Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 25, 1936, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text..,,HIIi1MV al-.V'.M ' PAOTC TWO MEDFQRD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFOItD. OTCEflOy, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1936. .i ' ' iii- - i " " " " ' i I SOFTBALL LEAGUE MEETING SLATED An Initial meeting of all man ager of toft ball teama Intending to enter the city league, whloh la expected to get under way early In April, will meet at the Office Sta tionery and Bupply company atore acroaa the atreet from the Rlalto theater Thuraday night at 7:30. The meeting baa been called by Bam Colton. head of the league. Colton aald yesterday that thoae in tending entering muat absolutely be at the meeting and that appllcatlona will not be aocepted after Thura dey'a confab. The plan this year la to play a apltt aeason aa waa done laat year, but to establish a 5 entrance fee from each team, the money to be put 60-40 between the two top teama at the end of the aeason The Idea, Colton aald, baa met with remarkable acclaim. - On the opening night. Instead of starting on a prearranged achedule, all teama will assemble at the play ing field and numbera will be drawn to determine which four .. ,tii i that, evening, with the achedule to proceed from that point. "It looks like the best aeason we've ever bad," Colton enthusias tically aald In recounting the prob able aetup of teams Intending to enter. All of the prospect thl year appear stronger than last, with a few weaker aquada dropped from last year' loop and several powerful new onea having -declared their In tention of registering. At the present time It looka a though there are eight teama which will algn, with a poaalblllty that several more will be In tbe mood for Softball before Thuraday even ing. It ha been decided that no effort will be made to arrange a "dog wateh," or staggered bracket, but the teama will be paired, mak ing It Imperative that there be an even number of outfit, either , B. if) or 13. . The eight teama which will prob ably be on hand are the Office Boys, Western State Grocery, Lam port', Jennlng Tire, ao-80 club, Christian Church, Central Petro leum and The Toggery, Collegiate Quints To Clash Tonight SEATTLE, March anPr Wash ington versus Southern California, Stanford versus Oregon State, that's the program that will bring together the four beat Paclflo ooaat collegiate qulnteta In the ooaat Olymplo basket ball tryouta tonight In tbe University of Waahlngton pavilion. The two wlnnera will clash tomor row night for the right to enter the United State final In New York City early next month. 0 PHOTOS 18o Pesaley'a Studio Brill Metal Works, Inc GENERAL SHEET METAL Furnares on Durnera 109 E 8tb St. Phone 418 BASKETBALL COSTUMES 'SHRINK' i 4 1 r i d . J i 1 ..... . . i IJJI.. .a , I . . I I A A II Gone ar the oay or oioamera ana mmmoe m Ktim Muvnii ry. w. women' basketball tournament, held thl year at Wichita, Kaa. Elale Henrle show how much "hrlnkage" ha taken plac In the past few years. At the left, the old-time unHorm and at the right, the acanty edition of 1838. (Associated Press Photo) The new track at the Senior high school la a peculiar locking thing The matter of what to surface the track with cauaed conalderable worry during the past few month, with rotten granite, clay, and clndera being considered, Clndera are the best material for a track, but In this wood-burning ccuntry war ex ceedingly bard to find. At one time It waa almost decided to haul cin der from the lava cinder cone near the base of Mt. Shasta, known aa Black Butte. Then It was discovered that an old dump pile from the coal mine on the aide of Boxy Ann had been burn ing for the past 15 ir 20 yeara, and the r a f u a e or. clnder-i were offered gratia. The surface of the course haa already ieen laid, and with ro.llng and washing going on now will be completed In a abort time. Many of those who have aeen the stuff will ewear that It la broken-up brick. It la a reddish oolor, with many of the plecea almost aa big as brlcka, but Coach BUI Bowerman be- Uevea that when the big chunk have been broken up or removed he will have a fast, clean track with the possibility of making record times. wet, TRACK- (Jr -i SAKRAIDA CRASHES STEELE DECISIONS UNUGHTED HORSE Emulating the Prince of Wale. Dick Sakralda. popular Medford grade achool mentor, waa thrown for a row of bruises when the bi cycle be was riding oolllded with a atray horse that had wandered onto the highway one pttch-oark nigm last week. Unable to see the equine until .i. tM r it. Dick unsuc cessfully attemptod an abrupt right turn, atrlklng the aurprisea annum in the rump. n t.h time Sakralda had recov ered from the shock of the encoun ter, the horse had made a Dee-uno for the next county. Dick believe horses should carry tall lights. RED BRUCE KO'S FIRPO IN SECOND Phone 1300 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Super Service PORTLAND, Ore., March 33 (fl "Bed" Bruce tossed out a hard right In perfect timing last night to score a quick knockout over young Plrpo of Burke, Idaho, In the aecond round of a acheduled 10-round main event. Firpo, 175. had the edge In the Ini tial frame, rocking Bruoe twice. The k. o. came after 02 seconds of the next round. Frank Oalluoel, 122, Portland, wuryr a hard left to knock out Frsnkle Villa, 125. Seatt'.o, In the flrat round of the aeml-wlndup. O'Mahoney Meets Szabo Tonight PORTLAND, Ore., March 25 Dsnna O'Mahoney, the Irish soldier who, catapulted to wrestllrm fame, meets smashing Sandor Szabo here to night In a heavyweight bout. In 315 mat encounters O'Mahoney haa lev, a aingle fall, but that wua a costly one. It cost him his world's heavyweight wrestling title. Szabo defeated Btrangler Ed Lewis lest week to win the right to meet Mchenry. RISKO IN BREEZE ftWATTf.!. March 25. PI -Preddl- Steele of Tacoma I the "uncrowned ruler" of the middleweight boxing di vision todav. ui imwl la the amashlns triumph over champion Eddie (Babe) Blsko, of Syracuse, N. Y, scored In a 10 round, non-title slug-teat here laat night. The oniv reason Blsko Is still cham ninn tit th world la because he left hla title safely locked up 8.000 mllea away. More than 0.000 whooping fan wlt nuMiut Risko take a beating, and the titi-iin!rii wan willing to admit It hut ha blamed a rlubt poke to the left eye In the flrat 80 seconds aa the cause. ntel aa unknown northweaterner n.lll ha hrnke the aw Of VlnOS UUn- formal r.hamDlon. last aummer failed to land hla celeorntea -ounany punch" but he won In breeze after tha flrat three rounds. ntha rrenoveee. Blsko' manager, said after the f'ght he wouldn't con alder a title bout with Seattle for at leaat five months. Promoter Note Druxman announced the battle drew a gate of t32,08l. Softball, or kitten ball, will be onder way here by Monday, April 6, If all plans go well. Kitten ball has come forward rapidly in the past few years and now the twilight league haa aa many de votees as hard ball (probably more In thl city) and plans are being made for a national tour nament. A few year ago we were In Montreal, Canr.da, and every vacant lot In the rlty had either a Softball, rrlrket or socrer game going, with soft Doll predominat ing 10 to 1. ..Particularly In the evenings Thousands of men grabbed early dtnnera and wr;re out on the fields by 0 o'clock, playing until dark. Eorly In the year that meant only five Innings, but aa the daya grew longer they'd sometimes play eight or ten. The brand of sof than tney played there waa aa good a any we ever saw In this country. Not so their football. They haven't been playing the American atyle football up there very long. Only the year befcre we were there had they started using the forward pass, and no blocking was allowed. One night while tne others were playing kitten ball we found a kid with a football, and IN CAGE TOURNEY WICHITA. Kaa.. March 25. UP) Two blonde sextets were the dark hnraaa" nf the womfii'a national A a. u. basketball tournament today aa eight aurvlvtng teama prepared for action In tne quartera una. i.iaigit. The blonde hopefula who moved In to the round with all aeeded teams aiara the fkllt Ijlke CltV AUCrbaChS 30-19 victors over Eldorado. Kaa., and the Lambuth college sextette of Jack son. Tenn.. which roilstertd an up set by ousttK the Oalveston, Texos rt:imhlera. 20-10. The one, two and three favorites, the E:dorsdo. Ark., Uons, the title de fending Tulsa Stenoa and the Dea Molnee, A.' I. B. tenrn, advanced last nUht without difficulty. Ufa It I " PI" llll'l"llll"HiH ,4 IllilillThi'!;!!1!!!-!''?. yX' r ill nr1;1)'1!11' ' v 1"p- HtUSv " V"i ' UIIUS,. uri aJ s M IT PAYS TO BUY A CI ri r f M CM AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE SAFETY-STEEL BODIES HYDRAULIC BRAKES FANDOM AT RANDOM By DICK APPLEC1ATB started playing around with that. The other American with us. Don Rafael from Oakland, was a fine passer. He was tossing long passes to us and we were kicking them back, and one of th Montreal pro football coaches tried to s!gn ua both upto play for them on the team they were planning on atartlng that year. We declined, of course, knowing more about bow good we were at football than he did, but were tremendously flattered, none the less. Next year the Creen Bay Pack ers, from the American pro league, thumped the Montreal team, J0J-0. Some time ago we stated that getting a hc.a in one no longer created much of a furore outside the Immediate vicinity of the course on which the ace waa made. We eat our wcrds now. The Aaaoctated Press ha asked for a list of all thoae who have turned In dodos alnee the start of the year, with the object of making a big atory out of tne facts gleaned before the end of the year. Already several have been turned In on the Rogue Valley course, and MacPberaon, pro at the club, believes that all records will be shattered before the end of the year. Ab Banwell may not have heard about It yet, but It will un doubtedly be good publicity for the valley when the namea are publlahed over the entire country. Fights Last Night (By the Associated Press) NEWARK, N. J. Ernie Duaek, 223, Omaha, defeated Abe Coleman, 210, New York. Two falls out of three. NEW HAVEN, Conn Yvon Robert. 310, Montreal, defeated George Kov erly, 220, California. Straight falls. BRIDGETON, N. J. Jose Manuel, 180, Spain, defeated Charley Peter son, 182, Ohio. Two falls out of three. INDIANAPOLISJoe Savoldl, 308, Three Oaks, Mich, and Ous Sonnen berg, 212, Boston, drew. LINCOLN, Neb Jim McMillan, 315, Antloch, IU..d defeated BUI Demetral, 208, Greece.. Straight falls, 83 min ute and 7 seconds. RICHESTER, Minn. Abe Kashey, 212, Peterson, N. J., threw Ivan Vac turoff, 335, Riga, Russia. Greenherg Ready To Make Terms NEW YORK, March 25. (P) Hank Oreenberg, the Detroit Tigers slugging first baseman, will leave for Lakeland, Fla., thla afternoon to settle hla 1038 aalary dispute with club offtclala there. Oreenberg aald he received a tele phone call at 10:30 a. m., today from young Charlie Navln, aeoretery of the club, Inviting him to Florida "to talk the thing over." Phone 542. We ll haul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. New Track Find al I University of California took th wraps off a new quarter-mil "find" In it flrat meet of th season with Washington State College Archl William. Negro. He I ahown a he won th race handily In 48.2 eeo onds, a new record for hi univer sity. (Associated Pre Photo) WRESTLING (By the Associated Press) JERSEY CITY, N. J. Joe Forrando, 141, Ashtabula. Ohio, and Tony Falso, 141, Phlladelpnla, drew (10). FARGO, N. D. Angelo Pugllat, 158, Duluth, Minn., atopped George Selta, 170, St. Paul (1). NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J Jay Us cadon, 154, Orange, N. J., outpointed Larry Marlnuccl, 153, New York (8). ST. PETERSBURG. Chester Paul tta, 172, Scranton. Pa., awarded tech nical knockout over Tony Colli, i77Vi Boston, In third round (10). Marinette Knlta Bouclea Zopher String. ETHEL WYN B. HOFFMANN'S. NOTICE IMPORTANT MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH it ACCIDENT And UNITED BENEFIT LIFE POLICY HOLDERS Our offices are now In th Fluhrer Bldg., 27 N. Holly. Tel. No. 1224. In evenings call At Arthur Arms, Apt. No, 4. MARSHALL REEVES, Dlst. Mgr. whiskey of -mmimmm Forum for Portland PORTLAND. Or.. March 36 (API Superintendent of Schools Cbarlea R. Rica announced n receivea wuru Portland wa selected one of. the ten cities In th United States In which the department of education will conduct flve-montha' public forums beginning In September. He said the WPA would provide MO.tts lor tne project. 4 Snow Halts Logging MARSHFIELD, Ore.. March 35 (API A foot of enow resulted In closing tha logging camp of the Coos Bay Lumber company at Powers, of flclals of th firm announced. The snow extended to th foothill near Marahfleld and flurries slowed driven on the Roseburg-Cooe Bay highway. . Be correctly corseted la an Artist Model by Ethel wyn B. Hoffmann, it Factory style workmanship thor oughly guaranteed Voiu watch or Jewelry repairing receivea my person al attention J no w. Johnson. LAWNMOWERS sharpened. W call for and deliver. 23 N. 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