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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.
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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
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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.
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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. (IP) Half
back Harold Pollard will return
to action when the San Jose
Spartans meet College of Pacific
Saturday, but Coach Bob
Titchenal warned his team that
they'll have to do better against
the Tigers than they did in los
ing to Cal Poly, 14, 7.
Winter and Summer streets in
tersect in Boston.
Golfers Start Clambake Tilt
Apple Valley, Calif. (IP) The
second annual Lloyd Mangrum
Clambake, a $5,000 invitational
pro-amateur golf tournament got
under way here today on the
Apple Valley Country Club
course.
Fifteen of the nation's top
touring professionals are com
peting for the prize money in
the 36-hole, two-day tournament.
Among the standouts are Gene
Littler, Bo Winninger, Porky
Oliver, Mike Souchak, Mangrum,
Jackie Burke and George Bayer.
The professionals will be
teamed with 15 sports writer!
and 30 club members.
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