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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1942. Sport Graphs o Billy Hulen Says: Poll Sees Need For More Sports In Grade Schools That the American ' public is strongly aware of the need for an Improved system of athletic training in the elementary schools of the United States is born out by the monthly sports poll conducted by Esquire maga zine, the August issue of which is now on sale. To the question: Do you think it is of paramount, import' ance to the country that a strong, comprehensive, nation wide physical culture program be Immediately instituted in all elementary schools?", 85.01 per cent of the total vote answered in the affirmative. "It is obvious that proper phy- sical training in the grade school ages can accomplish more good than in the high schools and colleges," a release from the magazine stated, "and yet the early-age program has been the most neglected." This is undoubtedly true ia general throughout the nation, but it certainly isn't here in Medford, where all four ot the grade schools have cap able coaches and the young boys receive thorough train ing in basketball, football, track and baseball, along with gymnastics and other forms of physical education. Med ford's program could well serve as a pattern for the im proved system needed. The current Esquire poll pro vides some Interesting answers to questions of timely import ance. Following are the ques tions and answers: "Do you believe that the rules that bar competition be tween amateur and professional athletes should be waived dur ing the war?" The answer: 92.32 per cent yes. "Do you believe that the training of the athletic field produces in a superlative degree the attributes of a soldier?' " or, "Do you believe that the periods devoted to such sports as foot ball constitute 'an outrageous waste of time? " The answer: 93.78 rjer cent for thn first mip. 1 tion, 8.22 per cent for the end. "Are athletes like Joe Louis and Bob Feller of more value to the country helping raise re lief funds than In serving on the firing line?" The answer: 78.92 per cent yes. "Aviation requiring special nervous and muscular sensitivi ties, what sport best contributes to proficiency in this vital new field?" Answer: tennis, 24.48 per cent. "Since ether sports are con tinuing their championships, do you think the U. S. ama teur and U. S. open golf cham pionships should be reinstated next year?" Answer) (8.31 per cent yes. "Does the annual big league all-star game indicate league superiority as well as the world aeries?" Answer: 68.41 per cent no. 'Is it better relaxation for men In the services to partici pate in sports than to be spec tators as sporting events?" Answer: 72. 58 per cent yes. "Do you believe that correct form is as Important a factor In fishing as In other sports?" Answer: 52.44 per cent no. "With England curtailing sports additionally since the rise of Sir Stafford Cripps, do you think America should fol low suit?" Answer: 88.29 per cent no. ARMSTRONG KO'S ENEMY IN THIRD Sacramento. July 21 (.'I") Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles Negro who formerly held three world's titles, appeared in cham pionship form last night as he won a third round technical knockout over Joe Ybarra, Oak land, In a bout scheduled for 10 rounds. Armstrong cut his opponent badly about the fare and ptim meled Ybarra with a vicious body attack. Armstrong weighed 148. Ybarra 146. Fights Last Night (By the Associated Press) Sacramento, Calif. Henry Armstrong, 148, Los Angeles, won by technical knockout over Joe Ybarra, 146, Oakland (3). Baltimore Slugger White, 1 3 t 4 , Baltimore, outpointed Billy Davis, 134sa. Mlnersvllle. Pi. (10). Chicago Charley Eagle, 175V4, Waterbury, Conn , out pointed Alius Allen, 190, Chi cago (10). Johnny CHICAGO GOLFER 71 Pros Practice While Ama teurs Qualify 72-Hole Grind Starts on Thursday. By Cayle Talbot Chicago, July 21 The Tam O'Shanter golf tournament went its free, untrammeled and virtually uncontrolled way to day with the amateurs trying tholr best to qualify for the shooting proper, which begins tomorrow. After tomorrow, of course. comes the deluge, when ama teurs and professionals will be come so Inextricably mixed for a period of days that it will take a certified public account ant to determine who is in front. But for the moment, the oma teurs: Late yesterday, when the sun already had dimmed over Tam O'Shanter and everybody was ready to go home, Johnny Leh man of Chicago, who won the Western Amateur back in 10'JO, came chuffing in with a score of 71 to lead the field at the e.id of the first round. This was one blow under par, and perhaps it gave an insight into the present amateur golf situation. There I no stand-out amateur golfer today. That is: no Bobby Jonej, no Lawson Little. There are a lot of good ones, but none holding an edge over the field when he starts. Gilbert Second A single stroke behind Leh man as the second round of the amateur qualifying test started were Bill Gilbert of Columbus, Henry Bowbeer of Chicago, Bob Cochran of St. Louis, Frank Stranahan of Toledo, and Johnny Goodman of Omaha. Each shot a par 72 yesterday. Outside of Goodman, who won .he Na tional Open in 1033 and the National Amateur in 1937, the names will not register, as a rule. Somehow, the professionals pm tn hv won tha ascend- wc-iency in golf. The money play - ers draw the crowd. Yesterday, while the amateurs were doing their earnest best to qualify In their own department of this in exDllcable tournament, the pros drew the galleries, though they were only practicing. The pros do not start playing, really, until Thursday. Today it was a case of the amateurs completing their qual ifying rounds, with the low e entering match play tomorrow. On Tluusdnv everybody pros ond amateurs alike will 'iegln play in the Tam O Shenter u hole open tournament. BEVOSTSEATTLE PLAY THIS WEEK (By Associated Press) San Francisco, San Diego and Seattle are In a close race this week for a safe upper division rating in Pacific Coast league baseball. The Seals, in third-place by a one-point margin over the two other teams tied for fourth, open an important scries to night against Oakland at Emery ville. Sacramento's league - leading hitters are expected to provide lively entertainment for their guests, the San Diego Padres, contenders for a better upper division foothold. Seattle will try to Improve Its position at the expense of the visiting Portland club which blanked a Fort Lewis nine, 5 to 0. last night in a benefit exhibition contest at Portland. The newly-estab!iihed leuderr of the league, the Los Angelts Angels, are slated to show Hol lywood fans a whirlwind dis play of what it takes to play pace-setting baseball. Scores Yesterday (By the Associated Press) National League Brooklyn 8, Pittsburgh 0. (Only major league game). Western International Spokane 6, Salem 10. Tacoma 5, Vancouver 18. Clowns tuna tor Clamd Ads I m loo lata to Claaalty IS SO POISON OAK? Try a bottle of ZEMACOL Vao malt ra aatl.fles er four monr) rhmfiilly reruniM nrt a aoltk kxU a MtSItRN IHHIt't. Lehman Mixup At I- mt fit ,.:t Roy Weatherly (right, behind umolre), Cleveland centeriielder, grounded out to Buddy Hassett (left), Yankee first baseman, in the second inning of the game at New York. Hassett gobbled up Weatherly's bouncer and won the race to first base, although Yankee pitcher Ernie Bonham (20), hustled over to be in on the play. Umpire Joe Rue calls the out. Durst And Martin To Boss Coast Loop Ail-Star Clubs Los Angeles, July 21 OP) Ced Durst of San Diego has been named to manage the southern the north in the Pacific Coast Leagues annual north-south all star baseball game at Hollywood the night of Aug. '3. Los Angeles has received the heaviest representation on the southern star team with nine. and San Francisco drew four, Hollywood three and San Diego two. Bill Sweney of Los An geles will be the coach. Sacramento and Seattle land ed the bulk of the northern out fit, the former getting seven and the Rainiers six, with Oak land having four and Portland one. Bill Skiff of Seattle will be the coach. Here are the squads as an nounced today by the man agers: South Pitchers: Gehrman and Prim, Los Angeles; Bittner, Hollywood, and Gibson, San Francisco. Catchers: Todd, Los Angeles: Ogrodowskl, San Francisco, and Brenzel, Hollywood. Infielders: First base. Walt kus, Los Angeles; second base, Hughes, Los Angeles; third base. Mayo Los Angeles; shortstop, Hoover, Hollywood; Utility. Calvey, San Diego, and Schus ter, Los Angeles. Outfielders: Left field, Hodgin. San Francisco; center field, Ol sen, Los Angeles; right field, Moore. Los Angeles; Utility, Mazzera. San Diego, and Lewis. San Francisco. North Pitchers: Turpln and Barrett. Seattle; Beers. Sacramento, and Freitas, Sacramento. Catchers: Mueller, Sacramen to: Ralmondl, Oakland, and Col lins, Seattle. Infields: First base. Sturdy. Sacramento: second base Luby. Oakland; third base, Mesner. Sacramento: shortstop, Browne. Portland: Utility. Rlgney, Oak land, and Gvselman, Seattle. Outfielders: Left field. White. Seattle: Center field. Adams. Sacramento; right field, Garms Sacramento': Utility. ' Mailho. Oakland, and Mathewson, Se- attle. UOWTHEY STASD (By Associated Press) Paciile Coast Won Lost Pel .632 .602 .510 .509 .509 .42.". .4 2 1 .304 Los Angeles.... 67 Sacramento 65 San Francisco 53 San Diego 56 Seattle 54 39 43 51 54 52 64 2 63 Hollywood Oaklr.nd .... -.47 ...45 ...41 Portland .... National Won Lost 62 27 Pet .89? Brooklyn St. Louis. Cincinnati New York 54 47 46 41 32 41 43 45 48 58 63 .628 .534 .317! .477, .478 .398' .276 Pittsburgh Chicago 44 Boston -.37 Philadelphia 24 American League Unchanged A Farm Security Administra tion survey In rural areas of 17 states discloses that only four persons in every 100 are in top notch physical condition Bad I teeth were the most common i defects uncovered. Leads Amateurs First Base 7 team and "PeDDer" Martin F 11TH WIN AFTER ONE DAY'S REST , By Judson Bailey Associated Press Sports Writer. Baseball has been turned into a game of blind man's buff in the last two or three days and the average fan is "it." Nobody can tell where a ball player will pop up next. First Buddy Rosar fled the New York Yankees and they got hold of Rollie Hemsley quicker than you could find a Cincin natl-New York train in a time table. T'len Eric McNair..who had been sold bv Detroit, to Wash ington, and suppostedly ,Uit baseball, was sold instead to the Philadelphia Athletics and decided top lay some more. And last niKht Lefty Larry French, the Jovial veteran who usually starts a ga.ne about once in 10 days, went to the mound in Pittsburgh on one day's rest and hurled a five-hit 5-0 shutout for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Pirates. All other teams in both major leagues were idle yesterday. There are only a total of 258, 000 buses; street elevated and cles In the U. S. There are 145, buses: street, elevated and sub subway cars number 33.000 and railway coaches, sleepers and lounge cars account for the re- mai"'ng 78 0, C Mall Trlbuna want ads. CARLOAD Blacksmith Coal Now Here Bergman's Shop 118 South Bartlett I . j r3V : ! wis. . m 4 HOSPITALITY - In the HEART of PORTLAND Conttnlance Courtesy The Newly Remodeled PARK AVENUE HOTEL 623 S. W. Park. Portland Pttarfcre bath li st ta S3 54. frith bath Sl.TS m woo. teg pi-.ri BEN O. CRIMSON Manager SOCKEYE DEFEATS PRINCE TO EARN "ANGEL" FRACAS It will be Sockeye Jack Mc Donald versus Maurice "The Angel" Tillet, monstrous French man, In the main event of next Monday night's armory wrestl ing program. This was deflnately and ir revocably determined In front of a huge crowd of mat maniacs last night when McDonald de feated his arch enemy. Prince Selaki Mihalikis, in 20 minutes of slam-bang, spine tingling action. There was only one fall In the match, and McDonald was its owner. With first one and then the other pachyderm seemingly on the verge of pinning his op ponent through some 19 minutes of struggling, McDonald finally crashed his fist into the Mihali kis ribs and that was all there was. Hurt badly, the Prince was utterly unable to continue, as much as he wanted to, and the fall and match was awarded to the big, ex-logger from Washing ton. The victory was especially sweet to McDonald, not alone because it earned him the desired chance to face 'The Angel" and come in for a big piece of change. The match was the "rub ber" one between Sockeye and Mihalikis, each having beaten the other in two previous clash es. Besides, neither grappler likes each other. Pedro Brazil, the South Amer ican heavyweight titleist, took the seml-windup from Weed's Pete Belcastro, two falls to one, In a dramatic contest that per haps, was the best match on the card. A series of shoulder butts and a body press, following a punch fest in the first round, gave Bra zil the initial tumble. Belcastro, seething with anger and employing plenty of illeg itimate tactics, evened the count in the third round with a re sounding dropktck to Brazil's chin, followed by a press. This dropkick business back fired on Belcastro, however, In the fourth stanza, and as a re sult the handsome Brazil picked up the marbles. Pete fired a ter rific double-leg belt that Brazil just managed to avoid, and Pete landed squarely on his back. Stunned, he lay there while Brazil clambered on top for the third and deciding fall. Irish Jim Casey and Joe Buc cola wrestled to a clean . and scientific draw In the opener, both men employing many spectacular holds. Officials of the Medford Ath letlc association announced to day that the first game of next week-end's two-game series be tween the Medford Craters and the Grants Pass Merchants would be played at the fair grounds park here Saturday night at 9 o'clock, with the second tilt slated for Grants Pass at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. Both games were originally trvtce Attractm Bates ICJgLj till sail fwi HOTEL CORNELIUS 833 8. W. Park. Portland rwtarnte bath II M ta II 0 with bath ti.se t fs.se, iwth lotala locatae la tha tarr Htr or roiTLtso ciom u shops aa Uuatraa In Tarn scheduled to be played in Grants Pass, in a Sunday doubleheader. It was explained, however, that Grants Pass officials had re quested the first fracas to be transferred to Medford. Both will be Oregon-California league games. Manager Dutch Lieber of the Craters is spending part of this week in the San Francisco bay area. He ia expected to return Friday or Saturday. Reiser and Gordon Cling to Bat Leads But Race Gets Warm New York, July 21 (VP) The major leagues may not be hav ing much in the way of pennant races at the moment, but the competition for the battine. crowns is wide open. In the past week big Ernie Lombard! of the Boston Braves, who won the National league batting championship in 1938, has risen to challenge seriously the leadership of Brooklyn's Pete Reiser while Ted Williams of Boston is not on the heels of Joe Gordon, the flash of the New York Yankees in the Amer ican league. Reiser, out for several days because of a head injury suf fered at St. Louis, has a mark of .250 with Lombardi Just five points behind and Joe Medwick, also a former champion, still witiiin range at .33s. Gordon's pace-setting average in the American is .344, seven points better than Williams. Bobby Doerr of Boston is hang ing onto third with .333, but teammate Johnny Pesky has sprung up as a challenger with .328. FOR KILLING DEER Clayton R. Kreiger of the Trail district, charged with un lawful possession of deer meat, entered a plea of guilty and was fined $25 and costs in Jus tice court yesterday. Kreiger, who shot the deer while it was running across a field, was ar rested by a state police game warden. Austin L. Pond, charged with violation of the basic rule, was fined $10 and costs. He was travelling 65 miles per hour on the Pacific highway near Gold Hill. Gerald R. Yowell, charged with being intoxicated on the Jacksonville highway, was fined 820 and costs, on a plea of guilty. Franklin J. Hude, Medford, charged with theft of clothing, was given a 30 days sentence in the county Jail. Roy R. Linderman, Shady Cove, charged with non-possession of an operator's license, was fined $1.50 and costs. TEN HIGH Lika o sun-mellowed poch . yar aftir year, after y" aftar year V Expect a thrill-you'U get one when you try today's Ten High! Vi'e've "plussed" this famous whiskey... aJ Jed an extra birthday to It . . . given it a rich bonus of extra flavpr, a bonus of extra mellowness. Now it's here! The "bonus yar" Its Iich-s whiskey so "super" in n try usy that you'll doubt your palate the first time you taste it! Yes, now more than ever, you'll find DoubU Your tnjoymtni in the whiskey w ith " rough tdgti." Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 86 proof. Copr. 1942, Hiram Walker ft Sons lot, Peoria, Illinois. THE WHISKEY WITH "NO ROUGH EDGES" O'Shanter Open Lumbering Catalinas Write Heroic Story In Aleutian Battle By Keith Wheelos (Copyright, 1942, Chicago Times, Inc.) AT SEA WITH PACIFIC FLEET, June 18 (Delayed) Some day when the Japs are driven out of Kiska and the Aleutians are blocked as a road to conquest, the people concerned with such things will find time to hang medals on the men flying and fighting this command's Catalina flying boats. In a war where bravery is i commonplace there has been nothing to excell the stubborn courage with which this handful of men drove the brash Jap back from Dutch Harbor and is now pounding day and night at his bases on barren Kiska and Attu. There were few Catalinas here when the battle began nearly two weeks ago and if there are more today the reason is not that the crews made prudent use of their lives and planes. Everyday new planes arrive to replace the fallen. They may as well prepare to make many posthumous awards. Losses Heavy In Ack-Ack Fire As might have been expected, the losses have been heavy heavier than the censor would care to let me say. Everybody who knew anything about it knew the Catalinas would have tough going against anti-aircraft and Jap fighting planes. The Catalina is the navy's PBY, a huge, magnificently dur able and far ranging airplane, ideal for long patrols and rough landings in these uneasy waters. But you can't have everything. They're big and slow too and big slow airplanes make nice targets for the opposition. The Catalinas began to catch It from the first flight of Jap bombers to drop on Dutch Har bor. One was taking off when the bombers came in but he never got free of the water. A maruading zero cut him up with machine gun fire, killed two men, wounded a third and set the plane afalre as it ran aground. During the first day another Catalina was forced down at sea and abandoned 15 miles from shore. Next day another was shot down in flames off Unalaska, her crew dead at their stations. Still another went hunting for the Jap carriers hiding in the jnist and didn't come home. Two days later a patrol boat found pieces of wreckage and the pilot's floating body off Scotch Cay on Unlmak Island. He had got In the way of a machinegun burst and there wasn't much left of him. In the first 48 hours of the invasion the Catalinas landed only when too tattered to fly any longer or when they ran out ot fuel. Pi Many Go Into Fog Never To Return Many flew out into the fog and never came back. One was disabled at sea and when the chew landed and launched their rubber crash boat the zeros machinegunned the American fliers on the water. In the third day the battle moved westward. The Catalinas drummed through the murky sky hour after hour seeking to re establish contact with the Jap carriers, then hanging out some where in a snowstorm on the face of a cold front below Se guam Island. That day they began to carry torpedoes aboard planes not even designed for the relatively easier Job of toting bombs. One Cat was disabled trying to bomb a carrier from 1,700 feet. As might have been expect ed the ack-ack got him and car ried away most of one engine installation. Another ran into formation of zeros near Egg Is land and went down in flames. A Catalina sleuthed back and forth through patches and fin gers of fog until he found one carrier. Thereafter, he stuck to the enemy like a process served despite the pestering zeros. He stayed until the attack shot away his rudder and later crashed at sea. Sampus Activities At University Win Be Shown in Films Motion pictures of all types of campus activity at the "University of Oregon will be shown at the Lincoln grade school August 4 by a group representing the Oregon Federation. Coming here will be John War ren, varsity football coach; How ard Hobson, varsity basketball mentor; Les Anderson, student body president and Don Walker, head of the federation. In charge of arrangements of the program, which will be open to the public, is Robert Newland of Medford. America's most successful communistic experiment took place at Economy, north of Pittsburgh on the Ohio river. It was founded by the Harmony Society in 1825. a : l Si 15 I PINT SO20 mm qi'art thli whiskey U 4 yean old v 1 , " r. I H
