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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.