MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MED FORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1940.
Double-header on Tap Fairgrounds Park 1 :30 This Afternoon
TWOE TWO
CRATERS TO FLAY
HILL CREEK TEAM
IN OPENING TILT
Rego Or Cnppen On Mound
Rogues Tangle With
Atees in Second Game
Four teami from two league!
combining to produce the first
baseball double-header of the
local season that's the treat In
store for' Medford fans this
afternoon at th new fair
grounds park.
Opening the twin bill will
be the clash between Medford's
Craters and the Hills Creek
Hillbillies. The game will start
at 1:30 sharp, and will be the
second of their two-tilt week-end
series, the first having been
played Saturday night.
Playing the nightcap will be
the Medford Rogues and the
Ashland-Talent Atees, Southern
Oregon league clubs. This fra
cas will get under way imme
diately following completion of
the Medford-IIills Creek battle
about 3:30. There will be only
one admission price to both
games.
The Craters will have either
Steve Crlppen or Jimmy Rego
on the pitching rubber tftls aft
ernoon, Manager Paul Hoffard
stated, while Hills Creek will
rely on Frank Kendall, Bun
Kclsay or Merle Johnson.
Manager G. A. (Doc) Gitzen
of the Medford Rogues was
undecided last night as to bis
starting pitcher for the game
against the Atees. He said either
Tommy Kever, Ray Tungate,
Fred Thompson or Al Wlmer
would toe the slab.
Manager Charlie Skeeters of
the Ashland-Talent club plans
to send Wayne Combest or
Skinny Wilson to the mound
lor his team, with Nig DiSordl
held in reserve.
George Gitzen will catch for
the Rogues, Orv Hampel will
bo on lirst, Johnny Gitzen on
second, Dud Reinking on short
and either Jimmy Lewis or Dick
Porterficld on third. Outfielders
will be selected from among
Bill Piche, Eddie Hawkins, Sam
VanDyke, Bob Newland and
Dick Sakralda.
Thus far the Rogues have yet
to taste victory in the Southern
Oregon league pennant race,
having dropped their first two
loop tilts to Grants Pass and
Gold Hill. However, Manager
Gitzen believes the time is ripe
for his team to break into the
win column.
Ashland-Talent is at present
tied for second place in the
flag chase with one win and
two defeats. Last Sunday the
Atees carried the league-leading
Grants Pass Merchants 11 In
nings before going down by an
8 to 9 tally when Joe Gray
tripled In the 11th.
Other Southern Oregon league
gmes this afternoon will find
Gold Hill entertaining Roseburg
and Crescent City playing at
Grants Pass. The latter game
will decide the loop's undisputed
leadership, as both are currently
tied for the top with three
victories and no defeats.
WUlamatte Wins
Caldwell. Idaho, May 23.
(IP) Broad shouldered Bob
White whistled up his second
five-hitter in three days today
and the Willamette Bearcats
tucked away the northwest con
ference baseball championship
with a 41 triumph over College
of Idaho.
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TROJANS DEFEAT
STANFORD, 55-53
FOR COAST TITLE
Track Meet Undecided Until
Final Event Oregon Fin
ishes Sixth.
Los Angeles, May 2S. (IP)
The University of Southern
California's mighty Trojans cap
tured their fifth consecutive
track and field championship of
the Pacific coast conference to
day. The warriors of U. S. C. turn
ed back the challenge of Stan
ford's strongest team in many
a year and edged tut a narrow
two-point margin of victory in
a meet that was not decided
until the final lap of the final
vent on the program the one
mile relay.
Southern California went in
to the relay needing but one
point to stay out of a tie with
Stanford. Going into the last
lap Anchor Man Howard Upton
found his team trailing a bad
sixth all but out of the run.
ning. Upton made up the dif
ference, overhauling a tiring
Montana man on the turn for
home, and then flying past
Washington s weary anchor run
ner. He won fourth place for
nis team.
The relay fourth gave U. S. C.
two points, and a final score of
95. Stanford scored 93.
Five meet records fell as the
ten member schools of the con
ference performed under warm
skies before a throng of 10,000
In memorial coliseum. Two
others were equalled.
The threatening Stanfords
rang up four first places, thanks
to double wins by Sprints Star
Clyde Jeffrey and Weightman
Stan Andersen, In addition to
the relay. Southern California
won three firsts, but brought
into play Its superior auxiliary
strength to put down the Indian
uprising from Palo Alto.
Trailing behind the two lead
ers in point scores were Cali
fornia, 36; U. C. L. A. 26; Wash
ington State 22; Oregon 16;
Washington 9; Idaho 7; Oregon
State 1.
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The clean, scientific grapplers
will take over almost 100 per
cent Monday night when Pro
moter Mack Lillard presents
his weekly program In the arm
ory. Of the six wrestlers slated
to do their stuff, only one is
not a gentlennn of the first
water. The lone bad boy on the
three-match card Is Bulldog
Jackson of Portland, Alaska
and way points.
Clean as a whistle are Prince
Selakl Mehalikls, Ernie Piluso.
the Black Panther, Frank la
Clemens and Don Sugai, the
clever Japanese matman from
Salem, who will be appearing
here for the first time.
Mehalikls and the Panther, a
Negro flash, are slated to bat
tle in the one-hour main event
and fans are looking for a
thrilling struggle.
Jackson will get his chance
to bring down the customers'
wrath against Sugai, and Clem
ens and Piluso will come to
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GILLS' HIT GIVES
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WIN OVER STARS
Portland, Ore., May 15. W
Johnny Gill slashed a single
to right in the 13th inning, driv
ing home Manager Johnny Fred
erick with the run that gave
Portland a 4-3 Pacific Coast
league victory over Hollywood
today.
The victory left Hollywood
ahead, 3-2, In the series which
will end with a doubleheader to
morrow. Bill Fleming, who relieved
Lou Tost in the 13th, was
charged with the defeat.
Byron Speece started for Port
land and did a masterful Job up
to the 10th when ha tired and
turned the hill over to Whitey
Hilcher. Hllcher pitched his
way out of a hole by nabbing
Babe Herman and Thompson on
short flies. He pitched shut-out
ball the rest of the way.
From the eighth until the 13th
Hollywood threatened continu
ally, but never quite scored. The
Beavers, on the other hand, got
nary a scoring opportunity until
Manager Frederick doubled in
the 13th. Gill singled him home.
R. H. E
Hollywood 3 13 0
Portland 4 12 2
Osborne, Tost and Dapper;
Speece, Hilcher and Fernandes-
San Francisco, May 25. CP)
San Francisco lambasted four
San Diego pitchers in the
seventh and eighth innings for
a 9 to 3 victory in a coast league
game here today,
R. H. E.
San Diego ,..... 9 14 1
San Francisco B 13 2
Hebert, Morris, Tobln, Shores
and Salkeld; Dasso, Ballou and
Sprinz.
Los Angeles, May 23. (") i
Big Bob Weiland allowed only
two hits In six innings today,
but lost his debut with Los An
geles as Sacramento's Senators
finally broke through Angel de
fenses for their first victory in
five series games. The score was
2-1. R. H. E.
Sacramento 2 4 1
Los Angeles 17 3
Schmidt, Judd and Grilk; Wet
land, Berry and Hernandez.
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A regular practice shoot, the
last before the Mail Tribune
annual shoot next Sunday, will
commence at 10:30 this morning
at the Medford gun club. A
good crowd is expected to prac
tice for next Sunday's tourna
mcnt, which is one of the high
lights in local trapshooting.
The Oregon state trapshool
will be held at Salem June 20
to 23 and the Grand Pacific
handicap in Portland July 23
to 28. The Pacific Indian shoot
will be held at Harrison Hot
Springs, British Columbia, Au
gust 15 to 17.
As usual, the local club ex
tends an Invitation to non-club
members to shoot on Sunday
with all the privileges of mem
bership extended.
Sabin Wins
Salem, May 25. (ip) Wayne
Sabin of Portland, former mem
ber of the American Davis cup
team, defeated Bud Gilmore of
Grants Pass, a Willamette uni
versity student, 8 4, 8 3. in an
exhibition tennis match today.
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CARDS WIN FIRST
"GAME FROM REDS
Cincinnati, May 25. A
single, double, and home run
in machine gun style before a
man was out In the first in
ning enabled the St. Louis Car
dinals to break the Cincinnati's
hold on them today.
The hits by Eddia Lake, Stu
Martin, and Enos Slaughter suc
cessively - gave the Cards
enough runs for their first vic
tory of the year over the Reds
in the nightcap of a double
header, 3 to 1, after they had
dropped the opener to Bucky
Walters, the Reds' and '.he Na
tional League's most valuable
player 7 to I.
First game:
Si. Louis 2 4 0
Cincinnati 7 8 2
Warneke, Bowman, J. Rus
sell, Shoun and Padgett, Owen;
Walters and Lombardi.
Second game:
St. Louis 5 9 1
Cincinnati 1 6 1
McGee and Owen; Thompson,
Shoffner and Hershberger.
Pittsburgh, May 25. (IP)
Tne Pittsburgh Pirates today
celebrated their home-coming
from a disastrous road trip by
pouncing on four Chicago Cub
pitchers to win 12 to 7 and
end a five-game losing streak.
It was their seventh victory In
23 games.
Chicago 7 12 2
Pittsburgh 12 14 2
French, Raffensberger, Page,
Mooty and Todd, Collins; Bow
man and Davis.
Boston at New York and
Brooklyn at Philadelphia post
poned, rain.
OREGON BLANKS
0. S. C.
Corvallls, Ore., May 23. (IP)
Oregon Stste college, north
ern division baseball champion,
left its pennant form In the
locker room today and suffered
a 8-0 whitewashing at the hands
of the University of Oregon.
The Oregon's bunched nine
hits off Glen Elliott In the first
four innings for all five runs.
Elliott pitched flawless ball
thereafter, fanning a total of
13, but his tee;-imatea produced
no counter offensive and suc
cumbed to Linn's three-hit
pitching.
Score:
Oregon ...,..... 8 10 1
OSC 0 3 4
Linn and Walden; Elliott and
Leovich.
OF CH1S0X ENDS
Chicago, May 23. (IP) The
Chicago White Sox' five game
winning streak was snapped to
day by the heavy-hitting De
troit Tigers, who won 10 to 4.
to even the series at one each
(Called end 8th rain).
Detroit 10 17 0
Chicago 4 10 4
Trout, Benton and Tebbetts;
Knott, Appleton, Brown and
Tresh.
Washington. May 25 (JFi
Dutch Leonard won his fifth
victory of the season today as
Wjshlngton downed the Phila
delphia Athletics 4 to 2.
Philadelphia 2 7 2
Washington 4 9 0
Dean and Hayes; Leonard
and Ferrell.
Other games postponed; rain.
Softball Meeting
All umpires and managers of
Softball teams are requested to
meet Monday evening at 7
o'clock In the city hall council
chambers by Riney Cook.
fnat Friday fiimn)
Sermmmo s. Los Angeles I.
Hollywood t, Portland 4
Pen Dleo 0, Sua PYanctaco I.
Oakland 0. Seattle S.
WRESTLING
MEDFORD ARMORY
MONDAY NIGHT. 1:30 P. M
BLACK PANTHER
Vs.
PRINCE MEHALIKIS
BULLDOG JACKSON
Vs.
DON SUOAI
ERNIE PILUSO
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mANKIE CLEMONS
WOOD SHOOTS 130
FOR LOWEST MARK
IN 'MAJOR' GOLF
New York, May 23.4)
Craig Wood, the blond slugger
from Mamaroneck, N. Y., shat
tered all listed records for 38
holes in a "major" golf tourna
ment today when he fired a
second round of 68, four under
par for the Forest Hills field
club, on top of his amazing
opening round of 64 yesterday
to hold his lead In the metro
politan open championship.
His 36 hole total of 130 was
the lowest ever recorded In a
tournament of national or sec
tional Importance over a full
length course.
On the heels of Wood, but
five strokes behind today, was
Ben Hogan, the youthful Texan,
who plays out of White Plains.
N. Y. Hogan was the only oth
er player to break par on the
second round, scraping under
the wire with a 69 for a half
way total of 135.
Ray Billows, Poughkeepsle,
N. Y., amateur ace, held a lease
on third place as the field was
paired up for the final 38 holes
tomorrct. After equalling Ho
gan's cj ning round 66, Billows
slipped on the back nine today
to finish with 73 for a 139 total.
SEMI-FINALS OF
HANDICAP TODAY
The ultimate winner of ,the
John A. and Frank Perl spring
handicap golf tournament will
go a long way toward being
decided today when finalists In
the two divisions of the tour
ney battle for the right to clash
for the title.
Slated to tangle In 18-hole
matches this morning are Bob
Hammond and George Harring
ton, finalists in the first flight,
and Heinle Fluhrer and Bob
Sherwood, second flight final
ists. While no time has been
set for the two matches, they
are expected to be played to
day, with the winners meeting
for the title next week-end.
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Vancouver, May 25. (IP)
Vancouver Capilanos piled up
runs from the third inning and
defeated Salem Senators 9-1 in
the first game of a Western In
ternational Baseball league
doubleheader here today.
Ten Capilanos went to bat In
the third inning when the team
scored four runs. From there on
the Vancouver squad coasted to
victory, adding two runs In the
fourth, two more In the sixth
and one in the seventh.
Moose Clabaugh, who had
three hits In four times at bat,
scored the only Salem run In
the seventh.
FOR LOUIS BOUT
Carmel, N. Y., May 25. UP)
Arturo Godoy, Chilean chal
lenger, started boxing prepara
tions at Rockridge camp today
for his second attempt to wrest
the heavyweight crown from
Joe Louis at Yankee Stadium
on June 20.
Godoy, who lasted the full
IS rounds with Louis in Febru
ary, boxed three rounds with
three sparmates: Bill Donohue.
Max Mlnnich and Henry Moroz.
The challenger arrived here
10 days ago for preliminary
conditioning work.
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SPEEDVAY KINGS
QUALIFYING
Indianapolis, Ind., May 25.
(U.PJ An estimated 25 a drivers
competed today for the remain
ing 13 positions in the Mem
orial day Indianapolis speedway
motor classic. ,
Eighteen drivers already have
qualified despite inclement
weather conditions.
Paced by Rex Mays of Glen
dale, Cal., who will occupy the
pole position, and Wilbur Shaw
of Indianapolis, last year's win
ner, the field of 18 fills six
rows at the starting line.
Qualifying sessions up to the
present time have been shun
ned by many driving luminar
ies due to unpredictable drizzles
of rain and shifting, gusty
winds. Yesterday, a rain-soaked-
track kept drivers in the
sheds until mid-afternoon when
16 racers took to the track and
two qualified between showers.
George Connor, at the wheel
of a Lenckl Special, burned
around four laps of the oval at
an average speed of 124.585 to
qualify and Louis Tomei, in a
Flagstaff Special, averaged
119.980 to add his name to the
entry list. Tomei was the first
to pass the time test at less
than 120 m.p.h.
A new track record of some
sort was established when Duke
Nalon, driving a Marks Special,
ran out of gas on the first lap
of his trial run.
Among those who are expect
ed to take their cars out of me
chanics' care and attempt to
bid for the remaining positions
within the next two days are
Babe Stapp, Louis Durant. Billy
Devore, Emil Andres, Raul Rl-
ganti, Bob Swanson, Chet Mil
ler, Doc Williams, Paul Russo,
Henry Banks, Joie Chitwood,
Tony Willman. Ralph Hepburn
and Al Miller.
Recently arrived from war-
ripped France, Rene Dreyfus
and Rene Le Begue will enter
the "900" their first American
race and their stiffest competi
tion. Since their arrival the two
Frenchmen have used most of
their time watching veteran
pilots slip In and out of the
steeply-banked curves. Mean
while their Maserati cars have
been stripped down and magni
fluxed to meet speedway regu
lations. Both Dreyfus and Le Bcgue
were confident they could qual
ity at 123 or better.
To date the malor activity
has been In the sheds where
mechanics have labored almost
unceasingly to squeeze every
ounce of speed out of the
'stepped-up" motors.
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TO LADY GOLFER
Tort Worth, Tex., May 25.
IIP) Valiant Mrs. Frank Gold
thwaite substituted the great
heart for a lagging golf game
! In the darkest spots of a dra
matic golf match today, com
ing back on the fading holes
to defeat Mrs. Estelle Lawson
Page, 2 to 1, for the women's
southern title.
The hometown Idol, champion
of Texas and winner of the
southern as a budding young
ster seven years ago, courted
trouble for twenty-six holes,
then quickly swept away the
Chapel Hill, N. C, veteran with
a grooved game that reappeared
as suddenly as it left her in
the morning round.
Into the last nine they went.
Mrs. Page still leading by two
boles and 12 feet from the hole
with her second iron. Mrs.
Goldthwalte, eight feet short of
the green, studied the rolling
surface, then chipped perfectly.
The ball rolled fifty feet into
the hole for a birdie three.
Mrs. Goldthwalte won the
title with that shot. It set her
game on fire. She squared the
match at the thirtieth, went
one up on the next hole and re
mained in front.
Mrs. Page was 41-36-77 for
the morning round; Mrs. Gold
thwaite 41-3778.
BULLETIN
Seattle, May 25. W A
strong start gave Seattle a 3-2
victory over Oakland tonight
as the league-leading team con
tinued its rout of the hapless
Californians in the Pacific coast
baseball league.
Seattle collected two runs In
the first Inning and added an
other In the second for the win
ning margin, stopping an Oak
land rally at 2 runs in the
third. From that frame on, both
teams played tight ball, al
though Oakland's George Dar
row was forced out by a flock
of Seattle hits In the fifth, and
Seattle's Dick Barrett followed
him to the showers in the sev
enth. Seattle got 12 hits off Dar
row and Cantwell. Barrett and
Webber held Oakland to six.
Night game: R. H. E.
Oakland 2 6 3
Seattle 3 12 2
Darrow, Cantwell and Rai
mondl; Barrett, Webber and
Kearse.
Closing time tor Too tu to Clu
tfy Ada is I 30 p tn.
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HUSKIES DEFEAT
Moscow, Idaho, May 23. (IP)
The University of Washing
ton's Huskies played steady ten
nis today to jolt the University
of Oregon out of the northern
division tennis championship at
the annual tournament.
Len Clark, Oregon, defeated
Byron Page, Washington, In
straight sets 8-3, 6-4, for the 4
singles championship, but then
blew a service point in the
fourth set to give Page and
George Ravenscroft of Wash
ington the doubles champion
ship. Final scoring gave Wash
ington 13 points. Oregon had
10, Oregon State 9, Idaho t.
and Washington State 1. Idaho
and Washington State failed to
get beyond the quarter-finals.
Race Drivers Of
Valley To Organize
Stock car and midget auto
drivers of southern Oregon will
meet at Leo Obenchaln's garage
and service station in Central
Point Monday at 8 p. m. for
the purpose of organizing an
association.
Name of the proposed group
will be the Southern Oregon
Race Drivers' association, and
an pnois in mis vicinity are
requested to attend.
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