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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, November 13, 1955
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Gridiron
Quarter-Finals
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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first half romp he completed 12
out of 18 for 122 yards gained.
But before the game was over,
everybody had gotten into the
act for Stanford, with the In
dians' six touchdowns being
scored by six different players
The roof fell in after a score
less third period and Stanford's
second string exploded for three
tallies.
Half lime Score 14-7
Oregon, which was going after
its fifth consecutive victory
stayed alive during the first half
when it narrowed Stanford's
margin to 14-7 after Fullback
Jack Morris ran eight yards for
a touchdown. 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.
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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.
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SC Beavers Topple
California
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Ore
gon State struck with touch
down plays of 71 and 53 yards
in the first quarter and then
added Ted Searle's 10-yard field
goal in the third period to eke
out a 16-14 victory over Cali
fornia Saturday.
In a wild first half of offen
sive football and a second half
that was all defense, the Beav
ers handed California its sixth
loss against two wins and a tie
this year. 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-
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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.
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