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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD- OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1941. DiMaggio Hits in 40th Straight Game; Yankees in First Place THEFTS, HITS BY WHITE SOX ROOK NIPS CLEVELAND Ruck Newsom's Wild Pitch in Ninth Downs Detroit- Senators Win. . , Philadelphia, June 28. () Ai hai been their habit recently, the New York Yankees won a ball game today, and thii la what happened: - Joe DiMaggio clouted a dou ble and a single, marking the fortieth straight gam in which be has hit safely and leaving him just one away from the modern major league mark George Sisler set back In 1922. The Yankees climbed into first place In the American league by a margin of six per centage points as the Cleveland Indians lost to the Chicago White Sox. Charley Keller hit his fif teenth homer of the year, boost ing to 23 games in a row the major league record in which one or another Yank has wal loped at least one four-bagger. Oh, yes the score of the ball game was 7 to 4, with the Ath letics serving as the Yankees Victims. The actual deciding run, that counted In the sixth, was pro duced on Bill Dickey's triple and Phil Rizzuto's single. ' Score: R. H. E. New York ; 7 14 1 Philadelphia 4 8 0 Donald, Murphy and Dickey; Bablch, Harris and Hayes. Kolloway Rampages Cleveland, Juna 28. (JP) Two home runs from the usually anemic bat of Don Kolloway plunged the Cleveland Indians back into second place in the American league today behind the New York Yankees. ' The rookie second baseman staged a one-man show to lead his Chicago mates to an uphill 6 to 4 triumph over the Indians before 13,000 ladles' day cus tomers. He not only hit two circuit drives, but also got a single and stole four bases- Including home in the ninth for Chicago's sixth run. Score: R. H. E. Chicago ... 6 0.1 Cleveland 4 8 0 Lee and Tresh; Smith, Brown, Dorsett and Desautels. Buck Lous 11 Detroit, June 28. (JP) George Mcyulnn belted a tremendous two-run homer In the tenth Inning today to give the St Louis Browns a 3 to 1 victory over the Detroit Tigers after Buck Newiom had wild-pitched the tying run home in the ninth. , It was the well-paid Newsom's eleventh setback of the season asaiiut five vlctnrlra : McQulnn's drive with relief pitcher Jack Kramer on base struck the third deck in right field for what nark nfrint.L said was the fourth longest nomer ever hit Into that sector. Newsom, who yielded one hit over the first seven Innings, permitted Chet Laabs to ecora from third on the wild pitch wnn two out in the ninth. Pinky Hi2ina' ilnale that fnl lowed two passes off starter Johnny Niggeling in the fourth gave Detroit what seemlnilv was the winning run in a mound auei. sut Newsom. who fal tered last time out against the New York Yankees with hut one batter to retire, again was unable to put down the up rising. Score: R. h. St. I.nnl 3 6 1 Detroit 18 0 Niggeling. Kramer and Ter rell; Newsom, Benton and Sul livan. Washington, June 28. JP) Bill Zuber, heretofore a relief hurler, pitched Washington to a I to 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox today with the able support of the Washington In field, credited with five double plays. Score: R. H. E. Boston . 18 2 Washington , S 11 0 Newsome, Ryba and Pytalk; Zuber and Early. Haverford, Pa., June 28. (JP) Joe Hunt of the U. S. naval academy won the national In tercollegiate tennis champion ship today with an easy 6 3, 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Ted Ole wine of the University of South ern California. Electrical Contracting Prompt Service Free Estimates OLSON ELECTRIC NORTHWEST GOLF TITLE TO B. WARD, BETTY JAMIESON Spokane, Wash., June 28 (JP) Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane added the Pacific northwest amateur championship to his string of golf titles today, crush ing Mat Palaclo of San Fran cisco, 7 and 6, In 36-hole match over the rain-sodden Spo kane Country club links. ' The argument was fairly even for nine holes, Ward finishing 1 up, but he boosted the margin to 3 up at the 13th, held it there through the 18-hole turn and went 6 up at the 27th. On the par-five 13th, Ward pushed his second inter a pine forest. His third hit a tree and rabbited deeper Into the timber. With Palaclo breezing down the middle and just off the green In three, Ward scooped the ball high over the trees to the green with a nine iron and curled in a 45-foot putt to halve the hole. Spokane, Wash., June 28 (JP) A courageous rally by chubby young Sissy Green of Portland died on the obstinacy of a two- foot putt today and Betty Jame son, national amateur champion from San Antonio, Texas, won the Pacific northwest women's golf championship, 6 and 5. Sissy, 16, soaking wet and 8 down after 27 holes of rain plagued play, gained a half on the 28th and then challenged the girl who had broken the Spokane Country club course record by one stroke with a sparkling 75 on the morning round. The Portlander won the 20th to cut the margin to seven strokes, chopped It one more by winning the 30th and needed just the two-foot tap-In to take the 31st. The putt refused to drop and Sissy, grinning val iantly, shook hands with the champion. Miss Jameson, suffering from a cold and swathed in a hooded raincoat, methodically took the course apart on her opening nine to post a 33 one under men's and three under women's parand take a 8 up lead. POSTED BY MARU The young aoftball season's first no-hit game was turned in by Maru of Catholic Men Fri day night at the stadium when he flung his team to a 7 to 1 victory over Fluhrer'a Bakery. Although he didn't allow a base hit, the losers scored a run In the first Inning on two walks and an error. Walker, hurling for Fluhrer's, yielded six blows, with the Cath olic Men scoring twice each in the first three frames and once in the seventh. In the other contest, Jennings' Tire company turned back Gas co, 16 to 2 in a five-Inning tilt. Ray Singler allowed only four hits for the winners. Scores: R. Fluhrer's 1 Catholic Men 7 H. 0 6 Walker and Newland; Maru and McGuire. R. H. E. Jennings Tire 16 11 1 Gasco 2 4 9 Singler and Sakraida; Shlroda and D. Watson. Cht.ll To Seals San Francisco, June 28. (IP) Signing of Bill Clssell. vet eran lnfielder, was announced today by Charles Graham, pres ident of the San Francisco Seals baseball club. Haley Signed San Francisco, June 28. (IP) Jack Haley, righthander from Kansas City of the American association. Is the latest addition to the pitching staff of the San Francisco baseball club. LISTE11 TO THE PASSIM PRRf.DE fMj'i' -Johii B.nESBintitejl CALIFORNIA SUNDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY 7:30 P. M. T TO SEE TEAMS PLAY E Baseball Tryout Camp to Open Tuesday Experts To Coach. Charles E. (Al) Chapman was to arrive In Medford today, watch the Rogues battle Cres cent City at the high school park, and Immediately complete final arrangements for the an nual tryout camp for youthful diamond prospects, which tht Cincinnati Reds' organization will conduct here starting Tues day morning and continuing daily through Saturday. Chapman, Pacific coast scout and representative of the Cin cinnati baseball system, one of the best organized In the world, wants all young players between 17 and 21 to enroll for the camp. Sessions will be held every morning starting at 10 o'clock at the high school park, and will last until early afternoon. In case a large enough attendance is obtained. Chapman will give evening blackboard talks. Filling out an enrollmert blank yesterday was Harold McAbee, six-feet-two-inch right handed pitcher from Willamette university. Previously, South paw Pitcher Al Wimer, lnfielder Johnny Gitzen and a young bat tery from Portland had enrolled in the camp. Many local players are expected to enroll Tuesday morning. The camp Is entirely free, players being asked only to furnish their own gloves, shoes and uniforms. The Reds' or ganization will provide bats, balls and other equipment for the regulation games that will be played every day. The Medford camp Is one of 14 the Reds are holding through out the west this year, and Is the only one in Oregon. Chap man, in a letter received here Friday, said that an "extra-good" catcher had been signed at the Mc Allen, Texas camp June 16 20, and that an outfielder and a pitcher had been given contracts at the Grand Junction, Colo., camp held June 13-19. Players showing promise of future professional ability will be tendered contracts, but even though such an offer is not forthcoming the young hopefuls will receive the benefit of ex pert coaching and suggestions from one of the smartest scouts in baseball. Chapman will stay at the Hotel Medford, and any players desiring to enroll before the camp starts can contact him, or Jack Cumming or Bill Hulen. DODGERS, GIANTS, PIRATESBEATEN Boston, June 28. (IP) The Brooklyn Dodgers and their high-priced pitching specialist, Kirby Higbe, ran out of gas at the same time today, dropped a ball game to the Braves and sank a full game out of the National league lead. 'Bama Rowell caught hold of one of Higbe s slants with a mate on base in the sixth inning, knocked it out of the park and enabled the Braves to come from behind to take a 3-2 deci sion, ending both Brooklyn's six-game winning streak and HiRbe's four-game victory run. Score: R. H. E. Brooklyn 2 8 1 Boston 3 7 0 Higbe, Brown and Franks; Errickson and Berres. New York, June 28. (IP) Stan Benjamin scratched a sin gle to the box with two on and two out in the. 12th inning today to send a run home and give the Phillies a 3 to 2 over time victory over the Giants. Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 10 0 New York 2 11 1 Blanton and Warren, Living- ORANGE ston; Wlttig, Hughes, Brown and Danning. Chicago, June 28. W The Pittsburgh Pirates' Inner de fense approached two major league records for activity to day, but cracked on two critical plays that allowed the Chicago Cubs a 3 to 2 victory. Score: R. H. E. Pittsburgh 3 11 1 Chicago , 8 7 0 Butcher and Lopez; Olsen and George. Cincinnati at St. Louis, post poned, rain. OREGON'S STEERS IN A.AU. EVENTS Philadelphia, June 28. (IP) The 33rd National A.A.U. track and field championships opened today at Franklin field with two records broken, one tied and Veteran Joe McCluskey the center of attention because, for once in his long running career. he was unable to finish a race. McCluskey was leading the field in the 10,000 meter run, which Is 378 yards and 4 Inches longer than six miles, and look ed . to be in good shape as he finished the 20th of his 24 laps. But as he passed the checking station the next time he was tying up badly. McCluskey struggled on, gamely in quest of his 24th national championship in 12 years of running, but he was almost out on his feet when fin ally pulled off the track. He col lapsed and finally recovered sufficiently to be taken to a hospital. Don Lash, winner of the 10,- 000 a year ago dropped out after only six laps. The junior record breakers were Edward Culp of Xavier college In New Orleans, a slim negro lad who clipped a full second off the meet mark for 1,500 meters, and Bill Stewart, University of Southern Califor nia freshman who pushed the meet s high Jump "ceiling to 6 feet 8 3-8 inches. The crowd hit a peak of 15, 000. At least double that num ber are expected tomorrow, when the senior titles will bring into action runners like Les Mac Mitchell, Walter Mchl, Greg Rice, Harold Davis and Grover Klemmer; hurdlers like Joe Ba tiste and Fred Wolcott, and field event men such as Al Blo zis, Les Steers, Cornelius Warm erdam and Earle Meadows. COP COAST TILTS Hollywood, June 28. (IP) George Turbeville's five-hit pitching gave Sacramento a 7-3 victory over Hollywood today to make It two In a row for the Solons after the Stars had won the first three games of the series. It took Turbevllle two inn ings to warm up, and then he fanned 10 men. Only Johnny Dickshot had the Sacramento right-hander's number. The Hol lywood outfielder drove In all of the Hollywood runs with a single, double and homer. R. H. E. Sacramento 7 10 0 Hollywood 3 5 2 Turbeville, Caplinger and Klutz; Joiner, Bittner and Dap per. Oakland, Calif., June 28. (IP) San Dieso overnowered Oak land 4-2 today for its second win of the Coast league series. Eddie Pellagrinl, Padre short stop, poled Stanley Corbett's first pitched ball for a home run over the left field fence, and San Diego was never headed. R. H. E San Dirgo 4 11 0 Oakland 2 0 1 Rich, Thomas and Ballinger; Corbett, Ananlcz and Conroy. Los Angeles-Portland, post poned, wet grounds. FIRST-HALF TIE Medford's Rogues and tht Crescent City Merchants, two of the three teams remaining In the Southern Oregon league, will clash at the high school park at 2:30 this afternoon In a gam that winds up the first half pennant race. Grants Pass, third member of the league, la idle. Manager Paul Hoffard of the locals will start Virgil Haynes, former University of Oregon righthander, on the rubber, with Billy Calvert back of the plate. Mick Miller or Orv Ham pel will be on first, Johnny Gitzen on second, Lee Reynolds on short, Darrell Leavens on third, Harold Fawcett In left, Bill Piche in center and George Gitzen in right. A victory today will clinch the first-half bunting for the Rogues, and might possibly give them the season championship. Whether the league will con tinue to operate after today is somewhat doubtful, as Manager Hoffard has said that the Rogues have applied for ad mittance into the Northern Cali fornia circuit, which has seven clubs. Attempts are being made to bring Gold Hill into the Southern Oregon wheel to re place Rogue River, which with drew from the league, and If this can t be accomplished the Rogues will probably finish the season in the N.C.L., if they are admitted. Yammer, young southpaw pitcher who beat the Rogues two weeks ago at Crescent City, will again do the mound labor for the coast club. That defeat was the only on suffered by the Rogues this season, and the boys are determined to wipe it off the books with a victory today. LEIBER TO HURL AT ALBANY TODAY With Dutch Lelber doing the hurling, the Medford Craters will open the Oregon State league's second-half pennant race today against the Albany Alco-Oaks at Albany. Other loop tussles will see Eugene at Toledo, Bend at Klamath Falls and Hills Creek at Silverton. Against the Oaks, last year's Oregon and Washington semi pro champions, the Craters will line up with Frankie Roelandt catching. Spike Johnson on first. Bobby Volk on second, Del Schroer on short, Bob Church ill or Harold Martenson on third, Al Llghtner In left. Man ager Lou Sauer In center and Joe Gray in right. Albany is expected to send Oscar (Red) Miller, the crafty southpaw, to the firing line. Mil ler has lost only two games for the Oaks in two years, and never has been beaten by the Craters. WILLIAMS LEADS WITH .411 RECORD New York, June 28. (IP Long Ted Williams of the Bos ton Red Sox still is setting op posing pitchers frantic. His bat ting average today was .411, far and away the best In the major leagues. Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers continued to lead the National league with .356, but there were no fewer than five batters In the American league above this figure. The week's important hitting O GREEN FIN Big Heaping Load 300 cu. ft. 12 or II Inch Fill rout ear at trailer at our yard at the end el North Central Ave. and McAndrews Road Timber Prqducts Company development in the latter cir cuit was the spurt of Roy Cul lenblne of the St. Louis Browns, who Inflated his average 23 points to .380. The rise lifted him into third place in the American league, 17 points be hind the steady slugging of Cleveland's Jeff Heath. CROSBY'S BROTHER IN TRACK PLANS Spokane, Juna 28. tF E. J. Crosby, brother of actor-singer-sportsman Bing Crosby, and two Spokane men asked the city council today for lease on Play fair race track, the Spokane horse racing plant now con trolled by John J. Jerome of California. With his signature on letter received by the city commis sioners were those of I. L. Hil denbrandt, former manager of the track, and Dr. Robert L. Rotchtord, owner of a racing stable. The commission reported the three singers said they were acting as committee for a "group of business men and citizens" to lease the track "if and when the commissioners may elect to accept proposals." RUINS SOX SUITS Cleveland, June 28. (IP) A "wild throw" cost the Chicago White Sox some of their shirts today. Firemen called to Cleveland stadium extinguished a blaze in a trunk containing 49 shirts of White Sox baseball team mem bers. A careless smoker who tossed a burning cigaret into the trunk when aiming for a sand box was blamed. But the Sox had other shirts along to wear In today's game with the Indians. JTILLE ACE WILL FACE MARSHFIELD Coach Riney Cook's Jackson county American Legion junior baseballers will open their 1941 season today with a double header against the Marshfield Legion juniors at Marshfield. Bob Smith, righthander from Jacksonville, will pitch the first game and Southpaw Howard Parker of Phoenix the second contest. The local juniors have six district four-games slated this season. Lebanon, Ore., June 28. (IP) Roy Helser, ace hurler of the Salem Western International league baseball team, will be Lebanon high school coach next year. Superintendent Milton E. Coe said Helser, a Linfield college graduate, would handle all sports, replacing Jack Woodard called into army service. Coast Entry Beaten Columbus, Ohio, June 28. (IP) Earl Stewart of Louisiana State, won the national Inter collegiate golf championship to day by defeating Ray Brownell of Stanford 3 and 1 after a thrilling display of par-shattering golf. General Hugh A. Drum of the United States army did not at tend West Point. E SLABS MEDFORD LADIES NORTHWEST TOPS The highest-scoring team from the northwest, one that cap tured 14th place in a field of 1.013 similar outfits that was the proud accomplishment of the Hotel Jackson ladies' bowl ing team at the Women's In ternational Bowling Congress tournament which was recently completed at Los Angeles. Final tabulation of the tour nament scores, received here yesterday, reveals that the team of Mamie Pruitt, Zola Sims, Ruth Cougle, Audrey Swoapc and Mabel Sherwood rolled a score of 2,504 In team play, giving them 14th place and $115 in prize money. All told, the local gals collected $166 in prizes, took more places than any other team from the entire northwest and had Mrs. Sims as the lone Oregon keglerette to place in the all-events com petition. She rolled a 1.776. In the singles event, Sims rolled 517, Cougle 486, Pruitt 481 and Sherwood 478, all of them placing in the money. Sims and Sherwood scored 989 and Cougle and Swoape 983 in the doubles competition, also placing in the money. The local girls high team game score was 874, giving them 27th place in that division. EVANGELIST'S WIFE SELLS Hood River, June 28. (IP) Mrs. Billy Sunday, widow of the famed evangelist, has sold 49 acres of her ranch on Neal Creek near Odell to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morrow, Eugene. She will retain 15 wooded acres and the cabin In which the pair vacationed for a number of years. Hungarians Chase Rsds Budapest, Hungary, June 28. (IP) Hungarian troops chased Soviet forces over the frontier in "several places" today, the Hungarian high command an nounced tonight. If Old break, FREE FROM THE You'll feel the differ ence, the first d-y you wear Mussgic Shoes. Thit step- ---.cut ccirt ?T Xjr l.irV--T easing sir cushion helps you do s better dry's work keeps you foot-fresh fot the evening. Choice of several styles. Get yours today. WEYENBERG GLENN H. UTZ "UTZ FOR SUITS" Open Saturday Eve Until 8:30 BY CARD HITTERS New York, une 28. OP) . Young Pete Reiser of the Brook lyn Dodgers is maintaining steady gait at the front of the National league hitters, but it is beginning to appear that he will have to sprint if he want to keep first place. Enos Slaughter and Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals have been hot on his heels for weeks, first one and then the other steaming up close behind, and their tactics have brought their quarry within range fin ally. A week ago Reiser had an average of .366, Slaughter was second with .352 and Mize was third with J42. Since then Reiser has yielded slightly to the pressure while Mize, the 1939 batting champion, came along with a great burst a of hitting and boosted his per centage to .353, only three points behind the pace. This made up for the fact that Slaughter slipped to .342. This trio had the race all to Itself. Behind them the best batters were Stan Hack, - Chi cago, .325; Nick Etten, Phila delphia, .317; John Cooney, Bos ton, .316; Jimmy Brown, St, Louis, .314; Terry Moore, St. Louis, .313; Mel Ott, New York, .304, and Billy Herman, Brook lyn, .302. NANCYlIIIS Portland, Ore., June 28. UP) Nancy Merkl, national 440 yard women's swimming cham pion, won the Lake Oswego marathon swim for the third time today. The Multnomah Athletic club star set a new record of one hour, 10 minutes and 18 seconds over the three-mile course. Sec ond was Brenda Helser, Multno mah club, and third, Doug Mac Quaig, Aero club, Portland. Astoria Span Hearing Astoria, June 28. (IP) A hearing on proposed construc tion of a bridge across the Col umbia river at Astoria was set for July 13 here by army engin eers. Jupiter Pluvlus will give us a the Cattish Derby will be held today at Bybee Bridge and all the public is invited. The ceremonies will begin at 1:30 and little Mary Kane will be queen of the Derby. . Don't forget, too, you baseball fans I The Rogues play Crescent City at 2:30 p. m. today at the high school park I DRAG OF V.?. " wit -, Absorbs shecla. Jen Keeps yen feet-frMk SHOES S N. narllrlt Phone 1IU End North Central
