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TWKATE MEDFORD (OREGON) G 'X ". -vs. BREEZING ALONG at top speed, John Henry Johnson, San Francisco 49er halfback, cir Qtles right end for sizable gain as 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-10, in Los Angeles. Key block by Bud Laughlin springs Johnson for extra yardage. (International Soundphoto ) Casanova on United Press Rating Board NeV York U.R) Six new coaches John Michelosen of Pittsburgh. Bobby Dobbs of Tulsa, Len Casanova of Oregon, John Roning of Denver, Bill Meek of Houston and Jack Mit chell of Arkansas will serve on the 1955 United Press Foot ball Coaches Rating board. ' . As in previous years, five out standing coaches from each of the seven sections of the country will make up the board and rate the collegiate teams weekly. They will begin ranking the teams this year after the games of Saturday, Sept. 24. Their ra tings have become recognized generally as the official stand ings of the teams. Michelosen,- Roning, Meek and Mitchell replaced on the board ' the coaches they succeeded at their respective schools. Michel osen took over for Lowell Daw son; Roning for Bob Blackman; Meek for Clyde Lee, and Mitch el for Bowden Wyatt. Dobbs replaces Jennings' Whit worth, who left (Oklahoma A&M,' ax one of the board's five mid land coaches. Casanova takes the board post held previously by Laverne Taylor of Oregon State. Wyatt in South Wyatt, who went from Arkan sas to Tennessee, will serve as one of the board's five coaches in the South. He replaces the man he succeeded, Harvey Rob inson. The first 1955 rating will be released to afternoon newspapers of Tuesday, Sept. 27. As in past seasons, the ratings will be re leased first alternately for Tues day morning and afternoon pap ers. " ' Each of the top 35 coaches will Q - 0 THE ROT TP ROW TTTY " PI RSi ft I Straight Kentucky ' ' $280pint &si'g MAIL TRIBUNE rate the top 10 teams weekly. Their selections are used only to reach a consensus and never on an individual basis. Points are awarded on the basis of 10 for a first place vote, nine for a second and so on down to one for a 10th place vote. The coaches who will com prise the 1955 United Press Foot ball Coaches Rating board: East Charles Caldwell, Princeton; Edward Erdelatz, Navy; George James, Cornell; Lou Little, Co- Eugene Holds NWL Crown Salem (U.R) Eugene wrap ped up the 1955 playoff series for the Northwest league crown here last night with a four-run ninth-inning rally that produced a 9-6 victory over the Salem Senators. " fThe victory gave Eugene the decision in, the seven-game set by a 4-2 margin. With one out in the Eugene ninth, Ted Hesse walked. George Ma tile singled to right. Salem starter Bill Whitson then gave way to Bill Dials, victim of Sun day's 3-2 12-inning Eugene vic tory. Bill Eastburn, first hitter to face Dials, belted a three-run homer - and the second hitter, George Huffman, also hit one out of the park. Dials yielded to Ron King who retired. the side without further damage but Salem' was unable to score in its half of the ninth. Salem had moved ahead in the eighth. COlLfPATtfV TTVTCtrTtf XTiTTnv.T MerrftrDe nnAntTyF0' Tuesday, September 13, 1955 lumbia; John Michelosen, Pitts burgh. Midlands Bobby Dobbs, Tulsa; Don Fau- rot, Missouri; William Glassford, Nebraska; Charles Mather, Kan sas; Charles Wilkinson, Okla homa. Midwest Terry Brennan, Notre Dame; Hugh Daughtery, Michigan State; Ray Eliot, Illinois; Forest Evash- evski, Iowa; Stu Holcomb, Pur due. Pacific Coast Len Casanova, Oregon; Jess Hill, Southern California; Alton Kircher, Washington State; Jack Myers, College of the Pacific; Charles Taylor, Stanford. Rockies Charles Atkinson, Brigham Young; Jack Curtice, Utah; Phil Dickens, Wyoming; John Ron ing, Denver; Bob Titchenal, New Mexico. South Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech; Andy Gustafson, Miami; Frank Howard, Clemson, . Bill' Murray, Duke; Bowden Wyatt, Tennes see. Southwest Paul Bryant, Texas A&M; Bill Meek, Houston; Jack Mitchell, Arkansas; Edwin Price, Texas; George Sauer, Baylor. INKS HOOP PACT Philadelphia (U.R) Six-foot, five-inch Jim Mooney, former Villanova star who has been in the Marine Corps for two years, has signed to play for the Phila delphia Warriors of the National Basketball Association this sea son. Mooney played for the Warriors briefly in the 1952-53 season and averaged 7.5 points per game. ' SIPODlFirS Gridiron Outlook Brightens For University University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon's outlook, which was rather grim under mid-summer crutiny, now looks considerably brighter as Coach Len Casano va's Ducks make final plans for the 1955 opener next Saturday night at Salt Lake City against the University of Utah. The Webfoots still are suffer ing from a bad case of inexperi ence brought about by the loss of 17 lettermen, including sev en starters from the third place 1954 team, and are lacking in depth to the point where a few key injuries would wreak havoc. However, fall practice has de veloped some bright spots which may go a long way toward bal ancing the weak spots. First, the quarterbacking of the unrelated Crabtrees, Tom and Jack, and Wally Russell has shown promise. None of the three are expected to be an other George Shaw this fall, but the Crabtrees have shown an ability to run with the ball and their passing is far from hope less. , Second, the fastest crop of rookie backs in a decade gives hope that the Webfoot game will have the open field potency it has lacked for the last few sea sons. Line Develops Third, the line has shown signs of developing more rapidly than had been hoped, which en hances the chances of the backs getting loose to use their speed. And finally, Coach Len Casa nova says, This squad has worked extremely hard and their efforts may well pay off in' more victories than anybody expected." ' . These conclusions have been reached as the result of some excellent practice sessions and have yet to be tested in actual competition. The - game with Utah will give the coaching staff a chance to check their esti mates . against game perform ance. Unless there are unexpected changes in the next few days, the Ducks will open against the Redskins with seven lettermen, a junior college transfer, a non letterman and two sophomores in the starting lineup. Phil McHugh, rated as one of the best all-around ends in a decade, will be at right end and George Slender, a fine pass catch er from Santa Rosa JC, has the edge at left end. Capt. Lon Stiner and Harry Johnson, both open at tackle with Reanous Coqhrane, a regular last year, and Spike Hillstrom, a convert ed non-letterman center, will be at guard and the line will be completed by Art Weber, a two year reserve at center. Chapman On 2nd Unit In the backfield Tom Crab tree, a converted letterman half back, will open at quarterback with Dick James, the most ver satile back in the conference, at left halfback, . sophomore Jim Babe Starts Cancer Fund Galveston, Tex. (U.R) Famed athlete Babe Didrickson Zahar ias appealed to everyone "to get in this fight" against cancer to day as she prepared to leave the hospital after a second bout with the disease. , The Babe is scheduled to leave John Sealy Hospital Wednesday. She said she and her husband, George Zaharias, wanted to start a voluntary fund for early de tection and treatment of cancer "to save as many lives as pos sible." - , The famed woman golfer, often referred to as the world's greatest all-round woman ath lete, announced establishment of the fund from her hospital bed Monday. A Galveston bank pledged the first $1,000 to the fund and the Babe matched the bank's contri bution. Hospital attendants said Mrs. Zaharias was in "good" condi tion, and she corroborated it qualifiedly: ."I feel real well, but. I get tired quick and I like that bed real well." Use Tribune Want Ads Quick in results! You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST, PROMPT DELIVERY MeAndrawt Road Phon 2-5271 of Oregon Shanley at right halfback and Jack Morris, the 1950 freshman sensation now back from the air force, will be at fullback. The rookie flavor of the 1955 Oregon squad really shows in the second unit where not- a single -man from last year's squad is listed. J. C. Wheeler, a converted full back from Ore gon City, and Bill Tarrow of Boise JC are the ends, sopho mores Jerry Kerschner and John Raventos are the tackles, Harry Mondale, a .1951 letter man back from the army, and Jack Pocock of Boise JC are the guards Norm Chapman, a Medford sophomore is the cen ter. . ' Jack Crabtree will probably be the quarterback, Jack Brown, another sophomore service re turnee, and Chuck Osborne of Menlo JC will be at halfback arid Fred Miklancic of ' Boise JC, a power runner with consid erable talent, will be at fullback. Then there are five sopho mores, three lettermen, two non lettermen and a junior college transfer in the third unit. Any way it's counted, the Webfoots are short of veterans with only 12 lettermen on hand. The Ducks will leave for the vital test of their inexperienced squad on Friday by . chartered plane and will take their final workout at Salt Lake City. No further scrimmage work is ex pected prior to the game. Reserved seat tickets for the Medford-Gresham high fool ball encounter here this Fri day are now on sale at ' the high school office. Hours at. the office are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. UO Athletes Do Well in Classroom University of Oregon, Eugene One member in three of the 1954-55 University of Oregon freshman and varsity athletic teams scored tetter than a B minus for his year's scholastic work, it was announced here to day after a final check was made of the records of 150 athletes. President O. Meredith Wilson expressed pleasure at the result of the survey and said, "We are proud that so many of our ath letes have distinguished them selves in the classroom. It is re assuring evidence that both "our coaches and our athletes recog nize -the importance of good scholarship. Since so much cyn icism about college athletics has developed, it is a pleasure to call public attention this demon stration that academic excel lence and athletic skill have been combined at Oregon in the past year." During the 1954-55 athletic year the Webfoots finished third in the PCC football race, second in the Northern Division basket ball chase, won both baseball and track, captured the division golf dual match title tied for second in tennis and wound up fourth in a 13-team field in their first try at the Pacific Coast wrestling championship. 20 Better Than B There were 20 of the 51 ath letes who had compiled better than a straight B average and the other 31 ranged from a B- minus to a B. FootbaU led in those with better than a B aver age with seven players while track had six. baseball and golf three and wrestling one. The distribution in the B minus crouo was fairly even, also, with football again leading with height, basketball and base ball having seven each, track five, golf three and wrestling one. Tnrluded in the B-nlus eroun were four members of the cur rent football team. Three of these, Phil McHugh, Capt. Lon Stiner and Tom Crabtree, are holders 'of scholastic scholar shins. The fourth man is sopho more tackle John Raventos. Mc Hugh won the Dean Walker Me morial scholarship and is on the All-America scholastic team, Stinpr was the winner of the Town club scholarship and Crab tree is now in the third year as the holder of the Kichara s. Smith Memorial scholarship. MMsMMMHHMHHHHisHBHViSSlllllllllllHM i SINGLES .CHAMP Tony Ttabert, who won the National j1 Tennis Singles Tournament at Forest Hills, N. Y., shows I his wife the trophy, after the' finals match in which he i beat Australia's Ken Rosewall. The new champion says . he has no immediate plans to turn professionaL ' Vancouver Council Studies Oak Proposal; Seals Must Settle Backing By ELDON BARRETT Seattle (U.R) San Francisco's "Little Corporation" nursed a king-sized financial headache to day and the Oakland Oaks ap peared -ready to move to Van couver, B. C. in hopes turnstiles there might play a happier melody. Those two developments high lighted yesterday's meeting of the Pacific Coast League direc tors here. Brick Laws, Oakland owner, and Claire Goodwin, PCL presi dent, were to sit in on a meeting of the Vancouver city council today. The council may act on Laws' proposal to move the Oaks to the Canadian city and Good win indicated the move would be approved by. the directors. "We'll take that matter up when we find out how the coun cil acts," Goodwin said. "But if Mr. Laws wants to move to Canada I am positive the league will go along with him." Meanwhile, an ultimatum was issued to the "Little Corpora tion," owners of the San Fran cisco franchise, to put their fi nancial house in order by Sept. 23. Damon Miller, president of the "Little Corporation," .said Anthony Longo, retired Los An geles furniture dealer, had been delegated the job of trying to dig up financial backing for the Seals in 1956. Tom .MacLeod ON BARKER'S "Let's Kick It Around" BACK ON TELEVISION TONIGHT! FROM 8:30 UNTIL 9:00 TOGETHER Jack and Dick with tht LATEST WORD J I ' jMaK-:-M&:-43 by Sept. 23 Longo will present his find ings to Miller who will , present them to the league directors on Sept. 23. If Longo can raise ade quate capital the ."Little Cor poration" will be permitted to operate the ' Seals next year, Miller Said. . .. " Directors spent four hours discussing the Seals' financial plight yesterday. S. H. Patterson and his son,' Norwood, owners of a San Francisco radio and television station, ; turned down an option to purchase the Seals The Seals were able to oper ate last year only after they obtained a $150,000 loan from the league and a $50,000 bank loan. This year their finances failed and the Pattersons, who guaranteed the bank loan, pick ed their option Sept. 3, the last day they had to exercise it. fIn other action the directors: - 1. Approved transfer of own ership of the San Diego Padres to the Westgate-California Tuna Packing -Co. of San. Diego 2. Authorized counsel Leslie M. O'Connor of Chicago and Goodwin to revise the constitu tion and present the -revised form to the league for its ac ceptance. 3. Authorized a Best three-out-of-five playoff series between Los Angeles and Hollywood to determine third place in this year's standings. That series be gins tonight. - BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS! L 1 4 Mel Ingram from Grants Pass, Al Simpson from Ashland, and Medford's Fred Spiegelberg Three Head-Coaches will talk it over and discuss Southern Oregon football almost before it happens. MAIN AT CENTRAL OFFICIALS TO MEET Basketball and football ref feres of the Rogue valley will convene at Southern Oregon college gymnasium at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Main business will be election of a commis sioner to assign basketball arbiters. Football officials will conduct a discussion. Harbert Captain Of Ryder Team New York (U.R) Former PGA champion Chick Harbert of Northville, . Mich., has been elected by the other members to captain the United States Ryder Cup golf team in its annual se ries against Britain at Palm Springs, Calif., Nov. 5-6. Other star pro golfers on the team are Marty Furgol, Cary Middlecoff, Sammy Snead, Doug Ford, Tommy Bolt, Ted KrolL Jerry Barber, Jackie Burke Jr., and Chandler Harper. Tribes along Afrift's Lake Kyoga just north of the Equa tor eat fat roasted locusts. 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