Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 16, 1954, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTElf MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE 6 7 I et On Phoenix Cage Squad . Phoenix Seven lettermen, five of them regular starters at ? the end of last season, were on : hand this week as Phoenix high : school began basketball practice last week. Joach Jack Woodward said : that the squad will be broken I into varsity and junior varsity r units this week, i Regulars back are Ron Bean, ? Dave Kelsoe, Ron Vreeken, Bill Madden and Jim Korth. The ; other lettermen are Charles Wall and Ray Dahl. A senior on hand ! .who lias junior varsity experi ' ence, is Fred Oldham. ; The Pirates open their season ' tm .December 3 at Jacksonville. ; They will travel to Areata, Calif., on December 28 and 29 for 1 tussles. Woodward said that a I few games are planned for fresh ' "men on the junior varsity. . - Phoenix was filth last year ? among six teams in the now j dissolved JDJ League. They fin- l .ished the year with a 53 to 52 I .thriller win over Illinois Valley I and during the season upset I '-Crater which won the subdistrict I 'mantle. - This season the Pirates com- ; pete in the' Rogue League of ; small A schools against Crater, 5 "Illinois Valley and Eagle Point. Kiner Sold To Indians Cleveland flJ.R) The Cleve land Indians announced today -they had obtained homerun hit ter Ralph Kiner from the Chi cago Cubs for "a large amount of cash" and undisclosed players.. " At Chicago, the Cubs said .the deal was for cash and a "satis factory player" to be delivered later. Kiner had to be passed on waivers by other National League clubs in order to come to Cleveland, the 1954 Ameri can League champion. Kiner, 32, spent 'most of his Major League, career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was traded to the Chicago Cubs dur ing the 1953. season, and last year as an outfielder with Chi cago, batted .285 and hit 22 home runs. His best year in the majors was in 1949, when he walloped 54 home runs for the Pirates. Kiner's lifetime batting aver age is .281. He has hit 329 home runs in his career. Sports Briefs SECRET WORKOUTS Los Angeles (U.R) Southern California Coach Jess Hill began cooking up surprises for UCLA today as he held top secret prac tice in hopes of upsetting the two touchdowns favored Bruins. "We'll need a better game than .any we have played this year to even stay on' the field with the Bruins," Hill said as he barred all visitors from Bovard Field, even those holding season passes to practice sessions. COUGARS INJURED Pullman, Wash. (U.R) Coach Al Kircher may have to send a crippled team of . Washington State Cougars against the Wash ington Huskies in their tradi tional cross-state contest Satur day. Guard Vaugh Hitchcock is def initely out of action with a dis located arm suffered during the Cougars' 26-14 defeat at the hands of Oregon last week. Quar terback Frank Sarno and full back Duke Washington are still suffering from injuries, but may be ready for the Huskies. CAS OPTIMISTIC Eugene (U.R) Coach Len Cas anova thinks his University of Oregon Ducks may be able to dump the Oregon State Beavers this week although they haven't been able to do it in the last five attempts. The Ducks downed Washing ton State, 26-14, last weekend, and came out of the game with no serious injuries. The team should be at full strength for the intra-state battle. USC AFTER 6TH Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) The Oregon State Beavers, who suf fered their seventh defeat last weekend when California slaugh ered them 47-6, will go after the Oregon Ducks Saturday with the intention of beating them for the sixth straight time. Coach Kip Taylor said the Beavers should be in their best physical shape of the season for the contest. The only Beaver in juries is quarterback Ray West fall and he should be ready for the Ducks. TAYLOR PREDICTS Stanford, Calif. (U.R) Coach Chuck Taylor, Stanford Univer sity's greatest optimist, flatly predicted yesterday that his In dians will take the measure of the California Bears in the "Big Game" Saturday. Apparently not disturbed by the 19-14 loss to San-Jose State last week, the starry-eyed red head said, "We can still make this a successful season by win ning the Big Game and Stan ford's going to win the Big Game." MEDFOrUW&JTRIBUKE THIS IS THE WAY IT WENT California halfback Sammy Wil liams steps over teammate's foot and the goal line as he scores California's second touchdown in the second quarter in game against Oregon State at Berkeley. Teammate Ste'e Dimeff (35) has just pushed a Beaver lineman sprawling to make the hole for Williams. It went like this all day with Cal trouncing Ore gon State, 46-7. Fanfare A purse of $2,400 will be of fered professionals and $750 in prizes will go to amateurs in the Oregon Open Golf tourna ment March 25-27 at Rogue Val ley Country club here. The tour ney will mark the first time since 1949 that the tourney nas been held away from the Port land area. Sponsor of the event is the Oregon division of the Pa- cific Northwest Professional Golfers" , association. Bob Mc Kendrick is president. x CHAPMAN STARS Norm Chapman, ford high gridder, ex-Med was a standout for the University of Oregon Frosh last week end in their victory over the Ore gon State college Rooks, ac cording to Pat Frizzell, in his Northwest Notes in the Port land Oregonian. Chapman suf fered a head injury shortly before halflime in the fracas after having hurt his ankle in the first quarter of the fracas. Dick Strile, Eugene Register Guard sports editor, in his story said Chapman "played a terrific game." WEATHER GREAT One thing perfect about the football season here was 'the weather. Rain hampered nary a one of the Medford high Black Tornado's seven horde games this season. The Tornado had to go to Areata,. Calif., for a battle with elements and what a mud dy mess that tussle with the Eureka Loggers was. INCIDENT RECALLED The length-of-lhe-field pass interception tunbtck by Rocky Stone for a touchdown in Medfcrd high's 14 to 7 nod over Grants Pass will un doubtedly go ' down in the books as the Black Tornado grid highlight of the year. Grants Pass fans probably will claim for years that ihe run should have been nulli fied by an alleged clip and that the Cavemen should have had the district crown. We'd like to remind GP football fanatics, if by any chance they have forgotten, of an , incident in the 1948 state semi-final mix between the Tornado and the Cave men which cost Medford a tie score in the hassle. In that game Jack Morris tossed to Rich Riggs in a 37-yard scor - ing pass play for Medford. Chuck Romine threw a key block, one of the best blocks he threw all season. An offi cial called it clipping, can celling the play. Members of that Medford team and Tornado fans who Faye Loyd Gets Memphis Honor Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Faye Loyd, United Press woman sports writerr was made an hon orary member of. the all-male Memphis Quarterback Club yes terday and in a talk called the bowl situation for this year "muddled." Miss Loyd, who recently was refused a seat in the yale press box for the Yale-Army game, also heard a Yale graduate ask her to forgive his alma mater. - George Treadewell, Jr., for mer heavyweight boxer at Yale and member of the Quarterback Club here, got down on his knees in a gesture of fun and asked Miss Loyd to "Please forgive Yale, will you? Tutsdar, November 16, 1954 By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribun Sport Editor saw it maintain to this day that the block was legal. So far as we know, no one got any pictures of it. ALL-STARS PICKED : Medford high gridders played against seven of the footballer's who were named to the District 5 A-l all-sfar team. They were Jim Schaeffer, Roseburg, and Gene Tankersley, Marshfield, tackles; Tom Thompson, Spring field, guard; Dennis Brundage, Roseburg, center, and Sandy F r a s e r and John Johnson, Marshfield, and Nub Beamer, Roseburg, backs. BINGHAM DOES WELL Ed Bingham, ex - Medford , high hoopman and now a sophomoret on the University,' of Oregon varsity may be a regular or starter this season. A Eugene Register - Guard story states that Coach Bill : Borcher has had a chance to ' evaluate his Duck1 cagers. Ac cording to ihe article, "Bor cher's 'front line' includes Jim Luscutof f and Max An derson and either Ray Bell or Ed Bingham. Bill Moore, who has. been working both at football and basketball may fit into ihe picture." Bell is an ex-Klamath Falls player. Several ballots yet remain to be received in the poll to choose the all-Southern Oregon confer ence football squad. . Sure symbol The four-leaf clover stands good luck ... the big 7 with the for crown on top for the finest of all Seagram's 7 Crown. Fortunately, -Seagram's 7 Crown is much easier to - find than four-leaf clovers, beeaose it is the most demanded whiskey in America. jeagrafrOistfltefs Company. Hen , I I D neiu doss Choice Soon at KC By BILL ROSENTRETER Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Owner Arnold Johnson 'and newly named business manager Parke Carroll today started to do "a year's work in five months" to get the Kansas City Athletics ready for major league competition. Johnson named Carroll, a for mer newspaperman with a long career as manager in Triple-A baseball . as vice-president and business manager of the former Philadelphia team Monday. He said he would pick a field manager soon, possibly Wednes day. . . : . Asked , who the leading can didates were, he was non-committal. "We have several men under consideration," he said. "I've read a lot about Lou Boudreau, former Boston Red Sox mana ger, being a , strong candidate, but there are others, too." He said Eddie Joost, who pi loted the Philadelphia Athletics last season, was still in the run ning for the' post. Johnson arrived in Kansas City from his home in Chicago Sunday night., His purchase of the Athletics franchise necessi tated the sale and lease of Blues stadium here and getting it ready for major league baseball. Th ree Web foots Will Be Chosen For Shrine Team Portland (U.R) The Ore gon Journal said today it has learned that three members of the University of Oregon foot ball squad will be chosen to play on the West's team in the annu al Shrine' East-West game New Year's Day at San Francisco. .The newspaper said George Shaw, Oregon's candidate for AU-American honors, and Ron Pheister and Jack Patera tare certain choices. Official an nouncement is expected from the office ;of the managing director of the game. . First Since Lung The three would be the first Webfoots to play in the annual charity classic since 1950 when Guard Ray Lung represented the university. So far, three California grid ders and three from UCLA have been nominated to positions on the team. i '. Oregon Coach Len Casanova will be assistant coach for the game, serving with Head Coach Lynn Pappy Waldorf of Cali fornia. ' -V. ' .. . r ( Pilots To Make Mexico Journey Portland The University of Portland Pilots completed nego tiations for three games in Mex ico City, during the week of Feb ruary 23-27, it was announced Friday by Athletic Director Ed Fiene. The scheduling of the three contests gives the Pilots a total of 26 games. : ... Art McLafney's speedy Pilots will play two games against the Federal 'District league cham pions, and one game against the Bulldogs, the runners-up in the same loop. whiskies pSF qfgoodbick! tll and be 9m?i York Ofr. Btefldsd Whis.ey. SS.8 groat Mustangs Gain Select Group; Bruins Retain Lead Over Buckeyes By NORMAN MILLER New York (U.R) UCLA, which took last weekend off to rest up for its big objective game lost some ground to Ohio State in the race for the national col lege football championship, but topped the United Press ratings today for the fourth week in a row. Southern Methodist's surprise victory which dumped Arkansas from the perfect-record ranks brought about the major change in this week's top 10 teams. The triumph vaulted the Mustangs to ninth place and dropped Arkan sas from fourth to 10th. , ' Twenty-three of the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board selected UC LA tops in the nation. Nine coaches voted for Ohio State and three for Oklahoma. All three teams have won eight straight games. 13 Point Margin Breaking the balloting down to points, UCLA had 333 out of a possible 350' total, the Buck eyes had 320 and Oklahoma 278. The' powerful Bruins from the Pacific Coast Conference thus attracted three less first-place votes and five less points than last week. And their margin over Ohio State was narrowed from 28 to 13 points. Coach Henry Red Sanders' men next Saturday seek to com plete the first perfect season in 65 Grain ksukdl Spirits. - jkyf VAXSTY SeASOM pga AfAST 223 fiOifDEt'- . v ot Offense faT UCLA's football history when they meet sixth-ranked South ern California in . a PCC show down which shapes up as the No. 1 game on the weekend pro gram. Even if ; they win, the Bruins are not eligible for the Rose Bowl because they participated last New Year's Day. Southern caiiiornia, which . also is un beaten in conference play, is almost certain' to get the nod. The Ruhr coal fields, having the largest known reserves in continental Europe, have been worked continually for more than six centuries. 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Phone 3-1971 Phoenix, Crater Pace Rogue Loop All-Star Crater and Phoenix high schools, placing five men each, dominated the 14-man first team in the Rogue League football all star selections made by coaches of the four member schools at the request of the Mail Tribune. - The mentors, ; choosing the initial all-conference aggrega tion for the loop which began operation this fall, picked two linebackers, to give recognition to defensive players, atad named five offensive backs to expand the first team beyond the usual 11. . - " . ; - : ' Thirteen : men, including two linebackers, were placed on the second squad. -Seven players for the league champion Crater Comets were 'selected for the second team. , A Cave, Vreekea Named Jerry Cave, Eagle Point, and Ron Vreeken, Phoenix,, were chosen as ends oh the No. 1 lin e-up. Nathan Douthit. Crater, and Don Blankenship, Phoenix, got the bids at tackles, and Jim Hemingway, Illinois Valley, and Harold Lefler, Crater, at guards. Roger Puhl, the Phoenix four- year veteran, was top choice at ' center. . , . Offensive backs on the first team were Harvey Tonn and Vern Parent, , Crater; ; Delmar Brood, Phoenix; Eldon Mason, Eagle Point, and Larry Maurer, Illinois Valley. Linebackers were - Mel Harsh,. Crater, and Willie Garner, Phoenix. On the second team line were Carl Koellner, Crater, and How ard Pickle, Illinois Valley, ends; Bob Gray, Crater, 1 and Jim Smith, Illinois Valley, tackles; Lyle Yocom, Crater, and ' Jim Harper, Eagle Point, guards, and Neil Green, Crater, center. Of fensive backs picked were Dick Cocks, Phoenix; jack. Lilly and Don Goyette, Crater, and Jack Greb, Eagle Point. Linebacker choices were Bob TMason, Crater, and Bob Stewart, Eagle Point Five Mentioned Five men got honorable men tion. They were Frank Reich, Eagle Point, and Russ Barkner, Illinois Valley, ends; Jim Welch, Crater, guard; Dick Wallace, Eagle Point, center; and Walter Hurlbut, Phoenix, tackle '. - -: : It was felt that Welch and Reich would : have rated -much higher had they seen more Rogue League action. Weich missed games because of . sick ness and Reich - because of in jury. . : . ;. .; f - ; Coaches participating - in the selections ' were Jack Wood I vt&Z-ifX ,7,'f u U -.. ward, Phoenix; Jerry Mosby, Eagle Point; Stan Smith, Illi nois Valley, and Leonard War ren, Crater. They met last night at Grants Pass and their choices, were announced this morning by Woodward. BOWLING WOMEN'S BOGUE ROLLERS Standings: w. Balph's Green Lantern 37 L. 11 12 23 25 25 ',i 26 26 28 32 33 cons .Drugs 35i Clave Construction 1.25 Rogue Sportsman , ?3 urooKs Electric wij B & B Auction .22 First National Bank 20 Women of the Moose .16 OX. Market 15 Results: Chris Draft 4" B. Minger 437 B. Henson - 400 I. Forga ' 411 R. 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