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
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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
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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.
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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
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Bob Gilstrap ,
Lee Harger
Lucille Hulburt
Ken Kumasawa
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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
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at nine o'clock
on Television
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