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T s TVTELVr MTOrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, November 16, 1955 H. Ferguson Challenges Alan Ameche Philadelphia U.R) Full back Howie Ferguson of the Green Eay Packers, a man they didn't want in the National Foot ball League, used two big week ends to challenge Alan (The Horse) Ameche for the rushing lead in the pro league today. Handsome Howie, finally emerging as - a star after two teams had put hjm up for waiv ers during a three-season NFL career, rushed for 69 yards last week end and 120 the week be fore. That boosted him to second place only 74 yards behind the Baltimore Colts' rookie with four games to go. Ameche, limited to 40 yards last Sunday and 32 the week before, set the pace with 707 yards. Ferguson was second with 633 and defending champion Joe Perry of the San Francisco Forty-Niners was third with 541. Waived About The 6-foot, 2-inch, Scotch Irish 210-pound Ferguson played 1 four years of service ball on the "West Coast and was signed by the Los Angeles Rams in 1952. They waived on him in Septem ber. The Packers signed him in 1953. waived him out the follow ing September, and then recalled him. Otto Graham of the Cleve land Browns, despite two rugged week ends, set the pace in pass ing with a 9.14-yard average, with Ed Brown of the Chicago Bears hanging on to second place. Brown, who was fourth two weeks ago, posted an 8.6 average. , Veteran End Tom Fear of the Rams caught nine passes last week end and jumped from seventh place to the top in pass receptions. The former UCLA expert-has a total of 36 recep tions. Defending co-champions Pete Pihos of the Philadelphia Eagles sand Harlan Hill of the Bears, along with Billy Wilson of the 49-ers, are tied for second place with 35 each. Scoring Lead Doak Walker of the Detroit Lions scoring 13 points, took over . the individual scoring lead with 69, followed by Vic Janowicz of the Washington Redskins, the leader for six weeks, and George Blanda of the Bears. Janowicz was held to one conversion in Washington's win Sunday. Other leaders were Norm Van Erocklin of the Rams in punt ing; Ron Drzewiecki of the Bears in punt returns; Al Carmichael oi ine .racKers in KicKOlf re turns, and Willard Sherman of the Rams in interceptions. Football Seattle, Wash. 0J.R) Coach Johnny Cherberg sent his Uni versity of Washington Huskies out on the frozen practice field todayebecause "we may have to play under rugged conditions on Saturday, so we- might as well get used to them." Tribune ARMY SMOTHERS PENN, 40-0 Penn halfback Frank Riepl, who returned the opening kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown against Notre Dame the week before, is hit low by Army's Flay Goodwin (70) and smothered by other Army defenders as he returns a punt for 30 yards at Philadelphia. Army rolled over Penn, 40-0. Band Still Plans For Trip To Shrine Grid Fray at SF; Hopes For OSAA Approval ALVARADO OUT Pullman, Wash. 0J.R) Right halfback Rey Alvarado of Wash ington State will miss Satur day's game against the Univer sity of Washington because of a chipped bone in his ankle, ac cording to Coach Al Kircher. Either sophomore Clarence Cop- lin or senior Dewey Keith will replace Alvarado as the starter. WEBFOOTS FIRED Eugene, Ore. U.R) A fired up squad of University of Ore gon Ducks held a rugged prac tice session yesterday in prepa ration for Saturday s game against Oregon State which they hope to win for "Cas." WENSTRAND BACK Corvallis. Ore. U.R) Coach Tommy Prothro had his Oregon State Beavers working hard be hind locked gates for the first time this year as they prepared for Saturday's traditional strug gle with the University of Ore gon Ducks. First string fullback Arlo Wenstrand, benched since the Washington game, was back in uniform and should make the Duck contest. Tailback . Joe Francis' injured shoulder Show ed improvement and he was ex pected to be in top form for the big one. BEARS IN GOOD SHAPE Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) The University of California Bears should be in good shape for Sat urday's traditional "Big Game' against the Stanford Indians, ac cording to Coach Lyn Waldorf, who said only left tackle Bob Oliver is on the doubtful list. Left half Johnny Wilson has a cold, but is exDected to be on tap for Saturday's game, and Herb Jackson, who missed out last week end. should be back in his left half spot. Medford :nior high band is going ahead with plans for its fifth annual trip to the East-West Shrine football game December 31 at San Francisco with the hope that a change in an Oregon School Activities association regulation will enable it to make the trip. Current rule in Oregon School Activities association delegate assembly minutes bars high school athletic teams and bands from making jaunts of more than 600 miles (round trip) out of state. Athletic teams, however, can request permission for such trips and make them if permis sion is granted. There is no such "appeal" for bands. The OSAA delegate assemgly will hear a report on the matter from the band committee at its November 26 meeting. Just what the committee will recommend and how delegates will act is not certain. However, Medford School Superintendent Leonard Mayfield has contacted some members of the committee and has found them receptive to a regulation which is not so tight nor so far reaching as the one now in force. National Recommendation It is hoped that the rule will be so altered that teams and bands in this area can continue trips such as have been made to San Francisco by the Medford and Klamath Falls musical or ganizations. Present rule was adopted from a recommendation of the National Federation of State High School Athletic asso ciations. It is felt here that it is unfair to apply an eastern rule blanketwise to a western situa tion where large centers are gen erally farther apart. San Fran cisco is nearer 800 miles than 600 miles roundtrip from Med ford. Band plans are going ahead with the assumption that the Medford organization will be al lowed to seek permission and that it will be granted. If the band is not permitted to make the trip, money being raised will be used for a trip somewhere to represent the school and the community, Mayfield has reported. MIBLWill Meet Thursday Night A meeting of Medford Inde pendent Basketball league offic ers and team managers or spon sors will be held on Thursday The session will be at 8 p.m. at the Medford YMCA. President Dick Phillips said that Thursday night is the deadline for submit ting entry fees. A circuit of eight to 10 teams will operate. Coach Henry (Red) Sanders in dicated he may stage an aerial game against Southern Califor nia Saturday despite the loss of his star passer, Ronnie Knox who suffered a broken leg against Washington. Sanders moved "Edison Griffin, a sopho more, up from the junior varsity to the fourth string tailback spot yesterday and had him throwing along with Sam Brown, Doug Bradley and Gerry McDougall TROJANS STRESS AERIALS Los Angeles U.R) Southern California Coach Jess Hill stress ed passing today as he prepared his Trojans for the UCLA game. putting his three quarterbacks through lengthy passing drills. INDIAN COACH PLEASED Stanford, Calif (U.R) The Stanford Indians worked hard on plays yesterday which they hone will "give them their first "big game'' victory over Cali fornia since 1964 and Coach Chuck Taylor was well pleased with te workout. BFWV" MA.Y PASS Los Angeles U.R) UCLA aT Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines Drain Tile V27 W. McAndrews Phone 2 4107 Giant Pugilist Of South Africa Wants U.S. Trip London (U.R) Handlers of Ewart Potgiter, the skyscraping South African who would like to be a bigger and better Primo Camera, talked again today of a possible trip to the United States despite his poor showing in a draw with James J. Parker of Paterson, N.J. Announcement of the draw de cision was greeted with an out burst of booing by the crowd of 10,000 at Harringay arena last night, many of whom thought Parker had won. The seven-foot, two-inch Pot geiter, who weighed 325 pounds for exactly a 100-pound advan tage over his rival, thus kept his unbeaten record clean but seem ed confused and extremely awk ward as he shambled about the ring and tried to pole-axe Park er with long swinging blows. On the otherhand, the six-foot, five-inch Parker found it mighty hard to reach the South Afri can's chin and was unable to bring him down with body blows. PILING ON THE SCORE Completing a day of scoring for Stanford in game against Ore gon university at Stanford, Calif., is Indian third-string quarterback Jack Lewis, shown scoring late in the fourth quarter to make the final score read, Stanford 44, Oregon 7. From top-left to bottom-right, Lewis literally bowls his way over the scrimmaging linemen to fall into the end zone. Sam Brown, John Brodie In PC Lead Los Angeles (U.R) UCLA's Sam Brown and Stanford's John Brodie have replaced Southern 'California's Jon Arnett in two individual offensive departments of Pacific Coast Conference play, statistics released by the PCC commissioner's office showed today. In team performances, Stan ford replaced Oregon as the total offense leader while UCLA con- Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day r o or" it AS iu ir wag & i Id M DELUXE jfer 7 ' ' J -11 S rtB 1 t -. 4 $435 fifti: $080 m PIMT tinued as the top defensive team. Brown gained 140 yards rush ing last week end to take lead ership with 679 yards for the season. Bill Tarr, Stanford, was second, with 596. Arnett, whose team was idle last week, has 590. Arnett also dropped from first to third in total offense as Brodie moved to the top. Brodie now has 842 yards, with all an average of 19.6 and 332 yards on kickoffs for a 30.2 average. Top-ranked punter is Ray Westfall of Oregon State with a 42.2 yard average. In team competition, Stanford took over the total offense lead by gaining 343.6 yards per game. Stanford also is the top passing team with 151.3 yards a game and for a total of 10 touchdowns. UCLA has given up only 210.6 yards per game total defense and also has the best rushing defense average, 139.7. Wash ington has allowed opponents the fewest yards passing, 59.3. Oregon State is the top punt ing team with an average of 39.1. Oregon leads in interceptions, having picked off 16. Southern California has the best kick re turn average 17.0 punts and 28.5 on kickoffs. Four have been returned for touchdowns. MAY QUIT LOOP Shreveport, La. (U.R) Shreveport plans to quit the Texas league after the 1956 base ball season unless there is a 50 per cent increase in attentance, club officials announced Tuesday. HOOVER LAKES CLOSED TO HUNTING C. C. Hoover & Sons 1 but 14 on passing. 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