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BIX MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE CCNY Favored Over Bradley For National Cagers Title New York, Mar. 28 (U.R City College o New York, the choice of hard-hearted bookmakers, eagle-eyed visiting coaches and 34,250 biased students, is a two point favorite to beat Bradley tonight and become the first col lego basketball team ever to win two national championships in one season. A victory for CCNY will give Coach Nat Holman's Beavers the first sweep of the national invi tation and NCAA tournament titles- .1 VIT CCNY beat Bradley in the MT finals last week, 60 to 61, and tonight's NCAA clash also will mark the first time the same two teams have played for both crowns in the same season. CCNY Sophomore Team rrw's suddenly poised soph omores are solid choices to whip the hard running prides of Pe oria 111., again but both teams are tired and the result may de pend largely on the two cohi.ih.-s. CCNY's young team has played 28 games this season, including tix straight tournament tri umphs; Bradley has played 35. including five tournament tussles. With the outcome depending largely on judicious use of sub stitutes and ability of the key players to keep from being put out on fouls, can young Forddy Anderson, Bradley's 30-year-old coach, outmaneuver Holman. veteran of 31 coaching teasons at CCNY? Dtfsni on Dambrol Will Anderson find a defense to stop Irwin Dambrot, CCNY senior co-captain, from scoring from the foul circle with his left handed jump shots? Local teams, familiar with the slim, pre-dental student's favorite shot, kept him under control but Dambrot, ac cording to Anderson, "killed' his Braves in the NIT final when he scored 23 points. Baylor and North Carolina State will meet in the consola tion game for third place in the opener of the Madison Square Garden doublehearier. Sain Voices Balk Protest St. Petersburg. Fla., Mar. 28 U.ri The reaction of big league pitchers to baseball's new balk rule can be summed up In two words: "We object." Johnnv Snin, star right-hander of the Boston Braves, is the latest to voice his displeasure in heated terms.' Johnny, who usually limits himself to two words in an en tire season "hello," when he re ports in the spring and "good bve" when he heads for his New port, Ark., home in early Octo ber roasted the new regulation at length after five balks were called in the Braves' 18 to 16 victory over the Detroit Tigers yesterday. "The rules committee Is made up chiefly of hitters and fans who don't want to see the pitch ers get a break." he said. "It's hard for me at this late date to change my entire pitching style Just for the sake of those who want to see the hitters dominate the game." BOWLING- MAJOR LEAGUE Dave Koblik took high Indi vidual series and high individual game with 620 and 248 respec tively when the Major Howling league held its weekly competi tion last night at the Medford Bowling lanes alleys here. Chalkers won hiRh team se ries with 2.635 and Valley Mu sic company took hiRh team game with 912. major i r.Ac.rr. STANiitNiis Taami H. Valley Miulc Company . E H. Mann Company Chalkirt rhailra narber Shup Walker Rral rMalf riomr.tic l.annilrv MorninR Krmh Hakrry Bait. 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Last week Saturday the Tor nado thinclads found little trou ble in walloping Grants Pass 92 to 27 on the local track but Coach Bob Newland foresees a much harder task against the Pelicans. He says Klamath has some speedy boys that should give Medford real competition. On Practice Gam The local baseball club has played but one practice game due to bad weather and a wet field and in that the local youths displayed pitching and fielding Local Boxers On G.P. Card Grants Pass, Mar. 28 Bill Berry will present his first ama teur boxing card at the national guard armory here Wednesday night when he presents a seven ply card starting at 8:30 p.m. The main event will send Joe Carothers. popular Grants Pass middleweight, against Corky King. Oakland. Cal. Other matches on the card will see Killer Dick Adkins, Grif fin Creek, against Jackie John son, Medford: Darrell Johnson, Medford. opposing Johnnv Ham ilton, Butte Falls: Dick Steven son, San Francisco, against Hugo Vernon, Medford; Bogey (Circus! Bogart, Central Point, meeting One Round Hogan, Table Rock; Kirk Aincham, Medford, in with Bob Groves, Medford. and C. W Lacy, Medford. meeting Norman Stagner, Grants Pass. Larry Burdctte. Medford. will referee the card. Berry said. Eagles, Central Point Baseball Game Called Eagle Point, Mar. 28 The scheduled practice baseball game between Kagle Point and Central Point high schools today at the Camp White Veterans center field has been cancelled due to wet grounds and cold. Coach Shy Callaghan of the Eagles an nounced. Eagle Point is scheduled to play its first Southern Oregon conference game against Ihr Black Tornado on the Medford high field Friday afternoon. Cal laghan said that due to bad weather and mud his Eagles have had hut two days of practice so tar this season. N. Y. Giants Edge Out Browns In Exhibition Burbank. Cal.. Mar. 28 U P) Manager Leo Durocher may not have to "holler too long or loud'' in order to retain Ford Smith. :i3-year-old Negro pitcher, when l.eo confers with New York Giant President Horace Stone ham this week. Smith blanked the St. Louis Browns on three hits for five in nings veslerdav as the Giants won. 5 to 3. 6ul fielder Bobby Tl,.v,,,un' ninlh.innin., HmiM s:uiwith the bases loaded was the payoff blow. Hockey Seattle. Mar. 28 iU.R! Center Mel Head of Tacoma is top scorer with five points in the northern division Pacific Coast Hockey league playoffs, while Tom Fowler of Los Angeles lends the southern division with six points. Three other Tacoinans Ron flnwe. Norm Gustavson ano Doug Adam are tied for second place in the north with four points. Rowe Is the leading goal maker with four, while Read and Gustavson each have three assists. All six of Fowlers points were scored on assists. His team mate Sam Kennedy is the lead, ing goalmaker with four goals. NEW HOME? CT TuMday. March 28, 1950 abilily but lacked power at bat Medford made but five hits off Jacksonville pitchers for an 8-to-1 win. Although the track meet with the Cavemen last week was what is called a "short distance'' af fair, in which the regular run ning events are cut a quarter so the 100 becomes a 75-yard race, the 220 a 150, the 440 a 330 and so on, Medford looked like a tough foe. Grants Pass was missing sev eral of its key men in the meet, including boys on the state cham pionship runner-up basketball team who were resting after the recent state tournament. Chances are that when these youths re turn the Cavemen will be tougher. Better Balanced Now Medford looked much better balanced this year than it was in 1949 when the Black Tornado was strong in running events but relatively weak in the field events. This season while the running events may still be the stronger, the field events have improved. Yesterday the high school baseball .squad went through hitting, fielding and strategy drills under Coaches Alex Mc Donald and Frank Roelandt. The pitchers got into the act with a drill in which they fielded bunts and threw the ball to either of the bases or to home. Drill by the track team can didates consisted largely of keep ing loose by running or throwing the discus or shot. Improved timing on getting started in races and the stride to use in hurdling or in pole vaulting wus also stressed by the boys. New Balk Rule Dated For Coast Ball League Los Angeles .Mar. 28 (U.R) Pitchers in the Pacific Coast Baseball league will be working under a new balk rule when the 1950 season opens today. League President Clarence Rowland said a pitcher must now come to a one-second stop before pitching to a batter with men on bases. He met yesterday with 13 PCL umpires to discuss 1950 rule changes. LaMotta Favored Win Non-Title Ring Bout Cleveland. O., Mar. 28 iU.P Middleweight Champion Jake La Mntta. who has never won a fight in Cleveland, was a slim 7-5 favorite today to defeat hometowner Chuck Hunter in their 10-round non-title fight at the Arena tonight. La Mntta expects to come in about eight pounds over the middleweight limit of 160. Hunt er will spot the champ about three pounds at 165. DODGERS LOSE 8 TO 4 Vero Beach. Fla . Mar. 28 UP' The Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Athletics were all even in their spring exhibition series today after the Athletics staged five-run eighth inning splurge to beat the National league champions, 8 to 4, yesterday. All Star Card! WEESTLIMG Night BOUTS CT A DT 8:30 p.m THRILLS o SPILLS MEDFORD ARMORY TICKETS ON SALE AT BROWN'S TELEPHONE 2-6735 Seals, Oakland Parks Add Hot Soup To Menu San Francisco, Mar. 28 iU.P) Something naw to th old lin of "petfnuti and popcorn and craekerjack" has baan added at Seals stadium and th Oak land ball park for th 1950 baseball campaign. Th two pnrki will sell hoi soup, eight ounces for 15 cnts. Coast League Season Opens This Evening San Francisco, Mar. 28 (U.R) Baseball, the sport that thou sands of fans have been waiting for since the final out of the 1949 world series, makes its first official 1U50 appearance tonight when the Pacific Coast league opens its 200-game schedule. Appropriate lestivmes will sig nal tthe opening of the 28-week season in four PCL parks. A. B. (Happy) Chandler, base ball's commissioner, will be on hand to throw out the first ball when the Oakland Acorns play host to the Seattle Rainiers. Gov. Earl Warren of Califor nia will open the Sacramento Los Angeles game at Los Ange les; Mayor Harley Knox will do honors in the San' Diego-San Francisco opener; and three un derprivileged children will start the Hollywood-Portland game. The defending champion Hol lywood Stars, the San Diego Padres and the well-balanced Oakland Acorns are considered the teams to beat in the 1950 PCL pennant race. "Slav close to Hollywood and San Diego and you'll be in the thick of the pennant race." says wise old Lefty O'Doul, starting his 16th campaign as manager of the San Francisco Seals. Bevos Rated Last In PCL San Francisco, Mar. 28 (U.R) Here are Hal Wood's 1930 United Press Pacific Coast league pen nant selections, based on the current playing personnel of teams and before the major leaguers step in with their cast offs: 1 San Diego Padres. 2 Hollywood Stars. 3 Oakland Acorns. 4 San Francisco Seals. 5 Sacramento Solons. 6 Seattle Rainiers. 7 Los Angeles Angels. 8 Portland Beavers. Lakers Seeking Second Playoff Victory With Fort Wayne; Win 93-79 Minneauolis. Mar. 28 .U.R' Cool and confident as ever, the Minneapolis Lakers took a big step toward a berth in the Na tional Basketball association nlnvoff finals last night when they walloped Fort Wayne, 93 to ill, in llie tirst game 01 ineir dpsi- of-lliree series. The Lakers get a chance to make short work of the Pistons tonight when they take them on at Kort Wayne in tnc secona game. , The western division finals get underway tonight with Indian apolis playing host to Anderson. O'Neill, Peterson Due For Friday Ring Bout Portland. Ore.. Mar. 28 iU.R' Irish Johnny O'Neill, Oakland. Cal.. heavyweight, was signed todav by Matchmaker Tex Sal kold' to fiuht Big Bill Petersen. Chicago, in the Ill-round main event at the auditorium Friday night. O'Neill replaces Rusty Payne, who was ruled off the card by medical examiners after suffer ing a groin injury in training in California. WSC COACH INJURED Pullman. Wash . Mar. 28 U R' Jack Motibcrry. Washington State college track coach, was hospitalized today with injuries receivi-d when a 16-pound shot put hit him in the head. Ez Charles Suffers Injuries; Fight Off Buffalo. N .Y., Mar. 28 (U.R) The revelation that N.B.A. Champion Ezzard Charles is suf fering from a heart injury today threatened the already jumbled heavyweight situation with com plete chaos. It was not definitely known whether Charles' injury would prove serious enough to force his retirement, but boxing men were viewing with alarm the prospect of the confusion that would follow such a move. One Thing Certain However, as of today, only one thing was certain the N.B.A. title fight scheduled here tomor row night between Charles and Freddie Beshore of Oakland, Cal., is off. Promoter Dewey Michaels can celled the bout "definitely and forever" when he was informed Rogues Sign Outfielder Medford Rogues (Nuggets) gained another outfielder for its spring training camp due to open April 10 when the New York Gi ants assigned Roy J. Frenna. a 20-year-old six foot tall and 175 pound righthander here. Business Manager Mel Car penter of the Rogues said that Frenna, whose hometown is San Francisco, is the 18th youth signed by the Rogues or assigned here by either the Giants or Se attle of the Pacific Coast league. Another half dozen youths are expected to attend the training camp at Santa Maria. Cal.. on their own. They may be signed to Rogues' contracts if they prove their ability. This half dozen with others probably joining them later, includes two or three from here. President Jerry Donovan of the Far West league, of which Medford is a member, is expected to stop here next week on his way to or from Eugene, where he will attend a Booster club get together to start off that team's first year in the league. VFWCaers Vie Tonight Mankato, Minn., Mar. 28 (U.R) Fourteen teams from 12 states open play in the National Veter ans of Foreign Wars basketball tournament here tonight. Opening games feature Man kato and defending champion Akron, O., against opponents yet to be named. Other states represented in the double-elimination tourney are North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado. Washington, Iowa, K 4 n s a s . Maryland. Montana, Pennsvlvania and Oregon. Sixty-four trophies will be awarded at the end of the week long tourney. Where soils contain sulfur, the vegetation is much greener than otherwise. Sports for the Week TUESDAY Pistol division of Medford Rifle club weekly shoot. Mer rick's. 7:30 p. m Ladies' Bowling league, 8 p. m. WEDNESDAY Commercial Bowling league. 7:30 p. m Medford Rifle club weekly rifle shoot, Merrick's, 7:30 p. m. LOW COST AUTOMOBILE FINANCING through Th United State National Bank All vour dltnp te here at home wrtrn chi finance your far putfhj through th Mcdfard Branch of The I'm ted States National Rank. Lcm Kink rates... raiiof-majJe term. 5"trtM to your dealer that he ftnarx-e tour car through this Sank. ' Ant f rV ifje uitl ttnt!j trrngt I'm ltd 5''et efrtM Bjw fimttng, tUlNO CHEVtOUT COMPANY HAMLIN MOTOt COMPANY CLAim MOIOli COOKIET MOT CW COMPANY, INC OATH LAKt MOTOt INC. CUUIN MOTOt ANO IMAIMINT COMPANY A I MAN SAL1S ANO SltVtCt IOGII TON MOTOt COMPANY No Ptvim1 Arrangement! Necessary 0 I I 6 0 N I a H I last night by the New York state athletic commission that Charles, stylish Cincinnati Negro, was not physically fit to appear. Michaels' action went further than the action proposed to him by the commission an "indefi nite postponement." Ready Two Months But Michaels also apparently was regarding Charles' injury as possibly more serious than the official report of the commis sion's doctors, who said that Charles should be ready to fight again in two months. "Charles has been told that he has a heart injury," said Michaels as he began the gloomy business of returning the $30,000 advance ticket sale. "We don't know whether he'll be able to fight again." The discovery of the heart in jury was credited by a commis sion official to one of the new "safety" tests that have recently been inaugurated for New York fighters following the death in New York city of Middleweight Lavern Roach after a knockout. Softballers Meet April 3 The Medford Softball associa tion will meet next Monday, April 3, at a place to be an nounced later. President Bill Catey. who is retiring president this year, said last night's meet ing was called off when a meet ing place could not be located. Next week's meeting will be the first 1950 association session to plan for the season schedule and sec if there are enough teams in Medford interested to organize a local league. One report this morning was that at least one prospective manager had contacted Softball teams in Grants Pass and Ash land to sec if a league made up of teams from those communities plus Medford and perhaps other towns could be formed. It was known that at least two of last year's sponsor would not have local teams this season. Ticket Sales Up For Mat Rematch Mack Lillard, local wrestling promoter, today reported an un usually heavy upsurge in seat reservations for Thursday night's card with the announcement yes terday that Georges Dusette and Frank Stoiack would meet in a return match. Fans had hardly settled down to witness what promised to be a gruelling affair when the prin cipals fell from the ring. Dusette was so injured in the tumble that he was unable to resume hostilities. Lillard figures the return dale should be a "whoppcroo" with both men out to show they could have won last week. The supporting card, as usual on Lillard's shows, will rival the main event for action. The mid dle encounter pits Leo Wallack, currently the class class of the northwest, against Tough Tony Ross and the opener, slated to start at 8:30 p.m., sends Danno McDonald against Charley Carr. SHOW, RACES SET Ashland. Mar. 28 Walter Hamby, president of the Ashland Riding association, has announc ed that the first horse show and race meeting of the season spon sored by the group will be held Sunday. April 23. ' at the Ash land rodeo grounds. Grinding-mill pebbles were produced in California during 1947 from the beach at Carlsbad, San Diego county. 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