MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940.
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Billy Hulen layi: -
Joe Smolinski
Southpaw Champ
of Grapple Ring
All sports fans are Interested
In title-holders, 80 today we
would like to present for your
approval the left-handed, re
verse English champion of the
Mcdford armory wrestling
arena one Joseph Smolinski,
sometimes called the Polish Pa
looka and other times called
worse than that.
Mr. Smolinski, a large, chub
by, baby-faced Individual, Is to
wrestling what Tommy Farr is
to boxing. He is to the grapple
industry what Knox college
used to be to football and what
UCLA currently is to basket
ball. Joseph is, to put it right
bluntly, the goldurndest also
ran of all the gladiators Mack
Lillard ever has brought to this
village.
It has been so long since
.Joseph emerged victorious in an
armory scuffle that people have
began to lay wagers on how
long it will take his opponent
of the evening tq press Joe's
shoulders firmly to the mat.
The hair on Joseph's shaggy
head is becoming tinged with
grey in waiting for the time
when he will stride victoriously
to the dressing room,
As per our recent promise we
delved back through the musty
files In search of the glorious
date of Joseph's last mat tri
umph, and Just as our weary
eyes were about to give out en
tirely it hit us smack in the face
April 24, 19301 Eight and one
half months agol
On that evening in the Med
ford armory Mr, Joseph Smo
linkl, with the Jeers of the mul
titude ringing in his ears, alao
ped down one Pete Belcastro
twice and made the latter give
up under the pain of Boston
crab holds. Belcastro had won
the first fall with a surfboard,
but Joe was not to be denied
and came roaring back to defeat
the Italian bad man.
Since that red letter eve In
the life of Joseph Smolinski
he has staggered to the post
exactly 11 times In the local
grapple emporium. And on
not one of those 11 occasions
has Joseph got his man. In
stead, they have got him, and
plenty. In fact, down that
long stretch of 11 matches over
a period of eight and one-half
months, Joseph has managed
to obtain only (our falls. His
opponents, on the other hand,
have accumulated 21 tumbles.
And Joseph has not been
choosy in the brother wrestlers
he loses to. Ten different mat
men have pinned him solidly to
the carpet; only one, Sgt. Bob
Kenaston, having the honor of
beating him twice. The others
went against Joe Just the one
time.
Starting on May 1, the date
which inaugurated Joseph's sen
sational ll-brawl losing streak,
here is the chronological history
of the drive which has crowned
our Joe southpaw champion of
the local grappling kingdom:
May 1 lost to Bob Kenaston,
no falls to two.
May 8 lost to Marshall Car
ter, one fall to two.
May 15 lost to Pete Belcas
tro, no falls to two.
July 31 lost to Dude Chick,
no falls to one.
August 7 lost to Bob Kenas
ton, no falls to two.
August 28 lost to Franklc
Hale, no falls to two.
September 1 1 lost to
Venablc, one fall to two.
September 18 lost to
Billy
Hans
Sclmlz, no falls to two.
September 25 lost to Dave
Levin, one fall to two.
October 2 lost to Speedy La
Rance, one fall to two.
January 8 lost to King Kong
Clayton, no falis to two.
Tonight, in the armory, Jos
eph faces a nice Finnish boy by
the name of Zlm Zimovich. And
he can rest assured that, to a
man and woman, fans will be
cheering him on to a continu
ance of the string of consecu
tive "victories" he has manu
factured. ELWOOD COOKE GAINS
FLORIDA TENNIS TITLE
Orlando. Fla., Jan. 15 (Tt
Ehvood Cooke needs only one
more Florida state tennis tour
nament singles championship to
claim permanent possession of
the meet's trophy.
The Portland. Ore., star,
ranked sixth nationally, gained
his second leg on the cup yes
terday by defeating Henry Pru
soff of Seattle. Wash., 8-4, 8-1,
6-4. In the finals.
Wayne Sabin, another Pacific
coast star, also has two victor
ies to his credit in the local
tournament.
Cloftlnn ttnif fjr T.xj Lata to Claa
atir Ada la i -so p. m.
Prince,
IISTER MATIN
TO MATCH CLEAN
Chick Will Face Montgomery
in Center Bout; Smolinski
and Finn Meet in Opener
A pair of super-grappling
smoothies, Prince Silaki Mehali
kls and King Kong Clayton, toe
the mark in the one-hour armory
main event this evening, wind
ing up an all-star program the
first two-thirds of which are ex
pected to furnish satisfaction to
the most blood thirsty local fan.
It will be ladles night again,
and for every ringside or bal
cony ticket purchased a free one
will be given to admit a femi
nine customer. Promoter Mack
Lillard expects a near-capacity
crowd to turn out for the new
year's second mat carnival.
First Two Rough
The rough-house activity will
be provided by the first two
bouts, In which Joe Smolinski
will attempt to stretch his losing
streak to 12 straight against Zlm
Zimovich in the opener, and
Cowboy Dude Chick will tangle
with Bob Montgomery in the
center match. Smolinski and
Montgomery are the villlans In
these two brawls.
Mchalikls, making his first
start here lost Mondoy night in
throe years, defeated Cowboy
Dude Chick, and will enter the
ring an "even up" choice to
down the sensational Negro from
Birmingham. Clayton, a great
piece of grappling machinery,
won from Smolinski' on the last
program.
The main event is figured to
be one of the best exhibitions of
straight wrestling witnessed here
In many months. JVIchalikis and
Clayton both are masters of
every scientific maneuver in the
book and there Is certain to be
no rough stuff attempted. Both
like to win, but they draw the
line at getting out of line.
A great amount of interest will
be centered on the opening bout
between Smolinski and Zimo
vich, the popular Finnish wres
tler. Smolinski has not won a
ratch here In e one-half
months, during which time he
has dropped 11 consecutive ver
dicts, and clients will be Inter
ested to see whether Joe can
make It an even dozen.
TED FOR SOUTHERN
San Francisco, Jan. 15 (IPi
Southern California's Trojans
were off to an auspicious start
today In their campaign for the
southern division title in the Pa
cific Coast conference basket
ball race.
They bowled over University
of California, division champion
last year, 49 to 38 and 56 to
49, in their two-game series Fri
day and Saturday nights at Los
Angeles, and did the Job with
the finesse that marked their
highly-successful eastern tour.
Stanford, meantime, was rout
ing the University of California
at Los Angeles Bruins, 53 to 38
and 40 to 36, In a pair of games
at Palo Alto that stretched the
U.C.L.A. losing streak to 2!) de
feats in conference play.
Southern division standings:
w. L. t)T Asm.
So. California 1 0 103 8S
Stanford a 0 as 74
Clltornl 0 a 8J 10S
V. C. L. A 0 a 1 S
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With enough snow finally on
the ground to make skiing fair
ly good. Crater Lake national
park attracted the largest at
tendance of the 1940 winter
season yesterday. Snow depth
Is still somewhat below normal.
Park visitors yesterday num
bered 930 persons in 230 auto
mobiles. Of the visitors. 6S6
went to the park to engage in
winter sports. 214 to view the
winter sights and 26 to reduce
travel distance by using the
park as a short-cut in getting
to their destinations, ranger
records showed.
Attendance for the week
Monday to Saturday, Inclusive,
was 203 persons. Added to
Sunday's total, this gave an at
tendance of 1 139 persons for
the entire week through yesterday.
CloUnjr unit for rrai UM to c"l
It? kit it I SO p. m.
Clayton
Versatile Prince Mehalikis OAKLAND TOURNEY
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Not only U Prince Mehalikii (above) quite a wrestler; he can
alio beat out a nifty tune on the pipe organ, as he is doing in the
above picture. The Prince faces King Kong Clayton in to
night's main event in the Med ford armory.
FOUR-GAME ROAD
TRIP SLATED FOR
LEADING BEAVERS
By the Associated Press
Those tough country gentle
men from Corvallis, with the
basketball leadership of the
northern division of the Pacific
coast conference In their hands,
pay a visit to Pullman tomor
row that may have i let to do
with turning a leadership Into a
championship before it is over.
Early as it is in the confer
ence cage season, Oregon State
has already demonstrated pow
er enough to stop Oregon and
Idaho; and the lads who figure
things out In advance have al
ready discounted the University
of Washington city slickers as
serious threats for the title
Hence, what Washington State
does against the Beavers tomor
row night and Wednesday may
be more important than It seems
for If Washington State can't
stop the Oregon State boys, who
can?
The two Pullman games are
the headliners of the week's
cage program, although Oregon
State gives Idaho two more
chances at Moscow Friday and
Saturday. Washington, idle near
ly two weeks in conference com
petition, ploys host Friday and
Saturday to defending cnampion
Oregon at Seattle.
The standings:
W. L. For Agst
Oregon State 3 0 125 105
Oregon 2 1 121 103
W.S.C 2 1 126 103
Washington ..l 1 74 89
Idaho 0 5 171 217
THREE AAU TILTS
Three AAU basketball league
clashes are slnted for Tuesday
night. Salvation Army and
Southern Pacific meeting In the
Medford junior high gym at
7:30, First National Bankers
and Lost River Dairy playing
an hour later on the same flooi
and the Little Sons facing
Lewis Super Sen-ice on the
SOCE maple in Ashland at
7 30.
Saturday night, the Little
Sons grabbed a thrilling 42 to
38 win from the First National
Bank In a preliminary to the
SOCK Klamath All-Star game
in Ashland. Bub Wilson scored
12 points for the Bankers.
Vtt Mill TttbuiM ut us.
Battle in Main
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BORCHER MAY GET
MOTION DUE TO
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 15. fP)
Coach Howard Hobson of the
title - defending Oregon Web
foots prepared today to make
over his lineup because of what
he considered its poor exhibi
tion against Oregon State last
Friday.
Hobson said that Vic Town
send, hustling guard who made
14 points against the Orange
men, and John Dick, veteran
center, would stay put but Red
McNeely and Ted Sarpola, for
wards, and Matt Pavalunas.
guard, would be demoted to the
reserve list at least during prac
tice for games- this week end
with Washington.
Paul Jackson, George An
drews and Toivo Pilpo will be
tried extensively in Pavalunas'
position, Hobson said. Unless
Ted Sarpola emerges speedily
from his scoring slump he will
sit tho next few games out
while his place is taken by
either Hank Anderson or Earl
Sandness.
Bill Borcher looked like the
most serious menace to Mc
Neely. He played his first vars
ity game last Friday.
I IDAHO VETERAN LEADS
Eugene. Jan. 15. (Jp Roy
Ramey, veteran University of
Idaho forward, clung to the
northern division basketball
scoring lead today, but his 47
point total was only 10 more
than the 37 scored by Paul
Llndeman of Washington State
in two less games.
Vic Townscnd. sparkplug
university of Oregon guard.
; holds down the third position
with 31 points. Townscnd. in
i clrientally. hasn't been charged
J with a personal four In the
I three games he has played to
i date.
Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 15.
I A slight earthquake at 4:22
! a. m. today was registered on
i the University of California
, seismograph, Dr. Perry Byerly,
i seismologist, reported.
He said the shock apparently
, centered about five miles from
Berkeley along the Hayward
' fault. There was no damage.
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WON BY DEMARET;
HAEFNERFALTERS
Haefner Hits Ball in Three,
Then Dubs Four-Inch
Putt; Winner Earns $2100
By Russ Newland
Oakland, Calif., Jan. 15. m
Texas Jimmy Demaret, with
$1,200 in his pocket and a new
title added to his professional
golfing feats, was the toast of
the Oakland open tournament
today but the man that more
people were talking about was
the one who not only tried to
climb a tree but missed a four
inch putt.
Without taking a speck of
credit from Demaret, who fin
ished in par equaling figures
for the Sequoyah course, a 35-35-70
test, the final round of
the 72-hole medal play open
was mainly written around the
amazing exploits of bulky Clay
ton Heafner of Linville, N. C.
Last Nine Disastrous
For 63 holes Heafner had
paced the field two strokes
ahead of his nearest rival
which happened to be Demaret.
On the last nine things began
to happen. Heafner and Demar
et were playing in the three
some. On the 147 yard 12th, the
man from North Carolina
lofted his ball into trie branches
of a big tree. When It didn't
drop down, its boss started to
climb up after it.
The pellet plopped to the
ground. Heafner whacked it
over the green. He stuck a chip
shot up to within a worm's
length of the cup then casually
gave the ball a one handed
swipe. To his utter astonish
ment It missed the hole. The
five, against Demaret's par 3.
put the pair on exactly even
terms sharing the lead with
six holes to go.
The top contenders halved
the last two holes which left
Demaret holding a check for
$1,200 and Heafner one for
$583.33 as the result of a three
way tie for second place.
Boy Breaks Arm
During Heafner's 12th hole
tree shinning and putt-missing
incidents, a small boy became
so excited he fell into a ditch
and broke his arm.
Heafner, Horton Smith of
Oakpark, 111., and Ben Hogan
of Whiia Plains, N. Y., divided
second money with scores of
2R2.
Dick Metz of Oakpark. 111.,
winner of last year's Oakland
tournament, followed with 283.
BY JUDGE LANDIS
By Tom Siler
Chicago, Jan. 15. (P) Com
missioner Kenesaw Mountain
Landis. who always has the last
word in organized baseball, has
spoken again, and as a result the
far-flung farm system of the De
troit Tigers is a mere shambles.
Landis, In a voluminous and
strongly-worded report handed
down yesterday, wrecked the in
tricate "chain-gang" setup of the
American league club and warn
ed all baseball executives of
even more severe penalties for
similar rules infractions in the
future.
He charged Detroit and affili
ated clubs used "fake agree
ments," "false certificates of
club relationships," "cover-up"
deals and similar practices in
operation of a farm system.
Free agency was awarded 91
players, valued at close to $500.
000. including pitchers, Lloyd
Dieti and Steve Rachunok, in
fielder Benny McCoy and Out
fielder Roy Cullenbine of the
Detroit club. The nther 87 were
scattered among 15 minor league
clubs.
Bob Hardy, southpaw pitcher
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10 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.
- Event
from Ashland who was (signed
by Detroit last spring an-d sent
to the club's farm team at Beau
mont in the Texas league, said
today that, so far as he knew,
he was not affected by the Judge
Landis ac'.ion. Hardy said he
expected to receive his 190 con
tract some time in February, and
would leave for Beaumont for
spring training about March 1.
Gale Smith and Ford Mullen,
two other University of Oregon
players who were signed by De
troit along' with Hardy, have
been recalled by Beaumont from
Jacksonville in the East Texos
league, Hardy said, and would
probably be with the Texas loop
club the coming season.
BASKETBALL
Correction
In an AAU league basketball
game In the Medford senior high
school gym Friday night, Gold
Hill beat Prospect, 34 to 21, In
stead of Prospect defeating Gold
Hill by that score, as announced
Sunday.
Officer Acquitted
In Shooting Girl
Mauch Chunk, Pa., Jan. 15.
(JP) Corp. Benjamin Frank
lin found vindication today for
the fatal shots he fired Into the
body of 14-year old Joan Stev
ens in his acquittal on murder
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The various forms of "group"
or prepaid medical care were
described by Dr. Edwin R. Dur
no, Medford physician and sur
geon, in a talk at the weekly
luncheon-meeting of the Ki
wanis club In the Hotel Med
ford today.
The merits and deficiencies
of the various plans were out-
1 lined by Dr. Durno and atten
tion was called to the pioneer
ing of Jackson county physic-
ians and surgeons in organiza
Ition of their own pre-paid med
ical service association three
years ago.
Other club guests today were
C. P. Wessela, Dr. Walter
Hoppe, Dr. O. J. Halboth and
H. B. Murphy. Robert Bauman,
president, presided. Roy R. Har
per was program chairman.
and manslaughter charges re
sulting from her death.
From Mrs. Mayme Stevens,
mother of the slain girl, came
1 me comment, i iusi ueavjtj.
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out and kill other children."
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near the fairground early Sun
day morning, Mrs. Delia Steven
son, 48, sustaining a severe scalp
laceration and Mrs. Olive Mc
Daniels, 48, suffering bruises
and shock.
Mrs. Stevenson, after spend
ing several hours in a Medford
hospital, was released to return
to her home.
According to police reports,
the two injured women, Jerry
Warren of Ashland and S. J.
Overstreet of Medford were oo
cupants of a car involved In a
mishap with a vehicle driven by
Orrin David Day, 33, of Eagle
Point. None of the other persons
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The report said that Day at
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