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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1939. Bucky Walters Voted Most Valuable Player in National League , STAR FAR AHEAD OF JOHNNY ME Derringer and McCormick Finish Third and Fourth , Curt Davis in Fifth Place By Judson Bailey. New York, Oct. 17. (AP) Coralling 303 of a possible 336 points, William Henry (Bucky) Walters, Jr., the prodigious pitching star of the Cincinnati Reds, today was named the most valuable player in the National league. His selection, more or less ex pected, was made by a commit tee of the Baseball writers As sociation of America and en titled him to a trophy offered by the Sporting News. Wins 27 Games. The 29-yeor-old righthander, whose talent for years was buried under a bushel while he masqueraded as an infieldcr, led both major leagues in vic tories with 27 during the regu lar campaign and was instru mental in lifting the Reds to a pennant in his first full season with the club. He appeared in 39 games, starting and finishing 31 of them and losing only 11. Second place went to Johnny Mize, the St. Louis Cardinals' slugging first baseman, who won the hitting championship. He received 178 points, including one first-place nomination. Four points behind him was Paul Derringer, Cincinnati's strong-armed veteran who pitch ed the Reds to 25 victories and lost but seven during the red hot senior league circuit race. He received two votes for first place but missed second place ranking In shuffling of second ary votes, which ran his total to 174. Another Cincinnati hero, Frank (Buck) McCormick, rated 159 points and fourth place. Davis Polls 108 Votes. The only other player to get more than 100 votes was Pitcher Curt Davis, the workhorse of the St. Louis Cardinals, who was givet) 10(1, although no first place consideration. The one other star given a first place ballot was James Robertson (Jimmy) Brown, the Cards' classy inflelder, whose total went to 99. Other point gatherers, based on a ten-place rating, were: Joe Medwick, St. Louis, 81; Leo Durocher, Brooklyn, 52; Harry Dannlng, New York, 33; Luke Hamlin, Brooklyn, 32; Mel Ott, New York, 21; William Jurges, New York, 20; Dolph . Camilli, Brooklyn, 20; Billy Myers, Cincinnati, 18; Stan Hack, Chicago, 17; Angle Galan, Chicago, 15; Terry Moore, St. Louis, 15; Morris Arnovich, Philadelphia, 10; Linus Frcy, Cincinnati, Bill Lee, Chicago, and Enos Slaughter, St. Louis, 8 each; Bill Werber, Cincinnati, Medford Anglers Enjoy Luck In Lower Reaches of Chetco That the salmon are biting well In Chetco river and showing promise of furnishing even bettor sport for fishermen as the cold weather sets In can be vouched for by Mr. and Mrs. Jim my Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gilstrap and several other Medford persons who spent a portion of last week engling at Brookings. Mr. and Mrs. Valentine and the latter couple's wedding trip the latter's couple's wedding trip last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the coast town, caught and landed three beau ties two chinooks and one sil- versidc. The salmon, three of nine caught Wednesday, ranged in weight from 25 to 40 pounds. Bride Gelt One. To Mrs. Gilstrap, bride of a day, went the day's honors, for she hooked and landed, all by herself, her very first salmon. It was a Chinook weighing 35 pounds, and it was caught on a number three nickel spinner and a very small hook. The party were trolling from a boat In the mouth of the Chetco when Mrs. Gilstrap experienced the thrill of catching her initial salmon. Not to be outdone by his bride, the former Velma Sever son, Mr. Gilstrap hauled in a 40-pound chinook. And to com plete the successful fishing foray, Mr. Valentine landed a 25-pound silverside. The four Medford people re ported perfect weather In Brook ings and gracious hospitality by citizens of that town. They left here Tuesday, following Mr. and Mrs. Gilstrap's wedding, and re turned Friday evening. En route home they tried their luck at several points along Rogue river, south of Grants Pass, but were not successful. Sport to Improve. Mr. Gilstrap reported that sal mon seemed fairly plentiful in the Chetco and that sportsmen there expected fishing to im prove later this month and in November. About a dozen Medford per sons visited Brookings last week, f I t ht a f . I lhlH if I r" DUDE CHICK FOR Above are Mrs. Jimmie Valen tine (left) and Mrs. Bob Gilstrap (right) displaying the results of a fishing trip to the Chetco liver last week with their husbands. Mrs. Gilstrap is shown holding the first salmon she ever caught, a 35-pound Chinook. including Mr. and Mrs. Chick Conway and Bob Ward, in addi tion to Mr. and Mrs. Valentine and Mr. and Mrs. Gilstrap. 9 ft m rr m 6; Max West, Boston, 5; Leo Hortnctt, Chicago, 5; Ival Good man, Cincinnati, Buddy Hnssett, Boston, Pete Coscarart, Brook lyn, and Elbie Fletcher, Boston- Pittsburgh, 4 each: Harry Lava getto, Brooklyn, 3; Bob Bow man, St. Louis. 2; Eddie Miller, Boston, 1; William Herman, Chi sago, 1. PICHE WILL PLAY Billy Plche, regular right halfback who was out of the Eureka game last Friday with a leg Injury, will be fit to see action against the Klamath Falls high Pelicans next Friday evening in Klamath Falls, Coach Bill Bowerman of the Medford Black Tornado an nounced today. Piche's leg has almost entirely healed and he will probably open the game at his regular position, the coach stated. There were no serious casual tics in the tough Eureka battle, and with the exception of sev eral cases of "charley horses" the team came through the thriller In fine style, Bowerman explained. The game will probably de termine the conference cham pionship, as Medford and Klam ath seem to have outclnssed the field In this section. EDDIE H0GANT0TAKE PROFESSIONAL STATUS Portland, Oct. 17. (AP) Eddie Hogan, former PN G. A. open and amateur champion and a ranking Portland amateur slncc 1928. announced last nlgM he would become professional nt Portland's Riverside Golf club November 1. PHEASANT HUNT Eugene, Ore., Oct. 17. (AP) Joe Gordon, member of the New York Yankees, world champions, returned to his adopted home here last night, but remained just long enough to pack his shotguns and head toward east ern Oregon for bird shooting. The former University of Ore gon baseballer, considered by many experts as the greatest second-baseman in baseball to day, said he had a "pretty fair season" actually he was the de fensive star of the Yankee in field and boosted his batting average in his sophomore year in the American league some 30 percentage points above his aver age of last year. Gordon, who plans to build a home here this winter with his world series winnings, will re turn to Eugene early in Novem ber. He plans to take graduate work at the university and hunt and fish during his spare time until spring training starts. OREGON STATE WARNED OF DESPERATE HUSKIES Corvallis. Oct. 17. (AP) "After losing three games, Wash ington will be desperate, and if they click they have enough stuff to beat any team." That warning was passed on to the Oregon State football squad yesterday by Heaver Scout Jim Dixon, who saw the Wash ington - W.S.C. game Saturday. The Oiegoniuns arc working for Saturday's battle with the Hus kies at Seattle. Coach Lon Stlner tried several different combinations during Monday's workout. Promoter Mack Lillard is rap idly running out of opponents for Hans (Hitler) Schulz, the 218-pound German terror. Last night in the Medford armory the Nazi badman got rid of his sixth straight local op ponent, and this time it was Cowboy Dude Chick, capable ex junior heavyweight champion, who fell before the onslaught of the cruel Hun. . Schulz made amazingly quick work of Chick, who was ex pected to furnish much more competition than he did. The German won the match with two straight falls, inside of 15 min utes, and the only time Chick threatened to whip on his devas tating airplane spin was at the very beginning of the brawl and at the tail end. At the opening bell Chick managed to hoist Schulz to his shoulders and start the spin, but the latter grabbed for the ropes and foiled the maneuver. At the finish Chick once more lifted Schulz skyward but the attempt ended in disaster for the cow boy. Schulz, wiggling, kicking and squirming, threw Chick off balance and Dude fell over back wards and landed on his head. The blow stunned him suffic iently for Schulz to pin him with a body press for the second and windup tumble. The German grabbed the first fall in nine plus minutes, using leg-strap and a body press. During this heat there was con siderable slugging on the part of both men, started, of course, by Schulz. Once or twice Chick drove Schulz to cover with rights and lefts, but the German had the better of the milling. He seemed to be stronger than Chick, and shoved him around almost at will. Pete Belcastro took two straight falls from Speed La Ranee in the middle event in a match which provided most of the evening's excitement. Pete used dropkicks and punches to the button to obtain his falls in the second and fourth rounds, during which Referee Earl Yoak ley became entangled in a couple of hot sessions on the canvas that resulted in his white trousers being ripped up the back. Earl retired to the dressing room be tween the third and fourth rounds and reappeared in wres tling trunks. It was a gruelling match, with Belcastro slugging and biting for all he was worth and LaRance returning the blows with gusto and doing a little eating on Bel castro on his own behalf. Bel castro moaned long and loud when LaRance nipped his ear, and during most of the match cried to the referee that Speedy wasn't playing fair. El Pulpo and Dave Levin bat tled to a fall apiece draw in the opening event. El Pulpo taking his fall in the fourth round with body scissors and shoulder press and Levin evening the score in the fifth with a series of reverse body slams and a press. The last four minutes of the sixth round were last ana tunous as Levin, enraged at a painful wrist bend applied by El Pulpo, started to toss punches. The big Mexican fired them right back and the entire house was in an uproar when the struggle ended. The hairy Ainus of Japan arc a primitive race occupying a position comparable to that of the Indian in America. Eureka Game Shows Up Weak Points in Tiger Grid Team (Editor's Note; This Is the third In a series of weekly arti cles by Bernie Hughes, dealing with high school football games in southern Oregon. Today he writes of the Medford-Eureka game of last Friday night, won by Medford, 24 to 12.) (By Bernie Hughes.) The Medford - Eureka game turned out to be a good test for Medford, due to the fact the Tigers had not played a team ofEureka's caliber before, with the result that the game turned up a few weaknesses in the local aggregation. The Medford backs were weak on tackling after the Eureka ball carriers had passed the line of scrimmage. They were hitting them too high rather than sock ing them low and knocking them off their feet. They also showed a little weakness on passes over the middle, about 10 yards deep, although New land did intercept one and run for a touchdown. The Medford line was caught sleeping several times in the first half when Eureka was run ning its quick-opening plays, ever, the Tiger forwards pulled themselves together in the sec ond half and did a pretty good job of stopping the Logger at tack. Medford's offense looked very good at times, especially in. the last half when the team got organized. During the first half nobody was doing a very cap able job of knocking down the Eureka line backers, who turned in excellent exhibitions. All in all, I think the Medford boys turned in a good ball game. By knocking off a few rough edges, they should give Klamath Falls a nice little party next Friday night. Eureka had several boys who looked very good, especially Louie Tomanovich, their right guard. He is the best line backer I have seen this year. GOMM DRILL FOR TILT TO WEBFOOTS SPOKANE, Oct. 17. (AP) With unexpected victories over Texas Tech and University of Idaho safely tucked away, the G o n z a g a university Bulldogs pointed this week for the Uni versity of Oregon Webfcet, whom they meet Saturday at Eugene. The closest Gonzaga ever came to beating Oregon was in 1932 when they wound up on the short end of a 13-6 score. Two years ago the Webfeet gave the Bulldogs one of their worst trouncings, 40 to 6. in the Gon zaga stadium. 4 Use Mull TTlbuw- want ads. Dm Mall Tribune Want AU sUSSSZ - i If kJj- .'. 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Scores follow: Maid Kite Murray, J 176 187 161 24 Wilkinson 14B 132 170 450 Gable , .. 146 182 171 198 Hagen ......... .. 188 193 121 462 Bell 176 166 142 473 Totals 832 809 766 3406 Zorlc Cleaners Welsenberger 167 165 165497 Saylor 144 166 181491 Lyons 165 131 165 461 Fabric 153 125 160 438 (Dixon) .75 175 175525 Totals 804 702 846 2412 Rtlldebaker Handicap . 22 Paske 128 Sanderson 165 Stark 210 W. Prultt 119 Eada 313 Totals 867 Ramblrrs Cannon 145 Proctor . 203 Green 193 Gates . 159 Rettsma 183 22 162 141 179 150 1R2 Totals 883 M. & !. Rengstorff 205 Adair 177 Daws 143 Simmons 157 Hemstreet 188 Totals 870 216 116 162 135 163 842 171 233 139 158 168 859 Active Club Handicap 19 Moore 147 Burroughs .... . 145 Larsen 150 DeVore 128 Sims 189 Totals 788 19 165 150 150 154 179 817 22 66 179 469 143 449 224 613 136 405 180 575 884 2577 205566 167 536 190 645 165 459 191 537 918 2643 170546 176586 134416 158 473 2564 19 57 163475 105490 147447 168 440 186654 868 2463 OREGON RESUMES DRILL FOR GO WITH GONZAGA Eugene, Ore., Oct. 17 (AP) Three hours after they arrived from San Francisco, where they defeated the University of Cali fornia football team, the Univer sity of Oregon Webfoots resumed training yesterday for their game Saturday here with Gonzaga. The team came through the bear game without injury, but Jay Graybeal, fleet halfback, was suffering from a chest cold. Weather Northern California: Fair to night and Wednesday, but cloudy in extreme north portion tonight with light rain in extreme north coast; little change in tempera ture; gentle northwest wind off the coast. By the Associated Press Washington, D. C. Pat Comis key, 197, Paterson, N. J., stopped Joe Hill, 194, Los Angeles (8.) Chicago Tommy Pallatin, 145, St. Joseph, Mich., outpointed Johnny Barbara, 152, South Bend, Ind. (8). Milwaukee, Wis. Wesley Ramey, 135, Grand Rapids, Mich., outpointed Wlshy Jones, 137. Louisville, Ky, (10). New York Mickey Farber, 135, New York, outpointed Frankie Terranova, 140, New York (8). 4 Still in the wreck of the Fannie & Jennie, Confederate blockade runner lying off the beach at Wrightsville, N. C, is a gold and jeweled sword sent to General Robert E. Lee by British sympathizers. PRICESA TEBMSA VALUE- PICTURE YOUR NAME ON A SMART TRUCK LIKE THISI Hrrt'i a prestigt-huiUtnf brautv that' a rnl ad-on-wheels tor your htitineu. 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This put Pitt, only eastern eleven to crash the first ten, in front by 79 points over Notre Dame, which also has won three games, but took them all by the narrowest of margins. Michigan and Ohio State open ed their Big 10 campaigns im pressively last Saturday and are rated favorites for the confer ence title; Southern California, with eleventh-place Oregon, out on the west coast, and Texas Aggies drew most of their bal lots on the strength of their 33 7 thumping of Villanova last week-end. The standings of the teams (points figured on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, first-place votes in paranthesis): First Ten. Team Points. 1 Pittsburgh (19) 709 2 Notre Dame (16) 630 3 Oklahoma (9) 538 4 Tulane (13) 523 5 Tennessee (24) 512 6 Michigan (10) 472 7 Southern Calif 408 1-7 8 Alabama (2) 372 9-14 9 Texas A. & M. (51..365 1-7 10 Ohio State 322 Second Ten. 11 Oregon (2) 193 1-7; 12 Cornell (1) 172; 13 Duke. 117 1-8: 14 North Carolina, 77; 15 Carnegie Tech, 68; 16 Ne braska, 53; 17 Mississippi, 36; 18 Southern Methodist, 30; 19 Baylor, 28; 20 St. Mary's, 24. Also ran Louisiana State 15, Pennsylvania 12, Harvard and Navy 8 each, Oregon State 7, Dartmouth 6, Kentucky 4, Ford ham. Utah and Indiana 3 each, U.C.L.A. 2, Auburn 1-7. Elinor Glyn 75 Today London, Oct. 17. (Ai-, Eli nor Glyn, the novelist, whose "Three Weeks" made sensational American movie fare in the flaming 1920's, is 75 years old today. Still surprisingly youth ful, the writer is living quietly in a flal in Mayfair, far removed from the days when shopgirls devoured her romances in print and on the screen No Steel Slump Portland, Oct. 17. (AP) Steel men do not expect another business slump in 1940, Vice. President Donald B. Gillies of the Republic Steel corporation said here yesterday. Depleted inventories stimulated steel busi ness before and despite the war, he declared. Meteorological Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, probably with showers tonight, not much change In temperature. Oregon : Partly cloudy, probably with showers In northwest portion tonight and Wednesday and In southwest portion tonight, cooler In east portion tonight. moderate southerly wind off the coast. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: highest 66. lowest 29. Total monthly precipitation, .06 Inches; excess for the month, .40 Inches. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1, 1939, 1.22 inches; excess for the season, .14 Inches. Relative humidity at 6 p. m. yes terday 24 percent; 5 a. m. today 85 percent. Tomorrow: sunrise 6:27 a. m.( sun set 5:25 p. m. Observations Taken at 5 a. m., 120 .Meridian Time. CITY- 5 3 f f B 51 a S 2 8 c o ? 0 Boise 80 Boston - 65 47 .00 P Cloudy Buffalo 61 39 .01 Cloudy Chicago 56 36 TP Cloudy Denver 65 34 .00 Clear Eureka 62 50 .00 P Cloudy Havre 58 32 .00 Clear Los Angeles.... 91 51 .00 Clear Medford 78 40 .00 Cloudy Omaha 51 30 .00 Clear Phoenix 92 55 .00 Clear Portland 64 53 .07 Cloudy Reno 79 33 .00 Clear Roseburg 68 45 .00 Cloudy Salt Lake . 75 44 .00 Clear San Francisco 67 52 .00 Clear Seattle 61 50 .11 Cloudy Spokane 62 40 .00 P Cloudy Wash.. D. C 65 39 .00 P Cloudy Wenatchee 59 44 .00 Cloudy DAM ENGINEERS STUDY DISTRIBUTION HOOKUP Portland, Oct. 17. (AP) Bonneville engineers are study ing a plant to connect all north west power distribution systems with the Bonneville system, Ad ministrator Paul J. Raver told the American Institute of Min ing and Metallurgical Engineers last night. Such a plan, he said, would insure abundant and dependable cheap power that would attract metal industries to the region and bring economical energy "practically to the mouth of every important mine in Ore gon and Washington." WINDOW GLASS W sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbrldgo Cab Inet Works "so Mall Tribune want ads. JSfl PAl JONES f 'S '"'fcrmi -H II ioo a, pwti Since 1S65 If ffIl lf8 II '"I. 9 Waul Janet tS&S Phone 7 &22Str
