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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1956)
OGA Preparations Nearing Completion; Former AAU Boxing Champion Turns Pro Jack Puscas Makes Debut In Portland Jackie Puscas. 24, the 1955 national AAU lightweight box ing champion, will make his pro fessional debut in Portland next month. That was the report Sat urday from his manager and trainer, Hugh Jennings. Puscas. who has lived here and fought under the Medford Police Athletic league banner since last January, will have his first pro battle on Oct. 4 on the card featuring ex-world champ Bobo Olson and Sam Walker in a light-heavy-weight encounter. Matchmaker Tommy Moyer is looking for "a suitable opponet." Portland appearance of the lightweight battler, known throughout the northwest for his hard, lethal walloping, will write finish to a colorful am ateur ring career of more than six years duration. Major achievements for the ex-Eugene lumber mill worker during the 1956 boxing season were the Oregon and Seattle golden gloves championships. He did not seek to defend his national honors this year because of fin ancial and family considerations. Puscas has appeared in the ring 128 times. He has 107 vic tories, 87 of them by knockouts. For three consecutive years. 1952, 19o3 and 19a4. he was named the outstanding boxer of the Oregon AAU. Those same years he won the Canadian na tional Diamond Belt champion hip in his division. In 1954 Puscas was runner up for the national AAU featherweight title. He has won other Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., tourneys Favored In Europe Last fall Puscas's ability gain ed further recognition. He was named to a team of United State's amateur boxers which made a European tour. When he came to Medford last winter, Puscas stated that he had no interest in professional box ing. Since then he has had num erous offers to fight for pay. The latest was in connection with the Carmen Basilio-Johnny Sax ton fight at Syracuse, N.Y. Sept. 13. Since making the decision to turn pro, Puscas is a deadly serious boxer and has become changed and much improved. That is the report from Jennings. In spurning previous offers, Puscas has felt he owes his climb in boxing to the Oregon AAU and should maRe his debut for money in Oregon where he got his start. In Medford Puscas is working as an apprentice painter for J. Fred Paint and Wallpaper store. He displayed ability in a sport other than boxing this summer by pitching for Courtesy Chev rolet in the Jackson County Softball association. Puscas and his wife. Chloe, have an 8V-months old son, Jimmy. JACKIE PUSCAS To Become Pro SPORTS UCLA Nicks Utah 13-7 Los Angeles OJ.R) UCLA, nearly crippled by Pacific Coast conference penalties, opened the West Coast football season Fri day night with a close 13-7 vic tory over Utah before 37,083 fans in Memorial Coliseum. The team that beat the Utes was a shadow of the once-mighty Bruin elevens that dominated PCC football during the last half dozen years under the tutelage of Coach Henry Sanders. The Bruins clearly showed the effects of a PCC crackdown on pay to athletes which re stricted senior members of the football team to only five games for the season. Utah's inability to put on a sustained drive may have been the only thing that saved UCLA from defeat in the non-conference season opener. UCLA's two touchdowns came in the first quarter on a Utah fumble and in the second quarter on a 77-yard drive, sparked by senior tailback Doug Bradley who used up one of his five al lotted games. Fumble Recovered Bruin Center Jim Matheny re covered halfback Karl Jensen's fumble on the four-yard line after Utah had been pushed back to the six on a Bradley quick kick and penalized to the one for clipping. Bradley ran the ball over from the two. UCLA's only sucessful scoring drive was featured by runs of 12 and 19 yards by Tailback Don Duncan. Tailback Ed Griffin plunged over from the one-yard line. Utah's touchdown came in the fourth quarter when the Utes took over the ball on the Bruins' 28-yard line after a three-yard UCLA punt. A Bruin holding penalty moved the ball to the two where Stuart Vaughan circled left on the fourth down to score. Fast Slope Waits Cycle Competitors A fast, dust free hill awaist the motorcycle slant hill artists, who appear today to 'try and take home one of the trophies being put up by the Rogue Riv er Ramblers club. Sponsors of this event on the hill west of Phoenix hope for a large number of riders from the visiting towns as they claim the hill to be in perfect condi tion. It will be the last major event of the club this year where outside competition has an equal chance with local members. Other events will cater to organized members who have worked throughout the year. First rider of the days event will try to negotiate the hill at exactly 2 p.m. Only one ride is necesary unless that qualifiers time is beaten or tied. There will be three rides allowed for each contestant, however. John Wenker of Ashland was the pre vious winner. The hill may be reached by turning west at the Texaco Station in Phoenix and follow ing the markers on out past the Coleman creek and Pioneer road intersection. Eagle Point Raps Talent Crew 50-0 Talent Eagle Point high's strong A-2 football eleven over powered Talent of the Class B ranks 50 to 0 here Friday night. The big Eagle club, with Errol Tresham and Jack Greb, as usual assigned to the ball toting roles, held intermission advan tages of 13 to 0, 26 to 0 and 38 to 0. Tresham ran 37 yards for the first Eagle Point touchdown Greb went 25 yards for the next and Norm Hooper passed to Greb for the extra. Greb went across from the 18 in the sec ond quarter and Tresham scored from 13 yards out with Hooper hurling to Greb for a bonus. In the third quarter Eagle TDs were on 14 and 28 yard runs by Tresham. Greb ran 25 yards to tally in the fourth quarter and Ralph McClure got the last goal on pass intercep tion and eight yard dash. Eagle Point had 11 first downs to two for Talent for the game. Golf Event Begins At RVCC Oct. 5 Preparations are nearing com pletion for the annual Oregon Golf association men's medal play championships. The tour ney is slated for Oct. 5, 8 and 7 at Rogue Valley Country club, giving Medford its second major links event of the late summer and fall. The tournament will be open to all men belonging to OGA member clubs and to invited guests. There will be a senior division for entrants 50 years of age and over. Seniors entries will not be required to belong to the Oregon Senior Golfers association. Gross and net prizes in both divisions will be offered. No Handicap Limitation There will be no limitation on handicap for entrance in the tournament. Entries are to be in by Oct. 3. Competition will be over 54 holes, 18 holes per day. Golfers will play in threesomes. Be cause the senior division play, there will be no effort to tough en the course by letting the rough grow. The course will measure about 6.450 yards the first day, 6.680 the second and 6,900 the third. Greens have been fertilized and top-dressed. They will be verticut on Oct. 1. Prall To Defend Bob Prall, Salem, has said he will be on hand to defend his 1955 title. Another entry will be George Harrington, Medford, 1953 champ, and 1955 runner up. Dick Bailey and Wayne Sabine will come from Redding, Calif., Bailey, former northern California amateur and open champ, was runner-up in the 1955 Southern Oregon tourney. Ron Krieger, Portland, the OGA match play titlist, has said he will be here and Harold Weston, Portland Go.'f club, Ore gon Coast tourney champ, has made a commitment. Marvin Clark, Grants Pass, Southwest ern Oregon .tournament victor and RVCC senior champ, is an entrant. The OGA medal event will get a boost when an RVCC team plays at Eugene next Thursday and on Portland links on Fri day, and Saturday and Sunday. STANDINGS Sunday. September 23. 19S6 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEH NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn ... Milwaukee Cincinnati . St. Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh .. New York .. Chicago . 87 . 73 . 98 90 Prt. GB .599 .397 .384 2 .5110 14 'i .459 20 la .439 23!, .430 25 -392 30 ii Saturday'! Results New York 2 Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 1 Cincinnati 6 St. Louis 4 Chicago 5 Milwaukee 4 110 innings) AMERICAN LEAGUE X-New Yofli . 94 Cleveland 85 Chicago 82 Boston - 80 Detroit 77 Baltimore 64 Washington 58 Kansas Citv 49 X Clinched pennant Prt. GB .639 .574 9 It .562 ll'j 541 14!, .524 7 .435 30 .392 36 'i 333 45 Colleg Park. Md. (U.R) Maryland halfback Howie Dare was stricken with yellow jaun dice Friday and is lost to the Terrapins indefinitely. Univer sity officials said Dare would be sidelined at least two weeks and might be out the entire .season. Hunters Attention Factory Built Ben Hur CAMPING TRAILER with steel bed. Makes two full size beds. Complete with xip pered tent. Can b erected in minutes. New condition. Sea At DEAVER Tractor & Implement Co. 634 No. Central Ave., Medford New York (U.R) Halfback Gene Filipski, a former star at Army and Villanova, was ac quired by the New York Giants Saturday from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a draft choice next year." . i COLLEGE OTBALL FIRST Televised Game SATURDAY SEPT. 29 MICHIGAN vs. UCLA Portion of Game Following Baseball KBES-TV Brought To You By 1 CONCRETE CO. Phone 2-5271 248 E. McAndrewi Rd. 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