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FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, Aug. 2. 1944 COOPER DEFEATS WYATT, 0L0 FOE Tl Cards Wallop Dodgers, H 3 Before Small Crowd Browns Increase Lead New York, Aug. 2 (U.P.) The Idea was inescapable today that the small crowd which saw Morton Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals beat his old enemy, Whit Wyatt of the Brooklyn Dodgers, 14 to 3, yesterday was in on the end of a baseball era. From the 1941 season until mid-way last year, the Cards and Dodgers represented about all that was powerful in the Na tional league and Cooper and Wyatt were their respective pitching aces. Until the Dodgers began to crack up in the middle of the 1943 season, a duel between Cooper and Wyatt was sufficient to draw capacity crowds and the big right-handers never failed to provide a full measure for the admission price. In 1941, late in the season, Wyatt won a 1 to 0 duel over the Cardinal fire-ball expert that was regard -d as the turning point In the race, with the Dodgers going on to win the pennant. Likewise in 1942, Cooper was an 11-innlng victor in 2 to 1 duel at St. Louis in which both teams went score Jess for 10 Innings. That the Cards went on from there to cap ture the pennant was more than slightly significant. The Cards played their role as overlords of the National league to perfection, pummeling Wyatt and his four successors for 17 hits. Yet the idea persisted that the game found the Cards at their peak and the Dodgers at lowest ebb. The Cards, liquidat ing some of their far-flung farm holdings are not likely to go on dominating the league indefi nitely. Three Homiri The Cincinnati Reda defeated the New York Giants, 5 to 4, with First Baseman Frank Mc Cormlck continuing his hitting spree with a three-run homer to pace the offensive. The Giants maintained a bare lead in fourth place over the Chicago Cubs who were Idle at Philadelphia in the midst of a seven-game winning streak because of a transportation strike which caused postponement of a dou ble header. ' The suspended game bugaboo complicated the standings again at Boston with Pittsburgh lead ing the Braves. 12 to 8, in a game called in the eighth inning to permit the Bucs to catch a train. The St. Louis Browns moved five and a half games In front in the American league by win ning their fourth straight from Washington. 11 to 6. Detroit defeated the New York Yankees, 8 to 4, knocking Ernie Bonham out in tho third inning. Cleveland defented Boston's ace pitcher, Cecil (Tex) Hughson, 8 to 4, in hii bid for his 17th victory. Irv Hnll's second extra-Inning triple In as many dnys again pro vided the winning run for the A s over the Chicago White Sox in the 10th, 2 to 1. ATHERTON IN HOSPITAL Los Angeles, Aug. 2. cU.RW Edwin N. Atherton, Taciflc Coast conference athletic com missioner, enters the Santa Mon ica hospital today for a gall bladder operation. Atherton has been 111 for sev eral months. Private automobiles are the only means of passenger trans portation for 2211 cities in the United States having a total pop ulation of 11.162.000. mmim ALL-SCIENTIFIC Ti It's been a long time since an armory main event wrestling match pitted a pair of scientific operators against each other, so Thursday night's feature attrac tion will cijme as a welcome change to many fans. . Promoter Mack Llllard, In se lecting his top-spot combatants, couldn't have done a better Job had he had his choice of any two scientific matmen now In action on the Pacify coast. Paavo Katonen, of course, Is rated the best clean wrestler on the western seaboard and one of the greatest In America. Not far behind is Jack Kaiser of Van couver, Wash., who will provide the opposition. Kaiser appeared here three tlm In Mav and Heliflhted the customers with his sensational! sDeed and knowledge of legiti mate holds. He has been In the Los Angeles area for the past five weeks and ran up an un broken string of victories. Ho is considered the most promising light-heavyweight on the coast and possesses a very efficient pinning hold in his alligator clutch. He Is en route back to the northwest and was induced to stop off here for the match against the big Finnish gent. Katonen, as befits his status as coast light-heavy champ, will probably be the slight favorite. Few grapplers can match Katonen's skill along scientific lines, ' but Kaiser may do lust that and score an upset victory. Unlike the one-hour main event, the four-round center bout will see a roughneck, in the per son of Tony Morelll, meeting Herb Parks, the Canadian light heavyweight titlest. Pat O'Dowdy, a rather un couth character, will face Tex Porter, a scientific grappler, in the three-round opener. HOWTW STAnD American W. L. St. Louis 59 42 Boston 82 4fl New York 50 48 Cleveland 51 49- Detroit 49 50 Chicago 48 50 Philadelphia 44 55 Washington 42 88 National W. L. St. Louis . 69 28 Cincinnati 54 42 Pittsburgh 50 40 New York .. 48 51 Chicago 42 47 Boston 39 68 Philadelphia 37 65 Brooklyn 38 68 Pet. .728 .563 .558 .474 .472 .411 .402 .396 Pet. .839 .834 .804 .504 .500 .483 .479 .458 Pacific Coast W. L. Los Angeles 62 S3 San Francisco 62 84 Hollywood 59 58 Portland 58 57 Oakland 58 68 Sacramento ... 56 60 Seattle 56 81 San Dlrgo ............ 84 64 Television is called video transmission to distinguish it from the transmission of sound (audio). Pet. .584 .531 .821 .510 .495 .479 .444 .429 ALL-STAE (SAED 15) MEDFORD ARMORY THURSDAY NIGHT BOUTS START 8:30 P.M. o THRILLS! o SPILLS! The Country's BEST TALENT Tickets Now On Sale Pro Grid War Breaks Out In Earnest As Teams Seek Men By Walter Byers United Press Staff Correspondent Chicago, Aug. 2 (U.R) The National Professional Football league declared today that the professional football war, which has been In the skirmish stage for several months, now is on in earnest. Prompted by action of the American league, composed' of Pacific coast cities. National league headquarters here sound ed a warning to players of Its own league not to be too hasty In' accepting offers of newly-organized competitive leagues, "nebulous or otherwise," and In dicated that new leagues should not be too ambitious when eye ing players in the National cir cuit. Battle lines began to form a short time ago when several new leagues took shape on paper and announced: (1) They had plenty of fresh money, and (2) they needed football players to form teams. The first newcomer to promise open competition to the National was the United States league, whose president is Ro land D. Payne, a Pittsburgh In dustrialist unknown to the sport ing world. The American league plans to operate this year and recently asked Elmer Layden, National league president and commis sioner, to protect Its property and players until the far west is able to compete with the Nation al, which is 24 years old this sea son and firmly established as a going concern. ! However, an announcement by the American league yesterday that National league players have been assigned to Pacific coast teams touched off the fire works and ended affiliation pros pects between the National and American. The west coBst outfit received application blanks from prospec tive players, pooled the players for a workout and then assigned them to three of its teams in a cooperative venture new to pro fessional football. They also pro pose to pool their expenses. Noting that Dean Hilmlck and Bill Flsk, Detroit Lion players, and Vic Carroll, a New York Gi ant member, were In the pool, George Strlckler, National league publicity director, warned all players In that league that such fickleness might end their playing days in the major leagues. "Any National league player who accepts a contract with any other league," he explained, "will be ineligible to play in our league for five years and none of our teams can play another team which has on its roster such a player. For older players, it may end their careers so far as the National league is con cerned." Strlckler said there was room for another major professional football league, indicating that the present crop of aspirants notwithstanding their grandiose plans don't appear to be quali fied. The National league, itself, harbors post-war plans for the west coast, ultimately planning to establish franchises at Los Angeles and San Francisco. TRAIN DERAILED Los Angeles, Aug. 2. (U.R) A broken rail was blamed today for the derailment near Saugus, Cal., last night of 11 cars of the slwly-moving San Joaquin Day light, Southern Pacific passenger train en route from San Fran cisco here. The locomotive and seven cars passed the broken rail but the following cars went off the track. None overturned and no one was hurt. Dh UUl Trunin Want Ad. SIM! E INTO THIRD SPOT By United Press Slapping down the rejuvenat ed Sacramento Solons 8-4 last night the San Francisco Seals climbed to within a half game of the Idle Los Angeles Angels, current leaders of the Pacific Coast league pennant chase. A 9-8 defeat of Hollywood by the last place San Diego Padres enabled the idle Portland Beav ers to move into a third place tie with the Twinks. Oakland tdpped Seattle 3-2 in the other contest. Led by Veteran Gus Suhr, who banged out four hits in five trips to the plate, the Seals pounded Sacramento hurlers Earl Porter and Gene Babbitt for 12 safeties, while Bill Werle was keeping 10 Solon hits scat tered well enough to clinch the win. BETZ WINNER OF Wilmington, Del., Aug. 2 (U.R) Pauline Betz moved into the sec ond round of the Deleware State Grass Court Tennis tournament today. Justifying her position as seeded favorite by beating Cecile Dowes of Philadelphia, the national squash champion, 6-0, 6-2, yesterday. Other first round victors were Margaret Osborne of San Fran cisco who defeated Gloria But ler of Los Angeles, 6-1, 8-1; Mrs. Virginia Kovacs of Oakland, Calif., a 6-4, 6-2 victor over Lil lian Lopaus of New York, and Mrs. Eleanor Cushlngham of Pensacola, Fla., who ousted Betty Rosenquest of South Orange, N. J., 1-6, 6-1, 6-2. COASTALUSTARS San Francisco, Aug. 2 (U.R) Two "all-star" Pacific Coast league baseball games will be played In San Francisco and Los Angeles next Monday night for the benefit of the Servicemen's Athletic Equipment fund and the the American Professional Base ball Players association, it was announced today. Los Angeles and San Fran cisco squad players will rep resent the "south" at the bay city, meeting Sacramento and Portland for the "north." In Los Angeles, Hollywood and San Diego will represent the south and Seattle and Oak land the north. William Gilbert, Queen Eliza beth's physician, coined electric ity from elektron, Greek word for amber. Salchell Paige Calls ' For Player Strike In Protest Money Split Chicago, Aug. 2. (U.R) Leroy (Satchell) Paige, who boosted negro baseball to its present moneyed position with his skin ny right arm, today was solicit ing fellow all-star members of the negro National and Ameri can leagues to join a strike Aug. 13, the day of the east-west all star classic at Comiskey park. A prominent star In eight of the 12 east-west games, the "Satch" is organizing the strike In protest against the manage-j mem ui me icoeuso . - fused to follow his suggestion that 100 per cent of the game's proceeds go to war relief. "The big boys are greedy," Paige said. "Negro baseball has growed up to where it is big time and paying us about $600 per game. I built this game up and I want to help the soldier boys, white and black both." After more than 2,000 days of pitching toil, the tall, 38-year-old negro remains as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, re gardless of race. He suggested last spring that the war relief chest be the recipient of the classic's proceeds this year and when the managements ignored his advice, "Satch" walked out for G. I. Joe. E NINE TO PLAY HERE TWICE The Marine Air Base Wingers, who downed the strong U. S. Naval Air Station nine of Klam ath Falls, 9 to 8 two weeks ago, will meet the Medford-Camp White league All-Stars in a two game series here next week-end. The Saturday night tilt will start at 9 o'clock, that Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Wingers will be the best team to show at the fairgrounds park this season. They handed AND FAUCET IS WAST Folks waterworks plant materials are going to war. There won't be new ex tensions or new services until we beat the Axis. The water wasted daily by residential, commercial, municipal and industrial water fixtures totals millions of gallons. CITY OF MEDFORD the navy fliers their only loss of the .campaign. The fliers last Sunday whipped the All-Stars, 12 to 7. PILCHARDS NEEDED Washington, Aug. 2. (U.R) Coordinator of Fisheries Harold L. Ickes said today that the Pa cific pilchard fishing season, which opened yesterday in Cali fornia, must yield more than 1, 000,000,000 pounds to meet the demands from military, civilian and lend-lease agencies. PLAN OAKLAND TUNNEL Washington, Aug. 2. (U.R) Rep. Albert E. Carter, R., Calif., said yesterday that plans and specifications for a new 56,500, 000 tunnel from Oakland to Ala meda. Calif., have been prepared and that a contract for its con struction could be let "at short notice" after the war. HW 'Wartime restrictions may keep your i m Sta 1 aquaintance to an occasional bottle of f-j jSS Barclay's Straight Rye-but note with ? KjQSTl y . ggj" pleasure that its quality is rigidly maintained. m " jSjj Straight RYE Whiskey 11 i Jom. Barclay & Co. LlrnlticJ Ptoricb llllno.. - '""i' j VILLI NG VAT-ER POUEIHG S 'V I i. I A DUCK SACK , FYs m - - A IXSKING few r THE GRANGE j Central Point Grange I Central Point grange met July 21 for regular session. Program, consisted of a comedy and educa tional pictures, shown by Mr., and Mrs. Everett Faber. Herb' Crain, Mediord navy recruiting officer, introduced Yeoman Moore who explained the neces-1 sity of women in the navy, and the jobs they hold. The Juvenile grange presented a stunt. Mr., and Mrs. Arnold Bohnert werej program chairmen. At the meeting August 4, a musical program will be pre-1 sented, beginning promptly at 8:30. Included will be an accor dian number by students of the Eve Prentice Studio. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McKibben are pro-, gram chairmen. Dm Mall Tribune Want Ad. J jayj' WATER N r s IS t wAd I Mi ft VMTE This wasted water is needed to make war materials. I'm hustling to deliver all the water needs of war plants and of you civilians, too, so Joe and the other boys can keep the tanks and air planes moving on the production lines. 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