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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordK,Tribunb PASS GAINS VALE A-2 CROWN; MONROE, UNION DEADLOCK FOR B TITLE Bv UNITED PRESS Two Oregon football titles Vv three teams Sat- W J nr)ov in thrillinff hish school J . J . games which were not decided until the final gun. Tn V.Q kIoic a.9. rhamnionshio game at Vale Ton Arana fired a 12-yard touchdown pass u nono BatM in the last 20 sec vols a 14-7 victory viiuj yj sjv. - over St. Helens and the first class A-2 title won by an eastern Oregon high school. rrua n title was shared by Monroe and Union after the two teams fought to a scores ; a hrmiant defensive ex- lie hibition at Corvallis Saturday Minor Loop Shifts Seen At Houston Houston." Tex. (U.R) The American Association today voted lo select Denver of the Western League to replace Kansas City as the latter city moves into the American League. By ED FITE Houston, Tex. (U.R) Far reaching minor league baseball .realignments hung in the bal ance today amidst a wealth of confusion at the minor league convention. It seemed certain that the Western league would be involv ed in a series of franchise shifts before the day was over, and there were overtones of possible changes in the International, Texas, and other lower minors as a result. Practically the whole thing hinged around the transfer of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American league to Kansas City, a former American association stronghold a publicized move that actuaally hasn't officially taken place due to differences over indemimties. A's Decisions Due i Decisions were due today on the final negotiations to make the Athletics an official resident of Kansas City. r When that happens, the Amer ican association can set in mo tion machinery to get a replace ment for the Blues possibly either Omaha or Denver, both Western league clubs, or both if Columbus, Ohio, also moves out of the American association picture. That, naturally, would call for either the Western to step out and pick up some new mem bers like Albuquerque, of the West Texas- New Mexico league or fold entirely because' loss of the lucrative Denver and Omaha franchises would just about make it impossible for the western to operate. , Loop to Spread To add to this confusion, the Texas league Sunday announced its intention to spread out to a 10-team ' circuit or realign its membership with an eye toward a three million population area that would enable it to step up a notch into class AAA. The American, Western and International circuits were meeting today and there was every indication that the Kansas City situation would be settled and set off the chain reaction that might reach goodness knows where before it comes to a halt. Beavers Oppose Hawaii Quintet CorvalHs (U.R) Oregon State's Northern Division de fending champion basketball team opens its 1954 season here Wednesday night against "University of Hawaii. Coach Slats Gill, starting his 27th year at the Beaver helm, hasn't indicated his starting line up. But veterans who probably will see action include "Tex Whiteman, Ron Robins, Bill Toole, Tony Vlastelica, John Jarboe, Reggie Halligan, Jay Dean and Ron Fundingsland. QUILLIAN TOP-RANKED . Seattle (U.R) Bill Quil lian of the Seattle Tennis club and University of Washington today ranked No. 1 in the Pac ific Northwest Lawn Tennis, asr sociation men's singles competi tion for 1954. The association bestowed the ranking on'Quil lian in a : weekend announc ement. Janet Hopps of Seattle university won the No. 1 spot in women's singles. Upper New York and Ver mont farm families tap' about 6,000,000 maple trees for the an nual sap harvest. One-fifth of all steel wire is normally used for the manufac ture of nails. night. Monroe marched to the Union one-foot line in the clos ing minutes of play, only to have the Bobcat line smear Boyd Malcolm for a two-yard loss on the last play of the game. Marshall Runt 55 The St. Helens-Vale game was deadlocked at 7-7 through mdst of the second half. Duane Mar shall scored first for St. Helens on a sparkling 55-yard run in the second period, but Vale evened the count a few minutes later on a seven-yard thrust by Tater Smith. Vale came to life in the final period after the two teams had spent most of the second half at midfield. Smith touched off the spark with a 48-yard run to the St. Helens' 45-yard line. Arana, Vale's passing full back, took over from there and after four straight pass comple tions placed the Vikings in a scoring position, fired the game winning pass to Bates. Coach Dutch Kawasoe of Vale directed his squad to the cham pionship in his freshman year as a head football coach. Monroe's powerful offense and Union's dogged defense proved to be equally effective in the CorvaUis encounter. Monroe threatened three times in the first half, only to have the drives halted by the superb Union defense. One drive bogged down on the seven, one on the eight and the third on the 26 yard line of Union. Bobcats Roll The Bobcats did not start to roll until the third period. Led by Gene McKinney and Gary Erwin, Union moved to the Mon roe seven before being stopped. Monroe took over the ball on downs at that point and began the unsuccessful fight against the clock. The nearly 93 yards were covered in 24 plays, most of them on the ground. The game was the second of the four state high school title matches to end in a tie this sea son. Marshfield and South Sa lem fought to .a 13-13 tie at Portland Friday night to be come co-holders of the A-l title .: Statistically, the Vale-St. Hel ens game was fairly even. The Viks outpassed the Lions, 85 yards to 32, but St. Helens gain ed 179 yards rushing to 126 for Vale. They were tied at 211 yards for total offense, although St. Helens had 10 first downs to Vale's nine. Monroe dominated Union in game statistics. The Dragons had 16 first downs to eight for Union, and netted 249 yards to tal offense for 170 for the Bob cats. Monroe gained 170 yards rushing and 79 passing, to Un ion's 152 on the ground and 18 through the air. Coast Loop HQ To Move Houston, Tex. (U.R) The Pacific fcoast league headquar ters will be moved from Los Angeles to San . Francisco as soon as possible. This was the decision reach ed early today by PCL directors who are attending the minor leagues meetings in Houston. Resignation of league Presi ident Clarence Rowland' to join the Chicago Cub staff was given as reason for the move. San Francisco had been the league headquarters until Rowland took office nine years ago and moved his office to Los Angeles. San Francisco is considered a more centrally-located city. No successor to Rowland was named at yesterday's PCL meeting which lasted until the early hours today. But Bill Starr, owner of the San Diego Padres, was named chairman of a screening committee to consid er applications. Webfoots Battle B rones in Opener Eugene U.R) University of Oregon will open its 1954 basketball season Friday night against Santa Clara, the 1953 NCAA regional champion, " in one game of a doubleheader which will see California and Oregon tangle in the other half. The four teams move to Cor vaUis .Saturday night, j , Duck Coach BiU Borcher's big problem is finding replacements for Ken Wegner, Barney Hol land and Bob Hawes. : PCC MEETING SET Los Angeles (U.R) Pacific Coast Conference representa tives will meet in Pasadena Dec. 5-9 to reconsider their decision to ban spring footbaU practices in 1956, ,PCC Commissioner Vic for O. Schmidt has announced. The members wiU also discuss a proposal for, a confer encewide basketbaU schedule to replace the present system of two divisions. - Monday, Novembet 29, 1954 Hoop Season Starters Set Wednesday By UNITED PRESS The 1954-55 coUege basketbaU season explodes into action on Wednesday night with NCAA champion La Salle showing the way, and before the week is over just about every major team in the nation will have played its first game. Most of the games will be tuneup affairs, of i course, but there will be a heavy sprinkling of big intersectional games and clashes among teams figured to be among the best in their sec tion. ; ': La SaUe which won the NCAA championship tournament , last spring at Kansas City, opens on Wednesday night with an easy affair against MiUersville, Pa., Teachers. The Explorers are led once again by six-foot, six-inch Tom Gola, an AU-Am-erican for the last two seasons. Heinsohn Back Holy Cross, winner of last spring's National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden, New York, waits only until Saturday night before springing into action against Tufts. The Crusaders have lost AU-American Togo Palazzi and playmaker Ronnie Perry by gra duation but still have six-foot, six-mch Tom Heinsohn at cen ter to spark the attack. Indiana, voted the nation's No. 1 team at the close of the regular 1953-54 season, also op ens on Saturday night against Valparaiso. And the Hoosiers once again figure to be strong because AU-American Don Schlundt is back at center to pour in points. Line-Up Told For Biggest Bowl Frays By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer Out of the surprise-studded, upset-ridden 1954 college foot baU season, climaxed fittingly by Navy's stunning 27-20 defeat of mighty Army, today emerged this unexpected line-up for the four biggest post-season bowl games: Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.: Southern California vs. Ohio State. Sugar Bowl at New Orleans Navy vs. Mississippi. Cotton Bowl at DaUas: Arkan sas vs. Georgia Tech. Orange .Bowl at Miami, Fla.: Duke vs. Nebraska. No Definite, Policy No service school has gone to a bowl since Navy tied Wash ington, 14-14, in the 1924 Rose Bowl.' But Navy Secretary Charles R. Thomas disclosed the government never has had any definite policy" banning bowl games.' He denied that this year's permission will "set any precedent" and said future bowl bids wiU be considered separ ately from "year to year." He predicted that Navy's bowl re ceipts, expected to be more than $100,000, would be given to charity after deduction of ex penses. Duke was voted into the Or ange Bowl by the Atlantic Coast Conference just 24 hours after clinching the loop's unofficial title by beating North Carolina, 47-12. Selection of the Blue DevUs was a blow to Maryland, last year s national champion which had hoped to impress the conference committee by its na tionally-televised rout, of Mis souri on Thanksgiving Day. Meeting Delayed The Gator Bowl at Jackson ville, Fla., had been scheduled to select its two teams Sunday. But th failure of two commit tee members to arrive in Jack sonville in time forced the com mittee to postpone its delibera tions until today.. - Only eight games are sched uled this Saturday as the 1954 season comes to a complete halt. The featured game of the day will be the nationaUy-televised meeting of Notre Dame and Southern Methodist, while other top games include Citadel-South Carolina, Houston-Detroit, and Denver-Mexico University. i . HuskiesChiefs Bill Cage Action Seattle (U.R) BasketbaU action in western Washington gets hot and heavy this week with games for both the Univer sity of Washington and Seattle university. ; ' r The Washington Huskier open their pre-conference schedule against the University of Haw aii here Friday and Saturday nights. The Seattle university Chieftains, open the new season at BeUingham Saturday night against Western Washington. TURNER VERSUS DRAKE New York (U.R)GU Turner of Philadelphia, formerly a high-ranking middleweight con tender, is favored at 12-5 to beat young. Ray Drake of Brooklyn tonight in their TV fight at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway arena. The 10-rounder will be Drake's first tUt with a "name" opponent in hi$,20 professional bouts. . 0 J) f '...n ,, : ..... MAKING 4-YARD GAIN, Hoernschmeyer (14), Detroit Lions . halfback, is pulled down by avalanche of Green Bay Packers in first quarter action of game at Detroit. Lions eked out 28-24 , win in action-filled contest before 55,500. (International) Browns Take r2-Game East Lead by Beating Giants; LA, SF Rapped By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Wirter The Cleveland Browns are rushing toward their third straight National FootbaU league championship game with the Detroit Lions, but don't try. to tell Paul Brown he has his ninth straight division title aU but clinched. Brown coach, general mana ger and psychologist watched his Browns take a commanding XVi game lead in the Eastern Division' Sunday by defeating the New York Giants, 16-7. "I'm not counting on anything yet," Brown said as he discussed strange bounces, his own mis- 5 Pioneers On NW Loop Star Team . Portland (U.R) Lewis and Clark college dominated the Northwest conference all - star football team with five players, foUowed by Willamette with three men and College of Idaho with two. The -three schools tied for the conference championship this season. Other berths on the squad were earned by Whitman and Pacific. Twelve players made the first team because of a tie between two halfbacks. Ballots were taken at a meeting of con ference coaches here Saturday, Three Pioneer backs made the first team. They are Jimmy Johnson, quarterback; Earl En gebretson, fuUback, and Gene Flippin at halfback. Tackle Har ry McAdams and guard Darrell Everett rounded out the Lewis and Clark segment of the team. R. C. Owens, College of Ida ho's pass snagger, landed an end post and his teammate, Joe Kahahawai was guard. Owens, Kahahawai and Everett are re peaters from last year's team. Willamette members of the team are Dean Benson at end, Dave Anderson at tackle and Ken Cooper at center. v Whiteman placed Earle Walk er at halfback and Gerry Millis, Pacific, was another back. Mil lis and Flippin tied, for the backfield post. Named on the second team were Al Scott, Lewis and Clark and Joe Brock, Linfield, ends; Vern Conrad, Whitman, and Dale Greenlee, Willamette, tackles; Andy George, WiUam ette, Joe Hawaii, Pacific, guards; Ralph Staley, Lewis and Clark, and Jerry Adams, Pacific, tied for center; Gene LePage, Whit man, quarterback; Frank Fair, Lewis and Clark and Al Tar penning, Linfieldi halfbacks, and George' Bardsley, WiUamette, fullback. Honorable mention: Ends Bill Kundrat. College of Idaho: Bob Schembs. Whitman; Jim Quick. Lewis and Clark. Tackles Mike Clock. Lew is and Clark. Guards Chuck Harri man, Linfield: Frank Costa. Collece of Idaho. Quarterback Harve Neffen dorf. Willamette. Halfbacks Ed Bon aminio, College of Idaho: Bob Zoelch, Willamette: ElderedfSe Sequiera. Wil lamette; George Sullivan. Whitman. Fullback Gary Collins. College of Idaho. Of Texas' total agricultural in come, more than 45 per cent is derived from livestock ranching and sales." - fin 1955 MERCURY DEC. 2 takes and the emotions of the players. The champion Lions, resting after defeating the Green Bay Packers twice in five days last week, clinched at least a tie for their third straight Western crown , when the Losv Angeles Rams and San Francisco Forty Niners suffered surprise defeats. The Chicago. Bears eliminated the Rams, 24-13, and the Balti more Colts ended Forty-Niner title hopes by scoring a surprise, 17-13 victory. The Bears (6-4) moved into the runner-up spot behind Detroit (8-1) and could tie. for the West ern title by winning their lastj two games if the Lions accom modate by losing their last three. Browns Need One Cleveland (7-2) needs to win only one of its last three games to clinch at least a tie for East ern honors, even if the second- place Giants and Philadelphia Eagles each (6-4) could sweep their last two starts. And either the Giants or Eagles figure to lose at least once before they meet Dec. 12. Adrian Burke's five touch down passes helped Philadelphia beat the Washington Redskins, 41-33, while Nick Bolkovac's field goal provided the victory margin as the Pittsburgh Steel ers beat the Chicago Cardinals 20-17. The Lions play the Eagles and Bears before playing their post poned Oct. 3 game with Cleve land Dec. 19. The Browns meet the Redskins and Steelers be fore taking on the Lions in what figures to be a preview of the title clash. Lou Groza's three field goals 18, 10 and 37 yards plus Otto Graham's passing and one foot quarterback sneak for a touchdown' provided the points as the Browns beat their near est rivals in a "must" game be fore 45,936 at the Polo Grounds. Herb Johnson ran a Horace Gil- lom punt 48 yards for New York's TD. Brown Criticizti Self "The key play happened late in the second 'quarter when we tried to go for a touchdown and Billy Reynolds fumbled," Brown said. "I should have called for a field goal. That would have made it 16-0 and would have put the crusher on them. But I got big headed and let the boys talk me into trying for the touch down." Brown said New York's play in the second half was a good example of how players' emo tions 'effect a game. "When the Giants got their touchdown they were high as a kite. They were all over us. Then we got our third field goal. They knew they needed two touchdowns to beat us and they were just about finished. It's human .nature." Larry Brink, a defensive end the Bears obtained from the Rams, raced 79 yards to score after intercepting a Norm Van Brocklin pass and his old mates never caught up at Chicago. The Bears held the Rams without a touchdown for 57 minutes after Van Brocklin and Bob Boyd teamed on an 80-yard TD toss. The Colts upset the Forty- Niners when quarterback Gary Kerkorian and halfback Royce Womble completed a 78 -yard scoring pass with 1:27 to go at Baltimore. BOLD NEW 198 H.P. To Match ST0HE, KASTHEB OtJ ALL-STATE Portland , (U.R) -r- Salem dominated the Oregonian's 1954 high school all-star footbaU team with South Salem placing two players on the. first team and North Salem getting one spot. The first team is made up of PhU Burkland, South Salem, and Dick Woolstenhulme, North Bend, ends; Arnold Slaven, Grants Pass, and Jack Stone, Gresham, tackles; Doug Min- Ml BL Meets This Evening Team representatives are in structed to have their entry and shower privilege fees with them tonight when the Medford Inde pendent BasketbaU League holds its second organizational meet ing of the season. The session wiU be at 8 p.m. attheYMCA. Last week's MIBL session was possibly the best season starter meeting in a number of year and persons attending that meeting are hopeful for even larger at tendance and more enthusiasm $onight. . Total number of teams which will participate in the 1954-1955 slate is expected to be known to night. Other important business matters are on the agenda mak ing it necessary for representa tives of all teams planning to play in the league to be on hand. There was discussion last week of means of augmenting league income and further talk along that line is anticipated this eve ning, j v Limitation of the circuit to 10 teams, was talked strongly last week and the first 10 to turn in entry fees tonight may be "the league" for this season. How ever, turnout of more team man agers and sponsors could result in a change in that plan, v MARIO VICTOR Reno, Nev. U.R) Baby Moe Mario of Reno knocked out Al fredo Avila of Denver in the sixth round of their bantam weight main event fight " last night. It was Reno's first indoor boxing card of the season. - r It PREP SECOND CLUB thorn. Pendleton, and Lee Stiner, Lincoln of Portland, guards; John Hinds, Dallas, center; and Nub Beamer, Roseburg; John Johnson, Marshfield; Terry Salis bury, North Salem, and Neil Scheidel, South Salem, backs. -- The second team: Greg Alten hofen, Beaverton. and Everett Kastner. Medford, ends; Free man Cross, PrineviUe, and Ralph Allen, Pendleton, tackles; Larry Newsome, South Salem, and Mo desto Jiminez, Klamath Falls, guards; Mickey Gray, Roosevelt of Portland, center and Dave LOOK OVER THE TRUCK THAT'LL GET YOUR PAYL0AD THROUGH WHEN OTHERS FAIL irnffrrrjin WMM8 AMERICA'S LOWEST . 4-VIIEEL-DRIVE TRUCK rvnvnnn 53 MORE POWER WITH 115 HP liUVyJW SUPER-HURRICANE EKOKZ MADE IT THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAKER OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES. WILIYS MOTORS, INC., Teltd 1, Ohio ; Stevens Kaiser-Willys, Inc. , 505 North Central Medford,' Ore. 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