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PAOT! TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTNTC. MEDFORTV OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941. Brooks Lead By Game As Final Week Of Race Opens Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Tornado Fail To Impress Bowerman In Opening Game SEATTLE CHAMPS TWICE TO REMAIN GIVEN MLE'S I.T CARDS CUFF CUBS Drama At Third Base V CIV..'..' J "' 1 1 1 ' ' .-' - w"wrmi. m m.w.v.v ) is A- : t'' ' ' i As expected, the Black Torna do opened its 1941 season with decisive (38 to 6) victory ovei a smaller Weed, (Cal.) eleven here Friday night, but despite the size of the score and the (act that the Cougars were out- .classed In every, department, Headman Bill Bowerman of the locals was far from satisfied with the performance of his big red and black machine. 'The downfield blocking was ' simply non-existent," Bowerman ' recalled in his post-mortem "Several times, especially on T- ' formation plays through quick- opening holes in the line, the ball carriers were sprung Into the secondary, but from then on it was all up to them. The block ing In the line was good, but nobody was knocking down the . defensive backs and as a result more than one play that should have gone for long gains or touchdowns was held to short bursts. "This week wa are going to spend considerable time on , downfield blocking and anoth er thing. If the team doesn't show more fire and aggressive- ness before long, some other club is going to pop up and give us lesson on how to win foot ball games." Steve Dippel, the 154-pound substitute sophomore right halfback who scored three touchdowns after catching passesi Bob Stead, blocking quarterback and Bill Wall, giant veteran end, were among the players receiving praise from the coach for better-than-average perform ances. Bowerman especially liked the blocking of the Id pound Stead. two-year let. terman. No fault was found with tho T o r n a d o's defense against Weed's running attack. The Cou gars, In 21 scrimmage plays, gained 40 yards, an average of 2.8 yards per play. That's a pret ty good Imitation of a stone wall, and the mentor was quick ' to recognize and approve it ac- 1 eordingly. We have no way of knowing, of course, but we'd wager sev eral heads of lettuce that Life magazine, since Sept. 12, has re- , ceived enough mail from base ball players, ex-baseball players, ' fans and citizens even remotely connected or Interested In the game to put the U. S. postal de partment In the black for the ' fiscal year. Week before last's Issue of me pictorial mag published a series of pictures purporting to prove that there Is no such animal as a curve ''all, that every horse hide the moundsman tosses plateward is straight as a string, and that the so-called "curve balls" are only optical illusions, to the batter, the umpire, the de fensive players, the customers and the peanut vendors. One sports columnist. Will Connolly of the 'Frisco Chron icle, has taken a crack at the Life feature, and there have probably been many other scribes print their opinions of the subject in no uncertain lan guage. So far as wa are concerned, not being a scientist or a photographer capable oi photographing the flight of a pitched ball to disprove Life's "proof that the spheroid can't be made to bena, there is actually little that we can say on the subject. Expect that it's rsther disheartening to learn, alter all these years, that we used to strike out on "optical illusions" with un canny regularity. Instead of en what we wouid have sworn were those blasted "curve balls." Regardless of whether any body ever comes up with defin ite scientific proof that a base ball can be made to change its course in mid air, Life magazine or any other magazine will never be able to convince base bail men and fans that the curve ball is a myth. Some Interesting observations on the subject were msde to us the other day by Allen D. Koch, a traveling man from Portland an ex-player and currently as rabid a fan as you will find out side Flatbush. "I feel that somehow the cam era failed to register actually what took place as the bail trav eled from the pitcher's hand to the catcher." Koch p rotes ed "If the ball does not curve, how come some fair country hitters are able to rattle the boards off fast ball pitching, but can't get loud foul when dinned up a curve" "? Continued Kodu "Tbete wa Futile Phils Surprise By Dividing Twin Bill With Leaders 18 For Riddle. By Sid Teder (Associated Press Writer) This Is "if" week in baseball. The little word looms larger and larger as the big leagues start the final week of their sea son and the Brooklyn Dodgers till lead the St. Louis Cardinals by the skinny edge of one game in this nerve-wrecking National league pennant chase. The Dodgers have only five games left to play after their un-l expected split with the Phillies in yesterday's twin bill, and the Cards still have six to go after knocking off the Cubs tw!ce. And, reading from left to right, here is how the little "if" gets bigger and bigger the rest of the way home: If the Dodgers win only one of their five games, the Cards have to break at least even in their six to grab the flag. If Brooklyn takes two, the Cards must click in four out of six. If dem Bums win three, the Cards have to take five. If the Gallants of the Cow anus grab four and lose only one, the Gas Housers need to sweep six. Naturally, if Brooklyn goes through without a loss well, that's all, brother. Allen Takes Opener Yesterday the phalntlng Phils refused to phalnt again in the nightcap. The Dodgers took the opener, 8-3, behind the five-hit elbowing of Johnny Allen, the fugitive from the American league, as a crowd of 33,000, an all-time National league high In the Quaker city, looked on. In the second game, however, Luke Hamlin brought his boom-boom ball along and served it up to uanny Litwhller right In the first Inning with the bases loaded. The last seen of the apple, It was riding in among the paying customers and Phil lies were scampering around the bases like the horses on a merry-go-round. From there, the Phils coasted home, 6-3. Meanwhile, the Cards won their opener the hard way, 8-5. The surprise-package rookie, Stan Muslal, turned in a snappy base-running Job In the ninth to score the game-wrecker by com ing nome from third when Cub Catcher Clyde McCulIough left heme plate unprotected to make a play at first Young Howie fonet took complete choree of the nightcap by tossing an eight- nitter and fanning seven for a 7-0 St. Louis win. On the rest of the National league Sunday card, the Cincin nati Reds and the Giants did the winning. Elmer the Great Rid dle chalked up his No. 18 for the season with a six-hit 2-0 whitewash Job against the Pir ates. Sox Clinch Second Mickey Harris' six-hit hurling and a set of three homers gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-1 win over the Yankees. That clinched second place In the American league for the sox. The Washington Senators took a sole lease on the dizzy heights or sixth place by flailing the Philadelphia Athletics twice, 6 S and 9 2. St. Louis and the Indians traded shutouts, Cleveland grab bing the opener. 14-0. and the Brownies clicking In the second act, 3 0, as Denny Gatehouse muffled his old n-ates with two safeties. Tommy Bridges led the De troit Tigers to a 8-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in their first game, but the second ended In a 14-lnning 1-all deadlock. LONG WAY AROUND Goldjboro. N. C. (AT All In one afternoon a young man per suaded his girl friend to drive with him to Virginia to get mar riedwhere they found a three days' notice of intention was re quired and turned around and drove back down to South Caro lina, where they were promptly hitched by a Justice of the peace. millions ef us who will take the oath that baasballs can be made to curve, and it is hard to believe that the batter, the catcher, the umpire 'God bless aim' and the fans in the stands, all of us. suffer this 'optical illusion' at the same time. "Until Life's photographer takes a picture of the magician showing that he didn't pull the rabbit from the hat. 1 maintain that the boys can curve that bail." a ii TROJAN TWOSOME-gun Barry (left), who stepped Into the Southern California football coaching post to succeed the late Howard Jones, faces the 1941 season with the expert services ef Cspt. Bob de Lauer, who plays right tackle. Few "Breathers' 9 For Major Grid Elevens Next Week-End New York, Sept. 22 P) The football season already has started as fast as a fighter trying for a one-round knockout, but the action ccheduled for next week-end will make this look like the beginning of a snail lace. Last Friday and Saturday saw i a dozen or so major teams, most ly in the south, playing season openers. This week only a few die-hard conservatives, such as the Big Three and a few of the Western conference teams, will 'remain out of competition. And the schedule for many early starters demands their best ef forts. With such games as Minnesota-Washington, Stanford-Oregon, Navy-William and Mary, Louisi ana State-Holy Cross, Tulane Boston college and Purdue-Van-derbllt (to name Just a few) on the slate, there's no talking, about September push-overs. So far, the only upset has been Saturday's scoreless tie between Davidson, one of the lesser members uf the Southern conference, and Rollins. Ten nessee, threatened in advance with trouble from a strong Fur man team, calmed the Purple hurricane to a zephyr by win ning Its 33rd consecutive regular-season victory, 32 to 6. Lou isiana State tuned up for its meeting with Holy Cross by whipping Louisiana Tech. 23-0, and Boston college had a work out under game conditions be fore staging south, swamping St. Anselm, 78-0 FREE YOUNG STEELHEAD IN RIVER AT GOLD HILL Gold Hill, Sept. 22 Spl Around 43,000 young steelhead were released in the river near the highway bridge last week by the Oregon state game com mission. The Swedish government has banned citizens from enlisting in any foreign military service except the Finnish. Cioslns -Ima fur CUairifd Adt 9 a m. Too Uv to Cluilfj 13 SO p t i- . ,-" gr- .'..-" A -w' --. -V-4? WONDER WORK! R-Pvlltd from th Cardinals' Hems, ton farm In Anstrtt to bolster tram's prnnsnt drive, Pitrhrr How erd Fotirt. pr-.-io,t.-irrd rah-lrt. Is raied bntl ronklt ri-pc t i-rre I - t'r.iti. Ilr di.fsn'l talk ss mufh. A New Orif.vs Ivi. I . l, J J, Is a fast sil aru; bis targed runs-a-samt rrcotd u 'If rift rfsfej&jjb.ai: WITH SCORE OF 11 David Wood, a last-minute en try, shot a 14 score at the Rogue Valley Golf club Sunday to cap ture first place in the weekly clock-putting contest. His score put him even with' John Cupp, who also shot a 14 In a previ ous contest, and In case nobody betters that score by the time the series of contests is com pleted they will hold a playoff for the special prize. Mrs. Rose Bunch and Ben Trowbridge tied for second place yesterday, each with scores of 13. Charles Clay, Leland Clark and Bob Hammond followed with scores of 18 each. In the match play Merchants tournament, third flight matches saw Vern Rolfe, Jr., defeat Gain Robinson, 1 up; Dr. F. G. Bunch defeat Morris Leonard by de fault; Roy Donelson defeat S. A. Gibbs, 3 and 2 and H. Burnham defeat Dick Smith, Jr., 3 and 2. They were semi-final matches. First-flight pairings for this week, matches to be played by next Sunday night, will pit Ed Simmons versus Bob Hammond for the right to play Tod Porter in the upper bracket semi-finals, and Frank Perl versus Vern Robinson for the right to enter the finals. In the second flight, Glen Jackson will face Rawles Moore, Al Littrcll will meet Ed Nichols. Max Pierce will face Dave Irv ing. - .. - . .. . 1 Athletic Journal Prints Art icle By Steve Epler On Six-Man State Chimps. Jacksonville, Sept. 22. (Spl.) Achieving national recogni tion on the heels of their 1940 state wide fame, the Jackson ville six-man football team again breaks into the news. In the September issue of the Athletic Journal appears an article on "Six-Man Football" by Dr. Stephen Epler of Southern Oregon college of Education, the originator of the game and chair man of the rules committee. "Although once the metropolis of southern Oregon back in the gold mining period of the past century the town of Jackson ville has shrunk to a tenth of Its former size," Epler wrote. "Its state champion six-man foot ball team of 1940 brought back some of the glory that had de parted. This team, coached by L. A. Patterson, rode roughshod over its opponents to win the Southern Oregcn Conference championship. It accepted the challenge of the strong Monroe team, undefeated in the north, and trounced the Monroe sex tette 31-6. In 13 games of six man football (two years of play), Jacksonville scored more points (333) against their opponents, than did Its basketball team in 16 games (537) points. Incident ally, the basketball, team was district champion. System Explained "In this article the writer will attempt to present some of the experiences, methods and sys tem of this successful Jackson ville high school team. Such an over-all view should be useful to coaches who are teaching six- man football for the first time, and perhaps helpful to experi enced coaches in comparing notes on what another coach is doing. Coach Patterson makes no claim to have originated all the methods and ideas he used. Like all coaches he picks up Ideas wherever they may be found, keeps those that work and throws out those that do not. "Let us take a look at Jack sonville's plays. Some coaches are inclined to have too many plays and to over-emphasize them at the expense of funda mentals, defense and other as pects of the game. But the plays may Just as well come first, as most of us look at them first re gardless of their position in the article." Dr. Epler continues in his article by describing Jackson ville's basic formation and gives the diagrams and explanations of nine of Jacksonville's plays as well as the names of the fellows who did particularly well in exe cuting them. OW THE? STAND Paclfie Coast (Final and official) I Won Lost Pet Seattle 104 70 .398 'Sacramento 101 73 .574 : San Diego 101 75 .574 (Hollywood 83 91 .483 San FrsncUco . 81 95 .460 Oakland 81 95 .460 Los Angeles 72 98 .424 Portland 71 97 .423 National League Won Lost Pet. ..96 53 .644 Brooklyn St. Louis... Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York Chicago Ronton Philadelphia .94 84 53 64 639 568 69 .531 76 .472 -.68 .68 ...60 81 .456 88 .403 ...41 103 .281 American League Won Lost New York 98 50 Boston 80 68 Chicago "4 73 Cleveland 73 73 Detroit 72 78 Washington 67 80 St Louis 66 81 Philadelphia 62 87 Pet .662 .541 .497 .493 .486 .456 .449 .416 TARM CREDIT DIRECTOR Washington. Sept. 22 (P ' Appointmet t of Walter J Rob- ) inson. Pomeroy. Wash . as third district director on the farm credit board of Spokane. Wash., was announced today by the farm credit adminlrtraton. He succeeds the late Ervin E King ind will serve until December il, 1943. I The bureau of the census re ' ports that the nation's construe tion Industry employed 1.073.633 ' persons In 1939 and did work Uaiued at St,ii.:at.cwo. Erf"" V iJ 1 .... -v TO When Frank Crespl, Cardinal second baseman, started for third in the fifth inning of the last of a three-game series with the Brooklyns at St. Louis he was struck in the back by a throw from "Pee Wee" Reeie, who had taken Marion's drive. Here is how Crespi tumbled into the bag. No. 18 is Lew Riggs. Dodger third baseman. Billy Southworth (No. 40) is getting away from the spill. The umpire is Lee Ballafant. The Dodgers won. 1 to 0, and retained their National League lead. RAMS. 24-7 AND TAKE LOOP LEAD By Tom Slier Chicago, Sept. 22. (AP) The Green Bay Packers, nation al champions oftener than any other team you can name, are riding the crest of the National league again. But Just how long they can maintain this exhalted ranking deoends entirely on the power ful and sometimes brutal Chi cago Bears, who have been swelling their coffers with exhi bition tilts while the others pre nared for the title campaign. The Bears begin defense of their champion ship next Sunday against the fleet Packers at Green Bay. The game has been a sellout for weeks. On the same day the Wash ington Redskins, eastern champ ions, make their seasonal bow against the streamlined New York Giants, now tied with Brooklyn for sectional leader ship. These two contests should answer a multitude of questions on the comparative team strength of the four perennial title contenders. Green Bay's second victory in as many starts was racked up yesterday at Cleveland's ex pense, the Rams' first loss in three encounters. Holding a slim 7-9 edce going into the fin al period, the Packers uncorked a sizzling ground attack that netted 17 points and an ultimate 24-7 triumph. Brooklyn, starting the second season under Jock Sutherland, got away victoriously with a 14 7 edge over Detroit. Greasy Neale's Philadelphia Eagles reached the .500 mark by whipping Pittsburgh, 10 to 7, on Len Barnum's 43-yard place kick. Lou Tomasetti scored the Eagle touchdown and Boyd Brumbaugh counted for the Steelers. The three Sunday clashes drew 52.162 customers. 4 Yets Return for Action at J'Ville Jacksonville. Sept. 22. (SpU Four veterans. Bob Smith, Marion Hardy, Bud LeRoy and Ed McGinty, are expected to prove the nucleus for Jackson ville high's 1941 six-man foot ball team, 1940 state champions. The Redskins lost five lettermen from last season's unbeaten and untied squad. Others turning out for the team are Bill Campbell, Ned Mellott. Ken Knapp. Bob Hyde, Ed Hlnkle. Jack Swaryck, Don O'Brien, Don Sanford, Russ Johnson, Clarence Gibbons, Ray Corbin, Archie Kitchen. Ed Hamilton. Dick Rians, Bud Jen sen. Al Kendall. Del Hackert. Ken Thomas. Kindred Thomas. Gordon Thomas, Walt Hueners and Den Harris. Clntins uo fo ciuuriM Ada I S m T-o Law tu Claaalfy 1 30 p WAFER WELL DRILLING MM il mi IIMIK Muni RMt ran IS ftOBt BURNS Ttiep&one 243 L a L flranti I"iv rwlfM HISt3 $1, COO Firs! Prize In Salmon Derby Won With 26-pound Fish Seattle, Sept. 22. (AP) Al most any housewife would say that S2.37Vi an ounce is too much to pay for salmon but the Seattle Times will pay Frank Sevegny, of Seattle, a navy yard worker, that much Tuesday for the 26 pound 5 ounce salmon he caught early yesterday morn ing in Elliott bay. Sevegny, winner of this year's Times' fishing derby, caught the $1,000 first prize winner a few minutes after the contest opened at sunrise and tried unsuccessfully all day to land another larger une. Second prize fish, good for a new automobile, was a 25 pound, 15 ounce salmon caught by Paul S. Vearrier while a 25 pound, 9H ounce fish won an automobile for F. J. Phillips. M. G. Miska and two women, Mrs. R. L. Fuqua and Mrs. Bil- lie SunrforlanH nlcn anoK at. mon which won new autos for mem. No out of town fishermen won prizes of importance In the contest which saw 153 fish brought in by the 727 finalists. An elaborate boat and shore patrol watched contestants to prevent a recurrence of the fraud which last year marked the derby when several contes tants were awarded prizes for entries purchased before the contest. , Scores Yesterday National Chicago 5-0. St. Louis 6-7. Brooklyn 8-3 Philadelphia 3-6. Boston 0-4, New York 4-13. Pittsburgh 0, Cincinnati 2, American St. Louis 0-3. Cleveland 14-0. Detroit 6-i, Chicago 3-1 (2nd game called 14th. darkness). Philadelphia 5-2, Washington 66. New York 1, Boston 4. Pacific Coast Seattle 0-5, Los Angeles 2-8. Oakland 6-f! Sacramento 10-3. Hollywood 3-0. San D'ego 9-8. Portland 6-3, San Francisco 1-10. ClotiDi ttm (nr cltMtritd Ads m Too Late to ClnMlfj 13 .30 p M 1 m aura a n: n IN PCLPLAYOFFS Padres, Sacs Clash In Other Semi -Finals Beavers Finish In Last Place. By the Associated Press Seattle's third successive Paci fic coast league championship was history today, as four first, division baseball clubs prepared for the lucrative ShaughnMfy playoffs. The Rainlers were followed Into the two-week scramble for $10,000 in prize money and the president's cup by Sacramento, San Diego and Hollywood. Seat tle will open the playoffs to, morrow against Hollywood on the Stars' home diamond. Sacramento and San Diego, which wound up their 176-gama schedules tied for second place, will meet at San Diego to de cide runner-up spot in the league standings. The game al so will count in the playoffs. Winner of the playoffs will receive $5,000 in prize money and the president's cup. $2,500 will go to the second team, and $1,250 each to the other two. This is the second time in Coast league history that a club has captured the pennant three years in a row. Vernon accom plished the feat In 1918-19-20. White Beaned A head injury suffered In yesterday's double-header with Los Angeles may cost the services of Outfielder Joyner (Jo-Jo) White in the playoffs. White was hit in the temple by a foul tip in the last Inning of the nightcap, and taken to hospital, semi-conscious. Physi cians said he probably did not have a concussion. The champions dropped both of their final games to the An gels, the opener 2 to 0 and the nightcap 6 to 5. The victories pulled the Angels out of the cellar. San Diego climbed into sec ond place in final standings by trouncing Hollywood in a doubleheader. - The P a d r e smashed out 17 hits in the opener to win 9 to 3. In the nightcap, Woody Rich limited the Stars to six hits in winning a 6 to 0 victory. Sacramento split with Oak land, winning the first game 10 to 8, while the Oaks took the second 6 to 3. Portland knocked out a 6 to 1 victory in its opener with San Francisco, but the Seals came back in the nightcap to win 10 to 3. Seattle, Sept. 22. (AP) Harold Hoshlno, Pendleton-born Jaoanese, will box Black Joe, Filipino newcomer, in one of two ten-round main events on Promoter Nate Druxman's next fight card at the civic auditor ium, September 30. Druxman said he was seeking opponents for Tacoma's Davey Ward, welterweight, and Geor- ?;ie Hansford. Los Angeles eather. Hansford wanted an other shot at Hoshino. who kay. oed him here recently, but couldn't make 128 pounds. Black Joe recently lost a close decision to Richard Lem- ft os, feather champ, at Fresno. ' WEATHER Northern California Clear to night and Tuesday and moder ately warm with continued low humidity; moderate fresh north easterly wind strong in moun tains and well-exposed areas north to northwest along shore. Closing turn foi Clustfled A4i m. Too Ute to C1 unify 13.30 p. 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