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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Jim Funston, Tom Morris Get Tornado Outstanding Honors A Dair of three-vear varsitv men have been recognized by their Medford High school foot ball teammates for top honors for their play during the 1957 campaign. The two are Center Jim Fun ston and Tackle Tom Morris, seniors and strong candidates for til-conference honors. Fun ston was named the Black Tor nado's outstanding player and Morri3 was voted the outstand ing lineman. Medford gridders completed a nine game season last Saturday bowing out in Oregon A-l semi finals with a season mark of five wins, one tie and three setbacks, t co-title in the Southern Oregon conference, a record of 169 points to an opponents' total of 105 and an edge in total net passing yardage over rivals of 2,199 to 1,803. Statistics kept during the sea ion show performance laurels pretty well divided. Reich Heads Rushing Halfback Ron Reich was the leader in total rushing with 406 yards but Halfback Johnny Jones with 80 carries and 337 yards and Fullback Bobby Gee with 73 packs and 375 were the main workhorses. Reich with 6.76 yards averaged on 60 car ries and Gerry Lyons with 35 times with the ball, 236 total and a 6.74, had the top per carry marks among mail ball carriers on the club. Quarterback Tony Brauner was the principal passer with seven completions in 24 heaves for 161 yards and he was the team's punter with 37 kicks and a fine 35.7-yard average. Reich led in pass reception yardage with a total of 106 from three aerials. End Mike Russell also gathered in three for a total of 81 yards. Center Jim Funston and Quarterback Jim Clark were the mam pass interceptors with four and three respec tively. Jones with 144 yards on eight runbacks and Jerry Lyons with 140 on 12 were the punt return leaders. They also paced the kick-off return depart, Lyons with 96 yards on seven runs and Jones with 60 yards on four. Gee crossed the rival goal line most often with six? touchdowns and Lyons and Skip Bennett each had five. Tackle Mike Murray booted 13 points after touchdowns and Guard Tom Merton four. Jim Funston was credited with two points on an Ashland safety. Merton booted 30 kick-offs av eraging 49.6 yards and Murray Ricked off four times with 40 yards per kick average. Statisticians this season for the Black Tornado were Curtis Cook and Ron Peery. ' MEDFORD HIGH FOOTBALL STATISTICS: Individual Rushing TC YG 337 406 236 375 208 10 29 5 207 29 IS 1 -9 4 Ave. 4 21 6.76 6.74 5.13 4.62 .38 3.62 5 3.57 7.25 8 .33 -3 1.25 John Jone Ron Reich Gerry Lyons Bob Gee Larry Brown Tony Brauner Dick Durante Jim Clark Skip Bennett Fred Funston Tom Hamlin Cal Dean John Harvey Ken Durkee 80 60 35 73 45 26 8 1 58 4 2 3 3 3 PASSING PA 5 4 4 PC 1 2 2 7 0 1 TY 17 83 68 161 0 6 Jones Reich Lyons Brauner Bennett . Clark 24 2 2 PASS RECEIVING PC TY 106 50 25 17 81 6 0 0 PI TY Reich Brauner Hamlin .... 3 2 1 1 3 1 6 L. Dean M. Russell P. Rasmussen - 1 Brown 0 J. Funston 0 SCORING TD PAT ..3 0 Jones Reich Lyons 1 0 .... 5 6 .. 2 .... 2 .... 5 1 .. 0 . 0 .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 0 Brauner Brown Bennett Russell T. Merton ... M. Murray J. Funston . KICK-OFFS No. Merton 30 Murray 40 Ave. 49.6 40 PUNTS No. Brauner 37 Ave. 35.7 PUNT RETURNS No. Jones 8 Reich 2 Lyons 12 Brown 1 Brauner 1 J. Funston M Russell Yds. 144 54 140 3 15 3 -7 Ave. 18 27 11.66 3 15 3 -7 KICK-OFF RETURNS No. ... 4 ... 3 7 ... 2 1 ... 1 1 ; i Yds. 60 ."6 96 3fi 18 4 10 -7 Ave. 15 12 13.9 18 18 4 10 . 7 Jones Reich Lyons Brauner Durante J. Funston Hamlin Russell OSC Beavers $how Spirit Corvallis. Ore. (IP) Coach Tommy Prothro of the Oregon State Beavers said today that his squad is in its best condition since early in the season. The Beavers, still hoping for a tie for the PCC football title, went through a spirited work out Wednesday in preparation for Saturday's annual "civil war" with Oregon. Prothro has yet to beat the Ducks since he has been at the Oregon State Helm. v, ' 'Mx iff . , TOM MORRIS Tornado Line Standout J I1 JIM FUNSTON Black Tornado Outstanding Player Many Early Home Tussles On Dodger, Giant States San Francisco tin The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, playing their first year in the Far West, will get to show off in front of Pa cific Coast fans nearly every day for the first three weeks of 1958, National league schedules re leased today revealed. The Giants, who will be play ing in Seals stadium wiht a seat ing capacity of only 25,000, play 22 of their first 25 games at home; the Dodgers, who may play in either 28,000-seat Wrig ley field or the 105,000-seat Coli seum, will play 18 of their first 21 tilts on the home front. At Dodger headquarters there was great elation over the dras tically revamped schedule. "When we won our 1955 pen nant we got away to a huge lead on the home lot," said business manager Harold Parrott. "We had the same type of schedule." There was equal exuberance in Seals stadium, where publi city director Gary Schumacher said the schedule "suited the Giants fine." "It will give us a chance for a great start," said Schumacher. "And if we are in contention, we have a fine string of home games from Aug. 12 to Sept. 1 against St. Louis, Chicago, Cin cinnati, Milwauke and Los An geles 19 games at home in a row." San Francisco opens at home with a three-game series starting April 15 against Los Angeles. Then the Giants go south to play the Dodgers in a three-game series for the "secondary opener." After that they come back to San Francisco to play St. Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and then Los Angeles again before hitting the road on May 12. It was believed that the long early home stands for the Dodg ers and Giants was "weather planning" by the schedule-makers, who in the past oft-times ran into rainy seasons in the East so early in the year. There is no rain in Los Angeles in April and very little in San Francisco. The San Francisco schedule calls for 77 home games, 21 night tilts; 12 games on Satur day and the same number on Sunday. The only doublehead ers are May 4 against the Chi cago Cubs. A twin bill will be played on Labor Day against Los Angeles, with the first game in the morning, the second in the afternoon. Los Angeles, where the tem perature gets considerably high Thursday, November 21, 1957 Oregon Destroys 0 Contaminated By OSC Aggies Eugene OP The big "O" that used to be seen atop Skinner's Butte here is no more. The big wooden letter that was returned to the University of Oregon campus Tuesday went up in flames Wednesday night. Jim Lynch, Oregon student body president told several hun dred students who gathered to watch the bonfire "It is contami nated. It has been touched by Aggie hands." As the big emblem blazed, chants went up: "Let's burn the 'O' and let's burn the Beavers." The "O" which was returned cut in sections, had been spirited away from its position atop Skinner's Butte here some three weeks ago by Oregon State Col lege students. er in mid-season, has slated 35 of its 77 home games to be play ed at night. The season opens against the Giants April 18, with Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia following in that order before the Dodgers hit the road for the first time. Martin Contends oney Due Him On Tiger Trade Kansas City, Mo. OP) Billy Martin, chagrined at the trade that switched him from the Kan sas City Athletics to the Detroit Tigers, said today the deal should include some money for Martin. Describing the trade as one that "got everybody happy but me," the infielder admitted it was "great to be a contender again" but insisted that .the Athletics should "fork over some dough to me." "This may be a pretty strong talk for a .251 hitter," said Mar tin, "but they say six clubs were after me and if that's so, I must be pretty valuable." The fiery Martin, once Casey Stengel's "boy" of the New York Yankees, declared "every body in the majors is worth at least the S10.000 waiver price and if I was the key man in the trade that's made everybody happy, I think I ought to get something, too." George Selkirk, the A's play personnel director, said the club was under no obligation to pay Martin in the trade. "It's in his contract that he's got to play in any town he's con tracted to," said Selkirk. Knickerbockers Subdue Lakers By UNITED PRESS The New York Knickerbockers will seek a second straight vic tory over Minneapolis tonight while the Detroit Pistons take a crack at ending Boston's 11-game winning streak in a National Basketball Association double header in Detroit. The Knickerbockers were fresh from Wednesday night's 105-101 victory over the Lakers and needed a win to go into a tie for third place with Phila delphia in the Eastern Division of the NBA. The Warriors bowed to Cincinnati, 99-89, Wednesday night despite the return of Tom Gola. SPORTS OSC-Oregon Game on TV Los Angeles 'IP The Pa cific Coast conference regional television game of the day on Saturday will be the Oregon Oregon State clash al Eugene, the National Broadcasting Co. announced today. Telecast time is 1:30 p.m. (P.S.T.) preceded at 1:15 p.m. by a pregame show featuring Red Grange and Lindsay Nel son, NBC said. Kid Gavilan Wins Bout Chicago (IP) Former wel terweight champion Kid Gav ilan , avenged a defeat with his 105th professional triumph, but his unimpressed victim discount ed the outcome because "he's going down hill." "He's a better fighter than he was when I beat him a year ago," Boston's Walter Byars said, "but he's still going down. He's better just because of de termination to prove to himself that he's not washed up." Byars, who lost a 10 round decision to the former cham pion Wednesday night, said he thought "I won the fight, but the judges I guess didn't go to the same school I did, so he got the decision. "I proved I'm a better fight er now," Gavilan said, "But it wasn't a good fight. I know when I fight a good fight, and this wasn't. He kept covering up so I couldn't hit him. UO Gridders In Top Shape Eugene, Ore. (IP) With the exception of center Norm Chap man, Oregon's Ducks were pro nounced in top shape today for Saturday's showdown battle with Oregon State. Chapman broke ' a leg in the Washington State game a month ago. Tackle Jerry Kershner, who suffered a thigh injury against USC last week and reserve guard Larry Newsom, who has been out of recent games, were both said to be ready for action. Joe Caffie Bat Champ Montreal (IP) Outfielder Joe Caffie, now with the Cleve land Indians, today was certified as the International league bat ting champion for 1957 on the strength of his .330 batting average with the Buffalo Bisons. Although Caffie led the league in hitting, veteran Luke Easter, also of- Buffalo, paced the cir cuit in runs batted in, home runs and total bases, according to figures released by the IL of fice here. Despite his .279 average, Easter drove in 128 runs, .clout ed 40 homers and hit for 300 total bases. Big Luke also drew the most walks, 100, and was high man in strikeouts with 140. Steeiheading Getting Better Portland (IP) The weekly report on fishing and hunting conditions prepared by the State Game Commission: Southwest: Angling in upper Umpqua still slow but a few steelhead starting to move over Winchester dam; South Umpqua is roily; some silvers taken near head of tidewater in Smith river; steeiheading should improve in Sawyers Rapids area of Ump qua; silvers and chinooks being taken in fair numbers on eggs in Coquille river below Myrtle Point; Rogue steeiheading improving as waters recede; best angling expected from Grants Pass to Robertson bridge. Waterfowl hunting poor in Coos Bay Coquille valley area but should improve. Central: Duck hunting good on both upper and lower Klam ath lake; Klamath management area fair; goose hunting mostly poor in Klamath basin but good on Sprague river on Indian res ervation. Robinson Meets With Tax Men Chicago (IP) Former middle weight champion Sugar Ray Robinson was scheduled to meet federal tax officials in Washing ton today in hopes of settling in come tax problems, it was learned. Truman Gibson, secretary of the International Boxing club, said Wednesday night that Rob inson had received S107.000 of his purse for the recent fight in which he lost his middleweight crown to Carmen Basilio. Settlement of the tax problem, Gibson said, might clear the way for a Robinson-Basilio title re match. Robinson's entire purse had been tied up by a federal tax lien until Wednesday, Gibson said. Comets Eye Opening of Hoop Season Central Point With the first game just two weeks away, new Coach Don Anielak is still drill ing his Crater high basketball aspirants hard on fundamentals. Anielak, who came here from St. Louis, Mo., to take over the Comet hoop post, is currently working with a squad of 15 players, among whom are five lettermen. He said he'll carry a varsity aggregation of 12 cag- ers through the season. Letterman back are. Jerry Kime, Randy Campbell and Joe Teeter, seniors, and Wayne AI len and Bill White, juniors There are one senior, four jun iors and five sophomores among the 15 still scrapping for the varsity berths. Short on Height The 1957-1958 edition of Com ets will be short on height. White and Campbell are the only 6-footers. White is 6-3 and Camp bell 6-1. - , On the squad now in addition to the lettermen are Jim Estre- mado,' senior; Kerman Bennett, Paul Beach, Doug Daviss and John Burns, juniors, and Dave Sharp, Dennis Pfaff, Bill An horn, Chuck Turner and Herschel Mack, sophomores. . Anielak is waiting until the season starters against Eureka and Fortuna, Calif., before letting fandom in on the style of play the Comets will employ. He has indicated, however, that he is trying to develop a hard running team. Eureka on Dec. 6 Crater will meet Eureka on Friday, Dec. 6, and Fortuna on the following night. Both games will be at Central Point. The California schools play at Ash land on the opposite evenings. Anielak coached two seasons at Duchesne high at St. Louis before coming to Central Point. He is a 1954 graduate of South west Missouri State college where he was named to the Helms Foundation and National Association of Intercollegiate athletics All-American first teams for the 1952-1953 season. He was with the professional New York Knickerbockers one season but saw action only half the campaign because of stomach and leg ailments. Season reserve seat tickets are now on sale and offer fans a sav ing for the full 12-game home slate. Seats in the middle sec tions on both sides of the floor are being reserved. Don Dollah, from Linfield col lege, is tutoring the junior var sity and now has 11 hoopmen on his squad. Muiflur Out At Portland Portland (IP) Bill Muiflur, assistant general manager of the Portland baseball team of the Pacific Coast league, was hand ed his walking papers Wednes day. Muiflur was informed in a let ter signed by President Arch Kingsley that his services would be terminated as of Dec. 1, Mui flur filled in last season as act ing general manager after Joe Ziegler was dismissed in August. A member of the team's board of directors said that Bill Garbarino, former general man ager and now in the restaurant business here, was a possible re placement to return as an assist ant to Tommy Heath, newly signed field and general manager. Saddler Will Be Handler Friday New York (IP) Sandy Sad dler, former featherweight cham pion, will return to the ring Fri day night as a handler. Sandy has obtained a second's license to work in the corner with middleweight Rudy Sawyer of New York, who fights Charley Cotton of Toledo, Ohio, in the 10-round semi-final at Madison Squar Garden. Middleweights Rory Calhoun of White Plains, N.Y., and Bobby Boyd of Chicago meetn the TV radio main event. Saddler, 31, gave up the 126- pound crown and retired last March because of an eye injury suffered in a taxicab accident. "Make mine 7 Crown" iUGfUtf-DlSTiUiU COMMIT. Lit BIBBED WRAPPED UP IN HIMSELF Welterweight Peter Schmidt of New York looks like he's trying, to knock himself out as he misses with a haymaker he threw at his unseen opponent, Danny Russo of Brooklyn. Russo decisioned Schmidt in their 10 rounder at St. Nicholas Arena in New York. Schmidt was a last minute substitute for the ailing Eddie Lynch. Drake Plays in Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex. Drake Uni versity's once beaten Bulldogs today accepted an invitation to play in the 22nd annual Sun Bowl football game Jan. 1. Drake's opponent was not ex pected to be named for another week, but more prominently mentioned as likely candidates for the berth were Detroit, Bos ton College, College of Pacific and Virginia Military Institute. HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS Goalie Terry Sawchuk must have the New York Rangers' number. Every other net minder in the National Hockey league has had trouble handling the high flying Rangers this season but not Sawchuk, who has limited New York to five goals in four games. The veteran Detroit Red Wings' goalie thrilled a crowd of 12,628 at Madison Square Garden again Wednesday night in holding the Rangers to a 1-1 deadlock. Second period goals by Bob Pulford and George Armstrong enabled the Toronto Maple Leafs . to defeat the Chicago Black Hawks, 2-1, at Toronto. The game was witnessed by members of Russia's touring amateur hockey team, who termed the play "unnecessarily rough." AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS The Buffalo Bisons, aided by the goal-sniping of three ex National Hockey league players, have climbed into third place in the American league race.' Wally Hergesheimer, former ly of the New York Rangers, Larry Wilson ex-Red Wing and Dick Gamble ex-Canadien each scored a goal Wednesday night in leading the Bisons to a 5-1 victory over the Providence Reds at Buffalo. Willie Marshall broke out of a two-week scoring slump by whipping in two goals in pacing the league-leading Hershey Bears to a 6-2 victory over the Spring field Indians at Hershey. The Bears now lead second place Providence by 13 points. , Portland (IP) Discussions are under way to bring the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers to Portland next summer for exhibition base ball games against the Portland Beavers, team officials said. KUStO. 86 FSOQf. te Ui WXW. SPiUIS. Auburn Allows No Touchdowns Through Line New. York (IP) If undefeated r.nd untied Auburn can hold its final two opponents Florida State and Alabama scoreless, it will finish the season with the best defensive record in 18 years among major college football teams. Auburn has allowed only 21 points in eight games, National Collegiate Athletic bureau statis tics showed today, and if it can blank its final opponents, its points-allowed total will be the smallest in 18 years. It also will be the only team in the past dec ade to go through the season with no touchdowns allowed through its line. It has allowed three touchdowns, two on passes and one on a pass-interception runback. Texas A&M is the only major team which has not allowed a touchdown via a pass. Overall, Georgia Tech has the best pass defense, allowing only 37.1 yards per game, the best figure in 10 years of national statistics. Entrant Sought For Junior Bowl Pasadena, Calif. (IP) Spon sors of the Junior "Rose Bowl are ... ..... : .. . " J . . . . the Dec. 14 classic. Members of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce announced Wednesday that sample con tracts had been mailed to 11 schools, including Arlington, , Tov - C o t a url-iinli Tact voar i whipped Compton College, 20 13, in the event. The eastern representative will be announced Dec. 1. The west ern team will be named the next day. So far Santa Ana, Calif., Junior College is the leading western candidate. Others besides Arlington to receive contracts included: Boise, Ida., Junior College and Olympic J. C. of Bremerton, Wash. Ask For - - "AGliA CALIEflTE" Concrete (It Means HOT WATER, We Theenk) Always Batchin' Le'el Ole Senor Smeeth Senor Jaime Esraban Smeeth (Imported from Baja Ashland ... A Real Latin Loader) But Hot or Chili Weather, Be Sure Ifs READY MIX by LlfilHGER'S BEST BY TEST Listen To Our Rewashed News 7:30 A.M.-KBOY Juan Pizarro Sets Record San Juan, P.R. (IP) Juan Pi zarro's record 19-strikeout per formance in the Puerto Rican winter baseball league provided the Milwaukee Braves with strong evidence today that the 20-year-old speedballer may be a powertui member ot their mound corps in 1958. - Pizarro, who had a 5-6 rec ord in 24 games for the world champions this year, set the new Puerto Rican league mark Wednesday night while pitching Caguas to a 1-0 victory over Ponce. Pizarro fanned Carlos Bernier four times and yielded two of the three hits he gave up in the ninth inning. Pizarro's performance eclipsed the league strikeout mark set by the fabled Satchel Paige 20 years ago and equalled in 1954 by Bob Turley of the New York Yankees. The major league rec ord of 18 strikeouts is held by Bob Feller and the National League mark of 17 is held by Dizzy Dean. Governor Holmes To Be Neutral Salem (IP) Gov. Robert D. Holmes said today he-would stay "above partisanship" for the annual "Civil War" clash between Oregon and Oregon State football teams this Satur day. The governor, who has an alma mater allegiance to the university and an official al legiance to both state schools as the chief executive of Oregon, will maintain his position of "neutrality" by sitting high above the partisan crowds in the director's box atop the grandstand. Following the game, the gov ernor will lead dedication cere monies ' for Oregon's state-owned television channel, KOAC TV. Line Pressure Helps Baltimore Baltimore, Md. (IP) How does a team that had one of the weak est pass defenses in the National Football league suddenly develop a strong air defense? The Baltimore Coltff inter cepted five passes by the Chicago Bears last Sunday, one for a touchdown while another led to a touchdown. But secondary coach Charley Winner said "we didn't change our pass defense in the least." Winner said the best pass de fense in pro ball is only as good as the pressure put on the passer by the defensive line. Baltimore had that pressure against the Bears and the receivers were Johnny-on-the-spot when the Bears hurried passers threw the ball. Winner said the best example was on the first of two intercep tions by rookie Milt Davi "Harlan Hill had Davis beat," Winner said, "but Davis took the ball right out of Hill's hands. Our line made that possible. The Bear quarterback didn't throw m- . 1 1 1 1 iim luauc . i . .i angle-out move. Our line caused that delay and when the quarter back did let go, Davis had re covered and was in position to intercept. Someone Collects Money For Penguin Feeding Portland (IP) City Commis sioner Ormond R. Bean, in charge of the city's park and zoo properties, said today that somebody apparently has been going around collecting money for a fund to feed the city's new penguins. 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