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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Fanfare Medford Sigh will start its 1956 football season with a game here against Jefferson high of Portland. That's the word from Head Coach Fred Spiegelberg of the Black Tornado. Jeff just last Friday collected the Portland Interscholastic League bunting. IMPRESSIVE WIN NEEDED Scores against their two common rivals this season place Medford in the role of heavy favorite when the Tor nado meets the Ashland high footballers this Friday. The comparison: Medford whacked Crater 37 to 0 and the Comets bounced Ashland 26 to 13. -Medford downed Roseburg 14 to 6 and Roseburg squelched the Grixxlies 21 to 7. But the Tornado can't af ford to take the Grixxlies lightly can't afford to be thinking more of its game ahead with Grants Pass in the Southern Oregon Conference and District 6 , A-l chase. In fact the Tornado may need an at least reasonably impressive triumph over Ashland to get " consideration in the final Dis trict reckoning. INTEREST IN OUTCOME The Tornado, however, , can't help but have an interest in the Grants Pass-Klamath Falls hassle which is also this Friday night. Its battle with the Grizzlies and the Pel-Caveman affair will give a big idea of what Medford can anticipate in its November 4 skirmish here with Grants Pass. Because of their 13-all deadlock with the Pelicans, Tornado play ers will be pulling for a Grants Pass victory over KF. Medford then would need only a decision over GP for a clear cut district championship provided, of course, it trims Ashland first. NOTHING TO FEAR If Medford plays the fine brand of ball on the ground, offensively and defensively, that it did against Eureka, Calif., last Friday, it should have nothing to fear from ei ther the Grixxlies or the Cave men. The KF-GP mix shapes up as a close one. What com- J parisons are available give the nod to Grants Pass. Our intu ition leans toward Klamath Falls. In deference to the Black Tornado we'll pull for the Cavemen. TORNADO VERSUS AL When Medford takes on the Grizzlies this Friday, it will face Ashland for the first time since 1943 with Al Simpson is head football coach. Al the next two seasons tutored at Medford high. He wenon to mentor at South ern Oregon college then bowed out of coaching only to return last year as assistant in football and head man in basketball at Ashland high. 355 PLAY FOOTBALL Games October 13 through 15 provided evidence of the ' expanded football activity in Medford schools. Lee Rags dale, physical education super visor for the school system, said that . approximately 355 boys played in Medford grid games those days between 4 p.m. Thursday and 5 p.m. Sat urday. The main expansion, of course is at the junior high level. In addition to a second junior high in operation there is a four-team seventh grade intramural program under way. REASON FOR DIFFERENCE Clay Hannon, sportswriter for the Klamath Falls Herald and News, has pointed out the reason for difference in official and press box net yardage statistics in the October 14 Klamath-Med-ford high football . tangle. Punt and kick-off runbacks and fum ble returns were tabulated in the official book along with scrim mage gams and losses. In the press box net total only scrim mage yardage was figured. While scrimmage gains are usually the only concern for official use, Coaches John McGinnis of Klam ath and Fred Spiegelberg of Medford agreed to the expanded tabulation prior to the game. HE FOUND OUT If Larry Heaton has got the chance to boot the' conversion after Klamath Fall's final sec onds touchdown in the game with Medford high, would he have made it? Hannon gives the possible answer in his Sun day H and N . column. Heaton was back to kick for the bonus that could have giv en Klamath a 14 to 13 edge over Med?ord. But a bad pass from center' eluded intended ball holder Butch Kimpton. Heaton grabbed- the ball on q the bounce and attempted to run for the point but was halt ed short of the goal. The score remained 13 to 13. Despite efforts of Pelican Coach John McGinnis to cheer him up, the big end on three occasions in the field house after the game insisted that he could have made the extra poig. McGinnis let the subject ' drop but later caught Heaton coming in the door with a foot ball under hisQarm. The coach's inquiry reveal ed this: Heaton had taken one of the KUHS managers out MAIL TRIBUNE y dick jewett Mail Tribune Sports Niter onto darkened and quieted Modoc field and made a try from placement. McGinnis asked Heaton if ho made the kick. "No." Heaton replied. PELS TAKE BEATING Klamath incidentally took a hard physical beating in the Medford scrape while the Tor nado came through virtually unscathed. Among the Pelicans Back Lee McGill suffered a con cussion, Back Dave Leeling a minor shoulder separation, End Larry Heaton a back injury, Back Don Taucher a knee re injury and Tackle Keith Cooper damaged nose cartilage. SEATING NEEDED This writer would like to see some sort of seating pro vided for spectators at Mc Loughlin Junior high's athle tic field, despite the reported drawbacks whleh are in volved. While bleacher or grand stand facilities might not in crease the turnout, of fans at games, they at least would re move much of the congestion along the sidelines. With the present "standing only" facili ties it seems a natural tendon-' cy of spectators to keep inch ing forward until they are against the sidestripos of the playing area. Fans then are in the way of persons whose game duties necessitate pres ence along the field bound ary. And, again, someone could get hurt. Objection to a permanent grandstand that, with the school's large enrollment, the full field area is both needed and wanted to carry on physi cal education activities. Tem porary bleachers are shunned because of the labor and both er of putting them up and taking them down. MO AD MARRIED- Jack Moad, University of Ore gon athlete and ex-Medford high track star and gridder, and Bev erly Newbry, cheer leader while at Medford high, were married here Saturday. Ed Bingham, also U of O and ex-Medford basket ball and track star, was Jack's best man. Moad set a state, high school shot put record and was No. 2 prep putter in the nation in 1953. Jack, who was stricken with polio last spring, is making fine strides toward recovery. There is still slight stiff nes in his neck and jaw but no muscu lar impediments. He's been exer cising with weights in prepara tion for track season next spring. NCAA Hood Meet Sugqested for Small Colleges Chicago (U.PJ A small col lege NCAA basketball tourna ment has been recommended by the policy-making council of the National Collegiate Athletic as sociation. The council voted to recom mend to the Los Angeles con vention Jan. 9-11 that a basket ball tournament be established for small colleges annually be ginning in March, 1957. , The tournament would be similar to the " current NCAA championship, with member schools declaring before the sea son begins -whether they want to compete in the new college division for smaller schools or in the present university divi sion. The council also adopted a recommendation by Paul J Blommers to Iowa that no blan ket waivers be granted to col lege athletes who compete in the 1956 Olympics in Australia, and that arrangements may be made to ' grant, relief to those who. might lose their eligibility tor isuaa competition. Clark Griffith's Fight for Life Receives Setback, Washington OJ.R) Clark Grif fith, 85-year-old owner of ,the Washington baseball club, fought today to overcome a new complication in his already cri tical illness. His physician, Dr. George Resta, reported .late Monday night that Griffith, baseball's be loved "Old Fox", had developed a congestion of the lungs. Earlier reports - said he showed - some improvements and that chances for survival were "somewhat brighter." ' Hemorrhage Griffith, co-founder of the American League, entered Georgetown hospital last Wednesday for treatment of neu ritis. Sunday he developed a se rious stomach hemorrage. Resta's latest report said Grif- inn s siomacn condition had "im proved a bit" but that he had de veloped some' congestion of the lungs. Resta said his overall con dition was about the same. HILINSKI SCHOLARSHIP Columbus, O. (U.R) Plans were formulated today for a Dick Hilinski medical scholar ship at Ohio State in memory of the former Buckeye football player killed in a Michigan auto accident last week. Tuwday, October 25 I95S EACH GAINS THREE In photo at left, Chicago Bears John Hoffman (End, 89) takes off around left end for three yards in second quarter of 49er-Chicago Bears game at San Francisco. -The Bears beat the S. F. team 34-23. At right, Detroit Lion's Lew Car penter (34) goes around his end for three yards in first quarter of the Los Angeles Rams-Detroit Lions game in Los Angeles. Making the stop on Carpenter are Rams Ed Hughes (left) and John Hock. The Rams won, 24-13. siPdDinnrs Joe L. Brown Pirate General Pittsburgh U.R) Joe L Brown, 37, who began his big time baseball apprenticeship as a teen-ager 18 years ago, today was named general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, filling the job vacated by Branch Rick ey Sr. John Galbreath, president of the Pittsburgh club, said Rickey, general manager of the Pirates for the last five seasons at 8100, 000 a year, would remain with the club as an advisor. He has been with the Pirate organization for six years. He spent two seasons as general manager of the Waco, Tex., farm team, then four years as presi dent and general manager of the New Orleans Pelicans in the Southern association, and moved to the front office in Pittsburgh last spring. Brown, the son of comedian Joe E. Brown, will not find the Pirate situation comical, should be get the job. Pittsburgh, under the elder Rickey's five-year gui dance, finished last four seasons and tied for seventh place once. Field Manager Sought The new general manager, in any event, must find a replace ment for Field Manager Fred Haney, who was dismissed by Rickey Sr., at4 the end of the last season. However, a club spkesman said the selection of a field managed "definitely" would not be made today. Leading candidates to fill the managerial vacancy included Dixie Walker, former Brooklyn and Pittsburgh outfielder; Bobby Bragan, manager of Hollywood in the Pacific Coast League, and Andy Cohen, who piloted New Orleans of the Southern Asso ciation during the 1955 cam paign. . However, Bragan s chances were reported to have dwindled Yamato, Mac era In Ring Scuffle At Grants Pass ' Grants .Pass A real brawl is expected Wednesday night at the Grants Pass arena when The Great Yamato goes into the ring against Luigi Macera in the weekly wrestling card. The two are lined up for part of' a double main event. It will be' for two out of three falls or an hour limit. The same arrange ment is slated for the other half of the main with John Paul Hen ning and Bull Savage providing the fireworks. Yamato, 219, of Singapore, has been taking rivals in stride since running out of foes in Chicago and Oklahoma and returning here. His judo chops and sleep er hold won two straight falls here last week in a tangle with Jim Hady.ft However, Macera, 205, from Montreal, is thought to have the fire and experience to halt the Oriental scourge. Henning, 215, from Florida, is claimant of the Pacific North west heavyweight title. The ex- Navy frogman won the toga from Ivan Kameroff in Salem a few weeks ago. Popular here, Henning has lots of wrestling savvy. He'll need it against Sav age, ex-footballer and Navy champion. .- The matches at the fair- grounds, under . supervision of the Grants Pass wrestling com mission, will begin at 8:30 p.m. SUGAR CONFIDENT Greenwood Lake,. N.Y. OJ.R) Sugar Ray. Robinson said today he is "extremely confident" he will regain the world middle weight title when he meets champion Bobo Olson at Chica go, Nov. 4. "After this fight, his name will be Booboo instead of Bobo," Robinson predicted. Dead line Sundav ' Classified Is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for juonoay; otuer day 5:30 orevious day Appointed Manager when Rickey stepped down as general manager. Harold (Pie) Traynor, a home town hero, and Hall of Famer, was being boomed for the posi tion by a group of local fans. Traynor, the Pirates' "greatest third baseman , managed the club briefly in the late 30s and came close to winning a pennant in 1938. Ducks Meet Vandals on Saturday University of Oregon, Eugene Coach Len Casanova's Univer sity of Oregon Ducks will at tempt to square themselves on the board in conference play this week end when they play host to Idaho's Vandals in a Saturday afternoon game at Eugene. Oregon has lost to Southern California and Washington, but in their last PCC outing down ed California 21-0. Idaho, will still be looking for number one in the Coast conference, losers to Washington and Washington state in their last game, 9-0. They were idle last week. A year ago at Moscow, with incomparable George Shaw pass ing 291 yards, Oregon trounced Idaho 41-0. Three lost fumbles cut nearly every chance the Van dais had of scoring in this one, The Ducks rang up seven points in the first quarter, went score' less in the second, and then cut loose for three touchdowns and 20 points in the third. Substitutes ran up 14 more in the final frame. Airlanes To Fill Despite the loss of Shaw and his two understudies, Johnny Keller and Don Holt, Oregon can be looked for again to take to the airlanes against the Idaho invaders. Converted ' halfback Tom Crabtree has "come" into his own as of late in the quarter back post and in many respects has turned into a carbon-copy of Shaw via the tutelage of Casan ova . and backfield coach John McKay. Biggest difference from " last year has been the breakaway running displayed by no less than a half dozen Webfoot backs. Frontrunners Jack Morris, Jim Shanley and Dick James are hardpressed by subs Chuck Os borne, Jack Brown and Hank Louema. Cross country race, in- vn . . -1 ' ' uuuuij iilaa cuainpions Jim Bailey and Bill Dellinger will also be a feature of the game. Strader Thinks 49ers Still Can Take Crown San Francisco (U.R) Coach Len Strader thinks his San Fran cisco Forty Niners still have a chance to win the National Foot ball league championship, , de spite the fact that they've lost all three games on their home field. The Chicago Bears downed the Forty Niners 34-23 here Sun day, leaving them a record of two wins and three defeats. "I said earlier that a club could lose three games and pos sibly four and still get into a playoff for the division - title," Strader said. "And I still feei that way." The Forty Niners play here Sunday against the Detroit Lions who have lost five straight conference games. WHITE PLAYS BALL Passaic, N. J. (U.R) Sher man White, former Long Island University star who was involv ed in the college basketball scandal currently is playing with Hazelton, Pa., of the American Basketball association and is an automobile salesman here. COP Accused Of Playing Too Roi mghly By SCOTT BAILLIE San Francisco (U.R) An an gry Coach Bom Bronzan of San Jose State waited today to see if quarterback Tony Teresa will be able to face Stanford this week end while the air seethed with charges that College of the Pacific played too rough. Bronzan turned yesterday s meeting of the Northern Cali fornia Football Writers "Associa tion into a tense session . when he claimed that Teresa San Jose's All-America candidate was considerably worked over by Coach Jack Moose Myer's club Saturday night. "Teresa came out of the game with a broken nose, two chipped teeth, a five inch scrape down his face and an injured kidney that lias to be x-rayed," the us ually genial Bronzan told the reporters. He added that he saw a pub lished report before the game that "COP said it . had forced two quarterbacks to quit and was out to make a third quit." Charges Denied Myers, who was not present and spoke to the writers via long distance phone after Bron zan's statements, denied the charges and said he would be happy to bring the game movies into town and show them to the press. ' Bronzan said that., Teresa wasn't the only casualty during COP's 14-7 win over the Spar tans. "Fullback Joe Ulm has a pos sible cheek fracture and half back Stan Beasley a lacerated head," Bronzan said. This marked the second time this month that the Tigers have been accused of playing too rough. Huskies Counting On Backs' Return Seattle, Wash. (U.R) The University of Washington Hus kies were counting today on the return of backs Bob McNamee and Bob Dunn to build' up the team's one-touchdown-per-game offense. , 4 The team, which has scored only once in each of the last three contests, returned to the practice field today in prepara tion for Saturday's game against Oregon State College. Coach Johnny Cherberg said McNamee and Dunn probably will start against OSC Saturday after injury-forced layoffs. A - WED. NIGHT OCTOBER 26 Grants Pass Arena GRANTS PASS, OREG. Starting Time 8:30 p.m. DOUBLE MAIN EVENT Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit Luigi Macera The Great Yamate Montreal ' Singapore , 205. vi. 219 WHAT A BRAWL THIS WILL BE Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit John Paul Henning Bull Savage Florida ' Chicago 215 vs. . 220 - Two Big Boys with Lots of Fire Matches under the Supervision of the Grants Pass Wrestling Comm. wrestling Iowa Faces Michigan in Big 10 Test Chicago (U.R) Michigan s unbeaten Wolverines entertain Iowa, a team with revenge on its mind, in this week's Big Ten coheadliner. Michigan State and Wisconsin meet in the No. 2 game in a "survival of t h e fittest" battle at Madison. A year ago, Iowa was being hailed as the team to beat for the Big Ten championship when the Wolverines upset the unbeat- T 1 4 . . n en nawseyes, it-ij. v This year the picture is re versed. Iowa, with nothing to lose and everything to gain, will be out to' avenge last year's de feat and dump the Wolverines from the ranks of the unbeaten. Michigan, after squeaking by tail-enders Northwestern ,a n d Minnesota on consecutive Sat urday's, must face Illinois, In diana and Ohio State after Iowa to win the right to represent the Big Ten in the Rose -bowl. Michigan State and Wisconsin, both with 2-1 Big Ten records, will be i out to eliminate each other from further champion ship consideration at Camp Randall stadium. Spartans Picked Michigan State's 21-7 triumph over Illinois established the Spartans as favorites after Ohio State maintained its record of never losing to an Ivy William son coached team. Wisconsin's 26-16 loss to the Buckeyes was an "almost fatal" blow to the Badgers' Rose Bowl dreams. The Badgers must now win all their remaining games and hope that Michigan loses twice to keep their Rose Bowl hopes flickering. Michigan hasn't ap peared in the post-season battle since 1951 while Wisconsin went in 1953. In other games Saturday, Pur due, (1-1-1) will travel to Illinois (1-2) and Northwestern (0-3) will be at Ohio State (2-0). Indiana will entertain Ohio University and Southern Calif ornia will travel to Minnesota in non-conference activity. Six OSC Players On Injured List - Corvallis (U.R) Coach Tom my Prothro said today his Ore gon State Beavers would be far from top shape when they meet Washington in Seattle Saturday. Prothro cited six injuries. Left Half Joe Francis has abruised arm; End Bob de Grant an elbow injury; Tackle Dave Jesmer, Line Backer Dick Corrick and Guard Bob Riggert have bruised shoulders and Left Half Ray Westfall has a sprained ankle. Norm Thiel, regular end, may miss the Washington game. He has been out of the last two con tests with an injured ankle. . iiow lri tills J$sh ajjjtPX, lianci8omenew, J ii( ' -anofn out'' bellow inside fifty rTI '" ' no wonder Century Club pjp ...... ;s f 0 popular these days! Vandals Prepare Moscow, Idaho 4U.R) The University of Idaho Vandals, idle last weekend, staged a full scrim mage yesterday as they began preparing for Saturday's game against the University of Oregon at Eugene. Junior halfback Mel Schmidt, who aggravated an old knee in jury in practice Friday, was still WON! PICKING 11 Out of 12 "f htt& - TELEVISION VSPtfr V FIFTEEN WINNERS LAST WEEK! Gloria Alexander Jerry Anderson Mrs. A. M. Anderson Bob Gilstrap , Lee Harger Lucille Hulburt Ken Kumasawa Colin MAIN AT MEDFORD, 'I - - Wm With Hard Drill on the sidelines and it was ques tionable whether he would . be ready for the Oregon game., . ON GOODWILL TOUR Colombo, Ceylon-JOJ.R) Pre mier Sir John Kotelawala left today for Australia on a good will tour which also will include New Zealand arid Trailand. TUNE-IN TUESDAY John Linton Lyal Massey Toncie Naumes Chloe Palm Larry Perkins Marion Polk Ronald Reich R. Store "Let' kick it around" , with This Tuesday Tom MacLeod at nine o'clock on Television CENTRAL OREGON 6 XIARS OLT C
