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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, March 12. 1950 TQUOO PUTS TH Of ALL TEAMS Jack Morris Highest Man On Quintets Rv Hank Graen Mail Tribuna Sports Editor Mcdford high placed two men on the first team Hnd one on the second all-Southern Oregon con ference quintet selected by coaches, sportswritcrs and sportscasters of the area, a poll conducted by the Medford Mail Tribune revealed Saturday. Jack Morris, stellar Black Tor nado guard who was also named to the first team last season, re ceived the most points by get ting 21 out of a possible 22. No youth received unanimous choice. Next hifih was Tom Schubert of Klamath with 16 points. Craft Next Hightit RcceivinR la out of a possible 22 was Verne Craft (Grants Pass). Pat Ford (G. P.) and Bill Toole (Klamath) each received 12 and Don Denman (Medford), Tlnh fihnrne (Mfidfnrti) nnr Don Hedgpath' (G. P.) each received 11. nnmnn nnH HcHlnilth each were named centers on the first tnnm when t lev received 11 points each. Dick Smith (Ash land) received six votes to be jm sonnnH tnnm renter. Taking part in the poll were Sports Editors Kca nura irviam ath Herald and News), Glen Prescott (Ashland Tidings), Le- Urti, r!nnr1iirln tflrantt Pa f!nil- rier) and Hank Green (Medford Mail Tribune), and Sportscaster jea weDman i.wnn Coachaa Taka Part Coaches Dolled were Ken Schilling (Ashland). Hank Ander- on (Grants Pass), "any - cai l.hin (Eaolp PninI) Cecil War ner (Central Point), Frank Roe- landt (Medford), Paul McLnil (Klamath) and Wes Peters (Illi nois Valley), No ballot was returned by Peters up to Saturday evening o that is why only 11 persons or 22 total points were recorded. , Five others than those given honorable mention received one point but It required two or more points to get on the honorable mention list. SOC Boxers Lose Bouts Chica. Cal., Mar. 11 (U.P Chico State boxers led the Far western conference boxing chain dnnshirn todav alter scoring 18 points In the opening matches Friday. , San Francisco Stale was in sec end place with 12 points and the defending champion California Aggici were in third with nine ooiiits. Southern Oregon, the only other school entered in the tornainent, fallod to score. Friday night's results Included: 125 lb. John Fischer, San Francisco, TKO'd Herb Shepard. SOC. 135 lb. Bernard Callahan, Chico, decisioncd Dalton James, 145 lb. Dick Hoffman, Chi co. TKO'd Bert Skinner, SOC. Heavy Nick Floratos, Chico, TKO'd Don Roupc, SOC. Sam Snead Leads Florida Golfing Miami Beach, Fla., Mar.- 11 U.R) Loose-jointed Sam Snead didn't miss today. He tore a golf ing course apart and tewed up the Miami Beach open tourna ment with a six stroke lead at the three-quarter mark. The popular West Virginian lank the long putts as well as the short ones for a seven-under par 83 that went in the bonks as the new record at the Normany Isle course. Snead set the official competitive record Friday with a A6 In this first regulation tourna ment held here. Snead's total for 54 holes was 302 strokes, H undor par. Lawson Little of Monterey, Cal., was closest to him with a 208, an dit appeared nothing but a broken arm could keep the leading money winner of the year from collecting another (2,000 check as first prize. GOLDEN GLOVES BOUTS Chicago, Mar. 11 (URi Los Angeles today hela the coveleil western Golden Gloves team tro phy for the first time in the 211 years the finals bouts have been held here. Pay those bills with cash. Loans on your salary, furni ture or automobile. With payments to fit your income. Loans from $50 to $500 On Your Salary, Furniture or Automobile Ua la 24 Month, la Repay SEI AMERICAN FINANCE CORPORATION Room 210-211 Lerererte Bid. Llcama M-362 Home S-285 HONI 2-1886 mm SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE ALL-STARS First Team Varna Craft (G.P.) Tom Schubert (Klamath) Don Denman (Medford) and Don Hedgpeth (G.P.) Jack Morris (Medford) Bill Tool (Klamath) C G G Honorable mention Orville Miller (G.P.). Gerald Davis (Ash land). Mike Traulman (G.P.) and Dick Doege (Klamath). (Each boy selected for the first team received two points and each picked for the second team got one point. The boys with the most points went on the first team, next highest on the second and others receiving two or more points received honorable mention.) Softball Meet Monday Night At Chamber of Commerce Room Here Prospective sponsors and team captains of Softball teams in Medford will have a chance to prove how much interest there Is among players and sponsors when a meeting of the local soft ball association Is held Monday at 8 p.m. at the chamber of corn It is understood via the grape vine that three and possibly four teams that played last year will not take part in the kittcnball sport in 1050. This might bring the number of teams in a pro posed league to six or less. Three Teams Leave Hunter's Drug store definitely will not have a team or at least not one under that name for that business has been sold since last season. Andy's Jewelry store is believed to have stepped out and the Western Electric team no longer is in existence here. Monday's meeting at the C of C office will be devoted largely to seeing how much interest there is among sponsors and teams, electing association offi- Great Dream Race Winner San Bruno, Cal., Mar. 11 ttJ.R) Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McDanicl's four-year-old filly Great Dream Dut on sneed under pressure to day to eke out a neck victory in the featured 57.SUU acicicd ror tola handicap at Tanforan. It was a thrilling blanket fin ish with fourTiorses, Great Dream, Safe Anchorage, Honey moon and Some Gal, all fighting to get their noses under the wire first. Great Dream, ridden by come back Jockey Nick Wall, broke sixth in the 10-horse field and ran wide most of the way to take command over Some Gal in the stretch. Suzy-Q ranch's Safe An chorage was second by a neck and the W-L ranch entry of Honeymoon and Some Gal fin ished third and fourth in close succession. Basketball FRIDAY'S itr.sri.Tss: Kn.t Texai Stale 36, Weil Texas Stale .VI UCI.A 60, Washington Mate an W.it.rii Junior Course Tourney: Li Anftelei S7. Phoenix 41 Ventura MS, Contpton A3 Rrgton t Junior ( nllrge Sun Frimcmeo City College 54, Col lege of Sequoia 52 snnta Hon ej. sncramtnio oi Sun Mateo 33, Placer SO Stockton 40. Grant Tech 3fl ATI! Ill) AY OAMFS: NaI.ihiaI InvlUtloit Tmiriiamrnt We tern Krntuckv 71). NuiKura 72 CUNY U5, San Francisco 4tt 72, Arironn M Alnbnma State SB. Xavler 33 fcOnso- Inliuii-SI Al tourney). Cornell 3fi, Dartmouth 43 Yale M. Harvard 33 Princeton HO, Penn 39 Missouri 33. Colorado 40 WEATHER By United Press Northern California Fair Sunday and Monday with morn- inR frosts and warmer after noons. Northerly winds 10-20 mph off coast. FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS Use the Best Materials Obtainable Select Builder's Supply Light Weight Pumice Blocks and Bricks Saving in Labor Cost! Highest Fire Rating! Excellent Sound and Heat Insulation! Low Maintenance! INQUIRE ABOUT Pumice Chimney Blocks BUILDER'S SUPPLY CO. 727 W. McAndrcws Phone 2-4107 "Be Safe and Buy from Builder's Supply" ill Second Team (Medford) Bob Shores (Ashland) Jerry Langer (Ashland) Dick Smith (G.P.) Pat Ford (Eagle Point) Pat Simmons cers and planning a 1950 sched ule if there is enough interest. It was hoped by many fans and players that a Softball dia mond would be available in the new city park along Bear creek for this season but it was still indefinite Saturday whether lo cal games could be played there. Night Games Tough One officer of the association pointed out Saturday that it would probably be impossible for a four- or six-team league to make a financial success out of games played under the lights. He suggested twilight games at the new park. District Softball Commissioner Sam Jennings told the Mail Tribune that interest in Softball over some parts of the state had shown an increase over recent seasons. Sponsors Urged Attend President Bill Catey of the local association urged all pros pective sponsors and team cap tains or proposed team captains to attend Monday's meeting. He pointed out tha. only by the size of attendance at this ses sion can officers and those inter ested in Softball tell whether there are enough plnyers and teams to make a league possible. CHIEFS ENTER FINALS STATE 'B' TOURNEY Astoria, Ore., Mar. 11 (U.R) Rogue River and Alsca were to battle tonight for the Oregon state class "B" high school bas ketball championship. The Chieftains from Rogue River entered the final round. last night by defeating Drain 41 to 33. Alsca moved into the title bracket by beating Garibaldi 47 to 40. The Alsea Garlbalda game was the closest of the night, with the two teams matching basket for basket until the second half, when Alsca grabbed a lead that was never beaten down. Alsea led at half time 23 to 21. The rnngey Rogue River squad had too much height and marks IT'S FUN TO FARM When You Have GOOD EQUIPMENT of JOHN DEERE MODEL "M" TRACTOR How True That Is! Ask Us For A Demonstration of the tractor with a two bottom plow, 4 'a foot cover crop disc harrow, spring shank cultivator, two-way plow, dulldozer or a scoop.... ALL HYDRAULIC CONTROLLED operates with less effort than used to pull the trigger of a shotgun HUBBARD-WRAY CO. 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Tornado Statistics Some rather Interesting and pointed statistics on the Medford senior nigh varsity oasKetoaii sauad were revealed Saturday by Coach Frank Roclandt'as he "closed the books" on a season that saw the Black Tornado aver age 45.434 points per game played. While Medford was garnering an average of better than 43 points per game its opponents could sink but 33.17 point aver age. At the same time the Tor nado had a percentage of .521 of its foul shots made. The local boys also compiled a .369 percentage in all shots tried over the entire season ex cluding the two Shasta high games from which statistics are not available. Best Averages Cited As one would expect the best averages in both free throws and total shots were made with but one or two exceptions, in games in which the Tornado won, and usually by a good margin. For instance in the game against Central Point which Medford won 67 to 32, the Tor nado tallied more than half its free throws and had a .611 aver age in all shots tried. , Against the bO(J rrosn Med ford had a .479 percentage in foul shots and a .500 percentage in all those attempted, ihe tor nado won this game 50 to 38. Theory Breaks Down Portland Loses Brief Exhibition To Padres Ontario. Cal.. Mar. 11 J.P A cold wind halted an exhibition game between Portland and San Diego after five innings with the Padres winning, 2 to 0. The win gave the Padres a 3-3 record for the exhibition season. Al Smith homered off Japhet (Red) Lynn in the fourth for the final Pad run. manship for Drain. After taking a 23 to 13 lead at the half, Rogue River was threatened momen tarily when Drain spurted up to 30 to 28 mostly on the strength of baskets fired by Guard Bob Cellers. Rogue River built up its mar gin again late in the second half and won going away. Monmouth defeated Condon 51 to 28 and Prairie City beat Union 48 to 37 in the consolation round. l.lncuns: Praln 33 Uon Joslyn 4 Haltlman B Duncan 7 Cellers 12 Cade 10 4 1 Rngue River f 3 Glen Depuy f 9 Gene Depuy e 12 Furrier It 6 Frantr ft 4 Poitcvinl tuhMitutinns Martin. Rogue River Jm-nhs I. Boulter 6. Rcid. Halillme ..core Roeue River 2;l. Drain 13. This remark was made by a Farmer, who just took delivery Basketball Season Revealed Here However, this theory that If one does well in these depart ments (.350 or better in fouls and .400 or so overall) a team will win did not show up when the Tornado played Marshfield and had a .650 overall but only a .260 on free throw attempts. Against Klamath this didn't work well either for Medford made a .387 percentage on foul shots and .565 overall. Medford high cagers scored a total of 1,045 points during the conference and non-conference season with 600 of them coming during the conference. Oppon ents of the Tornado tallied 763 UCLA Takes 60-53 Game Last Second Los Angeles, Mar. 11 (U.R) The fighting UCLA Bruins, given a 60 to 58 victory on a sensa tional last-second field goal, go after a second and final win to night against Washington State in their quest for the Pacific Coast conference basketball crown. A victory tonight would give UCLA the first PCC title in its history. Should Washington State win, however, the teams would meet Monday in the final and deciding game of the best-df-three series. Forward Ralph Joeckel, re cently demoted from the Bru ins' starting five, was the hero of Friday night's clash. With the score knotted at 58-all and only seconds to play, he' recovered a rebound and started down the floor. Glances At Clock Glancing at the clock, Joeckel look one more step and arched a desperation shot 60 feet away from the basket. The ball bounced uncertainly on the bas ket rim, then rippled through the net just as the game ended. UCLA players and fans alike swarmed on the Wcstwood gym nasium floor to congratulate the 21-year-old engineering major, who about three weeks ago was replaced on the starting five by Sophomore Jerry Norman. Jocckcl's basket was a fitting climax to one of the most excit ing games in PCC playoff his tory. UCLA held a 30 to 25 lead at the intermission, but the Cou gars tied it up at 43-all eight minutes into the second half. From that point on it was any body's ball game, with the teams never more than three points apart. Tacoma, Mar. 11 U.R The College of Puget Sound today was named as Washington's sec ond representative in next week's National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball tour nament in Kansas City, Mo. PHONE 2-4011 points with 416 of them ooming during conlerence games. (aoodman Best Shot' For those playing on the var sity this season, George Good man had the best percentage of all shots made with .625, fol lowed by Don Denman with .500, Loren Soderland and Connie Holzgang each with .459, Bob Shores .380, Frank Morris .357, Jack Morris .347 and LaRue Smith with .323. Frank Morris compiled the better 'free throw percentage with a .636, followed by Soder land with .632, Jack Morris 605, Denman .587, Holzgang .571, Goodman .483. Smith .455 and Shores .442. Jack Morris scored the great est total points of any Medford player with 218 in all games, in cluding 138 in 12 conference contests or an average of 9.48 per game for the entire season and 11.5 for the conference. Shores Ranks Next Shores was next with 163 over the whole year and 112 of them in conference for an 8.15 overall and 9.33 conference. Holzgang was just behind Shores with 162 in the season and 65 in confer ence for a 7.04 overall and 5.42 in conference. Denman with 134 over the entire year end 92 in conference for a 6.09 and 7.67 respectively was fifth and Smith was just behind with a 133 total, includ ing 60 in conference and for a 6.04 overall and a 5.00 in confer ence contests. (A similar summary of the Tiger Cubs season will be pub lished later). Eagle Pointers Plan Ball Team Eagle Point, Mar. 11 Organi zation of an Eagle Point town baseball team to play in the Rogue Valley league will be dis cussed Tuesday, March 14, in the city hall at 8 p.m. when enthu siasts meet to ascertain how much interest there is in such a local project. It is planned to use the Camp White Domiciliary center field north of the buildings for play ing field. Last year the vets con sidered Eagle Point's town team their home team, those in charge here said. A representative of the center will attend Tuesday's meeting in Eagle Point. NEW ENGINE Guarantee ONE DAY M7 SPECIAL CONVENIENT BUDGET TERMS CRATER LAKE MOTORS, Inc. YOUR Main at Fir Streets 'A' Tourney Due Tuesday Eugene's Gym Eugene, Mar. 11 McArthur J court, scene of countless basket ball thrillers as the center of sports activity at Oregon, was ready Saturday for the annual state high school basketball tour nament which opens Tuesday evening. This will be the fourth year the outstanding teams from the 16 districts in the state have in vaded the famed "Igloo" to bat tle for the state championship. In the three previous years Marshfield, Corvallis and Roose velt of Portland have been the winners and all three of the teams are back this year for an other try at the title. The tournament schedule calls for two games Tuesday evening and six more games Wednesday to complete the first rouwnd. Corvallis meets Milwaukie in the opening game and Hillsboro tackles the tough Marshfield club In the second game of the open ing double header. Graders Tourney Marshfield Wins Portland. Ore., Mar. 11 (U.R) Marshfield won the Oregon state grade school basketball cham pionship today by defeating Ver nonia 38 to 28 at Hill Military academy. LaGrande captured third place behind Vernonia by beating lone 37 to 23. PRECISELY RIGHT! , Best results from concrete de mand that the concrete be right, from the ftart. 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