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I- 1 If ' M Jacksonville 'Dimes' Benefit Friday Night Jacksonville. Jan. 26 Friday night, January 27, the Jackson villa Lions club, Jacksonville high school student body and Jacksonville . town basketball team will join forces for the March of Dimes drive. The even ing will begin with basketball games regular fashion and end with basketball a )a donkey. The first game between the Jacksonville and Talent junior varsities will meet in a regular Oreg on Track Studied Buy Portland. Ore.. Jan. 26 (U.R) A Stockton, Cal., attorney, C. M. Cunningham, said here today he hoped to buy the Portland Mead ows race track "for a bargain" In order to set up harness rac 'lng,program. A foreclosure suit was filed by the First National bank of Portland against the track Mon day for $441,000 of a $481,000 mortgage in arrears. Cunningham said he was rep resenting a group of California businessmen who want Portland Meadows for their harness rac ing hobby. He said the business men were wililng to pay the bank only what it had coming on the mortgage or less. . "Otherwise the track can just sit there," Cunningham said. ' Cunningham said he thought harness racing would be success ful at the track because "the profit motive is not a factor." Although running races would be held, he added, the emphasis would be on harness racing. Wagner Creekers Give Boxing Card Boyd Lockwood and Curtis Lockwood went three fast rounds to a draw Tuesday night, at the Medford armory, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lockwood, grandparents of the gogetters, reported today. Boyd, six years old, weighed in at 50 pounds and Curtis, five, tipped the beam at 45 pounds. Also on the card were Ivan Lockwood, age three, weight 40 pounds, and Kenneth Kurtz, three years age with a five pounds disadvantage. Both bouts were of three one minute rounds to a draw and were a part of the entertainment following a pot luck dinner held by the DAV. Hockey i By United Press The Portland Penguins, who started the season with a large fizzle, are finally starting to make a noise in the northern di vision of the Pacific Coast Hock ey league. The Penguins whipped Seattle 4-2 last night to move into a third nlace tie with the Ironmen, behind Tacoma and New West minster. Meanwhile, tne mew Westminster Royals were dump ing Tacoma 7-3 to increase their division lead to 11 points. In the southern division the lr-ague-Jeading San Francisco Shamrocks had the same 11-point bulge after gaining a 3-3 tie with Los Angeles last night. High School Scores Vf EnNESDAY'S GAMES Vanport Jaycee 81, Lewii and Clark ITosh 44 Seaside 48, Sherwood 24 Newberpr 81. West Linn 63 Mllwaukie 81. Camaj. Wash. 41 IAST WEEK'S RESULTS MEDFORD 37. Klamath Falls 33 Grants Pass 51. Ashland 41 Eaffle Point 44, Central Point 43 Eagle Point 38. Ashland 39 Klamath 38. Central Point 27 An ancestor of the bicycle was designed to promote walking speed. The "rider" had a saddle, but his feet touched the ground. A hunter in doubt can be sure he has hit a deer if its tail is lowered. Dead line Sunday Classified Is 1 i,. Noon Saturdays. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Jusf Off Central 9 A.M. - 10:30 P.M., For Complete Prescription Service 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood ' Hudson 1 Medford'. Own Modern Pharmacy DAY Night and J&Myftf Ca" league tilt. Comparative scores win give Talent tne nod. Jacksonville has appeared hot and cold however, and on a given night will give any team in the league a run for its money. Its last outing resulted in a one-point loss to the strong Butte Falls aggregation in the second overtime period. Donkeys Take Over At about 9 p.m. the donkeys take over. The Jacksonville Lions club members has ar ranged for a donkey basketball game with the town team. Last year a similar game was held with such entertainnig results that a repeat performance ap pears surefire. Dragging the recalcitrant don key to tha basketball is not nice work but it's easy to get, and a donkey and a basketball player may find many differences. All profit from the games go ing to the Lions club, the town teams, and the student body will be turned over to the March of Dimes fund. The Jacksonville Lions are sponsoring the polio drive in Jacksonville. Ball-Player Fire Trapped North Tonawanda, N. Y., Jan. 26 (U.R) Stan Rojek, baseball's "Hairbreath Harry," said today "he saw the handwriting on the wall" when he was trapped in a flaming milk truck. The 29-year-old Pittsburgh shortstop had his latest brush with death yesterday when his younger brother, Ted, rescued him from the burning truck. The Rojeks were delivering milk for their family's dairy when the truck caught fire and Stan fell unconscious. It was nothing new for Rojek. Last May he was almost killed when he was beaned by Rookie Ken Johnson of the St. Louis Cardinals in a night game. He was unconscious for almost 30 minutes and in the hospital for several days. . "I'll be back on the milk route again tomorrow," Rojek said to day. "I'd be back on the truck again today but the way we work it. is one day on and the next day off." CITATION FACE SLATED Arcadia, Cal., Jan. 26 (U.R) Citation goes to the post today in the race Trainer Jimmy Jones hopes will prove the Calumet farm champion as great as he was in 1948. TheNEW Salem Club Sale Talked By Business Salem, Ore., Jan. 26 :U.PJ Twelve Salem business and pro fessional men have reopened ne gotiations to buy the Salem Sen ators baseball club from the Portland Beavers. The group, headed by Howard Maple, met Wednesday and draw up an offer that has been sub mitted to Bill Mulligan, general manager of the Portland-Salem club. The offer, mailed to Mulligan, was not disclosed in detail. If the offer is accepted, the group will form a corporation and take over immediate operation of the club. Enough Money Ready As spokesman for the group, Maple said: "We have enough money to swing the deal, if Mulligan will accept it. The men In the group have gone over each point of the offer carefully and believe it to be a good one." Other attempts to buy the Senators club by local interests have fallen through because the offers did not include enough money to interest the Beavers. Yanks Ponder 'First' Post , New York, Jan. 26 (U.R) Merrily signing their world champion stars with nary a mumble of dissatisfaction, the New. York Yankees turned to lineup problems today and came upon that perennial headache at first base. The Yanks always have first basemen In one or two quanti ties too many or not enough. Casey Stencel hoped that this will be a too-many season. With Rookie Joe Collins the latest to approve his contract for 1950, the Yanks have these can didates for the first base Job Collins. Tommy Henrich, Fen ton Mole and Johnny Mize. The list is impressive at first, until the fan reflects upon the headaches of 1949. In the first place, Henrich Is the only man who could be con sidered the team's "regular" first baseman and Stengel does not want to play him the position at all. He wants hard-hitting Tom my in the outfield. Ducklings Slate Games Friday, Saturday Eves Eugene, Jan. 26 The talented Oregon Frosh have another tough pair of games scheduled for Mac Arthur court Friday and Satur day nights as preliminaries to the Oregon-Washington north ern division games. Both Duckling encounters will get under way at 6:15 p. m. Friday. Coach Don Kirsch sends his charges against Red mond high school and Saturday, Vanport J. C. makes its second trip of the season to McArthur court. Announcing - 1950s Hist and Foremost Fine Cais MEDFORD MOTORS, 6th Oak Grove Benefit Night Nets $80 For Br Hank Green Oak Grove basketball teams split a two-game series witn teams from Griffin Creek school and dropped another to West Side school quintet in games at the Oak Grove gym last night. The sport was part of a chili feed program for parents and Irlends ot tne scnooi. Hogan Enters Phoenix Open Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 26 U.R) Phoenix was city united, united behind came Ben Hogan, its sen timental favorite in the $10,000 Ben Hogan golf tournament which opened today. Twice a winner of the event back in the days when It was the Phoenix open, little Ben be came tne "Heart cnoice wnen the tourney was re-christened in his honor. Phoenix was Hogan's last stop in 1949 prior to his nar fatal bus accident in Texas. He came near taking the melon in the 1949 Phoenix open. losing a playoff to Jimmy De- maretoi ujai, uai. Constitutionality Of Stock Inspection Law Sought By Packers Portland, Ore., Jan. 26 (U.R) Two large meat packing firms, Swift & Co. and Armour & Co., have asked presiding Circuit Court Judge Walter L. Tooze for a declaratory Judgment to deter mine whether the demand for In spection of livestock shipped into Oregon is constitutional. The inspection demand was made by Ervin L. Peterson, state agriculture department di rector. Peterson's order includes inspection and payment of fees for livestock already inspected for brand and ownership In an other state. Peterson said his recent order comes under the state brand in spection law meant to stop dis posal of stolen livestock. The two meat companies contend Peterson's demands Interfere with interstate commerce and that inspection of meat in other states determines ownership. Return To Tariffs Should Be Included By GOP, Solon Says Portland, Ore.. Jan. 26 (U.R) Sen. George W. Malone (R., Nev.) told the Multnomah County Re publican club here yesterday a republican program pointing toward the 1952 presidential election should be planned that would include his Idea of a re turn to tariffs to "protect the American standard of living." Malone criticized the demo cratic administration policy of subsidies in place of the repub- ncan-iosterea tarm program oi, the 1920s. 1 V) Cage Squad Principal Bruce Metzgcr of the G rover school said that about $80 netted from the evening's doings will be used to send the Oak Grove seventh and eighth grade quintets to a week-end series with teams at Glide near Roseburg next month. More than 300 parents and friends In addition to children attended the affair and crowded the gym to capacity. Oak Grove eighth graders downed the Griffin Creek eighth grade team 28 to 17 after lead ing the first quarter 9 to 3 and the half 15 to 4. The Grovers were much the better in ball handling and passing. Allen scored seven and Traut man eight for Griffin Creek and Oak Grove respectively to lead the teams. Griffin Creek copped the sev enth grade game 13 to 10 and in the opener of the program the West Side sixth grade quintet topped Oak Grove 18 to 8. A supreme court decision in 1896 upheld the state's right to control shipment of game within its borders. L-i I 3t Ivy Phono 2-6157 Thursday, January H3B DAY Auxiliary Here Observes Anniversary The 15th anniversary of or ganization of Jackson county unit, No. 8, ladies' auxiliary to the Disabled American Veterans, was celebrated Tuesday night in the Medford armory by the local DAV chapter and auxili ary. A birthday dinner at 6:30 p.m. was followed by dancing and games. A good crowd was present in spite of Inclement weather. Among visitors present were Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Camp White veterans center. The DAV auxiliary was or ganized in January, 1935, with Mrs. Aleatha Lillie as the first commander. She Is still active in DAV affairs, now holding the top position in the state, state commander. The unit is active in Camp White visitation work. Wednesday is their day for en tertaining and giving service to the domiciliary members. Wife Dislikes West; Mate Gets Divorce Portland, Ore., Jan 26 U.R An aluminum worker with 11 ON DISPLAY NOTHING could be finer inside or out-lhaq the beautiful new 19bU Lincoln and the magnificent new 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan on display starting tomorrow in our showrooms. Outwardly, their superb new body styling stamps them as being the most distinctive fine cars in America. Inwardly, their rich new upholsteries and appointments make them the most luxurious, too. For their brilliantly fashioned new "Salon Styled" interiors are definitely the most beautiful in the world. And on the road, their new range of performance is unquestionably in a class by itself. 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