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PAOK TWO MEDFORD MATT- TRIBUNE. MEPFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1940. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says: Excellent Record Made by Bengal During Patt Year Great Scientific Match Heads Grapple Program Tonight i !PILU$0, PRINCE ! T0SH00TW0RKS Medford high's victory in the state track and field meet at Corvallis Saturday brought to a spectacular climax the 1939-40 athletic campaign of the local institution, and we don't be lieve it would be out of order at this time to briefly remark on the fine success the Tigers enjoyed in state-wide sports competition during the past school year. We have no Intentions of go ing off the deep end with civic pride and over-ballyhooing Med- ford's athletic record, but the fact remains that the Bengals did cut a considerable swath through Oregon's prep teams this year. Consequently, any orchids tossed their way are certainly deserved. Of the three major high school sports football, basket ball and track the local ath letes came through with one undisputed state title and one co-champioriship. Bill Bower man's cinder squad brought Medford its first state crown in history, and his grid laddies emerged as one of the two log' ical claimants for the state championship. Milwaukle was the other football power, and both had solid ground on which to base their title gong-ham mering. Both these championship learns, the trackmen and the pl.-kinn.rs, were undefeated. The only blot on the grid record was a scoreless dead lock with Klamath Falls, while the runners, jumpers and throwers were never even threatened with defeat. They swept away all opposi tion with consummate .ai.i even In the big test, the state meet, they won going away. Let tin all give the local boys and their coaches a nice large hand for one of the best ath letic years ever produced here abouts, and trust there will be more of the same. Every men tor on the staff and every com peting youngster deserves a barrel-full of plaudits. IN FEATURE TIFF Jackson Meets Black Pan ther in Center Event; Fe rona, Clemens Will Open Ray Mack and Lou Boudreau. Cleveland's youthful second base combination, have turned the erstwhile wllt-under-fire In dians into a distinct American league pennant threat . . . their brilliant play around the key stone has the entire loop talk ing, and has provided the in spiration for what Is regarded as the finest Cleveland club since 1920, year of Its last championship , . . the boys, roommates, are hitting, too, but it is their defensive skill in that critical batting zone around second base that is making them so valuable. The two Carolines, North and South, are the most base-bell-craiy states In the Un ion . . . there are more leagues and more baseball played In those two states than In any other pair of commonwealths In the nation . . , this year alone more than 40 players from the Caro lines are paitiming In the majors Lou Ambers, whipped by Lew Jenkins re cently to lose the lightweight championship, will shortly begin his welterweight career, j With another year of prep competition remaining, Two master scientific matmen meeting in the main event, and rough, tough villains battling legitimate grapplers in the open er and center attraction that's the lineup for tonight's Mack Lll- lard wrestling program In the Medford armory. The card starts at 8:30 sharp, and the promoter looks for a nice crowd to be on hand for a better-than-average series of scuffles. Ernie Plluso of Portland and Prince Selakl Mehalikis of Arabia are the gentlemen who'll match clean maneuvers In the one-hour top go. Although local fans have been talking about the contest ever since it was an nounced Thursday, nobody has analyzed the thing with enough certainty to predict a winner. It looks like it will be one of the hardest-fought and closest matches of the year. Plluso Faster Plluso appears to have a slight edge in speed and shocking power, the latter due to his pet sonnenberg tactic, but Mehalikis will boast a small edge in pure strength. The Prince relies on his camel lock hold for a pay off, and plenty of fireworks are expected when this camel lock Is pitted against Ernie's headlong rushes. One of the most Interesting bouts on the program will be the middle affair, between Bir mingham, Alabama's Black Pan ther, a smooth and clever col ored boy, and Bulldog Jackson of Portland and Alaska. The- Panther possesses a powerful hccdlock, while Jackson, num ber one villain, relies on a ham merlock to make his opponents holler uncle. This match will go six 10-minute rounds, or the best two out of three falls. Ferona Dirty At Ferona, who made his In augural appearance here last week, tackles Indian Frankie Clemens in the six-round opener, and like Jackson, Ferona is a dyed-in-the-wool bad boy. Al allowed fans plenty of brutal characteristics in his first start last Monday, and whether Clem ens can cope with the Ferona brand of dirt remains to be seen. Frankie Is confident of his ability to clamp on the In dian paralyzer, and if he can there will be no doubt of the out come. Jackson Victim? r : mmm T RACING FEATURE HOW THEY? STAMD Pacific Coast League Will the Black Panther (above) be Bulldog Jackson's next wrest ling victim when the pair meet in tonight's middle event in the rrmory? The colored boy , a clean matman, believes not. He thinks he can put a halt to Jack ton's dirty stuff and pin th-Bulldog. BAILEY PITCHES TO 7-5 Reed Drives to Second Place in Fifty -Lap Event Stock Cars in Fast Time ATEES NOSED OUT BY G. PASS, 9-8 The long Southern Oregon league victory famine of the Gold Hill Beavers, a famine that held throughout the entire 1939 season and for the first two weeks of the current pen nant race, came to an end yes terday when the cement city lads punched out a 7 to 8 con quest of tht Medford Rogues in an exciting clash at Gold Hill. It was Medford's second straight setback and left them occupants of the loop basement. Bailey, veteran Beaver right hander, set the Rogues down with seven blows and fanned nine, while his teammates were lacing Phil Griggs, Medford's starting flinger, for six hits and four runs in his 4 1-3 Innings of toll, and Lefty Al Wimer for four safeties and a trio of tallies the rest of the way. The winners put together two three-run Innings, the third and sixth, to clinch the contest. Their other marker came in the fifth. A hit batsman, second baseman Johnny Gitzen's error, a walk and singles by Coss and Dusenberry accounted for Gold Hill's initial three-run outburst. After Wilson tripled and scored on Coss' single in the fifth, the Beavers exploded again In the sixth when Dusenberry tripled and Foley and T. Kell singled. The Rogues got away to a 1-0 lead in the second frame when John Gitzen clouted a Grants Pass. May 20. (VP) Joe Gray doubled in the elev enth innine of the Southern 1 homer with the bases empty Oregon league game here Sun-1 They got another in the fourth dov to score Al Woods as George Gitzen's double and Grants Pass beat Ashland-Tol-ent 9 to 8. The locals main tained their undefeated stand ing. Short score: R. H. E Ashland Talent 8 9 0 Med-' Grants Pass 9 14 7 ford high s Ray Johnson should Combest, DiSordi. Wilson and oe running the 440-yard dash . Skceters: Terrance. Cook. Ost- In 49 seconds flat before he says goodbye to the old school . . . in winning the high Jump at the state meet Saturday, Bob Newland missed the record by two-eights of an inch ... he went over the bar at six feet one end one-eighth inches; the state mark is six feet one and three-eights inches. ruin and Woods. Roseburg, Ore., May 20. P) Crescent City, leading the Southern Oregon baseba'.l lea gue, continued in top snot by - "'n- brother Johnny's single, and two more in the sixth on a hit batsman. Bud Coition's triple and a long fly. The Rogues' final tally came across In the seventh on Bud Relnking's dou ble and Piche's single. Coss. with three sinslrs, led the Beaver attack, while Piche and J. Gitzen both got a couple of blows for the locals. Box score: Mrdlor-: AB SkraicU. cf Piche. rf I virtue of a 5 to 3 Conlon. lb Scores Yesterday American League Cleveland 5, New York 1. Washington 12. Chicago 10. St. Louis 10. Philadrlphia 4. Detroit at Boston, postponed, rain. National League Cincinnati 8. Boston 4. Chicago 7, Brooklyn 6. (10 innings). I St. Louis 8, New York S. (10 innincs). Philadelphia 8. Pittsburgh S. Pacific Cost! League Portland 8-2. Seattle 3-J. San Diego 11-0 3-3. Oakland 4-9. Los Angeles 0-0. Hollywood 11-3, San Francis co, 9 2. VanDy.e. It . J. ci:un. JO . Retnkint. 3& . Orion, p Wtmer. p win over i . . Rnchi,rtf In - , . , . WWII. SO -'""'"j. ".ust-Durv starling pitcher, was driven to the show ers In the second Inning by a S-nin attack. Four hits, good for two Rose burg runs, chased Pock, Cres cent City starting pitcher, off the mound in the sixth Inning. Koll, who went to his relief. was rapped for two hits in the ninth but a double nlav ended I the final rally. Score: R. H. E Crescent City 9 10 3 Roseburg J 13 4 Pock, Koll and Mattz; Barr, Sporer and Schemer. Coronado Celebration Sar.ta Fe. N. M. i.-Pi New Mexico this year is celebrating the cuarto centrnnlol of Corona cio's arrival. The Spanish explor cr arrived in the statt In 1340, Fixed Amount Great Falls. Mont. i.P) After the concrete foundations of the new Civic Center hnllrlina Sacramento constructed, the contractor dis covered there was gold in the g'avel he had used. Running about 2J cents to the ton. the contractor said, the gold was so fine and of such small quantity it couldn't have been recovered from the gravel. But about I75u worth Is in the foundations. Totals S3 Oold Hill: AB rY;ey, c 4 Oardner, a. 4 O. KH1, o 4 Wilton, lb S Cow. Sb , , 4 T. Kelt, rt 1 Walker. If , ( Bailey, p . 4 Dueenoerry. 9b .... I Stanley Friend, driving Eu gene Cass' powerful 1929 Ford copped first place In the SO-lap feature race at Daily's Speed way yesterday afternoon, with a large crowd braving the clouds of dust to witness the thrilling events. Shorty Reed placed second, four laps behind Friend and half a lap In front of Benny Long well. Opening race of the day was taken by Dave Gould, last week's big winner, who was iorced out of the running in the feature race yesterday by engine trouble. In the SO-Iapper, Friend, who had number six starting position was forced to come from behind. and only after the toughest bat tle gained the lead and held it. At the start, Orval Caster grab bed the pacemaking spot, but Fiiend's superior power soon told, and he took over the front position. Meanwhile Gould was fighting to come up from his starting position of fifth place and on the fifth lap took over second place when Caster had a mix-up on the south turn. Gould Drops Out The two leaders battled It out desperately until the 19th lap when Gould had engine trouble and dropped out. Caster then went Into second place ahead of Heed in car number 3. They held these positions Into the ?9th lap when Caster had a streak of bad luck as he rolled the right rear tire of his racer Reed promptly took over sec ond place with Benny Longwell coming up In third place, and that was the order of the finish Five of the nine starting cars finished the 80-lap grind. In the opener Dave Gould roared into the lead, and with stood the challenges of all oppo nents to cop first place money At the start, Reed was in second place behind the ultimate win- j tier, and Caster was in third place. On the 20th lap the lead crs were still in the same posl tion, but on this lap Caster was forced out when his car began to tail. On the 19th lap, Reed's left front tire was rolled, but he stayed in the race to place num ber 2. With Caster's withdrawal. Childer came up to third, behind Gould and Reed. Gould Holds Lead Gould retained his bulge over the opposition, and wheeled his b'.ack and white car over the finish line a full lap ahead of Shorty Reed In second place. Childers took third half a lap behind Reed. Eugene Cass was forced to withdraw from the race, when he became involved In a crash with Russell Jordan, and Orval Caster on the south curve. In a special feature race, how ever Cuss led Caster and Char ley Craig to the finish when the fifth and final lap was complct ea. Billed as a "grudge" race, t'ass showed his stuff as he ciasiea nis way into a never lclinquished lead. Although the track was ex ceedingly dusty, the Improved surface allowed the cars to at tkin speeds never before reach ed, and when the dust cleared the fans were treated to a royal dish of maniacal driving. Before the races began, Cass, and his mechanic, Baglien nar owly escaped serious injury as tneir car turned over on the south turn, throwing Baglien clear, and pinning Cass beneath Hie racer. Luckily, Baglien re ceived but a few minor scratches while Cass was uninjured. A new system of surfacing is A I opeciea 10 oe inca on tne track 0 I oetore the next race, and James 1 Daily, promoter, believes it will 1 solve the dust problem nicely 0 1 The date of the next meeting iv. ill be announced at a later 0 ; date. 0 ' a W. L. Pet. San Diego 29 21 .980 Oakland 29 22 .989 Seattle 24 21 .933 Hollywood 28 28 .910 San Francisco 24 29 .490 Sacramento .23 28 .491 Los Angeles 21 27 .438 Portland 19 28 .422 American League W. L. Pet. Boston 18 8 ..730 Cleveland 18 8 .640 Detroit 13 11 .842 Washington 12 14 482 Philadelphia 11 14 .440 St. Louis .-. 10 13 .439 New York 8 19 .379 Chicago 9 16 .360 National League W. L. Pet. Cincinnati 18 . 6 .790 Brooklyn 16 7 .696 Chicago 19 12 .986 New York 13 11 .942 Philadelphia 10 12 .439 St. Louis 10 16 .383 Boston 7 IS .318 Pittsburgh 8 16 .273 CRIP FLINGS 2-1 WIN AS CRATERS Riney Cook Drives in Both Medford Runs Rego Is Chased by Ump Saturday State League Standings W. L. Pet Albany .. 4 Silverton 8 Medford Eugene Bend Hills Creek Jack-Jill .... Babes - 3 ., 3 .., 1 1 ,- 1 0 cap, 8 to 0, as Southpaw Hutche son gave up only four blows. The Craters, who entertain Hills Creek here next week-end, are in third place, one game be hind the undefeated Albany team. Scores follow: R. H. E. Bend 10 14 1 Eugene 3 3 0 Farmer and Kremer; Day, Wiltshire and Cloninger. Bend 0 4 8 Eugene 8 3 0 Murdock and Kremer; Hutche son and Cloninger. Otto Howard ltO-7s Mrs. B. B. Enois 1-J-Sx is-e sss-tji J.--.X JSt-U. R. H. E. Medford 2 7 1 Silverton 17 3 Crippen and Ball; Wilson and Reed. Medford 8 8 6 1.000 Silverton 10 14 3 .833 Rego. Williams and Hawkins; .750 Jubitz, Yackey and Moe. .900 J333 R- H. E. .167 Albany .. 7 9 2 .167 Hills Creek 4 13 3 WEBFOOT GOLFERS BEAT PORTLAND U., 11 TO 3 Corvallis, May 20 UP) Ore gon State golfers won eleven out of 14 matches from the Univer sity of Portland links team Sat urday. The Oregon State frosh won a four-way match from Jef ferson, Lincoln and Grant high schools of Portland. .000 Week End Results At Silverton 10-1, Medford 8-2. At Bend 10-0, Eugene 3-9. At Hills Creek 4-9, Albany 7-8. G. HARRINGT HANGS 6 AND 5 DEFEAT! IVAN ' Showing no brotherly love whatever, George Harrington took his brother, Ivan, to a cleaning In the semi-finals of the first flight in the Perl tourna ment at the local club yesterday, 6 and 9. The latter had one con solation, namely, that probably no one in the club could have beaten George yesterday, for he had a par on every hole of the first nine but three, and those three were birdies! On the same nine, on the other hand, Ivan was off from the start, with a 6, 4 and 9 ending the nine with a 41. On the same nine, George sizzled home with a 33, so though he had to give away four strokes, he won hand ily on the 13th. Although Ivan snapped out of it on the second nine, with a 36, and George with the match won took a couple of fives on the 14th and 19th, the latter didn't relent until he had the match stowed away, with 10 pars and three birdies on the 13 holes prob ably as good golf as has ever been seen on the Medford course at any time, amateur or profes sional. The walk-away was the more surprising because Saturday the two brothers ended all square, with Ivan coming from behind to tie the match when he had been down for three-quarters of the way. There will be great interest In mound for Silverton. hut th. the finals this coming Sunday Craters got him out of there in when George Harrington tangles! the fifth frame and Yackey ex with Bob Hammond, as bothNewberg high school right local stars are now playing at hander, finished the game. to.,form.' , . . . Commenting on the Burke i ne narringion maicn caras. action in tossine Re.n from th. game, local fans attending the clash said that Rego was en tirely Justified in beefing at the limp's decisions. In other week-end games, Al bany took over the undisputed league lead by trouncing Hills Creek, 7 to 4 and 8 to 3. Bend Steve Crippen's brilliant 7- hit hurling and the clutch-hitting of Second Baseman Riney Cook, combined to give Medford's Cra ters a 2 to 1 victory over the1 Silverton Red Sox at Silverton j yesterday. The win over last1 year's northwest semi-pro cham- pions enabled Medford to divide the two-game State league series after Silverton won the Satur day night contest, 10 to 8. Wrsy Triples Cook belted in both Medford runs. His single in the second inning drove Rocky Peterson across the platter, and his one- base blow in the fifth sent Al Wray scampering over the plate with the winning tally, Wray had led off with a triple. Cook was red hot In both games, get ting three for four Sunday and two for three Saturday night. "Squeak" Wilson, southpaw, also hurled a seven-hitter for the Red Sox yesterday, but his ef fort wasn t quite good enough as the Craters turned in a great defensive performance behind Crippen. Jimmy Rego, Medford's south paw hurler. was tossed out of the Saturday night contest by Umpire Spec Burke for protest ing too violently over the arbi ter's calling of balls and strikes. Rego was chased in the second inning, with the Craters leading, 2 to 0, and Orv Williams fin ished the game on the Medford mound. The Saturday eve clash was a ding-dong, free-hitting affair, with Silverton clinching things with a four-run explosion in the eighth inning. The Craters com mitted six errors, which com bined with 14 Red Sox hits were disastrous to the local cause. Jubits Shelled Moe Jubitz, former Yale uni versity southpaw, started on the Miller and Leptich; Johnson, B. Kelsay and Fleskes, G. Kel say. Albany 8 13 3 Hills Creek 3 11 1 Johnson, Miller and Leptich: Kendall, M. Johnson and G. Kelsay. THiSPRfTOF. -Ju REGISTERED RIFLE T Rifle club smallbore shooters hold a practice shoot yesterday I and made final preparations foi the major shooting event of the year in this district, the third annual Medford smallbore matches, to be held on the Table Rock rifle range next Saturday and Sunday. These matches, registered with the National Rifle association and sponsored jointly by the Medford Rifle club and the Oregon State Rifle association, are drawing an in creasing number of coast shoot ers each year. Ivan Waddell, regionol direc tor representing the Oregon State association in this district reports that reservations are al ready being made for out of town competitors and predicts a record breaking entry list when firing commences at 8 a. m. Sat urday morning. The indoor range will not be open for pistol shooting next Friday evening, due to last min ute preparations for the outdoor matches. Scores turned in for Dewar course firing with the rifle yes terday were: SO yd. 100 yd. Total lew Conger 199-14S 30O-13X 399-27X Iran Waddell 199-lOx 199-81 398-18-Mra. 8. M. Tuttle 198-111 198-14X J.7---X Mrs. Ivan Wddell 167-131 198-6 895-19X Ed Lull 198-91 194-9X 392-18X R L. Edwards 197-Sx 193-41 .92-10-B. R. Ennla 193-3- 19-1-91 390-12a George Ivan 44434442 433 64834644 941 George 34349844 436 Ivan... 48344444 4 38 In the other flight for the Perl cup Bob Sherwood defeated Se bastian Apollo, 4 and 3. The lattor l- f-i- ntt hi 0a m - on the first nine, being four down j and Eugene split a double-header on the 8th hole, and while he 1 otnu ine nonie C,UD copping by JOHN CLINTON Sometime I suppose I'll letxn to keep my grat biff mouth shut! Because I'm slwavi set tlntf a lecture by my betters. This time it was on Traffic hcrves! At yv know, my campny'a pnd Clinic to study TrwffU Nerves, vn publUhad -.2-p9 book about how to ft rid f 'om. I was at lunch with some of the men who operate the Clinic the other dav and I said: "What'i this Traffic Nerves, a gag? Boy did I get my ears pinned baclcl They drag- HOfcBY. god ma up ta the lab and thowod ma graph of what Traffic doot ta your nervous cystom af haw your puis untp when guy eud donly dart out In front af yoav r when you stall tn the middle af the main streetl Then they showed me another stack of reports from the refin ery showing how they had blended this NEW 76 gasoline to overcome some of the causes of Traffic Nerves! Well, you never sow mare can vincing proof. Union Oil angl liter hove really contributed something ta our happiness In driving. For 76 really makes cars handle properly In modern traffic. Look, next time you sea the bis orange and blue (6 sii poo in an Oft mnv n( How To Reduce Traffio Nerves." It's got 32 pages and a flock of pictures. It'll help you get more fun out of driving. UNION OIL COMPANY struggled hard was never able to get back. tl Ti'i-;. s NJMfonl OOM Hill rrrorv ptch. O. ' i ritaiani Ana sale 0 Raleigh. N. C.. 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