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6 B SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Bedford Trips Grants Pass For Grid Toga Tornado Beats Cavemen 13-9 to Enter Playoffs Against Roseburg High ftntTTHKRN OREnON rnNITERENCE STANDING! W L Pet Medford 4 0 1.000 Grant Pin 3 1 .750 Crater 2 2 .500 Iflnmnth Vails 1 3 J350 Ashland 0 .000 A dutch fourth Quarter Dronv enade brought forth the winning touchdown here on Friday night and propelled the defending champion Medford Black Tor nado into the playoff quarter finals for Oregon s Class A-i high school football diadem Medford's No. 1-rated big school grid machine fought past a recalcitrant Grants Pass Caveman aggregation 13-9 to re tain Its District 6 and Southern Oregon Conference banner. A threatening lost cause for Medford was turned into a goal- bound operation when Lynn Flanders intercepted a Tom Sparlin pass early in the final period. This touched off a 64- yara marcn. tin me nia piay Mike Barnes sneaked the last six inches for the touchdown which made the difference in a cliff hanger not decided until the final seconds. It was a come from behind victory for the Local Hurricane which wound up 4-0 in the league while Grants Pass fin ished 3-1. A couple of second quarter Medford fumbles on a sloppy, squishy gridiron heav ily soaked by rain let the Cave men get tne jump. Terry isaneii punched one yard for the initial marker of the evening. Bill Big clow toed the conversion for Grants Pass 7-0. Drives 59 Yards But, the Tornado was not to be outdone. It surged right back off the GP kickoff and drove 59 yards to the Caveman goal. A 12 yard pass play, Larry Vow ell to Barnes, was the touch down maker. BUI Collins' bonus boot brought the conflict to 7 all. Two other Grants Pass points were tabulated In the closing seconds. Barnes delib erately downed the ball In the onH zone for a safetv. It's on to Roseburs now (or the Black Tornado. Medford will olav the District 5 co-cham pion Indians in the Umpqua valley city next Friday night, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. in the opening round of playoff competition. Mprifnrrl and Roseburg - were quarterfinal adversaries also in inns. - . I- . The Indians garnered the Midwestern League berth Fri day by trimming Sheldon 33-13 while Norm uena euminaiea Marshfield from the running by a 13-7 score. Roseburg tied with Cottage Grove for District honors but earned the state elimination berth by tipping the Lions in league play, cottage Grove last night beat Willam ette 34-6. GP Controls Medford shook off first pan el bid by the Climate City op position before an estimated 8,000 fans. And, despite the sec ond quarter scoring of the Cave men, the Tornado by halftime had piled up statistical advan tage. Through the third quarter and early fourth, however, it was a different story. Grants Pbss controlled the ball and piled up yardage. It seemed that the No. 2 and 3-ranked Cavemen would prevail in another of the ster ling conflicts which have mark ed GP and Medford rivalry through the years. One Caveman drive reached the Medford 23-yard line and was halted. The Tornado netted five yards in three plays and Tim Murray punted. Grants Pass then probed back to the 21, coming up with the big play when needed. But Spar lin's flat pass was robbed by the sparkling Flanders on the Medford 20. The Medford flank man could not get away. Spar lin stopped him on the 37. Tide of battle, Just the same had turned in favor of the Whirl wind. Pass For 11 Jim Cox lost a yard to the 36 but erased it with four yards on another play. A Barnes to Greg Gandee pass made 11 yards to the GP 49-yard line Two tries by Enyart got seven yards. Cox went five, Gandee four, Enyart one and Cox two. An eight-yard pass, Barnes to Steve Toews made it first down on the GP 24. The Cavemen's Jerry McCormack also grasped the ball but completion was ruled for Medford. Barnes kept and made first down on the 14. Murray, trying to sweep end, lost to the 21. Enyart reached the 19. A Vow ell to Toews pass for 18-plus yards brought Medford first down sue inches from the goal. Then Barnes sneaked across the pay line. Grants Pass took over on its 44 off the kickoff. Three plays netted loss of two yards. Med ford let Tom Blanchard's punt roll dead on its 13. Three plays later Medford had fourth down and five to so on its 18-yard line with 48 seconds left to play. Barnes and Tornado Head Coach Fred Spieeclberg held a consultation. Then, the quarter back nabbed the center snap, hightailed it to the end zone and downed the ball, giving Grants Pass two points. Kick Out or Bounds Risk of a blocked punt was avoided by this strategy which also gave the Tornado oppor tunity to free kick the ball deep into Cavemen territory. Curt Wyatt's boot, however, went out of bounds on the Grants Pass 35. The Cavemen were given possession on the Medford 40. A Sparlin to McCormack pass gained 14 yards to the 26. Spar lin trying to pass again was dumped for a 27-yard loss when caught by Jeff Hardrath. A long toss by the UP quarterhacK aimed for Marty Bauer was broken up by Lance Cascbeer. Another was Intercepted by Rich Knight. Eighteen seconds remained. Medford ran one scrimmage play and waited for the final seconds to run out. Fumbles and interceptions played considerable roll in the hassle. Knight had two inter ceptions and Flanders' and Greg DiDDel each one for Mediord. Barnes' first two passes of the contest were stolen by Larry Forsaren and McCormack. Flanders fell on a GP fumble and Rich Ireland and McCor mack recovered, when Medford muffed the ball. WINNING TOUCHDOWN Referee Virgil Parker signals winning touchdown by Med ford's Mike Barnes in fourth quarter of Dis trict 6 A-l championship game here Friday night with Grants Pass High. The Black Tornado was 13-9 victor. Barnes is on ground in right center of picture. Hand of Grants Pass player is on his helmet. Grants Pass players wno can De identified are Rich Ire land (68), Gary Van Koten (22) and Dennis Compton (52). Successful defense of the Southern Oregon Conference championship sends Medford into state quarterfinal at Rose burg next Friday night. Class A-1 Gridiron Playoff Lineup Set Bv United Press International The lineup was set for the state class A-l high school foot ball playoffs next weekend, but not before one of the state's top ranked teams was upset and several others received bad scares. Defending champion Med ford, Roseburg, North Salem, West Linn, and Beaverton an qualified for the playoffs Friday night, joining Pendleton, Grant and Parkrose. Medford claimed the Southern Oregon title with a 13-9 win over Grants Pass. The Black Tornado, rated No. 1 in the state, will meet Roseburg there in the quartertlnals. Roseburg, Lions Tie Roseburg and Cottage Grove tied for the Midwestern League title Friday night, but the In dians eot the nlavoff bid on the basis off a win over the Lions The Buckaroos also were ex tended Friday night, edging Hermiston 7-0. Beaverton Wins Title Beaverton wrapped up the Metropolitan League crown with a 27-0 win overCentennial and will meet Wilco League cham pion Parkrose, which ripped Canby 26-3. West Linn collected the Tualatin - Yamhill Valley League crown by edging St. Hel ens 6-0. Its first playoff oppon ent will be Grant, the Portland champion, which downed Lin coln 13-7. In the A-2 ranks, Willamlna's 6-0 win over Yamhill-Carlton gave it the Yawama title. Phoe nix, Douglas and Wooburn al ready have qualified for the playoffs and the other four teams were to be decided last night . "g". J" .lf' "f-' ..... during the season. Roseburg , r;,.;: rolled Dast Sheldon 33-13 and n smuo uio piayu i imuo . ., ,, tnnn.H wniam. the teams had tied, Medford r-""" " " " had the edge by 27 yards 223 to 196. The statistics, kept by Virn Swanson. included all ad vances of the ball, less penal ties and lost yardage. Kicks were not included. In unofficial net yards just from scrimmage, Grants Pass led 159 to 146 on the strength of third quarter ball control. First downs were 12 each. GP had early opportunities on Forsgren's interception and got to the Medford 14 where Flan ders fell on Isabell's fumble. In the second quarter Medford's back went to the wall on Knight's muff on Blanchard's punt. Ireland got the ball on the Tornado 12. Medford held for downs on its six. Two plays later a Barnes to Enyart handoff misfired and McCormack got the ball. Isa bell made six yards to the three, cracked to the two and then scored. Pass Interference Enyart ran McCormack's kickoff back from the Medford 28 to the 41. After Cox ran for 10 and Enyart for one, illegal procedure lost five yards. But, pass interference penalty, con troversial to Grants Pass, gave Medford first down on the GP 38. Nine plays later the Tor nado had its first score. The screen pass had some great in terference aid. A Vowcll to Barnes pass got eight yards along the way. Medford had the ball for only one series of four plays in the second quarter. GP had 22 chances with the ball. The ette 34-6. Marshfield, which had figured to make it a three-way tie for the title, was upset 13-7 by North Bend. North Salem had to score in the fourth quarter to beat South Salem 13-7 and claim the Val ley League championship. The Vikines will meet Intermountain League champion Pendleton at Pendleton next wccKena. Cavemen drove after the second half kickoff from their 14 to the Medford 23. Then, the Cave men ran out from their 36 and drove to the Medford 21. loach Sniceelberg. in looking back, credited a great team ef fort led bv Hardrath, wno was stellar for the Tornado on both offense and defense. I admire the kids for the way they hung in (hero." said the coach. "They wanted to win more, ll was uie old Medford spirit I tell you.' Wide Game Turned Flankmcn Flanders and Mur ray were successful in turning in the wide game of the Cave men. Other stalwarts on defense included Ron Edmonds, Case beer, Dippel, George Dames, Brian Petersen and Terry Wine trout. Dennis Comoton led the Caveman tackling bolstered by Don Summers, F o rs g r e n, Bauer, McCormack and Bob Lindermann. Rain during the day Friday mnrte the field sopping wet but little rain fell during the con test. Medford is 7-1 for the season and Grants Pass 7-1-1. The ONLY Time-Tested GLASS FIREPLACE SCREEN Enjoyed by Thousands In the Rogue River Valley UDlAflS MAXIMUM HEAT RIMINATtS tOOM HEAT IOSJ, JAVtS HJll MOWCTS AGAINST flTINO SPAMS. ASMS. Dlt AND DAFTS TWIN OOOtS OWN Wit FOI (AST IOAL -10 Of FUEl CONTKX DtAFT WITH TWO SUD. NO DOOS FCHt PAST 0 SlOW FIRE SOtIO MASS CONSTIIMTIOW SEAUTT UNHEARD OP. THOUSANDS m iw winter AND SUMMER MMN WOOD. COAl OA OAS Rooks Tip Husky Pups SEATTLE (UPD- The Ore gon State University frosh foot ball team defeated the Univer sity of Washington freshmen 21- 13 here Friday afternoon on the strong running of fullback Paul Pifer and quarterback Bob Grimm. Pifer plunged for two touch downs and gained 91 yards for the Rooks. Grimm gained 110 yards on 13 carries, including a 36-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Washington scored earlv in the second quarter on a 47-yard pass from Frank Ettcr to Dave Williams. Their second touch down came late in the fourth quarter when fullback Jerry Williams went five yards around right end for the score. Don Cook made all three con versions for Oregon State. Oregon State dominated the statistics, holding the edge in first downs 21-12, and in total offensive yardage, 401-225. The Rooks gained 338 yards with a strong rushing attack. Prospect Wins From Days Creek PROSPECT - Dandy Andy Maurer ran for four touchdowns and passed for two others here Friday as the Prospect High Cougars completed their eight man football season with a 58-20 victory over Days Creek. Maurer ran the opening kick- off back 80 yards to the goal ana went 70 yards on a pass in terception touchdown run. His other TD jaunts were for 30 and 60 yards. Maurer passed to Jerry Wil son for 25 yards and to John Scott for five for scores. Other touchdowns for the Cougars were on a Wilson to Irvin Hall pass for 39 yards, a run by Wilson for 20 yards and a buck by Rex Boothby for four yards. Boothby, a lineman, was shifted to the backfield for the plsy- Conversions were on Wilson and Maurer runs and Maurer passes to Art Andresen and Ray Downing. The Cougars finished the sea son with a 4-4 record. Basketball practice will open on Monday, Coach Dan Pero reported. THORN FLUNKS PHYSICAL BALTIMORE (UPD - Rod Thorn, the Baltimore Bullets' 6-4 rookie from West Virginia University, failed his Army physical Friday. N6 reason was given for the rejection of Thorn, but it Is be lieved he was turned down be cause of a bad car. Pittsburgh Has Last Opportunity By NORMAN MILLER UPI Sports Writer The Pittsburgh Steelers, the only old-line National Football League franchise never to win a division title, arrive at "last chance gulch" Sunday for a clash with the Cleveland Browns. By winning, the Steelers (4-3-1) can not only put them selves back into a contending position, but also can throw the Eastern Division race into a four-team scramble to include the Browns (7-1), New York Giants (6-2) and the St. Louis Cardinals (5-3). In the Western Conference, the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears (both 7-1) face soft touches and their first-place tie is not likely to be broken until they meet in Chicago a week later. Green Bay is at home against the Minnesota Vikings (3-5) and Chicago en tertains the Los Angeles Rams (2-6). ' Giants Play Eagles The Giants play at home against the Philadelphia Eagles (2-5-1) and the Cardinals are host to the Washington Red skins (2-6). In Sunday's two other games, the Dallas Cowboys (2-6) and San Francisco Forty Niners (1 7) meet on the West Coast and the Baltimore Colts (3-5) are at home against the Detroit Lions (4-4). Here is the "line" on the games: Cleveland 314 over Pittsburgh; Green Bay 16 over Minnesota; Chicago 16 over Los Angeles; New York 14 over Philadelphia; St. Louis Wk over Washington; Baltimore 4 over Detroit; Dallas 4 over San Frncisco. Ems To Work With Phillies EUGENE (UPI) - The Eu gene Emeralds of the Northwest League announced Thursday they have signed a full working agreement with the Philadelphia Phillies. The signing gave all six clubs in the Class A league working agreements for the 1964 season. The Chicago White Sox earlier canceled their agreement with Eugene after a vear in which the team set all-time records losses. The Phillies found themselves in need of another Class A working agreement when the noneer League folded recently. Crater Downs Bruins 18-0 To Sew Up 3rd in League CENTRAL POINT A 95 yard pass interception runback by Steve Jorde was the sparkler of the evening here on Friday night a3 the Crater High School Comets wrote "finis" to a suc cessful 1963 football campaign by defeating Ashland's Grizzlies 18-0. A Fireball contingent Coach Keith Johnson calls "the finest bunch of kids I've ever had to coach," chalked up a 5-3 record for the fall and was 2-2 for third place, behind two of Oregon's highest ranking teams in the Southern Oregon conference. The Comets touchdowned sep arately in the first, second and fourth quarters. Sherm Kiger scored the first touchdown for the Comets on a pass play for 18 yards with Darryl Summerfield on the throwing end. Kiger ran into the end zone after catching the ball on the three. Ashland Stopped Jorde scored as time ran out at the half. His swipe not only brought a Comet score, but stopped an Ashland threat. The Grizzlies in their only revere bid had driven to the Crater Of the houmern u re g o n five-yard line. . , "m mTi In the final panel Roger Neu- .T' . "r.;.!.,rru. feld found Bob Turner in the rTO No Class Monday For Judo Beginners The regular Monday night beginner's class in judo will not be held this Monday, Nov. 11, due to the holiday, according to LaVon (Buz) Norton and Lee Garrett, chief instructors of the YMCA class. The class will be held from 7 to 9 p. m. as usual Monday, Nov. 18 at the Medford YMCA. The Tuesday beginner's class will be he'd from 7 to 9 p. m. as usual Tuesday, Nov. 12. The advanced class will be held from 7 to 9 p. m., Thurs day, Nov. 14, as usual, the in structors announced. ROOKIES OF YEAR NEW. YORK (UPI) - Ray mond Floyd and Clifford Ann Creed were named golf's rook ies ot the year by Gou Digest magazine. Floyd, 20, won the St. Peters burg Open last March and be came the youngest official tour nament winner since the late Horton Smith in 1928. Miss Creed, 25, is sixth in money winnings among the lady pro fessionals. Gold Ray Fish Count A new method of random sam ple Is being set up for the Ore eon Game Commission fish coun ty at Gold Kay Dam. Until the system is perfected no count fig ures will be published, a Game Commission spokesman reported. end zone for a 10 yard touch down pass. First score for Crater came off a 66-yard drive the third time the Central pointers nan the ball. The push took 12 plays. Pat Graves set up the final counter with an intercep tion, running from the Ashland 27 to the 14. Three plays later came the score. Five times Crater got inside the Ashland 30-yard line in the second half. Once the Comets reached the six and lost back to the 15. The eame was sluggish in the mud but Crater's Vern Swanson collected 109 yards on 19 packs. Summerfield nad 29 tor iz ana Kiger 38 for seven. Kiger also had 45 yards on three pass catches. Summerfield completed five passes for 66 yards and Neufeld four for 22. Summerf e d and Ray wnite spurred Crater defense and Johnson termed White the best linebacker he's ever had at Crater. "We're kind of proud of our kids," remarked Johnson. "They've paiyea tremen a o u s ball." Comets. They totaled just three touchdowns. On Friday Crater had a 275 to 101 net scrimmage yard advan tage and led in first downs 14 to seven. Ashland was 04 in the league and 2-6 for the year. STATISTICS Cr. Rushing first down! . 10 passing lirsl aowna Total first downs Passes tried, completed 15-9 Passes Intercepted by 2 Yards rushing 193 Yards passing ........108 Scrimmage yards lost ... 26 Net scrimmage yards ..275 Penalties and yards 3-35 r-ummes lost Punts and average 4-31.3 6- Ash. 3 4 7 11-6 63 70 32 101 5.48 1 Custom Tailored Clothes Now On Display New Fall Fabrics Ramodelinfl Alterations Repairi CHRIS THE TAILOR 36 NO. BARTLETT WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING! Opening Soon! DREAMER SALE) OF OREGON 242 S. Riverside Medford Featuring Nationally Advertiied DREAMER PICK-UP COACHES the HUNTSMAN SPORT TOPS Mobile Home Journals "5-STAR" Award Winning Camper You have been reading about them, now is your chance to see them. Along i Awarded Bout Decision By CHARLES S. AI, DINGER United Press International MIAMI BEACH (UPI) Dancing Tony Alongi came through with the big win over street-fighting George Chuvalo Friday night and climbed an other rung on the heavyweight ladder. Alongi, who bounded up from third-round knockdown to score a split decision in their nationally televised bout, not only won the fight, but also a crack at either Eddie Machen or Ernie Turrell here Dec. 27. But sportsman Chuck Serri ani, Alongi's manager, wasn't thinking about the future, as he waited on Alongi to shower. "He's (Chuvalo) rough, tough and dirty . . . Tony was lucky." Medford-Roseburg Ticket Sale Thursday Tickets for the Medford-Roseburg High School state quarter final football game at Roseburg on Friday, Nov. IS, will go on sale at 7 a. m. on Thursday at the activities office of the high school here. Ralph Hale, activities direc tor, reported that tickets are $2 for reserved seals, SI. 50 for general admission and SO cents for students. STATISTICS: p M First downs rushing B 7 First downs penalties o l t First downs passing 4 Tolal First downs 12 12 Net ruihlnit yards 03 Net pinning vards 6 M I Net sc-rmmiaae yards .... 1M1 146 Pusses tried completed . 16-6 8-5 1 Passes intercepted ny ... d Penalties and yards . .. 6-50 1-5 Fumbles and yards I 2 Punts and average 2-46 5 2-45 5 IMIIVIIMAl, Ht'SHlNO! nnnli Pais TC Van Koten 17 Sparlin 3 lsahell 22 Ireland - - 5 Medford TC Itarnea 6 Cox l Gandee 5 Enyart l Murray 3 PAS8INC1: Grants Pass I sparlin Yds. 4H -2.1 .17 11 Yds. 13 3.1 2 St -2 Are. 2 6 -7 6 2 5 22 Ave. 1 6 2 5 10 3 80 -.60 . 16 PC 6 Yds. 68 PC 2 Medford PA flames 5 Vowell 3 NEW WINTER STORE HOURS Effective Monday, Nov. 18 BIG PINES LUMBER CO. 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