Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 23, 1952, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFOHD (OUTGO) MAIL THIBUHK Bandar. Much S3. IMS UgiiDi, aftliiliie If it .UFjnals'ia C-8htr.al State Hoop- TaDiriiBv Cleveland, LaGrande Fall In Semi-Final Conflicts; Swede Halbroolc Scores 34 Eugene -(U.P.) It was n all Portland show in Eugene Sat urday night when Lincoln met Central Catholic in the finals of the Oregon state high school Class A basketball champion ships. Lincoln, led by 7-foot Swede Halbrook, who scored 34 points, defeated La Grande 53-42 Fri- Girl Cagers Entertain Big Crowd The Ail-American Red Heads, girls basketball quint, playing Crazy Swayze Friday night, pleased a capacity crowd at the junior high gym with an ex hibition of speed, agility, sharp passing, varied shooting and rollicking comedy. Scoring was incidental but, for the information of those who are interested, the Swayze crew came out in front 51 to 46. The point making part of the hoop show was even throughout the first' half with the lasses on top 23 to 20 at the midway rest. While the girls at times show ed an uncanny ability to work the ball in and had a good eye for the hoop, then tired in the second half. The Swayzemen tried hard to be gentlemen but, nevertheless, gained leads of 37 to 29 by the third intermission and 43 to 32 along in the fourth period. Sharks Rally Shorty Red Mason, main come dian of the Red Heads, crawled through a teammates legs and slipped in for a bucket that start ed off a rally for the gals. They cut the margin to 43 to 40. The Mason lass had a pet trick of' pulling out the shirt tails of - Referees Jack Burns and Truman Brown. Near the end of the fray she took Brown's chores and nothing that Crazy Swayze could do was right. Brown got to shoot a couple of foul shots for the Red Heads. He missed them both. The fem inine arbiter, then had the two refs perform in a center jump and had them jumping high with no ball to jump for. Red Mason, in an exhibition of trick shooting, flipped the ball with a backward kick and it went over her head and into the basket. Ginny Morris bounced the ball off her head and into the hoop and Mable Matlock bounced the hll off her . knee and into the basket. LINE-UPS: Crazji Swayze SI - 4t Red Heads Oldfield 9 f 8 Mason Strahlendorff 4 f Matlock Swayze 4 e 8 Farley McKenzie 4 g S Bradshaw Soderlund 8 g 1 Morris Substitutions For Swayze, Wade 6, Fenton 8. Riggs 8, Fenner 2; for Red Heads. Gilliland 8. Helder 3. Giant Catcher Injured In Exhibition Contest San Francisco (U.R) New York Giants'- regular catcher Wes Westrum suffered a bruised elbow in the Giants' exhibition game with the Pacific Coast league San Francisco Seals here Saturday. Westrum is expected to be out of the Giants' line-up for several days. He was hit by a ball pitched by San Francisco Pitcher Del Reeder in the second inning. meei r 7 O $10. In MERCHANDISE for Winning a Checker Game Here's somthing new to add to your shopping enjoyment a chance to play a game of checkers between shop ping and to win $10.00 in free merchandise if you win the game! MR. LES HANSEN (The Farmer Checker Player) Les Hansen will play all comers. He'll play three boards at a time. He thinks he can beat you. If he doesn't you get $10.00 in merchandise FREE. It costs you noth ing to try and he'll be at Big Y Feed at the following times. SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1 to 4 P.M. MONDAY THRU SATURDAY, 5 to 8 P.M. BIG Y SEED & FEED JUST BEHIND BIG Y MARKET day night in the second ' semi finals contest before 7,800 fans. . In the first semi-finals game, the Central Catholic Rams down ed Cleveland of Portland 61-44. Ever Terms La Grande fought Lincoln on even terms in the first period which ended 10-9 in favor of Lincoln. But in the second quarter, Lincoln drew away and was lead ing 34-23 at halftime. The Red birds increased their- lead 42 29 at the third period mark. High scorer for La Grande was Forward Ken Westenskow with 14 points. Shaky Lead In the battle between Central Catholic and Cleveland, the Rams held a shaky 12-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and 29-17 at halftime. But the Rams pulled away after the in termission and were in front 44-35 at the third quarter mark. John Foster of Central Catho lic led the scoring with 23 points. All-State Bob Altenhofen got 21 for the Rams. Jack Viskov was high for Cleveland with 14. In Friday's consolation action, Astoria downed The Dalles 55 43; Salem whipped Milwaukie 35- 32; Marshfield measured Hillsboro 72- 49, and University defeated Bend 56-33. Caterpillar Five, Oilers Reach Finale Denver (U.R) The Phillips Oilers and the Caterpillar Die sels won their way into the finals of the national AAU basketball tourney with Friday night wins. Both the Oilers and Caterpil lars scored decisive semi-final victories Friday night. Phillips broke away from a scrappy crew of Air Force all stars from Tink er Field, Okla., 66-49, while the Diesels stopped Fibber McGee and Molly of Hollywood, 49-34. The Air Force and the Fibbers will clash for third place before the championship games takes the . spotlight Saturday night. Ex-Indian Star Leads Track Win By Giant Team San Jose, Calif. U.R Gay Bryan, x-Stanford star, won the broad jump and the 100-yard dash Saturday to pace the Olympic Club track team to a 76-55 victory over San Jose State college. Bryan's time for the dash was 9.8. He leaped 23 feet 214 inches to nab the jump. Another double-winner, San Jose's Bob McMullen, won the mile race and the two-mile event. His times were 4:29.1 and 9:51.8. OAKS BEAT ST. LOUIS Oakland, Calif. U.R) Danny Litwhiler's bases-loaded double in the fifth frame gained Oak land of the Pacific Coast league a 6-3 decision over the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game Saturday. The Oaks tallied five times off Brown Starter Gene Bearden in that big, tell-tale inning. MedfordTribunx .'" mm LOCAL ENTRIES RATE HIGH IN DERBY STAKE AT RETRIEVER TRIAL Rogue Valley Retrieyer club's points field trial at Hoover lakes, eight , miles northeast of . Medf ord will conclude today with the wind up of the open all-age stake and the staging of the amateur . all-age stake. Daylong activity is anticipated. ' The open event Is for re trievers over six months of age, while the amateur stake is for retrievers handled by amateurs. Members of the club have, invited residents throughout the valley to the trial. There is no charge for admission. Sandwiches, coffee, cold drinks and candy are available at a refreshment stand. A change in the route to the trial site has been made. Mo torists are instructed to go out Crater Lake Highway to the Four Corners and turn right onto 401 road. They are to follow that road to Sticky lane and head north on Sticky lane to the site. The way is marked by frequent signs. DERBY STAKE The Black Labrador male re trievers, owned and handled by Medford men, were among the top placing dogs Friday in the derby stake of the Rogue Valley Retriever club's points field trial at Hoover lakes. Bear Creek's Java, owned by David H. Holmes, Medford, was judged second and Kip of Gen eva, owned by Kenneth Denman, Medford, took fourth spot. First place was awarded to Kandra's Dusty Demon, owned by Ivan Kandra, Merrill, and handled by Pat Montgomery, Klamath Falls. Third-ranked was Hal's Spiwise Zeke, owned and handled by Harold Shidler, Klamath Falls. Both dogs are Labrador males. The results represented clean sweep for southern Ore gon retrievers in the trophy de partment of the derby 'stake Certificates of merit went to Thundercloud of Emafer, Labra dor male, owned and handled by Ursula B. Patton, Chico, Calif., and Nimrodorun Gold Rush, Golden male, owned by Henry DeRoulet and handled by Hugh Bowen. Derby competition was limited to retrievers not over two years of age. QUALIFYING STAKE First honors in the qualifying stake also comnleted Fridav were taken by Fair Oaks Somali, Biack Labrador male, owned by Herbert Fleishhacker Jr., San Francisco, and handled by Roy J. Gonia. Crater Lake Storm, a Labra dor male, was second. The doc is owned by Dr. A. T. Hunting ton, Kiamath Falls, and was handled by Pat Montgomery Third trophy victor was Jug of Sheridan, Black Labrador male, owned by W. A. Paul, Nampa, Idaho and handled bv Cliff Brassfield. Fourth was Oak- creek's Golden Spirit, female. Golden retriever, owned and handled by Don P. Smith. Bishop, Calif. Five others got certificates of merit. They were Freehaven BASEBALL FRIDAY EXHIBITIONS Boston (A) 5, Philadelphia (A) 3 Detroit (A) 3. New York (A) 11 Boston (N) 13. Philadelphia (N) 11 St. Louis (N) 3. Cincinnati N) 0 Cleveland (A) S. Chicago (A 4 Chicago N 3. Pittsburgh (N) 3 Chicago (N) "B" S. Lot Angelea (PCD 4 Washington (A) 8. Brooklyn (N) S High School Scores OREGON PREP TOURNEY (FRIDAY NIGHT) Championship Bracket Lincoln S3. La Grande 43 Central Catholic SI. Cleveland 44 Consolation Astoria SS. The Dalles 43 Salem 35. Milwaukie 33 Marshfield 73. Hillsboro 4S University SS. Bend 33 TITAN CHAIN SAWS Ask the man that urn Titan and ho will Nil you it la his choice because it is light, compact, rugged and pow erful enough to permit him to do more with less effort. SEE THE SERIES 40 & 60 AT CRATER SALES & SERVICE 1305 NORTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 3-313 Bijiminy, Labrador male, owned by Mr. and Mrs. John B. Deuel, San Marino, Calif., and handled by Hugh Bowen; Inkstone Joe of San Rafael, Labrador male, owned by Paul Atchison, Pasa dena, Calif., and handled by Hugh Bowen; Beautiwood's Smoking Gun, Labrador male, owned and handled by Andrieus A. Jones, San Mateo, Calif., and Duchess of Eldorado, Golden re triever female, owned and nan died by Ernest Koschnkk, Klam ath Falls; Ursula Patton's Bell III. The event was for dogs that had never won first, second, third or fourth in an open all age or limited all-age stake nor won first in a qualifying stake. Gil Turner Bout Victor New York (U.R) Unbeaten Gil Turner stood out Saturday as a dangerous challenger for welterweight champion Kid Gavilan because of his impres sive technical knockout victory over able Don Williams. Achieving his 30th straight professional victory, Philadel phia's dynamic young Negro treated 5,254 fans in Madison Square Garden to a rare display of aggressiveness and an un expected demonstration of de fensive skill before stopping Williams at the end of the sev enth round Friday night Referee Ray Miller ended the bout while semi-helpless Wil liams of Worcester, Mass., sat on his stool in the corner after receiving a terrific battering in the seventh session. Dr. Vincent Nardiello advised that it would be dangerous for Williams to continue. Bonus Players Sent to Oakland San Francisco (U.R) Rookie Infielders Cookie Gilbert and Rudy Rufer, both former bonus players, were optioned Saturday to the Oakland Oaks of the Pa cific Coast League by the New York Giants. First Baseman Gilbert, a left handed hitter and Shortstop Rufer will Join the PCL club after a game today between the Giants and the Oaks. Gilbert hit a home run last night in a New York-Oakland exhibition game. Gilbert, 23, received a $50,000 bonus to sign with the Giants in 1947. He hit 29 homers and bat ted in 100 runs with Minneapolis in 1951. His homer mark was tops in the American association. Rufer, 25, was originally a bonus player with the Philadel phia Phillies. A teammate of Gilbert last season he hit .233 and stole 54 bases. No player had pilfered that many sacks there since 1924. , Basketball CAA TOURNEYS (1ST-ROUND GAMES FRIDAY) Eastern Regional! (At Raleigh, N. C ) Kentucky 82. Penn State S4 St. Johns N. Y. SO, North Carolina State 49 (At Chicago. 111.) Duquesne 60. Princeton 4t Illinois SO. Dayton 61 Western Regional! (At Kansas City. Me.) St. Lou u 62. New Mexico A Si M S3 Kansas 68, Texas Christian 64 (At Cervallis. Ore.) Santa Clara 68. UCLA SS Wyoming 94. Oklahoma City V. 48 NATIONAL AAU TOURNEY (Semi-finals) Caterpillar Diesels 4S. fibber McGee and Molly 34 Phillips Oilers 66. Air Yorce All Stars 4 JUNIOR COLLEGE TOURNEY (Stmt-flaals) Wharton TO. Hannibal-La grange S3 Mbbing TO. Branch Aggies SS (Consolation-round) . Joliet 84. Dodge Cirv 73 I Garden City TS. Moberly 64 Wingate ST. Lamoni TT (Overtime) Putting Wins In Women's Golf Tourney Pinehurst, Jf. C. (U.R) A pair of early ' leads gained through dead-eye putting ad vanced defending champion Pat O Sullivan of Orange, Conn., and 19-year-old Barbara Romack of Sacramento, Calif., into the finals of the Women's North and South Amateur Golf tournament Saturday. -, . Miss O'Sullivan won. five of the first six holes to down Mrs. H. S. Covington of Orange, S. C, 4 and 2. Miss Romack, consid ered one of the most promising of the nation's younger players, went four up on the first seven holes to down Mary Agnes Wall of Menominee, Mich., 4 and 2. Miss O'Sullivan fumbled at the start and lost the first hole of her semifinal with Mrs. Cov ington, a washing machine dem onstrator who seldom ventures more than 100 miles from home for a tournament. But on the second hole Miss O'Sullivan topped in a 35-foot putt for a birdie three. It started her on a streak of five winning holes. Miss Romack, a tiny girl with a beautifully timed swing that reminds many observers of Lou ise Suggs, was calm in her clutch match against the far more ex perienced Miss Wall, sinking a 25-foot putt for a birdie four on the fourth hole. By the seventh her lead was four up. Miss Wall cut the mar gin to three when she sank a 10-footer for a birdie two on the ninth. They halved the next four, but on the 14th Miss Romack sank a four-foot putt for a birdie four to go four up. Miss Wall was trapped on her second shot on this hole. They halved the 15th and the match was over. Card Star Nears 1,000 Eugene (U.R) Wade Swede Halbrook. the seven-foot three inch "Tower" of Portland's Lincoln high school basketball team, looked like a cinch Satur day to join the Johnny O'Brien 1,000-points a season class. Halbrook dropped in 34 points as Lincoln defeated La Grande, S3 to 42, here Friday night after scoring 40 and 41 points in each of his previous Oregon state class "A" prep tournament games.. It Short That set his 26-game season total at 984 points, only 16 short of the magic 1,000, and Saturday night's championship battle against Central Catholic of Portland still to go. O'Brien, the five-foot, nine- inch speedster who plays for the Seattle university Chieftains, be came the first collegian in his tory to surpass 1,000 points. Figures aren't available as to whether that's an all-time record for a prep player, but it's the whoppingest tally ever recorded in these parts. Mellette. S. D. (U.R) Two hundred persons entered an ice fishing derby at Scatterwood lake. Nobody won. Two hours of fishing produced no fish. Ideal for maintenance and shipping departments, dis play companies, sign shops, schools, homo work shops, woodworking shops fall kinds. O Ceeseect Soar asodel - So h sal race (.onr-ttieaf workiag hrichc M- Tskri ausiraum Mrticalcur of 2A tided surl cabiaei el 18-gsge mtnl Big 25 a JJ" casc-isoa Cable stu ribbed for rigidity O It- wxKkias nriio ia boss of Usee, ac ssuieaiiai cor O Kip fence cattadi (roes froat kadi of able O " ' r rg-'ilrnf!rtarm tie capacity at dfhc of Made float O "Saaee-tsfe" saw gwd -rich sod aati-kidOwck aos O Usmnal asocor bracket asset ersstall stosers df fqut for. leas saw lifo aiat Cease at le see ate nMet-Arftor Sow. HUBBARD BROTHERS, Inc. MAIN AND RIVERSIDE Phono 24189 " mSmm H ID tt II 0 STILL A FAVORITE After appearing in a major league all-star game with the Hollywood Stars at Los Angeles, Joe Di Maggio is swamped by youthful autograph seekers. Joe smilingly signed away until ushers were forced to clear a oath for him. Decathlon Ace Tops Trackmen San Francisco fij.R) Dale Keyser, 1951 National Junior de cathlon champion, scored three firsts and tied for another for College of the Pacific alumni in a three-way track meet won Sat urday by the University of San Francisco. The USF squad, led by foot ball star Ollie Matson, rang up 75 points to edge out CP With 73. East Contra Costa Junior college limped in with 14 points in the rugged competition. Keyser, warming up for the Olympic decathlon tryouts, was entered in seven events. He won the low and high hurdles, the pole-vault, and figured in a three- way tie for first in the high jump. Matson took the 100 yard and- the 220 yard dashes. San Francisco Dumped By New York Sluggers San Francisco (U.R) The New York Giants turned 13 hits and five Seal errors into an 8-3 victory over San Francisco of the Pacific Coast league in an exhi bition game before 7,461 sun baked fans Saturday. Jim Hearn, co-ace of the Giant staff along with Sal Maglie, twirled seven innings to get the win. He had little trouble with Seal batters, except in the second frame, when wildness andjiill McCawley's double cost him two runs. Bobby Thomson, New York third baseman, had three singles and a double. Teammate Monte Irvin clouted a 390-foot home run. New Things at BARKER'S S.V.. yh . White Sox End Losses By Edging Pittsburgh Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) The Chicago white Sox scored three runs in the first inning Saturday and went on to defeat the Pitts burgh Pirates 4 to 2 to end a three game losing streak. Chico Carrasquel opened the Western Speedboat Association, Southern Oregon Boat Club and the Medford 20-30 Club PRESENTS BOAT RACES Sunday - April 6 - 1:30 P.M EMIGRANT LAKE Admission Incl. Tax $1.00 HAWKINS GARAGE MEDFORD'S NIGHT GARAGE We Fix 'em While You Sleep! Modern Equipment ALL EXPERT MECHANICS ' ' -for- Fleet Operator Truckers Car Owners 616 South Riverside WOLF SHIRTS ARE BRIGHT SUMMER JOBS FOR DROOLING MALES. SIX LUSH SHADES ... YOU KNOW WHAT'S . ON THEM. $3.93. EVER TRY ON" ONE OF LOUIS ROTH'S BIC, COMFORTABLE COATS? YOU'RE LOST TO THE OTHER STUFF IF YOU DO. ODD COATS $65, SUITS $95. JOYCE SHOES FOR MEN ARE THE MOST COMFORTABLE SHOES BUILT. IT'S FUN TO JUST MOVE AROUND WHEN YOU HAVE THEM ON. $17.93. EASTER NECKTIES WILL PUT SPRING YOUR LIFE. GIVE SOMEONE ONE AND HIM HAPPY. $1.50 TO $3.50. BLUE DENIM COLOR IN A SUEDE JACKET? SURE . . . WI JUST GOT THEM IN. $2X30! AND THEY'RE TERRIFIC! 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