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rOUR MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Wadnnday, Sapt. 13, 1944 BOTH IN ACTION May Meet For Title In Fu ture; Champ Faces Olson In Main Tilt Thursday. When Jack Kaiser of Vancou ver, Wash., lifted the Pacific Coast light heavyweight mat crown from (he Finnish brow of Paavo Katonen in Salem recent ly, he promised the latter a re turn match and a chance to re gain the bauble. Kaiser also made another oromise. this one to Promoter Mack Lillnrd. It was a promise that he would, in the near fu ture, defend Ills title in the Med ford armory grappling ring. Both Kaiser and Katonen are featured on Thursday night's armory program, and although they are not facing each other their rerpectlvo matches may lead to an honest - to - goodness championship bout before many more weeks pass. Kaiser, on tomorrow night's card, Is battling Milt Olson of Milwaukee, Wis., In the one hour top event, while Katonen if tangling with rough, tough Pat O'Dowdy in the four round middle contest. If Katonen can get over the O'Dowdy hurdle, and any sub sequent brawls in which he may become entangled, he will be in an excellent position to remind Kaiser of that promised return match. And, If Kaiser agrees, the chances are good that it will be staged in Mcdford, where Flashy Jack has said he would lay the toga on the lino. The main struggle figures to be one of the most sensational rating the go strictly even-up, Despite O'Dowdy's unortho dox matwork which verges on the brutal, Katonen Is expected to put him In his proper place after a hard battle. Elton Owen and Buck David son collide In the three-round opener. OF AS legitimate matches seen here In years. Both Kaiser and Olson Portland 2 are lightning-fast and know all Oakland the answers, and railbirds are By United Press The Los Angeles Angels to night dropped their home game with Seattle, 3-1, but clinched the Pacific Coast league base ball crown for the second con secutive season because the Oak land Acorns blasted the second- place Portland Beavers out of I the race with a 4-2 win at Oak land. The Angels won the pennant obliquely with the Beavers' de feat placing the Los Angeles team eight games ahead with seven yet to be played as the final week of coast ball got un derway. The San Francisco Seals cross ed the plate twice in the seventh at San Diego to eke out a 2-1 win over the cellar-dwelling Padres, putting the Seals in a third-place tie with Seattle, while the Hollywood Stars squeezed out a 5-4 win over the Sacramento Solons. Oakland won their game, and incidentally the crown for Los Angeles, in a fourth Inning spree that saw four Acorns cross the plate on a scries of singles and walks. Portland scored one run in the same bracket when Pitch er Damon Hayes walked a man with the bases loaded to force a 1 run. The second Beaver tally came in the fifth. The Oakland success brighten ed the team's chances of being among those present in the four team post-season playoff for the governor's cup, the Seattle and San Francisco win kept those teams ahead of the Oaks. Score: R. H. E. 5 0 Ex-Champ Appears Ready X. " 1 S .il Vis "'fA t " ft, S V r 'J t V'i 1 Pat O'Dowdy will get a lasts of how an ex Pacific Coast light-heavydeight champion wrestles when he meets Paavo Ka tonen (above) in the middle event of Thursday night's Medford armory mat program. Katonen, tremendously powerful and a great scientific grappler, is favored to knock off his rough opponent. exhibition game at Shibe park. Highlight of the game was tho second tally when Jack Banta, navy dischargee and for mer Southern California back, took a punt on his 19 and raced! 81 yards to score. Jack Hinkle, the league's sec ond leading ground gainer last year, counted the first Philadel phia points when he smashed around left end from the 15-yard CARDINALS LOSE TIC F E TO armed forces on the fcattlefronts, the league's promotional direct or, Lew Fonseca, announced to day. The league's pictures of the 1943 series were shown to more than 3,500,000 servicemen and 2,000,000 civilians, Fonseca said. Dm Mail Trlbuna Want Ada. HURRICANE SIDETRACKED Miami, Fla., Sept. 13 (U.R) A mighty hurricane In the At lantic, with gale winds in its center estimated at 140 miles an hour, veered to the northwest ward today, apparently eliminat ing all danger to Florida east coast cities, but the weather bu reau here warned that it may now slam against either the Georgia or Carolina coasta cities. WEATHER Northern California Fair to day, tonight and Thursday ex cept high fog along coast and Dartlv cloudy extreme north portion interior Thursday. New York, Sept. 13 (U.R) The New York Yankees, leading the tight American league pen nant race by a scant half game hardly enough to cheer about lay their slender margin on the line tonight against the Phila delphia Athletics. The Yanks, boasting 13 vic tories In 19 starts against the "A's" this season, were favored to swell their margin to a full game over the idle second place Detroit Tigers. But Manager Joe McCarthy, remembering full well how the Athletics beat the : St. Louis Browns three out of four games when the latter were in first place on their last east ern road trip, was set to send his ; best pitcher after tonight's vic tory, i Hank Borowy, who has beat en the Athletics in all five of his starts against them this year, ; was McCarthy's choice to in- j crease the Yankee margin in the only American league activity scheduled until Friday. In yesterday's only National I league games, the Pittsburgh I Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals twice, 5-3 and 6-5 for i their sixth and seventh wins ' over the league leaders in their last eight games. The Buc s double victory de-' prived the Cardinal's of their opportunity to attain mathemati cal certainty of clinching the flag. I GUS MUG DIES OF LEUKEMIA SERVICEMEN TO SEE WORLD SERIES FILMS Chicago, Sept. 13 (U.R) Fif teen cameramen and technicians will make a 2000-foot two-reel movie of the 1944 world series and the American league will distribute hundreds of prints to Right Now! Check Your FARM EQUIPMENT For Busy Fall Months You simply can't afford to have costly break downs and delays in your busy season. It's wise precaution to have your John Deere tractor, equipment and all machinery on your ranch checked at once. Our service men know how to ' check them over and tune them up in as short time as possible and we've the genuine factory parts when replacements are necessary. Just as soon as you can spare YOUR equipment let us put it in tip-top triml HUBBARD-WRAY CO. 29 NORTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 4011 Washington, Sept. 13 (U.R) The sporting world lost a famil iar figure last night with the death of big Gus Sonnenberg, I line on the ninth running play I the lormcr uarxmouin couegian, vi uiu game, mai oieexer, an- whose "flying tackle" won him fame and fortune in the profes sional wrestling game. The 44-year-old wrestler, who had been serving In the navy as a chief specialist, died of leu kemia nt tho Nuval hospital at nearby llcthcsda, Md. He had been hospitalized for almost eight months. , The squat, 233-pound Sonnen berg had been a familiar figure in wros'ling for years and con tributed greatly to the revival of the snort a decade or so ago. His record included victories. over some of the top grapplers of his day, Including Ed "Strangler" Lewis at the time Lewis was recognized as world's heavyweight champion. Philadelphia, Sept. 13 AIM The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football league, dis playing a smooth and speedy running attack, crushed the merged Pittsburgh Stcelcr-Chi-cat;o Cardinal eleven 22-0 last night before 25,000 fans in an 0 9 ft OWTiBEYA (mm Jh-r Wt )rvi1Trwi', J New York .. 76 61 .555 P BMW S:'72;:;;; S JS fc-tiV- ' "Clf Boston 73 64 .533 1 1 Xs4iiilia Cleveland 65 72 .474 1 II Chicago 63 74 .400 J?t OMri Pvh""?elVhia " " AZ 86 i-root am?. Washington 58 80 .420 fl in Nrulril lS jliifaUtJ Npirin Thr Mm- National I vfJtv I ''""" V. L. Pea. MSSf. mS " ' St. Louis 05 39 .709 IPS ss zz?S K ill PH Y PAR PQ rttttfv- Chicago 60 70 .462 II LL I LIULLU New York fil 72 .459 laEi-i COP GRID CLASH p"lc Coast (GJCiiie to Angeles .874 tllllNl mMTlTir Portland ..85 77 .525. ll'llW' Ij'yil"' S"n Francisco .. 83 79 .512 ('TVM- f Seattle 83 79 .512 "r-7"!! tyjHt&'- Oakland 81 81 .500 '-fl ' M "die I'll ' Hollywood 80 83 .491 --"'. "Mr- T Sacramento 73 90 .448 ALL -SITAE CAE iEOFORO AillOHY NIGHT BOUTS MA STARTS 8:30 P.M. 02 o THRILLS! fMJ o SPILLS! SMmM Th. Country's BEST TALENT . jZ m h Tlckols New On Sals i--uiS) ; AT THE OWL CLUB Q PHONE 2300 other ex-Southern California star, scored the last touchdown when he climaxed a 61-yard drive with an eight-yard smash through center. UP TKO IN 4TH HEAT Los Angeles, Sept. 13 (U.R) Manuel Ortiz headed back to his farm in El Centro, Cal., today, the world's bantamweight cham pionship still in his pocket after his fourth-round technical knock out Inst night over Spunky Luis Castillo. It was Ortiz" 11th title defense, and he Disposed of the Mexican contender in 11', 4 minutes of al most nip and tuck battling. Referee Mushy Callahan stopped the fight in the fourth round after Ortiz cut Castillo's left eye with a couple of smash ing rights. A doctor crawled in to the ring examined the eye, and ordered the bout stopped. Both Ortiz and the Mexico Cjjty challenger had been slug ging it out evenly until Castil lo's eye started spurting blood IS I Los Angeles, Sept. 13 (U.R) Trojan Jim Hardy, sensational quarterback who threw three touchdown passes against the University of Washington Hus kies in last year's Rose Bowl game today took over as captain of the l'44 USC squad. His election yesterday made him the second quarterback to hold this position at Troy More ly Drury. long remembered USC star, headed the squad In 1927. This is Hardy's third year on the Trofan varsity. A naval ROTC trainee, he will receive an ensign's commission in February. Man Tritmnt w.m Ada DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR CAR? See Us Top Prices No Delay Any Mak or Modal Skinner's Garage 143 S. Rivrld . Ph. 2740 WILLirHG VATtR P'OUKIH'G WATER THROUGH A SIEVE IS WASTE HMD DRIPPING HSE -frZtTZn - SUP A stream of water 116 inch in size, run ning constantly, will waste about 20,000 gallons of water in a month. The combined water fixtures and appliances In use In the United States waste millions of gallons ' AWWA water yearly, enough to put out hundreds of fires In industrial plants and homes from coast-to-coast. Therefore, use all the water you need, but need all you use. Then, TURN IT OFF. CITY OF MEDFORD WATER DEPARTMENT City Hall Bldg. Phone 4906 - r
