TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August 21, 1944
NELSON IS UPSET
BY BOB HAMILTON
IN PGAJTOURNEY
Rank Outsider Captures Title
With One-Up Victory
: Wins $3500 Prize
By Willaid D. Eberhart
United Press staff Correspondent
Spokane, Wash , Aug 21 U.PJ
Bob Hamilton, the "Hoosier Hot
Shot," from Evansvillo, Ind.,
held golfdom's most coveted
crown today after the blggcst
iipsct In the 2t'-year history of
the Professional Golfing associa
tion's championships had trans
formed him frdtn long-shot
chump to PGA champ.
A 1-10 underdog, in the bet
ting, Hamilton, who nearly miss
ed entering the tourney because
of travel restrictions, defeated
veteran Byron Nelson of Toledo,
O., one-up yesterday before
gallery of nearly 7,000 which
followed the match over tricky
Manlto course. Hamilton climax
ed the play on the 3(Uh and
final hole to take first prize
money of $3,500. Nelson, one
down to the surprising 28-year
old Hamilton, fired a beautiful
birdie 3 in a desperate effort to
send the match into extra holes.
But Hamilton, showing cham
pionship mettle, nyitched Nel
on's birdie to retain his slim
advantage and gain the cham
pionship. Hearibreaker
The defeat was a heart-breaking
one for Nelson, a top-flight
(tar of the past decade and a
PGA finalist in 193D, '40 and '41
nd winner only once, in 1040.
The result of the final round
was typical of the tourney which
aaw upsets become frequent
with such name stars as Harold
(Jug) WcSpadcn, golf's top
money winner this year; Sammy
Byrd, former New York Yankee
baseball player and top-notch
links competitor; Ed Dudley,
PGA president, Craig Wood,
Tony Mancro, Jimmy Ilines and
others fall by the wayside to
comparative unknows.
Hamilton, who first planned
to fly to the tournament, but
When reservations couldn't be
arranged almost decided to skip
the event, advanced to the finals
with a one-up victory over Geo.
Schncltnr of Salt Lake City,
Utah. Nelson gained the final
round with a lop-sided 8 and 7 I
triumph over Charles Congdon
fo Tacoma, Wash.
FROM SUOS FOR
12TU WIN IN 14
TORS DEFEAI
BROWNS M TO
TIGHTENJP RACE
St. Louis Now Only Three
And Half Games Ahead
As Red Sox Cop Couple
Tree Farms Insure Forest Industry
New York, Aug. 21. U.R
The American league race was
tighter than a stag at a New
Year's eve party today, and, odd-
I ly enough, it was the last place
Washington Senators who turn
ed the wrench which tightened
the fight.
The St. Louis Browns were
still in the lead but a double loss
in the nation's capital yesterday
vhittled their margin to three
and one half games over the sec
ond place Boston Red Sox.
Snapping out of a batting
lethargy the Senators collected
a total of 29 hits in winning 4-2
and 12-1 to extend the Browns'
By United Press
The pitchers held the spot
light yesterday as five out of
eight games in the Pacific Coast
league ended In shutouts four
out of four in the seven-inning
nightcaps.
Oakland and Los Angeles
swapped a pair of whitewash
ings, the Angels taking the open
er, 5-0, and dropping the second,
1-0, the split giving the Angels
the scries, 4-3. San Francisco got
moral victory by splitting a
pair of games with the Holly
wood Stars, dropping the first,
3-1, and taking the second, 3-0.
However, the Stars won the
series, 4-3, and the Seals con
tinued their toboggan ride as
they dropped 11 out of their last
14 games. , j
At Sacramento the last-place losing streak to four games
San Diego Padres picked up a their longest of the season,
pair of victories, 6-2 and 1-0 to Cecil Victor
climb within a half game of the ' Meanwhile, the Red Sox
seventh spot Solons, who drop- knocked two full games off St
ped the scries, 3-4. Up at Port
land, the Beavers slapped the
Seattle Rainiers down twice to
rack up a 5-2 scries win. The
scores were 4-3 and 4-0.
The Beavers won their 12th
ball game out of 14 starts by
taking the twin bill from the
skidding suds from Seattle. Roy
Ilclscr was nicked for 12 blows
in the opener, but still got the
verdict over Lefty Fischer, Seat
tle veteran. In the nightcap Tiny
Marino Pierettl chalked up an
other shutout with a four-hitter
to edge old-timer Byron Specco
All teams are idle today, with
Sacramento visiting Portland,
San Diego Invading Seattle, San
Francisco In Oakland and Holly
wood at Los Angeles In tins
week's series.
Yesterday's lincscores:
Seattle 3 12 2
Portland 4 11 2
Fischer and Splndel; Helser
and Noragcr, Adams,
?
- J '1 - i
y 4 f) y-I
KM
Hi
&&1
12 V vf
if
1
HEADQUARTERS
LEBANON LUMBER CO.
TREE
FARM
REGISTERED WEST COAST TBEE FACM
3 MEMBER AMERICAN TREE FARM SYSTEM
HEADQUARTERS
POWERS' DAYIS-SANTIAM
TREE (S) FARM
v
REGISTERED WEST COAST TREE FARM
MEMBER AMERICAN TREE FARM 5YSTEM
acres in Oregon private lands
Louis' lead by winning a pair i certified for perpetual produc-
from the Cleveland Indiana 8-6 i "on of forest crops. Tree Farm
and 11-4. Young Rex Cecil, re-1 ers agree to provide intensive
centlv acnulred from the SnnJ fire protection, practice sound
Three private forest areas in i quate seed sources for natural
the Lebanon-Sweet Home area, restocking, so that these private
recently dedicated as Tree Farms lands will produce continuous
by Congressman Harris Ells-1 merchantable crops of forest
worth, bring to over 500,000, products.
Scattlo 0
Portland 4
Specco and Splndel:
and Adorns.
4 2
7 0
Pierettl
S BETZ I
TITLE
ANN CURTIS WlfTS
Kansas CKv, Mo., Aug. 21
U.P.) Ann Curtis, 18-vcar-old
San Fran.-isco swimmer,
emerged today with four titles
In the Women's National A. A.
U. swimming and diving cham
pionship meet won for the third
consi-cuMve lime by the Riviera
club of Indianapolis.
Miss Curtis capped her per
formances in the meet yester
day by defeating Florence
Srhmitt of New York In the
800-mrter free style in 11:29 5.
well over the American record
held by Nnnry Mrrkl of Port
lands' Multnomah club.
Lcoln Thomas of the Ambns
ador Swimming club. Washing
ton, D. C, came In third In the
800-mrter event and Sue Cas
tlnau of Indlanapiills was fourth.
Dm Mmi TTitumv Want A (Ik
Chestnut Hill. Mass., Aug. 21
OJR) Pauline Betz of Los An
geles today pointed her tennis
racquet toward her third suc
cessive national chnmplonshln
after defeating Louise Brough
of Beverly .Hills. Cal., 6-4. 8 3,
in the final round of the Long
wood Cricket club's annual pre
view to the nationals here yes
terday. The women's doubles title
went to Margaret Osborno of
San Frnncisci and Miss Drough.
who defeated Miss Betz and
Doris Hart of Miami, Fla., 6-2,
10-8.
J. Gilbert Hnll of South Or
ange N J seeded number two
In the national veterans men's
singles, captured the event with
a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over W. A.
Nnsau, Jr.. of Paoll, Pn.
Watson Washburn and Arthur
Masl'herson, hoth of New York,
won the men's doubles from Hall
and Chuiles Anderson of South
Orange 6-4, 6-2.
Diego club of the Pacific Coa.t
league, had any easy time gain
ing his second major league vic
tory when the Sox Have him a
six run margin in the first in-1
nlng.
The Detroit Tigers took ad-
vantage of the St. Louis slump
to move to within five games of
the leaders by beating the New
York Yankees twice in the
champions' stadium, 0-8 and 4-3.
The Chicago White Sox and
the Philadelphia Athletics re
turned the only split in the
junior circuit, the sox winning I
the first game, 3-2 but bowing
In the second, 8-3.
The most momentous feat in
the National league saw the
New York Giants end their long
est losing streak since 1902
when they won tho second game
from the Chicago Cubs, 3-1 after
having lost their 13th consecu
tive contest in the opener, 7-4.'
Tho Brooklyn Dodgers drop
ped two games to the second
place Pittsburgh Pirates to gain
a two game grip on the circuit
cellar. Six runs In the seventh
inning of the opener, brought
the Bucs from behind to a 10-7
win. Nick Strincevich had un
easy time In the second with a
six-hitter that netted a 7-1 vic
tory. Cards Divide
The St. Louis Cardinals ex
tended their winning streak to
nine games with a 15-5 win over
the Boston Braves in the frist
game but saw it snapped in the
finalo when the Braves triumph
ed, 5-3.
Philadelphia and Cincinnati
split, Bucky Walters pitching
his lBth triumph of the season
to give the Reds o 2-1 edge in
the first game which went 12
Innings. Rookie Charley Schanz
pitched five-hit ball in the night
cap as his mutes backed him
with a 13 hit offense to win his
fourth game of the year from
the Reds, 4-1.
logging methods, and leave ade-
The program, started In the
west a short three years ago, has
now spread nationally, and was
described by Congressman Ells
worth as the most important de
velopment in forestry In half a
century.
Tree Farmers shown In this
picture with signs which will be
posted on Tree Farms are: (from
left) C. H. Walter, Lebanon
Hurls Hit Ali-Slar
Grid Team; LindsHcg
Kas Fracfcrsd FosS
Evanston, 111., Aug. 21 (U.PJ
Football injuries disrupted hte
college All-Stars' scrimmage
routine today as Head Coacn
L,ynn waiaort, jNonnwesiern,
juggled backfield and line in
preparation for the collegians'
game with the Chicago Bears
Aug. 30 at Dyche stadium.
The All-Stars already have
lost the services of two line stars
and the crippling jinx hit again
yesterday when Paul Sarring
haus, Ohio State, and Jim
Dewar, Indiana, went to the
sidelines.
Sarringhaus, who helped the
Buckeyes to the 1942 big ten
championship as a halfback, whs
disabled with a .turned ankle
while Dewar hurt a bad knee
again. However, both backs are
expected to be in shape by game
time.
Vic Lindskog of Stanford,
counted on for first string center
duties, and Fullback Gene Fe
kete, Sarringhaus' teammate at
Ohio State, already have been
counted out of the game.
Fekete's wrenched knee and
Lindskog's fractured foot took
two needed defensive players
from the game. Both men are
SAMMY BAUGH TOSSES
4 SCORES IN WEST WIN
San Diego, Cal., Aug. 21 (U.PJ
The March Field All Stars to
day were worrying how they
would stop slingin" Sammy
Baugh next Friday after tho
Washington Redskins' ace spark
ed the west to a 35 to 14 victory
over the east yesterday in the
inter-squad charity game for the
Shrine crippled children fund.
Baugh tossed four touchdown
passes to Joe Aguierre, former
St. Mary's star. Steve Bagarus
contributed some elusive run
ning and tallied the fifth touch
down on a 25-yard sprint around
right end. Aguirre converted all
five points.
English General Wolfe cap
tured Quebec in 1759, he and its
French defender, Montcalm, dy
ing in tlie battle.
Lumber company. Congressman I line backers and were expected
Harris Ellsworth, Charles Mc- to Doister a non-too-strong line.
Cready, Santiam Lumber com
pany", Carl Davis and Fred Pow
ers, of the Powers-Davis Lum
ber company.
In "W civ W'nnAc (Irtail
w
All -American Entrants
By Walt Byers
United Press Staff Correspondent
Chicago, Aug. 21 (U.PJ The $42,500 All-American golf
tournaments, resplendent with record prizes, bountiful talent
and circus ballyhoo, starts off at one-third speed today as 230
members of an amateur field numbering more than 350 play 18
hole qualifying rounds Over Tam O'Shanters' well-kept acres.
The rest of the huge field will
GAME A SELLOUT
Chlcngo, Aug. 21. U.R Wil
liam Sturm, ticket manager for
tho 11th annual all-star football
game Aug. 30 between the Chl
cngo Bears and the College All
Stars, said today that all seats
have been sold for the clnsslc In
the quickest sellout in the his
tory of the game.
PORTLAND OUTFIT
DEFEATS TUCSON
shoot qualifying rounds to mor
row morning for 21 open places
in the finals of the All-American
amateur. Twenty-four amateurs
will bid for a slice of tho record
purse, but three golfers have
been awarded berths automati
cally: Dale Morey, last year's
amateur winner: Bob Cochran,
St. Louis, 1943 runnerup. and
Chick Evans, former national
amateur champion, all of whom
qualified by record
The three-in-one tournament
shifts to two-thirds speed tomor
row afternoon when 42 women
scramble for the remaining
places In the women's open
There will be a 24-woman cham
pionship flight, but the following
nlrls enloy automatic eligibility:
Patty Berg. 1943 winner; Betty
Hicks, 1!)!3 runnerup; Kay
Byrne, last year's leading ama
teur in the open: Jean Cline.
Catherine Fox, Dorothy Ger
main nnd Mary. Agnes Wall.
About 200 professionals who
are not exempt from the prelim
inaries by virtue of previous
championships will complete
qualifying activity Wednesday
by shooting IB holes for places
in the 80-mnn field for the All
Ameriran men's open. Starting
Thursday, the three champion
ship flights level off fo the next
four days with dailv 18-hole
medal play for record slices of
the largest melon ever offered
in Knifing history.
The biggest chunk, $13,462
maturity value In war bonds,
will go to the winner of the
men's open a spot t being eyed
by all V Hie nation's top golfers.
The "big four" of Harold (Jugi
McSnaden, last year's victor;'
Byron Nelson, Craig Wood and!
Sam Byrd will be swinging fori
the prize as will Bob Hamilton. ' st . Louis
28 year-old golfing newcomer i Pittsburgh
from Evansvillo, Ind., who up I Cincinnati
si t Nelson yesterday for the! Chicago
Professional Golfers Association
championship.
HAGG ONCE MORE
Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 21
(U.R) Arne Andersson, holder of
the world's outdoor record for
the mile run, today held the
Swedish championship for the
1500-meter distance and another
victory over his famed country
man Gunder Hagg.
Andersson, a school teacher,
won the titla at Stockholm sta
dium yesterday when he was
clocked in the disappointing
time of 3:49 6 six and six-tenths
seconds off the record for the
distance established by Hagg
last month.
Hagg took an early lead and
held it until the last 400 meters,
when Andersson forged ahead
to finish about four meters in
front of Hagg. Hagg was timed
in 3:50.
HENRY AND JOYCE
T
San Francisco Aug. 21 HP)
Two nf thp nation's tnn-rnnkinff
140-pound fighting men. Ham-'
mering Henry Armstrong and
walloping Willie. Joyce, square
off tonight at Civic auditorium
over the 10-round route of a
battle that may be the turning
point of Armstrong's long and
illustrious career
Winner of two out of three
fights in the past with the for
mer triole champion, Jrivce will
enter the ring an 8-10 favorite
to make it three out of four.
i The betting is that if the. bout
goes to a decision. Joyce will
be the winner that Handy
Hank's only chance is to score a
kayo victory
Advance ticket sales at the
Civic auditorium indicate a sell
out crowd with the biggest
fight attendance here since Arm
strong battled Fritzie Zivic in
the same ring two years ago.
UOWTHF?
s a a a
St.
American
W.
Louis 68
Boston
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Washington ....
Cadet Brooks At
Lubbock Airfield
Lubbock Army Air Field,
Lubbock, Texas. Arriving here
recently with Class 44-1, Avia
tion Cadet William E. Brooks,
601 West Jackson street, of Med
ford, began the final period of
pilot training at this advanced
two-engine school of the Army
Air Forces Training Command.
After a few weeks of intensive
training on the ground and in
the rir he will receive the covet
ed silver wings of a bomber
pilot and become a flying officer
in the army air forces.
.Jsl Blended Whisker .
M&M 80 lroof H
12 Spirits . The Unx
ri- ' dnwne Distillery .
535-.. Havre de Grac .
mm
piiiciiiffi
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Spt. Robert Vroman
Wins Porter Award
Staff Sergeant Robert Vro
man, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. E. R.
Vroman of 524 S. Ivt St., was
recently awarded second place
in a military security poster com
petition at an Air Service Com
mand depo in England, accord
ing to an announcement from '
his headquarters somewhere in
England.
Sergeant Vroman's poster and
the other two top entries were
produced and distributed to U. S.
bases throughout England to
help stress the Importance of
military secrecy.
Sergeant Vroman Is a gradu-'
ate of Mcdford high school,
where as a senior he won poster
contests.
1 -J?
ri, iiin- Y&
I lir lirillliTttVm.lffT
WAR BCOS
TODAY to assure vie.
tory and peace in
days to cornel
A veteran naval flyer at 25,
Llout Robert Pershino William!
of pierro. S. D.. prowls the Atlantic in
a Grumman Avenger torpedo plane,
hunting the German U-boat, his battle
station a plane carrier on the ocean
He has just been credited with the de
struction of 3 U-boats, and damage to
a fourth. His bravery and vigilance '
guard our convoys. Our WAR BONDS
fuel his plane. Give War Bonds for
Christmas.
Ki y'ffiS'-M An occasional acquaintance with e'ljw'J
ifsfc A ' 1 Barclay's is a reminder that some il.iv ft .Xri'JR
Mo lA. y' fine tilings will again be plentiful. S.
yWJt7i;::i'iv Straight BOURBON Whiskey "''.A
fjv 'f'Ji'M'R 80.6 Proof J
r?'" f"y 'i "'i&'Tv t' : a im. UiOat & Co. tlmlltd P.otlo. Illlnoli -v : v j
z?ty " fe-
Billings, Mont., Aug. 21 (U.R)
A snionth-plnying Portland, Ore.,
American Legion Junior base
ball team took it clearcut fust
round lend In the sectional play
off here last night with h thump- i
iug 8 3 victory over Tucson, I
Ariz. I
Earlier, Tucson had eked out again tonight to declno who
a 4-3 decision over Aberdeen, j pays rortliind foi the champion
S. D Tliese two teams will meet j ship.
uuumnn omnu iu io o, rori
land was clearly superior as it
downed the region two champi
ons, who showed the strain from
their close bard fought after
noon game. The Oregoulans' de
fensive nlay was almost air tight,
while Turson fielding was er
ratic and marred by six errors.
National
W.
...win,i.M,r;
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Portland
S.in Francisco ,
Oakland
Seattle
Sacramento
San Diego
Pacific Coast
W.
752
FACTORY
U Ba w
200 Cubic (frv
Dial 2123
n:k 0100
Timber Products company
Closing time for 6nnrty Too ltte
to ClaiMfy 6 30 Saturday a(trnoun
PleHstj remember-
Bmm$ cafe & mmmm
nil iTMTll HlWilt
Quality
"A" Grade Rubber On Your
Drive In today! Let us Inspect yottr tirei
thoroughly. Our quality recapping will
enable you to get longer, iaf er mileage. Don t
delay. Have tires recapped now and be ready
for your neit tire Inspection.
v.'". &.
3
y FROM THIS pMt&
'I mm
'J ' i
x OC fry
i tu Hiiii&tf psswi j-U'-j 'H-V.s'j
Miofeao
214 SOUTH RIVERSIDE
TELEPHONE 4757
" ' '- rr ifni her f-