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MEDFORD MATL TRTBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941.
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Billy Hulen Says:
Eugene Fan Boil
Over Dropping of
A' From Tourney
Eugene fani and players of
the State league Athletics are
up In armi over the ousting of
the club from the state semi
pro tournament, after Ray
Brooks, secretary of the circuit
had previously named the A's
as one of the competing teams
... it seems that Brooks chang
ed his mind and dropped Eugene
from the tourney in favor of
Portland club, because he fig
ured Eugene couldn't place a
strong enough lineup on the
field . . .
i As originally set up, the tour
nament was to Include only
league leaders throughout the
state as of June 22, but Brooks
changed that to place in the
tourney what he believed were
the eight strongest teams in
'Oregon . . . believing the orig
inal plan was to be used, the
Medford Rogues applied to
Brooks for admittance, and were
refused . . . Manager Paul Hof
fard said Brooks told him in a
letter that the Rogues couldn't
afford to make the long trip to
Albany for the meet ... all of
which might have been true,
but the fact remains that the
, Rogues, with considerable fi
nancial backing, were willing
to lose money in order to com
pete, and as leaders of the
Southern Oregon league should
have been allowed to enter . . .
Big Bill Borcher. the fire
balling Softball pitcher who
; burned up the local league
here two years ago. Monday
Bight flung his third no-hlt.
no-run game of the season for
' Weyerhaeuser In the Klam
' ath Falls circuit . . . Bill
fanned 20 battsrs In register
. lag his fourth shutout of the
, year . . . also working for the
lumber mill and playing soft
. ball are Paul Jackson. U. of
Oregon basketball star, and
" Virgil Haynes ... the latter
. does the catching for Borch
er and Jackson plays short-
"Lou Novlkoff-1
blgjeague pltchtav
the giant stride k ;
big him easy pick
aharpshootlng hurt
control" . . . thatVw-
of Charles C. Chapman, Cin
cinnati scout . . . "Al" and Mrs.
Al shot the Rogue Valley Golf
club course Tuesday, and paid
the greens and fairways, and
the general layout, several fine
compliments ...
Chapman, Incidentally, likes
Bob Churchill velly velly much
. . . the young third-sacker's rifle
arm, speed, fielding ability and
HUSTLE has Impressed the
scout no end, and Bob will prob
ably be invited to attend the
big Marysville, Cal., tryout camp
In September, at Cincinnati's
expense . . . this camp, unlike
the one now running here, is
only for boys actually recom
mended by Cincinnati agents or
picked up In the preliminary
camps, and to get a bid practic
ally assures the player of con
tract offer . . .
Note to wrestling fans: pre
pare for some really big news,
which may break any time ...
here Is hint) Mack Llllard
plans to open up outdoors at
the fairgrounds park week
after next, and on the pro
gram may be the biggest name
In the mat game ... It's not
definitely tiled yet. but
Mack Is angling and believes
be can swing the deal ...
Ashland high's Grizzlies are
looking forward to a great grid
Iron season, with only Bob
Weaver of last year's 11 regulars
due to be missing . . . Ashland
and Grants Pats both will have
turf fields ready by fall, which
completes the Southern Oregon
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Walks, Clutch-Hitting Give Craters 4-2 Win Over Yreka
GRIPPEN BEATEN
E
SE
Dutch Leiber Scatters Eight
Blows to Notch Victory-
Craters Held to Five
Medford's State league Cra
ters made it four straight over
the Yreka Miners and two in
a row over red-haired Steve
Crippen at the fairgrounds park
last night by combining nice hit
ting in the clutches with seven
bases on balls to turn back the
invaders, 4 to 2, in an exhibition
game played before large
crowd.
Big Dutch Leiber went the
route for the Craters and yield
ed eight blows, three more than
the locals managed off Crippen,
but whenever the Miners threat
ened the ex-Coast leaguer bore
down to escape trouble. He
struck out nine. Including Pinch
hitter Casey Jones in the eighth
inning with the bases loaded.
Crippen, whose only defeats
this year have been suffered at
the hands of the Craters, gave
up only two hits in the first six
innings, but four bases on balls
in the first frame, coupled with
an Infield error, spotted the
home boys to a pair of runs and
from there on they were not
headed.
Yreka Scores rirst
The Miners drew first blood In
the first inning with a run on
O'Keefe's single to left and
Sameich's double to left, and
they scored again in the seventh
on Crlppen's double and Fleck's
single. That was the total extent
of damage to Leiber.
The Craters clinched the game
in the first two innings. After
scoring twice in the first with
out a hit, they got another In the
second when Frankie Roelandt
walked, went to third on Del
Schroer's single to right and tal
lied as Bob Churchill grounded
out.
That Crater first was a funny
one. Schroer walked and
Churchill sacrificed. Manager
VOU Saucr walked and Short
dop Samelch bobbled Joe
Cray's bouncer, Schroer scoring
nd Sauer going to third. Al
iVray walked to set the stage
for a double steal, with Sauer
crossing the plate.
From the second to the sev
enth the lone hit off Crippen
was Churchill's hard belt to left.
but in the seventh Schroer
singled hotly to left and was
sacrificed down by Churchill.
Joe Gray then hit a ground-rule
double under the left-field
boards and Schroer came hime
with the final Crater run.
Spike Johnson tripled to right
In the eighth, the ball taking a
bad bounce over Manuien's
head, but he died there as Volk
whiffed and Schroer grounded
out.
Leiber Tough
Leiber was in fine form, and
especially tough with men on.
In the third, fourth and fifth the
Miners placed runners on one
base clouts, but couldn't send
them around. In the eighth,
Manuien's single, Schroer's er
ror and a walk to Crippen load
ed the bases with two gone, but
Leiber turned on the heat and
fanned Jones, batting for Mor
gan, on three whistling curve
balls. That ended for good Yre
ka's ambition.
Schroer, with two blows, and
Gray, with couple of runs-batted-ln,
led the Craters at the
plate. Crippen hit a double and
a single in three trips for the
Miners, and Fleck also hit twice.
The Craters will play at Cres
cent City July 4 and 5, returning
home to face the Palmer House
Stars of Chicago in an exhibi
tion game Wednesday night.
Box score:
Yraka: AS ft R K A
O'Kaela. 9b , 1 1 a 0
Blanaa. lb 4 0 10 1
Samalch. m 4 0 t 1 t
Maaulan, rf . 4 0 10 0
sla
1 0
0
t 0
1 0
1
1
Totals SB 1 t 94 10
() Batted for Morgan in Sth.
Mtdford: AB ft R po A
Schroar, w 4 t I 4
Churchill, lb i 10 10 0
autr. cf S 1 0 1 0
Oray, rf . 4 0 110
Wray. If , S 0 0 1 0
Ulbar, p a 0 0 0
Johnson, lb , 4 0 1 13 0
Volk. 2b 4 -0 0 a 4
Roalandt. e 1100
Totals n 4 S ST IS
Traka 100 000 1003
Medford .110 000 lOi t
Irrora, SAmelch, Scnrotr, Volk; rum
batted In, Samelch, neck, Oray 3.
Churchill; two-baat bits, Samelch,
Oray; three-4aat hits, Johnson;
stolen bases, Schroer, Sauer 3, Wray.
Roelandt: sacrlflcei, Churchill 3;
double plays, Leiber to Schroer to
Johnson; base on balls, Crippen 7,
Ltlber 1: rtrlke-outs, Crippen I. lei
ber ; hit by pitcher, by Crippen
(Roelandt): paaeed balls Fleck i; um
pires. Miles and Lennard; time 1:40.
GEORGE GITZEN HITS
HOMER; 45 HOPEFULS
With the arrival yesterday of
four boys from McMinnville, at
tendance was boosted to 43 at
the tryout camp for young play
ers being held by the Cincinnati
Reds' baseball system at- the
high school park. The camp, un
der direction of Charles - C.
Chapman, will end Saturday.
In an intra-camp game yester
day, George Gitzen whaled a
long home run and several other
youngsters showed up well,
Chapman announced. Among
boys Chapman mentioned as be
ing better-than-fair were George
and Johnny Gitzen, Alvin Ross,
catcher and Bob Monroe, out
fielder, both of Portland; Bob
Caviness, southpaw pitcher and
Melvln Berry, outfielder, both
from McMinnville; Pitcher Jack
Brown, Catcher Frank Roelandt
and Third-Baseman Bob Church
ill, three members of the Cra
ters. Among those attending the
camp are the following: Alvin
Ross, and Bob Monroe, both of
Portland; Jack Beeler, Bob
Caviness, Melvin Berry and
James White, all of McMinn
ville; Wayne Huffman of Lafay
ette, Ore.; Rennie MacKenzie
and Joe Tiller, both of Burns;
Marion Hardy, Jack Swaryck
and Stan Winter, all of Jack
sonville; Russell Hawk of Ash
land, and the following from
Medford;
Jack Brown, Bob Churchill
Frank Roelandt, Darrell Slater,
Hal Adams, Rlney Cook, Bob
Davis, Steve Dippel, Don Faw
cett, George and Johnny Gitzen,
Ben Plymale, Bill Reed, R. Alan
Weir, Al Wimer, and Bill Gitzen.
Scores Yesterday
American League
New York 8, Boston 4
Philadelphia 7, Washington 6
Detroit 1, Chicago 0
Only games scheduled.
National League
Boston 3-0, New York 4-6
Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 3
Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 3
Only games scheduled.
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 8, Oakland 1
San Francisco 4, Hollywood 0
Seattle 3, San Diego 0
Sacramento 4-0, Portland 3-7
Western International
Tacoma 8, Spokane 8
Yakima 9, Salem 1
Wenatchee 7, Vancouver 3 (10)
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FOR FIRST MATCH
By Loudon Kelly
Colorado Springs. July 3 W)
A young, powerful wristed
northwesterner armed himself
with a long-hitting driver and an
accurate putter today to trail
jinx that has dogged western
amateur golf tournament cham
pions for the last 17 years.
Blue-eyed Marvin (Bud) Ward
of Spokane, who won this title
last year In his first crack at the
42-year-old tournament, scoffed
at superstition and said "it
doesn't matter whether you're
champion or not, it's whether
you're hitting that ball that
counts."
Ward and stoical Harry Todd
of Dallas, medalist with a one-over-par
141 for two days of
qualifying over Broadmoor's
mountain meadows, are the big
favorites and are in opposite
brackets. Ward was national
amateur champion two years
ago.
The defending tltlehoider drew
a strong foe, knlckered Rodney
Bliss of Omaha, for his first
round 18-hole match today.
Todd, western champion in 1939
and low amateur at this year's
national open, was up against
Lyman Wright, former Montana
rodeo rider from Colorado
Springs.
FOR FRITZ ZIVIC
By Gayle Talbot
New York, July 3. VP)
Bummy Davis, the unpopular
little waif from Brooklyn, can
go back and tell his army bud
dies In Texas that he put up a
courageous, fight before he
bowed to' Fritzie Zivic last
night at the Polo Grounds.
In fact, the ringside regulars
were trying to remember any
boxer who had absorbed a
worse licking in a local ring
just before Bummy finally
sagged against the ropes in the
10th round and signified that
he had taken enough.
Bummy's face was smeared
with blood and he was helpless.
his head and body being torn
by the machine-gun punches of
the welterweight champion,
when Referee Arthur Donovan
sprang between them and call
ed it off.
Los Angeles, July 3 (P)
Challendon goes to the post to
morrow in the $20,000 Ameri
can handicap to determine, to
some extent, what chance he has
of regaining the laurels he
earned as America's stake cham
pion in 1939-40.
It's the first race for Big Pete
since a disappointing campaign
at Santa Anita last winter, and
he encounters stout opposition
in the rich Fourth of July at
traction. A dozen or so rivals are ex
pected to run in the mile and
one-eighth feature, including
Charles S. Howard's Mioland
and Edward S. Moore's Big Peb
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tiOWTH
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Americas League
W. L. Pet.
New York 43 26 .634
Cleveland 43 30 .389
Boston 36 33 .922
Chicago 36 34 .514
Detroit 37 36 .307
Philadelphia 34 36 .486
Washington 26 44 .371
St. Louis 24 42 .364
National League
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis 148 23 .676
Brooklyn .48 24 .667
New York 38 32 .543
Cincinnati 36 34 .514
Pittsburgh ...29 34 .460
Chicago 31 39 .443
Boston 26 40 .394
Philadelphia 20 30 .288
Pacific Coast League
W. L. Pet.
Sacramento 59 28 .678
Seattle 46 38 .548
San Diego 47 40 .540
San Francisco 41 46 .471
Los Angeles 40 43 .471
Hollywood 38 45 .458
Oakland 36 49 .424
Portland 34 50 .405
7-0, TO
SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER
By the Associated Press
Seattle and San Diego must
have some sort of an agreement.
The two teams traded places
in coast league standings again
last night, with Seattle climbing
back into second spot by virtue
of its 3 to 0 win over the
Padres.
Sacramento's league leaders
seemed to be headed for another
slump, splitting a double-header
with cellarite Portland. A Beav
er rally in the ninth inning of
the opener fell one run short,
and the Solons squeezed by 4 to
3. In the nightcap, however,
Portland hammered seven runs
off George Turbeville in the
second Inning and won easily,
7 to 0.
Los Angeles moved Into a per
centage tie for fourth place with
San Francisco, beating Oakland
8 to 1.
Hollywood's release of Veter
an Infielder Bill Cissell last
week proved a boomerang. Cis
sell sparked San Francisco to a
4 to 0 victory over the Stars last
night, collecting three hits in
three trips to the plate.
Scores:
(First game) R. H. E.
Portland 3 5 1
Sacramento .. 4 11 1
Harrell, Gonzales, Callah. Or-
rell and Annunzio; Holllngs-
wortn and Grille.
(Second game) R. H. E.
Portland 7 9 1
Sacramento 0 4 2
Reed and Schultz; Turbeville,
lurpm and Kluttz. (7 Innings)
lEKTSOFlLL
TO END TONIGHT
The last Softball games until
next Tuesday, July 8, will be
played at the senior high school
stadium tonight. Fluhrer's and
Jennings Tire Company are slat
ed to take the field at 8 o'clock,
with Gasco and Catholic Men
clashing an hour later.
There will be no games to
morrow night, July 4. Next
Tuesday's schedule finds Bear
Creek and Coca Cola playing at
8 and Medco facing Rogue River
Chevrolet at 9.
TRIPLE BAT TOGA
T
By Judson, Bailey
Associated Press Writer
Poker-faced Joe DIMaggio. the
greatest player, excluding pitch
ers, In the present era of base
ball, has reached his goal of a
new all-time major league rec
ord for hitting in 45 consecutive
games, and now can try shoot
ing for another prize the
"triple crown of batting."
This bauble Is the three-way
championship In percentage hit
ting, home runs and runs batted
In and is one of the most elusive
batting honors in the game.
DiMagglo has a chance. His
blow yesterday to break the 44-year-old
mark of Willie Keeler
for hitting In the most consecu
tive games was a sizzling home
run, his 18th of the season, and
preserved his leadership in this
department.
In batting in three runs to
help the Yanks rip open the Bos
ton Red Sox B-4 he also lifted
himself within four "RBI" of the
league leader. Teammate Char
ley Keller, who hit his 17th
homer in yesterday's game.
In the other American league
tussles the Philadelphia Athle
tics clipped the Washington Sen
ators 7-6 on Bob Johnson's 17th
home run in the tenth inning
and Detroit nosed out the Chica
go White Sox 1-0 in a spectacu
lar night game pitching duel
between Bobo Newsom and Bill
Dietrich.
In the National league the
Brooklyn Dodgers punished the
Phils for Tuesday's setback by
taking a 9-3 decision.
Pittsburgh beat the Cincinnati
Reds 8-3 for Paul Derringer's
tenth loss of the season.
The Boston Braves and New
York Giants divided a double
header with two four-hit pitch
ing exhibitions. Dick Errickson
and Tom Earley shared the
mound assignment in winning
the first game 5-4 and Bill Lohr
man retaliated with a 6-0 shut
out in the nightcap.
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Soldier Mulcahy
Is Nursemaid To
Young Draftees
Boston, July 3. (VP)
Hughie Mulcahy, one of the
hardest working pitchers the
majors have had In years,
hasn't changed bit since he
gave up his five-figure base
ball salary to wear Uncle
Sam's khaki for $21 a month
at Camp Edwards.
Hughie, who doesn't drink,
spends most of his nights tak
ing care of his comrades In
arms who do,
"They call me Ma Mul
cahy." Hughil said. "But af
ter all, I've ben around so
long that I couldn't sleep If
I thought those kids were
rambling around somewhere
making chumps of themselves."
RIFLES ARE BANNED IN
Portland, July 3 (JPh-Rifles
may not be used in hunting up
land game birds this fall, the
state game commission said to-.
day.
Shotguns used In upland bird
shooting must be plugged to 1
limit them to three shells. 1
Branding and registering of
wild animal traps is required by
a new law, the commission said.
Unbranded traps may be used
by landowners or lessees for un
protected non-game animals but
a permit must be obtained. The
trapping season will be Nov. 15
to Feb. 15.
SAC HURLERS LEAD IN
PERCENTAGE, WHIFFS
Los Angeles, July 3 (P) Al
Hollingsworth and George Tur
beville still give Sacramento a
pitching edge in the Pacific
tell
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Coast league. Al has won 13 and
lost only two games; Turbeville
has won eight and lost two.
George Munger, another of
Pepper Martin's Sacs, has sacked
83 batters via the strikeout
route. Next are Jess Flores of
Los Angeles and Ad Llska of
Portland with 75 each.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press
j Miami, Fla. Tommy Gomez,
1 182, Tampa, knocked out Mickey
: Dugan, 196, Cleveland (2).
! Paterson, N. J. Patrick Ed-
ward Comiskey, 212, Paterson,
' stopped Italo Colonello, 195,
New York (5).
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