PAGE EIGHT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE. MEDFORD. OREGON', FRIDAY, MAY 17. 1940.
Speed Records to Fall on Daily's Track Sunday
I outslugging the St. Louts Browr.t
for a 7-5 victory. The came ma
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulett Says:
neuver expanded their lead over
I the last place New York Yankees
I to nine and one-hall garnet.
OF
UPSETS
I
n'2 Ubv
Lighted Field
Here Praised by
Oakland Writer
Civic prida note: Medford's
lighted field at the fairgrounds
la drawing favorable comment
from far and wide. Arthur A,
Macy of Oakland, Cal.. secretary
of the Central California Base
ball Managers association and
conductor of a column in the
Oakland Tribune, penned the
following after attending last
Saturday night's Pacilic Grey
bound-Medford Crater game:
"Tha lame was played before
a large crowd, and Medford's
new park is perfect for night
baseball, with a lighting system
that surpasses many parks where
professional ball is piayea.
Macy wrote this in his column,
and while he was here he re
marked that the local field was
the best lighted of any semi-pro
park he had ever seen.
Other excerpts from Macy't
column! "Tommy Hawkins,
brother of Portland's Frankla
Hawkins, did tha receiving for
the Craters and looked very
good . . . Al Drolette., well
known In the East Bay. came
la from Grants Pass to um
pire with Lew Miles . . . Dro
lette, who at one time was on
the Oaks' payroll ar a catcher,
has young son, Jlmmle, who
has followed the footsteps of
hit Dad. Young Drolette Is
catching on the Grants Past
hlah school team."
And now that Mr. Macy has
given Medford such a nice break
in his column, we will give him
a little "write-up." He is the man
who obtained Carl Monzo for
Dunsmuir in the Northern Call
fornia league and, in fact, acts
as sort of a "clearing house" for
aetni-pro clubs in need of players
and Bay district pastimers look
ing for berths on small-town
clubs.
This may surprise a lot of
baseball "eggsperts," but -Boston's
Jimmy Foxx, who certainly
should know If anybody does,
claims 60 per cent of all home
runs In the majors are hit off
curve balls , . . Billy Conn's next
tiff may be against Bob Pastor
outdoors in August , . , many of
tha fite boys believe Conn is the
most likely "white hope" to
eventually lift the crown from
Louis, but he will have to leam
bow to punch harder.
Next home ball game for
the Craters will be the coming
Wednesdsy night, against
Klamath-Dorrls Red Box .
Incidentally, the Red Sox last
Sunday beat Dunsmuir and
Carl Monso, to I, and It
' will be remembered this lat
ter club Is the one which
blanked the locals. 2 to 0 . .
..Lowell Brown, ex-Crater
southpaw. Is hurling for the
Red Sox, along with Clyde
Carlstrom.
The midgets won't be bark in
Medford, or southern Oregon for
that matter, for two or three
weeks . . . after leaving Klam
ath Falls tomorrow, they will
make a long swing through
Washington and Idaho . . . with
tome talk going around upstate
circles regarding a state high
school baseball title, we would
like to modestly call attention to
the local school club, which re
cently broke Grants Pass' 21
game victory string.
The football and track roaches
at Franklin high school In Se
attle are facing a shortage of ma
terial because all the kids want
to be baseball players, reports
Gail Fowler of the Associated
Press . . . Fowler writes that
about 100 male students are
IN lOmil AND CANS'
A
ZIP TO WHEELS
Ticket Sale Opens Today
Reed Clips Five Seconds
Off Record in Tune-Up
With completion of the work
of smoothing the Daily speed
way, stock car pilots who will
compete in Sunday's race pro
gram have been showing what
can be done on the improved
surface. Among those tuning up
their mounts, Shorty Reed, vet
eran driver, yesterday whirled
his Durant speedster around
the oval in the amazing time of
33 seconds flat, cutting more
than five seconds off the prev
ious record and proving that
the track Is In the best condi
tion yet.
Pre-race ticket sale opened
today and will continue until
actual start of the races, with
Hunt's Ice Cream Shop handling
the pasteboards. Good news to
the younger racing fans Is the
fact that all children under 12
years of age will be admitted
free.
Those planning to attend are
urged to buy their tickets be
fore race day thus preventing
any possible Jam at the two
track entrances.
Bob Rose Ready
Bob Rose also announced
Thursday that he would have
his car ready for the starting
flsg on Sunday. Just two days
before the last meeting Rose
had engine trouble which pre
vented him from entering, but
since then has purchased a new
motor, and will have his DeSoto
in top shape for this week's
races. Rose will be remembered
by spectators as the driver who
so miraculously escaped serious
Injury in the final race last
year when his car turned turtle
on the cut-bark curve, pinning
him beneath the racer. Luckily,
however, he was uninjured and
continued In the competition.
Strangely enough, Rose will
again nave the same racing
number, ominous number 13.
Remembering the spectator
challenges at the last meeting,
Promoter James Daily disclosed
that any and all open challenges
will be snapped up by racers,
despite the fact that the
smoother track will be advan
tageous to an ordinary stock
model car.
The 30 lap race will open
the events at 1:30 o'cloik, with
a special race following. The
finale will be the SO lap feature
run.
Scores Yesterday
National League
Chicago S, Boston 4.
Other games rained out.
American League
Boston 7, St. Louis 9.
Other games rained out.
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 4. Portland 3.
Los Angeles 8, Oakland 1.
Sacramento 8, San Diego S.
Hollywood 4, San Francisco 3.
lined up for a playground league
which operates all summer, and
that even the son of the track
coach, Leonard Saalwaechtcr.
likes baseball better than the
cinder sport . . . Franklin high
produced Freddie Hutchinson.
Dewey Soriano. Frnie Endress
and other baseballers who en
tered pro ranks.
ALE
Lift Without A Letdown
tmtiiliMor. Mrftfrtt.
j Eureka Champs to Whack Local Pins
pjjjj " q b q 9
P iM !7 '
Fluhrer't Breid-Eatert of Curekt. Cal., tha outstanding team of the Redwood empire
bowling league, will be in town Saturday to compete In tha current southern Oregon bowl
ing tournament being staged in the Medford alleys. The Bread-Eaters, representing
Fluhrer's bakery in Eureka, won the Redwood empire title this year. From left to right,
members of the team are Werner Helberg, Mel Babies. Frank McLaughlin. Bert McCarag
han, Harold Lee and Bill Hunsaker.
10 ROUGH Pnil'l
CLEANIES AT TOP
Although next Monday night's
main event wrestling match in
the armory will feature a pair
of scientific gentlemen in ac
tion. Ernie Piluso versus Prince
Selaki Mehalikis, the program
will be balanced nicely by two
rough scuffles preceding the
climax bout.
Bulldog Jackson, sometimes
known as Yukon Jake, of Port
land and Alaska, will give the
Black Panther the test the lat
ter failed to receive last Mon
day night, In the middle event.
The Panther, a very black Ne
gro and reputedly a clean mat
man, was the first man elim
inated on the last program's
battle royal, so fans didn't get
to see much of him. The col
ored boy from Birmingham has
his Job cut out for him against
Jackson, one of the game's
roughest roughnecks.
Al Ferona, a vicious Italian
who may become the number
one meanie in this section, will
tackle Frankie Clemens, the In
dian "wonder boy," in the six
round opener. Ferona, in his
first appcarnee here last Mon
day, looked like he had the
stuff to challenge such guys as
Belcastro, Kenaston and Jack
son for the role of top villain
hereabouts.
By the Associated Press
After a five game lapse, the
Washington Huskies finally got
back Into the win column of the
northern division, Pacific Coast
conference race yesterday by
defeating the Oregon Wcbfoots.
9 5 in a baseball game in Seattle.
The victory gave Washington
an even break in the two-game
series.
The Oregon State Beavers
scored their second straight over
the Idaho Vandals In Moscow.
91, behind the two-hit pitching
of Sophomore Glen Ellio't.
The scor: R. H. E.
Oregon 5 B 7
Washington 9 9 4
Lynn and Walden; Uzard and
Young.
R.
. 9
H.
13
2
O. S. C.
Idaho
.. 1
Elliott and Leovich; Snyder.
Summers and Price, Atkins.
LOCAL ROGUES. SUNDAY
Medford's Southern Oregon
league Rogues, managed by G. A.1
(Ic Git?en. will travel to Gold
Mill Sunday afternoon as the
loop goes into Its third week
of pennant battling. Rained out
of their opener, the Rogues have
lost one game, to Grants Fass.
In circuit action.
In other league games Sunday,
Crescent City travels to Rose
burg, and the Ashland-Talent
Atees invade Grants Pass.
During the Civil war. J450.-1
000 in United States notes was
I'stied. They were popularly
known is ' greenbacks.'' '
Colored Matman
Appearing ou next Monday
night's armory wrestling pro
gram will be the Black Panihor
(above), colored flash from Bir
mingham, Ala. The Panther, a
clean grappler, faces Bulldog
Jackson in the middle event.
E
BY SEATTLE, 4-3
By the Associated Press
The Seattle Rniniers moved
into second place in the Pacific
coat league race by defeating
the Portland Beavers. 4-3, in the
ninth inning in Seattle last
niqht.
Dick Barrett yielded only four
hits as he bested Whitey Hilcher
in a tight mound duel. Hilcher
only permitted five hits before
the eventful ninth when three
Rainier singles and a costly Port
land error enabled the Seattle
nine to come 'from behind with
three runs.
The Portland misdeed oc
curred when both George Pa
checo and Herman Reich at
tempted to cover first base on
what appeared a certain putout
on Bill Schuster's infield sacri
fice hit. Tacheco caught the ball,
but Reich was charged with an
error for being in the way.
Schuster later scored the win
ning run.
Oakland's loss of second place
was largely due to the efforts of
' '"' "sci V. J "
whlch. rounded out 14 hits
off Oakland pitchers Joseph Mul
ligan and cm Johnson, to win.
81. I
Tony Freitas. on the mound
5' for Sacramento, put the jinx on
San Dirgo as the Sacs won,
8 to 5.
Hollywood stopped San Fran
cisco. 4 to 3.
tarftt !,
1000 lOOMt I 1000 tATNt
$4 M prtft. ft tw pit
SUNXiaim MS) I. I0N0ON
HOTEL ST. FRANCIS
ri4hif
UNION SQUARE
. 1.1 1 1
KMJt aim
M 'Mm h
mm
MAID-RITE ADVANCES
TO THIRD PLACE IN
BOWUNG TOURNEY
In the Southern Oregon Bowl
ing Tournament, Murray's Maid
Kite last night rolled into third
place with 2818, and the Grants
Pass Elks club fourth with 2784
Grover't Creamery, G. P., rolled
2578, and Hammer's Grocerys
O. P., 2533.
In the double events Rengs
torff and Pierson rolled 1268,
1'wing and Bergman 112, Shcl
ton and Hammer 1153, Myer
and Diamond 1132, Bevin and
Carter 1170, Creal and Haley
1082.
Single scores were: Carter
666, Myers 588, Blcvin 579.
Creal 559, Ewing 558, Shelton
551, Pierson 540, Bergman 537.
Hammer 527.
Carter went into third place
In the singles and second in the
all events with 1925.
Murray's Maid-Rite was the
only local team on the alleys
last night, all the rest being
from Grants Pass. Tonight will
find the Sooners, Eads Transfer
of Medford and the Signal Oil
Station from Grants Pass bowl
ing. On Saturday at 8 p. m.,
eight teams from Eureka will
start firing at the local scores.
Sunday there will be four teams
from Roscburg. three from
Klamath Falls, and two from
Marshfield to complete the tour
nament, which will end Sunday
evening.
In 1703, Delaware became a
separate colony, although it had
the same governor as Pennsyl
vania,
FOR A SURPRISE-
Look up Old Crow! Its popular price and fine
quality make it an outstanding value!
KENTUCKY STRAIGHT
IOC
TROOF
jjR.9.?0WV QLART-U J r- Cwd. t.
I ' l Whn buying bjurbon SZ
SjJj fs ask for Old Crew )
Com. P-J. NATIONAL P1STTT.LF.RJI TROD. C0Kf. NFW YORK
SHAKEUP FOR TIFF
SILVERTON
Medford's Craters will pre
sent a slightly revised lineup
when they move against the
Silverton Red Sox, last year's
state champs, in a two-game
State league series in Silverton
Saturday night and Sunday
afternoon.
Rocky Peterson will be moved
from shortstop to the outfield,
his natural position, and Alex
McDonald, former infielder for
Bellingham in the Western In
ternational league and present
coach of Grass Valley, (Ore.))
high tchool, will be at the short
patch, according to Manager
Paul Hoffard.
Hoffard said he would choose
his other outfielder from among
Tommy White, Burnell Ball,
Steve Crippen, Al Wray and
himself. Ball, second string
catcher, has been moved to the
outer garden because of hit hit
ting. Jimmy Rego, southpaw ace,
is slated to work the Saturday
night game, and either Crippen
or Orv Williamj, righthanders,
will go to the rubber in the
Sunday afternoon tilt.
The remainder of the lineup
remains the same, with Tommy
Hawkins catching, Leonard Pat
terson on first, Riney Cook on
second and Cliff (Chief) McLean
on third.
McDonald, like Hawkins, is
still teaching school and will
meet the team in Silverton. The
sub will leave here Saturday
morning ana return to Medford
after the Sunday game.
Silverton and Medford are
tied for the league leadership
the Red Sox having won four
straight games in as many starts
and the Craters having copped a
pair and lost none. Albany also
is undefeated in two trips to the
post.
OW THEY
STAND
National League
W. L. Pet.
Cincinnati 16' 5 .762
Brooklyn 15 5 .750
New York 12 9 .571
Chicago 13 11 .542
Philadelphia 8 11 .421
St. Louis 8 15 .348
Boston 6 14 .300
Pittsburgh 6 14 .300
American League
Boston 18 8 .750
Cleveland 14 8 .63
Detroit 12 11 .522
Philadelphia 11 12 .478
Washington 10 13 .435
St. Louis 9 13 .409
Chicago 9 13 .409
New York 7 14 .333
Pacific Coast League
San Diego ...26 20 .565
Seattle 22 19 .537
Oakland 25 22 .532
San Francisco 23 22 .511
Hollywood 23 24 .489
Los Angeles 21 23 .477
Sacramento 17 24 .415
BOURBON WHISKEY
This historic whiskey is just as fine
as it evor was, but-find out the good
news for yourself ! Look up this mag
nificent bourbon whiskey today. En
joy ita superb taste, iu luxurious
quality !
S IN PERL
. 5 AND
Hotter than a blow-torch, Bob
Hammond defeated the local
club champion, Eddie Simmons,
for the first time in eight years
yesterday in the quarter finals
of the first flight for the Perl
golf cup, 5 up and 4 to play.
Hammond will now play the
winner of the Harrington broth
ers' set-to, for the first flight
title.
The Hammond victory was
in the nature of an upset as
Bob hadn t beaten Eddie in
tournament play since 1932.
and had been badly off his
game the past few weeks. Yes
terday, however, he was not
only on his game but above it.
He finished the first nine with
a 34, 2 under par, and was
sailing along at a 1-under-par
clip when the match ended on
the 14th. Although this Is a
handicap tournament the two
men played even.
Simmons never gave up, was
shooting at the pin all the time
but his putts refused to drop,
giving him a 38 on the first
nine, 2 over par, and 1 under
on the second. This was good
golf, but with Hammond can
ning them from all angles and
equally deadly off the tee, it
wasn't quite good enough.
The score:
In
Hammond . 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 S s
Simmons 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 438
Out
Hammond, 3 5 3 4 4
Simmons 1 S a 4 4
BOSOX POUND OUT
7-5
By Associated Press '
The Boston Red Sox aren't
fooling with those gestures
they're making toward the
American league pennant.
Without any spectacular string
of victories, the Red Sockers
have won 18 of the 24 games
they have played this spring and
eight out of nine since they took i
over first place in a display oi :
authority against the Cleveland
Indians May 6.
They increased their margin'
over the second place Indians to'
three full games yesterday byi
NEW STRAWS
$195 to $395
W.ien the middle of May rolls around It's time to chuck
the old felt hat and lake on a Straw! Here they are
fellows. Straw Hats in new "telescope" and "pinch"
crown styles featuring cool meshes. Braided and open
weaves. New shades of Bamboo such as Leaf Green and
Cocoanut Brown. Also genuine Panamas and Sailors.
STORE
mmm
i t mini:
i..z;t II
mil
Largest
Fastest and Smoothest
TRACK
in Southern Oregon
Auto Races
SUNDAY
Tickets Now at Hunt's
4
FOR MEN