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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1942
SORTS
29-20 WIN OVER
WEED.CAL.QUINT
Br Jim Tucker
Medford high's Tigers opened
their 1942-43 basketball cam
paign here Friday night by
trouncing the Weed (Cal.) Cou
gars. 29 to 20, In battle that
aw the locali Jump Into an early
lead at 2 to 1 and never relin
quish their advantage.
After four minutes of play in
the first period tha Bengals
boasted a commanding 8 to 1
lead, and they continued their
brilliant playing to wind up with
12 to 8 bulge by tha time the
quarter was over.
Completely dominating the
backboards, the Tigers contin
ued to pour In the baskets un
til, with three minutes left In
the half, but one of the original
starters Guard Hob Deuel was
still In action. The half closed
with the Tigers ahead, 18 to 0.
The two teams were equal In
(he third and fourth quarters,
matching basket for basket.
' The Tigers were able to keep
(he upper hand throughout the
game, mainly because of the fine
playing of Captain Don Fawcett,
the fireball forward Fawcett re
peatedly stole the ball from the
hands of his opponents to set up
Tiger scoring plays, and besides
hawking the leather he was high
point man for both teams with
13 points. Many of his tallies
came when the Cougars were un
able to get the ball In from un
der the local basket because he
was always there to snatch It.
Scott, the tall Negro center for
the invaders, was outstanding
for his quintet
In the preliminary, the sopho
mores eked out a 17 to IS vic
tory over the Junior high team.
Next Wednesday night the Ti
gers will play an alumni team.
Lineups:
Medford (29) Weed (20)
Fawcett 13 F Torreson 1
Montelth 2 F Piva 10
Nledr'm'y'r f- Scott 6
Weir O Michael
Deuel 2 G .. Salvestern 3
Subs Medford: Nordwick,
Plumlcy, Ousterhout, W e 1 s e n
burger 1, Edwards 3; Weed: Per
ez. Officials George Harrington
and Norm Worthley.
HELD AS BABY'S FATHER
Pittsburgh, Dec. 19 (U.B
City police said tonight that Rob
ert Tyson, 27, formerly of San
Diego, Cal., was being held in
Youngstown, O., as the father of
Pittsburgh's abandoned "mys
tery baby."
HALT NEVADA PROJECTS
San Francisco, Dec. 19 (U P)
Work on two more Nevada
projects has , been ordered
stopped by the war production
board, the war production board
announced today.
HOLD SHOOT FOR
TURKEYSJODAY
The Medford Gun club annual
turkey shoot at the club grounds
at Snowy Butte Four Corners
today Is expected to draw the
usual big crowd that has attend
ed the popular event since the
contests were first started sev
eral years ago. Shooting at the
sixteen-yard traps, where the
turkeys will be contested for,
will start at 11 o'clock sharp in
order to provide sufficient time
to complete the long program.
Both turkeys and war stamps
will be used as prizes, some of
the events having both first and
second prizes, and other meth
ods of distribution of turkeys
being used for those who do not
desire to contest by shooting at
the traps.
As a large attendance Is ex
pected the club plans to have
the shooters divided into squads
so the Inexperienced and less ex
pert shooters will contest against
shooters of their own ability, the
better shots being grouped In
other squads.
Hot lunch with coffee will be
served throughout the day and
the public is Invited to the shoot
with the same prices charged
club members. Spectators are
cordially invited to enjoy the
program.
Camp White (Spl.) The
91st Infantry Division will hold
a 16-team basketball tourna
ment, starting Christmas Day
at the large sports arena at
Camp White. Entering the tour
nament will be the leading
teams of each of the 18 leagues
now playing in the "Powder
River" division.
The big gym, which has three
basketball courts, will have two
games going at a time as the 18
leading teams fight it out for
tha Christmas tournament tro
phy. Tha tournament closes
New Year's night with tha two
remaining teams battling for the
honors.
In the 91st division Is found
one of tha most extensive ath
letic programs in the country.
In addition to 90 basketball
teams which are playing in 18
leagues there are boxing teams
holding their eliminations and
getting ready for the team fights
which start January 8. Military
track meets are held at regular
intervals. Voleyball and bad
minton teams are waiting until
there Is space available in the
sports arena so they can start
their seasons.
F
DEFEAT SAILORS
Chicago, Dee. 19 41.(9
niinoti' defending Big Ten bas
ketball champions came from be
hind in the last three minutes of
their game with Great Lake at
the Chicago stadium tonight to
hand the Bluejackets their first
defeat of the season, 57 to S3.
Guard Gene Vance scored
what proved to be the winning
basket at the thre minute trrrk
to break a 32-52 deadlock. The
teams traded free throws and
then Forward Andy Phillip
added the clincher. Forward Ken
Kenke scored 21 points for the
Illint. . -
New York. Dee. ID (U.R
St. John's university, paced by
Center Harry Baykoff, who loop
ed 18 point through the hoop,
notched its fourth straight vic
tory tonight by defeating Okla
homa 51-43 In the opening game
of a doubleheader at Madison
Square Garden before a crowd
of 15,000.
TROJANS DEFEAT
PRE-FLIGHT 2H3
Los Angeles, Dec. 19 U.R)
Completely outplaying their
foes, the University of Southern
California Trojans 'wound up
their football season today with
a aolid 21-13 trouncing over the
St Mary's Navy Pre-FllRht team.
The crowd of 9000 was the
smallest before which any Tro
jan team had ever played in the
Memorial Coliseum.
The Navy team scored soon
after the game opened when
Heywood couldn't get his punt
off, deep in his own territory.
A swarm of Pre-Flighters fell
on the ball, taking it over on the 1
Trojan 10. On the first play'
Bottarl passed to Grayson in the ,
end zone. Falaschi missed the
conversion.
The Trojans brounced right
back on the scoreboard, piloted j
by McCardht't short passes and
Bleeker's smashes at the line,
tha Trojans roared 78 yards in
14 plays, climaxed when Bleeker
dove over the top of a huge pile
of players from the one-yard
line. Jamison booted tha con
version. Hardy and Callanan alternat
ed at lugging the ball and Hardy
topped it off by squeezing
through the right side of the line
from the one-yard line for the
touchdown.. Jamison again kick
ed the conversion. -
Early in the third period Mc
Cardle, after being held at tha
line by tha big Pre-Fllght for
ward wall, dropped back and
looped a long aerial to Heywood
who snared it on tha navy 10
and ran on over unmolested.
Jamison kicked tha goal for a
perfect percentage.
The Pre-Flighters scored mid
way in the fourth period when
Bottari took to the air himself
and connected to Gentry in tha
end zone.
Washington, Dec 18 U.B
Felix Cotten, International new
service correspondent, was elect,
ed president of the National
Press Club tonight .
and privileges according as the Cse MU Tribune Want Ada.
GARDEN BOUT SIGNED
New York, Dee. 19 U.R
Joey Peralta of Tamaqua, Pa.,
and Maxie Shapiro of New York
were signed today for a 15-round
lightweight elimination bout at
Madison Square Garden Jan. 8.
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