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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen eaya: Joe Louis, Hobby And Jone Write To Santa Claus These are last-minute-rush letters to Santa Claus, from various sports characters, but before you read 'em please ac cept the very best wishes of this department for a Merry, Merry Christmas and a happy, health' ful, prosperous and dizzy New Year. (We figure we saved $3.98 in postage by using the above instead of mailing greeting cards). Now for the letters: Detroit, Mich, Deah Mister Claus: Ah sho would depreciate you rilling my stocking wif some good, big boys to box this com ing yeah. Since ole Tony Gal ento got mussed up by this heah left hooker of mine and then that young feller named Nova turned around and got hisself a dose of leatheah poisonm from Galento, there jest ain't nobody left fo' this little cullud boy to play tag wif I'se been hearln' quite a bit of talking about a young sprig by name of Billy Conn, but to tell the tnuf, Mister Claus, ah don' believe Billy will be ready to go wif me fo' a long while yet. I'se honest achin' to get in the ring against some good, big strong, husky feller, and if you can recommodate me ah will be a mighty happy little cullud boy. Ah has been a awful good dahk child this yeah and pro mise to be the same next yeah, so do what you can to help me an Mistah Blackburn out. As always, X (Joe Louis). Eugene, Ore. Dear Santa Claus: My wishes are few this year. Dear Santa; all I want in my stocking is a center to replace Slim Wintermute, two guards to take the places of Johansen and Anet and a forward as good as Laddie Gale. I am sure, with your vast supply of All American basketball players, you can see your way clear to make my heart glad on Xmas morn. If you do, Santa, I can fix things here in Eugene for you to attend school with your tuition paid, room and board furnished, and $40 a month pending money. We really want you at Oregon, Mr. Claus, and will make things so attrac tive you can't resist. Sincerely yours, Howard Hobson, Basketball Coach. Los Angeles My Dear Mr. Claus: It is with trembling fingers that I pen this letter, for I am becoming a nervous wreck thinking about New Yeor's day and what will happen to my football team over in Pasadena. So I thought I better get this letter off while I still have the strength to write. Unless you are so kind as to grant all my requests and leave them in my slocking, I don't know what is to become of me when the U. S. C. alumni get togeihere and talk over the coaching situation. So please, please, Dear Santa Claus, Jam Into my sock the following: A 10-inch land battery to stop George Cafcgo and Johnny But ler of Mr. Robert Neyland's Tennessee terrifies, seven block houses for our linemen to hide In when the Tennessee forward wall chorges, a 300-ton tonk to block for our own Lnnsdcll and Schindler and 50 Douglas bomb ers to aid Doyle Nave in his aerial attack. Hopefully yours, Howard (Scared) Jones, U.S.C. grid coach. J'VILLE GRADERS EKE 16-13 WIN FROM CP. Jacksonville, Dec. 22. (Spl) Coach Mark Seolcy's Jackson ville grade school basketball team defeated the Central Point graders here Inst night. 16 to 13. Beach and Gordon Thomas of the winners each tallied five points. Monday night Butte Fall t! 14, and last week Central Point conquered the Jacksonville ! quintet, 21 to 16. Guide for Piaeons I London (U.R' A secret alloy by means of which homing pigeons can be piloted along planned courses has been dis- covered by J. Sellers in cooner-'. Btion with other scientists. Ow ing to the military value of the discovery, the composition of the alloy Is being kept secret. Aniaci Stress Fllnen Sydney, N. S. (U.R) Perfect physical fitness and a minimum : height of 8 feet 6 inches, are the standards sot for the "2n I A. I F.", which Is the force boln raisea by Aus'.r tor service, t home or overseas. Lost River Dairy and Signal Oil Quints Clash MEDFORD TIGERS MEET WEED, CAL IN PRELIMINARY Tillamook Here Saturday Evening to Play Tigers- Patterson With Oilers Basketball will hold the cen ter of the Medford sports stage tonight and Saturday evening with three games slated for the senior high gym. Tonight, Medford Lost River Dairy independents go against the Portland Signal Oilers in the feature attraction, with the Medford high Tigers playing their second game of the season in the preliminary against weed, Cal., high. The prelim will start at 7:30. Saturday night, the Tigers win meet Tillamook high, la3t year's No-Name league co champions. This will mark the first appearance in Medford of a Tillamook athletic team. For tonight's game, the Lost River Dairy will line up against the Portland invaders with Dar- rell Leavens and Bill Hoxie at the forwards, Paul Lowery at center, ana Charlie Warren and George Harrinton at the guards. Bill Piche, Dick Porterfield. Vern Pointer and Jess Barton will also probably see action. Ex-College Stars The Signal Oilers, one of the s t a t e's ranking independent clubs, will have Charley Pat terson, former Sons and Web- foot star: Jay Hollinnsworth. Roy Pflugard and Art Merry- man, former Oregon Staters: and Joe Bohlman, Jake Wer- schel and Jack Stltt on Its trav- eling squad. Medford high, in its name to night against Weed and tomor row night against Tillamook, will probably open with Kresse and Gunnette at the forwards, Newland at center and Crosbv and Johnston at the guards. OUTCLASS TIGERS 33-20 VICTORY Chemawa's fast-passing, fast- breaking and accurate-eyed bas ketball Indians trounced Med ford high's Tigers in the local gym last night, 33 to 20, In the opening game of the season for the red and black. With a half-dozen games be hind them, the flnshy Indians were never seriously threatened by the Tigers, from the begin ning of the second quarter on. Only In the first period were Coach Russ Acheson's boys able to keep abread of the high-flying redskins. Frank Backbone, forward, scored 12 points for high hon ors, while Scalpcane, other In dian forword, tallied 10. Bill Reed, sub forward and Walt Kresse, forward, each potted seven points for the Tigers. Medford scored first when Verne Johnston dropped in a free throw at the three and a half minute mark, and the locals increased their lead to 3 to 0 when Kresse sunk a cripple. Rapid field goals by Backbone and Scalpcane, however, put Chemnwa in front at 4 to 3, and from then on the Indians were never headed. The first quorter ended 6 to 3, the half, 14 to 6; the third heat, 18 to 12. The Indians turn ed on the heat in the final quarter to draw away, despite Mcdford's desperate attempts to close the gap. Although outclassed, the Med ford team showed flashes of better things to come, several times working the ball into scor ing position with a series of fast passes and dribbles. The locals were way off in their shooting, however, many open heaves ringing the hoop and dropping out In a prelim, the Medford V " ' Z3' L,m""l'; I FG FT PF TP Scalpcane, f 5 0 "nckbone. f 5 2 Wmindodcye, c. 2 0 Shoulderblade, g 0 1 Vonpclt, g 1 2 Youngmnn, g .... 1 0 Totals 14 5 10 33 Medford (20) FG FT PF TP Kresse, f Gunnette, . 3 . 0 , 3 . 0 . 2 . 0 0 Heed, f N'ewlnnH. e Crosby, g .. ohnston, g tend, g - ! Totals 8 4 8 20 Heated Tempers Cause Hockey Battle A free-for-all devolopad In the first period of the hockey the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens. Here Rangor macks a gloved fist against Canadian Drouin who is about to Canadiens jump into the fray. BOWLING City longue bowling results In the Medford alleys last night were: Val entine's 3, A-l Brewery 1; Lewis Super Service 3, CCO Camp Prescott 1; Teamsters forfeit over Copco. Scores follow: A-l Hrewery Siead 100 181 lat 471 Binder 142 133 164 439 Kroschel 184 120 146 450 N. Newland 160 104 172 525 Absentee ..140 140 140 420 Totals ...... 804 768 7432305 Valentine's Hltzlcr 130 100 130 468 Woods 180 143 134 427 Ounstan .-..121 160 180 470 Ollstrap 135 150 171 456 Rettama 205 100 100 694 Handicap 6 6 6.... 15 Totals 755 856 8282430 Camp Prescntt Wilson 185 Duke 134 Dick 150 Qorczyca 124 Bender 151 Handicap 77 176 108 460 163 165 443 65 155 370 156 170 450 113 142 406 04 77 248 Totala 830 757 807- -2304 Iwls Super service Antle 161 170 118 440 Lounsberry, P. ...160 103 174 505 Lounsberry, 0 174 177 173 624 Lewie. Ray 160 130 133 423 Stromberg . 153 177 231 551 Totals 817 816 8192452 TrnnWers Lon 105 224 101 580 ChrlaU-naen Ill 134 150 395 BrnrJIlo 145 136 136 416 Lewis. Dick..... 160 179 190 520 Proctor 115 109 Totals 581 818 835 75th Generation Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R) Cats within the walls of the Washington state penitentiary have reached the 75th genera tion now. The last census of the feline dynasty showed 50 cats in the prison that are di rect descendants of those ac quired in 1887 to keep the insti tution free of rats. 4 J I 1 W 1 V 1 it In. V ' ,1 H R E F U C E E Wistful Stalnlon Sonnra. a champion polnier. Is a H.ir rrliisee triv.i i ..! nn; In Slrelimrr kennels, M. Louis. m Mm 1 r? - i vk" V 4 t' -I ITrt- I'""l"hf -nr fn i , ii THERE'S MANY A SL IP-After Jack Portland (8). Onston Bruin defense, and Oils Starker, Toronto Maple Leaf for ward, were untangled from this mess, the hockey game went on at Boston, the Bruins winning, 6-2. A crowd of 12,000 watched. Chicago Gives Up Football Ghost; 43 Years in Big 10 By Arnold Derbliyzkl Chicago, Dec. 22. (P) The University of Chicago, a mem ber of the Big Ten conference since the inception in 1896. and one of its major gridiron powers for many years, has aban doned intercollegiate football. The end of the sport in which Chicago, despite recent disas trous seasons, still holds more undisputed conference cham pionships than any other mem ber came by decree of the uni versity's board of trustees whose vote was unanimous. The decision wos made pub lic last night by Harold Swift, chairman of the board, and Rob ert M. Hutchins. president of the university. The trustees' statement said "the decision is effective at once and institutions with which foot ball games have been scheduled for 1940 and 1941 will be asked to release the university." The trustees said the univer sity "believes its particular in terests and conditions are such thnt its students now derive no special benefit from intercollegi ate football." Doubt thnt the conference would permit Chicago to con tinue conference competition in other sports was expressed by Prof. O. F. Long, or Northwest ern, chairman of the Big Ten faculty athletic committee and a menuier ot mat oooy for 37 .'"j1' , I lnc trustees statement said . nctaiis 01 Mead l each Hark ! Shatighnessy's adjustments ts to I 1 bn the new situation have not determined. ShaiiKlincsy himself termed the action "quite startling," but declared he had no other com ment to make. T. Nelson Met calf. director of athletics de clined to comment. Chicago won two games last season over Oberlin and Wa bash and one the season be fore, over DePnuw. Not since O.-t. 31, 1 :.!. w:v.-n it d.'.-nted Wisconsin, 7-6, has it won a con game in New York between Hiller (second from left), return the blow. A couple of ference game. Yet in the all time conference records it has six undisputed football titles more than any other member. TEAM REACHES HAWAII Honolulu.- Dec. 22. JP) The Oregon State football team was glad to get its collective feet on dry land again. Coach Lon Stiner revealed upon the team's arrival on the steamship Matsonia yesterday that the entire squad was sea sick on the way over. At thnt they managed to work out daily on board ship, he said. The Beavers will play the Hawaii All Stars December 25 and the University of Hawaii January 1. Kill 410 Rats Rplham- Trt MID, T,. 1 thers. Raymond and Wavnc Swam, cloim the rat killing championship of Missouri. Thev slew- 410 In one dav. A GIFT'S iw OF LASTING ENJOYMENT Fishing Tackle. Sport Goods our complete line. W oiler nationally known merchandise at big re duced pricet. Cliff's Sport Shop 317 No. Rivertide ii iiu .jihy ; WAYNE U. UPSETS LOSE M Y. 0. Webfoots Held Scoreless in First 9 Minutes Brig ham Young Evens Series. Detroit, Dec. 22. (P) The Oregon university basketball team found a supposedly under dog Wayne university quintet suddenly converted into a lion last night, the result a 32-29 victory for Wayne over the na tional champions. The victors held the Oregon ians scoreless for the first nine minutes of play while they built up an 11-0 lead. Never during the contest was the Wayne sharpshooters threatened. Don Roble, sophomore Wayne guard, was the higher scorer for both teams with 13 points. Vic Townsend got 10 to lead the Webfeet. The summary: Wayne (32) G F PF TP Garretson, f 0 0 0 0 Schultz, f 2 12 5 McCarty, c, f 2 2 0 6 Staryk, g 2 115 Roble, g 6 1 . 0 13 Collins, c 113 3 Richards, g 0 0 10 Van Vleck, g 0 0 0 0 Myron, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 6 7 32 Oregon (29) G F PF TP McNeely, t 0 111 Sarpola, f 0 0 10 Dick, c 4 13 9 Townsend, g 4 2 2 10 Pavalunas, g 0 0 0 0 Jackson, g . 0 0 0 0 Marshlk, c 10 12 Andrews, g 3 117 Totals 12 5 9 29 Score at half: Wayne 20, Ore gon 13. Free throws missed: McCarty 4, Collins, Richards, Sarpola, Dick, Townsend. Referee: Powers, Detroit. Um pire, Beam (Western State). Twin Falls, Dec. 22. (JP) Paul Valenti. Oreenn Ktatn r-nt. lege ace, was held to a single iree inrow last night as Brig hom Young university's basket ball team defeated tho 47-42 to even their two-game series. Don Overly, Brigham Young captain, checked Valenti closely throughout the evening. Brigham moved into the lead at the outset and relinquished it only once, late in the first half. The summarv: Oregon State (42) G F PF TP Mulder, f 5 Romano, f n 2 14 1 0 3 11 4 8 2 1 1 5 1 0 J. Mandic, c : 4 Hunter, g 4 Valenti, g 0 F. Mandic, f 1 Stitt, f 0 Shaw, g 1 0 3 Totals 15 12 14 42 Brig. Young (47) G F PF TP Snedeker, f 0 0 2 0 Gardner, f 4 1 11 4 6 4 5 1 11 0 10 3 4 Weimer, c 1 Nielsen, sr 1 Overlv. b a 1 Fullmer, f 4 2 Allen, c 2 0 Cannon, g n 0 1 0 Totals 17 13 16 47 Halftime score: Orponn stuta 19, Brigham Young 23. Free throws missed: J. Man dic. Hunter 2. F. ManHU rio-j. ner, Weimer 2, Overly', Full mer z. Officials: Leute and Bowers. J'VILLE GRIDIRON LETTERSAWARDED Jacksonville, Dec. 22. (Spl) LeRoy Boyd was elected cap tain of next year's Jacksonville high school six-man football team at an assembly Thursday which saw letters awarded to 15 members of the Jackson county championship squad. Those receiving monograms were: Reuel Rians. Martvn Pearce, Gerald Pearce, LeRoy Boyd, John Woodward. Clirf McGinty. Cliff Medley, Ed Mc Ginty, Jack Swaryck, Aubrey Taylor. Dick Hall. Walter Huen ers. Bill Hyde. Merton LeRoy and Lester Wendt. Chan & Chan Chinese Medicine Co . y rr.irvea at onre n yf. ' ,,lr nerbol rriuru. l lPT"u he: Attn nit V ? I Hay teier. Slnmarh Truiihle. ConMlpntlnti Chrnnle Couth. Rheuniallmn. SI nut Trouble. Pllei. Arthrltli. Co lltlfc Reiema. Appendlrltlt. Hlth lllood Preure. rrnttale. Heart Liter. Rlsilrter. Kidney, l.unev Blood, t rlnarr Intuhlet. Herb III the too relief. t3J E. .Main NOW OPEN DAILY 10 a. m. to .1:30 p. m. Kirept Hed IVed. 10 a. m. to It MIDWEST I INTERSECTION BASKETBALL PLAY Midland Quints Have .545 Percentage; Pacific Coast Wins 14 in 26 Attempts. By Bill Whit New York, Dec. 22. (P) The southwest has the best per centage, but the midwest, where an infant prodigy is a child who doesn't play basketball, has the most impressive intersec tional college cage record of the young season. With such quintets as North western, Indiana, Illinois, Mich igan, and Nebraska to name but a few of the better known pace-setters in the geographical ly gigantic section leading the way, the midwest teams have scored 42 victories out of 77 tries for a percentage of .545. Southwest Best Mark That isn't as impressive as the southwest's mark of .630, but the land of the longhorns has played some 50 fewer games. The far west, thanks to gen erally splendid performances by Oregon, Southern California and Washington State, is the only other region to keep above the .500 mark. Fourteen victor ies out of 26 tries gives the Pacific coast a .538 mark. The east, as a whole, comes next, followed by the Rocky Mountain region and the soutn. No less than 15 midwest vic tories have been scored over the east but the east has al most repaid the compliment, knocking out 13 victories over midwestern teams. The midwest's triumphs have been highlighted this week by Indiana's fourth win of the season over Pittsburgh; Michi gan's double victory over Con necticut and Tulane, the fourth win for Illinois, this time over Princeton 41-25, Wayne's top pling of favored Oregon by 32 29, and Northwestern's victory over that same Princeton five. Trojans Win The midwest suffered when Southern California nipped De Paul 44-42, and Carnegie Tech tripped Loyola by 45-36. Daytn dropped decisions to Long Is land and St. John's. The east was thankful for Long Island's three wins over tripped Loyola by 45-36. Dayton ton as major tactors in its mark of IS wins out of 38 games. Like Ferry Home Islesboro, Me. (U.R) Two in dustrious and marine-minded martins did their best to set up housekeeping in the whistle of the Islesboro-Lincolnville ferry. But every time the boat whistle tooted, the blast wrecked their fragile "h o m e." The crew finally persuaded the pair to build the love-nest on a dock near the ferry-slip. Ciit a Subscription The WHOLE FAMILY Will ENJOY the TRIBUNE For the ENTIRE YEAR VOU favor th entire family, whan you glvt a year's subscription to this newspaper ai i thoughtful Christmas giftl Just phona 75 or glva ui your list by mail a beautiful greeting eard will announce your year round gilt on Christmas Day. Medford Mail Tribune Tonight Fights Last Night By the Associated Press New Bedford, Mass. Babe Verrla, 153!4, New Bedford, stopped Frankie Britt, 152, Fall River, Mass. (10). Rotarians Shamed Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) Alabama-born members of the Montgomery Rotary club know less about the state than "for eign" members. The club re cently was given a quiz on Alabama history and industries. The "foreigners" won by 18 points. 16 Children McClure, Ohio (U.R) Mrs. John Babcock, 37, is the mother of five sets of twins. Her chil dren total 17, of whom all are living but one. Her last set of twins were born on the day her oldest daughter was 18. Popcorn With Byrd Lawrence, Kas. (U.R) A local seedhouse supplied the Byrd Ant-arctic expedition with four 100-pound bags of popcorn to take to the South Pole for the expedition members. The most dangerous snake in the world is the King Cobra. It is also the largest of the poison ous snakes, reaching a length of 18 feet. I FaSOTJffl ' PINT 85c QUART $1.65 86.8 Proof.75S Groin Neutral SpinH. Copyright 1939. The Wilken Family, Inc., Aladdlrt, Schenley P. O., Pa.