Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 09, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text8IX MEDORD MAIL TRIBUNE moms HIGH SPIRIT FOR TORNADOCLASH Pelicans Expected to Present Improved Ball Club for Series with Medford High Reports drifting over the hill from Klamath Falls say the Pell cans are fired up for their week end southern Oregon conference series with Med ford's Black Tor nado tonight and tomorrow night on the Medford court. Accord ing to advance notices, Coach Marble Cook has been drilling his charges hard In ball control and expects to give the Tornado a tough ball game. In their last trip to the post Klamath Falls scored two wins over Ashland and Cook says his team is show ing spirit not seen before during ' the season. Return of lanky Jerry Thorne to the Pelican lineup is expected to give the Pelicans a lot of con trol off the backboard; however, he will have to compete with Darrell Riggs, who also ranges close to the stratosphere. Medford Mentor Al Simpson said today high-scoring Dick Fawcett Is troubled somewhat with sore legs, but will be ready to start tonight and will prob ably to able to play the whole game if necessary, but will have to go at a slower pace than usual. Simpson added that he Is expecting a close series and feels his club will be hard-pressed to win. . ' J. C. Tucker's Juniors will face Medford junior high in tonight's preliminary. Tomorrow night Medford hoop fans will have a chance to see the high-scoring Central Point Pointers who will face Ed Kirtley's sophomore team In the preliminary. The S o p h i hold an early-season win over the Pointers. pointersdTfeat 5, 48-27 Central Point high's basket ball quintet, undefeated In "B" league competition, took a 48 to 27 non-conference gam from Jacksonville last night It was played at Central Point. Half time score favored to Pointers 28 to 12 with Jackson villa playing the winners on even terms in the second and third periods. Lineups: N Central Pt. Pos. XVllle Wilson, 10 f Torbes.8 Childress, 8 f Offenbacher, 2 Shrler, 11 o Henspeter, 2 Colley, 11 g Grlnstead, 3 Saxbury,4 g Kllllngsworth, 8 Sage, 2 Johnston, 2 Anhorn, 2 i Adams, 2 Robison, 2 i ' Gunter.5 BASKETBALL By United Press Ramllne, 68; Westminster, 80. Valley Forge General Hospi tal, 84; Juniata, 40. Florida, 42; Weycross AAB, 40. South Carolina, 76; Clemson, 38. Brooklyn Naval Center, 84; Floyd Bennett Field, 60. St. Francis, 52; Holy Cross, 48. Mississippi, 89; Columbus AAF, 85. Akron, 81; Geneva, 88. Loyola of Chicago, 48; Elm- burst, 39. Canlsius, 60; 712th MP Bat talion, 15. Dm Mall Trlbun Warn Ada. Mm fjuit BUndi WhUktjr ! if j ,8y is-Prool im ! Orat a n ea tr al JViz, Splrlla. The Lans- 300b w DUUIIt ry, I.TTTiTt ' Oraea fridar. rb. I. IKS 10 AT NEW ORLEANS Br John Btone United Press Staff Correspondent New Orleans, Feb. B U.K- The golfing professionals, who have been beating "old man par" as if he were the rankest duffer this season, tee off today In the $5,000 New Orleans open over a course that may put most of them back into the bogey fig ures. ' The city park layout, always tough, with Its many lakes, rough terrain and trap-pocked fairways, has been made even more so by recent heavy rains. Favorite was Byron Nelson of Toledo, O., who has been "Mr. Big" of the touring professional clique for two seasons, although he has failed six times In a row to annex the New Orleans open title. Defending Champion Sammy Byrd of Detroit still was a doubtful starter because of an arm Injury suffered In the Cor pus Christ!, Tex., open last week. He has been taking treatments and has not practiced. Sam Snead. who has been more or less ablaze since his dis charge from military service, rated high among the favorites on the basis of practice rounds. He had a three under par 69- yes terday to the pro-amateur com petition which preceded the reg ular meet. Harold (Jug) Mc- Spaden, Sanford, Me., was low with 67, five under; BATTLE TO DRAW Pete Belcastro and the Gray Mask bumped and bruised each other to a . draw In the main event of last night's wrestling program at Medford Armory. They went three' full rounds on even terms until in the fourth the Mask subdued Belcastro with head butts and was given a fall with a half crab. In the fifth Belcastro caught the Mask in a surfboard and the hooded rascal patted the mat. Throughout the sixth heat Bel castro. tried to catch the Mask In his surfboard hold again but "Old Stoneface" ran for the ropes. Just as the bell rang to end the match Belcastro felled the hated villain In the center of the ring and applied his hold but It was too late. , Harold (Buck) Davidson took two out of three falls over Jack Kiier In th middle go. David ton won th first with body press and Klser evened the count with an airplane spin, dropklck and press. In the fourth round Klser attempted a sonnenburg but missed and dove through the ropes. Davidson had no trouble pinning him with a Bos ton crab after Klser crawled back in the ring. Silent Rattan was given a de cision over Terrible Tony Ross when th referee stopped the match because of Ross presist ent choke holds. HE'S IN THE ARMY New York, Feb. B U.PJ Frank Sinatra told friends to day that "I think I'm in" the armed forces. The crooner was dismissed from Station hospital, Gover nor's Island, last night after an 11-hour" physical examination, ordered by his draft board. Army doctors did not announce their findings. The doctors will report to Sinatra's draft board in Jersey City, which will notify the voice at his suite in the Waldorf Astoria hotel, where he is said to be "a bundle of nerves." The physical examination in cluded a complete head x-ray. The 118-pound crooner had been classified 4-F earlier because of a punctured ear drum. Sinkwich Prepares For Military Duty Cleveland, Feb. 9 (U.R) Professional Football Player, Frankle Sinkwich of the Detroit Lions prepared today to return to military service for the third time. He has two previous medi cal discharges. Sinkwich tentatively passed nis army induction physical ex amination here yesterday. Final results will not be known until his papers and blood sample are examined by state selective headquarters at Columbus, O. Use Mall Trlbun Want Ada. TRUCKS FOR RENT DrWe Yourself Save Vi Any Dlstane PrulH'i Moblloll Station Mlla aad Ivy Phone 414S POST ON DEAL TO New York, Feb. 0 U.B The Brooklyn American Legion wants to buy the Dodger Nation al League Baseball club and will close the deal whenever satis factory 'arrangements can be worked out, Commander Law rence E. Wiseman said today. "The legion is willing at the moment to put a $50,000 deposit on the purchase, providing that the balance sheet and operating statements, including the current year are submitted to a special committee of the legion," he said. A special committee of the legion met last night to discuss the transaction, but Wiseman said representatives of the Dodg ers failed to appear as scheduled with the statement of the team's financial condition. He indicated It was conceiv able the deal might have been completed at that time, conting ent upon the approval of the Brooklyn Trust Co.. had the Dodger representatives appeared. The Brooklyn Trust Co., is trus tee for the majority bloc of stock in the club, which the legion seeks to purchase. Most of It be longs to heirs of the Ebbets fam ily and has been Involved In litigation for many years. -Purchnse of the club by a co operative group of 300,000 mem bers also would be subject to approval of the national league owners, who might turn it down as such type of ownership of a major league club would be un precedented. BROWN SIGNS TO Chicago. Feh a ll PI t. Of?) Paul E. Brown cast bis lot with the embryo All-America football confarenna tnrinv hv signing fabulous five-year con tract to De coach ana general manager of the projected Cleve land team of the newly-organized professional league. Brown abandoned his Job at Ohio State, one of the best In the country, to accept a contract wnicn reportedly will make the 36-year-old "Masslllon, O., Mir acle Man" the hlnhest nnlrl coach in football, as well as give him such sweeping powers as the right to hire and fire all per sonnel on and off h IaM Th contract becomes effective whenever Brown doffs his navy uniform. Currently fnntfmll n'l mt Great Lakes where he coached last fall, Brown was given a leave of absence by Ohio State In 1944 to Join the navy, but with one swoop of the pen yes terday ne severed relations with O.S.U. to Join a club and a league which yet has to play a football game. Big 10 Athletic meet Postponed LHr.lvplln Tnri Vh 0 II Dl Selection of a Big Ten athletic commissioner remained the big issue today as Big Ten athletic commissioners planned to meet In Chicago Feb. 15. The confer ence previously was scheduled iur innay. Athletic Director P.n llfoK- key of Purdue, who an- iiuuucea tne postponement yes terday, said the delay was to provide more time for study of the Big Ten's revised rule book. ST. MARY'S WILDCATS TO MEET TALENT HIGH St. Mary's Wildcats will travel to Talent for a Jackson county "B" league western division bas ketball game with Talent Bull dogs tonight. The main game will start at eight o'clock with a preliminary schedule in under way at 7 s'clock, accord ing to Koy rarr, Talent princi pal. NEVADA QUINT DEFEATS RENO ARMY BASE, 52-51 Reno. Fph Qnipi Th uni versity of Nevada quintet last night defeated the Reno Army Air Base 82-51 by staging a sen sational second half rnllv wnn tne halt time score 26-18 m favor of the filers, Nevada, led by Cliff France, Frosh for ward who tanked an forged ahead in the last four minutes. . Cln1nf llmi for Sunday Tno Law TO ClauK? 30 Saturday afternoon rlaaia miumhi. MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Used and unrc deemed lewelry at great savings PEOPLES LOAN CO. 22914 E. Main Street Slate License P 137 "Rockets sMMNsaW tMmm I .JIM II few H ' Uassed batteries of rockets give this LCM the striking power of a much larger warship. Because they so largely eliminate the problem of recoil and the heavy intricacy of machinery for recoil control, the rocket batteries, unplaced on small craft like this, have proved Ideal to fill in the bombardment gap between the opening barrage and the actual landing of troops on hostile shores. U. S. Navy photo. AL BASEBALL PLAYER. Alan Wray Llghtner, who played baseball for the Medford state league Craters under the name of Al Wray, has been re ported missing In the European theater of operations since Jan. 12, according to a message re ceived from his brother, Al Llghtner, sports editor of a Sa lem paper. Llghtner, who was an lnian- tryman with the 70th (Trail blazer) division, was listed as missing in France, according to war department message re ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Llghtner of Salem. - Llghtner played several sea sons as outfielder for the Cra ters and was a powerful hitter and extremely popular with tne fans. M0SC0NI EXTENDS LEAD OVER RALPH GREENLEAF Chicago, Feb. 9 (U.R) Willie Mosconi, Toledo, led Detroiter Ralph Greenleaf 2,148 to 1,687 today .after taking both blocks in yesterday's round bt their world championship pocket bil liards match. Mosconi took both blocks easily, winning the afternoon event by a score of 129 to minus one and taking the second 126-37. CANADIENS COASTING TO NATIONAL HOCKEY TITLE By United Press Montreal Canadiens. six and a half games in front in the Na tional League hockey race with only 13 to play, were set to coast to the championship today after their latest achievement B to 4 victory over the New York Rangers at Montreal. 0CTAVIA WADDELL TOPS RIFLE SHOOTING MATCH Though only by a one nolnt margin, Octavia Waddell again led the rifle shooters at the weekly rifle shoot Wednesday. Five high scores: Octavia Wad- del 375, Jlmmie Bolton 374, Lew Longer 369, Clyde Richmond 359 and Charles Bottjer 351. BOWLING In Ladles league last night Henry's Drive-In won three straight games over First Na tional Bank (Barr 186-516) and Tol ley's Gllmore won two out of three from Walnscott's Drugs (Bateman 153-429). FAT NEEDED IN TEXTILES Textiles are Just one of the hundreds of civilian and mili tary products that require used cooking fat In their manufac ture. Save every drop of used cooking fat and turn it over to the meat dealer. Uma roi Sunday Too Lata to uiaaairy o:ao saiuraay ajTornooo piaaaa ramamDar. J? .THE lk HOUSE OF 1 1 KUPPENHEIMER f II GOOD CLOTHES h BARKER'S M V MEN'S CLOTHING j XVORE on tfie DocTcets for'the Japs MsaJM MaaaaMI 111 HH I HHI Wt'l II I I MH I III III III! EIELD FOR CZAR New York, Feb. 9 (U.R) A four man Major League com mittee, which will prepare a slate of candidates for high commissioner of baseball after telegraphic consultations with the other club owners, began surveying the field today. They had instructions to expediate tho Job so that the -new head can be named "as soon as is practical." . After the canvass, which may necessitate the polling of club heads several times to narrow the field, the committee is em powered to call a meeting for voting on the highest candi dates. The committee was Instructed to establish a list of "not fewer than three or more than five" candidates. They are not to con tact any candidate concerning his availability, but to consider all solely on the basis of fitness for the Job. Town Phone Service Ends For Duration Mountain View. Ark. (U.R) Residents of this Stone county seat Know how bad war can be They haven't any local teleohone service and probably won't have tor tne duration. Glen Hlnkle, owner and op erator of the Mountain View Telephone Exchange, was in ducted into the armed forces. Unable to employ anyone to service the dial controls, he re ceived permission from the Ar kansas Utilities Commission to close the system for the dura tion, However, the 745 residents of the town will have one long distance connection. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Jackson Countv. In the Matter of the Estate of uenevieve Smalley, Deceased. Notice Is Hereby Given that the county court for Jackson County, Oregon, has appointed me administrator of the estate of Genevieve Smalley, deceased. All persons havina claims aeainst said estate are hereby required to present tne same witn proper vouchers within six months from this date at the offices of Neff & Frohnmayer. Coolev Theatre building, Medford, Oregon. Dated rebruary 9, 1945. OTTO J. FROHNMAYER Administrator NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oreeon. for Jackson County. In the Matter of the Estate of Clarence E. Eads. Deceased. Notice Is Hereby Given that the county court for Jackson ...... . -MMAH U n 1 uuiliy, uicgun. Ales afJinjiiircu me administratrix of the estate of Clarence E. Eads, deceased All persons having claims against said estate are hereby re quired to present the same with proper vouchers within six months from this date at the offices of Neff & Frohnmayer, Cooley Theatre Bldg Medford, uregon. Dated: February 9. 1945. RACHEL EADS RICHARDSON Administratrix. TTT (Acmt Telephoto) FOR B-29 PLANTS Detroit, Feb. 9 U.R) The Briggs Manufacturing Company announced today that a strike of 5,800 workers has closed two plants making parts for B-29 bombers and will force shut downs at three others today. One of the plants due to close employs 4,429 workers at Evans- ville, Ind. The others are In Detroit. Company spokesmen said that the closures were forced by shortage of parts made at the Mack avenue plant here, where the strike began Tuesday over pay rates for 15 men. He said the disputes would affect 6,710 workers today, not including the 5,800 strikers. The strikers, who are mem bers of Local 212, United Auto mobile Workers (CIO), Union, have voted to return to their Jobs Monday if the War Labor Board will guarantee to have two arbitrators at the plant. SNELL SIGNS 15 BILLS Salem, Ore.. Feb. 9 (U.R) Gov. Earl Snell today signed 15 House bills, including a meas ure (HB7) to extend for two years motor vehicle operators licenses, or until 1947. Cloalns tlma (or Classified Ada 9 a. m Too Late to CUiaKy It do PARTS and SERVICE tor all Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 87 times - ia , aiijal n irnt, --A,' 87 -times Pve gone out an i come back. When your score gets that high, they usually let you quit for a while. But sometimes that isn't possible. You just have to keep on going perhaps till your number is up. Out here, you get to understand those things. There's no question of quitting no matter how much you've done. Back home, it's the same way about buying War Bonds. You fcel Buy at least one extra MOO War Bond today 1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SLAND HOPPING -CUTS OFF 600,000 JAPS IN PACIFIC Washington, Feb. 9 (U.R) Reliable sources estimated to day that more than 600,000 Jap anese troops a good-sized force In anybody's army have been cut off from direct contact with their homeland by the American island-hopping drive toward Tokyo. Some enemy groups are com pletely isolated; others are still being supplied by submarine or surface craft that manage to sneak through the ever-tighten ing American blockade. None however, will be available for defense of the Japanese home land when eventually it is in vaded. In many of the by-passed areas, enemy garrisons are well- equipped and fit for combat. As such, they constitute a potential threat. But lack of shipping and a "quarantine" maintained by American air, sea and ground forcesliave virtually neutralized them. In other areas, the Isolated enemy troops are in poor physi cal . condition, their equipment has deteriorated, and they rep resent more of a nuisance than a threat. The bulk of by-passed Japan ese forces In the Philippines are in Mindano, southernmost island of the Archipelago. Enemy .war leaders concentrated them there in anticipation of an American landing on Mindano. But Gen. Douglas MacArthur fooled them by attacking Leyte: further north. Lack of shipping has pre Gleamore Distilleries Co; straight -I've fSBSg J J BRAND ;,. good when you count up and realize what a high score you've got Yoo feel you deserve a rest, too. But the war isn't over yet. And until it is, I'll make a bargain with you: You keep on buying, and I'll keep on fighting till the last Ja p d tops I Help to put Jackson County "over the top" In "E" Bond sales for February-It's EVERYONE'S responsibility! vented the enemy from putting these troops to use elsewhere. The same situation exists in the Netherlands Indies where the enemy has forces it prob ably would like to transfer to French Indo-China or the Ma lay peninsula. College Endorses Living Monuments Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) The ex tension service of the Univer sity of Nebraska College of Agriculture has endorsed a movement to build and dedicate parks, playgrounds, recreation centers and beautiful roadsides as monuments to the memory of men fighting this war. Suoh monuments will con tinue to grow and give pleasure, according to service officials. Cities and towns were urged to formulate plans now for useful and beautiful ways to pay trib ute to the heroes of World War II. 36-VOLT, 6 -OUNCE BATTERY A 3 6-volt storage battery, used in gyro controls and walkie-talkies weighs only six ounces. DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR CAR? See'Ui Top Pricei . No Delay Any Make oi Model Skinner's Garage 143 S. Riverside Ph. 2740 Blended Wbisiiy S6.B Proof 657tCrmNtutral Spirits Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky been lucky!