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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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224, 220, 223, 17
and 170,
Hagen's scores were
191, 183 and 211.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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