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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1938)
Friday, April 15, 193« LITHIANS WEAK IN PRACTICES SOUTHERN OREGON MINER AND THEN THE FUN BEGAN! / Asjotrajr X TD BED TUL ] ur< asleep * / Jack Balding, newly appointed playing manager of the Ashland Lithlan basebail team, is going around thia week tearing his hair out In copious handfulls over the reluctance of potential talent to show up at practice sessions "What with bad weather and spring fever, the turnouts have been disappointing so far, al though several players have prac ticed who show plenty of stuff," Balding commented yesterday The Initial trial game for the Lithians with Hilts <>n the north ern California diamond Is Just one week away, April 24, on.I open date remains after that before alurl of Southern Oregon league play Muy K Henry DeClerck, man ager ut Hilts, has Indicated that his boys have been biding their lime until they cun shovel base* linos through snow on the playing Held and, consequently, also will lack practice Practice fur the locals will be rushed during the balunce of spare time, sessions being scheduled for this afternoon, April 1ft, and Tues day, Thura<iay and Friday next week Meanwhile Balding will be out drumming up reserve strength for the club A tentative starting) lineup for early-season games fills tl>e posts as follows: Pitcher, lutrry Pepper and Phil Griggs, both right-hand , ers and both new on the Ashland UsaBy LARRY Hl’NTER lineup but veterans In league play; catcher. Cliff McLean and Al MEV ER let it be said that this scribe Is not in fuvor of the Hltapaon, vets. first base, Jess Barton, promising SONS dona- grand national pastime quite the lion; second base. Balding, regular contrary, in fact but if the local last year; shoitstop Paniei Ilt'M exponents of baseball I namely 1937 reserve; third base, the players) do not turn out more fre team's big question mark with quently within the next fortnight A rim Ager working out with Med- the IJthian club cither will have ford; outfielders, Jock Kemnitzer, to trade a sack of seed spuds, heavy hitting Noimal athlete, sonic Confed ••’•ate shlnplasters and Darrell 1/cavens, one of the moat a small piece of rope for a fran dependable regulars last season. chise in the Mad River and Whip- Tommy Kenton, Import from Ea Poor-Will Valley league or draw gle Point, Don Montgomery, Tal straws to see who shall represent ent slugger, and Marion Mann. the club in the national beanbag tourney SONS prospect. It Is very discouraging. to aay the least, to deep dyed-in-the-wool fans and nearly degenerating to poor oT Massa Jack Balding, the outfit's Bimon I .eg ree thia season Balding has been out at every practice session he has called and at most of them has been able to keep track of the huge crowd For the first time In the history present without removing his in of Southern Oregon Normal school fielder's glove to tally on his fin Si INS athletes will represent the gers local college at Intercollegiate Of course, laid weather has spring sports In recognized track had a lot to do with It. No and minor sports meets if plans one really gets baseball con for the current season go through. scious until hr can sunburn Jean Eberhart. SONS athli-tu his tonsils while scanning the director, la overseeing an intensive balmy sky for the soul-ting program of competitive Intramur ling sight of errant fly balls al events with an eye to picking and eteri If hr could catch a individuals likely to do well glimpse of one the braw breezes which whistle around against stars from other schools. Several meets are on the tentative the diamond during this kind of climate would chill the ar plan sheet at present, among them being one with Humboldt State, dor w bleb had managed to raise Its head through the another at Pacific U, the invita other difficulties. tional small college relay carnival Nevertheless, there are several in Eugene and the Reed college minor sports carnival, al) of which guys who arc holding up the par- ade for one reason or another In fall in May. Idkcly looking candidates at n town of thia size and situation present for places on teams are there are few enough Jobs to en Mark Smith and Amos Velande, tice the players who otherwise tennis; Jack Cady and Bob Nap would receive nothing for their ier, golf; Mel Atkins, ping-pong; summer efforts but fallen arches, track: Bill Tyccr, Jess Barton, if they are fortunate enough to Allan Eaaclatrom, Norman Kerr. hang a clout on the horsehide. Some of the best bets, though, arc Everett Sandberg. Earl Chamt»i lin. Smith; field Napier, Jock fellows who will be in town any Kemnitzer, Larry Kaiser, Ken In how but who insist on gysying Branch, Barton. Bob Durbin. around southern Oregon to get in Smith, Ernie Faust and Sandberg. trial licks with every club in the ------------- •------------- league before eeny-meeny-miney- moing their way to an eventual decision. This department still holds out SONS LAUNCH SPRING SPORTS Kittenball Planned For Summer Debut Page 7 back where it was in 1035 and '30 behind the well-known eight ball, and the bad news can be added right up from there. One club goes blooey, the schedule gets less interesting for the rest of the teams S<x<n another drops out, a town less ideally located geo graphically is contacted frantical ly to plug the gap In ranks Trips become longer and, first thing you know, baseball will be something only the old inhabitants will re member Territory jumping by mem ber clubs should I m - discour aged by all managers and club officials who have more than one Immediate win in mind and who like the game as THE game. Mark us down "present" when the roll call is sounded for those who oppose this uncivil "civil McDonald, Kennaston To Indulge in Grudge Gripfest Monday Eve Battling Bob Kennaston, the Gold Hill Marine, returns to the Medford wrestling ring after an enforced vacation of several weeks because of a broken foot Monday night in the Medford armory He will top the card with Sockeye Jack McDonald, former Puget Sound logger. This match prom ises to be one of the best crowd pleasers billed thia season. Second up on the card and equally interesting will be Wild Red Berry, the Kansas Panther, and Gentleman Ken Hollis, the roughest lad to leave the state of Arkansas Berry took Jack Donald into camp two weeks and the odds are two-to-one that the Arkansas Terror won't be able to stand the competition. Opening Promoter Mack Lil lard's all-star card will be Mar shall Carter, former Missouri state wrestling instructor, and Paul Murdock of Oklahoma, Both wrestle clean and are fast The armory doors will be open at 7:30 p. m. Monday night with the first match getting under way at 8:30 o’clock. ------------- •-------------- Coach Skeet O’Coonell of Asli land high school said this week he has two complete teams of Grizzly pigskin 'i.^pirants working out daily, as well as a squad of grad uating seniors who are doing their drilling under the watching eye of Leonard Warren, former high school star in favor of a ruling which will de- ! termlne club membership ade quately in advance of the season so that dilly-dallying of that sort can be eliminated Not only does the indecisiveness unnerve sportswriters and bring managers down to a sobbing, blub ber.v mass before a team even ; takes the field but it kills a cer tain amount of spectator interest and hurts the gate for the rest of ! the season -or at least until enough of the prodigals return to perform a miracle like the one which happened last year when the Lithians were lurking near the cellar all during the first half of the slate only to come back with vim. vigor and vitality to give Crescent City a nlp-and-tuck squabble for the flag Playrra undoubtedly have the right to c I khmm - and choose well before they make their |MM»ltion known but It might help some of them If they are reminded that a baseball play er, particularly among the imshers, who Is Just another name on the scoresheet to an out-of-town audience ia a min or Joe DiMaggio when he pulls a hot gam«* out of the fire before a bleacher full of hla frienda and ever-loving relitaves. Conaidering the fact that none of the southern Oregon leaguers will be able to retire on their season’a earnings, we might add that loudly vok-ed approval all Sunday afternoon ia not to be Momed. Maybe it's the Influence of major league hsldouts who have put the bee in the bonnets of the continually absent ones. One thing is certain they can't expect to loaf previous to start of the sea son and then, play without kicking the ball around. A bad season or two is Just about enough to set town baseball in Ashland right HAULING OF ALL KINDS WELDS THAT REALLY HAVE THAT OLD GRIP Ves, sir, our welds hang on tighter than a broke fraternity brother’s handshake . . . and they fuse be- cause we know our work, and are equipped to do it! Both acetylene and electric weld- Ing, either In our shop or on the Job with [xirtable equipment. If you have ■» breakdown with heavy machinery that can't be moved, call us and we’ll be right Johnny- on-the-spot to help you. 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