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    TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. September 3, 1944
Eddie Simmons Scores Hole-iri-Orie As Favorites Win in Tourney
0000 TALLIED ON
TENTH HOLE WITH
NUMBERNINE IRON
Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals
Slated For Today; Clark
Defeats Eugenean.
The first hole-In-ono In the
16-year history of the annual
Southern Oregon Golf tourna
ment was registered by Mcd-
ford's Eddie Simmons, four-
time title-holder, as all favorites
cnme through with victories Sat
urday In the first day of. match
play which ends Monday with
championship duels in the four
flight.
Simmons, whose 73 In the
qualifying rounds Friday tied a
similar score made by Lcland
(Pete) Clark for medalist hon
ors, fired his dodo on the 110
yard 10th hole In the match i
which he won from Al Littrcll,
Medford, 4 and 3.
His tee shot, which ho smack
ed with a No. 0 iron, landed
three feet beyond the pin, but
backspln reversed It into the
cup. Simmons mcdaled a 72, two
over par, for the match.
Tie For Medal
Simmons and Clark will both
have their names inscribed on
the Lt. Robert R. Hammond
memorial trophy, sponsored by
the Rogue Valley Golf club In
honor of Hammond, who was
killed In action in the Italian
campaign.
In addition to Simmons' vic
tory, all other matches ran true
to form.
Clark eliminated Whit Splccr,
Eugene high school youth, 5 and
4, and will today face Vcrn Rob
inson, Medford, who ousted John
Cupp, Medford, 4 and 3.
'.Ike Staples, Portland, defeat
ed Dom Provost, Jr., Ashland, 4
and 2, and Is slated to play Ray
Hopp, Marshfield, the letter hav
ing beaten Herb Burnham, Med
ford, 4 and 3.
In the lower bracket of the
championship flight, along with
Simmons, Roy Prultt advanced
into the second round with a 2
and 1 conquest of Mcdford's Hal i
ta t. iit i n: m it 1 !
moved up with a 7 and 5 win
over Wilsic Pruitt, Medford, and
Sgt. Pete Schefcick, Camp White,
eliminated Dom Provost, Sr.,
5 and 4.
Parings Lilted
In second round matches this
morning, which start at 9 o'clock,
Clark meets Robinson, Staples
plays Hopp, Simmons faces
Pruitt and Price engages Schef
cick. Semi-finals will begin at
1:30 this afternoon, with the 36-
hole championship match to
start at 9 a. m, Monday, the final
18 holes slated for 1:30. All other
flight championships will be de
termined Monday morning
Also this morning.
YANKEES DEFEAT
SENATORS 3 T0 1;
J
Pirates Take Two In Row
From. Cards Braves
Take Overtime Game.
New York, Sept. 2 (U.R)
Ernie Bonham scratched his
name off the Injury list today
the third ! and helped the New York Yank-
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round consolation matches will
start at 8 o'clock, second round
consolation matches at 8:20, first
flight matches at 0:20, second
flight at 9:40, third flight at 10
and fourth flight at 10:20. The
first flight Is composed of the
beaten eight In the champlon-
I ship flight.
I Close observers of the tourna;
ment, yearly blue-ribbon links
classic in this area, are tabbing
Simmons and Clark to meet in
the finals Monday, Labor Day,
although recognizing the possi
bility that one or both may be
upset before the payoff struggle.
In all, 55 golfers are entered
in the meet, considered a fair
number In view of travel condi
tions. Following are results In other
flights:
Second Flight
A. Lambert. Eugene, defeated
H. Keats, Medford, default; Jus
tin Smith, Medford, defeated
Russ Royer, Medford, 3 and 2;
Dick Milestone, Jr., Medford. de
feated Jim Tomlin, San Fran
cisco, 6 and 5; Al Cummlngs,
Medford, defeated H. Watson,
Medford, 5 and 4; E. Pearson,
Roseburg, defeated Bill Catey,
Medford, 1 up on 18th; E. Brakel,
Eugene, defeated Geo. Koberis.
Medford, 1 up on 20; Forrest
Martin, Medford,. defeated Cliff
Procter, Medford, 3 and 2; C.
GUlanders, ' Eugene, defeated
Lee Skage. Medford, 3 and 2.
Third Flight
Cedrio Reaney, Medford, de
feated Warren Hamlin, Medford,
1 up on 19th; Tony Milascnick,
Marshfield, defeated Earl Sims,
Medford, 1 up on 20th, Ed Drys
dnlo, Medford, defeated Eugene
Thorndlko, Medford, 1 up on
10th; Frank Van Dyke, Ashland,
defeated Bob Ottoman, Medford,
5 and 3; Bob Downer, Medford,
defeated Orln Schenck, 1 up on
18th; Sid Smith, Medford, de
feated John Tomlin, Medford, 6
ees close In on the fast-deflating
St. Louis Browns, pitching a 3
BASEBALL
By United Preti
National
Chicago 17 2
Cincinnati 8 8 0
Derringer, Lynn (8), Stewart
(8) and Williams; Shoun and
Mueller.
New York 4 14 2
Brooklyn 8 11 0
Volselle, Brewer (3), Adams
(4), Fischer (6), Hansen (8) and
Lombard!; Davis and Owen.
St. Louis 4 10 1
Pittsburgh 5 12 0
Schmidt, Wilks (7) and W.
Cooper; Roe, Starr (3), Rescigno
(8), Butcher (9) and Camelli. j
Boston 2 9 0
Philadelphia 1 8 1'
Hutchings, Hutchinson (8) and I
Kulttz; Lee and Peacock.
TORNADO BEGINS DETROIT IS WITHIN
E MONDAY GAME OE
EVE AT STADIUM
American
Philadelphia 5
to 1 victory over the Wishing-) Boston 6
10
10
Christopher and Hayes, Gar-
bark (2); Woods, Ryba (8) and
Partee.
Washington , 19 1
New York 3 9 1
Lefebvre and Ferrell; Bon'
ham and Garbark.
OAKS AND SEALS
TILTS
ton Senators for his 11th victory
of the season.
Bonham, out of action since
Aug. 19 with an Injured leg
muscle, was brilliant with men
on bases, leaving 11 Senator run
ners stranded.
The Senators gained their only
run in the sixth when Spenco
hit his 12th homer.
The Boston Red Sox, bucking
almost hopeless odds in their
efforts to stay in the American
league race, hung on by beating
the PhiladelDhla A's, 8 to 5, Roy I
Partee singling home the win-l
nlng run in the ninth. After to-j
morrow, their chances may goi
sledding since they will have to
nart with Second Baseman
I Bobby Doerr, the circuit's top '
hitter, who leaves for the armed
forces.
The Pittsburgh Pirates won
their second straight from the
league leading St. Louis Cards
in the Natolnal, 5 to 4, beating
Ted Wilks to end his string of
victories at 11 straight.
Wilks relieved Schmidt In the
seventh and was touched for the
winning run In the ninth when I
Elliott singled home Russell
from second.
Elmer (Butch Nieman was all
the batting attack the Boston
Braves needed to beat the Phila
delphia Phillies 2 to 1 in 13 in- Hollywood, Sept. 2 (U.R)
nines, hitting a Homer in the 'The Impotent Hollywood Stars
M 3 STRAIGHT
'score at 2-all with his 10th cir
cuit smash with one on in the
eighth. A single by Russ Peters
and Skeeter Webb's error of Joe
Hcving's grounder set the stage
for Rocco's second homer and
. made him responsible, fcr driv
; ing in all the Indian's runs.
Cleveland 5 10 2
Chicago 2 13 . 1
Bagby, Heving (8) and Rosar;
Humphries, Maltzberger (9) and
Tresh, Catino (4).
Oakland. Calif., Sept. 2 (li.R)
The Oakland Acorns took a 3-2
win over Los Angeles in a Pa
cific Coast league game today,
breaking a tie in the seventh be
hind Floyd Stromme's five-hit
pitching.
Medford high's Black Tornado
football squad will open fall
practice Monday night at the sta
dium and Coach Al Simpson has
requested that all those planning
to try out for the team meet in
the gym at 6:30 p. m., when uni
forms and equipment will be
issued.
The new mentor said a full
practice session would be held ,
under the lights, with emphasis
on limenng up, relaxing and
wind sprints. The squad will be
given "T" formation plays be
ginning Tuesday night, and
Coach Simpson emphasized the
Importance of reporting for the
drills on the first night.
The Tornado, which has an
eight-game slate, will be built
around four returning regulars
Bill Plaskett and Marvin Doty,
ends; Dean Sheldon, tackle, and
Bob Watson, back. Simpson said
that Doty might possibly be
shifted to the fullback spot.
MISSES OSBORNE,
BETZ IN FINALS-
Night Game
St. Louis, Sept. 2 (U.R) The
Detroit Tigers were within one
game of taking over the Ameri
can league lead tonight as they
captured their third straight
game from the St. Louis Browns,
6-3.
The Tigers, fighting from. be
hind to triumph, are now one
game behind the Browns, hold
ing second place over the New
York Yankees bv a fraction of
a percentage point.
It was a see-saw battle for a
few innings. The Tigers took
a 2-0 lead with the aid of one
hit in the first two innings
against Denny Gatehouse, count
ing an unearned run in the first
inning and a legitimate score in
the second.
Milt Byrnes doubled to drive
In one run In the fourth inning
and with two out In the seventh,
the Browns knocked out Ruffus
Gentry as Al Zarilla tied the
score with his sixth home run
of the season and Vern Stephens
singled.
Two walks by Roy Henshaw
filled the bases and an infield
t by Mark Christman off
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IN THREE AREAS.
command of Brig. Gen. Eley P.
Denson, commanding general,
Seattle port of embarkation, of
ficials announced today.
Filbert Growers Get
$69 a Ton Increase
Portland, Ore., Sept. 2 (U.R)
A $69 per ton Increase In the
average grower price for fil
berts will be permitted under
the forthcoming list of ceiling
prices for the 1944-45 crop of
edible tree nuts, the district
OPA office here announced to
day. No further adjustment will be
made in base prices, present
listings being sufficiently above
parity, the OPA stated.
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. 10 nui me Browns in ironi, a-z.
Forest HillS. N. Y.. SeDt. 2 R.it with h haou In
' (U.R) Defending Ch a mp ion i the ciehth inning. Dick Wake-
Manager Dolph Camilli won Pauline Betz of Los Angeles and j field's grounder took a high
the game by driving a triple into Margaret Osborne of San Fran
left field with Scarsella on! Cisco reached the women's fi
base. Angel Pitcher Irv Stein ! nals and Sgt. Frankie Parker of
who relieved Osborn In the! San Francisco reached the
seventh, gave up the pay-off j men's finals in the National
thrce bager with two out. Amateur Tennis championships
San Francisco 4 11 3 'today.
Hollywood 2 6 II Miss Betz, seeking her third
bounce off Don
By United Press
Strikes threatened to tie up
war production in three areas of
the nation Saturday night while!
in a fourth section, a transporta
tion strike appeared over.
An unauthorized walkout by
240 bus drivers in Mobile, Ala.,
which had stranded an estimated
85,000 persons, was scheduled to
end Sunday at 5 a. m. following
a two-hour closed meeting at
which drivers voted 98 to 38 to
return to their jobs.
At Cleveland, O., the first step
In what may lead to a general
strike of 64,000 members of the
Mechanics Educational Society
in Cleveland TnlnHn fi onri Do. I aervative estimate.
trnif l,Von v,t ...h-n Hundreds oflntOT
Annn i .-, ..x - from these drivers
HOW COOD are the
ill-synthetic Silver
towns we have in
stock? Here's the
answer proof sup
plied by essential
drivers. The hun
dreds of thousands of
all-synthetic Silver
towns sold by B. F.
Goodrich have al
ready rolled over 3
biliionmiles, accord
ing to the most con-
4000 workers walked out of a ,
port complete satisfaction; many of them
Toledo plant in Sympathy with ; are confident they will Rct at least aa mads
6,000 strikers at the Cleveland
Graphite Bronze Co.
Officials of John L. Lewis' Sup-
fliitt pv-tHcfo'c t
glove into right centerfield for '"v'sory Workers union had their
a two-base hit and pinch hitter warning mat new sxriKes win De
Chuck Hosteller and Doc Cram- voted despite governmental seiz
er rarer! hnme tn ilv. the Tiffers "re of ten struck coal mines re-
tho lonrt noain 4-3 I newed tonight as additional i
Against George Caster In the
mileage from all-synthetic Silvertowns as
ihey ever got from pre-war tires.
So, see us at once if you are eligible for
new tires. If inspection shows yon need
them, we'll till out and handle your apt
plication for these proven B. F. Goodrich
all-synthetic Silvertowns!
Werlc and Sorinz:
Weldon (9) and
Younker (9).
Intlekofer,
Buonarigo,
ninth, Joe Hoover singled and
Doc Cramer
ninth to tie the score and an
other in the 13th to clinch the
issue.
Fred (Dixie) Walker, the Na
tional league's leading batter,
boosted his average six points
to .382, hitting a homer, triple,
double and single In Brooklyn's
8 to 4 victory over the New York
Giants, their fourth triumph in
a row. Curt Davis, hit freely,
survived to win his ninth game.
Paud Derringer went six and
and 5; Owen Thomas, Medford. 'wo , "" j
defeated Rawlcs Moore, Med-; - "-" ' "v c" ' 'H "'
ford, default; F. A. Rowe. Med-1 him , to .peat the Chicago Cubs 6
fnrH HnfonLH r.nin Rohlnson. to 1. McCormick got the first
hit. his 16th homer, and two
ford, defeated Gain Robinson,
Medford, default.
continued their downward
plunge today, laboring more or
less futilely against the south
paw slants of Gill Werle, finally
dropping a 4 to 2 decision to the
San Francisco Seals.
Los Angeles 2 5 0
Oakland 3 9 1
Osborn, Stein (7) and Fer
nandes; Stromme and B. Ral-mondi.
ANOTHER PRO LEAGUE
Chicago, Sept. 2 (U.R) Or
ganization of the All-America
Football conference, a new ma
jor professional league which
will begin operation in 1945, has
' . . hfinn rnmnlntnH hnrn anrl tiUI In.
more runs were scored bciorei "''"-," "
Japhet Lynn relieved Derringer. I ''l,d? ll,l's in e,1Rhl a"f JS!
Clvdo Shoun pitched a seven
hitter to gain the vctlory.
NASHVILLE MEET
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2 U R
Byron Nelson, Toledo. Ohio,
leading money winner of the
touring professionals this year,
blistered the Rirhlnnd Country
club course today for a seven
under par 64 to take the lead
in the $10,000 Nashville Invita
tional tournament.
Nelson's score beat the Rich
land com so record ny one stroke
and put him two strokes ahead
of his nearest rival, Bob Ham
ilton, Evansvllle, Ind., who de
feated him In a play-off for the
PGA title at Spokane, Wash.,
three weeks ago.
ANGOTT TO FACE
States.
i-niianoipnin. ncpi. i w.r.i tortny
Spindly Ike Williams, Trenton I
VETS SEEK JOBS
Sacramento, Sept. 2 (U.R)
About one-half of the number
of Cnlifornlans discharged from
military service have sought as
sistance from selective service
personnel In regaining their for
mer jobs or finding others. Col.
K. H. Lcltch, state director, said
consecutive title, will meet the I after a sacrifice,
second seeded Miss Osborne to
morrow for the championship
while Parker draws a day of
idleness as top-seeded Francisco
(Pancho) Segura plays Bill Tal
bcrt of Indianapolis for the oth
er men's finalist berth.
Parker, the California golden
boy who played on America's
Davis Cup teams in 1937 and
1930, reached the finals by up
setting Husky Lt. W. Donald
McNeill of Norfolk, Va. Mc
Neill, the 1940 champion, was
seeded second behind Segura
but he was out of tournament
shape and quickly ran out of
gas in dropping the Duke, 6-4,
3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
walkouts were called in the
Pennsylvania solt coal fields. .
A total of 29 mines in Penn-i
trinloH nnH FriHio Mavn sineled syivama ana west Virginia
for two excess tallies, clinching I which produce a daily tonnage tELii
the victory. I of 66.n. now are idle or are
Both teams had eieht hits andi Pledged to strike.
the Browns drew nine bases on
balls but thed couldn't hit in the
clutch, leaving 13 runners
stranded.
The scores:
Detroit 6 8 0
St. Louis 3 7 1
Gentry, Gorsica (7), Henshaw
(7), Beck (8), Overmire (8) and
Swift; Galehouse, Caster (8) and
Hayworth, Turner (7).
COMMAND CHANGED
Portland, Ore., Sept. 2 (U.R)
The Portland port of embarka
tion today became part of the
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RACING
Chicago, Sept. 2 (U.R) Free
For All, John Marsch's long
striding brown colt, won the
$00,750 Washington Park Fu
turity today in 1:13 15 for six
furlongs to reign undefeated as
Henry Tikulskt's Ivangctit fin
ished second in a photo finish
with Marsch's No. 2 Juvenile,
Errard.
Chicago, Sept. 2 (U.R) Two
home runs by Mickey Rocco,
the last coming with two on in
the twelfth gave the Cleveland j
intuans a 5-2 victory over the
White Sox before 8,132 fans
here tonight. Rocco tied the
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TIRE EXCHANGE
32 So. Bartlett St.
lightweight contender, puts his
winning streak of 12 fights on
the line at Shlba Park next
Wednesday night against tough
Sammy Angntt, former 135
pound tilleholder, before lolnlng
Uncle Sam's forces of lighting
men.
William won by a split deci
sion from Angott three months
ago but the chorus of boos which
greeted the verdict established
the victory as anything out pop
ular. Kutcher awarded Williams
the nod after one Judge voted
for Angntt and the other called
it a draw.
Third voyage of Columbus, in
which South America was dis
covered, was made 1498.
LIBKE TO CINCY
Cincinnati, Sept. 2 (U P.) The
Cincinnati Reds tonight an
nounced the purchase of Outfielder-First
Baseman Albert
Llbkc from the Seattle club of
the Pacific Coast league for 1945
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Portland, Ore.. Sept. 2 (UP
Three cities on the Pacific coast
will see opening games of the
American Professional Football
league Sunday afternoon
The new league Is designed tn
become the equal of the National
league which operates In the
eastern part of the cnuntry and
the first games are-scheduled for
Portland, Snn Di.'go and San
Francisco.
The Portland clash will see
Seattle play Pnrtland while the
I-os AnReles Wildcats, battle San
Diego and Hollywood meets San
Francisco.
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