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MOST VALUABLE IN AMERICAN LEAGUE Award Climaxes Blgges Season for 34-Year-0ld Detroit Second Baseman DiMagglo Close Second By rid feder WW YORK, NOT. a P Charlie Oehrlnger u named by the Base ball Writer' sssoclstlon today M the American league' "moat valuable player" (or 1937, thereby climaxing the blggeat aeaaon of hla 14-year ca roar with the game'a most cherished ward At an age whea many playera are en the way downand out, the D tmt Tlgera' "atrong allent man" thus found hla 34th year, already marked by the league batting champlonahlp, topped off by two much aought-after goal. Although hla margin of Tlctory In the wrltera' poll waa only four point over Joe DiMagglo, deadpan dyna miter of the world champion New York Yankees, Oehrlnger nevertheless same within two polntt of "perfect" core In the balloting. Eight Voting. Sight member of the association voted on the award, eaoh caatlng one vote each for hi flnt ten nomina tion for tha honor. Oehrlnger drew aU first-place and two aeoond-place nomination. Thl total, figured on bal of ten point for flrat, nine for second, eight for third and o on. pave him an aggregau of 78 point out of poaalble 80. - DiMagglo, with two nomination for flrat and all for second, com piled total of 74. The balloting wu trlctly t two-player affair. Third member of the Detroit clan to win tha award alnoa the baseball wrltera flrat presented It In 1931. Oehrlnger w selected for the bril liant all-round play that ha made him today the stand -out second base man in the American league, If not IB tha game. High Batting Average- Only twice ha he fallen below the J00 batting mark alnoe becoming regular In 1838. He hit for .338 In last. JS4 in lOSO, ana ial Benson clouted at merry JOB pace, beat la both major league. HI lifetime wren la .889 over hi 14 aeeson. Coming to the Tiger to y In 198, after brief seasoning with Lon don of tha Michigan -Ontario league and Toronto of the International laagu. Oehrlnger (full name Charlea Leonard Oehrlnger) ha been with the am club ever since. Native of Powlervllle. Mich, ho was a major factor In Mickey Cochrane' cham plomhlp combination of 1934 and 1988, batted .377 In two world aerie, and haa led the league twice la the past In run-acorlng and total hit. At hla beat when the "chips are down." Oehrlnger I the ledlng olouter among the "veterans" who have appeared In every one of the five) all-star game between the rival league. Runaway Race. Not another player la the league threatened Oehrlnger or DiMagglo for the most valuable award, which this year carries with It the Sporting New trophy. Trailing the two pace setter were two former winners. Hank Oreenberg. and Lou Gehrig of the Yankee. But Oreenberg waa SO point back, with 48. and Oehrlg waa all behind Oreenberg. Before Oreenberg drew the honor in 1938, Oochrane received the award IB 1934 for hla great leadership. Oehrlg wa last year's winner. The commutes balloting on the award waa composed, of Hy Hurwlts of the Boston Olobe. John Carmlchael. Chicago Dally New: oordon Cobhle dlek. Cleveland Plain Dealer: H. O. SaUlnger, Detroit Newa; Max Kase, New York Journal-American: James C. toamlnger, Philadelphia Inquirer; Olen Waller. 8t. Loula Olobe-Demo-erst: . Francis I. Stan, Washington Star. The llat of those drawing on or more vote Included: Plaver and Club Ttl. Pta. Oehrlnger. Detroit DiMagglo. New York Oreenberg. Detroit Lou Oehrlg. New York- Luke Sewell, Chicago... Bill Dickey, New York Jos Cronln. Boston Charles Ruffing. New York.. Oomee. New York Kreevlch, Chicago - . Travis, Washington . Mosea, Philadelphia SUICIDES BY AUTO GAS JACKSON, Mich, Nov. I (API Beany Prey, former major league pitcher whose throwing arm railed him last sprint, was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning 1st yea tsrday afternoon. He waa 81. Dr. Jason B. Meads, coroner, said tt was sulcld. Prey's body waa found la his sutomoblle. the win dows closed and the sxhaust con nected with the Interior of the car by piping. Relauvea said hs was fssrful thst his arm never would bs good nough gala for big leagus baVball as signment and tbat hs had spent ev ral despondent months sines hit tele by the Cincinnati Reda. Pas Mail TrluuM tract ad. DISAPPOINTED PITCHER Jim OrovM, Stanford fullback, Who bore the brunt of ball carrying duties against Oregon State In scoreless tie at Stanford university w brought to earth by Mercer (38), Beaver quarter, In thl play while crowding In are Nihil (66), tackle, and Hutchlns (63), guard, both of Oregon State INE Pets Belcaatro 1 no longer the king-pin wrestling guy In these parte. The Weed Italian was apparently knocked off his lofty perch for good and all last night when Bob Kenas ton, Oold HtU'8 contribution to the grappling game, up and broke chair over Pete's head, then applied hla famoua and devastating Oold Hill crab to take the lone fall In their no time limit, no referee msln event at the Medford armory before 1400 roaring oustomer. The payoff maneuvor In a regular alley-brawl fight was. of course, the crab business, which nearly broke Belcastro'a neok. However, It must truthfully be reported that when Kenaston ruined the furniture way back there In the fifth row ringside, Belcaatro waa as good as done . for. When he finally staggered back to the ring, bleeding and weary, he wes easy prey for the enraged Kenaston, who promptly ended things with his crab hold. The end came after less than 13 minutes of raw and roughhouse wrestling action. Pete started In with his usual display of tac tic and Kenaaton, meeting fire with fire, turned on his own special brand of beat. The two maMed each other plenty, ICfenaaton tr.xlng several In voluntary trips over the ropes Into the laps or rlngslder. Pete tied Kenaston'a legs In the ropes on two dtrferent ooreslon nd proceeded to sputter right end lefts to the Oold Hlller's mld-sectlon before Referee Earl Yoakley. stationed outside the arena, could get Kenaston untangled. Beginning of the end came when the pair fought themselves Into the rlngalde crowd north of the ring. They crashed dear to the fifth row. biting, elugglng. pulling hair and then Kenaston. with a roar of rage. picked up chair and splintered it across the top ol Beicssiro-a neaa. A moment later Pete climbed back In the ring to fall Into Kenaston'a crab hold, and that waa all there wes to It. He waa unable to continue In the other main event, Bobby Chick, outweighed 20 pounds, defeated Red Lyona of Joplln, Mo., on a foul after Lyons, a 'JOS-pound ruffian, re fused to break leg-breaker. Referee Yosklev awarded the match to Chick. a decision extremely popular with the fans. Lvon. who appeared one of the toughest and meanest brutes aeeen here In many moons, took the first fall with a leg-atrap In 91 minutes alter roullng and mistreating Chick from one tide of the ring to the other. Chick came back to even things with a rolling body scissors. The former light heavyweight champ Ion of the world attempted sever! times to produce n airplane spin, but Lyons wss too b,ig and strong. The opener between Sailor Ole Ol son ol Minneapolis and 8tve Strellch of Los Angela wst a fine eihlbttlon of straight grappling, with strellch receiving the verdict by means of two body scissors applied la the fourth and fifth rounds after Olton had grabbed the first tumhl In the op. enlng canto with surfboard, dtrel. leh. famoua for his leg work, proved last night hla rams waa deserved, displaying almost uncanny strength nd cleverneas with hi underpin ning. Time after time he attacked with his legs, sctusllr walking on hit handa to chase Olson around the ring. Strellch, Olson and Lyon were all making their debut In Medford. and all appeared to hare enoucrt of what It taaea. Lyons, especially, took the crowd's fancy, although It was sa I unpopular fsncy. with hi powenul physical feat. WINDOW OLA.ts Wt tell window (laat and will reel see your broken windows reasonably rrowbrldi CsD met War la. Beavers and Indians ft v 'J xf !Ji& Sport Graphs Billy Hal an Sayi: Open Elk Season Will Give Hunters Big Game Thrill Nlmrod of southern Oregon and northern California, whose hunting appetltca axe somewhst Jaded from the steady diet of deer, fowl and other rather unexciting prey, will really receive stimulant next week. For the first tlms la his tory, there will be an open Bee son on slk la Klamath county, and while It lasts only for three days, those three dsys are expected to provide thrills enough to laat the average gun-toter until something better BillT Bales turn up. Open season will bs from Novem her a to November 10. both dstes In cluslvs. Bsg limit will bs ons bull eia naving horns. And. It la esne- clslly pointed out and warned that oniy male elk with head adornment win be eligible prey for meat. SMte police also call attention to the re quirement that all hunter, check In and out of the open territory at Klamath Pall or Port Klamath. Por Oregon residents, an elk tag tn addi tion to a. resident hunter s license must be procured before unllmberlng on the game. Cost of that la 3. Por non-realdenta, an elk tag must be had In addition to the regular non-resident hunter's license, cost of which Is 126. Her are the rules retarding it hunting as drawn by the Oregon state gnmr commission: 'It shall be unlawful for any hunter to hunt elk without having In hla possession a check-In slip ss well aa the regular hunting license and elk tag; and It shall be unlawful to fall to secure a check-out sup after hunting for elk and keeping the same In possession until the re turn home and so long thereafter ss ny part of the elk carcass remains in possession. "It shsll be unlswfut to hunt elk with guns smaller than SO calibre except when using cartridges with bullet of not less thsn 1400 feet pound energy at 100 yard distance or weighing not lesa than JM grains, or with any other than long bowa and broadhead hunting arrows. "Before being allowed to enter the hunting area, each hunter win b checked to see that he ha sufficient rones, preferably block and tackle. In cluding enough to hang up the car. i.. to an en rtr It hat been qur tared; adequate skinning knives, ratchet or axe. end shovel; also, vehicle of aufflclent carrying capacity to transport anj slk kllied. "All hunters are required to check out regardless of whether or not an elk hs been killed. Any elk taken out will be checked to see that the meal haa been taken car of prop, erly. To do this, the hunter should immediately upon killing an Ok bleed trie animal and remove the intmu The caress thould then be hung up inneo ins osy of the kill and bs left hanging until thorn.., m cool. Under no circumstance should the carcass be transported until til coollng-out process la complete. "Any part of tha elk aucb as the :ed. hid or pieces of meet thst doe not have the elk tag attached must b tagged spartely with s meal game tag furnished by officer t the checking station. A charge of cents for each tg win be mscie. Any hunter who U respoasibls for 'A (1 Battle To Scoreless Tie the loss or spoiling of meat through neglect or carelesness and who falls to comply with the regulation paased by the atats legislature will be sub ject to arrest." Cuff scribbling: Coach Matty Ma thews of the University of Portland Is coach of the old school . . . hs still stick to the quarterback bark ing out the signal as the team 1 set to shoot a play ... no huddla busi ness for his Pilots. , , . Matty claims the huddle nullifies the quarterback's opportunity to look over the opposi tion defense sad cslls his plays ac cordingly. . . . Matty also claims thst all his weight chart released to the press are the real McCoy. Jimmy Phelan Is on hot spot. snd no kidding. , . . Sesttle news papers srs reported to be running editorials regarding Jimmy's failures and shortcoming a mentor for the University of Washington Husklea football aggregation. . . . Sammy Van Dyke, x-Medford high, player. Is working out dslly on the University of Oregon" maple court with other candidate for this year' frosh bas ketball tesm. . , , Howard Hobson, vsrslty coach. Is personally conduct ing the sessions while John Warren takes oars of his frosh football duties. . . . Sam, say several who should know, looks plenty good. INI EUGENE. Nov. a (m Prink Osl- llaon. University of Oregon football coach, will depend on the flying heels of Jay Oraybeal and Jimmy Nichol son to pass the Washington State defense when the two teams meet Saturday la Portland. If you can't go through 'em, you've got to go over or around theni." Cal llaon aald after watching the Cougars In action at Pullman last week. caiiison indicated the Webtoot running attack would be stressed, with Nicholson and Ted Oebhart al ternating with Oraybeal and Bob Smith In the halfback positions. Fishing in Chetco Reported Improved Pishing Is good on the Chetco river snd should be good for the next 90 day, providing no extra heavy rin occur." reported Hiram Hight of Brookings In a telegram today. Hight warned fishermen to bring their rain clothes. Joe whsrton of Grants Pass re ports excellent ateelhead fishing In Rogue river la the vicinity of Grant Pass, with many limit catches made in the Oallce and Almeda waters. He states that, with the return of nor mal water conditions after recent rains, there should be another month of good fishing. Lefty O'Doul Given Life Job With Seals SAN TRAKCISCO, Xev. 3. (AP) Frmnk "Lofty" O'Doul wUl m&n&r the Pcift Cot league 9n Pran cieo btaebftU club twxt aetuon and for nvery Kon, aa long aa he want. Hs a l fined an unprecedented con tract yfttrday, 1am Preatdent Char- let Graham announced, which catia fnr a considerable salary boon and what ftmounfa to t life contract. On ham aald the contract waa made out to Injure OTVml the poei. Won "from now on" becauae "he wanted to be aure of the future, and eo did we " SELECT QUALITY GREEK PHNE SLA IBS 12 or 16 inch. Prompt de livery. Per load in two load loU MEDFORD Tel MAJOITY OF HONORS HITS TOURNEYS NEW YORK. Nov. 2. (AP) Al though Harry Cooper of Chicago, fa mous as golf also-ran, couldn't win either of the major titles open to American professionals the open and the P. G. A. championships he haa just about gained a stranglehold on all the rest of the year'a honors. In the latest statistic released from the P. O. A. tournament bureau. Cooper la shown as the leading money winner of the year from January 1 to November 1, the leading point scorer toward the P. O. A. trophy and the holder of the lowest scoring av erage through the tournament season. Cooper, in 26 events, haa won a total of 13.919.60. Hla nearest rival Is Henry Plcard of Hershey. Pa.i with winnings of ag.916.sa. The Chicago veteran haa compiled an average score of 71.58 strokes In 78 rounds of golf. He has earned 490 points toward the P. O. A. trophy as compared to 366 for Ralph Ouldahl of Chicago, the open champion. Ouldahl Is third In money winning with 8.190.91 and tied for third in the scoring averages with a 72.16 mark, the same as Plcard's. Sam Snead. the White Sulphur Springs, W. Vs.. sludger, has an even 72 av erage for 70 rounds. Points toward the P. O. A trophy are awarded on a basla which In cludes consideration of the Import ance of each tournament and the purse offered. BOWLING In an Elks' club bowling tourna ment match last night, the Apscnes took three out of four point from the Chlppewas. Captain Roy Prultt, rolling for the losers, was high ln dlftdusl scorer with 876 points. 1X- nlght. the Sioux fare the Mohawks. Scores follow: Apsohes. Bierma York Plche 188 142 170 44S 131 131 393 160 186 497 164 169 40 159 118 442 156 168 4BS 911 919 2722 IS. 178 183 S5t 138 143 416 146 146 438 151 129 487 167 167 601 116 116 848 896 883 26V5 131 161 157 165 155 Offutt Kresse . Handicap Tot His 892 Prultt Cole Holme Webster Bowman Ferguson Handicap Total . 135 , 146 . 157 . 167 . 116 , 916 Trambitas Sues On Story in Colliers LOS ANGELES. Nov. 2. (AP) Clsimlng his ability as a prize fighter had been ridiculed in tne June 12 Issue of Collier s. Alex Trsm bltas had a 820.000 libel suit on file here today against the Croweu Publishing Co. and Kyis Crlchtoa. one of the mtgasine editor. Tram, btttus an ex-pugilltt, I now a radio dealer. He waa formerly well known in Portland boxing circle. Use Msll Tribune want ad $2-25 FUEL CO. m CALIFORNIA KEEPS RECORD CLEAR Golden Bears Hold Top Place in A. P. Poll for Third Successive Week Gophers' Old Glory Fades By DREW M1DDLETON NEW YORK. Nov. 2. (jp The mighty may fall but California ataya oa top. Scorning Inclusion tn the bumper crop of upsets snd form reversals that has sent such potent powers as Mln neeota tumbling out of footbsll's 400" the Golden Besr hold, for the third successive week, first place la the Associated Press poll of news, paper experts. As Minnesota faded after four glor ious seasons as one of the gridiron greats, and four new contenders -moved up In the chsrmed circle, the balloting swung heavily to the Golden Bears. 49 For Bears. Of the 62 writers polled, 49 chose Stub Allison's young men ss the na tlon's No. 1 elevea snd the Beers top ped .the list with 600 points out of possible 620. Alabama, Baylor, Ford- ham and Nebraska all moved ahead as s result of the Istest poll. The tsbulstion. scoring each team on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, and with first plsce votes lndloatcd In brsckets: First Ten Pts. 1. California (49) 600 2. Alabama (61 SOS 3. Pittsburgh (6) 482 4. Bsylor (2) . 331 S. Fordham 7. Yale 8. Ohio State 178 9. Dartmouth .... 146 10. Santa Clara ? 113 (Note: One ballot bracketed Cali fornia. Alabama and Pitt in triple tie for lead.) Second Ten: 11, Duke, 107; 12, Notre Dame. 76: 13. Vlllanova, 62; 14. Minnesota. 5S; 16, Tennessee, 24; 16, tie between Duquesne and Arkansas. 10 each; 18. Louisiana State, 8; 19, tie between Tulane and Northwest ern, 6. Also rsn: Colorado 5, South ern California 5, Texas Christian 2, Holy Cross and Vanderbllt 1 each. Gopher Glory Fades. Mlnncsota'a departure from the first ten may not be permanent, but It breaks the Gophers down to con ventional size after four years of hap py hunting on the gridiron that produced half a dozen all-Amerlcans and a legend of Invulnerability. While California occupies the proud pinnacle, Alabama and Pittsburgh, two frequent visitors to the Rose Bowl, are putting up a grand battle for the second rung on the ladder. Just In case the Golden Bears slip. Neither eleven hss exactly a bed of roses ahead. Atabama must meet and beat Tulane. Georgia Tech and Vanderbllt. but the Panthers go them s little better with a November ached ule that Includes Notre Dame, com lng up this Saturday for one of the sesson's best gsmes, Nebraska, Duke and Army. Cross Country Meet Is Badly Crossed Up NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 2. (AP) A cross-country meet between the Connecticut State college freshmen and Hlllhouse high school wss cross ed out because of crossed tlgnsls. The frosh tqusd came from Storra, 68 miles away, to New Haven, only to find the high schoolers bad gone to Storr. The freshmen hurried homo, but the Hlllhouse team had already come here and gone again, FORFEITED VICTORY TIES PORTLAND LEAD PORTLAND. Nov. J. (AP) For feiture by Franklin high school of Its early season victory over Grant, re sulting from the alleged Ineligibility of Lloyd Bertogllo placed the Oenerala In tie with Benson Tech for first piece in the lnterscholsstic football league. S. F. Ball. Franklin principal, said Bertogllo hd been shewn to be over sge. Pnrtlsnd Editor Plea PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 2. (API Robert L. Wlthrow, 61. editor of the Daily Journal of Commerce, died last night after an Illness of two weeks. He held editorial positions la Port land snd curry county for mny year. Cue Mall Tribune want d. PtarECTtT APPOtNTM V leigat c tar af Ufa Oly ol Jt At Attractive eerMtfe rce roaa. S.rt CsfW Skao. 1 ss Woekt N Im4Is( ttofwa eis beaaa. footoul for pood food "mm hi Shy, 17-Year-0ld Prepper Answer To Coaches Prayer By CHARLES Dl'NKLET CHICAGO. Nov. 2. JPy Th dream pleyer of every football eoach Is galloping the gridirons of Chicago. He 1 "Wild Bill" De Correvont, shy, 17-year-old youth, rated as the) nstloa's most sousing prep star. To date, In five gsmes playing with Austin high school, De Correvont hss scored 26 touchdowns, nine la one gsroe, and six points after touch downs, for a total of 166 points. This shstters the previous Chlcsgo Indi vidual aeaaon scoring record of 109 points. During hla four years on Austin teems, he haa aet up an all-time scor ing record that may never be equal led. He hss scored one or more touchdowns In every league game he hss plsyed since his first game as freshman. More than half the runs he haa made have been for 60 yards or more. This slim blond youth, weighing 172 pounds snd five feet 11 Inches tall, hss plsyed under three coaches. Each declares without reserve that ha la the greatest prep star they've ever seen. The sight of enemy goal posts af fects htm like a 4-11 alarm an old fire horse. He gets to the scene ss quickly as possible. He Is complete master of all the tricks of a veteran ball carrier. Is a past master In feint ing snd dodging, kicks remsrksbly and Is a deadly accurate passer. As good as he Is, De Correvont Is the first out for practice and the last to quit, always working for perfection. De Correvont Is not only a great football star, but a baseball "nugget" aa well. He plays the outfield and last spring turned In the lowest bat ting average of hla career, a mere .360; his highest was .490. He has turned down an offer from the Brook lya Dodgers, which Is reported to have Included a college education. Sales "talks" from various colleges. by phone and the malls, are pouring Into De Correvont's home. Many are accompanied by attractive offers of work snd financial aid. DEATHS IN FOOTBALL SUBSTANTIALLY LESS IN CURRENT SEASON LA PAYETTE. Ind.. Nov. 2. (AP) The first half of the 1937 football season took a toll of 14 lives, some 35 per cent less than the same period last year. Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood re ported to the Associated Press to day. Of that total, nine waa attributed directly to the gridiron game, and five to Indirect causes, said Dr. East wood In his report, which Includes games played through Oct. 29. Dr. Eastwood, associate professor in phys ical education at Purdue university, keeps an annual record of vital sta tistics for the American football coaches association and the N.C.A.A. Only one death was reported among the college ranks, two from the sandlote and eleven from high schools." ha said. The reports tabulated up until Oct. 39 revealed a total of 14 deaths, compared with 19 up until the same date last year. "Cerebral hemorrhage and Inter nal Injuries, as usual, were the main cause of the nine deaths ascribed directly to football, while septicemia, heart attack and meningitis account ed for the five for which football waa Indirectly responsible." 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