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,. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WcdtiMdar, lfOTmb tf, 1937 Five Hack Tornado Footballers on All-Conference Aggregation 5 yf IN ?',s-jt :Zy- t '?!& , ' wt4i f i iff ' 'U H if jfr fi J T' I " JIM FUNSTON AH Conference Center Rose Bowl Ticket Plan Outlined Eugene IP) Athletic Direc tor Leo Harris and Oregon back field coach Johnny McKay left for Los Angeles Tuesday to look over possible headquarters sites tor the Webfoots Rose Bowl boitqd football team. Harris said before he left that the first objective of the ticket aaie would be to try to provide tickets to all Oregon residents iho planned to attend the game. Several categories for ticket applications were set up and applications were mailed starting Tuesday. It is expected to take the rest of this week and the early part of next week .to com plete the mailing. Each ticket buyer should file only one application, Harris said. Harris outlined the various groups and instructions foreper sons applying in each . group. They include: 1. Students, one ticket each with option for a second if married. 2. Parents of students, four tickets. v 3. Grant-in-aid scholarship donors, eight tickets. 4. Oregon lettermen, six tick ets. 5. Season ticket holders, both public and Oregon faculty, six tickets. 6. Paid members of alumni association, six tickets. 7. Paid members of the Eu gene Oregon elub and Portland Duck club, six tickets. 8. Unpaid members of the al umni association, two tickets. 9. General public, two tickets. The first eight groups will re ceive applications in the mail. The general public applications will be available next Monday fither by mail or in person at the athletic department here. All (Applications must be filed by mail Harris said. Dorn Cops f urkey Run All winners were from Grants :Pass Sunday in the third annual Rogue Valley Turkey run. .. Charles Dorn took first place, Richard Killian was second and "Walt Sargent third in the cross ; country run. Ray Chamberlain t and Sargent captured the birds in the turkey chase. The run over a course of ; bout 100 miles started at the Y at Grants Pass and ended on A street at the south end of ;tovn. First rider left the start at 11 a.m. and crossed the finish line at 3:20 p.m. Twenty-one riders were en tered and a sizable crowd was . on hand to watch the chase for (-the two turkeys. Rogue Valley Riders Motor cycle club was sponsor. jCoIeman Chosen iMentor of Week ; Princeton, N.J. 3P He is a -politician who predicts hard .times ahead for his football team, that is. 2 He started the year as assist ant coach, began the football reason as acting head coach and nded it as long-term head coach of the Ivy league champions. I He insists his boys are "stu dents first and football players econd," and in his case no one will disagree. Scored Upset ; He's Dick Colman of Prince ion, the United Press coach of the week after his Tigers hipped Dartmouth, 34-14, in the snow Saturday for the title In a conference where football is j week end diversion rather thin a" way life." I ' iA Is ' : TOM HAMLIN All-League End TOM MORRIS All-Star Tackle BOB GEE Back on First Team Moyer Scores TKO in Portland Portland iT? Denny Moyer of Portland took a TKO victory over Marvin Marcus of Fresno at two minutes of the second round in a scheduled eight rounder here Tuesday night. Moyer weighed 147 and Marcus 145. Archie Moore, world's light heavyweight champ who fights a 10-rounder here Friday night against Roger Rischer, was the referee. In the prelims Carleton Lin coln of Tacoma knocked out Claude Renfro of Seattle in the second round; Ernie Gibson of Seattle knocked out Bobby Wright of Philadelphia in the first round and Harold Nelson, Portland, decisioned . . Albert Polk, also Portland. - -A Mike Sparlin, Jim Smith Of Grants Pass Unanimous Selections On First Team 1957 Medford Mail Tribune SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE ALL-STAR SQUAD FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Player and Points Player and Points Mike Sparlin. GP (26) E Paul Lindquist, GP (11) Tom Hamlin, Med. (20) E Jerry Kime, Cr. ( 5 ) Jerry Putnam. GP (16) T Paul Slaven. GP (13) Tom Morris. Med. (15) T Dave Vinson. KF (11) Tom Merton. Med. (25) G Die Corum, Med. ( 9 ) W. Winlerbottom. GP (10) G Gerald Troxel. Ash. ( 7 ) Jim Funston, Med. (25) C Charles Carlson, KF ( 4 ) Dick Caldwell. GP ( 4 ) Jim Smith, GP (26) B John Jones, Med. ( 9 ) Bob Gee. Med. (22) B Ron Reich, Med. ( 9 ) Jack Dean. GP (20) B Wayne Allen, Cr. ( 8 ) Mike Rose. GP (19) B Don Simpson, Ash. ( 7 ) HONORABLE MENTION: Ends Mike Russell, Med. (4); Pete Rasmussen, Med. (3); Jan Cox. KF (3); Paul Beach. Cr. (2); Gary Kranenburg. KF (2)j Kip Lombard, Ash. (2). Tackles Dick Sorenson, Med. (6) Dave Brown, Cr. (4); Mike Kearns, Ash. (3 also 3 at guard); Dewain Gurule. GP (2); Merrill Nay. GP (2); Frank Albert. Med. (2). Guards Dick Byrd. GP (5); Ollie Woolsey, GP (3); Glenn Cote. Cr. (3); Don Alt. KF (3); Harold Watson. GP (2). Centers Hank Hampton. Ash. (3); Randy Campbell, Cr. (2). Backs Jerry Stubblefield, Ash. (6 also 2 at tackle); Al Mc Kinnis, Ash. (4); Tom Ankeny. KF (4); Skip Bennett, Med. (4); Richard Humphrey, KF (3); Don Lewellyn. GP (3); Tony Brauner, Med. (3); Kerman Bennett, Cr. (3); Allen Barnes, Cr. (3). Quarterback Jim Smith and End Mike Sparlin, ace pass duo of the Grants Pass Cavemen, were the only unanimous se lections in the Medford Mail Tri bune's poll to select a 1957 Southern Oregon conference all star football squad. They were among six Grants Pass players chosen to the first team. Five Medford high gnd ders completed the No. 1 line up. Medford selections were Guard Tom Merton and Center Jim Funston, both near unanimous choices,- and End Tom Hamlin, Tackle Tom Morris and Back Bob Gee. Grants Pass gridmen picked included Guard Wendell Winterbottom, Tackle Jerry Put nam and Backs Jack Dean and Mike Rose. Sparlin Is the only repeater from the 1956 all-star first eleven. Merton was named on the second team last season. Coaches, sportswriters and sportscasters in the conference cities cast ballots in the poll. Tabulation was by the Mail Tri bune sports department. Fifteen ballots were sent out and 13 men responded to participate in the poll. 12 on Second Team Twelve gridmen were placed on the second team, three from Medford and two each from Grants, Pass, Klamath Falls, Crater and Ashland. Twenty eight others received honorable mention. Points were given on a basis of two for a first team vote and one for a second team ballot. At least two points were required for honorable mention. Smith and Sparlin each re ceived 26 points. Merton and Funston each gained first team vote of 12 participants in the poll and the second club vote of one for 25 points. Gee polled next highest with 22 and Hamlin and Dean each had 20. Voting for first team berths was close only at the tackle positions and for one of the guard spots. Twelve men were named on the second line-up be cause. Charles Carlson, Klamath Falls, and Dick Caldwell, Grants Pass, tied for the center assign ment. The 1957 all-star first team is not a hefty line-up so far as high school clubs go but has medium weight along with mo bility. Linemen average 176 pounds and backs 167. In the line, Funston, Medford's defen sive standout, is heaviest at 202 pounds and Winterbottom of the Cavemen lightest at 161. Rose of the Grants Pass backfield trio is heftiest ball packer at 182. Dean's weight is listed at 156 and Gee's and Smith's at 165 each. An all-around offensive threat is boasted in the line-up. Smith and Sparlin were outstanding as passer and receiver. Dean and Rose were the top rushers for Grants Pass and Gee, a work horse, was No. 2 in Black Tor nado totals. Dean has speed. Rose power and Gee both qualities. Smith also is a capable runner. Players just missing second team selection and heading hon- WANT Tell us how much - We like to say "YES!" You will bt glad you chose Oregon Finance. Here we have no hard and fast rules. You deal direct with the owner as we are home owned and man aged. Get the deal you want. See Gene Thomas, Manager Oregon Finance Co., 45 So. Central. Phone SP 2-4433. 1 FT- i' I ' 'WJ'VW'1? TOM MERTON Leads Guard Polling orable mention listings were End Mike Russell, Medford; Tackle Dick Sorenson. Medford: Guard Dick Byrd, Grants Pass; Center Hank Hampton, Ashland, and Back Jerry Stubblefield, Ash land. Left and right positions in the line and exact backfield spots were disregarded in the polling. Voters Listed Coaches casting ballots in the poll were Mel Ingram, Grants Pass; Fred Spiegelberg, Medford; Andy Knudsen, Klamath Falls; Al Simpson, Ashland and Leon ard Warren. Crater. Sportscast ers voting were Tom MacLeod, KYJC, Medford, and Bill Young, KWIN, Ashland. Sportswriters in the noli were Glen Prescott, Ashland Daily Tidings; George Curtis, Grants Pass JJaiiy uour-ipr- Dick Jewett. Medford Mail Tribune and Jim Crow, Klamath Falls Herald and News. No radio station ballots were returned from Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, although Floyd Wynn of Klamath's KFLW worked with Crow in filling one ballot. Since Central Point, home of Crater high, has no daily news nanpr or radio station. Bob Mon- sey and Bill Askwith, of that community, who saw all conier pnee clubs in action, were asked to participate in the poll and submitted votes. Askwitn, man ager for Cheney Lumber com nanv and member of the District 6 school board, was an announcer at Crater home games. Monsey is a Mail Tribune advertising salesman. SERVICE BATTLE SET Washington (W The unbeat en Boiling Air Force Base foot ball team has accepted an invi tation to meet the unbeaten San Diego Marines in the Shrimp Bowl at Galveston, Tex., Dec. 15. WAVIE RULE Pendleton OP) The Pendleton Round-Up association Tuesday night waived its no reelection rule and named Jack Stangier, 45, to be association president for a second year. It was the first reelection in the associa tion's history. The first marrgarine was made in France when Napoleon III needed a nutritious, concen trated food for his troops. Cleveland, NY Favored In Pro Frays By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer Coach Jim Lee Howell be lieves his New York Giants are under the most pressure in their stretch duel with the Cleveland Browns. "You have to figure we are under a bit more pressure right now than the Browns because they lead us by a half game and have already beaten us this year" Howell said. But Howell maintains his Na tional Football league titlehold ers are responding to the situa tion like champions. The Giants and Browns have two more games before their Dec. 15 Yankee stadium clash. The Browns entertain the Card inals Sunday and are 10-point favorites while the Giants are favored by eight against the vis iting Forty-Niners. The Browns visit the Detroit Lions next week while the Giants play at Pitts burgh. New York will be in good phy sical condition Sunday. Clyde Conner, one of the league's top pass receivers, and defensive back Bob Holladay won't play for San Francisco. Bob St. Clair, six-foot nine-inch 265 - pound Forty-Niner tackle, is ready to play after being out since the second game with a shoulder in jury. Tackle Chuck Ulrich is the only Cardinal who may not play at Cleveland. Tommy O'Connel, the league's leading passer, and defensive back Warren Lahr of the Browns were injured during last Sunday's 45-31 victory over the Los Angelej Rams and may not play. Milt Plum would re place O'Connell and Bobby Free man would take Lahr's place. The Baltimore Colts, leading Detroit and San Francisco by a game in the Western division, are five-point choices against the visiting Rams. George Preas, an offensive tackle, is out of the Baltimore lineup, Will Sherman, Ram defensive back, also is side lined. Detroit is favored by 7V6 points for its annual Thanksgiv ing Day game with the Packers. The Briggs stadium game will be televised nationally by CBS at 9 a.m. (PST). In next Sunday's other con tests, the Bears are favored over the Washington Redskins by eight points at Chicago and the Eagles are favored by 2V against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Phila delphia. End Harlon Hill is out and Bobby Watkins, an offen sive back may not' play for the Bears. Defensive back Norb Hecker of Washington is out Linebacker Chuck Bednarik and halfback Rocky Ryan of the Eagles are sidelined. Pittsburgh is in good shape. This week's selection: Browns (7-1-1) over Cardinals (2-6), Lions (5-4) over Packers (3-6), Forty- Niners (5-4), over Giants (7-2), Rams (4-5) over Colts (6-3), Bears (4-5) over Redskins (2-6-1), Eagles (3-6) over Steelers (4-4). CUBS RELEASE SILVERA Chicago (IP) Veteran Catcher Charlie Silvera, acquired from the New York Yankees a, year ago, has been given his uncon ditional release, by the Chicago Cubs. BARKER'S FOOTBALL CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS: Check the team you pick to win. If you pick a tie game, check both teams. All slips must be at the store by 5:30 Friday evening. November 30th Army vs. Navy Baylor at Rica Colorado State vs. Air Force Tulane at Louisiana State Mississippi U at Missippi St. So. California at Notre Dame So. Carolina at Wake Forest SMU at Texas Christian Vanderbilt at Tennessee Tulsa at Wichita Virginia at North Carolina U A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERSI There are eleven weeks of play. $50 in merchan dise to the highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second place and S20 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in the group picking the most winners wins a $1.50 necktie. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. Name Address x mi 1 m-Btz 4 tmmhxmd r Ducks, Beavers Pace of Los . Angeles HP! Oregon, ! the Pacific Coast conference's representative in the Rose Bowl, today topped the conference in total defense for the season in figures released by the PCC commissioner's office. The statistics showed that the Ducks had given up but 262.9 yards a game on defense during the season while PCC co-champion Oregon State had averaged 265.5 yards. Idaho was third with 268.2. Stanford's Indians were tops in total offense, averaging 343.1 yards a game, compared to Ore gon State's 327.4 yards and Washington State's 323.7. While fourth-placed WSC led in passing offense with 136 pass es completed for 17 touchdowns and an average of 180.8 yards, the squad dropped to ninth in rushing offense with 142.9. The rushing offense mark was held by Oregon State with a game average of 247.8 followed by Stanford, 225.9 and the Uni versity of Washington 213.8. The Indians also were second in pass ing offense with 117.2 yards. Coach Len Casanova's Rose Bowl team was second in rush ing defense with 161.5 yards. Oregon State was first with 158.7 and Idaho was third, 165.3. City League Start Won By Mutual Mutual of Omaha, the 1956 1957 league champion, fast broke its wav to a 66 to 53 victory over Hawkinson Tire Tread last night in the Medford Independ' ent Basketball loop season open er for both clubs. Eagle Point won its second league game by whipping Head quarters Company of the Na tional Guard 64 to 43. In Monday games. Myron Root nicked Company A of the Guard 63 to 60 and Eagle Point whacked Standard Stations 69 to 15. Mutual built up a 35 to 25 halfway edge last night and Keith Johnson paced the scoring with 23 tallies. Dale Thompson led Hawkinson's with 12. Jim Higinbotham of Company A, and Nelson of Eagle Point were high men in Monday scraps with 22 points each. Anderson was tops for Standard with five while J. Wills had 13 for Myron Root. LINE-UPS: '.'.. , it 69 Eagle Point Standard 15 F 22 Nelson Thorn 4 rp io enhnnnort Green 2 r ii ntfnrrt Williams 4 G 6 Clark Anderson 6 G 13 Copeland Ford , Substitution For Eagle Point, Col lier 2. D .1 :,iyiun ivuw -" - F 7 D. Wooton . Higinbotham 22 F 8 Li. smiTn xicuiic - C 13 J. Wills Trautman 4 G 7 R. Atterburg Nolan 14 G 2D. Conner Parent 6 Substitutions For Myron Root, D. Wilkinson 2, Shores 1. R. Wooton 10, B. Kastner 10. B. Serek 3; for Com pany A, Yosten 10. Yarnell 2. 66 Mutual Hawkinson's 53 F 23 K Johnson D. Young 2 F 11 D Bates F. Johnson 10 C 2D. Newton D. Young 2 G 14 Hellen JJ3!"8 i G 8 Van Dorn McFa ? Substitutions For Mutual. Smith 4. . Tinnrir;ncAn' TV Thomn- son 12. D. Johnson 6, Stacy 6, Saling 6, L. Johnson. Two Winners LAST WEEK PERFECT SCORES Bob Shores and W H. Wright Uso Your Charge Plats at Barker's "9t GREEN STAMPS . MAIN & CENTRAL PCC Oregon dropped to the fifth spot in passing defense, a div ision dominated by beleaguered Southern California which gave up 75 yards a game. The Ducks allowed 101.4 yards. UCLA averaged 39.1 yards on 38 kicks, good for 2,264 yards, in leading punting figures and held the record for pass inter ceptions 22. In individual performance sta tistics, fullback Charles Shea of Stanford was tops in rushing with 840 yards and a 5.2 yard average, followed by Nub Beam er of Oregon State, 760 yards, and Jim Shanley of Oregon, 664. Washington State's snapshoot ing quarterback Bob Newman led in passing and total offense, compiling 1,444 yards: Of the total, all but 53 yards were made through the air. Will Pastrano Bout Favorite Miami Beach (IF) Young Willie Pastrano's fast, slashing style made him the favorite to day for tonight's 10-round tele vision bout with confident Willie Besmanoff of Germany at the Miami Beach auditorium. Pastrano, defeated only once since becoming a heavyweight two and one-half years ago, was expected to be the 3-1 pick by fight time. IT'S A JOKE. BOYS! Columbus, Ohio (IP) Eyes popped in the Columbus Citizen newsroom when a deputy sher iff appeared with a subpena. The subpena ordered the entire staff to appear "before the officers directors and employees of 1 Ohio Federal Savings and Loan Assn." for the firm's annual Christmas party Dec. 2. no its trick ! 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