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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday tFebruary 3 1955 Fanfare Bracken's Flash, a black la-' brador retriever ... owned and handled by C. Weldon Kline, Medford, has been ranked as one of the top derby : dogs in the country. Flash was tied for ninth in the ratings published by the Wisconsin "Field Trial News." The labrador was two years old last November. Last year Flash -won' the derby in, .the Willamette Valley r club's trial and took No. 1 spot in the quali fying stake of the Oregon Re triever club's event at-Portlandr In other derbies Kline's dog was fourth iri the Southern Califor nia club's meet at Santa Barb ara, was second at Klamath Falls, third at Salinas and won a certificate of merit tat - Santa Cruz, Calif. " Competition : was particularly tough at Santa Barbara. I vi Flash's first point trial test was in the derby here last spring. He won a certificate of merit. Kline has- trained the dog and handled it in all-the trials. " ; PLAY-OFFS SET President Bill Single has announced a single elimina tion play-off on February 16 and 17 at the junior high gym for Ihe Medford Inde pendent Basketball league title and subdisirict champ ionship. A double elimination tourney was planned among ihe lop four teams at the end of the regular playing slate but Singler said that the gym would not be available for . that extensive a play - off. Winner of the play-off will oppose the Grants Pass league victor, for. the district - diadem. CLEARING HOUSE NEEDED . We've often wondered why some sort of ., committee isn't formed to serve - as - sort - of ' a clearing house for scheduling big' athletic events here. Some means, is needed to prevent ; con flicts in dates that at least oc casionally arise. This year cases in point are the .Oregon Open Golf tournament; and the Rogue Valley Retriever club . trials. , The golf tourney is set for March 25, 26 and 27 ..and those "dates are the ones likely to be. ap proved by the American Kennel club , for : the trials here. . Both, of ! course, are daytime events.;; CINCINNATI BECKONS " ' Glen Goxbous, who played fox the Medford Nuggets pro fessional baseball team in 1949,. has been, "drafted" for a spring iryoui " with the Cin . - cinnali Reds. Gorbous has been with Brooklyn Dodger : farm, learns -: for five v seasons and last year was with F o r i Worth of ' the Texas league; His 204 hits for the 1952 sea son for Pueblo, Colo.; is a Western League ' record.' Gor bous is playing ; hockey - this winter for his home commun ity, Vulcan, :Alta.;:.vt-t.;r1: MAY DROP PLAY-OFFS i Peter Cornaccfiia,". Eugene Register - Guard sportswriter, commenting on, the fact ,that a separate A-2 basketball tourney j for 5 high ; schools . next ... year awaits ' the " completion of a i statewide survey on, all sports, 5 adds: "Early "returns " from school boards . indicate state basketball play-offs will be re- . tained while foctbal land base ball ; championships may be dropped." , ; This department would like ' to remind city league basket-, ball teams thai' "the ' amount of : sports page space ihey-receive depends io a large extent on ihairUi-:'""z'J yi .ft.:,' . .. Several .weeks ago V large . number of forms were turned ' over io league officials. r It -was determined 'that after Joe Ziegler Employs . Psychology on Beavers "Portland (U.PJ Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Portland Baseball club of the ' Pacific l Coast -league, said he was -using . "psychology" .this .year to im prove the team.' ' . ?:; Ziegler i said: no player con tracts had been mailed out yet. : He said he was trying to "create some insecurity," . to make the players worry about: their jobs. The new Beaver general man ager added that "too many ball players have been - here ; ' too long," making complacency a danger. He said he would not "mention specific names. Ziegler said the club's new lo cal ownership would help build essential local pride. BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY GAMES East- ' - 1 . Fordham 70. Connecticut 85 , - Boston College 63. Tufts 54 : Army 76. Pittsburgh 71.. ... Boston U. 64, Providence 55 Columbia 79, Brown 51 Duquesne 70. Westminster 5v6 LaSalle 85. Georgetown (DC) 58 . Navv 91. Syracue79 ....... Princeton 75. Rutgers' 3T Cornell 71. Sampson ATB S . .- t South . - ' Penn St.. 77. W. Virginia 68 i Wake Forest 96, Virginia 90 . Midwest " Washington (Mo.) 70. Loyola Oil.) 64 Southwest Texas Christian 92. Texas A&M 62 Oklahoma A&M 67. St. Louis 34 . West , V:'. Utah 77. Los Angeles St., 38 ...... Arizona 88, Bradley 71 s By DICK JEWETT 4" Mail Tribune Sports" Editor league games .. played at the junior high here, the winning learns should fill out the form and take responsibility of slipping it under the Mail Tribune's newsroom door ihe nights of ihe games. That way Ihey are available io this de partment the first thing ihe. following morning. There's been a laxity in fol lowing this procedure. But if it is followed, ihe teams will gel ihe space they'd like and we'd like to give. So many mornings there's ihe need lo run down ihe re suit of games by phone. There is jut not lime and manpower, for what it's worth, io do this, get information other than just 'the scores and meet a, deadline, : too. Oftentimes, team : managers and players are at work and cannot be reached.' ...... -. Main Bouts Listed for PAL Card Top bouts were announced to day for the novice .boxing tour nament on Saturday, February 5, at the Police Athletic league gymnasium here. ' 4 A pair of experienced scrap pers will tangle in the main event of the night. But novice entries are slated in, the other competition. i, Headliner test will put Jun ior McDonald, 135 pounds, Med ford, PAL, against Johnny Green, 142, Roseburg- Boxing club. ' In one of two semi-mains Lor- en Christian," 158, "Medford, will face Vern Morris,. 160, .Rose- burg. Jimmy Evans, 90, Med ford, will meet Larry Zang,. -95, Roseburg. Other Bouts 2 Numerous other bouts will lead up to; these, PAL - officials stated. All receipts : will go to. the March of Dimes. First action is set for 8:30 p.m. The PAL gynv. is ; above Acme Hardware store, 3 West Sixth st. " ; ' " Tickets are . available from city .: police. They were toTbe placed on sale today at the Un ion and Bohemian clubs and at Lamport Sporting- Goods store. About' 300 seats will be avail able, all reserved. -' " . The tourney . is open to boys 12 years of age or over and boys need not be Medford residents to. enter. . : i BOWLING , EVERGREEN LEAGUE . v. Every series of the evening went to the winners by a 3,-1 margin. ; " y The Barbers ' Local 269 took their series from the- Bel Air Chevs in spite of a 557 series by Art -Maggenti. Both the second place - squads " lost their '. series, the Tru-Mix Construction to the First National Bankers, and the Pierce Freightlines to the - Big Y Marketeers. ; iu . - The City Hall boys took Swift and Company while Sherwin Williams Painters took their -se ries from i J or gensen's Dairy, High series of the evening went to - Ray. Wise of Swifts- with, a 576, while- Slim Hardin of Bel Airs had high game with 217 COMMERCIAL LEAGUE With the last night, of the round coming up, three teams have .a .chance at the ton spot, and a fourth team can tie for top urease' of a split series. The Medford Mail Tribune, newsmen were-lucky to obtain va 'tie in their- series wit Quality. Mar- xei, ana ieu into a- tie with Table .Jtock . Lumber " Company, which took a 4-0 . series from Valentine Cafe. . Quality Market still held ; to they next spot, but must meet the , powerful Alexander and Brown insurancement , in the final weeki The insurance squad toox a 4-0 series from the Domes tic Laundry. First National Bank spoiled the Crater Lake motor mens chances by taking . a 3-1 series. This left both the Bank ers and the Ford - boys out of the running for top spot. Bates took a 4-0 from Darling Real Estate and Morning Fresh Bakery " took a 3-1 series from the C and! C Loggers to round the evening. Fred 'Anderson of . The Mail Tribune team rolled a" 256 game and a 598 series for the high of the evening, and Quality Mar ket had high game with a 936. The Tribune had high series for the evening with 2616. - EVERGREEN LEAGUE , Biaotungs: w, Medford Barbers 269 i16 Tru-Mix Construction.. 13 - Pisrce Freight Line - ' 13 Big Y Market 11 City Hall Slickers . Swift & Company 9 ft Bel Air Ch-nT ,. First National Bank .. 7ft Sherwin-Williams Paints ' 6 Jorgensen's Dairy - ;: ; 3 L. 4 7 1 9 . 9 10 ft 12 12 ft 14' CbMMERCIAX-LEAGUE Stabdings: : .';: . Mail Tribune ."-i.. labie Rock Lumber Quality Market Alexander & Brown urater Lake Motors First National Bank Domestic Laundry : C & C Lofffers ....... Bates Candy. Company jsecK's sakery Darling Real Estate Valentine Cafe . Dead One Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: lO.ajn. -Monday for Monday; other days 830 previous day. : W. L. .27 17 27 17 s:t ioi' 2S 1 -j . 19 ' -.23 r ;2l.,. 2(1 2A ..20 24 ; . 18 26 ' 17 27 i 16 28 Nelson Back With Eagle Hoop Quint Return of Harvey Nelson to the Eagle Point high basketball squad this week raised the hopes of the Eagles for the subdistnet tournament and the rest of the Rogue League campaign. With Nelson back, it was the first time sin.ee last November that the Bill Caldwell, Frank Reich and Nelson combination has been intact with the Eagle crew. And as the Eagles prepped for the Rogue series with Crater this week, Coach Jerry Mosby reported that his club looked '.'real good", and "better all the time." He was elated over hav ing the trio together for three whole practice sessions. . The Eagles are hosts to Crater on Friday and play the , Comets at Central Point on Saturday. In other Rogue loop mixes Phoe nix plays Illinois Valley at Cave Junction on Friday and at Phoe nix -on Saturday. Injury Trouble Injuries to Reich, Nelson and Caldwell kept that combination apart up until now. Reich and Caldwell have been in the line up in recent games but Nelson had been out since suffering a broken hand in the opening Rogue League fray with Crater last month. Reich and Cald well's trouble stemmed from football hurts. Reich required an operation on a finger and Caldwell is still troubled by a bad knee and wears a heavy brace. Minus the combination, Eagle Point lost its first four confer ence games and without Nelson, but with Reich, pulled out " of the cellar last week with two wins over Illinois Valley. Jerry Cave and Jack Greb likely will round put the starting quint this week as the Eagles aim to whack the loop-leading Comets and get back into contention. , Fast Break Drill ' At Central Point Coach Ledn- ard Warren has been . drilling the Comets on their fast break and is stressing defense. Crater turned in what was considered a poor performance when it split with Phoenix last week. Its fast break was , not clicking well and it was not hitting its shots. The Comets - probable starters are Fred ; Hogue, Jim Higinbotham, Bob Gray, Harvey Tonn and Vern Parent. - , One ; Comet reserve,' Donn Johnson, missed practice yester day. He had to go to Grants Pass to do chores for his injured grandfather. . . Phoenix, now in second place in the loop, split -with .Illinois Valley in the first round but gained confidence;. with a fine showing when it divided ( with Crater.:It will be out for a sweep this: time with the Cougars and is favored to take the : series. ? Allie Reynolds Quits Baseball Oklahoma C i t yOJ.R) Allie Reynolds, the New York Yan kees" "Super Chief '"of six pen nant-winhing teams, quit base' ball today because of his aching back. The 37-year-old part Creek Indian, '.perhaps the greatest "clutch" pitcher, of the post-war era,, announced-Wednesday night that he is quitting on the advice of .his t local physician- in order not to aggravate a back injury stemming from a 1953 bus crash in Philadelphia. : " ' . Reynolds, who won 13 games and lost four last season . al though .plagued by the injury, said he- had' fully; intended to play.-during the coming season until . the latest warning by the physieuuL v ; . : :x ; Reynolds,, who will pass -up a .1955 salary reached-the major leagues in 1942 with the Cleve land' Indians. After, five seasons with the . Tribe, he was traded to the Yankees m the deal that sent star second baseman Joe Gordon to Cleveland. OUT OF MARKET - . Miami, : Fla. ; (U.R) Boston Doge, the New England colt no one wanted last fall, priced him self clear out of the market by adding the $15,000 added Ba hamas Stakes to his - victory skein. The dark bay unbeaten son of 'Zhe Doge,- who; could have been bought for $7,500 last fall, ran his win total to eight causing his owners, the brothers Paul" and ?. Frank Andolino, : to dismiss all talk of his sale. . Your Old Battery Batteries for all makes of cars and industrial equipment . ' Mew Battery Sale 695 Exchange With a Year's Guarantee This is not old stock! -. "WHY NOT USE SS 1 il r - MBk - A J BAKER f ' v BATTERIES ' W0Ml t in i iiii.in ili lii'lii; Vt mi, f - j ji imwiii. BEARING FAR OCT f rom rail, Miz Clementine bumps Determine la. running of Santa Anita, Cal., Maturity. Miz Clementine won by neck but stewards gave nurse to Determine. (International) Winds; Cold Par Threat At Phoenix George Harrington 1 Med ford amateur, reportedly was paired with topnotch pro Gene Littler, yesterday , in the pro amateur prelude io the Phoe nix Open Golf tournament. However, there was no score on the two available, from United Press. Phoenix, Ariz. -(U.R) Con tinued brisk winds- and cold weather threatened to explode hopes of par shattering per formances today as the $15,000 Phoenix Open tournament got under way over the Arizona Country Club course. , Some '150 golfers, topped by defending champion Ed Furgol, Clayton, Mo., and . the leaders of the game's, current "youth movement", are bidding for top prize money in the 72-hole tour nament.7 ' V v-' ".'.' ' Furgol, ; the gallery favorite in pre - tourney consideration, toured, the course in a. tworover par; 72 in Wednesday pro-amateur event. Like other golfers, the National Open Champ found winds reaching 30 miles - per hour in gusts as much of a prob lem as the unfamiliar course. . Few Break' Par - ; f ' Only a handful of players whp planned to enter- the Phoenix Open . competition today broke par in the pro-amateur. Leading the class was John Barnum, of Grand Rapids, Mich., with a three:under 67. Barnum teamed with; Bill, Boutell, of Phoenix, for best ball honors with a 62. " Expected - to put up the big gest .fight, for; Jiurgors crown were Gene Littler, Palm Springs, Calif., the constantly-improving winner of the Los Angeles Open; Shelly . M a y f i e 1 d,, Chicopee, Mass., winner of the Palm Springs tourney and ' such; vet erans as ' Jimmy- Demaret, Kia mesha Lake,. N. . Y.,: and Cary Middlecoff, Memphis, Tenn. ... Lloyd s Mangrum, Niles, ,111., won the ' tournament in 1953, and still is rated among the top contenders. Da r re 1 1 Floyd Retains College Scoring Lead New York (U.R) Furman's Darrell Floyd, in an effort . to outsnine memories oi the ex ploits of fabulous Frank Selvy, retained first , place among the major-college scoring leaders, it was . revealed- today in NCAA statistics.'j;;";';"!-- T ; Floyd, who replaced Selvy as Furman's" big man when the all time collegiate scoring ace grad uated and went to the Milwau kee Hawks, had. a nation leading figure: of 37.1 points per game on a total of 557 points in 15 games. " ' ' The,; only two other players with -30 point . averages were Ohio States Robin Freeman; who placed second . with 33.5, and third place Buzzy Wilkinson of Virginia," : who, is dropping in 31.6 points per game. HONOR GUESTS . , Chicago XU.R) Gabby Hart nett and Ray Schalk, former Chicago Cubs and White Sox catchers who this . year ' were elected to the Hall of Fame, will be honor' guests tonight at the 37th annual banquet of the Old Timers Baseball Association. About 1,500 former semi-pro and professional players and officials were expected to attend. Is Worth $5 00 Trade-in DAKEll'S BATTERY SERVICE One " mile north f Biff Y Market on Hwy. 99 corner Usee Rd. Phone 2-8373 ..... B Hoopsters Mix Friday There'll be no change in Jack son County B league alignment Friday; night if ; the loop mem bers run. true to form and ef forts of the first round of the circuit; "' :; " y " .,' ' :.' Rogue River is picked to stay undefeated on its trip to Butte Falls: Talent, a game behind the Chieftains, is favored over . St. Mary's in a tussle at Medford, and Jacksonville, ' traveling to Prospect, is figured to push the Cougars farther . into the cellpr. All the favorites this week end won over the underdogs in the. first loop round. But there will be one thing different this time. The underdog quints will be playing on their home floors. Seeks Third Win. ; In Medford, Talent will go ai ter its third win of the - season over the third place Crusaders. The . Bulldogs trimmed St, Mary's in the Southern Oregon college tournament as. .well as in the league. However, St. Mary's is still ' in the" contender class and, if it has a hot night as it did last Thursday at Butte Falls, it will . make trouble for the- Bulldogs. Talent was cold most of . the way Tuesday against Jacksonville. . - - v A loss by; St. Mary's will not put it out of its current-pdsi tion but will just about wreck any aspirations it has for the B loop, title. . : - Fishing Outlook Should Improve Portland (U.R) The weekly ;; report on fishing" con ditions prepared by the State Game commission: : Southwest: Smith river poor; few steelhead taken in Tenmile lakes; outlet; striped bass fish ing on Isthmus slough good with an occasional sturgeon taken; MiliicOma and Cbquille should be good for steelhead. - - Rogue "and Illinois" rivers, im proved ' with boat angling bet ter; fresh eggs best lure; Ap plegate should improve. ' ' ' i Prospects for weekend should improve unless there - is radical change in weather and ; water conditions; ' steelhead angling slow,; in jower : .Umpqua; , all streams in upper .Umpqua area are . -rising ; and roily; . prospects poor. ; ' , ' Jjk . ' ' 1' ?' 'r"l Calvert Satisfies like no ether whls key I Eich, full-bodied flavor smoother going down . . . that's why millions have switched to Calvert Reserve now one of . the world's two largest-selling whiskies l Ask for Calvert today 1 fH&JWVCSee ana you II switch o iiHiu iiisin-ii.i noof-15 aui - . 4al Kentucky Playmaker Quits Team Lexington; Ky. (U.R) Ln ville Puckett, star playmiakerof Kentucky's nation-leading bas ketball team,;; confirmed , today he has left- the team and the school after the squad was given a tongue-lashing on breaking rnloc -t. J-vj , .... t Kentucky Coach Adolnh Rupp, who laid down the law to his team regarding training in a spe cial; meeting Wednesday, said he assumed. Puckett had -quit when he failed to show up for practice Wednesday afternoon. "I advised them that, if any one didn't feel he could comply with the rules, he didn't need to; attend practice in the after noon," said Rupp. "I assume that those who didn't show up didn't wish to live up to the. team's training; requirements." -Life or Deathj .-. ;.: Rupp issued his training ul timatum just two .days after Kentucky, rated the nation's best team by the United -Press Board of Coaches was upset for the second time this? season by lighUy-regarded Georgia Tech. At his home in Winchester, Ky.-, Puckett confirmed that he had left Kentucky and planned to, enroll elsewhere. : , a;- - - He asserted that at Kentucky basketball is regarded "not as a game, but as a matter of life or deaths It resembles going to war." . ., Puckett said he left Kentucky with ill feelings toward nobody, including the coaches. ' SETS UP FOUNDATION ' . Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Cliff C. Jones Sr., a 76-year-old insurance man who has been a baseball - fan since he' came here from Kentucky at the' age of eight, has set- up - a $10,000 foundation so that deserving per sons may ; be able to see the Kansas City -Athletics play base ball.. Jones says he . wants ; tick ets made available .to boys, vet erans, . crippled persons and others in financial, difficulties. YANK TEAM LOSES . t - ; London (U.R) -..The touring-United States hockey team was beaten, 6-2 by the Harring- ay Racers" Wednesday night. The Americans won . their i. opening game on Tuesday, defeating a picked English squad., 8-2. - Try the new Calvert "Lo-rill". It's tastier, less-filling T It's a short hi-ball made with a generous jigger of Calvert Re- serve over ice with merely a splash of mixer 1 You'll like it I ; . . and ' $05 v 2 65 PINT rui tnuit twuii nsniuis ti..i. it SIPCMMTS 13 MEDFORD HIGH HOOPMEN TO TRAVEL TO Medford high's entire varsity basketball squad is scheduled to make the Coos Bay journey this week , end, Coach Frank Roe landt' announced this morning. But there was one player on the doubtful list. The Black Tornado, idle for two weeks, encounters Marsh- field high in non-conference tangles on Friday and Saturday nights. Bill Cochran , a steadily im proving 6-4 reserve, has been battling the flu bug and this morning was reported as the lad who might miss the jaunt. If he is able to go, there will be 13 Medford players on the road trip. Roelandt indicated that " his starters ' would be usual ones, Jerry Kalapus, Glenn Peterson, Bud Kastner, Larry Copple and Frank, Rector. v , r Also to make the trip are Dick McLaughlin, John Foust, Ed Mc Cullough, Bob Tisdel, Lloyd Cearly.Ed Reinking and War ren Deakins. Foust appears over his cold and Kastner, bothered by a recurring cord slippage be hind his knee, was said to be in good shape. .The' Tornado went through a good hard drill last night and Roelandt indicated that the club appeared to. be in shape and all set for the Virate series." Medford will be up against a rugged' foe which "is the No. 2 xeam in xne coast area, ine Pi rates have lost two to North L Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. JOHN BEAN DIVISION SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ' -f-i.- di ' : ' ' " im risisurv in r JLT - mm 25 South Riverside Ave. - - Medford As FACTORY APPROVED FRANCHISE DEALERS for Jackson and Josephine proved sales and service is available at this modern, well equipped plant -now in its 75th. YEAR serving the grow ers of the Rogue River Valley. SEE the 1955 Models Nov On John Bean SPEEDSPRAYERS John Bean FARM and UTILITY SPRAYERS m&titi Bean AGRICULTURE 4 c EQUIPMENT r-;'''M.C. SHUR-RANE" Portable Irrigation Systems . This - appointment as franchise dealer carries . with it a PLEDGE of FINEST SERVICE to the growers of the Rogue River Valley! Hubbard - Dray Co., Ine. MEDFORD ?5 So. Riverside 5 I Fend which is the ranking ag gregation in that region. Med ford ninned North Btnri SO in 56 here in December. -The Pirate squad is made up largely of players from Marsh field's state co-champion foot ball. team. ' , . Gun Club Retains Three Direr fore Martin Clogston, Paul Cul bertson and Weldon Kline were reelected directors : at the an nual meeting of Medford , Gun , club last night. ; ; Directors will meet on Wed nesday, February 9, at , Billy Young's garage, to name new of ficers. Holdover, directors are VA Pasp V.A . - WpKhpr Vnnn: Harry Elden, Bert Peck and Sam Samson. Guests, who . gave short talks at the meeting last night were Jim, Morris, Lake Grove, first vice - president of Pacific Inter national v Trapshooting , associ- (1UUU, OllU UUUUiUCU, BWIC? County Chamber of Commerce. tary - manager of the Jackson Morris . spoke . on the ; PITA Grand Pacific shoot scheduled here this year. . ' Webber was in charge of the annual dinner held at the club house. About 40 club members attended. " J i Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. - the Appointment of Counties. NOW factory-ap fo)i Mi Display GRANTS PASS 132 SiE. "H" Strest MARSH FIELD
