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PSQEFOUB OUIS RETAINS CROWN BY DECISION T CHAMPION LOOKS IN BATTLE Experts Differ Widely in Scoring Rounds Farr's Style Is Puzzle to Bomber Tommy Badly Marked By OAYIE TALBOT NEW YORK, Aug. 81. (AP) Jo Louis still hu his heavyweight championship, and he also has new and round-eyed respect for Tommy Parr. So have 87,000 fans who sat In the lights and shadows of Yankee sta dium last night and watched the old carnival fighter, half blinded at the finish, lab and Jimmy it out with the alleged negro thunderbolt for 1ft rounds, ' Although they are without doubt hollering "robbery" around meet street today, and the hotheads In the Msll are assuring each other over the matutinal Scotch and Splash thst a Britisher hasn't a chance of winning anything In America, there wasn't much doubt that the brown ex-bomber deserved the decision. Farr's Style a Puzzle He did, as badly scared as he look ad In spots. In fsct, he looked ss dumb as a dime detective most of the evening snd he took a lot of fancy punches, first and last. He never learned how to fight Parr. Yet he was the better man, and Tonypandy Tommy will be the lsst to deny It. Tommy didn't deny It last night even aa he sat and tried to look out be tween battered eyea and listened to the "raspberries' that echoed and re-echoed across Ysnkee staudlum after Louis hsd been declared the winner. Parr Is a big man In the boxing game today, even though a loser. He can stay around as he plans to do and make himself a lot of money. He put up a great fight against a foeman who was expected to knock him sprsddle-legged. and when his best wasn't good enough he accepted defeat like a soldier. Fooled the Experts At that; It must have been a thrill for the hard-boiled bsttler from the desolate mining district of Wales. No fighter who ever came to these shores received a sorrier reception. He was tabbed strictly a second-rater, a fighter who didn't belong In the same ring with the ebon assassin, Louis. He must have felt good last night when, alter he had given his stout-hearted best for 111 rounds, he groped his way to the dressing room tnrough tnousands of Americans de mandlng the blood of referee. Judges and anybody else who thought Louis bed won. But It didn't fool Tommy. He knew he had tried and failed, and he wasn't sore at anybody. The light writers expected htm to rail st the decision, snd to castigate them for the things they had written sbout him. Tommy didn't do either. He looked out between eyes thst were swollen slmost shut snd said simply "1 gave them a good go, didn't I?' Tommy, then and there, made him self a lot of friends. Scorers Differ Referee Arthur Donovan credited the Welshman with only two rounds. Just to show you how differently they csn see things. This observer thought rarr won five rounds, that Louis won eight, snd thst there was not snythlng In the other two. The spectators from ten rows on back thought Parr won the chsmplonahip, by a country mile. It Just goes to show. This much Is certain: The old csrnlval scrapper put up a whale of a fight; he carried the carnage to Louts most of the wsy, and he un doubtedly would have won by s knockout If he had possessed a right hand wallop to compare with Oehmel lnga. It's also true thst Louis, though he was puczled at Tommy's style all the wsy and was hurt and badly frightened a couple of times when Parr clouted him, had what It took to collect himself and Jab out a vic tory with his left. Nn Knorkilouns There wasn't a knockdown. In the fifth round, after the crowd had done soma booing. Louts whipped over s quick right to the Jaw snd followed wllth a left thst staguered Parr, but the bell saved the Welshman from serious trouble. Parr hurt Louis wlta several rights, but the negro never looked like be was going down In the last two or three rounds, long. Jagged cuts under Parr's eyes were spouting blood snd he couldn't properly line up hla sight. He couldn't locate Louis with the stab bing left that had piled up so mny points In the esrly rounds, and he was trying desperately to land s tell ing right. Thst was when Joe piled up his decisive margin. "I couldn't see him." said Parr, plaintively, m the dressing room. Hla face to-lied like It had been caught In a thresher. The middle finger of his right hand was broken and swol len, but he wouldn't alibi even a nickel's worth, Karr Hard In Hit Louis naturally was disappointed with his showing. He hsd to sdmlt thst Farr was a tough hombra to hit. Parr, to give him sn Ides, was able to lead with a swishing right when ever he wanted to. and to mtss, snd suffer no ill effects. He bsa been at the game a lot longer than Louis. Parr wsa back st Long Branch to day, trying not to catch a glimpse of himself In the mirror. He looks pretty bad. Louis and his entourage plan to visit London and Paris right sway What Joe needs, they figure. Is a good, long rest. OREGON CITY Aug. 81. (API Thomas P. ttsndall, 73. farmer Ore goi, City postmaster, died yesterday H was a member of a pioneer Ore gon fsmlly. - r ' ASA : txx 'jas h ',' - v'v' . . y V ' '4 ? , U.! " 5 &. r Mil V MAKE WAY for Sam Francis, Nebraska star, who shows how he'll catch Sllngin Sammy Baugh's passes In the game with the Packers Sept. 1. HOW THFttf STAND By the Associated Press. National. W. L. PC. .607 .600 New York 71 48 Chicago 79 47 St. Louis 64 64 Pittsburgh 83 67 Boston 87 63 .643 .621 .470 .424 Philadelphia 60 68 Brooklyn 48 68 Cincinnati 46 68 .414 .404 American. W. . 80 PC. .684 New York Detroit 89 Chicago - 6B .686 .682 .667 Boston 64 Cleveland 69 Weshlngton .. 84 St. Lout 37 Philadelphia 36 1 .60U .470 516 .313 EX-MEDFORD ANGLER LEADING FISH DERBY IN STATE Scarcely a year goes by without some southern Oregon fisherman showing the world how to catch fish. This season is no exception. By coaxing three huge Mackinaw trout from Fin t head lake. L. E. Scott, former resident here, has taken the lead In the annual Montana fish derby and moved Into the spotlight or western aporta. Native aver they had never' before seen such large fish taken from their leJtes and Scott haa received letters from sportsmen from all over the state Asking what kind of lure he uses. The blRgest of Scott's three derby trout entries weighed 30 pounds and four ounces. This catch landed Scott in Seattle and Spokane aa well aa Montana newspnpers, photographs be ing published showing him holding his huge trout like a hefty calf. Scott la now manager of the Moun tain States Power company's division in Whltefish. Mont., whither he went last spring from Roaeburg. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scott of Central Point. E RACE T By the Associated Pre A free-for-all battle for first di vision honors In the Pacific coast baieball league race appeared prob able today aa the teams approached the home stretch with Sacramento leading by half a game. San Diego was second, the San Ptancisco Seals third and Los Angeles fourth. Pertiaud. In fifth place, three games behind the uncertain Angels, has not been counted out of a chance to finish among the first four. The teams open a split season to day with the Seals at San Diego, Seattle at Portland, .Los Angeles and the Missions at San Francisco and Oakland at Sacramento. After three dn the teams will switch diamonds si.d in all play nine games sa dou- blehcadera are scheduled Labor day. COLLINS ABOUT READY TO DISCARD CRUTCHES CHICAGO. Aug 31. (API Rip Collins, Chicago Cub's first bsseman who suffered a frvtured ankle Aug. 10. hopes to celebrate the Cuba' re turn to Chicago next Saturday by throwing away hla crutches. Collins believes that within two -ecka he will be back in action Ir. John P. Davi. club rlv-!.!.. Mid the break was knitting nicely. J TOOTS ESTES ON MAKE Beneath a. chilly drlrale that seat ringside patrons scurrying to U lery seat la the grandstand, Mar shall Carter, former University at Missouri . wreatitng Instructor, and Toots Estea. Elk City. Okla., flash, slipped and skidded about the open air high school arena last night for the full 60 mlnutas. with Carter grabbing the victory by virtue of a aenaatlonsl fall three minutes before the final gong. In the middle event. New Hamp shire's Bobby Wagner, clean gen tleman, took two straight tumbles from Dangerous Danny Savlch and In the opener, Sailor Dick Trout made short work of Wild Man Zlm, 1 copping the verdict without loss of a fall. i The main squabble, which pro-1 aucea eome. or me xinesc grappling ever seen In Med ford, went 57 mln utea before Carter was able to pin the slippery Estes with a leg head lock. Application of the hold came after Estea bad seemingly sewed things up with a Boston Crab. Toots came out of an Indian Death lock, grabbed Carter's underpinnings, and flipped him over with remarkable rapidity. Just as rapidly, however, Carter kicked out of the crab, wrap ped his powerful legs around the Estes noodle, and layed his snoul ders to the mat. That was the lone fall of the match. In the remaining three minutes Estea tried to even up, but Carter playing smart and being hard to grab because of the slippery condi tion of his torso, managed to ward off the attack. Estes was sonnen- berglng desperately as the final gong boomed. There was little to choose between the two cleanles during the entire 60 minutes, so evenly were they matched. Both boys went through the full rlgamarole of grappling ma neuvers, and It waa practically a toss up until that one fall by Carter. An extra special thrill waa dished out after 35 minutes when both genta started firing dropklcke at the same time. Neither did any damage. As per usual, Danny Savlch lost the middle event to Bobby Wagner on a foul. Referee Roy Yoakley awarded the tumble and match to Wagner when Savlch, after winning the fall In the second round, re-! fused to break a double leg-breaker. I Wagner had previously taken the I first fall In the Initial round with ; a ring-shaking body slam after a sensational mlxup Involving the two grnpplers and the referee. Toakley took a beating all night. In the opener between Wild Man Zlm and Sailor Dick Trout, the of ficial had to belt the long-haired maniac to the linoleum In the second canto to keep him In line. The blow not only slowed Zlm up but enabled Trout to end the match, the sstlor adding one Jolt to Zlmmy's button and then flopping on top for the second and deciding fall. Trout ac quired the first fall In the opening stanza with some payoff sonnen bergs. Promoter Mack Llllard announced last night that the matches would probably be moved back to the Ar mory next Monday evening. OF T NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-(AP)-Pleas ed by the outcome of last night's title match between Joe Louis and Tony Pandy Tommy Parr, Promoter Mike Jacobs talked gleefully today of a return bout next June that will "do better than a million." There hasn't been time for Mike to make any definite decisions as to what his next heavyweight move will be but, for the time being at least. he seemed to think that Farr's bril liant and unexpected feat In staying the limit of 16 rounds with the brown bomber entitled the rugged Welsh man to another shot at the crown without further argument or discus sion. He may attempt to match Schmel ing either agsinst Farr or pastor in a Madison Square Garden feature thla winter or he may forget all about that and concentrate on a second Lou is -Farr engagement next June. Mike taxes over the garden's boxing division on Oct. 1. Salmon Fingerlings Gnawed by Turbines OREGON CITY. Aug. 31. (API State and county game authorities watched flngerllng Chinook salmon pass Into the roaring turbines at CAMdero dam on the Clackamas river and emerge battered broken and headless or fluttering weakly across the boiling uilrace. The officials Induced the migra tion of young salmon to observe their passage through the draft tubes of an electric power project. The fish were lowered Into the intake in paper bags. W eat her. Northern California: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, except cloudy on coast and light showers over mountains of eitreme north portion; slightly cooler In central portion and 1 on north coast tonight: moderate northwest wind off coast. Oregon: Unsettled taonlght, showers! over mountains; slightly cooler tn , interior: Wednesday partly cloudy, i ftltghtly warmer tn Interior of west j portion; gentle changeable wind oti coast, becoming moderate northwest Use Mail moune want ads. j Sport Graphs a a a a . Billy Hnlm 8p: Softball Harmful To National Oame; Batters Lose Eye This may net sat as veil with rabid exponents of the undeniably popular game of Softball, or maybe they won't even ear. Anyway, we have at last discovered a real baseball author 1 t y wboae thoughts follow along the same channel as ours, so they are here by set down i ')'VW H xprta) i n plenty of ap t('-. - Y BlUy Do s .1 who earns I ( 'i'$k bn 1: 3". ' r V. J down futuna h by set down (the with speed. yle, his 1. tracking if , down f utura base' '" ?! ball stars for the Detroit Tigers. Billy Hulen. claims that "soft ball may be good exercise, but it's having a detrimental effect on base ball." Aa one of the beat-known' and smartest scouts In the business. Doyle's words' of wisdom can most certainly be taken aa gospel. At least by us. . Reports Doyle: "I saw 1,173 kids play In the Ohio state semi-pro tournament and good baseball talent Is aa rare as radium. Of those 1,173, I signed four to contracts and I'm mildly Interested In three others. That shows how few and far between real ball players are. I'm blaming soft ball for the pres ent (ark of material In semi-pro ranks, once the heavy feeder of organized baseball." So speaks Billy Doyle, who should really know, and yours truly, who modestly agrees. As an actual labor- atory case to prove the point, take our own Med ford Craters, Take Bob Smith, who waa a sweet hitter when he waa employed at Crater lake early In the summer and played ball only on Sundays. Bob was batting around .376 when he moved down here, but after a month of Softball almost every evening, his average dropped almost 100 points; he ended the sea son with a mark of .389. Paul ("Hooaler") Hoffard, who gave the Northern California league fences a terrlflo beating early In the sum mer, started playlngwltb the Craters In the second-half. He also started fighting the softball business. Hoff ard ended the Southern Oregon league schedule with a batting average con siderably below the J26Q mark, pro- ably the lowest average in all his many years of performing the na tlonal pastime. To halt any comeback by softball ers In regard to Wally Rickert, who clouted a lusty .359 for the season while also playing softball. we men tion that Wally, a lefthanded bitter, swur from the right side against the underhand boys and big ball. "I hit rlghthanded playing soft ball so that my timing wouldn't be ruined," Wally explained. "At the first of the softball season, I swung from the left side, my Ordinary stance, and as a result my baseball average dropped out of sight. When 1 switched and started hitting the softball from the right side, my baseball bat ting average Jumped." We think Rlckert has got some thing there In regard to 'timing. It stands to reason that after looking. or trying to look, at those cannon- ball heave of softball hurlers, which approach the plate with blinding speed, your baseball player will be all tangled up when he faces the dlpsy-do curves, change of pace, and other deliveries of a good baseball chucker. It hot only stands to rea son, but has been pretty well proved, we believe. Cuff Scrlbbllnga: Coach Bill Bow- erman of Medford high has taken on another major worry . . . added to his woes of where he la going to ftnd some guards and tackles this fall la the Job of building a house . . . It's no picnic. . . . President Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators has supplied all his ball players with those protective batting helmets . . . they wont' wear them, however . . . claim the headgear gives them head aches , . . Rupert Thompson. Ban Diego's great outfielder, wear gloves on each hand when he goes to the plate . . . AAhtand Coach Skeet O'Connell waa looking the wrest ling gentlemen over last night . . . prob ably picking up pointers on line play. S1LVTRTON. Aug. 31. (API The IAaJc Walton chapter will release ISC male China pheasant in the rural districts here Sunday. One hundred hens will not be freed until later In the year. Use Mall moune want ads. PEACHES Clings Now Ready HALES and ELBERTAS LATER MORROW ORCHARD 1 mile Northertst Medford. Turn East Acrotg Ber Creek on McAndrewi Road ftnd then North. Phone 1524-L 9- Ibaiassaa),,- i . iaaaf 1 tar..- IT TAKES T W O of the .avenge batters to eqnal the rec ord of Joe (Ducky) Medwick of the Cardinals, leading hitter of big- league baseball. JOE NOT THE SAME; By BILL BON I NEW YORK. Aug. 31 rVP) Max Schmellng said It as early as the second round. "He lss not mors the same Louis." At the same time, even though Tommy Farr. the tough tomato from Tonypandy, . was cuffing the fuseleas Brown Bomber up against the ropes. It seemed a rash statement. Loula hadn't warmed up, hadn't had time to size up his man. But as the fight progressed, and Tommy, blood dripping from his nose and from gashes under both eyes, stubbornly refused to buckle under the world heavyweight champion's best licks. It looked better and better. At no point In the surprising IS rounds did Max appear Impressed by the man he belted out In 13 rounds a year ago last June. At the end, when Louis' hand was raised In vic tory. Max was Impressed rather by the durability of the Welsh miner who had gone Into the ring an even money shot to go out In less than six rounds. "That Farr." said Schmellng, whose rugged good looks are marred only slightly by his battle-scars two puff ed eyebrows and a dented nose "he lss a good, tough fighter. He fought a brave fight. But you cannot win on a brave fight. If he only could punch ..." Jacobs in Black NEW YORK. Auk. 31. (AP) Promoter Mike Jacobs who thougnt ha might ao "In the reVl" on the Loula-Farr tight, apparently clear ed enouph to pay his expenses snd a little more. After paying otf the fighters, the rentsl of the Yankee Stadium, and the 10 per cent "rut" of the milk fund, Mike hsd about 965. 000 left to pay all the other costs of promoting the battle snd for his own shsre. Here sre the figures on sttond ance and receipts for last night's fight: Totsl attend), ."ce 36 309. Paid attendance 33.640. Gross receipts t365.7!)3.1t. Federal tax 128.409.39. State tax tl4.880.oa. Net receipts 1222.463.80. Radio and movie rights 160,- 000. Total Income 1282.463 80. Louis' share (40 per cent of total! tU3.M7.83. rarr's shsre (guarantee) tSO.- 000. 8tsdlura rental (10 per cent of net receipts) taa 346 38. Milk fund (10 per cent of net) ,32 246 38. Promoter's share ,64.983 2. 8alem Brewery Ass'n. Safem BaaaaatauL'' 1 "EXPERTS" TAKE LICKING IN UNDERRATING TOMMY By EDDIE BRIETZ RV TOKX, Auf. ai. yp Boys. pasta this oca to your kellya: riht xpartiBf la (on forever . . . Tommy Farr. tba aurprlslnt gent from Wales, aaw to that . . . That big crash you beard along about 11:16 p. m. waa the , k. limb going down with all expert aboard . . . The scribe are s shame-faced lot today . . . Bone of the out-of-towners ar afraid to go bom . . . Joe Jacobs, manager of Max Schmellng, rubbed it In hard . . . "All them experts," he snorted contemptuously, "should be stood in bad." . . . Anyway, Farr gave 'em Ucktng even If be eouldnt quit get past Joe Louis ... So we. hold the telegram of ridicule In one hand and reach for th headache powder with the other. Ton-y-pandy Celebrates Welshman's Fine Battle , By SCOTTV RESTON TON-r-FANDY, Wales, Aug. 31. fl( A high lonely flame on Trealaw mountain today Illuminated the strangest scene ever Inspired by a pro fessions! boxer. It had been arranged that th bon fire (bould be touched off only If Tommy Farr.. Ton-y-pandy own, should win hi fight with Joe Louis In New York. Tommy lost but the bon fire flared Just the same. The manner of his losing waa st magnificent and the pride of hla countrymen ao deep that 6,000 miners and their weeping wives climbed the steep slopes of Trealaw Just before daws and touched oft the fire of "victory." In the flickering flamellcht over the desolate, coal-pitted valley of the Rhondda river, the Welshmen sang a only Welshmen sing. "Land of our Fathers ...- The music echoed down In the dreary valley where half the men are on the dole and the other half earn the equivalent of 13.60 a week In the mines. So fervent was the song, so Intense were the coal-smudged faces that It was difficult to comprehend the slg nlfance of the gathering. It seemed like solemn religious ceremony. Miner all over the valley had wait ed for sight of the bonfire aa a sig nal of victory. When the flames burst, little band In other communities started up the slopes of their own hills and soon fires plumed every pin nacle for miles. Before the fight Ton-y-psndy wa tense. Court street where Tommy Farr lived when he was a pit boy was deck ed with flags and one huge banner ssid "Tommy Farr . . our chsmplon." After the decision Dick Parr, Tom my's brother who had a private radio party at hi home, said: "Tell Tommy we're proud of him. At least he prov ed British boxer have grit." Dawn broke cold and gray. It was fully daylight when the crowd final ly started down from Trealaw moun tain. The women went ahead to fix breakfast. The men stoically drank their morning tea and went back to the mines. The tea was bitter and the pltts were deep and black. From Regional office R. H. Mealey, Junior forester on the regional for ester's staff In Portlsnd, arrived here this morning. He went immediately to the Butt Falls district of the Rogue River national forest to work on type maps which show all forest fire hazards. Argentine railways are held reapon slble for accident at level crossings csused by fsllure to lower the bar rier or gatea when a train 1 ap proaching, aocordlng 'to a ruling by the federal court of appeal. 4 All th pope have beea Italian since 1581. Rhode Scholarships have a value of too pounds. Is Your Credit Record Rmov tht "ball and chain"! Start now and rtbuild your crtJit rtcord by paying promptly. VOUE them! Men who gave promiM of bnllisnt career en to who plodded and trove, vear after rar vi failed jutt ihort of iucccm! H.ld fee by the "Kail snd casta" of a bad credit record thtir fffi dencv impaired by worries shout bill their chance at Important pt trteni and eutinrw oppcrtumhtt were blocked bv tht thsoow of "poor credit" Net btcsuM thev hsd planned It that av-Kii became thtv hadn't planned tS rifht Vx our credit and pay all fcilli promptly; ihat mala and kfu your credit "O. KJ" euu Southern Oregon Credit Bureau MEDrORO BLDO. aton raw iKt MTWMU tITJl CJBM1 NU11V Lout looked bad ... for a while th fan told themselves he merely was holding back for an opening . . . but as the fight went on, Farr dl proved this ... Jo eouldnt find an opening against th teasing, bobbing, weaving style of the Britisher . . . Louis admitted .after the fight be waa sbte to land only one good punch and It took him 13 round to do thla ... It was th first of Jo' major bout In which somebody didn't get knocked down . . . Max Schmellng again saw "somedlngs." Several times between round It looked like a puzzled Joe Louis was about to cry . . . Reports in Farr's dressing room said Tommy had bet t7.6O0 on himself 3,B00 at 2 to 1 that he would stay 10 round snd 16,000 at 5 to 1 and 7 to 3 that he would win. AMATEURS TEE OFF IN ROUND OF Tl 106 ANGELES. Aug. 31. (AP) -A group of the country's top-flight amateurs tee off today In the 38th annual playing of the Western ama teur golf tournament. More than 330 entrants, many of them competitors In the National amateur championship last week In Portland, Ore., will play 18 boles over the north course of the Los An geles country club. Tomorrow and Wednesday to complete the 38 -hole qualifying round. A ranking favorite la Ray Billows of New York, runner-up to Johnny Goodman at Portland. Goodman is not entered. Roger Kelly, California amateur titleholder. Is another contestant the fans will be watching. Other favorites Include Chick Ev ans, Francis Oulmet. Paul Leslie, de fending ch a mp ion from Lou 1st ana State university, Fred Haas, national Intercollegiate champion, and Bruce McCormlck, national public links champion. Match play will begin Thursday, and the 38 -hole finals will be played Sunday. JOE'S RIGHT HURT EARLY IN BATTLE DETROIT. Aug. 31. (AP) Joe Louis, bnck tn Detroit today after his 15-round decision victory over Tommy Farr, said that he "didn't feel good about being unable to knock him out," but explained he was handicap ped by an injury to hla right hand in the third round. j Wearing smoked glasses that partly concealed a slightly puffed eye and nursing the aching right hand, Louis said he came here mainly to get a couple of days rest. I hurt my right b winging on Parr tn the third." he said. "He was com ing In. bobbing at me, and I swung. That bobbing made me miss the Jew and I landed on the top of hla head. It felt as though my hand had been cut off." Louis said he used his left almost exrluslrely after the third round. i i 1 Holding You Back? War. Today's plans are the realitiea of te morrow. Plan no to make yovr credit s help (n lire not a hindrance. Um vour credit as a iter pint stone te better things a founds noo stone for the future - by building aa' "O K." credit reputation new. mwm SjF Scores Yesterday By the Associated Press. National League New York 4. Cincinnati 8. Only game scheduled. American League. Detroit 8, New York 4. Cleveland 7, Washington & Only games scheduled. Coast league Idle. Need Hop pickers PORTLAND. Aug. 31. (AP) The Willamette valley needs 3.000 hop pickers, John E. Cooter, farm place ment supervisor, said today. He said pickers, who receive $1.50 per 100 pounds, should be equipped, with bedding and cooking utensils, and tents If possible.. Use Mall Tribune want adf. 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