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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
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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
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