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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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