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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942. Sport Graphs o Billy Iiulcn Says: Hockey Circuit Wiil Start Here Middle of Month Under the direction of Denny EdTe. new manager of the Med' ford Ice Arena, ice hockey will shortly be focused on the local sports screen. The former professional hock ey star, who last year managed the Spokane Bombers to the Pa cific Coast league hockey cham pionship, plans to inaugurate play in a three-team amateur league about the middle of this month. The local circuit originally was to Include four clubs, but . Edge wisely lopped off one team In order to give local (am a better brand of hockey. "Ice hockey is entirely new In Medford," Denny explained, "and right now I don't believe we have enough good players to s.-rt with a four-team league. Operating with three outfits, though, the' competition will be keener, as every team will be stronger." Some three dosen local skaters have been working out for the past month and Edge says many of them show prom Ue of developing into fine hockey players. Sponsors for the teams'aro being lined up. It's Denny's plan to stage one game a week, with the team drawing a bye one week to see action the next against one of the other clubs. Younger skaters who also would like to play hockey will get their chance. Starting next Saturday morning Edge will or ganize a Junloi hockey class, and 11 grade and Junior high school skaters are invited to attend the to 10 a. m. session. Edge said the youngsters would have to provide only their e n skates and sticks; that the Arena would furnish the other equipment. Instruction will be free, as will the time on the Ice. Ice hockey, often called the world's fastest game, has In re cent years progressed to the "blitz attack," much the same as basketball, Denny remarked. The art ol clever stick han dling and tight defensive play bat gone out the window, Present day hockey demands peed, lightning offensive ma neuvers and scoring. The fans want scores and more scores. When I played, seldom did the defensive men go down the Ice to attack. Nowadays, only the goalie stays back, and sometimes even he is sent down the Ice to aid the at tacking team." Edge revealed the Interesting Information that 80 per cent of the nation's artificial ice skating Is done on the Pacific coast, and that California, which is usually associated with warm-weather sports, has more artificial Ice than any other slate. Arriving here ever the week end was Danny Stewart of Port land, who will act as Ice-maker and supervisor for the Arena. Stewart has been associated with Edge for the past dozen years, and is called by Denny "the best ice maker on the Pa cific coast." 6KI NOVICE Portland, Ore., Jan. 5 (APV Bill Woolly, Tacoma Ski club, raced down a Mount Hood course of nearly four miles In 8 32.2 minutes yesterday to win the Junior novice title In the annual Portland dny ski races. Portland ers won all other races. N Mall TTibun want tde. Popular WATCH FOR IT I Ml Chicago 1 HALAS DROPS TWO GRAND IN CLASH FOR NAVY RELIEF Slim Crowd Fails To Put Game In Black Score ' Biggest In Tilt's History By Bid reder New York, Jan. 6 (JPi In the name of sweet charity and by way of proving that his Chi cago Bears are Just about the greatest gridiron collection ever turned loose to prowl Jumping George Hales' bankroll showed a $8,000 hole today for two all star games. George, mind you, had a lot of satisfaction from the way those apples of his eye knocked over the National Pro-Football league all-stars two years in a row, turning In a 89-24 decision yesterday in the Polo Grounds for the second one. But the red Ink is getting to be quite an Item. A year ago, Halaa took bis big Bears out to sunny Califor nia and blew $3,800 of his own while turning In a 28-14 win over the All-Stars. Yesterday George brought the thundering herd into the local National league ballyard because of the war, and in the process of be coming a set of mud-covered snowmen the pro league champs rolled up the biggest score aver marked up In this four-year series. 17.728 Attend The choice of freezing few toes apiece or staying home by the fireside resulted in a cozy gathering of only 17,723 fans. This produced a net gate of $31,050.67, of which the navy fund got $29,529.84. Out of the balance came some $3,800 rental for the park and $8,200 for the 28 all stars each of whom collected $150 and expenses. What was left. after George paid hit men and a few Incidentals represented an estimated loss of a couple of thousand iron men. So, George won the ball game and proved his point about his Gollaths, but he paid for It. For that matter, so did ue All Stars. Don Hutson, Oreen Bay's pass-catching end, wound up with a broken rib; Frank Filchock, Washington ball-carrier, had two of the same: and SlingirT Sammy Baugh had to have four stitches taken in Ms Jaw. This, of course, was after Sammy had spear-headed the All-Star attack, pitching for all three of the All-Star touch downs. T New York, Jan. 5 Pl Babe Ruth, who batted his way to a salary greater than that paid the president of the United States, was resting comfortably today and recovering rapidly from the extreme nervousness that necessitated his removed to a hospital early Saturday. Mrs. Ruth, wife of the man who once was paid $80,000 a year for playing baseball, said "he was getting along tine" and that she expected him to be re leased late this week. A narrow escape In a car acci dent during the holidays, when his car was wrecked, and a heavy dieting program during which he lost 37 pounds In a few weeks brought about the nervousness, a physician said. Ruth also is suffering from a heavy cold. 325 GAMES BOWLED IN 56 HOURS, MAN CLAIMS Los Angeles, Jan. 6. TV A new world non-stop bowling ma: k of 88 hours Is clslmed by Frank Stiller. He completed a 323-game marathon yesterday, with an average score of 132. Stiller said that once previously he had bowled continuously for 83 hours, 29 minutes. AT MEOFORO'S NEW !CE ARENA Prices Skates for Rant Bears Scorch All-Stars r ' ' .'11 flV . 1 - A ' IT'S I f i ' ' ' " ? J t . t" f ? fl , M -'Aft 4 A ri f CALL FOR YAWLS With the 13tb annual salllni race from St. Petersburf. Fla to Havana. Cuba, set for March 7, the yawl "Waukeva," an entry from Harknrss Edwards of Lexlnfton, Kv. lakes a practice run off the SL retersburc coast. Navy Relief To In Louis-Buddy Baer Fight . By Austin Bealmear New York, Jan. 5 -HP) Joe Louis, who wound up with a knot on his head, an argument pocket the last time he tied into Buddy Baer, risks his heavy weight title against the Californ Ian again Friday night with nothing but thanks as his reward. The champion expects to earn twice as much as he did before, in about half the time, but he's giving it all away. Win, lose or draw, Louis will donate his end of the purse to the navy relief society, which takes care of the families of navy men felled in action. If the gate reaches $223,000, the goal set by Promoter Jacobs, the Bomber's share will be around $80,000. And all that he'll take, under an agreement reached long before Pearl Har bor waa attacked, will be his training expenses. Baer is turning part of his oursa back to tne navat tuna and Jacobs Is working for noth ing. It took Louis six rounds to finish the Job in Washington, D. C, last May, after Baer had bounced the champion on his head In the opening frame. Baer was disqualified by Referee Arthur Donovan when Buddy's manager, Ancil Hof'man, re mained in the ring to claim a foul after the seventh round was scheduled to start. Although Louis had floored Baer twice in the sixth. Hoff man protesfed that his man had been hit after the bell. The argu ment that followed lasted for days, but capital boxing officials sided with Donovan. This time, Louis says, there'll be no room for argument. He has bean powdering his sparring mates with terrific blows at his Greenwood Lake training camp, and his handlers say he will be the Louis of old when he crawls through the ropes at Madison Square Garden for the 23-round tussle at 7 p. m. PST. DaWSOn VVinS SOUlnerni California Golf Meel Los Angeles, Jan. 9 W) For the first time since 1939 when Pat Abbott raptured the south ern California open golf title an amateur has deleated the pro fessionals in an open tourna ment. Johnny Dawson shot a 72 hole total of 27$ to beat Willie Hunter, sharpest shooter among the pros, by eight strokes In the Woodland Hills open. Dawson finished yrsterday with a par 70 for a 93-70-74-70279. Porlerfisld Captures Singles Bowling Toga Dick Porterfield yesterday cap tured the first Lamport's open V 7 ? ' ' I '"b. th will be dcfeatlrg Bill Hagen In a five k fe ,utomobi:, to c1rvallls game match. .012 to 932 Hefor , .j, d(aled gained possession of the hand- 'sU.eetg vuniv irupny ur one car. ai must be won twice for perma JZ7, ?. . 224, 220, 223, 17 and 170, Hagen's scores were 191, 183 and 211. 184, 1!8, Cm Mu Itmuat ul xla. .. , trr wHaiw fir. ... : .. . . 5 j- Be Winner on his hands and $40,000 in his MUST BE SPEEDY OR TALL TO STAR By Harold Claassen New York, Jan. 5. W) Af ter Dr. James Naismlth tacked up those peach baskets at Springfield, Mass., and invented basketball a half century ago rivals immediately classified it as a game for misfits. But today a coach labels his players as misfits only when they can march through an average-sized door without ducking or are so slow that a rumor can beat them down the floor. Right now two teams In op posite corners of the nation the University of Washington and Rhode Island State appar ently have a corner on the speed while mezzanine - peeping for wards and centers are common in all parts. It Is In the middle west and the southwest where the giants are plentiful. Charles Halpert. the six-foot-10-inch center, help ed his West Texas mates to the Oklahoma City tournament championship and now the enormous Buffaloes are en route to Illinois where equally potent Bradley Tech will be eneiunter ed Tuesday. Stanford on the west coast Is attracting attention with a line- Inches; Minnesota Is dr bollng aiong unneieaiea in tne Big Ten; Iowa State relies on six foot-seven-inch Card Schneider; Long Island has big Hank Been ders, and George Washington of fers equally big Matt Zunic. Corvallls. Jan. 8. -!P) The returning Oregon State Rose Bowl football team will be greeted by a large crowd at the Albany railroad depot Thursday at 5 15 a. m. Players will be guests at a breakfast staled by the Albany Chamber of Commerce and j Students will greet the team i til ail sstrmuiy ( 11 II , ana y ance will be held in the Players and coaches will be presented plaques at a 8 30 p m banquet to which Paciiie ciUe. have been invited MEDFORD SPLITS EVEN IN 2-GAME T Tigers Fall To North Bend After Win Over Marsh field Salem Coming. Home from a two-game barn storming trip to Coos bay on which they broke even in tilts with Marshfield and North Bend, the Medford high basket ball Tigers will buckle down to Intensive drills today in prep aration for the Invasion of the Salem high Vikings next Friday and Saturday nights. After whipping Marshfield by a 48 to 28 score Friday night, the Bengals stumbled Saturday evening and dropped a 34 to 20 decision to North Bend. The locals got off to a bad start against North Bend, and at halftime trailed by an 18 to 4 score. Bad passes and missed "cripple" shots combined to hamper the Tigers, and although they outscored their opponents by two points in the last two periods the North Bend lead was too great to overcome. 17 Personals The Tigers committed 17 per sonal fouls to five for North Bend, the latter quintet scoring 10 points via the free throw line. The officiating was said to have been rather eccentric. Defensive drills will be stress ed In practice sessions this week along with shooting and passing, Coach Rubs Acheson said. Lineups of North Bend game: Medford (20) North Bend (34) Monteith 2 F Fox 3 Herman 6. ...I Snidow 10 Wall 3 C Wigart 8 Fawcett 5 G.......Ruppe 5 Webber ..G .Murdock 7 Subs: Medford: Kresse 2, Nei dermeyer 2, Reynolds, Adams. E Denny Edge, manager of the Medford Ice Arena, today an nounced a slight change In time for skating sessions at the South Grape street winter sports cen ter. Mcrnlng sessions have been eliminated except on Saturdays from 10 to 12, at which time ! kiddies and their parents will have the ice to themselves, he : said. Afternoon sessions will be held from 2 to S Instead of 2 to 3:30, and night sessions from 8 to 10:20 instead of 7:45 to 10:30, he stated. Edge also announced that be ginners' nights would be held every Monday and Wednesday, starting Wednesday, at which time those learning to skate will be given free instruction by members of the three local ama teur hockey teams. By the Associated Press) The basketball chips go down this week in the northern divi sion of the Pacific Coast confer ence: and at least two teams ap pear to be holding pat hands. The two are Washington State, defending division conference western champion, and the Uni versity of Washington, unbeaten In eight straight pre-season en counters. Both teams get action on the opening night of the con ference season Friday. Wash ington meets Idaho In the first of a two-game series at Seattle; and Washington State takes on Oregon in a similar series at Eugene. POSTMASTER Washington, Jan. S. (APV The senate has confirmed Odden L. Dickens as postmaster at John Day. CRASH KILLS TWO Victoria, B. C. Jan. S. (CP) FO. R. E. McLeod of Niagara Fr Is, Ont, and Sgt. Erie Cor mier of Vancouver, B. C, were killed yesterday when a Royal Canadian air force plant crashed- about 20 miles north of Prince Rupert, B. C, western air com mand announced today. WATER WELL DRILLING mm tu mi M(ina lllNlk rn is ROBI BURNS Teleehone 243 L t a. Ik as?, nrani. nw. rmfifw Htha? On Muddy Field, 35-24 Lwiii'Iim m I'll immmmcmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmimSmammtmim BACK FOR M 0 R I Baddy Baer, who managed to knock Louis out of the ring in the first round of the May, 1941. match won by Louis with a technical KAYO In the seventh, assumes a fizhtins stance. They meet asain Jan. t in Madison Square Garden. College Feoiball fo Provide Heslihy Men For Army, Is Pledge By Robert Myers Phoenix, Arir., Jan. 6-rP) College football will be ready to fill any order by Uncle Sam in 1942. If Uncle Sam wants fine, well conditioned athletes, he'll get them. If he wants football to de velop more athletes, he'll get that, too. The occasion Is the annual meeting of the national collegi ate football rules committee, composed of the men who lay down the laws for your football heroes to follow. "Sure, we'll have football next fall, and good football," said Matt Bell, the one time prayin' colonel from Centre col lege, now coach of Southern Methodist university at Dallas. "But," he added, seriously, "you can bet that the boys that go into service will go gladly and they will be mentally and physically fit, Just as they were in the last war." News Behind The News By Paul Mallon IComiouad Prua Pas On I keep the German people from suspecting a major retreat. Thus warned, the reds started pinching the bases of salients he had projected, to hamper the withdrawal, and they met with encouraging success. Their hopes were raised so high Stalin called a meeting of his generals In Mos cow to decide whether the forces he had been preparing for spring should be thrown in now. Their decision to gamble became ob vious immediately. Certainly a substantial portion of men and material they had been prepar ing for use in the spring were set upon the heels of the Ger mans, and these exploited the initial successes (after Hitler FOR LONG-LIFE, FIRE PROOF CONSTRUCTION, USE . . . And Be Sure To Specify Thu Dependable Southern Oregon Product BEAVER BRAND PORTLAND CEMENT Pacific Portland Cement Co. SUCCESSOR TO BEAVER PORTLAND CEMENT CO. GOLD HILL, OREGON R. O. Stephenson Lumber Co.. J. W. Cooeland Ysrds. Crater Lake Lumber Co.. Big Pines Lumber Co.. Medford Lumber Co.. Med ford Concrete Construction Co., Porter Lumber Co-. Bruce Bauer Lumber Co. vt. thought heavy fighting was all over for winter.) You can tell how orderly the German retreat will continue to be by watching the number of prisoners claimed by the Rus sians. To this writing no substan tial prisoner claims had) been made by Moscow. IT two points, at least, the Ger- mans did not intend to with draw. They lost their hold on Moscow Leningrad communica tions involuntarily. The reds skilfully drove to cut them off in the Crimea. The Crimea has been held largely by Rumanians and Ital ians, who have little heart for nazi business. Only a few nazis were left there by Hitler to keeD the axis greasers In line. After the initial red success at Kerch, Stalin did not drive for Sevasto pol, as expected, but hit straight northwest for Jankol to cut off the Rumanians and Italians from the small remaining neck through which they might es cape. The operation had a good chance of becoming a tremen dous success. NEW TRAFFIC LAWS Tallahassee, Fla. (UP) Tousands of winter tourists to Florida will find pleasanter driving conditions because of legislation alteratlng the state's traffic laws to conform with those of most other states. The new law standardized road .regu lations and set top speed for daylight travel at 60 miles per hour and 50 for night driving. Closing Urns for CUssllled Adi a. m. Too Late to cuuuy 1340 p. m. Distributed by SNIDER TAX ON CIGARETS STARTS THURSDAY, DEALERS WARNED Popular Brands Boosted 2 Cents Package Special Stamps Available Feb. 15. Salem, Jan. S P) Oregon's clgaret tax goes Into effect Thursday, boosting the price of popular brands two cent package. Cigarets will be sold without special tax stamps until about Feb. IS, when the state tax com mission expects to obtain a sup ply of stamps. The commission warned deal ers they would have to submit verified inventories of cigareta on hand before they could ob tain registration certificates. In voices of all cigarets received thereafter will be required. The commission threatened prosecu tion to dealers selling unstamp ed cigarets without tax payment to the state. The law, passed at the last legislature, calls for a one-tenth of a cent tax on one-cent cigar ets, and a 20 per cent tax on higher-priced brands. Thus a 2 cent tax will be levied on a 15 cent package, and a 5-cent tax on a 23-cent package. Officials believed the tax would raise $1,200,000 annually, five-sixths going to old age as sistance and one-sixth to voca tional education. Oregon Organizes to , Oppose hemoval of War Industry Plants Portland, Ore., Jan. 5. (AP) Oregon organized opposition yesteraay to a war department plan to keep future war indus tries at least 400 miles Inland from the west coast. Gov. Charles A. Sprague said that the fate of a $20,UOO,uOO alu minum rolling plant projected for Fairview, Ore., 12 miles east of Portland, would be decided in Washington, D. C, this week. He said he had discussed the situation by telephone with Rob ert P. Patterson, assistant secre tary of war, and Jesse Jones, RFC head. Both promised to consider Oregon's objections, Sprague said. Time purchases of automobiles by consumers call for use con stantly of one and a half billion dollars of credit, says the cen sus bureau. Average loans on new cars are $723 and on used cars, $446. Cm UaU mount want ads. DAIRY k PRODUCE CO. Mil
