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Beavers Hope To Stretch
Lead in Northern Division
By UNITED PRESS
Oregon State hopes to all but
tie' up its second consecutive
Northern Division . basketball
crown at Seattle this weekend.
The Beavers are guests of the
University of Washington Hus
kies for a two-game series Fri
day, and Saturday night that is
expected to draw big crowds to
the UW pavilion.- .
- The other Northern' Division
battles will be waged at Moscow
?v3 Pullman between the Idaho
Vandals and Washington State.
Oregon steps out of the confer
ence to meet Brigham Young of
the Skyline conference in a pair'
at Eugene, . . .., '
Sweep Eyed -:- !
- Aside from building a near
insurmountable' lead over the
rest of the loop should OSC beat
the Huskies both nights, it also
would be the first time in Wash
ington's history that an Oregon
State team had taken all four
games from the Huskies.
Although State's 7-3 , Wade
(Swede) Halbrook is back in ac
tion after a brief suspension, fea
ture of the series is expected to
be a scoring duel between Wash
ington's Dean Parsons and OSC's
Tony Vlastelica, currently
fourth and fifth in the division
scoring race.
WARD TO REJOIN
Portland 0J.R) Larry Ward,
righthanded pitcher who quit
the Portland Beavers last year
because of arm trouble, will re
join the Pacific Coast League
team this spring, according to
General Manager Joe Ziegler.
fciegler said Ward's ailing right
arm has responded to treatment,
and that Ward feels he is "rar
ing to go." :
BASKETBALL
THURSDAY COLLEGE GAMES
Loyola (Md.) 89. American U. 73
-, Marquette 73. Loyola La.) 70
Denver 73. Colorado A&M 69
On The Side I ! By E; V. Durling
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L y n n e . Fontanne's youthful
appearance continues to be one
of the top sensations of the cur
rent theatrical season. A great
many women would very much
like to know her beauty secrets.
Lynne should write a book titled
'My Fountain of Youth and
How I Found It." That certainly
would be a best seller..
Asking .'"
Queries from clients. Q. Was
Joan Crawfoard ever co-starred
with John Gilbert A. Joan and
John were featured in a silent
That was around 1927. . . . Q.
Are you familiar with the rhyme
called "The Bride's Prophecy"?
What does it say about the Feb
ruary bride? A. From the proph
ecy to which you refer I quote;
Married In January' hoar and ;;
-y rlnie, - -" ;
i, Widowed yonOI fee before your -time.
--
it Married in February's . ileety
' - weather,
, i" Life you'll tread In time together.
. Asides ."v;
' It is from tackle to tackle
where the real players on a f oot-
- ball team are, found. Eighty per
cent of the greatest footplayers
of all time have been linemen.
? . My favorite love song is still
f Just A-Wearyin for You by
Frank L. Stanton and Carrie Ja
cobs Bonds.-".'
Gat It Right
V Have noted repeated refer
ences to "pocket billiards."
There is no such game. From the
Standard Encyclopedia;! quote:
The game of billiards is played
exclusively on carom tables; the
pocket table being reserved for
the game of pool." Get it right!
If it is played with pockets it is
- not billiards. Some years ago
owners of poolrooms became an-
i noyed because their-places were
confused with "poolrooms
where horses were played. So
they decided to call pool "pock
et billiards." However, no mat
ter what you call the game
played with 15 balls and a cue
ball on a table with pockets, it
is still pool. It can't be billiards,
Sidelights . -
Lillian Russell was 51 when
she married for the fourth time.
And then she married a million
aire. ... It is claimed that after
consuming three highballs or
cocktails an autoist has 55 times
as much chance of -being in an
accident as a completely sober
driver. -Horses
St Women
A feminine subscriber of Geor
gia says that her figure statistics
are "height, 5 feet Vi bust, 33
waist 24, and hips. 36". She asks
"How would your Horses and
Women -experts class my fig
ure"? Inasmuch as the lady ne
glected to add her weight, the
shape statisticians of our H&W
department- are slightly handi
capped. However, they say, it
appears this subscriber has pos
sibilities of being rated a gor
geous Georgian. They advise the'
use of 4V4 inch heels. An in
crease in the bust measurement
is suggested. One inch should be
clipped from the hip measure
ment. Then, according to our
H&W experts the lady will have
a "Venus, grade B, figure!"
Texas Again
Texas has topped California
again. Golden Staters recently
boasted of the career of 94 year
old William P.. LSchlosser, who
worked continuously for the
Hillman Hardware company of
Los Angeles for 74 years. Texas
Is That So?
.Who am I?
A beautiful creature,:! have
the widest distribution of any
mammal in America. My young
do not resemble me. My tongue
is - covered with - sharp, horny
backward-directed processes.
Hardy, I have adapted myself
from the spruce forests of Brit
ish Columbia to the swamplands
of Florida, and down to the
wind-swept tip of Cape Horn.-
My body is long and lithe. My
skull, short and broad. My
rounded, ears are prominent.
Being a pursuer, my yellow eyes
which I can narrow to vertical
slits are well forward in my
short face. x .
On the forefeet I have five
toes; on the hind, four. My claws,
sharp and curved, can be with
drawn into horned sheaths. My
hair is close, thick and soft to
the touch. .
My. color is tawny brown,
deepening in tone toward the
spine; pale around the eyes and
whitish on the throat, legs and
belly. - , ,v . -..-..,
The male, about a foot longer
than the female, leaves scented
claw marks as love-notes on the
trail. Our courtship is brief, the
entire relationship seldom last
ing a fortnight.
Does Not Chase Prey
I stalk my prey, slinging upon
it. Then I leap. Should I miss my
quarry, frequently a deer, I do
not run it down. The reigning
predator . in North American, I
kill from 35 to 100 deer a year.
Although I seldom weigh 200
pounds 1 can kill an elk and
drag it about In my killing, out
doorsmen say I am more bene
ficial than harmful because I
weed out the subnormal those
with infestations of ticks or bots,
or with injuries and malpropor-
tions of leg bones or ' body
lengths.
I have from one to five young,
weighing about one pound.
about a foot long, fully furred
when born. They are short
tailed, with distinct brownish-
black spots, and ringtailed like
a tiger.
Because I fight silently and
suffer great agony without ut
tering a sound, a lot of outdoors-
men swear that I never make a
sound beyond my purr of con
tentment That's wrong. During
the mating season, the - female
shrieks her intentions with an
tops that with the record of 92
year old E. G. Cervantes, who
has been continuously employed
by Nic Tengg, Inc., printers, of
San Antonio, for 76 years. Fur
thermore, the Texans pointed
out that the: California, Schlos
ser, has retired while their man
is still on the job and working
regularly.
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unearthly howL
I am: A. Lynx, B. wildcat, S.
cougar, 4. Tinged tail cat, 5.
jaguar. --" :-t': '
I am: 3." A cougar, although
I am also called a varmint, cata
mount panther, painter; el leone,
puma, mountain lion.
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Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito,
Calif.
In 1896 two Americans
George Harbo and Frank Sam
uelson rowed across the At
lantic Ocean in an 18-foot open
boat. They used only oars no
sails, no motor. Their 3,200
mile row took them 62 days.
Friday. January 29. 1 955
MEDFORD . (ORECOlf) MAIL TEJ&UXZlllZZ i
Pacific Naval Commander Sees
Sou nd Th u m pi ng fos Com m u nists
Honolulu, T.N. (UJU - Ad
miral Felix B. Stump, command
er of VJS. Naval forces in the
Pacific, Slinks the Chinese Com
munists i"will i get -the pants
licked off of them" if they
launched tn attack against
American military might now
arrayed between them and For
mosa. -4 ..
Asked at a press' conference
yesterday if he thought the
United States was underestimat
ing the intentions or abilities of
the Chinese Reds in regard to
Formosa - as it did ; in Korea,
Stump replied emphatically:
"I think not"
Potential Limited
The admiral said the poten
tial of the Communists is limited
by supply problems and by the
fact their jets cannot stay 'on
station" very long because their
airfields opposite Formosa are
too great a distance from their
sources of supply, "
Stump said the Nationalists
have been getting their ships in
and out of Tachen ports with lit
tle difficulty because the Chinese
Reds have been unable to main
tain sustained air attacks against
Formosa or even the Tachans. ,
"lean see no reason to assume
United States ships couldnt do
the same if they were ordered
in , to evacuate - the Tachens,"
Stump said.
Danger of Hoi War
. Asked if there was any danger
of the Formosa situation becom
ing a ."hot war," Stump ; said
there has been , a danger ever
since World War n of a hot war
developing "and it can get hot
here."
: However, he pointed out that
"no operations have been start
ed" by American units around
Formosa yet
The Pacific Fleet commander
insisted on restricting comments
on the Formosa situation to the
broadest generalities. . . '
"Actually, I don't think any
thing would be published about
our intentiones concerning what
we are going to defend any
where," he said. ; ,
Stump admitted there was the
possibility the Communists may
misinterpret United States - in
tentions and. make a move they
otherwise would . not make by
our remaining silent, but he said
we have , been subject to . that
possibility from the Communists
ever since the . end of World
War H. v; : - : v: ; V.
"ll is already too easy for po
tential enemies to gain access to
useful information through such
sources - as - the ' Congressional
Births
KINDER To Mr. and Mrs. .
Herbert, J124 Dakota ave Jan.'
27, 1955, a boy, 7V4 pounds, at r
Sacred Heart hospitaL
MITCHELL To Mr. end Mrs. i
Warren, 901 South Ivy st, Jan.':
27, 1955, a boy, 994 pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital. . -.- -
PRUETT To lit.., and l&nj
Olan. 1090 Waverly ave., Jan. ;
27, 1955, a boy, .7Vi pounds, at,
Sacred Heart hospitaL . . " :
Record," Stump said. "And we?
should not make the' job any '
easier 'for. them." : 1
Dead line for Snodasr Oaaalfled i -at
noon Saturday. .
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