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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1945)
Horse Racing Blackout Rated Top Sports Yarn Of Year; Series Next By Oscar Fral.y United Press Sports Writer New York, Dec. 20 (U.FO figured on the basis of fan in' terest, the outstanding sports story of 1945 appeared in retro- soect today to be racing s black out and subsequent green light shortly after V-E day with the World Series and Kentucky Derby pressing for annual hon ors. - Although the year almost was half spent before sports came out of the shadows, it was pack ed with headlines that averaged one a month on the sensational side, both expected and unex- oected. The top 12 were: 1. Horse racing. The sport of kings was blacked out Jan. a for an Indefinite period, with the last races at Tropical Park and the Fairgrounds. Then it came roaring back on May 12, shortly after victory in Europe, with the anxious bettors jamming the mutuels to the unprecedented tune of eight days of $4,000,000 betting and one day of $5,000,- 000 wagering at Belmont. World Series Second . Th World Serien and the Detroit Tigers. They won the pennant on the last day of tne season on Hank Greenberg's fmir.nm hnmpr. Anrf nithnnph baseball wasn't what it used to be, there was plenty of interest as Tiger power and pitching won the seventh game of the World Series from the Chicago Cubs. 3. The Kentucky Derby, set back to June 9, it was the same nlnrfnl entpr as ever when Hoop Jr. splashed through the mud to win Dy six lengins. a success saga America likes, as a horse bought for $10,200 hit a $65,000 jackpot. 4. Senator Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler. Named to re place the late Kenesaw M. Lan dis as baseball commissioner. The sledding has been rough, but Happy still wears that fixed smile which worked so well on Kentucky voters. 3. Gunder Hagg. The Swedish iwifty lowered the mile record to an amazing 4:01.4 to rekindle tha four-minute mile contro versy. Hit the headlines again when he ran into expense ac count handicaps which threaten ed hla records. Yankee Sale Rites . Sale of the New York Yan kees. The $10,000,000 baseball dynasty founded by Col. Jake Bubbert finally was peddled to a three-man combineCol. L. S. MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb. 7. Byron Nelson's winning streak. The tough Texan won 19 major golf tournaments, banked a record $66,528, and stretched his record string of in-the-money tournaments to 102. 8. The Hambletonian. Titan Hanover, the new greyhound, barred from the betting as he scampered off with two straight heats in the barnyard classic. 9. Busher, horse of the year. Second filly to win the honor as she became the seventh rank ing money winner in turf his tory. 10. Signing of Jackie Robin son. First Negro signed to an or ganized baseball contract as he was inked by Montreal. 11. The Brooklyn college bas ketball scandal. Five members of the team were accused of ac cepting a bribe to throw a game with the repercussions heard across country. 12. Dodgers win pennant' Of course they didn't but think what a story it would have been. For Dodger hopefuls: "Wait un til next year." FIGHT CANCELLED Washington, Dec. 20 -01.(9 Inclement weather made it im possible to stage a scheduled 10 round bout last night between Marty Servo, welterweight chal lenger, and Stanley Slmms of Washington, and inability to agree on a date for a re-scheduling caused the promoter to can cel the bout. SNOW HALTS RACES Charlestown, W. Va., Dec. 20 U.R) A severe winter storm which covered the track with six inches of snow, prompted Charlestown race track officials to cancel the program for today, tomorrow and Saturday, ending the meeting with yesterday's card. Yesterday's races were run in the snow. Naval All-Stars Thump Nationals " In Honolulu Tilt Honolulu. Dec. 20 (U.B The 14th naval district All-Stars, aided by three home runs, de feated the National League All Stars USO camp show unit, 7 to 3, in a night baseball game before 4,500 sen-icemen at Fur long Field last night. Willard Marshal, former Giant, Ken Kelner, formerly with the Cleveland Indians, and winning pitcher Clyde Shoun, on leave from the Cincinnati Reds, slammed circuit blows for the Sailors. v Al Lakeman, former Cincin nati Reds player, made four hits in four trips to the plate for the National League All-Stars, one of them a homer. Shoun was relieved in the seventh by Lou Ciola, ex-Athletic hurler. Former Dodger Tom Seats was charged with the loss. It was the first game of a five game series the National leag uers will play here before mov ing westward on a month and one-half tour of Pacific island bases. Hockey Results By United Press There were changes at both ends of the Pacific Coast league hockey standings today as the Oakland Oaks took over the lead from the Vancouver Canucks for the first time this season and the victory-happy San Francisco Shamrocks yield ed the cellar spot to Hollywood. Coach Mel Harwood's Oaks jumped to the top of the ladder with a 3 to 2 victory over the Hollywood Wolves while the Canucks were idle in the north. San Francisco nosed out San Diego's Skyhawks, 4 to 2, to score their third victory in four starts to move 20 percentage points ahead of the tallend Hollywood squad. In the only other game, the Seattle Ironmen clipped the third-place New Westminster Royals, 5 to 4, to clinch third spot in the league's northern division. Boston moved into contention for the National hockey league lead after an 8 to 7 victory over New York last night while the leading Montreal Canadiens and second-place Chicago were bat tling to a 4 to 4 tie. BOWLING In Commercial league last night Fluhrer's Bakery took two games and total pins to one game from Silver Dollar Grill (Will more 503-Bradley 527.) Littj-ell Parts won two games and total pins to one game for Mont gomery Ward (Guinotte 495 Beck 452.) Pepsi Cola made a clean sweep to cop four points from Daniels-Robinson (Spear 511.Morehouse 501.) Henry's Drive-In won four points from lrestone (Donelson 625-Baize 449). 'Canyon Passage" Receiving Final Studio Touches Finishing touches will be nut on the western technicolor epic, Studios this week, according to word received today .by Jack son County Chamber of Com merce officials from Henry Spitz, production manager. Hollywood Is enthusiastic over the finished product, much of it screened in southern Oregon. It is expected that the Ernest Haycox western production will be released in the spring. Ac cording to Spitz, Walter Wan ger Pictures will start another techni-color picture at Universal City, dealing with the story of Rimsky Korsakoff. Shooting on the new film will start Janu ary 7. Universal s red headed Susan Hayward, appearing on the Charlie McCarthy program last Sunday, was introduced as the star of "Canyon Passage. Since July 1944, electrical energy produced at Shasta Dam has saved over 480,000 barrels of oil. V.F.W. INITIATES RECRUIT CLASS; T Thursday, Dee. 20. 1943 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Several recruits were Initiated during the meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars Tuesday at the armory and two officers were given decorations by District Commander Walker. Members devoted considerable time to discussion of plans for the post's new home. The meeting was adjourned to the USO auditorium where a pre-Christmas social evening wts enjoyed. Lighting for a Christ- mas tree was installed and other j preparations made for the Christ mas party to be held Friday at 7:30 p. m. at the auditorium. Members of Mrs. Eve Pren- ( tice's accordion band presented a program and there was group singing. A number of service men from the USO recreation rooms joined in the entertain ment and refreshments were served. A cordial invitation is extend ed to all servicemen, ex-servicemen and their families to attend the Christmas tree party Fri day. Parents may bring a pre sent for each child, with the child's name on it, to be placed on the tree. Each child will also receive a gift from the post. Clarence Minger Discharged After 9-Year Navy Duty Chief Pharmacist's Mate Clar ence R. Minger was discharged at Corona, Calif., Dec. 7 after nine and one-half years with the navy. Minger arrived in Med ford Dec. 9 for a visit with his parents, sisters and his brother, former Staff Sgt. Clyde Minger, whom he had not seen since April of 1941. Clarence Minger left Medford Friday to join his wife and little sons in their home at Phila delphia, Pa., and Clyde Minger has left for a visit with his sister and family in LaGrange, Mo., and relatives in Iowa. Clarence Minger received his "boot" training at Great Lakes, 111., later served on the USS Pennsylvania, at various bases and on the USS Apollo. He had been stationed at the naval hos pital at Corona for six months prior to his release from the navy. 5 M I No slow-pokes coming ' to dinner when it's VEGETABLE SOUP shoe It for brisgl 'cm fist ... a eteeminf bowl of Rentbo Vegeuble Soap with netrfv a dozen different prize-winning vegetable . . . tender V UMy . . . in Kiev broth with a Watm tmt tug. It't a Rencbo favorite I Try ic Try limt W eVfioes ld Sp 1m CraM ef MetWeeei Cfekfeee . AwnfW Pee lOOKfOR THE NEW RED LABElQ Closing time for Sunday Too Lat to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon. 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