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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1931)
V'ACW, TTWT Basketball Records Show Medford Has Edge GAMES WON WITH 11 LOSSES PAST 10 YEARS Locals Captured 12 Straight From Lithians Between 1925 and 1930 Data Discloses. FiKUi-eH complied by Ai'lhur U Schoenl oC thi) Heiiior IiIkH wiiool faculty tdiow thai Medford Iiuh won 0 KaniiH from AHhland la tho lai-t years, iiinl Iiuh lost 11 to the Kotithcin city. Th record is es pecially JnteresthiK as the teams near tlu iliMttlt t chnmpion.ship scries. Medford scored K 1 !( points, while tho Ashland teams scored Co4 pollltH. 1 1 I w pc n 1 1)25 a i irt 19 30, Med ford won twelve Hti-afKlU Karnes. Totuls were ulno compiled for the 1U31 basketball Ht-aHon, wiving Medford 'J wIiih and 4 Johhos. Mwl ford's polntH thin soaHnn total 3-14 and the opponents, 234. .Scores of the kumioh are; Modforil-Ashlaiul Scores 1!I10 Medford 15, Ashland 23; Bedford 17. Ashland iffi. lltlll Medford Ht. Ashland Ittl; Medford 20, Ashland 'lt Medford UO, Ashland UG; Medford 22; Ash land 10. 11122 Medford IS, Ashland 4S; Medford 20, Ashland 28; Medford ail. Ashland 35; Medford 20, Ash land 37. 1 1123 No RUinoH. 1 JI24 Medford 32. Ashland 13; Medford 22, Ashland 13; Medford 2G, Ashland 31; Medford 19, Ash land 11. j Medford 2ft, Ashland 20; Medford 39, AMhland 24; Medford 14, AHhland IS; Medford 31, Ash land 23. 11120 Medford 22, AHhland 18; Medford 23, Ashland 21. 11)27 MedTord 18, AhIiIiiihI 1(1; Medturd 31), Ashland 12; Medl'rl 21, Ashtand Hi. 11128 Medford 32, Ashland 22; Medford 21. AHhland 12; Medford 33, AHhland f; Medford 31t, AHh land 15. HHjy Medford 3!, Ashland 17; Medford 41, Ashland 11. 1 1130 Medford 21, Aslilund 35; Medford 39, Ashland 11. ttfrnvH for llUll Medford 21, Crescent City 24. Medford 1!, Crescent City 9. Medford 30, University hlKh 1. Medford 28, Crescent CHy lit. Medford 18, Crescent CUy 21. Medford 33, Grants 1'ass 11. Medford 24, Klamath Falls 13. Medford 28, Mt. Shasta 22. Medford 20, Grants l'ass !. Medford 40, Cheinawa Indians 25. Medford 29, Chemnwa Indians 40. Medford 30, Klamath Falls 11. Medford 12. Chflo(Uln 14. YES Tim kii To way In lo drill with u firm with nil established rcpiitiillon nr (juulity Htnck and unuiirci diml Ini?. Wo still lmvo ll very compUHo lino r nuiHiiry gootlx, both trull mid oniiuiioiitiil ; mottt uny I'lnnt fur which you uio liktdy to cull, mid now is tliu tlmo to Get Busy with Unit sprhiK planting. Wo have, n fine assortment of shade trees und , about 80 CedniH deoduni. Na ture's best IdVINO CHK1STMAS THKK. V luivo hy far tho most complete lino of everRreen und ilu ciduouH flowering trees und shruhti to he found In southern Oregon, Wo win oud hold our trudo hy giv ing Quality and Service mill lmvo ni'lllicr the time nor I ho iiicllniition to hnul our Koods uround on truck or miller mid poil din tlioni from door to door. V lmvo hud yi'iirs of uxpuriuiiro mill offi'r yon froo Landscape Service I'liililliii; KiiBKestioiiH or a rnmpli'l" Joh t tint will idiiimii wiihont n lot or i luillrr nhoiit hoint! rxiu'rt mid will Bliidly nm'.rh utir work Willi Hint of "Hy of tho Hi'lf hi vlril land m-npo oxpcitH. Tlild iioionnliil hind m npo oxjiot t chut tor Ik 99 Pure Bunk Wo oninlny no iikimhh, do no inn ViihhIiik. hut w do oo Hint yon Rot rollntilo Hlork and prompt m-rv-Irn. AKiiln wii uy, tlio ml'o wny Ih lo deal with n firm with nn ci. Inhlinlipd rppuutlon (or limidllni; iiuiity Bloi k und bijiiiiic dt'.t.lnK. Eden Valley Nursery N. S. BENNETT, Prop. Box 1014, Medford. Oregon Office and 8alee Vard 612' , Eatt Main 8t. Phone 680 J 2 Klnto of (Iri'Kon Nurm'ryinuu'B l.k'cnao No. 117. J! Hornsby, Rajah of Diamond Has Strange Personality Baseball Business, Hobby Ily I'uul Mlckelson. CHICAGO, Feb. 2 1. (IS.1) A hero worshipper on a visit to Cutallrni Island, training ground fur the Chicago Cubs, sidled UP to u rookie ono day. "Say," he said, "who In the world is that wuy over there by the fire place? I've been In this hotel for days now and every time 1 come Into the louiiKe I ee him sitting and staring at everybody. Ho Isn't a ball player. Is heV "A ball player!'' Rasped the amazed rookie, "Why, mlHter, that's HoKeiri Hornsby, probably the greatest rlt,hlhand hitler the Kumo has ever known." The hero worshipper retired in confusion, but he had wen a real picture of the rajah, perhaps the strangest personality In baseball, llo has been booed and cheered ulike I iy millions of fans nnd has broken record after record with his blK stick, and yet he acts just as he did 16 yearn hk'J when lie came up to tho major lea Kites, a raw boned, inquisitive kid from Texas. Is l,onc Wolf. He Is a lone wolf because, of habits, ml her than preference. He doesn't chew, smoke or drink. He doesn't dance, play cards or fiolf. His business N baseball and so i his hobby. He will talk of It for hours with anyone who will listen. If the conversation 1 switched to some ot her subject ho Is apt to walk riKht out of tho discussion. H! Kits for hours starlit); out of a chair in hotel lobbies, like a farm er hoy on his first trip to a bU city. He rarely reads even base ball stories in the papers, waving his cy to watch for pellets curv ing across the cornel's of a plate. Karely does he ko to the theater. Italses Golf Soil. H doesn't know u brawie from a niblick, but he raises sod for putting Ki'eens on 87 acres of his Missouri farm, lie has never seen a putt made on his own Krass. Twice, (Hit of curiosity, lie lias hit Kolf hall. 'Mo dubbed th rimt drive in tho park at Cutullnu and lilt tho next one 2T0 yards and out With Rod and Gun By Ernest Rental and Dick Green Another hunting trip to Can ada for caribou, moose und other gamo In In store- fur (i rover Youngs, who plans to lenvo in April or .May for Canadian wilds, approximately J 1 0 U miles from Medford. There are mighty forests, streams turbulent and lakes quiet and expansive. IU r. Youngs has niudo several trips In this urea, to which not many hunters find way and last year, ho returned with n moose and a caribou after a few days hunt. Tho trip to the section can be made by car in three days, passing through Portland, Senttlu ami Vancouver, 11. C. lMans nro under way to con struct a large lodge In tho midst of the wilderness facing ono of ten lakes having a total length of K'fi miles. They aro in a cir cular group and with n rowboat, a person can row tho entlro dis tance, coming hack to within ton miles of tho slatting point. Game Is plentiful in the section and fishing Ideal. The region has hardly been touched by tho hand of man. All hunting parties must be accompanied by a guide In keeping with tho Canadian ruling and days are spent on tho trail. Several local residents have taken memberships in tho hunting or ganization now being formed and which will be In aclivo oneratton with tho completion of tho lodge. Sonio memberships will permit hunting every year and others' mly every other year. "Nmv that the llogilc river lias been saved from comtiH'rclal cx- ' ploitatlon und tho steelhead may i run upstream to the spawning beds unhindered by nets," naya the (runts Pass Courier of recent Is: :iuc, "something should he dono to prevent the wasto of small fish on their way to tho ocean, "Many thousands of Immature steelhead that would later bo val uablo largo fish aro undoubtedly lost In ditches that take water from the river. If tho small fish that are waited In ditches could be saved there would be an abundance- of largo fish In tho stream in a few years, and every big It o ue river steelhead Is worth dollar to the merchants and runners of e Uogue river val ley. Increase the number of steel head to tho point where every body can gjf0 fih ami the visi tor will go home $nd send a strenm uf anglers to Grunts Pan and th9urroumllng territory, and Him V lull ttii nclr will ihuuaaii'f, ' lluis. MEDFORD MATL of the lot. He never hit another. He wasn't Interested. Ills kcii.hu of humor is keen and sly. liy organized cheering he piloted Andy J,otshaw, Cub trainer, and Hank Grampp, bull-pen pitch er ii couple of left-footers into a dead heat for the annual camp dancing championship at Cutalinu. Onto hp asked a sports writer's wife to teach him to dance. She agreed, but when the music start ed up he reddened and aid "Aw, I wan Just foolln'. I could never learn to dance." lilko Airplanes. He likes to watch airplanes fly. Ing around. Some day he'd like to own and fly one. He likes to farm. If prohibition 'hadn't become a law he might have been as good a hfirtcndcr ax he is a ball -player. No matter how fine (he mixture, he won't drink It. He is one of the most difficult men in sport to Interview. He will answer ques tions fully and clearly but voluu t eers little Information. He believes 1n lots of food for ball player. Hfurrcn Jirown oneo asked him the secret of his punch at the pinto. "Them steaks," he answered. The next day h took lirown and several players with him to a dl lapidated lunch room and fed them steaks the size of dishpans. Meal. Give INiwer. "Just cat them steaks nwhilentid you'll hit,'1 he insisted. "They give you jioiiielliing to work with. They jive you lxef und power." Hehind hi seriousness is a back drop of melancholy. He doesn't care what is said abyut him. Whether he liked or disliked, cheered or booed, he Kets tired o Iwlng in the limelight. One day lant summer I asked him to go to the horse races an interest lie has given up becauso of difficulties that once beset him. "I'd like to go." he. sighed. "There's lots of things I like, to do. Itut 1 cant. People would say, 'There he is back at tho horso races.' Sometimes T wish I wis jiint a bat boy. Then J could do a lot of thing I want, to do i "Tho businessmen of f! rants i f 'ass should get together with the sportsmen und call a meeting of ; fish and game authorities, the farmers and miners to discuss the , problem of preventing small steel head and salmon from getting Into tho ditches. In this sclen Itlfic ago It seems foolish to think j that something cannot bo dono to ( prevent a waste of fish that means such n loss In dollars and cents lo southern Oregon. I "At tho meeting competent com ! mlttees could ho appointed lo mnko n thorough study of tho situation. , one, committee Hhoiild Investigate , the various ditches that might he i taking fish from tho stream and ; another might conduct an cxperl ! ment with tho various forms of i screens now in use. or with the : electrical devices used In place of ; screens. "Tho famous Iloguo river, known throughout the country as tho greatest steetheud stream on tho coast, can ho mudo to pro duco millions of dollars In rev enue in tho futuro as well us fur nish -fino sport and food fish to tho local nnglers." ASMTON, lduho. Fob. 24. ,P) Hoy Stover of McCull. Idaho, held tho clminploiiHhip of the VXM Amei leiin clog derby and a now courso rocord for tho -i-niilo ruco today. Tho veteran driver mushed hta string of setters and fnx hounds over tho courso for thvoo hips In I hours, oil minutes und seconds yesterday, beating out Warren Cor dluKlcy, Aiditon, who f hi lulled sec ond in l:dl:M. Ills tlmo also wus hotter than tho previous record of l:ro:35, set In lUiMi by Hill Trude's team. Tho only woman In tho race. Thula Cecil! n, McCall, winner of tho Tii hue race this year, I'mlMied sixth in 2:0... Third placo wont, to till McCoy, CaHcado, Idaho, winner of tho Ashton (iorhy fivoltmon. Ilia I I mo was I : f7 : Charles Ken- hody and Whltey McNair of liipt Springs finished fourth and fifth respectively. Stover, w Inner of tho Taboo derby last year and soeond In the Ogden race this year, received $M)o as first prize. AT DINING TABLE st. pr.Ti:itsmiuj, Kin., ivk 24. tl Tho New York Yankees, who In the pr.rU have boasted ot some of th'. heartiest caters In major league baseball, are bearing tip as well as might be expected under the shock of heating that they are to ho limited to two meals a day during spring training. "Marso Joe' McCarthy, new Yankee manager, has ordered his charges to forego tho customary noon meal nnd do nil their eating in tho muiultw and ovculng. TRTP,UNTE, MEDFORD, GRAPPLERS TO Czars Ban Mayhem in Grunt and Grimace Racket Fans See Ruin of Favorite Sport. Wrestling fans of Medford who tl)lnk that a bout in which ono or both contestants does not use all tho rough tactics except murder. It not worth looking at, aro much Interested in the new mut rules ordered by the Portland boxing ami wrestling commission to do away with unnecessary roughness on the part of wrestlers, which will he Inaugurated In tho state metropolis next Wednesday n'Kht when Ted Thye, uspiring t heavy weight championship honors, and John Freberg, the barefoot Slifi pound Swede wrestler of Minne apolis, meet in tho main event, and there will be a special match between Freddy (Doc) Meyers, .lewlsh heavyweight and Hurry I.)eMietral, tho Greek mat man. Many of our mst bloodthirsty followers of the game think the Portland experiment of havinf nothing but ladylike tactics Is all bunk and will ruin a noblo game, and that after a trial tho com mission will not only revert to the old rules but should also permit the uso of machine guns1, in addition to previously time honored tactics. As Portland rocs In wrestling, so goes the grappling gamo in Medford and other cities through out the state, in which the most of tho leading wrrstlers ulso ap pear. Hence the local intrtV n tho new rules, which will firK be tried out Wednesday. Tho new regulations forbid slug ging, kicking, biting, rabbit punching, hitting with the- open hand, shoulder and head butting, throwing an opponent out of the ring and other so-called unneces sary relish tactics. SEAT SALE FOR Lithians Take Hope From Defeat of Locals by Chilo quin On Handkerchief Court. The Medford high school basket ball team, with two of ittj main stays out of commission, started di'llUns last night for tho frlst gamo of tho Ashland series next Friday night at tho Armory. There is a possibility but a slim ono that Clay, forward, may get Into tho fray, but Sehell, dependable guard, is out for tho season with a sprained ankle. Defeat of the locals by Chilo quln tartt Saturday night, on a small floor, with a low celling, by tho scoro of 14 to 12, ha acted ns a tonic to tho Lithians. Tho figuro that the 32 to 11 defeat of Klam ath Falls does nut matter but tho Chllotiiln reverso doe. Tho best that Ashland could do with Klam ath Falls was to garner a protested game, Klamath Falls claiming tho final gun banged too soon, and to tnko n 32-3U defeat in tho second gamo. locals NihhI Oiu Ashland will lmvo to win both games to 1k In tho running, while IT Medford take tho Friday scuf fle, they will bo district champions. 'Seal sale for the first gamo will start tomorrow and a record-break ing crowd Is assured. Students of tho high school will stago u rally Friday before tho game. Kalph Coleman of Oregon Stnto college, official refereo of tho state tournament at Salem each year, will be boss of the Friday game, and will be assisted In the time keeping by I,. 1 I Val of Grants I'as, also a strict nna competent official. Their presence assures wo nonsense. S' C'l.KAHWATKU. Kin.. Koli. S4. (VP Wlii'ti SlmkcspHro wrolu Hint lino nhom Wlint s Ij a name." lie I'i8t have hail Wlllwrt Itnliiiison. portly niiinaKor of tlio HrooMyu llnliiim. In nilml. Nairn's nvwr have hi-pti Kuliliy c Ions milt. "Tlu-y're nut all h(rt." he com. plained yesterday. "That LumhaKu must aim he holillng out some where. Snuto Is here and so Is Monday. The (i:llv iseoverl he U. i fll iid Mun- so, ACT REFINED In PORTLAND 1 ASHLAND GAME ON WEDNESDAY OREflOX, TUESDAY. Three in a Row i . i amo eie.Lv coach ll-; CsMC'jIwfiil ' iiii )pr riA7 COACH QF im jy TUB ,3C5feWAM WtJO i OUR. OlymPiO jNQm&T vuicet? Ci05 I TfeAMs a iQZ.r 9 vaw : jr ' i i tk i I All R1l. Rmi z SKATTLK, Wash . Feb. 24. W) Joe Mnlccwicz, Qtiea Panther, won a two-fall out of three vic tory in the main wrestling event here laat niffht over Hub Krllse, 1'ortlanil llcnvywelBht. Malcewicz m'ened the eount in tho fifth round by a backward body slam and clinched tho match In the sixth with a hcadlock nnd slam. Kruso scored Ills fall in the third stanza with a flying wrist lock. Halt tho time the two wrestlers wcro battling out ot tho ropes. John l'lehurB. Seattle heavy weiBht. lost a five round bout on a foul to Dan Kolotf. Bulgarian. 1HBH letter Is Itccelveil. .1 E KFK liSON V. V. ) A letter, addressed to a former congress man who died In 1898. has been received here. It was addressed to Stephen A. Xorthway from Ohio Slate University seeking In-, formation on Ohio statesmen. one will always stand out " tvM, Uw.lTT Mm ToiMroPn. FEBRUARY 21. 19..1. BALL STILL LIVELY SAX ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. '24. (!') Having given the new ball a preliminary test, Tom Clarke, veteran coach of tho New York Giants, comes up with the opinion that it's ns lively ns ever. These may be better pitching this year nnd more accurate throw ing by tho fielders," says Clarke, but tho ball travels as far as ever. There won't bo so much wildness on the mound but the line drives will bo just as wild as ever." ST. LOUIS. Feb. 24. W' The condition of Ban Johnson, former president of tho American league, wns described by his physician to day as "slightly weaker." tho former hnsebnll leader Is In a hos- TA S T . E Over Ashland dL LOSES I POUNDS CHICAGO, Feb. 21. (P) Wo men, who would grow thin, may get a tip from a Chicago skipper. Just to celebrate his Cist birth day anniversary. Chester Lovore skipped a rope 18.500 times with out stopping, without any idea of cutting down the waistline. When ho started he " weighed 149 pounds. At the finish his weight was 14 2. His timo was three hours, fifteen minutes and thirty seconds. It's Just an old custom of 4ils to break his skipping record each year. Last year he skipped 15,000 times. I'irsl .Straw Hut Apiioiirs. KKNTON. O. (U.P.) Tho first straw hat of the season has nuido Its appearance here. Balmy breezes caused Louis Schnatidt to wear It. , pital suffering from a complica tion of diseases. cool and comfortable MICKEY MEEIS DURABLE JOHN RISKO TONIGHT 'Pa' Stribling Directing Show in Miami Walker Is Groomed for Slugfest With Heavier Foe. .MIAMI, Tin., I'eh. 21. ..Tho Wnlkcr-Mi-ko fluht. scheduled for tonight, wan ostKined this nfternooii on account of rain hy "I'n" Strlh linjC, promoter of the imiu-li. MIAMI, Fla., 'eb. 4. (IT) Mickey Walker -will renew his heavyweight campaign in a 10-round match to night with tho durable Johnny ltlsko of Cleveland. The fight is tho first of a doublo barreled fistic carnival undor tho palms this winter dn tho Miami arena built by tho Madison Squaro Garden corporation, which with drew from tho Betting this year after promoting two annual festi vals of sock. "Pa" Stribling Is directing the Walker-Risko show and featuring It with three-round exhibitions by his son, Young Stribling, and Max Schmcllng, who nre matched to fight this Juno for tho world's heavyweight title somewhere in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago or Jer sey City. On March 5, Prlmo Camera, tho ambling Alp from Italy, is booked to defy the handicap of a cracked rib and take on his erstwhile Bos ton conqueror, Jimmy Maloney, in a 10-round contest under tho pro motion of Frank J. Bruen. Walker, no longer concerned with the defenso of his middle weight title, ihas groomed himself for a slugfest with Rlsko, although "Good-Tim Mickey" will be under tho handicap of conceding Johnny many poumlfi. - 4 T, MADISON, Wis., Feb. 24. (P) Fred Swan, assistant football coach at Colgate university, Hamilton, N. Y.. has been named University of Wisconsin lino coach. It was an nounced today. He will assume his duties hero in April, succeeding Leonard B. Allison, who becomes assistant coach at tho University of California. The now Wisconsin coach receiv ed his training at Stanford univer sity under Coach Glenn Warner. Sleigh Mndo 'From Harrol. GAUDINElt, Me. (U.P.) J. II. Sears rides nround town in a home-made sleigh constructed from a hogshead. The barrel ends aro Intact, ono serving as a foot board and tho other as a back rest. The strange vehicle Is equip ped with runners and ia re-en-foreed with buggy Irons. t