10 MAtl TtlBUNJ, MkIM, On, Friday, NovtmW 28, 1958
lack Tornado To Take In Jefferson Tonight for 'State Grid Title
Oregon Class A-l
Crown at Stake in
Portland Encounter
Medford High school's in
trepid, dauntless Black Tor
nado, no stranger to stern as
signment in a long and rousing
fall football campaign faces up
to its stiff est test of the 1958
campaign tonight, and success
will bring Oregon prepdom's
highest gridiron honor.
The Black Tornado tangles
with the high-powered top
ranked Jefferson Democrats
at Multnomah stadium in
Portland. Kick-off time is 8
p.m. Prize for victory will be
the Oregon Class A-l cham
pionship. Ambitious Medford
will seek to unseat a favored
defending champion.
A dry field and chilly east
wind is the forecast for the
fray. Both clubs are happy
with fast field prospects which
will particularly strengthen
Medford's hopes with its light
er backfield.
The titular fracas has been
billed as a skirmish of potent
Jeff offense against a sturdy,
rough and ready Tornado de
fense. But there are other ele
ments to spark the clash
north against south, metropo
lis versus upstate as Coach
Fred Spiegelberg's Medford
crew goes out to gain prestige
and uphold the honor of the
hinterland. And, Jefferson, tu
tored by Tom De Sylvia, has
its reputation which the
Rogue Valley "Whirlwind aims
to crush as possibly the fin
est grid combine ever to ap
pear on the state's prep scene.
Fantastic 49S Points
The Democrats, spurred by
the passing, running and gen
eralship of Terry Baker, ambi
dextrous all-around athlete,
and the packing of the hefty
Renfro brothers, Raye and
Mel, have run up a fantastic
496 points in. 11 games this
fall to opponents 44. That's an
offensive of 45.1. almost a
point a minute through the
season while holding foes to
4 per game.
Medford gained its de
fensive repute by holding ri
vals scoreless for eight
straight struggles on the turf.
In picking standouts among
the crew generaled by line
backer Jim Clark, one would
have to give the name of al
most every member of the 11
man platoon. The Tornado
was scored upon by only two
opponents, with North Salem
getting seven and Pendleton
26, a total of 33 or just 3.3 per
fracas.
Meanwhile, t h offense,
held down In some games by
strong defensive teams, has
still done quite well. Signaled
by Bob Pond and sparked by
the running of Gerry Lyons,
Skip Bennett and Ron Reich
and the aerial casts of Pond,
Dick Ragsdale and Ken Dur
kee, the Tornado attackers
have run up 216 markers in
10 games, 21.6 a contest.
Multiple Attacks
Tonight's encounter will be
a conflict of multiple offenses.
Both teams employ T and sin
gle wing plays with - unbal
anced lines and with passing
tossed in. Jefferson is basical
ly a single wing contingent
but was almost 75 per cent T
in beating West Linn last Fri
day in the semi-finals. Med
ford digs from its bag of as
saulting tricks according to
the situation. Last week in
nosing Pendleton the Black
Tornado started with the T
then shifted to the wing and
stuck with it when it clicked
so well.
Jefferson has power, weight
and speed in its backfield and
reportedly is more explosive
in its backfield with the run
ning of sprinters Mel and
Raye Renfro and the lugging
of Ranee Spruill. Raye is a
201 pounder. Mel and Baker,
who also is a running threat,
pack about 180 pounds and
Spruill is 170.
Medford has more a pony
backfield with Pond 161,
Reich 133, Lyons 151. Ben
nett 160, Durkee 145 ' and
Ragsdale 150. Pond carries
little. The others have drive
and nimble feet.
. Portland papers have
played up a Jefferson weight
advantage. That's not entirely
so. Medford's offensive unit
may Jbe outweighed about 13
pounds per man by the Demo
defensive gang. But the Tor
nado defenders will about
equal the Jeff attacking crew
in size.
Platoons Employed
A good number of Jeffer
son players go both ways but
Medford uses offensive and
defensive platoons which
gives the alternate elevens
chances to rest and freshen be
tween assignments on the
field.
Both Medford and Jeffer
son are bidding for their sec
ond Oregon high school dia
dems. Jeff defeated South Sa
lem 12 to 7 in the 1957 final.
Medford took the Class A
crown in 1944 turning back
LaGrande 14 to 0. The Black
Tornado has been state final
ist on two other occasions,
falling to Bend 20 to 7 in 1940
and to Marshfield 40 to 19 in
1956.
Jefferson was in the final
game in 1948, bowing to
Grants Pass 6 to 0. The Dem
ocrats will go into the action
tonight wijh the memory of a
34 to 12 loss to Medford in the
non-league opening game of
1956.
The Black Tornado left by
bus for Portland yesterday af
ternoon and is quartered in
the Mallery hotel. Four other
buses carrying the Medford
High school band, rally squad
and some of the pep club mem
bers headed for Portland this
morning.
Won in PIL
Jefferson is Portland Inter
scholastic league champion
and downed Wy'east and West
Linn in A-l play-off games.
Medford tied with Grants
Pass in the game between
them and in Southern Oregon
conference standings. Yard
age net gave Medford the
state play-off slot as District
6 representative. The Tornado
topped Marshfield in the quar
terfinals before meeting Pen
dleton in the semi-final round.
Grants Pass, Pendleton and
Marshfield all hope for a Med-'
ford triumph over Jeff to
boost their respective statures
in the state.
Except at one defensive
halfback, where Calvin Dean
is a doubtful player because
of an ankle injury, Coach
Spiegelberg is expected to call
upon his usual starters.
For offense they are Pete
Rasmussen 'and Lowell Dean,
ends; Don Harrison and Monty
Penwell, tackles; John Frohn
mayer and George Ice, guards;
Dennis Barr, center; Bob
Pond, quarterback; Gerry Ly
ons, left halfback; Ron Reich,
right halfback; Skip Bennett,
fullback.
Defensive Line-Up
The defensive crew is ex
pected to be Dennis Jensen
and Fred Funston, ends; Lynn
Knight and Gary Winetrout,
tackles; Gary Heath and Mike
Murray, guards; Jim Clark
and Al Funston, linebackers;
Don Peek, safety; between
John Harvey and Ken Durkee
at one half back and among
Jerry Anderson, Dan Sieg
and Cal Dean at the other.
Coach Tom DeSylvia of
Jefferson for his attacking
crew may have Vic Ellis and
Herb Washburn, ends; Ray
Evers and John Thies, tackles,
Ancil Nance and Dennis Pro-
zinski, guards; Bill Hartman,
center; Terry Baker, quarter
back; Mel Renfro, left half;
Ranee Spruill, right half;
Raye Renfro, fullback.
On Jeff defense, it may be
John Eilertson and Willie Tra
vis or Terry Wong, ends;
among Thies, Prozinski, Hart-
man and Evers, in the interior
line; Washburn, John Potti
cary and Raye Renfro. line
backers; Spruill, Mel Renfro
and Mike Hergert, deep backs;
with Hergert; or Renfro,
safety.
Player Trophy
Given Dawkins
Philadelphia - (UPD - Pete
Dawkins, Army's star half
back who will display his
talents here Saturday in the
annual game against Navy, is
the winner of the Maxwell
trophy as the nation's "No. 1
college player of the yearJ'
The versatile Dawkins,
who also is Corps commander
and an honor student, is the
third Army man to receive
the honor in the club s 22
year history. Glenn Davis
and Felix (Doc) Blanchard
were previous winners.
. Presentation of the trophy
to the 20-year-old cadet will
be made here Jan. 19, accord
ing to National Football
League President Bert Bell,
Maxwell club president who
announced Dawkins' selection
Thursday. - ,
Casper Leader
In Havana Golf
Havana, Cuba -fflPD- Husky,
long-hitting Billy Casper Jr.
carried a one-stroke lead to
day into the second round of
the Havana Country Club In
vitational Golf tournament.
' Casper, of - Chula Vista,
Calif., sliced six strokes off
par on the country club of
Havana course Friday when
he toured the first round in
66. However, that was only
one stroke better than Mike
Fetcbik of Mahopac, N.Y.
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TORNADO PIVOT MEN-Dennis Barr, left, line coach Paul Evensen. Barr, a senior, will
and Pat McLoughlin, over ball, are centers make his last appearance in a Tornado grid
who'll have a part tonight in Medford high's uniform. McLoughlin is a junior. Game time
state championship football game with Jef- is 8 p.m. at Multnomah stadium. .
ferson in Portland. They are shown with
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JEFF PASSING THREAT
Medford's Black Tornado will
have to stop Terry Baker,
above, if it is to fulfill its Ore
gon Class A-l high school
football championship ambi
tions tonight at Multnomah
stadium in Portland. Baker
quarterbacks Medford's state
final foe, the defending titlist
Jefferson Democrats. The
Demo ace has completed 56 of
90 pass attempts this season
for a .622 average, 1,191 yards
and 20 touchdowns.
(Portland Oregonian photo).
Willamette
Rated 25th
New York-(UPD - Willamette
University of Salem, Ore.,
ranked 25th in the nation this
week in the United Press In
ternational small college poll.
Willamette finished its sea
son with only one loss, 7-0 to
Arizona State of Flagstaff
which was ranked fifth this
week.
Oak Knoll
Sets Mark
Oak Knoll Golf club, rep
resenting an Ashland links
and Medford lanes, set a new
record in winning the men's
team event of the Timber
Capital Bowling tournament
at Roseburg.
Its score was 3113.
Morning Fresh Bread, Med
ford, was eighth with 3009.
Art Brooks, Medford, was
fifth in singles with 670 and
Don Ivie, Medford, took sec
ond in all-events with 1924.
Medford women placing
among the leaders were Lam
port's Sporting Goods, third in
team with 2698, Vivian Knox
and Shirley Daigle, second in
doubles with 1167 and Jane
Kessler and Anna Dale Bo
hannon fourth with 1143, and
Mrs. Knox, fourth in all
events with 1737.
Widow of Ort
Improves Daily
New Orleans -(UPD Mrs.
Mildred Ott, 49-year-old wid
ow of the late Mel Ott, ex
Giant baseball slugger, will
"recover completely, barring
any unforseen complications,"
from injuries suffered two
weeks ago in an auto accident
which claimed the life of her
husband.
Her physicians said Mrs.
Ott "is doing very well and is
improving day by day." She is
expected to undergo a third
operation this week for cor
rection of broken bones suf
fered in the Bay St. Louis,
Miss., accident.
Mrs. Ott was critically in
jured in the aufo collision,
sustaining two broken legs, a
broken arm bone, head and in
ternal injuries.
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SPORTS
Clear Skies
Favor Irish
Los Angeles-(UPD-The Notre
Dame football team, an 11
point favorite, looked happily
today on clear skies as a good
omen for Saturday's tradi
tional final ' game with the
University of Southern Cali
fornia. The Irish, always sure of a
big following as frequent visi
tors in the land of the free
way, smog and oranges, ar
rived by plane Thursday night
and scheduled an afternoon
workout today at San Marino
High school.
The sunny weather, after a
week of smog and forecast
of rain Wednesday, assured
Notre Dame's strong passing
game of perfect conditions.
The Trojans spent most of
the week preparing their de
fenses for the passing of quar
terback' George Izo, and
wound up full-scale work-outs
with a two-hour Thanksgiving
Day session as spirited as any
all season.
USC ended the drill with
a cheer for Coach Don Clark
and a vow to end a so-so
campaign with a win over the
Irish, who haven't beaten the
Trojans here since 1953.
Rogue Archers
Slate Practice
Rogue Archers will begin
practice shoots this Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoenix
Community club. The club
participates in league contests
with the other archery clubs
in southern Oregon every
third Sunday during the win
ter. Archers in this area are
welcome to use the club's in
door facilities, President Herb
Gifford said.
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New York -(UPD- Mike De
John of Syracuse, N. Y., will
have an "old pro" in his cor
ner tonight when he trades
punches with Billy Besmanoff
in a 10-round heavyweight
fight at Madison Square Gar
den. Carmen Basilio has been tu
toring DeJohn while waiting
for a return bout with middle
weight champion Sugar Ray
Robinson and has agreed to
serve as a second for Mike in
tonight's bout, which will be
televised and broadcast na
tionally by NBC at 7 p.m.
(PST). . ,
DeJohn is favored at 8-5
because of his long-range
punching prowess. The 6-foot,
3-inch bomber from upstate
New York has scored 25
knockouts in 41 bouts. He has
lost only five fights and was
stopped but once. ,
WHAT COLLEGE GRID
TEAM HAS WON AAOST
NATIONAL TITU6S?
Selection of a National Collegiate
football champion began in 1924.
Since that time Notre Dome
has been picked seven
times. It closest rival i Min
nesota with 4 championships.
Notre Dame waa last selected
in 1945.
TOP THIS! To any reader submitting
contrary proof. Tip Brady will send a
signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to
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Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed.
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Gill Again
U PI Rater
New York -(UPD-Four new
coaches will serve on the
1958-59 United Press Interna
tional Basketball Coaches Rat
ing Board, which will begin
rating the nation's collegiate
basketball teams weekly for
UPI clients after games of
Saturday, Dec. 6.
As in the past, five out
standing coaches from each
of the seven sections of the
country will make up the
board. Their weekly ratings
during the season have be
come recognized generally as
the most authoritative in col
lege basketball.
The new board members
are John Manning of Du
quesne, Joe Lapchick of St.
John's, John Bennington of
St. Louis University and Fred
Schaus of 'West Virginia,
named the nation's top basket
ball team last season by the
UPI coaches board. N
The list includes:
Pacific Coast
William (Tippy) Dye, Wash
ington; A. T. (Slats) Gill, Ore
gon State; Pete Newell, Cali
fornia; Forrest Twogood,
Southern California; Phil
Woolpert, San Francisco.
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Fresno, Calif. - (UPD - Dick
Bass, College of the Pacific's
sleek halfback who twice has
been dragged down by in
juries, finally escaped from
them today and became the
first gridder in 21 years to
lead the nation's ball-carriers
in three departments.
Rapid Richard scored twice
Thursday and gained 130
yards while the Tigers were
swamping Fresno State, 52-6,
in a Thanksgiving Day game
that saw the losers wind up
with nothing but the bones.
FIVE YEAR CONTRACT
Air Force Academy, Colo-(UPD-Ben
Martin, on the verge
of an undefeated season in his
first year as head football
coach at the Air Force Acad
emy, had a new five-year con
tract and a pay raise today.
The Falcons, if they defeat
Colorado University Saturday,
will finish their first major
competition year with only a
tie with Iowa to mar their
record, and be in line for a
bowl bid.
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the record for having played
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