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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Sunday, Nev. 22. 1959
Democrats
Paralyze
Scot Eleven
f United Pimi International
t Medford and Jefferson roar
ed into the Oregon Class A-l
high school football playoffs
Friday night with clear-cut
victories. The teams will fight
it out, like they did last year,
for the state championship.
I Defending Jefferson, which
fca made a habit of white
Washing its adversaries,
(shocked over David Douglass
JJ-O. Medford romped to a
42-6 win over South Salem.
5 The only other prep foot
fcall action Friday was Yon-
tealla's Class B quarterfinal
nod, 99-20, over Knappa at
feoseburg. The V 59 points
jb'rought Yoncalla's scoring
fatal in 11 games to 324
points.
i- Quarterback Ron Revelle
added four -touchdown passes
to his total and now has 35
for theyseason. Orlan Wiley
went over for four of the
' Yoncalla touchdowns and
Doug Hollaman scored three
times.
I On the David Douglas field
In Portland,, Jefferson paral
yzed the Scots. After the pom
ocrats first scored the first
-time they had the ball Doug
las was unable to move on
the enusuing kickoff and punt
ed. .'' '
Mel Renfro, who scored 120
points in league play, took
the ball on his own 20 and
.ran back for a touchdown,
jv Nine second into the second
'quartet Jeff blocked a Doug
las punt, and scored again to
pin the score to 20-0 at half
time. In the thir period Ren
from scored again and was
followed by team-mate Ron
Herbert's 26-yard ramble to
cape the night's work. v
i- '
Basketball Refs
:Meet Tuesday
t X meeting "of Rogue ral
; ley basketball referees will
' be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tues
J day. Not.-24, at Medford.
. High school. Commissioner'
t. Golden Noble said thai a
1 matter of much importance
is on the agenda and he
1 atressed the need for all -t
who intend to referee in
this area in the forthcoming
season to attend.
MEDFORNaTlINn
sipaDmnrs
School Board Asks
Saturday Play of
Grid Title Scuffle
With the support and ap
peal of Black Tornado foot
ball fans, the Medford school
board and administrative staff
has made a request to the
Oregon School Activities as
sociation that the Medford
Jefferson High school state
championship football game
at Multnomah stadium in
Portland be set for Saturday
rather than for Friday.
It is pointed out that Satur
day scheduling would enable
a larger number of Medford
residents to attend. Jobs and
the. great distance to Portland
makes it highly inconvenient
for many and impossible for
others from his area to travel
to a Friday night champion
ship encounter.
.L'ester Harris, Medford
High school principal, yester
day telephoned the appeal to
A. O fl e n Hawes, Portland,
secretary-treasurer of the Ore
gon School Activities associa
tion. Hawes said thathe would
poll members of the OSAA
board of control beginning at
10 a.m. Monday. A decision is
anticipated later Monday
'morning. . .
The secretary was inclined
to agree t with the Medford
point of view, Harris stated.
He reported Hawes' thinking
that the board would be quite
receptive to the Medford view
and plea.
Petition Signed
The school officials' request
pointed to the inconvenience
of Friday night to Medford
supporters and to the fact that
Medford followers have al
ready had' to travel far on
two Friday nights already this
month to see playoffs. "
Petitions for Saturday night
play have been signed by
more than 200 ' ardent follow
ers of Southern Oregon foot
ball teams" who object to Fri
day night championship elimi
nation action. The petition
says, "Weleel tnat tne large
following of these teams mer
its the holding of elimination
and championship games on
Saturday in order that more
people from Southern Oregon
may attend.
No plea has been made for
Friday play.
" No actual directive has
been seen absolutely setting
the A-l title mix for Friday
However, the Friday night
date- has been "understood
Games of the past few years
have been ; that night. The
OSAA calendar in its Septem-
,ber and October bulletins lists
either Friday or Saturday for
the clash.
Harris also said that 1,000
adult tickets are to be sent
for sale here. A total of 750
student tickets have been, re
quested. Just when tickets can
go on sale here is not known.
Definite information may be
available Monday. It is possi
ble that ticket sales may be
gin on Tuesday.
Football Scores
SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES
.Delaware 22. Bucknell 6
Citadel 20. West Virginia 14
Syracuse 46. Boston U. 0
Hofstra 40. Kings Point 18
Lafayette 28. Lehigh 6
Gettysburg 35, Temple 0
Florida 18. Florida State 8
South Carolina 12. North Caro
lina State 7
Maryland 53. Virginia 12
Clemson 33. Wake Forest 21
Auburn 28, Mississippi Southern 7
Alabama 14, Memphis State 7
Detroit 40, Villanova 8
Marquette 30, Hoi Cross 12
Arkansas 27, Texas Tech 8
Miami (Fla.) 18, Michigan St. 13
Coll. of Pacific 20. San Jose 7
Furman 33. Davidson 7
Tornado Shellacks
South Salem 42-6;
To Meet Jefferson
BASEBALL OPENER SET
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Red Sox meet the Washing
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league's traditional opener
here , next April 18. It will
mark the 15th time these two
clubs , have met in opening
season ceremonies. The other
six teams in" the circuit play
their inaugural games the fol
lowing day. s
McCulloch Stadium, Salem
- This Capital city football
field on Friday night was a
rain and wind-swept scene.
But, the rampaging Medford
High school Black Tornado
from distant southern Oregon
swooshed in to 'kick up a much
more vicious gale.
Coach Fred Spiegelberg's
howling, hammering Hurri
cane, with offense in- high
gear, decisively thumped
South Salem's Saxons for the
second time this fall. It thun
dered into the final playoff
mix for Oregon's Class A-l
gridiron mantle for the sec
ond successive .year.
Medford parlayed the long
gain, the long march, a cou
pie of key passes, the breaks
and a 'delaying defensive game
on sodden ''turf into convinc
ing triumph. Score in the
state -championship semifinal
scuffle was 42 to 6. And, an
89-yard kickoff runback by
Mike Hood for the Tornado
was the thriller of the night.
Retribution Chance -
Victory gives the roaring
Big Wind a chance for retri
bution and to prove the No. 1
ranking pollsters have accord
ed for 1959. It takes on. de
fending champion Jefferson
next Friday or Saturday at
Multnomah stadium in Port
land in the big school state
title brush. Jeff's Demo's last
year humbled Medford 21 to 7
in the A-l finale game. That's
been the only loss over 23
tussles spanning tWo seasons
for Black Tornado gridders.
Jefferson lashed David
Douglas 33; to 0 last Friday
in the other semifinal scrap.
Hood scored two other times
here against the Saxons, on
five and 31-yard runs while
Skip Bennett crossed the goal
on one and eight-yard shots.
Len Griggs touchdowned on
a two-yard smash. Medford
made all its conversion tries.
Bennett ran for three, Dick
Ragsdale tossed to Dan Sieg
and to Hood and Knight toed
one placement kick.
South Salem smashed much
yardage and three times pene
trated deep but could muster
just one scoring punch. The
Saxons gained their touch
down on a blazing explosive
dash. Kenny Sawyer burst
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through the middle of the
line and scampered 60 yards
to tally. Medford's Jerry An
derson blocked the conversion
kick by Salem's Lyle Tweet.
Tide Turns '
That Saxon marker follow
ed two Medford touchdowns
and temporarily put -the Sa-
lems back into the game. But,
Capital city hopes tumbled as
the Big Wind scored again
before halftime. After Hood's
second half kickoff runback
the tide definitely had turned
Medford led 14 to 6 at the
quarter and 21 tp 6 at the half.
imra perioa status . was
to 6.
The Black Tornado began
point making after the open
ing kickoff by driving 77
yards. A 34-yard coffin cor
ner kick by Lynn Knight and
a fumble recovery by Jerry
Winetrout set up the second
counter. Next came Sawyer's
TD run for Salem. Then Med
ford moved 62 yards for an
other score. After Hood's 89-
yarder with the help of a
well set screen, Medford
promenaded 88 yards for
touchdown No. 5.
A South Salem punt which
actually lost a yard paved the
way for a close out score.
On the ninth play after
Medford took - the opening
kickoff the first touchdown
went up on the scoreboard.
Hood swept the weak side, on
a pitch and rounded five'yards
to the goal. Ragsdale's pass to
Sieg on a fake kick got the
extra point. Jerry Anderson's
tumbling' snare of a Ragsdale
heave covered 22 yards and
gave impetus to the drive.
Sieg chugged on tries of 16
and 24 yards as the Tornado
journeyed deep into Saxon
Runback
South Salem's first scrim
mage turn made little head
way and Steve Stewart punt
ed to Medford's IKen Durkee
on the Tornado 20-yard line.
Durkee reversed to Ragsdale
who ran the ball back 41
yards to the Salem 39 and
with the aid, of a forward
fumble which Bennett saved.
Three plays made just three
yards. Knight's only punteof
the night went for 34 yards
and out of bounds on the Sax
on two. "
Ed Swearingen ran five for
South but Kim Clark fumbled
on the eight and Winetrout
nabbed the ball. Bennett slash
ed right tackle the full eight
to the end zone and also ran
the conversion try.' ,..
A 26-yard kickoff runback
by Durkee put the Tornado on
its 38 tp begin another touch
down spree? Six plays later,
Hood got a gap through the
Salem forwards and another
fine block py Lowell Dean.
He got out of the arms of a
would be tackier and rambled
31 yards to the TD zone. Ben
nett got over the goal on the
conversion run but a penalty
put it back to the seven for
another try. Ragsdale passed
successfully to Hood to assure
the added point. ,
Strategy Backfires ;
A bit of Salem strategy
backfired on the second half's
starting play. The Saxons had
won the pre-game toss and
elected to kick to Medford,
utilizing the heavy breeze.
Medford had its choice for the
second half and determined to
receive.
Hood took the ball on the
eleven, looped to the Irft side
of the turf, A terrific block by
Anderson took out a Salemite
who was knocked into another
Saxon player. This enabled
Hood to turn the corner and
get advantage of the screen
set up by Gordon Pathman,
Keith Berg, Pat McLaughlin,
John Frohnmayer and John
James. With this help the
Medford halfback outran the
opposition although he labor
ed at the end. Bennett ran this
extra.
Medford " accumulated .six
first downs on the long push
to its second touchdown in the
third stanza. Two eleven-yard
runs by Bennett and 25 and
17-yard gains by Hood livened
the 10-play surge. A diving
,desperate catch by Hood of a
Ragsdale throw made a 10
yard gain to the three. Sieg
dove to the one and Bennett
slanted right across the -final
line then made another con-i
verting run.
Bad Kick in Wind
A punt by Salem's Ralph
Fletcher, a poor kick caught!
by the wind, on fourth down
lost a yard and Medford took
over on the Saxon -22. Bill
Charley hit for two yards and
Griggs on -a pitchout skirted!
end 18 yards to the two. j
Griggs hit right guard to score
and Knight . thumped his
extra.
South Salem penetrations
got to the Medford 15-yard
line, to the six and to the 22.
The first to the 15 in the late
second quarter moved from
the Saxon 28 in 14 plays. A
pass try went incomplete
whep end John King's back
was turned. Swearingen lost a
yard When he couldn't get off
a throw and a heave to Dale
Meyers got just a yard. The
Tornado took over on downs
and the half time ran out.
In the third quarter the Sax
ons marched from their 34 to
the Tornado six in 13 ground
maneuvers. Swearingen
chucked to King, who could
have scored, but there was
trouble with the timing and
the wind. Next Swearingen,
trying to pass, was smothered
for a nine-yard loss and Tor
nado Reggie Breeze recovered
his fumble.
Griggs Gains
Thirty yards of penalties on
South Salem offset 10-yards
assessed on Medford and Len
Griggs had 16 and 14-yard
sweepg. The Tornado moved
to the SS 25. Charley ripped
ahead for nine yards but fum
bled. Woody Bennett fell on
the ball for Salem to spoil the
drive.
George Clearwater lcicked
the ball into the end zone
after the final Medford score.
South Salem sallied from its
20 to the Medford 22. Bob
Quinney broke up a pass in
tended for King ' and one to
Meyers was incomplete. A
final pass was intercepted
with seven seconds left.
There was some grandstand
second guessing in the second
quarter when Medford got the
ball on the SS 36 after a short
Stewart punt. Three plays
gained eight yards and with
fourth down and two to go
a surprise element was in
jected with a pass rather than
a running play. The aerial
was incomplete and the Tor
nado lost the ball.
Delaying Game .
Whiles. Tornado offense
worked wonders, defense was
the fluid kind which firmed
up in the clutch. The attack
was a source of elation for
Spiegelberg and his staff of
mentors. But, he said, "we
were a little disappointed with
the defense. The defense left a
SUM. M9JO Siq 'D9JJOdaJ SldCJd
elberg reported, hisc rew was
following orders tp "give some
ground, fight a delaying game,
thereby to run out the time.
The head coach 'also ex
pressed the sentiments of all
of Medford when he declared,
"I'm real proud of the kids."
Most prognostic at ors
thought the game would be
much tougher than early in
October when the Black Tor
nado dumped the Saxons 39
to 6. But, where in the early
fracas Medford passing made
it a decisive battle, this time
the Tornado stuck mainly and
effectively to the turf. Com
pleting two of 'four regular
scrimmage passes and adding
the two for extra points.
In Its' Element
Driving, soaking rain fell
and wind blew with gusts up
to 38 miles. per hour before
the game. But the Black Tor
nado functioned well despite
the wind and slippery wet.
It was just in its figurative
element.
Hood paced the evening
rushing with his 101 yards in
nine times with the ball. Ben
nett ran 61 for 11, Griggs 57
for six and Sieg 55 for nine.
For Salem Sawyer had 81 for
8 and Meyers 63 for 10.
Medford had 291 yards
rushing to South's 232.
The Tornado snapped a six
game Saxon winning string.
South Salem finished football
with ,an eightwin, three-loss
record with two defeats at the
hands of Medford. The six
straight victories were be
tween the Medford games.
Apparently the Tornado
came through without injur
ies and should be well set for
the Jefferson game. South
Salem tackle Woody Bennett
received a shoulder disloca
tion. STATISTIC sl
Med. SS
First downs rushing 13 13
First downs passing 2 1
First downs penalties 2 0
Total first downs 17 14 .
Net yards rushing; 291 232
Net yards passing 32 21
Net scrimmage yardage 323 253
Passes tried
and completed 4-2 11-3
Passes intercepted by . 1 O
Fumbles lost 1 2
Penalties 5-25 4-40
Punts and averages 1-34 4-23.5
INDIVIDUAL RUSHING:
Medford TC Ids. Ave.
Konopasek 1 -5 -5
Ragsdale 3 4 2
S. Bennett 11 61 S.5
Durkee 2 8 4
Gnees 6 57 8.S
Hood ; S 101 11.2
Siec a 55 . e.1
Charley 2 11 5.5
South Salem TC Ydi. Ave.
Sawyer 8 81 10.12
Sheldon 4 18 4.5
Swearinger 4 -3 -.75
Royce ; 4' -1 -.25
Fletcher 12 33 2.75
Meyers , 10 63 6.3
Clark 6 23 3.83
Harp 3 18 6
Gold Rey Fish Count
WEEK ENDING NOV. 21:
Silver salmon 2.
Winter run sieelhead -None.-
FULL SEASON:
' Silver salmon 102 (in
cludes 3.84 per cent jack
salmon) since Oct. 17.
Clemson
Gets Title,
33-31 Win
Clemson, S.C. (DPD - Half
back George Usry's 73-yard
run with an intercepted pass
set up a touchdownthat car
ried Clemson to a 33-31 vic
tory over Wake Forest and
the Atlantic Coast conference
championship Saturday.
The winning core came with
just four minutes left to play
-and Wake Forest was lead
ing 31-27.
Usry himself scored the
touchdown, plunging over
yardsfrom two yards out. Un
til that point, Wake Forest
had held a slender lead
through most of the wide
open, free-scoring contest be
fore 34,000 fans.
Gun For Tie
The Demon Deacons, gun
ning for at least a tie for the
ACC title, scored first and in
spectacular fashion as half
back Bobby Robinson inter
cepted a Clemson pass on his
31 and raced 69 yards.
In the third period, Wake
fullback Neil Maclean set a
new conference record by
taking a pass from( quarter
back Norman Snead and run
ning 7 yards to the Clemson
11. It was a record for a non
scoring pass reception.
It was the second straight
ACC gridiron title for Clem
son, 0-7 losers to LSU in last
year's Sugar bowl. The Tigers
sufered their only conference
loss last week in an upset by
Maryland. '
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