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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: District Quints Switch From Slow To Fast Breaks Bears Smash Giants, 37 to 9, for Pro Grid Championship Barnstorming Cage Quints Face Intersectional Games By Harold Claassen New York, Dee. 22. VP) This is the period of tinsel, hol ly wreaths, mistletoe and traveling basketball teams. Look at That Grip, Fellas! L Three yean ago not single district barketball team em ployed the fast break, or "fire alarm" system of offense made famous on the Pacific coast by Howard Hobson and his Uni versity of Oregon Webfoots. All three clubs. Me.iford, Grants Pass and Ashland, used the percentage system, taking it slow and easy and working the leather in close for cripple shots, or bombing the hoop from outside the defensive setup. Russ Acheson of the Tigers, Bkeet O'Comell of the Grizzlies and George Hibbard of the Cavemen were percentage sys tem coaches, and their teams re flected their respective coaches' views. . Now, however, as revealed by Friday nights successful Jam' boree, not a single dlstiict 4 quintet will employ anything but the spectacular fast break mode of attack Medford, Ashland. Grants Pass and Roseburg all display ed fast brtaks, some faster than others, but all technical ly and actually fast breaks in ' name and spirit. Acheson switched to the fast break two seasons ago, after graduation took those great ball' handlers Bill Piche, Don Mon- teith Bob Newland, Walt Kresse and "Jug-Hi.d" Miller. Ashland, changed over to the present system after O'Connell, transferring his mentoring du ties to Corvallis, was replaced by Jerry Gastineau. Grants Pass Is using the fast break for the first time this year, under the coaching of Ar nold Bernard, who succeeded Hibbard when the latter pluck ed a Portland high school men toring post. Roseburg which wasn't In the district three years ago, also has a new coach, Jim Davis. The Indians, however, used the fast break to a certain extent under Jim Watts last season, their first as members of this district. So, high school quintets of southern Oregon are following In the footsteps of their collegi ate brethern In tossing In the ashcan the outmoded pei cent age, slow break method of at tack. For which the customers should give thanks. That Jamboree showed that Medford has a mighty long and tough road ahead U It aspires to the championship and right to represent the dis trict in the state tournament which. Incidentally, will prob ably be staged in Salem again. The local lads were very, very ragged In their passing, ball handling and shooting, and with the exception of Captain Henry Herman and Bill Wall, they are smoller than usual. Wall ap peared still tied up from foot ball, and It may be a month or so before he loosens up. The Tigers have spirit and fight, of that there is no ques tion. And its still too early to make any outright predictions as to the success they can ex pect. For one thing, the locals went into the Jamboree without a pre-season game under their belts, while the other quints had plaved several games prior to the hoop circus. Acheson realizes the odds are stacked terribly high agairkt Ihe Titters capturl.ig the pennant, and he isn't afraid to say so. However, he Joes belle.e the club will win some district games and, of course, the hope burns In his hetrt that the Ben gals Just might pull an ups't and take the works. Klamath Tails, without a question, looked Ilka the class of the competing teams. They are big, fast, tough and have two grand scorers In Eugene Love and Jim Boorhl. But it must be remembered the Peli cans aren't membsra ol dis trict 4. so will not be threats to any of Ihe four cluhs In the district. Half-Jnklng and half serious, lanky Jean Eherhart the other nlgnt suggeste! what to this corner appears to be a startling but progressive Innovation in basketball officiating. The Southern Oregon College of Education rage tutor would revolutionize the method of of- Popular LEAD ONSLAUGHT Chicago Turns On Heat In Second Half Bob Snyder Boots 3 Field Goals. By Dave Hoff Chicago, Dec. 22. UP) Quarterbacks? The Bears had 'em. If it wasn't Sid Luckman passing, it was Bob Snyder kick' Ing field goals. That's the suc cess story of the two-yea r-chanv plon Chicago Bears that plus a couple of backs named George McAfee and Norm Standlee. The New York Giants thought the key to victory in the Nation al league title game was stop ping Luckman. But they dldn t stop him. Sid laid his passes on the line to set up the touch downs that counted, and the Giants simply couldn't weather the storm. While the 37 to 0 final score indicates the 1940 champions had an easy time repeating in yesterday's titular tilt, it wasn't quite a breeze. There was, for instance, the time when the clock read 7Vs minutes gone in the third period, and the score was tied at nine apiece. The main reason the Bears were in the running at that stage was Snyder, Luckman's replace ment. Bob booted three field goals a feat no player has per formed In title play since Jack Mandcrs of the Bears did it in 1933. 9-6 at Half Two of Snyder's field goals balanced George Franck's first period touchdown run for New York, after Tuffy Leemans had passed to him from the 31-yard line. Snyder's third three nointer gave the Bears a 9-8 halftime lead, an edge that didn't last long. For Ward Cuff, acclaimed for many years as a field-goal boot ing champion, laid one between the uprights early In we tnira period to tie the score, and the 13,341 spectators no one re ferred to them as a crowd weren't very sure the Bears had the stuff that won 10 of 11 league games and the western division playoff over the Green Bay Packers. But where Snyder had been doing the work, Ltfckman stepped in for his share, tic knifed a 23-yard aerial to dick Plasman and a 28-yarder to Johnny Slegal, who wound up on the Giants' eight. Standlee barged over from the three for the touchdown that sent the Bears merrily on their way. Spokane Righthander Purchased by Beavers Portland, Ore., Dec. 22 (AP Rollle Schefter, secretary of the Portland Pacific Coast league baseball club, announced today the purchase of Bob Kinnaman, 23, right-handed hurler, from Spokane. The Western International league pitcher won 23 games and lost 8 for his club last year and his earned run mark was 2.85 a game. flciatlng something on the or der of tennis. He would place an offlc'al on a stand high above each basket, and let them pall rule Infrac tions through an amplifier. There would be nobody on the playing floor but the 10 players, but along the sidelines would be other officials to take over the duties of tossing up the ball on held balls riving it to the proper team on out-of bound plays, and in general follow the instructions of trie officials seat ed on their lofty perches. Eberhart believes such an officiating system would make the game faster by elimina ting arbiters on the playing floor, leaving tne battleground entirely In the hands ol the pUyers. He also thinks the two officials would have a clearer view of every bit ol ectlen. and could call Infrac tions more accurately, "t think I'll try it out during one of our games this year," Eberhart said. Very interesting, Jean. AT MEDFORD'S NEW ICE ARENA Prices Skates for Rent .yV '-;v; M i Bat on shoulder, baby Joe DiMaggio 3rd looks at his dad, who was voted the athlete of the year in AP poll for his baseball playing with the New York Yankees. Their Interested spectator is Mrs. DiMaggio. ON LABOR POLICY Supreme Court Holds Wag ner Act Doesn't Prohibit Taking Sides in Issues. Washington. Dec. 22 (AP) The supreme court held today that a company might express 'its view on labor policies or problems" . without necessarily being guilty of coercing its em ployes In violation of the Wagner Act. The court said that the law contained no injunction against expressions by employers but that under certain circumstances such utterances, in conjunction with other acts, might constitute Illegal coercion. Justice Murphy made this as sertion In a 7 to 0 opinion return ing to the labor board litigation Involving the Virginia Electric Light and Power company for "a redetermination of the issues in the light of this opinion." The board had found that a union of company employes was a company dominated union but the supreme court said that this conclusion "seems based heavily under findings which are not free from ambiguity and doubt." "We belleve.'T the onlnlnn arid. ed, "that the board, and not this court, should undertake the task of clarification." Explaining? that the board spe cifically found that a bulletin is sued by the company and an ad dress read by company officials interfered with, restrained and coerced" the employes, the opin ion aartea: May Express Views "The company strongly urges that such a finding is repugnant to the first (freedom of speech and press)) amendment. Neither the (Wagner) act nor the board's order here enjoins the employer from expressing its view on la bor policies or problems, nor is a penalty imposed upon it be cause of any utterances which it has made. "The sanctions of the act are Imposed not In punishment of the employer but for the protection of the employes. The employer in this case is as free now' as ever to take any side it may choose on this controversial issue. "But certainly conduct, thouKh evidence In part by speech, may amount In connec tion with other circumstances to coercion within the meaning of the act. If the total activities of an employer restrain or coerce his employes in their free choice, then those employes are entitled to the protection of the act." ENROLLMENT DROPS Seattle. Dec. 22. W) The University of Washington today reported its winter quarter en rollment at 8.400, a drop of about 2,000 compared with last year, and Registrar Irvln Hoff laid the drop to uncertainty about being drafted for armed service after enrollment and fee paying, and to large numbers volunteering for service. CARPENTERS SEE THE NEW SKILSAW Dependable Light Powerful (T-.P HANSEN HARDWARE 4 . -M: " t Jr. ' II E. POINT B! JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville, Dec. 22 (Spl.) With Bob Smith scoring 16 points, the Jacksonville high Redskins defeated Eagle Point high, 31 to 18, at Eagle Point, Friday night in a practice game. Stanley led the Eagle Point scorers with seven tallies. The winners trailed by a score of 8 to 10 at halftime, but ran wild in the last two periods. Jacksonville also won the pre liminary game, 18 to 8. The two teams will play a return game at Jacksonville Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. Washington. Dec. 22. (JP) Lieutenant Commander Paul C. Smith of San Francisco became press relations officer of the navy department today. He is on leave from the position of editor and general manager of the San Francisco Chronicle. He succeeds Lieutenant-Commander Wallace S. Wharton of Salem, Ore. Wharton, who is on leave from his job as state tax commissioner of Oregon, will remain in the office of pub lic relations, acting as liaison with other governmental activi ties. Both Smith and Wharton are naval reserve officers. Klamath Pointer Wins Second In Dog Trials Fresno, Calif., Dec. 22.. Humboldt Star Girl, a pointer owned by Porter L. Hackney of Fresno and handled by Ronald Masters of Yakima, Wash., won first place yesterday In the open all-age stake of the Central Cali fornia Field Trial association's seventh annual competition. Second was Caldawna. a point er owned by John Coffman, Klamath Falls, Ore., and han dled by E. Allen Sharpe, Wil lows. Blackout In Salem Termed Effective Salem, Dec. 22. (IP) Salem's half-hour practice blackout at 9:30 p. m. last night was effec tive, civilian defense officials said today. The test was ordered to test the city's new alarm system. Police and fire sirens and fac tory whistles could be heard in all sections of the city. EIGHTH SHIP Portland. Dec. 22 (P) The Oregon Shipbuilding corporation launched the Philip Livingston, its eighth ship, yesterday. The ninth, the Alexander Hamilton, will go down the ways next Sunday. 7 TERMS PRICE OF SUGAR Washington, Dec. 20. (IP) Sugar prices were "frozen" by the government today at cur rent levels. The Office of Price Adminis tration placed temporary emer gency ceilings on primary and wholesale prices of all forms of refined and other "direct con sumption" sugar which it said should "remove any reason for higher retail sugar prices." The price fixing order Is ef fective immediately and applies to all cane and beet sugar pro ducts sold for direct consump tion except blackstrap molasses, high test molasses, and cane su gar syrup. It fixes maximum prices for sales by primary producers and. in addition, forbids whole salers to raise prices higher than the highest price charged be tween December 1 and Decem ber 8. Ingram's BlendedjUhisaeg I m m afjAORAM'S cnew A delightfully mild-taiting whiskey.. .Seagram keeps the toughness oat.. .blends extra pleature In. Seagram's S Crown is ideal for a highball, Manhattan er Old Fashioned. rj4 Cv'i Xmtrtl SpOtu. MJ hl Rich and fuU-flartired without a Mace of heavbiet, this exquisite whiskey Is delicious in a highball, an e eg nog. punch or a Tom and Jerry. Here is Seagram's finest American whiskey. v S Crate .Viwra SpHu M I rVwf Sam Barry's hoosier-flavored Southern California squad leaves today for a cross country Junket that winds up Saturday night in a meeting with Long Island University. From the southwest comes Rice, the Rocky Mountain area contributes Colorado and Wyoming to the commuters, while Oregon State and Wash ington also head east. Cornell is all set for a holiday trip to the midwest. California entenalns a barnstorming Mis souri quintet tonight, Utah charges into the plains country, and Bradley Tech repays the compliment by visiting the mountains. All in all the comintf two weeks will be ones of time tables, field goals and free throws for various college stu dents while their non-athletic brethren are at home absorbing mother's cooking. On the west coast either Ore gon State or Washington is ex pected to replace Washington State while in the southwest conference Rice and Arkansas are favored for the title the Raz orbacks held undisputedly a year ago. In the east Dartmouth seems headed for its fifth straight Ivy league flag. Long Island, Rhode Island state and City College of New York are other eastern powerhouses. Iowa State, defending co champion, looms as the Big Six titlist with Oklahoma and Kan sas always in the running. Ten nessee, as long as it has Bernie Mehen, is the choice in the southeastern circuit. Hogan Regains Form In $5,0C0 Tourney; Picard Still Leads Harlingen, Tex., Dec. 22 (IP) Stretch-runner Benny Hogan, j the little man who's always ; there at the finish, was back in 1 the thick of the battle for the $5,000 Valley open title today. The Hershey, Pa., mighty mite takes the hard way but It only makes him the most talked-about guy In a tournament whether he wins it or not. Lean Henry Picard held to the leadership as the field swung In to the stretch but Hogan's blaz ing 65 six under par in yes- i Since Seagram itnatD winner sucaiMnTTLus cesreTto. rrw toik. . T. terday's 18 holes warned the Ok lahoma City professional he had a fight on his hands to the last putt It pushed Hogan into a tie for third place with four others, all five strokes back of Picard who had a 64-67131. In second place, just a stroke off Hogan and his comrades, was apple-cheeked Byron Nelson of Toledo, who slipped to a 70 yes terday but still managed a 135 total. Fifty-nine top pros and eight top amateurs will be it) the 36 hole finals today. TIE-UP Petersburg, Ind., Dec. 22. (IP) Deputy Sheriff Norman Dick son drove 10 miles from his home to his office here and then got a hurry-up call to return. Dickson's three-year-old grand son, Eldon De Wayne Dickson, had locked his legs together with the officer's handcuffs. 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