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PAGE FOUR 4 COAST PLAYERS CHOSEN IN DRAFT BY BIGLEAGUES Luby, Schanz, Carnett, Ep perly Are Selected Bid ding is Lackadaisical. By Tommy Devine (United Press Correspondent) Chicago, Nov. 2. (U.R) Major league baseball club owners to day showed a reluctance to take long range gamble on playing talent for the 1944 season. The annual "draft" meeting with Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis yesterday failed to de velop the expected wide-open . bidding for athletes to pad the majors' rosters against military service calls. A total of 15 play ers were selected by eight clubs. A year ago at the meeting 20 players were taken and in 1941 there were 17 called. While admittedly the quality of players on the selection list of the nine minor leagues that ooperated last season was below par, most observers thought the majors would welcome a chance to add new faces at bargain "prices. Club owners apparently did not wish to gamble on the un certainty of players reporting next spring and general hazards that surround the game's war time continuance. Giants Taka Four The New York Giants were the .llvllest bidder in the draft mart, selecting four players. The Giants, who finished In the cellar last season fo the first time since 1915, stated their re-building by selecting First Baseman Phil Welntraub from Toledo; Hugh Luby, a second baseman from Oakland; Ewald Pyle, southpaw pitcher from Minneapolis, and George Haus man, New Orleans inflelder. The Philadelphia Phil, the Boston Braves, the. Detroit Tig era and the Chicago White Sox each selected two players, while ingle selections were made by the Boston Red Sox, the St. Louis Browns and the Brooklyn Dodgers. TKa Phil. tisrsV Pitcher Charles Chanz from San Diego and Sec ond Baseman cnanea Licnas from Toronto; the Braves, Out fielder Chet Wleczprek from Columbus and Pitcher Ira Hut chinson from . Rochester; the Tigers, Inflelder Eddie Mayo from Louisville and Joe Orengo from St. Paul; the White Sox, Outfielder Eddie Carnett from Seattle and Pitcher Al Epperly from San Francisco; the Browns, Catcher Henry Helf of Milwau kee; tho Red Sox, Pitcher Clemens Hausman of Kansas City, and the Dodgers, Inflelder Oil English of Indianapolis. The 14 players drafted from the double A clubs cost $7,500 aach and the one from a class A league, $6,000. . The total out lay for talent was $111,000. Nine of the 15 'J chosen are former majo; srs com ing back for anotner chance In the big show. . Closing tuna (or Sunday Too Late to Classify, 5:30 Saturday aiurnoon. Pie 34 remember. LET YOUR HEART DECIDE China's chDdien, bom to uffc& lug. Deed your kelp. United Giim Relief U ono of 17 Na tional War Fund agencies help Ins our Sghting men aad valiant ailiea. Give one for all ihoM mnd our otro community's noada -Cm) generouftlynaiiow. MEDFORD COMMUNITY & WAR CHEST A Message From the Bakers of vte Ned Irish Forced To Reduce Garden Slate To 16 Nights Br Jek Cuddf United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Nov. 2 U.R Ned Irish, acting president of Mad ison Square Garden, today reproached the calendar for limit ing him to IS basketball dates during the approaching season, which, he predicts, will be the Irish, sometimes known as "Mr. Basketball," deplored his lack of dates, after making bis first announcement of the cam Havana team would play at the Havana tea mwould play at the Garden on Christmas day. The 38-year-old prexy said: "Everything points, to unprece dented basketball activity and enthusiasm throughout the coun try this season. And here am I with a calendar into which I can squeeze only 16 dates. Last season, I managed to get In 19. But Sonja Heine's Ice show Is taking an extra week this time, and the dog show and other at tractions extended their stays. There Just aren't enough days on the calendar." Why does Irish expect, such activity in the hoop game, when other sports like college foot ball and college baseball have been curtailed because of the war? The falr-sklnned, baldlah Im presario of the dribble diver tissement explained, "Only a few colleges have given up bas ketball. Take our metropolitan area for example. Normally there are 10 colleges playing the game in the New York sector. Only two of them have quit for the duration. Meanwhile, there will be more service teams than before and more teams repre senting war plants and clubs. "Colleges generally continue to play basketball because it re quires far less manpower than football and a minimum of equipment. Squads of nine or ten men are sufficient in basket ball, whereas about 35 are nor mal m football. Moreover. there's not much of a problem in transportation for the small basketball squads. Meanwhile the game in high schools is be ing encouraged by the govern ment because It is an excellent conditioner, for . future service men." COAST BALL LOOP Oakland, Cal.. Nov. 2. fU.Fn The Pacific Coast league will run for 32 weeks, from April IS to Sept. 17, next season under the plan adopted yesterday by league directors holding their winter meeting here. The schedule calls for 169 games, compared with the 1S5 games played this season. The two-week extension was made on anticipation of increased busi ness by club officials. The Shaughnessy playoffs will be continued, with the playoff money for the first four clubs to be maintained at $12,500. All members of the league. except San Francisco, indicated they would play baseball every night except Saturdays and Sun days as a result of the lifting of dimout regulations. BOWLING In City league games Monday night Office Boys defeated M and M, 3 to 0 (O. Barr 587, O. Barr 220), Signal OH defeated Medford MDlworkers, 2 to 1 (C. Proctor 3B0, C. Proctor 209), Murray's Maid-Rite defeated Do mestic l aundry, 2 to 1 (E. Sims 551, E. Suns 217). BACK TO PRISON San Quentln, Cel., Nov. 2 (U.PJ Gabriel Marcias, 19, San Francisco, was back In custody today after his escape from San Qucntln prison Sunday with Albert Wells, 28, Alameda. Mar cias was captured in an Oak land, Cal., theater late yester day. Wells still was at large. TIMES SQUARE BROWN New York. Nov. 2 IU.RI Times square glowed with about 40 per cent of Its prewar bril liance last night as the nation s coastal areas switched from their antisubmarine dimout to a new power conservation brown out. Dm Mall TrlbuM Want Ada. ftAV YOU tie rettess of Drinks Affxedmti Sparkittf CANADA . ' MEDFORD MAffi TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. greatest in the sport's history. PLAY FOR YANKS AGAIN NEXT YEAR Eugene, Ore.,- Nov. 2 U.R) Second Baseman Joe Gordon of the world champion New York Yankees is ready to play ball again next year but he doesn't like the idea of going back east for spring training. Coming home from a long hunting trip in eastern Oregon, Joe said reports he planned to quit big league ball and stay on the west coast were misinter preted, although he confirmed his quoted remarks upon return ing from the world series that he doubted there would be spring training next year, Joe pointed out that the draft was getting tougher and he doubted organized baseball would survive if fathers were taken in large numbers. And If there Is baseball, he hopes he won't have to Join the Yanks at frigid Asbury Park, N. J. "I can get In better condition here at home and be ready to go when the season opens," he said. - Joe was ' pretty pessimistic when he got home from the series two weeks ago, but a good hunting trip put him back In fine fettle. He shot a big buck, got the limit of ducks and geese, and wasn't too disappoint ed at- missing out on good pheasant hunting. .13 Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 2. (U.R) Barring unforeseen cir cumstances, it appeared today that the Big Six 1843 football championship will be settled about 4 p. m., Nov. 13 at Colum bia, Mo. Missouri and. Oklahoma meet that afternoon, both are unde feated In two conference games. Missouri plays Iowa State Sat urday at Ames and Oklahoma Is host to the Kansas Jayhawk ers at Norman, in the third con ference . game this week-end. Nebras meets Kansas State at Manhattan. , Football Briefs Los Angeles, Nov. 2. (U.R) The University . of Southern California Trojans welcomed Fullback Jerry Shlpkey, nephew of the famous Shipkey brothers of Stanford fame, at today's practice for the San Diego Naval Training Station encounter Sat urday. - Scout Shelby Calhoun said yesterday that Troy's unbeaten and untied record would be In great danger Saturday and de scribed the San Diego eleven as "the most rugged" Cravath's boys have met, t Los Angeles, Novi 2. (U.R) The UCLA defense received new strength today when Don Bor den, former Santa Ana Jaysee backfleld ace, Joined the Bruins. Although Borden can pass, run and kick, Coach Babe Hor- rell may use him primarily as defense against the powerful Del Monte Fre-Flighters next Satur day. Berkeley, Cal., Nov. J. U.R) Coach Stub Allison's hopes for his University of California eleven Saturday against the University of San Francisco were bolstered today with the arrival of several new players, George Elckstaedt, end, who played last season, reported with other marine trainees, and Louis Avery and John Wind, former Stanford players showed up. HEAKD DRY BERTELLI SHOES TO BE FILLED BY Johnny Lujack to Direct Irish In Army Game Saturday To Handle "T." By Bob Meyer United Press Correspondent Chicago, Nov. 2 U.R) An 18- year-old sophomore fell heir to the toughest Job in collegiate football today. When Angelo BertelU ended his career at Notre Dame by tossing the Irish to a decisive victory over Navy, he left the quarterbacking chores for the unbeaten Irish to Johnny Lu jack. And when Lujack assumes full direction of the team Sat urday against Army at New York, he goes on the , gridiron "hot spot. If the Irish continue to roll on to the national championship. Lujack merely will be perform ing as expected. Should the team be stopped, critics will say that "BertelU would have car ried them through." Triple Threat Lujack is a 180-pound young ster .from Connellsvllle, Pa. He's a triple threat man who have proved himself an adept performer at both quarterback and halfback this fall. However, the burden of directing the team In tight spots has not yet been his responsibility. After one of Notre Dames early contests, a coach who had seen his squad submerged by BertelU's magic ball-handling and accurate passes, said: -wnen Bertelll leaves, the team will . lose approximately 30 per cent of its offensive effi ciency." That's not a generally-held opinion. Ray Eliot of Illinois, for example, believes Lujack will keep the Irish at their peak. "BertelU's . a great quarter back and passer," Eliot said, but the team s entirely too strong to fall apart simply be cause he's gone. I think Lujack will step Into his spot perfectly. He certainly looked the part of a great field general and passer when they defeated us." Lujack a most Important task wUl be to keep Coach Frank Leahy's VT' formation clicking. wun Benein nandling the ball, the precision of. the backfield's timing was clock-like and dead ly. The big question how ap pears to be whether Halfbacks Crelghton Miller and Julius Rykovlch and Fullback Jim Mel- lo can operate as effectively from scrimmage with Lujack flipping the ball. Even if Lujack is unable to match BertelU's amazing pass ing mark of 25 completions in 36 attempts, he ean become an ace-ln-the-bole star If he keeps the Irish' ground attack func tioning. ::. :; .Not inexperienced The youngster will- not so into the army game "cold." An ticipating- the loss . of BertelU via Navy transfers, Leahy has given Lujack plenty of playing experience in early-season games alter the Irish have run up astronomic iigures over oppo nents. . . But he assumes control as the Irish enter the hardest, part of their schedule, with Army, Northwestern, Iowa Pre-flight and Great Lakes remaining. Two other undefeated, untied elevens will resume action this Weekend. Purdue, weakened by loss of Tony Butkovich and . .. .: :i t : r JL : (i ft) r " s OREGON, TUESDAY, Trojans Remain Unbeaten '1 -' ' r, jf '-; - v i H J& vrr.-j Bob Frisbee, Golden Bear halfbaek. takes to the air to evade Trojan tackier, halfback Eddie were to no avail as the unbeaten fornians won. 13 to 0. over the their Los Angeles Coliseum struggle. eight other players, plays at Minnesota, and Iowa Fraflight meets Marquette at Milwaukee Sunday. Other contests involving mid- western schools: Indiana at Mich igan, lUinois at Iowa, North western at Wisconsin, Camp Grant at Great Lakes and Ohio State at Pittsburgh. Amee McPherson Suffers Relapse Los Angeles, Nov. 2 (U.R) Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, has suffered a recur rence of tropical fever, forcing her to cancel all public appear ances, a co-worker announced today. Dr. Giles Knight, business manager of her Angelus temple, said from the pulpit that "Sis ter Aimee" would not preach for at least several Weeks be cause of recurrence of the fever which she contracted in Mexico last year. Badoglio Suggests v Dictator Sideshow Naples, Nov. 2. (U.R) Mar shal Pietro Badoglio thinks the Allies should put Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini In a cage and exhibit them throughout Europe after the war. It would not only make them suffer on account of their pride, but the admissions would pay off the war debt," Badoglio said. FOR SALE Double Circular Sawmill, Diesel and Steam Power, with complete logging equipment, now cutting fir on Southern Pacific, near summit of Cascades. May be operated where is or moved. Write to . 1 GEORGE SAMPLE, 724 Main Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon alWrftlSM FIRST NATIONAL .BANK NOVEMBER' 2, 1943. 3 Seens (29) but Fritbee's efforts and unscored on Southern CaU- University of California Bears in E Headquarters, Alaska Depart ment,. Nov. 2. (U.R) Declaring that the way Is now open for of fense operations based on Alas ka, Lt. . Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., took over today hisf new command of a separate theater of operations the Alas ka department formerly the Alaska defense command. "I'm highly pleased to be rid of that word 'defense'," the 57-year-old veteran of the Aleutian campaign said. "With our military bases now reaching from Seattle to Attu, the way is now open here for offense. There was a time at the beginning of the war in the Aleutians when we didn't know where the Japs might strike next. But now the shoe is on the other foot. ' BOMBER COMMAND Mitchel Field, N. Y., Nov. 2 Brig. Gen. Caleb V. Haynes, who organized the India air task force and the Assam American air base command, has assumed charge of the First bomber com mand, a unit of the First air force, with headquarters here, lt was announced today. FOR FAMILY EMERGENCIES .MOTHER UNEXPECTED EXPENSES LIGHTS OF NAPLES SHINE FIRST TIME SINCE LEFT Half Million Evacuated While Power Switohed On as Booby Trap Is Suspected. By Reynolds Packard (United Press Correspondent) Naples, Nov. 2. (U.PJ A half million people were evacuated from Naples for four hours to day while Allied army engi neers, risking the possibility that the Germans might have wired a mammoth booby trap to the power Unes, restored elec tric service to the stricken city. Light and power were turned on again in homes and shops throughout half the big seaport exactly one month after the first Allied troops entered the city, and every precaution was taken to avoid another mine disaster snrh n wrpr-ked the Dostoffice early in the Allied occupation, killing more tnan iuu people, Raidv Far Emeraancv T aHa 4hmitffh th center of the city in a jeep and found American soldiers, Italian cara blnieri firemen and American ambulances stationed at strate gic points throughout the danger area, ready for any eventuality. But the master switches were thrown in, section by section, sending power back into fashion able residential districts and tenement areas without touch ing off the half-expected ex plosion. When the people were permit ted to return to their homes at 2 p. m. there had been no ex plosion, but the fire and ambul ance squads were kept on the alert against the possibility that time bombs might have been started by - the restoration of power. The Neapolitans, who had to close down their shops during the Interval, made a picnic of the occasion, trekking out to the hills overlooking Naples where they could watch comfortably if their homes and stores should blow up. CABD OF T BANKS We vlab to thank our many frland for their kind aroipathy during our bereavement and for the beautiful floral offarliws. We wish especially to express our approlatlon to tho Skeeters logging crews. Wanda Works, Ellen and Carolyn Hungate, Blanche Hungate, Elizabeth Palmer, Bertha Hungate, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Born. Mr. and Mrs. Oarl J. Bora and daugh ter. tfsa Mall Tribune Want Ada. HELP WANTED HEN and WOMEN For work in Camp White Exchange Stores. Excellent working conditions. Experience unnecessary. GOOD SALARIES PAID VACATIONS . APPLY . Camp White Exchange main office Employment Department Near the camp bus terminal on Ave. A, off Crater Lake Highway OF PORTLAND SMITHS LEAD ALL IN OREGON BIRTH STATISTIC LIST The Smiths, the Johnsons aad the Millers are collectively do ing more to forestall race sui cide in Oregon than ell other persons. This fact came to light recently in statistical studies on Oregon birth .records made by Deward E. Waggoner, assistant state registrar of vital statistics. New-born infants surnamed "Smith" registered Hi Oregon from 1931 to 1940 inclusive to taled 1,629 and comprised 1.12 per cent of all births In the period. The Johnsons accounted for 1,327 births, or .92 per cent of the total; and the Miller for 960 births, or .66 per cent of the total. - . Others among the leading " name groups were: Brown, with 802 births; Anderson, with 709; Jones, with 766; Davis, with 688; Williams, with 617; Wilson, with 600; Thompson, with 469; Taylor, with 457; and Clark with 451. In all 145,042 live births were registered in the state during the ten-year period. Ex-Show Girl Sues Millionaire Mate New York, Nov. 2. (U.R) Martha (Mickey) Divine Dodge, former Vanities showgirl, filed suit for separation In supreme court today against Horace El gin Dodge, multl millionaire motor and speedboat manufac turer, and aftked alimrmv of $100,000 annually. -J uoage nas trust tunas ana other 'assets amounting to more than $100,000,000 and an annual income of $300,000, Mrs. Dodge said in her petition. She alleged ...... a1 J j U . . -u . L and charged him with associat- P Intf MiitVi nihor wnman FLIER DROWNS Santa Barbara, Calif., Nov, 2 (U.PJ 2nd Lt. Francis Marion Cot- trell,' USMCR, Kahuna, Wash. drowned Saturday when he parachuted from his disabled plane into the ocean near Point Concepcion, marine air station officials annouced today. Use MaU Tribune Want Ada. ZERO CLUB Out of bounds, civilians only Delicious chicken and steak dinners 7:00 p. m., 3 au m., except Sunday. 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