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Newspaper Page TextTEH MEDPORD (OHEGOIf) MAIL TBIBUHC Bend fudges Klamath Falls In Oregon Prep Tournament ' Eugene -Gift Wade "Swede" Halbrook holds the, individual Oregon class A high school bas ketball tournament scoring rec ord after leading his Lincoln teammates to a 70-43 victory over Salem here Wednesday. A record -setting afternoon crowd of 7,150 was on hand to see the tall Cardinal center score 40 points on 19 field goals and a pair of free throws to top his old mark of 39 points. Halbrook shared the old record with Lloyd Guettgengbach of Hood River who got 39 points in the 1947 tourney. Surprise Win The Lincoln-Salem game and a surprise win by Bend over Klamath Falls were highlights of yesterday's play. Bend upset the powerful Pelicans 55-54. In other games University high dropped Corvallis 41-35, La Grande edged Milwaukie 42-40, Central Catho lic beat The Dalles 75-64 and Marshfield downed Scappoose 71-61. The consolation round open ed Thursday with Astoria vs. McMinnville at 8:30 a.m.; Scap poose vs. The Dalles at 9:45 a.m.; Klamath Falls vs. Salem at 11 a.m., and Corvallis vs. Milwaukie at 1:15 p.m. Championship Games : In championship play, Hills boro was to play Cleveland at 3 p.m.; Marshfield was to tangle with Central Catholic at 4:15 ' p.m.; Bend plays Lincoln at 7:30 p.m., and University High meets La Grande at 8:45 p.m. Klamath Falls rolled up a 33 27 lead at half time over Bend, but Roger Wiley's Lava Bears rallied in the final minutes to post the 55-54 upset victory over the Pelicans. Ralph Carroll of the Pelicans was high point man with 25 and Jerry Hamilton sparked the Bend attack with 20 points. Tiders Control Corvallis took a first period lead at 10-9 but Uni-High took control of the contest in the sec ond period and led 20-16 at half time. The Spartans were unable to close the gap in the second half. Corvallis' Ralph Harding was high point man with 16 as George Schultz aided Uni-High's win with 12 counters. La Grande led Milwaukie through most of the contest but the Milwaukie quintet managed to tie it up at 31 -all at the end of the third period. La Grande HAY FOR SALE FREE DELIVERY CALL IKE ORR 2-9929 ON FRI JAY 1 MAR. 21 ONLY i You'll Be Allowed a i I 10 Discount I on any casn purchase if you will bring in one of these bags TO I I MORTON MILLING CO. J Jf 10 Wait Jackson Street BOURBON at m ALL-TIME BEST! ' Better buy Planter Club . . . By any standard, you couldn't buy better I MOO CONTINENTAL MnF0RDO&TRmmi Lou Boudreau Ponders Platoon System Use Sarasota, Fla. (U.R) There were indications Thursday that Lou Boudreau, who likes to ex periment, may introduce a revo lutionary two-platoon system to major league baseball this season. It all depends on how five of his outstanding rookies fare. If Ihey can make the grade the Boston Red Sox will have a home club and a road club. Boudreau said he "is going to have to sacrifice power for speed when we are away from home because we never have been able to win with power on the road." Power at Home So, if the rookies make the grade, Boudreau will play power batters at home in the hitting paradise known as Fenway park. On the road, he'll take out some of the long ball hitters and sub stitute players who are less dan gerous at bat, but who can run and field. "The records show," Boudreau said, "that we can win with power when we are at home. But to win the pennant you also have to win on the road. We haven't been doing that so after taking a look at the youngsters I decided the solution would be to substitute speed for power NCAA Play-Off Quintets Slate Court Practices Portland (U.R) Oklahoma City, a top independent cage power from the mid-west, work ed out in Portland's Benson Tech gymnasium Thursday be fore boarding a chartered bus for Corvallis and the NCAA re gional basketball tourney there Friday and Saturday nights. The Chiefs and their coach, Doyle Parrack, arrived here by train yesterday. The UCLA Bruins, champions of the Pacific Coast conference the University of Wyoming Cowboys, and west coast inde pendent Santa Clara were due in Corvallis during the day and all three squads expected to take workouts on the Gill Coliseum floor. BRAVES WHIPPED Kissimmee, Fla. (U.R) The Boston Braves took a 9-1 beating from the Detroit Tigers Wednes day. The Braves, playing with a patched-up lineup because of 10 injuries and ailments,, got only nine hits off Tiger Pitchers Fred Hutchinson and Dizzy Trout. De troit rookies Ben Taylor and Russ Sullivan each got three of the winner's 11 hits. took a five-point advantage in the closing minutes of play, but Gordon Olson of Milwaukie scored late in the game to close the gap to two points at 42-40. Ken Westemskow of La Grande tallied 18 points while Milwau kie's ace point-maker Jerry Zim merman potted 16 for the losers. anters 0ub STRAIGHT BOURBON WWSTY DISTIUINC COIP. t HI. A.. fA. Thursday. Mueh SO. 1SS2 away from home. I am hopeful that might do the trick.' The exDeriment denends on whether Faye Thornbeiry, Dick Gernert, Ted Lepcio, Jim Pier sail and Gene Stephens can make the grade. Shown Enough ( "They have alreadv shown me enough that I have decided to take them north with the club," Boudreau said, adding that of the five only Piersall. who is beina conveted from an outfielder to a shortstop, is now on the Red Sox roster. "If two or three of them make the grade I'll add the speed we nave Deen lacKing. All five are nromisins. al though several probably will need more minor league season ing. Stephens, who is only 19 has played professional ball onlv one season, hit .337 with the High- Point-Thomasville, N. C, club last season. Power of Williams "He has the power of Ted Williams at the nlate." Boudreau said, "but he may need a little more polishing up." Stephens, no relation to short stop Vera Stephens, bats left. Thorneberry, who hit .302 at ocramon, nas drawn raves from other managers who have seen him in exhibition games. The key to the rookie crop may be Ted Lepcio, a second baseman who hit only .263 at Louisville last season. That is a big problem spot with the club because of the retirement of Bobby Doerr, who not only was a fine hitter but a good defen sive ball player. "We are soine to miss Boh- by's fielding and perhaps Lepcio is our man to take over the spot," Boudreau said. Piersall hit .346 at Birming ham and Boudreau believes he can make the switch to short stop. "He's death on eround balls and has a great arm," Boudreau explained. Gernert hit .311 at Scranton and is a first baseman. If any of those kids make the grade, B6udreau would use them away from home hpranw of the speed they add to the club. But at Fenway, his power hitters would take over with Vera Stephens' substituting for Piersall at short; Clyde Vollmer for Thorneberry in the outfield, Walt Dropo for Gernert at first and Bill Goodman for Lepcio at second. Charlie Dressen Cuts 6 Players Vero Beach, Fla. (U.R) Man ager Charlie Dressen ent .Tank Banta, relief star of Brooklyn's 1949 pennant winning club; Jim Russell, Bill Antonelle, Dick Teed. Joe Landrum and Art Fabbro from the Dodger squad Thursday. The six players were told to remain here for future assign ments, but Russell, a veteran out fielder, was given permission to try to catch on with another ma jor league team. Banta, apparently washed up as a pitcher at 26 with a sore arm, will be given a chance to play first base with a Brooklyn farm club. HUBBARD MAIN AND RIVERSIDE P0Fm Saves If pg I $276o fadudtf 10 circular taw. ( Joint er, ateal Had. V-bilts, motor pul leys, awing guard and splitter la nr. Motor and switch rod asira. Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail TittwM Seem Uitat Jack Cooney, first baseman for the professional Medford Rogues in 1950, goes to Portland to .take his armed forces draft physical on Monday. His baseball plans hang on the outcome of the exam. Jack, a New York Giants farm hand, was to have headed for Florida earlier this month to train with Sioux City of the Western league. He failed to get the terms he wanted from the Giants, however, and chose to remain here. He may play for the Cheney Studs semi-pro team here this summer or he still may get the financial terms he wants and continue in pro ball. Uncle Sam's call may prevent either activity. . Coonev has been employed here by Dean Pontiac Sales and Service since ending the sea son with Muskogee, Okla., in the Western association last fall Also in Medford now is Jack's brother, Jim, who was a pitcher with the Sedalia American Le gion team in the 1946 Missouri state tournament. MAY QUrTpROBALL Another baseballer, who may cast aside pro aspirations and play with the Studs is Clyde (Moose) Blevins. He got into pro ball last season after 'previous experience with the Studs and Southern Oregon college. The big outfielder was with the Klamath Gems of the Far West league in 1951. STUD CANDIDATES Among those from last year's Cheney Studs club who may be on the roster this year are Clar ence Mellbye, Alex McDonald, Derald Wooton and Paul Gehr man. Mellbye, Wooton and Gehrman are pitchers and Mell bye, Crater high coach, can fill in at other positions. McDonald, Medford high mentor, is a third sacker. Wooton yet has this sea son at Medford high to complete before any Studs activity. CARTWRIGHT RETURNS Another Siuds prospect is Marv Cartwright, outfielder, catcher and third baseman, who just recently returned from military service. Marv played for the Medford Cram ers three seasons ago in the now defunct Southern Oregon league and the following year was with Dunsmuir in the Northern California circuit. Ben Cheney of Cheney Ore gon Lumber company, sponsor of the Studs, previously has in dicated plans to give Medford the best semi-pro baseball he possibly can. He reportedly is after some outstanding talent. Paul (Hoosier) Hoffard again will manage the club. Workouts will start sometime next month. The team will compete in the Southwestern Oregon league. TO FIX PARK Cheney, who obtained use of the fairgrounds ball park, will put up the fence and scoreboard which were blown down in a windstorm last fall. It is planned to put a roof over the grandstand back of home plate, to clean up and paint the fence and grandstand and put lop soil on the infield and sow more grass. - SPONSORS SOUGHT A group of young men, most of whom played on the 1947 Medford American Legion base ball team, have hope of forming a semi-pro nine this season and playing in the Rogue Valley league. They need sponsorship (financial help, in other words), however. BASEBALL ABANDONED Coquille high has aban doned plans to field a baseball team this season because it lacks a practice field. The de cision to call off diamond plans came after some equip ment had been purchased. The Coquille action leaves only Ashland and the five JDJ league schools. Crater. 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This is the first time the local Legion post has fired in these annual trophy matches. The course of fire is .22 caliber with iron sights over the NRA 50 foot gallery course, 30 rounds, 10 standing, 10 sitting and 10 prone. The Legionnaires firing and their individual scores were: Vic David, 227; Don Wilson, 201; Tex Nash, 169; Bill Wilson, 165, and Ray Apple, 153. Dolph Guy er fired 152 as alternate. Team total was 915. The Legion post will have an organizational meeting to form an American Legion rifle and pistol club of Medford on Tues day evening in the new Legion hall on North Riverside on March 25. All Legionnaires and auxiliary members are invited to join and need not be shoot ers, for the club will help and give the opportunity to shoot through cooperation of the NRA, the DCM and the Legion Amer icanism committee. Legionnaires may contact the Legion hall or Chairman Vic David. The Philadelphia Phillies gained an 8 to 1 triumph over the New York Yankees Wednes day. A grand-slam by Del Ennis and a three-run homer by pitch er Steve Ridsik produced seven runs in the seventh inning as the Phillies met the Yankees for the first time since thy dropped four straight games to manager Casey Stengel's men in the 1950 world series. Creek and Sutherlin in Dis trict A-2 contention this spring. 'A good after dinner wine tk Jones f Petri Wine isjcKtifietning!" Port y I ,rM', J " - : Villi. Red Head Basketball Quint Plays Swayze me nigniy puDiicizerj Keel Heads, an aggregation of girl ba.'ketbsll players whose princi pal aim is to please the public, will display their maplecourt tr:?ks .here on Friday. They will oppose the Crazy Swayze men's quintet that won the Medford Independent league crown. Game time will be 8:15 p. m. at the junior high court Known for their showman ship, the Red Heads . display such antics as "Wheel" ball- handling, "Congo," "Razzle i Dazzle" and "Piggy Back" and mix in baseball and football. The club has been featured in 17 national magazines since or ganized in 1936 and has played to more than three million people. Major Schedule This year, managed by Or well (Red) Moore, the Red Heads are playing a major schedule coast to ! coast. They plan a foreign tour after this month. Among the players are Red Mason, featured as the "Red Skelton" of the court and a comedian and trick ball-handler who does everything with the ball but eat it. She tosses goals with her feet and one of her main acts is a blind referee stunt. There is also Johnnye Farley, tne ArKansas Traveler," re garded as the greatest woman athlete Arkansas has produced. Bonnie Gilliland of the team is known as "Muscles." She is a cracK shot. Mabie Matlock is billed as the "Personality Girl." Basketball By UNITED PRESS NATIONAL AAU 'TOURNEY (Second Round) Riscles Plaza Bowl. Warrensburp. Mo. 62. Kirby Shoes. Los Angeles 56. Rea Travelers. Artesia. N.M. 61. Mc pherson. Kan.. American Leion 55. Phillips Oilers. Bartlesville. Okla. 64, Los Alamitos, Calif. Naval Air Station 54. - Atlas-Pacific Engineers, Oakland. Calif. 74. Grilhalva Motors, San Diego, Calif. 49. Fibber McGee and Molly. Holly wood. Calif. 45, Central Bankers. Denver 32. Stewart Chevrolet. San Francisco. Calif. 89, Panelshake Siding, Port land. Ore. 44. Cateroillar Diesels. Peoria, 111. 75. Jussel Electric, Denver 56. JUNIOR COLLEGE TOURNEY Hibbing, Minn. 67, Connors Aggies, Okla. 66. Wingate N.C. 79. Camnbell N.C. 61. Joliet. III. 78. Campbellsville. Ky. 63 Branch Agies, Utah 76, Grays Har bor, Wash. 69. Bowling WOMEN'S LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L Medford Feed 26 18 Oregon Finance 25 19 Y Club 23 2' Mann's Department Store 22 21 Green Lantern 22 22 Red Barn 20 24 Morning Fresh 20 24 Elk Lumber '. 18 26 WOMEN'S LEAGUE RESULTS Red Barn 2 Green Lantern 2 B. Tollefson 403 V. Knox 493 A. Swoape 490 D. Stanley 414 N. Littrell 386 , H. Barney 325 C. Teter 473 L. Rudy 372 A. Carbiener 433 R. Eberius 387 2185 ' 2168 Medford Feed 3 Elk Lumber 1 M. Tennant 422 L. Sacchi 442 D. Hawley 390 V. Peterson 383 A. Hare 421 E. Eaton 455 P. Curry 498 A. Tamney 356 R. Barr. 472 J. Wandersee 382 2203 2198 Mann's Dept. 3 Oregon Finance 1 M. McCall 399 L. Learning 468 V. Cummings 491 V. Corby 431 Absentee 354 V. Johnson 333 A. Monroe 328 V. Florey 345 E. Ludwig 416 N. Burroughs 425 2015 2002 Y Club I Morning Fresh I C. Lowd 451 H. Wolgamott 379 Z. Andrews 376 K. Jennings 395 J. Wilson 456 D. Doty 33 D. Virtue 444 S. Beck 447 P. Gardner 464 E. Brantley 421 2191 2157 - rnu WINE CO, SAN ANCUCQ, CAUf. Friday Night i She is, a top ball rustler and bounces goals from her knees. Betty Bradshaw of the club is to be the tallest woman pro fessional player. She stands six feet four inches. Another tall red head is Ginny Morris, six- three. Ruth Harms of the club, a six-footer, established a state record of 102 points in one game in Missouri. Admission will be charged for the game with a special fam ily price. Harry Brecheen's Elbow on Blink St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R) Manager Eddie Stanky needs a pitcher to replace Harry (The cat) Brecheen. The 37-year-old Brecheen, the last pitcher to win three games in a world s series, has a chipped bone in his left elbow and prob ably will require an operation if he is to do any pitching this season. Even with the operation his chances of ever pitching in the majors again are regarded as no better than 50-50. The chip in Brecheen's throw ing arm was revealed Wednes day by X-rays. Brecheen, who has been with the Cards since 1943, has a 10-year major league record of 121 victories and 74 defeats. He beat the Red Sox three times in the 1946 world series. VFW Riflemen, Grants Pass Vie Medford VFW Rifle club's challenge match with the Grants Pass VFW Rifle and Pistol club will be held Friday at the Mer rick's range at 7 p.m. Grants Pass issued the chal lenge at a VFW meeting in Medford and it was immediate ly taken by President Merrill Beneka of the Medford club. Grants Pass will send a 10 man team. Bud Rieland will cap tain the Grants Pass team and Jim Scalberg will captain the local 10. The course will be the DCM gallery at 50 feet, four position shooting. BROWNS TRIUMPH Burbank, Calif. (U.R) Right handers Duane Pillette and Vern Taylor combined for a five hit, 8 to 2 St. Louis Browns' vic tory over the Chicago Cubs Wednesday at. Los Angeles. Earl Rapp hit two homers to lead the St. Louis attack against Cub hurlers Johnny Klippstein, Bill Padget and Tom Simpson. WEATHER By United Press North California: Generally fair Thursday and Friday; local frost Thursday night but warmer Fri day. (for ffhc Price off SET TBE BIT m vn ufe! 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