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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QREtiON, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1939 Sport Graphs BUly Hulen saygj Crater Nearing End of Fine 1939 Baseball Season Bomber Knocks Out Agile Challenger in I 1 th Round Ragardlcaa or whether th Mad fort Crater up and awat down th Oranta Paaa Merchants Bun da? at the Climate city and haul bom the Southern Oregon league Shaughnasay playoff championship and th handaome trophy donated by Preeldnj of the Loop Dom Pro Tost of Aahland, nobody can truth fully say tha locale haven't en Joyed a good season. Of course thle 1030 oampalgn wasn't so brilliant as th one pro- duced last year, when the Craters I sopped their flrat league pennant In a decade, but It hasn't been a 1 poor season by a long shot. The I Isddles finished third In th regulsr race, two gamra out of first place, and then proceeded to knock over Crescent City In ths playoff aeml flnals to reach the title) round against the Orunts Passers. If the unexpected occura and Medford takes the third and deciding tilt from the Mcrchnnts, the season, by almost any token, must be con- aldered a howling success. PASTOR RALLIES AFTER SUFFERING FIVE KNOCKDOWNS Champion Not Bomber of Old Is Word Of Experts Battle With Galento In Summer Is Next On List. Manager Pnul lluffard and (lie bojs have lind a toiijjn row to hoe ajl yenr. They have been plagued by a lark of eonltent ly good pitching, nlthotigh at times the various flloger ued by the Craters turned In fine exhibitions. Just Imw much that pitching problem effected the elub oan be realized when you take a look at Hie number of elbowers who worked tltli sea son. There haa been no less than eight rhurkers In action this year, and for a bmll league team playing once a week that's plenty. fltnc th season opened the Cra ters have had these pitchers toss ing them over: Ray Erlekaon, Joe Spencer, Bill Rathke, Bill Purlonp, Vernon Lelf, Harry Lrggntt, Virgil Haynee and even Billy Calvert, a hortstop and catcher. Add Al Wl mer to th list and you hav nine hurlera In all, although th young southpaw worked only part of an arly-season exhibition encounter. No other club In the eight-team league used such a quantity of moundsmen. Grants Pass, for In stance, relied entirely on Steve Orlppsn and Chuck Ostrom, with th latter seeing only a little ac tion. Crescent City had Lefty Mike Koll for moat of Its battlea and Ralph Deo for a few. Olendale had Merle Johnson and Bpohrer. Ash Isnd had Nig OlSordl, Haynes, Har old McAbee and Wayne Combest. Dorrts had Ray Alvlso. Gold Hill had Skinny Wilson, Andy Powhlda and Dueeenberry. Klamath Falls had Art Dito and Harry Griffith. Fight Figures DETROIT, Sept. 31 AP Following are th official figures on the heavyweight champion ship fight between Joa Louis and Bob Pastor: Total attendance 33.868. Net paid attendance 83,199. Gross gate 1347.870. Net gate S298.000. Loula' shsre 40 per cent of net receipts (approximately 9118, 000). Pastor's ahare 1714 per cent of net. (approximately 953.000). Despite that unquestionable weakness In, the box, and t Ills la meant as no reflection on the various Crater hurlers, who, as before noted, rame up with some good but not ronthtent performances, (he Medfordi beat Crescent City, cn-rhampa, four out of rive times, Klamath Palls two out of two, Aohland ditto, Gold Hill ditto and llnrrls one out of two. Only (Herniate and Grants Pans held the upper hand on the Craterx, the Log ger! beating the locals twice In two itarts and Grants Pass winning three out of four, with one yet to be played. Taking verr-hlng Into consider ation, th Cratera haven't done bad ly, so far as tho won and lost reoord la concerned. Next year ehould b Just as iiccesxrnl, If not more so. W understand that Vern on Lslf, the southpaw outfielder, will coma up from southern Cali fornia again and that Haynes may again be In town. If Lelf returns the outfield will be intact Billy Plche and Hoffard will both be here, and Plche should bo a great ly Improved player with this year of experience under his hat. The Infield also will probably re main aa la, with Tommy White. Johny Oltren, Dick Lewis and Hun ter Dixon on hand. Calvert may again be In town, as will several of th pitchers. There la some brisk talk of installing Ibshta for night baseball, and if this plan la carried out th financial aspects will take a decided turn for the bettor. HOW.THE1S By Gayl Talbot DETROIT, Sept. 31 (AP) A crushing right to the law sent little Bob Pastor to his knees, dazed and helpless, In th 11th round at Brlggs atadlum last night, and Champion Jo Louis had snuffed out one mors fighter who made th mistake of facing blm the second tlms. The blow so numbed Pastor's senses that he didn't hear aa the gray-haired referee, Sam Hennessey, tolled 10. They had to lift him to his tired lege, and he mumbled apologetically: 'I didn't see the punch. I didn't see it coming at all." It must have been a deeply satis fying victory for the big, vacant- faced Negro, who was defending hla title for th first time beforo cheering "horn folks," a great number of them of hla own race. Joe looked as nearly happy aa he ever looka. Down Five Time He had knocked the New 1 York Jewish boy down five times In the first two rounds, and then, after what he described as a "breathing spell." had dropped him with a alngle blow, clean and neat. It waa what he had dreamed of doing ever since the night 80 montha ago that Paator had danced around and taunted him In Madis on Square Ga'den. Some of the experts were aaylng after the fight that, Joe wasn't tho Brown Bomber of old, else he nover would have let Pastor get away from him temporarily after he had alugged him to the canvas re peatedly at th outset of the battle. They thought the champ's logs looked tired and that he waa be fuddled In the eighth, ninth and tenth rounds, all of which Paator won. But Joe laughed at that. "I knew I waa In thore for a 30-round fglht," he aald In the usual Loula dlaleot, which aome tlmea Is exaggerated. "I wasn't In any hurry at all after I hit him so much at ths start. But when I sat down at the end of th tenth X felt atrong and freali, ao X told "Chappie" (Jack Blackburn, his trainer) that I would get him the next round. Didn't X Chappie?" "Thasa right,' aald Blackburn, solemnly. Not Brutal Xt wasn't particularly brutal fight. Paator, who weighed IBS and spotted Louis 17 pounds, came out of It with a gash on hla left eye lid and a slightly bruised face. Louis had a mouse under hla left eye. Paator got In soma pretty good licks, first and laat. Once. In the eighth round, he stood Lou! up against the ropes and whaled him right smartly. In fact, long after the acrap waa over, he kept Insist ing to bis manager, Jimmy John ston: "I oan punch with that guy, Pop." Loula In all probability will not pull on th glove again until he fights Tony Galento next summer. Ilea about fought himself out of opponents, for one thing, and he haa hla ey or. his Income tax. for another. In the preliminaries Roecoe Toles, 301, Detroit, outpointed Patsy Per null. 1118, Cleveland, (81; Bob Neat ell, 187, Lo Angeles, atoppod Chuck Crowell. 318. Spokane (J). Imfnm " i mi s i ft -;: $S ,-i tin - h. X : 71 " r 71 x ft f o L VT vm f trf ';)tr!A,. "; ' ' ft ?1 i , - v 7 TIGER VETS TO T Medford's Black Tornado football machine, opening Ita 1939 Mason hero Friday night against a "mystery' Weed (Cal.) BRRregntlon, will take the field with a lineup studded with seven veterans from last year's Southern Orcg;; conference cham pions and rt J?-.t three, possibly four, grldders who nave yet to en gage In regular prep competition, according to a tentative lineup re leased today by Coach Bill Bower man, Three positions will be filled by Inexperienced players. At left guard will be Dick Hewitt, 169-pound sen ior; at rlht end will be Vera Hoots. 166-pound senior; and at left end will be Bob Leonard, ISB-pound soph-' omore up from the junior high club of last year. Ike Orr, 166-pound sophomore full back from Rogue Itlvcr, Is vicing for a starting north with John Snulaberry, lottcrman from last year. The three other backfleld posts will be filled by veterans. Louie Thurman will hold down the block ing quarterback position. Bob New land will be at left halfback and Billy Plche at right halfback. In the Una, Harry Thurman will take enre of the center Job; Dale Howard will be spotted at right guard, and Al Barrow and BUI Clute will take care of the tackles. All these player'i are experienced vets. The squad romped through Its first workout unrter the lights laat night. The drill lasted an hour, wllhe the boys running through formations and doing only a little kicking mid passing. No body con tact work waa done. The Tigers will be decked out In brilliant new suits for their opening gamo. The Jerseya are scarlet with black numbers and black Inserts on the shoulders. The headgears are red with black tops. Bowerman announced that Oeorgo Harrington would referee, George Rob ertson would umpire and Bernle Hughes would act as head linesman. Qpentn ceremonies will start at 7:16 when every football team In the city will parade on the turf and run signals. The team will Include two from Junior high, the senior high sophs and varsity and the squads of the four grade schools. The gnme with Weed will start at 8 o'clock sharp. Cse Mall Tribune want ads. American League. W. L. New York .ioi 43 Boston ,., Cleveland ,.,, ., Chicago T- , Detroit Washington Philadelphia 8t. Louis . S3 60 , en 63 , 73 AQ . 6.1 B3 Nntlimnl Leti,u. Cincinnati 67 04 St. Loula .. . :.. 06 67 Chicago Brooklyn New York Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia, . 60 65 74 65 69 71 . 5 76 . 68 70 44 95 PC. .Z0 .580 .8511 .55fi 514 .4H2 ,2R'l .617 ,6'.U .5M 6311 .49:1 .461 .42;i .317 '.Ve Match Any Color Puint exposed spots before winter rains start. Daily's Aulo Painting WHY SHOULD YOU WAIT TO GET YOUR WINTER'S FUEL Prompt Deliveries can now be made of GREEN PINE SLABWOOD and DRY FACTORY BLOCKS Timber Products Company SEALS; SEAM L. ANGELES ALL EVEN By ths Associated Press Los Angeles and Seattle were even today In their halt of the post-season Shaughnessy playoffs In the Pacific Coast baseball league, but Sacramen to was two up on the San Francisco Seals. A five -hit, three-run blast In the first Inning helped the pennant-winning Seattle club to a 5 to 1. vic tory over the Angels at Seattle last night, while Sacramento won its sec ond straight from the Seals at San Francisco, 6 to 4, In 10 Innings. Seattle's Les Webber had atrong fielding support as he let the Angela down with only five hits, two of them In the sixth when Arnold Stata drove In Lou Stringer with the sole Los Angeles tally. The flve-hlt Seattle splurge In the opening frame drove Ray Prim from the hill. Jess Flores took over and pitched effectively the rest of the game. Prim and Flores together gave la hitc. Art Garibaldi's single, an inten tional walk, and double steal and Joe Orengo's sacrifice fly to left scored the winning run for Sacramento In the 10th Inning after the Seals had knotted the count at 4-4 with a three-run rally In the ninth. 'J Ml 1 t EM It will b aorw (WIWcat Wil son's turn to take on big. bnital Hans (Hltlsr) Schuls In next Mon day's msln vent arrestllng match In th local armory. Promoter Mark Llllard announced today. Schula, undefeated In two starts here, la expected to face his tough est oppoattlon yet In th ex-foot ball atar. Th mtddl event will feature Joe Smollnaki in action against Dave Levin, handsome former The finish of Bob Pastor's game but losing fight against heavy weight rltnniplon, Joe I.ouK at Hrlfjps stadium lit Iletrolt. Is shown above. After being dropped several times In the rirst atid second rounds, PnMor came back to stay until the eleventh. But here he goes down for the ten-count after 38 seconds of the eleventh rniint) of the scheduled twenty-round bout. Sam Ilrnnessy Is the referee. Be low Louis Is shown crashing a left into the face of the challenger In the first round. (AP Photos by wire and airmail to Mall Tribune). BUILDING UP 10 L Cincy Retains 2 1-2 Lead As Walters Pitches His 26th Victory Cards Batter Dodgers 10 to 4. By Judion Bailey Associated Press Sports Writer Like thfl break of dawn, It's con stantly becoming clearer that the National league pennant race Isn't going to be decided until the Cincin nati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals come to grips in the waning; hours of the season next week. For days tho two have been sepa rated by the smallest of margins, unable to make a decisive gesture. Tills situation was emphasized yes terday as Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Phil lies and tha Red birds swarmed over the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-4. to main tain their stern vigil 2 '4 games out of first place. Cubs Eliminated Tha day wasn't static throughout the circuit, however, because the Chicago Cubs lost to the New York Giants. 4-3, and saw their last hope of repeating their 1938 pennant pa rade go glimmering. This Is tha standing: Games Games W. L. Behind to play Cincinnati 8? 54 13 St. Louis 86 ' 67 3H 11(X) Chicago 79 M 10 Brooklyn 74 86 II II (x) On gama with New York can celled. The New Tork Yankees, their American league flag safalj stowed away, walloped tha Chicago Whlta Sox, 8-4. Coupled with Cleveland'! T-l tri umph at Washington, this dropped the pals hose into fourth plaoa. 16-Innlng Gama Thfl St. Louts Browns undermined the Boston Red Sox' second plaoa position with an H-6 victory In 16 innings, the longest gamfl of tha year In the American league. The Philadelphia Athletics edged out ths Detroit Tigers, 6-4, In anoth er marathon which ended In the 13th Inning when Catcher Frank Hayes tripled and raced home on an Infield grounder. Boston's Bees were rained out a Pittsburgh. COAST TROUT BAN PUZZLES ANGLERS GRANTS PASS, Sept. 31 (AP) The state game commission decision to prohibit fishing In lakes and streams west of ths coast range summit between Oct. 15 and April 16 will provide a problem for boat parties down the Rogue river. The mountain chains in gener al In southwestern Oregon run east and west and forest service officials said they could not readily guess where the coast range leaves off and the others begin. 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