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i S MAIL TRIBUNE, MedfW, Ore., Ttiundsy, December 11, 1938 el Counts Key To Fortune Of Bucs, Foe; NIB Persons who had reserved seat tickets to last season's" M d f o r d high basketball games were reminded by the school today that they hare through Friday to buy their same seats. The school office will be open through 5 p.m. Other fans who wish reserved seats for the sea son may buy their tickets at the school office or can get them at Marshfield and North Bend high games with Medford on Friday and Saturday at Hedrick Junior High school. Guard Don Peek definite ly will be out of the Med ford high basketball line-up this week end. Coach Frank Roelandt reported this morning. He said that Peek No Halfway Support Of SF Forty-Niners By HAL WOOD United Press International San Francisco (UPD More than 60,000 loyal fans will jam Kezar Stadium on'Sun- day to see the once-proud San Francisco Forty Niners at tempt to get a break-even (6-6) season by beating off the champion Baltimore Colts No matter what happens, the "I told you so's" are go ing to be flying thick and fast around the Golden Gate There is no halfway support here in the camp of the Forty Niner followers. You either are with them all the way, or you think the whole organi zation stinks. WHAT&SIDDE& THREW ONLV ONE PAS IN H13 CAREEP AND WON GAME ? Tolma'Tut'fahytoxeHZ. pass -to famed all-time All Am erican Brick MulUr that gave the West a6to0 victoty ever the East 'in the first 6an Francisco Shrine game In 1926. It was the only paes tmby ever threw as a Kigh 6chool and college player. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof. Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper. Box 575, Sausalito. Calif. Enclose self-addressed, : stamped envelope. ft MtCl.rt HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE United Press International The Detroit Red Wings' phenomenal success against the New York Rangers is keeping them in the thick of the National Hockey league pennant race. Sid Abel's skaters pulled to within two points of the pace-setting Montreal Canad iens Wednesday night by edg ing the Ranger, 2-1, on a third period goal by Alex Delvec chio. It was the Red Wing's fifth victory in five meetings with New York this season. In Wednesday night's only other contest, the Toronto Maple Leafs tied the Chicago Black Hawks, 2-2, to remain unbeaten in their last five games. The Leafs went ahead, 2-1, early in the third period on a goal by Dick Duff but Chicago gained the deadlock on a power play goal by Tod Sloan. AMERICAN LEAGUE United Press International The Springfield Indians won their first American Hockey league game in three weeks Wednesday night, but the single victory moved them up two places in the standing. The Indians edged the Her shey Bears, 4-3. at Hershey to vacate the AHL cellar and move into undisputed posses sion of fourth place. In Wednesday night's other AHL game, veteran Ed Kach ur fired home two first-period goals to lead the Buffalo bisons to a 3-0 triumph over the Providence Reds at Buf falo. The Bisons victory coupled with Hershey's setback; gave pace-setting Buffalo a three point bulge over the second place bears. Tornado's Friday Mere on Saturday has suffered an attack of appendicitis. It was not learned whether the player will have to undergo sur gery. "There-Is no getting around it. "As Mel Counts goes, so go the basketball fortunes of the Marshfield Pirates this sea son and lor next." With that remark, Kenn Hess, sports : editor of the Coos Bay World, leads off a story on the outlook for the Buccaneers whom, Medford high will oppose in the bas ketball season opener for both schools. Medford's Tornado and Marshfield will collied at 8 p.m. on Friday at Hedrick Junior High school here. The Black Tornado will be host to It is possible that very few times in sports history has one city become so wrought up over the decline and fall of a football team, as has San Francisco. Detroit can take a winner or a loser with aplomb. Wash ington seems, is content with baseball and football losers every year. New York sneers at anything less than a cham pion. . . But this city has become nearly hysterical over the fate of the Forty Niners. The partisanship has ruined old friendships, split marriages and sent strong men to drink. When the club hit the depths this year as it took the big shellackings from the Los Angeles- Rams, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears, the two warring factions im mediately chose up sides. Pros And Cons Joe Arenas, former Forty Niner back now writing a column in an afternoon news paper, said: "It is possible that the team needs new coaches." Supporters of Frankie Al bert immediately jumped into the fray and said that. Arenas' piece was sour grapes, be cause Joe had been released from the squad before the regular season started. When the slump was at it's depth, some considered the catastrophe the worst thing to hit the city since the fire and 'quake of 1906. Albert, one of the nicer and more intelligent guys in the coaching business, helped the fire along by blasting some of his own players after the Chi cago beating. "; During that time, the local newspapers daily headlined dpings of the team - either for or against. One ran a series of "letters to the editor" wheh were for or against Al bert. Nothing But Money Even with . the comeback, some still think that Albert is the worst coach, the club ever had; others believe he's just the guy to lead the boys out of the wilderness. Bar room fights over the .merits or demerits of certain players still are the oreder of the day. All this, of course, swells the turnstile count and makes club president Vic Morabito and the half-dozen other stockholders happy. As one of the few middle-of-the-road team supporters puts it: "If I was Morabito, I would root for a second-place finish every year. That way the fans will "keep up their interest. If you win a pennant,, all the excitement will be over -especially if the next year the team skids down the ladder." Only twice in the 13 years since the club .has been or ganized has it been out of contention before the final few games of the year. So Morabito.' & Co should be happy. - . Bright Future For Portland Baseball Seen Portland -(UPD Officials of the Portland baseball team foresaw a bright future for the 1959 Pacific Coast league season Wednesday night. . General Manager Tommy Heath said Kansas City of the American league had' prom ised at least 10 players with major league or triple-A back ground, including six pitchers. Clyde Perkins, vice presi dent of the te.am, said the players would join in a drive to boost attendance by fre quent personal appearances. "We're going to shake every one up and we'll show the big leaguers that the coast is any thing but small peanuts," Per kins said. North Bend here on Satur day night. Grants Pass will entertain the two Oregon coast teams on the opposite nights. Hess goes on to say that Counts, a 6-9 junior post man who last year scored 418 points for 18.7 per game aver age and collected 15 rebounds a game, will be the key to Marshfield . success in the 1958-1959..hoop chase. But ' the Coos Bay writer warns- that opponents may find themselves in trouble with Counts' running mates if they spend all their, time devising , defensive measures against the giant Buccaneer. For Coach Bruce Hoffine has six lettermen back from the 1957-1958 campaign. Three of them, including Counts were starters. Gary Rossi, 5-11, and Walt Hunter, 6-even, guards last year, are the other regulars on hand. Hunter has been moved to forward and seems to be operating more effec tively there. Karl Coke, 6 even, Bob Eddy, 6-2 1, and Jerry Weekly, 6 feet, are the additional monogram men. At present Coke is holding down a guard spot with Rossi. Eddy and Weekly seem to have the inside track on the second forward spot but bid ding strong for it also is Bob Buries,, a 6-2 spohomore Buries is aggressive and is one of the club's better re bound retrievers and a fair shooter. Eddy is said to be an excellent .shot along with Laurance Eickworth, a 6-1 Vz forward candidate. , '., . Behind Rossi and Coke at guards are Dick Shanley, 5-11, and Jerry Larsen, 5-10. They are quick and fast and are good at handling the ball After Counts at center are Jan Kelley, 6-1, and Clyde Henderickson, 6-3. Buries is another post possibility.. Others on the Pirate roster are Marvin Harris, 5-10, and Bob Burke, 6 feet, forwards, and Bill Starnes, 5-9, Dale McGriff, 6-even, and Bob Reichert, 5-9, guards. Just how much action Counts will see is a question. Still growing, he is bothered by back pains which have hampered his practice. He has a fine shooting touch in the 10-15-foot radius, Hess re ported. Counts is especially effective with a turn-jump shot and is developing a good hook shot. The tall eager is said to have more endurance and aggressiveness than he had last season. Hess said that the set of- sensive will revolve around Counts when he's in the line up and that getting the ball to him will be an important item. Rossi is a fine feeder and is expected to assume the leadership out front. Also, Rossi is quick, a good driver, sDrinav and an improved shooter. Coke possesses quick- r.pss. drive and out-front shooting ability. Along with Hunter, Rossi and Coke will be factors in making a fast break ciick. Hunter's moves along the base line and his short set shots are expected to bolster the Bucs. Medford and Marshfield have their first action of the season this week end. Norm Bend played last week end, dropping a 53 to 49 verdict to Coquille. .- ... -s SERIES ANNOUNCED has announced a home-and- 1963 and 1964. Pitt will play home football series with the University of Pittsburgh for 1963 and 1964. Pitt wil play at Los Angeles the first year and host the West Coast squad the following season. FAILING to attend classes led to expulsion from Okla homa University of David Baker, starting quarterback. OUTSTANDING LINEMAN - Gary Winetrout,' above, was one of two players named as outstanding linemen for the Medford High football team this fall. Winetrout, a senior, was a defensive stalwart, whose play earned him a berth on the Oregon Journal's state all-star second team. MedfordTribune Ash landers To Encounter Redding in Home Series Ashland-Coach , Earl Iba has had his Ashland High basketball team working on basic fundamentals this week St. Mary's High Host Of Prospect St. Mary s gym in Medford and the Talent high floor will be scenes of Jackson County B league basketball games on Friday evening. Prospect will vie at St. Mary's and Jacksonville at Talent. i Fifth member of the league, Butte Falls, will entertain a non-league rival, Class A-2 Rogue River. - St. Mary's, winner over Jacksonville last Monday, will appear in its second league scrap. Prospect tries for its first loop win in three games.' " " ' ! Talent has its second league game ana jacKsonviiie its third. Official ruling on Talent's game last Thursday witn Butte Falls is yet to be heard but the rule book supports the Loggers as victors with a one point edge after a second overtime. A third overtime was played, however, with the score in favor of Talent when action halted. Jacksonville has won a game and lost one. Grizzlies Victors in Mat Bouts Eagle Point - Ashland High defeated Eagle Point 36 to 16 Tuesday night in a wrestling match at Ashland. . Highlight of the evening for the Eagles was the victory by Dale Casey in the heavy weight match. The 178-pound-er won by pin from 220-pound Don Woods in IV minutes of the first round. Coach Gayle Schoppert of EP said that, despite the loss, he was pleased with the showing of his team m its first competi tion of the season. Other winners for Eagle Point were Dick Hertager, 103; Dave Shepherd, 127, and Ben Nork, 138. Victors for Ashland were Kerr Mitchell, 95; Buzz Parker, 112; Harth, 120; Bob Snyder, 133; Ron Johnson, 145; Glen Moses, 154; Haines, 165 and Glen Tabor 175. In exhibitions Ashland took five and Eagle Point two. One bout was a draw. The Eagles compete at Brookings on Friday. 1 Gill Shakes Up Line-Up Corvallis (UPD - Coach Slats Gill today had some changes in his Oregon State basketball lineup. Oregon State, which has lost three games in a row, meets Hawaii here Friday night .and Wichita Saturday night. ' Steve Flynn and Ernie Johnson moved into the start ing combination Tuesday re placing Ted Miller and sopho more Karl Anderson. ' as it preps for its third and fourth games of the season. The Grizzlies will entertain the strong Shasta High team of Redding, Calif., with tangles both Friday and Satur day evenings. These scraps will open the home slate for the Ashlanders. Last week end the Grizzlies were in California where they dropped a close decision to Fortuna and fell by a wider score to Eureka. Need for fundamental drills showed up on the trip and Iba has paid particular . attention to re bounding and passing in work outs since. The mentor has indicated that Bob Johnson, Jim Bjork and Don Taylor may be on the starting five for the Fri day game with the other two positions to be settled be tween Bob Hardy and Clark Smith and Steve Gray and Paul Alley. 150 Field In Mayfair Golf Open Sanford, Fla.-(UPD-A field of 150, including many of golf- dom's top money - winners, teed off today in the opening round of the $15,000 Mayfair Inn Open tournament. On hand for the 72 -hole event, now in its fourth year, will be the winner of Amer ica's three biggest tourneys the PGA, U.S. Open, and the Masters. Heading the star - studded lineup are Dow Finsterwald, Tequesta, Fla., the PGA titlist; Tommy Bolt, Paradise, Fla., U.S. Open champ; and Arnold Palmer, Latrobe, Pa., the Masters winner. Previous Winners Enter All three previous Mayfair winners also are entered. They are Al Balding, Markham, Ont., 1955 winner; Wally Bur- kemo, Franklin Hill, Mich., who won in 1956, and defend ing champion' Mike Fetchik of Yonkers, N. Y. Among the other top pros entered are Bill Casper Jr., Apple Valley, Calif.; Art Wall Jr., Pocono Manor, Pa.; Julius Boros, Mid Pines, N. C; Doug Ford, Paradise, Fla., and tour ing pro for the host Mayfair Course, Jay Hebert. Few Steelhead In Illinois Portland-IUPD -. The weekly hunting-fishing . report pre pared by the State Game Com mission: Southwest: Waterfowl hunt ing prospects declined in Douglas county; duck hunting fair to good in Coquille valley and Coos Bay area; stormy weather will improve hunting; prospects only fair in Jackson and Josephine counties. Steelhead angling in Forks and Cleveland Rapids should be fair to good if waters not too high or muddy in Ump- qua; South Umpqua poor to fair; Coquille river fair to good for steelhead near Cedar Point;-Coos river poor to fair; few isolated steelhead Appear ing in lower Illinois. Central: Waterfowl hunting fair to poor; both ducks and geese resting on the Columbia but have been mainly feeding at night; Waterfowl gunming should improve in Klamath area with, break in weather. , Archie Moore Mangs 0n To TitDe With Record (Breaking Knockout By JACK CUDDY United Press International Montreal -(UPD Promoter Eddie Quinn said today a re turn performance of the great Archie Moore-Yvon Durelle ring classic is a "must" for Montreal next July. And Truman Gibson, pres ident of the International Box ing club, agreed with him. A classic it was one of the Hawkinson's Meets Butte Falls Team Independent basketball league play gets underway in Medford this evening when Hawkinson Tire Tread Serv ice of Medford and Butte Falls have their first game in the new southern Oregon cir cuit. The two clubs vie at the St. Mary's school gymnasium. Hawkinson's is the only Medford independent team en tered in a league this season since the Medford league which functioned for many seasons is inoperatfve this year. ' The Tiremen roster is made up mainly of players who were athletes in high schools of this area. Among them are Dick McLaughlin, D e r a 1 d Wooton, Dick Niles, Fred A W . VP pi J i mm mWmim STANDOUT FOR MEDFORD - Don Harrison, above, was chosen by his Medford High gridiron teammates for out standing lineman designation. He tied for the honor with Gary Winetrout. Harrison, a senior, played mostly on of fense and handled some of the kick-off and placekick chores for the Black Tornado which Class A-l championship this Oklahoma's UPIs Lineman of Year New York-fllPD-Bob Harri son, a Texas farm boy who became an All-America star at the University of Okla homa, today was voted col lege football's "Lineman of 1958" in a" nation-wide United Press International poll. Harrison, a 211-pound cen ter and linebacker who was drafted last week by the San Francisco Forty Niners of the National Football league, re ceived 46 votes in balloting by 287 , sports writers and broadcasters. John Guzik, Pittsburgh's All-America guard, was second in the poll with 29 votes. Max Fugler, center for unbeaten - untied Louisiana State, was next with 24. Bates Fourth The remaining 188 votes were scattered among 38 line men with Jim Houston, Ohio State end, and Ted Bates, Oregon State tackle, tied for fourth with 19 apiece. Zeke Smith, Auburn guard, was sixth with 13. Jackie Burnett, Pioneers Beat Hawaii Quint Portland-OIPD-Universitv of Hawaii's traveling Rainbows dropped their second game on a 10-game tour here Wednes day night, losing to Lewis and Clark, 76-61. After the teams changed leads in the opening minutes of the eame the Pioneers grab bed the lead at 13-11 vith 12:36 to play and never trailed after that. At one time in the second half Lewis and Clark led by 19 points. Tonv David. 6-9 Divot man for Hawaii, topped the Rain bow scormg with 20 points. Ron Langos was high for Lew is and Clark with 24. Hawaii lost to University of Washington on Monday. ring's greatest as Moore, perhaps, the oldest active champion in boxing annals climbed off the canvas four times Wednesday night (once from a slip) and became the sport's all-time kayo king by blasting the Canadian cham pion with four knockdowns for an llth-round knockout. Talked To Himself It was with good reason Johnson, Willard Lilly, Ron Peery and Bob Plankenhorn from Medford high. McLaugh lin was a prep all-stater in 1956. Others Listed Also on the club are Don Harris, all-stater at Jackson ville in 1948, Dale 'McCay, Medford and Jacksonville high with Oregon Tech fresh man experience, Bob Serak, ex-Chicagoan; Doug Witte, Rogue league all-star from Phoenix ' high, and Darrell Johnson, school ball player in Iowa. Several members of . the club have previous independ ent ball experience. The team is sponsored by Carl Bismark of the Hawkin son firm. Fred Johnson is manager. was runner-up for the Oregon fall. Bob Harrison Auburn center, and Monte Stickles, Notre Dame end, each drew 12. Vel Heckman, Florida tackle, and Brock Strom, Al Force Academy tackle, each received 10. Harrison, 21, is a 6-foot-2 senior from Stanford, Tex. He is the latest in a long line of brilliant Oklahoma line men developed by Gomer Jones, the university's line coach. Pilots Defeat Lutheran Club , Portland (UPD University of Portland, taking advantage of a cold first half by Pacific Lutheran won its third game in a. row here Wednesday night 64-42. The Pilots held a 35-16 half time lead. . Portland was led by guards Jim Armstrong and Wally Panel who had 14 and. 12 points respectively. Game . honors were ..taken, however, by PLC's sharp shooting guard Roger Iverson. He had 16 points, ' Pacific Luthern shot a dis mal .254 for the game hitting 18 shots in 71 attempts. Port land hit 28 of 71 for a .394 mark. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court SP 3-9068 that Durelle. the fighting fish erman from New Brunswick, burst into tears in his dressing room from heart-breaking frustration; for he had been al most as close to becoming champion as a man could in the first round and again in the fifth session of their blood-and-thunder battle. Moore admitted he talked to himself after his second knockdown. "Hey. 'old man this can't be age catchin' up to you. You just can't let this happen with the all-tune knockout record to be won,'' he said to himself. .. Whether Archie will be 42 or 45 Saturday, his birthday, he carved a niche in boxing history with his amazing de termination .and surnrising dynamite, that many a future youngster will envy . as he learns how knockout No. 127 was scored .by .the patriarch from San Diego, Calif., before 8,484- frenzied - fans in the Montreal Forum. ; Puts Archie Ahead T h a t thrilling knockout boosted Archie out of a tie with! the late heavyweight challenger, W. L. (Young) Stribling at 126 KO's during their careers; 204 bouts in 23 years for Archie, and more than 230 in 12 years for Strib ling of Macon, Ga. It'll be a long, long time before anyone approaches. 127. . . But he attained heroic Dro- portions as he refused cour ageously to be beaten by a younger man of his own weight class. He staggered tnrough the early haze of numbing punches and sal vaged enough of his youth to blast out his greatest victory in his seventh defense of the crown. Gene Brito Day Billed Washington (UPD Profes sional football will be a little poorer next Sunday , about 4:20 p.m., e.s.t. That is when Gene Brito will have played his last game for the Washington Redskins. Sunday's finale against the Philadelphia Eagles is "Gene Brito Day" on which the black-haired bullet from Loy ola, Calif., will be honored with a new car and other gifts. Brito , retires after that game, climaxing seven bril liant years as one of the great est 'defensive ends ever to play football. The record is remarkable in more ways than one: He has never missed a game, playing in 83 consecu tive National Football League games (he played in Canada during 1954). He has drawn only one penalty in seven years for offside. - In the 1958 pro bowl game, he made 60 per cent of his team's tackles. "He is one of the greatest defensive rjlavers I've ever coached," said Redskin Coach Joe Kuharich. j IN FINE WHISKEY Fleischmani's is the, gift Co buy. . . $p3-J Proof.. the reason why BLENDED WHISKEY. 90 PROOF 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS THE FLEISCHMANN DISTILLING CORPORATION, NEW YORK CITY Archie weighed 17334 th lightest in four years to 172 for the champion of Canada and the British Empire. Billy Stacy Will Lead Rebel Crew Mobile, Ala. -(UPD- Missis sippi State quarterback Billy Stacy, a ball-handling wizard grabbed as first draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals, will lead the revenge - seeking South team in the 10th annual Senior Bowl game here, Jan.. 3. Stacy gave up a promising career in baseball, at least at the college level, when he agreed to compete in the post season play-for-pay debut xt some of the nation's top col lege seniors. - ' - ' The 185-DOund Winona. Miss., "athlete won honorable mention in the UPI All-America listing, in spite of per forming with a disappointing team. - ' ' . . v-..;. A pair of UPI second All America team linemen will anchor the line for the 25-man Southern team that was an nounced today. The North team, which will be announced later, won last year's contest, 15-13, when a last-minute Rebel field goal attempt missed from short yardage. Vel Heckman, 229-pound Florida tackle and guard George Deiderich of Vander bilt, both on the second UPI squad, were chosen for coach Paul Brown of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns. The South has eight UPI All-America choices and eight players already tabbed in the: NFL draft. M oyer' Opposes Dupas Tonight Portland - (UPD - Portland's Denny Moyer goes after his. 19th consecutive ring victory: here tonight against Tony Dupas of New Orleans. . The two will meet in a 10 round scrap in the Auditor ium. " ; Both fighters must win this one if they expect any ensuing bouts against "name'' oppon ents at a later date. Moyer . was expected , to weigh in at about 151 arid Dupas at about 150. " ' Two four round and two six round matches round out the card. ' j Buy At Builders Supply - QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Bricks, Flues. 727 W. McAndrawt Ph. SP 2-4107
