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! FACE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: California Loop Having Bad Tim With No Support Thlf iprinf imart baseball man, who bad witnessed tha game'a upi and downa for years on end, were unanimous in pre dicting the 1941 season would see attendance figures soar to new all-time highs in the ma- Jors and right on down through the minors to the smallest class D leagues. They figured that increased wages in almost every field and a decrease in unemployment as the national defense program rolled Into high gear would stimulate the turnstiles and send a flood of legal tender into club treasuries. Their reasoning apparently was sound, for It did seem log ical that baseball, as well as other businesses, would be ben efitted by all those Jobs and all that extra dough in the weekly pay envelope. But something went haywire, in at least one minor league that we know of. The majors, we understand, are drawing as expected, and we know noth ing about the other minor loops scattered throughout the coun try. But the California State circuit, a class C wheel formed this spring, is taking an awful beating from a financial standpoint. Starting out as aa eight, team league, it is new down to six and doubts have been expressed whether it can con tinue to operate. San Ber nardino, backed by the Holly wood Stars of the Coast league, and Riverside, a farm club of the Cincinnati Reds, were forced to close shop be cause of the lack of fan sup port. Baa Berdoo, was la see end place when it folded, so the excuse can't be made that the team didn't draw because it wasn't winning. Incident ally, the leading hurler for the club was Rex Cecil, who pitched for Mt. Shasta City last season. Incredible as it sounds, the Riverside club was pulling only SO to 300 paying customers be fore it gave up the ghost and that In a town of .33,000. San Bernardino was almost as bad. and Charles C. Chapman, Clncy scout, told us that a Sunday doubleheader In Stockton re cently drew but 87 persons. Chapman had no answer to the question of why the league wasn't drawing, other than to remark that San Francisco and Los Angeles papers weren't giv ing the circuit a great deal of publicity, and that home-town sheets were also pawing out dearth of newa to the readers. Homer by Williams Gives American Leaguers 7-5 Victory RED SOX SLUGGER DELIVERS IN 9TH WITH 2JVIATES ON National All-Stars See Their Great Four-Run Rally 5 to 3 Lead Overcome by The Minnesota football team is being menaced by academics, with no leu than one-fourth the squad doing plenty of worrying, along with Bernle Bierman . . Cappy Lee Bewg oi the Ore gen State police was la town from Salem the other day with the prediction Tex Oli ver's Webfoots would - be almighty powerful come aut umn ... I. Plckem picks Al bany to repeat In the current stste semi-pro tournament... only other club with a chance is Silverton. Ben Hogan, remarks Eddie Brietz, has "out-DIMagged Dl Magglo by fintshing in the money in 80 consecutive golf tournaments, or since the 1939 open at Phllly" . . . right now Hogan Is shooting for the PGA crown in Colorado ... Joe Louis wants to fight Nova in Detroit, but Lou says nay, nay. The St. Lawrence seaway, if approved, will open a channel stretching J.000 miles from Minnesota to the North Atlantic. By Cayla Talbot Brlggs Stadium. Detroit. July 8 (JFt Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox smashed a ter rific home run nearly to the top of the right field stands with two mates on base In the ninth Inning to climax a four run ral ly and give the American league all stars a 7-3 victory over the National league in a thrilling battle before 84,674 fans here today. Two were out, Joe Gordon was perched on third base and Joe DiMaggio on first when Wil liams caught one of Claude Pas seau's Sunday pitches Just right to wrap up the game. The ball hit the balustrade only about 15 feet from the too of the tow ering stand. The erowd swarmed on the field even before Ted had rounded third base and accom panied him In a happy parade across the plate. When the fateful ninth began the National leaguers appeared to have their fourth victory in the classic wrapped up. iney were ahead, o to J. bv virtue of two home runs hit in successive innings by Arky Vaughan, veteran shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates each with a man on base. Passeau, fourth pitcher for the National leaguers appeared to be holding the Americans well In check. Catcher Frank Haves, first American up in the ninth, was an easy pop-up victim, and some or the fans began moving for the exits but Ken Keltner of Cleveland, batting for the pitch er, beat out a smash to short stop, and Lou Boudreau followed with a clean single to center. Cecil Travis worked Passeau for a walk to load the sacks and bring up Joe DiMaggio. Joe obliged with a hard grounder to short and Keltner scored while Travis was being forced at second. Williams, who had knocked in the first run of the game In the fourth frame, worked the count to one strike and two balls and then laid into the horsehlde to climax about as thrilling a tussle as the game ever produced. Bos score; Nationals UXirOA Hack. Chlcato . 3 0 t t 0 Levagetto, Brkljm.. Sb. 1 0 0 0 0 Moors, St. LouU, If S 0 1 0 0 lUlwr, Brooklyn, ef 4 0 0 S 0 Mlia. at Louis, lb 1 1 S 0 Mccormick, cm., tb . 0 0 O 0 0 Nicholson, Chlcato. rf I 0 0 1 0 Elliott, Pittsburg, rf 1 0 0 0 0 Slaughter, St. U, rf. 1 1 0 0 Vaughan. PltU.. ss 4 I I I Millar, Boaton, as -. 0 0 0 0 1 Fray, Cincinnati, Jb I 0 1 I I Rarman. Brooklyn, Jb. St ISO Owan, Brooklyn, e 1 0 0 0 0 Lopes, Plttaburgh, e 1 0 0 S 0 Dannlng. Naw York, a 1 0 0 t 0 Wyatt, Brooklyn, p 0 0 0 0 0 Ott, Naw York a - t 0 0 0 0 Demriftr, Cln, p 0 0 0 0 1 Walters, Cincinnati, p. I I 1 0 0 Medwlok, Brklyn, x 1 0 0 0 0 Paaaeau, Chlcato, p. 1 0 0 0 0 At Least the Catcher Was Protected jfPAR PROVES HARD NUT FOR GOLFERS IN PGA Tl Catcher Ed Kearse, of Kansas City (center) well protected by his mask and other equip ment, tosses a right at Lou Novlkoff, former big league and eoast league player, after a ribbing match in Milwaukee led to a brief fight. No one was hurt and the boys wound up shaking hands. Totals y Two ..SS 10 JS 7 winning runs out when were scores. k Batted tor Wyatt In the third, ka Batted for Walters. In tha aaasntb. American AB R H FO A Doerr. Boaton. Jb s 0 0 0 0 Gordon, New York. 3b.. J I I t 0 Travis. Waahlniton, sb t I 1 t J DIMaeglo. N. Y-. CI- 4 1 I 0 Wllliama. Boaton. If 4 t I 0 Heath. Cleveland, rf 1 0 0 I 0 D. DiMarglo. Boaton, rf I 0 1 1 0 Cronin, Boaton. aa t 0 0 0 Boudreau. Clvve.. aa. 0 J 0 I York, Detroit, lb t 0 1 S 1 Foil. Beaton, lb n I 0 0 J Dtckry. New York, e S I 4 1 Havre, Philadelphia, e. t 0 0 1 0 Feller, Cleveland, p 0 0 0 0 1 Cullenbtne. Bt. U. a 1 S 0 0 0 Lee. Chicago, p 10 0 0 1 Hudson, Wash., p 0 0 0 0 0 Keller, New York, ta . 1 0 0 0 0 Smith. Chicago, p .... 0 0 0 1 0 Kettner, Cleveland, zee 1 1 1 0 0 Totals ..aa 7 11 J7 11 a Batted for Feller In third. s-BaUed for Hudson In seventh, see Batted for Smith hi ninth. National 000 001 3208 American 000 101 0147 Errors Heath. Reiser 3. Wllliama. Smith. Runa batted In Wllliama 4. Moore, Boudreau, Vaughan 4, Di Maggio. J. DiMaggio. Earned runs Nationals S, Americana 7. Two base hit Tram. Wllliama, Walters, Her man, Mlse, J. DiMaggio. Home runs Vaughan 3, Wllliama. Sacrifice hits Hack, Lopes. Double playl Frey. Vaughan and Mlse; York and Cronin. Lett on baaea Nationals 8; Ameri cana 7. Baas on balls Wyatt (Wll liama); Walters 3 (DiMaggio, Heath); Hudson (Hack); Passeau (Travta). Struck out By Feller 4 (Hack, Reis er, Nlcholion, Ott); by Derringer 1 (Hestb); by Weltere 3 (Cronin. Doerr); by Hudson 1 (Moors); by Smith 3 (Reiser, Slaughter): by Paaaeau 3 (Keller, Wllliama. Foix). Hlta off Feller 1 In 3 Innings; off Lee 4 In 3; off Hudson 3 In 1; off Smith 3 in 3: off Wyatt 0 In 3; off Derringer 3 In 3; off Walters 3 In 3; off Passeau 8 In 3-3.3. Winning pitcher Smith. Loalng pitcher Paa aeau. Umpires Summera (Al). Jor dan (Ni. Grieve (AL). and Plnelll (NL). Time 3:33. Attendance (paid) M.874. LEIBER TO HURL FOR CRATERS; 4 E Manager Lou Sauer said to day that Dutch Leiber, ex-Coast leaguer, would pitch for the State league Craters against the colored Palmer House Stars of Chicago Wednesday night at the fairgrounds park, and at the same time he announced two changes in the Infield made nec essary by the return to their homes of four Portland young sters. Leaving Medford Monday and today were Spike Johnson, first baseman; Bobby Volk, second sacker; Darrell Slater, second string catcher and Harold Mar tenson, alternate third baseman. The boys, it was understood, be came homesick, and couldn't find employment here. At second base Sauer said that Cliff McLean, who has been on the sidelines for six weeks with an injured shoulder, would probably hold forth. First base will be taken care of by either Al Fleishman, Orv Hampel or Antelope AI Llghtner. The lat ter, signed by the Craters after being released by Salem of the WIL, will be at first if he ar rives here before the game, the manager said. Remainder of the lineup will be the same, with Frank Roe landt catching, Del Schroer, on short, Bob Churchill on third, Al Wray In left, Sauer in cen ter and Joe Gray in right. , Fights Last Night Harry Bassler and. Dutch Harrison Card 68s Sam Snead Next With 69 By the Associated Press Chicago Johnny Colan, 182, New York, knocked out Johnny Trotter, 170, Chicago (9). Baltimore Johnny Shkor, 208, Baltimore, stopped Henry Moroz, 190, New York (3). Oloelng time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. By Loudon Kelly Denver, July 8. UP) Cherry Kills, rolling out against a back drop of the Rockies, still is dar ing most of the professional golfing clan to give it a licking in tournament play. A field of 97 professionals teed off yesterday. Just five cracked the stubborn par 71 In the first leg of the P.G.A. tour nament's 38-h o 1 e qualifying rounds for the Alex Smith dia mond medal and a foothold in tomorrow's match play rounds for the 63 low scorers and de fending champion Byron Nelson of Toledo. Harry Baialer. blackhaired member of a California baseball playing family, and E. J. (Dutch) Harrison, an Arkansan built like a No. 1 Iron, guided the caravan into today's second trek over the lake-trapped course with 68s. Hogan Has 71 A stroke back was Sam Snead, the sweet swinger from Hot Springs, Vs., his ailing back apparently forgotten, whose siz zling iron play earned him the starting 69. Braced at 70 were two un knowns to most golf galleries 27-year-old George Fazio of Philadelphia and Bill Francis, a red-headed beanpole from Hoi lidaysburg, Fa. Little Ben Hogan, leading money earner of the year from Hershey, Pa., was tied at 71 with tall Henry Ransom of Fort Worth, Texas. National open champion Craig Wood said "I couldn't seem to get going after taking a six and a five on the first two holes," but he seemed confident of bet tering his first day 78. Scores Yesterday Western International Spokane 9, Wena tehee 1. Vancouver 6, Yakima 1. Only games scheduled. Other leagues idle. Manager Does It Himself With 3 Circuit Smashes Martinsville. Va., July 8 (P) If you want thing well done, etc. . . George Ferrell, manager of Martinsville in the Bi-State league, hit three home runs and a single to drive in six runs last night and give his club a 13 to 8 victory over Brother Wes Ferrell'i Leaks ville (N.C.) Triplets. The win also put Martins ville back in first place in the league. LEAGUE REDUCED TO THREE TEAMS After much uncertainty re garding whether Rogue River was "in" or "out," the Southern Oregon Baseball league resolved itself into a three-team circuit over the week-end with the def inite announcement from Bob Adler of Crescent City, loop sec retary, that Rogue River had finally decided to disband for the season. This leaves the Medford Rogues, f i r s t - h a 1 f champs; Grants Pass and Crescent City to carry on the schedule, with one team drawing a bye every Sunday. The Rogues will play at Grants Pass next Sabbath. TO PLAY MEDFORD OUTFIT THIS EVE Softball has been added to tha list of entertainment events planned for the welcome home of Medford's own National Guardsmen, scheduled to arrive here today for a four-day visit en route from Camp Hunter Lig gett in California to Camp Mur ray. Washington. The soldier boys, members of Company A, 186th Infantry and headquarters detachment, 3d battalion, will send a Softball team Into action tonight at the senior high school stadium against an all-star array selected from the eight-team city league. The game will start at 8 o'clock sharp. Among the soldiers are sever al lads who have played here in seasons past, and the army team is expected to be one of the strongest ever to take the local field. All told, there will be three contests tonight. In a pair of reg ular league tilts. Bear Creek Orchards will face Coca Cola at 7 o'clock, and Medco will clash with Rogue River Chevrolet at 9, or after the soldiers-all-star game is completed. Softball officials said there would be no raise in admission prices. 3SC Make a note to try a bottle of Barclay's Private Stock Straight Rye Whiskey. You'll be mighty glad you did. It's only $1.85 a quart and 95c a pint ... a real buyl . - , , 14 HOOF o ctnm o torn 0"c o z Albany, July 8. IP) Earl Toolson, Willamette university athlete, hurled the Silverton Red Sox into the third round of the Oregon semi-pro baseball tournament last night by giving up but one hit in a 3-1 victory over Valsetz. Marine Electric of Portland, previously defeated by Silver ton, kept alive its tournament hopes by squelching Forest Grove, 11-1, in a game ended in the fifth Inning by mutual consent. The defeat eliminated the Grovers. Silverton will meet the win ner of tonight's game between Albany and Bend. New Interior Appointments 1941 Plymouth IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ' De Soto Plymouth Humphrey Motors S3 . Rlreralde rhone 49SU O GREEN PlfJE SLfiiS Big Heaping Load 300 cu. it 12 or It-inch Fill rur car or trailer at our yard at the end ef North Central Ave. tad McAndrewa Bead n.tea LAUSON SPORT KING Out Board MOTOR M S7750 SI f!iJ. No Oil Mixed with Gasoline Gasoline Economy Trolling Ability Easy Starting Simplified Operation Counter-Balanced Crank shaft. 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