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Grade Basketball Tourney Set For Tuesday And Wednesday Some of the most colorful bas ketball of the lea son may be play ed at Senior high Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, when the grade tchool kids put on their uni form for the laat time this tea aon, to compete for trnphiea in the annual grade tchool basket ball tournament. Also slated for the two-day pro gram is tournament action by the grade school volleyball teams. Four games of basketball two each by the Peeweea and Heavies are listed for each evening of the tournament. Peeweet will play first. Heavies action will be pre ceded by girls' volleyball competi tion. The schedule for Tuesday night will pit Fullerton against Benson and Rose against Riverside in the Feewee division; Rose against Ben ton and Fullerton against Riverside In the Heavies division. The first game starts at p m. Gates open at 5:30, both nights, Fullerton and Rose volleyball teams will play both to decide the league champion and Thursday night's entry against Benson girls for the tournament trophy. Fullerton and Rose are tied for first place In the league race, and Tuesday night'a game will deter mine the league champ. Benson girls were seeded bye Tuesday and play Wednesday. Wednesday night, action will commence with consolation games in basketball. The Peewees will lead off. This will be followed with the volleyball championship be tween Tuesday night'a winner and Benson school girls. Peewee and Heavy basketball championship garnet will follow the volleyball clash, with the Peeweet leading off. Cece Sherwood, athletic director of the Roseburg tchool system and tournament chairman, aaid each Q J fill swffl SO pnmmmA sjk:M Preferre. by T.tK.e.e'.l j lUM whisker " TV VOb stralfWt wMtklM a this prat t ""i.0' IS it ere 4 yean ar stare eki Iaw "" ,'"""" 1 S7tt strelikt whiskey, ft I j . -Jf elVsXeeetreltekln distilled X f f 7 ' frwaraia.U'f (freight wttit- -7af key 4 yean ell IS straight ( nft, whltkey 5 yean ell Nt J KOU straight whiskey e feert eld. Si YV --" Nt vt V MA, "V basketball team will be limited to 12 players. Ticketa will sell at 10 cents each night for grade and junior high school students. Ad mission for adults and tenior high students is 35 cents each night of the tournament. Sports In Brief (Br Tha Auoelatcd Praatl FOOTBALL Los Angelet Glenn Davit, former army grid star, formally signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Ramt, pro foot ball club. RACING Hallandale, Fla., Calumet farm't Armed (ttMO). third on world money-winning list, won Gulfstream park's allowance feature; has now earned $817,375. San Bruno, Calif. Tanforan had a SI .602.30 daily double pay off, produced by Air Express (115.80) and Witch English ($198). TENNIS New York Billy Talbert de feats Tony Trabert, 6-1, 8-4, T-5, and Don McNeill beat Sidney Sch wartz. 8-3, 8-4. to enter the semi finals of the nationsl indoor championship. BASKETBALL Hanover, N. H., Alvin F. (Doggie) Julian was named Dart mouth varsity basketball coach and freshman football roach. DEATHS Higginsport, Ohio Harry 'Slim) Sallee, 65, famed old-time National league pitcher. Buffalo, N. Y. Charles J. Murray, 65, nationally known sports promoter. In addition to iron ore, China't Hainan Island hat considerable copper, some gold, silver, tin, lead and zinc. Smart, smooth 1 rr " "J I I Ever climb out of heavy boot and into a pair of slippers? That's tht wonderful feel your feet get when you change from winter shoes into these flexible natural tan Soft-Steppers! Super-flex crepe soles, pliant counters and toe boxes snake the difference. Don't mitt such comfort and smartness at this dollar-stretching price! & Right on Jackson 6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ortv Thurt., Mar. 23, 1950 Olympic College Hoopsters Gain Tournament Win HUTCHINSON. Kts.. March 23 (JPi The Olympic Rangers of Bremerton, Wain., clash tonight with Los Angeles, Calif., City col lege in the quarterfinals of the Na tional junior college basketball championships. Bremerton moved through Its first round game with ease yes J. C. of Des Moines, la., 82-47. Bob Dotson't 23-point splurge led the victory parade. The Californiana also had little trouble, walloping Wingate, N. C. 83-47. Favored for the, title, however, was Northeast Mississippi. The Booneville quintet knocked off Ty ler, Tex., 84-79 last night to move into the semifinal round. The Tigers' victory over defend ing champion Tyler was their sec ond in the tournament. They blast ed Campbellsville, Ky., 88 85 in a first round game after entering the tournament with a record of 44 victoriea in a schedule of 54 games. The Tigers are idle today, wait ing for two other semi-finalist to be determined. Garden City, Kas., nailed down a semi final spot yesterday with an upset 58-45 victory over San Franciaco. Calif., City college. The Garden City club is also idle to day. In the losers' bracket Jackson ville, Fla., won from Flint, Mich., 64-60. Sandlot Players To Be Recognized WICHITA. Kan More than 8.000 outstanding young tandlot baseball players will be recognized for per formance from approximately 500 circuita being organized in the 1850 National Association of Leagues, the National Baseball Congress an nounced today. The 18 outstanding players in each affiliated league are to be awarded the N.B.C. All League certificates. In addition, the league champion of each circuit will be presented an elaborate trophy through the N.B.C. by the bottlers of Coca-Cola. Lead ing team of July ttanding will au tomatically qualify in its respective state championship tournament in July, preceding the lfith annual National tournament at Wichita, Aug. 18 to 31. All players in atfilitated league! will be under the N.B.C. nation wide player contract system, un able to change to teams outside the league without release. A resume of each affiliated league including fi nal atandings and names of leagues, alao team officials, will be presented in the following issue of the Official Baseball Annual and in The Sporting News. Highlights of the National Asso ciation of Leagues may be obtained without cost by writing National Baseball Congress, Wichita (1), Kan. Complete detaila are in the 1950 Official Baseball Annual, pub lished by the N.B.C, at newt ttandt and sporting goods stores. Roet Hon Drops Dtod SAN BRUNO. Calif.. March 23 -JB There was a bright side, and a aad one at Tanforan race track yesterday. The largest daily double of the meeting paid 12 customers $1,602.30 each for a $2 investment. Jade Boy, winner of the fourth rare, dropped dead when loaded into hia van. The thoroughbred, owned by Ross Cooper, lnglewood, Calif., will be buried today in a special burial plot at nearby Bay Meadows. and springy. . soff-sfeppcrs by Roblcc FIGHTS LAST NIGHT 'Br Th Awvlatrd Philadelphia Ray "Sugar" Ro binson, 154, New York knocked out George "Sugar" Costner, 150, Cam den, N. J., 1 (Non-title). Phoenix Arcade "Windmill" Pearce, 176. Salt Lake City, knock ed out Irish Rodney Jones, 174, Los Angeles, 8. IN MAJORS Homers Rain Down As Sox Defeat Braves 'By Tha AMoelalad PrMil Home runs rained out of the sky yesterday and it was a four-bagger by Ted Williamt that dropped the Boston Braves for the ninth strsight time in the major league exhibition baseball circuit. The Red Sox alugger hit a tre mendous 425-foot clout to spark the Boston Red Sox 5-4 victory over their intracity rival. Char ley Schanz, up from Seattle went the distance for the winners. Outfielder Hank Sauer hit one over the fence in the ninth to give the Chicago Cuba a 6-5 victory over San Francisco of the Pacific Coast league. Gus Zernial of the Chicago White Sox blasted a 380-foot homer off Clyde Shoun as the Sox beat Oak land, of the Pacific Coast league, 63 Then, the Philadelphia Phillies blasted four homers off Detroit pitchers but lost, 10-8 Gran Ham ner, Dick Whitman, Eddie Waitkus and Dick Sisler hit four-baggers for the losers. But pitching spelled the differ, ence in the Philadelphia Athletics Brooklyn game. Three Dodger hur lert teamed up for a 4-0 ahutout. Rookie Bob Milliken. Preacher Roe and Willard Ramsdell allowed the Athletics only five hits. Two Cincinnati rookies, Johnny Hetki and Harry Perkowski, also had plenty of atuff. They allowed the St. Louis Cardinals only four hits in winning, 4-1. Petkowski yielded a pinch homer to Bill How erton. The defeat snipped a four game winning streak for the Card inals. Hie New York Yankees also pro duced several sluggers but bowed to Wshington, 11-8. Yankees Hank Bauer, Joe Collins and Jackie Jen sen hit the circuit. But the wild nest of Vic Raschi, making his first start, led to five Washington runs in the fifth plus two more in the sixth. Joe DiMaggio, Tom my Henrich and Phil Rizzuto sat out the game for New York. Dave Koslo and Sal Maglie pitch ed fine ball in the New York Giants victory over Pittsburgh. 6-2. Koslo allowed the Pirates only three hits in four innings and Mag lie none in five. The St. Louis Browns paraded seven pitchers to the mound against Cleveland. The Indians won, 14-6, giving them an even break in their two-game seriet. Cleveland Center fielder Thurman Tucker hit three singlet and a double. SARASOTA, Fla., March 23 W Boston Red Sox third baseman Johnny Pesky hat discarded a special corset he haa been wear ing to protect a pulled aide muscle and hopea to resume spring con ditioning within a few days. The Sox will play the Philadelphia Phillies at Clearwater today with Mel Pamell and Joe Dobson in line to pitch for the Sox who edged rtieir hometown National league ri vals, the Bravea, 5.4, yesterday. Kyno Asks 31 -Day Race Session For Portland PORTLAND, March 23 A man without a track asked yester day for Dermilainn tn hnM a l day horse racing season. jne request was made by Atty. J. Robert Patterson and Bill Klep per. former owner of the Portland baseball club, on behalf of Mil Kyne. Kyne operated the Portland Meadows trark- untn .it U' .!,. over thia week by a Portland bank on a morgage foreclosure. Patterson aaid he felt an ar rangement could be made with the bank to lease the track if raring dates were set. Members of the Oregon Racing commission took no action on the request. Alcohol will remove tny white spots that may appear on the hells ac finish of a table fJ South State Boxing Tests Planned Here Fisticuff Promortrs Stt Amattur Tourney Starting On April 7 A southern Oregon amateur box ing tournament will be held in Roseburg starting Friday, April 7, under the sponsorship of Ernie Nazelrod and Sandy Sanders, local fight promoters. Speaking for both men, Nazel rod said the tournament is open to all amateur fighters regardless of race, color, or creed living in end south of Eugene, to the Cal ifornia border. Championship trophies, to be do nated by the promoters, will be presented to the winner in each weight classification, said Nazel rod. The tournament will be held at the Roseburg armory and will fea ture some 30 rounds of boxing each night. Each bout is slated to go over the three round route, with each round lasting two minutes. The bouts will be fought under AAU rules. All boys will be match ed according to experience, Nazel rod informed. Already amateur fighters in Rid dle, Myrtle Creek, Sutherlin, Oak land and Canyonville have re vealed interest in Jhe tourney, aa have Roseburg fighters. Entrants are requested to get in touch with their local fight promoter or to write to Nazelrod at Roseburg. Prospective partici pantt should include their weight tnd an account of their experience, Nazelrod taid. Schemer Squirts Leading League WOMEN'S LEAGUE Team Standings Scherner Squirts Medical Arts Lab w. 14 31 Myrtle Cr. Bldg. Supply .. 16 16 Ray O. Young 16 20 Rosfburg Jawalera H 21 Shalimar Room 12 24 Flo Ann McDonald captured both the high tingle game and series score Tuesday night against Women's league bowlers in a keg ling session at the Roseburg alleys. Her 161-208-131 500 accumulation was the high of the evening. Women's league results Tuesday put Roy O. Young's over Roseburg Jewelers. 21: Scherner Squirts over Myrtle Creek lumber, 3-0 and Chalimar Room over Medical Arts Lab., 2-1. Hockey Results 'By Tha Ataoctalrd PrMtt Pacific Coast league hockey play offs. New Westminster 3. Seattle 2. (New Westminster leads best-of-5 series, 1-0). Los Angeles 4, San Francisco S. TO! EXHIBITION BASEBALL Bjr Tha Awoclalae Praali Chicago (A) 6 Oakland (PCD S, night. New York (N) S Pittsburgh (N) 2. Seattle (PCD S New York B (N) 7. Cleveland (A) 14 St. Louis (A) 6. Chictgo (N) 6 Stn Frtncitco (PCD 5. Boston (A) 5 Boston (N) 4. Washington (A) 11 New York (A) S. Cincinnati (N) 4 St. Louis (N) 1. Detroit (A) 10 Philadelphia (N) 8. Brooklyn (N) 4 Philadelphia (A) 0, night. Coast Training Camps PADRES PROFIT SAN DIEGO, March 2S-IJP)nt San Diego baseball club of the Pa cific Coast league profited to the tune of four good looking players today through ita working agree ment with ttie Cleveland Indians. Manager Lou Boudreau of Cleve land announced the following play ers had been turned over to San Diego on option: One, Orestes Minosot, sensation al Cuban outfielder, wat optioned with a 24-hour recall tag. The othert were pitcher George Zuverink, a 16-7 pitcher with Okla homa City last year; outfielder Milt Nielsen, a .330 hitter with the same club, and outfielder Bobby Wilson, who was with San Diego last year and batted .268. San Diego dropped an exhibi tion game yesterday to the Holly wood Stars, 11 to 7. The film town ers put the game on ice with a five-run spree in the eighth at the expense of rookie Mel Knezovich. BEAVERS WIN, 11 $ FULLERTON, Calif., March 23 irPt Manager Bill Sweeney hat tentatively named Red Adams as the starting pitcher for Portland when the Beavers meet Los An geles in a coast league exhibition game here today. Portland evened its pre season series with Sacramento at two games apiece by lacing the Solons 11 to 5 yesterday. Veteran Red Lynn spaced 11 hits as be went the route for Portland. Johnny Rurker and Luit Marquez homer ed for the victors. The Solons en trained for home immediately after the game to meet rhe Chicago White Sox in a three-game series. The Los Angelet Angelt defeated Fullerton Junior college 5 to 3 here yesterday in a Red Cross benefit game. STARS PLAY BROWNS HOLLYWOOD, March 23-.P The Hollywood Start move into their home grounds at Gilmore field tonight for an exhibition game with St. Louis. The Stars took an 8-2 licking from the Brownt "B" team in an exhibition at San Fer nando yesterday. GOLFER ROLLS ALONG NONTEREY, Calif., March 2.1 (,T) Grace de Moss of Cor vallis, Ore., was rolling along to day toward a victory in the 54 hole women's medal play tourna ment. She scored a 76 yesterday for a two round total of 149. The National Geographic Society says summers on Hainan Island, off the China coast, are oppressive because of calm rather than heat. 7?aofe before froube eet4Wrv CARTER TIRE CO. 444 N. Stephens St. Phone 1683 i. in j n i CCNY, Ohio State Lead Off East NCAA Tourney Today NEW YORK. March 23 City College of New York's fantas tic fuzi kids will open their bid for college basketball's big "double" tonight, haunted by the specter of going "stale" from overwork. Nat Holman't energetic Beavert. who ct me from nowhere to wis the national invitation title last week, will meet Ohio State's western con ference champions in the firtt game of the eastern NCAA play offs at Madison Square Garden. The second game of a sellout pro gram will aend Holy Cross' Cru saders against North Carolina State, champion of the southern conference. The tossup it at 8:15 p.m. (EST). CCNY hat been installed a 3Vi point favorite, although soma ere Robinson KOs George Costner In First Round PHILADELPHIA, March 2i-UP) Ray (Sugar) Robinson's world't welterweight crown retted more te curely than ever on the veteran boxer's head today after hit short order knockout of George (also Sugar) Costner. Costner, who transferred his ac tivities from Cincinnati to Cam den, N.J., a year ago, had been pointing toward a title bout with Robinson until last night's over-the-weight bout at Convention hall. Robinson, who weighted 154 pounds four more than Costner caught the Camden contender with a hard right after 30 teconds of action. The champion then switched to the body for a few blows, landed another right on Costner's jaw and finished him off with a left hook to the chin at 2:49 of the initial round of their scheduled 10-round go. It marked Robinson's second first-round kayo of Costner. A pre vious meeting in Chicago also end ed in the first round. For the champion it was his 107th win in 110 professional fights, 74 of them by knockouts. Two of hit oth er bouts ended in draws while his lone defeat was at the hands of Jake LaMotta, present middle weight titleholder. Besides the satisfaction of elim inating a contender to his crown at least temporarily, Robinson re ceived $15,000 Of the $53,762 ($39, 089 net) paid by the crowd of 11, 747. Robinson gave the crowd a dem onstration of hia pleasure over the result. As Costner toppled to the canvas, Robinson did a little dance of victory and thouted with joy at he went to a neutral comer. JAPAN TO CONFER TOKYO, March 23 UP) Japan's hopes of taking part in the 1952 Olympic games at Helsinki, Fin land, received a new boost today. The international Olympic com mittee invited the Japan Amateur Athletic union to send its presi dent at an observer to an Olym pic conference at Copenhagen in May. The Japan AAU president is Dr. Ryutaro Azuma. 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The tame problem hauntt Coach Forrest Anderson, whose Bradley Bravet are favored te win the western division playoffs, opening at Kansas City tomorrow night. Bradley, the nation's top-ranked team, has had even more basket ball and on the run too than CCNY. After losing in the finals of the invitation, Bradley had to rush out to Kansas City and lick Kansas for the fifth district berth. Other wise, the Braves would have been outside looking in. At Kansas City tomorrow night Baylor, the southwest'! co-champion, will play Brigham Young, tha Skyline Six champ, and Bradley will take on UCLA, ruler of the Pa cific Coast conference. Rotary Screens To Guard Fish Rotary tcreent are now being installed on diversion ditches in the Myrtle Creek and Glendale areas by a game commition stream improvement crew, the State Game commission announc ed today. Boxes for 13 of the ro tary tcreent have been installed at diversion openings, and several more boxes are yet to be complet ed. Two obsolete dama on the south fork of Myrtle Creek were also removed by the stream improve, ment crew with permission of the owners. The rotary screens now being installed alow the water to pass freely through the diversion chan nel, and at the same time, keep the game fish from swimming out into the fields. Sites for the rotary screena were selected by Ross Newcomb, local fisheries agent for the game commission. Most potential U.S. oil-producing areas are located in 22 states. YOU'LL LOOK BiTTIR IN XAIL0H-9 'Th. VVWs Urg.tt Soiling Trousort" ASK YOUR DIALER 6.00x16 plus tax less trade-in ..- I.a.oj,.- j D)ays&