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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MedfordwTrib SIPdDJETrS Browns' Share of 1st Spot Only Normal Sight in Pro Loop; Five Upsets Scored By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sporli Writer The Cleveland Browns own a share of first place today to pro vide the only familiar sight in a topsy-turvy National football ' leaeue camDaien in which the odds have stood up just once in the first 18 games. True, the Brownies the de fending league champions share the Eastern division lead with the Washington Redskins, Chicago Cardinals and Pitts burgh Steelers. But Cleveland's appearance in first place is the first "normal sight in the standings in the first three weeks of day. The "have- nots" have been having a gay time battering the clubs which dominated the last few seasons. Five more upsets this week end left the surprising Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams tied for the Western division lead with the only perfect records, 3-0. Baltimore upset the Green Bay Packers Saturday night, 24 20, and Los Angeles whipped the Detroit Lions, defending West ern division champions, 17-10, in one of five Sunday games. Four-Way Tie The four-way first place tie in the Eastern race was produc ed when the Cardinals handed Washington its first defeat, 24 10; the Steelers downed the New York Giants, 30-23; and the Browns rallied to edge the Phil adelphia Eagles, 21-17. The San Francisco Forty-Nin-ers (1-2) nipped the Chicago Bears (0-3) in the other Western Division game, 20-19. The Packers, Lions, Bears, Redskins and Giants all losers were the favorites. The odds didn't hold up in the other game either because the Browns were favored by 4V4 and won by four. Staters, UO Lick Wounds Of Defeat Staters 10 sport Portland (U.R) Oregon and Oregon State football teams licked their wounds from beat ings over the week ends and pre pared today for more underdog '- roles in games coming up next week end. Oregon, 13-6 loser to Colorado at Eugene Saturday, takes on California's Golden Bears Satur day night in Portland. Oregon State, 38-0 loser to UCLA last Friday night, travels to Stock ton, Calif., to meet the powerful College of Pacific Tigers under the lights. Coach Tommy Prothro said six of his Beavers were on the injured list. Ed Norm Thiel ap peared worse off with a badly sprained ankle. Other Oregon State injured were backs Joe Francis and Ray Westfall and linemen John Witte, Howard Buettgenbach, Bob de Grant and John Sniffen. Chapman Shines Oregon suffered wounded pride against Colorado, losing the ball six times on fumbles which cost the Ducks a chance to win. The Webfoots outgained Colorado 366 to 199 net yards. James was the star for Ore gon, picking up 14 yards in 18 rushing plays. Oregon used Norm Chapman and Nick Markulis, both centers, to back up the line and both were in on many tackles. DIDN'T GO FAR Colorado fullback John Bayuk is hauled down for just a yard gain by Oregon endJ. C. Wheeler in the first quar ter at Eugene, Oregon. An alert Colorado team, taking advantage of eight Oregon fumbles, drove to two first half touchdowns to defeat the Webfoots, 13-6, on a muddy field before 12,500 fans. MAIL TRIBUNE UHI Philadelphia's opening game tri umph over New York was the only one played so far in which the odds held up. Philadelphia couldn t gain against Cleveland's defensive unit but turned fumbles by the offensive team into two touch downs and led 17-14 with four minutes to play. Then two of Coach Paul Brown's 10-year vet erans 33-year-old Otto Gra ham and 32-year-old Dante La velli led the Brownies 87 yards to victory. Graham, who came out of re tirement a few weeks ago, threw three passes to Lavelli and made dashes of 18 and 36 yards to set up his five-yard victory pass to Lavelli. Shaw Shines A record Milwaukee football crowd of 39,500 watched rookie George Shaw complete an 82 yard scoring pass to Buddy Young and a 50-yarder to Jim Mutscheller as Baltimore dump ed Green Bay (1-2) into second place in the Western race. The defensive unit set up the Cardinals' three touchdowns be fore 26,337 at Washington. La mar McHan threw an eight-yard TD pass to Gern Nagler and plunged for another while full back Mai Hammack got the oth er Cardinal touchdown. Jim Finks, Pittsburgh quarter back who frequently is booed by home' fans, threw two scoring passes, scorea anotner toucn down himself and set up a fourth to lead the Steelers to victory. Rams Beat Lions 17-10; Share Lead Detroit U.R) The Los An geles Rams today retained a per fect, 3-0 record and a tie with the Baltimore Colts for the Na tional Football League's Western Division lead on their 17-10 vic tory over the Detroit Lions. Behind the crack passing of quarterback Norm Van Brock- lin and the scooting of halfback Ron Waller, Coach Sid Gillman's crew kept the Lions on the bot tom all the way yesterday. They took the opening kickoff and moved 81 yards for their first score. Van Brocklin passed to Elroy Crazy Legs Hirsch for 55 yards and a first down on the Detroit four. Then Deacon Dan Towler punched over from the one and Les Richter got the extra point. Walker Scores Field Goal Doak Walker scored a 14-yard field goal for Detroit in the second quarter after Richter had given the Rams a 10-0 lead with a 41-yard field goal. The Lions got their only touchdown in the final period. Los Angeles halted a Detroit threat early in the last period only inches shorof a first down on their eight, but recovery of a Towler fumble on the 18 led to a Bob Hoernschmeyer pass to Walker in the end zone. This put Detroit within one touchdown of the Rams, but time ran out. While Waller did not figure in the scoring, he got through the Lion defense in vital plays. Los Angeles U.R) Pitcher Vincent Amor, who won five games and lost four with Havana in the International league last season, today was recalled by the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast league. Monday. October 10, 1935 Forty-Niners Win 20-19 Over Cards Chicago U.R) Coach Red Strader said today "It's about time 'his San Francisco Forty Niners won a ball game, even if it was only because the team was "lucky." "But we'll take them any way we can get them," he beamed. "We got a lot of breaks, but it's about time they started coming our way. We've . been fighting uphill battles all year." . The Forty Niners' 20-19 vic tory over Chicago yesterday was the season's first for the San Francisco club after two losses. Strader said he planned no protest but it did seem to him that the team played a "61-min-ute ball game." He was referring to the agonizing final minutes when the Bears, desperate for their first win in three tries, fought hard for another score. George Maderos Hero The hero of those moments was undoubtedly rookie half back George Maderos, who re covered a fumble that ended the Bear threat once and for all. What the 45,256 fans in the stands did not know was that Maderos was hurt on the eighth play of . the third quarter. His left hand was split open from the tip of his finger to the wrist. He received 12 stitches to close the cut. And he played the rest of the game. Early in the fourth quarter, with the score 20-17 in favor of the visitors; Chicago worked its way to the San Francisco 18. Maderos snagged a pass there and broke up one scoring threat. Then the stage was set for the heart-rending final minutes. Took a Safety Quarterback Y. A. Tittle, be lieving there were only seconds left in the game, deliberately took a safety to kill time. But the clock continued to run long enough after that to let the Bears run a half dozen of so quick plays. Finally, Chicago halfback John Hoffman smashed into the left side of the Forty Niner de fensive line on a second down play with 10 yards to go.' Leo Nomellini dived low and tackled him. As Hoffman went over backwards, the ball flew out from his arms. . Maderos pounced upon it on the Forty Niner 19. That saved the game. Howard Fox Dies; Victim Of Stabbing San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) A 22-year-old man was being held today in connection with the fatal stabbing of former major league pitcher Howie Fox outside nis tavern nere early Sunday. Fox, 34, played for the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League last season. Previously, he spent seven years with Cin cinnati before moving over to Philadelphia Phillies in 1952. He went from Philadelphia to Balti m o r e in the International League. When Baltimore joined the American League, Fox went with the deal and won one and lost two games with the Orioles be fore being shipped to San An tonio in 1954. For the Missions last season, he pitched a total of 104 innings in 29 games, win ning three and losing eight. Strickland Booked Fox was stabbed outside the "Club House," a tavern he owned here. John Strickland, 22, of San Antonio, one of three youths he was fighting with, was booked at police station for Fox's mur der. Martin Belton, 23, and Jack Allen, ,21, also from San An tonio, were held as material witnesses.- Robert Dardeman, 17, a music ian employed at the Club House, told Detectives Steve Salas and David Cisneros the three young men took a table at the tavern and tried to cut in on two 16-year old girls dancing together. Fox went. to the table and told them to leave. They pro tested, left and threw stones and bottles at the tavern, Dardeman said. When Fox and a bartender, Tex Callahan, went outside, the fight started. Fox was knifed three times. OREGON ATHLETE Eugene U.R) Howard Fox, 34-year-old former major league pitcher who was stabbed to death in San Antonio, Tex., yesterday, was well-known Oregon athlete. Fox was a star basketball played at now-defunct Thurston high school in the late 1930's and was named to the second all-state team in . 1938 when Thurston competed in the tourn ament with the class A teams. That team, called the Pansies, was coached by a woman, Mrs. Genevieve Beaman. Howard Fox was one of several brothers who played on the team. Fox later played basketball at Oregon College of Education and Southern Oregon. He pitched baseball in the old Cascade league in 1942 and broke into organized ball with Birmingham of the Southern Association the following year. Washington Steals Show In PCC Play By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press Sports Writer Experts who nodded politely when Washington announced it would settle for fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference this year stared in amazement today as Coach Johnny Cher berg's crew sat atop the PCC standings with an undefeated record. The amazing Huskies "mush ed" to their fourth straight win and third conference triumph on Saturday by toppling highly-regarded Southern California 7-0 in a Seattle downpour. Struggle Brewing That stole the show as far as West Coast football was concern ed, and converted the Nov. 12 Washington-UCLA game from just another pushover for the Bruins to what could be a titanic between the Southland and the Northwest for the Rose Bowl bid. UCLA, which belted Oregon State 38-0 Friday night, meets a Stanford team next Saturday that took a 38-14 lacing from Michigan State in East Lansing. In other games, California and Washington State tied 20-20, Colorado clipped Oregon 13-6, College of Pacific downed Idaho 20-0 and undefeated San Jose State overcame Arizona (Tempe) State 27-20. . Second Loop Win Scored By Pioneers By UNITED PRESS Lewis and Clark's powerful football team racked up its sec ond Northwest Conference vic tory over the week end by downing the Linfield Wildcats 47-7. Coach John Huston's first team scored five times against Linfield while the second team gathered 13 points. The Pioneer's second string saw action in the second quar ter after a 21-0 first Deriod lead set the trend for the game. Thriller of Oregon Collegiate Conference rjlav was n 9.1.90 victory by Eastern Oreenn over the Southern Oregon Red Raid ers. Other Northwest rnnfprpn rp action Saturday saw Willamette use a iiem goal for a 10-0 win over Whitman. It was the Bear cat's first victory of the season. Windy Sequiera went over sianamg up for the first-period score and Benny Holt booted the field goal in the final quarter. in Monmouth, Oregon College of Education took revenue for last year's drubbing at the hands oi -oruana State by scoring a 46-14 triumph over the staters. Last year's Portland State vic tory was the first time in five years of OCC play that the Wolves had been tripped up. In other college games, pow erful Compton Junior College ground up Oregon Tech 60-7. Tech was the first team to score on the Calif ornians this year, but Compton scored just about at will. In Forest Grove, Pacific Uni versity came to life for its first win of the season over Pacific Lutheran of the Evergreen con ference, 13-0. The Badgers ran to TDs in the second and fourth quarters. Betty Jameson Champ on Links Richmond, Calif . (U.R) Mem bers of the Women's Profession al Golf association scattered to their homes throughout North and South America today after trailing veteran Betty Jameson of San Antonio, . Tex., to the wire in the final tournament of the season the $5,000 Rich mond Open. The tourney here, which con cluded the 1955 camnaisn for the feminine shotmakers, ended with Miss Jameson making up a two-stroke deficit to edge Mary Lena Faulk. Thomasvin. Va., for the championship. Miss Jameson had a 220 total for 54 holes after firing a one-under-par 71 on the final round as Miss Faulk took a 74 for 221. Veteran Patty Berg became the first woman in history to win the money-winning andI scoring-average titles the same year. While Patty finished far dawn in this tournament she topped the money winners for the year with $16,492.34, and the scor ing averages with 74.47 strokes per round. Babe Returns to Links For 9-Hole Practice Tampa, Fla. U.R) Babe Did rikson Zaharias is "back in there swingin' " today only three months after her second cancer operation. Mrs. Zaharias, felled twice by cancer in the last two years, served dramatic notice Sunday that she intends another come back when she slipped out of her house to play nine holes of coif. The Babe crossed the street from her house to the course with Bet ty Dodd of Atlanta, Ga., and looked surprisingly like her old self. . Use Mail Tribune Want Ads JUST FUN-LOVING BOYS Army's Turner Gaunty is stopped by University of Michi gan's James Maddock (on ground under him) and Terry Barr (41) who appears to be giving him a headlock in the second quarter of game Crusaders Subdue Talent For Sole Lead in B League JACKSON COUNTY 'B' LEAGUE STANDINGS W I. Pet. St. Mary's 2 0 1.000 Talent 1 1 .500 Rogue River 1 1 .500 Prospect 1 1 .500 Jacksonville 0 2 .000 St. Mary's high's Crusaders, minus their usual sparkle and snap, ran up six'touchdowns de spite their listlessness to double opposition efforts and overcome Talent 39 to 20 in a Jackson County B League football en gagement here Saturday night. The win gave the Mediord parochial school sole leadership in the circuit. It was strictly an offensive battle. Neither team showed much strength on defense. After a lethargic first quarter St. Mary's scored on all but two occasions that they got its hands on the ball. Fumbles mainly kept Talent from matching the SM ef fort. Talent's offense was at its best of the season and the Bull dogs threatened the Crusaders with an upset until the Medf ord- ites broke out with three touch downs in the third quarter. The clubs fought a scoreless battle in the first quarter. Second period ended in St. Mary's fa- vor 14 to 6 and after three cantos the count was 33 to 13 for the Crusaders. Jones Goes 51 St. Mary's halted a Talent drive on the 16-yard line after the opening kick-off and had one of its own run out in midfield before making the first success ful bid. The Crusaders took over again on their 16 late in the initial stanza and six plays later had a touchdown. A 15-yard run by huge Jim Jones, nimble-footed for all his bulk, was the pay off. He ran over the extra point, j.aieni men lost me ban on the SM 37 and the Crusaders launched a goalward surge which again required six plays. Laval Meunier ran the last 14 and Jim Darland kicked the extra for a 14 to 0 spread. The Bulldogs then took over on their own 31 after the kick and fought in eight plays to the goal. Phil Combs took a pitch and skirted end for the final seven yards. Jack Barrett's pass to Frank Long for the bonus tally was no good. A 25-yard pass play, Barrett to Long was main gain of the drive. 71-Yard Surge Halftime then stopped St. Mary's and its parade of touch downs. But the Crusaders zoomed to the end zone 71 yards in four plays right after the second half boot off. Meunier Miller Clings to Hope For San Francisco Seals San Francisco U.R) Damon Miller, harassed president of the San Francisco Seals, clung to the hope today that "something will work out" although this town apparently has turned its back on the financially distress ed club. Latest rumblings are that the Milwaukee Braves may buy the staggering Pacific Coast League franchise once the wealthiest in the PCL and revive it with members of its farm system. In the meantime, Miller says he is just "marking time." - New York (U.R) Nail, a mud-loving gray colt from the stable of Mrs. Anson A. Bige low, splashed to an impressive one and one-quarter length vic tory Saturday in the 66th run ning of the $125,125 Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport at An Arbor, Mich. Piling on for good meas ure are Michigan's Charles Brooks (89) and John Peckham (59). The Wolverines also swamped the. Army to the tune of 26-2. carried for the last 21. "A 38- scamper by Meunier and a 15 yard crash by Jones got the Med ford team within 18 yards of the pay area but one play lost three yards. Darland's heave to ward Jones for the extra fell in complete. Score was 20 to 6. Talent barged back with a 67 yard march in 10 plays. Combs set up the TD with a 29-yard dash to the two. Jim Walker bucked a yard. Jerry Rice lost to the five, pushed back within a yard of the goal and went over on the next play. Mel Wallace ran over the conversion for 20 to 13. St. Mary's got the ball back to its 32 on the kick-off. Meun ier charged to the midfield striDe. On the next play he broke over the left side of the line, used his protection well and ran the 50 yards to the touchdown zone On a line play Darland recover ed the ball in the end zone for an extra counter and St. Mary's iea z i to 13. Reed Recovers Ball Kodney Read recovered the ball for St. Mary's when Mel Wallace fumbled on the kick-off return. The Crusaders took over on the Talent 33.- On the fifth play of the push Jones passed to Meunier for 12 yards and a TD. Darland's kick was blocked and the Crusaders were on top 33 to 13. The Bulldogs rallied with a 64 yard surge in 12 plays for a touchdown and a 33 to 20 stand ing. Rice went the last three and Walker bucked over for the conversion. St. Mary's followed with a 77- yard shove in 12 plays for the last TD of the game. Jones spun and dashed 24 yards for the why Ancient Age can say: on o All we distill is Kentucky straight bourbon. ' We know that bourbon of the finest quality requires choice grains. That's all we use. 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The defending champion Pitts burgh Hornets stood out as the only undefeated team in the American Hockey League today following the first week end of the new season. , The Hornets launched their new campaign Saturday night with a 5-2 victory over Buffalo, while Providence skated to a 5-1 triumph over Hershey and Springfield edged Cleveland, 5-4. In Sunday night contests, Buf falo nipped Springfield, 3-2, and" Cleveland walloped Providence, 5-3. score. .. Ron Pruitt went oyer the goal on the conversion try but a penalty nullified it and Jones was unable to gain the seven required on the next try. j Talent had the edge in one department, first downs, 17 to 13, but St. Mary's led in net yards gained 436 to 318. Each team punted only once in the game. And to safeguard the uniform qual ity of Ancient Age, we distill it at one place only ... at the Ancient Age dis tillery in Frankfort, Kentucky . . . the heart of the bourbon country. 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Boros $63,121: "Middlecoff $39,567; Doug Ford $32,098; Gene Littler $28,974; Mike Sou chak $26,864; Ted Kroll $25,117; Freddie Haas $2,852; Sam Snead $20,942; Jerry Barber $18,865; Tommy Bolt $18,385; Bob Rosburg $16,689: Billv Maxwell $16,546; Art Wall Jr., $17,215; Jack Burke -$14,966; Dow Finsterwald $14,313; Fred Hawkins $14,9?4; Bo Wininger $13,230; Marty Furgol $13,136; Ed Oliver $11,894; Bud Holsch er $11,199, and Chandler Harp er $10,354. Lulu Perez Opens Ring Comeback New York (U.R) Lulu Peres of Brooklyn, former feather weight contender, will start his comeback tonight as a light weight in a 10-rounder with dy namic young Bobby Courchesne of Holyoke, Mass., at St Nich olas Arena. Although Lulu hasn't fought since May 27, when outpointed by Carmelo Costa, he is favored at 6 to 5 to lick Courchesne, unbeaten in his last 15 bouts that included one' draw. THOMPSON RACE WINNER Lehi, Ark. 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