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o BIGHT JIEDFOHB (OREGON) eaverton lashe n ate in o Beaverton Beaverton high's busy Beaverg, No. 1 and No. 4 nfnked in Oregon prep polls, cutraced and oiitdefensed the Black Toronado o Medford in O theo early going here Saturday night and capitalized on the breaks at the finish to gnaw their wy into a berth in the state Class A-l semi-finals. O Spurred by the running of Halfbacks Mickey Sinnerud and Jim Mackey, the passing of Quarterback Mike McGettigan, good blocking in the line and fturdy defense, the Beavers earned their spot with a 19 to 0 quarterfinal decision over the District 6 representative from jjedford. The District 3 titlists and Metropolitan league champions of coach Duke Moore, barging to their ninth straight triumph of the season, fought to a touch- down in the second quarter on their second march of the game. Then they took advantage of a Medford fumble and bad center q pass to salt the victory in the closing stanza. O Sinnerud Scores Twice Sinnerud, who packed the ball 16 times for 105 yards, dur ing the course of the game, cored two of the three touch downs. He crossed the goal on 11-yard pass play, with Mc Gettigan throwing, for the open ing score. In the fourth period, when it appeared that Medford had the .Beavers halted, Sinne rud broke free for a 33-yard romp to the goal. McGettigan punched three yards for the concluding TD. Fullback Steve Beguin had toed the extra point fter the opening score. Beaverton threatened on two other occasions, getting to the Tornado 14 yard line on one occasion and reaching the 23 on another. Medford, not up to its stellar performances of mid season, never got a real long drive going but made one strong bid by going to the Beaver five after Fullback Larry Brown's pass interception brought the chance. The ball was lost on downs. Time caught up with the only other serious Tornado bid. Coach Fred Spiegelberg's Medford team was on the Beaverton 31 when the final gun went off. Action tightened after the Beaver's initial touchdown with each club finding the going rough on the slippery high crowned field against the de fense of the other. Penltie Hurt Penalties and bad breaks as ell n the stout resistence of thg horn eleven kept the Black Toronado of the south from gen erating a consistent storm. Beaverton had its penalties and infractions, too, but was more 4piccessful in shaking off its tribulations and capitalizing on the misfortune's of its adver sary. Beaverton, after taking the opening kick-off, controlled the ball for almost the entire first quarter. The Black Toronado had possession for only one series of four downs. It got the pigskin on Jim Funston's interception of McGettmgan s pass after the Beavers had marched from their own 26-yard line 60 yards to the Medford 14. Medford moved the ball out to the 19 where Quarterback Tony Brauner punted. The Beavers took over on the Med ford 45 and in eight plays had their touchdown. A personal foul flagged against the Torna do helped the cause of the Metro champs and that infraction was O offset only slightly by an out side caH against Beaverton. lfcin Called Back Sinnerud boomed through the middle and ramble 19 yards to the goal on the play on which the offside was charged. After the nullification the Beavers were put on the 25. By the end of the first period the ball was on the Medford four. Sinnerud was dumped back on the 11 as the second canto began but on the next try McGettigan hit him with an aerial on about the five-yard line. The star half back blasted into the end zone after the catch and Beguin thumped the bonus. Another Beaverton threat came in short order when the Tornado, after taking the kick-off. failed to make a yard for a first down on a fourth down gamble. That gave the Beavers the pighide on the Med ford 42. TRey got to the Toro nado 19 but were penalized to the 33 for illegal use of the . hands and finally lost the ball on downs on the Medford 24. Medford got out to the 39 and lost back to the 35. Then came one of the standout feats of the night as Quarterback Brauner booted a long punt which got a good roll. It stopped on the Beaver four-yard line, good for 61 yards, and set the stage for the most serious bid of the evening by the Tornado. Medford Stopped on Five Beaverton worked to a first O down on its 28 then lost to the 26. A McGettigan pass was in complete and another heave was snared by Tornado Full back Larry Brown who toted from the Beaver 48 to the 34. MAIL TRIBUNE A-1 IFootbal Halfback Ron Reich connect ed with Brauner on a pitch-pass play good for 20 yards to the 14 for first down. Brown smash ed to the 10, but Halfback Johnny Jones lost to the 12. Halfback Ron Reich made it to the eight and Jones on fourth down got to the five just one yard short of a first down and with 10 seconds left in the half. Beaverton, in possession of the ball, snapped for one play before the intermission gun. Beaverton got near the Med ford goal early in the third panel, when Sinnerud inter cepted a Brauner pass at mid field and ran to the Tornado 25. Six plays carried to the Medford 10 where the ball was lost on downs. Reich Runs 50 After Beaverton was held for only a yard gain and Beguin punted, Medford had the ball on its 20. In two plays the ball was advanced to the 41 but clip ping put the Medforites back on their 26. They gained to the 28 but lost to the 23 and kicked. The Tornado appeared on the move at the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth but ran afoul of a penalty and an interception. Taking the ball on its five, Medford had three carries and the help of a Beaverton five-yard infraction in getting to the 26 when the third stanza ended. Halfback Skip Bennett crack ed to the 34. Next the Toronado shook Reich loose on the weak side play and he packed for 50 yards to the Beaverton 14. But Medford was charged with clip ping on a questionable infrac tion and after the penalty was stepped off the ball was put on the Medford 43 for a net gain of nine yards. Halfback Gerry Lyons was held at the line of scrimmage but Halfback Bob Gee advanced to the 46.. Brauner cast an aer ial intended for End Mike Rus sell but the ball was gathered in by Sinnerud on the Beaver 25 and he ran up to his 42. Medford held Beaverton for a net of three yards and Beguin punted. On the runback Med ford hopes first soared and then were dashed. Jones took the ball on the Tornado 15, faked to Lyons and headed toward the right side line. He tight-roped his way behind some fine downfield blocking 85 .yards to the end zone! The squeeze was . too tight down the side stripe for the Tornado ball carrier, how ever. An officials flag went down on the Medford 31 where Jones had been forced to step on the line and cancelled out his long run. Had Jones' run counted and touchdown resulted and had the bonus point been scored, the Tornado not only would have tied the game but would have been in front in total net yard age. Instead Dame Fortune worked for Beaverton. A Med ford fumble on the next play was recovered on the 26-yard line by End Rich Kipp of the Beavers. Sinnerud Goes Over The home team made the most of the chance. Sinnerud gained to the 20. A hands infraction put the Beavers back on the 36. Beguin got to the 33. Then Sin nerud smacked over right tackle, cutback through the Medford secondary and angled for the goal. Score was 13 to 0 and stayed that way when Beguin's conversion kick was low and wide. Medford had the ball on Its 27 after the kick-off but was back to the 25 after three plays. Brauner went back to punt. The center snap was high and the quarterback, trying to run, was caught on the 15. It was Beaverton's ball on downs and, the Metro titlists were equal to another scoring opportunity. McGettigan speak ed to the 10 and Jim Mackey bucked to the three. Then Mc Gettigan went the rest of the way. In one final scoring effort Medford surged from its 37 for 32 yards to the Beaverton 31 where time ran out and the final gun sounded. Gee at Halfback Gee, who has shared the full back chores with Brown this San Francisco Far West Victor By UNITED PRESS San Francisco State held the Far Western conference football title today thanks to an all-pur pose fullback named Bod Rod- rigo who was the wnoie snow in Saturday's 23-6, victory over Chico State. Rodrigo passed for two touch downs, kicked a 26-yard field goal and added a conversion to spark the 'Gators to their win over the Wildcats in . the game which decided who would get the crown. San Francisco finished up un defeated in conference play. Spain ceded Florida to the United States Feb. 22, 1819. Monday. November 18. 1957 sTo fall, saw service at right half back during the Medford season concluder. The Tornado aim was to put more weight into its attack. Guard Tom Merton of Med ford saw just limited duty be cause of the ankle injury he suffered against Grants Pass. Beaverton was without Backs Gerald Burnett and Steve Cook, both hurt in practice last week. Burnett suffered a broken leg and Cook a jammed knee. Medford wound up the year with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie while Beaverton will go against Jefferson of Portland with a 9-1 mark. STATISTICS: Med. Beav. First downs rushing . 6 fl First downs passing . 2 1 First downs penalties 1 1 Total first downs 9 11 Net yards rushing -, 130 196 Net yards passing 42 54 IPdDIETrS Pro Gridiron Chase Tightens; Vets Star NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division W L T Pet. 1 1 .857 2 0 .750 3 0 .571 5 1 .286 5 0 .286 6 0 .250 L T Pet. 3 0 .625 3 0 .625 3 0 .625 4 0 .500 5 0 .375 6 0 .250 Cleveland New York Pittsburgh Washington Chicago Cards ... Philadelphia ..... 6 6 4 .... 2 2 .... 2 Western Division W Baltimore 5 Detroit 5 San Francisco . 5 Los Angeles 4 Chicago Bears 3 Green Bay 2 Sunday's Results Washington 30, Cleveland 30 Tie) New York 13, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 31, San Francisco 10 Baltimore 29, Chicago Bears 14 ' Los Angeles 31, Green Bay 27 Next Sunday's Games Chicago Bears at Detroit Green Bay at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Cleveland New York at Chicago Cards San Francisco at Baltimore Washington at Philadelphia By UNITED PRESS Bobby Layne, Lou Groza, Ben Agajanian and Norm Van Brock- lin four guys whose pro foot ball careers total 40 years played key roles Sunday to help make the National league divi sion races as tight as wet shoes. Layne, a 10-year man, helped produce a three-way tie for first place in the Western division by leading the Detroit Lions to a 31-10 victory over the San Fran cisco Forty-Niners. The Balti more Colts took advantage of Detroit's triumph in the day's top game andtied the Lions and Forty-Niners for the lead 'by turning a series of Chicago Bear errors into a 29-14 victory. Groza, playing his 12th season for Cleveland, booted a 23-yard field goal against the Washing ton Redskins, with only 13 sec onds to go as the Browns rallied for a 30-30 tie that kept them ahead of the second place New York Giants in the Eastern race. Ben Agajanian, a nine-year pro, kicked two 26-yard field goals within 50 seconds as New CONGRATULATIONS Henry Aaron, 23 -year -old Milwaukee Braves' out fielder, gets telephone con gratulations in a Chicago ho tel room after he was voted the National League's most valuable player of 1957. Thigh Ailment Sidelines Cousy Boston (IP) Bob Cousy, star of the unbeaten Boston Celtics, was sidelined for at least two weeks today with an injured right thigh. "He way have a blood clot in his thigh," said coach Red Auer bach who added that Cousy will be out "two, maybe three weeks." Cousy suffered the injury Saturday night when Philadel phia's Neil Johnston accidental ly bumped against him as the Celts were winning their 11th consecutive game this season. rnado taes I Play-OTs Total scrimmage net 172 Yards kick-off net 76 Yards punt returns 16 Yards pass interceptions 16 Total net yards 308 Punt returns 4-39 Fumbles lost 1 Passes tried 9 Passes completed 3 Passes had intercepted 2 Yards penalized ...r 50 250 12 9 41 353 3-33 0 11 5 2 65 MEDFORD ROSTER: Ends Russell, Hamlin, Peterson, L. Dean. Rasmussen. Tackles Morris, Sorenson, Murray, Harrison, Winetrout. Guards Merton, J. Corum, Albert, Mann, Ice, Penwell. Centers J. Funston, McLaughlin. Quarterbacks Brauner, Clark. Halfbacks Jones, Lyons, Bennett, Gee, Reich. Fullbacks Brown, F. Funston. BEAVERTON ROSTER: Ends Bush, Kipp, Maust. Tackles Durdel, Butler, Gillson. Guards Betts, Clement, Nelson. Mat his. Hayden, Ribble. Centers Hall, D. Jones. Quarterbacks McGettigan. Halfbacks Sinnerud, Mackey, Hit tenour. Fullback Beguin. York shut out the Philadelphia Eagles, 13-0. The victory, cou pled with the tie at Washington, enabled the Giants to cut Cleve land's lead to a half-game. Van Brocklin, playing his ninth season for the Rams, pulled Lbs Angeles within a game of the Western lead when his 34-;yard touchdown pass to Lamar Lundy with 81 seconds to go produced a 31-27 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The Pittsburgh Steelers, third in the East at 4-3, and the Chi cago Cardinals were idle this week end. South Salem Reaches A-l Semi-Finals By UNITED PRESS South Salem and Beaverton joined Jefferson and Springfield in the semi-finals of the state high school class A-l football playoffs Saturday. South Salem downed Mac-Hi 25-7 and Beaverton blanked Medford 19-0. South Salem meets Springfield and Beaverton plays Jefferson in next week end games. In class A-2, Elmira defeated Glendale 20-13, Vale took Serra 25-7, and Seaside humbled Ban don 41-0 to join Willamina in the semi-finals. Elmira plays Vale and Seaside meets Willam ina in playoff games. Merrill vs. Stanfield The class B, 11-man semi-finals send Powers against Tilla mook Catholic and Merrill against Stanfield. In Saturday games Stanfield downed Union 20-6, Merrill took Maupin 28-6 and Tillamook Catholic blanked St. Boniface 26-0. Sisters defeated Irrigon 36-22 in a six-man game to apparently earn the right to meet Alsea for the title. .But Irrigon launched a protest on a disputed onside kick and a ruling is expected this week by the OSAA. HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By United Press Although the -embattled New York Rangers scored back-to-back victories over the Montreal Canadiens in their week end se ries to regain first place in. the National Hockey league, coach Phil Watson admits "we'll be lucky to get in the playoffs." The Rangers, backed up by the brilliant netminding of Mar cel Paille, rolled to a 4-2 victory over the Canadiens at Montreal Saturday night and then beat the defending Stanley Cup cham pions by the same score Sunday night" at New York. The Chicago Black Hawks tied Boston for third place by edging the Detroit Red Wings, 3-2, on defenseman Elmer Vas ko's first goal of the season, while the Bruins rallied to gain a 2-2 deadlock with the Toronto Maple Leafs In other Sunday night contests. AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS 4 The Hershey Bears swept a home-and-home weekend series with the Rochester Americans to reopen a healthy 11-point lead in the American Hockey league. The Bears turned back Roches ter, 2-0, Sunday night on goals by player-coach Frank Mathers and Lome Davis after rolling to a 3-1 victory over the same club Saturday night. In Sunday nights other ac tion, the Cleveland Barons downed the Providence Reds, 4-1, and the Buffalo Bisons edged the Springfield Indians, 6-5. Humboldt Raps Raider Eleven 39-14 Ashland Humboldt State college scored on a punt run back and turned four Red Raid er fumbles and a pass intercep tion into touchdowns Saturday night to squelch the Southern Oregon college football team 39 to 14 at Areata, Calif. Earl Barnham ran 75 yards for the TD on the punt runback. Jim Crow set up a second score with a fumble recovery on the SOC 34 and Chuck McAninch swept over four plays later. Mc Aninch then went 16 yards to the goal after Jim Ennis fell on a Raider muff on the SOC 28. McAninch kicked three conver sions for 21 to 0 at the end of the first quarter. Darrell Foster traveled 13 yards to a TD for HSC after hav ing intercepted a pass on his 22-yard line and running it back to the SOC 14 in the second quarter. Brood Goes 54 Southern Oregon gots 1st in itial TD on a 54-yard run by Delmar Brood on a quick open er. George Stavros kicked the bonus. Then Gordon Moore of the Lumberjacks fell on anoth er Raider fumble on the SOC 44. Jack Menzie passed to Dave Thomas for 44 yards and a goal. A short punt set up another Raider second panel touchdown. SOC went 22 yards in four plays with Lance Locke pitching to Chuck Crandali for the last sev en and Stavros again adding the extra. Ralph Johnson fell on a SOC miscue in the last quarter and tallied on a tackle-elegible pass for seven yards. Humboldt had a 287 to 203 margin in net scrimmage yard age and led 14 to 7 in first downs. Southern Oregon had the edge on the ground 158 to 150. The Raiders lost the ball six times on fumbles and recovered three HSC muffs. Pistons Head Pro Division By UNITED PRESS Along with a change in home sites, the Detroit Pistons got a good personnel shake-up during the off-season and today they are leading the Western division of the National Basketball as sociation. The former Fort Wayne team took undisputed possession of the top spot Sunday night by 21 per centage points when they down ed the Philadelphia Warriors, 95-91. The St. Louis Hawks, who had been tied for first but have played more games, slipped mathematically behind despite a 98-97 victory over Cincinnati. In the only other Sunday game, the Syracuse Nationals rallied to beat the Minneapolis Lakers, 110-98. LEBARON TOP STUDENT Washington (IP) Eddie Le- Baron, star quarterback of the Washington Redskins, has been elected to an honor society at George Washington university's law school, which he attends part-time during the National Football league season. SOUTH COACHES NAMED Montgomery, Ala. (IP) Andy Pilney of Tulane, Darrell Royal of , Texas and Johnny Vaught of Mississippi today were desig nated as coaches for the South in the annual Blue-Gray foot ball game, Dec. 28. Jack Molen- kopf of Purdue, Murray War- math , of Minnesota and Don Faurot of Missouri will coach the North. BIG CROWD OF SKIERS Government Camp (IP) A big crowd was on hand at Mt. Hood Sunday for the first good skiing week end of the season. There were nearly 40 inches of fresh snow in the Timberline area and conditions were ideal. TOP GOLF PURSE Los Angeles (IP) The total purse for the 1958 Los Angeles Open golf tournament has been increased to $40,000 largest in the history of the event. More than 400 entries are expected for the Open, which will be staged at the Rancho Municipal course Jan. 2-6. HFC will make 6,400 loans today! A, V v OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: CROWDING Tntrvc vnv. - - - j.,j.c"-uii nrjLuoi-mig iigjii, uj neaa oi iiurricane Jackson in tenth round of San Francisco bout, awarded to Machen on TKO a moment later. Jackson was floored in first, was punching bag most of fight (International) Race For National Grid Laurels Muddled But Bowl Picture Clear PCC STANDINGS W t T PF PA Oregon 6 1 0 117 71 Oregon St. 5 2 0 137 103 UCLA 4 2 0 116 75 Wash. State 4 3 0 119 122 Stanford 3 3 0 134 99 Washington 3 3 0 93 98 Southern Cal. 1 5 0 45 108 California 1 5 0 45 109 Idaho 0 3 0 85 109 BIG TEN STANDINGS W L T PF PA Ohio State 6 6 0 117 46 Michigan St. 5 1 0 184 60 Iowa 4 1 1 152 72 Michigan 3 2 1 131 110 Wisconsin . 3 3 0 115 97 Purdue 3 3 0 106 83 Minnesota 3 4 0 149 167 Illinois 2 4 0 84 117 Indiana 0 5 0 20 218 Northwestern .. 0 6 0 38 196 By UNITED PRESS The smoke of Saturday's sur prises, like Notre Dame's streak busting win over Oklahoma, Hoop Officials Meet Wednesday A meeting of basketball referees of the Rogue valley will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wed nesday, Nov. 20, at Medford Senior High schooL Examina tions for state certification as officials will be completed. It will be a regular meeting of the group. Title Taken By Linfield McMinnville (IP) Linfield's Wildcats t held their second straight Northwest confernece football title today following a come-from-behind 27-14 victory over Willamette here Saturday night. Willamette led 14-0 at the end of the first half but Ron Par rish led his team to a great come back in the second period by firing two touchdown passes and scoring himself on a sneak. Coach Paul" Durham credited the Linfield line play in the sec ond half as being the difference. Linfield finished with a 5-0 record to 3-1-1 for Willamette. College of Idaho got third place by taking Pacific 20-7 in the only other conference game Knot in PCC Goal of OSC Corvallis (IP) Oregon State set its sights on at least a tie for the 1957 PCC football title today in next Saturday's game with Oregon at Eugene. The defending champion Bea vers, who walloped Stanford 24 14 behind the brilliant play of tailback Joe Francis last Satur day, can tie the Rose Bowl bound Webfoots for the crown if they win. The Beaver win over Stanford also kept intact Coach Tommy Prothro's mark of never having lost a home game in his three seasons at the helm. The University of Alabama conducts an annual cheerleaders clinic each summer for pros pective leaders of school cheers. About 800 youngsters are ex pected to attend the session this year. More people coast to coast borrow money from HFC than from any other con sumer finance company. They Kke our friendly, one day service. They know they may borrow up to $1500 and take tip to 24 months to re pay. If yoa need cash 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 0- "pg&FI TM4ia nr-iM cw. fi;.. (cleared slowly from the college football scene today, leaving the bowl picture mighty clear but the national leadership race in chaos. You can jot down these New Year's day lineups: , Rose Bowl Ohio State vs. Oregon. Orange Bowl Oklahoma vs. probably Duke. Cotton Bowl Probably Texas A&M or Rice vs. Navy or Army. Sugar Bowl Probably Missis sippi vs. Texas A&M or Rice. And you can hail Ohio State as champion of the Big Ten for the third time in four years for its 17-13 win over Iowa, the Buckeyes coming from behind to win with a 67-yard drive in seven plays in the fourth quar ter as soph Bob White lunged over from the five. The Big Question But who do you say is the na tional leader? The Texas Aggies, who were No. 1, were handed a 7-6 defeat by Rice on the strength of King Hill's extra-point kick in the sec ond period a boot that snapped bucks Seek Clear Cut Coast Toga Eugene (IP) A tired Univer sity of Oregon football team, its first Rose Bowl bid in 38 years in hand, arrived home late Sunday to the cheers of more than 1000 students, faculty members and townspeople who braved a steady rain. The Ducks clinched at least a tie for the PCC title Saturday by defeating Southern Californ ia for the firstime in Memorial coliseum since 1941, 16-7. The official Rose Bowl decision is made by faculty representatives next Monday but the Ducks are in. The Beavers would tie Ore gon if they won. Coach Len Casanova told the cheering crowd Sunday that the uppermost goal of his team right now was to beat Oregon State here Saturday in the 61st re newal of their rivalry and win the PCC title outright. ROSEWALL TWICE VICTOR Calcutta, India : (IP) Ken Rosewall of Australia defeated Pancho Segura of Ecuador, 7-5, 7-5, and then teamed .with Lew Hoad to defeat Jack Kramer and Segura, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, Sunday as Kramer's tennis troupe wound up its tour of India. On TV Saturday Pacific Coast Conference Football See Next Friday's paper for team's and time. jMveiU-SP 2-5271 iv i TT sssm the Aggies' 14-game winning streak and gave Rice the inside track to the Southwest confer- ence title and Cotton Bowl bid. But even that upset pales alongside Notre Dame's 7-0 con quest of No. 2 ranked Oklahoma, smashing the Sooners' record winning streak of 47 games and their record streak of 123 games without being shut out. Oklahoma's loss does not dis turb its hold on a berth in the Orange Bowl. Duke probably qualified for the other berth with its 7-6 win over Clemson on Wray Carlton's catch of a TD pass and extra-point kick. Oregon Assured Bowl Gams Oregon clinched the Pacific Coast conference bowl bid by beating Southern Cal 16-7. Mississippi's 14-7 win over Tennessee means Ole Miss must finish ahead of any other bowl eligible team in the Southeast ern conference, and that should mean a Sugar Bowl berth. How ever, ineligible Auburn still is leading the league after its 6-0 win over Georgia and now is the nation's only major "power house" perfect record team with an 8-0-0 record. Two other league titles will be decided next Saturday. In the Ivy league, Dartmouth (5-0-1) and Princeton (5-1-0) will meet at Princeton for the crown. In the Atlantic Coast confer ence Duke (5-0-1) winds up against North Carolina and North Carolina State (4-0-1) against South Carolina. The Southern, Skyline and Southwest conference titles will wait at least until Thanksgiving day and the Southeastern until Nov. 30. John Wilkes Booth was shot to death near Port Royal, Va., 11 days after he assassinated President Lincoln. Wilcox Beehive TRUCK & CAR RENTALS 6th & Grape. Med. SP 3-3261 WANT TO RENT A TRUCK, CAR, FOR A DAY, OR MORE 3 CONCRETE C?l 248E.McAN0REWS KD. t
