Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 14, 1956, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextHOCKEY Montreal flJ.R) Jes n Beli- veau, whose late-season scoring outburst is the chief reason the Montreal Canadiens have in- creased their first place margin to 17 points over the New York Rangers, today ran his National Hockey league leading total to 66 points. The stylish, 6-2, 204 -pound center added three goals and three assists in three games to stretch his lead to five points over Detroit's Gordie Howe. Tod Sloan, Toronto's big pqjnt producer, advanced a notch to tie Maurice Richard of Mon treal for third place, each with 55 points. Andy Bathgate, New York's standout right winger, slipped one place to fifth with 54 points, followed by Montreal's Bert Olmstead who had .52. Earl (Dutch) Reibel rated seventh with 47 points. Another Ranger, Dave Creighton, failed to score, but held on to eighth place with 44 points. "New York-U.R) Zellio Top- pazzini of the Providence Reds was held to a single point last week but retained an 11-point lead over Dune Fisher of the Jlershey Bears today in the race for the American Hockey league individual scoring crown. Toppazzini has scored 34 goals and received credit for 46 assists for 'a total of 80 points in 48 games. In the same number of games Fisher has tallied 32 goals and been credited with 37 assists for 69 points. Willie Marshall of Pittsburgh leads in goal with 35 and Ken Wharram of Buffalo in assists with 50. Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh led the goalies with four shutouts and a 2.68 average while Fred Glover of Cleveland topped the circuit with 154 minutes in the penalty box. TO AVOID DISPUTES New York (U.R). The Na tional AAU may have an elec tric photctimer in use next Sat urday at its annual indoor track championships in Madison Square Garden to try to avoid disputed finishes such as the one between George Sydnor and Dave Sime in Saturday's NYAC meet. . . . .; First short wave broadcast was heard in 1924. 117 S. Central COME IN TODAY AND ASK FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION MEDFORDvtTRIBUNE Willie Mays Is Married Elkton, Md. (U.R) Willie Mays, the star center fielder of the New York Giants, was mar ried and arrested for speeding all in the space of a couple of hours today in a hectic celebra tion of St. Valentine's Day. Mays was married to Mar guherite Wendelle of New York City. She gave her age as 27, Willie as 25. The marriage ceremony was held in the Parish House of Wright's African Methodist Episcopal church by the Rev. Rufus Li. Bond. "They were both quite com posed and they seemed to be a very fine couple," said the Rev. Bond. "There were about three others in the' wedding party. They all seemed quite jovial. "But do you know I didn't have the slightest idea who he was when he came here. . To think I married a famous man like that and didn't even realize it." The speeding offense occurred earlier as Mays and his bride-to-be were rushing down the New Jersey Turnpike after being noti fied that the marriage license Miss Wendelle applied for last Friday had been granted. Feud Develops Over Mike Allen Dayton, O. (U.R) The Uni versity of Dayton- passed the ball back to Ohio State today in their feud over the transfer of basketball center Mike Allen to Dayton. Dayton officials demanded Ohio State basketball coach Flody Stahl retract "tampering" charges against Dayton Coach Tom Blackburn, under threat of referring the matter to ' the NCAA. . Blackburn denied encourag ing six-foot, eight-inch Mike Al- len to switch schools or that he "' I Bowling Standings: W. Medford Furniture Store 36 Sam's Sporting Goods 31 Walker Real Estate 25 Valley Music Co 24 Hammer's Sporting Goods 22 E. H. Mann Co. 22 Henry's Drive In 22 Hight Real Estate Pfaff Sewing Center Mogan Lumber Co. Wonder Bur Top Notch Cafe 18 14 14 14 Results: Sam's Spt. Gds. 3 D. Lubbers 499 J. Gardner 479 W. White 506 S. Straus 511 H. Schroeder 591 2586 Mogan Lbr. Co. 1 J. Clark 515 504 510 480 543 F. Chapman B. Dyer V. Allen J. Morgan 2552 Medford Furn. 4 H. Vessey 505 B. Rector 566 S. Van Dyke 555 S. Kurth 500 N. Hillyer 526 .2652 Pfaff Sewing 0 B. Hawley 436 B. St. Hilaire 485 L. Webster 524 A. Klatt 529 H. Frye 488 3471 Hight KL Estate 3 Valley Music Co. 1 L. Schneider 480 B. Green 540 490 R. DeVore F- Beck D. Wilson J. Knapp R. HeyseU 490 501 592 512 2645 G. Clark R. Speer F. Driscoll 481 511 564 2526 Top Notch Cafe 1 H. Shaw 559 G. Piazza 569 C. Hampson 464. D. Harmon 425 T. Jantzer 515 2532 Henry's Drive In 3 G. Barr 533 497 507 487 512 E. Learning C. Proctor B. Blunt A. Sacchi 2536 E. H. Mann Co. 0 G. Spaunhorst 508 H. Goode 527 B. Stevens 512 G. Schultz 540 F. Anderson 484 2571 Hammer's Spt. 4 D. Pruess 554 C. Hammer V. Sprinkle C. Dawson K. Preston 484 541 568 540 2687 Walker Rl. Est. 1 Wonder Bur R. Brock 509 M. McLarland 485 486 M. Frink 522 443 L. Singer 456 F. Knox D. LeBar R. Wise C. Sullivan 530 W. Paterson 559 542 O. Endicott 491 2510 2513 had offered Allen a scholarship. Dayton officials call Stahl's "tampering" charge following Allen's switch last week "an un founded smear." Ohio State Athletic Director Dick Larkens, meanwhile, jump ed to Stahl's defense, calling the incident closed. Phone 2-6241 GET SET FOR SPRIKG NOW. Buy while prices are low.' See Amer ica's most complete line of Gar den Tractors and attachments to day. Only $5 down holds your tractor till May 1 5. Then pay the balance, or use Wards convenient Monthly Payment Plan if you like. 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It was nearly 16 times the $15,451,547 annual appropriation; The report indicated substan tial progress on all five of the bureau's major operational fronts during the year ended June 30, 1955. ; Principal achievements in cluded the successful initiation of a new departmental program for unlocking resources in the outer continental shelf the sub merged periphery of the conti nental United States. Two bid sales were held in October and November, 1954, as a result of which petroleum companies paid over $142,000, 000 into the United States treas ury in bonus bids and first-year rentals for the fight to explore for oil, gas and sulphur in 486, 869 acres of lands 40 to 100 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas. . Substantial contributions were made to enactment of public laws which enable the govern ment, before, issuance of patent, to manage the surface resources of mining claims, including dis posal of timber and livestock grazing: to abolish thousands of acres of reserves by eliminating certain spaces bordering naviga ble waters in Alaska; and to open to mining location over 7, 200,000 acres of public lands long withdrawn for power and water sites Some 2,044,000 acres of pub-- Low cost Traction for Ui-MILER by UUUIfYfeAEt Long Tread Life More Recaps Proved Performance 95 LOW PRICES ON ttfira OTHER ncoppobi SIZES TOO! fir MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND lie lands were restored from ob solete reserves to public lands. Final plans were approved for a two -phase modernization of public land records. Final formulation was made of a cooperative soil and mois ture conservation program de signed to rehabilitate federal rangelands in the western Unit ed States. ' Other highlights for 1955 in cluded complete decentraliza tion of mining and mineral leas ing cases to the various field of fices in the western U.S. and Alaska; a 60 per cent increase in new and reactivated land dis posal cases; adoption of a new formula setting grazing fees equal to the average price per pound of cattle and sheep at western markets; a survey of school .sections; and sale of tim ber from BLM lands, which was the greatest in bureau history. Seven Persons Perish Of Asphyxiation Midwest City, Okla. - U.R) A family of seven persons, died in their home near here today, apoarently of asphyxiation. Deputy Sheriff George Long identified the victims as Mr, and Mrs. George Smithisler and their five children, ages' one' to nine. - Long said Mrs. Smithisler and two boys were found on a bed, two other boys on a daybed, a girl on a sofa and the father in an easy chair. The gas burners in the home were turned on and putting out a strong odor; Oil moves through average pipelines at three to four miles an hour, pushed along by pump ing stations.. RIB ALL 1 ' brGnd new extKa quality PFH ' - Safe Priced fo CLEAR . f k I I QDdD SKI I tmrnj I Tuesday, February 14, 1958 Rookies Ask For Games By UNITED PRESS Spring training hasn't ' even opened officially yet but some rookies are feeling their oats already. The rookies in the Red Sox instruction camp at Sarasota, Fla., for example, felt they had progressed sufficiently . Monday so that they could take on some competition. . Accordingly, the Red Sox re cruits issued a challenge to the Cardinals' rookie camp at St. Petersburg Saturday and again at Sarasota Sunday. Over at the Phillies' rookie camp in Clearwater,' Fla., Mack Burk, a $40,000 bonus catcher from Houston, Tex., impressed observers with his ability. Burk is a '20-year-old University of Texas junior. General Manager Roy Harney of the Phillies announced the signing of two more rookies, first baseman Ed Bouchee and outfielder Bob Bowman. Bou chee batted .314 with Schenec tady last , season and Bowman hit .270 with Syracuse. Two rookie pitchers current ly working out in the Yankees' rookie camp also sent in their signed contracts. They were Jim Depalo, who had a 9-3 record at Birmingham, and southpaw Jim O'Reilly, who had an 8-8 record with Birmingham.. Relief pitcher Ed Butschy be came the 32nd member of the Kansas City Athletics to . sign his. contract. Burtschy .won six games and lost eight with Port land last year. Portugal is the most import-. ant world source of cork. Late Winter tad early Spring make road conditions too treacherous to risk driving on worn tires. Don't take chances. Do take advantage of our clearance prices on Super-Cushions by Goodyear. They feature Triple-Tempered 3-T Cord Bodies for extra strength. Famous stop-notch tread means quick;action traction. 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Eighty teams are competing to day in the different divisions of the tourney, 16 of them in the championship flight. . - Miss Quast, Marysville, Wash, co-winner of the Hollywood, Fla. Women's Four-Ball tournament two weeks ago, teamed with Brown, a banker from Manas quan.'N.J., for a 1-under-par 70 to lead yesterday's qualifying round over the Everglades club course. Tied for second were the teams of Barbara Little, Milwau kee, Wis., and W. B. Merry, West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Ruth Jes sen, Seattle, Wash., and Hobart Maniey, Savannah, Ga. Fight Results By UNITED PRESS Providence,' R.I.: - Sandy Saddler, 132, New York, stopped Curley Mon roe, 130, Worvester, Mass (3-non-title). New York: . St. Nichloas Arena Hardy Smallwood, 158 Vi, Brooklyn, drew with - Ray Drake, 159'A, Far Eockaway. N.Y. (10). Mr miME MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE OSC's Jerry Church Picked As All-Star Corvallis !U.R Oregon State has an all-American track ace. Jerry Church, who set an OSC javelin record of 242 feet, 10 inches at Denver in the national AAU meet last season, was picked on the all-star squad by the National Collegiate Track Coaches of America. New York (U.R) Lightheavy ' weight Ludwig Lightburn of British Honduras was matched Monday to meet L. C. Norgan of Youngstown, Ohio, in a return, 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden, March 9. Lightburn out pointed Morgan at Cleveland last Sept. 23. WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FEB.' 15 MAIN EVENT REMATCH!!! -A Battle to the Finish Best 23 Falls No Time Limit Winner Take All!! BULL MONTANA, 207 The Toledo Terror "WILD BILL'SAVAGE, 21 Chicago These Mat Rivals Nearly Tore Hie Ring Down Last Week SEMI-FINAL Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit RITO ROMERO, 200 Mexico BILL FLETCHER, 198 Boise Romero Made a Big Hit Last Week What a Match This Will Be!! Plus tax and recappable tire 6.00x16 123 S. 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