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GERRY HUNTER Three Want Crack at Winner Challenges For Winner Mat Match Promoter Mack Lillard has received three challenges for the winner of tomorrow night's ladies westling match, he an nounced today. Gerry Hunter, known as the blonde bombshell and claimant io me wona s lemmme uuuiuc ureierht rhamninnshin. meets Ella Kawalski, who recently came to the coast from Texas, in the feature match of the spring sea son's opening card at Merrick's arena. Challenges came from Tiny Kim, Honolulu judoartist,, Louise Taylor, Bend, and Jeanne Wilson, Miami, Fla., said to be the game's most attractive wrestler. Lillard said he would try to get the winner of the Hunter- Fanfare Medford high's basketball team with its admirable win skein of 16 encounters this sea son is somewhat in stride with the Black Tornado of a decade ago. But, while the present quint has suffered one setback, the Tornado of 1945 at this stage of the season, featured an un beaten record. The Medford aggregation of the World War II year was un defeated in 26 games when it went into the state tourney. It stretched the string to . 27 against Vernonia then bowed by a 40 to 41 count to Oregon City. Coach Al Simpson's Med fordites had a 28 and 1 record for the year after edging Baker m Af Vi l cnAt IT) VlA r 1 LI I "a lUi Laaaau omvh aaa tourney. On the Medford high roster that season were jerry Ross, Bob Watson, Darrell Riees. Dick Fawcett, Larry Hayes, LeRoy House, Earl Stelle, Howard Whillock, Glenn Bostwick; Carl Reich and Fred Stammen. ; The present Tornado, under the helm of Frank Roelandt, can't match the 1945 crew but could come close by winning ev ery possible remaining conflict this year. Medford could extend its current mark of 17 and 1 to 27 and 1 but would have to cop four remaining Southern Ore gon Conference skirmishes, two district play-off scrapes . and four state tourney tangles and the state championship to do it. The Harlem Clowns, high ly entertaining colored barn storming basketball contin gent, make a late appearance in Medford this season. They will play at the senior high school gym on Wednesday, March 2. Opposition will be provided by Andy's Jewelers, runners-up in - the Medford Independent Basketball League. . . RENAISSANCE The story of 'Tautzke and His Supertrout". and the , steel head fishing renaissance in Washington coastal streams in the February, T issue of Sports Illustrated magazine has made the mouths water among those anglers who haunt streams of our Rogue river system. Clar ence Pautzke, chief biologist for the Washington State Game Commission gets the credit for more and bigger fish through his propagation and planting program. Steelhead weigh 15 to 28 pounds compared to six and 10 pounds 15 ; years ago and are more plentiful despite heavier fishing pressure, the story by Joe Miller and Paul O'Neil re ports. They tell that in 1947-48 a total of 18,964 fishermen caught 22,757 steelhead Last year 89,350 anglers got 162,550 huge trout. Pautzke program ignored the Received of Gals' Saturday Kowalski match to meet one of the challengers here as soon as it can be arranged. Miss Kowalski, who carries 155 pounds well distributed over her five feet-eight inch frame, has just arrived on the west coast after a series of matches in Texas, where she won several women's tourna' ments. She . has been chasing Miss Hunter with a challenge to put her title claims at stake but so far has had no success. The claim will not be at stake tomor row night. Other matches send Yoggi Hussane against Joe Hahn and Johnny Dobbs against Larry Presnell with the first match set for 8:30 p.m. Buck Davidson will referee. , . By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor limiting idea that a stream has just so much feed and supports just so many fish. He reasoned that -, the steelhead gets its growth at sea and that return ing to its home stream can go months on starvation diet. To avoid the struggle for existence in the first two years of life, young steelhead have been held in rearing ponds until big enough to make the down stream journey to the sea. Big ger strains of fish have been developed. In 1953, 760,000 fin gerlings 7Vi inches long were dumped into 35 streams. Last year millions of small steelhead were dumped. REALLY A FREEZE A basketball freeze which really was sub-zero. That's what occurred last week end at Char leston, S. C, when Furman out lasted The Citadel 26 to 24. Halftime score favored Fur- man 25 to 20, which meant only five points scored in the second half. The Citadel went into a deliberate offense late in the first half when Furman put on a zone defense. At the second half tip-off Fred Fraley of Fur man grabbed the ball and held it near midcourt for 14V4 min utes. Furman went into the game the nation's highest scoring club with an average in the high 90s but made no attempt to score a field goal in the second half. Earlier this year Furman trounced The Citadel 154 to 67. LEAGUE LISTS SLATE Louisville, Ky. - U.R) The American association today an nounced a 154-game 1955 sched ule that will open April 14 in the league's four eastern cities. The association, in its 54th con secutive season, will introduce Class AAA baseball to Denver, Colo., and Omaha, Neb. Softball Session Set for Monday It's lime already to think about softball. ' , President Russ McKtchnie of the Medford Softball Asso ciation has called a meeting for Monday, February 1. It is slated for 8 ' p.m. at the YMCA. McKeehnie has invited all interested persons to attend. He particularly urged all sponsors and managers of last year's teams to be on hand. FIGHTS ' By UNITED PRESS New York: Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson, 197, Far Kockaway. N.Y., stopped Leo (Mule) Johnson, 19114, Charlotte. N.C. (3). ,,, Los Angeles: Lauro Salas. 128 V. Los Angeles, outpointed Cisco An drade, 136 'i, Los Angeles. (10). " Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday ; 10 a jn. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. Ez Charles Norkus Vie In Garden By JACK CUDDY New, York (U.R) Ezzard Charles will be the "question mark of the year" when he faces slugger Charley Norkus in Mad ison Square Garden tonight. What kind of a fighter is he now, at 33, after two beatings by heavy-fisted Rocky Marciano and after five months of idle ness? " He'll provide the answer as he tries to start his fourth cam paign to recapture the heavy weight crown. He and 26-year-old Norkus of Port Washington, N.Y., are slated for 10 round, nationally: televised and broad cast at 10 p.m. (EST). Cincinnati's Ezzard is favored at 3-1 because the odds-makers believe he can salvage enough of his former speed, skill and punch to beat Norkus, vho is also a problem man. Norkus has been a notorious in-and-outer although he seems: to have set tled to serious fighting now. Ex-champ Charles, ranked third among current 'J heavy weight contenders, will start yell'ng for another title shot if he stops Norkus or beats the ex Marine impressively. Similarly, Norkus ranked ninth will start shouting for a challengers' fight with top contender Nino Valdes if he defeats Ezzard. It will be Ezzard's first fight since last Sept. 17, when he was stopped in the eighth round by champion Marciano. Portland Beavers Eye Multnomah Field Facilities Portland (U.R) Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Portland Beavers, said yesterday the Pa cific Coast League baseball team was prepared to compete with any other group to rent Mult nomah stadium during the com ing season. ' Ziegler said the Beaver club had made an "exploratory" offer to the stadium management, and that while the offer was not very high, the club was "prepared to talk figures that they'll listen to." The Bevo general manager said ke was highly impressed with the stadium as a site for baseball. He said its size and lo cation were favorable, and cited its improved facilities for fans. He said he was confident the stadium could be altered to re ceive baseball at a cost under $50,000. SUDDEN DEATH Palm Beach, Fla. i(U.R) Pol ly Riley and J. Walcott Brown, who blew a chance to win their semi-final match Thursday, meet Marg Burns and Les Handt in a sudden-death playoff in the Everglades Mixed Foursome Golf tournament today for the right to meet Bea McWane and Ted Bishop in the title round. Portland U.R) Two star Multnomah club swimmers, Lu ella Lilly and Maureen Murphy, will go to the Pan - American games tryouts at Fort Lauder dale, Fla., later this month. Bowling CITY LEAGUE Ross Lumber Co. of City Bowling League moved up the line by taking a 4 to 0 win over Crater Electric and Red Blanket moved right in behind them by taking Cetnral Market 4 to 0. High game of 883 and high se ries of 2569 went to Top Notch cafe. Leo Webster of Darrel Mil ler Co. took individual highs with 238 and 598. Standings: Tod Notch Cafe w. ..20 Ii. 8 9i,i 10 10 10 vi is 15 15 15 18 18 24 wort on Lumper uo. its Ross Lumber Co. 18 Red Blanket Lumber Co. ..18 Darrell Miller Co. , 17 "2 Ed's Barber Shop 13 Mogan Lumber Co. 13 White City Sales 13 Central Market 13 Crater Electric 10 Ind. Order of Foresters 10 Camp White 4 Results: Top Notch 3 Ed's Shop 1 H. Shaw 497 F. Couch 474 L. Bex 540 E. Paschke 496 T. Mitchell 581 T. Van Sickle 425 T. Jantzer 416 I. Bollinger 488 D. Harmon 535 K. Johnson 535 Handicap 90 2569 2508 D. Miller Co. 3 White City 1 E. Wilson 552 R. DeVore 516 J. Roberta 422 L. Smith 445 E. Lenz 471 V. Calhoun 439 B. White 385 F. Knox ; 490 L. Webster 598 J. Henson 420 Handicap - 21 2449 2310 Ross Lbr. 4 Crater Electric 0 C. Heim 535 H. Allen 453 F. Martin 516 L. Knapa 454 S. Culy 499 P. Dorff 385 B. Forrest 492 C. Hampson 497 R. Wise 512 V. Allen 423 Handicap 24 2588 2211 Camp Whit B. Findley R Jtuffin W. Cody M. Ament C. Goold 1 465 433 451 441 397 Norton Lbr. 3 J. Boettcher 523 M. Morse 467 C. Pfnister 360 E. Olson 425 M. Olson 478 Handicap . 57 2310 2187. Red Blanket J. Logan C. Epps S. Murrey E. Hill . B. Kimmel Handicap 4 Central Mkt, 0 427 B. Havman 449 495 F. Keierleber 282 386 E. Sommer 418 443 J. Keener 437 421 G. Schulz 509 123 2295 2093 Mogan Lbr. 1 F. Chapman 401 N. Henson 435 B. ,Dyer 572 D. Chapman 160 J. Veal 246 J. Burroughs 509 " 2323 Foresters 3 C. Morrison 382 V. Lubbers 484 J. D. Lubbers 412 V. Simmonds 426 H. Vessey. Jr. 477 Handicap 195 ' 2376 IDF(HllVjrRIBUNE SIPdDUBlPS Crater, Phoenix Series of Rogue Phoenix and Crater, a pair of high school basketball clubs keyed up by the opportunity to capture the Rogue league pen nant, clash at Central Point to night in the first tangle of a two game series which concludes cir cuit action for both schools. Coach Jack Woodward of the Phoenix Pirates pronounced everybody in .shape as his club awaited the Comet series. The Pirates must win tonight to deadlock the race with Crater and again on Saturday at Phoe nix if they are to get the title. Cougars Out To Stop OSC Win String By UNITED PRESS Washington State can't do beans about Oregon State's 1955 Northern division basketball championship, but it is in a posi tion to ruin a very impressive conference record compiled by the Beavers. Jack Friel's WSC Cougars could smash the hopes of the OSC club to go through its league slate without a defeat. Oregon State has won 12 straight games without a loss so far, and has four more to go, including the two with Wash ington State tonight and Satur day in Pullman. Huskies Host Ducks In the other conference game this week end, Washington will host the University of Oregon in a two-game meeting in Seat tle. Washington could finish the season in second place by beat ing the Ducks twice, and hope OSC whomps Oregon next week end. The fifth Northern division member, last-place Idaho, jour neys to Spokane to play a single game with Gonzaga university Saturday night. m This is for sure . .' There's never been anything in your car-driving experience like the feel of Buick's new Variable Pitch Dynaflow because there's never been anything like it in a car before. In a modern plane, yes. For this is the principle of variable pitch pro pellers used on airplanes. Their propeller blades change "pitch" for quick take-off then change to another "pitch" for better gas mileage in cruising aloft. Now you can do the same thing on the ground in a 1955 Buick. Twenty propeller blades are ingen iously engineered into the Dynaflow) MILTON BERLE STARS FOR BUICK-Sm the Buld-hrle Shew Alternate Tuesday Ivealnei DRIVE FROM FACTORY SAVE UP TO ?1SS00 See Your BUICK Dealer Mix in Titular Basketball Loop A Crater victory tonight will give the Comets the banner 'and make the Saturday mix strictly anti-climax. No tie is possible in the final standings. While Woodward expected to have all hands on deck, Coach Leonard Warren's Comet regu lars will be intact but Crater will be missing two reserves. Don Johnson and Nathan Dout hit are entered in the Linfield college speech tourney. Comets Work Hard Warren reported that the Com ets have worked "awfully hard" in practice this week. Kay Kel ley has looked good in drills and likely will see lots of duty. Probable Crater starters are Fred Hogue, Jim Higinbotham, Bob Gray, Harvey Tonn and Vern Parent. Phoenix likely will open with Bill Madden, Jim Korth, Ron Vreeken, Charles Wall and Ray Dahl with Ron Bean seeing much participation. Bean has pretty well recovered from a shoulder injury and has shown better in drills as the shoulder healed. In the other league conclud ers Eagle Point plays Illinois Valey at Cave Junction tonight and at Eagle Point on Saturday. Plywood Spills Rogue River to Force Play-Of f Grants Pass Southern Ore gon Plywood spilled Rogue River 69 to 54 last night to throw the two quintets into a tie for .the Grants Pass city bas ketball league championship. The deadlock means a tie breaker game on Monday, Feb ruary 21. Winner of that tussle will play Yellow Cab of Med ford for the AAU district title. District play-off scuffle will be at Grants Pass on February 24. Plywood took the lead in the first quarter and held it the rest of the distance last night. Friday, February 18, 1953 Souchak Leader In Texas Open Gol f To u rna me n t San Antonio, Tex. (U.PJ Seventy-six men bettered par and another 18 equalled it in the first rcund of the $12,500 Texas Open but big Mike Souchak's assault on PGA fec ords pushed the former Duke football player out in front of them all today. , The' Durham, N. C, golfer, in carding an 11-under-par Thurs day to tie the PGA competitive record for an individual round, shot a breath-taking back-nine 27 that not only matched his age but broke the PGA record of 28 for nine holes. Two Strokes Back Freddie Haas Jr., of New Or leans was two strokes behind Souchak as golfers teed off for today's second round. . Haas couldn't miss with his putter and he came in With 33-29-62. John Barnum of Grand Rapids, Mich., was third with a 33-3G-63. San Antonio,, Tex. - (U.R)r Bob Duden of Portland, Ore.:, shot a one-over-par 72 at the Texas open golf tourney yester day but trailed the leader by 12 strokes. Mike Souchak" of Durham, N. C, shot a 60. r ; CI Coyotes Seek Trophy Clincher By UNITED PRESS College of Idaho can wrap up the Northwest conference bas ketball title this week end. Elgin Baylor and his College of Idaho teammates clash in a pair at Caldwell, Ida., against Linfield. One win would cinch a tie and two would give the Coyotes the title. College of Idaho has a 12-0 mark at pres ent." Williametteds at Whitman for two conference games. VIKES BEAT DUCKS Portland U.R) Portland State's wrestling team defeated the University of Oregon mat- men 14-13 here yesterday when Darrel Farr decisioned Dick Barker in the heavyweight match. XjlJ o unit. They pivot one way for a b:g boost in gas mileage while cruising another way for brilliant new performance. You switch the pitch for instantaneous acceleration just by pressing the pedal way down. Then it happens ... A build-up of momentum smooth as oil and quick as a split second. Dazzling new response on getaway or a spectacular burst of instant safety-surge power when you need it on a highway. x Dynafloa Drivt 143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Prothro To Stop Here Overnight . Tom Prothro,. newly ap pointed Oregon State college head football coach, will be in Medford ovenight and will meet OSC alumni this eve ning. He and Dick Twenge, OSC Rook grid mentor- will be overnight guests at the home of M. M. Huggins, 180 White Oak dr. They are returning to Corvallis after a trip to Los Angeles. Prothro went south to close his affairs following an appearance at OSC when his appointment was an . nounced. Huggins, vice - president of the OSC alumni organisation., " will interview Prothro j and Twenge in a television pro gram at 6:45 o'clock this eve ning. - Throw off the cares of the day as you thrill to the fun of bowling! Clean refreshing atmosphere ... congenial crowd . . . mod ern equipment . sport for everyone. There's room for all! Saturday and Sunday Afternoon MEDFORD BOWLING LANES North Riverside & Edwards . O Phone 2-2682 HOTTEST BUKK IN HISTORY No wonder you t o many 1955 Buieb on the high ways they're rolling up bigger sales than ever before in history topping the popularity that has already made Bwck on of the "Big Three" In total sale. It's pure thrill-and a happy surprise in its far better gas mileage in cruis ing. Yet Variable Pitch Dynaflow costs not a penny more than earlier versions of this wonder drive. How about you trying it? And look into the sizzling new horse powers, the fresh new styling, the ever-level ride, the eye-opening low prices all of which are making the 1955 Buick the hottest seller in all his tory. Gome in this week, won't you? k standard en Roimaster, optional "WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Ski Conditions Skiing, was. reported fair tei good . at Crater lake and fair at Union Creek today. Crater Lake National park reported three inches of new 4 snow and 76 inches total depth $ with, a minimum temperature f this morning of 5 degrees. Snow tread tires or chains were needed to drive from Annie Spring lo the -lake rim. Union Creek had an inch of i new snow on 30 inches of hard pack. The ski tow there op- erate on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday. Skies were clear today at , both locations. ' - TYPEWRITERS & ADDING MACHINES Repaired MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 41 S. Grape Phone 2-4100 that -.jyow . 1 v 4 f4 -, 3 at ixtra cost on other Series. --5 . v o u ? BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM 1 PHONE 2-6265
