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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, August 13,. 1944 SPORTS ' A- . YANKEE CASTOFF PAGES SI LOUIS BROWNS TO WIN Redsox Defeat Chisox and A's Win Pair; Cubs and Reds Triumph. GOOSE-EGG SEALS IIHTIME GOMMISH RULES PUBLIC SEARCH New York, Auff. 12 OI.R). George McQuinn, once passed on by the New York Yankee farm system as a player who had no future, came back to plague them today by hitting two home runs to pace the St. Louis Browns to an 8 to 3 victory over the world champions. It was McQulnn's ball game, both nt bat and afield. He started the Browns off to a 2 to 0 lead when he hit a home run In the first Inning and added another homer in the ninth to account lor five of the Browns' eight runs. In addition, he made two brilliant stops from his fielding ' post. ' . The Boston Red Sox maintain- ed their six-nnd-a-half game margin in second place in the American league by defeating the Chicago white Sox 5 to 4 .Tabor's homer in the eighth in ning broke up a tied ball game. .Eddie Lopat allowed only one tut after the fifth inning and that was Tabor a homer. ; The Philadelphia A's took their second game in a row over the Cleveland Indians, putting across three runs in the fifth in ning to win 4 to 3. . The Brooklyn Dodgers, after 'Winning three games in a row at Chicago, lost to the Cubs 2 to 4, with Japhet (Red) Lynn hold ing them to five hits for his sec ond victory since Joining the Chicagoans a month ago. The victory put the Cubs In fourth place, . The Pittsburgh Pirates de ieated the New York Giants for the fourth straight time, winning 8 to 0 on Max Butcher's six-hit pitching. . The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Braves 5 to 4 in 10 innings, Ray Mueller driving home the winning run with a single. Frank McCormlck staked the Rods to an early lead with his second homer in as many days and his 13th of the season. Charley (Red) Barrett of the Braves, seeking his second vic tory In the scries, relieved Ira Hutchinson In the ninth and was debited with the defeat. Arnold Carter, who lost an earlier game in the series to the Braves, was the winner, chalking up his fourth victory over Boston this year. Helser Rings Up 17th Win Of Season Seattle Also Blanked. DEPENDABLE REPAIR SERVICE For Your CAR TRUCK TRACTOR EATC.ERTGSTS FARM STORE 808 So. Rienid. Ph. SUB San Francisco, Aug. 12 (U.R) The great Portland pitching staff blanked the San Francisco Seals again today the fourth time in a row to score a 3-0 victory and run the string of in nings in which the Seals have been unable to score to 36. The victory was the fifth straight for the northerners and the second in the series for Roy Helser, who beat the local club In the opener, 7-2. The win was Helser s 17th against 10 losses for the season. In a decided hitting slump Manager Lefty O'Doul's boys could get only four safe blows off Helsers offerings. Mean while, the Beavers jumped on Bill Werle for all their runs. They counted once in the fifth when Ted Gullic tripled and scored on Manager Marv Owen's infield out; and they added two more in the sixth on doubles by Johnny O'Neill and Frank De maree, followed by Norman Deweese's single. Five of the 10 hits garnered off Werle and his successor, Knowles Percey, were good for extra bases four two-baggers and a triple. Portland 3 10 0 San Francisco 0 4 0 Helser and Adams; Werle, Percey and Sprinz. Hollywood, Aug7 12 (U.R) Sparkling pitching by Johnnie Intlekofer in recording his iutn victory of the season against three defeats gave the Holly' wood Stars a 8 to 0 shutout over the Seattle Rainiers today and boosted the Stars into second place. Seattle 0 6 2 Hollywood 6 11 2 Turpin,. Babich (7) and Spin del; Intekofer and Younkers. San Diego, Aug. 1 2 (U.R) The Oakland Acorns today won a 1 to 0 victory over the San Dlcgo Padres to give them a se ries edge of tliree games to two. Oakland 16 0 San Diego ...... 0 7 1 Hnyes and B. Raimondl; Han ski and Ballinger. the mat business gadgets PADRES AND OAKS SWITCH PLAYERS San Diego, Aug. 12 (U.R) Major Charles Lott, president of the San Diego Padres Pacific Coast league baseball team, to night announced that Outfielder Mel Stciner had been traded to Oakland for Oak Pitcher Norbert (Nubs) Klelnkc. An unannounced amount of cash was also involved In the deal, Lott said. SOFTBALL DATES SET Nashville, Tcnn., Aug 12 (U.R) Raymond Johnson, presi dent of the Amateur Sofcball Association of America, today announced the sites and dates for eight of the 12 regional tournaments. Tough Tony Morelll, maniac who makes a of cmn'oying various against his grappling foes, will be forced to undergo a public search In plain view of armory customers whenever he wrestles here In the future. This was the decision of the Medford boxing and wrestling commission which met Friday afternoon to decide whether the ferocious Floririan should be suspended or a' lowed to con tlnue operating In Medford. The rearch will take place In the center of the ring, and will be conducted by unnamed offi cials who will see to it that Mo relll hasn't secreted any hard objeos in his trunks, shoes, mouth or under bandages. The rommission, which also warned Morelll that any more monkev business would result in his immediate disbarment, took -the action following Thursday nipht's brawl between Morelll and Jack Lloscomb. In that affair, Morelll used the handle of a wafer faucet to em nhnslze his blows to Lipscomb's back and head. The handle was hidden by tape around MorelH's knee, and caused Lipscomb many unnuppy moments In previous matches, Morelll had used a pop bottle to bean Katonen and a rubber stamp to crape across Herb Parks' eyes. Now, bv the commission's action, he will fir.d it extremely diffi cult to get his hands on anything he shouldn t. With Morelll given the green light to continue wrestling here, after being searched every time he appears, Promoter Mack Lil lard said Saturday that he would try to bring Tony and Lipscomb together again next Thursday evening. Lipscomb, Llllard said, wants to meet Morelll on a winner-take-all basis. Twilight Tear Beaten by Vienna tW iff" tJSW a." A f Acme 7 elephota) Twilight Tear, Warren Wright's 3-year-old filly hailed as "horse of the year" after winning 11 races in a row, is beaten at Belmont Park by William Woodward's Vienna in turf upset ranking with defeat of Man O war by Upset in 1919. Twilight Tear was a 1-20 favorite in the 65th running of 123,700 mile and one-quarter Alabama Stakes. BASEBALL ' American Chicago 4 11 1 Boston 5 8 1 Lopat and Castino; Bowman, Barrett and Partee. Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 4 Klieman, Heving and Harris and Hayes. St. Louis 8 New York 3 Kramer and Hayworth; Du biel,, Johnson, Turner and Hem- slcy. 9 10 Rosar; 12 8 PACIFIC LINE-UP Stockton. Cal.. Aug. 12 (U.R) With slightly more than three weeks remaining until the open ing game of the season. Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg Just about has settled on his starting line up for the tilt with Camp Shoe maker Sept. 8. On the flrskstrlng eleven are Bill MHhaunt and Ray Jaeger at ends. Jim Turner and Bob Klein at tackles Willy Cousins and Keith Lukens at guards, and Ray Jackson at center. In the back ficld are Bob Pohl Wayne Har din, Bob Mucnter and Fred Klemenok. Slagg hns made no official choice of a "first" team, but this combination has been getting the most aitention and Is expected to carry the brunt of the Pa cific attack in its big league schedule. National Boston 4 11 0 Cincinnati 5 12 1 Hutchinson, Barrett and Hof ferth, Masi; Gumbert, Carter and Mueller. New York 0 6 1 Pittsburgh - 8 13 0 Voiselle, Pyle and Lombardi; Butcher and Camelli. Brooklyn 0 5 0 Chicago . 2 6 0 Melton and Owen; Lynn and Williams, TO DEFEND TOGAS Jersey City, 1; Rochester, 4. 1st Game Syracuse, 11; Toronto, 6. Baltimore, 5; Buffalo, 6. Newark, 4; Montreal, 5. 2nd game Syracuse, 3; Toronto, 1. SEGURA, TALBERT TOM BROWN WINS Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 12 (U.R) Pvt. Tom Brown of Los Angeles and Camp Campbell Ky.. advanced to the final round of the Alabama state tennis tour nament today, downing Harvey Tc.-cll of Birmingham, 6-0, 6-1. 62. t - jr. , v f ' - ,S . v- 11 .''T-jl'. 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Segura has won eight of their matches. Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, twice national champion, and Louise Droiujh, No. 2 ranking star from Beverly Hills, Calif., reached the finals of the wom en's division. Miss Bctz ad vanced by beating Mary Arnold of Los Angeles, 6-2, 0-6, 6-0. TWO TIME M Lake Forest. 111., Aug. 12 (U.R) Pretty Dorothy Germnin of Philadelphia, prrsrnting one of the greatest driving games wom en's gulf has seen, smashed the fight out of Phvllis Otto of Oma ha, Nrb., today to win the worn en's western amateur golf cham pionship by a 5 ind 4 margin for the seond mcfssivc yar. Sinking a 6-fnot putt on the 32nd hole for victory the 20-year-old brunette became the seventh woman in 44-year his tory of this western tournament to capture the title two years running and it was done by de feating a challenger who hung on long after admitting that "she's too much for me." Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 12 (U.R) At least five defending champions will slice through the waters of the new $400,000 Swope Park swimming pool here next Friday, Saturday and Sun day in defense of their titles in the women's senior national AAU outdoor swimming and diving championships. Seventy of the nation's top feminine aquatic stars were slat ed to compete in the national event, while other stars will par ticipate in the Missouri valley AAU championships for men and women and in the Swope Park open, to be held simultaneously. Heading the "spangled list of names already on entry blanks for the women's national was that of Ann Curtis of San Fran cisco's Crystal Plunge, a beauti ful 18-year-old whose coach says she can smash as many as four world's records in the Swope Park pool. Ann recently set two new world's records and four new American marks. She will de fend her titles in the 400 and 800-meter free style events here. BULLETIN (Night Game) St. Louis, Aug. 12 (U.R) Tracey (Dick) Barrett held the St. Louis Cardinals to four scat tered singles tonight to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 3 to 0 shutout over the Red Birds. It was the fourth time this season that a Philly hurler had blanked the birds. Charley Letchas was the of fensive star, walking in the sec ond inning and scoring on John ny Peacock's double and a fly by Gabby Stewart. He singled to score Buster Adams in the third and Peacock drove in the final run in the eighth FAVORED TO WIN T Spokane, Wash., Aug. 12 (U.R) Three days of sizzling prac tice rounds turned in by a field of eighty-one of the nation's lead ing professional golfers will con clude tomorrow at Spokane's Manito Golf and Country club and the majority of shots, of course, are aimed at knocking golfdom's "big four" from the top money in the $20,000 Nation al P. G. A. tournament. It was the field against the quartet of this year's mam money winners Byron Nelson, Jug McSpaden, Craig Wood and Sam Byrd, and odds lay heavily three to one for Nelson and McSpaden, and four to one for Wood and Byrd. Potential upset talent when qualifying play begins Monday includes such names of golfing's nobility as Jimmy Hines, Tony Penna, Ed Dudley, Olin Dutra, Lighthouse Harry C-uper, Wil lie Goggin, Bud Lewis and Bob Hamilton. George Schneiter, Salt Lake City, became the chief dark horse contender for Sammy Snead's title with a par-shatter ing 66 and 68 in practice rounds. Nelson and McSpaden reported par seventy-two's yesterday. . BRAVES BUY FIELDER Boston, Aug. 12 (U.R) The AI Jurisich was the losing purchase of Second Baseman pitcher, dropping his ninth game of the season. He has been charg ed with four of the last five de feats suffered by the Cardinals. It was the second victory for the Phils in their last 17 games. The box: Philadelphia 3 6 0 St. Louis 0 4 0 Barrett and Peacoek; Jurisich, Donnelly (9) and W. Cooper. IUSIAL RETAINS -SUM BAT LEAD New York, Aug. 12 (U.R) The torrid batting race between outfielders Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals and Fred (Dixie) Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers continued to feature major league plav this, week with Mu sial retaining a scant lead of two percentage points, official fig ures released today revealed. Musial, winner of the major league batting crown last sea son with a mark of .357. slipped three points during the week to .353 while Walker closed the gap bc'wocn them by adding two points to his average for .358. Bnbby Doerr. the Boston Red Sox' fecond baseman, main tained his American league lead ing batting mark during the week to pcist a .331 average for the second straight week EVANsTEADS FIELD Inglewood, Aug. 12 (U.R) Firing a two under par 69, Ralph Evans of the Host Club today led the early field in the Inglewood City Golf champion ship at Inglewood Country club. Evans carded a 35-34 with three birdies and only one error. USED CARS Medford'i Largest Buyer Pays Highest Trices CASH AT ONCE "If if runt we'll buy it" HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside. Dial 4980 Frank Drews, 26, from the St. Paul club of the American as sociation in return for Utility Infielder Mike Sandlock and cash was announced today by President Bob Quinn of the Bos ton Braves. Washington, Aug. 12 (U.R) The Detroit Tigers won their ninth straight game tonight, de feating the Washington Senators 12 to 5 by establishing an early lead and maintaining it. It was the fourth straight vic tory for the Tigers over the Sen-1 ators. 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