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Boxing Is Essence
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J Site Is Problem
VSS, Br GREG NOKES
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Boxing is the essence of the
PAL club, and until the Med
' ford PAL club can find a
fplace to hold its fights, it will
J have to remain inactive,
j Finding locations for fights
has been a problem for the
? supporters of the local PAL
J since its beginning in 1954,
J nd although they managed
i to find locations for nine
; fights, they were all inade
l quate, and they finally gave
j it up, going inactive after
', their last fight in March,
1958.
! The Medford police depart
E ment started the incorporated
. and non-profit Police Athletic
j League, commonly known as
; the PAL club, in 1954 when
r -it took over the old Rogue
r Valley Boxing club at the lat-
ter's request.
No Age Limit
Although there is no . age
limit in PAL, most of the per
sons who have belonged to
the club are youths in their
teens. The membership, which
has ranged from a respectable
; low of 211 boys to a high of
341 in the years when the
, .club was active, was mainly
comprised of potential juve-
nile delinquents and boys
from "unde rprivileged"
homes.
Almost all of the work ne-
; cessary to train and condition
the youths for fighting, and
-.for staging the actual fights.
. has been done by city police
officers on their own time.
Financial support comes in
the,form of contributions
S from individuals, service
;! clubs and businesses, who
.have taken an active interest
'in the club, and from what
: 'profits the club makes on its
;? fights.
'f i There are several things be
dsides a site which are needed
. to reactivate PAL, including
Sv a . boxing ring, some new
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INSPECT EQUIPMENT Medford city police officers,
Gerald Butler, left, and Frank Elsom, are shown here look
ing over some of the police-sponsored PAL club's equip
ment which is lying idle at their training quarters on the
floor of the old Acme Hardware Building. The equipment,
equipment and a full-time
trainer, but these can all be
obtained, once a site is made
available.
Many factors have to be
considered in selecting a fight
location, but the main ones
are its size, crowd capacity,
seating accommodations and
cost.
Lt. Lyle C. Perkins of the
Medford city police depart
ment and executive boxing
commissioner for the club,
was asked why they couldn't
hold their fights at the Na
tional Guard Armory which is
large and modern enough and
seems like an appropriate
place to hold PAL fights.
"It isn't feasible to .hold
fights there for a number of
reasons," he said, the main
ones being, the 'very' inade
quate seating facilities, the
lack of a place to store a ring
and the high rent we have to
pay to use the place.
True, we held our last
fight there in March, 1958, for
the Heart fund and cleared
$200 but that little profit
was not nearly, worth all the
trouble we went to and work
we did in staging the event. '
To get organized for that
fight, we had to provide our
own seating accommodations
because the armory only has
about 200 available seats. We
borrowed nearly 2,500 fold
ing chairs from various Med
ford schools, transported
them to the armory, where we
set them up and arranged
them, then took them down
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and back to the schools when
the fight was over.
"We also had to provide our
own ring light and ring. The
ring we used was a cumber
some thing, taking ten men
to move it, and we transport
ed it from the Davis Transfer
and Storage company on
South Fir st., clear to the
armory and back again.
"This maintenance work
was in addition to running
and promoting the fight itself,
which is no little task, I
might add. -Voluntary
Efforts
"To do this work it took the
voluntary efforts of nearly all
of Medford's off-duty police
force for two days, in addition
to the months of training that
the boxers themselves did.
"For this charitable event
(Heart Fund) it cost us nearly
$150 just to rent the armory
Annual Turnabout Party Held
At Camp White Domiciliary
The need for volunteer help
will increase with the advanc
ing age of hospitalized and
disabled veterans, Henry Her-
zog, Camp White Domiciliary
manager, told those attending
the domiciliary's turnabout
program recently.
"As the percentage of aged
veterans increases more help
will be needed in interpreta
tion of planned living and
other programs in giving these
veterans motivation to achieve
a feeling of being wanted and
a part of outside society,"
Herzog said.
The turnabout party is an
annual event during which
domiciliary members and of
ficials show their appreciation
to the people of the area who
volunteer to assist the veter
ans and help with various
projects.
The party featured enter
tainment by the veterans. An
nual award certificates of ap
preciation are presented to
volunteers. More than 400
members and guests attended
the party.
Helen Lusk gave a brief
talk on "The Satisfaction I
Receive From Being a Volun
teer Worker." Milton C. Staf
ford talked on "What the
Volunteer Means to a Mem
ber." Herzog, assisted by As
sistant Manager Banks I. Paul
and Chief Medical Officer Dr.
A. S. Anderson, presented the
VAVS certificates 'of appre
ciation. " -
Crater Lions Set
Sporfsfair Event
Crater Lions club will hold
its annual Sportsfair exhibi
tors' banquet Saturday night,
March 12, at the Rogue Val
ley Country club.
Dinner is set for 7:30 p.m.
following a 6:30 p.m. social
hour. Crater Lions, exhibitors,
special guests and their wives
are to attend the banquet, ac
cording to Dave Franklin,
Sportsfair general chairman
Highlights of the evening
will be a style show by Sports
fair queen candidates - and
popular vote balloting .. for
queen.
Franklin stressed the im
portance of the dinner meet
ing to exhibitors. He said that
the event will clear up ques
tions and problems such as
those on floor arrangements,
decorations, police protection,
insurance and booth construc
tion. The chairman also asked
that clubs and businesses par
ticipating in the fair bring
material for news releases to
the banquet. !
Mrs. Marjorie Green of Bur
elson's store will narrate the
style show. John Lusk-will
provide the music.
which includes a training ring, punching bags, boxing
gloves and two pool tables, is valued at nearly $3,200. The
PAL club, which is open to youths of all ages, was forced
to go inactive in 1958 because they could not (and still,
can't) find adequate locations for staging their fights.
and even at this price we
were not allowed to have
charge of the concessions
there.
"When it was over, we got
$200 and the Heart Fund got
$200.
"Because of the manpower
involved, the extensive train
ing costs before a fight and
the expense of bringing in an
out-of-town fight team, the
PAL club needs more than
$200 profit per fight.
"If the drawbacks of the
armory, including rent, are
eliminated, although I don't
have much hope that they
will be, then the place would
be ideal."
Out of Town Fights
Besides the fights held in
Medford, the local PAL also
fought in Bend, Portland,
Seattle, Klamath Falls and
Chiloquin, which all have
Certificates of outstanding
service representing 500 hours
or more of service were given
to Faye Allison, Veterans of
Foreign Wars auxiliary; Aus
tia Barneburg, United Span
ish American War Veterans
auxiliary; Margaret Eakin,
American Gold Star Mothers;
Lorena Leach, American Le
gion auxiliary; and Augusta
Perry of the American Red
Cross.
Certificates of merit repre
senting 300 hours were given
to Eva Campbell, American
Gold Star Mothers; Ann Kroe
ger, American Legion auxil
iary; Harry Leuty, World War
I Veterans; Eva McLaughlin,
American Legion auxiliary;
Eula Middlebusher, Blue Star
Mothers; Marian Peacher,
DAV auxiliary; Milde Reherd,
American Legion auxiliary;
Vera Rippon, American Red
Cross, and Edna R. Robinson
of the Blue Star Mothers.
Certificates of appreciation
for volunteers who have com
pleted 100 hours of service
were given to Lura Apple
white, American Legion aux
iliary; Pearl Austin, VFW
auxiliary; Laura Buckner,
Blue Star Mothers; Leola Fa
ber, American Legion " aux
iliary; Ruby Helms, American
Legion auxiliary; Velma
Showers, Alexandria Tremble
and Esther Turner, non-affiliated;
A. O. Young, VFW; Jes
sie L. Stagg, American Red
Cross.
Receiving certificates , o f
recognition were the follow
ing parent organizations, units
of organizations and their var
ious branches: American Gold
Star Mothers, American Le
gion and auxiliary, American
Red Cross, American War
Mothers, Benevolent and Pa
ternal Order of Elks, Blue
Star Mothers of America,
Daughters of Union Veterans,
Disabled American Veterans
and auxiliary; the Grange,
Military Order of the Cooties,
Military Order of Lady Bugs,
National Women's Relief
corps, Navy - Mothers clubs,
Oregon Federation of Garden
clubs, radio and television sta
tions, Salvation Army, United
Spanish War Veterans auxil
iary, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and auxiliary, the Wom
men's Christian Temperance
Union, and the . Veterans
World War I and auxiliary!!
Many non-affiliated organiza-'
tions and individuals also con
tributed to the comfort,' wel
fare and entertainment of th
domiciled veterans.
A vaudeville program was
presented. The Camp White
orchestra played "a prelude,
followed by Harold Imhoff at
the organ; Herman Chartrabd,
accompanied by Art Kenton
played the harmonica, and
Tom Benefield sang. There
were clarinet numbers by Art
very good amateur boxing
teams, Perkins - pointed out.
These same cities and oth
ers, he said, are anxious for
Medford to reactivate its club
so more inter-city fights can
be staged.
PAL club fights are always
staged between amateur box
ing clubs of different cities,
with the host city paying the
expenses of the visiting club,
but also collecting the profits
so that no money is made
away from home, he pointed
out.
Graduates of Medford's
PAL have done well in box
ing circles, according to Per
kins. One former member,
Jackie Puscas, went on to win
the National AAU lightweight
championship in 1956.
Makes Finals
Members have also won
several Golden Gloves cham-
Kenton, accompanied by
Steve O'Donnell. Willis Sting
er played a medley of har
monica pieces. Jack Shipman
sang, Otto Kahnert played the
accordion and there were
violin solos by Bill Garrison.
Kelly Firm Gets
New Partner Here
Robert Hugh Grant, 27, recently-joined
the Medford
law firm of Kelly and Kelly
as an associate, according to
Bernard P. Kelly, partner in
the firm.
Grant is taking the place
of. Noreen Kelly, the other
partner in the firm, who re
cently went to work in the
attorney general's office in
Portland ii. the trials division
of the industrial accident
commission.
The Kelly family has been
practicing law in Medford
since the early 1920s. Circuit
Judge Edward P. Kelly head
ed the firm prior to his judi
cial appointment in June,
1957. ,
Before coming to Medford
to take his new job, Grant
served three years in the Air
Force as a first lieutenant and
was stationed at George Air
Force base near Victorville,
Calif., where he worked in
the judge advocate's depart
ment. He received his bachelor of
arts and bachelor of laws de
gree at the University of Ore
gon where he graduated from
the law school in 1956 and
was admitted to the Oregon
bar the same year.
Grant has also been admit
ted to practice before the U.
S. Supreme court and the mili
tary court of appeals. He was
born in Portland, is married
and has two children.
Company Notes Sixth
Year in Business
An insurance account sub
mited by Donald L. Stathos,
Independent insurance agent
of Medford, marked $200 mil
lion in total dollar volume of
premiums financed by Afco
in six years.
The company noted its sixth
anniversary March 1.
The $383 account which
Stathos submitted included a
three-year fire . policy on a
home and 'contents and two
automobile policies budgeted
through Afco on an eight
monthly payment plan for Mr,
and Mrs. Robert P. Lewis, of
1755 Thomas rd.,. Medford.
To honor the occasion, Afco
purchased the three policies
for the insured, a company
spokesman said.
pionships, and just last
month an ex-PAL member
who now attends Washington
State . university, made the
finals of the regional Golden
Gloves championships in
Seattle.
Members of the PAL club
are not recruited or pressured
into joining, but join of their
own free will and there has
never been any shortage of
members.
Juveniles with delinquent
tendencies are attracted to
PAL, Lt. Perkins reasoned,
because it is a good outlet for
their energies, gives them
something to do, there is a
definite element of competi
tion, is good clean fun and it
costs them nothing.
"While PAL was active
here," Perkins said, "it very
definitely reduced the amount
of juvenile delinquency - in
Medford and even set several
otherwise mixed-up youths,
straight."
One of the youths-whom Lt.
Perkins-takes much pride in is
the youth who made the finals
of the Golden Gloves tourna
ment in Seattle.
Interested in Boxing
"When he came to PAL sev
eral years ago he was one of
the worst juvenile delin
quents I ever saw," Perkins
said, "but he became interest
Retirement Does Not
Mean Full Inactivity
Retirement, for social se-
curity purposes, does not
mean complete inactivity, ac
cording to Edward B. Jacob
son, district manager of the
Medford Social Security ad
ministration office.
Male workers, 65 years of
age or over, and women
workers, age 62 or over, may
be suffering a loss of bene
fits if they have been work
ing on a job or were self-employed
in employment cover
ed by social security and do
not know the meaning of re
tirement as it pertains to the
social security law, he said.
Retirement, as defined in
the social security law, does
not mean that a person must
be completely inactive, but
rather that the person is
working for wages or self-
employment income of not
over $1,200 a year, orhe is
age 72 or over (in which case
amount of earnings has no ef
fect regardless of how much
is earned.
Partial retirement is de
fined as working in employ
ment" andor self employment
by an individual of retire
ment age for not over $2,080
in a taxable year, Jacobson
said. Individuals who earn ov-
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ed in boxing and once his
energies were channeled to
worthwhile activities, his en
tire outlook on life changed
so that by the time he gradu
ated from high school, WSU
gave him a four-year scholar
ship." The club has nearly $3,200
worth of idle - equipment
stored in their training quar
ters on the second floor of the
old Acme Hardware building
on Sixth st.
Most of this equipment is in
good shape and includes such
things as a training ring, a
ring light, boxing trunks,
robes, boxing gloves, two pool
tables, a ping pong table,
table, punching bags, numer
ous pieces of furniture and a
good television set.
The entire second floor of
the building has been made
available to the club as a
training quarters for the past
several years and they would
again train there if and when
PAL is reactivated.
No Training Problem
"There is no problem in
training our fighters," Per
kins said, "as we have most
all of the necessary equip
ment, but youths aren't inter
ested in training only, they
want to fight too.
The nine fights that the
club held here from 1954 to
er $1,200 in a year may draw
their social security . benefits
for any month m which they
neither earn over $100 nor
render -substantial services in
self-employment, regardless
of how much they earn dur
ing the year,
If the person is a male
worker over 65 years of age,
or woman over 62, who has
worked in employment or
self-employment covered by
social security and has not as
yet checked with the . local
social security district office,
it would be advisable to con
tact the office for an expla
nation of their individual case.
he said
Open Heart Surgery
Topic for Meeting
Open heart surgery is the
topic of Dr. Victor Meanashe,
deputy director of the crip
pled childrens division, Uni
versity of Oregon Medical
school, Portland.
Dr. Menashe will speak at
a meeting of the Jackson
Medical Society, Rogue Val
ley Country club Wednesday.
Dinner will be served at 7
p.m. Hosts for the meeting
are Drs. F. J. Shasky, E. W.
Sickels, and W. W. Stevenson.
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1958 were not nearly enough,
in Perkins estimation, and he
would like to hold fights at
least once a month if the club
is reactivated.
He said there are two rea
sons why frequent fights are
necessary under this program,
the first being that they are
necessary to keep up both the
participants and the fans in
terest The second reason, accord
ing to Perkins, is to make
more money and keep the
club from operating at a loss
which it has done in the past.
Even though the club has
been (and still is) receiving
many generous monetary do
nations, it would still like to
operate on a self-sustaining
basis, Perkins explained.
Different Locations
The club fought at many
different locations in the nine
fights it had, , including the
high school stadium, Hedrick
Junior High school's gym, the
Esquire theater and the
armory.
When the club was first
organized, we held our fights
at Merrick's arena," he said.
which used to be located at
Riverside ave., and Sixth sts.
This was an ideal spot, having
all of the necessary facilities,
but it was torn down in the
spring of 1955 and we had to
look elsewhere.
The main drawback of the
other locations is that they
would not hold enough fans.
Nearly every fight we had a
sell-out, but there was just a
limited number who could
watch and the profits were
not high enough to warrant
our efforts."
In addition to having one
fight a month, Perkins said,
the club would also like to
employ a full-time trainer to
train the fighters, arrange for
the bouts and stage the fights.
12 Bouts on Card
A PAL fight card usually
consists of 12 bouts in differ
ent weight classes. Under the
AAU rules there are only
three rounds per bout, but the
12 bouts will give fight fans
a good night of boxing, Per
kins pointed out.
The opposing fight groups
do their best to make sure
that the fighters are as even-
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action will be fast and the
fights not one-sided.
"This is a good ngnt town,
Perkins said, "both amateur
and professional, and I know
for a fact that promoters
would not hesitate to bring
their boxers or wrestlers here
if they had a place to stage
their bouts.
' "It's too bad that Medford's
armory isn't like the one in
Klamath Falls where the Chil
oquin group stages their
fights. I took the Medford club
there . several times and it is
ideal. They have a ring and
a place to store it; there is a
good and adequate seating ar
rangement, convenient dress
ing rooms, and the rent for
one night is only $25."
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