MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORn. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1941.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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