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MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 26. 1940.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen Says;
Ben Hogan Rated
Best Driver in
1940 Golf World
Eugene Baseball Teams Invade Medford Saturday, Sunday
Whenever golfers get togeth
er at the 19th green to discuss
this and that concerning the an
cient and honorable game, the
question usually arises as to
which of the present-day club
bers is the "Babe Ruth" of the
tee.
Jimmy Thomson, for the past
several years, has been recog
nized as the longest hitter In the
world, with Lavson Little giv
ing him a stiff struggle for
clouting honors, and Slammtn'
Sammy Snead not far behind, if
any.
Now comes word from Fran
cis J. Powers, links publicist that
"most critics agree that little
Ben Hogan is the best driver in
golf this year, despite the fact
that Thomson can outmuscle
him by several yards."
Powers says that Hogan Is
not many yards behind Thomson
from the tee at any time, and
that he is much more accurate
than the California slugger.
"Over the winter circuit and
through the summer tourna
ments," Powers writes, "Hogan
likely has put fewer drives in.
to the rough than any of the
top notch professionals, and
what he gives Thomson in dis
tance he more than makes up
lor in accuracy.
Hogan. claims Powers, la as
handy with his brittle and
spoon as the driver, and comes
close to being the best all
around wood player in the
game today, if not the very
tops. Hogan uses the longest
awing of any pro star, yet sel
dom does he not have the club
under control at all times.
Harbor. Mich.. Wednesday
night under the lights at the
fairgrounds park.
The Craters originally were
slated to play the Davids Wed
nesday eve, but when they de
cided to continue in the tourna
ment, and wired the Davids that
the game was off, a telegram
was fired back suggesting tne
Monarchs act as Crater substi
tutes. The Medford Athletic As
sociation, which will get 23 per
cent of the gross gate receipts,
agreed to the proposition, so the
game is on.
Incidentally, Satch Palga is
the subject of a swell article In
this week's Saturday Evening
Post. It's a "must read" for all
baseball fans. And he 11 be here
Wednesday night.
CRATERS TO PLAY 'I i
Lanning, Crippen to Hurl for
Craters Wray, Reed
Will Pitch for Juniors
TO
FANS BY MICROPHONE
Yes, the Craters are going to
continue In the state semi-pro
baseball tournament, and left
here today for their game
against Jack and Jill Tavern
at Silverton tonight.
An attempt was made to In
duce Commissioner Ray Brooks
to let the Craters and Jack and
Jill play in Silverton Monday
night, instead of tonight, but it
was no soap. Brooks wired back
that it was Impossible to make
the shift, so the only thing the
Craters could do was take off
for Silverton. Pretty soon they'll
be called the "Nomads", instead
of Craters.
The idea of that proposed
shift In the date of the game was
that it would save Medford a
long trip to Silverton and back.
As it Is, the locals will now be
forced to return to Medford to
morrow to met Eugene Satur
day night and Sunday, then
head for Silverton again Mon
day for the tournament's last
three nights of play.
That is, the Craters will re
turn to Silverton Monday if they
aren't belted over by the Jillers
tonight, in which case they will
have suffered their second de
feat and that means elimination.
If the Craters beat Jack and Jill,
they will remain to play their
semi-final game Tuesday eve.
and if they win that, also, they'll
collide with Albany Wednesday
night.
The Craters' determination
to remain in the tournament,
despite the vicious amount of
traveling they must do, tit the
stsge for whit will be the
greatest baiebill attriction
ever pretenle din Midford
the Kansas City Monarchs.
with Sitchil Paige, virtus the
House of Davids, of Bmton.
Wichita. Kans., July 26. OJ.R)
Arguments with umpires be
ing what they sometimes are,
the world's premiere of the "per
iscope microphone" last night
was considerably more than its
sponsors had expected.
At the touch of a button, the
microphone springs from a hid
den receptacle at home plate
and feds the vocal part of umpire-player
disputes Into the
puDiic address system so that
spectators can hear what Is go
ing on.
Leftfielder Ernie Miller of
Chanute, who was batting,
didn't like the way Umpire Paul
Fair was calling them in the
Kansas State semi-pro baseball
meet. He turned around to tell
him so and the microphone
sprang up In his face. Some of
the spectators blushed. The pub
lic address system operator
pressed a butujn and the micro
phone retired. Miller and Fair
finished their argument In com.
parauve privacy.
ROGUESPLAYAT
G.
Manager Doc Gitzen of the
mcaiord Rogues was undecided
today which of four pitchers to
start against Gold Hill at r.nM
Hill Sunday afternoon at 2:30 In
a Southern Oregon Baseball
league contest.
The local skinner said that h
would select the starting hurler
from among Tommv Kevin n.
Tungate, Harold McAbee and
bob Newland, all righthanders.
Skinny Wilson was expected
to open on the firing line for the
Gold Hill Beavers.
No Important changes would
be made in the Rogue lineup,
manager uitzen said.
In the other loon tuulo Rntsx.
burg will play at Crescent City.
Grants Pass draws a bye.
Scores Yesterday
American Leigue
Chicago 6, Boston 4.
Philadelphia 7. Cleveland 6.
Detroit 5. Washington 2.
New York 13. St. Louis 8.
National Lsague
Chicago 8, Boston 4.
Pittsburgh 2. New York t.
St. Louis at Philadelphia, rain.
Only games scheduled.
Pacific Soast Liigue
Portland 7-5, Seattle 4-4.
Los Angeles 1. San Francisco
Hollywood 8. Oakland 1.
Sacramento 7, San Diego 1.
At least one, maybe two,
baseball championships will be
determined here Saturday and
Sunday as Oregon State league
and American Legion Junior
teams of Medford and Eugene
combine to bring to the city
the biggest week-end of na
tional pastiming yet seen by
local fanatics.
The State league Medford
Craters and Eugene Athletics
will wind up their regular sea
son with games Saturday night
and Sunday afternoon, and
Legion Junior teams of the two
towns will clash in a three
game series for the sectional
title of districts 3 and 4 and
right to enter the state finals
at Hilliboro in August.
With all games being played
at the fairgrounds park except
for the Saturday afternoon Jun
ior tilt, which is slated for the
high school field, here Is the
schedule:
Saturday, 2:30 p. m. Med
ford Juniors rs. Eugene Juniors
(high school).
Saturday, 7:00 p. m. Med
ford Juniors vs. Eugene Juniors.
Saturday, 9 p. m. Medford
Craters vs. Eugene Athletics.
Sunday, 1 p. m. Medford
Juniors vs. Eugene Juniors (if
third and deciding game is
necessary.)
Sunday, 2:30 p. m. Medford
Craters vs. Eugene Athletics.
Thus, it will be one game
Saturday afternoon, a double-
header Saturday night under
the glimmers, and another pos
sible double-header Sunday aft
ternoon. Flag at Stake
The Crater-Athletics teries
will have a vital bearing on
the second-half Oregon State
league pennant. Eugene Is at
present tied with Albany for
the leadership, with Medford a
game behind. The Craters must
sweep both tilts to retain a
chance at the flag as this week
end completes the second-half
schedule.
With Southpaw Jimmy Rcgo
pitching for the Craters against
Jack and Jill Tavern at Silver
ton tonight in a state tourna
ment game, the hurling burden
against Eugene will fall on the
shoulders of Big Bill Lanning,
who will probably work Sat
urday night, and Steve Crippen,
slated to pitch Sunday.
Eugene, managed by Former
Coast Leaguer Monroe Dean.
will throw the veteran Bob
Wiltshire at the Craters Satur
day evening, and come back
with Jack Richards, sensational
young southpaw, Sunday after
noon. The Athletics, with their
unesi learn in zu years, are
gunning hard for the cham
pionship and will present a
heavy-hitting lineup powered by
Catcher Libby. Bill Carney,
centerficlder: Manager Dean,
second baseman, and Phillips.
Coach Riney Cook of the
Medford Juniors, champions of
district 4. said that Cato Wray
tikmm
Clatty first baseman of the
Eugem Athletics, who play the
Craters here Saturday night and
Sunday afternoon in the Origon
State liigue finale, is Nig Me
betius. who performed latt year
with Tolido. Although not a
powerhoute hitter. Mebetiut Is
considered one of the finitt de
fentive first sackers in Origon
semi-pro basibill.
E
TO FACE DAVIDS
Leroy "Satchel" Paige and his
Kansas City Monarchs, world's
colored champions and one of
the greatest baseball teams ever
put together outside organized
ball, will collide with the al-most-equally
sensational Benton
Harbor House of Davids here
Wednesday night under the
lights at the fairgrounds park.
Arrangements for the clash,
the most super-colossal ever
staged In Medford, were com
pleted yesterday afternoon when
the Craters called off their
game with the Davids to com
pete further in the state semi
pro tournament.
A week ago the two famous
barnstorming clubs tangled in
Portland, vith the Monarchs
taking a 1 to 0 decision behind
the four-hit, 14-strikeout hurl
ing of the immortal Paige, the
"black Malty" of baseball and
recognized by whites and ne
groes, alike, as the greatest
pitcher in the world.
Paige, six foot three and a half
inch giant with what is consid
ered the smokiest "smoker" In
baseball, will pitch against the
bewhiskered House of David
nine. Whether he will fling the
entire nine Innings is not
known, but it is certain he will
fog them over for at least three
innings and maybe more.
FLUHRER'S, G TO 5CCC SWiWrsCHOOL
Games Tonight
American league: Copco vs.
Jennings Tire, 8 p. m.: Wooden
Box vs. Fluhrer s. 9 p. m. Na
tional league: Elks vs. Bear
Creek, 8 p. m.; Gasco vs. Team
sters, 9 p. m.
With all the fireworks ex
ploding in the seventh and final
inning, Mcdco nosed out a 6
to S victory over Fluhrer's
Brcadcaters in an American
league Softball game at the
stadium last night.
Behind 2 to 4 In the final
frame, Fluhrer's staged a three
run rally that apparently clinch
ed the contest. With two gone
and two runners on, Johnny
Smith blasted a homer to give
the Brcadcatcrs a 5 to 4 lead.
But in Medco's half of the
seventh a walk and singles by
Steincr, Calvert and McLean
punched two tallies across the I
E
TORRID GRAPPLE
The annual Medford CCC dis
trict water safety school at
Twin Plunges in Ashland will
come to an end Saturday night
at 8 o'clock with a free program
at the pool, to be followed by
a dance to which all ladies will
be admitted at no cost. Fifty
four CCC enrollces from the
district's 27 camps will partici
pate in the swimming demon
stration.
Included on the program will
be a 300-foot free style relay
race, a fancy diving demonstra
tion, a 100-foot free style swim
ming race, a 100-foot medley re
lay race, a 100-foot breast
stroke race, clown diving, a
100-foot back stroke race, a
200-foot lemon and spoon race.
riat (. h. t ,! ! " "r an peram race, a lite
In the other American oop sfinK d e m on s t r a t i o n and
closh. Jennings Tire company I fw"d'n8 "f Cross emblems
ot'iii minis.
Instructors at the school have
Jimmy Goodrich, generally
considered the game's greatest
exponent of the flying tackle and
sonnenberg. maneuvers he learn
ed while doing his bit on the
football field for the fighting
Irish of Notre Dame, will prob
ably enter the ring almost an
even choice to defeat Dangerous
Danny McShane when the pair
collide in the main event on next
Monday night's Mack Lillard
wrestling program in the Med
ford armory.
Although fans aren't overlook
ing the fact that Jitterbug Danny
is one of the toughest customers
currently plying the rassle rialto.
and a thoroughly unscrupulous
hombre, they have a great deal
of respect for Goodrich. His tor
pedoing into defeat of Joe Ly
nam last Monday was a picture
of grappling potency, and it is
the opinion of many that he will
give McShane the roughest eve
ning of the latter's soiled career.
Supplementing the top tiff
will be a pair of prelims de
signed to wring the last drop of
excitement out of another ladies'
night crowd. George Wagner
and Bob Kenaston are slated for
the center quarrel, in another
meanie-cleanie affair with Ken
aston, naturally, providing the
off-color action. ,
Then in the opener, a new
comerbig. tough Mike Nazar
ian. an Armenian with not too
pleasant a disposition will clash
with Otis Clingman, a popular
legitimate grappler. Both these
matches should aDDroach the
main event in the matter of
cnins and thrills.
War Grieves Gourmets As
Alien Food Flow Dwindles
By Jack Stinnett.
Washington. Gastronomica!:
Capital gourmets have an
ache, but it didn't come from
eating. Just the reverse, in
fact. Russian caviar is up 100
per cent In price, when you
can get it at all. The fine
French champagnes are 'getting
as scarce as bathwater in Death
Valley. The kegs of famous
Holland and Munchen beers are
gettinp down to the spigots.
Matjes, herring, from Sweden,
Is soaring. Olives from Italy,
Spain and other Mediterranean
countries are far from as plen
tiful or as cheap as they used
to be. The imported Dutch,
Danish and Scandinavian
cheeses no long tickle the nos
trils when you swing through
the delicatessen screen-doors.
The last shipment of rpisbrod
(Swedish bread) to arrive here
j Japan. It's only a question of
j months now, if things go on
like this, that the bert smorgas
bord in the land will look as
meager as Sunday's chicken on
Tuesday morning.
Imported sardines arc na
longer just hard . to get out of
the can . . . it's vetting so you
can't even get the cans. Polish
hams are more often a mem
ory than a reality. One mora
winter, and people who salvo
their summers with Rhine win
and soda will have to turn to
gin 'n' tonic. Ancient eggs,
bird nests and kippered octo
pus are still coming through
from China, but that's scant
solation.
Oddly enough, the gourmets
are about the only ones who
are weeping . . . barring those
importers who are finding busi
ness Isn't what it was ''before
the war." A lot of the delica
tessen and fancy food grocers
will tell you it's a good thing
for America. Maybe, iney say,
our high-hat food connoisseurs
will learn to "cat America
first" ... and like it.
CLUB
trimmed Catholic Men. 11 to 3.
Mitr-holl trinlarl tr.f V-
ners and Morrisey dittoed for .Wflter Vh,ite f Sfmp
the losers iTule Lake and Wesley O. Flood
With H. Vcssey leading the!0' Camp Hat Creek'
aH.nl. ..4U I . .. .1 I . . .
a. tain ,, a iiwmi-, anu u ipiP,
Eagles defeated Bear Creek, 14,
to 10, in a National league
same. Lefricr doubled for the
losers.
In a girls' game, Hunt's Crat
erians defeated Bear Creek. 29
to 1, as the losers committed
a dozen fielding mishaps.
Score: R. H. E.
Jennings 11 11 2
Catholic Men 3 8 8
WOW THEY?
STAND
American Ltagui
W. L.
Detroit M 34
Cleveland 53 as
Boston 47 4J
New York 45 41
Chicago 43 41
Washington 38 S3
St. Louis 38 53
Philadelphia 34 53
National Liagu
W. r.
I Cincinnati 58 25
Brooklyn 51 34
New York 45 37
Chicago 47 45
St. Louis 38 43
Pittsburgh 37 45
Boston 29 51
Philadelphia 28 53
Pacific Coast Ltagui
Seattle
TOURNEY SEMI-FINALS
uaKland 67
Los Angeles 62
San Diego 60
Sacramento 59
Hollywood 57
San Francisco 53
Portland 42
BAERL0U1S TIFF
New York, July 26. U.R
Promoter Mike Jacobs an
nounced today he had abandoned
plans for a heavyweight cham
pionship match in September
between Joe Louis and Max
Baer.
Instead. Louis will fight the
winner of the bout next month
between Billy Conn and Bob
Pastor.
,10-3
Lions Chief
Silverton, July 28. IP) Th
Silverton Red Sox, defending
champions, defeated Tillamook,
10 to 3, in the Oregon semlpro
baseball tournament last night.
The game between Reliable
Shoe of Portland and Battle
ground was postponed because
of rain. The last innings of the
Silverton-Tillamook contest were
played in the wet.
Ray Brooks, Oregon semi-pro
commissioner, announced a trip
leheader for next Wednesday
night at Albany.
J
The Pontchartrain curve on
the Illinois Central railroad be
tween Ruddock and Tunity, La.,
is the longest single .railroad
curve in the United States. With
slight variations in degree, be
tween 8 and 12 minutes, this
curve, skirting the western
short of Lake Pontchartrain,
extends nearly 9H miles.
Pay Less Dritt Better
Men's Ginulna
CALFSKIN
Dress Oxfords
$3.95 pair
M. M. Dept. Store, Inc.
Karl M. Sorrick (above) of
Jackson. Mich., is lhi new pris-
ident of the International Asso
ciation of Lion Clubt. Hi was
unanimously advancid from the
first vice preiidency to ihi pres
idency at thi 24th annual con
vention of thi atsociation which
cloud July 25 In Havana, Cuba.'
MOTORISTS ATTENTION K
If your motor healt or
radlalnr Iraki, tri or call
HOOPER'S
RADIAIOR SERVICE
SJ . liarllptt IMlone 497
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would pitch the Saturday after- I, j
noon game and Bill Reed the ''",';''';''h''i
Saturday night contest. In case , pLei?1 Vu,.
,1.. .Ki-j i , . Lean and vils?n.
ir himu kmiv is piayea oun
day afternoon, Cap Vandcrgrift I Score: R. H. E
will do the flinging. Cook 'Eagles 14 16 10 1
stated. 'Bear Creek 10 13 2:
Eugene's Legion Juniors, who I J. Vessev and Adams; Curry. !
shellacked Toledo and Corvallls Bohl and Wootcn.
to grab the district 3 bunting.
will probably have Snick Har j
bert on the mound Saturday ,
afternoon and Southpaw Kirk
on the rubber In the evening. I
Seabrlght. N. J.. July 26.
(UP.' Finalists in the men's sin
gles of the 53d annual Seabright
invitation tennis tournament will
Jennings and Nave: Dallaire. 'be decided today when Bobby
RiKgs plays Gilbert A. Hunt and
Francis Kovars meeeta Elwood
T. Cooke of Portland, Ore., in
the semi-finals.
Alice Marble of Beverly Hills.
Calif., meets Sarah Palfrey of
Brookline. Mass.. and Pauline
Bctz of Los Angeles plays Mary
Hardwick of England In the wo
men's semi-final matches.
Myers and Darland.
Score;
R. H. E.
.56 1
.6 11 0
Smith; Mc-
CLAY BIRDS SHATTERED
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Fights Last Night
LEADS GRID POLU
By the Attociatid Prut
I Hartford. Conn. Marty Ser
vo. 139. Schenectady, N. Y..
stopped Eddie Zivic, 139, Pitts-
I burgh. (61.
New York Gunnar Barlund.
199. Finland, stopped Italo Colo-
ncllo, 202, Italy (3.
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Portland, July 26. V
Thousands of clay birds were
blasted in the air today signal-1 The Valley railroad, one'
ing the start of the 10th annual mji in i-noih .t --.t i i. i
Kranu I acme irapsnoci wurua-Pa., j, ,he horU.st line-haul !
Chicago. July "B.Friti j ment at Portland t.un club. ; railroad in the United States. I
c, i.niinKiiii coarn, was nm" H pni'i
out In front today in the bal- i yesterday, Robert Ray, 19. of
loting to name a head coach I'oquillc. Ore. walked off with
for the collegians who will op. tun honors, breaking 97 out of
pose Green Bay's professional ,0u ,Hrifts from 16 yards and
champions in the seventh an " ml' ' Su 1,1 handicap event,
nual all star football gmiie for' "'K'1 I"1"" ,h' 16 yard
charity August 29 at Soldier '"lit. however, went to Guy
field. Ifhlesman. Spokane, and 11. Car-
First returns in the nation 1 1",'- Salt Lake City, with 99 s.
wide noil nvt Pri.l-r i.,ui t'al Ray, Ccqmlle. R. Flaherty
of 9,921 votes. Right behind
him was Mai Elward of Pur
due with 9.646.
The all stars will have a five
man coaching staff selected
from five sections of the coun
try. Sectional leaders and their to
tal points included:
Far west: A. A. Stage. Col
lege i.f Pacific. 1.41V Howard
Ulurlhuture. Jones, s.tnliern California. 987.
I Buck Shaw, Santa Clara, 809.
Spokane, and Merle llenkle.
; Portland, had 9's.
Other scores Included:
I H. E Bowser. Grants, Tass. 90:
R. S. Perry, Pendleton, 86.
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