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TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, May 18, 1945 University Of Oregon To Resume Big-Time Sports To Meet "Sneeze" Achieu fiiuone. Ore.. Mav IB U.R) AMInff President Orlando J Hollis today announced that the University of Oregon will ra .ma full Tinrf Initiation In foot ball and other sports at the start, of the 1945-48 school year. Hollls said Lt. Cmdr. Gerald a rra- Oliver, former head football coach on leave with the Naval Reserve, is willing to re turn to his coaching post If the Navy will give him an honorable discharge. He now is stationed at Los Angeles. i.rllt. U Oreenn's "nartlci nr. in nil intercolleKiate sports will depend upon the broadening or me awibuc piu grams, besides football and bas ketball, by other member schools . v, tnifin fnnst Conference." The decision to reinstate the n r n a r a m followed a . a v m w n - --- recommendation of the Univer sity Athletic Board last night. The announcement means inai all intercollegiate sports, includ ing track, baseball, tennis, golf, awimmlng and skiing, as well as football and basketball will be resumed providing proficient competition can De iouna mm Jamt. mnnnnwpr is at hand. Anson B. Cornell, athletic manager, will be in charge of the "overall" program. Howard a Hnhsnn. head basketball and baseball coach, will return from a Sabbatical leave this summer and resume his regular duties. Hollia said John A. Warren, who served as head football coach to the last Oregon war time season of 1942 and coach of 4u. iod Var Western NCAA basketball champions, will not return to his regular auuea as freshman coach in view of con ference rules allowing freshman athleteg to compete on varsity teams. Warren will, however, be as aistant football coach, as re quested by Oliver, and a salary adjustment has been made for the wartime coach. HOPPE BOOSTS BILLIARD .MARGIN OVER CHAMPION Seattle, May 16 U.R Chal lenger Willie Hoppe today held a 63-polnt lead over San Fran cisco Champion Welker Cochran as they entered the finale in their transcontinental three cushion billiards match. The pair wind up the Seattle series here tomorrow. The totals now stand at 4183 to 4120. OAKLAND ROOKIE GETS HOI RUN TO BEAT SOLONS By United Press The critics who claimed that Vic Picettl wouldn't hold a Job in a double-A league got their answer last night when the 17' year-old Oakland first baseman slammed out a homer and three singles to pace his club to a 7-5 victory over Sacramento. The Oaks were behind, 3-2 in the last of the fourth when Pi cettl drove one 360 feet over the right field wall. It was the first circuit clout of his career. San Diego trampled Holly wood, 10-6. The Padres Jumped on Jim Sharp for five tallies in ttfe fifth frame and were never headed. The San Francisco Seattle and Los Angeles-Portland series start tonight. Sacramento ....... 5 12 1 Oakland 7 15 1 Porter, Powers and Marcucci; Gilmore and Raimondi. San Diego 10 15 1 Hollywood . 6 11 1 Wensloff and. Ballinger; Sharp, Marshall and Hill. -1 'W la It AT W "V , r. 3 Paavo Katonen, above, former coast llght-heavywelght wres tling champion, will collide with Walter "Sneeze" Achieu in the seml-wlndup of tomorrow night's card at Medford armory. "Gor geous" George Wagner will meet Tony Morelll in renewal of a bitter fued started last week while Antone Leone and Georges Dusette meet In the opener. Dick Boatwright, Medford, and Otis Mackie, Trail, meet in an a dded bout of three rounds. GOLD MIKE WINS Arcadia, Cal., May 16 U.R) Gold Mike, California bred six year old who was a surprise win ner in yesterday's $5000 Anita Chlqulta feature race at the opening of the Santa Anita track, today was one of 18 horses nominated for the $25,000 San Gabriel handicap Saturday. A fourth of Pennsylvania's top-soil has been lost, according to Francis Pitkin, State Planning Board chairman. E. TENTH STRAIGHT LEAGUE VICTORY SCORES YESTERDAY National Brooklyn 6; Pittsburgh 3 New York 5; Chicago 4 St. Louis 8; Boston 7 Cincinnati 7; Philadelphia 3 New York, May 16. U.R) They laughed when Boss Branch Rickey brought out his 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers, but today. Just one month later, the laughs have turned to cheers that reached a crescendo when the team won its 10th straight game last night. That's something that hasn't happened to a Dodger club since September of 1943, which was before General Manager Rickey instituted his "Bobby Sox" youth movement in full scale proportions. Vic Lombard!, gaining his third win, held the Pittsburgh Pirates to five hits in the 6 to 3 victory, getting off to a safe start when the Dodgers made four runs in the first inning. Despite their surge, the second place Dodgers still were unable to gain on the leading Giants, who won their 10th game in 11 by topping the visiting Chicago Cubs 5 to 4. Phil Weintraub's sixth homer, which put him in a tie for the league lead with Manager Mel Ott, provided Van Lingle Mungo the margin he need for his third victory. The St. Louis Cardinals came out of a hitting slump at Boston, beating the Braves 8 to 7. The Cincinnati Reds made seven unearned runs for all their scoring in a 7 to 3 victory in a night game at Philadelphia. All American league games were rained out. Before the war, Cuba pro duced a quarter of the total sugar cane output of the world, Includ ing 50 to 60 of the sugar used in the United States. ' g Jmooin jailing fl railroad's roadbed has a lot to do with travel comfort. A well-built roadbed doei away with annoying, sleep-disturbing bumps . . . like a boat breasting a choppy sea. It gives you "smooth sailing." The kind of gravel used for roadbed ballast Is an Important factor. Union Pacific uses a special, sturdy type of crushed granite which stands up particularly well under wartime's heavily loaded freight and passenger trains. Then, too, it acts as a "cushion," resulting In more comfortable riding and less wear on locomotives and cars. Thus, even the ballast used on the railroad's roadbed plays its part In the efficient, 'round-the-clock transportation of troops and essential battle-line freight over Union Pacific's Strate gic Middle Poute, uniting the East with the Pacific Coast Future "smooth sailing" over life's highway can be assured by holding tight to the war bonds we now have . ; . and, as an extra measure of economlo protection, buying as many more as we can possibly afford. Lrt.e fa "TOUR AMERICA' nHo preanm ea Mutual nationwide nttwoik enry Sunday altarnooo. Co mult your local aampapat lor In Ha and itation. THI PkOCktSSIVt m UHION PACIFIC RAILROAD Sport Chips BY Harry Chipman Mail Tribune Sports Editor and Fay Davidoff will take ear of duties in the outfield. The Medford Softball associa tion is expected to emerge from the embryo stage tonight and Mnunm forth into a full-fledged league. Bob Ebel, president, has called a meeting of all interested in revival of the sport for the Chamber of Commerce building tonight at S o'clock. All Interested In sponsoring teams are asked to be at the meeting to "voice opinions on how the league should be oper ated. Ebel said opinions of play ers and team sponsors are need ed to know along what lines to proceed with information of the city loop. Several business men have In dicated a desire to see the league revived and some have suggested they may be wffllng to sponsor teams. Sam Jennings and Timber Products have def initely entered" clubs and several others are expected to' formally do so at tonight's meeting. Don't skid your car Into the junk pile, warns the National Safety Council, reminding that braking distance at 20 miles per hour on wet concrete is 26 feet. c George Barr, who is big enough to go bear hunting with a switch, will start on the mound for the Medford Craters when they meet the Cheney Lumber company nine at Central Point Sunday afternoon. It will be the first test of the season for either team and, since the league has not yet been formed, is billed as a practice game. Barr, who stands six feet, two inches tall and tips the Fair banks at 212 pounds, dealt his teammates a bad time during an intra-iquad game at the Fair grounds park Sunday. His fast ball with a sharp curve boomed across the plate and caused some of the Crater batters .who had pretty good opinions of their stick ability to fan the breeze. George Gitzen, who has seen service behind Washington State college's plate, will do the re ceiving chores Sunday with Homer Sullivan pegged for the initial sack. Freddie Stammen, up from J. C. Tucker's high school team where his hitting was none too good, will hold down second base. He is a smooth-working fielder who has shown a lot of improvement in hitting since he has been under the watchful eye of Crater Man ager Paul Freer. Harold Lang, a veteran in the southern Oregon baseball picture, will be at the hot c -ner with Jim Cave, an other high school boy, at short stop. Herb Burnham, Dick Faw cett, also from the high school, ALlL-SyAE (SAE1D) NIGHT BOUTS START 8:30 P. M. THRILLS SPILLS The Country's BEST TALENT Tickesf Now On Sale At BROWN'S o Phone 2735 Willing Water says Use Water few Usefully wiiuV. tfil r Waste and Extravagance in the use of water is sabotage V Use all the water you need for cleanliness and for health. Drink what you need. Use what you need for cooking. Use the water you need for bathing and in the laundry but Don't waste it:.- V Use 'water on your lawn or your garden wisely. Don't water-log the ground. 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