PAGE SIX M"EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 12. 1938.
SECOND YEAR JINX
GIVEN GOING-OVER
BK CLIFF MELTON
Giants9 Cool Sophomore Is
Standing National League
Batsmen On Ears Need
lers Unable to Rile Him
By 810 FADER
Associated Press B ports Wrltw
Meet the Icicle, folks. He not only
hat the temperament, ha even looks
like one, this Cliff Melton, the
Glanto sophomore southpaw who's
standing National league batters on
their ears and giving old man sec
ond year Jinx one of the classient
goings -over that gentleman ever has
Buffered.
He 'a built on the general propor
tion i of a beanpole. Is Melton.
atretchlng about slx-feet-slx straight
tip from his sine 13's ana nil most
distinguishable features are a pair
of out-sized ears. But, man, can he
pitch I
Nothing RIIps H! m
Nothing riles him. Not even
nifty a needier as Boiling Bolly
Grimes, one of the better goat-getters,
disturbs Melton. In fact It's
doubtful If Cliff the boy have tag
ged him Mickey Mouse and Moun
tain Music and Strlngbean even
realises they're trying to rib him.
He hna Ipsa Imagination than a pan
enke (well-done) end he pays less
attention. If that's possible, than his
oool, calm and collected southpaw
mate, King CnrI Hubbell.
As a result, Cliff today Is btg
league baseball's No. 1 el bower of
the year In the matter of games
won and lost, with an unbeaten run
of six straight showing that a sec
ond year man doesn't necessarily
have to go to the dogs, as Is the
general belief. He's one of the chief
reasons Bill Terry's terrific terriers
are making somewhat of an early
season runaway of the National
league raoe, what with the Chicago
Cubs showing signs of coming apart
at the seams.
On Way to Pennant ,
And, with the Yankees In first
place In the American league pen
nant parade as the result of their i
4-1 win over Cleveland's collapsible
Indians yesterday, the whole situa
tion looks like things are on the
way toward the third straight cham
pionship monopoly for little old New
York, despite the fact that the cal
endar shows only May 13.
It took a Jot of pitching to whip
the Bt. Louis Cardinals yesterday,
hut Melton had it and the Giants
won out. 8-3, for their fifth In a
row. Cliff was given a hot fight by
Lefty Bob Wetland, but he kept
breezing 'em In without lifting an
eyebrow, and finally his mates
shoved two runs across In the ninth
to put the game on Ice and drop the
gas-house gang Into seventh plnco.
Airmail Stamp Sale Barred
At Sunday's Catfish Derby
Although Postmaster Frank De
Sou ra doesn't know It yet, there'll be
no airmail stamps on sale or Na
tional Airmail Week ballyhoo In evi
dence at ttie .second annual national
eatflsh derby at Emigrant lake near
Ashland Sunday.
Tills edict was promulgated today
by Kenneth N. Anthony, secretary
treasurer of the National Catfish
Derby association.
"As everyone should know by now.
National Airmail Week begins on
Sunday, but It has absolutely noth
ing to do with the national catfish
derby which also will be held on
Sunday," Mr. Anthony pointed out.
For months Mr. DeSouza has been
promoting National Airmail Week.
That Is all right but It so happens
that Mr. DeSouza Is also an execu
tive committeeman and master of
ceremonies of the National Catfish
Derby association.
"For weeks National Airmail Week
has been revolving around Mr. De
Souza and vice versa, until now he
la badly confuted. He's going around
talking about National Catfish Week
and the national airmail derby. He's
liable to put catfish In the malls and
throw airmail stamps Into Emigrant
lake.
That part Is all right with me, but
we're not going to let him use the
I eatflsh derby to ballyhoo airmail
week. Nor are we going to let htm
set up a sub-station to sell airmail
stamps. There'll be nothing on sale
at the derby exosptlng refreshments
and no one need spend any money
unless he wants to get something to
eat or drink. The whole derby
free and that Includes an afternoon
of entertainment features while the
actual fishing Is going on."
The day's festivities wlU start at
1:40 p. m. with the crowning of the
queen of the derby by Mayor T. fl,
Wiley of Ashland. The angling eon-
test will start at 3 and end at 4,
During the contest entertainment will
be provided for the spectators.
The queen's crown, made by Mr,
Anthony, famed craftsman, was pla;
ed on display today In a show win
dow at Mann's department store. It
Is considered Mr. Anthony's master
piece.
Candidates for publ'o office were
said today to be working on their
catfish derby speeches. All have been
Invited to address the derby crowd,
but campaign speeches have been
ruled put. Instead, each candidate
must tell a fish yarn. A fee of 36
cents will be charged for a three-
minute talk, 50 cents for a flve-mln
ute foray. The winning story, Judged
by popular applause, will be assessed
an additional 00 cents.
Something's Always Happening
Is Two - Ton Tony's Complaint
By GAMS TALBOT
NEW YORK, May 13. (AP) It looks like poor Tony Qalento. who
asks only that hs have his beer and be permitted to bite In the
clinches, was born to trouble,. Nothing seems to go right for Tony except
his left hand, with which he expects to knock out Natle Mann tomorrow
Ight.
He only Just managed to get him
self reinstated by the local boxing
commission so that he could start
In making an honest living for his
first-born, and now he finds himself
the unwitting cause of a war be
tween his man user. Joe Jacobs, and
the promoter, Mike Jacobs.
"Something's always happenln' to
me. the Newark round man mourn
ed after Joe and Mike hsd their
verbal clash yesterday down at the
boxing commission. "I got kicked
out of school because I hit the
principal with a house-brick, and It
seems like I been hlttln' somebody
with a house-brick ever since.
'Ohee, Joe's sore at me now be
cause I signed a contract for this
fight. They shouldn'ta told me they
was goln' to reinstate Joe as a man
ager if they wasn't gonna do It.
joe says I msde a 'scratch man
outa him. whatever that means."
Tony really looked pained right
down to where his neck would start,
If he had a neck. He couldn't work
up any enthusiasm about making
hia first appearance as a maln
eventer at the garder. ,
Tony considers himself In mighty
fine trim for his tussle with Mann.
He's down to around 340 pounds, the
result, he says, of having limited
his beer drinking to when he was
thirsty and having refused several
second helpings of spaghetti. Also,
he has skipped considerable rope
and bopped a lot of sparring part
ners, whom he employs on a whole
sale scale at 3 the session.
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SO. OREGON MEET
Several sensational battles are ex
pected to occur Saturday afternoon
when 18 high school track and flela
teams clash In the annual Southern
Oregon district meet at the Medforri
stadium.
Competition will be especially keen
In the 100-yard dash, with Ashland's
brilliant sprinter. Don Cat on; Med
ford'a Ray Crosby, and Lakevlew's
Curry ranking as favorites. Caton
has traveled the distance In 10.1,
Crosby ran It In 10.3 last week at
Grants Pass, and Curry Is reported
to have clicked It off In 10.1 this
year. ,
In the 860 and mile, Med ford's two
distance runners, Chris Barker and
Rum Werner, are expected to wage
a spectacular battle. Lsnglols is also
reported to have several strong run
ners In those events.
Because of Its undefeated status
this year, which also Includes the
championship of the BUI Hay wary
relays, Med ford s powerful squad is
the favorite to repeat Its trlumpti
of last season, when it scored 46
points. Coach Bill Bowerman con
servatively figures his teem will gar
ner 40 tallies Saturday, with stiff est
competition provided from Myrtle
Point, champions of Coos county;
Klamath Falls and Grants Pass. ,
Nearly 300 athletes will compete
In the huge track carnival, the first
time it has ever been staged here.
Winners and second-place finishers
will qualify for the state track and
field meet at Corvallls next week
end.
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Sport
Graphs
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Billy Hulen says:
Ashland Lights
May Allow Night
Baseball Games
account! for the excellent bsaeba'l
visibility on the Llthlan field. An
other thing that makea the Ashland
field teem better llluml -.ted La the
absence of turf, according to City
School Superintendent I. H Hedrlck
of Medford. Grass, he explained, Is
the poorest reflector of light, while
a dirt field such as Ashland's Is one
of the best, Although the combined
total power of Medford's arcs Is
j greater than Aahlsnd's, the Ashland
j field la actually better lighted 1
cause of superior field reflection, he
said.
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San Diego .. . 33
Los Angeles ................. 31
Hollywood 31
Portland . 31
San Francisco w.wtHMm... 31
3acrrnento 19
Seattle . 18
Oakland 14
New York .
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
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Red Lyons and Bobby Chick will
headline next Monday night's wrestl- Brooklyn
Ing card at the Medford armory,
clashing In a no-tlme-llmlt, finish
match, it was announced today by
Promoter Mack Llllard. It will be a
return go from the spectacular draw
affair the boys staged In the middle
engagement last Monday.
The Black Secret, upsetter of Bob
Kenaston, will face Tony Oarlbaldl
In the nflddle attraction, and two
newcomers will round out the pro
gram, meeting In the opener. They
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brother of Alvln Brltt and Lefty
Pacer of Indiana, a clean and scien
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Promoter LUIsrd said that Kenas
ton. peeved pver what he termed a
raw deal In last Monday's main
event, had pulled freight out of
southern Oregon and headed southward.
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Coast League
Portland 8. Los Angeles 3.
Seattle 1, Oakland 3.
Hollywood 8, San Diego 1.
San Pranclsco 9, Sacramento 8.
National League
At Chicago 0, Brooklyn 7.
At St. Louis S, New York 8.
At Cincinnati-Boston, rain.
At Pittsburgh-Philadelphia, cold.
American league
At New York 4, Cleveland 1.
At Washington 1. Detroit 4.
At Philadelphia 6. Bt. Louis 9.
At Boston 4, Chicago 3.
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eTTJOmnS. May 13. (API Out
Klbbee. film comedian who came
bsck to the McKenzie river this
year to get the "btg ones he met
last summer." landed a throe-pound
rainbow trout yesterday afternoon.
tn the company of his wife and
Prince HeUrtch, veteran boatman of
the McKenrle, the film star landed
the beautiful redslde trout after a
tussle which lasted more thsn 30
minutes. In addition, he caught 13
falrnlMd fish.
Klbbee was so pleased with his
catch that he decided to abandon
his plans to go to the Oregon coast
area and remain on the McKenale
till Friday morning when he will
leaves for Grants Pass for some fish
ing on the Rogue.
Trout Fishing Good
In Chetco Is Word
Trout fishing In the Chetko river
la excellent, much better than at the
same time last year, sccordtng to ,
word received today from Hiram J.
Hlght.
Mr. Hlght reports that many tr ;
being taken on bucktall files. Doc '
Shelton spinners and worms for ban I
Football players of Ashland aren't
the only athletes singing the praise
of that fine, newly lighted gridiron,
which received Its baptism Tuesday
night when the
sentors beat the
high school var
sity, 6 to 0.
Directly fol
lowing the pig
skin encounter.
Manager Jack
Bauldlng of the
Ashland Llthlans
got some of his
baseball boya out
under the glim
mers for a labor
tory test to de
termine whether
the arcs shed
enoush artificial dayllgnt for the na
tional pastime. The result, to all
concerned. Indicated that Ashland,
right now, is ready for night base
ball. The ball piny era didn't look at any
pitching, but they did shag fly balls
and grounders. And, to a man, they
reported the horsehlde could be clear
ly followed from the time It left the j
bat until It plopped In their gloves.
Darby O 'Toole, who can whack out
fungoes with the best of them, whaled
away and sent the apple miles high,
snd It never did pass from the range
of the lights. Outfielders had no
trouble In following the flight
of the ball, and drives on the
ground were spparently Just as vis
ible as In broad daylight.
The only question remaining
In whether the lamp!) will fur
nish enough 'Illumination for n !
batter faring a fnst-hall rhueker. '
Manager Bauldlng believes they
Mill, hut n more thorough tent
will be made soon to definitely
settle the question. So Tar as
the fielding Is concerned, the
lights are undoubtedly bright
enough. If. after a batter versus
pitcher tet, the lamps are prov
ed sufficient, southern Oregon
fniiK can expert some night base
ball In jig time.
For that matter. In case the light
ing system Isn't quite brilliant
enough for hitters swinging at a
speedballer, not much remains to be
done to make It so. Home plate on
the field Is located at the extremo
north corner, and there are no Hht
poles at the northeast end of the i
park. At the most. It would take
only one more pole with Its cluster j
of five globes to do the trick, the
pole being placed at the northeast
end of the field and near the plate, j
Maybe that wouldn't even be neccs- :
sary. an extra lamp or so on the
poles nearest the plata might do the i
trick. j ,
Anyway. It looks like Ashland has
stolen a big march on everv othr
town In southern Oregon and north
ern California, whether intentional
or not. Lights for night baseball
have been a dream with ball players
and fans for years, and It has ben
sincerely hoped the dream would
come true, maybe next aesson. For
Ashland, It apparently has come true,
so It's up to Grants Pass. Klamath
Falls. Bend. Medford and the north
ern California villages to fall In line.
When four, six or eight cities In this
territory install lights for after-dark
baseball, nothing much more will re
main before a class E or class D.
circuit can be organized.
Actually, the Ashland field lights
haven't as much power as those llsht
Ing the Medford turf gridiron. Ash
land has eight poles with 1500-watt
globes In clusters of five, while Med
ford has the same number of poles,
but with six 1500-watt globes on each
pole. However, the Ashland lamps
are 70 feet above the ground while
Medford's are 63, which undoubtedly
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Timber Products Company
Manager Jurt Pernoll's Grants
Pass Merchants, surprise team of
the Southern Oregnn league,
comes to Medford Sunday to hat
tie our Craters In the local In
augural, and great tcfttlvlttc are
helng planned. Already a long
list of prim for Prater "firsts"
hare been donated hy Medford
citizens, and elaborate opening
day ceremonies are helng ar
ranged. Grants Pass, with a bunch of
youngsters sent there by the St. Louis
Browns, and a sprinkling of veterans,
knocked over Crescent city last Sun
day, 10 to 6, and great was the re
joicing all over the circuit, except In
the lair of the Crescents. The coast
club, champions last year, were fig
ured odds-on favorites to repeat, and
the early setback by Grants Pass
changed the entire complexion of the
race. .
Grants Pass will come to Medford
wtth a powerful team, make no mis
take about It. Steve Crippen, a youius
righthander, will probably be on the
mound, and II he hurls like he did
against Crescent City, the locals will
have to havo their hitting pants on.
Al Drolette has been shifted to first
base to make way for Hogers, a bril
liant young catcher, and other well
known players are Chuck Ostrom,
Melvln McCarthy, Phil Griggs and
Russell Blacksmith.
Manager Wally Rlckert of the Cra
ters waa especially pleased with the
manner In which the local "mur
derera' row" went to work on three
Ashland throwers Sunday. Also, with
the way husky Ray Ertckson wheeled
bla fast one down the slot for alt
Innings after relieving Bill Rathka tn
the second. Ray's curve ball was also
breaking sharp and sudden, and all
In all It was Just about the young
hurler's finest pitching exhibition In
two years.
Skipper Rlckert Issued a seiioiut
ultimatum today regarding playera
who haven't been reporting for prac
tice regularly. Re said that from
now on. those who didn't show up
Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdsys
would be replaced In the Uneup with
gentlemen sitting on the bench, and
rarln to go.
"We have so many good ball play
ers sitting on the bench." Rlckert
explained, "that all the regulars ha7e
to hustle every minute to retain their
positions. From now on. regulsra
missing practice sessions will be re
placed with players who do work
out." 4
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