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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942.
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Billy Hulen Says:
Long Honor Roll
Of Past Medford,
Ashland Greats
A bunch of the boyi were
talking basketball the other
p.m. and the chatter, ai it usual
ly does in such cases, went
swirling back through the years
to single out for greatness past
court-pounders for Medford and
Ashland, whose rivalry can't be
surpassed for keenness by any
two other prep teams in the
state.
Everybody Involved In the
discussion had his own, and dif
ferent, all-time Medford-Ash-land
team for the past 20 years.
Mo two were alike, and the
arguments concerning the com'
parative greatness of this player
and that performer were some
thing to hear if you had time
on your hands and ear plugs
The late Al Melvln. Med
ford's two-time all-state for
ward during the last years of
Prink Callison's regime, was
generally accepted as the
finest player ever to come out
of Jackson county, although
seme of the lads held out for
Wardlow Howell, Ashland's
six-foot-slx-lnch giant of the
early 1930's. and one or two
others stuck by Red McDon
ald, teammate of Melvln's,
who went on to lead Oregon
State college to Pacific
Coast conference champion
ship. Harkening clear back to 1922,
the year Ashland won Its only
state title, the name of Al Guth
rie was prominent In the dis
cussion. Guthrie made the all
state team at forward, as did
his teammate of that season,
center Elton Ramsey. ,
Medford's state championship
team of 1924 also had its share
of supporters. Mervln Chastaln,
forward, and Tully Williams,
guard, both all-staters, were
mentioned as being as good as
any before or after, and Ray
Knlps, forward on the same out
fit, also was highly praised.
Then there was Red Scheel,
star guard on Medford teams
under Burgher, and an all
stater; Bob Hardy of Ashland,
who later became a member of
the University of Oregon's na
tional championship squad; Cliff
Garnett and Bill Morgan, stars
under Calllson at Medford; Law
rence Gill, Parker Hess and Bill
Hoxle, who played for Don
Faber at Ashland the same time
as Hardy.
The talk went on and on,
almost every better-than-aver-age
Medford and Ashland play
er was mentioned at some point
In the conversation, and finally
It got down to the present-day
casabaists those of the past
four or five years.
Bob Newland of the Tigers,
Just two years out of high
school, was accorded recogni
tion as ranking high. So were
Billy Plche and Don Monteith
of Medford. So were Charlie
Jandreau and Bud Provost of
the current Ashlanders. So
were many others whose
names slip our so-called mind.
Nobody could agree on an all
time Medford-Ashland team,
since 1922. We started to write
them all down but ran out of
paper and tossed them away
Also, we didn't have enough
pencils.
So, to get some sort of an
all-time quintet In this pillar,
wo will offer our own and trust
our health remains good after
It reaches the eyes of Jackson
county's cage fandom.
For our first all-time Med
ford-Ashland outfit (since 1922)
we would put Guthrie, Ashland
and Melvin, Medford, at the for-
wards; Howell, Ashland, at cen
ter, and Williams and McDnn
aid, both Medford, at the
guards.
On the second team we would
have Chastain, Medford and
Hardy, Ashland, at the for
wards; Ramsey, Ashland, at cen
ter, and Scheel, Medford and
Newland, Medford at the
guards.
Puleeze, people, don't be too
rough with us.
FOR LESNEVICH
New York, Jan. 29 (IV-Gus
Lesnnevich's last workout yes
terday for the 10 round bout In
which the world light heavy
weight boxing champion will
meet Bob Pastor tomorrow
night in Madison Square Garden
was held In private.
The doors of the gym were
barred ' as Lesnevlrh went
through a final hard drill that
featured seven rounds of spar
ring. The secrecy was ordered
by the champion's handlers,
without explanation.
SECRET WORKOUT
Huskies
no
SPLIT SERIES TO
RETAINJOP RUNG
Oregon State And Cougars
Meet Twice In Pullman
Ducks Surprise Of Year.
(By Associated Press)
The University of Washington
Huskies, after a comparatively
unmolested 10 days of Pacific
Coast conference northern divi
sion basketball leadership, will
have to start scrapping to re
tain it tomorrow and Saturday
nights.
The Huskies play second-place
Oregon In a pair at Seattle and
the Washingtonians need at
least an even break to keep
their grip on the top rung, pro
vided things go all right at
Pullman, where t
The two teams earlier consld
ered the hotshot threats to fight
it out for the title, Oregon State
and Washington State, tangle
the same nights.
The Cougars are In second
place. Two wins, while Oregon
and Washington split, and the
Cougars can go to the top. Two
wins while Oregon wins twice,
and the Cougars are second. Just
behind the Webfoots.
OSC Hopes Dim
Anything worse than an even
oreax for either w. s. C. or
O. S. C. will mean virtual elim
ination from the title race. If
the northern division tradition
holds true that no team wins
the crown if It loses more than
four games.
Chief surprises so far are the
ugly ducklings" of Oreeon.
Rated no higher than third In
preseason guessing, the Onions
earned a split with Washington
and Washington State, then
nipped O. S. C. last week end
in the final minute to wind up
with three wins and two losses
The Webfoots earlier had a pit!-
nu lime oi it on their preseason
barnstorming tour when Coach
Howard Hobson still was trvina
to get the gears to meshing.
normern division standings:
W. L.. Prt pr p i
Wash'n'ton.. 4 2 .067 249 232
Oregon 3 2 .600 228 239
Wn. State 4 S .871 313 iflfl
Ore. State.. 2 3 .400 22S 22S
Idaho 1 4 .200 180 190
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ULU KlMItt
St. Petersburg. Fla., Jan. 29
VP) The Graybeards of minor
league baseball, whose chances
of crashing the majdrs might
have been as little as one In a
thousand a year ago, can take
renewed hope.
Johnny Nee. veteran New
York Yankee scout, said today
that the oldsters are going to get
plenty of attention from the
ivory hunters next summer and
added, "1 wouldn't be surprised
to see quite a few 30 year-old
rookies in spring training camps
next spring (1943) if the war
continues."
'Most of the good prospects a
baseball scout looks at each
year," Nee explained, "are
young fellows between the ages
of 20 and 23 and a majority of
them are unmarried. But in
times like these, signing such
players is risky business because
Uncle Sam has prior claim on
them for military service.
TERRY REMAINS
OF
New York, Jan. 29 (P) For
some reason there continues to
exist a semi-secret about who is
running the New York Giants.
To clear up the confusion,
therefore, it may be well to
state that the top man la a
certain William (The Terrible)
Terry, even though he himself
savs he doesn't know what his
Job Is.
Early In December Terry
moved out of the managership
and into the front office of the
Giants. At first it was announc
ed that he would be general
manager and then this title was
modified to general manager of
the farm system. But Terry Is
much more than that.
Closing time for Claestned Ad 9
a. m. Too Late to Claealfy 13 JO
p. m.
POISON OAK?
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todaj at HiMUtX tUKUt.
LEADERS HAV
on Spot
New Washington Coach Plans
Tough, Hard -Hitting Eleven
Seattle, Jan. 29 VP) Coach Ralph (Pest) Welch, the big fel
low who was fired as University of Washington freshman coach
in December and rehired In January as head man, will concen
trate on the fundamental rock-'em and jolt-'em system of play.
Blocking and tackling are
the two big words In my foot
ball book," responded the for
mer Purdue all-America back to
the question of what style of
offense his Washington varsity
would use next falL
"If a team can block and
tackle, and I really mean the
rock-end-pound sort of blocking
and tackling, the offense will go
whether the team Is using the
Notre Dame, single wing, T-for-
mation or the punt formation
styles,
But the man who was elevat
ed yesterday to the Job left va
cant by the dismissal of Coach
Jimmy Phelan added:
"I have a lot of ideas I have
been anxious to try out. There
will be some changes made in
our attack
Welch has been schooled for
more than decade and a half
In the Notre Dame style, under
Phelan as a Purdue back and
for 12 seasons as Phelan's assist
ant at Washington.
Recommendations of the
Washington players and other
coaches were credited with con
tributing heavily to Welch's ap
pointment. Players starting beat
ing the tom-toms for the popu
lar 35-year-old freshman coach
immediately after the dismissal
of the coaching staff was an
nounced.
The announcement of univer
sity authorities said Welch won
the job over the field of "big
name" prospects and high school
coach candidates under a policy
of keeping athletics near a
status quo basis for the war
time emergency, Welch was
signed for one year only, as are
all Washington coaches, and
what he said was "a alight In
crease" over his former salary.
Featured by mixed team
matches with two women and
two men comprising a team,
President's birthday bowling
party under sponsorship of the
Medford Bowling association
will be held In the Medford
alleys Friday night, with all
proceeds above bare expenses
to be turned over to the Com
mittee For the Celebration of
the President's birthday for Its
fight Infantile paralysis" fund.
The management of the Med
ford alleys has donted use of
all Its facilities for the party,
and 10 cents of each line bowled
will be given to the cause. The
mixed team matches will be
held at 8 o'clock, and the small
admission price for the matches
111 also be turned over Intact
to the committee.
Champaign, 111., Jan. 29 P)
Ray Eliot, No. 1 assistant to
Bob Zuppke at Illinois last fall,
today was named head Illinl
football coach to succed the
veteran mentor who held the
post for 29 seasons.
May Ban Nag Racing
In Lower California
Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 29.
VP) Horse racing, already dis
continued for the duration In
California, may next disappear
from Lower California.
Governor Culbert L. Olson
last night broadcast an appeal
to Califomlans to refrain from
using the highways to get to
I the horse races south of the
border. He indicated if the re
guest was not met voluntarily,
international action might be
taken to ban such travel.
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C0QUILLI, OREGON .
Against Webfobts Friday and
Loo Saner Gives Up
Baseball; Directors
To Name New Leader
Lou Sauer, centerfielder and
manager of the 1941 Medford
baseball Craters, told a meeting
of the board of directors of the
Medford Athletic association
last night that he would be un
able to be connected with the
Craters In any capacity during
the coming season because of
the press of duties with the oil
company which employs - him.
The 1941 manager, whose
Crater team captured the sec
ond-half State league pennant
and lost to Sllverton In the title
playoff, expressed his regret at
being forced to give up baseball,
and offered his best wishes to
the 1942 team and its manager,
yet to be appointed by the board
oi directors.
The board called a meeting
for next Tuesday night at 8:30
in the chamber of commerce,
at which time officers will be
elected and four new members
named to the board. It is ex
pected that the new board will
appoint a manager for the 1942
Craters within the next two
weeks.
E. E. McKlnney, secretary,
said no word had yet been re
ceived from State league offi
cers concerning the 1942 status
of the circuit. Some quarters in
Medford are of the opinion the
loop won't operate this season
because of the rubber rationing,
but until word to that effect is
received the Craters are going
ahead with plans for State
league action.
WRITERS LIKED
Portland, Jan. 29 VP) Nancy
Merki seemed somewhat sur
prised by it but she found that
sports writers are mighty nice
fellows, she said on arriving
home yesterday from the east.
The 15-year-old swimming star
was honor guest of New York
sports writers at a dinner. She
also visited Washington and
participated in the annual cam
paign against infantile paralysis,
from which she once suffered.
The writers were "swell. ' So
too, she said, were President
Roosevelt, Eddie Cantor and
Johnny Welssmuller.
Members of the senate were
hard at work. Nancy said, but
representatives were only "smok
ing and reading the papers."
Fights Last Night
(By the Associated Press)
St. Louis Billy Conn, 183,
Pittsburgh, outpointed Jay D.
Turner, 227i. Dallas, Tex. (10).
Husky Ail-American
Enlists in Service
Seattle, Jan. 29 VP) Ray
Frankowskl, all-Amerlcan guard
on the University of Washington
football squad last fall, is enlist
ing in the United States navy as
an aviation mechanic, he reveal
ed last night. He expects to be
placed on Inactive duty for the
present, later being sent to San
Diego for training.
UNIFORMED SOLDIERS
WILL SEE GAMES FREE
Chattanooga. Tenn., Jan. 29.
VP Soldiers in uniform will be
admitted free to Southern asso
ciation base bull games played
In Chattanooga this season. Pres
ident Joe Engel of the Chatta
nooga Lookouts announced.
Oloalns time ror Classified Ads 9
a. m. Too Late to Claaaify 13 30
p. m.
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SCRIBES PRESENT
GOLD WRISTWATCH
TO GREAT BATTER
By Bill Xing .
Boston, Jan. 29. OP) The
specter of the highest batting
average of all time hung today
over the crowns of baseball's
two greatest hitters of 1941.
Boston baseball writers at
their annual dinner last night
paid tribute to Joe Di Magglo
of the New York Yankees, who
hit safely In 98 consecutive
games, and to Ted Williams, the
Boston Red Sox star who batted
.406.
But the highlight of the eve
ning was the writers' presenta
tion of a gold wrist watch to
little Hugh Dufy, the 73-year-old
wonder who back in 1894
set the never-threatened batting
mark of .438.
Another wrist watch went to
a second Hugh Private Hugh
Mulcahy, erstwhile mound toil
er for the Philadelphia Phillies,
first of the modern crop of
players to enter the armed
forces.
Di Maggio received the Paul
Shannon trophy as the perform
er of baseball's outstanding feat
of the year. The Jake Morse tro
phy, presented to Boston's most
valuable player, was awarded,
in absentia, to Williams.
The Sox slugger, going Into
the army, sent his regrets, leav
ing his .408 mark for the boys
to shoot at before they can think
of approaching Duffy's mark.
Heber "Dick" Newsome, Red
Sox pitcher who won 19 games
last year, won a trophy as Bos
ton's outstanding rookie of the
year.
Hollywood, Jan. 29. VP)
Four young rookies from the
Yakima, Wash., club are slated
to go into spring training with
the Hollywood ball club at
Riverside Feb. 28.
Pitchers Al Lein and Ronnie
Bryant and Outfielders Roy
Younker and Bill Johnson are
the four. '
Manager Oscar Vitt said the
Stars will plan to train at River
side. There were reports that
the park there might not be
available.
BOWLING
The Lantls team took three out
of four points from the Kreaea team
in an Elka club bowling tournament
match last night. Scores follow:
Lentil' Tram
Lantls 140 154 151445
Newbury , 117 117 117851
Purrer , 178 147 189493
Johnson , , , 139 139 139887
Sherwood 159 141 188 458
Handicap , 190 190 190570
Totals .
Kresae -
Smith
R. Lewis .
D. Lewie .
L. Duff .
Handicap
. 911 878 (94 348?
Kreaw's Team
188 148
, 138 15
137 188
133 133
134 111
308 908
189481
138417
145408
133 888
117883
308434
Totals
885 878 897 3858
Commercial league results last
nlsht: Med lord Alley! 4, Crater Lake
Motor 0; Coca-Cola 3. Zorle Clean
er 3: Mall Tribune 4, Tour Office
Boy 0. Scores follow:
Medford Allen
Porterfleld 187 300 188853
McCrory ISO 314 190584
Sargent 181 188 187518
Absentee .150 150 150450
Gardner .188 309 183880
To tall .888 941 858 3883
Crater Lake Lumber
Handicap 18 18 18 84
Bale 149 144 188 481
Adler 187 151 148454
YAKIMA ROOKIES
SIGN WITH STARS
GREEN
POME SLABS
LARGE 300
CUBIC FOOT
LOAD
Fill your car or
McAndrewi Road,
TimberP
Phone 212
Huberts Tells of Pearl Harbor Report
Leaving the White House after giving President Roosevelt a full report on the surprise attack
ea Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts (left), bead of an Invest
igating commission, tells reporters of the document's contents.
Absentee .1S0 ISO 1SO460
UttreU 184 16 188 45
Newland .1S8 310 183 BOO
Totals 839 841 847 3534
Coca-Cola
S 34
185490
138439
335487
158333
338583
Totals.
695 733 917 3344
Zorle Cleaners
Runta i 185
Porter 140 178
155518
300518
WHIM ' 135
B. Jorqulst 1S9 140
103388
137448
De jarnette isa
Totals-
775 803 737 3814
Mall Tribune
35 38
185 155
183 155
119 155'
- 183 133
188 183
Handicap
35 78
133413
307544
108380
133447
153500
Ollstrap .
Murray
Sell warts
Oreene
Archer
Totals 808 808 744 3358
Tom Office Boyi
Col ton 318 137
134477
134 443
145 448
138357
198473
Henne 135
Bone 171
178
130
110
158
Leekey
Coney
-134
.118
Totals
-784 898 -783 3194
Cleveland to Help
Stars, Vitt Hopes
Hollywood, Jan. 29 VP)
Oscar Vitt, deposed manager of
the Cleveland baseball Indians,
expects help for his Hollywood
club from the tribe.
Vitt, newly named manager
of the Pacific Coast league club,
says Chief Lou Boudreau at
Cleveland has practically prom
ised to send him a pitcher or
two this spring.
Williams Creek
Williams Creek, Jan. 28.
(Spl Williams Ladies' club
voted to discontinue meetings
until the present emergency Is
past. A Red Cross unit is organ
ized to replace the club.
Mrs. Dick was elected president of
the unit and Hazel Larlmore secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Stone was ap
pointed chairman to contact the
OrsnU Pass Red Croat center. Miss
Applegat was appointed program
chairman. The unit will meet In the
music room of the grade school each
Wednesday at 3 pm. A table tor cut
ting and a sewing machine have
been placed In the room. The work
will Include folding bandages, knit
ting, etc.
Anna Jean Bitter and Wanda Elder
were absent from school Monday be
cause of cold.
Mr. Norman Webb and small son
Jin returned home. They hare been
at the bom of Mr. Webb's parenta,
Mr. and Mr. Bill Lemmoa, for v
eral day.
Sight member of the young peo-
trailer at our yard on
West of the S. P. Tracks
Company
easeoM
End North Central
Handicap , , S
liver 199 158
Harper 144 147
Ouatafson .131 141
Sabo 8S 91
Sims n0 189
r. V
fj&i fz
f si
pies class of Williams Sunday school
met at the Ackley home for sing
ing Sunday evening. It was voted to
meet at 3 pm. Sundays with Mrs.
Harry Caugl after this.
Mr. and Mm. A. L. Blodgett called
at several homes last week. soliciting
for the Bed Cross.
Donald Oray was able to return
to school Monday after being absent
since Christmas.
Pansy Blodgets Is able to return
to school again after being confined
to the house for some Ume by heart
trouble, aald to have been brought
on by flu.
Asel Blodgett, who underwent a
sinus operation In Medford recently.
1 somewhat Improved but still has
to return for treatments.
Mrs. Catherine nek has been vlalt
InT her friends, Mrs. Jlera Blodgett.
Amos Smith's saw mill baa resumed
work after several days shutdown.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sparlln drove
to Medford? recently and Mrs. SparUn
had the cast removed from her leg.
She broke her leg between the knee
and ankle some weeks ago when she
tell In the chicken bouse doorway.
On the election board for the Wil
liams precinct for the primary and
general election are Emma J. sparlln.
Judge; L. E. Ackley, judge; Charles
A. Cougle. clerk; Ada Fay Lemmon,
clerk, and Iva Edwards, clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight and daughter
from California, vrere recent guests
at the Frank Miller home.
Oene Morrison, V. B. Brlttson and
L. I. Ackley, local director of the
Federal Land Bank of Spokane at
tended a meeting of the district bank
at Medford last week.
Mother Hartley haa been seriously
111 at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Lester Sparlln. Her other two daugh
ters, Mrs. Ruth Sparlln- and Mrs.
Blanche Sutton, of Klamath, spent
laat week here but have returned
home at their mother Is much Im
proved. Mr. and Mrs. Bowel! are visiting at
the home or Mrs. Sowell's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lemmon.
Cottage prayer meeting met Thurs
day evening of last week at the C.
W. Roberta home with 15 present.
The high wind Saturday disrupted
the power line and the valley was
without electricity for several hours.
Phoenix
Phoenix, Jan. 28. JP) Past
Guardian club will meet Jan
uary 30 at the home of Mrs.
Bertha Cobleigh. The meeting
will be held all day with covered-dish
luncheon at noon.
Howard Denser left January 33 for
Portland to take final examinations
to enter the air corpa. '
Mrs. Pre a Turpln. Travel! Turpm,
and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Turpln re
turned to Phoenix Thursday from-a
trip north visiting friends and rala-
Too can
afford the
finest in
Kentnrkj
whiskey.
VDicrt Old Crote
it so moderately
priced erfcy buy
ordinary
trhUkey'r
It was CoL James
Crow who taught
other Kentucky
distillers bow to
make good whis
key more than 70
years ao, Todav'g
Old Crow is still
Kentucky's finest.
Enjoy it tonight.
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AMERICAS GRFAT
- WBISMES -
iuoouai DiehOen Products
Saturday0
Uvea In Seattle and the Puget sound
region.
Bert Weir spent the week-end visit,
lug his parents and friends in Phoe-
nix, returning to Redding, Calif,
Monday.
A food sale was held Saturday by
the girl of Phoenix high school.
Funds from the sale will pay for a
majorette baton for the high school
drill team.
Mrs. Raymond Furry spent the
week-end visiting ber husband In
Redding. Mr. Furry Is employed at
Big Bend. Oallf.
Dinner guecta at the F. V. Barrets
home Sunday afternoon were Mr.
and Mrs. Dwlght Catherwood.
Jack Crenshaw of Portland haa re
turned to reside with his parenta
and attend high school. Other new
student enrolled In high school this
semester are Bosella Nelson and Mar
Jorle Feebler.
Visiting at the Hugh Calhoun
home January 35 waa Mrs. Calhoun's
aunt. Mm. P. F. Laverty of Portland.
Phoenix high school basketball
team will Journey to Kerby, Oregon,
this week 'for a league game.
Reese Creek
Reese Creek, Jan. 28. (Spl) .
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Andrews,
of Ashland, had charge of the
services after Sunday school
Sunday, January 25, of the
American Union Sunday school.
Miss Beverley Autrey and
Blanch and Ethel Smith of Ash
land accompanied them. The
Smith sisters sang a beautiful
duet with Miss Autry accom
panying on the piano. They
were all dinner guests at the
W. R. Lamb home.
Mrs. w. R. Lamb entertained with a
8 o'clock birthday dinner for Mr.
Lamb's 77th birthday January 31.
Mr. and Mra. C. B. Lamb of Reese
creek also Mr. and Mra. C. A- Arth
ur of Klamath Falla were present,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthurs remained over
until Friday. Mr. Arthurs is Mrs.
Lamb's brother.
An Interesting moving picture show
was presented - the school children
Friday afternoon at the school by the
teachera.
W. B. Medley returned from a visit
with relatives at Benlcla, Calif., the
past week-end.
Mra. Ralph rrltt and Mra. W. H.
Lamb attended the Home Economlo
club meeting January 30 at the home
of Mra. Lester Throckmorton at Eagle
Point.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wsddell are
In Portland with their son. Claud. Jr.
who Just underwent another major
operation. He la doing very well at
present. Everyone bopea for his
speedy recovery. Glenn Is staying with
Mr. and Mra. Robert Humphrey dur
ing their absence.
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