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MEDFORD KAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81944
QUESTION BEFORE
Service Team Relationship,
Frosh Rule Due For Study
Dispute Expected.
Br Tommy Devlne
United Press Correspondent
Chicago. Dec. 8 U.R New
eoliciei to govern the conduct
of wartime athletics will be
drafted today by faculty repre
sentatives and athletic directors
or the Big Ten.
Two controversial questions
. face the conference officials:
(IV Relationship with serv
ice teams.
(2) The freshman rule.
The first topic was loaded with
"dynamite" and there may be
tendency on the part of Big
Ten leaders to "soft pedal" the
Issue, but some league represent
atives were ready to demand a
strict set of eligibility require
ments for tha service teams Jf
they remain on the schedules of
conference teams.
The move was directed pri
marily at the Iowa pre-fllght
school. Big Ten teams purport
edly understood when tha pre
fllght team was formed that It
would be manned by cadets.
Special permission later was
given for the use of officers
"when necessary.' However,
early In the season when the
bulk of the Big Ten teams were
mat, tha Seahawks used a team
composed largely of officers and
that policy had many repercus
sions around the conference.
Most conference coaches and
official believed that a definite
agreement should be reached
with tha service teams as to tha
type of their personnel to pre
vent recurrence of tha ill
feeling that developed this fall.
The freshman rule which
requires a year's residence be
fore an athlete is eligible for
varsity competition probably
will become a war casualty.
With tha draft of IS and 19
year old boy and the service
calls of older students in the
army and navy reserve units, it
appear unlikely that college
will have sufficient manpower
to carry on their Intercollegiate
aports program next year unless
first year men are used.
TIGERSLEFTOFF
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Medford's Black Tornado
failed to land a single player on
Klamath Falls' all-opponents grid
team as selected by Coach Frank
Ramsey, but placed two men on
the second eleven Ray Case
beer, center, and Clayton Ander
son, guard.
Ramsey's first team Included
four players from Vancouver
high, two from Grant, one each
from Eureka, Redding and Bend
and two from Grants Pass Chet
Lathrop, end, and Clyde Blev
ins, guard.
Yanks To Open Season
With Rookie At Short
New York, Dec. 8 (U.W
President Ed Barrow of the New
York Yankee said today that
the club planned to use Rookie
Bill Johnson at shortstop in
place of Regular Phil Rlxzuto.
now In the navy.
Johnson, from Montclalr, N. J .
will play the position while
Frank ie Crosettl la under 30-day
suspension, imposed for his
world series' argument with Um
pire BUI Summers. Johnson hit
.391 with Newark In the Interna
tional league last season.
BASKETBALL
By United Pre
Michigan 38, Michigan State
11.
nilnol 38, Detroit 25.
Indiana 68, Wabash 40.
DePaul 47, Glenvlew 38.
Niagara 64, Arkon 53.
Macomb Teacher 43, Illinois
College 33.
South Dakota 40, Nebraska 30.
St. Mary's 39, Winona State
Teacher 29.
Fordhara 41, Fort Monmouth
88.
Western Michigan 82, North
western 42,
Virginia 82. Navy Yard 18.
Lora College, 50, Iowa State
Teachers 83.
Lawrence 81, DePauw 41.
A.E.F. KEEPS FIT Frank Beck, of Gretna, La., heave a pass to team-mate during workout o)
U. S. Army football team in Northern Ireland. This Is on of the service teams practicing for inter
camp games which are to begin soon. Yanks are kecDlng fit for role in the bluer conflict
ONLY LOCAL FANS
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Washington, Dec. 8 ' (U.R)
The New Year' Day Bowl foot-,
ball games should be witnessed
only by local fans and not by
any of the competing teams
followers. Defense Transporta
tion Director Joseph B. Eastman
ruled today.
Seeking to hold holiday travel
to a minimum, Eastman said he
had wired sponsors of the Rose
and Sugar Bowls that if they
provide the competing teams
with ticket for sale in their
home communities, it would be
counter to requests he has made
that their sale be allowed only
in towns where the games are
scheduled.
"We must discourage enthus
iasts, alumni and team followers
from making these trips this
season," Eastman telegraphed
Robert M. McCurdy, president of
the Tournament of Roses.
"I hope that travel from
Georgia may be limited to es
sential people," he said. A copy
of the telegram was sent to the
University of Georgia.
New York. Dec. 8 fU.PI
Frankle Slnkwich, All-America
back from Georgia university,
will receive the Heisman Memor
ial troohv for all-around expel.
lence on the gridiron here to
night at a dinner in his honor.
Sinkwlch, attired In the uni
form of the marine nHvat
first class, arrived here yester
day with Georgia coach, Wally
Butts.
Butts said his Georgia team,
which will play In the New
Year's Day Rose Bowl game,
will leave Athens, Ga., Dec. 19
for the coast.
Richie Lemos Loses
Verdict To Vasquez
Holyoke. Mass., Dec. 8 (U.R)
nenry vasquez, 133, New York
Spanish lightweight, gained a
10-round decision over RlrMr
Lemos, 134, Los Angeles, former
baa leatherwelght champion
and currently ranked eighth
among the world's lightweights
at the Valley arena last night.
Baron Von Stumme. Lemos
manager, said he planned to pro
test the decision to the state box
ing commission. He offered to
rematch Lemos with Vasquez
within a month.
BERMUDA MAY BE SCENE
OF "LILY BOWL" GAME
Bermuda, Dec. 8 (U.R) Foot
ball teams composed of army
and navy personnel stationed
here may rlT on New Year's
Day in a "Lily Bowl" game, it
was announced today.
Several former college foot
ball stars are Included in the
local service lineups and the
game, if played, would mark tho
first time American football was
played here on such a scale.
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'Goofy? Tourney Under Way
For Interim Heavy Diadem
By Jack Cuddy
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Dec. 8 (U.R) Promoter Mike Jacobs Is conduct
ing a tournament for the goofy "interim heavyweight cham
pionship," and it will serve hlm-right if that mysterious screw
ball from California, Lou Nova, happens to win it.
Jacobs,
abetted by the New
York Boxing commission and
apparently also by the National
Boxing association, is trying to
determine the best of a bad lot
of heavies to foist him upon the
public as "champion," while Sgt.
Joe Louis 1 helping Unci Sam
against the Axis.
To aid the war effort, our
citizens will accept fish instead
of beef on meatless Tuesday,
and they'll use substitutes for
rubber, etc., but we doubt if
they'll accept an ersatz heavy
weight king in place of Louis.
Particularly when the makeshift
champ must come from among
Nova, Taml Maurlello and Jim
my Bivlnenoe three remaining
gladiotors in the tourney.
It is our opinion that Jacobs
and the fistic fathers are fooling
ro one but themselves when they
talk grandiloquently of duration
champions. They believe that
such verbiage, used in publicity,
will help the gates. We doubt
it. Although the average fight
tan 1 somewhat of a sucker,
he' not. such a hoddy-doddy as
to fall for that tripe. All of the
flamboyant blurbs at tha dis
posal of Jacobs' ballyhoo artist
can not blow away the lingering
aroma of that recent "tourna
ment" bout between Blvln and
Lee Savold, for example.
Anyway, Lou Nova, the belt
ing buffoon from Los Angeles,
tangles with young Taml Mauri
ello of the Bronx in the second
tournament bout at the garden
Friday night. We hope Nova
wins, and then goes on to lick
Bivins, the sawed-off Cleveland
Negro, in the final for the
"title." It would be Just retribu
tion, if you know your Nova.
We have nothing personal
against Nova. He is good to his
wife and kiddles. He worked his !
way through high school and a
bit of college. Moreover, he
garnered his limited fighting
abilities with -a hodge-podge of
new-fangled blarney that facul
ty Increased his box office value.
We mean that stuff about the
yogi, cosmic punch, dynamic
stance, etc.
Our chief criticism of the Jest
ing Jolter is that he Is the ulti
mate in in-and-outers. He works
himself and the fans up to ter
rific letdowns. Using that other
California clown, Maxle Baer,
as an Important atepplng stone
on two occasions Nova climbed
to important heights. Then
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bloolel The first time Tony
Galento deflated him, giving
him a bloody beating at Phila
delphia in 1939. That was Just
after Louis had kayoed Galento.
Nova was a 3-1 favorite against
fat Tony.
But the yogi man came storm
ing back, after a year's lay-off
and four fast victories won him
a title shot at Louis. Well sir.
Nova certainly sold the boxing
writers and public a bill of
goods that time with his dy
namic stance.
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EYE 141 RECORDS
New York, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Delegates to the 54th annual con
vention of the Amateur Athletic
Union in Chicago Dec. 11-12-13
will consider a total of 141
records, it was announced to
day, and all marks accepted will
automatically become new
American standards.
The record crop I led by
track and field athletes who
tallied a total of 57 new marks
while women swimmers account
ed tor oi and men swimmers,
33. The total Is a distinct drop
from last year's 193 and from
the preceding year s 322.
Leading record-smasher of the
year was Gloria Callen of the
New York Women's Swimming
association. Miss Callen cracked
19 marks while Maria Lenk of
Brazil was runner-up with 11.
Fights Last Night
By United Press
New York Joe Varoff, 138V4.
New York, outpointed Tom
Clarlo, 139, Waterbury, Conn..
(6); Ray Velarde. 157, Califor
nia, outpointed Fred Graham.
152, New York. (6).
Newark, N. J. Wallace Cross.
212, East Orange, N. J., knocked
out Joe Carelll, 204, Hartford,
Conn., (1).
Holyoke, Mass. Henry Vas
quez, 135, New York, outpointed
Richie Lemos, 134, Los Angeles,
(10).
DAYS
FOR DODGERS, IS
SCHEFFELS CLAIM
By Paul Schsffel
United Press Correspondent
New York, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Notes from the off-season base
ball scoreboard:
Steve O'Neill, new manager
of the Detroit Tigers, faces one
of the toughest Job in baseball
for 1943 when he attempts to re
build his squad into an American
league contender ... The Ben
gal have already lost 31 players
to the service with more likely
to leave, but O'Neill, who pilot
ed Beaumont to the top. of the
Texas league standings last sea
son, feel optimistic about his
Job especially when he talks
of Rookie Outfielder Dick Wake
field . . . Wakefield, paid a
healthy sum to sign with Detroit
two years ago, will hit with the
top six men In the league, ac
cording to O'Neill.
Look for Branch Rickey's first
big deal as head of the Brooklyn
Dodgers to bring Outfielder Lou
Novikoff of the Chicago Cubs to
Ebbet Field . . . Rickey, ever
appreciative of color in a player,
believes Novikoff would be a
definite asset to , the Dodgers
both at the box office and at
bat . . . The Philadelphia Phils
may be on the market but Coach
Hans Lobert has already settled
on his 1943 lineup ... It will be
Nick Etten at first, Albie
GIossop at second, Bill Burich at
short, Merrill May at third and
Tommy Livingston and Bobby
Bragan behind the plate; the out
fielders will be composed of
Danny Lltwhller, Ron Northey
and Roberto Ortiz.
Hollywood, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Edgar Bergen left Hollywood
today in an army bomber with
the first air-borne show unit to
entertain soldiers in army camps
in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
MEMO TO ADVERTISERS
A. B.C. AUDIT
Stanford Board Of
Control In FaVor Of
Fewer Cassba Trips
Palo Alto, Cal.. Dee. 8 U.B '
The Stanford university board
of athletic control today was on
record favoring curtailment of
the Pacific Coast conference bas
ketball schedule, cancellation of
all trips outside the Bay area
for track and baseball teams and
elimination of rugby.
Graduate Manager Al Mas-
ters said he would recommend,
at the next conference meeting
in San Francisco Monday and
Tuesday that southern section
basketball teams including
California, UCLA, USC and
Stanford make only one road
trip between San Francisco and
Los Angeles this season instead
of two.
The board advocated cancella
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Questions
and Answers
about Newspaper Advertising
Q. Do you know of any measure for the value of
newspaper circulation to an advertiser such
oslhe standards that a business man uses in
buyint merchandise?
A. Yes. In the well-known standards that
have been approved and adopted by ad
vertisers namely A.B.C. standards.
Q. M,otisA.B.C.r " i
A. A.B.C stands for Audit Bureau of Grcu-t
lations, t cooperative association of 2000
advertisers, advertising agencies and pub
lishers in the United States and Canada.
Q. What is the Bureau 's worlf
A. To udit the circulation of newspapers
and periodicals so that advertisers can
buy space on the basis of definite stand
ards and verified facts and figures.
Q. How Joe A.B.C accomplish thisT
A. The Bureau has a large staff of experi
enced auditors. These men visit the pub
lisher members annually and make audits
of their circulation records. This informa
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BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS
tion of baseball, track and swim
ming team trip because of trans
portation and expense difficul
ties. The board, however, ap
proved a trip by the Stanford
basketball team to New Orleans,
La., Dee. 30. to play tha Great
Lakes Naval Training station
five in the Sugar Bowl celebration.
Fire Chief Closes
Frisco Night Spot
San Francisco. Dec. 8 (U.R)
rire Marshal Frank Kelly has
closed tha 365 club, one of the
city's best-known night spots,
pending construction of a new
exit in conformity with safety
laws.
Following tha Boston night
club fire in which 484 died,
Kelly announced Saturday he
would close any local night dub
violating safety laws.
Cm stall rrlbuno Want sua.
OF GOOD CIinF.lt ;
tion Is then published !n A.B.C reports
for the use and protection of advertisers.
Q. What do then retorts showT
A. A.B.C reports tell how much circulation
a newspaper has, where this circulation is,
how it was obtained, how much people
paid for it, and many other verified facts
that advertisers should know when they
buy advertising.
Q. Art all publications tlifible for A. B. C mem
bership? A. No. Only those with paid circulation. This
is important to advertisers because it is
the best proof of interest and purchasing
power on the part of the readers.
Q. Is this newspaper member of the Audit
Bureau of Circulations f
A. Yes. We are proud of our circulation and
we want our advertisers to know just
what they get for their money when they
advertise in our columns. The audited
information in our A.B.C report gives
them the complete facts.
FACTS AS A MEASURE OF
ORSON WELLES HOMED
Hollywood. Dee. 8 (U.R) Or
son Welle was signed today to
play the male lead in tha film
version of Jan Austen' novel
"Jan Eyre", to be produced by
20th Century-Fox by Kenneth
MacGowan. Joan Fontaine was
awarded the feminine lead.
Aldous Huxley is completing
tha script, which ha been two
year in the writing.
TWO DIE IN CRASH
Lancaster. Cal.. Dec. 8 (U.R)
Two men were killed today whan
their army training plana from
the Polari Flight academy t
War Eagle field crashed on
routine flight at the Jo Wood
ranch six mile southwest of
here.
The British ministry of infor
mation employs mobile film to
keep the public informed of tha
war effort and encourage partici
pation. ADVERTISING VALUE
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