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o TE1 MTOrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Forty Niners Defeated in Last Period Milwaukee, Wis. (U.PJ Coach Red S t r a d e r knows what's the trouble with the San rranrisca Fortv Niners, but whether he can cure it remains to.be seen. Talking to newsmen yester day before flying to Washing ton to confer with eastern asso ciates on the Nov. 28 player draft, Strader said he knew why the Forty Niners bowed to the Green Bay Packers, 27-21. "We've been unable to make. ' the most of the big play," Stra der said. "We start fast, but we lust don't eet the big play off when we have a third down situation, . . . Up to the fourth period, it looked like a winning cause for thp San Francisco club. Dick Moeele hit paydirt with a three-yard plunge after five minutes of the first period lor the Forty Niners' first score Gordon Soltau converted. Pass-Lateral Scores In the second period, veteran Green Bay quarterback lobm Rote passed to Billie Howton, who lateralled to Joe Johnson on the 30 for a 41-yard play and- the Packers' first score. Then Fred Cone put the Pack ers ahead with a field Eoal. San Francisco stormed back 80 yards in nine plays, climaxed by a 33-yard pass from quarter back Y. A. Tittle to rookie, half back Carroll Hardy in the end zone. Soltau converted. Cone retaliated by kicking another field goal, his 14th of the season. Patil Carr intercepted a Rote pass on the Forty Niner 3 in the third period and Tittle hit Hardy with a 58-yard touch down pass. Soltau converted. , In the final period, Rote hit Gary Knafelc for a 34-yard pass run touchdown and soon after broke loose for a 49-yard run that set up a touchdown play from the six. Howie Ferguson plunged over on the next play. Cone converted both times. Shrine Picks Dick James Eugene U.PJ Oregon foot ball coach Len Casanova today confirmed that Oregon halfback Dick James has been invited tr play in this season's Shrine same at San Francisco. Casanova," a member of the West coaching staff under head coach Jess Hill of USC, . told a jubilant Oregon squad of the 174-pound back's selection Sat urday, following the Webfoot's 28-0 win over Oregon State. "And there may be another player or two on that same team from here," Casanova said. James, a hard-running senior from Grants Pass, gained 114 yards rushing Saturday, and was one of the leading runners in the Pacific Coast conference this sea son. He is noted for his blocking and defensive abilities, and is an excellent pass receiver. NORTH STAR FIRST Havana, Cuba (U.R) Five American yachts were listed among the top 10 in today's standings of the 1955 world's championship star class yacht race but the highest one was listed only third. North Star II of San Diego, skippered by Loweli North was third behind Kurush V of Cuba and the French vessel Gam II. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day' CARSTAIBS WMte Steal! BLENDED WHISKS (I (SS 'Ot-Li! RSTAIRS A CARSTAIRS DISTILLING CO.. BALTIMORE, MD., LOUISVILLE, KY. BLENDED WH.ISKE.Y. 86 PROOF. 72 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS Howard Morris Named Linfield's Most- Inspirational Lin field College, McMinn- ville Howard Morris, sopho more guard on the Linfield foot ball team from Medford, has been nominated for possible Lit tle All-American honors from this school. . Morris, sturdy 180 -pounder who prepped at Crater high school in Central Point, receiv ed another honor at the annual football banquet here this week Howard was voted "the most in spirational player" by his team mates in a secret ballot. Receiv ing the junior varsity awards for being "the most inspiration al player" were John Prutsman from Portland and Lou Little john of Willamina. Howard won his second letter this fall, playing in all nine games on the Linfield schedule He played 60-minutes in nearly each of them Linfield finished its 1955 campaign in a flourish, trounc ing Willamette in the final game, 29 to 0. The Wildcats tied for third in the Northwest con ference and possessed a three won-six lost season record. Morris will be back again Wes Santee Cleared of AAU Charges Kansas City, Mo. '(U.R) There is a "pretty good possibility that ace miler Wes Santee may be kept under suspension by ef forts to get changes in National Amateur Athletic rules, an AAU spokesman said today. Santee, suspended Oct. 29, was cleared of charges he ac cepted too much expense money by a 21-7 vote of the Missouri Valley AAU board of managers yesterday. But if some individ ual files an appeal within 10 days, the suspension stays on. If not, Santee is automatically cleared. - Not Personal The spokesman, Marion Mil ler, said an appeal, if made, probably would not be against Santee "personally" but would be an effort to get the rules be fore the national AAU for a close going over. The appeal, if made, would be heard at a na tional AAU- meeting in . Louis ville, Ky., Dec. 1-4. Santee s suspension has kept him from participating in AAU- sanctioned meets and if appeal ed and upheld could bar him from the 1956 Olympics. PGA Announces Winter Schedule Chicago (U.R) The Profes sional Golfers Association has announced a winter tournament schedule that includes a boost in prize money in" seven events. A new event the Pensacola Open Invitational on March 8 through 11 at Pensacola, Fla., was added to the list of tour neys. Purse increases announced were: Los Angels Open from 325,000 to $32,000; Tucson Open from $10,000 to 812,500; Texas Open from $12,500 to $20,000; Baton Rouge Open from $12,500 to $15,000; Miami Beach Open from S12.500 toS15.000; Greens boro Open from $12,500 to $15, 000, and the St. Petersburg Open, if it's increased, from $12,500 to $15,000., The PGA said that purses on the circuit, which opens with the Los Angeles tournament on Jan. 6, would total $295,000. Last event on the winter tour will be the April 26-29 Las Vegas, Nev., Tournament .of Champions. ever efore have such fine taste and complete satisfaction been united into one whiskey I $250 $390 PINT 45 QUART tax 1 Monday, November 21, 1955 Footballer next year along with 26 other lettermen to bolster Coach Paul Durham's try for first place. Howard won honorable mention all-state recognition while at Crater and played in the 1954 Shrine All-Star game. HOWARD MORRIS Gets Linfield Honor Munn Thanks mi By CLAIR HEKHUIS ' East Lansing, Mich. (U.R) Clarence (Biggie) Munn, who di rected Michigan State to victory in the 1954 Rose Bowl game, to day thanked Ohio State and Il linois for sending- the Spartans back to the post-season classic a second time. Munn, who gave up the coach ing job to become athletic direc tor after victory at Pasadena, Calif., two years ago, sent tele grams to Coach Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Coach Ray Eliot of Illinois following an nouncement from Big Ten head quarters in Chicago that Michi gan State would again represent the conference in the Rose Bowl. "Thank, you for your kind as sist," Munn wired the coaches who had turned back arch-rival Michigan to let Michigan State back into the bowl bid. Ohio State handed Michigan a 17-0 setback Saturday to claim its second straight conference crown. Illinois had knocked Michigan from the unbeaten ranks two weeks earlier. OSU Eliminated Big Ten rules prohibit a team from playing in the Rose Bowl twice in succession, which el iminated Ohio State because the Buckeyes made the trip last New Year's day. Michigan State got the bid as the runner-up. A 24-hour celebration was touched off on the Michigan State campus when news of Ohio State's victory reached East Lansing.-It reached its peak yes terday when Kenneth (Tug) Wil son, the conference commission er, notified Munn that the Spar tans were going west. Coach Duffy Daugherty, who said he couldn't understand why people were congratulating him because 'T didn't play a single minute all season," hasn't made any practice plans. "We will put forth every ef fort to be worthy and able of representing the Big Ten," Daugherty said. "We'll do our best to carry on the great rec ord of the Big Ten teams of the past." The Big Ten has lost only one Rose Bowl game since it started sending one of its top teams to Pasadena annually in 1947. Southwestern League Formed : Lubbock, Tex. (U.PJ Ten West Texas and New Mexico baseball teams have realigned into a new Class B league to be known as the Southwestern League. ' The league includes teams from the West Texas-New Mexi co and Longhorn circuits. The new loop will include teams from Plainview, Pampa. El Paso, Midland, Big Spring, San Angelo from Texas and Hobbs, Roswell, C 1 o v i s and Carlsbad from New Mexico. 18 SPECIAL TRAINS New York (U.R) The Penn sylvania railroad announced to day it will operate 18 special trains out of the metropolitan New York area to Philadelphia on Saturday, Nov. 26. to carry spectators to the Army-Navy football game. Including the New York trains, the railroad will handle a total of 28 extra sections in Philadelphia on that date. Use Tribune Want Ads Low in Cost! Shaw Edge Slim Over Van In Duel of Quarterbacks Baltimore, Md. (U.R) The Los Angeles Rams were in second place in the National Football League's Western Division to day after fighting to a 17-17 tie with the Baltimore Colts. The Rams dropped into second place behind the Chicago Bears yesterday in the even battle waged in 38 degrees and a 11-. mile an hour wind. The tie hurt both teams chances ' of winning the division title. The first meeting of the form er Oregon quarterbacks George Shaw and Norm Van Brocklin resulted in almost a draw. Shaw registered a slight edge by com pleting 14 of 23 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown. Van Brocklin completed 12 of 24 for 222 yards and no touchdowns. The Rams scored three points in the opening period when Les Richter booted a field goal from the nine-yard line following an MEDFORIWiWrRIBUNE Bears Take Pro Lead; Browns Keep Position By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer The Chicago Bears and Cleve land Browns appear headed for a clash in the National Football League's championship g a m e, but you'll never believe it if you listen to George Halas and Paul Brown, the pro game's most successful coaches, tained rally, took undisputed first place in the Western Divi sion Sunday by defeating the De troit Lions, 24-14. It was the sixth straight victory for Halas, who has coached the Bears to all but two of their record severi NFL championships. "We've got a rough road ahead starting with our bosom buddies, the Chicago Cardinals, next Sunday," Halas said as he shrugged off the triumph that enabled the Bears to snap their first place tie with the Los An geles Ranis. "We aren't con gratulating ourselves yet. We could drop two of our last three." The Bears took a half-game Pap Waldorf On Spot at California PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS Conference Games W L T PF PA UCLA 6 0 0 197 37 OSC 5 2 0 86 107 Oregon 4 3 0 138 105 Stanford 3 2 1 111 65 Washington 4 3 1 104 80 USC -- 3 3 0 152 85 California ; 15 1 60 162 WSC 1 5 1 54 201 Idaho 0 4 0 21 81 All Games: ' W L T PF PA UCLA 9 1 0 285 57 OSC- 6 3 0 126 120 Oregon 6 4 0 204 158 Stanford 6 3 1 198 135 Washington 5 4 1 141 93 USC 5 4 0 223 ' 138 California 2 7 1 107 216 WSC 1 7 2 67 257 Idaho 2 7 0 128 174 By UNITED PRESS Coach Lynn Waldorf all 250 pounds of him was on the spot today as he sought to rebuild California's tattered football em pire while the wolves howled for his scalp. The fat man who brought order out of chaos at Berkeley eight years ago concluded one of the most disasterous seasons of his career Saturday when Stanford methodically drubbed the Bears 19-0. It was Califor nia's seventh loss in 10 games and the worst year since 1946 when Frank Wickhorst was given the gate after losing the same number of games. Waldorf took over the follow ing season and directed Cal into the Rose Bowl three times. "It was just a down year for us," Waldorf said on Saturday when asked what was ahead for him. "It is my intention to com plete my contract as head coach at California." His pact expires in June of 1957 but numerous alumni and students are hollering that it's time for a change. In the meantime, UCLA earned the right to play Michi gan State in the Rose Bowl by thumping Southern California 17-7 in a nationally televised game. Credell (Incredible) Green lived up to the name by gaining 258 yards on the ground as Wash ington pummeled Washington State 27-7 in their traditional contest. This topped the mark of 225 set the week before by TCU's Jim Swink. Green scored a brace of touchdowns on runs of 50 and 18 yards. Beavers Finish Second Oregon State, which had amazed tthe conference with its great comeback this year, unex pectedly collapsed before Ore gon, 28-0. Despite the disappointing windup, the Beavers finished second in the PCC standings afte.r ending in a lie for last place in 1954. 80-yard drive. The second quar ter was scoreless. In the third quarter, the Colts tied it up on Bert Rechichar's 31-yard field goal. Then, less than three minutes later, the Colts rolled ahead 10-3 when Alan Ameche bolted over to pay dirt. Tank Younger tallied for the Rams to tie the score at 10-10 following a 65-yard Aam drive directed by Van Brocklin. In' the "fourth quarter, the Colts drove 81 yards in seven plays with Jim Mutscheller grab bing Shaw's 22-yard pass in the end zone. The Colts led 17-10. Then Jack Ellena recovered Shaw's fumble on the Colt 16 to set up the tying score. Tank Younger took a swing pass and fought his way to the six-incn line. Ron Waller hit left tackle for the score and Les Richter kicked the equalizing, point. lead over the Los Angeles Rams who rallied to tie the Baltimore Colts. 17-17. Brown's Cleveland huskies, rebounding from a 33-17 whip- ping by the Philadelphia Eagles last week, retained their one- game Eastern Division lead by defeating the Pittsburgh Steal ers, 41-14. Brown simply re peated Sunday's Philadelphia New York result when asked about Cleveland's chances for an unprecedented 10th division title in as many tries. "Giants 31, Eagles 7," Brown said as he pointed - out his Brownies invade the Polo Grounds next Sunday. "If we get a championship this year, we'll get it on our own. No one's going to help us." At least not the surprising Washington Redskins who re mained on Cleveland's heels by swamping the Cardinals, 31-0. In Sunday's other game, the Green Bay Packers rallied to de feat the San Francisco Forty Niners, 27-21. it,acn team has three more games. Pittsburgh and New York are tied for third, three games behind Cleveland. Green Bay is third in the West but is only a game behind the Bears and a half -game behind the Rems. , Ducks, Beavers More Successful Than Predicted Portland (U.R) Oregon and Oregon State both have completed football seasons far more successful than predicted by all the experts at opening of the 1 1955 campaign. Oregon State, with practically the same team which tied for last place in the Pacific Coast conference last year, finished in second place with a 5-2 confer ence record, best since 1946. Overall, the Beavers under new Head Coach Tommy Prothro, won six and lost three. Oregon, picked as the PCC doormat this year, finished in a tie with Washington for fourth place with 4-3. For the season, the Webfoots had a 6-4 record. Proved on job World's most useful Selectivity. The Universal 'Jeep' shifts easily from 2-wheel drive for normal highway driving into 4-wheel drive when the going gets tough. 4-WHEEL DRIVE UNIVERSAL 505 North Central Reminder Issued On Meeting for Baseball Decision Baseball enthusiasts have been reminded of the meeting tonight to decide on Med ford's invitation to join the Class B Northwest league. The meeting will be held at the Holland hotel at 8 o'clock. Anyone interested in the discussion is Invited. A valley business firm has offered to underwrite about half of the cost of financing a Medford entry and means of financing the other half will have to be decided tonight if Medford is to accept the franchise offer. Discussion on ' use of Fair grounds park also is on the agenda. Carmine Fiore Returns To Ring Against Nocero New York (U.R) Carmine Fi ore of Brooklyn, a financially in dependent ex-welterweight con tender, returns to the ring to night after a 13-month lay-off for a TV 10-rounder with middle weight Rinzi Nocero of Brooklyn at St. Nicholas Arena. Because he had saved his earn ings from 70 prefessional fights and invested them wisely, 26- year-old Fiore was able to take the long layoff and let his often cut brows heal properly. Tonight left-hooker Carmine resumes his campaign for a shot at the 147-pound title and he is favored at 8-5 to beat Nocero. He is confident there will be no blood about his eyes tonight, al though face cuts caused him to be stopped eight times during his career. Stopped In 7ih In his last bout on Oct. 29, 1954, he was stopped in the sev enth round by Vince Martinez of Madison Square Garden because his right brow was bleeding pro fusely. Martinez of Patterson, N. J., is now the fourth-ranking con tender. Fiore's 47-18-5 record includes 18 knockouts. Middleweight Nocero, .24, has had but 29 fights because an Army hitch curtailed his activ ities. However, he is a dangerous opponent for a fighter who cuts easily because he's a "club fight er" who uses head-down bulling tactics. His 26-3-0 list includes only eight knockouts. 22 Perfect Record Clubs New York (U.R) With the 1955 college football season only a week away from completion, there are only 22 unbeaten, un tied teams left in. the nation today and that figure can be reduced by only three when the season finally does end. Maryland's Orange Bowl bound Terrapins and little Southeast Mo. State, both of whom have ended their sched ules, are atop the perfect-record list with 10 wins each. Okla homa, which meets Maryland in the New Year's classic at Miami, Fla., winds up its season Saturday with a chance to fin ish with 10 wins also. Albany Ga. State and Miami (Ohio) wind up their season on Thanksgiving Day along with Oklahoma are the only teams who may not make the final perfect-record list. Ten Victories: X-Maryland, X-Southeast (Mo.) State. Nine Victories: Oklahoma. X-Hillsdale (Mich.), X-Gram-bling (La.), X-College of Em poria (Kans.), X - Heidelberg, Ohio, X-Northern (S. D.) Teach ers, X-Maryland State. 1 after job... Traction. With the extra traction of its 4-wheel drive, the 'Jeep' climbs 60 grades, goes through mud, sand, snow, ice or soft earth, on or off the road. Ask for a demonstration,.. STEVENS AUTO SALES, INC. "Your Friendly Willys Dealer" 3 Major Bowl Spots Remain To Be Filled By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer The Michigan State, UCLA and Texas Christian campuses rang today with joyous celebra tions of bowl bids, while seven teams still hopeful of getting in vited to play somewhere Jan. 2 girded themselves for this week's games that will decide their fate. Michigan State became the Big lens Rose Bowl team by re mote control" when Michigan muffed the berth in losing to Ohio State, 17-0. UCLA nailed down the spot as Pacific Coast conference repre sentative by drubbing Southern California, 17-7. The Uclans also got the PCC title, but the Big Ten crown went to Ohio State. That makes the rose carnival at Pasadena, Calif., the second major bowl to complete its line up, since the Orange Bowl al ready had matched Oklahoma and Maryland. Texas Christian became the Southwest Conference's host team for the Cotton Bowl by crushing Rice, 35-0. The Horn ed Frogs may not win the league title, but pace-making Texas A&M is ineligible for the bowl because it's under conference probation. Three To Go These clinchings leave three major bowl berths to be filled the visiting team in the Cotton Bowl and both teams in the Su gar Bowl. They are expected to be filled from the following: Au burn, Mississippi, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Miami of Ohio and Navy and Army. The first three are scrapping for the Southeastern Conference championship, which Mississippi can clinch by beating Mississippi State this Saturday. However, insiders figure Ole Miss is more likely to go to the Cotton bowl with either Auburn or Georgia Ducks Play Best Game Against OSC Portland (U.R) The Uni versity of Oregon football team today received the adulation of students and alumni, while Ore gon State college supporters were pondering what happened to the Beavers to cause their sudden collapse. ' . Oregon, which was supposed to be all speed and no power, unleashed a devastating combin ation of both at Eugene Satur day to wallop Oregon State, 28-0 in the Pacific Coast conference finale for both clubs; Oregon Coach Len Casanova's explanation for the fiery come back of the Ducks after their drubbing by Stanford the week before: "By far the best game we played all year. We made no mistakes of any consequence. We drove harder than we have all year." Beaver Coach Tommy Proth ro, who previously had perform ed wonders with his Orange squad, took the loss philosophi cally. "It was real simple. We just couldn't stop them." He said "James and Shanley on offense and McHugh and Stiner on defense just beat us." The Oregon victory will be wrapped up tomorrow when the Oregon Duck club will receive a trophy and the Oregon State Beaver club will be presented a crow at a luncheon at Colum bia Athletic club here. I vehicle ! Hauling. The 'Jeep' carries loads up to half a ton and pulls heavily loaded trailers, on or off the road. WILLYS... world's largest makers Tech playing host in the Sugar. The winner of the Army-Navy service classic, which will be nationally televised on Saturday is almost certain to get a bid to one of these two, and perhaps both. Pittsburgh ended its season with a 7- 3 record by routing Penn State, 20-0, and Miami of Ohio hopes to conclude a perfect 9-0 season on Thanksgiving day, by beating Cincinnati. In addition to the Southeast ern Conference title, the South west Skyline, Missouri Valley, and Border crowns will be de sided this week. Aggies Can Clinch In the Southwest, the Texas Aggies can clinch by beating Texas Thursday, but a loss would let TCU win the title by beating SMU Saturday. In the Missouri Valley, Wichita can finish in a tie with Detroit for first place by beating Tulsa on Thursday. In the Skyline, Wyo ming can - finish in a tie' with Colorado A&M by beating Den ver Thursday. And in the Bor- , der, Arizona Tempe St., can clinch 'by beating Arizona Sat urday. The final week is a bie one for those traditional Thanksgiving day will see Pennsylvania-Cornell and Utah-Utah State, while Saturday brings Holy Cross - Boston college. Southern California-Notre Dame, Louisiana St.-Tulane, Oklahoma- Oklahoma A&M and Georgia Tech-Georgia. PCC Slates Bowl Announcement Los Angeles i(U.R) The Paci fic Coast conference was slated to make formal announcement today of the PCC representative in the 1956. Rose Bowl game against Michigan State. UCLA, beaten only by Mary land this year, clinched its third . straight PCC championship and the PCC bowl bid Saturday with a 17-7 win over Southern Cali fornia. The forthcoming Rose Bowl will give UCLA a chance for re venge against Michigan State. The Spartans toppled the Bruins, 28-20 in the post-season game at the end of the 1953 campaign. 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