SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Bedford Has Invitation To Join
Northwest Pro Baseball Circuit
Medford has been invited to
join the Northwest professional
baseball league, it was learned
here over the week end. It is a
Class B circuit and at present
includes Spokane, Tri-City and
Yakima in Washington; Lewis
ton, Ida., and Salem and Eugene
in Oregon.
The invitation was extended
to local baseball interests oy
Babe Hollingberry, president of
the loop.
It was also learned that a val-
Ipv business firm has offered to
underwrite about half of the ex-
-eo involved in fielding a
tm in the league if underwrit
es can be found for the bal
ance. The firm preferred not to
have its name disclosed at this
time.
A meeting of interested per
sons has been called for Mon
day, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. at xne
Holland hotel to discuss the mat
ter and to see if some decision
can be reached on underwriting
the balance necessary to operate
a club.
Could Use Fairgrounds
Possibility of using the pres
ent "baseball field at the Hair
ornnnHs nark also will enter
into the discussion and a deci-
Odds Against
Rehiring of
C. Goodwin
By SCOTT BAILLIE
San Francisco (U.R) Claire
V. Goodwin comes up for reap
pointment as president of the
Pacific Coast League late this
month, and the odds are against
him, the United Press has learn
ed from a source close to the
PCL.
The fact that Goodwin was
middleman in two abortive ef
forts to find a buyer for the
financially-stricken San Fran
cisco Seals' was tabbed by the
source as reason for some league
league directors asbeing dissat
isfied. Goodwin or the directors can
terminate his "working agree
ment" with the league anytime
and matters will come to a
shdwdown at the annual minor
league meeting in Columbus, O.
Nov. 28. Among clubs believed
to be opposed to retaining the
retired super-market executive
are Los Angeles, Portland, Seat
tle and Hollywood.
Deals Collapse
The source said there was no
indication who might succeed
him.
Jerry Donovan, executive sec
retary of the league and presi
dent of the Class C California
league, doesn't "have a big
enough name for the directors,"
the source added. "They want to
get somebody like General Mac
Arthur." Two "sure things" deals for
taking over the Seals have col
lapsed within less than a month.
The latest toppled in Vancou
ver last Thursday, when an ex
pected bid by the Milwaukee
Braves never materialized after
the league had taken up the
Seals franchise on forfeit to
clear the way for the National
League team.
Braves Withdraw
Foreclosure was made on the
grounds the "Little Corpora
tion" running the broken club
hadn't paid back $30,000 due to
the league on time. Twenty min
utes later, Vice-President Joseph
F. Cairnes of the Braves walked
out after being told he could
have the Seals for $200,000.
Thus the league found itself
custodians of the Seals without
a customer in sight.
Hank Greenberg, general
manager of the Cleveland In
dians, figured prominently as a
buyer on Oct. 20 when he offer
ed to run the club but not pay
off any debts until he had a
profit to do it.
s The former American League
home run belter withdrew his
offer when the league stalled
and Goodwin said no action
would be taken until last Thurs
day's session in Vancouver.
Goodwin has declared he is
sure more prospects are on the
horizon.
Virginia Club
To Be Auctioned
Richmond. Va. (U.R) The
Richmond Virginians, the South's
highest classified minor league
baseball team, was to be auc
tioned off by the federal gov
ernment here today for failure
to pay back taxes.
The Virginians of the Triple-A
International League, its players
and all of its equipment, goes to
the highest bidder at a sale of the
Virginians' home diamond.
The federal tax collector seeks
$79,218.60 in back taxes for 1954
and 1955. The club was seized
Nov. 1 after the government had
filed liens for admission, with
holding and social security taxes.
Club President Harry C. Sei
bold had until auction time to
pay the taxes and keep his team.
But Seibold has given no indica
tion that he would do this.
sion will have to be reached on
what can be done with the site,
with the least possible expense,
before Medford's entry can be
accomplished.
It is understood that a work
ing agreement with Seattle of
the Pacific Coast league is a pos
sibility if Medford decides to
come into a circuit.
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Bears Tie for West
Division Pro Lead;
Eagles Spill
By EARL WRIGHT
United Press Sports Writer
The Chicago Bears, picked by
their coach to lose two more
games, tied the Los Angeles
Rams for the National Football
league's Western Division lead
today while the Cleveland
Browns, victims of a brilliant
Philadelphia Eagle rally, nursed
a one-game edge in the Eastern
race.
"I think we'll lose two more
and we could lose three or four"
Coach George Halas said after
his Bears walloped the Rams
Sunday, 24-3. The Bears reeled
off their fifth straight victory
to deadlock the Rams with five
triumphs and three defeats.
Each, of the 12 clubs has four
more games.
While the Bears tightened
the Western race before 50,187
Chicago fans, the Eagles , un
leashed one of the league's fin
est rallies to upset the champion
Browns, 33-17. Cleveland, try
ing for its seventh straight vic
tory, took a 17-0 lead in the
first 12 minutes. But quarter
back Adrian Burke led a come
back that dumped the champ
ions before a standing room
crowd of 39,303 Shibe Park
fans.
The Washington Redskins
took advantage of Philadelphia's
triumph and cut Cleveland's
lead to a game by shutting out
the San Francisco Forty-Niners,
7-0. But the New York Giants
ruined Baltimore's .chance to
deadlock the Rams and Bears
for the Western lead by defeat
ing the Colts, 17-7. '
In other games, the Detroit
Lions stopped a last-second scor
ing bid by the Pittsburgh Steel
ers to win, 31-28, and the
Green Bay Packers defeated
the Chicago Cardinals, 31-14.
Cleveland now has a 6-2 rec
ord, Washington is 5-3 and Pitts
burgh is third in the Eastern
Division with a 4-4 mark. The
Rams and Bears both 5-3 are
only a game ahead of the Colts
and Packers, both 4-4 in the
close Western scramble.
The Bears got all their points
in the first 19 minutes. Quarter
back Ed Brown got off an 84
yard scoring pass to Harlon-Hill
and a 35-yard TD toss to Gene
Schroeder. Chick Jagade plung
ed a yard for the other Bear
TD and George Blanda kicked
a 24-yard field goal. Lou Mc
Fadin's 41-yard field goal in the
final minute saved the Rams
from a shutout.
Burke threw two scoring
Forty Miner Boss
Effigy Hanged
Washington' (U.R) Coach
Red Strader of the luckless San
Francisco Forty Niners extend
ed the clammy hand' of fellow
ship today to the newest mem
ber of the rope club.
He is Strader's boss, Tony Mo
rabito, president and co-owner
of the Forty Niners who was
hanged in effigy from a light
pole in San Francisco after yes
terday's game with the Wash
ington Redskins.
The Redskins won, 7 to 0,
handing the Forty Niners their
fifth defeat against three wins
and their first shutout in five
years.
Strader himself was hanged
in effigy last Monday, the day
after the Forty Niners dropped
a game to the Los Angeles Rams.
Five other coaches in the West
have been hanged in effigy this
season. Morabito is the first non
coach to join the club.
"But I'm not worried," Mora
bito declared bravely in San
Francisco. "I've joined' a pretty
select club. Anyway, I think
these effigy hangings are a bit
ridiculous."
The effigy, clad in a pair of
grimy football pants and a
shaggy shirt, bore two signs. One
said, Redskins 7, 49ers 0." The
other said, "Goodbye Tony.
Have fun at Kezar Dec. 4th with
the seagulls."
That referred to the Forty
Niners' next home game with
Green Bay. The team is currently
on a three-week road trip.
Monday, November 14, 1955
Medford had a franchise in
the now-defunct Far West Class
D league, and while the opera
tion was not entirely a financial
success, it was such that base
ball interests here feel that the
Class B operation could be car
ried out under the arrangement
of the firm carrying a portion of
the expenses.
Browns
passes to Bill Stribling to pull
the Eagles within range of the
Browns and then scored the win
ning touchdown on a one-yard
plunge early in the final quar
ter. Bob Hudson set it up by
blocking a Horace Gillom punt
on the Cleveland five.
Detroit took a 24-7 lead into
the last quarter and escaped
with a three-point victory when
the Steelers thrilled 34,441
Pittsburgh fans with three
touchdowns in the last 15 min
utes. Jim Finks hit Sid Watson
with a final pass and Detroit's
Jack Christiansen and Jim Dav
id stopped him inches from the
Lion goal line as the final gun
sounded.
Bert Zagers scored Washing
ton's touchdown on a 13-yard
run after end Gene Brito set it
up by forcing Y. A. Tittle to
fumble and recovering the ball.
Ben Agajanian's 32-yard pass
to Ken MacAfee provided New
York's points. The Colts scored
in the final minutes on George
Shaw's pass to Jim Mutscheller.
Quarterback Tobin Rote made
one touchdown and three scor
ing passes to Gary Knafelc, Bill
Howton and Al Carmichael to
lead Green Bay's attack. Rookie
passer Ogden Compton and
Dick Lane collaborated on a 98
yard pass-run touchdown for the
Cardinals.
CLASSY CATCH Stanford end John Stewart grabs a pass from
quarterback John Brodie good for nine yards in the first quarter
of the Indians' game against Oregon at Stanford stadium. This
same combination later accounted
Stanford won 44-7.
Pistons Finally
Hit Win Column
By UNITED PRESS
The Fort "Wayne Pistons final
ly were "squared away" today
to defend their Western Division
title in the National Basketball
Association.
Beaten in their first three
starts of the season, the Pistons
broke into the win column Sun
day night when they took com
mand late in the third period
and went on to a 93-79 victory
over the Syracuse Nationals. The
New York Knickerbockers won
their fourth straight game, 94-91,
over the Rochester Royals in the
only other game.
Houbregs 22
Larry Foust scored 19 points
and Bob Houbregs 22 to lead the
Pistons, while John Kerr tallied
16 for the Nationals Fort Wayne
outshot Syracuse, 34-28 from the
field and 25-23 from the free
throw circle.
The Royals made 37 field
HOCKEY
By UNITED PRESS
Jean Beliveau, Maurice and
Henri Richard and Boom Boom
Geoffrion, hog most of the head
lines but goalie Jacques Plante
has been every bit as valuable to
the Montreal Canadiens in their
bid to take an early stranglehold
on first place in the National
Hockey League.
The 26-year-old native of
Shawinigan Falls, Que., scored
his second straight shutout and
fifth of the year Sunday night
in the Canadiens' 2-0 triumph
over the Chicago Black Hawks.
The victory enabled the Ca
nadiens to retain their five-point
hold on first place, although the
New York Rangers moved into
undisputed possession of second
place via a 4-1 win over the Tor
onto Maple Leafs. The Boston
Bruins and Detroit Red Wings
played a scoreless tie in the other
game.
The Providence Reds, who
haven't been beaten in their last
four starts, opened up a four
point lead over Buffalo and Pitts
burgh today in the American
Hockey League race.
The Reds, thanks to Paul Lari
vee's overtime goal, downed
Hershey, 3-2, Sunday evening
after the Cleveland Barons had
shaded the Bisons, 2-1, in the
afternoon on Eddie Glover's
overtime marker.
HEY! TOUCH TACKLE GIRLS, TOUCH TACKLE Chris StilhwU skips 20 yards on a
punt return for the South in a 12-0 win over the North in the annual Co-ed Clash in
Los Angeles. It is supposed to be touch-tackle football but Joan Smallman forgot herself
and hauls down Chris from behind.
for the Cards' first touchdown.
(International)
goals to New York's 29 but the
Knickerbockers sank 36 of 42
free throws to earn their tri
umph. Ray Felix, who sang 12
of 13 foul shots, led the Knicks
with 18 points. Maurice Stokes,
prize rookie from St. Francis,
Pa., led Rochester with 19.
Dead line Sundaj Classified Is at
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LC Pioneers,
CI Coyotes
Share Title
By UNITED PRESS
Lewis and Clark and College
of Idaho shared top honors in the
Northwest Conference today on
the basis of Pacific University's
stunning, 7-6, upset of the Pio
neers Saturday.
The co-champions each fin
ished with a 4-1 conference mark.
C of I's only defeat was a 34-12
decision to the.Pioneers early in
the season.
' In other league games College
of Idaho overwhelmed Whitman,
45-12, and Linfield whipped Wil
lamette 29-0.
Linfield, Whitman and Pacific
tied for third place in the confer
ence with 2 wins and 3 losses,
while Willamette held unques
tioned title to the cellar with
only one win and four losses.
Duane Baker returned an in
tercepted pass 31 yards to set up
the Pacific touchdown, which he
scored from three yards out.
Gary Fisk added the conversion,
which proved to be the margin of
victory as Jimmy Johnson scored
on -a 12-yard run for LC in the
final period.
PATTY CHAMPION
Paris (U.R) Budge Patty
of Los Angeles won the men's
singles title of the Coupe Canet
tennis tournament Sunday with
a 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 triumph over
Sweden's : Torsten ' Johansson
while Mrs. Suzanne Chatier of
France beat Mrs. Ginette Bu
caille of France,' 6-0, 6-2, to win
the women's crown.
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To Top PCC Standings
By UNITED PRESS
The field goal, virtually for
gotten in college ranks but a
mighty potent factor among the
pros, was responsible today keep
ing UCLA and Oregon State out
of the red faced brigade along
the Pacific slope.
Fourth-ranked UCLA inches
to a 19-17 win over aroused
Washington on Saturday thanks
to Halfback Jim Decker's three
pointer from the 25 yard line
with 18 seconds to play. And
only Ted Searle's kick from the
10 in the third period could give
Oregon State a 16-14 edge over
California.
Decker's goal, which was reg
istered before 47,619 nerve
wracked fans in Los Angeles,
just about iced a bjd to the Rose
Bowl for the Bruins, who were
four touchdown choice over the
Huskies.
However, Oregon State kept
a half-game behind UCLA in the
final week of the Pacific Coast
Conference race thanks to
Searle.
The bowl situation could run
into a snarl if Southern Cali
fornia caught the Bruins off bal
ance next week as Washington
'ootboll
SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES
-Linfield 29 Willamette 0
SOCE 13, OCE 6
Central Washington 32 Western
Washington 0
EOCE 41 Carroll 0 .
Lower Columbia JC 39 OTI 18
Seattle Ramblers 27 Portland St. 12
SanFrancisco State 33 Sacramento
State 14
Occidental 35 Cal Tech 7
Santa Barbara 19 Redlands 7
Pomona Claremont 20 La Verne 14
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btate was defeating Oregon.
This would put the Beavers on
top in the final PCC standings
with 6-1 and UCLA would be
second with 5-1.
But the consensus is that the
stronger Bruins would get the
call anyway to face Michigan or
Michigan State. Coach Red
Sanders' single wingers bounced
Oregon State 38-0 this year.
While almost losing to Wash
ington, UCLA definitely lost tail
back Ronnie Kox for the USC
tilt. The baby-faced passer suf
fered a broken ankle early
against Washington and only
rates a "possible" starter for the
Pasadena show.
Washington State plays Wash
ington at Seattle this Saturday
in their traditional.
On the regional front, Arizona
Tempe State kept its undefeated
record intact in the Border Con
ference by defeating Texas West
ern 20-13. Arizona's Art Lup
pino, the nation's leading ground
gainer, picked up 200 more yards
as the Wildcats were drubbing
Montana 29-0. The battered
Grizzlies meet weak Idaho in
their classic at Moscow, Ida.
PACIFIC COAST STANDINGS
Conference Games
W L T PF P
UCLA 5 0 0 180
OSC 5 1 0 96 79
USC 3 2 0 145 68
Oregon 3 3 0 110 105
Washington 3 3 1 77 73
Stanford 2 2 1 92 65
California 14 1 60 143
WSC 14 1 47 174
Idaho 0
4 0 21 81
All Games
W
8
6
5
5
4
5
2
1
1
PF
268
126
216
176
114
179
107
60
97
PA
50
92
121
158
86
UCLA
OSC
USC
Oregon
Washington
Stanford
California
WSC
Idaho
135
197
230
174
Braves Eye
Miami Spot
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) The
Milwaukee Braves cast covetous
eyes on Miami, Fla., today as
a replacement for their Ameri
can Association Toledo fran
chise. The possibility arose that the
Braves will go into Miami for
the 1956 baseball season and
swap their American Associa
tion franchise, probably to Co
lumbus, for an International
League berth at Miami.
Braves Vice-President Joseph
Cairnes made the surprise an
nouncement that the Braves
probably would take a farm club
to Miami at an annual meeting
of Wisconsin Youth Men last
night.
Cairnes said the Braves had
disclosed their intentions of pull
ing out of Toledo without ; a
place to go to avoid expense
and embarrassment for civic of
ficials in the Ohio. city.
He said Toledo - leaders had
planned to buy the stadium and
improve it and the Braves had
to make their premature an
nouncement to stop the plans
before they caused any damage.
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Beaver Skipper
Sets Conference
Portland (U.R) Tommy
Holmes, newly named manager
of the Portland Beavers of the
Pacific Coast League, was ex
pected to arrive here late this
week to confer with Beaver of
ficials. Holmes was picked Saturday
to succeed Clay Hopper who re
signed after four seasons as Bea
ver skipper. Holmes is a former
outfielder for the Boston Braves
who was a top left-handed batter
during the late 1940's. He also
managed the Braves briefly
twice and last year was at Fort
Worth.
One of Holmes' first action!
was to sign on Bill Fleming ai
coach ofor Portland for another
year.
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York named Doug Ford as
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Ford played 121 tournament
rounds, winning the PGA, All
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victory in the PGA at North
ville, Mich., last July.
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