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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1942. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: War Halts Large Player Bonuses, Is Shatter Claim One of the many effects the war is having on baseball Is the virtual elimination of fat Don' uses paid by the major league clubs to young college and prep players signing contracts. This is the observation of George (Mickey) Shader, Cincin natl Reds' scout who is in Med ford preparing for the annual Redlegs' tryout camp for boys 17 to 21, slated for the high school park Wednesday through Sun day of this week. "Big bonuses to promising player Inking contracts are un doubtedly 'out' for the duration of the war," Shader declared. "And for a good reason. The major league teams simply can't afford to take the chance or lay lng a whopping sum of money on the line for a player s signa ture, only to see him drafted In to the army or enlist in some branch of the armed forces." Continuing, the Reds' scout . explained: "Suppose a big ' league club gives a graduat ing. 21 -year-old collegian ISV 000 for signing, then sends him to a farm team. Along comes the draft, away goes the boy and what has the major league team to show for its moneyT The boy may come back unin jured and healthy after the war. and then again he mar not. Realising this the big league clubs have almost en tirely done away with the of fering of large bonuses." Shader gave a concrete exam ple of the present situation by telling about a northwest colle gian, whose name must remain unmentloned for obvious rea ' sons. Last year this boy, a Jun ior, was offered a $6,000 bonus for signing by one big league club, but because he wanted to complete his college studies he turned down the chance. ' Now, having been graduated, the boy is ready to enter profes sional baseball, but because of the uncertainties of the war the bonus offer has been with- rawn. Of course the big league team would still like to have this boy, but it can't take the chance of giving him a lot of money for signing and then see the youth enter the armed forces. The result is that the player is wide-open to overtures by teams other than the one that last year offered, him $6,000 for his signa ture to a contract. None of the big league teams will take the chance of "buying" his services, which gives all of the major loop outfits, rich and poor alike, an almost equal opportunity of In ducting him Into their organiza tions. It might be said that Cin cinnati, not one of the richest clubs, nor one of the poorest, is in the running for this boy, a real prospect. D.iplte $5 contributions by Sick Phalr and Louie Older and a couple of others by per sons who wish to remain an onymous, the Al Melvln me morial fund fell fS short of the necetiary SS0 needed to erect a headitone on his grave In I. O. O. F. cemetery. That Is. to erect it by Memorial Day. It would have been appropri ate had the headstone been in place on Memorial Day. That's what everybody hoped for. But now that Memorial Day has pas sed, and plans didn't material ize, the only thing to do is see that the headstone is in place this week. It might be remarked that all contributions have been entirely voluntary; there has been no campaign, whatsoever, other than the mention in this column of contributors to the fund. And we might add that the response has been splendid In view of the lack of any sort of a "drive." AMI TRACK MEET Portland, June 1 T Port land schools dominated the first Oregon A A. U. track meet here Saturday. The University of Portland won In the championship divi sion with 30 points and Port land high schools won the first four places in prep competition. On the whole, times and distances In the high school division bettered marks In the senior classification. The top race, the high school mile, featuring state prep meet finalists, was won by Lavton Ballard, Bend, who was first In the state meet. A stretch drive carried him into the tap In 4 32.2 minutes, a yard ahead of Flo;-rt liunyan, Salem. Bob Smith, Corvallis, was close third. Sockeye EXPECTED TO SEE "MATCHJF YEAR" George Craig and Chick in Middle Event 2 Other Matches on Fine Program Sockeye Jack McDonald and Jumpin' Joe Savoldi will clash in the wrestling "match of the year" in the armory tonight, fac ing off in the one-hour main event of a Mack Lillard program that has all the earmarks of lur ing an overflow crowd to the Bartlett street mansion of maul. George Craig, late of Tulsa, Okla., and current blacksmith at Camp White, will return to a southern Oregon ring after a six years' absence to take on Cow boy Dude Chick in the six-round semi-wlndup and tussling in the four-rounder will be Australian Joe Corbett and Chief Thunder- bird, the large Vancouver, B. C, Indian, , In a special match slated for two five-minute rounds or one tumble, another Camp , White workman, Tex Cllmer, will go against a Talent matman, Norval Stockst'.ll. They've been waiting for this chance a long time. Lillard still can't believe his good fortune In lining up Sa voldi and McDonald for the main-event fireworks. He pinches himself every time he thinks about it. For McDonald, em ployed in Vancouver, Wash., shipyard, is making lots of fold ing currency and is a hard guy to tear away from his work, and Savoldi, as befits his position near the top of the national wres tling heap, last week appeared to be anxious to be off and away for the more lucrative grappling centers. Great Promoting However, Lillard, a smooth salesman, syruped Jumpin' Joe into staying around one more week, and then turned around and made it worth McDonald's while to come here for the Sa voldi affair. All in all it was a remarkable piece of mat promot ing, and the net result should be the best match of the year, may be the best in several years. PORTOTLTTRADES; HILCHERTOLA. Portland, June 1 P The Portland Beavers of the Coast league sold Pitcher Whltey Hll cher to the Hollywood Stars yesterday. Portland President E. J. Schef- ter said the Beavers would re ceive $3,500 and Pitcher Wayne Osborne in return. Hllcher has won two and lost seven games this season. Os borne has won one and lost two. Both are right-handers. Slafe League Opens Schedule Wednesday Portland, June 1 JP) The Portland Firemen will play at Sllverton and Eugene at Albany In opening games of the Oregon State Baseball league Wednes day night Sllverton is defending cham pion of the loop. The league's fifth team, Bend, will open its season June 13. UOWTH STAMD (By The Associated Press) National W L Pet. Brooklyn ...32 13 .711 St. Louis 29 18 .981 Boston 25 22 .932 New York 23 23 .500 Cincinnati 22 22 .900 Chicago 21 24 .467 Pittsburgh 19 27 .413 Philadelphia 14 32 .30-4 American W L Pet. New York 31 11 .738 Tctroit .. 26 22 .342 Boston 23 20 .339 Cleveland 24 21 .933 St. Louis 23 24 .4H9 Chicago 18 26 .409 Philadelphia 19 30 .3HB Washington 17 27 .386 Coast W L Pet. Los Angeles 34 20 .630 Sacramento .... 32 23 .982 San Diego 34 26 .367 Seattle 28 27 .309 Oakland ...26 30 .464 San Francisco ... 24 28 .462 Hollywood 23 36 .410 Portland 21 34 .382 Richard Crooks, the tenor, en listed In an aero squadron in the first world war. to Face Savoldi Dropkicks in Objection f ( ( Wo,'? ,- i . f 'f 1 - - -! , tj "J'tik.'V. tf. l t jL "'A ' ' ! ' v ' L - ' -f---l -aaZ -..J-...i:.'Z LtuL Here's the end of an altercation between an unidentified basebsjl fan and Umpire Tom Dunn after the Cardinal-Pirate ball game at Pittsburgh. The fan fan accused Dunn of making a decision that helped the Cards win, but it was Umpire Ziggy Zears (extreme right) who called the play that brought the objection. Between Dunn and Sears is Umpire Bill Stewart. IS IT Rally In Home Stretch Gives Slammln' Sam 2-1 Win Crowd for Turnesa. By Gsyle Talbot Atlantic City, June 1 (AP) Sammy Snead, they said, never would win a national golf cham pionship, because something al ways seemed to happen to him In the closing stages of a tourna ment when the galleries were running wild and the players' hearts were in thpir throats. They were wrong. Sammy held the Professional Golfers associa tion championship today and had $2,000 worth of war bonds in his pocket as he left for Washington to be inducted Into the navy's physical training program. The 30-year-old star from the hill country, after having suffer ed probably more major disap pointments than any top flight golfer, finolly came through with a 2 and 1 victory over Corp. Jim Turnesa in yesterday's 36-hole title match at the. Seaview club here. Fighting Victory It was a fighting victory, too. Sam stood three down at the half-way point. The crowd of 3,000 was vociferously pulling against his every shot and root ing for the swarthy little soldier from Fort Dix. And under those circumstances Snead went out to shoot some of the greatest home stretch golf ever seen. A triumph for Turnesa un doubtedly would have been more popular. The little guy with the nerves of steel and no business whatsoever In the finals of a P.G.A. championship, had cap tured the fancy of everybody. The crowd had been cheering his every shot for two days as he scored upset victories over Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, two of goltdom's greatest players. Yet Snead richly deserved his vic tory. COAST PITCHERS COUPLE TO SEALS (By Associated Press) A step ahead of the calendar, perhaps, but nonetheless in full flower. Coast league pitchers bloomed like June roses under the forced growth of a double- hearter-rlch holiday weekend, l esterday s eight winning nuriers. lor Instance, were touched for a total of only 41 hits and, more remarkably yet, three runs. Briefly, the Sunday honor roll carried these names and these accomplishments: Clarence Beers, four hits. WATER WELL DRILLING MW All Still MM'MI.NS Moitisuri run is ROBT. BURNS Telephone 243 L Rt 1 But set. nrenii rut. ra-tn-Hitltaa. Overruled Here by Umps Sacramento 4 Oakland 1, 10 innings. Herschel Lyons, four Sacramento 12 Oakland 0 hits, sev- en innings. Wally Hebert, six hits, San Diego 2 Hollywood 0, nine in nings. Norm Brown, six hits, San Diego 11 Hollywood 1, seven innings. Bob Joyce, six hits, San Fran cisco 1 Portland 0, nine innings Ad Liska, an unfortunate loser, was nicked for a bare two blows. Tom Seats, four hits, San Francisco 6 Portland 0, seven innings. Dick Barret, five hits, Seattle 12 Los Angeles 0, nine innings Charlie Adams, six hits, Los Angeles 2 Seattle 1, seven in nings. Only In the second game at Hollywood, which the home team won 8 to 7, and at Oak land, where the Oaks ex changed a 8-2 first-game vic tory for a 7-6 Sacramento ver dict in the nightcap did the Memorial day pitching fail to measure up to yesterday's dis play. At Portland, where the dou ble shutout lifted San Francisco into a virtual fifth place tie with Oakland yesterday, Joyce owed Ted Jennings a very sin cere vote of thanks for his first game victory. Jennings cracked a home run over the right field wall in the eighth Innings and thus became the first of two Seols to advance as far as first base. Joyce himself got the other hit off Liska, in the ninth, but was soon wiped out by a double play. Jennings also deserved a bow from Seats. He broke a score less tie in the third inning of th second game with a single that brought home two mates. The Seals made four runs al together in that frame and won the series, 4 to 3. Scores: R. H. S.?n Francisco 1 2 Portland 0 6 Joyce and Sprinz; Liska Castro. Second game: Tl. H. San Francisco 6 9 Portland 0 4 Seats and Ogrodowskl; ser, Schubbl and Castro. E 0 0 and E. 1 2 Hel- The Turks Introduced coffee to Europe around 1683. Ue Mail MmiDt vant ada. FAIRMONT HOTEL HAS EVERYTHING I 1 jV . . J' ttia BxnxxTvmrnt which oak a rmnbi lh TVeJAIRMCNT h.n rrtrr-:ra O m II I. IKOil . . . to .III I a T I i HOTEL FAIRMONT Jimmy Foxx Goes To Cubs In Gash Deal After 5 Sox Years Boston. June 1 (JP) The Bos ton Red Sox today announced that outright cash cales of First Baseman Jimmy Foxx to the Chicago Cubs of the National League. No other players were Involved, the club announced. It was necessary for owner Tom Yawkey to get waivers from other American League clubs In order to make the sale of Foxx, who long had been re garded as one of the game's mod ern stars. Team captain of the Red Sox, Foxx played five full seasons in Red Sox regalia. He was pur chased from Connie Macks Athletics, with whom he broke into the big time as a catcher in 1926. ' He has been incapacitated lated by sinus and by several cracked ribs he suffered when hit by a line drive while pitch ing batting practice. Ironically, the batter at the time was Har vard s Tony Lupien, who was brought up as his successor at first base. Oh Mall tribune want ads. 1W r7 e ? V ADVANCE S-Srrit. Paul Krll of St. l.ouis entered the army burk private January 8. Grtjrer Field. Wash., off ice ri Raid his climb to first sergeant In three month. 22 days act record. -rl ri n ri tu to plentifully of Sksm thing. SAN FRANCISCO Ml m 1 J I NO. 7 AS BROOKS Four-Run Homer by Walker Aids Curt in 10-2 Win Yanks Split With A's. Br Austin Bealmear Associated Press Sports Writer Major league baseball enjoyed a rest today after the busiest week-end of the season, which brought disaster in double doses to many of the pennant contend ers and success in the same quantities to those who could withstand the pressure of four games in two days. A total of 392,280 fans swarm ed to the ball parks, 197,820 of them on Decoration Day and 194,460 of them yesterday. And that didn't include the hun dreds of service men who were admitted free. Here are some of the more important happenings witnessed: The New York Yankees stretched their American League lead to eight games, although their eight-game winning streak was snapped by the Philadelphia Athletics in yesterday's second game. The Brooklyn Dodgers boosted their lead in the National League to six games by stopping the Boston Braves twice yesterday after dividing a pair with the New York Giants the day be fore. Tribe Skids The Cleveland Indians skid ded into fourth place in the American League while the De troit Tigers took over second place and the Boston Red Sox moved up a notch to third. The St. Louis Cardinals re placed the Boston Braves in second place In the National League by winning two out of three over the week-end while the Braves managed only an even split in four games. Mel Ott, playing his 17th year In the majors all with the Giants tied Rogers Hornby's National League record of 1,582 runs batted in by driving two runs across in yesterday s twin triumph over the Philadelphia Phils. It took Hornsby 23 sea sons to establish the mark, which is considerably lower than Babe Ruth's major league record of 2,209. Max West of the Braves whe had hit only two home runs this season and both of them last week, raoned four in two days. Clyde Vollmer, recalled by Cincinnati from Syracuse to re lieve an outfielder shortage caused by three injuries, arrived in time to play the second game aeainst the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday and hit the firts ball itched to him for a nome run. As for the games themselves, two of yesterday's scheduled double-headers were cut in half by the weather but five of the six ulaved resulted in double victories. The lone exception was at Philadelphia, where the Yank ees came from behind with a seven-run sixth-inning rally to whip the Athletics, 11-7, then bumped into Luman Hahhis. who checked them on four hits, for a 4-2 decision in the after piece. Elden Auker and Johnny Niggeling shared the pitching honors as the St. Louis Browns stopped the Cleveland Indians, 5-4 and 8-3. The Boston Red Sox crushed FOR LONG-LIFE, FIRE PROOF CONSTRUCTION, USE . . . And Be Sure To Specify This Dependable Southern Oregon Product BEAVER BRAND PORTLAND CEMENT Pacific Portland Cement Co. 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Bill Lohrman pitched the Giants to a 3-2 decision over the Phils in the first game, holding them to four hits? and Bob Car penter yielded only seven blows in the second game, won by the Giants. 7-1. The floundering Pittsburgh Pirates were no trouble for the Cincinnati Reds, who won the opening game, 8-2, on five-hit pitching of Bucky Walters and scored at 3-0 shutout in the nightcap as Ray Starr scattered six safeties. However Pollet pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-0 triumph over the Chicago Cubs, although he was tagged for ten hits. Scores Yesterday (By the Associated Press) American League New York 11-2, Philadelphia 7-4. Chicago 9, Detroit 4. Cleveland 4-3, St. Louis 5-8. Washington 1-3, Boston 14-4. National Pittsburgh 2-0, Cincinnati 8-3 Philadelphia 2-1, New York 3-7. St. 1 Louis 3, Chicago 0. Boston 2-1, Brooklyn 10-3. Pacific Coast Los Angeles 1-2, Seattle 12-1. San Francisco 1-8, Portland 0-0. San Diego 2-11, Hollywood 0-1. Sacramento 4-7, Oakland 1-0 (First game 10 Innings). r S From where I sit . . . When you consider the new prod nets we've seen developed in oar time . . . you'd think that just abont everything- worth while in the world was Invented la the last few years. It's kind of refreshing, for a change, to find out that some pleas ant things in our modern life date way back to ancient days. For Instance I read the oth.r day about a piece of pottery some scientists dug up in Mesopotamia. On the pottery was a picture of two brewery workers making beer. That picture was 6,000 years old! Too know, that's something to think about Be.r.6,000 years ago! I wonder if it tasted anything like the good lager beer I hare sent ap to the house every now and then. Somewhere else, I read that beer came over on the Mayflower la fact, if I remember right, a ehort age of beer was on. of th. reasons If o. 43 of a Series Tonight srNOpsys or asmual statement of IK. GIBRALTAR FIKE AND MA RINE INSIBANOB COMPANY, of Niw York. Ifl th Stat f Nw York on th tblrtr-ftral dar of Docombor, 11.1, mad. to th laouraae CommlMlonor of tho Stat of Or.goa. purruaal to law: Capital Amount of capital atch paid ap I1..M..M... laeonmo Not praminma rocolvod dar la. tho roar !'-! l.lTtOI 11 Iatrat, dlvldonda and ronta raclvd daring th roar IT 1IT.IIT.II lacomo from ethr aonrea roetlvtd daring th rar ll-ll ll.MI.IT Total Ineema It.lTl.lll.ll nuhnraomowta Not looMa paid during th roar Including adjuatmont oxponooa K-ll ITI.lll.M Cemmlaalona and aalarloa paid during tha roar 1.-17-11.. 1 Tll.lll.ll Taa.a, llconaaa and faaa paid during tha yaar II .. II.KI.II Dividend. p.ld on oapltal atoek during tha roar II 141.111.01 Amount of all othor xp.nea ll-b-!l-!!-II-!-!T-SI-ll i-4i it.. let i Total axpondlturoa 41 ...II, Admitted Aoaofa Valu of ral .tat owaad (markot valu.) . Loan, on mortgag.a and collateral, ate avaluo of bonda ownad (amortl..d 4-11 1, V.luo of .tooka owaod markot valu.) 4-40A .... 1, Ca.h In bank, and oa hand 1141) 1-4 Promluma In roura. of col lection written .Inc. Sep tember 10, 1141 la-l lntereet and ronta due and acoru.d ....14 Oth.r twli (n.t) 011,111.11 - . .I0I.MT.4I Ttl.4IT.41 1ST.III.1I UT.tll.H K.T1I.0I Total admitted auet. 41 11,111,111.44 Llabllltle Orow clalma for loaaee un paid 14-11 IH.Tlt.TI Amount of unearned promt ami on all outetandlnglng rlaka 11-11 1.TI0.1II.0I Due for commtsalon and brok.r.g. -! 10.001.01 All oth.r llabllltlaa II 11.014 40 Total llabllltle aic.pt capital II l.lll.lll.TI Capital pa!6 op It 11.000,000.00 Surplu. a v.r all HabtlltL. II . Tll.7IT.il Surplua aa rogarda pollcr- holdera II I1.T1I.74T 41 Total IT II 11.714 14 Bualneee la Oregon For Th Yar Net promluma received dur ing the rear 11,717.11 N.t loue. paid during tha r.ar 1.711.41 Nam. of Company. Tho Gibraltar Fir a llarln ln.uranco Company. 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