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)
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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.
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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-
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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. (UPI)
Coach Tommy Prothro held a
full-scale practice session Tues
day to tune up the Oregon
State Beavers for their season
finale.
The Beavers travel to Eugene
to meet Oregon in the tradition
al battle.
WING MAKES DEBUT
NEW YORK (UPI) - Right
wing Marc Dufour, recalled
from Baltimore by the New
York Rangers, will make his
national Hockey League debut
tonight against the Detroit Red
Wings.
FARRELL STARTS JOB
HOUSTON (UPI) - Dick Far-
rell, the Houston Colts' leading
pitcher, has a new job.
The club announced he will
aid the Colts with their season
ticket drive during the winter
months.
BC COLLEGE WINS
NELSON, B.C. (UPD-Notre
Dame College, Nelson, B.C.,
topped Gonzaga University 1-0
here Tuesday night in Koote
n a i International Hockey
League play.
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