TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Dee. U. 1944
BYRNES PUIS BAN
AS
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Action Comes As Surprise
! As Many Tracks Prepare
!; for Season.
! Washington, Dee. 23. (U.B
, Sports suffered Its heaviest blow
i of the war today when War Mo
bilization Director James H.
JJyrnes requested that all horse,
harness and dog racing tracks
close by Jan. 8 to conserve man
power and transportation facili
ties. Although there was scattered
criticism of his action, racing
spokesmen Immediately an
nounced that they would com
ply with his request. Some fear
was expressed that the ban may
be extended to other sports, but
thera was no official indication
of It.
The order came as racing was
about to begin its winter season,
Fair Grounds at New Orleans
having -opened today. Tropical
Park wags scheduled to open Mon
day and Santa Anita at Arcadia,
Cal., wag preparing to open Deo.
30. The order also followed
what was racing's banner season
in 1944, so far as attendance and
betting waii concerned.
. In disclosing that racing was
willing to eomply with the re
quest becauiia the "war comes
first,"' hope- was expressed that
the war situation may be such
M to permit ' resumption In
the spring in time for such fea
tures as the- Kentucky Derby,
the Preaknesa and the Belmont
Stakes.
Byrnes Issued his statement
from the White House and re-!
I vealed that his action had been
approved by President Roose
velt. He requested the closing of
horse race tracks only, but his
office explained that it included
dosf racing tracks.
Charles S. Howard, on of
America's leading turf men, said
the request was "disappointing."
He added, however, that "all
owners and track operators agree
that the war effort is para
mount." TROJAilGAGE
IN HARD TUSSLE
Los Angeles, Pec. 23. U.R)
The University of Southern Cali
fornia Trojans today engaged In
their hardest ore-Rosa Bowl
game workout, a scrimmage be
tween the first and second teams
climaxing a three and -one-half
hour practice session.
Dave Lavelle, second string
guard, suffered a pulled muscle
that will keep him out of prac
tice for four or five days, but
otherwise the Trojans, came
through intact.
HRISTMAS lj
-1944 I
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J . early return of the men 1
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WESTERN THRIFT
30 North
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A field goal by Jerry Ross In
the closing seconds of a thrilling
basketball game gave Medford
a 38 to 39 victory over North
Bend here Friday night. With
I V4 minutes to play in the final
quarter, Medford was trailing by
five points, but three quick Tor
nado baskets, the last one scored
just before the game ended, gave
Medford its second victory of
the season.
The Tornado scored the first
basket of the game on the open
ing tip-off and went on to run
up a 10 to 0 lead before North
Bend could find the range. End
of the first period saw Medford
with a 10-9 bulge.
In the second quarter North
Bend's offense began to click and
ran up 10 points to Medford's 8
for an IB to 19 Medford lead at
halftime.
The third period saw the vis
itors, except for a brief part of
the quarter, dominate play on
the backboards and creep to
within one point of the Black
Tornado, who led at the end of
the quarter, 28 to 27.
In the final period North Bend
took the lead for the first time
in the game and the lead changed
hands several times until Med
ford opened up with three crip
ples under the basket In the clos
ing 1V4 minutes to gain the vic
tory. According to the official time
keeper, the game ended just as
Ross sunk the winning basket,
but the crowd was In such a
frenzy no one heard the final
buzzer. North Bend took the
ball down the floor and tried a
cripple, which was missed, be
fore officials could stop the
game,
Noel, North Bend ' forward,
who was leading scorer in his
league last year, was held to
three points In the first half, but
rang up 12 in the final half to
lead all scorers. Ross was high
for Medford with 10.
Twenty-five fouls were called,
13 of them on Medford end 12
of them on the visitors.
Summary:
Medford
FO FT
PF TP
Hayes, f.
..2 1
1 8
Ross, f, .mm
Riggs, c ..
Fawcett, g
Watson, g
5....
... 1
4
4
0
0
Stelle, s
Bostwick, s
North Bend
FQ FT PF TP
7 1 2 19
Noel, t
Frye, t
3
Sandersr c
Jansen, g
Hagen, g .
Johnson,
Wilson, . .... 0
Officials F. L.
Fllnk,
Med
ford, and Don Faber, Central
Point. ' . :
NO A AO MEET
Portland, Ore., Dec. 23 (UP)
Ray Brooks, chairman of the
AAU basketball committee and
director of Portland park depart
ment sports, announced today
that there will be no Oregon
AAU basketball tournament
next spring.
Central Ave.
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NORTH BEND FIVE
BY 43-29 COUNT
Dick Fawcett Leads Winners
With 13 Points for third
Straight Win of Season
Medford's Black Tornado an
nexed their third straight win
of the season last night when
they took the second game of a
two-game series over North
Bend by a 43 to 29 score.
Dick Fawcett paced Medford
to the victory, scoring 13 points
from his guard position. Hagen
led for the losers with seven,
Fawcett started the scoring
spree when he sunk the first
basket after about a minute of
play had elapsed. Darrell Rlggs
added a free throw and Larry
Hayes sunk a basket to give
Medford a 5 to 0 lead before
Sanders, North Bend center,
made a free throw and followed
it up with a basket to make it
9 to 3. Hayes got one from the
corner and Watson rang up a
long shot to extend, their lead
to 9-3 before Sanders again got
one under the basket. Fawcett
added two baskets and Frye got
one to give Medford a 13 to 8
edge at the end of the first quar
ter. As the second quarter started
Fawcett and Glenn Bostwick
collected gift tosses and Fawcett
dropped in a nice long shot to
extend their lead to 17 to 8
Johnson of North Bend got a
free throw, Frye added a basket
and Wilson dropped a free throw
before Jerry Ross sneaked in
under the basket for a shot
making it 19-9,
Johnson then got one from un
der the basket, Fawcett added, a
free .one and Watson made a
field goal. Jansen hit the hoop
for North Bend as the half end
ed with Medford ahead 22 to 13
Rlggs opened the second half
with nice field goal and then
Frye and Noel hit for North
Bend to move the score up to
24 to 17. Fawcett got a gift shot,
Rlggs made a cripple and Ross
broke away to score from under
the backboard and Noel got two
quick buckets to bring the count
to 29-21 for Medford.
Ross and Fawcett each hit for
Medford as the third period end
ed with the Tornado enjoying a
33 to 21 margins
Bostwick added two points
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and Hagen made free throw
and a basket to move the score
up to 35-24. Ross and Jim Cave
each scored two points and Frye
sank a donation shot to make it
39-25 for Medford.
Watson, -then ' collected two
more points end Bostwick added
one from the free throw line
for a 42 to 25 lead. Hagen then
contributed four points with two
baskets and Earl Stelle gathered
a free throw to end the scoring
for the evening.
It was the last home game for
Medford until January 8 when
they open the Southern Oregon
conference against Ashland here.
They meet Albany at Albany
next Thursday and Salem at Sa
lem Friday and Saturday,
Lineups:
Medford pos. , N. Bend
Hayes, 4 t Noel, 6
Ross, 8 ' f Frye, 6
Riggs, 5 c Sanders, 4
Fawcett, 13 g Jansen, 2
Watson, 6 g Hagen, 7
Stelle, 1 s Johnson, 3
Bostwick, 4 s Wilson. 1
Broedlow a
Cave, 2 s
Weatherford s
Eatherton
Officials F. L. Flink. Med-
ford, and Virgil Swanson, Med
ford. ATM ROYAL TO
Promoter Mack LIHard will
present a Christmas present to
Medford Armory mat fans next
Thursday night when he will of
fer a six-man battle royal fea
turing some of the top men on
the coast.
Those taking part will be Gust
Johnson, Pacific coast junior
heavyweight champion, Jack Ri
ser, Pacific coast Jight heavy
weight champion, - "Gorgeous"
George Wagner, self-styled toast
of the coast, Bulldog Jackson,
Terrible Tony Ross and Milt
Olson. Lillard said Jackson has
posted a forfeit to guarantee
his appearance.
. The wrestlers will meet in the
free-for-all as the opening fea
ture on the card. The first two
eliminated will collide In the
first regulation match of three
ten-minute rounds, the second
pair out will meet in the second
bout of four ten-minute rounds
and the last two left will meet
in the one-hour top main event.
Closins time for Classified Ads U
a. m. Too Lata to. Classify 13:30
p. m.
It' a very pleasant, cheering; custom
to renew friendly associations during
the Yuletide by extending to you our
sincere wishes for a HAPPY CHRIST
MAS. Along with this wish is our hope that
1945 will bring Victory and Peace to
our nation and that next Christmas
will see the reuniting of family circles
and the return of good, old fashioned
PEACEFUL Christmases.
EATHERTON
FARM STORE
808 SOUTH RIVERSIDE
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BQUDREAU LEADS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AS HITTING ACE
New York, Dee. 23 U,R
Lou Boudreau, playing manager
of the Cleveland Indians who
had more trouble with his own
pitching staff than he did with
opposing hurlers, hit the ball at
a .327 clip during the 1944 sea
son to win American League bat
ting honors, official figures re
leased today disclosed.
Boudreau, in his third full
season at the helm of the tur
bulent Tribe, suspended and
traded one of his pitchers dur
ing the year and announced that
he would like to trade another.
His managerial troubles made
his batting feat all the more re
markable inasmuch as his five
year Major league batting aver
age, prior to this year, had been
but .278.
The 27-year-old shortstop, re
cognized as one of the best de
fensive lnfielders In the league,
played in 150 games while pilot
ing his team to a tie for fifth
place and got 191 hits in 684 of
ficial times at bat in compiling
the lowest league leading aver
age since 1908 which was won
with .324.
Bobby Doerr, Boston's bril
liant second baseman who left
the team in September to enter
the army, trailed Boudreau by
two points with a .325 average
in 125 games for second place
Another point behind in third
place was Doerr's teammate, out
fielder Bob Johnson. George
(Snuffy) Stirnweiss of the New
York Yankees was fourth with
.319. Another Boston outfielder.
Pete Fox, followed with .318;
Stan Spence of Washington was
sixth with .313; Dick Siebert of
Philadelphia hit .308; Mike
Kreevich of St. Louis had .301
and Johnny Lindell of New
York had an even .300 and Bob
Estalella of the Athletics was
10th with .298.
SEEK MISSING GOODS .
Sacramento, Dec. 23 (U.fi)
State Adjutant General iVctor
R. Hansen is to start an imme
diate inventory of state guard
property to determins what hap
pened to approximately $102,000
worth of equipment shown to be
missing by a finance department
audit, state officials said tonight.
The asphalt roofing Industry
uses approximately 23,000 tons
of roofing rags each month, War
Production Board said.
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1$ sntitt&i
Simpson Termed
'Coach of Year
By L. H. Gregory
L. H. Gregory, sports editor
of The Oregonian in his Sat
urday column nominated Med
ford's Al Simpson as Oregon's
"coach of the year." The
honor, declares Gregory:
certainy belongs to
AI Simpson of Medford high,
and not just for that school's
state high school football
championship, either, for ' as
coach at Ashland high last
spring, his boys there also won
the state basketball title."
Last year at Ashland Simp
son's basketball team lost
eight games near the begin
ning of the season then started
a winning streak at Roseburg
which carried them' to 16
straight games. His two wins
at Medford this season make
his hoop record now 18
straight , ,
His football team at Ash
land won seven and lost two
and copped 10 straight at Med
ford. His football record If
now 14 straight victories.
EAST TEAM OPENS
GRID DRILL FOR
SHRINE CONTEST
San Francisco. Dec. 23 U.B
The East entry in the 20th an
nual Shrine game here on New
Year's began to take shape today
as co-Coaches Andy Kerr, George
Hausman and Bernle Blerman
ran their men through paces In
a regulation scrimmage.
Still without the services of
Les Horvath, Ohio State All
American, who will arrive to
morrow, the first string back-
field today again was made up
of Frank Dancewlcz, Notre
Dame, at quarter; Bob Kelly,
Notre Dame, right half; Dick
Flanagan, Ohio State, left half,
and Vic Kulbitskl, Minnesota, at
full. . . , .
In the front line were Jack
Mead, Wisconsin, and Jack Bres
lin, Michigan State, ends; George
Savitsky, Pennsylvania, and Tom
Houghes, Purdue, tackles; Frank
Clolll, Indiana, and Bill Hacket,
Ohio State, guards, and Frank
Szymanski, Notre Dame, center.
The bdys went through exten
sive passing and punting drills
and the coaches found that they
had a half dozen youngsters who
could handle both chores accep
tably. Earl Girard, the 17-year-
...-i. .JL -1
lift- , , tala,
old Wisconsin freshman, was
particularly adept in the aerial
department and may do quite a
bit of the flinging, according to
Kerr. However, the two Irish
first stringers, Kelly and Dance
wicz, stood out in every depart
ment, too.
Meanwhile, the West took to
the field today under a brilliant
sun and got their first real, stiff
scrimmage since arriving.
TIBETTOGGEDIN
STATE ANNUALLY
OVER SIX BILLION
By Eric W. Allen. Jr.
"' United Press Correspondent
Salem, Ore., Dec. 23 (U.R)
Six and a half billion board feet
of merchantible timber were
logged as a yearly average dur
ing the two years ending in
June, Nels Rogers, Oregon state
forester, revealed in his biennial
report to the governor, this
week.
This heavy cut, demanded by
war production, co-ered 350,000
acres each year, ' gers said, and
predicted that -re will be little
if any reduction in demand dur
ing the post war reconstruction
years. -
However, the forest lands of
Oregon, which have the largest
stand of timber of any state in
the country, will not be serious
ly depleted if all forest lands are
kept productive.
Great strides have been made
in protection of the trees, which
are the state's greatest natural
resource, since the 1930's, when
the- disasterous Tillamook and
Wolf Creek fires destroyed so
much lumber. The annual aver
age cost of state and cooperating
agencies in fire prevention is
$1,500,000, Rogers said.
Five recommendations for the
further protection and expansion
of the industry were included in
Rogers' report.
Statewide protection should
be made mandatory for all lands
between forests and cities, he
said. He recommended a zoning
act, to include three zones, two
to Include all non-urban terri
tory, which would be placed un
der the protection of the forestry
department and the state fire
marshal.
The ."Keep Oregon Green"
program, which has been so suc
cessful during recent years in
ERE
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begin to bring you the many
good wishes which we hold for
you and your family. As a tiny
token of our high regard for your
patronage snd friendships during
the past year, snd as s renewed
(pledge of the service which we
constantly strive to offer, may we
take this occasion to send you
our very best wishes for a happy
Christmas and s New Yesr filled
with sll the good things of life.
GLENN
"MEN'S
bringing attention to the ata
of forest lands, "Is a most effec
tive medium in educating the
public in matters pertaining to
the Oregon forest conservation,
end should be adequately sup
ported by public and private
agencies," Rogers said.
The report advocated contin
ued and intensified efforts to
have general forestry become a
required subject in Oregon
schools. Students are entitled to
the "best Instruction in regard
to the industries and resources
of the state," it said. . ,
Vital war material has been
flown from India to the United
States in 60 hours. Foreign Eco
nomic Administration reported.
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