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PAGE THREE Georgia Hopes Soar As Frank Sinkwich Returns To Fold Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: "Halfway to Shanghai" Coming STAR BACK LOOKS WEST PLANS "T" Cee Mall Trunin Wut Ada. ATTACK FOR EAST MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1942 o Medford Sports Stay Unaffected By War in 1942 Medf ord's first wartime sports year is nearing its end, and look ing back over the dozen months we fail to detect any startling affect the conflict bad on ath letics of local character. With the exception of wrest ling (and it's a debatable ques tion whether this form of acti vity can be termed a "sport"), the various brawn and brain enterprises carried on about the same as usual. Mack Lillard was forced to call off his weekly grapple shows because of the difficulty in obtaining talent, most of the mat gents having gone Into war work, where the pay is regular and good, or Joined the service. But in all other major fields schedules were completed and annual events, like the Southern Oregon- Northern California Golf tournament, were held For a time it was doubtful whether this tourney could be staged, but a large number of Camp White officers and men entered and made it a success. Despite the rubber situation which made the transporting of teams rather difficult, the Medford Craters roared right through their Oregon-California Baseball league slate and the Black Tornado gridders dittoed with theirs. Likewise with the Tiger basketballers. Practically the only affect the war had on sports here, so far as we can discern, was the drop in attendance. The Baseball Craters, although winning a pennant, had only a mediocre season at the turn stiles, and the same can be said for the Medford high football team. Why this was, with the town swollen with defense workers during the summer and early fall and people making more money than ever before, we do not know. It is an established fact, however, that amusements fare much better in times of de pression than they do when the citizenry is riding high, wide and handsome, with dough burning holes in their pockets. In the won and lost ledger, Medf ord's 1942 athletic teams did a magnificient Job. The Cra ters, as before mentioned, won their baseball league champion ship, the Medford high track and field squad captured the state title and the -high school basketballers copped the dis trict 4 title and placed sixth in the state tournament. Only the football eleven failed to win a crown, but its great late-season victory surge earned the plaudits of all Medford. Yes, it was a good sports year In this neck of the woods and It would be nice to draw aside the curtains and see another like it for 1943. But we are afraid that can't be done, and for sens ible and essential reasons. All sports will, of necessity, be curtailed during the com ing year. Transportation problems will become increas ingly acute. The high school teams will probably be able to get gasoline to make short trips, and they won't be af fected by manpower losses to the armed forces, as all play- ers ere under IS. But there won't be any long jaunts for intersectional clashes and sec ondary teams will almost cease to exist so far as inter scholastic competition is con cerned. It is almost certain that league baseball In this area is out for the duration. Most of the semi-pro players will be in the armed forces by spring, and there is the small matter of transporting teams on "A" cards, which Just can't be done. New Orleans, La., Dec. 29 0J.R3 It loked today like some body is going to get bruised a hit mavh milt m hltwhen 7 Z f. il... against each other in the Sugat Bowl Friday. Training camp activities of the clubs have been keyed to the word "rough." Tennessee Coach John Bamhill was expected to ease off a little after seeing his second player reach the side lines with injuries that could knock him out of the bowl game. Coach Henry Krnka of the Tulsa Golden huricane, prepar ing to put his flashy passing and punting circus against a Ten nessee team with a reputation for the hardest kind of hitting, postponed an open practice ses sion for the second time. Mm Maa TnbuoTWant Ads. Odds Still 2-1 For Bullldogs Ukes Gloomy Over In jury To Regular Center. By Leo H. Petersen United Press Sports Editor Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 29 OJ.R) The clouds of gloom which had gathered over Georgia s Rose Bowl training camp vanished to day and Bulldog stock began booming because Frankie Sink' wich promises to be his old self come UCLA and New Year's day here in the home of football's an nual classic. There was plenty of apprehen sion in Georgia's camp over whether Sinkwich even would be able to play until he donned his gridiron togs yesterday and showed that his twisted right ankle was going to be all right so far as his passing and running is concerned. Although he still favors the In jured leg, he looked like the Sinkwich who won almost unan imous Ail-American honors this season. As Coach Wally Butts ana his two assistants sent the Bulldogs through their drill, Frankie was throwing and run ning like he did until the siege oi ankle injuries hit him the day before the team left Athens, Ga. And while Georgia got the good word on Sinkwich, In the camp of the Bruins, some 30 miles away, the news on injured Bill Armstrong, UCLA's first string center, was not so cheer ing. The 200-pound center hurt his knee during Saturday's prac tice drill and while the injury was believed minor at the time it now appears that he will have to make way for Jim Daugherty, last year's regular pivot man. "No Excuses' Armstrong, however, will be available for part time dutv and Coach Babe Horrell, following snappy monaay arm. pro- nouncea nis team fit. if we lose we'll have no ex cuses," he said. "We micht sur- prise that dope sheet again. We Know we re in for a hard game, but we might come through." sinKwich'j return to active auty kept the odds at 2 to 1 in favor of Georgia. There was a good possibility they would go even higher inasmuch as the opening odds of 3 to 1 didn't start to drop until Frankie in jured his ankle at Tournament fark. Jeff Cravath, University of southern California coach watched the Georgians drill yes- icraay ana was amazed. ivow I know why Georgia is a great football team," he said. "There never has been a better Daianced club on the coast. mean as to height, weight, speed and general ability." Butts appeared well satisfied. He didn't seem worried over the fact that Sinkwich will be un able to punt because of his ankle. "Maybe If Frankie la throw. ing and running we won't have to worry about punting," he said. The USO Bombers, only un defeated and untied team in the Medford Ice Hockey league, go after their second straight vic tory in the Medford Ice Arena tonight, with the 91st Infantry Division Snipers providing the opposition. The contest Is billed to start at 7:45 sharp. The powerful Bombers, paced by Clarence (Mark) Marquess, tne Ashland high athlete, downed the 91st Gunners. 8 to 1. In their only start. The Snipers, in their lone game, tied the Hospital Clippers, 3 to 3. Currently deadlocked for first place with the 91st Artillery uunners, each with two points. the Bombers will take over the undisputed league leadership if ,ne Wln tonight. However, a th ,ntn lh. with one win and one tie for three pointf. "HY" EVERDING DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Portland, Dec. 29 (U.B Henry "Hy" Everding, one of the Pacific Northwest's best known sportsmen, died here to day after a three-month illness. Everding had pioneered es tablishment of trapshooting as a major competitive sport, and had sponsored or followed many other sports. A daughter, Mrs. Henry Ward, survives BAESS TO SCRAP JAPS Max (center) and brother, Buddy Baer both of fight fame, are sworn into the U. S. Army Air Force at McClellan Field, Calit, by Capt T. H. Wirak. after enlistment Allen Attacks College Cage Game; Wants 12-foot Hoops By Jack Cuddy (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Dec. 29. (U.R) We leaned back stoically behind a desultory protection of ice cream and black coffee as the pink skinned professor with the horn-rimmed spectacles rose to the occasion. But our lethargy was blasted as the man behind the rims Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen of KKansas U. launched a scathing attack against collegiate basketball and its current mis conceptions. It seemed Impossible that the vitriolic words were coming from Dr. Allen, a medium-sized man with crisp brown hair who looks like a YMCA herder. But he was giving off violently much to the surprise of news paper men gathered at Toots Shor's tavern. The theme of his verbal on slaught was: "Let's have bas kets 12 feet from the floor, and nertz to the NCAA." Dr. Allen, whose Kansas Jayhawks spoiled Fordham's es cutcheon 31-30 last night at Madison Square Garden, de manded the 12-foot baskets as the only remedy to remove from the hoop game those extra-tall men of the seven-foot type whom he described as "freaks" and "glandular goons." Raise the baskets from their original and ante-dated 10 feet to the modernly-requirea li, he said, "and those skyscraper players will be swept ok tne court because they'll be expect ed to play the game. Instead of merely standing beneatn ine baskets as tall towers of de fense." Dr. Allen emphasized that If the baskets were raised to 12 feet, the current "circus giants who now stand beneath the 10 foot baskets, "tapping them in and knocking them out," would be as useless as mud pies In Aunt Maggie's marmalade. He said that the "glandular giants' would be forced to play basket ball, "which they cannot, ana the game would be returned to siieedv. normal-sized players. We've got to take the freaks out of college basketball, he con tinued, because they are ruining the game that Dr. Naismith in vented. He declared that "when Dr. Naismith hung his peach baskets 10 feet from the flooi a half century ago, he didn't mean that this neignt wouia prevail down through the ages. He fixed this height merely be cause it was comfortable in the low-ceilinged YMCA at Spring field, Mass." Conditions have changed since then. Dr. Allen director of physical education and bas ketball coach at Kansas point ed out. Dr. Allen snorted that the proposed height change would have been made already were it not for the "stupid backward ness" of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the lethargy of college coaches. "The NCAA," he said, "is a money-hungry organization that fattens off the bones of college basketball, and college basket ball coaches are the most back ward band of mentors In all athletics. This is a deadly com bination which stifles any prog ress in college basketball, and forces the dissatisfied college coaches to look toward the high school coaches for any improve ment that may be made in the game.' Fight Results By United Press New York Johnny Greco. 136Vs. Canada, outpointed Gene Johnson, 141, New York (8); Herb Brydon, 141W, Newark, N. J, outpointed Mickey La Rosa, 138, New York (6). BASEBALLER TO ARMY McAllen, Tex, Dec. 29 U.B Terry Moore, who starred for several years In the St. Louis Cardinals' center field, gave up baseball for the duration today ford, Mass., beginning March 15 and announced he would leave! and continuing for "a period of Jan. 7 for the Panama Canal I two to three weeks," it was an ions to Join the army. pounced tonigh FOR 'BAMA TIDE Miami. Fla., Dec. 29 (U.B Ohio, which provided Georgia with Frankie Sinkwich, may see another native son bring football fame to a southern university New Year's day, when Alabama meets Boston college in the Or- ange bowl game. Sophomore Johnny August, a 167-pound halfback from Shady- side, O., spent his freshmanZ year at Ohio State, but said he didn t get much encouragement or financial backing so he went to Alabama. August hasn't seen a lot of ac tion this season, acting as relief mostly for the Tide's great Russ Mosley, but during his limited appearances, he completed 16 out of 26 passes for 247 yards, gained 214 yards on 92 running plays and averaged 39.6 yards on 20 punts. New York. Dec. 29 (U.R) The annual Christmas Intercol- legiate Fencing association tour nament title belonged to Grace Acel of Cornell college today. Miss Acel won 14 out of 16 matches while second - place Mary Piccininnl of Hunter col lege took 13 out of 16 yesterday in the New York university gym nasium. Grace Uhthoff of Hun ter finished third with 12 out of 16. Miss Uhtroff won third because she had only 21 touches to 28 for Kathleen Cerra of Brooklyn who also won 12 out of 16. Jane Bryant of William and Mary college finished eighth, winning only two out her six final matches. BIG TECH THREAT Dallas. Tex.. Dec. 29 U.B Clint Castleberry, Georgia Tech's freshman firecracker, was the center of attention today as the Ramblin' Wreck and Texas uni versity, its Cotton Bowl oppo nent, began secret practice for their New Year day game Bill Alexander, Tech's veteran coach, admitted that Castleberry was his chief hope of outscoring the opposition. Both teams held their first workout here yester day. And Dana X. Bible, the stub by, genial pilot of the Texans, picked Castleberry as the man the Longhorns must stop if they hope to win their first start In this post-season gridiron classic. RED SOX WILL TRAIN IN NEARBY VILLAGE Boston, Dec. 29 (UP) The Boston Red Sox wil hold spring training at the Tufts college In door diamond and cage In Med E Other Half Of Squad To Use Single Wing East Has Secret Practices. By Robert 8. Preecott United Press Correspondent San Francisco, Dec. 29 OJ.R) The Western All-Stars today belatedly began Installation of a T-formation football attack for the Shrine's east-west char ity gridiron game here New Year's Day. With only three days left to tutor the west's best collegiate players in the intricate forma tion. Assistant Coach Don Fau rot, of Missouri, admitted he ha i his "work cut out" for him, but predicted: "The T-formatlon will make our outfit click." Faurot, who won two succes sive Big Six championships at Missouri with the T , spent nearly two weeks convincing Head Coach Orin "Babe" Hol lingbery one of the nation' staunchest single-wing advocates at Washington State that "the T is made to order for the club we have here." Babe Agrees Hollingbery finally agreed to allow Faurot to install the fast- understanding that the western squad would alternate two teams A "T" team and a single- wing eleven against the fa vored eastern squad. Meanwhile, the eastern squad continued secret practices on the Santa Clara University campus, building its attack around All Americas Paul Governali of Col umbia and Bill Daley of Minne sota. With Head Coach Andy Kerr hosDitalized with bronchitis, Dr, George Hauser of Minnesota and "Dud Degroot of Rochester con ducted the practice sessions. Kerr may miss the game at San Francisco s Kezar stadium. CAVEMEN INVADE The Jacksonville Redskins, who lost to the Grants Pass Cave men by a 28 to 25 score earlier in the season, will have another crack at the district 4 quintet tonight, the game starting fol lowing a 7:15 preliminary be tween second teams of the two schools. The clash will be staged at Jacksonville. Coach Russ Werner of the Redskins said his club would open with Swaryck and Rians at the forwards. Hardy at cen ter and Mclntyre and Jonsonh at the guards. The Cavemen will probably take the floor with D Martindale and Lathrop at the forwards, R. Martindale at cen ter and Gray and Schrimpf at the guards. Montreal, Dec. 29 (U.R) Lome Carr of the Toronto Ma ple Leafs nudged up alongside teammate Syl Apps to share the top spot in the National Hockey League individual scoring race, afficial standings revealed to day. Carr, in the third place last week, gained five points during the week. His 31 points came from a total of 15 goals and 16 assists. Apps built up his total from 17 goals and 14 assists, Bill Cowley of Boston and Toronto's Bill Taylor tied for third with 30 points. Cage Scores By United Press Kansas 31; Ford ham 30. Southern California 48; Long Island U. 40. .Vo, L J mm mwm aaaiae go. aos stsT Tr Death from the skies involve Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Charlotte Wynters and J. Ed ward Bromberg in a fantastic murder "Halfway to Shanghai," Donald Duck on Donald Duck comes to the Craterian Theatre tomorrow for a four-day run in Walt Disney's technicolor cartoon, "Der Fueh West Virginia Star 253 Points Shy Of New Scoring Record Salem, W. Va., Dec. 29 (U.R) Four years ago Big John Ab- ramoyic was "too awkward to make the grade in big-time col lege basketball, but today he stands an excellent chance of becoming the nation's new In dividual cage scoring champion. Abramovic, a slick-haired chap who works wonders with a bas ketball for tiny Salem college. already has staked a claim on one national collegiate scoring title and is gunning for another. At the rate he Is going he won't have much trouble mak ing it barring a report order from the U. S. naval reserve in which he is enlisted. Abramovic, the towering Cro tian turned down by Coach Chick Davles at Duquesne four years ago as an awkward kid without much coordination, Is only 253 points from the na tional basketball scoring record set by Kenny Griffith of Alder-son-Broadus last year. They call him "Brooms' Abramovic around the hills of West Virginia because his dad manufactures brooms back at Etna, Pa. In three collegiate seasons this six-foot-two 192 -pounder rolled up a grand total of 1,528 points. In six games this year he added another 161 markers. If "he averages 12 points game in each of Salem's remain ing 22 tilts. Brooms will set a new record. He considers 12 points a game pretty poor pick ings for an evening's play. Strip Teaser's Leg Causes New Trouble Kansas City. Mo., Dee. 29 (U.B Strip Teaser Margie Hart's lees which bothered New York censors because she showed too much of them, have gotten her In trouble trfaln, she said today. This time they gave out from under her when she waa going down a flight of steps here and she suffered a broken ankle. MAC'S FISH FRY 213 West Main St. CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS IN FAMILY WILL RE-OPEN ABOUT FRIDAY-JANUARY 15 In the mystery by that title opening a four-day run Wed nesday at the Holly Theatre. "Omaha Trail," will be double billed. Craterian Bill rer's" Face," which playi as an added treat with "Life Begins at 8:30." The cartoon la the ori gination of the famous song hit by that title. Romantic Pair Dorothy Lamour and Richard Denning star in the technicolor production of "Beyond the Blue Horizon," opening a mree-nigm run tonight at the Roxy Theatre. Mystery of Marie Roget, piays as the added mystery. Soldiers Vie For Bond In Oriental Gardens Contests Four Camp White soldiers, winners in weekly competition of amateur entertainers at the Oriental Gardens, will compete for a prize of a $25 war bond at the Wednesday night Orien tal Gardens dance, according to Ray Schumacher, manager of the hall. The soldiers who will take part in the final are Sgt. Robert Sales, Sgt. Landon, Pvt. Gillespie and Pvt. John Nonas. Joe and Sylvia, a team of enter tainers, will also be contestants. Following the final contest Wednesday night another series of amateur contests will begin at the Oriental Gardens, with weekly prize of $5, according to Ray Schumacher. MILLION PARISIANS MAY BE MOVED OUT New York, Dec. 29 OJ.B The Berne radio, heard by the United Press in New York, quot ed Berlin sources tonight as say ing that evacuation of 1,000,000 persons from Paris is planned In order to cope with the food sup ply problem. Clottng time (or Classified ads a. m. Too late to ClaaallT 13:30 p. m. 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