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Friday. Bm 18, lUt
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FOR HOOP OPENER
TOMORROW NIGHT
Medford basketball fans will
be Introduced to the 1944-49
Medford Biack Tornado team to
morrow night when they open
the season against the Coos Bay
Pirates on the 'ocal floor. Coos
Bay plays Ashland at Ashland
tonight.
A preliminary game between
4h riprva teams of the t W O
schools will get under way at
6:43 with the main game siaiea
to begin at 8 o'clock.
' Little Is known of the Coos
Bay team here except that they
lost most of last year's league
championship team through
graduation.
Coach Al Simpson has been
drilling his Tornado squad hard
In order to get ready for a tough
season schedule. Season opener
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here next week end until Coos
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out their tour of Rogue valley.
This places the first game
week ahead of Simpson's plans,
but he feels the squad Is ready
to go and will give the visitors
tough evening.
Medford's starting lineup will
nrobablv be R 1 ( K s at center,
Watson and Fawcett at guards
and Hayes end Weatheriord at
forwards. Officials will be Lee
Fllnk and Norman Sting.
SPEEDY ATTACK
IN SUGAR BOWL
Raleigh, N. C, Dee. 15 U.B
.Th.v dronoed four straight
onmoa HnHno the regular sea
son, yet they are going Into
their Sugar Bowl game et New
Orleans against Alabama as de
finite favorites so oon sen
Duke's durable Blue Devils
short. . .
Tim slaved the toughest
schedule of any college team this
year, and improved wnn every
game until at present they are
considered the outstanding team
In the southland.
On Saturday night, Oct. 28,
at New York, Coach Eddie Cam
eron of Duke would have chal
lenged the sanity of any person
who might have suggested tnai
his team would wlna up in
New Year's day post-season
game.
Against Alabama, Duke will
present an all-around versatile
attack that gave it an enviable
reputation even in defeat. If
Alabama chooses to set up a
strong defense against forward
passes, the "Hades Hotshots
have running attack inat is
second to none, in the southland.
Defensively the Duke line held
its own until overwhelmed by
teams with superior manpower
and even then the opposition
generally paid tribute to the
ruggedness of its first string..
Compagnoni Leads
Sacramento Team
In Bowling League
Shooting In the 8ASC League
A handicap circuit, John Comp
agnoni rocked the maples for a
series of 610 not only to lead his
league but to roll higher than
any of the 40 topnotchert In the
Classic league, according to a
dispatch received here from
Sacramento, Calif.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
A. Compagnoni, 412 West 4th
street, Medford, and while living
here he bowled on the Fluhrer
team.
Pa In tine the dome of the na
tlonal capitol the last time the
lob was don in 1930 cost $303,
906, including the labor and materials.
Air Force Football Teams
Serve As Morale Builders
Br Jack Cuddr
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Dec. 15-.0I.B
Many civilians, particularly
those with relatives fighting
overseas, wonder why the army
air forces keep a flock of the na
tion's finest athletes playing
football In this country on super-
teams.
We mentioned this to Lt. Col.
Alexander B. Hagnor from the
2d air force headquarters at
Colorado Springs, Colo., where
he is base commandant. The
colonel is in New York with the
2d Air Force Superbombers,
who meet the Randolph Field
Ramblers of Texas tomorrow in
a service football classic at the
Polo grounds. ,
He smiled and said, "I'm glad
you brought up that point. We
want the public to understand
the purpose of our air foree
teams, and to appreciate that the
players are doing necessary
and Important Job. It's not
question of whether they are
here or overseas; they are where
they are assigned."
Col. Hagner did not mention it;
but 19 members of this squad
have seen action overseas, and
seven of them have been
wounded.
He explained that morale Is
very definite and Important
factor In the training and sharp
ening of men for any branch of
the armed services. And it is
particularly Important in the air
forces, where men in prepara
tion undergo long hours of ar
duous physical and mental ef
fort dally, with the knowledge
In the offing that soon they will
be engaged in the hazardous
tasks of aerial warfare.
WALKUP LEADS
GOLF STARS IN
Br Hal Wood
United Press Staff Correspondent
Richmond, Cel., Dec. 15 (U.R)
Blond Jimmy Walkup, San An
tonio, Tex., led a field of 68
professionals and 32 amateurs
at the opening of the final half
of the elimination round in the
$7,800 Richmond open tourna
ment today.
Walkup, pretty much of a
newcomer to the touring golf
brigade, scooted around the
6,209-yard course yesterday with
a three-under-par 68 to wrest
the leadership from Slammin'
Sammy Snead, Hot Springs, Va.;
Mike Turnesa, White Plains, N.
Y.; Charles Congdon, 'Tacoma,
Wash., and Ky Laffoon. Chica
go, who came in with a score
of 70 each.
Walkup had four birdies, with
only one bogle. While most of
the boys were having putter
trouble, Jimmy sank a 10-footer
on the second and a 1 Mooter on
the 14th, to knock over birdies
on each. He had only one bogie
the 12th, where he three-
putted.
The two real par-shooters of
the day were a pair of amateurs
two of the best in the nation,
Ed Furgol, Detroit, and Ernie
Pleper, Jr., San Jose. Each came
In with 71. The California cham
plon had a 38 on the way out but
came back in a 33. Furgol had
85-36.
Trailing them were such pre-
tournament favorites as Sgt. Jim
Ferrler, Camp Roberts, Cel., re
cent winner of the Oakland
open; and Byron Nelson, the To
ledo, O., hot-shot who Is the
nation's leading money winner
and winner of the rich San
Francisco open. They had 78s
Inn with fTharla Shennard.
Omaha, Neb.; David Clark,
w . ew a lf.l. Vp
Xiousiun, j. ex., una jmub.
Oakland.
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tilt set sunday
Hollywood, Dec. 18 (U.B
Balked in 12 previous attempts
to stop the powerful Hollywood
Rangers, the rest of the mem
bers of the infant and not too
thriving American Professional
Football league have teamed up
to have another whack at Coach
Bill Sergeant and bis gridiron
stalwarts.
The occasion of this particular
melee Is the Shrine pro grid
bowl game at Gilmore stadium
Sunday with Sergeant pitting
his Roving Rangers against Mike
Pecarovich and his San Fran
cisco Clippers, much bolstered
by recruits from other league
teams.
Despite the Impressive record
rolled up by the Rangers In
rambling to the championship,
they will be little better than
even odds. Lest time the Rang
ers met the Clippers, the former
emerged with a skimpy 3 to 0
victory and they worked quite
hard for that one.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By United Press
Belleville, N. J. Johnny
Juliano, 12414, Patersbn, N. J
declsloned Clyde English, 126,
New York (8).
Fall River, Mass Oscar St.
Pierre, 135, .Fall River, decls
loned Jeff Holloway, 139, New
York (10); Jean Boulden, 180,
Providence, R. 'I., declsloned
Frankle Ross, 146, Boston, (8). '
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WRESTLING CARD
"Gorgeous" George Wagner
lost the final fall In last night's
Medford Armory wrestling
match and nearly Incited riot
In doing so.
With falls standing at one
each, Wagner grabbed Jack
Riser, Pacific coast light heavy
weight champion, by the hair,
rapped him with four successive
punches to the jaw, end draped
him over the ropes with Riser's
knees over the top strand and
his head dangling on the apron
outside of the ring.
Referee Earl Yoakley made
several attempts to pull Wagner
loose, all in vain, so Yoakley de
clared Riser the winner on
foul.. Wagner was greatly dis
pleased with the decision and
started to protest by pushing the
referee eround but saw the
crowd beginning to swarm
eround the ring and permitted
himself to be ushered to the
dressing room by the arbiter. '
Wagner took the first fall
with knee lifts and a body press
and Riser evened the count sec
onds later with an octopus hold.
Gust Johnson, coast junior
heavy champion, won on a foul
from Tony Ross in the other half
of the double main event. The
champion had taken the first fall
with a leg strap and was given
the match when Ross failed to
heed the referee's continued
warnings against using the ropes
with which to throw Johnson to
the mat.
Herb Parks was unable to ap
pear for his opening match with
Milt Olson and Bulldog Jackson
was secured as a substitute. They
went to a draw with Jackson
getting a fall in the second round
with a stomping hammerlock
and Olson evening the count in
the next canto with an octopus
hold.
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Helen Vinson. In story of
edult delinquency, with Lyle
Talbot, comes to the Rialto
screen Sunday for three days
In "Are These Our Parents."
Playing as the companion fea
ture on the Rlalto's twin bill
will be "The Gig in the Case,"
with Edmund Lowe.
SEABEE, LISTED
JO BE
Tijuana, Baja Cfa.. Mex.. Dec.
15 (U.R) Whether the ponies
will run again soon at the famed
$2,000,000 Agua Cellente race
track today hinged on settle
ment of the question of who
owns the property.
The Mexican government
seized the property Wednesday
in the name of the Arguello fam
ily which had claimed owner
ship to moBt of Tijuana for many
years. The seizure was provided
in a 1938 Mexican supreme
court order.
But, Eddie Nealls. president of
the group which has operated
the track recently, said ' he
would ask the supreme court to
set aside its earlier ruling and
hoped (hat he could continue
operation. Nealls, who recently
became a Mexican citizen to pro
tect his interests, said he was
hopeful of presenting the reg
ular racing card Sunday!
Basketball Scores
Br United Press
Concordia College 40, James
town 29.
Loyola (Louisiana) 37, Al
giers, La., Naval Air Station 29.
Assumption 34, Toledo 83.
Ball State Teachers 79, An
derson 20.
Penn State 34, Marshall 82.
Long Island SO, Floyd Ben
nett Field 45.
Indiana 55, Wabash 39.
BOWLING
In Ladles' league last night
Medford Alleys defeated First
National bank three straight (A.
Swoape 198-588), Walnscott's
Drugs defeated Rolling Pin two
to one (Sims 168-Frlsbie 440)
and Henry's Drive-In took two
out of three from Tolley's Gil-
more (Barr 168-Jefferson 460).
RANDOLPH FIELD,
GIANTS EAVORED
IN GRID CLASHES
By Carl Lundqulst
United Press Correspondent
New York, Dec. 15 (U.R)
Football fans along New York s
subway circuit, who have oper
ated on limited gridiron rations
since the war began, got ready
today for their biggest week-end
In years in which they can beat
a path to the Polo Grounds for
championship games on succes
sive days.
The army air forces decided to
favor New York with the setting
for their A.A.F. championship
game Saturday between the
Randolph Field Ramblers and
the Second Air Force Super-bombers.-
After that affair,
through which $79,000,000 odd
dollars has been raised through
war bond purchases, the decks
will be cleared for Sunday's
meeting between the Green Bay
Packers and the New York
Giants for .the world profession
al grid title.
The broadway betting gentry,
ever-anxious to help direct the
spending of an honest dollar, In
stalled Randolph's "West Point
of the Air" eleven as 5 to 2
favorite to top the Superbomb
era from Colorado Springs,
Colo., In the Saturday bond bowl
feature.
Although the Giants, one of
the most opportunistic teams in
National League history have
been underdogs through most of
their schedule, they won the
eastern championship by beating
Washington's Redskins on their
home field, 31 to 0.
Moreover, they won an ear
lier test from Green Bay, beat
ing the vaunted Packers 24 to 0
In a regular league contest, all
of which might be expected to
influence the odds in ravor ot
the New Yorkers.
San Francisco, Dec. 15 (U.F5
Homer . Barnes, machinist's
mate, second class In the sea
bees who was officially re
ported missing after the Inva
sion of Leyte, will be home In
Stonewall, Okla., by Christmas.
Barnes, who has left the U. S.
naval hospital at Oakland, Cal.,
for New Orleans, La., was one
of nearly 100 seabees who dove
for foxholes on D-day plus two
when an enemy bomb crashed
nearby. He said he didn't re
member anything after that un
til he ws en coated bf em IWt
at noon the following day.
Bernes' wife end son live s
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