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4 TWELYl MEDFORD (ORSfJON) Black Tornado Faces Crater Comets Friday The gridiron situation was lookine uD-at Medford high and looking down at Crater after the aggregations completed midweek drills for their third annual en gagement at the Medford sta dium Friday night. Medford's Black Tornado had three sick or hobbled players, Backs Gary Riley and John Haw- ley and Guard Gary Guss, back at Dractice yesterday afternoon 83 it continued stress on offense against the Comets. After 15 mm nto nf nacsinf scrimmaee and Another 15 of full scale rushing work, Coach Fred Spiegelberg reported that the Tornado 'looked Drettv good." At Central Point Coach Leon ard Warren stopped practice a little early when scrimmage did CRATER PIVOT MAN Nathan Douthit, above, is offensive cen ter and defensive guard on the Crater high Comet footbajl team. He'll be across the line from the Black' Tornado Friday night when the Comets meet Medford high at the Medford stadium. Game time is 8 p.m. Douthit calls the plays for Crater. not go to his satisfaction. He stated that the Comets did not thow much life and "acted kind of dead." Warren said he felt that the Comets are physically ready to go but indicated that in spirit there was considerable to be desired. Crater, too, is ' stressing of fense in its preparations this week and the club has labored on defense against Medford single wing plays. Ball Control . . i Along with its work on its at tack, the Black Tornado also spent a half-hour on defense last night. A Tornado, aim, in its fifth and last battle before going up against a district rival, will be to get the ball and then make its offense move well enough to control the contest. Ducks Will Pass Against Colorado Eugene, Ore. U.R) The Uni versity of Oregon Ducks plan to pass over Colorado's sturdy line when the two teams meet Satur day, according to Coach Len Casanova. Quarterbacks Tom and Jack Crabtree and Wally Russell hit eight for 12 attempts against the Washington Huskies last week. and Casanova figures that there's no. use ploughing through what you can toss over. HOCKEY LOOP OPENS By UNITED PRESS The National Hockey League's 38th season gets under way to night with the Montreal Cana- diens playing host to the arch rival Toronto Maple Leafs and the Chicago Black Hawks meet ing the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings in Detroit. ' - & "V fo'lWili'Ti"" W ' SSf? Zjafyfr Deer Hunting Prospects Remain Good in Jackson Portland (U.R) The weekly report on hunting conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: . Southwest: Deer hunting is fair to good in Coos county. Prospects for coming week-end are very good particularly fol lowing Monday's rain. All deer check in excellent shape. High Cascade , country in Jackson county is drying out rapidly, but prospects are still good. Opening week end in Douglas county hunter success was excel lent. Central; Hunting has been slow; however, some snow in the mountains and in the lower country should improve condi tions. Northeast: Hunting prospects in the northeast region for the coming week end have been im proved by rain. There is a light fall of snow on the higher eleva tions, and some higher roads will be muddy. Best prospects are in Grant, Wheeler, and Mor row counties. Deer are still plentiful near alfalfa fields "be tween Picture Gorge and Kim berly on the main John Day river. Good success has been ex perienced in the Wickiup forest camp, Dry Soda, Lookout, and Starr ridge areas also on Mor gan creek, Frenchy butte, and Jackson ranch in Izee.v - MAIL TRIBUNE Medford suffered one blow to reserve strength at its flanks yesterday when Ed Reinking re ceived an ankle fracture. Dick Copple and Jerry Gatlin are the slated offensive ends with Mike Stearns and Maury Butts likely to get first call on defense. Neil Plumley is a probable starter both ways at a tackle with Tom Cox or Al Boardman to. get offensive call and Larry. Cranston coming in for defense. Jack Gregory may get first call for guard and linebacker duty with Monte Hoist going both ways at guard. Gary Shaffer may be at center with Dick Mc Laughlin at quarterback and linebacker. If Medford gets the ball to start Hawkins may be at right half, John Bellack or Gary Riley at left half and Dave Bos- worth or Larry Gober at full back. On defense the halfbacks may be Bellack and Bosworth with Riley at safety. ' Shama, Kollnr Ends John Shama and Carl Koell- ner are the probable opening ends for Crater with Neil Green and Bill Morse having the nod over JJick JJavis and Dave Park er at(tackles. Harold Lefler and Don Hubbard are starting of fensive guard possibilities. Hub? bard may be a defense starter. Lefler, Nathan Douthit or Roger Seaman could be at the other spot with Seaman expected to see quite a bit of action both ways. , Douthit is the center for the Comets. Mel Harsh is the likely quar terback with George Juveland or Duane Goyette at left half, and Don Goyette at fullback. Harsh and Mason are probable linebackers. Juveland may be at one defensive half with the choice among Lilly, Ron Harri son and Duane Krout for the other. Don Goyette may be the safety. Marshfielc! Rated No. 1 In AP Poll Marshfield high has been rated No. 1 football team in the state for the second time this week. ' The Golden Pirates, picked as top prep team by the Oregon Journal coaches poll has also also been ranked the same by the state's sportswriters in the Associated Press weekly . vote, i . Marshfield moved ' up from second place in the voting', get ing 14 first place selections and a total of 184 points.. Corvallis, loser to Gresham last Friday, dropped to fifth while Gresham rose from fourth to third. South Salem held second with 153 points and Gresham polled 140. Pendleton got 104 to rate fourth. All four of the top clubs are unmarred in fourth games. Corvallis had 85 points. Oth ers among the top 10 are Jeffer son of Portland 80, Cottage Grove 69, Hillsboro 58, Central Catholic 29, Vale 24; Teams picking up points in cluded Albany 21, Astoria 11, Washington of Portland and Klamath Falls 9, McMinnville and Beaverton 8, Ontario 5, North Bend and Medford 4, Co quille and St. Helen's 3, North Salem, Bend and Junction City 2, Pnneville 1 TOSKI DEFENDS Baltimore, Md. (U.R) Little Bob Toski, back on the tourna mest trail after a summer de voted mainly to exhibitions, is the defending champion in the $17,500 Eastern Open golf tourn ament, starting today on the municipal. Mount Pleasant course. Cascade Country Hunting success in Umatilla county was only fair the opening week end. Better conditions now prevail which should improve hunting considerably.. Hunter success in Baker, Union, and Wallowa counties was fair- to good during the opening week end. Recent storms have moved the deer to lower elevations Southeast: Since the begin ning of the buck season game personnel have found fewer hunters in the woods than for previous years' opening dates. Most hunters indicate they will hunt the last of buck season and beginning of either sex season Conditions in the woods have been' dry, but no campfire per mits are required other than to carry axe, bucket, and shovel with you while in the forest boundaries. Hunter success has been good in Lake, Harney, and Malheur counties. Malheur coun ty indicates heaviest hunting in the Mahogany mountain area with Ironside area next. Few hunters are found in the south end of the county. ' Northwest: Deer prospects in Tillamook burn will be good in the following locations: areas with good cover, heads of brushy draws, and rugged rocky slopes. Hunting success should improve with darker nights. Cover areas harbor numerous bucks. Thursday. October 6, 1955 A HERO IS BORN Fans and Dodger teammates mob Pitcher ' Johnny Podres on the field aftei he pitched shut-out ball to - "lead the. Dodgers to victory over the Yankees, four games Ed Basinski Speaker at Clubs Here ( Prof essional baseball competi tion separates the men from the boys and reveals the true charac ter of the players, Eddie Ba sinski, Portland Beaver team member brought out yesterday in a talk at the luncheon meet ing of Medford Kiwanis club. "You can tell , who they are and what they are," Basinski declared. An entertaining and jovial storyteller, Basinski spoke to Kiwanians at noon at Rogue Val ley Country club and to Med ford Lions club last night at the Jaokson hotel. On the diamond he is a second baseman and util ity man for the -Portland club. Currently, Basinski is a sales representative for Consolidated freightways. During his playing career he has been with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and has been property of the New York Yankees. He has also been with St. Paul, Minn., and Newark, N.J., teams. The player told of his own start in pro baseball after play ing semi-pro ball around Buffalo, N.Y. He said that he broke into the game when the Dodgers of fered the same amount as the mortgage on his parents farm, otherwise he might not have en tered the play-for-pay game Kind of Tragedy Basinski reported that base ball, has been extremely good to him in his 13 years and had done more 'for him than college. -Baseball is kind of a tragedy," he said. "We die young." And he spoke of the difficulty some players have in finding work after . completing diamond ca reers.' Basinski indicated that next year will be his last in the pro sport. He reportedly will take a permanent position with Consolidated. The speaker said that he had seen a lot of players come up and some like Duke Snider and Roy Campanella of the Dodgers nave surprised him. A player wtio stays m the game long will play with or against most of the other players or ..will cross paths with them, Basinski ''stated. - He had high praise for Brook lyn fans, whose rooting he main tained lifted and sharpened play ers when their spirits were down! Basinski mentioned that Jackie Robinson's words Tuesday about being able to at last win a series for Brooklyn supporters was a real tribute to the fans. Basinski told a number of baseball anecdotes and answered questions. He was introduced by Dick .Schultz,Roseburg official of Consolidated. ARCH HAS EXAM San Diego, Calif. (U.R) Light- heavyweight Champion Archie Moore was to take an electro cardiograph test here today to determine whether he will be al lowed to fight and referee again in California. Moore passed his preliminary, pnysicai examina tion to referee in Hollywood yes terday. This was preparatory to his job as' a preliminary bout referee at Hollywood Legion Sta dium Saturday night. He has no marks from his defeat by Heavy weight Champion Rocky Mar- ciano two weeks ago. MANAGER SOUGHT " , r Chicago ll.fi The Profes sional Golfers association, ap proving a suggestion made by the touring pros, is accepting ap plications for a new post of tournament bureau manager and is willing to pay $20,000. a year to the right man. The pros, meet ing in Boston last month, said there should be an "ultimate authority" handling the tourna. ment bureau. ( ' . ; ...- Dead line for Sunday Classified U grpqppinrs Oregon State Chance Slim For Much Desired Victory Over Bruins at Coliseum Corvallis (U.R) t Coach Tommy Prothro of Oregon State college probably would rather beat UCLA at the Los Angeles Memorial coliseum Friday night than win all the rest of the games on his schedule. But his chances of doing it are about as slim as the UCLA squad is deep. Prothro was on the UCLA Chiefs Meet Redskins at Homecoming Rogue River Jacksonville and Rogue River high' football teams fight the battle of the once-beatens in the Jackson County B , League here Friday night. , It will be homecoming for Rogue River grads. A queen'will be crowned and a dance follow ing the tussle will be sponsored by the Junior class. Rogue River is expected to enter the fracas in good physical snape but the Redskins will be hurting both from injuries and meager turnout for practices. Back Gary Hueners suffered a broken ankle and Tackle Hud son Branson two rib fractures against Prospect last week-end and both are lost for the season to the Jacksonville team. Back Bob Guches received a concus sion in the mix and is slated for only limited action this Friday. Coach Fred Richardson had only 11 Redskins out Monday, 14 on Tuesday and 17 yesterday. ' i Headrick Back - While not crippled like Jack sonville, the Chieftains are not underestimating - their foe and are stressing passing and prim ing their defense. Back Bill Headrick, who was suspended from the Rogue River team last week, has been reinstated. Coach TinKer" Hatfield has not listed hopeful notes were apparent In likely play. - , - Tentative line-up for Jackson ville is Jack Daley and Eldon Smith, ends; : Gary Smith and. Bob Clark, guards; Fred McKeen and Ron Muir or Norman Graves, tackles; John Allen, center, Clyde Smith, quarter; Guches and Floyd Driskell or Ron Davis, halfbacks, and Gary West (shift ed from tackle), full. Probables for Rogue River are Bob Wilson and Harold Moore, ends; Don Hoffman and Steve Scott or Bill Dixon, tackles; Gary Stewart and Gary Phillips, guards; .Richard Twiest or Charles '. Weaver, center; Gary Stinchcomb, 'quarter; Bilbee Lane and Fred Bond,' halfbacks, and Bill Weaver (the converted end), full.- - Yanks Leave on First Leg of Trip To Japan , New YorkJ-U.R) The New York, Yankees minus Phil Ruz zuto, Joe Collins, Gary Coleman and Tom Carroll leave by plane Saturday on the first leg of their trip to Japan. Players who left New York immediately after the World Series will re join the squad either at Chicago or San Francisco. to three, to give the Dodgers 55 years of baseball history. coaching staff last season when the Bruins leveled Oregon State 61-0 at Corvallis. In fact, he has been with Red Sanders since the end of World War II as an assistant. And- before that, San ders was Prothro's prep coach at the. Riverside Military aca demy in the south from 1936 through 1938. There's more than just the Sanders-Prothro rivalry to point up Friday night's game. Oregon State has won its only two starts against Brigham Young, 33-0 and against Stanford, 10-0.- " The Beavers find themselves as one of the few undefeated, untied, unscored on teams in the nation. Meaning Added Of course, Stanford's surprise 6-0 win over. Ohio State last week end has added a little meaning to that Oregon State upset over the Indians. But the fact "remains that UCLA is a four-touchdown fav orite and that may be conserva tive. Oregon State defeated Stan ford by taking advantage of the breaks, of which there were plenty. Stanford ost three fumb les, naa iour marcnes stopped by 15-yard penalties and have five passes intercepted while far outgaining the Beavers and roll ing up 23 first downs to 7. Oregon State has 'much the same personnel as the team that won one and lost eight last sea son, with at least two notable exceptions in sophomore half backs Joe Francis and Sam Wes ley. These , two kids were all over the field in the Stanford game and will give the fans a show for their money. , But the Beavers are up against one of the nation's top teams. UCLA is hip-high in every pos ition and the big question seems to be how Sanders can persuade his eager players, all of whom would like to be first stringers, Nothing in the Arabian Nights is half so exciting as the new 1956 De Soto. Out Wednesday, October 19, at DICK KNIGHT CO., your De Soto Dealer. Don't miss it! , Freely translated from the Arabic.) GOQOCD their first World Series win in ' Phoenix Goes Against IV This Week Phoenix Phoenix high's Pi rates, conquerors of Crater last week end improving as the sea son progresses, travel to Cave Junction Friday night where they'll try to make Illinois Val ley their second straight victim in the Rogue League and Dis trict 6 A-2 southern sector. . The Pirates have some of their top men injured or sick but that situation has been somewhat off set by improvement of some of the first year men, particularly in the line, and by the hard run ning of the backs. . Both of the are Pete Bohm and Gary Sim practices this week. ' ,, Coach John Woodward listed Guard Don Wallace and Tackles Delford Dean and Perry Sneed among the improving first year boys. He said that Tackle Larry Kidwell, a 190-pounder, has been showing well in practices. Woodward, who is continuing efforts to build up Pirate reserve strength, reported a "real good. practice" last night. He indi cated that, despite the fact the Pirates are favored, Phoenix is not looking for.an easy game this week.. Madden May B Lost On the sick or crippled roster are Back Bill Madden, End Ray Dahl. Tackle and Back Walt Hurlburt and Dennis Bradley. Madden is ill and is scheduled to have his tonsils removed. He may be lost for the season. Dahl hurt an ankle in the Crater, mix. ' He hasn't scrimmaged all week but may play against IV.. Hurl burt played defensive tackle against Crater but is still bother ed by an ankle injured in the Jacksonville fray in mid-September. Bradley suffered a back in jury against the Comets and may be unable to play against the Cougars. Possible starters for Phoenix are Pete Bohm and 'ary Sim monds, ends; Dean and Sneed, tackles; Wallace and Don Blank enship, guards; Jim Hobbs, cen ter; Jim Korth, quarterback; Del mar Brook, left halfback; John Garner, right halfback and Dan Lovett, fullback. to hold down the score. , OSC flies to Los Angeles this evening. .. . 4' GO 00 Only Trout Steelhead Over 12 Inches Legal Starting Monday In Main Rogue Below Shady Cove Portland 4U.R) The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: Southwest Salmon angling in Coquille river is fair to good. Rain and high tide should im prove the run. Salmon angling at Coos Bay fair to. good when Hedrick JH Opposes GP Hedrick junior high ninth grade makes its formal bow into athletic competit ion Friday afternoon by taking on Grants Pass on the McLoughlin turf here. Game time is 3:30 p.m. The representatives of Med ford s newest junior high . saw their first intra-school action last Friday when they came out on the short end in a meeting with McLoughlin. But that was just an informal scrimmage and not an official game. Coach Barney Riggs said that drills since the Friday affair have stressed blocking and tackling. The club has also add ed a- couple of plays to use against the Cavekid eleven. Hedrick's possible offensive starters are Gary Winetrout and Don Peek, ends; Don Tinseth and Dale Foresee, tackles; Larry Anderson and Harold Sexton, guards; LeRoy Axland, center; Tony Monroe, quarterback; Bill Maurer or Bob Emmens, left half; John Milne,' right half and Pete Rasmussen, full back Claude Newman should see left half and fullback duty. For defense it may be Peek and Rasmussen, ends; Wine- trout and Tinseth, tackles; Sex ton and Anderson, guards; New man ' and Foresee, linebackers; Emmens and Monroe,1 halfbacks arjd Maurer, safety. is for besi:v 3h . -rtjt ' ... a rtir. ' STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY f ' MR. BOSTON WST. INC. BOSTON. MASS.- weather permits. Steelhead catches improved in the Grants Pass to the Galice section of Rogue. Starting Monday, October 10, only trout steelhead over 12 - inches in length will be legal in the main stem of the Rogue be low Shady 'Cove and in the 'Il linois river below Kerby. All other tributaries and lakes will be closed for the season. The bag limit changes to 3 fish per day but no more than 6 fish in any consecutive days or in pos session. Silver salmon angling is fair from the "forks to the Umpqua area. Steelhead angling in the vicinity of Steamboat is spotty with some days being fair to good. Salmon angling is fair to good on lower Umpqua river. Russell Winner ; Of Rice Award New' York t-(U.R) Fred Rus sell, sports editor of the Nash ville (Tenn.) Banner, will be the first recipient of the annual Grantland Rice Memorial Award for "an outstanding example of sports reporting in. the Ric tradition." Devereux Milburn Jr.. oresi- dent of the Sportsmanship Broth erhood, today Oannounced th selection of Russell for th: award and said the presentation ' of the plaque will take place at a luncheon on Nov. 1, Rice's birthay. ' Russell was voted the award for a column he wrote last June 10 under the title, "Maybe It's bTime To Update The True Mean ing Of Sportsmanship." j The consumption of water In the United States has risen from 50 gallons per person per day in 1-1850 to 1,000 gallons per person per day now. at noon Saturday.
