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Pels Hold Onto Tiny Loop Lead r, STANDINGS Klamath II 1 M.dlord .. .10 2 Crania Pin 6 Ashland - 2 10 Canlral Point 2 12 I .Hut work-emi's district 4 uiiifkolhiill names saw Ilia Klam ath I'l'llcuiin uiul Medford Tor nado come roiirlnu: rlithl on down the stretch toward their Ci'ltlcul ini'i'lInK of Tuesday und Wcdiii'iidiiy, March 4 und 9. ' - Kitliirduy nuilit the IVIIciin Wiilloiid Central l'ulut 70 to 2(1, the fourth llcklnti the l'ela huve Kilmliilxturnd to tho Point fin thin season, Medford I) wit Aililuinl two lliiw durliiK the week lii la'i'p puce, Jtmt ono 5 Mine behind Klumiilh In the intrlcl ittundlniiit. AKhluiid mid Central Point lie hopelessly out of the nice, while Unmix I'iiMt ran still lliuke tin weluhl fell in llin out coiiio hut cun t win itself. Kor iiiMtiince, tii'iints Pirn defeated Vedlord one II u in c several Weeks iio, thereby puttlnu the Tornado the few pcrcciitaito uiiini neiiiiKl ruunililli. , The Pellciiim pluy (irunts Puss twD'Kinne scries this comliiK weekend oil Ciivciiiiin court, Which In u muull affair not at II iehiited to rucehomc stylo oi pluy, unu annum inu lii ve il irn uiiib off one or both the guiiii-H thu picture for the Khun. th'Mcdlord title meetlnu would Clmniiu tuuxidcriiuly. ' Meiflord thin week pluy Cen (nil Point und nothing out of line In expected Ihere. Should tho l'cls beut Cirunt Puss und Medlord 'hike Central X'ottit. then the Murch 4-5 series will have the Pel ueedlnu line victory (or Iho title, while Mod find will need two. An even lull! wouldn't do Medlord uuy Juod. und the two tennis split veil u fuw week iiuo on tho Tkoruuilo liuiclwood. Pete Matched WithWeidner 1 Wild Pete UHcastro, velcrun i'Uipler from Weed, Calif., and Current holder of tho belt the rasslcrs on thli circuit hunker fur. will appeur at the armory In thin Thursday night's main went acuffle. ; Uelcuitro will mutch hi bull-lu-a clilinihop offenie against tlie muscular strength of the ex tircus trapeze performer, Ollly weldner, over the five round Joule. The Junior heavyweight title held by Melcaslro will nut be on the block for till fight . Pet (Won the diadem evcrul month go auring ine jiismyou couniy fulr at Yreka, and In dolus no, sWominlaslonrd Georges Dusvtle In uch a manner that the Krcnch C'n-indlun la Just now get tlnii back into the awinit of things. Tlcketa for the matches are now on aulo at Casllrberry'a drug atore and Klamath Billiard. Roosevelt Cops Two Cage Wins Roosevelt school won two Rumea and Pelican, with two losses, wh eliminated from the city tirade achool buakctbull tour ney Saturday. Roosevelt and Mill are meeting on Fairvicw court this afternoon to open the second round of double-elitn iuntiou play. Stilurduy morning uw Moose- vell Deal lllversulo ID to Z and Kolrvlcw tupped Pcllciin, 12 to t. In the afternoon itiunc River aide luinded Pclicnu II aecond dcleut, 22-14, while Roosevelt bail rulrvlew, 2B to 11. Ituinon Bell of Roosevelt liu been the lending scorer of the tourney, and Dnlc Hick of the ellminuled Pelican team up among the lender. Mill achool drew a bye for the first round. 7-70 Split Picked Up r.A i ii.r., reu. z-i w une eft the rurilie of bowlinx a suc cessful pickup of a 7-10 split was marie here Snturdny nlkht by Evcret Soderlund while bowl inu In tho Men's City Bowling iissocliition tnurnnmcnt. A right hundcr, Soderlund clipped the seven pin into the side, wnll to have It bounce bnck and kick over the 10 pin on the opposite aide of the alley. He went on for a 200 giiinc. Salem Matmen Defeat K-Men Tho Sulcm Vlklnus mat team defontod the Pellcnn wrestlers In n dual meet here Snturdny night, 30 to 13. Rolllo Allen, freshmnn In the 112-pound cluss for KUI1S won tho only clonr-cut Pelican victory while Hurry Clnwson, Kenneth Knrnes and Bill Mosby enrned point. Viking wrestler guined fulls over Pels In five different weight classes. (Mm Olav Ulland Takes Crown MT. HOOD, Ore., Kch, 24 M'l Tho sMiue old brow wears the ulna A Jumping chuniploualilp crown of Multorpor hill toduy, It' Oluv Ullnnd of the Seattle Ski club whose leap of Kill und Kill feet comlilned with nlmoKt fluwlva form edged out Art Grunatroin of Everett by a count or l4li.D-142.fi. (Jru-islrom turned In the duy's longest leup a 102-foot effort. Eighty-five hundred persons turned out to see tho annuul event in which defending chain pluna tumbled In both cluas 0 und senior lumping. Keith Vin cent, Leavenworth, Wash., took the II title with jumps of 11)1 und I (13 feet nuri 130.7 point. Jack Wood, Vancouver, li. C, wiib aecond und Defending Cham pion Elof Wold, Tucomu, third. Tony Knutaen, KJeld Ski club, Mt. Duker, Wash., did 140 und 144 feel for 130,3 und first In the senior event. Second wu Defending Tltlist Nick Nylund, Scuttle, with John Ring, also Sc uttle, third. UCLA Racing Toward Title SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 (A't The southern division cam paign of tlie Pacific Coast con ference basketball race e:ilered its finul week today with the lending UCLA Ilruln fighting off a despemte closing rush by the title - defending California Beur. The Beura. one gume behind the Ucluua und needing two win, nlus a loss by UCLA, for a flrst pluco tic, tackle the iiwind out third pluco Stanford Indluns ut Pulu Alio Frnluy and at Berkeley .Snturdny. The Bruins clnsh with their crosstown rivals, the Southern Callforulu Tropins, Friday und Suturdny and urc ruled n huv lug lietter thun tin even chance to take both ends of the two night stand to clinch the divi sion championship, USC has won only two of 10 conference game. The divisional victor will meet the northern division champion with Oregon Slute the most likely candidate for the conference crown won . last year by California. The Bear got back Into the division ruee Saturday night by dumping USC 55-4.1 after an up set 511 54 win by tlie Trojan the previous .night. Stanford helM-d out Califor nia, nipping UCLA U:i-SB Satur day in a surprise reverse for Uie Bruins won Friday, 30 .10. COPS AND COWBOYS PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 24 !) A fire in a police garage was averted by two officers who thought quick and then turned "cowboy. A backfiring police car, one of SO being serviced, started a blaze In a portable greasing machine. Capt. Howard McBrldge and Patrolman John Davidson lussoed the apparatus and towed it into the street. A HOT SEAT , CHICAGO. Feb. 24 (' Police today were looking for a gunman who robbed and bound two vic tims and fled with pant afire. Curly Whiddon and Guy Mooney said they aurrend cred $40 and a pistol to the in truder who tied them with a rope nnd shoved them Into a closet. Whiddon added: "Then, through a crack in the door, we saw him back Into the oil stove, scream, and run out tlie door with his trousers smoking." POINTOf" LAW SPRINGFIELD. III., Feb. 24 (ll An argument over who shine tlie Chicago courthouse cuspidors has reached the Illi nois supreme court, A SU-page brief, opposing re publican Sheriff Elmer M. Walsh's suit against the Cook county board and the circuit court Judges, says the common lnw doesn't give the sheriff "sta tutory powers to scrub and mop floors, polish cuspidors, clean washrooms, run elevators and the like." The big question Involved Is who handle the hiring and firing of 211 custodial employes. Burrs and stick-tights can be easily und quickly removed from dog's hair if petroleum jelly or mineral oil Is rubbed in with, the fingers. Sports Afield. Beavers Need One More Win Orrguii SUIS ttaah. Hlill WililtilMU OrN ISsIlD . STAMIINIIS W I, I' II ... 4 rr ! .sis sis nm .iHti nm sin ..ion sn si .4111 S4 u .mil uns sun SEATTLE, Feb. 24 !') Nine week of northern division Const conference piny comes to a close this week with the pace-setting Oregon State Beavers needing only to put together 40 min utes of concerted el fort to fash ion its first division title since 1042. Tlie Slat Gill-coached Staler come out three time during thu week with a tonight and lues duy night frucua ugulnat thu Washington Stutu college Cou gars coming under tho "crucial" clusHlficiition. Two game behind Oregon Stal snd with a aimllar thru gamas to play, tha Cougars must win all ihre to co noid tha tltla. A alngla win either tonight or tomorrow for Ore gon Stale and lh rait of tha games will ba a matter ol going through tha motlona. Two factors luvor ine Wash ington Slute five. The series will be played on their Pullman floor und the Cougurs have been idle for a wocK working up to I lie aeries. Oregon Stutu, on the other hund, tomes up to tonight's encounter alter a surprisingly tough two gumtn at Moscow, Iduho, where the Uni versity of Idaho Vunduls turn ed in un upset win Friday night but dropped a 00-3S decision Sat urday. The Iduho win, incidentally, kept the Vunduls from possibly establishing a new division marK Ihut of going through the sea son without a win. 11 was their lone entry on the credit aide against 14 defeats. Two Suturduy games wind up thu 1047 season. Oregon Stale invades Eugene, Ore., lor a "in gle go against Oregon with lite latter needing to post a win to lie tiiu Washington Huskies for third place. Washington State travels to Moscow for a single till with the Vandula. Washington closed outs Its season over the week-end witn a split against Oregon. A Sat urday 03-ol win gave Coach Hue Edinunrinou' charges an 8-8 rec ord and at least a tie for third place. Chevs Go Into District Action The Ashley Chevrolet basket ball team goes into action to night at Medford in the firat round of district AAU play. The Chevs play the Grants Pass VFW, while Ashlund Elka pluy Rogue River. Winners and losers of the games tonight will pluy tomor row night, and tlie Ashley team is scheduled to be back in Klam ath Wednesday night to defend Its Basin league title. The district AAU victor will go to Portland next Sunday to compete against the best ama teur teams in the state, and In the place-drawing the southern Oregon winner plays the last game Sunday night. Semi-Pro Baseball WALLA WALLA, Feb. 24 ) Orgunueru of a proposed semi pro base-bull league for the Blue mountain district will meet Sunday in Pendleton, Ore. Representatives of Walla Wal la, La Grande, Pendleton and Hcrmiston were on hand for a meeting here yesterday with re ports that Lewistnn, Idaho, and Pasco, Buker and Richlund also are interested. Cycle Crash Kills Woman PORTLAND, Feb. 24 IPi Two motorcycles, traveling to gether, veered sharply aside to avoid a car Inst night and crashed off the road, killing Mrs. Dolly Mae Schwab, 20, and in juring three other portions. Kenneth R. Nordstrom. 25, on whose cycle Mrs. Schwab was riding, was injured when his vehicle struck a power pole. Virgil Mndlin. 23. and Arlenc Tenipclman, 23. riding on Mad lin's cycle, plummeted into a ditch. Classified Ads Bring Results. Dozen Young Boxers Will Compete For Merit Prizes The six amuteur bouts for to morrow night's armory boxing curd huve been lined up now, ao 12 of the better young fighters In the Klumuth basin will be computing for three cnh merit award during tho fights. The awnrds, Instituted for this fight card by Promoter Muck Llllurd, will be of 140, $20 and $10 and the recipients will be BASKETBALL Oregon High School St. Mury'a iKugene) 4, Cen tral Catholic 30. Lebanon 41, Taft 25. Forcat Grove 58, Sherwood 34. Monmouth 40, Sulem acad emy 31. Monmouth 32, Vulsetz 20. OSC Hooka 40. Medford 33. Milton Freewuter 33, Pendle ton 25. Canby 34, Oregon City 33. Klamath Fulls 70, Central Point 20. Weatarn Collage Oregon Slute 00, Iduho 35. Washington 83. Oregon 51. Stanford 88. UCLA 53. California 55, USC 45. Kansas 58, DePaul 41. Whitworlh 75. North Idaho College of Education 48. College of Puget Sound 53, Pacific university 40. Linfield 78, College of Idaho. 58. Washington 83. Oregon 51. Eastern Washington 54. Mon tunu 52. Ben Hogan Tops Briton SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 24 Wl The much heralded inter nntlonal golf mutch between America's Ben Hogan and Eng land's Dui Rees was a matter of history today, with Hogan the winner of the $5000 purne and the gallant little Welshman a popular loser. Hogan defeated Rees, 6 and 4, in match play for the $3000 portion of the purse, und out shot the vilslor in medal com petition on successive days to bag the $1000 offered by San Diego Sportsman O. W. (Junior) Todd for individual 18-holc rounds of the 36-hole event. Hogan closed out the match play on the 32nd hole before a ; sunbaked gallery of more than 1 2000 yesterday, and went on to post a medal score of 37-34 71, as against Rees' 36-30 75, for the day's round. Raiders Clip EOCE, 76 to 44 ASHLAND. Feb. 24 M) Al Simpson's Southern Oregon Col lege of Education Raiders over whelmed Eastern Oregon-Col--lege of Eduction, 78 to 44, here Saturday night in a run-away game. It was the second straight vic tory by the Raiders over the Mountaineera with Charlie Jan drcau collecting 22 points to lead the way. Halftimc was SOCE 32. EOCE 21. chosen on a buni of ability, sportsmanship and other -quali ties, noi on a win or lose basis. Two Judges, not those who Judge the fights, will decide tho merit award winners and the awards will be made from the ring after the last fight. Matt Finnlgan and Lea Officld will be the Judges for tomorrow night. Another change In pant proce dure wili be adopted for this card, in view of the fact that seven Indian boys will be fight ing. One of the ringside judges who will puss Judgment on the bouts will be assigned from the large group of regular Indian fight funs. The line-up of the six bouts for tomorrow follows: Bob Eastman and LeRoy Barklcy, five rounds, middle weight. Bruce Miller and Eddie Jo hann, five rounds, middleweight. Monte Montgomery and Rudy Carlson, five rounds, welter weight. Billy Sunday and Joe M Bra villa, five rounds, middleweight. Durrcll Harrington and Shad ow Kirk, four rounds, light weight. llerbie Snell and Darrcll Cap tin, four rounds, lightweight. Earl Colson Takes Shoot TACOMA. Feb. 24 P) Earl Colson Jr., whose 94-straight comprised the day's longest string, won overall honors at the annual Washington birthday trap shoot yesterday from nearly 200 Pacific northwest gunners. Deadlocked for second place were Ted Gehrman of Centralia, Al Barnes of Seattle and C. J. Hiltebrand of Salem. Ore. Gehr man won the shoot-off. Colson captured the 100-bird 16-yard shoot with 99, followed by Gehrman and W. A. Thomas, Ridgcflcld. with 97 each, and Earl Averaill, Snohomish, and Hiltebrand, with 96 each. In the 50-bird handicap, Col son had 50; L. W. Otis. Seattle, took second with 47; Al Barnes, Seattle, and Jimmy Walsh, Wa pato, tied for third with 46, and George Pcnse, Ellcnsburg, and Robert Kraetz, Arlington, each had 45. In the double-bird event R. Bcal. Vancouver, Wash., picked off 23 of 25. Corley Leaves TUCSON. Ariz.. Feb. 24 (A Vaughan Corley, University of Oregon line coach since 1938, has been signed as line coach at the University of Arizona, offi cials said today. SHA WINS GAMES The Sacred Heart academy Trojuns defeated tho Lakcview Bee in a basketball game at Lakevicw Friday night, 28-17. Jack Narey counted 14 points for the academy, A return fame Is to be played here March 4. iiimopomsT . rooT specialist Dr. Kenneth S. Garvin ral Snrccrr - Orlbsls McATEE CLINIC Itt s. Ilk si. WrKAI.D NtWS. Kl.milh rIU. Ort. MONDAY, fat. II, 14?. ( A nesting quail has very little Jean of Are liberated ltelma t no scent. Sports Afield. 'at the age of 17. t City Delivery Sarvict. Ph. 8417. TRUCKS AND PICKUPS FOR RENT You Drive-Long. 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