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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY fl, 194!. ,4 Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Gordon Outplays Bobby Docrr in All-SLr Cla.h Colore SOLDIER BOYS IN d Palmer House Stars Play Craters Tonight 8:30 A one-game performance, of course, can't b naad aa conclu sive proof that a ctrtain ball player ia better than a certain other ball player, but yester day's all-star affair in Detroit will give the Joe Cordon sup ; porters a chance to gloat at the expense of the Bobby Doerr patrons. ' Ever since these two second basemen, Cordon of the Yankees and Doerr of the Red Sox, start ed showing just how that key stone cushion should be played the arguments regarding which 'was the better, the best in the majors, in fact, have been long and, at times, rather bitter. John Lardner, the famous sports columnist, devoted his daily stint the other day to the theory that Both Gordon and Doerr, tops in the majors, should get to play for the American league all-stars. Well, they both did play against the National leaguers yesterday, and it was Gordon who came out of the con test with the greater honors. Doerr started the game and played the first five innings, during which he traipsed to the plate three times. In the first inning he hit a weak fly to Lon nie Frey. In the fourth he slap ped a grounder to the same gent and waa thrown out. In the fifth he was whiffed by Bucky Walters. Thus, none for three was his plate record for the day. Joe Gordon, the Oregon lad. took over la the sixth and made two trips to the dish. In the American seventh he grounded out to Arky Vaugh an. But tn the ninth, with the National league leading by 8 to 3 count, and after Kan Keltner had hit a single to ig nite that sensational four-run rally that brought victory for the Junior loop. Gordon came through In the clutch with a hard one-base smash to right Then, when Ted Williams clouted his tremendous game winning homer, Oordon crossed the plate with the ty ing run. Bo. Joe's batting rec ord for the afternoon was a neat one for two. FREE; T CLUB HAS POWER Big Dutch Leiber to Fling for Locals Negroes Boast Two Wins Over Pelicans That all-star game also pro vides an Interesting angle to the claim by many baseball citi zens that the Pacific Coast lea gue Isn't as fast as the Ameri can Association or the Interna tional league, the two other class AA lcaguea in organized ball. Curious to know just how many players the P.C.L. had furnished for the all-star tilt, In comparison to tha A. A. and the International, we did a lit tle checking up and discovered our coast loop was third in the field of three circuits. Of the 42 playera on both all star teams, only seven jumped from the P.C.L. directly into the majors. The American As sociation led with 12, the Inter national had 10, all other minor leagues had 11 and two players Mel Ott of the Glints and Bobby Feller of the Indiana never played minor loop base ball. Tha National all-stars had three ex-coasters In their line upStan Hack of Chicago, former Sacramento third Back er; Lavagetto of Brooklyn, for mer Oakland third baseman, and Bucky Walters, Cincinnati pitcher and ex-Mission third baseman. Four American league all stars were graduates of the Coast circuit Boston's Bob Doerr. former Ban Diego sec end basemant Joe DlMsgglo of the Yanks. ex-Seali Dom DlMsgglo of the Red Box. ex Seal and Ted Williams et the Bed Box. the game's here, a former Ban Dltgo star. Joe Gordon had to be given to the International league, as he went directly from New ark to the Yankees, although spending one season with Oskland in the P.C.L. Here are the boys the Ameri can Association sent up to the majors: Terry Moore. Enos Slaughter. Eddie Miller. Billy Herman. Mickey Owen, Whit Wyatt, Heath. Joe Cronln. Rudy York. Thornton Lee, Roy Cul lenbine and Ken Keltner. The International furnished these luminaries to the majors: Johny Mire. Frank McCormack, Elliott, Harry Danning. Paul Derringer. Lou Boudreau, Hayes, Jimmy Foxx, Keller and Gordon. Coming from other minor leagues to the majors were Nicholson, Arky Vaughan, Lon nie Frey. AI Lopei. Joe Med wirk. Passeau, Cecil Travis. Bill Dickey, Hudson, Smith and Pete Reiser. The first national barnstorm ing team to appear here this season the colored Palmer House Stars from Chicago will clash with the State league Medford Craters in an exhibi tion game at the fairgrounds park at 8:30 sharp tonight, and local officials have Invited all local National Guardsmen in uniform to attend the contest free. Members of company A and headquarters detachment, who will be here for three days en route from Camp Hunter Lig gett field to Camp Murray, will be passed through the gate If they are In uniform, and the Medford Athletic association pointed out that following the game the boys could attend the dance being given in their hon or. The game should be com pleted by 10:30. Manager Lou Bauer of the Craters will send big Dutch Lei ber, former Coast league right hander, to the mound against the Negroes, who are considered one of the finest and most com ical clubs now on tour of the country. Frankle Roelandt will do the catching. Lineup Given Remainder of the Crater line up will find Al Fleishman. Orv Hampel or Antelope Al Light- ner on urst, cull McLean on second, Del Schroer on short Bob Churchill on third, Al Wray in left, Sauer in center and Joe Gray In right. The Stars will open with one of the following moundsmen on the firing line: Lefty Cooke, Lefty Parker, Slim Williams, miicneu, Lenard Johnson or John Reed. Shirley Petway will probably catch, with Steel Arm Davis on urst, Bernell Longest on second, Jack Marshall on short. Alex Radcllff on third, Johnnie Bis- sant m left, "Bear Man" Daven port in center and Bilbo Wil- Hams in right. In action this season inlmt Oregon State league clubs, the Stars have beaten Klamath Falls twice and Eugene once, while dropping one tilt to the Albany It ) 1. 1 1 .tvy HERE FRIDAY EVE Featuring the same stars who last season sent local fans into mild hysterics with their craty antics, the Colored Ghosta of Sioux City, Iowa, great Negro softball team, will be here next Friday night to play an all-star aggregation composed of players irom ine Medford city league. The game will start at 9 o'clock at the lighted high school sta- auim. Among the colored flashes who will take the field for the barnstormers are Babe Favors. Pee Wee Williams. Oata Fields Cool Papa Johnson. Mickey Mouse, Red Strickland, Skeleton Keys, Tat Mitchell and "Satch el!" Bluford. They will again put on their famous shadow ball exhibition. OWTH STAND Pacific Coast League EYA Sacramento Seattle San Diego Hollywood Los Angeles .. San Francisco Oakland Portland . W. 63 SO St 43 43 43 40 36 L. 31 41 43 47 49 91 52 S3 Pet. 5.?.?B S. R 'U,M "Th0M ,on" B4b R"'h drives Just dldn t count when Ty Cobb's putter was performing so well, so the coif match these baseball areata nlvH at v....,,- m.. ... benefit of the Golden Rule Farm for Boys at Franklin N H ended with Cobb (left) the winner 3 up. Ray "Spanky" Joslin, of the Farm, presented the cup to Cobb. Arky Vaughan Denied Hero Status by Williams' Homer By Gayle Tsblot Detroit, July 9 (TP) Of all the National leaguers whose wives and relations should keep them out of tall buildings for the next few days, the one with the most legitimate complaint about the way yesterday's all-star game turned out is Arky Vaughn, Pitts burgh's veteran shortstop. ihts In i BEND UPSETS ALBANY WITH 5-RUN RALLY IN 11TH INNING, 1 TO 2 Arky rose to the heights in the cause of the National league and hit two shattering home runs In successive innings, each time with a man on base. It was tremendous and should have been enough to place Vaughan in the all-star hall of fame with something to spare. But what happens? A tall California boy named Ted Wil liams, employed by the Boston Red Sox, comes up with two out and two on in the ninth inning and slams a homer to give the American leaguers a 7 to 5 vic tory and relegate Vaughan'a two preceding clouts to the ash can. Looking around, Vaughan can lay such a tough break as that to a couple of things. In the first place, why wasn't Williams, leading hitter of the American league, given a walk so that the fading Claude Passeau could get at Dominic Dl Maggio? Anybody would have been better than Williams. Yet, last night. Manager Del Baker of the victorious Ameri cans said' it would have been poor strategy to pass Williams. for that would have put the win ning run on second base. Secondly, with one out In that terrible ninth, Joe Di Miggio slapped a perfect double play ball to shortstop. Eddie Miller grabbed the pill and flipped It to Billy Herman, forcing Cecil Travis at second and setting up the twin-killing that would have closed out the game with the Nations ahead, S to 3. It was in the bag. But Herman hurried his throw, pulling Frank McCormick off first base A run dented the plate, two were on base and Williams was up there swinging his wagon-tongue with a crowd of 84,674 on edge. Such t h I n I s hannen. anil Vaughan. who should have been hero, was just another unfor tunate who almost hit the lack- .6701 P"- ine American leaguers now ,M9 hold a lead of 6 to 3 in the all- .S43 star classics. .478 Albany, July 9 JP) Bend batsmen unleashed a five-run barrage in the eleventh inning last night to upset the Albany Alcos, defending champions, in the Oregon semi-pro baseball tournament, 7-2. Johnny Bubalo hoisted a two run homer after two were out in the eleventh. Bend filled the bases afterwards and Ricky Em erson drove three more runs across with a double. In another upset Dairy Creek rapped out 10 hits to eliminate the United Furniture Workers of Portland, 9 8. Albany will play Valsetz to night and Marine Electric of Portland will meet Dairy Creek. Scores: Dairy Creek 9 10 8 United Furniture 8 4 3 Tucker and Krieger; Huffman, Smith and Ross. Bend ............ 7 Albany . 2 Turpin and Nehl; Woodward, Elliott, Miller and Lcpitch. 13 7 .467 .437 .433 at recent James H. Kyle Forest Grove, Ore., Julv 9 (fl Last rites for Jam'.. H .396i K-vIe- 72 former mayor of Stan- Tha... I. .k. a a. "' 0r nd 1 ln " ZiZZi P. ,"!' !taU "P"0""" Pty since the Bethlehem, Pa. July 9. (,Pi turn of the century, were held ,rlon ,,nd Pfrlsphere. yesterday. Kyle, who died Sat World's fair j iorKuraay. neld various positions , J:;""U,V ro"m ste legislature in .-. ......, utiriie. rurcnased i years. o.iimnem steel company, they immediately were convert ed Into scrap for use in produc tion of armament tor Uncle Sam'a army. Twin Replaces Alderman Somervllle. Mass. u.R Al derman noticed little change when Henry Murray resigned from the board because he was succeeded by his twin brother. Joseph. Weather Northern California: General ly fair but extensive overcast and fog near coast and widely scattered thundorshowers over southern Sierra Nevada: contin ued high temperature interior; moderate to fresh northerly wind off the coast. Lakevlew, Ore., July 6. M") A logging truck fataily crush ed C. E. Hill, about 40. at the Peterson-Johnson timber camp near here yesterday. His widow at Willowbranch, Calif., survives. Mica Mine North Groten. N. H. (UP1 The larnest mica mine in the United States is producing a ton of the mineral daily for national defense purposes. Cloalnt tlma for Too Uu to C. Ifj A! IS 1 :30 p. m. Soldier Fined 1900 TWniM. r-.iA mot v..i i Newspaper circulation has a'r. t t,.u 120 percent coverage compared , here, drew a 8900 fine for speed- with the number of homes in in 70 miles an hour on on of the United States. I Denver' busiest thoroughfares, ii Phone 2119 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Super Service .ii Largest STOCK IN SOUTHERN OREGON 1941 Plymouths IMMEDIATE DELIVERY De Sato Plymouth Humphrey Motors S3 S. Rltrreldr. Ftlom 4SM HOSPITAL CASES BURN UP COURSE IN PGA JOURNEY Sam Snead Wins Medal With 138 Card 18-Hole Match Play Starts Today By Loudon Kelly Denver. July rVTh bova with han(tiffunHrlM backgrounds are doing all right in this 24th P.G.A. tournament at water-trapped Cherry Hill. r)fnHinff rhimnlAn RvMn Nelson of Toledo and medalist Samuel Jackson Snead of Hot Springs, Vs., who led the way Into taHav'B nnn(n matrl. vtlatf DracKet or az man.to-man battles over 18 holes, both have enlist ed medical aid lately. Nelson has a torn nail nn a fineer mashed in an autnmnhll door but insists it doesn't bother nis grip "just feels dead." Snead. who scorched f?hrrv Hills ln two qualifying rounds of 69-69 138, four under par, to win the diamond-studded Alex Smith memorial medal. has been plagued so much by an aching back that he had about-decided only recently not to enter the tournament, which he never has won. National open champion Craig wooa irom Aiamarnnerir nr v also was troubled with a back ailment that later inroad tn u leg, but he turned in a smart o yesterday after shooting 76 Monday. He miaht ha tha lr since Gene Sarazen to win the open and P.G.A. the same year. tummy Acne ' Harry Bassler. ehunkv Tv Al. toj, Calif., pro, who was tied for the lead at the 18-hole stage, wound up with 68-73 HI and his golf career has been inter rupted 11 times by trips to the hospital, mostly for stomach sur gery. Despite Impaired vision in one eye, Mark Fry of Oakland holds the California nnen nmim n4 qualified satisfactorily with 72- T, 11. IO lO. E. J. (Dutch) Harrison, Arkan sas traveler from Chicago, who likes "to see those irons shoot off quail high," was second to Snead for the medal with 68-71 139. Four nlavara lnl,,Hln little Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa.. a not lavorite, were clustered at 140. Mam, R. Slngler, Wray and P. Sakraida, Darland; Pritchard and Wilson. Med co 4 7 6 Chevrolet U 13 4 J. Gitzen and Wilson; Landers and Darland. TO AT PACK STANDS ISSUE CHALLENGE LONDOS EXPECTED TO CRATER TEAM Jlmmv Londfta tha lntr-na. tional heawweiffht wrtlin Cnamnlon who has rnntr hntt more than $6,000 to Greek war relief through his activities on the mat, and who is generally credited with having made more money for himself than any other athlete, including Babe Ruth, Joe Louis and other heavy sugar boys, is expected bv Pro- moter Mack Lillard to draw some 2.000 fan tn ih fair. grounds park next Monday night when he grannie Pet Rli- tro in the main event of the first mat card staged here in two months. Lillard. looking fnr largest crowds ever to attend a wrestling show in Medford, plana to erect several hnnHroH rineairia aats tn nn).m.t l. a.uuu-capacity grandstand. The ring wiu De located directlv in front of the srandstand. All in all. Lillard is highly pleased With the aceommnriatinna of. forded by the fairgrounds park, nome oi the baseball Craters. A clean wrestler himir With his best hold holnff an air. plane spin, Londos will prob ably have to resort to foul tac tics against Belcastrn. nna nt tha game's meaner and tougher lads. Another meanle versus eleanie affair is looked for In the miririt MMnt that .!,. Bill.. . - - -i . v . pi,, u i, j jr McEwen. Coast lliht. hr. weight champion, against Cow- ooy vuae v-niCK, coast Junior heavyweight kine. MrEw.n u,hn will be making his Medford de but, is a tough guy from the word go. Two clean and scientific mat- men, Ernie Piluso and George Wagner, will provide the open- ina-maicn action, ine first two bouts will be for six 10-minute rounds Or the heat turn ni, n three falls. Manager Paul (Hoosler) Hot fard of the Medford Rogues first-half chamDions nf the Southern Oregon league, today. issued a challenge to the State league Craters for a three-game series to determine the city championship. "We can beat the Craters," Hoffard stated, "and we will play them anytime, anyplace and under any financial condi tions. We will play them on a 60-40 division of the gate re ceipts with the winner taking the long end, or we will play them on a winner-take-all basic. That's how certain I am that the Rogues are the better club." Manager Hoffard said that he had signed a new pitcher for the remainder ot the campaign, but refused to divulge his name, and also announced the acquisition oi two new outfielders whose identities also were keDt secret. "We just want to surprise the craters." the bie skinner ex. plained. The Rosues. who nlav at Grants Pass next Sundav after noon, will practice at the high school park at 5 p. m. today and Thursday. In the meantime, Hof fard said he was awaiting with extreme interest an answer to his challenge. BY 1 Tot Killed by Car Hermiston, Ore., July 9. W) Carey Allen, 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen, ran into the nath of an antnmn. bile and was killed last night, Allen Folsom, Umatilla county coroner said. Folsom exonera ted Ira Gentry, driver. By the Associated Press The Seattle Rainieri cut the Pacific Coast league leading Sacramento Solons' margin to HVj games last night by defeat ing the Portland Beavers 4-2 while the San Diego Padres were beating the leaders 9-2. By a strange quirk of the schedule this was the first meet ing this season of the two Pa cific northwest members of the circuit. It opened a week's series in Portland. The victory was Veteran Hal Turpln's 12th against only three defeats. Turpin bested Whitey Hilcher. curve-ball riaht hander. a bad second inning Jamming up the Beavers defense and netting the Rainiers three runs. Left-handed Lou Tost nitrharf three-hit ball as the Hollywood Stars defeated Los Angeles 3-1. The scores: Seattle 4 10 1 Portland 2 11 1 Turpin and Fallon; Hilcher and Schultz. Scores Yesterday IY SOFTBALL TEAM DEFEATED Bear Creek Orchards nosed out Coca Cola, 8 to 4 and Rogue mver cnevrolet crushed Medco, 1 1 to 4. in a nair of leaana ot. ball tussles at the stadium last night, in a special exhibition game, a pickup club from the local circuit defeated a aroun of Medford National Guardsmen who are here for three days, IB lO O. No games are scheduled for tonight. Thursday night, anoth er National Guard team will play a local all-star group at T o'clock. Bear Creek Orchards will tangle with Catholic Men at s and Medco will face Jen nings Tire at 9. Scores: Bear Creek 6 6 3 Coca Cola 4 9 1 Wright and Reynolds; Weath- enora and cowan. Medford Guards . -19 3 16 3 An Via i1' IDEAL HOTEL IN FRANCISCO Oiitinguiihed In name and In service, Tha Maurice Is one of San Francisco's finest hotels. Quiet location en fringe of downtown ore a; finely ap pointed rooms, ell with bath and showor. Singl from $2.50 Double from $3.50 DRIVI.IN OARAOI HOTEL MAURICE (J 'est Street at Jones ej SEATTLE SOUTHPAW IS STATE NET SENSATION Portland, July 9. UP Jim : Brink, a tall Seattle left-hander , became the sensation of the Ore gon tennis tournament yester day, winning three matches and upsetting the top-ranking men's singles piayer, Clarence "Nick' Carter, San Francisco. Share vollevlne hv BrlnV who is still a Junior, was too much for Carter, who lost by a 4-6. 6-0, 6-2 margin. Earlier Brink had defeated Bill Babson, Portland, 6-1, 6-3, ln men's play, i and Dick Cromwell. Tacoma, 6-2, 6-3, in Junior play. j Major leagues idle. 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