Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 12, 1955, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Graham Has Best Mark In Passing Philadelphia (U.R) Veteran Otto Graham of the Cleveland Browns and rookie Alan Ameche of the Baltimore Colts , have moved Into the top spots in pass ing and ball carrying in the Na- uuiiai ruuiuctii league. : i t' 11 ii r Graham has completed 26 of 41- passes so far this season for a total of 393 yards and an aver age gain of 9.59 yards, official league statistics showed today. Eddie LeBaron . of the Wash ington Redskins wag second, in passing with 51 attempts end 25 completions for a total of 472 yards or a 9.25 average gain. Ameche, former Wisconsin All American making his profession al debut this season, gained 404 yards on 62 attempts for an aver age of 6.5 yards per carry. How ard Ferguson of the Green Bay Packers wit. second with 294 yantfs. Shaw Ranks Fourth Philadelphia's Bob Thomason was third in passing with an 8.6 aye rage followed by rookie George Shaw of the Colts with 8.02 and veteran Jim Finks of the Pittsburgh Steelers with 7.30. Fred Morrison of Cleveland -was third in the ball carrying de partment, followed by Alex Webster of the New York Giants Webster's 193 yards is only one more than Fran Rogel of the Steelers. Pete Pihos, the Eagles' star re ceiver, is off to a good start again this season after tying Billy Wil son of San Francisco for the pass receiving title last year. Pete has grabbed 14 passes so far this sea son, one more than Bill Howton of the Packers and Jug Girard of Detroit. Harlon Hill of the Bears, Jim Doran of Detroit and Gary Knafelc of Green Bay each have 12. Vic Janowicz of the Redskins held the top scoring spot in the league with 35 points on four touchdowns, five extra points and two field goals. Ameche was Mcond with 24 followed by Fred Cone of Green Bay with 22. Veteran Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams has a 44.3 yard punting average to pace the league. Jacksonville Talent Host Civ Thursday Jacksonville Still short on manpower, still crippled and still seeking their first win of the sea son, Jacksonville's Redskins play the Talent high football team Thursday night. The Jackson County B League brush will be on the lighted field at Central Point. Game time is 8 p.m.:It will be the third league lt for each school. Talent will be the favored deb. The Bulldogs have beaten Prospect 15 to 12 and they gave St. Mary's, top-rated club of the loop, a good scare before bowing 39 to 20 last Saturday. Jackson ville lost 25 to 0 to Prospect and 44 to 0 to Rogue River in league frays. Guches Hurt Fullback Bob Guches' may be the big loss to Jacksonville this week. He hurt a knee in the Rogue River tussle last Friday and had not been out to practice through Wednesday. Guches might see limited action but isn't slated to start, Coach Fred Rich ardson said. Ron Muir, who has been a defensive end, is expected to get the fullBack call. Other backfield starters for the Redskins may be Clyde Smith, quarterback; Ron Davis, left " half; and Floyd Driskell, right half. Gary West, who has seen some backfield duty, is nevertheless more valuable in Jacksonville's crew in the Jine. He'll be at a tackle this week along with Fred McKee or Al Chaboude. Ends may be Eldon Smith and Jack Daley or Eddie Paxton with Johnny Allen at center and Gary Smith and Bob Clark at guards. Ben Oosterbaan Coach of JVeek By LLOYD NORTHARD Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) Theirs was a frustration of many years. ... . - m Even with an authentic repu tation as a national football pow er,, there was one team they couldn't beat. But Saturday it happened. Those wondrous Wolverines of Michigan spiked the big guns of the Army Cadets, winning 2(-2 for the first time and making easy-gojag Bennie Oosterbaan the United Press Coach of the Week. IDAHO HAS WILLIS BACK . Moscow, Ida. (U.R) The Uni versity "of Idaho Vandals worked out in the rain yesterday, with starting quarterback Howard Willis back in the lineup. Willis recovered from injuries suffered in last week's game against Col lege of Pacific, but endfend co captain Ed Hilder is still out of action and will meet Saturday's annual "Battle of the Palouse" against Washington State. MAIL TRIBUNE HOLDING ON to nass in spite , fend against it, Rommie Loudd, UCLA end makes 13 yards on toss from tailback Sam Brown. UCLA beat Oregon State Bea vers 38-0 in conference game at Los Angeles. . (International) MEDFORDTmBUNI Tornado Out To Bust Jinx In Fray at Klamath Field; Pelicans Hefty, Medford high's football aggre gation will be out to bust a long standing jinx Friday night when they take on the Klamath Falls Pelicans in a Southern Oregon Conference and District 6 A-l en counter. Not since 1945, when it ran up a 51 to 0 count, has the Black Tornado been able to whip the Pelicans on Modoc field at Klam ath Falls. Closest Medford grid ders have come to victory since then in the Whitebird's nest was a scoreless deadlock in 1947. Chances are rated "good" that the Black Tornado can change its luck this time but will have to turn back ' a crew which is strong despite three setbacks and only two victories so far this year. "A big hefty line and a de ceptive backfield" sums up the description of the Pelicans in a few words this year. The boys up front who open the holes for the tricky backs are almost all experienced. Coach John ; Mc Ginnis has letterman starters for every "position except center. That spot is held by Cal Tichenor, a 194-pound junior. Kingpin lof the line is Modesto (Little Mo) Jiminez, 208-pound senior letterman guard. Jiminez, also team captain, was hurt in early season play and is just now getting back into full time duty. He might see only defensive ac tion against the Tornado. His first line replacement is Al Sieg ner, . 187-pound non-letterman junior. Letterman ends are Larry Hea ton and Bill Badorek. At tackles vets are Bob Harshbarger and Jim Mc Gee. Roy Ropp is mono gram wearer at guard. In the backfield Donn Taucher is quarterback. He's a letterman as is Dave Leeling, fullback. Lee McGill and Tom Ferrell are non letterman halfbacks. A non-letterman right behind Taucher is at quarter is Peter Kimpton. Tau Jones Favored Over Andrews Miami (U.R) Ralph (Tiger) Jones, the machine-like middle weight of Yonkers, N.Y., is fa vored at 12-5 to beat speedy Al Andrews of Superior, Wis., to night in their TV-radio fight -at Dinner Key auditorium. Andrews hopes to snap out of the worst slump Of his car eer. He lost five of his eight bouts this year. Tiger Ralph, seventh -ranked contender for " the 160-pound title, is favored because of his record, his aggressiveness and his stamina. Both men are only fair punchers. Buffalo, N.Y. XU.R) The Buf falo Bisons were assured today of operating an International league baseball franchise in 1956, thanks to a $70,000 loan by a group of civic-minded citizens. USE READY'MIX CONCRETE- Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 M. C. LINSNGER & SONS Wednesday, October 12, 195S of efforts of Joe Francis to de- Deceptive cher often shifts to a halfback when Kimpton goes in to handle the leather in Klamath's "T" offensive. - 'Hawkins Has Flu Only reported week-end cas ualty of the Black Tornado was Halfback Mike Hawkins who came down with flu. He missed practice Monday but was on hand without pads for yesterday's drill. Hawkins is still bothered by an ankle injury suffered in the season starter game but can "go" on the ankle. Tackle Rod Hammer, laid up for some time by a hand fracture, has had the cast removed from the hand. The Tornado, tuning up its sur prises for Klamath, had a good scrimmage last night. Each squad member got to play about 15 minutes. Defense got attention for a half hour. Information dug up by Clay Hannon, sports editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, shows that Medford has 20 wins over the Pels since .1923. Klam ath has won eight times and four games have ended in ties. Medf ord's biggest victory mar gin was 98 to 0 in 1927. The Pels whipped Medford 40 to 7 in 1943. IBC Announces Five Bout Dates New York (U.R) The In ternational Boxing club announ ced four TV-radio fights for Madison Square garden and one for Baltimore today. All are 10 rounders. In the most significant match, featherweight contenders Car melo Costa of Brooklyn and Ga briel (Flash) Elorde of the Phil ippines will fight on Nov. 11 in the Garden for a shot at Sandy Saddler's title. Lightweight Lulu Perez of Brooklyn will meet Johnny Gon salves of Oakland, Calif., at the Garden, Oct. 28. On Nov. 2, lightweight con tender Frankie Ryff of New York squares off against ex champion Paddy DeMarco of Brooklyn at the Baltimore coli seum. Willie Pastrano of New Or leans, third - ranked light heavy weight aspirant, engages Joey Rowan of Philadelphia at the Garden on Nov. 18. And a mid dleweight slugging match is slated for the Garden on Nov. 25 between Eduaro Lausse . of Argentina and Gene Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah. OSU GUARD PICKED Columbus, Ohio (U.R) Big Jim Parker, who is making "Tackled by Parker" a by-word among Ohio State football fans, today was named United Press Midwest Lineman of the Week. Parker earned the honor in play ing the best game of his career in Ohio State's 27-12 win over Illinois here last Saturday. He made 11 tackles unassisted. Six Oregon State Football Regulars on Injured List Corvallis U.R) The Oregon State Beavers ran through a practice session yesterday with nine players, including six reg ulars, watching from the side lines because of injuries. Coach Tommy Prothro said all the injured, except ends Norm Thiel and Howard Buettgenbach, should be in shape for Saturday night's game with the College of Pacific Tigers. . Oregon State College Ore gon State's single wing Beavers hoDe to land on their feet after being knocked off their unde feated, uhscored-on perch last Friday night by the UCLA Bru ins, 38 to 0. The Beavers, guided by head coach Tommy Prothro, swept through the opening two encoun ters by whitewashing their op ponents. But when the. end of UCLA Takes Over Lead In Defense Los Angeles (U.R) UCLA has replaced Washington as the Pacific Coast conference top de fensive team while Stanford has maintained its offensive leader ship, statistics from the PCC commissioner's office disclosed today. UCLA is tops in total defense and pass defense. Stanford leads in rushing offense and total of fense. The Bruins have yielded ,an average of 191 yards a game. Conference - leading Washing ton, upset winners over South ern California, has given up 195.5 yards per contest. Stan ford's offensive average per game is 328.5 yards. Southern California's second place offensive average is 308, followed by UCLA at 300.8. In rushing, Stanford leads with 215-yard game average. Other leaders are Oregon 213.3, UCLA 210 and Southern Calif ornia, 206.3. California tops PCC teams in passing by averaging 124.5 yards through the air per game. Stanford is second with a 113.5 yard average. Washington is the No. 1 de fensive team against rushing. The Huskies have 'been nicked for an 115.8-yard average on the ground in each of their four games. UCLA yielded 133.5 yards a game and Southern Cal ifornia 133.5. .The UCLA pass defense has surrendered only 57.5 yards a game to opponents' throwers. Southern California has a 70.8 yard average in that department. ROOKS WORK OUT Corvallis U.R) Oregon State's Rook football team worked out under the lights again last night under the watch ful eyes of varsity coach Tommy Prothro as well as fresh coach Dick Twenge. A. total of 81 freshmen candidates are out for practice at OSC this fall. I whisper j Make your drinks taste even better with the Tight as a whisper" flavor of CHATEAUX vod ka. A perfect companion for your favorite mix. CUTEMX vodu is a product of the ciui vims nstiuiis co, CUM0IIT. n.DKTIllD ROM U HUM K0TUI SHUTS. KODKT OF I.SJl the momentary glory arrived it came with a bang, as UCLA scored four touchdowns on the ground, and a pair through the air. The loss of a perfect record and self-esteem were not the se verest setbacks the "new look" Beavers experienced. Fighting off the charges of the burly Bru ins put at least 12 players on the injury list, with three listed as doubtful for next Saturday night's non-counter with College of the Pacific in Stockton. Starting end Norm Thiel is nursing a bruised leg, first-string blocking back Ron Siegrist a wrenched elbow, and second string tailback Ray Westfall a hip crest. If that is not enough, starting tailback Joe Francis, the hula-hipped Hawaiian who paces the team in passing and total of fense, resprained an ankle in the UCLA battle. LA Boys To Help Should Francis be forced to sit this one out, and Westfall not see action, the Beavers would rely on Bernard Bruce, a 171 pound sophomore transfer from Los Angeles, and Frank Negri, 168-pound junior transfer from the same city, to handle the tail back chores. Both have seen lim ited duty in the three games played thus far. Francis and Westfall rank as the top two punters on the team. To add to Prothro's burdens fall rains in Corvallis have turned practice fields into lakes. However, the coach indicated that he would probably rest the team most of the week, so as to be in shape for the following week's homecoming game with Washington State. Rook coach Dick Twenge has taken two looks at the COP Ti gers, against Cincinnati and Ida ho, and predicted the Beavers would have to be in top form to knock off the California inde pendents. This will be the first meeting of the two schools, and is slated as Homecoming on the COP campus. The Beavers will fly from Cor vallis, weather permitting, by chartered airline on Friday after noon, and will return to Corval lis after the game Saturday night. Ducks Strength Pass Defense Eugene, Ore. U.P.) The Uni versity of Oregon will concen trate on pass defense this week in preparation for its game with the University of California, which has piled up 489 yards on passes in four games. The Ducks went through . a dummy scrimmage and offensive drills yesterday as they readied for the game which will be held in Portland Saturday night. BISONS ASSURED Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) The Buf falo Bisons were assured today of operating an International League baseball franchise in 1956, thanks to a $70,000 loan by a group of civic-minded citizens. M4 Tarr Keeps First Spot In Offense Los Angeles (U.R) Stanford fullback" Bill Tarr retained his lead in total offense among Pa cific Coast Conference players despite his team's shellacking by Michigan State, PCC statistics showed today. Tarr has racked ud 355 vards on the ground for a 4.4-yard average per carry. That total gives him both the total offense and rushing lead. Trailing him in rusning are two Oregon half backs, Jim Shanley and Dick James, who have 312 and 298 yards respectively. Sam Brown, uciA, nas 258 yards gamed on the ground. Shanley's total of 312 vards running and passing is second in total offense, two yards more than the total of Jon Arnett. Southern California halfback. Stanford quarterback Jerrv Gustafson continued to ton PCC passers with 24 completions in 42 tries for 230 yards and three touchdowns. Ronnie Knox, UCLA tailback, has connected on 20 of 30 passes for 235 yards and four touchdowns. Another Stanford nlaver. end John Stewart, lost his leadership among pass receivers to sopho more end Roger Ramseier of California. Ramseier caught nine passes against Washington State, the best individual performance so far, this season by a PCC re ceiver. He now has 15 receptions for 179 yards. Stewart has 14 for 154 yards while Arnie Pel luer of Washington State has 10 for 147 yards. Arnett continued as the scor ing leader with 44 uoints follow ed by Brown, 29, and Sam Wes ley, uregon btate, 19. GOOD AND BAD Stanford, Calif. '(U.R) The casualty reports- at Stanford uni ersity were both- good and bad yesterday as the Indians pre pared for Saturday's homecom ing game with the powerful UCLA Bruins. Coach Chuck Taylor said halfback Al Har rington, who injured an ankle in practice Monday, was in shape and would play Saturday, but halfback Lou Valli was declared out of the game due to a recur ring knee injury. L tts HERE! . Year End ElMsl Sals! DON'T BUY A NEW OR USED CAR ' Until You've Seen Our Last Few . . e 1955 AAOYORAi&ie CHEVROLET'S o HURRY! ONLY 7 CARS LEFT! 2 4-door Sedans, 210 Series 1 2-door Sedan, 210 Series 2 Station Wagons, 210 Series 1 2-door Sedan, . Bel Air , 1 4-door Sedan, Bel Air Also A Few Low Mileage Executive Cars In Excellent Condition! BIG DISCOUNTS BANK TERMS LOW DOWN PAYMENTS r eUBT.ESY and Bartlett Streets Madras To File Protest on Grid Conduct of Prineville Cnwhnvc Madras (U.R) Carl Rhoda, Madras school superintendent, today prepared a protest to the Oregon School Activities associ ation for what was termed ,"un sportsmanslike" conduct in a high school football game two weeks ago. ' ' The charges were hurled at Crook county high school after a game won from Madras by Prine- ville 47-18. Rhoda said Madras would cut athletic relations with Prine ville after schedules for the cur rent school year have been con- Hutchinson New Skipper Of Cardinals St. L o u i s U.R) Fitd Hutchinson, former Detroit Ti gers pitcher and manager who piloted the Seattle Rainier to a Pacific Coast League cham pionship this year, today was named manager of the St. Lou is Cardinals. The announcement scarcely came as' a surprise. The 38-year-old right-hander had been conceded a wide edge over the other two candidates for the job, one unidentified and the other the Redbirds' 1955 manager, Harry Walker. Gola Hurts Hand In Exhibition Houlton, Me. (U.R) Phil adelphia Warriors' promising rookie Tom Gola said today a broken bone in his right hand "won't keep me out of basket ball very long.". "I'll be ready to play again in a month, even if the doctors said it might take six weeks for the break to heal," the collegiate "player of the year," last, sea son said. Gola broke a bone in his right hand Tuesday night in an exhi bition game with the Boston Cel tics. "It's a bone between the knuckle of my middle finger and the wrist of my right hand. It won't bother my shooting once I get the cast off," he said. CHEVROLET i- " " eluded. The protest will be sent to Prineville with a copy for tha OSAA. Keith DeCourcey, Prineville coach, flatly denied the un sportsmanlike conduct charges. He said his team "plays hard but doesn't play dirty football." DeCourcey said he was speak ing for himself and not for the Prineville administration. "When we receive the protest we will act on it. I have been coaching here four years and coach my players to play good, hard, clean football." ROOKS WORK OUT Corvallis U.R) Oregon State's Rook football team worked out under the lights again last night under the watch ful eyes of varsity coach Tommy Prothro as well as fresh coach Dick Twenge. A total of 81 freshmen candidates are out for practice at OSC this fall GLIDDEN'S SPRED SATIN . . . the Beauty "Up-Lift" umm Renew the beauty of your rooms with SPRED SATIN (the 1 00 Latex Paint) and match ing enamels ... so easy to apply (no offensive odors), en tirely washable and dries in an hour. Choose your supplies and colors at . FRAKE & SMITH 315 E. Main Ph. 2-4564 Phew 2-6115 O o