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Howard School
Benefit Sports
Night on Tuesday
Tuesday, March 13, at 7:45
p.m., the Howard grade school
will sponsor a community sports
night to raise money to buy
equipment for the new Rogue
Valley Memorial hospital.
A game of volleyball will be
played between the ladies of the
community and the woman
faculty members. Fathers and
ons will compete in a relay bas
ketball game. Girls in the sixth
grade physical education class
will give a gym demonstration.
Refreshments will be sold with
the proceeds to go to the fund.
Admission will be by contribution.
High School Scores
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North Salem 56. Cottage Grove 32
(District 4 playoff)
Molalla 47, Sandy 43
(State B tournament)
Echo 30. Brownsville 48
Knappa 78. Elkton 81
Malln 77. Sisters 64
Elgin 62. Jefferson 33
Medford&vTribune
Black Hawks Ousted
In Hockey Loop Race
By UNITED .PRESS
The TJational Hockey League
season ended 10 days early for
the Chicago Black Hawks.
Dick Irvin's last-place skaters
were mathematically eliminated
for the Stanley Cup playoffs
Thursday night when they drop
ped a 6-4 verdict to the New
York Rangers in a neutral ice
game at St. Louis.
The Detroit Red Wings re
mained tied with New York for
second place by tripping the
Boston Bruins, 4-2, while the
Montreal Canadiens edged the
Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3.
GIANTS PICK CAMP
Inooski Park, Vt. (U.R)
The New York football Giants
announced today that they will
train at St. Michael's College
from July 23 until August 23
next summer. St. Michael's of
ficials were told that the Giant
squad would number about 60
players.
CRITICAL EYE
Melbourne, Australia (U.R)
Hugh Weir, president of the Aus
tralianCAmateur Athletic Union,
warned Thursday that the coun
try "will be under the critical
eye" of world sports fans in the
1956 Olympic Games and said
"there are flagrant breaches of
amateurism" among some
athletes.
PIN TOURNEY BILLED
Columbus, Ohio (U.R) The
International Bowling Congress
announced Thursday that its an
nual women's tournament -will
be held In Miami, Fla., April 19
May 20 with 1,918 teams from
38 states and Canada competing.
Dave Newland Defending Coast
Mat Title in Meet at Cal Poly
University of Oregon, Eugene
Oregon's wrestling team, dual
meet champions of the Pacific
Coast, try for the tournament
title this weekend at San Louis
Obispo competing with 15 teams
at the Cal Poly gym.
Coach Bill Hammer's Ducks
went through the regular season
without a defeat and hung two
wins over Oregon State, and
Washington State as well as
single wins over U.C.L.A., Cali
fornia, San Jose State, Lewis
and Clark, Portland State as
well as a tie with Portland State.
Coach Hammer said he be
lieved the championship battle
would be settled among five
State, Washington State, UCLA
and San Jose State sharing the
best chance to win the team
title.
Oregon's entry list will in
clude Don Lovett (115), Roy
Schlesser (123), Jack McBrien
(130), Ken Karnes (137), Dave
Newland (147), Howard Tim
mons 157, George Krupicka
(167), Ken Kesey (177), and J.
C. Wheeler (191).
Newland won the PCI cham
pionship last year as a sopho
more, Schlesser was second and
Kesey took third. The 1955 meet
was the first for the Ducks, who
have been wrestling only three
years, and they finished fourth
teams with Oregon, Oregon in the team totals.
Medford High Athletes Out
Now For Track, Baseball
Basketball season isn't over
for another week for Medford
high school but already spring
sports activity is underway.
While a good number of as
pirants have been working for
more than a month, March 1 was
official opening date of practice
for the defending state champion
Black Tornado track squad. Yes
terday was first general day out
for baseballers. Pitchers began
loosening up earlier, drilling in
side. Coach Bob , Newland reported
a total of 78 youths out for the
cinder and field squad. Twenty
five to 30 boys have answered
the call of new diamond mentor
John Kovenz. Both squads will
be joined later by a number of
top candidates who are now play
ing varsity basketball.
Newland expects to have 24
lettermen on hand for the sea
son. State track meet entries
back from last year are Eldon
Francis, state javelin champ;
Wally Larson, second in low and
fifth in high hurdles; Mike
Hawkins, district broad jump
champ and a hurdler and sprint
er, and Neil Plumley, champion
shot putter in the district. Plum
ley is still out for basketball.
Baseball Nucleus
Players around whom the
baseball crew may be built are
Duane Sides, Ernie Tyler and
Henry Putney, pitchers; Dick
McLaughlin, catcher, first base
and outfield; Larry Perkins,
second base; Gordon Owsley,
shortstop; Larry Gober and Jim
Putney, third basemen, and Ed
Reinking, outfield and first base.
McLaughlin, Gober, Perkins and
Reinking are on the varsity
basketball crew.
First baseball game will be
March 24 at Yreka, Calif.
Some trackmen have been out
since February 1 when 45 suits
were issued and javelin throw
ers, Eldon Francis and Gary
Lewis have been working since
January. Wet and cold weather
hasn't deterred drills much.
Those who've wanted to keep at
it haven't missed a day of work
outs because of weather, accord
ing to Newland. Runners, he said,
are coming along in great shape.
Field men have suffered some,
however, being limited quite a
bit to wind sprints.
Spearmen Doing Well
Francis and Lewis, neverthe
less, have been coming along in
their spear drills. Under more
or less normal conditions Francis
has been heaving the javelin
out around 177 feet consistently
with one throw of 189. Lewis has
been hitting around 170 with
one toss of 177. With a strong
wind behind him Francis had a
cast of 193 feet recently and
Lewis got off a 180-foot heave.
One of the top running pros
pects appears to be Mike Russell,
sophomore, state junior AAU
quarter-mile champ last spring.
Another leading sophomore as
pirant is Bilbee Lane, half-miler
and transfer from Rogue River.
Bob Tisdel, high and broad
jumper, and Larry Slessler,
weight man are a couple of field
men still with the hoop squad.
When snow recently threat
ened to halt trackmen the school
Is That So?
Tokyo, with Japan Air Lines
To a first-time visitor, Japan
is indeed a land of surprises.
Among the many things I
learned, did you know that . . .
Japan consists of more than
1,000 islands, but principally
four. Their area is less than
that of the state of California.
Only about 12 per cent of the
land is tillable, the rest mount
ainous. Crowded into this small area
are 86,000,000 people more
than one-half the total popula
tion of the U.S.
The capital city, since 1868,
is Tokyo, formerly called Edo,
meaning estuary. It contains
today almost one-tenth of Japan's
entire population, more than 8,
000,000 making it the world's
third largest city, exceeded by
London and New York.
Much of Tokyo was destroyed
by earthquake and fire in 1923.
According to Japanese tradition,
a huge catfish lies under the
ground and every tremor of the
earth is attributed to the move
ment of the fish.
Silly as this belief may seem,
experiments at the Imperial Uni
versity have proven that the cat
fish actually can feel an earth
quake of much less intensity
than a human can; and further
more it can feel an on-coming
quake of great intensity sooner
too.
Japan has hundreds of rivers.
With their waterfalls and rapids
in the upper reaches, they are
picturesque and greatly enhance
the beauty of the landscape. But
the longest, Shinano, is only 229
miles long. Most of their stream
beds are U shaped, permitting
a swift run-off.
Second Twin Slder
The second of a pair of twin
children is considered the elder.
There are no flowers in a
Japanese landscape garden.
Many do not even have grass.
One of the most famous is made
up of 15 rocks, some moss, and
raked sand.
Sets of cups, plates, cushions
and such come in groups of 5 and
10; not 6 and 12.
. On New Year's day, everyone
gets older, by one year. Thus,
one who is born on Dec. 30 'is
one year old; on Jan. 1, two days
later, he is two.
In using Japanese names, the
surname always comes first
thus, Smith Fred adding the
honorific term, san thus, Smith
san. This honorific title can only
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist '
be omitted in addressing a per
son inferior in social standing.
San means either Mr., Mrs. or
Miss.
Whales are sometimes killed
off the coast of Japan. Because
the oil taken from the sperm
whale's head does not freeze
at low temperatures, it is often
used in airplanes ' operating in
district grader was pressed into
service to push the snow back
and clear a path for runners. In
some of the coldest weather run
ners donned waist-length under
wear, rain slickers and stocking
caps. They , have been able to
practice starts and do other run
ning in the 80-yard "tunnel" un
der the old grandstand.
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cold countries; it is also used
for a base in facial creams.
Tea Used as Medicine
When tea, the national bever
age, was first introduced from
China in the 8th century, it
was often used as a medicine.
Today coffee is gaining in popu
larity. The favorite alcoholic
drink is heated sake, a rice wine.
Beer and" a "rare old vintage
scotch" are also manufactured
in Japan.
Most of the best Japanese em
broidery was done by men and
boys, not women.
In the life "of a man, the 25th
and 42nd years are considered
calamitous; with women, the
19th and 33rd years. To ward
off misfortune on these years,
festivities are held.
All distances in Japan are
computed from a light pole in
the center of the famous Ni-
honbashi bridge, in downtown
Tokyo.
The present Japanese flag
a round red sun on a white field
was first displayed in the U.S.,
1860, upon the "arrival of the
first embassy ever sent abroad
by the Japanese government.
Twelve years later, it was first
used in Japan.
National Anihem From Poem
The national anthem, Sover
eign Reign, comes from a poem
about 1,000 years old. The music
comes from an old Japanese
melody but it was first harmon
ized by a German bandmaster,
Franz Eckert, director of the
Marine band of Japan, 1879-
1898.
Japanese call their country,
Nihon or Nippon which means
"the origin of the sun."
When Marco Polo, the great
Venetian traveler of the 13th
century, came to the orient he
spelled the name Japan, Zipangu,
although the Chinese at that
time called it Jih-pen. From that
came our present English name,
Japan; in France it is Japon;
in German, Ja-pan; in Italian,
Giappone.
In Munster's New World Atlas,
1545, Zipangu was located di
rectly off the coast of Cali
fornia, U.S.A., a slight geograph
ical error of 5,000 miles.
(Copyright. 1956,
by Eugene Burns)
(Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate)
Friday, March 9, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
Italian President
Cheered in S.F.
San Francisco U.PJ Throngs
of Italian-Americans lined the
streets of San Francisco's North
Beach today to cheer President
Giovanni Gronchi of Italy.
The . dynamic Italian states
man and his wife motored
through the streets of the Italian
quarter, smiling and bowing in
response to the acclaim of the
crowd.
After their tour of the North
Beach, Gronchi and his party
were to cross the Bay bridge to
Berkeley for a tour of the Uni
versity of California campus
and an inspection of the cyclo
tron. After lunch with UC Presi
dent Robert Gordon Sproul, the
President and his party were to
fly to Colorado Springs from
Alameda Naval Air station.
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Police Find Money
Stolen in Portland
Portland U.R) Detectives
today announced the recovery
here of most of the $520 stolen
Wednesday in a holdup of the
Canteen Co. where four employ
ees were slugged and pistol
whipped by a trio of bandits.
Detective Lt. Bard Purcell
said $401 was found underneath
the porch at the home of a girl
friend of one of three suspects.
Charges of assault and robbery
while armed with a dangerous
weapon were filed against Tho
mas Luther James, 25; Adolph
Wesley Bonner,, 26, and Jimmie
Abel, 23, all of Portland. They
were held for $10,000 bail each.
Weapons used in the holdup
have not been located but Pur
cell said clothing similar to that
worn by the thugs was found in
the basement of the same house
where the money was found.
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