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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. 1940. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says; Ray Brooks Picks All-State League Baseball Outfit Although it ii hardly the time to itart bending brains to the task of picking an All-State league ball team, what with the circuit only lust starting its sec ond-half pennant race, Ray Brooks of Portland, loop see retary, has done lust that. Ha and Jimmy Nutter, the league's one-man publicity bur eau, got into a mid-season fan nlng bee the other day and Jimmy was kind enough to fire along the results to this writer We certainly don't see eye to eye with Brooks on some of his selections for the all-star club but of course we may be wrong. We have been in the past. Brooks names two catchers on his mythical All-State league outfit, both of them from Al bany Jimmy Robertson and Joe Leptich. The latter has been playing in the outfield since Robertson's return from Wil lamette university. Five pitchers were selected, with Jimmy Rego and Steve Crippen of Medford getting places on the staff. Oscar (Red) Miller and Glen Elliott of Al bany and Del (Squeak) Wilson of Sllvcrton are the other fling rs. We would Include Lanning of the Craters. Brooks placed Buster Mc Millan of the Portland Babes en first. Don Klrsch of Bend on second, Welly Graier of Bend at short and Clint Cam eron of Albany on third. How Brooks ever named Graier over Albany's Riley Richards is a major mystery, or for thai matter over Medford's Alex McDonald. Graser cer tainly didn't look hottUh gainst Medford. while Rich ards did, and how. Al Wray of the Craters, Curly Leinlnger of Jack and Jill Tav ern and Vic Brown of the Port land Babes were selected as the outfielders, with Bob Bonney of Rilverton as utility. Barney Koch of the Portland Babes was given the utility Infield post. Nutter wrote that "competi tion for places on the all-star team was certainly keen, when such players as Monroe Dean, Ken Manning, Johnny Oravec, Billy Moye, Riney Cock, Tom my Hawkins, Rocky Peterson, Nig Mebesius and Jim Farmer didn't land places." We might dd to that list the name of Hank Pechaco, the 17-year-old Crater outfielder whose fielding In the two Albany games was positively incredible. Incidentally, that shoestring catch of Pechaco's Saturday night Is considered one of the finest such plays ever seen here. It simply brought your heart Tight up Into your throat and flood your hair on end. Reed Charley of Lake Creek, a rabid H i..uslllt 1 3 GEM FEATURES GREAT INTRODUCTORY OFFER Never before a raior like this! Never before an offer like this! Barbasol, the modern shave, nd the new Cera Clog. Prof Razor tmJ i Gem Blades -all for V)r. The wonder having combination of all time at an irresiitible price. See your dealer today! Grants fan, when asked how he liked the catch, remarked: "I was Just getting ready to give him the devil for even trying for the ball." But back to that allstar busi ness Brooks undoubtedly has a good club here, but several positions don t look the same to us. That catching corps, tor instance. Robertson is OK, but Leptich is getting along in years and we'll wager there are better receivcu in the loop than he is. Hawkins, for one, and Moe of Silverton, for another. Any way, it's a good team and Just in fun, so we thank you Ray Brooks. For the benefit of certain fans here who still can'i seem to understand that It is im perative to Import key players if a winning team is to be developed, we take great pleasure in citing the case of Albany. On the entire Alco Oaks rosten is only one local product Catcher Jim Rob ertson. Every other player re sides elsewhere, most of them in Portland. Contrast that with Medford. which has these local players on Its roster: Riney Cook, Cliff McLean, Pat Patterson, Manager Paul Hoffard, Billy Calvert and Virgil Haynes. Bill Lanning could also be classed as local, for his home Is in Grants Pass and he is steadily - employed here. The Craters did very well financially, thank you. in that Albany series last week-end The net gate receipts of the two games, after all expenses were paid, was a neat $473.13. This is more than the club netted during the entire first-half, when bad weather held doWh attendance. There is no way of knowing Just how many customers saw those Albany games, as many season passes are In circulation and all kids under 14 get in free. Total attendance, though, was probably In the neighbor hoodd of 3,000, which is plenty sweet for a town of this size. The players' pot for the first hair was split following the series, and each gent received over $10. With 25 per cent of the net gate going Into the players' pool, the second half pot already has $118.28 In It. There should be quite a melon to slice when the second half race is completed. This dough, of course, is for the players' expenses. MEDFORD NETSTERS TO PLAY KLAMATH SUNDAY The Medford tennis team, fnl- lowing several weeks of stiff practice, will play Its first home mntch of the year against Klam ath Falls Sunday at U a.m. on the local Junior high school courts. H. G. Wilson, manager of the local team, requests all members of the club to be on hand at the starting time. The oldest institution of high er learning in the western hem isphere is the University of San Mnrcos I.. Peru. I. Fxtra-wM V-Sloti caiVi clog! 1. Trniion-har prepare skin I 9. 5-Point Unit ho Mi bU.lt riant. 4. One-pifct ty to clrant T in, it opm ; t iu if do ! . Fart-tHting herl nvnpcl you touw tht matttt-htrher't long, gliding stroke! P ass to ' THERN OREGON LEAGUE LEADERS Crippen to Pitch for Med ford f Ostrom for G. P. Crater Lineup Revised If It rains no mora today, and it's not supposed to according to forecast, a question that has been bothering Grants Pass baseball fans for several weeks will be answered tonight under the lights of the fairgrounds ball park. The quesion Is: Can the Merchants, leaders of the South ern Oregon league, whup those Medford Craters, one of the best clubs In the Oregon State cir cuit? Game-time is 8:30 sharp. Grants Pass dyed-in-the-wools, a large majority of them, any- 1 way, are of the opinion that j their classy ball nine can do ; Just that, and to get in on the "kill," if and when, a couple ; of hundred of them are coming to this town tonight to see what they hope to see. ! Whether Manager Jud Per noil's Southern Oregon loop team possesses the all-around stuff to wham the Craters is rather doubtful, although they certainly should make a contest of it. Grants Pass hasn't been beaten In seven starts this sea son, and an undefeated club, no matter in what league it per forms, is bound to be something more than a soft touch. Climate 1 city clients are rather worked up over the fracas and it would 1 not be surprising if they took Medford apart if their team j wins. ; Seven Straight The Merchants, in succession ! have belted over Gold Hill, the local Rogues. Ashland-Talent, Ciescent City, Roseburg, Gold Hill again and the Rogues again. They boast considerable plate punch in Joe Gray. Gordy How erton. Chuck Ostrom and George Hibbard. They have also been getting nice chucking from Ostrom, and they have signed Big Nig DiSordi of the now de funct Ashland-Talent Atees. Os tiom will probably fling, with UiSordi in reserve. Big danger to the Craters la that they probably won't take the contest seriously enough, al though Manager Paul Hoffard, playing it safe, plans to send un defeated Steve Crippen to the pitching rubber. If everything gees right, Crip will be relieved by Righthander Virgil Haynes, back from a fine season at Uni versity of Oregon, The Crater lineup will be re vised slightly. Pat Patterson is slated to play Softball in Grants Pass tonight, so Bill Lanning pitcher, will hold down first base. Manager Hoffard, with a righthander scheduled to fling for Grants Pass, will open the game in right field. Al Wray s leg is still bad and he wont play, Peterson being shifted to centerfield and Calvert taking care of left. Ladles' Night Admission prices for men will be the same; for ladies will be reduced to a bargain figure. Batting orders: VIedford Peterson cf Grants Pass Hibbard ss Howerton 3b Woods c Gray cf Ostrom p R. Lanning lb Blacksmith 2b Keith rf Drolctte If "alvert If McDonald ss McLean 3b Hoffard rf B. Lanning lb Cook 2b Hawkins e Crippen p HOW THEY STAMD National League W. L. Cincinnati 35 18 Brooklyn 32 17 New York 31 18 Chicago 29 27 St. Louis 21 2R Boston 21 29 Pittsburgh .. 17 30 Philadelphia 17 31 American Loagu W. L. Boston 31 17 Detroit SO 20 Cleveland 33 22 New York 27 25 Chicago 24 30 St Louis 24 30 Philadelphia 20 31 Washington 21 33 Paclfle Coast League W. L. Seattle 4 30 Oakland 45 38 Sacramento 41 40 Hollywood 41 40 Ssn Diego 39 39 I Los Angeles 37 40 San Frsncisco 37 41 . Portland 28 47 PC. fl4S B00. .ouu .519 444 ! 392; .375 PC flOOi 55fl .308 .508 .500 481 474 .33 Vm Umi maun ut m. onoot ror v ictorv uver I t v. 'v'; -) T" Vn ar t ft tjrjjpi 12 STKAICHT Howard (Lefty) Pol It t (above). 11-year, eld flinger for Houston's Buffs In the Tex IcMue. cracked a 45-year-old record when he pitched hi 12th ttrslfht victory without a loss this season. He's fresh out of high school. Dodo is Scored By Boy Who Thumbed Way. To. Tourney Chicago, June 19. IIP) Francis Teril, 19 -year -old youth of Puyallup, Wash., wanted to compete in the Western Junior golf tourna ment at all costs. He was so anxious to have a try at it that he bundled up his golf sticks and a few togs and hitch-hiked all the way to the meet now in prog ress in Chicago, making the cross-country Jaunt in five days. Whether he wins or not, he was rewarded yesterday when ha scored a hole-ln-one dur ing the qualifying round. He registered an ace on the 200-yard tenth hole and wound up with an 82, good enough for a spot in the championship flight. UN, 154 ON Games Tonight No games scheduled in either league. Medco's softDall crew con tinued unbeaten in the American league pennant race by whack ing out a IS to 4 conquest of Wooden Box before a big gather ing of fans at the stadium last night. Morrie Sterner hurled a five hitter tor the winners, while his teammates were belting Peterson and Applegate, Boxer pitchers, for 10 blows, including doubles by 'Calvert and White. All Wooden Box's hits off Steiner were for extra bas triple and double by D'Arcy and doubles by Pacheco, Patterson and Piche but nine bases on balls Issued by Wooden Box hurlers lost the ball game. In the other American league contest, Jennings Tire pounded out a 10 to 3 victory over Lost River Dairy, as Shafer hit a homer and a triple, Williams doubled and Bowerman doubled. The latter also turned in a fine defensive performance, handling seven chances perfectly in left field. Luman tripled for the losers. In a pair of National league slugfest. Faber's trimmed Bear Creek, 13 to 10 and Eiks shel lacked Teamsters. 17 to 10. For Faber's Babb and Webster horn, ered. Webster tripled and A. Pinkham and Anhorn doubled Evans and Curry hit triples and Loffler, Howard and Wooten doubles for Bear Creek. Starkeyjthe question is whether he and Rater tripled and Starkcy took the Dodgers' championship and Massle doubled for Elks, and chance with him. 8"u, Kohn and Chrlstenson homered. Medwick suffered a concus Kenton tripled and Kohn and 'Ion of the brain yesterdav '" Christenson doubled for Team M8 sters. 420 Scores R. H. t. Medco 15 10 2 2 Wooden Box 4 S 2 384 1 Steiner and Wilson; Peterson. Applegate and Kubll. H. II Jennings Tire 10 Lost River 3 5 11 Mnff ar Inri :vav' uri,hl in(j Luman. R H E Faber's ...IS 13 4 Ber Creek 10 11 a L. Pinkham and Babb; W. Cur-, ry and Wooten H H F Flks . 17 18 3 Teamsters 10 9 9 Stell and Archer; Dallaire and Fraley. i tie road.ide market offers ,n fpportuntty for many farm ier to reduce costs of distribu lion and increase farm income RAY CHASE WINS 25-LAP FEATURE Ray Chase of Portland, the circuit's leading pilot, added to his point total last night by fogging his lily-white V-8 to an easy victory in the 23-lsp class A main event of Bobby Rowe's midget auto race program at the fairgrounds field before a large crowd. His time was 8 minutes 25 seconds. Chase won going away from Wayne Gaffney of Yakima, Wash., last week' local win ner, and Jud Fuller of St. Louis, who finished third. Les An derson was fourth. Running in second place for 20 laps. Chase got his big break on the 21st when Ander son, who had shown the way to this stage of the struggle. developed motor trouble on the back stretch. Chase, Gaffney ' and Fuller roared past the erst i while leader and from there on ; in they stayed in that position. Anderson managed to finish fourth. The class B main event, for slower machines, was copped '. by Don Cameron, who negoti ated the 10 laps In 3.08:85. , Cameron took an early lead and staved off the efforts of Wild Bill Cummings of Butte ' Falls and Cliff Woodley of i Grants Pas to overtake him. 1 The latter pair finished in 1 that order. A special event, a watermelon race in which the drivers cir clued the track three times, stopped In front of the grand stand and ate a huge slice of : melon, then leaped back into j their "doodle bugs" and made i one more lap. was won by Les I Anderson, with Al Milton of i Minneapolis second and Don Cameron third. The helmet dash, featuring the three fastest cars on the track as determined by time trials, was grabbed by Les An derson in the excellent time of .52:47 for the three laps. Gaff ney was the runner-up and Chase finished third. Not content with his win In the helmet fracas, Anderson came right back to take the first heat race of seven laps, with Chase second and Gaffney third. Anderson's time was 2.10:27. Jud Fuller broke Into the victory circle in the second heat race by driving Gaffney and Chase into the ground in 2.09:71. Bruce Day of Los Angeles copued the third heat whirl, with Milton second and Woodley third. His time was 2.12:78: Frenchy Dubois of Montreal, Canada, turned in the best heat race time of the evening In the forth event, tearing off the seven laps in 2.08:44. with Bob Anderson second. Don Cam eron won the fifth heat race in 2.11:49, with Cummlngs second and Joe George of Medford third. Les Anderson, the Oakland. Cal., flash, shattered the track record in time trials with a mark of .18:18. The track was in its best condition of the summer, with no dust to mar the client's view of the midgets. JOE MEDWICK BEANED BY BOB BOWMAN; OUT OF GAME FOR 3 WEEKS By Associated Press. Joseph (Muscles) Medwick, the big batter and leg man who was supposed to bring the Brooklyn Dodgers a pennant. lying in a hospital today and1 when hit by one of Bob Bow man's pitches in the first in ning of a game which the St Louis Cardinals ultimately won 7-3 in eleven innings. He's ex pected to be out of the lineup about three weks, after which he may return as good as new or he may not. Loss of a player as valuable as Medwick is nothing less than heart breaking to a club In the heat of a pennant chase. It puts the Dodgers right back where they were before they pent that estimated $150,000 "" ,olir P'ers for Medwick nd Pitcher Curt Davis a week :gn today. Call t'a On Your Elei'tricmi rrvhlfini thf Others Cant Ft Them. Medford Electric Huskies Win Varsity Race In Dusk; Cornell Second By Bit! White, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 19. (JPi It couldn't have been screwier If Joe Penner, Olson and Johnson and Joe Cook had teamed to stage It. Usually a decorous and very I staid affair, the 43rd annual Poughkeepsie regatta became anything but that yesterday, and the only thing In its favor was the cou-ageous perform ance of Washington in winning the varsity race. The varsity race, scheduled for the unusually early hour of 4 p. m. (E.S.T.). finally got off In the gathering dusk some three hours later. Washington won. for the third time in the last five years. The Huskies negotiated the four miles in 22:42 flat to wind up three-quarters of a length better than the pride of the east a dogged Cornell crew that battled every inch of the way. Syracuse beat out Navy for third place in a final spurt. California, last year's winner, Columbia, Wisconsin and Prince ton trailed along somewhere in the rear. Long after the varsity race was finished and everybody had gone home, late stragglers saw some ghostly shells going down the river and reporters were able to ferret out later that the junior race had been run, with Washington, Navy, California, Syracuse, Columbia and Cornell finishing in that order. JOE IN VICIOUS FRAME OF MIND FOR GODOY TIFF New York, June 19. (JT) Joe Louis is finely drawn and appears to be in a vicious humor for his second fight with Arturo Godoy. the durable Chil ean, tomorrow night at Yankee stadium. The face of the big Negro still is expressionless and his conversation strictly limited to monosylablcs, but his stomach is as flat as the pavement and he Is down to 200 pounds, his best fighting weight. His final workout yesterday was furious and purposeful. It came as something of a shock to the crowd at Greenwood Lake to see the champion knock Joe O'Gatty, a harmless spar ring partner, down and out with a sudden burst of punches. The odds parlors still are lay ing 5 to 1 against Godoy's chances of lifting the cham pionship, but a majority of observers think he will go the limit again. Nationalism was once so fee ble in the Balkins that the Rou manians thought they were Greeks, mistaking their rulers' nationality for their own. HI 1 Mt to. .urt-t-r I "- Kr "400 H craters Scores Yesterday National League St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 5. Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 1. Chicago 6, New York 1. Only games scheduled. American League Cleveland 2, Washington 1. Chicago 4, New York 3. Philadelphia at Detroit, rain. St. Louis 11, Boston 7 (10 in nings). Pacific Coast League Seattle 7, Sacramento 1. Hollywood 4, San Francisco 2. Portland 11, San Diego 4. Los Angeles 12. Oakland 4. Rat BHtskrieg. Portland, June 19. P) Rats ejected from dark, dusty build ings, destroyed to make way for the Front avenue highway development, might as well Jump into the Willamette rivr. Citizens formed a pest control association today to prevent the THURSDAY ONLY! Attention, Men Sportswear HALF PRICE Here's a Blue Ribbon Sal that's a Snsationl Men's and Young Mans Sportswear at Just half the regular prlcel Included In this super special are famous McGregor and other lines of Sport Jackets and Sport Sweaters Zipper front garments, pull-ens and button fronts in various sum mer color ... If yeu can't attend this on day aala tend the Wife, Mother or Sister but get in on this tomorrow. c BLENDED 33 TIMES TO MAKE ONE GREAT BEER 1U Get in Every Blending 33SPr ,v.. - (food. 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