Merchants Take Memorial
Casaba Prelim Seriously
Merchants' teams are ia the
midst of "preparations" for their
preliminary fracas at the Tubby
Dean memorial basketball pro
gram on Wednesday, March 26,
at the senior high gymnasium.
From all reports merchants
are taking this "relatively min
or" skirmish seriously.
The following notes from the
rival training camps were
Cleaned by Legionnaire Bud
Fisher. He reports:
"Dick Finch, the East Side
manager, strapped on his trusty
six-shooter and took off on Old
Paint to round up some of his
team for a training session. His
training methods are rough and
unique. He routed out a contin
gent of Doc Lemery; Doc Ward;
Sam Gilbert of Brophy's; Morris
Leonard of Leonard Electric;
Sam Samson of Sam's Sporting
Goods; Vic David, Restaurant
Supply; Murray Bell of Bells
Beverage Shop; Freddie Beck of
Beck's Bakery; Shook and Britt
sen of the O K Market; Jim
Moore of Sherwin-Williams; Har
ry and Harold of North River
side Cafe; and Perk Perkins of
Consolidated Freightways; and
took them for a five mile train
ing jaunt.
Why Truck
"The big mystery was why the
big Consolidated truck? And why
the music machine furnished by
Woody Morse? Maybe Dick was
confused with dancing school.
.."Coach Bill Gates of the West
Side has gone indoors with his
training. Its new quarters is at
the Union Club Pool hall. Bill
says dodging pool tables is tough
er training than the East Side
competition will be. But Bill is
complaining again. He says that
he cannot keep Ben Trowbridge
Lct Brothers
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and the Smith-Dynge players in
line. They refuse to train. v
"Coach Bill has also voiced a
serious protest against some of
the East Side players. Since this
is not a recognized league, there
is no head authority and Bill
threatens to take the East Side
manager to court. He states that
Dick has rung in a bunch of pro
fessionals in Chet and Rolland
Hubbard; Geo. Gates of Bates
Furniture; Walt Young of Med-
ford Stationery; and Doc Vogle.
However Dick countered that he
could pick his team from Adrl
ennes, Burelsons, the Patio. Had'
leys, Leon's Women's store, and
the Toy House and still beat the
best the West Side Mexicans can
put on the floor..
Extra Linameni
Lee Ragsdale, athletic director
of the high school, says he is
laying in an extra supply of lina-
ment and bandages and has had
all emergency equipment
checked to care for minor in
juries. Due to a shortage of am
bulances, he has made arrange
ments with Jack Fitzgerald to
have one of the Davis Transfer
trucks on hand to handle the cas
ualties. There has been some specula
tion down town of a frame up
since Bill Barker and Larry
Schade, two of the East Side
players were seen in a confiden
tial huddle with the West Side
star. Gene Farrell of Fluhrers.
"East Side manager, Dick
Finch, has not announced his
coach as yet. He seems to have
a very temperamental team. Now
he has an insurrection on his
hands among the north end
players. McCormick of the Big
Y says he can pick a team from
his section that can beat Bill
'Groceteria' Gates' team all to
pieces.
"In fact, Steve Stephenson of
the Lumber Co.; Floyd Hart and
Andy Anderson of Timber Pro
ducts; Sam Buffington of O K
Meats; Nave of Medco; Schoech
er of Richmaid Ice Cream; Bob
Dunham of the famous trading
center; and Lex Weisenberger
and Geo. Evans of Western Dec
orating Co. have been training
out at the Y club and they boast
that they . have a better team
than either Dick or Bill. Dick is
thinking of recruiting Dan and
George Haas Sporting Goods and
Earl Hall Sport Shop and send
ing an expedition of well armed
troopers to bring the insurgents
back into camp.
"Just a tip to the sheriff. If
there are any more mysterious
explosions, better check on that
angle." -
Medford Black Tornado
13th in Final Battings
The Medford high school
Black Tornado basketball team
placed 13th on the final 1952
press association survey. Med
ford was given a total of six
points to place behind Astoria
and The Dalles in the second 10.
Portland schools continued to
dominate the poll as Central
Catholic, Cleveland and Lincoln
placed in the top three spots.
Klamath Falls, rated fifth, was
the only other southern Oregon
team listed on the survey.
JC TOURNAMENT OPENS -
Hutchinson, Kan. (U.R) The
fifth-Athletic Association basket
ball tournament opens Tuesday
afternoon with 12 teams from
an unseeded field of 16 sched
uled to see action within a com
plicated double elimination
bracket before day's end. '
V
AM
HOLY CROSS ELIMINATED Lanky Dick Ricketts (12) of Da
quesne leaps high for a shot during National Invitation Tournament
game against Holy Cross in Madison Square Garden at New York.
Jumping with Ricketts is Dave Nangle (24) of Holy Cross. Others
are Jim Dilling (14), Holy Cross, and Jim Tucker (4) of Duquesne,
The favored Duquesne eliminated Hot Cross, 78 68.
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State Basketball Tourney
Opens Tonight at Eugene
Eugene (U.R) Astoria and
Hillsboro launch Oregon's big
gest annual basketball show
Tuesday night when they meet in
the University of Oregon's Mc
Arthur court in the first game of
the 1952 class A high school tournament.
Cleveland of Portland and Mc-
Minnville meet in the only oth
er Tuesday game.
The other 12 teams in the 16-
team field will play Wednesday.
Championship game is slated
Saturday night.
All 16 teams have represent
ed their districts in the state play
offs in the past. Favorites this
year for the final trophy are the
three Portland entries Cleve
land, Lincoln and Central Cath
olic. But Portland teams have
garnered championship honors
only six times in 33 years.
Klamath Falls, McMinnville,
Marshfield and Salem were ten
tatively billed as the four teams
likely to give the metropolitan
schools their toughest competi
tion.
Central Catholic enters the
tournament with the best win-
less record of the lot. It has 24
victories to its credit against one
loss, that 1o Klamath Falls,
Games Wednesday are Marsh-
field against Scappoose: The
Dalles-Central Catholic; Klanv
ath Falls-Bend; Lincoln-Salem;
Corvallis-University of Eugene,
and Milwaukie-La Grande.
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Rookie Third Sacker
Rage of Yankee Camp
St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R)
Rookie Andy Carey was the rage
of the New York Yankees camp
Tuesday and one big reason why
manager Casey Stengel believes
the world champions may not be
hurt by the loss of Billy Martin
during the first few weeks of the
American League season.
Carey stretched his hitting
stream to seven games with two
singles as the Yankees beat the
Washington Senators, 8-5, Mon
day. MAC-HI COACH QUITS
Milton - Freewater, Ore. (U.R)
Gene Holweger, head basketball
coach for MacLoughlin Union
high school here, said Tuesday
he is resigning effective at the
end of the current school year.
Holweger, a former prep star at
Portland's Franklin high, said he
hoped to get post nearer Port
land.
TWO PLAYERS HURT
Tampa (U.R) Pitcher Niles
Jordan and outfielder Wally Post
of the Cincinnati Reds were side
lined Tuesday with minor In
juries. Jordan was struck by
line drive off Ferris Fain's bat
in Monday's 6-5 victory over the
Philadelphia Athletics' A-team
while Post was hit in the face by
a thrown ball in pre-game prac
tice.
Man Gets Stolen Car
Back; Paint Job Added
North Guilford. Conn. (U.R)
James H. Sandbergh isn't too
sorry that his "plain blue" auto
mobile was stolen by a 18-year-
old youth.
wnen ine machine was re
covered, Sandbergh hardly rec
ognized it. It had snappy two-
tone paint job and was equipped
witn numerous uasny accessor
ies. In addition, some dents In
the fenders had been ironed out.
the oil was changed and new
anti-freeze had been put in. The
improvements cost the thief
about S200.
Sandbergh figures if the youth
had kept the car a bit longer he
might have had the engine ever-
hauled.
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(about cup) at crisp, toaaty
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cereal that may help you back to
youthful regularity, lost because
of lack of bulk in your diet. It's
the only type ready-to-eat cereal
that supplies all the bulk you
may need. High in cereal protein,
rich in iron, provides essential B
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Hurls No-No
Ssn Bernardino, Calif. CU.B
A no-hitter in the spring doesn't
win a pennant in September but
it was enough Tuesday to make
Leo Durocher of the New York
Giants look forward confidently
toward the defense of the N
tional League title.
Jim Hearn and Monte Ken
nedy, appropriately both of Irish
descent, authored the no-hitter
against the Chicago Cubs, 10-0,
Monday on St Patrick's dsy.
Hearn, a 17-game winner in
1M1 who could be the Giants'
best pitcher this yesr, pitched
the. first five innings, walked
two and struck out four.
Kennedy, who won only one
game last season, picked up from
there and allowed three walks
while striking out three re
mainder of the way.
4 Comet Cagers
Top 200 Points
Central Point Crater highs
basketball quint, in winning 16
and losing five scuffles in prep
competition this year, scored
1007 points to 863 by the oppo
sition.
Punk Monroe was top scorer
with 222. Three others tallied
more than 200, Gordon Carri
gan 213. Larry Bigham 202 and
Herb Weber 201. Others among
the top Comet scorers were Bill
Boye 67, Bob King 55 aha
Rocky Spence 22.
Crater beat St. Mary's of Med
ford, Phoenix, Eagle Point, Suth
erlin and Illinois each twice,
won three out of four with Ash
land, topped Coquille, split with
Rogue River and Myrtle Creek
and lost two to Eagle Point
NICHOLS READY
St. Petersburg (U.R) Chet
Nichols, the National league's
earned run leader in 1951, ap
peared Tuesday to be ready just
in case. The young Boston Brave
southpaw showed excellent form
as he faced only 12 batters in
four innings as the Braves beat
the Red Sox, 2-1, Monday.
Seattle (U.R) Light-heavy-weights
Abel Fernandez of Los
Angeles and Eddie Cotton of Se
attle tangle Tuesday night in the
10-round main event of a box
ing card here. Cotton is a slight
favorite.
Toeaiay. March It. ISIS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEYKtT
Fabulous Buried Treasure
Spurs Searchers in Japan
Tokyo (U.R) To paraphrase
R. L. Stevenson:
Fourteen hundred and 71 men
on a dead man's chest,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of sake.
One of the century's greatest
searches for hidden treasure Is
on in Japan, near the foot of
majestic Mount Fuji.
The object Is the fabulous
buried wealth in gold coffins,
chests of gold coins and jewels
of Japan's last great feudal lord,
the Shogun Togugawa. Legend
values the treasure at more than
$20,000,000.
The director of the search,
62-year-od Hidemori Kawahara,
insists he is working from factu
al records, not legend. He al
ready has poured 10,000,000 yen
(about $30,000) into an elaborate
excavation program, using min
ing rigs and derricks and a gang
of laborers directed by a mining
engineer.
He reported exciting progress.
The diggers reached the crum
bling remains of human skele
tons, a clue that convinced Ka
wahara he was near his goal.
Laborers Slain
There must be the bones of
1,471 laborers who were mas
sacred after burying the Toku
gawa's wealth, to insure secrecy
of the plot, he told Japanese
newsmen.
Three sets of "documents"
handed down to Kawahara by
h's grandmother, the mistress
of a Samurai warrior in the serv
ice of the Tokugawas, are the key
to the search.
When the power of the Sho-
gunate began crumbling in 1863.
the loyal Samurai, who served
as the Shogun s treasurer, pre
pared for trouble. He foresaw
the coming revolt against the
Tokugawas and the drive to
.westernize Japan, but he was
convinced it would not last
According to the documents,
he made elaborate preparations
to protect the wealth of his mas
ter, Generalissimo Yoshinubi To
kugawa, and prepare for a come
back. Vaults In Caves
He built vaults In csves near
Mount Fuji and slowly moved
the entire wealth of his feudal1
lord some 5,000,000 oval-shap
ed gold corns, gold bullion, gem
studded swords and other jewels
in gold coffins from the Edo
castle in Tokyo to the secret
cache.
Five years before the Shogun
finally was overthrown and the
emperor Meiji was restored to
the throne in 1868, the work
was completed.
With diabolical method, the
Samurai then poisoned an entire
battalion of 1,471 laborers who
had worked on the project, the
story goes.
The excavation site has been
put under guard and further pro
tected at night by a big flood
light. The treasure-seekers, believing
the goal of their quest was near,
began erecting a reception hall
to handle the crowd when the
golden fortune is brought out.
Laborers on the job were re
lieved by Kawahara's plans for
publicity. They remembered the
fate of their 1,471 predecessors.
CONTACT AFTER 72 YEARS
Pemberville, O. (U.R) Seventy-two
years, two generations
and two wars after leaving Ger
many, Mrs. Fred Nolte has re
established contact with her sis
ter, Charlotte Wamker of Osna
bruck, Germany. Mrs. Nolte lost
track of her sister after leaving
Germany to come here. A grand
son, Donald F. Rahe, now of the
U. S. Army in Germany, suc
ceeded in finding his grandmoth
er's sister.
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several years a restaurant's offer
of free hamburgers for anyone
who could eat IS at one sitting
was ignored. Then John Carey,
21, came in and qualified.. Three
cups of coffee and two glasses of
water aided him.
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