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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tornado Heads for Portland To Engage Marshfield Bucs In A-1 Championship Battle "They're ready, they're eager. i think they're, confident. They'll Eo fpr broke." These words by j hea'd. coach Fred Spiegelberg j "summed up the spirit and ob jective of the Medford high foot ball Black Tornado last night after it had completed a final fog-abbreviated home field prac titse for a second and final chap tw of what earlier this fall was termed the meeting of an ir roeistable force and an- immov able object. That, previous reference was to the late September skirmish botween Medford and the Marsh field Pirates on the Tornado turf. Tnere wars no conference sigaif icance. -Only prestige was at stake and the titantic struggle between Oregon's gridiron giants wound Op in a SO to 20 stand off. This time its -different. The Class A-1 "championship is the prize. Marshfield, rated No. 1 through the season, despite its tie with Me'dford, and the also unbeaten Tornado, ranked as No. 2 by the pollsters, fight it out following an 8:15 p.m. kick-off Friday at Multnomah stadium in Portland. Pirates Gin Edga Metropolitan area prognosti cates are Allowing the golden and l;ray horde of Coos Bay slight edge against the whirl wind c4 the Rogue valley, stick inwith the defending champion and its string of 34 unbeaten efforts ouer tlyee seasons. But anyway tsie' tussle is "viewed, it looms as gigantic with the clubs Boasting similar success over ' common foes and favoritism mainly x matter of sentimental cjpofce. . Meflford'j strflwart gridders headed north this morning fol lowing a rousing student send oft. There were 36 players- (33 ftf whom will be in uniform), ?hree coaches and a manager in tla Portland bound bW Four 'busses carrying band members, another transporting pep club members and possibly others chartered for student rooters will leave Friday morning for the game. Sala (approximately 500 re served seat tickets at the senior high school office this week, assured the presence of a large delegation of Tornado support ers, altfcaugh ticket sales were certain to have been greater had the championship scramble ' been set for a stadium closer to southern Orgon. Jrill at Lincoln Th Tornado gridrrfen will hold looseniag up drill on the "Lincoln high field in Portland this afternoon. They will be gartered tonight and Friday night at the Washington hotel ad will rrurn to Medford on Saturday. The. Pirates, with their home city of Coos Bay a shorter distance to Portland, was to work out on its home turf today "and move into Portland on Friday in the quest of a third successive and second undis puted title. Fog moved in so. thickly last night that coaches Spiegelberg, Bob Newland and Paul Evensen were forced to pall a halt to Tornado practice after only an hoi! on the field. The Medford iti odid have'time to drill on defense and work on pass scrim mage. SDiecsilbere indfeated last nicht that whether end Mike. Stearns wauld see duty was still" questionable. He suffered a sprained neck two weeks ago i the qufter-flnal game with Gresham. Halfback Gary Riley also was unier the weather yes terday with a sore throat but is expected to be ready and in good shpe for the titular scuffle. Job Cut Out . Trnado gridders know from tieir early season conflict that' 8 they hare a task cut out for -them.ut they'll still have that incentive of trying for jSledford's first football win over Marsh field in nine years. Since that sl8 tocl2 virdict in 1947 the Tor nado has twice Ud the Pirates, battling to a scoreless deadlock in the otherwise lean year of 1953 in addition to the knot this e year. " m Statistics bear out "the reputa tion of the Pirates as a crushing, slashing, eruptive X formation earn which has done most of its cjitfvancing on the. ground with the two-pronged threafof fleet Daily's U-Drive Medford Airoort halfbacks Roger Johnson and Jack Shanley. And the figures show the Bucaneers with their massive line and tough lineback ers as a strong defensive club as well. The Coos Bay club has run up 3298 yards rushing while holding its adversaries to a mere 893 on the ground. Passing has had only a small role in the overall yardage production of the Pirates. They've collected just 363 yards on 34 comple tions out of 69 attempts. Defen sively, the Bucs have yielded most yards through the air with opponents connecting 73 times in 138 tries for 1161 yards. But Pirates have intercepted 19 rival aerials. Johnson Gains 1331 Leading gainer of the break away twosome has been John son with 1331 yards in 140 totes. Shanley has 124 packs and a total of 1166 yards. Fullback Hardy Spurgeon has carried the ball little but he's potential dynamite and has been known to break away. He has 47 carries ior the season and 493 yards. Halfback Gary Smith has car ried 42 times for 300 yards and Gary Kwalheim 43 and 219. Johnson has tallied 21 touch downs and 126 points. Shanley 19 goals, a bonus point and 115 Rademacher, Boyd Take Boxing Bouts By RICHARD VOUMARD United Press Sports Writer Melbourne 1 (U.R) Pete Rademacher a Grandview, Wash, heavyweight, and Jimmy Boyd, a hard-hitting light heavyweight from Rocky Mountain, N.C., hammered their way into the Olympic boxing semi-finals to day while three other U. S. battlers suffered elimination. Four Russian boxers, mean while, enjoyed a banner dav as they all scored victories in their quarter final bouts. Middleweight Roger Rouse of Opportunity, Mont., one of the three American losers, suffered a particularly bitter setback when the referee over-ruled the four judges and awarded the decision to Gilbert Chapron of France. Lightweights Louis Mo lina of San Jose. Calif., and Joseph Shaw Of St .Louis also lost decisions. .. The 28-year-old 210.. pound Rademacher scored-' a second round technical knockout over Josef Nemec of Czechoslovakia. ProTed Too Tough Boyd, a 25-year-old soldier currently stationed at Fort Ben ning. Ga.. proved too tough for Rodalfo Diaz, a plucky Argen tinian who tried gamely to trade punches before losing a unani mous decision. Rouse's loss to Chapron was a blow to the U. S. hopes for a gold medal in ''the middle weight division as the Montaian had been expected to go all the way. The four judges all called the bout even but the referee awarded the bout to the French man by a single point as the crowd booed lustily. Molina ran out of gas in the third round and lost a unanimous decision to Tony Byrne of Ire land in their lightweight bout while in another bout in the same division, Henry Loubscher of South Africa outpointed Shaw. Jane Russell, Mate Adopt Third Child Hollywood (U.R) Actress Jane Russell and her husband, former Los Angeles Ram foot ball star Bob Waterfield, have adopted a nine-month-old boy. The adoption of the red-haired boy. -Robert John Waterfield, was approved Wednesday in Superior-Court. The Waterfields have two other adopted chil dren "Thomas 6, and Tracy, 5. For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads BEWARE Of , IMITATIONS " IOOK. FOR THI HAPPY ' urni dog TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE Thursday, 17oembr 29, 19SS total and Spurgeon 10 TDs, 24 bonus kicks and 84 aggregate tabulation. The Pirates have romped to 364 points to oppon ents' 93. Likely starters for Medford on offense are Dick Copple (190! and Tom Hamlin (175), ends; Neil Plumley (218) and Larry Cranston (209), tackles: Bob Apple (170) and Tom Merton (172), guards; Dick Swinney (170), center; Dick McLaughlin (196), quarterback; Gary Riley (170), left halfback: El don Francis (160) right halfback, and Bob Gee (165), Loren Christean (.185), fullback. Defensive Team The defensive gang may be Copple and Hamlin, ends; Crans ton and Plumley. tackles; Apple, guard; Merton. McLaughlin and Jim Funston (196), linebackers, and Riley. Francis and Gordon Owsley (136) halfbacks. Offensive starters for the Pir ates probably will be Jim John son (185) and Chuck Amsbury (175. ends: Barry Bullard (220) and Dale Cardwell (195), tackles; Jerry Tankersley (190) and Dave Bingham (202). guards; Larry Tankersley (194), center; Clay ton Smith (170), quarterback; Roger Johnson (186), left half; Jack Shanley (170) right half, and Hardy Spurgeon (198) full back. For defense Tim Bullard (195) may replace Larry Tankersley pnd Tom Jenkins (200) or Bob Andrews (193) could be in for Bingham. Larry Bick (168) is expected to go in for Smith. MEDFORD TRAVEL ROSTER: Boh Apple. Dick and Jim Coram. Gordon Owsly, Terry Miller. Mike Stearns. Loren Christean. Jay Wal ker. Bilhee Lane. Rod Bacon, (Gary Riley. Tonv Brauner. John Jones. Mifce Russell. Earl Knifht. Boh Gee. Eldon Francis, Dick McLaughlin. Torn Hamlin. Dick Copple, Ron Peery. Gary Guss. Jim and Fred Funston, Tom .Merton. 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Rogers 377 Us Mail TrlDun Want Ads Dead Une Sunday Classified la at Monday: other aay s-30 previous day AA SPORTS 10-99? spectacled Chris Basher of Great Britain finally was awarded the 3,000-meter steeplechase cham pionship in the record time of 8 minutes, 41.2 seconds after first being disqualified for "in terference" and then reinstated hours later by a special protest jury. Except for the excitement caused by the protest in the steeplechase, the Americans had the show mostly to themselves in the vast Melbourne cricket grounds as they added 12 points to lead Russia in the unofficial team race, 318-214. Campbell Dominates Decathlon Campbell, a husky 22-year-old sailor, and world record-holder Rafer Johnson of Kingsburg, Calif., dominated the first five events of the day-long decathlon grind. Campbell wound up the day with 4,564 points and John son was second with 4.367 after competition in the 100-meter dash, broad jump, shot put, high jump and 400 meters. Campbell finished first in the 100,' shot, and 400 and was second in the two jumps. Jenkins, 22-year-old student at Villanova, won his gold medal the hard way with a tremendous surge in the stretch. Running third with his long stride and flawless form, he suddenly blasted around world record holder Lou Jones of New Roch elle, N.J., who had led from the start, and then caught Russia's Aradalian Ignatiev. As Charles swept over the finish line in a comparatively slow 46.7. Karl Haas of Germany nosed out the Russian for sec ond place. Zoitto Hellsten of Finland passed the winded and cantering Jones, who finished fifth with Malcolm Spence of South Africa sixth. Dispute Develop A fierce dispute developed when Brasher was disqualified for bumping Ernst Larsen of Norway on the fourth jump from the finish. The plucky Briton finished 20 yards ahead of the field in 8:41.2 shattering the record of 8:45.4 OK Market Locker Beef Sale U.S. GRADE GOOD LOCKER BEEF These Are All Klamath USDA Graded Good-Fed Beef V2 for 39c Front 35c Cut Cut Hind Ready Only 4 SWEET NEW NAVEL ORANGES 10 as. 99c ARIZONA SUNKIST GRAPEFRUIT (rffS.C In Appreciation of Your Wonderful Thanks- giving Business This WEEKEND We Will Give DOUBLE GOLD ARROW STAMPS 1202 NORTH RIVERSIDE - Next to Henry' Broiler set four years ago by Horace Ashenfelter of the U. S. Campbell ran the 100 meters in 10.8 seconds for a lead in the first decathlon event and never was headed the rest of the day. Johnson was second in the 100 with 10.9 but outjumped Camp bell by a half inch in the broad jump with a distance of 24 feet, 1 inch. Milt led the shot put at 48 feet, five inches and Johnson was third 11 inches back. Camp bell was second in his heat in 49.3. Third place in the decathlon standings went to Martin Lauer of Germany with 4.064, putting him 500 points back of Camp- bell. Four four-minute milers qual ified for Saturday's 1,500-meter final though none of them won their heats, preferring to coast. The noted barrier - crashers who made it were John Landy of Australia, Brian Hewson of Great Britain, Gunnar Nielsen of Denmark and Laszlo Tabori of Hungary. Merve Lincoln of Australia ran the fastest- heat in 3:45.4, just two-tenths of a second off the Olympic record, with Ron Delaney of Ireland, another Vil lanova student, qualifying as third man. and Wrapped-Quick Frozen and Wrapped Quick Frozen Quarter for Locker 0- -L . 5 b. Yankee CagerS Take Easy 85-55 Verdict Over Russia By DAVE BERONIO Melbourne ;U.R) Big Bill Russell led the United States Olympic basketball team to a surprisingly easy 85-55 victory over Russia today. But the one sided score did not lull Coach Gerald Tucker into believing the Soviets are pushovers. The Russians, who already had qualified for the final four nation round-robin pool along with the' Americans, used second-stringers most of the way in losing to the Yanks. Tucker in terpreted the maneuver as a So viet attempt to jockey for better position in the final round-robin which starts Friday. In the Olympic pool system, the two top teams in each semi final group qualify for the tour-1 nament final. The Russians' set- i back pitted them against weak-1 er opponents in the opening i games of the final round-robin, setting up a last day champion ship showdown against the U.S. Sixth Straight This was the sixth straight vic tory for the Americans, although the point-total matched their lowest thus far. The defeat was Russia's second in six games, the TO INVESTIGATE Raleigh, N.C.-4U.R) The At lantic Coast conference will act Dec. 7 on a request for a full scale investigation of charges of illicit "high pressure" basketball recruiting brought by the NCAA against North Carolina State college. T "V fBIGAl ( FRANKS ) VACUUM CAN BLISS COFFEE SPRY SHORTENING B SUGAR 10 us 99 ST FLOUR 10 a, 99 OLE ) 199 first having come against France in the preliminary round-robin. The American teamwas off in its shooting during the first half of the game against the Soviets. But Russell and K. C. Jones, All America team mates at San Francisco, led a powerful spurt early in the vcond half to break open the game. Russgll drew a loud rt)nd of applause from the packed arena of nearly 4.000 fans when he scored one of his famed "stuff" shots in the second half. How ever, that was the only time he tried the shot which had started a mild controversy in last Tues day's game. GOOD LUCK TORNADO! 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