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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Owens Shoulders Entire Blame For Mishap In Series That famoui phyaical blunder of Mickey Owen s In the fourth lame of last year's world series, when the Dodger catcher mined a third strike to enable the Yan kee! to defeat the Brooklyn! and go on to wind up the series next day, wat Mickey's fault and nobody elses. Many fang and baieball writ er! have claimed that ipeclal police, rushing onto the field In the belief the game was over, obstructed Owens' retrlevement of the ball and throw to first base, but writing in last week s Collier's Mickey absolves the cops of all blame and says It was noDody s tauit dui nis own. "I should have caught the ball," Owens wrote In his arti cle. "It was low, inside and right at Tommy Henrlch's shoe tops. I simply held my glove wrong." Continuing, Mickey ex plained: "From the moment I missed Hugh Casey's pitch la that fourth game ei the series, with two out in the ninth, three strikes on the batter and noth ing to do but celebrate be cause the score was Dodgers 4,. Yankees 3. I was a marked man. Five minutes after that strike sipped by the Yenkees had us, 7 to 4i they were over the hill to the championship ' 24 hours later. And it was my fault. "I have no excuse for failing to catch that ball. Hugh Casey threw it, and it should have sealed his greatest victory. He'd been pitching the greatest ball of his life. We had the Yankees hog-tied as the ninth inning be gan. "Hugh breezed through the first- two batters. He wasn't even afraid of Henrlch, although we knew that Tommy Is a clutch hitter. We knew that the pres sure was on Tommy. Ha had to hit the ball for clean drive, or curtains. So we determined not to give htm any piece of the ball, but to put It where he would be compelled to swing, swing and swing. "Casey's great curve made this easy. The ball would come roaring up to the plate and then break away. Henrlch was out smarted on two strikes, but man aged to work the count to three and two. "And then came the third strike. I signaled for a low, in side curve, figuring that Hen rich was so deep in the hole he would swing at anything. The ball shot toward the plate, then suddenly broke away and down, fooling Henrlch, who swung and missed. It certainly fooled me too. It had the wickedest in shoot I've ever seen. My glove wss placed too near my body; that's how the ball got away. It was all my fault. Henrlch raced toward first. I dashed madly to retrieve the ball. "Many fans believe that the special police, who thought that the game was ever end who ran out of the field boxes and dugouts to protect the players, obstructed my quick throw to catch Henrlch. This Is not true. Henrlch got to the beg too soon for me. "I thought I heard some boos. 1 Imagined I was even prepared for a lynching bee. But I had nothing to worry about. Dodger fani not only understood how 1 felt but they told me so. When I came to bat the next afternoon they cheered me as if I was the series hero. And more than 5, 000 fans in every state in the union rained letters down on me, wonderful letters of advice, en couragement and faith." The Medford Craters will de finitely do without the services this season of Frankle Roelandt, the great young catcher who led the club in hitting last year. Roelandt. a senior In Portland high school, wrote Menagei Dutch Llebor the other day that he had decided to stay in Port land and play with the Portland fire department team managed by Ray Brooks. Roelandt, who uld he planned to attend Oregon State college next year, expressed his deep gratitude for the way he was treated by Medlord citizens last summer, and thanked Lieber (or the help and coaching he gave him. Medford high's trscksters didn't enter the Hayward re lays this year beceuse el fin ances end travel difficulties, but a meet record the Tigers set up In 1139 withstood the assault of this season's compet ing teams. Eugene high copped the 440 yard relay In :48 2, considerably over the :4S.l mark the 1930 Bengals established. ClMlni time tor ciaumad Ada a. m Too law to Cltaaili 1J4C p. a. Popular FURIOUS BATTLE IS EXPECTED IN TONIGHTS CLASH Marcus and Casey Mix In Middle Event K ruse Opens Against Carlson Medford's favorite, Pedro Bra zil, and Weed's wildman, Pete Belcastro, will climb through the ropes at the armory tonight to headline Promoter Mack ui- lard's weekly wrestling program. They will grapple one hour If, In the meantime, one or the other doesn't obtain two falls or be come Incapacitated, a likely oc currence. Supplementing this main event expected to develop Into one of the fastest and most furious things yet seen here, will be Billy Marcus and Irish Jim Casey In the six-round semi-windup, and Tug Carlson versus Bob Kruse, the Oswego broccoli grower, in the four-round curtain lifter. s Dislikes Pedro All Hades usually breaks loose when Belcastro swings into action, and tonight's top struggle Is a cinch to prove no exception Belcastro has several times ex pressed his dislike of the good looking South American heavy weight champion and it is an open secret that he Intends to do everything in his power to snap Brazil's sensational winning string. When Belcastro really cuts loose his opponent is in for plenty of grief, but Brazil Isn't worrying. Pedro, though a clean wrestler, is enough of a realist to know the only way to whip a tough guy like Belcastro is to fire the dirty stuff right back at him, and he'll do It this evening. It will be ladles night again, with all feminine fans accompa nied by a purchaser of a ringside or reserved seat ducat being given a free similar ticket. CRATERS CAPTURE PRACTICE CLASH The Medford Craters staged their first practice game of the season at the fairgrounds park Sunday afternoon, pounding out an 18 to 4 victory over a CCC team before several hundred dyed-ln-the-wool fans who want ed to get a look-see at Manager Dutch Lieber's Oregon-California league entry. Steve Crippen hurled the first four frames of the seven-inning contest and yielded two runs. Manager Lieber worked the last three heats and gave up the same number of tallies. Neither Cra ter pitcher opened up. lhe craters did considerable slugging, with Glen Swanson. playing third In the absence of Alex McDonald, belting two dou bles and two singles in five trips. An Oregon-California league meeting was held at Klamath Falls Saturday night, at which time representatives of the four clubs adopted Wilson's Pacific Coast league ball as the official O. S. loop spheroid. It was an nounced that Wilson would do nate a trophy for the pennant winning team. Representing Medford at the confab was E. E. McKinnev. league secretary, who made the trip to Klamath with Dom Pro vost of Ashland, loop president. Victoria. B. C. April 13 .P) The British Columb'a table tennis sli.glrs title has been cap tured by Hal Philian of Port land, already Oregon SUte, Port land and Pacific coast rhamplun. Phtllan won the new title Sat urday night when he defeated Wilmot Brown Cave of Victoria, 21 13. 14-21. 21-18 21 IS H. then teamed up with Bob Hage, aiso or roruana. and won the men's doubles title in a four- agme m.tch with Vic Tullj and Bill Cotton of Victoria The Junior sing'es title was taken by Howard Wease. Port land wl lie Joy Pavne of Viis toria won the women s single match. Miss Pyne and Ruth Payne, also of Victor'a. then won the women's doubles crown. WATER WELL DRILLING M ail Hill Mai MINK Montima rHii ii ROBI BURNS Telephone 243 L t 1 e-o sat nt.i.ii paaa. torinr li(ha; PORTLANDER COPS PING PONG TITLE MEDFORD MAIL Pedro Brazil Faces Pete Pull Hard, Pedro Brazil I i f J With this reverse headlock Pedro Braill (front! Is attempting to flip Jim Casey to the mat in a recent Klamath Falls wrestling match. Both will be seen In action on tonight's armory program, Brasil facing Pete Belcastro and Casey clashing with Billy Marcus. TURPJN PITCHES T; E By the Associated Press Hal Turpln pitched a full nine- Inn Ing baseball game yesterday without allowing a hit and it be gan to look as though the Seattle Ralniers had settled into a pen nant groove. In two weeks of play they've lost only one Pacific Coast league decision and won. six. Turpln, In putting together his no-hitter, allowed only one San Diego player to reach first a ninth Inning walk and forced pinch hitter Bill Salkeld, next player up, to fly the final out. Seattle won, 3 to 0. The Rainiers continued to prove they have the best pitch ing in the league by winning the seven-inning nightcap, B to 0, behind Rookie Carl Fisher's two hitter and purhing the Padres further Into the cellar. They closed out the series five games to one. Portland split a doubleheader with Los Angeles, dumping the Ankelnnos from second to third place in league standings. Los Angeles took the opener, S-4, with a ninth inning run. In the nightcap, Los Angeles took a first inning lead with two runs, but Portland scored six times In the fourth frame while holding the Angels scoreless after tlirir opening flurry. The final count stayed at 6 2. Oakland was the only other coast league team to sweep a Sunday double header, dumping San Francisco from third to sixth place. 7 to 1. and 3 to 0. The Oaks Jumped from fifth place to the runner-up spot, three games behind Seattle. Hollywood and Sacramento di vided a twin bill, the Stars win ning the opener, 8 to 1, and drop ping the ninhtcap. 2 to 7. Yesterday's scores: (First game) R. H. E. Portland 4 8 0 Los Angeles 5 5 1 Speece. Schafer (8) and Leo vlch; Mallory arid Todd. 2nd game, 7 ins. R. H. E. Portland J 8 0 k" Angeles 3 0 1 jLisxa ana Castro; Heusser. Davis, Dobcrnlc and Campbell. SKILSAW DRILLS The Mightiest Mite of the Drill Field '," Capacity in Steel $32.50 HANSEN HARDWARE ii North Bartlett TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. 1 " 1 ' ' m(. . , ' , r 'I t, IN PLAYOFF FOR By Cayle Talbot Augusta, Ca., April 13. (API Slender Ben Hogan and tower lng Byron Nelson, two of golf's crack professionals, match their skill today In an 18-hole play off for the masters' champion ship. The two Texans were dead locked with 280 strokes apiece at the end of the regulation 72 holes yesterday. When they tee off at 11:30 p.m. PWT they'll be shooting at golfing gold of $1,900 for the winner and $800 for runner-up. Nelson was leading Hogan by three strokes when they started yesterday's final round, but he wilted under the pace and wound up with an undistinguish ed 73. A trapped second shot on the 31st hole cost him clear claim to the title. Hogan, the dark little man who never quits, shot a birdie three on the last hole of the tournament to gain his 70 two strokes under par and a tie. Their respective records for the four rounds were: Nelson B8 67-72-73, Hogan 73 70 67 70. Paul Runyan, a pint-size Like Hogan, scored a fine 71 on his final round for a 283 total and j third prize of $600. Fourth was ! tenacious Sammy Byrd, 285 and $500; and fifth, the veteran Mor ton Smith, 287 and $400. From there down the prize money I dwindled fast. lib FROM PNEUH Hollywood, April 1 Babe Ruth's temperature Is back to normal and he is fast gaining ground tgainst the inroads pnou moma made on him last week. Visitors are not allowed in his oom at Hollywood hospital and It will oe several days, physic ians said, before he is permitted to leave, but he definitely has passed tne danger point. r OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1942. OF PERL WITH CARDJF 136 Leland Clark Shoots Net 138 to Take Second Bob Sherwood Third. William P. (Bill) Davidson, Medford salesman, captured the annual John A. and Frank Perl 38-hole medal spring handicap tournament at the Rogue Valley Golf club Sunday by putting together rounds of 78 and 80 for a gross 158 which, with his handicap of 22, gave him a net 130 to finish two strokes in front of Leland Clark. Davidson's victory gives him possession for a year of the handsome Perl trophy, won last year by George Harrington who finished fourth in the 1942 tour ney with a net score of 143. Clark carded two 71's for a gross 142, his 4 handicap giving him a net 138, one stroke better than Bob Sherwood's net 139 created by rounds of 77 and 88 for a gross 163. Sherwood's handicap Is 24. Harrington Fourth Harrington's gross score was 147 on rounds of 75 and 72, his 4 handicap giving him a net 143 for fourth place. Eddie Simmons, a 4-handlcap player, finished fifth with a net 144 on gross rounds of 74-74 and three strokes behind at 147 was Charles Clay, who shot 80-89 with a 22 handicap. Dick Wray's net 149 on rounds of 84-85 with a 20 handicap gave him seventh place, and one stroke behind was Bob Ham mend with an 81-77 for a gross 158 and a net 150. Bernie Williams captured ninth place with a net 151 after shoot ing 89-90 with a 28 handicap, and Cedrlc Reaney wound up in tenth position with a net 152 on rounds of 86-86 less his 20 handicap. 'I WIN FOUR FIRSTS Paradise Valley, Rainier Na tional Park, Wash.. April 13 (IP) Uncle Sam's mountain troops g-abbed four of the first six places in the eighth running of the SOver Skis open here Sun day but it remained for a Seat tle fireman to take first place. Deeply tanned Matt Broze of uie oea.uc ski ciuo, wno naa 10 switch shifts with a fellow fire man in order to get to the moun tain, set a fire of his own on the perilous 3.16 mile downhill course- in the fine time of four minutes, 57 seconds. He was only a few seconds over the course record of 4:51.4 set by Peter Radacher of Aus tria in l')39, and had it not been for the only spill he took on tne way, he might have equalled or bettered the present mark. TEACHER LEADER DIES Portland April 13 '..) Miss I Birdlne Merrill, 64 president of the Oregon State Teachers' as socldtion in 1939 and member I of the Portland school system j since 1904 died yesterday. trt Joe Marsh Rt'MMAGlNO through my drak the ether dar, I tint across some snap shot of friends of mint mada back in Kii. If yon don't think time files . . . if yon don't think this world tTtr changrt . . . yoa ought to look at tht women's hats and dresses in thoat pictures taken I years ago! Wow! a t t It gavt mt quitt a start . . . and then it set me to thinking; . . . and rtmcmbtrin' 1 Lots of thingi sure happened In 1933. A r.tw adminis tration in Washington . the turning point cf the depression . . and lit coming of RtptaL I rtmtmbtr tht re-lcfilitatlon of bttr. It carat bf fort Rrptal, when Ctnrrtaa amtndrd tht eld Vol strad Act to allow ltgtl salt of JJ beer. What talk and argumenta tVy had ia those dart! Ont argumtnt I rtmtmbtr wU . . , was that bttr would da a lot to htlp bring back prosperity. I wondered at tht time whether Cut argument could be proved. fit). 35 cf i 5u ici Belcastro in Top Match Bosses Radiate Confidence On Eve Major Loop Opening By Austin Bealmoar New York, April 13 P If all the hopes, desires and predictions are fulfilled this year for msnagers of major league baseball teams, the first divisions of both the circuits are going to be a little crowded. On the eve of the start of the i pennant campaigns, not a single manager could be found today who was willing to admit that his club wasn't tagged for an upper berth at the end of the five-and-a-half months' jaunt Half of them, if the weather doesn't interfere, are due for a setback tomorrow when all 16 teams are scheduled to break from the barrier together in the first wartime season in 24 years. The lineup sends New York to Washington, Philadelphia to Boston, St. Louis to Chicago and Cleveland to Detroit in the American league, while the Na tional loop will find Brooklyn at New York, Boston at Phila delphia, Pittsburgh at Cincin nati and Chicago at St Louis. The war shared honors with the pennant prospects as the principal topics of conversation in comments collected by the Associated Press from the pilots of the various teams. From 24-year-old Lou Bou dreau, who begins his assign ment as manager of the Cleve land Indians, to 79-year-old Con nie Mack, ready for his 49th season as a skipper and his 42nd with the Philadelphia Ath letics, the club leaders agree. that baseball Is in for a big year In spite of the war. Most of them believe that the conflict will have some effect on the play of the teams, vary ing as the season progresses and the draft makes further inroads on the personnel, but none ex pects business at the gates to decline. Few dared to pick a winner in the National league, but American league managers, with the exception of Joe McCarthy, think the New York Yankees are the boys to beat Connie Mack, who declined to confirm or deny what they are saying about his Athletics, picked the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to run one two in the American league but warned that the Chicago White Sox have hidden strength that might put them on top. UOW THEY? s a S m S Peelflc Coast League Team W, Seattle ... 6 0 4 8 3 3 3 3 Oakland Los Angeles . Hollywood ... ; port)and San Francisco , Sacramci.to San Diego Salem Opens Spring Drills Shy Hurlers Salem, April 13. OF) Still woefully short of pitchers, the Salem Senators of the Western International baseball league opened their spring training here yesterday. Business Manager Howard Maple said he had hopes of pick ing up some hurlers from Coast league clubs. The Senators make their first home appear ance May 5. Cat Mail mount want adt. 'rom where I sit... I thought about that again, tht other day. I decided to check up and find out. Well, I found out p'.tnty. I found out that legal bter has paid mort than 3 6i!ftt dollars in taxes since 1933. It has mads mors than a million new Jobs. According to ent of tht reports I've seen, bttr hat put mort than 15 oiiltoa dollars into general busi nest circulation. Goodness mt, that's a lot of money. Betr It sold today la retry stats In tht Union. Every atatt benefits from beer's Jobs and tuts. And I gueat thtrt't no dentins that bttr dii do Ita thart ia bringing back belter timet. r glad It did. toe, beeasst bter Is such a pltataat. appetising bet. erag a. And it standi far moderaUoa and aiodtrata people . , . it's aol likely te get you ia troibla. WHITE SOX BEAT CUSS FOR TJTLE Chicago, April 13. (An other season, and another Chi cago city series for the White Sox. The losers the Cubs really made a fight of It this spring, however. They rallied to win three straight games and tie up the series at five tilts apiece go ing into yesterday's finale at Comiskey park, home of the Sox. The Cubs still were In the running through 7Vi innings, the score then being tied at 3-3. But before the eighth inning was concluded the Sox scored, Joe Kuhel and Luke Appling exe cuting a double steal for the run that brought a 4-3 victory, and the spring championship. Seattle, April 13. VPh-A rec ord breaking, nine under par round by Dick Hanen failed Sat urday to give the University of Oregon team enough lift to beat Washington here. Although Hanen turned in a 29-34 63 card in the best ball match, Ore gon ended the day on the short end of a 17Va to 9Va score. Hanen's first nine set a new record for the university course, and his 18-hole total tied the course record for that distance. Pirates Esiablish Best . Spring Record New York, April 13. UP) The Grapefruit league finally has been squeezed dry and to day the golden yellow rind is awirded to the Pittsburgh Pir ates, who nudged the St. Louis Browns out of the spring train ing title by a percentage of .341 to .339. The Bold Buccaneers won 20 and lost seven exhibition games in their transcontinental warm up for the regular National league season while the Brown ies captured 17 and lost six. IT'S A FACT! On roundtrip tickets to New York, Chicago nd most other eastern cities, the Southern Pacific will take you east through San Francisco and Los Angeles for not U more rail fare than you'd pay to go direct. Befori you plan your trip east, investigate this amazing bargain. Tht Friendly Southern Pacific Sse F. O. Morris. Agent Phone 2390 or. write . A. OlMAXBT. O.P., tt p.,mt BU,.. fortune. Or.. OHSAA Approves Grid Playoff Next Season; Kayfield Gets Post Portland, April 13. UP) An Oregon high school football championship playoff will be held the first week-end of De cember this year, Troy Walker, secretary of the State High School Activities association, an nounced today. He said delegates to the an nual convention amended the constitution to permit the play off, which was tried in 1940 but dropped last year. Walker added that the board of control at its next meeting would draw up a plan by which finalists for the playoff would be selected. Portland schools will not compete. Leonard Mayfield, Medford high school principal, was elect ed a board of control member, replacing Lynn Parr, Marsh field. BEGAN APRIL 25 Tacoma, April 13. (if") West ern International baseball league officials are preparing to open the 1942 season April 25 with teams from Vancouver, B. C, Spokane, Salem and Tacoma making up the league's roster, Robert T. Abel, W. I. L. prexy, announced today. Abel said representatives of the four teams had met in Ta coma and made tentative ar rangements for the season's schedule, which will be an nounced at an early date. Service teams of the north west will be given consideration with exhibition games planned for the benefit of service relief funds, Abel said. Portland Sawmill Damaged by Blaze Portland, April 13 P) Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed part of the West Ore gon Lumber company here yes terday. Owner A. E. Mcintosh estimated loss at $100,000. Damage was limited to the head rigging room where logs are hauleti faom. the. Willamette river for sawing. The mill had been idle for 24 hours, but Fire Investigator William Goerz said there was no indication of sabotage. Daa Mail Trlbuna want ads MOVING Local and Long Distance Oregon Wash. Cal. Eads Transfer Dial 2828 Iter time, try the train 1 T though :