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TO INVADE NORTH
FOR THREE GAMES
Medford's basketball team,
winners In their three pre-con-ference
games to date, will take
to the road for a three-game
.series this week. Thursday night
they will meet Albany high
school at Albany and then will
move on to Salem where they
will clash with the Vikings Fri
day and Saturday nights. It will
be Medford's first basketball In
vasion of Willamette valley In
over 20 years.
' Outcome of these games will
give a good Idea of Medford's
comparable strength against
Klamath Falls since the Pelicans
defeated both teams on an
earlier road Jaunt.
Medford so far this season has
appeared weak In the free throw
department, having made only
13 out of 32 attempts They have
not lacked field goals, however,
having run up a total of 55 goals
from the floor. They have scored
a total of 123 points against
their opponent's 91 In three
games.
Coach A1 Simpson said today
he Is putting his club through
stiff workouts In preparation for
the trip, attempting to patch up
various weaknesses In both of
fense and defense which have
shown themselves in previous
games.
"Our coming road trip will be
good experience for the boys and
will be a great help toward get
ting them ready for the tough
Southern Oregon conference sea
son," Simpson said.
First conference game of the
season will be played against
Ashland here January 5,
SPORTlPlRAM
TAKES BLOW IN
NEW DRAFT RULE
Washington, Dee. 2S U.B
Sports officials the nation over
today awaited word on the
status of professional athletes
for 1945 and there was grave
concern by most that the new
year faced more than a pos
sibility of being virtually sport
less. Racing, already a casualty by
virtue of War Mobilization
Director James F. Byrnes' order
on Saturday that all horse and
dog tracks ceasa operation on
January S, readily agreed to
back the directive 100 par cent,
Santa Anita at Arcadia, Calif.,
cancelled its 55-day meeting
which was to have been one of
the richest In the history of the
sport, '
, Tropical Park opened yester
day and planned to continue
operation through January 2,
A record-breaking crowd of
14,171 racing fans Jammed the
park yesterday and poured
4710,718 through the mutuel
. machines, also a record and a
brief Indication that the meet
will be a dally record-breaker
during Its brief span.
Concern for other sports was
raised when Byrnes Issued a
directive to Selective Service
Director General Lewis B, Her
shey to re-examine all profes
sional athletes who have been
deferred or discharged from
military service for physical
reasons. Hcrshey advised
Byrnes that pursuant to the de
mands he was ordering all local
. boards to review the cases Im
mediately. Laydsn Claims Pro
Grid League Should
Continue Operation
Chicago, Dec. 28 (U.R) El
mer Layrion, commissioner of
the National Professional Foot
ball league, said today that pro
fessional football has fulfilled
very wartime governmental re
quirement and should be con
tinucd as an Instrument of re
laxation and recreation tor both
civilian and military sport fans.
Laydcn, commenting on War
Mobilization Director James F,
Byrnes' program for Induction
Into the service of athletes in
non-essential Jobs, said that the
league would have suspended
operations had continuance of
the sport retarded the war ef
fort.
At the same time. Harold
(Red) Orange, president of the
newly organized U. S. Football
league, said he held little hope
that his organization would be
gin operations in 1943 as
planned.
LITTLE HARMON
Hollywood, Deo. 28 (U.F5
Shapely Actress Elsye Knox,
recently married to all-America
football star Tommy Harmon
said today she would present
TIGER PITCHERS
TAKE AMERICAN
LEAGUE HONORS
By Glen Perkins
United Press Correspondent
New York, Deo. 28 (U.PJ
The right and left wings of the
Detroit Tigers, Paul (Dizzy)
Trout and Hal Newhouser re
spectively, took the lion's share
of pitching honors during the
1944 American league season,
official figures disclosed today.
Together, and pre c 1 1 c a 1 1 y
double-handed, they won 60
games for the Bengals and pitch
ed the Dstrolt club to within
one game of the Junior circuit
pennant, Newhouser's 29 tri
umphs and Trout's 27 came the
closest to the all-time record for
a duo set In 1904 by John Cres
bro and John Powell of New
York who had a total of 04 wins.
Chesbro won 41 and Powell 33.
Dlssy Work Horse
Newhouser and Trout, who
were selected one and two In
that order as the league's most
valuable players, formed the
most formidable one-two mound
punch In modern diamond his
tory. Dizzy was a work horse,
pitching in 352 innings, more
than any other pitcher, and
came through with the lowest
earned run average In the league
for pitchers working In 45 or
more innings, 2.12. In addition
he pitched the most complete
garnet, 33, and had the most
shutouts, 7.
Tex Hughson, brilliant right
hander of the Boston Red Sox
who left the team in August to
enter the army, had the league's
best won and lost percentage
record of ,783, compiled on 18
victories and only five losses.
Newhouser, who finished sec
ond to Trout in earned run aver
age with a 2.22 mark, was also
second In won and lost percent
age, his 29 wins and nine losses
giving him a .783 percentage.
Newhouser led the circuit In
strikeouts with 187 and Trout
was second in that department
with 144. Hughson had the third
best earned run average, 2.20.
Poiter Third
Nelson Potter of the pennant
winning St. Louis Browns was
third In won -and lost with 19
and 7 for .731. The league was
surprisingly shy of 20 game
winning pitchers. Trout and
Newhouser being the only two
to enter we charmed circle. Only
four others managed to win 15
or more. They were Potter, Hank
Borowy, New York. (17-12):
John (Doc) Kramer, St. Louis,
(17-13); and Bill Dietrich of the
Chicago White Sox, (10-17). '
Detroit won team pitching
nonors witn an earned run aver
age of 3.09 while the Browns
were second with 3.17.
For the fourth consecutive
year and the 22nd time in the
history of the league there were
no no-hit games pitched. Kramer
naa the only one-hit game,
shutout against the Chicago
White Sox on September lfl.
Twelve hurlers authorized two-
hitters.
DETROIT HOCKEY TEAM
NEAR TOP PLACE SPOT
By United Press
The Detroit Red Wln H rpw
wixnin one point of the idle
first place Montreal Canadlcns
by beating the Toronto Maple
t.eais o xo 4 in the only Christ
mas night game scheduled.
PORTLAND HOCKEY CLUB
WHIPS HOLLYWOOD 7-1
Portland, Ore.. Dec. 28 (U.R)
Portland's Eagles of the Pacific
Coast Hockey league handed the
Hollywood Wolves a 7 to
lacing at the Portland arena last
night.
ECONOMIST MISSING
Santa Barbara, Calif., Dec,
20 (U.PJ Friends of Carl Sny-
aer, 75-year-old nationally
known economics authority, to
day sought the aid of Sheriff
James Ross In locating the New
Yorker, who disappeared In the
midst of a winter visit to Santa
Barbara, Snyder was reported
to have checked out of a hotel
here last week and gone to
OJol, Calif., where he left by
bus. Since then no trace of him
has been found.
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National Lottery Favored
To Replace Racetrack Bets
By Jack Cuddy
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Dec. 28 (U.PJ
With racing banned indefinitely,
we suggest that it would be
timely now for the government
to give serious consideration to
establishment of a national lot
tery if only as a duration
measure.
The public, which bet an esti
mated $1,128,308,045 at race
tracks alone during the first 11
months of this year, will turn to
substitute outlets for their wag
ering diversions probably to
"numbers" and "pools." This
would be unfortunate because it
would enrich mobsters and tsim
ulate racketeering in this coun
try. However, If the government
establishes a national lottery, an
Income estimated at $3,000,000,
000 or more annually could be
obtained to help the war effort
and relieve taxpayers, mean
while preventing the rise of a
new mobster hynasty that might
approach the power enjoyed by
the gang lords ol prohibition
days.
It must be remembered that,
although more than a billion dol
lars was bet during 11 months at
the nation's tracks, this sum Is
probably less than half the
amount wagered away from the
tracks by fans who bet with
neighborhood bookies. These
bookies, with a certain clientele
ready at hand, can be valuable
agents for the "numbers" operat-
EAST CHOICE TO
DEFEAT WEST IN
NEW YEAR'S TILT
San Francisco,' Dec 28 (U.R)
Odds continued to climb today
In favor of the East to beat the
West in the annual Shrine game
at Kezar stadium New Year's
day.
Addition of Les Horvath,All-
American from Ohio State,
boosted the eastern stock and
Coaches Andy Kerr, George
Hausman and Bernie Blerman
were believed to have a vast
edge In quality over the West
opposition. i
The clubs were slated for an
other heavy scrimmage today.
with the final rough session to
morrow as the peak, with each
succoedlng session until New
Year's day slackening the pace.
Yestordoy the West was with
out the services of Bob Water-
field, UCLA, who returned to
Los Angeles for Christmas and
Coaches Babe Holllngbery and
Homer Norton used Dennis
O'Connor, St. Mary's; Forrest
Hall, March Field; Laverne Mer
ritt, Alameda Coast Guard, and
Harold Fischer, Texas, in one
backfleld. In another unit that
got equal consideration were
Dick Oftcle, Washington; Bob
Kennedy, Ex-Washington State,
now of the 3rd air forco; Wal
ter Heap, San Francisco Coast
Guard; and Joe Scott, Texas A.
& M.
The eastern squad still was
uncertain about assignments, but
Andy Kerr had Bob Kelly, Notre
Dame; Jack Breslln, Michigan
State; Horvath, and Frank
Dancewlcz, Notre Dame. In what
appeared to be the choice for
the starting backfleld.
Merlin Sawmill
Sale Announced
Grants Pass, Dec. 28 (Spec
ial) Ben D. Spauldlng, son of
the pioneer lumberman, Ben R.
Spauldlng, and Harry Terrell of
Ross-Terrell Brokerage com-
pany, have purchased the Dlcrks
Lumber company mill and tim
ber holdings at Merlin for a re
ported $130,000.
The mill was built four years
ago by the three Dlerks broth,
ers, Ben, Fred and William, and
their father, Bernard Dlerks.
The new owners will start
operations January 1 with most
of the former Dlerk's crew. The
new company will bo known as
the Merlin Lumber company,
" An acre of good forest land
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ors the "policy' proprietors
If the bookies decide .to turn
their idle hours to the profitable
business of selling numbers.
Neither the government nor
the states derive any revenue
from the rackets, because they
are illegal. But from racing, the
various states netted $55,971,
232 during 1944. In addition the
sport has contributed approxi
mately $10,000,000 to war relief
since Pearl Harbor, The states
will miss their revenue from the
tracks.
A national lottery, operated
by the various states, could pro
vide for a portion of the revenue
to go to the states, on a percent
age basis. The lottery might be
continued after the war to re
lieve the taxpayers and to cut
down the national debt. It also
would- prevent Americans from
spending their money on foreign
lotteries as they did before
Pearl Harbor.
It was estimated that the
American public, in prewar
days, spent more than $3,000,
000,000 annually on foreign lot
terries and sweepstakes partic
ularly on the Irish sweepstakes,
and French, Italian and Cuban
lotteries. The U. S. government
received no cut from the illegal
sale of these tickets in this coun
try, although it got a slice from
the few American winners.
Virtually every country in
Latin America has its own na
tional lottery to help defray
costs of government.
USC, TENNESSEE
IN FINAL PUBLIC
. GRID PRACTICES
Pasadena, Cal., Dee. 20 U.P.)
The Tennessee Volunteers, 19
polnt underdogs In the Rose
Bowl betting, scheduled their
last public workout today before
drawing the shades on their
preparations for the annual New
Year's day classls.
Across town on their home
campus, the University of South
ern California squad put on its
only double workout between
now and gametime after three
days of soft holiday living,
Trojan Coach Jeff Cravath
wasn't saying whether his ace
halfback, George Callanan,
would be on deck tor the game,
but other members of his staff
were shaking their heads. .
Calianun's leg Is fresh out of
a cast after a knee injury, and
Trojan followers figured only
sentiment could put him into his
second Rose Bowl game.
Mindful of the two touchdown
passes Callanan hauled down
against Washington last year,
Tennessee was taking no chances,
sharpening aerial defense in all
workouts to date.
Despite off-and-on weather,
Cravath was reported to have
the word from his favorite fore
caster that the sun would be
shining at game time, and was
iigunng on a dry ball.
HONOR ROLL
Junior high school honor roll for
the iccond six weeks Includes the
following names:
IB James Collins, Al, BJ, Ba, B2,
uj, a, u; itum i-ininser, a, ua, B2,
B3, BJ, A, A; Leah Feabody, Bl, Bi
B3. Bl, Bl, A, B.
7A Jlmmte Crimen. A. m. A3 R
A, A; Glenna Jame3, B2, Bl, Bl, Bl,
A, A, A, B.
8 B Marilyn Anders. Bl, B, Bl, B2.
unuwi Dirow, ju, Jd, a.,
Bl, B2: Kenneth Boihears, A, Bl, Bl,
Al, A3, A, Joan Byrne, A, B, Al, Al,
A3, B; Lovclle Davles, A3. B, Dl, Al,
A, A, B; Olend:l Fields, B2, B2, B2,
B3, A, A3, B: Roy Gibson, B2, A3, Bl.
A3, B: Eleanor Hoover, A3, B2, n2,
B2, A, A3, B; Holen Jones, B2, A2,
A3, Bl, A3, B; Doris Handle, A, Al,
A, Al, A3, B; Joyce Klrby, B3, B2.
B3, B3, A3; Nancy Lafescm, A. B, Bl.
Al, A, A3, B; Audrey Mctntvre, A3,
B3. Dl, A3, A3, B; Billy Perl, B, B.
Al, Bl, A. A3, B: Phyllis Plumley. B,
B, B3, Bl. Bl. B-. Janet Tuttle, A3,
B3. B2. A3. A2; Bobble Zimbelman,
A3. A, A3. A3. A.
9B Mary Adams, B. B2, A, A. A.
B: Lenora Albright, B, A, B, A; Joan
Bmmmond, B, A. B, A; Ann Butler,
A, Bl, B, B-, Fred Byington. B, B, A.
A. B: Marjorla Cox, B, A, B. B; Jov
Finch. B. B, B, B, B: Mary Sue
Greene, A. Al, A. A, A, B; Frank Rev.
nolils. A, A, A, B, B. A: Janet Scheel,
B, B. B, B, A; Phvllla Stautfer, A, A.
A, A, rt; Mary Virginia Walt, A, B,
A, B, B.
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known as Connie Muck of the Phil
adelphia Athletics, who wilt be S3 on
Dec. 23. gives the two sfcnal to Father
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T
MEW THREAT TO
WORLD'S PEACE
Chicago, Dec. 20 (U.R) The
nations of the world may be
forced to cope with robot or
rocket bomb attacks within the
next 10 or 20 years unless the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals for
a general international organi
zation ore adopted and "become
a living force," Secretary of
State Edward R. Stettlnlus, Jr.,
warned today.
Stettinius, newly appointed
chief of the state department,
said In an article prepared for
Kiwanis magazine that the Dum
barton Oaks proposals "are im
portant because they point an
alternative to unspeakable dis
aster which Is almost certain to
befall this country unless we
are able to establish an efficient
and workable organization for
the maintenance of peace."
"Many of our outstanding
scientists agree that within the
space of 10 to 20 years these
deadly missiles (robots and
rocket bombs) may be perfected
to the point where they can
travel thousands of miles at in
credible speed."
"In that event," he said, "our
oceans, our industrial strength,
and our manpower would not be
able to prevent surprise attack
and vast damage by accurately
aimed weapons traveling faster
than sound."
Boy Scout News
By Scribe Roland Glass
Notice to all Troop 2 Boy
Scouts: There will be no meet
ing Tuesday night but there will
be one Wednesday night. All
Scouts are urged to attend as it
Is very Important.
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BATTtE ROYAL AT
ARMORYTHURSDAY
An array of wrestling talent
which will rival any ever as
sembled at Medford Armory for
a battle royal will be on hand
Thursday night when "Gor
geous" George Wagner, Gust
Johnson, Jack Riser, Terrible
Tony Ross, Bulldog Jackson and
Milt Olson clash in the free-for-all.
Wagner figures he has a score
to settle since having lost de
cisions to both Johnson and
Klser on fouls in the past two
weeks. On the other hand, the
other five grapplers aren't over
ly friendly with wagner and in
dications are that the self-styled
toast of the coast will be the vic
tim of a gang assault before hos
tilities cease.
The battle royal will be fol
lowed by three regulation
matches with pairings to be de
cided in order of elimination.
First two out will meet in the
first bout, second pair thrown
wijl make up the second match
and the last pair will clash in
the top main event.
Promoter Mack LILlIard re
quires all wrestlers to sign
papers to the effect that they
will take part in the battle royal
at their own risk. Once Inside
the ring, anything goes during
one of these melees and about
the only requirement is that the
mayhem artists confine their
mangling to space set aside with
in the ropes.
Al Jolson Suffer
Attack Of Malaria
Hollywood. Dec. .20. (U.PJ
Stage and Screen Comedian Al
Jolson was "recovering slowly"
today from a recurrence of a
malarial attack, his physician re
ported from the Beverly Hills
hotel where the singer won fame
for his "Mammy" songs Is stay
ing. Jolson contracted malaria last
year while on an overseas enter
tainment tour.
ATTACK NAZI CONVOY
London, Dec. 20 (U.R) Allied
motor torpedo boats attacked a
small German convoy oft Ber
gen, Norway, between 1 and 2
a. m. with gunfire and torpedoes,
the German DNB agency said to
day. It claimed that the attack
ing vessels withdrew after one
had been set afire, but did not
mention whether the convoy had
been damaged.
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