Dodgers and Boxers
Win Wednesday Tilts
Spectators who sat over ashes
of the grandstand fire at the high
school field Wednesday night saw
the Miner Press take an 18 to 6
thrashing from the Dodgers and
watched the Pine Boxers »Uy at
top of the league by turning back
the Varsity 7 to 4 in a well-played
contest.
The Printers got off to a good
start and were leading S to 3 in
the third inning. It looked like a
Miner win but in the fourth they
broke under the strain and the
Dodgers accounted for nine hits
and 14 runs. The game was called
at end of the first half of the
fifth inning.
Score by innings:
R H E
Miner Press__ 140 10— 6 5 7
Dodgers ....
301 14x—18 14 4
Batteries: Miner Press—Ormond
and Ranier to Schilling; Dodgers
—O’Toole to Simpson.
The Boxers had to come from
behind to win their clash with the
Teachers and it was a five-run
blast in the fifth frame that gave
the margin of victory. Six errors
didn’t help any, since all of them
came at crucial moments.
Score by innings:
R H E
Pine Box ___ 100 050 1— 7 7 4
Varsity ......... 120 010 0— 4 7
Batteries: Pine Box—C. Warren
to Gettling; Varsity—Mole to
Strickland.
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A SIX-MAN battle royal and
A ladies’ night will be the fea­
tures as Promoter Mack Lillard
resumes his weekly wrestling
cards in Medford armory Monday
night, July 22.
Dangerous Danny McShain, the
former champion of the world,
will be one of the principals in the
free-for-all. Jimmie Goodrich, with
whom McShain had an argument
on the Ashland card July 4, also
will be on the program as will
Pete Belcastro, the Wild Weed
Wop, Otis Clingman. the clever
Texas grappler, George Wagner,
also from Texas, and Joe Lynam,
the fast Redmond, Ore., lad.
As is customary with battle
royals, the mayhem will act as
matchmaker for the rest of the
program, with the first two men
eliminated returning for the open­
ing match, the second two out
making the second clash, and the
final pair left in the ring when
the dust clears will return for the
top main event of one hour
straight wrestling time or best
two out of three falls The other
two matches will be for six 10-
minute rounds or two out of three
spills.
Each lady accompanied by an
adult paid admission will be en­
titled to a free seat. The battle
royal will start at 8:30 p. m.
Harris’ Hit Breaks Up
Exhibition Game With
Clowning Negro Nine
NOW PLAYING
Friday and Saturday!
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Carl Harris became a softball
hero, as far as local fans were
concerned, Friday night when he
walked up to the plate in the
last half of the seventh inning
to blast out a sharp single to
right field to score two runs and
give the Ashland All-Stars a 4
to 3 victory over the Colored
Ghosts, traveling softball clowns
from Chicago.
The Negroes had things pretty
much their own way as they
clowned and toyed their way to a
3 to 0 margin going into last half
of the seventh frame. Cool Papa
Johnson, who was relieving Red
Strickland in pitching duties, put
himself on the spot as the Stars
put three men on base Then
Strickland took over to save the
game but Harris iced it down.
T%e Ghosts* shadowball exhi­
bition brought laughter and ap­
plause from the large crowd
Score by innings:
R H E
Ghosts . ......... 120 000 0— 3 8 4
All-Stars „.. 000 000 4— 4 5 5
Batteries: All-Stars—Tallis and
C. Warren to Simpson and Zan-
otto; Ghosts — Strickland and
Johnson to Metcalf.
Elks Win Preliminary
The Elks won a league clash
from the Varsity in the Friday
night preliminary by a 13 to 3
margin. The game was called at
the end of the first half of the
fourth frame when the game was
TUMBLEWEED”
TT finally took an innocent on-
1 looker and a smouldering clg-
aret butt to put an end to the
somewhat old and dilapidated
high school grandstand and of
course it amounted to some ex­
pense. but at the same time the
fire affords an opportunity for a
long discussed plan for construc­
tion of a new stadium and athletic
field to see light. There was about
as much difference in sitting in
the old grandstand and in the
bleachers as there is in sitting in
the first and second row Besides,
when it rained the roof didn't shed
water—it only strained it.
For years now the young men
of Ashland high school and junior
high have been practicing and
playing football games on the
present gridiron (and when we
say grid plus iron we mean grid
plus iron) and for years now the
young stalwarts of Ashland have
been bearing scars brought by
cuts, bruises and bumps sustained
while climbing around in the
southern Oregon granite and grav­
el which (hakes a poor substitute
for turf. Some of the hunks of
gravel on that field are so big the
boys used to bide behind them to
pull sneaker plays. And many's
the time Tub Schilling practically
disappeared when rounding a piece
of dirt. To top that, two years
ago the California athletic asso­
ciation ruled that no California
team could play football except on
a turf field and since that time
Ashland has been unable to pro­
cure contests with any of the
sunshine state elevens.
It looks as though the time has
come for use of the 14 lots re-
cently given the school and which
are located adjacent to thq pres­
ent field. An athletic field without
district equal could be constructed,
using the present field and the
nearby ground, on which, with
the aid of topsoil, could be grown
a downy turf. Along side of the
playing field there would be room
for a grandstand that could shel­
ter spectators from anything
even Bill Hulen. A playing field
located across the present one
would leave room for a 440-yard
track around the outside and still
leave room for jumping pits and
a small practice field. Comfort
could be made a keynote of the
stadium, which might be built in
such a way to house dressing
rooms.
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some Ashland softball
boii Bill drove to Medford Friday
afternoon.
• Misa Mary Shiner of Hornbrook
underwent a tonsillectomy at the
Hilt hospital Tuesday morning.
• Edward Warrens, who hus been
visiting his father, A. P. Warrens,
returned to his home in Durham
Thursday.
• Mias Renee Chlnazzo rcently
returned from a visit with friends
in Weed
• Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kennedy
left for a two weeks trip to Great
k'alls and Butte, Mont., Monday,
where they will visit with rela­
tives. H H. Mayberry of Ashland
la taking Mr. Kennedy’s place at
the depot during his absence
• Among those who attended the
Masonic lodge meeting at Prison-
era Kock in the 1-ava Beds Sat-
in.lay night were Ben Ollom. Paul
Green and C. A. Baumgartner.
Mrs. Ben Ollom went as far as
Dorris with them.
• Mias Bernadine Collins of Rose­
ville is the guest of Miaa Evelyn
Nelson.
• Wayne Tweedy of Sebastopol
I b staying with his aunt, Mrs. Don
Collins.
• Miss Sara Piva of Weed is a
guest at the home of Mrs. A. An-
dratta.
• Mr and Mrs. W. T. Poff and
son Duane picnicked in Lithia
park 8unday and spent the eve­
ning with relatives in Medford.
• Mr. and Mrs. W Gran and son
Bill and Horton Geroy drove to
Medford Sunday evening.
• Mr. and Mrs. Antone Mendes
and fatally motored to Dunsmuir
to attend the wedding of their
daughter Josephine and Frank
Wayne Benkoaey which took place
at 4 p. m. Sunday at the home
of the groom. Miss Margie Men­
des, sister of the bride, was maid
of honor, and Frank Benkosey's
brother Albert was beat man. The
marriage service was read by the
Reverend Richie in the presence
of relatives of the bride and
groom. Following the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Benkosey left for a
honeymoon trip to southern Cali­
fornia. They will make their home
in Dunsmuir.
• Mr. Bernheisel took the scout
group who are Bpending a week
at Camp McLoughlin to their
headquarters at iMke o' the
Woods. Sunday. Those who are
enjoying the outing are Norman
Bernheisel, Donald Geroy, Billy
and Buster Walker, Tony Marin
and Gino Michelon.
• Mr and Mrs. Jack Clark ar­
rived Monday evening, called here
by death of his mother, Mrs. Mar­
tha Clark of Yreka. During their
stay here Mr. and Mrs Jack Clark
are residing at the Mount Crest
ranch.
• Mrs. A. Lenears of Algoma
and daughter. Miss Annie Lenears
of San Francisco were visiting
friends in Hilt Thursday.
• June Vieira is visiting with rel­
(X)IXMAN TO ARKANSAS
atives in Weed.
Of tnterest to Ashland baseball
• Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown
and daughters spent the week-end funs is the fact that Ray Coleman,
former center fielder with Hilt in
at Glendale visiting relatives.
• Mrs. Andy Vieira, Mrs. Richard
Williams, Mrs. William Gran and
players calm down and play more
consistent ball, they will be dis­
cernible from the donkeys next
week only by their pants. . . .
Two Varsity players overlooked by
all-star pickers who really deserve
a bouquet are Thirl Baseman
Bizeau, perhaps the headiest and
steadiest ball player in the league,
and Catcher Bob Strickland. Per­
haps because their fancy suits
prejudiced fans at start of the
season and turned rival players'
eyes green with envy the Varsity
lads have never been given their
due. . . . Not alibing themselves,
but in the good old days when
one caught a fly instead of swat­
ting it and when a pitcher was
used for other things than pouring
out water, the ^liner Press had a
good team, they claim. And right
now they want to put a stop to
a rumor that they've turned
Shakespearean. Just because they
staged a “Comedy of Errors" is
no sign they’ve adopted the fam­
ous bard for a mascot, they insist.
The only thing that’s been beating
the trammeled Printers has been
the umpires- who yell “play ball!"
one hour old and the winners —BUD SILVER.
were the required 10 runs ahead.
Buster Newhouse. Elks center
fielder, was the game's leading
hitter with three blows out
three trips.
Score by innings:
R H
Varsity .........
0 11 1— 3 3
Elks ...... .............. 3100 x—13 9
Batteries: Elks—Johnstone
Haynes; Varsity—Mole to Btrick-
land.
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the city softball league, haw been
transferred from Springfield in
the Three-! league to Paragould,
second-place club in the North­
east Arkansas circuit. Tills drop
from class B to class D ball win
the result of the return of Joe
Morjoscph to Springfield. Coleman
la under contract to the St. Ixuia
Browns.
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