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Medford's 'Wonder Team' of 1928
Recalled By The Dalles Opponent
L. H. Gregory, Oregonlan
sport editor, recently Interview
ed Capt. Tommy Ward, The
Dalles and Oregon State Col
lege athletic star whose com
ment on Medford'i wonder team
ol 1928 U of Interest here. The
portion of "Greg's" column per
taining to Ward follows:
' Do you remember back to
Paul Schisalcr's Oregon State
teams of 1930, '31 and '32, and
Tommy Ward, the 133-pound
halfback and quarter who used
to go In for "spot" situations
and often broke loose for a long
surprise gallop? It's now Capt.
Tommy Ward, and after 34
months with the 41st division
In New Guinea and Blak he's
back In the states again on leave.
Capt. Tommy weighs 130
these days and has actually
gained an Inch in height since
football days, to S feet 7. He
commanded one of the rifle com
panies of a famous Oregon regi
ment In the 41st, and later had
Its antitank company. Of all
the heavy action the 41st went
through, he nominates the fight
ing on Blak as roughest of all,
harder even than that original
push over the Owen Stanley
mountains from Port Moresby
which opened the southwest Pa
cific offensive.
Capt and Mrs. Ward are vis
iting through his leave, which
extends to about January 80,
with Mr, and Mrs. Allen Mc
Lean, 4202 N. E. 70th. From
JiM THORPE. ALL
Vallejo, Calif, Jan. 28 U.R)
A new way of life, beckoned
tonight to the greatest athlete
f them all Jim Thorpe.
At 57, still la robust health,
be is laying the foundation for
-what he hopes will be a nation
wide stage tour on which he
plans to campaign against Juve
nile delinquency and for better
citizenship privileges (or In
dians. He la completing a line of
patter stnd testing it out on night
club audiences here. He draws
1200 a week a far cry from the
money he used to make when he
was hailed aa America' great
est all-around athlete but
enough to live on and leave
something for a savings account
which Thorpe hopes to build up
enough to 'return to the soil and
eutdoor Ufa from whence I
Ha obtained the Job through
Cddle Isay, sports fan who
awns the night elub and Thorpe's
Mends say that the bl Indian
has turned over a new leaf "and
now Is walking the straight and
narrow."
Thorpe wants to settle down
to ranch life after he completes
bis contemplated tour. -
His act Isn't polished yet, but
be Is giving the job all he has,
Just like he used to go all out
on the football field, the base
ball diamond and the score of
other sport fields in which be
excelled.
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,tHI lANU)OWrU .WlUlUt.
Monday. Jan. 39. 1945
here he goes somewhere for re
assignment, but after nine at
tacks of malaria though he
looks husky and in buoyant
health Isn't likely to be sent
back to the Pacific.
Capt. Tommy recalled those
football days at Oregon State,
and prior to that at The Dalles
high school under Bob Murray.
Just about the toughest game he
ever played in, he believes, was
the one In 1928 when Prink
Calllson brought up his great
Medford high school eleven to
play The Dalles, which also was
undefeated, with the state cham
pionship hinging on the out
come. - '
"What a team that was!" said
Tommy. "We were pretty good,
but just had no chance against
that Medford club, which was
certainly the best high school
team I have ever seen. The
score, as I recall, was 42-0 we
were nobody's setup, either, but
Medford was just that much bet
ter. That team could have gulp
ed down most college freshman
elevens, and have done It right
in stride. They had Melvln in
the backfield and big Bill Mor
gan at tackle and Bernle Hughes
at center. It was this game that
got Prink Calllson his promo
tion to freshman coach at Ore
gon the next year, for Capt.
John J. McEwan, the Oregon
coach( said he just must have
him after seeing that game, and
later Prink became Oregon head
coach."
MAT EVENT SET
Harold (Blood and Guts) Da
vidson, who gave the Gray Mask
a torrid time In a match here
late last year, has been signed
by Promoter Mack Llllard to
face the Mask in the top main
event at Medford Armory
Thursday night.
Pete Belcastro and Terrible
Tony Ross, close rivals for laur
els as the "dirtiest" workers cur
rently appearing here, will
square off in the four-round mid
dle event In a match that prob
ably will steal the spotlight from
the main event
Georges Dusette. a newcomer
from Canada, will oppose Tarzan.
potvln in the opening match
Dusette Is said to be a classy
wrestler and an artist with, the
full nelson hold. He is a strong
matman who relies on his tre
mendous strength for victories.
PRO BASEBALL FUTURE
HINGES ON SESSION
New York. Jan. 29 UR)
The most fateful week In base
ball's history lay ahead today,
with Major league executives
facing the question of whether
or not to open their parks for a
regular schedule In April and of
electing a new high commission
er to succeed the late Judge
Kenesaw M Landls.
The club owners meet here
Friday and Soturday and what
happens In the emergency ses
sions may well shape the future
hlatorv of both Major and Minor
circuits.
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BYRU NOSES OUT
0PENTW1000
Three Players Break Former
Record for 18-Year-0ld
San Antonio Golf Classic
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 29.
(ll.R) Sammy Byrd, former New
York Yankee outfielder, held
the top prize $1,000 In war
bonds in the 18th Texas golf
tournament after firing a bril
liant 66 on the last round yester
day for a total of 2u8" to nose
out Byron Nelson by a single
stroke.
Byrd's 72-hole total was 16
strokes under par for the regula
tion par 72 Brackenrldge Park
layout. The Detrolter established
a new record for the Texas open,
three strokes under the 271 set
by E. J. (Dutch) Harrison In
1939.
Harold (Jug) McSpaden, Dan
ford, Me., came in third with
270 Claude Harmon of Grosse
Polnte, Mich., took fourth and
$450 with a 273.
Nelson Collects $700
Nelson, of Toledo, O., collect
ed $700 In war bonds for second
place and McSpaden won $550,
also in bonds.
Sam Schneider, Corpus Christ!,
Tex,, wound up In fifth place
with 278 good for $350 and Ray
Gafford, Fort Worth; Leland
Gibson, Randolph Field, Tex.,
and Leonard Ott, Denver, tied
for sixth place with 279. They
divided $266.
Bob Hamilton, Chicago, na
tional PGA champion, rolled up
a zui for $190 while Denny
Shute, Akron, O.; Frank Strazza,
Greenwich, Conn.; Leonard Dod-
son, San Francisco; Ky Lafoon.
Chicago; Tony Penna, Dayton.
O., and Mike Turnesa. White
Plains, N. Y were tied at 282.
Revolts Breaks Par
Other par-breakers were De
fending Champion Johnny Re-
volta, fcvanston, 111.; Tex Consol-
ver, Wichita, Kan., and Jimmy
uauntt, Ardmore, Okla., tied at
ZHS.
The leading amateur. Ed Fur-
gol, Detroit, was awarded a $100
war bond for his 283.
STEINBACKER SIGNS TO
FILL SEAL OUTFIELD
San Francisco. .Inn 20 mm
Signing of Henry Steinbacher.
hard-hitting left fielder, today
assured the San Francisco Seals
of a first class 1949 outfield.
Neil Sheridan, on option to
the Now York Giant. In lCMrt
and Ben Gulntlnl previously had
signed.
BASKETBALL
Saturday Scores:
California Blues. 31: St.
Mary's, 29.
Ft. Lewis, 82; Washington V-
12's, 41.
San Dlege Dons. 37: San
DIoto State 33.
Caltech, 42; Redlands, 23.
Williams Field. 38; Santa Ana
Air Base, 30.
Pacific Coast Conference Bas
ketball Standings:
Northern Division
W L Pet.
Oregon ,7 2 .777
OSC 4 3 .571
Washington 4 4 .500
WSC 4 4 .500
Idaho 0 6 .000
Southern Dlvhlon
W L Pel.
USC 2 0 1.000
UCLA 1 1 .300
California 0 2 .000
(UPLA win over USC Jan. 26
ncn-conference competition).
Magnate Hopeful
Philadelphia, Jan. 29. U.R
Thomas H. Richardson, presi
dent of the Fastcrn league, ex
pressed confidence today that
the Minor leagues will operate
In 1945 'Jimmy Byrnes per
mitting."
WEATHER
Northern California Partly
cloudy today, tonight and Tues
day with early morning fog In
the coastal valleys.
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NATIONAL PLAY
New York, Jan. 29. U.B
Ohio State, Oregon, Pennsyl
vania and South Carolina, four
basketball teams which caught
up after slow starts, acquired
enough stature during the past
week to move into the national
championship pattern today, at
the expense of some front run
ners now fallen by the wayside.
Each is eligible for competi
tion fn forthcoming National
Collegiate Athletic association
district eliminations, and any
might be the recipient of a bid
to the national invitational tour
nament here in March, if their
play from now on maintains the
same high standard.
Oregon moved to the fore in
the Pacific northwest with suc
cessive victories over Washing
ton's Huskies, the early season
leaders, and now have a two and
a half game lead over their
rivals from Oregon State.
Southern California still leads
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the southern division with two
victories and no defeats In con
ference play, although the Tro
jans lost casta by dropping a 41
to 36 non-league game to UCLA.
FRESHMAN HOCKEY STAR
BLANKS RANGERS TWICE
By United Press
Goalie Frank McCool, fresh
man star of the Toronto Maple
Leafs, was cited ' today for the
best defensive performance of
the National league hockey sea
son, two successive shutouts over
the New York Rangers.
McCool blanked the Rangers
on their own ice last night, 7 to
0, and turned the trick at To
ronto the previous evening, 3 to
0.
Montreal's leading Canadiens
defeated the Boston Bruins, 4 to
Detroit's Red Wings defeated
the Blackhawks at Chicago, 4
to 2.
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Chicago, Jan. 29, (U.F9 Al
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worker, held the lead today in
the 33rd Petersen Individual
bowling classic setting the pace
with an eight-game total of 1577.
Heiden competed on the eighth
squad last night in the $43,200
production which at the finish
Feb. 11 will pay $5,100 to. the
winner.
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high score on games of 169, 222,
188, 276, 161, 201, 233, and 177
and was the third contestant to
take the lead during the day.'
Previously, Joe Dumesic, Ken
osha, Wis., hit 1549. He was pre
ceded by Stanley Stefancic,
Cleveland, whose 1541 ousted
Don Fairchtld, Dayton, O. Fair
child seized the lead with a 1539
Saturday.
THE GRANGE
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by a covered dish luncheon.
More money and points from
sale of fat were turned in. There
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Flora friends remembered were
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