Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 22, 1944, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextBET MEDFOHD MAIL TBIBUNB 1-rIdoy, Sepi. 22. 1944 Big Medford Eleven Faces Weed Here Tonight In Seasons Opener TIGERS TO FIRE BROWNS WIN TO IMost Major Grid Contest fPIERETTI HURLS iySff AT Locals to Field 181 -Pound Starting Lineup; Contest Called for 8 Sharp. Operating from the Clark Shaughnessy "T" formation and with one of the heftiest aggrcga iinn. In Mndford history, the Black Tornado launches Its 1944 gridiron campaign at the stadium tonight against the Weed, (Calif.) Cougars. The kickoff 1 at 8 o'clock sharp. One of the largest opening game throngs In years Is expect ed to be on hand to see what sort of a machine Coach Al Simpson, last season at Ashland, has de veloped in his first year here. The Tigers will open the clash with an eleven averaging 181.4 nlaver. The forward New York, Sept. 22 (U.R) If the St. Louis Browns can pull the American league pennant out of the fire, and they were only half a game out of the lead today, the credit well may go to an allegedly damp base ball which Pitcher Nelson Pot- Saturday Rated Toss-ups By Carl Lundqulst United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Sept. 22 (U.PJ The first big football Saturday of 1344, full of hazards for teams that go st each other with out benefit of comparative scores or past performances, rolls around tomorrow with major elevens in every sector putting hopes for perfect seasons on the block. The day s big games are near toss-ups in most cases. Cornell, expected to be one of the pow ers of the so-called Ivy circuit, meets a spunky Syracuse eleven, returning after a year's layoff from football, in the Eastern ter mrew during a game witn feature. Indiana and Illinois the Yankees Inst July. square off to oocn the Bla Ten Potter drew a 10-day sus pension for the alleged use of illegal pitch and he's been fight ing mad ever since, so mad In fact that he has won eight out of 10 games, the only pitcher on the club to show a semblance of consistency since the team hit its Into season slump. Throwing dry baseballs all the way, he defeated the Wash ington Senators 9 to 4 last night and the victory, coupling with lapse by the leading Detroit Tigers made the American season, with both teams rated offensively powerful on the basis of high scores in prelim inary tests last week. Purdue, the defending Big Ten cham pion seeks to carry on its 1943 record of eight straight vic- Virles, but the going may be i tough against .Great Lakes Naval, expected to be close to the top among the service teams. wall punishes me lairoariKs Bi!lenRUe race skin.tifint again. 187 pounds ana ipe dbcbb uvcr-, Xhings even looked a little age 172. better for the Yankees, who Despite allthis beef, the Tor- saivaged the finae of thcir nado does not lack speed andserius with the xigers by win dash. Glen Bostwick. 158-pound i ninR 5 t0 4 in 10 innings, left halfback, Is lightning fast; Tne Boston Red Sox, out of 182-pound Marvin Doty can!the running wiln everything ramuie uura 1113 iu.iia.-n. i.,t,ut slide rules, remained six and Bob Watson, mz-pouna quar terback. Is far from slow. Jerry Clark and Earl Barnhart, right halfbacks, can also step. Reservas Weak While Coach Simpson Is fair ly well pleased with the manner in which the squad has assimilat ed the Intricate "T" formation plays during the past three TO was the losing pitcher as the . , ,...,,,, innnir dh tho title hopes of the Phoe . . "ix. Avis,, Hnmblers, 1-0. They ... J JiuvrtM t!i New Orleans Jax "iMiI.Ib m.Iisi u-nm 1iminntpH Seats, W'erle and Ogroddwkl; 1 mHv In the tourney. Salvo and B. Kaimomu. Portland S 10 1 Portlanders got 10 hits. Line scores: San Francisco - 1 Oakland S Mask" had the match tucked away. In a wild brawl he clamp ed on a leg-breaker, then slam med Kaiser to the mat and fin ally rammed his hard head Into Kaiser's own. Stunned,, Kaiser went down and the masked one jumped on him for the fall. Kaiser, who had sprained his wrist hitting the "mask" qver the head and received the brok en rib when kneed, was unable to continue and Referee Earl Yoakley gave the match to the curtained grappler. Paavo Kntonen won his mid-1 die event match from Harold i Davidson, taking falls in the sec Ists, Southern California and U.C.L.A. renew hostilities in the West Coast feature with the Trojans favored to start a suc cessful defense of the Pacific conference title. In other eastern games, Samp son's Sailors should have less trouble with Colgate than against National League profes sional teams, Rochester Is a dis tinct favorite over Union, Pitts- games behind by losing their ' burgh gets a nod over West Vir third straight to Cleveland 5 ' ginia, Scranton and Villanova to 2. I rate about even and Bucknell The St. Louis Cardinals 1 should repeat last Saturday's nnd nnrf IMi-H rniinHe nffi Flaw. Two long-standing antagon-: , ,, . .,i.i. i i t Silent Ratan'and Pat O'Dowdy drew in the opener, each getting one fall. weeks of practice, he Is frankly : a-"8 6 ' 5 worried over the dearth of ex perienced reserves. The entire squad numbers only 32 men, clinched their third straight National league pennant at Boston, when they won the opener of a double header 5 to 4, then went on to make It a sweep by taking the second Ine t:hlcni?o Cuhs tonk n firm grip on fourth place by defeating the New York Giants r hiiov , hv. BnnH flrt U double header 11 to 8 and team," the shipper ,ald, "but," rmsuurgn pusnea after that the boys just simply lack experience and size, al though some of them are turning Into fine players. In a nutshell, wa are one deep and there's no way of getting around it. The Tornado will take to the turf with touchdowns uppermost In Its mind. It will shoot the works for tallies, with Watson handling the ball from center on every play and tossing the passes, and Bostwick, Doty, Barnhart and Clark scooting off the tackles or hitting through quick-opening holes In the line. Cougars Light The Cougars, according to the weight chart they sent Medford, will field a team much lighter than the Tigers. The team will average 1S4 pounds. However, Weed won the northern Cali fornia title last season and is expected to be just as potent this year. Last game between the two schools was In 1941. when Medford walked off with a 38 to S victory. Starting lineups: the Brooklyn Dodgers docper Into the cellar by toppling them twice, 10 to 4 and 14 to 6. The Cincinnati Reds main tained their pace behind the Pltsburgh Pirates bv winnine a Hnnhln hnnrlnr (mm iha Hhilllna at Philadelphia, S to 3, and 8 to 4. Medford Rlggs Sheldon . Cahill Cave . Porter ... Pla.kett Whlllock Watson QB Bostwick Lit Barnhart ..RH Wilson Doty . FB Percy grubs wmTcuN Cambridge, Mass. (U.PJ A woman reported to Police Lt. Richard J. Linehan that a girl held her up at gunpoint and robbed her of one cigarette. Weed -XE SanCedo ...LT.. Andreghetto -.LG Wllmart C DelGadn -RG Blnrk ...HT Cuslck .RE Murthn Catuzzo , Shaffer (JSC-UCLA GAME COAST FEATURE San Francisco, Sept. 22 (U.R) An opening day clash that may go far toward deciding Pa cific Coast Conference Rose Bowl honors will bring the Uni versity of Southern California Trojans and UCLA Bruins to gether before an estimated crowd of UO.OuO In the Los An geles coliseum tomorrow in the fcaturo Tacific Coast gridiron game. At Berkeley, the traditional opener between the university of California Bears and St. Mary's college was expected to draw the west coast's second largest crowd nf the week-end, perhaps 35.000. University of triumph over Muhlenberg. Har vard's Informal rate over Bates. Other midwestern matches find Michigan favored over Marquette in the first night games in Wolverine history, Iowa Pre-flight is expected to win easily from Minnesota's Civilians, and Northwestern should top Depauw in a game tonight. Two Southwest conference teams, Tex A & M playing Bry an AAF and Rice meeting Gal veston Ai r , may encounter I trouble since the service teams are an unknown quantity while 1 iexas Tech may have the same difficulty against Lubbock AAF in a homo town battle that com pletes the array in that sector. By United Press Marino Pierettl, Portland's 28- game winner, turned in a five- hit pitching job that gave the Beavers a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels and a two game lead over the pennant holders in the Pacific Coast League Gov- ernor's Cup playoffs. Oakland's Manuel Salvo chok ed the San Francisco Seals off with seven hits in last night's other playoff game, the Acorns winning 5-1 but finding them selves with only a 1-0 series lead after their opening victory was ordered replayed on a Seal pro test. The playoffs continue tonight. at Los Angeles and Oakland. with Portland needing only two Los Angeles 3 5 1 Pierettl and E. Adams; C. Adams, Horton and Fernandas. Sarni. PORTLAND GIRLS W KATBALL TOGA Cleveland. Sept S3 0! R? The army air ronr "Raiders" from Hammer field, Fresno, Calif, today held the King's crown in the world softball championships for the second straight year. The soldiers copped the men's title bv e.i!7inp th Fnrt Wnvni mule whi3 in eliminate me An-j ind., Zollner-pistons, 1-0, in a gels in the best four games out j 12-lnning pitching duel late last of seven series. night at Lakewood Elks starium. Johnny O'Neill's single andj The softball "Queens" cham Spencer Harris' long double to'pionshlp of 1944 went to the I'm Mill mtiun. Want Ads. RADIO SERVICE All makes repaired or Completely reconditioned PHILLIPS' RADIO SERVICE Phone 3859. 1307 N. Riverside ta I1I.KMIKI) WIMSKKV 86 I'KOOF 57y UKAIN NEUTKU. SI'IKIIS THE LANSIIOWNE MSTIIXKIIV HAVIIE DE GKACE. MARYLAND TEAMS IN ACTION All four Southern Oregon conference football teams will open their 1944 seasons tonight, each of them colliding with non loop foes. Meford meets Weed here. Klamath Falls plays host to Grant high of Portland, the team that defeated them for the state title last season; Ashland Journeys to Marshfield ' and Grants Pass faces North Bend at Grants Pass. Cloaltm tlmo (or Bundav Too Lata ! to Clanslfy s 30 Saturday afternoon rieass rememoer. ' CHAMPION BREAKS RIB IN BOWING TO "GRAY Ed's Feed Store JACKSONVILLE HIGHWAY and LOZIER LANE Open for Business Under New Management. Carrying a complete line of Feed, Soed and Remedies. Jack Kaiser, the Pacific coast llght-heavywclght wrestling champion, dropped a non-title match to the "Gray Mask" in the armory last night and it was an extremely costly setback, for Kaiser suffered a broken rib and a badly-sprained wrist In losing to the stocky, powerful and un orthodox hooded meanie. 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