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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON,. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1942. "The Angel," Huge Frenchman, Grapples Jack McDonald Tonight TILLET'S FIRST PULLKGCROWD Belcastro And Corbett Meet In Center Match Casey, Brazil In Opener. Along about 9:30 tonight Sockeye Jack McDonald will climb through the ring ropes at the Medford armory to lace the man he has waited two long years to meet again Maurice The Angel" Tillet, 269-pound French mat monstrosity, the greatest drawing card In Amer ican wrestling circles. McDonald and "The Angel will collide in the one-hour main event of a program almost certain to pack the armory to the ratters. Promoter Mack Lillard warns reserved seat cus tomers to obtain their tickets as soon as possible, and general admission fans to get to the armory early, lest there be no more seats available come 8:30, at which time the opening match will get under way. The Angel," making his first appearance in southern Oregon already holds one win over Mc Donald, the 211-pound ex-Ta coma logger and current top man In the Medford-Klamath Falls mat circuit. Two years ago. In Minneapolis, Minn., Til let broke a McDonald winning streak of IS matches employing a terrific bear hug to almost crush the life out of Sockeye, and the latter, ever since, has yearned to once more get a crack at the gigantic French man. Jack Confident He gets that chance tonight, and in his own words: "I'll whip Tillet this time, and no fool ing." McDonald is supremely confident he can accomplish this task, and he plans to do it by simply hammering the big guy into submission. The remainder of the card is top stuff. Pete Belcastro is slated to go against Joe Corbett in the six-round semi-wlndup, and Irish Jim Casey is sched uled for a four-rounder against Pedro Braril, the handsome South American champion, "The Angel" Gets Checkup TV' A J. .--'v.. v , Maurice "The Angel" Tillet, who clashes with Sockeve Jack McDonald in the main event of tonight's armory mat program, is mown aoove receiving a pnysicai examination by a pbyncian prior io supping into me ring ior one or nil past matcnes. The Angel is known as "the world s ugliest wrestler." Nelson Collapses On Final Round To Tie Clay Heafner By CJAYLE TALBOT Chicago, July 37 (P) Byron Nelson, shaken by one of the most amaginz collapses In the history of big-time eolf. went out bleakly today to battle Clayton Heafner of Linville, N. C, In an 18-hole playoff for $2,900 first money on the Tarn O' Shanter ouen tournament. The starting time was noon PWT. Nelson, the tall ex-Texan, was Portland, July 27. AP Six foot six inch Hank Anderson walked into the army recruiting office here Saturday and an nounced, "I want to be a buck private." Out came the tape measure, nd recruiters said he could Just t.uee-3 under maximum height regulations. Previously - And-r-son, Baker high school coach and former University of Oregon bas ketball star, had been rejected by the air corps because of his height. As it Is, he will be the tallest recruit from this area. At Oregon Anderson claimed eve. i one more inch of height. "Maybe I've shrunk since then," he said, "or maybe It's Just that I've sagged in the knees from the worry of coaching." ( WC W JW-AtlfSF MM IMS I BDtffi aj EimEFDRirEPHICAED hi - in . .. woebegone figure, and a lot of exceptionally smart money had been bet overnight that he would lose to Heafner, the blond giant who won the Ha honlng valley tournament at Gerard, Ohio, a few weeks ago with an astonishing 72-hole to tal of 264. It was a crusher what hap pened to Nelson yesterday. One of the world i greatest golfers, he shot a miserable 77 over a course whose true par Is about 70, to dissipate a lead that had looked Impregnable and finish in a tie with Heafner, each with 280 strokes for the four rounds. Heifner, having posted an or dinary 72 on hia final round, and harboring no real hope of anything better than second or third money, became one of pos sibly 30,000 spectators who watched almost unbellevedly as Nelson blew sky-high in the course of a stretch duel with Lawson Little. Nelson started the day five strokes in front of Haefner; eight ahead of Little. He was considered to be "in," the clos ing round to be a mere formal ity. Yet when they began trying to move the record golf crowd out of Tarn O'Shanter last night the scoreboard read: Nelson 280. Heafner 280, Little 281. No body else was even close. Hurry Nettlebladt of Avon. Conn., held the next place all by himself at 284. IN NET TOURNEY Seattle. July 27 W Cali fornia's tourl. g tennis troupe, which has won virtually every title in Oregon and Washington the past three weeks, headed for Spokane and the Inland Empire championship tournament today after taking six of ten crowns at the annual Washington state meet here yesterday. The Spo kt.ie show will open Wednesday and close Saturday. Nick Carter. San Francisco, became one of the few triple champions of this area when he won the Washington men's sin gles title yesterday, defeating Harry Roche, also of San Fran cisco. 7 8, 8-1, 8-2. Carter .won the Pacific northwest men's sin gles crown at Tacoma last week and the Oregon state men's sin gles title at Portland the week before. E Albany, July 27 (JP The Eugene Athletics pounded Duke Windsor, Albany's imported pitcher, for 12 runs In' three in nings here Sunday to defeat the ALCOS 12-3 in a state league b seball game. The victory gave Eugene a two-game lead over the idle second-place Portland Firemen and eliminated Albany from the pennant race. Silver ton's double loss at Bend over the week-end also eliminated the Red Sox from the champion ship campaign. Score: R. H. 6. Eugene . 12 13 0 Albany 8 14 7 Miller and Bishop, G. Kelsay; Windsor, Eagleson and Bennet'. Bend, July 27. (At The Bend Loggers defeated the Sil verton Red Sox twice in state league baseball games here this ! week-end. j The Loggers took a 8-7 decis ! Ion yesterday when John Dr.y, Sllverton pitcher, walked In the winning run In the tenth inning The Saturday night victory was in a slugfrst, IS to 8. Sunday's score: Sllverton 7 11 4 Bend .. 8 12 2 Day and Rlesgo; Ho,utchens, ? atch and Carlson. CARDS, DODGERS OPEN THREE-TILT SHOWDOWN TODAY "Bums" Mp Pirates Twice While Cards Split With Braves Reds Win Pair, By Austin Bealmear Associated Press Sports Writer The St. Louis Cardinals, about the only outfit able to make things Interesting for Brooklyn, wheeled into Ebbetts field to day for a three-round showdown of Durocher'f darlings. "hj pace-setters coasted up to the Important series yesterday by stopping the Pittsburgh Pi rates twice without dipping into the big four of their pitching staff, while second-place St. Louis split with the Boston Braves and slipped back another notch, seven lengths behind. Today the Dodgers planned to lead with their ace. Lefty Larry French, who has rested exactly a week. The Dodgers nipped the Pi rates, 3-2 and 5-3, scoring all the runs they needed in the first three innings of each game. After two weeks in Casev Stengel's canine cottage for loafing on the mound, Tom Earlev came out ana stopped the Cardinals cold as he pitched the Braves to a 9-2 decision in the first game, but the Cardinals took the second. 5-3, with the help of some nifty relief hurling by Harry Gumbert. Cincinnati regained third place by whipping the New Yorit Giants, 6-2 and z-l. ana arop ping them back into the four- spot At Fhlladelpnia, tnree nomc runs in one game Dy aicner Clyde McCulIough couldn't keep the Phils from turning back the Chicago Cubs, 4-3 and 6-1. Yanks Cop In the American league, the New York Yankees downed the Detroit Tigers, S-2, in the only single game of the day. Denny Galehouse pitcnea tne Browns to a 9-2 decision in tne first game, while the heavy hit ting of George McQuinn carried the Brownies througn, . in the nightcap. Sid Hudson of the Washington Senators blanked the Cleveland Indians, 2-0, in the first game, but the tribue bounced back In the second, 7-1, with Bus Mills producing a triple and tnree singles. The Chicago White Sox ana Philadelphia Athletics split. Chicago winning the opener for Ted Lyons, 2-1, on a triple by Joe Kuhel and a single by Bob Kennedy in the ninth and Phila drlphta taking the second, 3-2 in 10 innings, with Luman Hams tossing a four-hitter and Dec Miles singling home the winning tally. El Salvador, with an area of only 13,000 square miles, is the smallest country on tne Amer ican continents. CARLOAD Blacksmith Goal Now Here Bergman's Shop 118 South Bartlett Closing tim for Clusifim Aria s i. ra Too ui to Cluury u se WATER WELL DRILLING NkW 41. 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The triple victory gave the Rainiers all seven games of the series with the tail spinning Beavers. , The Rainiers collected 12 bin gles in the opener yesterday while Larry Guay was holding the Beavers to six scattered safeties in the opener, then scored four runs off six singles, a walk and an error in the night cap as Carl Fischer handcuffed the Portlanders with three hits in seven innings. Scores: Portland 2 6 0 Seattle 6 J 2 0 Liska and Leovich; Guay and Beard. . Portland ; 0 3 1 Seattle 4 7 0 Schubel and Mayer; Fischer and Beard. Scores Yesterday By The Associated Press Pacific Coast League San Francisco 7-0 Oakland 3-10. Los Angeles 7-1 Hollywood 4-9 (1st game 11 innings) San Diego 6-2 Sacramento 2-4 (2nd game 8 innings) Portland 2-0 Seattle 4-6 . National Pittsburgh 2-3 Brooklyn 3-3 St. Louis 2-9 Boston 3-3 Chicago 3-1 Philadelphia 4-6 Cincinnati 6-2 New York 2-1 American New York 9 Detroit 2 Philadelphia 1-3 Chicago 2-2 (2nd game 10 innings) Boston 2-3 St. Louis 8-4 Washington 2-1 Cleveland 0-7 Dm MsU Trlbuns not ads. I T ,11-0 4 6 10 16 .778 .667 .444 111 Oregon-California League W. L. Pet. Medford ..14 Klamath Falls....l2 Dorris 8 Grants Pass 2 Week-End Results (Saturday Night) At Medford S, Grants Pass 1 At Klamath Falls 14, Dorris 8 (Sunday Afternoon) At Grants Pass 0, Medford 11 At Klamath Falls 7, Dorris 10 (10 innings) Jim Snyder, released by Dor ris Saturday and signed by the Medford Carters Sunday mor ning, turned In a glittering four- hit victory over the Grants Pass Merchants at Grants Pass yesterday afternoon in the sec ond game of the two club' two game Oregon-California league series. The Craters copped the opener here Saturday night, 9 to 1. Snyder, lefthander, fanned five and kept the Merchants handcuffed at all times. Two of the four Grants Pass hits were of the scratchy variety. Snyder received husky bat ting support from his Crater mates, who pounded two Mer chant pitchers. Bob Gehring and Steve Crippen, for 16 blows, including a double by Norm Worthley. Every Crater player hit at least once, with Paul Hoffard collecting three for five and Fawcett. Worthley, Manager Dutch Lieber, Waite and Lange each getting a pair of bingles. Crippen, who was released by the Craters following Saturday nights game in order, according to Manager Lieber. "to make a better deal for himself with Grants Pass," worked the last four frames for the Merchants and was rocked for nine hits and five runs. Bob Gehring fung the first five frames for the losers and yielded seven hits and six runs to be charged with the defeat. Medford pushed over four runs in the second, two in the third, one in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth. The four Grants Pas hit weer made by Clayton, E. Clark, George Gitzen and Geh ring. Score: Medford 11 16 2 Grants Pass 0 4 7 Snyder and Worothley; Geh ring, Crippen and G. Gitzen. HARRY GIVAN TAKES WASHINGTON TOURNEY Olympla, July 27 VP) Harry Givan, of Seattle, the former Walker cup player, won the Washington state amateur golf championship yesterday in competition with the largest field in tournament history. The beer with the h 4 frit i n TheWest'sWvlte, x because it's a flavor hill Westerners like ACME be cause it's "the beer with the high I. Q." Qutncbayout thirst. . . quickly. . . zestfully I Order Acme . . . today. ACME BRJWIBJIS Smm frmmthm toy WAR SAVINGS aONDS STAMPS : TO. 1, .. t -71 ft. I w 'esj-W Lost River Dairy, Inc., Medford Distributers MEMO TO ADVERTISERS A.B.C. 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