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Newspaper Page TextPAOE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1940. Sport Graphs Billy Hulen Says; Development of Capable Line I Bowerman Worry Bill Bowerman wasn't In snarling mood when he dropped into our cubby-hole yesterday, but you could e he didn't feel like towing his arms around anvbody and kissing him. He looked good, too; healthy as heck, and he said he felt fine, physically. But you could tell something was eating him. And it didn't take long to discover what his bother was. "Look. Hulen you tell me how to make a line, will you?" . So that was it. Bight here in the middle of the summer Bill was losing sleep over how he was going to put together a for ward wall to stand up against a seven-game schedule he has lined up for his Black Tornado football machine way next fall. But hold on minute. Where do we get that "middle of the summer" and "way next fall' stuff? Holy Christopher, as the baseball boys say, can It be pos sible that football is only a few weeks distant? Why we thought. "Look, Hulen. We've got ball game against Weed Septem ber 20. We're going to start practicing NEXT Monday at Lake of the Woods. And I want you to tell me how to make a line." We drew a pencil line on a piece of paper and Bill tore it up and threw It In the wastcbacket. That's no good, Hulen. I mean a football line. Or else." Thinking of those seven reg ular linemen who were gradu ated last spring.' and looking at Bill's determined and jutting Jaw, we trembled and answered weakly, "Maybe you better make your own line. Mr. Bow erman. We were never very good at making lines." Bill gave us an accusing glare and launched Into a dis course on gridiron doings, the central theme being the gener al Inexperience and lack of heft in his prospective forward fence. , "The entire squad will spend a week ai our Lake of ihe Woods camp starting next Monday." Bill explained, "and ' I am much Interested In hav ing all members of Ihe roster ' at Ihe camp. School starts ' Sept. 9. so we'll have two ' weeks of drilling here before ' the Weed game, which should ' be extra tough. Remember that last year we beat them. ' 2g to 19, In the last quarter. ' In fact. It was one of our ' hardest games and Ihey should be Just as good this icaion." Bill returned last week from Monterey, Calif., where he at tended the coaches and physic al educators workshop sponsor ed by the high school in that city. It was the best coaching school he ever attended, Bill eaid, with John DaGrosa In charge of football and Dean Cromwell, famous U.S.C. men tor, handling track. DnGrosa, former coach of the Philadel phia pro Eagles, is now teacher of law at Georgetown univers ity, and is rated one of the great est football authorities in the country. "I got some fin.' Ideas regard ing line play." Bill related. "Ha Grosa broke down the funda mentals of blocking and tack ling to their barest rudiments, and I hope what I learned will do some good when It comes time to develop a line." As for track, Bowerman as similated several valuable tips concerning the weight events, especially the shot put, he said. All in all, he was high In his praise of the courses, which lasted a week and ran from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Bill Is not so worried about his backfield. He Is a great be liever in the theory that a good line is the basis of a good elev en. and that a powerful forward wall can make a backfield look good. Quarterback Louie Thur man, who currently weighs 205 pounds, is the lone returning regular from last season's team, and around him Bill hopes to develop a fairto-mlddlin' mall packing quartet. But that line is something else again, and Bill is plainly worried. As for Ihe schedule, II Is not a klller-dlller. nor Is if a cream puff list. After Weed. here. comes Corvallls here on Sept. 27. Grants Pats here on Oct. 4. Eureka here on Oct. 11. Klamath Falls here on Oct. IS. Bend at Bend en Oct. 25 and Athland at Ashland on Nov. II. Bill Is negotiating with AI bany, Salem and McLoughlin High of Milton-Free atrr lor games to fill the November 1 and November 121 ."!nnkgiv 1ng) open dates. If ho is Micros ful, that 11 give the Timers a MIDGET SPEEDER DERBY AGAIN IN BY U-Year-Old Boy Victorious for Third Year in Row Bobby Reinharl Second Iff becoming a habit with Donald Smith, 14-year-old son of Ralph Smith of 103 Jean nette avenue. Yesterday evening for the third time In as many years, chubby Donald sent his canary yellow Tagalong spinning off the ramp and down Queen Ann avenue to win first p'ace In the annual Mail Tribune-Boy Scout midget speeder derby. And today the rest of the city's youthful midget speeder builders and pilots are wishing that Donald would hurry up and grow past the age limit of IS set for competitors In the year ly classic. Donald has won every one of the derbys. , Three times Donald's bright little homemade vehicle hurtled down the track, more than a quarter-mile In length, and with each succeeding spin It clipped time off the preceeding run. Tagalong Speedy In the first heat in class A. Tagalong negotiated the dis tance in 34 seconds, with Nor ton Smith second in 37 seconds. In the class A semi-finals, be tween winners of the first three heats, Tagalong whirled down the avenue In 33.4 seconds. Don Randies of Ashland, winner of the second heat, was second in 33.2 seconds, and Dick Harris on, third-heat victor, was third in 38.2 seconds. Then, in the finals for the derby championship, young Don ald and his speeder blazed the route In 33.2 seconds. Bobby Reinhart, class B champion, was second in 34 seconds, and Don Randies was third In 34.6 seconds. The second heat In class A was captured by Don Randies In 35 seconds, with Arlon Skin ner second in 37.5 seconds. Dick Harrison beat Billy Sims in the third heat with a time of 36.4 seconds, to Sims' 30 seconds. Bobby "B" Champ There was only one heat In the class B race, Bobby Rein hart finishing ahead of Billy Ballew. The winner's tlm was 34.8 seconds, the losers was 63 seconds. Following the derby, nil the young drivers enjoyed a delici ous watermelon feed at Humph rey's grocery store. And there were prizes for almost everyone as 35 Medford merchants do nated articles for the youthful pilots. Portland, Ore., Aug. 27. (JP Archie Parrott, BO, one of Oregon's leading sportsmen and 1 a widely-known transhooter. 1 died here today. Although trapshonting was his malor Interest. Parrott also was well known as a baseball player and golfer. Only recently he participated In the Indian shoot at Gearhnrt. Surviving are his widow and one son. Parrott was well-known to all local trapshooters, having parti cipated in many shoots here. HITFESTS MARK FIRST j GIRL SOFTBALL GAMES Albany, Aug. 27. f-Pt Three free-hitting games marked the opening of the Oregon women's Softball championship last night. I Albany Oilers defeated Dallas, j 14 to 12: Cnrvalli V. F. W. heat .,1,111111 iiKt i. ii in n, una L.ina & I'omeroy of Portland turned I uHin uie iieiug noneys oi r-u-; gene, v to u. nine game schedule, something ' to really think about. i But right now about all Bill I Bowerman is thinking about Is that line. We I rust he won't let1 It get him down, and make a bre line for the river. I KIDNEY TROUBLE nu wmii brHtMr. uittit tn haie tkm nt hrh trrnlmr nl that mm uffrirr frnm haikjihr illwotct thai thr tral rati f thtT trouM ma hatf hern klriitrt iiu1rr H hrn tllMHiler of kidney runrtlnn lrnut poiMiiuiui nuiirr tu irmalii In lour bln4 It hut rail )tv hnrk. h ihtiinutii- itn. lo.i nf pep and enrro, KtHti( lip T or I limes at nlihl j.nr that there U something rnn wilt. nur khlneM or Maitiler. Hut 1n t wait? Coma In Bon. brfr II It too lata. Inquire Iminetlutt l HEHRY LEE HERB CO. I'jll, in a. m.- p. in. ,ii nntat. in . realral. Mixims A-& Tiny Totf Gqlf Tournament Won By G. Poms Boy Seattle. Aug. 27. CP) Turning In a score of 48-47 93 for the 18 holes, Alan Rie bel, 12-year-old golfer from Grants Pus, won the Wash ington state tiny tots' golf championship yesterday. Runnerup was Bill Kraken burg, Seattle, with 98. Bob Ray of Olympla turned in a low score of 73 for the qualifying round of the junior bovs championship. WOW THEY: STAMD National League W. L. Pet. Cincinnati 73 44 .630 Brooklyn 67 51 .568 St Louis 61 53 .526 New York 61 53 .328 Pittsburgh 59 58 .504 Chicago 61 61 .500 Boston ...47 71 .398 Philadelphia 39 75 .342 American League W. L. Pet. Cleveland 72 30 .590 Detroit 69 53 .366 New York 64 54 .542 Boston ..66 57 .537 Chicago 82 56 .525 Washington 32 68 .433 St. Louis 51 73 .411 Philadelphia .. 46 71 .393 Coast League unchanged. Scores Yesterday By Associated Press National League Cincinnati 3-1, Philadelphia 2-6. New York 10, Chicago S. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, rain. Boston 3, St. Louis 1. American League Cleveland 4, Washington 3. Boston 7, St. Louis 6. Chicago at New York, rain. Detroit at Philadelphia, rain. Other leagues Idle. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press ' Chicago J o h n n y Pleasant, 138, Chicago, knocked out Floyd Hagcn, 136V4, St. Paul (three). Detroit Pat Comiskey, 206, Paterson, N. J., knocked out Johnny McCarthy, 195, Chicago (two). Baltimore Red Burman, 192, Raltimnre. outnointed Steve Du- das, 194, Jersey City. N. J., (19). New Orleans Petey scaizo 1274. New York, N BA. feath erweight ehamnion. outDointed Jimmy Perrin, 128i, New Or leans (10-non-title). Columbus. Ohio Floyd Gib bons, 204, Detroit, knocked out Paul Favors, 187, Colton, Cal., (seven). 1 8 TRAPSHOOTERS T Eighteen trapshooters. Includ ing a number from Klamath i Falls, turned out for the Med-1 ford gun club practice shoot Sunday morning at the grounds I at the north end of the airport. j With the approach of the upland bird season the club expects ( larger attendances at the Sunday shoots and Invites the public to, use the gun club facilities to get in practice for the hunting sea son which opens October 15. The club will shoot each Sunday until hunting starts. Following are scores taken from the best SO birds shot at by the different shooters: Slelh-er Daniels Brown .. Tomlln Turptn DeVore Crolaant Lemery Thayer Jerome Duff. L. .... Duff. B Kramer Arnold Halt Campbell Jennings Hall, W Ilanillrap Crolsant Daniel:, Turpi n DeVcre Thsver 49 48 48 47 4 4S 44 40 , , 34 1 it ! ao 55 Rtrri rvent I fr2- - 33 1 K ! - m, BLASTS! ITilUN FAR I I I IL.II 11 I I VII WIN NUMBER FIVE ' It appears that nobody Is go ing to put a halt to Mike Naz arian's blazing drive through the ranks of grappler now do ing their stuff in Medford. The awful Armenian, meaner and dirtier than ever before, hung up his fifth straight vic tory In the armory last night, this time at the expense of Pete Belcastro of Weed, Cal.. him self no soft touch. The brutal match lasted 14 minutes, and once more it was Nazarian's potent wrist twist that brought him victory. With the falls standing one apiece, Pete cut loose with a mighty dropkick, missed, and fell heav ily to the carpet on his back. Nazarian immediately leaped aboard the dazed Belcastro and went to work on his wrist, and a few seconds of that was enough for the Mad Italian. He gave up to present Nazarian with number five in a row. Mean Mike gained the Initial tumble in seven minutes, and of course it was that excruciat ing wrist twist that turned the trick. Enraged at Nazarian's foul tactics, Belcastro came back to even the bout three minutes later by simply belting Nazarian with a right uppercut, stretching him flat, and pinning him with a press. Pete worked up to this climax with a beauti ful step-over toe hold that drove Nazarian through the ropes time and again, whenever he could break the hold long enough to scurry for safety. So far as dirt was concerned, Belcastro was Just as unscien tific as Nazarian. Both did everything in the book, but for one of the first times In the armory Belcastro was the fans' favorite. The clients hooted Nazarian and cheered Belcastro. probably figuring the latter was the lesser of two evils. Ernie Plluso grabbed a spark ling win from Otis Clingman In the center attraction by flipping out of a Boston crab in the fourth round, with the falls one and one, and pinning Otis with a press. Ernie took the opening tum ble in the first heat with a Boston crab of his own, after Cllngmnn scored heavily with a vicious hainmerlock in the early parts of the round. Clingman used a shoulder press in the third to make the match all even. Jack Hagen of Shreveport, La., won his first match in three starts by taking a stralght-fa'l verdict over George Wagner In the opening fracas. Hagen ao plied a reverse headlock in the third canto for the first fall, and wound up with a body press in the fourth after Wagner missed a dropkick and landed flat on his back. There will be no program next Monday, Labor dny. Next card will be staged September 9, Promoter Mack Lillard an nounced. SENATORS, 15-14 Salem. Aug. 17. UV The lowly Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast league erased one black mark from their doubtful reputation last night when they defeated the Salem Senators of the Western International league 1314 In an exhibition game. Several weeks ago the Sen ators spanked the Beavers in Portland. AS USUAL AUSTRALIA NEW 2ALAND Enjoy the comfortable luxury of Canadian Australasian liners. sailing regularly from ancou ver. I he Sun shine Koute to Australia and New Zealand, via Hawaii and riji. Approved tor I'nlted Sla(rltlirna. tlWIH iKt'Slf, Hit . .tn Swlrwy anj r-futn. Cabin clan as Ion as .yJ04 rvralla from touMTartl atfnt. or l S. . BruaJwsiv lMtUiW x U S G A Disqualifies Ferrier For Book; Play Opens Today By Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr. New York, Aug. 27. tJP) The United States Golf associa tion took all the international flavor and lot of the Interest out of the 1940 national amateur championship by ruling out Jim Ferrier yesterday, but there still are enough good golfers left to make a whale of a tournament out of today's sectional qualifying spree. Counting out Ferrier and the ten former champions who don't have to play in the sectional rounds, 747 players remain on the list. After today's 36-hole tests in 28 locations, only 140 of them will remain to go into the championship tourney at New York's Winged Foot club Sept. 9-14. Obviously, they'll have to play a lot of good golf to win out against such odds. The last-minute disqualifica tion of Ferrier, amateur and op en champion of Australia, was I as bewildering as it was to Jim himself. It was based upon the , publication In Australia of a i profusely illustrated book called "Jim Ferrier s Golf Shots." The U.S.G.A. contention Is that it is a book of Instruction and as Ferrier receives royal ties from it, that make him in eligible under the U.S.G.A. ama teur rule. Ferrier argues the book merely analyzes his own unorthodox style without try ing to tell other golfers how to play. With Ferrier out. the leading candidates for the title seem to be the 10 exempt players Marvin (Bud) Ward, the 1939 winner; Willie Turnesa, Johnny Goodman, Johnny Fischer, Jess Sweetser, George T. Dunlap, Francis Ouimct, Max Marston, Jesse Guilford and Chick Evans. "The U.S.G.A. has a right to Its own opinion," Ferrier said in Chicago, "but I think it is mistaken. The book is not of an instructional nature. I have been doing this same sort of thing for five years and more, and no one challenged by ama teur status before. The Austra lian Golf union certified me as an amateur in good standing when I came to this country in March. "And the Royal and Ancient Golf club of St. Andrews. Eng land's governing body, has sane tioned my Journalistic work. What are they trying to do to me? Have I been playing tod well recently. I can't under. stand their attitude." The 25-year-old star only last eek won "the amte.,r ehm. week won the amateur cham pionship of Chicago and he was the low amateur in the St. Paul Open, the Milwaukee open, and the Chicago open, being only two strokes behind the winner In the last-named event. COACH AFTER ALLL ing the marketing of power at ' the Bonneville and Grand Cou- Spokane. Aug. 27. iJO After ice Dams undcr the Bonneville meeting last night with the Gon-, power administration was issued zaga university athletic board, hate yesterday by President Coach John (Puggy) Huntonl Roosevelt. signed a three-year contract to direct football activities, Athletic I Th" Co" Guard Academy ! le Director Claude McGrath an-j ctl " New London. Conn, nounced today. closing time tor Too Late to Claa- Earlier yesterday it was re- my tu ia i :30 p m. ported ne would not continue in THE OF BONDED WHISKIES e) .Ala iUl ! Q"t. riE't s2.7' 1 i IT) !-'. I IV, .l I (i - i, i MTIM Milt ' CO.. IM. Loul1Hf-0f ntxfi, kntutki his coaching berth unless he re ceived a substantial increase in salary. McGrath did not reveal the salary terms. SVETIC, EX-SOCE Bend, Aug. 27. !P) Search ers abandoned hope for the safe ty of John Svetic, 25, state po lice officer today and began dragging Suttle lake for his body. The wind carried away an outboard motorboat yesterday as Svetic and Miss Helen Mirich of Bend swam in mid-lake. Both started for shore but the officer weakened and advised his com panion to forge ahead. Miss Mir ich looked back and saw Svetic still swimming. She looked again a moment later but he , had disappeared. I The officer was one of the largest men on the force, weigh ing 263 pounds. He formerly played football at Bend high school and Southern Oregon College of Education. He Joined the state police on January 1 after a period with the Bend police department. CRATERS TO PLAY G. P. Idle for two.weeks, Medford's State league baseball Craters will swing into action again Thursday night against the Southern Oregon league Grants , P Merchants under the lights If' ,he fairf ou"d P?rk' The tilt will start at 8:30 sharp, Grants Pass, in the midst of " .,p",:vo" "er'e "n beseem ! c,? ior tne s- - L- Pennant. will come to Medford deter mined to make it two out of ! three over tne ,0? s' In two i PeY ru m" hlsD geason' Mford and Grants Pass eacn iiuiu at viuiury. Manager Tommy Hawkins of the Craters has issued a practice call for all members of the club at the fairgrounds park at 5:30 i p. m. Wednesday. Combine Order Signed r'ashlngton, Aug. 27. (P) An executive order coordinat-1 t " NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM Thousand of akilled mechanic and technical and scientific workers are needed by the federal Government for national defense employment Good pay, satisfactory hours, and an opportunity to serve the country in highly important civilian jobs! Ss the United States Civil Service. Secretary at any first- or second-class post office for particulars. Do not write or come to Washington. Workers without specialised train ing are not needed at this time- imco sT-ts cvs. uvcc ccvssxw THE NEED IS URGENT-ACT TODAY! DICK METZ LEADS FGA QUAL1FYERS; 14 Harshey. Pa- Aug. 27 (IP) Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Winchester. Mass., added a 71 to his 70 of yesterday to post a two-day total of 141 and Jilt a commanding lead over the field in qualifying rounds of the Professional Golfers association championship to day. When McSpaden finished, dripping wet in midailernoon. his closest rival for scoring honors was the veteran Ed Dudley of Philadelphia, who had a two-round total of 145. Hershey, Pa., Aug. 27. P) T h e professionals demon strated again today, with the chips really down, that there's something wacky about par be ing the mythically perfect score in golf. The field of 120 of the best shot makers in the business moved into the second 18 hole qualifying round for the PGA championship, spraying a rain soaked, long and exacting course with birdies and eagles. Fourteen of the top notchers bettered par of 73 on the 7,017 Hershey layout yesterday, head ed by handsome Dick Metz, who fashioned a 69. Just a peg behind Metz at 70 were big Ralph Guldahl, who never has had any success in this tournament though twice open champion, Jug McSpaden, and Johnny Gibson, 29-year-old assistant pro from Chicago. At 71 were the always tough Jimmy Demaret, Jimmy Hines, Ky Laffoon, and Paul Runyan. Griffin Creek Griffin Creek, Aug. 26. (Spl) Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tolle and children enjoyed a trip to the Oregon Caves last week end. Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Ooodroad's daughters, the Mrs. Arthur and Archie Rochester and family of Dead wood. S. D., lelt tor their home after spending about alx weeks here. While they were here the families all en Joyed trips to the vartotia points of Interest In and around Medford. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Conger bought themselves a home on Orchard Home drive, where they have lived since they returned from Missouri the first of August. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown of Salem were vlsltora at Grange Tues day evening. Bill Klme la recuperating at home from a broken lg received In an auto accident some time ago. Summer vacations for the children are Just about over aa school will sun September Bth. Mrs. Clyda SturgiU and aona Elmo and Richard visited the San Fran cisco fair recently. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. SturgiU of Ash land are the parenta of a aon born a short time ago. Swimmer Drowns Marshfield, Aug. 27. (P) Edward Harris, 26, unmarried Eugene furniture store employe, was drowned while swimming in Ten Mile lake near here yes terday afternoon. WILLI TO PAY PORTLAND VISIT SUiAUEPT.22 GOP. to Make Half Dozen Major Speeches On 7000 Mile Tour. By Theodore F. Koo New York. Aug. 27. A After expanding his criticism of the Roosevelt defense pro gram with a demand for an end to "bunk and conversation.' Wendell L. Willkie gave his ap proval today to an augmented western campaign tour which will carry him 7,000 miles. The itinerary as announced by Republican presidential head quarters calls for a half dozen major speeches in the last 17 days of September, Interspersed with 60 to 70 rear platform ap pearances and brief talks in 18 states. Willkie issued his latest de nunciation of preparedness plant at a press conference yesterday by advocating that President Roosevelt "delegate substantial authority" to the national de fense advisory commission and designate one member as chair man. The nominee expects to re main in and around Rushville, Ind., until September 14, when his western tour will begin. His Pacific coast itinerary follows: September 18 Arrived In Los Angeles that afternoon and remain until the following night. September 20 Tentative stops at Bakersfield, Tulare, Stockton, Sacramento and Oak land, California. September 21 San Francis co. September 22. Leave at noon for Portland, Oregon. September 23 After visiting Portland in the morning, stops in Tacoma and Seattle, Wash ington. September 24. Spokane, Washington, and Butte, Mon tana. In addition to addresses at Coffeyville, Kansas, and Detroit, Willkie's speeches at San Fran cisco, Seattle, a yet-to-be-determined Iowa city and at least one other point are expected to deal with major campaign is sues. COP OFFICIAL IKES YANKS TO WIN FLAG Portland, Aug. 27. IIP Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Republican national chairman, is afraid of the Yankees the New York Yankees. "I hope Cleveland wins the American league pennant, but I'm scared of those Yankees," he told an Interviewer. "They are tough and always dangerous." Martin, a fair country baseball player himself at the turn of the century, doesn't think the Bos ton Red Sox have a chance be cause of weak pitching.