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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."
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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.
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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-
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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.
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but 14 on passing. Brown Is
second with 811, while Arnett
has 722.
Brodie has a commanding lead
in passing with 62 completions
in 114 attempts. Leading pass
receiver is Stanford's John
Stewart with 24 receptions for
316 yards.
Arnett retained his lead in
scoring with 84 points and also
in both kick return departments,
having 275 yards on punts for
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