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Fajifare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor Sports BroadcastsjSporfs Writer Thankful Radio Stations KYJC and He's Not in Coaching Game I Thursday, November 21955 Radio Stations KYJC and KMED will broadcast the Marshfield-Gresham high state A-l championship football game at 7:45 p.m. Friday. letter i written by Babe Hol lingberry who just completed j his term as first president of the Class B N orthwest League of professional, baseball clubs, gives his idea of the value of pro ball In Medford. The letUir addressed to Bill Askwith, Clf-'ntral Point, states, "A franchLte in an organized baseball le igue would mean a great deal to your community (the Medfo:xi area. It not only provides entertainment, but such f activity ten ds to keep the people o alive and money circulating. It s a great drawing power from outlying districts to provide ad . ditional: bi tsiness from all those in the terr dory, called the base ball radius.. "Advert: sing derived from league re; wits, throughout the state and nation, would also tend to focus interest and publicity for Medfoud. Having a team in organized iraseball gives stimulus ifo business and other advantages, over a peifiod of four months other attractions are for a day or for a Liv.v days. "It behooves merchants, and everyone else interested in the welfare of; .'his community, to get behind su'fli an enterprise finan cially amd otherwise to insure its successi What is good for the community" is good for every per son living iji that community. MEETINC; NEXT MONDAY PossitiUty of formation of a North west League team in Medford,- at the league's invi tation, h IS been mentioned sev eral lim-rs on the Mail Tribune sports p irjes in recent days. A meeting 'will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, November 28. at the Jackson 'hotel on the matter. Those attending a meeting earlier this week are contact ing various industries of the alley said urging their repre sentation at the session next MondayC New president of the NWL. Jim Fleir.hman. has said he is workmo tor Meaiora entry. Help fom the president's of fice aiiSi the offices of the various!., other clubs has been offered) should people of this area lomk favorably on joining the cir suit which now includes Eugene and Salem, Ore.; Lewistzn, Ida.; Spokane, Wen atchee' and Yakima, Wash., and T ri-Cily in Washington. Medford getting the jump on them in the matter of consider ing Northwest League entry, Truth is that Klamath Falls in terests still have the opportunity to sneak in ahead of Medford and it may take some fast local action if a franchise is to be ob tained. PIRATE CO-CAPTAIN Out at Phoenix high the football co-captains already have been elected for 1956. They are John Garner and Dan Lovett, both backs. The Phoe nix players also have pre sented Wallace Eri with a desk pen set. Eri, ex-Medford play ers and now a Phoenix grade school teacher, has helped Coaches Jack Woodward and Hap Consbruck with the grid tutoring this fall. Claylion Hannon, sportswriter for the Klamath Falls Herald and Ne ws has admonished busi nessmen of his. town for letting Womemls Classic League Medihird Feed and Seed rolled a 2370 for high team series and Joreenson's Dairy rolled an 811 for hifjl'i game this week in the Wome n' s Classic Bowling league. Thnje nice splits were picked ' up du ring the evening. Sis Beck ' of Mourning Fresh and Mable Clark s-of the Union Club each picked a 6-7 split and I. Forga of Elk. Lbr. picked the 6-7-10 split. Helen Culy of the Morning Freshj team turned in a 212 game.arid a 533 series for high individual honors. Val Floate of Dfuugherty Lumber Co. rolled a 209t game and had a 513 series and Louise Sacchi of Medford Feed and Seed hid a 206 game. Standbies: W. L .lorjrensen's Dairv 41 11 MeHfcird Feed and Seed 31 21 Crater Inn Motel 30 . 22 Mary's Casa . 23 23 Unio'i Club 27 25 Haw'tanson Tire Tread 26 26 Kacrina Room 26 26 F.Ik Lumber Co 25 27 Dauirherty Lumber Co. 24 28 MormnK Fresh 23 29 Jacks Drive Up 17 33 TraU Creek Lumber Co. ....13 39 Resillts: Karfcina Room CO) G. Blend 426 A. 'Wilson 479 B. Miller 383 M. Molden 578 M. Lane 3:9 Ha sdicao li4 Mornlnc Fresh S. Beck 415 L. Ertckson. 463 H. Culy 533 K. Jennings 425 Steelhead on Move In Upper Umpqua Areas Portland (U.R) The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Commission: Southwest: Striped bass an gling in Isthmas slough only fair. All forks of the Cpquille are high and muddy. Silver are still being taken at Tenmile lake,' and good steelhead fishing also re ported. Steelhead angling in the lower Umpqua and Smith rivers should improve with clearing waters. Steelhead are again on the move in the upper Umpqua areas following the flash freshet of last week end. All streams are still rather high and roily, but some fish are being taken by still fishing. Barring more rain the streams should continue to fall and clear. GRIDDER JUMPS BACK Hamilton, Ont. (U.R) Line backer Tom Lauderback, who played for the Hamilton Tiger- Cats in Canadian pro football this year, has jumped back to the U.S. National Football League by signing a contract with the Cleveland Browns for the 1956 season. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE The Commercial B o vv 1 i n g League is still topped by Beck's Morning Fresh Bakery which took advantage of two men ab sent on the White City Sales squad. Dad's Hideaway and Ol sen's of Eagle Point kept pace with 4-0 series. John Compa- gnoni of Olsen's had a 618 series to top the individual scores for the evening. The 2773 of Olsen's was high team series for the night. High game was a 244 by Chuck Shinn and high team game was 950 by Dad's Hide away. When Team Points, It Asks Trouble By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer Jim Trimble of the Philadel phia Eagles and Jim Lee Howell of the New York Giants are two National Football league coach es who believe a team is asking for trouble if it points for any particular opponent. , Trimble and Howell are par ticularly aware of this problem because the ' Eagles and Giants have been chasing the Cleveland Browns for the past five years in the Eastern Division. Beating the Browns has be come almost an obsession with other Eastern Division clubs. As a result, they frequently play poorly before or after brilliant efforts against Cleveland. The Eagles pulled one of the top rallies in league history to beat the Browns two weeks ago, 33-17, and then played poorly while losing to New York last Sunday, 31-17. Letdown After Browns "The only way I can explain our poor showing against the Giants was that our boys had a letdown after beating, the Browns," Trimble said. "But that's no excuse. The Giants have taken delight in defeating Cleveland and boast the only shutout ever scored against the midwestern team. But while New York has made some good showings against the Browns it also has been whipped regularly by the Pittsburgh Steelers in recent years. The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who meet in their traditional Thanksgiving Day game today, had less time to pre pare for their game than the oth er teams have this week. The Lions (2-7) are picked to defeat the Packers (5-4) at Detroit. Sunday's selections with won lost-tied records in parentheses: Bears (6-3) over Cardinals (3-5-1) at Chicago; Browns (7-2) over Giants (4-5) at New York; Rams (5-3-1) over Eagles (3-5-1) at Phil adelphia; Forty-Niners (3-6)) over Colts (4-4-1) at Baltimore; Steel ers (4-5) over Redskins (6-3) at Pittsburgh. By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San FranciscoCU.R) One of the things I have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving is that I'm not a football coach. It's true that being a sports writer isn't exactly Utopia in fact, it's closer to the other end of the line. But compared to coaching in major intercollegiate football circles, it's at least a step upward.. Shucks, I haven't been hung in effigy once all year. And, as far as I know, my contract will be renewed for 1956 without any complaints from the clients. This despite the fact I had my worst pigskin picking season in his tory. . Now, take the case of the foot ball coach, Al Kircher, just fired as head coach at Washington State, for instance. "The trouble with Al," said a fellow coach who shall be name less, "is that he is too nice a guy." So what's wrong with being a nice guy these days? Obviously, it is considered unethical to be a swell fellow. Kircher, of course, proved once again that Leo Du rocher's crack about "Nice guys finish last" wasn't just wishful thinking. Waldorf's Record Or you can take the case of Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf - at Cali fornia. Pappy took three teams to the Rose Bowl in the first again is the nation's top pass catcher, having gathered in 44 to 35 for John Bredice of Boston University. Earl Morrall of Michigan State is the top punter, averag ing 42.9 yards per boot for a narrow edge over Ted Rohde of Kansas at 42.3. Bill Schmitt of Pittsburgh at 42.3,' and Kelvin Kleber of Minnesota at 42.1. Sam Wesley of Oregon State leads in pass interceptions with seven. Mike Sqmmers of George Washington is 1 tops in punt re turns with 330 yards on 24 trips, business? four years he was at Cal. And he has been in the first division every year since in the Pacific Coast Conference race except 1955. So what happens? He gets hung in effigy! Probably by some of the same guys who a few seasons back hailed him as the wonder coach of the ages. I won't say that the nine coach es in the Pacific Coast Confer ence are the best in history but 1 would make a guess that you could shuffle them around to dif ferent schools and the effect wouldn't be much different on the record. The one soothing effect of the coaching business is the major salaries that run from $12,500 to approximately $18,000 in PCC. If a fellow can be lucky enough to get through about five seasons at a salary of $15,000 per year, he won't have too much to worry about. Why, just the interest on what he saves each year should keep him in cigar ettes for at least six weeks out of the year. Life of Riley Some of the former PCC coaches are living the life of Riley these days, laughing up their sleeves and wondering whatever made them go into the business of molding men, any way. Marchie Schwartz, ex Stanford; Jim Phelan, ex-Washington, and Slip Madigan, ex-St. Mary's are in the housing busi ness and all are making more money than they ever could have in coaching. Howie Odell of a later vintage at Washington, is reported to be teaching danc ing in Seattle and having a ball. The late Jeff Cravath left coaching to go into farming and never was happier; others are in solid sales or recreation jobs with tenure like a university pro fessor. Come to think of it, what's keeping me in the sports writing MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBTJITB WOTt One Regilar Back For IV Hoop Quintet Cave Junction - --oily one regular from fast -sejn is on the 14-man basketb squad Coach Wes Peters is rilling at Illinois Valley' high.'hool for the Rogue League al District 6 A-2 race. The Cougars, hpwer, have a couple of the bldampaign's varsity reserves ' 'tiding for berths as they aim,o improve on their last.' place nish in the Wife of Coch Hanged inEffigy By UNITED RESS Football "fans'" apparently have run out of insuccessful coaches to hang inffigy today. They turned theirvrath on a sportscaster, a cheleader, and the wife of a coac At San' Jose, Cif., a figure representing the wi of San Jose State Coach Bob ironzan was found hanged frora telephone pole. A placard sai "13-19. Mrs. Bronzan. Back seatriver gone." At Taft, Calif.,raft College students hanged i effigy CBS sportscaster Gil fratton, who incurred their with by saying Compton Collegehad a better chance to . get i Junior Rose Bowl bid than T:t. San Francisco .-state college students apparent were satis fied with their oach despite a 32-0 shellacking !y Cal Poly last Friday. Instead hey hanged in effigy head cherleader Jack Pease. Coach JoeVerducci, who directed his tearrto a 5-5 season record, is extrercly popular on the campus. ; loop last winter. Boys who play ed jayvee ball in the previous season make up the bulk of the squad which is considerably short on height. Howard Pickle, a 5-foot, 11 inch forward, is the squad's lone regular holdover. He's listed, as a fair scorer and good rebound er. The two former varsity re servists are Don Camp, 5-11 for ward, and Don King, 5-10 guard. Camp was a fair rebounder but lacked scoring punch while King was a good ball handler and fair scorer. The three vets are seniors. Up from the jayvee team are Darrell Smith and Lee Caroth ers, seniors, and Pat Simington, Dennis Kennedy, Mike Piller, Lary Preston and Ron Spencer, juniors. . Preston was the top scorer for the junior varsity last season but needs defensive and rebounding polish, according to Peters. HEINRICH TO START New York (U.R) Don Hein- rich will start at quarterback for the New York Giants against the champion Cleveland Browns at the Polo Grounds Sunday rather than the veteran Charlie Coner ly. Coach Jim Lee Howell, in announcing the shift, said he wanted Conerly on the sidelines at the start so that he could look over the Browns' defense, be fore entering the game. Spencer is listeS as the be?t scrapper on the squad, Smith -is regarded as a good rebpunder while Simington was the top play maker for last season's jay vees. Kennedy is fastest man on the squad and a good scorer. 'II Rounding out the crew are George Plumlee and Richard Clayton, seniors, and Andy Mef low, junior, who didn't play htsfc year, and Fred Bliss, a sopho more. Plumlee is a hard drive$, fair shot ; and good rebounder, Clayton is fast and aggressi Mellow is a fair defensive ma and Bliss is a good driver, fajj scorer and heads-up player. Plumlee and Carothers, listed at 6 feet even, are shown as ta'iJ est players on the squad. 5' The Cougars open their seaseft on December 2 by playing St. Mary's at Medford. They meet the same club the itollowirig night at Cave Junction. uc Jenkins fir Jones' General Contractors New Construction Remodeling 9 Free Estimates PHONE 2-4931 or 3-1064 Oiis. BRUINS DATE ElILLS Los Angeles -4U.R) UCLA will open its prctice sessions for the Rose Bow. game against Michigan State n Dec. ,10, Coach Henry Rer Sanders an nounced today. Esh team is al lowed 16 days of cganized prac tice, and Sandersplans to have fiye days of drills ?er week. SIC ATS TONSGHT 7 to io p.m. ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM ib Standings: - W. Morning Fresh Bakery 8 ijad s iide-a-way i Olsen's Eagle Point 7 Table Rock Lumber 5 Crater Lake Motors 4 Bates Candy Co 4 Valentine Cafe 4 Mail Tribune 3 Alexander and Brown 3 Quality Market 1 White City Sales 1 Courtesy Chevrolet Results: Olsen's Straus Shaw Compagnoni Clave McNeel ... 1 4 5S5 563 618 4V4 523 Mall Tribune Anderson. Liddell Mathes Monsey Spaunhorst n 492 470 462 549 514 2773 Courtesy Chev. 1 Barclav 531 Fetherston 432 MagRenti 479 Radsweit 465 Wilson 443 Valentine's (Absentee) Carr Brooks Parker Schneider 2350 Quality Mkt Lubbers Huston Kyker Henderson (Absentee) 0 533 427 366 472 531 Table Rock Gardner Neece Forney Freeman Schroeder 2329 2487 3 522 485 520 489 474 2491 4 S22 502 572 475 584 2654 Absentee White City (Absentee) (Absentee) Bex Knox 420 Henson 2139 2256 Haflvklnson's V. Knox F. Doty P. - Mathes L. Rudy F. .Baker Hitidicap (I) 499 436 401 436 474 21 M'ford Feed M.- Little MTennant H, Hawley V ' Sacchi F, Barr 506 372 475 528 489 Dauehertv Lbr. 0 I. Schroeder 513 V. Corby 372 V. Johnson 366 N. Burroughs 471 L. Learning 436 2158 0 392 496 276 365 458 Marv's Casa M. Dver V. Floate M. Larson M. Gast C. Corwin Handicap 2370 Jiik's R. Shama TL Doyon T Coats j. Hall i. Monroe .Handicap 1 372 398 400 454 417 117 2158 Crater Inn A. C-ebhart J. Hampson T. Farrar G. Ricss C. Teter 0 Beck's Bakery 4 459 Becrf 508 444 Ratty 513 429 Shinn 516 542 Spain 511 441 Sacchi 504 2315 C. I,. Motors 3 Vessev 580 Rovce 434 Lane 460 Farrar 515 Cannon 564 Bates Candy Weber Dimick Grant Weber Dixon 2553 2552 1 541 488 474 464 445 2412 A and B Boone Guldan Speer McWhorter Knapp Trail Creek 1 M. Penningt'n 409 "A. Elrod 352 ' L. Hale 344 ' L. Jantzer 398 E. Goode 436 . Handicap 170 2109 'Elk Lumber 1 D. Christians n 412 Jorsensen's C. Lowd J. Wilson S. Coulter F. Willett P. Gardner 2069 3 420 414 ' 431 I 444; 456 2165 3 427 435 358 442 510 0 48H 502 510 483 512 2493 Dad's Hideaway 4 Joe Cabler Jim Cabler Christianson Jack Cabler Bob Cabler 543 548 491 522 541 2645 Jim Swink Out To Cinch Score Toga New York U.R) High stepping Jimmy Swing of Texas Christian hopes to tune up for the Cotton Bowl this Saturday by clinching the national loot- ball scoring championship with a top-notch performance against Southern Methodist. Latest official NCAA statistics released today showed that Swink holds a three-touchdown lead over his nearest active rival and thus is likelv to become the first Southern Conference play er to lead the nation in scoring since Joel Hunt of Texas A and M who scored 128 points in 1927. Swink, the nation's third lead ing individual ground gainer, has tallied at least one toucnaown npr same this season and has a total of 113 points on 18 touch downs and five extra points. Big Ed Vereb of Maryland stands second with 96 points, Tommy McDonald of Oklahoma and Howard Hopalong Cassady of Ohio State tied for third at 90 points each, and Art Luppino of Arizona fifth at 89 points. But of this group, only McDon ald and Luppino still have an other game to play. Tied With Vereb Swing and Vereb are tied in what the NCAA calls "touch downs accounted for," that is. either running or passing. Texas Christian has another national leader in Harold Pol lard, who is tops in kicking the most extra points,. 23 of 29. Gerry Planutis of Michigan State has tried the most, 31, and is second in total with 22. But Jim Nelson of Duke has the best accuracy record for 17-more-tries 21 out of 24. And Tom Priest of Tennessee has booted all 13 of his tries. Paige Cothren of Mississippi is the top field goal artist with five, only one short of the mod ern record which he could tie or break this Saturday against Mississippi State. Hank Burnine of Missouri I. Forga V. Florey A. Tamney A. Swoaoe Handicap 4"i2 412 442 499 45 2262 Union Club V. Cummings R. Eberius E. Straus E. Ludwig M. Clark. 2172 4i I 478 487 399 501 You'll Always Find Reliability fol Uniformity o Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. 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