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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1958)
MURRAY'S FIELD GOAL GIVES TORNADO EDGE OVER PIRAT Ki BITTER DEFENSIVE BATTL MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford', Oregon, Sunday, October 5, 1958 13 Reaping harvest from the first big break of the game and from big Mike Murray's educated shoe and hanging on tough with terrific bruising defense, Medford high's' reso lute and iron-hearted Black Tornado rose to heights Fri day night to achieve the foot ball victory it wanted most. Murray, a 206-pound place kicking artist angled a thump from the 12-yard line for a field goal in the opening min ites of the first quarter for the only marker of the night. With it the Black Tornado, No. 3 rated in the state, up set the proud-spirited Marsh field high Pirates of Coos Bay, Oregon's No. 2 ranked team, 3 to 0 on the Medford turf. From the field goal on, the conflict became a tense, high- pitched, superb and battering struggle of defenses one of the finest to be fought in Med ford football history. Ends Frustration Other battles this season may have more significance toward state title ambitions, but nov other 1958 triumph may prove more satisfying to the gridironers of Medford than Friday's non-league clash. The verdict, ending 11 years of football frustration was the first in eight games since 1947 against Marshfield high. It stretched the Tornado precon ference' winning string to three. The Pirates were hand ed their first loss in four 1958 encounters. Medford, which platooned with separate offensive and defensive units, set up the scoring play on the first op portunity it had on the at tack. The Tornado, with Mur- . ray booting, kicked off to the Bucs to start the game and Back Walt Hunter ran the ball back to the Marshfield 29 yard line. On the first Pirate scrimmage play Hunter was smashed hard and the ball squirted from his grasp. End Dennis Jensen fell on it for Medford on the 35. Winning Points In seven plays with two first downs the Tornado barged to the Coos Bay five, deepest penetration of the ' night for either team. There on fourth down, with the ball at an angle to the right of the goal posts, the ball was snap ped back to the 12 and Mur ray kicked his winning points. Then, the Tornado repulsed three major offensive bids of the ever dangerous Pirates and saw its own further scor ing aims held in check before wrapping up its evening laur els. "Team effort" and "de fense" were the words sum ming up the skirmish. Med- - ford's gang tackling, plus the statistics, showed it. But . among the hands who con tained the Bucs, conceding short yardage but spurning long gains, these were the ma jor stalwarts: Backs Jim . Clark, Cal Dean, and Al Funston, and linemen, Jen sen, Murray, Gary Heath, Gary Winetrout and Lynn Knight. "They were wonderful, I tell you," said Coach Fred Spiegelberg in praising his "terrific" Medford team. "They battled their hearts out. The offense did good but that defensive job was tremen dous," the mentor declared. "It gives them confidence," he added, looking to the Southern Oregon conference slate ahead. He stated that Medford pass defense, with good coverage of receivers and pressure on the throwers, was "the best it's ever been." Substituting by offensive nd defensive units proved a factor in the upset, giving the separate platoons alternate turns to rest and allowing the j coaches opportunity to spur them on. Punting by Lynn Knight, with four kicks of 42 to 50 yards, and one quick boot by Skip Bennett also thwarted Pirate raid of the Medford end zone. The Tornado's attacking forces found the going even more rugged against the stub born Pirate defensive gang. Marshfield gave only 83 net yards from scrimmage to Medford, 16 passing and 67 rushing, while the Bucs ran up 28 in the air and 104 on the turf for 132 yards against the host contingent. Kenneth Johnson, Les Golbeck, Kent Morris, Norm Brewer and Gary Rossi were leaders of this strong resistance. Mashfield's biggest threat of the night against the inspired Medford defenders followed Ly ft k n WJs &cH Vf yZzz -kl - - """' I lrrjHHrjrrrjtf -!mmmmi&mmmmitlH0btmmmmmmmmmmkK, afrm!fal$, J JOYFUL TORNADOES-The Medford high dressing room echoed with jubilation Fri day night after the Black Tornado up ended the high regarded Marshfield high grid eleven 3 to 0. Here End Jerry Ander son, left, and quarterback Bobby Pond con gratulate each other while quarterback Ray Konopasek, right, looks on. Medford win was its first in football since 1947 over the Pirates. the second Medford kick-off when the hard-running Hunt er ran the ball back 48 yards to the Tornado 44. The stout home field crew, with the help of a Pirate offside penalty, halted the drive after it had reached the eight. The infrac tion put the ball back on the 14. Hunter gained back to the 12 and, fumbling, lostxto the 14 and to the 24. Durke Intercepts In the fourth down desper ation Pirate quarterback Bob Burke fired a pass into the end zone. There, Ken Durkee of Medford snared it and ran Medford worked to the six in two plays and Skip Bennett punted to get the Tornado out of the hole. Marshfield in other offen sive efforts gained to the Med ford 24 and 25-yard lines while the Tornado had the ball on the Buccaneer 26 and 28. Gerry Lyons, Medford, and Hunter and Rossi, Marsh field, were the workhorse ball carriers and their averages showed the defensive efforts of both clubs. Lyons made 62 net yards in 24 packs for 2.58 yards per effort. Hunter toted 16 times for 55 and 3.43 and Rossi had just 21 net for 15 tries or 1.4.. Lyons had some good blocking on several end sweeps. The big yardage was made on the broken field of kick off and punt returns. Hunter had his runs of 21 and 48 yards on kick-offs and 18 on a punt return. Ron Reich for Medford ran the second half kick-off 'back 31 yards and Rossi for Marshfield had a 23 yard punt return. The visitors suffered a set back near the end of the first half when Hunter suffered a leg injury which hampered his effectiveness for the rest of the action. Until the closing minutes when the slim three points seemed to glare bigger and bigger on the scoreboard, the Tornado wasn't content to just try to hang on to its lead and sought to boost that bulge. As late as the fourth quarter, the Tornado risked the chance of interceptions as Dick Rags- dale heaved two passes and Gary Lyons one. For Medford Clark made or had a share of 13 tackles and had one pass interception. Cal Dean was in on 12 stops, Al Fuston and Heath on at least three each, Jensen and Winetrout on seven apiece and Murray and Knight on six each. Of the Pirates Golbeck had 13 tackles or assists, Ken neth Johnson 12, Brewer eight, and Morris and Rossi each seven. Medford's dressing room was the scene of jubilant pandemonium after the fracas and Murray was tossed in the shower in his football regal ia. STATISTICS: First downs rushing First downs passing First downs penalties . Total first downs Yards rushing Yards passing Med. Mar. 4 1 2 7 67 16 83 Total net vards eained... Passes tneo " Passes completed J Passes had intercepted .. 0 Varris npnalized 15 Punts 8-40.2 8-33.5 Fumbles lost 1 1 8 2 0 10 28 104 132 14 4 2 35 INDIVIDUAL YARDAGE Medford TC TYG Ave. Pond 2 Lyons 24 Reich 6 Bennett 7- Ragsdale 1 Sieg 1 -2 62 16 11 -3 3 -1 2.58 2.66 1.57 -3 3 Marshfield Rossi Hunter . Shanley Brandon Burke Golbeck TC 15 16 2 2 5 5 TYG Ave. 21 55 12 10 -10 16 1.4 3.43 6 5 2 32 CAREFUL! More farms in the U.S. produce chickens than any other agricultural product. - sports Notre Dame Beats SMU Dallas flJPD An explosive 41-yard scamper by sopho more halfback William (Red) Mack and a 72-yard sustained power drive provided sixth rated Notre Dame with the ammunition to subdue stub born Southern Methodist 14 6 Saturday before 61,500 fans. The home town Methodists fought savagely to avenge a 54-21 licking handed them last season by Notre Dame, but fumbled away a golden opportunity to move ahead late in the third quarter and had to play the final period without its great passer, Don Meredith. SMU uncorked an explosive runner of its own for its lone touchdown less than four minutes deep into the third quarter when Tirey Wilemon took a wide pitchout from Meredith and, behind some crunching blocks by backs Glynn Gregory and Jim Welch, pumped his way 44 yards for a score. But Stan Eckert's placement try was wide and SMU was never able to recover. Navy Sinks Boston U. Boston-dJPD - Quarterback Joe Tranchini, gaining more yardage through the air than he did all last season, passed for three touchdowns Satur day to lead Navy to 28-14 vic tory over Boston University before 20,376 fans. Boston University, primed for an upset because Navy was without the services of Ail-American tackle Bob Rief snyder, held the Middies sur prising well, scoring on a 30 yard pass play after Navy's opening touchdown and again with one minute left in the game. Prep Scores: United Press International Prineville 14, Bend 7 Vernonia 39, Corbett 14 North Bend 44. Coquille 12 Redmond 46, Burns 7 Illinois Valley 27, Glendale 21 Crescent City 44. Brookings 13 Pendleton 19, Eisenhower,. Wash.. 6 Granger. Wash. 19, Fossil 6 Kennewick 38, La Grande 0 Shertdan 26. Salem Academy 6 Hermiston 45, Madras 0 Grants Pass 26, Crater 7 South Salem 32. The Dalles 19 Oakridge 26. Drain 12 Toledo 26, Central Linn 13 Baker 46, Weiser 0 - Jefferson 48, Washington 0 Madison 14, Benson 7 Lincoln 27, Wilson 13 Grant 26, Cleveland 25 Gresham 13, Clackamas 0 Hillsboro 26. Milwaukie 12 Astoria 26. Beaverton 14 Central Catholic 14, David Doug las 6 McMinnville 26. Dallas 7 Lake Oswego 32, Tillamook 0 Forest Grove 39, Newberg 0 Tigard 20, St. Helens 13 West Linn 40, Oregon City 19 Reynolds 19, Sandy 7 Silverton 13, Molalla 13 Parkrose 7 , Wy'East 7 Scrappofe 40. Jesuit 6 -i Medford 3, Marshfield 0 Douglas 19, Riddle 0 Myrtle Creek 26, Glide 0 Yoncalla 26. Elkton 13 Canvonville 33. Days Creek 7 Roseburg 21. South Eugene 12 Yamhill 7. Philomath 7 Eagle Point 20. Phoenix 7 Nestucca 14, Amity 7 Cottage Grove 38, Bandon 27 St. Paul 38. Falls City 18 Detroit 45. Perrydale 36 Jefferson 19, Chemawa 0 Woodburn 32, Gervais 0 Central Monmouth 25, Mt. Angel 0 Springfield 12, Klamath Falls 0 Seaside 34, Hood River 19 Tillamook Catholic 19, Nehalem 12 Sera Catholic 13. Stayton 0 Canby 7, North Marion 7 Ft. Vancouver 19, Corvallis 13 Elgin 39, Stanfield 0 Vale 40, Parma, Idaho 6 Elmira 13, Creswell 0 Gaston 13, Astoria J-V 0 Sherman 14, Condon 0 Joseph 13, Adrian 7 Maupin 28, Grant Union 7 Knappa 33, Alsea 7 Springfield J-V 12, Harrisburg 6 A. 6.5 per cent gain in 1958 port traffice is reported by Rotterdam, Netherlands. GONE HUNTING! Brooks Electric . & Plumbing , WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL OCT. 13 i Maps For Hunters Know Where You're Going (And how to get back) TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS 35' Ea Swem's 217 E. Main Medford MEDFORD PLAYERS Ends Jensen, Anderson. L. Dean, Rasmussen, Peterson, John. ston. Tackle s Winetrout, Harrison, Heath, Knight, Jim Fontaine. Guards Ice, Frohnmayer, Mann. Centers Barr. McLa'ughlin. Quarterbacks Clark. Pond, F. Funston. Halfbacks Lyons, Reich, Peek, C. Dean, Durkee, Ragsdale, Har vey, Hood. Fullbacks A. Funston, Bennett, Sieg. MARSHFIELD PLAYERS: Ends K. Johnson, Harris, Week ley. C. Johnson, Bracelin. Tackles Erdmann. Morris. Kent. 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