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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORn. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Lillard PUns Early Opening Of Mat Matches Les Steers Cracks High Jump Mark With Leap of 6' 1 1 " Yes, ttf been whala of Ion wrestling lamina here about! nd met fans my con tinue to iterve for their ftvorlte form of athletic amusement for a certain amount of time yet. but Promoter Mack Llllerd plans to open up again soon ai the weather become! settled enough for him to take hli pro grams ouUlde under the stars. The location will probably be the fairground! ball perk, which will provide excellent facilities Mack, who If still running hli ards In Klamath Falls, said yes terdav that he wasn't certain of the date for the first open-air extravaganza, but that It would probably be June 30, depending on the looks of the weather In the next week. Incidentally, Lillard isn't the only grapple promoter who has relinquished his regular mat stand so that national defense workers could take over. Herb Owen In Eugene moved out of the armory there as architects for the pro posed Eugene army cantonment occupied the place, the same as draftsmen and architects have done at the local armory. Eugene matches are now being held at the Lane county fair grounds pavilion. Lillard tried a new wrinkle In Klamath Tails a couple of weeks ago. and the fanatics went overboard for It Along with his grappling tussles he put on some prlseflghts, and followers are hollering for more, ha said. They'll get more, and Medford can expect some of the same later In the summer. Mack said. Right now he has IS young Klamath fighters working out dally In a local gymnasium, and ha claims the mitt industry Is showing definite signs of com ing to Ufa In the Pelican city. Congratulations to the city school board for starting con struction on those three fine tennis courts at the senior high school . . . there has long been a need for more tennis courts In Medford, what with only the three concrete courts at Junior high school . . . next Item on the school board's athletic plant expansion at the high school is a de luxe swimming pool . . . and while these things are going on out there, might it be sug gested that the stadium press box is strictly "bush league, with Its seating capacity of a mere eight persons . . . that press box should be enlarged to take care of three times that many at least. In view of the fact that football in Medford is no longer minor league stuff . . . It's a very fine stadium, otherwise . Klamath's press box seats about 25, Eugene's Civic stadium around 80. Paul Hess, the big rlghthanded pitcher from Ashland who has won three and dropped no South' em Oregon league games for the i Medford Rogues, plans to catch on with the Craters If he Is wanted . . . Paul says he quit the Rogues because he wasn't notified until game-time June 8 that he wasn't scheduled to pitch against Grants Pass, and that he feels a pitcher playing Sunday baseball only should be in there every Sunday In order to keep In shape . . . also, he explained that he figured his record of three and none should have brought him the nod to at least start the game against Grants Pass . . . Hess has a fine hard one and ahould be of value to the Craters. OREGON ATHLETE FAILS TO REACH 7-FOOT CEILING Coast Team Routs Mid-West Stars, 80-56; Cal Relay Quartet Breaks Record By Robert Myers Los Angeles. June 18. (AO Two new world records were offered for official recognition todav as another chapter was written In the annual dual track and field competition between picked teams of the powerful Pacific Coast conference and the Big Ten. California's four-man team surpassed the world mark in the mile relay, barely nosing out the University of Southern California; Oregon's Les Steers soared to new heights in ine high Jump with a leap of 6 feet. 11 inches, ana me coasi rouwu the midwestern forces in team points, 80 to 56. High point oi xne meei, nciu before some 10,000 fans, came In the final event when the Golden Bear quartet of John Reese, Fay Froom, Clarence Barnes and Grover Klemmer captured the mile relay in record time oi 3 minuies, w. seconds. Unaware of Deatn Klemmer, unaware that his father had died a few hours before, held off a gallant threat by the Trojan anchor man, Hubert Kerns and gave the event to his mates by Inches. The time beat the world rec ord of 8 minutes, 10. S set by a Stanford team of Shaw, Clark, Williamson and Jeffrey last year. Next In the thrill department was Steers' leap. Proving once again that he is unequalled in this event, Steers made the Jump on his second try and broke his previous high mark of 8 feet, 10ft inches. He tried to go over at an even seven feet but missed. KJell Qvale of Washington and Hal Sinclair of U. C. L. A. ran one-two for the Coast con ference In the 100-yard dash, and then reversed the order In the 220-yard event, Sinclair winning and Qvale finishing second. John Long, Washington captain, ran third in the 440 yard event. Beaver Second Don Findlay of Oregon State took a second in the broad Jump with a leap of 23 feet 2 '4 Inches and Williams of Wash ington State ran second In the two-mile run. Two Washington State men, Dale and Lang, were second and fourth respectively In the 880-yard run. Pat Haley, Washington State sprint star, pulled a muscle In the opening relay event which the Big Ten team won, and did not run in the dashes. Phil Leibowltz,-Ida ho, took a third in the mile event Scores Yesterday S IN Nl GIVE BEAVERS 10 TO 9 OVER SEALS American Chicago 8. New York 7. Detroit 8 8, Boston 14-9. Cleveland 3. Philadelphia 3. (Only three games scheduled.) National New York 8. Pittsburgh 3. Brooklyn 7. Chicago a (10 In nings.) Cincinnati 5, Boston 3. St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 3. Pacific Coast Seattle 4, Los Angeles 2. San Diego 7. Hollywood 0. Oakland 7. Sacramento 1. Portland 10, San Francisco 9. Billy Conn's Defense i .j v I?' I 4-. ; 7 7 r -K K. J f Im - - -1 ii I, I ' t -urt aia F ""am 3 I LOUIS HAS 25-LB. WEIGHT BULGE IN BATTLE TONIGHT New York, June 18. (Pt Champion Joe Louis will have a 25 '"4-pound advantage in weight over Billy Conn to night in the 18th defense of his heavyweight crown. Louis weighed in at 199V4 pounds for their match at the Polo Grounds while Conn, former light heavyweight champion, balanced the weights at 174. This Is the shell of elbows, forearms and fists which Billy Conn, known In the fight trade as a "punch blocker" rather than a "punch slipper," throws up when the going gats tough. Conn meets Champion Joe Louis in New York tonight. JENNINGS TIRE. COCA COLA TAKE L WOW THEY? CT.4 V National League Jennlng's Tire company and Coca Cola unleashed heavy bat ting attacks along with sparkling pitching to capture a pair of Softball contests as the 1941 sea son got underway at the high school stadium last night before a crowd held to slim propor tions by threatening weather. Jennings, with Manager Ray Slngler hurling four-hit ball, crushed the Catholic Men, IS to 1, while Coca Cola, behind the four-hit pitching of F. Weather ford, turned back Rogue River Chevrolet, 13 to 7. Singler, a southpaw, had a shutout within his grasp until two were out In the seventh and final Inning, at which point Catcher Johnny Smith of the Catholics belted a homer with the bases empty. Jennings belted Maru. Catholic pitcher, for a dozen hits, four of them being accumulated by Web ster, roaming shortstop. . The winners tallied nine runs In the seventh to turn an otherwise fairly-tight game into a route. Catholic Men made nine errors to aid the victors. Coca Cola, in scoring their con quest, collected 12 hits off the flinging of Landers of Rogue River Chevrolet, with Jim Boyle hitting a first-inning homer with nobody on, and Darrell Leavens clouting a round-tripper In the third with one aboard. Scores: R H E Jennings ..- 13 12 1 Catholic Men 14 9 R. Slngler and Babb; Maru and J. Smith. It. E. 4 3 12 3 Weath- By the Associated Press There has been talk that lanky Dick Gyselman. Seattle third baseman, might have a fight en his hands to keep his Job after arrival this week of Bote Bereer, an Infielder purchased from Kan sas City. Gyselman's bat spoke for him In denial of the rumor last night. I The third sacker rapped out three doubles and a single for a perfect night at bat in pacing I Seattle to a 4 to 2 victory over Los Angeles In the series opener. In the league's other Pacific northwest game. Portland de feated San Francisco 10 to 9 with seven runs In the last two innings. Two were out when the shoot ing started in the four-run ninth. John GUI drove a homer Into the center field stands with two on base to tie the count. Then Owen walked and scored th vlnning run from firjt on I.lnd My Brown's oouble. The game Western International Spokane 12, Wcnatchee 8. (Other games rained out.) produced eight doubles and four homers. Cellar - dwelling O a k 1 a ,t d stepped Into, the spotlight by trouncing lrague-leading Sacra mento 7 to 1 W. L. St. Louis 40 18 Brooklyn 37 19 Cincinnati 30 27 New York 28 27 Chicago .... 27 29 Pittsburgh 21 27 Boston 18 33 Philadelphia 17 38 American League W. L. Cleveland 37 23 New York 33 23 Boston 30 23 Chicago 30 28 Detroit 31 28 Philadelphia 28 30 St. Louis 18 34 Washington 19 37 Pacific Coast League W. L. Sacramento 50 20 San Diego 38 34 Seattle 35 34 San Francisco ...... 33 37 Los Angeles 33 39 Hollywood 30 38 Portland 30 39 Oakland 30 40 Pet. .690 .861 .526 .509 .482 .438 .353 .309 By Gayle Talbot ' ' New York, une 18. (P) The biggest, richest prizefight crowd since the second Louis-Schmel-ing battle three summers ago will surge Into the Polo Grounds tonight to watch Joe Louis de fend his heavyweight champion ship against clever Billy Conn of Pittsburgh. The big negro's 18th defense of his title promised to draw more than 40,000 and to gross approximately $400,000, as com pared with the $1,000,000 thai flowed into Promoter Mike Ja cobs' trenmry the night Louis crushed Max Schmeling, the man he hated, In less than a round. The most popular opinion was that something very much like that was due to happen tonight to Conn, though the 23-year-old challenger had plenty of sup porters. The odds against the former light-heavyweight king were lengthening steadily In the Broadway marts. Last night II was possible to get odds ol 7 to 2 against his winning, and one commission man esti mated he would be offering a solid 4-to-l against Billy by nightfall. INDIANS DEFEAT A'S, 3-2, WHILE NEW YORK LOSES By Judson Bailey Associated Press Writer This is the only eastern trip all season in which the Cleve land Indians do not have to tackle the dangerous New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in succession. The Indians lost three straight In New York to the Yankees, saw their American league lead shaved to a single game, and were staggering on the edge of a precipice when they left the big town. They got a breathing spell last night against the Athletics. Al though It was what might be termed a short breath, they came out with a 3-2 victory and gained another full game on the Yankees, whose eight-game win ning streak was snapped. The defeat of the Yankees was an 8-7 decision handed down by the Chicago White Sox. The Boston Red Sox and De troit Tigers divided a double header. The Red Sox scored eight runs in the seventh to take the first game. 14-6, and Detroit retaliated with two four-run frames In the nightcap to win, 8-9. Mort Cooper regained his win ning stride with a six-hit perfor mance as the St. Louis Cardinals pummeled the Phillies, 11-3. thus maintaining the Redbirds' firm hold on the National league lead despite a 7-6 10-inning vic tory by the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Chicago Cubs. Carl Hubbell coasted to 8-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pi rates. The Cincinnati Reds hopped on Art Johnson for four runs in the first inning and gave Paul Derringer easy sailing to a 8-3 verdict over the Boston Braves. Norwalk, Conn. Frankte Velei. 146, Puerto Rico, and Al La Barba, 144, New York, drew (8). Los Angeles Oscar Rankin, 171, Los Angeles, outpointed Pat Valentino, 174, San Francisco (10). Pet. .617 .589 .568 E Because last night's torrential downpour turned the fair grounds park diamond into a quagmire, the exhibition game between the Medford Caters and the Klamath Falls Pelicans 536 ! scheduled for tonight, has been 525 1 canceiiea. lnis is me iounn jfti local game that has been called ar ! off this season because of the .339 , weather. Next appearance for the Cra Pet ;ters will be against the Eugene 714 Athletics in a two-game series .528 here next Saturday night and .507 j Sunday afternoon. The Satur .486 'day night game will be an exhi .458 bition, with the one Sunday .441 1 counting In State league stand .435 1 ings. Eugene is in fourth place .429 ' with two wins and one loss. Is FOR RENT It's Fun To Use The Electric Hedge Trimmer 35 N. Bartlatt. HANSEN HARDWARE Phone 2370 (;';; mil v. I'M' The Answer ToThe Demand lbrRncrWMsIieyi l4Vv.V.,.',",i;,;.,.7.;'i! R. 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