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'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:
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"Mr. Cochrane has a fracture, of
the skull and a mild cerebral concus
sion. At present he Is comfortable
and there are no Indications for an
operation. The fracture unfortu
nately connecta with one of the sin
uses and a possibility of Infection Is
therefore being considered. His con
dition Is satisfactory."
The bulletin was signed by Dr.
Byron Stookey, Alexander Nlcholl
and Robert Emmet Walsh, who Is
staff physician for the Yankees.
Cochrane was "beaned" In the
fifth Inning of yesterday's game.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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