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team went into tie for the
outhern Oregon championship
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and Brewer tied for high hon
nn inr MoHfnrd with three
point and Starnea was rlgh for
Ashland wtut uve.
Lineups:
Medford Po. Salem
Hayes, 8 f Helmhout, 10
Ross, IS t Bellinger, 8
Riggs, 4 - Boardman, 8
Fawcett, 11 g Gibson, 7
Watson, 4 ( Mason, 2
House a Chamberlain, 1
Stella Gemmel
Whillock, 13 a Deacon
Reich a Lowe
Cave, 6 a
Stammen, 4 s
Broedlow a
Slngler
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3LACKT0RNAD0
BEATS SALEM BY
65 10 33 SCORE
Al Simpson's Medford high
basketball squad chalked up an
other victory in their ever-growing
string last plght when they
swamped Salem Vikings 85 to
33 on the Medford hardwoods.
Medford was In complete dom
ination of the game from the
start with Salem never having
a chance to take the lead.
It wasn't a rough contest al
though Salem did considerable
holding and hacking during the
final quarter. Seventeen fouls
were called on Medford with 13
called on the Vikings.
Jerry Ross scored the first
point for Medford when he was
fouled by Helmhout and Dick
Fawcett Immediately added a
basket to make it 3 0 as Salem
took time out. Darrell Riggs
and Ross ran the score to 0 to
a when the Vikings again took
rest period. Baskets by Larry
Hayes, Bob Watson, Ross and
Fawcett, and one by Bellinger
of Salem moved -the count to
17-4, Medford collected seven
more points while Salem added
three to make the count 24 to
7 at the end of the first period.
Cave Scores
Midway In the second quar
ter, with the score standing at
82 to 10 for Medford, Simpson
ran In his second string. The
reserves moved -the scoreboard
up to 41 to 12 as the first half
ended. With about one second
to go In the first half Jim Cave
cast off from mid-court for
perfect basket which was as
much a surprise to Cave as to
the large crowd which watched
the contest
The Tornado regulars began
the third period and ran up 11
points while Salem was scoring
seven to make it 62 to 10 when
the reserves again entered the
gam and the first team went to
the showers. Third quarter end
ed B4 to 22.
Howard Whillock was the big
gun In the final stanza, adding
seven points while Stammen
was making four. With three
seconds to go, Mason and Gibson
each added a basket for Salem
to make the final count 65 to
83.
Eighth Orad Loses
Ray Henderson's eighth grade
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Jacksonville's Redskins
swamped Prospect 81 to 14
Tuesday night in non-league
basketball game played on the
Jacksonville court. Net pro
ceeds of the contest were
turned over to the Jackson
county Infantile paralysis cam
paign. The Redskins led all the way,
enjoying a 31 to 8 bulge at
halftlme. Jacksonville second
team won from Prospect In the
preliminary, 11 to 8.
Lineups:
Jacksonville Pos. Prospect
Offenbacher, 8 f Carlton, 2
Forbes, 10 f Mullen, 6
Henspeter,3 e Brown, 1
Grinstead, 8 g Wright, 1
Adams g Neville
Killlngsworth, 8 a Bolenshek, 4
Wendt Harper
Johnson a Turner
. Referee: Virgil Swanson,
BASKETBALL
By United Press
Ohio, 70; Ohio Wesleyan, 85.
Denver, 82; Greeley, Col.,
Teachers, 44.
Cherry Point Murines, 77;
Quantlco Marines, 29.
Central Michigan, 87; Alma,
SB.
Colorado, 67; Colorado A St M,
34.
Scranton, 48; Stroudsburg
Teachers, 41.
Waco AAF, 83; Baylor, 22.
' Marquette, 62; Western Michi
gan, 60.
Jacksonville, Fla., Naval, 67;
Florida, 44.
Franklin 4V Marshall, 87; Ur-
sinus, 40.
Great Lakes, 62; DePauw, 48.
Bowling Green, 68; Oberlln,
09.
Southern California, 85; San
Diego Naval Air Station, 31.
Pepperdlne College, 68; Camp
Ross, 42.
California Institute of Tech
nology, 88; Santa Ana Army Air
Base, 37.
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UNDERGOES TEST
New York, Feb. 7 U.R Pro
posed new basketball rules in
which the court will be zoned
to provide an area where field
goals will count three points In
stead of two, will be tested to
night In a clinic game between
Columbia and Fordham.
The rules changes, suggested
by Howard Hobson, Oregon Uni
versity basketball coach, pro
vide that any field goal scored
from outside an arc 21 feet away
from the basket will count three
points, and a fouled player will
have the option of taking his
shot from the regular 18-foot
free throw line from one point
or from a new 21-foot line where
it will count two.
On a two foul penalty, only
one of the shots may be taken
from the 21-foot line with the
second to be taken from the
shorter distance,
Foul Lane Widened
Another Innovation provides
widening of the foul lane from
sfx to 12 feet in which the three
second rule will apply. This is
designed to prevent congestion
under the basket and to elimi
nate the advantage of tall play
ers on rebounds and pivot plays
Hobson said that the proposed
changes were designed to dis
courage use of the zone defense
which hampers scoring because
of set positions by defending
teams. He said that the threat
of three point goals will bring
the zone defense out toward mid
court and make for more open
play.
IN MAIN MAT GO
Assorted methods of mayhem
will be In order tomorrow night
at Medford Armory wrestling
arena when Pete Belcastro and
the Gray Mask tangle in the top
main event of Mack milliard's
weekly struggle contest. It will
be a return engagement between
these mutilation experts, they
having gone to a draw three
weeks ago In a match that had
the fans In a frenzy of excite
ment from start to finish. The
hooded rascal from California Is
undefeated here in thirteen
matches but is going to find the
going rugged If he expects to get
over the Weed Assassin.
Harold (Blood and Guts) Da
vidson will unleash his alley1 tac
tics on Jack Kiser, coast cham
pion, In the middle go, Davidson
was man-handled by the Mask
last week and plans to take his
spite out on the clean-wrestling
tltlist.
Silent Rattan, Kansas deaf
mute, will have his hands full
when he tackles Terrible Tony
Ross In the first match which is
slated to get under way at 8:30
promptly.
PLASTIC NET SUGGESTED
TO IMPROVE ICE HOCKEY
Boston, Feb. 7 (U.R) Man
ager Art Ross of the Boston
Bruins suggested today that the
Cord Nets used In National lea
gue hockey games be replaced
with Invisible plastic material.
Although he said the switch
probably could not be made un
til after the war, it would be ad
visable because the plastic nets
would not constitute an obstruct
tlon to players and spectators.
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P
FILES DEMURRER
New York, Feb. 7 U.R) The
attorney for Harvey Stemmer.
one of the accused gamblers in
the Brooklyn'college basketball
scandal, sought today to quash
the conspiracy indictment
against him on the grounds that
the law does not apply to brib
ing of amateur athletes.
The attorney, Edward H. Le
vlne, filed papers In a motion
to permit withdrawal of Stem
mer's plea of not guilty and to
substitute instead, a demurrer to
the indictment.
However, District Attorney
William" O'Dwyer stated that his
case was being based upon a
section of the statutes defining
conspiracy as "to commit any
act Injurious to public morals.''
The grand Jury investigation
of the gambling situation in
connection with sports events
was resumed yesterday with
Harold Parrott, secretary of the
Brooklyn Dodgers and a bas
ketball writer for the Brooklyn
Eagles testifying. Nature of the
testimony was not revealed.
Armstrong Scores
Victory Over Rojo
x Los Angalcs, Feb. 7 (U.R)
Henry Armstrong, the former
hurrican champion of three divi
sions, outfought, out punched,
and outthought young Genero
Rojo last night to win a unani
mous 10-round decision in the
main event at Olympic auditor
ium. Armstrong was not the fighter
who beat Barney Ross for 15
straight rounds, but- he had
enough left to outlast young
Genero. Overcoming long leads
tiled up by the youngster's edu
cated left, Armstrong drove In
with punching spurts to the head
and body.
M0SC0NI EXTENDS LEAD
IN BILLIARD CONTEST
Chicago, Feb. 7 (U.R) Wil
lie Mosconl, Toledo, widened his
lead In the world championship
pocket -billiard match by win
ning both blocks last night to
boost , his total score to 1700
against 1344 for his opponent,
Ralph Greenleaf, Detroit.
Mosconi won the first block
125-122 in 18 Innings, with a
high run of 51. Greenleaf had a
high run of 70.
Mosconl took the second block
125-68 In 11 innings, scoring a
high run of 30. Greenleaf's high
run was 39.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By United Press
New York (Broadway Are
na) Johnny White, 138V4.
Montgomery, Ala., outpointed
Maxle Shaprio, 136, New York,
W- .
Jersey City, N. J. Dom
Amoroso, 134, Jersey City, N. J.,
outpointed Ruby Garcia, 133,
San Juan, P. R., 10).
New Bedford, Mass. Oscar
St. Pierre, 139, Fall River, Mass.,
knocked out Billy Gilbert, 133.
New York, (2).
Los Angeles Henry Arm
strong, 140, declsloned Genero
Rojo, 144, (10).
Portland, Me. Coley Welch.
162, Portland, Me., knocked out
Indian Gomes, 159, New York,
(W. j
To keep a 3-pound baby alive 1
in a home which had an electrl- I
cally operated Incubator but no
electric installations, a lineman 1
single-handedly completed a
mile of rural power line at Col- 1
lesklll, N. Y., In 24 hours of con
tinuous work. ;
Hoover Stands Out As Likely
Candidate For Baseball Czar
By Jack Cuddy
United Press Correspondent
New York, Feb. 7 (U.R) J.
Edgar Hoover, director of the
F.B.I., stands out today as a logi
cal candidate for the high com
missioner's office in baseball be
cause, in addition to other quali
fications, he is best equipped to
combat gambling to keep the
sport clean.
A man who can crack down
with "the big stick" is needed
now in the commissioner's of
fice needed more than at any
time since the wave of gambling
that followed the First World
war resulted In the Black Sox
scandal and the appointment of
the late Kenesaw M. Landis to
the Job In 1920.
Landis kept the sport clean
as a whistle. Even his severest
critics, never challenged that.
But the old Judge died last No
vember 25 shortly, before the
sports world was smacked on the
nose by the realization that pro
fessional and amateur athletics
are now menaced by the great
est gambling surge in the na
tion's history. This tremendous
wave of wagering is a by-pro
duct of the prosperity accom
panying World War No. 2. It
was reflected in the staggering
total of $1,126,308,645 bet at
U. S. race tracks during 1944,
The recent Brooklyn College
basketball scandal, in which five
players admitted having con
spired with gamblers to "throw"
a game for money. Jolted the
sports world into quick realiza
tion that the menace from crook
ed gamblers had passed the
rumor stage. Now the various
sports are taking steps to pro
tect themselves.
MAJOR LEAGUES
PLAN TELEGRAPH
VOTE FOR CZAR
New York, Feb. 7 (U.R)
Major league baseball execu
tives, having failed to agree
upon a new high commissioner
at their recent meeting here,
now are preparing to conduct a
telegraphic vote to reach a ten
tative selection before they meet
again, officials of local clubs
said today. -'
The procedure will Insure that
one candidate has enough votes
to be elected, it was said. -
Under the new Major league
agreement, a candidate must
have 12 out of 16 votes to be
elected commissioner. Thus, sup
porters of a candidate could poll
the membership of both leagues
on a "yes or no" basis to de
termine exactly how many votes
he could muster.
'If preliminary tabulations re
vealed only a vote or two under
the total required, a second poll
could be conducted on the same
basis In which the names of the
club owners who had voted for
the particular candidate would
be revealed. Thus, holdouts
against that candidate might be
brought into the fold.
MAPLE LEAFS END JINX
WITH WIN OVER BOSTON
By United Press
A season-long Jinx was put to
rest In the National league hock
ey race today when the Toronto
Maple Leafs left Boston with a
victory over the Bruins on Bos
ton Ice, winning, 8-1. Toronto has
lost on each of their previous
trips to the Hub city.
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Sisler Reelected
Commissioner For
Sandlot Baseball
Wichita. Kan.. Feb. 7 (U.R)
George H. Sisler of St. Louis,
one of the all-time greats of pro
fessional baseball, will continue
as commissioner of the sandlot
game in the United States for an
other five years, Ray Oumont,
president of the National Base
ball congress, announced today.
Dumont said that the congress
had reached an agreement with
Sisler to continue In the post.
asserting that "non-professional
baseball has gained momentum
under the Sisler regime."
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Chicago. Feb. 7 (1I.P1 Tn an
effort to protect the western
conference's interests, Big Ten
track coaches have decided to
keep their athletes from compet
ing in any outside invitational
meets from Februarv 20 thrnnoh
March 10 in an effort to develop
tneir own stars in conference
dual meets. " '
The Bis Ten rnnr-ho, "In a
move designed to hurt no spon
sor of track events," recently
made a eentlemen'a affraempnt
that three week's prior to the
pig Ten's cnamplonship indoor
track meet here, March 10, they
would shun all invitational com
petition and enter their teams
and Individual stars only in dual
meets.
Most of ths rnnntiaa atrrA
that It was planned as a per
manent rule.
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