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2 D. KEDFORO MAIL THIBUNb. MEDFORP, ORE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28l South Salem Friday OppoMf Of Medford High's Tornadoes Medford's Black Tornado, No. 1 rated prep football power in the state despite having met only one Oregon eleven so far in 1960, has op portunity here Friday night to demonstrate its right to its top ranking. The Tornado begins a stretch of four straight games on its home turf as host at 8 p.m. to the South Salem High school Saxons. Medford's long list of play ers returning from 1959,'s slate title squad, its triumph over perennially strong Marshfield and two lopsided ! .- jff I -J m a LH.HasaiM TORNADO HALFBACK Phil Humphreys, above, 185-pound senior, will be at the left halfback slot for the Medford High school football Black Tornado when it plays South Salem here Friday night. Humphryes has lots of speed In addition to being the heaviest man in the Medford backfield. He has scored four touchdowns this fall. Fanfare Belatedly, here's some sta tistics on the Medford-Red Bluff. Calif., high school football Bame last week: A significant figure Is Medford 247 yards on five nass interception runbacks, Three long interception runs went for touchdowns. The Tornado completed six of 13 passes (one was inter cepted) for 118 yards and two touchdowns. Red Bluff ha( 17 aerial completions in 34 heaves for 178 yards but no scores. In rushing Medford netted 132 to 57 for the Spartans and Medford's total from scrimmage margin was 250 to 235. Red Bluff had the first down edge 11 to seven with five each from rushing and passing and one from a pen alty. The Tornado got one first down passing and six from rushing. Leading Tornado rushers were Phil Humphreys with 86 yards in nine carries and Mike Hood with 15 lor lour. Dick Ragsdnle completed two passes in five attempts for 65 yards. Absolutely NO HUNTING Or Trespassing on the properties owned or controlled by th following Und owners In the uiithtrn oortlon of the Grteniprlngi unit. All ire opposed to the Grteniprlngi unit doe sea lon. Edward Batr Adrltn Barali Auttlo Barron Barron Parker Ranch John H. Baiter Co. William J. Beagle Janrn R. Ball John Bowman Corp Ranch -A. N. Davli' Ban Dawion John Dragar Ivan Farmer Garrli Flynn Robert Ford td Gtlgar W. C. Glbion Ktnry Lumbar Co. Elmer Hopkins Vernon Hopkins Richard Howell Clyde Laird H. Lanlnl William Leonard A. J. Loranien James C. Miller Robert I. Miller Clifford Ross Orrllle R. Scholar Clyde Syll, linn Ranch rank Strode ' Triangle I Herman Wenler The Wyanr Ranch victories over California schools have impressed coaches and the press stale. wide. Consequently, the Big Wind has been accorded unanimous No. 1 position in three noils. This session Friday against the Capital city club will per mit the Whirlwind of Pear city to judge'its comparative caliber with Willamette val ley clubs. Hungry For Victory So far this season the Sax ons have not posted victory. They'll be hungry in that re spect. Their record shows one By DICK JEWETT Mall Tribune Sporti Editor GRIDDERS PRAISED Proprietor of in motel at which in Medford high fooiball squad stayed at Red Bluff, Calif., last week end has complimented lhe behavior of ihe players. Said Barney Barneit In his Sporting Life column in the Red Bluff Daily News: "... Earl Stearns out. at lhe Crystal motel was quite happy over the way the visitors conducted themselves while slaying at hit hostelry. "'They are real nice boys,' Stearns told us, 'and they are welcome to come here any time. I couldn't have had better guests.' " ATHLETES LISTED Portland papers list Med ford baseball catcher Ken Jensen and Crater high wres tlers At Lamp, Charles War-' ren and Rick Burns among the athletes who have en rolled as freshmen at Uni versily of Oregon. The names were not among those listed in a United Press Internation al slory this week. Skip Bennett, whose name we expected to see on the list, has informed us he's changed his mind about en tering Oregon this fall. He was to have his tonsils re moved today and job hunting will follow for the three-year letterman Medford high foot ball back who was the top scorer last year for the state champion Black Tornado. Bennett, a team workhorse, scored 15 touchdowns and 10 extra points for a total of 100 j points. HOPES EXPRESSED Comment In the Mail Tribune newsroom this morning on the New York Yankees' 12th straight baseball wint "II the Yanks keep on winning like this, they'll play themselves out before lhe Series." Retorlt "I hope so." PURCHASE SUGGESTED Someone has suggested that the local stadium com mittee negotiate the pur chase of Multnomah stadium at Portland and move It here. Multnomah Athletic club has the facility up for sale. DON'T SEE HOW We've just heard the re port ol the county court and lair board taking under advisement a re quested lease for the area In front of the ball park .t lhe south edge of Medford for commercial use. We haven't had time to look Into the mattnr yet but we don't tee right off how such a lease could help from Interfere with opera tion of the ball park or possible future construe lion and operation of a sta dium at the sit. tie and two defeats but the losses weren't by much. A coaches' poll before the sea son started rated South the team to beat in District 8. It's figured now that the Sax ons just haven't jelled but could at any time. South Salem dropped a 13 to 27 verdict to North Salem in Its opening game. This contest was said closer than the score Indicated with a couple of big breaks contri buting to the margin. The fracas reportedly was non conference so the Saxons have another chance at the Viking club. South lost to Albany 19 to 26 last Friday after a 20-all tie with Kelso, Wash., the week before, Tornado triumphs have been 38 to 7 over Areata, Calif., 34 to 0 over Marsh field, and 48 to 0 over Red Bluff, Calif. Friday night will mark the third meeting between Med Jseral and South Salem. The limits ceJlieVsa twice in 1959 with the Tornado winning W to 8 la a nan-counter and 42 to 6 in state semifinals. Steutts has- nine lettermen back frem last year's team eons-punped ts Medford's 30. fare Tuneop For Medford, Friday's taassie will be its last before bo&inHWg Southern Oregon cenierence play. It goes a-goinst Crater here on Oct. 7. Coach Fred Spiegclberg reported guard Bill Hobbs Mae only Medford casualty last week against Red Bluff. He suffered an ankle sprain. John Pierce therefore, will have starting call at an offen sive guard. The mentor said that on defense Monte Jones at guard and Tim White at an outside linebacker post are to again have starting jobs. The head tutor expressed some fear that the 'Tornadoes this week might be resting on their laurels. "We're hav ing a tough time building them up for the game," he", remarked. Offensive Unit Medford's opening attack unit this week likely will be Bob Quinney and Larry Ham mack, ends; John James and Terry O'Sullivan, tackles; Pierce and Terry Earl, guards; Chuck Holt, center; Dick Ragsdale, quarterback; Phil Humphreys, left half back; Mike Hood, right, half back, and Dan Sicg, fullback. On defense it coulcrt be Jerry Winetrout and Larry Brown ends; Jones and O Sul livan, guards; Al Funston, middle guard; Bill Charley, Earl Sam K n u d s e n and White, linebackers, and Jim Barry and Mike McCullough, deep backs. Only an offensive lineup Is available from South Salem and it could be altered by ru mored shakcup. Starters in previous action have been Jack Fox and Bill Hohwies- ncr, ends- Skip Kcllicut and Barry Fuller, guards; Larry Brown and Dick Pictcrs, tackles; Cliff Caublc, center; Steve Stewart, quarter; Dale Meyer, left half; Don Royse, right half, and Ralph Flctch cr, full. Forty Ni tiers Deny Charges San Francisco - (UPD - The San Francisco Forty Niner front office has denied allega tions that It jeopardized the amateur slatus of sprinter Ray Norton at the Olympic Games, Business manager Lou Spa- dla Wednesday answered charges that Norton had sign ed with the National Football league club before going to Rome. "We're clean. We knew Norton wanted to compete in the Olympics, so we didn't even approach him. We cer tainly didn't tamper with him at all," Spadia said. Hie blasts nt the Forty Nlners stem from a brochure published this summer point ing out that Norton would per form for the club. Publicist Dan McGulre said many men drafted by the club were llstc-i In this early bro chure. He cited several In stances of using draft choices In the brochure which did not pan out. Hank, Casey Vie In Rubber Bout San Francisco -flirt- Ham morln' Henry Hank and Hank Casey tangle in their "rubber match" tonight at the Cow Palace - with the winner planning an Immediate) cam paign for a shot at the world middleweight crown. Henry Hank is 8-5 fav orite - despite the fact the two battlers split a pair of 10 rounders in New Orleans. The belief la that he'll have a stronger punch and will be aiming for kayo. General Deer Season Opens Saturday; Portland (UPD - The 1960 deer hunting season gets un der way in Oregon Saturday with large numbers reported in southwest Oregon. But dry weather may ham per hunting in many sections. The state game commis sion's report: Southwest! Deer are abun dant throughout Douglas county; best success should be in areas where there are enough hunters to keep deer moving; dry conditions will limit success in Coos and Curry counties unless it rains; Junior High Frays Set Ninth grade football teams of both Medford Junior highs see action Friday afternoon. McLoughlin will have its home opener at 3:30 p.m. against Ashland. Hcdrick will play at South Grants Pass. North CP's eighth grade will be guest at Hedrick on Friday afternoon. On Satur day McLoughlin eighth plays at Ashland. - Concerning the McLough-lln-Ashland ninth grade game, Bulldog Coach Ralph Perkins declared that "spirit has not been high at Mac this week and they (the Bulldogs) may find themselves on the short and they (the Bulldogs may end of the score If they con tinue to take Ashland as light ly as they have ..." He added that this same atiitude earned them only a tie with Klamath Falls. Some Improving Perkins reported that a few boys are showing improve ment and have earned start ing spots for the game. He listed Bruce Hess at left end Richard Bottger at right guard and Steve Toews at fullback. Back Mike Barnes suffered an ankle sprain at Klamath Falls and may be in for only limited service. Pete Hinman may open in the spot. Other starters may be Ter ry Maxson and Barry Peter son, tackles; Don Collrane, guard; Bill Piche, center, and Cliff Roberts, and Ron Ed monds, half backs. U.S. Heads Golf Tilt Ardmore, Pa. -0IPD- A rec ord-breaking 66 by Jack Nick laus, 1959 National Amateur champion, and 71 cards by three teammates sent' the United States into the second round of the World Amateur golf championship with a nine- stroke lead over the field. Nicklaus, 20-year-old junior from Ohio State university, conquered the lough East course at Morion Golf club with devastating effect. Not only did he bust its par 70 by lour strokes, but he toppled the old amateur mark of 67 set on the 6,694-yard layout in 1924 by D. Clarke Corkran during a U.S. Amateur cham pionship. Nicklaus had six birdies and sank putts of 30 feet, 25 feet and 22 feet as he helped the U.S. team gain a 208 total and a flying start in the 72-hole biennial tournament featuring some 120 players from 32 na lions. New Zealand and Mexico were tied for second with 217 as the "Olympics of Golf moved into the halfway mark. ATTENTION HWlTEftS NO HUNTING! BETWEEN RUCH and APPLEGATE Highway 238-Applegale River Area ON FOLLOWING PROPERTY Gtann Smith F. V. Vassal! Rueaell Mta M. Johnston Tom Swoape W. L, Shannon H. P. Boswerth ' A Hart M. LaPlnlee Lawrence Tweedy John O'Brlta Runall Planalp Abundant in SW hunting areas are expected to be the high country west of the Mctolius river and south ward in tiie high Cascades to the Willamette highway, Jackson and Josephine coun ties should be good. Central: Conditions about average with ranges extreme ly dry; possible showers in Rogue River Primes for Eagle Point Rogue River - Rogue Riv er High's fpotball Chieftains, preparing for their second Rogue league game of the fall, have been spending much of their time this week in effort to build up their pass defense. Eagle Point will guest of the Chieftains for an 8 p.m. Friday encounter. It will be the conference opener for the Eagles. , Rogue River is the only one of the two which has posted a victory but the Ea gles have faced the tougher competition. Only compari sons are in games with Cra ter. The Comet jayvecs trim med Rogue River 20 to 0 and Crater varsity won by the same score over Eagle Point. The Chiefs have defeated Canyonville 16 to 12 and lost to Glendale 26 to 0. Eagle point bowed 12 to 0 to the Medford high reserves and 7 to 0 to Yreka, Calif. His club having taken on the teams of bigger schools, Eagle mentor Vern Steward is look ing forward to testing the mettle of his gridders against an A-2 adversary for a change. LeRoy Shifted RR Coach Bob Sandgrcn has good reason for wanting better pass defense. Glendale last week scored three of its touchdowns on pass plays and the fourth was set up by an aerial. The Chief tutor said that Jeff LeRojvwill be shifted from end to add strength to the backfield. Rogue River will be without services of Jack Salter again because of knee injury which occurred before the Glendale game. Larry Wright, -regular full back,' will have limited duty because of a pulled muscle. Sandgren cited guard tan Bowen, center Terry Gail and tackle Theron StieM lor their play against Glendale. Murtaugh Sees Reports on NY Pittsburgh - (UPD - Today s National league schedule shows an off-day for the cham pion Pittsburgh Pirates but it will be a day of feverish ac tivity nonetheless at Forbes Field. For today's the day that scouts George Detrore and Howie Haak, who have been dogging the American league's flag-winning Yankees for the past two weeks, bring their re ports to Buc manager Danny Murtaugh. Pirate coach Bill Burwell also is expected to chip in with' information aimed at forestalling a repeat of the 1927 World Series debacle which New York swept in four straight games over the Pirates. Burwell took ad vantage of a Pittsburgh open date Monday to drop down to Washington and view the Yankees. ST Ray Offenbachar Friti Offenbachor Lean Offenbachar Lore Offenbachar John Myers Harry M. Kimball Henry Head Geerf e Brown ' Melvin Rowdan Harriott Bras. John Hernar high country may improve mountain conditions; better the Paulina mountains and the high country and nortn slopes in the Ochocos; deer have been favoring the high country in many areas. Northwest: More open areas of Washington county should be best in the Tillamook Burn: best hunt Ins in Mt. Hood National Forest should be in timbered areas near clear cutting on Clackamas drain age; unless rain falls the woods will be too dry for good hunting; Benton county should he good in the Upper Alsea Valley and Camp Adair areas; Upper Stletz, Euchre and Stodt mountaina should be good in Lincoln county; Snow Peak, Thomas and McDowell Creek areas ahould ba good in Linn county: Lane county pros pects look good. Northeast: Grant county condl Uona will be poor because of dry weather; deer are at higher ele vations; the outlook for the Hepp ner, Columbia Basin and Wheeler units is good to excellent: success should be fair to good in the Uma tilla county district; Meacham Creek drainage should be good; Union and Baker counties will be good but dry conditions will pre vent hunting from being at Its best; deer are plentiful in the Imnaha area. Southeast: All roads passable hut dusty; water conditions are better than In 1059; flies are a real problem and will remain so until cooler weather arrives; deer gen erally at higher elevations in Lake county; best producers in Harney county should be higher elevations and timbered areas, except deer are scattered In the Malheur river unit at all elevations; Steens Mountain proapecta are good with deer at higher elevatldns; in Mal heur county deer are acattered throughout the Beulah unit from the bordera of irrigated fields to the highest elevaUons; the Owyhee unit should be fair; prospects are fair to good in upper reachea of Owyhee river, the areaa Just south of Jordan Valley and In the Whlte-horse-Trout Creek areas. Fairview Inmates Sought After Escape Salem-HIPD - Two young In-1 uiaies ol rairview nome es caped from a recreation area Wednesday night by climbing over a high fence. Attendants said neither of the two was considered dangerous. W. J. KESSLER DUCK CLUB Membership dues $25 Medford members pleat take up your options. Medical Dental Building Klamath Falls, Oregon In the same way that sterling on silver signifies a standard of known value, so is the A. B.C. em blem a symbol of integrity for the circulation of newspapers and periodicals. It means that circu lation so identified is measured according to the rules and standards of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The A.B.C. is a cooperative and non-profit association of 3,450 publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies. Organized in 1914, these buyers and sellers of advertising brought order out of advertising chaos by setting up standards for paid circulation and establishing rules and methods for measuring, auditing and report big circulations. Therefore, the work of the A.B.C, ef which this newspaper is proud to Mt-C !jrIT. - iiisiilf in Milk Said To Be Within S$k Washington, (Science Serv ice) Levels of radioactivity in milk, reported on this month by the U. S. Health Service were within the level recommended as a guide line by the Federal Radiation Council and approved by Ex ecutive Order May 13, 1960. The milk samples reported on were collected in March and April and were analyzed at Public Health Service lab- Too Many Minutes On the Church Clock Butte, Mont. - The Rev. Milton Cheeves is both a punc tual and a patient man. A year after a new clock was installed in the church steeple he finally asked the clock-makers to replace the chick face which ticked off a 72-mimite hour. Women Said Bulk of Travelers Abroad New York - More than half the American travelers you meet abroad are women, ac cording to the International Air Transport association. Therefore, the association advised airline executives, sell the ladies of America on air travel. It's the wives and mothers who decide where, when and how to take vaca tions. SftEMO TO CD ZEREXI mum 'tyv -vs. 9ULart MEDFORD .rACJS a iasic miasuri Of abvirtisino valui oratories for measurmenls of strontlum-90 (a known cause of leukemia and bone cancer), cesium-137, and for calcium content. It takes about four months from the time samples are collected to complete a report on the analysis. Since March, 49 new milk monitoring points hav? been added to the ten previously in operation, bringing to 39 the total number of stations throughout the nation. Nine teen new stations are report ing for the first time in the PHS September issue of its monthly , technical publication "Radiological Health Data," together with the ten original stations. Water Supply Study Radiation levels in air data for April from 45 sampling stations and water data for March from 60 sampling sta toins also were below the ra dioactivity concentra tion guides, the PHS said. The PHS publication also includes a report on the con tinuing study of 'water sup plies Jn the off-site areas of the Atomic Energy Commis sion's Nevada Test Site, begun in 1055. Levels were found not to exceed natural back ground radioactivity and thus are not considered to be of public health significance. The new milk stations are located from Hawaii to Alas ka. The highest levels of strontium-90 were measured ADVERTISERS! of Qirculaiion be a member, provides you with a direct and! valuable service. You can buy advertising as you would make any other sound business investment on the basis of well known standards, known values. At regular intervals one of the Bureau's large staff of experienced circulation auditors makes a thorough audit of our circulation records. The) results of this exacting audit show: How much circulation we have; where our circulation goes; how it was obtained; and many other facts that you need in order to know just what you get for your advertising dollars This audited information is pub lished by the Bureau in easy-to-read A.B.C. reports which are available to our advertisers on request. Ask for a copy of our latest A.B.C. report MAIL TRIBUNE in milk from the New Eng. land area, but these were less than half the recommended concentration. The higher lev els in this area are in keeping with the general pattern of fallout which tends to be high er in concentration in the northern partof the United States and Canada than else-where. HUNTERS NOTICE!! Chevron Station, S&H Green Stamps, Beatty, Oregon 40 miles East of Klamath Falls, Open Till Midnight Fri. & Sat. . Fireplace Materials and Natural Stone e So, Oregon's Complete Masonry Supply INTERSTATE STONE CO. 2146 W. Main SP 2-9912 fyalu&
