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( BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE A B Basketball Tourney Features, Awards Set Features of the county class B basketball tournament sched uled or the Eagle Point high gym Thursday, Friday and Sat urday will include in addition to the cage games awarding of two honors to boys taking part, Chairman Donald H e m b r e of Phoenix school announced. One honor will be selected by the officials refereeing the games. They will choose the youth from the eight teams tak ing part who showed the best sportsmanship in the tourna ment. All-Tourney Team The other award will be chos en by the coaches who will se lect an all tournament team made up of the boys they con sider showed me oesi an-arouna Portland Seeking Satch As Pitcher Portland, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) General Manager William Mul ligan said today that the Port land Beavers had requested the contract of Lcroy "Satchel" Paige, famed Negro pitcher, from the Cleveland Indians. Mulligan asked for Paige as part of Cleveland's end of the deal for Hal Saltzman, youthful Beaver hurler who went to the tribe for cash and five other players. Another player still is to come from Cleveland, and the Indians la3t Saturday asked waivers on Paige, Mulligan said. .Cooksey Alaskan Pictures Dated Central Point, Feb. 14 The general public, whether mem bers of gun clubs or sportsmen's groups, will be welcome at the Central Point Legion hall Wed nesday at 8 p.m. when the Cen tral Point Sportsman's club sponsors a showing of motion pictures about Alaska. These movies were taken by J. Orbln Cooksey, Medford, who has shown them at many places around the valley. Sport fans and others whether they have seen the movies be fore or not will be welcome Wednesday. The movies high lights include hunting bear in that territory and were taken last year. Pointers Win And Lose In Junior High Games Central Point, Feb. 14 Cen tral Point Junior high basketball teams won two and lost one in a triple-header played yesterday with Talent seventh, eighth and ninth graders. The Pointers' seventh grade quintet defeated Talent 23 to 12 and the eighth graders romped 43 to 12, but the Talent ninth grade boys downed the Pointers 38 to 19. OCE WINNER 72 TO 58 Monmouth, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) Oregon College of Education Wolves battered Eastern Oregon college 72 to 51) Inst night in an Oregon Collegiate conference basketball game. There's no keSfler bourbon PRICE REDUCED 14 noer $0604. QT, III HICKIIT STRAIGHT B OURB ON WHISKY OlO MICK0Y DttTUUNO COfOATION, fHltA, PA. performance. The regular season will not count in this selection but only the tournament games. Winner of the tournament who will be decided after 9 p.m. on Saturday, will represent Jackson county in the district playoffs to determine which team in this area will go to the state B tour nament at Astoria. Talent will face St. Mary's of Medford in the first game slated for 2 p.m. Thursday with Pros pect and Phoenix exchanging baskets in the second game at 4 p.m. the same day. Thursday Contests Thursday night games will find Butte Falls playing Jacksonville in the 7 o'clock opener, followed by Rogue River, last year's coun ty and district champion, play ing Gold Hill at 8:30. Two games will also be played Friday afternoon and Friday evening and three games are slated for Saturday night. A con solation round will start Friday afternoon for the losers in Thurs day's games. First, second, third and consolation round winners will receive awards. Rogue River finished the reg ular season in first place fol lowed by Butte Falls and Talent tied for second, Gold Hill and Phoenix In a tie for third, St. Mary's and Jacksonville tied for fourth and Prospect in last. Howard Gym Basketball Scene Wednesday Night A fund with which to pur chase boys' basketball uniforms for players nt Howard school will benefit from a double-header basketball bill at the school gymnasium Wednesday, starting at 7 p. m., school officials an nounced today. A group from St. Mary's school of Medford will play a Howard school teen-agers quintet in one game and the other tilt will see eighth grade girls of Howard school taking on a group of stu dents from last years Howard classes, it was said. Joe Gordon Gets Honor From Portland's Paper Portland, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) Joe Gordon of Eugene, onetime University of Oregon baseball great, today was named in the Oregon Journal's poll as the out standing northwest baseball player of the first half century. Gordon now performs at sec ond base for the Cleveland In dians. Basketball MONDAY'S RFSrf.Tfl Duqtietme 71, CarneRtf Trh 4t. Villannva R3. Srrantun 33. Pi (m elon .M. Cornell 40. Snulh Cnrnll nil HI. Mnrylnnd M. Louisiana Stale 7fl, Auhurn SI. Florldn A&M Aft. Xavler A3. Kentucky 77. Alnhama 37. BradlfV .10. Oklahoma AAVM 46. CrclRhlon (17. South Dakota SB. Wmoonsin (Id. Iowa A3. Ohio State 47, Missouri 4A. Nrhrnhka 37, Oklahoma 33. Inrtlnnn B3, Illinois Vi. Hrlmt IU, Hnwnll 32. Minnesota .VI, Michigan 4R. Southern Methodist 33. ntoe 48. Arkansni 33. Texas AfcM 4ft. Texan Christ inn 31. Texas 3A. SanlAn Clara 31, San Francisco 43 (overllinrh Nrvnria 70, St. Francis A3. S OLD jW4 Tuesday, February 14. 1950 Name Wilson Northwest's Grid 'Great' Portland, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) A poll by the Oregon Journal to day named George Wilson, Uni versity of Washington's 1923-25 halfback, as the Pacific north west's greatest football player for the half century. Wilson, tormer Everett, wasn., high school star, received 27 per cent of the votes cast for some 32 players. Bobby Grayson, a Portland high school player who later be came an Ail-American at Stan ford, and Mel Hein. ex-Washing ton State college great who be came one of the stars of profes sional football, tied for second in the poll. Grayson and Hcln were fol lowed by three University oi Oregon backs, - Norman Van Brocklin, who passed the Web foots to a co-championship in the Pacific coast conference in 1948, Johnny Kitzmiller, who starred in 1928-30, and William Steers who led Oregon's 1919 Rose Bowl team. Beavers Play Idaho Quint Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) Oregon State college's Beavers play host to the Idaho Vandals here tonight and tomorrow night for a two-game northern divi sion basketball series. Although both teams are now rated also-rans, the Idahoans have moved into a three-game winning streak and the Beav ers are in the midst of a two game losing streak and the ac tion may be fast and furious. Three weeks ago, Oregon State handed Idaho two straight set backs, 48-37 and 51-39, at Mos cow. , Cougars Knocked Out- Cage 'Race' Fort Collins, Colo., Feb. 14 (U.R) Brigham Young's Cougars were knocked out of the race for the Big Six basketball con ference title last night when they fell to the surging Colorado A&M team, 55 to 46. It was the second straight win over BYU for the Aggies, who lost their first dozen games oi the season. Brigham Young now has an 8-5 record, compared with Wyoming s 9-2 mark and second place Denver's record of 9-4. High School Scores MONDAY'S O AMES Uni (Eugene) 3A, Junction City 31. TiRard 69. Weit Linn 37. Vernnnia 44. Clatakanlc 40. Knappa Svenson 42, Banks 35. Garibaldi S3, Warrenlon 42. Hockey Seattle, Feb. 14 (U.R Larry Silvestri of San Francisco and Doug Adam, formerly of Ta coma. continue to lead the scor ing in their respective divisions of the Pacific Coast Hockey league. Silvestri picked up four points in southern division play last week to give him a total of 66. Up north, Adam with 61) points held a one point margin over Alan Kuntz of Vancouver, B.C. The Tacoma sensation left the PC1IL February 3 for the New York Rangers. In the northern division, Mel Read of Tacoma added four as sists last week to run his hotal to 49 and hold the top spot in the playmaker department, while Adam's 45 goals still was best among the northern goalmakers. Seattle's Jerry Cotnoir was lead ing goaltenrier in the north with .884 per cent. BOWLING MAJOR LEAGUE Jerry Burroughs rolled a 623 for liiiili individual series and Norm Hillyer was awarded high individual game with his 223 pin fall last night when the Major Bowling league held its weekly "ompetition at the Medford lowling lanes alleys. Chnlkers teams in the league look both high team series and high team game with 2,746 and 048, respectively. MAJOR I.EAUl'l STANDINGS Tfams V. The Hohcmlan Club IS rhalkm U l.'hrle. Barber Shop 12 F. H Mlinn Company 11 Walker Beal Kttatr 10 Morning Tresh Bakery 9 Domestic Laundry 8 Bates Candy Company 7 I.. rhalkrrt 3 Laundry 0 Rector S Pak 495 lillstrap 474 John Kantor SS2 Kohlik S.tS Bnhltnft SnS J Morgan 53T John.on 44 Burroug-hi 633 Andenon 503 31 393S Barb.rl I Barr Tennant Mttla Morgan Proctor Bakery 1 Gardner 471 Dotv 4.14 Collav JH7 Whiti 505 Hauley 41 343 4S0 SflS J)l .-.13 4SS Mann Co. Ore-lla Lansdalf An.enlea Klatt lltllyer Bohemian t Powell 53a Brook 4S7 McGraw 4 Cannon 4! Eada 47S S39 S73 47T SIS 5S1 37J 34S8 Walker'i I Learning 445 Ve..ev 577 Absentee 45 Saeehl 494 Green 504 , 3455 Batei 1 Haien 512 Donelaon 4? Findley 54o Moora 4S Dtxon 434 3433 EXPERT TYPEWRITER and ADDING MACHINE REPAIRS YOUR OFFICE BOY 11! Wot Main St. Ray Stickle, Berry Signed to Headline Boxing Card Feb. 22 The Southern Oregon Boxing club today came up with a matchmaking masterpiece when Promoters Larry Burriette and Owen Thomas announced that Bill Berry, southern Oregon wel terweight amateur champion, will nut his title on the block against Ray Stickle at the armory on February 22. 'We had been considering sev eral contenders for the match," Thomas said, "not once dream ing that we could get Stickle and Berry together. But now that we have signed them, we are sure the fans will see a Pier 6 brawl if there ever was one." Pair Fought Twice The pair fought twice a year ago under sponsorship of the Veterans of Foreign Wars with Stickle winning the first one and Berry getting a hotly disputed decision in the second match. Many boxing fans were so rabid in their belief that Stickle won the second match that there would have been a baby riot im mediately after the decision if a sufficient number of Berry backers could have been found. Slalom Features Skiing At Aspen Aspen. Colo., Feb. 14 U.R) Sixty-three of the world's best men skiers race one and one fourth miles down Ajax moun tain today with Zeno Colo of It- aily holding the favored starting . spot. ! Colo drew sixth place on the ; starting lineup for the men's gi-1 ant slalom of the 1950 world ! ski championships, a position which ski experts described as the best of the lot. The Italian was among the seven top-seeded in the event, the first men's contest of the slalom and downhill competition spon sored by the International Ski federation. The toD-seeded In the siant slalom include Colo, James Cout tet of France. Toni Matt, White fish, Mont., of the United States team; Fernand Grosiean of Switzerland. Christian Pravda of Austria and Stein Eriksen of NnrU'lV Pnilltnt r1r,l, eot.nntW and Matt eighth place on the starting roster. JIM FOSTER SOLD Jim Foster, former Medford Dodgers pitcher and later with the Salem Senators, has been sold to Idaho Falls of the Pio neer league, it was announced yesterday. AAU Basketball Due Wednesday There are a coimle of "ifs" to the local AAU Basketball league and the rest of its second half schedule but this much was cer tain this morning there will be two AAU games at the junior high gym Wednesday night and Mobilgas will play Prospect lown team in one. Tonight down at Rogue River the Rogue River town team is slated to play Crazy-Swayze to help decide the league 1 play off berths with a win by the Rogues eliminating the Swayzes from any second half title. Rogue River already has won the first half championship. Prospect vs. Mobilgas Wednesday at the junior high gym fans 'will see Prospect play the Mobilgas quintet in the sec ond game of the twin bill start ing about 8:15. The winner of this will play top-seeded Green's confectionery Thursday or next Monday for the second half title and a playoff berth. Opener of tomorrow's double header at the junior high will depend on the outcome of the game at Rogue River. The second half schedule was overhauled last night at a meet ing of team managers so that playoffs of ties can be held and still get the slate finished before All Star Card! WEESTLSNG Night BOUTS START 8:30 p.m. tgfcgy lata IaW&P&Y THRILLS o SPILLS MEDFORD ARMORY TICKETS ON SALE AT BROWN'S TELEPHONE 2-6735 Stickle, still admittedly "hot under the collar" over the de cision after over a year, said yes terday that "there won't havo to be any judges this time; my fists will do the deciding." For the past several months Stickle has been residing near Santa Rosa, Cal., where he is engaged in the logging business and is being brought to Medford especially for the match. Berry, meantime, is reportedly drilling hard for the scrap in an effort to show the much-discussed decision was no fluke. He discounts his knockout at the hands of Corkv King on the last card by pointing out that he gave away 20 pounds to King. Lightweight Crown Eyed Stickle, still recognized as southern Oregon lightweight amateur champion, will post his title if Berry can make the light weight limit of 135 pounds at ringside. Berry's welterweight limit is 147 pounds but he weighed 138 for the King fight. "I'm not going to try to put on weight to reach the welter limit and I'm not going to take a chance on sapping my strength to reach the liglitweignt limn, Berry said. "I'm going to come in at my natural weicht and if I happen to be down to the lightweight lim it. I'd welcome the chance to lift Sticklers title. If not. I'll try to defend my own crown. Burdette said he is negotiat ing with Joe Kahut. Pacific coast heavyweight champion, in the professional ranks, to ref eree the card. If Kahut is un available, Burdette said Jack (Ginger) Snapp would be the third man in the ring. Denver Nuggets Win 2nd In Row By United Press If the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball association could play Sheboygan more often, they might emerge from the western division basement. The lowly Nugucts netted 20 straight free throws last night to defeat Sheboygan 79 to 67 for their second straight victory, and both of them have been over the Redskins. The triumph was the Nuggets eighth of the season and matched a previous winning streak which also lasted two games. Anderson's Packers moved within two games of the western division's leading Indianapolis Olympians bv topping the Water loo Hawks 93 to 80. the district playoffs scheduled to start here next Tuesday. Schedule Revision Announcement of the complete revised schedule will be an nounced tomorrow. Games at the junior high last night saw Mann's Depart ment store give the high-ranking Green's quintet a whale of a battle fur the first three quart ers before succumbing 67 to 52. Seldom until the last quarter did Green's lead by more than eight points. Green's led at the first quarter 21 to 12. at the half 33 to 25 and at the third quarter 44 to 36. Jerry Ross with 19 points led the winners in scoring while Mann's scoring was well distri buted Groceteria Winner Opening game .of the double header Inst night saw Groceteria hit the basket with montonous regularity to bury American Fruit 40 to 26. The grocerymcn led 10 to 2 at the first quarter and 26 to 8 at the half whistle. No third quarter score was avail able this morning. Milkowski pushed in 10 points to pace Groceteria in scoring while C. Barlow was high for the fruit men with 10. Sports for the Week 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 Orants Pass junior high, 7 p. m Ladies' Bowl ing league, 8 p. m. WEDNESDAY AAU Basketball league games (two), junior high gym, 7 p. m. Medford Rifle club weekly 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. Tiger Cubs Top 13 Foes The season record of Medford high Tiger cub hoop contingents stood at 18 wins in 20 games after the sophomore section won 44 to 32 and the junior five lost 37 to 27 in preliminaries at Klamath Falls last Saturday. Both losses have been inflicted upon the junior combination by a Klamath quintet. In the sophomore game Satur day Wayne Puett scored 13 for Medford. Rov Rogers 11 and Don Spinas 10. Medford led 27 to 11 at the half. Dave Marr was high for the local juniors with eight. The Medford juniors trailed 20 to 11 at the half. Central Point Athletic Ass'n Meets Thursday Central Point, Feb. 14 The Central Point Athletic associa tion will meet Thursday at 8 p. m. in the American Legion hall to elect officers, discuss the coming baseball season and take up other matters, it was an nounced here this morning. An athletic association meet ing slated last night at the Le gion hall was adjourned when a mixup in time for the meeting caused so few people to turn out that it was decided to postpone inc. session tut inursday. MIKSIS SIGNS CONTRACT New York, Feb. 14 iU.R) Eddie Miksis, Brooklyn's all purpose utility man, became the 21st Dodger player to sisn his I contract today. Tourney To Select City Checker Champ A tournament to select a city checker champion will be held by the Medford Checker and Chess club on March 12, it was announced today. H. L. Clay is the club champion at present, having defeated C. L. Heeter, 7 to 5, in a playoff last Sunday. The club meets each Sundav from 1 to 5 p. m. at 123 J 4 West Main street. The public is wel come ot visit the club. WEATHER By United Press Northern California Fair ; today and increasing cloudiness ! extreme northwest portion to-' night and extending southward j Wednesday with occasional light I rain extending from Point Arena S and Marysville north. Little tern-', perature change. Variable winds I off coast except southerly 8-15 ' mph north of Point Arena in creasing Wednesday. i METERED TENNIS i Brookline. Mass. (U.R) Ten nis pays off for the town of Brookline. Coin meters on the town's 17 tennis courts collect an average of $80 weekly during the season. i Old Sunny f the whiskey that's C6eerfu as its Aame " You've read obout this fine whiskey many times ... but only after you've totted Old Sunny Brook will you understand why so many men prefer this Kentucky whiskey above all omen. lit ! lfhis Kentucky whiskey alov D l-a?-w ' XL I tBrOO $364S OK . '"3 l0OK W WATCHMAN on rvw iomi 86 PROOF e Eagles Play Wednesday At K. Falls Eagle Point, Feb. 14 Eagle Point high's basketball warriors travel to Klamath Falls for a Southern Oregon conference-district 4 game Wednesday night with little to be gained by eith er team except the satisfaction of downing the other. Both quintets are out of the running for the conference-district championship. A few weeks ago the two quin tets played a hard-fought game on the Eagle Point floor and for a quarter or two it seemed as if the Eagles might upset the highly-favored Pelicans. Howev er, superior height and condition told for Klamath. The Eagles, however, are still undefeated in the J-D-J league and most observers predict the youths coached by ''Shy" Cal laghan may still upset an over confident foe some day. Next home game for Eagle Point is Tuesday, February 21, against Illinois Valley. OIUMIIA Willi. , INC. TACOMA, WASHINOTON Distributed by Southern Oregon Distributors, Inc. PARTY AND SPECIAL TREATS GENUINf OLD STYLI SOUR Made in San Large Selection ot WINES and MIXERS BEER Any Kind By the case or bottle PHONE 2-4625 for Free Delivery of Beers and Mixeri OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT Bell's Beverage Shop 124 South Central PRECISELY RIGHT! Bast results from concrete de mand that the concrete be right, from the start. That it why knowing builders specify our Ready Mixed Concrete. First, we use only top-grade matcrialt. Then we measure the propor tions as strictly as if they were metered. Then, we mix them all, completely - mechanically! 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