Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 03, 1944, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tueidey. Oct. 3, 1944 WIN SOFT SPOT IN ST. LOOISjEARTS Figures Favor Cards On Eve Of World Series But Home Folks Admire Foes By Leo H. Peterian United Press Sports Editor St. Louis, Oct. 3 (U.R) T h e St. Louis Cardinals, perennial champions so far as this city along the banks of the Mississ ippi Is concerned, came back to Sportsman's Park today as the betting favorites for the 1B44 world series but they found that their home town had gone all out sentimentally for the rags and riches boys of Luke Sewell The facts and flnures support ed the betting odds, but they didn't take into consideration the fighting heart of the Amer ican League champion St. Louis Browns. For In the seven game scries that decides world series gold and glory, past performances won league pennant. All sea-1 son long, no matter what the I odds were against them, theyj came up with championship! pitching from a rtaff that had no champions, hitting from bat ters who were strictly so-so at the plate and fielding from field ers who never had been better than mediocre. Pitchers Unnamed Hotels here are sold out, tickets are going at scalper prices running as hltfh as $50 ANGELS TIP SEALS 2 T0 1; PLAYOFF WINDUP TONIGHT Los Angeles, Oct, 3 (U.R) Winner of the Pacific Coast, league Governor's Cup playoffs fnr hn ent. Speculation Is I for 1944 will be decided once rife on the nossible starting and for all tonight when the Los pitchers for the opener, but1 Angeles Angels, back In stride there. was little to upset the even tenor of the ways of a war- boom town. While sellouts for Little Sportsman's Park were assured for as many games as will be necessary to decide the championship. Neither Southworth nor Se well would say definitely who their starting pitchers would be tomorrow but the assignments nrobably will go to Morton Cooper, the strong armed right handed of the Cards, and Nelson Potter, bargain basement pitcher whose clutch hurling after losing the first three games of the scries attempt to take their fourth straight from the Sun Francisco Seals. In the sixth game of the scries last night the Angels won a 2 to 1 victory In 10 innings over the heartbroken Seals, who since last Friday have had the playoff trophy only one game away. Prim Scores ' Hurler Ray Prim, who allow ed the Seals 10 hits, came across the plate In the 10th for the winning run on Johnny Ostrow- skl's single to center field. Prim, "Cobra Woman" Dramatic Show kept the Browns in the running wn(J singledi advanccd on Guy when they appeared out of the .,, . mfleld , championship picture after kicking away a seven game mid August lead. Landis Too III To Attend Classic Starting tomorrow for a four in the South Seas, with Maria day progra matt he Craterian,' Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu and Lon is "Cobra Woman," a tale of ex-j Chaney. otic love and thrilling adventure I Marine Film Chicago, Oct. 3 (U.R) Judge M. Landis will miss the world scries for the first time during! hi 24 vears as oascball com-' mUlnner when the St. Lojis their slump Sunday defeating can be written off the record Browng n(j tne gt .Louis Car-' the San Franciscans in a double books und, if an old baseball ninals oncn the annual classls I header 3-4 and 2-1. Ostrowski. former employe of the Chicago Cubs, also knbeked in the Angels other tally In the fifth when llill Enos missed con nections while attempting a shoestring catch of his hit. Os trowski got to third on tho muff, and Rip Russell crossed the plate. The Angels emerged from tradition Is borne out, the Browns will be the team to beat. Browns Hot They are going Into the ser-j tomorrow. A win for the Seals tonight The 78-year-old baseball czars! would jve ,n ,n , scconH office announced yesterday that consecutive playoff crown. The because of illness, which al- les the "hot" club. They battled' though not serious, prohibits the commissioner from traveling In the Judgment of his physician the judge will be unable to at tend the series. the Detroit Tigers right down to the wire the final day of the season before they won their first American league title while the Cardinals coasted to their third consecutive national leacrue 'pennant. The pressure on the Browns has been heavy but they have been winning and the Cardinals In the past month have looked like anything but the pre-war FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By United Press Philadelphia Jose Basora, 135, Puerto Rico, drew with Holman Williams, 159V4, Chi- ball club they were In piling upj "8. 10- such an early lead that their oennant drive never was in doubt. Browns Lack Stars Maybe Manager Billy South worth can get his horde of stars back on the victory trail for the cold statistics showed them su perior to the Browns In almost very department of the game. But it was a sure bet that there w a i another department In which they might tie the Browns but never beat them and that was fighting heart. Never before has team with such few established ' major leaguers as - the Browns even Turkey Raisers! Cash Paid for Your ICQ-Ib. Cclion Feed gags Inquire Room 6 Brophy Blctg. Phone 5194 West Springfield, Mass. Johnny Corbett, 140, New Ha ven, Conn., declsloned Tony Campo, 147, Boston, (0). Holyoke, Mass. Joe Sullck. 130, New York, declsloned Joe Mntone, 140, Brooklyn, N. Y., (10). Baltimore Curtis Sheppard. 192, Pittsburgh, knocked out Buddy Walker, 198, Columbus, (9). 1 SEALS GET 3ANDERS San Francisco. Oct. 3 (U.R) The San Francisco Seals an nounced today that Malone I Sanders, a 23-year-old left- I handed first baseman will Join 'nT ' . " -"3" next year as part pay- Angels won the regular season pennant in 1943 and again this year. Last night's linescore: San Francisco 1 10 1 Los Angccls 2 0 2 Werle and Ogrodowski, S"rinz (8); Prim and Sarni. BOWLING 5i ; vw earitJt-M v lAt. r.L, v iM Medford motion pictiure audi ences will have their first op portunity to see recently devel oped weapons in actual combat when the official United States Medford Cadets At Kansas Field For Basic Instruction Two Medford aviation cadets are in a class which recently re ported at the Garden City army air field in Kansas for basic flying training. They are Avia tion Cadet Vincent C. Claflin, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elverton R. Clolfin, and Aviation Cadet Dale C. Erickson, 22, son of Mr. and -Mrs. Andrew E. Erickson, 718 Oak street. Cadet Claflin is a returned veteran, having served overseas as an engineer gunner on a B-25 and held the rank of staff ser geant at the time of his appoint ment as an aviation cadet. He completed elementary flight training at Chichasha, Okla. Cadet Erickson is a graduate Illini V Speed ' Poses Threat For Midwestern Foes Chicago, Oct. 3 (U.R) Spllt second speed, generated from Illinois' explosive T-lormanon, presented a rare spectacle today as it cast a threatening shadow over mldwestern football fields. The constant threat of four 10 second backs, each of whom is canabie of touchdown sprinting has given Mini the stature of a Big Ten championship favorite, despite the fact that the season Is young and Illinois has a meai ocre line and a green team. Never before has so much breakaway talent been assembled at one Big Ten school as the quartet of Quarterback Don Greenwood and Halfbacks Eddie Bray, Paul Patterson and Buddy Young at Illinois. Illinois runs Into Purdue at Champaign, I1U Saturday in the best conference clash of the day as the Boilermakers open de fense of their co-championship after a nine-point loss to Great Lakes and a 40-7 victory over Marquette. Coach Simpson To Be Lions Speaker Al Simpson, athletic coach, Medford senior hieh school, will i address Medford Lions Wednes day evening at their dinner meeting in the Holland banquet room. His talk will deal with the currently good showing in foot ball the high school team is mak ing, reasons for its apparent POLICE COMPILE BOOK Cleveland (U.R) A "blue book" of Cleveland racketeers and crime leaders is being compiled by the city police department. The book, which will not be pub lished, will contain the names of about 300 known crooks, list ing, in addition, the ages, ad dresses, types of autos driven by the racketeers and the places thev usually frequent. Marine Corps film, "The Battle of Medforu high school with the for the Marianas", opens to-' class of 1942 and was clerk for morrow at the Craterian. The! the S. P. and S. Railroad before picture is a two-reel feature de-l entering the service. He com pleting the flow of battle and was originally made for official military purposes. "The Battle for the Marianas" was released for public showing by the Mar ine corps in the belief that the American public : hould be per mitted to see these new weapons In action and with a further view to showing the difficulty won. Bowling in the Classic league lost nlffht .Tim's filinr.3,r,I.rt took two games from Medford! witn which Jungle areas are Feed & Seed. The 'third canto was tied at 888 pins (Rynear son 247 and 06B). Made Rite won three games from Rolling Pin. (Sims 225 and 559). Signal Oil took three from Domestic Laundry. (Bradley 227 and 582). TIGERS WIN New York, Oct. 3 (U.R) The Brooklyn Tigers, displaying a strong running game sparked by Pug Manders, defeated the Ser vice All-Stars, 48-14, before pleted .elementary flight train ing at Bruce Field, Ballinger. Tex. He has a brother serving overseas in the air corps. strength and what Medford fans may expect In competing for the state championship. Carl Winklebeck, talented youthful tenor, will entertain the members. Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Occasional showers In mountains. Little change In temperature. Orcpon: Partly cloudy tontjrht and Wednesday, except cloudy with oc casional Hunt rain in north portion and on coast tonicht. Cooler In In- "JLJU-- terior today and in southeast portion intlaren or uucm Wednesday. r o rt Local nata Kettirn tO 3 A S' Temperature a year ago today: - i Hicnest, oa; lowesi, . Guam Oct Jt (MP) rnn fl Total monthly precipitation. 0 inch. Vv.iam, . UCJ: 3 , ,7, 1 0 U r Deficiency for tho month. .0(1 inch. pUDllC SChOOlS, Staffed by 19 Total precipitation since September teachers, becan e!nP tnHnv tn -0 men. excess ior tne season, CARD OF THANKS We wish to exoress our sincere thanks to our friends for their many kindnesses during our recent oerejve ment; also for the beautiful flowers. Mrs. Charles Young, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Young and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Youn? and fanrly, Mr. nnd Mrs. Harold Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Welborn and son. Got quick relief for cold clogoed noae with Pene tro Nose Drops. Juat 3 drops in each nostril you breathe freer, eas ier, almost instantly. Prescription type med ication. Caution: Use only as directed. Gee PENETRO NOSE DROPS teach children the three R's In English for the first time since the Japanese occupied this is land In December, 1941, Lt (JG) Edward G. Lewis, USNR 31.080 fans In their war bond, "licf "d education officer ln1"" bowl game at Ebbets Field last night. The Tier victory was achieved despite the passing of Ensign Sid Luckman of the Service team, who completed 24 the club next year mcnt from the New York Giants for Pitcher Kay Harrcll. O'NEILlTsiGNS AGAIN Detroit, Oct. 3 (UR) Steve O'Neill, who managed the Dc- 3 NAVY PILOTS KILLED Santa Rosa, Cal., Oct. 3 U.R) Tho bodies of three naval avia tors were recovered from the wreckage of a navy torpedo trolt Tigers to within a game of! "" pr wh,'ch "ash'd th? the tightest American league' lnntJnK circle at the U. S. naval pennant race In history, signed! nuxl""y B'r s,atlon n"ar, here a contract todoy to manage the yesterday. Names of the victims wt-ie wiuiiiuui pi' nuing noinicu tion of next of kin. tho civil affairs section, nounccd. Approximately 03 inch Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yesterday, 35"-; 4:30 today, U2, , Tomorrow Sunrise 7:11 a. m. 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