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PAGE ETP.HT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE fi. 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: New York Writer Draw Picture of Wartime Europe We are sure that Mr. Dan Daniel of the New York World Telegram won't mind if we use him as our guest columnist to day, tie shouldn't, because he has done a piece so touching, so timely and so patriotic that everybody in this nation, base ball fan or not, should have the opportunity of reading it. Reprinted in the Sporting News, we pass it on to you without comment, for none is needed. But only with the hope that the America Mr. Daniel writes about in the following may be the pattern of the en tire world to come, after the war: Five minutes in the Stadium. ... 2: S3 o'clock . . . Someone shouts through the public ad dress system, "Ladies and gen tlemen, the national anthem!" . . . Out of the loud speaker pour the stirring, yet caressing, thrilling strains of the hymn of American independence which Francis Scott Key composed on British frigate outside of Balt imore . . . "Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light." . . . The spectators are on their feet, at attention. . . . The play ers, umpires, stand transfixed, all eyes on the Star-Spangled Banner as, slowly, it rises on the flagpole in center field. The Maytlme breezes catch those red and white folds and they spank out . . . "What so mm SECURITY CALF FOOD AVI AG t t-WElKft rtID COST 1 QWLT rut vir rlt r Food at call ! Mk t4ln cast par animal stnl tl-1) ilh thU lntanly tantantr atd milk ton a. Prepared Uka bahy food for Infant dlatlTt attain, tomatna all nutrtanta mt ntlh isn ehac valuahta HtimlM and mln rail In promnt haalthy daaloprnawt and 6Bhf ff dUacaa and Infection. 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The blue skies arch ever the arena in peaceful glory. ... Suddenly, a noise. The drone of a motor high in the air. The spectators gase heavenward, and for the mo ment Yankee Stadium is a cathedral, the fans worship pers in silent thanksgiving. To a man. to a woman yea. to a child they have one thought. "This plane might be the spearhead of a blits. But it can't be." Just folks flying to peaceful Boston, where Harvard crews would be gathering at Weld Boat House, and the Charles would be matchless today. "The rockets' red glare. bombs bursting in air." . . , They aren't playing games any more in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, where more than 100,000 persons saw a demon stratlon of baseball only a few years back. They are using the Berlin Stadium for malodorous rallies and hate-begetting speeches. "Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there." . . . The cricket fields at Eton, at Harrow, Rugby, are drill grounds. No boys over there any more. Only men. They should be at their wickets. "He shall send from heaven and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up." . . . They will play cricket again. They used to make such pretty toys in beautiful old Nuremberg. Now they build motors for planes. In Oberam mergau they gave the Passion Play and Christus once again went out of Gallllee to utter the message of Peace on Earth and good will to men . . . Maytime in Vienna . . . Men the world over dreamed of spring on the Danube . . . They were heiling on the Prater. "Whose broad stripes and bright stars." . . . You think back to that line . . . The stars are blacked out over there, and the broad stripes are lash-marks on the backs of men in Poland. . . , Starvation stalks and chil dren die where the waltzes of Straus used to be the theme songs of a gemuettlichkeit which has fled that world. . . . They don't play rugby or cricket on the Lords Club grounds in London, and Wim bledon's tennis ghosts look down on a pock-marked terrain. 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BY 14-1 By Judson Bailey Associated Press Writer Recognition already has been given the Philadelphia Athletics as a late-blooming miracle of the spring, but the A's should move over to make room for the Boston Red Sox. Today they are up in third place with a brand-new five game winning streak and are only three games behind the pace-making Cleveland Indians whom they crushed yesterday 14-1. It was the worst rout of the year for the Indians, who didn't score until the eighth and wouldn't be in first place today except that the Athletics took care of the Chicago White Sox, 9-3. The Detroit Tigers took a ragged 8-4 decision from the New York Yankees in 10 in nings to complicate the Americ an league race. The St. Louis Browns sent Luke Sewell off to a good start as manager by whipping the Washington Senators, 4-2. Rain washed out the National league program. BEAVERS TAKE THIRD 12-3; HILCHER HURLS By the Associated Press Speed- burning George Hun ger, in top form after a five-day rest, pitched Sacramento to a 3 to 1 victory over Seattle last night, boosting the Senators to a coast league lead of nine and a half games. Hunger allowed six hits and an unearned run. Paul Gregory gave Hunger a close duel for the : six innings he worked. I Portland continued its win ning ways, walloping San Diego by the decisive score of 12 to 3 In the third straight victory over i the Padres. San Diego, as a re ; suit, is barely clinging to Its spot in the first division, j Young Rex Dilbeck, out for I his fourth win of the season, held the Beavers to one hit until I the fifth inning when First Base man' Marvin Owen's single touched off a four-run explos 1 ion. I San Francisco stood alone In 1 third place by drubbing Holly wood 10 to 4. Oakland climbed out of the t cellar by defeating the Angels 3 to 2 in 1 1 Innings. I The scores: Portland 12 13 1 San Diego 3 10 1 j Hilcher and Annunzlo; Dll ! beck, Humphreys, Malman, Pil ' lette and Salkeld. Scores Yesterday American League Philadelphia 9, Chicago S. Boston 14. Cleveland 1. Detroit 3, New York 4. St. Louis 4, Washington J. National St. Louis at Boston, rain. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, rain. Chicago at Brooklyn, rain. (Only games). Coast Portland 12. San Diego S. Sacramento 3. Seattle 1. San Francisco 10, Holly wood 4. Oakland S, Los Angeles 2. Western International Yakima 14, Wenatchee 2. Spokane at Salem, rain. Tacoma at Vancouver, rain. Portland, June 6 iPv Dredging of the Oregon Ship building corporation's 2200-foot outfitting slip here was com pleted today, four months after tlie Dredge Clackamas began the work. Shute Heads Field in Open Tournament 8,000 WATCH AS FIRES GREAT 69 Bud Ward Down List With 76 Ghezzi and Harrison Follow Shute With 70's Fort Worth, Texas, June 9. (AT Battered In the opening round, pursuers of the national open golf championship stag gered through the ropes today for another tussle with Colonial club's par. All alone stood quiet little Denny Shute, sole man to master the course. Shute, two-time winner of the P. G. A. championship, carved a 36-33 69 to beat par 35-3570 In yesterday s first round. The greatest opening day crowd In the tournament's his tory, approximately 8.000 per sons. Jammed the fairways be hind their favorite threesomes. Overlooked by selectors who left him a 20-1 shot, Shute found the links a friend because of his monotonously straight game. Little Cards 71 Only two players equalled par Vic Ghezzi and Lankv E. J. (Dutch) Harrison, with iden tical scores of 35 on each nine. Bunched behind the leaders with 71's were Gene Kunes of Philadelphia, former Canadian open champion; Harold (Jug) McSpaden; Lawson Little, de fending champion; Dick Metz, and Jack Ryan of Louisville. Ky. Sharing 72's were Henry Ran som, local pride: Clayton Heaf ner; amateur Harry Todd of Dallas; Benny Torpey of Dod son. Mo.; Ted Kroll of New Hartford, N. Y.; Bill Kaiser of Louisville, Ky., and Johnny Mor ris of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The rest of the field sagged Byron Nelson. Paul Runyan, Horton Smith, Craig Wood. Lloyd Mangrum and Chick Har bert were among the 73 shooters. Ben Hogan. Gene Sarazen and Ed Dudley checked in with 74; John Bulla, Tony Penna and Jimmy Demaret, 75; Sam Snead. Johnny Goodman, Bud Ward and Billy Burke, 76, and Henry Picard, 77. Ralph Guldahl. who sprinted In as a hot favorite in the final days before the tourney started, had a sad 79. Today's round was to elimi nate all but the low 601 scorers and ties. Tomorrow comes the climactic 36-hole finals. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press Tulsa Junior Munsell, 192, Oklahoma City, knocked out Roughhouse Jack McDonald, 198, Portland, Ore., wrest ler (3). "Jim, did vjon hear what I ktard odH?" "Sprmq it, Joe, what is it?n "Well, the first National is Mdkinq loans on cash values in Life Insurance policies at rates up to 50 less than those charqed 014 Insurance Companies!" "Great balls of fire, Joe, mom don't sai so. ...that sounds qood to mel" Anii Branch The First National Bank of Portland Merchants of Credit for over 75 qeari Conn Drills f' I , JX-1 V,'' ' - ! ' ' ' ' t' I ' : v. ill With eye and fist cocked for his fight in New York, June 18 with Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, Billy Conn goes through training paces. Here th Pittsburgh slugger's muscles are strained and taut as he skips rope. NEED WIN OVER MERCHANTS TO RETAIL LEAO Hess to Pitch for Medford in Sunday Game Here Ostrom Hurjs for G. P. Fighting to stojr in the driver's seat of the Southern Oregon Baseball league, the Medford Rogues will play host to their keenest rivals, the Grants Pass Merchants, at the high school field at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. Manager Paul Hoffard's gang, with three straight victories, must turn back the Merchants for the second time Sunday if for Louis Go they are to retain their undis puted loop leadership for Jud Pernoll's club from the Climate City is rolling along in second place with two wins and one loss. A grants Pass conquest will deadlock the two teams for the top spot. C. C. at R. R. In the other circuit tussle, Crescent City travels to Rogue River for a game with the win less cellarites. The coast club has copped one and dropped two tilts. Paul Hess Is slated to do the Rogue pitching, with young Hal Adams back of the plate. For Grants Pass, Chuck Ostrom has been nominated for mound labor. The Rogues are expected to take the field with practically the same lineup that has carried them to the top of the heap. This includes Mickey Miller on first. Johnny Gitzcn on second, Orv Hampel on short, Riney Cook on third, Harold Fawcett in center Hoffard In left and Dick Hoff man in right. Racin' Ray to Run Against Klemmer in 400-Meter Race Compton, Calif., June 6. W) Featuring keen competition in the 400-meter and 1500-met er races among several of the nation's finest runners, the an nual Compton Invitational track and field meet comes off tonight. Officials, hopeful that world record might be run in the quarter-mile, decided to clock the race at both the 400-meter and 440-yard marks. The event is officially set for the metric distance. Slated to compete were such stars as California's Grover Klemmer, Cliff Bourland of the University of Southern Califor nia, Eugene Littler of Nebraska and James Herbert of New York. Klemmer has done 46.4 seeonds for 440 while Bourland has an unofficial relay lap of 45 8 seconds. The 1500-meter run brings together Leslie Mac Mitchell of New York university, Walter Mehl, former Wisconsin star, Dick Peter of California, Leroy Weed of U. S. C, Mushy Girard of the San Francisco Olympic club and others. Mac Mitchell won the IC4A mile last week and has done 4 minutes 7.4 seconds. The 100-meter dash attracts a coterie of far western sprinters, headed by Hal Davis of Salinas, while the pole vault shapes up as a contest between Cornelius 1 Warmerdam and himself. Ab-! sence of Les Steers of Oregon PROOF G, OING take the Tribune along! You needn't miss an issue of the Mall Tribune while you're away on vacation! Just drop the coupon below in the mail with your vacation address and we'll see that your copy is mailed to you daily! People tell ui they enjoy this service . , . that home town news keeps them up to date . . . helps them enjoy their vacation more! THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE: Please mall me my copy of the Tribune from to to the following addressi SUBSCRIBER HOME ADDRESS VACATION ADDRESS.. post orncE robbed the high Jump of its chief star, but there are other field performers worthy of attention. Not mentioned in the above dispatch, but definitely in the 400-meter gallop, is Medford s Racin' Ray Johnson, who in three years of high school com petition has never been defeated in the quarter-mile. Regardless of whether John son wins the race, he will be timed by Coach Bill Bowerman, and it is expected that the , Tiger flash will run the 440 -A yards considerably faster than his present best mark of :49.3. Player Marries, Flings, Singles, Honeymoons Fort Lauderdale, Fla., June 3. (IP) Pitcher Bill Brydges )f Fort Lauderdale was mar ried at home plate, dedicated i run-scoring single to his oride and left on his honey moon all within half an nour last night. After h i s marriage to Eileen Field, he pitched the first inning and set Miami iown one-two-three. He knocked home the first run In his team's 8 to 1 victory ind then left on a week's A-eddinp trip. 5 TMI5 WMI5KET IS YEARS OLD $240 QUART IHi PINT CENTURY DIlTILLINe CO.. PCOHIA. ILLINOIS 5 AWAY
