MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. THURSDAY. .TULT 15. 1937.
Warfare Flares in Softball League Piche Protests Fluhrer Win
PAGE SIX
BAKERYMEN SIGN
ASHLAND TALENT
TD ADDSTRENGTH
Use of Lithian Stars in Last
: Night's Game Basis of
Protest by Piche Soft
bailers Bowerman Silent
Intense rivalry between the Com
Bierelal league Softball teams of
Hunter's and Plche's flamed Into
pas warfani today aa A! Plena, man
eger of tha Plena hardwara club,
filed a formal protest of tha game
played laat night In which Fiunrers,
with flv playera Imported from Ash
lsnd In lt lineup, defeated the
Piche outfit, 4-S.
- Piche allegei In hla protest that
Bill Bowerman, manager of tha
Fluhrer team, Imported five playera
from the Southern Oregon Normal
achool In Aehland without having In
the hand! of tha Medford Softball
aiaoclatlon manager, Ruse Acheaon.
tha algned contracta of said five
playera. Alio, that he did not have
In tha handa of the manager the
cancellation of tha contracts of the
players which he let go, therefore
caualng another violation of the rules
by having over 15 players on his
roster.
Bowerman today was noncommltsl
on tha protest, .
In hla protest, Piche sets forth, In
. ' .- h.nv fMi. f.eta
psr. ... " " -
are based, and filed, by me sa being
very poor sportsmanship, causing the
morale of my team to be broken up
and baa made unkindly feeling
among his discharged plsyera as
well as among all the spectators, all
tha other teeme, and the league of
ficials." Tha players used by Fluhrer' In
last night's game, and which set off
tha fireworks, were Jean Eberhart,
coach 'of Southern Oregon Normal
achool; Ted Schopf, shortatop ot
tha Ashlsnd Llthlans of the South
era Oregon baeeball league; Darrell
Leavens, center fielder ot tha Llth
lans; Arba Agar, third baseman ot
tha Uthlans, and Al Simpson, sec
ond string catcher of the Llthlana.
Plcha formally filed tha protest
with 1. H. Hedrick, city school su
perintendent, In the absence of Rum
Acheaon, association manager.
The protest also stated that Plena's
team desired another game with
Pluhrer's, with both teams using the
same playera.
Meteorological Report
July IS, 1D37
Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Friday. Little change In tem
perature. Oregon: Pair tonight and Friday
but overcast on coast. Little change
m temperature. Moderate northwest
wind off coast.
Temperature a year ago today:
BIgheat, 67; lowest, 00.
Total monthly precipitation none:
deficiency for the month, 0.34 Inch.
Total precipitation since September
1, 1038, 16.66 inches; deficiency for
the sesson, 1.17 Inches,
Relstlve humidity at t p. m. yes
terday, 34 per cent; 6 a. m, today,
IS per cent.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4 :49 a. m.
Sunset tomorrow, 7:44 p. m.
Observations Taken at 6 a. m.,
120 Meridian Time.
s TTTfl
I:
f f! jl
Boise '66 60 .. Clesr
Boston -73 63 .... Cloudy
Chicago 68 70 .88 cloudy
Denver 84 64 .06 P. Cdy.
Fureka 68 63 .. Cloudy
Helena 70 48 . Clear
Loe Angeles SO 68 .. cloudy
MEDFORD 86 84 .. Clear
New York 74 63 J Rain
Omaha 03 68 .18 P. Cdy.
Phoenix - - 106 74 . Clear
Portland 76 68 Cloudy
Reno .. 88 44 .. Clear
Roeeburg 80 63 .... Clear
Bait Lake City 68 66 T. Clear
San Francisco ... 88 66 .... Cloudy
Seattle 70 66 T. Cloudv
Spokane 74
Wsahntgton, D.C. 78
Taklma 83
MARSHFIELD COUNCIL
FOR WATER PURCHASE
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. July 18. (API
The city council expressed approval
today of a program to purchase the
People'a Water company either Joint
ly or without asalstsnca of the twin
elty of North Bend. The action came
after tha council had voted to take
no steps for formation of a water
district to build a municipal system
IB Brewster valley. The Brewster
project would coat 3,40.ooo. it was
aatlmated. Cost of acquisition of the
private system has not been determined.
66 .06 P. Cdy.
74 T. Cloudy
68 .. Clear
MERRICK'S
POOL
SWIM
IN DRINKING
WATER
Dally: I p. ru to 10 p. m.
f undsjs: 10:90 a m to 10 p m
Terry Chased to Showers
w
z,( ,9; h -2
Hill Terry, manager of the New
Umpire Klem In the ninth Inning of
chased to the clubhouse for his effort. He's shown starting the losing
argument.
WATER CARNIVAL
FOR CCC TALENT
T
A water carnival, featuring swim
mers and divers attending the Red
Cross-CCO life-saving school being
held here this week, will be staged
at Aahland Saturday evening.
The aquatlo sports will be a part
of the "Greater Ashland" celebration
and will be held at the Twin Plunges
where practical work in the water Is
being carrlod on this week as part
ot tha ltfe-savlng school.
Lieut, Henry R. Marsden, Jr., Red
Cross examiner In charge of the
school, has been putting his athletes
through their pncea this week In
preparation for the water sports.
Events will be held In swimming and
diving and several stunts will be
staged In addition to life-saving and
water flrst-ald demonstrations. The
show will start at 8 o'clock and will
be free to the public.
Lieutenant Mnrsden has been as
sisted In the Instruction by Lieut.
Marcus H. Muller, who returned re
cently from the Red Cross life-saving
school held at Ouerneyvllle. Call.,
where healso qualified aa a life-saving
examiner.
Forty-seven men, two from each of
the 23 camps In the Medford district
and one from headquarters detach
ment, are enrolled at the school.
Prsctlcal work In the water la held
at Ashland ech morning with af
ternoon study classes In Medford.
The men will attempt to qualify
as senior Ufa-savers and will return
I S M ,., .wnpn -.i--itaa--aa-aa-aa-a-aaa
York Glnnts, started to argue with
a game In Philadelphia and was
to their camps to conduct slmllsr
schools.
Capt. William C. Ryan, district wel
fore officer, hsa posted a number of
prlres for the swimming and diving
events Saturday evening.
Scores Yesterday
(By the Asaoct-tl Press)
Coast
R. H. E.
Portland 0 6 1
Sun Pranclsco ll 15 0
Cftraon, SUei-ly (6) and Tresh; LU
lnrd nnd Wood all,
H. H. E.
Seattle . 6 IS 0
Oakland 0 13 4
Gregory and Baasler; DouRlas (R)
and Ratmondl, McCaskllt, Baker.
Second game; r, h; K.
Seattle 18 1
Oakland U aa 3
Barrett, Thomas ( 1 ) , Smith (5)
and Splndel; Plechota and Baker.
R. H. K.
MiMlona 6 18 1
San Diego 8 0 1
Bablrh, Ardeeoya (3) and rmnko
vltch; Salvo and Starr.
R. H. B.
Loa Angelfe. 9 H 3
Sacramento S 10 a
Berry and Collins; Seats, Murray
and Pranks.
National
New York, 4; Pittsburgh, 3.
Boston. 3: Chicago, 1.
Cincinnati, ft; Brooklyn, 8.
St. Louls-Phlladelphla, rain.
American
New York. 10; Detroit. 3.
Chicago, 6; Philadelphia, 4 (called
end firtli, rain).
Cleveland. It; Washington, 8.
Boston. 14; St. Lout. 6.
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FOR LEAGUE TILT
Ashland Will Entertain Rose
burg Glendale at Grants
Pass Hard Race Is In
dicated in Second Half
southern Oregon League
(Second Half)
W.
Medford 1
L. Pet.
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
Ashland 1 (
QlendaJe 1 i
Crescent City . 0
Oranta Pass 0
Roseburg . 0
(James Next Sunday
Medford at Crescent city.
Roseburg at Ashland.
Olendale at Oranta Paaa.
1 .000
.000
.000
Thre Southern Oregon league ball
clubs, weak sisters of the first half
pennant race, are at present In a
triple tie for the top spot as a result
of startling upsets over members of
the first division In battles laat Sun
day. Next Sunday, In the second
round of the second-half pennant
battle, those same teams again take
on clubs which outdistanced them
the first-half.
Medford'a Craters will Journey to
Crescent City , for a tough encounter
with the powerful Chi nooks, first
half champions, and undefeated un
til Ashland knocked them over, 6-3,
last Sunday. Last time the two teams
met, Medford lost In the last of the
ninth Inning when Orvllle Framsted.
faatest man In the league, stole home
off Larry Pepper. The game was orig
inally slated for Medford, but the
schedule was changed soon after the
first-half season started to allow Aah
land one less long hop. Because of
that change, the Llthlana will play
in Medford August l", Instead of
Medford traveling to Ashland. Au
gust 1ft, Crescent City will travel to
Ashland Instead of Ashland going to
the coast city. 1
While Medford and Crescent Cltv
are fighting It out, Roseburg will
meet Aahland at Ashland, and Glen
dale will hop to Grant Pass for a
renewal of their bitter feud.
Indications revealed In last Sun
day's games point to one of the
toughest stretch squabbles In many
years. Ashland, Medford and Glen
dale, second-division clubs the first
half, have strengthened to the point
where they are now figured the teams
to beat. Crescent City will present
Its Identical championship lineup
the second-half, and Grants Pass will
have added power. Only Roseburg
seems weaker, due to the loss of
Lefty Baker, slugging outfielder, to
Crescent City,-
Weather
Northern California: Pair tonight
and Prlday. but fog on the coast;
cooler Interior extreme north portion
tonight, moderate northwest wind off
the coast.
Oregon: Pair tonight and Prlday,
but overcast on the coast: little
change In temperature: moderate
nortnwest wind .off the coast.
Hunt Aid Appreciated
WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP)
Secretary Hull sent messages of ap
preciation today to the Japanese and
New Zealand governments for their
offera of assistance and expressions
of sympathy In the aee-rch for Amelia
Earhart.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hnleo 8ayi:
Organized Baseball
Due Soon Is Belief
Grants Pass Leader
Thank goodness, we are not alone
of guys In southern Oregon who have
hopes, visions, and even expectations
of organized baseball getting a strong
foothold In this territory sometime
In the near future.
Fred Roper, dynamic business man
ager of the Oranta Pass Merchanta
and a power-house promoter In any
body's league, was In town last Sun
day to watch bis club get their ears
pinned back by our own Craters,
Fred was considerably disgruntled
over the battle'a outcome, but the
defeat didn't In the least cool hie
enthusiasm for the business at hand
organized baseball chatter.
Grants Pass has strong con
nections with the St. Louis
Browns (Ray, Machado and
Heyne are Brown farm-outs) and
Fred stated with conviction that
when Grants Pass was ready for
organized ball, he was certain
the major league club of Rogers
Hornsby would back the Climate
City entry. In other words,
Grants las would become a farm
team 'In the Ht. Louis system.
To say that Roper was hot for the
proposition would be Btatlng It mild
ly. He was burning up.
"It's coming, and coming soon."
the Merchant chief announced.
"Baseball all over the country has
skyrocketed the past few years, and
especially since last season. The num
ber of leagues affiliated with the
national association Is almost twice
this summer what it was last year,
and the big fellow all say It will
double again next year."
Asked what he thought of the pos
sibility of organized ball in southern
Oregon by next year, Fred said that
he wouldn't be aurprlsed If there was
a class D league In operation. That
beats our enthusiasm by ten city
blocks; our figuring was that It was
still several years away. We'll string
along, though, with your prediction,
Mr. Roper.
It Is apparent that Roper has his
mind set on organized baseball in
southern Oregon In no uncertain
terms. And, anyone acquainted with
hla work aa secretary of the Jose
phine county fair board and In being
"the works" of Grants Pass ball
teams for plenty of years, will un
derstand what we mean when we
say, "If Fred Rpper puts his shoulder
to the wheel, It's all over but the
shouting."
No grass has been sprouting under
hla dogs, either, while he has been
playing seriously with the Idea.
Already he has established contact
with several sources of Information
concerning actual operation of such
a league and many minor details.
He told us he expected to have some
real low-down In a few days, ant!
that he would pass It on.
If organized baseball were
brought to southern Oregon. It
would be almost Imperative that
all league chins played under
lights. .Something like 80 percent
of minor league cities have arcs
over their field's, ond only in the
majors do the teams still stick
to 1h light ball. Pardon. Cinrln-
Duhtltd groin neutral
spiritt 75
natl In tha National league
ooasti glimmers, and stages sev
eral e neon nt era a year at night.
In case Medford ever does have
aa entry In a class D league here
abouts. It will mean 50 or more home
games a year, with the same number
on the road. It's baseball avery day
Moat class D circuits use a ISO game
, schedule, with half at borne and half
I on the road, of course, but many
I play even more. It will also mean
that all teams answer directly to
wiuiam O. Bramhsm, president of
ine National Association of Profes
sional Baseball Leagues, who 1 in
turn under Kenesaw Mountain Lan
dls, commissioner of organised base
ball. There Is little doubt In the minds
of anyone Interested In the national
pastime In southern Oregon, that
Grants Pass could support a club.
Least of all In the mind of Fred
Roper. If Klamath Falls, Medford.
Ashland, all felt the same way about
it. there would be little left to do
but draw up the schedule and receive
the charter.
Any lettora written to this depart
ment on tha subject will be greatly
appreciated. We believe the wind Is
blowing the right way, and would
like to have tangible proof, or other
wise. HOWTHEy?
(By the Associated Press)
Coast
W. L. Pet.
Sacramentoo 63 4a .596
San Francisco - ... 63 43 -590
San Diego .... 63 44 .689
Los Angeles 54 SO .618
Portland -............ 51 51 .600
Seattle 47 68 .448
Oakland 43 66 .393
Missions 3g 67 .388
Nations!
W. L. Pet.
New York 47 as .618
Chlcsgo 45 38 .816
Pittsburgh
,.- 40 33 .648
... 39 33 .483
... 34 41 .453
St. Louis ....
Boston
Brooklyn
41 .431
Cincinnati m 43 .403
Philadelphia 38 47 .373
American
W. L. Pet.
New York ,
48 33 .686
Boston . . 41 38 .594
chlcsgo 44 31 .687
Detroit 43 30 .583
Cleveland 36 34 .507
Washington 30 39 .435
St. Louis 33 48 .314
Philadelphia 30 60 .386
To War On Gangsters
PORTLAND, Ore., July 15. (AP)
Portland got ready for a declaration
of war on gangsters today. The city
council authorized the purchase ot
two armored cars equipped with ma
chine guns snd tear gaa bombs.
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HUMRS WIN, 19-10,
FROM 20-30IANS
Games Tonight ,
Jennings vs. Catholic Men.
Pabera vs. Office Boys.
Piche rs. Timber Products.
Home runs by Murrsy Bell snd Ray
Lewis and alx-hlt pitching by Ken
Leavltt featured the HUMRS 19-10
defeat of the 30-30 club laat night
at the high achool football stadium
In a Commercial league Softball en
counter. It was the seventh straight
defeat for the clubmen.
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battle, Fluhrer- downed Piche, 4-g,
with Bill Bowerman beating Verblck
In a aweet hurling duel. Piche reach
ed Bowermsn for eight safeties whtla
Verblck gave Fluhrer'a only six blows,
but the winners bunched theirs to
eke out the decision.
Three more Commercial league en
tanglements are slated for tonight,
with the first games called for 7:45
sharp.
R. H. B.
HUMRS ' 18 18 s
30-30 Club --10 8 (
Leavltt and Oltzen; Mllee and
Brown.
R. H. B.
Fluhrer'a 4 6
Piche i
Bowerman and Blmpaon; Verblck
and Wilson.
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