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TEH MTOrORD (OREGOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, Januiry 1, 1S5I in Im St. Pto's firidderfc. RVGC ll- will 1954 O 3 O 0 3 o 0 o O o 3 o a o Tornado Continues Power In Track; Talent Athletes Take Honors Ascendancy of Medford and St. Mary's highs as gridiron powers, prominence of Rogue Valley Country club players in golf, three state tournaments, Medford high's continued power in track and its strength in ten nis. Talent high's state B base ball cotitle and its participation in the state B basketball tourney, formation of the Medford Police Athletic league, opening of a new bowling alley, participation by Rogue valley sportsmen in the rehabilitation of Diamond lake and a new emphasis in semi pro baseball Those were the highlights in 1954 on the local sports scene. . In a year filled with many interesting and noteworthy events in which local athletes and sportsmen took part, the Medford high football team rose to heights, after several lean years, to record six straight vic tories, capture Southern Oregon Conference and district champ ionships and play .in the state quarter-finals, losing to Marsh field. Medford football also pro-J duced probably the thrill of the year when Halfback Alton Stone intercepted a 'pass and ran 102 yards for the winning touch down against Grants Pass. Black Tornado rise was recognized by the selection of Stone and End Bud Kastner to the Portland Oregonians all-state second team by choice of six Medfordites on the all-conference team. ' St. Mary's under new Coach Zd Hummel won its first county B conference and district grid togas, was unbeaten in six games before bowing to'Moro in state quarter-finals and placed five on the county all-star. In golf the, Medford links pro duced its share of champions and near champions in 1954. Eddie Simmons won the Oregon Golf association match play tourney held here. George Har rington was low amateur in the Phoenix, Ariz., open and winner of the Roseburg amateur. Phil Getchell was runner-up in the Western amateur and Southern Oregon tournaments and played on the Stanford university and Northwest Morse cup teams. Dom Provost Jr., longtime con tender and club champion, won the men's Southern Oregon title, downing Getchell in the finals. Sue DeVoe lost her state junior crown but replaced Helen Davies as Southern Oregon and RV club champ and had a share of the, California junior mixed four some? title. Tom MacLeod was among the top seven .'or eight in the National Amputee tourney and the Medford high links team was third in Oregon., OGA play here was over- a revamped and toughened Rogue Valley links. The renovation was a major sports development here. Other state tourneys here were the AAU boxing event, in which Bobby Lyons, Medford, took the 105-pound crown, and the Oregon shoot of the Pacific International trapshooting asso ciation in which Sam Samson, Medford, won the . 16-yard A class. There were many other com petitions. Major ones were Southern Oregon Golf; Rogue Valley Retriever club points trial; Oregon PGA pro-am in which Larry Butler and Sim mons, Medford, took honors; the Emigrant" lake regatta in which Bill Berry arid Frank Grover ,won events; two Southern Ore gon college basketball tourna ments won by Talent high and Gold Beach and the Mail Tribune THE ALL NEW 1955 Is Only OHO) It's Flair Fashioned and Alive With Beauty That Price INCLUDES The Following . 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In basket ball the Bulldogs were county and district winners and consola tion finalists in the state tour ney with Jim McAbee making second team all-state. Medford Police Athletic league organized over a period of months, took over the boxing activities of the former Rogue Boxing club and secured gym quarters in the Acme Hardware store building. Membership was opened to any boy interested. Move of Medford Bowling lanes to brand new quarters on North Riverside ave., gave Med ford one of the best bowling lay outs in Oregon. The expanded facility resulted in wider interest and greater participation in the sport and increased kegling league' activity. Many Rogue valley sportsmen assisted Game Commission per sonnel in September in the proj ect to rid Diamond lake of trash fish. All fish were killed and the lake is to be restocked. Semi j- pro baseball saw the Southern Oregon League re place the Southwestern Oregon League. Men with pro experi ence were limited. Medford Cheney Studs adopted a youth movement which it is hoped will pay-off in years to come. Drain continuedVto rule as it did in the SWOL. Team champions in various sports included: ' Basketball Grants Pass high, Southern Oregon conference and district; Crater high, Little. Six; Crater, Illinois Valley, Myrtle Creek (tied) JDJ League; Andy's Jewelers, Medford Independent Basketball League and AAU dis trict. Medford ninth grade was unbeaten. Track Crater, JDJ League; Rogue River, county and district B. ; . Baseball Grants Pass high, Southern Oregon conference, dis trict, interdistrict; Crater high, JDJ League, subdistrict; Butte Falls, Rogue Valley League; Medford A, pee wee division; Grants Pass, pee wee, and Ash land, cub, Southern Oregon jun ior league; Medford junior American Legion, district; Jor- gensen's dairy, Medford Soft ball association regular season; Lithia Motors, MSA play-offs. Football Crater high, Rogue League; Ashland, A-2 .sub-district, by vote after tie with In archery Russ Howard, Med ford, and Joe Williamson, Cen tral Point won state instinctive championships and in water skiing Lon Skinner won a Cal ifornia title. JANUARY Jim Engberg new president Rogue River Ramblers Motor cycle club , . .Medford high wrestlers lose to Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Roseburg (2) , . . Medford high basketball team loses to Klamath Falls (2), splits with Grants Pass, beats Ashland 5)75. f.o.b. CO) MpHfnrrl W m ' " PREP FOOTBALL STANDOUT Alton (Rocky) Stone, above, paced the Medford high district champion Black Tornado statis tically in a number of departments, was unanimous choice on the All-Southern Oregon Conference team, and was named a second team all-stater. His 102-yard run on a. pass interception for Med f ord's winning touchdown against Grants Pass was . the sports thrill of the year here. MEDFORDvTRIBUlrt SWDMTS (2), Southern Oregon college junior varsity; Frank Rector's last moment baskets beat Grants Pass, Ashland . Rod Witham new commodore of Western Speedboat association . . . Win ners, city bowling tourney: E. H. Mann Co., team; Marshall Brown singles, ,all-events; Har old Vessey, Jack Gardner, dou bles; ' Harlem Clowns won crowd, defeat ..D e a n's Pontiac hoopmen; Al Williams, Medford, among top 20 in first round of Bing Crosby golf tourney Norm Chapman, Medford high, Howard Morris, Crater, on state squad of Shrine all-star football game in August; Bob Steele, Medford, alternate; Norm Bean, Rogue River, picked for B East West game '.' . . Rogue Archers present program to aid March of Dimes . . . Phoenix high stuns JDJ hoop league by tip ping Crater. . . . Grants Pass first, Klamath ' Falls second, Medford third, Ashland fourth at halfway mark of "Southern Oregon Conference . . . .Talent whips St. Mary's to take lone county B 1 ao p lead; Andy's Jewelers head MIBL; Eagle Point leads JDJ; Jackie Puscas TKO's Jim Walker quickly, Amos Lincoln decisions John Burrell in March of Dimes fight card here; Jerry Jennings, Larry Lewis, Rogue Boxing club win bouts ... ' FEBRUARY Jack Moad named Medford Athlete of 1953 in March of Dimes poll . . . George Harring ton, Medford, low amateur in Phoenix golf open , .. , E. W. Pease reelected Medford Gun club president . . . Medford high wrestlers defeat Illinois Valley, Grants Pass, lose to Klamath Falls; 'Charles Brooks, Bob Reaves, Medford, qualify for state wrestling tourney Medford high cagers, beat Marshfieid (2), Klamath Falls (2), lose to Grants Pass (2), split with Ashland; Grants Pass clinches Southern . Oregon . con ference . . Medford high state hoop champs of 1924 honored at Marshfield game; present were Coach Prink Callison, Eddie Demmer, Clare "Williams, Mervyn Chastain, Gilbert Knips, A. C. Allan, Harold Reichstein, Glen Fabrick . . . Jackson jun ior varsity, Roosevelt varsity city grade school basketball champions . . . Norm Chapman, Medford center, gets honorable mention on Wigwam Wiseman prep football All-American . . . Eugene wins district YMCA hoop tourney here . . . Andy's GEORGE HUBER AU-SO: Conference Cager 1 m Jewelers wins Medford Indepen dent: Basketball League regular season and play-off crowns, beats Rogue River for AAU district toga but declines state tourney trip ... First Baptist Senior Church League basketball champ . . . Medford ninth grade hoopmen unbeaten in 11-game season.. . . Talent Jackson Coun ty B League cage champion . . . Crater, Illinois Valley, Myrtle Creek tie for-JDJ League hoop title; Crater wins Little Six tourney for subdistrict basket ball championship . . . Early spring trapshoot top guns: Sat urday George Blum, 16-yard; PHIL GETCHELL Western Am Runner-Up Stan Short, doubles: Eueene Krewson, handicap; Sunday Charles .. Skeeters, Forest Solo mon,- Bud Cloake, 16-yard; Har old Wooley, handicap; John Wil liner, doubles. . '. - MARCH ".Ted Tenney, Ashland, Gary Sutphin. Grants Pass. Smith Oregon Conference hoop scoring cnamps: wiuara Luiy heads Medford in league frays, George Huber for season . . Central Point wins basketball tourney for grade teams in high school districts .' . . Wilson Barnes, Myrtle Creek, Bill Caldwell, Eagle Point, Gordon Carrigan and Larry Bigham, Crater and Mel Barton, Illinois Valley, JDJ League hoop all-stars . 7 Jim McAbee, J ack Barrett, Talent, Gary Johnson, Rogue River, Stan Read, St. Mary's, and Bob Gemaehlich, Jacksonville, coun ty B hoop all stars . . . Grants Pass high defeats Crater two out of three for district basket ball title ... Talent high tops Malm-for-B district toga, loses to Elgin, beats Mill City, loses to Knappa in state tourney; Jim McAbee second team all-state . . . Ike Staples named president of Oregon Golf association . . . Jack Puscas beats - Jimmie Walker, John Burrell beats Amos Lin coln in boxing card here, Jerry Jennings, Bobby Lyons, Larry Lewis, Bob Apple win for Rogue Boxing club . . . Norton Smith cards hole-in-one in spring golf handicap . . . Tom MacLeod chief announcer for broadcasts of Class A state prep basketball tourney . . . Sam Dean, Bill Han sen,. Gary Sutphin, Grants Pass, George Huber, Medford, and Ted Tenney, Ashland, on Mail Tri bune All-Southern Oregon Con ference basketball team . . . Harry Heideareich Jr., Medford, tops field in indoor sectional rifle tourney, Ashland team high . . . St. Mary's high fourth in Southern Oregon college hoop tourney won by Gold Beach . . . Southern Oregon Baseball league,, semi-pro, formed by Med ford, Grants "-Pass, - Roseburg, Brookings; Don . Faber, Central Point, president; succeeds South western Oregon League . . . George, Porter chairman- Med ford state athletic commission . . ." Clarence Mellbye to man age Medford Cheney Studs base ball team; Studs to accent youth . . . Joe Allison, Rogue River, sectional pistol tourney winner,' Medford. team first ... John Langford, Larry Butler win Ore gon'PGA pro-am here; Ed Hogan, pro, Ed Simmons, amateur, low individual cards ... Ed Oldfield, Rogue Valley club assistant, named pro at Roseburg Country I club . . . Winners Rogue Valley j Retriever club points trial; Sprig I of Swinomish, open all-age; Rip- tide, qualifying stake; Bracken's High Flyer, derby; Oakcreek's Freemont, amateur ... Dick Skeeters high overall, wins Rogue Valley hundred, Satur day doubles, Tribune trophy, Medford handicap in Mail Tri bune trapshoot; loses Sunday doubles to John Simpson by coin flip . . . Bobby Lyons, Medford beats Lee Roberts for 105 crown in state AAU boxing meet here; other winners: Lloyd Louie, Hugh Minsker, Lou Johnson, Larry Richards, Kenny Kent, Carlton Lincoln, Frank Fleming, Ray Hoskins, Jim Quick, Amos Lincoln; Jack . Puscas named AAU outstanding fighter of year . . ; Ben Fagone, Medford, named to state AAU boxing committee . . . Eagle Pgint, Crater, Illinois Valley, Phoenix to form new prep athletic loop for next school year . . . Homer Sullivan, Med ford, Oak Knoll spring golf hand icap winner . . . Medford high defeats Crater in baseball. APRIL Medford high baseballers de feat Ashland, Crater, Yreka, split with Klamath Falls, loses to Grants Pass (3) . . . Medford junior high wins five-way relay track meet . .. . Al Williams, Medford, loses in semi-finals of Oregoi PGA tourney . . ..Med ford tennis team defeats Grants Pass (3), Ashland (2), Klamath Falls, Shasta high . . . Bill Berry, Frank Grover win events in Westera. speedboat association regatta Emigrant lake . . . Wally Larson in hurdles, Eldon Francis in javelin sets .Medford junior high track records . . Medford high wins Rogue relays, setting four records; George Huber high jumps four inches ; over his height. Medford wins metro class Hayward relays; sets broad jump mark; Ashland, Illinois Valley second in A, B divisions, Henley second , in C . . . Drain, Coquille accepted in Southern Oregon; Baseball League .. . Crater wraps up JDJ" League baseball crown unbeaten with win over Myrtle Creek i . . Jus tin Smith Sr. defeats W. W. Deakins Sr., for spring golf hand icap title at Rogue Valley Coun try club . . . Wayne Gillaspey hurls no-hitter for Eagle ' Po?nt high ... Roosevelt wins all-city grade schoof track meet, takin A and C classes and medley . Medford Lions club finances in stallation of softball diamond at Hawthorne park . . . Crater high JDJ League track champ . . . Medford high trackmen down Shasta high, Ashland . . . Eagle Point, Illinois Valley, ' Crater, Phoenix highs name athletic cir cuit Rogue League ,. . . Louis Fisher high overall anddoubles winner in zone trapshoot here; 16-yard honors won' by . Forest Solomon, Gordon Miller, Eugene Krowson, L. Shepard, handicaps by Harold Wooley, Harry Elden, Tom Mebl Jr. . . . Bowling league winners: Delta Stars, Copco; Darling Real Estate, Commercial . . . Crater high wins District 6 A-2 southern division baseball mantle. : : ' - ? MAY Hardtop auto , racing starts at posse grounds, Jack McCoy wins Ou r M0f mm Also -1 0 Buster Brown main . . Jack Wood gets hole-in-one. at Rogue , Valley Country club . . .v Medford high basket bailers beat Yreka, Klamath Falls (2), lose to . Grants Pass, Eugene high (2), Oregon Frosh . . . Medford tennis team defeats Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, loses to Roseburg (2); Southern Oregon conference champs; Stan Kalapus cops singles, Don West, Don Robinson doubles for Med ford high in .- district tourney; Kalapus semi-finalist in state tourney . . . Medford Police' Ath letic league being organized . . . Sue DeVoe, Medford, low gross in Willamette Valley-Southern Oregon Women's Golf associa tion - tourney here ' . . . Helen Davis beats Belle Schenck for spring handicap golf crown at Rogue Valley Country club Medford high defeats Klamath Falls in track, wins district and state - track titles, edging North Bend by 2 , 13. points for 10th state toga; Gary Strong in high hurdles gets lone Medford state meet first; district meet qualifies Medford for 14 state meet berths; Jack-Brophy in discus Benson Foley, Lew Breazeale. in .pole vault set district marks . . . Talent Jackson County B base ball champ as Don Cohill nb hitters Butte Falls high; Talent whips Sacred Heart for District 5B mantle, Spray for state tour ney berth, whips Echo in state meet; Talent declared state co champ with Verboort when rain halts tourney Rogue River . STAN READ ' : State B Track Star recognized as county B. track champ ... Bowling champs crowned: C and C Loggers, In dustrial; Walker Real Estate, Classic- White City, City; Mc Duffies drive-in, Ladies .' Mickey McKeo'wn, Medford, cox swain University of Washington freshman rowing team ... Bill Caldwell hurls no-hitter for Eagle Point high against Rogue River . . Central Point county grade school track champion . . . Grants Pass District 6 A-l base ball champ; Bandon beats Crater for District .6 A-2 toga; Grants Pass tops Bandon for state tour ney spot . . . Medford high golf ers third in Upstate, ties for third in Willamette Valley, third in state5 tourney . . . Rogue River wins B district prep track meet; Stan Read, St. Mary's, qualifies for state in broad, jump, dashes; Y ea rs Gift ALL THIS WEEK ANY PAIR OF IN THE STORE Ml Ml ft Off on all BOY'S SHOES 15 South Central , Fluhrtr Bldg. . 'm lfefifi " OREGON GOLF CHAMPION Eddie Simmons, Medford, right above) won the Oregon Golf association championship in June at Rogue Valley Country club. It was one of the. sports highlights 4 here in 1954. Shown with Simmons is runner-up, Harvey Hixson, Eugene. ; . . . . .". ' ., , , . Read wins state B broad jump, second in furlong, third in hun dred . . . Mike Donahue, ex-Med-ford Rogue', ' catching for San Francisco Seals; Glen Gorbus, ex-Medf ord Nugget, with Fort Worth Cats in Texas League . . . (Medford Cheney Studs basebal lers beat Eldorado Lumber, lose to Grants rass, split witn Eugene Caseys . . . Southern Oregon Baseball League starts play after Roseburg drops out ... Lee Swem wins spring outdoor rifle tourney . . -. Russ McKechnie new president Medford Softball association-.-. . Brookings Ma chine, Roy Young Insurance team winners, Tom Coveny and; Max Frink and Elsie Baker and Jean netta Hampson win doubles; Bill Blunt ' takes singles and ' all events Vi Florey. singles and Anita Baughman all events in Southern Oregon handicap Bowl ing tourney . . . ' Rogue Valley Baseball League holds jamboree . . . George Harrington medalist, wins ; Roseburg amateur -; golf tournament. JUNE . - i- " " Medford Cheny Stud baseball ers beat Yreka, Weed, Bookings (2), split with Grants Pass, los6 to Drain (2), Hilt . ; . Tom Mac Leod, Medford, with net 61: on National Golf day beats Ben Hogan . . . MacLeod, Wendell Wissler win two-ball match play golf title at Rogue Valley Coun try club ... Construction of three new holes, rerouting, lengthening, ' toughening Rogue Valley Country club golf links changes course from easy par 71 layout to ; tough 72 par setup for Oregon Golf ' association tourney: . Medford American Junior Legion baseball nine wins two . from Myrtle Creek, " wins two, loses one with Grants Pass, splits with Klamath Falls '. . Rogue Valley Country club team fifth in , Alderwood memorial Jgolf tourney, Portland . . . . Ore- gon snoot, f acme miemauonai Trapshooting association, held here, winners: , Orley Milligan AA, Sam Samson A, Al Kehrli B, William Jantzer C, John Weis D, R. L. McMullen preliminary handicap,' Donna Wooley, state handicap and women's singles; Harry Hanson, Medford handi cap, Harry Lupher doubles, John Bring Your Hudson Home FOR SERVICE Medford Hudson, Inc. NEW HUDSON DEALER FRONT & JACKSON ' Phen 2-6281 t to You! is ShoisStoirl Williner singles, John Simpson all-around, Ron Powell junior,, Larry Horn subjunior . .' . Larry Copple," Medford, second low qualifier,' reaches semi-finals Oregon . Golf association junior tourney; Carole Jo Kabler de thrones Sue DeVoe, Medford, for girls' crown; Mike Monroe, Med ford, pee wee finalist . . . Up state team beats Portland in QGA tourney prelude here . i . Eddie Simmons, Medford, tips Harvey - Hixson on 37th hole, Mary Rowell downs Carole Kab ler for Oregon Golf association championships at Rogue Valley course; Rogue valley wins team trophy in qualifying; Tal Smith fires course record 68 in play off with Bruce Stanley, Medford, for men's medal honors; Barbara Snook defeats Mrs. Harry Stepp in play-off for women's .medal award; Simmons fires 69 in men's first qualifying round; Rogue Valley wins team trophy in qualifying . . . E. W. Pease, Medford, new ' president of Pa cific International Trapshooting association; Medford awarded 1955 Grand Pacific shoot of PITA; . . v Sandblowers have triple play in junior baseball (Continued en Page-11) WE RECOMMEND ALHYDROK fortified VACCINES BLACKLEGOrS -One ihot protect agtac . 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