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TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. August 4. 1944 f skoals, SLATED 10 PITCH Games Scheduled for Satur day Night, Sunday After noon; Visitors Strong. Manager Paul Freer of the Mcdford-Camp White league All-Stars announced today that Ted Bergold, the southpaw mite, would pitch Saturday night against the Marine Air Base Wingers from Corvallis, with the veteran Steve Crippen, right- handed curve-baller, working the Sunday afternoon struggle. Saturday night's tilt will be gin at 9 o'clock and the game Sunday at 2:30 Both will be played at the fairgrounds park. Expected to toe the slab for the Wingers, who handed the U. S. Naval Air Station club of Klamath Falls their only defeat of the season two weeks ago, are Hank Dlugokecki, property of the Cleveland Indians and Frank Dietzel, owned by very good. Freer, who caught the first eight Innings, said he might put himself in the outfield. The powerful Wingers, most of whose players have seen over seas service, are expected to take the field with Ticcony back of the plate, Aberle on first, Johnston on second, Kreches on short, Blackwell on third, Khe lokin in left, Aruln in center and Nelon in right. The club, which has a batting average of .321, is led at the plate by Khelokin. Best Team Yet The marine nine will be the most powerful club to appear here this season and large crowds are expected for both games. While the visitors are ex pected to prove too strong for the locals, the Frecrmen have strengthened to the point where they could upset the dope and take one, or both, contests. Franklin Death Emphasizes Dangers To Unfit Fighters ' By Jack Cuddy United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Aug. 4 (U.R) Lem Franklin's death In New Jersey from ring injuries should serve as a grim warning to boxing commissions throughout the United States that all par ticipants in this dangerous sport should be subjected to a thorough, rigid physical examination. Boxing Is the most dangerous WOW THEY: American W. St. Louis 59 Boston 52 New York 50 Cleveland 51 Detroit 49 Chicago 49 Philadelphia 45 Washington 42 National W. St. Louis 71 the Cincinnati 54 Baltimore Orioles of the Inter national league. Lineup Changes Freer announced several changes In the All-Star lineup, from that which lost to the naval fliers from Klamath Falls last Sunday. Ray Brocker will catch, with either Dave Otte or Homer Sullivan on first, Don San Francisco 62 Wilkey on second, Tony D'Am- Hollywood 60 brosio on short, DeRushlo on j Oakland 59 third, Harold Lange in left, Sacramento 58 Virgil Swanson or Paul Lucido , Portland 58 In center and Otte or Swanson Seattle 58 In right. Brocker caught the last Inning gainst the fliers and looked Pittsburgh 50 Chicago . 44 New York . 46 Boston 39 Philadelphia 37 Brooklyn 38 Pacific Coast W. Los Angeles 65 San Diego Phone 2119 for Towing or ,Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Super Service 55 L. 42 46 46 51 50 51 56 56 L. 20 42 42 47 51 56 55 60 L. 53 56 59 60 60 60 62 65 4. for- FORMER RED DIES Rcdwod City, Ca'lif., Aug (U.R) Arthur Haugher, 47, mer major and minor league baseball star who played with the Cincinnati Reds and man aged the Toronto Maple Leaves, died at his home here yesterday. YOUTHS SEEK JOBS Cleveland (U.R) Nearly 10, 000 boys and girls under 18, all seeking high-paying jobs during tho summer vacation period be tween school terms, have been granted work permits by the Cleveland school board bureau of attendance. of all sports, even for young men in perfect physical condi tion, because the delicate brain is subjected to almost constant punishment In training sessions and In combat. Even the per fectly conditioned can suffer quick death like Luther Mc- Carty or be rendered perman ently "punchy." Moreover there is the ever-present menace of blindness or injury to the In ternal organs. If these hazards confront a boxer in peak shape, imagine the risk that one takes when he enters the ring "washed-up" with his reactions dulled by previous head Injuries or by ill ness or dissipation. To prevent tragedy from stalking these un fortunates, every boxing com mission has its examining phy sician or physicians experts of the physical check-up who pro tect the unfit from being killed or permanently injured, even though the unfit are ready to gamble their lives, their eyes and their sanity for dollars. Lem Franklin, Chicago negro heavyweight, died yesterday at Newark, N. J., from injuries suffered when knocked out by Larry Lane on the night of July 24. Events leading up to the bout would indicate that Frank lin was unfit when he entered the ring, although John J. Hall, state athletic commissioner for New Jersey, denies this: and report of the autopsy likewise discounts the unfitness sus picion. Many managers and trainers suspected that there was "some- 'ias' thing wrong" with Franklin be- iure ne accepted xne jewarK match. In fact, Willie Stevens, boxing expert of the New York Sunday Enquirer, wrote that if Franklin went through with his proposed come-back plans, "something might happen to him." Franklin's manager, Jack Hurley, had forced the big ne gro to retire last August for the evasive reason: "I knew he wasn't getting any place." Which was a polite way of say ing that Lem was through washed up. Hurley had forced another fighter into retirement In 1934 Billy Pctrolle. the 'Fargo Express", because he Pet. .584 .531 .521 .500 .495 .490 .448 .429 Pet. .732 .563 .543 .484 .474 .411 .402 .388 Pet. .551 .525 .504 .492 .492 .483 .458 FOR EIGHTH 10 INTH T It was a different and tragic siory wun franklin, who in sisted upon come-back. PEP CHALLENGED New York, Aug. 4 -U.R) Pedro Hernandez of Puerto Rico has challenged officially. Feather weight Champion Willie Pep for a shot at the title and deposited the required $1,000 forfeit check with the New York Boxing com mission. In presenting the challenge and check yesterday, Hernandez' manager Al Weill informed the commission that if the fistic fathers questioned Hernandez' right to a title scrap, Pedro would be ready to prove his merit against any rival contend ers, Including Chalky Wright and h'hil Terranova. , Pep is recognized in New York and affiliated states; but Sal Bartolo of Boston is champion In National Boxing association ter ritory. New York, Aug. 4 (U.R) The Chicago Cubs, a Major league club on paper but a Minor league outfit on the field earlier this season, today were in the National league's first division for the first time since April 20, and riding the crest of a nine game winning streak as they ended their eastern tour. Yesterday the Bruins defeat ed the Brooklyn Dodgers in both ends of a twin bill for their eighth and ninth straight wins, a record equalled by only two other Major league clubs this year the American league leading St. Louis Browns and the National league leading St. Louis Cardinals. In addition to the club tri umphs, Belting Bill Nicholson achieved a personal one when he took over the Major league lead in home runs as he clouted one in each game to extend his total to 23. Bob Chipman, left-handed rookie whom the Dodgers trad ed to the Cubs for Shortstop- Second Baseman Ed Stanky Shea moved ahead -with a 6-0, 1-6, 7-5 edge over Chubby Ed Ray of Sinton, Tex. In the other semi-final match second-seeded Bernard Bartzen of San Angelo, Tex., meets third-ranked Herbie Flam of Beverly Hills, Cal., last year's , boys titlist. Bartzen, National jnterscnoiastic ana western jun ior champion, moved into the semi-final round at the expense of Alan Watson of Short Hills, N. J., whom he defeated easily, 6-0, 6-1. Flam had a battle with Henry Pfister of San Francisco before winning, 3-8, 6-4, 6-4. KATONEN DEFEATS KAISER IN FINE WRESTLING' BOOT In exactly half an hour of some of the most sensational scientific grappling yet staged in the Medford armory, Paavo Katonen defeated Jack Kaiser, two falls to one, in a main event match last night that kept the customers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end. The pair went through every legal maneuver in the book with Katonen, coast light-heavy champion, taking the first turn- earlier this season, was credited D'e in 16 minutes with a series with the opening 6-2 .triumph. . of whip wristlocks followed by In addition to Nicholson's first a body press. Katonen set up homer, - Dom Dallessandro hit I this fall with a couple of elbow BEAVERS BEATEN saw that Pctrolle's legs were gone during a 10-round licking by Barney Ross. Hurley made Pctrolle's retirement stick: but By United Press The home run hitting Los Angeles Angels enjoyed a rela tively wide lead in the Pacific Coast league pennant scramble today, taking a three game mar gin over San Francisco by trouncing the Portland Beavers 9-1 last night while Sacramento was drubbing the Seals 4-2. San Diego's last place Padres edged Hollywood 1-0, while Oakland stopped Seattle 5-3. The night's games sent Oakland Into fourth, and put Sacramento in a tie for fifth with Portland, a half game behind the Acorns. Red Adams four hit pitching and Angel slugging, led by Rip Russell's three-run homer, gave Los Angeles its third straight win over the Beavers. Roy Hel- ser was the losing twirler. one off Loser Curt Davis. Claude Passeau pitched the second game and spaced 10 hits to win 7-1 and move the Cubs ahead of the idle New York Giants into fourth place. In the only other National league game scheduled the St. Louis Cardinals trounced the Pittsburgh Pirates 15-2 with an 18 hit attack. The victory gave the Cards another half game margin on the idle second place Cincinnati Reds and stretched their lead to 16'4 games. In the only American league activity the Chicago White Sox threw a cramp into the style of the pressing Cleveland In dians by beating them in both ends of a doubleheader. ' John Dickshot tripled to start a ninth inning rally in the opener and scored on Hal Trosky's single to break a 2-2 tie and give Bill Dietrich a 3-2 win in the open er. The Sox came from behind in the nightcap too, scoring five runs in the seventh and eighth inning to gain a 5-1 victory. liis is America's Zero I lour - Civilization's 2 yI a-' aw i TO 50 YEARS E LOOP Philadelphia, Aug. 4 (U.R) Today "marks the 50th anniver sary of Connie Mack's service to major league baseball as a manager and the 81-year-old pilot of the Philadelphia Ath-1 dropkicks and leiics win be feted in a special second on a foul after O'Dowdy blows to Kaiser's chin, a per fectly legitimate action The young Kaiser, who was the favorite with the fans, even. ed the count five minutes later with a beautiful step-over inside toe hold. He had Katonen on the defensive for several minutes and finally was able to clamp on the hold. Nine minutes later the big Finnish . fellow obtained the third and deciding fall, employ ing a back body drop and a press for the decider. The last nine minutes were filled with action as both boys cut loose with everything they knew In an attempt to grab the "rubber" press. Herb Parks, the Canadian light heavyweight champion, won his middle event match with Tony Morelli when the lat ter was disqualified by Referee Earl Yoakley. Morelli won the first fall in the second round with a press, rolling over on top of Parks while the latter had what looked to be a pinning headlock. . Parks turned the tables in the third heat with a giant swing and body slam after hammering the rough Morelli from pillar to post. In the fourth round Morelli, somewhere, picked up a little rubber stamp and scraped it across Parks' eyes. Yoakley fin ally spotted the dirty work and gave the match to the Canadian. Tex Porter whipped Pat O Dowdy in two straight falls in the opener, taking the first with press and the program tonight at Shibe park nome or the Athletics. A dinner and celebration will precede a game between the New York Yankees and the "A's" and will be attended by all but two of the athletes Mack named to his all-time all-star squad. George Sisler and Honus Wagner were unable to be pres ent but the other team mem bers Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, Lefty Grove, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins and Frank (Home Run) Baker will be on hand. kicked him out of the ring three times. i Promoter Mack Lillard an nounced that Ernie Piluso, popu lar Portlander, would appear nere next Thursday night, prob- aoiy against Katonen. liis is America's Zero I lour Civilization's -cro 1 iourl 1 our boys and your neighbor s boys are making a supreme bid for Victory, . . -You arc counting on us to do our job. But remember, wc ore counting on you to do yours to dig down deep . to dig out ilie dollars in your pockets. In your savings accounts and put every last one of tbcm into War Bonds. Don't let us down In tlus fateful bour of Invasion. Do your part as we arc doing ours tt?rr.:i. BUY MORE THAN BEFORE FALKENBERG, SHEA IN SEMI-FINALS Kalamazoo, Mich.. Aue. 4 (U.R) Defending Champion Bob Falkenberg of Hollywood. Cal.. and John Shea of Los Angeles, were set to battle it out today in the feature match of the semi-finals of the National Jun iors and Boys' Tennis tourna ment being played here. Falkenberg showed good form yesterday in advancing to the round of four when he defeated tournament Dark Horse Billy Smith of Orlando, Fla., 6-4. 6-4. BETTING EVEN ON MONTY, JACK TIFF New York, Aug. 4. (U.R) A war bond sale of $40,000,000 is expected for tonight's non-title bout between Lightweight Champion Bob Montgomery and ex-Champ Beau Jack at Madison Square Garden. Admission is by war bond purchase only for this fourth meeting between the two negro soldiers a 10-round bout in which both Private Montgomery of Keesler Field, Miss., and Pri vate Prck of Fort Benning, Ga., are donating their services. Although Champion Mont gomery won two of their three previous title meetings, betting was even today for two major reasons: (1) Beau Jack is consid ered the more consistent perfor mer, and (2) their 45 rounds of previous fighting was so close M.Ftrn wmKrv . w moor . s:i nnnv nfxtbm. KrmiTs that out of a possible 135 votes, Monty received only six more than Jack 67 and 61. Seven were even. In addition Beau was expected to have a slight weight advantage of about 137 pounds to Monty's 135. COWS WARNING Mexico City (U.R) The min Istry of national defense has re. minded motorists using Mexican highways at night to use caution as cattle and other animals make a habit of sleeping on the road. 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