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PAGE sre "M'EDFO'RP ttXTL' TTtTBTJN"E, MEDFOTtD. D'REOON'. WEDNESDAY. TJECEIBE'R 21. 1938. S&:x.tt;sv.::::u0;i.:.: life MSife .,;.V;J;;.;:r-,B;..:M.. f , , , j iT I 1 1 J II I I ' 7 l I I I." I ' f uiH f ---- -- - , -f , ,f fi-jHf-- - jMfM BY CHICAOO. Dee. 81. (AP Oabby Hartnett. filled with the benevolent holiday spirit, assured supporters of hit Chicago Cubs today the team wan stronger now than It was as a 1038 pennant winner. The Jovial club manager Is back In town after doing a bit of trading at the major league meeting In New York and visiting relatives In New England. Hartnett said he was still after players to strengthen the Cubs, but didn't name the men he wants. Taking a long-range glance at the 1039 race, Oabby named the New Tort Olanta, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati as "the teams to beat.1 "The St. Louis Cardinals mil have the best batting strength, and the most speed, so If they do something about defensive and pitching weak nesses, they can make trouble for anybody," he added. "I'd rate the Cards and the Reds as the danger pots In the league." uaDDy ngures the Cubs wore strengthened more than the Giants by the deal which sent Shortstop Bill Jurgess, Catcher Ken OTJea and Outfielder Frank Demaree to New Tork for Catcher Qua Mancuso, Short top Dick Bar toll and Outfielder Rank Lelber. N BEAVERS DEFEAT INT CORVALLIS, Doc. 31. (AP) The Oregon State college Beavers gained their second basketball victory of the pre-conference season last night by trimming the Paclflo Packard a of Portland, 41 to 38. The Beavers, playing with a well balanced combination, led, 31 to 18. at half time, but pulled away rapidly at the end of the rest period. Roy Plugrad led the Orange scorers with ten points. Others high scorers for the northern division member were Elmer Kolbent with nine and Mai Harris with eight. 35-23 FROM PILE Phoenix high defeated Jacksonville high, 88 to 93, last night at Phoenix In a non-conference basketball fame. Hunt, Phoenix guard, tallied 14 point and White, Jacksonville substitute, garnered 7 for his team. Lineups: Phoenix (36) , Jacksonville (23) Way 3 T B. Metzger Madden r Mccilnty 2 Vroman 11 o Woods Hust 14 o Graham Parker 8 a P. Mctnger 4. Subs: 'Phoenix, Unruh. Jackson ville, White 7, Johnson 4, Rlens S. Referee: I. Harrington. Die Mall Trlbmi Want Adi. NEW ARRIVALS FOR THE Last Minute Shopper tsli la ik, U Mti a fcw.. ,, TCtarM f kH.wMna' in. , , . SvH S, M . ffwk , ...la a.4 ,g.ML A Wavblir H toil II. .ban Im.i n vw . 4t r. taught n It NO tiJt til It Mint A NO t$T Ult CLOTHES SHOP hi r Nova Pounds Tommy Farr, crouching, slings a round of (heir l.V round battle In .New like Fair's fight. Nova, however, came helplessness and won arrlalm as the champion. Note the ton fen ess of the muscles. (A. P. photo.) ,14 TO 38 CLEVELAND, Deo. 31. f AP) Big. efficient basketball giants from the University of Oregon virtually obllte rated Miami (Ohio) University here Inst night, 74 to as. The touring Webfoots, who lost their opening game In New York Saturday, but won In Philadelphia Monday, suffered a serious casualty. TJgel Wlntermute, six foot - seven plus center, turned his ankle and was taken to a hospital. Coach How ard Hobson's fears were eliminated. however, when X-rays revealed his star did not suffer a fracture. The big fellow wns released but he may be out of competition for several games. Ted Barpola, forward, captured scoring honors with 20 points, drop ping In seven field goals and six free throws. His companion forword. Laddie Gale, one of the nation's highest scorers, played only biiefly. but tallied 11 points. Webfoots led, 3U to 17, at half time. D Fights Last Night (By the Associated Press.) NEW HAVEN Fred Apostoll, 101- 'A, Sen Francisco, rrcognlred by the New York boxing commission as mid dleweight champion, stopped Al Co coiza, 165, New Work. (4) NEW YORK Eric Seellg, 150, New York, outpointed Ken Overlln, 160 yt, Decatur, 111. (10) WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. Larry Kel him, 1S3H. Butte, Mont., optpolntcd Prank CsatlRlla. IK)',. New York. (8) ItOS ANGELES Bobby Pancho. IA0H, Los Angeles, stopped Charley Baxter, 141 Vi. Columbus, Ohio. (3) BASKETBALL By the Associated Prrm Coltcne Oregon State, 41; Pacific Packard (Portland) 38. Illih School Hcrmlston 2a, Heppner 16. noarhurg 45, Rprtngrteld 9A. Corvallls 33. McMlnnvllle an. Walla Wnlla 31, Mllton-Frcewater 30 (overtime). I The Dnlles 3B. OivRon City 31. Wrestling ! (By the Associated Press,) I READING, Pa Joe Savojrtl, 318. I i Three Oaks, Mlrh pinned Sammy Cohen, 310, Chicago. 131:03) INDIANAPOLIS. George ZsharlM. I J 345, Pueblo. Colo., defeated John I j Oranovlch, 340, New York, two of I threa falls. t Cnarh Hurt In Crash EI. MONTE. Calif.. Dec. 31 (AP) - Elmer C, Henderson, coach of the Lo Angelas professional football team, and his wife suffered Injuries early today when their automobile crashed with another marhlne. - -s - 1 .r.l'" le n J 1 Tommy Fair left to Nova's chin In an early York, which for a time looked bark later to pound Farr Into next world's heavyweight fighting California,,' neck and shoulder POINTERS TO PLAY T Champions of the Jackson county class B conference for the past two years,' Central Point high's .strong bnsketball team will step out cf Its clans tonight when It tangles with the Grants Pass Cavemen, clnss A dis trict 0 team, at Central Point. A preliminary between second teams of the two schools will start at 7:30. Both teams are undefeated to date, the Pointers leading the county di vision 2 race with two wins, and the Cavemen having beaten Kerby twice and St. Mary's once In practice en counters. Probable starting lineups follow: Central Point Grants Pass Sllnebaugh Gray Lanntng Dully Thomas R. Plnkham Wllllnms Meyers Beeba Holland r p o a o DUKE PRACTICE SLATED AT STOP IN ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF, Ark.. Dec. 31. (AP) The mighty Blue Devils of Duke University, en route to Pasadena. Calif., to play In the Rose Bowl against Southern California January selected Pine Bluff today for their first workout en route. About 130 persons were on the Blue Devil special yesterday when It pulled out of Durham. N. C, smld a great ovation of college sup porters and townspeople. Louisiana farmers boucht 20.000 bushels of corn for plnntlng In 1030 oompared with 8.000 bushels the yesr before. 3b8 0O I 0 iUR Used Cnr Specials set value freo wheeling into savinga for you I These, PRICES 1035 Dodge Deluxe Coupe Clean, excellent ronilltlnn. 1938 Ford Station Wagon 4f)5 H. tl. r.ilue. A real ranch auto. 1037 Ford (CO) Coupe Thrifty lty, economv atnt. 1935 Pontiac Tudor Sedan I.Ike new. Krnl Mr wntfnrt. Rrrnnillllnnrrt Mnlor. Had exrellent rare. 1033 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan New Paint, fnnillt ear. 1035 Ford Tudor Deluxe Sedan Remutllllntiril, new fluUh. SAVE THE GATES WAY Your Old Car May Make the Down Payment Up to 24 Months on Balance C. E. Gates Auto Co., Inc., -Lot 6th and Bartlett ST&Sfil TIGER VARSITY TRIM PROSPECT, 48-19) Medford high' powerful varsity basketball squad, with every man seeing action, defeated the class B Prospect high quintet at Prospect Isst night, 48 to 10, In a practice en counter. The two teams clash again tomorrow afternoon In the local high school gym at 3:30. There will be no admission charge, and the public la Invited. Lanky Eugene Miller led the Tiger scoring with 13 points, while Webber scored 6 for Prospect. The Medfords led, 18 to 0, at the end fo the first quarter and 36 to 8 at halftlme. The Timers converted 10 out of 13 free throws, while Prospect hit only 3 out of 31. Lineups: Medford (48) Prospect (10) Kresse 7 F Carlton 6 Crosby 4 F Trlbbett 5 Miller 13 c Vaughn 3 Newland 8 O Webber 6 Montelth 6 O Moore 1 Subs: Medford. Plche 3, Mlksche 3. L. Thurman 3, Olford 4, Howard 3. Gannette, ANGELS SELL PAIR TO OAKLAND TEAM LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21. f AP) The Los Angeles baseball club an nounced today that Pitcher Jack Salveson and Mike Chrlstoff, young outfielder, hsve been sold to the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league for an unannounced cash amount. Salveson, hampered last year by an arm Injury, won 11 games and dropped 10. 4 Lod Killed By Car. WOODBURN, Dec. 31. (yP) An au tomobile driven by Max Fisher of Palls City struck and fatally Injured Albert Hoffman. 8, near here last night. The boy, on his way home from school, was reported to have stepped directly In front of the Fisher machine. Bit Off Too Much OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) Phil Nicholas was In a duck blind when he heard a commotion nearby and found a big boss madly whipping the shallow water. Tn the bass' mouth was a half-swallowed 12-inch cat fish. The fin of the catfish hsd stuck tn the bass1 eye, causing him mad entng pain. Nicholas brought home the evidence. , ; 4 fthmh Hrtde 84 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Peo ple apparently never get too old to fall Into love. "We know from ex perience that love knows no age limits.' said John R. Hacker, 83, as he and his blushing bride-elect, Ida May Stewart, 84, both of Blooming ton, signed marriage license applica tions. The ceremony was performed shortly afterwards. Dynamite On Wild Hide HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. ( AP) State highway patrolman Gray Salter saw nn automobile wesvlng along a highway. He halted the driver, looked Into the back seat of the car and shuddered. Fifteen sticks of dyna mite had been Jostling around. The driver wns fined tM for drunken driving. "YES"-L00K Prices Still Going Down! A Large Stock Is Yet Available of Fine Reconditioned Cars In All Makes and Models! ACT NOW! Have Just Been Put S165 A Sport Graphs Billy Hulen sayi: Sport Results of Next Season Prognosticated Without the aid of I. Plckem (thank goodness, the guy hss holed un until next football season), and stnctiy oy a sci entific com puts tlon of facts and figures and may be a little guess work thrown In, this department today pulls aside the veil of the future and gives both you read ers a look at the sports parade of 1939, predicting Its results and naming Its cham pions. milf Rules This has been a great year In sports; 1939 should be even greater In every respect. Without further ado, here are our prognostications for the new year, and If we miss a couple it won't be the first time: Baseball They can't stop them Yanks, who will blast their way to another American league pennsnt and whip the Cincinnati Reds, Ns tlonal league champs. In the world series. Nobody will bust Babe Ruth's homer record of 60. although Green berg will belt about 58 and Jimmy Foxx around 50. Diswy Dean won't be of much use to the Cubs, but Brother Paul will make a great comeback with the Cardinals; Lefty Grove's arm trouble will still trouble him, snd he won't win over 1 0 games for the Red Sox. Cart Hub bell will have another, good year with the "Jints." Cleveland will fold again In the stretch, and so will the Pirates. Clncy will nose out the Cubs and Giants for the bunting In the National, thanks to Vander Meer. who will pitch another no httter. Freddy Hutchinson will go great guns with the Detrolts: so will Bob Feller with the Indians. Lou Gehrig will resume his fence wrecking and Joe DIMnggio and Joe Gordon will help him plenty. In the Paclflo Coast league, Portland will grab the cham pionship hern use they will have some hltfTrs, at last, and have released several clubhouse "law yers." In the Southern Oregon league, Medford's Craters will repeat their riag-holsting cere monies If they can find at least one extra good pitcher. Grants Pass will furnish the most ap portion, and Ashland might not he In the circuit. Same for nlendale. Crescent City won't have Koll. which Is too had. Boxing Joo Louis will whip John Henry Lewis next month and retain his heavyweight title. Lou Nova will wallop Maxie Baer and Tony Galento. but won't, fight Louis until 1940. Freddie Apostoll will finally become the middleweight champion In all states, Armstrong will lick Ambers again, decisively this time, and still Into EFFECT BARGAIN In , Transportation 475 29 Willys -Knight f5 ' "29 Ford A Tudor 75 '30 Chevrolet Coupe .. 05 475 '30 Graham Sedan... 05 '30 Buick Coupe 145 205 '29 Ford A Coupe 45 3f)!i '29 Ford A PicVrup.. 65 '30 Ford A Tudor 145 hold the welter and lightweight crown at the end of the yesr. Box ing. In general, will s enjoy an up swing. Basketball Medford's Tigers will grab off the district 0 championship and finish one-two In th SaJem state tournament. Oregon's Webfoots. after a severe battle with Washing ton State and Washington, will win the northern division crown of the Pacific Coast conference. 17. 6. O. will cop the southern division title, and In a great playoff aeries at Eugene, the Oregons will become Coast Conference champs. Football Klamath Falls will finally win Itself a Southern Oregon conference champion ship by virtue of beating Med ford In a stupendous battle at (Elamath Falls. Southern Cali fornia will once more win the roast conference crown, with Oregon State's Beavers In sec ond place. Oregon will be a dis appointment, because of a weak line. Jimmy Phelan will again be on the pan. and this time he will quit Washington for good. Tiny Thornhlll at Stanford will also move out after a bad year. And, on January t tn Pasadena's Rose Bowl, Duke's Blue Devils will stop the Trojans; Texas Chris tian will beat Carnegie Terh In the Sugar Bowl, Tennessee will llrk Oklahoma In the Orange Bowl and Texas Tech will knock off St. Slary's In .the Cotton Bowl. Other sports happenings win see Australia lift the Davis cup from America, Don Budge beat Ellsworth Vines in the majority of their pro tennta matches, Eddie Simmons re peat his victory In the Southern Oregon - Northern California Golf tourney here. California crew beat Washington and win at Poughkeep sle, professional football will come to the coast In earnest, softball en oy another big year at Medford. and nobody run 100 yards In 9 seconds. NORWEGIAN SKI STAR L NEW YORK. Dec. 31. (AP) Reldar Anderson, of Norway, who looked like a sure Olympic champion at ski Jumping In 1932, but didn't even get a chance to compete, has returned to demonstrate his ability to American winter sports fans. He was Injured In practice for the 1032 Olympics after setting a record of 237 feet for the Lake Placid Jump. He has Jumped nearly 340 feet at Plan lca. Yugoslavia. Anderson arrived yesterday and af ter a brief tunlng-up period, at Lake Placid, will take off on a trans continental tour, ending with a com petition to be held at San Francisco February 18-19. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads. IT'S SMART TO CALL FOR LIGHTER-BODIED RYES! 4 Join the modern swing to lighter spirits! 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A Japanese army spokesman, how ever, denied any troops were being sent Into Manchoukuo and said no trouble had .been reported anywhere along the border. The Chinese press reported trouble also was brewing In Formosa where Formosa ns and Chinese residents were opposing Japan's strict war measures. Meanwhile, Chinese reported new victories on the central front and in north Chine, where the Japanese were sending troop reinforcements to stamp out guerrilla activities. Breaking the long deadlock on the Canton-Hankow railway, the Chinese said they hsd recaptured Matang station, nine miles south of Yochow, gateway to Hunan province. Inflict ing 300 casualties. DRY PLEDGE BREACH SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 31. (AP) Drinking was a costly habit for T. Jack Stauffer, Sacramento sport.Tnan. A superior judge, granting a di vorce to Mrs. Esther D. Stauffer, yes terday ordered Stauffer to pay her $5000 which Stauffer promised to forfeit If he broke an abstinence pledge made several years ago. Stauffer's reply that his wife "in- COLONIAL GARAGE OPEN FOR BUSINESS Under New Management GASOLINE, OIL, GREASING, WASHING, STORAGE AND COMPLETE SERVICE GET A 1GftER $BODV) Y9' y i .1 dueed" him to take liquor did not away Judge Peter J. Shields, for Stauffer had made his pledge In the form of a promissory note. OFF COAST OF AFRICA PARIS. Dec 31. (P) Orders fo? the French navy to hold extensive war games early in 1939 In the soutn ern Atlantic ocean off Africa's west coast were disclosed tonight. Fears Germany's ambitions might turn to French colonies and man dates on that coast as a stepping stone to the extension of Nazi in fluence to South America were re called by further orders to some unite to take advantage of the maneuvers to visit Latin American countries. The war games will be concerned especially with the defense of Sene gal, where the airport of Dakar la an essential link In air services be tween Europe and South America. n Yetirs to Write EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) A Sco'tlsh dictionary describing the rise and history of each Scottish dialect since 1700 is being prepared in 10 volumes. Volume three, which hss been reached after nine yeara of work, will be published soon. The dictionary will provide a key to every word used by Burns. Scott, Stevenson and other great Scottish writers. 4 Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. Phone 1300 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywbero--Anytime Lewis Super Service 42 So, Central
