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Tornadoes Remain In Sixth Place Medford's Tornadoes re mained in sixth place in the class A-l rankings as the Ore gonian published its latest basketball poll of the season today. Astoria (19-1) was rated first. Medford with 15 games won and 4 lost came in behind Pendleton (17-3) at fifth place. Bend also remained in seventh lot with 18 games won and 2 lost. In the same area Klamath Falls (18-3) moved ahead of Jefferson (17-3) into the third rung as the Portland school dropped back to fourth place. Roofing Wins Title Portland -DPD- A-B-C Roof ing of Portland won the Ore gon AAU basketball title yes terday by defeating Multno mah Athletic club 70-58 in Portland. A-B-C- will play in Lewis ton, Idaho, Thursday night with the winner of that game to play in Seattle Saturday night for a berth in the na tional tourney a t Denver. Ralph Carroll led the winners With 24 points. Martins Brothers of Eu gene took third place with 63-54 win over Valley Motors of Salem. Portland U. DePaul Foe Portland - (UPD - University of Portland will meet DePaul in Portland Saturday night in an opening round NCAA playoff game. The Pilots tuned up for their game by trouncing Ne vada 106-77 Saturday night, their second win in a row over the Wolfpack. The Portland-DePaul game wllS be played in the Centen nial building. The winner of the game will play . Kansas State in the regionafs at Law rence, Kansas, March 13th. Ex-Wrestler Aims To Make Boxing Pay By CARL SOTO United Press International Buffalo, N.Y.-(UPD-It takes a brave man to try to make boxing a paying propostition at the box-office these days. But ex-wrestler Pedro Mar tinez who has embarked on the venture in Buffalo, New York figures he has the for mula to bring the fight fan back to the boxing arena. To Martinez a highly suc cessful wrestling promoter who isn't the type to throw money away foolishly box ing offers a real challenge. "I want to prove boxing can be revived as a paying spectator sport if the right methods are used," Martinez said. The balding, 44-year-old promoter has started out on his project by using locally developed ring talent, and charging minimum prices. Martinez figures he has lost about $3,000 in the two fight shows he's run in Buffalo in recent weeks. But he said he had envisioned up to a $20,000 initial loss to drum up interest in boxing again. He's lost no faith in his plans. To Get Women Interested One of Martinez's aims is to get women interested in box ing. As a successful wrestling promoter, he notes that about 40 per cent of the fans who watch his cards in Buffalo are of the distaff gender. 'Martinez also pulled a stunt unique in boxing promotion. The advertisements for his two initial cards offered to re fund the price of the ticket to any fan who did not think he Try and -By BENNETT CERF- BUSINESS WAS way below par in a certain men's furnish ings shop, and the proprietor, in desperation, tried to haul in a passerby by seizing his lapels. "You're wasting your time, my friend, warned tne passerby. "I already have 32 suits in my wardrobe." "Oka y," proposed the proprietor. "I have another proposition. Bring the suits in and I'll make you my partner." To make possible this horrendous pun by Clifton Fadiman you will have to imagine Congressman Emanuel ("Manny") Celler taking a nap while flanked " by the manager of the Chi cago Cubs and NBCs Leo Durocher on a train that is New York-bound. Only under those conditions could an onlooker possibly say, "Why, there's Manny asleep between the Cub and the Lip." Zsa Zsa Gabor, never at a loss for a few thousand words, insists .he never takes gifts from perfect strangers then adds, "but who's perfect these days?" C 13531 by Ptnnrtt Cert, Distributed by King Features Syndicate. - Tne defending state cham pions from Klamath, who will be back to defend that title come tournament time, moved ahead of the Portland quintet by a handy 75-64 margin. The 71-61 loss to Cleveland lost points for Jefferson. Astoria which suffered only one loss all season in league play replaced twice-beaten North Salem (20-2) on the loftv A-l perch. Myrtle Creek and Jefferson held onto their top spots in the A-2 and B ratings. Marshfield Joins Marshfield (13-9) joined the "big eight" after winning a close Midwestern League race on the sharp scoring of Mel "Long". Counts and took 31 points to squeeze St. Helen's out of eighth position. Final class A-2 ratings re mained the same through the first three places. Myrtle Creek (21-1) gained a season high of 98 points of a possible 100 in reigning supreme for a sixth straight time. Coquille (19-3) pulled in an even 90 counters for another runnerup nod. And Stayton (16-2) held to No. 3 spot with 76 points. PREP RANKINGS Class A-l Pts. 1 Astoria (19-1) 95 2North Salem (20-2) 94 3 Klamath Falls (18-3) 75 4 Jefferson (17-3t 64 5 Pendleton (17-3) 50 6 Medford (14-5) 45 7 Bend (18-2) 37 8 Marshfield (13-9) 31 Others: St. Helens (20-1), Grant M6-4). Baker (17-3). Sandy (18-2). Beaverton (13-7). Class A-2 Pts. 1 Myrtle Creek (21-1) - 2 Coquille (19-3) 90 76 52 43 41 37 30 3 stayton ue-Z) 4 Newport (20-4) 5 Serra Catholic (17-3) 6 Willamina (18-3) 7 Philomath (17-3) 8 Seaside il6-o) Others: Junction City (17-6). Mac- Hi of Milton-Freewater (18-8), Myrtle Point (16-5). Nestucca (18- 5) . Waldport (19-5). Willamette (16- 6) . North Marion (16-4). Cascade. Class -B 1 Jefferson (16-3) 2 Yoncalla (10-2) 3 Elkton (19-4) 4 Merrill (19-2) 5 Monroe (19-4) 6 Joseph (15-31 7 Powers (16-3) Pts. 94 87 75 73 57 36 32 25 8 Corbett (18-4) Others: Arlington (16-3). Verno- nia (14-5); Helix (16-5). Pilot Hock (17-5), Huntington (20-2i. Stanfield (18-5), Mapleton (15-7), Mt. Vernon (17-4). Wheeler (19-3). St. Mary's of Medford (16-4), Perrydale (16-3), Adrian (18-2). got his money's worth. Appar ently every fight fan was sat isfied, for none showed up for a refund. Martinez who hails from Phoenix, Arizona is angling for a Buffalo bout matching heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson and one of the rank ing British fighters. He's of fered Patterson a $100,0C0 guarantee, and thinks he has a good chance of landing the bout foi Buffalo's memorial auditorium this spring Martinez who stands 6-4 and scales about 275 is the first to admit he's made a good dollar out of wrestling. A promoter for the past 15 years, he likes to recall his first professional match in San Diego, Calif. Then young good-looking Martinez found himself matched with the wily veteran Tiger Jack Nel son "You're too good-looking, boy," Nelson told Martinez "Ah'm a-going to show you a few tricks and mess you up a bit "That's exactly what he did," mused Martinez as he fingered a memento of that bout long ago a cauliflower ear. "I was ready to call it quits five minutes after we got into the ring. But that Nelson wouldn't pin me. He smashed my ear and tossed me around the mat for 30 mi nutes. I was just abtmt able to crawl out of the ring when the match ended . It was a tough beginning for Martinez in wrestling. But he's one man who was smart enough to make it pay off big, Stop Me 'fit' -jf - BLOWING DUST off gloves, Tony Zale, former middle weight champion, announced in . Chicago he's ready to come out of retirement, wants fight with Sugar Ray Rob inson for title. Zale last fought Marcel Cerdan in 1948. MedfordHWTribuni SIPOBMTS 6 A-2, B District Gage Tournaments Slated This Week Tournaments for A-2 and B district champions and wind up of regular league play for the Southern Oregon confer ence A-l schools, with one state meet berth at stake, the high school basketball menu for southern Oregon this week end. Six of Jackson county's 11 high schools have completed basketball campaigns and turn their attention to spring sports. St. Mary's of Medford and Merrill of Klamath county lead off this week's engage ments. They begin a two of three series Thursday night School News... Crater High School By DARLENE TOMLINSON Elaine Kroon, senior, was chosen as the most valuable student in Jackson county in the girls' division of the Elks National Foundation "Most Valuable Student" scholar ship award. The judging was based on extra-curricular ac tivities, scholarship, arrange ment of brochure, interview, and school activities. Crater FFA Parliamentary team placed first in the in tersectional contests Feb. 26 at Crater. The team members are John Caster, Don Ryan, Dave Foote, Don Denning, Na than Banry and Pete Mel stead. Don Denning also placed second in public speaking. Both Don Denning and the team will compete in the state contest at Corvallis. The Talent team also will go to Corvallis. Four Crater students at tended the 1959 Oregon An nual Scholastic Art exhibition of Junior and Senior Art Work show in Portland last week. The students were Marilyn Hixson, who received a gold pin for wood sculpture; Mary Savage, gold key and blue label for poster; Nancy Clark, gold key and blue la bel for brayer print; and Con nie McDonough, gold key for drawing. The blue label means that the drawings will be forwarded to the National Scholastic Art Award juries in New York. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, di rector of civil defense in Jackson county, spoke to the members of FHA on civil de fense. In his talk he used graphs and pictures along with instruments used in de tecting fallout. He also gave some suggestions for protec tion against radiation. The new FHA officers for next year are president, Jean- ette Purdy; vice president, Janet Johnson: secretary, Nancy McKay; treasurer, Dar 1 e n e Tomlinson; historian, Connie McDonough; and de gree chair ma n , Sharon Thompson. The Spanish club Is plan ning a Spanish dinner to be held about March 27. Plans are under way and the com mittee chairmen are Darlene Tomlinson, general chairman; Lea Padgett, entertainment; Lynn Malot, food; Gary More, decorations; and Connie Black, cleanup. Senior Sylvia Yell was chosen as Crater's candidate for Miss Pear Blossom. She was elected by the senior class. Sylvia will compete for the Miss Pear Blossom title with representatives from other schools in this area. The winner will win a $100 schol arship and will model clothes for Burelson's at the Sports Fair, among other things. at Oregon Technical institute, Klamath Falls. Winner will represent District 5 in the state B tourney at Bend March 12-14. Second game of the play-off, and the third if nec essary, also will be at OTI Eagle Point, Myrtle Creek, Glide and Henley open a two night play-off Friday at South ern Oregon college, Ashland, for the spot from District 6 in the Oregon A-2 cage tour ney March 16-18 at Coos Bay. Friday games at Ashland will be Myrtle Creek against Hen ley at 7 p.m. and Eagle Point against Glide around 8:30 p.m. Winners on Friday are in the Saturday finals after a con solation preliminary. SO Loop Games In the Southern Oregon circuit Crater plays at Med ford and Ashland at Grants Pass on Friday and Medford at Ashland and Klamath Falls at Crater on Saturday. Klam ath Falls already has won the conference and District 6 A-l title and with it a state tour ney birth. Medford needs only one win or a Grants Pass loss to get the district's second po sition in the tourney. Medford losses to the two cellar teams and a Grants Pass win would create a tie for second place. Crater and Ashland are out of the running. St. Mary's and Merrill are champs of Jacksond and Klamath counties, respective ly. Myrtle Creek, rated No. 1 in Oregon, was champion of the Umpqua league while Glide runner-up. Eagle Point was a Ropue league co-titlist. Henley played a semi-formal slate mostly with Klamath B schools and downed Illinois Valley, other Rogue co-champ, for a place in the district play off. Through with basketball for this season are Rogue River and Phoenix of the Rogue league and Jacksonville, Tal ent, Butte Falls and Prospect of the Jackson County B league. 3-3 S9 HOW MANY CALLS 00 FJZ0G5 HAVE.? A research team from Cornell University has recorded 26 different songs or calk used by frogs on the eastern seaboard. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-siied diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper. Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. 4 MCIr Mvspcrf Sylrilcala Fatlvre BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Judge Noted for Traffic Crackdowns Arrested as Speeder Los Angeles -(UPD- Super ior Judge Roger Alton Pfaff, whose crackdown on traffic offenders won him acclaim from safety, law and judicial groups,' today aimed his legal guns at two police officers who pinched 'His Honor' for speeding-among other things. The judge said he was go ing 30 miles per hour-well, maybe nearly 35-but not 50 as two police officers said he was. Pfaff found himself with the book thrown at him as a traffic violator, cited for 45 in a 25 mile per hour zone, no evidence of car registration and incorrect license address. He said today he would plead innocent March 13 - A Fri day, by the way-when his case comes up in his old bali wick, the Municipal Traffic Court. Officers Not Perturbed He said the officers learn ed he was a judge midway through their curbside talk but that this knowledge didn't perturb them. "Officers, you're putting down 45 miles per hour on that ticket, and that's a delib erate falsehood," Pfaff said he told Officer G. O. Jackson. "This is shocking to me. For 12 years I sat on the traffic bench and accepted officers' words as truth. I felt they had National 4-H Week Being Observed in County by Members More than 900 ,4-H mem bers in Jackson county this week are paying special trib ute to men and women who are 4-H alumni during Nation al 4-H Club week this week. The alumni number some 20 million persons through out the country, many of whom are now active 4-H leaders and parents of 4-Hers. Many Jackson county 4-H leaders have had experience as a member here or else where, and several local 4-H graduates have assumed lead ership in civic and commu nity affairs in their new lo cations after leaving this area. These people are often asked to fill offices and committee assignments of responsibility in their respective organiza tions, because of their past contact with 4-H. Young people may become members of 4-H if they are between 9 and 21 years old. and are interested in "learn ing by doing" as the numer ous 4-H projects allow. The 889 members enrolled in the 1958 Jackson county 4-H program participate in electricity, forestry, flower growing, vegetable gardening, beef, dairy, dairy goat, horse, rabbit, sheep, swine, guide dog, tractor, fishing, rifle,' wood working, child care, clothing, outdoor cooking, foods, "food preservation, home living, knitting, photog raphy, hobbies, and junior leadership. A total of 1,249 projects wer completed in 1958. One hundred sixty - eight local adults served a s 4-H leaders and assistant leaders to the 126 clubs that 4-H'ers belonged to last year, 4-H of ficials noted. These 4-H young people are not only learning technical project skills and skill in conducting and participating in club meetings, but are also receiving satisfactory finan cial earnings. Members had an investment of $189,758 in the 1958 4-H club year. How to Get more from your Airline ticket to EUROPE For full details, call or visit George Lewis ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 111 E. 8th no ax to grind." Pfaff, elevated to Superior Court in 1955, said he pointed to his 14-year-old son and the boy's two companions the judge was driving home Sat urday evening from movies and asked: "What do you think this does to those boys? What do you think it makes them feel about law officers? They all looked at the speedometer be cause they knew we were passing a police car." Guilty Plea Suggested Pfaff said he was so darn sore when he got home that he phoned Hollywood Divis ion police and tokUthe watch commander about the episode. He said the watch commander suggested the alleged speed be lowered from 45 to 35 and that the judge plead guilty. "Guilty!" the judge explod ed. "I'm not going to plead guilty to something I didn't do." ' Pfaff said he thought the officers-Jackson and T e r ry Lewis-stopped him because they saw the boys in the car and decided to question them. He said the police car was go ing 23-24 miles per hour and that he passed it despite the apprehension of his son. "I'm not afraid of police officers," Pfaff told him. He said the patrol . car pulled them over within one block. Costs they incurred amount ed to $145,896, leaving them a profit or savings of $43,861. Much of this money is put into college funds for these young people, and many of them have been able to fi nance a large share of their college education from earn ings dented from 4-H proj ect work. Many 4-H club groups have prepared window displays in various spots throughout the county, which will be on in terest during this week of ob servance Feb. 28 March 7. More information regard ing 4-H club work may be obtained from 4-H club ex tension agents, Glenn Klein and Marilou Garner, at the courthouse. Elizabeth Taylor Transacts Business New York -(UPD- Film star Elizabeth Taylor took care of business matters today in con nection with the estate of her late husband, showman Mike Todd. Miss Taylor flew here Mon day from Chicago where she attended gravestone dedica tion ceremonies at Todd's grave. She was accompanied by her stepson, Mike Todd Jr., who also shares in Todd's es tate. Jet "em Kentucky 5 STRAIGHT BOURBON Whiskey err it o THlHItt IMIUWiMrt el I :::-:::::::::::::::- j i . it I r , : 11 I II II; HP it 1 v MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 3, 1959 7 Humphrey To Speak In Portland, Eugene Portland -(UPD Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D - Minn.), fre quently mentioned as a possi ble nominee for president in 1960, will be featured speak er at Democratic dinners in Portland and Eugene in April. C. Girard Davidson, Democra tic national committeeman, said the senator will talk on foreign policy. Columbine Will Return Mamie To Washington Washington -(UPD- The presi dential plane Columbine III will fly Mrs. Mamie Eisen hower back from a Phoenix beauty ranch late this week or early next week, the White House said today. Mrs. Eisenhower and her sister, Mrs. Gordon Moore, have been visiting Elizabeth Arden's exclusive physical conditioning farm. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the Columbine is on the West Coast for its reg ular service inspection by technicians of Lockheed Air craft. It will stop by Phoenix en route back to Washington to pick up Mrs. Eisenhower and her sister. Public Stir Use of the presidential plane to carry Mrs. Eisen hower to the beauty farm a year ago raised a considerable public stir. This year she went by train. Hagerty said the first lady should be back in the White House by the end of this week or, at the latest, Monday morning. She and the Presi dent entertain at dinner Tues day night for the President of El Salvador. Hagerty said Mrs. Eisen hower and her sister also would like to stop by her home town, Denver, en route from Phoenix, to see their ail ing mother, Mrs. John S. Doud. Radio Operators Find Transmitter George Amrhein, Medford amateur radio operator, was the first to find the hidden transmitter set in the first hunt conducted by the Rogue Valley Amateur Radio club Sunday. The hidden transmitter, operated by Don Lacy, Med ford, was within a five mile radius of Medford. Amateur radio operators, with mobile units, tracked the signal to the location of the transmit ter. Earl Casebolt and Rick Main were second to located the unit. Third was George Burrell and fourth was S. El anore Webb. Four prizes were awarded. The club plans to hold a similar hunt March 16 which will be more difficult and probably be out-of-town. It will be on the same two meter band frequency, club officials said. up! KENTUCKY BOURBON AT ITS BEST GENUINE SOUR MASH BILLS HILL CO.. LOUISVILLE, KY., DISTRIBUTED BY: COMPANY, KENTUCKY ST2AISHI Mother Promises Forgiveness for Baby's Kidnaper Ontario, Calif. (UPD A wi dowed mother today tearfully promised forgiveness to a woman kidnaper in return for her ailing 9-weeks-old baby. "She must love children an awful lot," said Mrs. Ruth Flores, 35, of the kidnaper who stole her child Friday after posing as a friendly church worker and volunteer ing to babysit. "If she will return Eric, I am, willing to forgive her," said the mother of six hil dren as she stood looking down at the half empty baby carriage where Eric's twin brother, Aaron, slept peace fully. The haggard mother, who has gone almost sleepless since the kidnaping, explained her worries were increased because of the baby's frail health. Has Bad Cold She said Eric needed spe cial medical attention to check a bad cold. He also had been fragile since birth and needed a special feeding for mula, she said. Police and FBI agents work ing jointly on the case labeled the kidnaper's motive as frus t r a t e d mother love not money. No ransom notes have been received in the four days since Mrs. Flores gratefully turned over the care of her children, Karen, 8; Michael, 7; Ricky, 6; David, 3, and the twins, to the unidentified female stranger so she could go out for an eve ning. When Mrs. Flores, widowed last June when her husband was killed in an accident, re turned to her modest home, she found Eric missing. Program in Sound And Sight Scheduled Ashland A program, "A New Experience in Sight and Sound," will be presented in Ashland at Britt center on Southern Oregon college cam pus Wednesday, March 4, at 8 p.m. The program, which is open to the public without charge, will be presented by Don Hunter, director of audio-visual instruction at the Univer sity of Oregon. The program will include a showing of colored slides and taped stereophonic sound rerjroductions. Abstract slides will be included in the pro gram as well as scenes of Oregon landscape, It was re ported. 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