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FAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Craters, Rogues Bring Exciting Ball to Medford Of course It Isn't major league baseball that Medford's two clubi are bringing to local fani, but nobody can deny it ii inter esting, bard-fought and spine- tingling national pastlmlng . look at the close, tough contests that have been waged thus far in the young season: Craters 2 Albany 4 In 11 Innings; Craters 3, Albany 4; Craters 2, Redding In 10 innings: Rogues 8, Grants Pass 4 in 11 innings ... the only two games played here this sea son that weren't decided by two run or less and weren't In abso lute doubt until the last man was retired, were the Craters' 7 to 4 win over Yreka, and the Rogues' 10 to 6 conquest of Cres cent City yesterday. Latest pitching percentages .' ei the Texas league, as re leased In the Sporting News. ; gives Ashland's Bob Hardy I two wins and no losses for ', Beaumont out of action . with a sore arm for a couple ' of weeks at the start of the season, the Lithia City south , paw is now taking his regular ' turn on the rubber for the Ex porters ... Rex Cecil, who I humbled the Craters last year while pitching for Mt, Shasta City, is now laboring for San Bernardino of the class C California State circuit. We would like to see Del Schroer, Crater shortstop, stop swinging for the fences and con centrate his efforts on punching out singles and getting on base , . he is such little fellow' that he can't hope to ever de velop into a distance hitter, and it's a shame that his batting ave rage will keep him from making a name for himself In baseball . . . right now he is giving Med ford ball client shortstopping like they never saw before; his fielding beyond a doubt is as good as you can find outside the big leagues ... if he could bring his batting average to anywhere near the same level a his field ing mark, his baseball future would indeed be shining , , . how about it, Del; wouldn't it be worth itT . . . AI (Wray) Lightner'i current batting slump must run in the family, for his brudder of the W. I. L. Salem Senators, a fine hitter last year, is socking a mere .169, according to latest ave rages . . . but while Al hasn't yet started to club 'em like he can, his outflelding certainly hasn't suffered ... he came up with a couple more circus cap tures against Redding Sattidy eve . . . and speaking of sense tional snares, Al Fleishman pulled another in the same tilt ... it was a high fly ball down the right field line, and the 1 Irst sacker hauled it down almost against the fence after a run of some 200 feet, with his back to the grandstand . . . A letter comes from Mickey Shader, prexy of the Tucson club of the Arizona-Texas league, re minding us of the Cincinnati neds tryout camp for young ball players here July 1 through July 8 . . . Mickey writes that ''never before has there been such a big demand for young players," which Is probably due In part to the national defense program, which Is taking young men into well-paying defense in dustries and into the army . . . Mickey says his club is "going good and drawing fine crowds." Steve Crlppen tells us he Is dickering with Paul Hoffard and expects to be playing with - the Southern Oregon league Rogues in the near future . . . our epvlcgies to Bob Fox. the Craters' ace rlghthanded pitch er, for tagging him with the front handle of "Pete." a name we got we know not where , . the veteran Fred Roberts, who Is slowly rounding into pitching shape and expects to be able to take his turn on the Crater mound in a couple of weeks, very much likes tha looks of young Willard Smith, who hurled that fine five-hitter against Redding Saturday night ... although Smith still Is rather Inexperienced. Rob erts predicted he would de velop into an excellent flinger and would win the Craters lot of ball games. Eight new traps with concrete walks have been installed at the Seaside-Gearhart Cun club at Seaside, where the Oregon State Trapshoot will be held June 19 to 22, Inclusive . . . Robert W Hunger, chairman of the shoot, suggests that early reservations be made for the shooters' fam Hies, due to the demands of usual beach business at that time of WATER WELL DRILLING MW IX STLIL MtCHl.Na moderate raircs ROBT. BURNS Telephone 243 L R. I. flranu raas. ratine Hlthvat Craters the year . . . the Redding Tigers, after playing the Craters Satur day, left town Immediately after the gam and headed for Reno, Nev., for another week-end fra cas Sunday afternoon . . . Wrestl ing Promoter Mack Llllard still is looking for a spot for his weekly grappling matches, while cantonment architects are oc cupying the armory. FOR PALM iT Club Pro Laddie Selkirk to day announced the pairings in four flights for 64 players who qualified for the annual Barker Palm Beach handicap tourna ment at the Rogue Valley Golf club. Eighteen-hola match play starts this week, with two matches slated to be played be fore next Sunday night Ike Staples, with score of 73, won the iuw gross prize In qualifying rounds, while Jack Creager' 72 was the best low net tally. Selkirk said that pairings and result of match play would be posted in Bar ker's window every day during the tournament. In the weekly competition for the highest number of score cards turned in, Kance Cleland led at tue end of the first week with 17, followed by Bob Sher wood with 19 and Creager and Staples with 13 each. The club pro expressed his appreciation to the M. and M. department store, B a r k e r,s, Manns, S. A. Gibbs and Coca Cola for their donations of prizes for the recently-completed Perl Spring handicap tourney. Barker tourney pairings fol low: Championship Flight Ike Staples vs. Vern Robin son, Bob Hammond vs. Sid Reaney, L. Clark vs. Bob Sher wood, Hobart Price vs. E. Tumy, G. Harrington vs. Paul Meyers, J. Creager vs. A. Littrell, Ed Simmons vs. George Roberts, T. Porter vs. Dick Wray. First Flight C. Clay vs. L. Watson, O. Schenck vs. B. Davidson, B. Williams vs. R. Moore, A. Pruitt vs. D. Irving, F. Perl vs. B. Cady, B. Trownbrldge vs. A. Lalnge, G. Jackson vs. J. Hor ner, W. Biddle vs. W. Kincaid. Second Flight E. Nichols vs. H. Obye, J. Root vs. H. Cleland, R. B. Ham mond vs. J. Jerome, M. Pelrce vs. E. Koefoed, J. Barr vs. C. M. Kidd, S. Relgel vs. E. Mohr, G. Hunt vs. G. Robinson, S. Appollo vs. R. Ebel. Third Flight S. A. Gibbs vs. Dr. Lagcson, V. Rolph Sr., vs. J. Smith, Ed Drysdale vs. Dr. Bunch, F. Scheffel vs. V. Rolph Jr., R. Royer vs. R. Hubbard, E. Thorn dyke vs. M. Gibbons, J. Cupp vs. R. Donelson, M. Leonard vs. J. McLennan. IN TIFF TONIGHT Pittsburgh, May 26. VP) Threatened with the "sudden death" of his heavyweight title dreams unless he wins decisive ly, Billy Conn may turn slugger tonight as he seeks to smash down Buddy Knox, unsung Day ton, Ohio, boxer in a final 15 round pre-Louis "test" before a hometown crowd. This strange transition from master boxer into fistic dyna miter became vitally necessary for Conn through an ultimatum by Mike Jacobs which virtually ordered Billy to win by a knock out or sacrifice his rights to a title crack at champion Joe Louis next month in New York. Oh Man Trlbun want acta. HOSPITALITY - In the HEART of PORTLAND Comfort Controlrnro CourMa? Sanlra attractlte Bates The Newly Remodeled PARK AVENUE HOTEL S2J S. W. Park. Portland iwtarke balh S1.U la S3 so. With aalh S1.1S to S4.00. BEN O. CRIMSON Manager Blanked HATCH TURNS IN 3-HIT PITCHING FOR ELKS Bob Fox Bested in Tight Mound Duel Two-Run 8th Frame Brings Victory Oregon 8t League W. L. Pet. Klamath Fall 1 0 1.000 Hill Creek 1 0 1.000 Albany 1 0 1.000 Eugene 1 0 1.000 Bend 1 1 .500 Medford 0 2 .000 Toledo 0 2 .000 Results Sunday At Bend 2. Medford 0. At Hills Creek 9, Toledo 1. At Klamath Falls Albany (Postponed, rain), , Eugene, bye. Blanked with one hit for sev en innings by the steady hurling of Bob Fox, the Bend Elks broke loose in the eighth to score two runs on five blows and defeat the Medford Craters, 2 to 0, in an Oregon State league game at Bend Sunday afternoon. Big Bill Hatch went the route for the Elks and gave the Cra ters only three safeties, scat tered over as many innings. Fox's single In the third, Gray's blow in the fifth and Alex Mc Donald's two-base smash to right In the eighth were the only hits made off the southpaw's deliv ery. Wally Graser, shortstop, op ened Bend's big eighth frame with double to right, and after Douglas went out Wally Kram ers, catcher, singled. Tommy Hawkins, last year's Crater man ager, batted for Volk, and re sponded with a single, and Og den and Nehl followed with consecutive socks to clinch the contest. Rally Nipped The Craters attempted to ral ly In their half of the ninth in ning, but couldn't punch run across the plate. With one gone, Al Fleishman walked, but was forced at second by Manager Lou Sauer. Joe Gray reached first on Graser's error, but Glenn Swanson ended the game with a bouncer to Hatch, The Crater came closest to scoring in the eighth inning, when Del Schroer reached first on an error and McDonald smacked his double. A great throw from the outfield by Voik, however, cut off Schroer at the plate. Hatch, in applying the coat of whitewash to the Craters, fanned two and walked three. Fox gave up four base on balls and whiffed four. Next Wednesday night the Craters will entertain the Weed Sons in an exhibition game un der the fairgrounds field lights. Box score: Madiord AB R Jl PO A s o o a s o i o . 4 0 0 0 0 Schroer. as McDonald, 3b LlghiiMr. If - Final-man. lb Sur. 3b 4 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 Oray, cf 4 0 110 Swanaon, rf 4 0 " 0 0 SUtcr, O ( 0 0 4 1 FDX.P 10 11 Totala . Brn4 oMn. If Nrhl. lb Walker, ci Hatch, p Oordon, b . Qraarr. a Douglaa, 2b . Krrmeri, o Volk. rt Hawkins .10 S 94 IS AB R H PO A 1 0 1 1 Tntala as n 33 Battrd for Volk In th. Scora: Band 000 000 0031 Medford 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 00 Errors: Qraaar, Doug la; two-baaa hits: McDonald, Oraaar; aarrlflcaa: Oordon: bases on balls: Hatch I Pos 4: etrua-outa: Hatch I. rvt 4 I'll lutf tut HOTEL CORNELIUS 823 S, W. Park. Portland ttouena kaih UN u ei.se With kola me ie sis, otk. kotrla latatrS la the trtj HEtaT Of mTl4ND ri U ahapa aa4 laaatraa by Bend, 2-0; Rogues Blast C. C, 10-6 j UOWTHFttf STAMD' National W. L. Pet St. Louis ....,....26 9 .743 Brooklyn ...24 12 .667 New York 18 14 .563 Chicago 16 17 .485 Cincinnati .. 16 20 .444 Pittsburgh 12 19 .387 Boston .,...12 20 .375 Philadelphia 10 23 .303 American W. L.- Pet. Cleveland 28 12 .700 Chicago . 21 14 .600 New York 20 18 .526 Boston 16 16 .500 Detroit 18 19 .486 Philadelphia 17 19 .472 Washington 14 24 .368 St. Louis 11 23 .324 Pacific Coast W. L. Pet. Sacramento 36 12 .750 Seattle 27 22 .551 San Diego 25 24 .510 San Francisco ....24 26 .480 Hollywood v 22 28 .458 Oakland 21 28 .429 Portland 20 27 .426 Los Angeles- 19 29 .396 IS DUNKED IN RIVER Portland, Ore., May 28. (Pi Reed college lost its final crew race of the season Satur day, but It was a big success so far as Coxswain Mary Rus sell was concerned. The eight crew members tossed the 18-year-old sopho more from Bremerton, Wash., Into the Willamette river any way. "Wasn't It nice of the boys." Mary smiled as she clambered out of the water. "They didn't have to do It, you know, for the coxswain Is only supposed to get thrown in if the race Is won." And the Judges, perhaps up set at sighting a female in the Reed shell, didn't arrive at the finishing line in time to see the Portland rowing club de feat the collegians. Their boat broke down shortly after the start and they had to hitchhike to the finish. TOLEDO DEFEATED BY HILLS CREEK Eugene, May 26. fP) Hills Creek drummed the Toledo Lions, 9-1, in the opening State league baseball game at Swim mers' Delight yesterday. Hillbilly Sluggers, led by Howard Parks with three hits in four trips to the plate, col lected nine safeties off Boyd Eagleson, Including two triples and two doubles. Score: R. H. E. Toledo 13 0 Hills Creek 0 9 2 Eagleson, L. Anderson and Hoover; B. Kelsay and G. Kel- say, Kendall. HMD Blind taste tests prove that Barclay's Red Label Whiskey stands up with higher-priced blends. Satisfy your taste with Red Label, at a popular price. Make the taste test yourself. 1 aWt Mvtftl ffwljr Spirit lUtW NMrtJIssi )f Brit. O Qhtm f Isjm ftwfnbsjr irtt If sj Wftti brans O Atfc ttirM tM frtfsJt lcf fin. mcsmmJ fti ttiirsi choic. wtttt. Ml ft) kfxwiftf wtikt. trans It wfckk. t J Yh hoop lrs) tmsj i fW yv LOCALS SOCK 12 HITS OFF THREE C. CITYHURLERS Paul Hess Scatters 1 1 Blows to Notch Second Win Both Teams Field Well Southern Oregon League W. L. Pet Medford 2 . 0 Grants Pass 1 1 Crescent Citv 1 . 1 1.000 .900 .500 .000 I Rnffne River 0 2 Results Sunday At Medford 10, Crescent City 8. At Grants Pass 9, Rogue River 2. By virtue of their 10 to 8 win over the Crescent City Mer chants, the Medford Rogues stand today at the top of the heap in the Southern Oregon league pennant race. The game yesterday after noon on the locals diamond was nip and tuck throughout with both sides hitting hard. Big Paul Hess was touched for 11 hits but was able to scatter them well for the victory. The California squad threw three flingers into the fray but they were greeted with 12 resound ing blows by the big bats of Hoosier Hoffard's boy. Exceptional fielding featured the game with both sides mak ing seemingly impossible catches. Higby of the Merchants came up with a hard line drive robbing Orval Hampel of a three-base hit in right field in the third inning. For Medford Dwight Catherwood also han dled his three chances in center field with exceptional skill. C. C. Scores First Crescent City was the first to draw blood as they put together three hits for one run in the first inning, with Petersson, the Merchants first sacker, batting in Whitey Matson. This was followed in the second inning when Matson in turn sent Higby home on a double following Higby's base on balls and a stolen base. However the Rogues came back In their half of the second frame when they scored four runs of two hits, two walks and one error. Patterson, Faw- cett, Adams, and Hess scoring. Again in the-fourth inning the Rogues scored the same number of runs climaxed by Dwight Ca t h e r w o o d's triple down the left field foul line. Adams started things off when he made his second blow of the day. He was followed by John ny Gitzen's fielders' choice, Git zen making first but forcing Adams. Cook's fly was muffed by Higby sending home the Medford second baseman. Cook scored in turn on Hoffard's single. Catherwood then deliv ered his triple and scored later after a single by Hampel. Crescent City was not able to score again until the fifth stanza. Here they manufac tured two runs on as many TASTE T IS THE PAY-0FFI si.75 05 FULL PINT Mctl JAS. BARCLAY CO. ITBw BITaOTT, MICMIOANj PtOSIA, ILLINOIS Ti", Nratral Orala Sparta 31 RMS errors by the Medford club, Peterson and Fry figuring In the scoring. In the eighth inning they got their last run after Koll had got on base due to an error by Cook, stealing second, making home on Higbys hit. Catherwood. Adams Hit The Rogues scored in their half of the same Inning, Gitzen and Hoffman doing it by one error and two passed balls coupled with walk. With the winning of this en counter the Rogues were able to move into undisputed pos session of first place as they were tied with Crescent City with one win apiece before the game. Catherwood and Adams led the hitting for the Rogues with three hits apiece, with Whitey Matson getting the same for the Merchants. Next Sunday the Medford club goes to Rogue River, with the ball game scheduled to start at 2:30 p. m. Score follows: Creacent City AB R H PO Mataon, 3b s 1 3 2 6 0 3 1 4 11 6 0 16 6 13 0 6 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 13 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 0 0 Hanaon, as Peterson, lb .. Hanaam. cf If Pry. 3b Baldwin Totals Mtdford Oltzeo. 3b Cook. Sb Hoffard. rf Catherwood, cf . Hampel. as Patteraon, lb Fawcett. if Adama. c ,, Hess, p .... Hoffman, rf Smith, sa i Miller, lb .4 13 11 - 34 AB R H PO A Totals , , . , 38 10 13 3T 19 8core: Crescent Cty.U0 031 0106 Medford 04 0 4 00 0 3x 10 Errors :Cook. Harople. Smith. Adama; Peteraon, Baldwin, Higby: runs bat ted In: Oltzen 3, Hoffard 3, Hample. Catherwood, Peterson. Hanaon, Higby; two-basa hits: Mataon; three-base hlta: Catherwood; stolen baaea: Olt sen 3, Catherwood. Pry. Koll, Blgby. Clauaon; sacrifices: Oltaen: double playa: Cook to Oltzen to Patterson: baaea on balls: by Hess 3. Tamor 3. Clauaon 3: atrlke-outs: Hess 3. Ta mor 1. Koll 1, Clauaon 1: hlta off Hesj ii for 6 runs tn Innings. ramor s for 4 runs in 3 innings. Koll 4 for 4 runs In 3 innings; passed balla: Baldwin 3. Adama: los ing pitcher: Tamor. Umpires: Ache eon, Ross. Time, 3:18. TENNISER DON BUDGE WINS IN 'LOVE' GAME Chicaso. Mav 28. MPVTVin Budge, who begins defense of his national professional tennis championship tomorrow, will be married this afternnnn tn Ml,, Dierdre Conselman, 19-year-old Stanford university student of Glendale, Cal. The ceremonv will take nlin, at four o'clock at St. Chrysos- tom s Protestant Episcopal cnurcn. Ritchie Heads Seedmen Corvallis, May 26 UP) Glen Ritchie. Forest Grove, was elect. ed president of the Orecon s.H Growers league, formed here Saturday. Frank Schotzwohl, Grants Pass, was named a di rector. FULL QUART Wllaon. if Higby rf Tamor. p cf KoU, p cf Clauaon, p J AS 2 TAKE By Gayle Talbot The St. Louis Cards, setting a breathless pace in the Na tional league, open a new series against the Chicago Cuba today with a patched-up Infield, the result of an injury to their sen sational rookie second baseman, Frank Crespl. Crespl suffered a fractured finger yesterday as the flying leaders were sweeping a double header with the Pittsburgh Pir ates by scores of 6 to 4 and 4 to 3, and probably will be out for a fortnight. The Cleveland Indians went bowling merrily along to their fifth straight victory as 20.000 Sunday fans watched Bob Feller shut out the St. Louis Browns 6 to 0 and rock up his ninth victory of the year. The demon young fireballer fanned 13. Old Lefty Grove of the Bos ton Red Sox Inched nearer his lifetime goal of 300 victories as he notched No. 2S6 at the ex pense of the New York Yan kees, 10 to 3. The Chicago White Sox burst loose with a seven-run rally in the seventh frame at Detroit to knock Hal Newhouser from the hill and win 7 to 3. Brooklyn made the most of five hits to beat the Phillies, 8 to 4. Charley Root bested Paul Derringer in tense duel as Service fm I that OlJt j Sparkles7)f j r .r."-!' 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