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AGGRESSIVEKOHEN
PINS CLEMENS BY
LEG-BREAK HOLDS
Before over 1300 customers, lergeat
of toe summer season, smart, ag
gressive little Sammy Kohen from
tj.m vnrk citv nave Frankle Clem
ens, the Indian "wonder boy,"
neat grappling lesson last nigm v
the high school arena to win In two
out of three falls.
A rematch from last week when
the two battled to a one-hour draw
h intMi for no time limit, the
match was over in 4B minutes when
Kohen, forcing the action tnrougn
out, clamped on a reverse leg-breaker
to take tho deciding tumble. Pre
viously, Clemens had grabbed the
first fall In 21 minutes with his In
.41. n nHrniv,r. from which Kohen
extricated himself twice before going
to sleep. The new lora jew "'
back to grab the second fall 20 min
utes later with a reverse leg-breaker
and finished things up 8 minutes
later with the same maneuver.
- It was apparent from the first
that the boys wore wasting little
love on each other. It was also ap
parent from the first that Clemens,
this night, was going to prove not
So tough for the villainous Kohen
Although outweighed. Sammy held
the upper hand the entire bout with
the exception of Clemens' brlof flur
ry when he won the first fall. Ko
hen kept boring In, clamping on
holds, and taking the aggressive and
most of the time Clemens was skid
ding for the ropes to save himself.
In face, Clemens was on his bicycle
the good part of the evening.
Kohen did considerable damage
with a crushing headlock before he
finally switched his attack to the
Indian's legs. When he did lower
his sights and shoot for Clemens'
underpinnings, It was all over but
the shouting.
Wild Man Zlm, making his first
appearance In Medtord lost to flaahy
Toot Estes In the middle event when
Bates won the second and third falls
after the wild one had taken the
first with a body alam. The Zlm
lunatic turned out to be a well-built
grappler who apparently knows many
of the answers. He has blond, curly
hair that rails to his shoulders and
Is strictly unorthodox In his mat
work. He won the first tumble In
the first round with body slams
after considerable dirt. Estes came
back to gather the second tumble
in t. (wrnrul tanza with the same
maneuver and wound up the matcn
In the third canto with several drop
kicks to the Wild Man's whiskers
after sonnenbergs.
Earl Yoakloy, referee from Albany,
was a sorry looking sight after this
match was a few minutes old. His
shirt hung In tstters, th result of
getting tangled up In a couple of
mix-ups.
Danny Savlch made short work of
Jack LaRue In the opening event,
taking falls In the second and third
rounds with double leg-breakers while
Lanue was not taking anything but
a booing from the large crowd. Sav
lch did an about-face last night,
and was a cleanle again after being
a meanle for three weeks. LaRue
tried to be dirty but 8Bvch swarmed
all over him from the opening gun
and the Kansas City brut never
had a chance.
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Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen Sayi;
Fans in Dither
Over Tight Race
in Second Half
sweeps both games, the regularly
slated encounter and the replay of
the protested game from the sixth
Inning on.
Ashland, although flipping
fast, mill hat a chance to tie
for the pennant. If the Llthlans
get over Olendale next Sunday
and Med ford and Crescent City
split their two gamei, the race
will end with the three clubs In
a deadlock for first place. How
ever, If either Crescent City or
Med ford take both their battle,
the pennant will go to the team
that does Just that.
With the second-half raoe ending
next Sunday, here la how the three
top outfits now look In the standings:
W. L. Pot.
Med ford 4 1 .800
Crescent City ..,. 4 1 .800
Ashland 4 3 . .67
Now, In case the Llthlans get back
In stride and knock over Glendale
In their final game, which may be
anything but a cinch, and Med ford
and the coast team divide their
double-bill here, the final second
half standings will appear like this:
W. L. Pet.
Medford 6 3 .714
Crescent City . .. 6 3 .714
Ashland fi 3 .714
If that should happen, a playoff
for the second-half pennant would
then be necessary, the winner to
tangle with Crescent City for the
league championship. As first-half
winners, the Chlnooks are cinches for
the championship playoff. Of course.
If Crescent City wins the second-half.
which they can do by beating Med
ford In both games next Sunday,
there will be no playoff for the title.
Anyway, It's a great race and a
surprising race, especially from the
Medford standpoint. Floundering
around In the second division dur
ing the first-half while their field
was getting In shape to be used, the
Craters have surprised even their
most loyal supporters by crashing
straight to the top of the heap In
this hectlo second-half dash. We all j
realized Manager Mike Balkovlck had :
a good ball club, but figured It was j
not quite good enough to be a ser
ious pennant contender. J
There are several reasons for the I
Inspired battle our Medfords are
displaying for their first pennant tn I
years. One of them Is undoubtedly
Manager Balkovlck, himself. He has
never stopped fighting, and his club
has followed suit. For a time, along !
at the first of the season, dissenting
players seemed to have about gum
med up the works to the point where
It was a fight to produce a ball team
on Sunday. More than once Balko
vlck took the Craters on trips with
Just nine players, and was thankful
he had that many.
However, team members who didn't
like the way things were being
handled dropped out, dissension In
the club was eliminated, the team
won a couple of bull games, and the
ohauge took place. The Craters be
gan to fight. They really began to
play baseball. And the result can be
plainly seen In the present league
standings. Medford la In the thick
of the pennant battle, make no mts
take about It, and the prediction Is
hereby made that tbey wilt batter
their way right Into the league
championship.
In naming guys who are also re
sponsible for the Inspired drive to
tho top, good old Jack Hughes, Larry
Pepper, and Wally Rlckcrt cannot be
forgotten. These are singled out only
because of outstanding work. The
entire club haa been playing great,
and we mean great, baseball.
Jack Hughes was almost over
come with happiness following
his magnificent pitching exhibi
tion at Grants pass Sunday. He
lost IS pounds In the 10-lmilng
thriller, which Indlrntm he work
ed pretty hard. It was the first
time In his life he had ever
beaten the Merchant! and he was
on top of the world. Jack has
come hark; that was proved con
clusively, and he will pitch Med
ford to the pennant, mark our
words,
There has never been anything
like It; at least not for many, many
moons. This second-half Southern
Oregon league pennant battle la
without doubt the most bitterly con
tested, In addition to the tightest,
to be stnged In the territory since
Curt Davis, Duke Marlowe, Johnny
Logan and other Medford greats
hooked up In a flag tangle with
Ann land, Grunts Pass and Klamath
Falls that ended with all four tvama
tied for the top spot.
The present stretch squubble 1
not quite that close, but clow
enough to produce a mild torm of
fan-hyeUrlcs In Medford, Ashland
and Crescent City, the homes of clubs
atlll fighting for the aecond-hnlf
title.
When Medfi'rd knocked off
Grunt la, 7-H. In 10 friin.fi
and Crescent City hacked the
once pro t'd tshland I. Uhlans,
fl-4. laM Kunday, the nice be
came nothing Icm Ihau a rat
and dog fight, ulth the flip or
a roin probably Indicating the
ullimiite winner as definite.,! as
any other method.
As for Pepper and Rtckert. their
pitching and hitting, respectively,
has helped Immeasurably In the
Craters' skyward clash. Pepper has
won five ball games this season out
of the total of seven the locals have
copped, so that should be enough
said about the fine righthander.
ftlckert, mediocre with the stick dur
ing the early stages of the race, has
gone alr.g-nutty and la now over the
350 mark, besides fielding brilliantly.
Mist Important of all, however. Is
the refusal to quit which, haa feat
ured the Medford play this second
halt. They have won the close ones.
Against Ci rants Pass Sunday, In a
game literally dripping with bad
blood between the players, the Crat
ers fought from behind twice. They
refused to be beaten. And, so long
aa they feel that way about the busi
ness, they won't be beaten.
Cnwent City's win dropped the
Llthlans. bleeding and battered. Into
second place and Medford's cop from
the Merchants socked Jud Per noil's
club out of the race altogether.
Those games also dead 1 reeked Crescent
City and Medford for the leaguo
leadership, which makes this coming
Sunday a climax that John Q. Fan
are always praying for but seldom
see. It will be for the second -half
championship when Medford and
Crescent City inert at the local turf
field provided that either team J
I
ffiEI TONIGHT IN
CRUCIAL CONTEST
Games Tonight.
HUMHS vs. Jennings Tire.
Fabers vs. Office Boys.
Timber Products vs. Plche.
Catholic Men vs. 20-30.
Timber Products and Plche Hard
ware will battle tonight at the high
school stadium In a game that may
decide the second-half championship
of Medford's Commercial a o f t b a 1 1
league. A win for the heavy-hlttlng
Tlmbermen will give them the pen
nant and right to enter the district
tourney Thursday and Friday, while
a Plche victory will tie up the race.
Earl Dale, sensational "windmill"
hurler of Timber Products, will tan
gle with Stelner of Yreka, the ace
signed by Plche for this crucial bat
tle. Stelner Is the gentleman who
fanned the first 11 men to face
htm In the Catholic All-tftar game
last Friday night. He throws a fast-
rising speedball that Is considered
as effective as Dale'a bullet.
Tonight will mark the next-to-last
evening of the league season. Final
games will be staged tomorrow and
the district tournament will take
place Thursday and Friday, with
Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass and
Klamath Falls champions competing
for the district championship.
Fire Eattng Fatal
CLEVELAND (UP) Dan Nagyfy.
61-year old professional fire-eater
at the Oreat Lakes exposition, died
In a hospital here from toxic pois
oning which doctors said was caus
ed by chemicals he used In his act.
Nagyfy's epitaph aa written by ex
position showmen was : "A martyr
to his art,"
Conscience Works
EUOENE. Ore.. Aug. 17. (AP) A
Eugene "dime store" collected on
conscience when a Salem girl mailed
a dollar bill In payment for a "few
souvenirs' gathered in the store four
years ago. "I see my mistake now.
The principle of the thing was
wrong,' she wrote.
but was promptly kicked dov. into
fifth place by the Angels, who took
five straight from the Beavers last
week.
Oakland's Acorns, who won a three
game series from San Diego and three
out of four from the Missions last
week, play hosta this week to the
fourth-place 8an Francisco Seals.
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CAULIFLOWER CHIEF.
Mike Jacobs now holds (he reint
of the fighting Industry, proba
bly even more securely than the
late Tex Rickard. He's leased
Madison Square Garden. His
next big match is the I.ouis-Farr
scrap August 26.
EXPERT ANGLERS
SET FOR TOURNEY
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Aug. 17. (AP)
Half a dozen expert anglers, some
already sporting casts as much as 30
feet over the national record, today
set out to unseat Marvin K. Hedge
of Portland. Ore., as distance champ
Ion with a 5 ounce rod.
The battle opened a four-day cast
ing tournament among members of
the National Association of Scientific
Angling clubs.
Also at stake In the distance com
petition In the 5 ounce class was
a mythical world title picked up by
Hedge last month In Paris, along
with an all-around casting champ
ionship. The record Hedge hung up last year
was 151 feet, and at least three of
the anglers who faced him today
whipped the bait out 180 feet In
practice trials. Jack McFlsh Sparks of
Waco, Texas; R. O. Miller of Hunt
ingdon Beach, Cai., and Sib Llotta
of Cleveland turned the trick before
the tourney opened officially.
KEEN
NOSE
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SENSITIVE LIPS
(Itv The Vtoch.tcd Perm)
San Dlego'i Padre Invaded Sacra
mento today for a revfn-(me series
which will have an Important bear
ing on the Pacific Coast Bweball
ensile leadership.
The Padres held a game and a half
lead over Sacramento after the two
split a four-game tvrlea at San Diego
last week.
In third place, the Improving Lou
Angeles club stands a good chance
of fattening Its percentage hy enter
talnlng the weakened Seattle Indiana
Portland, which seems to have folded
Ha tent after a desperate bid for
a spot in the first division, open
ncainst the San Francisco Minions
;n the bay city tontsht.
Portland (Mjucesed into third piact, t
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KINTVCKT SmUtHT BOURBON WHISKIV
FISHING SEASON MARKED
BY FLOCK OF TALL TALES
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (AP) Tall ftahlng talea hooked during the 1S37
season were ready for serving today to all who would listen. They Indi
cated story telling was still the logical aftermath of every fishing trip.
Here are some of the entries for
this season's mythical fl&h tale title:
Clarence Schuff, of A lien town, Pa
caught a blue heron Instead of a
fish on his hook. The bird dived
Into a creek and came up with a
minnow he was casting.
L. O. Oagnler of Waukegan, IU-,
hooked a wildcat on a night fishing
trip. The line waa baited with liver.
The wildcat was hungry.
Three Aurora, 111., friends vouched
for Bob Judd'a story that a three-
pound black bass "Just jumped" Into
his boat while rowing on the Fox
river.
At Buffalo, N. Y., William L. Klrat
and Albert Atld showed friends a 13
pound sturgeon without a hook mark
on him. They were tilting the out
board motor when the fl&h snapped
It, missed Its target and landed
helpless In the boat.
Oscar Corter of DeWltt, Neb.,
caught In a large can which was bob-
hls hands. The fish had Its head
caught In a large can wlch was bob
bing up and down In the creek.
At Oklahoma City, Okla., Dr. Dale
Collins and his party were proud of
a string of 15 bass. But the line came
loose, and slipped Into the lake. Fif
teen minutes later Dr. Collins had
a strike. Up came the 15 bass, all
strung.
Mrs. Austin Forkner of Madison,
Wis., Is still talking about a 30-lnch
wall-eyed pike she caught. The fish
chased her through the water alter
she hit It with an oar, but she finally
caught It with a net.
John D. Mueller hooked an eight
pound pickerel In Fox lake near Chi
cago. After landing it, the fish
squirmed out of his hands and flop
ped hack Into the lake, but Mueller
recaptured It. Nineteen hours later
he learned It wej a prize-marked fish
In a contest and was worth 1 1.330.
At Uvalde, Tex., Carl Wright stuck
his Index finger In the water. Some
thing bit it. He Jerked up his hand
and & three and one-half pound bass
fell on the bank.
A fish bit twice for Merle Koep-
pier, 8. of Green Bay, Wis. He had
It on the line once, but It got away,
hook, line and sinker. To assuage hrr
son's disappointment, Mrs. An tone
Koeppler, his mother aald: "Never
mind, mother will catch It for you."
A short time later she landed a fish
with Merle's missing hook and sinker.
BRITISH SPORT FANS
HAVE.THEIR DOUBTS
ON FARR'S CHANCES
LONDON, Aug. J7. (AP There's
a suspicion in Britain that maybe
Ifa Just as well thst the future ol
the empire doesn't depend on Tom
my Parr.
Which Is to say that, If Louis
mangles him August 26, the com
monwealth will be braced tor the
shock.
If It Isn't braced, It won't be tho
fault of the British 6ports writers.
They have spent much time and
many shillings looking at the pic
tures of the Louis-Jim Braddock
fight, and though generally Inclined
to let their patriotism get in the
way of their Judgment in decisions
of this kind, they are picking Louis.
"Nice fellow. Tommy, courageous
and all that sort of thing, but h
really can't attack, can he?" they
say. Tha critics don't belleva their
boy Is good enough to stay IS rounds
with Louis without getting hit too
maryy tlrrei.
There also ts a tendency her to
reg.'et Tommy's rucent eloquence. It's
all nary well for Farr, to make a hit
ln( America, but what Britain want
to know Is, "Is It dignified?"
Tommy's been quoted as saying he
wants to win so he can hava ft
family and bis oplnlona on tha 014
school tie have been printed. Ordi
narily, one Just doesn't have publia
opinions on having a family or on
tha old school tie I
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
GOLF SUBS TO PLAY
DEL MONTE, Calif., Aug. 17. (AP)
Three northe-n California golfer who
qualified for the national amateur
tournament at Portland next week
have withdrawn, Douglas Lewis, pres
ident of the Northern California Golf
association, said today.
The three, Robert Marsky of Saa
Francisco, Ralph Hoffman of Oakland
and James Rea of San Jose will b
replaced by the first three alternates,
James French, Ban Francisco, and
Charles Finger and Lewis, both of
Burllngame.
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