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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
Fast of the coast range trout
fishing Is legal In the Rogue until
December 31 and with some re
striction Is legal In the main river
or a tributary until the last day
of February.
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