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pAge two MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, 1942, Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: War May Reduce Field In Annual Golf Tournament Despite the effort! of most sports to continue operating as usual, the war is having, and will continue to have, much fleet on almost all phases of every type of athletics. One of Medford'i major sport ing events the annual Southern Oregon - Northern California amateur golf tournament will most certainly feel the Impact of the conflict, not so much In attendance but In the ranks of competitors. In rapidly Increasing numbers men of fighting age are enter ing the growing army, navy and air corps, and by the time Labor Day rolls around, traditional date of the tournament, we won der Just how many good golfers will be left to compete, not only local but out-of-town shotmak ers. We understand that three of Medford's best golfers are headed for some branch of the armed forces, Eddie Sim mons and Bob Hammond to the army and Leland (Pete) Clark to the navy. There are probably many out-of-town players, who annually make the trek to Medford, also slat ed for early duty In the serv ice. We know that It would entail considerable work and tome rapid planning, but we wonder why it wouldn't be good idea to advance the dates of the tour nament to the Memorial Day week-end, May 30-31, thus giv lng the three above mentioned local players and probably a number of fellows from outside Medford the opportunity of com peting In the event? If this could be done another one of Medford's finest players, George Harrington, would be able to enter. Harrington, on Labor Day, Is much too busy with his position in the pear Industry to play in the tourna ment, but be could do so next month. Dick Hanen, winner of the last two tournaments and current ace of the University of Oregon varsity golf team, could undoubtedly come here for the clastic If it were held over the Memorial Day week end, and with the local stars and others the field would be as strong as any in the his tory of the meet. It won't be If the tourney is staged the Labor Day week-end. Diminutive Del S c h r o e r, shortstop for the State league Craters last year, is proving no less than a sensation both at bat and afield for the Western Inter nations: loop Salem Senators . . . Sunday, as the Senators trim med Portland s Reliable Shoe, 6 to 2, In an exhibition game, Little Del blasted a double and two singles in four trips, whaled in one run and handled six chances In perfect fashion . . . he appears to have the shortstop berth clinched . . . Oregon State's Rose Bowl success evidently whipped up plenty of grid enthusiasm at the Corvallis institution, for Coach Lonnie Stiner has a huge squad of 60 turning out for spring drills ... the Pacific Coast league has a number of players in the service, but Rollie Schef ter of the Portland Beavers is the only club executive In the armed forces . . . ROOKS DEFEAT ALBANY WITH FIVE HOME RUNS Corvallis. April 22. P The Oregon State college rooks clouted five home runs, and Al bany high school added two more as the rooks won a 10-8 baseball game here yesterday. Most of the round-trippers sailed over the center field fence, short ened this season. C.oelr.e time tot CluilflfO Adt t a. m loo late to Clawlfy 13 90 p m. ,. .t TV tlil , -Cea VX W- V. Old Oscar Pepper WM.k., ei M t"f-l (frv&l ttbisiin, 4cfrm ntntril ifirM e frmnk JtnDuiiIUnti, far, LumilU&BUimtr. Beavers OVER 7,000 SEE AD LISKA LIMIT FOE TO 9 BLOWS Portland Clinches Game With 4 Runs in Second Don White Leaves Seals. (By the Associated Vnu) The San Francisco Seals said goodbye last night to big Don White, and perhaps not without the thought that this meant adieu as well to whatever Coast league championship hopes they may have cherished. It was a slightly dismal part ing. San Diego was on hand for the occasion and uncooper atively dumped the San Fran cisco club, 5-4. Today the 23-year-old giant Is returning to Seattle to volunteer for navy service. With him he takes a .463 batting average, the league's best so far this season by more than SO points and nearly 200 points above his team's average of .272. That's a stiff loss for the Seals to swal low. But it's the navy's gain and hence accepted gladly. At Portland it was time of greeting Instead of farewell. Some 7,300 Oregonians turned out to welcome their Beavers and watch Ad Liska, the diminu tive underhand fllnger, Indulge in his favorite pastime opening home seasons with well-pitched victories. Has Won Four Liska turned back the Holly wood Stars, 0 3, holding them hltless In all but three innings while his mates got him four runs on five hits in the second, enough to go on. Liska, who has ranked among the league's ranking pitchers for more years than most fans can recall, had previously won for Portland the first games of this season at San Diego and Los An geles. He picked up another victory somewhere along the way and now has credit for tour of the Beavers' seven so far. The play at San Francisco and Portland was all the league had to offer for the night. Oakland and Seattle failed to reach the latter'a home park In time to open the schedule there. The start of a Sacramento-Los An geles series at Los Angeles was postponed, with a doubleheader set for Friday night to compen sate. Score: Hollywood 3 9 0 Portland 8 12 0 Joiner, Perez (7) and Brenzel; Liska and Leovlch. HOW THEY? STAnD National League W. L. Pet. Brooklyn Pittsburgh St. Louis Boston .... 6 J B . 3 .750 .625 .571 .500 .429 .429 .333 .286 .. 4 4 S 3 2 .. 2 Chicago . New York Cincinnati Philadelphia .. American League W. L. Pet. .714 .714 .371 .556 .556 .375 .286 .230 Boston 8 2 5 2 4 3 5 4 8 4 3 5 2 8 2 0 New York Cleveland St. Louis Detroit Washington Chicago ..... Philadelphia .... Pacific Coast League W. L. Pet. .688 .643 .526 .462 .462 .444 389 .385 Oakland 11 Seattle 0 Hollywood . 10 San Francisco 8 Los Angeles 6 8 5 9 7 7 San Diego .... 10 11 Portland . 7 Sacramento 3 8 Sixteen thousand horses died of Influenza in New York City in 1872. OLD OSCAR PEPPER Open Home Season With 6-3 Conquest (4 f ;,f t . .. ' m h 7X1: COOO LUCK TO YOUt-tea Bodr. be,.m,, ef the Cleveland Indians who slrned a two-rear contract last No vemberhe was 24 st the time wishes his mirrored Imafe a good season. This youngest manaser In major leafue history succeeds Rorer Fecklnpaush, who's now enral mana-er. Novikoff Seen As Success In Second Try By Duke Moran Pittsburgh, April 22. !P) Lou Novikoff. last year's oris oust, is oacK tor another whack at baseballs big show and Man ager Jimmy Wilson thinks he may make good this time because the publicity heat is off. Lou, a stocky, likeable guy with a wide smile, a priceless dialect and a murderous bat at least in the minors came up from the Pacific Coast league to the Chicago Cubs last year un der one of the heaviest deluges of superlatives ever showered on an untested major league rookie. He was described as the kid who couldn't miss but he did. Wilson, who knows a ball player when he sees one, thinks the preliminary press notices hurt Lou. "I think the kid was nervous and tightened up trying to live up to all the things they said about him," Jimmy commented as he watched Novikoff pole out a long smash from the batting cage. After hitting only .241 In 62 games for the Cubs last year when he expected to hit at least .300, Novikoff was farmed out to Milwaukee In the American association. There he tore the league's pitchers apart and scat tered the seams everywhere, leading the league with a gaudy .370 average in 90 games. BOWLING The aectmd-helf race In Uit Ladle' league came to .n end last Bight wltb Tolly's Otlmore winning the utle with 88 nctoriee and 34 defeats and earning the right to roll Ricndeld OH, first-hair Champa, for the league toga neat Tuesday night. The other teams ended the aecond-half race in this order: Walnecott'e Druse, S3 and 35; Llttrell'e. S3 and 37; Oflloa Sup ply. 11 and a: Valentlnee Cafa, 34 and 88 and Richfield oil. 31 and as In final gamea last night. Valentine's beat Wainscmt'a. 4 to O: Office Sup ply defeated Littrel'e. 3 to I and Tolly's Ollmore defeated Richfield Oil. 3 to 1. Score fallow: IVainecelt's Drug Valentine's Cafe Heap 45 Llttrell. M.. 4J7 Corley. V 84 Barr. ft.... 433 Swoape. A-.- S73 Knlpe. O. 433 Brewold. I - 471 Bwoape, M. 409 Dreealer, L-. 501 Olll. D SIS Bush. F 437 Total ..3338 Total ..3430 Office Supply Co. H eap as Sim. Z 470 Colton.' T 458 Dane. H S90 Frank. w 403 Prultt, O 417 Total 3 IS Ultrcll's Corwin. H 880 Llttrell. 1 443 Terry. T 883 DeVore, D 438 Friable, B 891 Total 3013 ""iicnneid oil Pfrvhnow 438 witter 878 Hagea 884 Tolly's OUniort Heap 88 Trllefeon . 4M Davidson 841 Oilham 438 HOSPITALITY - In the HEART of PORTLAND Comfort Comeaienc Coirteey tenKe attract!. tee The Newly Remodeled PARK AVENUE HOTEL 121 8. W. Park. Portland Detarhre hath 81 IS U 81 So. "It balk II5S 1 84 00. Jig By Manager Total .1111 Total -80S0 Reds Seem Headed for Cellar As Erslwhile Great Hurling Folds By Judsen Bailey Associated Press Sports Writer. The Cincinnati Reds are stag gering groggily at the doorway to the National league cellar and finally learning what their best friends wouldn't tell them during spring training. The Reds' pitcnlng, one of baseball's marvels for the last three years, suddenly has fal tered. Yesterday the St. Louis Cardi nals shut out the Redlegs, 8-0. The fact that Cincinnati did not score would never cause a rip ple of concern anywhere, be cause the club never has been able to hit, but that Bucky Wal ters gave up 11 hits in 6 1-3 innings was a matter of moment. The Dodgers administered threshing to the Boston Braves ! in a 13-2 decision. In the only other National league game Truett (Rip) Sewell held the Chicago Cubs to six hits while the Pittsburgh Pirates patterned a 5 2 triumph around home runs by Bob Elliott and Stu Martin. The New York Yankees crush ed the Philadelphia Athletics, 10-4, by way of celebrating Manager Joe McCarthy's 85th birthday. The Detroit Tigers whipped the Chicago White Sox, 4-2. with Linwood (Schoolboy) Rowe and Johnny Corsica sharing six-hit pitching stint. Cleveland bunched Its hits to beat the St. Louis Browns, 4-2, in the other American league game as Lefty Al Mllnar kept seven safeties adequately spaced. Cae alail rriDune want aaa. Phone 2119 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Soper Service Ill fti3 HOTEL CORNELIUS 123 S. W. Park. Portland Detarkro betk 81 OS 1 n ee true btk sue e si ml Botk aatele located la the eery HttST or PORTLAND de le ah ope aa iheatm 3-HITTER TO NIP GRIZZLIES. 8-1 The Medford high baseball club bettered its position in the southern Oregon Prep league by downing the Grizzlies at Ash land yesterday, 8-1. But the possibility of the Tigers lodging themselves In the loop's top notch was thwarted when a Jacksonville-Grants Pass double header was called off, leaving these clubs tied for the lead. Bill Baylies flung three-hit ball to pace the Medford win while Cato Wray blasted three singles in four times up and tallied two runs to lead the hit ters. Don Fawcett followed Wray with wo triples In four times up. The Tigers chalked up four runs in the first canto, one In the second and three in the fourth. Jandreau scored Ash land's lone tally In the fourth when he sneaked home from second where Riggs had placed him on a fielder's choice. Riggs was caught between first and second and Jandreau took ad vantage of the opportunity. Baylies whiffed six men while his teammates were finding Jandreau for 14 bingles. Jacksonville downed Rogue River In a non-league game yes terday, 18-3. Sanford, Hueners and Smith split the mound dut ies to strike out 18 Rogues. The Redskins will play a double-header with Grants Pass Friday and another at the end of the season to make up for the postponed tilts. Scores: Medford 8 14 2 Ashland 1 3 2 Bayliss and Adams; Jandreau, Quackenbush and Riggs. Rogue River 3 8 7 Jacksonville 18 13 2 K. Hatch, Thompson and Gor ton; Sanford, Hueners, Smith and Campbell, Johnson. League Standings W. L. Pet. .750 .750 .714 .000 J'vUle Grants Pass... Medford Ashland .3 3 5 0 SALEM SENATORS LOSE TO BEARCATS, 2 TO 1 Salem, April 22. VP) Wil lamette university snapped a 10 game baseball losing streak yes terday by defeating Salem of the Western International league, 2-1- Cloalnf time for Classified Ads 8 a m Too late to Classify 13:80 p m. BREEZE ALONG THROUGH THE HOT WEATHER IN THE JARMAN Designed especially for hot weather with hun dreds of small "ventila tors" to let cool breezes flow In and out with every step. mm of TH( HOUII fCHTMt MAN CMHI HOUS il A Jt(rWwCUV 1 8HOIS "OR MIN eeet Jjf fM mm? Jones and Robertson Gird For Tennis Match Sunday; Former Favored 2-1 Barring a retaliation air raid by Jap bombers or something equally unpleasant occurring to toss a wet blanket on proceed ings, Sid Jones and George Rob ertson will square off for their long-awaited and much-talked about tennis duel on the high school courts Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Amid rumors of secret work outs and such, most of them con cerning Robertson, the friends of both competitors have risen to the occasion and laid a certain amount of legal tender on the man of their choice. It was re ported late yesterday, without confirmation, that no less than 700 seeds were available for any Robertson supporters at the Juicy odds of 2 to 1. As yet Robertson money has appeared only In driblets, but some ob servers believe a last-minute flood of the stuff will send the big, blonde, bespectacled man ager of the Medford hotel lounge into the match an even choice. Jones, co-owner of Jones and King paving contractors of Hay ward, Calif., now operating at the cantonment, Is alone in ad mitting previous net experience. Sid modestly relates that he played plenty of tennis about 25 years ago, and in big-time com E FOR DEFENSE JOB Cleveland, April 22 (if) The St Louis Browns' veteran submarine hurler, 31-year-old Elden Auker, may drop out of baseball for year-round war production job, to take part in a bigger pennant race. "There's nothing definite yet". 1 Going Upl-OMPERIAX is a whiskey that will go places" said experts. And right they were! Neva of this grand whiskey's super smoothness and marvelous flavor began te draw crowds! Lmperial started for the high places) ,-v VJ--T3 v : i Sri aVM. ii-vrVf '.? w as erst Kestrel spirits Cmt- WiJ. Hia W,rw 4 tesa Itac Hi, IMPERIAL 0.5" $130 I PINT $050 QT. petition to boot He Is supreme confident he can win. Robertson, on the other hand, is giving the boys the old silent treatment when the subject of his past tennlsing, If any. Is brought up. Nobody can seem to discover whether George knows the difference between a forehand drive and a love game, but those rumors of secret work outs at the fire hall Indicate that he at least knowa what tennis court looks like. Interested parties,, delicately weighing the chances of each man, see Jones as having the edge In experience and Robert son with youth on his side. How many sets they will play has not been determined and will prob ably be left to their own dis cretion. One may prove about all they can manage. Robertson, it has been re ported by a reliable source, is not satisfied with the judges Russ Olson, Harold Brown and Moose Muirhead and plans to enter a protest. This action, however, has been delayed as George can't seem to find any body to protest to. He is be lieved to have tried the United States Lawn Tennis association without receiving the courtesy of a reply. he said, "but something prob ably will be decided next week end. 'The way I feel about it, if we don't win this war, there's not going to be any baseball. We've got a whale of job on our hands, and it's bigger pen nant race than sports." Should he leave the Browns, he would be the first major leaguer to drop out during the playing season for a war plant job. Cloalni time for Claatifled Ads i m. Too lata to Claaalfy 13 JO 3-And np to itardoml Taste why demand for Imperial went sky-high! Taste why Imperial is America's fastest growing whiskey! Ask for It at your bar today-or take home a tryout bottle. Youll discover a new high in whiskey enjoyment! . ' -r , 'w:-.'! IMPERIAL IS GREAT F0R 2 BIG REASONS! -VeNttei" for othnttl TUvor-puktf for irtri richntul IMPERIAL Of Stars Pittsburgh, April 22 VPh- Matchmaker Jake Mintz said to day he was convlncecV there waa "something funny" about Boxer Abe Simon's decision to retire) from the ring and that he would ask the New York boxing com mission to inquire into the mat ter. "It's subbotash, that's what it Is, subbotash," exclaimed the matchmaker, whose picturesque language always carries an ac cent all its own. "It is the third time Simon and his manager Jimmy Johnson have walked out on us rather than fight Harry Bobo." Simon's announcement to re tire came little more than a week before his scheduled 10 round bout here April 27 with the slugging Bobo, who kayoed Lem Franklin recently in one round. Simon attributed his re tirement to a back injury and his wife's reluctance to let him continue fighting. Reports reaching the Depart ment of Commerce show that sales of gasoline are being re stricted in many world coun tries. Closing time tor Claaaifled Ada - m Too lata to Clasalfy UjO WANTED Two Logging Truck at Tiller, Oregon SOUTHERN OREGON SUGAR PINE CO. 2 And Op!... Imperial literally zoomed its way over entrenched leaders in state after state! 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