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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1963 Fanfare By DICK JEWETT ' Mail Tribune Sports Editor "Well, was it worth the trip?" That was a question we were asked last Saturday afternoon. We were in Vale and had just seen the Phoenix-Vale High state A-2 semifinal football game. Our answer, naturally, was: "You bet." For, we had just seen the Pirates nf Phoenix win 26-0 to advance to the finals in championship eliminations in their class. , ' We made the trip to Vale and back on the bus chartered for Phoenix backers including cheerleaders and Members of the Salvation Eight band. About one-half the passengers were adults. The' jaunt took some 10 hours going and lOVi coming back, including stops, with the return trip starting about four hours after the game was over. We thought we had survived the trip pretty well until the fa tigue sort of caught up with us Monday afternoon. We still have a stiff neck. . FINAL APPRAISAL : At the start of the season Coach Jack Woodward of the Phoenix Buccaneers said his aggregation was "the best over all squad we've ever had." But, he added, "That does not mean it's the best team. That re mains to be seen." The Buccaneers have pretty well earned that "best" apprai sal now. But, since they have one more test on the gridiron proving ground, we'll wait until after the championship game with North Catholic this Satur day afternoon at Ashland for Woodward's final assessment. HAVE MET CHALLENGE Phoenix, which in the titular game will meet a Royal contin gent rated No. 2 and 3 in final A-2 polls, garnered the No. 1 ranking after the second week of this season. At that time Woodward remarked, "All we can "do is keep it as a challenge and try to stay up there every week." As everybody who follows the Pirates knows, they have met the challenge by staying "up there." Now comes the supreme and final test. Polls, at the best, are opinions and guesses. The red, white and blue clad Pirates will contend with a big effort to make the top rating official this Saturday afternoon. FIRST CLASS TEAM There's a tendency on the part of some fans to look down on A-2. Don't be misled. This Phoenix football team is first class. It's a solid, quality club, well-coached, versatile and rock 'cm, sock 'em. It has a well-rounded offense and rug ged defense. And, the proof is in its record. The Pirates, as we've reported before, are un beaten in 11 games and only one touchdown has been scored against them. We just hope a huge delega tion of Rogue Valley fans will be on hand Saturday afternoon to watch them play and cheer them on. TOUGHEST ADVERSARY North Catholic's Royals must not be underrated. Scouting in formation points to the Portland parochial school as the tough est adversary for the Pirates this season. Its record too, in dicates a good strong football team. Like Phoenix, the Royals also are undefeated and untied in 11 games. They are the champs of the Cowapa (we think it stands for Columbia-Washington-Pacific) League, a circuit of 10 schools most of which are located in the far northwest corner of the state. This is District 1. No team has scored more than one touchdown against the Royals, who are coached by Joseph Gillis. They allowed five of the 11 foes to score. Counts have ranged from 59-6 against Vernonia and 51-0 against Banks to 7-6 against Siuslaw in last week's state semifinal. The score did not truly show Royal domination. North Catholic has tallied five or more touchdowns in seven of its games. GORMAN CALLED KEY The Royals have good size, good speed and an all-state quarterback in Ed Gorman, 6-3, 190-pounder, who "really runs that ball club." Gorman has been called the key to North Catholic success this season. He Is a good passer and runner and is particularly effective on third down situations when yards are needed for first down. Three tackles are in the 200 pound class. Two of them, Den nis Schafer, 215, and Bill Klein, 205, were named to the Oregon Journal A-2 third all-state team. Mike Hyrciw (pronounced like hair issue) is a speedster at left halfback. He was second in the A-2 state 440-yard dash last spring and was sixth in the 100, which he has run In 10.1. Scouting reports say that the Royals, who run from a slot T formation, have fine pass re ceivers. RELATIVELY NEW SCHOOL North Catholic is a relatively new school on the Oregon prep scene. But, already, it has made its mark athletically. The co-educational school, serving five parishes in the St. John's, Ken- ion ano nedmont districts, is located in North Portland. En rollment is 435 students. The Rev. Francis J. Maloney, princi pal, says this total is absolute capacity. N This is the sixth year of the school and its fourth in varsity competition. North Catholic started out with only freshmen and first entered varsity compe tition in its third year when it bad a junior class. STRING OF 13 In the spring of 1962 it shared the state A-2 baseball co-championship. The finals against Drain were rained out. Last bas ketball season the Portland school took fourth in the A-2 state tourney. Last football sea son the Royals were second in their football league. They lost only one football game in 1962, by 21-0 to Seaside, which went on to be runnerup for the state crown. With their two victories at the 1962 season end and their 11 this year, the Royals have an unbeaten string of 13 wins. PATRON SAINT The nickname Royals, origi nates from North Catholic's pa tron saint, King Edward of 11th century England. School colors are royal blue and silver. PRACTICED YELLS Our busload of Phoenix back ers made up the bulk of the small but enthusiastic Pirate rooting section at the game. So, Phoenix High Principal called upon cheerleaders - Georgia Smith, Lynne Eilers, Rosa Hite, Kathi LaFlcur and Sandi Pape to get the group in practice. Some of the new-fangled yells were a bit difficult for the old' timers but there was plenty of noise when Carl Stone went to the microphone at the front of the bus and led the old stand ard, "Hit 'em high, hit 'em low." HUNGER SUBJECT With only a coffee stop en route to Vale (we heard that bus driver Edgar Van Horn had hot cakes), hunger was a sub ject as the trip progressed. The question also came up as wheth er food should be spelled F-U-D or F-U-D-E. RIGHT TO DOOR It was a weary group which arrived back at Phoenix around 5 a.m. Sunday. We were the last off the bus and were grateful to driver Van Horn for delivering us right to our door on the way back to the depot in Mcdford. PROPAGANDA Final note: It's our opinion that Bill Mulflur's observation in the Oregon Journal that "the Royals are over their heads in this one," in his state finals pre dictions, is propaganda aimed at arousing the North Catholic football team to tremendous ef fort Saturday. Texas, MSC Picked Over Grid Foes NEW YORK (UPI) - Texas, headed toward a New Year's Day date in the Cotton Bowl, and Michigan State, budding for a trip to the Rose Bowl, are favored to win their regular season finales on college foot ball's holiday program Thurs day. , Top-ranked Texas is a 13-point choice to down Texas A&M and thereby complete a perfect (10 0) season. Michigan State is a six-point favorite over Illinois in their climatic game which will decide the Big Ten championship and the conference representative in the Rose Bowl. On Saturday, Princton is rat ed a seven-point favorite to win the Ivy League title by beating Dartmouth while Harvard is a one-point pick over Yale. Both games are among those post poned from last Saturday be cause of the assassination of President Kennedy. Odds on other games: Thursday North Carolina vs. Duke, even; Richmond 2 over William and Mary; Wisconsin 4 over Minnesota; Columbia 6 over Rutgers; Cincinnati, 6 over Mi ami of Ohio; Syracuse 7 over Notre Dame; Virginia Tech 7 over VMI; Cornell 7 over Penn; Maryland 8 over Virginia; Clemson 10 over South Caro lina; West Virginia 14 over Furman. Saturday East: Boston College 12 over Holy Cross. South: Florida 4 over Florida State, Alabama 6 over Auburn, Mississippi 6 over Mississippi St., Pitt 8 over Miami (Fla.), Georgia Tech 12 over Georgia, Tennessee 12 over Vanderbilt Memphis St. 13 over Houston. Midwest: Michigan 1 over Ohio State, Purdue 1 over In diana, Kansas 4 over Missouri. Southwest: Baylor vs. Rice, even; Texas Christian 3 over SMU, Wichita 7 over Tulsa, Ari zona St. 7 over Arizona, Okla homa 21 over Oklahoma St. West: Stanford 2 over Cali fornia, Oregon 2 over Oregon St., Southern California 13 over UCLA. Washington 14 over Washington St. PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL National League: Thursday Green Bay 9 over Detroit. Sunday Cleveland vs. St. Louis, even; Los Angeles 3 over San Francisco, Baltimore 4 over Washington, New York 7 over Dallas, Pittsburgh 11 over rnu adelphia, Chicago 13 over Min nesota. American League: Thursday Oakland 3 over Denver. Sunday Kansas City 1 over New York, Boston 4 over Buf falo, San Diego 7 over Houston. CONGRATULATED ' Cincinnati Red's second baseman Fete Rose, named National League rookie of the year in pro baseball, is congratulated by Sgt. Lester Axsom, right, his platoon ser geant. Rose, in his third week of a six-months Army basic training program, was waxing a kitchen floor when notified of his selection. (UPI) Medford&,Tribune SPORTS Longhorns Again Appear Scourge of Southwest Conference Basketball (The followin Is the seventh of eight dispatches sizing up college baskeeball prospects in various sections of the coun-try. Bob Lewis Invilei You To Bring Your Imported Car in to . . . STEVENS Auto Sales for the Finest in Service Specialist in: Volkswagens, Renault!, Mercedes and All Imported Cart All Work Guaranteed Reasonable Prices Export Lubrication The Southwest By ED FITE UPI Sports Writer DALLAS (UPI)-The Univer sity of Texas Longhorns, just as tall and talented as the team which extended NCAA runner- up Cincinnati in last season s regionals, return as the scourge of Southwest Conference basket ball circles this winter. Coach Harold , Bradley, who has tutored two championship squads in his four seasons at Texas, has four of the five starters from the team which led Cincinnati by eight points before bowing 73-68 and was rated by Cincinnati as the best team it faced. Bradley however, figures both Southern Methodist and Rice will be improved enough to con test his Longhorns for the title and says the conference "is much stronger than when I came here four seasons ago." Texas may get away slow again. Mike Humphrey, 6-feet-8 center, had his ankle in a cast until fall practice started; Jim mv Purvear. a euard. got hurt in practice last week and will be slowed for several weeks, and Jimmy Clark, who had been counted upon to replace Jackson, Josephine Projects Listed In Highway Bids departed playmaker Jimmy Gil' bert, tore a knee in summer baseball and has been slow rounding into form. Complete Starting Five New Coach George Carlisle at Rice inherited a complete start ing five headed by top All- America candidate Ken dall Rhine at 6-feet-10, and the Owls will be a definite threat to anyone. SMU's Doc Hayes, pilot of five championship clubs over the last nine seasons, will count heavily on two very promising sophomores, Frank Ramsey and Carroll Hooser, to replace his graduating starters and team with returning Gene Elmore and Jim Smith to provide scoring punch. Selby Metcalf at Texas A&M, the league's other new coach, has high-scoring Bennie Lenox back, but that is about all. however, sophomores and jun ior college transfers will make A&M a team to worry about. Baylor also has five starters back from the only team to beat Texas and could develop into a strong darkhorse. The Bears also boast the top soph prospect in Darrell Hardy, but he won't become eligible until mid-term and may be held out if Baylor is out of contention by then. Texas Tech and Texas Chris tian boast young teams which could jell faster than expected, but Arkansas appears in for an off year. Houston and Texas Western, the area's two top major inde pendents, also stack up below their usual standards. Pete Rose 1963 Rookie Of Year BOSTON (UPI) - National League rookie of the year Pete Rose was still at the bottom of the ladder in another league today. The Cincinnati Reds second baseman now in this third week of basic training in the Army's six-month program, was waxing a floor at Ft. Knox, Ky., when he learned Tuesday that he was chosen for the rookie honors. The 21-year-old infielder cap tured 17 of 20 votes in ballot ing by the Baseball Writers As sociation of America (BBWAA) in 10 National League cities, according to Hy Hurwitz, secre tary of the association. Rose, despite a .273 batting average, won decisively over New York Mets infielder Ron Hunt and Philadelphia Phillies' hurler Ray Culp. Hunt received two votes and Culp got one. Pvt. Rose paused in his KP duties Tuesday long enough to say that he wasn t too surprised he won but added, "I didn't think I'd win by such a big margin." Rose, who wasn't placed on the Reds' roster until the night before the season opened, played in 157 games. His 170 hits included six homers, nine triples and 25 doubles. As leadoff man he stole 13 bases, scored 101 times and drove in 41 runs. Wilt Takes Old Form Too Late By United Press International Wilt Chamberlain's first trip to Madison Square Garden this season was a shocker for New York's basketball followers. There was the 7-feet-l Wilt, the NBA's leading scorer since his rookie year in 1050-60, pas sing, rebounding and hardly shooting. i In fact, his first field goal Tuesday night didn't come until midway in the second period. In the meantime, the Cincinnati Royals were taking advantage of the "new" Wilt to hold the lead which enabled them to beat the Warriors, 123-112, in the opener of a doubleheader before 14,585. Defensive Job Wayne Embry of Cincinnati was credited with the strong de fensive job on Chamberlain, who wound up with just 23 points. Embry was especially Sports Briefs BRIEF DRILL SEATTLE, Wash. (UPD Coach Jim Owens of the Uni versity of Washington scheduled a full-scale scrimmage for to day. Owens ran the Huskies through a brief workout Tues day, Washington faces its tradi tional Washington State foe in a game that may decide wheth er the Huskies will get a Rose Bowl berth. .. BEARS PRAISED BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) -Coach Marv Levy of the Uni versity of California praised his team's workout Tuesday. The full-scale contact session was devoted to polishing up both offense and defense in preparation for Saturday's sea son finale at Stanford. SALEM (UPI) Bids for 12 highway projects expected to cost $14.9 million, will be open ed Dec. 17, the State Highway Commission announced today. Awards will be made at the commission's meeting in Salem Dec. 18. The projects, by county: Douglas Roseburg traffic signals at intersection of West Harvard Boulevard and West Bellows Street Roberts Moun tain Section of Pacific Highway about six miles south of Rose- I nTff-U Wr-' ft y f -- rJv , If burg, 1.90 miles grading the paving. Gilliam Hay Creek Bridge on Hay creeK uoumy noaa, about 27 miles southwest of Ar lington and about six miles west of Mikkalo. Grant and Harney Silvies- Poison Creek Junction of John Day - Burns Highway about sev en miles nortn ot Burns, kock production. Jackson Siskiyou Summit- California Line Section of Pa cific HiRhway about 12 miles south of Ashland, 3.4 miles grad ing. Jefferson Jefferson County Roads in the vicinity of Culver, 4.96 miles stone base and oiling. Josephine Selma Section of Redwood Highway about 20 miles south of Grants Pass, 1.02 miles grading, paving and one structure. Lake Alkali Lake - Valley Falls Section of Lakeview-Burns Highway about 23 miles north of Lakeview. Kock production. Morrow Airport Road - Ir- rigon Junction Section of Colum bia River Highway about 20 miles east of Arlington, 9.04 miles grade and pave, and 1.48 miles grade, oil and structure. Willow Creek - Airport Road Section of Columbia River High way about 11 miles east of Ar lington, 8.69 miles of grading, paving, two structures and signing. Sherman Scott Canyon-Wasco Section about three miles south of Rufus, 6.6 miles stone base and oiling. Washington Hiilsboro traf fic signals at intersection of Tenth Avenue and Maple Street. FORCIBLY REMOVED Police remove fallen Louis Dwyer, 57, a stock clerk, from his apartment in Chicago to end a siege last ing an hour and a half. Dwyer became enraged earlier in the day when his wife was unable to open the door of their apartment, He blasted the door open with a shotgun blast but resisted police when neighbors called. When police broke In they found Dwyer wounded By six shots and partly overcome ny tear gas. (UPI) Cottages Planned At MacLaren School SALEM (UPI) - Robert Mor row, Salem, was low bidder Tuesday for construction of two 25-boy cottages at MacLaren school for boys. Morrow bid $263,555. Six firms submitted bids on the project. The cottages are part of the top priority construction proj ects that were retained despite defeat of the tax bill at the Oct, 15 election. The other project exempted from the cutbacks was a new cellblock at Oregon Correctional Institution. Medal ot Honor For Kennedy Proposed WASHINGTON (UPI) - Four House members introduced leg' islation Tuesday lo award the Congressional Medai of Honor posthumously to President Ren nedy. Sponsors were Reps. SiV vlo O. Conte, R-Mass., Claude Pepper, D-Fla., James Roose velt, D-Calif., and Peter W. To dino Jr., D-N.J. Freight Line Elects Salt Lake City Man MENLO PARK, Calif. (UPI) Nathan E. Tanner, Salt Lake City, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Consoli dated Freightways Inc., it was announced Tuesday. Tanner will replace J. M Garrison. Seattle, who resigned because of the press of other business. tough in the last period when he kept Chamberlain away from the basket. At this point, WUt had reverted to form and was all offense, but Embry was just as determined on defense. Oscar Robertson was brilliant for the Royals, scoring 32 points, 13 in the last period. In the second game of the twinbill, Los Angeles beat New York, 119-112, despite a 41-point performance by the Knick's Bill McGill and 32 by teammate Len Chappell. The Knicks just couldn't cope with Jerry West of the Lakers, who had 33 points and 12 assists for the winners. JACKSON HONORED MONMOUTH (UPI) - Junior end Steve Jackson of Salem was picked as the most valuable player on the Oregon College football team. Philadelphia beat Baltimore, 115-113, in the other NBA game on Hal Greer's jump shot at the final buzzer. Greer had missed an earlier shot with three seconds remain ing but grabbed the rebound and made the winning shot. , Walt Bellamy of Baltimore had 42 points while Lee Shaffer had 32 for the 76ers. MAY START GAME ' BOSTON (UPI) - Second string quarterback Tommy Yew. cb of the Boston Patriots may replace Babe Parilli in Sunday's American Football League game against the Buffalo' Bills. Boston Coach Mike Holovak said Tuesday that Yewcic, who only started one game this sea son, has looked good in prac tice and deserves another start ing shot. COUGARS TOPS PULLMAN, Wash. (UPI) Coach Jim Sutherland of Wash ington State declared the entire Couear team to be in ton con dition for Saturday's game with Washington at Seattle .. .. . Sutherland also named junior quarterback Dale Ford to the starting slot after Tuesday's practice. . PASS DEFENSE EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) - 'the Oregon Ducks concentrated on their pass defense Tuesday dur ing a one-hour workout super vised closely by coach Len Cas anova. The Ducks meet rival Oregon State here Saturday. FULL SCALE CORVALLIS, Ore. 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