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.
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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
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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 -
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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.
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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. Tedious moments fol
lowed, but Mrs. Brakebill got -a
fire truck out in time to prevent
much damage.
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