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t TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, November 14. 1954 Bruising Pirates Grind Out 1 9-6 Win; Bedford Ends Season with 7-3 Mark Marshfield high's gray clad charging, bruising Pirates still had high hopes and dreams today and the Medford football aggre gation had its memories in the wake of the Coos Bay school's second triumph this season over the Black Tornado. Their resolute aggressive play and explosive offense in keeping with their top ranking among the state's prep grid powers, the Pirates of the coast region out classed and calmed the Big Wind of the Rogue country 19 to 6 here Friday night. It was a state quar ter-final play-off tangle and Marshfield, which encounters Lincoln of Portland next week end is only two strides away from the state's highest grid hor or, the Class A-l championship For Medford it was the end of the 1954 season and the Torna do could look back with mixed feelings on its best season in five years. It was a good year with seven wins and three setbacks. But there is the regret that after grabbing six straight victories, the Tornado could. not quite gain the heights of previous games and have an even better year. Johnson Romps The blasting running game of the Pirates, with slippery John Johnson and smashing Denny Baker mostly Johnson the bombshells, Marshfield manufac tured No. 2 decision over the Tornado and made it only slight ly less impressive than the ear lier 28 to B non-district verdict. Pirate backs crossed into the end zone twice in the first quar ter and once in the third and Medford got its touchdown in the third. Marshfield zipped like a gray streak in getting its first touch down, going the 72 yards in five plays. Johnson slashed for seven yards Baker for three and John son again for 11. Then speedy Johnny went around left end for 24 yards to the Medford 27. From that spot Baker rammed through the middle of the line, broke free and amble to the goal. Sand Fraser was run out of bounds on an end sweep try for the bonus point. The Pirates led 6 to 0 and the game was . less than four minutes underway. Fumble Recovered Second Pirate TD came after linebacker Leonard Creasey had fallen on a Medford fumble for the second time in the starting stanza. Marshfield got the ball on the Medford 34-yard line and in five plays crossed the goal. Baker lost a yard but Johnson picked up 14 over tackle. The Tornado held Baker for no gain but on the next play Johnson shook loose for 24 yards and Rocky Stone brought him down on the two. Johnson skipped over left guard into the pay zone with 35 seconds left in the period, Frazer kicked the extra point for a 13 to 0 spread. Medford collected its touch down on the first opportunity in the third canto. Guard Paul Eckel set the stage with his re covery of Baker's muff on the Pirate 33 on the first running play after the second half kick off. Nine plays were needed for the break to pay off. Lorin Jacobs and Mike Haw kins each made three yards. On three successive tries Ed McCul lough made four yards, punched inches to a first down and gained nine. Jacobs hit the middle for two yards and a first down on the 12. Stone's pass to McCul lough was incomplete. Hawkins got three over guard. Then Stone got a good hole over right tackle and went nine yards to score. He had good blocking until he neared the goal and made the rest of the way with a leaping crash. Score 13 to 6 Jacobs' conversion kick was wide and Medforfl trailed within striking distance 6 to 13. , That close margin was short lived. The Pirate marched 69 yards down the field following the Medford touchdown and got another of their own their last. The promenade in 10 plays was hampered only slightly by a de lay of game penalty. Johnson TORNADO QUARTERBACK STOPPED Ed McCullough is caught by Marshfield's Leonard Creasey after the little Medford quarterback picks up four yards on a jaunt around end during Black Tornado's third quarter touchdown march in the third quar ter of the state A-l prep quarter-final grid tiff here Friday night. Pirate with feet in air is Roger Johnson (41) and behind him are Medford's Lorin Jacobs, on ground and Rocky Stone (20). On ground in front of McCul , lough, Mike Hawkins (26), Medford, has just blocked John Johnson (50), Marshfield. dom ing up on the play is Marshfield's Bob Peter son (57). The Pirates won 19 to 6. (Landis-Shangle photo) toted the pigskin eight times on the push. He had carries of 12 yards twice, 13 and 19 yards. Baker sweot rieht end nn a nitrh- out for the final four vards with End Roger Johnson taking out the last man in his wav. Frazer's extra point kick was low. From that rjoint on the clubs played on rather even terms. Marsniieia got to tne Meaiord 17 in the final stanza but that drive was wrecked when Frazer fumbled and Bron Oglesby re covered for the Tornado back on the 22 '-Medford eot a drive underway as the minutes faded and reached the Pirate 45 but a clipping infraction spoiled touch down hopes. Jacobs punted and the Pirates took over on their 40. They gained to the 43 then a holding penalty-put them back on the 32. 1 Braun Recovered John Johnson fumbled and Ted Braun got the ball for Med ford on the 33. Marshfield was offside, moving the ball to the za. Mcuuiiough made it a first down on the Pirate 16 but his pass try to Dick Copple was in complete as the horn sounded. Medford's other deepest pene trations were to the Pirate 38 and 35 in the first quarter and to the 33 in the second. The offense was halted on downs on the first occasion, a fumble stopped the next and a bad center snap ruin ed a first down chance on the other. , Johnson was clearly the top back on the field and unofficial statistics pointed it out. The Mail Tribune count from the box gave him 186 vards net. nn 25 carries, of his team's 236. Baker gained 60 yards in 16 tries; Tom Metzeer DiekeH nn four and Frazer had a" net loss o 14 yards to make the count Daiance out. Official statistics will the Pirate scamper boys with less. xaraaee steDDed off hv Larry Butler on th sirfeii credited Marshfield with 211 net and Medford with 114. From the press box view 130 wpro totalis up for Medford. , First downs iavorea the Pirates 13 to nine. Tackling Fails . Holes opened by the rugged line and some failure of the Tor nado to tackle solidly helped the Pirate backs ary and they were dangerous every time tney got there. Yet there were no suner-lonc MarcK. field breakaway runs and Med ford's Stone had the longest gal lop. He ran back a kick-off 43 yards in the first ouarter Rairarv 27-yard TD run and Johnson's two flashes of 24 each were the Pirates' longest. Marshfield jammed its de fenses to contain Stone and con sequently the Tornado offens ive chores were much divided. Hawkins got the heavy packing duty with 13 carries and a net Of 49 vards. McCullmitfh anrl Jacobs each toted eight times and Stone the least, six, but get- mm ll H in ftiA w(am -.lira MiBllMMHiiU BEST BUYS IN TOWN HERE IS ONE! 1953 Hudson Hornet UN OWNER LOW MILEAGE ' COMPLETELY EQUIPPED : Radio Heater Hydromatic Sun Visor ???????????????? ? ? STILL AVAILABLE - A FEW 1954 MODELS AT TERRIFIC SAVINGS! SEE US FOR ESsA TRADE-INS (Metropolitan Sports Car Now On Display) MEDF0RD-HUDS0N, Inc. FRONT & JACKSON Ducks Stop Cougars 26-14 Behind Shaw Eugene, Ore. U.R) Quart erback George Shaw, playing his final home game' of a four year varsity career, directed University of Oregon to a 26-14 victory over Washington State Saturday in a Pacific Coast Con ference football game before a Homecoming crowd of 16,500. The brilliant Webfoot all-pur pose back ran 16 yards for one touchdown, passed 31 yards .to End LeRoy Campbell for an other after seting it up with a 50-yard punt return, and set up a third score with two passes covering 44 yards. ' Injured Tornado Ends . Reported To Be Okeh Ends Bud Kastner and Cliff Peders-en of Ihe Medford high football learn, who suffered mild concussions Friday night in the Marshfield gam here, were all right today, their doc tors said. -. Kastner. who also had a previously injured hip bat tered again, was released after a check at Sacred Heart hos pital last night. Pedersen stayed overnight at the hos pital and went home yesterday. Kastner, who was hurt when tackled, after receiving a Marshfield kick-off, was car ried from the field late in the third quarter. Medford look its roughest physical pounding of the year from the Pirates. Among others injured were Back Rocky Stone with bruised ribs. End Gordon McVey with lorn knee ligaments and' Tackle Dave Peterson with a hand injury. ting 33 yards net. Passing Dlaved a minor rnl on the Marshfield attack. Of the two Pirate tosses one was intercepted and the other was more, nine times, but with scant success. One pass was comnleted for five yards. Another was in tercepted. By the first play of the second quarter of the contest Medford had. fumbled three times and each time Leonard Creasey re covered for Marshfield. The Tornado took some consolation, however, in four seizures o Pirate miscues. two bv Eckel and one each by Oglesby and Braun. Fifth Win The victory was the fifth of the season for Oregon and kept the Webfoots in third place in conference standings. .The loss was the sixth in nine starts for the Cougars. Washington State opened the game as if it were going to run Oregon out of the stadium. Led by Quarterback Bob Iverson, the Cougars took the opening kickoff and marched 67 yards in 12 plays with Iverson scoring on' a two-yard sneaker. Oregon trailed until early in the second period when Shaw ran for seven, passed to Lloyd Powell for 12 and then skipped 16 yards for the score. Washington State5 made 17 first downs to 15 for Oregon and outrushed the Webfoots 175 to 95. But Oregon gained 139 from passing to 86 for the Cougars.- " .- ' ' ' .. nr-" "-"Tr'Tj SIPODIWS Marshfield to Face Li ncol n High N ext By UNITED PRESS South Salem meets Beaverton and Marshfield plays Lincoln this week in Oregon class A-l high school football semi-finals after a rugged night of action that saw 11 teams eliminated in three divisions and Prineville drop its first contest in 26 starts. South Salem and Marshfield, the two favorites in the A-l bracket, scored impressive vic tories. The Salem club, playing before 4028 home fans, handed Jefferson of Portland a 26-0 lacing. Marshfield proved that an earlier win over Medford was no fluke by trouncing the Black Tornado 19-6 at Medford. Beaverton and Lincoln grab bed early leads and then fought off last gasp, efforts to hurdle Milwaukie and Pendleton. Beaverton led Milwaukie 21-0 before finally winning 21-12 and Lincoln led Pendleton 25-0 before coming out on top 25-13. Vale's Arana Hero But Vale's 13-12 upset of Prineville overshadowed much of the A-l play. Prineville, the defending A-2 champ led 12 to 6 with 20 seconds to play. Tony Arana shot a pass to Darrell Swift for a touchdown and then kicked the extra point to spoil the states longest unbeaten string. Prineville had been tied twice this year. Other class A-2 action follow ed the form chart with Coquille trouncing Junction City, St. Helens blanking Reedsport 26-0 and Dallas beating Central high of Monmouth-Independence 19 13. . Three of four class B 11-man games were played Friday. Mon roe and Oakland tied 6-6 but Monroe advanced in the play offs because it sained 186 net yards to 108 for Oakland. Moro walloped St. Mary's of Medford 26-7 and Knappa took Silez 13 12. Union met Echo yesterday. Six-man action Saturday pit ted Glide against Harrisburg and Eagle Valley against Cul ver. The A-2, playoffs this week match St. Helens against Dallas and Vale against Coquille. Knappa plays Monroe and Moro meets the Echo-Union winner. Arkansas Turkey Shoot Today At Medford Gun Club Shooting will start at 10 a.m. today in the Medford Gun club's first turkey shoot of the season. There will be events for non shooters as well as scatter-gun-ners and spectators are welcome. Ham and bacon prizes will be offered along with turkeys. Lunch will be served at the grounds. Basketball Work Begun By Tornado Practice sessions for Medford high school's basketball varsity were held three days last week as an original turnout of 40 aspirants has been cut down to a squad of 12, Head Coach Frank Roelandt reported. Lettermen now out are Larry Copple, Frank Rector and Glen Peterson. Hoop candidates who have been busied by var sity football are expected to be out in a week or so. Among them are two other maplecourt letter men, Ed McCullough and Bud Kastner. Juniors and sophomores who did not survive the varsity cut are expected to be out for jun ior varsity play. Medford should have a taller club than last year. Peterson is around six feet five inches. Coach Roelandt stated that the Black Tornado , season will start December 3 with the Southern- Oregon conference jamboree at Grants Pass. Med ford will . play Eureka, Calif., here on the following evening, The slate will include trips to Eugene and Marshfield. Games are set here with North Bend, Eagle Point and Cleveland of Portland. 21-14 by By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer It, was "D" for disappointment day Saturday as Arkansas and Cincinnati fell from the ranks of unbeaten and untied college football teams and heavily favored Yale failed to clinch a tie for the Ivy group title. Ohio State, Oklahoma and idle UCLA were left as the na tion's only major teams with spotless records when Arkansas bowed to SMU, 21-14, and Cin cinnati was upset by Wichita, 1.3-0, in two of the day's biggest upsets. Ohio State routed Pur due, 28-6, clinching a mathemat ical tie for the Big 10 crown, and Oklahoma rolled over Mis souri, 34-13. The Sooners' vic tory assured them of a tie for the Big 7 title and stretched their winning streak to 17 games. Yale Downed . Princeton's 13-point under dogs rose up to defeat . Yale, 21-14; Pittsburgh beat Nebraska, 21-7; Boston College stunned Boston University, 7-6, and, Tu lane gained its first triumph of the season with a 6-0 conquest of Vanderbilt in a quartet of other upsets. And in still an other surprise, Minnesota down ed Iowa, the nation's ninth- ranked team, 22-20. A crowd of 29,000 at Fayette- ville, Ark., saw SMU's Mustangs and Arkansas' hopes of a per fect season and an early clinch ing of the Southwest confer ence's Cotton Bowl bid. Half back Frank Eidom . scored all three touchdowns for the Mus tangs, who ground out 350 yards rushing and built a 21-0 lead before the Razorbacks staged a two-touchdown rally in the final period. In the NCAA's televised "game of the day," Halfback Jimmy Thompson scored two touchdowns and turned in a brilliant all-around performance Spilled Mustangs to lead Georgia Tech to a 204) win over Alabama. . Just Ahead the "Way-Ahead OLDSMOBILE fbr55! - See it November 19 " DARRELL MILLER CO. 415 S. Riverside, Ph. 2-6209 Bears Stomp Beavers 46-7; Drew Big Gun Berkeley, Calif.. (U.R) The Oregon State Beavers stacked a five-man line against the passing of peerless Paul 'Larson Satur day and as a result the California Bears ran to an easy 46-7 victory. With Larson sitting on the sidelines for more than half the game, the spotlight went to speedy halfback Jerry Drew, who scampered through the 5-2-4 defense on touchdown runs of 67, 59 and 54 yards to electrify a cold crowd of 22,000. Despite the aerial defense set up by the Beavers, Larson didn't have too much trouble with his aerial attack. He passed for one touchdown and set up another bn an overhead drive. All told, he tossed 14 passes and completed 7 for 128 yards. He netted one yard on the ground for a net total WYOMING ROLLS Provo, Utah (U.R) Wyom ing kept its Skyline conference football title hopes flickering Saturday as it combined a pow erful single wing offensive with Brigham Young university's bungles to ride over the Cougars 34 to 13 before 3,824 fans. yardage of 129. . Bufc he had to take a back seat to the play of the elusive Drew who easily skirted the short Oregon State forward, wall, then side-stepped or outran the sec ondary. For the day, Drew carried the ball 11 times, gained 283 yards front scrimmage for a phe nomenal 25.7. yards per carry( average. Idaho Posts 45-0 Win "Moscow, Ida. (U.R) a 89 yard touchdown run by Fullback Wilbur Gary on the second play of the game started the Univer sity of Idaho on its way to a 45-0 victory over the University of North Dakota in ah intersection al football game before . 2,000 Dad's Day fans Saturday. I: It was the third straight win for the Vandals, who started the season with . five . consecutive losses. The Vandals ran up 543 yards in total offense, 475 of them on the ground. North Dakota could chalk up total gains of only 148 yards. . Moscow, Ida. (U.R) - Uni versity of Idaho Football Coach Skip Stahley, who accomplished what no other Vandal coach had life's MAD AT HIS HEIftHftOK; CHICKENS. Durable blocks . . . good protection against anything. Blocks are tough, strong and weather resistant. When you build with blocks, you build for safety and protection. Our information is yours . . . come in and see us NOW! Phone 2-4107 BUELHM3E&S SUPPLY 727 W. McAndrews UTAH DOWNED ; Salt Lake City (U.R) A rugged, bruising line which per mitted a host of fleet backs to scamper in cover led Colorado over stubborn Utah Saturday in to a 20 to 7 intersectional wis rain-soaked Utah stadium before 10,000 chilled fans. 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