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PAf? SIX MEPrOftD MAIL TRIBUNE. WEPFORD. OREGON, TVEDNTSDAY, JUNE 25, 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Old Rule to Bar Little From Pro Golf Tournament Red Hot Yankees Creep Within One Game of Loop Lead Frequent and bitter has been the criticism directed against the U. S. Lawn Tennis association for its stubborn refusal to sanc tion "open" tournaments amont! the amateur net stars, whom it rules with an iron hand, and the professionals like Bude, Perry. Tilden and the other top boys in the play for pay game. Those who condemn the tennis body for barring tourney com petition between its amateurs and the pros, have cited golf as perfect example of the ex cellent cooperation that can exist between amateurs and pro fessionals in the same sport. The fault-finders of the U.S.L.T.A. methods of operation say, In ef feet, "Why can't tennis stage open tournaments like golf, thereby determining the real national champion?" Golfdom's policies undoubt edly are the most broad-minded, logical and popular of any other sport, yet they are far from perfect. Occasionally, both the Profesiional Colters' Association and the United 8tates Coif association, ruler ef the amateurs, pulls off a deal that leaves sour taste In everybody's mouth, or en forces rule that Is down right silly. One of these utterly ridicu lous laws, owned but not proudly by the P. G. A., will keep Law- son Little, professional in every sense of the word, out of the P. G. A. championship in Denver July 7-13. Thus. Little, 1940 national open title-holder and one of the country's greatest professionals, won't get a chance to win the championship of the branch of sport in which he earns his livelihood. of Oregon frosh this spring, has enrolled in the Cincinnati Reds' tryout camp for young players between 17 and 21, to be held at the high school park July 1-5 ... any boys desiring to attend the free camp may obtain enroll ment blanks from Jack Cum mlng or Bill Hulen . . . Lou Novikoff, the "Mad Rus sian" from Los Angeles, failed to make the grade with the Chi cago Cubs and was sent to Mil waukee in the American Associa tion, which should make Bud Stigcr puff out his chest . . . Bud, before the season started, pre dicted that Novikoff wouldn't cut the mustard in the majors . . . the Pacific Coast league won't have much prestige left if it keeps playing Western Inter national loop clubs . . . Salem dumped the Beavers in an exhi bition game Monday eve, 7 to S, and Tacoma whacked the S. F. Seals, 9 to 4, on the same night . . . earlier in the season Salem beat the Seals. It seems that years ago, when 11 golf clubs were made and repaired by professionals, a rule was drawn providing that com petitors in the P. G. A. tourna ment must have served five yean with a golf club as the club professional or an assist ant. Little, because he Jumped directly from amateur ranks into the pro game without learn ing how to make and repair clubs, will therefore find the tourney closed to him. The former Stanford univer sity golfer isn't the only bona fide professional who will be barred from the P. G. A. meet because he hasn't been a club pro or assistant for five years. Johnny Bulla, third in this year's national open, Is another, and there are several more of the cash players who will be forced to trudge along in the gallery while their pro cohorts are bat tling it out. As Dillon Graham of the A. P. remarked. "It really did look a little silly last year for Little, the open champion and a profeisional, to be on the sidelines when the boys played for the pro championship." Al though there have been re ports an exception might be made In Little's case, nothing has been done about it yet, end probably won't be. The P. G. A., like all governing bodies In sports, hates to break hallowed tradition and re scind long-established rules. Al Wimer, local southpaw who pitched for the University CRATERS PLAN TO KEEP BIG HURLER Big Dutch Lieber, the Jovial fire-balling former Pacific coast league righthanded pitcher who hurled the Medford Craters to a 9 to 2 State league victory over Eugene here last Sunday, may be with the Craters for the second-half pennant race which starts next Sunday. Attempts are being made to obtain a Job for Lieber in Med ford, and those working on the plan report favorable progress. Lieber, who has been employed on the Shasta dam at Redding, Cal., wants to stay here for the rest of the campaign, and of ficials of the Medford Athletic association say no stone will be left unturned In finding the, pitcher a satisfactory position. The Craters will travel to Al bany next week-end for an ex hibition game Saturday night and a regular loop contest Sun day afternoon. BY BOMBERS, 9-1, AS INDIANS LOSE OiMaggio Hits Safely in 36 Straight Games Cardi nals and Dodgers Win STEERS GRANTED Palo Alto, Calif., June 23 (P) Because he works in Portland, Ore., shipyard, Les Steers, world's outstanding high Jumper, has been granted defer ment by his Valo Alto draft board, it was learned here today. He was recently classified 1-A. The University of Oregon ath lete, expecting a draft call mo mentarily, left yesterday for his Portland Job instead of going to Philadelphia with the San Fran cisco Olympic club team for the National A.A.U. track and field meet. Word of the deferment is news to Steers. STARS SIGN BASSLER TO COACH PITCHERS Hollywood, June 25 fjT Johnny Bassler, former Holly wood catcher and coach with Cleveland's Indians last season, has been signed to coach Holly wood's pitching staff. The Stars recalled First Base man Bill Gray, optioned to Ta coma of the Western Interna tional, and Alex Weldon, pitcher from enatchee of the same cir cuit. By Judion Bailey Associated Press Writer The New York Yankees not only are sizzling hot, they also have reached a soft spot In the schedule that may enable them to slip into first place in the American league on or before the Fourth of July, when pen nant winners are supposed to be come apparent. Right now the Yanks are fac ing the last-place St. Louis Browns for two more games and after they finish this scries will move into four contests with the almost equally feeble Philadel phia Athletics and Washington Senators. In the same period the league- leading Cleveland Indians must tackle the robust Boston Red Sox twice and the chesty Chica go White Sox three times. Three Homers Yesterday tfie Yankees slaugh tered the Browns, 9-1, while the Indiana were being massacred, 13-2, at Boston, reducing the margin between the two top clubs to a single game. Three homers, each with one on, extended the Yankee record string of circuit clouts to 19 straight games and Joe DiMag gio singled to stretch ills person al hitting streak to 36 consecu tive games, five short of George Sisler's record. The Washington Senators moved out of the cellar with a 6-3 triumph over the White Sox. The Detroit Tigers nudged out the Athletics. 2-1. in a night game at Philadelphia with a run in the ninth inning on two sin gles and a fly. In the National league the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers continued virtually neck and neck. The Cards crush ed the Boston Braves, 13-1, in the afternoon with a 14-hit of fensive and a four-hit pitching performance by Lon Warneke. Lieber Beened The Dodgers struck back with an 8-0 victory over the Pirates in a night skirmish at Pittsburgh to keep within a half-game of the leaders. The New York Giants whip ped the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, and also cost the Bruins the services of Outfielder Hank Lieber, who was beaned for the second time in his career. The Cincinnati Reds downed the Phillies. 8-1, with Bucky Walters pitching five-hit ball. UOYVTHI STAhD National League W. L. St. Louis .... Brooklyn .... New York Cincinnati .. Chicago Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia Pet 44 21 .677 43 21 .672 33 29 .532 32 31 .508 30 34 .469 24 31 .436 22 35 .386 18 44 .290 American League W. L. Pet 40 28 .806 37 25 .597 34 26 .567 34 31 .523 32 30 .516 28 34 .452 23 39 .371 21 38 .356 Pet. 23 .701 42 37 .532 40 38 .526 39 40 .494 35 43 .449 33 42 .440 33 44 .429 32 43 .427 Cleveland New York Boston Detroit Chicago Philadelphia Washington St. Louis .... Pacific Coast League W. L. Sacramento . 54 San Diego Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles ... Hollywood ..... Oakland Portland Closing time fur Too Late to du ally Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. Scores Yesterday American St. Louis 1, New York 9. Chicago 3, Washington 6 Cleveland 2, Boston 13 Detroit 2, Philadelphia 1 National Boston 1, St. Louis 13 New York 3, Chicago 1 Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 9 Brooklyn 8, Pittsburgh 0 Coast San Francisco 3, Seattle 4 Sacramento 0, Hollywood 7 San Diego 2, Oakland 3 Los Angeles at Portland, rain. Western International Tacoma 8, Spokane 2 Vancouevr 9, Wenatchee 6 Yakima at Salem, rain. SOFTBALLERS TO T If It doesn't rain again to night, the softballers will make up two games postponed Tues day night by the inclement weather. Gasco and Bear Creek Or chards are slated to tangle at 8 o'clock on the high school field, with Fluhrer's bakery and Medco scheduled to take the field an hour later. The makeup games will be played tonight, barring rain, be cause the baseball Craters have no game slated. T. 18-HOLE MATCHES By Gall Fowler Spokane, June 25 (JP) The Pacific northwest men's ama teur golf tournament went into match play today, with the championship draw for the most part pitting the name players against that oft-maligned group usually classified as "a bunch of guys named Joe." However, from the "Joes" may come some upsets in the sudden death 18-holers which start at 12:30 p. m. . Louie Jennings, the pleasant 23-year-old Portlandcr who yes terday won medalist honors with a 70-73143, was to be the first starter, matched against Phil Namma of the Rainier golf club, Seattle. Namma qualified with 153. The star-studded field in-! eludes a former national ama teur champion (Bud Ward): a Canadian amateur champion (Ken Black, whose 68 yesterday was the hottest qualifying 18); a movie actor-golfer (Bing Cros by); a former welterweight box ing champion, (Jimmy McLar nin); a former Oregon state champion (Louie Jennings); a former state and British Colum bia champion (Chuck Hunter); and three former northwest champions Ken Storey, 1934; Harry Givan, 1935-36; and For est Watson, 1926. Kern Upsets Dope in 440-Yard Run iaaaaaa ansa i ii iiissn.il miii iiik- ,7fjwieiiiieMi ism u ... J n l n wn.vmVm VI 1 pu jusfsj i M J iff . - 4 , . K - 4 JfH k:m row .:t. H T M . . -, user r.-tn mnr-.v 'sr'lriM: r r; 7flTm 1 - Hubert Kerns (right), U.S.C. cuts the tape first to furnlsih an upset in the 440-yard run at the NCAA track meet at Palo Alto, Calif. Harold Bogrow (center). NYU. was second. Grov er Klemmer, U.C., favored to win, was third. Gene Littler (behind Kerns). Nebraska, was fourth. Winning time was 46 6 U.S.C won the meet. The temperature in the fire rooms of some U. S. navnl ves sels sometimes reaches as high as 115 degrees. Sailors stationed there must eat salt tablets and drink up to four times the nor mal amount of water. ME REGATTA By Bill Bonl Poughkeepsle, N. Y., June 25 t.JP) Given the promised break in the weather, nine eight oared varsity crews will tie up to their stakeboats at approxi mately 2:45 p. m. fPST) today, ready for a four-mile race down the Hudson river to decide the 44th championship of the Inter collegiate Rowing association. The weather Is an important matter to the 72 lean, bronzed muscular young men in the splinter-thin 60-foot shells. It's a tradition based on records that fair weather means a fast race and that's what's expected to day. There have been times when the wind kicked up the Hudson so that shells were swamped. Other times the crews out in the middle of the river were slowed by wind and rough water while those in the '.ee of the towering west bank benefited by its protection. Sleeping car service has been discontinued in many European countries, the department of commerce reports. , 7 TO 0; HALTS BEAVER GAME By the Associated Press Sacramento's glory as leader of Pacific Coast league baseball is getting slightly tarnished. After being forced to the limit to win their series with cellar holder Oakland by a one-game margin last week, the Solons started another series inauspici ously last night when they went down before Hollywood, 7 to 0. Seattle captured a see-saw contest from San Francisco, 4 to 3, after coming from behind twice. Oakland pulled up out of last place by squeezing out San Diego, 3 to 2. Stanley Corbett allowed but three scattered hits. Los Angeles at Portland was postponed because of wet grounds and a double-header was scheduled for Friday. Babies Used To Blits Liverpool, Eng. (U.R) Twenty seven babies were put to bed in a children's home in a north west town. The sirens sounded. Guns began to fire. Nazi raid ers circled over head. Twenty seven babies, cosily tucked away, slept on. I Fights Last Night By the Associated Press New York Chalky Wright, 127, Los Angeles, stopped Bob by Mclntyre, 138, Detroit, (5). Toronto Sammy Angott, 137, Louisville. Ky., outpointed Harry Hurst, 137, Montreal (10). Hartford, Conn. Bobby Ivy, 128, Hartford, outpointed Harry Jeffra, 124, Baltimore. 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