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O Card-Giant Fracas Tops On Pro Slate " By UNITED PRESS Playing at home is supposed o be an advantage but you can not prove it by the 35 games played to far this season in the Fatimial Football league. " Th visitors and home teams have broken almost even as they move into the second half of the eampalsn. The home teams have Tvon 18 games and the in vaders have won 17. Loyal home fans also have had plenty fif chances to boo the of ficials during the first half of the pro season. The home club has been pen alized more yards than the visit ing team in 22 of the 35 games. The visitors were penalized the most yards in 12 games and two teams were penalized the same number of yards in, the other contest. New. York and the Chicago. Cardinals, tied for the Eastern division lead with 5-1 reeords, meet at Yankee stadium in Sun day's top game. The Cardinals are favored by seven points: Th Cardinal, who scored a 35-27 victory over the Giants at Chicago last month, are pick ed to win because . Ed Hughes, one of New York's bent defensive batks, probably will not play and two other secondary' per formers. Herb Rich and Emlen Tunnell, aren't in top condition because of injuries. Sunday's other selections with season records in parentheses: Detroit Lions (6-0) over Red-, skins (2-3) at Washington; Bears ?'(5-l) over Green Bay Packers 2-4) at Chicago; Rams (1-5) over San Francisco Forty-Niners (1-5) at Los Angeles; Browns (2-4) ovpr Baltimore Colts (2-3) at Cleveland: Eagles (2-4) over Steelfrs (2-4) at Philadelphia MEDFORDvJVTRIBUNE Mb SPdDMTS Glendale Foe For Talent In Finale Talent Seven seniors will play their final football game for Talent high when the Bull dogs oppose Glendale here Fri- day. . j Concluding game for both schools for 1956 will be. at 1:3C p.m. Tha Talent seniors are Mel - Wallace. Ron Weinhold, Frank Tycken and Fred Helm, backs, and Jim Spangler, Terry Hazel ton, Bob Messenger, Dick Brad ford and Ray Riser. , With no gam in three weeks, the Bulldogs are at approximate full strength and they have been looking pretty good In practice, according to coach Dick Thorpe On tha injured list, however, is ; guard Bill Snider with a cut lip. 0 Talanfa lest grtd venture was ita 12 to 14 loss to St. Mary's of Medford in the Jackson County B laafua. Glendale, an A-2 school, wound up In the cellir of tha Rogue loop. " Logart Scores TKO Oyer Harris Chicago U.f Cubpfi Isaac Logart knows the quickest way 0 to win hia welterweight fights, end thus he rnigtit get a title chance real soon. - "He just flickad me with a C glove in the right eye in the -jirst round, his letest victim, Duke Harris, "and it was the fourth round before I could see again. Then he got me again in the sixth round and in the sev 3 enth he started to work on the otter eye. That's when the ref eree stopped it. -Logart, who weighed 148 for the scrap, two pounds more than his television opponent, took the victory, scared in 15 'seconds of the seventh round wyi a techni cal knockout. Now he wanto to meet Tony De Horce of Boston with the winner to- get a shot at Carmen Basilio's 147-pound title. . West Side Ends Unbeaten Season West Side West Side Grade c school finished an unbeaten six--game season in six-man flag 'foot ball Tuesday, with an 18 to 12 (triumph over Howard school. Cfhil Humphrey scored twice and jerry wine'rout once -for the Houdek Nabs Lead in NAIA From Raider Kansas City, Mo. ru.R) Halfback Larry Houdek of Kan sas Wesleyan who averages close to a first down every time he carries the ball, has taken over the total offense lead in Nation al Association of Intercollegiate Athletics statistics. Houdek in seven gams has carried 135 times for 1,174 net yards. He took over the total offense with 1,233 yards, only 59 of. them on passes. He has averaged 176.1 yards per game. 167.7 of it on rushing plays. Frank Rabiola of Milton, Wis. college has netted 610 yards in five games to take second place in rushing and Bill Seymour of Southern Oregon has 908 net yards in six games for a total defense average of lol.o. bey- mour led in total offense last week. Webb Heads Passing The NAIA said Bob Webb, quarterback for St. Ambrose col lege. Davenport, Iowa, was the leading passer with 66 comple tions in 130 tries for 1.126 yards in eight games. His average of 140.8 was four yards better than runner-up Charlie McMahon of Texas Lutheran college, who completed 60 of 112 for 821 yards in six games. Jack Steffan of River rails. Wis.,, state led the scorers with 111 points, followed by Houdek with 96. Bethany, W. Va.'s Andy Ur- banic was the top pass receiver. gaining 513 yards on 28 catches. John Emglert, of Lock Haven, Pa., state led in punting with a 44.7 average on 15 kicks. Lid Clamped on Political Talk At Melbourne Darwin, Australia (U.R) The Olympic torch burned brightly here today as officials of the games expressed the hope its beams may lead to "friendly relations" throughout the world. The torch, which was lighted last Friday at Mount Olympus n Greece, arrived in Darwin on Tuesday night from Karachi, Pakistan. It will leave Friday a flight of three Canberra jet bombers for Cairns and from that point will be earned the final- 2,700 miles- to Melbourne by relays of runners. Dartmouth College's first ef fort at an international fnnthall O West Siders. All the.scoring was game brought a 5-0 win over in tne nrsl half. . iMcGill.of Canada in 1882. Melbourne. Australia (U.R) With many Russian athletes already- on hand ' and Americans due to arrive, Australian Olym pic officials clamped the lid down on '"political" discussion todav and pleaded again for an end to "distrust and jealousies." The Olympics are sport and not political," emphasized Lewis Luxton. a member of the Inter national Olympic Committee in refusing to comment on a report that Egypt has protested against the participation of nations cur rently "in volved in. "cowardly aggression." Sir William Bndgeford. exec utive officer of the games, and organizing Secretary Edgar Tan ner also declined comment on the report.' " 68 Nations Entered There were no further with drawals from the games Wed nesday, however,' and the total of competing nations remained at a record-equalling 69. Several of the five nations which have withdrawn have indicated they may rejoin the field if interna tional tensions ease, which would make possible a new rec ord for the number of countries taking part in the sports festi val. Wednesday's big event In this Olympic city was the arrival one -week overdue, of the Rus sian merchant ship Gruzia, bear ing 91 Russians, 17 Hungarians, and a scattering of Czechs and Poles. Why the ship was delav ed remained a mystery that nei ther passengers or crew explain ed. O o o cWaterfill Nf HAZIER ) THE CQmsL) OF C KENTUCKY.BOURBON - - .- - lv siur n il li V A . i . J O 86 Proof O C'5 W1TEIFIU AND F&AZ1E OISIILUIT COMPANY, BAIDST0WN, KENTUCKY Olympic Cagers Win 9th n Row San Francisco (U.R) The United States Olympic basket ball team headed today for Los Angeles and the final game of its cross-country tour before leaving for Melbourne, Aus tralia. The team won its ninth straight victory Wednesday night by defeating the San Francisco Olympic Club All-Stars 73-54 in a game played at Kezar pavilion Morrall Given Military Call San Francisco (U.R) Quarter back Earl Morrall, number one field general for the San Fran cisco Forty Niners. has received orders from his Muskegan, Mich., draft board to report for induc tion Dec. 10, he disclosed today. The 22-year-old Michigan State All-American said he re ceived his induction notice in a registered letter Wednesday night. TENNIS FOES Paris (U.R) Pablo Eisen berg of Milburn, N. J., meets Paul Remy of France and Budge Patty of Paris plays Robert Hail let of France Friday in the quarter-finals of the King Gustav V Sweden Tennis Cup tournament. Thursday, November 8, 1956 Oo MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN GETS0 TOP ROLE HoKywood (U.R) When ac tor Raymond) Burr auditioned for the nsie of the district attor ney for a new Perry Mason TV series he didS't get the job. He endtd up w i t h the role of Mason, a -nrsr, - n , -itTn.iimt m. --- . xt -is. ji;isui.u ii anciviiuiM, crew ot jNavy s new attack submarine Darter watches colors being hoisted during commissioning ceremonies at Groton, Conn. Craft boasts underwater peed equivalent to surface speed of World War II namesake. (International) . PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your 'picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only e fraction 9f thCcost of replacement. 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