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fOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Juna 28. 1944 ems SEEKING PENNANT AGAINST SOLDIERS TONIGHT Will Clinch Flag With Win Over WPRC Game A Fairgrounds At 8:30. The Medford Craters shoot for the Mcdford-Camp White Base ball league pennant auainst the Western Personnel Reassignment Center club at the fairgrounds park tonight in the first after dark contest of the season. The clash starts at 8:30." The locals, with one victory and no defeats In the round robin Dlavoff series ' for the chamnlonshio. will clinch the flag bv defeating the WPRC But, if the Craters lose these two teams and the Station Hos pital will be In a trlole deadlock for the bunting and further ac tion will be necessary to decide the title. Southriaw Ted Bergold. who tossed a one-hitter at the Station Hospital June 18. only to lose. 2 to 0, as Charley Johnson pitched a no-hit. no-run contest, will toe the slab for he WPRC. Bergold also turned In a fine relief Job aeainst Hie naval air station at Klamath Falls Sunday, yielding only three blows In the last sev en Innings. On the mound for the Craters will be either Steve CriDpen Dick Kidwell or Don Safford Crlppen worked eight good in nings. Sunday when the locals trimmed the station Hospital 6 to 5. while Kidwell, pitching the ninth frame, struck out the only three men he faced. Reminder of the WPRC lineup Is expected to be as follows: Hoag, catcher; Otte, first base; Irwin, second base; Sauvageau, third . base; D' Ambrosia, short stop; Berch, r'Kht field; Lucido, center field, and Moreno, left field. . The Craters will probably take the field with Weyeneth catch ing, Kobllch on first, Calac on seconrl; Klelbow on short, Lange on third, Lawson In left, Swan son In center and Jones In right. WOW Til El? C"7tA t Ft FOUR TITLES AT STAKE IN VICTORY 160 Shotmakers Entered in Giant Meet Opening To day; Byrd Defends Toga.. Rampaging Cards May Cinch Flag At Earliest Date Yet By Glen Perkins United Press Staff Correspondent ',. New York, June 28 (U.R) A check of National league stand' Ings and some slide rule mathematics today revealed that the St. Louis Cardinals possibly could clinch the pennant on Aug. 24 23 days earlier than the senior circuit pennant ever has been won In a retT'Har lM-game schedule. The basis for computation was Chicago, June 28 U.R) More than 100 of the nation s foremost golfers professionals, amateurs, women and seniors teed off to day to decide four different ti tles In a kaleidoscope of golf the Chicago Victory National championships. Forty-one foursomes started the puzzling fireworks this morning over the Edgewater course a flat expanse of com parative ease, which has inspired predictions that the. field of top pros will "burn up the course." Sammy Byrd, the former New York outfielder, opened defense of his pro title and Bob Cochran of St. Louis battled to keep his amateur crown In the Victory, as each pro teeds off In a four some composed of one amateur, one woman and a senior (golfer over SO). The aggregate scores compiled by the professional with each of his partners will determine the titles In the pro-amateur, pro-lady and pro-senior divisions. The open tourney begins Friday. with both pros and amateurs competing for Byrd's crown. Byrd, Byron Nelson, Harold McSpaden and Craig Wood were rated as early favorites, with the usual threat expected to come from Lt Ben Hogan of the army ir forces, who has been out of big time competition for two years. . . , ; Among outstanding players entered in other divisions were Mrs. Babe Didriksen Zaharjas, 1944 women's western -open cnampion; lit. patty Berg. Cath erine Fox, Dorothy Germain and Georgia Tainter In the woman s; Mike Stolarik, Dale Morey, George Dawson and Wilford Wehrle in the amateur, and Chick Evans, Capt. Robert Env mett, commandant of the United States naval training center at Great Lakes, and Fred Snite, Sr., in me senior competition. Pacific Coast W. San , Francisco San Diego . Portland . Hollywood Seattle Los .Angeles Oakland .... Sacramento 33 National changed. L. Pet. 40 39 .508 43 40 .818 40 39 .808 41 40 .806 39 39 .800 ....39 39 .800 ..39 39 .800 44 .429 un- American Cm Mall Tribune Want Ada. PROMPT SERVICE . REASONABLE RATE Si ON mm VAN SERVICE PACKING, CRATING STORAGE .DISTRIBUTION viOCAl CARTAGE 'cm us WHEN rOU NEED ANY OF THESE SERVICES 703 North Central PHONE 7104 l.iwiliiilmiu By United Press The San Diego Padres, pound ing out 17 hits to take 8-4 win over the first place 'San Francisco Seals, advanced to within 1V4 games of the Pacific Coast league lead today. Portland and Hollywood took over third plBCe Jointly, 2li games off the pace, the Beavers defeating Oakland 4-3 and the Twinks topping last-place Sac ramento 7-5 in 14 Innings. Los Angeles and Seattle, idle last night. Joined Oakland In a three-way fifth place tie-, 3 ganies behind the Seals. Three consecutive doubles by Ted Gullic gave the Portland Beavers their 4-3 win over Oak land, ending a five game Acorn winning streak. The Oaks scored three runs In the early innings, but the Beavers got to Manual Salvo for the win ning runs, sparked by Gullic's two-baggers. Marino Pierettl pitched six-hit ball for the win ners. Llnescore: Portland . 4 10 0 Oakland 3 6 0 Pieretti and Adams, Camp bell (7); Salvo. Kleinka (9) and B. Ralmondl. formed on performances to date and on the slender assumption that the leading clubs will con tinue to play the same percent- i age of winning baseball that they have exhibited this far in the campaign. Nevertheless, it Is an Indication that the Cards will set a new record for early pen nant winning this season The earliest date the National league has been positive of its world series representatives in other years was Sept. 16, that date being hit by two .clubs as pennant clinching day. The 1919 Cincinnati Reds and thy 1931 St Louis Cardinals shared the rec- orhV The Chicago Cubs cinched the flag on Aug. 25, 1918, but that season closed on Labor day and in 1902 the Pittsburgh Pi rates won the flag on Sept. 1, hut the season called for only 140 games at that time. Currently the Cards are play- ing .719 ball with 41 games won and 16 lost. Nine and a half be hind are the Pittsburgh Pirates In second place with 31 games won and 25 lost with a percent age 0.554. If the two league leaders con tinued to play that brand of ball, the pennant race would end Aug. 24, with their lines reading: W. L. Pet. St. Louis 86 33 .723 Pittsburgh 66 53 .555 'It is even feasible that the Cards could be assured of world series competition earlier than that. 'If Pittsburgh, New York and Brooklyn, the rest of the first division, start knocking each other off and the Cards con tinue to win, the clinching date might be several days earlier than the current pace predicts. Before Cardinal rooters order series tickets, however, it should be pointed out that greater leads than theirs have been dissipated and greater deficiencies than those, displayed by the last-place Chicago Cubs, have been over come : between mid-season and the end of the campaign. The Dodgers of 1942 blew a mid-season lead of greater pro portion than the Cardinals now boast and, on the other hand, the "miracle" Boston Braves of 1914, were in last place as late as July 19, and came on with a winning streak that wan the pen nant by 10V4 games and took the world -series In four straight. There was no major league ac tivity yesterday, the western teams of the American league being en route east and the east ern half of the National league traveling west to begin the third phase of Intersectlonal play. PLAN CARILLON Springfield, 111 (U.R) A me morial cnrillon, similar to the one built by Edward Bok in Florida, will be constructed here in memory of Thomas Rces, for- mer publisher of the Illinois State Register, according to municipal postwar project plans, I when materials are available. ! Rees, who died 11 years ago, left $200,000 to build the carillon. The fund has grown with: In terest and may reach $300,000 by the time trustees are ready to 1 spend It, officials said. Plans for the memorial's site and erection must await peace, it was said. HE'LL WRESTLE SEGURA EASILY DEFEATS LEWIS Evanston. 111., June 28 (U.R) Francisco (Pancho) Segura, Uni versity of Miami tennis star from South America, headed a list of eight survivors In the National Collegiate Tennis tournament to day after defeating Dale Lewis, Utah .State, 6-1, 6-0, yesterday. Segura won the match handily as his accurate placements chased the lanky Lewis all over the Northwestern courts. In the last game, Lewis had the nation al collegiate champion 40-love, but the Irrepressible Ecuadorian bounced back to make it a 'love set. LAWN MOWINO TIP State College, Pa. (U.Rl Agronomists at the Pennslyvanla State college advise mowing around your lawn not back and forth for improved growth and Improved appearance. Wrestling clients trekking to the armory Thursday night will witness something that, even In their strangest dreams, they have never seen before They'll watch Pete Belcastro, the Weed wildman, operate strictly according to Hoyle, stick to orthodoz, legitimate mat work and forget all about the brutal stuff which has made him the most notorious "bad actor" in Pacific coast grapple circles, At least, that s what Belcastro has promised Billy McEuin, his middle-event opponent on Pro moter Mack Lillard's weekly program. It all started In the dressing room after last week's card. Bel castro and McEuin became In volved In a friendly argument In which the latter opined he could whip Pete, despite a 20- nound weight disadvantage, If Pete would wrestle cleanlv. McEuin told Belcastro that his knowledge of leverage, holds and breaks was far more com plete and that he would like a chance to prove It. Belcastro, at first, simplv laughed at the smaller McEuin, but as the dis cussion progressed his profes sional pride began to ache and finally he agreed to take on Mc Euin on McEuin's terms. Those terms are that Belcas tro must rely entirely on straight wrestling and must not throw a foul punch, gouge on eye or pull one hair of McEuin's head. To this, Pete gave his solemn prom ise and the strange match was arranged. While the center attraction will give wrestling purists a chance to cheer for a change, the same can't be said for the main event, where "Gorgeous George" Wagner and Walter "Sneeze" Achlu are slated to hammer the brains out of each other In their honest-to-gosh "grudge" rematch. Tony Morelll, making his first appearance here In several years, will face Harold "Buck" David son In the opening bout. Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity: pntr, contin ued warmer tonight. Thursday pertly cloudy with little change in temper ature. Oregon: Fair ton lent except for low : clouds on coast. Thureday fair, east. West portion partly cloudy. Warmer east of the Cascades. j Local Data j Temperature year ago today: Highest, 03; lowest, fil. ! Total monthly precipitation. A Inches. xc.ss for the month, .81 Inch. Total precipitation alnce Septem ber 1, 1043, 15.7(1 inches. Deficiency for the Mason, .M Inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes terday, 18; 4:110 a. m. today, 81. Tomorrow Sunrise 6:98 a. m . sunset 8:50 p. m. Past 24 hours: Hlqh Low Free. Boise 74 80 , Boston ., ...L 01 rtfl Chicago - - 78 M Denver .,, 88 2 "rfcs ...,... ,.mU. . AO Havre Los Angela - Medrnrd ...... Nfw York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno RoMburff - . 78 Salt Lake 78 San Francisco 71 Seattlo .., 73 Spokane 70 Washington. D. O. 01 Yakima 83 AT SHASTA DAM Redding. Cal., June 28 (U.R) Bureau of Reclamation offi cials early today concluded nine-hour test of No. 4 gener ator at Shasta Dam. It was the first power to be transmitted from the huge dam's plant to the power lines of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Output started at the rate of 25.000 kilowatts at 4 p. m. yes terday and hit 75,000 at 8 p. m., bureau officials said. It is expected two generators will be in commercial operation next month. JIVES AND DRIVES Lincoln, HI. (U.R) George Theatch, local night club dance band leader and coal truck driv er, says he "Jives by night and dr'ves by day," thereby mixing pleasure with hard work. Treatch says he was confronted with the choice of jobs two years ago and, not knowing which to accept, "just took them both." He added that both em ployers are happy with the setup. Os Mall Tribune Want Ads. (Acme) TeUphoto) SUPER FORTS Immensity of new American "Super-Fortress" B-29 bombers, the type that bombed Japan on June 15th, is graphically shown in this U. S. Army Air Force photo of tiny Culver Kajww, target plane beside one of the air giants. 30 . en . n . so . 87 . as ' 7 . a? ST St es at si 83 41 SI it S3 S3 49 71 61 Da. Mall Trlbuna Want Ada. Eddie and Ruth 's HIWAY STEAK AND CHOP HOUSE 16 North Riverside Are. OPEN NIGHT and DAY Eddie and Ruth Long, Owners BASEBALL TONIGHT! 8:30 p.m. CRATERS vs. WPRC PLAYOFF FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Adm. 50c, Incl. Tlx Service Men Free SUCKERS AGAIN FOR OREGON CARS Salem, Ore., June 28 (U.R) Oregon's 1945 automobile 11 censes will be new stickers, sim ilar to those in use this year, it was announced today by the state department. The 1942 white on blue plates will con tinue in use, with the sticker to be used on the front windshield. Steel priorities and lack of manpower prevent the return to use of metal plates, the de partment said. The decision to use the stickers was made after Investigation of various metal substitutes, including plastics. Motorcycle licenses, however, will be of metal, as enough metal has been located to man ufacture them. Boy Scout News A swimming party and weinie roast was enjoyed by Boy Scout Troop No. 7 on June 26 at Twin Plunges In Ashland. The Scouts were accompanied to Ashland by their scoutmas ter, Mr. Bills, and returned to Medford later in the evening. Troop No. 8, Boy Scouts, met at the parish hall for a regular meeting on June 27. The meet ing was called to order by Harry Kendal, senior patrol leader. The assistant Scoutmaster, Vick, talked about the proposed swim ming pool behind the Scout of fice on Main street. D-DAY MIXUP Alva, Okla. U.R) The Inva sion news came at a particularly bad time for Mrs. James Brake bill of Alva. Her house was on fire right at the moment, to be specific. And when she asked the telephone operator to ring the fire departmen quick the operator thought she was mere ly another citizen wanting to flash the word to have the fire sirens blown for the invasion signal. 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