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.
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Detroit needed the victory to I from sticking to the iron.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Nuernberg, Germany, Aug. H
(U.R) Three new European
theatre records were set today
as the Third army team won the
ETO track and field champion
ship with 274-25 points to
152-15 for the runner-up Paris
communications squad.
More than I), 00(1 servicemen,
including Lt. Gen. 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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