MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON," SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1939
Medford High Scores 30 to 26 Win Over No Name Champions
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0-0-0h! East-West Football Players Pay Visit
GARCIA DEFEATS
LEE HANDILY IN
WITH HOT RALLY
IN LASTPERIOD
Tigers Show Best Form Of
Season With Kresse And
Nebraskan Dropped Six
, Times In Manila Fight
Johnston Scoring
ft A
Before 30,000 Fans.
PACE TWO
Walt Kresse and Verne John
ton scored 10 and eight points,
respectively, to lead Medford
high's Tigers In a 30 to 26 con.
quest of Tillamook high, last
years No Name league co-
champions, in a hard-fought
basketball game In the local
gymn last night. Ashland high's
Grizzlies defeated the Tillamook
quintet, 27 to 25, Friday eve
ning. The Tigers, displaying their
best form of the new season,
-were forced to come from be
hind in the fourth quarter to
gain the victory. With the score
standing 23 to 20 in favor of
the Cheesemakers at the close
of the third period, the Tigers
poured on the heat to deadlock
the count and go on to win.
The locals went ahead with
three minutes to play and re
tained their advantage until the
end.
Tillamook led most of the
game, holding an 8 to 3 advan
tage at the end of the first
quarter, 16 to 14 at half time
and 23 to 20 at the close of the
third heat,
Lineups:
(Medford) (Tillamook)
.Kresse 10 F Schlrmer 3
Gunetto F. Christensen 6
Newland 2 ..C Piper 6
Crosby 4 . G Smith 3
Johnston 8 ....G Hediger 2
- Subs: Medford, Reed 2, Gif-
ford, Stead 4, Williams; Tilla
mook, Witcher 6. Officials:
George Harrington and George
Robertson.
IN SOUTH TODAY
Pasadena, Cel., Dec. 23. (IP)
The two Rose bowl teams
were on the move today Ten
nessee rolling westward on the
train, and Southern California's
Trojans busily engaged in wind
ing up one week of practice for
the New Year's day game.
Tennessee's special train,
bringing the undefeated Volun
teer team to the Pasadena game
for the first time in history,
reaches town tomorrow, and a
warm reception Is planned.
Coach Howard Jones viewed
the condition of his squad to
date as satisfactory despito the
fact that two of his backfield
stars, quarterback Grenvllle
Lansdell and fullback Jack
Banta, are still nursing injuries.
FILES PROTESTS
Chicago, Dec. 23. (IP) The
volume of protests grew like a
rolling snowball today as alum
ni and students cried out
against the abolition of Inter
collegiate football at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
As of one voice, large blocs
of students and alumni showed
clearly their resentment and in
dignation at the sudden action
of the board of trustees in clip
ping the 47-year old sport from
the school's Intercollegiate cal
endar. It is too early to say whether
their protests would result in a
concerted move to have the
trustees reconsider their decis
ion. LADY SWIM STAR
TO GET BENEFITS
New Orleans, Dec. 23. Mi
Lorenzo dl Benedetto, AAU
president, said today the South
ern Pacific AAU administration
had been instructed to do
"everything possible" to aid
Georgia Coleman, former na
tional diving champion, who is
ill in a Los Angeles hospital.
"Georgia for years gave ama
teur athletic the best she had
and now it is our turn to help
her," he said.
Dl Benedetto said plans for
benefit programs or other
means to aid Miss Coleman, who
has been 111 for a long period,
would be handled by Sid Fos
ter, president of the west coast
group.
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inn unit panent at In bhrmers' Hospital for Crippled Children in San Francisco ap
peared utterly amazed when members of the East and West football squads visited the hos
pital to meet the small pationts for whom they will play fastball January 1. At left la
Johnny Schlechl, Ail-American center of Santa Clara, a West player, at right John Mc
Loighry of Brown, a fullback on the East squad.
San Francisco, Dec. 23. (P)
forty-four of the nations ace
grldders drew heavy practice
assignments today in attempts
to weld them Into two smooth
working football machines for
FOR DAIRY FIVE'
Medford basketball teams
split even in two games against
foreign opposition in the local
gym Friday night, Lost River
bowing before a red-hot Signal
Oil of Portland quintet, 37 to
52, and the high school Tigers
trouncing Weed (Cal.) high, 40
to 18, in the preliminary.
The Dairymen never had a
chance against the Portland
barnstormers, who Jumped into
an early lead and retained it
throughout the game. Charley
Patterson, Negro ace from Uni
versity of Oregon and Southern
Oregon Normal, tallied 11 points
for high scoring honors, follow
ed by Jay Holllngsworth with
10 and Plufgrad and Sarkela
with 0 each. Bill Hoxie, Lost
River forward, hit 10 tallies for
his club.
The Oilers, who scored most
of their points either on tip-In
shots under the basket or on
howitzers from the middle of
the court, led at tho end of the
first period, 13 to 8; at the half,
24 to 18, and at the end of the
third, period, 43 to 30.
The Medford high-Weed high
encounter was a rough affair,
with the Tigers committing 19
personal fouls and the Call
fornlons 10. Bill Reed and Rod
ney Stead of the locals and Riz
zuto of Weed were ousted for
four personals, and Fred Gun
nette of Medford and Bellotl of
the visitors were chased to the
showers In the fourth quarter
for ungentlemanly conduct on
the floor.
The Tigers looked much bet
ter than they did against Che-
mnwa the previous night. With 1
Bob Ncwland and Walt Kresse I
leading the way, the Medfords
scored first and remained out
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Byron "Whlner" While (above), all-Amrriran tulfhark, at Ox
ford in Finland where he was lo study this year a Rhnclpt
scholar. So W hlrrcr Is liar In America, this tlmf as a law student
It Yale university In New Haven, t nnn. A former I'UKburta
t'irales pro football plajcr, he .is his football diji art over.
the 14th annual East-West char-
ity game here New Year's Day.
Both squads went through
brief workouts yesterday. The
western team practiced at Stan
ford and the easterners, electing
front for the duration of the
tiff. Newland accumulated five
field goals and a pair of free
tosses for a dozen points, and
Kresse got four field buckets
and a gift throw for nine
markers.
Medford held an 8 to 3 ad
vantage at the end of the first
quarter, an 18 to 9 half-time
bulge and a 29 to 16 margin
at the third period close.
Lineups:
Signal Oil (52)
FT PF TP
12 9
Sarkela, f 4
Hollingworth, f.. 4
Stitt, f ! 1
Patterson, c 3
Bohlman, c 3
Plufgrad, g 3
Werschel, g 1
2 10
0 0
2 11
0 8
4 9
0
... 3
Totals 19 14
Lost River (37)
9 52
G FT PF TP
Hoxie, f 5
Leavens, f 2
Porterfield, f 1
Lowery, c 3
Pointer, c 0
Harrington, g 1
Warren. K 1
Piche. a....
2
Schopf, g 2
Barton, g 0
Totals 17
Free throws missed:
3 15 37
Patterson
1, Plufgrad 1, Werschel 2, Hoxie
2, Leavens 2, Warren 2.
Weed (19)
FT PF TP
5 17
Gubetta, f 1
Rizzuto, f 1
Robeson, f 0
DeBnrtoll, f 0
Bartolazzo, c 0
Catuzzo, c 0
Belcastro, g 1
Bclloti, g 2
Rossetto, g 0
Comeaus, g 0
Totals 5
9 10 19
Medford (40H-
G FT PF TP
Kresse, f 4
Gunnette, f 1
Reed, f 2
Gifford, f 0
Newland, c 5
Crosby, g 0
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late in the day to stay in San
Francisco, were split into two
groups for dummy scrimmage.
Ihey go to their Berkeley train
ing quarters today for real
workouts.
Johnston, g 2 115
Stead, g 2 0 4 4
Williams, g 112 3
Totals 17 6 19 40
Free throws missed: Gubetta
2, Rizzuto 2, Smith 1, Catuzzo'
1, Bellotl 3, Kresse 1, Reed 2,
Crosby 2.
Officials: Robertson and I.
Harrington. .
PURDUE DEFEATS
OREGON 41 TO 35
IN FAST FINISH
LaFavette. Ind.. TVo 2a IPi
Sparked by sophomore Don
oiBKen, wno scored 18 points,
Purdue university nrtcat iht ,.
tional champion University of
Oregon five, 41 to 35, here to
night in an intersectional bas
ketball game.
The Boilermakers displayed
more soeed and smnnthnp than
at any time this season as they
Jumped into an early 19-to-9
lead. The bornstorming invaders
iinisnea me nait strong, cutting
the Purdue edge to four points.
The Oreeon auintet stnepd n
closing rally which sharply re
duced tne Boilermakers margin.
With two minutes remaining,
the westerners, who wprp trail.
Ing 41 to 26, scored nine points.
Summary:
Oregon (35) G F PF TP
Dick, f 4 119
Sarpola, f 3 2 0 8
Andrews, f, g .. 2 3 17
Marshik, c .............. 0 0 0 0
Jackson, c 0 2 12
Pavalunas, g 2 0 2 4
Townsend, g 114 3
McNeely, g 0 0 4 0
Piippo, g 0 0 0 0
Anderson, g 10 12
Totals 13 9 14 35
Purdue (41) G F PF TP
Igney. f 10 0 2
Blanken, f .. 7 4 0 18
Sprowl, f 2 11
Nuetzel, f 0 0 1
Tierncy, f 0
Lorenz, f ..... 0
Bosse, f .......... 0
Fisher, c 3
Weber, c . 0
Sworts, c
Berctta, g
Yeager, g
Caress, g
2
Totals 1A 0 in Jl
Half-time score: Purdue 19,
Oregon 15.
Free throws missed: Blanken
2. Fisher, Beretta 4, Yeager,
Nuetzel, Dick, Pavalunas, Jack
son, Anderson 2.
ButU Falls Wins
With Bobby Hocfs scoring 18
points, Butte Falls high defeat
ed the Medford high sophs at
Butte Falls Friday night. 43
to 24. Ike Orr, Medford, tallied
seven points for his team.
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Manila, Dec. 23. (P) A
drenching rain and an equally
steady shower of blows from
Ceferino Garcia's right hand
drowned Glenn Lee's hopes for
a piece of the middleweight
title in 13 rounds here tonight.
The Nebraska fighter ended
his 8,000-mile quest of Garcia's
share of the crown sitting numb
ed and dazed on the wet canvas
as Jack Dempsey counted him
out. It was the sixth time the
Filipino had flattened his game
but hopelessly outclassed chal
lenger in their 15-round match.
Garcia, recognized as worlds
middleweight champion in New
York, California and Manila,
weighed 152 pounds; Lee 156.
The National Boxing associa
tion lists Garcia as leading chal
lenger for the N.B.A. title held
by Al Hostak of Seattle.
Lee broke even in the first
round as the two fighters slith
ered cautiously throuch the
rain which couldn't keep 30,
000 fans away. But Garcia
found the range with his right
in the second and took every
round from then on.
He dropped Lee for a short
count in the fourth and again
in the eighth; twice for counts
of nine in the eleventh, and for
seven before the knockout in
the thirteenth.
Despite the hopelessness of
the battle, Lee kept fighting
and staggered the champion in
the fifth.
Garcia was a national hero
but Dempsey still appeared to
be the most popular man in the
ring. The applause that greeted
him would have drowned out
the crowd's greeting to either
fighter.
BE HELD MCH. 30
Columbus, O., Dec. 23. (JP)
America's two outstandin
college basketball teams will
clash March 30 at Kansas City,
mo., tor the second annual Na
tional Collegiate Athletic asso
ciation championship now held
by Oregon, H. G. Olsen of Ohio
State university said today In
announcing plans for the post
season classic.
Olsen, originator of the na
tional tourney idea, and chair
man of the general committee.
set March 22-23 for the district
playoffs by four teams east of
the Mississippi and four from
the west, each district to select
one representative. The west
ern playoffs are scheduled at
Kansas City, but the site has
not been selected for the east
ern sector.
Gale Tosses Cincher
Seattle, Dec. 23 (P) Laddie
Gale, proving that neither ap
proaching marriage nor gradu
ation from college had impaired
his basket eye, tossed in a free
throw in the last minute of play
here Friday to give the Oregon
All-Stars a 33-32 victory over
the often-beaten University of
Washington basketball team.
High Schools
Friday games)
The Dalles 36, Silverton 25
Corvallis 37, McMinnville 30
Marshfield 18, Salem 29.
Astoria 36, Vancouver,
Wash., 27.
Ashland 27, Tillamook 25.
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CIRl SCOUTS LEND AN EAR Three of New York's girl scouts listen attentively as
Actress Bess Johnson (right) gives a few painters on dramatic technique. Miss Johnson claims
10 years' interest In scout work, plans some coaching lectures. Left to right: Adele Hardy, Viola
Hecht, Marie Urbancik, Mrs. M. L. Johnson of the Girl Scout Federation of Greater New York.
REPEL RUSSIANS,
(continued ifura page one)
were dropped around Helsinki,
Pori, Tammisaari and Rauma.
Two Russian bombers were
reported shot down by anti
aircraft guns.
Finnish reports said manv
bombs were dropped, and that
at least one home was burned
in Tammisaari. Russian fliers
machinegunned the towns from
as low as 150 feet.
The Finnish army in the
arctic sector was reported pur
suing retreating Soviet trooDS
beyond Hoyhenjarvi, approxi
mately 60 miles south of the
Arctic ocean. Bitterly cold
weather and deep snow was
said to be helping the Finns.
faeveral Russian battalions
were reported cut off near Sal-
mijarvl, center of the Nickel
mining district. The Finnish
army, according to information
from the Norwegian frontier
region, has severed highway
communications with Petsamo
Fjord and the Russians have
been forced to withdraw east
ward toward Kola, across the
border in Russia.
Finns asserted there was not
a "living Russian" south of
Salmijarvi in the arctic sector,
and that thousands had lost
their lives, victims of a blizzard
and sub-zero weather.
In Helsinki, the civilian de
fense corps decreed that snow
would not be removed from the
streets. To clear it away, they
said, -would be to leave black
spots against the surrounding
white countryside to guide
enemy air raiders.
Salem, Dec. 23. (IP) Holi
day season deaths and injuries
on the highways can be elimin
ated "if all drivers and pedes
trians will apply courtesy," Sec
retary of State Earl Snell de
clared today in recalling that
eight Oregon residents met
death in traffic accidents dur
ing Christmas week last year.
Five of those deaths were of
pedestrians.
Snell said 24 lives had been
snuffed out in traffic accidents
to date this month, four short
of the December, 1938, total.
Greetings
End North Csntral
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New York, Dec. 23. (JP)
Living costs declined 1-10 of 1
percent in November compared
with the previous month, it was
reported today by the national
industrial conference board, a
private organization supported
largely by big business.
The decline was caused by
6-10ths of 1. percent drop in food
prices.
Other chief items rose slight
ly during the month, including
coal, clothing and rents. The
latter item's rise of 1-10 of 1
percent brought it to a level
only 5.8 percent below the No
vember, 1929, high.
CRITICALLY ILL
Hollywood, Dec. 23. (IP)
Screen Actress Claire Trevor
was reported critically ill to
night in St. Vincent's hospital.
Nature of her illness has not
been determined, said her phy
sician. Dr. Conrad Baumgart
ner. Her temperature was 105
degrees. She was stricken last
Sunday at her Bel-Air home
and taken to the hospital two
days later.
The New York actress' hus
band, Clark Andrews, radio pro
ducer, has remained at her bed
side. He said strain from over
work induced the illness.
Medal For Connie
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 23.
(fP) Members of the Connecti
cut Sportsmen's alliance voted
today to award its first annual
gold medal to Connie Mack,
president and manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics, who
made his professional baseball
debut in this state.
Bruts Given Life
Portland, Dec. 23. (,P)
Peter Sturman, 49, pleaded
guilty to assault with intent to
criminally attack a 22-month-old
girl and was sentenced to
life imprisonment by Circuit
Judge James W. Crawford yes
terday. Closing time (or Too Late to Claa
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Garden City, Kas., Dec. 23.
(P) The southwest's biggest
Christmas present arrived today
snow.
Parched sections which have
not had measurable moisture in
many months welcomed the
white flakes.
Syracuse, Kas., had eight
inches. A six-inch blanket ex
tended west from Garden City
to the Colorado border. By mid
morning the white invasion had
reached eastward to Wichita.
Five inches covered the west
ern edge of the Oklahoma pan
handle. Woodward, Okla., re
ported its first moisture since
July 22.
Shuns Coast League)
Spokane, Dec. 23. (IP)
Dwight Aden, Willamette uni
versity graduate and member
of the Spokane Western Inter
national league team, turned a
cold shoulder yesterday on all
Pacific Coast league offers.
Romance Ended
San Francisco, Dec. 23. (IP)
A divorce complaint filed yes
terday ended the romance of
Stanley Almquist, former na
tional intercollegiate champion
of the University of Oregon,
and Eleanor Almquist, the for
mer Eleanor Dawson.
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