Phoenix 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,
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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.
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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.
The Ducks have their own ex
plosive offense in Quarterback
Bob Berry, who has thrown for
14 touchdowns, and All-America
halfback Mel Renfro, along with
halfbacks Larry Hill and H. D.
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Murphy caught a Berry pass
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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
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week and won't discuss the
physical condition of his squad.
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injuries in the Southern Cali
fornia game and guard Al Fun
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PITTSBURGH (UPI) - The
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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
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probably be used as a starter.
Arm trouble sidelined him
much of the 1961 and 1962 cam
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in 1960 when he won 20 games
and lost nine during the regu
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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
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