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Ml PAGE TEN MEDFOUn MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOTtD. ORECON. ERTDAY. JUSTE 24. im Crescent Crew Coming Sunday for Crucial Battle With Craters KOLL- AND SLATED TO STAGE DUEL Medford Beset by Injuries- Game Will Be Factor in Deciding 3-Way Dead lock for League Lead flout hrrn Oregon League W L Pct.'GB Medford 5 Crescent Clty... ft Grants Pass H ft Yreka . 8 Glendale ....... 3 Ashland .......... l .714 .714 .714 .439 .385 .143 Games behind leader. Where They play Sunday Crescent City at Medford. Grants Pass at Yreka. Ashland at Olendale. The tightest, toughest, most terrific Southern Oregon baaetmll league pen nant race In 10 years ends Its first- half schedule Sunday afternoon. Roaring down the stretch have come three fighting ball clubs Med- ford's crashing Craters, the Grants Pass Merchants and Crescent City. They go to the post Sunday (n a triple deadlock for first place, and after firing Is completed along about ft O'clock In the afternoon, there may be an undisputed first-half cham plon, and there may not. Two Results possible This slam-bang, dog -eat -dog flng chase can wlndup Its first eight games in only two ways. If Grants Pass gets upset by a fast-coming Yreka club, the winner of the Med-ford-Crescent City game here will become first-half champions and earn the right to meet the second-half winner for the league b aner. How ever, If Grants Pass beats Yreka. which Is expected, then the Mer chants and tut winner of the Med-ford-Crescent city game will be tied for the top, and a playoff game will become necessary. ' Weakened and put In poor condi tion by a disheartening series of Injuries, the Craters move against Lefty Mike Koll and his Crescent City club, at the high school park la the feature attraction of the circuit. Opposing the brilliant Koll, hurler . of a no-hit, no-run game this year, j will be big Lowell Brown, Medford's i undefeated southpaw. Brown will j attempt to tuck away his fourth straight victory and repeat his two hit performance of May 33, when he bent Koll and Crescent City, 4 to 0. The Crescent City portslder will bo gunning for his sixth pitching win In seven starts, and also to retain his league batting leadership. Tommy White Out Tommy White, the .470-hlttlng Medford outfielder, Is still definitely on the shelf with a cracked wrist, and will see no action. Dick Low la, shortstop, received a nasty aplktt would at Grant pass last Sunday and Is still hobbling around. Billy Calvert, sensational outfielder, got splinters In his left hand early this week, and Infection promptly de veloped. He will play, though, nick Sakralda, leftflelder, Is suffering from a sore arm, as Is Bob Smith, first baseman. About the only hale and hearty Craters left are Chief McLean, dynamic Indian catcher: Brown; Man ager Wally Rtckert, second baseman; Arba Ager, third baseman and Hoo sler Hoffard, rlghtflelder. And, Boss RIckert Is keeping his fingers crossed lest something dire befall those that are healthy. The year's largest crowd Is expected to pnek the twin grandstands for the first appearance of Crescent City and Mike Koll In Medford this season. The coast club, which won both halves of the pennant race last year because of Roll's sensational pitching and hitting, will be bent on avenging Its loss to Medford earlier In the campaign. Special Events As an added attraction to the ball fame, expected to be the best of tho year, a V track meet" will be held starting at 3 o'clock, with Calvert of Mrdford and Ed Matson, Crescent City second baseman, answering the question in a 50-yard dash as to who Is the Southern Oregon league's fast est player. They will start. In right field and break the tape somewhere near home plate. In addition, there will be an accuracy -throwing contest for outfielders of both teams, and the same for both cntchers. Prlzoa will be awarded winners. In other loop games. Grants Pass will depend on Its ace righthander, j Steve Crlppen, to beat Yreka and give 1 the Merchants a tie for the first -half pennant. Poster will pitch for Yreka. At Glendale. Crlnnok will do the Ashland hurling and Glenn Elliott will work for the Lowers. This game has no bearing on the race, as both teams are eliminated. WIMBLEDON, Eng., June 2. (AP) Sarah Palfrey Pabyan, Ameri can Wlglltmon cup team member from Boston, moved Into the fourth round of the all-England tennis ehsmplanMitps today with a 6-1. 8-0 detest of Miss CI. M. Southwell ot KiiRltind. SAFETY for Your SATING S JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN 126 EA8T MAIN ST. Will Wrestle Cowpoke Ti-rrllilr Itj ( hrlstv (uhnve) In the muln ivrestNiiK hunt tit the .Mrdforrl armory next Monday night, and lornl fan wlm-en-ly hope he gets all broken up by the i-hainplon. 1-ai.t Monday, ( hrlaty jnve Millnnnlil a aerere beatliiK, only to lone on fouls, and as Milloiiulil hent Chick In their lant battle, the nine hoy, flu lire Terrible Ted Ktands an excellent chance of lacing the Cowboy. Kverybody hopes not. CCC BOYS STAGE LIVELY BATTLES AT ELKS PICNIC Before a crowd of several hun dred cheering Elks, fighters from camps of the Medford CCC district last night staged the most spec tacular boxing card In the history of the Elks'-CCC series. Tho bouts were a purt of tho Elks' picnic program at their grounds near Medford. Only two knockout featured tho card, the boya being almost perfeotly matched and most of the bouts going the limit with the battlers standing close together no trading punches. tho main ovent. between Jim Oonrales, 148. Sims, and Joo Do Mar. 148. Solad, was by no means the beat bout on tho card from the spectators' standpoint, both boys being cngy, experienced flRhtcrs who kept themselves out of trouble and went to a draw. Johnny Jurs. 133. Sims, for two years runner-up for the California state A. A, U. championship, de clsloned Jim Wheeler, 136, Sclnd. In one of the ovcnlns's best hmit. Tho lcss--experlenccd Wheeler made up in gameness what ho lackerf m technique, and could well bo brought jim-r iw a rematch with Jurs. Hcrg Grant. 108. Wineglass, knock ed out Mason Lowronce. 108. Annie- gate, In the third round of tholr msi Dout, nnd Andy PVroncy. 127, Love Beds, dcclsloned Albert Rodri guez. 138, Selad, In another good bout. Jo Jo Moore, 100. Wlmer, found an opponent to his liking In Art Ouont, 1U0. Lava Beds, and tho boys fought a heated bout to a draw. Al Boblnson. 169. Wineglass, and Howard Oarrctt. 168, Applegnte, also' drew. Burt Wlttenburg. 160. Diamond Lake, a lanky fighter, drew with Henry Diets.. 163. Lav Beds. In a good bout. John Crowde. 144. South I"ork, knocked out Archlo Stlnson. ,144, Wineglass, in the third round of tbclr bout. Two stocky lads. Johnny Hoder quez. Selad. and Aubrey Mathews. 130, Diamond Lake, put on one ot the best bouts of the show. Roder queii. a tough boy, nearly had Mat hews out In the second, but the youngster came back In a fine show of gameness and fought It out to the end, losing to Roderquea on a decision. Roy Heger. 125. South Fork, and Ben Klrby, 125, Wlucglass, drew In The "good old mm daVf" come back i"J II to memory whrn iff of IJ Clirle'i li k fl XTX mentioned JjKS fjfgl then, at now, yjMvfUan famous for jfySU- $2.00 Qt. jjiK''' BOURBON PV'-ffy3grf ji.ospt. 3ijiy',ap $2.00 Qt. o moo, mil wwm kit i mil . Oil iliitim waitKIt . ASSOCIATION t" ? ftfj take, a crack at Cowboy Dude Chirk a fast three-round opener. Capt. William C. Ryan, district athletic of ficer, was In charge of the show. IN BATTLE FOR PORTLAND, Ore., June 24. (AP) Pour golfers, representing Everett. Seattle and Portland, bid for Initial possession of the Pacific Northwest Oolf association tournament title In semi-final matchea today. Nono of the four has held the crown. They are Jack Westland. Ev erett; Scelcy Allen. Seattle: Don Moe and Roy Wiggins, both of Portland. Westland went to the 21st hole yesterday to defeat Dr. O. P. Willing, Portland, winning when the veteran golfer, like Westland a former Walk er cup team member, caught a trap. Seeley Allen also went Into extra holes In defeating Chuck Hunter. Ta coma, on the 10th. Moe and Wiggins were not pressed to take their matches. Moe, Walker cup alternate, beat Rudle Wllhelm. long-hlttlng Portland veteran. 0 and 5, whllo Wiggins eliminated Malcolm MacNaughton. San Francisco; 6 and 4. Westland met Allen and Moe matched Wiggins today. first flight, results yesterday in cluded: C. E. Hoymond. Tacoma. won from Fred Lyman. Seattle, default: Forrest Watson. Seattle, defaulted to Hnrold Salvador, Portland: George will. Portland, defaulted to Dr. W. Cam eron, Tacoma: Don Thompson. Port land, beat Clifton Smith, Eugene, 3 and 1: Ben Hughes, Eugene, default ed to Bob Philips, Tacoma: Harry Oivon. Senttle, defaulted to J. C. Haskell, Olympla. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Arts Is 1:30 p. m. CHEVROLE1 leads k and the SixesC) pn? t& : Lead the World ' 1 m mIKI Office and Salesroom, Sparta Building G. TEAMS TO INVADE IVI ED FO RDT0 N I G HT Jennings Tire Outfit Se-; lected to Uphold Local Honor Girls Team Also Coming From Climate City OAMES TONIGHT Inter-City Gamp Grants Pass vs. Jennings Tire, 0 p. m. Grants Pass Girls vs. Medford Mer chant Girls. 9 p. m. Challenge Game Gasco vs. Lamports, 8 p. m. Division A Game Catholic Men vs. Wooden Box, S p. m. Medford soft ball fans will see their first lnter-clty games tonight at the stadium when Jennings Tire com pony, chosen by the field manage ment to represent Mcdfora, clashes with a strong club from Grants Pass, and the Medford Merchants' girls' team faces a feminine outfit from the Climate City. Both encoun ters start at 9 o'clock. First challenge game of the season will also be staged this evening, with Gasco of Division B tangling with Lamports of Da vision A for the right to enter the latter division. Lamports, In the Division A cellar, was chal lenged by the four top Division B clubs, with Gasco winning the right to play through a draw. In case Ckisco wins from Lamports, the two teams will exchange their respective positions In the two divisions, with Gasco entering A loop and Lamports the B. This game starts at 8 p. m. Completing the program, Wooden Boxmcn and Catholic Men will meet at 8 o'clock In a regularly scheduled Division A encounter. Timber Pro ducts, Division A lender, travels to Ashland tonight to face the unde feated Miner team in that city. In Division A battles last night, Lamports hung up their first victory of the year by defeating their old rivals, Piche. 4 to 1, in a tight pitch ers' duel. Wooden Baxmen stnged a j six-run uprising in the last Inning to overcome a 3-to-l disadvantage and beat Murray's Maid-Rite, 7 to 3. Office Boys committed 13 errors and were held to a lone hit by Birl Dale, as Timber Products crashed out a 2u-to-0 victory. In the lone Division B game, Gro ceteria scored three runs In the last half of the seventh and final lnunlng to nose out Western States groery, 8 to 7, and throw the division Into a four-way deadlock for first place. Division A scores: R. H. E. Timber Products 20 8 1 Office Boys 0 1 13 Dale and J. Smith; Kunzmon and Lcnnard. R. H. E. Wooden Boxmcn - 7 82 Maid-Rite - - 3 4 2 Steiner and Wilson; Lcavltt and G. Gltzen. R. H. E. Lamports 4 6 1 Plche 14 6 Walker and Montelth; Verblck and Botts. Phone 542. Well haul away you: refuse. City Sanitary Service. the Sixes ROGUE RIVER Sport Graphs . . . Billy Hulen says: Max Not Alone In Befuddlement Following Fight Well, here is our fight obituary youse guys around town have been hollering for since Wednesday night. It Is one day Tate for the sim ple reason that our so-called mind was so be fuddled yester day that we could n't even write our own name, let alone put enough words together t o manufacture one p a r a g raph ; that would make I sense. Schmeltng Wily Buiea wasn't the only gent paralyzed by Joe Louis rights and lefts. . We have only one alibi to offer. and we believe Schmellng should squawk to' the New York state box ing commission. Louis was allowed to enter the ring with a double handful of hand-grenades, while poor Max had only a feather duster in each paw. That Schmellng failed even to tickle the champ's whiskers doesn't change matters any. It was a distinct disadvantage and handicap that the German was laboring under, because a feather duster will always come out second best to a hand grenade. It's the principal of the thing. When those hand-grenades start ed exploding on Max's chin, the challenger had no opportunity to bring his feather dusters Into action. That Is the story of the fight, as we see it. Had Bchmellrlg been able to tickle the BrdVn Bomber's whis kers right off the bat. it might have been different. Louis might have stopped to laugh and Max might have pulled up a ring post and slugged his opponent on tho head. But that didn't happen bo Max and me will have to stay In and take our bitter medicine. We have one consolation, t li o ii g It, even If KchmelliiK hnsn't. We have qualified to stand proudly nt the top of the heap with that ,very vast army of Bports writers whose prnjjnos tlcntfmm of prize fights are sel dom correct. In fact, we have never picked one right ; our n mazing record of misses Is still Intact, so we modestly nominate ourselves, even over Henry Mc I.emore. as the "chumpeen" fight predictor of the country. Any second to the nomination? Tommy White is the best look ing young baseball prospect to per form in southern Oregon in the past 25 years, in the opinion of no less an authority on the national pastime than Court Hall, who was managing clubs here In Medford long before Tommy gripped and swung his first rattle from the left side of his crib. He takes my eye," Court en thused over the 21 -year -old ex- Junior American Legion player and PF1 IT j - i vi v-' ?w v 4 Used Car Lot 234 North Riverside, Foot of Fourth Street present Crater outfielder, "From what I have seen of htm, he looks like one of those rare natural hit ters who aren't worried about any kind of Ditching. He could prob ably hit equally as good against Coast league pitchers as he is now, That, kind of batter socks everything that comes up good, regardless of who's throwing.' We have had those same thoughts regarding the youngster for some time, and have stated so In this department. Now that Court Mall chimes In with his opinion, right on the heels of ft like, statement by Owney Pat ton, another old-timer who should know of which he speaks. there remains no doubt In our mind that Tommy really has what It takes. At the same time Court handed his bouquet to White, he recalled the time several years ago he had a contract for Cliff "Chief" McLean, then catching for Ashland, calling for a tryout with the San Fran cisco Seals. Cliff didn't sign It, mainly because Howard Hobson. then coaching Southern Oregon Normal school basketball and football teams. turned on all his persuasive person - amy ana painted a glowing picture of the honor and glory the Chjef wouia receive li he stayed In Ash land and fought for dear old SONS. Hobby forgot to mention to McLean that you can't eat honor and glory, nevertheless. Cliff, who would un- ouowaiy nave been a cinch to make good In the Coast league, lis tened to Hobby, and so he Is still Playing ball in the Southern Ore gon league and working for a Uv Ing. And, probably wondering what price au tnat honor and glory. s iraucAi I 10 SEMI-FINALS PORTL'AND, June 24. tip Marian McDougall, Portland, defending cham pion in the Pacific Northwest Golf as sociation women's tournament, came into her own yesterday after yielding the limelight to Miss Betty Jame son. San Antonio, Texas, par-breaking medalist. Miss McDougall went Into the semi finals with an easy 4 and 3 victory over Miss Nancy Hurst, Portland. Miss Jameson, long-hitting Texan, defeated Miss Muriel Veatch, Port land, 2 up on the 18th. Patsy McKenna. youthful Portland- er, defeated Mrs. J. K. Prlebe. Seattle, 4 and 2. Mrs. M. M. Wagner, La Grande, eliminated the other Seattle con tender. Mrs. J. E. Beck, 2 up. In ,Jhe semi-final bracket today, Mis McDougall faced Mrs. Wagner nnd Miss Jameson met Miss Mc Kenna, the dark-horse entry. I RICHARDSON SPRINGS In the mountains near Chico, Cal. I & Offers the Ideal Vacation for Every Member of the Family HEALTH, PLEASURE RECREATION , Accommodations to Fit Every Vacation Budget Direct Train Connections, S. P. and Sac. Northern Paved Highway Right to Door CHEVROLET Heavyweight Boom Bursts For Lack of Suitable Foes By Gayle Talbot NEW YORK, June 24. (AP) Max Schmellng la In a hospital serosa the street from Madison Square Garden the same one In which Ernie Schaaf died after a clubbing by Prlmo Camera and with the passing ot the German as an active threat to the heavyweight title the fight game abruptly has hit a sort of "dead-center. Two days ago, before Max walked Into a crushing first-round defeat by Joe Louis at the Yankee stadium and received the spinal Injury which probably has closed his blg-tlme car eer, the boxlag business was booming better than Wall street In the lush days, Now. suddenly, the bubble has burst. Louis stands alone, with no op. ponent In sight except Max Baer, I man once whipped brutally by the tall young negro. Promoter Mike Jacobs Is negotiat ing for another Louls-Baer fight either In September here, or next summer In San Francisco. But Mlk doesnt have his heart In It. and Baer Is willing to face the music again only because of the money Involved. Mnxle Pitiful Maxle made a pitiful showing the other time he was exposed to the Louis blasts. Since then he has done nothing more notable than get mar ried, croon to his first-born and split two decisions with Tommy Farr. Ii will be extremely difficult to drum up big Interest In another Louls-Baer scrap. Louis Is back In Chicago today. starting to enjoy a long loaf. He and his wife are thinking seriously of making a boat trip all the way to Europe next month, though passing up Germany as a point of Interest. Joe Is not particularly anxious to fight in September, as Uncle Sam fiom now on will be taking an ab normally large cut of the champ s '938 earnings. The Income tax has been explained to Joe. Although he and his entourage were In the mid-town sector all yes terday afternoon before boarding their train to Chicago, Louis didn't get around to visiting Schmellng at the Polyclinic. Neither-did he evince much Interest In Max's condition, leading observers to the conclusion that Joe really was no more fond of the German than he had acted In : the ring on Wednesday night. I No Return Go Talk There Is absolutely no talk of a return go between him nnd Louts. Max sorely disappointed those who thought he could whip Louis again. The slow-motion pictures of the bout, shown to the boxing writers late yesterday, accentuate the tre mendous superiority of Louis. Thuy show that he hit Max almost as he pleased, and that Max appeared to be groping through thick fog well before he received the blows that sent him to the hospital. Service Department 32 North Riverside The picture prove too, that there was no question of the punches that laid Schmellng low being Intention ally foul. When Max. taking an aw ful pasting against the ropes, turned sideways from a blow .to the head. Louis stmpl7 continued to throw lefts and rights to the body. A pair ot them hit the vital spot Just above the left hip bone. The most that Referee Arthur Don ovan could have done when the kid ney punches landed was warn Louis, providing he thought the blows In tentional. As they obviously were not, he disregarded them. Special Communication of Medford Lodge No. 103, "A. F. & A. M.. Friday. June 24th at 8 p. m. Work M. M. degree. Reports Grand Lodge session. Visitors welcome. Re freshments. L. L. SANDERS, W. M. R. E. SWEENEY, Secretary. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads. pit
