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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday Feb. 17. 141 'BLACK TOBRAD0 OH ALL-STAR TEAM PLAGES FOUR j OS ii i! J- s in Meclford Player Only Unanimous Choice For Team All-Conference Selections FIRST TEAM Jerry Ross, Medford (captain) Larry Hayes, Medford A! Rlebel, Grants Pass Darrell Rlggs, Medford ' Jim Palmer, Klamath Falls Bob Watson, Medford . Honorable Mention Don Ausland, Grants Pass; John Reedy. ' Ashland; Bud Biehn, Klamath Falls. - Coaches and sports writers of cities comprising the Southern - Oregon basketball conference. Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls and Medford, have again aided the Medford Mall Tribune Jn selecting the all-conference team. The voters did not neces urllv olace their selectees In po sitions they played during the season, so for that reason it is Impossible to name positions. Ross Unanimous Choice Medford, winners of the Southern Oregon conference and district four champions, placed four players in the first team and drew one second team berth. Darrell Rlggs, Medford center, i and Jim Palmer, Klamath Falls forward, tied for last place on i the first team with 11 votes ! each. Jerry Rosa, leading scorer ' in the league, was the only unan- , Imouse choice so was named ' captain. Larry Hayes, who was ' Injured late in the season and unable to take part In Medford's last four games, was one vote short of tielng Ross for top hon ors Al Rlebel, Grants Pass cen ter, polled 13 votes while Bob Watson, Medford guard, was right behind him with 12. Fawcett Polls 10 Dick Fawcett, smallest player on the Medford starting five polled 10 votes to lead second team selections and was named captain. Jack Lutz of Grants Pass was given eight votes. Jim Noreen, Klamath Falls speed merchant, and Jay Samuelson, Ashland captain, each gathered seven votes. Last place on the second team went to Jimmy Jan dreau, Ashland, with four votes. Don Ashland, Grants Pass, led honorable mention awards with . three votes while John Reedy Ashland, polled two and Bud Biehn, Klamath Falls, got one. Cards To Be Mailed Award cards will be mailed to all players selected. Those vot ing In the Tribune's 11th annual . all-conference selections were Coaches Carl Carpenter, Grants Pais, John Roberts, Ashland. Marble Cook, Klamath Falls, and Al Simpson, Medford. Sports . writers voting were Jerry Ack len, Grants Pass Courier, Tom Newton, Ashland Dally Tidings. Paul Haines, Klamath Falls Her ald and News, and Harry Chip man, Medford Mall Tribune. Canadiens Place Five Players On Hockey All-Stars St. Louis, Feb. 27 U.R) The world champion Montreal Ca nadiens placed five men on the 1944-43 all-star National Hockev league team selected for the sporting news by a board of hockey experts. In addition, Dick Irvln, vete ran Montreal mentor, was picked as coach of the first team. Bill Duman, goalie, and Mau rice Richard, right wing, were unanimous choices, while Wil liam Hollctt, Detroit defense man, was the only star able to break the Montreal monopoly Emlle Bouchard at defense and Elmer Lach at center and Toe Blake at left wing completed the honor six. OLD-TIMERS BASEBALL ; MEET SLATED MARCH 3 The 10th annual banquet and meeting of baseball old-timers will be held at Neighbors of Woodcraft hall In Portland Sat urday, March 8. The banquet will start at 7:30 p. m. with the doors open at 7 o'clock. Each old-timer is expected to bring a new and active baseball play er. Any player, past or present, from sand-lot to majors, U ellgl ble to attend, according to W. H. (Bill) Haydcn, secretary. Uaa Mall l-ribiint Want Ail SECOND TEAM Dick Fawcett, Medford (captain) Jack Lutz, Grants Pass Jim Noreen, Klamath Falls Jay Samuelson, Ashland Jimmy Jandreau, Ashland EYE CHANCES FOR BIG TEN LAURELS Chicago, Feb. 27 (U.R) One basketball game with Illinois stood between Iowa s once-beat en Hawkeyes today and their first undisputed basketball cham pionship in the history of the Western conference. The Hawkeyes, whose only loss this season was to Illinois at Champaign, cinched at least a tie for the title last night when they outlasted Minnesota, 59-48. to win their 10th conference vic tory in 11 engagements. After fighting to 18 victories In 17 games during the 1944-45 campaign, Iowa now must whip Illinois at Iowa City in the cli matic finish of the Big Ten sea son Saturday night. A victory over Coach Doug Mills' ever-dangerous Illlnl will end 44 years of trying by the Hawkeyes for an undisputed title. Iowa won split championships in 1923 when it tied with Wisconsin and in 1926 when it tied with Michigan, Indiana and Purdue. FACES FIGHTER San Francisco, Feb. 27 (U.R) Jackie Cooper, .-New York Negro welterweight, today was faced with a six-month suspen sion from California fighting rings and forfeiture of a $1,092 purse In the Freddie Dixon scrap here last week. At a hearing yesterday, State Athletic Commissioners John Rusttgan and Ed Pencevich de clared his performance to have been "unsatisfactory." The fight, scheduled for 10 rounds was called "no decision" at the end of the seventh by Referee Toby Irwin who had warned Cooper in early rounds to be more aggressive. The commissioners voted a clean slate to Dixon, the state welterweight champion from Los Angeles and proposed he re ceive his share of the purse. Manager Willie Mandot, Coop er's pilot, said the decision was "rank injustice." McKeever Expected 1 o Quit Notre Dame South Bend, Ind., Feb. 27 (U.R) Ed McKeever, Notre Dame's 34-year-old acting athle tic director and head football coach, -la expected to resign soon In order to take the head coach Ing Job at Cornell University FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By United Press New York. (St. Nicholas Arena) Steve Dudas, 198V4, Edgewater, N. J., stopped Jim my Carollo, 198, Corona, N. J., (8). Holyoke, Mass. Llge Drew. 151, Springfield, Mass., out pointed Joe Bennett, 154. New York, (10). Baltimore Lee Q. Murray, 206, Norwalk, Conn., outpoint ed Al Hart, 228, Washington, Pittsburgh Ossie Harris, 150. Pittsburgh, outpointed Tommy Bell, 150, Youngstown, (10). ICE SKATE TO-NITE and fvary Nile Except Monday 7:45 lo 10:15 SAT. & SUN. MATINEI Medford Ice Arena 19S.Grspa Phone 4S11 AFTER 23 YEARS Ontario, Cal., Feb. 27 (U.B Crowd-pleasing Babe Herman, veteran outfielder, coach and plnch-hltter deluxe for the Hol lywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League and holder of a .825 . batting average for 11 year.' in the Major leagues, has retlrea from baseball, Holly wood Manager Buck Fausett announced yesterday. Fausett made the announce ment as he put the Stars through their paces in the first practice of the 1945 season. "Babe told me he'd decided he'd had enough baseball. He's been playing for 23 years and he thought that was enough for a 41-year-old old man. He's go ing to concentrate on raising turkeys at his farm near Sun land, Calif., the recently ap pointed Hollywood manager said. , Retirement Not Surprise Herman's retirement was not a surprise to friends who said they believed he would retire from baseball when the Stars by-passed him to name Fausett as manager, after the dismissal of Charlie Root. Herman broke Into baseball In 1921 with Edmonton of the Western Canada League, moved around for a while, finally wind ing up with Brooklyn in 1026. staying there until 1931. He spent 1932 with Cincinnati, the next three years with the Chi cago Cubs, two years with Cin cinnati again, a year with De troit, a couple of years in the Minors and Joined Hollywood in 1939. Herman hit well over .300 eight of his years in the Major leagues. KLAMATH. FALLS The Medford hlsh aphnnl r. serves, undefeated in ten starts this season, will face the Kla- matn Falls Wildcats on the Med ford hlffh rnnrl Frlriau nlnhl beginning at 7:30. Thr oriii h no preliminary. The Wildcats, Klamath Falls reserve team,' have a good rec ord against tough opposition in Klamath county and northern California inH will alu ma. ford's reserves their toughest game or the season. Medford players who will probably see action are Earl Stolle. Carl Reich. .Tim rD Howard Whlllock, LeRoy House Fred Stammen and BUI Singler None of the Black Tornado reg ulars will play. FIGHTERS ADVANCE IN GOLDEN GLOVES MEET Chlcaso. Feh. 27 mm nA en Gloves team frnm fHitoa.. and Peoria. 111., led the field In me tournament of champions to day with five victories each, fol lowed by Kansas City, Colum bus, O., and Cleveland, with four cacn. Bouts last nlsht Inrliirtnrf fiahi. ers in the 112, 118, 126 and 135 pouno ciass. BOWLING In Classic loncniA In... Ktui - O .no. Ulgm Jims Super Service won three siraigni games over Rolling Pin (W. Prultt 216-587). Domestic Laundry took two out of three from Maid Rite (Porter 217-Sims 609) and Signal Oil defeated Medford Feed and SH imn to one (Colton 201-Barr 552). Cllns limt lot Sunday loo Lata jo U...0 S3U Saturday aftarnoon Piaaaa ramamhar GREEN id) En iruim 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 TIMBERP Mitsaaa ATTACKS HALTED Rome, Feb. 27 (U.R) Fifth army troops have repulsed fur ther counterattacks in the Mount Belvedere sector with heavy losses to the Germans, headquar ters said today. , Preceded by an Intense artil lery barrage, Germans in bat talion strength attacked Mount Delia Torraccia Monday morn ing. They were thrown back with heavy casualties. The Ger mans continued to throw artil lery and mortar fire into the American positions. Heavy German fire was di rected at 5th army positions on Mount Castello, four miles north east of Mount Belvedere, and a small counterattack was repuls ed at nearby Mount Berra. Political Upheaval Results In Bloody Clashes In Romania By United Press Reports from Europe indicat ed today that a severe political crisis had developed in Romania. Several bloody clashes were said to have occurred In the pro vinces. . A Soviet Tass Agency dis patch, recorded by FCC, said the tension reached a new height last night when members of the national Demorcatic front dem onstrated through the country. The demonstrators, Tass said, demanded the resignation of Premier Gen. Nicolae Radescu and the formation of a "govern ment of the national Democratic front," Taxicabs Warned Against Carrying Curfew Violators Washington, Feb. 27 (U.R) Defense Transportation Direc tor J. Monroe Johnson said to day that taxlcab drivers who serve violators of the midnight curfew will be subject to loss of gasoline rations. 'The pleasure seekers' fees they lose will be replaced by fees for service now sought in vain by daytime .travelers," Johnson said. The ODT asked transit com panies to trim their after-midnight schedules to save man power now serving night time revelers. Syria, Egypt Join Allied Bandwagon By United Press Syria and Egypt were formal ly at war with Germany and Japan today. Their declarations of war fol lowed a "Big Three" ultimatum that no nation could expect a seat at the peace table unless it formally joined the war against the axis. President ShukrI EI Kuwatly of Syria announced his country declaration to allied diplomats at Damascus yesterday. It was scheduled to be ratified by the chamber of deputies today. Le banon' was expected to follow With B almllnp Hoplnrntlnn mnnrt THE GRANGE Upper Rogue Grange A dance will be held at Upper Rogue Grange hall Saturday Owing to government regula tions the dance will start at 8 p. m. and close at 12 o'clock Light refreshments will be serv ed. Uia Mall Tribune Wai.i Ada TRUCKS FOR RENT Drive Yourself Save Vi Any Distance Pruitt's Moblloll Station Main and Ivy Phone 4145 n n s DIAL 2123 Company ateoai ES g75 Diana Lynn, Gail Diana Lynn, Gail Russell go abroad to get sophistication, in the picture "Our Hearts were Power Of Press 'Aids Corporal To Recover Clothing Cpl. Clifton Day of Lake Creek has recovered his lost clothing through the "power of the press." Early in February Cpl. Day was given a ride by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer S. Clark of Merced, Calif., as he was making his way home on furlough, and when he left the car, the corporal forgot to' take his suitcase. The Clarks did not know the soldier's name, but did remember that he said he lived in Jackson county near Medford, so they explained the case of the lost clothing in a let ter to The Tribune. A front-page story featured the lost clothing and soon after a letter arrived from Cpl. Day with his address and the Clarks gladly mailed his suitcase. The Clarks also have a son in the service and were on their way to Fairfield, calif., to bid him good- by before he entrained for Texas when they gave Cpl. Day his "lift." Cpl. Day was on furlough from Camp Bowie, Tex. CALIFORNIA TO FIGHT Washington, Feb: 27 (U.R) Rep. Harry Sheppard, D., Calif., said today that California's 23 house members Intend "to fight every angle of the ratification of the Mexican water treaty, using every legitimate means possible." Cloalna time to Sunaav Too Latt io uiaasii a au saiuraay anernoon- Pleaxa ramembar t t i i ' ' ' We thought you would be interested in knowing of the care our returning wounded receive on hospital trains. This is the procedure. We are asked by the Army or Navy to make up a hospital train with various types of cars. We assemble the cars, sometimes from distant points. The can are inspected, thoroughly cleaned and pre-heated. The train is then moved to the hospital receiving sta tion where the wounded are carefully taken aboard. When the train pulls out, a Train Commander a commissioned medical officer is in charge. To assist him, we assign an experienced railroad representative to accompany the train. On board, too, are Army or Navy nurses and enlisted medical corpsmen who expertly cars for the wounded, night and day. En route, the engineers, firemen, conductors, brake men ail the trainmen am thinking of every man aboard. They know that sudden starts and stops can cause discomfort to the wounded. That is why they try to handle these hospital trains extra gently. Russell Coming Young and Gay." The film hit starts Wednesday at the Cra terlan for four days. . . Lipstick Blamed For Tennessee's . Divorce Plethora Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 27 (U.R) A bill to prohibit the use -of lipstick as a dangerous instru ment responsible for jamming Tennessee courts, with divorce coses was introduced In the state senate today. Authored by Sen. Hubert Brooks, R., Johnson City, the bill pointed out that "married men are condemned by their wives upon arriving home with lipstick on their collars and shirts and courts are flourishing with divorce cases due to the viels of lipsticks." It proposed that use of lip stick be declared a felony pun ishable by $10,000 fine andor 10 years in prison. Barbara and Cary Happier Separated Hollywood;' Feb. 27 0J.PJ Barbara H u 1 1 o n, Woolworth heiress, and Actor Cary Grant, her third husband, announced today that they had separated because they had decided they would be happier living apart. It was the second separation for the two, the first on Aug. 15 ending in a reconciliation seven weeks later. Miss Hutton, the world's sec ond richest girl, has moved out of their Bel Air mansion to her Santa Monica home, while Grant is staying at Bel Air. FORMER WIFE OF BACK FROM TRIP Mrs. Roxana Spreckels Bab cock, first wife of John D. Spreckels III, heir to the Spreck els sugar fortune, has returned to her home in Medford after a trip to Los Angeles to consult her attorney, S. S. Hahn. Mrs. Babcock's visit to the attorney coincided with that of her ex husband's present wife, Mary Lavlnia Spreckels, who has ask ed for a divorce from the sugar heir and was arranging with Hahn for a property settlement. Mrs. Babcock has made her home Intermittently in Jackson county since her second mar riage, having first lived on a ranch near here. Later she re sided at the Medford Hotel for a time and in recent months has had an apartment. Her daughter, 10-year-old Elsie Lamar Spreck els, is a student at a Medford school, , . . Spreckels, now a bugler sec ond class in the navy, is cur ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OP MEDFORD SAW SHOP Modern Equipment General Repairs Hammering Gumming Welding We Service Saws Up to 84 Inches WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER 765 South Riverside, Medford, Ore. Phona 3917 LESLIE'S PLUMBIIIG CO. MOVED TO 1036 COURT STREET MEDFORD PHONE 5911 Handle with care! Dispatchers all along the line moke every effort to keep hospital trains rolling with the fewest possible stops. - Schedules are worked out In advance. On movements where some of the wounded are assigned to different hospitals, a car or cars will be detached at junction points. These cars will then be attached to regular trains for movement to other hospitals. Southern Pacific is keenly aware of its great responsi bility in moving the wounded. Every skill is brought into play to operate hospital trains smoothly, efficiently and on time. These are Southern Pacific's most important trains. Many of the less critically wounded travel on our regular trains. So if you find it difficult to secure a Pullman reservation, even for essential travel, it may be because some wounded man is occupying the space that other wise might have been given to you. We know you'll agree these reeervstions are more argent than yours. C?oV5) The friendly mJ LT Southern Pacific rently stationed at Newport R. I. . 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