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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1942. OREGON RALLIES IN LAST PERIOD; DEFEATS COUGARS Buddy Baer Down. No. 20 for Joe Louis TIGERS WIN FROM SOCE ROOK 33-21 LOUIS GOES INTO PAOK TWO B LEAGUE OPENS, JACKSONVILLE IS THRILLER WINNER BAER HOJATCH Bomber Proves Ring Great ness Speedily Gives All His Share To Navy Fund. New York. Jan. 10. OP) Less than 24 hours after doing a pretty fair fighting Job for the navy, Joe Louis completed arrangement! today to Join Uncle Sam'i army next Wednes day and do hit battling In Khaki from here on. The Brown Bomber, who reached a peak in his blasting career for the second time last night In felling Buddy Baer in two minutes and 58 seconds, wil be given his final physical examination Monday, will be Inducted In the service Wednes day at Camp Upton, Long Is'and and probably will make his next fist-tossing start In late March for an army fund. Joe turned up at army draft board headquarters to straighten out all the advance details that will make him Private Joe Louis Barrow even before he stopped at Jacobs' office to set tle up for last night's fight. Not that he had anything to collect out of the gross gate of $189, 700.53 contributed by the 13,870 fans who saw him become the vicious executioner and blasting executioneer for the second time since he came down the pike. He was once more the fierce flaller of the second Max Schmellng fight, and the oldest Inhabitants of cauliflower alley couldn't remember when any lighter hit such heights twice In his career. This time Joe disregarded all principles of the fighters' union by putting his title on the line and his dynamite on display for nothing. He and Promoter Mike Jacobs turned all their revenue from the show over to the Navy Relief Fund. Baer contributed chunk of his. The financial business of the fight was so complicated, what with the charity and one thing and another, that Mike's auditors announced they wouldn't have the breakdown figures added up until Monday. The best esti mates were that the net gate was $181,245, that Joe's end would total about $64,498 and Baer's cut about $24 200 Of this, Joe's donation to the navy fund Is around $30,000 his en tire 40 per cent, minus only training expenses. Baer's con blbution figured to be some thing like $4,000, and Jacobs from 1S,000 up. GIRL SIM TO WHITE HOUSE Portland. Jan. 10. (IP) Nan cy Merki, Portland, the outstand ing woman swimmer of 1941, has been Invited to the White House to help publicize the national campaign against Infantile para lysis. The youthful Miss Merkl, who took up swimming to re cover from the effects of the dis ease, accepted the Invitation, which came from Richard Mc Cann of New York, secretary of the National Sports Council com mittee for celebration of the pre sident's birthday. Miss Mcrki will participate In a national radio broadcast with Mrs. Roosevelt, January 19. See HOHLWEG Ihe Glass Man Any Kind or Shape All Work Guaranteed to b. satlifortory la vary way Bring your car up-to-date with Genuln. AIR FOAM CUSHION PADS While they last. W. may not be abl. to get more. Hohlweg's Top & Glass Shop Ith ant Bartlett. Ph. 3073 for ' O lr- O 'Li Buddy Baer lies on the challenger to score th. 20th knockout cam. la 2 minutes Buddy Blocks One Just Before Kayo .V Buddy Baer (left) uses his glove to block a left-handed blow by Joe Louis Just before the champion knocked out Buddy In the first round of their title bout for Navy Relief held at Madison Square Cardea In New York. District 4 Standings W. L. Pet. 1.000 .000 .000 .000 Ashland Grants Pass Medford ...1 .0 ...0 ...0 Roseburg . Forwards Charlie Jandreau and Bud Provo-t accounted for 30 points at Ashland Friday night as the Grizzlies opened th. district 4 basketball race with a crushing 33 to 11 defeat of ' the Grants Pass Cavemen. In the preliminary, the Ashland Juniors nosed out Medford's Juniors, IS to 13. Ashland, favorites to capture the title and enter the state tournament, - completely out classed the Cavemen. Jandreau had a field day with 19 points, while Provost made 11. Besides their hot offensive performance, th. Grizzlies held Grants Pass to three fields goals. Halftime score was 18 to 8. Guard Jay Samuelson's field goal with only seconds of the gam. remaining, gave th. Ash land Juniors their hairline de cision over the locals. The score was tied at M all, due to Wat son of Medford's field bucket with a minute to play, when Samuclson tossed ui the win ning two points. Scores: Aahland (.15) Jandrceu 1. Frovoat 11 . Rath 1 m i FYtw(r I Grants Psas (II) r uray s C BTMartlndalei o Lathrop! O Bchrlmpf I Subs: Ashland Cam. rhinn. Smith. Bartlet; Grants Paaa Everton 3. atrnwrirldee, R. Martlndnle I. Clay ton. Davu. Smith 3. Officials: Worthley and O. Harrington. Aohland (IS) Wstaon 4 Fawcett I Btaerf Plaskett 4 y.atherford 3 Medfont (ISt Kerr 8 Wilson .c . Querkenbush a O Oarrett ... ti pamuc:son Suha: Medford Kleve S. Hates Br!eggerj Ashlsnd Provost, Jand 1 reau. canvas as Refers. Frank Fullam leads Champion Jo. Louis away after Joe had floored the successful defense of his heavyweight crown at Madison Square Garden la New York. The and SB seconds of the first round. BULLETIN Seattle, Jan. 10. (IP) The University of Washington bas ketball tram extended its win ning streak to 10 games and won Its second contest in the north ern division of the Pacific Coast conference tonight, defeating Idaho, 40 to 33. Tonight's defeat was the sec- I ond straight for Idaho, which lost to Washington In the opener of a two-game scries here last night, 36 to i8. ROSE BOWL PI ENLIST IN NAVY Portland, Jan. 10. (IP) The navy had the offer of the serv ices of two Rose Bowl football players and a University of Washington varsity gridman her. yesterday. Bill Halverson, 230-pound Ore- gon State guard, and Bob Mc- Kcown, 208-pound Husky line- man, applied for class V-7 en listment. Service would be de ferred until they graduated and they would b. trained as deck officers. Clrnn Bylngton, 213 -pound O S C. tackle, applied for class V-3 service, providing the same deferment and training as a naval flying cadet. CARRIER KILLED Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 10 Carl L' t1 of Cen,er' asn., news cartxr, was Kiuea Instantly last nignt wnen nis automobile collided almost head on with two CCC trucks, one of which was towing th. other, i near her. TRAFFIC VICTIM Portland, Jan. 10. OF) George Weiss, 62, a waiter by occupation, died early today of , ,ku fracture suffered in a tra'dc accident. He was struck by a car on Southwest Barbur : boulevard last night. . , 1 mm l i i ii Jip.ssa tyr ey,y iMSPlie START APRIL 18 Portland, Jan. 10. (IP) The State Game commission todav I set Its 1942 trout season from April 18 to October 31, except in 11 eastern Oregon counties. The 11 counties, Baker, Gil liam, Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler and Malheur will have a season from May 2 to October 31. Certain lakes and streams were exempted. The limit was set at 13 pounds and on. fish, not exceeding IS fish in any one day, or 30 pounds and two fish, not exceed ing 30 fish, in any seven conse cutive days. Coastal waters will be open generally the year around, for trout over lu inches, salmon and steelhrad, provided, however, that from November 1 to Aoril 1 17 the bag limit shall be three of all species in one day and 10 in seven days. ELEVATOR DESTROYED Superior, Wis., Jan. 10. (P) Two explosions, followed by fire, destroyed the Great Nor them railroad's elevator, giant grain storage plant, today with loss estimated at $2,230,000. 4 jz vim 55 V, c-vl Mil GOLF TITLE PLAY FOR 1942 GALLED OFF TO AID WAR New York, Jan. 10. (IP) The United States Golf association abandoned all four of its nation al championships today in order to focus its entire attention on the nation's war effort. After cancelling it. 1942 tour nament program, the governing body of golf Immediately went into action in behalf of the gov ernment, changing the U.S.G.A. by-laws to permit amateurs to receive up to $100 in defense bonds and stamps as prizes in stead of cups and , trophies, planning a nation-wide series of club tournaments on holidays, and proposing exhibition matches for war relief and de fense. The sweeping action was the most drastic regimentation for the support of t. war any na tional sports governing body has yet taken. Los Angeles, Jan. 10. (IP) Decision of the U. S. Golf as sociation to cancel Its tourna ments because of the war will not affect the P.G.A. champion ships. Tournament Manager Fred Cocoran said today. Her. for the $10,000 Los An geles open, the director of the nation's professional golfers said various other events on th. winter schedule likewise will be held. He listed the Oakland, San Francisco and Bing Crosby tour neys on the coast, as well as the western open at Phoenix, and the San Antonio and New Or leans opens. WANT CORSET STAYS Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 10. (IP) The Red Cross surgical dressings department has issued an appeal for corset stays, ex - plaining that they are excellent for smoothing and folding guaze and make the work at least 50 per cent easier. Bse UaU Tribune want ads. 18 SUPERPHOSPHATE SO TON CAR HERE NOW Sine. w. ar. only abl. to secur. a limited supply of Supei phosphits this season, w. suggest that you arrange for your re quirements .arty. All purchases will b. filled In or ler received. LAND PLASTER Empire Gypsum "THE HIGH TEST" ALL YOU WANT Our first ear of Land Piaster will arrive her. about January 15th. 8EE US BEFORE TOO BUY WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY F. E. SAMSON CO. FHONE 9751 Packing 24 points into blister ing second and fourth period on slaughts, the Medford high Tigers tuned up for their open ing district 4 clash with Grants Pass at the Climate City next Tuesday night by upsetting the favored Little Sons of Southern Oregon College of Education, 33 to 21, before a pathetically tiny gathering at th. local gym her. Friday night By actual count, only 98 adult customers turned out to watch the Bengals turn back th. col legians with a surprising dis play of ball-hawking and good old fight and spirit. Th. Tigers weren't supposed to beat the Little Sons, who had whipped Ashland and Grants Pass, but aggressiveness and th. neces sary spark carried them over the hump. Trailing by a 7 to 2 count at the end of the first quarter, th. Tigers launched an 11-point scoring spree in the second per iod, while holding their oppon ents scoreless, to gain a 13 to 7 halftime bulge. BiU Wall, midway through th. quarter, canned a cripple shot on a sweet assist from Hank Herman to give the Tigers the lead for th. first time, at 8 to 7, and from then on the locals were never behind. The Tigers gradually in creased their lead in the third heat, which ended 20 to 11; then. In the fourth quarter they really turned on the steam. Her man, who went scoreless in the first half, found his eye and nabbed three field goals in the final eight minutes, Reynolds hit twice and Fawcet, Webber, Niedermeyer and Monteith once each for a total of 13 points. Scoring for the Bengals was evenly divided. Reynolds got seven points. Wall and Herman six each and Niedermeyer and Fawcett four each. For the Lit tle Sons, Smith, center, accum ulated eight tallies. The collegians suffered a se vere blow in the first minute of the game when Dean Jones, first-string guard, dislocated his right big toe in a crash against the east wall.' Lineups: Medford (33) Little Sons (31) Herman 6 F Stellard 4 Monteith $ F , Hayes 3 Wall t , C emitb 8 Fawcett 4 Q D. Jones I Webber 9 : O Janger 4 Subs: Medford Niedermeyer 4, Rey nolds 7. Baylies, Weir. Kresse. Ed wards, Dlppel: Little Bone Grieves, Thompson. Gregory, Blaker, i-.rtlg. Officials: Hardy and Swanaon. r DISPLACE SMITH Los Angeles. Jan. 10. (IP) Hurry Up Harry Cooper and Benny Hogan took over the leadership of the $10,000 Los Angeles open golf tournament late today as yesterday's pace setter, Horton Smith, surrend ered to a tough par on the Hill crest Country club course. A heavy threat for the $3,500 top money Hogan matched his opening round 70 with another brilliant, consistent brand of golf and moved Into the lead in mid-afternoon. His 36-hole total of 140 looked safe until Cooner. two-time winner of the event, hurried through the late after- j noon shadows and posted a 71 1 lo -0 wjth. his first round 69 and tie th. little Hershey, Pa., pro. , Closing time (or Classified Ads a, m Too Late to Classify 13 JO p. m. 4TH AND FRONT Jacksonville high'i Redskins took over first place In th. west ern division of the Southern Ore gon class B basketball confer ence by nosing out Rogue River, 20 to 19, in a thrill-packed game at Jacksonville Friday night. It was the Redskins' second win in as many starts. Never over three points separ ated the two quints, with Jack sonville leading at halftime, 12 to 11. In the preliminary, Jack sonville Graders defeated Rogue River graders, 10 to 9. In another western division contest, the Central Point Point ers crushed Kerby, 36 to 11, with Frohreich's 12 point being hl8h for the winners. Th. game was played at Kerby. Central Point led, 20 to 7, at halftime. St. Mary's of Medford scored an easy 45 to 8 conquest of Sams Valley at Sams Valley in an eastern division fracas. Center Corliss tallied 12 points for the Crusaders, who led at halftime, 2C to -3. Sams Valley graders won 'he preliminary, 13 to 12. The Pirates of Phoenix high school swamped the Beavers of Gold Hill 36 to 13, Friday night. The Pirates led throughout the contest which was very rough, being marked by 20 fouls. Jack Evans was high point man with 12 points. The preliminary game was won by the Phoenix super-varsity 13 to 3. Between halves th. Phoenix drill team performed. The high school band under the direction of Harry Meyers played several numbers. Lineups: (Gold Hill) ' (Phoenix) Banry 4 - " ,, Lewis Kile w Johnson D. Roeecrans 3 C Evans 13 Burton - O Isaacs 7 C. Roeecrans 9 , 8mlth Wolff Stelnmeta 4 G s. Glover 10 Coblelgh 6 Simmons Hits 1 S C... Rletiey JTMe (30) Smith S Johnson 4 McGinty Sanford Hardy 6 Rogue River (19) -F. Porter -F D. Hatch 5 C. K. Hatcb i -P., . .. Miller 1 -O Smith 6 Bubs: Jacksonvtlto Mclntyre 3. j Hoffman 3, Swaryck 1, LeRoy: Rogue River Austin S, Dlmlck 1. Referee: George Robertson. ! Central Point (36) Frohretch 13 ..F. Richardson 4 .F. Plnkhara 6 Pierce 3 - " Kerby (11) Freltas 4 . L. Looper 3 Santoes 3 Baldwin Shreter 6 G O. Looper 3 Substitutes: Central Point Free-Ian- 4, Wilson 3. Referee: BUI Rob inson, Grants Pasa. St. Mary's (48) Bauman 6 Corey 3 CorllAS 13 Darland a . Iven II Subs: St. Mary' mire 3, Nary a; bolt 1. Sams Valley (8) F Lucas P Thomss 3 C Bennett 3 0 Prauss 3 O Galloway 1 J. Corey I, Le Sams Valley LI- SOCE FIRST LOSS Eureka, Cal., Jan. 10. Humboldt State college turned back Southern Oregon College of Education (Ashland) 41-36 in ! their basketball game last night. It was SOCE's first loss in eight starts. Mulder, giant forward for the Invaders, was top scorer with 21 points. Longholm, Humboldt forward, led the winners with I 2l '. I WaTlfalllral LOANS ON V HOMES Application for loans on residential proper ti.t arc being promptly acted upon and loans ar. closed without delay. If you plan to buy or tell, let us finance the transaction. DEFENSE BONDS and STAMPS HERE Eugene, Jan. 10. (IP) Th. University of Oregon staged a brilliant comeback in the last 15 minutes of play here tonight before 2.500 spectators to defeat Washington State college ,48 to 38, in a northern division Pa cific Coast conference Dasxet ball game. The victory evened the two-game series, WSC hav ing posted a 61-43 triumph last night. The Cougars remain her. over the week end and move to Cor vallis Monday for the opening of another two-game series with the pre-season favorites, Oregon State college. Porky Andrews, veteran guard who tallied 17 points last night for the Webfoots, was again th. leading scorer tonight, collecting 15. Oregon using a zone defens. that stalled the blistering pass ing attack displayed by th. Cougars last night, failed to con nect in the early part of th. contest, trailing 7-0 after four minutes of play. But after 12 minutes the Oregons went ahead momentarily 11-10 and then slumped while the Cougars drove to a 26-18 halftime ad vantage. Washington Stat, faltered In the final period and Oregon gradually shaved the lead and went ahead 33 32 with 11 min utes of playing time remaining. With 6 foot-7 Archie Marshik under the baskets, the Webfoots took complete command and ex cept for a 38-38 deadlock with six minutes of play remaining, had the Cougars' counted out. Oregon's longest lead cam. in the last minute of play. Use Mall Tribune want ads. SKATING Don't Mis 8 This Great Ice Show! with the entire I ICE - CAP.UKS vj Company, In cluding: Dorothy Lewis Megan Taylor Hellia Vera Hruba Dench Mcwart Lots llnorshak Red McCarthy loo's of others To BUY Or BUILD KtJ today ftjtf and IjQiT MM. oint'. 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