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Black Probable Offensive Li neuni MEDFORD-OREGON Medford High Stad ium MEDFORD Pos. LE LT LG No. Name Wgi. 88 Gibb Mitchell 170 73 Jeff Hardralh 19S 68 Jerry Fann 190 SO Darryl Stockton 16S 62 Jim Snodgrasi 152 74 Gary Miller 185 81 Lloyd Hammoni 182 13 Dan Miles 160 20 Jack Lowery 182 24 Mike Barnes 155 45 Mike Watkins 160 RG RT RE QB LH RH FB 9 I f SCORE IN SWIM MEET - These three members of (he Med ford High school swimming team scored points for the Black Tornado last week end in the state swimming meet at Beaver ton. From left are Jim Brinson, state diving champion: Jill Crawford, fifth in 50-yard freestyle and sixth in 100 free, and Bruce Hess, state champ in the 200-yard individual med ley and the 100 freestyle. He set a state record of 2:14.8 in the medley. Texas Gains Bowl Spot United Press International Texas and Arkansas once ngain will represent the South west conference in major bowl Raines on New Year's Day and Miami (Fin,,) presumably can have its pick of two post-sca-pon engagements if it gets by Northwestern tonight. Texas, ranked fourth in the UPI major college football ratings, sewed up the South west conference championship and the host berth in the Cot ton Bowl on Thursday by rallying for a 13-3 victory over Texas A&M behind third Ktring quarterback Johnny Genu rig. Only minutes after t h e Jjonghnrns completed their first unbeaten season in 39 years. Arkansas accepted a i)id to the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, where the Razor backs dropped a 10-3 decision to Alabama last .Ian. I. Tovac ulr will hp makint? ! , . , , 1 Its second straight appearance . in the Cotton Bowl. The Long- horns beat Mississippi, M-t, in j 1 he Dallas Classic on last New Year's Day. LAMPORT' Medford's Most Popular SPORTING GOODS STORE 226 East Main Street White SKI CLOTHING Phone 772-6815 Open Fridays Until 9 P.M. I '59 T BIRD I j 4 PASSENGER J pn0. 1 Owner Low Sharp DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. 2177 Soulh Pacific Highway ornado, Pioneers Mix in Semifinals CITY HIGH FOOTBALL Friday 8 P.M. OREGON CITY Wgt. Name No. 181 Rick Seckne 86 205 Dennis Brown 75 180 Bernie Carlson 66 C 216 R.J.Hudson 54 187 Rick Bonniksen 206 Christensen 163 Gary Estes 172 Tim Jones 150 Dave Bass 142 Ted Clinton 175 Denny Weiler Basketball NATIONAL ASSOCIATION I iiitrrt Press International I K a si em Division ! Syracuse I Boston Cincinnnti New York . .sun 2h;i I Western Division 1 SI . Louis Los A net? I m : San Francisco ' Chicago Dctroil 13 200 Tliursrlav's HpsiiIIs SI. Louis Detroit !ll Svracuse 1.10. Boston 120 Los A n rc left 134. Cincinanti 110 ! AMERICAN LEAGUE IV. j Lone Beach Pitt.'.hurKh 2 s Kansas City 3 j Philadelphia 2 j Oakland 2 I Chicafio 2 Thursday's Results Lone Bench infi. Oakland !1R Kansas City 111. Chicago RS HOCKEY national i.K,c.;ri-: Inilfd Press Intrrnallnnal 1. T IMS Cir ISA A 3 2:1 n , Detroit . ; Chicaco Tornn' 1 19 52 Til 4 IB M 4fi R lfi fifl Rl Montreal Npw York Boston Thnrstiay's iicsiiii New York 7. Boston t ChicHco 1 . Toronto (1 Montreal 3. Detroit 0 Stag Mileage 4 1 rp- rim iL A-l Playoff Tussle Here Tonight Football season at the Mod- 64 1 ford High school stadium 77 1 closes out tonight with a ti 80 j tanic struggle between two . unbeaten teams, j The Medford Black Tornado 43 and the Oregon City Pioneers are opponents in an Oregon Class A-l semifinal conflict. Opening kick is billed for 8 p.m. At stake is a berth in next week end's championship finale in Portland's Multno mah stadium. The other fin alist will be either North Salem or Jefferson of Port land. They are foes also to night on a Salem field. Oregon City seeks to add further brilliance to a rags-to-riches season. The Pioneers of. 1961 did not win a game.. This season's 10-tilt record is marred only by a lie. Now. Oregon City, champion of the Tualatin - Yamhill Valley league, is a gridiron semi finalist for the first time in the history of the school. Medford, missing from state playoff only once since 195H, is a semifinalist for the fifth time in seven seasons. The Black Tornado is bidding for state titular laurels after last wearing the crown in 1959. Tussle In Sand Tornado griddcrs go on the field as favorites as the state's No. 1 rated team in all polls. Oregon City also was amoni! the rated. Pollsters ranked th.; Pioneers ninth. But the Dis trict 4 team likely is paying little heed to ratings. Coach Tom Keele has informed a Portland writer that his Big Red was not going south for the climate. He has said he feels his Pioneers capable ot playing in any league. The game tonight may go down in history as "the tussle in the sand." Mud was scraped from the center of the field from hash mark to hash mark this week and replaced with sand in effort to provide bet ter footing for the fray. Plas tic covers then were spread. Medford Head Coach Fred Spiegelberg remarked, "The field is untried. It will be strange footing for both teams. Medford station of the weather bureau forecasts fair and cool weather at game time tonight. Mcdford's Bih fwistcr will battle with its well-rounded multiple offense. Oregon City will retaliate with a win T attack. Generals for the Black Tornado are Dan Miles and Mike Neathamer, both pa.ing and running threats. They op erate with Jack Lowrry, Frank Van Pelt. Mike Wat kins. Mike Barnes. Tim Mur ray and Greg Gandee as oilier rushers. Lloyd Mammons. Lowery. Barnes and Gibb Mitchel are main targets in the aerial gain The Pioneers have Tim Jones at quarterback with Dave Bass. Ted Clinton and Denny Weiler as other run ning backs. At the ends are 6-4 Rick Seckne and Gary Estes. Defensive Might Both clubs have defensive might, with Medford showing the top reeord amoiiR the state's bin schools and Ore gon City right close. The Tor nado, unscored upon in its first seven games this fall, has allowed but two touchdowns one in each of ils last two games. The last five team;- the Pioneers have faced, plus one other adversary, failed to cross the Oregon City goal. ! Six touchdowns were scored among four foes. 1 The Pioneers this fall have j defeated Dallas 56 to 0. Forrsl j Grove 14 to 7. St. Helens 21 to 7. McMinnville 30 to lit. j West Linn 16 to 0. Ncwbcrg j 46 to 0. Lake Oswego 27 tn 0. Tillamook 13 to 0 and Jesuit 7 to 0. They tied Tisard 7 to 7. Jesuit was the quarter final rival. Medford has won from The Dalles and Marshficld each 27 to 0. South Salem 20 to II. C'rater 7 to 0. Klamath Fall:. 13 to 0, La Grande 42 to 0. ' Ashland 48 to 0. Grants Pass 14 to 6 and Roscburg 14 to 7. The Pioneers will have the weight edge on the line and J Medford among the hacks There are three starters over 200 pounds in the Oregon City offensive line. Medford has no heft like that. SUGAR SEEKS REMATCH New York - I'M - Sugar R.iy Robinson will return lo Eu rope early next year to pic pare for a return bout wilh Terry Downes of England in March. The 42-year-old Robin son, former middleweight and welterweight champion, re turned Wednesday on the Queen Elizabeth from a Euro pean tour during which he lost to Downes and defeated two unranked fighters MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON FULLBACK FOR MHS-Mike Walkins. above, is a hard run ning fullback for the Medford High Black Tornado which op poses Oregon City here this evening in a state A-l fotball semifinal. He is a 160-pound senior.-lLandis photo). MEDF0RDtWrMBUNB SPOT&TS Webfoots, Clash on Corvallis-iUPII - Oregon and Oregon State, a couple of the nation's most explosive offen sive teams, renew their fool ball rivalry Saturday with the winner expected to get some kind ot a bowl invitation. The Ducks, who have a 6-2-1 record, are favored by two points against the host Beavers, who own a 7-2 mark. A capacity crowd of around 28,000 is forecast for the game at Parker Stadium here. Oregon State and Oregon rank second and fourth in total offense in the country. The Beavers have rolled up an average of 392.1 yards per game and the Ducks have averaged 367.2 yards per con test. Two of the Pacific Coast's top All-American candidates will match talents. They are Oregon Stale quarterback erry Baker and Oregon half back Mel Renfro. High School Teammates Raker, a senior, leads the natjon in ,ota offense with 2,159 yards, 1.648 by pass ing, and Renfro, a junior, has picked up 678 by rushing. They were high school team-' male at Jefferson of Port-j land. i Junior end Vcrn Burke is Baker's favorite target and is first in the nation in pass re ceiving. Me has caught 66 passes for 987 yards. The Beavers have rolled up wins over University of Pa cific, Stanford, West Virginia, Washington State, Idaho and INSIST ON TRU-MIX CONCRETE the dependable, economical construction material TRU-MIX ''4 : fc- Concrete & Diviiion of CSC IConcrere Steel Corporation) 249 E. McAndrewt Road Phone 772-5271 IN DEFENSIVE LINE - Mike Mayfield, above. 194-pound junior, is a stalwart of the Medford defensive line which faces Oregon City high here tonight in an Oregon playoff game.-(Lanriis photo). Beavers Saturday Colorado Stale. They' suffer ed losses to Iowa and Wash ington. Oregon goes into the contest following a beating by Ohio State at Columbus. The Ducks also lost to Texas and were tied by Washington. Tickets on Sale For Grudge Bout Thursday Night Reserved scat tickets went on sale today for next Thurs day night's grudge match on the wrestling mat at Medford armory. The tickets are at Lamport's Sporting Goods store in Medford. The match pits Nick Kozak, the airplane spin artist, against Iiaru Sasaki, a judo specialist. The grudge de veloped on the Nov. 8 card when Kozak, in street clothes, jumped into the ring to break up a Japanese sleeper hold j which Sasaki had applied to Tonv Evans and which he re fused to break. Two other matches will complete the card, which will start at 8:30 p.m. STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your coarse or unpalatabl roughage will make a base for a modern balanced ration that you can feed with little labor and no wattage. The increased meat or milk pro duced will give you mati mum returns on a small cash investment. MORTON MILLING CO. S00 Roil Lane, Medford Equipment m SPORTSCASTS Radio itaiion KYJC will carry iht Oregon-Oregon State football game at 1:15 p.m. Sat urday. It will alio air the Medford Oregon City high game at 8 o'clock tonight. Radio Station KWIN will broadcast the Phoenix Can tral high slate playotf game this evening. Titans Tip Denver Club United Press International The Boston Patriots, still involved in a tight race for the championship of the East ern Division, are four-point favorites to down the Buffalo Bills in their American Foot ball league clash tonight. In Sunday's games, Houston (7-3), which paces the divi sion, plays the San Diego Chargers (3-7) at Houston and Dallas (8-2) entertains Oak land (0-10). The San Diego Houston Oiler game will be televised (ABC) nationally. Dallas is a 20-point favo rite and Houston is a '13-point favorite. Boston 6-3-1. handicapped by the loss of quarterback Babe Parilll for the remain der of the season, needs a victory over Buffalo to keep on Houston's trail. The Western Division was virtually decided before a na tional television audience on Thursday, when the New York Titans (5-6) edged the Denver Broncos (7-5) at Den ver, 46-45. Dallas can clinch at least a tie for the title by defeating Oakland on Sunday. It was a bitter windup of the home season for the Bron cos, who were in strong con tention for the Western divi sion honors until dropping four of their last five games, including four straight before the home fans. Denver plays its remaining two games at Houston and Dallas. LINFIELD RANKED 8TH Kansas City - (UPIt - Lin field was ranked eighth in the nation in the final NAIA foot ball poll Thursday. Central Oklahoma State was rated first. Linficld finished its sea son last week end with an 8-0-1 record. 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The Packers, riding an 18 game winning streak that in cluded six exhibitions, hoped to clinch a share of their third straight Western Division title before an overflow Tiger Stadium crowd of 57,500 second largest Detroit foot ball throng in history. It was not that easy, and the defense minded Lions still feel it is possible to creep in through the back door. The defeat left the Packers with a 10-1 record and only three games left two with the Los Angeles Rams and one with the San Francisco Forty Niners. The Lions are (9-2) and must meet the Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears and Min nesota Vikings. Play Without Currie The Packers played with out corner linebacker Dan Currie and high-scoring half back Paul Hornung. 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