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Promoter Mack Llllard an
nounced today that Pete Bel
castro and the Gray Mask, who
clash in the headline wrestling
bout on tonight's card at Med
ford armory, have signed an
agreement to meet at their own
risk and not to hold the wrest
ling commission liable for any
thing that might happen to
them while in the squared cir
cle. The two mayhem artists will
be meeting for the second time.
Their first brawl ended in a
draw after each bad taken a
fall and tonight's encounter is
expected to draw a capacity
crowd to witness what' is ex
pected to be one of the wildest
fights seen hereabouts in a long
while.
Jack KIser and Harold (Blood
and Guts) Davidson will be bid
ding for main event rating when
they clash in the middle event.
Davidson ranks close to the top
among muscle manglers who
divert from the book of rules
but the flashy grappling Riser
expects to rely on his speed and
skill to compensate for the ex
marine's dirty work.
Terrible Tony Ross will vent
his vile disposition on Silent
Rattan, deaf mute who is mak
ing his first appearance here in
several months. The card will
start promptly at 8:30 p. m.
Mack Main Speaker
At Baseball Meet
tiO Angeles, Feb. 8 U.R)
Connie Mack, the white-haired
baseball leader, will be the prin
cipal speaker tonight when 300
baseball players and officials
gather at Biltmore Bow) for the
National Association of Profes
sional Baseball Players' annual
meeting.
Charles Graham, president of
the San Francisco Seals and of
the National Association, will
make the annual report at the
business session to follow din
ner. Motion 1 pictures of the
World Series will be shown dur
- lng the evening.
TORNADO, K-MEN
MEET IN BITTER
HOOP CONTESTS
The third chapter In the civil
war basketball series between
Medford's Black Tornado and
the Klamath Falls Pelicans will
be written here tomorrow night
when the bitter rivals clash in
a southern Oregon conference
game on the Tornado's South
Oakdale court.
Medford won their two pre
vious encounters at Klamath
Falls in January when they
downed the Pelicans 44 to 28
and 42 to 28. Press stories of
the games appearing in the
Klamath Falls papers weren't
at all favorable to the Medford
squad, referring to "dirty play
ing" by Al Simpson's boys.
These stories didn't set well
with the local lads and Medford
is going all out Friday night in
an attempt to give the Pelicans
a lesson in basketball. They will
meet here again Saturday night,
also in a conference game.
Medford still leads the confer
ence with seven wins and no
defeats and one more victory
will cinch the crown for the
Tornado. Ashland dropped a 39
to 19 decision to Grants Pass
Tuesday but maintained their
second place spot with four
wins and five losses, having
played one more game than
Grants Pass and Klamath Falls,
tied for last with three victories
and five defeats,
Sports World Takes Steps
To Crack Down On Gambling
Chicago, Feb. 8 U.PJ Strik
ing at every vulnerable - spot
possible, the sports world de
scended on gambling today with
a vengeance unequalled since
Bookies felt the wrath of he
nation in 1919 after baseball's
"Black Sox Scandal."
Sporting interests are .doing
everything in their power to
block bookie operations and the
gamblers may long rue Jan,
29th, the day the Brooklyn bas
ketball scandal broke.
Following are some of the ac
tions taken or planned by the
sports Industry:
Major League baseball -
Gambling on baseball games
will be subjected to a searching
investigation and steps are to
be taken to ban advance infor
mation on pitching selections and
other inside facts' that might
promote illegal practices.
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FIGHTER SCORES
FREAK KNOCKOUT
Oakland, Calif., Feb. 8 4J.R)
Ray Salas, 136, Berkeley, Calif.,
today was credited with a
knockout victory over Mike
Gamiere, 139 Vi, Cleveland, al
though the' kayo punch appar
ently didn't come from Salas.
Gamiere last night fell- to the
canvas after Salas landed a short
right to the body just as the
Cleveland fighter threw a left
hook. An examination by Dr,
John Coleman revealed a verte
bra in Gamiere's neck had snap
ped out of place.
Ringside observers theorized
the injury came either from
Gamiere's fall on the canvas or
that in some way his own wild
punch had caused a dislocation.
Coleman a examination tnnlr
five minutes, during most of
which time Gamiere was uncon
sclous. The physician ordered
the fight stopped, but Referee
Billy Evans called it a straight
icnocicout for Salas after a full
explanation to the crowd. Ga
miere was expected to undergo
complete examination later to
day. He responded to treatment
and left the ring under his own
power..
RELAYS
TO
17
Chicago, Feb. 8 U.R) The
ninth running of the Chicago
neiays, annually one of the mid
west's outstandine track
will be staged at the Chicago
otaamm, March 17, it was an
nounced today.
Invitations were sent today to
lop competitors from coast-to
coast, including bids to Gil
Dodds, outstanding miler who
nas zorsaxen tracK for the pul
pit; Claude (Buddy) Young, na
tional A.A.U. snrint chamnlnn
and the famed Michigan distance
runners, uoo and Koss Hume.
PASADENA HOCKEY TEAM
TIES WOLVES IN UPSET
Hollywood, Feb. 8 U.R)
me Pasadena Panthers last
night pulled something of an up
set in southern divlsinn hnrkov
circles by holding the speedy
nouywnoa wolves to a 6 to 6
tie despite a five minute over
time period in the first half nt a
double header at Pan Pacific
Auditorium.
BASKETBALL
Br United Press
Army, 71; Pittsburgh, 81.
Navy, 85; Temple, 47.
Louisville, 63; Morehead, 58.
Oklahoma A. & M., 58; Lib
eral AAF, 35.
Virginia, 62; Mllllgan, 31.
Cushing General Hospital, 41;
Harvard, 37.
Herington AAB, 64; Bethany,
34.
Lubbock AAF, 64; Texas
Tech., 56.
Brown, 80; Mass. Institute, 58.
Denison, 66; Wooster, 29.
Miami of Ohio, S3; Cincinnati,
36.
.Western Intercollegiate Con
ference basketball' games must
be played on school campuses
unless the athletic directors give
a member school permission to
play elsewhere. All advance in
formation on athletic teams
must be held to a minimum.
National Collegiate Athletic
Association all member schools
should instruct athletes, coaches,
officials and publicists not to
give out information on teams
or players. The N.C.A.A. na
tional and sectional tourna
ments may be played on a
member school's campus next
year. 1
Boxing Illinois and New
York boxing commissions have
issued notice to promoters to
increase police details at fights
in order to keep gamblers, out
and generally keep gambling at
a minimum. .
Officer Freed In
French Fraud Case
Paris, Feb. 8 U.R) Lt.
Ariod Dal Porto, Tracy, Calif.,
the second officer of the U. S.
716th railway battalion to be
tried in connection with the mass
looting of American supply
trains by CI black marketeers,
was acquited by a court-martial
yesterday.
Dal Porto, former southern
Pacific railway engineer, was
cleared on specific charges of
neglect and stealing clothing and
50 pounds of beet rations from
a military supply train.
Thursday. Feb. I. 194$ MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVS
He denied the charges and de
fense witnesses testified that he
was an "honest but not clever"
officer who was given his com
mission only because of the ur
gent need for experienced rail
road men.
GETS JUDICIAL HINT
Washington, Feb. 8 (UP)
Sen. Pat McCarran, (D., Nev.)
said today the possibility of a
federal judgeship has been sug
gested to him by "people in high
places."
FACES SENTENCE
New York, Feb. 8 U.R)
The threat of jail hung over
football coach Lou Oshins of
Brooklyn College today because
he refused to divulge the source
of his report that police had
tapped wires to trap the five
basketball players from his
school who were involved in a
bribery deal with gamblers.
Oshins, who appeared yester
day at the office of Assistant
District Attorney Edward A.
Heffeman, was asked to elabor
ate his story that "the police
knew all about this basketball
deal because they had been tap
ping wires to discover other matters."
He said that according to his
source of information, the police
could have "involved other
players, but cracked down on
these boys because they had
them cold."
Although questioned . two
hours, he would not say where
he had received the informa
tion, other than to reveal ' that
lt was from "someone attending
Brooklyn College.
Heffornan warned him that
"the grand jury will be callad
Into session again on Friday
and you will be subpoenaed for
an appearance before it. -
"If you persist In your refusal
to disclose the Identity of the
one who gave you the informa
tion, you may go to jail," Hef
feman said. .
AID 1R.RELIEF
Chicago. Feb. 8 U.R)
During three, wartime baseball
seasons, the Major leagues have
raised $2,630,460 for war re
lief, the American League office
reported today.
The American and National
leagues contributed $851,405 in
1944 to go with the $1,053,951
raised in 1942 and $725,104 con
tributed In 1943.
War relief games have been
the Major league's chief source
for contributions. During the
three-year span, the American
league had raised $595,384
from the games, while the senior-
loop has obtained $565,784,
BOWLING
In City league last night Of
fice Boys won two out of three
games from Henry's Drive-in
(Klatt 225 ColtoA 570), Union
Oil defeated State Police two
out of thfie (Weisenburger 220-
573) and Firestone beat PMT
two to one (Learning 191-499).
VISITS LEGISLATURE
Salem, Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R)
C. E. Wallerstedt, consul gen
eral for the kingdom of Sweden,
whose station is in San Francis
co, was a guest of the Oregon
legislature on Tuesday.
FANS APPROVE OF
CHANGE IN RULES
FOR BASKETBALL
New York, Feb. 8 U.(9
Early returns were in today on
basketball's most revolutionary
experiment the awarding of
extra points for long range
shooting. Fans indicated they
liked it, but coaches, players,
and officials awaited . further
tests before committing them
selves. '
- Columbia won the game 73 to
58 under the new scoring and
would have been a 59 to 44 vic
tor over Fordham under the con
ventional -rules. It was regarded
significant that the margin of
difference was the same in both
cases 15 points.
Changes provided that all
field goals scored outside a 21
foot arc counted three points
and that fouled players had an
option of taking their : free
throws from 21 feet for two
points or from 15 feet for the
regular one point. A third
change, with which coaches and
officials found least complaint
was widening of the "antl-loiter-ing"
lane under the baskets to
12 feet instead of the regulation
six. A player with the ball could
not remain in the lane more
than three seconds, y -
A tabulation of votes by spec
tators showed from 60 to 70 per
cent favored flat approval of
each of the three changes, indi
cating that the. new game was
more ''spectacular and provided
a greater element of chance.
The fans favored the longer field
goals 148 to 105, the optional
long three throw 135 to 85 and
the widened three-second lane
152 to 65.
MONTGOMERY' ARRIVES
FOR L A. RING MATCH
Los Angeles, Feb. 8 (U.R) -r-
Bob Montgomery, N.B.A. ver
sion of the world's lightweight
titlist, was scheduled to arrive
here today from his Arizona
Army Air Field station for final
.training before his 10-rbund bout
Feb. 13 with Cecil Hudson, a
local battler.
UNITED FILES TO CUT
ALASKA TRAVEL FARES
Washington, Feb. 8 U.F
United Air Lines said today it
had filed with the Civil Aero
nautics. Board, preparatory to a
hearing Feb. 13, proposals for
cutting air travel, fares from
Seattle and Tacoma to Alaska
nearly In half.
NEWS FREEDOM URGED
New York, Feb. 8-The office
of war information last night
began broadcasting throughout
the world a message of news
freedom by Hugh Balllie, presi
dent of the United Press.
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