Medford-Marshfield
Game in Spotlight
Oregon high school football
spotlight will be beamed on
the Medford stadium this Fri
day night.
No league or district honors
will be at stake but a big pres
tige engagement will be
fought between the Pirates of
Marshfield high and the Black
Tornado of Medford. For both
are rated among the top grid
iron powers on the Oregon
scene. '
The skirmish will over
shadow two other intradis
trict conflicts involving clubs
of this area and will draw
some of the attention away
from eight struggles among
teams of three conferences in
southern Oregon.
Only a few miles north of
Medford on the same night
Grants Pass and Crater inau
gurate the Southern Oregon
conference (District 6 A-l)
campaign at Grants Pass. Not
far to the south, the Grizzlies
of Ashland, another 6 A-l
school, will be hosts to Lake
view, an A-2 aggregation.
Klamath Falls, also of the
Southern Oregon loop, goes
out of the district to Spring
field. Rogue League Interest
. Jackson county interest will
be particularly high in one of
the scuffles of the A-2 Rogue
league. Phoenix goes to Eagle
Point Friday night for the
fuss. Other loop brushes that
night are Glendale against Il
linois Valley at Cave Junction
and Henley at Rogue River.
Friday tangles in District
5B are Jacksonville at Talent,
Sacred Heart at Merrill and
Chiloquin versus Bonanza at
Klamath Falls. On Saturday
night St. Mary's meets Malin
on the Medford high turf.
For Medford, the tussle
with Marshfield, despite its
non-district status, rates along
with tangles with Grants Pass
and Klamath Falls among the
season's "big" games. Al
though their eyes are defin
itely on the district bunting,
the Buccaneers of Coos Bay
probably are the crew Black
Tornado stalwarts would like
most to beat.
Not since 1947 has the Tor
nado been on the long end of
the score against the Pirates.
The count was 18 to 12 that
season. The two schools have
met seven times since. Marsh
field has won five times. Two
games ended in ties, 0 to 0 in
1953 and 20 to 20 in 1956.
Score favored the Bucs 12 to
0 last year.
There's possibility of the
Friday game being the first of
two this season between the
two schools. For this to come
to pass, each would have to
win its area championship
Medford in District 6 and
Marshfield in District 5. The
Pirates loom as heavy favor
ites in their conference while
Medford ranks as a top con
tender in its loop, with many
prognosticators making it top
choice.
If the two should reach the
state quarter-finals, that game
would be here, too.
Ex-Grants Pass
Man Named Best
AOD-Around Player
Washington (UPD It was in
the press box Sunday, just
after the Redskins had licked
the Philadelphia Eagles,' that
the official scorer approached
Washington General Manager
Dick McCann.
"I need your nomination
for the outstanding offensive
player," said the scorer.
"I guess it would have to
be Dick James," McCann re
plied. "How about the outstand
ing defensive player?" asked
the scorer.
"James," said McCann.
The scorer looked puzzled.
No, they are not brothers.
But Richard Alwin James,
Redskins' halfback (formerly
of Grants Pass) is that rarity
in specialized pro football
a player equally adept on of
fense and defense.
James went all the way on
defense against the Eagles,
contributing one sparkling
knockdown of a Norm Van
Brocklin pass that would
have meant a sure touchdown.
Then in the fourth quarter,
with the Redskins trailing and
halfbacks Jim Podoley and
Sid Watson both injured,
James went in to play of
fense. . All the little halfback from
Oregon did was gouge out
most of the yardage in a
touchdown drive that put
Washington ahead, and he du
plicated this in the Redskins'
march for a clinching touch
down. "There isn't a better offen
sive back on the squad," back
field coach Mike Nixon lam
ented. "But he's also the best
man we have an pass defense.
He can't play both ways all
the time."
James, 180 pounds of bone
and gristle, is only five-foot-10
fairly short for a defen
sive back. But he's fast and
seems to have steel springs in
both feet.
"He's one of the few short
backs I've ever seen who
could jump with a six-foot-
five end and beat him to the
ball," Nixon said.
James joined the Redskins
in 1956 and won "Rookie of
The Year" award with the lo
cal club. But last year, Wash
ington was hurting for defen
sive backs and Coach Joe Ku-
harich shifted him to defense.
No Complaints
James never complained;
but for the first two-thirds of
the season he was miserable.
A deadly tackier, Dick had
trouble covering the oppon
ents' ends and was f akedj out
of position many times. In
the team's last three games,
the Redskins held the Bears,
Eagles and Steelers to a pair
of field goals and one mean
ingless touchdown. And
James was covering his defen
sive post like a guy armed
with a sub-machine gun.
"Joni" an inevitable nick
name he was tagged with the
days he reported to training
camp even likes to play de
fense now.
"M a k e s no difference
where they put me," Dick
said. "It's fun to carry the
ball but I'll play where I'm
needed."
Ironically, James is not the
only good offensive back play
ing defense with Washngton.
So is halfback Joe Scudero,
who also got in for a few of
fensive plays against Phila
delphia Sunday. He spurted
27 yards in four tries and
threw one of the key blocks
that sprang James loose for
the winning touchdown.
Both their performances
were bad news for the rest
of the leagiie-they indicate
that for the first time in five
years, the Redskins have
depth to offset Kuharich's per
ennial injury jinx.
JIM FUNSTON NAMED
TO STATE ROOK TEAM
Corvallis (UPD Don Kasso,
star halfback for Berkeley,
Calif., high school, and three
Oregon all-staters headed the
list of candidates for the 1958
Oregon State Rook football
team today.
Kasso was one of three
northern California gridders
to enroll at Oregon State.
Others included Dick De
Bishop, a guard from San An
selmo, and Don Delver, a
back from Lodi.
The Oregon all-staters are
half-back Paul Goddard of
Lincoln, center Jim Funston
of Medford and Frank Haw
ley of Vale. Another back on
hand is Steve Picard of Sea
side who set an all-time Ore
gon high school scoring rec-
SIGNS FOR OCTOBER BOUT
Philadelphia-dTB-Len Mat
thews, 19-year-old Philadel
phia lightweight who is un
defeated in 14 pro fights, has
signed to meet Cuba's Or
lando Zulueta in a 10-round
bout here on Oct. 21.
ord with 35 touchdowns last
season.
Basketball players on hand
at Oregon State include
Bruce Fleming of Corvallis
and Bob Jacobsen of North
Bend, each 6-7; Jay Carty, a
6-6 forward from China Lake,
Calif.; Dale Drake, guard and
track prospect from North Sa
lem, and Bob Newton, a 6-5
forward from Lander, Wyo.
Other freshmen athletes on
the campus include Jackie
Mattison, all-state golfer from
South Eugene, and Bob Se
mon, state tennis champ from
Springfield.
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UCLA Drills Against
Single Ving Plays
Los Angeles -(UPD- Coach
George 'Dickerson concentrat
ed today on perfecting a way
to confound the single-wing
attack of Oregon State,
UCLA's opponent Saturday
afternoon at Corvallis.
Both the Bruins and Ore
gon State use the formation
of the late Henry (Red) San
ders, but despite this fact Dic
kerson put his UCLA squad
through defensive drills on
Monday.
Coach Tommy Prothro of
Oregon State was a former
assistant to Sanders.
SPORTS
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TORNADO RANKS THIRD
IN PREP GRID RATINGS
PorJland ITl Jefferson's
defending state champions
held down first place for
the second week in a row
today in the Journal
coaches' poll for Oregon
high school football teams.
Marshfield, which like
Jeff has won three straight,
was in second place.
Madison high of Portland
moved up to fourth place
while Medford held down
third and North Bend went
to fifth. -
The top teams:
TEAM POINTS
1. Jefferson 79
2. Marshfield 73
3. Medford 51
4. Madison 43
5. North Bend 37
6. Astoria 32
7. Roseburg 23
8. North Salem 22
9. Gresham 19
10. South Salem 14
Others: Beaverton 13,
Grants Pass 10, Springfield
6, Oregon City, Vale, Baker
and Cottage Grove 4 each.
West Linn 2.
Torres Gets -Nod
From
Cus D'Amato
New York -(UPD- Sugar Rajr
Robinson protested slugger
Jose Torres' latest victory to
day, but Cus D'Amato pro
claimed the young Puerto Ri
can middleweight "a potential
champion."
Torres, 22, registered his
sixth straight professional tri
umph Monday night on a fifth
round technical knockout over
Otis Woodard of New York
before a near-sellout crowd of
3,216 at St. Nicholas -Arena.
Middleweight champion
Robinson was in Woodard's
corner. D'Amato, manager of
heavyweight champion Floyd
Patterson and .young Torres,
was at the ringside. Torres and
Woodard each weighed 160
pounds.
Dr. Samuel Swetnik exam
ined Woodard in his corner
before the bell could ring to
start the sixth round. The doc
tor asked referee Petey Delia
to stop the bout "because
Woodard doesn't know where
he is. He can't answer my
questions. He's befuddled."
Seattle, Wash. -(UPD- The
University of Washington
Huskies, upset winners over
Minnesota last weekend, will
get another crack at the Big
Ten Saturday when they n
gle with rugged Ohio State.
ahonia Med
Top Grid Team
In UPS Ratings
New York-(UPD-Oklahoma's
prairie powerhouse, shooting
for its third national college
football championship within
four seasons, took over the
No. 1 spot in the United Press
International ratings today
with Michigan State second.
Ohio State's defending na
tional champions, last week's
leaders, dropped to third and
Auburn was fourth in a close
vote. Only 64 points separat
ed the top four teams in the
balloting by the 35 outstand
ing coaches who comprise the
UPI rating board.
Army, Notre Dame, Wis
consin, Iowa, Pittsburgh and
Mississippi rounded out the
top 10 in that order. The se
lect group thus included four
Big Ten teams.
Oklahoma, which displayed
a new "pro type" offense in
its impressive 47-14 season
opening victory over West
Virginia, was the No. 1 choice
of 13 coaches. Michigan State
attracted five first-place
votes, Ohio State had six,
Auburn three, Army four,
while one each went to Notre
Dame, Iowa, Oregon and Wake
Forest. Oregon and Wake For
est were tied for the No. 19
ranking.
In points distributed on a
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for
votes from 1st to 10th place
Oklahoma had 290, Michigan
State 248, Ohio State 243 and
Auburn 226. Army beat out
Notre Dame for the No. 5 rat
ing 166 points to 153; Wiscon
sin was seventh with 118
points, Iowa had 110, Pitt 81
and Mississippi 63.
Coach Bud Wilkinson's
SOUTHERN OREGON TOUCHDOWN
Somewhere at the bottom of this heap of
football players is Lance Locke, Southern
Oregon quarterback. He sneaked into the
end zone for the third touchdown as the
Raiders defeated University of British Co
lumbia at Ashland Saturday night. Raiders
identified in this scene are Phil Sword (55),
on ground, Jim Tacchini, above Sword, and
Eldon Francis (30). Among the white-clad
UBC Thunderbirds shown are from left, Ray
Towers (55), Jim Beck (68), John Hudak (63)
and Roy Bianco (25). SOC plays Lewis and
Clark at Portland next Saturday.
Sooners, acclaimed national
champions in 1955 and 1956,
wound up fourth last season
when their 47-game winning
streak was snapped by Notre
Dame. Traditionally a close-to-the-vest
team, Oklahoma
broke out an attack featuring
split ends, flankers and long
passes last Saturday. The
Sooners' next opponent is
19th-ranked Oregon at Nor
man, Okla.
In other leading games next
week end, Michigan State
takes on 15th-ranked Michi
gan; Notre Dame meets 17th
ranked Southern Methodist;
Ohio State plays Washington,
tied for 23rd place, and Army
meets Penn State.
Purdue headed this week's
second 10 group, followed by
Navy, Clemson and Mississip
pi State. Michigan and Texas
were tied for 15th place;
Southern Methodist and Lou
isiana State tied for 17th; and
Oregon, Southern California
and Wake Forest tied for
19th. -
Baylor, Washington, Col
lege of Pacific, Houston, Colo
rado, Kentucky, Texas Chris
tian, Penn State and Syracuse
were other teams among the
30 teams which received votes
this week.
SPORTSCASTS
Television station KBES
and radio station KMED
will carry the baseball
World Series games at 10:45
a.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
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