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 . .'
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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.
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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. -
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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.
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