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TFN MEDFOF.D (OREGOH) MAIL TRIBUNE Protho Admits OSC is Along Faster Than He Br SCOTT BATLLIE United Prew Syorl Writer San Francisco U R Receiv ing surprise pckaaes from Ore eon S'.8'e is old stuff to Coach Tommy Prothro, who has been mazed by the Pacific North west team on and off for the past 15 years. Prothro first cot to know Beaver tenacity during the 1942 Rose Bowi game at Durham, N. C when he was blocking b4Cic for Duke against an Ore gon State team which upset his forces, M-16. Fanfare Upsets over a period of years aeem to indicate that sports rat ing polii have a somewhat dubi ous meaning. But. if you are one to attach significance to Oregon prep rankings in football, then place Medford High school in the "tougher" bracket for play otis for the Oregon A-l cham pionship and its arch-rival. Marshfield, in the "easier" group. The Medford Black Tornado, Vo. 2 rated by the coaches in the Oregon Journal poll, coin cidently wiil "Battle the No. 3 regarded eleven here Friday night when it meets the Gresha'm Gophers in the state quarter finals. In th upper bracket, also, Benson of Tortland. rated No.- 4, tackles Mc.Minnville. N'o. 5. Marsiii.eld, defending cham pion in A-l and rated best Io atate, will take on. Lincoln of Portland, ranked 11th and listed thereby on par with Grarits.Pass, which the Pirates of Coos Bay beat earlier this fall. The board of coaches' ranking of Albany, "So. 7, and Pendleton, No. 9, got its testing yemerday when the two clubi met In their quarter final. COPHEH DEFENSE TOUGH - Medfocd'a high-powered of fense will be matched against etout defense when it goes agaiast Grashasn's Gophers on friday. Only 52 points have keen scored against those met ropolitan, eree prepsters in nine games. Milaukie. which yushed over three, was the only crew to score more, than one touchdown against ' the Gophers. Gresham held David Douglas. North Salem and.Ai; toria scoreless. Tile Slack Tornado allowed opponents 83 counters and was scaeed upon more than once br five foes. It held Ashlend and Eureka. Calif., scoreless bat allowed three totichdowns each to Marshfield and Klam ath Fells. For what it's worth, however, the Tornado held Milwaukee, the only -common rival, to one TD (37 to S) while the Gophers permitted three by the Mustangs (31 to 21). .On the offensive side the combined Mediord T and sin gle wing has piled up 293 tallies while Gresham'' season tabulation on its T ionization ' Is 197. Only once, when It collected just three against Mashfield has the Tornado failed to. flinch across more than four touchdowns. In sev en games the Medfordiies have counted five TDs or more. The Ooprier scoring went as high as five touchdowns in e-nly two games and foul were put across on tw other occa sions. Single TDs earned vic tories for Greshem in two -contests. - Medford and the Gresham ites will enter the play-off oeme unbeaten this year.' The QTocnado is once tied (Marsh D field 20 to 20) and the Gophers were net' deadlocked during their nine-game stint. GRESHAM HERE IN H55 Gresham on Friday makes its second football appearance in Medford in two seasons. In 1955. when the Gophers went on to state runner-up laurels, they licked .Medford 13 to 0. Both Gresham scores came in the first quarter. Medford turned in some strong defense after that but the Gophers held the Tornado at tack to a net of only 31 yards for the evexiing. There'll be a host from that good Gresham club back in'Med ford Friday night, " including smooth operating quarterback Bob Schloredt. scatback Dave Woodford, end Larry Morgan and Jerry Olson, who this season is rated one of the top tackles in City Hoop League Session Tonight Medford Independent Basket ball league officials haw sum wied team captains and spon sors of prospective entries in the circuit for a se:ion at 8 p.m. to day a theYMCA. They indicated that interested groups er organizations might be left out of the circuit if they are not represented tonight. Entry is'vo be closed if .officials of a de sired number of teams turn out. UsaTribune Want Ads Now, a decade and a half later, Prothro is the head coach of his former tormentors and still the surprises roll in. "Yes, I must agree that this team has come along a little faster than I had planned." Prothro says of his single-wingers who seem destined to go to tlie Pasadena classic next Jan. l. "I had not expected to see them this close to a Rose Bowl bid until next season." Didn't Expect Win Prothro had said the same thing earlier about the team I, DICK JIWETT Mill Tribune Spertt Editor the Portland area. Keith Tor grimison, 218 -pound middle guard, is on the doubtful list for play against Medford because of a knee injury- LINE AVERAGES 188 ' The Gophers are said io av erage around 188 pounds on their offensive line. Previous weight listing shows Medford at around 185 on the attacking wall. However, the Tornado players have been reweighed, with some- ups and some downs, and a new averaging awaits receipt of a new weight roster from coach Fred Spie gelberg. RILEY HEADS SCORING Information on Medford high grid scoring leaders was left out of a statistical story last week. Last tabulation shows Gary Riley, late starter but team workhorse at the end of the sea son, with 12 touchdowns for 72 points. Eldon Francis has 12 TDs. for 60. Dick Copple with tw o TDs, 32 extra points and a field goal for 47, and Loren Christean seven touchdowns and an extra point for 43. Bob Gee has scored five goals for 30 points and Dick McLaughlin four TDs. and two extras for 26. San Francisco 49 er Boss Warns Players By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press Sports Writer San Francisco !U.R Tony Morabito, clearly irked by the "country club" tag which hangs on his cellar-dwelling San Fran cisco Forty Niners, served no tice today that some of the mem bers will have to hustle for the rest of the season or get the axe. "This is the second highest paying team in the National League and we're last in the standings," : the harassed presi dent.said. "One reason is because some players were attracted out here because they heard we were a country club. Well, we don't want guys around who just shrug their shoulders when we lose and only give the team lip service." ' Morabito added he wasn't "threatening" anyone but that it is up to the so-called country club set to show in the team's last five games whether they want to stick around. Rebuilding Job ' "Maybe some players actually would be happier some place else," Morabito -said. "If so, good Louisville May Lose Franchise Louisville. Ky. '.U.R While efforts were being made to bring a National Football league fran chise here, this city stood in dan ger today of losing its American association baseball franchise to Salt Lake City, Des Moines, or Winnipeg. Canada. Association President Ed Do herty disclosed that Louisville businessman Earl Snow failed to meet a deadline Monday for rais ing S65.000 to S75.000 to Rain possession of the team, which now is in receivership. Had Snow been able to raise the funds, his purchase could have saved the team for Louis ville. Now Doherty said he will leave here Tuesday for confer ences in several cities with oth er groups interested in the fran chise. Doherty would not iden tify these cities. However, he would not deny he already has visited Salt Lake City, Des Moines, and Winnipeg. O DRIVE-IN Finest Quality Cleaning Quick 2 Hour Service Latest Type Equipment Convenient Drive-Up Windows . Free Ford Ticket 702 West Main St. Tuesday, November 13. 1955 Coming Planned which he built into a solid con tender during the two seasons he has been with it. But he also confesses after their 20-19 upset of Stanford last Saturday that he wasn't expecting that to hap pen either. "I thought we might have a chance but I wasn't optimistic," Prothro says, maintaining his Tennessee dignity. "I think one of the biggest reasons for the boys' success is the way they've put out at the last two spring practices. That could be the key to the whole thing." However, it is pointless to ask Prothro how he thinks the Bea vers might do the second time around against Iowa, who beat Oregon State 14-13 this season and seems headed for Pasadena as the Big Ten representative. "We're playing the way we have all season, one game at a time," Prothro says "and we're worried now about Idaho." Vandals Getting Warm Idaho and Oregon State for years have rated as the have nots of the Pacific Coast Confer ence but the script is different now. The Vandals also are get ting warm and host the Beavers while enjoying a three game winning streak. These are heady dans for the Northwest, which rarely have much to cheer about during a football season. And at the same time, two of the California pow ers are in a decline. Stanford, which was the Rose Bowl choice, now has lost two straight and its overall record this year is four wins and four defeats. California, trapped in its second straight disastrous season, has a mark of 2-6. Both teams will try to snap out of it next Saturday when the Bears play Washington Sate at Berkeley and the Indians meet Washington at Palo Alto. In other leading coast action, Southern California is at Ore gon, Kansas comes to UCLA, Har din Simmons invades College of the Pacific, San Jose State hosts Cal Poly, and Arizona State plays Arizona at Tempe. luck to them.' Morabito refused to name any names but did list a group of veterans who in his opinion would be a good nucleus for a planned rebuilding job which he said will take "at least three years." They include center Bill John son, tackles Leo Nomellini and Bob St. Clair, ends Billy Wilson, Charley Powell, and Gordy Sol tau and backs Joe Arenas, Hugh McElhenny and Joe Perry- "Billy Jessup, although out for the season with an injury, also does a terrific job for us," Morabito said; Morabito had nothing but praise for Coach Frank Albert, whose initial venture at running a ball club has resulted in a dis appointing six defeats and one victory. Contender Wanted "No coach could have gotten any more out of the team than Frank has." Morabito said of the former Stanford football hero. "He has treated the squad like a group of men but there still are some who don't give a damn and only want to come around Monday for their checks." Morabito said that it was Al bert who was responsible for turning Nomellini and Powell back into good ballplayers after they seemed to be near the end of the line last season. "He also convinced McElhen ny that he still is a good runner and that the injured ankle which had slowed him down had be come a mental block," Morabito said. Albert was rehired for next season on Oct. 31. "We want a contender now if not a championship team," said Morabito who still hungers for his first divisional title after 12 seasons. "We're going to take the whole club apart, study each player, then decide how he fits into our plans." TO MAKE U.S. START Laurel, Md. U.Ri Master Boing, the sleek black, French bred winner of the S100.000 Washington, D.C. International, was slated today to make his next American start at Santa Anita, Calif., in the S100.000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap on March 9. Hi f f- y- J x0 CLEANERS O 844 South Riverside MedfordWTribuni siPODinr Tornado Holds In Final Coach Portland (U.Pj Marshfield high school again was placed at the top of the prep football ladder in the final weekly Journal coaches' poll, grab bing 78 of a possible 80 points. Marshfield, which has led the poll all season, picked off six of eight first place votes. Medford. which was second Prothro Not Expecting Idaho Weak Corvallis, Ore. OJ.R) Coach Tommy Prothro says he doesn't look for a "bad game" when Oregon State meets Idaho Sat urday in a contest which could wrap up a Rose Bowl bid for the Beavers. The Beavers held light exer cises Monday, then heard a scouting report on the Vandals. Prothro pointed out that Idaho, after a mid season slump came back in its last two games with a strong scoring punch. Eugene, Ore. 'U.R) The Uni versity of Oregon squad ran through a heavy schedule of de fensive work today in prepara tion for their final home game of the year Saturday against South ern California. The Ducks heard scouting re ports on the Trojans Monday after a light workout without pads. Coach Len Casanova sin gled out Tom Crabtree and Le roy Phelps for particular praise of their showing in Oregon's 7-7 tie game against Washington State last week end. Randy Sandy Gets Revenge New York (U.PJ Middle weight Randy Sandy of New York was fappy with his re venge today at having beaten Johnny Sullivan of England, "the guy who tried to belt me around in the gymnasium when I was just an amateur." Lanky Sandy won an upset unanimous 10 -round decision over the ex -British Empire champion before 1,372 in their TV fight at St. Nicholas arena Monday night. It was his fifth straight victory. Sandy, 8-5 underdog, weighed 157'i pounds: Sullivan, 161. "It was a pleasure," explained Randy. "Sullivan came over here from England in 1952 when he was already a seasoned pro fessional. He got me to box with him at Stillman's gym without telling me who he was. He tried to belt me around, make me look bad; but I did pretty well for an amateur." Big, wide, bulky cars like this are typical of American design. But, to get room inside, they are too big outside lor today's traffic, too waste ful of gasoline. Mw '57 Im!bllr o O Big Car See the car of new dimensions! Single Unit Construction gives room of far costlier cars with economy and handling ease of compact cars. Room for six 6-footers. Smoothest ride withJDeep Coil Springs on all 4 wheels. Airliner Reclining Seats, Travel LEA MOTORS BARTLETT AT. FIFTH, MEDFORD PHONE Second Poll again, got one as did Gresham, which ranked third. Three teams not among those competing in the state playoffs were listed in the top 10 Astoria. 6th; Eugene. 8th. and Beaverton, 10th. The standings: Team Points 1. Marshfield 78 Medford 70 Gresham 64 Benson 48 McMinnville 42 Astoria 38 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Albany 30 8. Eugene - -- 26 9. Pendleton 21 10. Beaverton 10 Others: Prineville, 5; Lin coln and Grants Pass. 4; Vale, 2. Trio Win Three Turkeys Apiece Ray Coleman, Gene Hunt and Rafe Anders took top honors Sunday at the Medford Gun club turkey shoot. Each won three of the turkeys. Getting two of the birds each were Ed Pease, Paul Culbertson, Everett Gibson, Lyle Russell and Hugh McGinty. There were some 30 shooters participating and around 40 tur keys and numerous hams went as prizes. Second of two pre-Thanksgiv- ing merchandise shoots will be held by the club next Sunday. Bacon will go as prizes as well as hams and turkeys. San Francisco ;U.P.) The San Francisco Seals today announc ed the signing of Grady Hatton, former major league third base man, who joined the club as a free agent. WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA Wednesday Nite, Nov. 14 Main Event Best 2 3 falls or 1 hour limit Red Bastien, 202, Minneapolis Gentleman Ed Francis. 215. Chicago Francis won a deputed decision last week and Red asked for a chance to eet .even. It was quite a ding dong match last week. Semi-Final Best 2 3 falls or 1 hour limit Lee Wong, 208, Shanghai vs. Monte Marion, 198, Detroit The Oriental made a big hit with the fans last Wed. MATCHES UNDER THE SUPER VISION OF THE GRANTS PASS WRESTLING COMM. Room and Comfort Beds, lowest-priced Air Conditioning. America's Lowest Prices! Highest resale value (by Official Used Car Guide). Smartest,mostdistinctivestyIe. 32.09 miles per gallon, coast-to-coast record of Rambler 6 with over drive. All-new V-8, too! -SEE THE NEW RAMBLER AT YOUR DEALER NOW- Oklahoma Remains 1st; OSC Eighth New York -U.P.I The United j Press college football ratings with first-place votes and won lost records in parentheses: Team Points 1. Oklahoma 26 (7-0) ....335 i 2. Tennessee 7 (7-0) 307 3. Texas A&M 1 (7-0-1) ..224 4. Michigan State 1 (6-D..208 5. Georgia Tech (6-1) 187 6. Ohio State (6-1) 165 1. Iowa (6-1) 134 8. Dregon State (6-2) 71 9. Michigan (5-2) 66 10. Miami. Fla. (5-0-1) 62 Second 10 teams 11, Syra cuse, 38: 12. Southern Califor nia, 22: 13. Navy, 18; 14, Flor ida. 17; 15. Minnesota, 16; 16, Pittsburgh 15: 17, Princeton, 8; 18, Yale, 6; 19 (tie), West Vir ginia and Army, 4 each. Others Wyoming, Mississip pi, and UCLA, 3 each; Penn State, Colorado. Stanford and Baylor, 2 each; Purdue 1. Sydney U.R) George Barnes won the British Empire welter weight title by outpointing Dar by Brown in a bloody 12-round bout Monday night. Barnes weighed 147 pounds and Brown 1462. Jailor ed or today's taste mildest f 1 S-JS Mm PT. 1 STRAIGHT BOURBON WHlSKtT S6 PROOf HATIORAL DISTILLERS Small; light cars like this are typical ot European design They are econom ical and easy to handle in traffic but they don't have the room most Ameri can families want 0 Compact Car Get 2-6185 Junior Bowling Leagues Provide' Activity tor Youth Saturday Senior-Junior league and the Bantam league at Med ford Bowling lanes are among the. more than 2.000 circuits in the United States participating in the program of the American Junior Bowling congress. Loops provide activity for boys and girls every Saturday morning. Senior -Junior loop play is for those 13 to 18 years of age and Bantams are the younger k e g 1 e r s. The older group rolls from 9 to 11 a.m. and the Bantams from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free instruction is given beginner bowlers at 8 a.m. There is opportunity for "open" bowling for 5"oung people inter est during the mornings and they can fill spots in leagues when openings occur. Dennis Bauman is president of the senior-junior group and Joy Bauman is vice-president and handles publicity. Other. officers are Dianna Allen, sec retary-treasurer, and Dick At kins, sergeant-at-arms. Ron Bauman is president of the Bantams, Jobie Kellogg, vice president, Mike Florey, sec retary, Larry Little, treasurer, and sergeant-at-arms, Cora Rave nor, chairman, Cliff Roberts and Daryl Christenson.-Calvin Lenz The lightest o straight bourbon find you can Century Club belongs in today", world! The lightest, mildest straight bourbon made,"t't is tailored for today's taste! 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Bantams here began leaguet play two week "ends ago8 bowl ing scratch "to establish aver ages and handicaps. 0 St. Louis U.r) Catcher H10 Smith signed his 1957 contract with -the St. Louis Cardinals aft er receiving a pay incrfase. The 25-year-old Smith batted .282 as a rookie -with the Cards the past Gone is the stiff, full 5ress "horse-collar' of yesteryear. In evening clothes- in every-0 thing today's man-about-town ckS comfort and UghtnesxJ o O o o oO O o o o o o o O o o o O O O o o O O So 0 O o o o O o O 3 o u ,-jt--Aj' PRODUCTS' CORP. fl T. o 0 o o o r o o o n O V. o o o O O G?f OR O 0 O o o qO O "CO o
