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PAGE FOUR 1,302 Golfers Start Qualifying Tests for National Open Title 3 FORMER CHAMPS STARS OF LINKS ENTER CONTESTS Chick Evans of Chicago In Sectional Play Pacific Coast Trials Are Over KEW YORK, June 1 (API- Three former champion. one of the vintage of IBIS, another as reoent as 1035, were In the lute today 1.302 golfers from New England to Tens opened fire in me ao-noie tlonal qualifying testa for the na tional open championship. At Chicago, which drew the sec ond largest entry of the 80 districts with field of 169, Chick Evans, winner of the open and amateur In 101c end the amateur again four years later, was one of S3 amsteur can didates for 18 places In the open, to be played at the Oakland Hills Country club, Birmingham, Mich, June 10 to 13. At West Orange, N. J where 108 players, the thlrd-lsrgest entry, com peted for the 13 berths allotted to the metropolitan New York area, one of the contenders waa Willie Mac Fsrlane, veteran Scottish pro who won the 1935 open at Worcester, Mass. Ji member of the 78-man group battling for eight places at Pltts burgh waa Sam Parks Jr., seeking to qualify on the course where he won his 1939 title. The 810 professionals and 487 amateurs playing today made up the largest part of the record entry of 1,404. Seventy players already have participated In two Pacific coast Mais, which quanried eight men, among them 1984 champion Olln IXitra, and 83 others, the 31 low scorers of lsst year and Al Wstrous, Oakland Hills pro, are automatically eligible for the championship proper. One of the qualifying points to draw attention was Huntington, W., Vs, where Sam gnead, top-flight pro and a Ryder cup candidate, waa one of 37 golfers battling for three trips to Oakland Hills. Other prominent playera In today's arduous ellmlnstlons were Lawaon Little, former U. 8. and British ama teur champion, Craig Wood, Jimmy Rlnes, Za Dudley and Byron Nelson, Ryder cup candidates; Reynolds Smith and Charley Yates, members of lsst year's Walker cup team; Prank Strafacl and Eddie Held, form er U. s. public links champions, and Jeas Sweetser, one-time U. I. and British amateur tltleholder. STREAK IS ENDED; CUBS TAKE PAIR (By the Associated Press.) It Just had to be the Dodgers. It waa In the cards that the dafft seas boys from Brooklyn the Jinx outfit that haa hoodooed the dlants more tlmea than Bill Terry cares to remember should be the club to catch up with Carl Hubbell's winning streak and smash his record-making run. But even though the Hub'a 84 game string, longest in sll baseball history over a two-season stretch, Is ended, there's no one who can aay Old Squarepants lent Just aa good a loser aa he la a winner, and Isn't a pretty fair country fllnger. Just after the Dodgers belted him out In three and one-third lnnlnga yesterday and went on to an 18-hlt. 10-8 win In the opening game of the holiday double bill, Hubbell showed definitely that he ran "take It." "It had to come," he aald In the clubhouse after the long walk from the mound In front of the 60,000 crowd that Jammed the Polo grounds "It was great while It lasted, but no one can go on winning forever I had a lot of luck. It Just ran out on me." There waa even a chuckle In hla voice. "Now that the best's off, maybe I can do a little real pitching." The rest of the Memorial Day pro gram made little difference to the diamond world. The baseball faith ful didn't care so much that the Olants csme back to take the second game, 6-4, or that the Cleveland In diana drubbed the Tigers twioe, oi that the Cubs, winning a double bill from the Cardinals, clouted Dlsry Dean for 14 hits In the opener. For the rest of the program, the double whipping the Indiana handed the Tigers, 7-1 and 8-8 (the latter going 11 Innings) wss oustandlng The Indiana took second plsce In the Amerlcsn lesgue, dropping the Tigers to third. Pittsburgh's pirates maintained a I -game National league lead by splitting with Cincinnati, taking the nightcap 7-8, after dropping the opener 8-9. The American league pace-setters, the Ysnks, csme from behind to win the first gsme from the Red Soi 4-3, and then fell 8-3 In the second. Bill Lee and Clay Bryant each pitched all blta aa the Cubs con quered the Cards 4-3 and 6-3. The Phillies knocked off the Boston Bex 8-8 and 8-0. Washington walloped the sinking Athletics 6-3 and 6-1. and the Chicago White Soi did the same to the St. Louis Browne, 6-3 and 8-8. Auto Race Classic Winners 0 V ry . ' ay-re. Cr 4 TO OBLIVION BY DUDE'S MEAN SPIN Rest of Armory Card Good Britt Defeats Sterlich and Sailor Trout Loses Tired but triumphant and happy, Wilbur Rhaw (right), driver,' and Jig ger Johnson, mechanic, are shown Immediately after they won the soo-mlle Indianapolis speedway classic yesterday In Ihe record time or 4:24:07.81, an average of 118.880. The race was tinmarred by accident. Scores Yesterday (By the Associated Press.) First game: R. H. S. Missions 4 11 1 Portland 13 16 8 Batteries: Missions Osborne, Tost, Conltn and fiprlnz, Frankovlch; Port and LaFlamm and Cronln. Second, 7 Innings) R. H. I. Missions -,.. 4 8 S Portland ........... 8 8 1 Nltcholas and Outn; Posed el and Cronln. First gsme: R. H. B. Bsoramento 7 10 1 Los Angeles J 8 11 1 Plppen, Murray and Cooper; Prim and Collins. Second: . R. H. E. Sacramento 18 1 Los Angeles ... - 6 7 0 Frettss and Franks; Thomas and Collins. First game: R. H. V. Ban Diego 7 7 0 Seattle ....................... 8 13 8 Chaplin and Detore; Plckrel, Os born and Bassler, Fernandes. t Second. 7 Innings) : R. H. K. Ban Diego 3 4 1 Seattle ...... 8 8 1 Shellenback and Detore; Thomas and Fernandes. First game: Oakland .......... San Francisco Ptechota and Baker; and Monro. Second, 7 Innings): Oakland Thug Slugs Aged Lady. BERKELEY, Calif., June 1. (AP) A 87year-old woman storekeeper, Mrs. Laura Johnson, was nesr deatn in a hospital today as a result of what police ssld wss a 818 robbery of her store by a men who slugged, then bound and gagged her, turned on the gas snd left her to die. Ko Willamette Flood. PORTLAND. June 1. (AP) No danger of flood conditions this sea son On thA Wlllflmfttfj. rlua. .,. Portland was forecast todav bv Ed-' ward L, Wells, U. S. meteorologist, who aald the river would fail by two feet of reaching its sverage snnusl high mark of 20 feet. Better than ever, was the consen sus of a large gathering of mat ad dicts regarding the lariat spin of Cowboy Dude Chick following last night's holiday program at the Med- ford Armory In which the Junior heavyweight champion of the world whirled Joe Smollnskl, the Polish Pa- look, Into oblivion In 37 minutes flat. Chick, returning to the local arena after several months absence, did Just what was expected of him. It took only that one ride In the clouds for Smollnskl, dirty as they come, to hol ler uncle. After being revolved at least 20 times atop the shoulders of the champ, then slammed hard to the carpet and Jumped on, the vil lainous Joe was all through for the evening. He was utterly unable to return for more grappling, and thus ended a pretty neat mat card. j Cowboy Chick clamped on his de-! vaetator following sJmost a half hour of exceedingly rough work on the part of Smollnskl, as usual, and some great wrestling on the part of Chick. himself, also, as per schedule. Smo llnskl waa wary of the airplane spin all through the match; when real danger approached he lit out for the sanctuary of the ropes. Chick fin ally got him however, by slamming him against the ropes and catching him on his shoulders on the ro bound. It waa a good match. Several times the cowboy forgot himself and proved that he could ladle It out as well as receive It. He slapped Smollnskl dizzy more than once after the Pole had broken out In an extra dirty dis play. Two newcomers to - the Medford ring looked like they might turn Into real crowd pleasers. In the mid dle event, Alvln Brltt had a tough time with big Jack Sterlich before winning via bis arm-breaker In one fall In the second round. And, In the opener, Monte La Due, a meanie from France, roughed Sailor Dick Trout Into a two-out-of-three fall defeat. Sterlich, a clean and tremendously powerful grappler, literally man handled Brltt for most of their match. With amazing strength, he broke hold after hold of the ex champ, but finally succumbed to rhe armbreaker snd a punishing head- lock In the second round, so pun ishing, in fact, he waa unable to answer the third round bell. Britt refused him an extra five minutes of rest, so there was noth :ng for Referee Ray Friable to do but award Alvln the scramble. However, Sterlich, an Austrian, proved that be has plenty of what It takes, and will undoubtedly be seen again. Monte LaDue, a Frenchman with a pointed mustache and a bald head, lived up to all advance notices. He was reputed to be a dirt sllnger, and he turned out to be Just that. Sailor Dick Trout grabbed the first tumble In the second round with some great drop kicks to the button. LaDue came back to take the second press in the next frame with a pain ful leg bresker with leverage gained from the lower and upper strand of the ring rope. So weakened was Trout's leg after that business that he fell victim to the same maneuver In the fourth stanza, and was hardly able to make the dressing room under his own power arter it waa all over. LaDue's chief stock In trade seemed to be finger-twisting and choking. He was not so dirty as Borne gentlemen who have appeared here, but was underhanded enough to send the huge crowd Into screams of rage more than' once. Promoter Mack LUlard announced that the Medford boxing commission had received a challenge from the Black Dragon, now appearing In Spokane, to wrestle any heavyweight the promoter could procure. He will probably appear in the local arena , In the near future. i 4IOW THEV? (By the Assoctsted Press.) Coast. Team W. L. San Francisco 39 30 Sacramento ............ 37 32 Son Dlcgo 34 37 Loa Angeles 30 38 Portland 38 39 Seattle 35 38 Oakland 33 38 Missions 31 39 TO OF AUTO SPEED TEST Hoosier, After Seven Tries, Lands in Money Takes Late Lead From Swanson INDIANAPOLIS, June 1. Checks totaling more than 830.000 were held today for Wilbur Shaw, a dapper young Hoosier who gambled on his tires snd gasoline supply and won a 500-ml!e Indianapolis motor speedway race after seven attempts. Shaw, along with other drivers In yesterday's race the fastest and the hottest In history will attend the annual dinner for pilots tonight to get the money he and they won. For Shaw there will be a 830,000 cheek for winning the race. He will get others, amounting to 85,000 for lap prize money, and some awarded by automobile accessory and gasoline companies. The crowd yesterday totaled 170.000 Shaw, a native of Indianapolis, roared to victory In a car he design ed, built and owns, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with Ralph Hepburn, the Los Angeles vet eran, only two seconds behind him. Hepburn came Just that close to put ting an end to the old speedway Idea that a car never wins two races. Ha was driving the same job that Louis Meyer drove to victory last yesr. The speed of 118.580 miles an hour waa the fastest ever mad In a 600 mlles rsce. The first four finishers all broke the previous speed record of 109.069 miles an hour set last yesr by Meyer. At 409 miles Shsw seized the lesd from Bob Swsnson of Los Angeles who had been driving for Hepburn. Ralph got back In his own car and took out after the fast-flying Indian apolis boy. At that time he was more thsn two and a half laps back but he knew he was through with pit stops. With Shaw It waa a question of whether the gas supply and tires would last- Gradually Hepburn pulled up. When Shaw went Into hla next to last lap he wss 38 seconds ahead of Hepburn At the start of the lsst Isp he was only 14 seconds out In front and at the finish he was slightly mora than 3 seconds to the good. Ted Horn of Los Angeles who won oeeond last year, was the third place winner. Meyer wound up In fourth place after a masterful bit of driv ing In the latter stages of the raoe. TICKETS ON SALE F Ausland, former middleweight cham pion of Oregon State college and Bob Kelly ex-title bolder of the mid dleweight division at the University of San Francisco, in the main event. Sam Watson will tangle with John Conner In the semi-wlndup. Re mainder of the program will be an nounced tomorrow. All money taken In will be used to outfit the Catholic men's soft ball team entered In the night league. The bouts will be staged under Intercollegiate boxing rules consisting of three two-minute rounds. For Greater Satisfaction Buy NOLDB & HORST HOSIERY at , Ethel wyn B. Hoffmann's. 8 & H- Oreen Stamps. Lawn mower service, call and del. Ideal Bike Shop. Tel. 695. 411 E. Main. Advance ticket sales for the boxing card to be staged In St. Mary's high gym Friday night by the Catholic Men'a club are moving swiftly. It was reported today. Tickets may be pro cured at Lamport's, Deaver and Mc Cur ley's service station and the Bo hemian club. 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