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TWO MEDrORD (OBEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Fans Await Ghost Quint On Tuesday Central Point, Jan. 30 Rogue River valley basketball fans will have the opportunity to see in action one of the top clowning quintets in the world Tuesday when the famed Iowa Colored Ghosls roll into town for an 8 p.m. engagement at the high school gymnasium. One of the leading AAU fives of the county, the Rogue River Chinooks, will provide the op position. Appearance of the Negro ma plecourt circus is being billed as the basketball treat of the season at uernrai romi. Harold "Speed" Williams five pulls everything in and out of the bag. They handle the ball like magic and often opposing players find the ball resting on the top of their heads or be tween their legs, not knowing how it got there. Tricks Included The repertoire includes hidden-ball tricks, step ladder acts, slow-motion stunts and football ind baseball exhibitions. The Ghosts clown with the officials and fans. On the club are ''Baby Rand, "Briefcase" Fincher, "Pete" Hood and "Yippie" Gar land. Last year the crew ran up an undefeated string of 143 straight games. This year they have won 61 of 63 games. They keep the score at a respectable figure and sacrifice points to put on the show. The Rogue River quintet won the first half of AAU league 1. Central Point high school is sponsoring the tiff. Grade school teams will meet in a 7:15 p.m. preliminary. Juniors to Play Ashland Quintets Here On Tuesday Medford junior high's seventh and eighth grade and varsity (ninth grade) hoop contingents, following clean sweep over Roseburg Junior high quints Sat urday night, will be aiming to copy that performance Tuesday on the local courts when they clash with Ashland junior high aggregations. All three Medford teams were victorious in previous series away from home against their Ashland rivals. Eighth grade fives will vie at 7 p.m. on the new Junior high gym followed by the varsities at 8:15 p.m. Seventh graders will tangle at 7 p.m. on the girls' court. The Medford varsity will aim at continuing its undefeated stat us of the past two seasons. Sev enth and eighth graders have good records to date and clean sweeps by the uuiiaog iriumvu ate have not been unusual this year. Crusaders Slate Prospect Tuesday The twice-postponed Prospect St. Mary's high county "B" loop basketball encounter has now boen scheduled for 8 p.m. Tues day at the Medford school's gym. It is to follow a 7 p.m. curtain-raiser. There was still an outside possibility that weather once more might force postponement of the brush but, as the season is drawing late, school officials reportedly will make an all-out effort to get the game out of the way. Probable starting lineup for the Jocal Crusaders is Bill Dris roll and Jim Elbert, forwards: Benl Tomjack, center, and Wat Iv Long and Bob Rombach or John Murphy guards. Paul Read, regular forward Is still out with a knee Injury suffered about 10 days ago In the Gold Hill Uncus. Sophomores Whip Pointers, 35-18 Sophomore basketecrs of Med ford high school made it 16 vic tories in 17 games so far this sea son with a hard-earned 35 to 18 win over Central Point Junior varsity at Central Point on Sat urday night. Medford led 9 to 8 after a 5 to 5 first quarter deadlock and the third stama count was knotted at 13 to 13. Don Spinas paced Medford with 10 points while Fernden potted five for Central Point. The game was the prelim for the Black Tornado-Pointer var sity tussle which Medford won 31 to 25. Rogue River to Oppose Phoenix Phoenix, Jan. 30 Rogue Riv er and Phoenix high school cng ers will clash on the new Phoc nix high gym floor tonight In a county B conference game postponed from Janunry 13 due to stormy weather. The layvees will play at 7 p.m. and the var sities about 8:15. Last Friday In conference gHmes Phoenix high defeated. St. Mary's of Medford 45 to 32 while undefeated Ttouc River high slapped down Prospect 100 to 21. Washington Slated To Play Roosevelt In Tie-Breaking Game League leading Washington plays co-leader Roosevelt in one of two local grade school junior vanity basketball games Tues day at 4:15 p.m. at the Wash ington gym. Each has won two and lost one so far this season The other game of the day will see Jackson playing at Lin coin at 4:15 p.m. Jlgn"J' '''" --'i? r &$ w til I i "i IV i Triple Main Event Scheduled Thursday Promoter Mack Lillard has scheduled a triple main event, the first such card to be held here in years, for the armory wrestling ring Thursday night. Each match will be for one hour duration or two out of three falls with the first test going on at 8:30 p.m. The feature match will be a Demaret Golf Champ Phoenix. Ariz., Jan. 30 (U.R) Jaunty Jimmy Demaret, the most flamboyant of golf's touring pro fessionals, said today "lady luck" helped him win the $10,000 Ben Hogan open. Demaret collected $2,000 first place money yestordiiy after he carded his fourth straight sub par round for a 261) total, one stroke o(f Bobby Locke's tourna ment record set in 1948 on the Phoenix country club course. The colorful Ojal, Cal., profes sional also won the event last vear in a playoff with Ben Hog an, namesake of this year's event. Hogan finished far down among the winners, coming in with a 283 total which gave him $18.66. Ben started off with a five 65 but then carded succccd Iiib rounds of 73. 73 and 72. The Texas Bantam indicated he was not yet strong enough lor me tournament grind after being out of action for almost 11 months as a result of a near-fatal high way collision. Sports for the Week MONDAY Rogue River high at Phoe nix (conference): lint game, 7 p.m. Junior Rifle club, Mer rick's, 7:30 p.m Malor Bowl ing league. 7:30 p.m. AAU basketball games (two), ju nior high 7 p.m. and at Pros pect 8 p.m. TUESDAY Seventh, eighth and varsity vs. Ashland. Medford jun ior high, 7 p. m, Colored Ghoili basketball team at Cen tral Point, 8 p. m. Ladiot' Bowling league, 8 p. m. Pistol division, Medford Rifle club, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m. Prospect high at St. Mary's (conference postponed from January 13) 8:15 p. m. Grade school junior varsity basket ball (Roosevelt at Washington, Jackson at Lincoln), 4:15 p. m. Hockey Coat I.Mgui Srattle 3. San TVancllco 3 l.na Anitelea S, San Diego 1 National Lraiur Toronto 4. Chicago 0 New York 2, Montreal 0 Boaton Detroit 1 fOlUMSIA IMWIilll, INC. 49 IACOMA, WAIHINOTON Distributed by Southern Oregon Distributors, Inc. Medford. January 30. 1950 9 3$ TO SEE ACTION Joe Car others, left, Grants Pass, will clash with Dale Odom, above, on March of Dimes amateur ring card at the armory Wednesday night. Seven other matches are scheduled and will feature some of the best simon pure talent in southern Oregon. return fracas between Buck Davidson and Jack Lipscomb, signed at the incessant demands of Davidson, who lost last week's mntch to Lipscomb when the latter pulled a double cross. The middle bout will pit Lee Grable, who made a big hit in his initial stop here last week by going to a draw with Georges Dusette. against the Great At las, self-styled greatest wrestler in the world. Atlas has Just re turned from a grappling jaunt Into southern California where he reportedly outfitted himself with a wide selection of gaudy ring jackets. Dusette will face a newcomer to southern Oregon, Ted Bell, clrssy New Jersey gladiator, in the first match. Bell is said to be fast and clever and the match could very easily steal the show, Lillard said. Oregon Bowling Champs Named Portland. Ore., Jan. 30 (U.R) Laurie Redifer of Portland and Arline Cundcll of Bend are the men's and women s class A sin gles bowling champions of Ore gon. Redifer took the men's honors at the windup of the state tour nament yesterday with a total 640. although ho was outscored by class B contestants, A r 1 o Jackson, Riiseburg, 648, and Bill Whaley, Bend, 647 Men's class C singles winner was Ted Bender, Eugene. A Eugene team, representing Jim the Shoe Doctor, topped the souad play among some 1200 bowlers from 44 cities with i total of 2773. The Bend women's singles win ner scored 600. including the highest sinse 234 game in the tournament. Alberta Thompson, Salem, won (he class A singles with 556 and Pauline Necly. Vernonia, took 488 for class C honors. Basketball PROFESSIONAL Sunday Scorn Ft. Wavnr 02. Nw York 70 Mlimcnpolis 88. Wwhlngton 0 Svrncuse 8S. Slwhoymtn 70 ChtmRO flfl. St. l-mits St Trl-City 85. Waterloo 70 t'OM.KOB Huturdjiy SrorM Ptu-iric 04. WlUamctt 4 Lewis 9t Clnrk 49, L.nfteld 4" I.ovoln 81, Arizona 64 lift A sSO I'nl tlv HR KMrn Oregon 61, Northwest Na nrtMit 48 CiiWornta flfl. Snn Francisco u 44 uri..iiinr rul An St Mnrv'8 4t rranplrn 73 Villi llholdt Stilt 5 Northern Idaho M. Coltme of Idaho 53 Kaslcrn Wash. 74. Whitman 43 PiiRft Sound S2, Pacific Lutheran 45 l hico Male M, 5oinnrrn urrsjvu Ore son Frosh 54. Vanport u High School Scores SATURDAY HHSl'ITS Central Catholic Hi. Concordia 41 Salem 44. Aitorla 32 Sweet Home 34, Toledo 22 Oreiton City 35, McMlnnvllle SO Grama Past 39. Roaeburg 34 ZPZEP Stars Picked To Oppose Trotters The all-star team from the Medford AAU league that will meet the Harlem Globetrotters on the senior high floor Thurs day evening will include several of the more outstanding former Medford high and ex-Southern Oregon college players still around this valley area. While the AAU all-stars do not expect to defeat the famous clowns of basketball they be lieve they can give the Negro quintet a strong battle from start to final whistle. Lee Flink who has been se lecting the AAU team at the re quest of the local leagues has come up with eight definite players as of today with another four or six to be selected before Thursday s opening whistle. Former SOC players include Snuffy Smith, Tex Gatlin, Chuck Jandreau and Barney Riggs, while Bill Single'r is an ex-Black Tornado court per former. Others mentioned to play on the all star team to face the Globetrotters are Chuck Stacy and Lee Reynolds. Stacy is one of the top scorers in the AAU league this season. This game from which pro ceeds after expenses will be di vided between the AAU league fund and Rogue Valley Base ball. Inc., which sponsors the Medford Nuggets of the Far West Baseball league, will start at 8 p.m., following a prelim at at 6:30. The preliminary will see the Talent and Phoenix town teams of the AAU Basketball league piay their league game that had been scheduled for Monday night at the Junior nign. American Play 204 New York, Jan. 30 (U.R) Once again there will be a rec ord number oi nigni games in the American league next sea son with 204 out of a total of 618 to be played after dark, the official schedule revealed today. The season, which gets under way on April lo, nnas tour clubs, the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians increasing the number of night dates. The Senators will play 43 out of the 77 games on their home schedule at nlgt, while the Browns will have 38, the COAST CONFERENCE NORTHERN DIVISION The standings: W L Pet. Washington State . 6 3 .667 Washington 5 3 .625 Oregon State 4 3 .571 Oregon .... 3 4 .429 Idaho ......0 5 .000 Friday games: Washington at Oregon State. Oregon at Idaho. Stewart Chevrolet Scores Ninth Victory San Francisco, Jan. 30 (U.R) The Stewart Chevrolet basket ball team scored its ninth con secutive victory Saturday night by defeating the Denver Chev rolcts, 53 to 49. VINES' FATHER DIES Seattle. 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The Browns have only eight week day games scheduled, the Ath letics 10 and the Senators 11. In contrast, the Tigers have 35 week-day afternoon dates, the Yankees 33, and the Red Sox 30. 142 Games on Sunday A breakdown of the 616 games on the schedule shows that 142 games are listed for Sunday afternoons, 26 for holi days and 77 for Saturday after noons. The Browns and Sena tors even scheduled Saturday night games, seven for Wash ington and three for St. Louis. However, they are not permit ted to schedule Sunday double headers after those games be cause of a rule established sev eral seasons ago. by the players' "vigilante committee." In the season openers. Phila delphia will play at Washington for the traditional presidential "curtain raiser" while St. Louis will be at Chicago, Detroit at Cleveland and New York at Boston. In the oast, the Wash ington opener usually has been la day in advance of the others but tnat practice was noi ioi I lowed this year. new than Car ever. optional at uru Bauer Drops Final Round - Miami, Fla., Jan. 30 (U.R) A deadly putter and the know-how of experience today ranked Polly Riiey of Fort Worth, Tex., the top woman golfer of the winter season. Miss Riley, who won the Tam pa open last week, moved ahead of 15-year-old Marlene Bauer of Midland, Tex., on the 11th hole yesterday to win the Helen Lee Doherty tournament final, 4 and 3. She methodically sank putt after putt between 15 and 20 feet for her triumph in the sched uled 36-hole match. 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