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Yellow Cab Wins 74-56 Over Firmco Who is the independent bas ' ketball power of southern Ore- gon? Could it be Yellow C3b or Medford? The Cabbies, unmarred co leader in the Medford Independ ent league, lashed Firmco of Myrtle Creek 74 to 56 here last night and the victory was more decisive than the unai xaouia tion indicated. ! v . Tirmm ram tn Medford rid ing on the crest of 11 straight victories this season, only lasx week' the Douglas county quint was ballyhooed as the court ti tan in this area. That was right after Firmco tipped the Cabbies 85 to 81 at Myrtle Creek. ' Yellow Cab, spurred by the hnntincr of Ed Hummel, Don Wendt, Johnny Foster and Bill Werner and the backooara wore f Vnster. Hummel and Chuck Stacy, won last night on its 28 point outburst in the third quar ter. The Mediord team neaaea only 32 to .31 gomg into .the imnH half..-.-. . -s ... While the Cabbies were r on their scoring binge, Myrtle Creek got only six tallies. That made the count 60 to i ior three periods. , , - k Wendt Hits 10 , 1 rtnn Wendt formed the soree ' with 10 points, Ed. Hummel got eight, with six on tr ee snoxs. The Medford margin mounted in as mints, at 72 to 39. in the closing panel. With the score 74 to 43, reserves took -over com nieteiv in the Cabbies. Firmco whittle down the margin with a free shot and. six field goals... The came was tied seven times in the first half and. the .lead switched four times although Yellow Cab once had a bulge of seven markers. Medf ord's strong indeoendents had an 18 to 14 gap at the end of the first stanza but lost their lead when hod Stuempges'shot made it 29 to 2fl for Myrtle Creek? Hummel . tied up the game "with "a -gift throw and put tne wawnes on top with another. From that - point Yellow Cab kept the lead. Cab. Andy's To Play Hummel was high scorer with 21 and Bob Strout rolled up 18 ior Firmco. - -' Andy's Jewelers, who share the lead in the MBIL, with the Cabbies, get a crack next week at the Cab's mythical title. The two clubs meet in non-league play next Wednesday, Jan. 26. in a March of Dimes benefit clash at the senior high. It will ' be the first meeting of 'the two. A means of pre-game compari son will be provided Saturday night when Yellow Cab" 'plays Hal's Sport shop at Klamath Falls. Andy's whipped Hal's last week end here. In a preliminary fray last night Talent grade, school bounced St. Mary's 29 to 14. LINK-CPS: Yellow Cab 74 Hummel 21 roster 14 -Stacy 9 . Wendt 19 St Firmco f t e 14 Richardson A StuemnffM 18 Stout 9 Gfflitpie Werner 13 9 weber Substitutlofia For Yellow Cab. Moore, Hit 2. Jahnaon, Harris. Knut-, on, Kline; for rum uuiDranaon. Harold. Jank-'n. - ONE OF WORST ; .... The 66-38 loss to Oregon State last Friday goes down . as " the worst defeat -a University of Washington basketball team ever suffered : in Northern Division , play and the thirds worst in Washington history. Only two t beatings were more one-sided a 76-39 loss to Gonzaga in 1944 at Spokane and a 41-9 loss to Oregon State in 1918 at Seattle. That was before Edmundson pa vilion was constructed,: though, and the worst the Huskies have been beaten on the ' Pavilion floor is by a 22-point margin. The Alumni . in 1940, the Coast Guard in 1945 and Oregon State's Coast champs in 1947 are co holders of the Pavilion mark. REMATCH LET ' San Francisco (U.R) Floyd Patterson, top - ranked light heavy-weight contender from New York will meet Esau Ferdinand of San Francisco in a rematch at the Civic Audi torium, Feb. 28, ; it, was an nounced today.' Patterson out pointed Ferdinand several months ago in New York. STOLHANDSKE SIGNS , - San Francisco (U.R) Tom Stolhandske, a 215-pound offen sive end and linebacker, has signed his 1955 contract with the San Francisco Forty Niners, it was announced today. He cur rently is stationed at Ft. Bliss in 1 Paso, Tex., but is expected to be released from the Army next summer. BEAVERS CLAIM SULLIVAN Hollywood (U.PJ Russ Sul livan purchased by the Holly wood Stars of the .Pacific Coast League for Little Rock of the Southern Assn. last month, has been claimed on waivers by the Portland Beavers of the PCL, it was announced today. SANTEE RUNS Philadelphia (U.R - Wes Santee, America's greatest miler, makes his eastern bow on the boards tonight and the Kansas record, holder is eyeing a 4:06 clocking for the distance at the Philadelphia Inquirer Charities 11th annual indoor meet. California's honey production in 1953 was 23,000,000, 52 per cent under that of 1952. MedforivCTribunb STOWS Participation By Halbrook Aaainst UO Seems Doubtful Corvallis U.R Wade (Swede) Halbrook had a confi dential discussion with Coach Slats Gill yesterday and an nounced he planned to remain at Oregon State but it seemed doubtful if the seven-foot, three- inch basketball star would play in the. crucial Northern Division games with Oregon tonight and tomorrow night. .. Halbrook was suspended from Gun Club Slates February Action Members of the Medford Gun club will hold their first regis tered event of the year, the early spring trapshoot on February 26 and 27, club officials have an nounced. The club will also participate in the Pendleton East Oregonian trapshoot"' This'lO-weekevent will .start on February ,13 and will conclude ' on April 23 and 24 with a shoot-off in Portland. ' Practice in skeet, 16-yard and handicap shooting is scheduled Sunday, January 23 at the Med ford club. Shooting will start at 10" a.' to; rPractice" will get members sharpened for the an nual Red and (Blue team shoot on January 30. That shoot is a preliminary to the annual -din ner and meeting on Wednesday, February 2." ' - ' Jim Horn Jhad high gun last Sunday in 16-yard practice with 49 out of 50. Other scores in cluded Ray Coleman 48. Martin Clogston . 48, George Jantzer 47, Bill Thomas 46 and Paul Culbert- son 46.' -Horn also, was 'tops in handicap action with 44 out of 50. 7 ' Card Contract Signed by Larson Berkeley, Calif. (U.PJ Paul Larson, ... the . .nation's leading passer, for the ,1954 collegiate -football-' season revealed today he had signed a one-year, $13,000 contract with the professional Chicago Cardinals. Larson, quarterback last sea son for California, said he mailed the contract to Cardinal officials last night. Mountaineers Hosts To OCE Hoop Quintet By UNITED PRESS , League-leading Eastern Ore gon College of Education hosts Oregon College of Education at La Grande in the top Oregon Collegiate Conference series this weekend. Portland State meets Oregon Tech at Klamath Falls tonight and tomorrow night, in the only other OCC games " on tap this weekend. UO TEAMS COMPETE , University, of Oregon,' Eugene (Special) Oregon's varsity and freshman wrestling teams travel to Washington State this week end for their stiff est com petition of the season and : the Duck swimming team will be at home for a non-conference meet with the Multnomah . Jtthletic club as part of the heavy : winter sporis schedule.' ' ' i MICKEY WRIGHT. LEADS V Tampa,x "Fla. (U.R) Veterans of the - women's " goft circuit trailed 19 - year - old Mickey Wright of San Diego, Calif., to day as she teed -off in the- sec ond round of the $5,000 Tampa Women's Open tournament with a two-stroke lead. i in ' OUT FROM UNDER That's what Boston s Bffl Sharman is doing as he steals the ball literally from two West players during the fifth annual East-West All-Star game in New Yort Jim Pollard (17) of Minneapolis is West . player with hack, to c?"" Fart won. 100-91, the team Tuesday for failure to attend classes: Reports circulat ed yesterday that he was going to join Buchan Bakers, a Seattle independent team composed of former college stars. He had a reservation to fly to Seattle yes terday evening and had received faculty signatures to class with drawal slips. --v " " Not Reinstated . Then came the talk with Gill. Afterward, Halbrook , said that he planned to remain at Oregon State but said Gill had not re instated him on the team. f Halbrook told his mother on the telephone yesterday he was out of the Oregon series, but he said later, "Maybe I'll be in Se attle next week." Oregon State meets 1 Washington in; Seattle next week. - - ' Yesterday was Halbrook's 22nd birthday. He admitted he was - tired and . missed a class Monday afternoon. Carmen Basilio ' Tussles Mueller ; v Syracuse, N. Y. (U.R) Crowd-pleasing Carmen Basilio risks . both a 10-bout unbeaten string and a promised shot at the welterweight championship tonight in a. battle with madcap Peter Mueller, the German mid dleweight slugger who once kayoed a referee. ' Odds-makers figure Basilio a 3-1 favorite for the nationally televised and broadcast 10 rounder at War Memorial Audi torium. It was sold out last Mon day. ...... But it's a mighty dangerous night for the hatchet-faced onion farmer : from nearby Canastota, N.Y. A defeat could easily wipe out Basilio s tentatively sched uled title bout with welter cham pion Johnny Saxton at Syracuse April 1, for Saxton admittedly would rather risk his newly won crown at Los' Angeles against Ramon Fuentes. Beau Jack Beats Green In Comeback Starter Columbia,' S. C. (U.R) Even as Sugar Ray Robinson's come back was threatening to col lapse, former lightweight cham pion Beau Jack was safely em barked on his comeback today with a victory and started look ing for more fights. . l Jack, 33-year-old former shoe- shine - boy from Augusta, Ga., who retired three - years ago, shook off the cobwebs Thursday night and scored a crowd-pleas ing, unanimous decision over Eddie Green . in a 10-rounder here. Roy Hewitt - Takes Top Spot in Rifle Shoot Roy Hewitt, the perennial first among ; the pistol " shooters, reached the top spot in the regu lar rifle shoot Wednesday night of the Medford Rifle and Pistol club, leading all of the regular rifle hot shots. . High men were Hewitt .386, Lew Conger, 385, Harry Heiden reich, 385; Jim Bolton ,380 and Clinton Charley 379. BASKETBALL THUBSDAY COLLEGE SCORES V East - - Colgate 63. Cornell 57 Midwest . - Wichita 74. Seattle 71 - Omaha, 92. Simpson 62 DDUvnwnt . - Texas A&M 58. LSU 47 Tulsa 48, Oklahoma City 42 till 11 5& Bulldog, Pointer Quintets Divide At Central Point Medford and Central Point basketball crews split two games at Central Point last night with Central Point nabbing the eighth grade ruckus 39 to 30 and Medford taking the- seventh grade brush 25 to 16." -r Wayne Allen with 19 points and Jerome McQuade with 12 sparked the Pointer eighth grad ers. They were standouts in all around play as were Fred Funs ton and John Harvey of the Med ford squad. Punston was " Med f ord's top scorer with nine. ' s Halftime scored favored Cen tral Point 23 to 15. Medford's Don Peek contributed to the Pointer cause with one field goal.. The Medford seventh headed the Pointers 16 to 8 at the half . Jerry Anderson and Lynn Knighf, Medford, were high scorers with eight each. LINE-UPS: Med. 7th 2S Hamilton -Deakins 2 Knight 8 Anderson' 8 CP 7ta 16 2 Michael 3 Woods 3 Cote Pfaff f f c 8 Olson 9 6 Bartley Substitutions For Medford. Kono- pasek, Quinney, McGill 7, Moore, Frohnmayer. Dunn, Durkee. Morris; for Central Point, Anhorn 2..'- CP 8th 39 ; McQuade 12 Beach ' Barnes 2 -. Allen 19 30 Med. Sth : 7 Rassmussen ' 4 Peek 9 Funston 8 llarvey 2 Koch Central Point, Medford. Fond, t t e ft Clark 6 Substitutions For White, Legler; for Monroe. Lyons. . - Charlie Powell Earns Decision 1 Los' Angeles -ftJ.R)- Fcrmer professional football star Charlie Powell pounded out a. unani mous : 10-round decision over Germany's Hans . Friedrich last night at Olympic Auditorium. . - Powell, fighting for the first time since he suffered a seventh round technical knockout against Charlie Norkus, won every round' but failed in a desperate attempt to score a knockout. ' The i former San Francisco Forty Niher staggered Friedrich in the second, third and 10th rounds with hard left jabs and hooks to the body, but was un able to down his lighter and er ratic opponent. Pacific Badgers Face -Willamette Bearcats . By UNITED PRESS , Pacific University cagers clash with Willamette's Bearcats at Salem tonight and at : Forest Grove Saturday night in the top Northwest Conference basketball series -this weekend.1 " " In the only other league ac tion scheduled,- Linfield meets Lewis & Clark at McMinnville Saturday night. " . . Pacific, with a 4-1 conference record, has lost only to College of Idaho this season. The . Badg ers have won 11 out of 12 games. Willamette nas lost - three con ference games. . - - NO BITE ''' ; . Hartford, Conn. -U.PJ--State Police Major George Remer was pleased ' when officers ' caught the thief who swiped his rain coat. But his elation turned sour when he reached into the pocket of the coat and ' failed to find the false teeth he had left there. The thief "couldn't remember what he did with them. OFF-SEASON HITS , ' ; Augusta, Me. N (U.R) -Wait Dropo. ' American 1 League ' first baseman, is a member of Maine's "Biggest Bucks Club." Walt bagged .a ' 234-pound : buck deer in the Allagash wilderness ; and also shot a bobcat that brought him a $15 bounty. . ' -Tr2Sr3 end , - - , . Whan you mak your next " ' tractor a John Dmx (,40," you 'rf trill know thai you can find just t; tha matching aqunmcnt yon i -' need at any tuna throughout 1 tha tractoz's long hit. Right ' : i now you have mora than iorty ; pick-upnd-go tools to chooM ham, eaoh one built to the ' '4 same high standards as the ( ' tractor. Come in. Get fall in- J I formation. . IIUBBARD-UnAY COLTPiUlYi 25 So. Riversid 4-H Club Hews Central Point Club' r.'r'" : Kandy Kids 4-H Cooking Club met January 4, at the home of Margaret Taylor who gave a demonstration on how to bake an angel food cake. We discussed getting a 4-H and American flag for the club. Our leader gave us our assign ments and we discussed them. , Next meeting will be on Fel ruary 1st at the home of Sandra and Cheryl GhelardL Prospect 4-H Canyon Club The 4-H Canyon cooking club had their second meeting Jan. 19. Helen' Janzer did the meas uring demonstration for the first year' groups. Sally and Jill did a demonstration on setting the table. Both of the demonstrations were very good. .We have three new members,4 .Linda - Paten, Deane Ells, and Donna Ells. . We played one game . then went home. Our meetings last from 4 to 5 p.m. The next meet ing will be held at 'Jill Hedge peth's Feb. 2, after school. -xt Reporter, Laura - Bean. LOSING FOOTING while trying to stop Rochester's Bob Wanzer, West All Stars, Bob Cousy, famous Boston basketballer playing with East, almost falls during spectacular, game won by East 100-91 at New York's Madison Square Grd (Iitterrtattonel) Open Every Wednesday in 7 p.m. v HEAL DUYS! ; -5 Regular 9.95 to 19.95 ; AH pepuUr fabrics and ' a wide range of celert to s cheeet from. Ten can at cheeet trom. Ten can at- 33. Abe size 40, 41 and 42. MANY OTHER OUTSTANDING VALUES NOT NEXT TO PICKS Friday. January 21, 1953 Cify Officials Get , Cheap Repair Job , Guthrie, Ky UR) This city has a newly surfaced street that cost little because of the en terprise of city officials. It came about this way: Some prankster released the brakes on a railroad tank car which was filled with' oiL The brakes on' a railroad tank car which was filled with oiL, The car rolled down the tracks and banged into a railroad car. The oil -tank sprang a leak'. r A switch engine promptly pulled the leaky car away, park ing it near Front Street.-All the oil then leaked onto !. Front Street, which badly needed a re pair job. - City officials,' unwilling to miss out on s a good : thing, got road repair crews out. The crews promptly spread gravel over the spilled oil, and tamp ed it down into a solid, new road surface.- . .. . - . . . '-",-T FREE PARKING A the rear of our store or in the , new parking ' lot on the corner of Main and Front. . Offered Lots of selection choice of TOP QUALITY NATIONALLY KNOWN . mm . 0mm $(p)97 r-y1 to 1 jy 1 m -i 2)UX I . , ; THE DUDS APPAREL :Z Measure To Allow Emergency Clause In Taxes Offered Salem U.R) A bill to ban the prohibition of the emergency clause on revenue measures was introduced in the Senate yester day, with the signatures of more than two-thirds of the senators and 50 ' per cent of the house members. " ' , , i Sen. Lee Ohmart, who intro duced the bill, said both Repub licans - and Democrats have signed the .measure. Can Fire Referendum ; Sen. Ohmart said that under the present - law no revenue measure can become effective before 90 days after it is enacted In that period, a referendum petition with some 20,000 signa tures can be filed in which case the measure is held up until the following general election. -' ;;, Ohmart ; . said" "this measure hits right into the" heart of the tax problem v of ? Oregon.'. Over $100,000,000 in; the present budget ; has been voted by the people and yet we do not have the - tools . to work with.' Under the present, constitutional pro hibition, the Legislature is un able to work out an orderly tax program with any assurance that the measure passed or amended will become , effective during the following biennium.. Effective Immediately ' r Should the emergency, clause be "removed, a sales tax could be passed, by the Legislature de claring it an emergency and it would go into effect immediate ly if the governor should sign It That way Oregon would have a sales tax for at least until,, the folio wing general election. Sev eral legislators . feel that . if the people "lived with the sales tax" for two years they would not reject it. . -. k t DON'T MISS WW V R03INSON BROS. mum WONDERFUL of fabrics' and - r .ow.rtiiiha...,. SMi, sizes. O CXESS O WORK O LOAFER Sizes 6Vi to 12 REGULAR 8.95 TO ,16.95 VALUS knar ; '-scsw h ' to () : A -If S - FOR. QUALITY DUDS , " " " MEDrOUD, 0? ?:V MEDFORD (OREGON) KAIL TRIBUNE ITEfB Tod. Many Farmers in j' Some' Parts of Country 1 . Washington (U.R) -- Here's how an Agriculture Department report on farm population indi cated Thursday that there are too many farmers in some parts of the country. ' ' . 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