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FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, June 28, 1944 SEORTvS BARGAIN BILL 10 10 game as Cincinnati took the first of two games from the Chicago Cubs, 4-3. Claude Passeau pitch ed four hit ball in the nightcap to gain a S-0 shutout for the Cubs. New York and oBston split. Two errors and three singles in the first inning of the opener gave Boston's Charley Barrett a three-run working margin and I he went on to win, 5-1. Rookie Bill Voiselle won the nightcap for the Giants 4-1, with a three hit performance his 10th of the season. Tigers Trimmed Twice As Leaders Start Sastern Trip White Sox Second Yank Hopes Revive As Team Comes Home for Long Stand By Jack Cuddy United Press Staff Correspondent. New York, June 26. (U.R) East side, west side, and all around the town Gotham's hopes in the Yankees blossomed again today as Joe McCarthy and his revivified pennant-de-' fenders returned to the city for a long home stand. sprouted from New York, June 26 (U.R) The St. Louis Browns today en trained for the east to undertake what may prove to be the cru cial three weeks of the season in their quest for their first Ameri can league pennant. The time has come to take the Browns seriously in the tight Junior circuit race and if they can continue any semblance of their current pace they will re turn home on July 18 with an , old baseball axiom on their side: "The team in first place through July 4, is the team to beat for the pennant." If frame of mind has anything to do with winning games on Wis trip, St. Louis should be In. Yesterday the Browns swept a twin bill from the Detroit Tigers. The double victory, 5-4, In the 10-inning opener, and 5-2 in the second increased the Browns league lead to four games. . The Ciiicago White Sox climb- . ed into second place with a twin victory over the Cleveland In dians. Bill Dietrich scattered six hits for an 11-0 shutout. The sec ond game was cut to seven in' nings by rain and the Sox eked out a 4-3 decision. Yankees Win Pair A four-run first inning proved to be Just the margin Hank Borowy needed to gain a 4-3 vic tory for the New York Yankees in the. opener against Philadel phia and Ernie Bonhnm scatter ed 10 hits for a 5-2 win in the finale. Washington and Boston split a pair, the Senators winning the first game, 5-4. Tex Hughson saved the day for the Bo-Sox, however, with a masterful three-hit performance in the nightcap for a 4-0 shutout. In the National league the St. Louis Cardinals stretched their league lead to nine and a half games over the second place Pittsburgh Pirates with a 2-1 victory in the first game and the second was called after nine In nings with the score tied at 5-5. The Brooklyn Dodgers regain ed the first division with a trouble victory over the hapless Philadelphia Phillies. Veteran Curt Davis held the Phillies to seven hits to win the opener, 4-1, and Rube Melton annexed the afterpiece, 2-1, in 10 innings. Bucky Walters won his 12th T TO DROP IN RACE By United Press The San Francisco Seals, top club in Pacific Coast league standings, this week battle the San Diego Padres, their nearest rivals, for the lpading position while four other clubs struggle to escape a tie for fourth place. The Padres, 2 'i games behind the Seals, edged through tight games Sunday with the Holly wood Stars to win the series 5-2 by taking an opener 2-1 and nightcap 7-6. The third place Oakland Acorns swept a double- header from the Seattle Rainiers 5-2 and 6-2 to win the series by five games to one. The Los Angeles Angels, tied with Hollywood, Seattle and Portland for fourth, won their series with the Beavers 5-2 after splitting a doubleheader. The Angels copped the opener 6-5 while the Beavers swept the nightcap 12-0. The last-place Solons made their second series win from the Seals 5-2, dropping Sunday's opener 10-1 but win ning the scsond game 1-0. Games this week, besides San Francisco at San Diego, include Portland at Oakland, Hollywood at Sacramento, and Seattle at Los Angeles. The Angels converted 14 hits Into 12 runs in the second half of their twin bill with the Beav ers. The first game went 10 in nings before the Angels drew final blood with a three-run out burst In their half of the tenth. Dick Conger allowed the Beav ers only three hits in the seven inning nightcap. Garriott led the Angels' batting assault against Portland with four for four. Including a home, his sec ond of the afternoon. Yesterday's llnescores: Portland .... .. 8 11 1 Lf,s Angeles 6 11 1 Pulford, Llska, Sullivan and Adams; Cornelias, Osborn and Fernandes. Portland 0 8 2 Los Angeles 12 14 3 Cohen, Ott, Mosser and Adams, Norager, Cook; Conger and Fernandes. FOR NEXT WINTER Buy Now GREEN PINE SLABS In 12" or 18" Lengths . . 300 cu. ft. $4.50 FOR IMMEDIATE USE FACTORY BLOCKS 200 cu. f! $6.75 DIAL 2123 DIAL 2123 Timber P fio&fl Company These hopes the fact that the third-place Yanks won six of their last seven games, and that Pitcher Ernie Bonham seems to have returned to form. Meanwhile: the ' leading St. Louis Browns and second-place Chicago White Sox are starting road tours. The Brownies and Chicox have play ed less than .500 ball away from home thus far. The Yanks open their home stand Wednesday, starting with the Browns. From then through July 9, the McCarthymen will have 14 games against western invaders. After time-out for the all-star game at Pittsburgh, July 11, the Yanks entertain Boston for four stadium contests, before swinging into the west July 17. Yankee admirers are confi dent that the New Yorkers now only four-and-a-half games behind the leading Browns will regain first place before they make their next trip into the midlands. During the past week they played the brand of ball customary for Yankee teams, climaxing their surge by taking both ends of a double header from the Athletics at Philadelphia yesterday, Six victories in seven starts was a heartening came-back, in' deed, for a club that had made perhaps the sorriest showing in McCarthy's regime as they lost 17 of the 22 contests preceding June 20. They were in seventh place once; and only the medi ocre performances of other clubs prevented them from dropping deep into the cellar because of an impotent outfield and a floundering mound staff. ENABLE CRATERS TO WIN, 6 TO 5 BELL GETS TEST T New York, June 26 (U.R) Tommy Bell, young Negro knockout artist from Youngs- town, Ohio, gets a big-time test tonight against Pvt. Frltzie Zlvic, former welterweight champion, at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, in one of the two important outdoor shows on this week s national boxing schedule. The other big moonlight mill at Braves Field, Boston, Thur day night, unveils World Ban' tamweight Champion Manuel Or tiz of 1 Centro, Cal., for his eastern professional debut. Or tiz tackles Larry Bolvln, Rhode Island featherweight, In a non- title brawl. HAGG SETS NEW 2- Stockholm, June 26 (U.R) Gunder Hagg, In his second race of the season at Oestersund yes terday, picked up where he left off last year by setting another new world's record when he ran two miles in 8:46.4 Hagg's performance turned In , in his first big race of the season, I broke his own record set two years Hgn 01 o.lf.o. I The Swedish distance star, who made an all-victorious : American tour last summer, will meet his countryman and world j mile record holder, Arne An j riersson, In a 1500-meter race on ' Wednesday. Clmtng tima for Sunday Too Lata; to Claaslty 6 SO Saturday afternoon Plaaaa ramatnbar. I' Mi f") Barclay's fits in with finer things L J f t2i ..J-naturally ! I vjprt,VN Straight BOURBON i"bisiey A f; ' ' ,7 -K0.6 Proof UM '- l "'Y Joa.arIoy4Ca. liialtad Pawla. INlmla "3 The Station Hospital infield cracked wide open in the last of the ninth inning at the fair grounds park yesterday to hand the Medford Craters a 6 to 5 vic tory in the second game of the rund-robin playoff series for the Medford CampWhlte league championship. As a result of their win, the Craters can clinch the pennant by defeating the Western Person nel Reassignment Center club at the fairgrounds Wednesday night. A victory for WPRC will deadlock the series at one win and one loss for the three con testing teams. The Station Hos pital holds a 2 to 0 win over WPRC, who were defeated 11 to 4 by the Naval Air Station at Klamath Falls yesterday. Fight Fielder Stammen, first man up for the Craters in the ninth, with the score tied at 5-5, reached second base when Em- ick. Medic third-sacker. threw his ground bail far over the first baseman s head. Dick Kidwell, who hurled the ninth inning for the Craters, sac rificed him to third, and Steve Crippen struck out. Calac, Cra ter second baseman, smashed one at Shortstop Kastelic and that gent obliged by throwing wild to first to allow Stammen to cross with the winning run. Crippen worked the first eight frames for the locals and did a fine Job, fanning 11 and holding the soldiers to seven blows. Neu bauer's single, a walk and Kob llch's error gave the Hospital two runs in the first inning, but from then until the eighth Crip pen dished out horsecollars. In the meantime the Craters were picking up a tally in the third on Crlppen's walk, a passed ball and Calac's double to left and another in the sixth to tie it at 2-2 on a walk to Kiel- bow, an error. Virgil Swanson's infield hit and Weyeneth's fly to left. The Craters apparently Iced the thing In the seventh with three runs on singles by Kiel- bow and Lane, an error and a walk. In the eighth, however, the hospital roared back with three runs of their own to dead. lock it again at 5-5. Kastelic opened with a triple to right and scored on Neubauer's single to center. Rogers singled to right, sending Neubauer to third, and immediately stole second. Crip pen fanned Hunt for the first cut and also struck out Johnson. But Catcher Weyeneth dropped tne Dan, and while he was throw- 1 n g out Johnson, Neubauer scored. Kobllch's return throw to the nlate was wild and Rogers also tallied. Kidwell, relieving Crippen In the ninth.. faced only three men. and he whiffed every one of them. Charley Johnson, who hurled a no-hlt, no-run game against the WPRC June 18. went the route for the losers. He held the Cra ters to five hits and fanned 11, but his support was even worse than that given Crippen. Swanson hit two singles for the Craters, while Neubauer belted a triple and two singles for the Hospital men. Score; ,R H E Hospital 5 7 Craters 9 5 3 Johnson and Hunt: Crippen, Kidwell and Hebner, Weyeneth. RETREAT ENDS Camp Cooke, Cal, June 26 (U.P More than 1000 soldiers and officers of the 11th armored division returned to military du ties today after a twrxiay splr Ituel retreat at historic La Puris Ima MIslon. The retreat was the first of its kind for military troops In the United States. RED IN ARTILLERY Hollywood. June 26 (U.RV Private Red Skelton. who con- fesses he has always hoped he could get into an artillery out fit, today "dood It." Skelton started basic training with the a.ird Field Artillery at Cams Roberts. Cal. Sammy Byrd Sel To Defend Open Title In Victory Tourney Chicago, June 26 (U.R) The nation's best golfers from pro, amateur, women's and military service ranks will tee off Wed nesday in the five-day victory national open championships at Chicago's Edgewater country club with Sammy Byrd defend ing his title. Byrd won by seyen strokes with a 72-hole card of 274 last year, with Craig Wood as run ner-up. The former New York Yankee outfielder warned that he is ready to defend his crown by his recent triumph in the Philadelphia invitational open. Embellishing the star-cluster ed field will be Byron Nelson, Harold McSpadcn, Sgt. Jim Turnesa, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Lt. Lawson Little, Tommy Armour, Johnny Revol- ta, Ky Laffoon, Jim Foults, Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret. The amateur field includes Johnny Lehman, Chick Evans, Bob Cochran,- Art Doering, Wil- ford Wehrle, George Dawson. Storekeeper Mike Stolarix and Bill Chambers. WAGNER, AGHIU TO MEET AGAIN "Gorgeous George" Wagner will get his return shot at Wal ter "Sneeze" Achiu-in the main event of next Thursday night's armory wrestling card. Promoter Mack Lillard announced today after signing the pair yesterday for the rematch requested by hundreds of fans. Pete Belcastro and Billy Mc- Euln will tangle In the middle event and Harold Davidson will face Tony Morelli in the opener. Ivan Jones, newcomer who was to have appeared on the card, will, be unable to be In southern Oregon on that date, Lillard said. TRI-STATETOGA Cincinnati, O., June 26 (U.R) Francisco (Pancho) Segura, Ecuadorean tennis star and win ner of the national clay court tournament at Detroit last week today held the tri-state tennis singles championship. Segura gained the title yester day in the final round of the 43rd annual tourney when he defeated Billy Talbert of Indian apolis, Ind., 9-11, 6-2, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. In the women's final Dorothy Bundy of Santa Monica Cal., winner of the women's crown at Detroit, defeated National Champion Pauline Betz, of Los Angeles, 7-5, 6-4. HOWTHO? CTA k g American League W. L. Pet. St. Louis 38 27 .585 Chicago 30 27 .526 New York 31 .29 .517 Boston 33 31 .516 Washington 30 33 .476 Detroit 30 34 .469 Philadelphia 29 34 .460 Cleveland 29 35 .453 National League W. L. Pet. St. Louis 41 16 .719 Pittsburgh 31 25 .554 New York 32 29 .525 Brooklyn 33 30 .524 Cincinnati 31 30 .508 Boston 27 36 .429 Pniladelphia 22 35 .386 Chicago 19 35 .352 Elks Convention Marred by Death Of Ross J. Wright Grants Pass, June 26. Ross J. Wright, musician and promi nent Elk, died of a heart attack in his room at a local hotel Sat urday. He had been In failing health for several years, but was still active, operating his music store on North Sixth street, and had been in charge of the entertain ment for the state Elks conven tion. His musical program for the Elks memorial service at 11 o'clock this morning was given as he had planned it. Ross J. Wright was born in Lineville, Iowa, on Dec. 10, 1892. He sang baritone with an Orpheum circuit quartet for many years, touring the entire United States. He later appear ed on early radio programs from eastern stations and in 1930 retired from the stage and radio and moved to Salem where his sister, Mrs. Jessie Dent, lived. In 1935 he moved to Grants Pass where he established the Wright Music Store. Wright -has been prominent in Elks activities and until re cently when he resigned because of ill health was an active mem ber of the Lions club. The body is at the Hull and Hull funeral home and funeral arrangements will await word from relatives. In 1939 the Coast Guard saved $63,000,000 worth of ves sels and cargo. lUndad WHilay U ) f.C ?; WAX Sra la a4 Cin lUtSfL A 'datll Ntulral Splrlta j&..Last3l ,h l"ldawii DIltlllaiT r.:. Havra dt rata Ma Pacific Coast League W. L. 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