PAOfl TWO
MEDFORD MATT,. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1941
Dick Hanen Snares Golf Title With 11 -1 0 Win Over Alva Merritt
IHFIELD BOY
IN DAMP BATTLE
Winner Ends Match With
' 15-Foot Putt On 26th
Inexperience Hurts
: Merritt.
Championship MatchM
Championship Flight
' Dick Hanen. Marihfleld, de
feated Alva Merritt, Roieburg,
11 and 10.
First night
George Parson. Seattle, de
feated Jim Johnson, Eugene, 3
and 2.
Second night
Bill Catey, Medford, defeated
Bob Sherwood, Medford, 6
nd 5.
Third Flight
P. Langston, Cottage Grove,
defeated Allan Riebel, Grants
Pass, 1 up.
fourth night
, - George Robertson, Medford,
defeated Max Felrce, Medlora,
1 up.
rifth night
E. C. Jerome, Medford, de
feated J. C. Hanen, Marshfield,
2 and 1.
Second Consolation
Orln Schenck, Medford, de
feated Ben Trowbridge, Med
ford, 1 up.
Third Consolation
Bud Provost, Ashland, defeat
ed Ed Nichols. Medford, 2 and 1.
- Fourth Consolttlon
Eugene Thorndlke, Medford,
defeated G. Baum, Redding,
Cal., 1 up.
Fifth Consolation
Dom Provost, Jr., Ashland,
defeated F. VanPelt, Medford,
4 and 3.
Nineteen-year-old Dick Hanen
of Marshfield successfully de
fended his title in the Southern
Oregon-N o r t h e r n California
amateur tournament at the Ro
gue Valley Golf club Monday by
sloshing through the rain and
the muck to score a decisive 11
and 10 victory over Roseburg's
Alva Merritt in the 38-hole final
battle staged on probably the
wettest playing day In the 13
year history of the classic.
It poured down rain intermit
tently during the morning 18,
and it fell in sheets on the after
noon round, but all that mois
ture failed to prevent the young
University of Oregon belter,
1940 champion, from turning in
the classiest golf of any display
ed during the three days of
match play.
Perfect Golf
Hanen, who came up to the
finals through the toughest of
tough brackets, fired 17 pars
and four birdies for the 28-hole
duration of the match. He was
even par for those 28 holes, and
created a fitting climax to the
struggle by ending the contest
on the 26th with a brilliant 15
foot putt for a birdie two.
It was an unequal duel from
the very first as Merritt, playing
In his initial major tournament
and lacking the competitive ex
perience to match his red hot
opponent, found himself out
classed in the face of lianen's
perfect golf. The 26-year-old
Roseburg boy, a guard In the
Veterans hospital and former
caddie at the local course, was
never in the lead. Although he
tried valiantly to stem Hanen's
victorious march he was incap
able of preventing the flood of
pars and birdies thrown at him
Eleven down after a first 18
that saw Hanen shoot sense
tlonal 69, one under par, Mer
ritt temporarily staved oft the
inevitable by halving the 19th
and winning the 20th and 21st
to reduce Dick's margin to nine
up. However, Hanen came back
with a par-three on the 22nd to
go 10 up, and shot a spectacu
lar birdie three on the 390-yard
23rd to make It 11 up, and Mer
ritt' desperate bid to get Dark
in the battle went glimmering.
Alva Cans 30 Footer
They both fired birdie four's
on the long, 470-yard 24th, Mer
ritt canning a grand 30-foot putt
to earn the half as Hanen missed
a chance for an eagle three by
failing to drop a four footer.
Merritt captured the 25th with
a par-four to Hanen's five, but
on the 26th Alva's tee shot was
off to the left of the green while
Hanen laid his IS feet from the
cup. Merritt made a nice ap
proach to within six feet of the
pin, but Hanen, gambling to end
the match, stroked a fast-moving
putt that rammed against the
back side of the cup and drop
ped in for his birdie and the
championship.
All during that morning 18
Merritt had trouble with hi
Irons. They were long enough,
but he was pulling them to the
left and Hanen on the top of his
game, took full advantage of hi
opponent's difficulty.
The blonde, bespectacled de
fending champion whaled out
five straight pars on the first
18 to take four-up lead, while
the best Merritt could do was
halve the second, and after they
both got birdie fours on the 470
yard sixth Hanen parred (even
and eight and blrdied nine with
great four to reach the turn,
six up, with a medal score oi
34, two-under par, to Mcrrltt's
41.
A par three on the 10th gave
Hanen a seven up advantage,
and another par four on the 11th
made it eight up for the Marsh
field youngster. They halved the
12 th, but Hanen won the 13 th
for a nlne-up bulge. After they
both shot par fours on the 14th
and 13th. Hanen won 18 and 17
with perfect four to go 11 up,
and they halved the 13th with
par fours to go to lunch with
Hanen holding an U-up lead.
Two Birdies
During that first nine In the
morning Hanen parred every
hole but the sixth and ninth,
and he blrdied those. On the
back nine he parred every hole
but 12, completing the stretch
with a 3J, one-over-par. Merritt.
plagued by those Iron shots, had
three pars and one birdie on the
front nine and three pars on the
back nine for an 81 medal total.
Although Merritt straightened
out his iron play on the after
noon round and clicked off five
par and a birdie, Hanen' lead
wa too great to overcome. Both
hot 32' one over par for the
eight hole of the second 18.
Hanen, in defending hi cham
pionship, moved into the finals
via the hardest possible route,
Spotted in the upper bracket
whlc:.. by the luck of the draw
contained most of the best golf
ers, he was forced to eliminate
Eddie Simmons of Medford in
the semi-final. 1 up; Cy Don
aldson, a one-handicap man
from San Francisco, 3 and 2 in
the quarter-finals, and In the
first two rounds, Marvin Clark
of Grants Pass, 8 and 3 and C.
Morelock of Cottage Grove, 5
and 4.
Asked if he would return to
Medford for next year's tourna
ment, the personable young
Marshfield lad answered, "Sure,
I'll be back next year. I've had
a grand time here and want to
thank everybody for the cour
tesies (hown me." Hanen now
has two legs on the handsome
championship trophy; one more
victory and It will be hi for
keep.
Merritt, In reaching the final
match, eliminated Medford' Ice
land Clark in the semi-finals, 3
and 2; Jack Creager of Medford,
9 mil 1 in th .,r,.-f I
Jack F. Heath of Longvlew.l
Wash., 6 and 8 in the second
round, and Earl Voorhies of
Grants Pass, 2 and 1 in the first
round.
3 Title Leave
Not counting the consolation
rounds, out-of-town golfer took
home three of the six flight
title. In addition to Hanen win
ning the title flight, George Par
sons of Seattle captured the first
flight crown and P. Langston
won the third flight toga by de
feating 13 year-old Allan Riebel
of Grants Pass In the finals. Rie
bel captured the hearts of the
tournament attendees, being the
youngest player entered, and a
bright future was predicted for
him.
H. Bralnerd of Grants Pass
and William Zimmerley of Cot
tage Grove won the two-ball
Scotch foresome and the prizes
awarded by Leonard and Alfred
Carpenter. The driving contest
was called off because of the
torrential downpour.
E. C. Jerome awarded the
prizes to all flight winners and
runners up following the cham
pionship match.
Medal scores of the title duel:
Morning round:
Out
Hanen 444 344 43434
Merritt .MS 434 63341
In
Hanen 344 444 444 33 69
Merritt ..454 944 334 40 61
Afternoon round:
Out
Hanen ......485 334 82 32101
Merritt ..444 434 4332113
NEW BETTING RECORD
SET AT STATE FAIR
Salem. Sept. 2. t-P) More
than 8,000 persons wt a new
betting record of $24,928 on the
opening day yesterday of the
State fair horse r.ires, the total
topping the 1940 figure by $3,
896. My Universe, four-year-old
McFarland field entry, sloshed
through the mud to win the Lab
or day handicap by a length
The track was ankle-deep In
mud, and all races were run in
a driving rain.
45 POUNDER CAPTURES
SALMON DERBY PRIZE
Astoria. Sept. J (TV An As
toria logger. Oney Fmpo, won
the annual Aflona regatta sal
mon derby yesteiday with a
43-pound fuh, landed Thursday.
Competitors since then had
tried tn vain to reel In a larger
catch, yesterday's bet effort be
lng a 40 pound. 4unctr landed
by Leo Barnea, Portland
CARDS KEEP LEAD
BY TAKING PAIR
By Judson Bailey
(Associated Piess Writer)
The same subway that goes to
Ebbets field In Brooklyn also
runs to Coney Island, and there
are about as many sideshows at
one stop as at the other.
But the people who have been
rushing to the circus at Ebbets
field are beginning to wonder
whether the main stow may be
in the ether direction St. Louis.
The Cardinals captured a
doubleheader from the Pitta
burgh Pirates yestrrday with
comparative ease. 8-3 and 6-3.
while the Brooklyn Dodgers had
a terrible time winning a 13
inning marathon from the Bos
ton Breves, 6-3, and ther, escap
ing with a 2-2 six-it,rilng tie in
the nightcap.
In the other Notional league
action the Giant swept a double
bill from the poor Phillies and
Cincinnati split with the Chi
cago Cubs. New Vork's first
victory, 7-2, was achieved on
four-hit hurling by Bob Car
penter, and it took a circuit
clout. Babe Young s 21st, to win,
4-3, in the tenth inning.
Paul Derringer beat Jake
Mooty as the Reds 'opped Chi
cago, 2-1, but the Cubs came
back to take the nightcap, 8-4.
The New York Yankees di
vided a doubleheader with the
Athletics at Philadlcphla and
now need three more victories
to clinch the American league
pennant. A cluster of home
runs by George Se'kirk, Joe
Gordon and Charley Keller
boomed the Bombers to a 13-11
win in the first encounter, but
Bill Beckman muffled them, 8-1,
on 1 1 hit in the second session.
The second-place Boston Red
Sox raided the Washington Sena.
tors twice, 13-9 and 10-2
The Chicago White Sox
whipped the bruised and totter
ing Cleveland Indians twice, 7-5
and 4-3.
The Detroit Tigers tor the St.
Louis Browns apart 9-8 and 16-8.
PRO GlANTSPLAY
STARS THIS EVE
New York. Sept. 2. T The
"All Americans" ot 1041 are go
ing to try tomorrow night to
duplicate the feat c.f the "Okies"
of 1940 and beat the New York
Giants in the sixth ennual Tri
bune fresh air fund football
game at the Polo grounds.
The "All-Ameri'.-ans" are this
year's version of the eastern col
lege All Stars. Actually the
squad of 38, which has been
drilling for three weeks under
Coach Jimmy Crowley o' Ford
ham, includes two 1940 All
America players Chtt Glad-
chuk of Boston college and Nick
Drahos of Cornell and a couple
who barely missed all-America
honors, Frank Rengnn of Penn
and Charley O'Rourke of Boston
college. The others are Just
about as well known to football
fans, in contract to last year's
squad of small-college players
dubbed the "Ok 1m."
Scores Yesterday
National
Boston 3-2, Brooklyn 6-2 (1st
game 13 innings, 2nd 6, playoff
today).
Cincinnati 2-4, Chicago 1-3
(2nd game 10 innings).
Philadelphia 2-3, New York
7-4 (2nd game 10 lnnlngs.
Pittsburgh 3-3. St. Louis 5 6
American
New York 13-1, Philadelphia
11-3.
Washington 9-2. Boston 13-10.
St. Louis 3-8. Detroit 9-16.
Chicago 7-4. Cleveland S 3.
Pacific Coast
Seattle 6, Portland 3 (8 In
nings, rain). '
Sacramento 4-2. San Diego 8 3
(1st game 12 innings).
Oakland 4-13, Los Angeles 8-6
Hollywood 8-1, San Francis
co 7-6.
Western International
Salem 6 8, Spokane 114
Tacoma 3, Vancouver 2 (10
Innings).
Wenatchee 0. Yakima 14.
Portland. Sept 2 V A
challenge of the state tax com
mission ruling that uniform as
sessments must be made on resi
dences will be heard by the
Multnomah coumy board of
equalization Wednesday.
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Ward Wins Amateur Title
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Smiles abounding. Marvin "Bud" Ward (left) of Spokane.
Wash., the winner, and Pat Abbott (right), of Pacific Palisades.
Calif., the loser, flank the national amiteur golf trophy at Oma
ha after Ward's 4 and 3 victory. Ward won th title in 1939
also.
BY SEATTLE 6 TO 3
(By Associated Press)
Sacramento sends its Coast
baseball league Senators into
Oakland today, hoping that a
change of environment may pro
vide a remedy for the chronic
headache which two weeks'
association with Seattle and San
Diego has produced.
Seattle defeated Portland 6-3
last night as, for the second
successive day, rain broke up
a holiday double-header in the
sixth inning of the first game.
Scoring was limited to the first
three innings, the Rainiers win
ning with a three-run rally in
the last of the third after Ted
Norbert had accounted for all
the Portland runs with a homer
in the opening half of the same
frame.
Seattle took the curtailed
series, five games to two.
San Diego capped Sacramen
to's most disastrous series yes
terday by sweeping a double
bill, 8-4 and 3-2.
Fifth-place San Francisco made
it five out of six against Holly
wood by capturing its second
successive double-header, 7 8
and 6-1.
Los Angeles and Oakland
split, the Angels winning the
first 8-4 and the Acorns claim
ing the closed, 13-6.
Scores: R. H. E.
Portland . 003 000 3 5 1
Seattle ... 21:i OOx 6 6 1
Hilcher, Callahan and Srhultr,
Gregory, Johnson and Collins.
Spokane. Sept. 2. (IP) Mar
vin (Bud) Ward. Spokane's ama
teur golf champion who was
hostilely treated by Omaha golf
fans Saturday when Ward de
feated Pat Abbott of Los An
geles in amateur finals, was
greeted by a throng of Bud
Ward fans on his return here
yesterday.
Keys to the city were pre
sented Ward by Mayor Krank
Sutherlin and the returning
golfer was carried from the
Spokane air terminal on the
shoulders of his fans. "This
looks like a Pat Abbott demon
stration at Omaha." he said.
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OUSTED BY GRANT
New York, Sept. 1. P The
national tennis championships
go into their fourth session at
Forest Hills today. st'U as wide
open as a crap game at a sales-
mens convention.
If anything were needed to
emphasize the lack uf a sure
fire gallery attraction, it was
well pointed out By the fact that
such a pair of non-championship
possibilities as Bryan Grant, Jr
of Atlanta and Pancho Segura
of Ecuador were permitted to
occupy the coveted Stadium
court most of the afternoon
The fans probably got more
enjoyment out of wntching
Grant out-tumble and finally
beat the little Suith American
gamecock by moruthon scores of
6-4. 8-6 4-8. 8-7. 6-2 than they
would have from a deathless
struggle between two heavy
weights. 4IOW THEY?
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Coast
Won Lost Pet.
Sacramento 91 63 .591
Seattle ..86 64 ,573
San Diego 87 65 .572
Hollywood 76 76 .500
San Froncsico 72 82 .488
Oakland 68 88 .442
Los Angeles 65 83 .433
Portland 63 87 .420
National
Won
Lost
43
46
55
59
66
74
75
91
Lost
45
63
64
65
69
73
73
75
Pet.
.648
.643
.560
.533
.434
.433
.409
.283
Pet
.684
.326
.522
.500
.431
.443
.443
.414
St. Louis....
Brooklyn ..
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago 83
83
70
68
62
57
Boston
..52
Philadelphia 36
American
Won
New York 89
Boston 70
Chicago ..70
Cleveland 65
Detroit 61
St. Louis 58
Philadelphia 58
Washington 53
Park Bans Urged
Portland, Ore., Sept. 2. (!P
The Federation of Western Out
door clubs urged tne federal gov
ernment yesterday to ban min
ing, grazing and hunting in na
tional parks and monuments.
End North Centra
Craters Lose Loop Pennant
To Sox in Mudfest, 14 to 5
t
By Al Gould
Medford' Crater had their first State Baseball league pen
nant in their grasp yesterday afternoon at the rain-soaked
fairgrounds park, but the combined forces of Jupe Pluvius
and a slueEina crew of Red Sox from Silverton overwhelm
ed them in the late innings to
Rain was falling constantly
throughout the fray. Umpire Al
Drolette called time for a half
hour In the fourth inning to
allow the deluge to subside, and
to permit the ground-keepers to
spread sawdust around tn
lield, which by now was a
soggy mass. The faithful few
who shuddered through the ap
proximately two hours of base
ball, saw a ball game liberally
sprinkled with basehlts but sur
prisingly few errors, consider
ing the condition of the field.
Silverton picked up 15 blows
off the offerings of little Carl
Monio in the seven and two
thirds innings he worked. Six
of these were for extra bases.
Southpaw Jack Richards of the
Red Sox gave up 11 basehlts.
but was stingy with them with
men on the sacks.
The northern team's victory
gave them the 1941 State league
championship which they relin
quished last year to Albany af
ter finishing on top in 1939.
The Craters were ahead 4 to
3, going into the fourth inning
but Silverton counted three
time to lead by three runs
when time was called.
Then the Red Sox scored once
in the fifth and ended their
scoring with four in the seventh
and three in the eighth.
Meanwhile Pitcher Richards
tightened up and blanked Med
ford for the remainder of the
game, although they had men
on base in the sixth, seventh
and final Innings.
Medford opened the scoring
In the first frame when Schroer
got life on the shortstop's error,
went to third on Churchill's
single, and crossed the plate on
a wild pitch.
The Red Sox went ahead In
the second as Carney led off
with a two base blow and
scored in front of Richard's
single. Manning drew a walk
and both he and Richards
scored when Robertson's hard
hit ball got away from
Churchill. Mclrvin fanned, Gra
nato singled, but Kretchmar hit
into a double play to retire the
side.
Medford came right back
with three more in their half
of the second as Monzo doubled
behind successive singles by
Roelandt and Kohler. Then
Schroer belted a clean single
to left to score Monzo, and
that's the way it stood when
the game entered the fourth
Inning.
The new champs really broke
out their big guns from then on,
tallying three time s in the
fourth. Manning got another
free ticket, Mclrvin advanced
him with a single, and Granato
also walked to load the bases.
Kretchmar flied out to Kohler
in right field and Manning
tallied after the catch. Shinn
then socked a long double
against the boards in left field
to score Mclrvin and Granato,
leaving the score 6 to 4 when
time was called in the middle
of the fourth.
When play was resumed Med
ford scored its final run on a
double by Kohler and Monzo's
single.
In the fifth Silverton picked
up another run as Carney walk
ed, advanced to third on an
error and an infield out and
came in on Robertson's fielders
choice to Schroer. They rang
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take the title game, 14 to 6.
the bell four more times in the
seventh when Carney opened
with a double and Richards fol
lowed with another to score
Carney. Richards moved to
third on Mannings single and
both tallied in front of Robert
son as the husky catcher park
ed a 350-foot home run over
the left field wall.
It was a healthy swat and
marked the beginning of the
end for Monzo, as a walk and
four singles in the eighth frame
scored three more counters and
chased him to the showers.
Jack Brown took over the
mound duties with two down
and the bases loaded but whif
fed Shinn for the final out. In
the last inning Brown set the
Red Sox down in order.
Richards pitched the entire
game for Silverton, fanning six
and issuing but three walks.
Monzo was more liberal with
walks, giving out eight and
setting down six via the strike
out route. Brown struck out one
and didn't walk any in his one
and one-third innings of toil.
Bill Carney picked up four
safe blows, including three con
secutive doubles. Robertson got
only one hit during the day
but the one blow was good for
three runs. Mclrvin, Manning,
Richards, Shinn, and Granato
collected two blows each, while
Whitman and Kretchmar were
the only Red Sox failing to hit
safely at least once.
Medford's hitting was spread
out over the lineup, as Monzo,
Kohler, Rolandt and Fleishman
connected twice. Monzo and
Kohler got the only extra-base
hits, each clouting a double.
Despite the muddy grounds.
Silverton turned in two double
plays and Medford pulled one.
This was the final scheduled
game for the locals. They ended
the regular season with the sec
ond half championship to their
credit.
Box score:
Sllvarton AB R H PO A
Oranftto, 3b ,
Kretchmar, ss
6hlnn. Sb ,
Whitman, cf
Carney, it, if. lb .
Richards, p .. ....
Manning, lb, rf
Robertson, e
Mclrvin, rt. it. .
Totals
.45 14 11 37 S
AB R H PO A
Med'ord
Bcbroer. k
( urchin, lb .
McLean. 3b
Fleishman, lb
Wray, If
Sauer, ef , .,
Roelandt, e
Kohler, rt
Monso, p
Brown, p .
1 3
1 1
1 3
3 10
0 t
Totals
Allverton
..SS S 11 37 11
.030 310 43014
Medford 130 100 000 S
Errors: Kretchmar. ChurchlU. Man
ning, Fleishman, Orsnato: Runs bat
ted In: Monso 3. Schroer 3, Oranato
3, Carney, Kretchmar, Shinn 3, Man
n'ng. 3, Robertson 4, Richards: Two
base hlta: Carney S, Monao. Shinn,
Kohler, Richards: Home runs: Rob
eruon: Sacrifices: McLean, Wray,
Schroer: Double plays: Kretchmar to
Granato to Manning: Schroer to Mc
Lean to Fleishman: Richards to Ora
nato to Carney: Left on baaes: Med
ford S, Silverton 11: Buea on balls:
Monao , Richards 3: Strtke-outa:
Monzo 5. Richards . Brown 1; Hits
Cf: nonro is tor 14 rani in 7-3 s
innings: Brown 0 (or 0 runt in 1-13;
'Hit by pltchtr. oy: Monzo (Krtch-
mar); Wild pltehM: Richards l: Lot
In pitcher: Uonso: Umpire: Dro
it u and lAnnvA; Tims: 3:15.
Hubby Wins Doth .
After Frau Copt
Pin Throw Duel
Sallna, Kas., Sept. 24JP)
It was an Inspired Mr.
Smith wtio won th 100-yard
dash at the County fair.
Mrs. Smith had Just won
the rolling pin throwing con
ti t with b heave of 7S feet.
ELECTRIC 'TOTE'
ADAPTED AT FAIR.
Salem, Sept. 2 JP) The first
electrically powered Qulnella
totalizer went Into operation at
the Oregon state fair race track
yesterday.
Invented by an Australian,
the machine was adapted by
Mark Larwood, Eugene, who ha
handled the parl-mutuel system
at the fair for six years. The
device handled almost half of
the day's wagering, which ap
proximated $25,000.
Larwood said a similar total
lzer has been used at Bay Mead
ows for two years as a daily
double machine. One of its fea
tures is an adaptation which
automatically prevents the sale
of tickets after the starting race
bell rings.
THREE NEW COACHES
IN PORTLAND LEAGUE
Portland, Sept. 2. CP) Ache
and arnica time arrived today
for scores of youngsters who
aspire to Portland high school
football teams, as practice for
the 1941 season opened.
Coaches issued equipment and
confined first-day work mainly
to light exercises. The Portland
Interscholastic league will hav)
three new coaches this vear
Joe Houston, Roosevelt- Leonard
Gehrke Lincoln, at.d George
Emlgh, Franklin. Gehrke form
erly was at Jeffervon and Emlgh
was a former asslstar.t at Frank
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