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'I C T V iOt ? - I t , 1 "'' ;'' i ?i r ,V xf' T 1 - - 'yjLm&. HAINBOW SNAPPER Tom Price, above, is center for the University of Hawaii football team and one of the veterans the Rainbows will have in action against Southern Oregon college on Saturday night, Sept. 19, on the Medford High field. The game will open the season for the 1959 edition of the Southern Oregon Red Raiders. Crater :Squelclies Coittege (Sroyers ... Central Point-Crater high's Black Comets turned two Lion fumbles and a punt return in to touchdowns and were never headed Friday night as they : banged out a 21 to 12 football triumph over Cottage Grove in the season starter for both . schools. . . i .. j The Cornels boomed into TD territory in the first, second and third periods in turning : back the Willamette Valley - nine which crossed the Comet ; goal in the early moments of - the second quarter and in the waning1 portion of the game. Gary Johnson scored twice ' for Crater, on a five-yard pass '. ;play with Loyal Higinbotham , throwing and on a 70-yard punt return. Higinbotham, who put on the key block on : the pay-off punt runback got : the last TD, punching the last foot of a drive. Jim Esley skirted left end and ran 44 yards for one lion core.' Billy Roe got the other n a twQryard right end sweep. ?Jim;Eldred' bucked for two Comet bonus points ' and Don Gillaspey for one. Both Cot tage Grove extra pointplung es were short. - . . Met Yards Even " Penalties and fumbles marred the game for both con tingents. But, that early sea son ,raggednesfi had been ex pected. Yet, potential shown livened future prospects for both clubs and there were thrills aplenty for the crowd. Cottage Gove had the bet . tg:. gaining from the ground and Crater, possessed the stronger aerial threat but the - teams came out exactly even with 132 yards each in net scrimmage yardage. ' The Comets moved the ball deep into Lion territory after Check Our SPECIAL PRICES And Liberal Trade In Allowance!' CLOSED SATURDAYS Open Every MONDAY Until 9 p.m. You'll Always Find a Parking Space at Brooks Electric the opening kick-off. They surged to -the six yard line in 10 plays, were set back to the 11 on a motion penalty, fought back to the four and lost the ball on a fumble on the five. But, Glen Cote re covered a CG muff on the next play and Higinbotham pitched, to Johnson for the opening score. Eldred ran the first conversion. Cottage Grove had the ball on its 34 yard line after a Crater punt at the start of the second quarter. Bob John- spn gained four yards then Roe broke away on a reverse for 22 yards to the Crater 40. Easley got 16 the 38 but John son lost six yards to the 44. The Lions next shook Easley free with some fine deception for his touchdown dash. The 7 to 6 tally was the closest be tween the clubs after scoring began. It didn't stay that way long. Crater lost the ball after the kick-off (Johnson had re turned - 46 yards to the Lion 42) on Roe's interception but CG after a 10-yard loss was forced to punt. Johnson gath ered m the ball on his 30 and with fine protection scamper ed down the left sideline to the goal. Eldred converted for 14 to 6. The club's fought a stale mate - in. the third . quarter Crater had first down on the Lion 14 yard line but three plays later was still, there. Higinbotham pitched on fourth down to Tom White in the end zone but White, his view of the ball momentarily blocked could not hang onto the heave. ' Larry Reyerson's recovery of a CG fumble sex up a 37 yard push for the last Comet 1116 North It's 3 THIS White n 1 1 O Crane Steel Tub O Kilgore Closet Combination O Kilgore Wall Hwng Lav mMUmM wmM TMoiieirs ver IBeaverfoir IHiigb 33-0 Beaverton-Medf ord's Black Tornado, got its 1959 gridiron campaign off to a thundering and auspicious start here Fhi day; evening by smashing the Beaverton Beavers 33 to 0 in a non-ieague season opener. The Tornado, state A-l run ner-up last year and manned by many veterans of 1958, did not have its goal line serious ly threatened until the final stanza by which time it had built up an insurmountable margin of touchdowns and extra points. .... Fullback Danny Sieg scoot ed to two touchdowns for the visiting Pear city delegation. End Jerry Anderson, left half back Skip Bennett and Lowell Dean each scored once. Quar terback Dick Ragsdale thump ed three of his extra point kicks between the uprights. Ohio Woman Leads in Open Memphis, Tenn.-r(DPD-Blonde Bonnie Randolph of Colum bus, Ohio, took the lead in the Memphis Women's Open tour nament Saturday, overtaking Mickey Wright with a spar kling exhibition of pressure golf. , Miss Randolph shot a one- under-par 72 in today's third ro'md, finished the day with a 221 total. Miss Wright of San Diego, Calif., led the field going into Saturday's round, but slipped to a three-over-par 76 and fell a stroke off the pace with a 222. Miss Randolph got off to a bad start,' taking two bogeys on the front nine, but she steadied in back nine, clicking off three birdies. Cathy Cornelius of Lake land, Fla., had a bogey four on the fourth and a birdie four . on the long, 560-yard sixth on the front nine. Then she came home with two bogeys and one birdie ior a one-over-par . 74 . and .-third place at223. TD. Eight plays got Crater to the one-foot line .from where Higinbotham went across. Don Gillaspey ran the bonus. Following the kick-off Cot tage Grove barged 80 yards directly to its touchdown , in seven plays.. Key gain was a 55-yard pass play Larry Hen ningsgaard to Roe, putting the ball on the Crater 24. Roe hit tlR end zone five plays later. A pass missed connection on the. try for extra point. Ryerson, Cote and Bryson LaCasse :were the. strong men iff' the lin ': for Crater and Comet coach Leonard Warren termed the linebacking of Don and Ron Gillaspey out standing, considering their in experience. STATISTICS: Cr. . 5 . 9 CG : 9 1 1 11 , 3-1 0 -141 55 164 32 132 First downs rushing.. First downs passing First downs penalties Total first downs : Passes 13-6 Pacsea had intercepted 1 Yards rushing .106 Yards passing '. 70 . Gross scrimmage yds...l54 Yards lost rushing .: 22 Net scrimmage yds. 132 Penalties : 10-63 Fumbles and , lost . fumbles : 4-2 Punt return yards 70 Kick-off return yards 60 6-40 6-4 0 61 Riverside & f DiMllg to Think About "mm Choose From Our Complete o Westinghouse o o Thermador $ WEEK'S SUPER SPECIAL C 3 - pc. BATH SET mm Medford led 13 to- 0 at the quarter, 20 to 0 at halftime and 27 to 0 with three panels played. Beaverton accumulated an Pirate-Tornado Game Tickets On Sale Here - A block of 150 reserved , seat tickets ior the Med-; ford-Marshfield high fool ball game is to go on sale at 8 a.m. Monday at the senior hign school office her Principal Lester Har ris has reported. The game will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. at Coos Bay. , While no league or dis trict honors are at stake, the game represents one of the most spirited rivalries in Oregon high school foot ball and is one of lop con tests on the schedule of each school. Last year Med ford won twice from the iPraies, 3 to 0 and' 7 to 0, the first victories of the Tornado over Marshfield in 11 seasons. . ' , The Buccaneers, with 23 lettermen back, are report ed to have a powerhouse this year with a line aver aging close to 200 pounds. At least eight men were regulars on either offense or defense or ' both ways last year. Medford won from Bea verton 33 to 0 on Friday; Marshfield "edged Prine ville 6 to 0. ' Eagle Point Wins 19-0 Over Talent Eagle Point-After a score less first canto, Eagle Point reached pay grass in the sec ond stanza and went on to a 19 to 0 victory over Talent high in a Friday night foot ball game here. - Bill Skeeters ended a 60 yard drive with a 10-yard off tackle run for the first Eagle TD. Bob Berryman intercept ed a pass and raced 40 yards for another second quarter score. . . ' . , The Eagles made it to the goal again off the second half kick-off. Skeeters ran the kick 30 yards back to the Talent 40 and then packed the last eight yards of the march. Tom Perdue passed to Steve Geren for the extra point after the second touch down. ' . Eagle mentor Tom Van Et ten played his second and third units through much of the secoiJd half. Coafh Don Moore's Talent Bulldogs - looked sharp at certain stages o " the tussle and almost scored in the fourth quarter:. They lost the ball on downs on the one-yard line. There are now 268 regis tered nurses to 100,000 popu lation in j the. United States compared With 259 to" 100,000 in 1956 and 251 per 100,000 in 1954. Phone SP 2-5209 (7b Line By Cava liar Wessix & Plumbing 11 to seven edge in first downs but the Black Tornado gained a 294 to 203 advantage in net yards from scrimmage plays. : i r: "Sieg tabulated first for Med ford. on a 32-yard end rbmp after a : Beaverton pui by Guy Hale was blocked. ..Rags dale toed his first "eonveiiohV Then, Sieg broke off . tackle up the side 79 yards to score. In the second quarter end Lowell Dean blocked another Hale kick on the Beaverton 12-yard line and Anderson re covered the ball in the end zone for six-point tally.; Rags dale thumped the bonus. The third period TD came off a 58-yard promenade and Bennett shoved the last yard to the goal. ; A 30-yard scamp er helped the march andBen-, nett had run 15 yards just be; fore his scoring plunge. Rags-, dale added another kick. v i Medford's twin combination hooked up for the final mark er. Quarterback Calvin Dean chucked to brother Lowell on a 43-yard passing play. Beaverton reached the Med ford 15 and 10 yard lines in the last quarter and was led By halfback Jack Koenig who gained 114 yards during the night. Sieg picked up 130 to 140 of the Medford yards. ' " STATISTICS: ' M. First downs rushing.. 6 First downs passing.. 1 First downs penalties 1 Total first downs 7 Yards rushing : ;...257 Lards lost rushing .. 23 Net yards rushing 234 Yards passing 60 Net scrimmage yardage ; 294 Passes ; 11-1 Passes had intercepted 1 B. 7 i 3 1 11 170 5 165 38 203 14-7 4 f umbles and. lost fumbles 1-1 5-30 0 8-70 3-2 8-23 2 3-25 Punts Punts blocked Penalties . - - - . ' - - . I ' ' ' , ''''''"" t t; ,,", , '" X Imagine a truck ride so smooth, and cushioned that fragile loads can travel the worst "wash board" roads with ease. Imagine a truck ride that virtually eliminates shimmy; and wheel fight, cuts side sway on curves, makes steering far steadier and easier, keeps drivers far fresher." Imagine a truck ride that permits higher safe cruising speeds, more trips per day with all kinds of cargo over every type of road surface. 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Don't decide on any new truck till you see the newest of all. ; See them soon at your local authorized Chevrolet dealers. 9th at Bartlett W ' SPORTS St. Mary's Victor Over IV Cougars St. Mary's of Medford, its ground game working "well and its dpwnfield blocking a "pleasant surprise" to coach Bill . McKibbin, -trimmed Illi nois Valley 20 to 0 in football contention at the Medford sta dium on Friday night. Bob and Dick Evans on long runs and Terry Cooper with two kicked conversions in three attempts were the scor ers for the Crusaders. . Bob Evans went 45 yards ohr a punt runback for the opening St. Mary's touchdown in the first quarter and travel ed some 40 yards on a keeper in 'the third canto for another. Dick got the final touchdown in the - third quarter on a sweep and cutback which went for 43 yards. While the Evans " were run ning the ball well, George Lucas led the defensive play in the line.. The downfield blocking and. screening show ed up well for the Crusaders with several good' punt re turns. ' ' i Each team had six first downs. St. Mary's netted 228 yards by all means on the ground and Illinois Valley 92. The Crusaders completed just one of six passes, making nine yards and McKibbin in dicated that the aerial game will get attention in practices this week. - The Cougars tried three passes and completed none. Add uncooked rice directly to tomatoes ': when making Spanish rice or similar dishes. CODBTES PKoenix High Outscores Mt. Shasta Eleven 31-23 Phoenix - Phoenix high outscored Mt. Shasta, Calif., 31 to 23 Friday night in a wild and exhilarating grid iron encounter at Mt. Shasta. The scuffle featured the pinpoint pissing of the Cali fornia school's Tom McHugh and the long, spectacular runs of the Pi.-ates' Mike Cons bruck and Dan Lumley with Corisbruck having the major ity of the romps. While Phoenix could not cope with the Shasta aerial assault, neither could the home team stop the Oregon ians on. the ground. The Pi rates' attack was particular ly effective in the second half when they scored four touch downs, had an 80-yard run to the goal by Consbruck nulli fied by a clipping penalty. Lumley Scores The Pirates' crossed the goal line first after a recov ered fumble gave them the ball on their own 45-yard line. Consbruck ran 37 yards to the MS 18 and Lumley scrambled the rest of the way on a reverse. Mt. Shasta after the :Phoenix kick-off moved from its. own 35 to the Phoe nix 12 and Jim Addler kicked a field goal for 6 to 3. Phoenix took the Shasta back to its 25. The Pirates were held for f downs but a roughing the kicker penalty brought another chance and Consbroke broke to the Mt. Shasta 21 yard line. There, again, Phoenix was stymied. A long McHugh pass carried the Calif ornians to the Pi rate 26 and McHugh tossed a touchdown aerial to John Heile. That made it 9 to 6 for Mt. Shasta at the half. On the third quarter boot off, Phoenix fumbled but re covered on its 12. The Pirates then shook Consbruck open for an 88-yard TD jaunt and MEDFORD a 12 to 9 margin.-The home club came back and Mc Hugh s passes helped it to th Phoenix three-yard line. Heile got over the pay line from there and Addler's ex tra made it 16 to 12. .-.''-Fumbles Help Pirates ' A , fumble recovery gave Phoenix the ball at midf ield and runs by Consbruck, Lum ley and Leon Small moved to the 15. Small . circled the flank to the end zone for Phoenix 18 to 16. Another Mt. Shasta nuff gained the Pi rates possession on their won 35 and Lumley got loose for a 65 yard TD ramble and a 24 to 16 score. McHugh hit John Hotten steinstein with' a long one on a 63-yaru pass play and Hot tenstein journeyed the last 15 yards with the ball. After Addler's bonus boot, the Phoenix lead was just 24 to 23. Then followed the 80-yard run by Consbruck which was called back. However, the Pi rates moved out to the MS 40 with the aid of a 25-yard run by Small. Consbruck shook loose on a pinner for the fi nal touchdown run, and Small went around end for the bonus. Notice! Enroll Your Dog In Starting Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. Community Club Bldg., Phoenix. 10 Classes ...M..............:,..;.....$10 FOR FULL DETAILS, KE 5-2243 11 Pass Play Gains Win For Ashland Ashland - A 41-yard pass play with 45 seconds left in the game paid off for the win ning touchdown Friday night in a 12 to 6 Ashland high football win over Yreka, Calif. Steve Gray took a hand-off from Dave Jackson and, pass ed to Bob Voris on the 10-yard line on the winning play. ' Bob Hardy set up both Ash land touchdowns with recov eries of the pigskin. In the fi nal moments he fell on the ball on the Yreka 38-yard line when Miner Tom Nelson could not get off a punt. Three plays later the Grizzlies had their touchdown, after having been set back by a penalty. Hardy recovered a fumble in the second quarter and five plays later Voris went the last V-A yards to the goal. " Nelson ran 76 on "a cross buck for the Miner touch down. Ashland bad four first downs and Yreka five. The Calif ornian's netted 123 yards passing and the Grizzlies 67. While the Ashlanders connect ed on four of 14 passes,.includ ing one for 41 yards. . ; MAIL TRIBUNE, MriforJ, Or. Suiteay. Sept. 13. 1959 SOKC Obedience Classes SP 2-6115
