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SIGHT MEDFOBD (OREGON) County Grade Basketball Games Tonight, Thursday Central Point, Mar. 8 Four games in the first round of the annual Jackson county grade iichool basketball tournament will take place tonight at the Central Point high gym with three more carded Thursday, four Friday and four more Sat urday. The tourney opened this af ternoon with Jacksonville play ing Central Point, Eagle Point vying with St. Mry' (Medford) and Rogue River taking on Cold Hill school. Games slated this evening will send Shady Cove against Rogue River second team at 5 o'clock West Side v. Sams Valley at 6, Howard vs. Central Point sec ond team at 7 and Griffin Creek against Lgne Pine at 7 o'clock. Thursday Night Gamoi Thursday winner of the Eagle Point vs. St. Mary's game will meet the victor in the Gold Hill vs. Rogue River at 7 p.m. after the loser of the Howard vs. Cen tral Point seconds and Griffin Creek vs. Lone Pine losing quin tet had played at 8 p.m. Third game Thursday slated for 8 p.m. will send Phoenix, which had drawn a bye in the first round, against the winner of the Central roim vs. jacK- ville contest. Tf Phnpniv I o s e tomorrow evening's game it will play the loser of the J'Vllie-u, r. game at 4 p.m. Friday. Otherwise the Phoenix quintel will piay me winner of that game at 8 p.m. Saturday. Other Friday games will put Intor nf thp Khnriv Cove vs. R.R. seconds against the losing team of the West Side vs. Sams Val ley tilt at 3 p m. and losing team nf fh F.slr Point vs. St. Marv's against the loser of the Rogue River vs. Gold Hill game at 0 p.m. Friday Night Tilts At 7 p.m. Friday, the winner of the CP. seconds vs. Howard will play the victor In the Lone Pine vs. Griffin Creek and at 8 p.m. that day It will be the vic tor in the West Side vs. Sams Valley against the winner of the Rogue River seconds vs. Shady Cove game. Finals of the consolation round will be played at 8 and 6 p.m. Saturday with the B bracket crowned after the game billed for 7 p.m. and the A champ af ter the 8 p.m. game. High School Wrestling Tourney Scheduled OSC Corvallis, Mar. 8 Close to 200 prep wrestlers from all over the atnte will converge on the Ore gon State campus this week-end for the third annual Oregon state high school mat tournament. Preliminaries will be run off Friday afternoon and evening with semi-finals and finals slated Saturday. All matches will be in the men's gym. Dallas High Wins Spot State Basketball Play McMlnnvllle, Ore., Mar. 8 U.R Dallas high school defeat ed Dayton, 45 to 33, here last night to win the district 8 spot in the 1950 Oregon State high ichnol basketball tournament at Eugene March 14-18. Newberg walloped Salem Academy, 72 to 38, to win third pfiice In the district 8 tourna ment. I INCREASES PROFITS ON SMALL ACREAGE FARMS See the NEW, LOW-COST Model R Earthmaster TRACTOR Earthmaster Is Economical and Efficient The Briggi and Srratton engine develops 1! j h.p. to de liver at least 236 Ibi., drawbar pull. This power unit easily handles 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. 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The newest additions to the 2 Tornadoes First Quint Medford high's Black Tornado basketball team placed two boys on the first team, one on the sec ond and one other received hon orable mention on the Southern Oregon conference all stars picked by the sports staff of the Ashland Tidings. Bob Shores and Jack Morris received places on the first team, Don Denman was named to the second and receiving honorable mention was Connie Holzgang. Morris with Tom Schubert of Klamath Falls were the only unanimous choices for the team. First Team Listed First team Schubert and Shores, forwards: Dick Smith (Ashlandl. center; Morris and Vern Craft (Grants Pass) guards. Second team Jerry Langcr (Ashland) and Pat Ford (G. P.) forwards; Denman. renter, and Bill Toole (K.F.) and Mike Traut man (G.P.). guards. " Honorable mention Pat Simmons and Lloyd Hale (Eagle Point); Holzgang. Mecllord: Don Hedgepeth (G. P.). Herb Colley (Central Point); and Dale Land ing and Jed Davis (Ashland). High School Scores Tt'KNIIAY'S nKHUt.TB Portland Benson 42, Jerrerion 33 Roosevelt 70. Cleveland 40 Lincoln S.V Vnhinton 44 franklin 3.1, Grant 31 Cnrhrtt 44. Mnnter 27 Dallai 4S. Dnvtnn 33 Newborn 72. Salem Academy 30 TRACTOR J? 14850 Cultivator Wednesday, March 8, 1950 local pro ranks are no rela tion to the other men. Clements of The Dalles is an Infielder, 20-ycars-old. stands six feet tall and weighs 1 85 pounds. Taylor is a pitcher aged 19 years and his home is in Lancaster, Cal. He is six feet three inches tall, weighs 190 pounds and throws and bats righthanded. Others Assigned Here The other new players signed or sent here by the Giants in clude Floyd H. Shotwell, a pitched who has played fast semi-pro baseball near Seattle since the war. He is 26 years old, stands 6 feet 2, weighs 180 pounds and throws and bats righthanded. ' John R. Harris Jr.. sent here by the New York National league club, is a second base man who bats and throws right handed, is 18 years old. stands 5 feet 9 and weighs 155 pounds. He is from Los Angeles. William Matezka. a pitcher, was scouted by Business-manager Mel Carpenter of the Rogues at a semi-pro game at Lakeview, He stands 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 175 pounds and is 19 years old. He bats and throws right handed. Try Out At Camp Carpenter said Matezka will he taken to training camp in April and if not experienced enough the youth will be sent to a good semi-pro club this year and taken back next season. These youths are in addition to Fred Thrower and Carl Hueners whose coming back to Medford was announced yester day. State B Cagers Tourney Slated Astoria. Ore., Mar. 8 (U.Rl The 1950 Oregon stnte class "B" high school basketball tourna ment opens here Thursday with Monmouth, district 2, and Drain, district 4. meeting in the first game at 2:30 p.m. ' In the other afternoon game, Condon, district 6, fares Rogue River, district 5, at 3:45 p.m. Two night games are slated for the opening round. Garibaldi, district 1, plays defending cham pion Union, district H. at 7:30. and Prairie City, district 7, meets Alsca, district 3, at 8:45. It is a single elimination tour nament with the first-round win ners advancing to the quarter finals on Friday and the losers going into the consolation round. OSC BASEBALL SQUAD Corvallis, Mar. 8 Daily out door workouts whenever weath er permits have been mapped out by Baseball Coach Ralph Coleman to get his squad ready for the pre-season opener against Linfield here March 30. Plan m Sunny Irook the whiskey that's Cieerit as its riame In mansion or cottage, serving Old Sunny Brook means cheer ful hospitality. This popular Kentucky whiskey is designed for real drinking enjoyment. Serve It enjoy it tonight. Jji IOC 0 twit WATCHMAN S" V - millS M Sjj on mii iomi """V'k ft ' II Car 1 mso 14 riOOF KENTUCKY WHISK BY-A Portland U. NAI Winner; SOC Topped Portland, Ore., Mar. -;u.r- Portland university defeated Willamette university 79 to 80 here last night to win the dis trict 2 National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball tour nament and a spot in the NAIB national tourney at Kansas City next week. In a preliminary game North ern Idaho College of Education dumped Southern Oregon col lege, 61 to 57. The Pilots captured the dis trict title without services of their star, Warren Brown, who was confined with the flu. But in Brown's absence, little Happy Lee of Astoria took over to score 12 field goals and three free throws for a total of 27 points. SOC Game Close The Northern Idaho-Southern Oregon contest was a nip-and- tuck affair to the end. With less than three minutes left to play the score was tied at 54-all. NICE pulled away slightly when Center Rollie McNair sank a free throw and then added two more points to make the score 57 to 54. With about one minute to play McNair hit two field goals to give NICE a safe point margin. McNair and SOC Center Keith Wade shared high scoring honors with 23 points each. Northern iciano led at halftime by ZH to ii. Bradley Quintet Plus Kentucky Favored In NIB New York, Mar. 8 U.R Well, you can't say that Bradley and Kentucky weren't warned. ' Bradley's Braves from Peoria, 111., were installed today as the red-hot favorite to win the Na- tional Invitation Basketball tournament starting Saturday and the Wildcats of Kentucky were listed as a close second choice. It means that the Braves and the Wildcats haven't got a pray er, if the tourney's past history means anything. Four Big Upsets Remember '49? Four straight upsets in the quarter-final round, then two more in the semi-final and finally San Francisco up ending Loyola of Chicago in the all-dark horse finale? It could happen again, for this year's 12-teani field has been generally hailed as one of the most brilliant arrays of talent ever assembled. If history repeats, it will be salt in Kentucky's wound, for the Wildcats were the biggest upset victim last year when, as tourney favorites, they bowed to Loyola in the quarter-finals. Tornado Boxers Await Matches With Roseburg. Local high school boxers to day awaited word from Rose burg as to whether there defi nitely will be an inter-school team match at Roseburg Friday night. Coach Fred Spiegelberg said this morning that he had heard no definite word as yet although the matches had been scheduled some time ago. He said he ex pected a phone call or letter from Roseburg telling plans. Monday local boxers put on a brief exhibiitcn. Hockey NORTHERN DIVISION STANIIINCS: W L T P!i New Westminster 32 17 In 80 Turomn . 32 2.1 Portland 7 119 10 tirt Sttle 2B 2 Vancouver 30 26 Victoria 140 Tt'KXnAY'S RFSl'l.TS Tucoma fl. Portland 2 Vancouver 5. Victoria S San Francisco 7. San Diego 4 Los Anseles 4. Fresno 3 for hospitality . . . BLCNDu tun mm sriim I "i i t. ' 'te4v. - 741 f . , '1 JUrfrfift '; -Y-..I v A t W 4 C?' ve"'"" fv l ivaV; 1 1' I V -Vk. I if i ?V A 9 7i$ 'AST1 -f itTi W1 t'mmtm m ! mam mm.tz. JrtnV ,vtkM FIGHT TONIGHT Darrell Johnson, left, and Kenny Caroth crs are rated a toss-up for their southern Oregon amateur welter weight championship boxing match at the armory tonight. Dono van Wolfe, Phoenix, holds a slight edge over Dale Odoin in the lower half of the semi-windup. Other matches follow: Don Harper vs. Russ Williams, Eddie Conrad vs. Hugo Vernon, Gene Sheppard vs. Don Dalton, Dick Adkins vs. Chief Super and Corky King vs Johnny Hamilton. The first bout is at 8:30 p.m. Outstanding Grapple Card Due Georges Dusette gets another chance to de-glamorize the Great Atlas when they clash in one of the triple main event bouts on tomorrow night's weekly wres tling card at the armory. The three-ply program, with each bout to be for 45 minutes or two out of three falls, brings together one of the greatest ar rays of grappling talent assem bled here in many a moon. Although the Atlas - Dusette mix is expected to draw most of the interest, local fans are won dering just how far their old fa vorite, Pete Bclcastro, can come up the comeback trail. Bclcastro has been away from the ring wars for about two vears and after two months of Lincoln Marbles Tourney Attracts 39 As Entries Thirty-nine boys in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Lin coin school are taking part in a marble tournament that has at tracted much interest among the youths. Coach M. O. Busack of the school reported. Eighteen of these boys are in the fifth grade, 15 in the fourth snd six are in the sixth grade. Roundrobin Started At the conclusion of the cur rent matches, a roundrobin will be held with the top two or three from each grade taking part. Each will play in a three-game series with the youth having the best percentage declared cham pion. Rules for the marbles com petition were drawn up by Bu sack and school authorities with a five-foot diameter outer ring and a two-foot inner ring used. Knuckles must he kept on the ground while shooting and marbles must'be played as they lie. Fourth graders taking part In- Serve BRAND . mom distiiub noo. ow. nr. Thursday 'hard training, is ready to try it again. He got his start in profes sional wrestling in the same ring in which he will try his come back. Belcastro said be wanted the toughest foe Promoter Mack Lil lard could find and he got just what he asked for in Frank Sto jack, former Washington State college grid great and ex-champion of the Pacific crast. Tough Tony Ross, about as hard to lick as they come and a Derennial challenger to the coast title, draws a tough cookie in Karl Gray, completing the out standing card. Lillard said a coin will be tossed to determine which match goes on when with the initial contest set for 8:30 p.m. elude Paul Glcason, Lymon Stubbs. Tommy Smith, Tony Brauner, Dale Shaw, Royce Tuckness, Larry Albright, Billy Snyder, Mike Walker, Billy Longmire, Frank Tokar. Ronald THE MOBILGAS -the most grueling test run in America-imprestively proves the performance and economy of Mobilgas (regular or premium grade-as selected by the drivers). 31 different makes and models of cars, representing all prica ranges, averaged 12.0" miles per gallon over a rugged 751-mile course from Los Angeles to Grand Canyon, where altitudes ranged from below sea level to over "000 feet, temperatures varied from summer heat to bolow freezing. Maximum legal speeds were closely adhered to throughout the 18'i hour frind. For unexcelled performance with economy, get the gasoline used on the Grand Canyon Economy Run Mobilgas or Mobilgas Special -whichever your car needs. yossr helpful Hrilyot Dtnltr v C ,. GENERAL rETBOLEUM COKTOMTIOai Chiefs Leave For Tourney Rogue River, Mar. 8 Twelve members of the Rogue River high school basketball squad and two managers, accompanied by Coach Millard Webb and Super intendent Alf B. Mekvold and other townspeople, left this morning for the state "IV hoop tourney at Astoria, ' Ten of the youths are on the regular squad and the others are alternates in case of sickness or injury. The Chieftains are dis trict 5 champions. State tourney play opens tomorrow afternoon. Players making the jaunt are Jim Boulter, Durwood Carter,' Gene and Glen Depuy, Harry Frantz, Charles Jacobs, Jim Martin, Don Poitevint, Peter Purrier, Joe Reid, Cletii Webb and Ralph Milton. Rogue River is scheduled to play Condon, champions of dis trict 6, at 3:45 Thursday after noon. SOC Boxers Chico Bouts Chico, Cal., Mar. 8 Far West ern conference will stage its an nual championship boxing bouts Friday and Saturday nighti In the Chico high school gym. Friday will find 15 or 16 pre liminary matches in preparation for the finals, which are all slated for Saturday. Jim Hughes of San Francisco and Don Campbell of Southern Oregon appear to be the 155 pound class. The four colleges, Chico State, San Francisco State, Cal Aggies and Southern Oregon, are each expected to send a full squad to the tourney. This will be South ern Oregon's first matches in the championship bouts. Basketball TUESDAY'S RESULTS CCNY 64. N.Y.U. 61 Princeton 63. Georgetown 49 Kansas 79. Kansas State 68 New Mexico A & M 56. Highlands 54 Phoenix 64. Santa Monica 60 Arizona State 70. Hard in -Simmons 5 Wyoming 50. Colorado A & M 41 (NAIB Tournament) Evansville f0, Indiana Central 81 Indiana Stnte 83. Hanover 68 Portland 79, Willamette 60 (NAIB toiirncv) N. Ideho 81. SCO 57 (NATB tourney) Howard, Tommy Bowers, Billy Evans and Dickie Williams. Fifth and Sixth Fifth graders are Bill Hender son, Bobby Slover, Richard Mc Leon, Gary Hiatt, Kenneth Hen drickson, Harvey Snyder, Billy Marshall, Jerry Anderson, Rich ard Puhl, Andrew Walker, Otis Turner, Keith Bailey; Benny Craig, Mark Parrott, Jan Limpo, George Pitts, Robert Garrison and Grant Parrott. Sixth graders taking part In clude Darwin Morehouse. Char les Harrington, LeRoy Fellows, Gerald Couch, James Benson, and Joe Shelton. Lincoln school marble shoot ers may challenge other schools in the area to inter-school matches after the current tour ney is completed. GRAND CANYON RUN Roosevelt Tops Jefferson High Portland, Ore., Mar. 8 (U.B Roosevelt high school won the Portland city prep basketball championship with a 70 to 40 win over Cleveland yesterday. Roosevelt's title clincher was helped along by Benson high which rose from the city league cellar to whip an astounded Jef ferson quintet, 42 to 33. Prior to yesterday's games, Roosevelt and Jefferson had been in a tie for first place, Clinton Charley Takes Top Spor Pistol Shoot Clinton Charley took top hon ors in the pistol division of the Medford Rifle club weekly shoot last night at Merrick's Indoor range with a 263 total. Next in line were Frank Rush with 282, Cliff Friend 256, Lor en Croucher 253 and Stan Smith 250. Twenty-four persons took part including two visitors from Rogue River. Charles Forte won his first leg on the pistol handi cap trophy. V ENfOYTWS 6BSAT STBAIQBT BOURBON. Straight Bourbon. Whiskey 86 Proof National Distillers Products Corp, N.Y, W $O0 $aA30 W 45 Qr. Jk Pint "The r?ffff Bourbon Buy Mi of the Centuryjj kw isfaft .r W
