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Bedford mail tribune, medford, Oregon, Friday, april is, 1938.
Craters to Open Baseball Season Sunday in Clash With Bellinghairu
EXHIBITION GAME
WILL BE STAGED
AT
Erlckson to Start On Mound
for Locals; Visiting Team
Enroute Home From Cali
fornia Training Camp
Baseball makes 1U official 1038 bow
to Jackson county fan Sunday after
noon at the turf high school ball park
when the BelUngham Chi nooks of the
Western International league clash
with Medford'a Craters. Opening pitch
. of the exhibition encounter will be
at 3:30 sharp.
Manager Wally Rlckert of the
Southern Oregon league Craters said
today that Ray Erlckson, husky right
hander, would start on the firing line
against the professional club. Follow
ing Erlckson to the mound will be
Ray Tungate of Butte Falls, and Bill
Rathke, also righthanders, and pos
sibly Lowell Brown, southpaw first
baseman. All three starboard hurlera
will definitely do some flinging, the
manager said.
BelUngham la slated to arrive In
Medford this evening or tomorrow
morning, from Fresno, Calif., where
the class B outfit has been In spring
training for the past two weeks, tol
lowing a month of the same In Santa
Monica. Although Belllnghnm's roster
has been received here, It will not
be definitely known who will start
on the mound until Manager Ken
Penner and bis team arrives.
Four New Faces
Four new faces will greet local
John Q. Phans Sunday afternoon as
Manager Rlckert unveils the current
Crater creation which will start
shooting for the Southern Oregon
league pennant In three weks. Lowell
Brown on first base and Arba Ager
at the hot corner will be wearing
Medford uniforms for the first time
Both played with Ashland last season,
and are well known to valley en-
, thuslaata. George Harrington, catcher,
Junior high school athletic coach and
former semi-pro ball, player here
abouts, will be performing before a
home town gathering for the first
time in five years, and BUI Rathke,
pitcher, will be entirely new.
Remainder of the Crater lineup,
as announced by the skipper, will
be familiar from their action last
season. Rlckert will be at second.
Dick Lewis, fresh from a spring train
ing try out at Yakima, will be at
short, Russ Acheaon will be stationed
In left field, Dick Sakralda In center,
and Paul "Hoosler" Hoffard In right.
Other members of the Medford roster
are Tommy White, first basa or out
field; El rood, catcher; Ooorge Ottzen,
catcher or outfield; Wayne Curry,
young high school athlete, infielder.
BUI Plche, another prep bnseballer,
outfielder; and Bud Relnking. In
fielder. Gltwn was a utility man
last season; all the others are new
comers. Batting Order Given
The Craters will bat like this:
Sakralda, Rlckert. Lewis. Hoffard,
Ager, Brown, Acheaon. Harrington and
the pitcher. Those first four hitters
are In their last year's spots. Hoffard
has been belting the apple at a ter
rific clip In practice, and appears as
good aa ever. Ager and Brown, both
consistent stickers with the Llthlans,
and Acheaon, a power hitter, are
expected to drive in plenty of runs.
Sakralda, not a strong batter, Is nev
ertheless fast as a flash, and Lewis
and Rlckert are probably the most
certain base-knock era on the olub.
The Craters will appear In their
new uniforms for the first time. The
suits are gray trimmed In navy blue,
with navy blue socks ond caps and
Medford emblazoned across the front
of the shirts, and numerals on the
back.
The BelUngham club, farm team
of the Hollywood Pacific Coast league
team and boasting flaming rookies
almost entirely, wiU arrive In Med
ford with 30 players, not Including
manager Ken Penner, former major
leaguer. Center of interest will be
Wea Schulmerlch, former Oiegon State
college football fullback and Boston i
National and Pacific Coast league out- j
fielder. Old "Iron Horse" will hold
down left field for the Chlnooks. He j
led the Western International league
In hitting and home runs last year
while with Lewlaton. and Is a dan- I
serous right-banded alugser.
Pitchers on the Belllngham roster
will be Raimondl. Ptlip. Dave Odoro.
Ned Rogers. Elmer McOahon. Jarne
Farmer and John Stefon. The club
carries two catchers Annuntlo and
Howard. Outfielders are Schulmerlch.
Dwlght Aden, ex-Wllllamette univer
slty star; BUI Harris. Al Pearson, and
Al Lightner. The infield will be Verb
Hayes at first. Ernie Bishop at second.
Tim Marble at short and Vernon
Madan at third. Utility Inlleldere are
Alex McDonald and Bob Ouy.
WASHINGTON. April 15-IAPl
President Roosevelt promised Clark
Orlffllh, president of the Washington
baseball club, today that ha would
be on hand to throw out tka ball for
the opening American league game
here Monday Washington playa the
Philadelphia Athletics.
Griffith called at the Whit House
to present black leather billfold
with "P. D. R." Initialed In old and
containing a season league pass, to
the president.
To Mra. Roosevelt. Clrirfth gar a
black handling, also Initialed, with a
fraaofl pat tucked Inside,
California
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Coach Ky Ebrtght or- the University of California's crew spoke a re w
BUI Bcal Just before tlio Bears toolcto the water at Seattle to prepare fo r
of Washington eight.
Bv FRANK GORRIE
SEATTLE. Woah., April IB (AP)
On the fickle waters of lake Wash
ington tomorrow the University of
Washington will risk Its world row
ing supremacy against Ita oldest ri
vals, the California Bears. In the
35th renewal of the Pacific coast
crew regatta.
And out of the classic event, one
of the most colorful spectacles of
the west, will surely come a national
championship contender, for between
the two navies thoy have won the
last tlvo Poughkeepsle varsity titles.
California captured three In a row
In 1033, 1034 and 1036. and Washing
ton scored grsnd slams In varsity,
Junlor-varslty and freshman races
the last two years. No race was held
on the Hudson river In 1033.
Washington was the favorite among
the local clan at least, largely he-
oausa of three successful clean-
sweeps over California tho last three
years and a record of 16 consecutive
victories In two years.
A huge crowd, variously estimated
at between 60.000 and 76.000, waa
expected to take In the big water
ahow.
The freshman race has been set
for 3 p. m. (P. 8. T.I, the jtinior-
varslty for 8:45, and the varsity for
30.
MRS. WADDELL LEADS
In the final four-position gallery
match of the Indoor season, Mrs. Ivan
Waddell led the Rifle club marksmen
with a 384x400 tast night on the
50-foot target. For a few weeks the
Thurdsay night record firing will
consist of only prone shooting over
40 shot course, and telescope sights
will be penalized one point for every
target.
Sunday morning will see firing on
the outdoor smallbore range at Table
Rock.
Scores last night were:
Mrs. Ivan Waddell 334
Shelby Tuttla 383
Ed Lull 382
Ivan Waddell i 370
Lew Conner 373
Mra. 8 M. Tuttla : 372
R. Richmond 371
M. Tuttle 370
C. Oall 365
L. Edwarda 337
Hllbert Young
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OLYMPIC PLANS
KEW YORK. April H (API-
American Olympic officials, backed by
the assurance of Avery Brundage that
nothing short of a world war will
keep the 1940 International games
from being held "somewhere," today
were ready to bejln serious prepara
tion "ior adequate United Btatea rep
resentation In the Tokyo games.'
Organisation meetings of the fames
committees which have Jurisdiction
over American rtartletpallc-n tn the
37 sports on the Olympic program
will be the first step. These meetings
will be held tn New York and Chi
cago aa soon as convenient.
Meanwhile Japan Is aolng shead
with Ita own program to ho:d the
games at Tokyo under the new dates.
September 21-Oetober 6. adopted at
the International Olympic committee
meeting In Cairo, from which Brua
dsge returned yesterday.
Andrea Segovia. Spanish concert
guitarist. Is one of the few who still
play the guitar with their tinkers in
stead of a pick.
Crew Prepares for Race
A'AV ' BlUyHule.
BY
IS
AS
AS BEST
The following recreational bulletin
was i.sued today by Rogue River
national forest headquarters:
"Elk creek is clesr but high; bait
fishing should be fair. Trail creek
Is somewhat rolley but should be
fairly good for bait fishing. Tho
Rcgue river -is clear from the bridge
below Trail to Union Creek and mod
erately high. Copco dam, one mile
west of Prospect, fibould afford excel
lent bait NRhlng. There la a good
road to the dam which leaves the
highway 400 feet south of Prospect.
Ample parking space for cars Is
available.
"Fishing conditions on the Apple
3 a to will be found poor due to high
water. Roads leading to the higher
elevations are closed. The road to
Squaw lake la passable to a point
within 22 mil. of tho lake.
"The road to Four Bit creek In the
Butte Falls area Is open and the
creek is clear. B!g Butte creek is
milky but should afford good bait
fishing.
"Snow depth at Union Creek Is
approximately 38 inches. Snow melts
rapidly In the afternoons. The Union
Creek ski run la covered with about
24 Inches of snow and la fairly
amooth. Skiing should be fair over
the week-end. All forest service roads
leading off the highway above Pros
pect are closed. Elk Creek road ta in
good condition from the highway for
a distnnee of 13 miles. Along the
Elk and Trail crek roads many varie
ties of wild flowers are in blossom
lamb's tongues predominating. The
E. R. A. camp reported rain th!s
morning at Union Creek.
"Skiing at Trail camp will be found
good. Cora may be driven within
2ly mllen of the run. The Little
Applegate read Is open to Yale creek.
"Tho Fish lake road from Butte
Fall is open to the Mosquito guard
station, a point 10 miles from the
head of Fish lake. Fish lake has from
15 to 23 Inches of Ice and Is covered
with snow. Snow depth at Fish lake
Is 38 inches,'
THREE-SCHOOL- MEET
T
An Informal track and field meet
will be held at. the huh ach.-o! field
Saturday afternoon, with athletes of
Medford. Jacksonville and Central
Point schools competing.
Members of te Medford squad. In
addition, will wsge spirited c.impett
the traveling squad which will com
pete In the Bill Hayward relaya at
Eugene. April 33.
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KENASTON WILL TRY
RECENTLY KNIT LEG
For the first time in two months,
Sgt. Bob Kenaston of Gold Hill, Jack
son county's own top-notch grappler.
will see action In the ring next Mon
day night when he faces iSockeyn
Jack McDonald In the main event of
the weekly armory program.
Kenaston has been hobbling around
his parents' farm during the long
layoff, waiting for a broken ankle to
mend. The leg waa fractured in
Klamath "Falls match, and since then
Bob has been forced to take thing!
easy. Now, however, he claims the
ankle is as good as new. and fans
and Promoter Mack LUlard figure It
must be, or else the ex-Marine would
not have challenged McDonald, ht
most bitter enemy.
In preliminary bouts to the top
squabble, Lillard has lined up Wild
Red Berry and Bulldog Ken Hollic
for the middle engagement and Mar
shall Carter and Paul Murdock for
the opener. Berry and Hollls are ex
pected to practically tear each other
limb from limb.
Scores Yesterday
Coast League
Portland. 3; Oakland, 4.
.Seattle. 1; Los Angeles, 5.
.Ban Francisco. 12; San Diego. 1.
Hollywood. 1; Sacramento, 5.
Los Anse lea.
Hollywood
Portland
Sacramento
Sent tie
Ssn Francisco..
San Diego
Oakland 3
WASHINGTON. April 15. (APt
The Interstate commerce commission
denied today an application by the
eastern railroads for permission to In
crease paaseriicter coach fares from 9
to SVj cents a mile,
The commission in Its order said
It found the proposed Increase not
juatlfled.
Railroads had estimated the half
cent Increase would have added 130,
000,000 to their revenues.
Four hundred Basque children who
had been sheltered In England for
the put nine months returned to
their homes In Bilbao recently.
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8 8 .616
6 6 .500
6 7 .462
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Billy Hnien Sayi:
Medford Fandora
Assured of Fine
. Exhibition Sunday
"Slnca 17 players were drafted from
our circuit last season by the Pacific
Coast league and are now making
good there this
year, your fans
may be assured
the best tn base
fa a 1 1 entertain
ment." Such are the
words of Albert
B. Kurbltz, pres
ident of the Bel
1 1 n g h a m Chl
nooks of the
Western Interna
tional league, as
written to BUI
Falwell, secretary
of the Medford
Athletic associa
tion, In regard to the exhibition game
here Sunday between the Chlnooks
and the Medford Craters.
Those words, mora than anything
eise couia, explain Just what man
ner of ball club will be seen at the
high school orchard day after tomor
row when the 1938 curtain la lifted
locally on the national pastime. When
17 young players are drafted from
class B loop In one season and all
Immediately crash a double-A clr
cult like the Pacific Coast, well, they
must perform a pretty fair country
orana of ball In the smaller wheel
This ball game, matles, will be
positively the "big thing" In base
ball here this summer, so far as
Is known now. Of course, the
Craters may angle around and
bring In. a Coast league club
later, but until tbey do. the ap
pearance of BelUngham will top
everything else. It will be the
only chance southern Oregon
fans will have of witnessing an
honest-to-goodness professional
team tn action on the local
greensward.
BelUngham la taking Its Initial
shot at Western International pen
nant this year, having replaced Lew
lston. Idaho. In the six-team league.
Through a working agreement with
the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific
Coast league, the chlnooks have
gained a roster that many northwest
baseball writers believe will bring
them .he bunting. All players are
young and full of fire, with the ex
ception of Wes "Iron Horse" Schul
merlch. and although the ex-Oregon
State football star is no longer wet
behind the ears, he still retains
plenty of the old hustle and verve.
Wea will be stationed In left Held.
and probably on the bases most of
the afternoon.
Just a word about the Western ln-
ternstlonal league. Tt was organized
last season with Tacoma. Spokane,
Lewlston. Wenatchee. . Yakima and
Vancouver. B. C. as members. The
loop started out aa a class D arfatr.
which was the lowest classification
given In organized baseball, but soon
after the season started was changed
to class B when northwest fans de
manded a faster brand of baseball.
So. the clicuit was upped to class B.
the salary limit was Increased, all
teams went out and signed better
ball players, and the fans roared their
approval by making it the best-draw
ing class B league tn America.
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Moat of the clubs are partly owned
or have working agreement with Pa
clflo Coast or major league teams,
and are fed promising rookies who
need a year or bo of reasoning be
fore stepping into foster company.
Such a team la BelUngham, managed
by Ken Penner, former Portland
Beaver and big league hurler. Holly
wood, which is leading the coast
league, has sent all Its most valuable
youngsters to the Chlnooks, and the
Influx of players has made the team
odds-on favorites to win the "pea
nut." .
The Craters were extremely fortun
ate to bill BelUngham on a Sunday,
and an Eaater Sunday at that, and
local officials are expecting a record-
smashing attendance. The high school
field, one of the finest tn the state,
is In excellent condition for the game,
except for the newly sown turf In
right field, which has been fenced
off for the past two weeks while
the green tufta have a chance to
reach air before being trampled on by
spikes. The grass la Just beginning
to ahow above the ground, and In
another month will be thick .and
tough.
NEW WAGE-HOUR BILL
WASHINGTON, April 15. (API
Southern opposition developed tn the
house today against the new wage-
hour bill, chiefly because of the
elimination of all wage differentials.
Representative McReynoIds (Dem.
Tenn.), who led the southern opposi
tion to the legislation rejected by
the house last December, expressed
belief the new measure vould never
reach the house floor.
McRynoIds said he was personally
"very much opposed " to the new
bill because he believed It would
"work a great hardship on the
south."
He said congress should adopt a
resolution providing for a thorough
investigation of the wage-hour prob
lem "Instead of guessing at the facts
and trying to write a bill on the
result."
The new bill would provide for a
graduated minimum wage starting at
25 cents an hour and increasing to
40 cents at the end of three years.
It also would provide for reduction
of the work week -om 44 hours to
40 hours in two years.
The labor committee approved the
measure at an overtime session last
night, and Chairman Norton (D., N.
J.) said its chances for reaching tho
president's desk were "good."
FOR HOOD FRUIT
HOOD RIVER. April 15. (AP)
The moft favorable moisture condi
tions in 10 years have resulted In
prospects for a heavy yield in nearly
all classes of fruit In Inland Oregon
and Washington.
Record blooms In Wasco county
apricot and peach orchards brought
predictions of a 1200 to 1500 ton crop.
The cheery tree bloom Is the best
tn several seasons. Conditions are
generally good In the Mosler district
Early cherry blooms in Hood River
valley Indicated a crop equal to the
best In former years. The condition
oi later blooming apple and pear
trees was reported satisfactory.
Plant diseases have cut Into the
valley's strawberry acreage In the
last few seasons and the yield will
be at the lowest point since the crop
was dominant In the 1890'b.
Btw-Bmk. tBe. . Km.
Embittered Babe Calls Off
Personal Baseball Strike
By GAYLB TALBOT
NEW YORK, April 15- TPi Has chad's most illustrious outcast, Bab
Ruth, has changed his mind about never entering a hull park again and
has consented to attend the respect Ire openers of the three metropolitan
clubs, the Yankees, Olants and Dodgers.
Not that the Babe doesn't still feel
bitter about the treatment he has
received from organized baseball. It's
left a lasting scar on the big fellow.
one that all his fnoney cannot remove.
He thinks he should be out there
managing a big league team, hearing
the cheers of the crowd again and
maybe taking himself a few licks dur
ing batting practice.
During the past winter, when It
seemed suddenly to occur to him
that he was out of baseball for good.
the Babe became bitter and swore
to sever his last tie with the game
that made htm famous, and for which
he did more, perhaps, than any player
ever hss. He had seen his last con
test, he declared.
But now, as a member of the sports
committee of the coming New York
world's fair, he finds It among his
duties to attend at least the openers,
and he'a promised Grover Whalen he
will be on hand with a flower In his
button-hole.
The Babe probably will see some
more games after that, too. However
much he loves his golf and his hunt
ing and fishing, he'a going to find it
difficult to stay away from Yankee
stadium ("the house . that Ruth
built.") '
The Babe professes to have no
interest In Joe DIMagglo's efforts to
pry more money out of the Yankees.
"Let him get all he can," Is about
the extent of his remarks on the
subject. The Babe, himself, was the
gaudiest holdout of all In his big
years.
Incidentally, it was Ruth's Dish
water mark of $80,000 a season that
DIMagglQ had his eye on. A few
months ago he really thought he
might reach that figure before he
was through. At any rate, the writer
asked Joe If he was aiming that high,
and he replied: "Why not?" He prob
ably Is a good deal less hopeful since
Colonel Jake Ruppert set his Jaw.
REAMES BILL TO GIVE
COUNTIES GRANT FUNDS
WASHINGTON, ADrll 15 (JP) A
bill to grant consent of congress for
construction of a dike on Catching
Slough, Ore., waa Introduced yester
day by Senator McNary (R., Ore.).
Other bills Included:
Reames (D.. Ore.) To require that
75 per cent of the money acquired
for the Coos Bay wagon road grant
fund from land or timber In each
county be paid to the county treas
urer.
Careless week-end vtsltora arc
blamed for the loss of more than
1 ,000.000 trees In English forest fires
since the first of the year.
DON'T
YOUR NAME
to petitions to bar the operation
of Seines, Pound Nets,
and Other Fixed Gear
from the Columbia River
UNLE
YOU WANT TO...
Throw hundreds of Oregon citiiens out
of work and onto relief rolls;
Damage the State's third largest Industry;
Take a large annual income from Oregon
. farmers and business men;
Hand over a monopoly of a vast public
resource to one organization.
ON THE BASIS . . .
Of false, misleading and entirely untrut
charges and claims.
KEEP OREGON MEN
EMPLOYED
. and maintain happy Oregon homes!
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ELMER BEEBE. Prta.
1 BOWLING
Two Commercial league bowling
matches were rolled at the Medford
alleya last night, with Medco taking
three out of four polnta from Mon
arch and Provost-Spauldlng of Aah
land beating Plche Hardware, 3 to 1.
Scores follow:
Monarch
Wilkinson 157 128 112 395
Keen 172 151 167490
V. 8wanson 146 154 152451
Mlksche 132 147 145424
Stark 157 148 159464
Handicap 54 54 54162
I Totals 818 780 789 2387
Medco
English 203 181 146530 ,
Steward 137 165 122424
Brandon 215 154 161530
Antle 183 153 170506
Kessler 109 162 181642
Totals 937 815 780 2532
Plche Hnrilw.ire
R. Prultt 231 172 190593
B. Plche 115 178 143436
Newland 180 167 110 457
Johnson 142 179 164 485
Rezeppa 188 172 176 636
Totals 856 868 783 2507
Provost j
McKeown 151 192 181524
Eberhart 175 178 166518
rortmlller 130 115 155 400
Allen 159 134 121 114
Erwln 211 152 166 529
Handicap 85 85 85 25S
Totals 911 856 874 2841
SPRING GRID PRACTICE "
CAUSES FATAL INJURY
BAEBODRVILLE. Ky.. April 16. .
(AP) Steve Stamper. 20. star foot
ball and basketball player at Union
college, died today from InjKrtes suf
fered Wednesday In spring football
practice.
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