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MEDFORD MATT; TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST lfi. 1940.
Sport
Graphs
Billy Hulen Says;
Mt Shasta City
Better Club Than
Albany Champion
Mt. Shasta City might not
have possessed the sheer bat
ting power of Albany, but m
every other respect the cantor-
nians looked as good if not bet
ter than Oregon's semi-pro
champions . . . their infield per
formed like a Pacific Coast lea
gue first line of defense and
their battery work was truly
spectacular . . . the Craters
shouldn't be ashamed in losing
to such a club by a 3 to 1
count . . .
Rex Cecil, In our opinion.
was the best pitcher to appear
here this season better than
Albany's Red Miller, or Eu
gene's Bob Wiltshire and Jack
Richards, or any other hurler
you might mention ... we un
derstand the only thing keep
ing him out of double-A ball,
and possibly the majors, Is an
unquenchable desire to play,
but not baseball . . .
The four top clubs in the
'Northern California league, In
fact, are exhibiting a very fine
brand of ball . . . they have
all brought In well-known per
formers and are drawing tre
mendous crowds. . . Dunsmulr
has Ernie Sulik, former San
Francisco Seal and Hampton
Pool, ex-Oakland catcher; Weed
has Bill Shores, formerly of
Portland; McCloud has seven
St. Mary's college stars and Mt.
Shasta City, of course, has Cecil
and three very fine pastimers
from Los Angeles . . .
A poor club won't draw,
and although Portland is on
of the best baseball towns on
the coast the team Is In the
ltd bacaus of Its 10117 show
ing . . . last week. Holly
wood had to wire home for
railroad far after computing
a rls with lh Bavrs at
Portland . . . Eddl Brlali
predicts that Johnny Psky,
ih former Bavr bat boy
now going lik a hous afir
for Rocky Mount in lh Pied
mont laague, will b Manager
Jo Cronin's successor at
shortstop tor ih Boston Rd
Sox ...
Texas Tech will have a couple
of tackles this fall named Bird
Dog and Double Ug . . , the
dope is that Oscar Vitt is posi
tively through at Cleveland af
ter this season, regardless of
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BRONCOS, BULLS
TO TEST METTLE;
$1,000 AT STAKE
Noted Bronco Riders Will
See Action Calf Roping,
Trick Riding On Card
With several of the Pacific
Coast's greatest riders perform
ing on high class and plenty
tough broncos and Brahma bulls
the first Medford roundup un
der sponsorship of the Medford
Athletic association will open
a two-day stand at the fair
grounds field Saturday night at
8:30. The program will be re
peated, and perhaps with em
bellishments, Sunday afternoon
at 2:30.
Competing for some $1,000 In
prize money will be, among
many others, the following list
of well known riders:
Jack Sherman of Calgary,
Canada, winner of the North
American bronc-busting title In
1037 and of the Australian
championship at Sydney in
1038; Bob Lockie of Red Bluff,
Calif., winner of the bronc-rld-
Ing and all-around champion
ship at Bend July 4; Marshall
Flowers of Redding, Calif.,
three-time victor in the bronc
rldlng event at the famous Sal
inas, Calif., rodeo; Jack Myers
of Red Bluff, Calif., winner of
the bronc-riding and all-around
title at Salinas In 1037; Felix
Cooper, colored bronc-rider and
bull-fighter of Los Angeles;
Buck Wheeler of Missoula,
Mont., a ranking bronc-rider
and Smokey Moran of Medford,
an ace bull and bronc rider.
Rueker To Announce
Bob Rucker of Medford, a
trick roper and rider and Hugh
Jones of Medford, an expert
calf roper, also will be seen in
action, Rucker, in addition, will
do the announcing.
Max Barbour of Klamath
Falls will furnish about 50 head
of bucking horses and Brahma
bulls, the same line that showed
at Salinas this year. Among the
famous bucking horses sched
uled to participate In the rodeo
are Whiz Bang, Golden Rule,
Red Bluff, CB, No Name, Doc
Depression and Reservation.
Droopy, a Brahma bull which
never has been ridden, will test
the prowess of the ace riders.
In addition to bronc and bull
riding there will be calf roping,
bulldogging, wild cow milking
and local steer riding. A feature
of the two-day program will
see Felix Cooper do battle with
a bull, barehanded.
In a polo game last night, the
Indians beat the Cowboys, 3 to
0. Also on the program were
trick roping exhibitions and a
potato race.
Scores Yesterday
National Lagu
Chicago 1, Cincinnati 0.
Boston 12, New York 1.
Philadelphia 4, Brooklyn 2.
(Only games).
American Leagu
Cleveland 3, Chicago 4.
Detroit 8, St. Louis 2.
Boston 11, New York 1.
Washington 9 3, Philadelphia
4 8.
Coast Lagu
Seattle 5, Sacramento 1.
Portland 2, Los Angeles 10.
Hollywood 7, San Francisco S.
Oakland 8, San Diego 2.
whether the Indians win, lose or
draw . . . Hal Trosky and Rog
ers Hornsby are being named
as most likely to take over, if
and when Oscar gets the bro
gans . , .
Softball folds up for another
year with tonight's big double
header at the stadium, and fans
are warned that the program
has all the earmarks of being
by far the most thrilling of the
season , , . wrestling here
abouts Is picking up boxofflce
speed lately, but It's still noth-
ing like It was In the "good old
! days." . . something is need
ed to stimulate the game here,
but what it is we can't say off
hand . . . perhaps more tough
les. perhaps more new faces,
perhaps a slice in prices, per
haps well, your guess is as
good as ours . , .
We would like to see boxing
given a whirl here, not com
pletely ousting the grapple
1 game but maybe a show now
j and then, to see how It takes
I with the fans, or possibly a fight
or two on a wrestling program
j . , . Mark Lillard might have
difficulty getting good boxers at
first, due to the lark of turnstile
turnips, but if the fight racket
! caught on th crowds would
j pick up and better boys could
be brought In , , .
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Riders to Appear in Rodeo Saturday Eve,
A-CUNNIN C-Pretty
llene Davidson of Alliance,
Neb., has her eye on a title at
the Grand American fraphl
inc tourney Aug. 16-23 at Day
ton. More than 1,000 shooters are
expected, to fire at , of a mil
lion clay bird.
FAT FREDDY FITZ
Brooklyn. Aug. 16 (P)
They're finally Roing to come
right out In meeting tonight and
give fat Freddy Fltzsimmons the
pat on the back he's been earn
ing as a ball-players' ball-player
for IS years.
It's Fitzsimmons' night at Kb
bcts field, and fans, players and
baseball writers are joining in
honoring one of the grander
guys in the game.
Some 30,000 fans are expected
for the festivities, to which the
game between the Brooklyn
Dodgers and Boston Bees is only
incidental.
Fat Freddy, now 39 years old,
will be called up to home plate
to make a speech and to receive
several gifts. The baseball writ
ers are presenting him with a
set of smoking pipes. His Dodger
teammates are giving him a
hunting rifle and the fans, who
have chipped in about $2,000
will hand him a gift purchased
with that sum. Mayor Fiorello
H. LaGuardia will make the
presentation.
ALICE MARBLE IN
TOURNEY FINALS
Manchester. Mass., Aug. 16
(U.R) Defending Champion Alice
Marble of Beverly Hills, Cal.,
today crushed Sarah Palfrey of
Brookline, the nation's third
ranking plnyrr, to advance to
the final round of the Essex
county club Invitation tennis
tournament with a 6 1, 6 3 tri
umph. Unseeded Pauline Botr of Los
Angeles gained the rifcht to face
Miss Marble tomorrow by
trouncing Mary Hardwirk of
England, top foreign seed, 6-1.
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Washington Champs Bring
ing Fine Club for Softball
Twin Bill at Stadium
Medford will pit Its choicest
softball talent against the barn
storming Ray Oil Burners of
Seattle, three-time Washington
state champions, in a whopping
doubleheader at the stadium to
night that brings the 1940 local
season to a close.
Medford Corporation with
Morris Steiner on the mound,
will face the invaders in the
first game starting at 8 o'clock.
Medco finished second in the
city campaign recently ended.
Wooden Box, southern Ore
gon champs and state tourna
ment entrants, will go against
the Seattle club in the second
contest starting about 9 o'clock.
Joe Peccia will pitch for the
Boxmen.
The Ray Oil Burners come
to town with a gaudy reputa
tion and with two hurlers
ranked as among the finest in
the nation. They are King Kong
Cowan, said to be the fourth
best flinger in America and
possessor of a pair of no-hit, no
run victories in the national
tournament, and Speed Ball
Massey, a giant colored elbower
who claims to have won 41
straight games in two years of
competition.
Last For Boxman
Both these hurlers are slated
to see action tonight, although
it isn't known which will pitch
against whom.
Other players in the Invaders'
lineup will be Nick Galando,
Louie Bianchi, Manager Glen
Gianini, M. C. Chatman. Frank
Longo, Ralph Hjelma, Louie
McCready and Jack Deas.
Tonight's game will be the
last for Wooden Box before they
hit for Salem and the opening
of the state tourney Monday
night. The Boxmen, after de
feating Medco for the Medford
championship, knocked over
Ashland and Lakevicw to cop
the district meet at Klamath
Falls.
SNEAD EARLY LEADER
Toronto, Aug. IB 'UW The
second 18 hole qualifying round
of the annual Canadian open
golf championship today reduces
the field of 129 to the leading
60 contestants.
Sam Snend from Shawnee-on-Delaware,
Pa., winner of the
tourney in 1938. sliced four
strokes off par yesterday with a
sizzling 67 to lead the field
through the first 18 hole qualify
ing round.
Followed around the entire
course by his bride of four days.
Snead chopped two strokes off
the Scarboro course record by
going out in par 36 and coming
home with a brilliant 31.
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National Semi-Pro Tourney
Draws 32 State Champions
By Carl Lundquist
United Press Staff Correspondent
Wichita. Kan., Aug. 16 U.R The only city which offers it
baseball fans a "world series" every year, got around to its
national semi-pro baseball tournament today.
Tonight the first two games
of the long series will be played
at Lawrence stadium before a
crowd that will run to 15,000 or
better, counting those who will
be lined along the foul lines and
against the outfield fences.
There are 32 teams in the con
test. Two defeats and the team
is out of the competition. The
teams, state champions, are com
posed of men who play for the
love of the game, a little cash
and maybe that chance in a mil
lion that a big league scout will
catch their play and give them a
shot at a big league berth. The
winning team will get $3,000
and a trip to Puerto Rico to play
the San Juan team for the world
semi-pro title.
The Duncan, Okla., cementers
won the title last year and are
back for another cut at the gate
receipts. But they won't show
tonight. The opening game will
be between the hometown Stear
man Aircraft team and the Gol
den, Colo., Coors. The Houston,
Tex., grand prize nine will play
the second game against the
Wilmington, Del., Allieds.
The man responsible for the
semi-pro congress, Raymond Du
mont, was a little dazed today
by the extent of his enterprise.
Dumont used to run a sporting
goods store here and he dreamed
up a semi-pro tournament in the
hope that it would enable him
to sell a few uniforms and a few
dozen baseballs. Today he runs
the semi-pro show, has commis
sioners in most of the states and
George Sisler, the former big
leaguer, is his national commis
sioner, a sort of a pleasant-faced
Judge Landis.
Dumont isn't content to give
his fans baseball and nothing
else. He has streamlined the
game. The batters wear helmets
if they want to; if the pitcher
decides to issue an intentional
pass he so indicates and the bat
ter goes to first without the tire
some wait for the four pitched
balls; if any team leads by 10
runs at the end of the seventh
the game is over.
There's fun for fans, too. The
umpires wear blazers instead of
the conventional blue. They
don't bother to dust home plate,
either, fur a mechanical gadget
takes care of that item. Then
there's a hidden microphone
back of home plate and if a nice
row develops over a decision the
conversation between the umps
and the players can be cut into
the loud speaker system for all
to hear.
Dumont also sells a comoina
tion life time tournament pass
and insurance policy for $100. If
the holder dies of a heart attack
while attending a game his
estate will receive $5,000.
Myrtle Point, Ore., Aug. 16.
W Arthur H. Jines, recently
pastor of the Fairmont Presby
terian church, Eugene, an
nounced today his purchass of
the Myrtle Point Herald, a
weekly newspaper.
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Portland, Ore., Aug. 16 (U.R)
The National A.A.U. women's
senior outdoor swimming and
diving championships opened
here today with the defending
Los Angeles Athletic club team
wrecked by injuries and profes
sionalism. With the field wide open, 60
of the finest women stars from
New England to Hawaii went
after records in the aluminum
lined pool at Jantzen Beach.
Popular favorite to win the
100-yard freestyle, and perhaps
break the long-standing record
of 1 minute 6.8 seconds held by
Helene Madison, was Patsy Mc
Whorter, 15-year-old nymph
from the Newark Women's Ath
letic club, holder of the bulg of
New Jersey free-style records.
Defending titleist Mary M.
Ryan of the Lakeside club,
Louisville, Ky., was favored in
the one mile free-style, although
local hopes centered on 14-year-old
Nancy Merki of Portland,
who has visions of breaking
Katherine Rawls Thompson's
AAU mark of 23 minutes 47.7
seconds.
Closing time for Too Late to Claa
ify Ada la 1 30 p. m.
IN CHARGE Gen. Don
Us MacArthur (above), former
chiff-of-staff of U. S. army, now
heads a military mission to the
Philippines and as a marshal In
the Philippine army Is active In
streng thenlng that country's de
fense program.
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PETE, KENASTON
SIGNED FOR NEXT
Promoter Mack Lillard an
nounced today that Pete Bel
castro and Sgt. Bob Kenaston
had been signed to complete the
list of six grapplers who will
battle it out in three matches
In the armory next Monday
night.
Belcastro. the Mad Italian
from Weed. Calif, will face
popular Jack Hagen, headlock
expert, in the six-round middle
event, and Kenaston, Gold Hi'.l
tough Ruy, will clash with popu
lar George Wagner in the six
round opening event.
Previously, Lillard had com
pleted arrangements for Ernie
Piluso, the Klamath Falls flash
to tangla vith Mean Mike Na
zarian, big Armenian, in the
one-hour main struggle.
With the siginng of Belcastro
and Kenaston, the program be
came evenly balanced between
clean and dirty matmen, witn
Piluso, Hagen and Wagner pro
viding the scientific action and
Belcastro, Kenaston and Naza
rian the brutal tactics.
OAKS, EUGENE START
PLAYOFFS SATURDAY
Albany. Ore., Aug. 16 (U.R)
Albany and Eugene meet here
Saturday night in the first of a
two-out-of-three series to decide
the Oregon state baseball league
title. The second game will be
played at Eugene Sunday, and
the third, if necessary, will be
played at a later date.
Deathless Days End
Portland, Aug. 18. P)
Portland's freedom from traffic
deaths ended last night at 43
days. John Welter, 61, struck by
a hit-and-run driver on Wednes
day, died of injuries. Automo
bile accidents have killed 38
persons here this year.
F.S.C. Buys Prunes
Milton-Freewatcr, Aug. 16.
(Pi Morris J. Robb, federal sur
plus crop purchasing agent, be
gan a 10-day program yesterday
of absorbing 200 cars of fresh
Italian prunes.
Closing time for Too Lata to Claa
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With only a month to go In
the 1940 Pacific Coast league
baseball campaign, the Seatt'.e
Rainiers, top team with a 16
game margin, have won two
contests lor every cne they've
lost.
Kewme Dick Earrett chalked
up his twentieth triumph of the
semester last ni?lit In holding .
the Sacramento Solons to seven
hits while the Rainiers touched
Tony Frcitas for 13 to trim tho
Solons, 5-1.
The second place Oakland
Oaks pofted a 6-2 win over the
San Diego Padres.
Lee Sline of the third place
Los Angeles SerDp'is allowed
only eight hits in pitching a
10-2 victory over the Portland
Beavsrs. The Anyels scored
three in the first inning and
repeated in the second, when
Lou Njvikoff, the league's home
run star, knocked out his thirty
second of the season with two
aboard. Lee Fa!!in took over
Portland's pitchin'j chores from
Ad Liska in the third.
Hollywood defoated San Fran
cisco, 7-5.
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National Leagu
W. L. Pet.
Cincinnati 67 38 .638
Brooklyn 63 44 .589
New York 54 49 .524
Pittsburgh 53 51 .510
Chicago 55 55 .500
St. Louis 51 52 .495
Boston 42 64 .396
Philadelphia 35 67 .343
American League
Cleveland 68 44 .607
Detroit 66 46 .589
Boston 59 52 .532
New York 56 52 .519
Chicago 55 52 .514
Washington 49 61 .445
St. Louis 46 68 .404
Philadelphia 52 66 .389
Pacific Coast Leagu
Seattle 94 47 .667
Oakland 78 64 .549
Los Angeles 76 65 .539
San Diego 71 70 .504
Sacramento 70 72 .493
Hollywood 69 72 .489
San Francisco 62 79 .440
Portland 45 06 .319
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