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TWO MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Feb. 2S, I84S I OUT TALENT FIVE, IL PL W Central Point and Rogue River survived semi-final play in the Jackson-Josephine county clasi "E" basketball tourney be ing played on Medford high's court. Central -Point- found little trouble with Jacksonville and won handily. 33 to 16 Friday night:- Rogue River nosed out Talent 23 to 20 in an overtime period after the -count was knot ted at 19-19 at end of the regular playing time. Lineups: Central Ft. . Poi. J'VllU. (S) Offonbacher f Grlnstend e (1) Henipeter ( (10) rorbei ( (2) Killlrnsworth i hrlerl7 . Ctllldreti (1) . Wilon4 , Colley (S) Saxbury 9) Rnbftuon 13) Rogue River. Dlmlsli (0) Burton (fl) ' Huntoon (8) WriWJ (2) Pol. t I D Talent. (6) W. Hortley (7) R. Hartley (3) Flint 12) Tolle f (2) K. Grace OKiciali: Parka and LeClalr. i' YANKEE STOCK SOLD f New York. Feb. 24 (U.R) The MacPhall-Topping Webb syndicate gained 100 per cent control of the Mew York xanx , ees today by purchasing the t small block of stock which was i not included In the original sale JJoi the duo. .. . : ' I ARMY BEATS NYU West Point, N. Y Feb. 24 ilM?) Army's basketball team, -scoring four points with two '-minutes remaining, nosed out New York University 84-51 to l day. It was Army's 11th victory of the season against one defeat. BRAKE REINING AND VALVE JOBS First class equipment. All work guaranteed. Also re capping.' Wa supply loaners while, yours arc being re capped. . ' ; Davis Service Station 1258 South Riverside GREEN FIB 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 Timber P Mieseae rikUii fete. & Will You I.:.';;. . ,..T i a . . ' OTou may have to, If your tractor doesn't last for the duration. 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Sncadf gunnlng-for his fifth championship on the profession al golf association's winter cir cuit, zoom! eight below par to take the lead with a composite two-day card of 131, The' Vir ginia's 64 duplicated the feat yesterday of Harold Jug" Mc Spaden, of Kanford, Me., who took the lead on the first 18 holes with a sizzling 64. McSpadon, faltering momen tarily on the second round, took a 70 on today's 36, but remained in second place with a 134. Claude Harmon, of Crosse Point, Mich., also went eight under par for a 64 today, and a putt missed by bars inches pre vented him from setting a new course record. - Harmon, with Craig Wood, of Mamaroneck, L. I., 66; and Sam my Byrd, of Detroit, were tied in third spot with 137. HELD AS EVADER San Francisco. Feb. 24 (U.R! Leroy Wade, 24, Negri mid dleweight boxer, was held by federal authorities tonight to face federal bureau of investi gation charges of falling to re port for Induction. A San Francisco Day area fighter since 1041, Wade was Illinois golden gloves champion in 1039 in the 135 pound class. In 1940 he won the Wisconsin 147 pound golden gloves title while attending the University of Wisconsin. He is married and has a six-months-old daughter. Um Mill rrlhune Want Ada. DIAL 2123 Company eateon -v"-, ,&v. Return To SDJiS Sg75 IT IN CLOSE GAME Ashland Noses Out Grants Pass By 33-31 Count To Earn Berth In Finals Medford high school basket ball team advanced into the fl nals of the district four tourna ment at Ashland Friday night when they narrowly edged out Klamath Falls 28 to 25 in an overtime period." Ashland nosed out Grants Pass in the other semi-final game to "win 33 to 31 when Don Fla herty, Grizzly center, dropped In a field goal with two seconds to go to gain the victory. The game was tied nine times. Bob Watson was the big gun for the Black Tornado when the going was the toughest. He sank a field goal and a free throw in the overtime period to give Med ford the coptest. Tornado Behind The Tornado came from be hind In the first quarter. Bud Biehn scored the first basket for the Pelicans and Dick Fawcett gave Medford its first point when he made good a tree throw on Jim Palmer's foul. Watson then sank two free throws on Biehn's foul to put Medford fn front 3 to 2. Darrell Riggs collected a tip-in to make it 5-2 when Jerry Thorn got one from the floor for the Pelicans to run it up to 5-4. Watson made good on Pal mer's foul to make the count 6 to 4 for Medford as the first pe riod ended. It was a cjpse check ing game with Klamath Falls definitely carrying the fight to' Medford all the way. IcIers opened the second stan za with a basket and Blehn made good a charity toss, brought about on Thorn's foul for an 11 to 5 Medford bulge as Klamath Falls took time out. Thorn made a point for the P e 1 i c a n s .on Rings' foul 81 Medford's second team entered the game. Jim No reen got a point on Dick Faw eett's foul which was committed Just before Fawcett left the floor with the first team. . f aimer parted the net with a nice long shot to narrow Medford's mar gin down to 11-9 as Whillock made good a free toss on Pal mer's foul. Noreen made it 12-H for Medford with a beautiful long shot as the half ended. - Biehn Fouls out Thorn opened the third period with a basket to give Klamath Falls the lead but.Rlggs come right back to make it 14-13 for Medford. Rlggs and Ross moved the count up to 18 to 13 as Blehn fouled out. No een added three points to make It 18 to 16 and the third otanza ended 19 to 18 for Medford. Shortly after the final period started Fawcett fouled out for Medford, with the Tornado ahead 20 to 18. Noreen got a free throw to make it 20-19 and Ross hit on two free throws for a 22-19 lead. Noreen and Mason knotted the count at 22-all. Points by Riqgs and Ross of Medford and Palmer and Noreen of the Pelicans brought the count to 23 to 25 as regular playing time ended. Gam Close In the overtime period Wat son came through with three points to give Medford the vic 1 ig?- This? tory. Not more than five points separated the teams at any one time as the Pelicans showed a lot of fire and a firm determina tion to end Medford's 23-game winning streak. Klamath Falls committed 24 personal fouls to Medford's 15. The Pelicans gathered nine field goals to Medford's seven and made seven out of 15 free throws to 14 out of 25 for Medford. Lineups: t f ft pf tp Rnstwfrk. 4 0 O - u Roj. f 2 4 2 8 BigBi, o .- 4 3 2 11 Fawcett, ( 0 1 5 1 Wataon, ( 16 9 7 Reich, a 0 0 10 Stelle, a ... OOOO Whillock, t 0 10 1 House, a 0 0 10 Cave, a .. 0 0 0 0 Klamath Falla (231 IS II pi IP ,2044 Palmer, t White, f 0 4 0 Thorn. 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 O O 4 6 3 10 B 3 3 3 Noreen, g . Biehn. s Mason, a .. Redkev. a 1 O tu-smn s .0.00 -J) fg ft pf tp Ashland (33) tteedv. f . I o a i lanare-iu, x .. Flaharty, e .... Stmuelson. ... ,4 0 4 0 .3317 ,4 3 1 10 1 0 0 02 ,0010 .10 12 Tiaon, ......... reierRnn, a ... Me-riman, a Cranta Paai (3D Lntz. 1 Ig ft pf tp ,4 d d 1U PlDoen. f 2 1 5 a a 1 fl 2 2 0 4 Riebel, e 3 Robertson, g ..., O Auaiona. g ,i ., , i Rertrand. a 1 Bovre. a 0 0 1 cmicia'a: cnaopia rung ana Don McPlkt, Portland. BT SCHOOL TITLE TO Rogue River high school de feated Central Point 36 to 24. in a decided upset here 'last night to win the Jackson-Josephine county B school cham pionship. Huntoon and DImmick were high for the victors with 14 points each. Rogue River will play the District 6 winner March 2, to decide the state meet en trant. Talent defeated Jacksonville 36 to 23 in the preliminary game to win third place. SURPLUS SALES STORES PLANNED OVER NATJON Houston, Tex.. (U.R) A huge government store to sell every thing from tacks to bulldozers, one of many to be set up throughout the nation, probably will be In business in Houston in the near f-iture. E, L. Duke, assistant agent in charge of the Surplus War Prop erty Division of the Reconstruc tion Finance Corp., says this big enterprise will be for the sale of surplus articles no longer need ed for prosecution of the war. BACH-ESS PANTS. MAYBE Cambridge, Mass. (U.R) There's a good possibility that postwar pants won't bag. The Monsalto Chemical Co. Is work ing on an antislip process to moke flfires stay put. The pro cess Is called "syton," the In dustrial Bulletin reports, and Is a dispersion of minute parts of silica in water. The mixture Is sprayed on the fabric and pre vents loosening of fibres. CONVENIENT TERMS U your Ratton Cartifl- cat to a of Ward! low prices now. Pay later In convenient monthly ln stallmenhv BASKETBALL Ohio State 85, Indiana 52. ' Michigan State 62, Detroit 38. ' Georgia Tech 9, Georgia 42. Long Island University ' 59, Brooklyn College 34. Temple 39, Penn State 28. ' Arkansas 87, Texas A. 4 M. 38. Juanlta 60, Carnegie Tech 57. - Kansas 64, Missouri 33... . North Carolina 49. Duke 38. Northwestern 57,. Illinois 45. Alabama 56, Mississippi State 38. IOWA KEEPS BIG TEN LEADERSHIP, WISCONSIN BEAT Madison, Wis.. Feb.. 24 (U.R) Iowa's title-bound Hawkeyes, led by their little fireman, Mur ray Wier, defeated Wisconsin 68-38, tonight for their ninth victory in 10 Big Ten basketball games. , In maintaining their hold on first place, the Hawkeyes drove to a 36-15 halftime lead against a weak, disorganized Wisconsin team and then continued their scoring spree In the second half although Coach Pops Harrison sent in a stream of substitutes. While Iowa- was boosting its percentage to .900, Ohio State's defending champions closed out their 1944-45 season by smash ing Indiana, 85-32, to win their 10th game in 12 starts and re main in second place. Paratrooper Vet Unhurt In Fight, Injured By Cow Tacoma, Wash. (U.R) The lat est contender for the "Sad Sack" crown Is a soldier who safely parachuted onto French soil in the invasion of the Con tinent, only to be sent back to a hospital, after a cow slipped and fell upon him In a foxhole, Pfc. Herbert L. Sather, Ta-. coma paratrooer, went unscath ed through hand-to-hand fight ing in the taking of the Nijme- gen bridge in Holland, made two other combat Jumps In the invasions of Sicily and Italy and finally landed in a hospital in France as the result of combat with a cow. Sather summer up the story in a letter to his family with, l have been lucky in all my Jumps, and then I had to get injured by a cow I guess that's war," i- ; OIL DRILLING IN MICHIGAN Lansing, Mich. (U.R) The Michigan oil and gas division of the state conservation de partment approved 741 permits to drill for oil and gas in 43 of the state's 83 counties during 1944. Since 1927, when the first drilling permits were issued, the state has approved 11,314 ex plorations. LONGER ' 6.00-16 irt; pui Fed, fax No finer tire than First Quality River tides! ton&er-weatin&: millions of Riv ersidet are "rolling up" amazing mile ages I Safer: the new Riversides carcass is 2 stronger than pre-war River aides. Two good reasons why Wards low price give you MORE for your tire dollar! CHECK WARDS 10WER PRICES COUGARS DEFEAT HUSKIES 53-45, Seattle, Feb. 24 (U.R) Two northern division basketball rec ords were broken and one was tied tonight as Washington State College defeated the University of Washington, 53-43. The vic tory put the Cougars in second place. Center Vince Hanson of Wash ington State banged in 18 points to tie the existing individual scoring . mark for a player al 224 points, set by Gail Bishop, another Washington State play er in 1943. - . In racking up 11 points, Bobby .Jorgensen, Washington guard, broke the scoring, record for a first-year Washington player in a single season set by Bobby Llndh in 1940. LIndh's mark was 176 and Jorgensen, playing the Huskies' final game, has tallied 180 points. The loss wound up the Husk ies' season with five wins and 11 losses, their worst record since the inauguration of the 16-game schedule In northern division play. The first half was a torrid af fair with the lead changing hands nine times with the half ending in a 22-22 tie. WSC came back hard In the second half, and with Mort Jo lin and George Hamilton leading the attack, pulled away from Washington In the latter part of the game. WINS MILE RACE Br Oscar Fralty United P ress Saff Correspondent. New York, Feb. 24 (U.R) Running off all by himself, little Jimmy Rafferty of the New York A. C. scored his fourth major mile triumph of the In door season at Madison Square Garden tonight when he won the National A.A.U. championship in 4:17.5 slowest time of the year. . Gunder Hagg. the long-expect ed Swedish distance star still "enroute" from London, failed to arrive for the games, and so it was the same slow song and dance of the previous board track meets. Rafferty laid back hMn4 Riiriv ' Rlmma nf New York University for half of the race and then the little Irishman simply bolted away to a 20-yard triumph. Third came Tommy Quinn. of the New York A. C, former central collegiate mile mile king. Egg production for the U. S for November, 1944, was 250 000.000 dozen, 10 per cent above 1943 and a record for that month. WEARING SIZE TIRE TUBE 4.75-5.00-19 10.90 2.45 5.25-5.50-17 13.75 2.75 6.25-8.50-18 17.75 3.55 7.00-15 19.65 8.45 7.00-16 13.95 9.65 Sport Chips BY - Harry Chipman- Mail Tribune Sports Editor Carl Elhart, insurance sales man and basketball enthusiast, is a man after our own heart He suggests a change in basket ball which has nothing to do with the rules. Elhart is a man who takes his basketball seriously, romp ing up end down the sidelines and often hooting at decisions made by the officials, only later to find he didn't understand for what the foul was called. "An attachment in connection with the electric scoreboards which would show for what the foul was called would be a great aid to fans," Elhart claims. He says a board could be construct ed with places for various rules infractions with a light behind each which would light up be hind the called infraction. He feels this would greatly aid spec tators who often do not see the foul called by a referee, result ing in booing. ' Official Signals The national rules committee, in their 1944-48 rule book, pub lished recommended' signals for various fouls, but nowhere could we find a rule which compels referees to use the signals. Even If they were compelled to do so, there would be many spectators in the audience who would not understand the signal given. Sometimes officials call out the infraction but there often is too much noise for this to be heard in the far corners of the gym. not to mention the scorers along the sidelines. There is no doubt in our minds but that Elhart's suggestion would be a big boon to basket ball from a spectator's stand- TRUCKS FOR RENT Drive Yourself Save Vi f f Any Distance Pniift't Mobiloil Station Main a.:d Ivy Phone 4145 BUY WAR BONDS From smartly-styled" dress shoes to rugged, long-lifed work shoes, you'll find exceptional values, here at Utx'a. Choose from famous Currin-Greene, Thoroughgood and Weyenberg work ' hoes foot-easy Massagics, too. 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