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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Aug- 12. 1945 CASTER PITCHES DETROIT TO WIN Senators Keep Pace As Yanks Falter Passeau ' Heaves Two Hitter hold its one-game margin over Washington, which humbled the Chicago White Sox, 11 to 2. A live-run blast off Orval Grove in the first inning was enough lead for Leonard, whose knuckle ball was working well. Leonard allowed six hits In winning hits 13th game against four losses, New York fell VA games off the pace when Cleveland Jumped on Dubiel for five runs In the first inning and Gromek made that margin good for a 5 to 3 victory. In the National league, Claude Passeau of the Chicago Cubs had a no-hit game for 7 23 Innings against Boston, but singles by Mas! and Adcrholt spoiled it- He saved his shutout, however, and four walks, two hits and an error in the ninth allowed the Cubs to run up an 8 to 0 score. Adrian Zabala, called up to Third Sacker IN LINEUP FOR M., Vnrlc. Alie- 11 (U.R) George Caster, whose sterling th(j Ncw york Giants from Jcr. sey City last week, set the St Louis Cardinals down with six Brooklyn swept its five-game series with Cincinnati, taking the final game 5 to 2. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were not scheduled. ,!. nltrhine rjlaved a major in the St. Louis Browns' drive to tne Amcnitm -s"- :njtg in a 10 to 1 victory but pennant last year, indicated to-j dropped tne cards 5Vl game3 be. day he may do the same thing hind chlcag0t for tne jjeirou hb" " pulled out a S to 4 victory over Boston. Detroit jumped on tall George Woods for five runs In the first two innings, scoring once in the first on Hoover's triple and an out and four in the second on four doubles and a single. But after that Woods was tough and allowed no more hits until he went out for a pinch hitter in the eighth. Meanwhile, Lazor teed off on Mueller for two two-run homers, the last of which chased Mueller in the fifth. Caster came in and stopped Boston on two hits in 4 innings. RACING Boston, Aug. 1 1 (U.R) The eighth and hist race of the sea son at Suffolk Downs was can celled today when a crowd of some 000 fans became angry aft er Johnny Jr. crossed the finish line first in the seventh race and was disqualified. A pinch of salt in starch will help to keep starched clothes Detroit needed the victory to I from sticking to the iron. yCCard Hof5f L. "'-"We Can NOW RECAP Your Tires whh grade a Truck Rubber Everybody knows that the treads on truck tires mast stand thousands of miles of the hardest grind ing wear. When a truck tire is recapped, the best rubber obtainable is required. This rubber must be extra twMitn durable, - j,vw n iaika mutt v We can NOW RECAP a limited number . of passenger car tires with genuine Grade A 4TKUUK KUBBEK. This is exactly the same rubber used In recapping ihc tires of big trucks and buses. Its extra toughness as sures 3,000 to 5,000 miles of extra wear. This is an important advantage when you can't tell when it will be possible to buy 8 ncw tire,' OLDER TIRE EXCHANGE 6 Home of Fear-Proof Recapping 8th & Rivorside Gordon Howcrton, property of Detroit Tigers of the Ameri can league and formerly a mem ber of the Grants Pass Merch ants in the Southern Oregon cir cuit, will play left field for the Medford Craters when they meet Ashland at the Fairgrounds park at 2:30 p. m. today. Howcrton replaces Herb Burn ham, who was injured sliding into home plate against Klamath Falls Navy here last Sunday. Burnham suffered a bruised shin and had a blood clot removed earlier this week, Paul Freer, Crater manager, said yesterday. Howerton's pasture pals will be Carl Reich in center field and Paul (Hoosier) Hoffard in right. Dick Fawcett has been named as starting pitcher with George Gitzen behind the plate. Homer Sullivan on first, Fred Stammen at second, Don Waldron on third base and Al Kircher at short stop. The game will mark the end of the Southern Oregon league competition with the Shaugh ncssy play-offs to start Aug. 13. V( I'-. . v., : .- . i : Si si r - w -I 4 AT .1 Ashland, Aug. 11 Ashland Riding association will present a horse show and horse races under the lights at Walter Phil lips Field, Friday, Aug. 17, at 8 p. m. Ten race events and two show events have befh billed with over $500 in prizes. Entry fees will be charged for all events except the ladies' and men's pleasure horse events and the children's pony race. All entry fees will be split with win ners. Final race will bo for a purse of $175 with no horses barred. There will be a ladies' race, musical chair race, cow horse, ladies' pony express, novelty, re lay, ladies' flag and business men's races- All races will be around the approximately quarter-mile track except the final event which will be twice around. V 7 v Don Waldron, ihird baseman. is shown above reaching for a high one during a recent prae tice session with the Medford Craters. Waldron will be seen in action when his team meets Ash land in a Southern Oregon lea gue tilt at the Fairgrounds Park, beginning at 2:30 this afternoon. HOWARD 10 COACH PORTLAND LOSES STATE BACKFIELD FIRS! PLAY-OFF ON THE SPOT SERVICE Call 4061, Ashland -Make Your Appointment Any Mechanical Work Beer Wheel Aligning New Chevrolet Motors Body and Paint Work Selby Chevrolet Co. Tex Oliver Will Be Speaker Here Lt. .Com. Gerald A. (Tex) Oliver, football coach at the Uni versity of Oregon, will arrive in Medford Tuesday for a three-day scries of talks Ho will be ac companied by Anson B. Cornell, graduate manager of the univer sity. Oliver will address Medford Rotary club Tuesday noon, Ash land Lions Tuesday evening, Medford Kiwanis Wednesday noon, a radio talk at 2 p. m. Wednesday, Medford Lions Wed nesday evening and Camp White Thursday. TALBERT IN FINALS Rye. N. Y., Aug. 11 U.R Defending Titlist Billy Talbert overpowered Francis X. Shields to enter the finals of the eastern grass courts tennis champion ships today, while Louise Brough women's champion was elimin ated by Pauline Bctz of Los An geles Use Mull Tribune Want Aril. T yp .25 Oakland, Cal., Aug. 11 U.R) Bob Joyce notched his 25th victory of the Pacific Coast league season here today as he hurled the San Francisco Seals to a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Acorns. The win gave the Seals a 3-2 edge in the seven game series and put them back in undisputed possession of fourth spot in the standings. Joyce had a lot of help from erring Oak players in chalking up the win. In fact, only one of the Seal runs was earned. San Francisco 4 6 1 Oakland 0 7 4 Joyce and Sprinz; Babich and Kcarsc. Los Angeles. Aug. 11 (U.R) Hollywood blasted three Los An geles pitchers out of the box to day to score a scorching 18 to 0 win on only 15 hits. Hollywood 18 15 1 Los Angeles 0 8 4 Legault and Hill, Schimling (6; Lammers, K. Hicks, (2), Merkle (3) and Kreitner, Greene (5). Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 11 (U.R) Coach Lon Stiner of Oregon State College today announced that Bill Howard, former USC and professional back, will be Beaver backfield coach. Howard's appointment must still be approved by the state Board of Higher Education as well as those of Line Coach Quentin Greenough and Trainer Vern Eilers. The new backfield coach played for USC in 1933, 1934 and 1935 and then took over as Freshman Trojan coach in 1936. He turned pro in 1937 and in 1939-40 .was backfield coach for the Detroit Lions. He returned to the west coast in 1941 as back field coach for the University of San Francisco and stayed there until last season when he was head coach for the San Francisco Packers of the Coast Professional League. Howard will report to Corvallis September 1. BASEBALL (By United Press) American Boston 4 10 0 Detroit 5 8 1 Woods, Rybe and Holm, I Steiner; Mueller, Caster and Richards. New York 3 5 1 Cleveland 5 7 0 Dubiel, Page, Holcombo and Robinson, Garbark; Gromek and Hayes. Washington 11 14 1 Chicago 2 6 2 Leonard and Ferrell; Grove and Tresh, Castino. TRAGEDY AT PARTY San Diego, Aug. 11 (U.R) While a guest at a children's birthday party, eight-year-old Stanley Lee Bell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bell, was fatally injured from an acciden tal shot, Deputy Coroner Dave Bone reported tonight. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. Boise, Ida., Aug. 11 (U.R) Opponents' errors in the crucial moments, combined with a seventh-inning hitting rally tonight gave Boise a 3-2 victory over the Lind-Pomeroy team of Port land, Ore., in the first game of the regional American Legion Junior baseball playoffs. Boise's win kept its undefeat ed record for the season intact. But none of the team's three runs were earned. Portland took a one-run lead in the first inning when Catcher Lou Wcgner doubled and then came home on Pitcher Dick Montag's single. Lind-Pomeroy extended the lead a notch in the fifth when Phil Fraser singled and scored on Second Baseman Bob Thoman's double. Both runs were earned. 4 MILLIONS BET T National Chicago 8 11 ll Boston 0 2 3 1 Passeau and Rice; Logan, Hut- j chings, Hendrickson and Masic. Cincinnati 2 6 1 Brooklyn 5 10 0 Riddle, Modak, Lisenbee and Lakeman and Peacock. St- Louis 1 6 0 ' New York 10 14 1 Bverlv. Ci a r H n r .Tnriei.v, ! Crouch, Creel and Rice; Zabala ; New York. Aug. 11 (U.R) A world's record for wagerin? on an eight-race card was establish ed at Belmont Park today when a crowd of 44,125 bet a grand total of $4,035,465 on the Sara toga at Belmont program Prior to today's bonanza bet ting, the all time high for an eight-ply card had been $1,951, 227, set earlier in the season at Belmont. The fans at the New Yoik track chalked up another record betting mark when they wagered $331,378 on the third race, a hurdle event, for the largest play ever recorded on a steeplechase race. and Kluttz. FINED FOR FISHING Roseburg, Aug- 11 Everett L- Sphar, Glen R. Arnold, Fred Harp and George O. Arnold paid fines of $25 each in the Rose burg justice court after pleading guilty to charges of angling in closed water at Diamond lake. Judge Thomas Hartfiel today. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon. Please remember. L. C. TAYLOR GO. pays the HIGHEST MARKET PRICES If you have a CAR or TRUCK to sell, we advise selling it now. Call or Phone Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. 0. TAYLOR GO. Phone 2965 5 . f I 'A 1 VS ' I ' "'. ; ' i "if Men Who Know QUALITY have come to recognize this store as the headquarters for truly FINE merchandise. 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George Pat ton and 10 other generals, were in the seats of Nuernberg sta dium, which once won a medal for being the most beautiful sports coliseum in the world. The huge concrete oval, which can hold 150,000, was decked with the flags of the allies, and the track was in good condition despite rains two days ago and cloudiness today. Patton ceremoniously congrat uated Cpl. Brady Walker, Provo, Utah, captain of the winning team, and then, abruptly break ing formality, kissed Walker's hand in a mock ceremony that brought laughter from the crowd.. i NAME NAVY COACHES Annapolis, Md.. Aug. 11 (U.R1 Appointment of Lt. Charles G. Purvis, of Mutopn. 111., and Lt. Fdward Erdelntr. of San Fran cisco m assistant roaches of the t!M5 Navy football team was an nounced timiuht by Capt. C. O. Mumphrcys, director of athletics. 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