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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1938)
Friday, April 8, 1938 Hunting Out Sports , LAKIC Y HUNTER^ TIIK prevailing pbiyi-r option rul it in •he Huuthern Oregon basebul I league lias its good ¡xtintM but certainly la a headache to »|M>rtawritrra and probably to re spective nuinngcm Considering the fact that players engage in the giune In throe parts for the sheer :uil- null joy ot trying to ruin per fectly *l.2ft I> um -I ui II s , no very strict regulations govern their affiliations with any club In the circuit. One thing Insisted U| h > ii Is that action In a game lines up the player for the dub be has served In that con tent. To change his *|M»t* thereafter he must obtain u release from the club num agcment. Until the first game, therefore, there are about six schools of thought on what player will play for what club, etc., and at time of writing there are several doughty bascballers who will have to be quintuplets to live up to advance notices For example, in Ashland there are Ixiwdl Brown. Arba Ager, Phil Griggs. lairry Pepper and others to la? considered The first- named. a port-side hurler. anw ac tion with the Idthiana last year an<l could I»«- very useful this son and Is geographically well sit- uated for a 193k position on the local nine However, he has worked out a time or two with the Medford Craters and no one, probably including Brown, seems to know just which outfit will gain when he finally flips the coin Ager, a fine Infielder, presents a case almost parallel to Brown's, but over the week-end declared he would sign up with Ashland for certain Griggs, a right-handed pitcher, worked with the Grants Pass Mer chants last year but has applied for a Llthlan suit this season. There seems to be no particular discussion tn his case as Griggs Is reported to be willing to make the change, Grants Paas has reg istered no kick and, certainly, Ashland will be glad to have him in the box It would be nice to know, though Pepper, a Crater regular last year, has secured a job In thia city and will be on deck for action ax pitcher, to Medford's loss and Ashland's gain It seems that some rule could be adopted whereby player* would indicate their intentions In advance—say a week—of the first game, With that arrangement manager* would lie able to give more than a rough guess at their lineups, teams would In formed sooner, baaclsill as a well-played game would bene fit accordingly—and, If a player wished to change later, hr could still fall back on the release clause. 1 f ■ SOUTHERN OREGON MINER be on deck every week-end from the start of league play From far reaches of Glide, Ore , Ted Hchopf will signal the end of hla leaching term by climbing Into hia IJthlan baseball bloomers for his tasks in the infield where he figured in plenty of fast plays last year, Including doubles and triples And oo-uh, y-e-e-a-h, that num will I m - here again. I xmxi - ard Patterson, regular first hiiMiiian, Is getting notlMS at <>K< as regular on the Initial suck where his four ryes and rangy jib are Iw-lng pointed out this year us campus land marks. Folks around Crescent < ity point to the vast height of the mighty redwoods as being the result of stretching one Munday to get out of the way of Patterson’s lusty clouts which, aided by a sou’- easterly breeze, wafted grace fully over the heads of the Chinook outfielder* and on Into the blue horizon. We'll be missing Phil Keeton, now assistant caddymaster at an Oakland, Calif., golf course, and Wee Willie Durham, the Lithian "DiMaggio" whose husky heave from the outfield to home saved the day at the coast Durham is "hayfoot-strawfootlng" as a cor poral in the U. 8 Army However, there are bound to be a few new ones crop up with idi-us of astonishing the bleachers I with their horsehide prowess so it is safe to say that the IJthians p m , with the Stewardship com- will entertain at several Interest mission in charge ing "at-homes" thia summer. Evening service at 7:30 o’clock, the pastor preaching on "Re- ----------- <l«-«-nied. Hut Not With Silver" Prayer and conference meeting I at 7:30 p m Wednesday < HARLEM E. DUNHAM, Pastor Church school meets at 9:4ft a • Mrs Mary Lewis, who has been m , It L. Walker, superintendent. ill with the flu at her Third street home, is greatly improved. Morning worship at 11 o’clock, ; • Mrs. J A. Riley and son James a palm Sunday sermon, "Behold will spend the summer as guests Your King," will be subject of the of Mrs Riley's sister and Trixie pastor's sermon. Friganza, former light opera com- Young People's union at 6:30 | edienne, in Beverly Hills and Long First Baptist Church Page 5 Beach, according to Mr Riley, who returned recently from south ern California. Riley, until lately employed as operator at the S-P station here, will go to Chiloquin this week Mrs Riley is recover ing from a long Illness • George Callas and Bob Van Horne spent last week-end at their homes in Portland. Returning Monday morning, the car whlcl Van Home was driving overturned near Canyonville, slightly Injuring both occupants. COLD, CLEAN and GOOD- WRESTLING! 8:30 Monday Night 3 ALL-STAR MAIN EVENTS MEDFORD ARMORY The Three Pals That Jolly Well Make Beer A Pleasure! 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Bob Hardy, the lanky local hurler, will be back to shoot hia left-hand curves acrons the platter and moat platters in this region have cork screw grooves In them from the wear and tear they took from the Hardy ball last year Along with him will come Al Simpson from U of O, where they are performing for Howard Hob son Simpson, palpably futile with the stick laat year, was a sweet catcher and may pick up a few pointers from Hobble about the location and life habita of the homeward-bound baseball to aid hla batting average. Al plana to ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’— Thing. Look Bad By POP MOMAND THEM DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER just look k V max mê muôK. ------ mtieE 3ozo--- T he eaGfcfe'f. my ìw rsigaòv - p&e you cxn to u )( a ) a (¿Axe? lgçç tXacE ! Palace Cafe Now Remodeled for You! ' . . * «•..... . . , . .....