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PAGE FOTfR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1941. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Joe Louis Proves Right To Rank As Best Of All Time Crashing Right to Jaw Spells Doom for Nova in Round 6 FIGHT HALTED TO GIVE-LOIRS TKO; Last night's fight, to us, proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that Joe Louis is the greatest ' heavyweight, the most perfect ; fighting machine In the history ' of the ring. Not alone because he deci sively defeated Lou Nova by a technical knockout in the sixth round of their scheduled 15 rounder, but because now that Nova has come, seen and been slugged silly the last of the' logical challengers for the crown has gone the way of all the rest. There are those who rank Dempsey or Jeffries or Sullivan ahead of the saffron assassin: who believe that one or any of those three, in their prime, could have beaten the present cham pion. ' Perhaps they are right, but in our book there has never been another fighter like Louis. Look at the record. Louis has fought them all, he has drawn no line and made no distinction. No other heavy weight champion has defend ed his title nearly so many times as Louis, and no other champion has bean a cleaner battler, nor a gamer one. There are those who scoff at the opposition Louis has faced. who believe the present day boxers are far inferior to the heavyweights of Dempsey's or Jeffries' time. But that is a matter of opinion and we, for one, are of the belief that Louis has fought and defeated men just as tough as any that Demp sey or Jeffrels handled. Who can say without fear of contradiction that Tommy Gib bons was better than Billy Conn, that Georges Carpentier was greater than Nova, that Bill Brennan was a tougher cookie than Tommy Fair or Arturo Godoy, that Firpo or Willard were superior to Schmellng or some of the giants Louis has felled with one terrific clout? Challenger Gets Up At 'Nine' But Can't Weather BarrageSudden Ending Because BUI Bowerman Is a reserve officer and subject to a call to active service, he will be unable to comply with an Invi tation from Franklin P. Johnson, head track coach at Stanford university, to make a formal application for a position as assistant track tutor at the Palo Alto school. The local mentor, who has turned out two consecutive state championship track and f laid squads, said that John son wrote asking him to for mally apply for the Job, which Is open, after he (Bowerman) had made Inquiries concern ing the possibilities of his obtaining a graduate atsist antshlp In physical education at Stanford. In answering Johnson's letter, Bowerman explained that be . cause of his pending rail into active service he would be un able to formally apply for the post at this time, but that after he completed his tour of duty he would be glad to make for mal application. Bowerman, In cidentally, has received no word of the physical examination he took recently. He doesn't yet know whether he passed or flunked it. but he Is prepared to leave on short notice should he be called. Word camps from Portland via Ned Liebman of Medford high, that Frankie Roelandt. fullback for Franklin high and catcher for the State league baseball Craters here the past summer, suffered a rather seri ous Injury when his team de feated Bend, 20 to 6, two weeks go. Frank, according to a story In the Franklin high school paper, chipped a piece of ver tebrae In his neck In the Bend game and will be out for the rest ni the season. He was stretched flat on a board for 10 days to allow his neck to heal. Because he was one of the most promising baseball players ever seen In this section. It Is hoped that Hoclandt's injury won't interfere with his future In the national pastime. SEATSTVATLABLE G.P. Local fans planning to attend the Medford-Grants Pass foot ball game In Grants Pass next Friday night msy, if they desire, obtain reserved seat tickets at the Medford high school office. Principal Leonard B. Mayfleld said today. Fifty choice reserved seat ducats are available here, and those wanting them are aked to telephone the school. 4970 Of C"- -I iae ouica in person. By Gayls Talbot New York, Sept. 30. OPh-If Joe Louis has fought his last fight, then the world can say goodbye to fighting man the likes of which It may never see again. The right that Jo laid on Lou Nova's Jaw in the sixth round last night at the Polo Grounds, knocking the big Call fornian flat and preparing him for the technical knockout that came a moment later, was the sort of picture punch that a fight fan might wait a lifetime to see. The big Negro, now awaiting his call into the army, may never again deliver a single blow with the precision and power of the one that paralyzed Nova's senses and shocked a great crowd of 98,949 that had been slowly warming up to what It thought was a fairly even contest. A year of absence from the heat of championship fighting might rob Louis of the perfect sense of timing and the deadly kick that went Into that one climactic blow .If that happens, then it will be something to re member. Crowd Boos Nova was close to the ropes. near his own corner, boxing confidently and well, waiting for Joe to give him an opening. Louis, his face impassive aa ever, was shuffling about and getting nowhere, apparently. The crowd had been doing some booing, and the champion's most ardent followers were wailing that "he never looked like that before." Then suddenly, and simply, it happened. Louis feinted with his left and threw all of his 202 pounds behind his right. It struck the powerful Nova flush on the Jaw and he dropped as though he had collided with a boxcar. It was such a terrific blow as to make what happened before and afterward In the fight seem scarcely worth the telling. Though terribly hurt, Nova managed to gain his feet at the count of nine and to stagger into barrage of blows. He shud dered under the Impact of 20 or 30 cruel shots to his head and body as he sagged and floundered three-quarters of the way around the ring before Referee Arthur Donovan stop ped It, Just at the bell. But that one punch had mined him. "Forgot To Duck" "I Just forgot to duck," said Nova, almost cheerfully, after the wobble came out of his legs and he had reached the dressing room. "Joe's the hardest hitter I ever fought. I saw the punch coming all the way, but I could not get out of range. It must have been a beauty." Louis, as usual, didn't have a great deal to say about the af fair, presumably feeling that the right he laid on Nova's whisk ers had spoken for him elo quently. He did say that Nova had not hurt him, but that had been more or less obvious. Up to the big punch and the knockout, the fight failed en tirely to live up to Its glowing advance notices. Where both men had been expected to wade in and slug, they did nothing of the kind. For minutes at a time they circled each other with deep respect, feinting and missing wild leads by a mile. The most exciting thing shout the early rounds was the con tinuous bleat from the rham plon's corner that Nova's hand lers were loading him down with grease, which they were. The fourth round saw the first real action. Louis final'.y clipped Nova a good one, stag gered him considerably, and beat him around some more until the bell. But Nova weath ered it In good shape and even fought back, so the crowd set tled down to see It go the limit. The surprise, then, was all the greater when Louis sudden ly wound up and knocked his man loose In the sixth. Kmetovic Makes 22 Yards "" BesJlmiim --------. mm r---------mm mm wmmamwmmmiiMmmt f - J Xj'K ' P, fa f:JrP Pet Kmetovic (17), Stanford halfback, took an Oregon punt and raced it back 22 yards before running Into thes Oregon football men in the first period of the Stanford-Oregon gam at Palo Alto, Call.!. No. 21 is Stanford End Fred Meyer.er. Stanford won, 19 to 19. Wyatt to Oppose Ruffing in Series Inaugural Wednesday By Judson Bailey New York, Sept. 30. IP) The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees are all set for tomorrow's opening game of the World series, with Whitlow Wyatt, the bald, squeaky-voiced Georgian, ready to take the mound against Charley (Red) Ruffing, veteran ace of the Yanks. The managers of the two pen nant-winners delayed announc ing definitely their starting choices until after the teams had worked out again today, and Leo Durocher of the Dodgers said he might not select his first f linger until tomorrow morning, but from players of the competing clubs it was learned that Ruffing and Wyatt, the obvious choices, had been Instructed to get ready to pitch the first game. Wyatt, who became 32 years old Saturday, won 22 games and lost 10 for the Dodgers during their National league struggle and pitched most of their critical contests, including that which clinched the pennant last Thurs day at Boston. An American league cast-off, he was one of the outstanding hurlers of the entire season. His prestige is so great that he may make the Dodgers an even- money shot to win the initial game starting at 10:30 a. m. (PST) tomorrow at Yankee sta dium. 70.000 Expected A capacity crowd of about 70,- 000 was expected to Jam the Yanks' big concrete stadium for the first game, although the day was expected to be cloudy and there was a possibility of show ers. As fixed by Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis the first two games will be played at Yankee stadium Wednesday and Thurs day; the next three at bbets field, Brooklyn, Friday, Satur day and Sunday; and if more are necessary the teams will return to Yankee stadium for sessions Monday and Wednesday. The open date before the seventh game Is to allow time to sell and distribute tickets. This will be the sixth subway series tor New York, but it has stirred up more excitement al ready than any of the conflicts that the Yankees and Giants waged in the past. It is the 12th time in 21 years that the Yanks have been in the big show, but only the first time In the same lengtlt of time that the Dodgers have been up there. Brooklyn has acquired follow ers throughout the country dur ing the season and tha borough Itself seethes with Joy snd en thusiasm ai the success of the flatbush fans' beloved Bums. More than a million persons turned out yesterday for a par ade and celebration honoring the National league champions and the crowd was so immense it got beyond the control of police. The Dodgers, who rode in open cars at the head of the proces sion, were lucky to escape their admirers and get back to their Manhattan hotel altogether. Yanks Favored The Yankees are coming up to the annual spectacle favored 1 to 2 in the betting, as against the 12 to 5 price at which the Dodgers opened among the town's leading price-layers. This vast difference in odds was based on the Yankees' superior field ing, their proven record of hit ting their peak in the World series (they have swept their past two, from Chicago in 1938 and Cincinnati In 1939) and their well-balanced power at tack headed by Joe DiMagglo. Rainiers On Verge of Dropping Out of Coast Loop Playoff By the Associated Press Unless Seattle's Coast league baseball champions re-discover their knack of coming from be hind, they may find themselves knocked out of the post-season ShaiiRhnessy playoffs tonight. Going into the final double header of the seven-game prelim inary series with Hollywood, the Rainiers are trailing two games to three, and must win both con tests to g-t into the finals against Sacramento. Hollywood, fourth-place club In the league, smashed the champions, 7 to 2, last night, scoring five runs In the ninth inning to break a deadlock at two-all. After Babe Herman's single knocked in the winning run off Paul G.egory. Bob Kahle homer ed with two men on base to put the gam on ice. Herman Schulte doubled off Dewey Sori ano to bring in the final tally of the inning. The contest was played before 1.838 fans, the smallest crowd to attend a Coast league game in the Rainiers' stadium sines it was constructed in 1938. Short score R. H. E. Hollywood 7 18 1 Seattle 2 7 0 Bithorn and Dapper: Scribner, Gregory. Soriano and Collins. Approximately 83.2 per cent of the world's petroleum Is produced by the United Suites. Mexico and Canada. Dm Mail mouna ul ads. POISON OAK? Trr a botlU of ZEMACOL I You itini b MturiMl or year mon? thffrhi.h rrfundrd. r?t t bottl UKt 4 tt&SXUUt IHaUfl. J O GREEN LABS $3o7: PINE S Big Heaping Load 303 eu. It. 12 or ll-incb Fill your ear or trailer at our yard at th end t North Central At, and McAndraws Road k Timber Products Company Pood 212) End North Caotraj Yanks, Dodgers Rightly Picked By Six Scribes New York, Sept. 30. (JPh Six New York baseball writ ers picked the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodg ers to win thcii pennants in an Associated Press poll be fore the season started. They were Gayle Talbot, Associated Press; Ed Murphy, Sun; Hy Turkin, News; Eddie Zeltner, Mirror, Jack Singer, Journal, and Tom Holmes, Brooklyn Eagle. nohnr's Bakery Ponemi4 183 i7o tea sat Paaka 19 171 184 98 CompnoBt ISA 14 141 4M BUT 183 168 183 688 Keltsma 337 U 301 838 983 888 876 3883 PnUU Creal -Reed . Utter Adair Bole lira Balls 144 164 194 43 141 1M 183 47S 18 180 301 990 1W IS 180 818 173 173 19. 938 835 811 BO 3945 Foster and Kleleer I Johnson 18 181 194 504 R. Bemon 188 180 113 481 H. Ertckson ISO 184 188 484 L. Wetsenbenjer . 174 300 183 948 B. Newland 191 188 191 45 844 833 780 3938 Oreea Sayior -Gardner Runts -Eeda Domestic Laundry 1S8 333 184 M9 184 189 190 449 173 180 174 838 189 193 198 494 177 181 19S 518 870 911 799 3560 Murray's Mald-Rlta W. Prultt 133 151 190 483 B. Hagen 137 177 1S9 483 M. Landers 170 188 173 591 M. Bell 170 191 1S8 499 E. Sims 183 183 176 644 785 894 603 3443 BOWLING Classic league results last night: Hawklnson Tire Tread 3. Fluhrer's Bakery 1; Poster and Kleiser 3, Bulck fireball 1; Domestic Laundry 3, Mur ray's Mald-Rlte 1. Scores follow: Hawklnson Tire Tread Moore 19S 181 159 835 McPadden 183 202 147 531 Stark 137 163 179 479 DeVora - 310 1 77 179 560 Procter 331 171 182 584 998 894 848 3699 Kubli Boasts Rare White Gat Family Having Blue Eyes Edward W. Kubll of the Low er Applegate has a dozen or so unique and rare cats running around his place, with eyes as blue as the waters of Crater Lake, and snow white fur. This combination gives the felines a perpetually startled expression Otherwise they are normal cats, able to scoot under the bam, or into a woodpile as alertly as the next. In one litter of kittens, a few years ago, a couple showed up with one blue eye, and the other a brownish gray. The parents of the blue-eyed cats are just plain ordinary country cats, with the regula tion grey-green eyes, and black striped coats. They have been on the Kubll ranch for six or seven years. Some of the neighbors have blue-eyed cats. I A 1,1' T L llLii-,--wiM 111 iliil SENIOR AND U N I 0 R Here's st least one mother, and -daughter team that borrowed the "Sr." snd "Jr." from a man's world, and made it stick. At Hollywood: Coblna Wright, Sr, and Coblna Wright, Jr. Junior is an actress-singer. In normal times the bulk of petroleum products is transport ed from California to the north west by tankers. Approximately 400 railroad tank cars would b required to transport the gaso line and heating oil cargo car ried by an average size tanks hi p. S. F. Butter Ban Prancisco, Sept. 30.jPi But ter: 93 score, 39c; 91 score, 38c; 90 score, 37; 89 score, 340. Sacramento. Sept. 80. (VButter fat: Ft rat grade, 43 He; second grade, 4014c PLAY BALL! WORLD SERIES Dodgers vs. Yankees Begins Wednesday . TUNE U KUIN GRANTS PASS -1340 On Your Dial Broadcasts Daily at 1 0:1 5 a.m., P.S.T. E k ' " - " - - . - a Af .w ,jr- tVfcl Kir i . t 3D 'To be prepared for war ! one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace . . . ' When George Washington spoke these words the world was a much mailer place. Transportation and communication facilities were such that it took considerably longer for anything to happen than it does today. But there are certain thoughts that were as true then as they are now. This "preparation fcr war for the preservation of peace" is one of them. That is why the United States is hurrying to make itself the strongest nation on earth. Your newspaper plays an im portant part in the preservation of peace by keeping its readers in formed of their country's progress in preparation of war. Under the freedom guaranteed it in the Con stitution, the American Press fear lessly voices the sentiments of the American people. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE i
