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doME BACK HERE Southern California's Linden Crow (36) fumbles the ball as he cuts over his tackle on a handoff play only to have the ball bounce back into his out Sport, Parade New York (U.R) Fraley's Follies and the week end foot ball "winners" but remember your "vote" is as good as mine. Game of the Week Arkansas over Rice: The Ra- zorbacks let down a bit last week and must have been looking to ward this one. They had a let down coming after beating Bay lor, Texas and Mississippi in a row and their one-touchdown squeaker against the Texas Ag- . . 1 x XI gies SnOUia put mem uaui u fora tough Rice club to turn in an upset. The East Army over Yale: After last week, the Cadets will be roaring. Notre Dame over Penn: With a vengeance. Penn State over Holy Cross: Could be rugged. .Princeton over Harvard: Not much choice. Also: Dartmouth over Colum bia, Colgate over Bucknell, Cor nell over Syracuse, Boston U. over Villanova, West Virginia over Fordham, Brown over Springfield and Rutgers over Lafayette. The South Navy over Duke: Anybody's ball game. Miami over Auburn: A hot ball club. , Georgia ..over. Florida: i JJo cinch here. Alabama over Tulane: They bounce back good. Also: Maryland over North Carolina State, Georgia Tech over Tennessee, Kentucky over Vanderbilt, LSU over Chatta nooga, W&M over VMI, Missis sippi over Memphis State, Mis sissippi State over North Texas State, Clemson over Furman, VPI over George Washington and South Carolina over North Carolina. The Midwest Ohio State over Pitt: Can't ease up. Oklahoma over Iowa State: Walkin', cousin. Minnesota over Oregon State: Too much all-around strength. Iowa over Purdue: But they have to stay "up." Also: Michigan State over Washington State, Michigan over Illinois, Wisconsin over North western, Indiana over .Miami, O., Colorado over Missouri, Ne braska over Kansas, Boston col lege ever Marquette and Kansas State over Drake. The West UCLA over Oregon: They got ta have sompin. Southern Cal over Stanford: IE POSITIVE! DEFINITE! i- As An Introductory Offer We Will Balance All 4 Wheels, Furnishing All Weights Necessary And Give a GREASE JOB All for- In SERVICE mS I By OSCAR FRALEY Sports Writer United Prn Throw away the book. California over Washington: But lady beware. Also: COP over San Jose State, Wyoming over Utah State, and JJtah over Colorado Aggies. The Southwest Texas over Baylor: The blue plate special. SMU over Texas Aggies: But the Aggies are coming. Also: Oklahoma Aggies over Detroit, Cincinnati over Arizona Tempe State, Texas Tech over Arizona, Houston over Tulsa, Hardin Simmons over Texas Western and New Mexico over Montana. Kentucky Horses In Turf Contest Laurel, Md. (U.R) Two horses from Kentucky's blue grass country matched their speed and courage . against five invaders from across the broad Atlantic today in the third run ning of the $65,000 Washington, D. C, International race on Laurel's turf course. C. V. Whitney's tiny Fisher man, who never before competed on grass, and Stanley Mikell's Brush Burn, an accomplished turf racer, were this nation's rep resentatives in the mile-and-a- half invitation event. Aligned against them were Queen Elizabeth's Landau and Frank Dennis, King of the Tu dors from England, Banassa and Norman from France, arid North ern Gleam from Ireland BRUINS BOLSTER Los 'Angeles U.R) The star passers of UCLA's ineligible squad, Ronnie Knox and Edison Griffin, today emulated Oregon's George Shaw as the Bruin var sity bolstered its pass defense. The Bruins also drilled on of fensive passing during yester day's practice. In punting, end Bob Heydenfeldt got off one 60 yard boot and averaged better than 48 yards on his kicks. DEBATE RESUMED New York (U.R) The United Nations Security Council resum ed consideration today of Israel's charge that Egypt's recent seiz ure of the Israeli freighter Bat G a 1 i m violated . international agreements. The council adjourn ed debate on the issue several weeks ago, while the Israeli Egyptian armistice commission tried vainly to work out a set tlement. . ILIE(DTr;m:(IDH:E(C 9 1175 stretched hands for a four-yard gain in the first quarter at Los Angeles against Oregon State college. The Trojans smothered the visi tors, 34-0. McElhenny Top Gainer Among Pros Philadelphia (U.R) Hurri cane Hugh McElhenny of the San Francisco Forty-Niners was the top ground gainer in the Na tional Football League today but an injured shoulder probably has the brilliant halfback side lined for the rest of the season. McElhenny, who underwent an operation Monday ior a shoulder separation, held down first place at the midway point in the season with a total of 515 yards in 64 carries, an average of eight yards for each rush. Hurricane Hugh paced team mate Joe Perry, who gained 446 yards in 73 carries, and Paul Tank Younger of the Los An geles . Rams, who held third place with 419 yards. John John son of the Forty-Niners was fourth with 333 yards and Floyd Reid of Green Bay was fifth with 327., Younger jumped from fifth to third place during the week. Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams hitting for an average of 10.35 yards gained on every pass thrown holds down the ranking passing position, followed by Otto Graham of the Cleveland Browns, Bobby Thomason of the Philadelphia Eagles, Tom Dub linski of the Detroit Lions and Jim Finks of the Pittsburgh Steelers. . ...... . Van Gains 1,501 Van Brocklin gained 1,501 yards with 73 completions and six touchdowns in 145 attempts. George Blanda of the Chicago Bears leads in total yardage with 1,538, having 102 completions in 217 throws. Odrian Burk of the Eagles leads in touchdown passes with 14, followed by Blanda's 13 and 10 each by Finks and Charley Cornerly of the New York Giants. Billy Wilson of the Forty Niners hiked to first place from third with 32 completions while second place was a four-way tie among Bob Boyd of the Rams, Bill Howton of Green Bay, Ray Mathews of the Steelers and Pete Pihos of the Eagles. Boyd's 718 yards gained is the top per formance. Harlan Hill of the Bears leads in touchdowns with eight, while Pihos follows with six. Bobby Walston of the Eagles, whose broken jaw confined his efforts to place-kicking last week end leads the scorers with 73 points on eight touchdowns, 22 conversions and one -field goal. Doak Walker of the Lions is sec ond with 51 points. mm GUARANTEED! Court St. - Phone 3-9068 Army's Gallopin' Gertie Tank Shows Personality Ft. Douglas, Utah (U.R) Gal- lopin' Gertie is just an Army tank, but what a personality! SPORTS Football Briefs Seattle, Wash. (U.R) The University of Washington Hus kies, with a sharp memory of how California's Paul Larson passed for "240 yards against them last year, concentrated on pass defense yesterday in prep aration for Saturday's game with the Golden Bears. Coach Johnny Cherberg, who said he -would field the same starters he used against Oregon last week, named guard Larry Rhodes and fullback Stu Crook as co-captains for the homecom ing contest. COUGAR'S MILLER HURT Pullman, Wash. (U.R) Bob Miller, a sophomore halfback whb worked hard to become a cog in the Washington State line up, suffered an injury yesterday and may be out for two or three weeks. Coach Al Kircher had the Cou gars concentrate on offense yes terday as they prepared for Sat urday's battle with the tough Spartans of Michigan State. 3 BEAVERS CRIPPLED Corvallis, Ore U.R) Coach Kip Taylor may have to send his Oregon State Beavers against Minnesota Saturday without the services of three of his backfield men. Quarterback Ray Westfall re injured a bad 3eg and may be sidelined until Nov. 20. Sopho more backs Willie Kealoha and Bob Sutton have also aggravated old hurts and will probably not make the trip to the Midwest. SHAW GETS CARE Eugene, Ore. U.R) The Uni versity of Oregon Ducks will probably be in their best physi cal and mental shape of the sea son when they go against rugged UCLA Saturday, according to Coach Len Casanova. Quarterback George Shaw, leading the nation in total of fense, is being treated with snp cial care in practice sessions, and Casanova says his squad is not at all awed by the prospect of meet ing the No. 1 team in the coun try. BACK OF WEEK Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) Florian Helsinki, Indiana's two way terror who directed the Hoosiers to a stunning upset victory over Michigan last Sat urday, was named "Midwest Back of the Week" today by the United Press. BOWLING COPCO LEAGUE Standings: W. Short Circuits . 28 Circuit Breakers 27 Delta Stars 25 Hi Voltage 24 Atom Splitters 22 Hot Spots 20 Grounded Wyes 17 Hi Tension 13 L. 16 17 19 20 22 24 27 31 Results: Circuit Breakers 3 B. Smith 435 T. Anseth 389 D. Browne 462 Handicap 108 1484 HI Voltage F. Brewer B. Piche E. Barry 425 474 495 1394 Atom Splitters 2 J. Anders 464 B. Kight 413 O. Hanson 481 Handicap 39 Short Circuits 2 D. Boss 485 B. Barbee 518 R. Sterton 398 1401 1397 - Hi Tension L. Duff J. Thompson N. Linville Handicap 1 381 427 Grounded Wyes 3 H. Fisher 444 W. Wright 442 L. Stinson. 484 1370 441 15 1264 Delta Stan 2 O. Phelan 483 R. Rolls 514 W. Bish 400 139? Hot Spots 2 B. Schroeder 427 F. Benesh 461 C. Thompson 453 Handicap 6 1347 ft ELI Gertie is listed in the Army manual as an M-41 "light" tank. Unofficially, her class is called the "Walker Bulldog" after the late commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, Maj. Gen. Wal ton Walker. Actually, she's not very light at 25-plus tons. Not small, either, with a width of about 10 feet and a length of about 25. Pride and Joy This particular Walker Bull dog is the pride and joy of the 96th Reconnaisance Company of the 96th Division, an Army or ganized reserve outfit that draws its membership from Utah, Ida ho, Montana and Arizona. Gertie is the only light tank now assigned to the 96th Recon Company. But when the mem bers of the outfit, along with other divisional units, went on summer maneuvers at Califor nia's Hunter-Liggett military reservation, they had 12 Walkers to train with. A ride in the M-41 is really something. You wouldn't believe what this armor-plated Cadillac it's made by the Cadillac divi sion of General Motors can and will do. Gertie's maintenance and oper ation comes under the immediate wing, along with 213 other vehi cles, of Henry G. Price, motor transportation officer for the Army's Utah Military District. Price, a former captain in the famed 2nd Armored Division, said they never had anything like Gertie in Europe in World War II but he wishes they had. Oregon at Controls For a test spin around the sagebrush-covered rifle range at Ft. Douglas, on the foothills just east of Salt Lake City, Sgt Ben nett Twitchell of Albany, Ore., was at the controls. Twitchell, a veteran of 12 years of Army service in two wars and a tank driver and maintenance expert for the past seven years, took it easy along the paved road from the Ft. Douglas motor pool parking lot to the practice range a mere 30 to 35 miles an hour, which in the tank seemed faster than 500 MPH in a jet airplane. Out of the range, he revved up the 500-horsepower air-cooled ei'gine, put the automatic trans mission control into high range and away the tank dusted. Big sagebrush? Nothing to them, just smash them down. Ditches? Bounce over them! Trenches? Cross them, they're nothing. Bunkers? Gertie can climb a 60-degree slope, so it's easy to crunch up one side, lurch and down the other. Tank Twists Around Turn around? Twitchell twisted the handlebar-type control. One rubber-treaded track went one direction, the other tha reverse. And the tank twisted around in its own length as though it was on a pivot. 'The long-barreled 76-millimeter cannon, wih a range of sev eral miles, is mounted on a me chanism that represents a large part of the $250,000 cost of this most modern of U. S. tanks. A gyroscopic control miracu lously can keep the barrel point ed at a given target, regardless of the manipulations and bounc ing of the tank body. . Either the gunner or the tank commander can aim the power ful gun, compute, the range and other firing factors, and shoot the gun. Power controls quickly swivel the turret in either direc tion and elevate or depress the muzzle. Side Arms Supplied A .50-caliber machine gun can be fired from the same control mechanism as the big gun. In addition, the four-man crew is liberally supplied with side arms and smaller weapons, such as carbines and sub-machine guns. Riding in Gertie is noisy, but it's not as bumpy as one might expect. And, contrary to earlier model tanks, it's comparatively dust-free, particularly when the hatches are closed and operation is controlled through periscopes. A ride in the tank convinced this correspondent that Gertie would be ideal for use in Salt Lake City's rush-hour traffic when he wants to get home in a hurry. NEW FACES Stanford, Calif. W.R) Coach Chuck -Taylor says there will be new plays and "a lot of new faces" when his Stanford Indians line up to meet the Trojans of Southern California Saturday. . , The Indians, who lost the serv ices of third-string halfback Bill Burget with injures yesterday, will definitely have four men on the injury list for the game, and two others may not see action. BEARS RUN Berkeley, Calif. U.R) The University of California Bears concentrated on running plays and defense yesterday as they prepared for Saturday's contest with the Washington Huskies. . Coach Lynn Pappy Waldorf said the squad suffered two mi nor injuries, but they did not affect the 37-man squad that will make the trip to Seattle. . SKAT&l GETS VOTE Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) Skating star Sonja Heine receiv ed one write-in. vote for governor of Tennessee. Wednesday, November 3, 1954 Dave Baum Trails In Oregon House, Reelection Bid Portland (U.R) The man who reported by. many legisla tors through the state to have the . speakership of the 1955 House of Representatives pledg ed to him may miss the honor through failure to be reelected. David C. Baum, of La Grande trailed his Democratic oppon ent by nearly 400 votes as re ports of Tuesday's election came in from 26 precincts of 44 in the district, Union and Wallowa counties. The count was 4135 for Wells and 3728 for Baun. Geary, Semon Leading Edward A. Geary, Klamath Falls Republican, and the only other announced for the 1955 speakership, and Harry Semon, Klamath Falls Democrat, were well in front in the race for the two seats from Klamath coun ty. The vote was: Geary, 3452; Semon, 3572; Dorothy Lowell, 2221. " Sen. Elmo E. Smith, John Day, Republican and publisher of the Blue Mountain Eagle in that city, is alone in the bid to be president of the 1955 Senate. Sen. Phil Hitchcock, the only other announced candidate, au tomatically was eliminated when he . resigned upon leaving Kla math Falls to join the staff of Lewis and Clark college at Port land. . Volunteer Work For VA Described The important contributions of voluntary workers in the vet eran hospitals' rehabilitation program was discribed in a brief address by Frank J. Glonning at Tuesday's ' luncheon meeting of the Medford Rotary club. Glon ning, chief of special services at the VA domiciliary at Camp White, illustrated his address with a showing of a voluntary service film, "Without the Town". Entertainment of veterans at VA hospitals stresses self partici pation, t. speaker, told.. Rotar ians, as part -thi?rjgifcrn to make men atxhe domiciliary center become a part of the VA community. Already holiday programs are being planned, with more than 250 Rogue riv er valley volunteers who take part in the voluntary services each week. Games, various phases of occupational therapy and other features of the pro gram were outlined. Rufus Denning, assistant man ager of the Camp White domi ciliary, spoke briefly and intro duced Glonning. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. The "call for Crow" is heard more and more as new thousands each day enjoy Old Crow in a milder, lower-priced, 86 Proof bottling companion to the world-famous 100 Proof Bottled in Bond! NOW-TWO GREAT BOTTLINGS! 86 PROOF Celebrated Old Crow lighter, milder and lower-priced than the xoo Proof Bottled in Bond 55 sot. BOTTLED IN DOND 100 PROOF The most famous of bonded bourbons available as usual THE OLD CROW DISTILLERY COMPANY. FRANKFORT. KENTUCKY Balance of Parties Due Portland (U.R) There'll be more of a balance between, the two political parties in the 1955 Oregon House of representatives. For the first time in some sessions Multnomah county ap parently is sending more Dem ocrats than Republicans to the House. A check of latest returns from Tuesday's election would indicate the Democrats elected 11 and the Republicans 5 to "TStt0 Stan's ''s yi etui ji OPEN TILL 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY NITE SPECIALS HARDWOOD UNFINISHED ROCKING O VC CHAIRS Reg. 5.65 ... Each We 3 ICE CHESTS CLOSE OUT "Genuine Little Brown Chest" Reg. 26.69 ............ . . ..... ..... 15.89 Reg. 15.89 .... . . ....10.89 Reg. 10.49 ... ............. 7.89 Reg. 9.39 ........... .. 6.89 "STEP-ON DISPOSAL CANS Reg. 1.69 13" CAST IRON DUTCH OVEN Only 5 Left JIG SAW WMotor Reg. 22.95 .... CLOTHES DRIERS, FULL Size At Dunham's .. .. DU'R'HAit. 0 fit C?SEW $K70 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNENINE in Oregon House Multnomah county's 16 house seats. " Should the trend of incom pleted returns continue, the Democrats would have a state wide total in the House of 25, still not a majority but much closer to half of the 60 seats than the dozen or so they, held in the 1953 House. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. 9' 89 5.19 18.95 1.98 a
