"We found another running
back in Hubert Bobo against
Northwestern,". Hayes said. "Ha '
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