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Si TWO MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Jan. 27. 1948 BIGGS WINS . Pasadena, Jan. 26 (U.R) Profesionai tennis champion Bobby Rigi?s defeated John Faunce 7-0, b-4. 6-4 in the semi finals of the $2000 Huntinnton Hotel midwinter tennis champ ionships here today. San Mateo county produces $8,000,000 worth of cut 1 lowers annually. , MedpordJTribune Montgomery, s.... 0 2 1 i Officials: Leonard Warren and Norm Worthley. DATES ARE SET Ashland, Jan. 28 Dates for the annual Southern Oregon Col lege of Education Invitational class "B" basketball tournament have been definitely set for March 6, 7, 8 and 9, Tournament Director R. W. McNeal said yes terday. Invitations arc in the mail to 46 teams in Jackson, Douglas, Coos, Curry, Klamath, Lake, Harney, Deschutes, Crook, Jose phine and Jefferson counties. Inquiries have already been re ceived from a number of schools and McNeal said a large num ber of entries were expected. The tournament, an annual af fair before the war, Is being re vived this year under McNeaPs direction. McNeal originated the meet in 1028. Cloilng time for Summy Too Lite to Clusslly 4:00 Saturday aftarnoon Pletisa remember 2x4 FIR WOOD 300 Cu. Ft. Loads 36 Hour Service Day or Night Delivery Semi-dry Cur Last August DRY FINE SAWDUST SHAVINGS CENTRAL POINT FUEL Phone Central Point 573 Medford 6541 P. O. Box 302, Central Point BY 43-32 COUNT Tornado Continues To Head Conference By Taking Fast, Rough League Win BEAR MACHINE OPERATOR BODY MAN EXPERIENCED ONLY for Immediate employment. We want men who want a steady job. See DAL ATWELL it Crater Lake Motors 6th & Ivy Medford Medford high hoopstcrs ad vanced a notch in the Southern Oregon conference race when they took a thrilling 43 to 32 victory from Ashland at the Grizzlies' home grounds Friday night. Despite the 11 point mar gin, it was an exciting battle with the large crowd making so much noise it sometimes was Im possible for the players to hear the referees whistles. It was one of the fastest and roughest games of the season for the Black Tornado, who com milled 13 fouls while 23 were called on Ashland. Medford con- ' nccted with 13 out of 27 free ! throw attempts while Ashland sank 10 out of 18. Cal Hovland and Jim Jandreau of Ashland left the game on five fouls, j Riggs Scores First j Darrell Riggs scored from un der the basket to ring up the first tally and the Tornado mov ed it to 4-0 before Dommie Pro vost could connect for Ashland. 1 Hovland hit one from the side to bring it 4-4 when the Tornado turned on the heat, moving into an 18-6 lead at end of the first j period. Ashland slipped in only three baskets and a free throw in the third quarter to move their score up to 13 while Medford clicked for 12 markers to make the score 25 to 13 for Medford when the teams left the floor at halftime. Third Stania Even I The teams played almost even in the third stanza when the Grizzlies ran up nine points to 10 for Medford. The red and white put on a brief scoring bar rage early In the final period to bring the score to 38-30 for the Tornado until LcRoy House an1 Don Waldron put a stop to it with a total of five points be tween them. Jim Merriman hit for the Grizzlies seconds before the game ended to bring the score 43-32. They tangle in a return clash here Tuesday night which will be a non-conference go. Doug Coghlll, center for the Medford high Junior varsity turned in the best performance of anyone on the floor last night '. as his team ran up a 43 to 21 ; triumph over the Ashland junior I varsity in the preliminary. Cog hlll -howed a lot of promise of capably filling the shoes of Riggs next season as he completely dominated both backboards and j led his mates In the scoring de partment. Scoring ELKS, HOSPITAL QUINTS STAY IN FIRST SPOT TIE Standings: W. L. Pet. Ashland Elks 3 0 1.000 Camp White Navy.. 3 0 1.000 Mobilgas 1 2 .333 Medford Hotel 1 2 .333 Groc. Coll Bars .... 1 2 .333 MHS Jr. Varsity .... 0 3 .000 Ashland Elks and the Camp White Naval hospital remained in a knot for first place in the Southern Oregon Independent basketball league as the circuit enters its fourth week of play. Each team has won three games and has not been defeated. A hot contest for second place rages with Mobilgas, Medford Hotel and Groceteria Gold Bars all tied up with one win and two defeats. Medford high junior varsity, winless in league play, holds last place, undisputed. This week's league games send Mobilgas against the Navy at Jackson school gym tomor row night and the Gold Bars against the Junior Varsity as a preliminary to the Elks-Marines infantile paralysis benefit game at the high school gym Wednes day night. The hotel quintet re majns idle this week so far as league play is concerned. Mobilgas steps out in a couple of non-league skirmishes when they tangle with Southern Ore gon College of Education in the preliminary to a polio benefit at Ashland Thursday night and meet the 656th Army Engineers at Camp White Friday night. HOGANTEADS in Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 26 U.R) Little Ben Hogan, Hershey. Pa., blazed a threc-under par 68 In the second round of the $7,500 Phoenix open golf champion ships today to take a one-stroke lead over George Schneiter, Salt Lake City. Hogan, the pre-tourney favor ite, had a two-day total of 134 to Schneiter's 67-68135. Her man Keiser, Akron, O., shot a 69 for a second round total of 136. to take third place in the standings. The 50 low professional and 10 low amateurs will comDcte in the final ID-hole round tomor- row over the par 71 Phoenix country club course. RACING Arcadia, Cal., Jan. 26 (U.R). Mrs. Ada Rice's Snow Boots, who set a world record for a mile and one-sixteenth last week, breezed to an easy two and one-half length victory to day In the $13,000 Seablscuit handicap before 53,000 fans at Santa Anita park. TO CENTRAL-PL St. Mary's prepsters made tough going for the league lead ers before Central Point Mgh's cagcrs turned on second half steam for a 48-29 division two "B" conference victory on the Washington grade school maple court Friday evening. The tight-guarding, ball-hawking Crusaders headed the Point ers 8-5 at the first quarter mark. All five Central Point tallies were scored by free tosses. Com in llfo n tha xprnnd canto began, the Pointers chalked up an ih-iz nau-iime margin. Bill Saxbury of the winners rang in 16 counters and Howard Rickman of St. Mary's was next high with 14. The battle was 1111..... mnaf it thff WAV trrOUEh the Crusaders' smoother ball- handling was a dominating iea- ture. fotWrnl Pnint'a division tWO record now stands at four wins and no losses. Lineups: Central Pt. (48) (29) St. Mary's Mrtllunrl a I 4 a. KlCKmail T. Colley 8 f 3 Ha Rickm'n Kim-airi 1 ch nomcrai II Anhorn 2 8 6 Ivcn Saxbury 16 g 2 asei Subs: Central Point H. Col ley 6, Hansen 6. Talent. Jan. 26 Maintaining third place in the division two ennihom Oreeon class "B" league race, Talent high school's basketeers sank Kerby here Friday night. Frlnk marked the way for the Bulldogs by raining in 27 tallies. Dickenson of Kerby was next high man with 12. Midway count was 23-17 for Talent. The local seconds lost to a like Kerby squad 27-17. Lineups: Toint 49 34 Kerby Quackenbush 4 f 2 Campbell Grace 11 13 jonnson Frlnk 27 c 6 Clark Schulz 3 g 12 Dickenson Dorman S S Baird Rnhs: Talent Sanders 2, Wll liams 2; Kerby Willis 6. Brume River. Jan. 26 A runa urav si-20 conference victory was scored by the Rogue River high hoopsters over fcagie r-oini Frida evening. The Rogues pulled away after an even first period which ended 13-12 in their favor and the Eagles went scoroless the remainder of the half as the winners brought their total to 24. Dick Huntoon with 18 and Bruce Davidson with 12 were chief point-getters for the Rogues. Rogue River's reserves beat Eagle Point s reserves 27-19. T.inpuns: Rogue R. (51) (20 Eagle Pt. Davidson 12 f 6 Young Bean 8 f 9 Kiem Huntoon 18 e 4 Valde Hilcer 2 c 1 Kimmel Kile 6 g Russell Subs: Rogle River McGreg or 9. Jacksonville, Jan. 26 Jack sonville high school basketeers WANTED TO BUY DGUGLAS FIR POLES 2nd PILING irr rusimrn nfliinmiu Box S66 CentMl Point, Ore. I Medford fg ft pi tp Singlcr, f 0 12 1 Watson, f :.. 16 18 Rings, c 6 2 3 14 Cnve g 10 2 2 Bostwick, g 2 3 0 7 1 Ross, s 2 0 14 I Werner, s 0 0 0 0 1 Waldron, s 10 0 2 , House, 2 10 5 Stelle, a 0 0 2 0 Stnmmen, s 0 0 0 0 Reich, s 0 0 2 0 I Ashland fg ft pf tp , Hovland, f 2 0 S 4 Provost, i 3 4 3 10 i Boa re, c 0 0 3 0 Williams, g 12 4 4 i .la nd roan, g 4 15 9 I Merriman, 112 3 Guard Against Flats... Recap in Time Thin Tires Make Dangerous Driving Companions. Before your Tires are too far gone let us recap or retread them for miles of Extra Wear. OLDER TIRE EXCHANGE 8th and RtVnid THEY'RE FREE! HURRY To Your TEXACO DEALER TODAY o Let the High School Teams Know You Are For Them 100 By Displaying came from behind in the fourth quarter to score a 25 to 21 "B"i league victory over Phoenix, here Thursdav night. Phoenix jumped to an early lead and was out in front 10 to 7 at half- time. The Pirates had their lead cut to lb-13 ai ena oi me third quarter. With two min utes to play and the score knot ted at 21-21. Jacksonville swish ed in two quick field goals to gain the victory. Gunter ana unnstca paceu the winners with eight points each while Wolfe led Phoenix with five. Phoenix reserves scored a 17 to 15 win over the Redskin re serves in the preliminary. Jack sonville meets Central Point here Tuesday night in a non league Same. High School Scores By United Press Corvallis 46, Sweet Home 35. Scappoose 46, Vernonia 30. Sandy 47, Dallas 22. McMinnville 29, Newbcrg 22. Astoria 28, Rainier 20. Lebanon 47, Junction Ciiy 45. j Milwaukee 52, Molalla 37. ; Hood River 45, Princville 36.1 Garibaldi 23, Nehalem 13. j La Grande 43, Pendleton 34. j Marshfield 24, North Bend 15.' Myrtle Point 33, Coquille 22. ! Klamath Falls 36, Grants, Pass 34. I Cottage Grove 52, Springfield. 35. . ! Eugene 44. University High (Eugene) 38. Estacada 49, Ml. Angel 42. Beaverton 42, Forest Grave 36. Baker 34, Milton-Freewater 31. All Star East-West Quint Game Mar. 301 The first annual East-West AH-1 Star basketball game will be I played in New York's Madison Square Garden March 30. According to the plan, each squad will be limited to 10 players and coached by an out standing man from each section. The list of eligibles include such stars from the west as George Mikun of De Paul; Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A. & M.; Don Otten of Bowling Green Milo Komcnich of Wyoming, and Billy Hasset and Leo Klier of Notre Dame. Use Mail Tribune want Ads. Did Stomach Ulcer Pains Make Jack Spratt Eat No Fat? Modern day --Jack Sprang'- who eat no 'at because o distre or stomach or ulcer pains, indigestion, K.-is pains, hearlhurn. burning sen sation, bloat and other conditions caused by excess acid ahould try Udun. Get a box of UdKa Tablets from your drueRist. 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