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red sox defense
Highest in loop
i figures disclose
Second Baseman Doerr Set
( Record For Chances Ac
l cepted Without Error. .
v- New York, Dec. 22 U.PJ
The Boston Red Sox, whose of
fensive power was riddled more
everely than that of any other
club in the league by draft
losses, presented the best defen
sive organization in the Ameri
can circuit, according to official
iigures released today.
? Paced by Second Baseman
'Bobby Doerr, who set a new
Major league record for consec
utive chances accepted by a sec
ond baseman without error, Joe
Cronln's team headed the loop
.with a club defensive mark of
'.976, point ahead of the St.
Xouis Browns and the Cleveland
Indiana who tied for second.
Near Record
In addition to the new Major
league record, Doerr led the Jun
ior circuit's second Backers with
a fielding average of .990 only
one point behind the American
league record set by Oscar Mel
illo of the St. Louis Browns in
.130 games 10 years ago. Doerr
played in IBS games and han
dled 914 chances with only nine
errors.
; Doerr, who, incidentally,
watted the home run that start
ed the American leaguer's to vic
tory in the all-star game, set his
consecutive chances record in
very convincing fashion. Start
ing on May 20, the 28-year-old
jright-hander played flawless de
fensive ball until the first game
Of a double-header on July 23
handling 349 chances without a
boot The old record, held by
Meliilo and set in 1933, was 271.
. .153 Errors
; Aa a team, the Red Sox han
ded 6,323 chances during . the
season with 1B3 errors. The all
time American league fielding
Record of .979 was set by the
Philadelphia Athletics in 1932.
: Trailing Cleveland and St.
Louis by another point, the New
York Yankees finished fourth in
club standing with .974, Chicago
'lid Philadelphia each posted a'
.973 and trailing with .971 were
4he Detroit Tigers and the Wash
ington Senators. The league
fielding as a whole was two
JInta better than the 1943 mark
with 1,308 errors out of 49,259
chances for percentage of .973.
KERR SAYS EAST
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- Ban Francisco, Dec. 22 (IMS
"Coach Andy Kerr reached in
to his hip pocket for his crying
towel today and gloomily de
scribed his East Shrine team as
"among the worst" he has ever
brought here for the annual
New year's Day classic with the
West.
- "This squad of ours is merely
(he best we were able to get
together under existing condi
tions," he declared. "Only 12 of
the 24 players are seniors.
Three are freshmen. The rest
have only one or two years of
college football behind them."
- Kerr said the West had "a big
edge" from the standpoint of
.Weight and experience.
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Hunk Anderson Counting On
Nagurski To Force Wash
ington To Bunch Defense
By Bob Meyer
United Press Correspondent.
Chicago, Dec. 22 (U.R) Bron
ko Nagurski, an old flrehorse,
today heard a bell ring, calling
him back into action.
"The Bronk" ran through
football plays at his familiar
old fullback spot in an effort
to run out the Chicago Bears
backfield and help regain the
world's professional grid title
from the Washington Redskins
Sunday. -
Comeback Impresses
Coach Hunk Anderson, im
pressed with Nagurski's per
formance against the Chicago
Cardinals Nov. 28 when he av
eraged S.2 yards a crack in his
first fullback appearance in five
years, is counting on the Minne
sota farmer to draw Washing
ton's line Into a tightly-spaced
defense, permitting Halfbacks
Harry Clark and Dante Magnani
to break away around ends.
If he can carry the load, Na
gurski will climax one of the
greatest comebacks in football
history. Bronko set an all-time
league record by gaining 3,947
yards from 1930 through 1937
for the Bears, in tnree previous
championship contests, he ham
mered for 180 yards in o at
tempts. Pass Or Battar '
"If the Redskins draw back
to set up a defense against Sid
Luckman's passes, the Bronk
will batter through," Anderson
said. "If they bank up to stop
Nagurski, Luckman will start
slinging. That's the combination
that might win for us."
That was only one-hall tne
picture, however. The Redskins
were not sitting around idle or
visiting the Washington monu
ment while the Bears were hold
ing their fourth straight week
of drills for the . all-Important
game. In fact, Coach Dutch
Bersman has a strategic weapon
of his own ready for the Bears
a weapon of morale.
Bergman announced today
that he'll pull the old college
spirit stuff and secret his squad
away from the bustling capltol
Thursday in an attempt to give
his Dlayers more than a nodding
acquaintance with one another.
Good Skiing in the Alps
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Bey Scouts In Switzerland enjoy skiing- In the Alps where Christmas
b really a "White Christmas." Lessons are given free to students.
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Roseburg. Ore.. Dec. 82 U.B
Roaeburg high school defeated
Klamath rails, defending state
high school basketball cham-
nlons. 27-20. here last night in
the second of their two-gme eon-
test.
The Klamath Falls Pelicans
won the opener Monday night,
34-22.
Apparently confident of an
easy victory, the Pelicans start
ed last night s game with a sec
ond string lineup. The first
string, entering the contest mid
way In the first period, was slow
in starting, and the Roseburg In
dians piled up a 10-1 lead in that
quarter and led at half-time.
Blocking the efforts of the
Pelicans to make it a running
game In the last two periods,
Roseburg slowed the game by
stalling and clung to a dwin
dling but safe margin.
BRUINS WITHIN POINT
OF TORONTO PUCKMEN
By United Press
The Boston Bruins moved with
in one point of the second place
Toronto Maple Leafs in the na
tional league hockey race today
after their 8 to B home victory
over the Canadian sextet last
night.
Today's Sport Parade
By Jack Cuddy
United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Dec. 22 (U.R) Connie Mack, as erect as a baseball
bat and Just about as lean, celebrates his 81st birthday today,
hoping as always that next year wil be a better one for his
beloved Athletics, aptly tagged the white elephants of the major
leagues.
It is hard to fathom Just what i
would have to happen to bring
about such a miracle, but we
doubt if any other kind of a
sports regeneration would be
more universally popular than a
pennant-contending team for Ol'
Mr. Baseball.
Once Fearsome
There was a time when his
Athletics were the most fearsome
team in baseball, when Lefty
Robert Moses Grove was smokin'
his fast one to Black Mike Coch
rane, when Muffin-Mouthed Jim
my Foxx and Bucketfoot Al Sim
mons were crashing home runs
by the dozen, when Dynamic
Jimmy Dykes was patrolling the
infield.
That was from 1929 to 1931,
before the depression and unem
ployment ate into the vitals of
America s sport structure. For
three straight years the Athlet
ics ruled the roost In the Amer
ican league and twice captured
the world championship.
Fans Grow Blase
But the City of Brotherly
l0ve grew blase toward winning
baseball and Mack was forced to
sell his stars to pay expenses.
Richer owners baited and tempt
ingly and there was an exodus
of high-priced diamond talent to
the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago
White Sox and the Detroit Ti
gers.
Not having shown any special
adeptness with the crystal ball
or with the tea leaves, we
wouldn't know how Mack's Ath
letic are going to fare in 1944.
It would have to be a wacky
baseball year for the Athletics
to top Joe McCarthy's Yankees
and win the pennant, but if it
could happen here it couldn t
happen to a nicer guy,
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
New York Johnny Colan,
179V4, New York, declsioned
Buddy Knox, 207, air transport
command.
New Bedford, Mass Leo Ea
wlcki, 147, Worcester, Mass.
knocked out Verne Atkins, 147
New York (6); Jimmie Mulligan
170, Lowell, Mass., Btopped
Mickey Greene, 171, Newport,
R.I, (2).
Los Angeles Chuey Flguero
Los Angeles, 133, decisioned
Rudy Cruz, Los Angeles, 133 (10);
Cecil Hudson, San Jose, 146,
T.K'd Jackie Byrd, ISO, Little
Rock, Ark., CI); Arthur Barron,
Los Angeles, 140, decisioned Lou
Bernal, Los Angeles, (4).
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contract if the parol board
would approve.
THE GRANGE
With a record-breaking crowd.
good weather and a program of
varied events, the Medford Gun
club held its final trap and tur
key shoot of the year Sunday at
the club grounds, Crater Lake
highway and Four Corners.
Forty turkeys were carried
home by winners in the various
events, some going to reward
high score shooting and some in
the "potluck" events In which
the spectators participated. Sev
eral shooters won two turkeys.
John Ross of Central Point was
lucky in the potlucks as well as
successful in the shooting con
tests, winning four turkeys. -
Turkey winners Included: Wat-
kins, Bristow, John Ross, Jim
Ross, Howard, Young, G. Jant-
zer, Moore, Sanders, Cupp, L
Jantzer, Monaghan, Jim Ross
Turpin, Hndgeson, Alenderfer,
Reese, Daniels, Elden, Bates,
Smith, Pease, Jerome, Hogue
ana pawner.
The Miss-and-Out event result
ed as folowa: Pease, first money;
Hodgsen, second; Moore, third.
Backer-ups First event: John
and Jim Ross, first money: Rich
mond and Daniels, second money.
becond event: Pease and Tur
pin, first money; Geo. Jantzer
and Smith, second. '
Third event: Sanders and El'
den, first money; Pease and
Smith, second.
Bams Valley Grange
Sams Valley Grange held the
annual pot-luck supper and
Christmas tree party last Satur
day night, with a large attend
ance of members and guests.
Master and Mrs. Howe of
Gold Hill Grange were present
and Master Howe spoke on the
proposed cooperative slaughter
and packing house for farmers
of Jackson county. George Lof
tin spoke on cooperative mar
kets and urged his listeners to
make an effort to sell their
produce among their neighbors
and in local markets rather than
shipping to outside markets.
The cost of living during this
war was compared to conditions
during the last world war in a
talk by John Peffley and Ben
Day explained the experimental
work with grains and seeds be
ing carried on by the State col
lege experimental stations near
Corvallis and in this valley.
A report on. the recreation
program for children was given
by Mr. Loftin, who stated that
basketball games were held at
the Sams Valley schoolhouse
each Thursday and that new
Four-H clubs were being or
ganized. Mr. Loftin is heading
a livestock club and Mrs. Loftin
a sewing club.
Mrs. Sadie Frlnk reported
that several members were ill.
Including Brothers Ed Stone
and Charles Dugan, Mrs. Spur
lin and Mr. Garritt and his son.
It was announced that next
regular meeting would be Jan. 8
instead of the regular date
which would fall on New Year's
Day, and that degrees would
be conferred at that time. All
members of the Grange were
invited to attend the Joint in
stallation of Grange officers at
Central Point Dec. 30 and all
new officers were urged to be
present for installation.
DIVORCE RECESS
Omaha, Neb., Dec 22 0J.B
Judge Herbert Rhoades, urging
a return to the. spirit of "peace
on earth, good will toward
men," announced' today he
would grant no divorces during
the Christmas holidays.
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