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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
Sport
Graphs
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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