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REPLENISH PRIDE
FOR FOUL DEFEAT
Promoter Mack Lfllard hat
arranged another, stellar wrest
ling card for Medford armory
tomorrow night when ha pre
sents "Gorgeous" George Wag
ner, adonis of the grappling ring,
against Gust Johnson, Pacific
coast Junior heavyweight cham
pion. In the one hour main event
Wagner's pride took a deep
dive last week when he lost to
Jack Klser on a foul and he has
vowed to vent his ire on John
son to maintain hit place in
main event ranks hereabouts.
Should Johnson catch Wagner
in his surfboard hold, however,
it would be curtains for the self
styled toast of the coast.
Terrible Tony Ross, who Is
rapidly building up a reputation
aa a feared matman in the Med
ford ring, will face Ernie Plluso
in the middle bout, slated for
four ten-minute rounds or two
out of three falls. Plluso is
known for his ability to cope
with mat meanies and might
spoil Ross' bid for top matches.
Opening bout, down for three
ten-minute rounds or two out of
three tumbles, brings together a
pair of veteran roughnecks when
Bulldog Jackson goes to the
post against Harold (Blood and
Outs) Davidson. They go to the
mat at 8:30 promptly. .
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TEAM PRACTICES
: Pasadena, Tenn., Dec. 20 (U.R)
The University of Tennessee
Volunteers were scheduled to
arrive loaay to Degin smooining
off the rough spots for their
Rosa Bowl gridiron "classic"
January 1 with the University
of Southern California Trojans.
Upon arrival Coach John
Barnhlll was to parade his
squad for the benefit of the news
photographers and fans who
have received little real news
on Tennessee to date.
. Cnmrh Jeff Crnviith'a Troiana
were in their second week of
mmiiHm manillntf Ink n time
on the fundamentals.
Record Attendance
For Major Sport$
! Daring Past Year
; Chicago, Deo. SO 01.10 Con
sidering the limitations of war
time sports, 1944 was one of
the most phenomenal attend
ance yean in the history of
American athletics.
' A United Press survey of
MM athletics showed today that
six of the nation's leading sports
football, basketball, baseball,
hockey, Softball and horse rac
ingattracted an average IB
per cent more fans during 1844
than in 1943.
, A p p r oximately 239,568,390
spectators watched the follow
ing sports during the 1943-44
seasons: Softball, Major league
baseball, professional football,
National League hockey, basket
ball, and college football (70
colleges reporting).
That total la the largest ever
recorded for those sports dur
ing wartime and marked an in
crease of 20,812,081 over the
total set In 1943.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
B Unltait Praia
, New York (Broadway arena)
-Phil Terranova, 127, New
jrorK, knocked out Leo Francis,
138, Cristobal, C. Z (2).
White Plains. N. Y. Danny
Abridge, 168V., Newark, N. J.,
aeouuonea Jerry Lastana, 167,
New York (8).
Jersey City, N. J. Dom Amo
roso, 134, Jersey City, decision
ed Carmine Fatta, 138, New-
ourgn, ii J., uo).
1 Hartford. Conn. Otr
(Red) Doty, 149, Hartford, Conn.,
declsloned Joe Bennett, 182, New
xoric uu).
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EAST-WEST GAME
By Hal Wood
United Press Correspondent
San Francisco, Dec. 20 (U.R)
Grid stars of the nation con
verge on San Francisco today
and tomorrow as the Shrine pre
pares for Its 20th annual East
West extravaganza in Kezar
stadium.
With the eastern squad, head
ed by Coaches Andy Kerr, Col
gate, and Bernie Blerman and
Dr. George Hauser. Minnesota.
due to arrive In town tomorrow.
the west announced that it had
completed signing of players for
its squad with the exception of
two places.
Unless the West, which Is
headed by Coaches Babe Holl
lngbery, ex-Washington State,
and -Homer Norton, Texas A. &
M., Is able to land a name star
oi two such as Glenn Dobbs,
of 2nd- Air Force the East Is
destined to enter the game as
a betting favorite.
Signing of Les Horvath, Ohio
State's player of the year, gave
a big boost to the eastern stock.
Best bet for stardom on the
West appears to be Bob Ken
nedy, the former USC ace who
was a standout In the Shrine
tilt two years ago.
. The West announced the sign
ing of two more players to bring
their roster to within two of the
limit. One was Laverne Merrltt,
a hard-hitting fullback of the
Alameda Coast CFuard, who was
named on the second All-Coast
United Press service team.
The Other was little-heralded
7. J. Roberts, a 200-pound guard
who performed with the San
Francisco Coast Guard Pilots.
While the East has been an
overwhelming favorite on other
occasions such as in the last
year's contest the West holds
the edge in victories, with 10,
compared with six for the East.
Three games, Including the 1944
tilt ended In ties.
TOUGH FIELD IN
E
Arcadia, Cel., Dec. 20 (U.R
One of the toughest fields ever
nominated for the $100,000
Santa Anita handicap faces the
entries in this season's classic
according to the list of 96 norni
nations announced today. The
mile and quarter event will be
run March 3.
On the list, the second largest
In the 10-year history of the
event were 88 winners of estab
lished stakes in North America
the past season.
Happy Issue, fresh from win
ning the Hollywood Gold Cup
and breaking the track record
for a mile and one-quarter, was
included in the Impressive array
of winners nominated.
Charles S. Howard led with
the most entries, listing five of
his Seablscult colts and one the
Porter colt along with Lou-Bre
and Porter's Cap. Col. C. V
Whitney named four of his home-
breds from Kentucky.
DETROIT HOCKEY TEAM
EYES CANADIENS' LEAD
By United Press
The Detroit Red Wings were
all set today to menace the
league-leading Montreal Cana
dlens In the National Hockey
circuit after accomplishing their
preliminary objective passing
the Toronto Maple Leafs to take
over second place undisputedly.
The Wings came from behind
with a four goal splurge In the
final period at Boston last night
to defeat the Bruins 6 to 3.
PILOT KILLED
Van Nuys, Cel., Dec. 20 U.R)
Second Lt. David V. Jolley, 21
student fighter pilot, was killed
yesterday when his P-41 plane
crashed In a field and burned
Col. Hohn Chennault, command
ing officer of the Van Nuys
army air base announced today.
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TROJANS TO WIN
ROSE BOWL TILT
By Gene Friedman
United Press Correspondent
Los Angeles, Dec. 20 (U.R
The Professional Mourners in
the Coaches' "union" will want
to suspend him for life but gen
ial Jeff Cravath of southern
California's Trojans la coming
right out anyway and predicting
that they'll win their New
Years Day Rose Bowl game
with the Tennessee Volunteers.
Maybe lt Is because he has a
heritage to uphold because
southern California has won
each of its seven previous Rose
Bowl tests and maybe it Is be
cause he has a deep-seated faith
in the 1944 Trojan team which
finished Its season undefeated
though twice tied. "I think that
In beating such teams aa San
Diego Naval and St. Mary's
Pre-fllght that we overcome
squads stronger than any Ten
nessee defeated he said. "And
that about sizes lt up."
Fans who have watched the
1944 Trojan team in operation,
have a feeling that Cravath is
sending one of the potentially
strongest of all southern Cali
fornia squads into the Rose
Bowl, one that got better with
every game it played.
' T Formation
Moulding an offensive from
the "T" formation, the backfleld
has striking power, although
hampered at present by injuries
and losses through naval trans
fers.
Captain Jim Hardy, the quar
terback who makes the "T"
click is regarded as the main
spring of the attack. A real
triple threat, he adds to his
passing, punting and running
ability, a -forte for doing the un
expected. He probably la the
most unorthodox signal called
in the country, seldom doing
the conventional. He calls for
such plays as pass on first down,
a punt on second down or a
running play on fourth down
and though at times it has back
fired, in the main it has paid
dividends for the Trojans this
year.
Boxing Troubles In
Log Angeles Rings
Promised Hearings
Los Angeles. Dec. 20 (U.R)
Local ring troubles were prom
ised an airing today when the
State Boxing commission meets
to hear the story of the Cleo
Shans-Mike Delia "no decision"
fight thrown out of the Legion
stadium ring last Friday night
by Referee Abe Roth.
. Shans' manager, Pete Rellly,
asked for their end of the parse
because of his own boy's wil
lingness to put up a fight.
Roth stopped the "contest"
for the second time in the sev
enth round after repeated warn
ings to Delia who backed away
from the hard punching negro.
The second item on the com
mission program was a com
plaint by Inspector Lou' Win
ston against Olympic Match
maker Babe McCoy, who, he
charged, used "insulting lan
guage" to him at the auditorium
two weeks ago.
Camp White Dance
Schedule
Service Club No. 2
All hostesses of the volunteer
service corps are Invited to at
tend a formal Christmas dance
at Service Club No. 2 Thursday
evening. Music for dancing will
be furnished by the Rhythmaires
band, and refreshments will be
served followed by a floor show
with Sgt Don Saiford as master
of ceremonies.
BUNKER QUITS WPB
Washington, Dec. 20 jftl.B
Arthur H. Bunker, chief of staff
of the war production board, re
signed today after more than
three years with the agency and
Its predecessors. In announcing
the resignation "with deep re
gret," WPB Chairman J. A
Krug said that Bunker was
quitting because of 111 health.
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demolished It by removing vital parts. Germans later did the actual destruction shown. Now RusstJ
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T Combatant
Make Up Strange Coincidence
By Jack Cuddy
(UP Staff Correspondent)
New York, Dec. 20. (U.R)
Giddy goddesses of the gridiron
certainly cooked up a goofy co
incidence when they arranged
for John (Ox) De Grosa to be
appointed head football coach
at Holy Cross college on the
same day that Army's great
eleven was proclaimed sports
team-of-the-year by a certain
press associatoin not the U. P.
The fickle fates thus made
print-companions of the team
that stands out as current col
lege champion of the "T" forma
tion, and the coaeh who looms
as nemesis to the "T." Men on
copy desks must have found
them strange "head"-fellows.
Pilot Da Grosa of the Cru
saders at Worcester, Mass., is the
guy who thought up and dem
onstrated the "subterfuged de
fense" to nullify effectiveness of
the "T" attack.
The sensational success of Col.
Earl Blalk's army team, in its
second season of "T" play, un
questionably will stimulate wide
spread adoption of the lightnlne
formation among colleges not
now using It. But this growth
Is menaced by Da Grosa's mod
ernly designed defense, which
may outmode lt
Instead of having a set de
fensive formation for each play,
me - suDeiriugea defense" baf
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and T Team
fles the attack by keeping the
formations constantly shifting.
Sometimes a five-man line is
used, with four men in the sec
ondary and two as safeties'
Sometimes it's a 5-3-2-1, defense.
a 6-2-2-1, a 7-2-2, or even an 8-3.
When the attacking team calls
its signals, it never knows what
brand of defense lt will face, or
the exact locations of strength
and weakness. Moreover, after
the. ball is snapped, the defend
ers are maneuvering in such
fashion that the offensive block
ers do not know how to fulfill
their assignments. It is particu
larly bewildering when a team
tries to run off a pattern of at
tacking plays with which to cre
ate "angles."
Although the "subterfuges de
fense" works against any forma
tion, lt was designed to combat
the "T," because Da Grosa knew
of no other defense that would
do the Job effectively. It proved
successful last season at Holy
Cross. The Crusaders came
through unbeaten by any col
Igee eleven, although they lost
to a couple of service teams.
They were tied by Dartmouth
and Brown.
Of 8,900 sub-contracts let by
shipyards for merchant ship
construction, ,733, or 8T.7 per
cent, were handled by small
business firms, according to the
maritime commission.
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10 FREE MATINEE
The annual children's Christ
mas matinee sponsored by the
George A. Hunt theaters and the
Medford Mail Tribune . will.' be
held at the Craterian theater at
10 a. m. Saturday, Dec. 23, it
was announced today. All kid
dies In southern Oregon are in
vited to attend the show free of
charge.
Main feature on the program
will be "Buffalo Bill" in techni
color film, with added short fea
tures. MORE SCARLET FEVER
REPORTED DURING WEEK
Four new cases of ncarlnt f avar
and two of chlckenpox were re
ported in jactcson county on the
WPpWI V rnmmnnlrahla loaaea
summary sheet of Dr. A. Erin
w.erKei, neann onicer, lor the
week ended Dec. 15. Both cases
Of Chickennnx nrA in Tarifnrri
while the scarlet fever patients
are Trail, one; Oakgrove, two,
and Ashland, one.
One Case of nnpumnntn flvo
of recurrent malaria nnrl turn nf
trench mouth were reported from
Lamp vynite. une case of amebic
aysentery was listed in ftiecuora.
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A.hiBnf TVe. 20. Official
a
notice of the death in action of
T-i nM Warron snn fit Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Warren of Ashland.
previously reported missing in
action since the sinking of the
Lipscomb Bay Nov. 24, 1943, has
Just been received by parents
of the young navy man. The ship
was sunk by enemy torpedoes
at the engagement for the Gil
bert Islands in the Pacific.
Born In Ashland Nov. 23,
1093 nnnnlri waa eraduated
from Ashland high school Just
before enlisting in the navy in
January, 1942. His navy train
ing was taken at San Diego and
MaHknn Wis., where he com
pleted a radio course, and was
sent to Miami. Fla for aerial
gunnery training.
Annual Christmas
Music Program at
St. Peters Church
Sunday school and girls' choir
of St. Peter's Lutheran church
will give the annual Christmas
program Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock In the auditorium of the
Lincoln school on North Bart
lett and Maple streets. The pro
gram has a new arrangement
this year. The congregation will
be given opportunity to have a
part in the program in singing
some of the familiar Christmas
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holy communion will be held in '
the chapel on East Main and
Portland avenue. The organist,
Mrs. Agness Smith, and the girls'
choir will furnish special Christ
mas music. Visitors are always
welcome.
HOLLYWOOD CHANGE
Hollywood, Dec. 20 (U.R)
Sceen Actress Lynne Roberta,
divorced Friday from William
E. Englebert, Jr., aircraft com
pany official, was married again
today to - Louis Gardella, for
mer chief of the war production
board's construction machinery
division.
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the world.
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