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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1960)
o SECTION D PAGES 1 to 8 MEDftRDdgTRIBUNK SflPCDIffiTS MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 Tornado Hoopsters Meet Bucs Friday Only one letterman is ex pected to be in the starting lineup for the Marshfield High school Pirates Friday when the Coos Bay club op poses Medford in the basket ball opener for both schools. The game is set for 8:15 p.m. at Hedrick Junior High school floor. Medford will play North Bend here on Saturday. Lone letterman starter for fhe Pirates will be Bob Reich ert, 5-10, who has earned two monograms but was a non regular last season. Others who may get the opening calls of Coach Bruce Hoffine are all up from the junior varsity. One is Gary Crabaugh, 5-8, top scorer for the Buc jayvees last season. Then are Stan Traxler, 6-3, Bill Chandler, 6-2, and Wiley Smith, 5-11. Reichert, Chandler and Smith are seniors and the others juniors. Termed "the sixth man" is Arnold Sampson, 5-10, a sen ior who has played JV ball. Marshfield's only returning regular is Bob Buries, 6 i senior. He suffered a broken ankle in the football game with Medford this fall and has just "thrown away" his crutches. It may be another two weeks before he'll be with the hoop team. The Pirates lost a diamond) in the rough about 10 days ago when Mike Mattox, 6-6 junior, moved back to Inde pendence, Mo. He hud trans ferred from that school to Marshfield last fall. Loss of Mattox, after having worked him in drills, reportedly has forced Hoffine to switch his offense. Hoffine, however, has said he thinks he will have a real interesting ball club which may run more than did last year's Pirates. Medford will meet a vet eran team when it goes up against North Bend. The Bull dogs likely will have five lettermen starting and four other monogram men may be among reserves. Of the pos sible North Bend starters Chuck Johns, 6-6, Ron Kersey, 5-10, and Jeff Allen, 5-11, were regulars last season. North Bend has played one game. It defeated Coquille 32 to 28. Black Tornado Coach Frank Roelandt said this morning that his club is "coming along a little better." It had a good scrimmage Tues day and worked on a pressing game on Wednesday. Roe landt indicated that he may call upon Bob Quinney, Dick Ragsdale and Jim Berry as starters with either Scott Eaton or Howard Brown get ting the fifth spot. The mentor said that the ankle Steve Hoots turned is "much better and he can go." Hood's ankle is still sore but he may be able to play some this week. He's expected to be at full strength next week. Tickets for Grid Dinner Available Tickets are available at three locations for the Med ford Lions club dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 13, which will honor the St, Mary's and Medford High school football teams. They may be obtained from. Alan Jewett at Jewett Office Supply, from Eston Humphrey at United States National bank and from Jim Warner at First Na tional bank. Tickets also will be avail able at the door but Jewett. Humphrey and Warner should be telephoned for reservations by noon on Monday, Dec. 12. Speaker at the dinner at 7 p.m. at the Jackson hotel will be Tom Prothro, head football coach at Oregon State college. Paul Havi land, Medford attorney, will be master of ceremo nies. Cards will be present ed to Medford high players who gained All-Southern Oregon conference recogni tion. The Lions' dinner for the two squads is an annual event. Si. Mary's is honored as Oregon Class B cham pion'. . &bfi Mm msskL in u OUTSTANDING MHS GRIDDERS The seven Medford high football players shown here were voted "outstanding" by their teammates. From left in the front row (seated) are tackle Terry O'Sullvian, full back Dan Sieg and quarterback Dick Rags dale. In the back row, left to right, are halfback Phil Humphreys, tackle' John James, halfback Mike Hood and guard and linebacker Al Funston. Funston was named the outstanding ball player of the year. Voting was close between O'Sullvian and James and they were named outstanding lineman. Balloting, also, was so close among Hood, Ragsdale, Sieg and Humphreys that all four were accorded the outstanding back honors. Funston and Ragsdale were named team captains. Awards were announced yes terday at a Medford Kiwanis luncheon hon oring the squad at Rogue Valley Country club. Head Coach Fred Spiegelberg said, "In my coaching, I've never had a finer team." He rated the 1960 club over the state champion 1959 crew because "it could do more things.". Jim Norris Called Big Boxing Boss By NORMAN G. CORNISH Washington-ftlPl-Senate box ing investigators were expect ed to decide today whether multi millionaire promoter James D. Norris will testify in private or must face the glare of a public hearing. Norris has pleaded a weak heart. His lawyers sought a closed-door hearing because they said doctors feared the excitement of an open session might bring on a third and fatal heart attack. Chances were considered good that Norris would reach the witness stand today. Norris was president of the International Boxing Club (IBC) which was broken up by federal court order last year on grounds it held a monopoly "strangle-hold" over boxing. Called "Big Boss" Norris has been described in congressional testimony as the "big boss" of boxing-the man with the money - who shared control with a "little Anderson Scores 15 Eugene IUPD T h e Oregon Frosh defeated Clark Junior college 60-55 in a basketball game Wednesday night. Jim Johnson scored 17 and Jerry Anderson 15 for the Frosh while Turner Tarvcr had 16 for the losers. boss"-racketeer Frankie Car bo-the man with powerful in fluences over managers and fighters. The characterization was made Wednesday by New York fight manager Herman (Hymie the Mink) Wallman, who said he watched both operate behind-the-scenes for years. Wallman was the closest associate of Carbo among fight managers, investigators said. Carbo, the reported under world czar of boxing, now is serving a two-year prison Kelso Selected Horse of Year Baltimore, Md. - IUPD - Kelso held all the post season Thoroughbred awards after the nation's sports writers and sportscasters voted him "Horse of the Year" for 1960 in the Turf and Sport Digest's 25th annual poll. Kelso, owned by the Bo hemia Stable of Mrs. Richard DuPont, received 94 first place votes from the 195 sports authorities who par ticipated. He easily beat second place Bald Eagle who got 48 votes with 31 going to the ill-starred Bally Ache. Others receiving one or more votes were Hail To Reason, Berlo, Sword Dancer, Bowl Of Flowers, Carry Back and T. V. Lark. term in New York state for being an undercover manager and matchmaker. Carmen Baiilio Testifies Former world welterweight and middleweight champion Carmen Basilio told the Sen ate anti-trust and monopoly subcommittee Wednesday that federal control of boxing would knock out "99 per cent" of underworld influences. Brown Passes 3,000 3rd Time New York IUPD Jimmy Brown of the Cleveland Browns, who gained 135 yards against the Washington Red skins last Sunday, has passed the 1,000 yard mark in ground gained rushing to become the only back in the history of the National Football league to accomplish the feat three times. His most recent pickup gavjj Brown a total of 1,047 yards gained in 10 games, enabling the former Syracuse univer sity All-America to pass Joe Perry of San Francisco and Steve Van Buren of Phila delphia, both of whom gained more than a thousand yards in two seasons. It also gave Brown the Cleveland club high of 4,845 yards gained in just four sea sons of play. Marion Motley held the previous Cleveland record, but it took him eight seasons to set the old record. Fundamentals : Get Attention Of UO's Ducks Eugene- (UPD -Oregon's foot ball Ducks stuck to funda mentals Wednesday. Coach L e n Casanova's Ducks concentrated on of fense for one hour as they continued to prepare for Penn State and their Dec. 17 Lib erty Bowl date. "We look fine," Casanova said. "By next Tuesday we should be just about ready." Oregon is scheduled to leave Tuesday for Philadelphia where the Liberty Bowl is played. Casanova said he would work on offense again today. ipiliil I i LET'S HAVE A PARTY (without the work) BELL'S BEVERAGE and SNACK WAGON LUNCH SERVICE Wo'll Do ALL tho Work CALL ... SP 2-4625 or SP 3-7997 Anytime for W COMPLETE Catering Service 1 MMMit Stayfon Week End Opponent of Crater Central Point - Home in augural for the Crater High basketball varsity is set for Friday night when the Comets entertain Stayton of Marion county. Five lettermen are on the squad that Coach Don Carey will bring from Stayton. The Eagle vets are Frank Sher wood, 6-2; Jim McGill, 5-10; Larry Larimer, 5-9; Melvin Grimes, 5-8, and Bill Mc Cready, 5-6. All are seniors. It is not known just whom Carey will call upon to open play. There are three non lettermen 6-footers on the roster. These are John Bry ant, 6-1, and Ray Johnson and Bob Nelson, each 6-even Ball Control Possible Eagles' scores in their jam boree and in their loss to Mt. Angel were low, indicating that they may use a ball con trol type offense. The Comets anticipate a zone defense on botham, Louis Alvarez, Tom White, Dennis Edwards and Bryson LaCasse. Edwards has missed three days of practice reportedly because of a cold. If he is not available to start, the post spot may go to either Allen or LaCasse. The latter yesterday in his passing and rebounding. 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