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I 4 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdfertl, Orion, Tuesday, November 11, 1 Louisiana State Takes Over iop Spot in Football PoflD By NORMAN MILLER TJniled Press International New York - (CPD - Louisiana State, which has confounded the "experts" this season not only with its perfect record but also by the huge margin of its victories, took over No. 1 spot from Iowa today in the United Press International college football ratings. This was the sixth team to take over first place during the eight weeks of this unpre dictable season. Ohio State, Oklahoma and Auburn led during each of the first three weeks, then Army and Iowa took over for two weeks each. LSU emerged on top after crushing a respectable Duke team, 50-18, Saturday night for its eight consecutive vic tory. Coach Paul Dietzel's Ti gers have outscored their op ponents 206 points to 47 thus far. The only team that came reasonably close to beating Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sport Editor Is the Marshfield high foot ball team two touchdowns better than Medford despite the Black Tornado's 3 to 0 nod over the Pirates during the regular season. Coach Pete Susick of the Buccaneers expressed that view to the Coos Bay Quarterback club following the October con flict. Just what Susick feels at present isn't known. Marsh field followers, nevertheless, .have accepted as gospel his word to the Quarterbackers. That's the report from Coos Bay street corners and other places of speculation and gossip. PRIMING PIRATES Susick this week is prim ing his Pirate horde 16 back ' few ! .... x 'xzj .; J ERIC PEDERSON In GP Match Ring Card Tonight in GP Area The first local pro grappling match since the spring of 1957 will be presented by Pro moter Elton Owen at the Jose phine County Fairgrounds Arena on Tuesday night, Nov. 11. . A double main event will feature Eric (The Great) Ped erson, a legendary character in these parts, against Luther (The Tank) Lindsey. This match will be preceded by a wrist-bending contest over lighted candles for a $50 side bet. Well Known Pederson and Lindsey are well known here and the ri valry between these two great strong-men is intense and bit ter. Lindsey is the better wrestler but Pederson is a mean and aggressive brawler who can rally take it. Both men specialize in the danger ous full nelson submission hold and Lindsey also uses head-butts and flying tackles on occasion. Pederson recently put young Eddie Sullivan on the shelf with a broken leg. He has developed a step over toe hold that is really brutal. Luigi Macera, the fiery tempered French-Italian from Montreal, will meet the veter an Kurt von Poppenheim in the one hour semi-final on this big card. Both have been seen ori many TV matches in Port land. Poppenheim appeared in Madison Square Garden sev eral times last year and is still a tough guy to beat. Ma cera is a main eventer all over the country and a really great wrestler. There should be plenty of fireworks in this one. Fans should be on hand early for a good seat this Tuesday night. Roger Johnson 11th in State Harrier Chase Roger Johnson of Medford was 11th and the Medford team was 19th Saturday in the Oregon state A-l high school cross country run at Portland. Grant of Portland was team champion and Clayton Stein ke. South Salem, was indi vidual winner. Medford finishers included Ray Smith, 33rd. Mark Nor ton, 117th, Glenn Kaye, 119th, and Steve Drew, 165th. Drew is a sophomore. Smith a jun ior and the otfier three Tor nado harriers seniors. up his word in the Oregon Class A-l quarter finals has sle on the Medford green on Friday night. But Coach Fred Spiegelberg's charges we know, are just as deter mined to dispute the Marsh field mentor's assertion and make him eat a few foot balls, loo. That the Buccaneer tutor can hone a grid machine to razor keeneess and instill it with explosive desire is a fact that was drilled home to the Black Tornado in 1956. Medford knotted the Coos Bay powerhouse 20 to 20 in a non-counting game that year only to be lashed 40 to 19 by the super charged Bucs in the finals for the Oregon championship. OFFENSES COULD ERUPT Backers of the Tornado and the Pirates anticipate a bitter defensive battle this Friday on the basis of the 3 to 0 early season game. Medford's de fensive platoon established its reputation in that game and is recognized as the top de fender combine in the state. Its record is the best. The Bucs were just as rugged in protecting their end zone aft er Mike Murray thumped the winning field goal early in the game. Still, the quarter - final match could burst into an of fensive game. Both clubs have the scoring potential, Marsh field with its eruptive split T and Medford with its punch ing T and single wing and the passing threat which sparkled in the Grants Pass scrape. ONLY SCORELESS AGAINST MEDFORD Marshfield has scored at least four touchdowns in all but two of its games. Medford has been the only club to hold the Bucs score less. Grants Pass limited the Coos Bay gang to just one TD while getting one of its own. The Tornado has pushed over four touch downs or m o r e in four games and three TDs in two . others. . Only Grants Pass has held Medford scoreless. But Marshfield did not yield a touchdown to the Pear City team. Medford enters the play off game unbeaten and Marshfield goes into action as once a loser-io Medford. Each has been tied -by Grants Pass. Marshfield, like Medford, counts seven victories since it has played one more game than the Black Tornado. THOUGHT DEAN SCORED There are Grants Pass fans who will contend until their dying days that Jack Dean penetrated the Medford end zone in the closing seconds and that GP should have had a touchdown in the Tornado Caveman gridiron brush last Friday. They feel disappoint ment keenly, perhaps more so than the Medford rooters who bemoaned the penalties which cost the Tornado touchdowns. Yet, a good number of them concede that Medford will make the better district repre sentative in state playoffs. Others, wishing the Tornado well, doubt, however, that it will go far. The Tornado shares, some disapopintment. A tie, despite statistical advantage, is hard ly as satisfying as a clear cut victory shown in touchdowns. And, despite this wonderful idea of sharing a lone held championship means much more than a co-title. END OF DROUTH When Ashland high de feated the Klamath Falls football team Friday night, it was the first victory for the Grizzlies, on their home field against the Pelicans since 1935. That year a Parker Hess to Ray Barker pass and a conversion by Hess gave Ashland a 7 to 6 nod. The Grizzlies last week ended a 20-year drouth against the Pelicans by downing Klamath on its home field. MORRIS CATCHES EYE Tom Morris. ex-Medford high football player, has caught the eyes of Willamette university coaches. Morris, a 200-pounder, has been out for practice only three weeks but is reported improving rapidly. the Bayou Bengals was Flor ida, which succumbed 10-7 two weeks ago. LSU, which appears Sugar Bowl-bound, still has Mississippi State and Tulane left to play. Poor Pre-Season Pick The Tigers were not even picked to finish 1-2-3 in their own Southeastern Conference before the start of this season. Twenty of the 35 leading coaches who make up the UPI rating board cast their first place ballot for LSU this week. Iowa, which walloped Minnesota, 28-6, and clinched the Big Ten championship and the Rose Bowl berth, .had 14 first-place votes. In points, LSU topped Iowa, 324 to 307. The only , other first-place ballot went' to third-ranked Army. Following the Cadets in order came Auburn, Wis consin, Oklahoma, Purdue, Mississippi, Northwestern and Pittsburgh. Newcomers to List Mississippi and Pitt were this week's newcomers to the top 10, both returning after an absence of one week. Ohio State dropped out of the se lect group for the first time this season and Notre Dame plummeted all the way from 10th to a tie for 20th place. Syracuse headed this week's second 10 group, followed in order by Air Force Academy and Ohio State. North Caro lina and Texas Christian were tied for 14th place, trailed in order by Rice, Southern Meth odist, Georgia Tech and Navy. Notre Dame was tied for 20th with California. These were the only teams which received votes this week. MEDFORDvSTRIBUNE siPODnsTrs PCC Could Win Rose Bowl Game; Joe Kapp Key Man Los Angeles -(UPD- The Pa cific Coast Conference, play ing its last season of football before dissolving, could win the Rose Bowl game New Year's Day in the opinion of Southern California football coach Don Clark. Clark refused to go along with the wailing of some coast football supporters that the Big Ten was too powerful for PCC teams. He told the South ern California football writers Monday that a western team "had a chance." If the Big Ten has an edge, he said, it was in player depth but if the Coast team is in good shape it could make a game of it. Turning to Cali fornia, currently leading the PCC, he said the Bears could ! ers of the week give Iowa a tussle if star quar- i terback Joe Kapp played his best game. Washington Has Chance Clark, however, gave Wash ington some sort of chance of knocking off California this weekend, a view to which Coach Bill Barnes of UCLA subscribed. Barnes said his team played well in being edged out by California but had difficulty Stopping Kapp completely. The Bruins meet Oregon here Saturday while Southern Cal draws a bye. Barnes ranked Oregon as being the equal of Southern Cal physically and expected his team would have another rough afternoon. Coach Sid Gillman of the Rams accepted congratu lations on his team's 56-7 vic tory over the Forty Niners which he termed so complete ly a team effort that the play ers themselves couldn't decide on an individual to receive the game ball and voted game balls to three men Del Shof ner, Will Sherman and George Sturgar. Shofner and tiny Don Bu ford, one of the stars of USC's win over Washington, were voted the pro and college play- Leaders Hold Places In Prep Grid Poll Portland tTD Jefferson high school again polled all eight first place votes in the weekly Journal coaches' poll to rank at the top of the list among the state's prep powers. Medford got all eight sec ond place votes and Marsh field got all eight third place votes. Astoria was fourth Gene KO's Joe Miceli In Second Salt Lake City-OJPD-Mauler Gene Fullmer, a guy they said lacked a knockout punch, re iterated, his demand -today that he get a shot at reluctant Ray Robinson or number one contender Carmen Basilio for the world's - middleweight title. Fullmer, the number two contender, figured he had an excellent talking point after knocking out Joe Miceli of New York in 38 seconds of the second round Monday night. Manager Marv Jenson also urged that the National Box ing association and the World Boxing committee declare the middleweight c h a mpionship vacant and conduct an elimi nation tourney among Full mer, Basilio and Joey Giar-dellb. and Grants Pass fifth. The rankings: TEAM POINTS 1. Jefferson 80 2. Medford 72 3. Marshfield 63 4. Astoria 47 5. Grants Pass . 43 6. Pendleton 34 7. Roosevelt 29 8. West Linn 27 9. North Salem 22 10. (tie) Roseburg 5 Gresham 5 Senators Lose Money In Season Salem-(UPD-The Salem Sen ators of the Northwest Base ball league lost about $25,000 in the 1958 season, according to club treasurer Vern Mc Muller, and speculation today was the team would be out of business in 1959. The "Senators have wound up in the red every year since they became home-owned in 1950. The annual deficits have been made up in the past by a partnership of some 100 back ers. Jim Fleishman, president of the Northwest League, said in Portland Monday night that he had not been officially in formed that the Salem team would drop out of the Class B circuit. Oosferbaan Laughs At News Story Ann Arbor, Mich. - (UPD -Michigan football coach Ben nie Oosterbaan hemmed and hawed, then laughed when asked about a report that he has resigned. , "Of course, you can't coach forever," Oosterbaan said on Monday. But he shuffled off to dinner without saying yes or no. The U-M coach has been the subject of considerable specu lation as to when he will re sign, and Monday the Cham paign, 111., News Gazette pub lished a story saying Ooster baan already has resigned, ef fective the end of the season, and will be succeeded by Bump Elliott, one of his as sistants. "Newspapers say a lot of things" Oosterbaan said when a reporter asked him ' about the story. Oosterbaan didn't have anything else to say. FIGHTS United Press International New York -(UPD- Marvin (Candy) McFarland, 135, Philadelphia, outpointed Isi dore Martinez, 136, Panama. 10. New York-(UPD-Victor Zala zar, 157, Argentina, stopped Otis Woodward, 160, New York. 5. Providence, R.I.-(UPD-Young Beau Jack, 168, Boston, Mass., outpointed Jimmy Beau, 168, New Canaan, Conn. 8. New Haven, Conn. (UPD -Jerry Luedee, 165, New Ha ven, outpointed Eddie Bram lett, 167,. New York. Mobile, Ala.-(UPD-Ralph Du pas, 143, New Orleans, out pointed Guy Sumlin, 145, Prichard, Ala. Salt Lake City, Utah-OJPD-Gene Fullmer, 159, West Jor dan, Utah, knocked out Joe Miceli, 153, New York. 2. Five Eagle Pointers Chosen For Rogue League All-Stars Rogue River - Five Eagle Point football players were picked for the Rogue League all-star team, according to se lections made Tuesday at a league meeting in Rogue River. Chosen for the first team honors were Roger Hooper guard Dale Casey, center Steve Charters, and backs BillJTurner and Bill McLare. Three Illinois Valley boys, tailback, Grant Dickey, guard Russ Beem and tackle Tom Yates, were also given first team heralding. Rounding out the first team were Henley performers Phil Swisher, half back, and end Leroy Larson; Phoenix end Don Korth and Glendale back Terry Buchan an. Five backs were selected Second team choices includ ed ends Jim Berry, and Bill Hubbard, Glendale; tackles Cliff Long, Henley, and Jack Rinn, Phoenix; guards Doug Stewart, Rogue River, and Jack Hoffouhr, Phoenix; cen ter Gordon Caster, Phoenix; backs Bill Skeeters, Eagle Point, Dan Slanaker, Illinois Valley, Burrell Gober, Hen ley, and Jon Bigman, Rogue River. Receiving Honorable men tion were end Howard Ollis, Illinois Valley; tackles Gary Ayres, Eagle Point, and Clark England, Illinois Valley; guards Ted Berry, Henley, Doys Cogburn, Illinois Val ley, James Hall, Glendale, and Bowen, Rogue River; cen ters Bud Smart, Glendale, Joe Tacchini, Henley, and Terry Gail, Rogue River; backs Dave Huffman, Eagle Point, Mike Consbrook, -Phoenix, Dan Lumley, Phoenix, Gerald Slo per, Phoenix, Paul Archer, Rogue River and Leon Small, Phoenix. Army and Rutgers Receive 'Feelers' For Cotton, Tangerine, Grass Bowls New York -(UPD -Army and Rutgers, the big and little bears of Eastern football, al ready have received bow1 "feelers." Cotton Bowl officials are interested in lining up the Cadets for their New Year's Day classic at Dallas, Tex., while Rutgers has received a preliminary bid to the Tan garine and Blue Grass bowls Army, boasting six vic tories and a tie against Pitts burgh, long has frowned on post-season competition and isn't likely to break with tra dition this year, even if the Cadets knock off Navy in their season finale. "If Army was to accept a i but there would be a lot of bowl bid, it undoubtedly would have to be as a result of a directive from the De partment of the Army," a West Point spokesman de clared Monday at the weekly luncheon of the New York Football Writers association. Rutgers Coach John Steig man, appearing at the same luncheon, also admitted it was unlikely that his unbeaten Scarlet crew would entertain a bowl bid. "It's up to our administra tion officials whether we would go," he said. "Person ally, I have nothing to say about it, one way or another, complications with studies and other sports.' BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Playoff Game List Given For State High School Games Portland -(CPU Completion of dates for state high school football playoff games was announced Monday by the Oregon School Activities asso ciation. In class A-l, Jefferson will play West Linn at Canby on Friday night. The Marshfield Medford game also will be on Friday night at Medford and the Pendleton-North Salem game is Saturay night at Sa lem. In class A-2, Newport will Argentinian Batters Woodward New York - (UPD - Unbeaten Victor Zalazar, Argentina's "wild bullet," will try for his 15th straight knockout in 15 professional starts on Nov. 24 at St. Nicholas arena, where he stopped middleweight Otis Woodard Monday night. In his United States debut, the lanky, black-haired belter from Buenos Aires gave more experienced Woodard such a terrific battering that Referee Mark Conn stopped the bout at 2:36 of the fifth round. Zalazar, 23, carried 157 pounds on his 6-foot frame. Shorter Woodard, 24-year-old stablemate of champion Sugar Ray Robinson, weighed 160. Promoter Teddy Brenner said today, "Zalazar is a great natural puncher-to body and head. I'll use him again on Nov. 24 against some good opponent." be at Bandon on Friday night, 1:30 and Oakridge meets Vale plays Sierra Catholic at Eagle Point at Medford at 8 Salem Saturday afternoon at p.m. Saturday. The Seaside- Willamina game earlier was scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday. In' class B, Mapleton, will be at Yoncalla Saturday after noon. Six-man games match Al sea at Westfir and Lexington and Culver at Heppner on Saturday afternoon. TflCE ELKS! DONT MISS THE BIG ANNUAL Trot 111 . Pon,t AT THE ELKS TEMPLE THURSDAY Starting 6:30 pm Feed & Fun! 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