Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 21, 1963, Image 35

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Newspaper Page TextPhoenix Engages Vale Saturday In A-2 Prep Gridiron Semifinal PHOENIX - Two veteran schools in Oregon Class A-2 foot ball playoff competition will be adversaries Saturday in the round of four in 1963 champion shop eliminations. Phoenix High's Pirates, un beaten in 10 games this fall, en gage the Vale Vikings. The con flict of the two small A school powers will be on the Vale field. Kickoff will be at 12:30 p. m. (PST). Vale is in the Mountain time zone. ' The Vikings are in the play offs for the 11th time in the 12 year history of the A-2 titular contention. This, however, will be their first semifinal appear ance in four season. Phoenix has reached the semis for the fifth successive year. - There are still seats available on the bus which is being char tered to take Phoenix High foot ball fans to the A-2 state semi final football game on Saturday. Persons interested are asked to telephone Phoenix High School (535-1442). . Cost' of the round trip will be $13.50 per person. Bus depar ture .time has been moved up Ip 1 1, m, Saturday to allow for weather conditions and meal tops on the way. The game will be at 12:30 p. m. (PST). Top -rated aggregations which specialize in single wing offense will be matched in the Satur day embroilment. Phoenix has ranked No. 1 in prep : polls through the season. Vale stood second in the final tabulation of two polls. The Viks are 9-1 for this year. ! . ... Second Meeting Victor will advance to the championship finals next week against Portland's North Catho lic or Siuslaw. Those two clubs collide also this Saturday after noon. ; - ' ..... ; Phoenix and Vale will engage in their second meeting in the semi finals. They met last in 1959 with Vale winning 41-14. The Viks return to the semis for the first time since that meeting. Vale gained the quarterfinals by thumping Bums 46-0 in a Greater Oregon circuit playoff after a fine year in the Snake River ' Valley Conference of of Idaho , and Eastern Oregon schools:! Only loss suffered by the Viks this season was a nar row 7-6 to Ontario. Last week Vale tipped Woodburn 28-20 in a playoff starter. . The. Flutes, only, scored upon once this fall, claim the South Central Oregon mantle with perfect 7-0 season in the Rogue League and triumph by 38-0 last week over Douglas of the Ump- qua Valley loop. . The Vale-Woodburn playoff provides Phoenix with its only comparison with the Viks. Woodburn defeated Serra Catho lic 21-0 in the Capital Confer ence. Phoenix downed Serra al so 21-0 in its season opener in September. , (' Offenses Differ Vale and Phoenix single of fenses differ in that the Viks of Coach Arnold Lewis employ a balanced line and the Buc caneers of Coach Jack Wood ward run unbalanced. Both clubs also have T formation plays. The Vikings reportedly have not used the T much since early season. The pass is a spot weapon for both clubs which are essen liallv around teams. Reports in dicate that, if Vale runs into trouble on the ground, it will pass more and that it does have a line aenai auacic. Passes and lone runs, includ ing those on kickoff and punt returns, have figured mucn in the Viking scoring. Main ball carriers for the Vikings have been Fullback Bill Ingram and Left Halfback Rod Chester, 160 pounders. Mel Hyland is a 180 wingback and is a great pass receiving threat. Stats Point Up Statistics point up the Phoenix offensive and defensive strength and its individual talents. The Pirates have rolled for 2,448 yards on the ground this fall and have picked up 556 yards nassine for a net of 3,004 from scrimmage. They have held op ponents to 1,306, 556 rushing and 751 passing. First down margin is 135 to 67 for the Bucs. ' Phoenix, with 54 touchdowns and 34 extras, has 358 points for the fall to one TD and no conversion by the opposition, Jim Consbruck has rushed for 917 yards on 140 carries, Jon Granby for 356 on 69, Dennis Grennan for 510 on 117, Dale Sauer for 225 on 33 and Ron Williams for 178 on 39. Wil liams has completed 22 of 47 passes for 455 yards and Ken Hawkins three of 10 for 78. Cons- hnick has 20 touchdowns and six extra markers for 126, Gran by eight and six for 54, Gren nen five and seven for 37, Sauer seven and three for 45, Williams seven and five for 47 and Hawkins four ana one tor 25. Phoenix has intercepted 20 passes to seven by the opposi tion. Consbruck has snared four, Greg Esp three and Sauer and Lloyd Campbell each two. SECTION E MedforiTribune SPORTS MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963 Chances Good for Day To Make Olympic Team, Denver Instructor Says "With your tremendous drive, energy and desire, I am sure you will have a very good chance to make the team if you do not miss any of the sections." That is a statement in a letter to John S. Day, Rogue valley rancher and outdoorsman, from Willy Schaeffler, University of Denver skiine coach and mem ber of the Nordic sub-committee of the United States Olympic Committee. . Mitchell Challenges In Catches NEW YORK (UPI1 Hnhhv Mitchell, the Washinetnn UoH. skins' fleet flanker who won the National Football League pass- uaicning cnampionship last sea son, has moved into a chaDem?- ing position behind front-running avuuy joe uonraa or tne St. Louis Cardinals. While Conrad maintained the lead with 56 catches that have gained 692 yards, Mitchell moved up to second place with 48 catches that have covered a league high of 1.017 vards. ae. cording to statistics released to day by the NFL. Del Shofner of the New York Giants also has caught 48 pass es for 857 yards. Terry Ban- of the Detroit Lions, fifth among the pass-receivers, is tops in touchdown catches with 10, There were two changes in this week's statistical leaders. Jimmy Brown of the Cleveland Browns regained the scoring lead from place kicker Jerry Kramer of the Green Bav Pack ers, and Roosevelt Taylor of the Chicago Bears moved ahead of pick Lynch of the Giants in pass interceptions. Overwhelming Margin Jimmy Brown continued to enjoy an overwhelming lead in rushing; Y. A. Tittle of the Gi ants remained first in oassine. and Yale Lary of the Detroit Lions stayed on top in punting. Brown scored one touchdown m a losing game against St, Louis and regained the point- making lead with a total of 78. Kramer kicked only one con version against the Bears and was second with 76 points, while Don ' Chandler of the Giants ranked third with 74. Jimmy Brown boosted ' his rushing total to 1,447 yards and can break his 1958 one-season record of 1,527 by gaining 81 yards against the Dallas Cow boys Sunday. Brown has a 748-yard lead over Jim Taylor of the Packers. is the workhorse of the league with 204 carries and his 7.1- yard average is tops among NHL Ball-carriers. Tittle Paces Tittle leads the passers with 156 completions in 255 throws for a 61.2 percentage, 2,263 yards gained, 27 touchdowns and oniy four interceptions. Billy Wade of the Bears moved up to second place this week. Charley Johnson of the Cards boasts NFL highs of 172 com pletions and 2,496 yards gamed but also leads in interceptions with 20. Lary's first-place punting av erage is 48.9 yards for 35 kicks compared to a 46.5-yard aver age on 53 punts by runnerup Tommy Davis of the San Fran cisco Forty Niners. Brady Keys of the Pittsburgh Steelers continues to lead in punt returns with an average of 15.2 yards tor u runoacks and Abe Woodson of the Forty Nin ers, who ran back a kickoff 99 yards against the Giants, wid ened his lead in that specialty with an average of 36.4 yards for n. Coaches Guests Of Linebackers All members of the Medford High School football coaching staff will be special guests on Friday at the regular noon luncheon of Medford Lineback ers at North's Chuck Wagon. Movies of the Roteburg-Med-ford High football team, Includ ing the controversial offside, on Medford's extra point try, will be shown. PIONEERS EIGHTH KANSAS CITY, Mo (UPI) Lewis and Clark of Portland ranked in eighth place today in the weekly NAIA football poll. Central Washington was ranked 10th and Linfield of Ore gon 16th. The leader was Northern Illinois. Pages 1 to 8 Day, 54, who trained in Nor way earlier this year, will trv out for the U. S. winter Olym pic, team with the aim of mak ing the team as a cross-country skier. Schaeffler's letter points out that the University of Denver training camp runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 11 and that the actual tryouts will be Dec. 12-18 near Leavenworth, Wash. A special training course will follow Dec. 26-29 at Leavenworth. . Day To Coach Day is advised by Schaeffler that it will be necessary to at tend all of the sessions if he wants to have a chance to qualify for the Winter Games Jan. 29, Feb. 9, 1964 at Inns bruck, Switzerland.. Day himself will. be a coach for the U.S. Ski Association and Pacific Northwest Ski Associa tion training course in late De cember. A PNSA release says that Day "will be on , hand to pass along all the latest cross country techniques and framing methods obtained during ex tensive training in Norway this year under top Norwegian cross country coaches." Another of the cross country coaches will be Bob Johnson, Bend, a former U.S. ski team member. . The Leavenworth camp re portedly will be the largest and best ever offered by the PNSA. The PNSA release also men tions that Day and Johnson also will attend the national cross-country coaches clinic to be held at Spout Springs, Ore., during the Nordic Olympic training camp and tryouts be fore Christmas. Old Pros Vie In AFL Tussle HOUSTON (UPI)-Two for mer National Football League quarterbacks in their mid-30s will be out to prove it's an "old man's" game Sunday in Amer ican Football League clash be tween division leaders San Di ego and Houston. Tobin Rote, 35, and George Blanda, 36, will be guiding the Chargers and Oilers, respec tively, in what could be a pre view of this year s ah ii cnam pionship game. Tobin is having a great year in his first try at the AFL. San Diego Coach Sid Gillman calls him "as fine a quarterback- as I've been associated with. And that includes such signal callers as Norm Van Brocklin, Bob Waterfield, Jackie Kemp, Bill Wade and Frank Ryan. As Good as Tittle Gillman adds that he believes Rote is just as good as Y. A, Title of the Giants. Most football fans thought Rote was through when he played out his option for Detroit in 1960. But Rote went on to play Canadian ball and then to the afl.. He led tne uanaian loop in passing in 1960 and '61 and now leads tne afl in yaras per pass and percentage. . Blanda is now in nis I4tn sea son as a pro. He came to the Oilers in 1960 after being the hiehest scoring player in Chi cago Bear history. He holds many AFL records and Is cur rently third in league passing, OSQQM n 1141 1 1 L'l' I WAWl ' 'AW win i ri w k it m K"lf VV r l-SB K Proof IK PIRATE GUARD Ken Tyck sen, above, a 160-pounder, is a guard for the Phoenix High School football team which plays at Vale Saturday after noon in an A-2 state semifinal football game. Clay Asks Transfer Of Physical . NEW YORK '(UPI) - New York City's . director of Selec tive Service said today that Cas sius Clay's transfer of physical examiation and reported shift of residence to New York need have no effect upon the date of his possible induction by Uncle Sam. Col. ' Paul Akst explained: The date of his induction will still depend upon the needs of his local draft board at Louis ville, Ky. His local board of registration will always be the local board of jurisdiction." The date of induction is very important to heavyweight chal lenger Clay, who is signed for a title fight with champion Son ny Liston sometime in February at a city to be announced soon. Might Be Deprived Were he to be drafted before the end of February, Clay who will be 22 on Jan. 17 might be deprived of a tremendous purse and his shot at the most valua ble title in all sports. Cassius had been scheduled to take his pre-induction physical today at hometown Louisville. But his Louisville attorney asked for a transfer of examination to New York. And Clay, now in New York, not only asked for an examination transfer at New York Selective Service head quarters Wednesday, but, ac cording to a Clay secretary, went real estate shopping on Long Island "for a $100,000 home." Secretary Howard Bingham explained "Cassius has so much business in New York nowadays that he can't stay in Louisville." Bingham expressed confidence that the shifts of examination and . residence would permit Cassius to have the February title fight before going into serv ice. Kart Races On Sunday Medford Kartways will hold races on Sunday, Nov. 24, with turkeys offered as first place prizes instead of trophies. It is hoped to have racers from Yreka and Happy Camp, Calif., Eugene and Roseburg. Races start at noon. Shirley Raney and Dick Florey won 25-lap races on Vet erans Day. Florey, who was home on leave from the Army, is now in Korea. Winners in other races were Skip Barker, Jerry Condray, Ted Kerwood and Jack Kaney. ATE FILL ND we mean! NEW LOW PRICE Kentucky 's finest Bourbon for over J50 Years! A$Q00 $475 0fWf J PINT "J 45 OT. (CODC tll.C) (COOS 111. B) . ' Also Available) BOTTLED IN BOND DISTIUtO AND I0TTIC0 tl WATEDFIll AND mill OlSTIUttr CO. AMS10W, KllSW COUKiy, MNIUCW Oregon Seeks First Win Over Staters EUGENE" (UPI) - Oregon will be seeking its first victory over Oregon State since 1958 when the traditional rivals meet here Saturday in the final game of the season. The Beavers won 20-17 last year, 6-2 in 1961 and 15-7 in 1959. The 1960 game ended in a 14-14 tie. The Ducks have been made a 5-point favorite on the strength of a 6-3 season record and last weekend's come-from-behind 28 22 victory over Indiana. Oregon State has a 5-4 record after losing by an identical 28 22 score to Southern California last Friday night. Main Job Oregon's main job will be stopping the pass combination of Gordon Queen to Vera Burke. Queen leads the nation in touch down passes this year with 16, and Burke has caught 9 of them. Burke, who led the na tion with 69 catches a year ago, has 42 and is in second place this year. 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Shop at Sears and Save Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Since 1958 Murphy, the hero of the Indiana game. Murphy caught a Berry pass for the winning touchdown with 11 seconds to play. Funston To Miss The Webfoots continue to im prove physically after taking a beating from Washington in mid-season. The only casualties of the Indiana game were guard Mark Richards, who sprained an ankle, and end and kicker Buck Corey, who has a bruised elbow to go with a bruised back he suffered earlier. Both may play Saturday, however. At Corvallis, Beaver coach Tom Prothro has had guards around his practice field all week and won't discuss the physical condition of his squad. The Beavers suffered several injuries in the Southern Cali fornia game and guard Al Fun ston (ex-Medford High) will miss the Oregon encounter. BACK OF YEAR TACOMA (UPI)-Whitworth's Charlie Reed has been selected football Back of the Year by the National Intercollegiate Ath letic Association's Region One coaches. ' iTFTTi GUARANTEE Railroad Tracks Truckers Vern Law Will Try Comeback PITTSBURGH (UPI) - The comeback trail is a long and rugged one but Vernon Law of the Pittsburgh Pirates feels he can travel it without difficulty. Law, 33, who was placed on the voluntary retired list Aug. 7 after pitching in 18 games for the Pirates, asked for and re ceived permission from the Na tional League club to report to spring training next March in Fort Myers, Fla. If the righthander is success ful in his comeback try, he will probably be used as a starter. Arm trouble sidelined him much of the 1961 and 1962 cam paigns. He had his best year in 1960 when he won 20 games and lost nine during the regu lar campaign and then won two World Series games from the New York Yankees. For this he received the Cy Young Award. Last season he sprained his ankle in - spring training and spent the first month of the sea son with the Pirates' Kinston, N.C., farm club in an effort to work himself into condition in a warmer climate. He started 12 games and compiled a 4-5 re cord Detore going on the volun tarily retired list. ALLSTATE High Guardsman Nylon Guaranteed 27 Months 6.00x13 Tubeless Nylon Blackwalls First Tire $20.95 Plus Tax Second Tire Only Full 4-ply nylon cord for added strength, safety P-95 additive) In creases mileage and traction Continuous In- . terlocking tipet protect against skids Silencer buttons reduce corner ing squeal SEARS 1 f5 i ) m Ashland High Grizzlies Have 2 Lettermen Back ASHLAND - Drills for the new basketball season at Ash land High School will gain in tensity next week when Coach George Keil plans twice-per-day workouts. , Sessions will be in the after noon and evening. Keil has only two lettermen from the 1962-63 squad. Two others now out made varsity ap pearances last season. 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