Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 01, 1945, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS .VI, ii IXH IV ,mi JM MEET BEND FOR 2-GAME- SERIES Medford Will Meet Toughest Competition of Season In Last Year's Runners-Up. Medford high school's Black Tornadoes will meet the Bend high school quintet Friday and Saturday nights in a two-game non-conference basketball series ' on the Medford floor that prom ises to be the toughest the Tor-' nadoes have faced to date. Bend will bring to the game first string made up almost en tirely of men from last year's state runner-up team and one which has looked good in com petition this year. Meet the Best i Although Bend lost to The Dalles last week-end, the en counter was close and they were meeting a ten considered one of the best in northern Ore gon. Three weeks ago Bend split a two-game series with Klamath Falls in the only contests with a southern Oregon conference team. Medford, as yet unde feated this season, stopped Grants Pass for the third tune this season, 40-18 Tuesday night. . "Tough Time" In practice last night. Coach Al Simpson said the Tornadoes loked a little ragged and he predicted "we'll haVe a tough time with the Bend squad." A preliminary game, starting at 6:43 p. m., will see the Med ford high juniors meeting the Medford punior high aggrega tion. The main game will start at 8 p. m. tomorrow night. Phoenix Hoopsters Will Meet Talent In Polio Benefit A basketball game between Phoenix and Talent high schools for benefit of the infan tile paralysis fund will be played at Phoenix tomorrow night, the Phoenix school an nounced today. A collection will be taken at the door, the announcement said, and receipts thereof turned over to the iocal polio fund chairman, Elva Caster. The game, which will start at 8 p. m. will mark the final appearance of the Talent squad on the Phoenix court for the season. Pointers Seek 2nd Win Over Cavemen Central Point high school's hoopsters will attempt a repeat performance of their previous victory over Grants Pass when they travel to the Cavemen's lair Saturday night for a non conference tilt. , The game will be preceded by an encounter between the re serve teams of the two schools, Grants Pass was stopped in its last outing Tuesday night against Medford high school, coming out on the short end of a 40-18 score.' Central Point de feated Prospect 40-10 last Friday. THE CANTEEN LUNCH ROOM REOPENS FEBRUARY 3rd The delicious Home Made Chili and Soup 15c Try our Meaty-burgers, the best sandwich in Medford 15c Hot Dogt 15c Fountain Candy and Sometimes Cigarettes 414 E. Main St.. NEXT DOOR ROXY THEATRE T, A pair of first class brawls are promised for an expected capacity crowd at the Medford Armory tonight for the weekly mat card, Promoter Mack Lil ian! said today. Topping the bill is a clash be tween the Gray Mask, the Hol lywood horror man, and Harold (Blood and Guts) Davidson, ex Marine who bounced the Mask off the canvas like a rubber ball half a dozen times in their first match here last November be fore the hooded giant-killer was able to subdue him. Davidson has been clamoring for a re match ever since. An equally rugged match is scheduled for the semi-windup when Pete Belcastro, the Weed assassin who kicked, gouged and slugged it out to a draw with he Mask last week, meets Terrible Tony Ross, his chief rival among the fans for most hated wrestler of the year. A promising donnybrook also is on tap in the preliminary bout between Georges Dusette, Canadian strong-arm specialist, and Tarzan Potvin, also from the land of the maple leaf. The first match will start at 8:30 p. m. Riflemen Fail To Set New Records No records were broken or tied at the Medford Rifle club weekly rifle shoot yesterday. The five high scores were made by Jimmie Bolton 369, Octavia Waddell 361, Max Ter zenbach 356, Lew Conger 347, and Charles Bottjer 344. There will be a pistol shoot tomorrow. BASKETBALL Bf United Press Army, 73; West Virginia, 47 Navy, 60; Penn State, 27. St. Joseph's. 45; Syracuse, 37 St. John's, 71; Fordham, 35. Carnegie Tech., 59; Allegheny, 37. Rice, 59; Texas, 48. Holy Cross, 64; Worcester Polytechnic, 47. Dartmouth, 45; Columbia, 38, Brown, 59; Harvard, 32. Closing time fui Sunday Too Late to Classify o -iu saiuruay aiterooon Please rememDer VEAL Shldr. STEAK ' Pound 25c PURE GROUND VEAL No Point! Pound 34c FRESH SIDE PORX Pound 33c PORK ROAST Pound 31c PORK CHOPS Pound 39c PORK STEAKS Pound 35c Frfesh Grab 35c lb. ROUND STEAK GT ,J0' SEEF )Oc ROASTS GBr lb. 10 GROUND BEEF . . . .lb. 29" RIB STEAKS J Q( Pound . ... . . Lm uttr shunt lie RIBS CrBde lb 21 PURE PORK !Qc SAUSAGE, lb. LI We Have ALL CUTS UTILITY VEAL LIVER OR KIDNEYS , WHICHEVER YOU WISH, BOTH MEATS WILL 6IVE YOU A SAVORY DISH. llUl. r j. ryfcs FRESH A Fine Selection Of FISH FRESH CATFISH, Ocean 35c lb, FRESH CATFISH, River 49c lb. FRESH CRAB MEAT 14 lb. 40c Fresh Fillet RED SNAPPER ..... 43c lb. FRESH LING COD 39c lb. FRESH OYSTERS . 65c lb. Fresh MINCED CLAMS 14 oz. 75c MHIMHUB John Hartsook Othar Richcy . 8:30 A. M. to 6:30 P.M. Saturday 8 A. M. to 8:30 P.M. ANY CUTS of YOU MAY WISH -Well Gladly Cut Them At Any Time! o HALIBUT SALMON FINNEN HADDIE O SMELT BUY NOW! Nelson Favored To Garner Top Honors At Corpus Christi Corpus Christ!, Tex., Feb. 1 U,PJ Byron Nelson of Toledo, O., golf's top money winner last year and favorite In every tourn ament he enters, held that spot today even before he arrived on the scene of the first Corpus Christi open, despite several sub par practice rounds fired by other top-notch professionals. Nelson and Harold (Jug) Mc Spaden ot Philadelphia, second in money winning last year, were scheduled to arrive here today In time for a tune-up round over the par 70 layout over which play starts tomorrow. , Indications were that it would take a 261 or better to win the first prize of $1,000 In the $6, 675 tournament. E J1LE QUINTET Jacksonville high school's hoopsters took the measure of iha PVinpniv Viiph BOhool aulntet 34 to 21 on the Jacksonville floor Tuesday night, paced py Grinsted, speedy guard, who racked up eight points for the evening. Johnson, forward, and Hlte, guard, led the Phoenix squad with seven tallies each. Lineups: J'ville (34) Phoenix (21) Kil'worth, 3 ..f Johnson, 7 Fnrhpn 7 -f P. Newton Henspeter, 6 ..c.. D. Newton, 2 Grinsted, 8 ....g Hite, 7 AHnms. 3 Beck. 5 Offenb'r, 7 ....s Shaffer Gunter s Whited Johnson .....s Marshal Wildcats Will Meet , Trojans Tomorrow St. Mary's high school Wild cats will meet the Sacred Heart academy basketball team in a return game at Klamath Falls tomorrow night. In their first outing on the St. Mary's floor the Wildcats emerged with a 43-31 win. Starting lineup for St. Mary's will be Dick Iven and Harold Rickman, forwards; Howard Rickman, center, and Neil Mur phy and Bob Messer, guards, Coach Thomas Hamilton an nounced today. ZURITA STOPS BELLOISE ON TK0 IN 4TH STANZA Houston, Tex., Feb. 1 U.R) Juan Zurlta, 137, Mexico City, N.B.A. lightweight titlist, scored a fourth round technical knock out over Mike Belloise, 136, New York City in a 10-round non title bout here last night. ' Belloise stood up gamely throughout the first three rounds but Zurita floored the former featherweight champion with a right to the midriff just as the bell sounded. The New Yorker was unable to answer the fourth round bell. OF FIRST YEAR OVERSEAS Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Headquarters, Italy Pvt. Maxine L. Pearce, 1122 Sunset avenue, Medford, Ore., is a mem ber of a WAC platoon which re cently marked the first anniver sary of its overseas service. They're still talking about the buffet-supper dance which cele brated the occasion. For most of the WACs it was the closest ap proach to h home to a social event since they came overseas. True, the ballroom was not strictly Park avenue, but they managed to transfer a local Ital ian schoolhouse into a reason able facsimile, and dined and danced to their hearts' content. It was ' "remember when" night and coming In for the most remembering was the big date in January, 1944. when the pla toon landed at Casablanca, North Africa. They recalled, too, the plane trip to Tunis where they were assigned to headquarters ot the AAF, Mediterranean Theater of Operations. A month later the headquarters moved to Italy and the battle lines were closer. It hasn't ben an easy year, but the WACs have won the respect and admiration of army officers for their efficiency. Off duty, they enjoy numerous recrea tional facilities. Once a week there's a dance In the spacious recreation hall and then there's a "rumpus room" for the WACs exclusive use. A telephone operator for the US. Forest Service at Union Creek before her enlistment in the WAC Sept. 18, 1943, Pvt. Pearce now works for MAAF Message Center as a proof reader and file clerk. She took her basic training at Ft. Des Moines, la., then joined the over seas unit. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cannon, Pvt. Pearce has two brothers in the armed forces. Pfc. Clayton Caiv non Is on Guadalcanal and Cpl. Nelson Cannon is In the Philip pine Islands. Fighting Triplets Become Casualties In Five-Day Period Washington, Feb. 1 (U.B The Brock triplets three Tex as farm youths who were Induct ed at the same time, went over seas together, and fought in France in the same regiment were casualties within five days of each other, the war depart ment disclosed today. Floyd Brock was killed In ac tion on Nov. 19. His brother Boyd, was seriously wounded on Nov. 16. The third brother, Lloyd, was reported missing in action on Nov. 20. The parents of the three boys, Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Brock, live near Clarendon, Tex. China Missionary ' Will Tell Story At Presbyterian Paul J. Snyder of Canton, China, will speak at the First Presbyterian church at the 11 a. m. service Sunday, telling a gripping story of his evangelistic work in south China as well as of his personal experiences 9 'V y-V.: Thursday. b. 1, 1948 MEDFORD MAIL 7HIBUMC HH Paul J. Snyder there. Mr. Snyder Was In Can ton during the Japanese bomb ing and occupation of that city and, with his wife and 8-year-old daughter, was prisoner of the Japanese for eight months after Pearl Harbor until his repatria tion on the "Grlpsholm" in Au gust, 1942. An older daughter had left for school in America in 1940. As superintendent of the famed Hackett Medical cen ter, he had direct dealings with the Japanese military officials. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder first ar rived In China in 1925 and for 11 years Mr. Snyder was head of the physics department in the Pul Ylng middle school. Boy Scout News By C. D. Griffiths, Scoutmaster Troop 2 met Tuesday at the Lincoln gym with 27 scouts pres ent. New applicant accepted were Lloyd Dyer, Dennis Daw son and Howard Burnett. The latter belonged to a troop at Roseburg before moving to Medford. The council has authorized the troop to add an air scout patrol to its ranks. Scout mothers plan a troop father and son banquet at the armory February 9, at 7:30 p. m This is a special occasion for national scout week which is to be celebrated throughout the na tion. ' Also during national scout week there will be a window dis play at the J. C. Penney store of articles made by troop 2, The scout casual department reported Scout Roberts Shaffer underwent an appendicitis opera tion last week at Community hospital, also that Scout George Lockett s broken arm is mend ing rapidly. The troop plans to work Sun day on their camping ground. They will leave the Lincoln gym at 9 a. m. sharp. After a long, hard struggle we bellove that the first Boy Scout drum and bugle corps of the west coast is about to get underway with the supervision of Bliss Heine, noted Instructor, and ffuannteAd full minnm n the D. A. V., sponsors of the troop, wnn co-operation of the parents of the troop. The troon li wnrfcln hprf w another court of honor at the gym Feb. 20. f wm;iriifa.tilini .1.1.1 ntl-duffing, m utr lo mm. G mmm I 8n.it'. Prr.mU hnialMla Oram i.K. A- m. t u fc - mwW m. aarrj MONEY TO LOflll! On JEWELRY, CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Used and unre deemed Jewelry at great savings PEOPLES LOAN CO. 329V E. Main Street State License P 137 DIXIE CAFE OOPENS MONDAY February 5th 6 A. M. 127 E. Gth St. Medford OAKS KNOCK PORTLAND OUT OF HOCKEY LEAD San Francisco, Feb. 1 (UP) The Oakland Oaks scored a 6-5 win over the Portland Eagles In a Pacific coast league hockey league game last night, knocking the northern team out of the league leadership in a hotly contested game. CHAMP 'WHIRLS' FOR NAVY Ottumwa, la. (U.R) One of the nation's leading baton twirl ers, who won the national high school championship three years in a row 1937-1939 has donned Navy blues and leads the Ottumwa, la., naval air sta tion band. He Is Seaman 2c Karl Thurman, Brookfield, Mo., who this year won the national men's championship at the Chi cago Musical Festival for the second time. EARLY WAR PAINT South Dartmouth, Mass. (U.R) Beside the well-preserved, 500-year-old skeleton of an In dian found under a dwelling here was perhaps America's earliest make-up kit a clam shell containing a small mass of war paint that regained distinct red, yellow, green and blue hues on exposure to air. LIFE'S Little TROUBLES -CAN'T SLEEP- No need to lie In bed ton- worry and fret because CON STIPATION or GAS PRES SURE won't let yu deep. Be sensible get up take a dash of ADLER-I-KA to relieve the pressure of large intestines on nerves and organs of the digestive tract. Adlerilca assists old food wastes and gas through a comfortable bowel movement so that bowels return to normal size and the discomforts of pressure stop. Before you know it, you are asleep. Morning finds you feeling clean refreshed and ready for a good day's work or fun. 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