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Newspaper Page TextPAOF T5VO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNT. MEDFORD. OREGON". MONDAY. JUNE 17. 19 M. Ernie Piluso Faces Rough Guy Kenaston in Main Mat Bout Tonite PORTLAND FLASH EXPECTS ROUGH Ebony -Skinned Mat Favorite lEJffl BOB Sugai, Clemens Clash in Six Rounder Black Panther to Tangle With Prince Ernie Piluso and Set. Bob Kenaston, a pair of "opposite' In the wrestling game, come to grips In the one-hour main event of Promoter Mack Lll lard's weekly mat program the armory tonight. The card will start at 8:30. Don Sugal, Japanese flash, will battle Indian Frankle Cle mens In one of the prelims, and the Black Panther will tangle with Prince Selaki Mehalkls in the other. A coin will be flipped to determine which pair opens tne program. Piluso, clean and scientific. will have his hands full with the big Cold Hill badman. Ken aston, thanks to several weeks laboring at his gold mine on the Illinois river, is in the finest condition of his career and has been bragging about what he will do to the Portland favorite when he gets him Inside the hemp. Ernie expects one of the toughest tests of his Medford career, but Is confident he can out-speed and out-think Kenaston. The Sugal-Clemens match should be on of the best tn several months. Sugai has lost only one fracas here, that to Piluso, and he is determined to get back in the winning grove and reach main-event sta tus again. Sugal Favored Boasting a wide variety of scientific holds, Sugal will be a Slight favorite to defeat his Indian opponent. However, Clemens is always dangerous with his paralyzer and is Just as determined as Sugai to score victory. The match will be clean. science will also play the feature role in the Panther-Me-halikis tiff, for both boys base ineir actions on legitimate man euvers. The Panther, colored sensation from Toledo, Ohio, has been a big favorite here and may give Mehallkls consid erably more than workout. The Price, though, will enter the ring the choice to emerge T ..A i I, " :An -i I' r i V'4 i 1 r ,;,v, .. ..!. '1, 3 .V - v ' -JVX JT with the honors. ROGUES DEFEATED BY G. PASS, 2-5 L Jimmy Mitchell, alias the Black Panther (above). Dooular colored gentleman, grapples Prince Selaki Mehallkls In the Medford armory tonight. Mitchll has many spectacular holds. including a larking headlock and a noggin-cracker. However. he probably won't use the latter because Mehallkls la a scienti fic maiman. CRATERS DEFEAT ALBANY, 5 TO 4, ON PASSED BALL Leptich Lets Pitch Get Away in Ninth Inning Craters Win hv Uphill Fight L SIGN FOR RACES Grants Pass, June 17. (P Grants Pass Merchants captured the first-half hold on the South em Oregon league pennant Sun day by shoving Medford Into the cellar 5 to 2. At the same time second-place Crescent City lost to Gold Hill 3 to 3 and Rose burg collected a forfeit from Ashland-Talent, who surrend ered their franchise a week ago With a forfeit from the Atee due next Sunday, Grants Pass will have concluded its first-halt eight games without a deleat. The second half will begin June 30. Short score: R. H. E Medford 3 6 0 Grants Pass 5 7 1 Batteries: Tungate and Giti rn; Ostrom and Woods. Two more local drivers will make their Inaugural appear ance in the midget racing cars Tuesday night at the fair grounds baseball park, it was announced today. They are Ed Brown and Red Rhodes, and they will compete against some 9 other top-notch pilots and doodle-bugs" as Promoter Bob by Rowe of Portland presents his fourth race program here. Another possible newcomer to Medford midget fans will be Chuck West of Portland. West broke both wrists in a smashup In the Rose city two months ago and although his physician has warned hira not to race again for a couple of more weeks he has been taking light workouts and may decide to enter tomor row night's battling. Les (Death Takes a Holiday) Anderson of Oakland, Calif., copped Saturday night's main event tn Grants Pass before a huge crowd and will be gun ning for top honors in the local feature attraction Tuesday There were no crackups at Grants Pass and all cars are in excellent condition. Time trials will start at 7:30 and main races an hour later. There will be a helmet dash, five heat races, a special event, a class B main event and a class A main struggle. Does Telephone Ringing Get on Your Nerves? In uccwt thln 8oft-Bll Hnd-Tlf phom. hivt bMn Iniullrd in trtry room t U Cltrk. Um AnirrlM Too. r. ry tf hi the latest lnnr-inns mattnu to Important tat parlact mt.You can count on r&l com fort tt Hotel ciar in downtown toa Ansrlra. ... Tha comfort and atmoa at th Clara la anhanrad b Its wry central location. Plftn and Hill, to convenient to an atoraa. theatres and placea of other intar aat downtown, yet only llftaen mm uta from "Hollywood -Too II oe mrprlsed at the very low rate. .Tea the loweat of any flrat-claaa botal In Uia city, raws rantn frrn lilo to S10 00 per day... Chooaa Hotai Clara when jou neat tialt Los An flew Adr. Scores Yesterday IKE STAPLES IN National League Boston S-l, Chicago 4 9. Cincinnati 1-5, Brooklyn 0-J. Pittsburgh S-5, New York 0-3. St. Louis 8-3, Philadelphia 3-1. American League Boston 4 M. Chicago 3-3. St. Louis 12 6. New York 8-5. Cleveland 4 4, Philadelphia 23. Detroit 8. Washington 7. Pacific Coaat League Seattle 9-7, San Diego 3-4. Eddie Simmons scored a 1 up victory over Ike Staples yester day to lead the way into the sec ond round of the first flight as golfers continued play In the annual Barker Palm Beach han dicap tournament at the Rogue Valley club. This was the only recond round match In the first flight. In the second flight, Norbert Miksche defeated L. Blythe by default and Bert Orr eliminated George Patterson, 1 up, in first round matches. Two second round matches were played In the third flight, Bob Sherwood beating M. Sands 4 and 3 and Almus Pruitt trim nnng Ed Nichols, 3 and 1. In first round matches in the same flight, John Cupp defeated M Leonard, 2 and 1; Ben Trow bridge defeated Bert Lageson 6 and 4; W. B. Kincaid ousted .Mark Miller, 3 and 1 and Rawlcs Moore defeated Ray Scott. 1 up on the 35th. In second round matchea In the fourth flight, E. Kofoed beat V. G. Bunch, 8 and 7 and George Neilson heat Hance Cleland. 3 and 2. Dick Wray defeated Ted Nave, 3 and 2, and Frank Rein hart beat Fred Scheffel, 3 and 2, In tint round struggles. In the fifth flight, B. Gard ner beat Jack Barr, 2 and 1, Justin Smith defeated J. Moran, 1 up and 11. Woods beat F. H. Woodward, 4 and 2. Club Manager George Robert on reminded golfers that they must play two matches before next Monday. In a blind bogey tourney, golf balls were won by Keith Kittle, Ike Staples, G. A. Gibbons, Paul Meyers and Leland Clark. Medford and Albany, those two giants of the Oregon State Baseball league, are still dead locked in their violent battle for the championship. ine ngnting craters came from behind twice yesterday to tie the score. Then, in roaring ninth inning, they got the one big tally that shattered a 4 to 4 tie and gave them a 3 to 4 victory over Southpaw Glen Elliott and an even break in the two-game series. Joe Leptich, Albany's mighty batsman, was the goat of the game, after he had temporarily assumed the hero's role with a home run blast inside the park in the fourth inning that gave the Alco-Oaks a 3 to 1 lead. Leptich was brought in from centerfield In the ninth inning to wear the mask and protec tor, after Jimmy Robertson, reg ular catcher, was lifted for a pinch-hitter. With bases Jammed with Crat ers and two men gone, Elliott cut loose with oiiti of his difficult-to-handle "sinker" pitches. Al Wray, pinch-hitting for Pat Pat terson, took a mighty cut at the ball, missed, and it skidded through Leptich's legs and roll ed to the stands while Billy Calvert flashed in from third base with the winning tally. It was probably the most disas trous passed ball of the season. Crip Starts Rally Steve Crippen, who pitched the last Inning for Medford af ter Big Bill Lanning retired with the count 4 to 4, started the ninth-frame rally that brought victory. He smashed a single to deep short and went to third on Calvert's one-base blow to left-center. Calvert took second on the throw-in, and af tery Rlney Cook grounded out Elliott gave Alex McDonald an Intentional walk to load the bags and set the stage for a double play. Cliff McLean, with the 1,200 fans roaring for a clout, hit down the third base line and Crippen was forced out at home. Manager Paul Hoffard sent Wray to the plate to bat for Patterson, and the crippled outfielder swung and missed Elliott's first pitch. The Oregon State college southpaw threw a ball, then he cut loose with his Sunday pitch, that "sinker," and Leptich couldn't handle it. For the Craters, it was a fight from behind at all times, with the big explosion coming in the eighth inning when they blasted two runs across the plate to come up from a 2 to 4 disad vantage and knot the score. Peterson Doubles Tommy Hawkins, Medford's clutch-hitting catcher, and Rocky Peterson, left fielder, provided the dynamite in this frame. With two gone. Hank Pechaco drew Elliott's fourth base on balls and Peterson ham mered a double to left-center, his second of the contest, send ing Pechaco scampering over the plate. Hawkins then whaled a single to deep short thut almost tore Riley Richards' i " glove off and Peterson came i McLe,n Sb over with the tying run. ! p,tMro'n. lb Lanning, who gave up nine perhaeo. cf nits in nis eignt innings ot ton, petenon. it in the second, the first of the game. Leptich walked, went to second on Move s sacrifice and scored on Clifford's single to right. Medford tied it at 1 to 1 in the third, and It was Lanning, himself, who started things with a single to right. Calvert bunted and Elliott, after field ing the ball, threw wild to first and Lanning went to third. Af- terk Cook flied to right, Mc Donald hit a towering fly into left and Bob Bergstrom drop ped the .ball, Lanning scoring. Leptich Homers The Alco-Oaks - apparently clinched the fracas In the fourth when Bergstrom singled to left and Leptich smacked his inside-the-park homer, Leptich's smash was .into deep right-center and Pechaco lost the ball in the sun. The Craters fought back for one run in the fifth on McDon ald's single to left and McLean's double to right-center, but the Alco-Oaks made it 4 to 2 in the sixth when Bergstrom got his third single of the game, went to third on Leptich's single to right and scored on Moye's single to center. That was the way It remained until the Craters tied it up in the eighth, although if it had not been for Rocky Peterson the Oaks would have had an other in their half of the eighth. Abbott got hit by a pitch and took second on a wild pitch, then Moye laced a screacher to left-center. Peterson raced far to his left, leaped high in the air and stabbed the ball for the putout, after which he fired the ball to second to complete a brilliant double play. Thrilling Plays That catch of Peterson's was just one of a series of sensa tional fielding plays turned in by both clubs. McLean pulled a great stop of a hard smash and forced a runner at second. McDonald, with two on in the sixth, speared a sizzling ground ball, stepped on second and fired to first for a double kill ing. Pechaco, In centerfield. came up with two sparkling catches and Calvert hauled down what appeared to be s base hit into right field. Rich ards, Albany shortstop, handled nine chances perfectly, several of which bordered on the sen sational. Pechaco. with two singles in two trips; Peterson, with his two doubles, and Calvert, with a pair of one-basers, led Medford's 11-hit attack on Elliott. Berg strom collected three singles for Albany, while Leptich hit a homer and single and Richards hit two singles. It was a large week-end for Leptich, for in Albany's 3 to 0 win Saturday night he hit three for four. G. P. Here Wednesday This series opened the sec ond-half pennant race, Medford and Albany having finished tn a tie for first place in the first half struggle. Wednesday night the Craters will play Grants Pass under the lights here in an exhibition game, ana next week-end will entertain Jack Hnd Jill of Portland in a pair of State league games. Box score: Albany: AB Lanning. p Crippen, p "Wray tiles .10 10 0 ooooo Totals IS I II M II ( Batted for Bobtrtaon In Stb. () Batted for Patteraon In 0th. Albany 010 301 0004 Medford 001 010 031 Xrrora, Peteraon. Kllioct. Bergatrom; two-baaa hlta, Peterson . McLean; borne runs. Leptich; atolen baaaa. Pechaco; aacrifleas. Cook. Moye, Cal rert; double playa. McDonald to Pat teraon. Ricnards to Abbott. Petaraon to Cook: baaea on balla, Lanning a. Elliott 5. Crippen 1; etrtke-ouu, Lan ning a. Elliott 8; hlta off Lanning for 4 runs In 8 Inning. Crippen I for no rune in 1 Inning: hit by pitcher, by Lanntng (Abuott): wild pitches. Lanning: winning pitcher, Crippen: paaaed ba.le. Robertaon 3. Leptich: umpires, Drolette and Lcn nant; time 2:01. LOOP LEAD .E CCC .. 7 10 I Wray, Vandergrlff and Adams, Wray; Allen, Wilcox and Seale, Key. Ufa I . we THtSPMTOF BASEBALL SCHOOL Rlcharde. aa .. Grant. 3b Bergstrom, If . Abbott, lb Leptich. cf, e Moye. 3b Cltlford. rf Robertson, 0 - Elliott, p Shoots, cf Totals ..... Medford: Calvert, rf . Cook, 2b . 33 AB 4 4 PO 4 0 36 PO 10 The annual summer baseball school for all boys in Jackson county between the ages of 8 and 18 will get under way at the high school turf field Tuesday morning at 0 o'clock, under the direction of Riney Cook. Classes will be held daily for the re nainder of the summer, and Coach Cook invites every youngster in the county to en-toll. All equipment such as bats. balls, bases and catcher's para pnenalia will be furnished by the school system and the Med ford Athletic association. There is no charge ot any kind for kids enrolling in the school; they must furnish only their own gloves or mitts. Cook, junior high school ath letic coach and second baseman for the State league Medford Craters, will teach the young sters how to hit, field, pitch catch, run bases and do other things necessary in a game. The school has been highly successful since it was started four years ago. Last summer, under Cook's direction, upwards of 80 youngsters turned out each day. UOWTHra American League W. L. Boston m...3 1 Detroit 30 Cleveland 32 New York -...27 Chicago 23 St. Louis 23 Philadelphia 20 Washington 21 Nataional League Brooklyn 32 Cincinnati 34 New York . Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Pet. 18 .660 20 .600 22 .393 24 .329 30 .434 30 .434 31 .392 34 .382 13 .681 17 .667 30 17 .638 28 28 .519 19 29 .396 17 28 .378 16 30 .348 IS 29 .341 By the Associated Press The Oregon State baseball league took the wrappings off its second-half schedule yester day and Silverton bolted to the front with two victories over Hills Creek, 6-5 and 8-4. Inasmuch as all other clubs divided doubleheaders the Red Sox, who finished third during the first half, took one-game lead. Wiltshire pitched five-hitter in the first game of a double header Sunday to give Eugene a 7-2 verdict over Jack & Jill of Portland. In the afterpiece, however, Richards pinched Eu gene to four hits for a 6-3 de cision for the Portland team. The greatly-strengthened Port land Babes broke even - with Bend at Bend in a doubleheader Sunday. The mid-state team won the opener easily, 10-2, but Car lascio spaced eight hits well in the second game and won it for tne Babes, 5-1. Scores: Silverton 8 14 0 Hills Creek 4 9 2 Jeli and Moe; B. Kelsay, FUh er and G. Kelsay. MM Silverton 8 8 1 Hills Creek 5 10 4 Wilson and Moe; Kendall and G. Kelsay. Jack & Jill 2 5 3 Eugene 7 10 3 Leitheiser, Clow and Mize; Wiltshire and Mattison. Jack & Jill 8 7 2 Eugene 3 4 3 Richards and Mize; Hutches- on, Day and Mattison. Portland Babes 2 7 4 Bend 10 10 4 Carstens, Birch and Amacher, Koelandt; Farmer and Kremers. Portland Babes 5 8 2 Bend 18 2 Carlascio and Amacher; Hatch and Nehl. T ,7T01 Jackson county's American Legion junior baseball team got off to a losing start yesterday afternoon by dropping a 1 to 7 verdict to CCC Camp Applegate at Applegate. Wray iind Vandergriff divid ed the junior's hurling duties and allowed 10 hits, while Allen and Wilcox gave up seven blows for the CCC boys. Score: R. H. E Juniors 17 6 t y JOHN CLIN) fV My neighbor's wife, whom I ad mire in a polite way, hat what if, to put it mildly, a unique ideal he aeeaeets that Uelea have lis 7 A asallae give eff eleed of rean smoke nd the scent of peppermint Li tela vera, She reasons that if people see thousands upon thousands of cars giving off green smoke and smell ing up the place with peppermint, they'll realize how popular 76 is. 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