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O TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Fanfare Medford high's Oregon A-l championship semi-finals foot blal game here this Friday night with the Benson Engineers of Portland gives the Black Tor nado the distinction of playing two Portland Interscholastic title schools within the season. Jefferson, which produced the 1955 P1L grid titlist, fell to Medford in the season opener for both schools. Benson, of course, is this year's champ in the big city. . REMINDER OF UPSET Friday's Tornado - Engineer encounter also will marlc the fir it tune since 194S that a Medford and Portland club have met in state grid play offs. On that former occasion much heralded Black Tor nado aggregation pushed Grant high over the field all afternoon but in the end bow ed to the Generals of Port land 7 to 6. That occasion may or not be within the memory of this year's Tornado grid der. Some of them were only in the first grade, and others not : yet in school that long ago. But they'll probably be reminded of the stunning up set numerous times before they go on the field' agamst the Benson. TORNADO FAVORED Wnile Medford's Black Tor nado has ben one of the state's top ranked preps" 4n the polls through the season, Benson didn't rise above the also-rans until well into the campaign, marking it as an upsurging club which has gained increased re gard. - . Despite that fact, there's been some tendency here to under rate the Engineers. This depart ment hesitates in any -way to sinf that tune. Bnt it ranks the Tornado favorite and not just ta sentimental . kind.- TWO COMMON FOES The Tornado and Benson have played just two common feet this fall. Marshfield wal loped the slow starting .Mechs . of Tech 33 to 6 in a season opener.- Medford tied the gray horde of Coos Bay. Medford Jttped Jefferson 34 to 12. The Demo got if worse from Ben son recently 32 to 6. MEDFORD FANS SCORED In a letter, to the Mail Trib une, Paul Lewis, editor of the r.resham hieh Argus, praises the Medford high football team and lambasts Black Tornado fans. This writer f jnds some of the voune Gopher supporter's remarks well put but others wow bis inexperience as a. tan. We've taken our own cracks about booing at games. We don't like it Still we're reluctant to douse on cold water when we realhft that no farts anywhere ran hoat followers of- the Black Tornado for their loyalty and supports and we ve seen Med ford crowds time and again give fine disnlavs of sportsmanship. Spontaneous outbursts when its felt the team has oeen wroneed are somethin'2 we'll tolerate. But on some of the methods used to show disap proval and on those prolonged expressions we iust ' don't go long. They only bring the Med ford school, as well as the tans, a bad namo and accomplish no positive purpose, as young iewis indicates. ' a . He says: "After just seeing the Med-ford-Gresham game. I have three things to say for Medford. "(1) You have a football team that is certainly one of the finest it the" state' and which outclassed the Gophers almost completely. "(2) You also have a very fine marching band. - "(3) Overshadowing all of this, Medford undoubtedly has the most unsportsmanlike football fans I have even seen or ever horje to see. "One incident that stood out head and shoulders above all others: A Gresham back gained 18 yards sand the play was whistled dead before he fum hled Medford fans booed, which is natural for they thought they had been robbed. But instead of ending the matter then, they waited until Gresham broke their huddle and then booed the Gophers. For several plays this hUDrjened.j "The gntleman controlling the scoreboard was also a very funny person, toying with the When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON "By DICK JEWHTT Mail Tribune Sporti Editor score after Gresham's second touchdown was oi the highest caliber of humor. "In short, sir, your football fans created more ill will in one game than your Chamber of Commerce possibly could coun teract in the next 20 years. May I end this letter by saying that Medford is noted throughout the state for their endearing acts. This is not a reputation I would like to have." WORD TO WISE Lewis is entirely wrong about the scoreboard. It's jumping around was purely due to electrical or mechani cal troubles. It kept skipping the 2 in the 12 of Gresham's score and had nothing to do with emotions concerning the game. We sincerely doubt that the men keeping the time and the score would vent their feelings in the way Lewis suggests. But the Gresham youth's comments concerning sports manship here should be seri ously taken. His remarks would point up that Medford's reputation for good teams is not the only reason other ' schools relish in victory over the Black Tornado. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Let's turn out and cheer a great Black Tor nado team on to the state gridiron championship. But let's do it in a way to make Medford a name respected not deprecated. BOWERMAN TO WRITE We received a letter in the mail yesterday. It was signed, "Bill." No other direct identifi cation. But we are certain it was from Bill Bowerman, Uni versity of Oregon track coach and ex-Medford high athlete and mentor. Bowerman has headed for Australia to the Olympic games. A lot of people, his friends and track fans, includ ing Medford residents, have helped make the trip financially possible for him. Bowerman has indicated he 11 make a periodical report of his trip. He said, "Really, Dick, Medford is my home. People there have been very good to me. If they are interested in my r a m b 1 i n g s, here they come . . ." The first appears in the sports section of the Mail Tribune today. COMETS MADE GOOD Crater high's Comets made good on their vow that they would not be last in the final standings in their first ven ture into the Southern Oregon conference Class A-l football competition. In fact they did better than just make good. And we feel, although Klam ath Falls may object, that the Comets' third place finish was good for the league. It showed that Crater can be depended upon over the years to give a good account of itself and that its addi tion can be looked upon as strengthening the circuit. The Comets may have their lean years and lean seasons, like any school, but a good share of the time they will rate as contenders in the various sports. GOYETTE RUSHES FOR 1017 All-star vote indicates that Crater produced some of the top football talent in the conference this fall. And records bear out the high regard gained by two backs. Don Goyette rushed for 1017 yards on 126 carries for an average of better than eight yards a try. He had nine touch downs and three extra points for 57 points. Juveland ran for 964 yards in 125 packs for 7.7 a carry. He totalled 16 TDs and five bonuses for 101 counters in the nine game season. Crater scored 240 points to 124 by oppenents. WARREN RESTS Coach Leonard Warren is getting a rest after football season for the first time in his coaching career at Crater. In past years he has swung from the gridiron into head basketball tutoring duties. This year Jim Nau has taken over the hoop reins. Warren will keep in touch with the court sport by refereeing ' games. Use MaU Tribune Want Ads Tuesday, November 20, 193B Reserves Still Left- for Benson Football Game Main rush in the sale of re served seat tickets for the Medford-Benson high football game was over in about two hours this morning. Principal Lester Harris of the Medford school said that some 1300 tickets had been sold up to 8:30 a.m. today for the Oregon Class A-l semi final play-off between the Black Tornado and the Engi neers of Portland. The fracas iwll be at 8:15 p.m. Friday at the Medford stadium. Harris said that around 350 reserve seats, a lot of them good ones, remained to be sold. That figure does not in clude those being held for per sons who had season tickets for Medford's regular slate this fall. Season tickets are not good for the game but persons with those ducats have until noon on Thursday, Thanksgiv ing day. to purchase their same seals. Tickets cost S2. MERFORDveTRIBUNE EAGLE POINT, SILVERTON VIE AT SALEM ON SATURDAY Eaglo Point 11 agio Point high will play Stlverton at South Salem high Hold on Saturday night. Nov. 24, in the Oregon A-2 football cham pionship semi-finalt. S. W. Callaghan. Eagle Point vice principal, said that ar rangements were completed yesterday afternoon with Sil- Baseball Rules Gives Top Hitters a Break Chicago (U.R) Major and minor league hitters vying for the individual batting crown will get a break next season under a new provision adopted by organized baseball's Playing Rules committee. The change, adopted Monday at the committee's two-day meet ing in the American League of fice here, eliminates the total times at bat requirement for winning the batting title and re places it with one crediting a batter with total appearances at the plate. The new provision sets up a formula under which a major John Witte Selected As Ail-American Corvallis U.R) John Witte, Oregon State college tackle, has been selected on the Colliers' magazine All-American football team. Witte, now in his senior year at Oregon State, is the first Beaver player to make the Col liers' team. The 232-pounder from Klam ath Falls, who winds up his reg u 1 a r season against Oregon Thursday, called the selection "one of the great thrills of my life." He had warm praise for the OSC coaching staff. Witte said he had turned down an invitation to play in the Hula Bowl game in Honolulu Jan. 6 because he wants to com plete his final season of wres tling at OSC after the Rose Bowl game against Iowa. CRATER WRESTLING A wrestling program has been started at Crater high this year. It is under supervision of Ed Knapp with Bob Reaves, ex Medford high grappler helping with the coaching. OREGON CONCRETE Phone 2-5271 OSC r -fitsavj Thursday Yjjl U U U Deadly Gridiron Elevens In By SCOTT BRAILLE United Press Sports Writer San Francisco U.R) Tip to the sports - minded if losing football bores you, stay out of the San Francisco bay area. One of the deadliest gridiron blights in history swept in with the smog this fall and left the four leading elevents in this re gion prostrate. Betwen them, the clubs are hitting exactly .303 in winning percentage. Here are the "standings": W. L. T. Stanford 2 5 1 San Jose State 2 5 1 S.F. Forty Niners 2 6 0 California 2 7 0 That'totals up to 10 wins, 23 losses and one tie. Stanford, which was highly touted as the Rose Bowl favorite, now has lost three straight and meets California next Saturday in the "Big Game" which this year will rate primarily as a so cinl event. verton and the Oregon School Activities association. The Saturday time will en able a larger delegation of Eagle Point fans to take in 4h game. Winner will play the victor of the Reedsport-Central ruck us for the state title. Committee league player will qualify for the championship if he appears at the plate 477 times during the season, regardless of the num ber of times he is credited with an at bat. Previously, a player had to have 400 official times at bat to receive consideration for the batting championship. Committee Chairman James T. Gallagher of Chicago said both the American and National League offices recommended the change and it previously was approved by the Scoring Rules committee. Approval by the Playing Rules committee makes it official, beginning next sea son. Gallagher said it has been felt for some time that the at bat re quirement, which has been in effect about 20 years, was unfair to some of the top hitters be cause they frequently would draw intentional walks, thereby depriving them of an official time at bat. A recent example of this was the case of Boston Red Sox slug ger Ted Williams who in 1955 compiled a .356 batting average. However, he was credited with only 320 official times at bat and the individual American League batting title went to De troit's Al Kaline who hit .340 in 588 at bats. Tonn Wins Three Turks at Shoot Forty shooters fired at 2,000 targets for a total of 65 prizes Sunday in the turkey shoot at Medford Gun club. Harvey Tonn topped the list by winning three turkeys. Those getting two were Dick Skeeters, Ed Pease, Everett Gibson, Ed Henselman, Robert Mclntyre, Jack Burns and Floyd Young. Next Sunday practice will be held mainly for the club cham pionship skeet shoot the follow ing week end. However, there will be 16-yard and handicap practice will be available for those who want it. COMPANY 248 E. McAndrewj Road San Franc Country Club Team San Jose State, usually a pow er among the independents, is having one of its worst years as Bob Bronzan closes out his coaching career before becoming the school's athletic director. The Spartans won their opening game of the season then went winless for six contests before Local Kegling Best of It With Local teams had the best of it for the most part Sunday in men's and women's action at Medford Bowling lanes against Klamath Falls teams. Lamport's Sporting Goods Women's quint won two games and total pins in one series and all three game is another against the Fumblin' Five of Klamath. Winema hotel of Klamath Falls defeated the E. H. Mann company ladies two games and total but split the second match when the Medford com bination took one of the games and total pins. Lamport's team took all three games of one test with Klamath Basin Pine mill but took only one game and total score in the the next try. Tabu Dinner house of Medford won two series by two games and total and then took all three games in a third match wilh Lucky Lanes of Klamath. Maxine McCall Paces Liningrr mid Sons Medford team took nil thri'C games from the firm's A.shland quintet in other action. For the Lamport ladies Max ine McCall had high game and scries with 532 and 198 and Vera Cummins rolled 194 and 520 helping toward the 2363 to 2273 team margin. Vivian Knox paced the 2432 to 2228 second match with a game of 192 at se ries of 510. Other team mem bers were Elsie Baker and Dell Christianson. Against Winema Jane Kessler was tops for Mann company with a 514 as the Klamathites scored 2296 to Mann's 2197 in the opener. Mable Clark has a 201 game and 528 total in the 2300 to 2288 edge by the Med ford team the second time on the lanes. Other Mann's keglers jpr - -' '"-' o I - 'lt$2'"""'tl " 1 - 1 f-C ' , . '.Jr i '--! k f -v. - tW" ' . " " o - f ' f ' ' pf 17 ' i. V" 1p "-''ill - V..' 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Others on the five were Walt Atkins, Bob Dyer and Earl Lenz. Fred Anderson led Tabu to a 2637 to 2635 verdict with a 598 against Lucky Lanes and Gor don Schulz of the Medford five had 236 and 575 in the 2611 to 2503 second match. Anderson had a 609 series and Frank Dris- coll a 223 game in the 2716 to 2611 third try. Al Hackenworth of the Klamath crew had a 636 series for high of the day. Ray Wise and George Spaunhorst were others on the Tabu team. Jack Milhoan lead the Med ford Liningers with a 449. Oth ers on his quint were Bob Kin caid, Del Ross, Jim McGuire and Jim Mitcheltree. The Ashland team gave the Medford five a 126-pin handicap for the three games. Ski Area Will Reopen Soon Pendleton (U.R) The Spout Springs ski area near Toll gate will reopen for the winter sports season next week 'end, the Blue Mountain Ski club an nounced today. Five ski tows, the Olympic ski jump and lodge facilities will be in operation on the lower slope of Blue Mountain summit. More than $20,000 worth of re pairs and remodelling have been completed. Use Tribune Want Ads admg try club" and face the axe un less they get going. Lynn Waldorf is said to' be in his last year at California, the "sleping giant" that awoke when he took over in 1947 but has been snoring loudly again for the past two seasons. Cal showed a lot of promise early this fall in holding Baylor to a 7-6 win and upsetting Pitt 14-0, But then came a total collapse. Three Holiday Games m The Stanford-California "tra ditional" is expected to lure the usual 90.000 spectators even if both clubs have folded and a similar number probably wiH turn out for the Southern California-UCLA meeting of the con ference's "bad boys." Both teams were heavily penalized last sum; mer for violating conferance rules. Three other hallowed contests are set for Thanksgiving day. 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