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o O GHT MEDFORD (OREGON) h" w lif ll CRUNCHING THROUGH CALIFORNIA is Oregon State's fullback, Nub" Beamer, 34, at Berkeley. California's fullback Forbes, 32, Said ears To Coach SCOTT B&ILLIE Sen Francisco CIP) Is Cali fornia about to resume wearing its ghostly shroud as "the grave yard of coaches?" The bears often went by that chilling name until Lynn Pappy Waldorf revived their football empire in 1947 and got them into the Rose Bowl three times. But then his own fortunes waned. His last two seasons were losing ones and he announced on the eve of last season's final Perfect Record Teams Retain Top Ratings As Season End Hears By NORMAN MILLER New York (W Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Auburn, the na tion's three perfect-record col lege football powers, retained the 1-2-3 ratings of the United Press board of coaches today in the extremely close race for the national championship. Michigan State, the three titans from the Big Ten Conference, remained in contention right be hind the top three following a weekend in which the leaders won as expected. The first six rankings were unchanged from last week. Tennessee advanced three notches to seventh, followed in order by the service academies, Navy and Army, with Duke this week's newcomer among the top 10 in the 10th ranking. Texas Aggies No. 1 Only 57 points separated the first four teams this week. Texas A&M was the first choice of 14 members of the 35-man United Press rating; Oklahoma received eight first-place votes, Auburn six and Michigan State five. Rarely have four teams been in such close contention for the top rating at such a late stage of the season. In points, distributed on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for votes from first to 10th places, the Texas Aggies led with 307 out of a possible 350; Oklahoma had 287, Auburn 256 and Mich igan State 250. Iowa and Ohio State, each with one first-place vote, followed with 228 and 184 points, respec tively. Tennessee had 116, Navy 82, Army 79 and Duke 44. Shakeup On Top A shakeup in the top 10 may be expected next week following battles between some of the ranking powers. Texas A&M best bet for the Cotton Bowl, takes on Rice tied for the 15th ranking this week. Oklahoma, which has clinched an Orange Bowl berth, plays Notre Dame tied for No. 20 "in Saturday's nationally-televised game. Auburn faces a '-breather" in unranked Georgia, but Michigan State plays tough Minnesota and ! Ohio State has a chance to qual- j ify for the Rose Bowl by beating j Iowa. I Mississippi, another leading bowl prospect, headed the second 10 group, followed in order , by Arizia Tempe State, Wisconsin and Clemson. There was a five team tie for 15th place among Arkansas. Dartmouth, Oregon, Rice and StarJftrd. Tied for 20th place were Notre i name. Penn State and UCLA.i MAIL TRIBUNE Hearing Graveyard Ranks game with Stanford that he was stepping out. Alumni pressure generally is regarded as having had a lot to do with Waldorf's decision. Now another nice guy there is finishing last and only in his initial season. Pete Elliott, the hero of Michigan's 49-0 victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl, can't find the win ning number. To date he has a record of one victory and seven defeats. Holy Cross, Illinois and North Carolina each received one point this week. Marshall Keeps Seven-Point Lead In AHL Scoring New York Of) Willie Mar shall of Hershey, although held to one goal and an assist last week, maintained his seven point lead in the American Hockey League scoring race. Marshall, according to official league statistics, also led in goals scored and assists for the fourth consecutive week. The 25-year-old center has compiled 27 points on 13 goals and 14 as sists. Dune Fisher, right wing on Marshall's high-scoring line, is second in total points with 20. Bill Sweeney of Providence gained six points in last week's action to boost his total to 19, good for third place. . Tied for fourth place with 17 points each are Gerry Ehman of Springfield, Jimmy Moore of Cleveland and Bruce Carmichael of Provi dence. Eddie Shack, a rookie with Providence, upped his penalty minutes to 58 to retain., his league lead in this department. Hershey's Gil Mayer, out with the flu all week, remains the leading goaltender with a 2.00 average. He has yielded 14 goals in seven games. . However, Johnny Bower of Cleveland leads in shutouts with two. FIGHTS BT UNITED PRESS Caracas. Venezuela Paul Jorgen sen. 13CP2. Port Arthur. Tex., out pointed Sonny Leon, 12824, Venezuela, 10. New York. St. Nicholas Arena Jimmv Archer. 148. New York, out pointed Tony De Cola, 147, Brooklyn, 10. METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Tuesday, November 12, 1957 crumples under the onslaught led by Ore gon's center, Randall, 52. This drive was for the first Oregon score. (International) eturn Fans entering California's Me morial Stadium last Saturday to watch the Bears lose another to Oregon State also saw something else a faceless effigy swinging over one of the gates. The dummy bore no name ei ther. But it dangled apparently in silent protest launched by the militant crowd of Bear rooters who stand for a losing era only so long. Cal's rooting section, a white block of explosive cheering . in the goods times, was noticeably quiet Saturday as the Bears lost, 21-19, despite a tremendous sec ond half comeback. And numerous empty spots showed up in the rooters' depart ment, indicating that many had either decided to go to the movies, or study, or have a beer. Other California coaches have walked the plank despite more successful seasons than Eliott is having. Nibs Price was dropped after the 1930 campaign when his Bears had been walloped by Southern California, 74-0. Navy Bill Ingram left after having a so-so season in 1934. This was followed by the bright era of the "thunder team" under Stub Allison. Then came Frank Wickhorst in 1946. He lasted one season, winning two out of nine, and gave way to Waldorf. . Waldorf Happy Now the cycle is complete. Waldorf is happy in his new job as chief scout for the San Fran cisco Forty Niners. And the per sonable Elliott, immaculately dressed in a brown gaberdine suit, vainly walks up and down the sidelines as the Bears lose and the rooters grow sullen. Elliott, a former assistant to Bud Wilkinson, is strong for two things. . .the split-T and loyalty to his charges. "I'll never be prouder of a team than this," Elliott said in his quiet way after Saturday's heart - breaker. "They really could have come apart in the sec ond half but instead they came out and tried to win it." He and the Bears will try again under the eyes of a critital rooting section, when they host Washington next Saturday. In the meantime, more effigies may swing from various gates for Pete Elliott a nice guy is fin ishing last. HFC will mate 8,400 loans today! A i V" OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: Pro Golfers Problems in By HAL WOOD Long Beach, Calif. OP) The embattled Professional Golfers' Association went into executive session today to study the pres sing problems involving sport dom's "biggest show on earth" the $1,400,000 touring pro fessional tournament program. The major problems were these: Should the annual PGA tournament, a matched play af Fanfare Ballots for selection of the Mail Tribune's Southern Ore gon Conference all-star football team have been placed in the mail. As usual, sportscasters, sportswriters and coaches in the five conference towns have been asked to vote. Date of announc ing the team depends on how quick the ballots come in. JOB FOR TORNADO The fact that Beaverlon has been rated Oregon's No. 1 high school football team in the Oregon Journal coaches poll is indication enough that the Medford Black Tornado has a task cut out for it next Saturday night in the state A 1 quarter-final fracas at Bea verton. SIMILAR ATTACK Beaverton reportedly is a split T team, which uses some single wing and tight plays behind its unbalanced line. Its attack is considerably like Medf ord's. Running game of the Beavers, with Mickey Sinnerud, Steve Cook and Steve Beguin lugging, has been its principal weapon. But its success with aerials, with Mike McGettian throwing, in the last week's Gresham game provide indication that the Bea vers use passes more often than the Black Tornado. RUNBACKS BIG ITEM Medford punt runbacks, particularly the 88-yarder by Halfback Johnny Jones, made the big difference in total net yardage piled up by the Tor nado and Grants Pass in their District 6 deadlock grid skir mish last Friday night. The Tornado had 129 yards from Ihe return of four of six Grants Pass boots. The Cave men made runbacks on only two of Quarterback T o n y Braumer's five kicks for six and five yards and a total of 11. LONG PUNTS HELP Brauner's punts were consist ently long against the Caveman in the big engagement and a big asset in keeping Grants Pass in scoring more often than it did. He averaged 39.8 yards per kick for the night. His longest was 44 yards and the shortest 34, measured from the scrimmage line. Steady Tony has had the role of unsung hero for his blocking, play calling and team leadership. ECKEL HUNGRY More information on Paul Eckel's football play for Brig ham Young university has come from the school. The x Medford high star is what his line coach, Owen Dixon, calls a "hungry" player and in two games this fall was recognized as outstanding lineman. A right guard. Eckel is one of three starting sophomores in what is termed one of the best BYU lines in years. "Paul REITER DIES St. Petersburg, Fla. (UV--An 86-year-old former football coach, who believed one of his teams was the first to ever use the forward pass, died here Mon day. He was Howard R. (Bosey) Reiter who coached at Wesleyan College in Middletown, Conn., from 1904 to 1909. Reiter main tained his 1906 Wesleyan team used the forward pass for the first time against Yale. Later that year the forward pass was legalized. More people coast to coast borrow money from HFC than from any other con sumer finance company. They like our friendly, one day service. They know they may borrow up to $1500 and take np to 24 months to re pay. If you need cadi for any good purpose, use the service that's backed by 79 years' experience. Phone or visit HFC today. St., 2nd Floor SP 3-5301 Face Financial Executive Meet fair, be changed to medal play so that the financial losses in this event could be reduced? Is the new PGA program of keeping entrance fees from all tournaments the proper pro cedure or is it alienating the sponsors? Is the selection system for the Ryder Cup team correct, or should there be some changes made so that such stars as Sam my Snead, Ben Hogan and Jim- By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor is extremely fast and agile Above all he is aggressive and really gets in there' Dixon has declared. Eckel broke his jaw at the start of the grid season in 1956. After the jaw healed, he decided not to play in the few remaining games, thereby sav ing his eligibility. However, he earned a varsity letter at BYU last school year on the wrestling team. Tiger Coach Wins League, Keeps Job Princeton, N.J. OP) Dick Colman, who guided Princeton's football team to first place in the Ivy League as acting head coach, took over today as the full fledged new coach of the Tigers on a three-year contract extend ing through 1960. Colman was officially named head coach Monday on his 43rd birthday, succeeding his grid iron "father," Charley Caldwell, who died of cancer on Nov. 1. The Tigers,, currently leading the Ivy League with a record of six victories in seven games un der Colman, greeted the an nouncement of his appointment at Monday's practice with a cheer and then went back to work getting ready for a key tussle this Saturday against Yale. Colman, 17th head coach in Princeton's 89-year football his tory, promised the squad to "do the best job possible." Colman had been acting head coach since Sept. 23, five days before the start of the season, when poor health forced Cald well to drop the reins. Celtics String Moves to 9 By UNITED PRESS The St. Louis Hawks didn't beat the Boston Celtics, but at least they made it close for a change. The Celtics set their season's record at nine victories and no defeats Monday night by trim ming the Hawks, 92-88, at Bos ton. But the Eastern Division leaders were held to less than 100 points for the first time this year and their winning margin was far from their 14-point average. It was the only action in the National Basketball Association Monday night. The great bourbon of the Old Wect is winning new friends everywhere! The smoothest of fine Kentucky bourbons has the taste, the mildness, the quality that will win you too! The Western pioneers liked their bourbon with a smooth Kentucky taste . . . that's why they preferred Sunny Brook! You'll enjoy this mild, magnificent American favorite, too. THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAL OISTILLFRS PRODUCTS COMPANY - BOTH 6 PROOF . KENTUCKY- BLENDED WHISKEY CONTAINS 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS my Demaret would be eligible without playing in more tourna ments? Should the PGA put into effect a stronger disciplinary program to keep "in line" men who speak against their own organization? Right now some of the spon sors are rebelling at the new PGA edict whereby that organ ization collects the entrance fees in all PGA co-sponsored events. The Opponents An organization, known as In ternational Golf Sponsors Asso ciation, Paul O. Ridings, execu tive secretary from Fort Worth, Texas, is on the local scene at tempting to band together spon sors to fight the program. Among those reported to be in association are representatives of the HoustoVi, Los Angeles, San Antonio and Baton Rouge tournaments. The Houston event, a $37,500 open in past year, already has been announced for next year as a $30,000 invitational knock ing $7,500 off the prize money but with no entrance fees charged. The PGA was told it-could charge its members whatever it wished. Ed Carter, tourna ment bureau director, says that monies collected for entrance to the tourneys would go to the PGA anyway-because they are mostly paid by the PGA mem bers. Future Plans But a spokesman for the Los Angeles Open said that his or ganization, which is finishing out a three-year contract this year, would not turn over the entrance fees. "That would mean that the $9,200 we collect each year would go to them," said the representative. There were rumors here that the Los Angeles Open, under a new sponsor plan, might be in creased to $50,000 or even a $100,000 tournament possi bly made into an invitational to circumvent the payment of en trance fees. All conversation today was just talk no facts. However, action will be com pleted before the session is over this weekend. Washington Huskies Plan For California Bear Tilt Seattle, Wash. (IP) Coach Jim Owens stressed pass defense to day as his University of Wash ington Huskies prepared for Saturday's game against the Uni versity of California Bears. The Huskies got a rest Mon day for their 13-6 victory over the University of Oregon Ducks last weekend. EDITORS FAVOR LATINS London (IP) A United Press poll of leading Western Euro pean sports editors showed de cided favoritism toward South America today to win the 1958 world soccer title. Brazil and Ar gentina were the top picks of 45 editors polled in 15 countries with England also drawing strong support. BEARS GIVEN REST Berkeley, Calif. (IP) Coach Pete Elliott gave his University of California Bears the thing they needed most Monday a good rest. Kentucky Straight Minor, Major Clash Rcno7Sr Quick Solution Star to Fgdo New York (IP) Minor league officials discuss their franchise headaches with Base ball Commissioner Ford Frick again today but problems were snowballing so fast that a solu tion was said to be a month away. Officials of the Pacific Coast League, American Association, and Texas League were slated to meet with Frick this morn ing. It was learned from high baseball source, however, that the franchise switches being forced by the transfer of the Dodgers to Los Angeles and the Giants to San Francisco are be coming so complex that they won't be settled until the winter major-league meetings in Colo rado Springs, Colo., in Decem ber. Meeting Follows Today's meeting is a follow up to a meeting held last Thurs day, but unlike that earlier get together will not be secret. Presumably, officials at to day's meeting will be armed with further authority from their respective leagues, because at the conclusion of Thursday's meeting Frick announced that "a number of possibilities were considered which the represen MARSHALL FAVORS SERIES Washington OP) Washington owner George Preston Marshall said Monday he would like to arrange a home-and-home series each season with his Redskins and Baltimore Colts. 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