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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.
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PING PONG TITLE
MEDFORD MAIL
Pedro Brazil Faces Pete
Pull Hard, Pedro Brazil
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Team
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Los Angeles .
Hollywood ...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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