TEK MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. October It. ISSt
Fanfare
Br DICK JEWETT
Mjil Tribune Sports Editor
Recheck of statistics shows
that Medford had the edge in
total net yards from scrimmage
in the Friday football game, not
7 Klamath Falls as reported Sun
day. Omission and some faulty
addition left 43 yards off the to
tal of the Black Tornado. The
retabulation gives the Medford
prepsters 313 yards on the
ground rather than the previ
ously listed 270. Total Medford
net thereby becomes 339 to Kla
math's 318. The Tornado got 256
in the second half.
Even the corrected totals, of
course, are not official and "on
the nose" since they were taken
from a press box view of the
conflict and do not represent
"itepped-off" yardage.
An omission in the figures
printed Sunday was Bobby Gee's
28-yard touchdown run. With
that added he had a 59 net in
the game for nine carries for a
6.5 yard average per pack.
Campaign For Game
It's always unwise to count the
chickens before they hatch. Yet
it's practical to be ready for pos
sibilities. The Medford high foot
ball squad looms the favorite to
7 win its district. And there's good
reason to believe that the Tor
nado will go into the semi-finals
in A-l competition. If the Tor
nado docs win District 6, it def-
-r initely will play its state quar
ter final game in Medford. And,
if it should take that tussle, the
semi-final engagement could be
here also.
The Oregon School Activities
plan for the football champion
ship play-offs among A-l schools
stipulates that "the location of
the semi-final and champion
ship games shall be decided by
the board of control." Right now
there's only strong hope and
great confidence that Medford's
high-powered club will go that
far. Still it's not too early for
Black Tornado supporters to
atart a campaign to urge the
board to bring the semi here.
It will take a lot of doing but
the Pear Capital has some strong
talking points. Medford has one
of the finest football plants in
the state and the ever high in
terest in the sport which virtu
ally assures a capacity crowd.
We are not entirely certain yet
but pretty sure that, outside of
Portland schools. Medford can
offer more stadium capacity
than any of the schools from
which would come the other
semi-finalist. And there's more
chance of Medford having good
weather for the game.
The championship fuss is just
about certain to be set for Port
land, as it has been in past re
cent seasons.
games in a row over Oregon riv
als. The 1954 game was played
at Areata in miserable wet and
cold on a rainsoaked, muddy and
slippery gridiron. In the face of
this adverse weather and not
helped any by overconf idence.
the Tornado met an inspired
Eureka Logger team and went
down to defeat 12 to 7.
This year Medford invades the
Logger camp as Oregon's No. 2
ranked club and rated only a
shade behind the No. 1 team.
Along with that it carries a rec
ord of five victories, one tie and
no defeats. That's the prestige
the Tornado will strive to up
hold and incentive will be the
memory of 1954. To some hands
it's a vivid recollection.
Eureka does not have the high
ly regarded club it had two sea
sons back. But the Loggers play
a wide open game, have a well
balanced attack and may pro
vide a rough challenge to Med
ford ambitions to keep its un
defeated record intact.
Buc, Tornado
Teams Hold
To Top Spots
Portland (U.R) Marsh
field retained a slim hold on
first place today in the weekly
Journal coaches' poll as Ore
. gon's top high school football
learn.
Marshfield bad 76 out of a
possible 80 points, a two-point
bulge over second place Med
ford. Gresham was third and
Eugene fourth.
THE STANDINGS:
Team Points
1. Marshfield ; 78
2. Medford 74
3. Gresham 59
4. Eugene ..50
5. Beaverton . 41
6. Astoria 37
7. McMinnville 32
8. Albany 30
9. Grants Pass 10
10. - Benson
Others: Lincoln 8. Spring
field 5: Parkrose 3; Pendleton
3; Ontario 2. South Salem 1;
La Grande 1.
iP(Dinnr
Rose Bowl Picture Could
Be Even More Confusing
Same Situation
The Medford high griddcrs.
heading to Eureka, Calif., for a
scuffle on Friday night, will find
themselves in about the same
situation as the 1954 team. And
it is the hope and aim of every
Tornado stalwart this year to
make up for the disaster suffer
ed by that former aggregation.
The Tornado went south at
that time bearing high prestige
and the riting as Oregon's No.
1 team. It had won six straight
BY HOWARD APPLEGATE
United Press Sports Writer
Portland (U.R) Probably
never before was a Rose Bowl
race so muddled. And the pros
pects are that the picture won't
get much clearer until the end ol
the season.
Fumbling Oregon, loser of two
straight, still has a chance to go
to Pasadena. Oregon State, look
ing better all the time, has even
a better chance.
Should either the Ducks or
Beavers defeat Stanford they
could gain the inside track. If
they both beat Stanford, the na
tionally - televised Oregon-OSC
game at Corvallis Thanksgiving
day could decide the 1957 PCC
entry at Pasadena.
Three Teams Ineligible
The unusual state of affairs is
brought about, of course, because
UCLA, Southern California and
Washington aren't eligible for
the Rose Bowl. This leaves Ore
gon State, Stanford, California,
Oregon, WSC and Idaho. '
Idaho can be scratched right
now. The Vandals have lost three
PCC games in three starts with
one to play.
Washington State has lost two
PCC games and faces a rough
schedule. California has lost
three out of four and although
only one was to a PCC team, the
Golden Bears still face UCLA,
Southern Cal, Oregon, Washing
ton and Stanford.
Oregon isn't in good shape as
of the moment. The Ducks have
lost two PCC games in a row and
still face Stanford, WSC, South
ern Cal, California and OSC.
Oregon State has dropped one
PCC game but has been looking
better and must be considered
the most serious threat to Stan.
ford at present. The Beavers still
face WSC, UCLA, Washington,
Stanford, Idaho and Oregon.
Stanford has lost two out of
four but has played only one
conference game, winning from
WSC. But it was Stanford which
voted against allowing seniors
at UCLA and USC to play in any
five consecutive games and it's
no secret that the latter two have
arranged it so their top stars
will be in against the Indians.
But even should Stanford fall
before these teams, it could still
breeze to a Rose Bowl, bid by
winning the others. That's why
this Saturday's game at Eugene
and the Nov. 10 Oregon State-
Stanford game at Palo Alto take
on such importance from the
Rose Bowl standpoint.
: All 34 Jayvees
3 See Much Action
Against Pelicans
Thirty - four Medford High
: school junior varsity footballers
; made the trip to Klamath Falls
last Saturday and all played a
: lot as the Tornado smothered
' the Pel jayvees 40 to 2.
' The Medfordites took a while
; to start clicking but had a 14 to
1 0 lead after one quarter and
I were on top 27 to 0 after three
Z stanzas.
Fred Funston went the last
; two yards on a 45-yard TD drive
; for Medford and John Harvey
r tallied from 12 yards out to end
' a 60-yard campaign. Johnny
; Jones romped 24 yards for a
; touchdown and went 20 yards
: for another after Don Mann re
" covered a fumble on the Klam
" ath 45-yard line.
Ron Reich ran 20 and 60 yards
; for touchdowns on pass inter-
; ceptions.
Coaches Run
Grid Drills
Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Coach
Tommy Prothro, expecting an
aerial attack from Washington
State Saturday, sent the Ore
gon State Beavers through ex
tensive pass defense tactics to
day. Prothro warned that the Cou
gars probably will employ a
wide open attack that will
threaten to score from anywhere
on the field.
Eugene. Ore. (U.R) In
jured backs Jim Shanley and
Hank Loumena reported to the
University of Oregon practice
field Monday and should be
ready for Saturday's game
against Stanford, according to
Coach Len Casanova.
Shanley was knocked out dur
ing the Washington game but
appeared to suffer no ill effects.
Loumena was feared to have
reinjured a bad knee but it turn
ed out to be only a bruise. Cas
anova planned to concentrate on
offense and pass defense dur
ing workouts this week.
Sooners Keep
No. 1 Rating;
USC Ninth
New York (U.R) The
United Press college football
ratings with first-place votes and
season records in parentheses:
School Points
1. Oklahoma 24 (3-0) 325
2. Michigan State 8 (3-0) 318
3. Ga. Tech 2 (3-0) 244
4. Ohio State (3-0) 225
5. Tex. Christian' 1 (3-0) 207
6. Tennessee (3-0) 141
7. Michigan (2-1) 124
8. Mississippi (4-0) 107
9. S. California (3-0) 105
10. Baylor (4-0) 25
Second 10 teams: 11 tie, Tex
as A&M and Miami, Fla. 20
each; 13, Purdue, 16; 14, Syra
cuse, 12; 15, Iowa. 11; 16, Pitts
burgh. 5; 17, Stanford, 4; 18 tie.
Oregon State, Clemson and
Washington, 3 each.
Duck Hoopsters
Start Practice
Eugene lli.R) The University
of Oregon opened basketball
practice yesterday afternoon
with new coach Steve Belko
putting 30 players, including six
lettermen. through their paces.
Lettermen include Charlie
Franklin. Ed Bingham, Hal
Duffy, Wimp Hastings, Johnny
Lundell and Bill Moore. Phil
McHugh, another letterman, is
on the football team and won't
report until late in November.
Opens opens its season against
Portland U. at Corvallis Dec. 7.
Facts on Nitrogen Fertilizing
Depth of
NH3 Placement
Experiment station tests prove placing
the NH3 at the right depth is as important
as applying the correct amount. To bene
fit plants fully and produce maximum
yields, application depth should be at
least six inches below soil surface.
Shell NH3 is applied six to eight
inches below soil surface. Crops get
full benefit. Ton get fail value from
your fertilizer dollar. That's one
reason why Shell NH3 Service in
your SURE way to fertilize with
nitrogen.
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MEDFORD, PHONE 2-6181
Crater, Ashland In Only
District 6 A-l Skirmish;
Medford Goes To Eureka
Crater plays at Ashland in
the District 6 A-l football action
this week while two counting
games each are billed for Dis
trict 8 A-2 southern division
and the Jackson County B
league (western half of District
5B).
Medford high's potent Black
Tornado, still ranked as the grid
giant of southern Oregon, takes
time out from the A-l district
race this Friday. The Tornado
travels to meet its traditional
California foe, Eureka. It will
be Medford's first game away
from home turf this season after
a string of six encounters here.
Grants Pass, tied for first
with Medford in the district
and Southern Oregon confer
ence, also steps out of league
activity to play -host to Rose
burg on Friday. The schedule
shows an open date for Klam
ath Falls.
Crater will play at Ashland
on Friday. The schools up until
last year when Ashland rose
into A-l were A-2 opponents.
This will be their first meeting
with both in A-l category.
Three tiffs are slated in Dis
trict A-2's southern sector on
Friday. Phoenix faces Henley
at Klamath Falls, Glendale plays
Illinois Valley at Cave Junction
and Eagle Point journeys to
Brookings. This is Brookings
first year in football. The school
is not contending for district
laurels and its games, reported
ly, won't count in official
standings. EP and Brookings
will have afternoon action as
well.
Medford will be the scene of
two Jackson County B loop
scrapes. Talent playing St
Mary's on Friday night at the
stadium and Jacksonville pity
ing host to Rogue River on
Saturday night.
Grid Scandals Give
Hill Greatest Team
By HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
San Francisco (U.R) The
Pacific Coast conference "foot
ball scandals" may have killed
the goose laying the golden egg
in some quarters, but the bans
may help to give Coach Jess
Hill of Southern California his
finest football team.
This is Hill's last year as head
coach of the Trojans he steps
up to athletic director next year
and naturally, he would like
to bow out with a perfect rec
ord. To date, he has wins over Tex
as, Oregon State and Wisconsin.
Loaded with Talent
This is a far cry from the ac
cepted USC start. The Trojans
usually lose one of two of their
first three games, then come on
fast to win down the home
stretch.
The alibi has been: "USC has
so much talent that the coaches
can't separate the wheat from
the chaff for the first few
weeks."
The PCC explosion this year
may have helped solve that prob
lem. The seniors involved in the
so-called "scandals" can play
only half of the games five
each, to be exact.
So Hill divided the "five-game
men" into early season and late
season squads. Included on the
squad from the 12 men are such
stars as halfbacks Jon Arnett,
tackle George Belotti, tackle
Fabian Abram and quarterback
Frank Hall, who are playing the
first half of the schedule.
The second half stars will in
clude the great fullback, Jim
Decker.
So Hill, who has been a great
success himself in professional
baseball, track and field and
just about any other sport he
turns to, may have the pleasure
of wrecking the rest of the PCC
squads.
This week the Trojans re
sume their conference schedule
against another club that felt
the wrath of the investigators:
Washington.
The Huskies have three wins
over Idaho, Illinois and Oregon
and a lone defeat to Minnesota.
Neither team is eligible to go
to the Rose Bowl but both would
get a sort of sweet revenege by
whipping the rest of the "good
boys" in the conference.
In other PCC games. Stanford
; takes on Oregon, California
meets UCLA and Washinaton
State plays Oregon State. Idaho
is idle.
Outside the conference, maor
games send College of Pacific
against Marquette, San Jose
State against San Diego State:
Arizona against New Mexico and
Arizona against New Mexico
and Arizona Tempe State against
Hardin-Simmons.
WISCONSIN HUNTING
. Madison, Wis. (U.R) Wiscon
sin hunters bagged an estimated
826,453 deer in hunting seasons
from 1932 through 1954, accord
ing to surveys by the Wisconsin
Conservation. Department. War
dens also seized 18,896 deer that
were killed illegally during hunt
ing seasons of the 23-year period.
OLD HOUSES
Salem, Mass. (U.R) Stand
ing together here are the House
of Seven Gables (1668), the
Hathaway House (1682), and the
Retire Becket House (1655). It is
the only group of three 17th cen
tury houses on the same grounds
in New England.
FORT TO GO
Newport, R. I. (U.R) His
toric Fort Adams,' which never
has been fired on during its 131
years, soon will be razed by the
Navy.
Big 10 Will Hold Confab
Chicago (U.R) Rules changes
to clearly define what Big Ten
schools can do to recruit and as
sist athletes will be proposed to
the conference in December as
the result of a previously secret
survey report on current prac
tices. Though the current aids and
policies on recruiting are "legal"
and within present conference
rules, the amounts granted in
aid and the methods of recruit
ing have become a matter of
"concern" to conference offi
cials. Alreadv one recommendation
to restrict aid has been approved
in principle by the conference at
a special meeting in August.
This will require that aid to
athletes be given completely on
a basis of need, with "need"
defined by a hard and fast
formula and assessed by an in
dependent agency.
The voluminous "secret re
port," which circulated to the
presidents of conference insti
tutions, athletic directors and
faculty representatives, was pre
pared by a six-man committee.
It was said to be blunt and
shocking in its presentation
Boxer To Train
In Portland
Portland (U.R) Johnny Hol
man, eighth ranked heavyweight
nationally, set up his training
camp here yesterday for his
scheduled 10-rounder before a
nationwide television audience
against Eddie Machen Oct. 24.
The 201-pounder from Chi
cago will work out at Barnes
veterans hospital in Vancouver,
Wash., for the bout against
seventh-ranked Machen at the
Portland armory.
The fight, slated for 6 p.m.,
will be the first nationally tele
vised bout from the northwest.
A personal
invitation
to the people of
MEDFORD
from the innkeeper of the Benson on Broadway
in Portland, Oregon
On behalf of all of the. members of the staff of the new Ionian
Grill and' Piccadilly Bar in the Hotel Benson, I'st proud to
extend a warm invitation to visit our hotel on your next trip
to Portland. I know that you will be pleased with the English
atmosphere the antique tin rooster, the ancient weather
vane, the huge British scales in our completely new London
Grill, and 1 am sure that the highlight of your trip will be
the dinner that we serve you. f
Those of your friends who have dined with us have told you
that the London Grill is Portland's finest, and we know that
you will agree with them. We have a collection of cartoons
from Punch magazine as well as an original oil painting by
the famous Punch cartoonist, Rowland Emett and decorations
that would make the London Grill a fascinating place to visit
even if it weren't for the wonderful menu.
Here are some of the foods on our menu many of them pre
pared right at your table and it makes my mouth water Just
to write them: 5hish Kabob ; Butterfly Mew York Cut Steak;
Char-broiled Golden Broad-breast Chicken Half ; Fresh Pacif ie
Lobster; London Style Planked Char-broiled Ground Sirloin ,
Steak; Caesar Salad; Limestone Lettuce Salad; Coffee Welling-s
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