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2 D THURSDAY. AUGUST IS. 1883 It's Necessary to Be Testimony, FCA Youths Told Afhland - "It is necessary to be a living testimony," Ducky Drake, track coach of the UCLA Bruins, told the young men attending the Fel lowship of Christian Athletes western conference here last night. Drake, speaking after a chuck wagon supper at the Southern Oregon college atn letic field, emphasited the in fluence their lives can have on others. "You boys must be a living example to the ooys wun wnom you tunic m contact," he said. "Each of you has someone who idolizes you. You may not even know who he is," the coach brought out. He declared that a small remark can make a big Impression. "We must be ever mindful of what we do and say," Drake advised the athletes, pointing out that remarks made can influence the out look and life of others. Clean Heart "Keep always a clean heart and a clean mind . . . Jesus intended that your life should be a living testimony," Drake said. He also told the youths, "If you are big enough and tough enough you'll stand up for the things you'll believe." Drake spoke of the role of a coach in being a living ex ample and living inspiration in helping make better men and better citizens. He said he always reads his Bible nd prays that he'll be used each day to show someone a better way of life. To be a successful coach, it Is impossible to do the Job lone, Drake stated. "It is necessary to get help outside Packor Offense Altered To Compensate for Loss Of Hornung In Backfiold EDITOR'S NOTEi This is the first of 32 dispatches siting up the prospects of professional football teams for the 11(3 season. GREEN BAY PACKERS Br GENE W. HINTZ Green Bay, Wis. -WD- The Green Bay Packers, minus two regulars and plus a new "man-on the -move" offense, set out this tall to win an un precedented third successive National Football league play off championship. Only the Packers in 1928, 1030 and 1931 have ever won that many consecutive titles in the NFL and that was be- fore the playoff system was inaugurated in 1833. Coach Vince Lombard!, who has yet to experience a losing year despite taking over a team that had won just one of 12 games the year before he arrived in 1959, had two im mediate problems to solve when practice sessions started month ago. -He had to replace Paul Hornung, the league's "Mr. Everything" who was ban ished by Commissioner Pete Rozelle tor at least a year be cause of gambling. -He had to replace veteran defensive end Bill Quinlan, who was traded to Philadel phia by way of New York af ter a run-in with Lombardi on the West Coast last fall. Lombardi admits Hornung can't be replaced as such, so he's revamped his offense slightly to both deal with that problem and give fullback Jimmy Taylor a lighter share of the offensive load. Taylor, the NFL's top scor er and ground gainer last year, seems to have recovered from a winter bout with hep- atitis, but has been hampered during the exhibition season by a sore knee. The new offense, which is basically just throwback to the old double wing. Involves multiple flankera and a man in motion. The fullback lines up behind the quarterback and both halfbacks flank wide. One of the halfbacks can go into motion and come back to the quarterback where the play develops. "We used it once last year,' Lombardi said. "We'll see how tar it goes this year." ' That doesn't mean Lorn bardi Is junking his famous "big back" offense. Tom Moore and Earl Gros both can fill the halfback spot as run. ners, but their passing is In doubt. Elijah Pitts and Lew Swim Closses Offered Adults Medford park and recrea tion department will offer adult swimming classes at classes at Jackson pool Aug. 19-30. Classes are scheduled at 8:30, 6 and 0:30 p.m. with IS persons to a class. They will be open to any person over 18 years of age regardless of swimming school. Clatses will be divided In to begin ner i, intermediates and swimmers groups. John DcLorme and Shad Fordg. will be Instructors. yourself." A coach must lean on someone else and that someone is Jesus Christ. He quoted from Proverbs, "Lean not on thine own understand ing" and "be not wise in your own eyes." Drake reported that he be longs to the Methodist church but "it does not make much difference what church 1 at atend or what you belong to." Working with all faiths, he said he finds young people "are pretty much the same." Master's Hand Drake declared that the possibilities and opportuni ties for a young athlete are unlimited but that needed are, courage, Btrength, concentra tion, prayer and "the touch of the Master's hand." "On the way up the ladder of success," he also remarked, "don't influence any boy in the wrong way because you have slipped off the rung." ii. i-nnMiiried with. "If you give more in your athletics, ...h'm irnintf in net more: if you give more in your Chris tian life, you're going 10 gei more." Drake also described tne ion rirrathlnn contest be tween Rafer Johnson and C. K. Yang in the Olympic games at Rome. He coached both athletes at UCLA. He termed it "the moBt dramatic athletic mnlnt I've ever seen." He pointed to the faith, courage and confidence oi xang ana Johnson. The young athletes also lis tened with intense Interest last night as Hassan Sharlii, Mhorl Iran. utudent at San Jose college and young man 'of Islamic background, told Carpenter could be sleepers. Pltti doesn't fulfill Lombar di's requirement for a "big back" at just slightly more than 200 pounds, but the speedster from tiny Philader Smith College would be the ideal halfback In the man-on-the-move offense. Carpenter also isn't big, but he can throw the option pass, and despite the offensive re vamping, the run-pass option still looms big In the Packer plans. Hornung was a master at executing that play. Replacing Quinlan could be tougher. Henry Jordan, a per ennial all-pro tackle candi date, has worked out at end. But Lombardi would be hap pier if Urban Henry, a trans plant from the Los Angeles Rams, or rookies Lionel Al dridge of Utah State or Tony Lisclo of Tulsa could take over. Henry and Ron Kostelnik, a reserve defensive tackle, have occupied Jordan's tackle spot. Needs Strengthening Linebacker, usually a strong point, may need bolstering and Lombardi looks to either Dave Robinson, the No. 1 draft choice from Penn State, or Ken Iman, a reserve center, to help there. The regular ltnebacKing trio of Ray Nitschke, Bill For ester and Dan Currie is con sidered the best in the league. But Currie had a bad leg last year and Nietschke has been hobbled with a back Injury for most ol the exhibition sea- n. The strong point of the of fense is the line, which has all-pros Fred (Fuzzy) Thurston and Jerry Kramer at guards, Jim Ringo at center and For rest Gregg at tackle. Bob Skoronski and Norm Masters share the other tackle spot. The ends, always strong, are enforced by the addition of three outstanding rookies this year-Bob Jeter of Iowa, Marv Fleming of Utah and Jan Barrett of Fresno State. They'll find It hard, however, beating out Ron Kramer, Max McGee and Boyd Dowler. Vet eran reserve Gary Barnes also is available. Quarterback Bart Starr could hold the key to a sue ccssiul season. The 1962 NFL passing leader is backed up by John Roach and rookie Terry Zang of Drake, but an Injury here could be disas trous. Insurance City Golf Under Way Hartford, Conn. - (UPD -PGA and Masters champion Jack Nicklaus and U.S. Open champ Julius Boros teed off today in a field of more than 130 golfers in quest of 40. 000 prize money in the 12th annual Insurance City Open tournament at the Wethcrs tield Country club course. The two professional cham pions Joined ex-Marine Tony Lema in a bid for the first place money of $6,400. Nicklaus, Boros and Lema rank in that order behind Arnold Palmer in the list of PGA leading money winners. Palmer passed up the ICO in favor of an exhibition tour. Living how he was converted as a Christian. The former bicycling cham pion related that he was one of the leaders of a group which tried to fight a Chris tian man from America by deriding and trying to brain wash Moslem people who had been converted to Christian ity. Unity was noted among the converts and it was de cided to infiltrate the church by becoming baptized and then destroy the church from within. In time Sharifi and the two other leaders all were con verted. Becoming a Christian in Iran means being ostracized and suffering. "But for me suffering was a pleasure," he said. "To me," he also stated, "Christianity is a natural feel ing. I am not afraid of going through the hard way." "Don't be afraid of perse cution," Sharifi advised his audience. "You won't suffer. You will enjoy it." The confer ence which opened Sunday has its con cluding evening assembly this afternoon. "D e a c o n" Dan Towler, pastor of Lincoln Avenue Methodist church, Pasadena, Calif., will 'be speaker. Towler is a former Los Angeles Rams fullback. This afternoon. Bob Feller, ex-Cleveland Indian pitching ace, was to give a demonstra tion. A track and field clinic was conducted yesterday by Drake and by Eldon Fix of Lewis and Clark college. Dale Thomas. University of Ore gon coach, directed wrestling demonstrations. NCAA Schedule Indoor Track Championships San Francisco -IUPD- A na tional championship indoor track meet and small college regional football champion ships both tor 1964 are part of the NCAA's new program, the NCAA executive commit tee disclosed. , The 10-member committee ended Its annual summer meeting with the announce ment that there would be three NCAA regional indoor track championships next Feb. 28. They will be held in Portland, Louisville, Ky., and Lubbock, Tex. Winners will meet at Milwaukee March 13 14 in the finals. 3 or 4 Regions In 1964, football champion ships in the college division will be decided by games In at least three and perhaps four regions early in Decem ber. Those games will end the competition, a spok e s m a n said, and there will be no na tional championship playoff. The teams will be named by selection committees. Only 120 of the 419 NCAA members playing football are in the so-called university di vision. The rest are in the col lege division covered by Tues day's announcement. MEDFORD FCA SPEAKER "Deacon" Dan Towler, Christian Athletes conference at Southern shown above at a clinic this week at Ash- Oregon college. Towler, former LA Rams' land, will be the speaker at the 7:30 o'clock fullback, is pastor of Lincoln Avenue Meth- assembly this evening at the Fellowship of odist church, Pasadena, Calif. Waterfowl Hunters To Have Opportunity To Kill More Birds Washington - tUPD - Pacific f 1 y w a y waterfowl hunters will have a chance to kill more ducks, coots and geese this season than last under r e g u lations announced Wednesday by the interior de partment's fish and wildlife service. States in the Pacific fly way will be able to exercise several options for duck and coot seasons. They can set a season of 7S consecutive days with a basic dally bag and posses sion limit on duck of eight five and ten or six and six. They can also set the season MAIL TRIBUNE, MEOFORO. OREGON at 90 consecutive days with the bag and possession limits being four and eight or five and five. There will be a bonus of two mallards in the bag and four in possession in the special Columbia river basin area of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Goose season will be 90 days with bag and possession limits of six and six. States in the Pacific flyway are Arizona, California, Ida ho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. COME ON IN . . . THE SAVINGS ARE GREAT! DURING OUR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION BEAVER ELECTRIC t PLUMBING SUPPLY 2740 No. Pac. Hwy. 0 Dick Weber In Tourney Portland - HOT - Bowling's top money winner of 1963, Dick Weber, St. Louis, will be in the City of Roses Open Pro fessional bowling tournament here Sept. 19-22. Weber has won $37,000 this year and currently is in fourth place in the 1963 pro fessional Bowlers Association money list. Weber, 34, has won 11 PBA tournaments four years, a professional rec ord. Florists Take League Title Portland-fllPD-The Erv Lind Florists won the Northwest Women's Major Softball league title Wednesday with Jackie Rice pitching a four hit game, for a 4-0 victory over the Salem Shamrocks. Tlie game was the third in a best-of-three series for the second half championship. The Florists also won the first half crown. STATION WAGON j STEVENS AUTO SALES 505 N. Central Ave. Medford Ashland Area Drivers Among Leaders At Track Three Ashland area "Ja lopy" drivers are listed among the top five contestants at the Medford speedway at White City. After the con clusion of three races of the summer series Jim Walker, Talent, continues to hold down the number one spot in point competition. Walker, skipper of car No. 97, has amassed a total of 185 points to lead all contenders in the special point program set up by track - operators. Pat Tyler, Medford, is In second spot with 171 counters to his credit. Tyler is owner driver of car No. 88. He is new to the Rogue valley this summer, having moved here from Phoenix, Ariz. Davis Third Third and fourth spots are both held by Ashland drivers. Charles Davis of the Ashland fire department is in third position with 163 points, fol lowed by Johnny Jones who has garnered 142 during the first three races of the sea son. Officials of Medford speed way have set up a special purse for the top winners in the point program at the con clusion of the season's races. Another Ashlander, Harold Hardesty, grabbed top money at the Aug. 4 race by winning the main event, placing first in his heat race, and posting fast time of the day. Hardesty is driver of car No. 52. Races are scheduled for Sunday, August 18, at the White City track location. Gates open at noon. Cheering Sections A special feature of Sun day's races will be the giving of a ready-to-race jalopy. The car, a 1954 Dodge V-8, was donated to the track by Walts Lithia Motors in Ash land. Track personnel have gutted the entry and made it ready to race. It will be given away just before the main event. The person who gets it, if he so wishes, can climb in and drive the car in the feature race of the afternoon. A large crowd is expected to see the 50-plus field of entries bash it out for a spot in the winner's circle. Many drivers are collecting large cheering sections. Additional seating has been installed. The seven-event card will get under way at 1 p.m. with America's lowest priced 4 DOOR STATION WAGON DEALER RECEPTIVE! Readers Welcome Newspaper Advertising . . . It's Not an Intrusion! People really want newspaper advertising and have said so. Surveys usually show well over S0r in favor of newspaper advertising; less than 70 for magazines; and under 40 in favor of advertising on radio and TV. Your advertising's first job is to win a friendly feeling for your product. It stands to reason you will win more friends by running your advertising where most people want it. If you want to sell more people you have to reach them when they are receptive. Newspapers reach more of the most receptive people. time trials. Races begin with the trophy dash at 2 p.m. Gates will open at noon for spectators and the pit gate will open at 10 a.m. Conces sions are available. Medford speedway is east of Cascade Shopping Center in White City. POINT STANDINGS: Car Driver Town . Points 97 Jim Walker. Talent 185 88 Pat Tyler. Medford 171 33 Charles Davis, Ashland ....163 22 Johnny Jones, Ashland ...142 34 Harvey Nelson. Eagle PL..141 M-9 Sam Dykes, Medford ...140 89 Dave McCullom. Medford 113 D9 John Bush, Eagle Point.. ..101 57 Richard McClanahan, Med. 100 2 Bill Chase, Central Point 99 86 Henisan Si Kell, Medford 99 79 Johnny Wagner. Gold Hill 76 90 Glenn Cave. Medford 76 18 Marshall Coke. Ashland .. 72 1 Rob Childs. Medford 68 52 Harold Hardesty, Ashland 66 44 Hackley & Watson. CP... 60 71 Earl Stephenson. Medford 60 34 Rusty Miller. Medford .... 36 34 Bill Kehr. Medford 92 Casanova To Marry Ashland -(UPD- Len Casan ova, University of Oregon football coach, will be mar ried in Eugene Saturday. Casanova disclosed his wed ding plans to a circle of coaching friends while attend ing the Fellowship of Chris tian Athletes Conference at Southern Oregon College here. He will marry Margaret Hathaway of Eugene at a pri vate wedding at the St. Mary's church. Casanova's first wife died in 1960. He has two daughters, Margot and Andrea. 2 Steer a Course To Port of Coos Bay Safest deep-sea fishing grounds on the Oregon-Washington Coast. This is the year of the Silvers Chinook, too. But, the fighting Silvers will be the game fish this year. Striped bass, halibut, flounder, and snapper inside the harbor. No one need go without a fish. Beautiful parks with camping and trailer facilities nearby. Free parking for cars and boat-trailers at our Charleston Small Boat Basin where Fish and Sea await your pleasure. Tribune Roseburg To Tussle Billings Roseburg -OTft- Roseburg will meet Billings, Mont., in the first round of the Regional American Legion Junior baseball tournament tonight. Roseburg, with a 47-9 record, and Billings have been picked tournament co favorites. The Billings team enters the six-teams, dou-ble-eliminiation affair' with a 43-9 mark. ' Cheyenne. Wyo., was to meet Selah. Wash., this afternoon. At 6 p.m. Lewis ton, Idaho- will meet An chorage, Alaska. The Ore gon Montana contest is scheduled for 8:15 pan. The Roseburg team fin ished fourth in the same tournament held In Laa . Vegas, Ntv., last year. Lef ty Ran Cool will hurl, the opening contest for the Oregonians. He has a 14-1 record. MEDALIST WINS Yakima, Wash. - (UPD - Ore gon golfers didn't fare too well in the opening round of match play at the Washington State Amateur Golf Tourna ment Wednesday. John Capell of Yakima defeated Byron Woods of Eugene, 6 and 5. Austin Prentice of Yakima de feated Dick Shroder of As toria 3 and 2. Medalist Tom Storey of Seattle defeated Er nie Johnson, also of Seattle, 1-up in 19 holes.
