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MEDFOaivCrTRIBUKB . SIPCIDnBTTS George Shav Chosen By Baltimore Colts In Pro Grid By STEVE SNIDER New York U.R) The Bal timore Colts won the bonus choice in the National Football league draft today and selected Quarterback George Shaw of Oregon. ' The Colts were one of four teams eligible for the bonus pick this year. The other teams were the Green Bay Packers, Chica go Cardinals and , Pittsburgh Steelers. As a team' wins the bonus pick in the draft, it is eliminated from eligibility for the following year's bonus se lection. Thus, next year , only three clubs : will draw for the bonus. The Chicago. Cardinals, who finished with the poorest record during the 1954 season, had the first pick in the regular league draft and selected Max Boyd ston, All-America end from Ok lahoma. Notre Dam Quarterback The Washington Redskins with second pick, drafted Ralph Gug lielmi, Notre Dame's All-America quarterback. Because the Redskins and the Colts finished the- 1954 . season with identical records, they had to flip a coin to decide which would have sec ond pick. . ' - Baltimore, taking its regular turn, the chose ' Alan (The Horse) Ameche of Wisconsin, the All-America fullback who was Accuracy, Not Bonus Foul Rule, Big Reason for Scoring Increase New" York U.R) Despite the howling of many critics, col lege basketball's . "bonus . rule" has not been solely responsible for the increase in scoring thus far this season, according to the NCAA Statistic Bureau. r ' Major college basketball scor ing" has been rolling at an all time record rate this winter almost eight points a game more than a year ago but accurate shooting from the floor has been generally responsible, rather than the much maligned bonus rule the, bureau .disclosed today. J. Proponents of the controver- Salmon Backs, Tweakers Even In Saturday Loop Gold Ray Salmon Backs and the Tweakers will be out to stretch their unblemished rec ords in the Saturday recreation basketball league at Medford senior high this week end. The Tweakers pulled even with the Salmon Backs last week while the Gold Ray gang was idle.1:- v...... Tangles this Saturday are Beany Boys versus Nico-Quint at 10 a. m.,- Screwballs versus the Flubbin Five at 11 a. m., Thund erbirds versus the Tweakers at 1p.m. and the Mountain Boys versus .the Salmon Backs at 2 p. m. The Cottonpickers and the Senior Wieners have byes Last week end the Tweakers thrashed the Beany Boys 42 .to 10, the Screwballs tripped the Thunderbirds 39 to 29, theCot tonpickers got by Nico-Quint 37 to 30 and the. Senior Wieners blasted the Mountain'. Boys 42 to 14 LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Pet. 1.000 1.000 .750 .750 .667 .333 .333 , .000 : -ooo .000 Gold Ray Salmon Backs . 3 0 Tweakers 3 3 3 0 Senior Wieners . Cottonpickers Flubbin' Five Mountains Boys Boys Nico-Quint Thunderbirds 1 1 ' 1. 2 2 3 3 3 2' : 1 1 0 t 0 0 Ducks Entertain Brigham Young Provo, Utah 0J.PJ Brig ham Young's Cougars, currently tied with Wyoming for second place in the tough Skyline Con ference, invade Eugene, Ore., this weekend for a pair of games with the University of Oregon. It will be the first time the two schools have met in. athletic competition.' A "Mutt and Jeff combina tion leads the Brigham .Young quintet, which has a 4-2 record in the Skyline race. Utah leads that conference with a 6-0 mark. -, Terry Tebbs, a guard, and Herschel "Soup Bones" Peder sen, a six-foot-six center, have been averaging around 14 points a game. . Pedersen leads in re bounds with 159, or nearly 10 per game. NCAA Play-Off Ducats Available After Feb. 21 Corvallis (U.R) Mail" or der ticket applications for the Western Regional NCAA Bask etball tournament here will be accepted starting Monday, Feb. 21, it was announced today. ' Dates of the NCAA meet this yearare March 11 and 12. Drafting voted the United Press player of the year for 1954. Tom Bettis, Purdue .guard, was the first draft pick of the Green Bay Packers. Center Larry Morris of Georg ia Tech was selected by the Los Angeles Rams. Dick Moegle, Rice's AU-Amerr ican halfback, was selected by the San Francisco Forty Nin ers. . . ; . - Eugene (U.R) George Shaw, Orego n's outstanding quarterback drafted by the Balti more Colts of the National Foot ball league as the bonus choice, said today he would be very happy to play with Baltimore "if I decide to play professional football." Shaw, who was named" to the United Press All-American sec ond team, also is an outstanding baseball player. He said, MI would be very glad to talk with the- Baltimore offic ials, but I don't intend to sign anything until after the .college baseball season." . Shaw was the nation's total of fense leader in football last sea son, and was a regular at Oregon four seasons. ' .; - . . ., v . As a baseball outfielder, he was named to the NCAA's All American squad last season. He has not indicated which sport he will follow as a professional. sial bonus foul - shot.- which allows a fouled player an extra shot from the, free throw line if he makes his shot, predicted that the rule would cut fouling down considerably, while opponents of the rule said the game would be reduced to a foul shooting con test. : - 2.7 More Field Goals The bureau's statistics releas ed today show that the extra out put per contest has consisted thus far of 2.7 more field goals, worth about 5Vi points, and 2.3 more points from the foul line. The figures also show that tout ing has been reduced to its low est point of the last, 12 years. ' National , foul" shooting i ac curacy has reached ah all-time high of 65,7 per cent, compared to 64.2 per cent for the same pe riod last season and 63.2 for the previous year.. Free throw shoot ing drills have reaped double dividends with . the , field goal hitting rate up also to 36.7 per cent from 35.5 a year ago. The drop off in fouling is the greatest in history, down to 38.8 calls per game from last winter's 42 average. ': -:--f- -. Defending champion Furman again is setting the pace in team scoring and may wind " up : the season the first team in major college history to average 100 points a game throughout a sea son. Furman has .compiled an astronomical 99.7 point average per game thus far. vV 4 Thrqty City Loop . Frays Tonight j Three : Medford . Independent Basketball League I games are slated this evening; ; r ? Hawkinson , Tiresplays an 8 o'clock make up " contest' at Prospect and '"the'-' two other scraps will be at Medford,: junior high. .; ;.:':'!;.. . J Andy's Jewelers and Yejlow Qab,.foes.in last , night's ' March of Dimes benefit, both see ac tion this evening. The Jewelers oppose" Burelson's : of" Central Point at 7 o'clock - and Yellow Cab goes against Company A of the National; Guard at 8:30 o'clock. " t:,:-'' . ' Last night Eagle'1 Point beat out Guard Headquarters Com pany 36 to 30 and Sacred Heart trounced Skinner's Buick 62 to 38. ' - . , . ,-,r . ,'- Fishing; Hunting Fee$ r Same As Those in 1 954 '? Portland In answer fo many questions recently received, the Oregon State Game Commission has sent out the following! in formation: . '. ;. ' ' Fishing and hunting '.license fees now in effect are the same as those in 1954. - The license structure can be changed only through action of the legislature. Any changes the legislature adopts regarding licenses would undoubtedly not affect the hunt er and fisherman until January of 1956. OSC Squad Flies To Washington! Corvallis U.R) - Coach Slats Gill and a 12-man Oregon State basketball squed flew to Seattle ..today for a week end series with' Washington." The Beavers planned a workout oh the Edmundson Pavilion floor late today. TheyH Do It Every Time VbracKowiMis particular y used car? WWWERVCr TWATTHE SAD 4 WOMAN HAD fTURMED ITIH PPSs GET BEHIND A GAL ' r ' ' f r- 'x?d-3 WATS DFreRSKT O .,V i;u .' " ' r, - - - r : Around Hollywood ; Hollywood (U.R) Gail Davis, one ' of television's Tr prettier blondes, is one glamour girl who "doesn't mind hiding' her sex appeal behind pigtails and a high -buttoned shirt. , : - The Ark ansas beauty's quick pistol and . cowgirl outfit has turned her Aline Morty into TVs first female western star with her own program, - "Annie Oakley." I For this role Gail must re main forever kissjess ("I always ride off alone into the sunset") with her curves disguised 'under wool shirts ("Can't be silk or tight jersey"). ; : . But the disguise has made her one of the most popular " TV stars with the-bubble-gum set, and pushed her into the league Speedboat Group Chooses. McGrew Mel McGrew is the new torn modore ; of the: Western Speed boat association, local outboard racing group. ; He succeeds Rod Witham. . . ... 7 He was elected last night at a meeting at the Bill- Barnes residence,.. Lorraine apartments, 604 Whitman place. " v- Others -named were Jack Schauble, vice-commodore; Mrs. Bill Barnes, secretary-treasurer; and Jack Moad, publicity chair man... ):,- : . '-'-s.- Next meeting has been set for February 2 at the McGrew home on "Jacksonville highway." Plans for the next race will be dis cussed. BLACKMAN NAMED . , Hanover, N. H.-4U.R) Robert (Bob) Blackman, former coach at the .University ; of -Denver, was named head football coach at , Dartmouth College' Wednes day night to succeed aging De Ormond (Tuss) McLaughry who resigned last year after his team had lost all but three games; Blackman, 36, comes to Hanover as the nation's fourth-ranking football coach. In six years of coaching ., he . compiled ? an . en viable, record of 46 victories against 12 defeats. BOYSEN TAPERS OFF - Ann Arbor, i Mich. Audun Boysen, 25-year-old Norwegian middle distance ace who holds the world's 1000-meter mark of 2:1918T, began tapering off his workouts' -today in preparation for his debut on the American indoor track circuit. Boysen v is scheduled. toT enplane for Boston tonight, making his debut there against American ace Mai Whit field Saturday night. NOWOPENL MEDFORD'S MOST MODERN LAUNDRY and DRY CLEAN ING PLANTI : Dcablo Gold Arron Stsnss Given Until - A February Formerly VALLEY CLEANERS O In Medford 8 Years! -5,h I " TMISISNBUBTIi GOCD&UPErOHE AVERVWCEUDy By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent of sagebrush immortals. . . "Ah have . no . aspirations to win any Academy Awards. Ah just want to make a career out of Annie," drawled Gail. Knotty Problem. ; -De-glamourizing Gail is ' a knotty problem for the writers of the show. ' Twice they let her dress up ; for parties ' but most of the time she wears a fringed cow-girl outfit with her blonde hair primly set in braids.; Gail looks fragile,' but she has to be roughed up by the villain and tumbled off horses and wagons, "so with my hair . in pigtails it comes out neat" c v A love interest is delicately hinted in the form of a hand some deputy sheriff. But they never even . hold hands and Annie Oakley has to fend off the villains "without making the deputy sheriff look silly. - Gail, a country doctor's daugh ter from Little Rock, was dis covered by Gene Aufcry when he was oh tour. : "He asked me to look him up if I ever came to Hollywood, so I did," she said. "I worked in other movies and then I was in Gene's feature pictures for three years." ' - -4 Massacres History Autry decided - to try a ..TV cowgirl series for. his "Flying A Productions" and Gail was picked . because, she has known how' to ride a horse and shoot since childhood,- as well as act. Autry bought the rights to the title, "Annie Oakley," and al though the program massacres history, relatives of the late real-life sharpshooter have not complained. "Lt.. Gov. : John Brown of Ohio asked me to donate a plaque at : Annie's birthplace in Greenville, so I- guess they like the ; program," she said. "It is supposed to be entirely .fiction al." . ' -; Gail admits her trick shoot ing on the filmed show -is cour tesy of the prop man. But next month she leaves on her4 first personal appearance . tour with Autry and had to learn' fancy shooting for her act. Beginning at Houston,; Tex., she'll perform in 43 " shows around the , coun try in rhinestone-studded cow girl outfits. ' "The surprise is Annie's fans are 50 per cent boys and 50 per cent girls," said Gail. ""We weren't sure whether little boys would - accept the " fact' a giri can shoot and ride, but appar ently they do.' -: ' WRONG CHOICE - - Lincoln, Neb.- (U-PJ--An in mate of a Nebraska reformatory today bemoaned his choice . of transportation in a 'i break for freedom. After fleeing ; over a fence he hitchhiked a ride, with r state safety patrolman. ! Free Piekup. : and Delivery 623 S. IlivcrsiiD Phone 3-1813 . Next To Pica'y wicsly By Jimmy Hatlo ! Washington (U.R) John F. Shelley, Democratic representa tive from San Francisco, has con firmed reports that he is being considered for the presidency of the American . Merchant Marine Institute. . - Mushroom seeds are micro scopic in size and must be prop agated.' in a material called "spawn." - . 7;"" o : g WraSil ON OUR FLOOR ESegiiflDair l " r- 0 SEE i - . i- The Complete Line of New 1?55; GE RANGES: On Display Now at : Thursday, January 27, 1955 Fishing Vessel Burns; Three Men Rescued Seattle - (U.R) Three 'men were saved late yesterday after the 55-foot fishing vessel Mary Ann of Astoria,- Ore, burned to the waterline about 20 miles west-northwest of Destruction island, the Coast Guard reported here. The captain and owner of the Mary Ann is Evan Parker, As toria. Cause of the fire was not de termined. The Coast Guard said another fishing boat, the Oregonian, res cued the three men. Youth Rescues Man From Blazing Home Portland (U.R) Alvin Stormo, 19, placed a wet blanket over his head, rushed into a blazing two-story home and res cued 79-year-old August Peder son yesterday. . Pederson was lying on the floor, badly burned but con scious, when Stormo arrived. Pederson was taken, to a hos pital where attendants said his condition was "pretty good, not serious." Firemen said the blaze may have started from an over heated stove. Dead line . Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TKUSUAE-ELSYSt Young Barrymore's Wife Drops Divorce : Hollywood (U.R) The- 28-year-old wife of John B anymore Jr., 22, has cancelled "indefinite ly? her plans to divorce .the ae torTson. of the late great , profile of the screen.- . . , . v ' The -wife,, : red-haired screen actress Cara Williams Barry more, had intended to file a di vorce suit against her youthful husband on grounds .of cruelty, according to the wife's attorney, Milton Golden. , 3ut , yesterday, Golden "said the suit would be held up "until further notice." The . attorney would not say if the couple had reconciled.-r ' ,f Dana Ineligible . 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