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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1942. Husky Boat Crews Score Three-Ply Victory Over California Bears VARSITY WINS BY 3 LENGTHS. JAYCEE BOAI BY 7 FEET Record Time Set By All One Contest Close; Fresh . men Surprise. Seattle, AprU 18. (JP) Fot the ninth time in the 39-year old history of the Pacific coast regatta the University of Wash ington Huskies scored a clean sweep over California's eight oared crews in a record and nerva shattering three-ply vic tory today. The Huskies, defending Paci fic coast and national rowing champions, made it three straight in the varsity and Jay vee races and snapped Califor nia's two-year freshman reign in the opening frosh two-miler. Only the California varsity failed to better existing records for the old Leschi-Madison park course on scenic Lake Washing ton. In both the frosh and Jayvee In both the frosh and jayvee races, both winning and losing crews turned In better than rec ord time, and the Washington varsity did likewise in the after noon's finale. Hera are the results; . Varsity Three miles) Won by Washington, three lengths, in IS minutes, 54 seconds. Califor nia second in 16:05. (New rec ord, old mark of 15:58 set by Washington in 1922.) Junior varsity (Three miles) Won by ' Washington, seven feet, 15:55. California second In 15:55.5. (New record, old mark ot 18:28.2 set by Washing ton In 1928.) Freshmen (Two miles) Won by Washington, six lengths. 10:20.5. California second in 10:43.3. (New record, old mark 10:44.4 set by Washington in 1826.) Although slightly favored to win, nobody expected Washing ton to coast in to a three-length victory over the sun-tanned op" MR. P. J. McMANUS from the KAHN TAH.VRJM3 W will be at our store on One Day Only, Mon., Apr. 20 Special Showing of 7ine Spring and Summer Suitings jladc-to-Ordcr GUS the 4W East giants from Berkeley in the var sity race. The "hoss race" of the day. however, was the Washington Jayvee victory. Not given a chance by the predictors, the Husky Jayvees finally squeezed through by seven feet lq a tussle In which there never was open water between the two 60-foot cedar stogies. And the jayvees rowed the three-mile course in only one second slower time than did the Washington varsiiy. As a matter of fact, the Cal jayvees turned In far better time than did their lirsl dobi, oeing 9.5 seconds faster. The Washington frosh won, as expected, over the California yearlings. GRID lESllVE STATE 2 TO TWIN Corvallls, Ore., April 18. W) Don Durdan, triple sport star and Norm Peters, a football teammate, paired up today to earn Oregon Slate college a z-l victory over Oregon In the open ing northern division coast con ference baseball game. With Peters on second base In the ninth inning, Durdan cracked out a single. The throw beat Peters to the plate, but the bll outfielder, who played end on the Rose Bowl footDail team, threw a perfect block on the Oregon catcher, who dropped the ball. Peters also accounted for State's first run, doubling in the sixth to score Strode. Oregon tied the count in the ninth on a scratch single by Carney, a sacrifice, and a line single by Farrell. Beaver Pitcher Glen Elliott limited the heavy hitting Ore ion to seven hits and whiffed eight. Nick Bes.lerles of Oregon also allowed but seven blows, striking out five men. Score: R. H. Z. Oregon 17 1 O. S. C. 2 7 1 Begleries and Pilip; ElUott and Amacher. Portsmouth, Va., April 18. UP) The destroyer, Shubrick. built in the record time of 60 days, was launched at the Nor folk navy yard today. Here's your opportunity to choose from "suit-size" sam pleslarge enough to gire an accurate idea of how they will look when tailored. Every new color, pattern, and weare hundreds to select from. Whether you are hard or easy to fit, you will enjoy the serv ices of so expert, assuring per fect clothes stylec with indi viduality and fine custom char acter. Be Measured mile yie is Here, Immediate or 7uture Delivery. TAILOR Main L TO LOWLY PIS; PIRATES IN TIE Brooklyn, April 18 (AP) The Philadelphia Phils, losers of their first four National league games, finally found the victory road today as they squeezed out a 2-1 decision over the Champion Brooklyn Dodgers. With Rube Melton holding the Dodgers to four hits, the Phils cashed in on home runs by Nick Etten and Rookie Ron Northey to produce the triumph that gave them new life but failed to lift them out of the cellar. Melton Issued nine bases on balls, but fanned seven men. The Dodgers left ten base runners stranded. Philadelphia 2 8 0 Brooklyn 14 0 Melton and Warren; Casey, Kimball and Sullivan. Pittsburgh, April 18 (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates moved in to a tie for the National league lead today as Lefty Ken Heintz- elman, making his 1942 debut, blanked the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-0, allowing only five hits. Heintzelman was in trouble on ly in the seventh but after al lowing successive singles by Ray Sanders and Jimmy Brown he retired the next three men in easy fashion. St. Louis 0 5 5 Pittsburgh 3 6 1 White, Krist and Mancuso. Cooper; Heintzelman and Lopez. Boston, April 18 (AP) With the score tied in the ninth In ning, Hank Leiber came to bat with two mates aboard and blasted a home run that gave the New York Giants an 8-5 victory over the Boston Braves today. It was the first loss of the season for the Braves, who had compil ed a string of four straight tri umphs. New York 8 9 0 Boston 5 12 1 Carpenter, Adams and Pan ning; Javery, Salvo, Lamanna and Lombard!. . . Cincinnati at Chicago post poned. INTER-CITY GOLF PLAY HELD TODAY Medford golfers will, engage In their first inter-city team match of the season today, send ing a 21 -man outfit agah.st a like number of shotroakers from Klamath Falls at the Rogue Valley Golf club starting at 9 o'clock this morning. The pairings follow, Medford golfers named first: Cedric T. Reaney vs. Carl Woods, Bob Sherwood vs. Frank Tarr. Dick Wray vs. Dr. Fred Farlev, Ber ule Williams vs. Maryin Swan son, Lee Watson vs. John Strl lings, Frank Perl vs. William Carr, Charles Clay vs. Ray Ra'ice- straw, John Cupp vs. Robert Sproat, Glenn Jackson vs E. C. McClean, Dr B. L. Lageson vs. T. M. Medford. George Roberts vs. Bill Hagcl- steln, Max Pierce vs. Carl Lin- gren, Earl Tumy vs. Bill Dins more, Justin Smith vs. Dr. Rdy Oldcnbrrg, Jim Kimball vs. Dr. M. E. Davis, Vern Robinson vs. Dr. C. V. Ruch. Ed Drysdale vs. Lee Smith, S. A. Gibbs vs. Dr. Harding Carter, Almus Pruitt vs. Dick Miller, Bill Davidson s. Frank Victory, Emil Mohr vs. Paul Landry. Medford extras were listed as Ed Simmons, Bob Hammond, ard. Al Littrell. C. M. Kidd, Bill Thurlow, Louie Blythe and George Robertson. CANCEL SPORT DATE Chicago, April 18 (AP The war today cancelled U. S. par ticipation in the first Pan-American Games at Buenos Aires, Ar gentina's big 1942 sports show arranged to take th place of the suspended Olympics. ! f s J;' w VHsw I f v. kV! ' X, :-',i4. V Future Tennis Star r.v..-., rr f I iiyagsT" i'f'iiV . -l-'-' ?V? r. i ..lit 4 r-N':;-:, -d Mrs. Frank Kovaes. Jr.. and baby Frank Kovaca. 3d, pos sible future tennis star. In a Berkeley, Calif., hospital. Father Frank is a nationally known tennis star while Mrs. kovaes. form erly Virginia Wolfendea of San Francisco, is also a tennis star la her own rights. PAIR OF LOSSES AD LISKA LOSES Oakland. Cal., April 18. (&) Oakland beat Portland, 2-0, and 5-3, in a Coast league double-header today to make it four in a row over Portland, and to stretch the Oaks' list of victories to six straight The opening game was tough on little Ad Llska, Portland's submarine hurler, who was charged with his first defeat of the season. In the 7-inning second game. Oakland was held down to only four hits, but a costly error in the third inning by Dan Amaral set the stage for a 3 -run Oak land splurge. First game: R. H. E. Portland 0 6 0 Oakland .. 2 8 0 Llfka and Leovlch; Salveson and Ralmondl. Second game: (7 innings). Portland 3 11 3 Oakland 5 4 1 Singleton, Cohen and Leo vlch; Pippen, Chellnl and Glenn. Hollywood, April 18, (1 Seattle, moving Into a three to one lead In the current series, defeated Hollywood, 6 to 2. in the first game of their old daytime-nighttime doubleheader to day. Pitchers Bill Bevens of Seat tle and Wayne Osborne of the Stars went the route, but the visiting hurler gave up six hits wnne usborne was touched for 11. Until the ninth Inning, how ever, Seattle had scored but one earned run off Osborne, two errors contributing to the other tallies. The score: R. H. E Seattle .. 6 11 1 Hollywood 2 6 3 Bevena and Collins; Osborne and Brenzel. San Diego, Cal., April 18 (JP) Al Olsen set Los Angeles back with four hits today to give the San Diego Padres a 3 to 0 Coast league victory over the Angels. It was San Diego s third consecutive win. The score: R. H. E. Los Angeles 0 4 2 San Diego 5 12 1 Mallory, Dobernlc and Todd; Olsen and Salkeld. Cm Mall mount nn aos. ALL-HEAVYWEIGHT CARD , WRESTLING Medford ARMORY MONDAY NIXE 11 f v "... X n 1 ' TO FACE BRAZIL Y BOUT Big, tough, burly Sockeye Jack MacDonald returns to the armory grappling ring Monday night and Promoter Mack Lil lard, fully aware of the terrific drawing power possessed by the ex-logger from Tacoma, expects the North Bartlett street mat center to be packed to the raf ters. McDonald, absent from south ern Oregon for a year and a half on a tour of the south, east and middle-west, will face the cur rent number one wrestler of this area, Handsome Pedro Brazil, In the one-hour main event. The South American hfawuicM champion, who has captured five locai maicnes ana dropped only one, represents the toughest op ponent it was possible for Lil lard to pit against Sockeye. Although McDonald Is a bruis er, a rock-'em-and-sock-'em, el bow and fist-punching pachy derm who Isn't inclined to waste time on pretty, scientific maneu vers, strangely he was probably the most popular matman ever to appear. However, Sockeye never stooped to foul or nasty tactics, and for that reason the fans turned out In droves to watch him belt opponents dizzy. If the big fellow hasn't chang ed his method of operation, and there is no reason to believe he has, tomorrow night's struggle should be the most thrilling of the year. Brazil is capable of ab sorbing punishment galore and dishing it out on his own behalf, and for this reason the battle has all the earmarks of being an outright slugfest. Irish Jim Casey, topped only by Brazil as .Medford s favorite faces Broccoli Bob Kruse, the barefoot gent, in the six-round middle event, and Tug Carlson clashes with Unorthodox Billy Marcus In the four-round opener, starting at 8:30 sharp. It will be ladies' night again, with all feminine fans, accom panied by a paying customer, be ing admitted free. Spokane, April 18 (JP) Bob Klnnaman, right-handed pitcher who won 22 games for the Spo kane Indians of the Western In ternational baseball league last year, entered the army today. BEGINS 8:30 j THRILLS! -SPILLS! The Country' Best Talent! Ticket Now On Sal At The OWL CLUB, Phon 2300 FIRST DEFEAT BY E New York. AprU 18 The world champion New York Yankees met their match today in rookie Yank Terry, who lim ited them to three hits in pitch ing the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 decision. . In handing the champions their first defeat in five starts this season, the Red Sox ele vated themselves into a triple tie for the American league lead along with the Yanks and the St. Louis Browns, who lost to Detroit for their first setback Terry, a 29-year-old right hander who was voted the most valuable player in the Pacific Coast league last year when he won 26 and lost only eight for San Diego, missed a shutout by walking pinch-h 1 1 1 e r George Selkirk in the eighth. R. H. E. Boston 5 9 0 New York 13 2 Terry and Conroy; Donald, Borowy, Queen and Dickey. Cleveland, April 18. VP) Two were out in the ninth and there were two strokes on Fa bian Gaffke when the rookie pinch-hitter singled today to give Cleveland a 1 to 0 triumph over the Chicago White Sox. Gaffke'i blow presented Jim Bagby, who hurled four hit ball while retiring 20 men in order, his and the Indians' second vic tory of this young season. R. H. E. Chicago 0 4 0 Cleveland 17 0 E. Smith and Tresh; Bagby and Desautels. St Louis, April 18. The St. Louis Browns joined the New York Yankees and the z -A i : " ia)si sirjjijT Off STURDY WORK CLOTHES WORK and DRESS SHOES DRESS and SPORT WEAR ! iiiiii ii DRESS and SPORT WEAR And Accessories tO Match eeaaeeseeeeesaeeai j j All at Popular Prices VVgVC OpSll GLENN H. UTZ Every Week-Day . "Men's Night Until, j Wear" 8:30 WM 11 AW 8?,, Boston Brave in defeat today, sweeping the major league clean of all perfect records for the young season. R. H. E. Detroit 4 11 1 St. Louis 0 7 2 White and TebbetU; Muncrief and Swift Philadelphia, AprU 18, The Washington Senators won their first game of the season today by turning back the Phil adelphia A's, 10-6. R H E Washington lo' 13 2 Philadelphia 6 12 1 Wynn, Carrasquel and Early; Knott, Beck man and Hayes. RACING Havre De Grace, April 18. UP) R. Sterling Clark's Colchis won the 515,000-added Chesa peake stakes at Havre De Grace today as Al Sabath's Alsab fin ished second and Ben Whitaker's Requested came in third. SOUTHPAW RELEASED Pittsburgh, AprU 18. WV Joe Sullivan, 31-year-old south paw pitcher, was released out right today by the Pittsburg!) Pirates to Toronto of the Inter national league. Pirate officials disclosed. Relnhart Named Coach Washington, April 18. (JPi Bill Reinhart, assistant football and head basketball and base ball coach at the University of Oregon from 1923 to 1935, was named athletic director at George Washington university today by President Cloyd Heck Marvin. HURLS NO-HITTER Lafayette. AprU 18 (APV Martin Freel turned in a no-hit. no-run performance as Lafayette high swamped Carlton, 27-0, in a Yamhill county B league base ball game. JAIL FOR LOTTERY San Francisco, AprU 18. (JP) Three men were sentenced to two years in federal prison and were fined $10,000 each today on charges they conspired to operate a lottery. IT TAKES TEAMWORK The Army The Workmen And the People YOU and I. good people of Medford, have a pari in this great task of building CAMP WHITE. The Army directs the fob and wil later use the camp, the army of workmen are doing the building and doing it well. It is OUR part to render all possible cooperation t BOTH. Friendly assistance whenever and wherever possible should be cheerfully extended that's why our store hours are planned for the con venience of Camp Whit builders. That's why we r munj mamni ago lor this time so that our stocks would be complete and our prices rlghtl LEBER CALLS FOR T Manager Dutch Lleber's Oregon-California league Crater will hold a workout at the fair grounds park at noon today and the skipper request all player to report Any new player in town were also invited to turn out for the drills. Manager Lie ber making it clear that posi tions on the club were still "wide open" and would go to the most capable performers, regardless ot previous reputation or local ex perience. An attempt was made to bring either the Salem Senator of the Western International league or the Portland Fire Department ot the Oregon State league to Med ford for a series this week-end, but both clubs turned down the offer on the grounds they hadn't had enough spring practice. 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