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Defense Taken Ovef
In Football
New York W There's a new
hero on tft college campus this
year the once-anonymous de
fensive star.
He's the fellow the coaches say
is winning the football games
this year and now along comes
the National Collegiate Athletic
Bureau with a collection of sta
tistics to prove the point.
A a&rvey of 108 major col
lege teams reveals that scoring,
total yardage gained and num
ber of passes attempted are all
down.
Yardage gained is down slight
ly from last year but scoring is
the lowest since 1943 and the
average number of passes at
tempted in each game is under
28 for only the third time in the
last 20 years.
The statistics also reveal that
coaches have responded to the
generally tighter defenses by
resurrecting an offense weapon
Medford JV
Rolls Over
GP JV, 27-7
Grants Pass Medford came
back in the second quarter with
20 points to roll over the JV
club from Grants Pass yesterday
afternoon, 27 to 7.
Vhen the teams went to the
dressing rooms at the halftime
counter, the Junior Cavemen
were leading the Medford JVs,
7 to 6. Medford came back with
two TDs in the third quarter
and added one more in the
fourth to post their 27 to 7
Oyictory.
TDs f the Medford JV
came on runs of 19 and 30 yards
by Len Knight, a one yard run
by Ken Durkee and a 55 yard
gallop by Leonard Griggs. Con
versions were accountedfor by
QKnight and Durkee.
Giardello, Greaves Meet
In 10-Rounder Tonight
For TV Bout in Denver
Denver IIP) Bushy haired
Joey Giardello, a boxing veter
an from Philadelphia, is a 3-1 fa
vorite to defeat Wilf Greaves, a
youngster from Canada, in their
scheduled 10-round middle
weight bout tonight.
Giardello, who admits he is
fighting the age handicap at 27,
hopes a victory over the 21-year-old
Greaves will win him a shot
at champion Carmen Basilio.
Giardello is the third ranking
contender.
Greaves, meantime, could im
prove his unrated position with
an upset at Denver coliseum to
night. He has a 14-6-2 record,
and fights out of Pittsburgh un
der the tutelage of boxing's only
woman manager, Mrs. Jake
Mintz.
UCLA STRESS PASS DEFENSE
Los Angeles HP) UCLA
continued work today on a de
fense against Washington State's
dangerous passing attack. Jun
tor varsity quarterback Val
Keckin is playing the role of
the Cougars' star passer, Bob
Newman.
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the colleges ha8 ignored for
years the field goal. Thirty-two
were kicked through games of
Oct. 26 the halfway mark of the
season indicating the year's total
will top 60 for only the second
time in 12 years.
Here's what the breakdown
showed in the various depart
ments:
Scoring: Teams are averaging
31.5 points a game compared
with 33.3 points a game at same
point of last season. The last
time teams averaged fewer than
32 points over a full season was
in 1943.
Yardage gained: Teams aver
aging 541.3 yards per game com
pared to 558 per game last sea
son.
Passing: Teams have averaged
27.7 per game compared with
28.2 per game last year. Only
other years in which average
was below 28 were 1939 and
1955.
Plays: Teams are getting off
the same number of plays
they're just not getting as far
with them. Teams have averaged
93.2 running plays a game com
pared to average of around 90
in past year.
The Far West shows the great
est scoring drop, from about 40
points a game last 'year to 28.3
this year ... the Big Ten, one
of the lowest scoring sections
with 31.2 last season, leads the
nation with 36 this year.
Dream Raco
f arm Into
Nightmaros
Camden, N. J. (If) The
"dream Pace" of the year is turn
ing into a nightmare for the
ownerf of Dedicate and Round
Table.
Mrs. Jan Burke of New York,
owner of Dedicate, learned
Monday night that Willie Har
tack will be unable to ride her
horse in the $75,000 added Tren
ton Handicap at Garden State
Park Saturday.
Hartack, the nation's leading
jockey the last two years is com
mitted to ride Calumet Farm's
A-Glitter in the Selima Stakes
at Laurel this week end.
Hedrick Eighth
H GP Contest
Hedrick Junior High school
eighth graders have one more
football game to play. They en
tertain Grants Pass at 10 a.m.
Saturday in a make up of a post
poned contest.
The Hornets of Hedrick won
their battle with crosstown foe
McLoughlin 14 to 12 last Satur
day. Neither club was able to
mount a sustained offensive and
the touchdowns were scored on
long runs by Mike McCullough
for Hedrick and by Dan Coehill
for McLaughlin. A pass, Dick
Byrd to Norman Olson and a
run y McCullough accounted
for the Hornet's important extra
points.
Passes Stopped
QTwo passes backfired in the
final moments in the Bulldog ef
fort to come from behind. Pat
Williams deflected the passer's
arm on one occasion and Ray
Graves caught the ball in the
air for Hedrick. A Hedrick fum
ble gave McLaughlin the ball
with 25 seconds to play but the
Bulldog pass was intercepted by
Paul Garren.
Ron Gandee threw a key block
which opened the way for one
Hedrick TD. Paul Bauer played
a good share- of the second half
with a thumb injury and others
turning in top games were
Chuck Allen Mike Miller and
Rennie Vowell.
CARDS SIGN TAYLOR
Chicago (W Jim Taylor, a
235-pound linebacker who played
with the Pittsburgh Steelers last
season, has been signed by the
Chicago Cardinals. Taylor, who
played collegiate ball at Baylor,
was cut loose when Buddy Par
ker was named coach of the
Steelers. His signing brings the
Cards roster to 36, one over the
limit.
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RUNNING BACK KICKOFF
the game is Stanford's Jim
LUNGING FOR A 7 YARD GAIN is Stan
ford's Al Harrington (29), in first period of
Coaching Ranks Might
Have Jobs Open Soon
BY HARRY WISMER
New York (IP) Look for
more upheavals in the coaching
ranks in pro football after the
close of this season, than we've
had in quite a few years.
There'll be denials from every
corner but there'll be a switch
in the field boss at Los Angeles,
where Sid Gillman now holds
sway. At Green Bay, Lisle Black
burn, a native of high school
and college coaching in the Bad
ger State, is due -to be let go.
Hugs Devore is serving his last
season with the Philadelphia
Eagles.
There's anything but satisfac
tion in the ranks of the Chicago
Bears and the Detroit Lions.
Rumblings are continuous in
Chicago about the fate of Paddy
Driscoll. Detroit, named a co
favorite in the Western Confer-
Standings: W L
Clave Construction 24 12
Quality Market 24 12
E. H. Man & Co 22 14
Earl's Eastside Un. Station 22 14
Hearin Lumber Co 20 'i 14 "i
Sewing Machine Center 20 16
Davis Transwer 19 17
Pioneer Club 16 20
Authur Murray's Studio .. 13 23
U. S. Bank 11 li 242
Rogue Sportsman 12 24
Picks Apparel 12 24
Scores:
Clave Construction 3 (Ruth Shama
446) 1,998; Earl's Union Station 1
(Claire Ellison 411) 1.818.
Quality Market 0 (Helen Culy 442)
1.910; Sewing Machine Center 4
(Yvonne Strobel 414) 1.870.
E. H. Mann Co. 1 (Eleanor Lenz 511)
2,051; Rogue Sportsman 3 (Eunice
Johnson and Doris Webster 446) 2.077.
Hearin Lumber Co. 1 (Norma Lar
son 409) 1.895; Picks Apparel 3
(Twvla Maggerta 429) 1,933.
Davis Transwer 2 (Edith Redfield
458) 1,830; Pioneer Club 2 (Alice
Monroe 456) 1,811.
Arthur Murray 2 (Marian Schlu
chter 4522 1,815; U. S. Bank 2 (Nancy
Norris 389) 1.695.
Vivian Harris picked 5-7-split)
CLASSIC LEAGUE
Standings: W
E. H. Mann Co. 24
Sewing Machine Center 24
Oak Knoll Golf Course 23
Morse Motors 22 i
Lamport's Sporting Goods 25
High Real Estate 20 '.'2
Hillver Oil Co. 18
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Trail Creek Lumber Co. 16
Henry's Broiler
Sam's Sporting Goods
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Results: .
Morse Motors 3 (G. Clark Sc L. Web-ster-559)
2,728; Hight Real Estate 1
(Buzz Green-542) 2,549
E. H. Mann Co. 3 (Gordon Schultz
553) 2.555; Henry's Broiler 1 (Bill
Blunt-594) 2.530.
Lamport's Sporting Goods 4 (George
Spaunhorst-6121 2,888; Sam's Sport
ing Goods 0 (Bill Meyers-532) 2.547
Hillyar Oil Co. 4 (Ralph Brock-570)
2.636; Trail Creek Lumber Co. 0
(Gene Piazza-604) 2.511
Sewing Machine Center 4 (Harry
Frye-585) 2,650: Oak Knoll Golf
Course 0 (Bob Rametes-555) 2,534
Lamport's Sporting Goods had high
game and series for teams Monday
evening when they rolled a -1,037
game and 2.888 series. George Spaun
horst lea the individual bowlers for
the evening with 244 and high series
of 612.
WVU HOSTS MEET
Morgantown, W. Va. (IP)
The West Virginia University's
undefeated track team will host
the Southern Conference cross
country meet Nov. 18. William
and Mary is the defending cham
pion. West Virginia, which was
fifth last year, last won the con
ference meet in 1953.
BOWLING
in first play of
McMillin (42).
Making the
and Peterson
ence has taken a pounding, and
their 3-3 record is anything but
impressive. And Webb Ewbank
of the Colts is also in trouble.
Right now the San Francisco
49'ers, behind the sensational
play of Y. A. Tittle, are leading
the league in points and have
the best scoring punch in the
NFL. In the east, the leading
Browns are easily the defensive
leaders. They've only had 65
points scored against them in
six games, 31 less than the
Giants who are in second place
defensively.
WSC Plans
UCLA Clash
Pullman, Wash. (IP) Coach
Jim Sutherland planned a full
scale practice for his Washing
ton State Cougars today in
preparation for Saturday's game
with UCLA at Spokane.
Sutherland, who let his team
rest Monday, said he plans to
stress defense against the Bruins
single wing attack.
Brenner to Gain
TV Fight Soon
New York (IP) Promoter
Teddy Brenner has promised
unbeaten Gene Ace Armstrong
a TV fight with "some ranking
middleweight contender" at St.
Nicholas Arena, Dec. 9 or 16,
because of Monday night's upset
triumph over Randy Sandy.
Armstrong, who stacks cases
in an Elizabeth N. J. gin dis
tillery, won a lopsided 10-round
decision over Sandy of New
York at St. Nick's Monday night
for his 12th straight professional
victory.
It was Sandy's fourth straight
defeat this year. He had been
outpointed by Joey Giardello,
Spider Webb and Franz Szuzina
before the Armstrong catastro
phe. He now has lost eight of
28 starts.
Southern Cal Mexican
Colony Awaits Mecias
Encounter Wednesday
Los Angeles (IP) Mass hyst
eria gripped the Mexican colony
of Southern California today as
their national idol, little Raul
Raton Macias awaited the bell
Wednesday night to battle Al
phonse Halimi of France for the
world's bantamweight champion
ship. Thousands upon thousands of
Mexican Nationals joined the
750,000 Mexicans in Southern
California to root for The Mouse
as he goes after the most im
portant boxing title ever held by
one of his race.
Both the fighters were spirited
away to secret lodgings while
awaiting the bell for the 10 p.m.
p.s.t. nationally televised battle.
However, there will be no local
radio or television.
stop are Oregon's Mondale (65)
(52). (International)
crucial game against Oregon. Webfoot Jack
Morris (40) brings Harrington down.
SPORTS
OSC Victory
Comes Hard,
By Injuries
Corvallis (IP) Oregon State's
bruising 39-25 victory over
Washington State last weekend
was a costly one that may send
the Beavers shorthanded against
California Saturday, according
to Coach Tommy Prothro.
Fullback John Horrillo suf
fered a knee injury and is out
"indefinitely," and halfback
Earnel Durden is on the doubt
ful list with a knee injury.
Durden, Joe Francis and Nub
Beamer gained 289 yards and ac
counted for five of six OSC
touchdowns against the Cougars.
Red Sox Appoint
Thomas Manager
Minneapolis (IP) The Boston
Red Sox night appointed a 40
year baseball veteran to the post
of Minneapolis Miller general
manager.
Appointment of Tommy
Thomas, 58, was announced by
Red Sox Farm Director John
Murphy.
Thomas is no stranger to the
general manager ranks, having
served as both field and general
manager of the Baltimore Or
ioles of the International League
from 1939 to 1949.
USC BACKS INJURED
Los Angeles (IP) Guard
Frank Fiorentino and star half
back Rex Johnson both may not
be able to play for Southern
Cal. against Stanford Saturday.
They both suffered ankle in
juries ' in the Washington game
and it will not be known until
late this week if they can meet
Stanford.
COP READY TO PLAY
Stockton, Calif. (IP) The
College of Pacific Tigers will
be at their best physical shape
of the season for Saturday's
game against San Jose State,
r according to Coach Jack Myers.
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American Association Plans
Drive For Pension Program
New York OP) J. Norman
Lewis revealed today he has
been retained by the American
Association's players to explore
the possibility of forming a pen
sion fund similar to the major
league plan.
Lewis, who also is attorney for
the major league players, said
he also has been informed the
International League's players
"will organize on the same ba
sis." He said he met with rep-
Large Horse
Show Opens
New York
New York (IP) The 69th an
nual National Horse Show, the
nation's most social sports event,
opens tonight at Madison Square
Garden with more than $30,000
in prize money and hundreds of
blue ribbons at stake.
The feature attraction, as usu
al, will be the international
jumping competition, which, at
tracted a record seven teams
from seven nations. Argentina
will be represented for the first
time while Great Britain is ap
pearing for the first time since
1953.
Other countries entered in the
13 international events are the
United States, Canada, Chile, Ire
land and Mexico.
Idaho Preps
For Utah St.
Moscow, Idaho (IPI The
University of Idaho Vandals,
heartened by their weekend
31-13 vitcory over Montana
State, held a rugged workout
Monday in preparation for Sat
urday's game against Utah State
at Logan.
Coach Skip Stahley said he
was encouraged by news that
star end Larry Aldrich may be
ready to suit up against Utah
State. He suffered a shoulder
separation a week ago.
Local Basketball
Teams To Open
Season Nor. 25
The Independent Basketball
league is slated to open action
about Nov. 25, according to offi
cials on Tuesday morning.
Six teams have been signed
and a meeting is set on Wednes
day, Nov. 6, at the YMCA for
scheduling an election of new
officials. Games will be played
on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings, officials said
No site has been picked for the
games, they said.
League officials said they
would like to have at least two
more teams enter the league.
Interested teams should contact
officials at the Nov. 6 meeting,
they said.
PACIFIC JV POSTS WIN
McMinnville HP) Pacific's
junior varsity football team
edged the Linfield JVs 20-18
Tuesday on the strength of two
conversions by Bob Wendell.
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resentatives of the American As
sociation on Oct. 14 and later
wrote to Ed Doherty, president
of the A.A.; Baseball Commis
sioner Ford Frick and George
Trautman, president of the Na
tional " Association, asking to
schedule a conference.
According to Lewis, the play
ers' principal aims are to obtain
a pension fund similar to the
majors' and to establish a mini
mum monthly salary probably
about $500 a month.
In addition the players want
to "talk about" hospitalization
coverage, adequate protection
for the many flights required
to meet the far-flung league's
schedule, relaxation of various
restrictions on playing winter
ball, uniform meal and travel
money and various other minor
compensations.
The American Association is
composed of Charleston, W.Va.,
Denver, Colo., Indianapolis, Ind.,
Louisville, Ky., Minneapo
lis, Minn., Omaha, Neb., St. Paul,
Minn., and Wichita, Kan.
Duck Centers
Add to List
Of Injuries
Eugene (IP) Dave Fish, re
serve center on the Oregon foot
ball team, suffered a broken
hand last Saturday against Stan
ford and will be out of the Wash
ington game in Portland this
week, Coach Len Casanova said
today.
Fish had moved up to the second-string
center slot after Bob
Peterson replaced Norm Chap
man, out for the season with an
ankle injury.
Casanova said Larry Newsom,
a sophomore guard from Salem, i
would be switched to fill the gap j
left by Fish's injury. "We may
do some more shuffling before
the end of the week," the Oregon
mentor said.
Huskies Plan
Basic Drills
Seattle, Wash. OP) 0Uni
versity of Washington Huskies
spent two full hours going over
fundamentals Monday, because
Coach Jim Owens said they
"botched up every possible
way" in losing to Southern Cali
fornia last weekend.
Owens said he hoped to have
Don Armstrong, . a starting
guard who has been out of action
two weeks, ready to go against
the University of Oregon Ducks
Saturday.
oore to Mett
Cotton in Seattle
Seattle (IP) Light heavy
weight champion Archie Moore
meets unranked Eddie Cotton of
Seattle in a 10-round non-title
match here Wednesday night .
Moore, who won a fifth round
TKO victory over Bob Mitchell
in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, is
expected to weigh about 191 for
the over-the-weight bout. Cotton
will probably come in at 178.
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