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MEDFORD MATT, TRTBUNE. MEDFOTil). OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JTJLY 27. 1938.
Hostak Knocks Steele Out in First Round to Annex Championship
FRED FLATTENED
FOUR TIMES BY
Left Cross to Jaw in Open
ing Seconds Leaves Ta
coma Boy Loop-Legged
Hostak Happy in Victory
Bv Frank Gorrle
brattle. July 37 (API Al "Hos
tile" Hostak, a 22-year-old kid from
tho Georgetown brewery district of
Seattle who would aa oon puncn you
In the nose aa shake hands, wore the
world's middleweight championship
crown today.
The overall youngster, wielding
murderous left hand, battered down
Freddie Steele, the Tacoma boy who
held the title two years, four times to
win In one minute, 43 seconds 01 me
first round of their scneauiea u
round bout.
Hostak Happy
A huge throng of some 30,000 hard.
ly realized the battle was over when
Referee Jack Dompeey counted ten
over the glnssy-eyod Steele who lay
bleedlni and battered In the rosin
it took Hostak, too, some time to
man he was the champion, but
when ho did he Jumped and danced
all over the ring.
' "I am the happiest guy tn the
country," cried Hostak. "I saw a hole
and let that left go. Boy am I
' nanny."
And that's Just the way the bout
finished. . Al spotted an opening tnru
Steele's guard, lot fly with a left
cross to the Jaw, and Steele wont
down In a heap. He wos so far gone
he didn't know what to do and con
sequently did the wrong thing. He
got right up groggy and weaving and
he was an easy mark the rest of the
way. Hostak charged In throwing
punches from every direction and
Steele bounced twice moro before he
finally took a vicious right that fin
ished him.
Gate Near (00,000
Steele will get between 30,000 and
139,000 for his final dafenso of his
title, It was ostlmatcd today, as his
share of tho gate receipts, which were
near tho a.00,000 mark. Hostak will
get 1314 per cont of the receipts after
the taxes have been deducted.
"I wish Al good luck," said Steele
from under on Ice pack In the dress
ing room. "I did the some thing
once" moaning he won the title
from Babe Rlsko here two years ago.
"They all got caught up with some
time. I was protty well shaken. Say,
can you tell mo how many times I
went down?"
And Hostok asked tho same ques
tion. Ho didn't know, olther, the
number of times he flattened Freddie.
Slecle To Host
Stools, an expectant papa, will take
an extended rest before ho considers
returning to tho ring, his manoger,
Eddio Miller, said.
Eddie Marino, Hostak's manager,
commented :
"I knew Ai could lick him two
years ago. Wo are ready to meet all
comers but we haven't any plnns yot."
Hostak haa been at tho business
since hli:h school days and he now
boasts 10 consecutive .knockouta. He
has had 0D battles and lost but one.
That was to Jimmy Best of Tacoma
when ho was a welterweight. Later
he got even with Jimmy. He has
never been knocked off his feot.
Dempscy called Hostak "the nearest
thing to Stanley Kctchell we over had
had In the fight arena."
Dempaoy praised Steele's gamenres
and disclosed: the follen tltleholder
had wonted' to continue even after
being counted out.
HOW THEY
" Mm Bmt alt sV
Coast League
W.
L. PC.
80 .880
81 .671
58 .826
67 .621
68 .608
02 .476
4 .402
77 .388
L. PC.
31 .631
37 .680
37 .878
38 .688
47 .460
48 .444
48 .420
67 .313
L. PC.
20 .643
30 .838
33 .8113
43 .617
39 .473
48 .471
47 .307 1
87 JOS '
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Bent tie
81)
03
82
..... 61
BO
.. 85
San Diego
San Francisco
Portlond
Hollywood
Oakland - 43
National.
W.
83
Pittsburgh ..
New York
Chicago
Clnclnnntl
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis ....
Philadelphia
. 80
. 48
. 40
, 38
. 36
38
W.
, 83
. SO
. 48
.48
. 38
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Chicago -
Detroit .
Philadelphia
St. Louis 98
Med In firaitla ram
ORAM'S PASS. Ore.. July 37.
IAP) Mrs. Marguerite W. Penn of
Berkeley, Cel., and Lt.-Col Isaac W.
Nlchol were married here yesterday
by Dr. H. 8. rtelchard, Presbyterian
minister. They will return to rort
Lewis, Wash., where the officer la
stationed In the Inspector -general's
department of the army.
An Aiithflrlied HIMOMZ will
prntrrt our ran flnhli.
Daily's Auto Paintinn
B Vnilb (lartlrtt
Left Hook Knocks Steele's
-
AI "Hostile" HostRk, right, tins Just
stepped linck after ilellverlnR a left
hook whlrh started Champion Freddie
Steele towiml tho rioor In the first
round of the championship ho tit nt
Seattle, Hostuk won the middleweight
crown by a technical knockout after
one minute and 43 seconds of the
first round when former Heavyweight
Champion1 Juek Iiempsey tolled the
10-count over tho fallen middleweight
ruler.
E
HEAVIEST HITTER
IN ENTIRE LEAGUE
Tommy White, Medford'a slugging
young outfielder, Is still the South
orn Oregon league's loading batsman
thanks to threo hits In six trips to
the plato against Ashland last Sun
day which boosted his average eight
points to .478.
Close Behind Is Paul "Hoosler" Hof
ford, an outfield teammato of Whlto'o
whoso four hits tn four chances cat
apulted him from eighth place to
second and lipped his mark 61 points
to .430. Leonard Patterson, Ashland
first basoman, holds down third place
and then comes two more Medford
players, Manager Wally Blckert and
Cliff "Chief" McLean, with averages
of .418 and .400, respectively. Of the
league's first five leading hitters, four
of them are Mcdfordltes, all batting
.400 or over,
Tho Craters are far ahead of all
other teams tn combined batting with
mark of .329, with Yreka in sec
ond place with .271.
Averages released by Leaguo Sec
retary Austin prazier follow:
Tram llnttlng
AB. B. H Avg.
Medford .. 408 111- 133- .323
Yreka 300 48 106 .271
Grants Pass ........ 377 68 84 .249
Crescent City 402 70 100 .348
Olendale 364 43 81 .340
Ashlond 391 66 92 .235
Individual Halting
(Over 300, over 4 O.)
AB. B. H.
Av
.478
.439
.428
.418
.400
.394
.393
.3BI
.381
J37
.333
.333
.333
.333
335
.323
.312
.319
.319
.318
317
.317
.314
.Sit
310
.302
.300
White, Medford 23 7 11
Hoffard, Medford .... 41 14 18
Patterson, Ashland.... 21 3 9
Rtckert, Medford .. 43 19 18
McLean, Medford ..- 46 12 18
M. Koll, C. City 38 13 15
Avery, Olrndnle 33 10 13
Willis, Olendale 31 3 13
Hess, Ashland 21 8 8
Clarey. Yreka ... 14 3
PorterMeld. Ashland SO 4
Poster. Yreka . 21 9
Deo, Crescent City. 18
Ilogers, Oranta Pasa 12
Shelton, Yreka 43
Drollette, a. Pass 34
Crtppen, a. Pasa si
Matson, c. City 47
Leavens, Ashland 43
Sehopf, Ashland .... 44
Lewis, Medford . 41
Reynolds. C. Ctty . 41
Ball, Olendale 3S
Blacksmith, o Pass.. 43
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Short, Yreka 39
Ager, Ashland 39
Smith, Medford 20
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New Middleweight Champ
Slugging Type of Fighter
SEATTLE, July 27. (UP) The
new middleweight boxing champion
of the world 22-year-old curly-hatred
Al Hostak of Seattle Is a alugger.
They call Hostak tho "Savage Slav,"
but ho Is Just a big, good-natured
kid, next to the youngest In a family
of 8lX.
Ho started fighting In a fire sta
tion gymnasium, climbed Into a rln
for tho first time five years ago.
Ho had 7Q lights, won the lost 15
of them by early-round knockouta
until he got the greatest chance of
his career.
Two or threo times Al thought he
would quit the ring while he climb
ed the ladder, but he always came
back. His father, a Rlas3-worker who
brought his trade from Czechoslo
vakia, told Al he had no objection
to his fighting, but he wanted him
to be a good fighter.
Tho boy heeded the advice. He's
tho best In his class today.
Scores Yesterday
National League
St. Louis 6, New York 8.
Chicago 10, Brooklyn 8.
' Cincinnati 0, Boston 3.
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia
American League
Boston 1, Chicago 9.
' Washington 8, Detroit 6.
Philadelphia 2. Cleveland 4.
New York 10-12, St. Louie 8-3.
Coast League
Hollywood 3, San Diego 7.
Los Angeles 2, Portland 0.
Soattle 3. Sacramento 4.
San Francisco 7, Oakland 4.
Wild Bill Boyd Now
Dempsey's Protege
SEATTLE, July 27. (m Jnck
Dcmpsey enmo hese to referee last
night's Steele-Hostak flRht and ac
quired a new heovyweltiht protege.
The former heovywelght chomplou
signed popors yesterday for the per
sonal supervision of Wtld Bill Bov1
of Seattle, former navy heavyweight
champion. In New York City.
Boyd will leave for the east In
August and fight In New York City
thla tall.
Dempsey took him under hla wing
alter watching him in a secret bout
with a well-known heavyweight.
oing EAST?
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1 9 For .A'H- --1 ' , S J
Crown Loose
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Hostak was born tn Minneapolis
In 1016. He came to Seattle In 1917
and has lived here since. He resides
In an "overall" section of the city
called Georgetown, near Boeing field,
tho city's airport.
Ho has made little money so far
In his career, compared to what lies
ahead of him as a champion. But
ho hos given his parents and thoso
brothers and sisters who still live
at home a new house, bought a ser
vice station which his oldest married
brdther operates, and purchased a
farm. The farm, however, Is mainly
a place to fish. The senior Hostak
said he wouldn't give ten cents for
the farming that could be done
there.
Al spent a quiet day at home be
fore the fight, hod a good dlnnor
which his mother cooked, and then
went to the stadium with his father.
His father has seen all his fights
His mother never goes. Al wouldn t
let her.
Wrestling
By the Ansoclated Press
INDIANAPOLIS Joe Savoldl, 310,
Three Oaks. Mich, beat Prank Sex
ton, 225, Akron, O., straight falls.
BOSTON Steve Cssey, 227, Ire
land, threw Dick Shikat, 227, Ger
many, one hour, 15 minutes.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES Baby Arlamendl.
135. Los Angeles, outpointed Jimmy
Vaughn. 133, Cleveland (10.)
HOUSTON. Tex. Al Bernard. 158'i.
Now York, stopped Tony Bruno, 160.
Milwaukee (4).
Galento Knocks Out
Broncho Pneumonia
ORANGE. N. J., July 37. (API
Two-ton Tony Galento knocked "that
bum broncho-pneumonia through
the ropes today.
Definite Improvement In the heavy
weight fighter's condition was re
ported by hla physician. Dr. Josepn
Hlgl.
No more blood transfusions are
contemplated, the doctor aald. Tony
had one yesterday and two on Sun
day,
CLASH FOR TITLE
I
T
Games Tonight
Division A
Office Boys vs. catholic Men, 8:00
p. m.
Plche vs. Ma Id-Rite. 9:00 p. ra.
Division B
Levis Super vs. Elks, 800 p. m
Western states vs. Zorlc, 9:00 p. m,
Timber Products and Wooden Box-
men smashed out division A aottball
victories at the stadium last night
to end the second-half pennant race
In a deadlock for first place. The
Tlmbermen belted Jennings Tire com
pany, 10 to 8, and the Boxers over
whelmed Lamport'. 11 to 4.
By their conquests, the two bitter
rivals wound up the second-half
slate with six wins and one loss and
set the stage for a playoff game for
the title tomorrow night. The game
will start at 9 p. m.
In case' Wooden Boxmen win, a
three-game series for the season
championship will be staged next
week. Timber Products, first-half
pennant winners, oan clinch the
championship by beating the Box-
men In the second-half playoff en
counter.
Timber Products beat Jennings by
scoring eight runs in the third Inn
ing, with Dick Lewis providing the
spark by clouting a homer with the
bases loaded. Bob Smith also hit
for the circuit for the winners, and
Schaeffer, Jennings Tire, batted tn
all his teams' runs with a triple with
three aboard.
Bert Luman hit a hom run and
P. Smith clouted three safeties to
pace the Wooden Box attack against
Lamport's. Scrlpter of the losers ob
tained three of his team's alx hits
off Morris Stelner, Boxmen hurler
In division B battles, Zone swamp
ed Oroceterla, 27 to 4 and Lewis
Super Service beat Western States
Grocery, 13 to 10.
Scores: R.
H. B.
Timber Products ..........10 11
Jennings Tire H S 4
3
3
Dale and J. Smith; R. Slngler and
Stewart,
R. R. E.
Wooden Boxmen 11 IS 1
Lamport's - 4 6 4
Stelner and Wilson; Montelth and
GUllsple.
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Idaho, Utah Form
Baseball League
TWIN PALLS, Idaho, July 27. (f)
Return of professional baseball to
Idaho and Utah next spring was as
sured today aa seven class . O ball
clubs formally organized the "Pio
neer" league.
The 18-week season, six games a
week, with Mondays open for trav
eling, will open May 1, 1938.
Lewlston, Boise, Pocatello and Twin
Falls, Idaho, and Salt Lake and Og
den, Utah, will definitely be members
of the league, formed to tit Into
major and minor league farm sys
tems. Frovo, Utah, has posted franchise
money, and If another olub Is sign
ed,, the Pioneer league will be an
clght-club circuit.
SILVERTON WINS OPENER
WITH FIVE-HIT PITCHING
SILVERTON, Ore.. July 37.
SUverton. Oregon representative, won
the opening game of the Pacific
northwest semi -pro championships
last night, 13 to 3, when George
"Windy" WtHdsor held the Eastern
State hospital team of Medical Lake,
Washington representative, to five
hits.
For Utility District
-PORTLAND, Ore., July 37. (AP)
A proposed Cascade Locks people's
utility district to distribute Bonne
ville dam power was favored In in
Oregon hydro-electrtc commission
report yesterday.
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onlr in San Francisco, it Is San
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the courtetT . . the comfort., the
modernity, .the gaiety, that are
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Its location Is right in the center
of things. It Is famous for fine
food . In a el ry famed for fine foodJ
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Sport
Graphs
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Billy Huleo sayu
Ashland's Mentor
Being Considered
As School Chief
Forrest "Skeet" O'Connell Is a very
enterprising and ambitious gentleman.
In his two short years as coach of
Ashland high
school's athletic
teams, the ex
Oregon State
college baa ket
balt star has
done such a flno
Job and made so
many friends
that he la actu
ally oelna- ser.
lously considered
for the position
of c It y school
a u p e rlntendent.
Oeorge A. Bris
Billy Hulen.
coe haa resigned
aft many yeara
service, and tne poet has not yet been
filled.
That bit of rather startling Infor
mation comes to us direct from one
of our most reliable Ashland oper
atives, and can be relied upon as the
real McCoy regarding the Interesting
question aa to who will ba the next
city school supe In the Uthla city.
Not that Skeet has the position
cinched, nor even the Inside track,
our operative reports. But he Is said
to be seriously In the running, wltrr
the school board looking at him
with extremely favorable eyes
It might seem strange that so
young a man could be given more
than a passing thought by the board
in scrutinising applicants for the
Job, but there la a reason. Accord
ing to our operative, the school board
haa decided leanings toward the "new
blood" Idea, and figures that Skeet
might be Just- the gent they want
to inject plenty of youthful enthus-
lssm Into administration of school
affairs In Ashllnd. The board. Itself,
Is composed of men far from the
doddering stage, which probably has
something to do with the way It
feels about the superintendent busi
ness. Whether Skeet would prove an ef
ficient school superintendent we du
not know, but It's a cinch that If
he Is elected to the post the Orlultes
will loss a mighty fine athletic coach.
Of course, he couldn't retain his
present duties If he were elevated to
the superlntendency. It is also pretty
certain that If he Is named super
intendent, the schools of Ashland
can look for an athletlo program to
compare with any In the state.
Orval Hampel, 11 ford's new
second baseman, Is OK.
The slender, natural -taking ball
player who plays first base for
the Wooden Box sortball team,
passed his first Southern Oregon
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improvements repaint, add
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The First National Bank
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MEDFORD BRANCH
THE FIRST
OF PORTLAND
I ' league test at Ashland Sunday In
great style, and .Manager Wally
Blckert spares no words In prais
ing the newcomer.
. Hampel covers a lot of territory
I around second base. He goes down
after ground tails like be knows what
It's all about, and possesses a good
throwing arm. He might be a little
slow on taking double play throws
and relaying them to first base, but
otherwise he appears to fit In nicely.
Orval Is a left-handed hitter with
a smooth, hard'swlng something like
Tommy White's. He won't hit many
homers or triples, probably, but will
get more than his share of singles and
two-base knocks. He hita sharp drives
that whistle.
With the addition of Hampel to
the roster, that makes six left-handed
hitters going to the plato and only
three players batting from the right
side of the platter. Hoffard, White,
Rlckert, Smith and Brown, In ad
dition to Hampel. clout from the
south side, and only McLean, Lewis
and Calvert swing right-handed.
Those six southpaw hitters are' gol ns
to make things very uncomfortable
for tho league's right-handed pitchers
Grants Pass makes Its last ap
pearance of the season here next
Sunday, and the game could not
be played under more dramatic
circumstances. The Merchants
and Craters are tied for first
place with threo wins and no
losses, -so the victor will Jump
Into the undisputed league lead.
To date, the clubs have split
even, Medford winning here Moy
IS, 6 to 3, and Steve Crlppen
blanking the Craters at Granth
Pass June 19, 4 to 0. Both games
were In the first-half.
Crlppen will probably open on the
Merchant mound, while Lowell Brown
will fog them over for the Craters.
However, Manager Jud Pernoll may
start young Orvall Hoffman as a
surprise move, after the upset de
feat he handed Crescent City lost
Sunday. Hoffman pitched 11-hlt ball
In downing the first-half champions,
so may get the call against Medford
Bolt Picks Hen
(JRBENVILLB. Pa., July 27. (AP)
Lightning struck Richard Holmes'
chicken house, stripping the feathers
from one side of a hen. Apparently
uninjured, she continues steady egg
production.
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PACE SETTER FOR
Orln Schenck, with s great 1ST,
continued to set a blistering pace
In the H. Chandler Egan Memorial
golf tournament at the Rogue Val
ley club, as 40 players finished their
third round of play In the 72-hols
medal handicap affair. B. Catey fol
lowed with a total 201 for the 54
holes,, and Eddie Simmons was In
third place with 203.
Final rounds of the tourney will
be played Sunday, with pairings for
the last 18 holes to be announced
Friday. Some golfers have not yet
finished their first three rounds, but
will do so today and tomorrow.
Following are the total scores for
shot-makers who have completed the
first three rounds:
O. Schenck .... 197 T. Porter. 218
B. Catey 201 B. Orr 218
E. Simmons..- 203 B. Williams. 218
Doc Boomer 204 Al Clement- 219
Q. Harrington 206 c. Adair 220
h. Nass 20S D. Milestone 221
L. Clark 206 H. Hathaway 222
S. Houston 208 P. Patterson 232
I, Harrington.. 209 A. E. Long.... 224
E. Woodln 209 S. Relgel 229
h. Watson 209 O. Robinson 225
H. Itavlzza 210 M. Pierce 229
W. Klncaid 210 AI Hearn 226
H. Price -. 211 B. Bauer 226
B. McAllister- 211 V. Rolfe 230
a. Royer 211 Bob Watson 232
S. Appolo 213 W. Prultt 232
J. A. Wood 215 Don Clark..- 234
V. J. Robinson 216 A. Waker 337
a. Codding ...- 217 J. H. Beal 338
CALLING ALL BOWLERS
FOR MEETING TONIGHT
All local bowlers are urged to at
tend a meeting at the Medford alleys
tonight, starting at 8 o'clock, to dis
cuss further plans In regard to the
recently organized city bowling as
sociation. Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads is 1:30 p m.
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