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G o Rams Chosen Over Green Bay Packers0 By EARL WRIGHT The crippled Los Angeles Rams are favored to whip the Green Bay Packers today and make Sid Gillma-n the second coach ever to come directly from a college campus and win a Na tional Football League division title on the first try. Adam Walsh pulled the trick with the Cleveland Rams in 1945. Los Angeles, leading the run- ner-up Chicago Bears by a half- game in the Western Division, is a 6V2 point choice although star pass catchers Bob Boyd and El roy Hirsch are injured and may &ot play. Tom Fears, the other top Ram receiver, also is hurt but will play' in the Memorial Coliseum contest which will draw at least 75,000 fans. Bears are Favorites 'The Bears, only team with a chance to catch Los Angeles, are 7'2 point favorites for their regular season wind-up against the Philadelphia Eagles at Chi cago. The Rams can win the title by defeating or tying the Packers All 12 NFL teams end their 1955 campaigns today. The Cleveland Browns, who clinched the Eastern titl last Sunday, will defend the league cham pionship in the title game at Los Angeles or Chicago Dec. 26. Cleveland ends its regular sea son by entertaining the Chicago Cardinals. In the other windups, the San Francisco Forty-Niners play host to the Baltimore Colts; the New York Giants visit the De tToit Lions and the Washington Redskins play host to the Pitts burgh Steelers. Compton Defeats Jones JC in Jr. Rose Bowl Game Pasadena, Calif. U.R) Compton college, playing with out the services of vaunted halfback Jim Waddell,' won a hard-fought 22-13 junior rose bowl victory from Jones JC of Mississippi. A record crowd of 57,132 fans sat in on the post season foot ball classic among two-year colleges and were never certain until midway through the final period which team would be the victor. Leading 20-13, Compton scor ed a safety with less than seven "minutes to play. Deep in Jones territory, the Tartars had a pass intercepted by leflt halfback Ronnie' Williams. On the next play, Compton's Bob Gudath piled on Williams to gain the safety which iced the game. It was the first safety in the his tory of the junior rose bowl game. Compton started the scoring in the first period when left end Charlie McNeil voted most valuable player of the game on an end around took a handoff from quarterback Bunny Al drich and scampered 74 yards for a touchdown. Al White's try for extra point was blocked. THE SANDS WINS SAN BRUNO San Bruno, Calif. OI.R) Lightly regarded, The Sands came out of the pack at the turn for home today, grabbed the lead and held off the fast closing Count Chic to win the $23,700 San Bruno stakes at Tanforan. FROMHART SONORED St. Louis, Mo U.R Mis souri Valley Conference coaches Saturday named Wally From hart, silver-thatched mentor of the University of Detroit, as "coach of the year" and named a 12-man All-Valley team. 'Silly Bill' 1 o 1 o WITH ANY GAS PURCHASE IT'S FUN TO BUY GAS AT Souchak Leads 1 In Miama Open Miami, Fla. (U.R) Mike Souchak, Duke's football star turned pro golfer, spurted out of the pack in the 512,500 Miami Open Saturday with a five-under-par 65 for a two-stroke lead at the end of the second round. The burly Souchak's 133 total seven strokes under par for 3 holes gave him a favored front runner's role for tomor row's final round. The tourna ment was cut to 54 holes when a rain cancelled the first day's play. Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pa., the 1954 national amateur champion turned pro, equaled Souchak's 5, best of the tourney, to wind up in a tie with three others for the runner-up spot. Also carding 135's were E. J (Dutch) Harrison of St. Louis with a second round 66; Jay He- bert, Woodmere, N. Y., with a 67, and Frank Stranahan, To ledo, O., 68. Hornets Trip Comet Quint Central Point Hedrick junior high ninth graders of Medford poured m 23 points in the final stanza here Friday af ternoon to subdue the Crater high freshmen 53 to 40. It was a game which picked up tempo as it progressed. The count at the end of the first quarter was 4 to 2 with Crater leading. Hedrick fought to 19 to 16 half time edge and after the third period still had a three-point advantage 30 to 27. Bill Maurer spurred the vic torious Hornets with 20 points. Wayne Allen tossed in 16 for the Comets. Season Opened The conflict was the season opener for the Hedrick conflict. Much of Hornet practice has been without baskets to shoot at but the Medford nine appear ed to have found its shooting eye in the late stages of the game. The Crater Frosh suffered their second setback. Ashland beat them 50 to 40 in that out ing. Allen scored 14 for the Comets while Patzke got 19 and Taylor 17 for Ashland. LINE-UPS: Hedrick 53 40 Crater Peek 7 f 2 Davis Maurer 20 f 16 Allen Rasmussen 6 c 6 Barnes Harvey 10 g 4 Bennett Monroe 5 g 4 Fowler Substitutions For Hedrick, Whaley 1. Winetrout 4. Devorde. Jones. Em- mens: for Crater. Michaels 6. White 2, Beach, Clark, Legler. Gonzales Takes Tennis Opener i New York (U.R; For a suy who was "scared to death," Pan- cho Gonzales did a marvelous job of ruining Tony Trabert's professional tennis debut. The swarthy, gangling Cal ifornian helped launch Jack Kramer's newest tour Friday night at Madison Square Garden with a thunderous comeback that enabled him to down Tra bert, 9-11, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 before 10,421 fans. "For the first time in my pro tennis career, I was scared to death," Gonzales said after his thrilling victory. "I knew Tra bert was good, but I didn't know he was as good as he turned out to be. I think he'll get tougher, too, as we go along on this tour." . . Seattle Pacific Slaps Pioneed Aggregation Seattle (U.R) Seattle Pacific walloped Lewis & Clark, 72-50 in a basketball game here Fri day night. It was the Seattle club's third straight win. Loren Anderson and Bill Marston were the big factors in the Falcons' victory. Anderson scored 21 points and Marston 19. DANCING CLOWN $1.98 Value . Lovable polka dot cloth covered, cotton-stuf f ed clown, 24" tal Hold the elastic band, he dances. Appeals to chil dren of all ages. ' I , . , , .J rpn fm'-Z 1 !f? SETTLING DOWN As his wife beams approval, Eddie Joost tears up a roadmap in their Burlingame, Calif, home to .signify limited travel from home from now on. Eddie had just accepted the job to pilot the San Francisco Seals. His baseball background was a noteworthy career with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Redlegs, Cleveland Indians, and finally as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. MedfordTribune rpflDnnrs Outstanding Grid Players Honored At Hedrick JH The first annual father and son football banquet of the Hedrick junior high parent teacher association was held De cember 6 in the school cafeteria. About 170 fathers and sons at tended. The newly-formed PTA was in carge, with a committee of moth ers making all arrangements. Mrs. Lee Mellish was chairman. Dr. Mellish, president of the PTA, was in charge of the pro gram. He' introduced Vincent Bevis, principal, Leonard May field, superintendent of Medford schools, and Lee Ragsdale, di rector of physical education for Medford schools. Coaches Introduced All coaches of the schools also were introduced. They includ ed Bruce Nelson, 7th grade. Blue squad; Bob Work, 7th -rade Red squad; Kerl Kahle, 8th grade; Bernie Averill, 8th and 9th grade assistant; and Barney Riggs, head football coach and 9th grade coach. Riggs presented awards to the oustanding player on each team, Danny Sieg, fullback, 7th; John Frohnmayer, guard, 8th; and Pete Rasmussen, fullback, 9th. ive Her HUMMINGBIRD rA gift to present proudly 7 hose to flatter her lovely legs with perfect fit, filmy sheerness, color-cued to her costumes. Furthermore, a $0 practical gift, for these nylon hose will give her long, satisfactory wear. Attractively gift boxed, too. Choose a complete hosiery wardrobe and win Christmas kisses. $135 O $055 PR. PR. m 50 PR. Waltonians Meet On Monday Night Discussion of screening advo cated by the Izaak Walton League at Savage Rapids dam is planned Monday night at a meeting of the Jackson County chapter. The meeting will be in the Pioneer room of the Jackson ho tel at 7:30 p.m. Cole Rivers, fish biologist, and Charles Shep ard, game biologist, of the Ore gon State Game Commission will be speakers. Reports on the recent state convention at Bend also will be heard. The. Oregon division of the IWL passed a resolution on the Savage Rapids screening at the convention. Members seek ac tion by state and federal authori ties to get the necessary congres sional appropriation. Screening would protect downstream mi grating fish from destruction in the trubines. Bob Newland, backfield coach and track coach for Medford senior high, was guest speaker. He read "What is a Football Player," by Herman Hickman. Football letters were awarded at a school assembly December 9. 2$85 PR. rown Fluhrer Building 15 Morris, Chapman Receive Webfoot Gridiron Letters University of Oregon, Eugene A pair of former Medford high school stars, Norm Chap man and Jack Morris, were both named for varsity football let ters last week at University of Oregon. Chapman and Morris, both sophomores on the Duck squad, had outstanding seasons as Coach Len Casanova's Webfoots came up with a 6-4 season mark and fourth place in the Pacific Coast conference. Chapman, a 190-pound center, was consistently a standout on defense for the Webfoots, while speedy Morris carried a heavy load of the Duck backfield load at fullback. Morris was named on three all-opponent teams as a sopho more and was well regarded by the Webfoot coaching staff for his fine ball carrying and block ing. The bruising 190-pound full back set a new Oregon scoring record of 68 points. He scored eight touchdowns and connect ed on 20 of 25 conversions. This pair, along with 20 other non-graduating lettermen, will form the nucleus of the 1956 Oregon team. MORRIS HELPS AT MEET McMinnville Howard Mor ris, Medford, ex-Crater high ath lete, helped keep the official score' book here this week end during the Linfield college Old Grads basketball tournament. Linfield lettermen were in charge of the tourney which drew- high school teams coach ed by graduates of the McMinn ville school. Morris is a sopho more and two-year varsity foot ball letterman. TURPIN TO RESUME CAREER New York (U.R) Former mid dleweight champion Randy Tur pin of England sailed for home Friday to resume 'his boxing career. Turpin came to the Unit ed States four weeks ago to de fend in a $100,000 civil damages suit by a New York secretary. The case was settled out of court for $3,500. HOAD WINS VICTORIAN Milbourne, Australia (U.R) Lew Hoad, Australia's Davis tennis star, was extended to the limit today before defeating young Ashley Cooper in the singles final of the Victorian Tennis Tournament, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. CONFUSION IN UTAH Salt Lake City (U.R) Utah, as most people . know, was founded by a pioneer named Brigham Young. And Utah Gov ernor J. Bracken Lee is noted as something of a pioneer him self, since he recently said he won't pay his income tax be cause the federal government is spending too much of it on for eign aid. An eastern letter writer apparently has confused the two. Lee has received a letter ad dressed to Gov. J. Bracken Young. ovclicsl in town South Central Sunday December 11, 195S Police Clarify Applegate Rule Regulations applying to win ter fishing in the Applegate river have been clarified by state police. The Applegate season for trout not less than 12 inches in length is January 1 to February 28. Police said that all the river below the mouth of the Little Applegate will be open with the exception of tributaries and a portion between Laurelhill dam and Williams creek. The dam area restriction re sults from the fact that the fish "pile up" there. Limit is not more than three fish in any one day and not more than six fish in any seven consecutive days or in posses sion. BOWLING INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Snoboys took a firmer hold on the lead in the Industrial league Friday night by winning all four from American Legion. Telephone Employees took over second place with a four game victory over Richfield Oil Co. Darwin Morehouse just missed joining the 600 club, by turning in the high series of 599. Clay Morrison rolled high game of 234. ftandings: W. L. nobbys 13 3 T.E.A.A 11 5 V.F.W., Central Point 10 6 Jaycees 9 7 City Appliance 9 7 I.O.F 8 8 Donna Timber Products 8 8 American Legion 7 9 Medford Steel Co. 7 9 Richfield Oil Co: 6 10 V. A. Engineers 4 12 Local 9208 C.W.A. 4 12 Results: V. A. Engineers 0 Med. Steel 4 B. Findley 463 T. Tarvin 410 B. Doran 359 B. Chriss 428 B. Codv 439 D. Hawkins 417 H. Pettit 458 R. Eastsate 414 M. Ament 437 R. Edwards 486 Handicap 138 2156 2293 Local 9208 0 Donna Timber (4) E. Lenz 443 Joe Monroe 470 J. Martin 469 L. Swinney 497 T. Foster 412 E. Harris 401 D. Knowles 371 C. McBeth 461 L. Brown 392 B. Perdue 440 Handicap 6 2087 2275 Jaycees 1 City Appliance (3) B. Foster 506 J. Monroe 421 B. Bernardl 451 G. Eads 504 M. DeHeart 419 B. Thornton 372 J. Asher 404 H. Withrow 481 J. Walsh 413 D. Morehouse 599 2193 2277 (3) I. O. F. 1 V.F.W. J. D. Lubbers 419 Christiansen 429 B. Simmonds 427 A. Bohannan 552 C. Morrison 453 L. Carr 471 H. Vessey Jr. 483 H. Baker 482 B. Porter 402 L. Graham 562 Handicap 42 2226 247S Richfield 0 G. Culy 488 G. Andersen 390 E. Kennedy 428 W. Nelson 435 D. Kreer 395 T.E.A.A. (4) John Martin 446 B. Doescher 363 H. Hickman M. Walker J. Strobel Handicap 468 579 465 195 2136 2316 (4) 520 376 325 483 516 Am. Legion G. Stewart C. Epps H. Fuller . P. Patterson C. Tennant Handicap 0 426 413 416 413 444 Snoboys G. Russell V. Lowe J. Maclnnes E. Dwight T. Couch 3 2115 2220 tegs NYLONS I I NYLONS Packed especially for Buster Brown. The Best Buy in Town. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN BYU Cagers Turn Back Oregon 72-61 Provo, Utah (U.R) Terry Tebbs scored 23 points to lead Brigham Young to a 72-61 inter- sectional basketball victory over Oregon here Friday night. The -Webfoots set up a tight defense against Tebbs and kept the Cougar ace pretty much in check for most of the first half. But the BYU deadeye broke loose for a 12-point scoring spree to put the Utah five ahead, 35-31, at halftime. From then on, Brigham Young had the game under control. When Oregon put its blanket defense on Tebbs in the third quarter, Ed Pinegar took over the scoring chores to keep BYU in front. Pinegar scored 19 points for runnerup honors. Jerry Ross led the Webfoots with 13. Denver (U.R) Athletic direct ors and faculty officials voted Saturday to revive the freshman rule in the Rocky Mountain Football Conference in the fall of 1957. YOU TOO CAN SEE IN THE DARK LOOK INTO THE MISTY PAST.. GET THE USED CAR FORMER OWNER'S NAME ADDRESS PHONE CERTIFIED MILEAGE MECHANIC'S DIAGNOSIS REPAIR DONE ACCIDENT HISTORY ONLY AT DEAN & TAYLO PONTIAC 6th & Grape GOOD NEWS! Just in Time for Christmas Gifts! yjy Pr. da Pr. Crater Falls To Oakridge Oakridge Oakridge high de feated the Crater basketball quint 42 to 25 here Friday night. The home club led at inter missions 12 to 5, 20 to 15 and 30 to 21. The visiting Comets missed a high percentage of their shots. MORRAL LEADS PUNTERS East Lansing, Mich. 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