MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. TUESDAY. JULY 1. 1941.
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Billy Hulen Says:
Chance Slim of
Player Reaching
Major Loop Peak
Browns Shell Feller to Showers and Trim Indians, 12 to 6
What are the chances of a
young, ambitious baseball
player reaching that ultimate
goal of all professionals in the
"national pastime the major
leagues?
Well, according to one of the
country's foremost scouts, it is
just hold your breath one
chance in 10,000. Yes, the odds
against any baseball player
climbing into the big show are
1 to 10,000, no matter how hard
he tries.
That is the opinion of Charles
C. Chapman, who for years has
watched diamond performers
come and go in his position as
Pacific Coast scout and repre
sentative of the Cincinnati Reds,
1940 world's champions. Chap
man is here to conduct the an
nual tryout camp for youngsters
between 17 and 21, which start
ed at the high school field this
morning and will continue
through Saturday.
"In our series of tryout
camps.'' tha genial, keen
minded Chapman explained,
"we sign to minor league con
tracts about one player in 50
on the average. And of those
young hopefuls who sincerely
desire to make baseball their
profession, only one in 200
finally succeeds in making the
major league grade. That
means that only one player
In 10,000, who tries to break
Into organised ball, will
eventually attain the heights."
Chapman, who is a full
fledged professor of history at
the University of California,
hastened to make it clear that,
although the odds against a
prospect reaching major league
status were very long, it was
worth the gamble for boys sin
cerely desiring to make baseball
their means of livelihood.
'The rewards are rich in the
major leagues," Chapman said,
"and if a player is careful of
his money he can lay aside
enough during his baseball car
eer to make him secure for the
rest of his life."
payroll. Lightner, we under
stand, was making considerably
more than the W. I. L. average,
so his release will save that
much dough for the Senators.
Roy Helser's sale to the Seals
was another example of th
Senators tightening their finsn
cial belts; another high-saKried
player is no longer on the ros
ter, and his sale brought some
$3,000 into the coffer.
Lightner was probably the
most popular player on the Sa
lem team, even though he wai
not getting those base knocks,
and was certainly the hustling
est. In that latter respect, he
and Little Brother Allan are
two of a kind, for Allan is an
A-number-1 hustler, no matter
what.
Here is what Ron Gemmell
of the Salem Statesman said of
Lightner: "The Antelope drew
his pink slip for failure to pro
duce what he was getting paid
for basehits. and the Antelope,
being the kind of a guy he is,
was the last to criticize the man
agement even tho'igh he hated
it like the dickens. Lightner,
the hustlingest gent yet to wear
Solon livery, bowed out trying
his darndest, and that's about
all that can be asked of a fellow.
"No one was more per
turbed over his failure to hit
than was the Antelope, him
self. Al did about everything
in the batting book in at
tempts to regain the swing
that netted him a .292 aver
age and a new league triple
record last season, even to
working out daily when the
club was home, but nothing
seemed to work. Not even
the spectacles, which he pro
cured as sort of a last ditch
gesture."
Antelope Al played first base
for the Craters against Albany
lsst Sunday and will arrive in
Medford after he straightens out
his affairs in Salem. He may not
be here for tomorrow night's
game with Yreka, but he plans
to come before the week is out.
ROY HELSERSOLD
TO COAST SEALS
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IN SEVENTH HEAT
CLINCHES AFFAIR
Slim Crowd Sees Fireballer
Routed; Reds Beat Char
ley Root and Cubs, 7-1
How did the Medford Craters
happen to land Antelope Al
Lightner, who batted .292 and
set a new Western International
league record for three-base hits
last season while playing for the
Salem Senators?
In the first place, of course,
the Craters got him because
Salem released him. In the sec
ond place, because his little
brudder, Allan (Wray) Lightner,
calls Medford his home and
plays left field for the locals.
Allan had quite a bit to do with
Big Brother Al deciding to sign
with the Craters.
Antelope Al was given the
pink slip by Salem, partly be
cause of his failure to hit this
year, and partly because the
Senators, who aren't drawing
well, decided to cut down on (he
WOW TH ETC
American League
W. L.
New York 42 26
Cleveland 42 30
Boston 38 30
Chicago 36 32
Detroit ...35 36
Philadelphia 32 36
Washington 26 42
St. Louis 24 41
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Salem, July 1. &) Roy Hel
ser, Salem Senator southpaw
pitcher, who has . won nine
games and lost one this season
in Western International league
competition, has been sold to the
San Francisco Seals of the Paci
fic coast league, Howard Maple,
business manager of the Salem
team, announced today.
Maple did not disclose the
price. As part of the deal, the
Senators will obtain Charlie
Schanz, San Francisco right
handed pitcher, on option.
Helser will report to the Seals
immediately, while Schanz will
join the Senators Thursday
night at Yakima.
Maple said that because at
tendance at the Salem ball park
has not been as high as expected,
he was forced to sell players to
obtain revenue.
By Bill Bonl
Associated Press Writer
Bob Feller's weak spot, it
seems, is Sportsman's Park in
St. Louis.
It's not the Browns who play
there who bother him so much,
it would appear, since Rapid
Robert has beaten them twice in
achieving his total of 16 vic
tories. But those two triumps
came in Cleveland. By the banks
of the Mississippi the fabulous
Feller also has pitched against
the tail-enders in two games,
and each time they have shipped
him to the showers.
The way they did It yesterday
was horrible to behold for all
but a St. Louis fan, and there
were only 1,408 of them in the
stands. For six innings the
Brownies let Feller and the In
dians coast along on a 6-3 lead.
Then, before Feller or the tribe
could recover, they exploded for
nine runs and a 12-6 victory that
was Feller's first defeat in four
starts and made it three straight
losses for Cleveland.
Tigers Los
The only other American
league game yesterday saw the
Chicago White Sox trim the De
troit Tigers, 7-6.
The Dodgers won their 10th
straight from the Phillies, 9-2.
The Cardinals were nosed out,
4-3, by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The hard luck that has been
dodging the Boston Braves'
i Manuel Salvo since he beat the
Phillies on the second day of
the season kept right on his
heels. This time it was a fluke
double by Johnny Rucker of the
New York Giants a hard
grounder that bounced off Sec
ond-Baseman Carvel Rowell's
head into centerfield which
drove in two of the three nth
Inning runs with which the
Terrymen won, 3-0. Cliff Mel
ton pitched six-hit ball for the
winners.
In another night encounter
the Cincinnati Reds teed off on
"Old Man" Charlie Root for five
hits and five runs in the first
inning and went on to rout the
Chicago Cubs, 7-1.
National League
W. L.
St. Louis 47 23
Brooklyn 47 23
New York 37 30
Cincinnati 36 33
Pittsburgh 28 33
Chicago 31 39
Boston 24 39
Philadelphia 19 49
Coast league unchanged.
Pet.
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.459
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Fights Last Night
By th Associated Press
Providence. R. I. Buddy
Knox, 191, Dayton, Ohio, knock
ed out Lorenzo Pack, 194, De
troit (7).
Washington Bob Montgom
ery. 136, Philadelphia, stopped
Wishy Jones, 137. Louisville (5).
Johnstown, Pa. Teddy Yar-
osz, 174, Monaca, Pa., outpointed
Jimmy Young, 173, Scranton.
Pa., (10).
Seven brothers named Patten
are stationed on the U.S.S. Nevada.
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FIGHT TONIGHT
Los Angeles, July 1. JF)
Richie Lemos, the Mexican
jumping bean, goes after Petey
Scalzo's N.B.A. featherweight
championship tonight in a 10
round battle offering more odd
angles than a surrealist's geo
metric design.
The Los Angeles-born Mexl
can says he'll KO the New York
titleholder in six rounds, no
more. That despite the fact
Scalzo KO'd him in eight frames
here recently.
TWO Ttt1LLS"WILL
OPEN SEMI-PRO MEET
Albany. July 1. P) A pair
of doubleheaders will open the
Oregon semi-pro baseball tour
nament here Sunday.
Silverton . will play Marine
Electric, Portland, at 1:30 p. m
Valsetz will meet Forest Grove
at 3. Albany will take on United
Furniture workers, Portland
under the lights at 7:30 p. m.
and Dairy Creek will meet Bend
at 9.
Jacksonville, Fla. Frank Po-
reda, 190, Jersey City, stopped
Jose Fonseca. 186, Mexico (4).
San Francisco Ray Lunny.
134, San Francisco, knocked out
Eddie Marcus, 132, Los Angeles
(3).
KATBALLERS PLAY
Tonight's Softball schedule at
the lighted senior high school
stadium will find Rogue River
Chevrolet and Fluhrer's clash
ing at 8 o'clock, and Coca Cola
meeting Gasco an hour later.
On Thursday night, Fluhrer's
will play Jennings Tire in the
first game and Gasco will meet
Catholic Men in the second tilt.
Those games will wind up soft-
ball activity until Tuesday,
July 8.
Closing time for Too Lata to Clas
sify Ads la 1 :30 p. m.
Steve Crippen. who boasts one
382 of the hottest winning streaks in
.369 , Northern California league an
nals, will pitch for the Yreka
Miners against the State League
Medford Craters in an exhibition
game here Wednesday night at
8:30.
Last Sunday Crippen, former
Crater, notched his seventh
straight N. C. L. triumph by
flinging the Miners to a 9 to 3
victory over the Weed Sons,
and keeping Yreka at the top
of the heap. Crip allowed six
blows and fanned 11 in besting
Cliff Fisk. former University of
San Francisco gridiron star. In
addition, the red-haired right
hander belted a triple, double
and single to help the Miners' 12
h it attack.
Crippen's only defeat of the
season, in any company, was
suffered at the hands of the Cra
ters here the night of May 20,
when the locals registered 7
to 4 victory when the Yreka in
field came apart in the fifth
inning to allow five runs to cross
the plate.
Remembering that setback
Crippen is determined to get re
venge by ramming the Crater
bats down their collective
throats tomorrow night. He is
confident he can accomplish this
fete, too. I m certain I can beat
the Craters," he said. "My arm
is in great shape now and I
wouldn't be surprised if I shut
them out."
On the other hand, the Craters
are just as confident they can
take the measure of the red-head
again. They oeueve urippen is
one pitcher they can hit lustily,
regardless of the fact he is un
beaten in the Northern Cali
fornia loop.
Manager Lou Sauer plans to
start Dutch Licber on the Crater
pitching mound, with Frankie
Roclandt behind the plate. The
locals will workout this after
noon at 5:30.
Golf's Hall of Fame May
Include H. Chandler Egan
.... It will be interesting to the many friends of the late H.
Chandler Egan, to learn that there is a movement on foot to elect
him to the golf Hall of Fame, where Bobby Jones, Walter Ha
gen, Gene Sarazen and Francis Ouimet have already been in
stalled. In a recent Issue of the Christian Science Monitor, A.
Linde Fowler, golf expert and member of the Hall of Fame
nominating committee, discusses the problem in detail, his com
ments regarding Mtdford's famous sportsman and outstanding
national golf star, being as follows:
"To my list of nominations
for the golf Hall of Fame, which
thus far has included Bobby
Jones, Walter Hagen. Gene Sara
zen, and Francis Ouimet, the
four originally named by the
committee of which I was a
member; and Charles E. Evans.
Jr., Jerome D. Travers. and Wal
ter J. Travis as additional per
sonal selections, tilready men
tioned in these columns, I would
now add the names of three
more amateurs, viz.. H. Chand
ler Egan, Robert A. Gardner and
Jess W. Sweetser.
"Now as for H. Chandler
Egan, I doff my hat to a golfer
with an extraordinary record.
Here was a man whose first
match play appearance in a na
tional amateur was in 1902; who
won the amateur title in 1903
and 1904; was runner-up in 1909
and who actually won his first
round match in 1935 at Cleve
land, at the fourth extra hole.
That's only scratching the sur
face. As a Harvard man, he won
the intercollegiate in 1902 and
Scores Yesterday
National Lagu
New York S, Boston 0.
Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 1.
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3.
Cincinnati 7. Chicago 1.
American Lagu
Chicago 7, Detroit 6.
St. Louis 12, Cleveland 0.
Only games scheduled.
32 years later, at the age of 50,
he was named a member of the
American Walker Cup team for
the match at St. Andrews, Scot
land.
Signal Honor
Why that signal honor? Well,
in the national amateur of 1933
at Cincinnati all he did was to
defeat Johnny Goodman, the na
tional open champion. It was not
that Goodman slumped. The
open champion had a 72; Egan
a 70. In 1929. at Pebble Beach,
Calif., Euan's victims in the na
tional included George Von Elm,
the 1926 amateur champion; Jess
Swetser, national and British
ex-champion, and Rudie Wil
helm, one of the Pacific North
west leaders.
"Incidentally, Egan won the
Pacific Northwest amateur title
in 1915, '20, '23. '25 and '32 and
the Western in 1902. '04 and '07.
He was a long hitter, inclined
to be wild, but great out of the
rough."
Pacific Coast Lagu
No games.
Western International
Spokane 7, Salem 3.
Tacoma 7, Vancouver 8.
Only games scheduled.
HAS SMALL FIELD
Colorado Springs, July 1. fP)
The draft and other national
defense measures have ripped a
tremendous gap In western ama
teur golf tournament ranks this
year.
The field for the 42nd running
of the event, beginning at peak
hemmed Broadmoor today with
the first half of the 36-hole
qualifying round, is by far the
smallest in modern times for this
meet, generally regarded as sec
ond only to the national for
simon-pure linksmen.
Streamlined
Salisbury, N. C (Pi With
the streamliner doing 80 miles
an hour, the engineer suddenly
saw a hand moving back and
forth on his front window, like
a windshield wiper. He stodped
the train. On top of the engine
lay a youth who said: "I guess
I just wanted to get off!"
July Clearance
SUIT SALE
Hat Bought
Oklahoma City Ft The hat
that L. F. Allmond lost in a res
taurant had his name, address
and phone number in It. A week
later he received a letter from
Columbus. O., enclosing a S5
bill. A note said a man took
the hat by mistake and he Imm
ined it was worth about $5
Here was the money and thanks.
Glass Wa sell glass, reglazt
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