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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Friday, December 19, 1938 Joe Francis Plans Pro Gridiron Sport ry Again in 1959 Joe Francis, ex-O regon State college star, "definitely" plans to have another try next season at professional football. Francis was a rookie quar terback on the squad of the Green Bay Packers during the past season. He, his wife, Dixie, and their small son, Mark, are visiting here during the holidays at the home of Mrs. Francis's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Neathamer, 119 Jeanette st. The gridder remarked that the pro game is real tough bunt that he liked it very much. Played Little Joe did not get to play much before the final game of the season when he guided the Packer offense most of the way against the Los An geles Rams. The quarterback said that he got play about four minutes in a game with the San Francisco Forty Niners but had only five or six minutes in action up to Montana Next For Webfoots University of Oregon, Eu- gene Coach Steve Belko's Oregon Ducks, idle for a week during the fall term final ex aminations, return to non-conference competition next Mon day and Tuesday against the Montana Grizzlies of the Sky line conference at McArthur Court. Belko's mixmaster offense, which has come up with three straight victories after an opening game loss, will get another good test from the Grizzlies in the final home ap pearance of the Webfoots be fore the conference season. The Ducks, who have shot well both from the field and the free throw line, still have the rebounding problem to solve. In the four starts this season the backboard play has been a tough disadvantage for the Webfoots to overcome and they have yet to out rebound an opponent. Stick lo Top Eight If the Montana series fol lows form, Coach Belko will again stick fairly close to the top seven or eight players who have done most of the playing this season. This group in cludes Dale Herron, Stu Rob ertson and Denny Strickland along the front line and Chick Rask and Bud Kuykendall in the backcourt. The key reserves are still Jerry Anderson up front and Butch Kimpton at guard, al though the return of Henry Ronquillo from the injured list adds some much needed depth at forward. Leon Hayes, the Cottage Grove rookie, saw his first action in the Wichita game and his steady improve ment may mean that he will join Kimpton as one of the guard substitutes. that time. Rest of the time he was on the sidelines learning. Francis said that he would have liked to have played more but remarked that his coach, Scooter McLean, knows the game and knew what he was doing. The opportunity to play so much in the final game with the Rams "gave me a lot of confidence," Francis de clared. Joe stated that he was "mostly on the phones" dur ing Green Bay contests and ventured that he would make a good operator. After the start of the playing season he was used strictly on offense and only at quarterback. Fant Back Packers "My teammates were swell," Francis declared. He praised Green Bay, a town of some 60,000 people, for back ing football "to the end.'He reported that the stadium seats 30,000 to 32,000, that the stadium is sold out before the season begins and that fans fill the stands even in a bad losing season like the Packers experienced this fall. After the holidays Joe will return to Corvallis and Ore gon State where he says he has one subject to go before getting his degree in educa tion. He plans to be a teacher and coach. Francis said he was "kind of glad" to get back to the coast when the Packers made their last trip west. Green Bay was having 8 degrees be low zero weather at the time. He reported, however, that the Wisconsin country was nice and that he did some hunting before the cold weath er came along. When Francis goes back to Green Bay, he'll perform for a new coach. McLean resigned the post this week. SPORTS SPORTSCASTS KYJC-Friday and Satur day, 8 p.m., Medford-South Eugene High basketball. KBES-KOTI-TV - Friday, 7 p.m.. Pat McMurtry-Nino Valdes boxing; Saturday, 11 a.m.. Holiday bowl; Sun day, 11 a.m.. New York Cleveland pro football. KMED Friday, 7 p.m., McMurtry-Valdes fight; Fri day and Saturday, 8 p.m., Medford-South Eugene basketball. Sport OSCAR FRALEY I Dnivirlo A&zr sPort Writer rUiUae XS1 United Pres. New York-OJPD-Weather and the second half staying power of the Cleveland Browns shaped up today as the decid ing factors in their playoff battle with the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. It's even money as these two pro titans go at it for the Eastern division cham pionship of the National Foot ball league. And it s a game which makes the following Oklahoma Opposes 1st East Bowl Foe (This is the third of 10 dispatches on the football teams playing in the post season bowl games.) By JACK BRANNAN Norman, Okla. - (LTD - Okla homa may be the elite of foot ball's bowl society, but it shows no "manners" on the gridiron. The Sooners, a band of raw- boned youths from farms in Oklahoma and Texas, are stingy with touchdowns, take advantage of others' mistakes, use gang-up tactics and prac tice deception. Nevertheless, Oklahoma will be appearing in its seventh bowl game in the last 11 years Jan. 1 against Syra cuse in the Orange Bowl at Miami, Fla. No other team has played in as many bowl games dur- McLoughlin 9th Victor McLoughlin Junior high ninth grade cagers stood off the Phoenix high freshmen 28 to 23 yesterday. The Pirates put up a hus tling game and effective zone defense against McLoughlin which played a slipshod game with spotty rebounding and only .230 field goal shooting. The Bulldogs had quarter spreads of 8 to 0, 11 to 8 and 17 to 13. George Clearwater iiad 10 points for McLoughlin and Colfax eight for Phoenix. Coach Dale Bates pla- tooned with his McLoughlin squad. LINE-CPS: 28 McL. 9th T Elmeren G Schroeder C 10 Clearwater G 4 Laurance G Phoenix 9th 23 Lucas 2 Lester 1 Veeson Colfax v S Gardner Johnson 6 Substitutions For McLoughlin. Renner 7, White. Offord, Lowery, Clausen, Ackley. Darby. Planken horn 3. Heyerman; for Phoenix, Baker Bullard. Hutchinson, Caster, Yarnell 2, Harris 4. for the whole family! I V i . Copper Bowlers Clash at Tempe Saturday Night Tempe, Ariz. (UPD The Southwest will match its rep utation for aerial wizardry against stars from the rest of the nation Saturday night in the inaugural Copper Bowl football game. However, there jare indica tions the beefy boys from else where might do a little throw ing themsedves, and they've got the gunners too. This means the air probably will be full of footballs when the stars from the Southwest schools tangle with the Na tionals, picked from coast to coast. Fudged Some The selection committee fudged a little in its chores and brought some players from the Rocky Mountain area and the Middle West to represent the southwest. "The fans want to see that ball in the air," said South west coaches Frank Kush, Ari zona State and Frank Broyles, Arkansas. "We're going to ac commodate them." On the firing line for the Southwest will be Jerry Bell of Texas, Joioi Hangartner of Arizona State, and perhaps Fred Glick of Colorado State, who is being used as a half back. The Nationals will rely on John Green of Chattanooga, and Tom Greene of Holy Cross, to counterattack in the air, utilizing a spread and straight T offense devised by co-coaches Don Clark of USC and PhE Dickens of Indiana. THE COSMOPOLITAN 24" TV... the most life-like picture and finest high fidelity sound system in all television! 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It probably would be televised to homes in the United States. Basketball Refs Meet Monday Regular meeting of the Rogue Valley Basketball Ref erees association will be held on Monday, Dec. 22, at Med ford High school. Assignments for games Jan. 2 through 21 will be made. Commissioner C. A. Meyer issued the usual reminder that referees must attend the meet ing in order to get assignments. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT ing the same period. Okla homa has won five of its six New Year's Day ventures since Coach Bud Wilkinson took charge in 1947. The only defeat was a 13-7 setback by Kentucky in the 1951 Sugar Bowl. Syracuse, however, will give Oklahoma its first bowl test in Eastern football standards. All other Oklahoma bowl op ponents during Wilkinson's tenure have been from the South. Returns lo Basic Formula After an early experiment with a multiple offense, Okla homa this year returned to its basic formula of using the power of the split-T formation and the frequent substitution of fresh teams. But the defense won almost as much notice as the offense because of its stinginess. The opposition this year scored only six touchdowns and 49 points, while Oklahoma ac cumulated 279 points and a 9-1 season mark. Wilkinson, habitually calm and philosophical about the game he coaches, has a simple explanation for Oklahoma's continued success. "We always play as well as we can," he" said, "because we always expect to meet a fine football team." The driving force of both phases of Oklahoma's ma chine is All-America center Bob Harrison. The 211-pound co-captain has won acclaim throughout the Southwest for his ability to diagnose the of fense from his linebacking po sition and to open holes in the middle of the line for his ball carriers. Oklahoma's offense this year is more versatile than it was at the end of last season when the Sooners crushed Duke, 48-21, in the Orange Bowl. Wear Down Opponents The ability of Oklahoma to wear down its opponents by sheer manpower, a vital fac tor in its winning, is indicated in the fact that the first and second units played almost equal amounts of time this year during the first three quarters, while the reserves handled most of the fourth quarter chores. The first team scored 18 touchdowns and yielded three, and the alternate unit scored 17 times and gave up two touchdowns. The ability of halfbacks Brewster Hobby and Jimmy Carpenter to throw the run ning pass has improved the aerial game, and fullback Prent,ice Gautt's explosive running has added consider able power to the ground at tack. Gautt, the first Negro to play for Oklahoma, was the team's leading rusher for the season, averaging six yards in 105 carries. The loss of starting quar terback David Baker, who was expelled from school earlier this month, has created a problem at that position which Wilkinson said he will wait until the last minute to solve. Bobby Boyd, who led the team in scoring and passing even though he was alternate quarterback during the sea son, and sophomore Bob Cor nell are the most likely re placements for Baker. championship battle with the Baltimore Colts almost anti climactic. Given good footing, the choice in this .corner is Cleve land. Yet it has to be an "if proposition. Because bad weather could immobilize the speedy Browns' attack and, in a crunching head and head power battle, that rugged Gi ant defense once again could grind down and contain the Browns in the late stages. Second-Half Team A second half surge by the Giants has been the story of their two victories over the Browns this season. In their first meeting, the Browns led, 17-7, at half time. In the sec ond half they had exhausted their offense against that rock-ribbed Giant line and New York came on to pull out a 21-17 win. The second time around, last Sunday in the snow, the Browns again broke out with a 10-3 half time lead. Before the going became too bad, Jimmy Brown on the first play from scrimmage bolted 65 yards for a touchdown. But, as the footing became worse and worse, the Giants contained the Brown attack and came on for a 13-10 vic tory. No team ever has beaten the Browns three, times in one season. This identical situation was at hand in 1950 when the Giants won two regular season games from the Browns but lost the play off, 8-3. However, these kind of records are compiled to be broken and those mauling Giants might bring it off this time. However, the Browns have the offense, again "if they get the footing, to build up an early first half lead which could take it out of the Giants' reach. Jimmy Brown, the record busting fullback, is only one of four 10-second backs. His amazing talents are reflected by his 1,527 yards gained to smash the old league record of 1,146 yards which Phila delphia's Steve Van Buren set up in the 1949 season. Then there's Ray Renfro, the lightning fast flanker back who scores a touchdown every fourth time he catches a pass plus the punt and kick off return twins. Bob Mitchell and LeRoy Bolden. These are days when the punters stand farther back from the line of scrimmage. This gives them time to get off booming, sky high kicks which have the ends waiting hungrily and looking down the punt re ceiver's throat as he makes the catch. Even so, they have gone all the way back with punt returns. . Giant Coach Jim Lee Howell is worried about Cleveland's tremendous speed on end sweeps. And, on a dry field, Cleveland's big, fast guards, Gene Hickerson and Jim Ray Smith, pull out of the line with pony-back speed to lead the interference. 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