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CC Athletic Leaders PORTLAND Srcial Oregon Technical Institute was the center o( conversation here Saturday in one of the longest and drawn-out Oregon Collegiate Conference ath letic directors and coaches meet ings in the history of the five chool conference. The conference meeting opened at !) a.m. Saturday, and was fi nally closed at 4:43 p.m., seven hours and 43 minutes later. Oregon Tech's football ineligi bility case was the main topic on the day-long agenda, and the Mile High Campus will pay heavily for their mistake if the conference presidents adopt the recommenda tions made by the athletic direc tors and coaches. After OTI rolled over the other four conference teams in the re cent football season, including a 66-7 win over Oregon College of Education, Tech school officials forfeited all of the OCC games played by the Owls end declared the school's first championship va cant because they found that four Oregon Tech ball players were ineligible due to misinterpretation of conference rules. After the an nouncement by OTI director Win ston D. Purvine, the .Mile High Campus waited until yesterday's meeting to see what possible ac tion might be taken. Judging from the conference meeting, the athletic directors and coaches were not satisfied with the Owls giving up the conference title and forfeiting the games. The Ore gon Tech delegation, headed by .lack Brookins, dean of instruc tion and acting as athletic repre sentative, and athletic director Rex Hunsakcr, were i busy answering questions and explaining the po sition the school found itself after the recent investigation. Four recommendations were made by the athletic directors and coaches during Saturday's meet ing as a result of the Oregon Tech forfeiture. These proposals will be passed on to the Oregon Collegiate Conference presidents' meeting scheduled here Decem ber 15. Official action will be tak en on the matter at this time. During yesterday's meeting, four of the five schools did all of the- voting, with Oregon Tech standing by awaiting the decision. Portland State. Southern Oregon. Eastern Oregon and Oregon Col lege of Kducation are the other OCC members. The four recommendations' were: 1. OQE be declared the Oregon Collegiate Conference football champion for 1938. (This motion was made and seconded by A! Akin and Ted Schopf, football coach and athletic director at Southern Oregon College. I 2. The coaches accepted the ex pression by Oregon Tech that the spirit and letter of the OCC consti tution will be adhered to in the future. (This motion was made and seconded by Joe Holland, athletic director at Portland State, and Schopf.) 3. The ineligible Oregon Tech ball players all will lose one year's eligibility at OTI. (This motion was moved and proposed by Bill McArlhur, football coach of Ore gon College of Kducation.) 4. All Oregon Tech ineligible players were eliminated from all star consideration. (This motion was also moved by McArthur.) In all, the only recommenda tion that shocked the Oregon Tech delegation in attendance was num ber 3. This suggestion by the coaches originating from Mc Arlhur means that the four boys involved in the eligibility case will lose next year's Oregon Collegiate Conference football eligibility. All four of the boys are juniors this year, which means their football days are over if the president s council accepts this recommenda tion. This proposal seems a little se vere in the light of Oregon Tech's explanation of the problem. Pur vine. in making the official fan nouncen:ent Wednesday, Novem ber It), said "It is a school mis take and the boys are not at fault." The morning portion of the meet ing was open to the members of the press, but at 12:15. the group met in "executive session" he hind closed doors. Although no one in attendance would comment, it is understood that Hunsaker and the Oregon Tech coaching staff came in (or some bitter criticism on the part of the other confer ence athletic directors and coaches. Archie Dunsmoor, elected to the post of president of the athletic directors and coaches association, failed to comment on the closed door meeting at 3:38 when the executive session broke up. The Eastern Oregon College football mentor did say however, "These four recommendations were made because of OTI's non-conformance of conference regulations." Brookins. when reached after the meeting, said, "The action of the conference coaches was fair. We were given a good hearing and all the details were dis cussed." Hunsaker. not quite as satisfied with the outcome as Brookins. thought the action taken against the boys was completely out of line. "This was a school mistake," Hunsaker remarked, "to why should these guys (athletic direc tors and coaches) penalize them . (the boys) for something they had nothing to do with. These kids arc innocent, and under no cir- . cumslances should they be hurt and lose a year's eligibility. They have already paid a high price for the 'error." the Tech athletic di rector and football coach com mented. Hunsaker added, "I only hop the conference presidents will real ize this fact and free the boys of any punishment." The last hour of the conference meeting was used to pick an all conference team. The coaches se lections will he announced next Sunday. Oregon Tech Reprimanded By 0. fyM? y Mem "SSi CLAYTON HAVNOW The Pacific Coast Conference may be dead, but there v as still enough kick in the long-standing circuit to make a mockery out of its last few months of life. The schools of greater learning in Los Angeles, University of Southern California and UCLA took it upon themselves this past week to see that the Coast Conference didn't die without a parting salvo. Most everyone acquainted with the PCC knew that our friends in the deep southlands were somewhat on the disagreeahle side. But never did these trusting souls think that the Trojans and Uclans would pull the low hlow that put an end to any chance Washington State College had of praying in a post-season bow l game. USC and UCLA of all people used a conference tech nicality to stop the Cougars from accepting a howl offer, if and when any such offer was made. Trojan and Bruin officials expressed "sorrow" in bringing up the forgotten item and therefore buried a request by WSC to accept a bowl bid if the chance arose. And the so-called sorrow came right from the heart you bet. The most amusing part of this ri- diculous story is that . USC and UCLA are using the same rules that they repelled a short time ago when called upon the carpet for il legal recruiting and unethical prac tices. It's these same rules that USC and UCLA blame for the breakup of the Pacilic Coast Con ference. It's these same rules that USC and UCLA said are not proper to govern an athletic conference. Why then, do the Trojans and Uclans take such pride in standing by these "no-good" PCC rules and hold Washington State back from a possible New Year's Day post-season football game? Your guess is as good as ours. We doubt if California and Wash ington, the other two members of the "Big Four" are very proud of their counterpart. It's something to be proud of. Even Calilornia ana Washington gave their stamp of ap proval to such a plan. Could it be that the "Big Four" is coming around to the point where even in a league with only four members which hasn't been officially formed the count is two against two? And the two against are USC and UCLA, as usual. There are some wondering why Washington State even asked per mission for such a venture. Why do they need to? There is no more Pacific Coast Conference. There are no more conference rules to f o M o w. Who w ould slap them down? As long as WSC is a mem ber in good standing with the NCAA nothing could be done. So, why did W!SC ask? The peo ple in Cougarville thought it was the proper thing to do. The final statistics of the past Pacific Coast Conference football season arc interesting. California, the team to represent the PCC in the Rose Bowl this cqming New Year's Day, won the conference title with a good offense and no defense. This sort of throws cur theory of defense-above-offensc to the birds. Oregon on the other hand, led the loop in total defensive figures, and finished halfway down the final standings in fifth place. Washing ton State, the team that just missed the invitation to roses, settled sec ond in total offense and second in total defense for a happy medium. California gained an average of 914.9 yards per game. But the Cali fort.ia defense gave up an average of 320.1 per contest. Cal's defensive pfforts were second lowest only to Stanford. Oregon's defense limited forces to an average of 204.1 per game. The Rose Bowl game should be a dandy for scorekeepers if Cal and Iowa play their usual game. Iowa Is the nation's leading offensive team, having averaged 405.9 yards City League Cagers Practice All local basketball players plan ning to pliy in this year s City League are invited to take part in the "open" practice periods sched uled for Conger School gym Tues day and Thursday of this week, according to Bob Bonney, city recreation director. Bonney said anyone interested In playing in the league should turn out to these practices and get in shape for the coming sea son, which opens within the next two weeks. The final practice date Is Tuesday, December 9, at which time there will be a business meet lng, and the final league roster will be made. Practice time runs from 7 to 9:30. CADII U WITHDRAWS HOLLYWOOD (LTD Gil Cadil U of San Francisco withdrew from Saturday's bout with Mex ican featherweight champion Vic tor Manuel Ouijano because of a ever cold. Noel Humphreys of Charleston, W. Va., substituted for Cadilli. JACK HIMELWRIGHT . , . Big Eight first team per game. And Cal's 314.9 isn't to be snubbed. Is there a trend In the National Football League to play a little de fense this year? In the past few seasons, NFL fans have been treated to some of the highest scoring football ever known to man. Games ending in 43-40, 40-46, 45-42 and other such margins were not uncommon. But this year, there seems to be a vote here and there in lavor ol delense. Going into today's five league games, there have been four shut outs in the NFL. Blanking a pro football team in the scoring col umn is not the easiest task to per form. Especially with the long field goal kickers and the ' explosive wide-open offenses that are now employed by the 12 league mem bers. Following are just a few scores that indicate the NFL also plays a little defense: New York 30, Washington 0: Pittsburgh 24, Philadelphia 3: Bal timore 56. Green Bay 0; Balti more 34, Los Angeles 7: New York 37, Chicago Cards 7; Los Angeles 33, San Francisco 3; Los Angeles S6. San Francisco 7; Baltimore 17, Chicago Bears 0; Los Angeles 13, Detroit 0. A Klamath Falls football product has stepped Into the national ma jor college limelight, the second In the last few years. Jack Himelwricht, a 1!).t4 gradu ate of Klamath Union High School and now a senior at the University of Colorado, was named to The Associated Press' Big Eight All- Conference team this past week Jack is a senior and has won his third football award for the Buffs. The ex Pelican lineman was named as a first team all-confer ence tackle along with Oklahoma tackle Gilmer Lewis. Jack, who sunn's 6-3 and weighs 217, was picked over several very fine Big Eight tackles, making his selection a real plum. Two other highly publicized Colo rado linemen, Bob Salerno and John Wooten, both being boomed for all - American honors landed honorable mention nositions. Himelwnght has reportedly turned down an offer to play in he Senior Bowl game later this year. He has planned to wrestle this winter and if he accepted the Senior Bowl bid he would receive a monetary reward and thereby become ineligible to wrestle. It is possible that he will receive anoth' cr bowl bid of some fashion. Jack was also tabbed by United Press International on its 10.iB nil American team in the honorable mention list. That in itself is quite a feat. The last local boy to make good on the national football level was Oregon State's all-Amcrican tackle John Witte, like Himelwnght a for mer KUHS athlete. Both Witle and Himelwright were state high school wrestling champions. Sunday, November 30, 1958 Army Cadets Whip Navy In Annual Service Classic PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bob Anderson battered Navy's line for two touchdowns Saturday as un beaten Army bounced back from an early case of jitters for a 22-fi victory. Chewing out yardage at a steady pace, Army's junior halfback from Cocoa, Fla., punctured Navy'1; first half dream of a major upset. Coach Earl (Red) Blaik used his lonesome end more as a decoy than an offensive weapon in this fiercely fought contest before a throng of 102,000 half-frozen fans. Trailing 6-0 after Pete Dawkins PSC.EOC In OCC Cage Season By CLAYTON MANNON Herald and News Sports Writer A new champion is expected to be crowned in the Oregon Collegi ate Conference basketball race now facing the five conference members this season. But the Ore gon Tech Owls will go down swing ing . if they are to be displaced from the throne room they have occupied the past two years. Coach Walty I'almberg s o w i s are in the middle of a drastic re building program, and are feeling the effects of heavy losses by last spring's graduation. Meanwhile. Portland State and Eastern Oregon are on the upswing in basketball power. Southern Oregon and Oregon Col lege of Education, the other two conference members, are just sit ting back and waiting to see what happens when the firing starts in January. While Portland State and Eastern Oregon seem to draw the most pre-season support for title chances, the other three schools will be watched closely during pre season competition which starts this coming week. Palmberg s defending champions could establish a precedent by win ning the third consecutive champi onship for the Mile High Campus. But standing in the path of a thrce-in-a-row effort on the part of the Techmcn are the Wolves and Vikings. Coach Sharkey Nelson's PSC squad has Johnny Winters, the great little all-around all-conference star and last year's confer ence scoring leader to guide the Viking cause. With Winters will be John Fredrick and Stan Wen- cr, the latter a 6-6 center, bacn from last year's squad. Also show ing lots of promise and slated to be one of the finest basketball players in the conference's history is Bcrnie Jones, a Detroit eager who comes to the Northwest via Citrus JC in California. Bob Quinn, the dean of Oregon Collegiate Conference coaches, be- Gridiron Scoreboard By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Army 22, Navy 6 Air Force 20. Colorado 14 Southern Methodist 20, Texas Christian 13 Mississippi 21 Mississippi State 0 Oklahoma 7. Oklahoma State 0 Auburn 14, Alabama B Clcmson 36, Furman 19 Tennessee 10, Vandcrhilt 6 Florida 12, Miami (Fla.) 9 Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 3 Notre Dame 20, Southern Cali fornia 13 Houston 22, Texas Tech 17 Rice 33. Baylor 21 George Washington 20, Citadel 14 Florida A&M 22, Texas South ern 18 Southeast Louisiana 19, Tampa 0 The ruffed grouse is the official game bird of Pennsylvania. 1 1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON fumble of the opening kickolt gave Navy a quick opening for a 35-yard touchdown march, the Ca dets closed ranks. They shut off a Navy drive by taking the ball on downs on the Army 14 early in the second period and dominated play the rest of this clear, cold afternoon. Anderson, a near unanimous press box choice as the best back on the field, slammed over from the 1 with only 33 seconds to go before the half ended. It was the climax of a 68-yard march in which Joe Caldwell passed for 40 Given Nod ing at Eastern Oregon 30 years, has the makings of the best 'front line m the league. Back for an other year of basketball under Quinn will be Jerry Baxter, Jim Parsons, Tom Neel and Ron Paul son, who stretches to 6-7. Baxter and Parsons are both 6-4. The only loss by EOC's graduation was floor-leader Dick Quinn, Bob's son, who was a standout athlete for the Mountaineers. Oregon Techi will be forced to rely on newcomers this winter if the Owls are to make a successful defense of their OCC title. Big Paul Layhcr, the 6-7 transfer from American River JC, is expected to spearhead the Tech assault, aid ed by the fired-up back court play ing ability of Dennis The Men ace" Mchee, the former North Salem High all-state flash. Palmberg's Owls will also re ceive some added strength from Ardcll Hamilton, the football en.t who is playing his first college basketball. Hamilton has looked impressive in early - season drills ana is bidding high for a startine spot. Others battling for starting spots in aciaiuon lo Layner, McKce and Hamilton include Leon and Charlie Wilson, Dell Francis and uon Dick. The Owls will have the services of Norm Oliva, the cx-Malin all- stale star and two - year Ictterman at Southern Oregon College, later in ine season. Oliva, who gained all-conference honors as a fresh man, transferred to OTI this year and is waiting out the 18 - week conference transfer rule, rie'll be eligible to play late in January. Southern Oregon is hurting from the loss of Oliva. high - scoring Bill Hollingsworth and e u a r d Chuck Crandall. But Ted Schopf is expected to come up with an other representative ball club. Heading up the Red Raider forces Ihis year will be ex - Klamath falls prep ace Dave D'Olivo and spunky Jim McAbce, who is ex pected to take over the floor lead er roll. Bob Livingston's OCE caoors will again be dominated by un tested freshmen. The Wolves will he counting heavily on four return ing lettcrmen inc udinff D e n n v Spencer, Bill Goodman, Don Shcrk and Rex Brown. Pre - season speculation finds the possibility of Livingston calling on his freshman ranks for most of the effort Oregon Tech opens its season in non counting play this coming weekend against Humboldt Stale College In a pair of games at the Mile High Campus gym Decem ber 5 and 6. Portland Slate's first venture Into competition will be against Pacific University at For est Grove December 2, Tuesday night. Oregon College diaws George Fox College as its first toe December 5 on the wolves home floor in Monmouth. Eastern Oregon meets Whitman December 2 at Walla Walla. Southern Oregon is at home December $ and 6 to Chico State to complete the first round of pre-season play for the Oregon Collegiate Conference members. Conference play is billed to start after the first of the year. f Wins Page yards and Anderson bulled his way for most of the rest of the ground. As Ray Wcllborn's placement was wide alter Joe Bellino scored the Navy touchdown early in the first period, a successful conver sion by Harry Walters put Army out lront to slay. Anderson again crashed through tackle to score from the 2 on the first play of the final period. It was the climax of a 59-yard drive by the Cadets. Walters again add ed the placement point. In the final two minutes of play. Don Usry picked off a desperation pass by Navy's Joe Tranchini and scooted 38 yards for the final loucnaown. Dawkins threw a southpaw pass" lo Anderson for the two-point conversion. It was the first unbeaten season for Army since 1949 and the ninth in West Point gridiron history Only a 14-14 lie with Pitt marrod its otherwise perfect record. Anderson carried the heavy workload for the Cadels, lugging tne Ball 29 times for 89 yards. A year ago, in his sophomore season. an injured Anderson was shackled with only 18 yards. There was drama in Miis con test from the opening kickoff when Dawkins fumbled the boot and Dick Dagampat and George Fritz inger recovered on the Army 35. Needing yardage on a vital fourth and 8 siluation, Tranchini picked up a first down on a keeper play mat Kept tne drive moving Bel lino slashed over from the 3 to climax this drive. The Cadets seemed stunned by the sudden lurn of events. Oklahoma Nips State STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Third-ranked Oklahoma. out- played for more than three quar ters by upslart Oklahoma Slate. broke quarterback Bobby Boyd loose ior a 31-yard louchdown run with five minutes left for a 7-0 vic tory here Saturday. Oklahoma, the nation's leading rushing team, was a three-touchdown favorite. However, the Soon ers were slopped by the slashing line play of two OSU lines that were well tutored on Oklahoma's vaunted offense. The largest crowd in Oklahoma Slate's history, 40,000, watched the 53rd renewal of the contest be tween the cross-state rivals. Slate hasn't beat Oklahoma since 1945 and it looked like this might he the year until the closing minutes when the Sooners were able- to start moving. The Sooners, who are Orange Bowl-bound, made their best drive in the middle of the fourth period, as they drove on the ground from their 28 lo the OSU 2. However, State held on downs and punted out to its 34. On the third play. Boyd, a junior on the alternate team, went to the line of scrimmage, hesitated, then rolled through and romped 31 yards for the only score. Wahoo McDanici kicked the ex tra point. - Fumbles and a field that was soggy in the middle from a snow storm Friday hurt both team. 1 Sec. 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Scoring for Yoncalla: Touchdowns Hollamon 6-runt. Conversions Booth ipass from R. Revellei. lXnlVIIU'M STATISTICS MliKRII.L Ktlshlnr TO VG YI. Nel Ar. Maupin 7 285 O 28.1 .17.88 Haskins 11 11.1 0 in 10.43 Patterson 8 :6 8 36 4. .10 Salvador! 2 8 0 8 4.00 Roller 3 34 2 32 17.3.1 Rushlnr lA PC Yds. Av. Salvadorl 11 7 123 17.60 Recrlvlng rc Yds. Av. Roller 2 60 30.00 Fields 2 13 6.30 Arlerv 1 13 13 nn J. Haskins 2 33 17.30 YONTAI.l.A Rushing TC Y(i YI. Nel 3 7 0 7 - p 44 4 40 8 10 2 8 Wiley Hollamon Bowman R. Rovelle Noffsinger Frame D. Revcllo Hudson izz Av. 16 66 0.00 Booth Wiley Frame 12.00 Knight Nixes Help Request (Earlier Story on Page 411) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Goodwin J. Knight declined Saturday lo intervene in the ef forts of Washington Stale College to get permission lo play in a post-season football bowl game. Knight telegraphed Gov. Albert D. Rosellini of Washington: "My position as governor of California gives mc no power to intercede in Pacific Coast Con ference determinations. However, I am forwarding your telegram to USC and UCLA." The Cougars, mentioned as Sug ar Bowl and 'Gator Bowl contend ers, petitioned the PCC for per mission to play in a post-season game, but the Southern California and UCLA schools voted no. Rosellini telegraphed Knight Friday asking him to use his "good offices" and do all he could lo get UCLA and USC to change their minds. Rosellini said the entire rtatc of Washington ould benefit by me game. WSC officials said the rest of the conference schools approved waiving tho rules to permit a Cougar bowl appearance. The con- lerence breaks up July 1. 1959. Washington State finished the season with a 7-3 record and nar rowly lost out to California in the race for tho Rose Bowl. MOTOR OVERHAUL Rings, Volve Grind, Beatings, Valve Lifters and All Other Work. 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Paced by halfbacks Bud Mau pin and John Haskins, between them collecting seven touchdowns, and a tremendous team defensive effort sparked by guard David An- dncu and linebacker Don Russell, the Huskies swarmed over Yon calla to score more points in three quarters than had previous ly been scored on lhe Eagles in their previous 10 games. Maupin put together sparkling runs of 71. 69. 53, and 47 yards for four TDs while Haskins bombed his way for five, 57 and a 27 yard pass-run Notre Dame Tops Trojans LOS ANGELES (AP) Notre Dame, harassed and beaten al- most single-handed by a midget- like halfback in the first half, stormed back in the third quarter to defeat Southern California 20-13 Saturday, The fighting Irish were trailing 13-12 at the half, thanks to the phenomenal play of Trojan half back Don Buford, who stands feet 5 and weighs a scant 155. But Ihen the Irish marched 63 yards in a bruising counter attack for the winning touchdown in the first four minutes of the third period. Quarterback Bob Williams, i senior who has played second fid dle to George Izo most of this season, came off lhe bench to lead Notre Dame lo its second touch down in the second quarter and the winning drive in the next His 21-yard pass lo right end Bob Weloska made the deciding touchdown, and his perfect pass to halfback Jim Crotly for the ex tra two points sewed up the game. lhe victory gave Notre Dame a 6-4 record. The Trojans wound up witn a 4-a-l record. Buford, a senior from Los An geles, amazed the Irish and the 66.903 fans with his performance. He intercepted two of Izo's passes. He returned one 31 yards and slopped a Notre Dame scor ing threat, and returned another for 34 yards to set up a Trojan touchdown. But his most spectacular play put the Trojans in front In the first quarter. He took a handoff, ran lo his right, slipped and almost fell, and with Irish end Monty Stickles tow ering over him, threw a pass that traveled some 52 yards in the air and dropped into the arms of Mil lard Hill for a touchdown. The play measured 41 yards from the line ol scrimmage, Get Set for Winter! Have Your Tires RECAPPED NOW Most Passenqer Car Siies Available In Tread Shown. Also Wt Specialiie In Truck Tire Recapping BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Moin and Esplanade Ph. TU 4-3121 YOUR FORD DEALER play lo count three touchdowns. At the finish of their landslide win. the jubilant Husky team was engulfed by swarms of Merrill students, parents and fans who charged onto the field to boost their heroes high in the air. Following his laughing dip in the showers, winning coach Keck roared his approval of the way his club had handled their inspiring march to the state championship. Everyone of them played a won derful game. You can't single out anyone who tried harder than the others. Bud (Maupin) and John i Haskins) were great, but Danny 'Salvadori) was wonderful with his passing and the way he ran the snuad while Trov (Patterson) piayea ine Desi game oi nis ca reer. Don't forget to mention the . way the line got into that Yon calla backfield and don't overlook ine way they all played defense, Dave Andrieu and Don Russell made so many tackles and spent so much time in the Eagle back- field that Yoncalla must have thought they were on their own team, we are all real happy, Keck concluded. It wouldn't have been necessary for Keck lb make the last obser vation: the dressing room was in an uproar as the team congratu lated each other and friends. Coach Ron Anderson, mentor of the state runnerup Eagles, was also hoisted to the shoulders of his squad and accepted, with his team, tne congratulations ol the fans. friend and foe alike over a hard fought game, well played. Said Anderson, "We aren't all oying, the boys did their best. We were just plain beaten. We really missed two of our best players when Ron Curtright and Orlan Wi ley were knocked out, but still, ft would not have made much dif ference. Merrill is a great team. After all, I don't think we have to be ashamed of running second to a club like that." Wiley, the Easlcs too scorer in regular season, was taken from the game late in the second quar ter badly bruised. Curtright came to the game with a bad limp and saw uu atuuil. The only severe injury incurred in the game was suffered by Merrill fackle Ray Andrieu who was taken from the game with a broken bone n his right foot. Merrill jumped off to a 6-0 lead early in the first period when John Haskins marched into the end zone from the five after the Huskies had recovered an Eagle fumble on the 31. A scant four minutes later. the Huskies collected six more points as Maupin took off on a 69 yard ramble following a Yoncalla punt by end Jim Booth. Both con version attempts by Maupin were missed. Five plays later, again fol lowing an Eagle punt, Haskins sprung loose and roared down the Iclt sidelines for 57 yards and an other TD. Again Maupin missed the PAT and Merrill held an 18-0 : bulge. Toward the end of the quarter. Yoncalla accounted for a pair of ' first downs, but the try went for nothing as they were forced to punt " earlv in the second period. On . the first Merrill play of the quar- (Cnntlnued on Page 3B) Self Cleaning Famous Lodi Mud & Snow Winter Treads Better Traction Better Wear Less Noise Available m Sawdust Materiel at Conventional Have your old smoothies dona now and be ready for the first snow! BEAT THE RUSH!
