MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1940.
West Side Golfers Defeat East in Annual Rogue Valley Classic
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VICTORY MARGIN
NOW 4-2 FAVOR
WEST QIVOTEERS
Weather Cuts Number Of
Entrants But Club House
Interest Waxes Warm
Medfords West Side golfing
contingent, scored a IS to 12-
point victory over the East
Siders in their annual New
Year's day match on the Rogue
River Golf club course. The
winners now boast four notches
i on the Shirley Temple trophy,
while the easterners have been
' able to chalk up only two- wins
since inaugural of the classic,
Yesterday's match was hotly
contested, the final ball being
sunk just before darkness en
veloped the course. While more
interest was show In the 1940
contest than in the past, bad
weather reduced the field to 18
players. Rain and a strong,
gusty wind kept many from the
links but a crowd gathered un
der the shelter of the club
house to cheer on the players
virile enough to brave the ele
ments. Captains On Sidelines
The two captains, Bert Thler
olf of the West and Hance Cle
land of the East, took up stra
tegic and comfortable positions
on the sidelines, figuring they
would be of more value to their
teams there than in the actual
fracas. Bert prided himself to
day on his excellent coaching
and in this respect Hance wasn't
so bad either.
The scoring:
Wert (18) Emt (It)
Otln Robinson 1H- W. Blddle 114
Justin Smith 2 r. Relnhart 1
Oeo. Harrington a....Bob Hammond 1
L. Stewart 2 V4 ....... .deo. Patterson
BUI Oaty 0 Bert Orr 3
mil Mohr 0 K. Watson 8
Lee Wataon R. B. Hammond 0
Doo Boise 1 .... Geo. Neilaon 3
Ivmn Harrington S. Tod porter 0
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El Paso, Texas, Jan. 2. (P)
Ai rousing a game of football
as ever graced the Sun bowl
was staged New Year's day by
Arizona State of Tempe and
Catholic university.
The boys from the District
of Columbia and the Arizona
cactus belt battled to a score
less tie before 12,000 southwest
partisans In an exhibition of
smashing, play-for-keeps foot
ball not soon to be forgotten.
Two teams, with a season's
record of nearly 500 points be
tween them, found each other
too tough to overcome.
All for the want of a passer,
victory slipped from the grasp
of both.
IN COTTON BOWL
Dallas, Jan. 2. Of) Clem
son's Country Gentlemen rolled
back to South Carolina todoy
with the Cotton bowl trophy
In their possession and with
prospects of srothcr great all
American the next two vpnra
to replace the great Banks
McFadden.
They beat Boston college's
bruising Eagles 6-3 in a nerve
wracking game of long runs
and sensational passes before
29,000 yesterday with McFad
den forced to share the honors
with a spohomore with pile
driving proclivities.
Charley Timmons, who beat
out a senior for a place In the
starting backfield, led the of
fense of Clemson's fighting
Tigers. Timmons carried the
ball 27 times for a gain of 127
yards and his mighty plunges
gave the Gentlemen their touch
down in the second period.
McFadden stood out, how
ever, as the mainspring of the
team.
BASKETBALL
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College basketball last night:
Kentucky 53, Kansas State 26.
Cornell 29, Ohio State 28.
Utah 40, Chicago 39 (two ov
ertime periods),
Michigan State 30, Loyola
(Chicago) 22.
Toledo 54, Iowa 30.
California 42, Dartmouth 30.
Michigan 44, Pittsburgh 34
(overtime).
De Paul 52. Santo Clara 50.
Illinois 37, Butler 18.
40,000 See Opener at Santa Anita
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Some 40,000 racing fans thronged to Santa Anita park for the opening of the sixth winter
meeting. Above Is the finish of the first race on the initial program. Hasten Henry (2), at left,
romped home the winner. Day Dawn (4), center, won place money, and First Fort (7), right,
finished third.
PRINCE IHALIKIS
1940 WRESTLING
After a year-end vacation of
two weeks, Promoter Mack Lil
lard will bring his menagerie
of trained rasslers back to the
Medford armory for the 1940
premiere next Monday night. It
will be ladies night.
Exchanging confidences with
sports writers today, the quiet
little promoter said he was start
ing off the New Year with a
fine bunch of colorful wrestling
talent and setting himself a high
standard in the opening card
that he will do his best to main
tain throughout the year.
Back in the Medford ring for
the first time in three years
will be the turbaned, rug-praying
Prince Silaki All Hassan
Mehallkls, the versatile matman
who devotes his spare time to
fancy diving, organ playing and
fiction writing. The Prince has
been in the east, mainly New
York, most of the past three
years and has been doing a
considerable amount of success
ful writing, Lillard said. The
promoter added that he had
not selected an opponent for
the Prince yet.
A newcomer signed up for
the 1940 Medford opening is
"Zim" Zlmovich, a 200-pound
Finn who ought to prove ex
tremely popular on account of
the way his countrymen have
been throwing the Rooshlans.
It appeared, however, that Mack
would not have a Soviet oppon
ent lined up for the big Finn,
thdligh the promoter frequently
has a sort of League of Nations
cord.
Lillard asserted he was try
ing to keep King Kong Clayton
here for a while longer. The
clever and popular Negro made
a big hit in his appearances Just
before the 1939 curtain was
rung down on the Medford
wrestling scene and the pro
moter sold he would book him
up for a few more appearances
If possible.
The rest of the card and the
matching of opponents will be
announced before the week-end,
Llllnrd said.
Fans were reminded that the
first match will go at 8 o'clock.
The time was changed recently
from 8:30.
STUDY GAIN SEEN
Cincinnati (UP.) Freshmen
engineering students In the col
leges and universities of the
United States Increased 34.1
per cent lost year, according
to Dr. Raymond Walters, presi
dent of the University of Cin
cinnati. Walters said In his 21st an
nual survey of college regis
tration statistics published in
School and Society, weekly edu
cational journal, that the' engi
neoring gain was "most sig
nificant. He said, however, that fresh
man choices did not necessarily
indicate trends.
"Freshman choices." he said,
"represent more Immediate pop
ular reaction to economic con
ditions than do the fields being
pursued by upper classmen.
They constitute the present,
rather than two or three years
in the post."
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ROSE BOWL KINGS IN
FINN RELIEF CLASH
New Orleans, Jan. 2. IP)
Rulers of college football after
its bold Sugar Bowl triumph
over Tulane, mighty Texas A.
and M. today pondered the
thought of playing Southern
California, Rose Bowl kinds, in
a post-season game for the Fin
nish relief fund.
Over a banquet table cele
bration of the 14-13 defeat of
Tulane's Green Wave, Coach
Homer Norton, a mild man
threatened only a season ago
with dismissal in the middle of
a disappointing year, shook off
the back slaps, admitted he
had heard talk of a post-season
game with the Rose Bowl win
ners and commented:
"What do we think of it?
Well, we love to play football!"
Officials of A. and M mem
bers of the athletic council and
others were sounded out, and
all concurred in the belief that
such a game was a rather re
mote possibility, but indicated
that It would be considered.
Reports in this football-mad
city were that the game would
be played in Los Angeles "about
January 15," with an expected
million-dollar gate to go to Fin
land for relief purposes.
0.S.C TRAMPLES
39 TO 6
Honolulu. Jan. 2. (JPl Ore
gon State college completed Its
conquest of Hawaiian football
teams with a New Year's Day
39 to 6 victory over the Uni
versity of Hawaii.
Some 12.00 sDcctators saw the
Pacific Coast conference team
score three times In the open
ing period, add another touch
down in the third and two in
the fourth. Hawaii scored in
the second with a surprise nass
attack.
Fullback Kenneth Dow tallied
three of Oregon State's six
touchdowns, all on line nlnnce
Other touchdowns were by Full
back Jim Kisselburgh, Right
End John Hackenbruck and
Halfback Bob Olson.
Oregon State routed the Hea
lanl team, 28 to 0, Christmas
Day.
MAYOR GREETS
Willoughby, O. (U.R) Mayor
C. B. Todd believes in making
all newcomers to Willoughby
feel they are welcome.
Every time a new family
moves to town, the mayor
writes them a personal note,
telling them he's glad they have
come, and giving them perti
nent information about his
town.
Examples of the mayor's in
formation: The schedule for garbage and
ruomsh collections: location and
facilities of Daniels memorial
park; municipal parking-ground
l sites behind the Terminals
I building; a list of villge-cwned
i public utilities, of li lephone
I numbers for police and firemen.
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Jerry Jerome returned to
Medford this morning from San
Francisco, where he spent the
Christmas holidays and took In
the East-West football game,
with news of Bob Smith, Med
ford boy and University of Ore
gon star, who was selected to
play on the West team but did
not see action because of an
injury. Jerry said Bob's own
cleated shoe was really respon
sible. At a practice game, Smith
was pushed by another player
and the cleat plunged Into his
ankle resulting in a bad gash.
Jerome stated that Bob would
be in a bay city hospital for
some time.
Medford-mlnded Jerome de
cided during his stay In San
Francisco that, although Smith
was receiving plenty of public
ity, none of the stories revealed
that he is a Medford boy. So,
Jerry looked up Prescott Sulli
van, sport columnist of the San
Francisco Examiner and the
following article was printed in
yesterday's paper:
"Probobly the saddest guy in
our town today is Bob Smith,
the Oregon halfback, who was
to have played for the West in
the Shrine's East-Wester at Ke
zrt stadium this afternoon.
"As a high school kid in
Medford seven years ago, Smith
launched his football career
with the vow that one day he
would be good enough to play
In the East-West classic.
"That vow seemed fulfilled
unty a few days ago. Then he
hurt an ankle. There is almost
no chance that he will play
this afternoon.
"Already in town are some
fifty or sixty Medford fans.
They came here to see Bob in
his hour of triumph. Instead,
it looks like they'll have to
share his pain.
"Klnda tough, all right.
Kinda tough."
8 TRYING YEARS
Chicago. (U.R) An eight-year
existence in an Iron lung by a
Poughkeepsle. N. Y., infantile
paralysis victim who suffered
half a dozen other ailments in
the interim, is described by a
contributor to the Journal of
the American Medical associa
tion. Dr. Scott Lord Smith, the
author, described his patient as
a 21 -year -old boy who was
stricken with infantile paralysis
In 1931 and has spent most of
every day since that time in a
respirator.
During that time. Dr. Smith
wrote, his patient has suffered
colds, hay fever, eczema, pneu
monia, curvature of the spine,
kidney stones and eye trouble.
He suffered one period of in
tense despair, during the sixth
i year of confinement, and be
came fearful of leaving the re
spirator for even a moment,
even though he had been able
to breathe without its aid for
nine hours at a time previously.
Danial I. Kelleher.
Portland. Jan. 2. tJP) Dan
lei I. Kelleher. 50. former Port
land detective and a national
auto theft bureau agent, died
yesterday of pneumonia.
TROJANS SUPERIOR
IN EVERY BRANCH;
TRIM VOLS 14-0
Tennessee's Impressive
Record Crumbles Before
Powerful USC Machine.
By Russell Newland.
Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 2. MP)
Football's Gibraltar was a mass
of crumbled ruins today the
team that couldn't be beaten
met up yesterday with the team
that wouldn't be beaten.
Southern California was the
toast of the Rose Bowl; Ten
nessee a new member of the
losing team brigade and shorn
of distinction that began ac
cumulating back in the season
of 1937.
The 14 to 0 score deciding
the 25th Rose Bowl classic, wit
nessed by a jammed-in crowd
of 92,000, was the most con
clusive since Pittsburgh won
from Washington here In 1937,
21 to 0.
Great Record Broken.
Tennessee staked one of the
nation's greatest gridiron repu
tations in the game. Defeat
called a halt to a consecutive
victory record of 23, hooked to
gether through two full seasons
and part of a third. Until the
Southern California Trojan pow
er machine rolled to touchdown
in the second period, Tennesee's
goal line had not been crossed
in 15 encounters 10 last year
and five in 1938.
The best backfield man in the
Tennessee string played parts
of the game handicapped by a
knee Injury. Whether or not a
George "Bad News" Cafego in
top physical condition would
have staved off the Trojan yard
gaining landslide was a matter
of debate among grandstand
master-minds.
From start to finish Southern
California left little doubt as
to which side was superior.
Trojans Show Superiority.
It outdowned and outgalned
Tennesee, on the ground and
when checked there took to the
air.
Tennessee came to the west
coast for the first time, heralded
as a defensive giant. When the
Trojan off-tackle plays began
clicking, the Volunteer line
burst before the rolling flood.
Ambrose Schindler, h i g h
stepping quarterback, who has
run the gamut of playing from
first string to third and back
again, was the firebrand in the
latest Southern California Rose
Bowl victory, of which there
have been six in as many ap
pearances. It was Schindler who spark
ed the two scoring drives, late
in the second quarter and again
toward the tail-end of the
fourth.
The first touchdown opened
on the Tennesee 47-yard line.
Schindler had returned a punt
10 yards to set the stage. He
carried the ball in five of the
six ground plays and tossed an
11-yard pass to a teammate in
one of the other two gainers.
He finally went over from the
one-foot line.
85-Yard March.
The last-period touchdown
gave the assembled thousands
a true picture of Trojan power.
The team passed and smashed
85 yards after recovering a
Tennessee fumble. Fred New
man, Volunteers' fullback, had
dropped the ball and U.S.C.'s
sub halfback. Joe Engle. had
snaked it into his own arms
on his 15.
Twice in the thrust, line bat
tering or skirting failed. Schind
ler turned to the air. The sec
ond such sortie brought the
second score. The ball was on
the one-yard line. Tennessee
players tightened for another
plunge. Schindler passed over
the goal line to his left to Al
Krueger, sub left end. The Vol
unteers were caught flat-footed.
When Tennesee's Newman
fumbled it ended the only scor
ing bid of the team from the
old south the only time it had
been able to advance the oval
past mid-field.
21 TO 7
Miami. Fla.. Jan. 1. (P)
Coach Bill Alexander ranked
his 1940 Orange Bowl victors
today with the great teams in
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ROBT. BURNS
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Tel. SI
Georgia Tech football history
after watching the Engineers
bewilder Missouri, 21 to 7.
"This Tech team hasn't as
much power as our 1928 Rose
Bowl squad, but it can do more
things with the ball," the griz
zled coach grinned.
That famous Rose Bowl team
beat California, 8-7, in a game
never to be forgotten because
of Roy Riegel's wrong-way run.
Missouri really never had a
chance after the Tech magicians
warmed up yesterday.
A crowd of 36,500 saw the
Engineers, far from discour
aged by an early Missouri
touchdown fashioned by Paul
Christman's passing arm, swept
straight back after the kickoff
to tie the score and then add
two more touchdowns on light
ning plays.
EE
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Los Angeles, Jan. 2. (IP)
The 12 pounds that Kayak II
gave away to Whichcee over a
mile yesterday was too much.
In a stunning upset, Charles
S. Howard's South American
star trailed Major Austin C.
Taylor's bay gelding in the
$10,000 New Year's handicap
by four lengths.
Kayak, winner last year of
the $100,000 Santa Anita handi
cap, was a tired and beaten
horse at the finish. Whichcee,
meanwhile had run the speedy
Specify into the ground in the
stretch. He went on to win
easing up. Heelfly of the Cir
cle S stable, was third, with
Can't Wait fourth and Specify
fifth.
Kyak had been pushed down
to 80 cents on the dollar by
confident bettors, who were
amazed when he finished with
out ever being a serious con
tender. Whichcee, posting a
time of 1:37 2-5, paid $13.20,
$4.20 and $3.20 across the board.
Kayak returned $3.20 and $2.60,
and Heelfly $4.
UMSTAEDTER CAPTURES
JUNIOR TENNIS TITLE
New York, Jan. 2. (P) The
first championship of the new
year is held by Bill Umstaedter
of Milburn, N. J., who defeated
his best friend, Dick Bender of
Westfield, N. J., 6-3, 1-6. 6-3
6-4, to capture the national
Junior tennis championship.
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WESTERN STARS
28 TO
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lolly by Downpour Pass
ing Helps Western Eleven
San Francisco, Jan. 2. (IP)
A 28 to 11 West victory over
the East went Into the books
today, and the boys who played
in the 15th annual Shrine char
ity football contest were still
digging the mud out of their
ears.
A downpour starting midway
in the secona period, turned
the Kezar stadium gridiron Into
a sea of mud, and by the final
quarter the New Year's Day
crowd of 45,000 couldn't tell
one player from another. Every
body on the field was coated
with mud from head to foot.
Score In Second.
The teams, hand-picked from
all sections of the country, each
scored in the opening period
The West tallied when Bill
Anahu, Santa Clara end, grab
bed a 50-yard pass from Half
back Kay Eakin of Arkansas
and ran 25 yards to the goal
line. Then the East evened the
count with a touchdown by
George Stirnweiss, North Caro
lina halfback, who took a short
pass from Ed Boell, New York
university quarterback, and
eluded five westerners en route
to scoring ground. Each team
converted.
In the second period the West
tallied twice. Herb McCarthy,
Denver fullback, tossed a short
one to Olie Cordill, Rice In
stitute halfback, who skirted
end for the second West score
Soon after, Leroy Zimmerman
from San Jose (Cal.) State, pass
ed three times for 36 yards to
the East one-yard line, from
where Frank Emmons, Oregon
fullback, plunged over.
East Gets Safety.
The East picked up two points
on a safety in the third period
when Francis Stulgaitis, Co
lumbia end, pounced on the
ball after Eakin's punt from'
behind his own goal was block
ed. The easterners got two
more in the next period. The
west was backed to its one-
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WED., JAN. 3
TRACTOR and IMPLEMENT DIS
PLAYS feature JOHNDEERE
TRACTORS and IMPLEMENTS
and the New "C A T E P I L L A R"
TRACTORS
Interesting exhibits Instructive displays literature
souvenirs. Mark your calendar NOW'
yard line after a 15-yard clip
ping penalty, and Zimmerman
grounded the ball in the end
zone ratner tnan risK a was
kick.
Tho West srnred Its fourth
touchdown in the final period
when iee a r i o e, Lauiomia
tackle, grabbed a bad eastern
pass from center which sailed
over the head of Dick Cassiano,
Pittsburgn nan, ana pioppea
into the end zone.
Proceeds go to the Shrina
hospital for crippled children.
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Eureka, Cal., Jan. 2. (Spl)
Coach Jean Eberhart held high
hope today that his basketball
squad of the Southern Oregon
College of Education, Ashland,
Ore., would make a clean sweep
of its barnstorming tour of
northern California by making
it two in a row over Humboldt
State college tonight. The Ash
landers won last night 59-41.
They haven't dropped a game in
the last seven starts.
Sether was high for Southern
Oregon last night with 21
points, Mulder pulling up with
13. Lee led Humboldt with 16.
The Ashland hoopsters have
been showing steady improve
ment and Eberhart expressed
confidence his charges would at
least give the Rubenstein quint
a tough evening when the two
teams clash in Medford, Ore.,
next r naay mgni.
DALLETirOUT
The Dalles. Ore., Jan. 2. OP)
The Dalles high school became
the, second school to drop out
of the newly formed Columbia
River football league today.
Rainier withdrew shortly
after the new loop was organiz
ed at Portland last week, giving
the league a present strength of
five teams.
Principal Paul A. Menegat
said The -Dalles withdrew be
cause of protests from fans,
who wished the school to con
tinue traditional games with
strong central and eastern Ore
gon opponents.
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