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t PIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDvTRIBUKE siPdDrmrs I Duke Quint To Defend i Dixie Title l By WILLIAM A. SHIRES Rawleigh, N. C U.R) The f rafters will rock and AU-Amer-t ica selectors will have a field ' day here next week when six, I of the nation's finest basketball teams square off in the sixth an nual Dixie Classic. Duke is the defending Classic champion, having defeated Navy's sharpshooters in the fi nals of last year's three-day holi day season event at the 12,500 seat William Neal Reynolds Coli seum. The Blue Devils are re garded as strong enough to de lend that title. The pre-tourney favorite, how ever, will be host North Carolina State, the team that is currently ranked fifth nationally. Coach Everett N. Case's high-powered Wolfpack had won every previ ous Dixie Classic before last year's upset by Wake Forest in an early round. Hemric Stars - . ' The Classic also will pit Wake Forest, boasting AU-American candidate Dickie Hemric, and West Virginia, current leader of the Southern Conference. The Deacons and Mountaineers are fresh from the Birmingham Classic at Birmingham, Ala., where Hemric scored 89 points in two games and was voted the most outstanding player of the, tourney. First-round pairings m a t c lji North Carolina again Southern California, North Carolina State against Cornell, Wake Forest against Minnesota and Duke against West Virginia. Southern California, defending Pacific Coast champion, will be making its second appearance in the Dixie Classic. Cornell, de . lending Ivy League champion, also is making a return appear- North Carolina State, boast in? its twin-pivot team of Ron nie Shavlik and Cliff Dwyer, is defending Atlantic Coast Con ference champion to give the Classic a "World Series of Bas ketball" atmosphere. Rogovin Returns To Old Skipper New York (U.R) Pitcher Seul Rogovin, his eyes aglow like a kid's on Christmas morn ing, stubbornly insisted today there is a Santa Claus "and he's my old boss, Paul Rich ards." Rchards now is also Rogo vin's new boss, having purchased the righthander's minor league contract so that he will accom pany the Baltimore Orioles south for training next spring. "If you can't pitch for me, Raul." Richards told Rogovin, 'then you'd better forget it." Last Chance "Don't worry," Rogovin re assured him, "I know this is my last chance and I'm not go ing to blow it." It was under the astute hand ling of Richards while both were with the White Sox that Rogo vin rose to become the American League's most effective pitcher in 1952. He led the league with a 2.78 earned run mark while winning 12 games and losing eight. But he was plagued by arm trouble in 1953, traded to Cin cinnati and then sent to Havana in the International League where he posted an 8-8 record last season. John Winkler Winner In Motorcycle Trials Johnny Winkler was first last Sunday in Mount Ashland Mo torcycle club English trials at White City. Floyd Young took second. Osa Waggoner was third and Chuck Strawn fourth. Mud and sharp turns, which sent riders sprawling added to the specator interest in the trials. SUGAR RAY SIGNS Detroit (U.R) Sugar Ray Robinson, who two years ago vacated the middleweight box ing crown for a song-and-dance career, today was signed to meet Joe Rindone in a 10-round match at Olympia Jan. 5. Rob inson's signing automathcally lifts a suspension imposed by the Michigan Boxing commis sion and supported by the Na tional Boxing Association and the state of New York. The MBC had slapped Robinson with the suspension earner this month when he backed out of a Dec. 8 bout with Rindone. BINGAMAN MAY QUIT Detroit (U.R) Les Bingaman, 315-pound middle guard who anchors Detroit's defensive line, said today he's thinking of re tiring after Sunday's title clash against the Cleveland Browns. Bingaman, 28, long the No. 1 favorite of Detroit fans, said "It gets harder each week for me to get ready for a game. To me, that's a sign I'm getting too old foe football." . I . - - TOP ROOKIE Outfielder YVally Moon of the St. Louis Cardinals won the National League's Rookie of the Year award with 17 out of 24 bal lots cast bv the special com mittee of the Baseball Writ ers of America in New York. S. Musial Leads All Outfielders In NLon Defense New York (U.R) Stan Musial of the Cardinals, an old hand at winning batting honors, won a fielding distinction today when official National League averages, revealed that he led all outfielders on defense in 1954. Musial committed only three errors while handling 287 tital chances for a .990 percentage. Closest outfielders to him were Frank Thomas of - the Pirates with .989 and Gus Bell of the Redlegs with .986. Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati led all first basemen for the fourth straight year with .996. Davey Williams of the Giants topped the second basemen with .982, Willie Jones of the Phillies was high man among the third basemen with .968 and Johnny Logan of the Braves led the shortstops with .969. Shirtstop Alvin Dark of the Giants, with 36 errors, made more miscues than any other player in the league. Bill Sarni of the Cards led the catchers with .996' and Bob Purkey of the Pirates was the top fielding pitcher, handling 56 chances without'a bobble. Milwaukee was the team lead er in fielding with .981 follow ed by Brooklyn with .978. Speed Skaters Lack Funds for Trip, to Russia Jamestown, N. Y. (U.R) The best Christmas present the U.S. speed skating team could get is a trip to Moscow and the world championship races. . Unless Santa Claus comes through with travel expenses, the team will have to miss the competition for the second straight year. That means a di rect challenge from Russia will go unanswered. As of now, the Amateur Skat ing Union of the United States lacks sufficient funds to send, a four-man team behind the Iron Curtain for the races, Feb. 19- 20. Richard P. Shearman, the team's manager, laments .that all efforts to raise 'money have failed. . Intimation "I can't understand it," the furniture company executive said today. "This is the richest country in the world, and we can't find $2,500 to send the boys over" Shearman said the Russians, intimated that "we were afraid of them because our rich coun try couldn't send a team." While the team would be rep resenting the country officially, the government has no provision for. financing the venture. Nor does the Amateur Skating Union have such a fund.. Therefore, the team is dependent on the generosity of the public. , Golf Teams Selected For International Tiff La Jola, Calif. U.R) The In ternational Golf Association has announced the teams that will represent the United States and Canada in the fourth annual in ternational PGA team matches to be played here Jan. 18-19. Heading the U.S. team is U.S. Open champion Ed Furgol. With him are Chick Harbert, national PGA champion, Bob Toski, Jack Burke Jr., Marty Furgol, Jerry Barber and Gary Middlecoff. - Stan Leonard of Vancouver heads the Canadian team. Others are Pat Fletcher, Henry Martell, William Kerr, Al Balding, Jules Huot and Gordon Brydson. - - DIAPERS STOLEN Chicago (U.R) Burglars stole 23,616' diapers Tuesday from the Germ Proof Diaper Service. Thursday, December 23, 19S4 Close To Vest Tactics Failed For Clevelanders By EARL .WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer -It will be interesting to see whether Coach Paul Brown changes tactics when his Cleve land Browns meet Coach Buddy Parker's Detroit Lions Sunday for the National Fqotball league championship. - ' ! After the Browns dropped the final regular season game to the Lions, 14-10, on a last -minute pass last Sunday, Brown admit ted Detroit's gamble with a spray of passes in the snowy weather beat his conservative game. "We played it close to the vest. Maybe things would have been different if we had opened up," Brown said. "But we got ahead and tried to stay with it." Not Normal Actually, Brown did what most coaches probably would have done ' under the circum stances. He had his Brownies play to protect a lead on a snowy field in sub-freezing weather that made normal play nearly impossible. But Detroit isn't a "normal" team. It is the only team, with the exception of the 1951 Los Angeles Ram club, that ever has ever been able to beat Cleve land's offensive and defensive units into submission with a title at stake. Cleveland always has a high scoijing outfit but essentially it is a conservative team that has built a reputation for seldom playing a poor game on its strong defensive unit. But Detroit also has a strong defensive unit. And since Park er began coaching the Lions. in 1951, they have been beaten only by offensive-minded clubs that set out simply to outscore them. Selvy's Record Threatened by in Freeman New York (U.R) Robin Free man, mainstay of Ohio State's powerful basketball team, . was challenging Frank Selvy's year old record today with a spec tacular scoring average of 40.3 points a game. Selvy, former Furman sharp shooter now playing with the Milwaukee Hawks in the Na tional Basketball association, set an all-time mark of 41.7 points, a game last season. But the NCAA Service Bureau pointed out that Selvy's average was 33.5 .fter only four games. As a result, Freeman is credited with making the fastest start in the history of the statistics. In four games, Freeman,- a 5 foot, 11-inch, 158-pound guard, has tallied 61 field goals and 39 free throws for 161 points. Dar rell Floyd of Furman ranks second with a 31.5 average fol lowed by John Mahoney of Wil liam & Mary with 31.2 and Chet Forte of Columbia with 31. Harold Johnson Whips Marshall Detroit (U.R) ; Harold Johnson of Philadelphia had his sights set on a second , title match with light heavyweight champion Archie Moore today after an easy 10-round decision over little known Marty Mar shall of Detroit Wednesday night. . Johnson who was knocked out in the 14th round earlier this year when he tried to take the title from Moore, merely toyed with Marshall in the nationally televised fight. ' . Beavers Ask Inclusion In Sports' Center Plans Portland (U.R) : Clay Brown, president of the Port-land-owjied Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast league, today proposed that the baseball team be included in plans, for the city's new eight-million-dollars sports and recreation center. In a letter to James Polhemus, chairman of the exposition-recreation commission, Brown said the baseball club would like to be included in plans for the de velopment and proposed a meet ing with the commissiin to dis cuss the subject. OSC Athletic Director Ordered to Hospital Corvallis (U.R) Roy S. "Spec" Keene, athletic director of Oregon State college, was hos pitalized yesterday on his doc tor's orders. Dr. N. L. Tartar said he had not' completed his diagnosis yet but did not believe Keene's ill ness was serious. ; Keene, 60, was recently elect ed president of the Pacific Coast Athletic Directors association. DRAFT CALL CUT Washington (U.R) The De fense Department has announced that the draft call for next Feb ruary has been cut from 20,000 to 11,000 men. ; Ontario, Ore. (U.P)' Fred D Derrick, 48-year-old construc tion superintendent for the Mor-rison-Knudsen Co., was killed yesterday' when his car went out of control and crashed near the nor city limits of Ontario. Washington School Presents Program Capacity audiences attended the Christmas program given Tuesday and Wednesday - nights at Washington school. This year two identical programs were given with different casts each night. The 14 primary rooms were divided so that one Half of the rooms presented the Tuesday program and the other half presented the program Wednesday. The program represented a family opening Christmas cards. Each room presented a portrayal of each Christmas card scene. A chorus made up of first, second and third grade pupils sang. The first portrayal was a scene from Santa's workshop fea turing the parade of the toy soldiers. Then came the decora tion of the Christmas tree, a "Winter Wonderland" scene with snowmen and snowflakes, the Skaters Waltz scene, with gaily clad skaters gliding among the snowmen; a scene portray ing several children dressed as Candy Canes who gave a choral reading; carollers singing by a lighted street lamp; and the final scene which portrayed the Na tivity. All together, 350 students took part in the pageantry and choruses for the two programs. Kiwanians Hear of Christmas Story Climax of the Christmas story is in Calvary, Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb, pastor of First Metho dist church, told Medf ord Ki wanis club members yesterday. The minister, spoke on "The Christmas Story." He brought out that the story is like others in certain respects in that it has an author, a plot and a climax, Author of the Christmas story is God, Dr. Balcomb said, and the plot is the redemption of the world. The meaning of the whole thing is seen in Calvary, he em phasized. The regular, noon luncheon meeting was at Rogue Valley Country club. ' Kiwanians held their, annual Christmas party for persons at the county farm home last night. A 30-minute Christmas movie was shown. Pianist Abby Green played a medley of Christmas carols and there was general carol playing. Gifts were pre sented to patients and staff mem bers at the home with Frank Perl in his usual role of, Santa Claus. About 15 Kiwanians went to the home to conduct the party, Ed Feldman was chairman. ' Agriculture Attache In Japan Discharged Washington (U.R) Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) charged today that Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson re sorted to "flimsy excuses" to justify his . firing of the U. S. agricultural attache in Japan. Benson ousted . the attache, Waif Ladejinsky, who is a Rus-rian-born land reform exnert. on grounds he is a security risk ana is not technically qualified for the job he holds. The firing has brought a chorus of protests from congressmen, the U. S. am bassador to 'Japan and the Jap anese government. . ; State Department officials were disturbed ..by the Agricul ture Department's action and some were recommending that Ladejinsky be keDt on the de partment payroll. Indications were, informants said, that La dejinsky would get a job on an" economic unit either in this country or abroad. Suffocation Claims , Two-Year-Ol'd Child ' Spokane (U.R) A two-year-old girl died of suffocation yes terday when fire swept through her family home while her mother was next door borrow ing a cup of sugar to make Christmas candy for her chil dren. The victim was Gail Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown. Another daughter, Don na, one, was nearly suffocated and received second degree burns. Mrs. Jane Brown told fire men she had gone next door while the youngsters were tak ing their afternoon nap. When sne returned within a few mm utes the inside of the house was in flames. She carried the chil dren out of the house. : 7 Use Mail Tribune' Want Adg .IPEKfV Christmas Day B A.M. TO 8 P.M. THRIFTY LUNCH 13 NORTH FIR 4 doers From Mail Tribune . SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DINNER TURKEY ' ir $11.35 Silver Thaw Makes Auto Chains Necessary Salem (U.R)' Silver than with ice forming made chains a must for motorists at Warm Springs junction and at Arling ton today, the State Highway Department reported. Stiff southwest winds were re ported at Coquille. Spots of ice were reported at Government Camp, Timberline, Green Springs, Chemult, Bly and Lakeview. Mass in Armory Slated in Ashland Ashland To provide ample room for the Catholics of the parish and non-Catholics who wish to attend the first mass of Christmas day, Archbishop Edward D. Howard of the Arch diocese of Oregon has granted special permission to Our Lady of the Mountain Catholic church to hold its midnight mass in the National guard armory, accord ing to an announcement by the Rev. Ernest, Jackson of the Ash land parish. The mass will commence at midnight, Dec. 24, and the pub lic is invited. The traditional Christmas caroling which pre cedes the mass will . begin at 11:30 p.m. Groups The men's and women's or ganizations of the 'church are assisting the Rev. Ernest Jackson in readying the armory for the mass, and an altar is being con structed. Music for the mass will be sung by the choir under the direction of William Willets ac companied by Mrs. Elaine Berge on the organ. The celebration of the three masses on Christmas originated from a practice which developed in Rome. According to medieval liturgists, these masses on Christ mas refer to Christ as the newly risen Light of truth, the desired Prince of peace and the eternal Son of God. .-,.,. Applicants Sought By Civil Service Salem U.R) The State Civil Service Commission said today it is accepting applications, for a field inspector exammation. Two levels are involved in this classification. The minimum qualifications for the lower level call for two years experience involving responsible public con tact work and high school grad uation. The salary range is $250 to $309 a month. Candidates for the higher level must have four years experience involving pub lic contact work. The salary range is $284 to $350 a month, , The commission is also ac cepting applications for an ex amination for plumber with a salary range of $296 to $364 a month. ' The state department of fi nance and administration needs an office machine mechanic. And the commission said three levels of food service supervisor are now open for examination. Court Battle Looms Over Sheppard Child , Cleveland U.R) A court bat tle appeared in the offing today over custody of Samuel (Chip) Sheppard Jr. seven-year-old son of murdered Marilyn Sheppard. The youngster has remained at the home of his uncle, Dr. Stephen 'A. Sheppard, since his father was arrested and ulti mately convicted of the July 4 bludgeon - slaying. Dr. Stephen has two other children, both about the same age as Chip. Following Dr. Sam's Tuesday conviction of second-degree mur der, members of the murdered woman's family have made in quiries into their legal rights to gain-, custody of the boy. Chip's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reese, were re ported to have discussed the case with attorneys, preparatory to asking Juvenile Court for cus tody of the youngster. Poce Show Spirit 1 Of Holiday Season San Fernando, Calif.' (U.R) Local police have been display ing the Christmas spirit. Instead .of. placing Traffic Court citations on autos parked overtime they have been giving out Christmas cards reading: 'The City of - San Fernando and the Police Department, in the spirit of the season, sends you this notice of violation in stead of a citation and wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year." Land in Alaska Opened for Entry Washington (U.R) Secre tary of Interior Douglas McKay today opened 6400 acres of land about 30 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to immediate applica tion under the public land laws. An additional 4000 acres will be subdivided and designated as home sites, cabin sites, and bus iness sites upon order of the area administrator of the Bureau of Land Management at Anchor age. . "' - ' :-.-:.-:! The land opened for public entry is part of 24,503.53 acres reserved on Dec. 2, 1938, for use by the War Department. The Army is retaining 530 acres for continued protection and maintenance of some dikes, and the Air Force still has use of about 6400 acres as part of Eielson Air Force Base. -The 4000 acres to.be released for subdivision comprise a strip of land two miles wide and four miles long lying along both sides of Richardson highway with '30 miles of Fairbanks and extend ing to the Salcha Military Res ervation. raiures Melt Much of Snow By UNITED PRESS ' Rising temperatures melted away hopes for a white Christ mas in many parts of the na tion today. . , ; On the first day of winter yes terday temperatures jumped as much as 19 degrees and weather forecasters said it was likely to get warmer today. The thawing breezes threaten ed to melt part of the thick snow cover left by a New Eng land snow storm which has been blamed for 17 deaths. Snow covers in other parts of the East were expected to wither even more rapidly. ".' There were no predictions of heavy snow between now and Saturday for any major part of the country. Forecasters said Christmas , probably will be white only in areas where there is already a thick snow blanket on the ground, primarily in the nation's Northeast. . , : ! ' Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. A VERY To All Our Friends and Southern Oregon's Unique DINING ROOM and SUPPER CLUB . . . yrm. Central Point Church Program This Evening Central Point The annual Christmas program' of the Sun day school of the Pilgrim Holi ness church will be presented by the children and young people this evening, at 7:45 o'clock. The opening . exercises . will be a "Welcome" given by Alica. West. . The children will present a program of recitation, group singing and exercises. A pageant will be given by the Junior girls class entitled "Heart Gifts." Following the pageant the young people will present a pro gram of "The English Singers." They will sing Christmas carols while pictures of the Christmas story are shown. Treats will be given to every one at the close of the program. ' BIG! BIG! BIG! 1 , For Our . HUGE DANCE &SH01T CHRISTMAS NIGHT SAT. & i Dr IIC. JIMMY ASHLEY-Singing Your favorite Hank Williams Songs! Rogue Valley Ballroom Dancing from 9 to 1 - ' Lots of Free Parking AND A HAPPY (1(1 (1(1 I (.... Sparkling New-Season Displays in Medf Orel's Fine Shops and Stores. Money When You Shop in Medf ord- Shopping Center for Southern Oregon and Northern California. - hSrriPi KENTUCKY taMM STRAIGHT B0URB0K yj WHISKEY Use Tribune Want Ads DEC 25th With the Entire COKER BAND Featuring DEAN & Sandy Coker Abbott Recording Stars! Art ists on Louisiana Hayride & Town Hall Party. ALSO BOBBY CHAMPION And His Melody Wranglers NEW YEAR Patrons! ON HIGHWAY 99 AT TALENT o Published by The Mail .Tribune in Cooperation with Medford Retail Merchants 2 ALVA
