Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 26, 1955, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Texto 0 Beavers Face toughest Foe In Huskies Seattle, Wash. (U.PJ Coach Johnny Cherberg has decided to "try some new stuff" to see if his University of Washington Huskies can speed up their of fense for Saturday's game with Oregon State Beavers. The coach said there probably won't be any change in the starting backfield, with the ex ception of the quarterback posi tion. It is still a big question as to whether Sandy Lederman or Steve Koake will fill the slot against the Beavers. Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) The Oregon State Beavers can expect their toughest competition of the season when they tangle with the surprising Washington Huskies Saturday, according to Coach Tommy Prothro. He pointed out that the Husk ies are tied for the PCC lead with UCLA ahd have more depth than any club the Beavers have met this fall. Prothro said arm Injuries would slightly restrict the activities of sophomore tail back Joe Francis and end Bob De Grt. ; Eugene, Ore. (U.R) The University of Oregon Ducks, who meet ihe University of Idaho Vandars this week end, were warned by Coach Len Casanova yesterday that they have noth ing to be cocky about "just be cause we've won a couple of games.". The coach pointed out that although the Vandals have been taking it on the chin, they have had two weeks to prepare for the Oregon game because of an open date last week end. Nelson Collapses During Practice Seattle (U.R) Frank Nel son, reserve left guard on the University of Washington foot ball team, was in serious condi tion today after collapsing on the practice eld yesterday. Nelson collapsed in the early part of a scrimmage in yester day's practice drill. He suffered convulsions and was unconscious when put inn ambulance and taken to the hospital. He regain ed consciousness for a brief per iod while under observation last night and then lapsed into a coma. Coach Johnny Cherberg said the 21- year- old Coupeville, Wash., player might be suffering from Q relapse from an unde tected injury suffered ' in last Saturday's game with Stanford. Nelson was knocked out dur ing that game but passed the regular Sunday morning physi cal checkup, Cherberg said. Fight Resujts By UNITED PRESS Holyoke. Mass. Johnny Sax ton, 151 Mi . New York, outpointed Jackie O'Brien. 149. Hartford. Conn. (10). Philadelphia Jake Josato. 147. Philadelphia, outpointed Jimmy De- cerio. 150. Norristown, Pa. (8). Trenton. N.J. Roy Alston, 152, Trenton, drew with Tommy Webb, 154. New York (8). CUBS SIGN TWO Chicago (U.R) Ernie Banks, who set a home run record for shortstops with 44, and his key stone sidekick Gene Baker, have signed their contracts for 19 26, the Chicago flubs announced to day. The Cubs' infield pair were the only shortstop and 'second baseman to play every game of the 1955 season. $440, 45 QV $85 PINT 100 FROOP - V a utluAf&i" riODOCT Of t.SJL 1IVTIUED FIOM 100 61AM KEUTIU 5fIIIT HE CUAt SrIINGS DIStlLUHS COMMIT amm mma Arhett Leads PCC Teams Jn Total Offense; Francis Is Second, 568 Yards Gained Los Angeles (U.R) . West Coast fans boosting halfback Jon Arnett of Southern Cali fornia for AU-American honors today pointed at Pacific Coast conference statistics to support their case. Arnett the fleet-footed Tro jan junior.'tops the PCC in four departments and is second in an other, statistics from the com missioner's office revealed. Arnett is the leading scorer with 76 points, tops in total of fense with 596 yards gained, and No. 1 both in punt and kick off returns. He is second to Stanford fullback Bill Tarr in rushing. Tarr has gained a net of 500 yards, 36 more than Ar nett. Francis' Record Pressing Arnett for total of fense honors are Joe Francis of Oregon State with 568 yards and Sam Brown of UCLA with 565. Brown, the Bruin's brilliant single-wing tailback, is third in rushing with 452 yards and second to Arnett in scoring with 51 points and in punt returns. Stanford's John Brodie and Jerry Gustafson lead the pass ers. Brodie has the most com pletions, 30 out of 60 attempts, while Gustafson has 26 in 49 tries. Following the leaders are Howard Willis of Idaho with 25 completions in 66 passes and Ronnie Knox, UCLA, 24 of 41. Knox has thrown five touchdown passes, tops in the PCC. End Roger Ramseier of Cali fornia is the leading pass receiv er with 17 receptions for 209 yards. End John Stewart of Stanford has 14 for 154 yards. Other department leaders are: kickoff returns: Arnett 6 for a 30.4-yard average; punting: Don Gilkey, California, 20 for a 38.5 yard average; intercepttons: Dick James, Oregon, 5 for 68 yards, and punt returns: Arnett, 12 for 19.3-yard average. Tam Statistics In team statistics, the Univer sity of Southern California leads cn offense while Washington topped PCC clubs on defense. Southern California has aver aged 365.8 yards a game while the Huskies have held opponents to an average of 216.7 yards per contest. The Trojans are the rushing leaders with a 236-yard game average followed by Oregon with 228.5, UCLA 199 and Stan ford 186.2; Stanford's passing of fense has averaged 120.5 yards per game to lead in that de partment. Following the In dians are California with 117.5 yards per game, Southern Cali fornia 109.8 and Idaho 108.2. Stanford is second in total of fense with a 306.7-yard game average, a shade better than Oregon's 306.5. Rushing Defense Southern California is tops in rushing defense. Trojan defend ers have yielded 131.5 yards per Alan Ameche Leads Pros In Rushing Philadelphia (U.R) Alan Ameche, "The Horse" among the Baltimore Colts, was limited to 39 yards in . a losing game against the Washington Red skins Sunday but the rookie from Wisconsin maintained a lead of 151 yards today in the rushing statistics of the National football league. Ameche retained top spot in the rushing bracket, and Otto Graham, the Cleveland Browns' perennial, boosted his passing av erage to continue as the top flinger in the loop. ... The incomparable Graham, hitting for 42 completions in 69 attempts for a 60.9 percentage, raised his average gain for each pass thrown to 10.41 yards, a comfortable lead of more than two yards over second place Bobby Thomason of the Phila delphia Eagles. Graham's gains have totaled 718 yards and three touchdowns. Amech Averaged 5.S Ameche averaged 5.5 yards per rush on his 94 carries for a net of 518 yards. Howie Fergu son of Green Bay trailedby 151 yards in second place. Fran Rogel of the Pittsburgh . Steel ers, was third with 362 yards, just one yard better than Ron Waller of Los Angeles. Waller in turn was one yard ahead of Fred Morrison of Cleveland. Y. A. Tittle of San Francisco jumped from fourth to third place among the passers, fol lowed by Eddie LeBaron of the Redskins and Charley Brown of the Chicago Bears. OS Rooks Hold Night Drill; Meet UO Frosh Corvallis (U.R) ' Coach Dick Twenge sent his Oregon State Rook football team through a night drill last night as the young Beavers prepared for Fri day afternoon's return match with the Oregon Frosh in Eu gene. The two teams tied at 7-7 here last week. game on the ground while Wash ington has given up 140.8 and UCLA 150.2. On pass defense, Washington leads with oppon ents getting only 75.8 yards through the air per game. UCLA is second with a 83-yard yield per contest and Stanford is third with an 83.7 mark. UCLA ranks second in total defense with an average of 233.2 yards made against them per game followed by Southern Cal ifornia's 245.7 average. Other team department lead ers are: interceptions: Oregon 11 for 197 yards; punting: Ore gon State, 30 for 38.4-yard aver age; punt returns: UCLA 21 for a 21.4 yard average; kickoff re turns: Southern California, 16 for a 28.9-yard average. ,1, ..!, JIM J ." I V 1 W STILL CHAMP Wallace (Bud) Smith of Cincinnati wears his battle scars with a big grin after successfully defending his lightweight title against Jimmy Carter in Cincinnati. SIPdDIBTrS (Bowling VICTORY LEAGUE Standings: W. U.S. National Bank 25 ,i Ross Lumber Company 21 Beatty and McDougal 20 Keith Bros. 20 Towne Beauty Shoppe 19 li Trowbridge and Flynn 19 Pick's Apparel 17 Davis Transfer Stark's Finance Local 9208 CWA Results: B anil M 2 N. Hollenbeck 412 M. Langston 393 E. Doty G. Russell T. 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Roark Handicap 1965 396 460 390 , 293 , 350 70 1959 1 278 277 357 297 329 378 1916 TALK DEALS Havana, Cuba 4U.R) The groundwork for player deals was laid with two National League clubs, according to Brooklyn Dodger baseball officials, who left for New York by plane Tuesday after spending a week here. Dodger Vice President Fresco Thompson conferred here with Frank Lane, new general manager of the Cardinals, and Powel Crosley Jr., president of the Redlegs. ' Toronto U.R Iron Fireman Manufacturing company direc tors, meeting at the company's plant here yesterday, declared a regular quarterly dividend of 15 cents payable Dec. 1, 1955 to all holders on the record of Nov. 10, 1955. . Wilkinson Is UP Coach Of The Week Norman, Okla. (U.R) He hasn't lost a conference game since he came here as head coach nine years ago. And last Saturday when the opposition ran up a 14-0 lead and the long unbeaten record was in jeopardy, his boys rose up mag nificiently and scored a crush ing 56-21 victory. He's the United Press Coach of the Week, Charles (Bud) Wilkin son of Oklahoma's socking Sooners. He has directed them to the longest winning streak of any college in the nation, 24 games, and Oklahoma has gone 49 consecutive conference games without a loss since he took over in 1947 after Jim Tatum went to Maryland. There are only two ties in that string of 49 games and the last one was against Colorado, a 21-21 head- knocker at the opener of - the 1952 season. Sooners Suddenly Arroused What suddenly aroused the Sooners after a lethargic first period -, in which neither . team scored and that fateful second quarter in which Colorado ran up 14 points, in the first three minutes? Wilkinson has a favorite one word answer to that question "intensity." He uses it whenever the Sooners score a triumph that is a standout. Wilkinson is proud oi his team, hopes it can continue its string of victories indefinitely, but shies away from any conver sation about the Orange Bowl game on New Year's Day. The Sooners go automatically as con ference winners if they capture the Big Seven title. ON INJURED LIST Los Angeles (U.R) Veteran fullback Dan Towler was placed on the injured reserve list to day by the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football league to make room on the active roster for Paul (Tank) Younger, who has recovered from a leg ailment. Use Tribune Wr-f Ads The only all-purpose station wagon ! Only the 'Jeep' Station Wagon gives you 4-wheel drive. As a business vehicle or a family car, it's the world's most practical station wagon. It has extra stamina for normal highway travel in 2-wheel drive, and shifts easily into 4-wheel drive to go through sand, mud, snow and soft earth, on or off the road, in all kinds of weather. It carries six people or up to 110 cubic feet of bulky cargo. The interior is washable easily cleaned for family use. The 'Jeep' Station Wagon is now available with power brakes. 4 WHEEL DRIVE STATION WAGON WlUYS...nrlirs larpst ukirs if 4-wtiel tin vehicles Ask for a demonstration today.. STEVENS AUTO SALES, INC. "Your Friendly Willys Dealer" 505 North Central Mtdford e, Phone 3-3655 : 'Rouncl One' For Indians In Trading Cleveland (U.R) General Manager Hank Greenberg today described the acquisition of slick fielding Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby in exchange for slug ger Larry Doby as "round one" in his efforts to strengthen the Cleveland Indians. "We don't have anything on the fire right now but we're go ing right back to work this morning," Greenberg said. "We realized we had to do something drastic but we felt we had to make the improvement we did." The first major trade of the winter season apparently solved five-year problems for both the Indians and Chicago White Sox. The Indians have been searching in vain for a first-rate defensive shortstop since Lou Boudreau left them in 1950, while the White Sox have been looking for a slugger of Doby's caliber since the same year when Gus Zernial hit 29 homers for them. Defensive Shortstop Carrasquel, a 27-year-old na tive of Caracas, Venezuela, is generally regarded as the most spectacular ' although some times erratic defensive short: stop in the majors. Carrasquel hit only .257 last season but has CONVALESCING from brok en hip, Connie Mack, "Grand Old Man" of baseball, waves to friends from wheel chair in Philadelphia's Presbyterian Hospital. (International) HUNGARY LEADS Zurich, Switzerland (U.R) With only one more event left today, Hungary had all but clinched the five part modern pentathlon championships. Hun gary was in first place with 9.833 points, Russia second with 8.74, and Sweden third with 8.816. Wednesday, October 26, 1955 - MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TMRTEXlf a six-year big league mark of .264, including a top of .282 in 1950. Busby, 28, is also a brilliant fielder but he hit only .239 last season and has hit only 27 home runs in six big league campaigns. He came up originally with the White Sox in 1950 and was traded to the Washington Sena tors in 1952. The White Sox got him back in a mid-summer deal this year. In obtaining Doby, both Vice President Chuck Comiskey and Manager Marty Marion of the White Sox declared "the end of our search for a No. 4 hitter." cleans ipur dirtiest' equipment; . CHEAPER FASTER BETTER forVRuB demonstratiox...caU or write, , OAK 5T. TANK & STEEL CO ASHLAND, OREGON AfiUUMD tlMl j To Buy or Sell - Use Tribune Classified Ads :'' Look for the red Everybody's jumping at the chance to buy OK Used Cars at present clean-up prices! The car with the OK Tag always represents top value because it's thoroughly inspected and. recon ditioned. 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