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.
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end. It was unlikely that any
other team in the National Foot
ball league would claim him.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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