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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
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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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American
Leegue.
W. L. Pet.
. 48 30 .615
48 30 .605
. 44 33 .571
. 41 34 .547
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston .
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington .
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31 46
33 49
43 48
466
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Pet.
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Pet.
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W. L.
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York ..
Chicago
Pittsburgh .
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
30 24
47 26
42 31
41 40
31 41
31 41
27 43
23 48
Pacific Coast League.
W. L.
Seattle 68 36
Oakland 64 48
Los Angeles....... 56 51
San Diego 54 54
Hollywood 51 58
San Francisco... 40 57
Sacramento 51 60
Portland 36 67
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New York, July 15. (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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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."
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WORLD'S TALLEST MAN,
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' 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-
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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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