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Roosevelt
Selected to
Win Tourney
Eugene, Ore., Mar. 13 (U.R)
Sixteen Oregon high school Bas
ketball teams, class of the state's
prep quintets, began arriving
' here today for the 32nd annual
state high school class "A" bas
ketball tournament which be
gins with a doubloheader Tues-
" day night.
The tournament at University
Yof Oregon s McArthur court will
ODcn at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with
Milwaukie, representing district
12, playing (Jorvallis, district i.
In the other opening night game.
Hillsboro, district 9, meets
Marshficld, district 5 champion
and runner-up in the state tour
ney last year.
Roosevelt Favored
A full dav and night sched
ule will get underway Wednes
day with the championship game
slated for Saturday nigiu.
Roosevelt high of Portland,
defending champion and Port
land city league titlist, returns
as tournament favorite. Other
favorites include Marshficld
Salem, Grants Pass arid Jeffer
son of Portland.
Five of the schools represented
have won previous tournament
titles. They are Salem, five pre
vious -Hampionships; Eugene and
Corvallis, two titles, and Marsh
ficld and Roosevelt, one tine
each.
Opening round games Wednes
day include Dallas vs. Jefferson;
Salem vs. bcappose; seaside vs.
Mac-Hi of Milton-Frecwater;
Bend vs. Grants Pass; LaGrande
vs. Roosevelt, and Eugene vs.
Central Catholic.
Portland to
Play
Montana
Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 13
(U.PJ The National Association
of Intercollegiate Basketball
tournament begins today with
31 of the nation's "little giants"
primed to topple the three H's
Hamline. Haskins and Hutton.
The peerless Pied Pipers of
Hamline university of St. Paul
Minn., victors in 28 out of 30
games this season, will defend
their title in the week-long
grind at Kansas City's municipal
auditorium.
The Piper star Is Hal Haskins
a dead-eye forward, who was
named the most valuable player
to appear in last year's tourna
ment. Haskins is just as good
this year. The variety of shots
which gave him 33 points aRalnst
Long Island university on March
22 so impressed New York sports
writers that they choose the 6
foot, 3 Inch senior as the most
vpitinhlf Tilavpr to anncar in
Madison Square .Garden this
season,
Other first round games today
match: University of Portland
Montana unlvity; Murray
State-Central "Washington Col
lege of Education; Davis and El-kins-St.
Thomas; Westminster
(Pa.)-New Britain (Conn.) Teach
ers; New Mexico A&M-Unlver-sity
of Tampa; Peru (Neb.)
Teachers-Central College of Fay
ette, Mo.; American University
George Peppcrdine.
Track Aspirants
At High School
Drill Tuesday
Field events will be scheduled
when the Mcdford high school
trackmen, defending state cham
pions, hold their first trials of
the season on Tuesday afternoon.
All hut possibly the javelin
tors will be hold, according to
Mentor Bob Ncwland. Time
trlnls in clndorpnth events arc
scheduled on Wednesday.
Trials this yenr are a bit ear
lier than 1949 when cool, damp
weather delayed them. Mcdford
opens its interschnlastic cam
paign here March 25 In a short
distance meet with Grants Pass.
I. E. Mays Leads
Golf Qualifiers
I. E. Mays stroked a gross 78.
net 88, yesterday to lead 33
week-end qualifiers for the men's
spring folf handicap at Rogue
Valley Country club.
The qualifying round will con
clude on Sunday. March 19, and
nn nMlry list of approximately
60 linksnirn is anticipated, ac
cording to Club Pro Hugh Stark
weather. Dom Provost Sr. and Bert Orr
trailed Mays with 70 nets. De
fending Champ Ivan Harrington,
Stan Stark and Wavne Johnson
ported 71 nets.
Movies Scheduled For
Ixeak Walton Meeting
Moving pictures and commit
tee appointments are slated as
features of the Izuak Walton
lea-we chapter meeting on Tues
day. The organization will con
vene at A n m at fhit AnAtnA I
Gun club clubhouse near the Cra
ter Lake highway near Four
Corners.
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Big Parade
State 'B' Champions
Roeue River. Mar. 13 A mile
Ions victory parade welcomed
home the championship Rogue
River high school basketball
team Sunday evening when they
returned from the state high
school Class B tournament at
A tnrln
The celebration began at the
Rogue River junction on high
way 99, where several hundred
2 a 1 1 y decorated automobiles
were lined up when the team ar
rived by bus. Led by a fire en
gine with screaming siren, and
purnrtpri hv state police, the vic
tory cortege wound through this
XOWn 8 DUSincsS aisultl, iiiiuuk"
the residential area, and wound
up down town again. -
Impromptu speeches were giv-
Hogan Back
In Golf Play
Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 13
(U.R) The return of Ben Hogan
in the rich Seminole pro-ama
teur tournament today, plus
high-handicap partners, may
slow down Sam Snead's money
making pace along the golf trail.
Knead banned another $z,uuu
check as the three-stroke win
ner of the Miami Beach open
veslerday to bring his earnings
for the year to $10,158. Top
monev-maker from golf for 1949.
Sam Sncad has led the list of
professionals every day this
year. too.
The money players consider
the complicated double-tourna
ment at the plush Seminole
Country club north of here as
the richest event on the winter
tour.
The touring professionals
know now it was fatal to let
Snead get ahead in the early
rounds of a tournament. Slam-
mln' Sam grabbed a six-stroke
lead In the third round at Miami
Beach with a record-breaking 65
and coasted through the final
day for a 273 total for 72 holes,
13 under par.
Gill Honored By
Helms Foundation
Los Angeles, Mar. 13 (UP.)
The Helms Hall college basket
ball hall of fame today added
three names to its rolls.
Coaches Amory (Slats) Gill
of 'Oregon State, Clair Bee of
Long Island university and the
late Emll S. Liston. founder of
the National Association of In
tercollegiate Basketball, are the
sports' latest figures honored by
the Helms Athletic foundation.
Thirty-five coaches, players
and contributors to basketball
have been honored by the foun
dation.
Gill's 22-ycar coaching record
at Oregon State Is studded with
Pacific Coast conference north
ern division championships in
19:i:i. 10.15. lUIUUHHil. 1U47, anci
1949, and a tie for the crown in
1948. The Beavers won PCC
title playoffs in 1933, 1947 and
1949.
Softball League
To Be Discussed
The amount of Interest In hav
ing a 1950 Medford Softball
loop will be Indicated at 8 p.m.
today when prospective sponsors
and team leaders are scheduled
to meet at the chamber of com
mrrcc. President Bill Catey, of the
softball association has asked as
many persons as possible, who
plan to have teams, to attend the
session so that it can be deter
mined whether a league will be
possible.
There Is talk that three or
four organizations or firms that
handled teams last year will not
be 1950 sponsors. If the loop
formed Is small, twilight games
may be played.
Portland Walks Off
With 9-0 Decision
Over Sacramento
Riverside. Cal., Mar. 13 (U.R)
The Portland Heavers get their
first taste of major league com
petition today when they host
the Chicago Cubs.
Portland mixed with the Sac
ramento Solons at Glendale yes
terday and walked off with a
9 to 0 decision.
Joe Brovia and Joe Pollch
each got three-run homers for
the victors as Pitcher Red Lynn
held Sacramento hltlcss the first
six Innings.
SENATOR SPARKLE
SAYS
Mayba tht land
lords who do
not admit chil
dren would do
II to rtjoct
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"To Serve But Once It
Not Our Aim.
We Strive to Serve,
to Serve Again"
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21 South Riverside
Monday, March 13, 1950
Welcomes
en, the state trophy displayed,
and an account was given of the
tournament.
Coach Millard Webb intro
duced his brother. Dr. Joseph
Webb, who had flown from his
home In Plainview, Tex., to see
the tourney. Dr. Webb, a former
basketball coach, praised the
boys, particularly their ability
to keen their heads, control
their tempers and follow their
coach s orders.
Astoria, Mar. 13 Three mem
bcrs of the 1950 state B cham
pion Rogue River high school
basketball quint were named to
the 10-man all-state squad picked
by coaches at the state tourney
which concluded Saturday
night.
The three were elongated
Forwards Gene and Glen Depuy
and big Center Pete Purrier.
Others picked were Guards Bob
Cellars and Jerry Cade, Drain:
Center Larry Pryse and For
ward Earl Wlnebarger, Prairie
City: Center Barry West, Gari
baldi; Guard Dclmar Stone and
Center Norm Hendrix, Alsea.
First Honors
Rogue River took the state
honors for the first time in his
tory and after a number of past
tourney tries bv whirjpine Alsea
38 to 34 in the Saturday finale
The Chieftains gained the finals
by beating Condon 52 to 20 and
Drain 41 to 33.
Garibaldi beat Drain 48 to 41
for third place and Prairie City
garnered the consolation prize
by trimming Monmouth 62 to 45
Bradley Top
Hoop Choice
New York. Mar. 13 (U.R)
Top-seeded Bradley was favored
by 5V4 points over upset-minded
Syracuse and unseeded Western
Kentucky was a 2'4-point choice
over fourth-seeded St. John's to
night in the quarter-finals of the
national invitation basketball
tournament.
A crowd of 18.000 was expect
ed to pack Madison Square Gar
den to watch the two seeded
teams, which drew first round
byes along with Kentucky and
Duquesne, swing into action
against the survivors from Sat
urday s opening round games.
t or tomorrow night s two oth
er quarter-final battles, second
seeded Kentucky's Southeastern
conference champions were a
four-point choice over City Col
lege of New York, while un
seeded Laballe of Philadelphia
was made a surprise three-point
favorite over third-seeded Du
quesne. St. Mary's Hoop
Gridiron Players
To Get Letters
Presentation of letters to foot
ball and basketball players of
St. Mary's high school together
with dinner, talks by coaches
and guests and a musical pro
gram featured a banquet given
by the St. Mary's Parents' club
at the Parish hall last evening.
Principal speaker was Dutch
Meyer, president of the county
officials' association, who
stressed good condition and
sportsmanship as Important in
athletics.
The dinner was served by
mothers of the boys. Toaslmastcr
was Jimmy Dunlcvy.
DiMaggio Benched
By Heel Blister
St. Petersburg. Fla., Mar. 13
(U.R) New York Yankee Trainer
Gus Mftuch assured worried
Ynnk officials today that the
latest injury to Joe DiMagglo's
heel was nothing more than an
ordinary blister.
DiMaggio developed the blis
ter during Saturday's exhibition
game and was kept out of the
lineup Sunday against the Cardi
nals. Meanwhile, the Yanks cele
brated the signing of Pitcher
Tommy Byrne for about $17,000,
leaving Infielder Bobby Brown
the only holdout.
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Rickey
Concerned
Over Club
Vero Beach, Fla., Mar. 13
(U.R) President Branch Rickey
of the Brooklyn Dodgers ex
pressed "apprehension" about
his ball club today.
After watching the 1949 Na
tional league pennant winners
work out for 10 days he lost the
optimism which had character
ized his off-season statements.
During the winter he even went
so far as to predict that the
Dodgers not only would repeat,
but also would win the world
series.
Not Satisfied
But now he isn't so sure; he
isn't at all satisfied with what
he hsa seen.
"I can't put my finger on It,"
he said, "but there is an air of
complacency around this camp
I- do not like. Maybe we have
too many contented ball players.
"Remember it has been 1944
since any club in cither league
has ever repeated in winning a
pennant.
"There is just something that
winning a pennant does to play
ers.
"Maybe they feel they are all
set, sure of their jobs because
tney nave been on a pennant
winner.
"I'm not saving our plavers
aren't hustling, because they are.
But they don't seem to put out
that little extra effort which
makes the difference between
winning and losing."
i Rickey hasn't become bearish
on the club he just is in "a
state- of concern."
Among his other concerns, he
said, was Jackie Robinson's
weight and his off-the-diamond
commitments. The star Negro
second baseman who won the
National league batting cham
pionship last year reported 13
pounds overweight.
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Amateur Boxers Rated In
Southern Oregon amateur box
ers who have appeared on local
cards or who have been boxing
in high school smokers today
were given ratings by the South
ern Oregon boxing club, spon
sors of local amateur boxing un
der supervision of the AAU.
The ratings were made for the
purpose of setting up champion
ships and naming of outstanding
contenders in the various weight
divisions. The ratings will be
altered from time to time and
will be the basis for making
matches, Promoters Larry Bur
dctte and Owen Thomas ex
plained. The ratings follow:
Flyweight Champion, Fred
4 Grapplers Signed
For Thursday Melee
Promoter Mack Lillard today
announced signing of four grap
plers and a bear for Thursday
night's battle royal in the arm
ory battle pit.
The bone benders signed to
engage the bear are Lee Grable,
Jack (The Sneer) Lipscomb,
Tough Tony Ross and Georges
Dusctte. The bear is Gorgeous
Gus, Billy Fox's bruin which he
captured In the Canadian Wilds
and trained to be one of the
country's best wrestling animals.
' Under the battle royal fules,
the first pinned, whether It be a
man or the bear, gets no money
for their efforts and will be out
of further competition for the
evening. The second pair elimi
nat will meet In a 30-mlnute or
one fall match and the survivors
of the free-for-all will clash In
a similar bout to determine the
evening s champion.
Gut To Be Target
The grapplers will no doubt
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die Johnson. Contenders: (1) Coe
Brown, (2) Kid Chavez. All from
Medford high school.
Bantamweight Title open.
Contender: Royal Johnson, Med
ford high school.
Featherweight Title open.
Contenders: Kirk Aincham, Med
ford; (2) Bill Tnplett, Jackson
ville. Lightweight Title open.
Contenders: . (1) Dick Adkins,
Griffin Creek; (2) Merle Deetz,
Ashland; (3) Jackie Johnson,
Mcdford; (4) Frank Larson, Med
ford. Welterweight Champion,
Kenny Carothers, Grants Pass.
Contenders: (1) Darrell Johnson,
Medford; (2) Kenny Phillips,
take after Gorgeous Gus In an
effort to eliminate him first be
cause none of the contestants
relish the idea of meeting him
on one of the reuglation matches.
Grable has been shelved for
several months with a knee In
jury but his physician has pro
nounced him fit and ready for
ring combat. Dusctte, who suf
fered a painful foot injury in a
bout with the Great Atlas here
last week, sent word that there
were no bones broken and that
the injury will have sufficiently
healed to permit him to fulfil
the Thursday date.
Lillard said an additional bout,
also for 30 minutes or one fall,
will open the program at 8:30
p.m.
Tacoma, Wash., Mar. 13 U.R)
The College of Puget Sound will
face Montana State university in
a home-and-home football series
starting this fall, it was an
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Various Weight Divisions
Medford high school; (3) Ranny
Watson, Medford; (4) l. u.
Brown, Central Point.
Middleweight Champion,
Larry Burdette, Medford. Con
tenders: (1) Dale Odom, Medford;
(2) Joe Carothers, Grants Pass;
(3) Byron Carter, Medford.
Snowing contender possibilities:
C. W. Lacy, Medford; Corky
King, Medford; Johnny Hamil
ton, Butte Falls, Hugo Vernon,
Medford. ,
Light heavyweight Title
open. Contenders: (1) Donovan
Wolfe. Phoenix; (2) Don Harper,
Gold Hill.
Heavyweight ' Title open'.
Contenders: (1) Bob Stumbo, of
Southern Oregon college; (2)
Gene Sheppard, Medford; (3) Bill
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