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1 W,rFOT?T fATL TRIBUNE. rEDFOTJD. OT?F,CiOT. SUNDAY. TUTX 2.1. mi P'A'GE THREE Cubs Defeat Giants Again To Stretch Lead In National Race CARDINALS BEAT E Boston Trounces Pirates Behind Tight Pitching . Philly Beats Reds. NEW YORK, July 84.. (AP) Pitchers came a dime a dozen at the Polo Grounds today end were not worth much more but the Cnl- caeo Cuba backed up their Ineffec- tlve defense with heavier hitting and walloped the Giants 10 to 5 to stretch their National league . lead to three full games. They made It two In a row over the crippled New Yorkers by club bing out 13 hits to the Giants' 11. and bunching their blows to make runs when they counted. A pre-game had break turned out to be a piece of luck for the Cubs. SMn Hack injured a leg during bat ting practice and had to be re placed at third base by Linus Frey. And Linus played errorless ball afield and was the No.- 1 man on the defense. He touched off the winning three run rally In the seventh with a homer, and clubbed out a single In the ninth to bring In the final two runs. Each club sent four pitchers to the wars, and not one of them could do anything In the way of muffling the opposition. Score: R- H- B- Chicago ... 10 13 0 New York : 11 1 Farmelee, Davis. French, Bryant and Hartnett: Melton, Coffman, Bchumacher, Baker and Dannlng. BROOKLYN, July 24. (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals knocked the ears off three Brooklyn pitchers and wal loped the Dodgers SO to a today In the most humiliating defeat of the big league season. From a Brooklyn standpoint the game wss a comedy of errors, the Dodgers committing seven to help the Cardinal cause along, although it needed little help since every member of the gas house gang hit safely at least once and drove In at least one run. Score: R- H. E. St. Louis '0 18 1 Brooklyn a 7 warneke and Owen, Ryba; Butch er. Henshaw, Hoyt and Phelps, Cher vlnko. BOSTON, July 24. (AP) The Boston Bees combined a long dis tance hitting attack with five-hit pitching by Jim Turner today to lambast the Pittsburgh Pirates to 0 for the Bees' fifth consecutive victory. Home runs by Gene Moore and Tony Cucclnello accounted for four of the Bees' runs. Score: R' H. E- Pittsburgh 0 8 1 Boston 8 12 2 Swift, Brown, Bauers and Todd, Padden: Turner and Muller. PHILADELPHIA. July 34. (API Led by Chuck Klein and Morrle Arnovlch, the PhlUles scored 10 runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings today to hand the Cincin nati Reds a 13 to 11 set-back In the second game of the series. The Reds put on a last-ditch rally In the ninth Inning to score four runs. Score: R. H. E. Cincinnati 1' 3 Philadelphia IS 1 Derringer, Schott. Mooty and Lom bardl: Mulcahy, Jorgens, Kelleher, Passeau and Atwood. HANGS UP GLOVE DETROIT. July 24. (AP) A ' mournful Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe. once one of baseball's most sdmired pitchers, hung up hla glove for sppsrently the rest of this sea son. The schoolboy Is going bsck home to Eldorado. Ark, If he follows the advice of his boas, and let a sore arm rest e long time. Rowe. former ace of the Detroit Tigers stsff. met his Waterloo against the Philadelphia Athletics yesterday, when he was punched around for five runs In one Inning and wept in the process. Directly. Monsger Mickey Cochrane decided Rowe had had enough for this season and. pending final word from Owner Walter O. Brlges, the big righthander will be free to re turn home. An operation on hla arm. which had helped the Tigers to two Ameri can league pennants and a world championship. Is contemplated. RACING CHICAOO. July 34. (API Flying Scot, owned by John Hay Whitney of New York, galloped to a surprise vic tory in the 130.000 added Arlington classic today. deVitlng Eagle Pass by a half length. Burning Star tbtrd. WILMINGTON. Del, July 24. (AP) Roeenna. three-year old daughter of Strap from William DuPont's Foi catcber farms whipped tlx other fil lies and mares today in tne mile and a sixteenth of the 810.000 New Castle handicap. H. C. MeOeSees Fair Knighteas noaed out William Ziegier. Jr.'s. Esposa for runner-up honors. BOSTON. July 24. (AP) Mn. Emll Denemerk'i Wtr Mlntitrel equalltd the Suffolk Downs tnek rec ord of 1:55, todT In capturing 1h mi 1? nd thru -sixteenth $10,000 Ytnket handicap. WHITE SOX WIN CUT YANKS LEAD CHICAGO. July a. (AP) The White Sox called their Yankee Jinx. Lefty Thornton Lee, today and Lefty came through with a 10-lnnlng t to 5 victory over the New Yorkers. Chalking up his fifth victory over Murderers' Row this season, Lee made it two straight for the Sox over the Yanks, three straight setbacks for the New Yorkers, and cut the Yan kee's American league lead to five games, Only Lou Gehrig, who accounted for all five Yankee runs with two homers, was able to do any damage to Lee. Gehrig's first blow, his 17 tb of the year, came with two aboard In the first Inning, his second was clouted out of the lot with a mate on base in the seventh. Score (10 Innings): New York h 10 Chicago 6 11 a o Gomez and Dickey, Jorgens; Lee and Sewell. ST. LOD1S. July 24. (AP) A timely single by plncb hitter Wes Per rell In the seventh scored Joe Kuhel with the run which enabled Wash ington to nose out the Browns in the secondigame of a double-header, 6 to S, after the Senators had taken the opener by the same score. . Scores (first game): Washington .. 8 12 0 St. Louis 5 12 1 Llnke, Appleton and R. Ferrell Hlldebrand. Hogsett and Hemsley. (2nd game) Washington 8 14 0 St. Louis 8 10 0 Chaae, Appleton and Millies; Bon ettl, Trotter and Heath. CLEVELAND, O., July 24. (AP) The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox here today, 8 to 6, In the eleventh Inning to even their series. . Roy Hughes, running for Pitcher Joe Hevlng. slid scross the piste after a fly by Roy Weatherly. Bob Feller waa the Indian's start ing pitcher but was replaced by Hevlng in the seventh with the score five- to four against him. Feller fanned seven and allowed seven hits. Score (11 Innings): Boston .... ; A 8 Cleveland -. 8 11 Newsom, Wilson and DeSautels: Feller, Hevlng and Pytlak. Philadelphia at Detroit, postponed tram.) PADRfPMD OAKLAND, Cel., July 34. (API The San Diego Padres nipped the winning stresk of the Oakland Oaks here this afternoon by putting over an 8-8 victory In the second game or the series. The Padres hammered out five hits in the sixth Inning to score three runs and put the game on ice. Ken Douglas, starting pitcher for the Oaks, was charged with the defeat, as he did not leave the game uniu me sixth, wnen the Padres scored their winning runs. score: r. h. E. San Diego 8 IS Oakland 8 10 Chaplin and Detore. Starr; Doug' las. Held, Larocca and Ralmondl SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. (AP) The Mission Reds scored their see ond straight victory over Seattle by a soore or 3 to 0 here today. All the Mission runs were made In the eighth inning off Paul Greg ory. Leroy Herrmann, Mission pitch er, held the Indians to two hits. An error by Freddie Muller start ed the Missions off in the eighth inning. Score: R. H, Sesttle 0 2 2 Missions 3 8 Gregory and Spindell; Herrmann and Sprlna. a- LEAD NOW SHAKY NEW YORK. July 24 (IP) Ducky Medwlck's Nstlonal league batting lead stretched lsrger than ever today while Lou Gehrig's bold on the Amer lean league pace seemed shsky, best, as the result of their respective performances this week. Medwlck collected 13 hits In 34 times st bat during the week ended yesterday, to keep his sesson aver age at .410. a alight drop from his .413 of the previous week. In the American league, Joe Di Magglo continued his clouting, get ting 14 hits In 38 chances, to hold a .382 msrgln and a climb from thin place to a tie for second with CecM Travis of the Senators. Gehrig, mean time, went into ft mild slump and lost eight points during the week, felling to .360. Heaviest hitter of tbe week wa ter! Averlll of Cleveland, who trav eled at a .400 dip. getting 18 for 32. to take over tenth place In the Amer ican league with a .340 mark. FOR ((I'lCK WIRINO SERVICE. CALL OLSCN ELECTRIC Phone 115. t N. Bartlelt For the next 10 or 15 yeara, at leaat, Med ford will suffer no dearth of buatling, enthiulutlc baaeball play ere. The reaaon la the dally baseball school, sponsored by the Medford Athletic association end City School Superintendent E. H. Hedrlck, and staged under the coaching of MUte Balkovlck, assistant football mentor at Willamette university and man ager of the Southern Oregon leeue Craters. Every morning on the fine new turf diamond at the high school field, be tween 35 and 35 youngsters are sent through their paces by Balkovlck. Their ages run from five to 13 years. and enthusiasm for the national pas time It at fever pitch. There Is a reg ular game played every morning, and sometime the future diamond lumin aries battle through & tough 'double header. Yesterday morning, two bat tles were played, the scores being 7-5, and 4-3. . Bobby Shangle and Donald Wilkin son are1 considered by Coach Balko vlck. to have bright futures. They are both five years old. They get up there and- belt out basehlts with the best of them, Mike reports. They can also field In great style, and run the bases like midget Ty Cobb. Lee Reynolds and Don Woods, both under 13 years of sge, look like com ing shortstops,' Mike says, and Billy and Dick Frederick have shown flash es of future lnfleldlng genius. Tumy and Munday, catchers, Vesson and BlUy Frederick, .pitchers, Vesson and Carson, first basemen, Welsenberger, second base, Burger and Denman. third basemen, BUI Qitsen, Smedley, Vernon and Barnhart, outfielders, are other youngsters who are certain to develop into excellent, ball players, tne coaca states. Over the clean turf of the finest high school baseball park in the state, the youngsters are learning-baseball technique from one who knows, and they love it. Enthusiasm among tbe kids, Mike says, knows no bounds. The hardest part of the program, the coach remarks, is to make the kids go home wnen practice ts over. "They want to stay out there all day and play ball," he said. The school was started last year by the Medford Athletic association to bring to the youth of Medford and vicinity, clean sports and exercise and to revive Interest In the national pas time, especially among the future stars. All equipment Is furnished free by the association and 'school; and any youngster who- want to play base ball, tbe greatest" game of them all, Is urged to Attend the sessions, from 10 a. m. until , noon every day. Play ers must furnish oily their own gloves or mitts, and shoes if they desire them. There are two groups of youngsters who attend the school those from five to 13 years of age, and those from 13 to 17. The latter group holds work outs three times a week, and Coach Balkovlck announced yesterday that ha was looking for games' for the team with any other nine in south ern Oregon- composed of youths un der 18 years old. About 30 player in that group have been turning out. and the boys are 'raring to see action against an out-of-town club. BY DICK SINGLER . Dick Slngler stood out yesterday as the greatest fishermen of them all or at least the greatest steel head fisherman so far this sesson. To Dick's credit was hung up a steelhead weighing ll',4 pounds. 10 pounds dressed, said to be the larg est of the season. It wss caught Friday morning on the riffle in the Rogue river below Bybee bridge with a No. 1-0 nlckle-copper Colorado spinner. It took Dick 30 minutes to land his catch. In an hour of fishing on the riffle Slngler booked four steelhead and creeled two. He was accompanied by Bis wife. . PORTLAND,- July- 34. P) Pacific Building Material company of Port. land submitted a low bid of 110.010 for removal of 85.000 yards of mater ial from the Willamette river chen nelatWest Salem and Tragllo bars. High School Sammy Kohen vs. Black Dragon rankle Clemens Carloi Rodriguez Date Haddock Jack La Rue Refer Stojack rats on sale vsi.r.MlM-a BLACK DRAGON Promoter Mack Lillud yesterday announced that advance ticket sales for the weekly wrestling card at the open-air high school arena tomorrow night Indicated that one of the larg est crowds to witness a grappling program in Med, rod would be on hand when Dale Haddock ana jsck LeRue face off In the opening event. As the top attraction, Llllard has billed the unmasked Black Dragon filled with bitterness because of hla loss to Frank Stojack last week, wltn Sammy Kohen,.the New York City Jew, and the guy who disqualified the Dragon In his stojack brawl Kohen was re f erect ng lsst Monday and when the Dragon refused to break two painful Boston crab holda after receiving the tumbles, the color ful New Yorker awarded the falls to Stojack. Tomorrow night, the Dragon will get a chance to vent his burning anger at Kohen. and In the ring in legal fashion. In the middle event, Sammy Clem ens. will meet Carlos Rodriguez. Both knva an fiiaan wir Vr And tm RX cellent exhibition of scientific grap pling is expected. SASNET WINNERS COAST GOLF PLAY ASTORIA. July 24. (AP) Two Portland and a lone Astoria goiter emerged title holders In their di visions as the annual Oregon coaat mid-summer champtonahlp ended tonight. Nancy Hurst. Portland, defending champion and medalists, defeated her cousin, Jeanne McGrew of Port land 6 and 4 to take the women's champtonahlp a second time. Scotty Wilson of Portland turned over the men's title to L. L. Sas nett. Astoria, in one of the most thrilling finals of the coast tourna ment when Saanett won out at the 37th. Bob Hefer, Portland, Joined the ranka of the coast title holders by detesting Ben Hughes of Portland 8 and 1 for the championship In men under 33. First prises In the lower flights of that division went to Portlanders. aa did most In the other men's class. In the men's division A. P. Thompson. Astoria and W. O. Crabb. Cottage Grove, collected first troph ies In the fourth snd fifth flights. Taklma, with one of the largeat representations of sny one of the distant coast cities, took home first flight title In the women's ohsmp lonshlp when Mrs. H. W. Holtzlnger defeated Dorothy Ann oreen Portland. 6 and 3. Mrs. J. T. Allen of Astoria cap tured the third flight honors by defeating Mrs. C. H. Harry Woodln. Yakima, 4 and a. AS PORTLAND, July 34. (AP) NO outsider need apply for the post to succeed Howsrd Mspie at Oregon StAte college as freshman coach In football, basketball and baseball, L H. Gregory will ssy In his Oregonian sports column tomorrow. Gregory mentioned the names ot Tommy Swsnson. blocking halfback of last yesr; Hal Pangle and "Red" Franklin of the famous Oregon State 1933 "Iron Men" who have been playing professional football, as pos sible successors. Msple resigned recently to become asslstsnt coach at Willamette unl veralty. 4 rian Flax Festival SALEM. July 34. iPi Governor Charles H. Msrtln today accepted an Invitation to attend the second an nual flax festival at Mt. Angel early In August. Other stste officials also have been Invited. Football Stadium NIGHT NEW OPEN AIR ARENA at MO VB Phone lol care Prion' lit PITCHING SPACE SOFTBALL GAMES ! 1 FEET By a unanimoua vote of Commercial league team menagera yesterdsy. the Medford Softball association decided to change the pitching dlatance from 40 to 37', feet. The vote waa taken by Rusa Achoeon, association man ager, who contacted each manager In dividually. The new rule for hurlers was made to eliminate overwhelming scores and give the fana better and faster soft- ball. In the past, the advantage has been with tbe batter, and the result baa been terrific slugging affairs In which both teams msde a racetrack of the base paths, with tbe pitching dla tance shortened by 3 feet, the ad vantage will swing to the defense and the pitcher, and produce tighter and faster battles, with a premium on lone runs instead of In clusters. Friday night, two local teams fell before superior out-of-town outfits Timber Products, first-half cham pions of the local Commercial league were downed by the Redwood Log gers from Crescent City, 3-6. and Plche Hardware lost to the Grants Pass Cave Shop, 0-3. The Plche-Cave Shop squabble- was a' great pitchers' battle between Ken Leavltt of the locals and Dale of Grants Pass. Dale whiffed 14 batters and allowed only 3 hits, and Leavltt fanned 13 and was touched for only 5 safeties. Dale, with a peculiar and sensational "windmill" delivery, was the grestest hurler seen In Medford this year, and had the locals com pletely bsffled. Two errors, a single, a triple and a long fly to right field produced the Cave Shop runa in the fourth frame, and aewed up the game. Score: R. H. E. Crescent City 8 11 1 Timber Products 3 4 3 ZabSla and Hoffman; Llndley, Scheel and Campbell. Score R. H. E. Grants Pass .. 3 8 3 Plche . 0 3 1 Dale and Prultt; leavltt and Wil son. Allison Beats Hunt, Gains Tennis Bowl BROOKLINE. Mass., July 34. P) Winner Allison of Austin, Texas, tri umphed over Gilbert Hunt of Wash ington, D. C today In the finals of the Longwood Bowl tennis tourna ment, 3-6. 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, The victory for the 33 -year-old for mer national tennis champion gave him permanent possession of the sti ver bowl on which Allison hsd won legs In 1038 and 1934. ADAMS TO FRONT IN PRO TOURNEY, EQUALS MELHORN CHICAGO. July 34. (yp) Harry Adams, stocky young Elgin, 111., pro fessional, ripped over the Med 1 nan Country club number three course today In 37-3370, one under par, to take over the lead in the Chicago 10.000 open golf tournament with a 30-hole total of 144 strokes. Adams, employed by a Nashville Tenn., golf manufacturing firm, was one over par 36 on the way out, but tossed In a pair of birdies with seven pars on the return Journey to match the score which gave Bill Mehihoru Loutsvllle, the opening round leader ship yesterday. Adams, who had a sour seven ou the par-four fourth hole of the num ber one course yesterday and fin ished up with a pair of bogles, was still able to turn In a card of 37-37 74. He started today with a birdie three on the first hole, but sltppea one over on the second and sixth be foro settling down to his powerful finish. His score snatched the lead away from Phil Oreenwnld of Madison Wis., whose 147 had topped the hugs field since early in the second round shooting. Big Charles Penna, from Harrison, N. Y., Gene Sarazen's home town, and an assistant to Tommy Armour at Medlnah, came along a few min utes later with a good 38-3775 over the number three layout, to go into a tie with areenwatd for second place. Penna had 35-37 73 yester day. TO OPEN OCT. 15 PORTLAND. July 34. (AP) China pheaMnt hunting season In many counties In Oregon will open October 15 and end October 31, the state game commission announced in Its list of regulations. The open season includes birds in Polk, Benton, Lane Linn, Josephine, Jackson and Marian count lee. The deer hunting season will start September 90 snd extend to October 35. Two Columbia black tall deer or one mule deer will b allowed each hunter. Bag limits west ot the Cascades for p hen nanta are two male pheasants in any one day and not more than four mate pheasants In any seven con secutive days. MAKE YOURSELIF RIGHT AT HOME! WANDERERS in strange places welcome most of all the sight of a familiar face . . . the friend from home met by chance. And rare indeed is the out-of-towner who does not gravitate to the news-stand selling his home-town paper. Eagerly, too, travelers welcome the sight of familiar products upon the shelves of unfamiliar stores. Thank advertising for that! Shopping at home, you have a pleasant sense of confidence and security. You know the merchants . . you know what they sell. National advertising and national distribution make it possible for you to have that same confidence wher ever you are! On vacation trip or business trip a a . no matter what your needs . . . you can always buy a known productthe brand that is like a friend. Read the advertisements often, and thoroughly. They'll make you right at home anywhere in the country. BUDGE SAVES DAY FOR AMERICA IN WIMBLEDON. Eng., July 34 tPy The United States snd Great Britain, playing apotty and sometimes hilar ious tennis, spilt the first two singles matches of the Davis cup challenge round today. Henry Wilfred (Bunny) Austin, main hope of the defending British, soundly whipped Frankle Parker, 31- year-old youngater from Milwaukee, 6-3. 6-3, 7-5. in the opening match; but Don Budge, the "red terror" from Oakland, Calif, tied up the series by subduing young Charles Edgar Hare after a weird first set, 19-13.0-1.6-3. This even division, confidently pre dieted In advance by the experts, left the rlvala exactly where they started and America's campaign to regain the cup for the first time since France lifted It at Geermantown, Pa., In 1937, no farther advanced than before. American supporters, however, are counting definitely on picking up the two points still needed In the doubles on Monday and In the final two sing- lea matches Tuesday when today'. pairings win be reversed. The Mllwsukee youngster, named as a replacement for Bryan M. (Bltsy) Grant of Atlanta, never had a chance against the machine-like Austin- Bunny ran through ths first two sets without serious difficulty and even In the third, when Parker ral lied in the later stagea, there never waa any doubt about the outcome. All ths excitement of the flrat day's play was furnished by Hare, a big. handsome southpaw. Given not a chance agalnat the brilliant Budge, the young Briton had the gallery alt- ting In wide-eyed amazement as he carried the fight to the read-headed Callfornlan from the outset, Lndleal Udlesl , ASTORIA. July 34. (P) The law put its foot down when Astoria res idents complained of women taking sun baths on the pier here with their suits draped about their knees. 4 Mill Closed MAR8HFIELD, July 34. yP) The Coos Bay Lumber company will lay off 350 men Monday pending revival of the lumber market, officials an nounced. Gault's Shoe Shop New Location ' 14 So. Central Next to Bowman's- Barber Shop GLENDALE BATTLE Msnsger Mike Bslkovlcb said yes terday that Alvln Merrttt, tall right hander, would start on the mound ' for the Medford Craters against the Glendale Loggers this afternoon at Qlendale In a southern Oregon league nasenaii game. Larry Pepper, ha stated, was being saved for the cru cial Ashland game here next Sunday. kuss Acneson, former Oregon Stat college player, will do the Crater catching today. The switch In that department was msde because of Manager Balkovlck's Injured leg. Tied wltn Ashland for the league- lead, the Craters will unllmber with their heaviest guns In an attempt to remain at the top. Larry Nunnen kamp, Willamette university right, hander, will do the Glendale pitch ing. Officials of the Medford Athletle association, campaigning Friday for financial aid for the youngsters base ball school held every morning at tha high school field and for the Medford Craters of the southern Oregon league, raised 1110 In about three hours. It was announced vesterdev. The money waa donated by local ci tizens snd business firms who are solidly behind the association's pro gram to keep baseball alive here, and to especially further the reviving of enthualasm emong youngsters. Fred Erlckson, president. Vera Shangle, vice-president, and Austin Frailer, secretary-treasurer, contact ed the donors, and report excellent co-operation from nearly all. In fact, Shangle said, only one merchant fail ed to contribute to the cause, and many stated that If the association needed more money, they would be glad to help again. Goal is 6600. The officials will continue with the drive Monday or Tuesday. ELECTRIC MOTORS Rewound and Repaired 34 br. Service, (tea sons ble Bate Gage Motor Service IV N. Crepe Phone IMS MERRICK'S POOL SWIM IN DRINKING WATER Dsilyi I p. m to 10 p. m. dnndaysi 10:30 a nv ts 10 p a 1
