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Dick Hanen Wins Golf Title With 6-5 Victory Over Ed Simmons
MEDFORD MAfL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1940.
NEW CHIP NEVER!
ENDINGJ 31ST
Simmons' Game Collapses
On Afternoon Round Ha
nen 3 Over Par for Match
Championship Matches
Championship Flight
Dick Hanen, Marshfield, de
feated Eddie Simmons, Medford,
6 and 5.
First Flight
Sid Milligan, Eugene, beat
Paul Walgren, Corvallii, four
and 3.
Second Flight
Harold Johnson, Grants Pass,
beat Roy Pederson, McCloud.
Cal., 1 up.
Third Flight
Tart Johnson, Corvallis, beat
B. Getchell, Medford, 4 and 2.
Fourth Flight
Ted Denson, Cottage Grove,
beat J. F. Brady, San Francisco,
2 and 1.
Fifth Flight
Dr. Harvey A. Woods, Ash
land, beat Dick Milestone, Jr.,
Medford, 1 up on 19th.
Sixth Flight
Jerry Gastineau, Ashland,
beat Earl Leever, Ashland, 2
and 1.
Interstate Special
Louis Richardson, Burlin
game, Cal., beat Ed Dews, Ash
land, 3 and 2.
Second Consolation
Almus Pruitt, Medford, beat
Sid Reaney, Medford, 1 up on
18th.
Third Consolation
R. B. Hammond, Sr., Med
ford, beat Louis Blythe, Med
ford, 1 up on 18th.
Fourth Coniolatlon
D. Irving, Medford, beat T.
Ordeman, Corvallis, 2 up.
Fifth Consolation
Dr. E. J. Jasper, Astoria, beat
Justin B. Smith, Medford, 5
and 4.
Sixth Consolation
Elno Hemmila, Medford, beat
Jack Bierma, Medford, 2 and 1.
Dick Hanen, the 19-year-old
Marshfield and University of
Oregon symbol of near-golfing
perfection, is the new champion
of the annual Southern Oregon-
He turned a
fire into a
false alarm
FIRE laddies of a California
town Ukiah is its name
came clanging and shrieking
down the street the other day
to discover they were too
late. From across the way
South State Street to be exact
a Standard Stations man had
dashed with a fire extinguisher.
Man and gadget had saved
neighboring shop before fire
really got started.
Spectacular and commend
able was this quick-thinking
action. Yet it's in the routine
department of prevention that
our station salesmen make their
really tremendous contribution
to the public safety. Tbey spe
cialize in accidents that never
harp-
Tbey clean w indshields and
prevent accidents due to glare.
They check batteries and re
more the menace of cars gone
blind. They look over tires
and catch blowouts before they
blow. The watch they maintain
on oil and water keeps many a
car from going dead on some
dangerous grade or curve.
Naturally Standard intro
duced these free services to
please old customers and win
new ones. But there's no bun
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you'll use them even if you
buy from our competitors. The
more safety on the highways,
the better for all of us whe
live by them.
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Northern California tournament. !
Over the sun-browned and
lightning-fast fairways of the
Rogue Valley course, the youth
ful shotmaker yesterday de
throned Medford'a Eddie Sim
mons, defending champion and
four-time victor in the local
classic. The score was 6 and 5.
While a gallery of several
hundred persons looked on with
rapt attention, Hanen brought
to an abrupt end Simmons' two
year domination of the tourna
ment in a 36-hole final struggle
that ended on the 31st green.
The 1940 title-holder was
never behind aa he brought into
play too many guna for the
former crown-wearer. Hanen.
most of the time, was from
10 to 30 yards longer off the
tee, was steadier with his irons
and was far more deadly on
the greens.
Eddie Off Form
The Simmons of yesterday
was a far cry from the Sim
mons who registered an amaz
ing 66, four under par, to beat
Leland Clark in the quarter
finals Sunday, and who clubbed
out a 71 in his semi-final vic
tory over Hubert B. Bentley.
Nothing Eddie did was right.
His usually reliable woods play
ed him false, his irons misbe
haved and his putter his most
potent weapon refused to obey
orders. Simmons, in that title
match, shot probably his worst
golf of the past several years
Although Eddie suffered one
of his extremely rare "off"
days, Hanen didn't receive the
match on a silver platter. Dick
shot fine golf and he had to,
for Simmons, despite his cold
ness, was dangerous to the end.
Hanen was simply too good, and
the result might have been the
same had Simmons turned in his
customary exhibition. But he
didn't and today a richly-deserving
youngster rrom Marsh
field has possession of the hand
some championship trophy for
one year.
It was fairly close for 18
holes, with Hanen going to
lunch with only a two-up ad
vantage. But when the after
noon round started Dick pulled
rapidly away to accumulate a
seven-up lead at the end of
27 holes, as he fired a one-under-par
35 on the front nine
to Simmons' terrible 42.
Sinks Chip Shot
Eddie staged a desperate bat
tle as the final nine holes be
gan. On the 28th he got a par
three half, and on the 29th he
canned a 30-foot chip shot to
earn another half. Then, with
himself dormie seven seven
down and seven to play Sim
mons won the 30th with a four
aa Hanen missed an eight-foot
putt.
It was dormie six. then, and
the odds were simply too great
to overcome. Hanen, on the
31st, was down in par four,
and a 10-foot putt confronted
Simmons for a birdie three and
a last fighting chance. He
stroked the ball but it rolled
past the cup, a miss by three
inches, and the match wai all
over.
Hanen, shooting a one-over-par
37 on the first nine holes
in the morning, won the first,
third, fourth, sixth and seventh
holes to take a four-up lead.
But Simmons, temporarily col
lecting his game, won the eighth
as Hanen went two over par
three, and the ninth with a
birdie four. That left Hanen
two up. Eddie's medal for the
first nine was 40.
They halved the 10th and a
par four gave Hanen a three-
up bulge on the 11th. But Sim
mons came back with a par
three on the 12th and a par
four on the 13th to be only one
down, and then squared the
match on the 14th with another
par four.
Hanen 2 Up
Hanen birdied the 370-yard
13th to take a one hole lead
again, and another birdie three
on the 16th gave him a two
up margin. They halved the
17th and 18th and went to
lunch with Hanen up two. Both
shot 35 s on the second morn
ing nine, one over par, to bring
their medal for the first 18
holes to 72 for Hanen and 75
for Simmons.
Starting the final 18, Sim
mons' drive found the rough
and he went three down as
Hanen got a par four. Hanen
three-putted the 20th and Sim
mons fired a par four to cut
the Marshfield youngster's lead
to two holes, but the bespec
tacled, slender Hanen went
three up again on the 21st as
Simmons was partly stymied
and took three putts to get
down.
On the 22nd Simmons' tee
shot was behind trees at the
right of the fairway and Hanen
picked up another hole with a
par three, making him four up.
They halved the 23rd in par
fours as Simmons, behind a
dead stymie, chipped over
Hanen's ball and canned a two
footer. It was one of the tour
ney's most brilliantly executed
shots.
It went for naught, however,
for Hanen fired a birdie four on
the 470-yard 24th to go five
I up. and after they t-ak d the
1:5th Hanen increased hi lead
to six up with a par thrte on
the ZBtrt, as Eddie s six-foot putt
rimmed the cup and didn't drop.
Simmons picked up on the 27th
when he took six shots to reach
the green, three of which were
spent in the rough. That made
it seven up for Hanen, with
only nine to go.
Hanen Start Ahead
And try as he might. Eddie
couldn't catch the smooth-play
ing Hanen, despite that great
30-foot chip shot he sunk on
the 28th. Hanen just kept belt
ing them a mile off the tee and
approaching with uncanny ac
curacy. The new titleholder didn't
fire par golf during the match,
but he was flirting with it.
Hanen's medal score for the 31
holes was 123, three above reg
ulation figures. Simmons' medal
was 132. 12 over par.
The Marshfield youngster, in
his drive to the title, defeated
Jean Eberhart of Ashland, 6
and S; Roy Pruitt of Medford,
8 and 7; Jack Creager of Med
ford. 4 up: Don Leal of Eugene.
2 up, and Simmons. The runner-up
reached the finals by
eliminating Marvin Clark of
Grants Pass, 1 up on the 20th;
Elmer Hanegan of Klamath
Falls, 3 and 2; Leland Clark
of Medford, 4 up and Hubert
B. Bentley of Ashland, 1 up on
the 20th.
For the first time in the tour
nament's history, every flight
championship was won by an
out-of-town golfer. Only in the
consolation flights did Medford
shotmakers manage to finish on
top. Almus Pruitt won the sec
ond flight consolation title, R.
B. Hammond, Sr., copped the
third flight consolation crown,
D. Irving won the fourth flight
consolation championship and
Eino Hemmila was victorious
in the sixth flight consolation.
Clark Best Driver
In the driving contest held
after the championship match.
Medford s Leland (Pete) Clark
averaged 300 yards on three
socks to take first place.
E. C. (Jerry) Jerome pre
sented prizes to all flight win
ners and runners-up following
the driving contest.
With 114 golfers entered. 58
of which came from as widely
separated points as Seattle and
San Francisco, the tournament
was considered one of the finest
yet held here. Much credit was
accorded Club Manager George
Robertson and Club Pro Laddie
Selkirk, the former for his un
tiring work in making the meet
a success and the latter for his
officiating duties.
Following are the medal
scores for the title match:
Morning round:
Out
Hanen 4 6 4 1 4 4 4 6 637
Simmons .6 4644694 4 tO
In
Hanen 4 4 6 6 6 8 4 4 36 73
81mmona .8 6844444 43676
Afternoon round:
Out
Hanen 4 8 4 3 4 4 4 8 4 88
Simmons .8 4644644 743
In
Hanen 8 4 8 41881
Simmons , 4 4 418 67
HOYVTM
STAhD
American League
W. L.
Cleveland 75 52
New York 71 55
Detroit 72 56
Boston 69 60
Chicago 65 61
Washington 54 73
St. Louis 54 76
Philadelphia 47 74
National League
Cincinnati 80 46
Brooklyn .. 72 53
St: Louis 64 58
Pittsburgh 64 59
New York 62 62
Chicago 63 67
Boston 53 73
Philadelphia 41 81
Pacilic Coast League
Seattle 103 58
Los Angeles . BO 71
Oakland 86 76
San Diego ... 83 76
Sacramento .. 82 81
Hollywood 79 83
San Francisco 73 88
Portland 49 112
GIRL KATBALL CHAMPS
IGNORE NATIONAL MEET
Salem. Sept. 3. (IP) The
i Pade-Barrirk women's Softball
team of Salem, state champion
will not enter the national tour
nament at Detroit this week
team officials said today.
Closing time for Too late to Clas
sify Aila u I SO p m.
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DE SOTO PLYMOUTH
Hershey, Pa., Sept. 3. ("l
Byron Nelson of Toledo, O., to
day joined the select handful of
professional golfers who have
won both the medal and the ,
match play championships of the
United States, and once again!
the triumph was at the expense
of Sam Snead, the luckless. ,
Nelson, open king in 1939,
won the P.G.A. title for the first
time yesterday. He defeated
Snead by one hole in a rousing
36-hole final that wound up in
a blaze of brilliant shots.
Snead is still wondering how
he lost this one. The West Vir
ginia slugger has dropped a lot
of big tournaments before by
folding up at critical moments,
but this time it was different.
Sammy threw a final round
68, five under par, at Nelson and
it didn t do him any good. Said
Sam sadly:
"I don't know what I have to
do to crash in there. I guess I'll
Just never win a big one."
Minnesota Grid
Eleven Boosted '
By Patty Berg
Portland. Sept- 3.
Patty Berg, considered the
nation's No. 1 woman golfer,
arrived here today with Mrs.
O. S. Hill for an exhibition
match Wednesday but all she
wanted to talk about was
football.
"Minnesota." she said, "will
be good but we've got a tough
schedule with no breathers."
Miss Berg, a native of Min
nesota, attended the state
university there for two
years. ,
Mrs. Hill is a former Kan
tat City amateur star.
FATAL ACCIDENT ' ScoresYesterday
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purse and paid $7.20 to win.
$4.30 to place and $3.50 to show.
Abe Furst, winner of the sixth
race, paid the day's biggest price
$27.70 to win.
BEANED BATSMAN
Salem. Sept. 3. (IP) Posilipo.
with Jockey Glen Dye up, made
a strong finish to capture the
Labor Day handicap at the state
fairgrounds yesterday, opening
day of the fair's six-day horse
racing meet.
Posilipo crossed the tape just
ahead of Palliation for the $300
NOT BADLY HURT
Tacoma, Sept. 3. (ZP) Pat
O'Brien, Tacoma catcher,
knocked unconscious when hit
on the head with a pitched ball
in the first game of a double
header between Wenatchee and
Tacoma here last night, was re
ported in a satisfactory condi
tion today.
Hospital attendants said
O'Brien suffered a slight con
cussion but that there was no
fracture. He will be hospitalized
three days. A pitch thrown by
Jack Hawkins struck O'Brien
above the right ear.
Syracuse. N. Y., Sept. 3. IJT
Rex Mays. Glendale. Calif.,
holds the national racing driv
ers 1940 championship after a
New York state fair grounds vic
tory in the 100-mile national
automobile championship race.
The death of Lou Webb, Los
Angeles, marred yesterday's
event. Webb's car careened
across the track into that of
Kelly Petillo, also of Los Ange
les, on the 17th lap- The acci
dent forced Petillo from the
race.
May's time for the 100 laps
was 1 hour, 10 minutes and
22.68 seconds.
CYCLIST KILLED
Langhorne, Pa., Sept. S. (IP)
Ed Kretz of Wilmar, Calif
held the national 100-mile mo
torcycle championship today
won in a race which cost the
life of one driver and injured
three others, none seriously.
A Labor Day crowd of 20,000
at the Langhorne speedway saw
George Matheson, 32-year-old
Paterson, N. J., racer hurled to
death as his machine skidded
coming into the stretch turn on
the second lap.
Kretz, driving an Indian, set
a time of 72.56.60.
Uim Mall Tribune want ads.
National League
Boston 7-2. Brooklyn 6-6.
Philadelphia 11-6, New York
2-5.
Cincinnati 2-4, St. Louis 1-7.
Pittsburgh 51, Chicago 2 7.
American League
New York 6-0, Philadelphia
3-3.
Washington 1-5. Boston 0 4.
St. Louis 2-3, Cleveland 1-0.
Chicago 2-4. Detroit 1-0.
Pacific Coast League
San Diego at Seattle, rain.
Sacramento 6-3, Portland 3-4.
Hollywood 11-0, San Fran
cisco 5-3.
Los Angeles 8-3, Oakland 4-3.
Closing tlma tor Too Late to CUa
ilfjr Ada la t M p. m.
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IN TENNIS MEET
Yoshlo Maruyama of Med
ford, city tennis champion, waa
defeated In the finals of tha
southern Oregon tournament at
Klamath Falls yesterday by Via
Ramls of Portland, 6-1, 6-0-Ramis
is a former partner of
Portland's Elwood Cooke, na
tionally ranked.
Unable to reach Klamath
Falls Saturday for his first
round matches, Maruyama waa
forced to play three matchea
Sunday. He won them all to
advance to the finals.
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