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PAGE FOUTt MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1940. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says; Wooden Box Gets Break in Draw at Softball Tourney Is thii Medford's year, utter three previoui unsuccessful at tempts, to win the district soft- ball championship and send a club to the state tournament at Salem? The question will be answer ed at Klamath Falls Thursday and Friday nights as five teams come to grips in the annual dis trict tournament, the winner of which earns the Salem berth. It may or may not be Medford's year, but one thing is certain. The local representative Wood en Box has received a sweet break in the district tourney bracketing. The Boxmcn play their first game at 9 p. m. Thursday against the Ashland champions, and if they win they'll automatically go Into the finals. Klimath Falls, considered Medford's most dangerous opponent, must play Lakeview at 7 43 Thursday; then, if victorious, tangle with Grants Pass at 7:49 p. m. Fri day for the right to enter the finals. In other words, Klamath Falls and Lakeview must play two gnmes to reach the finals, while Medford, Ashlana and Grants Pass must play only one. The tournament schedule looks like this: Thursday, 7:4S p. m. Lakeview vs. Klamath Falls. 9:00 p. m. Wooden Box vs. Ashland, Friday. 7:45 p. m. Grants Pass vs. winner Lakcvlew-Klamath Kails. 9:00 p. m. Winner Wooden Box-Ashland vs. winner 7:45 game. From this It can be seen that Wooden Box and Ashland both have nice schedule break;, while the other three clubs will be at a disadvantage in that the club which reaches the finals must play two games in a row Friday night. J. r. Parry, manager of the Woodsn Boxman. has bolster ed his itim with five players from olhar American league clubs. He has signed for the tournament M a r u. Fluhrer's pitcher Dick Porterfield. Fluhrer's first baseman) Dick Lewis, Fluhrer's shortsiopi Cliff McLean. Medco Infield-r-pitcher, and Morris Stain r, Medco pitcher. Thete play ers will be ready io stop Into the lineup In case the regular Wooden Box players falter. The Wooden Box lineup will consist of Bob D'Arcy, catcher; Joe Peccla, pitcher; Al Wray, first base; Pat Patterson, second base; Hank Pacheco, shortstop; Darrcll Leavens, third base: Winston (Shorty) Campbell, left field; Bill Plche, center field, and Jim Boyle, right field. Medford has been trying to cop a district title for the past three seasons, but as yet hasn't attained the honor. The boys believe this is the year. In 1937 it was Klamath Falls beating the locals In the finals, In 1038 it was Klamath again winning the Salem Jaunt, and last vear it was Grants Pass pulling the biggest upset of recent seasons to grab the title. Shreveport, La., Aug. 7. OP) Diriy Dean went 11 Innings for victory last night as Tulsa downed Shreveport, 6 2. ! A crowd of 6 000 waited for i Ol" Diz to falter and retire with , his misery as the game wore I on to a 2-2 tie for 10 Innings. But Marse Wriglcy's expatriate Jogged manfully along what he hopes is his comeback trail to I the majors. j In the first half of the eleventh the Tutsans broke through Jackie Heid for four runs, then held the Sports , scoreless. Striking out two and walk ing a pair, Diz scattered six ' hits and used his new "psycho logical" sidearm delivery only In the clutches. 19-YEAR OLD ROOKIE SIGNED BY VANCOUVER Salem Aug. 7 P The Van couver Capilanos of the Western International baseball league have signed Pitcher Orrln Da Vis, 19-year-old Ilill-lxiro. Ore, rookie. Owner Bob Brown an nounced yesterday. Davis was released by Salem last week. He won three and lost five fnr Vx- Senators. I'M still Tribune ut aoa. Satchel FAMOUS COLORE D PART OMMEST Steve Crippen to Pitch for Craters; Exhibition Game Starts at 8:30 Sharp The Medford Craters will en tertain the Kansas City Mon archs and Satchel Paige, world's colored champions, at the fair grounds park tonight In the first of a series of August exhibition games against strong out-of-town clubs. The tilt will start at 8:30 sharp. The Monarchs, who defeated the House of Davids here last Wednesday evening, 7 to 4, will probably field about ttio same lineup. Paige, credited with be ing the fastest pitcher In the game today, is expected to swing into action, although nobody knows how much of the game he will hurl. He was ill last week and worked only one in ning against the Davids? but it is believed he will tuke the mound for a longer turn this evening. The colored barnstorming club, with a brilliant array of power hitters and classy field' ers, will be making their final appearance of the year In south ern Oregon. It Is probably the best team ever to show In this section. Manager Tommy Hawkins of the State league Craters said that Steve Crippen would Ret the mound call as it is his turn to labor. Peccla is Play. Joe Peccla, Softball pitcher for Wooden Box and former out fielder for the Portland Babes of the State league, will be in right field for the locals. Peccia has been Ineligible for State loop action. Lou Saner, former Albany outfielder now employ ed here, may also play for the Craters. Remainder of the local line up will spread out with Patter son on first, Cook on second, McLean on third, Calvert on short, Wray In left and Pacheco in center. Hawkins will catch. Pitcher Jimmy Rego, accord ing to Manager Hawkins, would be released today. The south paw, Hawkins said, wants to return to his home in Oakland, Cat. TEX OLIVER DUE Eugene, Aug. 7. (IP) A new two-year contract and an un disclosed salary Increase were recommended for G. A. (Tex) Oliver, University of Oregon football coach, by the athletic board last night. The recommendation will be submitted to the state board of higher education and Chancel lor F. M. Hunter for approval. The contract assures Oregon of Oliver's service for another three years, as his present two year contract has one year to run. His current salary Is $6,000 a year. LARGEST EARTH DAM REM FOR SERVICE San Fernando, Cal., Aug. 7 (Pi Eight months ahead of sched ule, the $10,000,000 Hansen dam, largest rollrdearth struc ture in the world, has been completed near here. Its horseshoe arms stretching for almost two miles across the foothills overlooking the San Fernando valley, the dam will control floodwaters from the Sun Gabriel mountains which, rushing down big Tujiinga can yon, caused $10,000,000 in dam ages in a March 3, 1938, disas ter alone. Baker, Ore, Aug. 7. ilPt Senator W. II. Strayer. chair man of the state department of geology and mineral Industries, announced today that F.arl K. Nixon would resume his work as director of the department about August 10. Mr. Nixon, who was given leave of atisence of 60 days without pay by the department Iwo months ago. has been In Peru during most of that time Paige's lNegro Champions of World j7 T:. ' ... : -.. . . ,; Z::-A Satchel Paige's Kansas City Monarchs (above) return io Med ford tonight to iangle vilh the Craters under the lights at the fairgrounds park, the' game starting at 8:30. Paige, noted fireball pitcher, is expected io fling pari of ihe game. Ball Player 4) Willard Hershberger (above). nati Reds baseball team, was found dead in his hotel room in Boston with his throat slashed. Hershberger caught ihe second game of a double-header with the Boston Bees but did noi appear at ihe ball park the next day. His home is ai Three Rivers, Calii. Anderson, Kinnick to Lead All -Stars Against Packers By Tom Siler Chicago. Aug. 7 (IP) The Green Bnv Packers, scourge of pro fessional football, have a date with That's the night the pro cham-1 pions line up in Soldier Field ' against a "dream squad" of col legians having their last fling at football glory as amateur grldders. The game, which usually at tracts 80,000 spectators, will re unite for a night the famed and feared Iowa combination of Coach Eddie Anderson and his dazzling triple-threat halfback, Nile Kinnick. Anderson was srlected as head coach of the all-stars in a nation-wide poll. In a similar contest Kinnick was designated as a starter in the game, pulling more votes than any other play ers. Assisting Anderson in hand ling the all-star squad of 67 players will be Don Faurot, Mis souri; Buck Shaw, Santa Clara; E. E. (Tad) V Ionian, Princeton and Lowell (Heel) Dawson. Tu lane. Each earned his spot on the staff by leading the voting in their respective sections. The Packers, who won their fifth pro title last fall, and the all-stars will begin practice next Monday, giving each squad two and a half weeks of conditioning exercises. Kinniek's running mate on the starting eleven chosen by the fans will be Lou Brock of Purdue with Ambrose Schindler of Southern California at quar terback and Joe Thcsing of Notre Dame at full. The line contains two other members of the great Trojan machine of last fall. At the ends will be Bill Fish of Southern California and Esco Snrkinrn, Ohio State. Nick Cutlich, North western, and Joe Body, Texas Aggces, were named tackles: Harry Smith. Southern Califor nia, and Jim Logan. Indiana, guards, and Clyde Turner. Hard-m-Simmons. center. Two games have ended in ties, the all-stars won two and the pros two. I'm Mill TTlMin wsnl !. Confucius Say "Faith Will Be Cures" If .vmi'r In troiiMf. no muttrr how rr1miiT, rn In ra tltrn up hop h dtrlr, rt? ti. Ottr ., irrnil 'hlnr hrrb trrnl nifnt mil tottlflT relir hrt l,rr. lime. fHrr, Infiiirnra. kln d1Mr. Jftiintllrv. thro!, hrart. Ihrr. khlnr. ntninmh. (lima, rhmnlc rone hi, mnMtpatlnn, nrnniliu, ili'tnr. n rrmt, hrmUrhr, rhrtynatUm. arthrHK tumitr. ramer, urlnari. lii'Mlmi, rtropo, nrMitUMii., prn. tatr, frniMt romjtUlnt, and alo rhiMrrtt Irnubtr. Henry Lee Herb Co. Pail ifl 4 m -H p m. pi nt.Vi. Monarchs to Clash With Is Suicide 29. catcher for the Cincin trouble August 29. Scores Yesterday National League, Boston 312, Philadelphia 0-2. Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1 (sec ond game called account dark ness). Chicago at Cincinnati, wet grounds. (Only games.) American League. Chicago 5-2. Cleveland 1-3. Washington 11, Philadelphia Boston B. New York 3. Detroit 6, St. Louis 2. Coasi League. Hollywood 7. Portland 5. OaklBnd 4, Seattle 2. Sacramento 2, San Francisco 3. San Diego 5-1, Los Angeles 14 2. tSt Grants Pass. Aug. 7. The Ray Oil Burners of Seattle, three times claimants of Wash ington's softball crown, wire handed a 6 to 0 victory here last night as a local jll-stat ag gregation collected from six lea gue teams committed nine errors in attempting to learn team work. The all -stars will be Grants Pass entrants in the dis- trict playoff at Klamath Falls Friday. Score: R. Oil Burner 6 Grants Pass 0 Cowan. Caston and James and Pruitt. Negroes got to vote Bahamas In 18I10. eight years before abolition of slavery there. .TO N rnl9l. Rnomi A-n ALLOWS SEALS 10 2-2 By ihe Associaied Press All was confusion in Pacific Coast league ranks today after a night of daffy diamond events that saw the Oakland Acorns topple the conference kingpin, Seattle, and yet lose its undivid ed claim on second place. For Oakland won only once, while Los Angeles, outhit in two games against San Diego, won both of them. The 14 to 5 and 2 to 1 scores sent the Angels Into a clinch with Oakland in the runner-up position, 16 games behind the Rainiers. I Meanwhile Sacramento was losing a freak decision to San Francisco, 3 to 2, but moving iiuu ine lira uivision .uui per centage points ahead of San Diego. Sanity ruled in Portland where the most consistent losers in the league dropped the split week opener to Hollywood, 7 to 5, although they gave the Stars a five-run fright in the ninth In ning. The Ouklanders, with a three run rally in the second inning sparked by Left Fielder Marve Gudat's triple, smeared up Pitch er Hal Turpin's effort to win his 19th for Seattle, winning 4 to 2. A howling crowd was on the grass at Seal stadium as San Francisco put over its 3 to 2 de feat of Sacramento. Pinch Hitter Ed Stutr strolled in with the winning run in the ninth inning as the Sac catcher, Jim Grilk, stood by, dreamily twiddling the ball In his mitt. It happened with bases loaded the score tied at 2-all, and the count three balls and one strike on Outfielder Brooks Holder. With the next pitch Holder dropped his bat and started to take a walk and Stutz ankled home.Not until he had scored did Umpire Wally Hood decide the pitch was a strike. The whole Sacramento team surrounded Hood in yelping rage at the be lated decision, as did a flock of Solon fans who appeared from somewhere. Hood finally changed his de cision, but either way, the grin ning Stutz couldn't lose. OW THEY? STAfiD American League. W. L. Pet. .. 62 41 .602 M 41 .598 55 46 .545 .. 50 48 510 49 49 .500 .. 45 57 .441 - 43 61 .413 .. 39 61 .390 Detroit .. Cleveland ..... Boston Chicago New York Washington St. Louis Philadelphia National League. Cincinnati 61 33 Brooklyn 58 40 New York 51 . 43 Chicago 52 50 St. Louis 47 48 Pittsburgh 47 48 Boston 35 CI Philadelphia 32 62 Pacific Coast League. Seattle 45 61 61 6 67 68 71 89 Oakland 72 Los Angeles 72 Sacramento 66 San Diego 65 Hollywood (14 San Francisco 110 Portland 43 Closing tlm for Too Late to dus tily Ads la 1 30 p. m. for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Super Service SB "I.m-SO II f IjM S i'tf I 1 .6sf- ai ; r inthe WfffcT i I ! ; Bowman H Phone I l 2119 COPE ELIMINATES PRUITT TO REACH TOURNEY FINALS Ncvln Cope, with a 6-4. 6-1 victory over Wilsie Pruitt, yes terday afternoon reached the finals of the Jackson county tennis tournament being played at the Junior high school courts, and earned the right to face Yoshla Maruyama for the men's singles crown. Date for the title match hasn't been set, but it will be played this week or Sunday. One-half of the women's sin gles finals also was reached when Nellie Laing defeated Mrs. Wilsie Pruitt, 6-1, 3-8, 6-3. Con stance Degman and Pauline Wei land will play at 5 p. in. today for the right to face Nellie Laing for the singles championship. The former defeated Mrs. Roy Browning yesterday, 6-2, 6-6, and the latter eliminated Betty Thorndike, 6-4, 6-0. One men's doubles team ad vanced into the semi-fir.a'.s. Otto Kreuger and Dick Porterfield beat Del Cooley and Roy Kay ama, 6-2, 8-6. Yoshia Maru yama and Nevin Cope are slat ed to face Wilsie Pruitt and Clayton Lewis late this after noon, the winners to move Into the semi-finals. OUSTED UNION HEADS E Portland, Ore.. Aug. 7. (IP) Officers of Local 1-28, CIO In ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union, charged in circuit court yesterday that - , hH ymm ilb j? Starting August 16th in the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Craters their temporary suspension by jthe union's governing body was inspired oy cummuniBis inu fifth columnists. Officials of District No. I of the ILWU sued for an order enjoining the men from contin uing in office, declaring they ' were temporarily suspended 'for violating the union's consti tution and fundamental princi ples of the ILWU. 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Sheriff Austin Huffman said Phillips was recently paroled from McNeil Island federal prison. The sheriff said after his ar rest yesterday Phillips used file and screwdriver he had concealed In his clothing to fashion a key to his cell door from an insulating plate in the cell's light switch. More than 5,000 art objects confiscated by Napoleon were returned after his downfall to countries from which he had taken them. sf 3 Ai I . Ill ! (nwisssuiasj.wM fl0w 'o"? could she hold family lovaltv 9.ine .. ' ' ' -'" OF
