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EIGHT MEDfORD (OREGON) Jim Carter Captures Lightweight Ring Toga 3rd Time; Halts Paddy Br SCOTT BAILLIE San Francisco (U.R) Jim- mv Carter, master of the softly spoken word and brain-addling left hook, wore the lightweight crown for the third time in his erratic career today a feat never before accomplished among the little men of the same. ' Plodding, patient Jimmy snatched it back from Brook lyn's Paddy DeMarco Wednes day night by stopping the gritty brawler in 0.14 of the 15th round of their nationally tele- Healthiest Clubs Nearer Pro Titles By EARL WRIGHT i United Press Sports Writer i The National Football league's division races have turned into survivals of the fittest, and the healthiest teams are closest to the titles. ; The Detroit Lions, New York Giants and Cleveland Browns have suffered injuries. But they have been enjoying perfect health in comparison with the other leading title contenders. Detroit boasts a two - game lead in defense of its western division crown and the next three clubs are virtually ham strung by injuries. The San Francisco Forty Niners have suffered at least 10 major, in juries. They lost Hugh McElhen ny, probably the league's best runner, two weeks ago after playing the first half of the sea son without Gordie Soltau, lead ing NFL scorer In 1952 aid 1953. The Los Angeles Rams, who are tied with the Forty Niners for second behind Detroit, have been hit almost as hard. They lost Bob Carey, a top offensive end, early in the campaign and Tank Younger one the league's best ball carriers, last Sunday in addition-to other fine players. 1 Bears Comeback Nipped . The Chicago Bears looked like the Bears of old several weeks ago but were unable to start fullback Chick Jagade against the Browns last Sunday and lost star passer Georga Blanda for the rest of the season when he hurt his shoulder in that game. Coach Jim Howell admits lack of injuries is one reason his Giants have a half-game lead in the eastern race. "A lot of the teams are losing out because too many of their players are hurt," Howell says. "We had injuries early in the season but have been lucky lately. It's a question whether we can stand up physically the rest of the season." Cleveland, hot on New York's heels, played the Bears without Ray Renfro, one of the league's fastest runners. But Chet Han ulak, the little rookie back fronv Maryland, is becoming familiar with Coach Taul Brown's sys tem and helped beat the Bears by gaining 90 yards on 11 rush es. - . - -.'..' . The Philadelphia Eagles, only a game behind New York, lost to the Giants . last Sunday , to slip from a tie for first!: ., T h e Eagles played without Jim Par mer, their leading ball earner, and have been in trouble since Bob Walston, the league's top scorer, suffered a broken jaw against Pittsburgh. Stealers Dragged From Race Pittsburgh was riding high after beating Cleveland and Philadelphia but injuries, par ticularly on the defensive pla toon, have helped drag the team practically out of the eastern race since those big vic tories. The Steelers have been hurt by the loss of Ernie Staut ner, one of the circuit's best ae- fensive tackles, linebacker "ick Flanagan and other key rerfor mers. Saturday night Forty Niners (4-3-1) over Steelers (4-4) at Pitts burgh. Sunday Lions (6-1) over Packers (4-4) at Green Bay; Rams (4-3-1) over Giants (6-2) at New York; Browns (5-2) oyer Eagles (5-3) at Cleveland; Bears (4-4) over Colts (1-7) at Balti more; Cardinals j; (1-7) over Red skins (2-6) at Chicago! ISaffpl - KENTUCKY LWPpi STRJU6HT BOURBON yJ ' WHISKEY MAIL TRIBUNE vised title fight at the Cow Palace.. Carter weighed 135 and De Marco 134 in their fight be fore a crowd of 12,896. -The gross gate was $48,676. The old pro, who will be 31 next month, thus decisively av enged last March's title loss to DeMarco and did it by meth odically chopping down his crowding opponent as coolly as if he were catching the bus. Carter Far Ahead ' Carter was far ahead on the score cards when the end came, Judge Frankie Brown had him 82-72, Judge Jack Silver had it Carter 85V&-68V and Referee Ray Flores, Carter WA-lWi United Press scorecard saw it Carter 79-75. The Harlem boxer first won the title as an unknown when he . stopped Ike Williams in 1951. Then he lost it on a de cision in Los Angeles to Lauro Salas in 1952 only to recapture it five months later. Last March he lost it again this time to DeMarco, whb took a 15-round decision in New York. ' Time began to run ' out on Paddy's short, uneasy reign when Carter dropped him with a left hook midway in the ninth round. DeMarco, who learned how to be a man in street fights around Brooklyn's Sands Point district,- scrambled up at the count of four. Carter had DeMarco in troub several times after that but Paddy seemed to be getting some of his early steam back when Carter stopped one of his rushes short with a smacking left hook to the face in DeMar co's corner. Then came another left hook after the break' and DeMarco crashed to the canvas from a lefkhook at the bell end ing the llth. Over Soon in 141h. DeMarco, his left eye battered to the size of a healthy hen's egg and that faraway look in his eyes, tottered - out to start the 15th and immediately stag gered into a neutral corner be fore a rajn of lefts and rights. As the crowd yelled, "Stop it," Referee Flores stepped be tween them and Carter was king once more. DeMarco, who said he loved to fight as the underdog, had the crowd roaring with him for the first three rounds. The early aggressor, he pumped lefts and rights into Carter's midsection with the speed of a riveter and scored with a fine left hook from a distance. But DeMarco's furious pace began to cool in the fourth and Carter scored with a right to his eye as the. fifth ended which put the orb in trouble for the rest of the night. ' Paddy reciprocated by open ing a small but deep cut over Carter's left eye in the 10th after Jimmy definitely seemed to be on the way to a knock out in the preceding round. -; Medford Teams Bowl at Berid ' - Tally Ho. : bowling ' team of Medford won two games in one series and lost all three in an other to the Bend Snoboys Sun day in matches at Bend. - Another Medford men's team took one game . and ' total pins and lost three' games to Joe and Bea's of Bend and Ralph's Green Lantern women's quint of Med ford dropped all but one game in two series with the Oregon Trail Box five of Bend. The matches were return affairs for previous Sunday competition at Medford Bowling lanes. In its first series Tally Ho missed total pins by 15. For the Medford Crew Karl Johnson had a 213 game and 565 series and Harold Vessey a 562 total. John.; sen was high for Tally Ho in the second match with 197 and 533 series. Poul Sevy had 222 and series. Paul Sevy had 222 and 582 counts for the Snoboys. Other members of the Medford team were Vera McCall, Harry Good and Buzz Green. The : other Medford men's team had a 2624 to 2607 pin mar gin in its first tussle. Bill Haw ley had 202 and 582 scores. Ray Wise topped Medford in the sec ond brush with 221 game and 580 series. Others on the team were Gordon Schulz, Sam- Van Dyke and Nels Florey. Wise, rated one of the top bowlers in the state, is a new comer to Medford. He is from Bend and Redmond. Some high scores are expected from hfcn as he becomes more acquainted with the Medford alleys. Claudia Lowd had high game, 211, and high series, 537, for the Medford ladies at Bend, high for both series. Other Medford rollers were Vi Corby, Vi Florey, Nine Hollenbeak and Vivian Knox. The eauivalent of.mor than 500,000 acres of U.S. farm land is destroyed everv vear bv un controlled and uncorrected nat ural erosion. Thursday, Norember 18, 1934 All-America Drums Beat For G. Shaw By HOWARD APPLEGATE Portland (U.R) George Shaw of Oregon and Paul Lar son of California, running a close race for national total hon ors, also are in the thick of the battle for all-American. Since both play quarterback, only one if either can make it. And the drums are beating loudly in the Bay area of Cali fornia for Larson, who has a terrific pass-completion per cent age. Drums also are beating in the Northwest for Shaw, but not as loudly principally be cause of the population factor. There simply are. more people to beat drums for Larson in Cal ifornia than there are for Shaw in Oregon. With a divided vote likely on the Pacific Coast, perhaps nei ther will wind up an all-American, Fellows like Ralph Gugli- elnn of Notre Dame and Lenny Dawson of Purdue can be ex pected to pick up a big share of Midwest and Eastern votes. And records of the California and Oregon elevens are against Lar son or Shaw making all-Ameri can. Total offense, in itself, isn't enough. Passes Van's Mark But you can't convince sup porters of the two stars. Es pecially Shaw supporters, who point out that it's tougher for a player from Oregon to make all-American than it is a play er from California. , A few years back a fellow named Norman Van Brocklin was the Oregon quarterback. The "Flying Dutchman" got mention but wasn't a . "con sensus all-American. Now he s rated as one of the all-time great passers of football. Shaw has surpassed Van Brocklin's record at Oregon. His pass percentage is about the same. Like Van Brocklin, Shaw throws the long pass. Larson is more adept at the short pass. And there are some who will tell yo,u Shaw is as good a passer now as was Van Brocklin in his final year' at Oregonalthough that's a case for argument. Coaches Praise Both Shaw also is a better all- around football player than Van Brocklin. He's a threat at runr ning the ball; he plays defense something Van Brocklin. never, did; he kicks extra points and kicks off. Whether he will seek a profesional football career is open to doubt since he's also a star outfielder in baseball. West Cost coaches have been high in their praise of both Shaw and Larson. There's little room to choose between "them here. Perhaps the best compari son is in the game in which they opposed each other. Shaw, nurs ing a leg injury, came off the bench to lead Oregon to' a 33-27 victory over California. He com pleted 12 of 19 passes for 160 yards. - Larson had 7 out of 11 for 106 yards. Shaw was held to six yards rushing but Larson was smeared for minus 25. How ever, Larson ran back a punt for a touchdown. - . Last season, Shaw was named to the United Press all-coast team over Larson. This year, both are apt to make it desnite the fact they're both quarter- DacKs. But aU-American is a different thing. Chances are that Shaw would be more satisfied with a. victory over Oregon State this coming Saturday. He's in his fourth vear and the Webfoots have yet to beat the Bearvers while he's been in the lineup. ' - Turkey Shoot Here Sunday v There will be shooting for all classes of competitors Sunday in the second turkey shoot of the season slated by the Medford Gun club at its grounds west of the . Crater Lake highway Four Corners. . Activity will get underway at 10 a.m. Events are planned for non-shooters. Lunch will be served at the grounds. " ,' Skeet shooters are being told to come early and to bring their guns for that type of competi tion. V " :;- , - - 1 First turkey shoot of the sea son was held last Sunday with a large number of people attend ing. . ... '-. J, Losses of about $25,000,000 a year are incurred because of the death ir injury of livestock be ing shipped from farms to meat packing centers. ' v You'll Always Find o Reliability Uniformity O Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CQNCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST, PROMPT DELIVERY McAndrews Road Phone 2-5271 MIXING IT UP in third round, Peter Mueller (left), German middleweight and Gene Fullmer, Utah, collide head-on in Amer ican debut of Mueller at Brooklyn arena. Retaining undefeated status, Fullmer tooksunanimous decision. (International) SIPCMTTS Yankees Obtain Bob Turley In Big Deal With Orioles By MILTON RICHMAN New York -(U.R) The New York Yankees made their first major trade to regain their lost' world championship today by acquiring pitchers Bob Turley and Don Larsen and shortstop Billy Hunter from the Baltimore Orioles in the biggest deal in baseball history. The Yankees gave up out fielder Gene Woodling, pitchers Harry Byrd and Jim McDonald, infielder Willie Miranda and rookie catchers Gus Triandos and Hal Smith in the million dollar deal. ' In addition, the Yankees will deliver three more players, pre sumably from their farm sys tems, to be named later. Weaknesses Plugged . General Manager George Wiess of the Yankees, who clos ed the deal, said it would wind up as the 'largest in the history cf the game, Tne value oi xne players involved was considered upwards of one million dollars. Additional Baltimore players also will be involved. When we got Turley and , Larsen, we plugged the major weakness of the Yankee ciud, Beaver Sale Wrapped Up Portland U.R) Sale of the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast baseball league to a home owned group was completed here yesterday. The Portland baseball club, represented by Milo Mclver, vice president, and Calvin Souther, secretary, presented the former owners with a certified check for $75;000 for the team's fran chise. G. V. Uhr, secretary, and A. J. Cook, represented the re tiring corporation. , , Bill .Garbarino, assistant gen eral manager, left for Los An geles shortly after the transac: tion and was to meet with the PCL directors today to obtain formal approval of the sale. 900 Buy. Stock . '. The new team owners an nounced that about $160,000 worth of stock, at $10 per share had been sold to an ' estimated 900 persons. Only Oregon resi dents are eligible to purchase stock. Mclver said the club manage ment hoped to increase the in vestment figure to $250,000 by the end of this month, when gen eral manager Joe Ziegler will at tend the major-minor league meeting in Houston and make player deals for next season. The league franchise and the team's players were included in the transaction. Mclver said the new owners would lease Vaughn street park from the former own ers, who are headed by George Norgan, Vancouver, B.C. . Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Tractors should not be driven o,ver soil shortly after irrigation. Such action can cut the penetration of water from one and one-half inches a minute to only one-half inch. Weiss said. "They are two of the finest and fastest young right handers in the game. Both of them figure to get better and they are young. Turley is only 24 and Larsen is 25.'.' Traded Turley Reluctantly Baltimore, which finished sev enth in the American League last, season, parted most reluc tantly with Turley, 24-year-old righthander who led the Ameri can League with 185 strikeouts in 1954. Sought by every club in the league Turley won 14 games and lost 15 last season while compiling a 3.46 earned run average. At one time, the Orioles hung a $200,000 price tag on him. . . Larsen, a 25-year-old right hander also was widely coveted despite a woeful record of only three "victories against 21 de feats. Like Turley, he is a fast ball pitcher with limited major league . experience. . The key man in the long drawn-out trade talks between general Manager George Weiss of the Yankees and Paul Rich ards, who serves as both general manager and field manager for the Orioles, was the peppery 26-year-old Hunter who cost the St. Louis Browns $90,000 plus" three players when they bought him from the Brooklyn Dodgers Oct. 14, 1952. , To Replace Rizzuto A ' fast-moving slick fielder who batted only .243 last season, Hunter will be groomed to re place 36-year-old Phil Rizzuto, who has played shortstop for the Yankees since 1941. From the Orioles point of view, the player they sought most was Woodling, 32-year-old left fielder who was sidelined part of 1954 with an injured wrist and hit only .250 after battin .309 in 1952 and 306 in 1953. . It was reported that the Yan kees and Orioles would make a subsequent deal in two or three weeks but there was no official confirmation. '.''',. i if " 2111s WHISKY THAT JjYjf V: X W t flMES DISTIUEKY CO"1 1 KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON UCLA Scores Up Fewest , New York U.PJ UCLA sub scribes to simple ideas in foot ball. Score more than anybody else, give up fewer points than anybody else, and you shouldn't lose and UCLA hasn't. Coming up to their final game of the season against Southern California Saturday -the bowl barred Bruins have achieved what only two previous teams have been able to do in record ed major college football history go into the last game leading the country in point defense as well as offense. NCAA Service Bureau statis tics, which Wednesday showed the Uclans averaging 41.6 points a game, today revealed that they have allowed only 5 a game. In actual point totals, 333 to 40, UCLA is on top also. The two precedents for this came in 1942 and 1944, and both times the teams in question fin ished strong and won both titles. In 1942 Tulsa whipped Arkansas 40-7 in its last game and wound up 427-32 for 10 games. In 1944 it was Army's wartime Blanch-ard-Davis team that beat Navy 23-7 in its finale for a 504-35 total in nine games. Strong Lines Credited A .strong line has been, the main factor in UCLA's success. Just as it has in the case of the other two major unbeatens, Oklahoma and Ohio State. The Sooners moved into the No. 1 spot in rushing defense this week with' 73.6 yards a game allowed, while UCLA mov ed up to second with 81.8. Ohio State is seventh with 109.9. Oklahoma is shooting for an even bigger distinction . than UCLA however. It already has three rushing defense crowns from 1938, 1946 and 1949. If it wins another, it will become the first team ever to take four statistical titles in ' any depart ment. "- ' Navy, meanwhile, went about making its "natural" meeting with Army even more natural by moving back to first place in total yardage defense and to third in ground defense. Holding Columbia , to 143 rushing-and- passing yards, the Middies low ered their average-per-garae al lowance to 168.9 for a slight lead over Richmond's 170.8. On the ground Navy has yielded 82.3. Army is the No. 1 team in total and rushing offense, so it will be strictly a case of the best facing the best at Philadelphia Nov. 27. , 'Tide' Loses Defense Lead ' Alabama, last week's total de fense leader, was knocked down to fifth by Georgia Tech, but it kept first place in pass defense. The. Tide has given up only 42 yards . a game to passing, and has let the opposition complete only 31.4 per cent of its at tempts. Only Boston College, with 29.1 per cent, has a lower enemy completion percentage." , , Mississippi, which, ranks fourth in total and ground de fense, is second only to UCLA in allowing points. It has given up 47 in nine games or 5.2 a game. . Alabama, scoreless itself for three straight weeks, has al lowed only 5.9 a game, Mary land 6, Richmond 6.5, Navy 6.6 and Oklahoma 6.9. . Only three teams have been getting 40 yards or more per punt. New Mexico is the leader with a 43.6-yard average, Penn sylvania second with 41.2 and Arkansas third with 40.4. Wichita is the country's most proficient team at running back kicks. It's first in punt returns, averagmg 24.8 yards a crack, and third in kickoff returns with 27. The kickoff return leader is Maryland, averaging 28.9 yards WHISKY II PROOF . EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY Bruin Gridders Rated Solid 1 3-Point Choice Over Troy New York (U.R) UCLA, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Yale will clinch college football con ference championships on Sat urday if odds announced today stand up. ' - UCLA, which is after its first perfect season in history, is a solid 13-point pick over Southern California in the Pacific Coast Conference; Ohio State is rated 13 points over Michigan in the Big Ten; Oklahoma is a 20-point pick over Nebraska in the Big Seven; and Yale is a slim one- point choice over Harvard in the Ivy group. The PCC championship is at stake in the . UCLA Southern California game with Southern California a ; cinch to , get the Rose Bowl bid since UCLA played there last Jan. 1. South ern California has a 6-0 league record compared to UCLA's 5-0 mark. -" Ohio State can assure itself of Rose Bowl berth by beating Michigan at Columbus, Ohio, while Michigan's only chance to go West on Jan. 1 is to beat Ohio State on Saturday and then hope to get the vote of the con ference from the ' resultant tie for the Big Ten title. This is the week's nationally televised game. Oklahoma finds itself in the same position with UCLA. The Aggies played in the Orange Bowl last year and cannot rep resent the Big Seven there this time. If : Nebraska beats the Sooners on Saturday,, it can get the berth. In the Ivy League, Yale can win the championship by beating Harvard. The Southwest Conference title is also up for grabs and the Cotton Bowl bid from the con ference with it. Southern Metho dist, rated six points over Bay lor, must beat the Bears at Dal las in order to stay in the run ning for the conference crown and the Cotton Bowl berth. If Baylor upsets SMU, then Ark ansas with its conference sched ule .completed, will . gain both honors. Arkansas is a ' 13-point pick over Louisiana State. . In the only major game on Friday . night, Miami (Fla.) is rated a 13-point favorite over Alabama according to a M"- neapolis odds-making syndicate, Wyoming Over Tulsa In a leading intersections! clash, Wyoming is a 13-point choice over Tulsa at Tulsa, while the only even game on this week's program pita Perm State against Pittsburgh, to Arizona's 27.4. Behind Wichi ta in punt- returns are Miami, Fla., with 20.1, William and Mary, with 19.7, Detroit with 19.5 and UCLA with 19.3. Demd line Sunday Classified ftt at noon Saturday : 10 ajn. Monday for cnonoay: outer aay ossu previous oay Thanksg NOV. U & 21 Medford Gun Club NON-SHOOTERS INVITED There Will B Skeet and 16 yard practice starting :: v - : 10 A.M. . LUNCH SERVED ON THE GROUNDS It's the qualiiyrOf the whisky that keeps Early Times on top- : FIRTS FOR HOLIDAY SERVING Ifs only natural during the holiday sea- " son for you to serve the one 86 proof x . straight bourbon that most people buy ; and enjoy all year long. Early Times is 4 .. bottled only at the peak of perfection ' Truly, Every Ounce A Man's Whisky. , 7 !U ' "' v v ' v . ..' Point-spreads quoted on other games: East: Syracuse seven' over Fordham; Princeton seven over Dartmouth. , . - South: Kentucky six over Tennessee; Wake Forest six over William and Mary; Duke seven over South Carolina; North Caro lina seven over Virginia; Auburn 14 over Clemson; West Virginia . 21 over 'North Carolina State. v: Midwest: Illinois six over North-western; Notre Dame six over Iowa; Wisconsin seven over Minnesota; Purdue 10 over In diana; Colorado 13 over Kansas State; Wichita 13 over Detroit; Michigan State 14 over Mar quette; Missouri 21 over Kan sas. ' Southwest: : Rice seven- over Texas Christian; Texas Tech 14 over Houston. r r . Far West:. Washington State six over Washington; California 14 over Stanford; Oregon 20 over Oregon State. 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