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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 3. 1941.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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the purchase of the following real and personal
property, to wit:
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Ashland, Oregon.
Fixtures, equipment and stock of merchandise
of the Davis Feed stores at 53 2nd street, Ash
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The stock at 53 2nd street, Ashland, inven
tories at about $600.00.
The stock at 1715 North Riverside, Medford,
Oregon, inventories at about $2235.00.
Information will be furnished by the under
signed on request.
Property in Medford may be inspected Thurs
day, June 5, 1941, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Property in Ashland may be inspected Friday,
June 6, 1941, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Bids may be submitted for either or both
stocks of merchandise.
Bids may be submitted for all or any part or
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All bids must be in writing and accompanied
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the undersigned, for not less than 10 of the
amount bid, and must be delivered to the under
signed at the office of Kenneth G. Denman, re
feree in bankruptcy, Jackson County Bank
Building, Medford, Oregon, not later than 10:00
a. m., Monday, June 9, 1941, at which time and
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AH sales are subject to order of confirmation
by the referee and the undersigned reserves the
right to reject any and all bids either in whole or
in part.
Deposits of unsuccessful bidders will be re
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