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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 81. 1939, 92,000 To See Tennessee Battle Trojans in Rose Bowl Classic PAGE STX VOLS UNDEFEATED FACE COAST TEAM TIED BY Army Coach to Match Wits With Jones in Classic Both Squads Have Stars, By Robert Myers. Pasadena, Ca1., Dec. 30. (IP) The grandfather of all New Year's Day football (fame Is teady for Its 25th showing, the 1940 Rose Bowl encounter be tween Tennessee and the Uni versity of Southern California. The largest crowd of all the post-season bowl affairs a throng of 02,000 will jam the flower-trimmed bowl in the Ar royo Seco Monday to witness an engagement between two teams ranked among the great est In the nation. The orange-suited lads of Ten nessee, moving Into the big bowl for the first time with 2S consecutive victories behind them, boast a record for tri umphs unequalled in the his tory of the Tournament of Roses series. Southern California's mighty Trojans, never defeated In five trips to the post season game Is co-champion of the host Pa cific Coast conference, with a season Just closed marred by two ties but marked by seven victories, including lnterscctlon- al wins over Notre Dame and the fightln' Illinl of Illinois. Gulldlng the Trojans of U.S C. Into the game is Howard Harding Jones, a veteran of quarter of a century of coach ing and a man who has led the warriors of Troy through four of their five ;Kose Bowl con quests. On the opposite side of the field, at the helm of the Vol unteers, will be Robert R. Ney land, the Texas-born, army trained expert who first be gan coaching at West Point In 1921 and took over the reins t Tennessee In 1926 after a year as assistant. During the Neyland regime the vaunted Vols have won 10S games, tied eight and lost mere 12 games. Small won der that Neyland is the Idol of Tennessee, and small wonder that a Neyland-coached team commands respect on any grid irt . in the nation. And to add to the small wonders. It is no secret that the Trojans, de spite their Rose Bowl record and the slim role of favoritism they carry Into the 1940 ap pearance, bear great respect for the Volunteers from Knoxville and their coach. There is little to add to the feats of the two teams. Their achievements have kept place In the sports headlines since the 1939 college grid wars be gan last September. The fire and leadership of George Cafe go of the Vols, the scintillating broken field running of his understudy, Johnny Butler, and the pass-throwing record of an other, Bulst Warren, need hard ly be repeated. Nor docs the work of a 21-year-old senior at U.S.C., Gren vllle Lansdell, the boy they call "Fog over Pasadena," be cause even his mates never know what to expect when he calls a signal, warrant further mention. Then there Is Dovle Nave, the hero of the 1939 S. C. Rose Bowl victory over proud Duke; Duke which hadn't boon scored upon all season, even as Tennessee this season. Then there is Amby Schincller, the so-called No. 3 quarterback for S. C.,' who was first string two years go and missed ser vice last year because of an Injury. Add to these the names of Bob Foxx and Frank Newman of Tennessee, Bobby Peoples, Jack Banta, Bill Sangstcr of S. C, or the Volls' Joe Wallen, Ike Peel or the senior fullback and a man who helped wreck Oklahoma In the Orange Bowl last January, Frank Newman. Put these names In a hat and you should have the answer to hero in the 25th Rose Bowl battle. Kirkoff time: 2:15 o'clock (P.S.T.) Dartmouth Skier Wins. Sun Valley, Idaho, Dec. 30. W) Joe Dunford of Dartmouth university nosed out Ming Tlior genson of Washington State col lege by 46 seconds to win the cross country event in Sun Val ley's second annual intercolle giate ski meet today. A. P. Editor Honored Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 30. (IP) Howard W. Blakeslep. science fdilor of the Associalcd Press, today was granted the Wilson L. Fairbanks award nf the American College Publicity as sociation for 1939. I PK iijh wmpMiF-tii iiimii mi nui n .ii, .iiii h v 'i f- - ft- I rr j &xk - 4- Of I at Three pretty southern California "Wolcomeites" are shown queen ot lennessee coeds as right. Tonya Woodrin, Miss L BY COLLEGE UNIT New York, Dec. 30. (IP) Sports for sport's sakes Is an old saw, but the College Physi cal Education association has revived it with a report criticiz ing post-season bowl football games and the fast-Increasing program of basketball double headers. Joseph C. Clarke, of Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., told the closing session of the asso ciation's 43rd annual convention yesterday that the bowl games serve no real educational pur pose." "We should remember at all times," he asserted, "that games exist for the education of youth, rather than that youth exists for the performance of games." No effort was made toward formal action, but the report was discussed on the floor, and the majority of delegates obvi ously were in sympathy with the declaration. Dr. J. H. Nichols of Oberlin (Ohio) college, who led the discussion, included basketball twin-bills In the Indictment of commercialized sport. The convention also consid ered the problem of making physical education a more in tegral part of general youth education. N. J. Dcgroat, ath letic director at Springfield (Mass.) college, proposed that physical education departments be given equal footing with academic departments. EXPERT OP E I,os Angeles, Doe. 30. (IP) How a few of the 92,000 per sons who will see Tennessee and Southern California play football Monday In the Rose Bowl anticipate the outcome: Elmer Loyden, Notre Dame coach: "I'll take Southern Cali fornia and you dont' need to ask me why." Earl (Dutch) Clark, coach of Cleveland Rams (professional): "I'll string along with the pow er of the Trojans." Francis Schmidt, Ohio State coach: "The Trojans have too much power." Slip M a d I g a n, St. Mary's coach: "I like the Trojans, but I fear the worst." Johnny Mack Brown, movie actor and former Alabama lint versity player: "I'll back Ten nessee all the way, but would feel better about It If sure CafoKO would play." Ho McMillan, Indiana univer sity coach: "I'll string with the Trojans. I'm warning all con cerned Tennessee tins a versa tile attack." Ky Alilrich. Texas Christian contrr: ''Tennessee has a great defense. The team gets my vote." Jimmy Phelan, Washington university coach: "The Trojans can win if they play football the full 00 minutes." Vw Mull Tribune vuil tie. Tennessee's Queen Welcomed sne arrived in Los Angeles for Elgin. Mitsie Uehlein and Max WEBFEET WEATHERiTULANE FAVORED LAST HALF RUSH FOR 47-43 Portland, Dec. 30. UP) Al though outscored in the last half, the University of Oregon defeated the Rubenstein's Ore gonians here tonight, 47 to 43, and ended Its cross-country bas ketball Junket with a record of five victories and five defeats. The Webfcet, led by Sarpola and Dick, ran up a 30-12 half time lead and used it to weather a headlong second half in which the Rubenstelns sliced their margin to four points. Townsend of the Oregon team was high point man with 16, eight field goals. Laddie Gale. former Oregon scoring ace now plnying with Rubenstein's, made 13. Sarpola of the university got 11. Summary: Ore. (47) (43) Rubenstein's Sarpola, 11 ... F Gale, 13 McNccly, 1 ....F. Buttcrworth, 2 Dick, 9 C Silver Pavalunas, 9 G Anet, 10 Townsend. 16 G... Johansen, 10 Substitutions: Oregon, Mar sliik (1), Snndness. Rubenstein's, G. Wright (4), Danner (4). Officials: Piluso. Heneges. STATERS SLATED AS EASHICTOR Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 30. OD Fifteen thousand football fans were expected to see the Pineapple Bowl football game here New Year's Day despite lopsided odds that made Oregon State a 36 point favorite over the crippled University of Ha waii squad. Dopcsters were kind enough to concede that the Roaring Rainbows had an even chance of scoring and maintaining their eight year record of not being shut out completely. Outweighed 20 pounds to the man and the squad so badly riddled by injuries that five freshmen will be in the starting lineup, Hawaii planned to start with an all-or-nothing aerial game rather than try to buck the Beaver's solid wall. Coach Otto Klum indicated that the Rainbows would start passing as soon as they got their hands on the ball. Coach I.on Stiner of Oregon State said he was convinced the fans wanted to see razzle dazzle football and promised to do his best to see the crowd got what it wanted. Folly of Youth Portland, Ore., Dec. 30. (,T) Two Tneoma, Wash., vnuths, Robert Craft, 21, and Glenn Borders, 22, were sentenced to hi years each in the stat pen- itentiary today assault and armed. on charges of robbery while Roosevclti Recover Washington, Hec. 30. i Pi Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., and his wife, the former Ethel Du Pont, who were injured In an automobile accident in nearby Virginia yesterday, were re ported ("day to have had a restful night, although stiff and bore. as they greeted Margie Elgin; the Rose Bowl game. Left to ine Conrad. OVER TEXAS New Orleans, La., Dec. 30. lP) If money speaks a choice, there was little to choose today between those Texas Aggies and the Tulane Green Wave, but nevertheless the city's form charts favored the Southwest conference champions for New Year's day. The two teams will attract a record southern crowd of 70,000 in the annual Sugar bowl classic. In training camps separated by 100 miles, the two big squads were called together for final tapcring-off drills. The Aggies were quartered at Biloxi, Miss., and today's workout was to be the final for Coach Homer Nor ton's club. Skipper Lowell (Red) Dawson will have his boys out for a final once-over tomorrow. Miami, Fla., Dec. 30. (P) Kxcept for eleventh-hour skull sessions and limberups, the Mis souri and Georgia Tech football teams are about as ready as they'll ever be for the Orange bowl game. Coach Don Faurot planned a final light rehearsal in the bowl today for Missouri's Big Six champions. Coach Bill Alex ander promised the Engineers a taper-off drill, with a get-acquainted session at the stadium on tap before 38,000 tomorrow. AFTER TWO WINS San Francisco, Dec. 30. (P) Basketball squad of the South ern Oregon College of Educa tion of Ashland, Ore., rested here today before continuing Its barnstorming invasion of Cali fornia against Humboldt State college Monday and Tuesday. The Ashland hoopsters took their second straight win of the current tour Friday night by crushing the Marin Junior col lege quintet 30-37. Displaying a fost brand of basketball, the Oregon boys forged ahead just before the half ended and streaked their lead to 20 points. Coach Jean Eberhart then tossed in all his subs and the Ashland outfit coasted through to the final whistle. The southern Oregon rally that cinched the game was en gineered by Marchl. Everett. Fox and Mulder. Sether played a sparkling game and tied with Marchl at 12 points for high score. Mariana of the losers scored more than half of his team's points with 19. The Ashland quintet will play Rubenstelns next Friday night in Medford. Ore. Title Bout Set Cleveland, Dec. 30. (P Georgie Page of Cleveland, has signed to defend his world's bantamweight boxing title against Tony Olivcra, of San Francisco, In a l.Vround bout here February 16. Promoter Hob Brickman said today. Page is recognized as champion by the Nntional Boxinf association. AS INJURIES HIT East Squad Takes Ride In Redwoods Light Workouts Due Today San Francisco, Dec. 30. (P) Coach Babe Hollingbery scanned the list of his injured Western players today and between moans said he thought the East should be heavily favored to win the East-West Shrine chari ty football game here New Year's Day. While Hollingbery and co coach Biff Jones put their sur vivors through defensive prac tice, Andy Kerr and Bernie Bier man, mentors for the Eastern aggregation, shepherded their boys on a joyride among moun tain redwood groves. Light workouts were scheduled for all hands tomorrow. "The West team is in bad physical condition," said Hol lingbery as he enumerated the following casualties: Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, Har-din-Simmons center, couldn't bend his leg yesterday because of a charley horse, and it seemed that he would make only a brief appearance, if at all, before the 60,000 or so fans expected at Kesar Stadium Monday; Bob Smith, Medford backfield star, on the shelf nursing a cleat gash In the leg; Roy Zimmerman, San Jose backfield man; Johnny Shirk, Oklahoma end; Jack Sanders, Southern Methodist guard, and Olie Cordill, Rice backfield per former, all with twisted ankles or bruised limbs but not hurt badly enough to be kept out of the game. Coach Kerr was willing to agree with the popular belief that the West's line would have a weight advantage over his boys, but he declared "I'm here to tell the wide world our line men are capable of taking care of themselves. Neither Kerr nor Bierman an nounced their tentative starting lineup for the game before they started their auto tour today, and Hollingbery would name only four sure starters for the West. These, Hollingbery said, would be Johnny Schiechl, San ta Clara, center, Cordill, right half; Frank Emmons, Oregon, fullback, and Kay Eakin, Ar kansas, left halfback. Schiechl nd Eakin have been chosen co-captains of their team. However, seven others who have been holding down regu lar positions in practice were observed as Frank Ivy, Okla homa, left end; Stan Anderson, Stanford, left tackle; Hampton Poole, Stanford, left guard; Sanders, right guard; Lee Artoe, California, right tackle; Shirk, right end, and Dick Favor, Ok lahoma, quarterback. DIXIE ALL STARS Montgomery, Ala.. Dec. 30. (P) Springing a lightning aeri al attack, something unheard of in the north-south warfare of the '60's, southern college all-stars routed northern football masters. 32-20, today In Mont gomery's second blue-gray grid iron classic. Both sides exhibited dazzling football, but the Yanks were no match for the preclsioned hocus pocus attack Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt and Josh Cody of Florida had taught the Johnny Rebs. Despite historical pageantry and thousands who turned out for a downtown parade, a dis appointing crowd of around 9.000 saw the battle at Cramton bowl. Last yeor the north won, 70. , With lightning forward passes, fired by little Ken Heineman, a Texas Mines back, the rebels jumped into the lead and were behind only once, 7-8, at the end of the first period. From there out, the south erners held the upper-hand, although the northern boys pushed over a late fourth-period touchdown, after a pass inter ception set it up. Nelson Wins Trophy. Los Angeles. Dec. 30. tTi National open golf champion Byron Nelson won the Harry Vardon memorial trophy for 1939. Fred Corcoran, manager of the Professional Golfers as sociation, announced the award today, disclosing that the slim Texan amassed 473 poins durj Ing the year to finish ahead or Henry Picard. Hershey, Pa., who had 461 points. 3 BIG CONTESTSISHIRLEY TEMPLE DUE COMING WEEK ON LOCAL COURT The 1940 basketball season will get under way this week with four interesting games be infj offered on Wednesday and Friday evenings at the Medford senior high school. Due to go down in local ca saba history will be the game Wednesday between the coaches of southern Oregon and the Negro Ghosts from eastern Har lem. The former team is com posed of Russ Acheson, high school mentor, Bill Bowerman, Jean Eberhart, coach at the Southern Oregon College of Education in Ashland, Pat Pat terson, Jacksonville coach, Ken Hulbert, Central Point coach, and other high school coaches of this district. The Ghosts' lineup is not given but the barnstorming black boys are said to be plenty clever. The Medford high school sophomore team versus the Prospect high school team will play the prelim on the Coach Ghost affair. The contest will get under way at 7:15. Friday night's presentation will be in the form of the seas on's first important double header as Jean Eberhart's Southern Oregon College of Education basketeers clash with Rubenstein's and the Medford high school quint meets the University high school team of Eugene. Eberhart believes that he has the best team yet turned out at the Ashland college and the Rubenstein's are considered the outstanding A.A.U. team of the Willamette valley. Because of heavy financial strain involved in bringing the latter team here, it was announced yesterday that no passes would be hon ored at the game. The second event on the double-header bill will be the high school's first real test of strength and ability yet this season. Student body tickets and passes will be honored. The affair will start at 8:30, immed iately following the above one which is scheduled for 7:30. HARTNETT SIGNS AS CUD MANAGER Chicago, Dec. 30. (IP) The OV Man River of baseball. Charles Leo (Gabby) Hartnett. signed his 19th Cub contract today and next season will again be the manager of the Chicago National league club. The 39-year-old Irish back stop joined the Cubs in 1922, when he appeared in 31 games. Hartnett, who put his signa ture to a one-year document believed to call for about a $30,000 salary, became manager of the Cubs July 20, 1938, suc ceeding Charley Grimm. That season the Cubs won the Na tional league pennant but In 1939 the team could do no bet ter than fourth place. 'Busy loses to New Orleans. Dec. 30. (IP) Bryan "Bitsy" Grant of Atlanta, defending Sugar bowl tennis champion, was beaten in trip semi-finals of the sixth annual tournament today by Don Mc Neill of Oklahoma City, the na tion's third-ranking player, 2-6. 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Bobby Riggs of Chicago, the nation's number one player, followed McNeill into the finals with a long-drawn-out 8-6, 4-8, 8-6. 8-3 V ctorv over FlwnnH Cooke of Portland, Ore. Longviow Loses Longview, Dec. 30. (IP) Rubenstein's Oregonians. pow erful independent basketbell club from Eugene, Ore., defeat ci a team of Longview all-stars here Friday night to the tune of 78 54. 'Chan & Chan Chinese Medlclnt Co Be relieved at once b) our herbal rented. Do JL j?ou hate: All b ma. , M fl ay Feter. Stomach iLaalciJLJ Trouble, Constipation Chronic Cough. Rheumatism, 81 nu Trouble, rilei, ArthrttU, Co II tli, Kciemi, Appendtrltlf. Hl(h Mood Pretiure. Proftatt, Heart. I.her, Bladder, Kidney, Lann Blood, I'rlnarr tntuhlet. Herb will five you rrller. 335 E. M.Hn NOW OPEN DAILY 10 a. m. to VS0 p. m. fwpt Ufd. Wed. lft a. m. to It GOLF PLAY WILL Whoever said "Never the Twain Shall Meet" did not know about the annual Shirley Tem ple golf classic here, for tomor row the East will meet the West and after the clouds of battle have vanished the spirit of cor diality will prevail. But until the clouds of battle do vanish, there will be little cordiality, for the East is out to even up the score in this an nual trophy fight and the West is out to extend its lead. The struggle for the handsome Shirley Temple trophy, put up by the petite actress of the screen, began in' 1934 and the West is now leading the East, 3 wins to 2. All past battles will fade Into insignificance in comparison with tomorrow's gigantic test of golfing prowess, it was indicated yesterday by the captains of the two teams, Bert Thierolf, the lumber king who heads the West squad, and Hance Cleland, the power tycoon, who has charge of the East battalion. Cleland said he would charge his war riors with new energy this year but Thierolf declared his shock troops could take care of the two-by-four golfers of the East contingent with ease. At any rate, the fur, as well as the turf, is likely to fly. The only cordial element in the fracas appears to be the Rogue ValleV Golf club on whose course the contestants will compete as guests of the club. The classic will be played rain or shine, snow or hail. The matched players, whose names were published in the Mail Trib une Friday, were to arrange playing time between them selves. Playing will start Just after sun-up and continue until the last pair has finished, though the contest must end at dark. E AFTER FOG DELAY San Francisco, Dec. 30. (IP) Jack Dempsey got a two hours extra ride in the fog when the Honolulu clipper ar rived here today and it didn't cost him anything. The former heavyweight champion, who refereed a fight in Manila recently, was one of 16 passengers aboard the big plane. The clipper arrived on sched ule at 9 a. m., but the fog was so dense that it had to circle for two hours before it could alight. Dempsey was to leave here by plane tonight, giving him an excellent prospect of being back on Broadway for New Year's eve. HAHN MOTORS Your Chrysler Dealer Is Offerlnc the Following Prices To CLEAN OUT BEFORE JAN. 1 Check these price! See our slockl Get our easv terms! tf not satisfied, make us an offerl These cars are actually going to be sold at oncel 19S8 Olds . 8-paenger Coupe, equipped with everv conceivable accessory Including radio, heater, etc. Driven less than 7000 miles bv prominent Medford physician. Save hundred of dollars on thla practically new automobile. 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(JP) The American Football Coaches' association, officially recogniz ing the influence of Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg in the realm of amateur sport, awarded him today a large plaque and an nounced a copy would be given annually "to the individual, group or Institution whose ser vice had been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football." Too Late to Classify FOB RENT 70 acrei altalfs. peare, atone fruit, and pasture. See John Darby. Qrlffln Creek. ACCREDITED TEACHER will ex change piano lessons for Ironing. Phone 1424-R. FOR 8AU5 Good heating store. Harvey Young. 325 West 8th. FOR SALE Nice Newtown apples, washed and sorted, S boxea for 1: C erade, 3 boxes for 50c. Winter Nrlils pear, cheap. Joe Kantor, Route 4. Fern Valley. riii 40 "crea, good free aoll, SA 1 111 all In cultivation. Cher w He8, peara. alfalfa and farm land. Good building. Cloas In. Terms. Owner. Tribune Box 832. 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