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PXGE FOUR MEDFOKD MATE TKTBUNE. MEDFORD. OftEGOTC. TUESDAY, MAT 28. 1940, Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says; 1 4 Teams Open 1 940 Softball Season at Stadium Tonight4 SEVEN Zamperini Gains Revenge PANTHER SCORES OW THEY? RAY SCHUMACHER WiLL INAUGURATE EVEN IN TORRID IS National League CONTESTS Pitching Main Factor in High Crater Position It is not hard to find the prin cipal reason for the lofty poii. tion of Medford'i Craters in the State league baseball race. You don't have to look further than the pitching records to under stand why the locals are cur rently tied with Albany for the loop leadership. Of course there are many con tributing factors for the fine showing thus far of Manager Hoffard's gang good, old-fashioned socking in the pinches, pretty nice defensive work in general, hustle and spirit, to mention Just few other reas ons why the Craters have won live and lost one game. But that excellent mound work Is undoubtedly the largest ingle asset the Medford club has shown to date. As a matter of fact, we wonder what other State league tcani has such a high calibre flinging staff? In the six league games the Craters have played,' four of their starting pitchers have gone the entire distance. This may not be incredible, but it is at least remarkable. In comparis on to soma of those major league contests, where anywhere from two to six pitchers labor for each club, the local record is not bad by a long sight. Jim Hego started the thing by hurling the route against Jack and Jill and winning. 10 to 1, while giving up five hits. Then came Sieve Crippen's t to 1 win over Sllverton tn which ha yielded seven blows ever nine frames. Next was Big Bill Lanning's 7 to 5 con cniest of Hills Creek, while al lowing seven hits over the complete stretch. And last was Rego's 12 to 3 victory against Hills Creek Sunday, in which she Hillbillies accumulated but six safeties. In only two games did Med ford's starting pitcher fail to finish, and on both those oc casions it wasn't that the flinti er was belted out of the box. Orv Williams, opening on the rubber against Jack and Jill, was relieved in the fifth Inning by Crippen, when he had a lead of 8 to 3 and was in no danger. Crippen went in simply to get some work, and not be cause Williams was getting his ears shelled off. On the other occasion Rego, starting against Sllverton, was ejected from the game in the second inning for squabbling with the umpire, and Williams finished. Baseball fans are rather a pe culiar brand of sport clients at times. They are probably no dif ferent in Medford than in any other town, large or small, but that doesn't alter the fact that some of their ideas are well nigh Impossible to understand. For example, when Medford entered the State league this spring; when it was decided to compete in the fastest semi-pro circuit in Oregon and perhaps the entire northwest, local en thusiasts were solidly behind the move but it was practically ICO per cent agreed that Med ford would HAVE to go out and I get itself a baseball club of a'inea coast league batting calibre to stand up against the best other teams could otter. Medtord did this. It got a first class catcher, three swell pitchers, an Infielder and two outfielders. And now, despite tha fact the Craters are not only In the first division but are actually deadlocked for the leadership, Jutt what so many fans deemed absolutely necessary, we hear criticism that too many outside players are being used and the local boys aren't being given a chance. It Is true there are out-of-town players on the club, but no body can deny that unlets these boys had been brought to town the Craters wouldn't be where they are now by about seven places in loop standings. It also Is true that FOUR regulars on the team can be considered "local" In every sense of the word. Cliff McLean, third baseman. has year-around position here. I successful season with a 41 vie. and has resided tn the county . tory over the Oregon Webfoots tor six or seven years; Leonard in Eugene yesterday. Patterson is coacn at Jackson-1 Clayton Shaw, on the mound ville high school and is certain-'for the Beavers, had the best of ly a permanent resident of the Bob Rleder in a pitching duel county; Second Baseman Riney 'although he allowed six hits to Cook is coach at Medford Junior; the Heavers' five. Bonney sin high school, and Manager I'aul gled home two runs in the fifth Hoffard has lived here for over ! to decide the contest 10 years. Th, ,rorr,. R ,, T That would seem to be a pret- Oreann State sua ty fair representation of local ; POISON OAK? Try tttla of 2EMACOL Tee must ke MlUflrd or jour monej j enerrfallr ifnnAt. nt a bottle Uaai at WUUKM XUKU I. I Gala Parade to Start at 7 P.M. First Games at Field is Slated For 8 Medfnrd's 1S40 Softball season under the lights at tha senior high school stadium gets under way tonight with 14 brilliantly uniformed teams in two leagues swinging into action in six games. The gala opening night program will start at 8 o'clock sharp, following a parade through the downtown district. League A clubs, the six finest in the city, will come to grips in three five-inning games. Lost River Dairy will face Jennings Tire company In the first tilt and this game will be followed by the Medco-Wooden Box clash, and the Catholic Men Fluhrer's Breadeaters contest. All league A games will be played on the north diamond. Girls Play Six of the seven league B outfits wilt" also see action this evening, colliding In three four- inning games. Teamsters, the seventh club, draws a bye. The league B teams will face off like this: Elks versus Gasco. Hunt's Craterlan versus Com munity club, tha city's two girls' teams: Eagles versus Bear Creek Orchards, and Copco versus Faber's. These games will be played on tha south diamond. All games tonight, ' although shortened, will count as regular league contests. The grand parade will leave the county courthouse at 7:00 o'clock, move east on Main street to Bartlett street, north on Bartlett street to Sixth street, then west on Sixth street to the postofflce, where it will disband. Every player of all teams will be in the parade, as will senior high school band and drum corps, and the Junior high drum corps. Several floats will also participate In the line of march. Field Improved After the parade disbands. players will ba transported to the stadium for field ceremonies prior to the first pitches on both diamonds. Considerable I m p r o vement has been made at the stadium. The bleachers have been screen ed so that spectators are better protected, a high screen fence has been erected on the east side of the field to keep balls out of the hedge, and the dia monds are said to be in tip-top condition. BAT LEADERSHIP Los Angeles, May 2R (4) Improving his average by seven points, Johnny Moore, swattlns Angeles outfielder, easily honors with .427 in the past ween a games through Sunday. The league's home-run king. Lou Novlkoff of Los Angeles, increased his total by one to 15 while his teammate. Bob Collins, clouted two and Jump ed into second place with nine. The total of Ed Coleman of Portland remained at 8. In team batting, San Diego passed Los Angeles and San Francisco to take second place at .283 as Seattle remained at the top with .291. OSC ENDS SEASON BY BEATING OREGON, 4-1 By the Associated Press The Oregon State Beavers. newly crowned northern divis ion. Pacific Coast conference ' baseball rhamnlnni. elnt 4h.iv Ormon las Shaw and and Walden. Leovich; Rtederl talent, especially when the oth er Slate league teams, with the exception of the two Portland outfits, run far heavier to so called imported material titan does Medford. i f . Louis Zamperini (right) of Southern California won sweet re venge over Paul Moore of Stanford, who recently conquered him, by caoturing the mile run in the Pacific Coast Conference track and field meet in Los Angeles. Zamperini covered the distance In 4:11.6. a new meet record. Phil Leibowiis of Idaho ran third. Lawson Little Paces Open Qualifiers With Great 134 By Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr. New York, May 28. UP) Old man par apparently hasn't i chance and the best of the amateur golfers not much more when the crack professionals who think they may win the national open championships start taking golf courses apart. Thirty-one of the best players the low 30 in last year's open and the home club pro at Cleve land's Canterbury club where the 1940 tournament will be played June 0-8 were exempt ed from yesterday's sectional qualifying rounds for the open. Yet when the rest of the entry list of 1,163 had finished play ing 36 hole rounds in 23 dis tricts the fairways were fairly littered with the pieces they had chopped off par. And only five amateurs were able to lead the way in their respective dis tricts, including two who tied for top honors. The greatest Job of par break ing by any of the 139 qualifiers and one of the greatest ever seen in these sectional rounds, was turned in by Lawson Little, who won both the United States and British amateur titles in 1934 and 193S. Notably unsuc cessful In his professional car eer since then. Little suddenly got "hot" and shot amazing rounds of 6S-69 134 to lead the big field In the Chicago district. Scores under 70 weren't at all rare with 1,132 good golfers firing away, but the only one to come within three strokes of Little's figure was Leonard Dodson, who carded 68 69 137 at Kansas City. The highest successful score in any district was 155 at Jack sonville, Fla. The amateur aces were the principal victims, tn addition to Willie Turnesa, 1938 amateur champion, and Ray Bil lows, last year's runner-up to Bud Ward, such prominent Slmon-pures as Chick Evans, onetime amateur and open champion. Art Doering. Bobbv Dtinkelberger. Trailer Bill Holt, and the former tennis cham pion. Ellsworth Vines failed to make the grade. Ben Hogan, a sensation among the pros last winter, could earn no better than an alternate's berth, while ex ehampions Billy Burke and Willie MacFarlane missed out along with Whiffy Cox, Chand ler Harper, Joe Klrkwood. Al vln Krueger. Bill Mehlhorn and Jock Hutchison, Sr. Six former open champions were successful. They were Gene Snrazen. Jcihtmy Farrell.r' "Hioyrs Walter Hagen, Johnny Good r r!,,'fl man. Tony Manero and Sam Tarks, Jr. The National Resources board reports 881.725.U00 acres ol land in the United States "essen tial incapable of tillage." Ml Ion k,HI tOOO 0O Ml , looo SATHS t OM OHM. It Kn pMH, UNlSWINIIialtONXMi HOTEL ST. FRANCIS vria)itsj UNION S0UUI if; I Steve Crippen, pltcher-lnfield-er-outfieldor and what hove you, is the leading batter of Med ford's Stote league Craters, In cluding games of last week-end. Crip has connected safely six times In 13 trips to the plate lor an average of .462. Three other Crater players are In the .400 class Al Wray. centerfielder; Jimmy Rego. pitch er, and Riney Cook, second base manwhile Cliff McLean, third socker, and Bill Lanning, fling er. are above .300. Crippen also leads the club In home runs with one. while Wray is the leading run-scorer with eight. Crater averages: AB Crippen 13 Wray 18 Rego ...... 9 Cook 28 tunning 3 McLean ........ 28 Patterson .27 Peterson 20 white 8 Ball 8 Hawkins 14 Hoffard .,16 Kerr 4 R H Avg. 5 8 .462 8 8 .444 1 4 .444 4 12 .429 0 1 .333 6 8 .308 7 8 ,296 5 5 .250 6 2 .250 0 2 .250 5 3 .143 2 1 .063 3 0 .000 MARSHFIELD TO HAVE STATE KEG TOURNEY Eugene. May 28. iP) The State Bowling association, at a meeting held here Sunday, se lected Marshfield as the site for the third annual Oregon state championship tournament. President Ed Johnson of Eugene said dates had been shifted to November 22 through December 8 In order to eliminate con flicts with other tournaments. The directors also recommend ed Klamath Falls as the site for the 1941 tournament. The hotel business ranks sev enth In I'nited States In number and capital In GREEN PINE SLABS FACTORY BLOCKS BUNDLED KINDLING Or fill your esr or trailer at our fuel yard on tha corner of North Central Ave and McAndrews Road. Timber Products company Phor-a 7 lu SIVi minutes of some of the finest scientific wrestling produced in the Medford arm ory this year, Jimmy Mitchell. alias the Black Panther, meas ured Prince Selaki Mehalakis for two .traight falls in the main event of Promoter Mack Lillard's weekly program last night. While the result was not ex actly an upset it was surpris ing in tliat Mehalakis failed to obtain a fall, marking one of the very few times In the Prince's career he has been de feated in two straight tumbles. The Panther, more aggressive than ever, got his first fall after 27 minutes of spectacular grap pling. The boys slapped on practically every hold in the book and for a time it looked like the Prince was on his way to a tumble as he clamped on a figure-four leg-breaker and kept it for about 10 minutes. The Panther suffered considerably, but finally he broke the hold and put the Prince's cranium in a terrific headlock. Mehal akis endured the hold for al most a minute before giving up. The last 414 minutes were even more rapid-fire, with first one then the other seeming to nave the advantage. Just be fore the end the Prince sonnen berged Mitchell to the carpet and once more clamped on a leg-breaker, but that latter, with a mighty heave, kicked loose and socked the Prince squarely in the kisser with both feet. Mehalakis went over backward, flat on his back, and the Pan ther leaped on top for the fall and the match. Bulldog Jackson ran true to form in the center attraction, losing to Dou Sugal on a foul in the fourth round after each had obtained one fall. Jack son's tumble came in the sec ond round and was produced by a series of arm-breakers over the ropes, followed by his fav orite hammerlock. Sugal gave ;"P- The Salem Japanese flash brought into play his Jiu jitsu sleeper, a variation of the re verse chin lock, to win his fall in the third heat. The match e'ded the next round when Jackson, despite Referee Earl Yoakley's warnings, refused to refrain from winding Sugai's arms around the ropes and foul ing him in other ways. After the match was given to Sugai. Jackson roared and stamped around the ring and mingled with the customers for fully ten minutes in violent protest of the decision. But as usual it didn't do him any good. Sugai. making his first ap pearance here, displayed a wide variety of colorful maneuvers. He sonnenberged like a master, he showed he knew what the flying mare was all about, and he came up with a new manner of dropklck a single-leg sock to the chin, with the other leg saved to land on. A painful boil on his leg forced Frankle Clemens to cease wrestling after he lost one fall in the second round to Ernie Piluso. Piluso worked on the leg during the first canto and finally, in the second heat, he pinned Clemens with a leg breaker and body press. Fights Last Night Chicago Henry Waeker, Tay- lorville, 111., 195, knocked out Willie Muldune. 183, Cleve land (1). New York Bobby Ivy, 130. Hartford. Conn., outpointed Texas Lee Harper, 130, Port Arthur. Texas (8). 3 0 0 CUBIC rOOT LOAD Cnd North Central W. L. Pet. Brooklyn 20 8 .714 Cincinnati .22 P .710 New York 17 12 .586 Chicago 13 IS .545 Philadelphia 11 15 .423 St. Louis 11 20 .355 Boston . , 0 18 .333 Pittsburgh 8 20 .288 American League Boston 19 B .679 Cleveland 20 12 .625 Detroit 17 14 .548 Chicago 15 17 .469 Washington 15 18 .455 New York 13 17 .433 St. Louis 12 18 .400 Philadelphia 12 18. .400 Coast league unchanged. 145 TO QUALIFY Tacoma. May 28. (Pi Al bert (Scotty Campbell, Seattle, former Walker cup team mem ber, will Join with national ama teur Champion Marvin (Bud) Ward in representing the Pa cific northwest in the national open golf tournament. Campbell qualified for the national meet yesterday when he led a field of six candidates for the tournament berth over the Tacoma Country and Golf club course. His score, one over par, was 71-74 145. Other scorers: Chuck Hunter, Tacoma, 147; Chuck Congdon, Tacoma, 151; Bill Christie, Se attle, 160; John Burns, Yakima, 161, and Jim Christie, Seattle, 162. Ward automatically qualified for the national by finishing fourth in last year's event. GANNETTSEES NO DANGER FOR U. S. Portland, Ore., May 28. (P) America should not "trust its defense program to a president who by July will have spent $67,000,000,000 in the war against depression and failed to win. Republican presidential aspirant Frank Gannett told Oregon Republicans last night. He called the president's pre paredness messages "outrageous promotion of hysteria" and as serted America was in no dan ger of attack. "We are not at war and under right leadership we need not be at war, he said. Seattle, May 28. (Pi City light rate reductions estimated by Supt. E. R. Hoffman to save consumers $200,000 annually were approved yesterday by the city council. California's 1940 cherry crop is valued at $2,427,000. BLENDED r in hr it 'w aiao ft By Associated Press National league fans, who have endured enough hair-raising races in recent years that they can feel blase about the child's play . now going on in the American league, never have had anything closer than the Cincinnati Reds and Brook lyn Dodgers are today. They are tighter than a tie, if such a situation is possible. The Dodgers are on top In percentage .714 to .710, but they are half a game behind in won-lost ' calculations. Cin cinnati has won two ffames more (22) than the Dodgers, who have lost one less (eight) than the Reds. The Reds did all that was in their power to capture the lead in stopping the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 and 7-3 yesterday. But Cincinnati's best just was not good enough to erase that percentage margin as long as the Dodgers continued to win and they chalked up their fourth straight victory with a 6-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Bill Posedel held the New York Giants to four safeties while the Boston Bees pounded out a 7-1 triumph with 13 hits off three pitchers. The Chicago Cubs kept the National league design four cornered by belting the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1. The Cleveland Indians slip ped half a notch in their ef forts to overtake the Boston Red Sox in the American league by losine a night game to the De- I troit Tigers 6-1. The New York Yankees pull ed a pitching chestnut out of the fire in old time fashion. They got only four hits, the same as the Washington Sen ators, but triumphed 5-0. Spud Chandler allowed nothing but singles, well separated, while the Yankee blows included Charley Keller's fifth home run with two on and Joe DiMag gio's third. This enabled the Chicago White Sox to climb back Into the first division by outslugglng the St. Louis Browns 1 hits to nine for a 7-5 victory. Scores Yesterday National League Cincinnati 2-7, Pittsburgh 1-3. Boston 7, New York 1. Brooklyn 6. Philadelphia 0. Chicago 7, St Louis 1. American League New York Washington Chicago 7, St. Louis 5. Detroit 6, Cleveland 1. Boston at Philadelphia, post poned, rain. Pacific Coast League All teams idle. Ds Mall Tribune want ads. Hera's why "33 to 1" it your Best Bet for Beer Enjoyment it i -r it 33 TIMES ONE GREAT BEER! It takes 33 separate brews to put such flavor, such smooth ness, such unvarying goodness Into single glass of BLL'S "RIBBON! The finest coffee (i hUndtd . . . and ao la this enett of brm. la every glass of Blue Ribbon la a ftttiU BLEND -&taU&x Pahst Blue Ribboa rTfH tn Ray J. Schumacher, unop posed Democratic primary can. didate for county assessor, re ceived 2.148 votes, according to the official count completed yesterday. The vote of Schu- i macher was inadvertently omit. ted from the published Den cratic count. , Schumacher will oppose C A. Myers, Republican nomine for assessor. Ira E.' Schuler, un opposed for the Democratic nomination for county Judge, will cross votes with J. B. (Blin) Coleman, Republican nominee. iE. B. Poyer, Ashland, Demo I cratic commissioner nominee. will oppose Artnur c. Lowell of Central Point, Republican se lection. William N. (Farmer Bill) Carl, who received the Democratic legislative selection, has no running mate and will contest with the Republican choices. Atty. W. M. McAllister and E. T. Newbry. Ralph Sweeney, treasurer, received the nomination of both parties, as did County Cleric Carter and Deputy District At torney Neilson. L FOR LOCAL BOYS Capt. Carl Y. Tengwald an nounced today that a few en. listments would be made to fill existing vacancies in Company A created by reorganization and enlargement of the company. All single, male citizens between the ages of eighteen and thirty, five are eligible, if physically qualified. - "Recent national develop ments have made Interest in the national guard Intense." Capt. Tengwold said. "The guard not only gives the men of the nation a course in military training, but provides and makes possible healthy and profitable vacation. This year, according to informa tion, the summer training period will be held at Fort Lewis, Wash., where perhaps the larg est concentration of troops sine the World war will be brought together. This In itself will be a sight-well worth seeing and be ing a part of." Drills are held at the Med ford armory, Third and Bartlett streets each Tuesday evening. Visitors are cordially Invited to witness the various exercises, starting promptly at 8 p.m. Any one interested in enlisting in Company A may do so by con tacting First Sgt. Lindley at the armory at any time. California uses irrigation morsi extensively than any other stata. TO MAKE Hnd of iot ro. or fi--, er ten... but 3! separate btm from 33 sep arate kettles. An expensive ty to crer Of mne! But that'a what nukes Blue Ribbon America 'i Ptrmmm BVrr.oith a amcothnm that Is unique. ..and a soodneia that ntvtr vanes. Sometime todv.ha the pleasure of meeting Blue Ribbon. p.t.,t Imhi Co.,.nak 4
