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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAH. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 17. 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Crater Hit Hard But Can't Match Pelican Slugging Regardless of the general im pression you received in watch ing the Crater kids torpedoed twice by those Klamath Falls Pelicans over the week-end, it must be admitted they did do some pretty heavy clouting on their own behalf. The trouble was that Klamath Falls clubbed considerably harder, thereby scoring more runs, thereby win ning both games, 13 to 7 and 12 to 7. The locals made 10 hits Sat urday night, three of them doubles (Sauer, Johnson, Wray) and one of them a triple (John son), and that batting attack, ordinarily, would have been suf ficient to return a victory. In Sunday's tilt, the Craters hit safely 11 times, with Schroer socking a triple, and Sauer and Volk doubles. This show of plate strength should have been enough to win, but again the Pelicans managed to hit much oftener and take the verdict. As we see it, the trouble was that the Craters, who had been getting fine pitching until Kla math hit town, suddenly found themselves against a club their hurlers couldn't cope with. Those Pelicans, now tied with Albany for the league lead, have the stoutest-clouting crew of, any outfit we have yet seen. . The major paln-ln-the-neck to the locals was Paul Crapo, Klamath first baseman. In Saturday's tussle he hit a triple, double and two singles la six trips, and In Sunday's game he continued his savage Jugging with three doubles for five. Thus. In the two game set. all Crapo did was belt seven hits in 11 times at the plate, four of them doubles and one triple. Crapo, Incidentally, has received an iter from the Salem Sena tors of the Western Interna tional league, but plans to turn It down to continue working for Copco in Klam ath Falls. ' Although the number of fights I. Pickem has picked cor rectly can be counted on the fingers nf one hand, the guy is going to try again . . . he se lects William Conn to lift the Louis heavyweight crown to morrow night by virtue of a 15-round decision . . . but no more wagering, brothers . . . we understand that Racln' Ray Johnson has Just about made up his mind on Southern Califor nia,, and aren't you the lucky fellow. Dean Cromwell? . . . Albany's defeat by Bend Sun day was the first State league loss for the Oaks since Med ford's Craters beat Glen Elliott here way last summer . , . Shortstop Del Schroer of the Craters, who couldn't hit at the start of the season, has collec ted seven blows in his last 11 official trips to the plate In three games, and a couple of them have been three-base wal lops . . . those rampaging Pell cans are in town again tomor row night for an exhibit! in game, and everybody keep theif fingers crossed . . . For the benefit of several skeptical fans, a dropped foul fly which should have been caught IS an error, regardless of what happens to the batter afterwards . . . the rules say: "An error shall be given for each mlsplay which prolongs the time at bat of a batsman or prolongs the life of the base runner or allows a base-runner to make one or more bases when perfect play would have Insured his being put out" . . . To Earl Jones of Ashland rur al route 2, box 180: Nope, Joe Louis has never been defeated nor lost his title since he won it from Jimmy Braddock . . . in fact, no heavyweight champ ion has dropped his crown and regained it . . . Louis was knocked out by Max Srhmcling, right enough, but that was be fore he became champion , . . ft 14ft Louis 2 22 WRITERS LIKE .11 Fighters Plan Rest Today for 15-Round Tiff; Weigh in at Noon Tomorrow Radio station KUIN, Grants Pass, 1340 kilocycles, will broadcast a blow-by-blow de scription of the Louis-Conn fight through the facilities of the Mutual Broadcasting sys tem. The fight Is scheduled to go on the air at 0 p. m. Wednesday, Pacific standard time. By Gayle Talbot New York. June 17. 0T1 Their training completed, brash Billy Conn and big Joe Louis were scheduled to take things mutually easy today, merely fiddling around and resting up in preparation for tomorrow night's championship battle at the Polo grounds. Billy, who surrendered his 175-pound title for a crack at Louis' unlimited crown, limbered up in one of this city's smaller gymnasiums, while the negro champion re mained at the cool of his train ing camp at Greenwood lake. They will weigh in tomorrow noon at the offices of the ath letic commission, lows who for a living have to lows who tor a living rave to look at all the tussles, like Joe Louis over Billy Conn In tomor row night's doings at the Polo grounds, but the surprise of their voting today was that the Brown Bomber was only a 2 to 1 choice. An Associated Press poll of the fight writers gathering for Joe's 18th defense of the heavy weight crown showed that of 33 casting ballots, 11 picked Conn and 22 rode along with the head man. Buildup Amaslng The build-up for this bout has been an amazing thing. Last summer, when Conn and his fldegety little manager, Johnny Ray, first began talking about fighting Joe Louis, they were good for many a hearty laugh around fight headquarters here. The boys asked Johnny if he were serious about wanting to get Billy killed. Then Mike Jacobs became per sonally attached to the hand some boy from Pittsburgh. Billy, frequently Mike's house guest, must have convinced the crusty old promoter, who usually Is about as sentimental as a bill collector, that he might whip Louis. At any rate, here is Conn about to fight the man killer and Billy isn't a bit bet ter qualified than he was year ago. Maybe he was ready a year ago, as he said he was, and may be he will prove It tomorrow night. This reviewer merely is trying to point out that Conn still is a light-heavyweight, and that he has not scored a victory over any figtuer of the caliber of Lou Nova, Max or Buddy Bacr or even Abe Simon in gain ing this shot at the champion ship. Scores Yesterday American League New York 8, Cleveland 4. Washington 3, Detroit 1. (Only two games) . National League New York . Cincinnati 0. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 1. (Only two gamesi. Pacific Coast League Teams traveling. Series open tonight: Los Angeles at Seattle. San Francisco at Portland. Sacramento at Oakland. San Diego at Hollywood. Western International Yakima 6, Vancouver 3 (10 innings). San Francisco 3, Salem S (ex hibition game). Old Dnim Brand M ENTiFD wiliS- KEYi 90 Proo-71 Grain Nrurral &n,r,ffi. f !vr Diuillan ( -nrv- N.VC - 1 Favorite Over Billy Conn in Wednesday Fight UOW THEY? STAMD National League W. L. .39 18 ...36 19 ....29 27 ...27 27 ....27 28 ..21 28 18 32 17 37 League W. L. ...38 23 .....33 22 ...29 22 .....29 28 ....30 27 ...28 29 St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati . New York Chicago Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia ..... American Cleveland New York Boston .... i Chicago .. I Detroit I Philadelphia St. Louis Washington Pacific Coast changed. ...18 34 ....19 37 League PASTOR DECISIVE T Washington, June 17. (P) Bob Pastor, hopeful of bouncing back as a heavyweight head- liner, showed enough power to outpoint Buddy Scott of Wash ington decisively in a 10-rounder here last night. Some 2.500 spectators watched Pastor belt Scott almost at will for nine rounds of the bout. Buddy was practically out on his feet at the end. Pastor went to the canvas in the fifth the only knock down of the bout when Scott con nected with a short right to the head. That round was the only one credited to Buddy. Pastor weighed 178J4, Scott 181. SALICA RETAINS Philadelphia. June 17. U Crafty, ring-wise Lou Sallca of Brooklyn still is bantamweight champion of the world because he had a plan and stuck to it. On the verge of losing his 118-pound title to Philadelphia's Tommy Forte for the second time in six months, he came from behind last night to gain a unanimous 15-round decision over the challenger before 14, 500 at Shibe Park. BAKED SALMON FEED AT C. P. T Central Point, June 17. (Spl.) The Central Point Sports men's club and the Civic club will serve their third annual baked salmon dinner at the Grange hall Thursday night at 7 o'clock. Ladles of the Civic club will prepare and serve the dinner, to which the public Is cordially invited. Tickets for the affair may be obtained at Ross and Ross here, or from Aubrey Norris in Med ford. NEW TRACK MENTOR IS NAMED BY BEND HIGH Bend, June 17. Track coach at Bend high school next year will be Claude Cook, Adri an high mentor fnr the past two years, Howard W. George, city superintendent, announced to day. Cook, who replaces Joe Hus ton, now Roosevelt high coach In Portland, will be assistant in other sports. V CUT CLEVELAND'S LEAD TO ONE GAME By Judson Bailey Associated Press Writer The New York Yankees have a psychological edge over their rivals whenever they get rolling high and handsome In their present manner. In winning their eighth con secutive game yesterday they appeared to overawe the Cleve land Indians and this should be a danger signal for the rest cf the American league. In their days of glory the Yankees al ways had two strikes on every foe before they ever sauntered onto the field and they now "vijr i-, amaMMsaWM . ... MaT VHaaaaaaaaaaaaBiasS FOOD FROSTER FRESHENER Food Frottor wirtl glon Glow covord ! lo kp F.Or .IH SlOM UlOU COV...O! ' rto fcoy JIOI I MM ,ld.ollok..prr.iit,l (rton tlvrt sordn-lr.iN yKy k sm iiHil look as If they are apellblnrfng the opposition again this season. The Bombers didn't outhit the Indians and they didn't out pitch them yesterday, but they wen, 8-4, and cut Cleveland's first-place margin to a single game. The Washington Senators downed the Detroit Tigers, 3-1 in the only other American league game. In the National league the New York Giants shut out the Cincinnati Reds, 8-0, on the three-hit hurling of Bill Lohr man and the wildness of John Vander Meer and Gene (Junior) Thompson. The Chicago Cubs cuffed the Phillies, 3-1, with a fielding show in which Babe Dahlgren, their new first baseman, played an important part. He handled a dozen chances and participa ted in three double plays, two of which were routed by home plate. 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Thursday night the four other teams will inaugurate their schedule, with Gasco meeting Fluhrer's Bakery and Bear Creek facing Rogue River Chevrolet. Team managers are as follows: Gasco, Jack Boyle; Bear Creek, Heinle Bohl; Fluhrer's, Jerry Trill; Medco, Lloyd Klrcher; Catholic Men, Ray Lewis: Jen ning's Tire, Ray Singler; Rogue River Chevrolet, Bob Kincaid; SEALED UNIT " ' .' r 3-yoor Pro(otti noiW Spot madol Socfcod 61.05 W Ml I I H jj II! rv Coca Cola, Jim Boyle. All man agers report they have lined up strong teams and all predict pennants for their clubs. A total of 58 games will be played during 28 nights of play this season, with each team fac ing a 14-game schedule. Games will be played on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Die Together Philadelphia (U.F) Edward Steck, 72, and Frank James, 68, life-long friends and related by marriage, died on the same day within three hours of each other. They took ill on the same day. See This Multi-Featured 6V2 cu. ff. Refrigerator! 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