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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUAFY 28, 194. Sport Graphs O . Billy Hulen Says: Southern Oregon . Cage Conference Still Operating ' Yes, In answer to the ques tions of numerous fans, there still Is such an animal as the Southern Oregon Basketball conference. Because Its Importance Is tar overshadowed by the district 4 loop It doesn't receive much publicity. But It's operating. nevertheless, and the champion shin school will receive trophy placed on the block by the four conference institutions. The S. O. C. Is composed of Klamath Falls, Ashland, Grants Pass and Medford. The latter three schools, with Roseburg, comprise the district 4- circuit and play for the biggest prize In state prep circle entrance In the state tournament. Klanv ath Falls la member of dis trict two. : How are the standings figured In the Southern Oregon confer ence? Well, Klamath Falls plays Ashland.1 Grants Pass and Med' ford twice each and all these amet are of conference status, But, Ashland, Grants Pass and Medford play each other four times each under the district 4 setup, so only the first two times they meet count In South ern Oregon and district stand ings. la ether words, Medferd's two games with Grants Pass and its one with Ashland thus far counted la BOTH district and conf trance standings. The Medford-Ashland tilt here Friday night will also count la the' standings oi both wheels. The Southern Oregon stand ings to date are: W. . L. Pet Ashland .3 1 .730 Medford 3 1 .867 Klamath Fall I I JOO Grants Pan 1 4T MO Ashland gets its position by virtue of defeating Grant Pass twice, Medford once and losing to Klamath Falls. Medford has beaten Grants Pas twice, lost to Ashland and has not yet play ed Klamath Falls. Klamath beat Ashland and lost In that upset battle to Grants Pass, while the Cavemen dropped tilts to Ash land and Medford, twice each, and beat the Pelicans. It's a little confusing for fans to remember which are the dis trict and conference games, which are Just the district game and which are the conference game only. Here la a formula that might help: The first two game of th season among Mediord. Ash land and Grants Pass count la both the district and con ference! all games among Medford. Ashland. Grants Pats and Roseburg count only In the district, and all games pitting Klamath against Medford. Ashland and Grants Pass count only In the conference. Or Is mud dearer? For guessing that the recent Louis-Buddy Baer fight would end in 2:33 of the second round, this department won 26th prize, three 'bucks and a razor In the nationwide contest sponsored by Gillette and entered by 780 sports writers . . . only three of the scrikes named the first round as the finale . . , Mr. Lon- ( HUGH DUFFY WILL Writers To 'Surprise' Holder Of. Bat Record Joe, Ted To Cet Trophies. Br Bill King . Boston, Jan. 28. After waiting in modest silence for 47 years, Hugh Duffy, the ptv pery veteran who sat baseball's all-time high batting mark of .438, will be publicly acclaimed when the Boston baseball writ era award trophies to such mod ern sluggers as champion Ted Williams of the Red Sox and Jo DIMagglo of the Yankees tonight while dining with 800 of their readers. Williams, who expect to be Inducted into the army within a few days, has been ordered to stay close to hi Minneapolis draft board. Aa a result, he has delegated Eddie CoUlns, his club's general manager, to ac cept the Jacob C. Morse mem' orial, a trophy awarded annu ally to Boston' outstanding player, in his behalf. DIMagglo, however, ha promised to be on hand to receive the Paul Shan non memorial trophy which commemorates hi astounding feat of hitting safely In 66 con secutive game for th current world champion. Both awards, fixtures on the writers banquet programs, are dedicated to oldtlm colleagues. Morse, on of the earliest of the baseball scribes, originated the present scoring system and Shannon, another veteran, was president of the Baseball Writ ers Association of America when he died. The writers' other regulation award, for Boston's outstanding rookie, has been voted to Dick Newsome, who pitched the Red Sox to 18 victories. Mere verbal praise, however, will not suffice for Duffy, for his press box ad mirer also have prepared a sur prise tor him. LOGGERS DEFEAT J1LE.34T032 The Jacksonville hlsh Red- tklns suffered their first defeat In 10 starts last night when Johnny Kent, Butte Falls guard, canned a long shot In the sec ond overtime period to shatter a 32-32 deadlock and five the Logger a 34 to 32 victory. The. exhibition game wa played at Jacksonville. The score was tied at 28-all at the end of the regulation play ing ume, ana sz-au at the close of the first overtime period. Butte Falls committed 16 per tonals. Jacksonville 12. In the prelim, J'Ville graders beat the Ashland (radars. 14 to 13. Lineups: Butte rails (34) J'Ville (32) R. Rogers 6 F Smith 8 W. Rogers 8 F.....Johnson 2 L. ElUs 4 C ..JVicGlnty 2 J. Kent 11 O Hardy 13 Alberts 4 G Sanford 4 Subs: Butte Falls: R. Kent, Scott. Jacksonville, Swaryck. Seattle, Jan. 8.fl Uni versity of Washington basket ball men were scheduled to go through another hard drill to night as Coach Hec Edmundson works to whip the men into shape for their game her Fri day and Saturday with the pow erful Oregon Webfoots. Edmundson stressed both of fensive and defensive drill in workouts yesterday, as reserves Boody GUbertson and Wally Leaks turned in performances likely to earn them plenty of chances to see action. nle Stiner got his deserved raise In salary, ail right, but was It enough? . . . Is he worth only $400 more a year, even though he gets a four-year contract? I Among those being rumored as having a chance to get the Washington football coaching i Job are Slip Msdlgan, , the ex- j St Mary' mentor; Bill Spauld ' Ing, UCLA, athletic director! and Delia Ward, former Ore-! gon State end now assisting at 1 Minnesota . . . Ken Rojk.lt, big fullback for th University of ; South Carolina, hope to become i FOR DUCK GAMES I Benny Hogan Shows How Its Done Blasting out oi a natty sand trao on the 12th hole of the second round of the San Fran cisco Open tournament it Benny Hogan, the Herthey, Pa., professional, who shot a nlne under par 279 to win the 72-hole medal event Hogan. leading money winner the past two years, pocketed a 81.000 check for his latest conquest DISCOVERED IN GULF OF MEXICO Fort Myers, Fla., Jan. 28. UP) Anglers here have discov ered a fishln' hole that puts the one back on the old homestead to shame. It's located 18 miles out In the Gulf of Mexico oft Fort My ers Beach and la not much big ger than a football gridiron, but its a fisherman's dream. Ronald Halgrim, city editor of the Fort Myers News-Press and authority on sport fishing on the lower gulf coast, says It has yielded lust about every thing In the way of fish except brook trout and sperm whales. He and other anglers who have fished at "the mud hole," so-called because the water In the area Is cloudy, says the ang ler can't miss but there Is no telling what each succeeding catch will be. The hole has yielded barra cuda, dolphin, Jewfish and mar lin, and catching grouper weigh ing five to 23 pounds soon be comes monotonous, they relate. Sailfish cavort In the vicinity and turtles, big and little, hover around the spot like flies about lemonade stand. Nobody knows the answer to the fishing bonanza, said Hal- grim. The area has been marked by buoys, but Its cloudy appear ance makes it easily distinguish able from surrounding waters. A faint "boiling" on the surface la aputirent at times, giving rise to the theory that subterranean springs are responsible. SONSHTlTLE AS EOCE BEATEN Portland. Jan. 28 (Al bany college ganged up on Ernie Rostock last night to hold the offensize wizard to a mere 12 points and defeat Eastern Oregon College of Education, 36 to S3. It was a sub-par performance for Rostock, but it boosted his four-year scoring total to 1483 points. He needs 132 more in the 10 remaining games to equal the record of Stanford's Hank Lul settl. The Albany victory, paced by little Sam Tosti, who scored 18 points, virtually gave Southern Loggers Attention Wanted, competent Logger with good equipment capable et handling 20 to 23 million feet yearly, to figure en large Fir Job near Sutherlln. Oregon. Good logging show, fourteen mil truck haul. Long Job, 200 million feet In solid block. Must be financially responsible and able to furnish satisfac tory reference. Smith Wood-Products, Inc. COQUILlI, OREGON . Oregon College of Education the Oregon intercollegiate confer ence title. High School Scores (By the Associated Press) Astoria 36, Tillamook 24. Salem 83, Eugene 37.- Corvallis 31, Albany 22. Cottage Grove 27, University (Eugene) 23. Milton-Freewater 44, Hermls ton 23. Milwaukle 41, Gresham 87. Oregon City 32, West Linn 11. Oregon State Rooks 62, Sil verton 21. Columbia Prep 22, Central Catholic 17 (both Portland). Grant 33, Franklin 26 (both Portland). Lincoln 27, Sabin 18 froth Portland. ' Washington 26, Benson 20 (both Portland). Jefferson 34, Commerce 27 (both Portland). Portland, Jan. 28. (JPi Lon Stiner, Oregon State college football coach, would make no comment last night on a new contract offered by the state board ot higher education. The contract, for a four-year term, calls for a salary Increase (rem $6600 to $7000 annually and $2000 additional for the Rose Bowl game, which Oregon State won from Duke univer sity, 20-16. The contract also provides for downward revision ot the sal ary In case the war Interferes with football. Stiner' nam ha been link ed with other schools. His pres ent contract expiree this sum mer. IntJianan Takes Lead In Yandalia Shoot Eustis, Fla., Jan. 28. (P) Parr Rhlmes of Marseilles, Ind., scored a brilliant 149x130 tar gets In opening day rounds of the winter Vandalla trap shoot to win first place in th class championship. Tied for second place In yes terday's competition were H. H. Hontz, Cromwell, Ind., and A. C. Coffey, Orlando, Fla., with 142x150. George McCullomh, Minneapolis, placed third with 141x130. Cm Mali TrtDuna want ads. Seattle Proxy Wants Meeting to Discuss Coast Loop Problems San Francisco. Jan. 91 s Emil Sick, president of the Seattle Rainiers, wants directors of the Pacific Coast Baseball league to hold a special meet- lnz not later than Fahmarv 0 tn discuss new problems confront ing me circuit. Charles Graham, nresident ot the San Francisco Seals, and Victor Devincenzi, head of the Oakland Oaks, said they had received teleirama from Kirk urging such a meeting. Devincenzi said he had wired his consent. Graham stated he would consent only If a major ity of the directors favored the move. A special meeting may be called either hv Imhk PtmL dent Wilbur Tuttl or through agreement by at least four di rectors. LOGGERS PINCHED Oregon City. Jan. 28. (Pi Six drivers, hauling logs to Can- by, were arrested yesterday on the Sawtell road near Molalla for overloading their trucks, Jack Grenfell, county traffic of ficer, said. Aviation rations tor the U. S. navy pilots on flights include mixed pancake flour. -f v Jkitml 2 Mm the 'Voice with the Smife'?" Telephone workers have a long tradition of pleas- . antness and courtesy. They are friendly people and they like to serve you. Behind the "Voice with the Smile" there is also a long tradition ot devotion to duty. Sometimes it is proved in dramatic ways. But much of it is quiet devotion that does not reach the headlines. Nevertheless it is there. Service above self. Loy. tlty to the public. TTie message must go through. IH. PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEC1APH COMPANY 143 H. Bartlett Phone 1101 "Crow's Nest" Basketball Officiating Gets Test In S0CE-0CE Contest Saturday An innovation la basketball officiating, on that may revolu tionize th manner in which the whlstle-tooter conduct their contests, will undergo a trial when Southern Oregon College ot Education and Oregon College of Education from Monmouth clash in an Oregon Intercollegiate conference game at Ashland next Saturday night Stationed on lofty perchea -------------- above both baskets and supplied with loudspeaklng equipment to announce to the players and spectator all rule-violation oc curring on the floor below, two refereea will test th plan born in the fertile mind ot Jean Ebtr hart, athletic director and coach at S.O.C.E. Eberhart'i Idea, which he has named the "Crow's Nest Plan for Basketball Officiating," was mentioned in the Mail Tribune some time ago, and since then sports writers and basketball coaches throughout the state have evidenced keen interest in the scheme. Coach Al Cox of O.C.E. readily agreed to Eber- hart's suggestion the plan be given a trial In the second game of their two-gam week-end series, the "crow's nests" were constructed and everything la in readiness for the test. Aiding the "crow's nest" refe rees will be three linesmen, one to be located at the Intersection of the center line and the. east sideline and the other two at the southwest and northwest corners. Duties of the linesmen, Eber hart explained, will be to call out-of-bounds and center-line violations, retrieve ball and place it on th proper foul line after one of the referee calls an infraction, toss up ball in held ball situations, touch ball in of fensive end of court on out-of-bounds play and accept report of lubstitutes entering the gam. Similar Duties As for the referees, them selves, they will call the gam as usual, except for those duties listed for the linesmen. They'll call personal fouls, traveling and broken dribbles, and an nounce the violations or fouls over the loudspeaklng equip ment after blowing their whistle. Eberhart explained that the crow's nest" have been con structed In a manner to enable the referee to see directly under him, thus eliminating possible blind spot in the four foot area directly back of the basket. The planked platforms are even with the top of the backboard, 14 feet above the floor. 'We have placed a guest chair on each platform and all sport writer and visiting coaches are invited to spend a few minutes of the ball game up there to observe the game and get a better. Idea of how the plan works," Eberhart said. "Their comments and criticism are welcome and desirable " Th S.O.C.E. athletic director, "Where can you always count on former University ot Oregon star eager who took over at the Ashland institution when How ard Hobson left to become head coach at the Eugene school, lists 10 - possible advantages bis "crow's nest" plan Las over the present method ot officiating a gam. They are: (1) Gives the playing floor exclusively to the players, to which it belongs. (2) Gives better and more complete vision to th referees, with no chance of them being screened away from a play by a group of players. (Note: the dan- ger of "seeing too much" is entirely an individual matter. A competent referee must use his own Judgment and be able to discriminate between fouls , and the natural, healthy action of the game. A good official on the floor would probably be a good official from the "crow' nest." A poor official is a poor official anywhere.) Clears Path (3) Gets the official out of the road of a fast break. Games today are taster than ever be fore, and many times an official is unable to get out ot the way when a defensive team inter cepts a pass or take th ball off the backboard and quickly starts down the floor on a fast break. (4) Improve th contact be tween official and th crowd. Each referee explain violations or fouls to the players and crowd through the loudspeaker. (A referee probably wouldn't guess at hi decisions if he knows he must tell the crowd what he called. He probably would call Just those violations and fouls of which he was posi tive. This would be a decided improvement.) (5) Eliminates possible per sonality clashes between the of-, ficials and players. Small chance CONFIDENTIALLY, MEDFORD -because it's Vat -Blended just like the most expensive im ported whiskies V. -t-t - - r- BRAND J IH AT BLENDED WHISKEY: 8) Proof-75 Greia Neutral Spuio, Calvtn Distillers Corporadoa. New York City FOR RESULTS USE MAIL TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS! ! II of talking back to th referee. The silly spectacle of a player yelling up at the referee and trying to argue would probably deter most player from this fa vorite pastime. (6) Gives the referee th best seats in the house, above th baskets.. Most spectator think they see foul and violation better than th officials. (7) Permits older expert to continue in the officiating game, giving basketball the value ot their long years of experience even though they cannot cavort on the floor any longer because ot weak legs. (8) Extend the lit of good official 20 years, mora or less, and makes them an easy target it they are NOT good officials. (9) Present an excellent op portunity to work in young offi cials as linesmen in order for them to learn th officiating gam. At present, many intellU gent, competent young men are eliminated from officiating be cause they would be declared professionals by the A.A.U. tor accepting money for their serv ices. These young men want to play basketball several more years. Linesmen Jobs would be an easy way for them to become acquainted with officiating, and by volunteering their services they could keep their amateur standings. Stops "Beefing (10) Would make coaches look silly arguing with officials in the "crow's nest", so probably would not be tempted to do so. Eberhart who Is really steam ed up over the idea since it has attracted so much attention throughout the state, said: "Other advantages may show up during actual game condition, and also any disadvantages will be exposed. We will try to give it a fair test and iron out any bugs that might appear." The officials who'll get th honor of putting th plan to a test are Glen Swanson ot Med ford and Frank O'Neil, Ashland high fo6tball coach. Both are certified and experienced offi cials. The linesmen, who have vol unteered their services tor th experience, are Parker Hess, Stephen Epler and Bob Hardy, all ot Ashland. They, also, are certified officials. The game will start at 8 o'clock Saturday night. Friday night, the same two teams will clash in an Infantile paralysis charity tilt Old Drum is smoother going down- BLENDED ! Ii DRUM 3 -ISaa-Bjaa--. ' M :Mt . a a concert pianist
