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Pete Substituting for Lips
comb in Top Main Event;
Champ Faces Davidson.
Pete Belcastro, the Wild Wop
from Weed, will substitute for
Jack Lipscomb against Terrible
Tony Morelli in the top half of
a double main event In the Med
ford armory wrestling ring to
night, Promoter Mack Lillard
announced today.
Lipscomb, Lillard said, would
be unable to go through with
the match because of some dif
ficulty encountered in Salem.
While details, were meager, Lil
lard said that Don Owen, Sa
lem promoter, told him in a tele
phone conversation last night
that Lipscomb had been served
with a warrant in connection
with a disturbance during a re
cent wrestling match in the Cap
Hoi City. Lillard said he under
stood that1 Lipscomb became in
volved in a fight with spectators
and that a warrant had been is
sued for his arrest.
So, instead of Lipscomb, it
will be Belcastro. just as mean
and just as tough, whom Morelli
will try to take apart with his
bare hands. And it will be bare
hands, for certain, for Morelli
will be the object of a public
search party before he and Bel
castro come to grips.
To Be Searched
Because Mr. Morelli, in suc
cession, has used on opponents
a pop bottle, a rubber stamp and
the top of a water faucet, he will
be checked over very carefully
before allowed to trade punches
with Belcastro. a mean charac
ter in his own right.
The "frisking" will occur In
the center of the ring with ev
erybody looking on. It will be
done to see that Morelli hasn't
secreted, somewhere on his per
son, anything that might be con
strued as a hard, foreign oblect.
The Medford Boxing and Wres
tling commission made this rul
ing In lieu of suspending the fe
rocious Floridan after last
week's alley-brawl.
In that donnybrook, Morelli
had the water faucet handle
taped to his knee, which he
drove many times into Lips
comb's back and head. Needless
to say, those blows weren't ca
resses. Tonight, meeting Lipscomb's
substitute, Morelli will have to
forget all about outside help and
face Pete with his bare hands.
Science will hold forth in the
lower half of the twin main
event, where Paavo Katonen,
Pacific coast light-heavyweight
champion, will face Harold
(Buck) Davidson. Both top bouts
will go one hour or two out of
three falls.
Jack Kaiser of Vancouver,
Wash., one of the finest clean
operators on the coast, will tan
gle with Pat O'Dowdy In the
three-round opener.
Tonight's program will be the
last until after Labor Day, and
Promoter Mack Lillard. expect
i Ing a sell-out throng, has had
100 additional reserved seats in
stalled. The opening match will
begin at 8:30. I
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Jug Becomes Man to Beat
With Win Over Coltart;
Nelson Posts Victory.
By Willard Eberhart
United Press Staff Correspondent
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 17
tU.R) Harold (Jug) McSpaden,
the golfer who isn't up to par
unless he is under it, remained
aloof from regulation figures to
day and became "the man to
beat" in the Professional Golf
ers' association tournament over
the Manito course.
He turned In nine birdies and
22 pars yesterday in the first
round of match play to defeat
Bruce Coltart of Absecon, N. J.,
7 and 8, the best display of golf
In the meet to date. He had a
first round medal of 67, the low
est 18 holes of the tournament
and was four under par In the
afternoon round when the match
ended on the 31st hole. Coltart
played excellent golf himself,
showing a card of two under
par for the 31 holes, but he
couldn't cope with the Philadel
phia sharpshooter.
Byron Nelson of Toledo, O.,
the tournament medalist moved
to the second round with a 5 and
4 victory over Mike Demassey
of San Jose, Calif., shooting a
three-under-par 69 on the first
18. The match ended on the 32nd
green with Nelson playing even
par golf to that point.
Goggin Advances
The veteran Willie Goggin of
White Plains. N. Y., gained a
high rating with an 8 and 7 vic
tory over Purvis Ferree of Winston-Salem.
P. G. A. president, Ed Dudley,
moved up with a 7 and 6 vic
tory over Steve Savel of Sche
nectady, N. Y., while Jimmy
Hines of Amsterday, N. Y., won
from Thurman Edwards of Winston-Salem,
also by a 7 and 6
margin.
Chuck Congdon, Tacoma,
Wash., eliminated Henry Wil
liams, Jr., of Royersford, Pa., 7
and 5.
In one of the closest matches,
Mark Fry of Oakland, Calif.,
topped Spokane's lone entrant,
Neil Christian of the Downriver
Golf club, 2 and 1.
Tony Manero of Greenwich,
Conn., the former U. S. open
champion, was extended into
the tournament s first extra hole
match, defeating M. C. Alerldge.
Huntington Beach, Calif., 1 up
on the 38th green.
The ex-ball player, Sammy
Byrd, turned in the day's second
best round, going six under par
for 33 holes to defeat W. A.
Stackhouse of Sequin, Tex., 4
and 3.
Bob Hamilton of Evansvllle,
Ind., trimmed Gene Kunes of
Philadelphia, 6 end 5.
Craig Wood of Mamaroneck,
N. Y., eliminated James
D'Angelo of Muskogee, Okla., 5
and 4.
Fred Annon, the dark horse
from Mamaroneck, beat Harry
Nettelbladt of Avan, Conn., 6
and 4.
Portlander Loses
Other results:
Harry Basslcr of Culver City,
Calif., eliminated Joe Mozel of
Portland, Ore., 6 and 5.
Tony Penna, Dayton, O., de
feated Morrie Gravatt, Williams
port, Pa., 3 and 2.
1tr ran&nrjlnff Will
Arthur Bell of San rFanelseo
defeated Joseph Zarhardt, Nor
ristown, Pa., 1 up on the 37th.
George Schneiter of Salt Lake
City eliminated Ted Longworth,
Portland, Ore., 7 and 6.
PAIR IN TOURNEY
Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 17.
(U.R) The American Legion
Junior baseball team from Port
land, Ore., ruled the region one
playoff tournament here today
with two clean wins as Payette,
Ida., and McGill, Nev., were
scheduled to clash this afternoon
for the right to face the Oregon
champions in the final round to
night. Behind the brilliant two-hit
pitching of Jack Statzer, Port
land blanked McGill 7-0 last
night after Payette had come
back from a first-round beating
by Portland to drub Bremerton,
Wash., 14 to 2. The defeat elim
inated the Washington club from
the tournament, since it lost an
opening round contest to McGill
6-3.
Statzer was never In trouble
and his teammates seized every
opportunity to score, capitaliz
ing on seven McGill errors. The
Portland hurlcr also led the bat
ting attack with three singles in
as' many trips. Portland found
its stride in the fifth, chalking
up two runs. The Oregonians
added one more in the sixth,
three In the seventh and one in
the eighth.
Miles City, Mont., Aug. 17.
(U.R) The winner of a third
round game between Miles City,
Mont., and Denver, Colo., today
will meet Aberdeen, S. D., to
night in the final elimination
contest of the region three
American Legion baseball tour
nament here.
The Miles City club dropped
a game to a smooth-playing
Aberdeen nine, 7-3, last night,
pushing the South Dakota cham
pions into the finals, while Den
ver fought its way back into the
meet by defeating Fargo, N. D.,
9-7.
HOW THEY?
S. es r Jr r m s
American
W. L.
St. Louis 67 46
Boston 60 52
Detroit 59 52
New York 58 52
Chicago 49 55
Cleveland 54 61
Philadelphia 52 63
Washington 47 65
National
W. L.
St. Louis 80 28
Pittsburgh 61 45
Cincinnati 61 46
Chicago 49 55
New York 50 61
Philadelphia 42 62
Brooklyn 44 67
Boston 43 66
Pacific Coait
W. L.
Los Angeles 75 57
Hollywood 69 63
Portland 66 64
San Francisco 66 65
Oakland 65 67
Seattle' 63 69
Sacramento 62 70
San Diego 61 72
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TORRID BENGALS
12TH WIN IN 14
New York, Aug. 17-jfU.B
If memories of the 1940 pennant
race are stirring in the heads of
the Detroit Tigers today, prac
tically no one should be sur
prised, but the front-running St.
Louis Browns may be a little
alarmed.
For those who recall the light
ning dash to the American league
pennant In the final six weeks
of the season, the present win
ning pace of the Detroit entry
provides a "tailor-made" pat
tern for something similar this
year.
The Tigers got off to a win
ning start in their Important
series with the Boston Red Sox
yesterday, taking a 4 to 2 vic
tory from Rookie Rex Cecil on
Rudy York's three-run homer In
the seventh. It was their 12th
victory in 14 games and put
them only a half game behind
the second place Red Sox.
The Yankees won In fiction
fashion at New York, Bud Mct
heny hitting a three-run homer
with two out in the ninth to
provide an 11 to 8 victory over
Cleveland.
The Browns muffed a chance
to improve their lead by losing
4 to 2 to the A's at Philadelphia.
The Chicago White Sox
bunched hits to defeat the Sena
tors 7 to 2 under the lights at
Washington.
Curt Davis pitched Brooklyn
out of last place in the National
league, scattering 11 singles ef
fectively in a 3 to 1 triumph at
Cincinnati.
Bill Nicholson spearheaded the
Cubs to an 11 to 3 victory over
the Braves at Chicago with his
27th homer.
The St. Louis Cards won their
80th game of the season with
Rookie Fred Schmidt fashioning
a five-hit shutout over the New
York Giants, 5-0.
Honolulu, Aug. 17 (U.R)
Former Yankee home run spe
cialist Joe DIMaggio, is under
observation In a post hospital
for a stomach disorder, but Is
expected to return to duty
shortly, officials of the Seventh
army air forces revealed today.
It was emphasized that DiMag
gio had not applied for a medical
discharge from the army, spik
ing reports that he might be
mustered out in time to rejoin
the Yankees In a last-ditch bid
for the American league pen
nant. The outstanding performer on
the Seventh AAF baseball team
has been a favorite of enlisted
men wherever the team has
played, both In the central pa
cific and Hawaii leagues.
JOYCE FAVORITE
San Francisco, Aug. 17 (U.R)
Hammerln' Henry Armstrong,
the former triple champion, to
day found himself an 8 to 10 un
derdog for his ten-round bout
with tough Willie Joyce, the
Gary, Ind., slugger, next Mon
day night at San Francisco's civ
ic auditorium.
Soft-spoken Henry, training
In earnest for his fourth bout
with Joyce, concedes that the
Gary fighter Is a hard man to
beat, "not only for me, but for1
anyone his weight."
Henry should know, for Joyce
defeated him In Los Angeles last !
year and again In Chicago early
this summer after Armstrong
had taken the second bout of 1
the series In Los Angeles. i
SHIRLEY FRY MOVES !
INTO QUARTER-FINALS
Chestnut Hill, Mass.. Aug. 17
U.R Shirley Fry of Akron,
O., victor In an upset match yes-1
terday, moved Into the quarter-!
finals of the Longwood Cricket
club special invitational tennis
tournament today where she
opposes second ranked Louise
Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif.
Miss Fry, 17-year-old national I
Junior Indoor women's cham-
pion, played brilliantly to defeat j
seventh ranking Dorothy Head !
of Berkeley, Calif., 11-9, 8-2. !
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With Joe Mlshasek pitching
and batting Hollywood to a ten
inning 2-1 win over San Fran
cisco, the Twinks moved back
to within six games of the Pa
cific Coast league leading Los
Angeles Angels last night.
The Angels found the Oak
land Acorns tough going, win
ning 1-0 and losing 3-2 In a
double-header. Seattle ended
Portland's seven-game winning
streak with a 3-2 defeat, and San
Diego trimmed Sacramento 3-1.
Seattle's twlrler, Carl Fischer,
also was the batting star of his
game with Portland, scoring two
runs and batting in another as
he held the Beavers to seven
hits. Roy Helser was touched for
11 blows. The Rainiers and Bea
vers meet In a double-header
tonight. Score:
Seattle 3 11 0
Portland 2 7 1
Fischer and Spindel; Helser
and Adams.
GEORGE JANTZER HIGH
MAN IN SUNDAY SHOOT
George Jantzer had the high
score, a 24, at the Medford Gun
club skeet shoot Sunday. Jim
Moore had two 23's. There were
no perfect scores. A fine crowd
turned out for the first skeet
practice held for several months,
17 shooters trying their skill at
the birds.
At least one more skeet prac
tice will be held before the open
ing of the upland bird season and
a regular 16-yard shoot Is
planned for early fall. Owing to
the shortage of ammunition the
club will arrange only occasional
shooting dates to carry on Into
1945.
UNFUNNY AT HOME
Hollywood. Aug. 17 (U.R)
Roscoe Ates, stuttering stage
and screen comic, wasn't funny
at home, Mrs. Lenora Ates said
today in a suit for divorce.
Charging mental cruelty, Mrs.
Ates waived rights to alimony
and said she had agreed upon a
property settlement.
MURDER MAY OUT
Los Angeles, Aug. 17 (U.R)
County Autopsy Surgeon Dr.
Frank Webb today identified a
skeleton dug up In the backyard
of a Maywood home as that of
a woman dead about 15 years.
Pvt. Joseph Clark of Camp Pen
dleton, Cal., found the bones
while digging in a trash pit Sat
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Medford Master Sergeant Is
Decorated For Improvis
ing Phone System.
"vCamp Crowder, Mo., M-'Sgt.
Merrill Stanley, son of Mrs. C.
E. Stanley, 343 N. Ivy St., Med
ford, Ore., received the army's
official thanks Aug. 12 for his
work in establishing communi
cations in the Persian Gulf area
when he was awarded the Le
gion of Merit medal during a
formal review at this post.
The decoration, awarded "for
exceptionally meritoriaus con
duct in the performance of out
standing service." was present
ed by Col. Barndt A. Anderson,
commanding officer of the Sev
enth Signal Training Regiment
of the Army Service Forces
Training Center. Following the
presentation, three thousand
troops of the regiment passed
in review before the young
Oregonian who, by improvising
an entire telephone communica
tions system in the Persian
Gulf Command, helped speed
the flow of supplies which
passed through the command to
the Russian front.
Ingenuity and Energy
Sgt. Stanley was recommend
ed for the award by MaJ. Gen.
U. H. Connolly, commanding
general of the Persian Gulf
Command. In his citation. Gen
eral Connolly lauded the "in
genuity and energy" of Sgt.
Stanley, pointing out that the
telephone system that he im
provised was "so well designed
and constructed that it is still
in use."
"His services reflect great
credit on the military service
and on himself," the citation
read.
Inducted Into the army on
April 8, 1941, Sgt. Stanley was
assigned to a Signal Corps unit
at Fort Ord, Calif. Several
months later, he and his unit
were sent overseas to establish
communications on the Import
ant Persian Gulf supply route
to southern Russia. As a wire
chief attached to the headquar
ters of the Persian Gulf Com
mand Stanley was largely re
sponsible for the development
of an elaborate telephonic com
munications system in a coun
try which could only boast of
a single telegraph line a few
monlhs previously.
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Thursday, August IT, 1944
Combining makeshift equip
ment with American ingenuity,
the sergeant went ahead with
his plans for setting up an army
communications system, rather
than wait several months for
standard equipment to be sent
from the States.
Now In Training
Returned to this country last
April, Merrill Is at present tak
ing a refresher training course
here. After completing the
course, he plans to apply for an
overseas assignment with a sig
nal corps unit.
M. Sgt. Stanley, who visited
briefly in Medford with his
mother in April, was employed
by Western Electric as an in
staller before going into the
service, being located In the
firm's San Francisco office. He
graduated from Medford senior
high school with the class of
1933.
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