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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 31. 1942. Sport Graphs o Hilly Hulen Says: Craters Slowly Reach Shape For Leage Opening Manager Dutch Lleber'i Med ford Crateri are ilowly shaping up for the Oregon-California league inaugural here the week end of May 16-17 against the Klamath Falls Pelicans, but lo cal fans won't be forced to wait that long before seeing the 1942 club in action. Either Klamath Falls or the Dorris, (Cat.) Lumberjacks, also an Oregon-California loop entry, will come here for a Sunday afternoon clash April 12, and possibly for a Saturday night. April 11. tilt as wall. Boss Lieber seems fairly well satisfied with the manner In which the team has been de veloping during occasional work outs, which will be Increased now that warmer weather appar ently is here to stay. A flock of outfielders have been working out and Lieber be lieves the Craters will have one of the best defensive and offen sive outer gardens in the circuit. This, in spite of the fact that Al Wray Lightner won't be here 'because of some U. S. army busi ness that can't wait. ' Dwight Catherwood. Phoe - nix high coach and former Willamette university slugger, ' Is one candidate for the out field. He Is a powerful right- hsnded hitter, has a great throwing arm and Is very ' fait. Catherwood will prob- ably be called In the draft, but ' expects to be here for the next two months at least. ' Another outfielder is Chuck DeAutremont, S O C E student who played for the Eugene Ath letics in the State league last season. He Is a rlghthanded power hitter and a fine fielder. ; Other outfield prospects art Glen Swanson, who also can .catch; Steve Crlppen, who may be used in the pasture when he isn't pitching in order to take advantage of his batting punch; Cato Wray, Medford high pitcher-outfielder and Bob Watson, local Junior high school star. And not to forget Harold Lang tot Hilt, Cel., a stocky rlghthand ed slugger with plenty of experi ence, and Paul (Hoosier) Hof iard, coach and pinch-hitter who -may see some regular action. : The Infield Is still in the form ative stage, with Alex McDonald, third baseman, the only fixture. Steve Stevens, a Sacramento, Cal., gent now employed on the cantonment, has looked pretty lair at first base. Jack Swaryck, Jacksonville high youth and Don fawcett, Medford high young ster, are other infielders showing up well in practice. Lieber Isn't worried about - the catching department, what with Norm Worthley, Junior high coach and Hal Adams, Medford high receiver, avail able. The manager doubts that Frankie Roelandt, the Craters' leading batsman last season, will return to town when Port land high schools close for the summer vacation, but he plans to get Bob Churchill, last year's third sicker, when Ore gon State college is out. The pitching staff will be headed, of course, by Lieber himself, Crlppen, who had a great year with Yreka in the Northern California loop in 1941, has told Dutch he will hurl for Medford. Crlppen and Lie ber are both righthanders which leaves the mound depart ment short a good southpaw, but the skipper is rather relying on Al Winu-r, star of last year s Ore gon frosh club, to take care ol the portsiding. Wimei is out for the Webfoot varsity this spring. Employed by the Griffith Con struction company on the ran tonment is Charles Scaver of Los Angeles, who in 1932 played on the American Walker cup team that defeated Great Britain's best amateur golfers, eight matches to one, at lirookline. Mass. Bearer has lost little of the ability that, as a Stanford uni versity links star, earned him the sobriquet of "boy won der. Playing Sunday with Leland (Pets) Clark and Bob Hammond, both of Medford. and Marvin Clark and Earl Voorhies. both of Oranti Pais. Seaver fired a one oyar par 71 on the Rogue Valley course. It was Seaver's second time over the local layout, and he duplicated the score he potted on his tint trip around the eoune two weeks ago. And. ha uied borrowed clubs both times becsuse his own haven't yet arrived. Seaver. who Is living at the POISON OAK? Try a bottle of ZEMACOL Tea muel be Mllrirl of your inner) rhperfimy refuniiee del a bottlr tixlJ it HtslLK.S IUM.it I. Detroit Peddles Loquacious Buck BIG RIGHTHANDER LEAVES SCENE OF Straight Cash Deal Involves May Be With Browns. Unstated Sum Bobo Lakeland. Fla . March 31 UP) Friend Louis (Buck) tvewsom the loquacious baseball pitcher, will do his talking now from Washington, where the compe tition from congress may be stiffer but no doubt all the more fun for Buck. The Detroit Tigers, who matched Newsom In stubborn ness over salary If not in the art of discussion, sold the swash buckling. 34-year-old righthand er to the Washington Senator-. :sst night and wrote off their last majot holdout problem. General Manager Jack Zellet announced it as a straight cash transaction. The sum was not disclosed, but it was reported to have been considerably more than the $7,300 waiver price. Twice this spring the Tigers had asked waivers on Newsom. Newsom s departure from the Tigers, for whom he performed sensationnlly in the 1840 cham pionship season with 21 victories against five defeats, had Been considered Inevitable. Buck re fused to accept a pay cut from his reported $33.0(10 of 1941 to a reported $13,000. The club wouldn't budge, and the weeks went by without appeasement to either side. The pay cut for Newsom was part of a general salary slash through the Tiger squad after the Tigers come-down in the 1941 season, during which Buck lost 20 games and won 12. There was talk here today that Newsom might not stay long with Washington. The Sen ators were said to be hopeful of .trading him to the Browns for third baseman Harlond Clift. Club headquarters of Wash ington at Orlando said that New som immediately signed his new contract. Its terms were not divulged. - In event the Browns should acquire Newsom, they would be required to pay him at least as much as the Washington con tract calls for. Melio Bellina Fighls Gus Dorazio Tonight Philadelphia, March 31 (P) Melio Bettlna, anxious for a shot at Joe Louis, and Gus Dorazio. who's already had his lumps from the champion, collide to night in a 10-round heavyweight crap at the Arena. BOWLING Classlo Ipagua results last night: Murray's Maid Rite S, Dcmeatlc Laundry 0: Bulck Fireballs S, Poster and Klelaer 1; Fluhrer'a Bakery S. Hawkinson Tire Tread t. Scores fol low: Murray's Mald-Rlle Pomeitle Ldrr. W. Prultt 483 Orein sal B. Hagen..M 6A1 Gardner . 0A3 0. Witter .... 493 Baylor 4S9 M. Bell 010 Runta MB 1. Blma 653 Eada 481 Heap 31 Total .3617 Total .3684 rotter a Klelvr Bul k Fire Ball' . Cannon 530 Boone 484 , Bwoape .. S43 I Rude) 4M Prultt 493 Creal .... Tavla .. Hcdirrs Adair . 4(l3 iwj 617 Welaenburger 483 Total 3583 Total 37J3 ritlhrer Bakery Porterlleld 656 Paike 618 C.tmpagnonl 690 Barr 603 Returns 610 llaMklnfton Moor Tire 616 Leonard 4 'fl Stark 6H6 DeVore 644 Proctor 543 Heap 49 Total 3739 Total 3778 Cm Mull Tribune want ada. Ralph Stephenson home, Is an old friend of the late H. Chand ler Egan. and many times played with Medford's greatest golfer at Pebble Beach and other Call fornia courses. His 1932 per formance on the Walker cup team was the same year thai Portland s Don Moe was a mem ber. o WINDOWS and DOORS PADGHAMffiT 103-09 Court St. sr '.. .) . uprtt&i ' Lll :.---H. . tAt . '- f I' .. mJ ef'f s ,'''' ' ', - N St. tJ '?'" V 'J? ' CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MIf no wonder Dave Free, man, tZ, of Pasadena, Calif., captures badminton titles, with en thusiasm like this. He'll defend national title- at Clnrinnatl, re centljr nabbed three state crowns at Beverly Hills. Whole U. S. Navy Recruits Ivory For Mickey Cochrane Great Lakes, 111., March 31. IP) There was probably never a manager in all bascDaii history that had the organ ization behind him like Mickey Cochrane has to bring in good diamond material. Black Mike's cruiting service working for That was the setup as thei former Philadelphia Athletics! catching star and Detroit Tigers I manager was Inducted at the naval training station yesterday as a lieutentant in the nvai re serve. When Mickey begins to put together a ball club good enough to play minor and ma jor league competition this sum mer, he'll probably have as fine an outfit as was ever assembled without benefit cf the tradl tlonal "smoke-filled room s," waivers, trading, and Judge Landis free-agent decisions usual ways of rounding up a team. In addition to directing the Great Lakes baseball team. Mickey will supervise a vast Softball and baseball intramural program for the station's 10,000 sailors as part of the navy's physical hardening plan. When Great Lakes' head coaching staff is completed with the induction of Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle. former Butler univer sity mentor, as basketball boss, and the designation of someone probably a big-name coach as football chief, Great Lakes will have an athletic staff to rival that of the nation's best colleges. And its playing mater 1 ial probably will be of the same calibre as Its coaches. BASEBALL (Yesterday's results) Cleveland (A) 2, New York (N) 0. Brooklvn (N) S. St. Louis (A) 4 (11 innlnss). Los Angeles (PCD 3 Chicago (N) 2. Pittsburgh (N) 7, Chicagc (A) 6. Boston (Al 6. St. Louis (N) J Detroit (A) 8, Washington (A) 5. Cincinnati (N) 6, Boston (N) S (13 Inning). Philadelphia (N) vs. Baltimore ilnt 1 camelled, weather Phllade.phia (A) 4, San Quen tin Prison 1. Cm Mull mount wnt Phone 47S0 . ' ? 1 J got the whole U. S. navy re him in the ivory fields. DRAFT EXFECTEES Seattle, March 31. OP) Uni versity of Washington football n who turn out for spring practice with Coach Ralph (Pest) Welch next week will share the field with a good many men who haven't any hope of even warming the bench during the playing seas on, if the coach's invitation is accepted. Welch, who was greeted yes terday by 55 prospects for his rquad at the first turnout of the season, announced that he is inviting froh and sophomores expecting to enter military ser vice soon to turn out with the squad each afternoon. Cloelns time lor Clarified Ada . m Too late to Claatlty 13 30 - MA . PAINTED WITH SWP HOUSE PAINT! And 'Key pete 'Ik the leitiea coeeeiy penible let i eitimete : Ait i laWf " u a W3 HUBBARD BROS. Main And Riverside E INJURY TO JIM CASEY GIVES BRAZIL MAT WIN Irish Jim Casey lost his main event grappling match with Pedro Brazil in the armory last night, but the manner in which the spectacular clash end ed In no way proved which of these two fine mabnen is the better. For 23 minute the pair ran the gamut of scientific wrest ling from A to Z and then, as Brazil launched a sonnenberg at Casey's mid-section the lat ter twisted sharply to one side to avoid the blow and In so do ing tore the cartilage loos In his right knee. In obvious pain he dropped to the canvas and not for sev eral minutes was he able to stand on his uninjured left leg There was nothing for Referee Earl Yoakley to do but award the fall and match to Brazil, but that took considerable do ing. Pedro, a number 1 sportsman, simply refused to accept the fall. Five times Yoakley at tempted to raise Brazil's right arm In token of victory, but each time Brazil jerked away and shook hit head. Finally Casey, himself, entered the pic ture with a plea to Pedro that he accept the tumble, but even this didn't do any good. Brazil Just wasn't having any laurels ol that sort. At last, as Casey wag belnn helped from the ring and Brazil was picking up his robe, Yoak ley grabbed one of Pedro's arms from behind and hoisted it aloft. Thus, the match was officially given to Brazil, one fall to none Big Jim, after it was all over, said the cartilage had been torn In his knee several times before, but added that he ex pected no serious aftermath. The boys staged a whale of a clean battle until the accident. Casey's flying headlocks repeat. edly had Brazil In a bad way. but the South American champ scored time after time with po tent holds of his own. Pete Belcastro grabbed his middle event encounter with Andre Adoree by employing a terrific surfboard after his usual foul tactics. Belcastro clamped on the hold in the third round and forced Adoree to give up. but the fall was given to the French-Canadian when Pete wouldn't break the hold. However, Andre's shoulders were so sore that in the fourth round Belcastro merely had to clamp on a standing surfboard for a fall. Adoree was unable to answer the bell for the fifth frame and that was that. Cyanide Cy Williams lost the opener to Bob Kruse in his cus tomary fashion. Broccoli Bob took the initial fall In the sec ond round with a hammerlock. with Williams coming back In the . third to whack Kruse on the chin several times with his knees and pin htm with a press. However, the ref gave Kruse the match when Williams kept kicking his prostrate opponent. Promoter Mack Llllard an nounced that Sockeye Jack Mc Donald, one of the best draw ing cards ever to wrestle here, would be on next Monday night's card, which will also be ladies' night. Use Mall Tribune want Ida. 7 . LOOKS leu Hw m fHlnl fee Ida wa'it et I Fee keener SWP Hem Paint eje ttie ealy with the hi,! ttt et I ia qeality p. Int. the er wf int; mm., l.-i to. ee'a.'i at the Shetwia-Winiema ludeet faymeet flea wtticK let, ya ; HeSt aew eeW MT ik iwoathly, Ne blieetiea. ttttKWIH.WlLLIAmi SWP now owir s'3.39 Phone 211 Newson At the TRAIKIXG CAMPS (By Associated Press) Hattiesburg, Miss. A Cleve land pitching staff without Sail or Bob Fellei tries for its fourth shutout In five games today at the expense of the New York Giants. Ray Poat and Clint Brown, a rookie and a veteran, are due to take the mound. Cleveland blanked the Giants yesterday, 2 to 0, defeated them by the same score Saturday and last Thursday downed DeUoit, 4 to 0. . Lakeland, Fla. Tommy Bridges, veteran Detroit Tiger curve ball artist, was the choice of Manager Del Baker today against the St. Louis Browns It will be Bridges' second ap pearance of the season, the nurler having been ill with an attack of Influenza for almost a week. Tampa. Fla. Ray Blades, for mer St. Louis Cardinal manager who now coaches the Cincinnat tieds. Is stressing bunting prac tlce for the Red hurlers. "I a fine any athlete who went to bat with orders to sacrifice and failed to do it," said Blades. San Quentin, Calif. A major league baseball club made its first appearance In San Quentin prison yesterday when Connie Mack'i Philadelphia Athletics down the penitentiary nine, 4 to 1. BY STATERS, 4-3 Ccrvallis, March 31. (VP) The winning run came home on shortstop Bill McCluskey's single in the ninth inning yes terday as the Oregon State baseball team nosed out Wil lamette university, 4 to 3. Willamette overcame a 2-0 deficit with a three-run rally in the seventh inning, featured by Bennett's triple. Score: R. Willamette 3 Oregon State 4 Toolson and Bennett; Patterson and Amacher, H. E 6 ' 2 8 1 Elliott. Fights Last Night (By Associated Press) New York Lulu Constantino. 129, New York, outpointed Jose Rozo, 128, Colombia (8). Chicago Harvey Dubs, 148V4. Windsor, Out., outpointed Ernie Pelaia, 132, Beaver Falls, Pa. (10). Newark Fritzle Zivlc, 147. Pittsburgh, knocked out Wild Bill McDowell, 154, Paterson. N. J. (6). Pittsbirgh, Harry Bubo, 209. knocked out Lem Franklin, 196, Cleveland (1). atWA W tT 9", OYou bet! Tires are going to be mighty hard to replace . . . and you simply can't afford to wear yours out driving to work in your car. How much easier, quicker and safer it is to ride in a roomy ROGUE VALLEY TRANSIT BUS? No worry about tire wear, no car depreciation, no bothering about parking and traffic congestion, no chance of accidents or jamming up your car. 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Bobo looked hopeless for the first minute against the wild socking Franklin. He back ped ailed frantically as Franklin came out swinging a murderous right. But after being dumped on his trousers for a three count, Bobo shifted sensational ly and landed a double salve of left and right hooks on Lem's chin, flooring him for a count of eight. Lem took one more trip to the canvas for a nine count before he went dewn to stay, his head lolling on the ring apron. m wm 'SEGONO FELLER' Oakland Calif . March 31 UP) The New York Yankees have Carl De Rose's signature to a contract which boosts the husky i8-year-old pitching ace into big lime baseball from Albany high school, near Oakland, where he has been hailed as "another Bob Feller." De Rose, who stands 6 feet 4 and weighs 215. attracted the attention of Yankee srout Joe Devine when he established a new county record of 21 strike outs while holding an opposing team to one scratch hit. Devine Igned the lad yesterJay, ano there were reports that a $20, " 00 bonus was involved. Tcrrid Poller Gives Zimmerman Golf Toga Portland, March 31 OP) An unerring putter won Al Zimmer man. Portland. Pacific northwest open champion, an 11-and-ld victory yesterday over Charles Sommer. Portland, for the Ore gon Professional Golfers' asso ciation title. Zimmeiman swept tne first M RJI PiS'-fE fri-" wC LJJ 6 Round Trips Round Trip 40e One Way right holes and finished six un der par on the 26 holes played. "Zscl Suii" flsTiion Ce!s Under Way for Csnssrving of Wool Washington, March 31 (jP) Men's clothing changed to war. time fashion today as manufac turers started cutting "victory suits," tailored without cuffs. In'aits, fancy backs and other I frills. L'ntil present retail stocks of read-made clothing are depleted, I however, men will still be able ( lu gel uuuui ail nicy ucmaiiu in a suit with the exception of cuffs. 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