TWO 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
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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. Sunset 6:48 r- m. ;
Pnst 24 hours: Hich Low Prec. ,
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