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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) District 6 A-1 Crown Hinges On Medford-Grants Pass Game No protest will befog the issue Friday night when the Grants Pass Cavemen engage the Med ford high Black Tornado here in a titanic football struggle. On the outcome of that one battle along will hinge the District 6 A-1 and Southern Oregon Con ference championships. The haze was cleared away yesterday when the Oregon School Activities association board of control upheldKlam ath Falls' protest of its last week's game with Grants Pass but refused the Pelican request for replay. Time - element was reason for rejection. However, the board gave the Pelicans the disouted touch down. Score of the tussle will go down in the records as Grants Pass 33, Klamath Falls 31. Klamath's beef Concerned a Pelican pass. Grants Pass inter ception and fumble and Klamath recovery in the end zone. A touchback was called after a touchdovin had first been signal- lea oy on omciai. ocure siuuu at 33 to 25 with four minutes left to play. Tornado Must Win With the dispute resolved, the picture actually changed little for the Black Tornado of Med ford except to heighten its title opportunity. There is still one big fact that is "for sure." Med ford must win to keep the crowns it won in 1954. Grants Pass can dethrone the Tornado with a tie. And there's another certainty. The Tornado has a giant-sized task cut out for itself. No pun is intended but take the Grants Pass line for example. It's of Rock Mountain proportions and of stonewall potential. Many a college coach would like to have the Grants Pass weight and heft. Biggest of the big Medfordite's will see across the line of scrim mage Dick Graves, 279-pound six-fodter. He's a defensive mid dle guard. While the line scales down to a comparative midget in 165-pound Larry McFarland at a flank, the big forward wall averages out at 193 pounds on offense and up to 210 on defense. Compare those weights to Med ford's 179 for regulars on offense and 183 to 187 on defense. Next to Graves in the Grants Pas heft department is 241 tackle Gary Krause. Then there's Arnold Slay an even 200-pound tackle ritmed to the Portland Oregonian all-s t a t e team last year. Next is Jim Dean, 195-pound guard,, and Bob Allerheiligen, the other guard, tips the scales at 19. Eddie Guise at end weighs 187. Larry Walker is a "little guy" at 179 but he beat out two other candi dates to take over the offensive center slot. Those are the boys Medf ord footballers must go through or around or bump out of the way to make their offense elide or to nail the Caveman ball carriers. But make no mistake. The Tornado has a little heft of its own. The Tornado beef trust is headed by Larry Cranston, de- Rifle Club To Meet At Merrick's The annual . meeting of . the Medf ord Rifle and Pistol club will be held at the indoor rifle range at Merricks building, Wed' nesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. Election of officers , and other business will be conducted. Anyone interested in shooting activities or promotion of fire arms safety and junior educa tion work is invited. The annual meeting and elec tion oI officers of the Junior Rifle club will be held at the same place on Monday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. A new class of juniors will start Thursday, Nov. 10. All young persons from 12 to 18 are invited to join the Junior club at that time. This will be the only class this year and the only opportunity to join the Jun ior club. The prospective mem bers must be accompanied by one of their parents or a guad- ian who will sign permission slips for participation in activ ities of the club. Boyd Will Miss Game With 49ers Los Angeles U.R) Los Angeles Rams Coach Sid Gill man learned today that his ar pass receiver, Bob Boyd, defin itely is out of Sunday's game with San Francisco and quarter back Norm "Van Brocklin also may miss the contest. Boyd hurt his knee Sunday in the Rams' loss to Chicago. Van Brocklin's hand was injur ed on the first play of the game. The passing star had injured the hand earlier in the season in a game with San Francisco. Despite the injury Van Brock lin comDleted 12 of 21 passes against Chicago. The hand is swollen and tender. Team doc tors do not know if Van Brock lin will be able to play here Sunday. - MAIL TRIBUNE fensive tackle, 240 pounds. At 205 pounds is tall Neil Plumley, tackle, a stalwart on both of fense and defense. From there the regulars who'll be facing the Cavemen fall into the 180 pound and lighter class. There's Gary Shaffer, center, at 187; Dick Copple, end, at 182: Monte Hoist, guard at 181, and Mel Morgan, tackle, at 183 if his hand has healed. Gridders in the lighter class who'll call upon their skill and quickness in place of weight: Jack Gregory, guard, 163; Al Bardman, tackle, 173, and a group of ends Mike Stearns 168: IPdDIHJTrS Basketball Practice Gets Official Slart By HAL WOOD ' United Pres, Sports Writer San Francisco (U.R) Don't look now, but the basketball sea son is upon us in fact, prac tice officially opens today. And tha club that is getting Hand Ashland 35-0 Defeat The Medford junior varsity, p&ying in a steady rain, scored in every quarter last night to hand the Ashland junior varsity a 35 to 0 defeat at Ashland. Gordon Owsley and Bl)bby Gee got the Medford JV's into the scoring in the first period, and Mike Russell, Owsley, and Bruce Thompson added touch downs in the second, third and last stanzas. Owsley, Gee and Richard Durante bucked over extra points. Medford's initial score came early in the first quarter after a 60-yard sustained drive. Ows ley climaxed the drive by going over frgm about eight yards out and then scoring the extra point. In the same period, Gee broke through Ashland's line and went 80 yards for six points. Owsley bucked over for the point-after-touchdown, and Medford moved into a 14-0 lead going into the second quarter. Pass Play With about 20 seconds left in the first half, Owsley passed to Russell in a 50-yard pass-run play, and Gee added the extra pint to give the local JV's a 21-0 halftime lead. Medford's fourth TD came on a 28-yard run by Owsley in the third period, and his extra point gave the Junior Tornadoes a 28-0 lead. Thompson went about seven yards in the fourth period for Medford's final TD after a 45-yard march. Durante bucked the extra point. Ashland got to Medford's 12 yarcyine in its only real threat of the game after Ashland- took over on downs on Medford's 20 yard line. Medford JV's. close their sea son against Grants Pass next Monday night at Grants Pass. The local squad has won three and tied one game this season. Sanders Says COP Best Independent By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press Sports Writer Oakland, Calif. (U.R) As far as Coach Red Sanders of UCLA is concerned, College of the Pacific is the best independent tear in the country and would have a 3-1 record now if it were a member of the Pacific Coast Conference. That was te word brought to town yesterday by UCLA publicist Frank Stewart, whose Bruins take on doughty COP in a regionally televised game at Stockton Saturday afternoon. Sanders didn't say anything about Notre Dame, another in dependent. "COP's fine running may give us a lot of trouble," Sanders' mouthpiece continued during yesterday's lunch of the North ern California Football Writers Association at the Athens Ath letic Club. ' ' Jack (Moose) Myers, coach of the Tigers, said he didn't expect his boys to pull off any aniracles but added "we'll try to make UCLA come and get everything they take." Motley Released By Pittsburg Steelers Pittsburgh (U.R) Fullback Marion Motley, one of the orig inal Cleveland Browns, was a man without a team today fol lowing his release by the Pitts burgh Steelers. Motley, now 35, was placed on waivers yesterday by the Steelers, but it appeared his bril- Tuesday, November 1, 1955 Maurv Butts, 170, and Jerrv Gat lin 170. And then there's Bobby Apple, a guard who takes care of him self and more than holdg up his end despite a mere 147' pounds. To plug gaps on occasion, the Tornado also has Larry Gober, 195 and Dick McLaughlin, 187, up from the backfield. And among reserve linemen who can supply some heft are Rod Ham mer, 184; Gary Guss. 183: Larry Slessler, 192, and Jim Funston, 180. Any way you look at it the battle in the line should be a dilly. right down to work is Phil Wool pert's University of San Fran cisco Dons the national cham pions. "We've got a lot of work to do to come back to our record of last year," said Woolpert, a slender six-looter who looks like a midget among some of his sky scrapers. "But we have tha nucleus of another fine team. "In fact, this team could be better defensively than the one we had last year." Early Loss Revenged So that's the bad news the Dons have to offer the other coaches and teams around the country for the 1955-56 season. If you will recall, the USF club finished with a 28-1 record last year, winning everything of importance that they attempted. Their lone loss was an early-season defeat by UCLA that was later avenged. Coming back from last year's great club are All-American cen ter Bill Russell; captain and guard K. C. Jones and guard Hal Perry. Other returning letter men are Warren Baxter, Bill Rush, Steve Balchios. Jack King, and Tom Nelson. But coming up from the frosh ranks is a lad who may step into a regular role. He is Mike Farmer, a six foot, eight-inch center-forward who can 'play a lot of ball. "This boy will be used as an understudy for Russell and he'll also be used some at forward," says Woolpert. "He has the height, but is no Bill Russell. Eut then, who is?" Eastern Tour Planned Woolpert points out that it will be tougher than ever this year. "Everyone will be laying for us right from the start," he says. From a physical standpoint tnis could be a very gops1 club But there is the personality fac tor that enters the case. We will have to kindle in the club the desire to . win the desire that took us through to the chamnion- snip last year." The Dons go on a tour through the Midwest and East during December. They'll play in the Chicago Stadium two nights Dec 16-17; one game in Wichita Dec. 20; a single game with Loyola of the south at New Orleans: then to New York for the Holiday Festival Dec. 26-30. "We are passing up the All College Tournament, which we won last year at Oklahoma City," said Woolpert. "I had promised our. boys that if I ever. got a chance to play in New York, I'd take the booking. So this was the chance." SAFETY BELTS Boston U.R) The Massachu setts state police fleet of cruis ers is to be equipped with air plane" type seat belts for greater safety. liant gridiron career was at an end. It was unlikely that any other team in the National Foot ball league would claim him. 9bir smatt investment 2$3B BALFOUR SUTHHIP r- , J "V jfo. MRIE C CO. LIMITED U Football Briefs Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Coach Johnny Cherberg promised to day a complete overhaul of the University of Washington grid iron offense, which has scored only one touchdown in each of the last four games. Cherberg began juggling the lineups yesterday in the first practice session since Saturday's loss to Oregon State college. Meanwhile, the Husky defense was bolstered with the return of regular center Bert Watson. SIDELINED Pullman, Wash. (U.R) Capt. Brockey was sidelined today with a bad knee he re injured in the College of Pa cific game and Coach Al Kir cher said it was too early to tell whether he would be ready for Saturday's clash with the University of Oregon. The Cougar squad held a short practice session outside yesterday before a snowfall forced them into the field house. BERRY IN LINEUP Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Coach Tommy Prothro looked to his re serves today for another full back to spell second-string Tom Berry in the Oregon State col lege lineup. Regular tailback Joe Francis and reserve back Arlo Wen- strand were both sidelined with injuries, leaving Berry the only player to fill the spot. Prothro said Berry, who scor ed both Beaver touchdowns in Saturday's 13-7 victory over Washington, "had quite an after noon. SLOPPY GAME Eugene, Ore. (U.R) Coach Len Casanova said today his University of Oregon Web foots turned in a "pretty slop py performance" despite their 25-0 win over Idaho. The coach singled out only end Phil McHugh and sopho mores Norm Chapman and Jack Borwn for praise and added he was not too pleased with the rest of the squad. FOUR OUT Berkeley Calif. (U.R) Four California Bears weft sidelined with injuries today and only one was expected to be ready for the Washington game Saturday. Dick King, who started at tackle in the UCLA game but was taken out with a stretched muscle, was expected to return to the field this week. Quarter back Gus Gianulias and right half John Stewart, who missed the UCLA game, were still benched as was second string tackle Ed Brandt. STRESS DEFENSE Stanford, Calif. (U.R) The Stanford Indians stressed defense tactics today in. their preparations for Saturday's game against Southern Calif ornia. Coach Chuck -Taylor said the Trojans were "very roug" but added that his own boys were "in good shape physical ly." The Indians went through a short practice session yester day with scrimmage for those who didn't see much action in Saturday's win over San Jose. DAVENPORT BACK Los Angeles (U.R) Star fullback Bob Davenport will not be able to play for UCLA Satur day in the Bruins' game with College of Pacific. Team doctors said that Dav enport's badly twisted knee, in jured on tfe first pla$ of the California game Saturday, may keep him sidelined for at least 10 days. First-string center Steve Palmer, who has been on the in jured list.was pronounced ready for actionagainst the Tigers. The Bruins' two-hour work out yesterday . was mainly pass defense. on TOUGH DRILLS Los Angeles (U.R) Coach Jess Hill today scheduled a o-week of tough drills for his Southern California Trojans as the team prepared for its Pacific Coast conference game Saturday here with Stanford. The Trojans went through a full-scale offensive scrimmage yesterday. Halfbacks Jon Ar- nelt and Ernie Zampese both0 turned in several long runs. tlhUJV - ..WIM','.n.w..-.(W' ' j JOHN PAUL HENNING Risks Mat Toga Henning To Risk Northwest Title At Grants Pass Grants Pass John Paul Hen ning puts his Pacific northwest heavyweight wrestling toga on the block this Wednesday night at the Grants Pass arena. The challenger is Bull Savage. The two were foes last week in a non-title bout in the Jose phine county fairgrounds ring. A dandy rhubarb developed when Henning accused Savage of holding him by the tights to pin him for the deciding fall. The champ followed the Chicago grappler to his dressing room. Before police and grappling offi cials could intervene the two had torn down a partition and wreck ed a couple of chairs. The Floridan demanded a re match. Savage agreed to sign up if the title was at stake. The two will go for an hour or two out of three falls. Henning has come up with a new hold which has the fans buzzing. The champ calls it a reverse full nelson. A one-hour or two out of three-fall semi-final will bring back the Swede from Minnesota, Thoro Hagen. He'll face the vet eran Frenchman, Maurice La Chappelle of France. MarshfieSd Remains Top Prep Team Portland (U.R) Marshf ield continued to rank number one today in the Journal coaches' poll among Oregon's prep foot ball teams : with Gresham still fein second place. McMinnville, 6-0 winner over Hillsboro, jumped from 10th place to 6th in the ratings. Jef ferson of Portland slipped to fifth while Pendleton and Cor vallis tied for fourth place. -The standings: Team Points 1. 2. 3. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Marshfield - 80 Gresham 70 Corvallis J 54 Pendleton (tie) . 54 Jefferson .-. 51 McMinnville . 40 Vale 43 Hillsboro 16 Central Catholic 14 Eugene .". 12 Others: Albany 10, Medford and Klamath Falls 3, Prineville, Grants Pass and South Salem 2, Ontario 1. Fight Results New York (St. Nicks) Danny Gio vanelli, 150 Brooklyn, N.Y.. out pointed Paolo Melis, 148 ',2. Montreal, (10). New Orleans Joe Brown, 1374, New Orleans. outpointed Jimmy Hackney, 137',2, Philadelphia. (10). Providence, R.I. Bob Bolton, 162 H, Providence, stopped Archie Campbell, 154i2, New York, (10). An economical snow fence can be made from discarded lettuce cras. Wes Santee Files Appeal of Track Quantico, Va. (U.R) Mile star , Wes Santee, insisting "I haven't done anything to be ashamed of," today filed an official ap peal of the track suspension that could possibly keep him out of the 1956 Olympic games. ' The Missouri Valley AAU which suspended Santee indef i nitly Sunday for excessive ex pense accounts while competing in California meets last May, gave the Marine Corps lieuten ant five days to appeal. In Kansas City, Theo Bland, acting chSirman of the board's registration committee, said the suspension veas permanent, as far as his board is concerned until there should be action by the appeal board or a request by Santee for reinstatement some time before the annual National AAU meeting during the winter. Appeal Mailed Monday Santee, who is stationed here in the Marines, nut the appeal into the mails late Monday night in the form of a letter to Marion H. Miller, secretary of the Missouri Valley AAU. He also said he will appeal to the National AAU should the Mis souri Valley group "turn him down. Santee s suspension had its first effect today when he was forced to withdraw from the Quantico Marines' scheduled cross-country meet against Villa nova College this Saturday. . Sources here indicated that Quantico may cancel all of its remaining cross-country sched ule which includes a meet against Villanova and Georgia Tech at Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. 12, against Florida at Gainesville, Fla., Nov 14 and the National AAU cham USC Doesn't Play Well in Adverse Weather Says Hill Los Angeles '(U.R) Southern California Coach Jess Hill had only to point to the record to day to back up his lament that we just don't react too well under inclement weather con ditions." ; . The Trojans were upset by Minnesota, 25-19, Saturday in the snow at Minneapolis. Earlier in the season, SC suffered its other loss, 7-0, to Washington in the rain at Seattle. The Tro jans had been favored in both games. Hill, however, refused to use the weather as an alibi for the Minnesota loss. "It was just as snowy and windy on both sides of the1 line," he told the Southern California Football Writers Association yes terday. "But without hiding behind the weather conditions, Imust say our attack is predicated on speed. On the other hand, Minne: sota would have been faster on a dry track too." Hill said that he expected to win the game even at halftime when the Trojans trailed, 6-0. "I said before we left for Minneapolis that we expected to win and I still thought at halftime that we would defeat Minnesota," he said. "But I didn't expect that it would take 25 points to win the game." zisletS H SET A Years ago Amerietms found in the flavor of 7 CBOW that in definable gitvatoCBg Aer bad been seeking in a irhiskey. That's why 7 Cbowk baa become the standard by which fine American whiskey is judged. Seagram-Distils Company, New Official Suspension pionships on Nov. 20. Santee also will be forced to cancel a scheduled AAU-spopsored trip to New Zealand, starting Dec. 11, unless the suspension is lifted in time. ' The suspension bars Santee from participating in AAU-sanc- tioned events throughout the world and could keep him out of the Olympics. Tryouts for the American Olympic team are scheduled to be held next June 28 and 29, probably somewhere in California. Careless Passenger Leaves Unusual 'Tip' Boston (U.R) Taxi driver William Epstein today was look ing for a careless passenger who took a 65 cent trip in his cab Monday. Epstein said he handed the man 35 cents change for a bill but the fare disappeared before Epstein discovered it was a $100 bill. for ? hhh 'e?en '"OST , U L -'So, -C Am ' 'C - - ONE PERFECT ji "'e ys. r S- Oro SCORE LAST WEEK. ROSEMARY HAAK, 128 E. MAIN X o u 2 $ tew: FW- mu Minn and . . . of American whiskey at its finest Yojt City. Blended Whiskey. 86.8 Proof. 65 Grain Neutral Spirits. Phoenix, Coquille Fracas Saturday Phoenix The District 6 A-2 championship tussle between Phoenix and Coquille high schools will be played here on Saturday night. Superin tendent of Schools Ernest James reported yesterday afternoon. Kick-off time will ba at 8 p.m. Phoenix won the southern division mantle and Coquille took the north half to gain the play-off. The Red Devils from the Oregon coast are defending district champions. The game had been set ten tatively for a day earlier but arrangements for Saturday play were made through the district committee headed by Superintendent Glenn -Hale, Eagle Point. The Saturday date was desired by Phoenix. MATCHED CATS Memphis, Tenn. U,R) Lil lian Foscue decided her Siamese cat needed an Oriental rug to make it feel at home. She bought one and says the cat and rug "go nicely together." T7 1,. SO, ff- IV - rPr. . J- MAIN AT CENTRAL be $UTC 7 0 " lerz. '"e
