Friday, April 8, 1938
Hunting
Out Sports
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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.
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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-
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<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
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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!
OUK STOCK of FINEST QUALITY WINES INCLUDES
DON MARCO — CRITERION
ISCO — DEL MAR
Bohemian Club
AL BROWER, Proprietor
S’M ATTER POP—Gotta Change Towteri Line*
By C. M. PAYNE
© », The B<n »rndiove I»* •
MESCAL IKE
Maybe He Missed the Detour
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Locally, the outlook la brighter
than it wan nt thia time laat year
although the Mthian aggregation
la not alated to be a blazing star
in the baseball sky until college la
out thia spring
Then we will see an influx of
talent which will be tonic for fans.
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
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