PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAP, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940.
STAR AS SOX TIP
ST. LOUIS. 3-1
- By Judson Bailey
(AP Press SporU Writer)
Jimmle Foxx and Lefty
Grove, who have been perform
ing feata of baseball magic these
many yean, still can lift a rab
bit out of a hat when occasion
demands.
Occasion demanded yester
day and these two long-time as
sociates beat the St. Louis
Browns 3-1 to preserve the Bos
ton Red Sox' shaky half-game
grip on the American league
. lead.
Grove has been tottering for
weeks as a starting pitcher. He
was geting knocked out in every
game. And when he stiffened
the slugging Browns on six hits
in this one he still was on the
verge of losing 1-0 because one
of the hit was a home run by
Chet Laabs.
Then Foxx, who had shared
Grove's glory for years, came
to bat in the ninth inning with
two on and two out and polled
out his 14th homer of the
season to win the game.
The Cleveland Indians were
poised to take over the lead if
Boston had been beaten. The
tribe's terrific infield twins,
Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack,
took charge of beating the
Washington Senators 8-4 in 11
innings.
In the National league the
Brooklyn Dodgers nursed a new
winning streak to five games
and moved within a game of
the pace-setting Cincinnati Reds
by caging the St. Louis Card
inals 9-5.
The Pittsburgh Pirates bat
tled the Boston Bees Into a tie
for the cellar spot with a 7-4
triumph.
The Chicago Cubs set off
their biggest hitting fireworks
of the season to trounce the
Phillies 11-S.
The world champion New
York Yankee and the Detroit
Tigers both were out-rallied.
Pitcher Buck Ross hit a two
run homer as the Philadelphia
Athletics nicked Buck Newsom
for three runs in the third.
Then Detroit batted Ross out of
the box in the eighth only to
Save the A $ score three more
runs In the' last half of the
same Inning and win 7-4.
The Chicago White Sox were
held to three hits by Spud
Chandler for eight Innings but
got three more and the ball
game, 4-3, with a two-run up
rising In the ninth after New
York had scored twice in the
last of the eighth.
Harrington Receives Fruits of Golf Victory
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SCORE SOFTBALL
Games Tenlghl
American league: Wooden
Box vs. Catholic Men, 8 p. m.;
Fluhrer's vs. Lost River Dairy.
9 p. m. National league: Fabcr's
vs. Copco, 8 p. m.; Eagles vs.
Teamsters, 9 p. m.
By virtue of his 8 and 7 defeat of W. H. Fluhrer last Sunday. George Harrington (right)
gained the championship of the annual John A. and Frank Perl spring handicap tourna
ment at the Rogue Valley Golf club. He is shown here receiving the handsome trophy, em
blematic of the title, from Frank Perl. Harrington shot amaiing golf to win on the 11th
green, accumulating three birdies on the first nine, which he negotiated in 33.
ROSEBURG PLAYS
CARDINALS APPOINT
SOUTHWORTH MANAGER
St. Louis, June 7. (IP) Billy
Southworth, manager of the
Rochester club of the Interna
tional league, today was named
manager of the St. Louis Card
inals succeeding Ray Blades.
The Roseburg Pirates and the
Medford Rogues will battle it
out on the local high school
diamond next Sunday afternoon
as the Southern Oregon Base
ball league reaches its sixth
week of pennant squabbling.
The game will start at 2:30.
In other loop clashes, Grants
Pass, leading the pack, travels
to Gold Hill, and second-place
Crescent City meets Ashland
Talent at Ashland.
Manager G. A. (Docl Gitzen
has nominated Ray Tungate,
big right hander to fling for the
Rogues. He said the remainder
of the lineup would be the
same as in recent games.
There are 4a ultyscrapenV In New
York city over 30 Mono high. The
Empire SlaW building hae 103 storlea,
topping the Hit. The RKO bulldlnf.
at Rockefeller Center la No. 49 on
tha Hit with 31 etorlea.
COMINGS MAKESlCRATERS TRAVEL
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THRILLS! SPILLS! AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS
TUESDAY JUNE 1 1
Ifs seldom that an Inexpert
enced competitor can step right
into a sport dominated by pro
fessionals and make more than
a mediocre showing, but Wild
Bill Cummings of Butte Falls
has done just that in midget auto
racing.
May 14 was the date of Cum
mings' first job at piloting one
of the diminutive power buggies
in a plenty tough racket. He
made his very first appearance
at the fairgrounds field here, and
although he had had no pre
vious experience in the hazard
ous sport he did far better than
was expected of him. Since that
initial race Cummings has
moved to a position only egiht
places removed from the point
standings leadership, and vet
eran midget drivers are predict
ing a bright future for the young
Butte Falls pilot.
Cummings' next driving Job
will be at the fairgrounds field
next Tuesday night, June 11.
when Bobby Rowe of Portland
presents his third program of
the summer series. Wild Bill
will be In there scrapping with
some 17 other pilots, including
a dozen who possess national
reputations. He will drive a V 8
60, one of the new cars built
in Portland last winter.
The program will start at 7:30
with time trials, which will be
followed by a trophy dash and
five heat races. There will be a
class B main event, for slower
cars, and the feature attraction.
a grind of 30 or 33 laps for all
mtngrts.
Wooden Box and Medco
smashed out American league
Softball victories at the stadium
last night, the Boxers over
whelming Jennings Tire, 18 to
10 and Medco trimming Fluh
rer s Breadeaters, 8 to 4.
Pitchel Bill Bowerman of
Jennings Tire bore the brunt
of Wooden Box' 13-hit attack,
which was led by Boyle and
Freeman who belted homers
and doubles. The Boxmen also
turned in a double killing, Kerr
to Patterson to Baker.
Medco won its game from
Fluhrer's when Sam VanDyke
dropped a fly ball in the third
inning with the bases loaded,
three runs scoring. Hampel,
with a triple, paced the Medco
attack, while Lewis and Apple-
gate socked doubles for the
losers. Fluhrer's made two dou
ble plays, Dixon to Porterfield
and Dixon to Lewis to Porter
field. In the National loop, Copco
defeated Teamsters, 14 to 2 and
Bear Creek Orchards nicked
Elks, 5 to 1. P. Sakraida, R,
Sakraida and Hinman hit triples
for Copco.
Scores follow:
Medco . 6
Fluhrer's 4
Steiner and Wilson;
gate and J. Smith.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen Says;
Harrington Boys
To Enter Oregon
Amateur Tourney
CLEAN GRAPPLERS
TO
Jacobs' elimination series. He'U
fight young Pat Comiskey early
in August.
Comiskey came back to take
revenge on his only conqueror,
Steve Dudas. in the eight-round
semi-final last night.
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Apple-
Games This Week-end
Medford at Eugene. .
Bend at Silverton.
Hills Creek at Babes.
Jack and Jill at Albany.
Jennings 10 8 8
Wooden Box 18 13 3
Bowerman and Nave; Free
man, DArcy and Kubll.
Copco 14 17 3
Teamsters 2 8 7
R. Singler and P. Sakraida;
Dallaire and Fraley.
Creek
Bear
Elks
Curry and Worten;
Archer.
5 8 2
1 8 9
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SEASON OPENS
SATURDAY
June 8 1 p.m.
MODERN DANCING
Glen Hamilton's Band
Saturday Night ORIENTAL GARDENS
PI n
The Oregon State Baseball
league's first-half pennant race
will come to an end this week
end, with Medford's Craters
and the Albany Alco-Oaks now
tied for the lead with seven
victories and one defeat.
While Medford is colliding
with Eugene in a two-game ser
ies Saturday night and Sundav
afternoon at Eugene, the Oar
will be entertaining the cellar
ite Jack and Jill Tavernmen of
Portland. On paper, Albany has
much the easier series, for Eu
gene, Medford's opponent, is in
fourth place and climbing.
Jim Rego is slated to pitch
Saturday night's game for Med
ford, with Steve Crippcn or Bill
Lanning flinging the second
tilt Sunday. After winding up
the first half, the Craters will
return home for a four-week
stay.
The Craters will leave for
Eugene from Lewis Super-Service
station at 12:30 a. m. to
morrow. Ray Brooks, northwest semi
pro baseball commlssione-, sent
word today that the Southern
Oregon semi-pro tournament,
scheduled for Medford next
week, had been cancelled.
Brooks explained that not
enough teams entered the event
to make it worthwhile.
STARS BLANK BEAVERS
6 TOO;
Two Medford golfers will fire
their best shots in the annual
Oregon amateur tournament at
Portland's Riverside Golf club
June 10 to 13, and while no
body expects the championship
to be brought back here it is
not outside the realm of possi
bility that such may occur.
The Harrington brothers,
George and Ivan, will Journey
forth to match strokes with the
finest play-for-fun boys in the
state, and many others from
outside Oregon, and if George
can continue the pnee he has
been setting at the Rogue Val
ley club these past few weeks
there may be some .upsets in
the Rose city event.
Not that George is ranked at
one of the tournament favorites
or even a "darkhorso." There
are too many good players in
Portland who know the River
side layout too well for an
out-of-towner like George to be
seriously considered as a titular
threat. Nevertheless, if Har
rington stretches his current
par-shattering game to include
action in the Portland tournev,
he will have to be recognized
as a possible winner.
George entered the tour-
nemeni last year and won
two matches before being
eliminated. And last summer
his game was considerably
below the form he has dis
played this season. His 66 In
the finals of the Perl tourney,
for instance, was positively
terrific; far better than he
ever did before. A 66 in the
Portland event would mean
plenty, although of course he
isn't going to shoot a 66
there nor la anybody else,
probably.
Anyway, George, and Ivan
too. will have gobs of rooters
nere m Medford and southern
Oregon. And if they are ousted
In the first round that will be
OK, tOO. But KOmahnu, HMt.
j see both of them beaten in their
tirsi matches.
Pleased with fan reaction fol
lowing last Monday night's all
cleanie mat program. Promoter
Mack Lillard has lined up an
other 100 percent scientific
card for next Monday eve, feat
uring Ernie Piluso and Don
Sugal in the top main event.
Right down the line the bouts
will furnish clients the oppor
tunity of witnessing two legiti
mate matmen trading their best
clean tactics. Jimmy Mitchell
alias the Black Panter, who lost
his first Medford match last
Monday against Piluso, will bat
tle Indian Frankie Clemens in
the middle event, while Herb
Parks and Prince Selakt Mehal
ikis swap holds in the opener.
Sugal versus Piluso is the
match fans have been request
ing, and Lillard said he had no
trouble arranging it. "Both
boys were very agreeable when
I approached them regarding
the bout," the promoter stated.
"They apparently desire to put
their ability to the acid test,
which they certainly will be
doing when they wrestle each
other."
Clemens. Indian "wonder
boy," has been out of action for
a week while a painful boil on
his left leg healed. The boil
has disappeared at last and
Clemens, according to Lillard,
is in fine condition.
By the Associated Press
The Oakland Acorns were
back at the top of the heap in
the Pacific Coast league today
after taking their third straight
game from the erstwhile leading
Seattle Rami -s.
The third sncci-slve win came
last night when Oakland de
feated Seattle. 3 to 2. Jack Sal-
vesan, Oakland pitcher, held Se
attle batters to six hits and
knocked in the winning run him
self.
San Francisco continued to
skid toward the bottom of the
standings when San Diego de
feated them, 13 to 3, last night.
Sacramento downs Los Ange
les. 7 to 4. by filling the bases
in the eighth on bunts and bring
ing the winning run in on a sin
gle. Hollywood shut out Portland,
6 to 0. for Its second win in
three games with the cellar
team.
HOW THEY?
STAMD
American League
W. L.
PETERSON OUTPOINTS
TURNER FOR DIADEM
Salem, June 7. (IP) Buddy
Peterson, Independence farmer
i ooy. won me uregon miaaie-
weight boxing crown last night
by outpointing Leo Turner in 10
rounds.
In another middleweight fight,
Tony Kahut won a 10-round de
cision over Sig Barlund of
Marshfield.
Billy Calvert of Medford, who
piayea snortstop for the Oregon
"eoroois this spring, wound up
"fine. season batting .387
inira nignest on the club . .
Buck Berry, grid fullback, led
re ieam at me plate with .429
orhll n..l,:.i j n. .
- "ii'uer iick w Hitman
was second with .371 . . . Cal-
ven win join the Craters in
me next two weeks . . .
nncKey Shader. who ran the
v.HH.-innau neas' baseball school
here last year, is in Tucson.
.u '-where he is Prldent of
i" jucson Lowboys of the
Arizona Texas league . . Tuc
son, a Cincinnati farm, is draw
ing tremendous crowds, Mickey
writes, and is onlv twr,
out o fit place . . . Shader
wrote his best regards to Jack
Cumming. Doe Gitzen and his
other friends here , . .
Bill Bowerman nln.
tend a coaching school at Mon
erey, Cel., this summer, and
will return with m,.M.
dope on line play for his Tiger
eleven . . . that funnv.l,ti
leg hold Herb Parks mnw. Z
called a corkscrew toe hold, and
" Is plenty potent ... It ap
pears the local Softball leagues
are rather shy on good pitchers
this season . . . either that, or
the clubs possess better hitters
than ever before ...
Cloaini Un (or Too Late to Claa
Ify Ada la 1 30 p m.
Boston ...
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia .
.25
.27
23
.20
.19
.17
St. Louis 18
National League
Cincinnati 29 12
Brooklyn 28 11
New York 22 14
Chicago 22 22
Philadelphia 14 22
St. Louis 14 24
Boston 12 23
Pittsburgh li 23
Pacific Coast League
Oakland
Seattle
San Diego
Sacramento
Hollywood
40
36
36
34
34
Scores Yesterday
RED SOX EDGE BABES.
3 TO 2, IN LOOP TILT
Portland, June 7. (JP The
Silverton Red Sox beat the
Portland Babes. 3 to 2. in a
state baseball league game last
night.
The score: R. H. E.
Silverton 3 7 1
Portland Babes 2 S 5
Wilson and Reed; Fentner and
Amacher.
HUSKY CREWS ENTRAIN
TONIGHT FOR REGATTA
Seattle, June 7. (P) Two
University of Washington crews,
champions of the west coast, will
entrain for the east tonight to
challenge the nation's best eights
for honors at Poughkeepsie.
The grueling training grind
ended yesterday with Coach Al
Ulbrickson in an optimistic
mood. Only a light rowing drill
was scheduled for today.
Pub Doubly Wet.
Brisbane, Australia. (U.R)
The thirsty folk in Tully,
Queensland, no longer have to
tramp along dusty highways to
obtain a drink of beer. Nowa
days, they get to the pub by
boat, for the Tully river, in
flood, is running four feet deep
across the barroom floor, and
the licensee squats on top of
the bar counter and serves
drinks from on high.
American League
Boston 3, St. Louis 1.
Cleveland 5, Washington 4 (11
innings).
Chicago 4, New York 3.
Philadelphia 7, Detroit 4.
National League
Brooklyn 9, St. Louis S.
Pittsburgh 7. Boston 6.
Chicago 11, Philadelphia 5.
Only games scheduled.
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 3, Seattle 2.
Hollywood 6, Portland 0.
San Diego 13. San Francisco 4.
Sacramento 7, Los Angeles 4.
Father and Son
Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) Like
many business men, C Leonard
Pfeiffer, 44-year-old vice presi
dent of a New York perfume
firm, thought it would be an
excellent idea to return to col
lege. Unlike most men, he did
something about enrolling at the
University of Arizona here for
a course of study leading to a
Bachelor of Arts degree. His
son is sophomore at the university.
Spots Missourians
Pubelo, Colo. (IP) Policeman
E. R. Billings was standing on
a street corner. A strange wo
man stopped before him, scrut
inized him carefully and an
nounced: "You're from Mis
souri." "You betcha." said Po
liceman Billings. "But how did
you guess?" "I can always tell,"
said the lady, and she march
ed on.
New York, June 7. OP)
Buddy Baer knocked out Valen
tin Campoli in a minute and 53
seconds of their scheduled 12-
round bout at Madison Square
Garden last night. Baer slam
med the Argentine to the canvas
for a count of six with the first
punch, a right to the Jaw.
The victory moved Buddv one
step up in Promoter Mike
Feathered Blittkrlegers
Pueblo, Colo. (IP) All this
spring robins on the courthouse
lawn have been digging worms
I from the turf and sparrows have
been waiting nearby to make
lightning dashes for the robins'
worms before the robins can
eat them. Kibitzers report, how
ever, both the robins and the
sparrows are fat.
A Paris legend of 150 years itand
Ing waa ahattered by wreckera who
raised the canal-boat "Telemaque."
sunk In the 6e1n In the French
revolution. They expected to recover
aome of the treasure of Marls An
toinette. Actually, not one gold coin
waa found.
EX DDE
Sunday June 9
ADJOINING
Elks' Picnic Ground
BRAHMA BULLS
DIRECT FROM OLD MEXICO
BRONC RIDING
CALF ROPING
MEXICAN 8TEER RIDING
TRICK RIDING
NOT AMATEURS
Same Management at May 5 Show
& ill c
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Edward Bok "Singing Tower", in
central Florida, ia known as the
"Taj Mahal" of America. Visitors
never forget its restful charm.
ov never forget the smooth,
mellow taste of Century Club
the whiskey that is made
"straight" for you to enjoy.
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San Francisco 31
Los Angeles 30
IVrtland 2