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Michigan State, Oklahoma Given Wide Grid Margin NQv York V If you be lieve in the "wizards of odds," tho?e gridiron Giants, Michigan State and Oklahoma, face easy pickin's again this weekend. Michigan State, which took over first place in the United Press ratings this week, is a 21 point favorite over Purdue in their Big 10 Conference game at East Lansing, Mich. .Oklahoma, according to the Broadway oddsrnakers. should defeat Kansas by at least 34 points in their Bis Eight confer ence tussle at Norman, Okla. The Sooners' spread over Kan sas is the largest on the weekend slate, but it could be an "un derlay" for one important rea son: Bud Wilkinson's boys, un beaten in their last 43 games, are not too happy about sur rendering their No. 1 rating to Michigan State, so they probab ly will open all cylinders against Kansas. Army Over Pitt In the East's biggest game. Army has been installed a one point pick over Pittsburgh in Nub Beamer Grabs Lead Over Shanley Los Anzeles Oregon State's Nub Beamer has regained the rushing lead in the Pacific Coast conference by the margin of one yard over Jim Shanley of Ore gon, according to weekly statis tics released today by the PCC commissioner's office. Beamer has netted 345 yards in 67 carries in his first four games to 344 yards in 63 carries for Shanley. Beamer has aver aged 5.2 yards per play; Shanley 5.1. Joe Francis, Bcamer's team mate, is third with 283 yards. Bob Newman, Washington State quarterback, holds a sub stantial lead in both passing and total offense. Newman has com pleted 39 of 72 passes for 537 yards and a 54. 2 completion mark. He has thrown five touch down nasw? .TacV Douglas. Stan- lord, has 24 completions and Howard Willis. Idaho, 21. Newman has 579 yards in to tal offense, all but 42 of which came from passing. Francis is second with 283 yards rushing and 185 passing for 468 yards, while Willis is third with 443 yards. Each has contributed five touchdowns. EHingsen Heads Don Ellingsen, Washington State, is the leading pass receiv er with 19 receptions for 257 yards. Larry Aldrich, Idaho, has 14 for 204 yards and Dick Wall fcn. UCLA. 11 for 135. Kirk Wil inn of UCLA leads in intercep tions, having picked off four. Jack Fanning. Washington State, and Willis lead in scoring, each with 30 points on five touchdowns. All of Fanning's scores have been on pass re ceptions. Beamer, Francis and Sarnel Durden, also of OSC, have 24 points each. Jim Jones, Washington, has th most yards on kickoff re turns. 190." to 121 for Shanley 4nd 90 for Tony Ortega of South ern California. Sterling Ham mack has the most punt return yards. 164, followed by Lou Val ii. Stanford, 64, and Len Read. Oregon. 56. Leading punter is Idaho's Ken Hall with a 48.3 average follow ed by Jim Conroy, Southern California. 45.7. and Kirk Wil son, UCLA. 42.3. Hank Greenberg Faces Showdown Cleveland OF Hank Green berg, one-time crown prince of clout for the Detroit Tigers but now charged with the final col lapse of Cleveland's once-formidable baseball dynasty, today faced a showdown to retain his position as Tribe general mana ger. Greenberg was scheduled to "go on trial" before the annual meeting of the Cleveland club's board of directors. Greenberg is the club's second-largest share holder with an estimated 15 to 20 per cent of stock. Greenberg was plagued with growing discontent in this city which in 1948 set an all-time sea son attendance record of 2,600, 000 but which as seen a steady decline at the turnstiles ever since. Attack Concerns Cougar Skipper Pullman. Wash. 0? Coach Jim Sutherland, whose Wash ington State Cougars overcame an 18-0 Stanford lead last Satur day to defeat the Indians 21-18. says he is still more concerned about his team's offense than the defense. Sutherland put the Cougars through stiff offensive drill yes terday in preparation for Ore gon Saturday. Washington State, noted as a passing team, moved the ball farther on the ground than in the air in its first three games. There are about 250,000 churches in the U. S. claiming about half the country's popula tioa as members. their sellout contest at West Point. The Panthers have run off three straight victories since los ing their opener to Oklahoma. I but the Cadets, beaten by Notre Dame last week, figure to re- Dound. Minnesota rates as a 13-point choice over Illinois in their na- I tionally-televised game. In oth er isig in comerence Dailies, de fending champion Iowa is rated 7 points better better than Wis consin, Michigan is 14 over Northwestern, and Ohio States is 23 over Indiana. Three games were listed as "even money" bets, including the Washington State vs. Oregon squabble for first place in the Pacific Coast Conference. Other "pick 'em" games were Califor nia vs. Southern California and Auburn vs. Georgia Tech. In Friday night games, West Virginia is 13 over George Wash ington, Miami Fla. six over North Carolina State, and Mis sissippi 14 over Tulane. Other Saturday games by sections. East: Boston College 1 over Villanova: Harvard 1 over Co lumbia; Penn 1 over Brown; Holy Cross 6 over Dartmouth; Yale 7 over Cornell; Princeton 21 over Colgate. South: North Carolina 7 over Maryland; Florida 6 over Mis sissippi State; Louisiana State 7 over Kentucky; Tennessee 13 over Alabama: Duke 27 over Wake Forest; Virginia Tech 4 over Virginia. Midwest: Missouri 1 over Iowa State: Colorado 7 over Kan sas State; Detroit 3 over Xavier; Cincinnati 19 over Marquette. Southwest: Rice 7 over South ern Methodist; Houston 7 over Oklahoma State; Texas A&M 10 over Texas Christian; Arkansas 10 over Texas; Baylor 14 over Texas Tech. Far West: Oregon State 7 over UCLA, Stanford 6 over Washington. Intersectionals: Navy 13 over Georgia; Penn State 7 over Van derbilt. and Syracuse 13 over Nebraska. ilSPORTS Sanders Plotting Against Beavers Los Angeles 0P1 UCLA Coach Henry (Red) Sanders, the master, apparently was plotting a way today to teach his former assistant, Oregon State's coach Tommy Prothro, a lesson in football. The wily Bruin coach, whose team meets the Beavers in the Memorial coliseum Saturday, closed football practices yester day to everyone even sports writers. ' Sanders only reported that he was holding a heavy workout that stressed both offense and defense. Thomas Scores 17th Pro Verdict Portland OP) Tommy Thom as, Portland lightweight, racked up his 17th professional fight victory Tuesday night with an eight-round decision over Jim my McCoy, Seattle. In the prelims, LeRoy Flam ond, Portland, knocked out Fred die Mack, Estacada, in the third round; Ruggles Larson, Tacoma, decisioned Elvin Polk, Portland, in four rounds; Frank Jackson, Junction City, decisioned Eddie Johann, Portland, in four; Hugh Williams, Portland, knocked out Gene Meekers, Estacada, in the second round. There are 50 islands, five in habited, in the Virgin island group the U. S. bought from Denmark in 1917. McLoughlin Ninth Beats Grants Pass Flu-ridden McLoughlin Junior ninth grade football squad trounced a larger aggregation of Grants Fass Cavekids 26 to 12 at Grants Pass yesterday. The tussle was the make-up for the fracas postponed Friday because of sickness among Grants Pass players. Starting line-up of the Bull dogs was minus several stal warts, Tackle Richard Connolly, Center Chuck Shaw, End Jerry Winetrout and Tackle Phil Baird. While Baird saw some action late in the game, the other three were not in uniform. Al Funston rambled 12 yards to score in the first quarter after jarring line play and a hard tackle resulted in a Grants Pass fumble. Funston also ran over the extra point. Terry Coulter blocked a punt to set up the sec ond TD. Dennis Bauman raced around end, gaining 20 yards be fore being forced out of bounds on the one-yard line. Dick Rags dale smashed across the goal. Funston again plunged for the extra. Cave Kids Score Grants Pass went over for a second panel touchdown after a fumble recovery on the Mc Loughlin 18. The Cavekids got their other counter in the fourth quarter on a deep delayed re verse. Twenty-yards were cov ered on the play. Bauman romped 49 yards for th tierd Bulldog TD. At the tail end of the third quarter Phil Humphreys, recent victim of the "popular" m a 1 a d y flu, of course, cut loose off tackle for 69 yards to put the ball on the five-yard line. Two plays later he reached the end zone for six points. In the line for the Bulldogs, replacement John Fontaine played a bang up game as did Al Minnick, Bill Hobbs, Larry Hammack, Jim Osborne and Bob Rix. Fine tackling was done by Terry Earl and Funston. Crisp blocking by the Bulldogs was observed. McLoughlin plays the Klam ath Falls Frosh at 3:30 p.m. here Friday. Baker Man Elected Savings League Head Portland OP) Carl Davis of Baker Tuesday was elected president of the Oregon Sav ings and Loan league. Davis is executive vice president of the Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan association of Baker. Other officers include Robert H. Hazen, Portland, first vice president; Maurice Parmenter, McMinnville, second vice presi dent, and Don Chapman, Port land, renamed secretary - treas urer. Hugh Proudfit, Eugene, was named a member of the execu tive committee. John H. Pletsch, Medford, retiring president, also automatically becomes a member of the executive committee. BRAVES DROP TEAM Milwaukee (IP) The world champion Milwaukee Braves have dropped their Evansville franchise in the Three I league in favor of a working agreement with another team in the Class B circuit. Braves General Man ager John Quinn blamed a drop in attendance for Milwaukee's action. Tornado Grid Gang Said in Better Shape Medford high's football squad, hit roughly by the flu bug last week, appears to be in better shape physically this week as it readies for a Friday trip to Klamath Falls. Coach Fred Spiegelberg re ported that Backs John Jones, Jim Clark and Fred Funston had missed drills so far this week. It was thought that Jones would return to the squad today. He missed the Friday hassle with Crater. The mentor ventured this morning that the Black Tornado has a chance to beat its long standing jinx aT Klamath but he quickly added that the Medford club would have to be "up" for the game. Medford has not won a contest with te Pelicans on Mo doc field since 1945. Similar Offense Klamath, wich as had a long siege with flu and colds, almost every squad member being stricken, is reported over that trouble and may be physically stronger against the Tornado than it has been for several games. The Pelicans, under new Coach Andy Knudsen, employ an offense similar to Medford's. They use an unbalanced line with both T and single wing, plays. Klamath could pass . more than Medford on Friday with Frank Ballard and Dick Humph rey doing most of the throwing. The KF club reported does not pack a lot of weight but it has a 210-pound lineman in Bill Montgomery and a 180-pound fullback in Bill Shreeve. Medford worked on defenses last night and ran its offense in a dummy scrimmage. Spiegel berg reported that, if contact scrimmage is held this afternoon, it will be a short one. Squad members just got lots of run ning on Monday. They did not even put on their pads. Wednesday October IB, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE North Carolina Youth Named Star Farmer Kansas City, Mo. (IP) One of the nation's most coveted farm youth awards Tuesday night went to 21-year-old Clar ence J. Chappell Jr., of Belvi dere, N.C. He was named "Star Farmer of America" by the Future Far mers of America at their 30th convention here. The award, car rying with it a $1,000 check from the FFA, was rflade dur ing colorful ceremonies at a session at Municipal auditor ium. Young Chappell shared hon ors with three other members of the farm youth organization who were named regional star farm ers and received checks of $500 each. They were Charles F. Cole, 20, New Hartford, N.Y.; Bryan Hafen, 19, Mesquite, Nev.; and Billie D. Parsons, 21, Milesville, S. D. Church Group Favors Closures on Sundays Portland (IP) The Portland Council of Churches Tuesday night approved a resolution ur ging members to cooperate in a campaign for Sunday closure of business except those necessary for health and welfare. Milton A. Marcy, executive secretary of the council, was named as a representative on a committee to spearhead a drive to get businesses in this area to close on Sundays. The committee represents religion, labor, bus iness and the general commun ity. m bottles the best of both r si 1 I tMfr Mi Tf -i ti.iimBej m FULL 6 YEARS OLD JIM BEAM 100 PROOF BOTTLED IN BOND KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY SZ00 SQ90 O 44 Ot. O Pt. only BEAM tastes like BEAM ... only BEAM tastes so good BEAM . . . distillers of the world's finest bourbons since 1 795 WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST JIM BEAM 86 PROOF 5 YEARS OLD KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY SJI65 SO00 4SQT. PINT rrTi,-...il Mwa!W WHISKY Oregon Staters Head League in Statistics Los Angeles (W Oregon State, ranked seventh nationally led the Pacific Coast conference in both total offense and total defense in statistics released to day by the PCC commissioner's office. The figures showed the unde feated Beavers, last year's PCC Rose Bowl representative, had averaged 373.8 yards a game on offense during the first four weeks of play and had given up but 215 yards to opponents. It was clear that Coach Tom my Prothro's team loved the ground and held its power there. The Beavers gained an average of 294 yards rushing while strik ing through the air for only 69.8 yards. Washington State, the confer ence's top passing team with 185.5 yards average, was second in total offense with 335 yards and Stanford was third with 332.8. Trailing Oregon State in to tal defense was Oregon with an average of 229.5 yards and then UCLA which gave up 247.8 yards a game to its opponents. 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