TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. p,g- f-
Champion In Battle Royal
Jack Kiier. Pacific coast light
fee ona of the principals In the battla royal at Medford Armory
Thursday night. Other participants will be "Gorgeous" George
Wagner. Gust Johnson, Bulldog Jackson, Terrible Tony Ross and
Milt Olson.
Draft Orders For Athletes
Concern Of Pro Club Owners
By Jack Cuddy
United Press Correspondent
New York, Dec. 27 (U.R)
Club owners in professional
ports are concerned with the
possible results of reexamina
tions of 4-F and discharged
athletes; but In our opinion that
ihould be a minor worry, for
much more serious eventual
ity may confront organized
sports unless the European war
picture brightens soon; .
For the past year or so, pro
fessional baseball, for example,
has been regarded as "non-professional"
to the war effort. It
waa neither fish nor fowl. De
spite President Roosevelt's
"green light" of 1S42, baseball
nd other organized sports were
permitted to carry on, in the
face of increasing manpower
demands for service and produc
tion, merely because of their
apparent contributions to mo
rale at home and overseas.
In September, 1943, selective
service headejquarters at Wash
ington ruled that baseball Is not
ground for occupational defer
CLUBS TAPER OFF
FOR COMING JILT
By Hal Wood
United Press Correspondent
San Francisco, Dec. 27. (U,R)
Coaches of the East and West
football teams today scheduled
the last contact work of the pre-
game practice grind before their
p'ayers meet in the 20th annual
Shrine East-West football game
In Kezar stadium New Years
day before a capacity crowd of
80,000.
The East was established a 3-1
favorite In the betting odds.
Coach Andy Kerr of the East
reported from Santa Clara that
his squad would go through a
morning defense and kicking
drill today and will don pads
for a light scrimmage and game
of touch-tackle this afternoon,
- All In Shape
"Not one of the boys has been
injured and no one seems In dan
ger of catching a cold or coming
down with something that will
keep him out of the game," Kerr
said as he expressed satisfaction
with the smoothly-working back
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ment. However, the players
who were not drafted or who
were discharged for physical
reasons from the services were
permitted to play and to use the
railroads in carrying out their
scheduled games. The war vista
was rosy then.
But, with the war view now
somewhat beclouded, there
seems to be doubt in high places
as to the current morale value
of sports. Some Indication of
this can be felt In the tenor of
recent words from War Mobili
zation Director James F. Byrnes.
In 'Byrnes' letter on Dec. 9 to
Major General Lewis B. Her
shey, selective service director,
he opened with:
I "I am seriously concerned
that at this critical period when
we are exerting every effort to
direct man power Into critical
war industries, we find such a
large number of men between
the ages of 18 and 26 engaged
in professional athletics of all
types." After this preamble, he
made his suggestion that 4-F
and discharged athletes be re
examined. field units developed in the
short practice period.
Co-Coaches Babe Holllngbery
and Homer Norton of the West
were not entirely pleased, how
ever, with their offense. "The
boys are still off on their timing
and dont' know all the plays too
well," Holllngbery said.
The East-West game promised
fans the most wide-open contest
in the classic's history, with
both squads turning to the "T"
formation to take advantage of
speed and passing ability among
the backs. The East had an edge
In the fleet-foot department and
In 17-year-old Earl Girard of
Wisconsin have an outstanding
passer.
Duke Named Heavy
Favorites To Win
Sugar Bowl Clash
New Orleans, Deo. 27 (U.R)
Although Duke's Blue Devils
have become heavy favorites to
defeat Alabama in the Sugar
Bowl game on New Year's day,
the possibility of a one-sided con
test hasn't discouraged specta
tors and a sell-out throng of 73,
000 is assured, officials said to
day. Virtually all seats In the big
stadium have been sold and
there was no chance that any of
them will remain untnken by
game time, It was said.
Undaunted hv th fnt fv.ni
oddsmnkers are making Duke a
" 'o it lavorue, Coach Frank
Thomas and the Alabama squad
left Tuscalnnsn Aln In an
mlstle frame of mind today en
rouie to Baton Rouge, La., where
they will continue workouts
Thomas indlratrH thnt ti,. nm
showed up well In workouts
neia oeiore the departure.
PAPERSMERGE
Long Beach, Cal., Dec. 27
(U.R) The Long Beach Press
Telegram and the Long Beach
Sun, dally morning and evening
newspapers published by the
same company will merge on
January 1 Publisher Frank Prist
announced today. 'We are tak
ing this move to conserve man
power and eliminate duplication
of effort," Prist explained.
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FOR THREE GAMES
Ten Medford high school bas
ketball players will leave early
tomorrow morning for the Wil
lamette valley where they will
meet Albany tomorrow night
and Salem Friday and Saturday
nights, tey will make the trip
by private automobile.
Those making the trip will be
the starting lineup of Jerry Ross
and Larry Hayes at forwards,
Darrell Riggs at center, and Bob
V.'atson and Dick Fawcett at
guards. Second team on the trip
will be composed of Earl Stelle
and Carl Reich at forwards, Bill
Broedlow at center, and Jim
Cave and Gler. Bostwlck at
guards. Manager Jack Holmes
and Coach Al Simpson make up
the remainder of the traveling
squad.
Simpson said today he had
booked a game with Eureka to
be played here January 6, the
night after the conference sea
son opens againiit Ashland.
Eureka will play Grants Pass
January 5 at Grants Pass.
TULSAlOlALL
FOR BOWL GAME
By Richard C. Glass
United Press Correspondent
Miami, Dec. 27 U.R Tulsa's
football players shook the hay
out of their hair today and set
tled down to the. serious busi
ness of revenge against Georgia
Tech In the Orange Bowl game,
after being feted and frolicked
about facetiously by promoters
of the New Year's day extrava
ganza. The players who arrived yes
terday were met at the station
by a wagon full of hay, which
war supposed to serve the dual
purpose of conserving gasoline
and emphasizing the impending
surplus of fodder, for horses
when the federal ban on racing
goes into effect next week.
The revenge motif by Tulsa
was intensified because It was
In a bowl game at New Orleans
last year that Georpia Tech eked
out a 20 to 18 victory and the
rematch of the teams for this
classic has stimulated Interest.
Six of the Tulsa players will
be appearing in their third
straight bowl game, although
not all of them as members of
the Golden Hurricane eleven.
Cotton Bowl Grid
Teams Base Hopes
On First Elevens
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 27 (U.R)-
The durability of the starting
teams may be an important fac
tor in the Cotton Eowl game on
New Year's day between Texas
Christian and Oklahoma A. &
M. since Loth elevens are short
on competent reserves. Their
coaches were concentrating to
day upon long and hard con
ditioning drills.
At , Stillwater, Okla., where
the Aggies worked out for the
first time after the Christmas
holiday In 20-degree weather,
the emphasis by Jlrr. Looka
baugh was on calisthenics and
running drills to help get his
"B0-mlnute" boys back In shape
The same was true at Fort
Worth, Tex., home of the T. C.
U. Horned Frogs who took re
fuge In a gymnasium when' pro
longed rain turned their grid
Iron into a hog wallow.
Less than 13 per cent of Cali
fornia total land area of 100
million acres Is under cultiva
tlon and less than one-fortieth
of this cultivated area is plant
ed to citrus fruits yet the
oranges, lemons' and grapefruit
in California make up one-fifth
of the agricultural dollar re
turns.
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SL LOUIS STARS
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St, Louis, Dec. 27 (U.R) The
St. Louis domination of, the Ma
jor league baseball scene this
year was extended today to in
clude the three top awards by
the Sporting News, which named
Luke Sewell of the Browns as
the manager of the year, Marty
Marion of the Cardinals as the
top player and William O. De
Witt, general manager of the
Browns, as the top executive.'
Marion, the roving shortstop,
was cited by the baseball week
ly as the greatest player at that
position since the days of Honus
Wagner ot the Pittsburgh Pi
rates. Marion already had been
named as the most valuable
player in the National league in
the annual vote of the Baseball
Writers' association.
The publication gave Sewell
and DeWitt chief credit for de
veloping the perenlnally medi
ocre Browns into baseball's
"surprise team" which won the
American league penant for the
first time after being rated to
finish no higher than fifth.
Wish Egan. scout for the De
troit Tigers, was the winner of
a new award, getting a special
citation as one of the "forgotten
men who helped solve the man
power shortage by uncovering
needed talent."
Al Thomas of the Baltimore
Orioles was named the number
one manager in the Double A
circuit Minor leagues, while Ex
Major Leaguer Jimmy (Rip) Col
lins, player-pilot of the Albany
Senators In the Eeastern league
was selected as top manager
among thn smaller circuits.
William G. Mulligan, business
manager of the Seattle Raniers
In the Pacific Coast league was
named the outstanding minor
league executive.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By United Press
Los Angeles, Dec. 27. (U.R)
Clayton Worlds, 197, Chicago.
decisloned Al Harte, 220, U. S
Army (10).
Abel Lucero, San Francisco,
decisloned Torpedo Reed, 139,
Los Angeles (4). '
New York (Bro&dway arena)
Maxie Berger, 14834, Mon
treal, decisloned Ernie (Cat) Rob
Inson, 149W, New York (8).
New Bedford, Mass. Sgt. Ted
Lowry, 180, U. S. army, decislon
ed Jimmy Reed, 172, Trenton,
n. j., am.
Tradition relates that the cop
per mines at Copper Hill, Tenn,,
were lost to North Carolina be
cause the surveyors ran out of
liquor when they reached the
area, and Instead of continuing
the state line southwest, they
turned due south In the direc
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teen friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Houston surprised them Decem
ber 16 with a party at their new
home. Several others unable to
attend also contributed toward
the gift of a beautiful bedspread
which was presented to the
Houstons.
Upper Rogue Grange enjoyed
a pot luck supper December 21,
with a fine attendance of 57.
There was an exchange of
Christmas gifts. Grange dances
will be resumed January 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brown
of Canyonville visited at the T.
J. Johnson home Friday. Mrs.
Brown's mother, Mrs. Lucy
Smith, who has spent the past
two months with Mrs. Caroline
Johnson, returned to Canyon
ville with them.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Torrance
are spending the holidays with
friends in Roseburg.
Mrs. Agnes Brown, Elk Creek
teacher, and her family, are with
Mrs. Brown's mother, near Sa
lem for Christmas.
Mrs. Charlotte Prltchett 'and
Joe Hall motored to Grants
Pass Christmas day and had din
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Prltchett.
. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Conover.
Charley Winkle and Dale, and
Bill Winkle were Christmas din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Winkle of Medford.
Mrs. Ray Spencer ot Days
Creek, who Is visiting her son
Earl Woods, and family of Reese
Creek, called on her brother and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Conover Saturday.
A play "Christmas Windows,1
was presented Friday evening
by the school children here, and
was much enjoyed by the many
parents and friends who attend
ed. The children received treats
of candy and nuts from the
P.-T.A. '
A special meeting o P.-T.A.
was held Friday' for election of
ofifcers to replace those resigned
or moved away. Mrs. Eva Seges-
serjnan was elected president;
Mrs. Helen Coon and Mrs. Mary
Henshaw, first and second vice
presidents, and Mrs. Ruth San-
ford, secretary and publicity
chairman.
Boys and girls of the Sunday
school gave a short Christmas
program Sunday morning. In
the evening the young people
gathered and went caroling in
the'nelghborhood.
Beginning January 2 the 7th
and 8th grade students will be
transported to Eagle Point
school. Mrs. Elsie Turner and
Mrs. Gertrude Hickey will teach
the remaining six grades.
Mrs. George Hook and young
son, Stanley, returned Friday
from Los Angeles where they
have been visiting relatives the
past three weeks.
Mrs. Dave Smith of Butte
Falls spent Christmas day with
her mother, Mrs. Caroline John
son. Kenneth Bendure, on leave
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for the holidays, is with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Orvllle Ben
dure. Kenneth is a student at
Whitman college, Walla Walla.
under the ASV-12 program.
Mr. and- Mrs. Von Williams
of Reese Creek had Christmas
dinner with Mrs. William's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. John
son. Washington, Dec. 27 (U.R)
The labor department reported
today that there were 379
strikes last month involving
200,000 workers which cost
710,000 man-hours of idleness,
or one-tenth of one per cent of
the national available working
time.
The department said the num
ber of strikes and workers in
volved were less than in October
but the amount of idleness was
greater. It was the largest num
ber of strikes in any November
in the past five years.
The department said that
strikes which contributed most
to this idleness were those at the
Wright Aeronautical Corp., Pat-!
erson, N. J.; J. I. Case Co..
Racine, Wis.; truck drivers in
Boston; the telephone workers
In Ohio cities, Detroit and Wash
iAgton, D- C.; Wheeling Steel
Corp., Portsmouth, O., and Pack
ard and Ford Motor companies,
Detroit.
NAZIS USE RADIO TO
CONFUSE OPPONENTS
London, Dec. 27 (U.R) As
serting the Germans' were "seek
ing to sow confusion," the Brus
sels radio broadcast an appeal to
nignt to the Belgian people to
ignore "spurious" radio stations
which were issuing false direc
tions to those in fighting areas.
- One disguised enemy broad
cast to the population of opera
tional zones asked them to evac
uate towns and villages. No such
order had come from allied
BOTH WEAR WELL
Gloucester, Mass. (U.R) Mr
and Mrs. Fred Smith celebrated
their golden, wedding anniver
sary In a house which once stood
in Boston, but which was moved
30 miles to Gloucester aboard a
lighter some 80 years ago.
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RATION AGENCY
Washington, Dec. 27 U.R)
The office of price administra
tion today warned that use of
the invalidated . food ration
stamps by consumers or merch
ants would constitute a violation
of rationing regulations. It urged
housewives to destroy all stamps
no longer good.
The agency also said that the
Invalidation of certain food
stamps had no effect on red tok
ens, which will continue to be
honored. Blue tokens, which
have not been used since Octo
ber 1, will not be returned to
use.
Ration stamps no longer good
are:
Red stamps A8 through Z8
and A5 through PS.
Blue stamps A8 through Z8
and A3 through W5.
Sugar stamps 30, SI, 32, 33
and 40, together with all home
canning coupons.
Stamps which remain good
and those which will become
good soon are: ..
Red stamps Q9, RS and S5
which became good Dec. 3. Five
additional red stamps, T3, US,
VS, W3 and X5, will become
good next Sunday, December 31.
Blue stamps XS, Y3, Z5, A2
and B2. Five new stamps, C2,
D2, E2, F2 and G2, will become
good next Monday, January 1.
Sugar stamp 34, which became
valid ' Nov. 16. A new sugar
stamp will be made valid Feb. 1.
The OPA said that expiration
dates have not been set for the
stamps that still remain good.
DOWNEY COMPLAINS
Los Angeles, Dec. 27 (U.R)
Sen. Sheridan Downey today
charged that Texas interests
were promoting the proposed
Colorado water treaty with Mex
ico to the detriment of Califor
nia, Arizona and Nevada.
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LOW IN OREGON
Portland, Ore., Dee. 27 U,
Oregon has the fourth lowest
incidence of Bang's disease la
the nation, Samuel B. Foster, In
spector" in charge of the U. S.
bureau of animal husbandry at
Portland, said today.
Tests of 179,709 head of Ore
gon dairy cattle di ring the fiscal
year 1944 showed 2,891 reactors
to the disease, .mown as undul
ant fever in human beings. Fos
ter said the cattle were chosen
from 18,912 Oregon herds. Ore
gon's average is 1 6 per cent,
compared with North Carolina's
1 per cent, lowest in the coun
try. -
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