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PA'O E TWO MEDFOTCD MATL TRIBUNE, AfEDFOTCP, - OREGON. TTTESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1938. jgjglBIIlrt SaJIMfcto..VJ.s2-.. f- ,--.;v,. ... ,. .,..:.::.-.t,v FORCES AHEAD IN SEATTLE LINEUP Joe Vanni Recovering From Leg Injuries Maintains Heavy Hitting Pace Seattle High School Star (By the Associates' Press.) Most of the buehall stories out of Seattle thesa days have been about the Seattle club juvenile pitching wonder, Freddie Hutchinson, pitch ing Ma first year aa a professional Now Seattle has another rookie get ting Justly earned recognition. He's Joe (Puncho) EMo Vsnnl, young outfielder, who plays profes sional football In the winter. Twenty Years Old. Tannl was 20 last April. Dogged by leg injuries, he spent most of tho early part of the season on the Seattle bench. When he finally 1id get Into action he got six bits In bis first two games. Since then his hitting has been consistent and over the 300 mark He's a graduate of Queen Anne hlrfh sohool In Seattle and attended the University of Washington. Next to baseball, his next love la football The name puncho was given him fnr his line punching ability and is equally applicable to his punching ability with a baseball bat. In hie high school days he was an all-star baseball player for four years and football three years. An Apt Student Vannl atlll has lota to learn about defensive play and base running of fore he can be considered a major league prospect but he la an apt atudent, Manager Jack Lellvelt of the Seattle Coast league team, says. - One thing that can't be Ignored. Lellvelt polnta out, la Vannl'a con alstent work at the plate. Tonight Vannl will see action In San Francisco against the Seals, Just a. bait game behind the third plane Seattle team. The league-leading Los Angeles Angela will be entertained by seventh place Hollywood while last plaoe Oakland goes to Sacra mento for a aeries with the runner up Senators. San Dleeo entertains the Portland Beavera. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen gays: Legion Junior Plan Contributes To Baseball It may be pretty late In the sea aon to start talking about American Legion Junior baseball, what with Medford's Juniors all finished until next year, but we would like to say a few words oone ..i the great national program and trust that the local Legion poet will continue with Its plans to -ponaor a toam next season In the same excel J.. 1) lent msnner In Billy llulro. i ctub In the field tti.i summer. Alttiou:;:. the Mod ford boya failed to win the district championship, losing to Eugene In a three-game aerlea, every member of the team did his best and received vnluable playing experience which will be evidenced next season, either with tho Junior team or with the Junior Craters. If he has passed the Legion age limit. Junior baseball la one of the American Legion's greatest contri butions toward building good cltl enfthlp for the future. In fact. It Is one of the finest programs for the benefit of youth being carried out In the nation. It devtlops sturdy bodies and sound characters for the boys who participate, and at the. same time it provides a stepplrt atone to fame snd fortune In orRf.n Ifled baseball for thoae talented youngsters who detire to make the game their life's work. There are, this year, a total of 93 American l.eg.in Junior baseball graduates playing base ball In the, major Imsnes, turn ing not Ini than KM '00 fur sl months acihlty In one of the mt healthful profusion In the world. All to'.d. In profes sions.! baseball ranks, there are fttl former Legion Junior players no making 40ml this season. And, of thmr At! I, an even doren were dnvlojied right here In Oregon. Topping the list, of course. Is Joe Plash" Gordon, second -baseman of i tha New York Yankees and formsr University of Oregon star. Joe got 1 his baseball start under the spon sorship of Legion Post number 1 of Portland, and Is now beliw tabbed by experts as having possibilities of1 turning Into one of the greatest see- I Royal Sextet For Regatta Queen Jane Ijijassre and the file Astoria's annual reealta, August 81 are, left to right. Princesses Wlntrrrd Johnson, Hose Kntupy, Barbara Coo k ond basemen In the history of the game. In addition to Gordon, many others from Oregon are enjoying the pleas ant occupation of professional base ball. A partial list Includes the fol lowing In the Western International league, a olasa B circuit: Gene Splker, Bob Garretson, Dick LaSnlle, Oscar "Bed" Miller, all of Portland; Bob Ball, Al Lieu. Floyd Bevans and Harvey Btorey from other Oregon cities. Bob Price of Portland Is with Tucson, Aria., In the Arizona-Texas league, Bill Bchubel la with EI Paso, Texas. In the same circuit and Verne Miller Is a member of the Tulsa, Okla.. Oilers. There are prob ably many others. The western sectional tournament, with Portland's Pos toff Ice Pharmacy entered, was plpyed at Grand Forks, N. D over the week-end, and even tually the two finalist teams, sur vlvors of a storting field of 30,000 clubs, will fight It out In the 1938 Junior World's Series. The vast scope or the program Is clearly revealod In the figures of tho number of boys under 17 years of age who enrolled this year In the nation-wide elimi nation series. A conservative estimate places the uumber at 600,000. From that army of a half mil lion young bnselmllfrs will come many future major league stars. In years to come, there will be Oregon boys gracing the rosters of the Ynnks, Cubs, Pirates, Tigers, Dodgers, Athletics or other big league tenms. Perhaps some Medford youngster will learn his baseball on a Legion Junior team here and end In tho major loops. It Is fnr from Im possible, because they are doing It every year from cities and hamlets the country over. So, let's seo that Medford's Ameri can Legion post has all the help and cooperation It needs next year when It starts shoving the Junior baseball program forward. Assist ance this season was excellent, and may It be the same In 1939, L STEAL LINKS SHOW CLEVELAND. Aug. 33. Pl Ooll may be Just a game to most players but Its far more than that to Eddie Furgol and Pete Doll. Aa the 17th national public links championship swung Into Its second day at Highland park municipal course, Furgol and Doll were rldlnj along on pace setting 68 a and high hopes of some day malting the sport their life's work. Before their brilliant two-under-par performancea yesterday In the first round of qualifying play In the working man's annual classic, Furgol and Doll wore Just two move '"un knowns" In a star-studded fMd. Both hsd the shots under pressure, how ever, snd stole the show to virtually clinch two of the ti qualifying berths which will bo determined oy night fall. Match play will bealn tomorrow and continue through Saturday's Jfc hole final. 5mm asm Amrelonn League W. L. Pot. New York 7 a .ana Cleveland 03 43 .08.1 notion .. 1 45 .57 Washington ,. 87 87 .500 Detroit 85 58 .495 Chloago it 58 421 S- Louis 90 no sgi Phllsdrlphla 88 70 National l.rsjue W. L. P-t. Pittsburgh 87 4a .815 New York .. 8J 49 ,. Cincinnati 83 91 ,St( Chicago 81 sa .540 Boston 53 58 ma Brooklyn 88 58 477 St. Louis so a3 .44. Philadelphia 94 7S .918 No change In Coast league stsnd- ns. Closing time for roo Lste to Clia- ilfy Arts is 1 :30 p n. C. L. Perkins HOITOH Of OI'TOMM'm I'honr Jl. US . Central An MnUnrd, Ore. fair prlnrrsirs who will rule at to September 3, Inclusive. They Lovelace, Mildred Wnllln, Pauline and Queen Jane Lagaseee. BELCASTRO TAKES HUSKY M'DONALD Once sgaln, Pete Belcastro disap pointed a goodly number of wrestlln: fans In the Medford armory last night by falling to produce his "mys tery" hold. But, In Pete's defense. It must be stated that he didn't need anything new to wallop Bockeye jock McDonald for the second stralgnt time and prove, to even the most rabid Bockeye supporters, that the Mod Italian Is the tougher of the twr grapplcrs, at this time of the season, anywey. Belcastro resorted to one of the old est maneuvers In the game a plain, common and devastating surfboard to whip his most hitter enemy. And. he turned the trick In tho amazlng!7 quick time of 15 minutes and 10 sec onds. He did It In two straight falls, the IS minutes being the length o! time It took him to obtain the surf board and the 10 seconds being the time It took him to finish the weak ened and groggy McDonald with a hammerlock. Following that aurf board, Sockeye requested an addi tional five minutes In which to re cuperate, but Pete said no. Bo Mc Donald walked gamely to the alaugh ter nd that's what It was. It waa s rough, tough and alug studded brswl for 1. minutes and 88 seconds. Sockeye's main weapon, as usual, was a right hand to the chin and body Interspersed by an occas ional dropklck, Pete relied on about the aame things, and when they stood toe to toe and flailed away, Belcaatrj seemed to be the stronger. In faot, McDopald waa apparently way off his usual form, although Pete must be credited with dishing out enough stuff to make the best of them ap pear allghtly ahopv.om. Just before Bel-'astro flipped Sock eye over for the payoff surfboard McDonald let fly a dropklck that dusted Pete's bristly ohln and stretched him flat on the Axmlnster Sockeye piled on top snd apparently pinned the Mad Italian for keeps. Then, for no good reason. Referee Carl Yoakley broke Sockeye off Pete, and while the former was disentangling himself, aa per the refa request. Bet css'.ro grabbed a McDonald drum stick and upset him. Before 8ocke7e knew the score Pote had htm on his stcmach and waa applying the surf board. Sockeye suffered for almost a min ute finally saying when, and tha' waa really the end of the match. Die rest period was entirely too short to do Sockeye any good, and when he came out for the second tumble Bol custro Immediately glommnd one of his aching arms, whipped Into a ham merlock, and the match wss hlstoty. Bobby Chick snd Sgt. Kenaston staged a whale of a middle event, each obtaining one fall over the six round route. Chick acquired the first tumble In the fourth stanra with an Indian deathlock. and from then on made thlnga extremely 'inpteaslnt for the Clold Hill pride and Joy. Bob by worked like a Trojan jn Konas ton'a aching foot, so mucn so that the big ex-Marine took off his shoo and Chick finished the Job by peel ing off his sock. Hobbling around on one foot. Keu- nston succeeded In beating off Chick's attAck for two rounds, then equalised DO NOT WAIT until the last minute to order your winter's supply of wood Orders Received Now For GREEN PINE SLABS AND DRY FACTORY BLOCKS CAN BE DELIVERED PROMPTT.v Timber Product Company TOUGH FLAG RACE REACHES CLIMAX Medford Will Entertain Cres cent City Grants Pass to Glendale Three Out fits Tied for Pinnacle Southern Oregon League W. L. PC. OB Medford 8 1 .857 . Crescent City 8 1 .857 a rants Pass 8 1 .857 .... Yreka a A .288 4 Olendale 1 8 .143 5 Ashland 0 7 .000 8 Oames behind leaders. The long, gruelling 28-game South ern Oregon league pennant race reaches Its climax next Sunday after noon when Medford and Crescent City, two of the three clubs entan gled In a triple tie for the second half leadership, resume their bitter rivalry at Medford, and Grants Pass, third team roosting on the peak, travels to Olendale. Next Sunday's games will com plete the regular schedule, but It appears almost ccr.aln a playoff fnr the second-half championship will be necessary. Grants Pans Is expected to encounter little difficulty with Glendale, thereby throwing the Mer chants Into a playoff game with the winner of the Med ford -Crescent City game here. However, If Olendale should pull an upsot win over Grants Pass, the victor of the gigantic strug gle In Medford would automatically become second-half champions. Cres cent City, last year's title-holders and winners of the first-half pen nant this season, will meet the second-half champs for the league bunting, provided, or eourse, tnat they, themselves, don't annex the second half flag. Craters Look Good Last Sunday's games saw Medford crash out a 14 to 8 win over Glen dale, Crescent City beat Yreka, 3 to 1. and Grants Pass wallop Ash land, 11 to 1. Local fans were highly Impressed with the Craters, seeing their first action under the managership of Paul "Hoosler Hoffard. Orval Ham pel did a nice Job on first base, his first try at the post this season, and Rtney Cook, new thlrd-sacker. made his debut In good fashion. Most Im portant, however, was the fire, spirit and dash displayed by the locals. Many dyed - In - the - wools remarked i after the battle that the present 1 lineup waa the best of the season. Facing Crescent City's Lefty Mike Koll next Sunday In the big game of the year will be Lylo Turpln, young righthander obtained from the Klamath Falls Red Sox of the North ern California league. Turpln, who has been with the Sox for the past three seasons, is a big fellow with A booming fast ball. He beat Crescent City the Fourth of July In an ex hibition game, allowing only four hits, snd Manager "Hoosler" Hoffard la confident he can repeat the feat next Sunday. Young Turpln Is a nephew of Hal Turpln, Seattle Rai nier pitcher. Weather Northern California: Fair tontcht and Wednesday, but overcast on coast nlht and morning, warmer In Interior Wednesday; light to mode rate northwest wind off the coast. Oregon: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, but considerable cloudi ness on the coast, little change In temperature; gentle to moderate northwest wind off the coast. the score a short time before lh sixth and final round ended by ham merino Bobby to the floor and pi1: nlng him with a body press. Mike Strelloh, hulking youngi brother of Steve, grabbed two strain i tumbles from Polish Pa looks J Stnoltnskl In the opener, winning th (Irrt In the first round on a foil, when Joe insisted on gouging tyer. and pulling hair, and taking the next fall in the second round with a body press after firing a dropklck to Joe' soft-looking mlcl -section. Mike want ed to wrestle clean, but of cour:o : that was Impossible with Palook.t 1 like Smotlnskl, So. Mike cut loose several times with a barrage of oody j and head blows that made Joe bawl i like a baby and scurry for the ropes Knife and Fork Will Lick Louis Is Tunney's Belief PORTLAND, Aug. 33. (p) Joe Louis will eat himself out of the world's championship, Gene Tunuoy, the ex-flghtlng marine who smeared Jack Dempsey, predicted yesterday. "That boy loves to eat," Tunney said. "He doesn't drink, but he's honey with the knife and fork. "Just give him enough pie and fried chloken and watermelon and pretty soon he'll be a fat panther and fat panthers can't stay at the top of that game. Tunney, who held the champion ship back In the days of two-mt 11 ion dollar gates, opined Henry Armstrong wasn't as great a fighter as he ap peared from a quick glance at his three titles. "Mysterious Billy Smith could have killed him; Benny Leonard would have sliced him to pieces," Tunney said. IS. MOODY- DECIDES 10 FOREGO NATIONAL BECAUSE OF NEURITIS NEW YORK, Aug. 93. VP) Because of the effects of "a severe attack 31 neuritis." which has kept her out of competition since returning from h?r WlmblttiMj triumph. Helen Wills Moody today notified the 0. B. Lawn Tennis association she would not play in tne forthcoming national women's singles championships at Forest Hills Mrs. Msody disclosed her decision In a letter to Edward B. Moss, exec utive secretary of the 1). S. T. A. She explained she ha4 failed to respond to treatment, since coming back to this country, and did not feel she would be able, wttnout suf ficient practice, "to play in such competition as offered by Forest Hills." The long-time queen of the tennis courts; who undertook a comebaoa campaign this year with the idea ol seeking to regain the American singles crown aa well as honors at Wimbledon, accompanied her notice of withdrawal with a refund of her entire expenses, amounting to II.- 309.4B, for her trip to England with tne Wightman cup team. French Airmen Drown CHERBOURG. France. Aim. 33. (API A French naw Hpanlsne. tM Lolre-Olivler, sank suddenly today after alighting In .Cherbourg harbor. Three crew members were drowned. Three others were saved. Entire HOSIERY stock REDUCED Ethelwyn B Hoffmann BEGINS SATURDAY September 3rd ONE FULL YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION BY MAIL 4 $4 50 ti If you are unable to call at the Mail Tribune office and renew your subscription, we will gladly have your carrier call if you will phone the Tribune office 78 and leave your name and address. Re Other flstlana figures? Maxle Baer for example? "Baer bad great possibilities but he was Indifferent to the responsi bilities of a fighter," Tunney as serted. Schmettng? "Max was paralyzed from fear when he went In against Louis fear ol what would happen to him In Ger many If he lost. I shook hands with him before the fight and he almoet choked on bis adam's-apple." Tunney was here for the National Alcoholic Beverage Control associa tion convention. UDGE AND MAKO FACE TOUGH PAIR BROOKLINE, Mass., Aug. S3. P) If there are tennis advantages de rived from stiff competition, they probsbly will be gained by Don Budge and Gene Mako, rather than Australia's Adrian Qulst and Jak Bromwlch, during the current na tional doubles play at Xiongwood. The stars from down under ap peared to have an easy passage Into the title round, but for Budge and Mako it was almoat certain to be a rocky road. For their second round opponents today, the 0. 8. Davis cuppers drew Wayne Sabln of Los Angeles and Elwood Cooke of Fort land, Ore., whom they had a diffi cult task aubdutng at Newport last week, 18-13, .6-4, 7-S If Budge and Mako can repeat, they probably will advance against the Yugoslavian aces, Ferenc Puncec and Franjo Kukuljevlc, and then against tha only two-time former winners In the field, Wilmer Allison and Johnny VanRyn of Austin. Tex.. In the seml-flnal. KELLY IS SUCCEEDED BY PAUL V. WALLACE SALEM, Aug. 33. P Goveraoi Charles H. Martin named Paul B. Wallace, Salem business and civic leader, a member of the World wai veterans state aid commission yester day. Wallace succeeds B. E. Kelly, Med ford, who died recently. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. Just to Remind You- MAIL TRIBUNE NOTE Your Subscription Must Be Paid to September 1, 1838, to Entitle You to the Bargain Rate in Jackson, Josephine and Siskiyou Counties HOW TO OREGON Gllrl HAVE SCAN! TIE FOR REHEARSALS Oliver and Stiner Broadcast Word for Aspirants to Be In Shape for Scrimmage Come September 8th By FRED HAMFSON (Associated Press Staff Writer.) Saturday's millions, reacting to the first faint tang of fall, have begun scouring the sport pages for the early words on their favorite elevens. This week and last marked the beginning of the conjectural calm before the grid storm that breaks when practice starts in September. Oregon's two coast conference coaches have broadcast admonltinn to their men to be In shape for scrimmage when rehearsals open September 8. There is little time for conditioning after that, for the schedules crowd the start of practice. Two Weeks Leeway. Oregon, whose new coach, Tex Oliver, returned to Eugene over the week-end to make ready for a busy fall, will have two weeks to prepare for a tough take-off against Wash lngton State at Pullman, September 24. Six other conference and two non-league games follow fast and close. The slow start against push overs Is Just a memory In western football. Oregon State has a slightly lighter assignment. The Beavers start against Idaho two weeks after the beginning of drill. Washington, reckoned by a few of the prophets as the strongest team on the coast this yvar, is even fortunate. The Huskies most wapts part of their two-week warm-up on the train. They migrate to Minne sota to play Bernle Bier-man's team September 24. The only bright sida of that picture Is that the game won't count In the standings. Expect 30 Aspirants. Tex Oliver expects a crowd of SO to answer roll-call September 8, of which 21 will be gents with letters. He Is expected to line up an ear!) varsity composed of Lance and Be glnato, ends; Peters and Jensen, tack les; Glovaninl and Walden, guard: Cadenasso, center; Nllsen, Nicholson, Gebhardt and Rowe, backs. The only member of that troupe that needs Introduction Is Cade nasso. The probable center starter la a 1937 St. Mary's frosh who trans ferred. BY DflfS SUBSCRIBE gardless of how you subscribe, your carrier is given credit. Or you may mail your renewal to the Circulation Department and we will credit your subscription for another year and mail you your receipt. Lon Stiner sings a blue refrain aa summer fades, for atx reasons. In the approximate order of Importance they are Joe Gray. Kolberg, Duncan. Watts, Nihil and Ramsey six stout lads of 1937 who got caught by graduation. Alonzo thinks he can repair com mencement's ravages to the line and bring out a new collection of for. wards that can stand the wear and tear of the P.C.C. although replace ments will be scanty. But he it really In a juicy stew about tha backfleld. And so would you be If you had the vacant shoes of such as Gray and Kolberg to fill. SCHiSSLER FORMING . PRO FOOTBALL LOOP LOS ANGELES, Aug. 93. ) A California professional football league wis in the making today. Paul J. Schissler, former Oregon State foctball coach, said teams rep resenting Hollywood, Salinas, Fresno and San Diego would form the nu cleus of the league. "Organization is to be completed at a meeting of Interested parties here in the near future," said SchlsB ler. He named aa his associates In the project Ed Storm of the Salinas Pack ers, Don Price of the Fresno Wine crushers and Lin Plantner, San Diego promoter who has been using the wn Diego ball park for boxing and wrest ling. Fights Last Night (By the Associated Press.) CHICAGO Billy Celebron. 158. Rockford, 111., outpointed Tony Zale, 158. Gary. Ind. (10). WASHINGTON Bill Boyd. 189. New York, knocked out Billy Nlchy. 176. Pittsburgh 2. 8AN FRANCISCO Tiger Wade., 14S, VhlUecotho. 111., stopped Frank! Santos, 143, Salinas, Cal. (4). BANGOR, Me. Al McCoy, 182. Boston, knocked out Gene Bonln, 190, WlUamantlc, Conn. (4). STOCKTON, Cal. Tommy Romero. 130. Sacramento, Cal., outpointed Umlo Gen. 131, Hollywood, Cal. (10). Scores Yesterday American Leagne. Chicago 4, Cleveland 2. (Only game scheduled.) National League. Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 2. Cincinnati 11, St. Louis 4. (Only games scheduled.) Coast League. (No games scheduled.) CARRIER 00 Maintained mm cp i u Si
