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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNEMEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1938. M PAGE TEN SB El fo 111 4! LEAGUE-LEADING CRATERS HOP TO Lowell Brown to Face Lefty Koll in Southpaw Duel 'Medford Bats at .402 Clip Erickson Leader A southpaw pitching "battle of tho century" will be staged at Crescent City Sunday afternoon when Med ford's league-leading Crater clash with the Crescent City Merchants In ft crucial Southern Oregon league encounter. The battle starts at 3:30. Lowell Brown, big Medford first baseman with the explosive curve and lzzllng fast ball, will start his first ball game on the mound this year. Opposl ng him wt 1 1 be Lefty M 1 ke Koll, brilliant Crescent City southpaw who pitched the coast team to the pennant last season, and In his first start last Sunday held Qlendale to four hits In chalking up a 3 to 2 victory. Medford holds the circuit's top spot with two wins and no losses, while Orescent City, Aahland, Qlendale and O rants Pass are bunched In a tie for second place with one victory and one defeat. Yreka has exclusive rights to the cellar with no wins in two tarts. Other league games Sunday will tee Qlendale traveling to Ash land and Grants Pass entertaining Yreka. Manager Wally Rlckert of the Cra tera plans to itart Tommy White on first base, In Brown's position, and probably Billy Calvert In left field However, Calvert and Rum Acheson will alternate. Remainder of the heavy-hlttlng Craters will line up with Cliff McLean catching, Manager Rlcki ert on second, Dick Lewis at short;. Arba Ager on third, Dick Sakralda in center field and Paul "Hoosler" HoN fard In right. Bill Rathke and Ray Erickson will be reserve hurlers. Team batting averages released to day by League Secretary Austin Fra zler. reveal one reason why the Cra ters are leading the circuit an almost unbelievable hitting percent age of .402. Included in Med ford's 33 hits In 83 times at bat are two homers, two triples and 11 doubles. Ray Erickson, Crater pitcher, Is tho nominal league batting leader with three hits In four trips for a .760 average, although Avery, Olendale second baseman, Is the actual pace setter with five blows In seven at tempts for a .714 average. Secretary Frazler said Individual league batting averages would be released following next Sunday's games, Team batting and Individual Med ford averages follow; Team Averages AB. R. Medford ' 83 Grants Pass 70 Qlendale 03 Yreka 07 ja il 6 4 13 8 Ashland 78 Crescent City 72 Crater Hatting Averages AB. R. H. Erickson 4 3 8 Sak Hilda ......... 8 3 6 McLeun 10 8 6 Rlckert .... 8 4 4 White 3 11 Ave. .402 .230 .243 .339 .237 .107 Ave. .760 .626 .600 .600 .600 Fishing Will fie Good This Weekend The road to Fish lake is expected to be open the salmon are running in the river and lots of trout in the smaller streams. TROUT and SALMON OUTFITS, SALMON EGOS, NIGHT CRAWLERS, ARTIFICIAL LURES, WADERS, PICNIC EQUIPMENT. HUBBARD BROS. INC. Bobby Demonstrates ft t -ft..,, tf jy - 5 h ' . . Sport Graphs .... Billy Hulen says: Sport Arbiters Greater Heroes Than Athletes llohhy f'hlfk (uliovt) nppitrrntlv linn nn oppnnont. In a bud way, a ultllutlon Im will attempt i.- ilrvrlop with I'livvil llrltt nevt Mnuiluv nlKhl nlirn they inert In the middle event at the armory. Iloljli; Is former llghl heavyweight rhaniplon of the world. Lewla Acheson Hoffard Brown Calvert Rathke Ager Plche .. Harrington 10 5 8 6 3 .400 .400 .333 2S0 .350 .390 .167 .000 .000 Lightweight Champions of Summer! Gen time Palm Beach SUITS Sold exclusively by Rrlnhaet ft Barker Palm Beach is the name of the most popular summer suit in the world the suit that lets you breathe. You can have it in blue or brown or gray or white, in fact, in a wholo world of col ors and patterns. Genuine Palm Beach suits in both dou. ble or single breasted styles, with all tho fine detailing of custom clothes. $17.75 Other Suits From $25 up twi TANGLE AT RED LYONS EVENT . Yy:-3 Saturday Is Straw Hat Day Keep your head cool this summer with a new straw, Sailors and Panamas in all shades. $1.95 up (Iciiuino Palm Honch Suits Are Sold Kxchisivoly in Medford Hy Reinhart & Barker "Medford Arrow Shirt Store" With two straight wins to h: credit, southern Oregon wrestling's man of myatery the masked Black l Secret will receive his toughest test Monday night In the armory when i he fncea Red Lyons, doplln Ghost, I In the main event of Imprcasarlo Mack LI Hard "a weekly offering of legalized mayhem. ! Following hla defent three weeks ! ago by Junior Heavyweight Cham- , pton Dude Chlok, the hooded demon ! unleashed a brutal attack that brought him decisive victories over Sfct. Bob Kenaston and Tony "Poosh 'Em Up' Garibaldi, and the consensus i among local grappling fans la that the mysterious villain Is becoming a tougher nut to crack with each suc ceeding match. Red Lyons catapulted himself Into a main event role last Monday by handing Bobby Chick one of the ex-Ilght heavyweight champs worst defeats, and with the grappling mul tltudo clamoring for a Secret-Lyons embrogllo. LUlard went to work and -ot their names on the dotted line, The brawl is expected to prove one i f the most sensational of the year. Bobby Chick faces Floyd Brltt. ; vm-breaker expert. In the middle event and Lefty Pacer and Oarlbaldi mix In the opener. T FAVORED IN MEET CORVALLIS. May 20. (P Bend the defending champion, and Grant of Protland were the favorites today to win the team title at the 13th annual state Interscholastlc track and field meet. Preliminaries will be held today on Bell field with the finals tomorrow afternoon. More than 200 athletes from the einht state districts will compete. Clear, warm axles guaranteed fair weather conditions for the prosnects of record-breaking performances In a number of events. Grant's 16-man team, the largest In the meet, was ranked a shade ahead of Bend. Washington of Port land figured as a dark horse contender with an eight-man squad. Mellow memories the "Giy Ninettes recall Clarir'i ly favorite ihi as now. 1.05Pt. '2.00 Qt. o ooi L r There are heroes and heroes m the world of sports, but for our money the most valorous In the whole busi ness Is the guy who stays In tne:e p 1 1 c h 1 n s al though the bleacher wolves are howling tor his neck and the athletes are threatening to commit nothing short of mayhem and murder. We mean the umpire r e f eree, official, "blind torn." oi whatever his title may be at the moment, depend Ing on what sort 7 of a content he Is suposed to be over&eelng. You can have your gent who knocks homers with the bases loaded, runs 90 yards on the klckoff or wallops an opponent Into oblivion In the squared circle. We'll take the citizen who .practically takes his llfo !n his hands to call 'em s he wes 'em. who never pleases everyone at the same time and whoso every action is alt wrong, to one side or the other Take Earl ' YoakJey, for Instance, the lanky referee whewe Job it Is to keep law and order In Promoter Mack LI Hard's wrestling arena, and keep a couple of huskies out of the laps of ringside patrons. Earl Is pro Dab ty as a good a referee as any in the smaller grappling circles, but to hear the bleacher wolves yelp they aw still bleacher wolves whether tney park In the bleachers, galleries or ringside reserved seats), he la the ultimate in mediocrity. Nothing he does Is right, to the wolves who are backing the wrestler penalized, and even when he does render a popular decision he gets no thanks for it. It was practically the same with Ray Prlsble, the grappling referee who preceded Yoakley. Ray received mere than his share of catcalls and Abute from the wolves, and especially in Klamath Falls was he no friend of the gallery and ringside customers. Like Yoakley, Prlsble stood In there and did his darndest, paying little attention to the patrons and their yowling. While wrestling audiences are probably the most violent voral- - ly, your baseball hug Is not far behind. Already (his season, wv nrel umps have receipted for neat verbal heatings on rinse drrMuiiK, and Lew Miles, big Medford "man In blue," even got a wild round house swung at him In the league opener at Ashland two weeks ago, but by a ball player. And, that brings up another phase of an umpire's derided bravery he not only has to fare he erowd's an gry outbursts, but Is liable to get tangled up with an aroused ath lete now and then. In the Grants Pass-Medford ball game here last Sunday, both Miles and Phil Griggs, Grants Pss contribu tion to the umpiring situation, were the targets of considerable beeflngr on the part of' fans and players. Grants Pass- dyed-ln-the-wools. vho Had accompanied their club to Med ford, raved and ranted over the call Ing of balls and strikes, and Miles wasn't alone In being the cause. They even tongue-lashed Griggs. As per usual, Al Drolette, Grants Pass first baseman, wore a path from the bench to the plate to squabble with both ball-and-strlke umps, and Jake Glpe, another Grants Pa "ump-balter." gave Ancient Al plenty of moral support. In Ashland, two weeks ago. Clyde Young, the Ltthians own umpire, took an awful verbal beating from the stands and from players of Manager Balding' team, and with the Craters giving him many dirty looks. It was a rough day in every respect. Wo, want It clearly understood that, this little piece isn't a slap on the wrist to naughty sport fans who abuse the poor, dear umpire or rf eree, MRybo they need a good, vocif erous lambasting now and then, and It's a cinch ball games and wre.itllng matches would be pretty dull affairs if fans were forbade yelling "You blind robber," and such. That's the Inherent right of the American sport tr.g public to fire the works at any body even remotely connected with the game and far be it from this scribbler to deny them that right. In fact, when fans get sufficiently heated up to sling their word-barrage, you can he certain they are en Joying the contest to the fullest ex tent, and that means sport enthusi asm Is rd-hot. which Is what every body prays for. Nope, this outburst Is neither In defense nor to accuse, either the of ficials or the fans and players. It is merely our own private opinion as to who are the real heroes In the world of sports. May those "blind robbers" enjoy long and happy lives. successfully duck all pop bottles heav ed at their heads, and keep right on "calling them fast and walking away tough." as the dean of umpires. George Moriarlty, once advised young umps to. do. V C...u WINDOW' Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. .OH HO. - .oth '. ,rdln '"! 0ur CO' .SZ- MONEY-SAVING "SPRING TONIC" FOR YOUR CAR 'Want a smooth-running car to take you on those Spring drives? Then drive around to your Stop-Wear dealer. Have him drain winter-worn gear oils and refill with correct Summer-grade Union Friction-Proof lubricants Have him give . .your car the complete Stop-Wear Spring Check-Up. Re member do as car makers advise: "Change gear oils each 5,000 miles." Stop at the Stop-Wear dealer-rf'i the place. 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