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MEDFORD MATT. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1938.
All-Star Softball Teams Will Open Week of Warfare Tonight
M'LEAN HOFFARDll Armstrong Has Strong Arms
OUTFITS TO MEET f
IN INITIAL TILT r ,
Zorlc and Gasco Clash in
Preliminary, Starting at
Eight o'Clock -Pritchett,
Lewis Meet Tomorrow
9 A ' . f '? V
. damn Tonight
Zorlc vs. Ossco. 8 p. m.
McLean's v. Hoffard'a, B a. m.
Sir - Vv ' , .
The all-star Softball teams of Cliff
"Chief" McLean and Paul "Hoosler"
Hoffsrd open a week's play of red-
hot action tonight at the nign ecnooi
stadium, with the first pitch slated
for 9 o'clock. A preliminary between
Zorlc and Gasco gets under way an
bour earlier. Botii battles will be
staged on the center diamond.
McLean, star of ths Timber Pro
ducts champions, will do the pitch-
Inn for his club, while Bert Luman.
former Wooden Bos luminary, will
be back of the plata. Morris Stelncr
will be on tbs mound for Howard's
gang of clubbers and Bob Wilson will
do the receiving. This Is the eamo
battery which carried Wooden Box-
men Into a playoff with Timber pro
ducts for the city championship.
With the four all-star team man-
kgers still scurrying around to select
the finest performers from the en
tire league, lineups for the McLean's
and Boffard's won't be definitely
known until Just before gamo time
tonight. However, both skippers claim
they have gathered together unbeat
able teams.
Tomorrow night, second night of
all-star action, Charlie Pltchett's
olub will clash with the nine of R
L. Lewis. .
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CONFIDENT UN
AS FIGHNEARS
Lightweight Champ Doesn't
Look Like Push-Over for
Terrible Armstrong Bet
ting Remains at 12 to 5
Fljtht Broad rast.
The Henry Armstrong-Lou Am
bers lightweight championship
fight tomorrow night In New York
City will be broad cm t ovr a na
tional radio hookup which In
clude KMED. The fight sched
uled for IS rounds, wt!l start
about 8 p. m.. Mdford time.
PORTLAND NET STAR
MOST IMPROVED OF NET STAR'S COACH
llrnry Armstrong Oihnre). will have the harking of a set of powerful shoulders and arms In hU flsllc
fraras IVrcliirtuluv night with Lou A in her , light weight champion. Armstrong holds the welter and readier
titles, (A. P. rhotu).
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BV DREW Minni.ETON
YORK, Aug. 0. (AP) The
PORTLAND, Aug. . AP) El.
Wood Cooke, Portland's Davis cup
quad member, la the moat Improved
tennis player Iri the country, Joseph
A. Thurston, chairman of the na
tional parka and playground' com
mittee of the TJ. 8. Lawn Tennis as
sociation, aa!d In an Interview here. NBW
"Cooke has learned to sustain his placid course of the United States
sallies and has added depth and Lawn Tennis association toward one
peed to both his forehand and back- of the game's most successful years
band drives," said Thurston. "His has been Interrupted by the lusty
roactions are remarkably rast, ne complaint of George Hudson who
bits the ball much harder than he claims he has been separated from
did last year and his net game Is his No. 1 pupil, Frank Kovacs, the
growing stronger constantly. He no hanky Oakland, Calif- Davis cup
longer has any weak spots in nis hopeful.
I Hudson, for veara a auceessful
Cooke was a finalist In the Sea- TO,ch In Berkeley. Calif., announced
bright tournament this year and h. m(J,m,.,rt ,, ,, ..,
von the New England championship. lhe v L T A bMallM of cll
Denying that a player had to be th,t WM .. , .,
"tennis bum" to gain top-rank- wltn ,tBr yog
Ing experience. Thurston said the p)ny6rg
association's rules permitted players t ' c,forrin, ,n prfpaml
"""" '""' statement, charged coaches, backed
w.vn e.,,n7. p..a, dui, p.,er rep- by ..Rt.crptbl1 Mml, lp ,y (lrm
teaentlng states, such as Cooke, have or drtIlg t,lr merchM1.
.' dlse." had been allowed to coach
-A good tennis plsyer doe. have D ,nd wightman cup squads.
r . V 1 w,nt n Investigation of the
snoat of them are youngsters-Don- ,,, ,,,, ln BmRtmr
7 " . ' : L fnnls." Hudson said later. He added
"Those who reach the top havehN fcn--, .h. Brt.i . i
good thing In professional tennis DUt w nxlm for
if thmv wtfth fn fnltnw Ik " ha m. ..... 1
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen says:
Brown's Flipper
Gone Again With
Old Dead Feeling
if they wish to follow It,1
narked.
MEDFORD BOYS ENTER
CMTC TRACK EVENTS
'Why at the Sea Bright tourna
ment due to the pressure being
brought upon Kovacs by tennis of
ficials. It was no longer healthy for
tne lad to be seen In my company.'
ine break between pupil and mas'
ter waa emphasised further by KO'
vacs who claimed Hudson hart never
taught him "a darned stroke.'
'I don't owe Hudson anything,
VANCOUVER, Waah.. Alur. a.tn Kovacs. who is playing In the
Company C, paced bv sroun of eastern grasa court championships
Oregon athletes, captured the annual Rt -y iooa lessons rrom rum
CMTC track and field meet here. "" twenty of them, but only be-
topplng Company D by four points cause my father had paid Hudson In
with a total of ST. aovance
Thomaa W. Flahburn. Nysaa, built Said Holeombe Ward, president of
up Company C's early lead with a 'he u. 8. L. T. A.: "It's too hot to-
victory In the 100 -yard dash In 10.8 oay to get eiclted.'
seconds, and he ran second In the
HO-ysrd dash.
Raymond Crosby. Med ford. of
Company B. placed second In the
loo-yard dash and Charlea Hashrouk.
Balem. was third for Company 0 In
tne no-yard dash.
Donald Horner. Medford. was sec
ond In the broad Jump and third In
me high Jump for Company B.
Ti
HOW THEY?
STAND
There were no gomes plsyed yes
terday In either the raclflc. Ameri
can or National leaguea.
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Billy Hulen.
NANCY HURST GRABS
MEDAL PLAY HONORS
ASTORIA, Aug. 0. (JP Naney
Hurst. Portland. Oregon wom-ns golf
champion, posted an BO yesterday to
win medaltst honors In the Oregon
coast mtd -summer tournament. She
tS dpfenrllnsT rhimntnn
Timber Products company, whose t
powerful Softball team won ths city DIIRl FY inAUn CWTCDC
Ahimnlonnhln tnr th itmnl trt.lht I v w ' wr" ' i-lll
T TO PLAYERS
LEGION JUNIOR PLAY
BURLS Y, Idaho. Am. 0. - (fih
year, ataged a ft ft la banquet In the
basement dining room of the Hotel
tt. own team, for Wooden Bomen. ?"rl2.,m; f"frth.
inner.i.D ln tht. VnMtn-. rsr. .nH Xh" lonsl American Lelon junior
n. Aff 11.1. f h- bball champloivhlp tournament by
dcfeattnR Parma. 15 to 7. yesterday
for Its second straight victory. Bur
lor offlclnls of the Medford Boft-
ball association. Oscar Anderson of
ths Timber Products company, was
Jrt aster of ceremonies.
Over a half-hundred players and
fuests pttthered to rat thick steskn
nd miss havoc with two 16-gallon
kBs of beer. Short speeches were
ttsde by all players and ofriclali.
nd ths banquet was fudged ft com
plete success by all who attended.
ley will repwaent Idaho In the four-
state tournament.
CtoRlnc time for Too Lat to Clas
ftlfy Ads is 1:10 p. m.
Entire HiVlERY stock
RICDUCKD
Sthelwyn B Hoffmann
Closing? time for Too Lat to cias-
'tfy Ada Is 1:10 p. m.
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Spectaolfs were Invented durln
lbs 13th century.
It Is sadly reported here today thnt
the big left arm of Lowell Brown,
the southpaw flipper which ta play
ed a highly Important part ln keep
ing Me d f o r d's
Craters In this
year's Southern
Oregon league
pennant race, no
longer carries
enough pitching
magic to keep
pace with the
circuit's hitters.
That fact,
which may ex
plode Med ford's
hopes of winning
the second - half
champ Ion Rlil p.
became painfully
appnrent at Cres'
cent City Sunday, when the big left
hander was belted from the box ln
the third Inning. It was not alone
Brown'a Inability to dam the ava
lanche of bftschlts the Crescent
fired at him that Inspires this story.
Revealing far more the true condi
tion of Lowell's arm were hla own
words after the game.
"It Juat felt dead," he said, "no
snap or life at all. It was like a
rubber band that had been stretched
no much tt had no elasticity left.
I tried my best to put some rip
on the fast one. but the tire Just
wasn't there. My arm didn't hurt
a bit, doesn't now. but it feels plenty
dead."
It ha been evident since the
opening second-half game agnlnxt
Yreka. July 1ft. that Brown has
not been right. He heat the
ralirnrnlam that dat. Is to 1,
with sit hits, and that wa hit
lat good exhibit Inn. tgalnt
Ashland he was hit freelv and
ditto ngatnt Grants pass. Only
the Crater batting attack ssTed
him on thoe two occasion, be
raus both Vhland and tJrnnt
Pass In II led enough runs to win
an ordinary game.
During the first-half race. Brown
hurled aome magnificent baseball.
He blanked Crescent City at Crescent
City. 4 to 0. while allowing a measly
two safeties, allowed only four hits
In bestliw Olcndale. and again against
Crescent City In the first-half wind
up. was touched for only 11 hits in
IS Innings, although losing through
errors snd bad breaks. He seemed
well on the way to complete recovery
from an arm ailment caused by toss
ing heavy alt cans around.
Now, although the bothersome
b!ood-clot In his pitching elbow has
disappeared, thanki to the manipu
lations of Dick Llnnell, Brown's arm
hss gone completely desd. There Is
no psln nor soreness; It is simply
lifeless. He can't get any ehlp on
his fast one and his once -great
curve ts nothing more than a wrinkle
He still hss control, but that li all
Whether the arm will come back,
only time can tell. Lowell said after !
the game Sunday that he had hopes '
tt would, with a good, long rest
Mnnneer WaHv Rlckert ttd that
he dktn t have to pitch again until
he felt his arm was OK, and Brown
answered that he would give It a two
weeks' vacation from any thiowlng,
and see what happened.
Tied for the league leadership with
Crescent City and Grants Pass. Med
ford still has an excellent chance to
win the second-half championship,
provided Bill Rathke, the game little
righthander upon whose shoulders
the pitching burden will fall for the
next two weeks, at least. Is able to
hold Yreka and Olendale fairly well
In check while his teammates get
plenty of runs. Only three more
battles remain ln the second -half
race. Medford travels to Yreka next
Sunday, comes home to face Olcndale
and Olenn Elliott August 21. and
ends the season -against Crescent City
here, August 37. If Rathke enn beat
Yreka and Olcndale and nd the
Craters Into the Crescent City game
atlll tied for the lead, anything can
happen. Brown's arm may be nllve
again by then, or Rathko might pos
sibly be able to set the coast team
down.
Billy Calvert really went pugnaci
ous In the fifth Inning at Crescent
City, Sunday, and almost swung on
Umpire Ross after pushing him
around a little. Bill saw red when
Ross called a third strike on him. a
pitch, by the way. that looktd from
the prct box like It might have
nicked the outside corner of the
plate. It was a sharp curve. Any
way, BUI advanced threateningly up
on the umps. gave him a couple of
shoves, then cocked his right hand
down around his knees and made
ready to let fly. Players of both
clubs gathered around and separated
me pair, and no damage was done,
t'mplre Rosa ordered Calvert
out of the game and out of the
park, hut arter a long confab
between Manager Klckert of the
Craters and Manager Roy Deo of
Crescent City, the latter went to
lint for Calvert and asked the
umpire to let mil remain in the
game, which the arbiter did
By GAVLE TALBOT
NEW YORK, Aug. 9. It must
be admitted Lou Ambers, the light
weight champion, does not look nor
talk like the pop-over he is sup
posed to be for Henry Armstrong
tomorrow night at the Polo grounds.
In his final training spasm yester
day, the 135-pound king looked as
tough as a smoked boot and his con
versation all was to the effect he
knew exactly how to take care of
the fierce tittle negro once he got
him Into the ring.
The average man wouldn't like to
face Armstrong with a baseball bat,
yet Ambers talks like he can t wait
to take a smack at the fireball who
has dethroned the featherweight and
welterweight champions ln the last
nine months.
"Don't worry about me," he advised ,
a visitor to hla camp. "Wait until
we've gone IS rounds snd then ask
Armstrong how he liked It."
Two prominent persons watched
Lou's final workout. One was Joe
Louis, the heavy champ, who flew
In from Detroit. The other was Al
lovino of Pittsburgh, a former fight
-cr whose clslm to fame Is that he
knocked out Armstrong back In 1932,
when Henry name was Melody Jack
son.
Louis declined to pick the winner.
Both boys, he said, were his friends.
The betting still was 13 to 6 that
the negro would bag his third title,
a feat that seemed unbelievable until
Henry came tearing out of the west.
The best that could be said for
tne crowd prospects was the predic
tion of Promoter Mike Jacobs there
would be $100,000 in the till. Other
estimates backed It down as low as
$75,000. The fight hasn't caught on.
iney will weigh ln tomorrow at
noon, and there probably won't be a
pound difference between them. Each
plans to do 134.
TOURNEY WINNERS
VETERAN JOLLEY
KEEPS BAT LEAD
LOe AVORLES. Auii. (AP1
Smead Jolley, veteran Oakland out.
fielder, still provlni to the tounnsters
that he can swing a potent bat. re
mained atop the Paelilo Coast league
hitting list today by a 43-polnt mar
gin.
Including Sunday's Karnes, Jolley
Is batting at a 383 ellp. with Port
land's Harry Rosenberg climbing Into
the lesd In a red-hot race foi ninner
up honors. Rosenberg's average Is
.30. with Bill Llllard of Sen rran
Msro. sold to the Philadelphia Ath
letics last week, at .330 and Prenchy
Uhalt of Hollywood and Brooks
Holder. San Francisco, tied at .338.
Ted Norbert of San Francisco re
tained the home run lead with 1.
San Francisco heads the team battlnc
standings with 3M. Trailing the field
at .349 are the Sacramento Senators,
currently waging a hot race with Los
Angeles for the league lead.
SAN FRANCISCO. Anc 0 pi
Followers of the snort t.w m.
William Tell and Robin Hood legend
nry heroes competed today In the
second day of the National Archery
association's 59th annual champion
ship tournament.
Curtis Hill of Dayton. Ohio, who
two years ago set a national archery
distance mark of 814 yards, six
Inches, won the free-style event yes.
terdsy. but fell far short of his own
mark. He sent his arrow 610 yards,
four Inches.
Miss Olen Vlnysrd of Canby. Ore.,
won two events. She took the wo
men's class two event for bows up to
50 pounds with a shot of 320 rants
one foot, sli Inches, and the omen's
unlimited class with a shot that went
345 yards, one foot .six Inches.
Another two-event winner was also
an oregonlan, Gene Warnlck of Port-
iana. in class three for bows up to
tw pounds ne sent sn arrow 43R
yards, one foot, and In the imiimitM,
claAs shot 463 yards, one foot, nine
PETE'S DROPKICK
FLATTENS LOGGER
FOR PAY-OFF PIN
Although falling to display a single
maneuver that local fan's hadn't
seen a thousand times before, Mad
Italian Pete Belcastro won himself
a grappling match at the open-air
high school stsdlum last night by
dropping Sockeye Jack McDonald
with a vicious dropklck to the whis
kers with the count standing one
tumble apiece.
Tt was Pete's first ennearsni. ur
In over a year, and If he picked up
anything new on hla lengthy tour of
tlit east and south it. miiidnt t..
seen with the naked eye. Maybe he
reBiiy nao a "mystery" hold to bring
into play last night, but If he did he
never got around tn uslna- it. n.
me same oia rere Belcastro, a drop
kicking, halr-pulllng. hard-punchlnr
sly and tricky Belcastro. and he gave
McDonald more punWment than the
ex-Seattle logger hes been forced to
take for many months. In fact. It
was McDonald's first setback In four
months, since Kenaston beat him af
ter getting off his crutches to do It
The match waa a bruising affair
In which anything went. The boys
pounded each otner from pillar to
post, with Belcastro having a clear
advantage, believe it or not, every
time they stood toe to toe and slug-
-a. sacuonaio drew blood from the
Belcnstro nose mldwsv through the
match, but Pete inflicted severe pun-
lanmeni vo ejocKeye'8 body and head
A body slam after a wild flurry of
flats gave Pete the nivnlns fell K...
McDonald oame back to even the
score with a side strip, the only new
tnctlc displaced durinz the evening
The third tumble saw both fire drop-
kicks wun aoandon, with Pete going
down first, getting un arm nriin?
Sockeye to the canvas. They took
turns planting their feet in each
other's faces until finally Belcsstro
ny a wnopping aounie-rjarreled
shot that caught Sockeye flush on
the button and dropped him flat.
Pete Jumped on top and Referee Earl
Voakley counted to three In nothing
flat. .
Many customers believed the ref
wss a little hasty In tolling off the
three-count, and so did McDonald
But, thats the way it waa and tliere
wss nothing to do about It.
Sgt. Bob Kenaston of Ooid Hill also
won himself a wrestling match In
the middle event, clamping on his
Oold Hill crab to demolish Polish Pa
looka Joe Smollnskl and wind up
ths affair then and there. This brawl
was one you read about, and stole
the mow by a city block.
The lone fall came In the second
round when Kenaston. out on his
feet, pulled bis senses together
enough to put on the crab hold and
send Smollnskl to the showers for
Hie rest of the night. Joe was unable
to continue.
For the better part of two frames
Smollnskl battered and pounded and
head-locked Kenaston until it looked
Ilka the Oold Hill pride and Joy
would not be recognizable to his own
mams. They spent considerable time
out of the ring, with Referee Earl
Voakley also taking a neat pasting.
Just before the second round end
ed. Kenaston socked Joe on the chin,
dazing him, then picked dim up and
tossed him Into the press row. As
Smollnskl sailed through the ropes
his head came In contact with the
edge of the ring and tie fell to the
grass ln a stupor. Kenaston, himself,
was wandering around tha ring try
ing to feed the birdies which were
singing so sweetly when Joe crawled
back through the hemp at the count
of 10. Pretty soon Kensston groped
His way to where Smollnskl was reel
ing and, by pure Instinct, applied hla
Olid Hill crab. And, that ended ths
match.
Benny Wilson took two straight
falls from Flash Kelly In the opener,
gaining the first In the Initial canto
with a body press snd the second in
the tulrd round with dropklcks and
a body press. ,
Boston has suffered severely from
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In 1676. 1679, 1711, 1760, 1872 1889,
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