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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.)
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