I
Tornado Drops Thriller
To Grizzlies, 48 to 43
By Hank Green
Mail Tribune Sporti Editor
Precision play with set shots,
play-making, taking opponents
out of position and shooting
when openings come could not
compete against rough, man-toman,
arms-in-the-air type ot bas
ketball at Ashland Friday night
and the Black Tornado lost an
other ball game.
The Grizzlies were not dirty
ballplayers in any sense of the
word but their way of hanging
over every Medford player,
whether he had the ball or not,
and their weight and height
heloed much in giving Ashland
high a conference-district thril
ler win by a 48-43 margin.
Coach Frank Roelandt of the
Tornado after the game told the
writer "Ashland deserved to win
for they played a good ball
eame" to eliminate Medford
from any possible chance of win
ning the Southern Oregon con
ference and District 4 title for
this season.
Medford never gave up from
the opening whistle until the
last buzzer sounded and" the
game was evenly fought through
out. The first half favored the
Tornado as they outscored the
Grizzlies and forced Ashland to
tally most of its goals from
"way out."
The last two quarters saw
Dale Landing, Dick Smith and
Jerry Langer use their superior
weight and size to good advan
tage in getting rebounds and in
jump-pivot shots from the key
or a couple of feet either side
of it.
Medford missed quite a few
' shots by narrow margins in the
opening quarter and found itself
with precision in the second pe
riod to outplay the Grizzlies with
ease.
The three-second rule designed
to stop stalling on the part of
the team ahead, helped Ashland
much in the final quarter. "Le
gal" stalling by the Grizzlies in
the final two minutes forced
Medford to grab for the ball
and press closely, resulting in
fouls.
All four of the points made by
the Grizzlies in the last three
minutes were made by free
throws and these were almost
the margin of an Ashland high
victory.
Medford started out in high
gear with Don Denman sink-
High School Scores
FRIDAY'S GAMES:
Central Catholic 53, Columbia
Prep 29.
Oregon City 68. West Linn 51
Seaside 43, Astoria 33
Elmlra 44. Cottage Grove 40
Salem 73. Springfield 38
Redmond 39, Burns 34
McMlnnvllle 45. Forest Grove 44
HUlsboro 43. Tigard 35
Junction City 56, Oakrldge 44
Lebanon 45, Toledo 38
Corvallis 44. Sweet Home 37
St. Helens 44, Clatskanle 43
Roosevelt 65, Grant 53
LaGrande 61, Hood River SO
Gresham 37, Milwaukee 34
Grants Pass 73. Illinois Valley 30.
Jefferson 50, Cleveland 46
Franklin 40. Washington 34
Mac-Hi 34, The Dalles 48
Lincoln 37. Benson 28
Baker 45, Pendleton 40
Bend 59. Albany 20.
Merrill 56. Gilchrist 39 (Klamath B
tourney)
Henley 42, Bly 29 (Klamath B tour
ney) Ashland 48, Medford 43
Marshfleld 65. Coquille 46
North Bend 35, Myrtle Point 30
ing the first two Tornado points
in just over a minute of play
when he whisked in a rebound.
The game was even in the first
quarter as each team matched
the other for points.
The Tornado started the sec
ond quarter with an 8 to 7 lead
and it stayed ahead throughout.
The local youths gradually
built up the margin with Jack
Morris proving a big help with
his eight points to lead at the
halftime rest period by a 24 to
19 score.
Ashland staged a comeback in
the third quarter by covering
Medford's scoring aces Morris,
Bob Shores and Denman close
ly and doing a bit of long shoot
ing and corner tries themselves.
The scoreboard read Medford
34, Ashland 32 at the third pe
riod buzzer.
The Grizzlies continued to
guard Medford closely; almost
hanging onto their shirts to
check the fast Tornadoes and
at the same time Ashland pushed
them in under the basket and
from most other angles to lead
44 to 41 at the automatic time
out rest.
Ashland made 13 out of 20
free throws in the game while
the Tornado got 5 out of 12.
Lineups:
43 Medtore
f 8 Shores
t 1 L. Smith
c 15 Denman
g 12 F. Morris
it 2 Holzstrans
Substitutions Medford. Goodman
3. Wendt 1.
Ashland 48
Landing 1 1
Laneer 16
D. Smith 10
Davis 5
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Sports for
the Week
TODAY
Registered pistol shoot (open
. to anyone), Merrick'! indoor
range. 9:30 a.m.
MONDAY
Green's confectionery vs.
Mobllgas (AAU basketball sec
ond half finals), junior high
gym, 7:30 p.m. Junior Rifle
club, Merrick's. 7:30 p.m.
Oak Grove grade school at
Ashland junior high (basket
ball) Rogue Snowmen busi
ness meeting and color mov
ies, senior high. 7:30 p.m.
Major Bowling league,
7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
AAU district basketball
playoffs (two teams each from
Medford and Grants Pass),
senior high gym, 7 p.m. La
dies' Bowling league 8 p.m.
Illinois Valley (Kerby) at
Eagle Point high (conference-district-JDJ),
8:15 p.m. Pis
tol division, ' Medford Rifle
club shoot, Merrick's 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
AAU district basketball
playoff finals. Grants Pass
high gym, 7 p.m. (two games)
Commercial Bowling
league, 7:30 p.m. Amateur
boxing show, armory, 8:30
p.m. Medford senior high
boxing team at Grants Pass,
evening Medford Rifle club
weekly shoot, Merrick's, 7:30
p.m. Negro girls' basketball
team vs. Central Point school
faculty, CP. gym, evening
Oregon State alumni dinner
and meeting, Medford hotel,
evening.
THURSDAY
Oak Grove basketball tour
ney (non-high school) 6 p.m.
Chico State at Southern Ore
gon college ( intercollegiate
boxing), 8 p.m. City Bowl
ing league, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Senior high at Eagle Point
(conference district); prelim,
6:45 p.m. Grants Pass at
Central Point (district-conference),
8:15 p.m. Ashland at
Klamath Falls (conference-district),
8:15 p.m. Non-high
school district basketball tour
ney. Oak Grove school, 10
a.m. Humboldt State at
Southern Oregon college (bas
ketball), 8:30 .m M i x e d
Bowling league, 7:30 p.m.
Oregon Skiers Leading
Nevada Downhill Races
Reno, Nev., Feb. 18 (U.R)
Portland university replaced Cal
ifornia in first place in team
standings today after the run
ning of the downhill race in the
11th annual University of Nev
ada winter carnival.
Going into its second day. the
ski competition portion of the
carnival featured the downhill
race and the first section of the
slalom.
Game Commission Sets
Exams for Biologists
The Oregon state game com
mission announced today that all
Game Biologist I and all Aquatic
Biologist I positions for the com
mission will be filled from the
registers of the state civil ser
vice commission.
Open competitive examina
tions for these registers will be
held March 18.
Hockey
NORTHERN STANDINGS
W
New Westminster
Vancouver
Tacoma
Portland
Seattle
Victoria
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Portland 4. Vancouver 2
29
28 21
27 21
27 25
24 22
19 33
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Pistol Shoot
Slated Here
Today, 9:30
Spectators as well as compet
itors will be welcome today in
the basement at Merrick's when
a registered pistol shoot spon
sored by the pistol division of
the Medford Rifle club is held
starting at 9:30 a. m.
Officials in charge said Sat
urday they expected a team
from Oregon State college as
well as a Medford and a Rogue
River team to take part. There
will also be many individuals
taking part with some coming
from as far as Vancouver, Wash.,
and Berkeley, Cal.
Others are expected from
Yreka, Cal., and Grants Pass.
Last Sunday's local merchan
dise shoot drew people Irom
Coos Bay, Ashland, Grants Pass,
Klamuth Falls, Yreka and Med
ford. Frank Rush of Medford
won the grand aggregate honors
among the 26 shooters who took
part.
No admission will be charged
today for those watching.
Klamath Baseball Club
Signs with White Sox
Klamath Falls, Feb. 18 Klam
ath Falls Gems of the class D
Far West Baseball league have
signed an agreement with the
Chicago White Sox in addition
to their original working agree
ment with the Philadelphia
Phillies, it was announced here
by the Gems Saturday.
Business - Manager Dick Ma
guire of the Gems said the White
Sox will senr up to five players
to the Klamath team, will pay
any salaries to their players over
the class D scale and in turn will
have option of repurchasing the
players for a nominal price later.
Los Angeles. Feb. 18 (U.R)
A dense fog that blanketed Los
Angeles today slowed traffic and
hampered shipping.
Sunday. February 19, 1950
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUN"V THREE
MEDFORDkWTRIBUNE
School Track
Season Dated
Medford high's Black Tornado
track team will open its 1950
season March 25 in a dual meet
with Grants Pass high on the
local track, Coach Bob Newland
announced Saturday in reveal
ing the complete local schedule.
April 1 Klamath and Medford
will hold a dual meet here, April
8 Medford and Grants Pass will
meet at Grants Pass. April 14
will be the junior Hayward re
lays or Southern Oregon relays
at Klamath Falls and April 15
will be the Rogue Valley relays
at Medford.
Medford, Grants Pass, Klam
ath and Ashland will compete as
usual in the Rogues.
Trie Havward relays are slat
ed April 21 and 22 at Eugene
and the Klamath invitational is
booked for April 29.
May 5 the local 20-30 club
will sponsor a junior AAU track
meet on the local field at night
and May 13 will be the district
meet at Medford. The Southern
Oregon - Portland meet will be
May 27 and the state meet in
Corvallis May 19 and 20.
'Your Host' Wins
Santa Anita Race
Arcadia, Cal., Feb. 18 IU.R1
Awkward-appearing but smooth
striding Your Host, the greatest
colt to emerge in the west in
generations, today fairlv flew to
it two-length victory in the $100,
000 Santa Anita Derby and im
mediately was proclaimed the
outstanding three-year-old in the
nation.
Sturdy One, driving with all
he was worth, came up for second.
Nevada Football
Given 'Reprieve'
Reno, Feb. 18 (U.R) A 60-day
reprieve granted "big time" foot
ball by the regents of the Uni
versity of Nevada today brought
a frank admission bv Coach Joe
Sheeketski that bigger and
wealthier schools have simply
outbid Nevada for top notch
football players.
Shecketski's blunt statement j
came during an extraordinary i
meeting called bv the regents to
discuss a $45,000 bill owed the
university by the Downtown
Boosters for feeding and housing
football players during the past '
three years. i
The regents decreed that the ,
Boosters, a group of business-1
men who put up a large part of i
the money which supports a
major football team at Nevada, !
must pay at least $10,000 of the ;
$45,000 they owe the school for
feeding steaks to griddcrs and
housing them by April 15.
Injured In Accident
Portland, Ore., Feb. 18 (U.R)
The Rev. John T. Curran. 43, in
structor in religion at the Uni
versity of Portland, was serious
ly injured today when his car
crashed into a power pole.
Police said the accident oc
curred when Rev. Curran ap
parently fell asleep at the wheel
of the car. He was taken to St.
Vincent's hospital.
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Commercial and
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Zeno Colo Wins Men's
Downhill In Colorado
Aspen, Colo., Feb. 1 8 iU.P.)
Italy's "old man," 30-year-old
Zeno Colo, won the men's down
hill of the d950 world ski cham
pionships today in the longest,
toughest event of the six-day
meet.
Boxing Program For
Wednesday Listed
Larry Burdette and Owen
Thomas of the Southern Oregon
Boxing club yesterday released
the complete program for their
second fistic offering at the ar
mory next Wednesday night,
starting at 8:110 p.m.
The star-studded lineup will
feature a rematch between Bill
Berry, southern Oregon amateur
welterweight champion, and Ray
Stickle, southern Oregon light
weight king. Berry's title will be
at stake and if both fighters can
meet the lightweight limit of
135 pounds at ringside, Stickle s
crown also will go on the block.
Exhibition Set
Following the main event
Joltin' Joe Kahut, Pacific coast
heavyweight champion, will
stage an exhibition match with
Burdette. holder of the middle
weight amateur title for south
ern Oregon. Kahut will referee
the card and the exhibition will
be referred by Jack (Ginger)
Snapp, northwest middleweight
champ.
Six other matches have been
signed for Wednesday. The
semi-windup will pit Don Har
per of Gold Hill, winner of three
straight knockouts, against
rough and tough Donovan Wolfe
of Phoenix. Wolfe edged Russ
Williams of Grants Pass in a
hectic match his last lime out.
Corky King of Oakland, who
scored a stunning upset by
knocking out Bill Berry on the
February 1 card, will meet Paul
Garrison, clever Fort Jones In
dian. Dick Adkins, well-liked
kid from Griffin Creek, goes
against Frank Larson of Port
land. Larson was forced to
forego a bout here three weeks
ago because of a hand injury.
Eddie Conrad, Fort Jones,
makes his second local appear
ance by meeting Tommy Thomas
of Medford. It will be Thomas'
first outing but those who have
seen him in workouts claim a
lot is expected of him.
A rematch which is drawing
considerable interest pits Bill
Moore of Jacksonville against
Jerry SDarling. Their bout of !
three weeks ago lasted 40 sec-!
onds ol the first round and in
that time Sparling had Moore
on the brink of a kayo before
himself being tucked into a
slumberland. Both heavyweights
are anxious for a victory and
another brawl can be expected.
Darrell Johnson, the blond
leather pusher who is being con
sidered for a welterweight title
shot, faces a tough test when he
takes on Fred Case. Fort Jones.
Case has had considerable glov
ed experience and might be too
much for Johnson.
Freddie Johnson, brother of
Darrell, will attempt to get back
into the victory column after his
upset loss three weeks ago by
meeting Kid Chavez, in the
opener. Johnson holds a win
over Chavez but the Mexican
figures to turn the tables this
time.
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