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4 PAflE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOR1), OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18, 1934. Big Crowds Inspire Major Leaguers in Opening G TIGHT CONTESTS j SHE tore"p DPSEj's SHmTI DUCKS GRAB 3-2 l!!EDWARDS FACING Is ames of S eason SEEN BY FANS IN T Carl Hubbell Hurls 4-Hit Game to Win, 6-1, for Giants Warneke Misses No-Hit Game by Lone Hit By HUGH 8. FlilXEBTON, JB. ' Associated Pres Hports Writer : ' Major league baaebaU olub today ettled down to the Mrloui business of daily gamee, hopeful a glorloua round of opening contents had eat the keynote for the entire aeaaon.. Encouraged by fine weather, the fan poured through the turnstiles In greater number yesterday than In either of the paat twosoason In augurals, although the aggregate at tendance Jell far short of the 1B31 record toumout of 319,010. Jn all,! more than 187,000 attended the eight opening games, 37,000 gee Giants Win The world champion New York aiants attracted a crowd befitting their high station, about 37,000, and ,-h. faithful wnre rewarded by seeing Carl Hubbell, last year'a world erUaj Aero, pitch four-hit ball to neat tne Phllllea, to 1. The rebuilt Bed Box were 4he leading attractions of the American league as they clashed with the champion Washington tenatora. The crowd of 33,338 which filled Pen way park waa one of the beat on reo ord In Boston and It had plenty of thrill in an eloven Inning struggle which Washington won, to II, Thronga of around 30,000 also ap peared at Brooklyn, where the Dodg ers Inaugurated Casey Stengel'a man agerial reign by beating the Boston Braves, 8 to 7, in an exciting slug test, and at Cincinnati, wAere the first view of the rebuilt Red proved mostly to be a view of Lonnle War neke, Chicago's stellar right hinder. Warneke Hlanki Reds Pitching In mid-season form, War. i neke missed a no-hlt, no-run game by one throw aa he blanked the Red legs, 6 to 0, and whiffed 18 base men. Cincinnati didn't vet a hit until after one waa out In the nlntti when Adam Comorosky conneoted for a single. Chuck Klein, Imported from Philadelphia to aid the Cubs' slug ging, celebrated hta debut with . a home run. Hubbell also hurled a masterful game for the Giants, who showed they were the same team of oppor tunlate that won the world cham pionship last year. They atarted out by scoring a run without a hit, then followed up with some timely 'bat ting In which Blondy Rryan stood out, Jimmy Wilson, Phils' manager, took Hubbell' ahtitout away with a homer In the seventh, Washington's triumph came on an eleven-Inning run off Henry John ton after the Red Sox had overcome a five-run deficit to tie the score In the eighth, Manager Joe Cronln atarted the rally with a double that upset Johnson so ha hit one batsman and walked another. Then Pinch Batter Dave Harris hit a grounder which Buck Walters Juggled long enough for Cronln to score. Athletic Trim Yanks The Athletics staged a similar rally to defeat the highly touted Yankees, 6-S. In a mixed up gam that saw 18 passes given out. A run behind in the ninth, the A's rallied to win when Blng Miller pasted a pinch sin gle for the third hit of the Inning, With 31.000 fane looking on. Cleve land' Indiana made eight hit good for a 6-to-a victory over Roger Hornsby' Brown aa Earl Averlll emacked In three tallies with a homer and a double. Mickey Cochrane and hia Detroit Tigers ahowed a new brand of acrapplness a they con verted six blow Into an 6-to-3 tri umph over Chicago. I The St. Loula Cardinals, with Dlazy Dean holding forth on the mound, pounded out the day'a high total of 13 .hits and trimmed the Plttaburgh Pirates, 7 to 1. Behind Dean'a slx hlt hurling, Ducky Medwlck socked a homer and two slnglea and Pepper Martin hit a brace of doubles. Brook lyn and Bi'.ton also clouted the new National league ball effectively. Homera by Dan Taylor and Hack Wilson contributed five run to Broklyn'a early lead which lasted through a ninth-Inning rally by the Brave. ? -w W W Jack Demptey lot a ring battle at Alexandria, La., when 95-pound Mr, Johnny Plummer jumped through the rope and tore up the for mer champion' thlrt and pulled hi hair. The trouble started when Dempeey, a referee of a wreatllng match between Plummer and Bruoe Noland, warned Plummer not to kick Ncland. Finally the dispute reached the point where Dempeey swung three uppercuts to Plummer1 chin and Mr. Plummer became enraged. Plummer and hi wife are ehown after the battle, Aoelated Pre Photo) CLOSE DECISION LOS ANGELES, April 18. 7P) Kind Levlnaky had clone 10-roimd de cision to hi credit today to salve the puffed eye ad tore Up and nase Lee Ramage, the San Diego aharp ahooter, gave him before 10,000 per son here lat night. Referee George Blake, after a mo ment of hesitation, raised the Chlcajo fish peddler'e hand In token of a vic tory several of the cash customers felt had not been earned. The Klngflsli, 16 pounds to the good over hi alender opponent, waded In to take the lead In the first round. Levlnaky staged the more Impres sive finish. He swept through Ram age with a wild barrage to take t'.ie eighth and ninth round convincing ly, and had a slight edge In the tenth. MONMOUTH DEFEATS . OREGON STATE, 11-6 MONMOUTH, t April 18. '41 Be hind two-hit pitching by Treadway Charlea, Oregon Normal achool pitch, er, the teachers gained an 11 to 6 win over Oregon Stat college In their bsrcball game here yesterday. The Bitters had previously won two lop sided game ben. (Contributed) It la April frollo time for veryone at the Jackson sorrool next Friday evening. Mrs. Stanley Jones, Mrs, Arthur Schmldll and Mrs. Walter White have been planning and work Ing for weeks to make this the big gest and beat frollo of all. They have promised plenty of good food, fun and entertainment. Supper begin at 8 p. m. It 1 cafeteria style a usual, The hot dogs will be cooked right before your eyes, while you wait, by Mr, R. I. Plaharty. Mrs. Watson will serve the hot dishes. The salads are to be served by Mrs. Thompson. Mr. Cow gill will aee that you get plenty of aandwlchea. Then to finish up. plea and cakes by Mra. Olmsceld and Mrs. Jarmln. Mrs. Scrlpter will tet that you have all the coffee you want, and last, but not leaat, you will find a candy booth with Mrs. Culy to wait on you, and there will be plenty of home made candy. Mrs. Herman will dispense the Ice cream. Too, there will be popcorn balls that, you get from Mra. Cleven berg. All the eat will be priced reasonably and the coffee la free all you want, ' Then the fun Mr. Wolf 1 plan ning a flail pond that the kiddles will enjoy. Roy Elliott will b on hand with an interesting game. There will be prlre many of them un usual, and plenty of them. The kiddles of Jaokson tchool will present a varied program from 7:30 to 8:30. To flnlih up, there will be a pa rado by the klddlea with prlret of fered tor the beat and funniest cos tumes. Thla annual affair la the outstanding event of the year at Jackson school a far a tun I con cerned. Evory mother, dad and kid are all excited about the frolic. The public la Invited. Plenty of good eats and an evening of fun and entertainment la promised. Don't forget the April frollo Friday, April 30, at the Jackson tchool, at 6 p. m. E PORTLAND. April 18. yP) Slg Ecklund of Portland punched him self free from the constant clinching of Bert Paxton of Detroit and knock ed him out In the fourth of a sohed tiled six-round bout ncre last night. Despite hi eight-pound weight ad vantage. Paxton 174, hugged, wrestled and waltzed the first three round. Then Bcklund discovered that over hand punches would do the work and soon had him In the open, where he hammered him to the canvna. Johnny Hlgglna, 141, Salem, sent a left-handed paralyser to the stomach and a right to the Jaw to knock out Johnny Shaw, 144, San Francisco, In the third round of a scheduled four- round match. - A furloualy fought bout between Rollle Westerman, 138, and Clem Lom- brlght, 133. both of Portland, ended In a draw. Roa Dumagulllei, 138, Manila, gained a technical knockout over Dane Brady, 130, Vernonla, in the third of a scheduled four-round fight. .P. ORANTS PASS. April 18. (SpU With scvernl new faces to b Mn In the lineup of the OrenU Pau ball club, Manager Ken William Mid Tueaday he U confident of winning the southern Oregon league pennant and the atate seml-profeMlonal cham plonihlp. Two good workouU are to be given the men of the merged team this weok, Williams aald. before he will decide who is to be on the first atrlng. The new net of sulta. purchased by various merchants end bunlne men of town, have arrived and will be worn Sunday, April 33, when the Merchant open the league season here with the Medford Roguce. . Mineral t.vhlhlt Wanted Miners of southern Oregon are urged to get In touch with II. B. Cady, chairman of Oregon's Diamond Jubilee mineral exhibit, as early aa possible, to en'er displays of ores and minerals. A large building vlll be available for the d.s play which will be viewed by thou sands of visitors during Jubilee wrefc Sport Style are mora popular toll tenon thin erer. You, ihoutd be wearing them now. 12,000 Fans Pack Portland ; Park to See Fine Game Won by Ninth Inning Rally Seattle Loses, 7 to 5 Score Vesterday, Portland, 3; Missions, 3. Seattle, 3; Hollywood, 7, Los Angeles, 6: Oakland, 0, Sacramento, S: San Francisco, 3. By the Associated Press, The confident prediction of H. L. Baggerly, president of the Pacific Coast league, that baseball would atage a come-back thla year appeared likely of fulfillment today as far as the northern part of the circuit la concerned. , Some 13,000 fan packed the park at Portland yesterday to see the Bea vers defeat the San Francisco Mis sions. 3 to 3, with a thrilling ninth inning rally, .whllo Seattle lost its first home game to Hollywood. 7 to 3, before 8000 spectators, one of the largest crowds there In the last two yeara. Paradea preceded the gnmes that opened the season for the two cities. - With the core tied at 2-3 In the ninth Inning, First Baseman Earl Sheely singled, went to third when Catcher Frank Cox doubled and raced In with Portland's winning run when Shortstop phet Wllburn lifted a long fly. The Indians used five pitchers in a' fruitless attempt to stop the Stars. ny Thomas chalked up his third Sacramento boosted Itself Into full possession of second place by defeat ing the San Francisco Seals, 5 to 3, due largely to the hard hitting of Outfielder Jerry Donovan, The slug ging Senator, who played with the Seals last year, hit two home runs and in the fourth Inning started three-run rally with hia double. The Senatora are three gamea behind the league-leading Angel. SALEM. April IB. yp) JSubstltut lng for Bulldog Jackson, who wsa In the hospital with an Infected leg, Jack Curtlss, handsome New Mexico grappler, entered the ranks of tbe favored few who hold a victory over HOBln Reed, by taking two straight falls from the Reeasport editor In last night's wrestling card headllner here. Curtlss won the first fall with a Boston crab hold and the second on a foul when Referee. Mike Mlkulak would not stand for Reed's rough tactics. Don Sugsl. Salem Japanese, took two out of three falls to win from Hugh-Adams, St. Helens, In the semt wlndup. end Walter Tlnklt Achlu won the final two falls from Joe Kirk In the opening match. Dutch Ruether Indian Manager SEATTLE. April 18. () Walter "Dutch" Ruether, veteran southpaw pitcher, today became acting manager of the Seattle baseball club of tho Pacific Coast league, succeeding George Burns, whose resignation was requested by Business Manager Bill Klepper. Ruether, a former Seattle hurler. rejoined the Indians as coach yesterday. TOUGH MAT FOE Paul Murdocx, a big and fast mat man who halls from Oklahoma, will tangle with Billy Edwards, Kansas Paul Murdock. City butcher boy, Thursday night In the top spot of the three-ply card which Promoter Mack Llllard has pro vided for the edification of southern Oregon muscle stretching fans. Ed wards, a veteran with countless vic- . xi. edit, sained by the use hi. m invention the ohlropracttc headlock will find the going plenty rough when he get Into the Armory ring with Murdock. In the semi-final, Bob Kruse. Os wego farmer, will meet an old enemy. John Freberg of Seattle. Freburg and Kruse battled here once before, many moons ago, and the cash customers still talk about the match. Both are giants, rough, tough, ruthless and willing to use anything, Including the corner posts, to subdue the other. Swede Anderson. Medford's grap pling fireman, will take on a tough opponent In the curtain rslser when he faces Wslter Slrlos of France. HIGH SCHOOL AND By Harold drove In a catball game where the lead changed twice In the same inning, the high school defeated Lamport's 0 to 6 while Your Office Boys defeat ed the standard Oil 13 to 1. The high school took to the field In, the first Inning and the outs went smoothly for three of them. The high school did the ssme thing that the Lamport did In their half of the Inning. At the beginning of the sec ond Inning the Lamporters clouted two run to lead 3 to 0. In the third and fourth Innings tho high achool opened up and drove In nine run while the Lamporters made only one. The Office Boys returned to Hielr old form and defeated the weak Standard Oil and allowing them only one run, while they collected 13. Tonight the Henderson All-Stars tangle with Your Office Boy nd Kldds play host to the Standard OH. 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