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page sn: MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1943 3QfirT 17 Nine Seasons With Green Bay Produce Feats Un equalled On Pro Gridiron. .Br Bob Mayer United Press Correspondent Chicago, Dec. 8 (U.R) Effec tive as of now, Don Hutson, left end, becomes Mr. Donald Hut eon of Green Bay, Wis., "Solid citizen," Bed Oosa chairman, Lion's club prexy and favorite son. When the final gun sounded ending the Green Bay-Phil-Pitt game last Sundaj , Hutson closed the book on a nine-year career of professional football. It was all legal, too. For Hutson spec! fled In his contract that he and the gridiron part company after the 1943 season. However, the "solid citizen' from Pine Bluff, Ark., leaves behind a full page In the foot ball record book. Under "Hutson's records" reading from left to right: Lifetime records: most passes caught, 383; most touch down passes caught, 03; most yards gained catching passes, 6,201; most points scored, 641; most touchdowns scored, 86; mort consecutive games scoring one or more points, 39; shortest touchdown pass caught, 4 inches. Season records: most passes caught, 78; most touchdown passes caught, 17; most yards gained catching passes, 1,211; most points scored, 138; most touchdowns scored, 17. Game records: most yards gained catching passes, 237 against Brooklyn Nov. 21, 1043: Miscellaneous; most years named most valuable player, 2; most years leading pass receiver, 6; most consecutive years lead ing scorer, 4; most records held, 17, As the above testifies, for guy who didn't know what pro football was nine years ago, Hutson did all right. Curley Lambeau, Green Bay coach, talked Hutson Into return ing to pro-ball for one more sea son last year. But he agreed to Hutson's clause In the contract that this would be the last year. That's worried Lambeau ever since. He can't realize that his boy, Don, Is really gone. Hutson didn't know football from a toy balloon back In Pine Bluff, where he 'was a track star and baseball player. But he had a close friend, Bob Seawell, who did know the difference. When Seawell got an offer from Coach Frank Thomas of Ala bama to come to college, he said: "Not unless Hutson can come too." ' Wondering who this guy Rut eon was, Thomas said o.k. and gave Hutson a track scholarship, just to get Seawell. After dis covering Don's speed, he made his first string end and three years later Hutson was In the Rose Bowl game. Favors Holding Net Meet Again in 1944 Now York. Dec. B. U.R Hoi combe. Ward, president of the United States Lawn Tennis asso ciation, told members of the Ten nis Writers' association yesterday that he favored holding the na tional championship tournament again next year Ward saw, however, that he was voicing only his own views and that the matter of the 1944 tourney would be decided by the USLTA at its January meeting. Coopers' Army Bid Recalls Showing After Dad's Death By Jack Cuddy United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Dee. 8 (U.PJ The news that the greatest brother battery baseball ever has know, Mort and Walker Cooper, soon may be doing their pitching and catching for Uncle Sam, re minds us Of another job they once did for another relative their father. YICK SO CHINESE HERB. CO. Dally 10 A. M. to 6 P.M. Sundays 11:30 A. M.to 1:; :30 P.M. Mm. J. H. Leong, Herbalist Jackson Co. Bank Bldg. STOMACH ULCERS Heart, Rheumatism. Asthma. Catarrh. Piles. Prostate Gland. Ecsema. and all disorders et Liver. Kidney Trouble. Jaundice, and other complaints dls appear after using CHINESE HERBS Walker already has oassed his physical and has been accepted for limited service In the armed forces. He is awaiting now only the call to duty. Brother Mort, the Ditching ace of the St Louis Cardinals, has been summoned for his preliminary physical on Monday. We had the privilege of watch ing Mort Cooper break his Jinx over the American league in the second game of the world series this year. That, In our mind, will go down as one of the most courageous sports victories of all times. Cooper, mind you, although a great pitcher in his own league, had never, in four previous at tempts, ben able to master the hitting power of the Junior cir cuit. In two all-star games and In two world series he had been treated with the amount of re spect generally shown the rank est rookie out of Peoria. The victory Mort achieved over the Yanks was great not only because of the American league jinx. A far greater In spiration spurred him on that day. Only a couple of hours before the Cardinals left their rooms st the New Yorker hotel, the Coopers received word their fa ther the man who sponsored their baseball careers had died. Only a few in the vast crowd of nearly 70,000 persons at Yankee stadium were aware of the conditions under which Mort and Walker took the field that day. Manager Billy South worth left the decision of wheth er or not to play up to the Coopers, and Mort, after talk ing it over with Walker said: "We want to play, BiUy. We'll win .this one for Pop." The story tf how they played and how they won made great copy for the sports writers. Mort allowed but six hits in the only game the Cards were able to salvage out of the aeries. UGHllUEWIS , Tl FOR SHRINE TEAM Soil Francisco, Dec. 8. (U.R) Coach Babe Holllngbery of the west Shrine team was expected to arrive today and begin the dif ficult task of assembling 22 play ers for the Jan. 1 classic with the east. Holllngbery will confer with Co-Coach Leonard T. (Buck) Shaw of Santa Clara and Wil liam Coffman, general manager of the game. Although Coach Andy Kerr of the east has assembled almost his ertire squad, Holllngbery and Shaw have extended bids to only three players Herman Wede- meyer of St. Mary's; Dick Renfro of Washington State, and Quen- tin Grennough of the Alameda Coast Guard. The east again will train at Santa Clara, while the west will be quartered at Menlo Junior College near Palo Alto. Al Llghtner and Dick Lewis, Well-known Medford athletes, are again playing on the Ft. Lewis, Wn., basket! all team, which Sunday walloped the Pa cific Packards of Portland by the unmerciful tally of 84 to 52, as Gall Bishop, the ex-WSO All Amerlcan, tossed 38 points through the hoop. Llghtner crashed Into a wall early In the lop-sided contest and hurt himself to the extent of needing hospitalization. The pair were members of last year's Ft Lewis team which competed' in the national AAti tournament in Denver, Colo. I POSSIBLE Oakland. Cal.. Dee. 8 til R1 Oakland baseball club officials were scheduled to confer with Dolph Camllll today on the possi bility of the big New York Giants' first baseman taking over the managerial reins as successor to Johnny Verges. The club has met with nnnrn). tlon from the Giants in its deal ings with Camllll, the major league organization being reluct ant to grant him a release. If the Oaks fail to land Camllll, they may attempt to gain the services of Earl Brucker, veteran coach and catcher of the Philadelphia Athletics. 3 BACKFIELDS GO THROUGH DRILLS University of Idaho. Moscow. Dec. 8. OJ.PJ With the first of the pre-season games safely chalked up in the victory col umn, Idaho basketball fans can draw a long breath and face the approach of the conference sea son with some right to hope for a creditable record. The crew that won a 83-43 de cision over a tough set of sailors from Lewlston normal-consists, like most college outfits in the territory, mostly of men who are new to college basketball. Tom Collins of Boise is the only let- terman on the squad. "Babe" Brown, Idaho coach, is using Tom at guard this year.. Last year he was forward and ranked well up among Idaho hoopsters in scor ing. Great Pro Lineman Is Sworn Info Army New York.- Dec. 8 (li.R) Tackle Al Blozls. 245-pound stal- wart of the New York Giants line, was sworn Into the army at the Newark, N. J., induction center late yesterday. Blozls. regarded as one of the finest linemen in the National Professional Football league. was granted a three-week fur lough and will be able to com pete against the Washington Redskins this Sunday and again the following week If the Giants force the eastern division into a playoff by beating the Redskins this week. , i CLUB BOUGHT Philadelphia, Dec. 8 (U.R) Robert R. M. Carpenter, Jr., president of the Philadelphia Phillies, anhounced today that he had purchased controlling interest in the Wilmington team of the Interstate league from Connie Mack, The team had bene owned Jointly by Mack and Carpenter and his father. Grape coloring, made from the skins of dark grapes, is used In government and commercial grade stamps on meats. Phone 2119 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime LewL Super Service GREEN FIR 300 CUBIC FT. LOAD Timber P Company DIAL 2123 Seattle Dec. 8. (U.B Three separate University of Washing ton backfleld units went through their paces today as Coach Pest Welch started building a Rose Bowl game offensive around two of the fastest grid stars in the Pacific northwest Sam Robin son and Al Akins. Welch did not neglect other de partments of the game as practice got into full awing for the Jan. 1 meeting with the University of Southern California, but he con tinued to emphasize speed cou pled with his own adaptation of the T-formatlon. "Speed will bo the basis for our offense, and Akins and Rob inson, both sprinters, are perfect for that style of play,'" Welch said. "And Gerry Austen at quar terback hat shown an excellent selection of plays to take advan tage of their talents." Akms, Robinson and Austen are classed by Welch as "all around handymen" in the back- field. Austen and Robinson have plenty of passing ubllity and Aikins and Robinson are both ex cellent pass receivers. Akins, who Joined the Huskies on a transfer from Washington State College, is northwest sprint champion, but Robinson, who is 15 pounds heavier, can outspeed him in a football suit. Welch's biggest backf leld prob lem Is filling the fullback spot Pete Suslck; the three-year vet eran, was lost to the marines and Welch was attempting to con vert a sophomore end, Gall Bruce, into a fullback. Bruce took his first crack at the Job Monday and Welch said he "looked good." FLYERS FAVORED Stockton, Cal., Dec. 8. QJ.R) Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg of Col lege of Pacific announced today he would take 30 players to Los Angeles Friday for the season's finale with the Fourth Air Force Flyers from March field. Pacific, although the underdog in the betting, will have the ser vices of Lt. Preston Johnson, for mer Southern Methodist half back, who did not play during the regular season. The Tigers have concentrated on several new pass patterns, with Johnston, Jack Verutti and Fred Klemenok doing most of the tossing. LOCAL INDUCTEES ASSIGNED TO DUTY Names of men accepted at the induction center In Portland list week for service in the armed forces were released by local Se lective Service Board No. 1 to day. Included are: Army, Robert Everett Lee. Earl William Read. Robert Al exander Smoot, William Asher Mansfield and Everett Doug'ai Bennett Navy, Donald Marsh Wilson Paul Avis Wilcox, Lloyd Marlon Cllne, Edward Ross Hoover and Richard James Wild. Marine corps, Poey Holcomh Sllvey and Hector Fred Voslka BRUINS. WINGS TIE (By United Press) The Boston Bruins drew to within a single point of a tie with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the National Hockey league last night by scoring four last period goals to gain a 6-6 tie with the De troit Red Wings. ' Slabs Select Quality. 12 or 16 inch Green. Haaplng Load Only. Burn them with your dry wood. $75 MEDFORD FUEL CO. 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