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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1950)
High Schools Near End of Cage Trail By United Prest Giants Pass clinched the dis trict 4 crown Friday night with a 59 to 34 victory over Central Point and Bend moved up as a threat to the state title with a 63 to 59 win over Salem in the final lap of Oregon state high school class A basketball play. While the favorites were mov ing along, Hillsboro and La Grande fell down in games that may not necessarily affect their chances in the state playoffs. Hilltboro Loses Hillsboro stumbled over Banks and the Banks five went home with a 36 to 34 triumph in dis trict 9. The playoff tournament, however, is a double elimination affair and Hillsboro, highly-regarded for state play, will have a chance at revenge. La Grande, favored in dis trict 1, was defeated by Pendle ton, 38-34, in the Blue Mountain league but the Pendleton win did not affect the district situation. Eugene bounded along in dis trict 6 with a 62-43 win over Oakridge and will meet Cottage Grove in a playoff. Cottage Grove downed Springfield 31-26. Jefferson and Roosevelt kept their deadlock in the Portland city race, the former beating Grant 73-58 and the latter win ning from Lincoln, 52-46. Alsea of Benton county was the first to qualify for the state class "B" tournament by win ning the district 3-B tournament in Eugene, with a close 27-26 tri umph over Brownsville. Rudie Brauer, Medford, Dies California City Rudie Brauer. 1016 Reddy ave nue, died Thursday at Glendale, Cal., where he had been under treatment since November. Brauer had resided here about one year. Survivors include his widow, Harriet, and children, Marcy and Jack. Interment was in Forest Lawn cemetery. For PLENTY of POWER and EASY GARDENING Try die NEW, LOW-COST Model R Earthmaster TRACTOR X TRACTOR j7 148" Earthmaster Is Economical and Efficient The Briggi and Stratton engine develops l'i h.p. to de liver at least 236 lbs., drawbar pull. This power unit easily handle a full line of implements. With the Earthmaster Speedi-Hitch implements are changed by simply lifting a pin and dropping it back into position. Many types of work can be handled by the power takeoff. It is not neces sary to wrestle with the Model R . , . perfect balance makes it handle with ease! COME IN AND SEE THIS TRACTOR TOMORROW! Cs? aian & Moflw? HARDWARE COMPANY HERB CRAIN EMIL MOHR 225 East 6th Next Door to J. C. Penney Co. Beavers Stay Conference Champ Race By United Press If a Cougar could laugh, the Washington State college mascot probably would be snickering to day at the way the northern di vision Pacific Coast conference basketball race is legging it toward the finish line. Oregon State college, know ing that one loss would virtual ly hand the Cougars the title on a silver platter, dumped arch rival Oregon 51-42 Friday night. The University of Idaho Van dals slammed the door shut on any title aspirations the Wash ington Huskies may have held with a resounding 57-40 victory. Cougari Win Alio The Cougars, just to show their indifference to the goins- on, sauntered past Gonraga 52-34 in a non-conference tilt. Oregon State took the first of a two-game series against Oregon in a display of highly-accurate shooting. The Beavers bloke out of a close first half tussle which saw the score tied three times, with a 27-20 intermission lead. Earlv in the second half the Webfoots closed the gap to three points at 28-25 but Senior Guard Tommv Holir.pn made five quick pointsto give OSC a 36-32 lead and a comfortable margin tney retained the rest of the game Basketball FRIDAY'S RESULTS: Columia 74, Dartmouth 91 St. Francis 76. Hawaii 54 Penn 72. Colgate 57 Tulane 77. Lousiana St. 71 North Carolina 64. Duke 46 Smith rarntino jiq Marvland 44 N. Dakota St. 66. North Dakota 52 Montana 71, Montana Mate oi Denver 59, Wyoming 52 Utah 52, Colorado A&M 37 Brigham Young 60. Utah State 46 WSC 52. Gonzaga 34 UCLA 46. California 44 Oregon State 51. Oregon 42 Montana Mines 62. N. Montana 52 Idaho 57. Washington 40. San Jose 54. College Pacific 47 Nevada 58. St. Mary 52 Chico 63. Cal. Aggies 44 Whitwonh 51. C P S. 46 E. Washington 54. St. Martin's 32 Pepperdine 84. Fresno State 56 Stanford 60. USC 57 Pacific 50. Lewis and Clark 45 Linfield 58, College of Idaho SO Multnomah 54, Reed 31 Willamette 74. Whitman 61 Oregon Tech 65. Lassen JC 34 Seattle U. 60. Portland U. 58 Seattle Pacific Col. 77, Oregon Col lege 69 (double overtime). SATURDAY RESULTS: Ohio Valley tournament Western Kentucky ,58, Murray 64 (bemi-ttnais). Notre Dame 65, Navy 59 Manhattan 56, Fordham 59 (over time) Army 53. Penn Military 45 Colgate 81, Western Reserve 71 Illinois 76, Wisconsin 58 Purdue 55, Minnesota 39 Temple 90. St. Joseph's (Pa.) 74 Iowa 59. Indiana 53 Detroit 73. St. Louis 60 Montana 72, Montana State 56 ! Huge Mountain Slide 1 Kills One In Canada Chilliwack, B. C, Feb. 25 i (U.R) A huge mountain mud slide killed one woman and , blocked Canadian National Rail ! way tracks and the Transcenda highway near here late today. Mrs. Mary Louise James, 42 . Choape, B, C died instantly when tons of mud'struck her as they slipped down the mountain : side. The highway and railroad bed were covered by mud several j ftet deep for a distance of 150 i leet. ORDER TOP QUALITY Tru-Mix Concrete EVERY TIME! ra "i i Quick Delivery TRU-MIX CONCRETE CO. McANDREWS ROAD PHONE 2-5271 WSC GETS COACH Pullman, Wash.. Feb. 25 (U.R; Washington State college athletic officials today announced the appointment of Buck Bailey, vet eran Cougar coach, as assistant to Football Coach Forest fcvashes-ski. S. F. STATE LOSES San Francisco. Feb. 24 U.R) San Francisco State college op ened its spring baseball practice season today by losing to a pro fessional-studded Ducer Asbes tos 10-1. Berlin. Feb. 25 (U.R) The west German government today called off its embargo on iron i and steel shipments to eastern I Germany. It's in exclusive dual hydraulic system tint saves time and energy, md enables you to do better work than ever before. Drawn imple ments are controlled through in easily-at. tached remote cylinder; integral equipment from the rockshifts. Ask us to tell you more about this John Deere feature. With no more effort than a touch of your hand on a convenient lever, John Deere Hy-' draulic Powr-Trol raises, lowers, and adjusts mounted tools or drawn implements at your bidding eliminates reaching for lifting levers, tugging on ropes, and adjusting equip ment by hand. HUBBARD - WR A Y CO. 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-4011 MEDFORDvtoRreUNE JJl I II is I Gill Named West Coach New York, Feb. 25 (U.R! A. T. (Slats) Gill, veteran Oregon State college coach, was named today to coach the Western team against the East in the New York Herald-Tribune's fifth annual East-West all-star college basket ball game at Madison Square Garden. The game will be played April 1. Dr. Harold C. Carlson of Pitts burgh will coach the Eastern team. Gill is the first far western mentor ever named to the news paper's all-star post. Charles-Beshore Bsvt Scheduled On April 5 Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 25 (U.R) The Ezzard Charles Freddie Be- shore heavyweight championship fight was re-scheduled today for April 5. Charles had been scheduled to defend his NBA crown against Beshore of Harnsburg. Pa., in the Buffalo auditorium next mes- day; but he withdrew yesterday because of a training injury to his side. Royal Governor Takes Widener Race Victory Miami, Fla. Feb. 25 (U.R) Ro yal Governor whipped Arise by half the length of his long neck for tht $50,000 Widener handi cap purse at Hialeah today as the favored Coaltown bogged down under 132 pounds in the heavy Koine. Brookmeade stable's Turf Horse, Going Away, finished third six lengths behind the stretch - battling leaders and four ltngths ahead of First Nighter who beat out Coaltown by a head for fourth money. Oak Grove Cage Tournament Sees One Big Upset Rarely does a basketball tour nament occur anywhere that at least one upset isn't marked down on the records. This last week's non-high tourney at Oak Grove school was no exception with perhaps the biggest surprise the Lone Pine victory over a highly-favored Oak Grove quintet 33 to 32 in an overtime Saturday to enter the tournament champion pionship finals. St. Mary's school also proved to be a somewhat surprising team in strength as it entered the title final game with Lone Pine Friday night by defeating How ard 26 to 25. Consolation Finale Shady Cove and Elk-Trail were ill the consolation round title game after the Shady Cove quintet Imd downed West Side 26 to 12 and Elk-Trail had dumped Sams Valley 10 to 7. Other games Friday saw Lone Pine defeat Griffin Creek 31 to 12 for the right to play Oak Grove. Elk-Trail down Applegate 16 to 13, Oak Grove defeat Wag ner Creek 26 to 12, Griffin Creek knock Elk-Trail out of the cham pionship race 18 to 6 and Sams Vallev defeat Wagner Creek 14 to 5. Sunday, February 26, 1950 MEDFORD (OREGON) MA!L TRIBUNE THREE Portland Bevos To Get Pitchers And Fielders Riverside. Cal., Feb. 25 (U.R) Bill Mulligan, general manager of the Portland Beavers Base ball club, said today the team will get a left-handed pitcher and two infieldcrs from the Cleve land Indians for spring training. The pitcher would be the fin al payment for Hal Saltzman. Beaver hurling ace last year who was sold to the Indians. Tornado Cagers Down Eagles Quint, 60 to 23 Getting a big, broad Jump at the start, Medford high's cagers outclassed Eagle Point 60 to 23 Friday night in a Southern Ore gon loop engagement at Eagle Point. Generally the Black Tornado has experienced stiff opposition from. the Eagles in the early part of contests. Friday night it was a different story. Medford count ed up 12 points before Eagle Point could score on Pat Sim mons' fcul toss at 4 minutes 30 seconds of the opening stanza. Medford Upt Lead At 6 minutes, Medford had broadened to 17 to 1. Eagle Point's only field goal of the frame was a gift when an over zealous Medfordite unlawfully slapped the net on Pat Simmon s shot that did not drop through the hoop. Mcdford's first quar ter lead was 21 to- 5. Halltimc count was 35 to 11 and third quarter score 48 to 19. j Reserves saw considerable ac-j tivity for Medford. Coach Frank ; Roclandt employed 14 hoopsters and 10 of them accounted for markers on the scoreboard. Con nie Holzgang. who got a late start in the tussle, headed the Tornado with 12 tallies. Larue ; Smith and Jack Morris each haa ; 8. The Black Tornado outdrove, I outpassed and out hoi E a g I e j Point all the way ' nd even re- j serves were not too hard pressed ! by the usually more stuDDorn Eagles. Spots liagged. Rough The contest had its rough and ragged spots and officials Parker Hess and Frank O'Neil charged Medford with 17 fouls and Eagle Point with 16. Medford made 8 out of 17 free throws and Eagle Points 7 out of 18. In the preliminary the high powered Tiger cubs overwhelm ed the Eagle jayvees 77 to 18. Lintums: Medford GO 23 FaglF lnint Smith 8 f 7 Simmons Shore 6 fa Mulhollrn Denman 5 , c 0 Dohprly Sodrrlnnd K ' 3 Cnhnll J. Morrill BB 3 Hnlc Suhstitutinni Medford, Wilkinson. Gundry 4, F. Morrl 8. Wrndl. Uo shears 1, Holzfiang 12. Cirinim, CJood man, Oldflcld 3: Eagle Point, Cnttan ach, Tycer, Andrews, Greh 2, Selhcrt. Sports for the Week TODAY RttrUver trials, TabU Rock ttatei, 8:30 a. m. Bowser trophy trapihoot. C t n t r a 1 Point Sportsmen's club grounds, noon. ' MONDAY Junior Rifle club ihoot and meeting. Marrick'i indoor range. 7 p, m. Major Bowling league, 7 p" m. TUESDAY Central Point high at Eagle Point (conference-district-JDJ); prelim. 6:45 p. m. Med ford high at Illinois Valley (Cave Junction): prelim, 6:45 p. m, (conference-district) Ladies' Bowling league, 8 p, m, Pistol division, Medford Ri fle club shoot, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m, Oregon college at Southern Oregon college (bas ketball). 8:15 p. m. WEDNESDAY i SOC invitational basketball tournament opens, morning Medford Rifle club weekly hoot, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m. District class B basketball playoff (Rogue River entered), at Klamath, evening Com 'mercial Bowling league. 7:30 kp. m, Oregon college at Southern Oregon college (bas ketball), 8:15 p. m, THURSDAY Ladies resume golf play at Rogue Valley Country club, 10 a. m. City Bowling league. 7 p. m. District B tourney (bas ketball) at Klamath gym (Rogue River entered), eve ning Southern Oregon col 1 e g e invitational basketball tourney, day and night. All star wrestling card, armory, 8:30 p. m. FRIDAY Illinois Valley high at Cen tral Point (conference-district-JDJ). 8:15 p. m. Mixed Bowl ing league. 7:30 p. m. South ern Oregon college invitational basketball tourney, day and evening. Eagle Point high at Grants Pass (conference-district). 8:15 p. m. SATURDAY Youth Bowling league. I p. m. Church Basketball league playoffs, YMCA gym. evening. Southern Oregon invitational basketball tour ney, day and evening. Middlecoff Continues To Lead Houston Golf Houston. Texa.. Feb. 25 (U.R) The freckled C a r y Middlecoff stretched his lead to three strokes over the field in the $10 000 Houston open at the 54-hole murk today, shooting a 60 for a 10-under-par total of 206. The 20-year old U. S. open chHinnion from Ormond Beach Fla., picked up four birdies and probably missed another when he slipped in the mud while mnk ing an approach shot, and missed the number 14 green. SPORTS BULLETIN Medford junior high's ninth or varsity basketball team closed its 1949-50 season Sat urday afternoon with its 13th or 14th victory against one de feat when it toppled Klam ath's ninth graders 40 to 33. Ed Bingham with 19 points led the local quintet scoring. The local eighth grade team closed its year by taking a 20 to 17 defeat at the hands of Klamath after the eastern Ore gonians had led 13 to 8 at the half. Burton Williams with 10 points led the locals in scoring. An automobile kills a human being every 13 minutes In the United States. ATTENTION Large SHADE TREES Available Order your trees NOW for that New Home . . We give prompt service --d guarantee our trees. CHAMBERLIN TREE SERVICE Phone 3-1145 FOR the FIRST TIME THIS YEAR . . . We Are Happy to Announce Available for DELIVERY! 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