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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1940.
Sport
Graphs
i?7y -Vffl Says?
Alan Wrry Drop
Last Name When
Given Pro Berth
Now that he hai fettled down
here with an oil company Job
and become a bonafide citizen
of this hamlet. It might be well.
In order to forestall any possible
future embarrassment on his or
his public's part, to clear up a
little situation concerning Alan
Wray. who played In the out
field for the baseball Craters
this summer, and whose name Is
not Alan Wray.
That is, his name is Alan
Wray, all right, so far as it
goes. But It only goes two-thirds
of the way. We must carry that
nomenclature out one more
step to reach the revelation that
the chunky outer gardener's full
monicker is, and always has
been, Alan Wray Lightner. And
therein lies a story which will
prove that all gents traveling
under an alias aren't "hot" so
far as the law is concerned.
Probably the only brush Al ever
had with the police was when
a cop fan chided him for whif
fing with the bags bulging, and
Al retaliated with a dirty look.
Anyway, the yarn start in
the spring of 1939, when Al
completed a Junior college foot
ball and baseball year .at a
southern California Institution.
He was an all-conference guard
on his grid team. Incidentally,
and had several offers to trans
fer to Pacific .Coast conference
schools for more footballing.
Well, came spring and Al still
had the baseball urge. The game
was in his blood, and he decid
ed he would like to take a crack
at professional ball.. So he
skipped over to the southern
California training camp of the
Western International league
Belllngham club and started
knocking down the fences.
Came lime for Belllngham
to move north to open . the
season and the manager stuck
a contract under Al's nose,
and Al was suddenly face to
face with- The Problem. What
to do? If he Signed that con
tract he would lose his ama
teur standing and forever be
Ineligible for Intercollegiate
athletics. If he didn't take
advantage of the opportunity
to play in organised baseball.
he might never get another
one. And he was well-bitten
by the baseball bug.
So, after much thought on the
subject, Al did what plenty of
nthi-r fellows in similar posi
tions hove done. He signed that
Bcllingham contract and Just
forgot to write down his last
name. He Just wrote "Alan
Wray, see, dropping the fami
ly name and going under his
first two.
Well, Al played with Bclling
ham a couple of months and
when autumn rolled around he
returned to his classes at Junior
college. Football? Yc, he
turned out for the grid team
and helped them win the con
ference championship. His name
there, of course, was Al Light
ner. Time passed, and last spring,
still with tho old baseball bug
eating at his heart, Al tried out
with the Salem Senators of the
Western International loop.
Again he made the grade, and
aiiain it was under the name
of Alan Wray, because the
thoucht was in the back of his
mind that someday he might
want to play some more college
football
After several -eeks with Sa
lem, Al drew his release when
Manager Biddy Bishop acquired
a couple of veteran outfielders.
Al hooked on with the Medford
team, which he aided no end In
finishinq second to Albany in
the State league, and here he
is with a steady position with '
ine i. ninn v. company.
That's about all there Is to
the story, which is being
printed at Al's rrul. He
wants lr hive a "clean slate"
here, although his "crime"
wtm'l a crur.e at all. but a
perfectly -n-Unti edible bit
of nam- un'.inq. Technically.
Al wiin t adaering strictly to
the imitiur code, but nobody
was hurt and a young man
who loved It play baseball
got his chance. We'll wager
hundreds of ether college ath
letes have done the same thing.
Incidentally, Al's brother. Or
land Lightner. played third and
first base for Salem during the
season Just completed. He, also,
is called "Al".
C.oeir.t llrr.t fit Too Late to CU
NAZAR1AN LOSES
BATTLE ROYAL
Ernie Piluso registered a
straight-fall grappling victory
over George Wagner In the main
event of the armory program
last night, but the big news of
the evening was the spectacle of
mean Mike Nazarian. the hor
rible Armenian, biting the dust
in the six-man battle royal.
Although Nazarian came back
to run his victory string to
seven straight matches by troue
Ing Jack Hagen in the first regu
lar bout, fans were treated to
sight of the number one tough
guy groveling in defeat In the
battle royal for the first time.
Nazarian was the second man
eliminated from the free-for-all.
After Jack Hagen was ousted In
a dog-pile, the three clean grap
plers remaining went to work
on the Armenian, and it wasn't
long before he was down and
out. Piluso, Whitey Wahlberg
and Wagner took turns clouting
Nazarian on the Jaw, and finally
wound up by staging a mass
attack that burled Mike under
the heap.
Steve Nenoff, who with Na
zarian was the only tough guy
in the ring, made several futile
efforts to aid his partner in
crime, but the clean boys
weren't to be denied. Nenoff,
in fact, followed Nazarian to
the dressing room as Piluso.
Wahlberg and Wagner ganged
up on him.
Then, to end the battle royal.
Wagner sonnenberged Wahlberg
and pinned him with a body
press, leaving Piluso and Wag
ner to battle it out In the main
event-
The top bout lasted 19 V. min
utes and was a fine exhibition
of scientific grappling. At the
13-minute mark Wagner launch
ed an attack of sonnenbergs
that apparently had Piluso in a
bad way, but Ernie recovered
sufficiently to wham Wagner
with a shoulder butt right In
the middle of a Wagner sonnen
berg, and down went George to
be nailed by a body press.
A missed dropkick on Wag
ner's part gave Piluso the match
6'. minutes later. Wagner fir
ed a beauty, but it didn't land,
and George crashed to the can
vas flat on his back. Ernie sim-
olv drnnned nn ton fnr h full
and match. !
Whitey Wahlberg, the Adonls
llke Swede from Minnesota,
measured Nenoff in the middle
event. Whitey took the first
fall In the second round on a
foul, after Nenoff refused to
pay attention to Referee Earl
Yoakley'a repeated-warnings to
cease his dirty work. A leg
breaker gave Nenoff the second
tumble in the third heat, but
Wahlberg came back to sling
shot the ruffian in the fourth
and pin him with a press.
Jack Hagen grabbed the first
fall from Nazarian In the open
ing bout, but that was the end
so far as he was concerned. A
headlock made Nazarian give
up in the second round.
Nazarian employed his ter
rific wrist-twist in the third
stanza and Hagen was forced
to give in. and the match end
ed soon after the fourth round
started when Nazarian again
clamped on his favorite hold
and Hagen hollered when.
PATTY BERG WINS
Portland. Sent. 17. 13 P.ttv
Berg, the Minneapolis redhead
can still make a putter sing.
The former national women's
amateur golf chamDion. who
turned professional a few
monins ago. blared her way
around the Weverley Golf club
in 75 Stroke, one linrii -.-
to win the Oregon Women's
Golf association Invitational
oprn yesterday.
Others finishing near the top
included: Mrs. Mary Mozel
Wagner, Portland. 78; Nancy
Hurst. Portland, 80; Ellamae
Williams. Chicago, 80; Mrs
Opal S. Hill. Kansas City, Mo..
82; Jane Goodslll, St. Paul,
Minn , 85; and Margaret Berrv.
St. Taul. 87.
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Semon 171 179 ISO 3
Proctor 303 ISO 661
Daws 313 164 ISO 546
Henutraet 1S7 ISO lee SIS
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141
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463
470
478
646
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1S3 167 164
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..166 181 308
836 833 676 3633
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Hodge 167 148 181
Blevln 171 166 166
Carter 189 181 148
Stllwtll , , la 188 169
41 41 41
608
493
488
488
601
138
914 898 887 3696
Fluhrer's Bakery
Portarfleld 178 170 330 868
Dickinson 141 187 131 899
Stark 177 181 167 638
Lone 313 177 170 869
Return 173 178 189 604
880 838 837 3666
fttndehaker
160 178 m
168 180 170
167 167 336
181 193 166
183 339 167
816 936 981
Zorle Cleaner
310 168 170
16 310 168 140
304 198 166
168 188 147
tt 164 173 199
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Moore .
DeVor
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660
468
670
639
686
Bean
Fabric
Green ...
Baylor
Durmo
848
808
668
448
636
936 883 831 3890
Fights Last Night
New York Aldo Spoldl. 138,
Italy, outpointed Joey Silva, Los
Angeles (8).
Baltimore Mike Bellolse 130.
New York, outpointed Spider
Armstrong. 130, Toronto (10).
San Francisco Fred Apostoll,
162, San Francisco, outpointed
Bobby Pacho, 157, Los Angeles
(10).
Cincinnati Buddy Walker.
189. Columbus. Ohio, outnointeri
Eddie Simms, 193, Cleveland
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With a squad of 44 young
footballers, including four re
turning regulars from last sea
son's southern Oregon junior
high school conference cham
pions. Coach Riney Cook's Med
ford juniors will swing into ac
tion Wednesday with a practice
scrimmage against Jacksonville
high at VanScoyoc field at 4:13
p. m.
Tha four first-stringers from
1939 are Steve Dippel, left half
back: Mel Mitchell, guard; Low
ell Fleser, who has been switch
ed from guard to fullback, and
Captain Ray Casebeer, center.
With this quartet as a nucleus,
Coach Cook will fashion his
1940 aggregation from the fol
lowing other letterman candi
dates: Ends: Hob Deuel, Gil Tumy
and Russ Johnson; tackles:
Ruch, Bessonette, Wharton and
Sheldon; guards: Don Barrow
and George Barnum, and center,
Jim Miller. Pushing the letter
men for starting positions are
Nordwick, Thomas and Small
wood, ends; Mars. Alexander and
McKnight, tackles; Waggener,
Bismark, Bendickson and Knlps,
guards, and Baker, Orr, Barn
hart, Young, Stead and Dyer,
backs.
After playing the high school
sophomores in the near future,
the Medford juniors will open
their conference campaign
against the Ashland junior high
squad at Ashland, October 2.
Scores Yesterday
American League
St. Louis 16, New York 4.
Detroit 9, Washington 2.
Cleveland 8-2-, Philadelphia
3-3.
Boston 6, Chicago 2.
National League
Pittsburgh 7, New York 6.
Philadelphia 3-1, St. Louis 2-7.
Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 3.
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New York 77 63 .330
Chicago 78 65 .345
Boston 75 67 .328
St. Louis 61 82 .427
Washington 60 81 .426
Philadelphia 51 87 .370
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St. Louis 73 65 .529
Pittsburgh 73 66 .525
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New York 66 73 .475
Boston 59 82 .418
Philadelphia 46 94 .329
COAST PLAYOFFS
TO
San Francisco, Sept. 17 IJP)
The Seattle Rainiers, Pacific
coast league baseball cham
pions, hook up with third-place
Oakland at the Oaks' park to
night to start the Shaughnessy
playoff for $10,000 in prize
money and the president's cup.
Tomorrow night at Los Ange
les the second-place Angels will
entertain San Diego.
Alter two games at Oakland,
the Rainiers and Oaks will
move to Seattle to finish the 4
games-out-of-seven series. Los
Angeles and San Diego likewise
will switch parks.
SE
Eugene, Sept. 17. (P) There
was a new turn In the "Oliver
Twist" today as Coach Tex Oli
ver "cut" his University of Ore
gon football squad to three
teams with alternates Instead of
four complete lineups. Promot
ed to the first-team reserves
were: Elliott Wilson, sopho
more center; Jim Harris, veteran
right end, and Curly Mecham,
transfer from right halfback.
Jerry Shmerling, 250 - pound
tackle, has been moved up to
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the second team- The Webfoots
are hard at it, preparing for a
night "preview" to be staged
here Friday, Just a week prior
to the season s opener against
the San Diego Marines.
JEIINSWORED.
T
Philadelphia. SeDt. 17.
Slugging Lew Jenkins, boss of
the 135-pounders, proved he can
take one on the chin but he
had to turn boxer to beat Phila
delphia's Bob Montgomery.
the slender Texan who belt
ed out eight lightweights in a
row including Lou Ambers in
his drive to the title, weathered
a nine-count knockdown last
night to decision the Pennsyl
vania Negro in 10 rounds.
Montgomery weighed 137 so
that Jenkins' crown was not at
stake. Lew hit an even 135. The
decision was unanimous.
For Jenkins it was a crucial
fight the first since Henry
Armstrong kayoed him In New
York. And he went in against a
boy who pitches a snappy right
hand.
It was the right that caught
up with Lew. In the third round
Montgomery snapped out of his
crouch and tagged the Texan
flush on the chin. Jenkins drop
ped near a neutral corner and
took a count of nine. The rest
of the round he spent keeping
in the clear.
F WINS COAST
LEAGUE BATTING TITLE
Los Angeles, Sept 17. tfP)
Lou Novikoff, the "mad Rus
sian" outfielder of Los Angeles'
second-place Angels, finished
the season with a 22-point mar
gin over his nearest competitor
in the Pacific coast league bat
ting race.
Final unofficial averages re
leased today by statistician Leo
Moriarity gave Novikoff, who
goes to the Chicago Cubs next
year, an average of .363. He also
led the loop in home runs, with
41.
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Lovely Lynn Britton
alone and friendless in
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China, to escape the man she
loved because he was taking
her to marry a Mongolian prince
she had never seen. Surmounting
danger after danger,
through to the great
her life
Read . . .
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With the approach of the up
land bird season several new
shooters attended the practice
shoot at the Medford gun club
Sunday to sharpen up their
shooting eye before the bird
season commences.
George Jantzer. who has a
habit of leading the local club
shooters this season, had a 50
straight in the 16-yard bird
event and E. W. Brown had the
best skeet score. 47x50. The
attendance was one of the best
during the past summer. The
club will shoot again next Sun
day and again Invites all upland
bird shooters to practice with
the club membership. Visitors
enjoy the same privileges and
shooting fees as club members.
Sunday's scores follow:
16-Yard Erent
Jantser - 60x50
Daniel 49x60
Croisant , . 49x50
Leraery ... MW..MM..M.,.... 4ixM
Thomas .-....4 1x30
Pesse 25x25
Thyer .. . 34x25
Plh 34x25
Lamport - - 23x35
Brown 22x25
Turpln 22x35
Porter
Cay
Mitchell
Oraff
Wood
Brown
Jantaer ..
Lemery -
22x25
31x25
30x25
....30x25
.1 18x35
Skeet Score
..47x50
...44x50
37xS0
Thayer
FUh
Porter .
Pease .
..36x50
..30x35
..18x25
..18x25
-18x35
SPARTANS UPSET
BY TEXASELEVEN
San Jose, Calif., Sept. 17.
IIP) The 1940 college football
season started off with an up
set in this section last night as
Texas Arts and Industries won
a 10-0 victory over San Jose
State college, highest scoring
team in the country last year.
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ner's reverses and fakea with
little success against the alert
Texas squad. The visitor
pushed over a touchdown in tha
second period after 48-yard
drive and added three polnta in
the third on Halfback J. D. Mil
liard's field goal.
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