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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Rocky Stone Unanimous Pick in Poll Medf ord high school's best football season in several years has been topped off by the se lection of six members of the s rhamninn Black Tor- nado squad for berths on the om in fho Medford Mail XU9b ; " Tribune's annual Southern Ore gon Conference Aii-axar pun. The six Medfordites chosen Aunn mnrVvi Stone and Lorin Jacobs, backs; Everett Kastner, ends; Les Walch, tackle; Paul Eckel, guard, and Mike DeVore, center. Stone, who was on the all-star first team in 1952 and on xne seconu team last year, was the only iU A I (1 A unanimous pick m cplpctions. Three players - each from Klamath Fails ana grants ra i Aohioni in-iririer round- aiiu wiic iwiuBww o i . - . ed but the first crew. Klamath Falls placed Elvis Mitchell, end, the only repeater from 1953; Mo desto Jiminez, guard, and Larry -7 ii The Orants Pass i Cli Iltll, " footballers named were Arnold Slaven and Dale .inpp, and Lloyd Zinn, dbck. urene tal ent, Ashland end, rounded out the crew. BUun Mn Tin Jiminez and Tripp, like Stone moved up from last year's sec ond squad in ine pou vi cw". sportscasters and sportswriters in the four conference cities. With 23 points out of a possible 24, Jiminez just missed unani mous selections. Stone had the full 24 and Kastner polled 21 points. Zinn was next high with 19 and DeVore got 18. In the voting two points were awarded for a first team choice and one point for a second team selection. Mitchell and Parent tied for one end position and Tripp and Walch at a tackle to make the Np. 1 crew 13 men in stead of the usual 11. Twelve players were named on the second team, including five from Grants Pass, three each from Medford and one from Ashland. Medford choices were Gordon McVay, end; Ken Piland, tackle, and Monte Hoist, guard. Piland tied with Gary Krause, Grants Pass. Gain Mention v Four Medford griaaers gam ed honorable mention. They were Ed McCullough and Mike Hawkins, backs; Cliff Pedersen, end, and Bron Ogelsby, a line backer who drew votes for guard. McCullough with rune points missed second team se lection by a single point, trail ing Don James, Grants Pass, who got 10. At least two'points were required for honorable mention. All Medford players named on the first team were seniors. Backfield picks put a quarter back, Yarnell, a left half, Stone, and two fullbacks, Jacobs and Zinn, on the first team. Never theless, the team is a well-rounded club with most of the players two-way . performers. Yarnell and Stone were passers for their respective schools. Jacobs punt ed, placekicked and kicked off Only . two ballots were not mt nut. As usual there were some split votes. De Vore got votes at guard where he played defensively and Eckel drew points at tacKie, wmtu . . . ja spot he also neia aown o w f ense. Hoist got a tackle vote. St. Helens Plea Nixed by OS A A . Portland (U.R) The Ore con School Actives association board of control yesterday turn ed down a request by St. mi ens high school for the state class A-2 championship football game be played on neutral ground. Elwood Egelston, St.' Helens . siinerintendent. and Ray Jewell, f iled the protest that Saturday's Vale-St. Helens championsnip same should be moved from Vale to neutral" ground. Egelston had suggested Pend leton or Prineville as possible sites. " SULLIVAN REINSTATED New York U.R) Promoter matchmaker Tex Sullivan of St Nicholas Arena stood re-instated by the New York State Athletic Commission today following his payment of a $1,000 fine to. the commission and refunding of $1,900 to various fighters. Sul livan had been suspended by the commission indefinitely on charges of . dealing with non licensed managers and with de ducting from the paychecks of "19 fighters a "donation" to the fight managers' International Boxing Guild. . MAY NAME REPLACEMENT Louisville, Ky. (U.PJ The city which will replace Kansas City in the American Associa tion may be announced today, according to League President Ed Doherty, Denver, Colo., and .Omaha, Neb., new members of the Class A Western League, re portedly have the inside track to replace the Kansas City Blues, left homeless when the Philadel phia Athletics shifted their ' franchise to Kansas City. MAIL TRIBUNE All-Conference Gridiron Choices EVERETT KASTNER End LES WALCH Tackle LORIN JACOBS Back PAUL ECKEL Guard MIKE DeVORE Center (Pictures of Kastner, Walch, Eckel, DeVore, Landis-Shangla photos. Picture of Jacobs from Brainerd photo.) The world's largest incandes cent light bulb (75,000 watts) is 171,400 times brighter than Thomas A. Edison's first com mercially practical lamp devel oped in 1879. - - "' I. in - m Wednesday, November 24. I9S4 1954 Medford Mail Tribune SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL SQUAD FIRST TEAM Player and Points 1 Pos. Everett Kastner, Med. (21) .. E Elvis Mitchell, KF (16).. . E Gene Parent, Ash. (16) E Arnold Slaven. GP (15) : T Dale Tripp. GP (14) : Les Walch. Med. (14) . T Modesto Jiminex. KF (23) ; G Paul Eckel. Med. (13) G Mike DeVore, Med. (18) C Larry Yarnell. KF (17) B Alton Stone, Med. (24) . B Lloyd Zinn. GP (19) Lorin Jacobs, Med. (15) ... B. HONORABLE MENTION: Centers Mel Drews. GP (6). Phil Sword, Ash. (4). Guards Bron Oglesby. Med. (4), Alvin Lorenx, Ash. (3). Tackle Jim McGee. KF (2). EndsCliff Pedersen. Med. (3). Bill Mendenhall, GP (2), Jay Reese, GP (2). ' Backs Ed McCullough, Med. (9), Mike Hawkins; Med. (5). Gerald DelFatti, KF (3), Jerry Mickle, Ash. (2). MedfordvWTribune- SIPaDOSTTS UCLA Heads League in 8 Categories Los Angeles XU.R) UCLA's power to function as the na tion's top grid team was . indi cated today in Pacific Coast Conference statistics that show ed the Bruins, though first in only one individual rating, cap tured eight of the 10 team de partments. With only one game remain ing to be played by a conference team, Southern California vs. Notre Dame, UCLA led in every team department except pass of fense. In individual statistics, however, the Bruins led only in punt returns. . . California won the team pass offense with a 172.4 yard game average, while Oregon won the pass defense with 91.9 yards. California set a new confer ence mark by compiling a 61.0 per cent completion record, sur passing the former national rec ord of 57.5 per cent Illinois, 1952. The Bears completed 139 of 228 passes for 1724 yards and 10 touchdowns and had only 12 intercepted. New Defense Record : UCLA also set a new confer ence record.. In defense, the Bruins allowed opponents only 659 yards rushing in nine games for an average of 73.3 yards per contest. The old record of 715 yards was set by Southern-Cal ifornia in 1943 in eight games. UCLA came within four yards of the national record of 69.9 yards per game set by Santa Clara in 1937. UCLA led the conference in total defense with 189.8 yards per game. Offensively, UCLA led in rushing, 286.4 yards; kick off returns, 20.2; pass intercep tions, 28; and- team punting, S7.4. Just as they headed national statistics, California's Paul Lar son and Oregon s George Shaw topped individual honors for the conference. . Larson won the passing title with 125 completions for 1537 yards to 91 for Shaw with 1358 yards. Larson's completion mark of 64.1 per cent smashed both the conference and national rec ord of 60.9 per cent set by Wash ington's Don Heinrich in 1950: Far behind the two leaders .was John Brodie of Stanford with 81 completions for 937 yards. In total offense, Shaw led with 1536 yards to Larson's 1485. UCLA's Primo Villanueya was third with 886 yards. Bill Tarr of Stanford won the rushing leadership . with 729 yards, followed by Jerry Drew of California with 715 yards and Duke Washington of Washing ton State with 616 yards. UCLA'S Bob Davenport and Oregon's Dick James tied for the scoring lead with 66 points each, followed - by Southern Califor nia's Jon Arnett with 55. Pass Receiving In pass receiving, California end Jim Hanifan posted the sec ond highest total in conference history when he caught . 44 passes for 569 yards. John Stew art of Stanford was second with 5 stf w vzinii1'. . 1955 MERCURY SHOW DECEMBER 2 SelBctBd SECOND TEAM Player and Points ..Gordon McVay. Med.' ( 5 ) ...Vic Bartlett, GP 4 ) ..Bob Harchbarger, KF ( 7 ) Ken Piland. Med. ( 6 ) ...... Gary Krause, GP ( 6 ) Jim Dean. GP (11) .....Mohte Hoist. Med. ( 7 ) .........Dennis Todd. KF ( 8 ) .. Harry Johnson. Ash. (13) Allen Drews. GP (12) Dave Pepple KF (12) Don James. GP (10) '. .'- . . . , . : : .. - BOWLING INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE The second third opened for the Industrial Bowling league with several changes in posi tions. Medford Steel capped first place by .taking 4 points from Barnard's. Snoboys took three points from Richfield for second place tied by Hunter and Best who took 3 from Padgham's. Also tied for second nlace are Telephone Employees who took three from Austin King. Cum- mings Agency split two with Stevens and the Medford Jay- cees split 2 with Hawkinson's. Len Smith rolled high series of 538 and KdR St. Hill rolled high game of 214. Standings: W. L. Medford Steel Co. . 4 0 Sno Boys 3 1 Hunter & Best 3 1 Telephone Employees 3 1 Cummings Agency ...2 2 Medford Jaycees ; 2 2 Hawkinson Tire Tread Co. 2 2 Stevens Kaiser Willys 2 2 Richfield Oil Co. ... 1 3 Padghams Millwork 1 - 3 Austin Kins Trucking 1 ,3 Barnards Floor Covering 0 - 4 Results: H and B Joe Cabler Jim Cabler J. Hunter H. Taylor B. Cabler (3 Padgham's ' fl) 513 J. Milhoan 384 515 J. Henkle Ab. 474 : 406 J. Lausman 384 359 C. Hunter Ab. 378 517 A. Keith . 522 Handicap ',120 2310 2262 Medforl Steel (4) Barnard's (0) L. Smith 538 H. Frye : 495 T. Tarwin R. Edwards H. Sorenson (Absentee) Handicap 422 J. Monroe 444 426 J. Maderios 477 438 D. Morehouse 460 4U3 G. Lowe 446 141 2458 2322 3) 4S6 498 499 Richfield Ool (1) Sno Boys V. Painter 458 E. Dwight G. Anderson 466 G. Russell E. Kennedy 484 F. Couch B. Kennedy 431 C. Norwood 444 D. Kreer Handicap 476 69 J. Henderson 476 2384 2413 Stevens K-W (2) C. Owsley -- 438 R. Hutchinson 431 D. Kenner . 434 D. Poling 411 B. Stevens 430 Cummings Agy.(2) R. Schlachter 398 H. Russell 500 J. Ausbo Ab. 330 R. Swan 455 M. Brown. 484 Handicap 15 2182 2144 Jaycees (2) G. Lovenburg 347 J. Walsh 411 M. De Heart 363 J. Asher 439 K. St. Hill " 522 Handicap - 45 Hawkinson's (2) H. Baker 415 Christianson 507 G. Vilas . 456 Brocker (Ab. 369 Goodrich (Ab. 408 212' 2155 (3) , 429 416 385 417 427 Austin King L. Boyd P. Prince O. Caster J. Fletcher A. King Handicap . (1) 397 Tel. Emn. J. Martin H. Parrott J. Strobel D. Bates L. Brown 387 395 333 433 66 2011 . 2074 COUGAR INVITED ' Pullman, Wash. . (U.R) Duke Washington, who ranked third in rushing yardage in the Pacific Coast conference this season, has accepted an invita tion to play in the East-West football game, his coach, Al Kir cher of Washington State, said today. 36 catches and Jim Carmichael of California was third with 33. Jim Withrow of Oregon State led in punting with an average of 40.5 yards per kick, followed by UCLA's Bob - Heydenf eldt with 39.9 and Shaw with 39.1. In pass interceptions, Wash ington State's Bob Iverson, Ida ho's .Wilbur Gary and Washing ton's Bob Cox each had five, but Iverson led with 65 yards re turned. - HOLD YOUR Dough for the eon ;wissffis;srB City League Hoop Session Set Tonight First official move to get the Medford Independent Basketball League season underway is scheduled this evening. An organizational session is set for 8 o'clock at the Medford National Guard Armory on North Bartlett st Retiring President Ardis War ren will preside. He has stressed the importance of having present the managers, sponsors or repre sentatives of all groups which plan to have teams in the circut this season. First organizational session of the season is being held at a later time than usual. It is felt that preparations for the new campaign must be hurried along in order that a full schedule can be played and still give time for play-offs prior to the state AAU tourney. . . .The meeting is open to all persons interested in the league and AAU basketball in this area. Players looking for team Con nections are invited. (f (y Jk v X TToo much sun is hard ca cloffhos - - ALTON (ROCKY) STONE Unanimous All-Star Selection (Landis-Shangle photo) Ron Aschbacher On Shrine Team Eugene (U.R) Ron Asch bacher," Oregon State college's outstanding senior tackle, has been chosen to play in the Shrine East-West game in San Francisco on New Year's day, according to Oregon's Len Casanova, as sistant west coach. Aschbacher, a three - year let terman from Prineville, devel oped into a brilljant performer as the 1954 grid season progres sed, but failed to be listed on OSC's first three teams at the start of the season. ' . AUTO DYED "Columbus, Miss. : (UJJ) James R. ' Hutcherson was awarded $117.99 damages Tues day because a shoe store em ployee poured a bottle of red dye on Hutcherson's auto while it was parked on the store s property. . ' ; . TO CONSIDER RECORDS ' New York (U.R) The an nual convention of the Amateur Athletic Union opening in Miami Beach, Fla., , Thursday will be asked to approve 238 new Amer ican sports records, including 22 world records. SEE YOUR ELECTRICAL DEALER THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY "A Western Company owned and operated by Western People Brennan Chosen Coach of Week New York 4U.R) -His next big ob is to make, the Rose Bowl folks, even unhappier than they are already over the New Year s Day game. His boys are 14-point favor ites next Saturday, but he thinks they may have a bigger problem in beating de-glamor ized Southern California than they did last week in trouncing irate Iowa. He's the United Press coach of the week, Terry Brennan of Notre Dane, and by all odds he's the freshman coach of the yearr. Shaw Webfoots1 Most Valuable Eugene 0T.R) George Shaw was named by his team mates last night as the most valu able senior on the 1954 Oregon football team, while Loh Stiner Jr., two-year letterman tackle, was named captain of the 1955 team. Shaw won the coveted Hoff man award, presented annually to the outstanding Oregon sen ior. Stiner is the son of the former Oregon State football coach. Huskies Ignore Ducks On All-Opponent Club .. Seattle (U.R) Washing ton's Huskies ignored Oregon in selecting their 1954 all-opponent football team. The Huskies, beaten 26-7 by the Webfoots, picked Billy Hoop er of Baylor as their all-oppon ent quarterback. Baylor defeat ed Washington 34-6. Other members of the team included Jim Hanifan of Cali fornia and Ron Kramer of Mich igan at ends; Jack Ellena of UCLA and Ed Fouch of USC at tackles; Sam Boghosian and Jim Salsbury of UCLA, guards; Matt Hazeltme of California at center, and Hopper, Primo Vil laneuva and Bob Davenport, UCLA, and Aramis Dandoy, USC, backs. , DECISION AWAITED Buffalo. N.Y. U.R) Possible relocation of the Ottawa fran- chise in the International League today waited on a deci sion by the parent Kansas City Athletics. ,- n Formerly at ,;. Risley's Barber Shop WILL NOW BE EMPLOYED AT Ed'sBarberShop 7 NORTH FIR 11 KexAwso Save them in an ELECTRIC DRYER tin. ' ' ' " ' ' ' . Why take the chance of lading your colored fabrics under hours of exposure to direct sunlight? A clothes dryer will get your clothes soft; sweet smelling, and fluffy dry in minutes without danger of colors fading. . -You can forget about dust, smoke, soot, sudden showers, high winds. A clothes dryer will save you hours of washline7 drudgery. Plan on getting yours soon! Lone Pine Pupifs Working To Win Memorial Award With the close of the football season and the basketball season soon to start, athletic students of Lone Pine school are working hard to win the Olaf C. Jensen Good Sportsmanship Award, ac cording to Henry F. Kamman, principal of , the schooL ' This award was established last winter as a memorial to the late Olaf C. Jensen, father of Dennis Jensen, one of the schools players. Because the . elder Jensen had taken such an interest in sports at the school, encouraging the players always to display good sportsmanship, members of last year's basketball team gave a benefit performance. With the proceeds, a large gold loving cup was purchased as a memorial and each year the boy and girl displaying the best sportsman like attitude will have their names inscribed on the cup. Winners are selected on the basis of five points inspiration and leadership, cooperative atti tude, diligence and consistency and a healthy attitude in win ning and losing. " The 1954 winners were Jimmy Crumm and Patty Hilton. The Jensen family home is on Foothills Road. - Andrews Faces Maxim Tonight Chicago U.R) Paul Andrews, 24-vear-old ex-DaratroODer. takes airri for two boxine cham pionships tonight against a solid trial horse, ex-light heavyweignt champion Joey Maxim. in a tele vision brawl from the Chicago Stadium. '.- Oddsmakers listed the scrap as 6 to 5 pick-it, and should An- ' drews come out with a decisive win, he could go after either Archie Moore s 175-pound crown, or. wait a bit and try for heavyweight Rocky Marciano. WINNER'S-, PERFECT SCORES HART KEEBLE MAMIE RHYMES . FOOTBALL CONTEST
