Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 31, 1944, Image 2

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., December 31, 1944, Image 2

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1944)

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD MAIL TltlBUHE fgQRJ TENNESSEE TOLD TROJANS APT TO W NEW PLAYS " Rose Bowl Underdogs by s 17 Points In Top Shape ' For Game. Pasadena, Cat., Dec. 30 (U.R) The Tennessee Volunteers, who have been watching movies of Southern California'! Trojans all week, today discovered they may be in for some surprises In the Rose Bowl Monday. ' Coach Jeff Cravath, they found out, has slipped the Tro jans a hatful of new plays. His men spent the day yesterday running through the new rou tines, including running and passing from punt formation. ' The idea, Cravath said, Is to cut down on ball handling In caEe just In case the weather man has slipped up. Cravath's infallible forecaster is nonethe less standing by his "clear weather and fast turf" predic tion. Quarterback Jim Hardy, who threw three of SC's touchdown passes last year, was getting the ball on most of the new punt formation plays, and running, passing or booting according to the diagram. ' The Trojans went over to the Rose Bowl for a workout to day, getting the feel of the big kaucer before game time. The volunteers sink their cleats in to the turf tomorrow for the last time before the 80,000 seats are filled. - Despite Tennessee's rating as 17-polnt underdog, scalpers were' collecting up to $11 for ducats originally marketed at f 4.80. Closing of Santa Anita racetrack sent a lot of horse lovers scrambling for New Year's Day entertainment on the theory that any kind of a race is better than none. The squads were in top shape. George Callanan, who had been given a medical okeh on his own responsibility, decided against participating when navy -authorities - told him - they thought It would be inadvisable. A seaman 2c, Callanan will be up for a commission shortly. Cravath had never figured him as a starter and was left with his plans unchanged. AUTOS IN WRECK AT . una uiivcii vy ueiueri ung leaf. 718 West Main street, and rna Jt.. ... ,, I t J. E. Hutchinson, route 3. box 47, collided at Main and Central streets last night, according to a city police report. The Hutchinson car was con siderably damaged, according to the report, but no one was in jured. Neither party was held by police. 1 . humphrey will buy it. sell your car ' to us we'll pay higher cash prices now HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside ' Dial 4980 X GREEN TA 10) K?ll n 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 Timber P ) Sunday. Dae. St. 1944 PETE BELCASTRO EACES KISER Pete Belcastro, the wild Weed Assassin, has been signed by Promoter Mack Lillard to meet Jack Kiser, Pacific coast light heavyweight champion, In the top main event of Thursdny night's Medford armory wrest ling program. Belcastro has been on the shelf for over a month because of an injured arm re ceived in a match, but has been told by his physician that he will be ready to go by next Thursday. Gust Johnson, coast junior heavy king, and Terrible Tony Ross will meet in the semi windup. They have met twice before with Ross winning a lone fall decision in the first en counter and Johnson awarded the third fall on a foul in their second clash. This will be the "rubber match" and Ross is more than anxious to dump the champion to boost his claim for a main event bout. Milt Olson, the clever Swede from Minneapolis, will face vet eran Bulldog Jackson In the three-round opener. E F ' Washington, Dec. 30 (IMS The off ice of defense transporta tion today prohibited the ship ment of race horses and dogs after 3 p. m., PWT, tonight without a government permit, several hours after War Direct or Byrnes refused to modify his call for the closing of all tracks by Jan, 3. Designed to prevent the ship ment v of animals outside the country, the ODT order was necessary, Chief J. Monroe Johnson said, because It appear ed that "a very small minority are planning to circumvent the spirit of Justice Byrnes' re- auest." The ODT order applied to all rail or motor lntra-state, inter state and foreign transportation It was understood, however, that the owners will be permitted to hip their horses and dogs from tracks to home stables. . JUNIOR LEAGUE SHY OjlJpRDS New York, Dec. So ;U.R) The American league, while supplying Its most thrilling pen nant race In history, was a trifle lax in the record-breaking de partment ' this season, official figures released today revealed. Only 22 records were tied or broken and none were signifi cant. The circuit broke or tied 30 standards during the 1943 season. Lou Boudreau, manager of the Cleveland Indians, was the lead er among the individual record assaulters, cracking one major and one American league mark OVERSEASl'S TO STAGE BOWL GAME London, Dec. 30 (U.R) Amer ican GI's who are thousands of miles from the contagion of United States football fever will stage their own gridiron spec tacle with all the traditional color tomorrow when the Eighth Air Force Shuttle-Raiders meet the Air Service Command War riors for the United Kingdom championship in the second an nual Tea Bowl game. Not only will they witness high caliber performance by two unbeaten squads, but they also will have an opportunity to see many former college stars. $75 DIAL 2123 Company as WEST FAVORITE E IF Wet Field Forecast by Weatherman For . Shrine Football Clash Monday. San Francisco, Dec. 30 (U.R) It comes up rain and mud for the Shrine all-star game here Monday, says the weatherman, and right away the odds dropped on the east. . . The betting men had been giv ing the east 13 points but today they had knocked off a point, which sometimes Is the same as a touchdown on the strength that heavy scoring is out of the question in the rain. However, come what may, both teams will be ready with a diversified attack to meet any emergency. If there should be a shift in the rain forecast and the turf dry, both head coaches, Andy Kerr of the east and Babe Hollingbery of the west, are ready with a "T" attack and would fill the air with passes. However, If the expected soggy field, wet football and "li quid" air come, there will be double and single wing forma tions with lots of bone-cracking line smashes by some of the country's finer ball packers. It passing is a plausible weap on, then Frank Dancewicz, Notre Dame flash, will do the hurling for the east, with Earl GIrard, 17-year-old Wisconsin youth, and Jim Walthall, another youngster. from West Virginia, in the as sisting roles. Receivers probably will be Bob Kelly, Notre Dame half; Jack Mead, Wisconsin, and Slira Harrison, South Carolina, ends. Bob Waterf ield, long-time passing star from UCLA, gets the Dancewicz role for the west, with Dick Ottele, the 18-year-old 200-pound Washington young ster, also slated for plenty of ac tion at tne same spot, in the re ceiving spots, at least on the starting eleven, may be Wally Heap, San Francisco coast guard, a back; and Ends John Westrum, San Francisco coast guard, and Clarence (Cotton) Howell, a 17-year-old pass-snag- ger from University of Texas. , ALL-SOUTH WINS Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 30 (U.R A power-packed southern team, sparked by the brilliant running and passing of Charlie Trlppl and the plunging of Pete Layden, trounced the Northern All-Stars 24 to 7 today in the an nual Blue-uray game before a crowd of 22,000. THEY'RE lira FAST BETTER RESERVE YOUR NEW BASKETBALL By Unlud Press New York university 87, Col gate 36. Muhlenberg 42, Pennsylvania 38. Cornell 64, Western Kentucky 33. Union 39, Hobard 37. Tennessee 40, Ohio University 36. City College of New York 41, Panzer college 38. E DAME STAR, DEAD Corvallls, Ore., Dec. 30 (U.R) One of Notre Dame early foot ball greats, 60-year-old Sam Dolan, died last night from In fluenza to end a colorful career in sports and engineering. ' Dolan made a national reputa tion for himself playing football at. Oregon State college and Notre Dame. He played four years for the Irish, both as an of fensive guard and roving center. He graduated in 1910 and later served both as assistant and bead coach at Oregon State. He officiated at leading Pacific coast football games for 26 years until he retired in 1939. He was an associate professor of civil en gineering at Oregon State and was widely known in engineer ing Circles. He was born In England in 1884 and came to Oregon five years later to make his home. Surviving are his widow, two sons and a daughter. ' PISTOLSlT TO BE HELD FRIDAY First pistol shoot of the new 194S season will be staged by Medford Rifle Club at their winter range in the basement of Merrick's Motor Inn on Fri day, Jan.' 5. New and old mem bers are urged to be present, in order to make the 1945 season a success. Plenty of ammuni tion is available. All club members are eligi ble for the perpetual Lamport's trophy and all visitors are wel come. The range opens at 7:30 p. m. There Is also a rifle shoot ev. ery Wednesday night at the same time. San Francisco, Dec. 30 (U.R) A blonde woman tentatively Identified as Ruth C. Wilson, i San Francisco nurse, jumped to her death today from the 12th floor of an office building into a light well. A Limited Number Are Under Construction Reserve Yours To meet the urgent demand for Cold Storage Lockers we are expanding this department and making available these new lockers. These lockera are CENTRALLY LOCATED AT OUR PLANT JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM MAIN STREET. They are accessible LONGER HOURS, too from 7:00 A. M. 'til 10:00 P. M. If you wish to reserve one' of these lockers we suggest that you ACT NOW. A $2.00 deposit will hold any one of them. No telephone reservations can be accepted. See us at once! fl-OHE BREWING CO. Clicquot Club Bottling Co. 301 NORTH FIR STREET Ti SALEM VIKINGS ON ROAD JAUNT The barnstorming Medford high school basketball team won their second game in as many starts Friday night when they took the measure of Salem Vik fngs, 37 to 24, at Salem. The Black Tornado defeated Albany, 29-18, the previous night. Dick Fawcet led the Torna do with 11 points as Al Simp son's club showed an improved game over the previous night. Their ball handling was better and 'their fast break worked smoothly, - according to a mes sage received from Simpson. Medford held the Vikings to but one point in the third quarter. Individual scorers were Larry Hayes, 2; Earl Stelle, 2; Darrell Riggs, 6; Bob Watson, 8; Jim Cave, 2; Fawcett, 11, and Glenn Bostwick, 6. The reserve team finished the game, playing most of the fourth quarter. DIMAGITLANS Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 30 (U.R) Staff Sgt. Joe DIMagg'o, former hard-hitting outfielder of the New York Yankees, said today his heart was set "on com ing back," but implied that he did not -expect to play any major league baseball until the war is over. There have been reports that DiMagglo may be discharged from service because of recur rent stomach trouble. He has not requested a discharge, how ever, and said he did not intend to. TO ALL FRONTS Washington, Dec. 30 (U.R) Shortwave broadcasts of the na tion's top New Year's day foot ball bowl games will be beamed to American servicemen In all war theaters and at sea, the war department said tonight. The play by - play accounts sent over army radio facilities will include the Rose Bowl classic at Pasadena, Calif.; the Orange Bowl game at Miami, Fla., and the Sugar Bowl battle between Duke and Alabama at New Orleans La. Now! PLANE BESTED GALE TO Dropped Barrels of Intra venous Fluid to Storm Tossed Ship at Sea.' Seattle, Dec. 30 (U.R) Eight RCAF fliers who gave up part of their Christmas leaves to fly through a howling north Pacific gale, beating death by 20 min utes, to drop barrels containing intravenous fluid to a U. S. ves sel hundreds of miles at sea, saved the life of a patient now in a hospital here, the 13th U. S. naval district said tonight. Advised by radio by the ship's captain December 28, that in jured Chief Quartermaster James Bryan Hunnings, 23. coastguardsman from Kirkland, Wash., would die in a few hours unless the ship doctor's supply of fluid was replenished, Navy authorities ordered out a mercy plane here, notifying Royal Ca nadian air force officials of the trip as a matter of international form. . Before the American plane could take off, the navy said, the RCAF headquarters in Vancou ver, B. C, radioed back that hours could be saved if the bad weather flight was taken over by a Canadian Catalina crew from a base on northern Van couver island. Barely 20 minutes before the ship's doctor used the last of his intravenous fluid, the navy said the lumbering Canadian Cata lina flying boat broke through the low clouds over the ship. The vessel hove to in the pounding seas and the Catalina made three runs at low altitude, dropping the medical supplies in sturdy barrels designed to withstand the shock of the drop. All three plummeted into the water with in grappling distance from the vessels deck. E' New York, Dec. 30 (U.R) It will be a sad New Year, girls. Hang on to your bobby-sox Frankie (the voice) Sinatra will no longer sing on the hit parade. Tonight's show was his last ap pearance. Sinatra says it costs him too m 9 O much. The American Tobaeeo company pays him, now, $2800 a week for singing from New York. This year, however, he has spent eight momns in nouy- uwul W hnm hfkd tA DBV wire charges to pipe in his famous voice to New York. He says u cost him between 14500 and $4800 a week. His salary was to go up to $4000 a week as of next Satur day's hit parade brnadcastrven thai filnntra anva. wouldn't cover what It costs him to sing from Hollywood. DIIlWLFOES READY FOR TEST New Orleans, La., Dec. 30 (U.R)--Duke's home-grown foot ball team arrived in New Or leans tonight and Coach Eddie Cameron . pronounced his boys "ready to go" against the univer sity of Alabama In the 11th an nual Sugar Bowl game here Mon day. At Baton Rouge Coach Frank Thomas finished the Crimson Tide workouts this afternoon and said his boys were "as ready as they will ever be." The 'Bama boys will arrive in New Orleans tomorrow morning. Miami, Fla., Dec. 30 (U.R) Two determined football squads were pronounced ready for the Orange Bowl test Monday which will determine whether Georgia Tech can again lick Tulsa in a post-season classic, or Tulsa break its string of bowl losses, FRUIT EXECUTIVE San Francisco, Dec. 30 (U.R) William K. Groesbeck, 45, execu tive of Guggenhime Ic Co., dried fruit processors, tonight admit ted he had forged checks total ing $48,274, District Attorney Edmond Brown of San Francisco county said. Groesbeck was arrested by Sheriff William K. Emig of Santa Clara county earlier today for Tomorrow We've completed another yeir year of glorious achievement for America's fighting men. Tomor row we look to 1945 as a year of Victory as a time when our sons will return and peace will again reign. ... During the past year we have strived to serve you well. There have been times, under wartime con ditions, that the quality of our ser vice has not been up to peacetime standards. You have been most patient and friendly, and for this we are most grateful. During 1945 we pledge the best of service that we can possibly maintain. We have resolved to continue the policies that have made this store a favorite shopping place in this community! To One And All We Extend Heartiest And Most Sincere Wishes For A Happy, Prosperous GLENN "MEN'S alleged ember! em tnt after a five-mile chase over country roads. Brown said series of for geries over the past year netted Groesbeck at least $383,000 and possibly hail a minion dollars, most of which allegedly had been invested in ranch land. The district attorney believed ' that Groesbeck would be able to make -almost complete- -testUu. tlon. - - - Uit Mall Trunin Want Aafe. COY'O CHICKEN U GOLD HILL will be open - TODAY-MON. Special dinner parties will be - served by reservation at any time. Phone 251 Gold Hill DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR CAR? See Us Top Price No Delay Any Make e Modal .' Skinner's Gauge 143 S. Riverside Pku 2740 X I Phone 2119 for Towing or . Wrecker Service Anywhere Aayttaae Lewis Super Service We Welcome H. UTZ WEAR"