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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942.
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Billy Hulen Says:
Great Sons Team
Almost Certain
Of Loop Pennant
An S. O. C. E. basketball
tram that many hall as the
finest ever produced at the Ash
In nd Institution not excluding
those Howard Hobson power
. bouses of 1933, '34 and jS Is
within a whisker of clinching
the 1042 Oregon Intercollegiate
conference championship.
The Sons have yet to taste
defeat in 10 loop starts, while
their most dangerous rival for
the crown, Eastern Oregon Col
lege of Education at LaCrande,
has been whipped three times
The Sons and Eons wind up
the schedule at LaGrande Feb
ruary 9 and 10. Even tnough
the Sons drop a tilt sometime
between now and Februaiy 9.
they will still capture the pen
nant by splitting even with the
Ernie Rostock-paced Eons,
If the Ashlanders whip Mon
mouth tonight and Saturday
night in Ashland, then take a
pair from Mount Angel at
Mount Angel February S ind 7,
the shooting will be all over,
with the crown resting securely
on the coiectlve heads of the
Jean Eberhart lads.
Thus far this season the
Sons have won 14 and lost
two games of both conference
and non-conference calibre.
If, by chance, the Ashland
quln goes on through without
another defeat the team will
have fashioned the best win
ning percentage since they
started to play basketbsll at
that school.
The 1S3S outfit, coached by
Hobson, boasts the finest per
centage of any Sons team to date
21 victories and five setbacks
for a mark of .840 But if Ebbie's
gang cop their six remaining
games their record will stand
at 20 wins, two losses for a
figure of .909.
The Ashland school has long
been recognized as a major
power in the northwest's minor
college basketball circles, and
there's a good reason for that
recognition. Since 1927, first
year of the cage sport at S. O.
C. E., the Sons have won 202
games and lost 108 for the excel
lent percentage of .832. Nevet
has Sons quint fallen below
the .800 mark.
Ashland Invades Medford Tonight for Crucial Cage Battle
TIGERS MUST TIP
Can They Claw The Leading Grizzlies?
LEADERS TO STAY
DISTRICT RACE
Allan Weir Slated To Start
For Locals--North Bene'
Plays Here Saturday.
Both Principal Leonard B.
Mayfield , and Coach Russ
Acheson of Medford high
have purchased bicycles to
ride to and from their busi
ness, saving the tires en their
cars and keeping In shspe to
boot . . . now that railroad
fares are going up, eastern
sports scribes are predicting
the major leagues will go
back to the old schedule sys
tem of fewer swings around '
the circuit and longer series.
That Sons-Monmouth game In
Ashland Saturday night, in
which "crow's nest" officiating
will be tested, received notice
yesterday In the Hugh Fuller
ton, Jr., sports column, a nation
wide eye treat . . . Jackie Conn,
brother of Billy, weighs 198
pounds and Is a flghtet ... a
sports writer In Washington,
D. C, recently called a gal
wrestler "a bustlcbound blonde."
Fighting to stay In the battle
for the district 4 championship
and right to enter the state tour
nament, the Medford Tigers will
face the league-leading Ashland
Grizzlies tonight on the local
maple, and on the same floor
Saturday evening they'll tackle
undefeated North Bend In an
lntersectional contest that has
no bearing on the district race.
Sophomore quints of Medford
and Ashland will play the pre
liminary tonight at 7:30, and
Saturday night's curtain-raiser
will start at the same time.
Coach Russ Acheson of the
Bengals said today that Allan
Weir, who canned eight points
against Roseburg and six against
Grants Pass last week-end,
would probably open at a for
ward position with Captain
Hank Herman. Bill Wall will be
at center and Don Fawcett and
Lee Reynolds at the guards.
Dale Niedermeyer, Darren Mon
tieth and R. B. Webber will
probably play.
Orlsslles Favored
Ashland, moving Into Medford
for the first time this season,
will open with Jandreau and
Provost, forwards; Rath, center
and Riggs and Fowler, guards.
The Jerry Gastlneau Grizzlies
are setting the pace In the dis
trict scuffle with four wins In
five starts and will be slight fa
vorites to whip the rather Incon
sistent Tigers, who have won a
pair and dropped the same num
ber. In their first game this
year, Ashland won, 28 to 20.
Acheson said the locals were
In good physical condition for
the crucial clash, but added that
they had not looked so torrid in
practice sessions this week.
Much of the drill-time has been
devoted to free throws.
A setback for the Tigers to
night will virtually eliminate
them from the district race, put
ting them two and a half games
behind Ashland. A victory, how
ever, will cut Ashland's margin
of leadership over the locals to
a mere half game.
Roseburg at O.P.
In the other district tilt to
nlaht. the surprising Roseburg
Indians will play at Grants Pass.
A loss by Ashland while Rose
burg wins will send the Indians
into first place, but it tne uriz
zlles win they will maintain
their hold on top rung regard
less of how Roseburg fares.
Saturday night's game should
be one of the most Interesting
of the season. In an early-season
contest the North Benders trim
med the locals, 34 to 20, In the
coast city. North Bend Is rated
one of the state's strongest
teams.
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This gang of Tiger basketballers will be trvina to halt the distrlct-leadlns Ashland hiah Crlsslies
end stay in the race when the two quints clash In the local gym tonight following a 7:30 prelim. The
n.re tnts season. Tne playersi left to right, tront row,
Darrell Monteith. R. B. Webber. Allan Weir. Too rowt
Acheson. John Ousterhout, Ray McCallister, Henry Herman. Dale Niedermeyer,
game will mark Ashland s first appearance here this season.
Lee Reynolds, Don Fawcett, Jack Kretie,
Coach Russ
Bill Wall.
E SEASONS TO
STAY OPEN, WORD
There will be open hunting
seasons this year for both large
and small game In so far as ac
tion of the game commission is
concerned, according to Frank
B. Wire, state game supervisor.
Rumors have been going
around to the effect that the
entire state will be closed to
hunting his fall, but the com
mission has indicated that it
sees no necessity for such clos
ure and plans to meet In June,
the time specified by law, to
set the hunting seasons ar.d bag
limits on game birds and ani
mals for the current year.
Fights Last Night
State's Prep Teams Slate
Important Week-End Games
By Matt Kramer
Associated Press Staff Writer.
Astoria's defending state high school champions and Salem's
Vikings, leaders of the No Name league, resume a basketball
rivalry tonight (Friday) that is perhaps the fiercest in Oregon.
Last year it led to a near-riot .
In the finals of the high school
tournament, which saw Astoria,
defeated by Salem In three pre
vious games, upset the Vikings
for the title.
Since then Astoria has crush
ed 14 high school opponents,
losing only to Hood River, 33-31
while Salem has been compiling
a record almost as impressive.
The Astorians took their first
step toward the state tourna
ment this week by defeating
Tillamook, 36-24, in a district
contest. It was the first defeat
this year for Tillamook, a team
that beat Salem early In the
season.
Salem proved Its Increasing
power by walloping Eugene, 53
27, to leave only Corvallis with
in striking distance of the Vik
ings in the No Name loop. Cor
vallis downed Albany, 31-22.
A series of games In southern
Oregon will go far toward de
ciding strength In that sector.
Ashland, district four leader,
tangles with Medford, a twice
defeated team, while Roseburg,
a threat to Ashland, plays tail-
end Grants Pass tonight.
Saturday Grants Pass will
Journey to Klamath Falls while
Medford engages North Bend,
undefeated power from Coos
county.
Klamath Falls and Prlneville,
district three leaders, also will
see action tonight, Klamath
Falls playing Lakevlew and
Prinevllle meeting Bend, Burns
goes to Redmond for two games.
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STROKE SUFFERED
BY HERBERT OWEN
Eugene, Jan. 30. OP) Herb
Owen, for many years wrestling
promotor in Portland, Salem,
Eugene and other parts of Ore
gon, suffered a stroke here last
night following one of his wrest
ling shows. He was taken to the
Sacred Heart hospital. His phy
sician, Dr. H. R. Allumbaugh,
said that Owen, who Is partial
ly paralyzed, is In a "rather
critical condition."
(By the Associated Press)
Omaha Lem Franklin, 202,
Cleveland, stopped Joe Gatty,
Newark, N. J. (2).
New Haven, Conn. Johnny
Compo, New Haven, 127, and
Joe Iannolttl, 128V, New Haven,
drew (8).
Burlington, Vt. Frankle
Contl, 13914, Haverhill, Mass.,
outpointed Buster Beaupre, 139,
Vermont (110).
Jersey City, N. J Joey Had-
dad, 144, Peterson, N. J., out
pointed Mickey Makar, 146,
Bayonne, N. J. (8).
Guldahl Leads Array
In Bing Crosby Open
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Jan.
30 (A Golf's cycle of luck
has an odd way of turning.
That's why Ralph Guldahl leads
an array of less renowned play
ers Into the first round of the
$3000 Bing Crosby golf tourna
ment today.
Loggers Attention
Wanted, competent Logger with good equipment, capable
of handling 20 to 23 million feet yearly, to figure en large
Fir ob near Butherlin, Oregon. Good logging show, fourteen
mile truck haul. Long Job, 200 million feet In solid block.
Must be financially responsible and able to furnish satisfac
tory references.
Smith Wood-Products, Inc.
COQUILLE, OREGON
Herb Owen is well known In
Medford and southern Oregon,
having promoted boxing and
wrestling shows here in the
early 1930's before Mack Lil-
lard acquired the local franchise.
B LOOP QUINTETS
BATTLE TONIGHT
Pennant battles in the north
ern and western divisions of the
Southern Oregon class B basket
ball conference will be resumed
in six towns tonight, all games
starting after 7 o'clock prelim
inaries. St Mary's of Medford will
travel to Butte Falls to take on
the division-leading Loggers in
a northern division contest,
while other games in the same
loop will find Talent at Pros
pect and Sams Valley at Eagle
Point.
In the western division. Cen
tral Point 'will play at Rogue
River, Phoenix will travel to
Kerby and Gold Hill wlU In
vade Jacksonville.
LESNEVIGH SCRAP
FOR LOUIS SHOT
By Sid Feder
New York, Jan. 30 (JPt Out
at Camp Upton, where they
make soldiers out of guys named
Joe, Private J. Louis Barrow is
going to have a lot of fun to
night while Gus Lesnevlch and
Bob Pastor pound each other
all over Madison Square Gar
den's ring.
For, there ts a good chance
that the winner of this ten-round
tea party may be served up to
Private Barrow In a couple -of
months. And the only dish the
private is fonder of than fresh
fried chicken is a platter of
hopeful heavyweight, served hot
or cold. He chills both varieties.
The chief incentive for rapid
Robert and the ru?ge.d Russian
from Jersey In the present pro
ceedings is this chance for the
winner to get his ears knocked
off in March, when Private Bar
row comes back to the wars.
Of course, there is a small
matter of cutting up tonight's
gate, which Promoter Mike Ja
cobs figures may touch $23,000
through the contributions of
some 10.000 of the faithful. But
both of the battle-scarred gladi
ators are more interested in the
big shot that lies beyond.
Padres Sell Brewer
To Spokane Indians
Spokane, Jan. 30 VP) Bern
ard Brewer, who pitched for
Salem in the Western Interna
tional league in 1940 and San
Diego of the Pacific Coast
league last year, has been pur
chased from San Diego by the
Spokane Indians.
FACE TOUGH FOES
By the Associated Press
Four Pacific Coast conference
basketball teams will throw the
northern division championship
race as wide open as a prairie
on widely separated floors to
night The loop-leading Washington
quintet will be fighting off the
challenge of the u-ngy Oregon
team at Seattle while Washing
ton State, .the defending confer
ence and western collegiate
champion, Is providing a warm
entertainment for Oregon State
at Pullman.
BILL HERMAN INKS
TRACT
Brooklyn, Jan. 30. (IP)
Billy Herman, streamlined by
eight pounds during the winter,
but still looking plump, has re
covered from the back injury
that took him out of the world
series and is ready to resume
at second base for the Brook
lyn Dodgers any time and any
place.
The 32-year-old star inflelder
arrived . yesterday from his
home at New Albany, Ind., and
in a short confab with Presi
dent Larry MacPhail, signed a
new contract.
Seattle, Jan. 30. (Uni
versity of Washington football
players have been called to meet
with their new head coach,
Ralph "Pest" Welch for an in
troductory get-together this afternoon.
Welch said he would explain
some of his plans, including the
Introduction of some T-forma-
tion plays, and lay the ground
work for spring training.
Observers expressed the be
lief one of Welch's primary
steps will be to develop a quar
terback for more than blocking
duties, a role likely to be played
by Gerry Austin of Longvjew,
triple threat back on last fall's
Frosh eleven.
FIRST AIR CHIEF DIES
Washington, Jan. 30. (IP)
Major General Mason Mathews
Patrick, 78, first chief of the
army air corps, died today In
the Walter Reed hospital after
a month's illness.
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