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1 ROBINSON
IS PRIDE
OF FRENCH
Flashy American Negro
Takes Easy Victory Over
Middleweight Villmain
PARIS, Dec. 23—'7PI—Sugar Rob
inson, world’s welterweight cham
pion, was tne toast of the French
boxing world today.
The flashy Negro fighting ma
chine from New York looked so im
pressive in his easy victory over
French middleweight Robert Ville
main last night that even the Com
munist press, which criticized him
earlier, had nothing but praise for
his performance.
The end came after 2:48 of the
ninth round of a scheduled 10
rounder. French referee Robert Ves
berg stopped the one-sided contest
after Robinson had sent his rival
to the canvas, twice. A series of
lefts and rights floored Villemain
for an eight count only 45 seconds
after the start of the round.
Another two-fisted flurry drop
ped Villemaih again. The plucky
Frenchman arose without a count
but was plainly out on his feet. The
referee called a halt and awarded
Robinson the victory via a techni
cal knockout. Robinson weighed
155>2. Villemain 164.
Robinson had an easier time
than in his first fight against Ville
main last June.
The Freshman lost a 15-round
decision in the United States.
An estimated 20,000 fans, one of
the biggest in French boxing his
tory, gave Robinson a tremendous
ovation although they were plainly
disappointed that their countryman
did not win. They paid a record
30,000,000 francs ($85,000) to see the
bout.
AMATEUR GOLFERS
NAMED BY CROSBY
FOR TOURNAMENT
DEL MONTE, Calif., Dec. 23—.'PI
—The list of amateur golfers in
vited to play in the 910,000 National
Pro-Amateur Golf Championship,
sponsored by Bing Crosby, was an
nounced today by Larry Crosby,
general manager.
The list includes some of the
great names of Hollywood, of base
ball, boxing and the football world
—and some of the all-time great
amateurs in the field of golf. It
also includes the likes of Bob Hope,
Mickey Rooney and Joe DiMaggio,
all new names tins year. There are
many more.
The tournament will be played on
■ January 12, 1951, at Cypress Point
Club, on Jan. 13 at Monterey Penin
sula Country Club, and on Jan. 14,
at the world famous Pebble Beach
links.
The amateurs are paired with top
professionals, such as Ben Hogan,
Sam Snead, Lloyd Mangrum, Jimmy
Demaret and other noted players.
MICHIGAN SQUAD
TO TAKE WEEKEND
DOUBLE WORKOUT
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 23—(/Pi—
• Michigan’s football squad faces a
busy weekend but the California
Bears will take things easy in their
Rose Bowl training program.
Coach Bennie Osterbaan sched
uled a double workout, with scrim
mage, again today for the Big Ten
champions from Ann Arbor, and
possibly a morning workout Sunday.
They’ll get a full holiday Christmas
Day.
The Golden Bears work today but
will break camp temporarily to per
mit the players to spend the week
end at home. Men living in north
ern California will be flown home
and the entire squad will re
assemble Tuesday morning.
The Michigan program is subject
to revision, incidentally, since Oster
baan has seen fit to switch plans
from day to day, depending on the
way he viewed developments.
> As forlornly expected, a young
epidemic of sniffles and upset di
gestive systems set in on the Mich
igan squad in full force today. The
cause: the change in climate from
midwest cold to California warmth.
MILK DELIVERY—CHRISTMAS
On Monday, Dec. 25, milk deliv
ery will be made at regular time,
but only to those who have their
^ bottles out. Only once over the
routes, so have your bottles and
tickets out! 689-2t
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
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COLUMBIA LUMBER,
IMPERIALS, DEFEAT
DOUGLAS HI, MIKES
In a doubleheader basketball
game played in the Douglas gym
last night, Columbia Lumber de
feated the Douglas High School
Huskies by a score of 47 to 30, and
the Imperials triumphed over Mikes
Nite Owls by 67 to 51.
High man for the Coldmbians was
Hanse.n with 23 points and for the
Huskies, McCormick was credited
with 11 points.
In the Imperial-Mikes game.
Brown was high man with 20 points
for the Imperials and Aase was high
man for Mikes with 17 points.
Basketball is taking a holiday and
the next scheduled game is on
Tuesday, January 2. That night Will
also be a doubleheader. Dougla:
High vs Arctics and Imperials vs
Columbia Lumber. The game will
be played in the Douglas gym.
SCORES OF
BASKETBALl
Here are final scores of basket
ball games played last night:
Columbia Lumber 47, Douglas
High 30.
Imperials 67, Mikes Nite Owls 51
Oregon State 61, Pittsburgh 36.
Wyoming 88, Oregon 57.
Southern Cal. 55, Wash. State 47.
Lewis and Clerk 73, Central Wash
ington 68.
Pacific Lutheran 54, College of the
Pacific 42.
Southern Oregon 79, Vanport 76.
Montana 72, Whitworth 58.
Columbia 76, Rice 63.
Olcla. A. and M. 62, Loyola (Los An
geles) 48.
Duke 70. George Washington 67.
Xavier (O) 92, North Carolina 58.
Notre Dame 83, Purdue 70.
Stanford 77. Michigan 66.
Indiana 61, Butler 46.
Illinois 75, Pennsylvania 65.
Texas Christian 58. Okla. City 25
Temple 75. Scranton 70.
Iowa State 68, Drake 54.
DePaul 78, North Illinois 57.
California 70, St. Mary’s 57.
•Texas 68. Louisiana State 53.
Southern Methodist 60, Alabama 46
Texas A. and M. 50, Sam Houston 45
Arizona 90, Miss. Southern 56.
Bowling Green 74, Ohio U. 69.
Wm. and Mary 55, Morris-Harvey 54
San Francisco State 74, Fresnc
State 63.
Sports Briefs
New York — The medical exami
ner’s office called the death of A
(Sonny Boy) West, knocked out
by Percy Bassett Thursday night
accidental.
Philadelphia — Connie Mack, re
tired manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics, celebrated his 88th birth
day.
Coral Gables, Fla. — Joe Citlmone.
the nation’s leading jockey, re
turned to the saddlfe at Tropica’
Park by booting home his 371st
winner this year, Blue Helmet
($3.80) in the fifth race.
FIGHT DOPE
Here are results of fights last
night:
At Paris — Ray Robinson, 155!4,
New York, stopped Robert Ville
main, 164, France, 9.
At New York — Kid Gavilan
1461 i, Cuba', outpointed Joe Miceli.
146, New York, 10.
At Hollywood — Dave Gallardo.
12594, Los Angeles, outpointed Cecil
Schoonmaker, 116-■ <, Los Angeles,
10.
H0CKEV6AMES
In the Pacific Coast Hockey
League two games were played last
night and here are the results:
Seattle 3, Portland 1.
Tacoma 3, Victoria 2.
OIL NOTICE
The Douglas Trucking Co., makes
the following announcement: In
the future please check your oil
supply, as an extra charge of $1
will be made for deliveries on Sun
days or holidays and after 6 p.m. on
week-days. Douglas Trucking Co.
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Cabaret Dance at the Baranof
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Old fashioned Pomeancjers at
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SKATING TONIGHT AT
A. B. HALL; SPEAKER
SYSTEM IS INSTALLED
There will be skating tonight
at A. B. Hall starting at 7:30
o’clock according to announcement
made this forenoon.
The new loud speaker system
has arrived and will be in opera
tion tonight for the first time. All
skaters are urged to be present.
POiNSETTIA IS
AMERICAN GIFT
TOR YULE TIME
Wlille it seems rather odd, it
certainly ' is interesting that Am
erica has given the world its most
beloved Christmas plant—the poin
setta. This plant, like so many
others of our best flowers, is native
to tropical America. The florist
has been able to propogate it and
grow it in a small pot, so that,
.vith its flaming red bracts or leaves,
t makes a most desirable Christ
nas plant.
There is a sentiment that goes
with mest Christmas plants—we
late to throw them away. What
an be done with the poinsettiaV
VTost. of us figure that it is easier
ind cheaper to throw it away.
However, if properly handled, it
will bloom for you a second or
even a third of fourth year. You
;an even propagate it, if you wish,
ind have more plants.
Give the plant a resting period
around the middle of February.
The florist simply lays it under the
benches, but you will probably put
t in ycur basement. Water it oc- j
■asionally—enough to keep the wood |
from wilting, but no more. Then,
iround the latter part of May or
jarly in June, bring it out, cut
t back rather severely, and repot
ft. You c^n then put it outside
:f you wish in the shade of a tree
or shrub, and water it enough to
ceep it growing. Of course, if you
have a nice, warm, sandy spot,J
/ou might plant It right in the
’round, but most cf us prefer to
leave it in the pot.
.’HRISTMAS PROGRAM
BY MEMORIAL CHURCH
SUNDAY EVENING 7:30
The Memorial Presbyterian
church Sunday School holds its
Christmas program Sunday evening
it 7:30. The Nativity Scene of the
Christmas story will be told.
Following is the program: song
processional. “O Come All You
Faithful” by the Sunday School,
junior and adult choirs; poems by
the primary children; the Nativity
:cene in shadows—Mary, Mary Jo
seph; Joseph, Tommy Abbott; an
gels, Beverly Jack, Marlee Visaya,
Helen Abbott; shepherds, Jerry
James, Johnny Willard; wisemen.
Joe Peterson, Frank Peratrovich,
Eddie Phillips; lighting, Roy Perat
i-ovich.
WALTER DAMROSCH
MASSES AWAY, HOME
NEW YORK. Dec. 23—<4*-Walter
Damrosch, conductor and composer
for more than half a century, died
of a heart attack last night at the
age of 88.
Except for household help, he was
alone In his three-story brown stone
iiome east of Central Park.
Damrosch for many years di
rected the New York Symphony *
Orchestra, years during which he
composed operatic and other music
widely acclaimed in his adopted
land.
A calm, untheatrical conductor,
Damrosch used to delight audiences
with his habit of turning around
at the end of a number he liked and
remarking:
“Now, wasn’t that a honey.”
FAIRBANKS BOUND
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy P. Hill of
Fairbanks arrived in Juneau yes
terday from Seattle, homeward
bound for Christmas. They were
accompanied by Raymond A. Peck,
Seattle architect. Peck is the de
signer for a 144-unit apartment
house that Hill is building at Sec
ond and Lacey streets in Fairbanks.
They are at the Baranof Hotel.
AL LUBCKE BACK
A1 Lubcke, Highway Patrol offi
cer at Haines, arrived here yester
day from Ketchikan where he had
been on temporary duty. He will be
at the Baranof Hotel for a couple
of weeks.
CAROL SINGING SUN.
The public is invited to partici
pate in carol singing at the Baranof
Bubble Room from 4:30 to 6:30 Sun
day, Edward J. O’Brien, manager
reminded people today. Fred Dunn
and Pat Carroll are slated to be
song leaders and are whipping up
a “Santa Claus quartet.” Song
sheets will be provided.
DR. WEHLER HERE
Dr. Andrew J. Wehler from Mt.
Edgecumbe arrived from Anchorage
yesterday and is stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
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Ihis Ain! Football
Bob See, University of California guard, appears to be trying for a
field goal a-la football, but actually tripped over (iale McArthur (21),
Oklahoma Aggie guard, during game at Berkeley, C'allf., won by
Oklahoma 36-35. See had the wind knocked out of him by the
fill. Other Aggie players ire Norman Pilgrim (2!)) and Bob Reymour
(24). See’s teammate is John Ricksen (3). !/<>! Wircphoto.
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Once upon a medieval Yuletide, King Richard III of England
celebrated at Litchfield—and during the festivities 2,000 oxen and
200 tons of wine were consumed.
Of course, the feudal set-up provided the great lords with the
wherewithal lor magmnccnce—■ -
he lords received gifts from their
;enants ant! kings received gifts
!rom their nobles; and the gradu
ated scale for giving and receiving
was as well ascertained as the
quiddam honorarium of any bar
rister or physician.
Queen Elizabeth received a large
part of her wardrobe as gifts from
her courtiers, and if the quality or
quantity was not satisfactory, the
donors were unceremoniously in
formed of the situation.
When Henry III entertained a
thousand knights, peers, and as
sorted nobles who came to attend
the Yuletide marriage of the Prin
cess Margaret, his majesty re
ceived a royal Christmas gift of
2,700 pounds, plus 600 fat oxen
from the Archbishop of York.
With similar assistance, whether
exhorted or given in the spirit of
generosity appropriate to the sea
son, his majesty could well afford
to give Christmas feasts for the
poor like the one given in West
minster Hall Id 1248, which lasted
a week.
Striving to outdo his predeces
sors and give his successors some
thing to shoot at, Henry VIII kept
one Yuletide at which the cost of
gold cloth that was used amount to
COO pounds alone. He had tents
erected and artificial gardens
plotted within the spacious hall of
his palace. Knights came out of
the tents to joust in tournaments
and fantastically dressed dancers,
covered from head to foot with gay
ribbon streamers, emerged from
the gardens to entertain the guests.
Preparation for the feasting on
such occasions Is perfectly appall
ing to epicures of the 20th century
—and can only be vaguely compre
hended by considering that Rich
ard II normally employed 2,000
cooks to prepare food for the 10,000
persons who dined—irrespective of
special feasting — at his expens«
every day.
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NOTICE
Due io increased cost of operating our
business, it is necessary to raise the
price of oil hauling to $4.00 per load,
beginning January 1st, 1951.
Don't forget to measure your
oil for the double holidays.
THANK YOU,
RELIABLE TRANSFER,
art McKinnon.
WORLD'S CHRISTMAS
LEGENDS NUMEROUS
Multitudinous legends claim in- '
numerable origins for the Christ
mas tree. One better known legend
tree. One better known legend
concerns an early Christian mis
i sionary, sometimes identified as
St. Wilfred, who once came upon 1
a group cf Druids preparing to make
a human sacrifice under a large
oak.
He had the oak cut down and, as
| it fell, a young fir tree sprang up
in its place. The missionary seized
the evidence and made the fir tree
a symbol of the new faith: hence
forth, the tribesmen were to set
this symbol of immortality in the
halls of their ledges at Christmas
time and surround it with feasting
and love and the laughter of chil
aren.
The legend of the Faithful Pine
which sheltered the Holy Family
during the flight to Egypt is less
well known perhaps, but so very
charming and touched by the mys
ticism appropriate to the Nativity
theme.
With Herod's soldiers in pursuit,
Mary simply had to rest awhile
and sought shelter within the hol
low trunk of a huge pine tree. As
the soldiers approached, the tree
bent its branches to conceal the
j huddled little group. When the
danger had passed the baby Jesus
blessed the old tree. And if you
i cut a pine cone lengthwise at
l Christmastime, you can still see
the imprint of His little hand.
Nor has legend overlooked the
bright baubles which bedeck our
; modern Christmas trees. The first
Christmas tree was really an ap
ple tree, according to legends col
lected by Florence B. Robinson.
! And, although the fir tree long
I since has supplanted its predeces
| sor for Christmas use, the popular
j tinsel bauble of today is the repre
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sentative of the fruit which for the
early Christians symbolized the fan
of man in the Garden of Eden and
his reclamation by the birth of
the Saviour.
Christmas holly Is supposed to
represent the master oi the house.
Christmas ivy is supposed to rep.
resent the mistress of the house.
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can be dangerous as baby will be
tempted to put them in his mouth.
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