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i PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUM) AT, DECEMBER 21, 1941. T h jwU s----. - fi-'. v -v-. :W . .. . . , .sTl iii ..in . r rv IS Eugene, Dec. 20. (IP) The Hoffman football award, a handsome gold wrist watch given annually to the outstand ing University of Oregon foot ball player, has been won by Curt Mecham, right halfback on the 1041 Webfoot squad, ac cording to an official announce ment made here tonight. The 21-year-old Bakersfleld. Cal., youth, the only married man on the team, took the nod over two strong contenders Ray Segale, guard from Seattle, and Bill Regner, end from Port land. Thirty squad members made the selection. It was the third annual award. Previous winners were Bob Smith, halfback from Med ford, and Dick Home, end from Long Beach in 1939 and 1940, respectively. Mecham, a transfer from Bak ersfleld, Cal., Junior college, was the leading ground gainer on the Pacific coast last year, bis first season with the Ore gons. Tex Oliver, his coach said, "I've never coached a better or more concientlous player. Curt played better football with a lame ankle than many good players at top condition. As far as defensive ability is concern ed, Curt was a fine tackier and opponents made few long gains in his territory. The record of his many intercepted, passes vouches for his pass defense. He Is also a good blocker. ICE ARENA PLANS Hockey play at the Medford I Ice arena will start shortly after I ATTENTION MEN Give cWxa Rmeicci Chiffon and Jj.15 SlieilV. toll Always Plenty of NYLONS At BURELSON'S Sites 8! a and 11 Experienced Sale You Solve Your MEDFORD BLDO. the first of the year. It wai an nounced yesterday by Sparkey Bourque, arena manager and professional, after the organlza tion of teams Friday night. About 30 players turned out for the practice session and team organization for the Southern Oregon Hockey association. The league will be made up of four teams, all local players, many of whom have had hockey ex perience In Canada or the east. The local players, after three practice sessions weekly for sev eral weeks, are hitting their stride now and are expected to provide some thrilling enter tainment when league play opens. Practice will continue through Christmas week, with turnouts on Monday and Friday at 6 p m. Bourque Invited the public to watch the practice sessions. CHAVEllFTl IN DUKE BATTLE Durham, N. C Dee. 20, (P) Eleven senior members of Oregon State's varsity squad have selected Martin Chaves, a Junior, to be their captain against Duke university here in the Rose Bowl game January 1. Chaves is regular right guard. Reason for this selection (a senior always has been selected by Coach Lon Stiner to handle the captain's duties before each game) Is that Chaves will go into the army air corps after the Rose bowl game. The seniors asked Coach Stiner to choose Chaves. He probably will not return to the Oregon State campus with the squad after the game. He is from Baker, Ore., and is 21 years of age. BEST WISHES Salem, Dec. 20. UP) Gover nor Charles A. Sprague today telegraphed best wishes to Coach Lon Stiner and his Oregon State college football team, which leaves Corvallls today for Dur hanv N. C, to meet Duke unl- versity In the Rose Bowl game January 1. Service Weight SJ.25 Ladies Wilt Help Gift Problems BURELSON'S LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR STORE High School Scores High Schools Roosevelt 22, Washington 18 (both Portland). Milwaukie 25, Columbia Prep 18. Willamette frosh 21, Tula mook 19. Baker 29, Mllton-Freewater 26. Eugene 42, Oregon City 37 Scappoose 30, Forest Grove 23. Parkrose 23, Woodburn 18. The Dalles 41, Pendleton 27. Camas (Wash.) 40, Chemawa 20. Central Catholic (Portland) 33, Tigard 17. ROBERlSfSTAR OF COAST GRIDS Los Angeles, Dec. 20. (AP) The football season Is over, the returns are in and the great est offensive star In the Pacific coast conference was Bobby Robertson of the University of Southern California. . Figures don't lie, especially when the clinching ones are kept by a strictly unbiased staff of statisticians, and here they are: Robertson, playing every po sition in the backfield, topped the conference in total offense, running and passing, with 969 yards. Frankle Albert of Stan ford was second, with 765, and Billy Sewell of Washington State third with 694. LAMPORT'S BOWLING TITLE Lamport's singles open holi day championship will be a new event for the Medford bowling alleys during the Yule season. Sponsored by Ed Lamport, the championship will start at 3 p. m. today and end on January 3. To the winner will go a trophy that must be won two years for permanent possession. There will be a prize also for the runner-up. Ust Msil rriBun wanl ads very pair aears the -qumy.TMtr Seal of lbs IKtlfC fabrics Ttttlng aa Mil, official labora tory ef lh National Mail Dry Good, At. aortatlna. All Gift Attractively Wrapped if you wish PHONE tilt TRAILING UCLAS WAKE UP, DEFEAT FL0RIDA30 TO 27 Scant Crowd Sees Coast Team Come From Behind To Victory. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 20. (AP) The Bruins from the Uni versity of California at Los An geles outlasted the Florida Ga tors, 30-27, today in an intersec tional grid thrilled before a scant crowd of 8.000. The Gators started off like a brush fire to build up a 20-6 lead and the fans resigned them selves to a walkaway. Then the Bruins came out of their hibernation and pushed over 24 points before Florida could recover. The Bruins had plenty of stars. Halfback Leo Cantor sparked the drives for the tying and winning scores with speed, powerful line smashes and flashy end runs. Florida drew first blood early in the game as Halfback Tommy Harrison passed to End Forest Ferguson for 28 yards and a touchdown. Paul Eller, Florida's placekick specialist, booted the extra point. The Bruins retaliated quickly. They recovered a fumbled Flor ida lateral on the five-yard-stripe and Fullback George Phillips bucked across for the touchdown on the second attempt. Snelling's conversion attempt failed. Halfback Jack Jones threw a touchdown pass to end Carl Mitchell, good for 44 yards in the second quarter. Eller failed to kick the extra point to put Florida ahead, 13-6. Jones then tossed one to Halfback Fondren Mitchell good for 51 yards and another touchdown and Eller's kick was good. The Bruins came right back for their second touchdown as Solar! brought hte kickoff out to his own 45, Waterf ield passed to End Milt Smith and Smith lat eralled to Guard Grubb who ran for a touchdown. Cantor caught fire early In the third to spark a drive to the Flor ida 13. Waterfield again passed to Smith, putting the ball on the Florida one, and Cantor bucked ! over for the touchdown. Snell :ng's kick tied the score. Cantor's 25-yard end run car led to the Florida one in the ourth quarter. Fullback Ray 'ierson plunged over to put J.C.L.A. ahead for the first time. Snelling kicked the extra point. A short time later he booted his field goal from a dif ficult angle to give the Bruins a 30-20 lead. AMERICANS BLAST Chungking, Dec. 20. (AP) The International air force, com poi-ed exclusively of fliers who resigned from United States air forces to defend the Burma Road, had its first clash with Japanese warplanes today and shot down four of them, it was reported here tonight. The American fliers were said by high Chinese quRrterj to have encountered ten Japanese -lanes detailed to raid Kunming, important terminal on the Bur r..i Road, and shot four of them out of Yunnan province skies without a loss to themselves. RACING Miami, Fla., Dec. 20. (.-P) Mrs. Q. C. Winfrey's long-shot Aboyne opened the Florida win !er racing season today by win ning a photo-finish victory in She featured $2,500 inaugural handicap before about 10,000 .'ans at Tropical Park. H. L. PRITCHARD CO. 126 North Front. Medford, Or. Specializing in Bearings for All Tractors Trucks Passenger Cars and Machinery PHONE 2020 NIGHTS 2019 TOP HONORS IN INT By Ned Llebmaa The Klamath Falls Pelicans swept four games and garnered three torphles Friday night in the first basketball Jamboree held In the Medford high gym. They beat Medford, 9-0; Grants Pass, 10-5; Roseburg, 6-3; and Ashland, 9-6, in succession. The Pelicans then copped the prize for making the most points, 34; the prize for holding their op ponents to the least markers, 14, and the trophy for being the best team on the floor. Al Weir substitute forward for the Tigers, won the foul shoot ing contest when he hit 18 out of 20 free throws. John Gray of Grants Pass with 15 baskets was second and Jandreau of Ashland third with 13 out of 20. The west squad emerged vic torious in the scoring when they defeated the eastern teams, 63 to 35, with Klamath accounting for a major portion of the tallies. Roseburg and Grants Pass opened the six-minute games with the Indians emerging on the long end of an 8 to 3 count. Captain Ed Hughes scored four points for the upstate team. Medford bowed to the Pell cans 9-0, being completely out played. Jim Bocchi, forward for the visitors, made five points. Roseburg beat Ashland, 6-3, and Klamath beat Grants Pass 10-5 to put the west ahead four games to none. Then Medford won its only game of the eve ning when it suddenly caught fire and stopped the Roseburg Indians, 8-3, with Wall and Hermen leading the attack. This was the only game the east won during the first half. With Russ Martindale canning five points. Grants Pass beat Ashland 9-8 to start the second half. Chet Fowler of the Griz zlies also made five points. Roseburg bowed before Klamath Falls 6-3 with the Indians mak ing all their points on foul shots. In one of the most thrilling games of the evening Ashland edged Medford, 7-5, when Bud Provost of the sister city inter cepted a Medford pass under his own basket and made the points Just as the horn blew ending the game. The T'.gers then took the floor again and bowed before the Grants Pass Cavemen 5-1. Klamath Falls and Ashland ended the games for the eve ning by battling to a 9-6 win for the Pelicans. It was a close hard-fought game with the height and scoring of Eugene Love, who made six points, deciding the outcome. Klamath looked the best of the teams, utilizing their height to advantage. Their two guards. Swanson and Bocchi, repeatedly sank long shots from the middle of the floor. Ashland, which won only one game, looked rjood. Roseburg. while much shorter than last year, showed form and the Grants Pass Cave men looked good In beating both Medford and Ashland. The Tigers seemed to have trouble passing and repeatedly lost the ball to the opposition because of this. Gama and ltnoups Include: Oranta Paae (3) Roorburt (81 Clayton, t Hughea.f 4 Strowbrlctge, f I Stephens, f a MertiTtdale, e James, c Svarton, f dimming, g Davis, f Nusa, 2 Medford (0) K. Palls (8) ROLLER SKATING SKATING HOURS Tue Thura., Sua.. 7 to 10 p. m Saturday 7:30 p. m. to 11 p. m. Admission 30e Ashland Rink BroeWrhoua, f 4 love. ( 1 Cox c awanaon. g Bocchi, a Baaeburf (6) Hughes, f 3 WlmberKy, f t James, e Meaaa, g Cummlnga 1 OranU Paas (I) Shrimp, t Latbrop. f Strowbrldge, f 1 Martindale, Havard, g 3 rT. f I K. Palls (10) Bcostarhoua, f Love, t 8 Bnlottt, ( Cos, e Bwanaon, g 1 Bocchi, g a Medford (8) Uontalth, t Herman, t 4 Wall, e 4 Pawcett, g Webber, g Adama, g Roeeburg (3) Bugbea, I I Baker, f Naaaa. ( 1 Wlmberly, f James, e 1 Cummlnga, g etephena, g Ashland (8) Jandreau ( 8 Provost, f Rath, c t Fowler, g 8 Bam. g Roeeburg (3) Cach, f Anderson, f Shoemaker, f Cummlnga, ( 1 Baker, f Jamea, c Keasa, g 1 Stephens, g 1 Wlmberley, g Ashland (7) Kannaato, f Fowler, f Dunn, e 3 Jandreau, g Provost, g 4 O. Paas (8) Shrimp, f Lathrop, ( 1 1'artlndale, e f Oniy, g a Havard, g Klamath Falla () Broaterhous, t Love, f a Cox, e Buiottt, e 8wanaon, g 8 Bocchi, g 3 Medford (5) Herman, f Krease, f 1 Neldermeyer, f Wall, e a Webber, g Reynolds, g 8 Fawcett, g O. Pants (5) Hhrlmp, f g Lathrop. f Martindale, o Oray, g 8 Havard, g K. Palls (8) Broaterhoua, f Love, t Cox, e Bocchi, g Swanson. g 8 Medford (1) Kreaae, f Herman, t 1 Wall, e Edwards, g Fawcett, g Ashland (8) Jandreau, t 3 Provoet, f 4 Dunn, o Fowler, g Smith, g COWBOY CHAMPION Salinas, Cal., Dec. 20. (Pi Homer Pettigrew of Grady, N. M., is the national cowboy champion. Pettigrew, a calf roper and steer wrestler, com piled 5,027 points during the 1941 season to replace Fritz Truan of Salinas, the Rodeo As sociation of America announced. Montana, f Kreeet, t Wall, t Herman, Reynolda, raweett, g Webber, f A ah land (3) Jandreau, t 1 Provoet. t I Dunn, e Rlgga, Fowler, f mil YOU MUST sme mm TIRES COME IN AND LET US HELP YOU We are tire experts. We are ready and eager to help you get thousands of addi tional miles out of your present tires. Therefore, we urge you to come today and i, as 2 Retread any tires that need new treads. If the tira bodies are sound, such tires can be retreaded. Our retreads are made of Goodyear materials by factory trained experts; and arc fully guaranteed. 3 Hire us rotata your tires to Increasa tread mileaga e aa much as 23. 4 Have us check tlra pressures. Too little pressura breaks down sidewalls. Too much pressura wears out center of tha tread. Come in today, or telephone us for an ap pointment if you want to be sure of the promptest attention. FU&EE (OOESLET! Whilfi Tll0V I 9t Com fr yur COPT of tha new illustrated II IIIIC I IICJ kadle booklet telling how you may get mora trouble free, economical miles out of your tires. MEDFORD SERVICE STATION "Your Tira Shop" C. C. Furnas, Proprietor Corner Main and Pacific Highway. Phona 2314 s L TITLE BOUT New York, Dec. 20. P The New York state athletic commission and the National Boxing association, which sel dom agree on anything, find themselves mutually stuck to day with Sammy Angott of Louisville, Ky., as the new lightweight boxing champion. Sammy, 27 next month, at least is a better fighter than Lew Jenkins, the gaunt one from Sweetwater, Texas, who had held the New York state 135-pound title since May of 1940. Sammy proved that much in Madison Square Garden Fri day night to the rousing dis satisfaction of 11,343 fans, who paid $26,816 to be bored stiff for 15 rounds. There probably have been worse championship fights, but not much. Angott, a little, dark fellow who has been recognized by the N.BA. as lightweight champion for nearly two years, had Jenkins over a barrel all the way. He won, conservative ly, 13 of the 15 rounds, large ly because he at least was do ing his best, which was none too good. The country's two main box ins bodies agreed before hand to recognize the winner as cham pion everywhere. IN AUTO MISHAP Francis E. Wilburn, 25, 905 East Tenth street suffered a frac ture of the left wrist in a head on collision of cars on South Riv erside avenue near Ninth street last night. Wilburn was in a ear opera tec' by Allen J. Beaton, 333 Maple street, as was John Shep ard. Hilt, Cal. The other car was operated by Arlet A. Anderson, Route 4, Box 180, police report ed. Anderson's car was far over the center stripe when the crash occurred, police said. Anderson suffered a small cut over the left eye. Edward B. Skeels, Auburn, ; J I - - . nvw year nrws emmincs now ror curs ana DruiSeS i that should be repaired Immediately. Our repairing it expert, guaranteed. Cal., operated a car that was struck in the front by the steps of the northbound passenger train last night at the Main street crossing. Skeels stopped to let the train go by but was too close to the tracks to avoid the steps, police said. The car was dragged two feet and its front was smashed. BULLETIN Chicago, Dec. 20. (AP) Af ter trailing most of the way, De Ptul University of Chicago ral lied to go ahead in the last two minutes and defeat the ' touring Oregon quintet, 27-23, in the Chi cago stadium. It was the first game of a double header with Northwestern and Pittsburgh matched in the second encounter. At Seattle: Washington State 47, Kansas State 22. Portland, Ore., Dec. 20. CAP) Oregon State college opened a transcontinental basketball tour tonight by defeating Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland, 47 to 31. University (Eugene) 18, Grants Pass 17. New York, Dec. 20. (P) . The hard hit British Mediter ranean island fortress of Malta, which went through its 106th air raid today, took time out to send a message to encourage ment to its beleagured brother fighters in Hongkong, The Brit ish radio said tonight. The message signed by Sir William Dobey, governor of Mal ta, said: "In the np.i.e of the people of Malta I send the warmest greet ings and sympathy. "Our hearts are with you in your gallant defense against the Japanese attacks." CBS heard the broadcast. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says two-thirds of the jobs in defense industries can be dona by women. Hae Hall rrioui want aJ. , t . 3! ill
