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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAP, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1940. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says; Baseball Revival In Climate City Due to Fine Club - Grants Pass, with a fine club in the Southern Oregon league, la gradually regaining the high position it formerly held among semi-pro baseball towns in the slate. There was a time in the not too-distant pant when the Cli mate city was considered one of the best ball villages in Oregon, when the fans whooped it up and made the turnstiles sing a merry tune, and when the teams produced there were as good as any In the state. That was in the 1900's and 1920's. Then, the bush baseball de pression struck, as it did throughout the nation, and the national pastime foundered and almost went under in Grants Pass, the same as it did else where, including Medford. It was a tough struggle for base ball to keep its head above wa ter, but it did and now things are looking up, are tremendous ly brighter than at any time In the past 10 years. Like Medford, Grants Pass is truly "coming back a roarin' " In the baseball scheme. Of course, the Climate city isn't drawing crowds as of yore, nor so spectacularly as Medford. But a steadily increasing num ber of fans are supporting the Merchants and Fred Roper, bus iness manager, predicts that in another year or so it will seem like old times in Grants Pass, baseballically speaking. Last Wednesday night when the Merchants played the Cra ters here, at least 300 Grants Pasa boosters followed their club and kept up a continual chattering in the grandstand. Last year, five years ago or 10 years ago probably a tenth of that number would have accompanied their team to Medford for a ball game. That increased baseball inter est in Grants Pass, naturally, is due mainly to the calibre of ball being played by the home team. And the Merchants cer tainly are giving it to them hot and heavy. Jud Pernoll, the ex major league southpaw pitcher, has a real ball club this year, on that would stand muster in fine fashion In the Oregon State league. In fact, the Merchants we saw the last two Wednesday nights were better than any State loop clubs to play here with the lone exception of Al bany. That team Is inciting more en thusiasm in Grants Pass than any since 1929, we were told. We also learned that Softball, which had been getting the big play there the last three or four Pay Less Dress Better MEN'S BLACK Elk Work Shoes Plain toe. Composition cord soles pair 4C.DO M. M. Department Store, Inc. 1 M PED Lf J .vl, "V 1 M Ami -m Crippled yean, wai not making expenses thli season. Perhapi the base ball team isn't the reason for Softball's decline in Grants Pass, but undoubtedly it has some thing to do with it. If Grants Pass continues ia pick up, and there is no reas on to believe It won't a light ing system for night ball Is almost a certainty next year or the year aiter. Roper has been shown by Medford what lights can do for baseball and he isn't a Dumb Dora by any means. Show Mr. Roper how to make extra sheckels, and Mr. Roper comes in. If, and when, Grants Pass in stalls arcs, the Oregon State league will probably expand further into southern Oregon. Klamath Falls, 10 to 1, will be the next city admitted, now that a lighted field is available there. Grants Pass will most as suredly be still another south' ern Oregon town with a fran chise, after floodlights are put in. By Associated Press Big Buck "Showboat" New- som of the Detroit Tigers, one of the poisonous personality kids of the thundering thirties in the major leagues, who Is a fellow who will tell you it's better to be lucky than good anytime. Newsom hasn't been beaten since the season's opening game with the St. Louis Browns and last night he checked off his tenth victory, a 2-1 tally against those same St. Louis Browns. Another three-hitter last night was Hal Schumacher's perform ance against the Phillies to give the New York Giants a 7-0 shut out. In the only other action In the major leagues yesterday the Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Chicago Cubs, 8-4, in a tight game in which each team got nine hits. The victory brought Brooklyn within a game of the first place Cincinnati Reds with the Giants hot behind. FREITAS TOPPLES BEAVERS. 4 101 By the Associated Press The worm has turned in Se attle . . . San Diego's Padres, smarting from two straight spankings. banged out 16 hits and deflated the Pacific Coast league pennant-defending Seattle Rainiers last night, 9 to 2. It ended an eight-game winning streak for Seattle. A ninth-Inning splurge was staged in Hollywood, where Hugh Luby laced out a home run with one on to give Oakland a S to 4 decision over the Stars. In San Francisco the Seals dropped a ten-inning contest to Los Angeles, 0 to 3. In Portland the deep-cellar Beavers could not solve Tony Freitas' left-handed tosses and took a 4 to 1 beating from Sacra mento. A department of labor survey hu proved H women spend mors for their clothes than men. OLE SPRINGS STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY kt your neat whiskey "buy Pebble Springs. Hers is s fully sgtd. mild and mellow Straight Bourbon Irom tht "Whitkey Cen ter of the World." You'll like Pebble Springe . . . and you'll like the low price . . . 90t PINTS QUARTS $1.75 Pebble Springe Straight Bourbon Whukey. This Whiakey it 4 Years 014... 0 Proof. BaaeuiK Craters COOK, M'DONALD, LANNING OUT OE Buster McMillan Heads Port land Club at Plate; Games Start at 8:15 and 1:30 With their lineup shattered by injuries and other activities, Medford's second-place Craters will stagger to the starting line for four Oregon State league ball games in two days against the flashy Portland Babes at the fairgrounds park Saturday night and Sunday afternoon The Saturday eve double- header, a makeup series from the first-half race, will start at 8: 15. The Sunday twin bill, reg ular second-half games, will be gin at 1:30. All tilts will be of seven innings. Three Crater regulars will probably be out of action Sat urday night, and two of them may not get to play in any of the four games. Big Bill Lannlng. right- handed pitcher, cut the first finger on his flinging hand on a broken insulator while work ing for Copco yesterday, and Manager Tommy Hawkins has grave doubts whether he will be fit for service over the week end. Thumb Split Alex McDonald, shortstop, split his right .thumb against Grants Pass Wednesday night in tagging a runner at second base, and his appearance in the lineup is doubtful. He can't grip bat. Second Baseman Riney Cook will be absent for at least the first game Saturday night, as he will be in Marshfield with his American Legion Junior team. Cook may arrive back in Medford in time to play the nightcap Saturday, and will def initely be here Sunday. Surveying the wreckage. Manager Hawkins shook his head sadly and made plans to sign at least two ball players before Saturday night, if pos sible, to fill in for the injured. With Lannlng a question mark, the Craters were left with Jim Rego, Steve Crippen, Vir gil Haynes and young Al Wimer their pitching staff, and Manager Hawkins was unde cided as to how the hurlers would work the "killer" sched ule of four games in two days. He also was undecided as to the way the rest of the club would line up, although it was almost a certainty Bill Calvert would be shifted from the out field to shortstop. He said prac tically nothing would be known until game time Saturday night. McMillan Slugger The Babes, managed by Ray Brooks, will hit town with a sparkling array of youngsters and powered at the plate by Buster McMillan, ex-Portland Beaver catcher, who will play first base. Up to last week's games McMillan was leading the league in hitting with an aver age of .529. The Babe mound staff in cludes Southpaw Jack Carstens, Bob Warner, Richard Carloscio, Dick Mason and Jim Bird. Har ry Amacher will do the catch ing, with the brilliant Barney Koch on second, Billy Mc Clusky on Short, Harold Marten son on third, Joe Peccla. Bob Rennick and Vic Brown in the outfield. Crater Skipper Hawkins at taches great importance to the first two games, as Medford must win them in order to re tain a chance at the first half title. The Craters and Albany lied for the first-half pennant, and losses Saturday will prac tically give the Oaks the bunt ing. A workout Is scheduled for 8 o'clock this afternoon at the fairgrounds park, and the Crater boss wants all players to re port. Scores Yesterday National League Brooklyn S. Chicago . New York 7, Philadelphia 0. Only games scheduled. American League Detroit 2. St. Louis I. Only game scheduled Pacific Coait League San Diego 5. Seattle 2. Oakland 5. Hollywood 4. Sacramento 4, Portland 1. Los Angeles 8, San Fran cisco. 3. A PAINTER OF REPUTATION Daily's Auto Painting ?s nth Harriett Play Babes Four Games Youthful KeystonfTPTlBEAN. MARU HURL , . ; ; lL , ... V .- '. ..." . ,J- :.. -J Billy McClusky (left) and Barney Koch, shortstop and sec ond baseman for the Portland Babes, are considered the best double-play combination in the Oregon State Baseball laaoue. They'll show their wares here Saturday night and Sunday after noon when Ray Brooks' outfit clashes with the Craters In a pair of double-headers at the fairgrounds park. 300 TIM ENTER MU MEET AT FRESNO; TRACK FAST AS FLASH Fresno, Cal., June 28. (IP) Nearly 300 of the nation's track and field aces and a clay track rated one of the fastest in the country combined to give fans more hope they might see a few national or even world records shattered in the two-day na tional A. A. U. championships opening here tonight. The fifty-second running of the annual championships finds most of the men who were shut out of a chance at Olympic Game records, because of the war, entered in the Fresno tournament. The yellow track, carefully tended for attempts at record performances, was at first de clared "too fast" by several eastern athletes who had never raced on it before. Ed Duggcr of Tufts, Fred Wol cott of Rice Institute and Joe Batiste of Tucson, Ariz., each fell after tripping on the first hurdle of their practice run for the 110-meter event. Each de clared the track too speedy, but after a few more runs expressed confidence he could make good time tomorrow night. IN SO. OREGON LOOP Medford's Rogues will remain Idle SunriBV afternoon as the Southern OrcRon Baseball league j opens its second half pennant race with Grants Pass, first half I champs, entertaining Crescent City and Roseburg playing at Gold Hill. ! Medford's bye was caused by! the disbandment of the Ashland-1 Talent Ateos recently. Next loop tilt for the Rogues will be at Crescent City July 7. Auto. Plat and Window Glaaa In stalled reasonably Mrdford Plat Otaas Si Mirror Co . 36 So. Bartlrtt BASEBALL TWO DOUBLE-HEADERS Saturday Night and Sunday Afternoon PORTLAND BABES vs. MEDFORD CRATERS First Game Saturday Night 8:15 o'clock First Game Sun. Afternoon 1:30 o'clock FAIRGROUNDS PARK flOW THEY? sum National League W. L. PC. Cincinnati 38 20 .655 Brooklyn 35 20 .636 New York 35 21 .625 Chicago 33 30 .524 Pittsburgh .. 23 32 .418 St. Louis 22 33 .400 Boston 19 32 .373 Philadelphia 20 37 .351 American League W. L. Cleveland 40 24 Detroit 36 24 Boston 34 24 New York 29 31 St. Louis 30 35 Chicago 27 32 Philadelphia . 23 35 Washington 25 39 PC. .625 .600 .586 .483 .462 .458 .397 .391 PC. .624 .544 .511 .506 .488 .484 .471 .369 Pacific Coast League W. L. Seattle 53 Oakland 49 Hollywood 46 Snn Diego 44 Los Angeles 42 23 41 44 43 44 Sacramento San Francisco 44 47 41 46 Portland 31 53 BABE DIDISON SETS Milwaukee, June 28. Long-driving Babe Didrikson Zaharias. with a sparkling 72 card to her credit, loomed over the field of eight survivors in the women's western open golf tournament today as one of the chief threats to defending cham pion Helen Drttweiler's title. The Los Angeles shotmaker entered the quarter-finals yes terday by touring the Blue Mound course three under wo men's par for an all-time Wis consin record as she eliminated Mrs. J. A. Ochiltree of Indian apolis, 8 to 6. Miss Dettwcller, Washington (D. C.) business woman golfer, stepped through her second round with a 2 and 1 conquest of Kathryn Pearson. Houston, Texas. Adults 40e Kidi Under 14 -FREE. 1-0 CONQUEST OF LOST RIVER TEAM Games Tonight American league: Fluhrer's vs. Wooden Box, 8 p. m.; Medco vs. Lost River Dairy, 9 p. m. National league: Bear Creek vs Gasco, 8 p. m.; Eagles vs. Elks, 9 p. m. Excellent hurling by Russ Bean and Mara, coupled with Lowery's home run and Bean's triple, gave Fluhrer's Bread aters a 4 to 0 shutout over Lost River Dairy in an American league game at the stadium last night. Leavens and Ayres got the only hits off Bean, who worked the first five innings for the winners. Mara hurled hitless ball the last two frames. In the other American loop clash, Jennings Tire blasted Catholic Men, 12 to 4, with D. Singler hitting a triple and Bar ker a double for the winners. Lewis doubled for the losers. In National league games. Copco edged Faber's, 3 to 2 and Eagles outslugged Teamsters, 11 to 9. In the latter game, Burn ham and H. Arthur homered and H. Lewis and R. Arthur tripled for the Eagles, Littrell, Balding and while Kenton tripled for Teamsters. Scores: Score: R. H. E. Jennings Tire 12 8 5 Catholic Men 4 7 5 Walker and Nave; J. Gitzen, L. Sakraida and Darland. Score: R. H. E. Lost River '0 2 1 Fluhrer's 4 8 2 Leavens and Wray; Bean, Maru and J. Smith. Score: R. H. E. Fabers 2 8 1 Copco 3 4 2 L. Plnkham and Babb; R. Singler and Soller. Score: R. H. E. Teamsters 9 15 3 Eagles 11 11 3 Dalliare, Balding and Fraley; Adams and Arthur. BEAVERS SELL THOMAS TO SAN DIEGO PADRES Portland, Ore., June 28. (JPl The Portland Pacific Coast league baseball club sold Wil liam Thomas, right hand pitcher, to San Diego today. The amount of the straight cash deal was not announced. Oreater Parts hM a population of about 4.933.000. Oreater London con tains about 8 655,000. The lightship off San Francisco record! an average of 1,135 hours of fog per year. ' cSv5HnPW 'X 'S-tr.; V.. , J LAPHArMOTORS YOUR FORD, ZEPHYR. MERCURY DEALER PLYMOUTHS MERCURYS GRAHAMS CHEVROLETS ZEPHYRS WILLYS DESOTOS DODGES Wa hare enjoyed a splendid volume of business en 1140 Fords. Mercurys. and Zephyrs, as a result of this business our used car stocks have Increased materially. Handling hundreds of used cars yearly, we are In the position to accurately judge values never In the history of our business hare we had such splendid used cars at such low prices. Al low us to prove this statement. BUY MOW WHILE PRICES ARE DOWN. 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According to Miss Frances Arnspiger, acting chairman of life-saving of the Jackson coun ty Red Cross chapter, the pro gram will include mass drills staged by the beginner classes, races of all kinds, watermelon polo, diving, stunts and form swimming. The Junior and sen ior life-saving classes will dem onstrate holds, breaks, ap proaches and carries used when saving a drowning person. Miss Arnspiger said. Under the direction of Harry Harvie, expert instructor, the classes were considered the most successful ever held here, both in the number of students and the benefits gained. The Red Cross wishes to ex press its appreciation to the fol lowing persons for devoting their time and efforts to the campaign: John Nagley, Fran ces Port, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brock, Mrs. Dorothy Perl, Wal ter Clements, Jack Hamilton, Floyd Brownlee, Wardlo Pur- din, Dick Nelson, Dorothy Cof feen, Bill and Richard Freder icks, Dean Showers and Jimmy Morrow. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press New York Joey Fontana. 133, Brooklyn, knocked out Lee Harper, 131, Texas (7). Baltimore G e o r g 1 e Pace, 123, Cleveland, bantamweight champion, stopped Lawrence Gunn, 123, Baltimore (1) (non title). East Liverpool, Ohio Teddy Yarosz, 174, Pittsburgh, out pointed Bud Mignault, 169. Brockton, Mass. (10). Minneapolis Chuck Crowell, 220, Los Angeles, outpointed Arne Anderson, 188, Sweden (10). FORMER TENNIS STAR DIVORCED ON CRUELTY Bridgeport, Conn;, June 28. P) Mrs. Rebecca Tenney Shields of Greenwich won a di vorce in superior court yester day from Francis X. Shields, the former tennis star, on the grounds of cruelty and intem perance. X .aBBBV . r IM Ford V- rpe. This ear 111 speak for Itaetf If ion are In the market for a coupe do not pae thle up IMS Chevrolet Coupe, fun metal nnlh. Hood tlrea. (rod motor, meed to sell qnlrklT. ISM torie Pickup, fine rendi tion thraufhoat. low fnlleace. til read for work !!! he told qotekl st the price we aak MORE ALL MODELS ALL T QUARTER FINALS Haverford. Pa., June 58. The national intercollegiate tennis championships entered the quarter final round at the Mer lon Cricket club today with a pair of "dark horses" vieing for the limelight with the six re maining seeded entries. Top-ranked Don McNeill, na tional clay court titleholder from Kenyon college, faces one of the "outsides" in Bill Reedy, of Southern California. Frank Guernsey, the defending cham pion from Rice Institute, is pitted against the other Bill Canning, of California. In the remaining matches second-seeded Joe Hunt, of Navy, is matched with Isadore Bellis of Pennsylvania, while Ted Schroe der, of Southern California, meets Bill Talbcrt of Cincinnati. Closing time for Too Late o Clas sify Ada la 1:30 p. m. IP QUART $119 PINT BOTTLE D IN BON! 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