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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1941.
Sport
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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.
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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
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Gregory. Soriano and Collins.
Approximately 83.2 per cent
of the world's petroleum Is
produced by the United Suites.
Mexico and Canada.
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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
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Creal -Reed
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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.
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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
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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.
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