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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. JUNE 10, 1941
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Billy Hulen Says:
Ken Williams Had
Plan To Elevate
St. Louis Browns
The St. Loult Browns gave the
' old heave-ho to Fred Kaney last
week and grabbed Luke Scwell,
Cleveland coach, to replace him
: on the managerial throne. Rea
' son for the change was no mys
; tery, of course, to those who have
followed the misfortunes of the
Brownies for these many years.
For the past 11 campaigns St.
Louis' American league entry
has floundered in the second di
, vision, and the shift in managers
was Just another attempt by the
. club owners to lift the team out
of the doldrums. Sewell is the
umty-umpth skipper to take the
reins in the past decade.
v We were talking to Ken Wll-
liams about the club Sunday,
when the former major league
star came here to umpire the
; Rogue-Grants Pass game and
t cast an eye on his 18-year-old
son. Kenneth, Jr., who plays
leftfield for the Climate city out
fit. Ken, Sr., Incidentally, took
. his ancient 42-ounce war club
out of the moth balls and gave it
to the boy to use against the
i Rogues. It was one of the bats
,' Ken used when he swatted 39
; homers for the Browns in 1922
, to lead the Iood In round-trippers,
and it still had a base hit
' left in it. Ken, Jr., dropped a
single into leftfield on his first
trip to the plate.
Anyway, Ken gave us an in--sight
on what he considers has
been the main trouble with the
Browns In all their poor years.
And, If anybody not directly con
nected with the club should
know of what he speaks, Ken
Williams most Certainly is that
gent. It was with the Browns
that Ken spent most of his 12
years in the big show, and It
was he, along with George Sls
ler, who batted them into second
place under the Yankees in 1922.
Only once before, in 1903, had
the Browns finished second; they
have never won the pennant.
"In 1937 that team of '22
had a reunion in St. Louis
which I attended," Ken re
called, "and I got pretty fair
look at the club in several
games against the Yanks. Af
ter watching them play under
Rogers Hohniby, who was run
ning the club, I went to the
front office and made them
proposition. This was the day
after Hornsby was canned and
Jim Bottomley had been put
In to run the team.
"Well, I said to them. 'I can
pull these guys into the first di
vision in two years. I'm so sure
of it that I'll take the club on
en arrangement that If I don't.
I don t get any money.'
Ken laughed, "they looked at
me like I was craiy, and maybe
I was. But I knew what I'd do
with the team, and when they
asKea me now I planned to pull
the Browns Into the first division
In two years. I told them.
"1 explained that they weren't
hustl!ng on the field and that
would be my point of attack.
The players didn't seem to give
a d n, which is a rather com
mon attitude among players on
a club that can't afford to pay
major league salaries. They
were playing only for their next
pay day. or for a sale to a richer
club, and I actually saw the start
of an Inning delayed while a St.
Louis outfielder walked slowly
to his position on the field, Just
like a dead-pants busher."
Ken said. "I told them I'd
make It clear to the players
that they hid to hustle on the
field, but that after the game
they could do as they pleased.
Yes. parties at night, a few
drinks, anything they wanted
iuit so they hustled during
working hours. That's the
main thing, and to me. It
looked like the Browns had
enough natural atuti to reach
the first division if they played
ball for keeps."
However, Ken related, his pro
position to the team owners
.. - -. . . ..
uiun i cairn noia and he re
turned to Grants Pass, where he
is a night patrolman for the city
police.
Ken's Idea of putting the plav
es entirely on their own. Just so
long as they hustled on the dia
mond, might have worked, at
that. It certainly couldn't have
done much harm when von
check and discover the Brown.lon c- "escott. 71. former Au-
finished seventh in 1938. last In
1939 and sixth last season. He
mlght've had something there.
Washington. June 10 P
Senator McNary (R.-Ore ) has
offered a measure (S1612) In
the senate authorizing the ad
ministrator of tho Bonneville
nroieet V. !
free" of toll. ,h.-"hS
bridge, acros. the Polnmhi. !
river at Cascade Lock, and Hood
River, Ore.
Nyssa,
Malheur
Ore., June 10 (Pi
county beet growers
received more than $33,000 this
week in payment for the 1940
rrnP'
Rising Reds Rap Brooks Again; Threaten Third Place
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CHIPS REGISTER
9 TO 7 VICTORY ON
LATE-GAME RALLY
Loss Drops Dodgers To Sec
ond Place Behind Cards
Prey Homers, Doubles.
By Judson Bailey
(Associated Press Writer)
The Cincinnati Reds are be
ginning to win like champions,
even If they don't always look
like baseball's kingpins.
Taken game by game during
the past couple weeks the Reds
have been the beneficiaries of
more lucky victories than you
could shake a bat at. But they
all add up to a sudden surge
that has brought the world
champions eight triumphs in
their past 10 games, lifting them
within a half game of third
place in the National league.
The Reds have been in a bat
ting slump all season. For the
first five innings yesterday Hugh
Casey of the Brooklyn Dod iters
held them hitless. Their first
single in the sixth was wasted.
Then In the last three Innings
they made nine blows, including
a home run, four doubles and a
triple, coming off with a 9-7 vic
tory and making the Dodgers
yield the circuit lead to the St.
Louis Cardinals who trounced
the New York Giants, 6-2.
Pirates Win
Lonnle Frey,. a one-time
Dodger, was the big gun In the
Reds victory, driving in four
tallies with a homer In the
eighth and a double in the ninth
One of the fine pitching per
formances of the day was a six
hitter by Rookie Aldon Wil-
kle of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
who shut out the Philadelphia
Phillies, 5-0. The Pirates got
to Lee Grissom for a run In the
fourth and finished strong
against his relief for pairs of
runs in the seventh and eighth.
The Chicago Cubs set off a
21-hit fireworks display at Bos
ton to beat the Braves 13-6, and
present 42-year-old Charley Root
the 197th victory of his career.
Root coasted along, allowing 14
hits but no walks.
Yesterday was an open date
for all American league clubs.
Hints tie
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Portland. Ore.. June 10 m
Lou Jennings, Portland, be
came odds-on favorite to retain
his Oregon amateur golf cham
pionship as he fired a 71, only
par of the day on the Oswego
Lake Country club course yes
terday. Jennings, who is an automatic
qualifier because of his title,
was not seeking medal honors
in the first round, and insisted
that Harold Salvador, Portland,
who shot a 73, should be ranked
as low scorer. Jennings' "prac
tice round," however, was post
ed with the others' scores.
Matt Hatula. Portland, came
in with a 74. and seven players
had 733. They were Bob Heifer.
Marty Leptick, Bob McReyn-i
olds, Ray Isaacs, all Portland;
Dick Hanen, University of Ore
gon; Reg Ott. Oswego, and
George Beechler, Hood River.
GOLF WIZARD RAISES
MONEY FOR BRITAIN
London. June 10. (.f Eng
land's finlf wirarri Tfunrv t-nt.
ton. has turned his fairway magic
into cash for Britain.
The 1934 and 1937 r,rltlsh
open champion has raised $104.-
m for the Red Cross and St.
John's ambulance fund in ex
hlbltlon matches last fall and
this spring.
Sports In general have contri
buted $557,456 to the two or
ganizations. Former Publisher Dies
Portland, June 10 i.V Nel-
ror" ,n1 c""don newspaper
''"b,ih,'r - died here yesterday.
The widow and a son survive.
San Francisco Butter
Sin Francisco. June 10 i.Pi
Butter: 92 score, 37c; 91 score.
35c; 90 score. 35c; 89 score. 34c.
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I Casting Expert
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Scheduled to give a free clinic
for anglers on the courthouse
lawn from 4 to 7 p. m. Wednes
day is Roy L. (Doc) Haslett, the
"Gypsy Angler," who is shown
with Mrs, Haslett after a very
successful fishing trip.. Haslett,
who will appear here under the
auspices of the Rogue River
Sportsmens club, invites all
anglers to bring their tackle to
the clinic and receive his free
Instruction.
TONIGHT;
MINERS FACE SEALS
By the Associated Press
Ambitious Hollywood, fresh
from a decisive victory over San
Francisco, tackles league-leading
Sacramento In the feature
series of Coast league baseball
this week.
In taking five out of seven
games from the Seals, the Stars
didn't seem able to do anything 1
wrong nor the Seals anything ;
right.
The Stars will be able to show
Just how good they are when
they go up against Sacramento
on the Senators' home grounds
In a seven-game series starting
tonight.
Kicked around by Hollywood
last week, San Francisco opens
a seven-game series with Seattle
tonight.
Only a half game ahead of
Seattle, San Diego will have a
pretty good chance to make its
second place stronger when it
starts its scries against Oakland
tonight.
Los Angeles will entertain
Portland, the results probably
determining which team will
temporarily hold sixth and sev
enth spots.
Louis Gerlinger Dies
Portland. Ore., June 10 (P)
Louis Gerlinger, 88, retired
lumberman who once had ex
tensive holdings in Pacific
Northwest railroads, died here
yesterday of bronchial pneu
monia. At one time he was
president of the Columbia Val-
'' - v "''road, Willamette Valley
uumber company
and Slletx
L.umber company.
KLAMATH FALLS
JOCKEY CLUB
Eight Day
Race Meeting
Evenings I p.m.
June II, 12. 13. 18, l, 20
Afternoons 2 p.m.,
June 14 k 21
ttOOO in Purs.
Pari Mutual Betting
t nrtr lrene h Oregon
Piste vunnc Comm.
Fairgrounds
Klsmath Tails. Or.
Admission 75c
I PISH LIBERATION
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BY
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Liberation of trout in waters
of Oregon is now on In full
blast, with crews operating in
various sections of the state, the
Oregon state game commission
has announced. Four new liber
ation trucks have been placed
In service, all equipped with
pumps that keep water in the
I tanks circulating, thus provid
I ing necessary oxygen required
I to keep the fish in good condi
tion. In addition to the large
trucks, the commission is also
using tu smaller three-quarter
ton trucks, on which new port
able tanks are being carried.
, Pack strings have also been
j placed in service to plant the
wicia u, ma iiign aiuiuaes
with fish.
Special pack cans to carry
fish have been constructed for
use on the horses of the pack
string, and back pack cans are
also available to the men who
will plant fish in waters that
cannot be reached , easily by
horses. The latter cans are built
to fit on the back of a man.
The first pack string went into
service on May 26 in the Wil
lamette national forest where
16 lakes in the northern end
of the forest are to be planted
with both eastern brook and
rainbow trout. The fish are be
ing transferred from the Klam
ath hatchery to the Fall River
hatchery to supply the pack
train.
Recent liberations have been
made in various sections of the
state including: rainbow trout
from the Klamath hatchery;
native cutthroat from the Alsea
hatchery; Chinook salmon from
the federal Butte Falls hatch
ery. Liberations planned for the
immediate future Include rain
bow and eastern brook from the
Union hatchery Into waters of
eastern and southeastern Ore
gon, large native cutthroat in
waters of the Alsea river system
from the Alsea station and
yearling spring rainbow from
the Klamath hatchery into the
waters of south central Oregon.
4iOW THEY
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Pet. '
St. Louis
688
.673 j
.311 1
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago ..
Pittsburgh
Boston
Philadelphia .
Others unchanged.
national League
W. L.
33 16
33 16
24 23
23 23
22 25
19 24
16 29
16 32
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SOME T H I N C TO BLOW A 8 O U Twtim It eemes
to leather luncs. Bandman Merle Evsns Is rliht up there with the
best, for In the last tt yrm with a blc circus he and his eornet
hsve blared forth at least 1 .231,000 selections And tint's a lot of
wind. As band leader, he plars an averase of ITS numbers a per
formance, twe performances a day, 160 days a season.
O GREEN
PINE SLABS
Big Heaping Lead
300 cu. ft.
12 or 16-inch
Fill your car er trailer at our yard at th nd
of North Central At, and McAndrtws Road
Timber Products Company
Phone Hit
I Hail to the
AJt
First among those to congratulate the new National Ooen
Golf champion. Craig Wood
champion. Little clasped his arms around his successor after
Wood left the green where he dropped a 30-foot putt for
score of 284. three strokes better than the second man. The
tourney was held in Fort Worth,
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FOR DORRIS TILT;
Medford's State league Crat
ers, revitalized by the signing of
six Portland high school all
stars and Catcher Billy Calvert,
jwill workout at the fairgrounds
park at 5:30 p. m. today in prep
aration for their exhibition game
with the Dorris (Cal.) Lumber-
Jacks under the lights here
Wednesday night at 8:30.
Returning to Medford with
the club Sunday, following the
Hills Creek victory, were a half
dozen youthful diamond lumin
aries from Washington, Frank
lin and Jefferson high schools
in Portland. All the lads are 17
and 18 years old, and were se
lected on the All-Portland inter
scholastic nine this season.
Placing their signatures to
Crater contracts were Jack
Brown, right-handed pitcher
from Franklin; Frank Roelandt,
catcher from Franklin; Spike
Johnson, first baseman from
Jefferson; Bobby Volk, second
baseman from Washington; Bob
Churchill, third sacker from
Franklin, and Harold Marten
son, third baseman and outfield-
er from Jefferson. Martenson
P'aycd in the State league last
year with Ray Brooks' Portland
Babes.
Vo,k was the only one of the
.500lflx wto saw action against Hills
.468 Creek Sunday, and he turned in
.442 8 flawless fielding Job at second
.356 bnse- A" of them are expected
.333 1 t0 P'ay Part or 811 the game
against Dorris tomorrow eve
ning.
End North Cfntzal
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New Champ
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(left), was Lawson Little. 1940
Texas.
AT
Medford tennis players will
have the opportunity of playing
on three of the finest concrete
courts in the state when the
floodlighted courts under con
struction at the senior high
school are opened to the public
in about three weeks.
The courts, all full-length, will
have a medium grey surface
with inlaid yellow lines. The
distance from backstop to back
stop will be 120 feet, providing
for the deepest back-court play.
Twenty-four 1000-watt flood
lights will illuminate the courts
for night-time players, and it is
the plan of City School Super
intendent E. H. Hedrick to op
erate the courts on a self-sustaining
basis. Meters will be in
stalled, with after-dark players
to pay for their use of the flood
lights. There will be no charge
in the daytime.
Construction work on the
courts is largely done by em
ployes of the Medford school
district.
When the courts are ready for
play, Medford will have six con
crete courts, three being at Jun
ior high school, and three city
owned dirt courts.
LA.
LUCK ON ROGUE
Among enthusiastic fishermen
on Rogue river yesterday was
Dr. L. A. J. LaMotte. eye special
ist from Los Angeles, who with
his wife are here for two or three
weeks' fishing and to visit their
old friends, Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Butterfield.
Yesterday's trip resulted In a
nice catch of trout and 12
pound salmon, the largest one.
of course, estimated at about 20
pounds got away.
The doctor's enthusiasm and
fish stories of his catch last year
will bring several of his friends
to the valley this year to try
their luck.
The doctor and wife will make
the trip again in September.
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WISH RELIEF
FOR THIS WEEK
Club Pro Laddie Selkirk to
day reminded all members of the
Rogue Valley Golf club of the
handicap tournament for the
British War Relief society. Play
er, entering the tournament, a
nation-wide affair, will receive a
golf ball in a specially wrapped
box, and a green-marker, with
the low net scorer winning a
special prize.
The tournament is officially
slated for Saturday. June 14,
but Selkirk said that local en
trants could shoot their 18-hole
medal rounds any time this
week. Payment of the small en
trance fee will enable every en
trant to play 18 holes on the
Rogue Valley course with greens
fees eliminated.
The annual Barker Palm
Beach tournament continued
over the week-end. Following
are the results:
Championship Flight
Ike Staples defeated Cid
Reaney, 2 and 1; George Har
rington defeated Jack Creger. 1
up: Leland Clark defeated Ho
bart Price. 2 and 1: Leland Clark
defeated Ike Stapics, 6 and 5:
Eddie Simmons defeated George
Harrington on 19th hole.
First Flight
Lee Watson defeated Orln
Schenck, 1 up; D. Irving de
feated R. Moore, 1 up; Ben Trow
bridge defeated Frank Perl on
19th hole; Dave Irving defeated
Lee Watson, 2 up; Ben Trow
is a a a
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bridge and Jack Horner in play
off. Second Flight
Eddie Nichols defeated H.
Cleland, 1 up: Max Pierce de
feated R. B. Hammond, Sr., 1
up; C. M. Kidd defeated Emil
Mohr, 3 and 2; Gain Robinson
defeated Bob Ebel, 2 and 1.
Third Flight
Justin Smith defeated S. A.
Gibbs, 2 and 1; Ed Drysdale de
feated Fred Scheffel, 3 and 1;
E. Thornike defeated R. Royer.
2 and 1; John Cupp defeated
John McLennon, 1 up; Justin
Smith defeated Ed Drysdale on
24th hole; John Cupp defeated
E. Thorndike 1 up.
Fights Last Night
By th Associated Press
Cincinnati Ken Overlin. 162,
Washington, outpointed Ezzard
Charles, 161, Cincinnati (10).
New York Abe Simon. 233,
New York, stopped Pete Tama
lonis. 179, Buffalo, N. Y. (2).
Providence, R. I. Bobby
"Poison" Ivy, 127, Hartford,
Conn., outpointed Joey Archi
bald. 124, Pawtuckett, R. I. (10)
(non-title).
Scores Yesterday
National League
Cincinnati 9. Brooklyn 7.
Chicago 13, Boston 6.
St. Louis 5, New York 2.
Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia
American Lagu
All teams idle.
Coast League
All teams idle.
Western International
Spokane 7, Vancouver 1. '
Others teams Idle.
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