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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1939. Sport Graphs Bill? Hnleo uyi: Two Highest Grid Honors Given To Lefty Bob Smith All Medford joins In extend ing congratulations to Bob Smith, University of Oregon halfback, whose selection to play for the West In the an nual Shrine charity game fol lowed on the heels of his being voted the most valuable player on this year's Webfoot aggre gation . . . those two honors are just about the highest any college- grid player could re ceive, except possibly being named on one of the bona fide all-Amerlcan teams, and this city Is justly proud of him . . . Of all the fine football play ers Medford has turned out, strangely there hasn't been many backs who have enjoyed major-college grid careers . . . only two, in fact, in the past dozen years Bill Bowerman, and now Bob Smith . , . the number will be increased to three when Bob Olson, who has one more year of competi tion at Oregon State, Is gradu ated ... 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Buy your SKI equipment from SKIIERS They KNOW what's RIGHTI THE SKI HUT at 42 So. join Ken Washington Leads Dale Howard would like to attend Oregon State, ditto for Tackle Al Barrow, and that John Saulsberry. fullback, has leanings toward Harvard, and Bob Newland, left half back, toward Stanford Rumor foundry: Is Snowy Gustafson really having alumni trouble at Klamath Falls? . . . Minnesota's Bernle Bierman de nies he's going to Vanderbilt, but the stories persist ... is that true about Kenny Wash ington, U.C.L.A.'s great Negro halfback, being considered by Mike Jacogs as a successor to Joe Louis? ... If It is, and if Kenny can fight as well as he can play football, he may be the next world's champ, at that ... Elliott Cushing of the Roch ester Democratc-Herald comes up with this honey: "There Is no doubt that Russia looks great on paper. They've got 'em ten deep and have power to burn. But look at the schedule they play." . . . The best-dressed football team in the country this year was Fordham . . . British football players are striking to have their pay raised from 10 shil lings (about two bucks) per game . . . Oregon loses 10 men by graduation from its football team next spring, and Wash ington's Huskies drop only two . . . hardest hit coast grid club, however, will be U. C. L. A., which loses Ken Washington, practically a whole team, him self . . . We haven't yet seen an ail American aggregation with out Nile Kinnlck on U . . . laiosi coach reported to be seriously dickering for that Stanford job la none other than Homer Norton who, in case you've never heard of him, is the gent who manu factured the Texas Aggies this season . . . Coach Frank Thomas of Alabama has turn ed down an offer to mentor the pro Brooklyn Dodgers, plus an interest in the club. The New York Yankees were all set to acquire George Mc Qulnn of the Browns for their first-basing Job next year, when the American league made that rule tabooing intra-loop trades with the champions . . . now, the only way the Yanks can obtain players from other clubs in their own loop is via the waiver route . . . and, who would waive on McQuInn, one of the league's best Initlal-cush-1 loners? Siding Ski Accessories GAITORS White or blue duck hook and sipper style $1.95 k $2.95 SKI CAPS Gaberdines or popHm green. navy and natural $1 to $1.95 CANVAS MITTS Water repellent! all colorsi all canvas with leather palms 95 to 91.95 WOOLEN MITTS For Men and Women 85' to $1.50 Ski Goggles 25 to G5 CLOTHES SHOP Central The Rogue Snowmen Jtl Annual Dues oelp improve ski conditions In So. Oregon UCLA STAR ROLLS UP 1,365 YARDS Michigan's Tommy Harmon Second With 1,356 Yards Eakin Third With 1,342 By Gail Fowler Seattle. Dec. 14. (IP) It's so close there probably will be a recount, but Kenny Washington, the great Negro halfback from the University of California at Los Angeles, ranks today as the nation s leading gridiron ground gainer of 1939. Washington's sterling perfor mance against Southern Califor nia last week send him from third to first place Just a scant nine yards ahead of Tom Har mon of Michigan, who In turn is just 14 yards ahead of Kay Eakin of Arkansas. The blanket finish means a thorough recount, the American football statistical bureau, which compiled the figures, announced. The recheck will be made be fore the bureau announces its final, official figures. Here are the figures for total offense gains from both rushes and passes of the three leaders: Washington In 10 games he carried the ball 170 times, passed 80 times for a total of 260 plays: he gained 828 yards rushing and 537 passing for a total of 1.388. Harmon In eight games he carried the ball 129 times, passed 94 times for a total of 223 plays; He gained 888 yards rushing and 488 passing for a total of 1,356 yards. Eakin In ten games he car ried the ball 119 times, passed 193 times for a total of 312 plays; He gained 372 yards on the ground and 970 In the air for 1,342 yards. Others among the top ten in total offense, with the number of yards gained, are: Junius Plunkett, Vanderbilt, 1,129; Grenville Lansdell, South ern California, 1,119; Paul Chrlstman, Missouri, 1,095; Jim Lalane, North Carolina, 1,001; Nile Kinnlck, Iowa, 998. BOWLING In Commercial league bowling mritchu lnthe Morllord alleys last night, Monarch Seed snd Feed de feated Plche Sports. 3 to I; McDon ald Candy company and Llttrell Parts each took two points and Mali Tri bune beat Rolling Pin, 4 to 0. Scores follow: Monarch .Vecf and Feed ' Handicap ... so SO so 150 White 130 194 184 B7 Mlkach ... 117 131 183 401 Ryan . 170 138 138 431 Webater . 108 1B3 159 44B Newland. N 17S 199 198573 Totals 7S7 883 850 -483 I Plche Sports j Boone 131 138 193 483 ! (Irwin) 140 140 140420 RMppa . 133 171 189 483 (B. Nelandl 140 140 140420 Tollefaon . 151 148 145444 Totals 885 737 807 3239 McDonald randy Co. Handicap 33 33 33 89 Shorty Moree 159 158 188 503 Dell Bullock 154 143 138 424 Stearna 180 103 153414 Penney , 184 94 177436 Fisher .. 133 145 134 413 Totals 793 884 800 3367 l.ltlrell Parta Slma 134 154 154 433 Uttrell 107 137 157401 Swearlnger 118 189 148 31 Ixitvn 143 234 161537 Stromberg 138 188 189471 Totala 625 860 777 3363 Mall Trlhune 61 51 146 189 149 151 143 134 114 143 144 141 Totala 747 811 Railing Pin 121 135 143 134 145 118 140 140 133 16S Totals 681 693 I Handicap : Oilatrap . j Oreene . I Kraua J Latham j Hatran. Al 61153 138481 99399 133 409 147 408 173458 738 3386 98354 158 35 110 ?81 140 420 111 408 635 W!8 vukovlch I Dickinson strode ' Kent Kroechel the. HOTEL SOMERTON 440 OUHt ITMIT DOKNTOVI trail Kvm 0 TaHOIt MP eoeritTIll HHUMiiSHIO Splendid gauge lac ililiei . and, courteous service await lie tired motorist. COCKTAIL LOUNGE Service Unsurpassed mci iusj. musu Al Hostak's 1 IK I ' f r AI Hostak (loft), Seattle's middleweight champion, wears a broad grin niter his first round knockout of Eric Seellg (riphl) in a title fight at Cleveland this week, Hostak put his man away in 1 minute and 21 seconds of the opening round. Lou Ambers Voted Comeback King of Year; By Sid Feder New York, Dec. 14. (P) After considerable wrangling In the ballot box, the sports exnerts of the nation decided to day that Lou Ambers' punches paraded Just a little bit farth er along the comeback trail in 1939 than old Lefty Mose Grove's "dead soupbone". Two-ton Tony Galento also I figured in a three-cornered bat tle of vote's in the Associated Press' ninth annual poll for the leading comeback of the year by an individual. Yet, while these three led the list, the 73 voting exports couldn't get to gether on any one comebacker who stood head and shoulders above all the others. Altogether 67 athletes were nominated. The voters were asked to name their choices for first, sec ond and third places, with bal lots counting three, two and one points, respectively. On this bas is, Ambers, who exploded the fistic theory that "they never come back" by regaining the world lightweight championship from Henry Armstrong, drew 13 nominations for first place, five for second and seven for third for a total of 56 points. This se lection as No. 1 comebacker thereby topped off a year in which the little Herkimer (N.Y.) hurricane became the first fight er to win back the 135-pound crown from the man who took it away from him. Six points back of Little Lou was Grove, the greatest left- hand pitcher of his generation. I In 1938 Lefty walked off the! mound one day with his pitch- ing arm gone suddenly and mys - teriously "dead". This year, the 39-year-old Boston Red Sox vet - cran came back to win 15 games don't say whiskey sny Seagram's Scucnfi.roum filtndedUlhiskf 7 ' - sMOOTHP.n Aivn Kf,e,'w,T a).MiiieWniiiiiiii iVvr nMWBBBaammmmmmmmmammmmmm Sc.icr.im 7 Crown Plondet. V hiVc. The jtra-zM whiAir in tin prrniui! are rr or irore old. 40' i slr.iicht lnkic, t'r pram neutral 5inrits. 90 Pr-mf. " Illation's Grid Victory Smile 7 t 4 -fla- Ft it XiJ"r.tf j, 4V , r-s J 4 4 A- irwrasw am hh a! t Grove Second lose only four and turn In an earned run average of less than three per nine-inning game. For this, the experts gave him a total of 50 points, with ten pick ing him No. 1. Nine of the experts selected Galento as No. 1 in a year which saw him skyrocket above the average, shake off pneumonia, actually floor heavyweight champion Joe Louis and then go on to his amazing knockout of Lou Nova. For this record, the barrel-shaped gent from Jer sey received 43 points. CLUTE CONVALESCING Bill Clute, giant Medford high school football player, Is rapid ly convalescing in Sacred Heart hospital from an appendectomy he underwent last Saturday eve ning. Hospital attendants said today he was "getting along fine." Clute's appendicitis attack was the second in a series of ' minor misfortunes to befall him j recently, he having suffered two 1 broken fingers during the latter I part of the football season. 5 CROWN s 105 I PINT a- 'wis tV" 'AMERICAS FIN EST" THE YEARS ROLL Blf ?e8 rain's 5 Crown Blemletl Whiskey. The straicht whiAiet in tli .4 prosjucl are years or more old. 27l'e Mraight hiAie, 7ll2r p-un neutral spirit?. ''O Proof. Si.cr..m-IVtiller Temporal. on. New York. 'DAIRYMEN RALLY TO TRIM PACIFIC HOOPERS. 30-27 A blistering rally In the sec ond half, after trailing at the intermission. 6 to 14, gave Med ford's Lost River Dairy basket ball club a 30 to 27 victory over the barnstorming Pacific university cagers in the high school gym last night. Tonight, Pacific moves to Ashland to tangle with Jean Eberhart's Southern Oregon Col lege of Education five, with Butt Falls high and Ingle's Cowboys slated for the prelim inary game starting at 7:30 in the college gym. It was a pair of former Med ford high stars Billy Piche and Paul Lowcry who sparked the Dairymen's second-half ral ly. They each scored seven points in the final 20 minutes to pull their team from behind and keep them in front. Pacific scored first and main tained its lead until midway through the third period, when three field goals one by Bill Hoxie and two by Darrell Leav ens plus a couple ' of free tosses by Leavens, deadlocked the score at 14-all. Lowery then put the Dairy ahead for the first time by dropping In a two-pointer, and after Pacific's soph flash, Roy McCabc, tied it. again at 18 to 18, Lowery once more broke ' loose for a field goal to give the locals a 20 to 18 lead, which they never relinquished. Piche. member of last year's Tiger state title runners-up. then went to work in the Jourth period. He sunk a free throw to increase his team's lead to 21 to 18, then hit three field goals in rapid succession to make it 27 to 19. The colle gians desperately attempted to pull it from the fire In the clos ing minutes, but Plche and Low ery had done their work too well and the Dairy lead was too great to overcome. Pacific's defense proved al most impregnable In the first half, with only Leavens, Plche and Lowery being able to crack it for field goals, but In the second half the locals started to sift through and sink cripple shots. McCabe of Pacific was high scorer with 12 tallies, followed by Leavens of the Dairy with 10 and Piche and Lowery with nine apiece. In the preliminary, Ingle's Cowboys of Ashland, last year's A.A.U. champions, defeated Lewis Super Service of Med ford. 26 to 22. Lineups: Lost River Pacific Hoxie 2 F Siem 6 Leavens 10 F McCabe 12 Lowery 9 C Woodside 2 Harrington G . Eillcrtson Warren G Osburn 1 Subs: Dairy Porterfield Piche 9. Pacific D. Cooney 6 FlNE Ground Haller, B. Cooney. Overtir 2, Waner 4. Officials: Jean Eber hart and Bill Bowerman. LOCAL RIFLE CLUB LEADS COOS BAY IN POSTAL SHOOT Returns received on the first stage of the Coos Bay rifle club- Medford rifle club postal match give the local riflemen a lead of 30 points, team scores being 1789 and 1819. Last night the Medford team of Ed Lull, Mrs. Ivan Waddell, Lew Conger. Otto Howard and S. M. Tuttle to-1 taled 1837x2000 for their score in the second stage. The match j has one more week to run. ! A number of pistol shooters have finishing their qualifying targets for marksmen and sharp shooters ratings, but none have l made the expert requirements ; yet. A couple of rifle shooters, Otto Howard and Bob Tuttle, have turned in the highest scores to date in slow and timed fire with the pistol. Shelby Tuttle, Mrs. Waddell and Ed Lull finished neck and neck in the regular weekly handicap match last night, with a number of the others shoot ing over their averages. Complete rifle handicap scores follow: Shelby Tuttle 391 Mrs. Ivan Waddell 390 Ed Lull 389 Lew Conger 384 Ivan Waddell 381 S. M. Tuttle 380 Mrs. S. M. Tuttle 380 Otto Howard .-. 379 Mrs. C. C. Gall 378 C. C. Gall 376 Bob Tuttle 365 Clyde Richmond .... 363 Bruce Smith ... 354 Herman Farra .. 348 Hilbert Young . 335 TEAM MATCH ON It will be a team match in the armory grappling ring next Monday night, with Bobby Chick and King Kong Clayton pooling their talent against Set Bob Kenaston and Paul Bozell, Promoter Mack Lillard an nounced-today. The quartet will wrestle for one hour, or until one team obtains four falls. In the special semi-windup, Clara Mortensen and Gladys Nolan will meet In a rematch from their hair-pulling affair of DE LAVAL Used by the Certified Milk. HUBBARD 29 NORTH RIVERSIDE - Gainers last Monday. Leo Mortensen and Eddie Rogers .will open the program in a six-rounder. Next Monday's card will be the last until January 8, the grapplers taking a two-weeks vacation during the Christmas and New Year's week-ends. HEY! 10,000 Swede Run Through the Weeds When GARBO LAUGHS In (t Ninotchka" (Don't try to pronounee it SEE IT!) 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