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rEPFOKD MAIL TRTBTJ"NTE, MEDFOItD, QREOON. STTXPAT, 'APBn24, 1938 Tiger Track Crew Captures Hayward Relay Honors at Eugene PXGE SIX TARDY BQWERMAN SQUAD WALK OFF WITH UJDFO. EVEN! Take Three Firsts To Score 22 Points Salem High Second, Beaverton Third April 38. (AP) Med ford hlRh achool'a powerful track and field team, winning three firsts, sncond and a third, walked off wrttih the second annual Hayward relay run thli afternoon on the University of Oregon track. The Pear- pfekera scored 32 points. Salem took second place honors with 17 points. Coach BUI Bowerman'i Medford team might have made their victory more decisive had they reported In time for the mile relay event. As It was they ha-3 to be content with firsts In the 440-yard. Javelin and high Jump relays, a second In the sprint medley and a third In the distance medley. Col. Bill Hnyward, Oregon's famous track coach and sponsor of the relay meet, grinned when he handed the meet trophy to the Medford captain He coached Coach Bowerman when the latter was one of Oregon's star quarter-mil era. Third plnce was won by Beaverton with II points. Other teams that , broke Into the scoring column and their total points are as follows: Chemawa and Hill Military, both 8 pointa; Bitgene and Corvallls, both 7 points; University of Eugene. 3V&: Mllwsukle, 8; Mnltala, 1, and Cottage Grove one-half a point. Ot h er h 1 gh schools wh I ch com peted In the meet were Vernonla, Bweet Home, Springfield, Lebanon and Roseburg. CORVALLIS, April 3S.fAP) Ore gon Btate college athletic officials began preparations this week for the twelfth annual Oregon State high school track and field meet, to be held on Bell field May 30-21. A committee headed by Elmer Kol berg, president of the Varsity O, lettermen's organl ration, li seeking accommodations for more than 200 athletes. Coaches of the competing teams will be guests of the Associated Stu dents at an annual dinner May 20, when final drawings will be made. , MEMORIAL COLISEUM, LOS AN GELES, April 23. (UP) Sparked by remarkable performances In the pole vault and mile run. the University of Southern California track and field teem drove closer to a national championship here today by crush ing U. C. L. A., 06 to 30. A crowd of 2,800 watched the pow erful Trojans run up their over whelming margin In cool weather under an overcast sky. Only the ability of four Negro athletes who amassed 22 of the Bruins point total and established two of the dey's four new meet records, stopped the Southern Cali fornia score from mounting higher HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 38. API Hunch Betters, ihlverlng In a chilly breer, collected 114.60 for 3 today when Icy Wind galloped to a surprise victory In the first tnce. 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E, New York .. 8 8 Brooklyn 8 8 Melton. Coffman and Dannlng: Prankhouse, Posodel, Pressnell and Chervlnko, Spencer. BOSTON, April 23. (ypj Spurred by a clear day and the cheers of 10,180 fans, Boston's hustling Bees officially opened the National league aenon In Beantown today by turn Ing back Philadelphia, 8 to 1, and starting their hurler, Lou Pette, on the victory path. Score: R. H X. Philadelphia ...... 1 4 0 Boston 8 6 0 Hallahan, Johnson, Kellher and At wood; Pette and Mueller. PITTSBURGH, April 33. (P The Pittsburgh Pirates grabbed a tighter hold atop the National league today by putting a 6 to 3 slug on their favorite fall guvs, the Cincinnati Reds. It was the fifth consecutive victory In the current campaign for the Buca. Score: R. H. Cincinnati 3 7 0 Pittsburgh 6 D 1 Schott, L. Moore and LomhardI: Blanton and Berrea. BEARS IN UPSET BEFEAT STANFORD PALO ALTO, Calif., April 36. p Four meet records were broken here today a a surprisingly strong Uni versity of California track and field squad defeated Stanford. 76 to 56, In tltelr 45th annual "big meet." Outstanding performance of the af ternoon was that of Stanford's great distance runner, Edaon Burrows, I whose stirring finish won the one mile In record time from Stanley Sad aj of California, and then hunk up another meet record In winning the two-mue run. Another double wtnni was Stan ford's Ray Malott, who beat out Don Watts of California In the 440. Run ning the distance In the speedy time of 46.1 seconds, and also captured the 200-yard dah from Ca'lfornla's Arn out Nutting In 31.4 seconds. Bob Canning, California high Jump er, cleared the bar at 6 feet 6 inches to register a new meet record, seven-eights of an In oh higher than the mrrk set In 1028 by Bob King of Stanford. TO KEEP 3-WAY TIE DETROIT, April 23- jn Matter ing eight hits, Johnny Allen pitched Cleveland to a 6 to 3 victory over the Detroit Tigers today, enabling the In dians to remain deadlocked vlth Washington and Boston for first place In the American league. Score: R. H. E. Cleveland 6 9 0 Detroit . 3 8 0 Allen and Pytlak. Wade, Poffenber ger (6), Zlsenstate (8) and York. PHILADELPHIA, April 13. The Boston Red Sox pounded out a 10 to 4 victory over the Athletics here today for their fourth win In five itarta. Jimmy poxx, Ben Chapman and Bob Johnson hit homers. Score: r. h. E. Boston io U 0 Philadelphia 4 7 1 Rrove. Bagby (8). McKaln 8j. and Dcsautels. Smith, Thomas (11, Wil liams (8), Nelson (8), ST. LOUIS. April 23. Buck Newsom, stalwart righthander, pitch ed and batted the Browns to a 5 to 4 victory over the Chicago White Sox here today, breaking the St. Lout sans three-game losing streak and putting his club even with the Sox In the series. Ecore: R, H. E. Chicago 4 6 0 St. Louis 5 11 0 Lyons, Rlgney (8) and Sewell. New som and Sullivan. NEW YORK, April 33. p) Wes Ferroll pitched himself Into a spot In the ninth tntng today and then pitch ed himself right out again to save a 7 to 4 victory for the Washington Senators over the Yankees before a crowd of 24.040 In Yankee stadium. Prom start 1o flnlh It was a freak game. The Nats went out In front 4-3 In the first three Innings at the expense of Lefty Gomez and finally belted him out In the seventh with their game-winning rall The Yanks tied It up in the sixth, but Pen-ell survived to win his second came of the season. Score: R. H. E. Washington 7 8 1 New York 4 7 4 W. Perrell and R. Perrell. Gomez, Murphy (8) nnd Dickey. SNEAD, GOLF STAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINOS, W Va., April 23. (UP) Sam Snead of professional golfing fame entered the second annual United States open tennis championships, which open here Monday, in the hope that his name will add prestige to struggling "open" court tournaments. Snead explained tonight that ho was not entering the tenuis cham pionships as a publicity stunt. He said he woa interested In seeing play between Amateurs and professionals encouraged. "I'd like to see tennis develop as golf has." he said. "The only way it can be done is to open competi tion up to all comers Just as In golf Here's hoping my nsme will do a lltt'e toward opening the eyes of men who have retarded tennis de velopment by an unprogrrsalve view point." WILD BILL BERRY Cowboy Dude Chick, world's Junior heavyweight wrestling champion, faces one of his toughest tests tomorrow night In the Medford armory, when he goes to the post In the main event against Bulldog Ken Hollls, Arkansas bad-man Meeting In the middle event will be Sgt. Bob KenaMon and Wild Red Ber ry, and in the opener, Paul Murdock will welcome Prlta Hansen of Sweden to southern Oregon. The matn evrnt U expected to prove one of the most sensational sec n here this season, with Chick attempting to holat Hollls for the airplane spin and Hollls opening up and shooting the works with a vicious display of tinder- handed maneuvers. Dl NEW YORK. April 33. (API Joe Dl Mtffglo slipped Into town through the "back door" today, reported to Mgr. Joe McCarthy, and then pro ceeded to show that his hoMout hasn't done hit hatting eye any harm by clouting several balls out of the kit during the Yankees' bat ting practice. The United 9tats Notional Muse um paid 833.000 for the ute Wtlev Post's airplane, the "Winnie Me," A For All Kinds of I Electrical Work Call f OLSON ELECTRIC ,51 Winn M.V .1 V int. ' 'i BEAVERS BEATEN BY SACS 14 TO 5 IN HITTING BEE PORTLAND, April 38. (AP) The Sacramento Senators pounded out a lopsided 14 to 5 victory over Port land here today and took a 8 to 2 lead In the series standings. Pour Beaver hurlers paraded to the mound and all were smacked almost at will by the hit-hungry Bolons. while Cotten Plppen coasted In with the triumph. Sacramento Jumped off to a three run lead In the second, added two In the third, four In. the fourth and two In each of the next two frames. Portland's only bid for the game was made In the third when four hits were converted Into as many runs. Williams with a home run and Buster Adams with two doubles and two stnglea led the Sacs' attack. Score: R. H. E. Sacramento 14 16 1 Portland 8 9 3 Plppen and Pranks; Radon Its, Hare (3), Shealy (3), Cecil (4) and Dickey SAN FRANCISCO, April 33. ( AP) Pushing over all their runs in a slxth-tnnlng rally on three hits and as many walks, the San Prancisco Seals defeated Hollywood 6 to 3 today to clinch the series. The Stsrs spotted Wayne Osborne to a three-run lead in the opening frame but tha Seals got their bats to working in the sixth to chalk up their fourth win of the week. Manager Prank O'Doul of the Seals was ousted from the game In the third Inning although he made no verbal protest over a called strike. O'Doul simply ltld down on the ground on the third base coaching line. Umpire Bert- Cole didn't like the Implied ridicule. Score: R. H. B. Hollywood 3 7 0 Sen Frsnclseo. .. 5 6 3 Osborne and Brrnzel: Mann, Miller (7), Ballot) (7) and Wood all. LOS ANGELES April 33. ( AP) Solving the pitching of their erst while nemesis, , Tiny Chaplin, and driving him to the showers In the sixth Inning with a five-run upris ing, Los Angeles defested San Diego 9 to 4 hero today. Score: R. H. E San Diego 4 U 1 Los Angeles .......... 9 11 1 Chaplin. Plllette (6). Rhodes (7). Ward (8) and Detore; Llllard and Collins. 'FIGHTING FOX' IS DERBY CONTENDER JAMAICA, V. Y., April 33. (UP) Fighting Fox today served notice on Stagehand that he will be the horse to catch and beat in the Kentucky Derby by scoring a brlUUnt victory In his 1038 bow at Jamaica racetrack. The robust son of Sir Oallahad III- Mnrguerlte. whose full brother. Gal lant Fox. captured the derby In 1930, nnd whose nephew, Omaha, whs the 1936 winner, demonstrated fitness In winning with case In his ftrst stsrt slnre last October. Shortly ifter Fighting Fox scored his victory In the first feature of a double -feature program. Merry Las sie, a stablemate, defeated a formid able field which Included Steel Knight. Nedayr, Can't Walt and Traf fic Light, also derby candidates. Victory for the Fox In next month's classic would complete a triple Ken tucky derby score for the veteran trainer, James Fltr-slmmons William Woodward's Belalr stud. The Fox was Impressive In victory bsceuse of the esse in whloh he romp ed away from seven other three-year-olds. IN TONE-OP BOUT DE3 MOTNES. Ta.. April 33 (UP) Barney Ross, world's welterweight boxing champion, will meet Bobby Venner, Hastings, Neb., schoolteacher, here Monday night In a scheduled 10-rounrt tuneup for his title bout May 36 at Long Island Bowl. New York, with Henry Armstrong, negro featherweight tltleholder. "I am In the best condition of mv life and feel confident that I will ex tend Barney to the limit." Venner Mid after his final workout. The NebriMkan Intends to weigh in over the 147-pound limit ao that Barney's crown will not be at stake. LA GRANDK. April 33. fr -Th Anthony Lskcs Playground assoeia tlon. to promote ev inter and summei sports In the region, was organirp yesterday by reprrent stives from L Grande, Baker and intermcdi.it' points. BOWLING KEEP FIT! ViiTv. , tth the rtnet nort of all. Bowl fMil It's hralthmi vet real fnn Meet tour frtendt here Special te to ladles Medford Bowling Alleys 4t 1-itn neat the nriitte t i-ii.f Ni Manscrmrnt ol Karl Stm CRATERS TANGLE F Med ford's Craters, bolstered by the heavy-slugging Indian catcher, Cliff "Chief" McLean, and determined to uphold the reputation of the South ern Oregon league, clash with the powerful Northern California league Klamath Falls Red Box today at the high school park at 3:30 p. m. It will be the first lnter-league exhi bition battle ever staged In Medford between clubs of these two fast semi-pro circuits. Following a week of steady batting and fielding drills. Manager Wally Rlckert of the Med fords believe his club Is In a position to knock off the classy Red Sox In the next-to-last encounter before the opening of the Southern Oregon loop May 3, "We've got the hitting and defensive strength," Skipper Rl chert said, "and If our hurlera come through we'll pull an upset." Opening on the Crater mound to day will be one of four young right handers Ray Erlckson, Bill Rathke, Larry Pepper or Ray Tungate. Boss Rlckert said he would name the Btartlng pitcher after he had chance to look over their stuff Immediately preceding the game McLean; recently obtained from Ash land, will do the catching and hit In fifth position, directly behind Paul "Hoosler" Hoffard in the clean up spot. Clyde "CurvobalP' Carlstrom, right hender with the sweeping hook and beautiful control, will be on the pitching rubber for the Red Sox. runners-up to Mt. Shasta City In the Northern California loop last season. Carlstrom led all hurlers In games won and lost In his league last year, and In 1936 and 1936 pitched the KJamath Falls team to pennant In the Southern Oregon circuit. Other Sox moundsmen who may get into the fray ore Turpin. Hogan and Sqope. all rookie and considered comers. with McLean furnishing a tre mendous amount of added batting strength, the Craters' will reveal lineup studded with offensive dyna miters. Following Dick Sakralda centerfield, In the batting order will be Manager Rlckert. second base; Dick Lewis, shortstop; Hoffard and McLean In the vital fourth and fifth spots. Lowell Brown, southpaw first baseman. In sixth, Arba Ager, third bftse, In seventh, Russ Achcson or Qeorge Harrington, left field. In eighth, and the pitcher. The Red Sox, managed by Orlo Onkes, will present several national pastlmers well-known to Medford fans, from their appearances here In 1936. Shlpman will be In left field. Hammerickson, former Grants Pass speed-burner, will be In center, and Lefty Molotoro will see outfield duty. In the Infield. Bernadou and Brooks will be at short and second, and other Inner "gardeners are Sandstrom Herschberger. Lloyd, Moore and Du rascha. Fryer will do the catching, with Pastega and Pape In reserve. There has been considerable verbal rivalry and "popping off between member teams of the two circuits regarding which plays the faster brand of baseball, and today's game will go a long way toward settling the dispute. Many observers con sider the Northern California league slightly tougher, although the S O. L, Is not lacking In cohorts. CORVALUS, Ore., April 33. (AP) Joe Gray, the gray ghost of the football gridiron, led the Oregon State college baseball team to a 11-3 win over the University of Ore gon, defending northern division conference champions, here today. Gray collected four of the Beavers' 14 hits In five trips to the piste. The Beavers scored In every Inn ing but the last, ending with a homernn to left by Schwab. Bob Hardy, Oregon pitcher, suf fered several wild spells and from teammates errors. He batted per fectly, with four hits In four chances. Score: R. H. B. Ormon 3 8 7 Oregon State 11 14 S Hardy and Mullen; McKfnney and Ore 11. Umpire, Burke. Salem. WEESTLHKf MEDFORD ARMORY MONDAY NIGHT Dude Chick K t it . en Mollis Bob Kenaston vs. Red Berry Paul Murdock vs. Fritz Hansen ,ats on aal, al BROWN'. I'hon, 101 t.i tim rrr mon, in LEAGUE SCHEDULE TO START MAY 8TH Representative of Southern Oregon league baseball teams met In Grants Pass Friday night and adopted a 16 game schedule, to start May 8 and end August 28, with each team play ing eight games at home and eight away. A previous tentative slate called for 16 games, with three clubs having one more home date than the other three teams. Under the new setup. , each team will play three games with four other league members, and four games with one other club. Medford will face Crescent City four times, and the oth er teams three times each. Opening games will see Medford at Ashland, Crescent City at Grants Pass and Yreka, Cal. at Glendale. First half will end June 26, and the second half start July 10. Dom Provost of Ashland, league president, displayed the trophy do nated by sporting gooda dealers of southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia which will be awarded the pen nant winner. It Is a silver statuette of a first baseman stretching to take a throw. It will be on display In Grants Pass this week, and In Med ford next week. Team representatives at the meet ing were W. L. Dobbin, Glendale; M F. Buffum, Yreka; Fred Roper, Grants Pass; Austin Frazier, Medford and Dom Provost, Afthland. TRIPLE VICTORY NEW YORK. April 33. (API- Navy served notice to the rowing world It was fit for the wars today, with a slashing triple victory over Columbia on the Harlem river's mile and three-quarter course. Varsity. Junior varsity and fresh man, the eights coached oy buck Walsh rowed as they pleased to win by a length and a half, five lengths and two and a half lengths respect ively before a small crowd. The Middles understroked the Colum bians and after the first 100 yards navy boat trailed. Acheson's Soft Ball Outfit Beat Hargis Russ Acheson's all-star Softball team defeated the outfit of Pete Hargis Friday night at the stadium. 13 to 9, by scoring 11 times In the first Inning. Hargis pitched for his club from the second inning on. and fanned 31 all-stars. Leavitt, Ray Singlerand Morris Stelner did the all-star twirl ing. Score: R. H. E. All-Stars 13 96 Hargis 9 7 4 Leavitt, Stelner, Slngler and Lu- man: Rut ledge. Curry. Hargis and Wilson. laps Bark Stadium. TOKYO. April 23 pi The Olym pic organizing committee today ap proved a plan to build a 62.000.000 main stadium for the 1940 Olympic games. Oregon Golfers Win TACOMA, April 23. (AP) The University of Oregon golf team de feated the College of Puget Sound. 30 H to 6', yesterday on the tricky i 18-hole Pircrest course. Win Conference Game EUGENE. April 33. ( AP) The northern division championship Uni versity of Oregon baseball squad opened its season by defeating Ore gon State college, 4 to 1. Staters Get Revenge. CORVALLIS. April 33. P) The Oregon State college rook baaebaU team avenged an earlier defeat by beating Albany college. S to 6. Clay ton Shaw, rook player from Walla Walla, hit a homerun with two men on bases. Klamath Vets Win. KLAMATH PALLS. April 23. iV Dom Glovantnt. fullback, brok through Center Midway In the third quarter, eluded the opposition sec ondary and scampered 35 yards to the goal line to give Klamath high school's graduating gridders a 6-0 victory over next year's varsity here. 8 ' THE GREAT DEAN IN CRUCIAL TRY CHICAGO, April 28. (UP) I ray Dean. IIBS.OOO pennant Insurance for the Chicago Cuba, apent one of the quleteat days In hie daffy career today resting for a dramatic home debut as a Cub against his old mate, the St. Loula Cardinals. Dean will attempt to convince a skeptical Sunday crown possibly a sellout of 38.000 that his pitching arm atlll has all the magic that once made him the grtt right-hander In baseball. "I think I can stop those Cardtn ala." Dean said. "Joe Medwlck won't play Sunday ao Johnny Mlae will be the tough one. That-Mlse la a hit ter I" Medwlck and M!z were one-two In the final batting average last sea son. DIb barely limbered up today and stayed close to the bench unusually quiet. The great one la aure he atlll has his old fire and so are tha cubs. But the town Isn't, despite hla breed ing victory over the Reds at Cincin nati last Wednesday. Too many big deals engineered by the cubs have soured and thla one. especially, waa questioned by Cub backers who recalled that Dean waa voted baseball's biggest flop laet sea son. He won 13 and lost 10. and nev er was effective after being struck on the toe by a batted ball In the all-star game at Washington. BASEBALL International League Toronto, 7; Jersey City, 11 (14 In nings). Buffalo. 4; Newark, 6. Montreal, 1; Syracuse. 3. Rochester. 3; Baltimore, 6. Rochester 3-3;. Baltimore fi-8 (sec ond game called end sixth to allow Rochester to catch train). American Association Kansas City, 7; Indianapolis, 10. Minneapolis, 14; Columbus, 0. Milwaukee, 15; Louisville. 7. St. Paul, 7; Toledo, 8. Pine Brooklyn Hurler BROOKLYN, N. Y.. April 23. (AP) Max Butcher, right handed pitcher of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was fined $500 and suspended without pay to day by Manager Burleigh Orlmee for breaking training rules. Scent Fish Skullduggery GRANTS PASS. April 23. (AP) Lee Blevlns hooked a Chinook sal mon in the Rogue river today which A. J. Burbee. sporting goods dealer. said bore marks of a net. Illegal In the Rogue river. Each year net- marked"' fish are reported here. Head Fish Society , CHICAGO, April 33. (AP) Cotto C. Doerlng of Chicago was elected I president of the Izaak Walton League of America today at the final ses sion of the 16th annual convention. He succeeded George W. Wood of Waterloo. Iowa. Kolob, the name of the colorful plateau In Bryce national park, means "next to the throne of God' and was taken from the Mormon book of Abraham. FEEL RIGHT! with a Suit Correct for Spring Activities! Vou can feel right all spring and summer with a suit from Reinhart & Barker whether it be a Kuppenheimer, Pin field or timely, because every suit is carefully tai lored in a wide array of models to suit every man's preference. $25 and New Bpring HATS By Knox and Dalton 350 to ?7so We are Exclusive Dealers in Medford for Palm Beach Suits $17.75 Reinhart & Barker "MEDFORD'S ARROW SHIRT STORE" I FOR LON STINER CORVALLIS. April 33. -OP) Oregon State college athletic coaches are not being recommended for any definite contracts beyond that accorded regu lar faculty members, Percy Locey, director of Intercollegiate athletics, said today. A campaign had been undertaken some time ago by tha sports editor of tha student dally to obtain a three-year contract for Lon Stlner. head football coach, to match a similar arrangement when Tex Oli ver was hired as Oregon coach. Locey explained that all Oregon State coaches have been In their posi tions long enough so they are past any "probationary" period anyway, and hence their engagement from year to year ts taken lor granted the same as with other members of the fac ulty on a slm 1 liar basis. NEWlWSET EOR HYDROPLANE MIAMI BEACH. Fla., April 38. (UP) The world's record for four litre hydroplanes was bettered today when Hugh Gingras of Rockledge. Fla., piloted the Gray Goose, owned by Jerry Cannon of New Rochelle, N. 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