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San Francisco Cue Artist
Holds Early Lead In 3
: Cushion Tournament.
Few York, Dec. 13 (U.R)
Welker Cochran of San Fran
cisco took over once more as
world three cushion billiard
Champion today, ending the long
reign of Willie Huppe, New
York cue artist by defeating him
Jn the final round of the cham
pionship tournament SO to 44
in 31 Innings.
For Cochran it was a personal
triumph because he was able
once again to aeieai nis oia
nemesis Hoppe, whom ha had
not topped in championship
play since 1941. He triumphed
decisively by taking an early
lead In the third inning with a
high run of seven and protect
ing It to the finish. .
It was Cochran's first world
title since 1936 and the fourth
that he had held in three cush
ion play. He won previously in
1933 and 1935.
Cochran, with his high run
of seven took a lead of 11 to 4
and from there made it to 17-8,
23-14, 31-25, and 32-29, with that
margin the closest that Hoppe
got. Toward the finish he made
it 43-35, 47-41, 48-42, and finish
ed with two billiards to make
the final count 60-44.
The victory gave Cochran
first prize money of $2,500 plus
$500 war bond from an anony
mous fan and a $300 trophy.
Second (lace went to Hoppe,
who finished in a game tit with
Jay Bozeman of Vallejo, Cel.,
with seven victories and two de
feats. However,. Hoppe's point
record enabled him to take the
$1,750 runner up prize.
GOLLFERS START
. Richmond, Cal., Dee. IS U.R
Slammln' Sammy Snead, Byron
Nelson and Sgt. Jim Farrier to
day led a field of top-flight golf
tars in the opening of the four
day $7500 Richmond open.
The last POA match to be
flayed In the San Francisco bay
region during this season, the
tournament takes place on the
209-yard course of the Rich
mond Country club. Far for the
course is 71.
' All of which means that the
beys with the long hits and
those capable of playing wind
shots, with a low trajectory that
escape the playful breezes, will
have the best chance. Leading in
. these respects are Snead, winner
of the Portland open, Byron
Nelson, San Francisco champ,
Craig Wood and Denny Shute,
former British oped' champion.
At the conclusion of the Rich-
' mond tournament, the boys take
off for Los Angeles, the south
west and the deep south for the
rest of the winter circuit.
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TO FACE OREGON
Eugene, Ore., Dec. IS. (U.FD
The Klamath Falls marine base
basketball squad wUl meet the
university of Oregon hoop team
Friday and Saturday in a two-
game series Just before the Web-
foots entrain for Vancouver.
B. ft, where they will play the
University of British Columbia
Monday night.
The Klamath team is one of
the potentially strong ser
vice teams in the northwest
Clotinl 11m for Bunds Too Ltto
lfy B 30 saturdiy altwnoon
One of the strongest wrestling
cards presented at Medford
Armory in a long while will be
offered Thursday night. Three
champions will appear on the
card, together with three of the
most outstanding men now In
the northwest.
Promoter Mack Lillard has
arranged a double main event
for this program which will be
topped by "Gorgeous George
Wagner, self-styled "toast of the
coast" and Jack Kiser, Pacific
coast light-heavy titlist. This
match would be capable of a top
position in any coast mat center
and Promoter Mack Lillard feels
he has been exceptionally fortu
nate in bringing them together
in the Medford ring.
Other half of the twin main
event will see a natural rematch
between Gust Johnson, coast
Junior heavyweight champion,
and Terrible Tony noss. itoss
holds one-fall decision over
the champ, gained last week
after Johnson had already ap
peared against one opponent.'
Terrible Tony feels he can re
peat his triumph if he can stay
out - of the way of Johnson's
deadly surfboard.
Herb Parks, Canadian light
heavy champion, will meet Milt
Olson of Minneapolis in the
three . round opener. Both are
fast and clever grapplers and
should provide a thrill for fans
who like their muscle-mangling
along clean and scientific lines.
They take to the mat at 8:30.
NIGHT BASEBALL
IN BIG LEAGUES
New York. Dec. 13-U.
Approval of unlimited night
baseball for 1945, and perhaps
for the duration, and of an in
crease in the number of players
which clubs are permitted on
their reserve and active lists ap-.
peered certain today as the
major leagues met in their an
nual Joint sesalen.
Both the National and Amer
ican leagues were said to have
Instructed their president! to
vote for the proposals, but
move to bar the clubs from
renting their parks to profes
sional football teams before the
close of the basebaU season was
reported headed for defeat.
Unlimited night bail first was
voted last summer when the
Washington Senators and the St.
Louis Browns and Cardinals led
the movement No opposition
was expressed to a continuance
of the policy', but It was possible
ine joint meeting may adopt a
resolution calling for a return
to the old seven-game limit in
the post-war period.
m order to make room for re
turning servicemen on their ros
ters, some clubs championed a
measure which would permit an
Increase of the number of play
ers on their reserve list from 40
to 50, providing the extra 10 are
ex-service men.
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Picas remember
BOXING TROPHY
New York, Dec. 13. (U.R)
The New York boxing writers'
association recognized Lt. Cmdr.
Benny Leonard today as "the
wlnnah and still champeen,"
voting him man of the year in
pugilism.
They awarded the former
lightweight king the Edward J.
Nell memorial trophy for his
outstanding contributions to box
ing during 1944 because of his
stimulating activities as: .
(1) Director of recreation and
morale at the U. S. maritime sta
tion, Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.; (2)
speaker at bond rallies and other
war-effort functions throughout
the country; and (3) competent
New York state referee.
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tit i -" t'
Jack Kiser, coast wrestling ch amplon, who will face "Gorge
ous" George Wagner in the top half of a twin, main event at
Medford Armory Thursday nig ht. Gust Johnson and Tony
Ross alash in the other half and Milt Olson meets Herb Parks
in. the opener. '
CALIFORNIA TITLE
Los Angeles, Dec. 13. (U.R)
Jack Chase, former middle
weight kingpin of California
today stepped Into the shoes of
Watson Jones as light heavy
weight champion of the state
after giving Jones a 15-round
boxing lesson to win a unanim
ous decision last night at Olym
pic auditorium.
Chase, a fancy Dan with an
underslung left hand that some
how stabs off an opponent less
skilled in the ring game, was
Jones' master throughout.
For 10 rounds Chase avoided
close contact with the heavier,
stronger and harder hitting
Jones, piling up the point with
his left stab.
Jones weighed 173, and is a
local product. Chase. Denver.
Colo., weighed 182V&.
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MEET CANCELLED
Grants Pan, flro TW la
(U.PJ Cancellation of the south
ern Oregon' Invitational basket
ball tournament, originally
scheduled for Grants Paw this
weekend, was annnunr1 tH
by Phlnclpal Frank Thomas of
uranis pass nigh school, on the
recommendation of Dr. S. B.
Osgood, county health officer.
Thft nntlnn nllnwH ihm
den illness of Carl Carpenter,
nign scnooi coach, who was
stricken Monday by epidemic
meningitis, according to Dr. Os
good's diagnosis.
Carpenter was reported much
improved today.
SO WHATI
Hollywood, Dec. 13 U.FD
separation of Donna Reed, MGM
actress, and her husband, Wil
liam Tuttle, was confirmed by
the actress' studio today.
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Ex-State Attorney
General Assistant
at Ordnance Depot
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 13 Lt.
William E. Dougherty, assistant
attorney general of Oregon in
1942, has recently been assigned
to the Cleveland Ordnance Dis
trict of the Army Service
Forces. ,
A member of the Army Serv
ice Forces since 1942, he was
promoted to first lieutenant on
August 22, 1944. He attended
high school In Medford and the
University of Oregon, Stanford
University and Southern Ore
gon College of Education. He is
a member of the Oregon State
Bar and the Chi Psl and. Phi
Delta Phi fraternities. . .
Lt. Dougherty is now residing
at 12588 Lake Avenue, Lake
wood, Ohio.
Stranded' Marine On
Leyte Death Compass
Somewhere in the Pacific,
Dec. 13-4J.R) Cut off from
supplies for two days, during
which time his only water was
what he could find in shell holes,
a Glendale, Cal., marine lieuten
ant attached to the army during
the assault on Leyte In the Phil
ippines helped to direct carrier
borne planes In killing an est!
mated 2,200 Japanese, a marine
combat dispatch revealed to
day. He was Id Lt. Robert L.
Bauer, 33.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By United Press
- Philadelphia Ray (Sugar)
Robinson, 148.V4 New York,
stopped Richard (Sheik) Rangel,
147, Fresno, Calif., (2); Gene
Burton, 138, Scranton, Pa.j de
cisioned Jimmy . Hatcher, 138,
Lake City, Fla., (8).
SUGAR PRODUCTION
Washington, Dec. 13 (U.R)
Sugar production by refiners
totaled 4,569,501 short tons, raw
value, in the first ten months
of this year, while domestic
beet factories produced 453,848
short tons, the War Food Ad
ministration announced today.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 13 U.B
Chancellor Frederick M. Hun
ter today predicted a tremen
dous increase In post-war enroll
ment In Oregon state institutions
of higher education and propos
ed a 10-year building program
for the state board of higher
education to consider in its Port
land session today.
Hunter said the gains will
come from the release of veter
ans and war workers from the
service, the upturn of attend
ance coming naturally after
acute decline as In all emer
gencies, and the new industrial
development or Oregon and the
Pacific northwest.,
The chancellor said that plan
ning for these changes can come
through the state board, with its
building committee, advocating
legislative approval of an ade
quate housing program in the
major institutions; educational
and guidance offerings 'and fa
cilities for demobilized veterans
and war workers, and technolo
gical research findings and train-
ed leaders to serve an expand
ing Oregon industry to aid pri
vate industry.
Hunter said more than 80 per
cent of the proposed post-war
plans In the building program
would be self-liquidating and the
remainder would come from
state sources. The plan calls for
a graduated series of projects
costing $7,090,000, with the larg
est portion to be used in the
first biennlum.
It was estimated that student
enrollment would almost double
by 1980 from the 1940 peak of
11,478. The educator said an esti
mated 50.C00 men under 28 are
in the armed forces from Ore
gon and it Is believed that at
least 50 per cent will be eligible
for education benefits on the cot'
leee level.
Dr. Hunter also called atten
tion to the faculty retirement
plan proposed by the state board.
wnicn wouia cover au inswu
tions and provide for optional
retirement at 65 and automatic
retirement at 70 years. He said
such a plan "could be inaugurat
ed and maintained at an annual
cost of little more than half
what the present system of re
duced services at 50 per cent
salary would cost annually 15
venrn hence."
The chancellor told the board
that the neoDle of Oregon "were
fortunate in having a group of
state-supported institutions unit
ed in a single educational pro
gram for the war and post-war
emergency."
DEATH INTERVENES
Huntington Park, CaJ.. Dec.
13. (U.R) Dr. Arthur Torrance,
56, explorer and doctor of trop
ical medicine who faced a fed
eral court trial hero Jan. 18 on
mail fraud charges, died today
of a heart attack.
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Wounded by bayonet of retreating
Jap, this six-month -old Filipino baby
sucks hungrily at this oversized milk
bottle held by American medical
oorpsman in Leyte Island hospital
Signal Corps photo.
Army Air Base, Great Falls,
Mont Cpl. Davis M. Young
of Columbia Orchard, Talent,
Ore., on duty at the Great Falls
Army Air Base, Alaska Division,
Air 1 Transport Command, has
been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal "for exemplary behavior,
efficiency ' and faithfulness in
performing his duties in an out
standing manner."'
Cpl. Young Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. Young, of , Talent
Prior to his entrance into the
armed forces in July, 1943, he
was employed at the Spokane
Army Air Depot
At the army air base, Cpl.
Young is assigned to duty in the
weights and balance depart
ment.
NOMINATE ARMOUR
Washington, Dec. 13 (U.R)
President Roosevelt today nom-.
inated Norman Armour, chief of
the state department's division
of Latin-America affairs, to be
ambassador to Spain, replacing
Carlton J. Hayes.
TIMBER CUT GAINS
San Francisco, Dec: 13 U.R)
Timber cut in California Na
tional forests during the year
ending last June 30 increased
29 per cent over the previous
12 months, the United States
Forest Service announced.
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TWENTY DISEASE
Communicable disease eases
reported to the county health
officer for the week ending Dec
9 totalled 20, the weekly report
shows. Eleven of the cases were
reported from Camp White, four
being recurrent malaria and
seven being trench mouth.
From Medford two cases of
chicken-pox, one case of scarlet
fever, one of measles, two cases
of pneumonia and one case of
amoebic dysentery were report
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i of chicken-pox and Prospect one
case of scarlet fever .
CALlFORNllTvbTE
Sacramento, Deo. 13 (U.R)
President Roosevelt received 1,
988,564 votes in California to
1,512,963 for Governor Dewey,
of If clal returns - announced by
Secretary of State Frank M. Jor
dan showed today.
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