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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1940.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hnlen ay:
Rube Basketball
Start Show Class
in SOCE Struggle
Laddie Gale, Wally Johansen
and Bobby Anet were in town
last Friday night and this writer,
apparently alone of the some
1,500 casaba clients who watch'
ed them perform against Jean
Eberhart's fine SOCE quintet,
was not a bit disappointed in
what he saw when the ex-Unl-verslty
of Oregon boys started
firing that leather around.
We have yet to talk with a
Medlord fan who was complete
ly satisfied with the ball game,
and with the activities of the
three above mentioned gents. It
seems, according to the local
consensus, that Gale, Johansen
and Anet have gone a long way
back from their college form;
from the form that brought the
Webfoots a national champion
ship last season.
It is true that the boys were
probably not in peak physical
condition, but what independent
basketball player is? It is also
true that their teamwork left
considerable to be desired, but it
must be remembered that the
two other Rubenstein regulars;
Jack Butterworth and Dave Sil
ver were unable to make the
trip on account of Jobs in
Eugene. Naturally, the trio
couldn't manufacture plays with
a couple of fill-ins like they
could have had Butterwortn ana
Silver been present.
Regardless of all ihat, and
despite the fact that we were
prepared to witness the acme
of basketball perfection and
no less, we still think the
show those three gave was
nothing short of terrific.
Especially as concerns Gale
and Johansen. Anet. undoubt
edly, was tired and out of
condition, but even so he dis
played flashes of the form
that made him the spark plug
of Hobson's national title
bolders. Galo, with two big SOCE
guys hanging to him like a leach
for the entire game, canned IB
points In the second half, and
all of his field buckets were
made under the most extreme
pressure possible. Time and
again he showed why he is an
all-American, faking his guards
out of their shoes to score
"impossible" shots.
As for Johansen, his ball-handling
and floor maneuvering was
really amazing. If there has ever
been a better passer and drib
bler we would liked to have
seen him. Wally had the ball
probably 75 per cent of the time
it was in possession of the
Rubes, and it was he who set
up the plays that enabled Gale
to tally with that one-handed
shot that made him famous.
Rubenstein's failure to beat
the Ashland club possibly had
something to do with the dis
satisfaction many local fans had
with the game, and with the
performances of the three for
mer Webfoots. However, we be
lieve that Eberhurt has welded
a grout busketball team, certain
ly the finest he ever has had at
the Lithia city institution. This
boy Marchl, from Portland's
Benson Tech, Is a honey, and
our prediction is that the SONS
will win the state A.A.U. tour
nament, college division, and
possibly travel to Denver for
the national tourney.
In case anybody would like to
get In touch with Mr. I. Pickem
during the next six months, the
grid prognosticator begs to an
nounce the following addresses
where he may be located:
Remainder of January 911
Whitman, home of William J
Bowcrman.
February 328 Haven, home
of Murray Bell.
March 314 Vancouver, home
of Everett H. Brayton.
April 714 South Oakdalc,
home of Herbert G. Grey.
May 12 South Orange, home
of George W. McBee.
June 135 Vancouver, home
of Hanson W. Webster.
Note of explanation: the
above named gentlemen eith
er wagered on U.8.C. In the
Rose Bowl or attempted to
beat some seme into I. Pick
em's thick skull, to no avail,
and as a result they, alter
taking Pickem's pocketbook
to a terrible cleaning, have
graciously opened the doors
of their homes to the picktter
and his (amily, thus saving
the county the trouble of car
ing lor the bereft Pickem's
for the next hall year.
On the other "bowl" games
Pickem did fine, but it happened
he didn't back his judgment
with the filthy lucre. He called
the West over the East, Georgia
Tech over Missouri, Texus Ag
gies over 'J'ulane and Clcmson
over Bostuu college, and they
Mehalikis - Chick
E.
TO THRILL FANS
.El
Smolinski Meets Clayton in
Center Go Zimovich and
Montgomery in First Bout
The curtain goes up at 8
o'clock tonight in the Medford
armory on Promoter Lack Lll
lard's first wrestling card of
1940 and the line-up indicates
one of the most exciting eve
nings experienced here in many
a month.
In the top event Cowboy
Dude Chick and Prince Mehalt
kis will battle it out for an hour
of straight wrestling or two falls
out of three. If both boys live
up to their past records, the
match is likely to develop into
a full hour of genuine wrestling
so that fans can see once more
Just what the game should be
like at its best.
Both the cowboy and the
prince are masters of wrestling,
possessed of a knowledge of all
the legitimate holds, clever in
breaking loose from killing en
tanglements, fast as lightning in
maneuvering.
Newcomer In Opener
In the opener, a newcomer
will make his bow to a Medford
audience. He is Zim Zimovich,
a powerful 200-pound Finn who
is likely to be a favorite before
he ever steps into the ring be
cause of the gallantry of his
fellow countrymen in warding
off the Russian Invasion. Zimo
vich will line up against Bob
Montgomery, the Georgia boy
who has been popular here in
the past though of late he has
shown a tendency to rough up
his opponents.
The middle number is sure to
be dirty, for one of the con
testants will be Joe Smolinski,
the Polish palooka, who never
uses a fair tactic if he can get
in a foul one. The Palooka will
have his hands full, however,
for he will meet King Kong
Clayton, the hefty Negro boy
who can take care of himself
In any kind of company.
Ladles' Night
The first two events will be
under the Australian system of
six ten-minute rounds or two
falls out of three.
Llllard Is holding ladles' night
for the opening 1940 card. This
means that anyone who buys
a ticket, upstairs or down, may
take in a woman companion
without additional charge.
JUNIORS
FROM ROSEBURG. 20-18
In a tight, hard-fought basket
ball game, Medford Junior high
defeated the Roseburg juniors at
Roscburg Saturday night, 20 to
18. Steve Dlpple, forward, led
the locals with six points.
Medford led at half time, 12 to
10, and never more than four
points separated the two teams
at any time.
A large body of Junior high
rooters accompanied the team to
Hoseburg, including the girls'
drum corps, which staged a show
between halves.
LEWIS AND R0DEGAARD
WIN SKYLINERS MEET
Mt. Hood, Ore. ,Jnn. 8. (P)
Dick Lewis and Olaf Rodegaard.
both of Cascade Ski club, won
the Junior and senior events, re
spectively, of the Cascade Ski
club-Bend Skyliners meet yes
terday.
Lewis' time was 1.4(1.3 in the
Junior race, Rodeguard's 1:43.3
In the senior.
TH0RNHILL SUCCESSOR
MAY BE KNOWN FRIDAY
Talo Alto, Calif., Jan. 8. T)
The choice of a successor to
C. E. (Tiny) Thornhill as football
coach at Stanford university
may be mode next Friday night.
Thornhill was ousted after
Stanford's most disastrous sea
son In years.
AAU CASABA MANAGERS
MEET C. OF C. TONIGHT!
The final meeting of tram ;
managers and representatives
prior to the opening of the Jack-1
son county A. A. U. Independent
basketball leogue will be held
tonight at 7:30 In the Jackson J
County Chamber of Commerce.
All officials of teams planning
to enter the loop are urged to
ottend.
Oranges arp the most valu
able crop of Florida.
were correct calls. Arizona State
and Catholic university tied. In
stead of the former winning as
Pickem predicted.
But, oh that Ro.se Bowl. Ouch:
Conference Boss
1 V
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Edwin N. Atherton (above).
former FBI agent, was appoint
ed high commissioner of Pacliic
coast conference for three years,
in a move to enforce its future
athletic policies.
BEAVERS AT TOP
OF CONFERENCE
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By the Associated Press
Those long lean men from the
state of Oregon were in a fair
way to dominate the northern
division of Pacific coast confer
ence basketball, what with one
team favored in the race and
the other leading it.
The favored team, defending
champion University of Oregon,
gets three chances to live up
to its reputation this week
two against Idaho beginning to
night and one against Oregon
State, which holds the league
leadership at the end of the
first tweek of conference play.
Idaho also gets a third chance
to break into the winning col
umn this week when it meets
Washington State at Pullman
Saturday. WSC evened its two
game series Saturday with
Washington, which is idle all
the coming week.
Saturday's games followed
the pattern of pre-season pre
dictions. Washington, which sur
prised with a one-point victory
the night before, was no match
for WSC when the Cougars got
their dander up. Even a Jinx
which had kept Woshington
Stotc in the losing column on
Woshington's floor since 1920
with three exceptions wos no
help as the Cougars ran up a
51-35 score. Guard Bob Olson,
of Everett, with 16 points, and
long Paul Lindeman, of Co
wiche, with 14, kept things un
der control for the visitors. Ore
gon State, in winning 42-38, had
more trouble with Idaho than
in Friday's victory but stayed
in front after the first 10 min
utes of play. Iduho substitutes
staged a last-minute rally to
bring the final score to close
figures.
The team standings:
W. L. Pet.
Oregon State 2 0 1.000
Washington State 1 1 .500
Washington 1 1 .500
Idaho 0 2 .000
Oregon 0 2 ......
LAW TO RAISE
MARRIAGE FEES
Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R The
cost of matrimony for Hoosier
ncwlyweds will take a sudden
Jump March J, 1940, when the
new anti-syphilis marriage law
takes effect.
The law, approved by the
1939 legislature, provides that
each applicant for a marriage
license must take a physical ex
amination, including a standard
serological test.
Then the marriage license
cannot be issued unless both
applicants are free of the dis
ease, or if infected, do not have
it in communicable form.
All blood tests must be made
In the state board of health
laboratory, or In laboratories
that meet standards of tho path
ology department of the Indiana
university school of medicine
and approved by the state board
of health.
Subway-riding Now Yorkers'
spend two to three weeks a year
underground. I
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Open
WEBFOOTS MEET
IDAHO TONIGHT
IN L00P0PENER
John Dick Lone Returning
Regular of Defending
Champs; Hobby Confident
Eugene, Jan. 8. (P) The
University of Oregon's basket
ball team opens its defense of
four championships here tonight
when the Ducks meet the Uni
versity of Idaho quintet before
an expected crowd of 4,000 in
the first of a two-game series.
The Webfoot-Vandal game
will send the last of the north
ern division contenders into
league action Oregon State col
lege holding top position after
sweeping its two-game series
with Idaho at Corvallis last
week-end. Washington and
Washington State split their
opening battles at Seattle.
Won 9 of 15
Howard Hobson's hoopsters,
an aggregation the youthful
coach believes 'capable of de
fending at least its northern
crown, have won only nine of
15 pre-season contests. But five
of the defeats were suffered at
the hands of top-flight colleg
iate opponents during the 7,500
mile holiday barnstorming jaunt
to the nation's hoop capitals.
The other defeat was registered
by Rubenstein's Oregonians, a
team composed of ex-teammates
that had been beaten on two
previous occasions.
Hobson will have but one
starting member of the 1939
team in his lineup tonight
John Dick, six-foot-four forward
who has been shifted to center
to fill the gap left by the grad
uation of "Slim" Wintermute.
At the forward positions will be
Ted Sarpola, Laddie Gale's un
derstudy for the past two seas
ons, and "Red" McNeely, a re
serve on the four-ply champ
ionship squad. The guard posts
will be taken care of by Matt
Pavalunas, Bobby Anet's first
line reserve for two years, and
Vic Townsend, a transfer from
Campton Junior collage who
will fill the vacancy left by the
graduation of Wally Johansen.
Oregon meets Idaho again to
morrow night and completes a
busy week against the undefeat
ed Oregon State college Beavers
here Friday night.
E
PERILS REIVED
Washington (U.R) The food
and drug administration of the
department of agriculture re
ports that enforcement of the
food, drug and cosmetic act of
1938 drove several dangerous
cosmetics, drugs and devices
from the retail markets during
the past year.
Quick action was directed
against the widespread sale of
dangerous eyelash dyes, "slen
derizing" preparations and many
misbranded medicines.
The administration reports
that its investigators seized the
products of several eyelash dye
manufacturers and that tests
made of many warranted prose
cution. Some were found to
contain dangerous ammonlacal
silver salts, pyrogallol and para
phenlyenediamino.
As It had given advance
warning of its attitude toward
sales of "slenderizing" prepara
tions containing dlnitrophenol
or equally dangerous dlnitro
cresol, the administration was
unable to find any Interstate
traffic in the sale of the com
pounds. The report points out that
since the 1938 act provides for
the investigation of applications
for all new drug products be
fore they are offered for sale,
there will be no re-enactment
of the tragic "elixir of sulfani
lamide" case. Its manufacturer
pleaded guilty In two federal
courts to charges that it was
poisonous and was fined a total
of 528.100.
In Its report, the administra
tion states that the only proved
cases of botulism were traced
to under-processed, home-canned
foods. Poisoned food cases in
creased only slightly over the
preceding year, and canners
were more careful in labeling
goods that failed to meet stand
ards of quality, as only 60 seiz
ures were made, compared with
153 for the previous year.
Innovation of airplane travel
aided administration inspectors
to check the Aloska salmon in
dustry more closely and the re
port concludes that the weather
was ideal during the salmon
season and the industry was
free of all spoilage.
1940 Wrestling
Apostoli Out-Punches Bettina for Nod
V
Melio Bettina (right), former light heavyweight king, waded in with royal courage In the
early rounds of his fight with Fred Apostoli, former middleweight rulor at New York, but the
Pacific coast boy carried too many guns for Bettina who lost the 12-round decision.
Dizzy Dean's Holdout Howl
Not Echoed by Other Stars
By Judson Bailey
New York, Jan. 8. (P)
Dean's sonic holdout squawk
slumbering baseball fans to
again.
In the next week or two the I
documents with the dotted lines
will have been mailed to just
about every eligible major
leaguer, but that chant of "Oie
Diz" isn't likely to get much
of a chorus.
For one thing a lot of players,
including several perennial
members of the "beef" trust,
already are signed.
Championship clubs are pop
ularly supposed to face the most
trouble ' rounding their players
into line, but the Cincinnati
Reds at this early date have 14
under contract for 1940 and the
New York Yankees, who won't
put their papers into the mail
till next week aren't expecting
much fuss. That world series
bonus every year seems to keep
the Bronx bombers happy.
The first of the Reds to sign
up was third baseman Bill Wer
ber, who has a pretty practical
opinion of his own value, and
one of the first was Paul Der
ringer, the big pitcher who used
to be quarrelsome about his
figures.
Pitcher Bucky Walters, the
National leagus' most valuable
player, and first baseman Frank
McCormick slapped their names
on two-year contracts without
the slightest hesitation.
Paul Woner, the Pittsburgh
Pirates' persistent holdout,
jumped to terms last November
after conferring briefly in New
York with President William E.
Benswanger and his new man
ager, Frank Frisch. This action
wasn't because Waner had no
talking point, for he batted .328
last year and ranked fourth in
the National league.
The Cleveland Indians have
Bob Feller, Mel Harder and Jeff
Heath signed and sealed and
they were about the only three
that might have been expected
to give the tribe trouble. Fel
ler was reported to have been
given $25,000. Whatever it was
caused President Alva Bradley
to remark he didn't know
whether "we signed Feller or
he signed us."
The Boston Red Sox gave Joe
Cronin another five year player
manager contract last Septem
ber and followed up this coup
by signing Ted Williams, Jim
mie Foxx, Bob Doerr and Jim
Tabor, four better than fair
faces, for the 1940 campaign.
FIVE OF FAMILY KILLED
ON RAILROAD CROSSING
Alexandria, La., Jan. 8 UP)
Five members of a Lake Charles.
La., family were killed yester
day in a collision of their auto
mobile and a southbound Mis
souri Pacific passenger train at
a grade crossing, 30 miles north
of here.
The dead were Robert M.
Hereford. 39; Mrs. Hereford. 35:
their sons, Randolph. 11, and
Robert. Jr., 13. and Hereford's
sister, Miss Elizabeth Hereford.
25.
In 1939, 27 local governments
consolidated, extended or adopt
ed civil service provisions for
their employees, according to
the Civil Service Assembly of
the United States and Canada.
Cash farm income in the
United States in 1938 was ap
proximately $7,632,000,000.
("Waster
Like a siren of spring, Dizzy
over the week-end aroused
the fact contract time is here
54-HOLE SCORE OF 212
GIVES HEAFNER LEAD
IN LOS ANGELES OPEN
Los Angeles, Jan. 8. (fP)
Clayton Heafner and the rain
god hold the key to the cham
mionship of the 15th annual Los
Angeles open golf tournament.
The Linevllle, N. C, pro stood
at the top of a brilliant array
of golfers today going into the
final round of the meet, with
a 54-hole score of 212, two
strokes in front of his nearest
foe. But more important to the
golfing clan was the weather.
Rain by the bucketsful soak
ed the Los Angeles country club
late yesterday and continued to
fall this morning.
Heafner took 73, three over
par, finishing before the worst
part of the storm set in, and
was glad to get it. With his
previous rounds of 71-68, his
achievement was good enough
to hold the leadership.
Two strokes back was Johnny
Dawson of Hollywood. Three
very potent contenders, Mark
Fry of Oakland, Cal., Ben Ho
gon of White Plains, N. Y., and
Al Krueger of Beloit, Wis., were
but three shots behind the fly
ing Heafner.
Out of the running entirely
was Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spo
kane, national amateur cham
pion. He missed qualifying for
the final round by one stroke.
He took "8 to total 230, and
the limit was 229.
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S. LINER RELEASED
BY BRITISH CONTROL
London, Jan. 8. OP) The
United States liner Manhattan
sailed today toward Genoa after
being released yesterday from
overnight detention by the Brit
ish contraband control at Gibral
tar. The United States Lines, Man
hattan's owners, were said to
have agreed that If the British
found any contraband in the ves
sel's manifest, it would be placed
at British disposal in Genoa.
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Jackson Co. Bank Bldg.
Central and Main.
Medford, Ore.
Season
Fred Erickson became the
new chairman of the Medford
boxing and wrestling commis
sion at its annual year-end meet
ing and banquet in the Hotel
Medford Saturday night. He
succeeds P. C. Bigham.
Elected to the vice-chairmanship
by members of the com
mission, who are appointed an
nually by the city council, was
Larry Schade. Dr. A. F. W.
Kresse was again named com
mission physician; Joseph F.
Fliegel, secretary and Vivian
Beach, timekeeper. Bigham was
elected assistant-secretary.
There was no change in the
personnel of the commission.
GIRL BASKETEERS TO
DRILL THIS EVENING
The Girls' Community club
basketball team will practice to
night as usual in the Lincoln
school gymnasium at 7 o'clock.
All players are requested to be
on hand for the workout.
Dry fall weather is bound to
curtail the famed Missouri
strawberry crop next spring, re
ported Alfred C. Brittain, state
agricultural statistician.
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Tonight
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CAGE SCHEDULE
Medford high's basketball
cagers, in good condition follow
ing their two-game split with
University high of Eugene over
the week-end, will undergo stiff
workouts this week in prepara
tion for their invasion of Klam
ath Falls for a pair of games
next Friday and Saturday
nights.
The Klamath Falls series will
inaugurate Southern Oregon
conference action for the Tigers,
the first tilt being of loop cali
bre and the second a king's-x
affair. Coach Russ Acheson said
today the entire squad was in
excellent shape, and that work
on the fast break would take up
much of the practice periou,
this week.
Rodney Stead, tiry guard,
will not be available for the
Klamath games as he won't b
eligible for conference or dis
trict competition until the sec
ond semester, which starts Jan
uary 15. However, Billy Piche,
regular on last year's state title
runners-up, will be ready to
play if needed. Piche, in con
trast to Stead, becomes inelig
ible with the start of the second
semester.
Medford's next home games
will be against Salem high's
state championship Vikings Jan
uary 19 and 20.
Pomona Grange
Pomona Grange
Jackson County Pomona
Grange will meet at Roxy Ann
Grange hall on Spring street,
just outside Medford, January
27 at 10 a. m.
The January Pomona meeting
is always the largest attended
of all meetings of the year and
we trust this meeting will be no
exception.
Names of the 1940 commit
tees will be published as soon
as received, and each commit
tee member will be notified.
Sympathy of the entire
Grange is extended to Past Po
mona master, Roscoe Robert,
and family, in the loss of his
mother, Ada M. Roberts, Po
mona member, on December 31
last.
Billfolds In Mail Boxes
St. Louis (U.R) Empty bill
folds figure prominently among
non-mail matter emptied from
mail boxes by postmen here.
Postal authorities say it appar
ently is a professional touch of
pickpockets to place the pocket
books in the boxes after remov
ing the money but leaving iden
tification cards.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads la 1:30 p. m.