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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TR1BUNL', MLDrOHD. OHLGON TULbDA y. NOVEMBER 20, 1962 A 9 Fanfare Oregon City, Medford high's icmi final foe in football nere next Friday night, has oeen recognized as the come back team this season in the state's Class A-l football circles. Last year the Pioneers did not score a victory. They lost eight games and tied one. This year they are unbeaten in 10 games. They have won nine and tied one. The Pioneers are champs of Hie Tualatin- Yamhill Valley TYV) league in which their record was 8-0-1. Oregon City's tie was 7 to 7 with Ti gard. Most lopsided victory (or the Pioneers was 56 to 0 jver Dallas. MEDFORD PROBLEM A Portland prep writer iold us last Friday thai Medlord'l main "problem" this week will be not to take the Pio neers too lightly. Black Tor nado Coach Fred Spiegelberg. as a measure to meet this problem, has come up with this slogan: "Remember Da vid Douglas." He thereby brings forth the recollection of 1960 when a great Tornado team was hum bled by the spirited Scots of the Portland area school . TOUGH GET GOING Medford high's tremendous jffensive fourth quarter narch which brought it tri umph over defending state champ Roseburg last Friday impressed many people. Coach Al Akins of Southern Oregon college's Oregon Col legiate grid champs came up with this old but applicable lichet: "When the going gets lough, Ihe tough get going." Okins added, "It's just like (he Yanks. It's the sign of a I rue champion." LOWERY INTERCEPTS It was Jack Lowery who made the pass interception which helped Medford grid dors against Roseburg in ihe closing minutes. Our Sunday story said differently al though Jack's name was in our notes. Hope we can charge the miscue up to a jarticularly bad week end. WORTHY TEAM Any reluctance on the part of the Phoenix Pirates to be in the state playoffs as the representative of the Rogue league should be cast aside. We said a couple of weeks ago lhat we considered the Pi rates a capable and worthy learn. We are even more con vinced after seeing the Buc caneers thump Elmira. r.UBBER GAME It will be a"rubber" game when Phoenix and Central play at Phoenix Friday in the stale A-2 semifinals. It will be their third meeting in play offs. In 1960 Central beat the Pirates 26 to 14. Last fall Phoenix won 26 to 0 from the Pirates. There's another angle. When Phoenix beat Central last year, it eliminated the de lending stale champion. Now, the Pirates go into the semi ai defenders. Central enters the scuffle unbeaten in eight games. SHOULD PLAY RAIDERS Back to Coach Akins. He feels that any team which is named by the Big 10 to play in the Rose Bowl should have to play his Southern Oregon Red Raiders to gain the right. This is the way Akins figures: Southern Oregon defeated Chico state which beat Neva da, which beat Whittier, which beat San Diego Stale, which beat San Jose State, which beat Washington State, which beat Indiana, which beat Wisconsin, which beat Northwestern. We did not ask Al if he had worked out how many touchdowns Southern HOLIDAY Credit lil end Disability Insurance Available to Elijible Borrowers it Group Rates a servca oMed by Commercta! Credit Plan, incorporated of Med'O'd 311 N. BARTLETT ST. Phone: 773-7404 By DICK JtWETT Mail Tribune Sparta Editor Oregon is better than North western. ONLY ONE SETBACK In our bad week end we also wrote that Southern Ore gon started the season with two losses. In truth, the Raiders opened with their victory over Chico and have lost only to Lewis and Clark in eight games. REDISTRICTING What about this redisrict ing? We speak of the recommen dation by the Oregon School Activities association redis ricting committee to transfer Marshfield, North Bend and Roseburg from Class A-l Dis trict 5 into District 6 for high school athletic competition. Most of the reaction in this area has been negative and emotional. The proposed shift would put the three schools into the same district as Med ford, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Crater and Ashland. So far, the Medford posi tion has been that of the Southern Oregon conference, which recommended lhat, if a change is necessary, Rose burg only should be brought into this loop. However, School Superintendent Leon ard Mayfield has indicated that he plans a meeting with the coaches to discuss what the Medford stand should be. This session must be soon. The proposal goes before the OSAA board of control on Dec. 1. WOULD HELP MEDFORD The Medford situation is this: With the growth of schools and leagues around the stale, it is increasingly dif ficult for the Black Tornado to get football games in the fall. Obviously, the proposed shift would help much in solv ing this problem along with providing a schedule attrac tive to the fans. Right now, the redislricting looms as the only answer if Medford is to get football games unless the Southern Oregon confer ence goes to a home and home slate each fall, a setup which would provide little variety. 10 IN DISTRICT 5 What has brought the prob lem to a head is the fact that next fall present District 5 will have 10 schools with the addition of new Sheldon high at Eugene. That means that the seven schools of the Eu gene area along with Rose burg, Marshfield and North Bend would have to play a nine game schedule among themselves. Since nine games is the OSAA regular season limit, there could be no foot ball games with other schools. This would cut Marshfield from non-league schedules of Medford, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass plus North Bend and Roseburg from the Grants Pass slate. This is evidence that some change is necessary. But, there is more than foot ball to be considered other sports, the size of schools and the travel matters. COMPACT LEAGUE SOUGHT Comes now the ambition of the Eugene area schools. North. South, Sheldon, Cot tage Grove, Springfield, Thur ston and Willamette to be e compact league in all sports with possible addition soon of Junction City and St. Fran cis. This would eliminate lor them a problem of long travel. Something for somebody else to worry about. CRATER, ASHLAND SUFFER Hit hardest, so far as com petition is concerned if the proposal goes through would be Crater and Ashland, who already have it tough enough as small schools facing three big ones. And, then there's HOW MUCH CAN YOU USE? 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Coaches and players will be selected later. that travel matter particular ly rough on Klamath Falls and intensified for Roseburg, North Bend and Marshfield. STILL DISSATISFACTION No matter how the OSAA sees fit to "solve" the dis tricting problem, there will be dissatisfaction. Even now, the setup is not ideal. District 6, for instance, just five teams now because of its geography, gets an even break with much larger conferences in sending representation into stale play offs. Perhaps, there should be some give and take so that the problems could be shared. It's been suggested that Springfield, Thurston, Cottage Grove and Roseburg could be put in District 6. We have been told, however, that if such a move was decreed by the OSAA, the Eugene area schools would withdraw from OSAA competition and not go along with this districting. Seems a rather selfish atti tude to lake. "We won't play unless we have our way." ANOTHER PLAN Nevertheless, it may come to letting those schools have their way. How about this idea?: Put Marshfield and North Bend into District 8 with North and South Salem, Corvallis, Albany, Lebanon and Sweet Home and place Roseburg in District 6. That would not be quite so rough on this district. METRO CLASS One solution proposed on the redislrict issue has been the addition of a metropoli tan class for the bigger schools of the state along with possi ble readjustment in the aver age daily membership figures which determine which class a school will be in. Schools over 1.000 ADM would be in metro competition. Medford Superintendent Mayfield has suggested that, perhaps, a var iance could be applied. When a school reaches 1,000 under this plan, it could have Ihe option of going metro or stay ing A-l. After the school reached an enrollment of say 1.200 metropolitan classifica tion would be mandatory. ELIMINATE PLAYOFFS Another course would be to eliminate all playoffs. One writer commented that, if this were done, there would be no more use for an OSAA. To him, the idea seemed appeal ing. PRESCOTT COMMENTS Most vehement in his out cry on the redisricting mat ter has been Speed Prc.scotl, sports writer for the Ashland Daily Tidings. He said: "The whole idea has re ceived a cool reception from most Southern Oregon con ference schools. Klamath Falls is especially vehemently against the proposition be cause of the vast amount of travel involved, which is ex actly how the whole thing originated. The upstate schools don't want to travel more than a stone's throw from their own bailiwick, but It's okay for other schools to have to do il. Marshfield and Roseburg. along with North Bend aren t very happy about it cither. We can I imagine anyone in their right mind wanting to Ret into the same league with Medford and Grants Pass. It seems bad enough to have to play em in the playoffs. Of course, that's just what the upstaters would tike to see. Under the proposed realignment. Med ford. Grants Pass. Roseburg. Marshfield and even Klamath Falls would beat each others brains out during the season and only one would get into the playoffs, thus practically assuring one of the Eugene schools a quarterfinal berth al least, as enrollment-wise they would be the tops in the dis trict "The whole thing is espe cially distasteful to A.hland and Crater, as the caliber of competition is rough enough in this league for ihe sin illcr schools without the addition of three more tougn outfits. And. moreover, is the eco nomic problem encountered in sending bakctball. base ball and track squads to Marshfield. Medford and Grants Pass do not have quite a? acute a problem, but from what we've been able to learn, neither cily is loo hot about the idea. "Aside from the caliber of competition and economics is the question of just who is running the athletic pro grams, the schools or some 1 l N IN SOC BACK FIELD Mike Hood, above, ex-Medford high, will be in the Southern Oregon college backfield when the Raiders lake on Whitworth at Central Point at noon in a Thanksgiving day football game. Hood is a triple threat with his running, passing and puss catching. He had a big hand in SOC's victory last Saturday over Weber. . ' i ' f : WHITWORTH DEFENDER Fred Shaffer, above is a de fensive end for the Whitworth college football team which plays Southern Oregon college on Thursday, Nov. 22, Thanks giving day, at Crater high stadium at Central Point. A sen ior, Shaffer is 6-2 and 230 pounds. The two-year lclterman senior holds the NAIA discus toss record. He has speed lo go with his size and strength. Oregon Players See Ohio St. Game Films Eugene, Ore. - ffll - Coach Len Casanova of the Univer sity of Oregon Ducks con centrated on offense Tuesday and planned to work on de fense Wednesday In prepare his team for its traditional bailie with the Oregon St.ile Beavers Saturday. The Ducks held a light run ning drill Monday and watch ed movies of their 26-7 tout by Ohio Stale. However, Casa nova said his team came through the battle without serious injury. RULES OUT DOWNES New York - IUPH - Jersey Jones, manager of middle weight champion Dick Tiger, said Monday that Terry Downes of England will not be an opponent fur his fighter until Downcs regains the British middleweight title. power-mad people upslatc. whose knowledge of Oregon geography ends at Lane coun ty line. When a school no longer has control over the scheduling of athletic ron lests. then it s time to close up shop. "Nobody denies Ihe prob lem in working out redisrict ing' formulas that will pro vide well balanced leagues and still allow for future ex pansion as new schools are cropping up hither and yon almost daily and A-2 schools are rapidly growing lo loin the ranks of the A-l division. It's going to take a lot of study and we feel lhat there is some realignment lhat is really necessary, but it should benefit all concerned, not iust one particular little I group, whose apparent knowl edge of Oregon geography is i confined to the Lane county line. From where we sit. it I looks like all the nuts won't be in the fruit cake for this ' holiday season." "A7 Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Chimncyi Prettrcnrd , Concrctt 7J7 McAndrewe PHONt 773-4575 ill n f:y"' Ik. - ,.,1 s4 The game will be at noon Ducks Have Chance Yet Eugene - ll'Ni - ' I don't think we're out of the run ning for a major bowl bid. Bui we're certainly going to have to beal Oregon Stale to be considered." Disappointed .Oregon fool ball coach Lcn Casanova spoke these words today as the Ducks began getting ready to end their regular season against the Beavers follow ing a 26-7 loss to Ohio State at Columbus Saturday. The loss was the second against six wins and a tie in nine games for Oregon. "Our loss lo Ohio Stale hurl our chances for an invi tation," Casanova said. "But our record is pretty good and our schedule is lough. I def initely think we still have a chance tor a bid." However. Casanova point ed out "I really don't knuw the thinking of these howl people." "We're going to h;rve lo be tough to beat Oregon Slate." ! the Oregon coach continued. ' "I just don't know how we're ' going lo defense Terry Baker. : He's a tremendous athlete." I The Ducks face the Ucav 1 ers at Corvallis. They have : nol beaten their archrivals ! since 19511. i "Ohio Slate is Ihe tougli 1 est learn we've played this I year," Casanova said. ' At ! least, it was against us." He I termed the Ducks' showing "not the worst of the season I but not the best." i The Buckeyes rolled up a I 27 - 14 edge in first downs and a 3(13-224 edge in total i yardage. LAMPORT'S Medford's Most Popular SPORTING GOODS STORE 226 East Main Street LA DOLOMITE RICKER SKI BOOTS Phone 772-6815 Open Fridays Until 9 P.M. Whitworth Tangle Thursday Big Test For SO Red Raiders "The big test for the Raid ers this year." That is what Coach Al Akins foresees for his South ern Oregon college football team when il concludes its campaign in a noontime game on Thanksgiving day, Thurs day, Nov. 22. The Red Raiders of the Rogue take on Whitworth col lege al Crater High stadium in Central Point. This fracas will match the champions of two confer ences. Soulhern Oregon won the Oregon Collegiate crown and Whitworth of Spokane, Wash., the Evergreen. Akins looks for "a real tough game from the Whits." He indicated that, if the weather allows, his Raiders will do a lot of throwing. Six Game Strings Southern Oregon goes into the contest with a 7-1 record while Whitworth is 6-2. Both teams are riding on six-game winning streaks. The Pirates rested last week end while the Raiders were battling by tough Weber college 26-3. Pirate statistics are impres sive. In the NAIA release ot Nov. 15 Chuck Reed, Whit back, was fifth in the nation in individual rushing. He had carried the ball 139 times for 965 yards and a 120.6 per game average. In team rush ing the Buccaneers were 25th nationwide. They have aver aged 347.6 yards in total of fense. For team defense the Spokane club ranked 12th. They have allowed opponents an average of 151.9 yards per game. In United Press Inter national small collegiate rat ings, at last report, the Whits had 15th spot. Whitworth has a reputation for strong teams. The Pirates gained fourth ranking of As sociated Press in 1961. But the Raiders do not lake a back seat with their stais. Bennett Leading Kerm Bennett is leading ground gainer for the Raid ers. He lias carried me Dan 99 times and has gained 43B yards. The speedy halfback is also leading the Raiders in the scoring department, with a total of 60 points. In passing Doug Olsen has attempted 175 and completed 100 for 1,403 yards and 1J touchdowns. The leading pass receivers on the squad are Howard Hartman and Dave Hughes. Hartman has caught 50 for 684 yards and seven touchdowns. Hughes has taken 31 for 385 yards and six IDs. Soulhern Oregon's defen sive unit has allowed the op ponents a total of 1.523 yards, an average of 190.4 per game. The Raiders have given up 725 yards rushing and 798 passing. In team rushing de fense the Raiders are ranked 21sl in the nation. The Raiders have been re quired to punt only 17 times this season, with freshman Denny Ellis doing the boot ing. He has a 33.9 average. Hood To Play Only loss this season by the Raiders has been 20-7 to a strong Lewis and Clark team of the Northwest con ference. Whitworth dropped its first two frays, 48-7 to Fresno State and 7-0 to Uni versity of Pugct Sound. The Bues since have avenged the UPS loss. Thursday's game will mark the second game of the sea son for ex-Medford High half back Mike Hood. He was in eligible, as a transfer, before the Weber fray. Against the Utah club he got the Red Raiders on the scoreboard with a pass to Dave Hughes He was also the leading ground gainer for SOC on 10 carries for 63 yards. Hood al.o caught two passes for 15 yards. The three B-boys from Cen tral Point will be in their last SOC football game to gether Thursday on the Crater field. Seniors Doyle Bransom, Al Barnes, and Bennett have helped the Raiders to a suc cessful season. Bennett is fol lowed in rushing by Barnes who has carried the ball 71 times for 317 yards and Bran som who has carried 42 tries for 223. Head coach Sam Adams of the Whils has named as prob able starters on the offense Randy Rice, left end; Mike Edmunds, left tackle; La Vaughn Stephens, left guard; Perry Morton, center; Gene Baker, right guard; Ken Sug arman, right tackle; Wendell Witt, right end; Don Leebnck, quarterback; Charlie Reed, left half; Bruce Grady, full back; and John "Hula" Murio. right half. Likely openers on defense for ihe Bucs are Mike Peter son, left end; Mike Edmunds, left tackle; Marty McWhin ncy, middle guard; Ken Sug arman, right tackle; Bill Den holm, right end; Paul Ken dall, left corner back; La Vaughn Stephens, linebacker; Perry Morton, linebacker; Gene Baker, right corner back; John Murio, left safely; and Ed Matthews, right safe ty. Akins has named as prob ables on offense Howard Hartman, right end; Gary Reed, right tackle; Bud Britt san, right guard; George Moses, ccnler; Larry Ryerson, lefl guard; Glen Moses, left tackle; and Dave Hughes, left end. In the backfield for the Raiders will be Doug Olsen, quarterback; Bennett, left half; Barnes, fullback; and either Bransom or Mike Hood, right half. Defensive starters for Southern Oregon will include Jess Munyon, left end; Glenn Vandergaw, left tackle; Rick Speight and Ken Bastian, in terior linemen; Ron Baker, right tackle: Dick Roiling, right end; John Buck and Skip Bennett, linebackers; Dan Montgomery, half back; Doyle Bransom. safety; and Harold Haugen, halfback. Bucs Trade Groat for Cardwell P i 1 1 s b u r g h-iUPU-Joe L Brown, after making "one of the most difficult decisions of my life, went back to the trading block today seeking additional players to strength en his Pittsburgh Pirates. At a news conference Mon day. Brown announced the trade of shortstop and team captain Dick Groat and south paw relief pitcher Diomedcs Olivo to the St. Louis Cardi nals for righlhanricd hurler Don Cardwell and inficldcr Julio Golay. The Pirate general manager said parting with Groat and Olivo, because of his close re lationship with both, was dif- dicull but necessary. In Groat, the Pirates sur rendered one of the top clutch hitlers in baseball. Appearing in 161 games last season, Groat batted .294 with 199 base hits and 62 runs batted On niimprnus occasions he enfrl fir-orl hie timi al hat tw hitting lo the opposite field lo advance a runner. He is con sidered the best hit-run man In the game. Olivo appeared in 62 games for Pittsburgh last year, com piling a 5-1 record with a 2.79 earned run average in 84 innings. But age was against both players. Groat is 32, Olivo 42. Cardwell, acquired by the Cardinals earlier in the off season from the Chicago Cubs, is 27. Golay is 23. Beavers Hold Long Workout Session Corvallis - IUPII - The Ore gon Slate Beavers held a lengthy workout Tuesday In preparation for Saturday s bat tle wilh their cross -stale rivals, the University of Ore gon Ducks. Coach Tommy P r o I h r o warned his troops that the Ducks may come back strong after their plastering at Ihe hands of Ohio State. urn COM Not OH! S-0-0-0 Medford Mid-November Golf Is Attraction At White City - Golf in mid November has been another attraction of the Rogue valley at the Veterans Administra tion Domiciliary as member golfers and volunteers of the United Voluntary services continued competitive team play, according to Al Birman. chief of the domiciliary sports program Steve Moslowski, member ! who runs the pilch and putt 1 course, turned in eight birdies for a four under par for 13 holes and a gross score of 50. The first matches had vol unteers from the Rogue Val ley Country club including Mrs. Les Schnieder. Mrs. Ren Taylor, Mrs. Randall Giffonl. Mrs. Ken Teeter and Mrs. Tom Culbertson. ! gross i With an average low ol b3 tor 18 holes, the team led by Mrs. Gifford included Sieve Moslowski, Gerald Frey and Dan Yarno was low. Mrs. Taylor's team with an average 5Ta garnered the laurels for low net which in cluded the members' handi caps. Lester Termin and sharp shooting Archie Peterson, who had a two under par 52, were Taylor's companions. The second day of play had volunteers Mrs. Schnieder, Mrs. Bill Schei, Mrs. F. G. Bunch and Mrs. Al Williams. The Bunch team, which leads VA golf, turned in a low gross of 257 - a 64 1 t average and a 228 net or an average of 57. it included Archie Peterson, Henry lloulc and John Lee. Peterson, playing without a handicap, had a 54 low gross for a second placing net score. JENTUCKY STRAIGHT 101111011 W H ' S K II PRODI MHIY TIMES niSTtllfRV CUM PINY I 0 II I S V I l I E KENTUCKY When flavor counts more than price... enjoy true old-style Kentucky Bourbon On,- Always smoother because it's slow-distilled and bottled it the peak of perfection. IBRU Flavored but CALL 773-7555 White City John Lee w;;;i his handicap for (he low net of 52 for tho 18 holes. All volunteers from Med ford play without handicaps in the matches arranged by Al Williams, former golf pro fessional at the Rogue Valley Country club. A handsome trophy donated bv Mrs. Schnieder will bo given to Ihe domiciliary mem- ber golier who shows thr greatest improvement among domiciliary golfers. Mickle of Linfield Named Oregon College 'Player Of The Week' Portland - (ITU - Linfield sophomore quarterback Bill i iwichic was named luciay aa Oregon's college football play jcr of the week by the Line : backers, local booster group. : Mickle led Linfield to a 13-0 win over Pacific. Linfield finished its season unbeaten I with nnr lie. Honorable mention went to Dick Lawrence of Pacific, Mickey llergert of Lewis and Clark. Bruce Williams of Ore gon State, Greg Willener of Oregon and George Douglass of Willamette. HONOR WHIZZER WHITE New York - iUPH - Suprenia Court Justice Byron Whito will receive the annual Gold Medal of the National Fool ball Foundation and Hall of Fame al a dinner Dec. 4. In addition, 12 electees will bo inducted into Ihe Hall of Fame. Hi GOOD! AihUnd