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.
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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.
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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
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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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SURE AS THERE'S SHOOTING
or the chance of it you'll find Pete Webb on the spot
to report it for United Press International.
He was in Berlin during the blockade, In Korea when
the Glorious Gloucester made their last stand, in Kenya
for the Mau Mau fighting. He saw the East Germans
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