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Grants Pass, Bedford, Foes Friday
in District 6 fl-1 Titular Ruckus
Grants Pass high will try for
its seventh consecutive football
triumph of the season and its
first area championship since
1953 when the Cavemen engage
the Medford Black Tornado at
the senior high stadium here
Friday night for the District 6
q A-l and Southern Oregon con-
ici cute uidiiiies.
The Tornado, host for an 8:15
(7) p.m. outing, goes into the all-out
skirmish whirling for a fifth
straight triumph and fourth con
ference title.
Steadily rising and showing
strong in the late season, the
Cavemen are unbeaten since
fbeir season opener loss by a
scant 29 to 19 to Albany. Since
then they have overcome North
Bend, Roseburg, Crater, Ash
land. Klamath Falls and Tilla
mook. Modtord, 5-2 for the full
year, has tripped Crater, Klam
ath Falls, Eureka and Ashland
since a setback 12 to 0 at the
hands i Marshfield.
rG P Passing Acclaimed
The ruckus between the fav
ored Cavemen and the Tornado
shapes up as a match between
the combined running and pass
ing offensive of the T formation
GP eleven and the ground on
slaught of a Medford attack
which mixes the power of the
single wing and the explosive
ness of the T.
Statewide attention has been
focused on the GP passing, a big
factor in its march into the dist
rict deciding conflict. However,
a check of season statistics
shows the largest share of Cave
man scrimmage yardage gained
from rushing. Net yards for GP
on the ground in seven games
have been 1,367. Through the
air the Cavemen have picked up
964.
Key to the important role
played by the passes is this: Six
teen touchdowns have been
scored on throws by Quarter
back Jim Smith.
In all, 61 of 111 GP aerials
have been completed. Smith has
flung 103 and hit his receiver
on 58 for 928 yards and .563 fir
ing average. Only three of
Smith's tosses have been , inter
cepted. End Mike Sparlin has
gathered in 31 throws for 525
yards and 13 touchdowns.
Many Receivers
Statistics further reveal that
Medford pass defenders won't
be able to concentrate on Spar
lin alone as a receiver. Halfback
Jack Dean, End Paul Lindquist,
Fullback Mike Rose and Half
backs, Richie Condray, Marvin
Terry, Don Lewellyn and Larry
Drake all have caught GP
0 passes. Dean has taken eight for
133 yards, Lindquist six for 76,
Rose five for 54, Condray 3 for
60, Terry three for 67, Lewellyn
three for 45 and Drake two for
14.
In rushing Dean has been the
top gainer with 102 carries, 639
total yards and 6.36 average.
Rose follows with 78 for 348
and 45. Don Lewellyn has 53
for 210 id 3.95 and Terry. 13
for 68and 5.2 yards. Smith in
22 times with the ball has
grossed 7 but has been spilled
for loss totalling 50 yards.
ihuch higfcer amount of
G Medford's scrimmage yardage
has been picked up on the
ground. The Tornado records
show total of 1,618 yards rush
ing tooust 201 gained tnrougn
the air. That's a total of 1,819
compared to 2,331 for the Cave
men. Medford rushing has been
pace4)by Ron Reich, Bob Gee
and John Jones. Only three
Medfo! passes have gone .for
touchdowns.
For the championship fray
Grants Pass will field an aver
age sized backfield behind a
lightweight line whift Medford
will be a bit lighter in its back-
field but heftier in the line.
Siarlers Listed O
Possible starters for the Cave
men are Sparlin and Lindquist,
ends; Jerry Putnam and Paul
Slaven, tackles: Wendell Win
terbottom and Ollie Woolsey or
Dick Byrd, guards; Dick Cald
well, center; Smith, quarter
back; Dean, left half; Lewellyn,
right half, and Make Rose, full
back.
For Medford the line may be
Tom Hamlin and Mike Russell,
ends; Tom Morris and Dick Sor
enson, tackles; Tom Merton and
Frank Albert or George Ice,
guards, and Jim Funston, cen
ter. Backs may be Tony Brau
ner, quarter; Jones, left half;
Reich or Dick Durante, right
half, and Gee or Larry Brown,
fullback.
Reports from the Black Tor
nado camp indicate, that the
Medfordites are extending them-
Selves in efforts to be ready forfpionship game isn't necessary to
the Or passing. Defensive work
rtjpt much intention in yester
day drill. Dummy offensive
scrimmage also was conducted.
0 Head Coach Fred Spiegelberg
reported his crew in about the
same physical shape as reported
e-rlier in the week. Reich, who
turned (ti ankle in the Ashland
yjzae was on hand in uniform
last night but nfined his work
to a bitf running.
Top Crowd
.vlediord's top football crowd
of the season is not just expect
ed. It's certain for this big one.
Reserved seats have been sold
out in both Grants Pass and
Medford. There should easily be
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TORNADO "FOOTN1K" LAUNCHERS
Shown here is the ball-booting combination
of the Medford high football squad. Their
kicks probably won't reach outer space and
become satellites but they will make every
effort to thump them far and accurate Friday
night in the scrap at the senior high stadium
for the District 6 A-l championship. The
Sport
Parade
New York (IP) Fraley's Fol
lies and the weekend football
"winners" along with a few
recollections on around the
world in 80 hours.
Game of the Week
Navy over Duke The Middies
are rolling in high gear and the
Blue Devils have been stuttering
of late. The Navy attack plus a
good defense should win, barring
a letdown.
The East
Holy Cross over Syracuse So
the Orange can give me more
juice.
Army over Utah Jimmy De
Maret wowed 'em signing auto
graphs in Japanese.
Dartmouth over Columbia
Sam Snead made me sorry I play
gin rummy.
Princeton over Harvard But
Red Smith made me wish for a
slow boat.
Also: Brown over Cornell,
Yale over Penn, Pitt over West
Virginia, Boston College over
Boston U., and Colgate over
Bucknell.
The South
Alabama over Tulane The
Commies rap those who use Hong
Kong's rickshaws.
Mississippi over' LSU The
Reds claim it's degrading.
Auburn over Mississippi State
But they don't give the boys
free rice.
Maryland over Clemson And
the natives are the biggest riders.
Also: Tennessee over Georgia
Tech, Kentucky over Vander
bilt, Florida over Georgia, VPI
over Wake Forest, North Caro
lina over South Carolina, North
Carolina State over W&M, and
Miami over Florida State.
The Southwest
Arkansas over Rice Bangkok
is a sardine fisherman's para
dise. Texas Aggies over SMU
They're up to their gutters in
canals.
Texas over Baylor Every
body fishes, for anything edible.
Oklahoma State over Wyom
ing It's fishing, strictly from
hunger.
Also: Texas Tech over Tulsa,
Tempe over Texas Western and
Hardin Simmons over Arizona.
The Midwest
Michigan State over Notre
Dame Rome's Circus Maximus
would make a great race track.
Iowa over Minnesota That's
where Ben Hur swung low his
chariot.
Ohio State over Purdue The
cfonlirief -mrxm -ri 1 r Tint rV om
draw a big throng. Just put the
Medford and Grants Pass foot
ball teams on the same field.
That will assure a crowd.
Medford will rate the roll of
underdog for the first time this
season, if comparative scores
gnd state rankings are consid
ered. But there's considerable
feeling that a close battle is in
the making and odds among the
betting fraternity for the most
part are sentimental.
The old grandstand has been
reserved solely for Grants Pass
and Medford high students.
Adults who do not have re
served seats will have to find a
place on bleachers.
Thursday, NoTember 7, 1957
By
OSCAR FRALEY
Sports Writer
United Press
Coliseum looks like a midget
Franklin field.
Michigan over Illinois And I
swear you can still smell the
Lions.
Also: Oklahoma over Missouri,
Wisconsin over Northwestern, In
diana over Cincinnati, Nebraska
over Iowa State, Penn State over
Marquette, Kansas over Kansas
State and Detroit over Villanova.
The West
Oregon over Washington
Drivers never rant in Japan.
Oregon State over California
They admire the rival who
"bluffs" 'em successfully.
Stanford over Southern Cal.
Rome's drivers are the most vol
uble. UCLA over Washington State
But New York cab drivers
still scare me most of all.
Also: Brigham Young over
Fresno State, Colorado over Col
orado State, Denver over Air
Force Academy and Idaho over
Utah State.
Plainsmen
Top Defense
New York, (IP) Auburn's
rise to third place in the college
football ratings this season was
reflected today in the latest'team
statistics released by the NCAA
service bureau.
The Plainsmen ranked first
among the major colleges in
total defense, allowing an aver
age of 136.7 yards for their first
six games, and also topped the
"scoreboard defense" with an
aggregate yield of 14 points, 2.3
points per game.
Georgia Tech was second in
total defense with an average of
163.5 yards allowed per contest
and was followed in order by
Princeton 172.5, Navy 172.6 and
Oglahoma State 182.0.
Iowa Leads
Iowa led in rushing defense,
limiting enemy ball carriers to
66.2 yeads per game. Auburn
76.2 was second, followed by
Miami Fla. 88.7, Arizona
(Tempe) State 96.C and Prince
ton 105.5.
The leading defender against
passes was Georgia Tech. The
Engineers have limited their op
ponets to only 213 yards in the
air for an average of 35.5 per
game. Their closest rivals were i
Missouri 43.4, Tulane 44.6. Flo-!
rida 45.2 and Kentucky 51.9.
Charlie Johnson
At Bear Guard
Berkeley, Calif. W Charlie
Johnson moved into Harley Mar
tin's guard spot today as the Cal
ifornia Golden Bears continued
to work on defense for the Ore
gon State game this week end.
Martin was forced to give up
football on the advice of the team
physician because of recurring
head injuries. He suffered a con
cussion against Navy earlier this
season and another against UCLA
last Saturday and doctors ad
vised him to quit the game to
avoid possible serious consequences.
Black Tornado meets Grants Pass. The kick
ers, left to right, are Guard Tom Merton, on
kickoffs, Tackle Mike Murray, for points after
touchdowns, and Quarterback Tony Brauner,
on punts. Holding for Murray and seeming
tired after a long drill is Fullback Fred
Funston.
Eagle Point
Opposes IV
Eagle Point Eagle Point and
Illinois Valley highs wind up
their football seasons Friday
night with a Rogue league game
at Cave Junction. Both clubs are
out of the race for the crown.
The Eagles will seek to keep
third place in the final stand
ings. On Tuesday Eagle Point jay
vees rallied from 12 to 0 first
quarter deficit to turn back a
similar Talent team 20 to 1&
Mike Palmer scored on a sen
sational catch of a pass from
Jim Nease for a second quarter
EP score. Bill McClure crossed
the goal twice on short runs in
the second half. Paul McLean
ran two extra points.
Talent got a fourth quarter
TD.
Giants, Dodgers
In Conference
With PCL Men
New York IP) Officials of
the Dodgers and Giants meet in
secret with the representatives
of the Pacific Coast league today
in an effort to settle upon satis
factory indemnity sums without
going to court. .
Baseball Commissioner Ford
Frick called the meeting, and
will sit in on it, but denied he
would serve as arbitrator. He
said he set up the meeting "at
the request of the interested
parties" and that they would
discuss "the reorganization of
the Pacific Coast league and the
questions of realignment."
Money Problem
However, it was known that
the big problem was the money
to be paid the PCL for encroach
ment on its territory by the
Brooklyn now Los Angeles
Dodgers and New York now San
Francisco Giants.
It was reliably reported from
last week's meeting at Sacra
mento, Calif., that the Giants
and Dodgers each offered only
$50,000 to the PCL. Some PCL
owners were talking of sums as
high as $1 million, and have
threatened law suits.
Wherein does The Medford Merchants
Association derive the power to take away
a legal holiday from the Medford Em
ployees Association November 11th is
Veterans Day (Armistice Day).
' December 25th is Christmas.
MEDFORD EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION,
Jack Vaughn, Secretary
Crabtree's
Play Quiets
Faultfinders
By HOWARD APPLEGATE
United Press Sports Writer
Eugene W A much
criticized senior from Lakewood,
Calif., is making his faultfinders
eat their words this football sea
son and as a result the Univer
sity of Oregon is nearing its first
Rose Bowl appearance since
1920.
He's Jack Crabtree. playing his
first season as regular quarter
back for Oregon. Quarterback is
the key position in Oregon's
split-T offense and it was gen
erally agreed at the season's
start that the Webfoots would
rise or fall on how Crabtree
made out.
There were many who said he
simply didn't have it. After Ore
gon's first two games It appear
ed they might be right.
Against Idaho, fullback Jack
Morris ran 79, yards to ,the one-
; yard-line in Crabtree's first play
from scrimmage as the regular
quarterback. But on the next
four plays the Ducks traveled
backwards and were stopped on
the eight. They barely managed
to beat Idaho 9-6 and the Mon
day morning quarterbacks had
plenty of unkind things to say
about the quarterbacking.
Pilt Game Worse
The next week aginst Pitts
burgh it was even worse.
Oregon led 3-0 late in the
game when on a fourth down
play near midfield Crabtree call
ed a pass instead of a punt. It
went awry. Pittsburgh went on
to score a touchdown on a pass
with 22 seconds to play over
Crabtree's defensive position to
win 6-3. It turned out .acocrding
to the Oregon coaching staff,
that Crabtree had been hit hard
on the play preceding the ques
tionablepass call and actually
thought he had called a punt.
But this didn't silence his critics.
Coach Len Casanova admitted
he then received letters suggest
ing that Crabtree be put on the
"fourth team." But Casanova
ignored the suggestions.
The next week, against favored
UCLA, Crabtree was at the signal-calling
slot and definitely
was on the spot. All he did was
call one of the finest games ever
seen in Multnomah stadium as
Oregon won 21-0. Crabtree hit
seven out of eight passes as well
as handling the ball well and
faking beautifully.
But it took some more sterling
performances by Crabtree to
really convince . Webfoot fans
that the 21-year-old kid had it.
He Comes Through
Two weeks later against Wash
ington State, Crabtree came
through like a pro. With time
running out in the first half, he
called his plays without a huddle
to save time and on the last play
of the half sneaked over for a
touchdown. Oregon won that
game 14-13.
Against Stanford last Saturday
he did exactly the same thing
and scored himself just five sec
onds before the half ended. Ore
gon again won by one point,
27-26.
In that Stanford game Crab
tree hit eight out of nine passes.
He's also been keeping the ball
on the option more often. It is
this type of playing which keeps
the defense guessing and allows
speedboys Jim Shanley, Charley
Tourville and Morris to ramble
on the ground. For the season
Crabtree is 31 for 56 in passing,
a neat 55 per cent.
Little wonder that Coach
Chuck Taylor of Stanford said
"Crabtree leads the team mar
velously." The faultfinders' are
beginning to agree.
Boston Streak
Now Seven Frays
By UNITED PRESS .
When the National Basketball
association season started there
were some joking remarks about
whether the ' powerful Boston
Celtics, defending champions,
ever would lose a game, but to
day it appeared that may be no
joke.
Certainly the Celts have done
something no other pro team in
so powerful a league ever has
done win its first seven games,
six on foreign courts. The latest
was a 103-94 victory Wednes
day night over Minneapolis at
Minneapolis.
Fanfare
Winner of the Medford-Grants
Pass high District 6 football
game here Friday night will
meet the District 3 champion in
state A-l quarter-finals and win
ner of that tussle will face the
Portland victor in semi-finals.
Beaverton appears almost a
sure bet to win in District 3,
which is the Metropolitan league.
The Beavers are 6-0 in their cir
cuit and are favored over Gres
ham in the loop finale this Fri
day. Milwaukie is in second
spot in the Metro with 5-1. Jeff
erson and Grants are unmarred
in the Portland Interscholastic
league and play this Friday. The
PIL makes up Districts 1 and 2.
The District 6 champ will
travel for its quarter-final scrap.
JACK MORRIS PRAISED
High praise for the play of
Wood Picks
Both Oregon
Grid Clubs
BY HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
Los Angeles (IP) Pacific
pigskin picks:
Stanford over Southern Calif
ornia: This always is a bruiser,
but the roll-outs that beat UCLA
should be able to accomplish
the same result against the Tro
jans, by 13.
Washington State over UCLA:
Ihe curse of the Palouse coun
try still rides high when Calif
ornia teams invade Spokane.
Even with Red Sanders' new de
fense scrimmage gimmick of
having the Bruins use two pas
sers throwing balls at the same
time won't stop the Cougars. By
six.
Oregon State over California:
We're still waiting for the day
when the Golden Bears break
out with that 50-point scoring
rash that a scout recently pre
dicted. Can't see it happen
against this strong Beaver de
fensive outfit. By one.
Oregon over Washington: The
Ducks flying high and they'll
give the fans in Portland a show
as they head for the Rose Bowl.
By 12.
Idaho Choice
Idaho over Utah State: Van
dals get back into their own class
and prove again that they have
one of their better teams this
year. By 14.
College of Pacific over San
Jose State: Traditional rivalry
and a battle for the independ
ent championship of the West.
The Tigers by 20.
Arizona (Tempe) State over
Texas Western: As we keep say
ing, those Sun Devils should
get a big bowl bid. By 13.
San Francisco Forty Niners
over Los Angeles Rams: Biggest
crowd of the year out to see one
of the great young stars of the
game, the incredible R. C
Owens. By three.
Also: Santa Barbara over Pep-
erdine, Los Angeles State over
Long Beach State, Bringham
Young over Fresno State, Cal
Poly over San Diego Marines,
Cal Tech over Cal Baptist, Oc
cidental over Redlands, Pom-
ona-Claremont over Whittier
and University of Mexico over
San Diego University.
Souchak Winne
In Links Tourney
Apple Valley, Calif. OP) Ex
football player Mike Souchak to
day held the Lloyd Mangrum
Clambake tournament laurels as
the circuit-traveling host of pro
golfers packed up to head for
the $11,500 Long Beach, Calif.,
Open, starting Friday.
Souchak came from behind on
Wednesday with a powerful tee
shot to catch another long hitter,
George Bayer, and win with
rounds of 69-67 136, giving him
a three-stroke edge.
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By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
Jack Morris, ex-Medford high
star, in the University of Ore
gon football game comes from
L. H. Gregory, sports editor
of the Portland Oregonian.
Morris was cited specially for
the many tasks he performed
like carryinq the ball 14 times
for 76 yards, kicking three
points after touchdown, scor
ing one .touchdown, punting
twice, kicking-off three times,
applying a key block for a
touchdown jaunt of a mate
and making some lusty tackles
as a linebacker.
Gregory said he was im
pressed by Morris's "terrific
knack of speeding up with
touchdown in sight on the play
to set it up.'l Adds the Ore
gonian sports editor, "Think
of anything else a backfield
young man should do in one
game? WeTe trying but not
making out."
Oregon's A-l and A-2 high
school coaches prefer an earlier
start in the late summer for foot
ball practice and want more time
to prepare for the first game of
the season. That is the majority
do, according to a poll conducted
by Clay Hannon, prep writer for
the Eugene Register Guard.
Of 64 coaches answering his
questionnaire, preferred starting
practice the last week in August.
Eight wanted drills during the
last two weeks in August, 11 the
first week in September and
three at some other time.
Fifty-three out of 65 coaches
favored the first game for the
second week of September, eight
the third week, three the first
week of September and one the
last week of August.
Fifty coaches want a state foot
ball play-off and 15 do not
among those polled. Thirty-nine
like and 21 dislike the idea of a
short "spring" football program
in the form of a physical educa
tion class for boys who will be
returning the. following fall.
FIRST LONE CROWN
Southern Oregon college's
Oregon Collegiate conference
grid championship is the first
unshared football crown in
the history of the OCC.
Students May
Apply To Attend
YOO Conference
Application blanks have been
available for all senior high
school age boys and girls in the
county who .wish to seek an op
portunity to attend, the Young
Outdoor Oregonians conference
on Nov. 29 and 30 at Eugene.
Members of the Jackson Goun
ty chapter of the Izaak Walton
league have placed the blanks
in the offices of high schools of
the county.
The session at Eugene will
be in conjunction with the IWL
annual division convention.
All expenses of students select
ed to make the trip will be paid
by the IWL or other community
organizations. The expenses will
included those for transporta
tion, registration, three meals
each day and rooms at the Eug
ene hotel Friday and Saturday
nights. It is not known now just
how many young people will
be chosen from the county.
On the application the student
is to list organizations in which
he is active, tell why he wants
to attend the -onference and
how he expects to benefit and
discuss one conservation problem
in Oregon.
Nationally known leaders in
conservation will lead discus
sions. FIFTH DEADLOCK
Hanover, N. H. (IP) When
Dartmouth and Yale played to
a 14-14 tie in New Haven, Conn.,
Saturday, it marked the fifth
deadlock between the two
schools in football in their long
and colorful series.
drive a "gas hog"
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Shanley Has
Touch of Flu
Eugene (IP) Oregon halfback
Jim Shanley was recovering
from a touch of the flu today but
Coach Len Casanova said he ex
pected Shanley to be able to
play against Washington in Port
land this week end when the
Webfoots try to wrap up a tie
for the PacLic Coast Conference
title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
Casanova said reserve center
Larry Newsom reinjured his
knee leaving only sophomore Bob
Peterson and Milt Blevins at the
center position. Earlier, regular
center Norm Chapman was side
lined for the season with an
.-n'-'e i-and Dave Fish
broke a hand against Stanford.
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