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PAGE FOUR MhTDFORD MATL TKIBuNE. MKUr Uiw-- UKk.hu. inbnwuAi, ,luiJ1 ' Timber Products and Boxers Settle Softball Supremacy Tonight CLASSY OUTFITS CLASH TO DECIDE DIVISION A TITLE NEW YORK CZARS Both Clubs Boast Pitching Marvels Both Have Hard Hitters Girls Game Also On Evening's Card Games Tonight Jennings vs. Lamporta (division A), 6 p. m. Granta Past ra. Fluhrer'a (Olrla), 6 p. m. Timber Product va. Wooden Box (second-half championship), 9 p. m Groceteria va. Oaeco ((division B), 0 J? m. It's Timber Products versue Wooden Boxmen tonight at the high school stadium for the second-half champ ionship of the division A aoftball circuit. The game starts at 0 o'clock sharp on the north diamond. It's Morris Stelner, ilreballlng ace of the powerful Boxers versus Earl Dale, windmill luminary of the heavy -hitting Tlmbermen, last year's champs and flr&t-half winners this season. Both clubs, by far the two claaslcst In the league, ended their second half alate In a deadlock for first place, with six wins and one loss. In caae Wooden Boxmen win tonight, three -game series for the season pennant will be staged next week If Timber Products crash through to victory, they will become champ ions for the second straight year and no playoff will be necessary. The two teams enter the second half playoff encounter as evenly matched as any two teams could be. They both boast the best pitchers in Jhe league and the hardest hitters. Manager Hoffard, Luman, Hampel. Oreeman and Wilson power the Boxers, while McLean, Bob Smith, Calvert, Lewis and Baker provide the fTlmbermen dynamite. In three games between the teams so far thla season, the Boxera have won two a chal lenge game early In the yeai and 1 division A encounter In this half. The Tlmbermen won a division A game In the first half. Tonight's program Is rounded out y a girls' game between O rants Pass fownles and Fluhrer'a of Medford, kit 6 o'clock; a regular division A struggle between Jennings and Lam ports' at 8 o'clock: and a division J Encounter between Groceteria and Oasco at 9. In division A games last night, Office Boys crushed Catholic Men. 0.6 to 7. by scoring 10 runs In the ourth Inning, and Plche beat Mur ray's Matd-Rlto, 7 to 3. Newland of Office Boys and Nnumes of Catholic Men belted homers. Division B games saw Elkj rally In the seventh to nose out Lew Ik flu per Service, 13 to ID and Western tntes alug out a 33 to 8 victory jrver Zorlc. Division A scores: R. H. E. Office Boys . 1 14 0 Csthollo Men . 7 10 4 Newland and Lennard; Meyer, D. Aakralda, R, Lewis and P. Sakralda. R. H. B. Plche 7 8 8 Wald-Hrlte 8 6 3 Leavttt and Kubll; Landers and Brown, B rugger. UNRECOGNIZED BY Heavyweight and Bantam Titles Only Ones Unclouded by Action Lewis Crown Lost by Dodging Fox By JACK Cl-DDY (United Pre Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK. July 28. (UP) Pugilism's championships attained a new height of confusion today fol lowing the New York boxing com mission's vacating of the llght heavywelght title, withholding rec ognition of the new middleweight king, and frowning upon a proposed battle for the flyweight crown. This left only the heavyweight and the bantam rulers free of embroil ments. Bay lwls Dodged Fox The commission vacated John Henry Lewis' 176 -pound title because the Arizona negro had refused to accept a challenge filed on February 10 by "Tiger" Jack Fox, Spokane negro. The commission claimed that Lewis pretended to be arranging a title defense against Al Gainer, New Haven negro, at Philadelphia. But the Pennsylvania commission In formed the New York body that no such match was In the making. Meanwhile Lewis had accepted a non-title match with Tony Galento, Orange, N. J., heavyweight, sched uled for Inst night at Philadelphia. The match was cancelled because of Oalento's Illness. Lewis claims he has not violated the six-months title defense require ment because he defended against Emlllo Martinez at Minneapolis on April 35. The New York commission did not recognlsro that as a title match, because Fox wan the No. 1 challenger. Round Kohln fliiggesled Chairman John J. Phelan sug gested today that Fox. Gainer, Gua Lesnevlch of New Jersey and Emlllo Bettlna of Beacon, N. Y., fight It out for the vacated title. The commission withheld recogni tion of Al Hostak of Seattle, who Tuesday night scored a first-round knockout over Middleweight Cham pion Freddie Steele In a title fight at Seattle. The commission Insisted that Hostak was not the No. I chal lenger. It will recognize no cham pion until Fred Apostoll of San Francisco meets Young Corbett of Fresno. Calif., and the winner of that bout fights Hostak for the title, if Hostak declines, then the Apos- toll-Corbctt winner will be declared champion. Jurlch, Kane Oo Vetoed The commission turned thumbs down on a proposed bout between Jackie Jurlch of San Jose, Calif., and Peter Knne of England, to be staged next month In London for Benny Lynch's vacated flyweight title. The commission suggested that Jurlch, Kane, Small Montana, Katsuml Mori aka and Little Dado fight through eliminations for the 113-pound toga. Meanwhile the commission will re frain from considering the feather weight title situation until after Henry Armstrong, who wears both the feather and welter crowns, tries to add Lou Ambers' lightweight bon net to his collection on August 10 at the Polo Grounds. 11 Eleven prilea will ba awarded golf. rs competing In the H. Chandler Egan Memorial tournament at the Rogue Valley olub. It waa announced today by Oeorge Robertaon, club manager. The tourney winner, In addition to having hta name Inscrib ed on the beautiful trophy donated by Mr. Evan, will be given a bronr medal or a golfer awlngtng a club, which will become hla permanent possession. The runner-up. or aecond low net corer. will receive a 3 merchandise order, ai will the third low net corer. Fourth prlie will be four golf balls, fifth and sixth prlees will be three balls, and seventh, eighth ninth and tenth awsrda will be two ball. Low gross scorer will receive $5 merchandise order. All prlrea are buna donated by the Rogue yaiiey goir club. Klamath Boy Wins Trip With Seals KLAMATH PAUJJ. July OH (IIP) Oeorge Cooley, Klamath ralla high school Junior, today waa awarded a weea'a trip with the Sun Pranclaco Beats of the Pacific Coaat league for being the outstanding member of the local onseDflll school. Cooley will be the mutt n, n.i dent Charles Oraham of the Seals na win accompany the team from jiuguax a to 7, rl MERRICK'S POOL SWIM Scores Yesterday National lnj;u Chlcsgo 2, Brooklyn 3 (night game) St. Louis 7. New York 0. Cincinnati 0-1, Boston 1-6. Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia a. American League New York 7. St. Louie 2. Boston at Chicago, rain. Philadelphia 11, C level find 13. Washington 4. Detroit 9. Coast l.engue Hollywood 0, San Diego 1. Seattle 0, Sacramento 3. Portland 4, Los Angeles IS. San Francisco 13, Oakland 6. jj ' BACK IN THE NINETIES Charles "Kid" McCoy was trading punches like the ones he demonstrated In N. Y. gym for. left to right, Jack Dempsey. Red Burman and Mickey Walker. OFFICIAL FORFEIT T Dom Provost of Ashland, president of the Southern Oregon league, no tified Circuit Secretary Austin Ffftz ler by telephone yesterday that the Olendnlc-Medford game of July 17. which wasn't played because Glen dale made a mistake In the schedule and traveled to Medford while Med ford waa moving to Olendnle, had been officially forfeited to Medford. Official league schedules called for the game ta be played at Olendale. The action of Provost followed a letter from Manager Sam Ball of Glendale to Secretary Frazler In wMch he stated Glendale waa pro testing the forfeiture, and had en listed the support of Grants Pass. Crescent City and Ashland. President Provost. In upholding Umpire Lew Miles forfeiture of the game at tha" time, pointed out that all official league schedules designated the game to be played nt Glendale, and that Glendale had no excuse for traveling to Medford. The heavy-hitting Craters will stage tDelr last batting and fielding work out of the week tomorrow afternoon at o:30. preparatory to clashing with the Granta Pass Merchants here Sun day In a game which will determine the undisputed league leader. Med ford and Grants Pass are tied for first place with three wins and no losses. Manager Wally Rlckert plana no changes In the lineup which cftiM-.ed Ashland last Sunday under a barrage of 25 basehlts and 28 runs, being content to let his club remain aa Is. Many local fans are tabbing the Cra ters the hardest-hitting local team wllhln memory, and league averages seem to bear out the assumption Seven regulars are batting over .300. and four are crashing the onion at a .400 clip or better. TEAM GRAPPLE SLATED Another spectacular team wrestling match will be staged at the open air high school stadium next Mon day night. Promoter Mack Lillard announced tcday, with Sockeye Jack McDonald and Joe SmoltnskI meeting St. Bob Kenaston and Benny Wtl fion In a four out of six fall, one hour limit battle. The match waa arranged because of demands by hundreds of fans, following the great brawl of last Mon day In which McDonald and Smollns kl defeated Kenaston and Flash Kelly. In the Australian system opener. Alt Pasha faces Kelly In six rounds or Vr.e best two out of three falls. Rketrhes Under Bed Sea LONDON (UP) Clad only in a pair of trunks and a diving helmet, Robert Gibblngs, Reading University lecturer, spent two weeks sketching under the shark -Infested Red Sea. He has returned to London with a portfolio of drawings which he will use to Illustrate a book on subter ranean life. HOW THEY? fTi AfV Los Angeles Sacramento Seattle San Dleo San Francisco Portland Hollywood Oakland New York Cleveland Boston Washington Detroit Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburgh New York Chicago Cincinnati ... Brooklyn Boston ... St. Louis Philadelphia BING HAMPTON. N. Y. (UP) A mowing machine believed to be more than 100 years old still "works like a top," according to Its present own er. Charles E. Knapp. Knapp said he bought the machine for $1 at an axiction. Coast League 70 50 .583 68 52 .567 63 46 .529 63 57 .525 61 60 .504 56 63 .471 55 65 .458 44 77 .364 American 53 29 .646 51 30 .630 48 33 .593 46 44 .511 42 46 .477 35 39 .473 31 48 .392 25 58 .301 National 51 31 .638 51 38 .587 50 38 .568 48 40 .54.5 41 47 .466 38 45 .458 37 48 .435 26 58 .310 Sport Graphs . . . Billy Hulen says: Seattle Gridmen May Play Tigers Here November 11 El Billy Hulen. Lakeside school of Seattle, Wash., versus Medford high's Black Tornado the biggest lntersectlonal football clash ever staged In this city. It's not a riv eted cinch yet: a few more Import ant detalla must be Ironed .out. but you can take It from Bill Bow erman, Tornado mentor Just back from a two-weeks Job at O.M.T.O. camp at Vancou ver Barracks, that negotiations bo tween the two institutions have reached the point where definite announcement of the game can be expected at any time now. .In case guarantee terms are satis factory to both aides, and a few minor matters are ditto, the en counter will be played on the green stadium turf. November 11, Armistice Day. And, what a titanic and color ful pigskin struggle it would be. Lakealde school, for the benefit of short-memorled gridiron fans, sent a football team down to Portland last Thanksgiving Day to tangle with Jefferson high's metropolitan champ.. Jeff was a decided favorite, but when the final gun sounded the scora was 6 to 0 In favor of the Beattle ltes. due to a 101 -yard klckoff run to a touchdown by a Lakeside back. Portland sports writers afterward called the visitors one of the finest prep elevens they had ever seen. I.akelrie every season produces one of the most powerful foot- k.ii machine In Washington and It would be super-colossal . occasion If H team could be brought to Medford. It Is a pri vate school for boys only, strictly prep In every respect. It belongs to no conference, but plays free lance with amazing success. Bill explained that Lakeside really wanted to make the long Journey down here for the game: that everv phase discussed by mall so far was agreeable to Lakeside officials. DU" to the naturally heavy sugar tha. Medford would be forced to guar antee, however, the coach la not rushing thlnga through. He wants to get a slant on the reaction of local fans: whether tney wouia nr. come red hot over the prospect or merely lukewarm. This fan. let It be recorded, react red hot, and we'll wager the same goes for at least a couple of thousand othera In the village. Tn ! the Lakeside battle Is slated, the Black Tornndo this fall will face eight foea In grid atruc- glea to the death, or less, rmir u. thm' win be nlaved at home and four on the road. While It Is not an especially colorful schedule or hnm. mmM. exceDt tor Lakeside. It la a good, tough program, with two of tha three Southern Oregon con ference encounters taking place neri. The Tigers will play host to Grants Pass. Klamath Falls. Hoseburg and Lakeside, maybe, and travel to Ash trH n.nrl. Hood River and Eureka. Cal. That's the same slate of gamfi as last season witn tne exception i Eugene, whose place Lakeside may take. Kvery game Is scheduled for a Friday, under Ihe lights, except (lie Athland game at Ashland on Thanksgiving Dny and the ten tative Lakeside rlush. The sched ule sends the Tornado on three long trips tn Bend. Rureka and Hood River, and with the pos sible exception of the Roseburg affair, not one of the games can he considered a "breather" In any sense of the word. In fact, with Lakeside on Ihe slate. It Is a tougher schedule than last year's. With Johnny Kitzmlller, the fam ous "Flvlng Dutchman" of Oregon football fame, Coach Bowerman has been acting as athletic officer at the C M.T.C. camp, at which about 27 Medford boys are spending part of the summer. He has been eating so many thick T-bone steak.? that he raps the Fairbanks at a neat 193. it nnitnd. more than when he left here. He plans to get back In chap by Jogging around the stadium track, he said. ' Ths Medford high football schedule for 1938 looks like this: a,.mhH so Hood River at Hood ' River. A plenty tough opener, and one the Tornado will be really point ing for after lasc season a onc-poin defeat. October 1 Roseburg at Medford. Apparently the softest touch on the bill. nrinbr u Eureka at Eureka. The Tigers have an old score to set tle with this team. also. October 31 Klamath Falls at Medford. The big conference clash, and one that may decide the cham pionship. October 28 Bend at Bend. Every body hopea the Lava Bears won't ha so brutal this season. November 11 Lakeside at Med ford (tentative). M.,amv,t 1R flranta Pass at Medford. Another conference game. November 24 Asniana ai An-t- miTMnv hntt.lA of the vear. and always one of the toughest for both teams. Thank, you. Al Hostak. Because of what you did to Freddie Steelo Tuesday night In that middleweight championship prizefight, no longer will people laugh when we sit down to prognosticate; no longer will little children run screaming home to papa with the Information that "here comes that man you always win money from on prizefights": and no longer will we be classified In the same bracket with that peerless plckster. Henry McLemore. Until Tuesday night, McLemore and yours truly were tied for the left-handed prognosticating cham pionship, with no wins and plenty of losses. Now, McLemore la all alono down there In the depths, while we are fast becoming one of the shrewd est boxing exports in the country. In fact. It wouldn't surprise us a bit If we correctly picked another fight by 1945. Of course, we can't , guarantee that, having Just socked our first one square on the button, but one can never tell. When ono has mastered the delicate Inrlcaclea of prognostication, as we have, noth ing Is Impossible. Anyway. It sure feels good to be able to leer down at Henry. And to gloat In certain places In this town. Ose Mall Tribune want Ads. SALINAS. Cal. (UP) It took only one firecracker here to make Mrs. O'Leary's Chicago cow begin to worry about her laurels. The ensuing fire wiped out half a block of buslnesr houses. Twenty - four automobiles were consumed In one of them. r MV BADGE MBAHSiAM TRUE LAGER BEER! 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