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Br DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor Aieoiord high s football team has a whale of an assignment cut out for itself next week end when it travels to Coos Bay to meet Marshfield, Oregon's No. 1 ranked contingent in state A-l quarter-finals. The Black Tor nado has been surging stronger with every game but will have to be better than its previous best this season to upset the Golden Pirates. With Denny Baker, running great, the high riding Marshfield club looms tougher than the 1954 edition which twice defeated Medford. CAME PRETTY CLOSE It looked a bit odd when Ihe press box statistics for net scrimmage yardage alone (322) exceeded the total net (321) figure of Official Statistician Virgil Swanson for Friday night's Medford-Granls Pass, high football fracas. But the discrepancy isn't so bad as it appears. The Mail Tribune book indicated a total net of 328. Swanson was stepping off the yardage at the sidelines. To come within seven yards of the official count in judg ing by eye is doing okeh. Ben Casey, back shop man. keeps ihe scrimmage yardage for this department. HOOP SEASON COMING Hardly seems possible that basketball is just around the corner in Medford. The reali zation comes with the announce ments of the Medford Independ ent Basketball League organ- 'irine and of the start Of nign school practice. The MIBL is having a meeting at 8 p.m. next Thnrsdav at the YMCA. That night has been -set as deadline for entry of teams. It is piannea at that time to complete organi zation for the year. CAGE RULE CHANGES Fans will note a little . change in basketball rules this season. The two-shot regula tion for all personal fouls in the last three minutes has been eliminated. The five second rule on retaining possession of the ball in the front court will . now apply to the dribble. Fla grant technical fouls will draw two shots and guilty players will be disqualified automat ically. Elimination" of the two-shot rule means application of ihe one-bonus regulation for ihe enfre 32 minutes of a game. Players fouled while shooting, nevertheless, still get their two tries. Under the 1955-56 rules a player cannot hold or dribble the ball longer than five seconds in the front court if the opposing team is ma king an effort to get it. The new plan does not prevent stalling, however. A team can control the ball by passing. WORKS FOR ERSKINE Ed McCullough, ex-Medford high athlete now attending An derson college, Anderson, Ind., is an employee of Carl Erskine, star Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. McCullough is working in Erskine's craft and hobby shop three or four days per week. The pitcher has told the Med fordite that, if he wishes a chance to stay at Anderson and work next summer, he'll see to it that Ed gets a chance to play some baseball. That could be a chance to work into pro ball. McCullough started the sec- In C Scores Freely 33-14 VI ond game at quarterback for the Anderson grid club this fall but suffered a shoulder separation on the third play. A football, basketball and baseball player at Medford high, McCullough has branched into journalism in col lege and is assistant editor of his school paper. REGRET EXPRESSED A Prospect high Prospector headline states: ROGUE RIV ER HIGH DEFEATS PROS PECT 21 TO 0. Following the headline is the notation: "Due to the failure of the reporter to turn in this story on ihe deadline we regret to say that no story for this game is avail able." The Mail Tribune sports department has been threatened with ihe same treatment. DAVIES PICTURED From Dick Strite's Highclimb er column in the Eugene Register Guard comes the information that a picture of the University of Arizona football team of 1930 in the Arizona-Oregon game pro gram this fall included Buzz Davies of Medford. Davies, Strite points out, was considered one of the finest halfbacks in Border Conference history. MORRIS A SHADOW Marlowe Branagan in his Oregon Journal Tower Lights describes a 57-yard touchdown run by Jack Morris for Uni versity of Oregon in ihe Ari zona scrape as ihe finest play of ihe game. The ex-Medford star was chased and matched for speed for only 10 yards by Clarence Anderson, the quarter-mile champion of the Border conference. Anderson gave up 10-yards from ihe goal. Morris was described as "a shadow with a golden helmet." Thompson Favors Ball Bonus Rule By CARL LUNDQUIST r. New York U.R) Frelo Thompson, boss of Brooklyn's farm clubs, not only called for retention of baseball's . bonus rule Saturday but urged that Commissioner Ford Frick en 0 force it more strictly. "I'm very hopeful that the bonus rule as it now stands will be retained, even though I un derstand there is one amend ment to be acted on at the win ter meetings to throw it out al together and several others that propose new types of bonus leg islation," Thompson said. He emphasized that the Brooklyn organization felt the bonus rule imposing restrictions on payment of large cash awards to untried sandlot youngsters "has done what it was intended to do." Effective Brake "It is a good rule because it saves us from ourselves," he went on. "The restrictions have been a very effective brake on our enthusiasm. The clubs sel dom now pay out bonus money except for youngsters who are so outstanding they are almost certain to be worth It." However, he criticized Frick for not imposing a more severe penalty on General Manager Paul Richards of the Baltimore Orioles, who recently drew a S2500 fine for violation of the rule. NO STRANGER Jimmie Jarries, member of th Phoenix high football squad, which played Coquille last night in the District 6 A-2 title mix, was no stranger to Coquille players. He attended school through the sixth grade with this year's edition of the Red Devils while his father was Co quille high school principal. His father, Ernest James, is now Phoenix school superintendent. Bears Stun Washington In PCC 20-6 Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Cali fornia's Golden Bears stunned favored Washington 20-6 behind the leadership of third string Quarterback Ralph Hoffman, Saturday. The 20-year-old from Liver more, Calif., sparked Cal to its first Pacific Coast Conference victory of the season by driving the Bears 54 yards for a touch down which put them ahead 13-6 late in the third period. Hoffman iced things in the fourth period when he inter cepted a pass in Husky territory and four plays later passed five yards to Jim Carmichael for the touchdown. It was a dismal windup for Washington which loomed as a gridiron power early this season after upsetting Minnesota and Southern California. Coach Johnny Cherberg's punchless Se attle club now has been held to one touchdown in each of its last five games. Aside from their short scor ing drive, the Huskies never penetrated any deeper than Cali fornia s 31-yard line and spent a good part of the day trying to get out of their own territory. GIEL IN ARMY Winona, Minn. (U.R) Paul Giel, 24-year-old former Univer sity of Minnesota football and baseball star who received a $60,' 000 bonus to sign with the New York Giants in 1954, left here Friday to begin a two-year hitch in the Army. Giel lost four and won four for the Giants during the recently completed National League season. Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Ore gon State, scoring as it wished and substituting freely, defeated Idaho, 33-14, at Parker Stadium here Saturday in a Pacific Coast Conference football game. Some 9,000 fans, sitting in sunnv weather, saw the Beavers run up their fourth conference victory. It was Idaho's fourth PCC loss. The victory kept alive mathematically at least Ore gon State's chances of making the Rose Bowl. The Beavers have lost only to leading UCLA. Youne Tommv Prothro. in his first year as head coach at Ore gon State, came up to the game Saturday with some of his most potent players on the injury list. ciory Grid Deaths Reach Four; 12 Last Year Los Angeles U.R) Foot ball deaths this season through October dropped to four, com pared with 12 for the same per iod last year and 11 in 1953, the Injury and Fatality commit tee of the American Football Coaches association has report ed. Chairman Floyd R. Eastwood said all four deaths noted in his mid-season report were due to head injuries, the most common type of severe injury in foot ball. Three were high school players and one a college player, he said. Dr. Eastwood said he could not say whether the sharp drop as attributable to incomplete reporting of deaths or more through coaching and commit tee recommendations. Dr. East wood, who is associate dean of students at Los Angeles State college, said the committee has advised more attention to warm ups, equipment inspection and medical examinations. The three high school fatalit ies were Steve Thompson, 17, Nashville. Tenn.; Max Campbell, 18, Danville, Va.; and Phil Lew is, 16, Sheridan, Ark. The col lege player was Ray Dennison, 26, Colorado A&M. Rules Clinic for Basketball Will Start Tomorrow Chicago U.R) The annual rules clinic for basketball offi cials, sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Com missioners, will be held Monday and Tuesday at Northwestern University to promote more uni form officiating across the na tion. Bill Haarlow, supervisor of basketball officials for the Big Ten, will be clinic director and chairman, and the Northwestern basketball squad will provide play action. Conferences who will be rep resented include the Atlantic Coast. Border, Eastern, Big Ten, Big Seven, Mountain States, Missouri Valley, Pacific Coast, Southern, Southeastern and Southwest. Vikes Down Rogue River Rogue River Myrtle Creek high defeated the Rogue River gridsters 19 to 0 Friday night. The Chieftains of Rogue River threatened on at least four occa sions in the game but fumbles and penalties wrecked their chances. The Vikings tallied in the first quarter on a pass play, Bard well to Searley. They got an other with 16 seconds to go in the half on a Marlin to Bard well pass. Meshew ran the bonus for a 13 to 0 count. For the third TD Bardwell ran 52 yards in the fourth quarter. Rogue River, down to the MC one-yard line once and inside the Viking 10 on three other tries, fumbled eight times and lost the ball on five muffs. The Chiefs suffered nine penalties of five yards each to none for Myrtle Creek. It was a game filled with pass interceptions. Rogue River players caught six MC tosses with Harold More and John Bigman each getting two. The Vikings hauled in four RR throws. Myrtle Creek had the edge In net yardage 290 to 178. RADIATES MAXIMUM HEAT FIIUIklAYEC DrtTlU MEAT inCC C1VCC FUEL PROTECTS AGAINST HYING SPARKS, ASHES, DIRT AND DRAFTS TWIN DOORS OPEN WIDE FOR EASY I r AttKlf AC CI ICS CONTROL DRAFT WITH TWO SLIDING DOORS FOR FAST OS SLOW FIRE SOLID BRASS'CONSTRUCTION. BEAUTY UNHEARD OF. THOUSANDS IN USE WINTER AND SUMMER BURN WOOD, COAL OR GAS WRITE FOR FREE VALUABLE COLORFUL BOOKLET My Fireplace is Wide High Name Address- City -State. He used substitutes generously and they came through against a stubborn Idaho team. Two in First Oregon State scored two touchdowns in the first and fourth quarters and one in the second. Idaho's two TD's came in the first and fourth periods. The game was only a few min utes along when Beaver Dick Mason took an Idaho punt on his 20-yard-line and raced 80 yards for a touchdown. Idaho retaliated a few min utes later when Frank Negri, substitute Oregon State back, fumbled and Ray Bittner recov ered on the Oregon State 32. Five plays later Ron Braden crashed over for an Idaho touch down. Mason put Oregon State ahead to stay just before the first quar ter ended by rolling around left end eight yards to the end zone. Blocked Punt A blocked punt set up the Beavers' second quarter score. Cal Hilgenberg attempted to kick from the goal post, but Ron Daniels broke through and knocked the ball down. Tackle Dave Jesmer fell on it on the one-yard-line. Tom Berry plung ed over for the touchdown. The Vandals final score was on a one-yard plunge by Ray Bittner after Idaho had moved from the Oregon State 36. Orego'n State scored again in the fourth quarter with Berry packing the last yard. The Beav ers wrapped it up on Westfall's 31-yard pass to Sam Wesley in the end zone. Rosewall Wins Tennis Tourney Brishane. Australia U.R) Ken Rosewall, who last week turned down an offer to turn professional, won the first tour nament of the Australian tennis season Saturdaywhenhedefeated young Ashley Cooper, 6-8, 6-4, 6-4. 6-4. in the final of the Queensland championship. Cooper, demonstrating a pow erful service and an excellent all-around game, was impressive even in defeat. Australian ob servers speculated that he would make a fine Davis Cup doubles teammate for Lew Hoad. if Rex Hartwig turned professional. Hartwig currently is consid ering an offer from American promoter Jack Kramer to turn pro. Both Rosewall and Hoad have rejected professional of fers from Kramer. High School Scores FR1UAY FOOTBALL By UNITED PRESS Marshfield 32, North Bend 0 Gresham 16. Beaverton 6 Pendleton 41, Milton-Freewater 7 Vale 9, Ontario 8 . South Salem 21, North Salem 7 Albany 19, Corvallis 7 Eugene 20, Springfield 7 Prmeville 27, Bend 19 Astoria 27, Seaside 0 Milwaukie 40, Oregon City 0 Medford 14, Grants Pass 7 Roseburg 20, Hillsboro 19 Dallas 6, Central High 0 Vancouver, Wash. 39, Central Cath olic 27 West Linn 12, Parkrose 0 Tillamook 12, St. Helens 7 Tigard 13, Oswego 7 Battle Ground 33, Scappoose t Silverton 32, Mt. Angel 0 Sandy 28, Rainier 6 Jefferson City 42, Sublimity 13 Salem Academy 27, Yamhill 7 Gervais 28, Stayton 6 Benson 20, Molalla 7 Grant 6, Canby 0 Cleveland 27, David Douglas 7 Klamath Falls 25, Ashland 21 Drain 20, Willamette 13 Sutherline 48, Oakland 6 Monroe 26, Brownsville 12 Junction City 19, Pleasant Hill 14 Evergreen, Wash. 21, Hood River 6 Glendale 26, Douglas 12 Reedsport 50. Taft 0 Toledo 25. Waldport IS Siletz 21, Amity 19 Sweet Home 6, Camas ( C res well 6. Elmira 0 Sheridan 26, Sherwood 0 Newport 13, Siuslaw 0 North Marion 18, Serra (Salem) T Moro 13, Maupin 0 Dayton 25, Willamina 0 Concordia 19, Banks 19 Warming Hut Open at Crater National Park The warming hut at Crater Lake National park opened recently, and will remain open daily as long as travel to Ihe park warrants the hut's service, park rangers have announced. Sunday, November 6. 19S5 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN TO INSPECT STADIUM New York (U.R) New York Giants' President Horace Stone ham, his son Pete, and Vice President Charles Feeney will leave for Ciudad Trujillo, D. R., next week to inspect the city's new 18,000 seat sports stadium. The officials will determine whether it may be feasible to book some exhibition baseball games there, possibly next spring. 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