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District 4 Cage Tourney
To Get Underway Tonight
t A trip to Salem and a crack
' it the state basketball cham
pionship rests on tonight's and
tomorrow night's district four
basketball tournament at South
ern Oregon College gym at Ash
.land. '
I Medford's Black Tornado,
Southern Oregon conference
champion and defending district
titlist, will definitely be the tar
get of the other district teams,
i Klamath Falls, Grants Pass and
'Ashland, inasmuch as the Tor
nado has rolled unstoppable over
all conference opposition.
? Al Simpson, Medford boss
man, said this morning that Bob
Watson, Jerry Ross, Darrell
Riggs, Carl Reich and Earl
Stelle would start in tonight's
game against the Klamath Peli
cans. They are slated to take to
the court about 8:30 p. m. aft
er the Ashland-Grants Pass open
,f ing clash, set for 7:30.
"( Simpson said how long the
; starting five would be able to
run on the large college court
v remained to be seen. Four of the
; starting five have been "on the
shelf" for a week because of
a heavy chest colds but all "felt
pretty good" in practice last
;j. night, Simpson said. "But we're
' definitely not in top shape and
? will have to depend on liberal
substitutions if we win this tour-
nament," the mentor empha
l sized. Don Waldron, fast-devel-i
oping forward, is too ill to dress
. for tonight's game but was ex
! pected to be in school today.
I Winners of tonight's clashes
meet Saturday night for the dls
t trict championship while the los
ers square off for third place,
j Al Lightner of Salem and
i Chuck Schmidt of Eugene will
! referee all games.
Venezuela Hurler
Leaves White Sox
To Play In Mexico
Mexico City, March 1 Alex
Carrasquel, veteran Venezuelan
pitcher purchased by the Chica
go White Sox from the Washing
ton Senators last month for $7,
S00, announced today he has
signed a three-year contract to
play with Vera Cruz in the eight
team Mexican league.
Carrasquel said the salary was
"much bigger" than the $5,000
offered him by the Sox.
The 32 -year -old righthander
won 51 games and lost 39 during
his seven-year tenure with the
Senators, and is the ninth Major
leaguer to jump the south-of-the-border
circuit.
Negroes Welcomed
At Brooklyn Camp
Sanford, Fla., March 1 U.R)
The Brooklyn Dodgers today
welcomed shortstop Jackie Rob
i inson and pitcher John White to
' training camp, the first negroes
to receive a chance to play Ma
jor league baseball.
The players, both signed with
the Dodgers' Montreal farm
club, reported for their first
workouts and were officially
greeted by Brooklyn President
Branch Rickey.
BASKETBALL
By United Press
Virginia Tech 39, George
Washington 33.
North Carolina 54, Maryland
27.
Wake Forest 42, William 4
Mary 31.
Louisiana State 74, Tulane 29.
Georgia 36, Georgia Tech 30.
Tennessee 46, Vanderbilt 32.
Kentucky 69. Auburn 24.
Kansas 52, Oklahoma 45.
Kansas State 54, Nebraska 49.
Loyola (Chicago) 62, Iowa Pre
Flight 61 (overtime).
BOWLING
In Commercial league Fluhr
er's Bakery took four points
from Firestone (Eads 519-Baize
411), Daniels Robinson divided
with Littrell Parts (Schantol 532
Litlrell 487). Silver Dollar Grill
won four points from Pepsi-Cola
(Williams 571-Pruitt 501) and
Henry's Drive-In took four points
from Montgomery Ward (Porter
529-Bcck 500).
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MEDFORD BARGAIN HOUSE
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Honolulu, T. H., March 1
(U.R) Members of the Hawaii
all-stars baseball team that is
secheduled to meet the San
Francisco Seals in a 15-game ex
hibition series starting March
8 struck for a $300 flat guaran
tee for each man today.
They rejected an offer of
$100 per player plus a "certain
percentage" of the Honolulu
stadium's share of 50 per cent
of the gate after the first
$40,000.
The All-stars general manag
er Carl Machado cancelled fur
ther practices pending outcome
of the dispute.
"We are simply asking for
our just share," said Mike
Michaelski, player-spokes man
for the team.
Bishop Leaves For
Spring Training At
Florida Camp Site
Sumas, Wash., March 1 (U.R)
Gale Bishop, former all-Ameri-can
cage star for Washington
State college, says goodbye to
basketball today and heads for
Deland, Fla., to begin a profes
sional baseball career with the
Boston Braves.
Bishop said he had been noti
fied by telephone that he would
sign with the National league
team after checking in at the
Florida training camp.
The 23-year-old WSC senior
batted .400 for the Fort Lewis,
Wash., Warriors last season be
fore he was discharged from the
army.
Butte Falls Takes
49 to 43 Cage Win
Central Point, Mar. 1 Mak
ing a high percentage of shots
attempted, the smooth working
Butte Falls town five waxed
the Central Point Legionnaires
49-43 here last night in a Rogue
Valley loop cage fray.
Holding the upperhand most
of the way, Butte Falls staged
a second quarter drive to lead
24-17 at half-time. The Pointers
rallied to narrow the count 31
30 at the close of the third can
to but the loss of pivot-man Ken
Beebe via the foul route thwart
ed their chance to pull in front.
Albert of the winners was high
man with 22 tallies.
ELKS HAND CAMP WHITE
63 TO 41 CAGE DEFEAT
Ashland Elks wound up their
Southern Oregon independent
league basketball season with, i
resounding 63 to 41 thumping
of the Camp White Naval Blue
jackets at Camp White last
night. Wednesday night the
Elks gave Jerry Gastineau's
Southern Oregon College quin
tet a 75 to 48 licking, snapping
a long SOC winning streak.
The Elks leave tomorrow for
the AAU tournament at Port
land. CANAL ZONE ALL-STARS
DEFEAT YANKEES 3 TO 1
Balboa, C. Z.. March 1 U.R)
The Yanks suffered their first
spring training defeat in eight
games yesterday when Eddie
Curtis, 28-year-old machinist,
pitched the Canal Zone all-stars
to a 3 to 1 victory. C u r 1 1 s'
snapping curve ball yielded
only four hits, Including a home
run by Charley Keller. Joe
DiMaggio and Joe Gordon went
hltless for the first time this
FT. LEWIS CHAMPS
Monterey, Cal., March 1 (U.R)
The Fort Lewis, Wash., basket
ball team today held its second
consecutive Ninth Service com
mand cage title after defeating
Fort Douglas, Utah, 70 to 56 to
score a clean sweep of tourna
ment opposition.
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Rogue River, Mar. 1 The
local high school basketball
team, Southern Oregon "B"
league champs, left here yester
day afternoon for Klamath
county to contend with Merrill
for the district five state "B"
tourney berth.
A two out of three series has
been decided upon with the
first two games to be played in
Altamont gym at Klamath Falls
Friday and Saturday. ' If a third
tilt is necessary, it will be play
ed in Ashland Monday.
LISKA ADDED TO
San Jose, Cal., March 1 U.R)
The Portland Beavers count
ed 10 holdouts today, including
veteran hurler Ad Liska, as the
short-h a n d e d squad went
through preliminary spring
training workouts.
Pitchers Sid Cohen and Jake
Mooty signed contracts yester
day and participated in their
first batting and fielding drills.
First baseman Larry Barton
also reported yesterday.
TO KANSAS CITY
Cheney, Wash., March 1 (U.R)
The Eastern Washington college
basketball team, undefeated in
27 games this season, has ac
cepted an invitation to represent
the state at the national inter
collegiate tournament at Kansas
City, Coach Red Reese an
nounced today.
IDAHO BOOKS GAME
Moscow, Ida., March 1 (U.R)
University of Idaho football team
will play San Jose State college
in Moscow, Oct. 19, it was an
nounced today.
BLACK MARKET PENALTY
Yokohama, March 1 (U.R)
An Eighth army military tri
bunal today sentenced Marino
Bocca, former secretary to the
Italian air attache in Tokyo, to
four years at hard labor and
fined him $2,000 for black mar
ket transactions involving three
American soldiers.
NO A-BOMB INSURANCE
London, March 1 (U.R) The
Sun Life Assurance society an
nounced today that its future
life Insurance policies will not
pay if death is caused by atom
bombs.
Officii JVivy Pbota
Heavy Golnjr. Fueling USS Lexing
ton m rougn sea. xour victory Bonds
will help keep these heroic crewmen
on the new peace Job In Facifle.
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BONDS for
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SPORTSMEN!
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MEDFORD GUN SHOP
1701 N. Riverside Ave. Phone 5180
Open Evenings and Sundays
Nylons????
(Acme TeUphoto)
Hep. Clare Boothe Luce (R., Conn.),
puzzles over answering letters ask
ing lor Investigation of the nylon
stocking shortage.
RECEIVE RELEASE
Among those recently receiv
ing discharges from the armed
forces are T5 James Millard,
519 Mountain avenue: Pfc.
Hugh Blaylock, 44 Morton
street: and T4 Arthur Hamil
ton, route one, box 309, all of
Ashland; T4 James Arnold,
box 7; and T'3 Donald Smith,
both of Butte Falls: T5 Taylor
Yocum, route 1, box 47, Central
Point; Pfc William Wales,
route 1, box 149, Rogue River;
and Pfc. Charles Bedingfield,
1016 Summit avenue; Sgt.
Floyd Woolridge, route 4, box
42; Pfc. Floyd McClanahan, 215
Cottage street; T4 Allen Buck
ingham, 236 South Central
avenue; T4 Thomas Smith,
route 3, box 351; Pfc. Raymond
Robinson, 335V4 West Second
street; T4 Homer Thornton..
528 Fairmont street; William
Brown, Flc, 323 Lozier Lane:
Maurice Clark, CM 1c, 320
North Holly street: J. D. Lub
bers, ARM, 245 North' Grape
street; William Reed, FC2C,
315 . South Riverside avenue:
Pierce Rodgers, SK2c; James
Love, Slc, Merrick Motor Inn;
William N e w h a 1 1, PhM3c,
route 2, box 440A; Samuel Tell.
ASK2C, route 3, box 85, and
William Wall, BM2C, route 2.
box 494E.
TO SPEAK IN G. P.
Southern Oregon College.
Ashland, March 1 Neva West,
assistant professor of education
at Southern Oregon College
will speak to the Future Home
builders of America in Grants
Pass Saturday. Her subject will
be character sketches of the
southern negro. Miss West has
been in demand for programs
throughout southern Oregon.
On February 16 she gave sev
eral readings to the Kappa Del
ta Gamma organization in Med
ford. DECORATING
PAINTING
Service Qualify Price
VETERAN PAINTERS
"Ske.ts" Knight
W. A. Thompson
Phone 7431 or 4473
The New
ALL
METAL BOAT
Firearms Registry
May Now Be Made
At Sheriff Office
Sheriff Howard Gault said to
day a registry for firearms has
been started at the Jackson coun
ty sheriff's office in the court
house. Gault said that although
the state law does not require
registration of firearms, he has
had numerous requests to start
such a department.
Any type of firearm may be
registered but is not to be con
fused with the registration law
of the treasury department,
Gault said.
The sheriff said he believed
the registration would be of
benefit to the sheriff's office as
well as an aid to gun owners
In the event of stolen weapons.
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Registration Is an optional mat
ter, it was stated.
Medco Output Near
Ten Million Feet
Approximately ten million feet
of lumber were cut by the Med
ford corporation between Jan. 9
and Feb. 22 when operations
were stopped in order that the
mill might undergo the annual
repair and Installation of new
machinery according to B. L.1
Nutting, manater of the corpor-
O'Brien's '
"IRISH FRIED CHICKEN"
Delivered to Your Horn.
5 to 10 P.M.
$1.25 Phone 6145
Fried Chicken Bread Sticks
Tossed Salad
90.4 Proof
,TJHlTf - 5TATES Import
Friday. March 1, 1946
ation. Out of the ten million feet,
2,438,000 feet were sold In the
Medford district alone. Nutting
stressed today, correcting a mis
statement in Wednesday's an
nouncement concerning the cor
HAL IS BACK
FROM THE NAVY
HAL'S CAMERA SHOP
229 E. Main Phone 9236
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R.CWIUIAMS & CO.Jne.,lUEVVYORlY( .'j 1
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE NINK
poration's plans.
The two atid one-half million
feet, representing all types of
lumber, were enough to build 162
medium-sized homes In the Med
ford district, it was said.
27 N. Grape St.
Phone 3744