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TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE ROOSEVELT WINS HOOP TILTS WITH J Roosevelt grade school hoop team won two games from Jackson grode school the past wee'e in the city grade school league. Ol' r teams in the league are Washington and Lin coln, In the first game Dick Wal lace scored for Roosevelt and Jackson also hit the hemp in the initial period which ended 2-2. After both teams playing hard ball, Don Df-r.man scored for Roosevelt to put his team ahead, 4 to 2, at the half. Jackson nnrrowed the gap to 8-8 at the end of the third period and took the lead early in the fourth quarter, 7 to 6, but Chuck Ashpole potted a field goal to win the game for Roosevelt, 6 to 7. In the second contest Justin Smith of Roosevelt made the only basket in the initial period for a 2-0 Hconevelt lead. Jim Grey added a field goal in the second stanza while Jackson tank a free throw with the quar ter ending, 4 to 1, Roosevelt. In the third p?rlod Smith and Gerald Thompson each hit field HOY ABOUT IT? 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With a high, brisk and chilly wind sweeping the fairways, par came closer to holding its own in the second round with only seven golfers bettering regula tion figures. Joe Zarhardt, Norrlstown, Pa., the first-round leader, slipped to a par 70 to tie for second place, one stroke behind McSpaden, with Bruce Coltart, the burly belter from Atlantic City, N. J., who added a 89 to his 8S, and Byron Nelson, last year's lead ing money winner, who shot a 68, one stroke above his first round. One stroke farther behind were Jimmy Gauntt, a surprise package from Ardmore, Okla., who shot even par today for a 136 total, tying with Slammln" S:mmy Snead, the White Sul phur Springs, W. V., pro, who added a 69 to yesterday's 67. Snead suffered a mild blow up on the 18th green, when he three-putted for a bogey six, missing a chance for a possible tie for the lead or at least sec ond place. TALENT LEADS IN 'B' LEAGUE PLAY y Talent high's basketball quin tet Jumped into the lead in the eastern division of Jackson county "B" league when they took a 36 to 21 victory over Jacksonville at Talent Friday night. Talent was out In front 19 to 10 at halftlme. .It was a 'rough game with 16 personal fouls called on Jack sonville and 14 on Talent. Jack sonville won the preliminary game 18 to 9 from the Talent reserves. Lineups: ' Talent . . . . Pes. Xville Hervey 1 Kllllngsw'h a Tolle f Forbes 4 Frlnk 9 o Henspeter W. Hartley B g Adams 3 R. Hartley 16 g Grinstead 7 Grace a Gunther Quackenb'h 2 a Johnson 1 Hayman a Of fenbacher 4 GET WAR WORKERS ' Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R) War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt reported today that 3,000 men have been freed for war work by the "immediate response" of horse owners and breeders to his request that older men replace employees under 46 years bf age. 1 V I When repairs on your car are necessary, be sure to Insist upon Genuine FORD PARTS They're DEPENDABLE and LOW. ER IN COST . . . available, toot For your protection get them from your FORD dealer! - CRATER LAKE MOTORS Sixth and Ivy Phone 2297 40-34 WIN OVER CAVEMEN QUINT Ashland high's Grizzlies took definite command of second place in the southern Oregon basketball conference when they chalked up a 40 to 34 win over Grants Pass Cavemen at Grants Pass Friday night. Although the game was not as rough as an ticipated, 23 fouls were called, 14 on Ashland and 11 on Grants Pass. Dommle Provost scored the first basket for Ashland which was quickly followed by three points by the Cavemen, the only time in the game that they were in the lead. The first quarter ended 11 to 7, halftlme score was 21 to IS and the third period ended 32 to 23, all in favor of Ashland. Ashland was leading 40 to 28 with 1V4 minutes to play when Grants Pass rang up three bas kets In rapid succession but fail ed to catch up with the inspired Grizzlies. Ashland dominated Backboard play despite superior helghth of the Cavemen. I Gloomy Gust- Johnson and Ernie Piluso have notified Pro moter Mack Lillard that they prefer to meet the Gray Mask, hooded head butter from Holly wood, in the main event of the Medford armory wrestling card next Thursday night. Piluso telephoned Lillard from Port land that he would come here next Thursday if he could be given the match but would not be Interested in making the trip to meet another opponent. Johnson, in asking for the match, pointed out that he held Pete Belcastro to a draw two weeks ago and defeated Jack Klser last week. Belcastro and the Mask went to a draw on last week's card. Lillard said today he was un certain who he would match with the Mask but said he would put in the best possible oppon ent. The promoter called atten tion to the fact that his contract with the Mask calls for him to unmask only if he is pinned for two ouf of three falls and not if ha loses a match by disquali fication by a referee. WILL TOUR LAND New York, Jan. 20 (U.R The projected United States indoor track tour of Gundar Hagg and Haaken Lidman, Swedish track stars, became an off-agaln, on again proposition tonight' when Daniel J. Ferris, national A.A.U. secretary, announced he had ar ranged airplane transportation for the athletes. Ferris said the American ex port lines had assured him they would have space for Hagg and Lidman on their next flight from Europe, either Wednesday or Saturday, several hours after Swedish athletic officials advised him that plans for the tour had been abandoned because boat transportation was not available to get them here In time for the A.A.U. championships February 24. PISTOL SHOOTER Gene Thomas again led the pistol shooters at the regular Friday night rhoot when he scored 240 to lead all scorers for the evening. Next Fridaywill be the last chance for shooters to compete for a month's possession of the Lamport trophy. High scorers for the Friday night shoot were Thomas, 240: Bren Starcher, 223; Jimmle Bol ton, 221; Charles Bottjer, 218. and Herman Roemer, 216. ClMtns tlma rot ciasmtinl Aril am Too Lata to Clasitty 13:30 Ob Mall Trlkuna Want kits. NOBODY CAN PAY MORE FOR YOUR CAR THAN Automobile Market 6h & Bartlett. Phone 3919 BASKETBALL Army 67, Princeton 84. Cornell 46, Dartmouth 28. Panzer 64, Ithaca 48. Florida A. & M. 40, Morris Brown 13. Southern University 46, Prairie View 88. Southern, University 33, Wiley 30. Michigan State 47, Wayne 38. Westminster 35, Pittsburgh 23. St. Lawrence 66, Middlebury 29. St. John's 66, Syracuse 85. North Carolina State 57, Mary land 42. Pennsylvania 59, Columbia 43. West Virginia 67, Carnegie Tech. 48. Utah 56, Idaho Southern Navy 36. Citadel 60, Furman 52. Athens Fre-Flight 50, Atlanta Navy 36. Yale 59, Holy Cross 81. Lafayette 43, Swart hmore 35. DePaul 45, Hamline 41. Akron 32, Canlslus 25, Marquette 51, Lawrence 19. Indiana 48, Minnesota 46. ' OF PRO ATHLETES Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R) The war department announced today that professional athletes no longed will be rejected for service in the army on the ground of physical disability un til all facts have been reviewed by the department. The order, in effect, took away from army induction sta tions the right to reject a pro fessional athlete for service on physical grounds, transferring final decision to the war de partment. It was the first time such a review had been ordered for a specific group of prospective in ductees, although any proposed discharge of an entertainer or professional athlete from the army must get war department review. PROSPECT BEATS GOLDHILL HIGH PrOSTject hlffh'a rnastia chalked up a 22-to-15 win over Gold Hill high on the Prespect floor Friday night following a 19-to-13 victory for the Pros pect Juniors in the preliminary. Prospect came from behind to capture the feature tilt, the half time score reading Prospect 4; Gold Hill 6. High scorers for Prospect were Dolenaheck and Mullen with six each. Tygart and Jerry Smith with four each were high counters for Gold Hill. Don Harper of Prospect with eight points was high scorer in the preliminary. Friday's victory was the third straight for Prospect. The Pros pectors play Butte Falls at Prospect Tuesday in a return game. Friday night lineup: Prospect. Pos. Gold Hill. Dolensheck f Jerry Smith Mullen ' f Tygart Brown g D. Eskew Medllle g R. Eskew Wright g Jim Smith Carlton a Millen Turner a Bennett Protest Your Stock With a Mil O There's nothing more Important on your farm or ranch than your fences. Check them over now while field work Is Impossible . replace broken down fences with sturdy woven wire a real investment for surer and better protection. A new shipment has lust arrived to we can supply the style fencing you need NOW! HUBBARD-IVRAY CO OUT OF NAVY TO FACE TOUGH ROW Chicago, Jan. 20 U.R) Fred die (Red) Cochrane, world's wel terweight boxing champion, re cently discharged from the navy, will run into a fist full of trouble when he returns to his civilian occupation. w During the sailor boy's ab sence, the welterweight division has become the toughest in the business with a raft of good punchers ready to knock Coch rane oft of his throne. Slowed down by navy service and never really a great champion, Red has a 'lot of finesse, speed and power to regain before he'll be ready to take on the field. ; Foremost among the challeng ers is the sweet boy himself, Ray (Sugar) Robinson, who has been creating mayhem since he was honorably discharged from the army, The New York negro has won six straight since he was mustered out and 51 victories in 52 pro scraps. . Robinson's latest masterpiece was a 10-round decision over Tommy Bell of Voungstown, O.. ending the Ohio belter's victory string at 26. But before, the lithe, fast punohlng New Yorker can knock on Cochrane's door, he has a date In Chicago with George (Sugar) Costner, who veteran midwest boxing observers believe is head ing non-stop toward the title. The 21. year -old Cincinnati slugger is lightning fast, throws knockout punches with either hand and has a touch of the "killer instinct." Costner, who claims Robinson as his ring idol, all but disabled Dick (Shiek) Rangel here last night in scor ing his 22nd straight knockout and his 23rd straight victory with a right hand smash in 1:22 of the first round. Rangel's chief claim to fame is a victory over Fritzie Zlvlc. The winner of the February 9 bout here between the two sugar boys probabjy will get the first shot at the champ. DEFEAT G. PASS Ray Henderson's eighth grade basketball team of Medford jun ior high strengthened its lead for the southern Oregon eighth grade league by winning 25 to 13 from Grants Pass eighth grad ers Friday. It was the fourth straight win for Medford this season. Grants Pass held the lead at the end of the first half, 8 to S, but Medford came back to over come the lead In the third Quar ter and score 20 points to Grants Pass' eight in the second half. Riggs and Richmond tied for high-scoring honors for Medford with 10 points each. Russell led the losers with eight. Lineups: Medford Pos. G. Pass Richmond, 10 f Reese, 5 Frye f . Russell, 8 Sidwell, 1 c Warren Brewer, 2 g Probst Rlggs, 10 g Wissing Rae a Hedgepeth Cowan s Craft Bali, 2 s Williams Henderson a O'Neal Anderson a Dinser FEEXE ST. MARY'S HIGH DEFEATS PHOENIX BY 39-20 SCORE With both teams playing a clean, fast game after a slow first half, St. Mary's high Wild cats took a 39-to-20 win from Phoenix high Pirates In an east ern division "B" league game played at Washington gym Fri day night. The first half ended 15-10 for St. Mary's, but the tempo in creased in the second half with St. Mary's taking advantage of a loose defense. The game was clean with five personals on St. Mary's and four on Phoenix. High point man for the game was Harold Rlckman of St. Mary's who collected 16 points. Babbs led Phoenix with six points. Lineups: St. Mary's. Pos. Phoenix. Rlckman, Ho. f Beck Rlckman, Ha. f ; Hite Miller c Baoos Iven g T. Newton Fatal g Johnson Meiser s . Noud s Horton a Kelly s Referee: Ken Grant, Medford. 'B' LEAGUE TILT Central Point's hoopsters con tinued their unbeaten season Friday night when they defeated Eagle Point high, 28 to 18, In a "B" league game at Eagle Point. The "olnters led at halftlme, 21 to 15. Twelve fouls were called on Central Point with Eagle Point committing ten violations. Shrier, Pointer center, led the winners with nine points while J. Chamberlain, Eagle Point cen ter, was high for the losers with seven. Central Point reserves won wo nthe preliminary from Eagle Point reserves, 37 to 20. Lineups: Central Pt. Pos. Eagle Pt Cooley f Young Wilson f Wolgamot Shrier - c J. Chamberlain Childress g Berrell Saxbury g O. Chamberlain Holland s Referee, R. H. Gandee, Med ford. ' . BUTTE FALLS LOGGERS BEAT PROSPECT, 20-18 Butte Falls Loggers had a hard time to eke out a 20-to-18 win over Prospect high in a county "B" league game at Butte Falls Tuesday night. It was a close game all the way with neither team at any time holding a distinct edge. Prospect also won the preliminary game, Complete Factory Approved SAFETY SERVICE Chrysler Fac tory Engineer ed and Inspect ed Parts for Chrysler Dodge Plymouth Dodge Trucks L C. TAYLOR CO. lOOBEWadMTRUCKl 112 S6. Riverside Phone 2965 3 BUY WAR BONDS O played between reserve teams of both schools. They will meet In a return game at Prospect Jan. 23. BY GRANTS PASS Junior High conference: W L Pet Ashland 2 1 .667 Medford 2 2 ,.500 Grants Pass 1 2 .333 Medford junior high's hoop crew absorbed a 35 to 16 lacing from Grants Pass In a southern Oregon junior high conference game played here Friday after noon. The visitors led 29 to 6 at halftlme but Medford out played them in the second half scoring 10 points to Grants Pass' six. Grants Pass ran up a 16-0 first quarter lead before Med ford could collect a point. Medford committed eight fouls to four for Grants Pass and missed all their free throws while the visitors bit seven out of 13. - Ashland plays at Grants Pass Tuesday in a conference game while Medford's next trip to the post will be against Grants Pass there January 26. Lineups: Medford Pos. Grants Pass Wilcox f Knox 7 Childers 2 f Orr 8 Pederson c Moser 8 FUegel g Davis 8 Mottern 4 g , Popkins 4 Riech 4 a Woods Y'Blood 6 a Boyce Selby , s Myers GIL DODOS WINS Boston, Jan. 20 (U.R) Gil Dodds romped to an easy two mile victory at the 29th annual Boston Y. M. C. 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