Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 30, 1956, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Textt TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Fanfare There's a statement under a picture caption in last Satur day's Grants Pass Courier which gives a warning of what the Medford High school football team can expect this Friday when it meets the GP Cavemen 'in the battle for the District 6 A-l championship. J It concerns the GP 29 to 7 tri umph over Klamath Falls and states that coaches "gave credit to crushing blocks and bone barring tackles by the Cavemen generally for most of the team's success .. ." i In his story on the game, the Courier sportswriter, George tCurtis, raves about Caveman halfback Chuck Lasher, saying fthat he "was as hard to find as a ghost on a stormy night as he ran the Pelicans ragged at Klam ath's Modoc field." Curtis said that a good share of the time 'Lasher was hiding behind the 'hard-charging Grants Pass line and the blocking of fellow backs but at other times relied on .sheer speed and elusiveness. The scatback touchcowned three times against the Pels on two. .23 and 45 yard runs and a 48 ;yard jaunt set up the two- 'yarder. A 60-yard run by Lasher was called back. FULL POTENTIAL On basis of season record and comparison on paper, the Black Tornado looms the stronger club and will be fa vored over the Cavemen when it goes out to prove the point at Grants Pass on Fri day. But the Medfordites will be called upon to produce their full potential against a GP gang which has improved and gained momentum and confidence as the season pro gressed and which will have the advantage of its home soil and huge home crowd for the I first lime in three seasons. Both clubs possess good tal ent in the backfield with the capable quarterbacking, pass ing and breakaway running. Although the Cavemen prob ably have the edge in passing threat. Medford looks better rounded and deeper in the overall back field picture. (That's ventured with no first hand look at the Cavemen.) The fact that Medford's seven victories have been gained decisively and that GP has pushed over at least four touchdowns in each of five of its games, could mean, with a good break in the weather, a high scoring contest. Still aside from the breaks and keyed up morale, the success of the respective rugged, bruising lines in opening 4he holes for their backs and of the lines and linebackers in stopping offensive thrusts will be the decisive factor. And this department will be ssrprised if there is much mar gin between the clubs on the scoreboard at the final whistle. LIME BURNS AGAIN In the last few days we have read of players in two games being burned by hot lime used to line high school football field's. There's no excuse. Some drastic action should be taken. As we recall the Oregon School Activities association, after sev eral incidents, banned the lime last year. W'e don't recall any teeth being put in the ban. Possibly a penalty severe as suspending a school from ath letic competition for a year should be assessed. Still that would penalize the athletes who are not to blame. Perhaps, a considerable fine would be the answer. There are cases, of course, where a school has Un knowlingly acquired sacks of caustic field mariing material. And it, would seem that said school 'would have cause for civil suit, if not criminal action. Medford athletes have been safe on their home turf. The Medford schools use agricultural gypsum for lining their grid irons and stadium track. HEALTH SECTION WARNS A warning that use of lime on football fields could cause irritation of the eyes, mucous membranes and upper respira tory tracts has been issued by the .occupational health sec tion of the state board of health. Dr. Ralph R. Sullivan, director of lhe section, point ed out that calcium oxide, which includes quicklime, un slaked lime, burnt lime and "hot" lime, is extremely caus tic in itself and also develops great heat when water is added. He said that calcium hydroxide, also known as hy drated lime and slaked lime, has caustic action but it con sidered less irritating, than hot lime. The doctor urged athletic directors to use a sub stitute product such as gyp sum or chalk fr marking fields. GERMAN VIEW How do Germans regard the U.S. brand of football which is played by service troops in their country: The following was reprinted in the Stars and Stripes from the newspaper, Schweinfurter Tagblatt: "A rugby game which took place in Schweinfurt Saturday between the 86th U.S. Regiment and the 3rd U.S. Regiment at Aschaffenburg turned out to be a.real people's festival. '"The band of the Schweinfurt MAIL TRIBUNE By DICK JEWETT Mii Tribune Sporti Editor Crusaders (i.e. the 86th Inf.) opened the meet with music. Then the 'matador' of football came. The Brave Rifles of As chaffenburg, dressed in blue shirts, tight yellow britches, nd striped sox sat down on benches which were put across from the tribune. The Schweinfurt Cru saders, dressed in white shirts, blue britches and also striped socks also lined up in front of the tribune. FOUR ZEBRAS "In addition to the two teams there were four zebras who fre quently could not catch their breath during the match because they had to whistle so often. They were dressed in black and white striped shirts, white pants with a red handkerchief look ing out their back pockets and black sox. One of them even had a black mustaches which gave him the appearance of an athlete of 1906. The purpose of the handkerchief is not to stimu late the players but it is thrown into the air at moments most exciting. . "After the band had played some more marches the teams assumed their starting positions. One of them took the ball and tried to run in the direction of the goal. However, he did not get far. The opponents attacked him like in the Middle Ages the knight attacked the marchants. The player fell down and the opponents jumped on him. The umpire waved his Tiand, where upon the cruel play started anew." Bobby Cox Hits Jackpot New York (U.R) Quater back Bobby Cox of Minnesota, who benched himself all last year while completing his trans fer from the University of Wash ington, hit the jackpot for the second week in a row. With his second consecutive Saturday of sensational football, the Huskie turned Gopher scor ed twice and set up a third touchdown against mighty Mich igan last week end and for that has been picked as a repeater in the United Press backfield-of- the-week. Selected with Cox . as the week's top four collegiate backs were Jimmy Brown of Syracuse, Abe Woodson of Illinois and John Brodie of Stanford. 15 Shotgunners Practice Sunday Fifteen shooters fired at 1050 targets Sunday at the practice shoot at Medford Gun club. Ed Pease and Ray Coleman busted 48 out of 50 birds each at 18 yards and Coleman had 48 out of 50 in handicap shooting. Floyd Young shattered 25 straight at 16 yards and Bert Peck had the same success at skeet. There will be practice next Sunday for the Nov. 11 turkey shoot. Women's Golf The Rogue' Valley Country club. lady golfers will play on the final round on the Rogue Valley trophy Nov. 1. Play was cancelled on the trophy last week because of rain. Fourth round of the Scggess man trophy for nine-hole play ers must be finished by Nov. 1. There was no winner in the Never Waser play last week. Medal play for the others was won by Mrs. B. L. Nutting. Winter play starts Nov. 1 and there will be no pairings until spring. The annual lady golfers din ner will be held Nov. 1 at the Rogue Valley Country club main dining room. Cocktail hour will start at 6:30 p.m. Dress is to be informal. Women are to call Mrs. Ed Radzweit (2-9423) for reservations if they have not been contacted. ARCHIE TO TRAIN San Diego. Calif. OJ.R) Archie Moore, world light heavy weight champion, said today he planned to continue training at WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA Wednesday Nite, Oct 31 .NEVER BEFORE IN LOCAL WRESTLING HISTORY!! Grndre match with TWO REFEREES stationed en the 'Otf SIDE of the ring to call only the falls and keep the contestants In rlnf. $100 side bet to be put up at ringside. MAIV EVENT Best 2J falls no time limit winner take all. ROY HEFFERNAN, 220 Australia v. BILL MONTANA. 27 The Toldeo Terror Heffernan asked for this kind of -a match to attempt to avenge his first defeat since ccminp to the Northwest. SEMI-FINAL Best 23 falls or 1 hour limit. WILD RED BASTIEN, 200 Minneapolis vs. BILL FT ETCHER, 204 Boise This will be the fastest moving scien tific classic of the year. Fletcher and Bastien will team up to referee the main event. MATCHES VNDER THE SUPER VISION OF THE GRANTS PASS WRESTLING COMM. Tuesday, October 30, 1956 Tornado JV 14-0 Winner Over Ashland Miserable, drenching rain and blustering wind soaked and chilled just about everything but the players' determination at the Medford stadium alias the Tornado marsh last night, but the game went on despite the fury of the elements. Medford high gridsters chewed, chugged, churned and skidded to a 14 to 0 decision over Ashland in a junior varsity engagement. The weather was not condu cive to the best in football but the gladiators on both sides made the best of it. Black Tor nado gridmen wound up a 52 yard drive with a touchdown in the second quarter and scored again on 47-yard run in the third period. On both occasions it was Mike Murray carrying for the TD. Johnny Jones ran over both conversions. The Junior Tornado's touch down drive got underway in the first quarter after Ron Peery recovered a partially blocked Ashland punt on the Medford 48 yard line. Medford held onto the ball for 15 plays to get the counter. Fred Funston sloshed for gains of 14 and 27 yards along the way. The longer one took the ball to the four-yard line. Three tries later Murray made the goal from a foot out. In the third canto the Tornado got the pigskin on its own 45. Three plays moved to the Ash land 47. From that point Murray got a good hole over right tackle and was away for the score. Lyons Goes 32 Closest Medford got to the Ashland goal other than on the touchdown jaunts was to the 28 near the end of the opening half. The Tornado looked on its way after the opening kick-off as Gerry Lyons ran the ball back 32 yards to the Ashland 46. The Tornado got to the 37 but an off side infraction stopped the drive. The Ashland 36 was the nearest to the pay zone Med ford reached after the second TD. A Medford chance almost un folded in the closing minutes when Funston intercepted a pass and ran the ball into Ashland territory. However, a clipping penalty put the ball back on the Medford 30. Ashland moved from its own 38 to the Medford 32 in the fourth quarter but the pass in terception spoiled the effort. Medford fumbled and Ashland recovered on the Tornado 30 That's the closest Ashland was to the Medford goal and the Grizzlies ' fumbled the ball away. Medford had a total net of 134 yards from scrimmage to 73 by Ashland and the first half edge was 81 to 23. Each team had four first downs. Coach Frank Roelandt sent his entire squad, 41 players, into action. GAME POSTPONED Fukuoka, Japan (U.R) Rain forced postponement today of the Brooklyn Dodgers' ninth game on their 20-game exhibi tion tour. The Bums, who arrived Mon day night by plane from Tokyo, were scheduled to play an all- star team of the Pacific League today. his nearby Ramona Camp for about two more weeks before switching to Chicago to taper off for his heavyweight title bout with Floyd Patterson Nov. 30 at Chicago Stadium. fKrws it! A 3.50 Value . . Ben's Wkf We 0 U CAt I Iwil treat Wheal huplU 4g Clean amd liiatk Fee at Inspect Brisk . 4 Check mmd Add Mrmkm MH 5 Adjvct Broke Thus. CefOy Tost Brvkse. WE HAVE IT 1 New Tiresfoiu f KIVEUESS BRAKE UNtlti & ' AST m w it mom t v WCTK SUMACS i& & novw . . usn as osiowtai mmrnrnT i g ON MNT 14-11 CASS 'S fittston STORES 21 4 S. Riverside Ave. m rs- m MEDF0RDTxUBUNB AAU Considers Action Preventing Los Angeles tU.R) Pending ; action to prevent the reoccur- furor dominated the agenda of the 69th. annual National AAU convention which opened here today. Some 400' delegates repre senting 48 active AAU associa tions and 54 allied bodies were expected to rule on pending charges in AAU regulations re garding additional expense al lowances for athletes. Predict Adoption An official, who declined to give his name, predicted that most of the changes in regula tions recommended by a special committee following the Santee dispute last winter would be adopted during the four-day convention. "To say that Santee's case shook the union is putting it mildly," the official said. "Al most half of the agenda is de voted to outgrowths of the case." Santee America's fastest miler, was barred from participating in amateur athletic events for life last Feb. 19 for allegedly ac cepting excessive expense money in a California track meet. San tee protested the action but the New York Supreme Court event ually upheld the AAU ruling. Ease Allowance The special committee was formed to study the case and rec ommend rulings to ease the ex pense allowance situation and control more rigidly the spon sors of athletic meets. The com mittee was expected to propose a S3 boost in expense money from $15 to S20 a day exclusive of travel expenses in certain situations. In other business, delegates OSC Prepare For Huskies Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) dregon State, fresh from its first vic tory over UCLA in eight years, worked out on defense today in preparation for its game against Washington at Portland Satur day. The Beavers heard scouting reports on the Huskies Monday and a warning from Coach Tom my Prothro that the Washing ton club will pose a scoring threat from anywhere on the field. Eugene, Ore. (U.R) Coach Len Casanova scheduled a full scale offensive drill for the Ore gon Webfoots today in the v ake of their dismal 14-7 loss to Pitts burgh last week. Later on this week, Casanova said, the emphasis will be on de fense as the Ducks prepare for the University of California bat tle Saturday. "Shed that frown, friend, let some sunshine in -Sunny Brook whiskey, that is!" ?fT. over 20 MILLION cases or SUNNY BROOK KENTUCKY WHISKIES Sunny BrookAWhiskey Allowances will consider acceptance of 350 world, American and other championship records made this year in track and field, swim ming and weight-lifting. Among the pending marks are 14 world's records in track and field, 13 in swimming and six in weigh tlif ting. Oklahoma Is 1st in UP Poll; Beavers 17th New York (U.R) The United Press college football ratings with first-place votes and season records in parentheses: Team Points 1. Oklahoma 29 (5-0) 341 2. Georgia Tech 6 (5-0) 306 3. Tennessee (5-0) 232 4. Michigan State (4-1) 212 5. Texas A&M (5-0-1) 165 6. Ohio State (4-1) 152 7. Minnesota (4-0-1) 102 8. Iowa (5-0) 98 9. Stanford (4-2) 53 10. Pittsburgh (4-1) 52 Second 10 teams: 11, Penn State, 44: 12, Miami Fla., 39: 13, Michigan, 26; 14, Southern Cali fornia.. 23; 15, Syracuse, 16; 16, Baylor, 15; 17 tie, Clemson and Oregon State, 10 each; 19, Princeton, 9: 20, Colorado, 6. Others: Illinois, 4; Duke, 3; Navy and College of Pacific, 2 each; Texas Christian, Army and Arizona Tempe Slate, 1 each. Ike Congratulates Larsen on Game New York U.R) President Eisenhower has added his con gratulations to the many receiv ed by Don Larsen for pitching a perfect game. The Yankee pitcher revealed the contents of the President's letter to him Monday night. The letter said in part: "This note brings you my very sincere congratulations on a memorable feat, one that will inspire pitchers for a long time to come ..." New York (U.R) The Inter national Boxing club has an nounced that tickets for the Dec. 12 Ray Robinson-Gene Fullmer world middleweight bout at Madison Square garden will go on sale at the arena Nov. 12 and will be scaled from $4 to $30. Cleveland U.R) The Cleve land Indians announced today they will raise their box seat prices from S2.25 to $2.50 and reserved seats from SI. 65 to S1.75 for the 1957 season. Gen eral admission SI. 25 and bleach er seats 60 cents remain the same. warm and friendly as a man's handshake, good as his word ...the finest of fine Kentucky whiskies! Cheerful as lr SMjtm- , ipM '"-1. THE OLD SUNNY BROOK C0.MPANY, DIVISION OF NATIONAL DISTILLERS. PRODUCTS CORPORATION, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.! KENTUCKY ST8AI SHT B OU RB 0MWH i SK EY. 86 PROP f.KEITUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF,. 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. Unknown Makes Fans. Forget Bigger Names By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press Sports Writer San Francisco U.PJ Joe Kapp, the California quarter back few persons had heard of before the season began, threat ened today to make the fans for get the bigger names who were supposed to hold down the sig nal calling post. "Kapp?" would come the question. "Is that spelled with a C or a K. And how is it pro nounced?" Well, it's pronounced just like those metal tops that keep your favorite beverage lively and sophomore Joe really capped the climax last Saturday against Washington. The guy who was supposed to play third string this year to Gus Gianulias and Joe Contest abile both now on the injured list took charge against the fumbling Huskies like a rugged senior and pushed the Bears to a 16-7 victory. For his day's work, the hard driving Kapp steered California to a 99-yard touchdown drive in the second period and in the fourth intercepted a juggled ball and ran 54 yards into the Wash ington end zone for the score that broke the Huskie's backs. In between times he slid all over the field making tackles and in general handled himself like a veteran, even in the sec ond period when he was given the knee in the chest by a Wash ington lineman after the whistle had tooted. Kapp just got up and connected on three straight passes which helped propel the Bears to their first score of the day. Shoemaker To Vacation Los Angeles (U.R) Jockey Willie Shoemaker began a seven-week vacation today after in dicating that he no longer want ed to challenge Willie Hartack for the national riding champ ionship. Shoemaker unexpectedly, left Garden State Track Saturday after failing to finish in the money aboard California Kid in the rice Garden State Stakes. The ace jockey Monday dis closed through his agent, Harry Silbert, that he needed a rest and was taking a seven-week vacation. The California rider's announcement came as he was only one winner behind Hartack with 314 to his eastern rival's 315. Elementary football games. postponed yesterday because of rain, were to be played this afternoon weather permitting. Lincoln was slated against Roosevelt and Washington ver sus Jefferson. The tussles were set originally for last Thurs day. Also this afternoon make up seventh grade intramural frays were on schedule. They matched the Hedrick Blues and Reds and the McLaughlin Whites and Blacks. its Name 1 Bear Back, Joe is under the gun," Coach Lynn Waldorf intoned early last week after announcing that Gia nulias and Contestabile, the number one and two signal call ers, still were out. "But he is reaching maturity and is good on defense." " All of which probably is the biggest understatement of the month. Bears Meet Oregon Kapp presumably will be back in the pilot house next Saturday when the Bears seek to win their second straight at the ex pense of Oregon. Off compara tive scores, Cal should take it. They upended Pittsburgh, 14-0, a month ago and the Panthers ground out a 14-7 win over the Ducks last Saturday. In other coast action, Stan ford junkets down to UCLA in quest of its second win over a southland foe in as many weeks. The Indians upset Southern Cal ifornia, 27-19, on Saturday. The Trojans meet Washington State while Washington tangles with rugged Oregon State in the fourth Pacific Coast conference game of the day. This tilt will be at Portland. Will your new farm building be TIGHT - TOUGH? YES, IF ITS A BUTLER Butler steel buildings have weather-seal bolts, windows and mitered eaves that seal out weather and rodents. Steel tide walls and roof panels, bolted tightly to rigid steel framework, add bonus strength. 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