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o O i i '' Ztjf r fv&, HOLD IT, BOYS! "Wait until you get in the ring," Appears to be what Mrs. Georgia Jackson is saying as she c&ingly steps between her son, Tommy (Hurricane) Jack rien (right) and Eddie Machen as the two heavyweight contenders posed for press photographers. They will meet in I nationally televised bout in the San Francisco Cow Palace Nov. 13. Id Machen Favorite In Tiff With Jackson o San Francisco (W ftddie Machen weighed in At 195 pounds and Tomir.f Hurricr. O Jackson tipped ih4 scales t 201 today at their official weigh-in for tonight's lj-round heavyweight bout fit the Cov Palace. By SCOTT ILLIt San Francisco (IPl Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson, man of unquestioned courage and stam ina, will battle to hold off Eddie Machen's headlong rush toward a heavyweight title bout when he meets the Redding Calif., sensation tonight in a 12-r$under 8f the Cow Palace. Machen goes into th fight (1 favorite and 8-5 tD stop Jack son, who is venturing back into the ring for the first time since his abortive bid for Floyd Pat terson's crown last July. Tommy went to the hospital after Patterson TKO'd him in the 10th round. Now he meets a cocky young ster from Northern California who has won all 23 of his profes sional fights and stopped 15 op ponents. The most prominent of Mac hen's victims was Nino "Valdes, the giant Cuban, who folded up from a right to the 'stomach last year. It was Machen's second win over Nino. Others have been posted against Bob Baker, John Holman and Julio Mederos. Jackson owns a record of 29 6-1 and only has been stopped twice by Valdes and Patter son. Machen is top ranked among the heavies while Jackson slip ped to fifth after his loss to Pat terson. Machen, a former fullback from Redding, Calif., High who now keeps his legs in shape by playing golf, rates this as the most crucial bout of his career, A $50,000 gross has been pre GOOD LOOKING! L J GOOD HEARING! Others have tried now Sonotone has hidden its latest transistor hearing aid in light, graceful eyeglasses. Worn as one unit nothing else to wear. Choice of smart I p. styles for both men and r 1 1 women. l.ook your oesi while hearing your best. COME IN, PHONE OR WRITE FREE DEMONSTRATION SONOTONE of Medford C. R. ADAMSON, Manager 839 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 516971956 Rambler Hardtop 4-DR. SEDAN A local business man owned this car since new and will vouch for its mechanical condition and excellent gas mileage. Equipped with Weather-eye heater, Solex glass, airplane type reclining seats, and dual range (low and high) automatic transmission. This is the custom model finest of '56 and specially priced at $1697 the rest of this week. However, we hope you'll see it and buy it today at LEA MOTORS 5th at Bartlett Phone SP 2-6185 dicted by matchmaker Bennie Ford, who got commission sanc tion to extend the bout two extra rounds because of its significance in the heavyweight scene. Pro Passers JNow Headed Py O'Connell Philadelphia (IP) The Cleve land Browns, content to win the most games with the least fan fare in the statistics columns, finally popped to the front in the National Football league figures by placing Tommy O'Connell first among the passers. O'Connell took over as the league's leading passer by oust ing Eddie Le Baron of the Red skins. Rookie Jim Brown mus cled himself into second place among the individual rushers. O'Connell, completing 7 of 11 for 156 yeards and two touch downs against Pittsburgh last weekend, posted an average of 10.04 yards gained for every pass thrown as the Redskins' little star dropped to a 9.27 yard av erage. Round Out First Five John Unitas, Baltimore (8.18), Lamar McHan, Chicago Cardi nals (8.15); and Eddie Brown of the Chicago Bears (7.82) com pleted the first five. Tommy Wilson of Los Angeles, the leader in individual rushing with 501 yards, retained first position, but the line-busting Brown jumped into second place with a 464 yard total. The two were followed by Hugh McEl henny of San Francisco 452 and Ollie Matson of the Cardinals 436. Lanky Jack MacLairen of the Pittsburgh Steelers, latching on to seven passes for - the second week in a row took over first place in pass receiving with 31 completions to displace Clyde Conner of San Francisco, the leader for four weeks. Conner had 30 catches. Ray Berry of Baltimore, who caught 12 for 224 yards last week, jumped into third place with a total of 26. Berry High in Yardage Berry's total yardage of 483 was high, and Jim Mutscheller of Baltimore had the most touch down receptions with seven. George Blanda of the Bears continued to lead in scoring with 48 points. Mutscheller shared second place with Matson, who wasn't in the first 10 one week ago. Each has 42 points. Don Chandler of the Giants ousted Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams as punting leader with a 45.2 average, while Joe Scu dero of the Redskins remained as leader in punt returns. Don Mcllhenny of Green Bay re tained first place in kickoff re turns and Jack Butler of the Steelers held on in first place THIS MIGHT HELP Los Angeles (IP) Rabbi Wil liam Kramer, associate pastor of Temple Israel of Hollywood, made a plea for heavenly help against terrestrial taxes at Tues day's city council invocation. Rabbi Kramer concluded his sol emn entreaty for divine guid ance by saying "save us from double taxation by the county." SPORTS City Cage Loop Entry At Deadline A meeting of the captains and team managers of the Medford Independent Basket ball league will be held at the YMCA today at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be the final date for teams lo enter the league for the coming season, according to officials. Sched ules, entrance fees and game sites will be discussed at the meeting. Iowa Slight Choice Over Ohio State New York W Iowa was rated one point over Ohio State in their possible Big Ten cham pionship game ; Saturday, Okla homa was favored by 18 over Notre Dame in the nationally-televised game, and Texas A&M, No. 1 team in the nation, was only seven points over Rice. Iowa and Ohio State both are unbeaten in conference play, and an Ohio State victory would clinch a Rose Bowl bid. While Saturday's winner will not have clinched the Big Ten crown, it will be in the favored position. Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkin son is on record as fearing Notre Dame in their game at Norman, Okla., and the 18-point spread was larger than expected. Three Rated Even Three games were rated even on this week's card South Car olina at Virginia, Miami Ohio at Dayton, and Mississippi State at Louisiana State in a night game. In a Friday night game, Miami Florida was favored by 7 over Maryland. Michigan State was favored by 14 over Minnesota at East Lansing, Mich., Duke was 7 over Clemson at Durham, N..C, and Auburn was 14 over Georgia at Columbus, Gr. Point spreads on other major games: East Boston College 19 over Marquette; Penn 8 over Colum bia; Dartmouth 13 over Cornell; Brown 2 over Harvard; Penn State 3 over Holy Cross; Prince ton 7 over Yale; Syracuse 16 over Colgate; Army 16 over Tu lane; Navy 27 over George Wash ington. South North Carolina State 8 over Virginia Tech; Florida 7 over Vanderbilt; Kentucky 16 over Xavier Ohio; Tennessee 7 over Mississippi. Midwest Purdue 18 over Northwestern; Missouri 11 over Kansas State; Wisconsin 4 over Illinois; Tulsa 1 over Cincinnati; Colorado 12 over Nebraska; Ok lahoma State 7 over Kansas. Southwest Texas Christian 2 over Texas; Arkansas 1 over Southern Methodist. Far West Washington State 7 over Idaho; California 4 over Washington; Oregon 7 over Southern California; Oregon State 4 over Stanford. Gary Van Galder Over Injuries Stanford, Calif. (IP) End Gary Van Galder has recovered from injuries and will join the Stanford Indians in their crucial game against Oregon State Sat urday, according to Coach Chuck Taylor. Jim Byrer, 190-pound second string fullback, was moved into the first string halfback spot to replace Al Harrington, who is out for the season with a broken jaw. Film Actress Gives Birth To Daughter Munich, Germany (IP) Four times divorced film star Eva Bartok today said she had had a daughter in London last month but declined to Identify the father. "I know who the father of baby is but I will not say who it is," the Hungarian-born ac tress told United Press. London birth records showed that Miss Bartok gave birth to a girl Oct. 7. The 27-year-old movie star di vorced her fourth husband, Aus trian actor Kurt Juergens Nov. 6, 1956. "I want to take all responsi bility for the child alone," Miss Bartok told the United Press here today. Syracuse, N.Y. (IP) President Chester Fuller of the Syracuse Astronomical Society said he had to change the scheduled top ic for a recent meeting. The scheduled topic: stars. It was changed to a discussion of Sput nik. "Nobody seemed interested in plain old stars anymore," Fullmer said. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 lift (g m 'fc ELUSIVE BALL A fumble by Joe Marconi of the Rams is the object of the chase seen here in second quarter of 49ers-Rams clash in Los Angeles as Bill Herchman (72) of the 49ers and Tom Wilson (24) of the Rams race for the elusive balL Bill Stits (out of picture) of the 49ers made the recovery. The Rams won, 37-24. 0 STOPPING RIGHT TO FACE, Raul Macias wheels in dis tress during bout for world bantamweight title won by France's Alphonse Halimi in 15-round Los Angeles bout. Split decision was booed by Macias' fans. (International) Frank Lane Gets Free Hand As Tribe General Manager By STEVE HOWICK Cleveland (IP) New general manager Frank Lane of the Cleveland Indians arrived here today to begin flexing the "free hand" the Tribe directors prom ised when they announced his appointment Tuesday. It was unqualified control of the Indians which Lane sought when he offered himself to the directors. Until Lane acted, the Indians recognized the claim of the St. Louis Cardinals on Lane. Once it was clear that Lane sincerely wanted to accept the Cleveland challenge, he got his contract on his terms. First was that "free hand." Then came "a three-year contract and a higher salary than I got in St. Louis." Lane arrived for a one day look around Cleveland. He was due to return to St. Louis for one day, then fly to Havana to DENNIS DUNHAM TO TRY FOR MARK IN BOWLING will be made this week end at Medford lanes, Properitor Fred Anderson reported this morn ing. . Dennis Dunham, young Grants Pass kegler, will make the at tempt starting at 7 p.m. Friday. A try to shatter the national record for marathon bowling He will be out to better the mark of 287 consecutive games established recently. Dunham is a 181 per game The CLEANEST Rock and Sand Makes the STRONGEST CONCRETE And We Have Both! READY MIX BEST confer with the Tribe's new field manager, Bobby Bragan, who is piloting a club there "I know the Cleveland club well," Lane said. "But it's pre mature to talk deals. The ulti mate decisions will be made by Bragan and Lane.1 Lane recommended Bragan strongly to Greenberg while Hank was seeking a successor to one-year field manager Kerby Farrell. Lane termed his new partner "a very good manager with creative ability." Lane cancelled the third year of his pact with owner August A. Busch Jr. of the Cards. He said he would "go elsewhere" if the Cleveland job fell through. Lane's reward in St. Louis, exceeded by the Tribe, was a $50,000 annual salary, five cents on each fan over 800,000 and a liberal expense account. average bowler. Should he ex ceed the record, he is expected to be on the alleys for 48 hours or more. The public is invited to come in during the week end and watch Dunham as he makes his big effort. While Dunham Is on the local lanes, Bus Eaton, Roseburg, will be making a similar1 effort in Portland. Eaton held the record briefly this fall. Always GOOD! J-'s Li'! Ola Re-washed "Rocky" by LlfllffGER'S BY TEST Phone: SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 Wednesday, November 13, 1957 Mable Clark Series Tops Mable Clark, one of this com munity's top keglers, returned to action at Medford Bowling lanes last night!for the first time since surgery last summer and rolled the top game and series for wom en for the current league slate. Participating for Paulsen's Thrift market in the Ladies Classic league, she had a 638 series, which ranks with the best in the state this season. Her top game was 241 and she had other scores of 203 and 194. Previous high series for the current campaign was a 584 by Vivian Knox. A junior bowler has turned in the second best men's game this fall. He is Dick Atkins, 16, who carded a 257. That's just one pin off the top count of 258 by Bill Meyers. Serra Will Meet Vale Portland (IP) The Oregon School Activities association said today that the final vacancy in the state A-2 prep football quarter-finals was filled when Serra Catholic of Salem was voted the district 8-A-2 repre sentative. Serra will meet Vale Satur day afternoon at Vale. The class B 11-man quarter finals also are set, with Monroe playing Powers, Union at Stan field, Maupin at Merrill and St. Boniface of Sublimity meeting Tillamook Catholic. Irrigon and Sisters meet Sat urday for the right to play Alsea for the six-man title. Syracuse, N.Y. (IP) Middle weight boxing champion Car men Basilio, who has given and received a good many shiners in his time, recently offered down town Syracusans a few more. Basilio and other local notables shined shoes to raise money for the Optimist Club's youth activ ity program. 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