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0 o O o EIGHT-tJfpfgS (RfjGOjT HAIL Vf&JWE Tuesday, November 5, H57 Texas A&E3, Oklahoma Trade Places in Gnmroii Batm BY NORMAN MILLER New "ork IP Texas A&M's perfect - record powerhouse, which often leaves its opponents wondering just how it keeps win ning, replaced Oklahoma today as the No. 1 team in the United Press college football ratings. When the Texas Aggies beat Texas Christian, 7-0, two weeks ago, one of the losing players re O marked, "we should have whip ped them three touchdowns." The following week when Baylor succumbed, 14-0, the victims chorused "they're not that good." And the Arkansas Razorbacks were hardly impres sed with A&M's prowess after being edged 7-6 by coach Paul Bear Bryant's men last Saturday. No Soft Touch But small though their victory margins may be at times, the Ag gies have managed to find the winning formula in a pressure packed schedule that does not include a soft touch. And on that basis, the con sensus of the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board picked Texas A&M By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor When the Medford High foot ball club takes on Grants Pass here on Friday, Black Tornado gridders will try to give Head Coach d'red Spiegelberg and Line Mentor Paul Evensen their fifth victory in six meetings with Caveman teams of Coach Mel Ingram. Medford elevens claimed tri umphs of 20 to 13 in 1952, 14 to 7 in 1954, also 14 to 7 in 1955 and 28 to 7 in 1956. The GP de cision was by a close 13 to 12 in 1953. Ingram teams have met Med ford 11 times since Mel took over the Caveman helm in 1947. The Tornado has won on six oc casions and GP on five. this fall over UCLA, San Jose State and University of Cali fornia he points io a 71 lo 6 Webfooi score over the Cali fornia system of higher education. 3B OUT OF 93 Available records show 48 games in history of Medford frants Pass High gridiron contention. The Tornado has won 36 and the Caveman 12. Oddly, there have been no ties. But only one point has separated the two clubs on five occasions with four of thW) cores 7 to 6 and one 13 to 12. Bedford won two of ihi 7 io 6 . games. Medford's most lopsided vic tories over the Cavemen were 76 to 6 in 1914, 80 to 6 in 1922, 73 to 0 in 1945 and 56 io 0 in 1946. Grants Pass beat ihe Pear city crew 52 to 0 in 1917 and 47 lo 0 in 1951. THEORY UP FOR PROOF Ingram gets another chance to prove a theory or to have it dis proved Friday in the district championship battle between Medford and his Cavemen. He likes for his eleven to run into the better clubs among its foes at the end of the season on the belief that the good teams taper off in effectiveness and are easi er to beat in the late stretch of the campaign. Medford took is Qsue with the theory with its 28 to 7 win last fall, and 14 to 7 edge in 1955. We can remember when Gene Allison, when coaching at Ash land, had a different idea about how to beat Medford High. The plan was to face the Tornado at the start of the season.. It never succeeded but the Grizzlies did come close once. CAVEMEN FAVORED State prep ratings and com parative scores give Grants Pass ihe position of favorite in the conference grid decider with Medford. The Cavemen tripped Crater 20 lo 13. whacked Ashland 41 lo 6 and blasted Klamath Falls 40 to 0. Medford defeated Crater 44 to 14, belted Klamath 33 to 14 and nudged Ashland 15 lo 6. STONE'S RUN TOP THRILL What has been the top thrill in long football runs between the Cavemen and Medford. Many fans here have seen more games over the years than we have. But on our limited experience we take the end zone to end zone run of Medford's Alton (Rocky) Stone on a pass interception in 1954. It meant a 14 to 7 victory instead of a 7 to 7 tie with Grants Pass having the edge in yardage and first downs. EX-TORNADOES SHINE Tackle Neil Plumley and Center Dick McLoughlin, both of Medford, were co-captains and starters for the Oregon State College Rooks in their Myrtle Bowl football game with ihe University of Oregon Frosh at North Bend on Satur day night. Both reportedly turned in bang-up perform ances with Plumley playing a game matching the best he had while at Medford High. Bob (Apple) Abel reportedly saw duty for the Frosh. Plumley was chosen io ac cept the Myrtle Bowl trophy for the Rooks ai a buffet din ner. Guess who presented it Leonard Mayfield, superin tendent of Medford schools. KIDNAPERS KNOWN HERE Bob Prall, Salem, one of five University of Oregon athletes who "kidnaped" the Oregon State college homecoming queen and princesses, is well-known here to golf followers. He has appeared in a number of tour neys at Rogue Valley Country club, successfully defending his Oregon Golf association match play toga" last year. Ron Dodge, another of the "culprits," has played here for the Seattle Cheney Stud baseball team. South Salem Now Third In Prep Poll Portland (IP) South Eugene received 69 out of a possible 70 votes today to maintain its top place in the Journal coaches' poll among Oregon's A-l high school football teams. Vale again led the A-2 poll with 70 out of 70 points. Beaverton stayed in second place and South Salem into third among the A-l powers while Marshfield slipped to fifth be hind Jefferson of Portland. Following Vale in the A-2 poll were Seaside, Willamina, Dallas, Elmira, Central, Glendale, Ser ra, Bandon ($ nd Myrtle Point and Newport, the latter two tied for 10th. The A-l rankings: Team Points 1. South Eugene 69 2. Beaverton 58 3. South Salem 48 4. Jefferson 44 5. Marshfield 36 6. Tie: Grant 24 Milwaukie 24 Springfield 24 9. Mac-Hi . 18 10. McMinnville 17 Others: North Salem 10, Grants Pass 9, Medford 4. Sports Car Rally Won By Hun ten Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hunter, Rogue River, were winners of an all night rally of the Siskiyou Sports Car club over the week end. Seven cars were entered and were on the road between 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sun day. The entrants drove from Medford through Winston, Co quille.O Bandon, Gold Beach, Crescent City, Calif., and Grants Pass and back to Medford. Averages were computed for five legs to determine the winner. tops this week by a margin of 10 points over Oklahoma. Thirteen of the coaches made the Aggies their No. 1 choice; 11 voted for Oklahoma. Auburn moved up to third place and Michigan State took over fourth in the ever-tightening race for the national cham pionship. Two Tied for 10th The top 10 group became a "top eleven" this week when Oregon and Tennessee tied for the No. 10 ranking. Both teams were new-comers to the select group this week, along with Navy and Michigan. Auburn, whose coach Shug Jordan received a new contract Monday largely on the strength of this season's 6-0 record, at tracted seven first-place votes. After Auburn came three Big Ten Conference teams in order Michigan State, Iowa and Ohio State. Michigan State and Iowa each had one first place vote; Ohio State received two. Army, Navy, Michigan and the deadlocked Oregon and Tennes see teams rounded out the lead ing group. Same Faces Lead Scoring Race in NBA New York HP. If people looking for new names in the National Basketball Association scoring races, forget it, because the same "old ruys" are doing business at the same old stand this season. Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks, Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals, Bill Shar man of the Boston Celtics and George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons hold down the. top four position in the first weekly NBA scoring statistics. And not far behind them are such old favor ites as Neil Johnston of the Philadelphia Warriors and Slater Martin anod Ed Macauley of the Hawks. Pettit has scored 131 points through his team's first five games to lead in total points, but Yardley, who has scored 112 in four games, has the top aver age, 28. Schayes, the Nats scor ing leader almost every season, has netted 116 in five games, Sharman has 114 in five and sophomore Bill Russell of the Celtics has 107 in five games. Hoop Referees Meet Wednesday Final organization of referees for the prep basketball season in the Rogue River valley will be accomplished at a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Medford Senior High School. The session will be at 7:30 p.m. Coaches are invited to attend the session alone with members of the association and prospec tive arbiters. There will be a discussion of rules. BRILL MITAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Haiti PHONE SP 2-4440 On TV Saturday GRID FUTURE BRIGHT Fans who have watched the McLoughlin and Hedrick Junior High school ninth grade football teams in action this fall cannot help but be optimistic about the future for Medford Senior High. CAL SYSTEM LOSES Jim Vance, sports editor of the Roseburg News - Review adds fuel io the fire of the Pa cific Coast conference football ! controversy. Adding up the I University of Oregon scores I Se Next Friday's paper for teams and time. Pacific Coast Conference Football TR1HHIX CONCRETE C9 J&diveud-SP 2-5271 248 E.McAN DREWS RD. SPORTS Roio Oowl Tickets Not On Sale Yet Eugene (IP) The University of Oregon made it clear today it was not accepting any Rose Bowl ticket application yet. "We appreciate the interest of our fans . . . but it is our policy, to play one game at a time and it would be presumptuous of us to assume that we will defeat Washington, Southern California and Oregon State," Athletic Di rector Leo Harris said. ' Ducks Locked For 10th in Football Poll New York OP) The United Press college football ratings, with first place votes and won lost record in parentheses: Team Points 1. Texas A&M (137-0) ......296 2. Oklahoma (116-0) 286 3. Auburn (76-0) 210 4. Mich. State (15-1) 210 5. Iowa (15-0-1) 194 6. 6hio State (25-1) 191 7. Army (5-1) 101 8. Navy (6-1) 86 9. Michigan (4-1-1) 72 10. (tie) Oregon (6-1) .'. 54 10. (tie) Tennessee (5-1) 54 Second 10 group 12, North Carolina State, 34; 13 (tie) Ar kansas and Notre Dame, 19 each; 15, Mississippi, 17; 16, Duke, 10; 17 (tie) George Tech, Texas Christian, Penn State and Tempe (Ariz.) State, 4 each. Others Missouri and Dart mouth, 3 each; Yale, 2; Stan ford, Mississippi State, Prince ton, Syracuse, Oregon State and Southern Methodist, 1 each, Berkeley, Calif. (IP) Coach Pete Elliott has made a slight change in the starting lineup of the University of California Bears he's moved the entire second string up. - FLINCHING FROM A HARD RIGHT Spider Webb had trouble weathering a stirring rally by Willie Vaughn, Los Angeles middleweight, in a blistering fight at New York. Webb won fight with unanimous decision. (International) Presidents To Bet On Long Bike Trip Eugene (IP) A long bicycle trip awaits either James Lynch, student body president at Ore gon, or Charles Dunn, student body prexy at Oregon State. If Oregon State defeats Ore gon here November 23 Lynch will have to ride a bicycle from Corvallis to Eugene, wearing an OSC colored jacket. If Oregon wins, Dunn makes the trip from Eugene To Corval lis wearing an Oregon colored jacket. - . INDIANS IN TOP SHAPE Stanford, Calif. HP) Coach Chuck Taylor said today his Stanford Indians should be in top shape for Saturday's game against Southern California except for a couple of broken noses. BASKETBALL CLINIC Minneapolis, Minn. (IP) The annual free basketball clinic sponsored by the University of Minnesota Athletic Department for coaches of this area will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, under the direction of coach Ozie Cowles. Students Only To Be Seated in Old Grandstand Bests in the old grandstand t the senior high stadium will be reserved for students of Medford and Grants Pass High schools on Friday nighi when the Black Tornado &nd Cave man football teams meet in their conference nd district liil gam. General admission tickets will not admit fns io those seats.' Only general admission seating available will be in ihe bleachers. A number of re served seats siill can be pur chased in the new grandstand. SAN JOSE HALFBACK OK San Jose, Calif. 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