TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. Dee. 27, 1945
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Willie Pep Named Fighter
Of Year By Ring Magazine
New York. Dec. 27 (U.R)
Willie Pen. co-holder of the
featherweight championship,
wai named "Hunter of the year"
today by the Ring Magazine,
which simultaneously tossed a
grenade Into the lightweight
division by refusing to acknow
ledge a 135-pound champion In
Its annual ratings.
Pep of Hartford, Conn., who
li recognized as feather champ
by New York and associated
states, wbs given the ring's
fighter-of-the-year award par
tially because he was the only
champion to defend his title
successfully during the 12
months that were featured by
fistic prosperity and mediocre
talent.
Wee Willie received the covet
ed award also" because he was
unbeaten in seven non-title
bouts, although held to a draw In
one; and because his public re
lations were "perfect," by virtue
of service In both the navy and
army.
The "Hartford Phantom" re
tained his 126-pound crown
against Phil Terranova of New
York, an outstanding contender.
Nat Fleischer, the Ring's edi
tor, commented tersely upon the
decadent lightweight division in
this fashion: "The world's
championship is open."
This means that the Ring
Magazine the fight game's
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most authoritative publication
refuses to recognize either Bob
Montgomery or Ike Williams as
champion. Montgomery, Phila
delphia negro, is recognized by
New York state. Williams, negro
of Trenton. N. J has the bless
ing of the National Boxing asso
ciation.
Wright No. 1
In the Ring's copyrighted
ratings, ancient Chalky Wright
of Los Angeles is designated the
No. 1 boxer In the lightweight
division, while Montgomery and
Williams are relegated to fourth
and fifth berths, respectively.
Allie Stolz and Willie Joyce
were given No. 2 and No. 3
ratings.
Referring to the selection of
Pep as fighter of the ypar,
Fleischer pointed out that Con
necticut Willie received stiff
competition for the award from
Bantamweight Champion Man
uel Ortiz, Middlewtighta Jake
Lamotta and Rocky Graziano,
and Welterweight Contender
Ray Robinson.
Jacobs Honored
Billy Fox, young negro light
heavyweight of Philadelphia,
was proclaimed knockout king
of 1943 because he now has 36
straight kayoes. Mike Jacobs
was named promoter of the year
because he kept boxing on a
high level" and because he drew
$2,187,735 with 43 shows at
Madison Square Garden and 35
at St. Nicholas arena.
Fleischer noted that Grazinno
1 and Harold Greene of Brooklyn
drew the year's largest gate of
$103,970 at the Garden. He tab-
: bed the "fight of the year" the
first non-title encounter between
Welter Champ Cochrane and
Graziano. The "round of the
year" was the 12th round be
tween Willie Joyce and Ike
Williams at the Garden, when
Joyce stopped Williams.
Athletic Association
Trips Hotel Team
Medford Athletic association's
bHsketball team got even for an
earlier defeat when they eked
out a 23-22 win over Medford
Hotel on the Jackson school
floor last night. The A's led
until the end of the third period
but came back In the final
minute with the winning basket.
Williams was high point man
for the game with seven counters
while Scheer paced the losers
with six.
San Francisco's $3,000,000
Aquatic Park Casino was taken
over by the U. S. Army during
the war.
IE CRIPPLED
ROSE
CLASH TUESDAY
Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 27
(U.R) Crippled, hungry, stale
and In generally poor condition,
the University of Alabama foot
ball team prepared today for its
New Year's day Rose Bowl clash
with University of Southern
California.
While Publicity Director
Charley Zeanah dished out the
first bear stories of the holiday
season, the southern gridders
headed straight for a practice
field after withstanding the
flash-bulb barrage of Los An
geles newspaper photographers
Zeanah stood In for Coach
Frank Thomas, who had an early
radio engagement, and the way
he told it, Alabama will be lucky
to field 11 old men for the Pasa
dena classic.
"Just look at this," he said.
"First of all, that was a tough
trip. We haven't had a workout
since last Saturday. Tne only
time our boys have had a chance
to stretch their legs was at El
Paso, Texas, yesterday.
"We haven't had a chance to
eat for nine hours and can
you imagine what is going to
happen when those youngsters
sit down to the table?" he asked
"But here is the sad port of
the story. We have one player
with a broken log; two with only
one eve: jne with a broken jaw
and all the fellows are just
recovering from flu attacks.
HUGE WHITE LEGHORN
EGG FOUND BY FARMER
O. R. Bognrt, route 2, box
4121, brought a large white Leg
horn egg to the office of the
Mail Tribune yesterday. The
egg measured 314 inches from
tip to tip and was 5'A Inches
in circumference. Bogart has a
flock of about 50 chickens.
T
FOR SHRINE TILT
San Francisco, Dec. 27 U.R)
Private practices were scheduled
again for today by both East
and West football squads as they
drilled for the Shrine New
Year's day game.
Clearing weather yesterday
allowed both teams to scrimmage.
Coaches Andy Kerr, Bemie
Bierman and Beattie Feathers
said their East team was plan
ning "a few surprises for the
West." The public was barred
from their practice at Santa
Clara university.
The West eleven, under
Coaches Babe Hollingberry and
Homer Norton, also worked on
secret "special" offensive plays
at their camp at Menlo Junior
College.
by three points over Chicago,
while Detroit climbed out of a
tie with Boston and now holds
undisputed third place.'
BAKSI 7 TO 5
New York, Dec. 27 (U.R)
Joe Baksi of Kulpmont, Pa., is
favored at 7-5 to tag young Fred
die Schott of Akron, O., with his
first defeat tomorrow night in
their 10-roand heavyweight bout
at Madison Square Garden.
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Bookies Favor Alabama To Win Rose
Bowl Game Over Southern California
By Oscar Fraley
United Press Sports Writer
New York, Dec. 27 (U.R)
The bookies came out today with
their latest odds on the rash of
Bowl games and the betting gen
try was suspiciously generous In
the way It threw the points
around:
The lineups:
Rose Bowl: Alabama vs.
Southern California plus 13.
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma A. &
M. vs. St. Mary's plus 13.
Orange Bowl: Miami vs. Holy
Cross plus 7 1 a.
Cotton Bowl: Texas vs. Mis
souri plus 1314.
Oil Bowl: Georgia vs. Tulsa
plus 6.
Gator Bowl: Wake Forest vs.
South Carolina plus 13.
Sun Bowl: New Mexico vs.
Denver plus 64.
Shrine game: West vs. East
plus 1.
North-South (Dec. 20): South
vs. North plus 7.
In most cases it looks like nut
and out charity, particularly
when you exclude the all-star
games.
'Bams Looks Good
Take the Rose Bowl, for In
stance. Alabama looks good,
fihal
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but not from 13 points away.
The Tide won all nine games but
was extended In several con
quests and don't forget that
long train ride. Southern Cali
fornia, meanwhile, lost three of
its 10 games but even with Paci
fic coast football far below par
had to come through to get the
nod. and did.
Oklahoma A. Sc M. also would
appear to rate the nod over M.
Mary's, but a Gael team which
walloped Southern California
Bnd has Hermim Wedemeyer in
the backfield doesn't appear to
be a 13-point underdog on any
body's football field unless it
was the one up at West Point.
Miami unquestionably rates
the edge over Holy Cross, but
T.i Is a very healthy potion.
The Southerners showed plenty
In putting away Michigan State,
but you cftn't overlook the fact
that the New Englnnders bested
such eastern standouts as Dart
mouth, Yale and Brown.
13',i Points Bolter
At first glance. Texas would
appear to be a good 13' 4 points
better than Missouri in the Cot
ton Bowl. The Longhorns swept
to nine victories against only
one defeat, a 7 6 loss to Rice.
Which brings us to Wake
Forest, rated at 13 points better
than South Carolina in Jackson
ville's Gator Bowl. So remem
ber that they played to a 13-13
tie during their regular seasons
and South Carolina was com.
ing strong at the end of the year.
New Mexico, favored at 6'j
over Denver In the Sun Bowl,
is the only one that looks good
And that's figuring it on the
basis of dual performances I
against Colorado College and :
Utah. j
But remember, the anonymous
gentlemen of the books are a
very learned set. So when they
spot a ball club as much as 131;
points in what figures to be a
close game they have a very
well-informed reason.
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Hockey Results
By United Press
The Hollywood Wolves hand
ily defeated the visiting San
Francisco Shamrocks 7-3, and
the Portland Eagles conquered
the. host Seattle Ironmen 8-5, in
the only Pacific Coast ice hockey
league games scheduled last
night.
By virtue of last night's vic
tory, the Hollywood club climb
ed out of he league cellar. leav
ing that lowly berth to their San
Francisco rivals.
COOS BAY SQUAD
has trekked so far south for a
basketball game.
Saturday night the Black Tor
nado will go against Coos Bay
on the South Oakdale avenue
court. A previous game with
the coast team had been post
poned when Medford was crip
pled by Illness.
The Longvlew club, one of the
finest hoop squads In the state
of Washington, Is coached by
Buck Hammer, former mentor of
the Klamath Falls Pelicans.
Lack of competition since Dec,
15 has handicapped the Tornado,
sluggish by colds and too much
Christmas observance. Medford
took two games from Eugene In
their only competition to date.
A slow and ragged Medford
high school basketball team,
with centers Darrell Riggs and
LeRoy House in bed with bad
colds, will meet Longvlew.
Wash., in an Intersections! game
on the high school maple boards
Friday night. It will mark the
first time a Washington team
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ed their positions in the tight
National hockey league race
with victories last night, the
Canadians defeating Toronto, 4
to 2, while Detroit edged New
York, 3 to 2.
Montreal now holds first place
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