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rOUB MEDFORP (OHECON1 Golf's Golden Girls In Foursome Tourney sjk .J' 1 m I j . ' F' f?f f ' J f 1 7 'SivA Li y.'y- Alice Bluer Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 13 U.R) Marlcne and Alice Bauer, the colden liiiia of noli, moved on to a new grab at glory today In the Everglades Scotch four some tournament after their trl- uninhs of the week-end. Fifteen-year-old Marlcne beat Sports for the Week MONDAY AAU Basketball league man agers' meeting, junior high gym, S p. m. Major Bowling Uagua, 7:30 p. m. Junior Ri fle club moating, Morrick'i, 7:30 p. m. Girls' Intra-mural baktball finals and . grade school basketball, St. Mary's gym. p. m. aau Basxaioau laagua games (two), junior high, 7 p. m. Central Point Athletic association annual meet. Legion hall, 7:30 p. m. TUESDAY Myrtle Creek high at Cen tral Point (J-D-J), 8:15 p. m. Pistol division, Medford Ri fle club shoot, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m. Seventh, eighth and varsity at Grants Pass junior high, 7 p. m. Ladies' Bowl ing league, 8 p. m. Grade school junior varsity basket ball (Jackson at Roosevelt. Lincoln at Washington), 4:13 WEDNESDAY AAU Basketball league games (two), junior high gym, 7 p. m. Medford Rifle club weokly shoot, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m. Eagle Point high at Klamath Falls (district-conference), 8:15 p. m. Commercial Bowling league, 7:30 p. m. J. Orbin Cooksey shows Alas kan pictures. Central Point Le gion hall. 8 p. m. THURSDAY County class B baskotball tourney opens, Eagle Point high gym, 2 p. m. City Bowl ing league. 7 p. m. Volley ball league games at senior high girls' gym and YMCA, 7 p. m. All-star wrestling card, armory. 8:30 p. m. AAU Basketball league games (two), junior high, 7 p. m. FRIDAY Senior high at Ashland (conference-district)) prelim 6:45 p. m. County B high school tournament. Eagle Point Junior high eiqhth and var sity vs. Klamath junior high, Medford gym, 3 p. m. Grit fin Creek at Oak Grove school, 7 p. m. Southern Oregon col lege at Cal Aggies Mixed Bowling league, 7:30 p. m. SAlUHUAY Senior high vs. Illinois Val ley (Kerby) (district-conference). Medford gym prelim B:45 p. m. County B high school tournament finals. Eagle Point gym School gyms open for recreation 10 a. m. to noon and 1 to 3 p. m. Church Basketball league (four games). YMCA. 6 p. m. Youth Bowling league. 1 p. m. SOC at Cal Aggies. High School Scores BATWDAY BESt'I.TS Oregon Froh 70. HilUhoro 4? OSC Rooki 30. Mri.h field 43 Pendleton 48. The Dollet 38 Central Catholic Bfl. Concordia 49 Mlhvauki 48, Or it on City 43 Went Linn 33, Hcnverton 41 Monmouth 41. Fulls City 2fl Ijt Grande 44. Baker 41 toverUm) Banks 40. Nehalem 3ft Klamath rHit 33. MM ford 90 Sandy 31. Woodburn 45 North Bend 33. Coqutlle 38 Sweet Home 60, Newport 28 Hockey PACIFIC COAST LF.AGIE Seattle 5. Tncoma 3 ffatlonsl ttaiue ChicAKo 1, Toronto t New York 4. Detroit 0 Boston 9. Montreal 3 MAIL TRIBUNE . " , y. . " r. eeBW.eiie. 1 -y.t" 'J Mariana Bauer her big sister, Alice, 22, In the finals of the Palm Beach Wom en's tournament Saturday. Then the Midland, Tex., girls teamed yesterday to down veterans Peggy Kirk and Louise Suggs, 1 up. In an exhibition. Shorts Familiar Today they were out on the course again, their sun-kissed legs bursting from the brief shorts which have become so familiar' on the Florida courses this winter. In this tournament each wom an entry teams with a socialite male partner. They take alter nate shots, playing against a similar team. Alice was rjaired with Clarke Hardwick of Bel- Air, Md., and Marlcne with Reginald Boardman of Palm Beach. Medal play was scheduled by the teams today, with match play beginning tomorrow. The girls, figured to be tired yesterday after their tooth-nnd-nall battle against one another Saturday, and thev did start slowly. Thev were trailing, one nown, most of the way. Marlene Hits Flaa But on the 16th hole Brim young Marlene hit the flag with a 200-yard approach shot. She noled out the second putt and the Baucrs were all even with their foe. On the 17th it was 22-yenr-old Alice's turn. Calmlv she plunked in a 35-foot putt to take the lead for good. Saturday's match was not so close. Marlcne zoomed out in front and gave her sister a trouncing, and at the end an affectionate hug to show it was all just a game. This was a victory Marlene dearly wanted, for It brought her up to a 2-2 tic in the four championship finals the pirls have played against one another. State Cage Meet Shaping Portland, Ore., Feb. 13 U.R) There still may be many a slip ueiwecn now ana mid-March when the Oregon state basket ball championships open in Eu gene fur the stale's nreuslers and district playoffs still can Hinder a few hopefuls but the standout teams already are ob vious. LaGrande edited Baker. 44 to 41, In an overtime battle Snitir- day lo cniitmc the sub-district one title and has only to meet the winner amoiiL' Ontario. Nvs- sa and Vale for the state tour nament berth. Grants Past Leads Grants Pass has won 18 or 19 games and appears a sure win ner in district five, while Roofc- vcu is romping home undefeated in the Portland city loop. Marahfirld had a 19-5 record in district six. Other sure district winners appear to he Miltnn-Frccwatrr, Bend, Eugene. Cprvnllij, New berg, Hillsboro. Seaside, Salem, Central Catholls, Scappoosc and Jefferson of Portland as runner-up to Roosevelt, STAUFFER PASTE HI ORCHARD WASTE ) with Monday, February 13. 19S0 Semi-Pros Set May 14 As Opening Southern Oregon Baseball league members unanimously re elected the in-ill olticers and set May 14 at date ot the opening games of the season at their an nual meeting at Grants Pass yes terday. The officers re-elected are I. R. Frldeeer. Ashland, president; Frank Langley, Grants Pass, as vice president, and J. Q. Adams, Ashland, secretary-treasurer. . Withdrawal of Prospect was announced and Brookings was given No. 1 priority for the va eated franchise it was reported. A Hilt. Cal.. representative at tended, and expressed Interest in entering a team in the Southern Oreaon Iood. Central Point, Crescent City, Grants Pars. Ashland and Med' ford team officials attended. Roseburg and Myrtle Creek base ball backers sent word that they would enter teams this year, ac cording to a league spokesman. League officers delayed draw ine ud a schedule until the stat us of semi-pro baseball at Med ford and Ashland was more def initely determined. It was voted to investigate the possibility and expense of a league insurance program for ball players. Adams was instructed to con tact the Northern California league concerning an inter league all-star game. Central Point to Play Myrtle Creek Central Point. FeD. 13 cen tral Point high's basketball crew will aim at keeping its JDJ leauue titular hopes alive here Tuesday evening when Jt plays ivtyrtie Green. To date the Pointers have three wins and one loss in the loop. They have trimmed Myrtle Creek once and Sutherlin twice and lost to Eagle Point which is currently unbeaten in the circuit. Central Point has had little luck this season in Southern Ore gon conference play and would like to make up for those set backs with a successful JOJ loop season. Tomorrow's contest will follow a 7 p.m. preliminary. Junior Cagers to Play Grants Pass Medford junior high seventh, eighth and varsity, for whom triple clean sweeps are almost a habit this season, will try for another when they travel to Grants Pass on Tuesday. The scraps are scheduled for evening. Early in January the lo cal junior high won a triplehead er from Grants Pass by lopsided scores, but can expect a stilt battle from tne revenge-minded Cavekids. COAST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STANDINGS Southern Division Team W L Pet UCLA 3 1 .833 USC 4 2 .667 California 2 4 .333 Stanford 1 3 .167 Northern Division! WSC 8 4 .867 Washington 6 4 .600 Oregon State 5 5 .900 Idaho 3 5 .375 Oregon 4 8 .333 Basketball PKOFESSIONAU Sunday Hrsultn Fori Way no 78, Rochester 74 MtnnenpollH 88, Boston 70 St. Louis ftfl. Philadelphia 70 Syracuse 102. Waterloo 98 Indlnnnpolts 03, Tri-City 89 COU.ECK Saturday Hrtniltf Lewis V Clark 37, Whitman T Vnnpnrt H3. Eastern Oregon College or Idnho t2, Pacific 44 Sfln Francisco 74, V. M. Inst. 32 Wrnntrhee 72. Clark JC 61 Puget Sound 42. Pacific Lutheran 37 Co.oindo Shite SO, Montana Stale 85 I miege ot ramie 62. Fresno State OB Stewart Chevrolet .17. Nevada 49 Central Wellington 83. St. Martins 51 reppermue LxmiavtUe 02 Lipscomb Picked As Partner For Atlas The Great Atlas has selected Jack Lipscomb, in the midst of a three-match winning streak, to be his partner in Thursday night's tag team fracas against Georges Dusettc and Karl Gray. The Atlas was bent on obtain ing someone foreign to local wrestling circles but when he was unable to do so. decided up on Lipscomb as the "roughest and toughest guy I know, be sides myself." Oak Grove Team Defeats Glide Oak Grove grade school's var sity hoopsters, victorious at Glide on Saturday night, move to St. Mary's gym tonight where they vie in the preliminary to a St. Mary's girls' intramural finale. The Grovers nudged Glide 39 to 32. It was a close tiff all the way with the Jackson county five netting its margin of victory in the final moments. Halfway count favored Oak Grove 19 to 18. Oak Grove al.o nabbed the seventh grade encounter 43 to 1U. Tonight Oak Grove faces the St. Mary's graders at 7 o'clock. 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Billy Graham Ponders Return Go With Gavilan New York, Feb. 13 (U.R) Handsome Billy Graham, upset conqueror of Cuban Kid Gavilan. was given the choice today of taking a shot at Sugar Ray Rob inson's welterweight crown or meeting Gavilan in a return bout. Irish Billy of New York, a 4-1 underdog, won a split 10-round decision over the speedy Hav ana "Keed" at Madison Square Garden Friday night. t o Using ( regVstratVen data on 9,10,0OO trucks, ffe iirawanee experts prove Ford Trucks lest lonfrl CRATER LAKE MOTORS, Ine. MEDFORD, OREGON Medford Gun Club Wins Match Medford Gun club scattergun ners maintained their jinx over Central Point Sportsmen's club shooters by taking the second half of the inter-city competi tion yesterday at the Medford grounds. The triumph gave the Med fordites a 943 total score com pared to 929 for Central Point. In the first round at Central Point two weeks ago the Sports men's club had gained a 462 to 460 edge. The Inter-city victory was Medford's third in a row over Central, Point in the annual c ent. Yesterday more than 50 shoot ers were on hand for the quali fying round. The 10 high from each club made up the teams for the 50-bird event. Medford scores were Sam Samson 48, Bill McAlister 48, Ed Pease 49, Dick Skeeters 48, Henry Niedermeyer 50, Charles Skeeters 46, E. W. Brown 48, Jim Moore 50, Martin Clogston i 48, Dick Hervey 48. j Central Point totals were Pete i Driscoll 48, Bill Huston 46, Max Kulbe 46. Charles Bendell 47, Ed Henselman 47, Harry Hawk, 46, Merv Gleason 48, Jim Ross 1 49. George Van Galder 46, Frank ! Clogston 44. I Niedermeyer and Moore had ; high score for the day in all events by breaking 100 straight targets. Ed Pease broke 99 out of 100 and Bill McAlister, Dick Skeeters and Sam Samon each 98. GRADERS TO PLAY ! Jackson will play at Roosevelt i and Washington will be host to j Lincoln in grade scnooi junior varsity basketball games Tues day at 4:15 p.m. life mm)i iminmM Truck $qim Robinson Will Fight Walczak February 27 St. Louis, Feb. 13 (U.F) Promoter Hans Bernstein said to day that welterweight champion Ray (Sugar) Robinson will meet Jean Walczak of France in a non-title 10-round bout here Feb. 27. Walczak has won 43 of his 55 Crofessional flights, 17 of them y knockouts. He won the French welterweight crown two years ago by knocking out Omar Kouidri, ANNOUNCEMENT! Competitive PRICES -ON - O GASOLINE O LUBRICATION O MOTOR OIL OWASHING At Barker's Texaco Service RIVERSIDE and JACKSON STREETS MEDFORD Come In Today and Save! 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