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PACE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY. AUGUST 18. 1940. INDIANS, TIGERS BOTH LOSE; BOSOX LAMBAST SOLONS Browns Beat Cleveland White Sox Trim Detroit . Standings Unchanged Cleveland, Aug. 17. W) Johnny Niegellng, fugitive from the National league, held the Cleveland Indiana to five hit today and St. Lou la squeei ed out a 2 to 1 decision which napped the league leaden' vic tory itreok at five gamea. The setback didn't cost the Indiana any of their three-game lead over the Detroit Tiger, who were beaten by Chicago, but It did take from Pitcher Mel Harder what normally would have been an easy tri umph. George Suice, Browm' catch er, wai the man who spelled troublo for Harder. The Cleve land righthander waa breezing ' along in fine f-ttl when he auddenly lost control in the fourth inning. He filled the bases with walks to Harlond Clift, floy Cullen- blne and Johnny Berardlno, and then hit Susce to force Clift across with the first run. Cleveland tied the count In the last half when Outfielder Roy Weatherly drove out his seventh homer of the season But Susce wasn't done. Clift ingled in the eighth, advanced on an infield out and dashed home on Susce'a single with what proved the winning run. R. H. E. St Louis 2 7 0 Cleveland 1 S 1 Niggehng and Susce; Harder, Elsenstat and Hemjley. Detroit, Aug. IT. P) The Chicago White Sox, opening with a four-run blast In the first Inning, held the lead and subdued the Detroit Tigers 9 to 6 today. The Sox touched three Tiger pitchers for IS hits, Including Joe Kuhel's bases-londed threi bagger in the sixth. R. H. E. Chicago I 19 2 Detroit S 10 0 Knott, Brown and Tresh; Trout, Hutchinson, Seat and Sullivan. Boston, Aug. 17. WV-The Boston Red Sox outslugged the Washington Senaotrs today to win the second of a three-game series,' 12-0, lashing cut 18 safe hits for a total of 37 bases. Slugging Jimmy Foxx con nected for his sixth hrmerun in the last five games as he drove his 32nd circuit wal'op of the campaign out of the park In the first Inning. Mnnacer Joe Cro nln and Dom DiMaggio hit home runs In the five-run seventh in ning, In which the Sox went ahead foi keeps. R H. E. Washington P 11 0 Boston 12 18 1 Leonard, Carrasqui'l and Fer rell; Terry, Bagby and Foxx. New Yoi k at postponed, rain. Philadelphia, ES F0RU.0F0.GAMESiP?,; Eugene, Aug. 17. (,n Twelve thousand University of Oregon football followers today were Invited to attend Webfoot football games this fall at "cut rate" prices, according to tick et application notices issued by Anson B. Cornell, graduate man ager. The prices ranged from 55 eents general admission for the opening game or the season against the San Diego Marines, here September 27, to the 82.30 : for reserve seat tickets to their?, ' ,0aJ m ,ne ,me Oregon-Washington Portland. gam In Cm Mall Trlbuna -ant ad. s n i r.i !N- DRINKING WATER . . . Tha water In this pool Is changing constantly and is chlorinated to meet slat requirements. MERRICK'S 1 P. M. to 9:45 P. M. I STAN HACK'S HITS GIVE CUBS EXTRA INNING VICTORY Chicago, Aug. 17. W Stan ley Hack was the big noise In the Chicago Cubs' 6 to 5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates to day In 13 Innings, doublini home the tying score In the 'ninth and singling home the winning run. The Pirates scored all their runs in the first five Innings while Bob KUnger was holding the Cubs scoreless. But Chi cago sent the Buc starter to the showers in the eighth when the Cuba came within one run of tying thi score. After Hack's double tied the score In the ninth, the Cubs sent Claude Passeau to the mound os the fifth pitcher. He gave up three hita in four In nings but was never In danger as he won his 14th victory. Danny MacFayden was the losing pitcher for. the Pirates, allowing Dcmlnic Dallessandro and Al Todd to get nn basea be fore Hnck broke up the game with his fourth hit of the day. (1 innings) R. H. E Pittsburgh 5 14 1 Chicago 15 1 Klinaer. Brown, MacFaydsr. and Davis, Fernandes; Mooty, Root, Page, Passeau and Todd. Cincinnati at St. Louis halted by rain afler first inning when score Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 0. Philadelphia at New York, postponed, rain. (Only gamea cheduled.) STARTS SEPT. 12 Eugene, Aug. 17. Coach Tex Oliver notified 8S Unlver aity of Oregon football prospects to report for practice Septem ber 12 in condition to start scrimmage Immediately. Oliver face the task of whip ping a new backfield into shape aa only two of 1939's regulars will be in uniform. He will have Just two weeks for this task before the season opener against the San Diego Marines, September 27. The team will be busy on seven consecutive week-ends aft er the opener, with the confer ence season beginning with a clash with Stanford at Palo Alto October 9. Others will include Washington. Universltv of Southern California, Wash ington State, Montana, Univer sity of California at Los An geles, California. A week's rest will come between the final game of the season, with Oregon State. LEFTY GROVE HAS BROKEN INSTEP Boston. Aug. 17. W X-ray photographs disclosed today thet Robert Moses "Lefty" Grov, veteran pitcher of the Boston Red Sox. suffered a broken bone In the left foot when he was struck on the instep by a foul ball eff his own bat In nashtnxton last Suiiriav. I Red Sox official. UM fi,t : hn h. .. ,..,i,ens tennis winning her fourth .ieiorles and three de- innhahlv uni,M k. i-i to the team for the rt of thv season. LEWISTON BEATS Mllea City, Mont., (&) Lewiston, Junior Aug. 17. baseball champions of Idaho. defeated .I,.l" - C"y'. MonUn" 'l-holder. vi tw iiuruiwrit regional tour nament sponsored by th Amer- ican Legion. Lewiston took advantage of six Miles City errors and bunched 10 hits, while Kafer held Miles City to six safeties. Kafer's temmates made only two errors. Cloalni tlma tor Too Law to Claa- alf t Ada la 1 30 p m. DIAL 3075 ron canvas and CANVAS WORK Hohlweg'sTop & Glass Shop TH and BARTLETT BEAVERS BEATEN IN CLOSE BATTLE ; HOLLYWOOD WINS; CONQUER Los Angeles. Aug. 17. WV Southpiw Ray Prim hurled Los Angeles to a tight 2 to 1 Coast leagua victory over Portland today, aided by an unearned tally In the sixth inning. So well did Prim control the situ ation Portland never got a man past first base after the first! inning. He allowed only three hits. Eddie Marshall and Harry Rosenberg hit successive dou bles In th first to gain the soli tary Portland run. In the sixth. Left Fielder Bergstrom of Portland dropped Lou Novikoff's foul fly, after which the hard-clouting 'Mad Russian ' won a walk. Nova koff reached third on Moore's hot single past Schwab and scored on Collins' infield out. Collins first baseman, was chased from the game In the ninth when he too eloquently protested Umpire Wally HooJ's decision that Centerfieidcr Ros enberj cf Portland was safe at first. R. H. E. Portland ...... 13 1 Los Angeles 2 7 2 Gonzaiej. Speece and Adams; Prim and Holm, Hernendez. San Francisco, Aug. 17. 1Hj The Hollywood Stars were long on runs and short on hits as they scored a 8 to 4 Coast league victory ever the San Francisco Seals today. Bill Fleming. Hollywood pitcher who was sold to the Bov ton Red Sox last week, pitched his finnl game for the Stars and gave up eight hits. R. H. E. 4 1 8 3 Guay, Hollywood 3 San Francisco 4 Fleming and Brenzcl; Jensen and Leonard. MOOT FIVE TO Eugene, Aug. 17. M)The University of Oregon basketball team will make its third trans continental tour in December, Coach Howard Hobson said to day. Opponents will Include Long Island university. New York. Temple in Philadelphia. Du- quesne In Pittsburgh, Canisius in Buffalo, Bradley Tech In Pe oria and Oklahoma In Okla- homa City. Only John Dick, all-Amerlcan 77" l0l! ,he EAST AGAIN PI ...... uu ...pfc aiuiiK, wnicn wonuium ine attendees, vmmp .Tau : actuim piace in me northern division this spring. j , , The Ducks will meet the Uni versity of Utah here January 2 before the season opener against Washington Stote on January 10. ESSEX TITLE WON BY MISS MARBLE: ... ,- .. MaM" AuR' lr (PI Alice Marble, 2B, of Bev erly Hills, Cal., continurd her ; Te'n " world queen of worn ts - ,ex. county tournament cham ,P'onsnip today Dv defeating tin -i " oe,z' also Of j yrvn i.v mils, D-, o-.. ine 1T1- iimph was Miss Marble's third !ln succession of Essex and her 26th consecutive singles tour jnament triumph since she last i lost a match in May 1938. Craterian Girls To Play Roseburg Team The Hunt's Craterian girls' Softball team will face a fem inine team from Roseburg at the local high school field at 6 pm. today. All members of Hunt's team are asked to be at the field at 3 30 fully attired for the game, j Clcaint tima tor Too ut to CUa- titj Ada a I io p m. I WRESTLING! MEDFORD ARMORY ERNIE PILUSO vs. MIKE NAZARIAN PETE BELCASTRO vs. JACK HACEN BOB WAS.NER vs. "CB KENASTON RAY OIL BURNERS The Ray Oil Burners of Seat tle, Washington state champions for the past three years, divided a double-header with local clubs before 1.200 fans at the stadium Friday night. The visitors took a 8 to 4 setback at the hands of Medco in the opener, then came back to defeat Wooden Box, 3 to 1. in the nightcaD. Medco defeated the Seattleites by scoring a run in the sixth inning to break a 4-all tie. Catcher Bob Wilson singled, stole second and scored on Tommy Kevan's single to right, Catcher Alcana of the visitors dropping a perfect throw from the outfield that had Wilson nipped at the plate. Medco got away to a four-run lead in the first inning on three walks, a hit and two errors, but the Burners deadlocked the score with single tallies in the first, second, fourth and fifth frames. Joe Peccia, hurling for Wood en Box in the second game, lost control in the second inning and walked four men which, with on error, gave the Washington team two runs. The winners added their last marker in the fourth heat on three baschits 7 ,"men maae ,nelr 'one Park in Chicago, Adams has earned $9,512 for himself by boot run in the second Inning when Inj home winners in Important stake events on the last three reccla walker, stole second j Saturdays. He has won 23 races out of 77 mounts during the , , LU5.eu wnen ,ne Seattle uuutea Campbell s grounder. rung riong Cowan, Seattle pitcher, fanned 10 Wooden Box players and allowed only two hits. He pitched part of the Medco game and whiffed 13 with a blazing fast ball. Sco""e': R. H. E oeaiiie 4 Medco 5 Dease, Cowan and Steiner and Wilson. 8 3 4 2 Alcana; Score: Seattle R. . 3 H. 8 Boxmen 2 Cowan and Dease- Tfm i a and D'Arcy. ET With behind three straight victories rum. Armenian Mile ! ivazarian will attempt to cli max his drive to the local grap pling pinnacle Monday night when he faces the busin nH of Ernie Piluso'a tlm,iHi . nenberg's In the onchour main event in the armory ! lhe fullest'orthrnn-ome in i wo umer nniiT rine an .. ... " nagen will face Pete Brlcastro in the middle event and Bob Wagner will clash with Bob Kenaston in the opener. Nazarian hasn't yet bowed his head In defeat in the local arena and he fully expects to keep hi 1 .recora iniaci at Ine expense of 1 iinisn in Piluso. who also is unbeaten in . the 88uvard relay brought spec ;two starts. The huskv ArnuN tat"rs to their fcct j lan. who pays no attention to! on by New York's speedy the niceties of the game, doesn't - believe Piluso has the stamina absorb punishment and launch an attack of his own. I The ex-Multnomah club ama- itcur star Isn't worrying about ihls alleged inability to take it. 'hnwvr. Piin.n r.r,ii. i n, fact that. In th nxi t-n u.k. he has receipted for the best n- ns recripiea ior ine hest Danny McShane and Pete Bel- castro had to offer, and still was able to rmnk ihir ...!-. rf,..n 1 u-hfn nnvnff ttin rrlvH Joe Cray a Father Grants Pas. Aug. 16 -P Joe Gray, leading southern Ore gon league batter and once the w.., v,u,. ... .c o (Trioiron. was a father tortav. ihv thronnh Mti. .,... , I . 1 iU9 Mrs. Gray presented him with & wl & SF&VAZ tcTv au;z po,,nd n,ne olm"y"n,!,l7l',nlMlnl;s',',lb', nadln 8 r of the Travers stakes. publican presidential nominee Named Linfield Coach h I Mc.Minnvill. Ore.. Aug. 17. ' iPi Henry N. Lever. Linfield college athletic director, named Ted Cicbhardt, former Univer sity of Oregon halfback, back field coach today. Earl Gillis. a three-year letterman at tackle. w ill ssit Head Football Coach Wayne Hani w ith the linemen. MONDAY NIGHT. :30 P. H rt Sents cn sale at Brown's ''nnp 2735 w x . t I He's a 'Big Money' Rider Now -M Johnny Adams, 25-year-old Jockey who has ridden 120 win ners this year, demonstrates that he's in the "big money" by current Washington Park meeting. LOUISVILLE LASS IN SWIM EVENTS Jantzen Beach. Portland, Ore., Aug. 17. lP) Mary Ryan, 15-year-old splasher of Louisville, Ky., became the national wom en's A. A. U. outdoor swimming tournament's champion record breaker today, as she sent a second record tumbling this time in the 440-yard freestyle. The little, blonde representa tive of the Lakeside club staged a powerful last lap drive to move ahead of Brenda Helser of Portland, who finished sec- ' ond- Misa Helser trailed by 15 eet at the finish after holding a slight mark. lead at the halfway j Dorothy Leonard of Worces ter, Mass., placed third. Nancy Merki of the Mult nomah club. Portland, the de fending champion, did not com- t-L ... by' 1!-' " ... Mim Hva Miss Ryan . ,vercd the 440 yards in 5 minutes, 30.1 seconds. The old mark was 5:32.5, set by Lenore Knight of Homestead, Penn., in 1935 at New York. The Louisville speedster broke the one-niile record yesterday. squacl in 10:85.8. 21 seconds behind the record, the cheers were for Portland s Multnomah club. Swimming without 14-year-old Miss Merki, holder of' two national and one world records, Multnomah club saw its six-foot advantage at the end of the '"at,'off 'P fade to a half-tank . , - " ia n '"V? ' '""'gR'ea along. RACING Saratoga Springs. N. Y., Aug. 17. I.T'l With Rimol-l, oniy out of the race but noi-1 Cloatn. tlma ft Tnn - 1 iry A.ia la 1 so o m ' FCR GREEN PINE Dial Timber Products conrANY End North PITCH PECCIA IN STATE MEET TILT Joe Peccia will be on the knoll for Wooden Box when the Medford and southern Oregon district Softball champions play their first state tournament game at Salem at 10:30 p. m. Monday, Manager J. F. Perry said yesterday. The Boxmen are slated to meet the dis trict 8 winner, either Hillsboro or Forest Grove, in their open ing fracas. The Wooden Box players, 11 strong, are traveling to Salem in groups. Some of them left Saturdav. mnr will mnlrn tho trip today and a few will leave here tomorrow morning. In case the Boxmen get over their initial hurdle Monday eve. they will play their second con test Wednesday night against the winner of a first-round collision between the number 1 and 2 Portland outfits. Manager Perry said the local lineup for the Monday clash would find D'Arcy catching. Al Wray on first, McLean on second, Pacheco on short. Cal. er' on. ,hird' Csmpbc" in left, Fiche in center and Boyle in right. If the Boxmen win the opener. Dick Porterfield will take over first base for the Wednesday night game because Wray will be forced to return to his Union Oil company Job here Tuesday. Morrie Steiner will also make reserve' hurler. the trip as a Special M'Nary Train Portland, Aug. 17 iP) Mult nomah county chapter, Oregon nepimncan emu, announced ves- ler(1,v it .... . . cram to" "sK VniS McN'ary's formal acceptance of the Republican vice-presidential nomination. No Fair Visit Salem, Ore.. Aug. 17. ip Wendell L. WUlkie will not reach Oregon in time to attend the .tnt f,ir ;.-.-,k . T i to attend the fair. Cm Mall TTIDuna -ant ana. tOO CUBIC FOOT LOAD 2123 Central SNEAD TIED WITH JUG M'SPADE Toronto, Aug. 17. &) Sam Snead': polf game collapsed to day after two sensational rounds and the West Virginia clouter tied with Harold (Jug) McSpa den, the defending champion, for the Canadian open goit championship. Each finished the regulation 72 holes with a total of 281. Snead, who plays from Shaw-nce-on-Dalaware, Pa., was five strokes ahead of the field at the hallway mark yetserday with 133. He took a 75 on this morning's round, then finishtd with a 73. McSpadcn, in third place at .the halfway mark, still trailed by four strokes after a morning 73 but he finished with a 69. two under Far, to tie Snead. , Despiti his collapse, Snead rallied at the finish to show some of the same kind of golf he had played in teating par by nine strokes on the first two round3. lie had a 38. thre over par, for the out nine this afternoon, then pulled his game together and came home In 34. one under regulation figures. Snead find McSpaden will play off tomorrow for the tit'c over 18 holes. M Pendleton, Aug. 17. fP) Construction of a new $40,000 fireproof grandstand will be started Monday, directors of the Pendleton Round-Up association announced last night. The old stand was burned dur ing a Softball game Thursday night. Work on the new 6000-seat stand will be on a 24-hour basis, assuring at least 3.000 seats for the famed round-up on September 11. Civic leaders pledged their support for a campaign to raise $25,000 for the show. Treasurer Lowell Stockman said the fund raising also would start Monday. Meanwhile authorities con tinued investigating Thursday night's fire. Three youths were released last night after several hours of questioning. IN C A B I N E TTo,uke Matsnoka (above), chief Jap anese drlrtate it Lttsue of Na tion, at the time of Japan's withdrawal. Is forelrn minister in new Japanese cabinet. The cabinet Is expected to make Japan more totalitarian. iisihM fhtatj--Wi ia mti i iJ TODAY -2 P.M. AT THE FAIRGROUNDS PLENTY OF Spills! Thrills! Last Chance! Don't Miss It! Feel at Home in "The Heart of Portland" Comfort Contanlenr Courttv Srrw AllractlTt atM: Holal bUch Corntlius JtJ W. Far rnrtlaBii fita btth. OtN O. CRIMSON, Mgr. jN THE HEART T (Titlnuad trum Pag One.) tempts to reach him from the bottom failed, an effort waa made to get to him from the top. Even with the use of rope by I experienced rangers, however, I the effort to reach the boy from the top had to be given up aa hopeless and another attempt was begun to get to him from the water's edge. After weary hours of attempt ed rescue, the rangers resumed the climb from the bottom at 1 p. m. yesterday. Risking hi own life by zigzagging upward -4 in treacherous volcanic ash and loose stones, Ranger Elwyn Mann reached Gubser at 4 p. m. A great cheer rose from the spec tators. The boy was given food and water carried by the ranger. In another hour, Mann and the as sisting rangers had the boy safely on solid earth at the foot of the cliff. A boat took tha youth and the rescuers to tha boat landing. From there tha hike was begun up the trail. The group got to the top of tha trail at 7 o'clock last night. CCC enrollces helped tha rangers and other park employe in the rescue. The rescuers had to exercise great care in not getting one above the other be cause of the danger from cas cading rocks. Even a loosened pebble would start an avalanche, Mr. Leavitt said, and great rock . continually crashed down into JB the water below. The rescuing party used about 4,000 feet of rope in scaling the mountain side. "Everyone did a grand Job," Mr. Leavitt declared in praising the heroic work of all who took part in the rescue. WALL ST. STOCKS T New York, Aug. 17 VP) War tension lessened a trifle in today's stock market and lead ing isues steadied after a week of generally sharp declines. While a handful of favorite. managed to get up a point or so, recoveries were limited to minor fractions in most cases and, at the close, declines were almost as plentiful as gains. Numerous stocks finished at their final level of Friday. The Associated Press average of 60 shares was up .1 of a point at 41.1, but on the week showed a net drop of 1.9 larg est weekly decrease in nearly three months. Narrowness of the day's proceedings was exem plified by tbe fact that of 1.233 listed issues, only 334 appeared on the ticker tape. Of these 120 were up, 93 down and 121 un changed. Dial 3423 Daily's Auto Painting It South Bartktt Dial 2840 OLSON ELECTRIC I N. Bart 1ft t bh .M. -fi.se sp Park At. Hold t!l w. rark fortuns OF THE CITY 1 W.I. --fj a-a-as-aaa-ajr'
