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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 15. 1940. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says; League Split to Provide Closer Softball Games Starting Tuesday night, soft ball competition at the high school itadlum should become considerably more brisk than it hai been thus far. Team mana gers of the six American league clubs got together the other eve and voted to split their loop in to a pair of brackets, with the three potentially strongest out flu in group A, and the other trio In group B. Under the new setup, Fluh rer's Breadeaters, Wooden Box and Medco, the latter club cham pions of the first two rounds of play, will confine their efforts to tangling with each other for the duration of the regular sea son. In similar manner, Catholic Men, Jennings Tire and Copco will battle among themselves ach team will play the two others in their respective brack' et twice, making a four-game schedule for every team. Then, at the end of the regu lar round, the two bracket win. ners will come to grips for the round championship, and right to go against Medco, as before mentioned, champs of the first two rounds, for the 1940 title. There has been no change in the National league schedule; the six teams in this circuit will continue as heretofore. Thursday night's attendance at the Colored Chests Medco game was the best 61 the year, igniting the hope among officials that soft ball interest is perking up. A total of 1268 was taken in at the gate, 60 per cent of which . went to the barnstormers. The district tournament this year. Incidentally, will be held at Klamath Falls August 7 and I. Although Portland university, as an Independent school de void of any conference affilia tions, doesn't come under the Atherton rule, the Pilots will adhere strictly to the code the ex-G-man laid down for Pacific coast conference Institutions. That was the word brought to Medford the other day by Bob (Matty) Mathews, popular men tor of Portland U. gridiron elev ens who, by the way, is still tingling with excitement over his teams' sensational victory against the St. Mary's Gaels last fall, and its near-conquest of the Oregon State Beavers, whom they had licked up to a min ute before the final gun. "We have always lived up to Coast conference regulations," Matty explained, "and we'll con tinue to do so, regardless of what rules they have. We've never done much proselyting, and will do less now that Ath erton has clamped down. If a boy is Interested in coming to Portland university, and writes us requesting Information, we will be glad to explain the set up to him. But I'm not going after prep athletes." Matty sees great promise for his university, both from a football and attendance standpoint. The Pilots have a maor schedule next season, what with Consaga, 81. Mary's Montana and Oregon State on the slate. As for enrollment. Bob says the school had over 600 last year, and will prob ably reach 600 or more the coming autumn. Commenting on a question concerning the possibility of Portland ever becoming a mem ber of the Pacific Coast confer ence, Matty said that "It the coast conference ever splits up, with northwest schools in one division and California schools in the other, it would be logical that both Portland and Gonzaga become members. But not un til." Medford's 14 to 6 state tour ney win over Gaston Dairy at Portland Friday night wasn't the easy affair the score seemed to indicate, in fact, Gaston led, 6 to 4, in the sixth inning. In that frame, however, the Cra ters punched over three runs to got ahead, 7 to 6, when Mana ger Tommy Hawkins slugged a three-run double after Patter son had been intentionally walked to load the bases. The locals got seven more tallies In FACTORS I ai VU, I the1 vaava, Charley BEN TROWBRIDGE LOSES GOLF TILT ONE UPON 19TH Clay Rallies On Last Six Holes for Exciting Vic tory; Dick Wray Beaten A thrilling rally on the last six holes yesterday gave Char les Clay, Sr., a lt-hole, 1-tip victory over Ben Trowbridge in the flight finals of the annual Barker Palm Beach handicap tournament at the Rogue Vat ley Golf club. By Ms victory. Clay won the Palm Beach suit awarded by Barker's men's store and sue ceeded Roy Harper as tourna ment champion. Other flight winners were given Palm Beach slack suits, and runners-up were awarded Palm Beach neckties. Clay was two down to his opponent starting the 14th hole, which he won with a five to Trowbridge's seven. After the pair halved the ISth and lth. Clay squared the match on the 17th with four to Trowbridge's five. They each got fives on the 18th, and the match ended on the 19th witen Clay shot a four and Trowbridge a five. Even at Start. It was all even for tho first two holes, but on the third Clay took a one-up lead which he retained to the 10th, whon Trowbridge socked a three to square the battle again. Trow bridge went one up on the 12th, with a three to Clay's four and Increased his margin to two up on the 13th with a four to Clay's five. The ultimate v In ner won the 14th to start his rally. Clay, with a 14 handicap gave Trowbrldce three strokes, one each on the sixth, ninth and 14th. On the sixth and ninth the handicap stroke enibled Trowbridge to halve the hole. but on the 14th stroke failed to help him. Clay. In winning the tltl. fired a gross 80 over the 18 holes, while Trowbridge's med al card was 84. In the morning Trowbridge won his way Into the finals with a 3 and 3 victory over Dick Wray. Their medal scores: Out: Trowbridge 54835154 543 Clay 8443894S a 39 In: Trowbridge 38347849 84184 Clay 48455544 54180 Gain Robinson and Paul Mey ers split honors in Sunday's blind bogey tournament at the Rogue Valley Golf club, each winning four balls with net 70's. Bogey number was 70. Other prize winners were Tod Porter, for low net: C. B. Col lins for high net and Ike Staples for low gross. ATHLETIC DIRECTORS WILL MEET THIS EVE Weekly m retina nf tho hoard of directors of the Medford Ath letic association will be held in the Jackson Countv Chamber nf Commerce at 8 o'clock tonight. President C. H. Davis requests all directors to be present. the seventh to clinch things. A glance at the box score re veals that Patterson had a per fect night with 4-4-4, including triple: Peterson ditto with 2- 4-2. McDonald four blows In five trips. Including a double; Al Wray three hits In four trips na manager Hawkins three socks In five attempts, with four runs batted in. 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(VP) A negro poet fights a former army mule skinner. That's the prize ring's offer ing for the month and there's no title In sight for either of the flghtersl Seldom has flstlana pitted two such extremes as Henry Arm strong, the cultured colored man who is the welterweight king, and Lew Jenkins, the Texas thin man who rules the lightweight division. But for all their apparent dif ferences, they have one thing in common the pound for pound ability to fight better than anybody else their size, and so it Is pronounced that their 12 pound Wednesday night meeting will lure some 40,000 fans to the Polo Grounds. BUD WARD TAKES Minneapolis, July 15. (P) Bud Ward of Spokane, national amateur champion, today has the western amateur crown tucked away as a further demonstration of his skill, but he still is far from satisfied with his play. In fact Ward, who defeated George Victor, 22-year-old Chi cagoan, 2 and 1, In a sensational 38-hole match that ended the 41st annual western amateur event at the Minneapolis Gold club Sunday, Is on his way back home today to get some rest and do some "practicing, and more practicing." Ward, after being three down at the end of 18 holes to Victor's superior play, put on a brilliant show for a big gallery as he won on the final 18 by shooting two eagles, five birdies, four pars and six bogles to be three under par for 17 holes. Those six bogles are the rea son Ward Is going to do some practice. When You REPLACE.. DEMAND mm SB For ALL CARS and TRUCKS WELDING Arc & Acetylene Portable welding Outfits GENERAL BLACKSMITHING BERGMAN'S SHOP 118 South Bartlett H. CREEK UPSETS , 3 TO 2, Oregon Slate League W. L. Pet. Albany . 7 3 .700 Silver-ton 7 3 .700 Eugene 7 3 .700 Medford 6 4 .600 Bend 6 4 .600 Jack-Jill 4 6 .400 Babes 2 8 .200 Hills Creek 1 9 .100 Weak-End Results Medford 7-2, Hills Creek 2-3. Albany 8-2, Silverton 1-4. Eugene 2-6, Babes 0-0. Bend 9-7, Jack-Jill 1-4. By the Associated Press The heralded meeting be tween Silverton and Albany, co leaders in second-half standings of the Oregon state baseball league resulted in an . even break yesterday. Instead of giving either team an inside- lane to the pennant it served Instead to allow Eugene to climb into a three-way tie at the top. Medford had a chance to vault back into a lead tie but tripped over of all things Hills Creek, a team that has been in the cel lar long enough to claim squat ter's sovereignity. Bend improved its position with a double victory over Port land's Jack and Jill team, 9-1 and 7-4. Hills Creek's first victory of the second half proved again that a ball game isn't over until the umpire says so. The Hill billies, who were soundly thumped Saturday night, 7-2, were docilely trailing 0-2 in the ninth Sunday with two out and the league's best southpaw, Jim Rego, on the hill for Medford. Up to that moment they had made one hit. As suddenly, and unexpectedly, as " a thunder squall, the Billies laced out three hits. These, mixed with a walk and an error, were good for the three runs and Rego lost a four-hit pitching job, 3-2. Red Miller held Silverton to five hits in the first game at Sil verton and Albany coasted in 8-1, but in the afterpiece Silver ton socked Spec Elliott and the same Mr. Miller opportunely for a 4-2 decision while Wilson tamed the Alcos with seven hits. Meanwhile at Portland, Eu gene got rare pitching from Richards and Wiltshire for two shut-out wins, 2-0 Sunday and 80 Saturday night, over the Portland Babes. Richards held the Babes to three hits, Wiltshire squeezed them to four. Score: B- H. E. Eugene a 1 0 Portland Bebea 0 S . 1 Rlcharde and Ltbby; Warner and Amacher. Roelandt. Score: R. H. B. Eugene . 6 7 1 Portland Babea 0 4 3 Wiltshire and Matttaon; Myrak, Birch and Amacher. Score: Medford Hllla Creek - 3 9 8 tannin and Hawkins: B. Kelaaj and O- Keliar. Score: R. H E Mcdtord 3 10 S Hllla Creek S 4 4 Rego and Hawkins; Kendall and O. Keleay. Score: Albany Silverton . R. H. E a it a t s s OVERLOAD SPRINGS... For TRUCKS and PASSENGER CARS with HOUSE TRAILERS Phone 113 Millar and Robertson; Preetericka and Mo. Score: a. H. S. Albany T 0 SUterton a 0 Illlott, Miller and Laptlch; Wllaon an4 Moe. Score: Bend R. X. s. t 0 Jack & Jill 14 1 Turptn and ft hi; Leltbelaer and Warren. Score: . H. . Bend T It 1 Jaclt J1U 4 1 Farmer. Murdock and Kramers; Pendenrraat and Mia. COAST SWIM TOURNEY; BRENDA HELSER STARS Los Angeles, July 15. JP) One American record was b-rt tered and tin Multnomah girl's team of Portland, Ore., and the men's aggregation of the Los Angeles Athletic ciub walked away with point-sccrlng honors in the Pacific coast swimming end diving championships here yesterday. Sam Splerjel of the Los An geles A. C. swam the 100-mcter breaststroke in 1 minute 14 seconds for the best individual performance. The Multnomahs, boasting such stars ns national champion Brenda Helser and Nancv Mer kl, ran up 53 points, the Los Angeles cluo scored 17 and the Aero club of Portland 11. Comely Miss Helser caotured the 200-meter free style' in 2 minutes 32.1 seconds, and an chored the winning Multnomah medley relay team to victory, while Nancy Merkl won the 400-meter swim in the fnrtl.m. of 5 minutes 44 seconds. The Multnomah girls won three first and added two re lay victories to the list tn rfnm. inote the me.et. !GHT: The Medford armory, home of Promoter Mack Llllard's wrestlers, will be dark tonight as the bone-benders and muscle manglers await the next pro gram here next Monday eve ning, July 22. Although Lillard hasn't yet announced the lineup for next week's card, he said that Dan gerous Danny McShane would definitely appear, along with other outstanding grapplers. DAVIDS TRIM BABES; STOPPED BY MONARCHS Portland, July IV OP) The touring House of David base ball club won and lost week end games in Portland. The whiskered players defeated the Portland BaiK-n of the Oicgon State league, 9 5 Saturday night but lost to another barnstorm ing club, the colored Kansas City Monarchs, 1-0, Sunday. Tourist Fares to San Francisco World's Fair.' See how little it costs to TRAVEL WHILE YOU SLEEP! Southern Pidfic cuts tourist fares to San Francisco! Now you can trtrtl ubilt you ileef for very little montr. Injoy fast overnight service in a comfortable, air-cooled tourist Pullman. Arrive Sin Francisco next morning rested and read? for work or play. Here's all it costs: TO SAN FRANCISCO New Tourist Rail far PI 1.20 Tourist lower harts 3.70 Ceach far 11.33 Southern Pacific r. G. MOKRU. Ajeut, Phooe ii. 4 TO 2 Inability to hit In the pinches cost the Medford American Le gion Juniors a 4 to 2 defeat at the hands of the Roseburg jun iors here yesterday, and set the stage for a double-header at Roseburg next Sunday. The lo cals, because of yesterday's set back, must take both ends of next Sunday's twin bill to win the district championship. The winners tallied single runs in the third, fifth, seventh and eighth innings, while Med ford got both its scores in the sixth. Cox of Roseburg hit a homer, triple and single. Mickey Miller, Medford first baseman, socked three singles, and Rey nolds doubled for the locals. Bill Reed went the route for Medford, allowing 11 hits and fanning eight. Dyer of Rose burg was touched for six safe ties and fanned two. A feature of the game was Cato Wray's fine throw from left field in the eighth to cut off a Roseburg run. Score: R. H. E. Roseburg 4 11 3 Medford 2 6 3 Dyer and Plueard; Reed and Adams. Scores Yesterday American Leagua Washington 6, Cleveland 5 (11 Innings). Philadelphia 8-5, Detroit 2-2. Boston 5-7, St. Louis 4-3 (first game 11 innings, second 7). ' New York 4, Chicago 0. National Leagua Chicago 6-0, New York 5-2. Pittsburgh 6-0, Brooklyn 2-2. Cincinnati 3-7, Philadelphia 2- 1. St. Louis 8-2, Boston 7-1. Pacific Coast League Seattle 7-10, San Francisco 6-0 (first game 14 innings). Oakland 11-5, Sacramento 4-0. Hollywood 3-4, Portland 2-8. Los Angeles 4-10, San Diego 3- 6. EX-BELGIAN PREMIER COMING TO AMERICA Lisbon, July 15 (Pi For mer Premier Paul Van Zoeland of Belgium, departing by Clip per today for the United States, said he hoped to clarify the situation of the Belgian gov-; ernment. "I hope to get some informa tion In the United States Vvhere, it seems, they are better in formed than elsewher e," he added. Weather Northern California: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; overcast on coast; scattered aft ernoon thunderstorms in high mountains; no change In tem perature; g e n 1 1 changeable wind off coast. Beach 14 Frames Keep Pen Baseballers Out After Hours Walla Walla. Wash., July 15. UP) The Washington state penitentiary liaaebal! team, playing outside the walls for the firs; time In 23 years, was late returning last night, but prison officials weren't alarmed. The ball game went 14 in nings and the Walla Walla Jiycees finally wen 3-2. The game was for the benefit of the war relief fund. FARLEY SYNDICATE Chicago, July 15. A1 At torney Jeremiah T. Mahon?y of New York said today that he expected the New York Yankee baseball club would be sold by the Jacob Ruppert estate to a syndicate headed by Postmaster General James A. Farley "with in two weeks at a price of $4, 000.000." "Negotiations are going along fine," said Mahoney, former president of the Amateur Ath letic Union and personal attor ney to George Ruppert, brother of tha late owner of the world champions. "The contract carrying the price of $4,000.000 hai been submitted by the Rupperts to Basil O'Connor, who is repre senting Mr. Farley. I Know there has been a lot of specula tion on this thing but ym can say it's gone from the specu lators to the very realistic stage." TRIO NEGOTIATE Pendleton, Ore., July 15. Haiold Dobyns of Pendleton and Woodi-; Hindman, Prince Helfrich and George Godfrey cf Eugene have negotiated at least part of their dash down the salmon river of Idaho in small boats, said a card receiv ed here from Dobvns, as follows- "Somewhere In the fastnesses of the Salmon River Country, July 12, noon. We have ar rived at Sulphur FalU after ope of the wildest and roughest rides any man ever too. So far our trip has bpen without serious misliap. Only one nolc in my boat and darned lucky. The scenery is beautiful. The river is absolutely full of sal mon and trout. Am sending this note by saddle horse. Spent two hours lining our boats through the falls here." Its courteous Tourney WORLD'S TALLEST MAN, 8 ET, 3.5 FROM ffl ' Manistee. Mich., July 13. JP) Robert Wadlow, 22, believed the world's tallest man 8 feet 9'i Inches "died here early to day from complications follow ing a foot infection. Wadlow, who was making a ; professional appearance as tha "world's tallest man," at tha na- . r. , . I s ssr nonai xoresi lesuvai acre, u- m fered an infection in hla left ' ankle less than a fortnight ago. The youthful giant's condition grew steadily worse, and phy sicians gave him a blood trans fusion yesterday and performed a minor operation on his foot last night. His temperature all of yesterday was reported as "never lower than 106." A child of normal size at birth, Wadlow weighed 491 pounds while making his last public ap pearance. Medical men said his, great height resulted from over activity of the pituitary gland. BLY FIRE RAZES Klamath Falls. Ore., July 15 (U.R) Four dwellings In the town of Bly, 50 miles east of Klamath Falls on the Lakeview highway, were destroyed Sunday by fire. The fire started in a garage owned by Capt. J. Rohner, Bly CCC camp commander. The blaze threatened to spread to schoolhouse and the Methodist church, but a bucket brigada saved the structures. 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