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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1944
Sports Officials
Fear for Future
Of All Athletics
Washington, Doc. 26 IIP) Sports
officials the nation over today
awaited word on the status of pro
fessional ' athletes Xor 1945 and
there was grave concern by most
that the new year faced more than
a possibility of being virtually
soortsless.
Racing, already a casualty by
virtue of War Mobilization Direc
tor James F. Byrnes' order on Sat
urday that all horse and dog
tracks cease operation on Jan. 3,
readily agreed to back the direc
tive 100 per cent. Santa Anita at
Arcadia, Cal., cancelled its so-day
meeting which was to have been
one of the richest In the history
of the sport.
. Park To Close
Tropical Park opened yesterday
and planned to continue operation
through Jan. 2. The Florida rac
ing commission, which governs
the Miami track, granted permis
sion for nine instead of eight race
cards and track officials said tnut
purses from the extra race would
be used to assist Horsemen in ie
turnine to their homes.
A record-breaking crowd of
14,171 racing fans Jammed the
park yesterday and poured $716,"-
716 through the mutuel machines,
also a record and a brief indica
tion that the meet will be a daily
record-breaker during its brief
span. '
Directive Issued
Concern for other sports was
raised when Byrnes issued a direc
tive to Selective Service Director
General Lewis B. Hhershey to re
examine all professional athletes
who have been deferred or dis
charged from military service for
physical reasons. Hershey advised
Byrnes that pursuant to the de
mands, he was ordering all local
boards to review the cases im
mediately. 1
MyrneS' letter to the selective
service director said that It was
"difficult for the public to under
stand" how a large number of'
men between the ages of 18 and
26 could be unfit for military serv
ice and yet be able to compete
with the "greatest athletes of the
nation in games demanding phys
ical fitness."
Reviews Planned
The reviews will apply to pro
fessional athletes who have been
deferred because they failed to
meet physical requirements for
service as well as those dis
charged.from the army or navy.
Professional baseball and foot
ball, already pared to the bone as
far as manpower was concerned,
would find it difficult to operate
if the new orders deprive them
of still more personnel.
All sports officials, however,
were In complete accord that
their sports would back the war
effort to the limit and If cessation
of activity In professional sports
was desired by those running the
war the word need only be spoken.
Layden Backs U.S.
Football Program
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tional professional football league,!
said today that professional foot
ball has fulfilled every wnrtlmo
government requirement and
should he continued as an Instru
ment of relaxation and recreation
for both civilian and military fans.
Layden, commenting on war
mobilization director James ' F.
Byrnes' program for Induction In
to the service of athletics ki non
essential Jobs, said that the league
would have suspended operations
had continuance of the sport re
tarded the war effort.
At the same time, Harold (Red)
Grange, president of the newly
organized V. S. football league,
said he held little hope that his
organization would begin opera
tions In 1915 as planned,
(ininge Pessimistic
"If conditions In this war con
tinue as they arc right now,"
Grange said, "I don't think any
league should operate."
However, Curly Lambeau, coach
of the world-champion Green Bay
packers, said Byrnes' order would
have little effect on his club "un
less there is a drastic lowering
of physical standards for military
service."
Lyden defended the continuance
of football on l he grounds lh.it
the sport was using only -IF's and
Check Their Eyes
Don't send your girl or boy to
school handicapped with faulty
vision.
Dr. M. B. McKenney
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By Jack Cuddy
(United Pre. Staff Correspondent)
New York, Dec. 26 (IB With
racing banned indefinitely, we
suggest that It would be timely
now for the government to give
serious consideration to establish
ment of a national lottery if .Only
as a duration measure.
The public, which bet an est!
mated l,lB,3US,64S (B) at race
tracks alone during the first 11
months of this year, will turn to
substitute outlets for their waeer-
ing diversions probably to rack
ets like "numbers" and "pools."
This would bo unfortunate be
cause it would enrich mobsters
and stimulate racketeering in tbls
country:
However, If the government es
tablishes a national lottery, an
income estimated at $3,000,000.-
000 (B) or more annually could
be obtained to help the war ef
fort and relieve tabt payers, mean-
new mobster dynasty that might
approach the power enjoyed by
tne gang lords of prohibition days.
It must be remembered that.
although more than a billion dol
lars was bet during 11 months at
the nation's tracks, this sum is
probably less than half the
amount wagered away from the
tracks by fans who bet with
neighborhood bookies. These
bookies, with a certain clientele
ready at hand, can be valuable
agents for the "numbers" opera
tors the "policy" proprietors
if the bookies decide to turn their
idle hours to the profitable busi
ness ot selling numbers.
medical dischargees, pointing out
that many of the players work in
war plants in addition to playing
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Bears Drop Pair
To Eugene Quintet
Eugene's powerful Axemen
breezed over the Cascades this
past week-end, emphatically dem
onstrated they are 20 points bet
ter at present than the Lava
Bears, then headed home, to pre
pare for 1915 games, results of
which should blaze a trail for the
Axemen to the stale tournament
in Salem.
In Friday night play here, the
Axemen walloped the Bears 42 to
22 a 20 point lead. On Saturday
night, Eugene again won by 20
points, 54 to 31.
Bend's defeats on both nichls
were largely due to the inability of
tne Hears to penetrate Eugenes
loose man-toman defense in the
scoring zone and the anility of the
visitors to break throuch the Uend
defense. Also, tfie Axeinen were
shooting like collegians Saturday
night, witli Hunter leading the
basket parade. Hunter was cred
ited with 1") points. Close behind
was War berg with 11 points.
Doug Wii lz took high point hon
ors for Bend, but his gross total
reached only H.
Not Melted Vet
Despite thdefeal.s, the Bears
are not terribly downhearted.
They point to the fact that Eu
gene hhs already played nine
games, winning eight. Kugeiir
made a similar brilliant start last
season while the Hears were be
ing walloped in nearly every cor
ner of their own home range, vet
It was Bend that fought its way
into the slate tourney itntl stir
Ivlvcd until the final game, play
ing Ashland for the championship
of Oregon. Eueene fell bv rh
wayside, toppled over by Spring
Bend's slow-staitlng team will
get Into action again after the
holidays, with another tough quin
tet, Klamath Falls, tn nl.-iv ,,n i.
Bears' court. The Saturday night
Neither the government nor the
states derive any revenue from
the rackets, because they are il
legal. But from racing, the vari
ous states netted $55,971,232 dur
ing 1944. In addition the sport has
contributed approximately $16,-
000,000 to the war relief since
Pearl harbor. The states will miss
their revenue from the tracks.
A national lottery, operated by
me various states, could provide
for a portion of the revenue to go
to tne states, on a percentage ba
sis. ine lottery might be con
tinued after the war to relieve the
tax payers and to cut down the
national debt. It also would pre
vent Americans from spending
their money on foreign lotteries
as they did before Pearl harbor.
It was estimated that the Amer
ican public, in pre-war days, spent
more than $3,000,000,000 (B) an
nually- on foreign lotteries and
sweepstakes particularly on the
Irish sweepstakes, and French,
linuari' ana i;uoan lotteries, ine
u. . government received no cm
from the Illegal sale of these tick
ets in this country, although It
got a slice from the few Ameri
can winners.
Virtually every country In Latin
America has its own national lot
tery to help defray costs of gov
ernment. If ever there was a time
when the United States treasury
could use such an assist, it s right
now. The lottery could be con
ducted on a monthly basis, selling
tickets in the post offices. Tick
ets could be sold at $2 each, giv
ing the holder a chance on 5,000
monthly prizes ranging from $500
to $120,000.
Bend (31)
Rasmussen ....
James (6)
Murphy (5)....
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Smith (2)
Substitutes.
(51) F.ugeno
(15) Hunter
(9) Fulps
....(11) Warberg
(3 Hutchinson
.. (10) Robinson
Bend Hlggins (2),
Plalh (5), Moore (f), Hawes, Fret
well. Eugene Ruth (3), Thoman
son (1), Denzer (2), Fredrleks,
Mitchell. Officials: Chick Peden,
Redmond; Jim Howard, Powell
Butte.
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The Detroit Red Wings drew
within one point of the idle first
place Montreal Canadiens by beat
ing the Toronto Maple Leafs 6
to 4 in the only Christmas night
game scheduled.
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Air Medal Won
By Bend Flier
At a 12th AAF B-25 Base
Award of the Air Medal to Second
Lieutenant Mllford A. Smith of
Bend, Ore., for meritorious
achievement in aerial flight has
been made at a Mitchell bomber
base in Corsica, it is announced
at 12th air force headquarters in
Italy.
The Bend service man is flying
as a pilot with a B-25 ' Mitchell
bombardment group that has seen
outstanding service throughout
tne Mediterranean theater, and Is
currently engaged in bombing en
emy lines of communication and
transportation in close support of
the allied armies in northern It
aly. His . wife, Alice, resld.es in
Bend, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs.' James A. Smith, live' at
Broadbent, Ore.
Portland Eagles
Beat Hollywood
rornano, ure., Dec. 26 tr
Portland's Eagles oi the Paclfiq
coast hockey league handed the
Hollywood Wolves a 7to 1 lacing
at the Portland arena last night.
The Eagles smashed two goals
over in the fir,st and second pe
riods and scored three more in
the third. Two of the latter ihree
goals Came when both sides were
short two players because of pen
alties. ...
Hollywood's single tally was
scored by Jerry Junkin on an as
sist from Ray Covert two minutes
after the beginning of the third
period. Bobby Morin led the
Eagle's attack, netting three goals
and an assist.
Nelson Eddy on
Wave Program
Nelson Eddy, noted baritone,
will aid the navy's Wave recruit
ing campaign tonight at 8 o'clock
when he sings over radio station
KBND in the program "Some
thing for the Girls," it was an
nounced today by Chief Paul H.
Cpnnet, recruiter for this district.
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bruster's orchestra, Eddy will
sing among other songs, "Great
Day," "Tthc Rosary," and "Pil
grim's Song," the recruiter re
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Rose Bowl Bets
Favor Trojans
By Many Points
By William C. Payette
(United Pres. Staff Correspondent)
, Pasadena, - Calif., Dec. 26 (IB
The Tennessee Volunteers, 19
point underdogs in the Rose bowl
betting, scheduled their last public
workout today before drawing the
shades on their preparations for
the annual New Year's day clas
sic. Across town on their home
campus, the university of south
ern California squad put on its
only double workout between now
jand gametime after three days of
son nonoay living.
-, Trojan coach Jeff Cravath was
n't saying whether his ace half
back, George Callanan, would be
on deck for the game but other
members of his staff were shak
ing their heads. ,
Callanan Injured
Callanan's leg is fresh out of a
cast after a knee injury, and Tro
jan followers figured only senti
ment could put him into his sec
ond Rose bowl game.
Mindful of the two touchdown
passes Callanan hauled down
against Washington last ' year.
Tennessee was taking no chances,
sharpening aerial defense in all
workouts to date. .
Despite off-and-on weather,
Cravath was reported to have the
word from his favorite forecaster
that the sun would be shining at
game time, and was figuring on
a dry ball.
. The same prophet gave Cravath
the same forecast last year when
all four USC touchdowns came
on fast passes under a burning
Washington was the opponent and
sun.
Hardy Looks Good
Jim Hardy, the chunky quarter
back who threw three of them to
tie an all time Rose bowl record,
was lobbing them down the field
again yesterday as practice re
sumed.
" Cravath, who bubbled with con
fidence and talked about the Tro
jans making it ciight straight for
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going gloomy, hanging most of it
on the shape Callanan was in.
" Coach John BarnhlU shrugged
off queries on the Vols. He was
standing by his announced start
ing lineup, boasting a backfield
weight edge on the Trojans, but
heavily outweighed at the tackles,
were Cravath loves to slam his
backfield beef trusts. - '
T Jap Ban Lifter
. Favorable progress of the Pacific
. war was given by Moj.-Gen.
Henry C. Pratt, above, chief of
the Western Defense Command
' at San Francisco, as reason for
his War Department-approved
prder revoking the exclusion of
loyal Japanese from the West
Coast,
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Oregon to Lose
Sports Revenue
Portland, Ore., Dec. 26 IF The
state of Oregon and the horse and
dog racing operators today came
up with estimates that approxi
mately one and one-third million
dollars per year will be lost as
the result of the government's
ban on racing of all kinds for the
duration. " " "' '" ;
The state figures its loss will be
about a third of a million dollars',
while the operators think their
losses will total a $1,000,000.
The operators, under state law,
get nine and one-half per cent of
the gross, which this year was in
excess of 11 and one-half million
dollars. 'r
Odds on East 11'.
Still Increasing
San Francisco, Dec. 26 (IB
Odds continued to climb today in
favor of the East to beat the West
in the annual Shrine game at Ke
zar stadium New Year's day.
Addition of Lcs Horvath, Ail
American from Ohio State, boost
ed the eastern stock and coaches
Andy Kerr, George Hausman and
Bernje Bierman were believed to
have a vast edge In quality oyer
lilt? weal uppusiiioil. .
The clubs were slated for an
other heavy scrimmage today,
with the final rough session to
morrow as the peak, with each
succeeding session until New
Year's day slackening the pace.
Stars Missing
Yesterday the west was with
out the services of Bob Water
field, UCLA, who returned to Los
Angeles for Christmas and coach
es Babe Hollingbery and Horner
Norton used Dennis O'Connor,
St. Mary's; Forest Hall, March
Field; Laverne Merritt, Alameda
Coast Guard,' and Harold Fischer,
Texas, in one backfield. In an
other unit that got equal consid
eration were Dick Ottele, Wash
ington; Bob Kennedy, ex -Washington
State, now of the Third Air
Force; Walter Heap, San Fran
cisco Coast Guard; and Joe Scott,
Texas A. & M. -
The eastern squad still was un
certain about assignments, but
Kerr had Bob Kelly, Notre Dame;
Jack Breslin, Michigan State; Hor-i
vath, and Frank Dancewicz, Notre '
Dame, in what appeared to be the '
choice for the starting backfield. 1
Is Good Passer j
However, the fine passing abil
ity of Earl Girard, 17-year-old sen-1
sation from Wisconsin, in alL
probability will result in his see-
ing plenty of action. Do date, he I
has shown ereater aeeuraev than ,
Dancewicz', Kelly and the other
aerial heavers.
In the other East backfield,
along with Girard, were Vic Kul
bitsky, Minnesota; Dick Flanagan,
Ohio State; and John Canady, In
diana. FVe Day Forecast
Five-day forecast ending Satur
day night: ' -
Oregon and Washington west
of Cascades: occasional rain. Nor
mal temperatures becoming cold
er late in week.
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
east of Cascades: occasional light
snow, turning to rain at lower
elevations in north Idaho, eastern
Washington and extreme north
east Oregon and late in week over
southern sections. Rising tem
peratures to normal or above ex
cept in south Idaho Wednesday.
Colder in week.
" The most valuable forest prod
uct of Honduras, Central Amer
ica, is mahogany.
Dr. Pauline Sears
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Historic Mine
Reported Sold
Grants Pass, Ore., Dec. 26 (IT)
The historic Mammoth gold mine,
5 miles from Grants Pass on
Mule creek in Curry county, has
been sold to Owen Jones, former
ly of Chico, Calif., it was announc
ed today by Charles Tucker of
Marial, former owner.
Sale price was reported to be
$100,000. .
The mine has been idle for
about 40 years but will be added
to the other gold-producing prop
erties of the Jones Mining com
pany.
BIOFF, BROWNE RELEASED
New York, Dec. 22 Hi') William
Biof f . and George Browne, the
atrical union executives convicted
in Nov. 1941 of extorting more
than $1,000,000 from the movie in
d u s t r y, were ordered released
from federal prison In Sand Stone,
Minn., today.
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