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M"EDFOT?D MAIL TRIBUTE. MEDFOKD. OREfiOy. THURSDAY. APRIL 21. 1938. Athletes From Four Schools Will Vie in Track Meet Here Friday Y PAGE TEN MEET WILL MARK OF Central Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix and Medford Boys in Competition Squad Picked for Relays . First track and field meat of the season will be staged at the htgn cbool field Friday afternoon, when Junior athletes from Central Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix and Medford high schools meet In a quadrangular engagement, coach Bill Bowerman of the Tigers announced today. The coach also announced that the first night meet In Medford history would be held here Friday, April 39, with varsity aquada of Medford, Grants pass and probably several oth er southern Oregon schools compet ing. As a result of time trials held yes terdsy, Bowerman today revealed the squad of 24 varsity performers who will leave Medford at 8 a. m. Satur day for Eugene to compete In the Bill Rayward relays against over 20 other schools west of tho cascades. The coach said Modford would be excep tionally strong In the mile, three mile and sprint-medley relays. The squsd follows: 440-yard relay, Bay Johnson, Dos Horner, Bob Et tlnger and Ray Croaby. Sprlnt.medley, Bob Ettlnger. Jack Bowman, Bob Ver telck and Ray Crosby. Distance-medley, Dick Finch, Oene MoCurly, Dick Wright and Vadln Avtonomoff. Mile relay, Art Oarponter. Vern Johnston, Jaok Bowman and Bob Verblck. Three-mile relay, John Chllders, Frank Jones, Russ Werner and Chrlj Barker, with Jim Taylor utility. High-Jump, Don Horner. Don Mon telth and Bob Newland. Javelin, Dan Ehrheart, Bob Loeffler and Bill Caples. 8hot-put, Dan Ehrheart, BUI Caples and Milton Benford. Aocompanytng the team, which will travel In automobiles, will be Coach Bowerman end Russ Acheson. and Manager Dale Davis. Scores Yesterday B y the Associated Press Coast Tcnm W. Portland 12 Pet. .(133 .832 .526 ,S3 .tie Los Angeles San Frsnclsco . 12 10 10 10 8 8 Hollywood Sacramento Seattle .... San Diego Oaklsnd .444 .421 .278 National W. 0 a L. Pet. 0 1.000 Chicago Pittsburgh . New York . Brooklyn -. Boston ....... .500 .800 .500 .500 .000 .000 Philadelphia . Cincinnati St. Loula w. 0 , 0 Pct l.ooo 1.000 .867 .800 .800 .333 .000 .000 Washington Chicago - . Boston . St. Loula . Cloveland . New York Detroit Phllsdelphla .. Frit Hansen, a 27-year old. 100 pound son of Sweden with s fine eastern reputation for being an ex cellent grappler. although Inclined to be a little rough at times, wilt make his Initial appearance In the Medford armory grappling ring next Monday night when he faces Paul Murdock In the opening event. Pro moter Mack Llllard Mid today. As previously snnounred. Cowboy Dude Chick will meet Bulldog Ken Hnllls In the main go. and Wild Red Berry and 8gt. Bob Kensston will lock horns In the center engagement The promoter said that Chick. Junior heavyweight champion of tho world, would appear only once here stepping off on his way from Spo kane to southern California, where he has several Important bouta com ing up. BEND WILL PLAY HOST AT NEW TRAP LAYOUT ' BEND. April 31- Fifty trap shooters from Portland, Salem, The Dalles. Klamath Kalis and Bend will teat the gun club's new grounds Sun day In a registered event preliminary to the state meet here In June. The Dalles and Klamath cluba will close their own traps to enable aU their members to compete here. BOWLING! KEEP FIT! W with the rine.t .pert of all. BO OX IMlt If. hrolthrnl yet real run Meet your friends here. Special -ate, lo ladles Medford Bowling Alleys 415 t Main neat the Bridie tnoer New Management of Karl Slim ' in" s NO. I ROOKIE may b.- Cleveland Indians' Ken Kcltr.r who hit .337 last year. Two shutouts featured City league bowling matches at the Medford alleys last night, Concrete Construc tion taking all four pstnts from Montgomery Ward, and Active Cubs seewlng all tallica from Colycor. In the other match, Hohlweg took three out of four markers from Plche Sports. Scores follow: Plche hports Stead 05 144 118357 Clements 163 144 138 445 Ollatrep 180 135 148 480 Newland 180 149 183811 Johnson no 101 148 608 Handicap 83 20 20103 ToteJa 881 783 748 2383 Hohlweff Hohlweg 147 147 191488 McKeown 188 142 180 158 188 179 180488 180 480 160 538 143 472 Fields Burroughs 181 Ekerson 180 Totals 788 832 843 2483 Colyear R. Johnson 90 151 133 38,1 00360 158448 138430 Sshln 136 Miller - 182 Keen - 163 Simmons 170 134 128 130 170 198636 Totals 730 713 720 2193 Active Cubs wroy 144 114 137396 120 147 190 466 Frlsbee ... Hubbard Swan son White Handicap 142 111 128370 169 160 148 464 182 188 219660 25 25 25 78 Totals 762 735 851 2348 Montgomery Ward Brown 189 147 111447 Carpenter 128 93 119340 Cody 167 143 116 t2S Berech ... 137 178 .171488 Green 121 ISO Handicap 43 43 163431 43130 Totals 785 763 723 2361 Concrete Const. Brandon 151 191 Va Dyke 130 148 McCormlck 160 18J Webster -. 191 168 Semon 161 150 148490 128 403 141461 146 85 170 499 Totals 701 835 743 2358 BRUBAKER OUTPOINTS VALIN IN TEN ROUNDS OAKLAND, Cal., April 31. P1 Phil Bnihaker of Dlnuba. CM., ot comehack campaign following his sensational rise and fall In the heavy weight ranks, holds a ten-round de clslon today over Domingo Valln of Hayward. The former Bthle student came back strong here last night after levin,! the first fovir rounds and outpointed Valln with clever boxing and shsrp body punching. had Valln wota- bly at the finish. Brubaker welphed 301 and Valln 1904. Comfort New HOTEL CLARK in Downtown LOS ANGELES Convenience u a no the. ot ferine at thU hotel Whetliei on buaineu or pleasure Dent the Hotel CI irk make an Ideal "bae of operations at well a a restful billet at the end of the day t "campaicn" Oood too a naturally And moderate chargr u well as for room accommodation give finai significance to assuring word COMPUK1 ROOMS B. nis "Incle fmm r? 50 Double from $3.50 655 Fifth and Hill f n n m o h w i Mmif.f TEAM PLANNED BY L Action Would Provide New Interest in Pastime Post Is Told by President Fra zier of Association. Medford will have an American Lo glon Junior baseball team this year, according to plans outlined at Tues day night's meeting of the local poet. The decision was made following a talk by Austin Frazler. president of the Medford Athletic association. In which he reviewed local baseball ac tivities, past and present, and told of need for a large field of opera tion icr the many youthful players In Jackson county. Establishment of Legion Junior baseball with Its district, state and national championship games, will provide a new interest and stimulus In the national pastime among the younger local players of today, who may be the stare of tomorrow, ac cording to the speaker, who advised that there Is much good material in this locality for a real team to rep resent Medford. Prazler's remarks were supplemented by R. R. Ebel. vice- president of the local athletic asso ciation, after which general discus sion followed. The matter was put to a vote and carried unanimously, whereupon Commander Don towlmry appointed the following committee to take charge of the nctlvlty: Bob Ebel, chairman, Clint Archibald and Don York. Riflemen Demonstrate. Another youth movement In which the local Legion post Is much inter ested Is that of the Legion Junior rifle club recently organized here. A demonstration of actual firing on the armory Indoor range was presented at Tuesdcy'a meeting under direc tion of Shelby Tuttle. chairman r.f the Legion Junior rifle club commit tee. HaJbert Deuel. Nina Tuttle, Jack Denlson and Shelby Tuttle. Jr.. took part In the program, demonstrating firing from four positions. Some excellent scores were made by the youthful marksmen who have shown rapid progress since organiz ation of the club. Tuttle explained various phases of their training and stated that the club now numbers 10 members. During the short period of three months these members have completed the requirements of 134 Junior qualification awards ranging from pro-marksman to distinguished riflemen. In fact, their progress has been so outstanding that It was given a speolal write-up In the April issue of the American Rifleman mngazlnn. The matter of sending a Medford boy to the annual "boys' state" camp again this year was brought up by Past Commander J T. Fllegel, who suggested that local service cluhs be given. an opportunity to participate In the project which is now nationwide In scope. It was felt that several oluha would be glad to cooperata by sending one or more boys to receive valuable training In governmental affairs. Commander Newbury announced that a change in meeting nignts to Wednesday had ben suggested. In order to permit Legion member of the city council and city administra tion aa well as the national guard officera and others to attend the regular semi-monthly meeting. He appointed Elmer Wilson and Horace Bromley to Investigate the changn and report at the next meeting. flOlfpJ 90c 111 W PINT III "fb 9$lill)2 ma im 51AK BLENDED WHISKEY 11 to 1 A fine GW Blended Whiikrr GtW Fire Star Tbt straight whijkry in thi product is rears old; 1! ttraight whisker, ?7Tr nrultal ipirits distilled from Rrsin. 90 proof. A new plan for future programs was announced by Commander New bury, who appointed the follo'vlng committee on program and attend ance for the meeting of May S: Dr. A. P. W. Krefise. chairman. Dr. C. P. Kunas. Dr. P. C. Bunch. E. W. Winkle, Dr. O. 0. Jennings and Dr. Chaa. P. Johnson. Quests at Tueaday'a meeting In cluded Legionnaires Klrkpatrlck of Portland post No. 1 and Elwood Hus sey and R. Arnold of Cave City post. . Sport Graphs Billy HuJen Sayg: Baseball Provides Major Headlines In News of Day Big baseball news busted all over the landscape yesterday. On the national front, Joe the DlMag. from his fish grotto In Frisco, announc ed that he was tired of waiting for Colonel Jake Ruppert to give him 40 grand for belting homers for the Yanks this season, and would sign for a mere 925.000; Bob Feller chuck ed his first ball game for the C 1 e v e land In Billy Holes dians and pro ceeded to Rive up only one blngle: and Jerome Dean, the Dizzy One, the $18o.000 and three-player beauty ob tained from St. Louis, pitched his first major league game in the monkey suit of a club other than the Cardinals, giving the Chicago Cubs a win over Cincinnati. On the local horizon, the news was Just as big. and was good, to boot. Cliff "Chief" McLean, slugging Ashland catcher, signed with the Craters for the remainder of the sea son, strengthening the club to the point where it must now be consid ered the team to beat In the com ing Southern Oregon league pennant squabble. The American Legion an nounced that It would sponsor, in co-operation with the Medford Ath letic association, a Junior legion ball team here this summer, and ap pointed a committee to mako plans for an early start. Players will he drawn from the annual summer baseball school conducted by the association, and from all parts of the county. This signing of McLean gives the local S. O. L. entry Just what It needed a terrific, payoff slugger who can hammer runs across the plate when they are needed, and a; smart, experienced receiver to nan die Its young pitchers. George Hsr rlngton. who donned the big mitt and protector this season after being out of the game four years, will be shifted to left field, where he will alternate with Russ Acheson, cording to the present plsns of Mnnsger Wally RIckert. While the signing of the "Chief" is by far the best baseball news to hit Medford this season, here la some more information local Gus H. Phans can assimilate at their leisure, and which should send them home talk ing to themselves happily. Ifa simp ly this: Lowell Brown, southpsw first baseman of the Craters and once considered one of the finest pitching prospects ever graduated 1 tv from a Portland high school, may soon be able to wing them over with the same effectiveness that caused him to be selected four straight years on the all-star Port land Interscholastic team. Brown's left flipper hasn't been right for two years, ever since he ruptured a blood vessel near the elbow heaving 100-pound oil cam over a truck on a bet. The arm was treated by several doctors, but U never did come around Into first class condition again. Right now, Lowell can go at top speed for three or four Innings, but after that the ruptured vessel starts acting up. his arm gets numb and actually black and blue from the elbow clear down to his hand, and he loses all control, not to mention speed and curve ball. And anyone who saw him whiff a couple of those Belllngham hitters last Sunday knows he's got a plenty nasty and explosive hook. Dick Llnnell. former Medford resi dent and graduate of a San Fran cisco school of physiotherapy and Swedish massage, has been working on the valuable Brown port-side ap pendage the past few days, and says that he's almost certain the big southpaw's arm will be as good as new in three months, maybe less. Llnnell, a nephew of Mrs. Ken Mur ray and brother of Jim Llnnell, Med ford high sprint star last year, Is in town temporarily, and has been ham mering on muscles of Crater players with gusto. On Brown's arm, right in the crook on the inside. Is a hard knot about the size of an enlarged pea nut, Llnnell said. It Is that knot that's causing all the trouble, he turn, d uauaiug mi uio irouoie, ne explained, and he has been mawag- Ing and working on It with the Idea of eliminating It entirely. He really believes he can bring back the arm Into Its once effective form, and Brown claims it feels better, than any time slnje the rupture. If such happens and Lowell reaches the form he has displayed at times in the past. Medford needn't worry aDout a starting pitcher who can go the route In this circuit. Brown has hurled some brilliant gamea In other years, and it Is generally con ceded he has more pure, raw stuff on the ball than Bob Hardy, himself one sweet southpaw pitcher. Manaser Rlrkert said today he would start either Riy Erlckson or Larry Pepper on the mound In Sunday's game against the Klamath Falls Red Sox at the local hlj;h school orchard. Pep per, who tentatively signed with Ashland earlier In the year, has been acquired by (he rroters, and will he with them all sea son, the skipper said. Team managers of Olendale. Grants Pass, Medford. Ashlsnd, Yrcka and Crescent City, Southern Oregon league members, will have a pow wow at Grants Pass Frldav nleht to settle on the schedule. It was pre- viuti&jy aecinea lo nave a IB-game slate, but representatives may add one game so each team will have eight games away and eight home. Closing time for Too Late to Clas- slfy Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. mii' blU JL X MAIL TRIBUNE A Member Of The Associated FANS KEPT BY FAST BREAKS Di Mag Rolls East Counting Dollars Lost by Long Holdout Against Yanks Diz Looks Good in Opener By OAVLE TALBOT (Associated Press Sports Writer.) The big league baseball races, only Just begun, already have supplied more quick color and commotion than a four-ring circus during a thunder storm. The customers today were slightly bewildered from trying to look In a dozen directions at '-rce. Joe DIMagglo. tho last of the hold outs, was rolling eastward to Join the beleaguered New York Yankees, watching the telephone polea tick off the dollars he had lost by trying to buck the most powerful club In the business. Owner Phil Wrlgley. the chewing gum king who owns the Chicago Cubs, was breathing a little easier and i " ' 8alnln8 confidence that he hadn't been stuck In planking down $250,000 for Pitcher Dizzy Dean. The Dlj did all right In his Inaugural. s Feller Near Fame. Bob Feller, 19-year-old flreballer of the Cleveland Indians, had come within a slnsle scratch hit of achiev ing that noblest of all diamond deeds a no-hitter, as he shut out tho St Louis Browns. 9 to 0. Also, he struck out six and made two hits. Among the lesser Incidents of a lusty day was the home-run hit by little Gene Moore of the Boston Bees with three on base, to beat the Giants. 8 to 4: a nine-run rally by the Cubs at Cincinnati's expense, and a four run. last-Inning comeback by the Philadelphia Phils to out-game Brook lyn. 6 to 6. It was a day. Eyes were glued to the ticker all over the country as Dean went in to prove that Branch Rick ay of the Cards hadn't made a sucker out of Wrlgley. It wasn't a complete test for the great one't arm. not after the Cubs gave him nine runs In the second Inning. During the six lnninc.s uiz worked he allowed eight hits and two runs, but he looked tough enough when It came time to bear down. Whiffed Three. He struck out three men. each time with men on the sacks, but didn't appear to be exerting himself otherwise. Manager Charlie Qrlmm relieved him after the sixth and let Jack Russell finish out the 10 to 4 victory. The St. Louis Cards looked like they were missing Dean poignantly, aa five of their remaining pitchers took another 0e hiding from the Pltteburgb Plratea. Fat Freddie Fltzslmmons was the victim of the Phils' spectacular win over Brooklyn. Leading 5-3 .folng Into the ninth after having hurled hitless ball for four lnnlnga. he sud denly was rapped for three singles before Max Butcher was rushed to the rescue, pinky Whitney promptly drove In two runs with a single to tie the score, and then Butcher cut loose a wild pitch to let the winning run across. Feller Yields One Hit. The only hit off Feller csme In the sixth when Billy Bulllvsn slspped a grounder to the pitcher's box. and the Indiana' wonder boy was Just a split second slow In fielding It. Six Browns got on bsse by walks, but none stole on Feller, which Is news. Washington won Its third straight from the Athletics, 3 to 0. Mickey Cochrane must be dresdlng the prospect of taking his Detroit Tigers home for their opening to morrow after dropping the second in a row to Chicago, s to 4. He started Vernon Kennedy, the pitcher obtain ed from the Sox In last winter's big deal with Jimmy Dykes, and Vernon had to be pulled In the seventh. T Russ Acheson, manager of the all star softball team which tor.wrro,v night at the stadium meets the club of Pete Hargla, Los Angeles star pitcher, In an exhibition game, today announced his tentative lineup. Pitchers will include Steiner, Ken Leavitt and Hay Stngler. Inflelders are Virgil Swanson. Dick Lewis and Wally Rickert. Outfielders are Knlp. Hoosler Hoffard, Dick Stngler and Dick Sakralda. Bert Luman will catch. The game will start at 8 p. m.. and will be the only opportunity local fans will have of seeing Hargls, con sidered one of the five best hurlers In southern California. In action. He will pitch for a team composed of pupils he has taught for the past two weeks, and which will represent Plche In the coming campaign. WEBFOOTS WIN, 16 TO 8, IN WARM-UP ENCOUNTER EUGENE. April 21. (jp, In a warm-up game for the opening of the northern division baseball race with Oregon State here Friday, the Uni- Your Used Car Will Be Worth More with a C.ood Paint Job! Daily's Auto Painting 29 South Bartlett j That is the national cry from now until the last man is out in the World Series. Can the Yankees repeat? What about the Chicago Cubs? Will it be a good year for the fence busting sluggers? How about the pitching? It requires sports writers of big league calibre to provide all the answers a man in the press box at every ball park to give readers expert reports on all the games. The nation wide sports facilities of the Associated Press give this paper just such an all-star staff. 1 Read the complete story of the hectio 1938 pennant daily. verslty of Oregon walloped Oregon Normal. 10 to 8. yesterday. Although the squads used a total of 30 players. Paul Thunemann, soph omore left-hander, hurled nine In nlngs for Oregon, giving eight hit. Cae Mall Tribune Want Ads. LARS EN'S CLOTHES SHOP TIES Beg. 55c Ties new spring patterns hand made and a value at the regular price. For Dollar Days only 3 for $1.00 One lot of Men's Dress Shirts Broadcloths and woven madras. Regular $1.05. Dollar Days Polo Shirts LOT 1 Knit polo shirts; colors; regular 65c values 2 for $1.00 LOT 2 Plain colors. Regu lar 85c and $1.00 values races in this paper Press white Caps All our regular $1.00 White Linen and Twill Caps L Y 1 1 4
