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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. November 19, 1957
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By HOWARD APPLEGATE
Corvallis, Ore. HPi Oregon
State's Joe Francis, the jumping
jack kid hardly anyone wanted
when he played high school foot
ball in Honolulu, was being ac
claimed today as one of the fin
est college halfbacks in the na
tion and a hot candidate for
All-America ballots.
Francis, now 21 and a senior,
had his greatest day last Satur
day as Oregon State defeated
Stanford, 24-14, and stayed alive
in its race to tie Oregon for the
PCC title.
Great performances have been
common for the 196-pound Fran
cis, who is called "one of the
most underrated players in the
county," by Coach Tommy Pro
thro. Francis has gained the top the
hard way. When he was in high
school, the kid the colleges were
after was Al Harrington, a back
who ended up at Stanford.
Harrington, who failed to
reach the heights expected of
him, sat on the sidelines last
Saturday with a broken jaw as
his old prep rival knocked Stan
ford out of the title picture.
That's My Boy
Francis was a T-formation
quarterback as a freshman at
Oregon State in 1954. The next
season, Prothro came to the cam
pus and installed the single
wing. He saw Francis in practice
and said, "That's my tailback."
Francis was the key player in
Oregon State's rise from the cel
lar to a PCC title in 1956. Then
he turned in his greatest game
last Jan. 1 during a losing cause
against Iowa in the Rose Bowl,
picking up 203 yards rushing
and passing.
This year he has been getting
better all the time. He missed
the California game Nov. 9 be
cause of the flu and only was
able to practice once last week.
But against Stanford he pass
ed for 136 yards on nine out of
10 completions while outshining
Vie highly-regarded Jack Doug
las of the Indians. He also ran
for 138 yards in 25 carries.
Those 138 yards were four more
than Stanford's Chuck Shea and
the Beavers Nub Beamer gain
ed together and Shea and Beam
er are the two leading rushers
on the coast this season.
"I've never seen a better col
lege passer," says Prothro. And
Coach Red Sanders of UCLA
adds, "Francis is a better tail
back than I ever had at UCLA."
A Few Records
The 274 yards that Francis
totaled against Stanford was an
all-time Oregon State record for
one game. His yardage so far
this season, with the final game
coming up with Oregon, is 1,007.
This already is four better than
the 1,003 seasonal mark set by
the Beavers' Ken Carpenter.
Francis' three year total of
2,594 also is an all-time record.
Said the modest Francis after
the Stanford game, "the block-
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ing was awfully good."
Joe is married and will be a
father next spring. He wants to
be a coach after playing pro
ball.
Francis has a knack of leap
ing over tacklers and also can
take care of himself with his
fists. He won Oregon State's
heavyweight boxing title as a
yearling. But after Prothro saw
him on the field, Tommy had
him hang up the gloves quick.
Prothro hopes he will be in
"top shape" for Oregon this
week. If "he wasn't in "top
shape" against Stanford, the
Rose Bowl bound Ducks had
better watch out.
Sides Forming in PCC
On Round-Robin Issue;
Meeting Due Dec. 1
Los Angeles (IP) Round
robin scheduling, a subject
which has threatened to rip
apart the Pacific Coast confer
ence, may be fought out at the
winter PCC conference begin
ning Dec. 1 in San Francisco.
Indications of a possible show
down on the much-debated, con
troversial issue were contained
in an agenda of the winter meet
ing released Monday by PCC
Commissioner Victor Schmidt.
Members of the conference
may consider petitions of some
members "for release from play
ing any scheduled games or
scheduling any specific member
institutions for a specified pe
riod of time," the agenda stated.
California, UCLA and the
University of Southern Califor
nia have threatened to withdraw
from the conference if forced to
continue scheduling which re
quires them to play some schools
whether they want g or not.
The three big California
schools have stated that after
this season they will feel free to
schedule whomever they please
Sport Jw
OSCAR FRALEY I
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c New York The professional
basketball season is barely under
way today but "already the Bos
O ton Celtics are making a sham
bles out of what must laughingly
be described as a "race" because
of a guy named Bill Russell.
The six-foot, 10-inch Russell is
not the greatest player in pro
basketball. He can't drive like
Tom Gola and as a shooter he
couldn't carry George Mikan's
over-sized scoring slippers.
Bfit because of his absolutely
mazing defensive abilities he
may wind up as the most valua
ble player in the history of pro
basketball.
This is Russell's first full sea
son in the National Basketball
association. He joined the Celtics
in mid-December last season,
after leading the United States
to triumph in the Olympic
Gjunes, and quickly became one
of the mam reasons why Boston
romped to a mop-up victory.
This season, if you listen to the
raves from all quarters, Russell
is going to come fully into his
. own as the Celtics run off and
hide from the rest of the league.
Is Fantastic Defender
"In an era of 100-point-pIus
games, Russell's defensive tal
ents are going to cost the op
position 20 points a game," ex
plained one rival coach. "He's
absolutely fantastic."
They've been using that adjec
tive on the 220-pound 23-year-old
for several years now. As an
undergraduate at the University
of San Francisco he was every
body's Ail-American as he led
the Dons to two straight NCAA
championships.
He can run everlastingly, and
with great rapidity. As an exam
ple. Bill did .the 400-yard dash
in 50 seconds. On top of which,
he can jump like a , kangaroo
with a hot foot. After all, he did
six feet, seven and one-half inch
es in the high jump.
Last year, in his first pro
season, he fitted exactly into
the needs of a Boston club which
has two great sharpshooters in
Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman
but needed strength under the
boards. Cousy and Sharman av
eraged 20.6 and 21.1 points per
game respectively over the sea
son. Russell, in 48 games after he
joined the club, averaged ony
14.7 points. But he gave the club
the defensive strength it needed.
Leads NBA Rebouders
Consider, as a case of point,
the playoffs. In 10 games, Rus
sell picked off 244 rebounds. The
closest man to him on his own
:lub was Tom Heinsohn with
117. The closest rival, also in 10
Louis Hawks with 168 rebounds.
But this season, Russell has
started to wheel and deal in
the fashion which made him
such a sensation in college
blocking opponents' shots before
they can get them away. ,
"We call it the Russell shock
treatment," coach "Pete Newell
of California once explained.
"He was so terrific at blocking
shots that he gave all the rival
shooters the jitters. They would
drive in for an easy layup and
blow it because they were
looking over their shoulders
wondering where Russell was
and whether one of those big
paws would come out of no
where and block the ball."
Denver U Skater
Injured on Ice,
In Serious Shape
Denver (IP) George Con
grave, 21-year-old Canadian
hockey player at the University
of Denver, remained in "seri
ous" condition today from a
brain injury suffered in a freak
accident on the ice.
Congrave was struck in the
left temple by the tip of a team
mate's skate Sunday night dur
ing a Denver hockey team prac
tice session at the University
arena. The sharp skate punctur
ed his skull, and an emergency
operation was performed im
mediately at St. Luke's hospit
al.
His physician reported that
Congrave was possibly over the
critical stage, but that only time
would reveal complete results of
the operation. ,
because current contracts will
be fulfilled.
Also to be considered, accord
ing to the agenda, are policy
statements in which California,
UCLA and USC outlined their
stands on scheduling, aid to ath
letes, scholastic standings of ri
val schools, and self enforcement
of an athletic code.
Regents of the two state,
schools adopted a five-point pol
icy statement on the issues.
Southern California formed an
eight-point program.
Listed for discussion was the
"proposed restoration of eligi
bility to student athletes who as
freshmen incurred a one-year
penalty for receiving prohibited
aid."
Future basketball schedules,
reports of radio-television arid
Rose Bowl committees, recom
mendations of the presidents'
council and special petitions
from students also were includ
ed on the agenda.
Med ford Ladies
Second in YMCA
Volleyball Meet
Medford YMCA's women's vol
leyball team won honors last
week end at the annual Jam
boree in Longview, Wash.
Seven teams competed in a
round-robin, playing six games
each.
Medford women won three of
their six games, defeating Lone-
view, Aberdeen and Seattle and
winning second place tourna
ment award. The. Medford wom
en lost to Longview Ds, Portland
NE, and Portland Pushers.
Sprained ankles were sustain
ed by Mrs. Lanell Wilkes and
Mrs. Diane Heuer during the
fifth game of the series. They
played the sixth game however.
losing to the Portland NE
branch.
Attending the jamboree were
Mrs. Wilkes, Mrs. Jerri Hutton,
Mrs. Vi Lewis, Mrs. Jo Kidd,
Mrs. Heuer and Mrs. Charlotte
Whealdon.
Next tournament for the wom
en in northwest competition will
be held in Vancouver, BC, in
March.
Frenchman Plans
States Campaign
Paris (IP) Frenchman
Charles Humez, middleweight
champion of Europe, planned to
day to campaign in the United
States in early 1958 because of
his impressive technical knock
out over Andre Drille, cham
pion of France. '
Humez, 30, floored Drjlle
three times before the referee
stopped their non-title bout, just
as Drille's handlers were pre
paring to throw in the towel. It
was at 1:30 in the third round
of their scheduled 10-rounder.
Ducks Gird
For OSC
Final Clash
Eugene (W The University
of Oregon Ducks, already as
sured of a Rose Bowl berth, will
have to defeat the Oregon State
Beavers Saturday to gain their
first PCC title in 37 years.
If they lose, the Ducks will
have to share the title with their
arch foes but Coach Len Casa
nova will settle for a title clinch
ing tie in this one.
Mulloy Rates Cup
Chances As 'Slim'
For U.S. in 1957
Sydney, Australia HP) The
United States' best hope for re
gaining the Davis Cup from Aus
tralia is the selection committee
that will pick the Australian
team, according to U.S. player
Gardnar Mulloy.
"They might leave out your
best player," Mulloy joked to
Australian reporters on his arri
val here today. "They've done it
before."
Mulloy predicted that the
United States will defeat the
Philippines "comfortably" in the
inter-zone semi-finals at Ade
laide, Dec. 5-6-7, becaues the
Philippine players, while "tops"
on clay courts, are "not tall
enough for the international
grass court game."
The U.S.-Philippines winner
will meet Belgium in the inter
zone finals at Brisbane, Dec. 12-13-14.
The interzone winner will
meet cup-holding Australia in
the challenge round at Mel
bourne, Dec. 26-27-28.
NW Rodeo Management
Group Presents $7,000
, Kennewick (IP) Officials of
the Northwest Rodeo Manage
ment Association, holding their
annual meeting here, Monday
presented a $1,000 check and a
trophy buckle to Jim Roeser,
Caldwell, Idaho, making him
saddle bronc rider champion of
the Pacific Northwest.
President Eddie McMurdo,
Walla Walla, made the presenta
tion on the basis of total number
of points won at 19 member ro
deos throughout the Pacific
Northwest this year.
Davidson, Jones Victors
In Tag Wrestling Tussle
It was reminiscent of old
times last night as professional
raslin' returned to Medford after
something like a couple years
absence.
Action at the Esquire theater
saw the villains of the evening
take the opening engagements
and their adversaries come back
to even the score in the tag team
finale.
Buck Davidson, Klamath Falls,
and Ken Jones, Eugene, teamed
up to dump Yogi Hussane, Tur
key, and Lou Franco,' Roseburg,
in two out three falls. The eve
ning concluder was over after
38 minutes of antics, gymnastics
and verbal banter when David
son downed Hussane with a cou
ple of dropkicks then back
flipped with his rival and pinned
him.
Yogi had taken the opening
fall over Davidson at the 18
minute mark after a number of
body slams. The tying fall came
just three minutes later when
Franco said "uncle" to a ham
mer lock applied by Jones.
Franco Two Straight
In the opener, mainly an en
tertainment match in which the
scuffling began while referee
Ben Graves was giving the in
structions, Franco took two
straight falls from Jones. Best
wrestling of the evening was
presented in the Hussane-David-son
embroilment in which the
Turkish villain won two of the
three tumbles.
Franco took his first fall with
a Japanese arm bar in 15 min
utes. The winning pin was on
an arm lock and arm scissors aft
er 23 minutes in the ring.
Davidson took an opening fall
from Hussane in 14 minutes
when the Turk said "uncle" to
terrific y punishment to his left
arm. Buck gave . the limb a con
siderable twisting and Hussane
gave up to a hammerlock. Yogi
then worked over Buck's head
on the ropes. Davidson came
back with retaliatory cuffs but
after 12 minutes of contention
Hussane took a fall with a
piledriver.
Fought With Bear
A hammerlock and choking
tactics were applied by Hussane
and he wound up battering
Davidson into submission by
stomping on Buck's arm with
his knee. The entire bout went
for 35 minutes.
Before the tag match Franco
playfully grapped with Cynthia,
a small bear which stood up on
her hind legs and made like a
wrestler. Part of the cuffing was
done with Franco on his knees
to make the engagement even.
Lou had the help of a labrador
retriever dog, Sam, at the start
of the short encounter. And,
Cynthia, it appeared, would have
rather engaged in playful action
with the canine.
It was Franco who engaged
in most of the verbal exchanges
with a lively crowd while Hus
sane had the role of the surly
meanie, up to his tricks when
the attention of referee Graves
was drawn in another direction.
A small but receptive crowd
was on hand for the match and
the usual caustic comments were
heard from the gallery.
TAKING A KICKOFF at Berkeley, Washington's halfback Don Millich, No. 40, races
for a 30-yard return against California. Driving for the tackle is California end Mike
White, No. 88. Washington's Whitey Core, No. 62, leads the interference after bowling
over Cal's halfback HanlrOlguin, No. 14. (International Soundphoto)
Washington Pass
Defense Sharpens
Seattle, Wash. (IP) The Uni
versity of Washington Huskies
worked on pass defense Monday
as Coach Jim Owens prepared
his squad for Washington State's
Bob Newman, who has complet
ed 90 of 163 passes this year
including 11 good for touch
downs. Owens gave the Huskies a
ligh workout but warned them
that they can expect a heavy one
at the hands of the Cougars.
Upsets Shake Up
Gridiron Ratings;
Oregon in 12th
New York m The United
Press college football ratings
with first-place votes and won
lost records in parentheses:
Team Points
1. Michigan St. (137-1) ....310
2. Ohio State (77-1) 283
3. Auburn (148-0) 278
4. Texas A&M (8-1) 190
5. Oklahoma (7-1) 166
6 Mississippi (8-1) 137
7. Navy (17-1-1) 119
8. Iowa (6-1-1) 113
9. Notre Dame (5-2) 70
10. Army (8-1) 62
Second 10 group 11, Duke,
58; 12, Oregon, 41; 13, Rice, 30;
14, (tie) Wisconsin and Arizona
(Tempe) State, 20 each; 16, Ten
nessee, 12; 17, Michigan, 5; 18,
North Carolina State, 3; 19 (tie)
Clemson, Dartmouth, Penn State
and UCLA, 2 each.
Other Purdue, 1.
Semi-Final
Action Due
Portland HP) Oregon high
school semi-final football playoff
dates and sites were set today
with most of this week's action
coming on Friday night.
Springfield will be at South
Salem and Jefferson at Beaver
ton in class A-l. In class A-2 Sea
side will be at Willamina and
Vale travels to Eugene to play
Elmira. All of these are Friday
night games starting at 8 p.m.
Powers will be at Tillamook
Rogue Snowmen
To Have Session'
Rogue Snowmen will meet at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20,
at the Girls Community club.
The session is open to all in
terested skiers and a color movie
on skiing will be shown.
The ski club recently elected
Bill Moffat president. 'He suc
ceeds Myers Jones. Other new
officers are Bill Brooks, vice
president, and Miss Virginia Lar
son, secretary-treasurer.
First outing of the Snowmen
was held Sunday at Crater Lake
National park. There was three
feet of snow on the ground with
a fine, dry, powdery surface
ideal for skiing. Some 25 to 30
members were on hand for the
activity.
DAUGHERTY TO COACH
Miami, Fla. (IP) Hugh (Duf
fy) Daugherty, head coach of the
North team in the annual Col
lege All-Star Game to be played
in the Orange Bowl Christmas
night. He will be assisted by Illi
nois coach Ray Eliot.
NFL GAME SOLD OUT
Detroit (IP) Next Sunday's i
National Football League game
between the Chicago Bears and
Detroit Lions is considered a
"guaranteed sellout" today after
7,000 bleacher seats and grand
stand locations behind poles
were sold in an hour and a half
Monday morning.
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Playoff
on Friday
Catholic and Stanfield at Mer
rill Saturday with the Powers
Tillamook Catholic game in the
evening and the other in the
afternoon.
The six-man title game be
tween Alsea and Sisters will be
played Saturday afternoon at
Sisters. The OSAA disallowed a
protest by Irrigon of its loss to
Sisters.
The A-l championship game
will be displayed at the Mult
nomah stadium here Nov. 30 at
1:30 p.m.
WSC Center Suits Down
Pullman, Wash. (IP) Center
Gail Strait, who broke his ankle
several weeks ago, suited up
with the Washington State Cou
gars Monday but Coach Jim
Sutherland said it was doubt
ful that the team captain would
see action against the Washing
ton Huskies Saturday.
Senior fullback Dick . Wind
ham, who hurt a knee in the
game against Idaho last week
end, missed Monday's short in-
door session.
DUPAS GETS 90-DAY BAN
New Orleans (IP) Light
weight Dave Dupas, New Or
leans, has been suspended for
SO days by the Louisiana Box
ing Commission because of an
injured hand which prevented
him from meeting Larry Arm
stead in a 10-round bout Mon
day night.
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