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PAGE TWO . MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. Sport Graphs . Billy Hulen sayi: Bowl Games Big Business, With $1,000,000 Gross The annual football "bowl" games may be grand and glori ous climaxes, to the gridiron season tor spectators and play ers, but to the colleges send- teams, and to the bowl corpor ations staging the games they are big business In capital let ters and sometimes not very pleasant business. ' Take this year lor Instance, The Cotton bowl, a private en terrorise EDonsored by Dallas, Texas, business men, got In a Jam when Texas A. and M. re fused to have anything to do with the promotion, previously, the Cotton bowl committee had attempted to sign the Aggies and Tennessee as the attraction, offering each team a guarantee of $83,000. When the Aggies refused and Tennessee dittoed, the Cotton bowl wound up with Clemson and Boston college as the competing clubs. The Rose Bowl, the orlg . inal and still the king. Is sponsored by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses associ ation, which gets a third of the total gross receipts, which this year are expected to run 1363.000. Both the competing teams, Tennessee and U.S.C., will receive a third, which means over $100,000 to each ' of the splltees. Although ' things have been fairly quiet ' on the Rose Bowl front thus ' far, Tennessee students have demanded that the Vols' trav- .1 ' eling squad Include 14 sub ' stlrutes who were slated to be left home. The Sugar bowl In New Or leans Is the Rose bowl's great est rival. It Is sponsored by the Mid-Winter Sports association, and this year will have Tulnne and the Texas Aggies tangling. The association pays off debts on the expansion of Tulane sta dium, where the bowl game Is played, and there remains $550, 000 debt still outstanding, Miami's Orange bowl, where Missouri and George Tech will collide on New Year's Day, Is sponsored by the City of Miami, which guarantees $50,000 for the game. Profits piling up from year to year are sunk Into a fund to build a larger Orange bowl. The bowl that comes closer to strict amateurism than any other is the Sun bowl, whose officials, even publicity men, are unpaid for their efforts This year Arizona State and Catholic university will play, each receiving a $5,000 guar antee, with option of a one third of the net. The bowl games have de veloped Into a million-dollar business. Some 250,000 fans will pay an estimated $859, 000 to witness the Rose. Su gar, Cotton, Orange and Sun bowl games, and other Janu ary 1 enterprises will swing the total above the $1,000,000 mark. Here are the bowl games, In the order of their expected at tendance and gate receipts. Rose bowl 89.000 persons and $303,000 at gate. Sugar bowl 70,000 fans and $230,000 receipts. Cotton bowl 43,000 custom ers and a $128,000 gate tnke. Orange bowl 35,000 clients and $115,000 total dough. Sun bowl 11,000 fans and $23,000 receipts. Wrestling Promoter Mack Lll lard will take a couple of talent-scouting trips during the Xmas holidays, whlln th rmory is darkened, and fans can expect several new faces when the grappling business reopens on January 8, after a two-weck layoff. Mack will visit San Fran Cisco and Portland, and expects to sign up several new boys. In addition to making contacts with other muscle manners who haven't been here In several years. A common garden snail has 14,000 teeth which it uses In Its digestive system. ipr unan&Chan akavT, rhlnme Mccllclna Ce t nr rpMtvra at one h :m -.1 ' nrrnal rr mrdj. (to lVJ"" hae: Attn ma (5"J rrirr. Hlnmarh ''-a Trinihtp, Cnnklltillnn Chrnnlr rough. Hhrmiiatlm. h. nut Troilhlr, l-llrs. Arlhrltli, Co Hill. Krzttna, Apiwmlitlila. Illh Blond irnrr. Irntal. Hrnrl l.npr, iiiaitrtrr, hlilnrv, I. mm, Wood, I'rlnnrjr tmttlilp. II t r h lll lite )ou n'llrl. MS E. Main NOW OPEN DAILY 10 a. in, to l:3o p, m. Except t. tvtd. 10 a. m. lo II. Webfoot Quintet Trounces Temple University, JOHN DICK LEADS MHJ2P0INTS 4631 Clients See Hobsonites Overcome Early Temple Lead and Stay In Front. Philadelphia, Dec. 15. (IP) Oregon's barnstorming basket ball team resumed Its winning ways last night by defeating Temple 48-36. The western squad overcame an early lead before the end of the first half. Oregon led at the half 20-13. Temple gained a 10-6 lead early In the game but field goals by Townsend, Sarpola and Mc Neely put Oregon ahead and the Webfoots steadily added to tt elr advantage. The game was witnessed by 4631 spectators. Summary: Oregon: O F PPTP McNelly, I 10 2 2 Borcher, f ... 0 0 0 0 Sarpola, f ........ .. 3 0 4 6 Dick, c 8 2 3 12 Pavalunas, g 0 0 0 0 Townsend, g .......... 4 10 9 Jackson, f, g .......... 3 2 3 8 Marshik, f, c 0 0 0 0 Andrews, f ... 8 10 7 Piippo, t 10 0 2 Anderson, o ............ 0 0 0 0 Totals 20 6 12 46 Temple: O F PFTP nann, I .. 10 2 2 Rosenberg, c 0 0 0 0 Henderson, c . . 113 3 Musi, g ..... 3 2 0 8 Snyder, g 13 2 5 Bechtloff, f 6 4 0 16 Nicol, f 0 0 0 0 Jones, g .......... 0 0 0 0 Halpin, f 10 12 Frieberg, f 0 0 2 0 Totals 13 10 10 36 Half time score: Oregon 20, Temple 13. Missed free throws: Borcher 2, Sarpola 1, Dick 1, Jackson 1, Anderson 2, Henderson 4, Bechtoloff 1, Frieberg 1. Referees: Grieve and Kauf man. E T St. Mary's high basketball Crusaders, Jackson county class B champions, open their 1939 40 campaign in the St. Mary's gym tonight against the strong Lewis Super Service station In dependents. A preliminary game between the junior high school eighth grado and the St. Mary's graders, will start at 7 o'clock sharp, Only Larry Schade, center, Is missing from this year's St. Mary's quintet, of those who brought the Crusaders the title last season. Finns To Get 44 Fast U. S. Planes Washington, Dec. 19. (IP) Officials disclosed today forty four high speed fighting planes being manufactured for the navy will be sold the Finland. The army and navy Joint aero nautical board approved the sale after the navy reported immedi ate delivery of the craft to the navy was not imperative and an Improved model was available. CHINESE HARASSING JAPANESE GARRISON Hongkong, Dec. 19. (IP) A Chinese army spokesman de clared today units harassing the Japanese in Honan province were fighting the Japanese gar rison in streets of the provincial capital, Kalfeng. , The action, he said, was part of a widespread coordinated at tack on Japanese bases and com munication lines during a Jap anese replacement program. UB'jol . tuiifnjni i M Sv QUART I BOWLING I CHICK, CLAYTON ClMsle league bowling result In the Mad ford alleys last night were: studtbafcer 3, Actlva Club 1; Oates' Ramblers 3, Mald-Rlte 1; Active Club 8, Oates' Ramblers 0; M. and M. 3, Zone 1- Bcorea follow: Active Club Handicap 1 1 1 S Moore 1 1 1 1 ISt 171 140 A01 Porterfleld Larsen DeVore ,, Slma ISO 331 SOS 484 IBS 154 109621 174 139 193495 178 1B7 180646 Totala 8S 803 931 3049 Studrhaker Or. Paake 107 105 315547 Stan Stark 191 301 193584 W. Prultt 170 163 1764.7 W. White . 109 145 146 459 Oeo. Eada . 180 308 170658 Totals 877 871 897 3046 Oates Ramblers 195 168 Cannon Proctor . Or&en .... Oates Raltama 181494 166817 146496 161569 159631 778 3597 18 48 188448 178504 139461 166633 187507 804 3491 164 177 178 173 197 331 171 191 Totala 898 939 Muld-Rlte . 18 18 183 178 .... 188 170 .. 180 163 191 188 178 143 Totals 838 884 Handicap Lewla, D. Long Hagen, Al Hagcn, B. Bell, M. .. Ramblers 166 139 108403 148540 134459 171488 300006 811 153 465 313653 105468 164 409 197575 891 333 160 168 187 144 173 179 330 Totala 897 806 Active Club 133 170 ... 199 341 .. 100 143 107 148 311 187 Totals 880 879 Moore Porterfteld Larson .... DeVore .... 81ms .... M. and M. Deportment Rengstorff 188 196 187570 Adair 187 176 100403 Slmmona 187 164 133483 Daws 197 168 180636 Hematreet 165 316 303 684 Totala 934 909 803 2036 Zorlc Cleaners Bean 198 166 147500 Drlaooll 114 153 141408 Lewie 301 133 107491 Saylor . 105 188 174524 Dixon 188 153 166 477 Totals 873 806 831 3608 PUBLIC SNAPS UP E BOWL SEATS Pasadena, Cal Dec. 19. (IP) Fifteen thousand tickets to the Tennessee Southern California battle in the Rose Bowl were held out to a hungry public today, and promptly snapped up. The block was offered accord ing to Tournament of Roses-Pa cific Coast conference custom as appeasement to Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Fan and the little fans, who can't obtain tickets to this post-season grid classic through channels open to almnl and Rose Bowl patron groups. The game figures to draw something like $300,000 In gate receipts. That was the round figure Duke and Southern Cali fornia played to last year, with the two universities receiving approximately $115,000 apiece. The record figure for gate re ceipts $306,421 was set In 1930 by Pitt and U.S.C. They used a $5.50 scale, how ever, as compared to the $4.40 and $3.30 scale employed since. UTAH CAGERS UPSET STATE. 53-37 Salt Lake City, Dec. 19. (Pt An underdog University of Utah quintet defeated the Oregon State colleije aggregation, 83-37, In the first game of a two-game basketball scries last night. The TJtes grabbed the lead In the first minute of play and were never headed. The Beav ers pulled into a momentary 24-24 tie an Instant before the end of the first half, but they were trailing agoin, 24-26, at the turn. S-.Blar tfili.lian w. N. t. C cannon Proctor Green Oates Reltsma . DEFEAT VILLAINS In as wild and wolly grap ple brawl as the armory has seen in a month of Mondays, Bobby Chick and King Kong Clayton fought their way to a team-match victory over the two bad boys, Sgt. Bob Ken aston and Paul Bozell, in the main event of last night's final program of 1939. There will be no more wrestling in this town until January 8, when Promoter Mack Llllard will open up the new year with a bevy of colorful huskies. The score in the tandem was four falls to two, with the white-haired lads breaking a two-all tally after the quartet had battled furiously for the better part of 40 minutes. The end came when Chick broke loose from a mad plleup against the ropes, grabbed Kenaston by the waist, hoisted him to his shoulders and gave him the famous Chick lariat spin. As they were going 'round and 'round, Kenaston's flying cra nium cracked his teammate's noggin, Bozell, who was milling around with Clayton, and down went Bozell. While Chick was slamming Kenaston to the mat and pin ning him with ' a body press, Clayton leaped on the dazed Bozell and applied his shoulders to the carpet. Thus, both meanles were de.cnmmlslnnH at practically the same time. ana me large crowd tore down the place with hysterical joy. It was a different story at the start, however. Tfntnn and Bozell cut loose with foul tactics of every description After the boys struggled around the ropes for awhile, Clayton was finally Dinned hpnpnth plleup, with Bozell getting most of the credit for the job. That leu unicK in there all alone with the ruffians, and he nun. aged to fight them off for only a snort time. Kenaston, aided by Bozell, finally clamped on his Gold Hill swivel and Chick was a goner. Clara Mortenien Inrilo.1 Iloht. welght chamo. make n, of Gladys. Nolan in their re-1 maicn. The tltleholder used body slams to take two straight falls, the first coming after choke holds and the second fol lowing punches to Miss Nolan's tummy. The loser ran up a few points via a potent head lock, but all in all she was not much of a match for the better conditioned La Mortensen. Leo Mortensen, Claro's broth er, turned dirty in the fifth round of his opening match with Eddie Rogers and Referee Earl Yoakley awarded the match to Eddie on a foul. With the falls one apiece, Mortensen Il legally used the ropes to abet a painful short-arm scissors then kicked Rogers In the ribs when he was down. That was enough for the ref. A rolling short-arm scissors gained Mortensen the first fall In the first round, and Rogers came back to use dropklcks and a body press in the third heat to gain his tumble. SPARTANS-ST. MARY'S SIGNED FOR BOWL TILT Denver, Dec. 19. (Un beaten and untied San Jose State college and St. Mary's of San Antonio, Texas, will meet In a New Year's Day "Tourist Bowl football game In Denver. Cleveland Balmy Cleveland, Dec. 19. (jpy This was the warmest Dec. 19 in Cleveland's hlstorv. A tem perature of 61 at 12:30 p.m beat the 1877 record of 60. Of North Carolina's area. 3.820 square miles is water. LOW COST EFFICIENT FUEL! Dry Pine Slabwood Dry Factory Blocks Bundled Kindling Delivered In City Limits Or fill your ear or trailer at onr ruH yard en the rnnifr of North Ontral Ate. and Mr.lndrrwa Road Timber Products Company Phone 7 DOZEN QUINTETS SURE ENTRANTS IN AAU LEAGUE A dozen Independent basket ball quintets of Jackson county gave definite assurance at a meeting in the chamber of com merce last night that they would enter the A. A. U. league now in the process of formation, and three more teams, although not represented at the confab, are expected to join up when firing starts soon after the first of the year. Clubs certain to be members of the loop are Salvation Army, Lost River Dairy, First Nation al Bankers, Lewis Super Serv ice, National Guards and the Southern Pacific, all of Med ford; Ingle's Cowboys and the SOCE freshmen of Ashland, Central Point, Gold Hill, Jack sonville and Prospect. The three other expected entrants are Lamport s of Medford, CCC Camp Prescott and Butte Falls. It was voted by those at the meeting that all teams must post a $10 cash bond, $5 to guar antee payment of officials work ing the games and $5 forfeit money in case the team doesn't show up for a scheduled game, all the money to go In a pot to help defray the expenses of the champions when they enter the state A. A. U. tourney in Port land. The cash bond, It was stated, must be posted by January 3 with Murray Marley, treasurer of the league, at the First Na tional Bank of Portland, Med ford branch. It was emphasized that this bond must be posted by the above date by all teams entering the loop. It was also announced that all A. A. U. blanks must be filled out and be in the hands of Fred Lennard, Medford A. A. U. rep resentative, by next Saturday, December 23. Remuneration of game offic ials was set at $2 per game, with each team to provide $1. It was decided that player- rosters of all teams will be limited to 10 men. The league will be split Into two divisions, with the strong est teams bracketed in one sec tion and the weaker quintets in the other. The two champions will play off at the end of the season for the title and right to enter the state tournament. The schedule will be drawn soon after January 1, when the league-personnel Is definitely known. Illinois Bridge Contract Given Salem, Dec; 19. (IP) The state highway commission awarded today the Illinois river bridge contract to J. F. John son of Newberg, who submitted a low bid of $12,928. The contract calls for con struction of a bridge over the east fork of the Illinois river in the Illinois valley county road in Josephine county. BASKETBALL By the Associated Press. College Basketball last night: Kansas 63, Southern Meth odist 31. Missouri 40, Denver 36. Michigan State 32, Creighton 30. Michigan 62, Connecticut 45. Oklahoma 49, Arkansas 36. Oregon 48, Temple 38. Butler 35, Iowa 32. Indiana 51, Pittsburgh 35. Illinois 45, Princeton 25. University of California at Los Angeles 46, San Jose State 33. " Southern California 44, De Paul (Chicago) 42. Texas Tech. 38, Centenary 28. Utah 53, Oregon State 37. Washington State 38, Wayne 35. End North Central Increase in Night Baseball Chosen Major Sports Trend By Sid Feder New York, Dec. 19. (IP) The increase in the size of electric-lighting bills in sports, notcbly for major league baseball, was voted today by the sports editors of the country as the outstanding athletic trend In 1939. Twenty-seven of the 81 sports i editors participating in the As sociated Press ninth annual poll on just which way the sports wind blew strongest dur ing the year voted the landslide toward night sports in partic ular and night baseball in the majors in general as the No. 1 trend. This was regarded far above any other development In sports, although there was con siderable balloting for s "re peat" of last year's top trend the mushroom growth of inter est in professional football, which has just wound up the most successful year it has en Joyed at the box office since the National league was formed In 1921. A total of 18 editors named this the outstanding de velopment, and one other split his ballot. Nothing else was regarded In the same league with these two. Several editors noted a "bal ancing of power" in collegiate football a levelling off in which no geographical section was dominant but only three ballots had this at the top of the list. Altogether, the sports editors noted about 50 separate and dis tinct trends or developments during the year, with 23 of them in football alone. In addition to the growth of pro ball and the levelling off in the collegiate game, there were such others as an increase in the use of the forward pass and a definite de cline in the lateral; a trend to ward interest in a few outstand ing "big time" games, rather than support of the so-called "home-town" battle; and a de emphasis and lessening of sub sidization in college football, particularly by "the Big Tn policemen" as one sports editor described the western confer ence. MARIN J. C. BEATS CENTRALIA, 59 to 30 Centralla, Dec. 19. (IP) Opening a barnstorming tour, the Marin Junior college, Kent field, Cal defeated the Cen tralla Junior college quentet, 59-30, last night. Marin led at the half, 33-15. TREE LIGHTS 25c CHRISTMAS CARDS " 10c STATIONERY ,TTn"' 59c NOVELTY TABLES L" 39c CHIP RACKS 69c 90c UNION LEADER " 49c POUND MODEL 63c $2.00 D. PERKINS $1.00 DRESSER SETS aggs $2.29 EARLY AMERICAN OLD SPICE TOILETRIES In all their gay Holiday dress are found In abundance at your Western Thrift Store. Lovely soaps, cologne, bath powders, sachets, and dosens of combinations give you an al most unlimited choice in this popular line. COMPLETE STOCKS OF FRESH CANDIES - CIGARS CIGARETTES TOBACCOS AT LOWEST PRICES IN ATTRACTIVE O IFT WRAPPINGS. 30 North Ijlf TP .. PHone Western IIhrift HOLIDAY BRANCH-MAIN VOLS START WORK FOR AGIST USC PLAYS Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 19. (IP) Thirty-five stalwarts who will make up Tennesee's Rose Bowl raiding party began prep arations today for the New Year's Day clash with Southern California. Refreshed by a nine-day holi day since they polished off Au burn, 7-0, to complete their season unbeaten, untied and unscored on, the Volunteers were to get their first glimpse of Trojan formations this after noon. A third-string eleven was equipped with Southern Cali fornia maneuvers yesterday for use against the Vols' No. 1 and No. 2 teams. The Injured knee of the Vols' ace tailback, George (Bad News) Cafego, will be given a test in a full speed skirmish before the Tennessee party leaves for the west coast Thurs day. If It withstands the rigors of the rough work and Trainer Mickey O'Brien thinks it will DRY BLOCKS Factory - Planer - Rough C Small) . ( Medium ) (Large ) -$$50 Valley TEL. 76 I FT VALUES for WEDNESDAY FOR TARDY SHOPPERS There are plenty of varied gift items to choose from at your popular priced gift stores. Check these items for last minute Ideas. Plenty of courteous clerks io aid you. and give you speedy service at either Western Thrift Store. 46-36 Cafego will be found at his familiar halfback post in the post-season fracas. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. Chicago Joe Sutka, 149. Wy andotte, Mich., knocked out Paul Pirrone, 183, Cleveland, (4). Newark Henry Cooper, 191, Brooklyn, outpointed Buddy Knox, 190, Dayton, O., (10). Pittsburgh Harry Bobo, 205, Pittsburgh, knocked out Don Merritt, 194, Cleveland, (2). Baltimore Frankie Terraa ova, 141, New York, and Jackie Sharkey, 138, New York, drew, (10). Announcing CHECKER CAB Medford'i Newest and Finest Taxlcab Service Owned and operated by C. W. "BILL" LAMB PHONE DAY and NIGHT Stand at Lunch Box 15 North Fir Street A LOAD Fuel Go. 28 W. MAIN and CENTRAL
