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r PAGE TWO MEDFORP MATL TOmTTNT. MEDFORTV OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1941 Roseburg Legion Juniors Invade Medford for Doubleheader Today HURLER OF NO-NO GAME TO OPPOS E MEDFORD OUTFiT Bob Smith To Face Deber : nardi In First Tilt At : 1:30 At Senior High Park Ballplayer Out JQE HITS IN 48 J Dick Debernardl, star mounds ' man who hurled a seven-Inning no-hlt, no-run game against tu- gene lait Sunday, Is expected to . take the rubber for the Douglas 'county American Legion Junior paseDau team nere mis alter noon In the first game of a '- doubleheader against Coach Ri- - nan rrr ' m TaKain tntintif T .Jiff. , lon Juniors. The tilts, regular district 4 games, win De piayea at the senior high school parK, the first contest starting at 1:30 - sharp. Coach Cook, whose boys split a twin bill with Marshfield last . Sunday, plans to start Bob Smith, Jacksonville righthander, ..In the first game, and Bud Pro tvost of Ashland in the seven , Inning nightcap. Smith was sue 'cessful in blanking the Marsh 'field Legion juniors, 0 to 0. . The batting order for the .Jarlrann fnnntv tnm whlrh la "defending Its twice-won district uue, win oe as ioiiows: Meador center field; Don Fawcett, sec- ond base; Clayton, first base; .(Adams. catcher- Awarvrk- ahnrt. 'stop; Blevins, right field; Hardy, ;,left field; Lathrop, third base, . and the nitchera. The Roseburg Legion juniors nave not yet played a district 4 game. The standings at pres 'ent show Medford and Marsh- field tied for the lead with one and one. "... L . 1 STRAIGHT 10 AID A'S Red Ruffing Hurls 105 Vic torySox Lose To Cleve landBrowns Win Two. ZIMMERMAN COPS WASHINGTON OPEN -. Walla Walla, Wash.. July 8. W Ahead all the way, Em ery Zimmerman, slim, dark-hatr- ;ed Portland professional added another state to his "union" to- 'day by successfully defending thls Washington State open cham- , plonshlp. Playing over the deceptive "nine-hole Walla Walla Country Club course, Emery carded a seven under nor 75 hnla i ei to finish eight strokes under ' his nearest competitors. Bill Williamson, the stocky, red-faced pro from Los Angeles, tied for second money with Ta coma's Chuck Congdon, present Washington state professional champion, at 289. Low amateur for the tourney was another of Olympia's "golf ing buds" Bud Haskell. His 296 wrested amateur honors from Portland's Dick Hanen and Seattle's Scotty Campbell, both of whom had 297. WARDJOilN Pitcher Julio Bonetti (above) of the Los Anaclti club of tha Pacific Coast league, has been Disced on the inaliathla list hv William O. Bramham. president of the National Association of Professional Baseball leagues. Bramham said the action wai the result of a twa.manth In Vestloation of the nlaver'a va ported association with alleaed gambling figures. SACS SLUG LISKA TO BLANK BEAVERS 8-0, RAIN1ERS BEATEN 1-0 New York. July 5. UP) The New York Yankees were the bombers of old again today as tney masted out a 10 to 9 decision over the Athletics for their seventh straight victory and Joe DiMaggio ran his hit ting streak to 46 successive games. The league leaders peppered Phil Marchlldon, rookie rlght- nander, for 11 hits, five of which were homers. DiMaseio set the tempo when he connect ed with his nineteenth four baser in the first inning to send the bombers into a two-run lead. Charlie Keller followed with two to tie Joe for major league home-run honors and Red Rolfe and Johnny Sturm joined with one each. Since the Indians also won. I the victory left the Yank, .till two games In front. Score: R. H. E. PhiladelDhia 8 0 l New York 10 11 n Marchlldon and Haves: Ruff ing and Dickey. MEDFORD TRYOU IT CAMP BEST EVER, CLAIMS CHAPMAN McMinnville Pitcher, Port land Catcher Invited To Marysville 50 Attend. Sacramento, July 8. W) Sacramento clinched th. ton game series with Portland by scoring a o to 0 victory for its sixth win of the week. The Heav ers have won two. Bill Schmidt nllMied h shutout allowing seven hits. The Sacs walloped Ad Liska for six runs In the aernnd in. ning, homers by Scalzl and Sturdy featuring the attack. The two teams will wind up the series with a doubleheader tomorrow. Portland .. 0 7 1 Sacramento 8 13 0 Liska and SrhiiH. .Qi-hmldt and Wleciorek. WESTERN F San Diem. Calif .Tula ft W) .Southnnw Wallv Hoh.rt recorded his twelfth victory of tne racinc Coast league today as San Diego shut out Seattle, 1 to 0 In eleven Innings. Seattle 0 2 0 San Diego .. 18 0 Gregory and Collins; Hcbert and Salkcld. e l i Helser, ' Colorado Snrln. Cnln Tw a (A0) Two sober-faced young men wno Doin nave long range guns off the tee will battle tomorrow xor the western amateur golf championship they have con trolled the last two years. Defending Champion Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, Wash., who has the tenacity of a bull dog, shattered Broadmoor's par for the third consecutive day in crushing John Kraft of Denver, 0 and 8, in today's 36 hole semi finals. Harry Todd of Dallas, 1939 western champion and this year's medalist, caught a much tougher opponent In Morris Nor ton, freckle-faced Witchita Falls, Texas, oil man before winning 3 up. TALKATIVE DEAN TAKES TO ETHER Pittsburgh, July 8. (P) Dli ty Dean, who blazed a meteoric trail as a baseball pitcher a few years ago and who found himself a coach with the Chi cago Cubs this year, told news papermen here today that he is leaving baseball for a radio broadcasting Job and that to morrow will be his last day with the Cubs. After tomorrow's double-header, he said, he will pack his bags for St. Louis and a new Job with a brewing company. He aald hla n-j lor $23,000 for the rest of this year ana ine next two years. J San Francisco. July 8. P) Hollywood edged out San Fran cisco 4-2 todav for It. fourth straight coast league victory ov er me seals. Hollywood 4 San Francisco 2 Bithorn and Dapper; rutlle and Ogrodowski. Los Anffele. JuTv 4 rm Oaklapd, landing on Pitcher Fay i nomas ior i runs in the sev enth, dropped Los Angeles out Of the first divl.inn tnrlnv u.ith a to i victory. Oakland 7 11 Los Angeles 2 7 1 Pippen and Conroy; Thomas Coffman and Campbell. Chicaeo. Julv 5 (JPl Chios. go's White Sox outhit Cleveland li to 7 today but could not match the concentrated efforts of Outfielder Gerald Walker and Catcher Gene ' Desautels, who led a ninth inning rally that gave the Indians a S to 3 triumph. Score: R. H. E. Cleveland 8 7 1 Chicago 3 12 0 BaSbV. Hevins. Rrnwn and Desautels; E. Smith and Tresh. St. Louis, July 5 jP) Stock holders of the St. Louis Browns had their annual "day" at Sportsman's park today and finally got something to cheer about. The Browns swept their first twin bill of the season, beating Detroit, 9 to 3 and 10 to 1. First game: R. H. E. Detroit 3 10 1 St. Louis 9 16 1 Thomas. Olpholl and Knlllimti. Allen and Ferrell, Second game: R. H. E. Detroit 18 3 St. Louis 10 15 1 Gorsica and Tibbetts; Auker and Swift. Boston, July 8. (IP) Behind Charlie Wagners' seven-hit niteh lng, the Boston Red Sox white washed the Washington Sena tors, 8 to 0, today, collecting all their runs off starting pitcher Emil "Dutch" Leonard in the first five Innings. Score: R. Washington 0 Boston s Leonard. Anderson and Farlv Wagner and Pytlak. Shootln' ollr Forre Bakeralleld. Cal. (UP) Trsmjres aoni of the law, note: the Bakeralleld police department has on permanent exhibition 19S medals, trophies and wards won by Its members for their hooting blllty. H. 7 9 mis; j i -t ,cr . . - 4 11 P'i il: " - I ?.'.-"'CU ! Calling this year's tryout camp "the best ever held In Medford and one of the most successful yet staged by our or ganization," Charles E. Chap man. Pacific coast renreienta- tive and scout of the Cincinnati Reds' baseball system, yester day brought to a close the week long session for young players. which was held at the high scnooi parx. Before leaving town, wltn Mrs. Chapman, for Cincinnati's next tryout camp in Olympla, Wash., the scout for the world chamDiona announced that turn more players had been invited to - attend the big September camp at Marysville, Cal., bring ing to five the total numher nl young diamond prospects who received Dlds to the Ca fnm camp after displaying their uunuy hi me local scnooi. The two were Bob Caviness, 17, a southpaw pitcher from McMinnville, and Alvin Ross, 20, catcher from Portland. Cav iness is five feet HVi inches tall and weishta 170 nntinda and Ross is six feet tall and weighs 180. Previously, Chap man had invited three mem bers of the State league Craters Pitcher Jack Brown and In- fielders Bob Churchill and Harold Martenson. All five boys will be taken to the Marysville camp at Cincinnati's evnen.o and if they display enough pro mise tunapman believes they will), they will be tendered con tracts with one of Cincinnati'! farm clubs and will report next spring. Above Average Chapman, co-author with Hank Severeid of that best selling baseball book, "Play Ball," and a professor of his tory at the University of Cali fornia, said that the Medford camp was successful beyond his wildest dreams. He exnlai ned that he felt lucky when two piayers per camp showed enough Dromlse tn he lnvii.H to the Marvsvile camn. and that Medford, with five, was miles above the average. Over SO youngsters from a number of points in the state attended the local camp, which was the only one in uregon, and Chapman said that Cincinnati would most certainly return here next year. in addition to the five vonnn. sters invited to the big camp. Chapman said that several others revealed promise of de veloping into professional ma terial, among them being John ny and George GItzen, both members of the Medford Rogues of the Southern Oregon league. Under direction of Chapman, the camp was not merelv a trv. out for the young players, but a scnooi at which they were taught inside baseball and pro fessional tactics. The scout an id that all the enrollees left the camp with the feeling they had received valuable instruction in the game. Besides the dailv field sessions. Chapman gave two evening blackboard talks stressing defensive and offen sive maneuvers. r" m .i i n,i,i .. , , mm i, , - Yv.H' p DODGERS REMAIN BY Whit Wyatt Cops 13th Win With 3-Hit Job Vander- meer Halts Cards, 2-1 ON S POT-lnto a frying paa steps Luke Sewell (above), for. mer Indian eoaca, who hat signed a two-year contract it manage the floundering 8t Lonii Browns, replacing Fred Hsney CRATERS WALLOP Scores Yesterday C. CITY IN TWO TILTS, 7-3, 3-1 Medford's State league Cra ters swept their two-game exhi bition series with the Southern Oregon loop Crescent City Mer chants at Crescent City during thd July 4 celebratinn talrins Saturday's encounter by a 7 to 3 count after grabbing a 3 to 1, 10-inning victory Friday. Dutch Lelber and Rnh Pw dividing the Crater hurling duties Saturday, yielded nine blows. The locals obtained the same number off Lefty Yamor, Crescent City pitcher whose work was hurt by five errors by his teammates. The Craters played errorless ball. In Friday's thriller, the Cra ters got a run in the ninth inning to tie the score, 1-1; then tallied twice in the first of the tenth to clinch the affair. Jack Brown went the route for the Craters and gave up eight hits, yielding Crescent Citys" lone run in the third on blows by Matson and Hynson. The Craters, held acvri... for eight innings, tallied the equalizer when Bob Churchill reached first on an error, ad vanced cm Manager Lou Sauer's sacrifice, went to third in Joe Gray flied out to right, and scored when Pitcher Don Clau sen of the Merchants committed a balk. Ray Koll pitched the first seven frames for Crescent tuy. In the tenth, Al Wray singled and Frankie Roelandt and Har old" Martenson walked to load me oases. Wray crossed the plate on a fielders' choice and Roelandt scored the third run on Churchill's fly to left. The Palmer House Stars, col ored barnstorming team from Chicago, will play here Wednes day night. Scores: Saturday game: Medford Crescent City Leiber, Fox and Yamor and Baldwin. Brooklyn. Julv 8 PI Whit low Wvatt neraonallv accounted for his thirteenth victory of the year today as the Brooklyn Dodgers nosed out the Boston Braves 2 to 1 to hold first place in xne national league. The 3 1-year-old right-hander who has dropped only four decisions, held the Braves to three sinalea and drove nut homer, his second of the season. to account for the decldine run Dolph Camilli poled out his sixteenth homer to give the league leaders their other tally Score: R. H. E Boston .... 1 S ( Brooklyn 2 8 1 Early. Hutchinea and Maai Wyatt and Franks. Cincinnati. Julv 8 fPl jonnnv vender Meer nltchod and fielded Cincinnati to a 2 to 1 victory over St. Louis todav. the first defeat In i starts for young Sammv Nahem and fourth straight loss for the team sometimes held to be most likely contender for the pen nant. Score: R. H. E. St. Louis 18 2 Cincinnati 2 8 1 Nahem and Mancuso, Pad gett; vander Meer and Lorn bardi. "I Ain't Near the Fighter I Used To Be" Joe Louis Detroit, July 8. (JPI Fistlcs experts who contend that Jo Louis has slowed down had the word of the heavyweight cham pion today that "I ain't near the fighter I used to be." Between rounas oi gon, De- Pittsburgh. July 8 A The riraies shoved the Cubs back into sixth place and moved up a notcn by beating Jimmv Wil son's club today 9 to 6. Score: R. Chicago ; 8 Pittsburgh 9 Lee. Pressnell and lough, Olsen: Sullivan. Klinrer ana ixipez. H. E 11 2 12 2 McCul New York at Philadelphia postponed, wet grounds. NORSES RUN DEAD HEAT FOR PRIZE R. R. 7 .. 3 H. H. 9 9 Roelandt: Friday game: R. H. E. Medford 3 8 2 Crescent City 18 0 Brown and Roelandt; Koll, Clausen and Matz. National Leaaua Pittsburgh 9. Chicago 8. Brooklyn 2, Boston 1. Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1. New York at Philadelphia postponrd, rain. American League Cleveland 3. Chicago 3. St. Louis 9 10, Detroit 3-1. New York 10, Philadelphia 8. Boston 8. Washington 0. Coast League San Diego 1, Seattle 0. (11 in ningsV Hollywood 4. San Francisco 2. Oak land 7, Los Angeles 2. Sacramento 8, Portland 0. Memorial Proposed Bisbee. Aru a'F A move ment to establish a memorial to Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Spanish conquistador who brought civilization to the south west, has been started by park service leadpra nf !nii virnn, diam and Mexico. It Is proposed that a .ouuacre tract on the Mexi can border in Cochise county be set aside. Ship Namesake Portsmouth, Eng. (UP) The navy girls, members nl th w u the Wrens to their friends, have adopted a ship of their own. And the admiralty is so pieased with them they have agreed to name it H.M.S. Wren, an escort ship of 1,200 tons. But the Wrens will never sail it. Girls of the navy can never go to sea. Los Angeles. Julv 8 tat in the closest finish for a major stake ever seen in California Phar Rong and Madle Greenock nit the wire in a dead heat for first place today in the battle of the two-year-olds at Holly wood park the $10,000 Starlet stakes. The pair, waging a struggle for a prize emblematic of the two-year-old championship of the meeting, could not be sepa rated by the camera and the purse was split. Cloaing time for Too Ute to ClM ifj Ade is l:S0 p m. SEMI-PROS OPEN TOURNEY TODAY Albany, July 8. W) The sixth annual Oregon semi-pro baseball tournament will with four games here Sunday. Paired In the first round will be: Silverton vs. Marine Elec tric; Valsetz vs. Forest Grove; Albany vs. United Furniture Workers; Dairy Creek vs. Bend. ine tourney will continue through next Saturday, with the winner earning a trin tn th national tournament at Kansas City. for he left yesterday to play In a tnurnamnt at Plttchitrffh the negro battler who has de fended his title 18 times since acquiring it in 1937 took stock of himself. "I ffuesa T'ae allnnad nrettv far," he said with deadpan seri ousness. "Won't know how far until my next fight with Lou nova in September. Then, without batting an eye, he added. "If I find then T'ca allnnAd too far. I'll eiva it all lm Ain't no use goin' on Just to get puncnea around. His reason for thinking ha had lost some of his rine aetrnim ana aynamite punch? , w ny," he answered, "what hacnened in the mnivt rnnn fight. I have him in the third round and again in the fifth, but i can t finish him. I knew then that I'se slipped. Chappie (Jack Blackburn, his tmlnri vt telling me that no little fellow snouia Deat me, especially no little fellow who was 25 pounds lighter'n me. "But I can't etnn hln. !11 h. thirteenth round. Then, I think it was Conn who beat himself. He fight hisself out in the twelfth and then I finl.h him in the thirteenth." What haa ranad hln. 4A .,.11, IU 0. 1 p , Dunno for uir." .oM t UUess It was a muni hi. I been working too hard. I been in training and ain't had but one little va cation of two weeks between fights. 'I CUeSS mv trainlntf T3. . J dy Baer in Washington helped ioo. ine Duiiding I train ed in had a tin roof. It was aw. ful hot there. . . Figured It was the heat that done it." FORMER COAST L00PER DIES IN AUTO WRECK Oakland, Calif., July 8 (JP) Marcel Serventi, 24, former Coast league baseball pitcher, died today of Injuries suffered when his car crashed into a power pole yesterday. Statei Tia San PrsncUoo (UP) California and New York tied for firtt In the gasoline conaumntlnn A .v.. 48 Ut last year. They each ran up a total oi 1.800,000,000 (alloni. CONN TAKES WIFE DESPITE FATHER Rumson, N. J., July 5. (.$) After two weeks of anxious waiting because of parental ob jections and rules of the Catho lic Church, Billy Conn and his girl friend of four years, Mary Louise Smith, were married last Tuesday at St. Patrick's church In Philadelphia. The handsome Pittsburgh fiehter made the annnimr.mni today at the home of Promoters Milcf? .Tnrnha whor ho and hi. bride stopped before leaving on a combination honeymoon and movie-makinff trin n Wniiv. Wood. Conn stnrta tn umrtr novt week on Octavus Roy Cohen's fight picture, Kid Tinsel. But to the last, Mary Lou's father. Jimmv Rmilh rVtrwio major league outfielder, refused to approve of the union of the former light heavyweight chanv Dion and the Pittsburgh mndul Informed of the marriage bv phone at his Ocean City, N. J., home. Corn said hla fathr.in. law said: "I'm still against It and I al ways will be." GAL SOFiLlEiiS TO FORM LEAGUE TUESDAY Under sponsorship of the Girls' Community club, femin ine Softball players of Medford will organize a learnn Tn.. evening at the high school stad ium ano an gins desiring to play are asked to meet there at 6:30 and at the am Thursday evening. The games will be plaved be tween 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Tues days and Thursdav hpfnr h. start of the regular men's game. The Community club will pro- viao equipment ior the feminine teams. Y - ,fJk $i . - Chains time for Too Lata tn ciaa. lfy Ads U 1:30 p. m. The rourth la over, the holiday week end U practically rompleted and ehances are. men, you'Te discovered that you need more sport wear. There nothing like COMFORT when the mercury rises and right now that's OUR- specialty assuring COMFORT In cool, airy summer clothes. Now that you've ohaervrd In dependence Day, why not affirm your Independence from heavy, hot, un comfortable clothes. We've the finest array In town (port clothes with COMFORT In every aeaml Be COMFORTABLE TTt and ivnn IUvl. tv.lne, kl al Alia. I lad. anrt then reel d .-. n to swim sun M mark Iter ,,,ch aborii milra s.j.j feet lower, and II degrees higher in temperature. fee Mail Tribune want ad. Electrical Contracting Prompt Service Tree Estimates OLSON ELECTRIC fUMIeMt I O GREEN Big Heaping Load 300 eu. ft. 12 or 11-inch Fill you' car or trailer at our yard at the and of North Central Ave. and McAndrews Road Phone 2123 mm W - V 'Sr: ' ivr n niad mm is LI2) r$y aV - . S This Summer In Ut2?s Cool , SPORT Ie slree! Cool Hark suit, port ahlrti. light weight nn. derwear. feather-weight atrawi Hind they all add np to COM FORT for ummrr days ahead Remember! There's nearly THREE MOMHS of warm weather ahead end oar .port elolhei are (urprUlngly moder ate In rot. 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