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SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 1362 MEWORDtWTRIBUNB sipcdmts Black Tornadoes Roll Over Indian Aggregation 27-0 - By ROD GEIER Sports Editor Th Dalit! ChronicU The Dalles Medford High school's Black Tornado roar ed through The Dallcj here Friday night and rolled over the Indians 27 to 0. inaugur ating the 1962 football sea ion and living up to a coaches' pre-season poll prediction that the southern Oregon school will be one ol the state's strong A-l contender! this fall. Fleet driving rum of half back Jack Lowery and full back Frank Van Pelt, excel lent called games by alterna ting quarterback! Dan Milc Btid Mike Neathamcr and glue-fingered reception! by end Lloyd Hammoni spurred a Tornado offensive combina tion with which The Dalles could not contend. The Indians, with what la ter In the fall may be classed as one of their best defensive effort! of the season, held the louthern Oregon Twister to a net 61 yards In the first half. And, the hosting offens ive unit controlled the ball most of the first quarter Lightning SlrikM However, Tornado light ning fury struck in the open. lng moments of the lecond period. Miles faded back to his left and uncorked a 35- yard pass to Hammons. The flankman took the catch on The Dalles' 25 stripe and scampered into the end zone on a 60-yard scoring piay. Miles kicked the conversion for 7 to 0. Medford took Just min ute! of the third quarter to score touchdown No. 2. The Tornado drove from its own 15 in 12 play! to The Dalle!' one. Van Pelt, who had re placed starting fullback Mike Watkins. drove over right guard for the score. Miles' ex tra point try was missed On the !ucceeding series of downs, the Black Tornado held the Indians to their 37 The Indians were forced to kick. Bob Kelley thumped the ball to the Medford 30 and it rolled to the 15, Lowery picked it up and anklcd to the right but was spilled without gain by Ron Rowland. Five plays later Lowery broke away for 40 yards. He rolled around end and cut across toward the center. The halfback appeared on his way to score but was hauled down 230 ait Jackson Phont 773-8450 Prepare Your Car NOW BATTERIES 6 Volt 2 Yr. Guarantee $10.95 12 Volt $18.95 GASKET Compter Am Individual Widi Selection CARBURETOR 2 larrel Complete Stock Ford t Chev. lO50 V Exch. AIR CLEANERS CHROME $395 Spark Plugs Champion and AC Full Motor Power! BRAKES' Bonded Lining 9; Compttt WhMll m NWW SB tfrom behind by Paul Duus, the last Indian who had a chance. That put the ball on the TD 33 Medford was not to be de nied although it took a bit of doing. On the second play from scrimmage. Miles drop. ped a jump pass into the arms of crossing Hammons. That put the ball on the 25. Lowery went around right end and across the final stripe but backficld in motion nullified the run. Ron Edmonds then gained to the Indian nine-yard line for first and goal to go Then it was Lowery to the five. Lowery next swept right end, shoving his Inter ference into The Dalles' de fenders. He crossed the goal line in the corner. But anolh cr motion penalty was called On the second play of the fourth quarter Lowery knifed into the end zone. This time the play was not nullified Miles kicked the extra point for 20 to 0. Murray Scores The Dalles in three plays after the kickoff was short of first and 10 near the 20 strine Kelley booted a high punt to the 38 where Medford launch ed its last scoring drive, Ron Calkins, Tim Murray and Greg Dippel took over the running chores as Miles fed them until Calkins circled end to the one-yard line. There with 6:03 left on the clock, Murray powered over guard to run the score to 2B lo 0. Miles split the uprights for another point. Tornado defense was mark ed by good pursuit. Also, Medford had the Indian of fense pretty well figured nut in the second half and The Dalles could not roll. Medford netted 311 yards from scrimmage with nine first downs and The Dalles 128 with six. Tornado ground yards were 201. It went 110 on seven completions of 18 passing tries. The Indians had 57 air yards on five of 12. They netted 71 on the ground HEINRICH DROPPED Oakland, Calif. - IlIPP - Vet eran quarterbacks Don Hcin- rich and M. C. Reynolds were released by the Oakland Raiders Friday. Oakland will rely on signal caller Cotton Davidson, obtained in a Thursday trade with the Dal las Tcxans. Open Everyday, 8 AM Till 9 PM: Sundays B AM TILL 6 PM for Hunting Season! 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RR's Chieftains were inside the Pirate 20-yard line two or three other times. Glendale did not threaten except for one pass completion that car ried 40 yards lo the Rogue River 35. The Pirates lost the ball there on downs. Tough Defonit Except tor the one long pass. Rogue River defense was tough. 11 held Glendale to a net of 25 yards on the ground. The Chiefs recovered five Pi rate fumbles while losing the ball that way only once. Some 85 yards of penalties hampered the Rogue River offense. The Chieftains gained a nel of BO yards on the ground and 53 through the air. They had a four to two first down edge. Schefstrom on an end and Bob Pentecost and Vic Low in the middle of the line slopd out on defense. Good RR tackling showed evidence of Rogue River work on fundamentals. Defense was ahead of offense from this stress. New Coach Wayne Miscner said that offense will have emphasis this week. Pirate-Tornado Tickets to Go On Sale Monday Reserved seat tickets lo lh Medlord - Marihlield high football gam next Friday, Sept. 21. will go on ale Mon day morning. Principal Lester Harris said that sala will start at : 7:30 a.m. There will bt no limit. Reserved tickets will cost $2. a boost of 50 centt over the coil ot tickets lor non conferenct garnet in the past. Harrit reported that "we are still in buiiness" to tell 1962 teaion and five-year re lerved teat tickatt. The five year tickelt are being told in the campaign lor fundi lor the new west side grand tland. Studenti will occupy the east tide ttand thii year. How - ever, taction C in that ttand will be general admission at will lection O in ihe new grandstand. ESCAPEE RETURNS Portland - HW - A JO year old escapee from the Multno mah county farm turned him self in to police Saturday. h0 J3S Cri Bought t Sold en Coniitjnment , JBJk BUD'S AUTO SALES zUhmim!ZZ&J AND REPAIR . " Pick-Up & Dflivtry mmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 4019 S. Pacific Highway Phone 535-1816 Bend Lava Bears Surge 21-6 Over Crater's Comets Central Point Bend's Lava Bears, taking command in the third quarter and adding icing in the early fourth, rubbed off some luster from Crater High school'! stadium dedica tion night with a 21 to 6 de cision Friday over the foot ball Comets of Central Point. Sparked by halfback Jim Leagjeld and quarterback Bob Warrington, the Bears of central Oregon utilized pass interceptions, effective air at tack and third period domi nation to overcome the Fire balls. Leagjeld ran two pass thefts for touchdowns. An intercep tion by Dave Shclton wiped out a Comet scoring bid. War rington passed to Shclton for one score. A safety added to the Bruin final count. Crater's lone touchdown came on a thriller punt run back lo halfback Joe Mc Calvy in the second quarter. Darryl Summcrfield, Comet quarterback, gathered in a punt by Leagjeld. He re versed to McCalvy who rambled 61 yards with some fine blocking to go across the goal. So good was the deception that three Bears tackled Summcrfield after he had handed off the ball. Leagjeld Strike! Bend struck first with sud ricness in the late first quar ter. Leagjeld snagged a swing pass by Summcrfield and surged 35 yards to the Crater zone. The visitor aggregation picked up the safety in the mid-third canto. Crater high's determined line had made a tremendous stand holding the Bears for downs after they had first-downed on the Comet two. Crater took over the ball just inches from tnc goal. The Comets tried to run the ball out but Fullback Vcrn Swanson was nailed In the end zone. Crater had to j punt out from its 20. ! Bend followed with a TD ; nn n 38-vard pass Warrington , shrltnn. Leasicld's kick was good for the only extra point of the night. The fourth quarter was hardly under way when Lrugjcld picked oft a swing thrown by Crater's Dave Twedell. He powered and twisted 41 yards for the concluding Lava Bear marker. Advantage on Ground Craler outgamcd its rival on the ground during tnc night while Bend controlled the air. A third period penalty against the Comets proved the 1 turninR point. The Comets af- tor the kickoff forced Bend to punt from its 32 yard line al ter end Paul Bransom on third down had dumped Warring ton for a nine-yard loss. But a roughing the kicker infrac tion was called. The Bears cainrrl a first down and new life on their 47. The ccnlral Orcgonians WHOLESALE and RETAIL MEDFORD MAIL Moycr (43), Austin Creson (51), Jim Tye (45) and Alan McKinncy (38). Crater's No. 40 Iwhite) is David Twedell. Grasping his leg is Forrest Young (64). Bend won 21-6. moved in three plays lo the Crater 39. A Comet offside put the ball on the 34. War rington hit Bill Hutlon for a 32-yard passing gain and first down on the two. This is where the Central Point gang made its tremendous stand, only to yield the safety and give Bend possession again on Twedell's free kick. Slight Deterrent Lee Coltingham returned the boot 10 yards to Crater's 48. A Warrington to Bill Tye pass put the ball on the 29. An illegal use of hands pen. ally set the Bears back to the 44 but this was only slight deterrent. Leagjeld went for six yards. Then, after one throw was blocked by How ard Tomlinson, came the scor- I ing pass. Bend control period No. .i by having the ball for 18 scrimmage plays while Crater was able to run but four Crater had possession most of the fourth quarter only to sec a rushing setback and a pass interception wreck one scoring threat and time run out on another. The Cornels took the ball from their 36 after the last Bend touchdown. With only offsetting 15-yard penalties interrupting, they marched with four first downs to the Bend seven-yard line. Sum mcrfield rolled for 22 yards and Swanson swept end for 10 along the way. Shelton Goes 65 Summcrfield, however, was felled on third down on the 13 for a six-yard loss. He then whipped a pass. Bend's Shelton, with one foot practi cally in the end zone, grabbed the ball and headed up the field. He reached the Crater 35 before the efforts of Sum mcrfield, McCalvy and Roger Neufeld halted him. Bend was thrown back to the 39 and Harold Weathers punted to the eight. McCalvy reeled off nine vards for the Comets and Swanson ran 15 more to the 32. A Summcrfield heave to McCalvy put the ball on the 44. Illegal use of hands cost Crater back to its 2B. Sum mcrfield unleashed a long aerial to Bransom who was downed on the 22 by Cotting hnm and Bob Cannon after a gain of 50 yards. Just seven seconds were left and time ran out before the C omets mustered another scrimmage play. j Good Line Detente j a first quarter Comet push ; gained to me Bend 211 stripe. Crater pushed for 173 net yards on the . ground while 1 holding Bend to 49, Just three j in the first half The Bears had a margin of 134 to 68 in Ihe air. The rushing statistics back ed up Crater Coach Keith Johnson's comment that the Comet defensive line did a TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Feaqles Tops TT Cycle Event ( ran Is Pass-Don r eagles, Florence, was sweepstakes winner last Sunday in the state' championship tourist trophy motorcycle races at the Josephine county fair grounds. Dick Chambers was cham pion in the open class. Man uel Siiru.s, San Jose, was win ner in the B main open. Placers included Ken Dole, Medford, in the 250 cc class championship race and Dick Dolan, Phoenix, fourth in the 250 C main. real good job. he mentioned that the lonesome end forma tion of the Bears gave his team trouble. It was not pre pared for it. "I hope we can pick up the pieces and get the kids heal thy for Reynolds," said John son. He indicated that the Comets will stay away from contact this week. Back Gary Wald suffered a leg injury and guard Willie Jones rchurt an ankle and were retired from the game. What looked like it might be a serious leg injury for end Dennis Rycrson proved just a muscle cramp. He got back into the garrie. STATISTICS Cr. Bruit First downs rushing in 3 First downs passinc 2 .1 First downs penalties .... n I TotHl lirst downs 12 7 Passes tried, complete .... 9-3 17-7 Passes Intercepted hy .... t 3 Yards Ruined rushing .... 173 40 Yards gained passing .... S3 134 Scrimmage yBrds lost .... 2.1 27 Net scrimmage yards .... 21 6 1SS Penalties 7-74 4-4n Punt returns . , fll 2 Yards kickoff returns .... R2 39 $ HANDY O Signature Only O Loans to $1500 Home Owned & Operated. 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But, they had to bust a 7 to 7 knot before going on to vic tory. Jim Consbruck's coversion kick gave Phoenix a 7 to 0 jump. Oakland came back to score Its only touchdown on a two yard run, by Jon Lam orcaux who also went over for the bonus count. Phoenix went ahead in the first quarter on a seven yard run by Consbruck. Williams passed to Dennis Grennan to Prospect Overruns Sisters 11 Prospect Prospect high's Cougars loomed Friday ai a contender for Oregon Clan B eight-man football laurel!. They overwhelmed the de fending state championship learn. Sisters. The score was a convincing 33 lo 0. Gene Wyatt scored three timet for the Cougars on 15 and 30 yard scrimmage runt and on a 35-yard past inter ception dath. Larry Bean scooted 17 yards for the Prospect open ing tcore. Andy Maurer romp ed 25 yardt for another. Bean and Wyatt plunged for extra points. The other wat on a Dick Bean to Art Andersen pats. With terrific detente going along with itt offense. Pros pect outplayed Sitters all the way. Clotest Ihe Outlaw! got to the Cougar goal wai the 25 yard line following an in tercepted pass. The Protpect defentive line wat tough. Sis ters' quarterback often was nailed before he could start. New Coach Glenn Aken taid that fine blocking help ed the Cougar win. Downfiold blocking, he taid, was really good. Penalties, however, did hamper the upper Rogue area team. Protpect led 12 to 0 at the quarter and 26 to 0 at half time. The Cougan scored again in the fourth quarter. IN PLAYOFF Denver Friday night edged Omaha, 6-5, to take the fourth game of their series and gain a berth in the American asso ciation playoffs against Louis ville. HUNDRED $ FINANCE THURSDAY SEPT. 20th STARTING 10 A.M. imdivg AVCTinsrm OS THl tACtttC r04tf 11 M I W 4t. A. CA 7-1M atflaaj I , 0a convert. That made it 14 to 7. There was no scoring in the second quarter. The Pirates crossed the goal twice in the third panel for 26 to 7. 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