MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. -OREGON. SUNDAY. MAY 25. 1941.
Les Steers, Oregon Star, Sets New World Record for High Jump-
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Berlin Mark Shattered
Davis of Salinas Takes
Close 100-Yd. Dash.
Loj Angeles, May 24, W
Living up to all expectation!
two world'! records went by the
boards today as a hand-picked
array of the nation's finest track
and field athlstes displayed their
ware! in the inaugural Los Ange
les Coliseum relays before a
roaring throng of 25,000.
California's mighty four-man
two-mile relay team made a has
been of a five-year-old mark set
by a picked team in Berlin, and
high-stepping Les Steers from
Oregon university continued his
record shattering exploits in the
high Jump.
The California quartette .of
John Reese, Grover Klemmer.
Dick Peter and Clarence Barnes
made a show of the field in the
two-mile relay, finishing 73
yards In front of Michigan in
time of 7 minutes, 34 910 sec
onds. It was faster than the
American team of Lornbostel.
Young, Williamson and Wood
fuff hung up in Berlin in 1936.
Tow-headed Les Steers on his
first high Jump went over the
bar officially measured at 8 feet
10T-4 inches, which was better
.than his applied for world's rec
ord of 6 feet, 10 25 32 inches
posted at Seattle a month ago.
He tried to go one inch higher,
but missed in three tries each
time by a hair.
Laurel's weren't confined to
the far west, however. A smash
ing University of Texas team
captured the 440-yard relay in
41 seconds, which is one-fifth of
second shy of the world's rec
ord. Big Archie Harris of Indiana
approached the world's discus
record with a throw of 173 feet.
Ills Inches, and a broad Jump
of 24 feet 2Vi inches by Long
Billy Brown of Louisiana State
university was hardly to be
sneered at.
Cornelius Vanderdam tried
'for IS feet, 4 inches in the pole
vault, but had to be satisfied
with IS feet, while Ohio State's
Bob Wright captured the high
hurdles in 14 seconds flat. Fred
Wolcott did not compete.
The featured 100 yard dash
found young Hal Davis of Sa
linas Junior collrRe the winner
In a blanket finish with Billy
Brown, Fred Ramsdcll of Texas,
Peyton Jordan, ex -Southern Cali
fornia star, and Carlton Terry,
another Texas U speedster.
Southern California captured
the four-man relay in a bittei
battle with Michigan and did
.It In time of 3 minutes, 11.7
seconds.
LETTERIN CLUB
: TO HOLD SMOKER'
Jacksonville. May 24. Spl.)
-The lettcrmcn's club of Jack
sonville high school will spon
sor a series of boxing and wrestl
ing matches Monday night in
the school gymnasium. The pro
gram will start at 8 o'clock
Following are the matches:
Eoxlng: G. Johnson vs. M.
Johnson, D. Goddard vs. E. Hln
kle; Hmkle vs. R. Corbin; K
Knapp vs. B. Hyde; C. Offon
bachrr vs. J. Woodward; D
O'Brien vs. E. Hall.
' Wrestling: E. Gravel vs. D
Butcher. L. Thomas vs P. Mc
Glnty; K. Thomas vs. B. Camp
bell; C. McGintv vs. L. Flck.
Handicap Cowling
Play Ends Tonight
The third annual southern
Oregon handicap bowling tour
nament will come to a clow
at the Mcdford alleys tonight.
Teams from Marshfield. Rose
burg and Klamath Falls will
provide the day's action starting
at 10 a. m.
Murray's Maid Rite of Med
ford leads in team play thus
far with a score of 2870. Bud
Strombey leads in singles with
093 and in the all events with
1895. Compapnom and Gardner
re the doubles pace-rtter
With 1233.
RACING
New York, May 24. -T
George D. Wldenrr'i Eight
Thirty packed 132 pounds over
mile in 1:37 1 5 and won the
$10,000 MetropolitJ.ii n.rdicap
by two lengths at Belmont P.Tk
today.
Heavily placed In the mu
tuel. Eight Thirty paid only
$3 60 for $2 for his second vie j
lor in as many starts tills J ear. '
Trapshooters of the state are
girding for the 12th annual Mail
Tribune trapshootlng tourna
ment slated for the Medtora
Gun club next Sunday, June 1.
the prlre for the winner being
a year's subscription of the Mail
Tribune and possession of the
handsome trophy for one year.
A three- time winner of the
tournament will become perma
nent owner of the trophy, and
two Grants Pass gunners already
have two legs on it. They are
S. G. Mendehall. winner in 1D34
and 1033. and II. Croisant, vic
tor In 1936 and 1940.
The trophy will be shot for
In events 1, 2, 8 and 4 at 100
16-yard targets.
Also on the block will be the
Mendenhall trophy and the Ches
ter Wood purse. In the latter
event a first-time winner will
receive $10, a repeater $92. The
Mendenhall trophy, for B class
and under, will be shot for in
events 1, 2, 3 and 4; the Wood
purse in events S and 6.
rallyTIth
TO DEFEAT STATE
Eugene, Ore., May 24 (JP
Southpaw Glenn Elliott of Ore
gon State college almost hand
cuffed University of Oregon
sluggers today, only to lose out
in the ninth inning, 2-1.
He limited Oregon to four
hits, but three of the four were
triples, enabling the victors to
remain in the race with Uni
versity of Washington for the
Pacific Coast conference north
ern division baseball title.
Buck Berry tripled in the last
Inning and scored the winning
run on Shlmsak's sacrifice bunt.
Berry figured In the other Ore
gon score, hitting a ground ball
In the fourth Inning that was
fumbled, enabling Clifford, who
had tripled, to cross the plate.
Pete Igoe gave up seven hitr
for Oregon, and allowed the
Staters to score only in the
fourth, when Peters tripled and
Younce hit an outfield fly.
The defeat virtually eliminat
ed Oregon State from title con
sideration. Score: ' R. H. E.
Oregon State 17 3
Oregon 2 4 1
Elliott and Capka; Igoe and
Calvert.
Moscow, Idaho, May 24 (P)
The University of Idaho crush
ed the University of Washing
ton's hopes of taking over the
Coast conference norther- di
vision baseball leadership to
day, combining heavy stirkwork
with flawless fielding for an 8
to 0 victory.
Score: R. H. E.
Washington 0 4 1
Idaho 8 15 0
Heath, Hard and Watson;
Snyder and Kara.
ROSEBURG TAKES
STATE NET TOGA
Portland. May 24. (Tt Rose
burg's high school doubles ten
nis team retained its state title
here today, defeating Ashland
In the finals. 6-4. 6-2.
Monty Myers of Beaverton
captured the state high school
tennis singles championship here
this afternoon In the Reed col
lege courts and Roseburg took
the doubles crown.
Myers disposed of Charles Jan
drr.iu of Ashland, 6 1, 6 3.
Clyde Cnrstens and Paul Cacy
who gave Roseburg the doubles
victory over Ashland. 8-4, 6-2.
were the defending champions
In the doubles semi-finals.
Roseburg defeated Eugene. 6 2,
h 3. and Ashland won over Mc
Minnvillr, 6 2, 6 2.
Singles semi- final results
Myers defeated Warren Downs.
Salem. 6 0. 9 7. and Jandreau
heat Glen Mcintosh, Cvrvallis
7 3, 6 4.
Amateur Golf Dates
New York, May 24. ' The
United States C.'! .oriai.'on to.
nay announced Sept. 7-12 a the
dates for the 1SM2 amateur chai
pionsnip at the Pebble Beach
course, Del Monte. Calif.
Grant High Wins
Portland. May 24.
Grant high school ran away with
championships in both Junior
and senior divisiu.-; M the city
track meet Friday. The winners
far putd tnncr:1 opponents with
62 r-4'ir In ..'-'t-i- romii-tttion
and 4'J'a in junior.
Bomber Knocked Through
Ropes in First; Challenger
Quits in Seventh.
Washington, May 24. (Pi
They changed the name of the
Joe Louis outing society from
the "Sum a Month" to the
"Bomb a Month" club today as
Buddy Baer filed a formal claim
on the Brown Bomber's world
heavyweight championship.
Certainly, Joe's highly-polished
prestige, which had gained
no particular gleam through his
recent efforts against Abe Si
mon and Tony Musto, was dent
ed considerably by the huge
Califcrnian, in spite of Louis
victory last night through a
somewhat beclouded disqualifi
cation of Baer for refusing to
come out for the seventh round.
In fact, the 10-to-l shot Baer
did his Job so capably, even
to knocking Jot through the
ropes right in the first round
that Promoter Mike Jacobs Im
mediately promised him a re
match. Meantime Buddy and his
manager, Ancil Hoffman, were
granted a hearing by the Dis
trict of Columbia boxing com
mission, on their claim on Joe's
crown.
The d 1 1 1 r I e t'f commission
chairman, Claude W. Owen,
gave Baer'f title claims little
chance, however. He pointed
out that the board was not em
powered to reverse a decision
under any circumstances.
Financially, the fight proved
a considerable success. In spite
of afternoon and evening rain
which definitely hurt the gate.
The 23,912 paid customers con
tributed to a gross Jackpot of
$105,183. Today Louis picked
up a pay envelope containing
$34,616 as his end of this, while
Baer collected $12,981.
ROGUESTOlAY
COAST TEAM, 2:30
The undisputed leadership of
the Southern Oregon Baseball
league will be determined today
when the Medfcrd Rogues and
the Crescent City Merchants
battle it out on the high school
field In a contest slated to start
at 2:30 sharp.
The clash has all the ear
marks of developing Into a
pitchers' duel between Paul
Hess, big Rogue righthander,
and Tiny Ray Koll, Crescent
City southpaw. Last Sunday,
Hess flung the Rogues to tri
umph over Grants Pass, while
Koll hurled his club to victory
over Rogue River.
Manager Paul (Hoosier) Hof
fard will field a revised and
improved Rogue lineup today,
having signed Pat Patterson to
play first base and Orval Ham
pel to hold down shortstop.
Hal Adams will catch, Johnny
Gitzen will be on second, Rlney
Cook on third, Dick Hoffman
or Harold Fawcett In left,
Dwlght Catherwood In center
and Hoffard in right.
Crescent City will take the
turf with Baldwin catching,
Peterson on first, Matson on
second, Hynson on short. Frye
on third, Wilson in left, Hans
cam in center and Higby In
right.
Intense rivalry always has
existed between Medford and
Crescent City ball clubs, and
today's game is expected to be
Just as hotly contested as any
of the past engagements be
tween The two teams.
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Cleveland, May 24. (IP) -The
Cleveland Indians stretched
their American league lead to
four and one-half games today
by taking the second of their
three-game aeries from the
Browns with a four-run first
Inning, repeating their 4 to 2
victory of last night.
Elden Aiiker wai the victim
in one-third of the tribe'! half
of the first inning.
R. H. E.
St. Louis : 2 8 3
Cleveland 4 7 0
Auker, Ostermueller and Ter
rell; Bagby and Desautels.
New York, May 24. (P)
Scoring four runs In the sev
enth Inning, the Yankees came
from behind to beat the Boston
Red Sox, 7 to 6, here today
before 21,000 fans. It was the
Yanks' fourth straight victory,
excluding yesterday's tie.
Buddy Rosar started the ral
ly with his third straight hit
off Earl Johnson, Boston's
southpaw rookie, and Joe D!
maggio climaxed it with a single
that drove across the tying and
winning runs.
R. H. E.
Boston . 6 9 4
New York . 7 9 1
Johnson, Fleming, Wilson,
and Pytlak; Gomez, Branch,
Murphy and Rosar.
Detroit .May 24. P) Lefty
Edgar Smith's wild pitch with
the bases loaded and two out
in the ninth gave the Detroit
Tigers a 1 to 0 victory over
the Chicago White Sox and
boosted the American league
champions Into fourth place.
R. H. E.
Chicago 0 7 0
Detroit , 19 0
Smith and Tresh; Gorsica and
TebbetU.
Philadelphia, May 24.-
Wilson Dee Miles' third straight
hit as a pinchhltter gave the
surprising Athletics their sixth
win in seven games as they
swept a doublchcader today
from Washington, 13 to S, and
6 to 9.
First game: R. H. E.
Washington . 5 11 2
Philadelphia 13 18 2
Sundra, Anderson, Masterson
and Early; Knott, Ferrick and
Hayes.
Second game: R. H. E.
Washington 5 8 0
Philadelphia 6 11 1
Kennedy and Early; McCrabb.
Harris and Hayes.
STEELEFlSIN
COMEBACK FIGHT
Hollywood. May 24. fP)
Freddie Steele, former Tacoma.
Wash., holder of the world's mid
dleweight boxing title, lost by
a technical knockout last night
in his comebnek attempt against
Jimmy Casino, Los Angeles
Casino weighed one pound more
than Freddie's 160.
Steele never was off his feet
but both eyes were puffed and
he was at the mercy of his
younger opponent when the ref
eree stopped the fight.
Buys Ice Coliseum
Portland, Ore , May 24. (Pi
Edward F. Greel, Portland
skating enthusiast, yesterday
purchased the ice coliseum, home
of the Portland burkaroos of the
Pacific coast hockey league
from the Susan Kratz estate.
! Pullman, May 24. .P) The
! southwest district won its sixth
I state intorscholastic track and
! field championship in seven
years today as Washington hiKh
school athletes wrote three new
records into the books.
at eur yard at tha end
and McAndrtws Road
aio-
tnd N-?th Ctntral
, St. Louis, May 24. (JP) Al
though they got only eight hits
each, the Pittsburgh Pirates and
the St. Louis Cardinals man
aged to score a total of 17 runs
today, with the league-leading
Redbirds displaying the most
efficiency to win 10-7.
The topheavy run production
was made possible by 11 bases
on balls, three errors, and two
hit batsmen. The 16 hits in
cluded a home run, two triples
and three doubles.
Bob Elliott, Pirate outfielder,
was struck on the back of the
head by a pitched ball in the
eighth inning and was taken to
a hospital for examination.
R. H. E.
Pittsburgh 7 8 2
St. Louis 10 8 1
Sewell, Dietz, Bowman and
Lopez, Baker; Nahem, Lanier
and Mancuso.
Brooklyn, May 24 (JP) Dolf
Camilli's ninth home run of the
season, made with two out and
the bases empty In the eighth,
paced the Dodgers to a 7 to 3
victory over the Philadelphia
Phillies today.
Score: R. H. E.
Philadelphia 3 7 1
Brooklyn 7 12 0
Hughes, Pearson and Warren;
Higbe and Owen.
Chicago, May 24. (JPy The
Cincinnati Reds, after losing the
first game, 4 to 2, earned an
even break in a doubleheader
today on Whitey Moore's six
hit, 4 to 1. victory over the
Chicago Cubs before 19,055
wind-cmued spectators.
First game: R. H. E.
Cincinnati 2 8 1
Chicago 4 10 4
Turner, Pearson and Lorn
bardi; Lee and George.
Second came: R. H. T.
Cincinnati 4 10 0
Chicago . 16 2
Moore and West; French,
Page, Erickson and George.
New York at Boston, post
poned, rain.
SMALLBORE RIFLE
Climaxing months of prepara
tion, the Medford Rifle club
will stage its fourth annual
smallbore matches at its Table
Rock rifle range next Saturday
and Sunday, May 31 and June
1. Always a major event in Ore
gon shooting circles, this year
promises to surpass any in the
past and a colorful array of
shooting talent from all parts
of the coast will be on hand
for the opening match at 8:00
o'clock Saturday morning.
Staged as a class "B" regis
tered tournament, the Medford
matches will be second in lm
portance only to the big north
west regional at the Clackamas
rifle range next month. Tour
nament officials will include
Frank Kahrs of Remington
Arms company, executive offi
cer: Cap Tuttle. range officer;
J. E. Plogg of Portland, statis
tical officer, and Otto Howard
of Medford, assisted by Earl
Troeh of Portland, in the scor
ing department. Acting as Na
tional Rifle association observer
for the matches will be E. R.
Sloan, Pacific coast representa
tive of the National association.
PAUL (Hoosier) HOFFARD
PRESENTS
The Medford Rogues
vs.
Crescent City Merchants
IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON LEAGUE
TODAY
May 23. 2:30 p. m.
Senior High
Field
Admission 3Se. tax Included
Grade and High School Students Free
Portland, May 24 (By
ron Speece quelled the Holly
wood Stars with seven hits to
day and the Portland Beavers
chalked up their second Coast
league series win, S to 2.
The veteran chucker was nick
ed for one run in the first in
ning on singles by Herman
Schulte, Babe Herman and Har
ry Rosenberg, and another In
the eighth on Uhalt's triple and
an infield out, but had every
thing his own way the rest of
the time.
Al Piechota, making his first
start for Hollywood since his re
turn from the big leagues, gave
up two rum in the third.
Portland filled the bases In
the sixth and Ted Norbert loft
ed a fly that enabled Reich to
score. In the seventh Thomp
son walked, was sacrificed to
second, and Joe Schulte laced
a single to right field for the
final run.
Score: . R. H. E.
Hollywood 2 7 1
Portland 4 9 1
Piechota and Dapper; Speece
and SchulU.
Los Angeles, May 24 (IP)
Jess Flores, young Mexican hurl
er, stopped Sacramento cold to
day, and Los Angeles won its
first game of the Coast league
series here, 7 to 3.
The Sacs had been running
wild all week, but today Flores
blanked them with two hits in
eight innings. In the final
frame, Pepper Martin's league
leaders ganged up on Jess with
four more hits for their trio of
tallies.
Score: R. H. E
Sacramento 3 6 2
Los Angeles 7 10 0
Green, Turbeville, Martin and
Marshall; Flores and Holm.
San Francisco, May 24 (ff
Hammering out a three-run ral
ly in the ninth Inning, San Diego
nipped San Francisco 8-6 today
to cling tightly to its slim mar
gin over the Seals for third
place in the Coast league.
With the bases loaded, two
men out, and the score dead
locked, Padre Outfielder Hal
Patchett clouted a single off
Win Ballou in the last Inning
to score the two winning runs.
Score: R. H. E.
San Diego . .. 8 18 2
San Francisco .... 6 12 3
Dilbeck, Thomas, Humphreys,
Hebert and Salkeld: Epperly,
Stutz and Ogrodowski.
Stew Frederick, 205-pound
righthander who hurled for the
Silverton Red Sox last season,
has been signed by the Medford
Craters and will meet the team
in Bend this afternoon, Manager
Lou Sauer announced yesterday.
The new pitcher, according to
the Carter skipper, may take the
mound against the Elks in to
day's State league contest, al
though Pete Fox is tentatively
slated to fling for the locals.
Lyle Turpin. former Medford
moundsman, or Jim Farmer,
will probably work rn the rub
ber for Bend.
Manager Sauer said that
Slater would catch, Fleishman
would be on first, himself on
second, Schroer on short, Mc
Donald on third, Lightncr in
left. Joe Gray in center and
Eilertson in right.
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School ll&'rVl
Washington captured the an
nual Medford city grade school
track and field championship in
the meet at the high school sta
dium Saturday afternoon, scor
ing 100V4 points to barely nose
out Roosevelt with 98 tallies.
Lincoln was third with 61 and
Jackson fourth with 54'4.
The Colonials won when the
Roosevelt medley relay team
was disqualified because one of
its members ran out of his lane,
almost tripping two other run
ners. Gordon of Roosevelt was the
star of the meet, winning four
first places in the class D hur
dles, 60-yard dash, high Jump
and broad jump. But the out
standing individual performance
was turned in by Lincoln's Wol
gamott, who broad jumped 14
feet 54 Inches, a very fine leap
for a grade school athlete.
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NORTHERN TITLE
Seattle, May 24. OPt Uni
versity of Washington won its
fourth straight northern divis
ion. Pacific coast conference
tennis team championship by
an overwhelming margin today,
scoring 14 points to 7 for Wash
ington State college, its nearest
competitor.
Other rankings: Idaho 5, Ore
gon 5 and Oregon State 1.
The champions are coached
by Jack Torney.
The finals provided one up
set. Mervin Miller of Washing
ton State defeated Bob Odman
of Washington 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to
win the singles championship.
In an all-Washington doubles
finals Odman and Lefty Loqu
vam won the championship by
defeating Righty Eden and Doug
Lefebvre 6-3, 6-4.
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Open Saturday Eve Until 8:30 P. Af.
The Rogue Valley Golf club
will be one of hundreds of clubs
throughout America that will
conduct a one-day handicap tour
nament Saturday, June 14, for
the British War Relief Society,
Inc., club Pro Laddie Selkirk
announced yesterday.
The - tournaments are being
sponsored by the British War
Relief society in cooperation
with its 800 committees through
out the United States, and a
committee of golf enthusiast
which. Includes Robert T. (Bob
by) Jones, Jr, who will act .a
c'.iciiman.
All golfers, for an entrance,
fee of $2 will be entitled to play
18 holes of golf on their horn
courses, and each entrant will
receive one Spaulding golf ball
in a specially wrapped box, and
a greens marker. In addition, i
there will be a prize for the low
net score at every club par
ticipating. Selkirk emphasized that the
$2 entrance fee was the only
charge for those entering tha
tournament. Half the fee will
go to the relief society for tha
re:Ief and rehabilitation of Brit
ish air raid victims, while half
will be used for the prizes.
The club pro again called at
tention to the fact that all ent
rants in the annual Barker Palm-.
Beach tournament must have I
their 18-hole qualifying cards
in the clubhouse by tonight.
Pairings in the different flights
will be announced Monday.
GJolma Golf Titlist.
Pullman, Wash., May 24 (V)
Tass G J o 1 m e. University of
Washington golfer who won tha
Seaftle city championship two
weeks ago, captured the indi
vidual crown in the northern
division. Pacific Coast confer
ence golf tournament today with
a 36-hole 138, two under par
for the Washington State college
course.
Closing time for Too Lata to el.
If y Ads Is 1:30 p. m.
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