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1 I .11 IB Schoolers baseball On Friday At 3 Jackson county class B high ischool baseball will open Fri- t'day afternoon with games slated i at Butte Falls, Rogue River at Phoenix. These will be the first conference games of the season i although most of the schools . have played at least one prac tice contest. ; Talent high draws a bye In league DaseDan tnis weeK :,vi Prospect high plays at Phoe nix, bt. Mary s uuedtora) at ' Rogue River and Jacksonville goes to Butte Falls for games scheduled at a p.m. at au iour. ;.Gome Site Changed The game between Rogue Riv 'er and St. Mary's was changed . .to the Rogue River field because .the local parochial high scnooi ( to far has been unable to find a .field on which to play its games. Local officials indicated St. Mary's would play all its games ' eway. f Word from Phoenix was that :f-the game with Prospect may v have to be played on the field i;near the grade school instead of the new diamond near the , .new high school because the lat- ter may not be ready in time. IBob Harkins Now iWith K.F. Gems I Bob Harkins who played with the semi-pro Medford Craters t baseball team in 1947 as a first iibaseman. has been signed by tne Klamath Falls Gems of the pro Jfessional class D Far West x league, it was learned here to- i da v The former local player has .'!been attending Washington State college near where Player Man ': sger Hub Kittle of the Gems (ilives. Harkins is 20 years old. stands 6 feet Z inches tall and '! weighs about 180 nounds. While in Medford Harkins ftarted out as a weak hitter but Improved as the season prog ressed. His fielding was tops right from the start. Softball Meeting Date Monday, Jackson Hotel ; ,i Medford Softball association will hold its second meeting of the spring Monday, April 3, in the Gray room of the Jackson hotel. President Bill Uatey an nounced today. f A previous meeting did not attract enough team leaders and ponsors to allow election of of ficers for the coming year. Catey explained. Next Monday s ses ion will name officers, plan a 1950 softball schedule and prgan " jze a league if enough 'teams how up Asphalt and con crete paving, road oiling. Commercial and Residential Struc tures. SNOOK BROS. General Contractors Phone 2-2116 and 3-2704 RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Oreaon's Oldest and Finest 29 So. Bartlett ' Medford 34 Toslai Crfotl Blended whitkoy 90 proof. Hi straight whiskies hi this prod uct are 4 years or more old. 3VA straight whlsloy. kVi neutral spirits distilled from grain. 15 straight whis kty 4 years old. i straight whiskey 5 years old. 7H straight whiskey 6 years old. S3 M ( pmmmmm-m&tiMriymi 1 urn my "ssm SKSmSSSSSnaiam n it J jr1 "l Kiw,:7;'VVM'o 1 nini ii ijMf tyjsasss&ss if J jSJRffllm ia&ee&WRtw - 1 1 M mMiK i I tcbaximmsim JF 1 f ilssH f ' fS t.,.. e.., i Lk .............. . IB dfordTribwi . suns Let's talk about baseball for a few minutes today. The Pacific Coast league sea son got underway in California cities last night, the major loops start up early in April and the Far West loop of which the Med ford Rogues are members will open their season April 26 in California. Which brings to mind once again a prediction this corner made a year or so ago that one of these days Oregon would have a professional baseball league all its own. We'll admit the prospect isn't loo bright right now but not long ago the La Grande Evening Observer brought up the subject in regard lo a Class D league in eastern Oregon and while the comment was unfavorable due to distances between towns, the possibili ties were apparent. The Observer's sports editor, Martin Reisch, pointed out in his column "Out of Bounds" that travel is one of the biggest head aches of athletic teams and dis tances in eastern Oregon be tween cities big enough to sup port a pro baseball league are to say the least, large. He suggested that a league In that part of the country might consist of Walla Walla, Wash., Pendleton and Baker in Oregon in addition to La Grande. The editor then pointed out that even it (hoc. titiae close together a league should have at least six teams. One fan here in Medford sug gested why not add The Dalles, ewistLon, Ida., Ontario, Ore., or Lewiston, Ida., Ontario, ure., or make it six teams. Our suggestion about an all Oregon baseball league is that it might consist of Medford, Klamath Falls, Baker, La Grande, Pendleton, Bend, Rose burg and Eugene or The Dalles. Eugene is likely to get into Class B baseball before long o a replacement is needed. Roseburg and Bend might have to grow a bit larger to sup port a pro baseball team but cer tainly the other cities mentioned have enough people within their limits or in towns nearby to sup port such a club. Maybe Albany might make a go in such a league too. One may ask "What about dis tances involved?" and "What is the greatest distance a team would have to travel?" The Oregon Motor association says the following are the short est distances between Medford and towns that might be in the league Pendleton, 512 miles; La Grande' 529: Baker 479: Eugene 183: Bend 186; Albany 228; The Dalles 312; Roseburg 108 and Klamath Falls 75. And speaking of distances, the Far West league's greatest travel Eugene to Pittsburg is roughly 575 miles. Other mileage between the towns is relatively less and only once if ever does a team have to travel the longest distance in any one jump. Therefore one can see no rea son why the longest would have to be made more than once if at all in an all-Oregon pro baseball league. - -2 It looks to this corner as if Medford high will be another tough foe to down on the cinder track this spring. One cannot go entirely by what the Tornado did against Grants Pass last Saturday for the Cavemen were shorthanded with several of their best men absent, but Medford's thinclad squad is far better balanced with experi ence than last year. Coast College Boxers in East State College, Pa., Mar. 30 (U.R) A crop of 56 entries from 16 schools will start out to prove today that postwar college box ing talent has reached lull bloom as the opening bell sounds in the national college boxing tourney. Adding luster to the 13th re newal of the college sock classic at Penn State's recreation hall are 17 of 24 sectional champions. The east heads the title parade with six, the south is represent ed by four an dseven of the eight Pacific coast champions will show. Three sectional team cham pions are entered Syracuse of the east, Louisiana of the south and Idaho of the Pacific coast. OSC GOLF MATCH Corvallis. Mar. 30 A veteran Oregon State golf team will open its 1950 campaign with a non conference match against Port land university over the Cor vallis Country club course Sat urday. OSC TENNIS TEAM Corvallis, Mar. 30 Varsity tennis practice got under way here this week with only two re turning lettermen to form an ex perienced nucleus for the 1950 team. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Consider able cloudiness today, tonight and Friday with local rain Fri day. Cooler Friday. Variable wind 8-15 m.p.h. off coast mostly soum to east. CALLED TO ORDER Boylston, Mass. (U.R) Four days after fire destroyed the home of Mrs. Isabelle Bunikis and her two sons, townfolk had nearly completed and furnished a new house for the family beside the ruins of the old one. flDGBEBS FOR THE M IT'S THE D0BBS OTHER DOBBS HATS x $8.50 to $20.00 In the Heart of Medford's Keglers Vie On Week-end Local Alley Opening rounds of the annual Southern Oregon Handicap Bowling tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 1 and 2, at the Medford Bowling lanes with the women rolling starting at 7:30 p.m. and the men teams at 10 p.m. Saturday to start the tourney. Men's teams from Medford, Roseburg, Eureka and Crescent City, Cal will take part in Sat urday evening's first round. Events for the men Sunday will start at 12 noon with a doubles tourney followed at 1 p.m. with a singles rolloff, at 2 by doubles again and at 3 p.m. by another singles. The handicap tournament will continue the week-ends of April 8 and 9 and April 15 and 16 at the local alleys. Other towns sending teams for the men's events include Ashland, Grants Pass, Gresham and Woodburn. The public is invited to attend any of the matches. BOWLING COMMERCIAL LEAGUE High individual series was rolled last night by Rice with a 558 pintail and Huston and Nordstrom each was credited with a 226 high individual game when the Commercial Bowling league held its weekly competi tion at the Medford Bowling lanes. Henry's Drive-in team took high team game and high team series with 889 and 2,526 respec tively. COMMERCIAL STANDINGS Teami W Eagles Lodge 33 Pepsl-cola .....32 Henry's Drive-in 30 Werner's Bricklayers 28 Savior's Barber Shop 26 Ellis Grocery . 24 Medford Motors IB California-Paclfic 17 33 n.nrv'. Inn . d..I..a1. . Weber 521 Eklund 498 Huston 532 Huntemann 460 Cummings 468 Shaw 406 ChnItT 417 C. ....MI. Aon Minger 475 Bice ... 358 2528 2362 Eagles 4 Werner's 0 Culley . 561 W. Knapp .... 410 Tripp 377 Lawrentz 417 Miller 485 J. Knapp 308 Moser m Kurth 401 Baker 473 Robinson 2360 2277 Ellis Gror. 3 Motors 1 Rose 365 Barnum 4B0 Ellis 488 Latham 475 Nordstrom 401 Clark 431 W. Smith 470 Farrar 300 Woods 493 Wright . 523 2351 2308 Savior's 2 Cal-Pacltle I Liles 317 Kvker 403 D. Lubbers .... 395 Gardner 434 watklns 415 HarUell 441 Clyde 471 N. Smith 415 K. Knapp 444 Ward 2147 2 CARDINALS VS. BRAVES Bradenton, Fla., Mar. 30(U.R) Pitching depth was Manaeer Eddie Dyer's big worry as the St. Louis Cardinals sought to come out or their two-game coma at the expense of the Boston Braves today. GREAT OUTDOORS Meet the hat that's got fun on itt mind Dobbi Gay Prince. With styling that's carefree and smart. And a lux ury soft glove suede finish. Saddle stitching round brim and band give it bold outdoor briskness. For the hat of your lively life, see yourself in the Dobbs Gay Prince $20 Down - town Shopping District Sports for the Week THURSDAY Women's weekly golf tour nament. Rogue Valley Country club, afternoon All-star wres tling card, armory, 8:30 p. m. City Bowling league weekly session, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Medford high vs. Eagle Point (baseball), Medford field. 3 p. m. Mixed Bowling league. 7:30 p. m. County class B baseball season opens (Jacksonville at Butte Falls, St. Mary's at Rogue River, Prospect at Phoenix). 3 p.m. Don Fawcett Expected To Start for Beavers Corvallis, Mar. 30 Coach Ralph Coleman is hopeful his Oregon State baseball players will be able to launch their 1950 pre-season campaign against Lewis and Clark college here this afternoon. Three other tilts are booked this week, weather permitting, all at home. Linfield will come to town Thursday, Vanport of Portland Friday and Pacific university on Saturday. Probable starters for the Or ange will include Don Fawcett, Medford, second base. ATHLETICS DOWN DODGERS Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mar. 30 U.R) Lou Brissie, who has told Connie Mack he doesn't want to be a relief specialist, hurled seven innings as the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 9 to 8, in 10 innings yes terday. The angler fish can seize and devour other fish larger than itself. BY POPUW DEWD Chapman's Have Arranged With Their Suppliers To Again Bring YOU Our TOUGH, RUGGED, SHOCK-PROOF WATCH So Popular With Men Who Want a Watch That "CAN TAKE IT!" Buy On Chapman's Approved Easy Terms Ho Money Down - Liberal Trade-ins msm $2995 HERE'S A REAL BUY! 109 n PownTaWeek For VALUE See . . Thursday, March 30, 1950 Ashland Rifle Firers Lead Medford Shooting Ashland shooters were march ing to the front in the Medford Rifle club's weekly gallery rifle shoot held in Merrick's basement last night, with Robert Himel wright making the hig five with 379 and Archie Haskins with 378. 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