Talent vs. Gold Hill Tonight;
SOC Cage Finals on Saturday
Ashland, Mar. 8 Talent high
win men uoia hiii at 7 p.m. and
Oakland, Ore., takes on Westnort
at 8:15 in the semi-finals of the
soutnern Oregon college invita
tional basketball tournament at
tne dui; gym tonight.
Finals of the tourney will start
at 2 D.m. Saturday when the win-
ners of this morning's consola
tion round semi-finals play for
the consolation championship.
At 3 p.m. tomorrow losers of
games played this afternoon will
play for tournament's fourth
place.
Saturday Games
Saturday at 7 p.m. the losing
teams in this evening's semi
finals will play for second
position.
The championship game be
tween the winners of tonight's
semi-final round will play Sat'
urday at 8:15 p.m.
This afternoon Lorane was
scheduled to play" Butte Falls,
both losers in yesterday's quarter-finals,
and Brookings was due
to take on Jacksonville, also
losers of yesterday.
Talent Wins 65-26
Yesterday Talent entered the
championship semi-finals by wal
loping Lorane 65 to 26 and Gold
Hill pulled a major upset by
knocking down high-ranking
Butte Falls 41 to 37 to also en
ter the semi-finals.
Last night Jacksonville was
eliminated from the scmi-Iinai
round when Westport defeated
it 35 to 16. Oakland gained a
place by edging Brookings 38 to
29.
Other SOC tourney games
yesterday saw Valsetz enter the
consolation round semi-finals by
edging Riddle 34 to 33, Elkton
do the same by knocking over
Bandon 48 to 32, Prospect ditto
by toppling Paisley 39 to 26 and
St. Mary's did also tipping Phoe
nix 45 to 44.
Talent Heayy Fayorlte
Talent as defending champion
and undefeated so far this year
i h. tournament is rated a
nnrl chance to repeat. Westport,
which Talent met in the six-man
gtate championship looioanii"
.1. itt fall, mav day the Bull
dogs in the basketball tourna
ment finals. ,
However, Gold Hill pulled an
nut hv downing Butte Falls
and just might be "up" enough
tonight to top Talent.
MEDFORDJwTRIBUNE
(Acmm Tehphoto)
COVERUP Jean Walczak of France covers up as welterweight
champ Ray (Sugar) Robinson lands a right In their non-title bout
'in St. Louis. Mo. Robinson was knocked down with a low blow In the
fourth round but came back strong; to win a unanimous 10-round
decision.
Linrupi:
Westport 3S
Steniland 6
Sutfin 14
Graeactt 1
Johnion 3
VinRiiren ft
Substitutions WPSTpun.
a- Jacksonville. Cram i
If Jacksonville
I 3 Hardy
f 4 Pawlowski
e McBeth
t t Greenmayer
g A Taylor
Hafmme
-Westport' 8, Jacksonville 5.
core
Gold Hill 41
Edkew 2
Palmer 17
J. Smith 3
Kewland 3
Hnhn
37 Butte falls
f 8 Bartlett
f B Henshaw
e 3 Casey
g Irwin
m 17 Poole
Suhntitutiona Gold Hill. Morgan 2.
m cut. 9 Inhavi 14: HUM ran.
White 2. Halfttme score Butte Falls
32. Gold Hill 14.
r.i c Lorane
Montgomery 8 J AmIKu
Cowdry 4 f 1 Mitchell
Nicholi 4 J Rjynen
Hartley 18 9 1 Shaffer
Combs 12 C Dm-1Tf?t
Substitution! Talent. Smith 2. WU-
liama 3. Henry 4. newron a. b'
a. Parrant 4, Zumwalt 1: Lorant. Ber
ry 3. Owen 4, Dotaon 8. Halftlme acore
Talent 31, L,orane jo.
Seventh Graders Win
9, Lose 1 Cage Tilt
Boys in the seventh erade ath
letic program at the local junior
high school are hoping this
spring that they can do rela
tively as well in spring sports
as they did in basketball this
past winter for in the hoop game
the youths had a nine victory,
one loss record.
lowed by Bill Dyer with 46 at
guard and Everett Kastner and
Loren Jacobs, both forwards,
who garnered 36 and 32 respec
tively. Kastner was elected hon
orary captain and was the team's
mosi valuable player.
Coach Niles Smith of the sev
enth graders said at the close of
Right now the boys in the: the cage season that his squad
seventh, eighth and ninth grades j had the best record in games
are taking a two weeks' rest be-1 won and lost in some years. He
fore starting track and some of said they were the seventh grade
the older youths going over to ; champions of the Medford
the senior high for baseball, j Grants Pass-Ashland -Roscburg
Ih story Pag 1)
Hockey
Chicago, Mar. 3 U.R The
Chicaeo Black Hawks, with their
playoff hopes now at the van
ishing point, were Keeping ine
steam up in tneir anve at least
to vacate last Dlace.
The Hawks moved within
three points of fifth place last
night when they downed the
Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 2.
Conley, Gayda Leaders
Northern Area Scores
Los Angeles, Mar. 3 U.F
Washington State college eager
Gene Conley is leading the in
dividual scoring race in the
northern division PCC basket
ball circuit with two games left
to play.
In second place is Conley's
teammate Eddie Gayda. Conley
has a total of 201 points for the
season, an average of 14.4 points
in 14 games. Gayda is 23 points
off the pace for game average
of 12.7.
MEDFORD BOYS RANKED
Corvallis, Mar. 3 Curt Rich
mond ranked seventh and Bill
Kramer 12th in total points
scored for the Oregon State col
lege Rooks 1949-50 basketball
team according to statistics re
leased today. The former Med
ford high school players tallied
30 and 16 points respectively.
The first ball club to become
professional was the Cincinnati
"Red Stockings" in 1869.
There has been no baseball at
the junior high.
Scored 287 Points
In basketball Medford's sev
enth graders scored 287 points
during the season compared to
169 for their opponents. This
was an average of 28.7 points
per game as against 16.9 for op
posing teams.
Center William Dailey was
high scorer with 91 points, fol-
Ruetz Named
Coaching Job
Moraga. Cal., Mar. 3 (U.R)
Joe Ruetz. 33-year-old former
Notre Dame all-American, has
been elevated to head football
coach at St. Mary's college.
School officials announced
that they will sign Ruetz to a
two-year contract today to re
place Joe Verducci, who resigned
last month.
Terms of the pact were not
made known. It was understood,
however, that he will have full
say in selecting two assistants.
The decision to promote the
red-haired mentor from the line
coaching Job he held last year
under Verducci was announced
after a meeting of the board of
athletic control last night.
Post Season
Cage Games
New York. Mar. 3 ;U.R) The
big post-season basketball tour
naments started moving last
toward completing their fields
today as Syracuse entered the
national Invitation with Long
Island U. certain to follow, and
Bradley given a shot at a spot
in the N. C. A. A. tourney.
The selection of Syracuse, with
a record of 17 wins and six de
feats, left seven spots still open
in the N. I. T.
And one of those was sure to
go to L. I. U. either today or
only hours later. The Blackbirds
sewed it up last night when they
trounced a top-notch Hamline
university team 63 to 52.
league.
Scores of games played in
1949-50 are listed as follows:
Scores of Season
Medford 28, Oak Grove 15;
Medford 24, Eagle Point 21;
Medford 32. Grants Pass 6; Med
ford 24. Ashland 12: Medford
30, Central Point 17; Medford 38,
Roseburg 27, Medford 45, Ash
land 7; Roseburg 23, Medford
12; Medford 30, Grants Pass 19
and Medford 28. Eagle Point 22.
The only defeat by the sev
enth graders was to Roscburg.
Playing on the squad were
Dailey, Jacobs, Dyer, Kastner,
Donald Eck, Jack Gault, Frank
Recort, Larry Copple, Granvil
Brittson, Virgil Evans, Nathan
Harper. Ralph Miller, Wayne
Hackett. Elvin Ballance, Gordon
McVey, Donald Robinson, David
Patience and Kenneth Piland.
Managers were Frank Yoak
um and Tom Y'Blood.
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Sports for
the Week
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, 7 and 8:15
p. m. Eagle Point high at
Grants Pais (eonlerence-dt-trict),
8:15 p.m.
SATURDAY
Youth Bowling league,
1 p. m. Church Basketball
league playoffs, YMCA gym,
evening, Southern Ortgon
invitational basketball tour
ney, 2 and 7 p. m. Junior
high basketball squads ban
quet, school cafeteria. 6 p. m.
Rogue River Ramblers ban
quet, dance at Rogue River
lodge. 9 p .m.
SUNDAY
Rogue Snowmtn skiing at
Crater Lake park: lows oper
ate 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
GIANTS EYE PITCHERS
Phoenix. Ariz., Mar. 3 U.R1
Hank Behrman and Klrby Higbe
arc definitely slated for bullpen
duty but starting assignments
are open for every other New
Yurk Giant pitcher. Manager
Leo Durocher said today.
Scientists Seek Clues
Of Ancient Corrosion
Columbus, O. fU.R) Modern
scientists are studying rust 2.000
years old for clues on how to
fight corrosion causing more
than five billion dollars dam
ace annually, according to Dr.
Earle R. Caley of Ohm State
university.
Chemists' aiding archaelogical
investigations, he said, have paid
special attention to the compos
tion of corrosion products of an
cient metals and alloys. This in
turn is expected to reveal ways
to prevent rust and corrosion in
auto engines, pipelines and other j
metal articles. 1
Lady Golfers
Open Season
Mrs. Leland Clark and Mrs.
Noble Vincent yesterday after
noon won the two ball foursome
that inaugurated weekly play
for 1950 for the Rogue Valley
Women's Golf association at the
country club.
The golfing was preceded by
a business luncheon with Mrs.
Robert Shepherd, general chair
man, presiding. Winners of the
winter ladder tourney were an
nounced. Mrs. John Day copped
tne award Ur claying the most
matches and Mrs. Frr.' Hum-nhi-ov
was runner-UD. Mrs. v.
cent "and Mrs. Tom Fuson shared
the prize for winning the most
matches.
The following new officers
and committee chairmen were
introduced: Mrs. Jack Eidswick,
vice general chairman; Mrs.
Ralph Odell, secretary. Mrs. Vic
tor S e t h e r , treasurer; Mrs.
James Wyatt, tournament chair
man; Mrs. Bayard Getchell,
rules and regulations; Mrs. Ale
tha Vawter, handicap; Mrs. Norm
Worthlcy, calling: Mrs. Tom Em
mens, golf social: Mrs. Al Lit
trell, non-golf social; Mrs. H. D.
Christensen, prizes: Mrs. C. B.
Collins, membership, and Mrs
L. P. Walker, rules.
WSCNeeds
One Victory
San Francisco, Mar. 3 U.R)
The Washington State Cougars,
pin.iu" tMm nf the Pacific
Coast conference basketball race
this season, need only one vic
tory in two tilts this week-end
to clinch the northern division
crown.
Led by" Ed Gayda and Gene
Conley, the Cougars meet the
University of Idaho Vandals
both tonight and Saturday.
Just one victory no matter
Wachinotnn and Oregon
State come out in their pair of
games win sena ine wuwn m
Los Angeles for a conference
Dlavoff series with the UCLA
Bruins.
2 Ski Tows
To Operate
The Rogue Snowmen Ski club
plans to have two tows in oper
ation at Crater Lake park this
week-end from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
for the benefit of members.
The ski area is located at Gov
ernment camp, 200 yards east of
the Administration building.
Regulations of the park serv
ice require that no memberships
can be sold in the park but
must be purchased in advance.
Prospective members can pur
chase them at Sam's Sporting
Goods store.
Free ski instruction will be
gin at 10 a. m. for all classes of
skiers.
Church Cage League
Champ Tilt Saturday
Championship game in the lo
cal Church Basketball league
will be played at 8 p.m. Satur
day in the YMCA gym with
Foursquare meeting St. Marys:
Catholic. The prelim at 7 p.m. !
...:ll tnnslk.v Cl TAnr' !
Lutheran and First Presbyterian
in a consolation game.
St. Mary's entered the title
game Wednesday night by de
feating First Presbyterian 14 to
12 while Foursquare made the
honored circle when it down St.
Peter's 36 to 20.
OSC SWIM TEAM
Corvallis, Mar. 3 An Oregon
State swimming team, winner of
only one conference dual meet
this season, flies to Pullman this
week end for the two-day north
ern division tournament.
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FISHERG1RL Sportsmen visit
lng the Fifth Annual Sporta,
Travel and Boat Show in San
Francisco March 3-12 will Una
Elaine Doyle (aoovei ready to
jive them a nelping nana with
the rods and reels.
Friday, March 3, 1950
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Junior High
Cagers Dine
Boys on the seventh, eighth
and ninth (varsity) grade bas
ketball squars at Medford junior
high will be honored by their
dads at a banquet and showing
of motion pictures Saturday
starting at 6 p. m. at the school.
The dinner will be served in
the school cafeteria and after
wards parents and guests will
see moving pictures of Oregon
State college basketball games.
The program will also include
talks by Coaches Mel Boldenow,
Niles Smith and Chief McLean
of the junior high and Coaches
Bob Newland and Frank Roe
landt of the senior high. Lee
Ragsdale of the senior high staff
will also speak.
Rookies Show Beavers
How at Training Camp
Riverside, Cal., Mar. 3 (U.R)
Portland Beaver Manager Bill
Sweeney expressed pleasure to
day at the performances of
Rookie Pitchers Bob Drilling and
Frank Prowse.
Shortstop Joe Pollch and Out
fielders Marv Dierks, Bill Elder,
Orrin Snyder and Art Penning
ton reported to the Portland
training camp yesterday to bring
the Beaver roster up to 30 players.
'Curling' Championship
Vancouver, B. C, Mar. 3 (U.R)
Enthusiastic Americans were be
ing included in plans for the 21st
Dominion curling championships
here next week.
Ten teams, or rinks, represent
ing nine Canadian provinces,
will match skill and wits March
6 to 9 at Kerrisdale arena here
for the coveted MacDonald's
brier tankard, emblematic of
Scheduled In Vancouver
curling supremacy in the world.
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Rogue River Winner
District 5 Playoff
Klamath Falls. Mar. 3 Rocue
River high will represent dist
rict 5 in the state class B high
school basketball tournament as
the result of a second half rally
last night that helped defeat
Sacred Heart, Klamath Falls, 52
to 38 last evening.
The first half was nip-and-tuck
with Sacred Heart and the
Chiefs tied at 11 to 11 when the
first quarter whistle blew and
Rogue River held but a 24 to 22
lead at halftime. As a matter of
fact the Klamath team outplay
ed the Chiefs much of the time.
Height Aids Rogues
Height began to tell in favor
of Rogue River in the last two
quarters and the Chiefs had a 40
to 28 third quarter marginwith
the scoreboard reading 49 to 34
at the automatic.
Rogue River will play the
winner of district 6 at 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, March 9, at Astoria,
in the state B title tournament.
The district 6 representative was!
not known today. 1
Sacred Heart entered the dist-:
rict 5 playoffs with Rogue River
as the Klamath-Lake county
champion.
Ltnrupv
Rogue River SZ 3S Sarred Heart
Gene Dupuy 31 f 8 Dan Mahoney
Jacobs S f 4 O'Keeffe
Purrler 14 c S Jack Howard
Poitevint S S 10 Ralph Beard
Frantz 3 tf A Ray Beard
Substitutions Rogues. Glen Dupuy I
2: Sacred Heart, Gross 2. I
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