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MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. FRTDAY, AUGUST 9. 1940.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen Says;
Monarch Didn't
Pull Punche in
Lost to Craters
People get funnier ideas than
anybody. And people who at
tend baseball games are no dif
ferent in this respect than any
other people.
Following the Medford Crat
ers' startling 9 to 2 upset of
Satchel Paige and the Kansas
City Monarchi Wednesday
night, we actually heard fans
belittle the accomplishment on
the grounds that the Negro boys
"pulled their punches and did
Dot do the best they could.
Not all the fairgrounds clients
held to this theory, mind you.
but a sufficiently large num
ber did, to call forth this de
fense of what we consider the
ace performance, to date, of the
local ball team.
For anybody to claim the
Monrachs Intentionally played
sub-par baseball, or voluntarily
handed the contest to the Crat
ers, borders on the ridiculous,
we humbly think. Upon second
thought, it Is not only ridicu
lous, but plumb wacky.
For one thing, does anybody
suppose those colored gentle
men would reach into their
Jeans and scatter silver dollars
hither and yon, simply for the
fun of watching the cartwheels
roll? That, literally, is what the
darkies would have been doing
had they "tossed" that ball
game to the Craters.
The Moaarchs, like all barn
storming clubs, make their
living on their repuiatlons,
on their ability to win against
all comers and not on their
losing characteristics. A de
feat ai the hands of a bush
league club is bad publicity
It puts dollars and cents in
their pockets to conquer, and
hurts financially to be beaten.
Does anybody think ttjat the
press report which went out
from Medford after the game,
and which will be printed in
plenty of newspapers, will help
attendance at the Monarchs'
next stop? Does anybody think
that fans in other towns, read
ing of how the Craters trim
med not only the Monarchs, but
the great Paige, himself, will
have thelf enthusiasm to see
Paige and his team whipped
Into a frenzy?
The Monarchs are billed as
the world's Negro champions,
and Paige is called one of the
greatest living pitchers. Those
reputations are their stocks in
trade, that's how and why they
pull huge crowds wherever they
appear. Is it logical to believe
they would deliberately hurt
those reputations for the sake
of making the local players and
fans feel good over a victory?
Nertz, we say.
Another thing. Ball players
imply don't get up there and
Intentionally strike out, hit
weak grounders or lift futile
files. The boys like that old
average too well for that. Nor
do they deliberately kick field
ing chances.
We were as amazed a any
body in the stands when the
Craters licked the Monarchs. It
just didn't seem in the cards
they could do it. But they did
and we, for one, are of the opin
ion that it was a square, clean
cut victory, with not the slight
est touch of "funny business"
on the part of the Monarchs.
Crlpptn's tantalising curves
of all varieties and descrip
tions bewildered the colored
tickers, who are fast-ball hit
ters. And the Craters simply
belted batehits when they
needed them. That's all there
was to ill the game wasn't
"thrown" to the locals, we
would wager our nexMo-latt
sou.
In closing, hear what Fred
Lennard, an umpire right on
the field and in close proximity
with the Monarchs, has to say
on the thing:
"Don't let anyone tell you
the Monarchs lost on purpose.
They were plenty burned up in
getting licked and Paige, espec
ially, was hot under the collar
when Medford scored two runs
off him in the third inning.
They were playing for keeps
and doing their best. 1 know
because I could hear them talk
ing to each other."
PGE NOTE HOLDERS
SUE FOR COLLECTION
Portland. Aug. 9 'V A
federal court suit to collect $4.
786.000 from the Portland Gen
eral Electric company was filed
here yesterday by Chase Na
tional bank of New York.
The bank complained the
power company defaulted last
May in payment of notes held
by the Chase National and to
the Harris Trust & Savings bank
of Chicago.
Cm kta u Tribune ami aoa.
Wooden
PACHECO, PICHE,
PATTERSON CLUB
Locals Advance to Tonight's
Finals Lakeview Up
sets Klamath Falls, 7-6
With Hank Pacheco, Pat Pat
terson and Bill Piche clouting
homers to account for four runs.
Wooden Box nailed down the
Ashland Elks, 9 to 2, at Klam
ath Falls last night to catapult
into the finals of the annual
district Softball tournament.
In the other tourney game,
Lakeview upset the Klamath
Falls Knights of Columbus, 7
to 6.
Tonight's slate finds Grants
Pass colliding with Lakeview at
7:45, the winners to tangle with
Wooden Box at 9:00 o'clock in
the title game.
Piche's homer, with Al Wray
aboard in the second inning,
gave the Medford champions a
2 to 1 lead and Patterson In
creased it to 3 to 1 with another
circuit swat in the same frame.
Pacheco belted his round trip
per in the third with the bases
empty.
The locals wound up their
scoring in the fourth inning
with five runs off three hits
and two errors. These five tal
lies were made off the pitching
of Darby O'Toole, who relieved
R. Mole in the fourth.
Losers Score First
Ashland, held to six blows by
the combined hurling of Joe
Peccia, Maru and A'torrle Stein
er, got their first run in the
opening frame on a walk, two
errors and a fielders choice. A
walk and three singles in the
fifth gave the losers their other
score.
Peccia pitched the first four
innings for Wooden Box, giv
ing up one hit. Pacheco hit a
double for the winners, In ad
dition to a homer.
Lakeview'a win over Klam
ath Falls was a thriller. With
Klamath leading, S to 2, In the
sixth, Lakeview loaded the
bases on three walks and Vos
sen, second baseman, hammered
out a triple ticing the score.
In the seventh frame Acllo.
Klamath pitcher. Issued three
straight walks and Catcher Hay
of Lakeview singled home the
winning runs.
A small crowd of about 600
saw the games:
Scores: R. H. E.
Klamath Falls 6 8 3
Lakeview 7 6 3
Brotcn, Meyers, Aeilo and
Derrar; Peters and Hay.
Ashland 2 6 3
Wooden Box 9 9 9
R. Mole. O'Toole and Hnyncs;
Peccia, Maru, Steiner and
D'Arcy.
Gearhart, Ore.. Aug. 9. (&)
First class scores In the pre
liminary round of the annual
Pacific Indian trapshoot tour
nament forecast a high compet
itive pace in the more serious
target work today.
P. C. Barber of Seattle and
Al Rlehl, formerly of Portland,
shot perfect 100s in yesterday's
practice at the Gearhart gun
club. Other preliminary scores
Included:
Walt Simmons, Salem, 87:
Sam Stitchler, Salem. 95;
George Porter. Medford, 91; T.
E. Daniels. Medford. 94: M. E.
Cornett, Klamath Falls, 94; F.
R. Olds. Klamath Falls, R9; C.
W. Lemery. Medford. 94; E. W.
Pease. Medford. 95.
Spend the
VVeek-End a
LAKE 0' THE
WOODS
Dancing Every
Saturday Nite
HERB COCHRAN
And His
Orchestra and Entertainers
Men 75c
Ladles Free
Box Crushes Ashland,
Waits for Put -Out on Bended Knee
i s 1
Catcher Bill Baker of league-leadinq Cincinnati Reds blocks the plate and with a tri
umphant grin gets ready to lag out John Cooney of Boston E"i vVo's just leaving his
feet for a slide at home in fifth inning of the game at Boston, Two Bee players are sig
naling frantically for Cooney to hit the dirt as Ump Pinslii lon:?s self to call - "out."
Cooney tried to make home from first on Bama Rowell's double to rightfield. Boston won
10 to 3.
TOURNEY TITLES
Championship singles a n d .
doubles matches in the Jackson
county tennis tournament will
be played at the Junior high
school courts Sunday morning.
with Ncvin Cope and Yoshia
Maruyama clashing at 9 o'clock
for the single crown. and Cope
and Y. Maruyama meeting Otto
Kreuger and Dick Porterfield
about 11:30 for the doubles
title.
Cope and Maruyama moved I
into the doubles finals yester
day afternoon with a 7-5, 7-5
victory over Wllsie Pruitt and
Clayton Lewis. Kreuger and
Porterfield had previously won
their way into the championship
round.
The two title matches will be
decided in five-set battles.
The women's doubles champ
ionship, slated to have been de
cided yesterday, was postponed
to 5:30 p. m. today. The match
will pit Mrs. Roy Browning and
Constance Degman against Mrs.
Nellie Laing and Mrs. Wilsie
Pruitt.
Scores Yesterday
National League
Cincinnati 3, Chicago 1.
Boston 6, Philadelphia 2.
Brooklyn 6, New York 3.
(Only games).
American League
Cleveland 7-1, St. Louis 4-2.
Boston 6, New York 5.
Philadelphia 8, Washington 4.
(Only games).
Coast League
Oakland 2, Seattle 8.
Hollywood 5, Portland 3.
Sacramento 7, San Francis
co 2.
A "irvrt vacation" throufth
Canada's t'vtrgrern Playground
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day of your trip.
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..a delightful wit water cruise.
AIR i OSnil OSr l IRMNS
from am tuner, tliroutth WH miles
of the world's flneat mountain
scenery. Open oheoatlon car to
Calgary. Stop over and play. ..or
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LOW M MMI'H MR 'S
now elU-ttne lo all point make
the Circle lour a moi economical
trip.. and remember
lour .Amrruan dollars go
farthtr tn Canada this year.
All detail . .Iliriuff unJ rro-trnutoni
from vouf int, or
'circle!
HOW THF?v
National League
W. L. Pet.
.64 34 .653
.60 40 .600
51 45 .531
..53 51 .510
.49 48 .505
.47 50 .485
.37 61 .378
.32 64 .333
W. L. Pet.
i League
.63 41 .606
.63 42 .600
..57 47 .548
..50 49 .505
..50 51 .405
..45 58 .437
.44 63 .411
..40 61 .396
ost League
W. L. Pet.
.89 46 .650
..73 62 .541
..72 62 .537
.68 68 .500
.66 67 .496
.66 68 .493
..60 73 .451
.43 91 .321
Cincinnati
Boston
ClovcU
Boston
New York
San Diego
San Francisco..
EX-PUC COMMISSIONER
DIES 'AFTER LONG ILL
Bend, Aug. 9. (T) N. G.
Wallace, 65, state public utilities
commissioner who resigned
June 1, 1339, succumbed here
yesterday to a two-year illness.
Born in a Grant county, Ark.,
log cnbln, Wallace moved to
central Oregon in 1913. He was
a 17th district state senator and
Crook county judge from 1917
to 1925.
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Two more entrants shot 18 of
the required 36 holes in the
H. Chandler Egan tourney yes
terday at the Rogue Valley Golf
club.
Douglas Gardiner carded a 92
with a 22 handicap for a net
70. and Jack Barr fired a 93
with a 20 handicap for a net
73. Previously, Bob Sherwood
carded a net 70 and Lee Watson
a net 75.
All entrants must shoot their
36 holes by Sunday evening.
Club Manager George Robert
son stated.
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BIG LAKES r
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Negotiations were completed
by the Medford Craters today
for a two-game exhibition series
here this week-end against the
Big Lakes lumber company
team of Klamath Falls, pennant I
winneds of the Intcrwondcrland j
league.
The first game will be played
at 9 p. m. Saturday under the
lights at the fairgrounds park,
with the second tilt starting at
2 p. m. Sunday at the same
location.
Big Lakes, in copping their
loop championship, won 15 and
lost one game. Their last cir
cuit start resulted in a 6 to 4
victory Sunday over Alturas.
In an exhibition game recently,
they held the House of Davids
to a 5 to 4 victory.
The Craters, who trimmed
the Kansas City Monarchs, 5
to 2. Wednesday eve, will send
Steve Criopen and Big Bill
Lanring to the hill aqainst the
invaders, with Lanning prob
ably working the Saturday
night contest. The lineup will
probably be the same as in the
Monarch game.
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In line with University of
Oregon promotion work. Basket
ball Coach Howard Hobson and
Grid Mentor Tex Oliver will be
in Medford next Tuesday to
show motion pictures of games
played by the Webfoots last sea
son. The movies will be shown
at a place to be announced later,
and the public will be welcome.
Two other university officials
will also be here. They are
Elmer Fansctt, alumni secretary,
and Roy Vernstrom, his assis
tant. They will meet with local
alumni, and a luncheon or din
ner will probably be arranged.
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District Tourney
25,000 Flicker Fans Flock
. To See Baseball Burlesque
By Robert
Los Angeles, Aug. 9. P It
whether Hollywood s annual
sports or dramatic heading,
duction between the heroes and
no exception.
Twenty-five thousand men,
women and autograph hunters
Jammed Wrigley field, and what
they and Buck Jones' horses
did to the park will be further
determined tonight when the
Los Angeles ball club takes
over for its regular chores.
Suffice to say, Mr. Wrigley's
groundkeeper took one look at
Andy Devine in a stagecoach
drawn by four squealing nags
rounding second base and hur
ried home in a state of nervous
collapse.
The crowd overflowed Into
the outfield, and gradually
edged in the base lines. Every
one was perfectly safe that close
to the batter's box, because few
of the cinema idols could hit
the ball out of the infield.
The show opened with a
grand parade led by Paulette
Goddard in a cute outfit of red
shirt,, dark skirt and red hose.
and Martens Dietrich in an open
After that, old reliable Bus
ter Keaton drew a big hand and
once again proved that he can
really catch a ball. Dennis Mor
gan was the batting star, hit
ting one of Broderick Craw
ford's pitches clear into short
right field. The Three Stooges
played third base, all at the
same time, armed with butterfly
nets.
The final score was some
thing like 414 for the comed
ians (they had a midget, Jerry
Maringe, make one run), to 3
plus for the leading men. Boris
Karloff, in complete Franken
stein makeup,
tallied once for
the heroes,
the comedians let-
ting him round the bases with-i
out molestation, and their plus '
run came on a homer by the
invisible man, who wasn't there i
at all. !
Or maybe it was Yehudl. It
wasn't quite clear.
Fights Last Night
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Wrestling Promoter Mack Lfl
lard said today that he hadn't
yet signed an ooponent for Jack
Hagcn, clean newcomer from
Shrcvcport, La., who will ap
pear in next Monday night's
opening grapple event in the
armor)', but that he expected
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Two matches earmarked for
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with Ernie Piluso facing Pete
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event, and Mike Nnzarian trad
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Kenaston in the six-rcund seml
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136, Montreal, Canadian light
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Atlanta Ken Overlin, 161,
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