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Friday. January 13, 1950 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE V 4 11 " its V4 y tjCN il vOV GOLFDOM'S COMEBACK KID-Bantam Ben Hogan, making till return to competitive action atter a near fatal auto-bus collision last year, displays some of the oidtime skill that gave him a two-over-par 73 in the opener of the 24th Los Angeles Open golf tournament. Hogan Opens Crosby Golf Pebble Beach. Cal.. Jan. 13 (U.R) Ben Hogan, the mite with the fight, took another stride in one of sports' most stirring comebacks when he teed off to. day in the $10,000 Bing Crosby pro-amateur golf tournament. Sam Snead, the long-driving star from West Virginia who tied little Benny for first place in the recent Los Angeles open, was also in the field and the com petition promised a renewal of their epic duel. But Hogan has the show, for the nation was warmed by his dramatic return to action after the highway accident which al most cost him his life last winter. The tournament is a noies on a different course each day. It etarts on beautiful (and tough) Cypress Point. Tomorrow the competition is at the wooded Monterey Peninsula layout and the finale on Sunday is on worm famed Pebble Beach. Attempts Made To Derail Two Trains Chicaeo. Jan. 13 (U.R) North Western railroad officials report d toriav that a deliberate at tempt was made to wreck two last passenger trains as they ntered Chicaeo. The Twin Cities 300, en route from Minneapolis, and the vai lev 4(M hnund here from Green Bay, Wis., plowed into piles of heavy switch bars, pieces ot ran, anele irons and other mainten ance equipment on Chicago s north side. Both trains remained on the tracks and none of the passen gers was injured. The Twin Cities train had 300 passengers aboard. The Valley 400 was carrying 170 passengers. The trains ground to such ouick stops that they skidded, flattening more than a score of wheels. Air reservoirs under one diesel locomotive were punctured. RADIO PERMIT ASKED Washington. D. C, Jan. 13 (U.R) The federal communica tions commission said today it had received an application for the Bav Broadcasting company of North Bend. Ore., for a con duction permit for a new stand ard station. Coffee is the staple crop of Haiti. j SOC Basketball Man High Scorer Chico, Cal., Jan. 13 Keith Wade, tall and sharp-shooting center for the Southern Oregon college basketball team, not only has scored the most points so far in Far Western conference games but also has the best aver age of shots made, statistics re vealed here today. Wade in two games has scored 13 field ffnaK nnri 13 fr throne for a total of 39 points to top oaivr v-owan oi umco wno had made a total of 33 points. The average of 19.5 of goals. Gordon Neideigh of SOC rank ed fourth and John Barger fifth in POnfprpnno crnrinr ,t,iU OA and 23 points respectively. Columbia River Smelf Appearing In Astoria Astoria, Ore., Jan. 13 ,'U.R) The first boxes of Columbia river smelt are appearing in As toria retail stores but a smelt fishermen s association spokes man today said the annual run "hasn't really started yet." Smelt fishermen said the earlv appearance of smelt in the river was werely a "scout run." The early catches of smelt were selling at about 50-G5 cents a pound. The price last year was 75 cents a pound. TO BE CANDIDATE Salem. Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R) Lloyd Girod, Idanha business man, announced today that he will be a candidate for repub lican nomination at the May pri mary for state representative from Marion county. The 1940 census showed 26 per cent of city dwellings in metropolitan areas were in slums and blighted areas. Green's Mobilgas Top Local AA U Cage Games Green's confectionery official ly captured the first half of the local AAU Basketball league championship in convincing manner last night when it wal loped a hapless Brownie's Plumbing and Heating quintet 79 to 32 at the junior high school gym. Second game of the night in the same place saw Mobilgas wallop Groceteria 101 to 40 to close its first half season. This score built up by Mobil gas was the largest final tally rung up in a local AAU basket ball game in at least three years as Waldron tossed in 34 points Crusaders Vie Here Tonight; Other Games St. Mary's high of Medford will oppose Prospect high in a class B county basketball con ference game on the local paro chial school floor with the var sity tilt slated today for 8:15 p.m. after a preliminary at 6:45 p.m. Other county B school games tonight will find Talent at Butte Falls, Rogue River at Phoenix and Gold Hill at Jacksonville. Rogue River and Butte Falls are undefeated on conference play to date and figure to be victors in their respective games this evening. The game at St. Mary's gym tonieht could be close as the local Crusaders quintet has shown continued improvement even though it has dropped both conference games played this season. Prospect downed talent 48 to 41 and has lost to Jack sonville 48 to 27. Jacksonville should have little trouble against Gold Hill. Basketball THURSDAY'S RESULTS New York U 80. Duke 84 Holv Cross 69. St. Louis 55 North Carolina State 72, William and Mary SB Florida 64. Stetson 51 Texas 55, Rice 52 Texas A Ac M 43. Arkansas 35 E. Montana 57. Montana Mines 48 Central Wash. 75. St. Martins 33 Pacific Lutheran 55, Colleite oi Puget Sound 52 Oakland Blue and Gold 08 Stewart Chevrolet 51. and Stacy 32 to pace the victors. Milkowski and Stanley with 10 and 12 points respectively, led the Groceteria team. Gasmen Ahaad All Way Mobilgas was ahead from the start with the score reading 19 to 13 at the first quarter, 36 to 19 at the half and 66 to 40 at the third period pause. Opening tilt of the evening found Smith with 24 points and Riggs and Gatlin each of whom tossed in 17 pace the Green's quintet to a victory. Marshall set down 13 points to lead Gro ceteria. It actually was a rampaging rally by Green's in the second half that boosted the margin over Groceteria so high with Gatlin, Smith and Riggs doing 70 per cent of their scoring in that time. Green's led the first quarter 9 to 7, the half 24 to 14 and the third 54 to 21. Next Games Monday Next AAU basketball games at the junior high will be Mon day when Crater Lake Lumber faces Brownie's at 7 p. m. fol lowed by the Groceteria playing Mann's Department store about 8:15. These games will close the first half of the local season. , i'T4 '(elf f ii f 'Acme Teltphoto WASHED OUT Barber prepares to dry off a little after re ceiving a towel from his wife at the finish of the game In the 34th Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament Being held at the Riviera Coun try Club. Barber finished 3 over par (73) for 54 holes and a total of 210. only tc have the Rule.' Committee notify him 30 minutes later that the event was called off and his score disqualified because of rain. Crewman Injured In Kodiak Air Mishap Kodiak. Alaska. Jan. 13 (U.R) One crewman was injured when a military air service C-54 carry ing il passengers plunged off a runway into kodiak bay. The Alaska air command said the plane on a flight from Adak to Kodiak, overshot the naval operations base runway when landing. Lt. W, E. Hartman, co-ptlot, whose home address was not available, suffered head lacera tions. Officials said the plane, piloted by L. A. Hadleman, Great rails, Mont., apparently suffered brake failure. Homer, epic poet of ancient Greece, described sinister laugh ter as sardonic because of an herb grown on Sardinia reputed to cause death by laughter. WANTED! PORT ORFORD CEDAR LOGS Long or short lengths, 24 inches to 36 feet. Contact: Pacific Wood Products Co. Grants Pass, Ore. or Phona 4J78 ar 21 2 O.P. hrcwid av aoHKMiAN aacwiKtts. INC SPOKANS HAYES DISTRIBUTING CO., 220 M. Fir St., M.dford EUGENE HIGH WINNER Eugene, Ore.. Jan. 13 (U.R) Eugene high school set down Corvallls 44 to 34 in a Big Six league basketball game on Mc Arthur court here last night. Frank Rush Raises Top Rifle Club Shoot Total Frank Rush raised his total shooting score to a high 384 Wednesday night at the Medford Rifle club shoot in Merrick's basement. Other high scores were made by Lew Conger 381, Max Terx enbach 376, Marion Smith 374 and Roy Banta 374. Twenty-one members competed. San Francisco ranks second as the nation's coffee market. Church Cage Loop Opener i Saturday Ere Opening games in the Church Basketball league will be played Saturday in the YMCA gym with four contests slated starting at 6 p. m Wallace Baumcr, youth program director, announced to day. The league will continue its season through Saturday night, February 25. Starting the series tomorrow at 6 p. m. will be St. Mark's Episcopal church vs. Foursquare Gospel, followed by St. Mary's Catholic vs. First Christian, 7 p. m.; Central Christian vs. First Methodist, 8 p. m., and First Presbyterian vs. St. Peter's Lutheran church, 9 p. m. Boys 12 through 14 years o age will take part in the game: at the Y with a playoff between the four teams finishing the sea son early in March. A dinner is planned for the winning team and each player on the team will receive a ribbon. No admission will be charged spectators attending games, Bau mer stated. Bud Wilkinson Given Coach Of Year Award New York. Jan. 13 (U.R) Charles (Bud) Wilkinson of the University of Oklahoma, chosen as "football coach of the year," accepted the award today "on behalf of a great university, a great coaching staff and above all, a great football team." Wilkinson was selected for the distinction In a poll of the na tion's leading coaches conducted by the New York World-Telegram and Sun and Associated Scripps-Howard newspapers. PERSONAM I run u ft V,,i A 7 LEI SIR' Iv.ry drop If tin. bturban hlik.y ! $2.50 49fJ itnithe hiiki 9 rtn old 31. trrairiit wnukies 4 rm Old Mr. Bo icon Distiller Inc.. Boston. Mitt, Five Great Models are Now Supplied BY THE MOTOR CO. Two V-rype, 8-cylinder models 100 h.p. and 145 h.p. two 6-cylinder models 95 h.p. and 110 h.p. and one 4-cylinder model 40 h.p. Open or closed as semblies, with engine supports or skid rails. Assem blies COMPLETE with dash gauges, radiator, wiring, etc. ALL TESTED READY TO RUN! Crater Lake Motors, Inc. 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