Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1955)
Ron Siegrist urf in Leg By Shotgun Corvallis (U.R) Ron Sieg rist, co-captain and quarterback or Oregon State's title-aspiring football team, hoped today to be able to play against Oregon at Eugene Saturday despite a shot gun wound in the leg. Siegrist was accidentally wounded while hunting ducks near here yesterday. He was . taken to a hosDital where about "20 birdshot pellets were remov ed from his left leg. The wound was described as not serious. Coach Tommy Prothro said whether Siegrist plays depends upon response to treatment to day and tomorrow. Reports indicated that Siegrist was duck hunting with two friends and was standing by a car when the accidental bias was fired. The shot went throueh a car door before strik ing Siegrist, who was wearing thick rubber boots. Oregon State could, win the PCC title this weekend by beat ing Oregon should UCLA lose to Southern Cal. since the Beav ers have played one more con ference game. But UCLA likely would get the Rose Bowl nod because of its 38-0 trouncing of the Beavers earlier. t HUW)HII1.!1II,.M' mMt I ,1- PCL Directors Delay Action on Claire Goodwin Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Directors of the Pacific Coast league have agreed to take no action on the resignation of Claire Goodwin as league pres ident until Nov. 27. On that date, the PCL will meet in Columbus, O. along with the National Associatiton of Pro fessional Baseball leagues. Fred David, president of the Sacramento Solons, and a PCL director, said the decision to de fer action on Goodwin was un animous on the part of all the directors. He said there was still a pos- albility that the directors might ask Goodwin to stay on. O'Connor Top Choice "If we were going to ask' him for his resignation, we would have done it at our meeting in Vancouver," he said. David added, however, that from his conversations with oth er league directors it appeared that Chicago attorney Leslie O'Connor was the top candidate for the job. He said he talked by telephone yesterday with O'Connor, who said he would "consider" the job if the league asked him to take it. David also indicated there was some sentiment favoring Jerry Donovan, league secretary, for the post. , J f9f'tjff TRIPLE THREAT Washington Redskins end Ralph Thomas is hit hard by three San Francisco 49ers after taking a pass from teammate Eddie LeBaron in first quarter of game in Washington. Maring the stop are Rex Berry (left), Tom Stolhandske (right) and an unidentified 49er. Washington won, 7-0. Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Coach Johnny Cherberg sent his Uni versity of Washington Huskies out in the cold yesterday and worked them until dark against Washington State defensive and offensive maneuvers. I didn't think rain would hamper I his squad's attack in the game against California here Saturday. COUGARS SHARPEN Pullman, Wash. (U.R) The Washington State Cougars sharp ened their offense in the field house yesterday as temperatures around ' the 10-degree mark hampered preparations for Sat urday's game against the Wash ington Huskies. DUCKS IN SNOW Eugene, University of Ore gon Coach Len Casanova was released from a Eugene hospital yesterday and his Ducks cele brated by staging a stiff work out despite, snow, wind and bitter cold. OSC GATES BARRED Corvallis (U.R) Coach Tom my Prothro kept the gates well barred yesterday as he worked his Oregon State Beavers in preparation for Saturday's game against the University of Oregon Ducks. WINTER SPOT SET New York (U.R) Nashua, the late William Woodward Jr.'s great colt, will winter at the Claiborne Farm at Paris, Ky., this year, trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons announced today. Fitzsimmons said Nashua will resume racing next year if the executives and trustees for the $5,000,000 Belair Stable desire. BEARS SHARP Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) The University of California Golden Bears tapered off today after developing a keen edge for Sat urday's traditional battle against the Stanford Indians at Palo Alto. The team staged a 30-min-ute scrimmage yesterday, with emphasis on passing. RAIN SHOULDN'T rlURT Stanford, Calif. (U.R) The Stanford Indians worked out on a soggy field yesterday, but Coach Chuck . Taylor said he BRUINS STOVE UP Los Angeles (U.R) UCLA Coach Henry (Red) Sanders called off today's drill by his Bruins for the Southern Cali fornia clash and said they would practice no more before the big game Saturday. "The squad looks tired and stove up," San ders said. GALLI RETURNS Los Angeles (U.R) Southern California's chances of toppling UCLA were bolstered today by co-captain George Galli's return to active practice at left guard in the forward wall. SUGAR'S MEAT RAW Greenwood Lake, N.Y. (U.R) Sugar Ray Robinson has been placed on a raw meat and raw egg diet so that he'll he as vici ous as a "pit bulldog" when he enters the ring against middle weight champion Bob Olson on Dec. 9, manager George Gain ford said today. Robinson weighed 164 pounds after spar ring four rounds Wednesday. BERSCHET ACTIVE Washington (U.R) Mary Ber schet, 215-pound former Illinois lineman who was given a job in the Washington Redskins' front office when he failed to win a regular berth during spring training, as placed on the active list today to replace injured guard Jim Norman. For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads SOC Smoker Card Headed By Crippen Ashland Steve Crippen, pop ular PAL Club amateur boxer from Medford, will be featured in the main event of the annual Lettermen's club smoker, at Memorial Court, Southern Ore gon college, November 18, at 8 p.m. Crippen will take on Merle Deets, ex-army fighter from Ash land in the final bout. The SOC Lettermen have scheduled 10 events on their pro gram, including some of the finest boxers ever to appear in the Rogue Valley. In the semi final bout, Dick Lopez, AAU light-heavyweight champion of the state of Texas, will box Paul Sherier, a member of the SOC boxing team in pre-war days. In the special feature event, Bill McLean, three-sport letter man at the college, will take on Ron Maurer, another three-sport man who has just returned from the service, where he played football for the Fort Ord War riors. Another special event will fea ture two 200-pound tackles from the SOC football team, Herb Colley, Central Point, and Dick Smith, Reedspart, who should provide fans with a good heavy weight boxing bout. The remainder of the program will include the usual comedy, grudge, and out-and-out slugging matches among athletes of the college. A lady wrestling match will be featured, and other bouts include: Jerry Livingston, Redding, Calif, vs. Don Korns, Grants Pass; Al Sodaro, Portland vs. Chuck Romine, Medford; Jim Helliwell, Roseburg vs. Bud Pur din, Ashland; Andy Travis. Ma lin vs. Tom Findlay, Roseburg; and Chuck Plummer, Roseburg vs. Fred Luper, Portland. Thursday, November 17, 1955 MtDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Spieser Gets Chicago (U.R) Light heavy weight Chuck Spieser had only one target today, a rematch with third ranked Willie Pastrano, af ter his convincing second round technical knockout of Paddy Young in the Chicago stadium Television fight. "I don't know where we'll make it," Spieser's manager Hec Knowles, said. "Maybe New Or leans. But we'll fight him any where we can get him and see how it comes out." Spieser lost a 10-round deci sion to the 20-year-old' Pastrano earlier this year, but both the fighter and most of the 1,411 ob servers rated the Detroit, Mich., scrapper "greatly improved" on his performance against Young. Down Four Times Young was lucky and connect ed with the left heok, in the first round, and the blow didn't seem to phase Spieser. He floored the New Yorker, who suffered his 12th defeat in 64 pro bouts, four times before the battle was end ed with a technical knockout finish at 2:45 of the second. Spieser put Young on the deck with a left hook in the first round and in the second session floored him three times before Referee Frank Gilmer stopped BASEBALLS OR GRENADES? Brooklyn's World Series hurling hero Johnny Podres gives out with a snappy salute as he arrives at Albany, N. Y., recruiting station for his physical. Podres, 23, was rejected three years ago be cause of a back ailment. The Dodgers' front office is re ported to have suspended all trade negotiations until it is learned whether Johnny will be pitching for Uncle Sam or Brooklyn next year. McKay To Ask for Park Improvements Arlington, Va. (U.R) Interior Secretary Douglas McKay will ask Congress in January to auth orize a vast expansion and im provement of tourist facilities in the national park system. He said such a program has been overdue for nearly 20 years. He pointed out that the 1929 depression, World War II and the Korean conflict strained the nation's resources and halted de velopment of national parks. McKay told a Presbyterian Church group here that park roadbuilding has been stepped up since 1950 but that overall development has lagged far be hind needs. Truck Driver's Error Thoroughly Oils Street Wynnewood, Pa. (U.R) An oil truck driver mistook a storm sewer opening for a restaurant fuel pipe here Wednesday. Eight-hundred gallons of oil were pumped into the sewer and overflowed on to a well traveled street. Before two fire companies could flush the oil away, scores of motorists experienced hair raising, half block slides. LIVESTOCK MEN MEET Gearhart U.R) Some 150 beef, swine and sheep growers from 11 western Oregon coun ties met here today for opening of the annual convention of the Western Oregon Livestock As sociation. The sessions will con tinue through Saturday. At the bottom of the Grand Canyon live bull snakes, beavers, bobcats, deer,- ring-tailed cats, water ouzels and ducks. HOOVER LAKES CLOSED TO HUNTING C. C. Hoover & Sons Buy At Builders Supply Rasa QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Flues Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 Portland Traction Receives Ultimatum Portland (U.R) The Port land Traction company yester day received a three-point "ulti matum" from Public Utilities Commissioner Nate Boody. The city council last month backed Boody in his refusal to recommend a 10-year franchise renewal for the firm. Boody set up three courses for continuing a mass transit sys tem here. One would call for the Portland Transit company, which owns the traction com pany, to reorganize to give local control to the traction company. Another would be for the tran sit company to set a price at which it will sell the traction company to local ownership. Or, Boody said, he would give the go-ahead to undisclosed in vestors who he said were ready and able to start a new mass transit system. LOYOLA PLANS TRIP New Orleans (U.R) Loyola University of New Orleans will send a 20-man baseball squad to El Salvador, Central America, beginning Dec. 14 to compete against Latin America teams .during a week-long fiesta to celebrate the "Anniversary of the Revolution." The trip is be ing made under the auspices of the State Department. HARTACK HAS 385 Pimlico, Md. U.R) Willie Hartack, the nation's leading jockey, rode three winners at the opening of Pimlico's 16-day fall meeting Wednesday to boost his total of winners to 385 this year. Hartack is considered virtually certain to become the second jockey in history to ride 400 win ners in one year. the brawl. Twice Young went down as the result of right hand punches and the third time after a left and a right. ! Mild, mellow and magnificent... yours from Canada Dry For many, many years Canada Dry has been patiently aging stocks of the choicest Kentucky whiskies. Pro duced in the heart of the blue grass country, they are mild, mellow and magnificent. "Yfcu'Il. love this whiskey . . . your guests will love it too. Truly, this is whiskey worthy of the name Canada Dry. Take a bottle home today. Whiskey worthy of a Great Name 450 Fifth 290Pint Bottled by C. D. Distilling Company, Nicholasville, Ky. Distributed by Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., New York, N.Y. KCANADA, "ERICA'S FINEST STRAIGHT -xgssiCx, rw. AMERICA'S FINEST Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 6 years old 86 Proof USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS! o Are Safer-LONGER In 'the'-TREAD o o The 2 rear wheels "dig in" for FASTER STARTS, SHORTER STOPS. The 2 front wheels "dig in" to produce 60 of the braking action for STABILIZED STEERING on icy roads. No all-rubber tires give you this YEAR 'ROUND 4-Wheel driving safety. Reg. Recap With Penetred 600-16 8.95 10.95 640-15 9.95 11.95 650-16 11.95 13.95 670-15 11.95 13.95 710-15 12.95 l495 760-15 12.95 14.95 800-15 14.95 16.95 m a fonfn d On Your Tires Add $3 if Your Tires Are NOT Recappabl The Yea ir Arbuin. Positive Traction On Snow -ice- Wet loads Proven for years throughout- the East and Midwest as the safest, most economical TIRE TRACTION. This special recapping equipment now exclusively in Medford at Johnston Stores . . They're every Way Better. The steel wires in the tread provides positive traction and longer wear, even in Summer. 112 South Riverside ACTUAL SIZE PASSENGER CAR WIRE ACTUAL SIZE TRUCK. W! BE .
