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Defending Champ Dick Hanen, Alva Merritt Reach Tourney Finals SIMMONS BEATEN BY HANEN; CLARK Finalists Score Twin Wins Sunday; Donaldson, Wat son Lose Quarter-Finals. . It wu bespectacled, long tocklng Dick Hanen of Marsh field, defending champion, and tall, dark-haired Alva Merritt of Roseburg in today'! 38-hole championship battle of the 13th annual Southern Oregon-Northern California amateur tourna ment at the Rogue Valley Golf club after both swingers, Hanen the pre-tourney favorite and Merritt, the boy who was almost completely Ignored by the early prognostics tors, blazed their way through a pair of tough 18-hole quarter-final and s e m 1 f 1 n a 1 matches Sunday. They played their first 18 boles of the title struggle in the rain this morning and were scheduled to tee off for their final round at 1:30 this after noon. Final matches In all other flights were staged this morning. Hanen, the University of Ore gon youth, moved Into the finals by eliminating Medford's Eddie Simmons, 1 up, in a dramatic semi-final duel after be had ousted Cy Donaldson of San Francisco, 3 and 2, in another bard match In the quarter-finals. Merritt, former caddie at the Rogue Valley club, came through with an uphill, surprise 3 and 2 victory over Medford's Leland Clark in the semi-finals, after having disposed of another local golfer, Jack Creager, by a 2 and 1 margin in the morning quarter finals. Ends ea 16th Haaen's victory over Sim mons, whom he defeated in last year's finals, came on the 18th green after both shotmakers had performed considerably below their usual form. All square on the 17th after they halved the hole in fives, one over par, the defending title-holder fired a par-four on the final hole while Simmons was three-putting the green for a terrible six, to take the match and enter the finals. Twice Hanen was forced to come from behind to square the match. The local oil station man ager, four-time tourney winner, had a two-up lead starting the 18th, but Hanen shot par fours on the next two holes while Simmons was one over on each to square the battle on the 18th. Simmons started off like a house afire, with two fours to take a two-up bulge, but after they halved the third Dick parred the fourth to cut Eddie's lead to one up. They halved the next two, and on the seventh Hanen's par-four squared the match. After both parred the eighth, Hanen blrdled the par five ninth to take the lead for the first time, one up. Both parred the 110-yard 10th, and on the llth Eddie drew abreast again with a par-four to Hanen's five. On the 12th both took threes, and Simmons' birdie three on the 13th gave him a one hole advantage, and his par four on the 14th made it two up. Here, Hanen started his rally to square the match on the 16th. Mediocre Scores Neither turned in good medal acores, Hanen carding a 38, two over perfect figures on the first nine, and the same on the back nine, four over, for a total 78, while Simmons went seven over par for the 18, due to a SB on the front nine and a 38 on the return stretch. In the morning, Hanen and Donaldson battled neck and neck for 10 holes; then, Hanen went one-up on the llth when Cy's second shot found a trap and increased it to two-up on me Mtn with a par four. They halved the ISth and Hanen end ed the match on the next hole by shooting a par four. Both had medal scores of 30 on the front nine. I Merritt captured his match from Clark the hard way, fight ing up from a three-down dis advantage at the turn to string together seven straight pars on the back nine and end the con test on the 18th. In that match winning rally Merritt launched on the 10th hole, he won six of the seven holes before the duel ended, the other being halved. Alva birdied the first hole to go one up, but Clark immedi ately squared the match on the second with a par-four and leap ed into a two-up lead with a birdie on the four-par third and a par on the fourth. They halved the fifth in par fours, and Mer ritt took the sixth with a fine birdie to chop the Clark margin to one-up. Clark went two-up again on the seventh with a par four, and after they halved the eighth the Medford injurs nee man birdied the ninth for his three-up margin at the turn. Eases Up Seemingly having the match In the bag, Clark noticeably eased up starting the back nine and before he knew it Merritt had the battle all square, with impetus enough to carry him to victory. Alva parred the 10th and llth, a three and a four, and Clark was only one up. They both shot threes on the 12th, but Clark took a five to Mer rltt'i four on the 13th, and it was all even. Three straight fours on the 14th, 15th and 18th, all par-four holes, gave Merritt his 3 and 2 victory on the 16th. Clark, un able to pull his game together, took fives on the last three holes of the match and bowed out of the title chase. Their medal cards for the first nine showed a one-under-par 33 for Clark and a 38 for Merritt, but it was a different story on the back nine as Alva fired reg ulation golf for the seven holes played while Clark was going seven over perfect figures. Overcomes Lead The Roseburg clouter also had a torrid match in the morning against Creager. He was one down. at the end of the first nine, after shooting a four-over-par 40 medal score, but came rushing back to square the match on the 10th, win the llth, halve the 12th and win the 13th, 14th and 15th. In the two other quarter-final struggles, Simmons eliminated Seattle's Forest Watson, former northwest amateur champion, 8 and 4, and Clark defeated Med ford's Ike Staples, 4 4 nd 2. Eddie had no great difficulty In breezing past Watson, devel oping a two-up lead at the turn thanks to eight pars, and ending the match on the 14th after three more pars and a birdie three on the llth. In his match against Creager, Clark was one down at the end of four holes. He squared it on five, and went two up with two par threes and a birdie three on 10, 11 and 12. They halved 13 and 14; then, Clark took IS for a four-up advantage and canned a 40-foot putt on 16 to close out the battle. Jim Johnson of the Eugene Country club captured medalist honors for the tourney by firing a 33, one under par, in a nine hole playoff with Hanen and Bob Hammond, who shot 36 s. All qualified with 71's. Semi-final medal scores: Out Hanen Simmons In Hanen Simmons Out Merritt Clark In Merritt Clark 896 339 43438 448 439 93939 353 554 45438 78 343 345 5563977 854 444 84538 443 343 44433 3 434 4442664 4 835 5553368 OF TENNIS ACES New York. Scot. 1. fjp Three players who have been nominated to scrap It out for the national amateur tennis championship, Frank Kovacs, Bobby Riggs and Don McNeill, took turns demonstrating their Sunday shots at Forest Hills to day, and Riggs might have looked just a little better than the other two. Bobby, at least, made the loudest Impression on the crowd in the big stadium as he swept aside young C. Robin Hippenstlel of San Bernardino. Cal., in their first round match by scores of 8-2, 6-4. 6-3. As for McNeill, he looked Ilka his old self only in spots as ha turned back George Pryor of Pittsburgh, a moder ately good player, 6-3. 6-4. 6-4 The Oklahoma City star still is not swiping the ball like he did a year ago, his backhand in par ticular lacking authority. Kovacs had a genuine battle on his hands In subduing Bar nard Welsh, a bespectacled bar rister from RockvUle, Md., 6-3 4 8, 61, 7 3. SENDS FIR. GIF! Washington. Sent. 1 . The Greeks had some words for it the Perfect nrrhirie tn meal" and the Romans railed it "the dainty manna of the sea". It's the oyster, and Sep tember la the first "r" month of the new season. To mark the occasion the nve. ter Industry will send a supply of "pedigreed" bivalves to the White House next week for President Roosevelt's table. Lake Ladoga. Russia. Is the largest lake in Europe and covert 7,000 square miles. Al Wray's 13th Inning Blow Produces 7-6 Crater Victory A screeching drive down the rlghtfleld foul Una by power ful Al Wray, scoring Bobby Churchill from second base, broke up a wildly-dramatic, nerve-wrecking ball game at the fair grounds park yesterday afternoon and gave the Medford Crat ers a 7 to 6, 13-lnning victory over the Silverton Red Sox to set the stage for today's playoff battle between the same two clubs for the 1941 Oregon State league championship. The pen- nant clash starts at 2:30 sharp. The husky leftfielder's payoff i blow, coming after the teams had struggled scoreless follow ing a three-run Silverton rally in the ninth inning that dead locked the score at 6-6, gave the Craters the second half cham pionship. Silverton won the first half toga, so it will be a one-game "sudden death" affair this afternoon for the loop gon falon. There were two gone when Wray, nitting from the left side of the plate against Earl Tool son, Si'.verton's ace righthander, pulled the second pitch on a line almost to the rlghtfleld boards. Churchill, who had opened the 13th with an infield single and gone to second on Al Kretchmar's wild throw to first on the grounder, tallied with ease, and all that remained was for the jubilant Craters to literally swarm all over Mr Wray as he rounded second and trotted for the bench. They did A magnificent relief pitching Job by young Jack Brown, the Crater s righthanded second string flingcr, contributed great ly to the victory. Brown took over the mound task with none away and two Red Sox on base in the 12th Inning, and not only got the next three batters on an Infield out and two flies but in the 13th whiffed Jimmy Rob ertson and Toolson- and forced Granato to fly out to Sauer. He faced only six men, allowed no hits and no runs and received credit for the victory. Dutch Llcber, after doing heroic work for 11 frames, was forced to retire In the 12th. In the 10th, with two gone, Robert son of the Sox smashed a vicious drive that struck Lieber on his right foot. Lleber threw him out at first, but was painfully injured. Refusing to leave the game, he got through the llth safely, but in the 12th it was apparent that he couldn t put enough weight on the foot to bear down. After Lee Shtnn BIG SAVINGS Plan NOW To Take Ad vantage of Low Subscrip tion Rates! AND REMEMBER! All subscribers must be paid up to September 1. 1941 to entitle them to Bargain Rate. Delivered To Your Door By Carrier A Full Year Only and Dick Whitman both got life on errors by Churchill and Fleishman, Lleber was forced to call it a day and turn the work over to Brown. Neither starting pitcher fin ished the game. Southpaw Cal Mclrvin, after giving the Craters nine hits for six runs in II Innings, gave way to Toolson af ter Fleishman doubled in the 12th with nobody out, and al though the latter managed to retire the Craters without a run he was jarred for the works in the 13th and was charged with the loss. It looked like the Craters had the thing stitched tight when they exploded for three runs in the eighth to shatter a 3-3 tie and take a 6-3 lead, but in dramatic fashion the Sox came right back in the ninth to whale three runs across and knot it at 6-6. That's the way it stood un til the 13th, when Wray did his stuff. Schroer's walk, Churchill's nit-batsman, McLean's sacrifice and a passed ball yielded the Craters a run In the first inning, and they picked up another in the third on McLean's double to left and Wray's single to right center, giving them a 2 to 0 ad vantage. Held to three hits by Lieber In the first four heats, the Sox forged into a 3 to 2 lead in the fifth when Robertson singled to center, Granato singled to the same spot. Kretchmar tripled to left and Shinn doubled to left. A beautiful squeeze bunt by Frank Roelandt in the seventh scored Schroer from third with the run which made it 3-3 Schroer had walked, Churchill had singled infield and McLean had been hit by a Mclrvin pitch to load the bases when Roelandt dropped the bunt down the first base line. Then, in the eighth, the locals really teed off on Mclrvin. Fleishman started it with double to center and Dick r : tTvV W VV... --''-TV' - ' ssfl. OPENING DAY HIEEE AIRES $(g OUTSIDE Kohler singled, sending Fleish man to third and taking second, himself, on the throw-in. Lie ber, with the fans begging for a wallop, obliged with a roaring double to the rightfield wall and two runs were across. Schroer sacrificed and Churchill singled to right scoring the big hurler and giving the Craters a 6-3 lead. v.. Starting the Silverton ninth, Ken Manning singled, but when Robertson and Mclrvin hit con secutive flies to Wray in left it looked like it was all over. Then all Hades broke loose. Granato doubled to right-center scoring Manning. Kretchmar slammed a nasty hopper that bounced off Churchill s leg Into centerfield for another two-bagger, and Granato tallied. Shinn then doubled deep to left-center and Kretchmar came across with the tieing run. ' Bill Carney, Silverton left- fielder, staved off defeat for his club In the 10th by spearing Churchill's long fly to left center. Lieber was on second after walking and being sacri ficed, at the time, and would have scored on the wallop. But Carney raced far back and to his left and stabbed the ball one handed. It was a great catch, one of the best seen here this year. Manager Lou Sauer of the locals also came up with a spar kling snatch of Whitman's ter rific 360-foot drive to center in the fifth Inning, with two down and a man on second. Sauer grabbed it one-handed with his back to the grandstand, almost against the centerfield score board. Mclrvin, although he fanned seven, including Roelandt thrice, was wild, walking 10 and hitting two. Lieber, in his 11 innings of labor, gave up 15 blows, but he didn't walk anybody. Box score: Silverton AB R R PO A Oranato. 3b Kretchmar, as . Shinn, 3b Whitman, cf Carney, If Richards, rf Manning, lb Robertson, e Mclrvin, p Toolson, p a s s 3 0 1 3 i a 1 3 1 16 3 9 1 0 0 0 Totals .64 8 16 3S 30 Medford Schroer. sa Churchill. 3b McLesn, 3b Roelandt, e Wray. If Sauer, cf 01 - a. M 00 Where Carrier Service la Maintained AB R H PO A 3 3 0 3 6 6 13 3 4 4 113 3 6 0 0 4 0 , 4 0 3 6 0 5 0 0 6 1 JACKSON, JOSEPHINE AND SISKIYOU BY MAIL-$6.00 A YEAR .4 t 1 14 o ,41110 .4104 . 1 0 0 0 0 ToUls T It 17 Silverton 000 030 008 000 0 8 MWlforil 101 000 ISO 000 17 Errors: Churchill 3. Roelandt, ahlna, Fleishman, Kretchmar; Runs bitted tn: Wray 3. Lleber 3. Roelandt, Churchill, Oranato 3. Kretchmar 3. Shinn 3: Two-baa bits: Lleber 3. McLean: Shinn 3, Robertson. Fleish man 3. Oranato, Kretchmar, Wray; Three-base hits: Kretchmar: Sacri fice: Schroer 3, McLean, Roelandt. Sauer: Double plays: Lleber to Schroer to Fleishman; Bases on balls: Hclrvtn 10; Strike-outs Mclrvin 7. Toolson 1, Lleber 1. Brown 3: Hits off: Lleber 1A for runs In 11 in nings; MclrMn for runs In 11: Brown 0 for 0 runs In 3; Toolson 3 for 1 run In 3: HI. by pitcher, by Mcimn (Churchill. McLean): Wild Pitches: Lleber; Passed balls: Robert son 3: Winning pitcher: Brown; Los ing; pitcher: Toolson; Umpires: Dro lette and Lennard; Time 3:30. Tourney Scores Championship Fllfht (Seml-tlnels) Dick Hanen, Marehfleld, defeated Eddie Simmons, Medford, 1 up. Alva Merritt, Roseburg, defeated Leland Clark, Medford, 3 and 3. Championship Fllfht (Quarter-finals) Dick Hanen, Marshfleld. defeated Cy Donaldson, San Francisco. 3 and 3. Eddie Simmons, Medford. defeated Forest Watson, Seattle, 6 and 4. Alva Merritt. Roseburg, defeated Jack Creager, Medford, 3 and 1. Leland Clark, Medford, defeated Ii Staples, Medford, 4 and 3. First FIlKht (Seml-flnals) Jim Johnson, Eugene, defeated Sid Reaney, Medford, 3 and 3. George Parsons, Sesttle, defeated Bob Hammond, Medford, 4 and 3. First Flljlit (Quarter-finals) Sid Reaney, Medford, defeated C. Morelock, Cottage Orove, 1 up. Jim Johnson, Eugene, defested Howsrd Scrogglns, Klamath Falls, 3 and 1. Bob Hammond, Medford. defeated Earl Voorhles, Grants Pass, 6 and 4. George Parsons, Seattle, defeated Almus Prultt, Medford, 4 and 3. Second Flltht (Seml-flnals) BUI Catey, Medford, defeated Lee Watson, Medford, 1 up. Bob Sherwood, Medford, defeated A D. Johnson, Klsmath Falls, 3 up. Second Flltht (Quarter-finals) BUI Catey, Medford. defeated A. Green, Trail. 3 and 3. Lee Watson. Medford. defeated N D. Locker, Treks, Cal., 1 up. .:zZH ' I i ' w . . t.' j- v . -, . Fleishman, lb Kohlsr, rf Ueber. p , , Brown, p SEPTEMBER 6" Ml JV TKIE EATES: Delivered Mail For Full Year Bob Sherwood, defeated X. O. Irwln, Ashland, 3 up. A. D. Johnson, Klsmath Falls, de feated J. Stalling Klamath Fall. 1 up on 30th. Third Fllfht (Seml-flnala) Allan Rlabel, Grants Pass, defeated a, S. Kelly, Roseburg, 1 up oa lath. P. Langston, cottage Orove, defeat, ed BUI McAllister, Medford, 1 up. Third Flight (Quarter-fins Is) Allan Rlebel. Grant Pass, defeated Bert Orr, Medford, 3 and 1. R. E. Kelly. Roseburg. defeated H. B. Bralnerd, Grants pass, 1 up. P. Lsngston, Cottage Orove, de feated Bill Davidson. Medford, 4 and 3. BUI McAllister, Medford. defeated Bernle Williams, Medford. and 7. Fourth Flight (Seml-flnals) Max Pelrc. Medford. defeated J. Llttrell, Marshfleld. 6 and 4. George Robertson. Medford, defeat ed J. Wood, Medford. 3 and 3. Fourth Flliht' (Quarter-finals) J. Llttrell, Marshfleld, defeated 1. C. Kelly, Portland. 3 and 3. Max Pelrce, Medford, defeated John Cupp. Medford. 1 up. J. Wood. Medford, defeated Dies Mather, Portland, 3 and 1. Oeorge Robertson, Medford, defeat ed Al Llttrell, Medford, 1 up. Fifth Flight (Seml-flnals) B. O. Jerome, Medford, defeated Rov Donelson. Medford. 4 and 3. J. C. Hanen, Marshfleld. defeated Bob Marsh, Medford. 3 and 1. Fifth Flight (Quarter-finals) E. O. Jerome. Medford, defeated Ed Dewa, Ashland, 3 up. Roy Donelson, Medford. defeated Ed Drysdale. Medford. 3 and 1. Bob Marsh. Medford. defeated C. M. Kldd, Medford, 3 and 3. J. C. Hanen, Marshfleld, defeated Elno Hemmlla, Medford, 8 and 6. PORTLAND TEAM SOFTBALL KINGS Oregon City, Sept. 1. IIP) Commercial Iron of Portland came from behind to slug out an 8-7 victory over the Corvallis Bottlers in the finals of the Ore gon softball tournament Satur day night. Trailing by a 6-2 score, the Ironmen leveled on Corvallis Pitcher Elwin MacRae for five runs in the sixth inning. The United States has been importing 13 pounds of spinach seed for every pound produced by national growers. By A Only COUNTIES DAYS $L50 tiOWTHE STAND', American League- W. L. Pet. 88 44 .667 68 63 .519 68 64 .513 65 63 .508 62 69 .473 58 71 .430 57 72 .442 53 73 .421 New York Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit St. Louis Philadelphia Washington . National League W, L. St. Louis - 81 45 Brooklyn 82 46 Cincinnati 69 54 Pittsburgh 68 47 New York 60 66 Chicago 56 63 Boston 62 74 Pet. .643 .641 .561 .544 .476 .434 .413 .288 Philadelphia 38 89 Pacific Coast League W. L. Sacramento 91 61 Seattle 85 64 San Diego 85 65 Pet. .599 .570 .567 .507 .481 .441 .432 .423 Hollywood San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles Portland - 76 74 70 82 67 85 64 84 63 86 Scores Yesterday National Brooklyn 13, New York 8. St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 3. Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 3. Boston 8-5, Philadelphia 3-8. Amsrlcan New York 5, Washington 2. , Detroit 7-4, Cleveland 5-7. ' Chicago 8-4, St. Louis 12-5. Philadelphia 3-3, Boston 3-2. (Second game called end 7th, darkness). Pacific Coast Portland 3, Seattle 2. (Called end sixth, rain). Hollywood 1-2, San Francisco 5-3. Sacramento 0-5, San Diego 1-2. Oakland 7-8, Los Angeles 6-1. Western International Spokane 20, Wenatchee 9. (Only game played) Buy Army Salmon San Francisco, Sept. 1. (IP) The army supply officer here has purchased $27,040 worth of canned salmon for army use in the south, the quartermaster an nounced today. Here Soon, Our Annual Big Subscription Party! In Jackson, Josephine nd Siskiyou Counties
