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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. April 20. 19J0
Star Studded Boxing Show Pleases
Jam-Packed Crowd at Armory Here
By Harry Chipman
The Medford fight camp Is just
v,n.it utrioDed ol champions loi-
lowing last night' star-studded
amateur boxing show at tne bito
ory. A jam-packed house saw one
of the best fistic programs ever
presented here and there couldn t
have been a disgruntled fan
among the lot. .
With the exception of Freddie
Johnson of Medford making his
iotv atirwacfnl defense of his
flyweight championship against
Coe urown, aiso ui
there isn't a local champion in
h .nnthom Oreeon-northern
California region calling Med
ford his home.
Bull Halsey, squat Portland
Negro, won his second start here
and with it the Oregon-northern
California middleweight cham
pionship trophy by outpointing
Clint Waters, San Francisco, in
a fight whicn was as ciose as a
couple of Siamese twins.
Both Boxers Fait
The boys were as fast as a pair
of greased pigs at an old-fashioned
country picnic and they
could punch with no little au
thority. Waters, a cutie boxer
with a mustache and long side
burns, delighted in dropping his
hands and protruding his chin
but he was so fast at retracting
It that Halsey, more frequently
than not, couldn't smack it.
A stream of stinging leather
drew blood from Waters' nose
In the second round and in the
third Halsey was wrestled
through the ropes onto the ring
apron but no damage resulted.
Donovan Wolfe. Phoenix, won
the southern Oregon light-heavyweight
championship by out
pointing Don Harper, Gold Hill,
ft was Wolfe's second win over
Harper in two tries and he didn't
seem to have too much trouble
In scoring it.
Readied for 'Kill'
He kept Harper's knockout
punch in check all the time and
In the fourth round he had the
Gold Hill schoolboy ready for
the kill but the bell beat him
tp it.
Bob Stumbo, Wolfe Creek, suc
cessfully defended his southern
Oregon heavyweight title by
knocking out Gene Sheppard,
Medford, in a minute and a half
of the first round. Sheppard was
dropped like a poled ox and
took a nine count, most of it flat
on his back, but got up and gave
Stumbo a lot of leather before
running Into a straight left and
a right hook which did the busi
ness. O. Westcott, Roseburg welter
weight champion, went In for
Darrell Johnson. Medford, who
was inlured In a bout at Rose
burg last week, and was cooled
by Sylvester Jones, San Fran
cisco, in a minute and 10 sec
onds of the third round.
Crown to Jones
A flurry of body punches and
a short right to the chin in a
brisk exchange produced the
chiller. With it went the south
ern Oregon-northern California
welterweight crown.
Dick Adkins. Griffin Creek,
had his win streak stopped at 14
straight by John Law, a fast but
little Negro from Oakland. Most
of the scrap was fought in close
with a lot of clinches. Law kept
Adkins from landing a lot of his
better weapons, meanwhile get
ting In Just enough of his own
artillery to come away with a
hairline verdict. It was a light
weight title affair.
Johnson's nod over Brown was
an unpopular one with two
judges voting for Johnson and
Referee Ken Llndley casting his
ballot for Brown. The chnmp
decked his adversary for a no
count in the first round with a
right to the chin which buckled
Brown's knees. It was a good
fight all the way with Johnson
earning what he got.
Carter Tries Hard
Byron Carter made a game try
but ran out of steam In the third
round of his tangle with Hilton
Garner of San Francisco. Carter
won the first round but in the
second Garner turned the tide of
battle and there wasn't any ques
tion of the outcome. Carter had
a cut under his left eye in the
second round and In the third
MEDFORDeiTRIBUNE
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Louis-Dempsey Fight
May Become Reality
But Only in Movies
New York. Aor. 20 U.R)
That old tavern argument about
who would win a Jack Dempsey.
Joe Louis fight flared anew to
day and perhaps there will be
a partial answer for the first
time.
Demnsev suggested that he
might meet Louis in the movies.
It would not be an actual fight
or even a simulated lignt. in
stead, pictures of great Dempsey
fights would be superimposed
upon pictures of great Louis
Connie Mack
Dinner Honor
Philadelphia. Apr. 20 (U.R)
Connie Mack returns home to
day for a two-day celebration of
his 50th anniversary with the
Philadelphia Athletics.
"Mr. Baseball" will be honor
ed at a $50-a-pIate dinner to
night, attended by more than
600 sports, business and civic
leaders. A congratulatory mes
sage from President Truman will
be read.
Baseball will be represented
at the dinner by Commissioner
A. B. (Happy) Chandler; Ford
Frick, president of the National
league; Will Hnrridge, American
league president; Branch Rickey
of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Phil
lies Owner Bob Carpenter, and
Tom Yawkey of the Boston Red
Sox.
Proceeds of the dinner will be
used to establish a scholarship
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Portland U. Ends
Fund Raising Try
Portland. Ore.. ADr. 20 '(U.R)
University of PojjUand Boosters
cuiD memoers looay n.iia iney
had called off their attempt to
raise aa.uuu lo .nuuuv univer
sity suspension otfintercollegiate
football made enajier this year
because of financial strain.
Boosters Chairman E m m e 1 1
Barrett said the campaign fell
$10,000 short of the goal set for
April 15 by university officials.
The Boosters club organized
here to return football to the
campus. The Rev. Theodore J.
Mehling thanked the group for
Its enthusiasm and added that
their work was not lost because
it had created new interest in
the alumni towards the univer
In dropping Intercollegiate
football, the university said em
phasis would be placed on other
sports, particularly basketball.
Among new words which the
atomic age has given the diction
ary is " weaponeer. It means
"one who activates an atomic
bomb into readiness for release
upon a tngct."
blood spewed from his nostrils.
Bogey Bogart, who rioesn t
like the nickname of "Circus"
but who is more entitled to It
than is the famed John Ring
ling, decisioned Gene Bounce in
the curtain raiser. Bounce didn't
know his way around Inside the
hemp and while Bonart couldn't
blaze a trail in there hmiself, he
stumbled around enough to con
vince the Judges that he was
the better man, last night, at
least.
fights and may the best man
win.
Possibilities Considered
Abe J. Greene, veteran com
missioner of the National Boxing
association, considered the pos
sibilities this way: .
"It would be a murderous
punching battle.
"Let's say they take Demp
sey's fights with Jess Willard,
Luis Firpo and Georges Carpen
tier and put them with Louis'
fights against Max 'Schmeling,
Paulino Uzcudin and one of the
Baer boys. Max or Buddy.
"Dempsey and Louis both
would stalk. Dempsey's punching
would be steady and fast ter
rific attacks. He would have to
coach Louis, of course. For in
the Willard duck, Dempsey had
a sitting duck for a target."
Louis Siow Starter
Louis would start slowly, then
move in and try for the kill. Here
is the key to the fight . . . the
unpredictable factor which pre
vents a definite answer to the
perennial who-would-win question.
If Louis catches Demnsev with
one of those murderous rights.
then Louis is the winner. For he
could be the killer anywhere.
Take that body punch from the
second Schmeling fight, a driv
ing ram to the kidneys that sent
Schmeling twitching with pain
to tne canvas and from there to
the hospital. Or the uppercut to
the law which impaled Uzcu-
dun's lip upon his teeth.
Louis, too, is the bigger man.
He weighs about 213 pounds in
our mythical fight to Dempsey's
1U1.Z
Louis likewise has had some
faster fights especially those
bombshell finishes.
So there you have your fight:
Dempsey stalking, battering
away . . . Louis waiting for the
one right moment he needs for
the kill.
Does Louis get that moment?
Not even the composite movies
can tell.
Sports for
the Week
THURSDAY
City Bowling league, 7 p.m.
All-Star wrestling card, ar
mory, 8:30 p.m. Women's
golf. Rogue Valley Country
club, afternoon. Grade school
track (Washington, Lincoln,
Jackson), 4:15 p.m. at high
school field.
FRIDAY
Hayward relays open, Eu
gene Myrtle Creek high at
Central Point (JDJ baseball),
3 p.m. Southern Oregon col
lege at Oregon Tech (double
header), 1:30 p.m. Mixed
Bowling league, 7:30 p.m.
Medford high vs. Yreka (base
ball) at Medford, 3 p. m
Butte Falls high at Prospect
(baseball), 3 p. m. Softball as
sociation meeting, Chamber of
Commerce, 8 p. m.
SATURDAY
Medford high at Hayward
relays, morning and afternoon.
Medford high at Klamath
Falls (baseball), 2 p.m Eagle
Point high at Sutherlln (JDJ
baseball), 2 p.m.
Softballers
Meet Friday
C-C Office
Sponsors and captains of teams
interested in entering the local
Softball league this summer were
reminded today that there will
bjan important meeting of the
scAball association at 8 p. m.
Friday in the new Chamber of
Commerce office at 5 South Riv
erside avenue.
League Secretary Herb Vessey
stressed that tomorrow evening
probably will be the final time
a team can enter as a schedule
must be made up soon if the
league is to start In June. He
urged every team to have some
one attend.
Last reports indicated at least
seven teams would play and the
other day a phone call to The
Mail Tribune sports department
indicated another might be in
terested. As many as three or
four others have indicated they
might play if a league was or
ganized. Teams who might the last min
ute decide they wish to enter
may send representatives tomor
row night also, Vessey said.
The league season probably
will not start until June al
though practice for teams can
start any time.
Women Golf
Qualifiers
Thirteen more women have
jointed the list of those who
have qualified for the spring golf
handicap at Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
The qualifying round will con
clude this evening.
Additional qualifiers listed
yesterday were Mrs. L. G. Mc
Laren 109, Mrs. Victor Sether
96, Mrs. Diamond Flynn 92, Mrs.
Ben Stafford 110, Mrs. C. B. Col
lins 88. Mrs. Allyn Monroe 83,
Mrs. Tom Emmens 87, Mrs.
James Wyatt 83, Mrs. Ralph
Odell 94, Mrs. George Rasmus
sen 85, Mrs. George Harrington
81, Mrs. Ray Larson 88 and Mrs.
John Day 84.
Player Says
Bribe Offer
Fairview, 111., Apr. 20 U.P
A midwestern AU-American bas
ketball player said today he
wasn't surprised when a man of
fered him a $100 bribe to throw
a game in New York City be
cause "everybody knows this
stuff goes on there."
Paul Unruh. the crew-cut ace
of Bradley university, said of
course he didn't take the bribe
and ordered the "short, dark
man" who offered it to him to
"shove off."
He said the bribe was made
vfen he was in New York for
tee recent National Invitational
t4prnament.
Unruh said the man offered
him $100 if Bradley would win
by six points and $500 if they
would win by two points.
Rogue River Steelhead
Spawning, Agent Says
Though about two weeks be
hind schedule. Rogue river steel-
head are now spawning in most
of the tributaries. Cole Rivers,
game commission fishery agent,
said today.
The long, cold stretches oi
winter weather are believed to
have retarded the sexual devel
opment of the steelhcvi. causing
them to spawn later man usual.
Rivers pointed out that the
Mav 1 opening for the Rogue and
its tributaries was set so that the
bulk of the steelhead could
spawn before the streams opened
to fishing.
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Rogues' First Game
Parade Floats Asked
Businessmen, service clubs,
lodges. Boy end Girl scouts,
4-H clubs and other organisa
tions interested in entering
floats or other items in the
Medford Rogues opening day
parade Tuesday, May 2, may
do so by contacting Ken Ham
ner at the Holland hotel or
Hank Green.
An invitation will be ex
tended to the junior high band
to lead the march, a marine
corps group will provide the
color guard, the nigh school
baseball squad will be Invited
and all other organisations or
groups interested will be wel
come, Hamner said.
Tornado Nine
Plays Friday
Local Field
Medford high has two baseball
games scheduled this coming
week-end with Yreka, Cal., here
for a non-conference get-together
Friday and the Tornado squad
traveling to Klamath Falls for
a Southern Oregon conference
encounter Saturday.
A game between Ashland and
the Tornado this past Tuesday
was postponed at the request of
Ashland.
Last week-end the boys coach
ed by Alex McDonald divided a
series with the Oregon State
college Rooks and Corvallis high
by losing to the college frosh
and then defeating the Spartans,
all games being played in the
Willamette valley city.
Coach McDonald nominated
Jack Turk for mound chores in
Friday's game while Derald
Wooten probably will hurl for
the Tornado against Klamath on
Saturday. Gary Boshears is like
ly catch in both of the games.
Not too much is known here
about either Yreka or Klamath
but the Pelicans are rated as one
of the teams to beat if another
high school wants to take dis
trict honors.
"Play ball" will be at 3 p.m.
Friday against Yreka and about
2 p.m. Saturday over at Klamath
Falls.
GIANTS BUY PLAYER
Oakland. Cal.. Apr. 20 (U,R)
Outfielder Roy "Stormy" Weath-
eriy Has been sold by the Oak
land Oaks of the Pacific Coast
league to the New York Giants,
Oakland President Brick Laws
announced today.
Orbra L. Abbott Gets
SportsmanshipTrophy
Orbra L. Abbott, Medford
former Naval base basketball
star during the 14th Naval dist
rict season and a member of the
augmented SubPac squad In the
All-Navy play-offs, climaxed his
third straight year in All-Navy
competition by being awarded
a trophy for outstanding sports
manship during the two game
series in Norfolk, Va.
The 6 foot 4 inch center was
voted the trophy by the Norfolk
fliers who were outspoken in
their admiration for his sports
manship and clean play.
Abbott played in the All-Navy
finals in 1948 with the Naval
Base squad, and in 1949 and
1950 with the Submarine force
team.
OSC Nine and Fawcett
Play Friday, Saturday
Corvallis, Apr. 20 Oregon
State's rain-hounded baseball
club will attemptto get in a two
game series against the Washing
ton Huskies here Friday and
Saturday afternoons.
Remainder of the OSC lineup
Orbra L. Abbott
probably will include Don Faw
cett, Medford, second base.
Rogue Mining
Discharges
Curtailment
The Rogue river coordination
board has notified the state game
commission that discharge of
mine tailings and mud into the
river is being curtailed between
April 15 and November 1.
Under the board's order it shall
be unlawful to allow the dis
charge of mud or tailings tnto
the Rogue river or any river,
creek or stream emptying Into
the Rogue when the turbidity of
the tributary at its point of con
fluence with the Rogue river is
in excess of 1,000 ppm. by
weight of suspended matter.
For both the Applegate and
Illinois rivers this same rate of
turbidity shall not be exceeded
at a point where the bridges on
the Redwood highway cross these
two streams.
Inquiries with regard to any
specific mining operation may
be addressed to the Rogue River
Coordination Board, 266 Pa
cific highway south, Grants
Pass.
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