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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1950)
1 I f"""11 " 1 " 1 "I .- I L.l.a, tJ LV pill , a wis rau'-r-.-'v" . :rr f i rt SEVENTH GRADE CACE SQUAD Seventh grade basketball squad which won nine and lost one for the junior high this past season is pictured above. Shown left to right, first row, a re Granvil Brittson, Donald Eck, William Daily, Bill Dyer, Ever ett Kastner, Jack Gault; second row, Manager Tommy Y'Blood, L arry Copple, Frank Rector, Nathan Harper, Ralph Miller, Wavne Hackett, Manager Frank Yoakum; third row, Coach Niles Smith, Kenneth Piland, Elvin Ballance, Donald Robinson, David Patience. EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL SQUAD Eighth grade basketball squad at Medford junior high this past season is pictured above. Front row, left to right, Coach Chief McLean, Richard Taylor. Tom Gannawav. Bob Judd. William Gregory, Curt Jioizgang, Willard Lilly, Richard Vance, Manager Don Newman: second row, Llovd Bendickson. Bob Goldsmith. Conrad Mann. Duke Anderson, Tom Gail, Charles Green. Larry Bucey; third row, George Huber, Bruce Niles, Buck McCorckle, Terrv Bergman. Bob Stelle. Not in picture are Manager Norm Chapman and Burton Williams. (Hal s Camera shop photo). NINTH (VARSITY) GRADE SQUAD Ninth grade or varsity basketball squad at Medford junior high school which has lost but one game in two years, is pictured above. Front row, left to right, Dennis Davis, Manager John Drew, Ned Landers, Bob Walker, Ed Bigham, Bon Cordier, Douglas Cripnen, Richard Atterbury, Ted Landers, Coach Mel Boldenow; second row, Darrell Brittisen, Duane Goodman, Leroy Pyle, Ron Spinas, Jim Gaines, Robert Christian, Jerry Perkins, Crash Crawlcv, Junior McDonald, Manager Vernon Casey; third row, Jack Antonson, John Niles, Tommy Rogers, Max Linely, Don Jacobs, Norman Hanscomb, Dick Padgham, Paul Shaf fer. Dick Wooten. (Hal's Camera shop photo). Top Wrestling Talent For Thursday's Show Probably bne of the greatest arrays of wrestling talent ever to appear on one card here has been lined up for Mack Lillard's program at the armory Thurs day night. Several of the outstanding grapplers are former champions and each is rated as main event material in Hollywood, Portland and Seattle, three of the coast's top wrestling centers. The Great Atlas, who has been one of the most detested yet ad mired men ever to appear here, will lead the array o sparkling talent into the armory battle pit. Others who will share the spot light are Pete Belcastro, the wild Weed Assassain, who is known far and wide as one of the game's most uncouth muscle nianglers; Tough Tony Ross, the Salem terror, who stops at noth ing to gain an advantage; Frank Stojack, the former Washington State college football and wres tling flash and one of wres tling's most sensational airplane Use a JOHN Bumper, bin-bulging yields are bom at seeding time . . . belter stands, more oven ripening of grain are the result ol accurate drilling at even depth. Accurate, uniform seeding is yours In a John Deere-Van Brunt Model "B" Grain Prill. Adjustable-gale fluted force-feeds drill all seeds In any desired quantity per acre. Spring pressure on the furrow openers HUBBARD -WRAY CO. 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE spin artists, and Georges Du sette. the Fench - Canadian strong man and former circus trapeze star who is a full nelson expert. Lillard said he expects to sign the sixth man some time today and assured fans that he will be as well known as the other five. Ringside seats are on sale at Brown's cafe, 101 East Main street. Milo Trautman To Play State Cagers' Tourney Milo Trautman, former Cen tral Point high basketball player and now a member of the Grants Pass high cage squad, will be one of 10 Cavemen who will take part in the state class A high school tourney in Eugene. The standout for the Pointers before he transferred to Grants Pass in the middle of the current basketball season is rated by Coach Hank Anderson of the Cavemen as a "speedy ball-handler and an in-focus shooter." DEERE -VAN BRUNT Grain Drill always remains uniform because it is applied with jackkniie effect. What's more, you can drill faster with a Model "B," too, for low wheel construction provides a shorter seed drop . . . makes possible accurate drilling at speeds up to six miles per hour. See us for complete information about this faster, mora accurate grain drill. Danny Stupur Pitches For Stars In Practice Mesa. Aril., Mar. 4 (U.R) Al Gettel, former Yankee and White Sox right hander, wn starting pitcher for the Oak land Oaks today in their train ing game with the Hollywood Stars here. Handling mound duties for the Stars were Dan Stupur, Ken Lenman and Ben Wade, Hollywood Manager Fred Haney announced. St. Mary's Athletes To Be Honored Dinner St. Mary's grade and high school athletes will be honored at a banquet Sunday, March 12, in the Sacred Heart parish hall by parents and friends, it was announced Saturday. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and a program will follow. Toastmaster will be Jimmy Dunlevy, manager of radio sta tion KMED, and among guests will be the parochial school's coaching staff and Sports Editor Hank Green of The Mail Trib une. PHONE 2-4011 ft- r I trial s uamera snop pnoto) Rogue Snowmen to Ski Today at Crater Lake; Two Tows in Operation Two tows will be in operation at Crater Lake park today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the benefit of Rogue Snowmen Ski club members, officers said Satur day. . The ski area is located at Government camp about 200 yards east of the administration building. Park service regula tions require that no member ships be sold in the park but must be purchased in advance, members said. Free ski instruction will be gin at 10 a. m. today for all classes of skiers. IT WAS THIS WAY Hobro, Denmark (U.R) Po lice, called to rescue a drunk seen stagging around on the roof of a theater, ascended the build ing and arrested him. His expla nation: He was certain he knew someone in the house, but could n't find the entrance. HOME TOWN NEWS "Take me to the WM. that's where I want to fixtures." PHONE 2-5972 FOR ALL Junior High Cage Squads Have Dinner About 100 persons, including members of the junior high school seventh, eighth and ninth grade basketball squads and their dads attended the dinner, movies and heard tnjks by coaches Saturday night at the school cafeteria as guests of the fathers and mothers. The dinner was prepared and served by several mothers of the boys. After the dinner the " boys went to the girls' gym to see movies of an Oregon State bas ketball game. Speakers Heard Speakers at the banquet In cluded Coaches Mel Boldenow, Chief McLean and Niles Smith of the junior high staff, Coaches Frank Roelandt, Bob Newland, Lee Ragsdale and Fred Spiegel berg of the senior high, Mrs. Maude Robinson and Sports Edi tor Hank Green. Mrs. Robinson was presented with a gift by Bon Cordier on behalf of the players and also received her "M" in apprecia tion for her work as scorer for the season. Principal Glen Linn of the junior high was toastmaster. Noor Again Downs Citation In Race Arcadia. Cal., March 4 (U.R) In one of the most thrilling fin ishes e,ver witnessed at Santa Anita racetrack, Charles S. How ard's Noor repealed his victory over Citation again today in the $50,000 San Juan Capistrano handicap with a nose victory. The Santa Anita handicap win ner of last Saturday. Noor. and the great Citation ran head and head down the stretch and at the finish the result was so close that the stewards had to wait for a photo before they could separate them. But Noor's nose was out in front at the wire ending the mile and three-quarters racing to give Citation the fourth defeat of the meeting, but the great horse lost nothing in esteem by his race. SFU, Kentucky Named In Hoop Tournament New York. March 4 (U.R) San Francisco university's de lending champions and Western Kentucky's perennial power house were selected today to play in the national invitation bas ketball tournament here begin ning March 11. Their addition brought to eight the number of teams which have accepted bids. Previously chosen were Bradley, Duquesne, St. John's, Lasalle, Syracuse and Long Island university. That leaveji four spots still to be filled, and they will be awarded within the next few days, probably Monday. School Boxers' Show At Vets Center 'Out' Last Friday night's scheduled boxing exhibition by local high school leathemushers at the (Camp White Veterans center was cancelled ana instead tne boys put on several bouts after school in the school gym in the afternoon. The camp show was called off by people at the center,, Coach Fred Spiegelberg of the high school team said. RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Orenon'i Oldest and Finest 29 So. BartleH Medford SWARTZ 8, SON . . . buy our new plumbing YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS Sunday, March S, 1950 MEDFORD SStXiSsTRIBUNE II County Grade School Cage Tourney Slated Central Point. Mar. 4 Jack son county grade school basket ball tournament will open Wed nesday in the Central Point high gym with Jacksonville meeting Central Point at 2 p.m. and Eagle Point taking on St. Mary's (Med ford) at 3 p.m. The four-day tourney will close High School Baseballers Drill Monday Baseball practice for the Med ford high school 1950 squad will open Monday afternoon at the close of school. Coach Alex Mc Donald said Saturday. Twelve or thirteen lettermen are back from last year's team that was rated about the best in southwestern Oregon if not in the state among A schools. The Black Tornado has dominated the Southern Oregon conference for some years. Few Had Graduated Last year the local diamond players lost but a few boys through graduation and several who showed good promise in 1950 as jayvees or junior high candidates are expected to add strength to the 1950 team, espe cially in pitching. Medford opens its conference baseball season Friday after noon, March 31, against Eagle Point at Medford. About 40 boys interested In playing attended a meeting open to prospects held indoors some time ago. UP All-Coast Cagers Here San Francisco, Mar. 4 (U.R) The champions and the runners up each placed a man on the 1950 United Press all-Pacific coast basketball team. The southern division PCC champion UCLA Bruins, runner up USC and independent cham pion University of San Francis co, champion Washington State of the PCC northern division ana third-place Washington, each nailed down one place on the first string. In a year made notable for lack of individual brilliance on most teams, these five men were standouts on successful cage squads: Center Don Lofgren, NSF; For wards Bill Sharman, USC, and Ed Gayda, Washington State, and Guards George Stanich, UCLA, and Louie Soriano, Uni versity of Washington. During his professional base ball career Babe Ruth was struck out 1330 times. 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Thursday will sec the winner in the Eagle Point vs. St. Mary's game play the victor in the Gold Hill vs. Rogue River contest al 7 p.m. and an hour Inter Phoenix will take on the winner of the Jacksonville - Central Point con test. Friday's Schedule At least five games will be played starting at 5 p.m. Friday and concluding with 8 p.m. A sixth may be necessary but that will depend on whether Phoenix wins or loses over the J'ville Central Point winner. Should Phoenix lose then it will play the losing team of the Central Point-J'ville game at 4 p.m. Friday. If the Phoenix quin tet wins then it will play at 8 p.m. Thursday. A consolation champ in A divi sion will be decided starting at 5 p.m. Saturday and the B division titleholder game will begin at 6 p.m. that day . Saturday's Contests - lhe A tournament champion ship game is slated for 8 p.m. Saturday after the B champion Is crowned starting at 7 p.m. Six trophies will be awarded with one for each champion, each second place and each consola tion. DOWN AND "DONE!" Much of tha llrfar lurrounding naw buildlngi h pravantabla. Our Raady Miied ConcrtU avoidi all tho m and obstruction that slta-miifng causasf It avoids tho Urer-on man and axpanto which faulty-mix birchat Impost! Uso our precision mixed Concrata, for YOUR Job. Sand and Gravel Crushed Rock Crushed Granite M. C. LININGER and SONS CORNER HAMRICK ROAD MEDFORD PHONE 2-5336 wardrobe! JP- BROWN SHOE STORE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE REED COLLEGE COACH Portland, Ore.. Mar. 4 (U.R .Howard Westcott, football, bas ketball and baseball coach at Reed college, said today he will not return to the school next year. 'Your Office Boy' Since 1927 DESKS FILES SAFES TYPEWRITERS ADDING MACHINES Across from the Rlalto Theatre Crater Meat Co. 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