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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1 3
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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COUNTIES
DAYS
$L50
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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.
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.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)
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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.
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