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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1943
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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.
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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.
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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. ,
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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.
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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
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girls will, have an opportunity
to dance to one of those "hot and
sweet" 96th Infantry Division
bands tonight when 96th
Division personnel will be hosts
at a dance at Service Club No.
1, Camp White.
Since arrival of the 96th, the
younger set and particularly the
jitterbug fans have been swept
off their feet by the "hot licks"
of the two division dance bands.
Explanation may be found in
the fact that they are made up
largely of musicians from na
tionally known "name bands."
These talented artists, inciden
tally, are as handy with military
weapons as they are with their
musical instruments and carry
on a full schedule of rigorous in
fantry training.
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