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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBOWB 10 LOOP LEAD WITH i Cvermire, Gentry Fling Wins Over. Tribe Browns Split Yanks Lose Two New York, Sept. 18 (U.R) The roar of the Detroit Tigers was heard far and wide today as the hectic American league pennant race settled down to tooth and toenail fight over the last two weeks. Out In front by a half game and generally accredited as the "team to beat," the Tigers com plcted their traveling for the season yesterday with a surprise twin victory over the Celveland Indians and returned home to await the arrival of the New York Yankees, who open a three game stand there tomorrow. . The doubleheader victory came as a surprise because it was authored by the Tigers' third and fourth string pitchers and allowed the victory twins, Hal Newhouscr with 25 tri umnhs. and Dizzy Trout, with 24, to rest up for the important Yankee series. Frank (Stubby) Overmire pitched a six hit, 7-2 win for Detroit in the first game and Rufus Gentry put the Ben gals out in front, a half game ahead of the St. Louis Browns, with a two-hitter in the night cap. Overmire received ample and encouraging batting support from the Thiers late season hit tine ace. first baseman, Rudy " York, who collected a triple, ' double and two singles In five annearances. Gentry's effort was nothing . short of remarkable. He display ed Dlentv of stuff and had a no- hitter working until the ninth inning when he issued a single '. and double as he shut-out the ; Tribe, 3-0. The Browns, who had opened , the day's play In first place, maintained their position . through the first game, beating .the Chicago White Sox 5-1, but . took an 8-2 beating In the finale ' to fall back Into second. The New York Yankees, In . first place on Saturday, dropped ' Into third when the giant k. 111 i lng Philadelphia Athletics de feated them twice, 5-4 and 2-1. r The Boston Red Sox dropped , to four full games off the pace when the Washington Senators . came up with a six run second inning and went on to, win 7-6 . in a slnglo game. The slumping National league leading St. Louis Cardinals lumped further when they dropped two games, both 2-1, r to the Chicago Cubs for a rec ord of 13 losses In their 20 games this month. ! Philadelphia copped Us fourth and fifth straight over the New . York Giants, 1-0 nnd 5 4. while Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split the Piratds taking the opener. 7-1, and Cincinnati edging out a 3-1 decision In the 10-lnning finale. Brooklyn and Boston also di vided, the Braves winning the first game 3-0, and Brooklyn the second, 3 2. EAGLES LOOK GOOD IN WHIPPING LIONS, 27-7 Detroit, Sept. 10 (U.R) The Fhiladcluhla Eagles today ap peared a serious contender for the National Professional Foot - ball league title this season an the basis of their showings In exhibition games. The Kuglt-s' driving line and hard charging backs spoiled the debut l the Detroit Lions here yesterday by completely out classing them throughout the game to win the exhibition con test, 27-7. nininxi whi.vn Jul1 Pi .ml IUi.,. m, V 'train n r ii i r a I JSUatttaiiek, i!rlta llirlnti.. 1,;, lnil IllMlllrn iv. Matt da tliaia aid. Mondar. Btpl. II, 1M4 BEAVERS 10 FACE ANGELS IN FIRST PLAYOFFS ROUND Br United Press It will be the Los Angeles Angels versus the Portland Beavers, and the San Francisco Seals against the Oakland Acorns, in the Governors' Cup post-season playoffs starting Wednesday, final standings in the 1044 Pacific Coast league race showpd today. The regular season bowed out yesterday, with Oakland crowd ing into a last-minute third place tie with the Seals to qualify for the lucrative Dlavoffs. Win ners of the best four out of seven game series at Los Angeles and Oakland this week will clash next week In the grand finale. Los Angeles, pennant winners by a margin of 12 games over Portland, fell one game short of 100 wins. SDlitting a doublchead - er with the Seattle Rainiers, 2-6 and 4-3, to sweep a 6-2 series that cost the Rainiers their place in the playoffs. Seattle s CarllW,ile in the Southern confer- Fischer and Los Angeles' Don Osborn were the winning twin ers. Oakland made It a 6-2 scries win over Portland, Manuel Sal- vo and Jack Lotz both chalking UD WCIr JOIII Victories Ol Hie year as the Acorns won a twin bill 5-4 and I-o. romana Dareiy Tne Kansas Jayhawkers, slat finlshed second, a game ahead I, tQ have a slrong teflm after of San Francisco and Oakland, . f inritnss. nnnose Texas after the week's Acorn rampage. The last nlace San Diego Padres ended their season In good style by trimming San Francisco twice, 4-1 and 2-0, but finished one game behind Sacra mento. Line scores: Portland 4 11 0 . , n Pulford, Fedemeyer (4) Mos- ser (8) and Cook; Salvo and B Raimondi. Portland 0 6 0 Oakland 14 1 Pieretti and Adams; Lotz and B. Raimondi. PACKERS IN 14-1 LEAGUE Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 1R (U.P.) The Green Bay Packers officially opened the 1044 Na tional Football league season be fore a crowd of 12,004 fans here yesterday by whipping the Brooklyn Tigers 14 to 7 in a game more noted for Its rough ness than anything else. One Packer touchdown and several spectacular runs were called back for violations of the rules as the Tigers set a new league record for the number. of penalties received. The Brooklyn squad lost 165 yards on 21 penalties and the Packers yielded 84 yards for nine infractions. Previous record for penalties was held by the Chicago Cardinals who lost 150 yards on 16 infractions against the Packers in 19.16. In addition, four players were shagged off the field by the referee for roughness. HOW THEY? American W. Detroit 78 Sh Louis 7S New York 76 Boston 74 Philadelphia 67 Cleveland . 66 Chicago 64 Washington 60 National W. L. 62 63 64 66 75 7S 77 81 I.. 4S 8 60 72 77 82 81 82 I.. 70 82 83 83 85 HO n:i 4 .454 .426 St. Louis .... Pittsburgh .. Cincinnati . Chicai'o New York .. Hrooklyn .... Philadelphia Boston ... P8 ... 82 ... 78 ... 66 ... o:t ... S8 ... R7 ... 87 Pacific Coait W. Los Angeles 99 Portlun d 87 Sau Francisco 86 Oakland 86 Seattle 84 Hollywood 83 Snmiinciito .......... 70 San Diego 73 Clualnt tuna rnt ClamiP'rt atla a m too Ull to Claaallr. 13 10 CASH in a FLASH FOR YOUR CAR Siva Time, Cash & Gji Call AUTOMOBILE MARKET tth and Bartlett Stt. Phone 3919 No Red Tape When You Sail to Us Young Grid Season Reaches Full Stature This Week End New York, Sept. 18. (U.R) The fledgling football season reaches full stature this week-end with big time teams the nation over squaring off against each other in the earliest com plete slate of major college games on record. Encroaching into the baseball . season, the Saturday program provides games involving con ference title hopes in the Big Ten, the Pacific coast, the south ern and southeastern loops. On the basis of the way they ran over opening day opponents for touchdowns last Saturday, this week's top gome Is likely to be the Big Ten conference open er between Illinois and Indiana, although neither has been touted as a likely champion. Illinois aeicaica Illinois nuiniui 0, while Indiana ran over Fort Knox 72 to 0. Purdue's Boilermakers, only major college team to go un- I beaten and untied last season, are underdogs in their first test Saturday when they play Great I Lakes national station. Great Lakes won its opener In the grand manner beating Fort Sheridan 62 to 0 l Down in tht corn pone coun- 1 try the Kentucky Wildcats open against Mississippi in the first ' southeastern conference game, ence Duke's reportedly powerful Blue Devils play Richmond and r nln Cnrnt-t mm.U Mnrlh Cam. lina. Clemson's Tigers play Pros - hvtnri.nn Virginia's Cavaliers mect Hiimpden . Sydney and Mnrlh -.-,rr,lin! Rtfltea nnnnses MjlilKan. Christian at neutral Kansas City, ... . , God(m Ilurricane mct.ts Agricuture and Oklahoma A. 4t M. is matched with West Texas State in Mis souri valley area games. The Texas A. & M. Cowboys 'mm Olfllll nil ICIU BIIU icaos Tech opposes Lubbock A.A.F. in : southwestern games. Two Rocky Mountain area ' service teams that are touted as! I strong nlav the onlv names in that sector, the Fort Warren Wyo., eleven meeting Colorado and the Second Air Force Bomb ers oppose Whitman of Idaho. Southern California opens de fense of its Pacific Coast confer ence title against U.C.L.A. in the top game of the west. Col lege of Pacific is scheduled against St. Mary's Pre-Flight, St. Mary's against California and Washington against Willamette OFFICIALS 10 MEET TONIGHT The annual meeting and ex amination for high school foot ball officials In this area will be held In room 3 at the Med ford Senior high school tonight at 7 o'clock. All those planning to officiate at high school games this fall are requested to attend the meeting and take the examina tion so as tn be certified by the Oregon High School Activities association. BASKI. MAURIELL0 TO BATTLE FRIDAY NIGHT New York, Sept. 1 8 (U.R) Heavy weights Joe Baksl and Tami Mmiriollo tangle at Madi son Square Garden Friday night In a return 12-round bout that features this week's national nnxlng schedule. Haksi upset Mauricllo In their first engage- ment last February The only champion to see ac- .643; tlon this week is Willie Pep, rec .520 1 ognlzrd as featherweight tille .4721 holder in New York and affili .488' ated slates Pep Inckles Charlie i aiey Lewis of Culm in a non-title lO-rnunder tomorrow night at Hartford Conn. ' jiiT?v te f?k ?7 15! V(BwWl 9 ; fcM7iitaWMfryafaVai'maL4 Pfool E M 6.00-16 USC, UCLA CLASH TOPS GRID SLATE . San Francisco, Sept. 18 (U.R) The Pacific coast football sea- u,u-j- hraHiin k., tv, USC-UCLA Pacific Coast con- ,erence cIash. after service teams served warnings on the collegiate variety in early clashes that their star-studded lineups will be hard in the running for gridiron glory. The USC-UCLA crosstown gi! gantic, first of two scheduled this year under the conference round-robin as last, will draw the biggest crowd Saturday at the Los Angeles Coliseum Close I behind it. will be the traditional U n i y e r s i t y of California-St. Mary's college clash at Berke- "T Other Saturday games will In elude University of Washington vs. Willamette university at Se- !'tle - College of the Pacific vs. I Marys Navy PreFlight at slock'on' and .Wn,tnlan, eolIeRe '-. S""" cuite HI Boise. L Cleveland. Sept. 18 (U.R) Twenty-eight teams remained in the running for the world soft ball championships today as the annual tournament entered its third day. On rf th elimination, mm the nrieinnl finlri nf no innme from all parts of the country and Canada was the New Or leans Jax. defending girls' cham pions, who suffered their second defeat In losing a 14-inning game 1-0 to the Phoenix, Ariz., Ram blers The Hammer Army Air Field from Fresno. Cal., defending men's titleholders, was idle yes terday after taking its opening game on Saturday. Rochester, N. Y. (men's), and Portland, Ore (gills'), also were eliminated in the first two days of competition after Josing two games, FLAG FAVORITES New York. Sent. 18 4).K Detroit enters the final phase of the American league campaign 1 tomorrow an odds-on favoriate at "5 to 8'-2" to win the pen nant, according to a consensus of quotations gathered last night around Toots Shor's tavern. Sunday's results hammered down the price a-g-a.l-n-.s-t a Ti ger flag victory until reluctant bookies now offer only a fiver against a Bengal supporter's $8 50 This was quite a drop from Saturday's ' Ball Street'' figure of a bookie's six bucks against a fin. It takes 30 billion, billion, bll- "on electrons to weigh one ounce. The electronic stream travels at a velocity of 20,000 miles a second. AMERICAN BY I.KI WAR BONDS TODAY to atiure vic tory and peace in days to cornel v L'J' BUY MERLE HAP ES BIG STAR AS RANGERS E By United Press . The powerful Hollywood Rangers continued to make a runaway of the American Pro fessional football league race yesterday, swamoing the Port land Rockets 56-22 to swceD their fourth straight win in the new-born west coast circuit. The San Francisco Clippers and San Diego Gunners moved into a triple tie for second with the idle Los Angeles Mustangs San Francisco stopping the Los Angeles Wildcats 20-13 while San' Diego was edging the Oak land Hornets9-7. . All-American Merle Hapes of Mississippi tallied three of Hol lywood's touchdowns in a game featured by long scoring jaunts by both teams. Former UCLA star Kenny Washington lee" the Clippers to their 20-13 win over Elmer (Gloomy Gus) Henderson's Wild cats, scoring once and passing to another touchdown before 15,000 fans at Gilmore stadium. Conch Ed Storm of the San game himself to spark a to yara; drive and kick the winning field goal over the Oakland Hornets, playing their first game after overcoming a player deficiency Standings W. L. T. Pet. I Hollywood 4 0 L. A. Mustangs 1 1 San Francisco 1 1 San Diego 1 1 Seattle 1 2 Portland - 1 2 L.' A. Wildcats..:. 0 1 Oakland 0 1 0 1.000. 0 .500 .0001 .000 11 Ti Promoter Mack Lillard an- nouncccl today mai ine uray, hooded toughie who has Mask a sensational record in Califor nia, would meet Jack Kaiser, Pacific coast light-heavyweight champion, in the main event of next Thursday night s armory mat program. It will be a non title bout. Paavo Katonen, popular Finn, will face Harold Davidson in the center attractionand Silent Ra tan will wrestle Pat O'Dowdy in the ooener. SHRINERS ORGANIZE CLUB IN DOUGLAS CO. Roseburg, Sept. 18 A group bers of the Shrine met Wednes-I day night at the Rose hotel for a 6:30 dinner. Later in the eve-1 ning the Shriners met at the I residence of George Smith and j ii. n .i,,l organized the Douglas county i Shrine club. Officers elected were: Morgan 1 Lawson, president; George Aker of Myrtle Creek, vice-president, and R. L. Preston, secretary treasurer. "wiITtitle Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 18 U.R) The Milwaukee Chicks held the All-American Girls' Pro Base ball league playoff champion ship today, following their 3-0 defeat of the Kenosha Comets last night in the seventh and fi nal game of the series. WASPSSTING BEETLES Providence. R. I. (U.R) Black wasps are now being used by home front warriors in Rhode Island In the battle against the Japanese beetle, which feeds on shrubbery and plants. HEROES F OAs our gunt groped blindly for vital enemy targeli in Tunitia, Sergeant Dontld V. Peterson of South Minneapolia crept beyond our llnei. Snipen and machine guna raked the ground, but he puihcd on. snaked for ward into view of our tarqeti. Shel tered from withering fire by one tmall buh. he radioed fire commanda and our guna battered the enemy. Hie country recoqnited Peterson's bravery with the Silver Star. You can recog nise it with another War Bond. GIRL' CLEARED OF KILLING MOTHER Placerville, Cal., Sept. 18 (U.R) "Absolutely no charges" will be filed against Winifred May Cox, 14, In the fatal shoot ing Friday of her mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Cox, 55, El Dorado County Sheriff Lowell West said Saturday in closing his investigation. The girl told county officers her mother attacked her with a rifle and a camp ax and said she shot her mother at the mother's request after agreeing to take part in a suicide pact. West said the story "dovetailed" with his investigation and the family background. Winifred was undergoing treatment at the Placerville sanatorium where 125 stitches were taken In her scalp. West said she still was in a dazed con dition and added "it doesn't seem possible she is alive." THE GRANGE Eagle Point Grange ' Visitors welcomed at our Sep- tember 5 meeting were Mattand Carde puhl and one was ueeoe, Clause ul Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd I Charlie and Lulu Taylor of Port-1 report on the repairing of wreck- ed and obsolete planes at the plant where she is employed. For lecture hour, in the ab sence of Bing Frances unable to keeD his aDDointment because 0f the illness of his wife, M. Hav provided a counle of verv .500 j fjne fjims; one showing the tak 500: ing ot the Marshall and Gilbert "3 islands centered in Kwajalein atoll; the other an excellent na- ture film. Mrs. Ray Stanley read a let ter from Staff Sergeant Earl V. Harnish, who is making a good recovery from an injury receiv ed on Biak island. A new coat of paint has just been added to the exterior of the Grange hall. Gertrude Stanley promises a surprise number for our next MnrtttMrt o..n tn.. O i I tn "- rS"""Z,S - - i se Plan? are, to.be made at this meeting for, our Booster night. The serving committee for next meeting, the 19th, are Mr. and M"- Dwight McCorkle and ' ouu Uiiai C1CU iicnidiiu, Upper Applegate Grange I Upper Applegate Grange met i September 8 with 21 members present. Reports were given by committees. A former member,! Edna Phillips, who returned to the community recently, was re-! Instated. i Plans for the Booster night program and the ninth anniver sary of the Grange, to be held the evening of October 14, were de,an? i" Granger?', neighbors "'6 M.t$Ur,T: the Y M.C.A talked on Ch". sPfn' ten there. Each member responded , . ,,, durln8 1 cal1 by telling some- AGENT: MR. REANEY DEPOT; JACKSON HOTEL pacific GREYHOUND l.nes tEBVINO All THE WEST WITH DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION thing of h!i ar!y achco! days.! Vocal solos were given by George Peck and Edward Walk- er. Evelyn Byrne told some lokes. Visitors during lecture hour were Mr. and Mrs. Emmett O -Brien of Richmond, Calif., and Ben Schmidt of Medford. Ways and means committee announced another dance to De held in Grange hall October 7. They hope for a large attendance. Gold Hill Grange Gold Hill Grange met In reg- ! ular sesison September 7, with Worthy Master Howes In the chair. Due to the harvest rush and some illness several officers were absent. Reports were given and Mas ter Howes made some new com mittee appointments. 'Lecture hour was given over to singing, readings and skit. Refreshments were served by the Wm. Autenrieth and Chas. Long families. Gold Hill Grange Gold Hill Grange H. E. club met at the hall Sept. 13, with the usual covered dish dinner and good attendance. Eleanor Ganong was appoint ed on the fancy work committee. Bouquets of beautiful flowers were brought by Fanny Long sent to Frances Spurlin. ,w : ,. f;.-ol,j . :!!.' ready for bazaar. Bertha Potter received the prize. The Bornaman and Wigle families will serve at grange; Sept. 21. I Chairman Howes, also chair-1 man of peach canning for school lunches at school house last Sat- j urday, reported a nice sized i group helped put over the pro ject. ' 1 ATTENTION Look for- Roman Meal Bread In the New RED and WHITE VICTORY WRAPPER SAME DELICIOUS, GENUINE ROMAN MEAL BREAD By the Tango cellophane r SERVING MEDFORD and a Nation at War GREYHOUND DAILY SERVICE NORTHBOUND GRANTS PASS ROSEBURG PORTLAND LEAVES MEDFORD: 8:13 a.m. 7:30 p. m 10:10 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 11:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND ASHLAND LEAVES MEDFORD: 12:53 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 3:50 p. m. 7:05 a.m. Daily Except Sundays 11:10 a.m. 6:15 p.m. 6 50 p. m. 10:30 p. m. On Booster Night. Sept. , Mrs. Prentice and her pupils will put on a nice program at Gold Hill Grange hall. Anyone interested is welcome. SGT. GEORGE SMITH AIDS IN KEEPING 'EM FLYING An Air Service Command De pot, England Master Sgt. George Smith of Medford, Ore., now assigned to this giant air service command modification and repair depot, is helping to keep America's fighters and bombers swarming over western Europe in support of our ad vancing armies. He is the husband of Mrs. Pa tricia Smith of 835 East Main street, Medford. Before entering the air forces, he was employed by the Bash Oil Tool Co., in Huntington Park, Calif. He attended tha University of Southern Califor nia in Los Angeles, Calif. Closing time for CTaaslHfd ads i. m. Too Late to Classify, 12:30 DO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR GAR? See Ui Top Prices No Delay An; Make or Model Skinner's Garage 143 S. Riverside Ph. 2740 1 Bakers of BREAD and CAKES (fas gone to war. PHONE: 3202 BROWNS CAFE & BILLIARDS i 1
