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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
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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. -
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Other shooters making the
high five were Frank Rush 383,
Max Terzenbach 382 and Marion
Smith 382. Thirty members were
present for the shoot.
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Pro Basketball Dated
Tonight Back in East
By United Press
The New York Knickerbock
ers play host to the Syracuse Na
tionals and the Anderson Pack
ers entertain the Indianapolis
Olympians tonight in National
Basketball association playoff
games.
Both Syracuse and Indiana
polls need only one more victory
in their respective series game
to move into the final playoff
along side the Minneapolis
Lakers.
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