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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTNTC. MEDFORTV OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941.
Brooks Lead By Game As Final Week Of Race Opens
Sport
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Billy Hulen Says:
Tornado Fail To
Impress Bowerman
In Opening Game
SEATTLE CHAMPS
TWICE TO REMAIN
GIVEN MLE'S
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CARDS CUFF CUBS
Drama At Third Base
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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$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.
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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.
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