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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 3. 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Craters Getting Nifty Elbowing But No Hitting It' funny how situation, like a woman's mind, have a habit of changing. At the start of the season everybody knew that what Medford's Craters needed more than anything else were at least two good pitchers. The batting power, it was felt, would take care of itself. Well, as of this date, the case seems to have distinctly reversed itself. The Craters have been getting fine flinging, almost as nifty as you could ask for, but the clubbing punch at the plate has been gradually diminishing until, right now, it Is near the vanishina point. In the first two games of the season, exhibition affairs against Yreka, the locals clubbed out 13 and 18 hits, respectively. Then, against Albany In the Oregon State league opener, they dropped down to nine, and th.. next day in the exhibition contest against the same club, they fell to eight. Next came the Yreka game here, and the Craters were held to five socks by Crlppen and Jones. Followed the Redding 11 inning thriller and it was five belts for the locals. Then, the season's low was reached when Jim Farmer of Bend blanked the Medfords with three safeties, and Sunday the Craters man aged only four hits off Glen Swetman of Kelso and won the game only because the latter walked five In the first inning and 10 all told. With only one exception, the Craters have received ex cellent pitching in winning five and losing three games. Bob Fox gave Kelso seven blows. Bend six and Yreka six, and young Wlllatd Smilh came up with a five-hit beauty aqalnst Redding. Jerry Oas tineau and Chuck Ostrom com bined to fling a seven-hitter In one of the Albany games, and Carl Monio yielded only five blngles against the same team in the league inaugural. , In the season's first exhibition tilt, Crlppen and Oastlneau gave up only hree hits as the Craters beat Yreka, to 1, and In the next game with the Yrekans Gastineau was touched for 12. But in this fracas, the Craters pounded out 18 themselves, so Gas tineau didn't have to be too hot. In short, the Craters are cur rently getting top-notch elbow ing from Fox and Smith, but their hitting is far below par in comparison with the brand of mound work being turned in. In our opinion, this batting slump, like Britain' war re verses thus far, isn't going to prove disastrous. We believe that John Bull will start winning a few beefs shortly, and that the Craters will start hitting If the latter occurs, and the pitching remains as good as it has been, the club should start climbing in the State league rare, although first-half pennant hopes have flown out the win dow. Joe Gray, against Kelso, showed definite signs of starting to hit. His double to left-over was terrifically kissed. Lightner apparently Is so worried over his slump that he is pressing, trying too hard. We would say, "Re lax, Al, these things can't go on forever." Manager Lou Sauer. another potentially good sticker, has plrnty of troubles right now, what with attempting to get a couple of Infieklers and playing second base when he is really an outfielder. Al Fleishman, who led the Hills Creek club in but ting last year, can't grt started. All these boys, believe us, are far better hitters than their aver ages to date indicate, and it only remains for them to shake off their hitlessness to start the club upward. ICT FEATURE PENNANT Cards Trim Brooks, 5-4 to Regain Top in National Reds Beat Giants, 4-3 A more serious problem than this batting slump, which probably is only temporary, appears to be the Infield ques tion. Alex McDonald, who In our opinion is the best third baseman in the State circuit. Is leaving for summer school at University ol Oregon, and he will be hard to replace. Alex will probably play with the Craters on their northern trips throughout the season, bvt whether he can manage to come back lor home games is doubtful. Then, there Is that second base situation, where Manager Saner has bren holding forth only be cause there Just wan't anybody else to plav there. Sauer key stoning has been very passable, for that matter, but he still isn't an infielder, and playirg out of position a'nng with his man agerial worries has combined to take his mind off his hitting. The Craters need a third base man and a second baseman, the latter so that Sauer can return to the oullield. If Uiev don't By Hugh 8. Fullerton, Jr. (Associated Press Writer) It was the talk of the major leagues last year that the Cin cinnati Reds won 42 games by one-run margins and In doing it won the National league pen nant and the world champion ship. But the way things are going this season, that record may look puny before the finish. It took a total of three runs to return the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians to first place In their respective leagues yesterday and that's Just a sam ple of what's been going on. - To date, 21 of the Cardinals 44 contests have been decided by single runs with the Red birds winning IS of them. The Indians have had seven one-run decisions In their favor and six against them In 49 games. The Cards broke their tie with Brooklyn yesterday by beating the Dodgers 5-4. The In dians, after losing two games to the Yankees, bounced back the way they usually do when Bob Feller is pitching, whipped the Yanks 7-5 and moved back to the top. Detroit Loses Some distance behind these leaders, the Reds and Boston Red Sox also moved up. The world champions turned back the New York Giant 4-3 and took fourth place In the Na tional league by a few percent age point over the Chicago Cub. The Red Sox, taking ad vantage of Philadelphia rain- enforced Idleness In St. Louis, moved a half game ahead of the A's Into fourth with a 9-1 tri umph over Detroit. The White Sox, after reaching the top for the first time since 1921, succumbed 8-3 to Steve Sundra and the seventh-place Washington Senators. The Phillies aided the Reds' advance when they knocked off the Cubs for tha first time this season, 3-2. Dick Errickson gave tha Bos ton Braves their first shutout triumph of the campaign, (top ping the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-0, with five hits. Ties World Mark in 440 Palo Alto, Cai., June S. fP Richard Lloyd "Nick" Wil liams, who used to pitch for Seattle and who once managed Spokane Northwest league teams. Is dead. Ills 30-year career In baseball ended yesterday at the age of 61 when he died in the U. S. Veterans hospital. The former player, scout and manager pitched for Seattle in the Pacific coast league in 1904 03, later caught and played first base for the San Francisco Seals and from 1928 through 1931 he managed the Seals. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press New York Patsy Glovanelll, 131, Brooklyn, outpointed Matt Perfettl, 131, Amsterdam, N. Y. (8). Newark. N. J Louis (Kid) Cocoa, 148, New Haven, Conn., outpointed Norman Rubio, 143, Albany. N. Y. (10). get 'em, somewhere, they might Just as well forget their second half pennant hopes. Old Oscar Pepper" iiMi 131 IN U W PINT fimritm With' try j Bind. M firtf. fr.grmm utmlri tptntt, frmnkftrt Pis. tilitriit, fer., f ir7 e ALIO IN ITS. ! (-' Nv "1, r r ' . IK,'.,' h- Grover Klemmer, University of California sprinter, equaled the world record in tha 440 when he broke the tap at Berkeley, Cai., in 48.4 seconds at the Pacific Coast Conference track and field championships. He finished 12 yard ahead of second place man (not shown). IL TO LENGTH OF TEE SHOTS RAPPED BY GOLF PRO Atlanta, June 8 P) Grey haired George Sargent, erstwhile U. S. open golf champion and pro at Bobby Jones' home course, sounded off today on the U. S. Golf association's proposed dis tance limitation, predicting: 1. It would help 23 high powered professionals. 2. It would hinder a million dubs. Limit the distance a golf ball can be driven, says the veteran stylist, and you limit Interest in the game. "The Idea Is for the benefit of about 23 pros." Sargent said. "It won't help a bit, especially when you think about the mil lions of dubs. "Take Atlanta's courses right now. They are hard and players are getting a lot of distance. They are pleased about it, too." Announcement of the pro posed rule, circulated by the U. S. G. A., did not specify how much distance would be allowed, not'ng simply "the extent of the limitation will be determined af ter further study of tosts made on the association's new testing machine." Said Sargent: "I think the rules should be left alone. Just because a few of the topnotch pros can knock the ball so far that they are using jhort irons where the course was designed for a brassle shot Is no reason to handicap the dubs. "The dubs pay the freight, and they are the ones who need distance, so why limit their drives. They get a lot of fun out of hitting long drives. I don't think it will help the game a hit. A rule like that drives away players." HOW THEY? CT4 AV National League I RACY BACKFIELD PREDICTED FOR DUCK GRID TEAM By Fred Hampson (Associated Press writer) Whatever the University of Oregon backfield may lack next autumn, it apparently will not be speed. At this Juncture the Ducks promise to be of the winged species, no waddle. There is a lad named Jack Leicht who comes into varsity maturity. He is a transfer from Pasadena Junior college and. from all reports, has passed the Atherton scrutiny. He ran the 100-yard dash In the OSC-Ore- gon track meet in h.b seconas and the 220 in 22 seconds. He is credited with 9.6 and 21.2 in the two dashes but either sets of times will do. Leicht has yet to prove that he can use his speed on the gridiron, of course. Track and football require different kinds of velocity and most cinder speedballs have been too fragil for football. But there are enough exceptions to make Leicht an interesting person to speculate upon. Tex Oliver can start tutoring him with the comfortable knowledge that no body will tackle him from behind. Curt Mecham. Ken Oriphant, Tom Roblin, Frank Boyd and Roy Dyer are other Oregon backs whose tempo is not an dante. They can't break 10 flat in the 100 but they all can get about Then there Is much-adver tised Jimmy Newquist, the flash, the thunderbolt, the greased gazelle (and any other superlatives you can think of) from Camas. From the Wash ington neighborhood of his or igin, they vow Newquist com bines the best features of Grange, Wilson, Winged Mer cury and Twenty-Grande. In a few unfurlings as an Oregon freshman he shone brilliantly. He has been okehed by Ather ton, he has added heft (current figure 193 pounds) without los ing speed, and has picked up confidence. W. L. Pet St. Louis 32 12 .727 Brooklyn 31 13 .705 New York 21 19 .525 Cincinnati 21 24 .467 Chicago 19 22 .463 Pittsburgh 14 22 .389 Boston 14 24 .368 Philadelphia 13 29 .310 American League Cleveland 30 19 .612 Chicago 26 18 .591 New York 25 20 .556 Boston 22 19 .537 Philadelphia 23 21 .323 Detroit 23 23 .300 Washington 16 29 .356 St. Louis 13 29 .310 ClMtna time for Too Late to elu It; Adi la I SO p m. Cm UbU rrlbune want ads. PA1 1 1 Oicary i M BROWN & WHITE AGENCY 104 W. Main TELEPHONE 2920 Bargain for Scenic Home. Two large lots. Beautiful home. Large basement. Sawdust burner, furnace piped to every room, two fireplaces, hardwood floors three-car garage, plenty shad, frui' trees, sprinkling system. A wonderful buy at your own term. 14.730. o REAL ESTATE o INSURANCE DEFENSE PLAN HALTS NATIONAL RIFLE MEET Columbus, O., June 3. lP) One of the country's top-flight sports events the national rifle matches dropped from the 1941 calendar today with an nouncement that Camp Perry would not be available for the three-week cartridge carnival beside Lake Erie. The National Rifle association announced that the army's 30 caliber division of the classic would be cancelled, due to the national defense program, defi nitely limiting the 1941 compe tition to the smallbore and pis tol classifications. Lou Gehrig Called Out by Great Umpire After Losing Battle With Incurable 111 New York, June 3 W) From every walk of life today came the desire to pay homage to Lou Gehrig, the great "Iron horse" of baseball the man who played 2,130 consecutive games ar.d then for two years fought a losing fight against a rare and apparently incurable disease. . The big. handsome fellow. who for 14 years held down first base for the New York Yankees died last night from a disease da scribed as hardening of the spinal cord which caused his mi.scles to shrivel. The sports world, never one to forget Its own, so flooded the Yankee office with inquiries re garding an opportunity to pay its respects that President 4 Barrow announced a change in plans for services after consulta-! tion with Mrs. Gehrig and other members of the family. - The funeral services at 9 a. m. (EST) tomorrow will be pri vate, but the body will lie in state tonight, starting at 7 p. m., at the Christ Episcopal church in the Riverdale section of New York where Gehrig resided. 1 Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yankees phoned that he was f fy-: ir.g in from Detroit and Presi-! dent Will Harridge of the Ameri can league notified Barrow he also was enroute. The end came 17 days before j Lou would have been 38 years old and wrote finis to a fight with disease that was as drama tic and courageous as any of his exploits on the diamond. I night up until the time he' fell into a coma yesterday after noon Gehrig never acknow ledged that he was licked. ! But others knew that he was waging a losing fight and when I death came his wife and close; relatives were gathered at the bedside. j Gehrig's place among base ball's immortals was assured a : year ago when he was voted into the sport's hall of fame. Before he voluntarily withdrew from the Yankee lineup May 2, 1939. j at Detroit, he set a never-ap- proached record of playing In 2,130 consecutive championship games, 34 World series contests and countless exhibitions. I He started his streak as a 1 plnch-hitter on June 1, 1925. The i next day he replaced Wally PiDp ' at first base and never missed a game for 14 years. ! He twice was named the most valuable player in the American league, led it in batting with .363 in 1934, set a major league record for batting in more than 100 runs a year for 13 years, set the American league mark of 134 runs batted in 1931, hit a home run with the bases loaded on 23 different times and once hit four homers in cne game, feats never equalled. Om Hall rnbunt wtnt ad. Philadelphia Mayon Padlo. 144, Philadelphia, knocked out Saverio Turiello, 153, New York, (3); George Zengaras, 133, New York, stopped Tony Saraullo, 139, Philadelphia (7). Scores Yesterday (By tha Associated Pre) National League Cincinnati 4, New York 3. Boston 2, Pittsburgh 0. St. Louis S, Brooklyn 4. Philadelphia 3, Chicago J. American League Cleveland 7, New York 9. Boston 9. Detroit 1. Washington 8, Chicago 3. (Only games.) Coast League No games. Western International Vancouver 2, Tacoma 0. Closing ttm for Too Late to clas sify Ads U 1:30 p m. POISON OAK? 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