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rOUH MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, Augus! 30, 1944 SKOR.TS Ti OFLT. PUT UP BY CLUB Low Medalist In Annual Tourney Will Have Name Inscribed On Cup. A memorial trophy In honor of Lt. Robert R. (Bob) Hammond, Medford lawyer and one of the Htv'n finest Eolfcrii. who was killed in action In Italy on May 28, has been put up by the Rogue Valley Golf club, it was an nounced today by Charles Clay, president of the club. The trophy will remain In possession of the club, and each year the low medalist in the an nual southern Oregon golf tour nament will have his name in scribed thereon. The first name will be placed on the trophy at conclusion of the 10th annual toumey the coming Labor Day week-end. Suggestion for creating the trophy in memory of Lt. Ham mond, winner of the tournament in 1020 and 1031, was made by Frank Van Dyke, Ashland at torney, and met w'lh instant ap proval from other club members. Many Practice The 18-hole course. In excel lent condition for the four-day meet which unens Friday with qualifying rounds, is being! tramped Mcadily this week by local shotmaker. sharpening their game: Among those practicing daily ore Leland (Pete) Clark, defend ing champion; Cpl Pete Schof elck, who lost to Clark In last year's finals, and Eddie Sim mons, four-time winner of the event. It wag announced by Don Mc Pherson, club manager, that Mrs. A. W. Mason would run the concession and serve light lunches dally. Segura Dominates Field As National Tennis Meet Opens Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 30 (U.R) Top-seeded Francisco (Pancho) Segura of Ecuador dominated a 32 man field, in cluding 18 servicemen, and red- haired Pauline Detz of Los An geles sought her third consecu tive women's title as the nation al amateur tennis championships opened today. Segura, the swarthy kid from the Andes who four times has tried and four times has failed in his quest for America's great est tennis honor, faced Pvt. Dave Johnson of Washington in his opening match. And a break in the draw Indicated that for the first time the pigeon-toed youngster who swings his racket with both hands might reach the finals and even the title. There were only two nation ally-ranked players In his half of the draw, fourth seeded Billy Talbert of Indianapolis, whom he has beaten consistently, and seventh ranking Bob Falken burg of Hollywood. Second seeded Lt. Don Mc- Luckman and Dobbs Will Vie For All-Star Game Honors By Walt Byers United Press Staff Correspondent Evanston. 111., Aug. 30 U.PJ Ens. Sid Luckman will lead a revamped, unfamiliar squad of Chicago Bears into Dyche sta dium before more than 50 000 people tonight to meet the 1944 College All-Stars and their passing kingpin Lt. Glenn Dobbs. Tonight's game, the 11th an- nual all-star football classic, raises the curtain on the 1944 football season by matching II Luckman against Dobbs and the pick of the nation's collegiate nd service stars against the un der manned Bears, . a vastly changed assemblage from the nnwrhntis team which won the National Football league title! last year. The Bears, entering their fifth j all-star game undeteated, have lost such linemen as Dr. Danny Fortmann, Lee Artoe, Ray Bray Washington. Aug. 30. (U.R)- and Hampton Pool, players who j The war production board re- SALE 10 HUNTERS cleared the way for their T-styled victories. But Luckman, whose passing shaped those vic tories into championships, still is operating. Out of respect for Luckman's passing and generalship, most local odd-makers are quoting the game a toss-up A few, how- Neill, who beat Segura last win-' ever- have ooked Past the great ter for the Argentine champion-! quarterback playing his last ship, must contest the other 8nmo tuir the duration to the finalist berth among three na- unnwn T"crves and have es- tionally-seeded players and the' aDlls"ea lne Blars 88 a l champion of Mexico. They "are uvor"L3 Lt. Seymour Greenberg of Chi-1 Thc Collegians have lost some cago. ranked fifth nationa lv: OI lne,r power inrougn injuries, Sgt. Frank Parker, the former Davis Cupper from Muroo Field, Calif., ranked eighth in the na tion; sixth-seeded Sidney Wood, and Armando Vega of Mexico City. Complete Factory Approved SAFETY SERVICE Chrysler Fac tor Engineer d and Inspect i Parts for Chr filar Dodge PLYMOUTH Dodge Trucks L. C. TAYLOR GO. 112 So. Riverside Phone 2965 I Phone 2119 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Super Service PADRES BY 7-2 By United Press The Los Angeles Angels had to go 15 innings before subduing the Oakland Acorns 3-2 last night to maintain their 10V4 game Pacific Coast league lead, while San Francisco was moving Into third over Hollywood by edging the Twlnks in 10 innings 7- 6. Seattle, seeking a first divi sion berth for the post-season playoffs, defeuted Sacramento 8- 5 to advance within 1 V4 games of Hollywood. Second place Portland swamped San Diego 8-2. San Diego fell apart In the third and fourth innings, allow ing the Portland Beavers seven runs In the two frames. Syd Cohen took the pitching honors over Ed Hanski. Llnescorcs: San Diego . . 2 9 2 Portland . 7 13 2 Hanski, Valcnzucla and Sal- keld; Cohen and Adams. although DoDbs is expected to balance any running weakness with his overhead artistry. A tremendous kicker and oasser when an All-American at Tulsa, Dobbs completed nine out of 13 passes In the 1943 all-star game to help rout the Washington Redskins, 27-7. Under Head Coach Lynn Wal dorf, Northwestern, Dobb3 will operate from the tailback posi tion in a single wingback and will share offensive honors with Billy Hillenbrand, Indiana's 1942 Ail-American and Charley Trip pi, who made Georgians half for get Frankle Sinkwich. The Collegians are expected to miss the bucking power of Gene Fekete, Ohio State full back, and the defensive support of Vic Llndskog, Stanford cen ter. Both players are sidlincd with injuries, as are Ohio State's Paul Sarrlnghaus, who Is nurs ing a bad leg, and another half back, Steve Van Burcn of Loui siana State, who is recovering from an appendectomy. The big show, however, re mains in the backfield where Dobbs and Luckman will match passes and All-Stars Creighton Miller, Notre Dame; Ray Mc Kay, Texas; Chuck Jaeoby. In diana, and Pete Layden, Texas, will match strides with the hold over backfield power of the Bears, Ray" Nolting, Gary Famig lettl and Ray (Scooter) McLean. voked today for the remainder of the year its ban on the sale of ammunition to hunters. The WPB also Increased the quota of ammunition which may be sold to farmers and ranchers for use against predatory ani mals in protecting their crops and livestock. Through Dec. 31st, according to the new WPB ruling, farmers, ranchers and hunters may pur chase 100 rounds of .22 caliber rim-fire cartridges; 40 or 50 rounds, depending on packaging, of center fire rifle ammunition, and 100 shotgun shells of any gauge. Purchasers will be required to sign certificates that they are entitled to the ammunition under WPB regulations. The WPB said that the ban on civilian use of ammunition for trap and skeet loads and shoot ing galleries will remain in effect. TROUT STARS AS paced by the major leagues leading hitter, Dixie Walker who got three blows In four ap pearances. TIGERS ADVANCE fURGHHS IN TO SECOND PLAGE AMATEUR PLAYOFF I Dizzy Pitches 22nd Win, Bats In Five Runs; Brow nies Defeat Cleveland. HOWTHEY- C"ETA AV American W. St. Louis 71 Detroit 68 Boston 68 New York 66 Philadelphia 62 Cleveland .......60 Chicago 57 Washington 52 EAGLES GET BANDUCCI West Chester, Pa., Aug. 30 (U.R) Steve Van Buren, the na tion' leading college ball car rier at Louisiana State in 1943, and Bruno Banduccl, former Stanford tackle, were the pro perty of the Philadelphia Eagles today, according to word receiv ed from General Manager Harry Thayer In Chicago. $70,000 CHECK GOES TO ARMY AID SOCIETY Los Angeles, Aug. 30 (U.R) A check for $70,000, more than half the net receipts of the March Field All-Stars-Warshing-ton Redskins football game Fri day night, today went to thc Army Air Forces Aid society. The army charities football game committee said the game attended by 50,472 fans netted $90,236. The society will use the money to care for families of overseas casualties. St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati New York .. Chicago Philadelphia Boston ... Brooklyn .... National W. 91 71 67 57 52 ...48 ...49 ...47 Pacific Coast W. I Los Angeles 85 fi Portland 74 7 San Francisco 73 7 Hollywood 73 7 Seattle 72 7 Oakland 70 7 Sacramento ........68 7 San Diego 65 8 United States civilian con sumption of fluid milk and j cream Increased between 1941 j and 1943 from 31,800,000,000 pounds to 38.100,000,000 pounds I according ,to the Department of Agriculture. fJ New York, Aug. 30. (U.R) The Detroit Tigers, hoping to gain the American league pen nant on "two wings and a prayer," today held their loftiest perch of the season and largely through the efforts of one man. Paul (Dizzy) Trout, the major leagues' winningest pitcher, yes terday proved himself a one man threat to the at. Louis Browns' quest for their first American league flag when he drove in five runs while pitch ing his ninth consecutive victory and his 22nd of the season. The Tigers defeated the Chi cago White Sox 7-0, to move into, second place ahead of Bos ton and New York on his nine hitter. Trout was a one man gang. At bat he hit a homer his fifth o the season a double and a single to pace the Tigers at the plate. On the mound he was ex ceptionally tight in the clutches as he recorded his second straight shutout and his sixth of the season. Dizzy and his team mate, Lefty Hal Newhouser, have won 43 of the Tigers' 66 victories this season. The league leading St. Louis Browns stretched their margin to four games by beating the Cleveland Indians, 8-3. Dreisewerd Wins Boston and New York cut each others throats by splitting a twin-bill, the Red Sox taking the first game 8-1 behind the six hit debut pitching of their new ly acquired west coast rookie, Clem Dreisewerd. Seventeen hits were flailed off three Yan kee pitchers. The Yanks won the nightcap 11-2. The Philadelphia Athletics, thanks to the timely hitting of Catcher Frankie Hayes beat the Washington Senators twice, 3-1 and 11-4.. In the National league, the Chicago Cubs ended a seven game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 15-4 in the first of two games but the Bucs came back to win the finale, 5-4. Ted Wilks won his 11th con secutive victory and his 14th of the season against a suigle loss as the league leading '"St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0. The yoiuig right-hander had a no-hitter going for seven innings until Frank Mc Cormick, the only Red to reach second base, singled. Wilks al lowed Cincinnati but three hits in gaining the shutout. Ott Homers Bill Voiselle of the New York Giants, with Manager Mel Ott and Catcher Ernie Lombardi hitting homers, recorded his 17th win of th campaign as the Giants beat Boston, 4-2. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeat ed the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1. 1 Chicago, Aug. 30. (U.R) The 1944 three-ln-one all-American golf tournament was only a memory today, as George S. May, Tam O Shanter president and flamboyant golf promoter, announced that the world's rich est tournament, valued at $40,100 in cash, will be held next year. The open and women's open was settled Monday, but a three way tie at 295 strokes in the amateur between Earl Christian sen, Miami, Fla., Ken Heile mann, St. Louis, and Furgol threw the 72-hole championship into an 18-hole play-off. Playing in perfect weather yesterday, Furgol shot a one-over-par 73 to replace Dale Morey, Indianapolis, Ind., as amateur king, while Christian sen took runner-up honors with a 76, and Heilemann finished with a 79. Furgol, the tourna ment's medalist with a 69 in qualifying play, shot a 36-37. REDSKINS DEFEAT .14-7 soldier" dally newspaper, first started in Paris in World War I. ARMY TAKES OVER Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 30. (U.R) The army controlled the plant of the International Nickel company by presidential order today and approximately 2500 striking workers were returning to their Jobs. The strike -bound properties were taken over at 10 p. m. (EWT) last night by seven army officers. The back to work move ment began at midnight. Full production was expected by late afternoon when the blast furnaces were expected to be sufficiently heated. The plant manufactures vitally needed steel alloy metals and bands for artillery shells. The army ordnance motto "Service to the Line" held true ....n,r in a different wav when ordnance soldiers in Normandy repaired printing equipment oi frtrmr French newspaper. damaged in the fighting. Soldier reporters and editors xnen brought out, on July 4, their : t.,l Hit!r,n nf the "Stars and Stripes," the combat Blended Whiskey Jf-tX 86 Proof . Bin ArifeiV 1 Oraln N antral Is Ait! Spirits . The Lan g-tfjfcBSa . downe Distillery jjjjj Havre da Grace JVMWW .Wf Ogden, Utah, Aug. 30. (U.R) The intermountain west got its first taste of football as the professionals play it last night when 14,000 fans packed into the Ogden Rodeo arena to watch Sammy Baugh and the rest of the Washington Redskins pass, and plunge to a 14 to 7 victory j over the outclassed Brooklyn Tigers. i The westerners came away) from the game enthusiastic but '. bewildered by the speed and. class of the eastern pros who had stopped here on their way . from training camps to the sta-! diums where they open their : national league seasons next j I month. CANNERY WORKERS WANTED! MEN and WOMEN are urgently needed to help Medford'i own cannery prepare FOOD for VIC TORY. The ARMED FORCES receive 78 o of our pack. Canning of Peaches now underway pear canning soon. DAY SHIFT ONLY. Apply at once at ROGUE RIVER PACKING CORP. 13 So. Front Phone 3982 'l.aVwrf-1itiiftiar AUTO DEATHS IN u Chicago. Aug. 30 (U.R) Traf-: flc fatalities, which have in-1 creased steadily since last Octo-1 ber, declined one per cent in ' July compared to July of last i year but the death toll for the first seven months of the year i stands at 12,620, eight per cent I over the 11,680 killed in the cor responding period in 1943, the National Safety Council report ed today. i The 12,620 total is 38 per cent below the toll of 20,317 killed in the first seven months of the pre-war year of 1941. however. 1 me council said. r ....... .... .vj uu.v I to ClHSSlfV S SO fintiirrine iri.tnnnn. I Pleaae remember. ?4 i For Hot Quick Fires! FACTORY 20 Cubic Foot Load v Dial 2123 TIMBERP Miesoee RQDjkTS Dial 2123 COMPANY eaieoai Have a"Coke"Tudo Vai Bern (EVERYTHING'S SWELL ... or making friends in Rio Prom the U. S. A. to Braiil Is t long way, but you'll find many familiar thing. In both place.. A friendly spirit for one. Coca-Cola for .nother. In Rio tie Janeiro, to .ay llavt s "Cohi" Is to .ay Tt'n gUJ to ir you, just as when you offer Coca-Cola to . guest In your own home. In many lands .round the globe, tb pamst tbsi njrtsbtt with ice-cold Coca Cob has become a friendly greeting between neighbors. .OttllO UNDtl AU1M0IITT Or IHI COCA-COIA COMPANY IT Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Medford "Coke" Coca-Cola r 1 'Kly. ''' nturj for pofulir "i 3. ( V to acqulie ftienJIy ah ! JfUlUj tiona. That'a hy yvn ii " Cocla called "Cl r namea abbrevia vvu hear 1 Coca-Cola called "Coke". To Work v p jv0O On A P 5 afW 1 lm a! niAEtESiia At Astoria, Oregon WELDERS, SHIPFITTERS, BURNERS & HELPERS (Must be member of or join AFL Union In craft in which employment is accepted.) Other Classification! Will Be Needed Soon Trailer House, and Furnished House. Available FAMILIES ARE PREFERRED Jobs Will Last at Least Through 1944 Company Representative Will Interview and Hire) Applicant, at the Local Office of the UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 45 N. 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