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MEDFORD M Aft TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1939.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen sayi:
Coaches Deserve
Much Credit For
1939 Tiger Team
Tt would he not onlv unfair
but a departure from the truth,
to single out any individual or
department as deserving of the
lion's share of credit for the
state title prep football team
Medford produced this year.
There are too many vitally
Important factors responsible
for the development of a cham
pionship eleven, too many
phases of that development
which must blend in perfect
harmony, to heap all the plau
dits on the heads of one or a
few.
But, in looking back over this
campaign and over the past
several seasons, we do believe
a substantial portion of Med
ford's success must be attrib
uted to the coaching staff, to
Bill Bowerman, Ed Kirtley and
Russ Acheson.
Of course the material was
there, big, husky, fast lads who
liked the game and weren't
afraid to put out. It was a good
squad, talented along grid lines
and one that any high school
tutoring staff would have been
glad to work with. Perhaps
other coaches could have done
as well with it, we don't know
about that. But we do know,
and this is the important point,
no other coaching staff could
have done any better, and plenty
of mentors would have done
worse. i
Granted that it was a good
squad to begin with, maybe a
little- green and inexperienced
In spots but, nevertheless, a
better-than-average high school
array, Coaches Bowerman, Kirt
ley and Acheson went to work
and did their stuff. They
brought the budding aspirants
to full bloom and kept the veter
ans at the peak, the latter no
mean task In itself. In other
words, they got tho ultimate in
performance out of the material
at hand.
That Is what wt call good
coaching getting the most
possible out of your malarial,
in individual and team devel
opment, in blocking and tack
ling and other fundamentals,
and lastly in equipping that
material with offensive and
dofonslvs maneuvers to en
able it to play championship
football. All this was done
In fine fashion by Medford's
coaches and we, for one, be
lieve the Messrs. Bowerman,
Klriley and Acheson deserve
a nice, large hand.
It may be because of the
school's proximity to Holly
wood, where glnmour Is tho
principal stock in trade, but
whatever the reason, the Uni
versity of Southern California
must be rated the country's
number one institution In com
ing up with story-book names
for its backfield stars.
Down there in the camp of
the Trojans you never hear of
an All-Amcrlcan back with a
good, old-fnshloned monicker
like Ed Jones or I'ete Smith or
Tommy O'lirlcn. Not by a long
ways. Conch Hownrd Jones al
ways has some fancy-handled
flash back there In the running
quarterback position, and no
wonder they rate All-Amcrlcan.
Their names are almost too
good to be true.
Look at this year, for In
stance. There are Grenville
Lansdell, Doyle Nave and Am
brose Schindlcr, In the order of
their appearance on the field.
Those nre names that even the
best writers in Hollywood would
be glad to copy and pass on to
their scenario heroes.
Look back through the years
at U.S.C. s Ail-American backs,
and you get the same Impres
sion of glamor. Irvine Warbur
ton, Orville Mohlcr, Morton
Kacr, Morlcy Drury, and so on.
Those are names thnt could only
be found in a place like Holly
wood. But, It must be admitted
that the boys' grid performances
are every bit as good as their
names.
Great Britain held the Ha
waiian Islands for a period of
five months in 1843.
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DEATH OVERTAKES
AGED INVENTOR
OF BASKETBALL
Dr. James Naismith, 78,
Dies of Heart Ailment;
Invented Game in 1891.
Lawrence, Kas., Nov. 28. W)
Dr. James A. Naismith, 78,
known as the "father of basket
ball" and professor emeritus of
physical education at Kansas
university, died early today.
Ho suffered a critical hemor
rhage November 19 but rallied
and returned home from a hos
pital a week ago. Last Friday
he was again stricken with a
heart attack.
With two peach baskets as
equipment, Dr. Naismith orig
inated basketball in 1891 as a
winter sport for youths at the
Springfield, Mass., Y.M.C.A.
training school.
Nine On Team
There were nine men on the
team and bankets were on the
floor. Later he elevated the bas
kets, reduced the number of
players and established rules
which have been changed but
little in the intervening years.
He gave up the ministry for
Y.M.C.A. and physical training
work. He joined the University
of Kansas staff in 1898 and in
a few years became head of the
physical education department.
He retired from active teaching
in 1037.
Oddly, Kansas became one of
the most noted basketball
schools in the country. Its great
teams were developed and
coached by Dr. F. C. (Phog)
Allen, friend and associate of
Dr. Naismith. The two disagreed
good-naturedly over many rules
and rule changes.
He once told Allen basket
ball is just a game to play. It
doesn't need a coach."
Preferred Wrestling
Despite the fact basketball
was his brain child, Dr. Nai
smith preferred other sports,
such as wrestling, for exercise.
In 1938 basketball games over
the country defrayed expenses
of Dr. Naismith for a trip (n
the Olympic games at Berlin
where basketball was played for
the first time.
At Springfield, Dr. Naismith
married Miss Maude E. Sher
man. She died in March, 1937.
They had three dnughters and
two sons.
Dr. Naismith married a sec
ond time, June 10, 1939. His
bride was Mrs. Florence M. Kin-
cald, Sigma Phi Epsilon frater
nity house mother here.
Seattle, Nov. 28. (IP) A 33
man University of Washington
football squad was scheduled to
head southward this afternoon
for what even buoyant Husky
supporters tabbed as a bleak
prospect of continuing an un
canny five-year jinx over the
U.S.C. Trojans.
The Huskies, usually in the
underdog role, have compiled
the best record of any Pacific
Coast conference member
against the mighty men of Troy
through five straight victories.
Coach Jim Phelan skipped a
scheduled scrimmage yesterday
because i he said the Huskies
would need all available man
power, and he didn't dare risk
any injuries.
5
OLIVER ALL-STAR
Eugene. Nov. 28. (.T) Tex
Oliver, Oregon football coach,
picked five Southern Cuhfornla
Trojans on his all-Coast team
yesterday, but saved a couple
of places for two of his own
men. Gray bra 1 and Stuart.
The team: Krueger, U.S.C.
and Anahau, Santa Clara, ends;
Stuart, Oregon, and Stoccker
U.S.C. tackles: Smith, U.S.C,
and Schultb, Orreon State
guards; Schlechl, Santa Clara
center; Hoffman. U.S.C, quar
terback; Graybeal. Oregon, and
Washington. U.C.L.A., half
backs; Schindlcr, U.S.C, full
back.
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TROJANS FAVORED
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BOWLING
In Classic lesgua bowling matches
In ths Medlord alleys last night
Ramblers beat etudebaker, 2 to 1:
Msld-RIU beat Zorfcs. 1 to 1, and
Acllve Club beat M and M, .? to 1.
Scores follow:
Studebaker
Boy Prultt...: 179 188 15S 488
Stack 158 193 109 620
W. Prultt 12 141 148 449
Paske 141 189 139 458
Eads 214 200 197 611
Handicap 13 13 23
Totals ...
884 885 813
Gales Bamtilers
181 199 190 870
147 174 183 484
Oreen ...
Cannon
j Proctor 167 184 190 511
Reltsma 163 210 228 602
I Dates 123 168 168 462
Handicap ... S 8
Totals 780 913
Zorlc Cleaners
Raymond - 247 208
Pabrlck 132 184
Lyons 123 ' 168
Bean
Baylor 168 171
Dixon 137 152
Hnndlcap - 73 73
Totals 830 948
Maid Rile
182 167 173 622
Slillwell ,
Lewis, D. .
Oabel
Hrtgen ..
Boll
Handicap .
.176 147 134 466
187 136 135 438
168 168 191 517
171 166 158 405
82 62 82 246
Totals .845 856 8732674
M & M Kept. Store
Rengstortf 194 203 169 666
Adair 169 146 170 474
Simmons 173 142 148 463
Daws 141 180 176 497
Hemstreet 161 161 146 467
Totals ...828 831 8082467
Active Club
Moors 187 177 137 451
Larson 160 172 168 480
Porterlleld ....166 171 153 489
De Vore 171 189 124 484
Sims 164 131 246 541
Totals 807 859 8362502
Csptaln Kresse's team beat Cap
tain Eads' team, 4 to 0, In last
night's Elks club bowling tourna
ment match. Scores follow:
Krcsse, (Capt.) .... 112 158 147417
Gardiner 180 139 124 423
Heyde 146 125 147418
Acheson 167 192 135 404
Trill 124 133 144401
Handicap 148 148 148 444
Totals 867 895 845 35C7
Eads, (Capt.) .... 168 188 168604
Kuna 121 121 121363
qinder , 130 131 131302
Woods 143 144 126 413
Kuehle 131 131 131393
Handicap 168 1S8 158 474
Totals 851 863 835 9539
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Annapolis, Md., Nov. 28 ttP)
Against a background of five
consecutive defeats and a score
less tie, Navy painted a brilliant
word-picture of conquest over
Army today and If they pay
off optimism with first downs
the cadets won't stand a cnance
in the annual service school
gridiron classic at Philadelphia
Saturday.
Schooled In disaster almost
since the start of the 1939 cam
paign, Navy took its 28-0 lick
ing from Princeton in stride
and came up screaming:
"We're going to take Army!"
They threw the usual Mon
day rest out of the window and
reported in full force yesterday
to start drilling for the West
Pointers. That was the var
sity's idea, and it drew full
suport from Coach Swede
Larson.
Whitman Wins
Walla Walla, Nov. 28. UV
The Whitman college basketball
I team made its debut last night
with a 43-37 victory over a
Grand Coulee dam quintet.
Harry led the winners with 24
points.
Cougnrs Take Two
Pullman, Nov. 28. (P) The
Washington State Cougars took
a ragged basketball game from
the Lewiston Normal school last
night 52-30 for their second
straight over the Idaho squad
in practice games this season.
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BEAVERS OUT OF
ll RACE;
By Fred Hampson
Associated Press Writer
Oregon State's tie with UCLA
has taken something out of the
fag end of the Pacific coast con
ference season for Oregon
watchers, but not much.
Had the Orangemen" hung on
to that 13-7 lead two minutes
longer Saturday and won the
game there would still have
been a skinny Rose Bowl hope
left, a hope based on a chance
that Washington or UCLA might
dump Southern California. A
defeat would have put Oregon
State ahead by the margin of
a tie, but one defeat and two
ties have pushed the Stlnermen
out of the Pasadena reckonings
and possibly out of second
place although they'll still wind
up In the runner-up spot if USC
defeats UCLA.
However, the prospects of
anybody beating USC are too
minute to worry about and the
Beavers are to be congratulated
on a great season. Five victories,
one loss and one tie require no
apologies.
The Uclans lost no time after
Saturday's game seeking Stin
er's comparison between them
selves and the Trojans. They
reached him while he was still
at the boiling point over the
tie and he told them bluntly
that "It will take an adding
machine to keep track of the
Southern California score."
Later Mr. S. cooled down, re
gained his normal tact and
amended the statement to: "It
will be a game between two
great teams and the breaks prob
ably will decide it."
But L. H. Gregory of the Ore
gonlan, who was present when
Stiner made both statements,
said "Lon was right the first
time," an opinion shared by
most folks who saw USC in
action. Troy may not have an
Individual star of the magni
tude of Kenny Washington al
though that too is a matter of
opinion but it has numerical
might that already has battered
down better men than UCLA's.
Gregory called UCLA a one
man show, the leading man be
ing Mr. Washington. The Bruins
lean so completely on him that
Coach Babe Horrcll dare not re
move him from a tough game
for so much as a minute. "With
out him," wrote Greg, "the
Bruins would be lucky to beat
Stanford out of last place."
TIFF MAY BE OFF
New York, Nov. 28. (JP)
The Henry Armstrong-Lou Am
bers welterweight title fight,
scheduled for lUnrlisnn RnltnP-
Garden Friday night, was indef
initely postponed today.
Three physicians told the New
York state athletic commission
Armstrong, the title-holder, is
physically unable to enter the
ring because of an attack of
grip.
New York, Nov. 28. (P)
What with weddings and colds
it's hard to say Just when Henry
Armstrong and Lou Ambers will
meet for the world welterweight
title.
The fight is billed at the mo
ment for Friday night in Madi
son Square Garden but Hammer-in
Hennery put a kink in
those plans late yesterday when
he nulified the New York state
athletic commission he had the
sniffles.
The commission immediately
dispatched three doctors to in
vestigate Henry's condition, and
they were to report today but
that made little difference to
Eddie Mead, his manager.
"I don't care what they say
about Henry's condition. He's
too sick to fight, and that's all
there is to it. They can't tell
us to go ahead and fight. If
Henry's sick, he won't fight in
vOV3
oi
spite of what anyone says."
Mead sounded as though he
meant business, and apparently
Promoter Mike Jacobs thought
so too, for in announcing the
fight "might" be postponed
again, a substitute card featur
ing Pete Scalzo of New York
and Allie Stolz of Newark, N.
J., was put forward as the "fill
in" for the Friday date in the
Garden.
E
Rogue Snowmen will hold
their annual meeting in the
junior high school gymnasium
tomorrow night after a movie
presentation. The motion pic
ture program, to which the
public is invited, will be pre
sented at 8 o'clock under Rogue
Snowmen's sponsorship.
The film program comprises
two reels of action and descrip
tive pictures taken at Sun Val
ley. Skiing, skating and swim
ming in heated tanks will be
shown along with scenic views
of the Sun Valley layout and
the countryside. The films will
be shown by Darroch Crookes,
a publicity agent for Sun Val
ley, operated by fhe Union Pa
cific railroad company. There
will be no admittance charge
tothe picture show.
Ilmmcdiately after the film
presentation the Rogue Snow
men will convene to elect offi
cers and transact other annual
business. In addition, plans
will be completed for the port
able ski lift the club will build
and reports will be given on
McDonald basin as a winter
sports center. Kenneth G. Den
man, president of Rogue Snow
men, and Harold Larsen, a past
president, made an inspection
of the basin last week and will
give a report on it. They found
snow in the basin already. The
U. S. forest service built a shel
ter in the basin during the
summer.
SPORTSMEN STAGE
ANQUET TONIGHT
At least a hundred sportsmen
from all parts of Jackson coun
ty are expected to .attend the
first annual banquet of the
Rogue River Sportsmens' Club,
Inc., which will be held in the
Hotel Medford tonight at 6:30
in conjunction with fontmi
Point and Gold Hill sportsmen's
organizations.
Frank Wire, supervisor of the
state game commission and Dr.
A. B. Peacock of Marshfield,
member of the commiRsinn will
be the Drincinal snpakpra Wira
will also show motion pictures
oi wuci nte in Oregon.
Tickets will be available at
the hotel this evening nnH all
interested are invited to attend.
E
ICE IN PARLEY
Montreal, ' Nov. 28. (Canadi
an Press) FnrplfTn r.nlipAci F
Great Britain and the United
btates might be kept on com
mon grounds through Canada's
influence in the British Empire,
says Lord Marlcy, deputy speak
er of the British House of Lords.
Canada, he said, could influ
ence Britain in international
affairs, particularly in relations
with the United States.
In an address earlier to the
Canadian Club, Lord Marley
suggested that the United States
should have a part in treaty ar
rangements when peace is
achieved.
LiwAJCJUviceA-
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Now in Service
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Klamath Falls
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Leave Medford dally at 3:45 A.M. and 5:45 P.M.
Depot: Jackson Holsl Phone 755
BOZELL TOO BIG
It was simply a case of too
much power and too much
weight, and as a result Paul
Bozell, the erstwhile Black
Dragon who Is still a little bit
rough at times, kept his cur
rent Medford record clear with
a two out of three fall grap
pling victory over Portland's
Ernie Piluso in last night's ar
mory main event.
It was a tough match, though,
with the lighter Piluso extend
ing his big opponent to the ut
most. Ernie managed to take
one fall with three spectacu
lar sonnenberg's and a whop
ping body slam but he could
not bear up under the pressure
and at the 17 minute mark Bo
zell slapped on a Boston crab
and the affair was all over.
Paul used a surfboard to ob
tain the first tumble of the
match, after punishing Piluso
with arm locks and finger
twists. Ernie turned on the
speed to even the score five
minutes later, roaring into ac
tion when he became incensed
at Bozell's repeated off-color
tactics. He fired three drop
kicks to Paul's head and pinned
him with a slam and press.
The end came when Piluso
apparently had Bozell on the
verge of defeat. Ernie was toss
ing dropkicks with wild aban
don and one had just leveled
Bozell, but the latter managed
to grab Piluso's legs on the next
shot and flop him over in the
crab hold.
King Kong Clayton took two
straight falls from Sgt. Bob Ken
aston in the middle event, both
of them coming on fouls. The
first, in the third round, was
awarded the Negro when Ken
aston refused to halt a series of
choke holds and foul punches.
The second, in the fourth heat,
came when the Gold Hill tough
guy wouldn't break a Gold Hill
crab, after being given the fall.
He continued to apply the pres
sure, and Referee Earl Yoak
Iey gave the match to Clayton.
The opener between Herb
Parks and Eddie Rogers was a
spectacular drop-kicking duel,
with Parks taking the nod in
the fifth round with the decid
ing tumble.
In the first stanza Parks
scored with a blistering double
leg wallop and a press, but
Rogers came back to duplicate
the feat in the third round, us
ing dropkicks and a press. In
the fifth both boys stood out
there and fired the kicks, with
Parks getting in the best licks.
NAMED BY EUGENE
Eugene, Nov. 28. P) Eu
gene high's co-champions of the
No-Name football league named
an all-opponent team here to
day, dominated by Vancouver
Trappers and Milwaukle Ma
roons, but mentioning only one
player from the Medford Pear
pickers who beat them, 20-6
Bob Newland at a halfback spot
on the second team.
The team: Schirmer of Tilla
mook and D. Jamison of Mil
waukie, ends; Butcher of Mil
waukie and Watson of Van
couver, tackles; Gomuliewicz of
Vancouver and MacReynolds of
Albany, guards; Burchfie'.d of
Vancouver, center; DeAutre
mont of University (Eugene),
quarter; Boe of Milwaukle and
Provo of Vancouver, halfbacks,
and Bird of Albany, fullback.
Texas farmers produced more
than 40,000,000 bushels of wheat
last year.
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ONLY ONE TIGER IS
PREMIER'S SPEECH
HELD 'FEELER' FOR
(Contln'iM tram rga One )
on this declaration, asserting
that Chamberlain's "idle prattle
about a new pan-European or
der of things is Utopian and
has no connection with real
ities." An authorized Berlin
source remarked that Cham
berlain Is "getting very old."
The prime minister is getting
old, it is true. But from my
first-hand investigation in Eu
rope within the year, I believe
he voices the yearning of all
the peoples when he talks of
peace. Let's make It stronger
and say this:
The average citizens of every
one of the belligerent countries
in thinking of victory as they
must are thinking of it only
in terms of peace.
Moscow, Nov. 28. Pi The
Soviet radio began broadcasts
in the Finnish language today,
assuring the Finnish population
"there will be peace" if the
Finns come to terms with Rus
sia in their current dispute.
The Soviet newspaper Red
Star published an order of the
commander of the Leningrad
military district that in case of
"repeated provocation" by Finn
ish troops, Soviet soldiers were
"to answer with fire until those
who have created the incident
are exterminated."
While the Soviet press con
tinued a bitter anti-Finnish cam
paign, no Russian newspaper
printed the reply of the Finns
to Soviet demands that Finnish
troops be withdrawn from the
Russian border.
In this reply, delivered last
night, the Finns offered to ne
gotiate with Moscow on a mu
tual withdrawal of troops from
the border. They denied any
shots had been fired from the
Finnish side on Sunday. The
Russians charged Finnish sol
diers had killed four Russian
soldiers and wounded nine by
artillery fire.
A cartoon in the Communist
party newspaper Pravda por
trayed a Finnish "mad dog"
trying to bite a Russian tank.
A special article on Finnish
finances In the government
newspaper Izvestia said there
was "panic among the popu
lation" due to Finnish military
measures, that bank deposits
had been reduced by 50 per
cent and there was "growing
inflation."
A dispatch from Helsinki, by
Tass, the official Russian news
agency, said evacuation of the
Finnish capital had been un
successful and the people were
returning home from the coun
try, where they were sent
weeks ago.
Even newspapers for chil
dren joined in the campaign
against the Finns, printing let
ters from youngsters saying
what they would do to the
Finns if they were In the army.
The Soviet government was
using the "border Incident" to
speed up production in muni
tions plants, factories and naval
dockyards. Resolutions pledged
workers there to redouble their
efforts to Increase output.
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TROJANS, TEXAS
AGGIES TIED IN
FOOTBALL POLL
New York, Nov. 28. UP)
For lack of a chairman to cast
the deciding vote, the seventh
Associated Press football rank
ing poll of the season today
found Texas A. and M. and
Southern California tied for
first place with 939 points each.
The Aggies, who need to beat
Texas Thursday to finish their
campaign with a clean slate,
climbed into the lead last week.
But Southern Cal., which Im
pressed a notable gathering of
experts with its power and vers
atility in whipping Notre Dame,
had to overtake Tennessee end
Cornell to gain its half-share in
the front running position.
Of the 111 ballots cast, third
place Cornell won a plurality
of 34. But the Ithacans, two
year champions of the Ivy
league and boasting their first
all-winning eleven in 16 years,
lacked the all-around support
of the twin pace-setters. The ag
gies, in addition to 27 first
place votes, received 37 for sec
ond and 24 for third. The Tro
jans, just two games away from
winning the western Rose Bowl
nomination, polled 25 firsts, 33
seconds and 26 thirds.
Tennessee, which at one time
held first place for four straight
weeks, was passed by Cornell
as well as Southern Cal. Cornell
totalled 809 points, only 30
short of the leaders, to the Vols'
871, while unbeaten, once-tied
Tulane continued in fifth place,
with 675 points.
Second ten 11. Notre Dame,
105; 12. Ohio State, 95; 13.
UCLA, 75V4; 14. Clemson (1).
46; 15. Michigan, 40V4; 16.
North Carolina, 40; 17. George
town, 33; 18. Nebraska, 30; 19.
San Jose (Calif.) State, 29; 20.
Santa Clara, 22.
Also ran Georgia Tech, 19;
Boston College and Princeton,
15 each; Fordham, 12; Oregon
State, 9; Penn State, 4; Okla
homa, 2; Kentucky and Syra
cuse, 1 each.
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