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Billy liultn Says:
Schmeling Mixed
Up in Greatest
Fight of Career
(An A. P. dispatch late this
morning reported that Max
Schmeling had bean killed In
tha bMtle (or Crete. K It la true
that he haa been counted out
by the Great Referee, the fol
lowing column mud aerve a
his obituary).
Juit three years ago next
month, Herr Maxia Schmeling
waa fighting Joe Louis for tne
heavyweight boxing champion
ship of the world. Today, If you
can believe press reports from
news-censored Europe, Herr
Maxle Is engaged in a battle
far more desperate than any he
ever faced In the prize ring.
Schmeling, Berlin says, was
one of th.i first parachutists
dropped by the luftwaffe to at
tack the Island of Crete. If so,
and if he la still alive, the
scowling Teuton ia mixed up in
a tougher situation even than
the one In which he found him
self Involved that June night
in New York's Yankee Stadium,
in 1938, when Mr. Brown
Bomber got mad for tha first
time In his ring career.
But as painful as that first
round knockout at the hands
of Louis must have been, it was
as nothing compared to what
Herr Maxie Is facing in Crete.
Over there, we understand,
they don't do their brawling
with flits encased In leather.
They use guns that shoot ' bul
lets, and those bullets don't Just
put you to sleep for awhile.
They use bombs, too, which
don't Just lull you into forget
fulness for time.
Yet. Max Schmeling. If he
Is still among these Germans
present on Crete, is thorough
ly up to his neck In more
trouble than he ever tan into
In his life, and somehow we
hope that he comes out of It
11 In one piece. Despite the
tect we are pulling heart and
soul lor the British and
Greeks to hang up decisive
KO over Hitler's Invaders in
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'Deacon' Litz Has Best Qual
Ifying Time at 123.440
MPH; Two Others Close
Indianapolis, May 29. P
An all-American field of S3 cars
will face the starter tomorrow
for the 29th running of the In
dlanapnlis motor speedway's 500
mile rare.
Kene LeBegue and Jean Tre-
voux, who went to a lot of trou
ble to bring their Talbot spec
ials from unoccupied France,
failed to get into the starting
lineup. Their last chance passed
yesterday.
LeBegue, who finished tenth
In last year's "500," made an
attempt but his car lacked the
needed speed. He qualified at
a speed of 115 603 miles an
hour, slowest of the 33 quali
fiers, and thus was relegated to
second alternate position.
113 M.P.H. or Better
A car must do 1 IS miles an
hour or better for 10 miles to
qualify.
Trevoux did not take his car
to the track in the last qualifi
cation period. The Frenchmen's
speedsters, delayed while the
owners obtained permission to
bring them through the British
blockade, reached the speedway
only last week.
The field waa filled with
qualifications for three places In
the eleventh row. "Deacon"
Litz, Dubois, Pa., took the In
side spot with a speed of 123.440
miles an hour. The other two
positions went to Duke Nalon,
Chicago, 122 237, and Al Put
nam, Indianapolis, 121.991. '
a fight that not even Mike
Jacobs could have promoted,
we can't bring ourself to wish
the same fate for Schmeling.
The German was a good
heavyweight fighter as heavy
weight fighters went in his day;
not great by any means, but
among the best. And he was as
much a credit to the game as
any of the others, perhaps more
so. Nobody ever questioned his
gameness, something you could
not say for certain California
pug whose last name starts with
B and ends with R, and he was
one of the very few who wasn't
afraid of Louis, as his first fliiht
with the colored boy will tes
tify.
It was always our opinion
that Schmeling was given a raw
deal after he knocked out Louis
in their initial tiff. That win.
by rights, should have earned i
tor senmeung me ngni o cat
tle Jim Braddock for the title.
but Instead Mike Jacobs and
his boys Ignored Max and gave
the championship shot to Louis.
Louis, of course, then won the
crown, and In a return fight
with Schmeling, when the latter
was far past his prime, the
Negro battered the foreigner
into submission In the opening
round, hitting him so hard one
of Schmeling ! vertebrae snap
ped.
Both the London and Ber
lin bureaus ol the Associated
Press are today checking a re
port that Schmeling has
either been killed or taken
captive in the battle lor Crete,
but no authentic information
la yet available. This writer
hopes that Herr Maxle's fate
will be that oi a prisoner of
war. and not the victim of the
Great Knockout
Cleveland. Mr 29
C 1 e v e 1 a n d's Indians UMay
bought outfielder Larry Rosen
thal from the Chicago Whit
Sox and sent outfielder Murray
Howell bark to Baltimore of
the International league.
Both transactions were on a
straight cash bavs. the club an
nounced. Rosenthal, a left hand
ed hitter, batted .SOI for the
White Sox last year but o far
this season he is around .22.
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Billy Conn in their scheduled
technical knockout when it
STARS BUNCH HITS 10
DEFEAT SEATTLE, 7-6;
By the Associated Press
Stream hitting, an effective
maneuver devised and twice
executed by the Hollywood
Stars, today put that California
baseball club a game up on Se
attle in their current Coast
league series.
The process, a simple one, led
directly to a 7-8 Hollywood vic
tory last night. It consists of
fashioning an uninterrupted suc
cession of blows until the bases
became so crowded with run
ners that those In more ad
vanced positions are obliged to
go on home In order to make
room for their fellows.
San Francisco drew even with
Sacramento for the week, de
feating the league-leading Sen
ators, 8-3, and inflicting on
Tony Freitas his second pitching
loss of the year against seven
wins.
San Diego stopped Los Ang
eles, 9-4, the margin represent
ing five unearned runs attribut
able to three Angel errors, and
so squared the southland series
at a game apiece.
Wet grounds forced postpone
ment of an Oakland-Portland
date In the Oregon city for the
second successive night.
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New York, May 29
Though not the man you'd ac
cuse of changing horses in mid
stream, "Uncle Mike'' Jacobs
also is not the kind of man to
be caught on the wrong horse
Just when it's getting tired.
Therefore Promoter Jacobs
has drawn up the necessary pa
pers which, should Billy Conn
dethrone Heavyweight Cham
pion Ji-e Louis at the P o I o
Grounds June 19. will give Ja-j
cobs exclusive call on Conn's
services for the next five years !
This accomplishment was not
as easy as it sounds. "Uncle.
Mike'' first had to persuade1
Johnny Kay. Conn's manager, to
his way of thinking, and Ray
took considerable persuading. I
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knockdowns which Buddy Knox suffered at the hands of
13 - round fight at Pittsburgh. Conn was awarded victory In a
a announced Knox could not come out for the eighth round.
HOW THEKS
S a ini m
By the Associated Press
National
W. L. Pet
St. Louis 29 9 .763
Brooklyn 27 12 .692
New York 19 14 .576
Chicago 18 20 .444
Cincinnati 18 21 .432
Pittsburgh 13 19 .406
Boston .-.12 21 .364
Philadelphia 10 28 .278
American
Cleveland 28 13 .851
Chicago 21 16 .588 i
New York 22 18 .350 1
Detroit 21 19 .525!
Philadelphia 19 20 .487 i
Boston 17 18 .486 1
St. Louis ..13 23 .361
Washington 14 26 .330
Coast
Sacramento 37 13 .740 i
Seattle 27 23 .540 !
San Diego 26 25 .510;
San Francisco 25 27 .481 ,
Hollywood . 23 26 .469
Oakland 21 28 .429
Portland 20 17 .426 j
Scores Yesterday I
By the Associated Press
National
St. Louis 6. Chicago 9.
Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 4.
Brooklyn 8, Philadelphia
(12 Innings).
Boston at New York, rain.
American
New York 6. Washington 5.
Detroit 8. Cleveland 5.
Philadelphia 8, Boston 8 (IS
innlngsl.
St. Louis 8. Chicago 4.
Coast-
San Diego 9. Los Angeles 4
Hollywood 7, Seattle 6.
San Francisco 8, Sacra
mento 3.
Oakland at Portland, wet
grounds.
Western International
Vancouver 12. Tacoma 6.
Salem at Spokane, wet
grounds.
Yakima at Wenatchee, rain
Weather
Northern California: Partly
cloudy today, tonight and Fri
day, but with occasional light
showers In extreme north por
tion and in the mountains and
dniile along north coast; con
tinued cool near the coast and
mild in Interior: moderate
northwest wind off the coast
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In a five-game match for the
championship of the Classic
league, top circuit in the city,
the Zoric Cleaners measured
Wardrobe Cleaners, 4,340 pins to
4.252 last night. The Zoric boys
were hot and the match was
never in doubt.
In a playoff for the second
half championship of the Com
mercial league, Bauer Lumber
company defeated the Mail Trib
une and will bowl Your Office
Boys for the loop title next
week. The latter team won the
first-half crown.
Scores follow:
Zorlo
Oreen , - til
Baylor ,, ,. 833
Stromberg 8S1
Runts 874
Loimsberry , ,,, Ml
Handicap 110
Totals .
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Ml
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- 87
829
897
..4253
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Mall Tribune
Murray. J. 153 194 171488
Murray. K. 157 140 138 135
Greene. D 1S4 101 103 398
Archer. B. 150 19 13 453
H,n. A. 120 133 103 358
Handicap 47 47 47
T0Ul 781 754 700 J04
Bauer Lumber Co.
rr.jtlta 1S4 144 139477
HuSoard 191 191 170 483
Cirnmee 193 138 171 170
Jof.nion 139 153 178 199
Nw:ac4 183 185 178 539
Totals
...803 798 834 3434
BARKER GOLF TOURNEY?
Because a number of golfers
are expected to be out of town
.over the long Decoration day
week-end. competitors in the
annual Barker Palm Beach
handicap tournament will be
required to play only one match
this week instead of two. Lad
ilie Selkirk, pro of the Rogue
Valley club, said today.
Surt:r. next week, however,
the tournament will return to
its t w o-match-a-eek action.
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WITH 2ND ROUND WILL COMPETE IN
KO OF AL HOSTAK SMALLBORE MATCH
By Earl HUllgan.
Chicago, May 29 P They
grow them game in Gary.
Tony Zale, who once tolled
In the mills of that Indiana steel
city, proved that before 14,087
roaring fans at the stadium last
night. Knocked spinning In the
first round, he came back with
a furious attack to knock out
Al Hostak of Seattle In 2 min
utes, 32 second of the second
stanza and retain his world's
National Boxing association mid
dleweight championship.
The scheduled 13-round battle,
third between these punching
stars of the 160-pound division,
was hailed as a likely slugfest,
and was just that.
Swarming across the ring.
Hostak cracked the champion
with a right to the chin that sent
the Gary boy reeling. His gloves
touched the canvas but he did
not take a count. He piled back
into the Seattle fighter from
then on to the bell.
As the second round opened,
Zale tore in with both hands.
Hostak dropped for a nine count
from a savage blow to the heart.
Down he went again for a three
count. Twice more the courage
ous Hostak fell without taking
a count, but another smash put
him down for nine.
Again Zale raced In. slashing
the glassy-eyed Hostak to the
boards for a count of five and
a count of eight. As he arose
Zale uncorked a terrific right
to the heart. Hostak started to
buckle, took a left to the face
and went down for good. As the
"10" was counted off he was
sitting down, vainly trying to
get his legs under him.
FOX, SMITH GET
PITCHING CALLS
Manager Lou Sauer said today
that Bob Fox and Willard Smith
would draw the pitching assign
ments for the Craters when the
local State leaguers faced the
strong Kelso. Wash., club here
Saturday night and Sunday
afternoon In a two-game exhibi
tion series. Saturday's contest
Is scheduled for S p. m., while
I that Sunday will get under way
at 1:30.
The Crater boss was not cer
tain which of the two right
j handers would get the call In the
! opening game, but intimated It
might be Fox. Fox has hurled
I two games thus far, defeating
Yreka of the Northern California
; league. 7 to 4, and losing to Bend
, last Sunday in a State loop fra
cas. 2 to 0. Smith, in his one
j start, turned in a whale of a
hob in turning back Redding of
I the N. C. L.. 2 to 1 in 11 in
i nines. last Saturday night.
Kelso, which will travel S8S
, miles for the exhibition series,
j is expected to have Dick Ward,
former ace of the San Diego
Padre staff, on the rubber in the
opening tilt, with Glen Swet
man. ex-Pioneer league flinger.
on the mound Sunday afternoon.
SOLON FIREBALLER IS
COAST STRIKEOUT KING
T . , r am k
I &o9 iMigeirs, .nay 9.,f-?
I H a v I n g fanned 49 batters.
! George Munger. ex-Texan pitch
' ing for Sacramento, holds the
title, at least temporarily, of
. strikeout king of the Pacific
Ccast baseball league,
j Trailing Munger. in games
'played through Tuesday, was
I veteran Ad Liska, Portland's
I submarine hurler, with 143
strikeouts.
the pro announced. This week,
all matches must be completed
by Sunday night.
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C.r.matinrM nAtlHnff In ffOTCl
coast riflemen for the Medford
smallbore matches nere oaiur
a, mA Simrfiv at the Table
Rock rifle range, insure another
record breaking attenoance ui
the two days' events.
r,Am h fanariian line to Los
Angeles the local annual matches
draw the cream ol uie small
bore artists, as attested by such
nai WMcpr eit lone. Wash..
Barrein of Portland, present Ore
gon State cnampion; imenia
tlonally known Upshaw of Eu
gene and L. A. Pope, Los Ange
les: R. E. Perkins and Henry
Wright of Fresno, Calif., the for
mer being the California State
champion, and numerous other
figures familiar at every im-
nnptflnl mali-h nn the Coast.
Tha nalm for lone distance
commuting will probably go to
tranK iianrs oi ntmunum
Arm, mmnanv. who will make
this his second year of attend
ance here, arriving by plane
from Bridgeport, Conn., in time
for the week-end events.
The Medford Rifle club ex
tends a cordial invitation to all
those interested in the sport of
rifla chnntina- tn visit the ranse
Saturday or Sunday. Follow the
arrows out the Sams Valley road
from the Big Y intersection to
just beyond the Table Rock
store.
YOUNG PITCHER SOLD
BY SEALS TO TACOMA
San Francisco, May 29. (if)
Melvln (Duke) Marlowe,
young southpaw pitcher, has
been sold outright by the San
Francisco Seals to the Tacoma
club of the Western Interna
tional league.
The Seals management said
last night the cut in the pitch
ing staff was forced by the ac
quisition of Bob Joyce, right
hander, from Memphis.
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The real sensation of the
spring in the major leagues now
is being provided by the Phil,
adelphia Athletics, who have
won nine of their last 11 games.
They squeezed Into fifth
place ahead of Boston yesterday
by capturing a 6-4, 18-inninav
marathon from the Red Sox and A
now not only are threatening
Detroit in fourth place, but are
Just three games out of second'
While the Athletics have been
raiding In the east, the Detroit
Tigers have conquered the first,
place Cleveland Indians three
times in a row, yesterday by an
8-5 margin.
The second-place C h I e a g o
White Sox dropped their see.
ond straight to the St. Louis
Browns 8-4.
A grand-slam home run by
George (Twink) Selkirk with
the bases loaded in the eighth
brought the New York Yankees
a 6-5 verdict over the Washing,
ton Senators.
The St. Louis Cardinals con
tinued their burning pace in the
National league with another
ninth-inning rally to clip the
Chicago Cubs 6-5.
A three-run homer by Vlnce
Dimaggio gave the Pittsburgh
Pirates the margin they needed
to cage the Cincinnati Reds, 7-4.
Brooklyn's Dodgers preserved
their hex over the Phillies by
taking a 6-5 twelve-inning de
cision in a night game.
Fights Last Night
fiv the Associated Praaa
Chicago Tony Zale, 158,
Gary. Ind.. knocked out Al Hru.
tak, 158, Seattle, Wash.. (2). to
retain N.B.A. middleweight
title; B;-iker Beckwith, 170,
Gary, Inu . outpointed Solly
Kreiger, 174. Brooklyn. N. Y.
(10).
New Haven, Conn. Angelo
Radano, 136, Norwalk, Conn.,
outpointed Bobby (Poison) Ivy,.
131, Hartford, Conn. (8). 1
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