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Billy Hulen Says:
Cantonment Will
Stimulate Sport
Of All Kind Here
Most everybody In the village
is currently wondering, predict
ing and discussing what effect
the proposed army cantonment,
with its 30 000 to 35,000 young
soldiers, will have on Medford
If and when it is constructed.
And local sports-minded citizens
are doing their share of con
Jecturing. Wrestling Promoter Mack LU
lard, for one, visions terrific
things in store for his grunt and
groan enterprise. Mack can't
see how the game can fail to
burst forth with renewed vigor
as the soldiers swarm into town
on their short leaves, and the
thousands of camp-followers hit
town to give the population fig
ures a severe beating. He for
sees the grappling boys pulling
In customers at a rate undream
ed of during pre-cantonment
days, and he is undoubtedly cor
rect. Wrestling, like every other
business, will be stimulated
plenty.
Lillard expects the town to
be so Jammed with souls yearn
ing for entertainment, that he Is
tentatively planning to supple
ment his weekly mat programs
with a weekly fight show. This,
also, should go great, for army
camps are the most fertile places
K. In the world fo- clients of the
box fight industry. As a matter
of fact, boxing is the number
one athletic activity at such
ramps, and out of the army or
navy may come the gent to de
throne Joe Louis. That's not our
prediction, but Gene Tunney's
and several other fellows who
know of what they speak.
In an army camp of 35,000
men, all between the ages of
21 and 35, the athletic prime of
life, there are bound to be hun
dreds of top-notch athletes in all
branches of sport. Every day
tha draft is yanking players out
of organized baseball, and many
of them are bound to wind up
at the Medford cantonment.
Whether those players will be
available to teams In Medford,
or whether they will be restrlct
. ed to performing on their camp
f clubs, we do not know. But It
Is a cinch that regardless of
where and how they do their
stuff, there will be some very
excellent baseball played In this
vicinity, come cantonment.
It Is entirely possible that
star cantonment players will
be given permission to play
with outside teams. In which
caie Medford's State league
club wouldn't have to worry
about talent. A rather similar
deal has been made at Camp
Edwards, near Boston, where
Hugh Mulcahy Is spending his
year of army training. Mul
cahy, you all know, was star
pitcher for the Philadelphia
Phillies before he was draft
ed. But the army, slashing
red tape in an effort to sell
the public on the human side
of the service, has given him
permission to pitch for his
old club when It plays the
Braves In Boston. It la pos
sible that something like that
can be worked out here.
All down the sports line things
will be sizzling, and interest will
be sky-high. There will be great
basketball, football, tennis and
golf players quartered in the
contonment, and they will be
under expert supervision, too.
For example. Arthur (Snowy)
Gustafson, Klamath grid mentor
called from the army reserve
into active service, has been ap
pointed recreation officer in
charge of sports for the entire
7th division, 22.000 men. at Fort
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Hubbell
SINGLE IN NINTH
RUN 01 PLATE
Roosevelt Speech Halts
Game for Hour; Cards
Edge Out Chicago, 3-2
By Hugh S. Fullerton
Associated Press Writer.
' Among the many things Carl
Hubbell must have learned in
his dozen years of major league
pitching is that the best way to
win a ball game is to do it your
self. Even back in the days when
he was pitching the New York
Giants to National league pen
nants, "Old Squarepants" was
the guy who seldom could get
a run or two to work on. Now,
in the twilight of his career,
Hub is finding that the trouble
persists, but he still manages
to win his share.
Hubbell took personal charge
last night in the Giants' first
home game under the floodlights,
conquering the Boston Braves.
2 to 1, although his team could
get only seven hits.
Hurling Duel.
Hal Schumacher and Manuel
Salvo had fought it out for the
first seven innings with the only
scores coming on a pair of home
runs by Joe Orengo and Eddie
Miller. Then after an hour's
recess while the crowd of 17,000
listened to President Roosevelt's
speech, Hubbell and Dick Er
rickson resumed the duel. The
Braves promptly lontled the
bases on two hits and an error
but a double-play saved Hubbell
and he repaid that kindness in
the ninth by singling home Bill
Jurges with the winning run.
Another night encounter also,
wound up in the last half of the
ninth, with the league-leading
St. Louis Cardinals pulling out a
3 to 2 decision over the Chi
cago Cubs.
That victory kept the Cards
2V4 games ahead of the Brook
lyn Dodgers, who neared an easy
6-0 decision over the Phillies in
the National league's only after
noon contest.
The Philadelphia Athletics,
currently the "hottest'' Ameri
can league team, had to share
some of the day's honors in the
junior circuit with Detroit,
which knocked off the league
leading Cleveland Indians, 8-6.
The A's took a 5-2 trimming
from the Boston Red Sox in the
first game of a doubleheader,
but came back behind the three
hit hurling of young Phil Mar
childon to win the second, 11-1.
Chicago's second-place White
Sox remained four games be
hind the Tribe when Bob Mun
crief's six-hit pitching and Joe
Grace's hitting carried the St.
Louis Browns to a 5-2 triumph.
The New York Yankees stag
gered to a 10-8 decision over
Washington.
COUGARS END SEASON
BY BEATING HUSKIES
Pullman, May 28. (Pi
Washington State defeated the
University of Washington, 10 to
3, yesterday in the final game
of the northern division. Pacific
coast conference baseball season
The game had little bearing on
final standings as Oregon already
had clinched the title.
Ord, Cal. He will coach an
eleven next fall that will play
college teams.
Yes, if the cantonment goes in
as planned, you can expect
sports in this neck of the woods
to top anything in the history
of southern Oregon, both from
the standpoint of pleyer-talcnt
and in the number of spectators
attending the contests. We're
for it from the word go.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORO
Pitches,
Stanford
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Norman Standlee (left), and Hugh Gallarneau (right), backfield stars of Stanford Univers
ity's 1940 Rose Bowl championship football team, signed contracts in San Francisco to play
professional football with the Chicago Bears. George Halas (center) owner of the Bears, watches
them put their signatures to contracts.
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Portland, May 28. (IPi A
proposed track meet between
Portland and upstate high school
track teams would be impossible
this spring, Eldon Jenne, inter-
scholastic athletic director here,
said today.
He said the school board
would take no notice of the
suggestion at a meeting tonight
because, even if eligibility diffi
culties could be solved, there
would not be time to arrange
such a meet.
Stymied In his attempts to
promote a track meet between
Oregon's prep running and hur
dling champions and either a
similar group of California or
Portland interscholastic athletes,
Coach Bill Bowerman said to
day he would "forget the whole
thing" and take Racin' Ray John
son, the Tigers state 440-yard
dash champion, to the Compton,
(Cal.) junior college invitational
meet June 6, as originally plan
ned. Johnson will leave here by
train next Monday or Tuesday,
while Bowerman will drive his
car down and meet Johnson at
Compton.
In the Compton meet, Johnson
will compete against several nationally-known
collegiate quar-ter-milers
who have run the 440
in under 48 seconds this season.
One of them is Grover Klem
mer of the University of Cali
fornia, whose best time this year
is 47 seconds flat. Johnson's best
time is :49.3, recorded against
Salem high early this spring.
However, Bowerman believes
Racin' Ray can better that time
considerably on the lightning
fast Compton track, and with
terrific competition.
BEND FOOTBALL MENTOR
GIVEN PORTLAND POST
Portland, May 28 (IPi Joe
Huston, University of Oregon
football star In 1935-37 and
coach at Bend high school last
year, was named today as foot
ball mentor at Roosevelt high
school, Portland.
Eldon I. Jenne, director of
physical education, said Huston
would succeed Henry Lloyd, as
suming his new duties in Sep
tember.
Bats Giants to
Stars Sign Pro
RAIN HALTS WEED
KELSO HERE
COMING WEEK-END
Excessive moisture on the
field and in the sky has caused
cancellation of the Medford
Weed baseball game at the fair
grounds park tonight, forcing
the State League Craters to turn
their attention to their next con
tests against the invading Kel
so, Wash., club here Saturday
night and Sunday afternoon.
The Craters were able to
schedule the powerful Kelso
team for two local appearances
because they draw a bye in State
league play next Sunday. Kelso's
appearance here will be the first
of a Washington team since Bel
lingham of the Western Interna
tional loop stopped off for an
exhibition tilt four years ago.
The Kelso nine, managed by
Eddie Foss, will come to Med
ford with a roster studded with
former Pacific Coast, Western
Internatinnnl nnri Plnnppr lonmiM
performers.- amone-them beinffl
Dick Ward. ex-San Diego Padre
righthanded pitcher, who will
fling one of the two games here.
Other hurlers listed on the
Kelso roster are Glenn Swetman.
formerly with Lewiston. Idaho
in the Pioneer loop; Bill Lee,
who played part of last season
with Salem of the W. I. L.. and
Earl Alexander, long a Timber
league star.
Kelso will have Toots Bailey
ex-Lewiston, on first base; John
Melroy, of the Northwest league
Tacoma Tigers on second base;
Tiz Miller, high school flash, on
shortstop and Mel Olson, rifle
armed ex-University of Oregon
player, on third base. '
In the outfield the visitors
will have Tip Pietelia.ln left.
Lee Sonedecker, ex-Washington
State star, in center; and Eddie
Garlick, Timber league veteran
in right.
The Kelso roster lists two
catchers Jay Smith, former re
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OREGON. WEDNESDAY.
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ceiver for Pacific Lutheran col
lege, and Harold Naubert, who
caught for Washington State col
lege. Against Kelso, Manager Lou
Sauer will probably throw Bob
Fox and Willard Smith, both
righthanders, with Jerry Gas
tineau and Fred Roberts in re
serve. Cancellation of the Weed
game marks the second time
this season a Wednesday night
exhibition tilt has been called
off because of rain.
Scores Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
National.
New York 2, Boston 1.
St. Louis 3, Chicago 2.
Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 0.
(Only games scheduled.)
American.
St. Louis 9, Chicago 2.
Detroit 9, Cleveland 6.
New York 10. Washington 8.
Boston 5-1, Philadelphia 2-11.
Coast.
Los Angeles 4, San Diego 2.
Sacramento 8, San Francisco
Oakland at Portland, rain.
Hollywood at Seattle, rain.
Western International.
Yakima 11. Wenatchee 0.
Spokane 11, Salem S.
Vancouver at Tacoma, rain.
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Pitching and defence may be
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runs which, in turn, are what
win ball games.
A glance at the batting aver
ages of Medford's two teams re
veals the reason why the Ore
gon State league Craters are
sunk In the cellar and the South
ern Oregon league Rogues are
topping their circuit. The team
batting average of the Craters
is .134; that of the Rogues is an
even .300.
Of the Craters, only McDon
ald, McLean and Fox are over
the .300 figure, and McLean is
out of action for several weeks
with an injured shoulder. On
the other hand, the Rogues boast
four players with marks above
.300, Dwight Catherwood lead
ing all with a lofty .638 and
Manager Paul Hoffard right be
hind with .623.
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