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PAOE FOTfR fEDFORT) MAIL TRIBUNE. ftfEDFORD. OREOON. WEDNESDAY. MAY 26. 1937. 'BeanecT Mickey Cochrane, Detroit Manager, Seriously Injured SINUS INFECTION FEARED IN WAKE SKULL FRACTURE Tiger Boss Hit by Bal Hurled by Pitcher Hadley No Immediate Danger of Death. . NEW YORK, May 26. (AP) Dan ger of Infection of the Bin uses caused added concern today as three physl elans and surgeons sought to save the life of Gordon (Micky) Cochrane, Detroit baseball manager, who was truck in the right temple by a ball thrown by Irving (Bump) Hadley In yesterday's game against the New York Yankees. Cochrane 's condition was pro' nounced satisfactory in a bulletin is sued this morning at St. Elizabeth's hospital but the danger of Infection was noted. The bulletin read: DELIVERED HERE' No delay . . . imme diate delivery can be had on all models, SKINNER'S OARAGE 143 S. 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With the count three balls and two strikes, Hadley threw a high fast one. Cochrane attempted to duck but he appeared to fall In the path of the ball. He waa knocked unconscious and carried to the dressing room on a stretcher and thence to the hospit al. Mrs. Cochrsne took a plsne from Detroit Isst night and arrived this morning. It woe Ister learned the Tiger man ager has three fractures. During the night he suffered a slight hemor rhage and opiates were administered. Physicians sold it would be neces sary to keep Cochrane absolutely quiet for st least ten days, which means no operation win be performed in me meantime. In Cochrane'a last previous time at bat In the game, which the Yanks won 4-3. he had hit a home run. The Yankee'a physician, Dr. Robert E. Welsh, said there was no Imme diate danger of death. Walter O. Brlggs, Tiger owner. named Coach Del Baiter acting man ager of the team. Baker waa man ager last year when Cochrane was out of the game with illness. Cochrane'! Injury Is closest to major league diamond fatality of this kind since another Yankee pitcher. Carl Mays, hit Roy Chapman, short stop or the Cleveland Indians, at the polo ground In 1930. Ill health. Injuries snd hard lurk hsve been Mike's constant comoin. Ion since he started his brilliant career with the Philadelphia Athlet- Ica In 192S. Mickey Is a throwback to the old type of manager, a constant and des perate fighter for whom no game Is won or lost until the last man Is out. Last yesr h worried and fought so herd It brought on an attack of hy perthyroidism and he caught oniv 44 games. As a player Mike has been Ann nt the great catchers of hla time. nm. aay of all time. He la fast and he con hit. oince ne broke In he has hit under .300 only four times, has com puea a -wo life-time average. Twice he has been voted the most valuable player In his league. Cochrane went to the Phiiad-inh,. Athletics from the Portland rv.t League club. Sport Bills Lined Up For Elks Picnic Featured bv 30 round nf a displayed by the cream of CCC battlers In this district, the Medford Elka lodge will stage their annual picnic Sunday, June 13, at the pic nic grounds on Rogue river. Other entertainment features will be several softbnll games being ar ranged by Bill Bowerman. While Elks are cavortlntr all hv and evening, their ladies will take over tne Bin temple, which will be open to them. The picnic Is being held on Sunday for the first time this year to enable more Elks to attend. Lawn mower service, call and del. Ideal Bike Shop. Tel. 895. 411 E. Main. Coat and Suit Sale Hsdley's Cln derella Shop. 44 So. Central. :xtra 1 i ST. MARY'S CLOSES 1938 ATHLETICS T The first full year of ambitious athletic competition for St. Mary's high school of Med ford, now history, taw the Crusaders under the coach -.ng of Wallace Rlckert, wind up their campaign with an even .500 percent age from 13 wins and the same num ber of losses. St. Mary's teams, while winning no championships, nevertheless gave exceptionally good account of them selves, and hung up one record that will take a lot of shoo ting -at to tie. It can't be beaten. In January, Coach Rickert'a fine basketball team jour neyed to Grants Pass to tangle with the high school frosh team ol that city. When the hectic evening (for Orants Pass) was finally over, the scoreboard read, St. Mary's 23, Grant Pass o. It was that rarest of basket ball feats, a clean shutout, and the locals had to play Teally great de fensive basketball to accomplish It. The casaba squad produced the finest record of any other Crusader team, winning eight battles and los ing four. It waa Invited to the an nual Oregon state Catholic high school tournament In Portland, and was defeated in the opening round by a .larger, more experienced Mt. Angel high five. John Estes, stocky, guard, was given honorable mention on the all-tournament selections and all players were commended for their excellent aportsmanshlp. Also during the basketball season, St. Mary's new 94000 gymnasium waa dedicated, with the Crusaders defeat ing the Klamath Falls CYO team 22 31 In an overtime period. For the first time in history, St. Mary's had a regular football coach, and counting a practice game with Medford Junior high, won one game, tied one, and lost three. Also for the lirst time, letters were awarded mem bers of the pigskin aggregation. This spring, St. Mary's applied for and 'was admitted entrance Into the Jackson county class B baseball league, the first time a Crusader team had ever been affiliated with the class B group. The ball club won three gamea and lost five, and was improving rapidly at the end of the te&son. With no athletic budget at the ichool with which to draw on to pur chase equipment, the Crusaders, nev ertheless, outfitted themselves In complete football and basketball re galia solely through the sale of tick ets to games and admissions The school has In Its possession now, about 9300 worth of uniforms, balls, bats and other athletic parapher nalia, and the teams from the open ing of school In the fall until the final baseball game this spring have been self-supporting. i Another feature of the athletic' program carried out by Coach Rlck ert and school heads was the recog nition given St. Mary's by Catholic colleges up and down the Pacific coast. Rlckert received letters from Loyola university In Los Angeles, Santa Clara and University of Port land stating that athletes from the local Institution would be recognized as coming from a fully acredlted high school, and given every oppor tunity to make good on the college t arra FI LL PINT Code No. 180C $150 FI LL I 1 Ql'ART WT2 Coach Rlckert. general agent for the Providence Ufa Insurance com pany here, donated hla time and coaching ability to the school for no cash remuneration whatsoever, r relvlng his payment In the joy be got from working with his athletes and lifting St. Mary's to a higher athletic plane. . Especially pleased with the Cru saders' affiliation with class B high schools of the county, Rlckert said at the conclusion of the baseball sea son, "students of St. Mary's join with me In expressing their appreciation for the good sportsmanship shewn by the class B schools In our first year or association." Following are the football and bas ketball records for the year: Football 13 Medford Junior high 7 I 0 Medford junior high - , ,. 14 Central Point high 7 Ashland Junior high 0 Ashland junior high 0 25 40 (practice) Basketball Ashland Junior high Medford Junior high - ... -.. Sophomore B . Grants Pass Frosh Ashland Junior high , Talent high Klamath Falls CYO Medford junior high Rose burg junior high Medford junior high Grants Pass Frosh ... Mt. Angel high (practice) HOW THEY? CTA k , 7 a SAl m m (By the Associated Press) Coast Team w. San Francisco .................. 35 Saoramento 33 San Diego 30 Ix8 Angeles . 38 Portland 23 Seattle , ., 31 L. 18 30 33 34 3b 39 34 34 Pet. .886 .833 .568 .538 .469 .420 .346 .348 Oakland 18 Missions .... 18 National W. Pet. .655 .981 .571 .533 .483 .444 .367 .337 Pittsburgh New York . St. Louie ... Chicago Drooklyn ... Boston 18 . 18 18 18 12 Philadelphia . n Cincinnati ...... 10 New York Philadelphia Detroit ........ .843 .577 .652 .543 .480 .444 .433 .333 Cleveland Boston Chicago ... Washington St. Louis 9 Sport Graphs ... Billy Hnlen S&yi: One Bad Inning Cause of Crater Defeat Every Game Manager Mike Bslkovlck of the Medford craters la no believer in Jinxes of any kind, but if hla ball club doesn't stop dropping Southern Oregon league battles In Just one bad inning, he will most certainly develop Into the most rabid jinx believer-ln ever seen In these parte. To date, the Craters have lost three games out of three played, and In every one of them It has been a slngle-lnnlng out' burst of leu-handed maneuvera on the part or Medford players that caused the damage. The locals seem ingly, can perform to perfection through eight frames of baseball, but in one Inning can destroy all the good work done In the other atanzas To make It even worse, twice this year the bad Innings have come with two men out and Just when It seem' ed Medford would romp In for their cuts with no runs scored against them. It wouldn't be so bsd, the husky skipper says In effect. If we could lose them by playlnz bad ball all through the game. But, to go sky high In Just one Inning every Sun day and kick the battle away la al most too much to laugh about. It Isn't that Balkovlck blames his ball playera for booting them In the clutch. He doesn't. He realizea that nobody feela so badly about critical errors as V the players themselves, and also that mistakes that let In runs aren't made on purpose. What gets under his skin Is the fsct that the errors always occur when every thing seems well under control, and with no apparent blow-up In sight. There was that Ashland game May 16 for Instsnce. The Craters took the field In the laat of the fourth rest ing on a 4-1 lead and everything looked rosy. Ager, for Ashland, singled to start the Inning, and after Schopf lined to Swanson. Ager was forced at second by Simpson, making It two away. Hess walked, but still there seemed to be no danger. Then Bald ing lofted an easy fly Into right field that Ray Lewis would catch In his hip pocket 09 out of 10O times. This was that once he would miss. He droppd the ball and when the Inning waa over, the score was ,5-4 for the Llthlans. It was the ball game. At Olendale last Sunday the blow-, up came In the fourth Inning, also. With two men out and two on. a hurled throw by Wally Rlckert on a Bridal Showers Fill Many Hours ISN'T it thrilling to think that this time next month so many of your friends will be honeymooning? Joan and Nancy and Peg and Grace grand girls all of them and soon to be happy brides. Give them the send-offs they deserve. A bridal show er can be a wonderful help to a girl awaiting marriage if the gifts are chosen wisely. You can make your contributions to these affairs both useful and attractive. And you don't need to spend more time or money than you can afford! Just look over the advertisements in today's paper. They're brim ming with ideas for better home-making. Hundreds of practical gadgets to lighten household tasks are offer ed for your choice all moderately priced. It's easy to shop either for bridal gifts or for your own needs if you make it a habit to read the advertis ing pages first. Before you set out you'll know exactly what to get, where to get it, and how much or how lit tle to pay! slow roller to Virgil Swaasoa got away from the latter, and a pair of Loggers clattered across the plate on the play. Two more counted In the same Inning, and Clendale was on Its way to an unearned win. unearn ed so far as clouting across runners with basehlta tnut concerned. One bad Inning May 3 In the league opener at Ortnta Pass wsa all It took to defeat the Craters, the business hacpenlr In the third frame when the Merchants bunched four hits, two of the serstehera to the Infield, with two errors and a wild pitch to score seven times. One of these days, Mansger Balko vlck says grimly, Medford wont hsve a bsd Inning, and when that day comes, Its opponents will be In tor a considerably tough afternoon. High hopes of the Southern Ore gon league's two Jackson county out fits to get In the pennant chase and stay there are burning low at pres ent. Medford, as before mentioned. has yet to win a game and Ashland hss copped only one In four starts. Both cluba will be atrengthened greatly when collegea In the northern part of the state close their doors for the summer. The Craters will get Bob Smith, southpaw flrstbasemen from University of Oregon, and Ash land will be helped by the return of Cliff ("Chief") McLean and Bob Hardy, battery mates st the Eugene school. Hardy will help out the Llth lans erratic pitching staff no end. Contrary to opinions of certain Ashland citizens, Lowell Brown Is one of the most erratic hurlera to ever hurl a beautiful battle one day and blow hla top .the next. So far this year he has turned In two beauties, against Medford and Roseburg. and two typical aouthpaw performances. against Crescent City , and Grants Pass. When Brown is good, he is plen ty good. And, when he is lousy, he Is plenty lousy. He fanned 15 Med lordltes on one of his good dsys and allowed Roseburg three measly hits on the other. But. against Orants Pass last Sunday, he wss nicked for plen ty of basehlta and bad to be Jerked by Manager Leonard Hall, and facing Crescent City In the league opener was blasted from the box midway through the game. With Lanky Bob Hardy helping out their pitching and McLean adding plenty of power at the plate. Ashland should be one of the strongest clubs In the circuit the second half. If not at the tall end of the first. Frosh Season Ends. EOCENE, May 26 (AP) The Uni versity of Oregon Frosh track team, minus Jim Buck, sprinter, will close the season Saturday in a dual meet with the Oregon State College Rooks. Jay Oraybeal, ace halfback on the 1938 yearling grid team, will replace the ailing Buck In the short runs. College Golf. EUGENE. May 28. (AP) A four- man team will represent the Univer sity of Oregon at the coast confer ence northern division golf tourna ment In Seattle this week-end. BOWLING Medford bowlers took three of the four team matches rolled against four teams from Klamath Falls at the Smokehouse alleys Sunday afternoon, with one match ending In a tie. In the mixed doubles, R. Semon and Mrs. Sherwood took first place with 998. W. Jones and Mrs. Martin second with 983, E. Kessler and Mrs. Kessler third with 959. K. Powell and Miss Worley fourth with 919, and A. Hemstreet and Mrs. Semon fifth with 871. Following are the scores: Mlnnesotans, Klamath Falls. Splvey 177 151 148 133 133 118 193 147 169 130 109 140 139 130 136 Stadln. B-. Falk, C Westln, Lund In Totsls 762 849 696 3107 Economy Lumber. English . 140 134 164 ' 428 R. Or.ne 193 160 144 486 Stewart .., 166 137 136 438 Brandon 164 236 183 573 Overmeyer 195 165 136 486 Totals 846 802 773 2401 Denny's Place, Klamath Falls. Hslght 170 IBS 183 635 Cheyne 301 131 149 481 Dursnt .... 305 195 169 558 Metcalf -...... 160 126 168 444 Jackson 155 176 147 477 Totsls 891 810 805 2495 Smoke House. Dsly 200 166 187 553 B. Oreene 303 158 147 507 Hemstreet 306 168 137 511 Kessler 135 180 155 470 Jones 191 203 167 561 Totals 934 878 795 2602 Netted Gems, Klamath Falls. Durant ...... Jackson Splvey ...... Westln 156 302 170 528 158 153 133 444 181 183 117 481 166 184 170 620 Standln 120 158 177 455 Totals - 781 880 767 2428 Schuss Vintage. Dumss 213 146 170 529 Powell .. 178 303 176 657 Semon . 190 160 160 510 Marshall ....1 165 154 133 451 Rezeppa 143 176 130 439 Totals , 889 839 758 2486 Klamath Falls Ladles. Worley 169 186 160 504 Dursnt 104 103 115 322 Martin .,,.- 158 125 161 444 Jackson 150 136 131 407 White . 130 129 89 348 Totals 711 668 648 3035 Medford Ladles. Prultt 1 168 171 166 605 Kessler 180 168 176 503 Semon 136 131 167 424 Jones .... 175 158 134 467 199 173 158 630 838 791 800 3429 PITTSBURGH FEARS RUSH OF GIANTS (By Associated Press,) The Pittsburgh Pirates began to cast a few anxious glances back over their shoulders today. The Buccaneers, leading the Na tional league race since the Mason started, didn't have any such wor ries as the Detroit Tigers, who were trying to recover from the shock of yesterday's serious Injury to Man ager Mickey Cochrane, but they had sufficient reason to peek at the Giants, When Van Llngle Mungo, Brook lyn'a bad boy. machine-gunned the pirates Into 2-1 submission yesterday, it was the third straight setback for Pie Traynor's crew. Mungo, celebrat ing his release from suspension, drova home the winning run himself, and held the Bucs to six hits for his fifth victory. The Giants collected 16 hits, to rout the Reds, 0-3, and gain their fourth successive triumph. As a re sult the New Yorkers were only two ' games behind Pittsburgh. Detroit's loss of Cochrane over shadowed their loss of a single game, 4-3, to the Yankees. The Yankee pawerhouse widened Its first place advantage In the American league to two games as the Athletics lost a 4-2 decision to Cleveland. The Yanks defeat of Detroit and Cleveland's victory over the A's left the last three teams closely bunched. The Tigers were third, a game and a half behind the Mackmen, and the Indiana another half game back in fourth place. The Red Sox harlded the Browne their eighth defeat In nine starts, 4-2. Ted Lyons, spacing seven hits, led Chicago's White Sox to a 9-2 triumph. The Cubs kept pace with the Giants in their pursuit of Pittsburgh by beating the Phillies, 9-3. Marie Hammarley la now located at Pearl's Beauty Shop (formerly Rose borough's). 38 S. Central. Tel. 362. Phone 542 we'll nam away your refuse City Sanitary Service. CMC EXTRA VALUE'' Truck buyers by the thousand re proving that to see CMC trucks Is to admire their advanced stream- style and exclusive "dual-tone" color design, to critically inspect them Is to know that they have doxens of quality features that as sure Improved performance, greater dependability and increased econ omy. 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