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10 A WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1963 MEDKOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOMD, CttlQflM Sports Briefs SUTHERLAND OPTIMISTIC PULLMAN, Wash. (UPI) -Coach Jim Sutherland of Wash ington State was optimistic to day that his pass-catching star end Dennis Kloke would be ready for Saturday's game at West Point. Kloke. leading pass catcher in the Big Six, broke a bone in his right hand last Saturday. READY FOR HUSKIES EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) - Ore gon's Ducks worked on pass de fensive and offensive patterns Tuesday as they readied for Saturday's battle against tough Washington. Guard Ancer Haggerty and center Don Causey, a pair of in jured sophs, suited up but did no contact work. WHITTLE RECOVERS CORVALL1S, Ore. (UPI) -Coach Tom Prothro said that halfback Leroy Whittle, who in jured a knee in Oregon State's win over Washington State last week, wouia oe reaay io b "100 per cent" against Syra cuse. HAVE LONG DRILL SEATTLE ( UPI ) Coach Jim Owens drove his erratic Univer sity of Washington through an other long practice session Tuesday, as he tried to ready his squad for Saturday's battle against Oregon. The Huskies' offensive pat terns were run over and over. BERG AT HELM STANFORD, Calif. (UPI) Stanford worked out Tuesday with soph Dick Berg at the helm of the starting team (or the first time. Berg moved out Mike Connel ly at the starting spot after his fine performance last Saturday in the Cards' losing effort against Washington. BERRY ON FIRST UNIT SAN JOSE. Calif. (UPI) Soph quarterback Ken Berry has moved out veteran Rand Carter at the first string quar terback post for the San Jose State Spartans. Berry, brother of Oregon signal-caller Bob Berry, worked out with the first unit Tuesday. FULL CONTACT BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) -California's Golden Bears went through a full contact two-hour workout Tuesday as they read ied for Saturday's Big Six bat tle against mighty USC. LOS ANGELES (UPI) - The University of Southern Califor nia Trojans continued today to work on their pass defense in preparation f o r Saturday's game against University of Cal ifornia. EMPHASIZE OFFENSE LOS ANGELES (UPI) - By ron Nelson and Bill Mauck worked out at the halfback ira sitions today as the UCLA Bruins concentrated on :neir (f fense for Friday night's game with Illinois at the Coliseum. Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sporti Editor Total Offense Leaders To Vie SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - When California battles South ern California this Saturday, the two total offense kings of the Big Six will battle it out. Latest statistics through the first half of the season showed California's Craig Morton top ping the conference with 7ii2 yards gained with Southern Cal ifornia's Pete Beathard next at 650 yards. Morion practically has Ihc loop passing sewed up with 54 completions in lift tries good for 827 ycards and nine touch downs. In the rushing department, Clarence Williams of Washing ton State was held to 23 yards last Saturday, but still leads with 373 yards gained. USC soph Mike Garrett is closing in, however, and has galloped 348 yards at an average of 8.1 yards per carry. Close fights continue in (he scoring and pass-catching de partments. Stanford's Dick Ragsdale has scored 30 points, while Cat's Jack Schraub has 26 and Beathard 24. High interest centers this week on the Friday night clash between the two Southern Ore gon Class A-2 football teams which are among Oregon's top ranked powers The Phoenix High Pirates, ranked No. 1 for several weeks, and the Illinois Valley Cougars, tied for No. 9 this week in the Oregon Journal coaches poll. This game at Cave Junction has been termed a battle be tween Phoenix depth and power and IV speed, passing and fi nesse. Coach Jack Woodward's Phoenix Pirates, aiming to rep resent their district in the play offs for the fifth successive year, enter the Rogue league crucial unmarred in six games. Coach Bill Stewart's Cougars of IV have surged after an initial loss to Gold Beach and are un defeated in the league. SCORE NOT INDICATIVE Illinois Valley appears to have dominated the Lakeview game last Friday more than the 12-0 score might indicate. The Cou gars got to the 15 and two-yard lines on non-scoring drives and led 282 to 00 in scrimmage yards and 14 to 3 in first downs. UP AND DOWN Ud one week and down the next is an old characteristic of sports. It's been portrayed over the past couple of week ends by the Crater Comets who put up a magnificent football battle against Medford then fell last Friday to an improved Yreka, Calif., club which arose for its first triumph since its opening game of the season. The Comets this week arc busy on the big task of getting back up again. They'll have to be for they go against the high ly rated Grants Pass Cavemen this Friday at Grants Pass. The Central Pointers also are hoping for some ailing players to get well. A Drobable sign that the Fire balls are pointing for the Cli mate city team was brought out by the Yreka game. Coach Keith Johnson expressed the feeling that the Comets were thinking ahead to Grants Pass and overlooked Yreka. It's the Crater mentor's view that, if the Comets bounce back and play a great game against the Cavemen, "then we know we have some ball players." SOME SATISFACTION There's sonic possible self satisfaction for the Crater club, if you want to look at it that way, over Meillord's perform ance against Klamath Falls. "I told Fred, (Snicgclberg, Med ford coach), we'll make you a better ball club," said Johnson. TRYING TO KEEP SHARP Medford's Black Tornado draws a rest this week end in lhat it has no game. The Hurri canes, however, are not exactly taking it easy. They did have Monday off, except for viewing films. "We're just trying to stay in shape and trying to keep sharp," reported Spiegelberg. Conditioning is part of the prac tice routine. The Tornado "did work pretty hard" yesterday. It's a foregone conclusion that the Medford grid crew or its staff will be pretty well rep resented among the spectators at both the Crater Grants Pass and Ashland Klamath Falls games this week end. COMPARATIVE SCORES At least one way vou look at it, Ashland High should be fa- vored over Medford when the I two football teams meet on Nov. 1. Ashland defeated Yreka. Calif.. 13-6. Yreka won 20-6 over Crater which lost 6-0 to Med- i ford. Hut, look at it another way: Medford downed Corvallis 21-0, Corvallis beat Lebanon 33-6 and Lebanon tipped Ashland 13-7. You can make comparative scores do almost anything for you but win ball gamrs. ILLNESS SLOWS DEAN Lowell Dean, ex-Medford High All-Amcrican end, now tackle ion the University of Oregon football crew, reportedly has lost some 30 pounds because of illness (strep throat) and is hav ing a tough time getting his strength back. MUCH TRAVEL Lee Ragsdale reports lhat he and Mrs. Ragsdale put ahout 1,000 miles per week on their Volkswagen traveling to see son, Dick, ex-Medford, play for the Stanford Indians. FROM ASHLAND Randy Nelson, who was run ner up in the Ford Punt, Pass and Kick contest recently, in the 11-year-old division, is from Ashland, not Medford, we were informed last week. Randy was 10-year-old winner last year. TERRIFIC GAME Fans, who chose other enter tainment or just staved home, missed a terrific game at Ash land Saturday night. There was a lot of drama in Ihc Southern Oregon Oregon Tech limthall scuffle as fired up underdog OTI struck for two touchdowns in the Mrsl half and SOC, amused at halftime, came back to do all the scoring in I ho last two quarters in the spectacular way that the Raiders go about it. The Owls were right in there bidding in the second half, al though they did not score. And, not until the Ashlanders were awarded two points on a safety did they appear out of danger. TELEGRAM SENT Anonvmous telegrams sent from Ashland, Lakeview and Medford, threatening the well-' being of OTI quarterback Mike Glines, reportedly were used as a device to fire the Owls, ac cording to Glen Prcscott of the Ashland Daily Tidings. He said. "The origin of the telegrams has not been determined." t-t L Si'7"'"' ''''"t '" vn ' ! RECEIVES GOLD TRUNKS Gary Naef, left, eighth grader at McLoughlin Junior High School, receives gold trunks with star from his physical education instructor, William Esselstyn. The trunks are emblematic of the highest ranking possible in the Medford public schools PE program. Boys can progress from gray to red to black to gold trunks by meeting certain standards in physical achievement for their class in school. Naef, 13, is the first boy in the program, which began last school year to gain gold trunk status. The trunks were pre sented on Tuesday at a school assembly. Naef also received a plaque from Lee V. Ragsdale, supervisor of physical educa tion lor Medford schools. Change of Offense Ruts Burke Off Catching Pace In Oregon State Football SPORTS i I STANDINGS PORTLAND (UPI) - Vern Burke, Oregon State's brilliant split end, has a ready answer to those who ask why he is far off his NCAA record pass catch ing pace of last season. "Basically, it's the change of offense," the 22-year-old senior said. "We're just utilizing more men this year." But Burke, a 6-4H, 201-pound product of Bakersfield, Calif., has played a key role in four victories in five starts for the Beavers this season. He has caught 19 passes for 308 yards and six touchdowns. He had 69 receptions for 1,007 yards and 10 touchdowns t o establish national college record as a junior. "We just have a much more rounded team," Burke explain ed. "And we're winning. But we've got some tough ones com ing up." Oregon State's "Lone some end" wasn't fooling. The second half of the Beavers' 10 game schedule includes Syra cuse. "Syracuse has a fine team," Burke said. "It's beaten some tough ball clubs. We'll definitely be underdogs. It'll be a real tough game." Coach Tommy Prothro is one of Burke's most ardent support ers. "I've never seen anybody who can get open like he does," the coach said following t h e Beavers' 30-6 Homecoming vic tory over Washington State last weekend in which Burke caught six passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns. "He also gave us Oregon 3rd In Offense TRACKER SIGNS CONTRACT CINCINNATI (UPI) - Tom Thacker, 6-foot, 2-inch, 170 pound former University of Cin cinnati star released during the weekend from the Army, has signed a one-year rookie con tract with the Cincinnati Roy als of Ihc National Basketball Association. NEW YORK (UPI) Oregon ranked third in total offense and fifth in scoring in NCAA learn football statistics released here Tuesday. Oregon has rolled up an aver age of 401.6 yards per game with 2,008 yards in five contests. Navy was first with a 403.8 average. The Ducks have averaged 29.4 points. Utah Stale ranked first with 37 points per game. Individually, Oregon quarter back Boh Berry was seventh in total offense with 909 yards on 110 plays. Quarterback Roger Staubach of Navy led with 1.171 yards on 173 plays in five games. Oregon Slate end L e n Fikctich was second in punling with a 44.8 average on 12 kicks. First was Auburn s John Ml gore with a 45.9 average on 22 kicks. Portland Murder Trial Postponed PORTLAND (UPI) - The first degree murder trial o t Robert Evans, 27, Honolulu, was postponed Tuesday to be gin in Circuit Court here Dec.2. Evans' attorney, Stephen King, asked for the postpone ment. The request was made b c cause the accused slayer's 75-year-old falher, Jack Evans, who lives in Hawaii, broke his hip in a fall and will be hos pitalized for about a month. Evans is charged with t h e strangulation death of Mrs. Irene Davis, a 41-year-old wealthy heiress from Payette, Idaho. Her body was found in a room at the Portland Hilton Hold Aug. 6. Evans later was arrested at Fremont, Neb. I MORTGAGES NEW YORK UJPn-AlmosI three times as man residential mortgages arc issued in the United Stales as new houses started, the U.S. Savings 4 Loan League reports. The league says re-sale and re financing mortgages thus are much the larger share of the business. ATTENTION HUNTERS! We now have lots of room for processing your DEER OR ELK. Johnnie Johnson's Town & Country Butchers 535 So. Fir at Medford Ice and Storage Phone 779-2295 or 773-4239 SOMETHING NEW Has Been Added Bob Lewis IS BACK AS OUR SERVICE MANAGER In addition to our regu lar mechanical service in Domestic & Imported Cars we are now equip! to work on . . . RENAULT VOLKSWAGEN MERCEDES BENZ And All Mikes of Imports STEVENS AUTO SALES SOS N. Central Ave. 773-36S5 the opportunity to run more of our other plays." Put more simply, Prothro meant that he was using Burke a lot as a decoy this season. Oregon State sporis publicity director Johnny Eggers pointed out "what a good team man this boy is." "He's been a real decoy for us, taking two and sometimes three defenders with him o n every play and leaving his teammates open," Eggers said. "Vern has only been thrown to 29 times in five games and he's dropped but one of them," Eggers continued. "The others were bad passes that went in complete because they weren't Francisco 49ers after his junior close." j year. He said he wanted to play The graduation of Heisman j professional football "but I'll Trophy - winning quarterback i have to make it first." Terry Baker also has hurt 1 Oregon State fans bet he will. (Pro Rakttball NATIONAL I.EAGL'E I'nlted Press Int rnauonal Eastern Division W. L. Burke but he would be the last ,, tO admit it. , Philadelphia ". 1 1 Baker has been reolaced bv I New vork o 3 Gordon Queen, a junior who r" " " """" """ WnMrn Division last season. 1 w. l. "Terry was great and t h e ( f n Scttco J team was built around him as 1 Detroit 1 it should have been," Burke I Ultimo? ?'.:ZZ 1 said. But Queen is doing) a good job, too. Burke won't assess his own talents as a receiver saying "the coaches can do a much better job at that." However, "I will say that I don't think I'm very fast." Burke was the fifth draft choice of the NFL San Prt. 1 00O .750 .5(JO .000 Pet, .500 5no 333 Tuesday's Results I.01 Angeles 130. New Vork 117 Cincinnati 103. San Francisco 97 STAUTNER INJURED PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Player-coach Ernie Stautner of the Pittsburgh Steelers may be sidelined next Sunday when the Steelers play the Dallas Cow boys because of an ankle and shoulder injury suffered in last week's game with the Washing ton Redskins. Why is 7 Crown America's overwhelming choice in whiskey? There's one sure way to find out litl SAY SEAGRAM'S AND BE SURE SJ90 4S Qt. Code 26SB 10 in) Code 265C StMs SHCitu OlSIIUHS COWIKY. KtWVOd Off BttWO IWSKFf. 86 PSOCT. ti GMW NiUTIUi. SfltHi , NEW YORK (UPI) - Navy continues lo he a model of con sistency among I lie inconsistent. While three learn offense leads changed hands this week, the Middies continued lo pace the nation's major football teams in total olfense, a lead they've held all season. HOCKEY H'FISTI'.RS .K 1: By United Vtri Inirriullnnil r. I'll, (it l. 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