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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-
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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.
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"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
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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
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