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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 19. 1941.
Sport
Graphs
o
Billy Hulen Says:
Crater Increa
Batting Average
In L&tt 2 Start
Gallant Billy Conn Knocked Out by Louis in 1 3th Round
SUter
Roelandt
Churchill
.boo
.000
.000
Total 140 28 .200
Three week ago, after they
had dropped their first two
State league games, the Med
ford Craters possessed a micro
scopic team batting average of
.134. Which was ample proof
that It takes hit to win ball
games.
Now, after splitting even In
their last pair of circuit con
tests, the local have boosted
their clout-figure to an even
.200. Which still Is far above
par for the State loop course,
but which Indicates the lads are
beginning to know what It feels
like to propel the horsehide to
unfieldable territory.
' That .200 figure, a we said
before, is certainly not one to
call for loud cheers and bot
tle of brew, but It does repre
sent a substantial increase over
the average produced In the
first couple of tussles. Any im
provement, we always say, is
better than none at all.
Now, If the Craters keep on
boosting their maul-mark every
two game by 66 points, the
number they picked up in their
previou couple of tilts, it won't
be long before the club boasts
very adequate attack. Pretty
soon, in fact, the team will be
batting .600 or .700, which 1 a
light exaggeration but which
gives a rough idea of what can
happen if the locals continue to
Improve their plate work.
It is expected the Craters will
add helft to their batting aver
ages when they play the Eugene
Athletics here this week-end.
the Sunday afternoon affair
counting in league standings
nd the Saturday night tiff be
ing a kings-x exhibition. We do
not mean to belittle Eugene and
their pitcher, Pete Igoe, but the
fact remains that Catcher Billy
Calvert of the Craters was
Igoe's battery mate all spring at
the University of Oregon, and
William will undoubtedly im
part much valuable Information
as regard the Igoe stuff, to his
current Crater pals.
s
A'S, 14-2
AND ADD TO LEAD
By Judson Bailer
Associated Press Writer
The light hitting Cleveland
Indians suddenly have become
lerocious at the plate and look
capable of gobbling up the lesser
ugnts or the American league In
big gulps.
Yesterday they really opened
up getting 17 hits, including
five home runs and four doubles
to overwhelm Philadelphia, 14-2.
iney scored seven runs in a
rousing second inning and kept
pouring on the power right on
through the game. Hal Trosky
hit two home runs and Lou Bou-
dreau. Ray Mack and Ken Kelt-
ner one apiece.
This display of fireworks was
accompanied by a four-hit pitch
ing performance by Bob Feller,
who coasted to his 14th victory
of the campaign.
The Indians' first place mar
gin was increased to three full
games as the Chicago White Sox
trimmed the New York Yankees
by one run for the second day
in succession, 3-2. Joe DiMaggio
hit safely in his 31st consecutive
game. I
The Detroit Tigers tore Into
the Boston Red Sox for a 5-2
victory behind the steady, eight
hit hurling of Lynwood (School
boy) Rowe, who gave up only
one extra-base blow, a homer
by Jimmie Foxx.
The St. Louis Browns squeezed
out a 3-2 verdict over the Wash
ington Senators In a night game
The St. Louis Cardinals con
tinued their climb in the Na
tional league with a 7-3 triumph
over the Phillies while the sec
ond-place Brooklyn Dodgers
were dropping a 5-1 nod to the
Chicago Cubs.
The Boston Braves beat the
Cincinnati Reds, 4-2 with Al
Javery besting Johnny Vander
Meer in a pitching duel In which
each allowed seven hits.
CHALLENGER HAS
TITLE IN GRASP;
FAILSJJ3A1LE
Five Rights to Jaw Ends
Fight After Conn Elects
to Punch With Champion
Huskies Wet Their Sweeps
Calvert probably knows
more about the angle of break
a Igoe curve ball and the
Velocity of speed en Igoe's
fast ball, not to mention his
degree of accuracy, than Igoe
doe himself. Billy, we would
n't be surprised, even knows
what Igoe eats for breakfast
and whether he draws three
cards to a pair or holds a
knocker. All that information
Inside Billy' head Isn't going
to hurt the Crateri one little
dab, and conversely it prob
ably won't do Igoe and Eu
gene any good.
Of course. Manager Andy
Hurney of the Athletics may
double-cross the Craters and
start somebody else on the
mound Sunday. Like Joe Spen
cer, well-known here, or Al
Linn. In which case the Craters,
except in the case of Spencer,
would be going in there "cold,"
as they say. However, the odds
are lengthy that Igoe will start
the clash, so hire yourself a hall,
Will, and start giving.
Oh yes, those batting aver
ages. Well, Calvert is the team
leader with .429, not counting
Pitcher Jack Brown with his
one for one and McLean with
hi one for two. Some of the
boy listed below may not play
anymore with the team, but
here they all are,
league game only:
AB
Brown ,-,,,, , 1
McLean 2
Calvert 7
McDonald n
Volk 7
Martenson , 4
Eilertsen 4
Sauer ... .. 17
Gray 18
Schroer 14
Fox 8
Fleishman 11
By Cayl Talbot
New York. June IS (JP)
For fleeting, golden moments
last night, Billy Conn of Pitts
burgh held the heavyweight
cnampionsnip of the world with
in his grasp.
Then Biily gambled, tried to
match punches with Joe Louis.
and the big negro snapped out
or nis strange lethargy and
knocked Conn kicking in the
13 th round before a thrilled
crowd at the Polo Grounds.
Conn, the 174-pound gamester,
was well In front when the end
came, suddenly and unexpect
edly. Louis, drawn too fine in
his training, had looked a slow,
sullen defender of the crown.
Conn had danced around him
for half the distance, tied him
up in the clinches, then had
come on to slap the bomber's
teeth out.
At the end of the 11th round
the Pittsburgh wonder boy had
spread his mouth wide in a grin
as he returned to his corner and
waved triumphantly to the gal
lery stretching far back into
the dark stands. He thought he
was "in," and so did an amazed
audience.
In the twelfth round, the slim,
handsome challenger sent Louis
reeling against the ropes with
a vicious two-fisted attack. Louis
looked slow, unable to take ad
vantage of the targets offered
him. The more than 64,000 elec
trified fans in the big ball yard
were only waiting, tensed, for
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ing r Immediately into training for the regatta. June 23. Left to right: Coxswain Vic Fomo; Stroke
T.d Garhart. Tom Taylor, Walter Wallace, Charles Jackson. Doyle Fowler. William Neill, Paul
Sindars and John Bracken.
round closed, but that still didn't
daunt Billy. He managed to get
through the sixth on even terms.
and the seventh began the rally
that had the title won for him
when he became too careless
and confident in the 13th.
Champ Pounded
Conn won the eighth round
and the ninth, lost the tenth,
and then spurted to capture the
eleventh and the twelfh. The
roars of the crowd echoed across
the nearby Harlem river as the
boy who didn t have a chance"
increased his pace to step around
Louis and pound the champion
from every angle.
Louis up to this point had not
reached Conn with a single right
to the head. Billy had reason
to feel confident. He had caught
the over-trained champion with
Scores Yesterday
fltirrv in thm 12th that hori
the final bell of the fight and nt T.nui. h.fnHHi.H int th.
the announcement that the "win- r0peS. He had made a terrific
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way. He had the championship
in his right fist.
And then It happened to him.
He became in an Instant only
the 18th victim of Joe Louis
since the big negro won the
American League
Cleveland 14, Philadelphia 2.
Chicago 3, New York 2.
Detroit 3, Boston 2.
St. Louis 3, Washington 2.
National League
Chicago 8, Brooklyn 1.
St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 3.
New York 2, Pittsburgh 2
(Time limit.)
Boston 4, Cincinnati 2.
in State
Llghtner
Monro .
Johnson
Swanson
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4
4
Pet.
1. 000
.500
.429
.417
.286
.250
.250
.235
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 0, Oakland 6.
San Francisco 6, Portland 5.
San Diego 15, Hollywood 12.
Los Angeles at Seattle rained
out.
Western International
Yakima 8, Vancouver 2.
Wenatchee 8, Spokane 6.
Salem at Tacoma rained out.
ZEKE B0NURA TAKES
BIG BAT INTO ARMY
.214
.125
.091
.063
.000
.000
.000
New Orleans, June IS. W
Big Zeke Bonura's winding
baseball road turned Into an
army camp today, and Zeke
took the latest curve with
mingled emotions.
The friendly cabbage farmer,
dumped from the majors this
year after seven slugging sea
sons, expressed disappointment
at being called when he had
Just about batted his way back
into the big show; but said he
was determined to "give the
army all I've got, Just as I did
In baseball.
nah and new champion
Billy Conn.
Louis Worried
Then the 13th round began
Louis came out, looking wor
ried, and Conn rushed to meet
him. From the challenger's cor
ner blurted the warning cry;
"move around," as it had come
from Conn's manager. Johnny
rtay, from the opening bell on.
! But Billy was heedless. He went
tearing to meet Louis.
A left hook caught Billy
alongside the head and staggered
him. He fell into a clinch. Louis,
finally aroused, poured every
thing he had into the boy from
Pittsburgh. Five consecutive
rights landed flush on Conn's
jaw before he finally crumpled
to the canvas. He was down,
still trying to struggle to his
knees, when the count of 10
came and Referee Eddie Josephs
signaled that it was all over
Then they half-carried the
stripling bark to his corner, the
blood pouring irom his nose and
from a cut under his eye. He
still had a smile on his lips, a
kid full of courage and glory.
Later he cried in his dressing
room as though his heart would
break, but the last the crowd
saw of him he was holding out
hi hand in congratulation to
the negro who had beat him
down.
Seldom has heavyweight
fight crowd seen the scales of
victory shift so suddenly. Up
to the instant when Louis caught
and downed his man, it looked
as though Conn had made good
his boast and bedazzled the
champion, a far bigger man.
Louis, for all his 190Vj pounds
and his vaunted punch, had
looked like a slothful, disgusted
fighter up to the instant when
he connected.
Conn's Left Scores
Early in the fight, in the sec
ond round. Louis shuffled in and
poured punches into Conn's
stomach. The kid looked in bad
shape. The fight-wise ringslders
nudged each other and said it
title.
STEERS WILL AIM
Dog Runs Bases
To Get Name In
Regular Lineup
Charlotte, N. C, June 19.
A stray dog wandered
into a baseball box score here.
Bob Oritz, right fielder of
:he Charlotte Piedmont league
team, clouted the ball to deep
right field and tore out for
first.
As he neared the bag, a
ipotted terrier, long of ear
ind tall, dashed from the
stands. He caught Oritz at
first and stuck with him all
the way to third, where Oritz
oeat him and the ball by a
jlide. Then the terrier grab
bed Oritz's cap and made
merry around the Infield.
In the Charlotte lineup the
Vewa carried the footnote:
"Stray dog."
In the summary;
"Ran with Ortiz in the
linth."
HOW THEY?
STAMD
National League
Season Profitable
Yarmouth. Nova Scotia U.R)
Lobstermen In this little Nova i was about over.
Scotian port are congratulating But the tiiird round saw Billy
themselves on the close of one open up in spectacular fashion
of the most successful seasons and slap Louis all over the ring
In recent years. Entire catch Louis looked a sucker for Conn's
-.u k-iii id nrw inj-, if noes, ine champion ap-
Palo Alto, Calif.. June 19
(IP) Three world's records are
apt to be In considerable danger
at the national collegiate track
and field championships here
Friday and Saturday.
Grover Klemmer, University
of California sophomore who
has already tied Ben Eastman's
440-yard dash standard of 48.4
seconds, will be pushed by
fast field that includes three of
the nation' finest quarter-mll-ers,
and coaches have predicted
that he might run under 46 sec
onds. Les Steer of the University
of Oregon has bettered the of
ficial world high lump record
ee times, and will be aiming
at a seven-foot ceiling at the
two-day N.C.A.A. meet. He has
cleared 6 feet 11 inches.
In the discus, Big Archie Har
ris of Indiana has been flirting
with the 174 foot 2 Inch mark
established by Willie Schroder
of Germany, and may surpass It
at any time. His best has been
an inch and a half short of
Schroder's heave.
STATE SHOOT STARTS
AT GEARHART TODAY
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis 41 18 .695
Brooklyn 37 20 .649
Cincinnati 30 28 .517
New York 28 27 .509
Chicago 28 29 .491
Pittsburgh 21 27 .438
Boston 19 33 .365
Philadelphia 17 39 .304
American League
W. L. Pet.
Cleveland 38 23 .623
New York 33 24 .579
Boston 30 21 .556
Chicago 31 26 .544
Detroit 32 28 .533
Philadelphia 26 31 .456
St. Louis 19 34 .358
Washington 19 38 .333
Pacific Coast League
W. L. Fct.
Sacramento 50 21 .704
ISan Diego 39 3t .534
! Seattle 35 34 .507
San Francisco 36 37 .493
Los Angeles 33 39 .458
Oakland 31 40 .437
Hollywood ... 30 39 .435
Portland 30 40 .429
SEAL RALLY
NIPS BEAVERS, 6-5;
OAKS TRIM SACS, 6-0
By the Associated Press
The erratic Oakland Acorns,
who find the going tough
against second division teams.
had an easy time walloping the
Sacramento Senators, coast
league leaders, by a 6 to 0 score
last night.
Eleven pitchers saw service
In a weird game between Holly
wood and San Diego, with San
uiego winning 15 to 12.
A see-saw game most of th
way, at Portland, with the lead
changing eight times, ended
when San Francisco scored two
runs in the ninth and defeated
Portland 6 to 5.
The Seals got 14 hit to 10 by
foniana.
The scheduled game between
ftaiuo ana los Angeles was
postponed because of rain. The
two teams will pipy a double-
header tonight
The score:
San Francisco 8 14
Portland 5 10
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Seaside. June 19. (Ft The
annual Oregon State trapshoot chases.
openea today at the Seaside
Gesrhart gun club. Under aus
pices of the Pacific Internation
al Trapshooting association. It
oners fzuiu in added
Picket Competitor
Middletown. N. Y. (U.R) Now
It Is employers who are picket
ing. When Albert V. Graham,
proprietor of a beauty shop, re
fused to close Saturday after
noons in summer, his competi
tors established a picket line
ouisine nis shop.
San Francisco OJ.Ri Returns '
from the California state three1
per cent sales tax increased SIB.-i
525,703, or 23.7 per cent, during
the past 10 months, presumably
because of national defense pur-
PORTLAND MAY HAVE
PRO FOOTBALL TEAM
Portland, June 19 (P) Bob-
ty Rowe. Portland rjromoter
said today Portland might enter
a professional team in the
Plans are tentative, he said
but a meeting with Jimmy Man
das, West Seattle Athletic club
business manager, is planned to
aiscuss we outlook.
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4; IM'iM M
peered unable to tintrack him
self. His handlers said later that money
they were fearful at that stage Major competitive
soberly, admitted when starts tomorrow with
Louis,
it ended that Conn had surprised
him with his speed and ability
to take punishment.
Again In the fifth Louis came
alive and belabored Conn's mid
die. sending the challenger wob
bling to his comer when the
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SOFTBALL SLATE
Four more Softball teams will
inaugurate their 1941 campaign
at the stadium tonight if the
weather doesn't make playing
conditions Impossible.
' Gasco and Fluhrer's are slat
ed to collide In the 8 o'clock
struggle, with Bear Creek Orch
ards and Medco tangling in the
9 o clock fracas. The season
opened Tuesday night
Friday night's schedule will
see Catholic Men and Rogue
River Chevrolet facing off at
8 o'clock, and Jennings Tire and
Coca Cola colliding an hour
later.
Cyprus hu bnn a British eolony
and base slno 114.
FAST FOUR MILES
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 19.
(iP) Thing are picking up in
the crew camps along the Hud
son. Day by day the eight var
sity crews which, with M.I.T.,
will race four miles next Wed
nesday are taking time trials,
and each new time trial bring
the cry of "watch Cornell,"
"Watch California," or whoever
it happens to be.
Yesterday afternoon It was
California's turn, and the Gol
den Bear rowed down the four-
mile course in what Coach Ky
Ebright said was "less than 20
minutes" but most volunteer
stopwatch holders called closer
to 19.
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