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BIT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. June SO. 1944 "HANDY TALKIE" F Sam Byrd's Victory Tourna ment Crown Threatened By Nine Other Golfers. Chicago, June 30 U.PJ The cream of the ration's wartime goliing talent dotted the fair ways of Edgewater Country club In the second victory na tional open tournament today, s the colorful field became in terspersed with war's gift to the sports world the "handle talkie." The "handle talkie" is a pint sized Imitation of the army's fa mous "walkie talkie" and its purpose on a golf course Is to provide the "talkie" without so much "walkie." It looks like a telephone with a goiter with a flshpole sticking out the top, but victory tourna ment officials used it to phone In the anticipated sub-par scores as they were being compiled by the 67 pros and amateurs who teed off in hopes of inheriting the title won last year by Sam my Byrd, former New York Yankee slugger, who preferred to be a regular on the golf links to being a substitue for Babe Ruth in Yankee stadium. Stay Out of Sun But just an Byrd preferred to shoot for war bond prizes In stead of world series dough, there were many galleryites (and sports writers) who pre ferred to follow the $10,000 tourney from the clubhouse bar via "handy talkie" rather than under the hot sun. "Hello, Al. How's Byron Nel son doing?" an elbow-bending golf fan asked the walkie-less-talkie. "Just took birdie three on the 12th," came the answer. And the fan turned back to his tall one, while Al lurked in Nel son's wake, periscope extended, like a prowling submarine. Defending titlist Byrd com piled 36 holes of foursome play yesterday with a 70-72 142 In a tie for eighth place with Joe KIrkwood for medal honors. Today he found that his crown Is threatened not only by the remainder of the "Big Four" money winners, Nelson, Craig Wood and Jug McSpaden, but also by Lt. Ben Hogan, Johnny Revolta, Ky Laffoon, Jim Foul is and Jimmy Hines, who bet tered his score during the two days of complicated team play which decided four champion ships Byrd got a small share In these titles, however, when he and Bob Cochran, St. Louis newspaperman, put together a 143 and a 143 to take third place in the pro-amateur com petition, an event they won last year. SEGIMUm IN SEMI-FINALS Evsnston, III., June 30 (U.R) Trati Cisco (I'ancho) Segura. Miami university tennis star, and Joseph Willett, Georgia Tech, meet today In the semi-finals of the National Collegiate Athletic association tournament with the winner fighting it out with Charlie Samson, of Notre Dame, tomorrow. Samson, captain of Irish's ten nis squad, advanced to the finals yesterday with a 6-4. 6-4, 7-3 victory over Harry Likas, of Gonzaga. Samson came from bo hind to win all three seui. In the first -et he trailed Likas 4-2 and then won the next four games. He repeatod the same routine in the second set then overcame a 6-4 lead to take the final. Clotln tlms for 8un1ty Tno It to Clttrlty 6.30 fe.turd.y artornoon flenfl romtmher. I I Husky Walter "Sneeze" Achlu captured his third straight arm ory wrestling match last night, defeating "Gorgeous George Wagner in a tough battle to be come the man most likely to be selected to meet Paavo Katonen. Pacific Coast ilght-heavvweight champion, In next Thursday's main event. The big Chinese matman had to come from behind to whip the glamour bov, for Wagner obtain ed the first fall of the match with a savage hammerlock that forced Achlu to give up. That made the largest crowd of the year very unhappy, but they were able to cheer a short time later when Achlu squared the affair with a step-over toe hold. The action on this fall was sensational. Wagner, going wild, had ham mered Achm to the canvas sev eral times and, sensing his chance to end the match, had also launched a series of sonnen bergs. Achlu, however, wasn't so badly off as he seemed, for as ' Wagner shot another sonnenberg at him the Chinaman dove feet first at his opponent, clamped on the step-over toe hold and Wagner was forced to give up- Some 10 minutes later the match was all over as Achlu gave 'Gorgeous George" several shoulder flips and pinned him with a shoulder press. With the ' exception of one rlght-nanded clip to Billy Mc Euin's chin. Pete Belcastro lived up to his promise to wrestle cleanly In their middle event clash. But that one smash turned the tide and enabled Belcastro to take' the match, two falls to one. McEutn grabbed the initial tumble in the second round when he caught Belcastro squarely on the whiskers with a dropkick as the latter was attempting a son nenberg. In the first two rounds Belcastro bled from the nose profusely until stopping the flow with cotton. In the third stanza Belcastra, as before mentioned, tossed Just one savage punch to McEuin's chin. Billy went down and Fete Immediately clamped on a surf board which was so effective that McEuin was unable to continue. Tony MorclU took the lone fall of his opening event match with Harold "Buck" Davidson It ocsurrred In the third round und . was gained with a body press after a series of windmill uppercuts to the Davidson Jaw. Navy Air Fighter To Plead For Youths' Grid Training By Jack Cuddy i United Press Staff Correspondent New York, June 30. (U.R) Within the next couple of weeks the brass hats at Washington will get a memorable fill-In on the application of football tactics to modern aerial warfare; also on the advisability of making football a compulsory sport for every able-bodied lad In our high schools and colleges. This fill-in will be provided TIED FOR SECOND Br United Press The Pacific Coast league pen nant chase was drawn even tighter today, with but 7V4 games separating first place San Francisco and last pace Sacra mento, after the San Diego Padres dumped the league lead ing Seals 5-4, In 10 Innings last night. Portland defeated Oakland for the third straight time, 6-5. in 11 Innings, to remain In a second place tic with the Padres, IV4 games behind San Francisco. Los Angeles Jumped into fourth, a game behind, by scoring seen runs in a wild ninth Inning rally to upset Seattle 8-7. Sacramento turned back Hollywood. 4-1. It was a night of "big" In nings throughout the league, Portland scoring five times In the seventh to overtake Oak land, and winning in the 11th on a triple by Snencer Harris and a single by Frank Shone. Each club used three pitchers, the Oak hurlcs giving up 11 walks. Mar ino Piercttl received credit for win, while Al Halmondl was the Inspr. Portland 6 8 2 Oakland 5 13 3 MoMer, Federmeyer, Picretti and Mams, Campbell: Scarsella. Klelnke, A. Ralmondl and B. Halmondl. by Commander Joseph Clifton, the fighting air group comman der of a navy plane carrier who has Just returned from 15 months of combat duty In the Pacific from battle areas that included the Solomons, the Gil berts, the Marshalls and the Indian ocean. Because of the singular suc cesses of his unit, Clifton of Pa- ducah, Ky. former smashing fullback at Annapolis has been invited to Washington for "con ferences. During his 5,402 hours of combat flying, as lead er of V-12 Grumman hell cats and as air group commander, his units destroyed 102 Japanese planes and damaged 78 more. They sank 102,000 tons of Jap anese shipping, and damaged j 199,000 tons more. All this with out the loss of a single U. S. dive' bomber or torpedo plane. No wonder he is considered a "mir acle" commander. Commander Clifton, holder of the Distinguished Flyir.i Cross, steadfastly declines to discuss his own exploits, because he in sists that teamwork, rather than individual brilliance, is the basis of successful modern air fight ing just as it is the basis of suc cess on the gridiron. Chatting last night at the Club 21, Commander Clifton big, brown-haired possessor of a slightly mashed nose said, "I thank my lucky stars that I was well grounded In football before I moved into the Pacific. The football tactics I had absorbed at Paducah high and at the naval academy proved the most valuable things I had ever learn ed. Naturally, you thing I'm ex aggerating; you can't appreciate fully what I mean unless you've played football and then been up there in combat formation." ORTIZ IN BITTER ' Boston, June 30 (U.R) Man uel Ortiz of El Centro, Calif., world bantamweight champion. denjonstrated his claim as pound- tor-pouna, one of the toughest men tn the ring last night when he slashed his way to a 10-round decision over game Larry Bol vin of Providence, R. I. Ortiz, making his eastern de but at Braves Field here before 8,000 fans, came out on top in as tough a fight as has been seen in these parts In some time. Ex hibiting a brutal, punishing at tack, the little Mexican, who has defended his title 10 times in as many months, came from behind to drop Bolvin three times in the fight and threatened in the final three rounds to score a knockout. BROWNS TO SEEK TALKING AGAIN Forest Hills, N. Y., June 30 (U.R) Frankle Kovacs, irrepress ible "clown prince of tennis," said today that he intends to prove himself "the No. 1 player of the world," and offered to "lick anybody to prove it, and that includes Don Budge." Recently returned from 15 months' duty in Australia as an army private, the "Pecks Bad Boy" of the courts reported that his checkered career as a tourna ment playboy is over, that he is fired with ambition and purpose and that he already has proved part of his claim. "I licked the entire Davis Cup championship team in Austra lia", he said. "I beat Adrian Quist in Sydney, 7-5, 6-4 and Jack Crawford many times any where from love-sets to 8-6, 4-6, 15-13. On Dec. 26, 1941, I won from Don Budge in Madison Square Garden. In 1941, I play ed Jack Kramer seven times and won all matches, and Don Mc Neill four times and won every time." CARDINALS LOSE THREE STRAIGHT TO PHILLIES, 1-0 Mur Vnrlr .Tune 30 (U.P) The bale of hay is biting the horse at St. Louis wnere tne ivtl, nln.a Phllnripltthin Phillies supposedly welcome fodder for the Cardinals' lengthy National league lead have tagged tne npnnnnt defenders with three straight defeats on their home grounds. The first of the losses was a carry-over from May 16, In the completion- of a suspended game, but with that out of the way the Phillies proceeded with the busi ness at hand and administered two shutouts to the league cham pions. Lefty Ken Raffensberger applied the first coat of white wash Wednesday night and big Bill Lee, on whom the Chicago Cubs once placed a six-figure asking price, wielded the brush yesterday, 1-0. In the only other . National league game scheduled, the Pitts burgh Pirates drew with the! New York Giants, their game I being called at the end of the i fifth inning with the score tied at 1-1. In the American leaeue the New York Yankees whittled the i lead of the St. Louis Browns to I two and a half games in one qf the best games played -this sea son. With brilliant fielding and pitching exhibited by both clubs, the Yanks won out, 1-0, with the winning run coming in the ninth inning after two were out. Catch er Roilie Hemsley ended a pitch ing duel between Winner Walt Dubiel and Sig Jakuckl with a single that scored Bud Metheny. Allle Reynolds pitched and batted the Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 shutout over the Philadel phia Athletics as he got as many hits as he allowed with two doubles and a single. The Boston Reds scored their ninth straight victory against the Chicago White Sox when Man ager Joe Cronln homered to start a four-run rally In the second in ning which led to a 5-4 win. Lefty Hay Newhouser scored his 11th triumph of the season with a two-hit performance against the Washington Senators that save Detroit a 4-0 shutout. Population of the Mallard , duck ;n. wortrj America is Be tween 35,000.000 and 40,000,000. CLOSED SHOP BAN SET FOR CALIFORNIA VOTE Sacramento. June 30 (U.R) Secretary of State Frank M. Jor dan today announced that a "right of employment" initiative petition which in effect would outlaw the closed shop has quali fied for the November ballot with 180,449 signatures. The controversial labor meas ure is sponsored by southern California employer groups, but northern employer groups as well as organized labor is on record as opposing it. PEP TALK Lawrence, Kan. U.R) Noval aviation cadets in training at the University of Kansas here have a saying that, "it's a great life if you can fly it, but it's Great Lakes if you can't." WATCHMAKER For City of 30.000 on Beautiful Puget Sound Sportsman's Paradlsa New Trade Shop $100 WEEKLY WEISFIELD 8c GOLBERG 138 W. Holly Street. Belllngham, Wash. Notice In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Jackson County. In the Matter of the Estate of J. T. hagan, deceased. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his Final Account in the above entitled matter, and the above entitled Court has fixed July 29th, 1944, at 10 o'clock A. M., In the County Court Room, In the Court House in Medford, Ore gon, as the time and place for hearing objections to said Final Account, and for the settlement thereof. HARRY C. SKYRMAN, Administrator. We Will Be CLEHJ From Saturday Noon July 1st Until Wednesday Morning July 5th GRATER LAKE MOTORS P. S.: Have a 1938 Studebaker Sedan. Only $850. Save and Buy Bonds With Your Savings OWTHE St. Louis ... New York .... Boston . Chicago ... Washinglon Philadelphia American W. L. Pet. 38 29 .567 33 29 .532 35 31 .530 30 23 .5$8 31 34 .477 30 33 .462 Cleveland 30 36 .455 St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati . New York .... Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Chicago National W. L. 41 19 32 25 - 33 30 - 32 30 33 32 25 35 ,.. 27 38 . 21 35 Pet. ' ..683 I .561 .524 ; ..516 .508 .417 , .415 .375 Pacific Coast San Francisco Portland .'. San Diego Los Angeles Seattle . Hollywood Oakland Sacramento .... W. L. Pet 44 38 .537 42 39 .519 44 41 41 40 40 41 .... 41 42 .. 39 41 31 44 Dm Mill Trunin Want Ada. New York, June 30 (U.R) The St. Louis Browns, who have found to their dismay that the fans stay away in droves even when they are In first place, are going to lead a drive for legisla tion to permit more night base ball games for the remainder of the current season, It was re vealed today. Officials of most other malor league clubs, while not reeking more night dates for their own parks, are willing to give passive cooperation to the Browns when they petition the majors for an Increased number of night games in a special meeting at the Major league all-star game at Pitts burgh. July 11. 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