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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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