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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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Individual passing
PA
PC Pet. Yds.
Ragsdale . 59
30 .508 533
K.onopaseK 23
8 .348
126
Hood 20
10
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3
.500 186
C. Dean 18
,556 137
Durkee 6
Bennett 4
Barry 1
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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rifles for boys, air rifles, pellet guns and pistols.
Winchester and Remington shotguns and rifles
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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!
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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
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