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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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