TWO MZDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, April 24. 1945
Big League Owners Meet
To Select Commissioner
Cleveland, April 24 U.R
Major League baseball pegins
' its own "San Francisco" confer
ence today when the 18 club
owners begin deliberating again
In an effort to select a high com
missioner whe may rule the des
: Tiny ot me sport iur many bo
nftor ihm war is ended.
tirara inm Hicttnnt faf!
t(ons, both equally reluctant to
relax their demands. One, led by
Col. Larry MacPhail, new head
of the Yankee organization of
, New York, wants no furtner ae
lay In the selection of a man
MacPhail and his adherents puo
licly have acclaimed Ford Frick
the National League
as the top choice, although they
probably would settle for lor
mer Postmaster General James
A. Farley, now : soft-drink
company executive.
, The other group led by Clark
Griffith, head of the Washington
Senators, and having most of
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Its strength In the American
League, wants to table action un
til after the war when a domin
ant national figure, possibly a
returning war hero or an out
standing statesman, would be
available.
The executives will hear the
report of the four-man commit
tee which was appointed after a
previous deadlock in New York
tc sift the field of candidates and
reduce it to a workable number.
The committee members, Phil
Wriglcy of the Chicago Cubs
Sam Breadon of the St. Louis
Cardinals. Donald Barnes of the
St. Louis Browns and Alva Brad
ley of the Cleveland Indians
have not revealed what candi
dates are under consideration,
but there was little doubt that
chances for unanimity on one
man were slim.
Failing to elect a commission
er, the Majors will remain under
the direction of the three man
commission which has ruled the
gamo since Landis died last Nov.
25. It consists of Frick, William
Harridge, pre ident of the Amer
ican League, and Leslie J. u Con
nor, secretary to Landis. O'Con
nor, like Frick, Is a leading can
didate for the Job although he
has expressed unwillingness to
accept it. Frick, on the other
hand, has campaigned for it actively.
BEAVERS SLATE
Rew Bruin CoacH
ON HOME FIELD
TALENT HI TEAM
Red-haired Doug Davis held
Talent high school's baseball
team to five scattered hits to
give Medford high an 11 to 3
victory here yesterday after
noon. Davis, who whiffed 11
Talent batters, was aided by 11
Talent errors while his team
mates were making two. Her
vey, on the mound for Talent,
gave up eight hits to the Black
Tornado and struck out five.
Medford will play Rogue Rlv-
er here next Tuesday In a prac
tice game and will collide witn
Grants Pass there May 4 In a
conference game. Grants Pass
won the first encounter S to 3
Score: ,
R HE
Medford 11 8 2
Talent .. 3 8 11
Davla and Watson: Hervey
arjd., Frlnk. .
Farm bureau mcmbershin in
Illinois has reached a record
high of 110,838.
Sv United PrAti
Six Pacific Coast League
Baseball teams swing back into
action tonight in pursuit of the
elusive league leadership.
Portland, currently in front,
and Seattle have monopolized
the top-place honors through
most of the first four weeks of
nlflv snrt nnf9r in tin HanaAP nf
losing that honor for at least
two weens.
Thft RpavAM TalrA nn flnlrlanrt
tonight; Seattle meets Holly-
wooa, ana Ban urancisco enter
tains Sfln T)p0n Krrnmntn
plays Los Angeles this week,
but the two teams start off with
a double-header on Wednesday.
Manager Bill Skiff's Rainier
sluggers fell off considerably
against eood Oakland nitnhino
over the past week and the
Oaks annexed a tough 4-3 series
and knocked the northerners
out of the top rung.
The high-spot Beavers won't
find the nicking nnilA cn PQCV
against the Oakland aggrega
tion, wun manager uolph Cain-
illl ever A threat n n nlnnli.
hitter (he hit a homer in that
role Sunday) and young Vic
Picetti sparking the club wilh
his sensational play, the Acorns
have become one of the finest
all-around clubs in the loop.
The very surprising San Diego
Padres, tied with the Oaks for
third nlace and nnlv in, lay
out of first, will be gunning for
another series win over the
Seals.
The Sacramento. Sninn.
be classed as one of the harder-
hitting outfits. But their pitch
ing hasn't been anvthlnir in k...
about and that appears to bo
Keeping tnem out of the first
division.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By United Press
Detroit Charlie Smith, 133,
Newark, N. J., outpointed Leon
Spencer, Detroit (10).
Holyoke, Mass. Lige Drew,
148, Springfield, Mass., out
pointed Henry Jordan, 1441$,
Philadelphia (10).
Philadelphia Johnny Carter.
181, Philadelphia, outpointed
Maria Ochoa, 163, Havana (10).
Baltimore-Archie Moore, 188,
St. Louis, stopped Teddy Ran
dolph, 182, New York (9),
Newark, N. J. C h a r 1 e s
(Cabey) Lewis, 129, Havana, out
pointed Gcorgle Cooper, 12934,
Baltimore (10).
Closing time for Sunriav Too Lute
to Claulfy 8 .10 Saturday afternoon-
Please remember.
(Acme Telephoto)
New Bruin football boss Is 40-year-old
Bert La Brucherie (above), who
stepped up from coaching at Los
Angeles High School to take over ai
Babe Horrell s successor at Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles
H.
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Henry Niedermeyer was out
standing event leader at the
Medford Gun club practice shoot
Sunday, taking first place posi
tions in four of the contests, one
of which was a tie with Bill
Young for a first with a 23 score
in the principal handicap of the
day.
Top winners In the events
were as follows: Miss and outs,
Niedermeyer, first; Turpin, sec
ond; Jantzer, third, and Jim
Ross, first; Turpin, second;
Pease, third.
Twenty-five bird handicap:
Niedermeyer, 23; YoungPi 23,
split first money. ,
Ten-bird handicaps: Jantzer,
first; Jim Ross, Watkins and
Young tied for second; Turpin
and Niedermeyer tied for first.
Elden, Watkins, Jantzer and
Tharp lied for second.
Backer-ups: John Ross and El
den, first; Jantzer and Turpin,
second; Watkins and Nieder
mever tied for first, and Elden.
Watkins, Jantzer and Tharp tied
for second.
The next shoot, the big occa
sion of the season with visiting
shooters attending from a num
ber of other clubs, will be held
on May 8. The annual team
shoot and the war bond handi
cap will bo shot.
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POINTERS DEFEAT
7 TO 3
Central Point, April 24 Be
hind the steady pitching of
Glenn Shrier, Central Point
downed Phoenix, 7 to 3, in a
county "B" league baseball game
at Phoenix yesterday afternoon.
Shrier practically won his own
ball game. He gave Phoenix only
three hits and struck out 15 bat
ters besides hitting a home run
in the first inning with one man
on base.
Conner, on the mound for
Phoenix, gave the Pointers nine
hits Including triples by Homer
and Hamilton.
The county league, In order to
save traveling, has been divided
into three parts with Talent,
Phoenix and Central Point in
one division, Jacksonville, Qold
Hill and Rogue River making
up another section and Eagle
Point, Butte Falls and Prospect
completing the roster. At con
clusion of the season the three
winners will play off the county
championship. Next Friday Cen
tral Point will play Talent at
Talent.
36th 'Annual Drake
Relays to Be Held
Friday, Saturday
Des Moines, la., April 24 (U.R)
Relays Director M. E. Easton
said today more than 1,000 ath
letes from 131 colleges, univer
sities, high schools and grade
schools will compete in the 38th
annual Drake relays Friday end
Saturday.
Many big names are missing.
So are large squads, but Easton
is convinced the records for this
year's meet will compare favor
ably with- the 1942 event, the
last time the meet was held with
full-strength collegiate squads
competing.
There are 328 Individual en
tries from 33 university and col
leges compared with 2B4 from
36 schools a year ago. The high
school entry has passed the rec
ord mark of 456 set last year,
with 969 preppers from 81
schools scheduled to compete on
Friday. College and university
events are limited to Saturday.
Japanese Maidens
Give Suicide Boys
Blood-Dyed Flags
By United Press
Japanese troops of the special
"suicide" attack corps have re
ceived ten new Rising Sun flags
painted with blood cut from the
fingers of several hundred little
maids from the Tokyo schools.
Tokyo radio recorded by
United Press, San Francisco, re
ported high school girls sent the
flags to the Kamikaze corps with
the following poem:
Ladies though we be
"May we humbly follow our
great eagles
'To soar and fall so nobly
"In the protection of our em
peror." The attack corps responded to
their "blood sisters" as follows:
"We will carry your, flags in
our caps and ram into enemy
warships. We are happy and glad
to learn that the. spirit of the
special attack corps is thriving
in the hearts of 100,000,000
comrades."
Bob Feller Will
Pitch First Game
Evanston. 111., April 24 (U.R)
Chief Specialist Bob Feller,
coach of the Great Lakes base
ball team, pitches his first ball
in two years in the continental
U. S. today In a practice game
with Northwestern university.
The former Cleveland Indian
star will appear for Great Lakes
with at least three other major
leaguers Johnny Gorsica, for
mer Detroit Tigers' pitcher.
Pinky Higgins, also of Detroit,
and Ken Kcltner, a former team
mate at Cleveland.
Cloalns time for Sunday Too Late
to Cleanly Sr30 Saturday afternoon
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Mayor and Family
Victims of Poison
London, April 24 (U.R) An
Exchange Telegraph correspond
ent reported today that the mys
tery of the missing mayor of
Leipzig, Alfred Freyburg, had
ended with the discovery of his
body and those of hl wife and
18-year-old daughter. All were
victims of cyanide poisoning.
One civilian was quoted as
declaring:
"The SS murdered Freyburg
and his family. Freyburg would
not have killed himself. The
night the Americans entered the
city, the mayor broadcast a mes
sage to the citizens saying 'I will
not leave Leipzig, God save our
city."
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