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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1940.
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Billy Hulen Says;
Darts Proves Big
Money-Maker for
St Louis Cards
If lanky Curt Davis U no
longer to be a top-ranking ma
jor league pitcher, ai his cur
rent won and lost record would
seem to indicate, the Messrs
Sam Breadon and Branch Kick
jr of the St. Louis Cardinals
should Immediately take steps
to see that Curt is well taken
care of and his every desire
realized for the rest of his na
tural life
That would be the least the
Cardinal bigwigs could do for
Davis. If they fixed it so he
could live like a king during
his remaining dsys, it wouldn't
be too much. In fact, nothing
Bresdon and Rickey could do
for Curt would entirely repay
them for what Curt has done
for them.
By a queer twist of baseball
'fate, Davis has been Involved in
the game's two greatest cash-
player deals. And In both of
those transactions, Mr. Breadon
and Mr. . Rickey and the St.
Louis Cardinals have pulled
down U. S. currency that would
choke an elephant.
Every phase of , Curl's re
lationship with the Cardinals
has meant heavy sugar In the
elub's coffers. He has been a
virtual gold mine to Breadon
and Rickey. In Just two
nighty maneuvers. Curt hes
aided in enriching the Cardi
nal treasury by a cool tZtif
000.
Three years ago Davis went
to St Louis from the Chicago
Cubs, along with two other
players, and he took with him
a Wrigley check for $185,000.
This dougn and the three play
ers were exchanged for one
Jerome (Dizzy) Dean, a pitcher
now in the Texas league. That
was the largest cash-player deal
In the game's history, to that
time.
Yesterday, Davis was again
part of a tremendous tran
saction of baseball flesh and
hard cash. With Joe Mcdwick.
he was transferred to the
Brooklyn Dodgers, who In turn
gave the Cards four players and
reported (200,000.,
Besides these two .actual
sash deal In which he played
a part. Curt a pitching has
meant plenty to the Cards In
dollars and cents. Nobody can
estimate to what extent his
right arm aeni the sheckels
skidding Into the Breadon
Rickey tin box. but last yaar
when he won 22 games to en
able the club to finish second
la the pennant race heun
la the pennant race he un
bar of paying guests through
the turnstiles.
Curt, in all respects, has been
one giant money-maker for the
Csrdinals. It would be only
right if Breadon and Rickey did
something real nice for Davis,
to prove their gratitude and ap
preciation for his efforts. We
would suggest a 44-room home
on Florida's gold coast, a couple
of yatch's, a half-dozen automo
biles and a small annuity of
say $50,000 a year so long as
he lives.
Manager Jark Long of Fluh
rer's Breadeaters. is one local
Softball skipper definitely
against breaking up the Mrdco
team . . . Jack claims that if
other clubs in the league would
build up to Medco the pennant
race would be tightened Just as
much, if not more, than If Med
co players were scattered
among the opposition ... he
brought out another point,
namely, that many fine plavers
were available In Medford but
that they hadn't been sinned up
. . he advised other clubs to
acquire some of these players
and strengthen their lineups to
the point where Medco could be
given a renl battle . . .
SCHEDULE GIVEN
With the annual Red Cross
water safrty campaign slated
to start Monday and continue
to July 1, Miss Frances Arn
splger, acting chaitman of life
saving for the Jackson county
Red Cross chapter, today an.
nounced the achedule of classes
to be held In the natatnrium
under the direction of Harry
Harvle, expert Instructor.
The schedule follows:
Morning
8:00 to 8:45 Rrglnner Girls.
8:45 to !) 30 BrRinner Boys.
9:30 to 10-30 Intermediates,
and Junto." lifesavcrs.
Afternoon
7:00 to 8:00 Adults. '
8:00 to 10:00 Senior lifesav
art .
10J0 to 12.00 Swimmers I
Craters
TWO GAMES WILL
DETERMINE BEST
TEAM IN LEAGUE
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Rego to Pitch for Craters
Saturday Miller Or El
liott to Hurl for Oaks
The two bigwigs of the Ore
gon State Baseball league
Medford's Craters and the Al
bany Alco-Oaks 1 o o k each
other In the eye at the new fair
grounds park Saturday night
and Sunday afternoon, and after
the shooting Is all over the boys
and girls will have a good idea
which club Is top dog In the
states speediest semi-pro cir
cuit. Ending the first-half pennant
race in a tight tie for first
place with nine wins In 10
starts, the Craters and the Alco-
Oaks will open their second-
half drive before what local of-
flcsls believe will be the two
largest crowds to attend base
ball games here in over a dec
ade. The Saturday night clasn
will start at 9 o clock; first
pitch Sunday will be at 2 p. m.
Saturday s fracas will see a
pair of undefeated southpaw
pitchers wheeling them over
for their respective outfits, with
all signs pointing to a sensa
tional mound duel. Manager
Paul Hoffard of the Craters will
send Jimmy Rego to the rub
ber, while Manager Elmo Mc
Reynolds of the Oaks will open
with Oscar (Red) Miller or Glen
(Lefty) Elliott, the brilliant Ore
gon State college youngster.
Rego has won three tilts, Miller
five and Elliott one.
Celvert In Lineup
Big Bill Lanning, also un
beaten, Is slated to chuck the
Sunday tilt for the Craters. The
Albany hurler, not working
Saturday, will be on the firing
line on the Sabbath.
Boss Hoffard plana only one
change In the Medford lineup.
Billy Calbert, fresh from a
great season with the Univer
sity of Oregon varsity, will be
in right field, taking the place
of Ted Kerr, who has gone to
Ogden, Utah, In the Pioneer
league. Calbert will lead off,
with Rock Peterson dropping to
seventh place In the batting
order.
In smashing nine out of 10
opponents during the first-half
flag chase, the Alco-Oaks were
powered at the plate by six
regulari batting .330 or better.
Jimmy Robertson, catcher, la
slugging at a .600 clip, followed
by Joe Leptlch, outfielder, at
.444. Leptich led the State
league in hitting last season.
Oaks Hove Power
Bill Moye, second sacker,
boasts an average of .378; Clint
Cameron, third baseman, is
clouting .308; Joe Abbott, first
baseman, has a bat mark of
.353 and Riley Richards, classy
shortstop, is hitting .30. The
team averags is ,272.
Against that array of hitters,
the Craters will send their own
power crew, led by Center
fielder Alan Wray, who Is nudg
ing the agate for a .448 aver
age. Calbert Is at .400; Riney
Cook has a .388 batting figure;
Cliff McLean is rapping .333.
Alex McDonald is clubbing
.313 snd Pat Patterson has a
mark of .310. Rego won't hurt
the offensive strength of the
club, either, as he Is hatting
.308.
Drill Today
In other State league games
this week-end. Silverton will
nlav at Hills Creek, the Port-
l.nH will ha t Rvnit mnt
Jack and Jill will travel to
Eugene.
The Craters will hold their
final workout at the fairgrounds
field today at 6 p. m.
Batting lineups for Saturday'i !
game:
Medford Calvert, rf; Cook,
2b; Wray, cf; McLean, 3b; Pat
terson, lb; McDonald, as; Peter
son, If; Hawkins, c; Rego, p.
Albany Richards, as: Grant,
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Clash With Albany Oaks Here
Albany Shortstop
One of the finest shortstops
In the State league Is Riley
Richards (above), young Albany
Inlieldtr who will perform here
Saturday night and Sunday aft
ernoon when the Medford
Craiera meet the Alco-Oaks In
a two-game series. Richards Is
also quite a hitter, his current
average., at ..the ..plate being
.330.
If; Cameron, 3b; Abbott, lb;
Leptlch, cf; Moye, 2b; Harrison,
rf; Robertson, c; Miller, p.
INTO GRID RACE AFTER
1941; OREGON OPPOSES
Sun Valley, Idaho, June 14.
(Jf) The Universities of Idaho
and Montana, "orphans" of the
Pacific coast conference, were
promised today participation In
the ten-school circuit's cham
pionship race after 1041.
Faculty members of the con
ference, in precedent-setting ac
tion that brought to a conclus
ion their annual summer meet
ing, adopted a ' four-year plan"
that assures Idaho and Mon
tana each two gridiron con
tests a season with California
schools.
Coach Tex Oliver said he ex
pected his University of Oregon
team would resume football re
lations with St. Mary's college,
a 10-year rivalry broken off
when the round-robin coast con
ference schedule was adopted.
Oliver also suggested University
of San Francisco as a possible
opponent for his Webfoot
teams.
Oregon State college Is ex
pected to add Santa Clara uni
versity to its schedule.
The two Oregon schools both
opposed restoring full member
ship to Idaho and Montana be
cause It meant they would lose
from their schedules one Cali
fornia team each year.
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BOB KENASTON IN
GREAT SHAPE FOR
PILUSO GRAPPLE
If Sgt, Bob Kenaston should
lose his main event wrestling
match to Portland's Ernie Pll
uso next Monday night In the
armory, It won't be because the
big toughle from Gold Hill is
out of condition.
Kenaston, right now. Is prob
ably In the finest physical shape
of his career. For the past sev
eral weeks he has been labor
ing at extracting gold from the
soil on his mine near Agnes,
far down the Illinois river, and
reports that he feels better then
he ever has.
With his brother Roy. Ken-
sston acquired the mine through
a trade for some Gold Hill prop
erty. Both of them have been
working It and report a fairly
nice "take." However, the
mines greatest vslue to Bob,
he claims, la for the purpose
of whipping him Into wrestling
shape when he begins to run
down.
Two other fine matches are
scheduled. Don Sugai versus
Frankie Clemens and' the Black
Panther versus Prince Selaki
Mehalakis. The boya will flip
a coin to decide which pair
opens the program.
ROGUESTLAY at
G.
With Ashland Talent out of
the circuit, only two Southern
Oregon league games will be
played Sunday. Medford's
Rogues will travel to Grants
Pasa to clash with the unbeaten
league-leaders, and second-place
Crescent City will be at Gold
Hill to tangle with the tail-
enders. Eoth games will start
at 2:30.
Manager Doc Gitzen of the
Roguea plans no major change
In the lineup. Ray Tungate will
probably pitch, with Al Wimer
in reserve.
DAIRYMEN. 10-3
Games Tonight
Challenge game: Copco vs.
Catholic Men, 8 p.m. Inter-City
game: Medco vs. Terrell's Shack
of Granta Pass, 9 p.m. Only
games scheduled.
Darrell Leavens. Lost River
pitcher, got the only hit off
Applegate as Wooden Box
slugged out a 10 to 3 victory
over the Dairymen in an Amer
ican league Softball game last
night. D'Arcy of the winners
hit a homer, while Hammock,
Peterson and Kubll slammed
out doubles.
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Applegate were the result of 10
bases on balls ha Issued.
In the other American league
contest, Fluhrer's defeated Jen
nings Tire. 13 to 1. behind the
three-hit flinging of Maru. John
Smith tripled and Lowery hit
two doubles for the winners.
National league games saw
Elks crush Faber's, IT to 8 and
Teamsters trounce Bear Creek,
10 to 4. Rater hit a homer for
the Elks.
Scores:
Wooden Box 10 12 0
Lost River 118
Applegate and Kubll, D'Arcy;
Leavens and Luman.
Fluhrer's .1J 13 1
Jennings Tire .... 118
Maru and J. Smith; Bower-
man, D. Slngler and Nave.
Elks 17 18 3
Faber's 8 10 1
Stelle and Archer; Ayers, L.
Pinkham and Babb.
Teamsters . 10 14 2
Bear Creek 4 10 8
Dallaire and Fraley; W. Cur
ry and Wooten.
OPEN BIG SERIES
By Associated Frees
The baseball spotlight will be
focussed this wek-end on the
four-game collision of the Cin
cinnati Reds snd Brooklyn
Dodgers st Ebbetts field, Brook
lyn, in the hope that the violent
struggle there will Indicate the
eventual National league cham
pion. The ball park, seating appro
Imately 39.000 persons, has been
sold out for today, tomorrow
snd Sundsy and police reserves
had to be summoned yesterday
to clear away thousands of fani
clamoring for tickets.
The pennant fever Cincinnati
developed last summer has been
reduced to insignificance in the
tace of the ardor of Flatbush
fans, who believe that the rein
forcement by Outfielder Joe
Medwlck and Pitcher Curt
Davis will enable Brooklyn to
crush all other contenders.
SEMI-PROS TO GIVE
TWO BAGS FOR WALK
St. Louis, June 14. (JP) To
keep heavy hitters at the plate,
the national semi-pro baseball
congress will introduce a new
version of the intentional walk
rule two bases for a free pass.
Under the new measure, which
will be tested at the national
semi-pro tournament at Wichi
ta, Kas., next August, a passed
batter can go to second base.
Economy
Butte, Mont.-tU Ri-Butte dogs
face the happiest summer they
have had In years. Police chief
William H. Breen said there
was insufficient money In the
proper fund to employ dog
catchers for the next few
months.
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HANEN DEFEATED
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Riverside Golf and Country
Club, Portland, Ore., June 14.
(") Two public links players,
the 1938-39 finalist and an
Olympia, Wash., shotmaker teed
off today in the semi-final
round of the Oregon State golf
championships.
Louis Jennings, a Portland
pay-aa-you-play representative,
was matched against Bud Has
kell of Olympia, and Roy Horns-
berger, the second public links
men, went up against Harold
Salvador, who has knocked on
the title door twice.
Hornsberger, a comparative
unknown, served notice of his
titular ambitions yesterday by
eliminating the defending
champion, Lloyd Byerly, 2 up.
Haskell knocked off Johnny
Robbins, a pre-tournament fav
orite, 2-1; Salvador brushed
aside Johnny Hogan, 9-4, and
Jennings, undisturbed by the
medalist jinx, turned back Dick
Hanen of Marshfield, 2-1.
The women also were in the
semi-final round. They were
paired as follows: Marion Mc
Dougall against Mrs. Mary
Mozel Wagner, and Sissy Green
against Mrs. Walter Nagel, all
of Portland.
GUILTY OF SLAYING
Tacoma. June 14 (PI James
Hampson, 32-year-old rife dairy
worker, was convicted of the
first degree murder of his form
er sweetheart, Virginia Riffle.
28, by a superior court jury last
night.
The jury saved him from the
gallows, however, by not rec
ommending a penalty. Defense
Attorney Frank Hale said this
made a sentence of life Impris
onment mandatory.
Hampson was charged with
the fatal bludgeoning of Miss
Riffle early the morning of Feb
ruary 21.
COMING
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This Week -End
Cleveland Players Revolt;
Ask Scalp of Manager Vitt
Cleveland. Juna 14. (IP) The Cleveland Indians' manage,
ment started an "investigation" of a players' revolt against
manager Oscar Vitt today, and called Vitt as the first witness.
Alva Bradley, tribe president,,
talked an hour with the peppery
pilot after 12 players, among)
them Pitcher Bob Teller, asked i
Bradley to fire Vitt.
"There will be no decision to
day," Bradley said after Vitt.
outwardly effervescent as usual
but obviously heavy of heart,
emerged from Bradley's office
"All I'm going to do ia to In.
vestigate it and see what it's all
about."
Bradley said 11 players came
to see him, and another, First
Baseman Hal Trosky, tele
phoned. Feller and Trosky were
the only complainants the In'
dians' president named.
"If those fellows are against
me well, I don't know," Vitt
said.
Veteran players carried their
protest personally to Bradley In
a move believed unprecedented
in major league baseball his
tory. They told the president
they could not win aa long as
Vitt remained at the helm, charg
ing him with Insincerity, ridi
culing players snd caustic pub
lic criticism.
The Indian manager formerly
piloted Salt Lake City, Oakland
and Hollywood teams in the Pa
cific Coast league.
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The midget auto racers and
pilots will make their debut in
Grants Pass Saturday night at
the Josephine county fair
grounds, and after taking things
easy the next two days will re
turn to Medford Tuesdsy night
for the fourth of the summer
series of programs being staged
by Promoter Bobby Rowe of
Portland.
Last Tuesday eve's races here
were successful and well re
ceived by a large crowd ex
cept for one thing. That waa
the great clouds of dust kicked
up by the vehicles as they buzz
ed around the fairgrounds oval.
Next Tuesday night there will
positively be no dust, it has
been assured by officials in
charge of the races. The track
will be soaked with water just
short of turning the dirt into
mud, and spectators will be sble
to see clearly the midgets at all
times, it was stated.
There will also be three or
more new drivers and cars
entered, to replace the trio
which were decommissioned at
Bend last week in a three-way
crackup.
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