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nftt-TT MEDfORD (OREGON) Tornado Hands Loggers First Loss fin 17 Games, 20 To 14 STATISTICS: M First down rushing 13 Vint downs passing 0 First downs penalties 0 Total first downs 13 Net yards rushing .280 Net yards passing -17 Total net yards scrimmage -297 Passes tried 4 E 7 3 1 11 148 83 231 23 Passes completed 1 7 1 0 22 Passes had intercepted FumhlM lnat 2 Yards penalized 30 It wasn't a district fracas, There were no conference laurels at stake. But there was satis faction aplenty in retrospect as the Medford high football Black Tornado looked back today on Its 2 to 14 Friday victory over the potent Eureka, Calif., Log- ger' Q For the Tornado had ended a three-year drouth in contention its . traditional California opponent and had turned back a team recognized as the best in recent years in the Humbolt bay city. . Medford's first decision since 1951 over the Eureka eleven broke at 16 straight a Logger winning streak begun in 1953. The Loggers came to Med ford after five impressive wins over California foes this year. Medford record against the north Cal Coasf powerhouse now stands at 18 victories, six set backs and one tie. First TD Decider A Tornado touchdown drive off the opening kick-off was the deciding factor in the "hang on to your seats" skirmish at the local stadium. The home club outcharged and outplayed the Loggers with a sometimes grind ing, sometimes explosive ground attack in the over all picture. But Eureka was a never-say-die bunch and a constant threat all the way. Ttie Loggers matched Medford touchdown for touch down in the final quarter and were still striving at the finish. A touchdown pass, Quarter back Dick McLaughlin to Half back Gary Riley, capped the Tornado's opening 62-yard drive. After End Dick Copple's kicked conversion the score stayed 7 to 0 , until Fullback Larry Gober punched over for a 13 to 0 lead in the closing stanza. Eureka responded with the help of a fumble recovery and pass interference penalty. Half back Wade Hammond smashed over the goal and Fullback Errol Scott added the extra for a 13 to 7 score. Four scrimmage plays later Medford had its third TD in a 40-yard gallop by Halfback John Bellack. Copple booted the bonus for a 20 to 7 score. Take to Air The Californian's took to the air in the final moments. Three out of six aerial heaves connect ed, one for 23 yards and a score with eight seconds left on the clock. The toss was Quarterback Richie Mayo to huge End Jerry Winters and again Scott booted over the point. With the Medford offensive line playing solid and booming ball from end to end and with hard-running backs Mike Hawk ins, Bellack and Gober reeling off good gains, the Tornado rolled up 280 yards net to Eu reka's 148. Aod tough, rocking defense yielded few long gains to the Loggers. Mayo and Scott were the of fensive guns for the Cal eleven. Scott, a 195-pounder, caught Medford off - balance several times with crossbucks to the left. But tSe passing of Mayo provid ed the greatest potential scoring danger. He tossed the ball 23 times. Medford's defense was equal to the task most of the time but Mayo recorded seven completions for 83 yards. Eureka Livens The visitors didn't really catch fire until -the second quarter when they generated a drive from the ir own nine-yard line to the Tornado six. Eureka con trolled the ball and had Medford on the defensive quite a bit of the second half, driving once to the Tornado 22 and once reach ing the 17. However, Medford, gaining ground in larger chunks, stia maintained the edge in yard age. e Two lost fumbles and one of two pass interceptions spoiled Tornado chances for a perhaps more decisive win. Ganging tactics by the Tor nado stopped Eureka ball car riers time again with Tackle Neil Plumley, Guards Bob Apple and Monte Hoist, Linebackers Jack Gregory and McLaughlin and Backs Riley and Hawley in on a big share of the tackles. 12 Plays Needed Medford surged down the field from its own 38-yard line in 12 plays for its first touch down. The ball squirted from Riley's grasp after he reached into the end zone but Copple and Hoist pounced on the pigskin to prevent any doubts of a TD. Copple's first conversion try from placement was blocked but Eureka was offside. The flaVik- man made good on the second chance and Medford was on top 7 to 0. That ended all successful goal- ward drives until Medford began rolling late in the third quarter. Medford got to the Eureka 25 in the second stanza but an off side penalty and pass intercep mail tribune tion stemmed the drive. The Loggers then launched a big threat, grinding out the yards on the ground until the Tornado ap plied the stopper on the home club's 26. Eureka sallied to the Medford 22 after the midway kick off and Medford held on downs. The Tornado fought back to Logger 35 with one 28 -yard run by Hawkins. There Spenser Van Dusen scooped up a Medford muff and got to the Tornado 40 before being halted by Riley and Hoist. The Loggers got to the 17 where two passes failed to connect. Linebacker Gregory and Backs Hawley and Francis combined to prevent a comple tion in the end zone. Daring Gamble Then the push to Medford's second TD began. It took 10 plays io go the 83 yards. The touchdown might not have been but for a daring gamble that paid off. Three plays had got the Tornado only to the 26 with one yard to go for a first down. Fullback Gober came in to punt but he didn't drop back. He was called on to run instead and boomed with the ball and the Tornado had a first down with yards to spare on the 30. Hawkins broke loose on a double reverse as the fourth period opened and skirted left end 40 yards to the Eureka 30. Two plays later on a similar try Mike got to the 15. Gober smashed the middle' to the three and then banged through the center for the TD. Copple had three tries at the extra point. His first was wide but Eureka was offside. The next was good but both clubs jumped the gun. End Jerry Win ters blocked the third attempt but Medford still had a 13 to 0 advantage. A fumble recovery on the Med ford 37 and a pass interference infraction on the Tornado, which put the ball on the 17, helped Eureka in getting its first score. Eleven and five-yard punches by 195-pound Fullback Errol Scott Bulldog 9th 20-7 Victor Over KF Club McLoughlin junior high ninth grade gridders capitalized on two pass interceptions and a kick-off runback here Saturday afternoon to drub Klamath Falls 20 to 7. The Medford club had a 6 to 0 advantage at the half and the rest of the scoring was in the third quarter. Gerry Lyons was the ball toter on all of the Bulldog touchdowns. Lyons intercepted a pass and ran 30 yards to the goal in the first period. He got some fine blocking on the second half kick-off and ran it black 70 yards for a TD. Bill Wallace set up the third Mac touchdown, in tercepting a pass and running 30 yards to the Pelican five. Ly ons ran it from there. Mike Mur ray kicked the conversion after both third quarter scores. Klamath Goes 80 Klamath retaliated with an 80-yard return for a TD on the Bulldog kick-off. The extra point, was kicked. First downs favored the Mc Loughlin team 13 to five while the net yardage was in the Med ford team's favor 237 to 81. The Bulldogs played a partic ularly fired up game in the second half. Coaches Mel Bol- denow and Bill Shepherd re ported that the locals turned in a defensively good job and that the offense went good at times, The Pelicans were set back for minus yardage in the fourth quarter. n CHAMPS ARE MADE, NOT BORN Carol Heiss, 15, cuts a pretty figure on rink in New York's Madison Square Garden building. Precisely at 5 o'clock each morning, Carol turns up for one of the practice sessions she hopes will lead to an Olympic figure skating title three months from now. Besides practicing for 4Vfc hours each day, Carol attends high school and takes ballet lessons. Sunday. October 23. 1955 put the ball on the one. Ham mond bucked from there. Bellack Goes 40 Francis's 30-yard kick-off run back to the Medford 42 opened a drive which earned the Tor nado its third touchdown in short order. A seven-yard thrust by Fullback Dave Bosworth, a six yard gain by Bellack and a five yards smash by Gober carried the Medfordites to the Logger 40. Bellack spurted over right tackle, cutback nicely to his left and ran the distance to the goal. This time Copple had only one conversion try and made good for the 20 to 7 spread. The Loggers took over on their 40 after the kick-off and one play lost to the 32. A pass went incomplete but Scott broke free for his longest run of the night, 23 yards to the Medford 45. A throw failed but another from Mayo to Scott connected for 20 yards to the 25. Mayo passed to Halfback Fred Whitmire for two yards. A heave to Winters was unsuccessful but Mayo threw again to Winters who caught the ball in the end zone. His runs of 18, 28, 50 and 15 yards and a number of shorter gains made Hawkins Medford's leading ball carrier of the night. Medford next preps for Ash land in District 6 A-l play. The Grizzlies lost 26 to 13 to Crater on Friday. Sports Broadcasts Television station KBES will bring the Los Angeles Rams Detroit Lions pro football game to southern Oregon view ers at 2 p.m. Sunday. Radio station KWIN will air the San Francisco Forty - Niners - Chi cago game beginning at 1:45 p.m. Logart Wins Over Turner New York (U.R) Isaac Logart, Cuba's new threat to the welterweight crown, will get another television fight in Madi son Square Garden on Dec. 2 as a reward for his close but impressive victory over middle weight contender Gil Turner there Friday night. An outstanding welterweight Ramon Fuentes, Virgil Akins or Don Jordan will be the December opponent unless the TV sponsors demand a return match. Logart, 22, and ranked ninth among welter contenders, won a unanimous 10-round decision over Turner of Philadelphia, a lOth-ranking middleweight, be fore 2,500 " in their nationally televised and broadcast fight. It was Isaac's first Garden main event. Turner, 25, out-weighed Lo gart by 5 pounds. Gil register ed 152, Logart, 147. It was Turner's heaviest p6undage in six months but Manager Georgia Katz said he needed that weight for strength, and he would not permit a return fight if " the Lo gart camp demanded that Gil pare down. Idaho State fakes Sixth Straight, 20-19 Boise (U.R) Idaho State Col lege rode to its sixth consecu tive victory by edging the Col lege of Idaho, 20-19, in Bronco stadium in Boise Friday night with the toe of Bob Falls pro viding the margin in victory. ' Quarterback Tom Zaun of the Bengals passed for two touch downs and directed the attack that kept the eastern Idaho eleven's undefeated season intact in the nip-and-tuck game wit nessed by some 8,000 fans. a SIX POINTS FOR EUREKA Wade Hammond, on turf in left foreground, hugs ball after ram ming through for Eureka, Calif., high's first touchdown in the fourth quarter of game with Medford here Friday night. Players identified by the numbers are Errol Scott (52) of Eureka UCLA Hands Ul Hawkeyes 33-13 Defeat Los Angeles (U.R) Sam (First Down) Brown, filtering through the line like a ghost, raced to three touchdowns Fri day night as UCLA scored a 33-13 victory over Iowa before 75,692 fans at the Memorial coliseum. The Hawkeyes, already crip pled, lost the service of their All America guard candidate, Calvin Jones, who suffered a knee injury this week in. prac tice. But quarterback Jerry Rei chow proved on outstanding per former for Iowa with his bril liant keep plays. . " Long Runs The game featured long runs on both sides, Brown returning a punt 67 yards for a score and Iowa's Eddie Vincent breaking loose for 70 yards but the Hawkeyes failed to score fol lowing the run. UCLA scored two of its touch downs after breaks, one off a pass interception and the other a recovered fumble deep in Iowa territory. The Hawkeyes scored their second touchdown in the final minute of play. The game peached a thrilling climax when UCLA's sensation al passer, Ronnie Knox, in the final 16 seconds of play, com pleted a 75-yard pass play to end Hal Smith for UCLA's fifth touchdown. In other malor college games Friday night, Marquette invaded Boston as a two touchdown un derdog against Boston college and knocked the Eagles from the perfect record ranks by gain ing a 13-13 tie. Texas Christian's Horned Frogs turned back Miami, 21 to 19, behind the passing of quart erback Charlie Curtis in the Orange bowl. L Billy Russell's third period touchdown carried Detroit to a 7-0 victory over Oklahoma A and M in a Missouri Valley con ference , game, while quarter back Jimmy Bowen hurled three scoring passes in leading Denver to a 33-0 Skyline conference win over Brigham Young. Rooks, Frosh Deadlock 7-7 Corvallis (U.R) Herh juran fired a pass to Ron Stover with 12 seconds to play Friday to enaDie tne Oregon Frosh to tie the Oregon State Rooks 7-7 in their opening football game be fore 3,000 fans yesterday. Juran, an ex South Salem star, kicked the extra point and xne ooks fiad time only to re turn the kickoff before the gun sounded. Oregon State's young Beavers scored in "the . second ouarter when two old prep rivals teamed up on a 44-yard. pass and run play. Tony Arana of Vale shot a 12-yard pass to Duane Mar- snaii og St. Helens, who ran the rest of the 32 yards. Arana ran around right end for the extra point. The game saw 115 yards to penalties against the Rooks and 70 against the Frosh. The Rooks tried only three passes, complet ing one, while the Frosh hit 7 out of 18 with Juran donig most of the throwing. FISHERMEN! Trout Season Over? ' Not at . . . L. an D. Fishin' Ole BIG RAINBOW WAITING! 6 miles southwest of Medford en Griffin Creek . and Mud Springs Road. Rt. 1, Box 404 A . Ph. 3-2331 siPdDrmrs Marshf ield Slaps Eugene; Jefferson Takes PIL Toga By UNITED PRESS Marshfield high school put aside any doubts about its state championship caliber last night by soundly trouncing a good Eu gene club 32-13, giving the number-one ranked Pirate a big stride toward the district 5 title. Gresham, the number - two rated team, also came through again, this time over North Sa lem 33-20 in a non-district af fair. Two state championship berths were wrapped up by Portland schools. Jefferson won its 17th Portland, prep crown with a 13 7 nod over Roosevelt while Washington won the other play off berth alloted Portland with a 21-0 trouncing of Benson. In class A-2, Prineville nailed NCAA Meeting In Chicago Today ' Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The governing body of the National Collegiate Athletic association will meet at Chicago beginning today with a report by the com mittee on infractions on sched ule. The four man committee, headed by Frank N. Gardner of Drake university, serves as a fact-finding agencyfor the NCAA council and Investigates cases of rules violations. Walter Byers, NCAA execu tive -director, declined to say whether the committee would have reports to make on any possible violations. Another top matter on the agenda is a report on possible eligibility problems ; resulting from college athletes' participa tion in the 1956 Olympic games. The council meeting is to be gin this afternoon and" continue through Tuesday noon. C. P. Houston, NCAA president from Tufts college, will preside. Hedrick Drops Game To Crater Central Point; Long runs by two Crater High school fresh men sparked Crater Frosh to a 39 to 12 victory over Hedrick Junior high ninth graders of Medford here last night, Halfback Allen Barnes ran a Hedrick . kickoff back 78 yards in the second half for a touch down, and Jerome McQuade carried another kickoff 65 yards for a fourth quarter touchdown. Both Hedrick's tallies came on pass plays of B0 and 47 yards in the third and fourth quarters. SERVICE GAME SOLD OUT West Point, N.Y. U.R) It's official the - Army-Navy foot ball game at Philadelphia next Nov. 26 is sold out. Army and Navy athletic officials reported it is the earliest sellout since the 1950 classic. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport in left background, and Gary Guss (37), Monte Hoist (22) and John Hawley (47). On ground with head upraised and in front of Hoist is Eldon Francis. Medford won 20 to 14 for its first victory since 1951 over the California team. (Brainerd photo). down the 8-A-2 title with a 26-6 win over Lakeview; St. Helens moved closer 'to the l-A-2 title with a 41-0 win over Rainier; Ontario increased its prestige with a 45-7 triumph over- Men dian, Ida., and Junction City re mained unbeaten by blanking Creswell 28-0. South Salem Loses Pendleton, top-ranked A-l power east of the Cascades, con tinued its all-winning ways with a 20-6 victory over Hermiston, La Grande downed The Dalles 20-0 and Hood River topped Wy'east 12-0. South Salem, last year's state co-champ, lost another close one, this time to Milwaukie by a 27 21 count. Hillsboro remained unbeaten in the TYV league by crushing Tigard 53-0. McMinnville dis posed of Forest Grove 27-12, Beaverton took Newberg 35-0 and West Linn surprised Oregon City, 20-14. Grants Pass and Roseburg battled to a 7-7 tie in a non-district game while Medford and Klamath Falls posted wins over out-of-state opponents. Medford took Eureka, Calif., 20-14, and Klamath Falls won from Reno 31-25. Corvallis took a stride toward district 8 honors by dumping Sweet Home 30-6. Albany downed Springfield 32-6 and Bend won over Lebanon 33-13. FORGET SCRUBBING A damn KfM! , mopping keeps TERRAFLEX VINYL FLOORS shining clean , FAMOUS Johfls-Manvint VINYL TILE FLOORING SAVES HOUSEWORK You can now get Johns-Manville TERRAFLEX VINYl FLOOR THE FOR ONLY New standard gauge J Terraflex is easy to install ... you can cut and fit it with scissors. Install it yourself and sn money. It win give your horn new charm and beauty ... use it in every room. Available in a wide choice ot beau tiful, marbleued colors. BIG PINES LUMBER CO. 6th & Fir St. - Phone 2-6251 t m w Oregon State Fumbles Into Corvallis, Ore U.R) Ore gon State converted two Wash ington State fumbles into first half touchdowns to defeat the Cougars, 14-6, at Parker field Saturday in a Pacific Coast con ference football game. It was Oregon State s home coming and 17,000 fans watched the tight battle under warm, sunny skies. Washington State found the spark after the intermission and drove to a third quarter touch down. The Cougars threatened three other times but were held each time, once on the two-yard line. Runs Nullified Oregon State's Joe Francis supplied the spectators with the game's biggest thrill when he scampered 80 yards from the Oregon State five in the second period. His spectacular run went for nothing, however, as the ball was called back by an inter ference penalty against the Beavers. The Cougars also had a thrill ing play nullified by a penalty. It was a 60-yard pass from quar terback Bob Iverson to end Pete Toomey which was called back by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Fumbles proved Washington State's undoing. The first mis- cue came in the first quarter shortly after the game opened. Fullback Bill Kramer bobbled the ball on the Cougar 25 and Oregon State guard Bob Riggert recovered. Francis smashed over from the one-yard line. Ted Searle added the extra point. Second Fumble Another fumble by Kramer set up Oregon State's second touch down. This one came later in the first quarter at midfield Montana Wins Skyline Game, 19-14, Over NM Missoula, Mont. ftJ.R) Halfback Don Brant broke loose early in the fourth quarter for a 46-yard run that led Montana university to a decisive 19-14 Skyline conference football vic toryk over New Mexico Satur day. The Grizzlies spotted New Mexico a first quarter touch down but then came back to win before 5,000 chilly fans. A Montana passing attack of Norm Kampschror to end Terry Hur ley proved the deciding factor, although Montana scoring came on ground play. FOOTBALL INSTRUCTIONS: Check If you pick a tie game, must be at the store by OCTOBER 29, 1955 Colorado vs. Missouri Georgia Tech vs. Duke Michigan vs. Iowa - Minnesota vs. So. California Notre Dame vs. Navy Oregon vs. Idaho - .Col. of Pacific vs. Wash. St. UCLA vs. California - Washington vs. Oregon St. Wisconsin vs. Michigan State Yale vs. Dartmouth Medford "denotes Friday nitc game - 1st team is home team A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERS! There are eleven weeks of play. $50 in merchandise for the highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second pUce and $20 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in the aroup picking the most winners wins a $1 .50 necktie. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON Name- Address.. Television at 9 l uesday - m. Nite A 'LET'S KICK IT AROUND" V with Tom MacLeod, Dick and Jack MAIN AT MEDFORD,. You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY MeAndrews Read Phon 2-5271 Converts Two TD's For Win where Francis recovered on the Oregon State 49. A pass, a ground play and a penalty against Washington State put the ball on the Cou gar 27. Wenstrand ground to the nine as the quarter ended. At opening of the second period Wenstrand in two plays crash ed over right tackle for the score. Searle again converted. The Cougar's lone score cam midway through the third period on a 72-yard march. Sparkplug of the scoring drive was Ray Al varado who skirted left end for . a 29-yard gain to the Oregon State 31. Benny Milam scored, from the six-yard line. 1 at heme or faraway this It th gift that : brings row nwr ' Brings you nearer to dear ones far away, nearer to a heart close to your own. Truly, , Christmas is the time for such gift! s'hone roc en epojnerir iwe. to hove jreer Portrait mas for Crainnot grWn .-, Pay the Easy Way USE Brainerd's LAY-A-WAY! rot PHOTOGRAPHS 120 Eitt Main Phone 2-606 CONTEST the team vou Dick to win check both teams. All slips 5:30 Friday evening. vs. Ashland , mmm CENTRAL OREGON j a I I - sl . I J iki if. o
