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MOE LEADS FIELD
OF 1 5 QUALIFIERS:
W1ILL1GAN SECOND
PORTLAND, July 28. UP)
Hot. Oregon tate ametsur chtmplon
sad former Walker cup team member,
turned In a thr-under-pr 11-70
"lil In the S-hoU qualifying Ply
here Tuesday to fill Oregon 15 allot
ted place in the National Amatour
oolf tournament hero August 33-89.
He led a field of more than DO
entrants over the Portland Oolf elub
course. A score of 151 was required
to quality.
Btdney Mllllgan of lugene, aoe
member of the University ot Oregon
golf team, trailed Mbe by two rtroM
to plaoe aeoond, with a 73-10 1.
one under par.
Other qualifier were:
Alan Mills, Portland, 73-73145.
Eddie Hogan, Oswego. 73-78 148.
Dr. Cliff Baiter, Portland, 78-71
'147.
Dr. o. p. Willing. Portland, 74-78
147.
Roy Wiggins, Oswego. 73-76147.
" Vincent Dolph, Portland, 73-78
148.
joe Brown. Portland, 75-74149.
George Will, Portland, 78-74180
Jamea H, Orowell, Portland, 79-71
150.
Harold Salvador, Portland, 73-78
"pr. R. B. Wataon, Portland, 78-78
J61.
, Ray Isaacs, Portland. 79-73161.
Don Thompson. Portland, 75-76
151.
Other entrant who failed to quali
ty included:
james Bushong, Sugene, 77-77
164.
Leland Olarlt, Medford, 83.78100.
Wilson H. Jewett, Jr.. Eugene. 77
88 180.
R. w. Preaeott, Eugen. 79-84183.
Harold Hansen, Bend. 88-84170.
R. R. Hammond. Medford, carded
83-76187.
JACK HUGHES READY
FOR MOUND DUTY IN
IT VI WINS
Jack Hughes, on of th finest
pitcher ever developed In Medford.
I ready tor action, when, and If
needed.
Manager Mike Balkovlck, whose
Medford Orator meet the Ashland
Uthlans here next Sunday In the
moat crucial game of the second-half
Southern Oregon league pennant race,
stated that faot yesterday after one
of the toughest batting and fielding
workout of the year.
Possessor of a blaalng fast boll
and good control. Hughes may see
three Innings or more action against
the undefeated Llthlans, the Crater
manager aald. Although he la plan
ning on atartlng young Larry Pep
per on tho hill against Ashland's
brilliant Bob Hardy. Balkovlck stated
that Hughes, who ha been getting
rds right flipper In shspe for the
psst several weeks, would be used
for relief duty If needed.
The game next Sunday will be tor
the undisputed league lead, and will
be a continuance of tho blltr Med-fotd-Ashland
and Hardy-Pepper feud.
To date, each club haa won one
league game from the other. Ashland,
with three wins and no losses, and
Medford. with one victory ana no
defeats, are tied at the top of the
hesp. The battle should go a long
way toward naming the aecond-hall
pennant winner and right to play
Crescent City for the league cham
pionship. 1
Scores Yesterday
ny the Associated Press.
R. H. B.
Missions 3 8 0
Portland 8 10 1
Tost and Sprlna; Hare and Tresh.
(10 Innings) R. H. E.
San Diego 8 13 0
Seattle 8 9 3
Salvo. Craghead and Detore: Bar
rett, Smith. Pickrel. Home, osborn
and Splndel. FVwnandea.
R. H. B.
Sacramento 3 8 0
Los Angrlr . 4 9 0
KMnger and Cooper; Evans and
Collins.
R. H. K
I 6 1
8 13 1
Oakland
San Francisco
Miller,
Hald and Ralmondl: La-
manskl and Monro.
National.
Cincinnati 8. Boston 3.
Chicago 8. Brooklyn 3.
St. Louis 9. New York 8.
Pittsburgh 4. Philsdelphla 1.
American.
Washington 8. Chlcsgo 6.
St. Louts 8. Boston 6.
New York 8. Detroit 8.
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 8.
F,
FEW TORE. July !.-", Tommy
Parr, tue We'.sh clmllenger and Joe
Iul were in Uulr training camps
Rajah Deposed
If If f
W : t
."Sunny Jim" Bottomley
(above), coach and reserve first
baseman, was nam jd acting
manager of the St. Louis
Browns. Manager Rogers Horns
by (below), long a figure In
baseball, was relieved of his
duties "for good of tl.e Browns,
President Barnes announced.
TIMBERMEN TAKE
M 10 3, IN
Games Tonight.
Commercial Inngue:
Fluhrer's vs. 30-30.
Piche vs. Office Boys.
Fa be re va. Jennings Tire.
Timber Products vs. Catholic Men.
Timber Products, first-half cham
pions, opfned the second-half Com
mercial league norths 11 schedule last
night by defentlnR HUMRS. 4-3, In
n pitcher's battle between Red Schecl
of the tlmbrrmen and Ken Lesvtu,
HUMRS fnstballer. Both hurlera re
ceived rather spotty support.
BanehlUi wero about evenly divided,
with the winners collecting theirs
at mora opportune momenta. HUMRS
had the tying run on second base
In the sixth Inning and the tying
and winning tallies on the decks In
the seventh, but lacked tho punch
In the plnrh.
Father Meyer pitched and batted
hta Catholic Men to a 3-3 Com
mercial league victory over the Lam
port club, scoring tho winning run
in the last of the sixth Inning when
he singled and made the circuit on
three errors.
In the moat sensatlonnt game of
the evening, the Uont defeated the
Elks, 4-3, in two extra Innings, A
home run blast to center field in
the ninth inning by Willy Hickert
broke up a neat pitchers battle be
tween Ebel or the Elks and Hayes of
the Lions, It waa a Sen' tee league
encounter.
In the other Service league game,
Oopco defeated the Groceteria, 8-1.
behind the three-hit pitching of
Ray Slngler.
Pour Commercial league tangles
are on the slate for tonight.
at Long Brunch and Pom pi on Lake.
N. J.. today ready to get down to ser
ious training for their heavyweight
title bout in the Yankee stadium,
August ae.
Loult and Farr formally signed for
the bout in the office of the New
York suit athletic commission yes
terday. Also, both agreed along with
the 30th Century Sporting club, to
post appearance chifks of 3.000
each.
The new champion will tke thing
easy until Saturday when his first
boxing session 1 scheduled. Farr.
however. Intend taking on a few
aparmatea tomorrow, physicians have
said hla sun burn will have healed
sufficiently to permit him boxing to
morrow, Closing time for Too Lat to Clas
sify Ads Is 1 :30 p. m.
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CRESCENT PLAYER
STAGES RUNAWAY
IN BATTING RACE
Continuing hi amazing onslaught
against all Southern Oregon League
pitchers. Crescent City's sensational
Orvtlle Pramsted belted three hit
In five trip galnt Grant Pas lst
Sunday to Increase tale league bai
ting lead to over 100 percentage
point over his closest rival, Lefty
Baker, a teammate. Pramsted, with
an average of .618, I turning th
hitting race Into a farce.
Considered the fsstest man In th
league, pramsted also lesd the cir
cuit In runs-scored, with 12 and in
basehlts with 17. His nesrest batting
rival, Baker, ha a mark of .413.
Bob Smith, Medford' outhpaw
first baseman, 1 close behind Baker
with an average of .891, and Leon
ard Patterson, Ashland first sacker,
Is next In line with .373. Mel Mc
Carthy la the actual Grants Pas
leader with mark of .368, and I
the lone player In th league who
haa hit safely In every game. Leslie
Pete Is batting .341 to head th
Glendale brigade and Robertson
head th Koseburg hitters with .318.
Ralph Deo, with three wins and
no losses. Is Crescent City' contri
bution to the league pitching lead.
Bob Hardy, Ashland southpaw, and
Mike Koll, Orescent City portalder,
have each won five games and lost
one for second place, Larry Pepper
of Medford has copped four Victoria
and dropped a pair.
Batting averages for player seeing
action In three or mors games fol
low:
AB. R. X. AT.
Pramsted, Cresoent Olty 33. 19 17 .816
Baker, Cresoent Olty 84 t 14 .419
Koll, Orescent Olty .... 30
Orolette, Grant Pass... 10
Beers, Grants Pass .. 6
B. Smith, Medford 33
6 8 .400
1 4 400
0 3 .400
8 0 .801
Peterson. Ashland 43 S 16 .373
Spann, Orescent City.... 37 6 10 .870
McCarthy, Grants Pass 38 11 14 .868
Sllva, Crescent City .... 31 6 11 .386
Ostrum, Grants Pass .... 37 10 13 .361
Maohado, Grants Pas.. 43 8 16 .340
Schopf, Ashland .: 44 8 16 .341
L. Pete, Glendale - 41 6 14 .341
Miller. Crescent City .... 30 4 13 333
Hart man. Grant Pass 40 7 13 .335
Rhodes, Glendale 88 8 7 .318
Lewi, Medford 38 8 13 .316
Leavens, Ashland ........ 38 6 13 .316
Thompson, Glendale ... 16 4 6 .313
Blacksmith, Q. Pass .... 43 8 13 .810
Ray, Grants Pass 38
McLean, Ashland 30
8 11 .306
30 6 10 .300
37 7 11 .397
Pltmsn, Oranu Pass ..
Rlckert, Medford
8 11 .383
Robertson, Rom burg ... 86 8 10 378
Brown, Ashland ...... 18 3 6 .378
Stewart, Olendale ...... 18 2 8 .278
Ager, Aahland 40 7 11 .376
Hardy, Ashland 32 3 6 J78
Willis, Olendale . 11 is J73
Ootf, Roseburg 87 7 10 .270
Shlnn, Roseburg 30 8 8 .387
Reynolds, Crescent City 24 3 8 J30
Yackamoulh. C. City 12 1 3 J30
OW THEY?
5Z4VZ
(Uy the Ati-orlated I're.o)
Coast.
W L..
PC.
San Diego
71 49 .692
Sncramento 69 48 .690
San Francisco ........ 66 63 .656
Portland 64 83 .852
58 SB .498
83 67 .443
49 69
43 76
.416
.361
Nallonul.
W. U PC.
Chicago 66 31 .640
New York ... 83 35
.602
Pittsburgh
St. Louis ...
Boston
46 39 .541
... 48 41 .523
.. 48 48 .489
36 49 .417
.. 38 49 .417
.... 33 67 .367
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
American.
W. L. PC.
New York .......... 67 37 .679
Chicago 83 35 .603
Detroit go 34 .598
Boston 48 37 .849
Cleveland 41 41 .800
Washington 36 46 .439
St. Louis 38 67 .329
Philadelphia 38 88 .301
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Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen Says:
Softball Hurlera ,
Given Advantage
By Shorter Throw
There will bo ao more of those
he&vy-dugglog, wild -eyed clouting
Afftlrs in Medford's Commercial soft
bell league, which opened Its aecond
half schedule last night. Team man
agers assured themselves of that ny
unanimously voting to decrease th'j
distance from which the hurlers fire
their underhanded deliveries by two
and a half feet. From now on, pitch
ers will work from 3714 feet out In
stead of 40 feet.
When local enthusiasts got together
this spring to launch the present
highly successful soft ball season, It
was decided to pattern the game ac
cording to the rules of the National
Softball association, which call for
40-foot pitching distance, 10 men to
team, and restricts base-runners
from leading off their base. On tho
face of things, those rules appeared
as good as any.
However, the first half, which end
' 1
1
The Associated Press Reports the News of the World
MEDFORD MAIL) TRIBUNE
MEMBER of the ASSOCIATED PRESS
ed last Thursday evening revealed
a dearth of pitchers capable enough
to prevent the distant fence, from
taking an awful beating and score
keepers from getting writer's cramp
from marking up basehlts and tallies.
With the exception of very few bat
tles. It was a matter of standing up
there at the plate and belting the
apple to distant territory, the result
of which were encounters that more
resembled track meets thsn ball
games. ,
Casting about for a remedy for
the lop-ilded battles, some of tbe
boys got to studying the rules of
the Oregon State Softball assld
atlon, and they had tbe answer.
That organization rules that
pitchers shall heave from 37
....feet (37 feet 8' Inches to be
exact), which swings the balance
of power to the pitcher Instead
of the hitter, and eliminates tbe
free-hlttlng affairs.
However, the Oregon State Softball
group also allows base-runners to
lead off the bags, and uses nine mea
Instead of ten. In fact, the rules
are modeled us near as possible to
those of baseball. This department
wonders whether, now that the locals
have made the big move In shorten
tng the pitching distance, they hadn't
better shoot the works and enact aU
tho state rules.
The way It looks to us, decreasing
the pitching distance will not only
give the pitcher the upper hand, but
practically put the offense In a
straight-jacket. Although the major
ity of fans like tighter and lower
score games than they have been
seeing the first half, they, undoub'
edly. won't like encounters In which
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To report every cause aright is the task of The Associated Press. Its
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It performs this task daily with marked success through the coopera
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TM mi. aatlM I au im
the batters are mowed down by strlkn
outs and too many fielders wltn
monotonous regularity. With that
roving shortstop out there behind the
infield, in addition to the shortened
pitching distance, it looks like the
defense will have too great an ad
vantage. In other words, the local
soft bailers seem to be going from one
extreme to the other. To date, the
balance of power has lain entirely
too heavily with the offense, and
from now on It will rest Just as ex
tremely with the defense.
To reach a happy medium, why
not eliminate the roving short
stop and allow base-runners to
take their lead. According to the
state rules, the runner can't steal
bases except on a wild pitch or
passed ball, but by being allowed
to lead off, the offense is bene
fitted by the fact that base-runners
are able to advance further
on base-hits. For Instance, with
a runner leading off first base,
a long single will at times en
able him to score. When he Is
chained to the bag. his maxi
mum advance Is limited to third
base on a single.
I
FOR POOR FISHING IN
LOIR RIVER REACHES
Because of bright moonlight the
past week during which fish travel
and feed at nlcht. lying dormant dur
... so spoke
ar mr
ing the da;, angling condition In
the Rogue river hav not been of the
best, report Joe Wharton of the
Orants Psss Chamber of Commerce.
Bottom food soft crawfish, gravel
bugs and all Kinds of larvae of water
Insect 1 atlll plentiful and tne fish
do not respond readily to artificial
lure.
A few steelhead hav been caught
in the river below Oranu Pas, but
the best fishing has been reported In
the Oold Hill section, and above.
Especially from Oold Hill on up to
the head of the Rogue have report
MORE MEN ARE ENJOYING
THAT FINER CROWN TASTE
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tMsa
the dying Hamlet
been turned in of limit catches.
Small trout are still plentiful In an
section and good catchea are being
made on fly. plnner and bait. Whar.
ton reports. These so-called trout
are really young sslmon and young
steelhead, at least 88 percent of them
and are from 6 to 10 Inches long.
Like all young creatures, they are vo
racious feeder and will take almost
any kind of fly, spinner or bait. They
are now on their way down th river
to the sea, and those that urvlv
will return In four or five year to
complete the life cycle.
to Laertes.