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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1941.
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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!
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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-
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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.
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Prices Skates for Rent
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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.
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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
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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
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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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Annapolis, Md., Dee. 22. (Pj
Commander John E. Whelch-
el, V. S. N., of Washington, D.
C, was named head football
coach of the U. S. navel academy
today, succeeding Major Lmery
E. (Swede) Larson, U. S. marine
corps.
Captain T. Starr King, naval
academy athletic director, said
the new gridiron mtntor would
assume his duties some time this
month.
Larson, head coach since De
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college at Newport, R. I., next
month.
Whelchel, executive officer of
the academy's ordnance and gun
nery department, was barkfield
coach this past season.
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