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Tornado Tussles In fl-1 Gridiron Medford High school's Black Tornado, bearing the No. 1 rating of the pollsters and unbeaten in 10 embroil ments through the fall, whis tled into Salem today to en gage in combat tonight for Oregon's A-1 upstate gridiron laurels. The talented Whirlwind grid machine goes up against South Salem at McCulloch stadium in a state semifinal set for 8 p.nu This fracas will decide who'll oppose the met ropolitan titlist on Nov. 27 for the Oregon big school championship. The Tornado turned back South Salem here 39 to 6 earlier in thes season and is the favorite for that reason. 40 Teams Signed Up In Handicap Rogue Valley Country club pro shop is still signing up participants for the annual holiday golf handicap. Some 40 two-man teams al ready are on the list for the tourney which opens on Dec. 1 and continues through the end of this year and the start of next. Prospective entries are . asked to select a partner with an established RVCC handi cap. The pro shop will assist players in lining up partners and has a list of men seeking teammates. Teams in the tourney will contend in full 18-hole match es and for points will register, plus or minus, the number of holes a team Is up or down at the end of the round. Each partner is to play his own ball and use his own handicap, Partners will score their net best ball on a hole. One member of a team may play bis net best ball against a rival team. His loss in this case will be limited to two points but there is no limita tion to the points he can win. Totals Decide Winners in the tourney will be decided by the best total plus score. Teams ending with plus points will share in the kitty and prizes will be mer chandise certificates. Prize winning will be determined on a minimum of 12 matches over a three month period. Teams are, .requested to play at least oae match per week. Special prizes will go for first, second and third low net best ball scores of the tourney. Teams will be responsible for making their own match dates and no team can play , another more than one match. After a team has a minus standing of 10 or more, it may not be challenged. But that team may challenge any other above its standing providing it has not met the team be fore. A team is not obliged to accept challenge for more - than 12 matches. The addi tional play can help a team improve its position but there also is the chance of losing points. , NEW CARDINAL POST St. Louis-UPD-L. W. (Bill) Bergesch, who served as gen eral manager for several St. Louis Cardinal affiliates, has been named the club's assist ant farm director in the scouting and minor league de partments. Bergesch assumes his new duties Jan. 1. CAR REGISTRATIONS RISE Washingt6n -UPD- Motor ve hicle registrations in the Unit ed States are expected to reach 70,416,000 for 1959 -or 3.1 per cent more than 1958, according to the Federal Highway administration. Here's a FDAT FIAT has long been known by Southern Oregon resident for its fine styling and economy, save gas costs and purchase costs. A complete line. FIAT 1100 OriY A JAY 1078 Court Street But, Fred Spiegelberg, head Medford mentor, has sought to impress upon his squad that tonight's tangle could be much tougher than the first. Both clubs rely on speed Jeff, David Douglas Tussle This Evening United Press International Two games in class A-1 and one in class B are scheduled for tonight in Oregon's semi final high school football playoffs. The rest of the games, in cluding the six-man title con test, will be played Saturday. On the agenda tonight are Medford at South Salem and Jefferson at David Douglas in class A-1. Knappa plays Yoncalla at Roseburg in a class B semi final. The Jefferson-David Doug las contest has aroused tre mendous interest because of the father-son rivalry. Tom DeSylvia, the Jefferson coach, is the father of Terry De Sylvia, the David Douglas quarterback. Jeff is favored. Medford Favored Medford, ranked number one in the state nearly all sea son, will be favored to defeat South Salem and move into next week's finals against Jef ferson. Last season Jeff down ed Medford for the title. Yoncalla is favored over Knappa. The Eagles last year advanced to the class B finals only to lose to Merrill. The winner of this one meets the winner of Saturday's St. SPORTSCASTS Radio station KYJC will carry the Medf ord-S o u i h Salem high football game tonight with pre-game high lights starting at 7:30 o'clock. II will broadcast the University of Oregon Oregon Stale college foot ball fray at 1:15 pjn. Satur day and the San Francisco Baltimore pro game begin ning at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Pro Loop Sets Draft Meeting Philadelphia -JPD The Na tional Football league will hold its 24th annual draft meeting here Nov. 30, one week after the new American Football league makes its first dip into college gridiron talent. - Acting NFL Commissioner Austin Gunsel said the draw will be pegged on the per centage standings of teams after games of Sunday, Nov. 29. The team with the low est percentage will make the first selection, while the club with the highest will pick last. For the first time in 17 years, each team will choose 20 players. The custom since 1942 had been for each club to make 30 selections, except in 1948 when 25 were al lowed. The AFL will hold its draft session in Minneapolis, Minn., next Monday. Drain Black Sox Top Young Nine Wichta, Kans. - (UPD - The Drain Black Sox, who fin ished in a seventh-place tie in this year's non-pro base ball Jtournament, have been named as the nation's top young semi-pro team. Drain won the title in 1958. PAIR that can't be BEAT! FEW AVAILABLE J AUUEN Saxons Tonight Semifinal Mix and how much weather will effect the attacks of either is a matter of speculation. A threat of light showers hangs over the encounter. While more than one-half inch has Mary's of Medf ord-McEwen game. Sisters plays St. Paul at SistersSaturday afternoon for six-man honors. In class A-2, Phoenix is at defending champion Vale's home field Saturday after noon and Seaside is at Co quille Saturday night. OSC Begins Cage Ticket Sale Drive Oregon State College, Cor vallis - Several thousand tick et applications for 1959-60 Oregon State home basketball games went into the mails this week as the Beavers prepare to launch their 32nd season under Coach Slats Gill one of America's winningest men tors. As a season opener, Oregon State will journey to Hawaii for games on December 2-3-5. The Beavers play 11 regular home games this winter, in addition to three games in the Far West Classic for a total of 14 appearances at home. The 11-game season ticket sells for $15. The Far West classic featur es eight teams instead of four this winter and will be spon sored jointly by Oregon and OSC at the Coliseum. Both afternoon and evening games will be on tap for Saturday, December 26, and Monday and Tuesday, December 28 29. Teams entered are OSC, New Mexico State, University of Portland, Idaho, Washing ton State, Hawaii, Oregon and Denver university. Consola tion games will be played on Monday and Tuesday after noons, with championship tilts in the evenings. Cover 12 Games Classic season tickets cover a total of 12 games, six of which are in the afternoon and six in the evening. Regular home games in clude Montana State univer sity on Dec. 11-12; Nebraska on Dec. 19; WSU, Jan. 2; Stan ford, Jan. 4; Oregon, Feb. 6; USC and Washington on Dad's week er.d, Feb. 19-20; Idaho, Feb. 26; California, Feb. 27; and Oregon on Mar. 4. Hoop fans not on the mail ing list may receive applica tions either by applying or calling the OSC athletic de partment, OSC Coliseum, in Corvallis (PLaza 3-7501). Gill expects to have a young and interesting team this win ter, headed by 6-10 junior cen ter Karl Anderson. His cur rent starting unit has consist ed of Steve Flynn, junior let terman, and sophomore Jay Carty, forwards; veterans Jim Woodland and Ron Critch field, guards; and Anderson, center. The Beavers had good size, with eight lads bettering 6-6 on the squad. RANGERS RECALL SHACK New York - (UPD - Eddie Shack, demoted to Spring field recently for disciplinary reasons, has been recalled by the New York Rangers. The great Sphinx in Egypt was built about 2900 B.C. The Nam VOLVO economy and comfort to anyone who owns this Swedish Wonder means -J If you need a second car or want to keep gas bills down without sacrificing comfort and room, SEE VOLVO. TEST DRIVE IT TODAY car. VOLV.O COP fallen at Salem in the past two days, only a trace had been reported there this morn ing. McCulloch field, how ever, is well built for Wil lamette valley weather. It drains well and Salem sources maintain that the gridiron should be wet but not muddy. Hope in Versatility Should rain hamper opera tions, the Tornado will place its hopes on the versatility of its offense and its players to see it through tonight. Medford has the fine run ning of Dan Sieg, Mike Hood, Skip Bennett, Ken Durkee and Len Griggs, the tossing, running and quarterbacking of Dick Ragsdale and Ray Konopasek and the aerial catching of ends Lowell Dean, Jerry Anderson and a variety of backs. For South Salem's Saxons this fall, . Kim Clark, Ken Sawyer, Ron Harp , and Dale Meyers have been, the major runners and Ed Swearingen and Steve Stewart the throw ers. Sawyer has 578 yards on 51 carries, Clark 573 on 83 and Harp, state 100-yard dash champ, 561 on 77. Meyers had toted 46 times for 390 yards Physically Intact Swearingen has completed 19 of 40 passes for 394 yards and Stewart 16 of 42 for 221 In receiving Sawyer has tak en seven for 131 yards and John King seven for 108 Three men have caught five passes with Del Sheldon gain ing 138 yards, Darrel Covert 105 and Kim Clark 40. Both squads presumably are physically intact. From Salem it was reported that Woody Bennett, tackle for Lee Gustafson's Saxons, defi nitely will play. He suffered a knee injury last Saturday when clipped in the quarter final game at Pendleton. A sizable delegation is mak ing the Capital city trip to cheer the Black Tornado, Medford high will have a 39- piece band, some 40 pep club members and 13 rally squad boys and girls. With others traveling on their own an estimated 150 students will attend the game. In addition 266 tickets have been sold here to adults. PROBABLE LINEUPS: (Medford Offense) Lowell Dean and Jerry Ander son, ends; Dennis Jensen and Gor don Pathman, tackles; John Frohn mayer and Keith Berg, guards: Pat McLaughlin, center; Dick Rags- aaie, quarterback;' Skip Bennett, left half; Mike Hood, right half, and Dan Sieg, fullback. (Medford Defense) Lowell Dean and Jensen, ends; John James and Lynn Knight, tackles; Reggie Breeze, middle fuard; Anderson. Bennett and erry Earl, linebackers; Ragsdale and Cal Dean, halfbacks, and Ken Durkee, safety. - (South Salem Offense ) John King and Darrel Covert, ends; Scott Nelson and Woody Ben nett or Ralph Shepard, tackles; Rick Nelson and Ron Case, guards; Gary Walls center: Ed Swearingen. quarter; Kim Clark, left half; Ken ny Sawer, right half, and Ron tiarp, tuUDacK. MEDFORD STATISTICS: Individual rushing TC Yds. D. Sieg 79 801 M. Hood 63 708 S. Bennett .... 96 435 K. Durkee 38 210 L. Griggs 29 183 B. Charley 20 116 D. Ragsdale 32 107 R. Konopasek 26 79 J. Barry 11 69 G. Clearwater 13 53 D. Cranston 4 35 P. Humphreys 7 27 K. Blew 8 21 J. Schmidt 8 12 C. Dean , . 5 -6 Ave. 10.15 11.2 4.53 5.52 6.3 5.8 3.35 3.04 6.3 4.1 8.75 3.7 3.5 2. 12 Individual passing PA PC Pet. Yds. Ragsdale . 59 30 .508 533 K.onopaseK 23 8 .348 126 Hood 20 10 10 3 .500 186 C. Dean 18 ,556 137 Durkee 6 Bennett 4 Barry 1 .500 .300 42 19 21 26 1 1.000 1 1.000 M. Monroe .... 1 Pass Receptions Caught Yds. L. Dean J. Anderson Hood 10 238 12 . 10 208 202 Ragsdale .... B. Deakins 10 2 2 4 3 117 67 44 40 29 -1 Barry fiumpnreys B. Ouinnev eeg ..1 A - ANY Medford jSSWSW CALLS SIGNALS Much of ford Black Tornado football attack against South Salem high will be handled by quarterback Dick Ragsdale, above. The 160-pound junior signal caller has completed 30 passes this fall for 533 yards and has 107 rushing yards for 32 times with the ball. Tonight's game will be played at Salem. rVlJEDroRi)0&TRIBUNl sipcdhbtts BALL NECESSARY You can't make a basket unless you have the ball and Cincinnati this out as he drove toward the basket with New York Knickerbocker Richie Guerin in close pursuit. The Royals as a team also found it out as they dropped a National Basket ball league contest by a 120 to 109 score. (UPI Telephoto) Shoot, Cycle Romp Will Be Sunday Events Two pre-Thanksgiving day events, each involving the tra ditional turkey, are scheduled on Sunday. One is the turkey shoot at Medford Gun club and the other is the annual Rogue Val ley Turkey run, a motorcycle cross-country event. Shoot preliminaries at the gun club are set for 9 p.m. and the run will start at 11 a.m from 3330 North Pacific high way. A turkey scramble is billed when the cycle riders reach their destination. Hams and bacon, as well as turkeys will be prizes and gunners can fire in their own classes. The shoot is open to all interested in participating. A large number of cycle riders, local and otherwise, are anticipated in the sixth annual turkey run, which has a length of 94.8 miles. McBrideNamed Charger Coach Los Angel es-dlPD-Th e one time Notre Dame "team" of Coach Frank Leahy and as sistant Bob McBride was back in business today for the Los Angeles Chargers with the former Irish headman as general manager and his pro tege as coach. Leahy announced Mc Bride's appointment late Thursday to end weeks of speculation. There were many who pre dicted McBride would be the new coach of the American Football league entry because of his close association with Leahy whom he assisted for five years at Notre Dame un til 1954 when both left the coaching ranks. New York (DPD The New York Racing association Thursday elected Edward T. Dickinson as president and chief operating officer of the NYEA. the generaling of tonight's Med is a state A-1 semifinal and Royal Arlen Bockhorn found Marathon Run Prior To Game Corvallis-flJPD-A "miniature marathon" run by 50 Oregon State college freshmen will precede Saturday's Oregon Oregon State football game in Eugene. The runners, car rying a "victory" torch, will go in relays from the OSC football stadium here and travel the 44.2 miles to the football stadium in Eugene. The first OSC runner will be off at 6 a.m. and each hopes to go a 5-minute mile. The relay is expected to end at 1 p.m. when all partici pants will circle the Eugene field. The torch will be given to the Oregon student body fol lowing the game. The OSC student body spokesman said it was hoped the relay would initiate a tradition between the schools. BRAVES SIGN ROOKIE Milwaukee, Wis.-(DPD-Pitch-er Alan Iorg of Altamont, Utah, has been signed by the Milwaukee Braves to a 1960 contract with Boise, Idaho of the Pioneer league. Iorg, 19, is a graduate of the Braves' tryout school held at Rush ville, Neb., last June.. NOTHING DOING Stamford, Conn. -(UPD- For mer Congressman Alfred N. Phillips reported that a letter he sent to the Russian embas sy in Washington urging the release of Americans held prisoner In Red China had been returned - unopened. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS . Drain Tilt Bricks, Flues 727 W. McAndraws Phone S 3-4575 et SP 2-4107 Boston Receives Franchise For . Pro Football Boston (DPD A group of New England sportsmen have cleared their first hurdle in bringing professional football back to Boston but they faced still another major problem today. William H. Sullivan Jr., sports promoter and Boston businessman, announced Thursday that a franchise had been obtained for the-city as the eighth club in the newly formed American Football league. Though Sullivan confident ly predicted that "we'll open our season next September," there still remained the prob lem of finding a place to play. There are a number of suit able stadiums in the area but most of the owners have in dicated no desire to provide space for pro gridders. A team would need space for at least 25,000 fans while at home to break even. Sullivan gave no indication of how he intended to solve the stadium problem but he appeared confident the team would have a place to play. Richie Guerin j Scoring Leader By United Press International Richie Guerin, a ball hawk with an eagle eye, is the "bird" the New York Knicks are employing to gain head way in the NBA's Eastern division race. Guerin, New York's lead ing scorer, paced the Knicks to their third straight victory Thursday night with a 25 point burst that overwhelmed the Cincinnati Royals, 130 109, in the only league ac tion. Cincinnati's Jack Twyman took over the National Bas ketball association's scoring leadership from Elgin Baylor of Minneapolis as he tallied 25 points for a total of 478. Baylor has 466. New York, after losing sev en of its first nine games, moved to within 2Vz games of third place in the Eastern sector with one of its better shooting performances this season. The Knicks converted 48 per cent of their shots as they handed the Royals their eigth straight setback. New York never trailed as it ran up a 62-4.7 lead at half-time and extended the bulge to 30 points in the third quarter. Tonight's games find Syra cuse at Boston, Philadelphia hosting St. Louis and Min neapolis entertaining Detroit. Reloading tools make fine Christmas gifts. CENTURY also has a large assortment of .22 rifles for boys, air rifles, pellet guns and pistols. Winchester and Remington shotguns and rifles of all calibers and ammunition are available. HA HA W7 We still have boots and motors at liberal discounts! Skin diving equipment makes an excellent Christmas gift for participants. Shop at CENTURY today for all kinds of gf it for that GOOD SPORT in your family shop before the rush and put your items on lay-a-way. A small down payment will hold any item. HA NOW Thrifty Stamps You can new get double savings when you shop at CENTURY. Thrifty Stamps (Northern Green) will be given with pur chases. Ask for them. . HA HA IiwH it iiuiiiih wtttt lii,,,rfl f2i! iimMiJpi mllmi 8th and Riverside EL Jt J I JL SF Forty Niner Squad Enlivened Chicago-(OPD-The San Fran cisco Forty Niner squad was somewhat enlivened today, following " one of its best workouts in weeks - and a temperature rise into the "mild" thirties. Coach Red Hickey called Thursday's drill one of the team's best in weeks. The Forty Niners were unable" to drill Tuesday because of near zero weather. Thursday's thermometer reached 38 de grees. The Forty Niners will fly to . Washington, D.C., Satur day and then take a bus to Baltimore for their Sunday encounter with the Colts. San Francisco (6-2) leads the Colts (5-3) in the quest for the Na tion Football league's West ern division title. Baltimore has been cast the seven-point favorite in Sun day's .tilt, and the game may turn into a high-scoring af fair. Coach Weeb Eubanks of Baltimore has been quoted as saying he'll concede any foe 17 points and still figure to win. . " The Colts, - with " All-Pro Quarterback Johnny - Unitas throwing touchdown.' passes with sensational regularity, have never been held to less than 21 points this season. Join the Medford boosters at the big game in Salem Class A Medford vs. So. Salem 8 p.m. Friday, November 20 McCulloch Stadium Support Your Team! Stop at the Marion Motor Hotel Hotel or Motel Guest Accommodations Coffee Shop Dining Room Cocktail Lounge :rMARION id MOTOR HOTEL 200 S. Commercial Solom, Oregon fhono EMpIro 3-4133 . , 11 lay - a looking for the gift for your good sport? Shop at CENTURY for every kind of sporting gift. Be sure and take advantage of the Lay-A-Way facilities now available. CENTURY has baseballs, footballs, volleyballs, tether balls, badminton sets, archery sets, tennis equip ment, shuffle board sets, baseball gloves,' basketballs, outboard motor carts, skin diving equipment, sleeping bags, games and much more. Cold weather is here so get those insulated boots, sleeping bags, underwear, wool shirts, hunting coats, hand warmers, and other cold weather equipment. You'll find everything for the hunter and fisherman at CENTURY SPORTING GOODS. STEELHEAD Don't forget the weekly Steelhead Contest. $10 in merchandise each week for the largest. Don Hawk will take an. ether party to the coast for those big ones. ASK AT CENTURY. miwifflim j tnn ni JL it Jt it MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Q Friday, Nov. 20. 1959 Jerry Pittman Heads Sertoma Mobile, Ala. (UPD Jerry Pittman, - former Southwest conference champion, today carried a two-stroke load into the second round of the $15, 000 Sertoma Open golf tourn ament. Pittman, who starred at Southern Methodist, gained the early lead with an unus ual combination of six birdies, three bogies and an eagle-three for a five-under-par 67 in the opening round Thursday. Billy Maxwell of Odessa, Tex., one of the most exper ienced pros following the winter circuit, was bunched with three others at 69 be hind the blond, lanky sixfoot er. Five more were at 70. Pre- tournament favorite Billy Casper of Apple Valley, Calif., , was back with eight others at 71. ' . There were 13 bunched at 72 after the first round, in cluding veteran Arnold Palm- FROSH, ROOKS CLOSE Corvallis (UPD - The Ore gon State Rooks and the Ore gon Frosh closed out their 1959 football seasons here this afternoon. The Frosh won an earlier game in Port land 38-34. Semi - Finals Relax and have fun in the Velvet Horse Lounge 15. UL - Way Use convenient Park ft Shop lots while shop ping. There's more of Everything Downtown. Wft uiHiim miimi "-,tLjiiiif Medford, Ore. JkV Jl. ftV JU
