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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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TOP HONORS IN
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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)
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James, e
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OranU Paas (I)
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Bnlottt, (
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Bwanaon, g 1
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Cox, e
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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.
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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,
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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.
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