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R. H. S. Indians Off For 2 Games At Klamath Falls Jack Newby'i Roseburg In diana climbed aboard a south bound bus this morning, headed for Klamath Falls, where they will make a two-day stand at the Pelican basketball court, Fri day and Saturday night. Last year, in a clash with the Pelicans at Senior high, the In dians split a two game series, losing the first game 57-45, then coming back and winning 44-37 the following night. Newby will take 12 men with him, Including one newcomer up from the junior varsity. Larry Freeman, who chalked up nine points In his first game this season, against Cottage Grove, then followed up with 20 counters for the Warriors the following night, will travel with the Indians on a trial basis to night. Coach Newby said if he can prove himself against the big guns of Klamath Falls, a per manent spot may be in the offing for the 16 year old Junior, who is a transfer from Grants Pass. Others who will travel with Newby include forwards K e e Briggs, Buddy Mathews, Don Campbell, Bill Van Horn and Roy Van Horn; guards Mickey Coen, Gordon Conley, Dexter Garey and Jerry Sconce, and centers Frank Olson and Tom Johnson. Manager Louis Hum will also accompany the squad. The Roscburg team will stay In Klamath Falls Friday and Saturday nights, and will return home Sunday morning. In the drills during the past week, emphasis was placed upon offensive tactics to he used against the Pelicans. The Indians are expected to be a speedier group of players when they hit the court tonight, playing against a slightly stronger and larger SLABWOOD In 12-16 and 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS . WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone 6SS 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. At The Canyonville Rodeo Grounds All Gun Clubs and shooters Invited to win your Christmas turkey. South Umpqua Rod and Gun Club Canyonville, Oregon WHERE PRICES ARE COMPETITIVE WITH ANY PRIVATELY OWNED STORE IN THE COUNTY HERE ARE GOOD REASONS WHY WE ARE A GOOD PLACE TO BUY . . . Plenty of Parking Spaci A very linear appreciation of your business Dealers of Sherwin-Williami Paints Dealers of Norge Appliances Open Sundays for your shopping convenience Supplies of rolled roofing, cement, plaster board, etc. Lily's Fertilisers, Seeds Other new items coming In daily to be announced later 6 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, AT ARMORY Hessell Meets Lee Grable In Semi-Final; Strickland, Davidson Match Tops Bill A return "grudge" match and the debut of two highly-touted wrestlers will feature Saturday night's three-star mat show at the Roseburg armory. The grudge affair, matching George Strickland against Buck David son, with a no-time limit and no disqualification promises to pack the arena to the rafters. The first newcomer to make his appearance will be Dave Det ton, the younger brothers of Dor ry and Dean Detton, two famed wrestlers from Salt Lake City. Dave, whose mat career was de layed because of wartime service In the army, Is Just starting to hit his stride and he will be meeting a formidable foe in Billy McEuin, the kidney-punching Texan. The one-fall opener gets under way at 8:30 p.m. The other newcomer, who meets Gordon Hessell in the three-fall semi-final, is Lee Gra ble, a talented mat artist from Phoenix, Ariz., who has recently returned from successful cam paigns in Australia and the Is lands. Grable has a fine build not as musular as Atlas, but well proportioned. He specializes In a stepover toe hold. Hessell, who battled to a draw with Maurice LnChappclle last week, Is more of a spectacular performer, us ing flying head scissors, drop kicks and a fine assortment of fundamental tactics. The Strickland -Davidson bout should be a Donnybrook, a return engagement that promises to be as bloody and dynamic as the first meeting here two wccks ago when Davidson claims he was robbed. Davidson, who uses n surfboard with considerable abil ity, had Strickland downed, but squad of host ball players. After Klamath Falis, the In dians will again rest a full week before playing again, ine next opponent will be Grants Pass, witn tne game usiea to De piayeo on the senior high court here. TURKEY SHOOT Sunday December 18 Always Shop Howard's Winston, and Garden Supplies Ore. Fri., Dec 16, 1949 refused to release the hold after the decision had been made. For that reason Strickland was given a technical verdict. Strickland, the Denver wrestler who has become a popular fa vorite, said he asked for the no time limit and the no-disqualification in hopes of proving that he was the better matman. Regardless of Davidson's re quest for a different referee, El ton Owen will again be the third man on the mat. Jackie Robinson Top Batter, Base Stealer Of League NEW YORK, Dec. 16. UP) Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson was the individual standout in the Na tional league's offensive depart ment during the past season. Official averages, released to day, show the Dodgers' Negro second baseman first In batting, first In basesteallng and tied for first in sacrifices with St. Louis' Mnrty Marlon. It w-s these accomplishments that won him the circuit's covet ed most valuable award. Robinson led the hitting with a mark of 342. He had 37 stolen bases and 17 sacrifices. The slick Brooklyn inflelder shaded the Cardinals Stan Muslal by four percentage points in an Individual race almost as close as the team race for the National League championship. Brooklyn beat out the Cards on the last day of the season. time great hitters, had a good time great hiters, had a good year for himself but not compara ble with that of 1948 when he almost monopolized honors. Besides hatting .338, Musial led in base hits with 27, total bases with 282, doubles with 41 and he tied with Enos Slaughter, a team mate, In triples with 13. Both Musial and Robinson had to move over to make room, how ever, when It came to giving the oan a one-way rifle. The Pittsburgh Pirates Ralph Kiner led in home runs with 54 and set a new league mark by hitting more than 50 for the sec ond year In a row. Kinor had the most run-; batted In with 127 and Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn shortstop, scored the most runs, 132. St. Louis was the leader In team batting with .227 and also had the most hits, 1,513. Brooklyn's cham pions, however, banged out the most home runs, 152, and account ed for the high run production as a team, 879. CHEAP RACKET LOS ANGELES, -fD Charles Hage, 12, wanted a tennis racket. He had come some 50 miles from Fontana, Calif., to bid for one at the semi-annual sheriff's auction of Impounded goods. V Finally the auctioneer offered a racket for sale. "One cent." yelled Charles. "Sold," . said the auctioneer. "Next item." BREATHER FOR JAYVEES Norm West's Jayvees draw a breather this weekend, with no games on the slate. They stand by until Wednesday, Dec. 28, when they oppose Yonralla In a preliminary game to the Varsity Indians tilt against Grants Pass. Hardware Oregon Eight B League Quintets Go Intc Action Tonight Douglas county B league bas ketball will see eight teams in action at various gymnasiums throughout the county tonighti South half basketball started Tuesday, with Riddle and Days Creek winning their games but in the north half, league action starts for the first time tonight. In the south, Coach Ronald Krasky's Canyonvil le Tigers travel to Camas Valley, while the Riddle Irish battle at Glendale. In the north, Oakland plays at Yoncalla and Glide Journeys to Elkton. . Days Creek in the south and Drain In the north drew byes, in sofar as league action is concern ed. Coach Miles Aubln may place a lot of faith In guard Rice, who scored 12 points in a game with Lorane Tuesday night, while Bill Hoffee, Townsend and Shipper will be Canyonville mainstays. Eaton, Glide guard, who scor ed 13 points against Sutherlin early this season, may spearhead the drive against Elkton, but F. Gill, Elkton forward, may help neutralize Eaton's efforts, being a power himself under the bas ket. . Yoncalla, north half jamboree winners, will especially be watch ed, as will their star player so far Gerald Rust. Rust proved to be the outstand ing player on the outstanding jamboree team, leading the way with 16 points. Glendale, top south half team, playing host to Riddle, will de pend upon high-scoring John Har bour, who tallied 16 points In the south jamboree. Basketeers Of Grade Schools Get Practice Coaches Hod Turner, Eddy Wyatt and Al Hoffman are hustl ing their ninth, eighth and seven th grade charges, respectively, through a concentrated basket ball practice schedule in prepar ation for games to be played starting after Christmas. Fundamental drills, including dribbling, passing and shooting, keeps the junior high Papooses busy each evening of every school day. The trio of junior high coaches have not yet lined up a iron-tight schedule yet, but several tanta tive games are listed to be play ed against Medford, Ashland, Cottage Grove and other schools throughout southern Oregon. Basketball Players Die In Train-Auto Crash FIRTH, Idaho, Dec. 16 UP) Three players on the Firth high school basketball team were killed Thursday in a train-auto collision. Three others received minor injuries. The dead are Ray H. Hyde, 11; Carl David Hansen, 17, and his cousin, Charles Hansen, 17. Sheriff Gerald Johnson said the boys were returning home from a basketball game at Dow ney, Idaho. Faith Lutheran Church To Offer Yule Program The annual Christmas program of the Faith Lutheran church will be presented Sunday, Dec. IS, at 4 p.m., announced Rev. Willis Erlckson. The program will be presented In the Episcopal Parish hall, in stead of the church's usual meet ing place. Entitled "We Tell the Glad Sto ry," the program will feature singing and recitations by 62 chil dren, all i members of Faith church Sunday school. Mts. W. S. Samuelson. Sundav school superintendent, is in charge ot tne program and is assisted by teachers and staff members of the church school. The public is Invited to attend. WM- ALDERSON DIES William Alderson, a resident of Roscburg for many years, died Dec. 12 at Rogers, Ark., follow ing a short illness. He is survived bv two daugh ters, Mrs. C. F. Welker. Rose burg: and Mrs. Irene McClav, New Plymouth, Ida.; and one sis ter, Mrs. Nettle Taylor, Spokane, Wash. Funeral services are In charge of Bryant Funeral home of Rog ers, with Interment in Rogers cemetery. G A Variety of ( Seat VJ lV VXovers Tfceex ire the IMMemnrn can grt for ycaar Ford cav. Tber we expertly tailored to fit year car ana D ft jb max . ituwc an uwi - the marcraat that btrathca and in hesrcboflie, color-faart trdine. You tm-rt ror pick of aa-T ' ' of beautaful colon and pattern. if. 50 SEE THESE GENOME SEAT COVERS, K0W1 LOCKWOOD MOTORS . 'Ay , aaaaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaarvaaaaa A LEE CRABLE This Arizona mat man will wrestle Gordon Hessell in the three-fall, semi-final Sat urday night at the armory. Riddle Defeats Camas Valley The Riddle high school varsity basketball team defeated the Camas Valley high school squad at Riddle Tuesday night, 39-16. Both teams had difficulty find ing basket in the first half, which ended with Riddle leading 13-5. The Riddle junior varsity found the going rough as they dropped their game to the Camas Valley jayvees, 21-16, in a fast moving affair. The Riddle club lead 7-6 at half-time, but Camas came back with a quick seven -point lead which Riddle could not over come. . Lineup: Varsllr Riddle (3f Camas Valler (16) Buckley 8 Slandley 0 Mann 7 Wafer 4 Buahneil 4 Wiley 0 Hrndricks 14 Dancer 6 Zifka 2 Wheeler 1 Substitutions: Riddle Vaughn 2, Strode 1, HIKsby 1. Lineup: Jsyveee Riddle 116) Camas Valley 121) Carter 3 Golgert 4 Ensslln 3 Dunham 0 Adslt 0 Grant 8 HiKMby 2 Kinnan 0 Hammersley 3 Parrot 9 Substitutions: Riddle Van Doren 4, Miles 1. Eugene To Have Team In Far West League EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 16 UP) A baseball team in the Far West league was promised Eugene for this season last night by A. A. Hadier of Sacramento, Calif. The former owner of the Pitts burg, Calif., team In the same league said he would build a $65, 000 lighted field on a ten-acre tract here. He named Walter Nellis as business manager of the club and said he was negotiating with three major league teams for working agreements to ob tain players. More Duck Hunters Get Bid To Sauvies Island PORTLAND, rP The State Game commission has invited more duck hunters to the Sauvies island public shooting grounds. The commission said additional hunting space is available there, and will be parceled out on a first come, first served basis. Reservations should be made at the commission's Portland office. The shooting grounds will be opened Dec. 19, 20, 21, 24. 25, 28, 31, and Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7. BASEBALL NOTES By The Associated Press BOSTON The Boston Red Sox announced the sale of Tex Hugh son, righthanded pitcher, to the New York Giants for an undis closed sum. NEW YORK Phil Rizzuto, shortstop for the World Champion New York Yankees, was named "player of the year" for 1949 by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' association. Kahut Takes On Bosnich In 1 0-Rounder Tonight PORTALND, Dec. 16 UP) Joe Kahut goes 10 rounds tonight with Tony Bosnich of San Fran cisco in the main event of a local boxing card. It will be the 64th professional fight for the Oregon heavyweight king. Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 Over RexaD. Drug Store J Now Available in Beautiful Colors Nate De Long Is New Scoring King Of Basketball RIVER FALLS, Wis., Dec. 16 7P) Big Nate De Long, with 2,207 points to his credit. Is the new scoring king of college bas ketball. De Long poured in 33 points last night as River Falls Teach ers college swamped St. John's university of Collegeville, Minn., 77-54. . ; The six-foot, six-inch River Falls center scored 27 points in the first half to run his total to 2,201 and break the former .col legiate record of 2,199, set by Jim Lacy of Baltimore Loyola last March 26. He added another six points before he left the game with three minutes remaining in the third quarter. The box score gave big Nate 11 field goals, 11 free throws, four personal fouls and five free throws missed. His total score covers 93 col lege games at an average of 23.7 points per game. Lacy averaged only 17.8 points per game in sett ing his record. De Long, now in his eighth semester of college basketball, still has one more semester of eligibility remaining. De Long's best showing was a 72-point night against Winona (Minn.) Teachers college in the 1947-48 season. His top this sea son was 40 points against St. Thomas of St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 13. His most effective weapons are the two-hand overhead push shot and rebounding. 11 C 00 Trade-in on any old watch " regardless of condition! Nationally Known Man's W A regular 29.95 value If you trade in any old watch regardless of its condition! $1500 I for any old watch on this new watch! 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College Basketball (By The Associated Press) St. Johns iBKNi 60. Kentucky 3S. Southern California 69, Canlslus 55. North Carolina State 62, Los Ante'es Loyola 47. Hamllne 50, Gonzaga 47. Pepperdlne 45, Brigham Young 39. Whltworth 67. Carroll (Mont, 53. New Mexico A & M 65, California Poly SI. j.j Pacific ' Lutheran 32, Puget Sound 43. Oregon Tech 67, Lavern 39. New Scattergun Record Set In Amateur Class SEATTLE, Dec. 16 UP) The Amateur Trapshooting as sociation advised the Post-intel-ligencer yesterday that Arnold Riegger, boeing Airplane com pany mechanic, had set an all time scattergun record. The ATA jaid Riegger broke 2,775 out of 2,800 targets at 16 yards in 1949 for an average of .991, the highest average in the 50 years of the ATA's records. WALLPAPER AND PAINT - Largest Stock In Douglas County. PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 6:00 to 9:00 P. M. Silverplate Jewel Box Beautiful silverplate jewel box in the shape of a grand piano. Velvet lined ... Hymie Cap'an, One Tim Fight Manar, Passes NEW YORK, Dec. 16. P) Hvmie Caplin, the fight manager who helped make five world champions before he lost a skirm ish with the law, is dead. The native of New Yorks lower east side who became a fabulous Broadway character died in a hospital last night at the age of 48. He handled five world cham pions middleweights Ben Jeby and Solly Krieger, lightweights Al Singer and Lew Jenkins and bantamweight Lou Saiica. . The smooth, sharp-witted man ager lost his license after he was : convicted in the spring of 1941 on a nK n r no nf ffrnnH larPPIW 311(1 sentenced to five to ten years in aing oing. He was accused of being a leader in a ring of card sharps. ARTHUR BOYER Civil Engineering ' and Surveying Room 324 Pacific Building Phone 1413-J New Location Dr. George L. Nicholas Veterinarian C jduate of University oi Pennsylvania is now located at 804 Garden Valley Road Treatment of all domestic animals. 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