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o TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, November 13, 1955 to owns larshfield Bedford 20 Gridiron Quarter-Finals in Tornado Gives Pirate Club Toughest Battle In Season Campaign UNOFFICIAL STATISTICS: Med. Mar. First downs Yard! rushing 10 ..172 . 10 .-.182 .... 7 .... 2 .. 0 .... S .. 4 .... 10 303 ards passing 31 334 Total net yardage Passps tried Passes completed Passes had intercepted Times fumbled ..... Fumbles lost -.. Yards penalized 10 3 S5 Marshfield high school gray 1 and blue clad Pirates emerged successful from a shivering tus sle with the elements, both natural and manufactured, at Coos Bay on Friday night to plunge on into the semi-finals for Oregon's Class A-l football dia dem. Neither nature's miserable rain, sleet, snow and slippery, sloppy mud nor a blustering Black Tornado which blew in from Medford could halt the .re lentless, persistent quest of the state's No. 1 ranked team for Oregon prepdom's greatest grid iron honor. Long runs by Halfbacks Roger Johnson and Rick Lodwick, the driving of Halfback Denny Baker, smart deception engi neered by Quarterback Sandy Fraser, devastating blocking and the edge in the breaks Those were factors as Marshfield fought to a 20 to 6 state quarter final victory over Medford high in (Joos rsay s wina, wei ana chilling, bitter cold. Medford Season Ends Water stood on the field throughout the fracas. Rain, snow and sleet fell intermittent ly and gusty wind blew during the evening but failed to dampen entirely the spirits of the play ers or the enthusiasm of a near capacity crowd. Triumph was the ninth this year for the undefeated Pirates, who continue in their role of de fending champions. Medford's hopes for 1955 and its football action ended on the soggy field with a 6-2-2 record a still im posing season. A reluctant yielding, stubborn fighting Black Tornado, which but for two or three bad breaks, might have reached the semi finals, bowed finally to the Pi rates. And it was a Marshfield club which knew it had been in a battle -which could look for ward to a tussle next week end with unrated but rising Wash ington of Portland. The determined Medfordites, playing their hearts out, gave Marshfield its stiffest opposition and hardest hitting rivalry of the year. Medford's line was by the Pirates' own admission the most formidable they've faced this year. Johnson Runs 88 Marshfield touchdowned in the opening quarter on an 88 yard run by the rangy Johnson, in the third period on a 52-yard slosh by Lodwick and on the first play of the final panel on a 17-yard sweep by Baker. Medford's lone TD came in the fourth quarter. The Tornado turned a fumble into a 37-yard push that ended when Fullback Larrv Gober rammed over the goal from the two-yard line. Failure to block out a last po tential tackier and a subsequent scramble for a pass ruined a first quarter Medford bid. A fumble with the ball inches from the Pirate goal spoiled another great chance in the second canto. And some of the wind and threat was taken out of the Tornado when the breakaway ball-packer, Half back Gary Riley, retired from the struggle via injury on John son s long run. He suffered a pulled groin muscle. Tremendous Blocking Stage for Marshfield's first TD was set when Gober's punt gave the Pirates the ball on their own 12. It was the second, time the Bucs had got the ball on offense and they the most of it in one big play. Some of that re nowned Marshfield blocking op ened the way over right tackle. Johnson broke through and away and not a Tornado de fender could catch him on the turfed but slick and gooey field. Johnson converted on a buck lateral for a 7 to 0 score. The third quarter tally came after a possible threat by Med ford was turned into a break for the Pirates. Larry Gober, back in punt formation for the Torna do on third down, ran instead of kicked and he rambled 24 yards to the Marshfield 41. He fumbled and the Bucs recovered. Lodwick, who had taken over when Johnson suffered a hip injury, made seven 3-ards to the 48. Then, on the next play, he got ihe same mow 'em down help that Johnson had received, and went all the way. Baker took a pitch from Fraser and went around right end for the extra point. Clipping Charged Medford took the kick off and moved from its 17 only to the 23. Gober's punt was taken by Fraser who ran it from the Pi rate 32 to the Medford 41 to set up a drive for the last Marsh field TD. A pair of clipping pen alties hampered the push. The Pirates were put back to their 48 and again to their 46 but in four plays had the ball down on the Medford 17 as the third quar ter ended. On the opening fourth quarter try Baker duplicated his maneu ver of his earlier conversion and swept right end on a pitch to gain the goal. Run try for the extra point failed. Medford after almost a full game of scoring frustration made good in the waning moments. Quarterback Dick McLaugklin fell on a Pirate fumble on the Marshfield 37-yard line. The Tornado slugged to the goal in 12 plays with seven and eight yard moves by Halfback John Bellack the longest of the surge. After Gober got across.End Dick Copple's conversion kick was blocked. First missed chance for Med ford occurred after the opening kick-off of the game. Riley got the kind of a gap the Pirate line men later gave their own run ners and ran 44 yards to the Marshfield 24. Only Fraser was on the scene to prevent a Tor nado touchdown. Three plays later after a two yard punch, a no-gain try and a two-yard setback, Medford still had the ball on the 24. Riley passed and Halfback Mike Haw kins and End Jerry Gatlin were in the receiving range. A com pletion would have meant a sure touchdown but neither glued on I to the ball. I The other golden opportunity resulted when big Medford Tackle Neil Plumley blocked a Fraser punt and Guard Monte Hoist recovered for the Tornado just outside the 10 yard line. Three plays got within inches of the pay zone but on fourth down McLoughlin fumbled and '"' a Marshfield man recovered on the one. Unsuccessful Marshfield marches took it to the Medford 21 at the end of the first half and to the 27 in the third quar ter. Official total net yardage stepped off on the sideline showed the Pirates with 334 to 172 advantage. But Medford had the margin in first downs 10 to seven. Despite the Pirate yardage edge, Medford actually had the ball for more scrimmage plays, 56 to Marshfield's 43.- Both clubs braved aerials re gardless of the soaking wet. Medford throwing seven and completing two and the Coos Bay boys connecting three for 10 and having one intercepted by McLoughlin. But passing contributed little to the hassle, only one heave helping in a scoring drive. Medford, losing five yards on one toss, netted only 10 through the air. Gober averaged 35.4 yards per punt in the hassle. Fraser got al most 60 yards on one kick but had one blocked to end up with a 27 average. Rooks Win Mythical Freshman Championship Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State's Rooks today held the mythical Pacific Northwest col lege freshman football cham pionship. The undefeated Rooks down ed the Washington Frosh, 13-12, here Friday afternoon. The Bea ver Babes had previously de feated and tied the Oregon Frosh. The Washington year lings had beat the Washington State and Idaho ; freshmen teams. Izaak Walton Chapter To Elect; L. L. Simpson To Talk on Logging Election of officers and a talk by Lewis L. Simpson, forester of the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm asso ciation, are on the agenda of the Jackson County chapter of the Izaak Walton league for a Monday meeting. The session will be at 8 p.m. at the Jackson hotel. Simpson will talk on logging practices in Oregon with atten tion on laws and rules and reg ulations concerning the industry. Waltanion officials have pointed out that the manner in which timber is harvested is of inter est to conservationists, hunters and fishermen. Resolutions to be brought be fore the state convention on No vember 25 and 26 will be voted USE READY- CONCRETE Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 M. C. LININGER & SONS Washington High Drops Pendleton By UNITED PRESS Marshfield, the state's No. 1 ranked team, and No. 2-rated Gresham came through as ex pected in the quarter-finals of the 1955 Oregon high school football race, but third-ranked Pendleton fell from the unde feated ranks and was eliminat ed from the playoffs. Marshfield kept its gridiron skirts clean with a convincing 20-6 victory over Medford. Gres ham had a much tougher time with Milwaukie, finally edging out a 7-6 win. Washington Blanks Pendleton In the other A-l quarter-finals contests, Washington of Port land blanked Pendleton, 19-0, and Jefferson of Portland elim- inted Corvallis, 20-6. Semi-Finals Marshfield and Washington will tangle and Jefferson will face Gresham next weekend in the semi-finals. A-2 Play In A-2 play, favored Vale soundly trounced Prineville, 40 14, in the top game of the div ision. Junction City and Co quille battled to a scoreless tie, but Junction City was awarded the game on basis of yardage. Dallas already had gained the semi-finals with a 6-0 win over Central of Monmouth. Newport and Tillamook plav- ed last night in another quarter final game. The semi-finals pairings list Junction City against Vale and the " winner of tonight's Tilla-1 mook-Newport game against Dallas. Monroe and Siletz moved into the semi-final round of the Class B play-offs Monroe downing Powers 41-19 and Sil etz measuring Nehalem 20-6. Griffin Creek Beats Elk-Trail In Flagball Play FINAL BIG FIVE STANDINGS Won Lost Tied Pet. Griffin Creek 3 1 0 .667 Lone fine 2 2 0 Oak Grove 2 2 0 West Side 12 1 Howard 12 1 500 .500 .333 .333 FIVAL MOUNTAIN LEAGUE STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Elk-Trail 4 0 1.000 Shady Cove 3 1 .667 Ruch 2 2 -.500 Evans Valley 1 3 .333 Applegate 0 4 .000 Number, one and two teams of the Big Five Flagball league won over their respective coun terparts of the Mountain league as the schools entered their final week of play. Griffin Creek's once-beaten Griffins squeaked by the Log gers of Elk-Trail 7-6 at Griffin Creek to hand them their first loss of the season and add fur ther to Griffin Creek's laurels as the 1955 unofficial champions of Jackson county non-high flagball. Runnerup Lone Pine Wild cats were hard-pressed to defeat an injury-riddled Shady Cove squad 13-0 on the winners field. In JV action, Griffin Creek and Elk-Trail played to a score less tie while the strong Baby Wildcats of Lone Pine trounced Shady Cove's second stringers 13-0. Final play of the season will find Elk-Trail attempting to end their schedule on a successful note when they invade Lone Pine six. on. The nominating committee, headed by Bob Webber, will pre sent the following slate of offi cers for consideration: Norton Smith, president; Tom Rickard, secretary; Bob Webber, treasurer; Paul Weiland, state director; Ken Wonderley, vice president for soil; John Gribble, vice president for woods; Dale Flowers, vice president for wa ter; Rickard, vice president for wildlife: Frank Applin, resolu tions; Pete Bowman, nomina tions; Duke Guile, membership; John Connolly, legislation; Tom MacLeod, public relations and publicity; Bill Thorndike, con servation education, and Applin, Guile, Thorndike, Weiland and Rickard, board of directors. II 5, MIX , iskk JL: EDDIE O-BRIEN" (lett), erstwhile outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, gets a. few pointers from Seattle University varsity basketball coach A) Brightman as Eddie takes over a new winter-time job frosh coach at Seattle University. ' Eddie first came into national prominence as a basketball player at S.U., during the 1950 to 1953 seasons helping his twin brother Johnny O'Brien win All-America cage honors in 1953. Brightman. who coached Johnny and Eddie in hoop and college base ball, has one of the nation's top cage coaching records: 162 wins against 57 losses in seven years. MedfordTribune Stanford Sqyelciies 'Oregon Ducks 44-7 Stanford, Calif U.R) Quar terback John Brodie, who didn't rate a starting berth at the be ginning of the season, got Stan ford off to a 23-7 lead in the first half Saturday, then enjoyed the rest of the game from the sidelines as the Indians shat tered Oregon, 44-7. ' ' The master of the "soft pass" threw for two touchdowns and set up an Oregon safety with a 42-yard kick that rolled out of bounds on the Webfoots' two yard line. Brodie Completes 7 Brodie, who apparently hasn't cooled from last week's splurge against Southern California, completed his first seven passes before the string was broken by an interception. During this PREP FOOTBALL SCORES By UNITED PRESS Oregon A-l Playoffs Washington (Portland) 19. Pendle ton 0. Gresham 7. Milwaukie 6 Jefferson 20. Corvallis 6 Marshfield 20, Medford 6 Oregon A-2 Playoffs Vale 40. Prineville 14 Junction City 0. Coquille 0 (Junc tion City wins on yardage) Oregon B Playoffs Monroe 41, Powers 19 Siletz 20. Nehalem 6 Oregon Prep 1 Baker 14. La Grande 14 Cottage Grove 6. Sweet Home 0 Oswego 18. Hood River 13 Sheridan 32. Willamina 6 Stanfield 19. Umatilla 0 Hermiston 26, Sunnyside 6 Lakeview 20. Alturas. Calif., 7 The Dalles 34, Wy east 13 Siuslaw 31. Elmira 12 Mount Angel 12. Gervais 0 Grant Union 7. Burns 0 Wallowa 13, Enterprise 7 Illinois Valley 22, Rogue Hiver 14. By UNITED PRESS Chattanooga 26, Parris Island 13 Colorado Western 24. Colorado Mines 6 Detroit 6. ViUanova 0 Florida State 19. Furman 6 Miami (Fla.) 46. Bucknell 0 New Haven 28, American Inter national 1 Arkansas Tech 51, Hendrix College Idaho 49, Brigham Young 6 Butler 31, Jarvis College 0 Carnegie Tech 7. St. Vincent 7 ITALIAN WINS Manchester, England (U.R) Alessandro D'Ottavio, young Italian light heavyweight, ended a winning streak of 19 straight when he outpointed Ron Barton of England in a 10 round bout Friday night. Football wimming t of your pool can be completed within one week's notice! At this time the best of skilled labor is available, back ed by 20 years of pool experience. We are now be ginning another group of pools for spring completion. 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This tally was set up after Center Nick Mark- uiis intercepted a srodie pass on the Stanford 25 and returned it to the 9 where teammate Jim Shanley recovered his fumble However, t n e Ducks never got back into the ball game after that.- Stanford scored five of its six touchdowns the hard way, on marches of 86, 61, 85, 80 and 46 yards.' Running Attack ine inaians snowed just as much power traveling overland as Oregon had up, to today's game. But this time the Web foots' potent running attack on tne names was squelched as Guards Tony Mosich and Donn Carswell continually smashed through to haul down Morris, the fleet Dick James and Jim Shanley. The score by periods: Stanford 14 9 0 2144 Oregon 0 7 0 0 7 Umpires To Keep Time in NFL Games Philadelphia (U.R Commis sioner Bert Bell of the National Football League said Saturday the umpire will continue to keep the official time in league games rather than entrust it to a score board clock. Bell replied to published sug gestions that professional foot ball teams use the college sys tem of a scoreboard clock as a means of keeping the fans better informed. In college play, an official is stationed on the sidelines to feed the time to the scoreboard clock, Bell said. Pools Now is The Time to install the gunite structure of vour dooI, giving you plenty time to re-plant the sur rounding area, then next spring PCL Chiefs Optimistic After Meet Vancouver (U.R) Directors of the Pacific Coast League headed homeward today after an annual session described by the loop's president as "one of the most enthusiastic we have ever held." President Claire Goodwin termed the session successful despite the "reluctant action" forced on the league in forfeit ing, the franchise of the San Francisco Seals. Gets Full Authority Goodwin was given full au thority over the Seals. He said the league would operate the club next year if no buyer could be found. A special com mittee was set up to investigate the possibility of selling the franchise. Action on the re-election of Goodwin was held up until the annual minor league meetines in Columbus, Ohio, later this month. C. L. Laws of the new Van couver entry in the league was named first vice president, Emil Sick of the Seattle Rainiers was elected second vice president and John Holland of Los An- geies was cnosen third vice president. No Action Taken No action was taken on an invitation presented by Ford Frick, commissioner of baseball, for a post-season playoff be tween the PCL pennant winner and the champions of the Jap anese Baseball League. The league by resolution sus pended the provision in the PCL constitution that no club in the circuit can be owned by a ma jor league team. Goodwin said the league would open its 1956 schedule April 10 in the four California cities in the PCL. The league will play 172 games next year. New Things at BARKER'S YOUR'RE . 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It was the first time that Oregon State had defeated California since Pappy Waldorf took over as coach nine years ago. Beavers Strike The Beavers, playing the single wing and coached by Tommy Prothro, struck like lightning in the very first quar ter. On the second play from scrimmage, Tom Berry rolled his way through the center of the line and went 71 yards for a touchdown. The game was only one minute and 27 seconds old when this took place. Sam Wesley missed the point after touchdown try. California came right back to score as Ted Granger picked a hole off tackle and raced 67 yards for a score with a key block about the 20 yard line by sophomore end Mike White. Nick Poppin then converted and California was in front 7-6. Wesley Scores But the lead lasted only one play as on the first play from scrimmage after the kickoff, Ray Westfall passed 33 yards to Wes ley on the Cal 20 and the 145 pound Beaver sophomore back went into the end zone standing up. Wesley converted this time to put the northerners in front, 13-7. .In the only sustained touch down march of the day, Cali- WARM, LIGHT, SPRINGY SCOTCH TWEED COATS IMPORTED BY SAMUEL MARTIN, THESE TOPCOATS ARE THE REAL THING, COLORFUL AND IN GOOD TASTE.. $85 AND $95. OTHER TWEEDS AT $59.50. o ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF PLASTIC COLLAR STAYS THAT ARE SO HARD TO FIND. 3 for 5c. AT LAST WE HAVE A SHIPMENT OF THE NEW JACKETS. EXTRA SOFT, THEY WON'T DUST CLOTHING LIKE SUEDES USED TO. $28.95. INSTRUCTIONS: MAIN AT CENTRAL 16-14 fornia went 43 yards in 12 playi in the second period. The pay off came on Hugh Maguire's seven-yard pass to Steve Dimeff in the end zone. Poppin con verted and California went in o front 14-13 as the half ended. In the third quarter, Oregon State took the ball on the Cali fornia 47 and marched to the four where it was third down and goal to go. Prothro then sent Searle into the game to kick from the 10-yard line. Searle got off a high boot that went squarely between the goal posts for the victory margin. Field Goal Try- In the closing minutes Cal staged a march from its own 32 to the Oregon State 16. The Bears were penalized back to the. 22 and then with five seconds to go Poppin attempted a field goal from the 30 that fell yards short of the cross bar. The score by periods: California 7 7 0 0 14 Oregon State 13 0 3 0 16 California scoring: Touch downs, Granger (67, run), Di meff (7, pass from Haguire). Conversions Poppin 2. Oregon State scoring: Touch downs, Berry (71, run), Wesley (53, pass-run from Westfall.) Field goal, Searle (10). Conver sions Wesley. DEAN OWENS PROPERTY Agate District West of Camp Whit Hunting Rights Reserved for LUMBERJACK SPORTSMEN Area Posted! WASHABLE SUEDE OFF ON OTHERg FOOTBALL CONTEST Check the tpam vnu ri?rk tn win If you pick a tie game, check both teams. All slips must be at the store by 5:30 Friday evening. NOVEMBER 19, 19550 Kentucky vs. Tennessee Michigan vs. Ohio State Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Northwestern vs. Illinois Notre Dame vs. Iowa Oregon vs. Oregon State So. California vs. UCLA TCU vs. Rice Washington vs. Washington St. Yale vs. Harvard 'denotes Friday nite game - 1st team is home team A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERS! . There are eleven weeks of play. $50 in merchandise to the highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second place and $20 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in the group picking the most winners wins a $1.50 necktie. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON o Let' Kick It Around" with Tom MacLeod this Tuesday night on X.V. O 1
