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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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The junior bowling congress
boosts interest among the yourfjr
er set with 'its monthly rnaga'
zine arm chevrons, ms-dals and
trophies for local champions and
special awards for golfing fetes.
Around Christmas time the
youthful kejlers see action in
the ABCJ singles, doubles and
mixed doubles tournament. The
March national team mail-o-gfaphic
tourney will atgact
5,000 teams in the country and
will wind up local league play.
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play two week "ends ago8 bowl
ing scratch "to establish aver
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