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TWO MEDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE , Monday. Fb. it, IUS BASEBALL FILM TO BE SHOWN TO IT Technical Picture Covers ' Important Fundamentals of Great American Game "Inside Baseball," technical film made and distributed by American League of Professional Baseball clubs, will be shown at the high school auditorium tonight, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public If invited to attend the show, the only puo 11c presentation to be made in outhern Oregon, No admission charge will be made and the pro gram has been arranged through the courtesy of Medford Mail Tribune, sponsoring the film in southern Oregon, and Lester Harris, high' school principal. Running time is approximately 30 minutes. . The movie thoroughly covers Important fundamentals of play pn both pitching and hitting, in low motion. There are also shorter sequences on catching base running and Infield play. It is said to be an ideal teaching film for high school and college coaches and their baseball quads. . Start In Film The cast includes pitching by Bob Feller, Red Ruffing and Lefty Grove, batting by Ted Wil liams, Joe OiMaggip and Hank Greenberg, infield, play by Joe Gordon, Frank Crosettl and Joe Kuhel, catching by 8111 Dickey and base running by George (Case. The picture was shown to stu dents at Medford high school this morning and will be shown at Ashland. high school tomor row afternoon and at Ashland Hons club tomorrow night. It will be presented at Camp White Wednesday. : i WEATHER Northern California and Sac ramento valley: Mostly clear to day, tonight and Tuesday; slightly warmer this afternoon, but cold tonight with local frosts. FREE ESTIMATE Body and Fender Rspalrs Complete Cat Painting We repair these fenders ! ' and asake rent sat . LOOK UKI NIW .'. deed Work 3ood Ssrrlce Ltt Us De It New Jackson St. Garage 120 E. Jackson Street E. A. STAMM Interior Decorator Painting & Paperhsnglng. Prompt, Efficient Service 1019 W. Main Phono S33S rJmtr. 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Rowland said his league and other minor leagues need protec tlve measures to block the majors from making inroads on their rich territories. The for mer Chicago White Sox manager failed to reveal lust what pro tective measures he had In mind, but he did ask that the draft price for players be doubled. fit. Louis. Feb. 26 (U.B The four-man committee of the Amer Iron and National baseball leagues will meet here tomorrow to recommend a successor to the late Kenesaw M. Landis. Th. committee has the cower only to recommend a baseball commissioner to the otner u major league heads. A candidate for the s50.000-a-year post must receive 12 of 16 possible votes for election. Tha four-man committee is comprised of President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis carai nali. President Donald L. Barnes of the St.' Louis Browns. Owner Phil K. Wrlgley of the Chicago Cubs and President Alva Brad ley of the Cleveland Indians. TO SECOND PLACE Seattle. Feb. 26 U.B Wash ington State College today held second place In the northern di vision basketball race after de feating University of Washing ton, 53-45, in a conference game Saturday night. Center Vlnce Hanson of Wash ington State banged In 16 points to tie the existing Individual di vision scoring mark for a player at 24 points, set by Gall Bishop, another Washington State player In 1943. " The loss wound up the Huskies' season with five wins and 11 losses It was their poorest show ing since the Inauguration of the 16-ganfe schedule in northern di vision play. WHISKEY JN NEUTftAl SPIRITS BLACK TORNADO FOR HOOP TITLE Medford high school's basket ball crew added the district four tournament champl 6 n s h 1 p to their southern Oregon confer ence title Saturday night when they turned back Ashland, last year's champions, 46 to 33 in the finals, played at SOCE gym In Ashland. Klamath Falls, defeated by Medford the previous night In a thrilling overtime game, took third place with a 32 to 22 de feat of Grants Pass. Glen Bostwick scored the first basket for Medford when the opening quarter was but IS sec onds old and Medford held the lead during the rest of the game. Bostwick added a nice long shot to give the Black Tornado a 4-0 lead before Jay Samuelson could score for Ashland. The first period ended with Medford out in front by 17 to 0. Tornado Leads At Half Bob Watson, Jerry Ross and Bostwick collected a total of 12 points to move Medford'a bulge to 20 to 17 when the first half came to a- close. Darrell Rlggs dropped in the first basket of the third quarter ten seconds after it started. Six minutes after the third stanza opened Medford hit the 40 mark but was unable to score in the remaining two minutes while Ashland was collecting baskets by John Reedy and Dommle Pro vost. The quarter ended 40 to 25, Medford. Ashland played a great game' In the final chapter, with Sam uelson several times stealing the ball and' dribbling the length of the court for nice lay-in shots or shooting over the heads of Medford's defense but was too far behind to catch the Tornado. To Play District S Medford must now play win ners of district 3, comprised ot Bend, Redmond, Prineville Burns and Lakeview for a state tournament berth. District three's tourney will be played March 2 and 3 with the site and date for the playoff yet to be decided. Lineups: Medford (46) Pos. Ashland (331 Ross 17 .,,.., ,f...... Reedy 3 Fawcett 6 ...f Jandreau 7 Rlggs 10 .....c Flaharty Bostwick 9 ...g.... Samuelson 7 Watson 1 ..g.... Tlson 6 House 2 ........s........ Provost H Reich 1 s Officials: Chappie King and Don McPike, Portland. ST. MARY'S WINS T St. Mary's high Wildcats took to the road during the latter part of last, week, playing .three games in the northern part of the state, playing the "B" squad from St. Mary's high of Eugene the Wildcats came out with a 27 to 23 victory in a close game played Wednesday night. Traveling farther north a game played on Thursday saw the "A" team from Sacred Heart high of Salem bow 31 to 21 Winding up play in Portland Friday night, the Wildcats de feated Cathedral, third place winners in the Portland C. Y. O high school league, 27 to 14. - Members of the team who made the trip were Howard and Harold Rlckman, Dick Iven, Bob Messer, Jim Miller, Bob Fasel and Philip Horton. GOLDEN GLOVES BOUTS TO START AT CHICAGO Chicago. Feb. 26 (U.R) More than 200 youngsters represent Ins 23 tar west and midwest states will begin the long tight toward the Golden Gloves cham plonships tonight as the prelim inaries of the llehter-weieht dl. visions get under way at the stadium. Fighters in the 112. 118. 12H and 133 pound classes will start swinging tonight with the heav ler divisions launching their bids tomorrow night. The field will be cut to 32 durlna Wednesday's action and they will qualify for the finals, March 9. DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR CAR? See Us Top Prices No Delay Any Mske et Model Skinner's Garage 143 8. Riverside Ph. 2740 T Jerry Ross Top Scorer of Southern Oregon Conference Jerry Ross, Medford high In the recently completed Southern Oregon conference play, ac cording to statistics compiled By Courier, following are tinai standings of league teams and indi vidual scores of players, showing field goals, free throws, personal coins and total poims: Southern Oregon Conference Final Team Standings Pts. Medford Klamath Falls Grants Pass -.- . Ashland Individual Player and Team Ross, Medford . Palmer, Klamath Falls Hiebel, Grants Pass , Reedy, Ashland Lutz, Grants Pass Jandreau, Ashland . Watson. Medford Samuelson, Ashland Fawcett, Medford Rlggs, Medford Noreen, Klamath Falls . Ausland, Grants Pass Hayes, Medford White, Klamath Falls Provost. Ashland Cannon, Ashland Stelle, Medford PiDDin. Grants Pass Biehn, Klamath Falls -Mason, Klamath Falls Thome, Klamath Falls . Cave, Medford Boyce, Grants Pass Redkey, Klamath Falls . n1 -lKnM4a Da. O'Harra. Ashland . Pope, Klamath Falls McClellan, Grants Pass Bostwick, Medford Everton, Grants Pass Bussmann, Klamath Falls Whillock, Medford Tyson, Ashland -. Peterson, Ashland PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STARTS SPRING TRAINING Los Angeles, Feb. 28 U.B For the Pacific Coast Baseball league, spring began today. The Los Angeles Angels, seek ing their third consecutive cham nlonshlp. started training at Ana helm, while the Hollywood Stars opened conditioning sessions at Ontario. Seattle was training at San Fernando, San Diego at El Cen tra, Portland at San Jose, Oak land at Boyes Springs, San Fran cisco at home and Sacramento at Richardson Springs and home. The 183-game . season opens March 31 after S weeks of prac tice. ; The accent is on youth and the welcome mat is out to any boy with baseball ability. The An gels have signed Ritchie Colom bo, 16-year-old pitcher from Massachusetts. Other late-comers include Mel Hicks, infielder, and Charley Cueller pitcher, both of Nashville, Tenn. The stars expected 29 players for the Initial session, including second Baseman Ken Richard son, who signed Saturday. Pitch er Alex Weldon will be late in reporting because of a cut finger. PIONEER KILLED Uklah, Cal, Feb. 28 (U.R) Mrs. Frances Curts, the oldest living settler in the Uklah dis trict, burned to death yesterday when her ranch home near Lay tonville caught fire. 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OOfcljy. f school forward, topped all scorers jerry Acklln of the Grants Pass Opp. Won Lost 12. 0 5 7 Pet. 1.000 .417 .833 for 621 883 379 398 Pts. 348 423 402 604 4 8 3 9 .250 Records t Pts. 129 123 116 96 92 92 88 87 81 73 64 63 60 49 39 39 84 33 "32 27 25 23 20 18 17 15 14 14 14. 13 13 12 11 10 Boston, New York Battle For Fourth Position In League By United Press The fight for fourth place and a playoff berth in the Stanley cup competition appeared to be developing into a last ditch af fair between New York and Bos ton In the National Hockey league today. Boston emerged from a 4 to 4 tie with the, Rangers at New York last night still one point ahead In the standings, but with nearly a month of the regular season remaining, the issue' was far from settled. At Chicago, the Detroit Red Wings completed a week-end sweep of a series with the Black hawks winning 3 to 1, after top ping them, 4 to 2, at home the previous night. Maurice Richard of the Mon treal Canadiens set an all-time major league record with his 45th goal of the season which he scored In a S to 2 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. Rough-house affair all the Way, 20 penalties being called. In another Saturday night game, New York had a 4 to 4 tie at Toronto. Six Jail Prisoners Slide To Freedom Seattle, Wash., Feb, 26 (U.R) Authorities today sought six prisoners who overpowered a King co'untv tail euarrl vestpr. day and slid down an 11-story nign elevator shaft to freedom The men were identified as Charles R. Wilson, 16-year-old iuvenile "lifer." William Rnllv. 21, William Gibson. 48, Ray Hed- rick, 42, James Helton, 25, and Larry Thome, 21, FG FT F 85 19 18 49 33 28 47 24 29 38 19 31 37 18 24 32 28 86 24 20 26 40 7 18 34 13 31 30 13 31 16 32 60 22 9 23 22 6 17 16 17 26 14 11 33 14 11 IS 14 6 13 13 7 11 12 8 22 12 3 18 12 1 13 5-13 6 4 12 3 6 6 12 7 3 6 6 3 12 6 2 12 3 8 0 6 2 6 5 3 11 3 7 7 6 . 0 5 8.8 6 5 0 1 TO TIE CASABA LEAGUE - By United Press - The Northern Division Pacific Coast Conference basketball race moved Into a final week three team climax today as league leaders Ore ton and Oregon State prepared for their final Kama at Eugene Saturday ana third pla?e Washington State gunned for a double win over Idaho at Moscow and Pullman Friday and Saturday. Oregon State romped over Idaho 44-33 Saturday night to tie at 10 games won and 5 lost with Oregon, while Washington State stayed a half-game behind by trimming Washington 83-45 in the Huskier' finale. A double WSC win this week would tie the Cougars with the Oregon- OSC victor. Standings: Team W L Pet. ..10 6 .666 .10 5 .666 . 9 8 .645 .6 11 .312 .8 11 .214 Oregon Oregon State Wash. State Washington . Idaho ... DAVIDSON MEETS GEORGES DUSETTE Georges Dusette, who subdues his wrestling opponents with e full nelson and Is one Of the strongest llght-heavywelghts in the game, will face Harold (Blood and Guts) Davidson in the main event at Medford armory Thursday night. Mack Llllard announced today. Pete Belcastro, the wild Weed Assassin, will oppose Jack Riser, coast light-heavy king, in the seml-windup. Both men have been granted deferments by their draft boards and have assured Llllard they will be on hand for the match. Gust Johnson, junior heavy weight klng-ptn, will face rough and tough Billy McEuin In the opener. SECOflKEY KILLED IN RACE Tijuana, Mex., Feb. 26 (U.R) Charles -Blanco, 28-year-old Chula Vista, Calif., jockey, died yesterday as a result of a spec tacular three-horse spill during the fifth race at the Hipodrome De Tijuana racetrack. Only a week before, Clinton J. Harrell, veteran Miami, Fla.. rider fell from his mount on the same track and was trampled to oeatn. Two other relnsmen were hos pitalized In yesterday's pile-up Carl Miller, riding Movie Actor, wrenched his back and fractur ed a wrist, while Jack Fox on Big Parade received cuts about the face. Eggs do their share in glvtng the body that vitality vitamin riboflavin, University of Texas nutritionists say. Besides ribo flavin, eggs also are sources of iron, phosphorous and vitamins A and D. Co.., llmllsd, f toHp, UJlKOll American Aceoh floTieyrnoorT M , (Acm TtUphelo) Major and Mrs. Richard L Bong arrive in San Francisco en route to "somewhere in California" to spend a secluded honeymoon until the youthful ace, who has received $1 decorations for his record ot Imnrrlna out Japs, has to report for active duty at Santa Monica. PENSACOLA PLAY Pensacoia, Fla., Feb. 26 (U.R) Mountaineer Sammy - S n e a d appeared to have the answer to day for athletes who are wor ried about whether they can re gain top form when they return to competition after . military service. . The lanky fellow from the West Virginia hills, who came out of the navy with a medical discharge just before the winter pro competition began, turned in an amazing 21 under par 267 for 72 holes yesterday to win his fifth major tournament, the $6,500 Pensacoia war bond af fair. He won it hands down, seven strokes ahead of Byron Nelson ot Toledo, O. WAGE DIFFERENTIAL Washington, Feb. 26 (U.R) The War Labor Board today di rected 84 California lumber companies to pay workers prem iums of 25 cents for work done On the second shift and 40 cents on the third shift. The WLB stayed payment of the differen tials, however, pending settle ment of Its differences with Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson on how to determine whether price relief is neces sary. Closing time tui Sunday Too Late to Classll.v S 311 Saturday alltrooon Pleasa remember ifgcptr!ti mm - - - Apple aphlds yearly cause considerable com tnercdal damage to apples in the Rogue River Valley and other important apple growing districts. This problem may easily be solved by spray' lng with ON-Oxy Mix added to the regularly used dormant spray oil and applied to the trees during the dormant seasor. This spray aives a COMtLMTf V&AVUV CX,Mi L lot the reason it tdLs all aDhis eggs contacted, thus stopping the pest oefore it hatches. 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