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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDEORD, OREGON, FRIDAY; DECEMBER 16, 1932. Changes in Cage Rules Target for Bricks and Bouquets From Critics BT FORREST V. ALLEN (Written lor The Associated Press) LA WREN CK, KssA Dec. 16 (AP) Recent changes In the buketbsJl rule have produced violent criticism on the one band and fervent ap proval on the other. The game Itself has been under as W.J fir romtsi cuti" fire for the last few years, Its critics charging that basketball was losing the charm It once possessed. The fast break ing, high scor ing, non - block 1 n g, rollicking Joust of yester year, lovers of the game com plained, had giv en way to the hyper- slow "break," the su per block, the annoying stall. The sure-thing alow passing game, coupled with the monot- enous "plunk, plunk, plunk" of the rear guard's walking dribble, bring ing the ball up for a "pick-off" play, clearly had gotten on the custom- era' nerves. All except the experts and coaches, who could appreciate auch delicate workmanship, charged the gams had become a funeral march. It was with all this In mind that the Joint basketball rules commit tee, of which I am a member, met after the close of last season and effected three Important changes In the playing code. The changes were labelled the "blocking rule," the "10-second rule" . and the "three-second" rule. Outlaw "Legal Block" To begin with, the committee out lawed the familiar term "legal block" by Inserting the following clause: "Blocking Is personal con tact which tmpedea the progress of an opponent who. hss not the ball." Legally abutting off an opponent henceforth should be called "screening." The 10-second rule, aimed at speeding up the present palsied play, reads: "(a) when a team gains posses sion of the ball In Its own back court that team must advance the ball over the center Una within 10 seconds unless the ball, while out of control of the team, touohes or Is touched by an opponent. In the latter event, a new play results and the 10-second rule begins again when the ball Is regained In the back court. When team has ad vanced the ball over the center line, It may not return ths ball to Its own back court until: : (1) A try for goal has been made, or (3) a Jump ball at center or else where has taken place, or (8) an out-of-bounds award has been made, or (4) the ball has been recovered from the possession of the oppo nets. "(2) When a team gains posses sion of the ball In Its own front court as a result of (1), (9), (3) or ), It may cause ths ball to go back over ths center line once only." Blocking Same As Clipping The "three-second" rule Is aimed at deliberate, set blocking plays In the free-throw area by a system of body checking, whereby a tall, pow erful center stands with his bsck to his bssket and waits for the ball to be fed to him, then holds it until a Block Is executed and a teammate comes racing In. I say without fear of contradiction that all slow-break teams use the block as their chief scoring wenpon. Blocking or "picking off" In basket ball now are similar In principle to clipping In football. Both are against ttw rules! OUT OF PEN UNTIL BIRTHS W. B. Bhelley, former Medford re ligious worker and Clackamas county farmer, sentenced to 36 years In state prison upon conviction of a statu tory offense Involving his own daugh ter, won a temporary victory In his efforts to keep without penitentiary walls when the Clackamas county court ruled this week that the con victed man did not have to enter Salem prison until after a motion for a new trial, filed by his counsel, has been argued and decided. The motion will be argued next Monday. It Is likely that Shelley will spend Christmas in the county Jail at Ore gon City. Shelley this week filed an applica tion with the Clackamas county court, setting forth that his wife and 16-year-old son are destitute, ar,d asking funds for their support. Shelley him self Is under the care of the Veterans' Hospital at Portland for ear trouble. Shelley Is fairly well known in this city and county, where he lived for several years and a number of local people were called as witnesses In the trial. . ' Shelley In his plea for a new trial claims errors at law of the court, and failure to give proper Instructions to the Jury, and slleges that the daugh ter and complaining witness, pointed out to other witnesses crucial points In the testimony that should not have been allowed to reach the Jury. T HEROINE FULLY RECOVERED Mn. John Rolmer of Prospect, whose superhuman efforts In rescu ing her our-y ear-old son, Jackie, from the ley waters of Rogue river, when the auto she was driving plunged over an embankment, on the Crater lake highway throe weeks ago, has recovered from a cold and at tack of flu. The shock and chill of the plunge weakened Mrs. Holmef. Mrs. Holmer, when thrown Into the water, swam back to the auto and rescued her boy. The swift current tore him from her grasp, and then she swam down stream and again seized him, and finally reached shore, In a weakened condition. Jackie suffered no 111 effects, but according to his father has developed a decided aversion to water In large quantities. The auto has been pulled from Its watery bed, and sustained no heavy damage. Nagging Wives Bad For Pilots , Says Examiner ALBANY, K. Y., Dec. 1G(AP) Nagging wives and bill collectors lower the efficiency of airplane pilots, says Dr. Wade H. Miller of Kansas City, one of the pilot ex aminers for American Airways, Inc. Dr. Miller, stopping In Albany to examine passenger plane pilots, said that recent research had dis closed the tremendous Importance of mental hazards caused by wor ries. "Bill collectors, debts or garnish ments can make a man less fit," he said, "and so can a scolding wife or one who wants to call up every hour to check up on her hus band's movements." Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ahl faorn a son, weighing 6 pounds, at Purucker's maternity home this morning. Portland. Oregonlan Wool Grow ers' association convention held here. Riggs Infant Dies Aged Only 4 Days Roy Leon Rlggs, Infant son of Mr, and Mrs. Roy Rlggs of Phoenix, passed away at the Community hos pital early Friday morning aged four days. He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hendrlckson and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rlggs. Burial serv ice will be held at the grave In Phoe nix cemetery today. Ashland. New casement enclosed show windows Installed, at Uthta bakery. Olatskanle New Masonic temple formally dedicated. v Z7 2000 lbs. FREE FEED is a lot of feed to Rive away to the readers of this paper in a TEST to help Improve the flocks and profit of every poultryma Attention -H Club Members this territory, NOPCO XX and mixers and dealers cooperating feed J rs are So Why Wait ? Sign Up Your dealer's "all sef'tu- feed and forms Every Poultrvman this territory should get in ins test now started. .na, Feb. 28, 1933 IMPORTANT i'O POULTRY MEN AND TURKBY GROWERS This is a FEED TEST NOT a Letter Writing Contest THE PUR. 53l?JMT Voun,l,i m vur way, on your ranch, regarding NOPCO XX results. Then lut your results on wrapping psper, if you like. Form is of no consequence. Sign up with your dealer for the FEED TEST whether you write a letter or not You cen do as you plsaie about that GUNNERS READY FOR BIG SHOOT Gun club members and other local sportsmen are anxiously awaiting ar rival of the big shoot to be held at the airport grounds. It will be conducted under the Lewis system, which Is considered the fairest for all shooters, both low and high average men. There will be three prizes for each five men shoot ing and 10 ten-target events. The only handicap event of the day will be for the silver cup trophy on which several have already won two of the three legs necessary for permanent ownership. a warm club house will be opened to the shooters and luncheon will be served at noon. There will be tur keys, hams and bacon offered as prizes and shooting will begin at 11 a. m. and continue until 3 p. m. FEAR FILIBUSTERS 'Lame Duck' Congress Often Scene of Turmoil As Bills Talked to Death by Dis gruntled Partisans. BY WASHINGTON, Dee. IS CAP) Most golfing senators pray for fine weather on Saturday afternoons when the senate usually takes time out. senator McNary, of Oregon, the as sistant Republican leader, was In that frame of mind when a page boy en tered saying the weather man had predicted 14 above zero for last night with prospects the cold would con tinue. Do tell him I sm displeased with that forecast," the senator directed the boy without a smile. The boy took him at his word and was sbout to call Mr. Forecaster when, as McNary put It later, VI caught him just in the nick of time." BILTCOOS Planting of steel-heads and cutthroata made during recent week in Stltcoos laks. Roseburg. style Shop, ladles' ready-to-wear and millinery business. opened In Bell building. By HERBERT PLUMMER. WASHINGTON A question upper. most In the minds of most political observers In the capital at present Is whether this. In all probability, last "lams duck ' session of congress will wind up on March 4 a success or fail ure. That period Just before the change of party control in government Is an uncertain one. Because It must ena by law on March 4. a "lame duck" session offers rsre opportunities to the flllbusterer and obstructionist. woodrow Wilson became so dis gusted with this sort of thing that at the eloee of the session in lain ne charged: ' A groun of men In the senate nave deliberately chosen to embarrass the administration of government . . . " This particular "lame duck" session had wound up In a grand filibuster one that left a mass of "unfinished" legislation In Its wake. An Example. A good example of Just how destruc tive such sessions ss this one can be occurred back In 1910-11, In the ad ministration of President Taft. For turmoil and filibustering It perhaps equals any. The celebrated Payne-Aldrlch tar iff bill had been repudiated by the voters the preceding November. Presi dent Taft's re-election In 1613 was doomed. The "lams ducks" met, passed the necessary appropriation bills and then proceeded to go on a rampage. First of all they killed the tariff board. Approval of the constitutions of New Mexico was blocked. One sens tor, Bsllsv of Texas, angrily resigned his seat because of this action and then reconsidered. , In the last hours of ths session Senator Ellhu Root smothered a re apportionment bill, and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts talked to death a $80,000,000 pension bill. Issues Vital Now. Whether the last session of ths 72nd will meet a similar fate remains to be seen. There are , several things which would seem to prevent It. In the first place the Issues before this con gress for disposition are so vital that It might take a bravs man to start anything like a filibuster whether be he a "lame duck" or an "In." Then, too, there are many republi cans who firmly believe that their defeat last November was because It was a democratic year. When things return to their normal state, they reason, they'll come back. For that reason these men may be careful of their steps In the coming months. WHO SAID' 'NO SANTA CLAUS'? fern' The Home Grocery "SERVES YOU RIGHT' 608 E. Main Delivery Phone 743 SATURDAY SPECIALS . Laundry Soap Large Bars fassf O. K. Soap, 'jk Special DRIP COFFEE MAKER Large enamel drip process coffee percolator, OA One pound Schillings' Coffee packed with J) 1 Zj 20 filter papers. 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Other officers are Harold Sexton, Wasco, vice -president; Oscar Weed, Columbia, re-elected secretary-treasurer; A. B. Miller, Wallowa, Lloyd I. Lowe, Klamath, and Martin Pratt, Multnomah, members of executive committee. It takes a Christmas Seal to make it a Christmas gift. DRIES while , you . WAITI ROGERS BRUSHING LACQUER "Rogers" dries before your eyes, dries before dusi can settle on it, dries free of brush marks to a colorful porcelain-like film that wears and wears. "Rogers" comes in twenty-six shades, including black and white, and Rogers Clear Brushing Lacquer for linoleum. Rogers Brushing Lacquer, per pint jC Rogers Enameloid Of?, LaCqUei Suitable for 'finishing toys. SATURDAY, 4 P. M. fe'J Mr.-X Do His Stuff In Our Store Window Mr. X will paint a landscape picture Using SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS. DONT MISS THIS! Tomorrow 4 o'clock at Hubbard Bros. inc. E. Main and Riverside Phone 231 L SEATTLE, Dec, 16. (AP) Current new business of 316 mills, which pro duced 10.7 per cent of their weekly capacity during the week ending De cember 10, was 7.64 per cent over production while shipments were 12.7 per cent under production, the West Coast Lumbermen's association said today. Unfilled orders Increased 8.478.000 feet from the previous week; new ex port business was 4,085.000 feet less; new domestic cargo orders decreased 8,662,000 feet; new rail business de creased 1,630,000 feet and the local trade dropped 2,630,000 feet. PORTLAND, Dec. 16. (AP) With production continuing at seasonal low levels and orders decreasing sharply as compared with the previous week, the Western Pine association re ported today that new business to uted 19,003.000 feet for the week end ing December 10. This was about 55 per cent under the three-veear aver age for December and 24 per cent under the total for the previous week. Only 84 of the 114 reporting mills were operating. Oregon Weather. Occasional light rain or sleet west, and snow flurries In the east tonight and Saturday: slowly rising tempera ture: moderate southerly winds off shore. Health can be bought Christmas Seals are the currency. SECRETARY HYDE. WASHINGTON, Deo. 16- (A?) A resolution asking congress to order Secretary Hyde to maintain lowered: grazing fees In 1933 was decided on today by Senators Stelwer (R., Ore.) and Carey (R.. wyo.). as the first outgrowth of the secretary's failure yesterday to see them at an appointed hour to take up the matter. Hyde, Stelwer and Carey said today, had made no effort to apologize to them or explain his failure to keep the appointment with thera' yester day, which was made by Carey. The agriculture secretary eiplalned to newspapermen last night that he was late reaching his office and had another appointment. It Is socially correct to use Christ mas seals. Buy lots of them. 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