BIT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. June SO. 1944
"HANDY TALKIE"
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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.
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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."
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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.
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July 1st Until
Wednesday Morning
July 5th
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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.
For the period March 1-15.
1944, 1,068 cases of typhoid
fever were reported In Romania.
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Du Quoin, 111. (U.R) Albert
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when his wife asked him to catch
her a five-pound bass, but he
first threw back six beauties
that didn't quite weigh to specif!-
cations. On his last cast he hit
the Jackpot with 3',4-pounder.
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