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RETURNING TO gridiron from retirement, Gary Ker korian, Inglewood, Calif, lawyer, listens as Coach Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts, outlines plays. Injuries to Colt players caused Kerkorian to temporarily give up law. Sport Parade "y OSCAR FRALEY Sports Writer United Press New York -flJPD- Football coaches are a harried breed who, you may have noticed, feel called upon to use as much deceptidh in their pub lic pronouncements as they would in an offense featuring 11 midgets against the Chica go Bears. There is in their specializ ed craft a legendary lexicon for the loser, potential or past tense. And there is a pat phraseology for the winner, past tense or potential. Each has his favorite quota tions and, unless you are an adept translator of double talk, you'll wind up making as much sense as a Hottentot studying Brooklynese. Lists Cliches Here are some of the clich es which get the most mileage: "Our kids are really 'up' "- Redskins Show Nothing New, Kuharich Says Washington - (LTD - Only a few days ago, the Washing ton Redskins were being panned as a dull, unexciting team with too much emphasis on running. Last Sunday, the Redskins beat the Chicago Cardinals on five touchdown passes by Eddie LeBaron and enough faking to satisfy, a magicians' convention. There were broad hints in local papers that the victory represented new strategy, new plans and new offensive pat terns by Coach Joe Kuharich. Sounds reasonable: The same Cardinals clobbered Washing ton five weeks ago, 37-10. But Kuharich laughed at the suggestion that his Red skins unveiled much that was new and different. Sams Patterns "Same pass patterns we've had for a long time, he point ed out. "Eddie threw more on first down, but it's not the first time he's done that this year. He threw on first down aeainst New York and Pitts burgh, too. We just got better blocking and general execu tion than we have au year. It's as simple as that." How about the first play of Vi rame a 64-vard pass from LeBaron to Jim Podoley hich caught the Cards nap- tiintf "That wasn't anything lew," Kuharich insisted. "We have had that play for two years. I noticed some writers were praising it as an example of 'wide-open football using PnHnW as a flanker. Nuts. Podoley ran that pass pattern from a tight-T." Kuharich conceded he did have Podoley flanking more than usual, but added that this was because the lanky halfback has a bad leg and is almost useless on running plays. NAIA Tourney Date Decided McMinnville-(UPD -The 1959 district 2 NAIA basketball tournament will be played Tuesday and Wednesday nights, March 3 and 4, it was decided at a meeting of the district committee here Tues day night. Site will be left up to the basketball committee. Teams must decide by Feb. 1 wheth er to take part in NAIA or NCCA playoffs. A four-team tourney is planned as in the past. this, naturally, should be ap plied only to players for the Air Force academy while do ing jet training or to the champions of the Swiss yodel ers conference. But the mon otony and frequency of its use suggests that football now is a game played on pogo sticks. Conversely, when the "kids are 'down'," you can be certain that the alumni is in full cry. "It's the bounce of the ball" -a football is an oblate spher iod rather pointed at both ends As such it "takes some crazy bounces." Ordinarily this phrase is used when you've just had the bejabbers kicked out of you and don't know wKat else to say. A rare occurrence among coaches. "It's 11 men against 11 men" -building up an opponent, such as when Army plays Em bracable U., and you want the customers to come out and pony up in the hopes of see ing a miracle. "They all put their pants on one leg at a time"-designed to convince your hopeless heroes that the other team doesn't have 22 men on the field at once, despite the bruises and lOVO defeat. Plenty of Desire "Go ay the way"-praising a runner who will continue unmolested to the goal line if he ever gets past the second ary. "Plenty of desire -meaning we'll show up for every game the rest of the season even if we still don't score a point. "Play 'em one game at a time"-This coach doesn't want to make any predictions whatsoever and he's really afraid that he'll live until Sat urday. Also a World Series favorite of certain managers whose first names are "Fred" and whose second names are "Haney." "He could make any team in the country ."-Used widely in boosting your own boy for All-America or in pumping up a lacklustre rival lucky en ough to have one player who doesn't possess two left feet. "This will go right down to the wire"-Race track par lance for a close contest in which the coach secretly ex pects to have a runaway which will prove he is a true genuis of the gridiron. "Any team can win on a given Saturday'-Which, in all fairness, proves why you can't win those office pools. German Riders Nose Out U.S. New York -UPD The West German equestrian team headed for Toronto, Ont., to day in search of its fowth straight victory during a highly-successful North American tour. ' The German horsemen cli maxed an amazing comeback Tuesday night when they nosed out the United States team by one point for the overall team championship in the National Horse show at Madison Square Garden. WINS AUTO TITLE Phoenix, Ariz. (UPD Tony Bettenhausen of Tinley Park, 111., won the United States Auto Club championship Tues day' despite a second place finish in the 100-mile Bobby Ball Memorial race. Betten hausen was second to Jud Larsen of Tampa, Fla., but was ahead on points for the championship. - Three Trees, Blackfoot of Champions! A story of the old west told by Jack Vaughn for Barker's tonight at 10:30 on television. SPORTS Jim Brown Nears Pro Rush Mark Philadelphia - (UPD - Time may run out Sunday on Steve Van Buren's 10 -year -old ground gaining record in the National Football league. Cleveland's Jimmy Brown, with a total of 1011 yards be hind him, has only to cover 135 yards Sunday to eclipse the former Eagle's mark, and he's given a better than even chance to do so on the basis of his 144 yards per game. Only in last Sunday's loss to Detroit was Brown held un der the century mark, cover ing a mere 83 yards. And although he did not score a touchdown last we.ek, he still is a very hot prospect for knocking off Van Buren's record in that department. Van Buren's NFL record is 18 touchdowns for 10 games. Brown already has 15 TD's with five games to play. The Rushers Throughout the season, Brown has been heading Cleveland's one-two ground offensive wallop, with his teammate Bob Mitchell rank ed second among the league's ground gainers at 518 yards. Jon Arnett of Los Angeles is third with 448 yards, followed by San Francisco's Joe Perry with 443. Still the league's best pass er, according to official league statistics released today, is Washington's Eddie LeBaron, with a 9.93 yard average gain for 94 attempts. He's complet ed 52 for 933 yards and nine touchdowns. The passing standings un derwent a major shuffle, how ever when Chicago Cardinal Lamar McHan, who was 10th last week, vaulted to second place with an 8.57 mark. Mc Han completed 43 of 89 for 763 yards and nine touch downs. The Cards' Mack Reynolds, dropped to third with an 8.53 average, followed by Green Bay's Vito Parilli, 8.38, and the Rams' Billy Wade, 8.30.. The Receivers Philadelphia's Palmer Retz Iaff is the champion receiver, having been on the end of 34 aerials for 491 yards. One pass behind him is Baltimore's Ray Berry, while Los Angeles' Del Shofner is third with 29 catches, followed by San Fran cisco's Clyde Conner, 28, and the Colts' Lenny Moore and San Francisco's R. C. Owens, each with 26. Washington's Sam Baker, who is fifth in scoring with 48 points, leads the NFL punt ers with a 44.8 yard average. The Rams' Jon Arnett retains his first place laurels in punt returns, averaging 15.2 yards. Kickoff return leader is Balti more's Leonard Lyles, with an average of 40.8 yards, and Baltimore's , Andy Nelson's seven interceptions lead that department. ? M SYNCHRONIZED Almost in perfect harmony of move ment, Ed Fleming (No. 50) of the Minneapolis Lakers closes in on Phil Rollings (No. 20) of the Philadelphia Warriors, as Rollings heads down the floor for a basket during the Lakers-Warriors game in Minneapolis. Oddsmakers Favor UO Oregon Staters New York (UPD - Louisiana State, Iowa and Axmy-the leading candidates for the na tional college football cham pionships are favored to breeze past their weekend op ponents with points to spare. LSU, which took over the No. 1 spot in the United Press International "ratings this week, was picked to defeat Mississippi. State by at least 15 points while second-ranked Iowa was an eight-point pick over Ohio State. The oddsmaker listed Army as the most lop-sided favorite in this week's "line," tabbling the third-ranked Cadets as a 32-point choice over twice beaten Villanova. Sixth-ranked Oklahoma also was a "healthy" favorite for its Big Eight conference showdown against Missouri that will decide the league championship and the Orange Bowl representative. The Sooners were listed as a 16 point pick. In Saturday's only game in volving two top-rated teams, seventh-ranked Purdue and ninth-ranked Northwestern were rated even for their clash at Evanston, 111. This game will be televised throughout the Midwest. Auburn Choice The other members of the UPI top 10 were picked to win by at least one touch down. Fourth-ranked Auburn was a seven-point lavonte over Georgia, fifth-ranked Wisconsin was six over Illi nois, eighth-ranked Missis sippi was 14 over Tennessee, and lOth-ranked Pittsburgh was 21 over Nebraska. Princeton was picked by seven points over Yale in their Eastern regional TV game, but two other Ivy League battles - Cornell vs. Dartmouth and Harvard vs. Brown - were rated even. Maryland, although clob bered by Navy last week, was a one-point favorite over Mi ami in the lone major Friday night game. . The point spreads on other major Saturday games: East: Perm State 6 over Holy Cross; Boston College 14 over Boston. University; Pennsylvania 21 over Colum bia; Navy 27 over George Washington; Syracuse 27 over Colgate. Midwest: Kansas State 3 over Iowa State; Michigan 6 over Indiana; Oklahoma State 7 over Kansas; Michi gan State 8 over Minnesota; Notre Dame 6 over North Carolina. South: Duke 3 over Wake Forest; Georgia Tech 7 ove Alabama; Vanderbilt 7 over Tulane; West Virginia 14 over William and Mary; Clemson 7 over North Caro lina State. Southwest: Texas Christian 8 over Texas; Southern Meth odist 10 over Arkansas; Rice 16 over Texas A&M. Far West: California 6 over Washington; Oregon 6 over UCLA; Oregon State 7 over Stanford. MANAGERS GROUPS SPLIT "New York - (UPD - The New York Boxing Managers asso ciation has split with the Em pire Boxing Managers because of a disagreement in policy. The association seeks to se cure better purses , and other benefits for its fighters. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Ore., Wednesday, November 12, 1958 7 Trio of Bills Head Eagle Point Attack Eagle Point high school footballers enter the Oregon Class A-2 playoff quarter fi nals this Saturday evening, riding into the state elimina tions on the strength of an of fensive success story which might be dubbed "The Tale of the Three Bills." The Eagles are hosts to Oakridge on the Medford high turf at 8 p.m. in the quarter final game. Fullback Bill Skeeters and Halfbacks, Bill Turner and Bill McClure have done the major ball lugging in a 9-1 season in which the Eagles have run up 276 points rivals' 143. Skeeters has tallied 83 counters, Turner 73 and Mc Clure 55 in the wing T attack which has been featured by long runs. Skeeters has toted 126 times for 882 yards and seven average. Turner has 864 yards on 89 tries for 9.7 McClure's record is a 10.1 average on 740 .yards in 73 times with the ball. Bob Berryman has carried 32 times for 197 yards and Dusty Gerbing 18 for 154. The Three Bills are not the whole story. They owe a good share of their success to oth ers. Fin quarterbacking by Dave Huffman and a tough, fast line has cleared the way. And the Eagles can point to adequate defense with line backers McClure and Steve Charters and linemen Roger Hooper, Dale Casey and Bill Hubbard sparking the team. Eagle Point, which had a 5-0 record in the Rogue league and scored 174 markers to opponents' 45 in the circuit, is undefeated in A-2 competi tion. Its lone loss was to Cra ter, an A-l school. However, the Eagles had a close call last Friday when they nosed, Sutherlin 19 to 18 for the Dis trict 6 banner. Oakridge is District 5 cham pion. Eagle Point has announced admission prices of $1 for adults and 50 cents for stu dents for the quarter - final game. MEDICAL MAN DIES Asbury Park, N.J.-OIPD-Dr. Edwin G. Dewis, 66, former chief medical director for the Prudential Insurance Co. died Sunday after an extended illness. I TV 4 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 15th Wisconsin at Illinois ' Ohio State at Iowa U. Michigan State at Minnesota Purdue at Northwestern Oregon at U.C.LA. Oregon State at Stanford California at Washington Wash. State at College of Pac Princeton at Yale Alabama at Georgia Tech. ' West Texas St. at Hardin Simmons Medford Games Friday Night A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERSI There are eleven weeks of play. $50 in merchan dise for the highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second place and $20 for third. Prires 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.. Paul Chinn, Jr., was the only winner last week picking nine correctly. 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He saw the East Germans rebel, the guerrilla war in Cyprus, had sniper' bullets in Jerusalem kick sand at his feet. A war correspondent who goes in close and whose dli patches take you with him. Watch for them now f rom ' wherever there's shooting in MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE . COAST TO COAST ONLY 1i G TS PERM Foil Pontiac's new Tempest 420E V-8 sets the year's most important economy mark flere's the story and what it means to yon! JijWujtw.ixi.l.iJ,..JJM.ijJW PONTIAC COAST-TO-COAST ECONOMY RUN San Diego, California to Savannah, Georgia COMPLETED OCTOBER 17. 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' , What does it mean to you? 1 Simply and very importantlythis: For the first time, you cam get deep-chested V-8 pep with better mileage than from many smaller so-called "economy cars" . . . and get it on regular fuel! If you owned a Pontiac with this revolutionary new Tempest 420E V-8 power plant right now you'd be enjoying savings of up to 5 cents a gallon on regujar fuel. See your Pontiac dealer soon and discover the newest in V-8 performance and economy! ' , ,j 'list "So two people drive alike-if you have a light touch or drive slower than I 'did youi might even top my 21.7 miles per gallon. But no matter how you drivc-or where you drive-you'll be amazed at the mileage you get from this big roomy Pontiac V-8. PONTIAC! America's Number Road Car! S TtsUy Stiff Serin Cdisitns Star Cbitf Bonmvilk THE ONIY CAR WITH WIDE-HACK WHEELS SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. v 6th and GRAPE STREETS MEDFORD
