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Thursday, Oct. 1 1939 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 11 I " ' ' " " ' ' " , , " , 7 II CO TEAM CENTER Pat McLaughlin, over the ball and shown with line coach Paul Evens-en, is snapper for the Go offensive team of the Medford high football sauad. The Goes and the Shocks will be out to chalk up touchdowns against aouin aaiem Jtngh this Friday. The game will be at 8 pjn. at the Medford stadium. siPdDnBsrs Ashland Entertains Crater High Crew Ashland Ashland high's Grizzlies face the Crater high football team here 'Friday night intent on-making up for the 40 to 13 shellacking suffered at, the hands of the Comets last fall. It will be. a non-league game. Basic fundamentals of blocking and tackling have had emphasis in workouts this week, Grizzly coach Var ney Corey reported. The Ash- landers, had shortcomings in the two departments against Klamath Falls last week end, Setting up a defense to meet Crater's diversified T attack has been another objective. Two injuries were suffered by the Grizzlies in Monday practice, - Quarterback Harley Dickerson, who was ticketed as a starter this week, turned his knee and right half Bob Voris turned an ankle. End Vern-Speirs.has been ill V-. Crater was idle last week end and as" of yesterday was without any serious physical woes. Coacb Leonard Warren has had his club working at blocking in theline and of fensive pattern for the backs, along with defense against Ashland plays. The mentor re ported. Comet spirit high and reported that his club is look ing better in drills than it has. . , For Ashland possible offen sive starters are Jerry Hauck and Speirs or Glen Moses, ends; Phil Tucker and Bob Hardy, tackles; Gary Callahan and Chuck Rush, guards; George Moses, center, and Dave Jackson, Steve Gray, Doug Forrest and Voris or Stan Quenton, backs. . For Crater it could be Tom White and Earl Cooper or Harold Twidell, endsj Bryson LaCasse and Glen Cote, tack les; John Anhorn-and Larry Rey erson, guards; Rick Burns, center, and among Loyal Hig- j inbotham, Gary Johnson, Jim Eldred, Don Gillaspey and Dean Lamp, backs. Black A school at which the pro duction of frontrunner foot ball teams has been the rule, rather than the exception, will provide the opposition for Medford high this Friday when the Black Tornado takes on the South Salem Saxons at 8 p.m. at the Medford stadium. The Saxons, after slipping to a tie for third in 1958, are favored to regain the District 8 A-l championship this fall. Last year's finish was the low est for South Salem since the school opened in 1954. In fact, it's won or shared the title in every other year. In 1954 the Saxons0 shared the state diadem with Marshf ield. They were runners-up hi 1957 to Jefferson. - Yoraatdo Encounters Salem Friday Msg Sit A good number of re served seals are still avail able for the Medford-South Salem high football game here Friday night, Lester Harris, Medford principal, reported. Some of these are choice seals, he indicated. i Speed ..has been a trade mark of coach Lee Gustafson's South Salem crews. It's the same in 1959. Fullback Ron Harp and .' halfbacks Kim Clark, KenSawyer and Don Royce are real - speedsters. Harp is state 100-yard sprint titlist and has done the cen tury in :09.8. ' Line Standouts0 Steve Stewart (148) at quar terback, Clark (155) at . left half, ; Sawyer (150) at right half, and Harp (175) are back field starters. Kent Meyers, another, fullback .(weight not available) is "the power run ner," . :,. V'.? Tackle Woody Bennett and ends John King and Darrel Covert are listed as line stand outs by Joe Bigham, sports- writer for the Salem Capital Journal. Bigham calls the line SOC fled Raiders Travel To Linfield for Tussle Ashland-rrSouthern Oregon college ventures -to McMinn ville this week end-to tangle with Linfield college in ef fort to stem a two game losing streak and bring back some notice to the Oregon Collegi ate conference. Since the season opened only Oregon Tech has won a game for the OCC, Eastern Oregon, Portland Stated Ore gon Colleeg of Education, and Red Raiders of SOC each have lost two games. - Linfield has been cutting through the OCC like . a thrashing machine. The WHfc cats have blasted OCE 52-6 and Portland's Vikings 34-0. Looking at the 54 points scored against the Raiders, they will be nearly. 30 point underdogs' to the powerful Northwest conference foe. . Early in practice this week, Mississippians Still Top Vote New York (UP!) The United Press International small college football ratings (first-place votes and won-lost records in parantbe- ""'"Team Points 1. Miss Southern 27 (1-0) 375 3. Mami (Ohio) 4 (1-0) w254 3. W. Chester (Pa.) 5 (2-0) 250 4 E. Texas State 1 (2-0) ,162 3. Xavier (Ohio). (3-0) 9h 8. Montana State 1 (2-0) 87 7. Cattanooga (1-1) 77 8. Buffalo (N.Y.) (1-0) 74 9. Northeastern (Okla.) (2-l) 72 10. Arizona State (1-2) --63 1 1 Memphis State, 60; . 12. Middle Tennessee State. 57; 13. Connecti cut, 50: 14, Bowling Green (Ohio), 47 15, Hillsdale (Mich.), 40: 16 (tie), Delaware and Butler. (Ind.), 31 each; 18. Lamar Tech (Tex.),. 30; 19. McMurry (Tex).. 28; 20, Fresno (Calif.) State (1). 27. FIGHTS United Press International 4 Chicago Dick Tiger, 160. Ni- feria. outpointed Joey Giardello, 62. Philadelphia (10). Charlotte. N. C. Bert White hurst, 192. Baltimore. Md stopped Tunney Hunsaker, 186, Fayetteville. W. Va. (10). iY Bsildsrs S;?Ij f ' 9 ' QUALITY BLOCKS Oram Tile ricks. Flues 727 W. McAndiewa bona Sr 3-4S7S ot SP 2-4107 the Raiders concentrated on their running attack with about the same lineup that has started the . past two games. There was one excep tion. John Buck' has returned to action and he has been al ternating at various backfield spots. The speedy scatback has also been playing on the defensive unit.'. Injuries were not evident on the SOC squad this week with Phil Sword getting back into full play. Sword was having trouble with tied muscles in his back but it ap pears he will start at center on offense and linebacker on defense. ' Coach AI Akins has also been shifting his defensive alignment in an effort to in stall more speed and sacrifice some beef.- Gordy Carrigan and Jim McAbee will get the starting assignments at the ends again this week with Jim Tacchini and Tony Brauner slated for guard duty. The tackles will remain the same with Wild Willie Garner and Troy Bel lah on hand. . Talent Has First Home Grid Game Talent High school, fresh from its 14 to 12 win over Childquin, the first win re corded .by a Bulldog football team in two years, has spent the past week in preparation for its initial home game this Friday nights It plays Bonanza at 8 p.m. Main stress this week has been on defense for the Bull dog footballers. There has been concentrated work on stopping both running and passing attacks, in hopes that they will be able to halt the thrusts of the Antlers. There also has been some work on smoothing out the wrinkles in Talent's own offense. Listed by Coach Don Moore as starting players on offense were, John Kerns, center; Doyle Leek and Jerry Moore, guards; Morris Sterrett and Ernest Casland, tackles; and Tom Burnett and Bob Dickin son, ends. St. Mary's Plays Backfield consists of Don Skundrick and Bob Jacobs, halfbacks; Mike Jacobs, fullback,- and Ed Seaver, quar terback. There will be! two changes on the defensive team with Fred Tycksen going in at a linebacker and Albert Back playing an end position. Larry Bradford, a regular starting tackle, won't be able to play this week end. St. Mary's, the only other class B school in Jackson county that is playing football in the 5B district, will Vie at home Saturday night. The Crusaders will entertain Chil oquin at the Medford High school stadium. of the Saxons fairly good size. Listed weights show it lighter than Medford's but there's been considerable speculation in the Black Tornado camp that the actual weights are heavier han the program fig ures. Possible offensive starters in the line are Don Waller and Covert, ends; Scott Nelson and Bennett, tackles; Rick Nelson and Ron Case, guards; and Gary Walls, center. Gustafson's Saxon offense has been the T with unbalg anced line tS the left. He uses the single wing on occasion, but Bigham says .not so far this year. P o Look For Third Win South Salem is looking for its third victory in four games while the Black Tornado will be out to make it four straight. The Saxons have de feated North Salem 32 to 20 and Albany 19 to 6 and lost to Milwaukie 13 Jp 18 Mad ford victories have been over Beaverton 33 to 0, Marshfield 39 to 21 and Orland, Calif., 51 to 13. o ; n Of "the Albany game last4 week end, Gustafson said he felt that Saxon downfield blocking was as good as it's ever been. He credited the line as a unit with blocking well to open the holes. . - - , Coach " Fred Spiegelberg's Black Tornado continued its tuning for the Saxons yester day with about 45 minutes of scrimmaca aimed 0at bolster ing, its Sefense. Offense was An in another 45 minutes of dummy scrimmage and there was tackling and punt return drill. ; End Lowell Dean and tack le Lynn Knight were back with the squad yesterday. Dean had missed Tuesday's workout because of a cold dhd Knight was absent because of a hip ailment. However, Spie gelberg reported troubles to the depth at the right half slot. Mike Hood was healthy but Len Griggs was hSbbled by a sore shoulder and Jim Barry by sore feet. Looking good last night at the position was Jim bcnmiat, . a junior. And. Spieeelberg said that Mike McCullough knows the position. Shaw Bolsters The mentor said that the defensive Kne has been bol stered by turnout of Chuck Shaw, 195-pounder. He joined the squad at tne start oi school, has come0along and earned his right to play and may see service this Friday. He's a junior up from the ja- vees. ' Spiegelberg said that he still planned too rely on his two platoon offensive arrange ment but with Dan Sieg like ly at fullback no matter whether the Go team or the Shock team I takes - the field first. ' Goes have Jerry Anderson and Lowell Dean, ends; Gor don Pathman and Dennis Jen sen, tackles; Keith Berg and John Frohnmayer, guards; Pat McLaughlin, center; Ray Konopasek, quarterback; Ken Durkee, left halfback; Griggs or Barry, right half, and Sieg, fullback. On the Shocks are Bob Quinney and Booth Deakins, ends; Lynn Knight and John James, tackles; Reggie Breeze and Terry Earl, guards; Chuck Holt, center; Dick Ragsdale, quarter; Skip Bennett, - left half; Mike Hood, right half; and Sieg, full. Possible defensive "starters are Lowell Dean, "James, Breeze, Knight and Jensen on the line, Anderson, Earl and Bill Charley at linebackers, Ragsdale and Cal Dean at halfback and Ken Durkee at safety. SPORTS De Wirt Named Tiger President " Detroit -(UP- Bill De Witt, a veteran of 43 years in ma jor, league front offices, was tb new .president of the De troit Tigers today in a move designed to replace business men with a baseball man in operation of the club. , De Witt, 57, was named Wednesday to succeed Detroit-lumberman Harvey Han sen: ' .'" r . Herman Quits At Milwaukee Milwaukee -DPD- The Mil waukee Braves, dethroned as National League champions by the Los Angeles Dodgers, began their retrenchment campaign 1 Wednesday, an nouncing the resignation of one coach and unconditional release of another. , Coach . Billy Herman, - a member of the Bravesr staff for two years and a star sec ond baseman of the '30s and early '40s, quit to join his former teammate, manager Bill Jurges of the Boston Red Sox. The two formed an out standing second base combi nation with the Chicago Cubs. 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