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PAGE TWO MTCDFOHD MATL TRTBtTN'R MEDFOttn.. OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST .7, 1938 Mickey Cochrane Dismissed As Manager Of Detroit Ball Glub YANKEES WALLOP MATCH RACE FOR LEGION JUNIORS LOSE TO KLAMATH Gambling Golfer Walks On And On CITY TITLE SEABISCUIT SET FOR AID OF T Baker, Coaoh In Charge Aotlon Follows Confer ence 'Black Mike' To Get Full Pay. DETROIT. Aug. . P) Walter O. Brlggs Br., owner of the Detroit Tin- era, annonuced tonight that Oardon Stanley (Mickey) Cochrane no long er vat manager of the American league club. Del Baker, ooaoh who tiai been In charge of the club at tlmea when Cochrane hai been Incapacitated, win complete the aeason aa manager. Brlgga aald. Cochrane will be paid for the re mainder of the preaent year, the club president added. Brlgga aald he and Mickey confer red today and "it was agreed he would no longer continue his connection with the Detroit Baseball company." "I regret sincerely,", the owner eon. tlnued. "the termination of our base ball relationship, both from a person al atandpolnt and because of the con tribution which Mickey Cochrane made to Detroit and the club when ho came here as manager and catcher five years ago. "But It seems apparont to both of us that for U:e good of the club, and In Justice to the supporting fans, a change should be made." In 1934 and 1035, Cochrane's first and second seasons with the Timers, they won the Amorlcan league pen mint and In 1035 added the world championship. eubsequently Black Mike was han dicapped by a recurring illness and this was climaxed by suffering a fractured akull In May, 1037, nuen he was accidentally hit by a pitched ball In the Yankee stadium at New York. Since then Mickey has not played In a regularly-scheduled game and haa managed the team from tho bench. Only recently he obtained per mission from the elder Brlggs to re sume eatchlng, but did not act upon tfiat Authorisation. This year the team haa made a poor ahowing and at present is In the second division. L IN NIGHT AFFAIR In the first night baseball game ver held In southern Oregon, Talent of the Jackson county league defeat ed the Southern Oregon league Ash land Llthlans at Ashland, Friday sight, 8 to a, behind the 'five-hit hurling of Larry Pepper, The exhibition encounter was stag- ad to test the advisability of stag ing baseball games under the new football floodlights, and tne con census among players after the bat tle was that not quite enough Illum ination was furnished with the pres ent setup. While Pepper was holding the Llth lans scoreless until the seventh In ning and striking out 10, his team mates Jumped on Krlnoc and Schonnekcr, Ashland righthanders, for 14 hits. The winners tallied twice In the second, four times In the fourth and twice more In the sixth. Hungate hit three singles and Learn lng, Skeeters and Maxson all col lected two blows for Talent, Score: H. H. Talent -. B 14 Ashland a A JUNIORS BATTLE PROSPECT TODAY Oames Today. Prospect at Medford. Cold Hill at Talent. Manager Cleorge Harrlngton'a Med ford Junior Craters entertain Prospect and Oold Hill travels to Talent today In Jackson county league baseball frames, both of which start at 2:30 aharp. Don Croucher will open on the mound for the Junior Craters In the game at the high school park here, with Oeorge Clttzrn doing the re ceiving. For Prospect, Duw-nberry will probably pitch to Manager Dewey Hill behind the bat. Manager Harrington announced the Junior Crater lineup as noyd Baker on first. Elmer Harnlsh on second, Johnny aitren on short. Wayne Cur ry on third, Malcolm Stlne In left Bill Bowerman In center and Har rington In right. Reserves who may see action are Eddie Dshark. Bob Newland and Eugene Miller. Batteriee for Gold Hill will prob ably be Phil Orlgtia or Bailey t Itching to Coy, and for Talrnt, Larry Pepper on the mound and Dick Skeeters bsck of the plate. Dr. Walter H. W. Marseille. Oerman psyanoloclet and mathematician, claims to have Invented five suit bridge. For All Kinds of Electrical Work Call OLSON ELECTRIC 8 N ll.irlli'1. M BROOKLYN, Aug. g(AP) The corns-backing Cincinnati Reds stretched their winning streak to five straight today, equalled a major league fielding record and climbed Into third place In the National league race by walloping the Dodgers It to . They clubbed three pitchers for 14 hits, one of them Harry Craft's homer with the bases loaded In the first Inning, which sent them out In front never to be headed. The record-squalling performance was for making Just one fielding as sist In the full nine Innings. That one was credited to young Whltey Moore, the winning pitcher, In throw ing out Dolph Camllll In the third Inning, Pour other clubs had turned In the record-tying performance prev ious!;, beginning with the Chicago White Sox In 1017 and followed by the Boston Red Sox In 1924, the Chi cago Cubs In 1932 snd the New York Yankees In 1934. The Reds went Into today's game tied for third place with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs' defeat In Boston gave the Reds a margin of one full gamo In the No. 3 spot, Score: R. H. B, Clnclnnstl ., II 14 0 Brooklyn 8 7 0 Walters, Moore, Cascarella and Lombardl; Hamlin, Butcher, Prank. house and Campbell BOSTON, Aug. f (AP) Lou Pette the 31-year old big league sophomore, tossed a six hitter and drove In tho only run of the gome with a slnrlo today to give the Bees a 1 to 0 de cision over the Chicago Cubs. The defeat dropped tho cubs to fourth place In the National league score: R. H. E Chicago , 0 8 1 Boston ... .. I 11 4 Fettn and Page and Hartnett: Lopes. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 8 (API- Curt Davis' ninth Inning relief hurl ing aided the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-8 victory over the last place Phillies today. Score: R. H. E. St. Louis ....... 7 2 2 Philadelphia , 8 11 8 Welland, C. Davis and Owen; Hol- llngsworth and V. Davis. Pittsburgh-New York, rain L BY NEW YORK, Aug. 8. (API Little Henry Armstrong, the brown dynamo from the Pacific slope, goes shooting next week for something no boxer has ever attained a third major rln? title In less than a year. Armstrong, hslled as the outstand ing fighter of 1937 was a 8 to I fav orite at the atart, but the best you oould get along Broaiway today was 13 to 8 on the negro and most of the operstors were stingy about that. They wanted to lay 12 to 3 By ring time It Is not unlikely the odes will be down to I to 1 or lower. Ambers, the "Horklmer Hurrlance." la looking himself again after a so-so campaign on the Paclflo wast. And during tho last few days a flood of Ambers money has poured Into Broadway, Nobody knows where It's coming from, but It's there. Thoso who hsve It Insist on odds, luit they are settling for 3(4 to 1. From the ' standpoint of Mike Jacobs, the promoter the bout likely will prove a flop. Jacobs needs 800. 000 to break even ,nd right now the advance sales are a long way from that mark. They've picked up the past two days, however, leading Joe oba to predict a gross gate of around 8100.000. CRATERS TANGLE WITHCOAST NINF A large delegation of Mertfora base- j ball fans was expected to accompany the crashing Craters to Crescent City today where one of the moat Im portant Oregon league games of the year will be held. The encounter starts At 9 o'clock. In other circuit games today, Ash land playa at Olendale and Treka travels to O rants Pass, I'nlnn Yield Ins LA ORANDE. Aug. 6 ( AP) With the Union county wheat harvest ap proximately half over, wheat men said an early prediction of a 1,000.000 bushel yield apparently would hold up. Loch Lomond Is Srotlnnd'a largest lake. MERRICK'S POOL SWIM DRINKING WATER nam l im p m. to I0;im p ni 4iinriM IU-1NI a m la ia-n p n ROUT ACE HURLER CLEVELAND, Aug. WP Those Yankees aren't fooling. The world champions from New York made It two straight over their chief rivals, the IndlanB, with a 7 to 8 victory to day and skyrocketed their American league lead to 4'i games over U'e Tribe. They- backed up Lefty Gomez' nine, hit pitching with a timely attack that drove Johnny Allen to cover In five Innings, before a crowd of 22.835. For the second strslght day, Joe Olenn, filling In for the Injured BUI Dickey behind the plate, played major hand In the victory. He col lected three tilts, Including a triple, and drove In two runs, B. H. E, New York 7 9 1 Cleveland . 3 9 2 Oomes and Olenn: Allen, Jungles. Humphries, Mllnsr and Pytlak. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8. iflVConnlc Mack'a men pounded three of Serg eant Dabby Street's pitchers for thir teen hits today as the Athletics won, 8 to 4, and Increased their margin over the Browns to four full games R. H. E Philadelphia ...... 8 13 t St. Louis .. 4 9 0 Thomas E. Smith and Brucker, Tlotje, r. Jchnson and Sullivan. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. (P) Emll "Dutch" Leonard watched the first two men he faced line out singles today. Then he settled down, retired the next 18 men in order and pitched the Washington Nationals to a five hit, 7 to 1 victory In the first ol their series with U:e Chicago White six. R. H. E Washington ...,.......... 7 13 0 Chicago . iso Leonard end R. Ferrell; Lyons and Sewell. DETROIT, Aug. 6. p The Bos ton Red Sox slugged out 18 hits to day to defeat the Detroit fleers, 14 to 8, and annex U elr second straight In the current serlles. R. H. E Boston 8 12 8 Detroit ...,..... a 12 8 Dlckman, Bagby and Deaauteds. Kennedy, Wade and York. SEALS IN NINTH SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8 (AP) Los Angeles came from behind with a two-run burst In the ninth to score an 8 to 7 Coast league baseball triumph over San Francisco todsy the league-leading Angels weri trailing. 7 to 8, going Into the final frame. "Rip" Russell's double, an In field out and a wild pitch by Bill Shores tied the score. Eddie Mayo tnen drew a walk, went to second on another wild toss by Shores and scored on a single by dene Llllard. Score: R. H. E Los Angeles 8 12 2 San Francisco .. 7 12 1 Bushe, Lleber, Llllard. and Suem; Stutz, Wllkle. Shores, and Woodall Score: R. H. C Oakland ... ... 4 10 U Hollywood - ..10 13 1 Pyle, Van Fleet and Ralmondl; Tost and Brencel, HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. '.-f, If that old ring master realty meant it when he promised to turn uts back on tho long fisting trail for th, primrose path of flicker fume, then Maxta Rosenbloom haa sufficient salve today lor a battered and bruis ed mid section. For 30,000 persons who packed Oh rv.ore stadium Friday nlsht wildly cheered the semi-bald veteran of fif teen fight-laden years when Referee Abo RoUi gave htm a sentimental draw with youngfu), jet clever, Bob Pastor. Most ringside critics who stuck by the cold figures of points scored and rounds won agreed that '43 year old Broadway Bob alone should have had his hand raised. Pnstor punished old Maxie sever ely around the bxty. Aa early as the slxtn round Roeen bloom's handlers were applying soothing lea to ease his body hurts. Use Mall Tribune Want Adi GET WELL mm given SENTIMENT DRAW Herbs were put In the ground for our use In then natural state, not coniTiitratrd In drug form where Tuluabie element are lot In the proems of conden sation. , The Creator tupplled us herb for our ue In ever ailment of mankind. The Chinese hae studied, tested and med herbs for thousands of ers. Naturally their experience has so enriched their knowledge that wonderful results are obtained tn nearly all fortm of aliments. Restore your health In this easv, natural nay. Health Is your mmt precious ponwMon, net WFt.L and keep WELL CHAN & CHAN CHINESE MEDIOINE CO. Open llnlly 10 A.M. to P.M. "at. till P.M. ;m. 1( M. to 12. 2.1 E. Main. PLAN NEW SERIES Although Med ford 'i official softbali season ended Friday night when Timber Products defeated Wooden Boxmen, 8 to 2, In the third, and deciding game of the playoff series for the Division A championship, fans will have the opportunity of witnessing at least a week more of their favorite form of amusement be fore the district tournament Is held In Ashland, August 18 and 19. Pour teams, composed . of the brightest stars of all eight division A clubs, will begin Tuesday night a series of games that will end either next Friday or August 17. Appointed by the field management of the soft ball association, four managers of the quartet of all-star clubs are busy lining up their players, and the com plete rosters will be announced Tues day. Managers who will lead their lum inaries Into action are Cliff "Chief" McLean of Timber Products, Charlie Prltchett of Maid -Rite. R. L. Lewis of Catholic Men and Paul "Hooeler" Hoffard of Wooden Boxmen. All di vision A, teams have been dissolved to make way for the series of games between the 36 finest players In the city, and managers of all teams am cooperating with the four above nam ed in lining up the strongest teams possible. In order to form teams as nearly evenly matched as -possible the four best pitchers in the city have been aistgned to each of the four clubs. ! McLean, manager of one team, will do his own hurling; Earl Dale will pitch for the Lewis team; Ray Slngler will chuck for the Pritcbttt outfit and Morrla Stelner will be the Hol lo rd moundsman. The teams will be called the McLeans, the Prttchetts, the Hoffards and the Lewis'. All games will start at 0 o'clock, with preliminary encounters between Division B teams and girls' clubs be ginning at 8:00. There will be one all-star game a night. Schedule for the all-star games drawn up by Fred Lennard, la as follows: August 0, McLean versus Hoffard; August 10, Prltchett versus Lewis; August U, McLean versus Prltchett; August 13. Hoffard versus Lewis. In case the games are continued thr following week, McLean will face Lewis August IS and Hoffard will meet Prltchett, August 17. Timber Products won Its second straight city championship Friday night before an estimated 2500 per sons, the largest crowd to eve wit ness a softbali game In Medford. The champions had taken the first play off game and Wooden Boxmen the second. Earl Dale, Timber's fireball hurler. held the powerful Boxers to only two hits, white Morris Stelner, Boxer pitcher, was rapped for six safeties. Including a double by Cliff McLean. After playing sensational ball In the first two games, the Wooden Box In field came apart at the seams and committed six costly errors, all of which aided Timber Products in s-oring. In the three-game championship scries, Stelner of Wooden Boxmen clouted four hits In nine trips for an average of .444 to lead playrs of both teams. McLean of Timber led his team In batting with a mark of .383, including a homer and two doubles. Jennings of Wooden Box also hit for the ctrnjit, In the second game. Team average of Timbre pro ducts for the series was .202 while the Boxers batted at a .180 clip. Score: R. H B. Timber Products 8 8 3 Wooden Boxmen 2 3 6 Dale and J. Smith; Stelner and Wilson. BASEBALL (By the Associated Press) Southern Association Atlanta 8-0, New Orleans 3-4. Little Rock 4, Naahvllte 1 Birmingham 4. Chattanooga 3. Memphis 14, Knoxvllle S. International League Rochester S. Newark 3. Toronto 8. Baltimore 3. Toronto 8, Baltimore 6. American AMclatlnn Columbus 6. Louisville 7. St. Paul 13. Milwaukee 6. Indianapolis S, (Toledo 6. Minneapolis 6. Kansas City 0. Coast flnlf Meet ASTORIA, Aug. 0. (,P) The annuel Oregon coast golf tournament will strt here Monday with niree for mer champions, Luke Scene tt, Astor ia, Gordon Wilson, Portland, and Bn Hfer, Portland, out to regain theli tit lea. NATURE'S WAY s"0p&' " t-1 Ms I"'' Hands and feet bllitered from effort to win a 82,500 wager and 1. Smith Fere bee, Chicago broker, U the Olyniplu fields courses In Chicago of golf In a single day. Although he Httll was going fast enough to keeping up. After two weeks of bjood-curdlln; mat action featuring team matches between palra of huskies, the boys who make their living by bending torsos out of shape return to legally murdering each other one at time tomorrow night at the open-air high school stadium. Topping the three-star program will' be the Pete Belcaatro versus Sockcye Jack McDonald main event, a brawl that la expected to provide more dramatic action than any other within the post several months. Pete, making his first appearance here in over a year, claims ha has developed a new and sensational maneuver which he will throw at McDonald. On the other hand Souk eye, who Isn't afraid of anything that stalks a wrestling ring. Is preparing to mako short work of the Mad Italian by simply belting him into submission with right and left hands. A match attracting no little amount of interest la the middle yc between Sgt. Bob Kcnaston and Pol ish Palooka Joe SmoUnskl. slated for six 10-mtnutes rounds or the best two out of three falls, Wh'le inher ently clean, Renos on la one of those grapplers who can take care of him self In any company, and atralnst tho villainous Smollnskl will be forced to f'ght dirt with dirt. Flash Kelly of San Francisco and Benny "Dropklck" Wilson of Texas meet in the six-round opener Both are scientific workmen. DEATH CAR PILOT COQUTLLE. Aug. 6. (AP) Re leased recently after serving 18 months of a two-yer penitentiary sentence for manslaughter, resulting from an automobile accident. Earl M. Phillips, 82. of Myrtle Point, to day was back behind the bars. Phillips' driver's license waa revok ed at the time of his sentence, De cember 1. 1936. He waa arrested in Coq utile Friday and charged with driving without a license, drawing a 30-day Jail sentence and 828 fine. Phillips waa the driver of a car eening machine which killed Mrs. Rosetta Careen and daughter Maur en, who were stand In? on a curbln? in Empire June 9. 1936. The surface of most of the lakes In the Ad Iron ducks lie at an elevation of 1J100 feet above' sea level. BELCASTRO BACK ll racing j High School Football Stadium MONDAY NIGHT MAIN EVENT Sockeye McDonald VS. Pete Belcastro Bob Kenaston vs. Joe Smclinski Flash Kelly vs. Denny Wilson the gruelling grind he began In an liair or a $30,000 Virginia plantation, shown as lie trudged over one of during his attempt to ploy 144 holea I'ereheo slowed down toward the end, give his 12 caddies plenty of trouble PAWTUCKET, R. I., Aug 6. (AP) Finding the heavy track to his liking, A. Compton's Sun Egret romp ed home an easy winner In the 85,000-added Roger Williams handi cap before a crowd of 18,000 at Nar ragansett park today to pay (6 20. Tho three-year old son of Sun Brlai was two lengths and a half Jn front of Felix Spa tola's Wise Prince at the finish and waa timed In 1:40.3 for the mile. SARATOGA "SPRINOS, N. Y., Aug 6. (AP) El Chlco, unbeaten two year old from the barn of William Zlegler, Jr., took another Ion? leap toward the 1938 Juvenile turf champ ionship today when he equalled the slx-furlong track record In winning the 36th Saratoga special. The chestnut son of John P. Orler-la Chica stepped the distance In 1:10 2-6 under 122 pounds. He led from end to end and reported to tho Judges three lengths on top for his fifth straight victory. Since the conditions of the special, the most sporting event on the Amer ican turf, called for the winner to take all, El Chlco earned $8,000 and a gold cup for the easy Journey and boosting his winnings to $31,650. EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 6. ( AP) A steady, effective net attack enabled Barbara Wlnslow of Holly wood, Cal., to win the singles final in the Maidstone club invitation ten nis tournament today as she defeated Dorothy Workman of Los Angeles, 8-4, 6-4. Neither was seeded in the tournament although Mlsa Wlnslow is 11th In the national rankings. SELECTED ISSUES NEW YORK, Aug. 6. ") Selected Issues climbed $1 or more a share In the stock market today, some to new highs for the year, lit brisk buying, and closed only slightly un der the day's best figures. Trading totaled 829.060 shires, best Saturday In five weeks. Gainers of tl or better for new hlhs Included: General Motors at 47,37 a share: Chrysler at 74.76: Phelps Dodge at S37.50: American Can at 1103: DuPont at 133 50 (up $3.12): Celanese at S34; Llbby Owens Ford at $49.75 (up M.23): and Dela ware & Hudson at 32 (also up 93.25). Although the Increase was less marked In steels and utilities V 8. Steel at (63.13, Bethlehem at $62 87. American Telephone at (142.37. and Publle Service at 133.13, were each up fairly well. NEW OPEN AIR ARENA eats on wile at tlKOlYV. Tel. 101. ti tvnsri rT. Tel. ;n SEATTLE, Aug. H A 3.000 match race featuring the O. 8. How ard Howitzer, Seablecult, was set to day by Longacrea track officials for August 27. Seablscult, champion of the Amer lean handicap division, will race against Albert Baronl's 8peclfy and possibly against Llgarotl, owned oy Blng Crosby, the oroaner-actor, and Lin Howard, son of Beablscult's own er. The three horses raeed In the Hol lywood gold cup at a mile and a quar ter, and Seablscult wen with a sretch drive over Specify. As conditions of the race hsre. Howard Insisted his horse carry 132 pounds, Specify 106 and Llgaroti 115 In ti:e previous race Seablscult had 133. Specify 109. The new VI pound pull espeeted to fairly match the two campaigners. In case of poor weather August U7, the race will be put over until Sep tember a. If three horses run, the winner will take 20,000, and the secod horse $5,000. KEY TO MYSTERY EL PASO, Tex., Aug. fl, (AP) An ex-oonvtct who was shot to death when he attempted to escape from Hot Springs, Ark., officers yesterday, had been sought for questioning in two of the south west's major myster ies, Sheriff Chris Fox said here to day. The sheriff said he had been look ing for the man, Earl Young. 38, 01 Lebanon, Pa., in connection with the slay lugs near here last March of Mrs Hazel Frome "and her daughter,' Nancy, of Berkeley, Cal. The federal bureau of Investigation also sought him. Pox said, for ques tioning in the three-year old disap pearance mystery of Mr. and Mrs George Lorlus and Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Heberer, Illinois tourists. Hot Springs authorities telegraph ed here that Young had been in the vicinity of EH Paso, when the Pome women were slain , Giants Sign Three Rookie Grid Stars NEW YORK, Aug. 6. IP) Three more fostball "rookies" sent signed contracts to the New York pro foot ball aiants today. The latest to come to terms were Floyd (Pete) Owens, Texas Tech guard, Doug Oldershaw, another 300 pound guard from Santa Barbara (Calif.) State, one of the little all Americans, and Fritz Waskowltz, cap tain and halfback of last year'a Uni versity of Washington team. . . BLOOMINGTON, 111 , Aug. 6. (AP) Joseph w. Pifer, Republican gover nor of Illinois from 1889 to 1893 died at hi homo today. Ha waa 07 Maude Adams. American actress, adopted the maiden name of her mother for the stage. Her family name was Elskadden. FINAL Noted Dead 1 (gyp SUMMER SUITS From the eason' finest array of suits. Pinfield and Timely Suits that formerly sold up to $35.00. Gabardines, Shetlands, Tweeds and worsteds included in this final clearance of all summer suits. IN TWO GREAT PRICE GROUPS IS and Come in and see these REAL MONEY SAVING BUYS this is your chance to get a quality suit at a fraction of the original price. Reinhart & Barker "MEDFORD'S ARROW SHIRT STORE" ' New Fluhrer Building. Phone 80 Medford's American Legion Junior baseball team waa defeated by the Klamath Palls baseball school elub at Klamath Palls yesterday after noon, 12 to 1, evening the count be tween the two teams, The locals tallied their lone run In tho ninth Inning when PlnchJ:ltter Hoi Adams, 13 years old, rapped out a single Bcorlng Bob Newland from third base. Medford used Newland, Wtmer and Croucher In the box, and all were hit rather freely. OVER PICKET LAW PENDLETON. Aug. The Pendleton city council's July 30 vote on repeal of the city picket licens ing ordinance had resounding reper cussions at last night'a council ses sion here. Councilman J. DeWllde read a pre pared statement asserung "you can't serve two masters at once," accused Councilman A. O. Carden and Paul Kalp of reversing their votes through pressure from organized labor, and asked that they resign. (Carden and Kaip originally voted for passage of the ordinance but voted for Its repeal loat week.) Both councllmen heatedly replied that they would resign only if the mayor and entire council quested It. Carden declared that he had voted for the ordinance originally because he thought it should he made a test cose. Kalp aald that no union man had told him how to vote and that as an American citizen he would "vote any damned way I want to." 4 Nineteen persons were hanged aa witches at Salem, Mass., In 1693. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:80 p. m. 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