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IIOHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Far West Baseball Season Opens Wednesday Night By Hsnlc Cresn "The most successful year In Fir West baseball league his tory" will open Wednesday eve ning with the Medford Rogues playing their 1950 opener at Pittsburg, Cal., and the other lix teams playing in California towns. League President Jerry Dono van and other league officials have termed 1950 as potentially, at least, the most successful sea son in the three-year history of the league. They have cited the addition of Reno, Ncv and Eugene, Ore., to the loop as not only adding materially to greater interest among the fans and therefore larger crowds but also to the probable closeness of the race among all eight teams. Mart Help Coming Medford Drobably will be weak at two or three positions when the Rogues start at fius- burg and this may continue throueh the first week or two hut Business Manager Mel Car penter has assured local fans that Mrengm is Deing ana win added as long as needed. The local club obviously needs at least one more outfielder, pos sibly two, one veteran pitcher, a first baseman and possibly a catcher. A catcher may not be needed if negotiations for the purchase of Milt Martin, former ly with the Medford Dodgers, are successful. Speed in the centerfield post is vitally necessary and that is not apparent with the present crop of Rogues candidates. Buck ley in left field while slow is a heavy hitter and William in right field can hit hard and is a good fielder. Pitching Big Question The local pitching ataff ii a big question with the need of at least one veteran hurler obvious ly necessary. Negotiations for one have been going on for some weeks but none has material ized as yet. The hurling staff probably will not be settled for aome time. i Medford'i infield except for first base seems settled with Ro len at third, Stewart at short, Manager Tommy Nelson at sec ond and either Lohbeck or a new player on first base. Redding will have power at bat and probably average pitch ing. Marysville does not look any stronger than Medford, Eugene will be powerful at bat, Klamath perhaps has more power than the Rogues but pitching is little bet ter, and Reno seems weak. Willows and Pittsburg have reported little this spring and so little Is known about either sauad. Given some good pitching, one or two more heavy hitters and a first baseman Medford should be among the top four teams. The Rogues open their season in Medford on Tuesday evening, May 2, against the Marysville Bravei. Before coming here they play three games at Pittsburg (Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day) and then go to Reno for three games (Saturday and two on Sunday) before coming here. Medford'i Far West league en try will be in Medford against the Braves May 2. 3 and 4 and here against the Willows Cardi nals May 5, 6 and a doublehead r on May 7. Prattii To Face Allen Flyweight Title Bout London. Apr. 25 U.R) Ha waii's Dado Marino seemed left in the cold today as Ilonore Pra tesl of France prepared to ment Terry Allen of Britain tonight for the world's flyweight boxing championship. The American National Box ing association has asked the British board of boxing control to consider Marino along with Pratesi and Allen in a thrcc-wav tournament for the championship vacated last month by Rinty Monaghan of Ireland. All Star Card! WEESTTLHKfG !Ttai?sfflay Nieht BOUTS START 8:30 p.m. -r.av THRILLS o SPILLS MEDFORD ARMORY TICKETS ON SALE AT BROWN'S MAIL TRIBUNE ID Bartle Best Salem Hitter Salem. Ore.. Anr. 25 OJ.R) - Dick Bartle lofted a foul fly into the stands behind the Vancouver dugout in the first game of Sun day's doubleheader here for one of the weirdest "plys" of the sea son at Waters park. One of the concession boys "caught" the ball in a big bas ket of cracker jack then spent some time picking up the spilled boxes. Incidentally Bartle. Salem first baseman who was with Medford of the Far West league last sea son, has been going great guns at bat this year. He leads the Senator battine list, with 11 hits out of 20 tries for an average of 550. He went hitlcss in bun- day's opener, which Salem won 1 to 0, and got one lor inree in the nightcap. Belcastro to Oppose Bell Pete Belcastro, provoked be cause he didn't get his requested shot at Leo Wallick. will go against Ted Bell. Brooklyn smoothie, in the middle match of Mack Lillard s three-ply wres tling card at the armory Thurs day night. Belcastro. who has yet to meet Wallick. watched him in action last week and promptly informed Lillard that he would like noth ing better than a chance to sub due the Chicago roughneck. Lillard said he passed up the Belcastro-Wallick skirmish for the time being in order to fulfill a request from Lee Grable for a rematch with the pile driver. They will clash in the main event and Grable has promised sweet revenge for being disabled by Wallick's pile driver last week. applied when both were out of the ring during what was sup posed In Dc a rest period. Harold (Blood and Guts) Da vidson, always a favorite with Medford fnns. will take on fast and clever George Strickland, Denver flash, in the opener, starting at 8:30 p. m. Eugene Edges Redding In Practice Tilt, 6-5 Redding. Cal.. Apr. 25 (U.R The Eugene. Ore.. Larks nosed out the Redding Browns 6 to 5 in an exhibition baseball game here Monday. The Browns, trailing since the fourth inning, loaded the bases in the last half of the ninth, scoring two runs before their side was retired. Both teams are members of the Far West league. Redding opens its league play Wednes day at Wllluws, Cal. PCL Pitching Weakest In History of Circuit San Francisco, Apr. 25 vU.R) Pitching, as offered by the crop of moundsmen riming the first four weeks of play in the Paci fic Coast league, is the weakest in the circuit history. There is some talk that the balk rule, which has resulted In 178 balks being called through games ol April 22, it the cause of the hill trouble. In anv event, the records show 9 Si Tussdsy, April 25, 1150 ITS Oregon Open Golf Results Portland, Ore., Apr. 25 (U.R) Harold West. Tualatin Country club, held a two-stroke lead to day after the opening 18-hole of the annual Oregon open golf tournament. His card of 67 yes terday was five under par. Three other entries were tied for second with 69 s, including Chuck Congdon, Tacoma, and two Oregon amateurs. Johnny Frey, Riverside Golf and Coun try club, and Neil Stater. Royal Oaks Country club, Vancouver, Wash. Other first round scores in cluded: Dick Yost, Oregon State college, 70; Bob Duden, East moreland. 70: Frank Newell, Ta coma, 70; Ed (Porky) Oliver, Seattle, 71: Al Zimmerman, Al derwood, 71; Dick Estey, Van port college, 71; Joe Mozel, Lloyd's, 71; Ted Longworth, Waverley, 72. Among the Oregon players were these other scores: Don Provost, Medford. 73: Rav Hons- berger, Klamath Falls, 77: Jerry Peters, Coos Bay. 78, and Joe Steiger, Coos Bay, 79. Fleming Paces PCL With RBI's San Francisco, Apr. 25 lU.R) Les (Fireplug) Fleming, San Francisco first baseman, is bat ting at only a .229 rate but he leads the Pacific Coast league in the all-Important division of runs-bnited-in with 26 on 22 hits in 25 games. According to statistics, includ ing games of April 22. Max West, San Diego outfielder, tops the hitting department among the regulars with a big .411 mark on 22 hits in 56 trips to the plate. Elbie Fletcher, Los Angeles first sacker, has the most hits, 35; and Joe Brovia, Portland, and Steve Souchock, Sacramen to, are tied for homerun leader ship with five each. Huskies Capture Win Over Oregon Eugene. Ore.. Apr. 25 lU.R) The University of Washington Huskies won a Pacific Coast con ference northern division base ball game from the University of Oregon here Monday. 4-2. with the aid of three unearned runs. Washington got two runs in the fifth on an error and Bill Andring's homer. Two more runs were scored in the eighth and ninth innings on bad Oregon throws. Oregon got its two runs on nine hits but five Webfoot er rors aided in the Husky victory. that up to now PCL mounds men have issued 785 walks in comparison with only 703 strike outs. Last Year's Record Good hurlcrs usually strike out about one-third mine men than they walk. Last year in the PCL. the moundsmen struck out 6,108. compared with 5,327 walks not a great record but much better than the boys are doing in 1950. At the present rate of walks and strikeouts. PCL moundsmen will walk 5,495 men in 1950 while striking out only 4,921. Meanwhile, the batters who get a chance to look at some new offerings this week, have been having a lot of fun. Already they've clouted 108 home runs; there are 33 men batting .300 or better and fellows who usually have a tough time getting the but oft their shoulders are whal ing the horschidc to all corners o( the lot. More Hurlers Asked Managers, from league-leading Hollywood right down lo cellar- dwelling Seattle are yelling for competent throwers. It could be that the days of balance in the PCL are gone it s definitely a "hitter s league" right now. San Francisco, which has play ed San Diego and Sacramento only for Its first 28 games, tan gles this week with the Oakland outfit that has met only Portland and Seattle. San Diegn, which has played only San Francisco and Loi Angeles, entertains Seattle. Los Angeles plays host to cross-town rivals. Hollywood, and Portland invades Sacra mento. SOC Splits Twin Bill With Cal Aggies Nine Ashland. Ore.. Apr. 25 (U R Southern Oregon college split a baseball double-header with the California Aggies at Central Point yesterday in their first Far Western conference competition. Southern Oregon won the ononer. 8 6, but dropped the nightcap. IB 11. The Red Raiders Intel Humboldt Stale at Cres cent City, Cal., next Sunday. Motorcycles Race Sunday Local Track Broadliders from up and down the Pacific coast converge upon the Valley View track, two miles north of Ashland Sunday, April 30, to compete in the larg est motorcycle racing program in southern Oregon. Riders young and old, 100 strong, will be aiming lor top honors in the three divisions, novice, amateur and expert, be fore a capacity crowd which is expected. The races, sponsored by the Rogue River Rambler Motor cycle club, and sanctioned by the American Motorcycle asso ciation of Columbus, O.. will be classified as flat track, since they will be run off on a race track of at least 15 feel in width and having two straightaways besides the broadsliding corners. Rated Dusi Free This track is of granite surface making it almost free from dust and from the opinions of the riders it is the finest track on the west coast. An abundance of top notch riders have promised to be here along with several "newcomers." the latter out to earn their spurs on the Pacific coast circuit rac ing schedule. Local competition will also run high as the riders in this vicinity have gone all out to try and hold their place on the home track. All eyes will be on Eugene Thiesen, Eugene, a leading con tender in the expert class, hav ing just returned from Daytona Beach. Fla.. where he placed in the 200 mile road race, 'a na tional held there in February. Pro Cagers New League Chicago, Apr. 25 !U.R A re turn to bitter bidding for play ers in a war for survival between two basketball leagues was in orospect today after the National Basketball association pitched out three teams who promptly I formed a new circuit. The NBA. offering a four-point , program for peaceful departure of Denver, Sheboygan and Wa terloo Irom membership, said it was turned down and expelled them. But representatives of the three teams joined with Oshkosh a former NRA member, to be come the nucleus of a new league which they planned to name sometime in the next 10 days. The new group hired as com missioner. Doxie Moore, commis sioner of the old National Basket ball league which died a year ago in a merger with the Basket ball Association of America. Moore was expected lo confer with representatives of 11 other cities to pick six more teams to round out a 10 club circuit, con fined to the midwest. Willamette Now Leads Conference By United Press Willamette University of Sa lem took over leadership in the Northwest conference baseball title chnse Tuesday after drub bing college of Idaho 8-1, and 11-ti. in a doubleheader at Cald well Monday. College of Idaho went deeper into the conference cellar with the twin losses, now having ab sorbed five straight defeats. Linfield moved into third spot at Walla Walla by splitting another donbleheader wilh Whit man. Whitman barged in front with a 5-0 win in the opener, but Linfield came back with a 4-2 nightcap victory. Second place holder Lewis and Clark and Pacific were idle. Howdy, Pardner! Enjoy... m Sunny NKfNTUCKY WHISKtY-A Newbry Slated Speak Banquet for Rogues; Opening Day Planned Oregon Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. Ashland, will speak at the banquet in honor of the Medford Rogues at the local YMCA Monday night, May 1. and will officiate at opening night ceremonies the next eve ning, it was announced at the Athletics Booster club meeting last night. Dinner will be served in the upstairs room at the Y starting at 6 p.m. with the affair open to men and women. A. Z. "Tubby'1 Dean will be master of ceremon ies and an entertainment is be ing planned. Reservations may be made by calling Dean or President Les Stamper. Albany High Grid Mentor Goes to OTI Klamith Falls, Ore., Apr. 25 :U.R Rex Hunsaker, Albany high school athletic director and football coach, has been appoint ed head football coach al Ore gon Technical institute here. Di rector Winston Purvine confirm ed today. Purvine said also that Art Kirkland, Hunsakers backfield coach at Albany, will be assist ant football coach for the OTI Owls. They will take over their duties here in July. OTI has been without a foot ball coach since the resignation of Dale Laughtery. The school is a member of the newly-formed Oregon Intercollegiate con ference. Alto Baseball Coach "We chose Hunsaker Just as much because of his many rec ommendations for his own char acter excellence as for his out standing football record at Al banv." Purvine said. Hunsaker also will coach baseball and both he and Kirk- land wj;i assist in an extensive off-season intramural sports pro- gram. Forrest ISkeets) (J Con- nell is director of athletics and the addition of Hunsaker and Kirkland will give OTI a three man athletic staff. . Stan Czech. Albany line coaci for me pasi wo j '? 'L' , lo lane ut-i iiuiiwi".' - job at Albany. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. ... 4 ... a ... 3 ... 3 ... 3 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 Pet .8110 .HilU .r,ui .sou .5011 .4111) .376 .200 Detroit Now York ... Cleveland Wnshinuton . Philadrlpnia SI. Louis ... Hoston Chicago NATIONAL I ChlCBRO PittsburKh ... 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The Booster club which Is sponsoring the dinner and open ing day activities sAid that Ever green Bus lines will transport the junior high hand to and from the ball park free of charge. Already several local firms have indicated they will enter floats In the pre-game pnraile slated for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. May 2, in which the Junior high band will take part plus Rogues players, a marine corps color guard and possibly the high school baseball team. Nearly 50 tickets for opening day plus several reservations for reserved seats were sold at the booth in downtown Medford Saturday with ushers at Rogues games in charge. The booth will be open again this week Satur day all day and again next week Monday and Tuesday. Harry Chipman of the Booster club outlined a plan and show ed drawings of possible signs that might be placed in local hotels and motels, a sign at the north, south and west entrances of the city and a sign to adver tise games of the Rogues to be put at the ball park. Boosters lo Underwrite Estimates of how much these signs would cost will be made by Fred Lawrence, local sign painter. The club voted to under write the making of signs for the hotels and motels. The larger signs for the entrances to town would be placed by business firms of the community. These signs at the entrances to the city would not only adver tise the Rogues but also the city of Medford. Frank Buchter was elected a club director to succeed the late E. E. McKinney. Ted Williams Reported OK Again After Grippe Washington, Apr. 25 (U.R) Ted Williams rejoined the Red Sox today a little wan and slightly weak but plenty wel come. After a five-day tussle with the grippe the31-year-old Boston outfielder insisted he felt "all right" and was anxious to start pummeling opposing pitchers again. BOWLING MAJOR LEAGUE Valley Music company edged by the E. H. Mann company last night to capture the second half championship of the Major Bowl ing league when weekly competi tion was held at the Medford Bowling lanes. The musicians had a two game lead. Second high spot of the eve ning was a triplicate by Frank Findley of Bates Candy com pany team who rolled 1 70-1 70 170 510 in the second shift. Next Monday evening Chal kers, winners of the first half, will meet Valley Music company lo oecicle the league champion. Charles Barber shop took high team game and high team series in the first shift last night with !)R7 and 2.731 respectively, while Chalkers took the same honors in the second shift with 927 and 2,700 respectively. High individual scries honors went to Jim Morgan in shift 1 and Paul Morgan in shift 2 with fil)4 and 588 respectively, while Ken Powell was credited with high individual game in shift 1 with 225 and Bob Rector in shift 2 with 214. MAJOR lEAOl'E STANDINGS ISECOND HALF FINALS) Teams W Valley Music Company 41 E 11. Marn Company 39 Chalkers 38 Charles Barber Shop 31 Morning; Fresh Bakery 30 Walker Real Estate 27 Bates Candy Company 27 Domestic Laundry 21 llJC BRAND Brook the whiskey that's as its Name SSY'i(Rt0 1 Graziano Kos Boxing Foe In Comeback New Haven. Conn., Apr. 25 vU.Ri Rocky Graziano, 162, who was a tiger with fists when he took the world middleweight ti tle from Tony Zale in 1947, post ed another comeback victory to day but it was strictly the tabby cat type. The ex-middleweight king from Brooklyn. N. Y., knocked out Danny Williams, 166, of De troit, in the third round of their scheduled 10-roundcr last night. The bout was so one-sided that spectators were happy to see it end. Williams was down in the first and second rounds but was saved by the bell each time. Graziano, no ball of fire himself, improved his timing in the third. While Williams was poking his feeble left at Graziano mid way in the round, the Rock hit him on the jaw with what ap nea red to be a zipless right hook. The blow ended the match. It took the Detroit boxer's seconds about three minutes to revive him. Playground Aid Committee Is Named By Club Steps to help Medford youth take part in a summer plav ground program were taken last night the Athletics Booster club of Southern Oregon when a com mittee was appointed to confer with Norm Worthley, park rec reation director, and the city council to see what the club could do. Club members pointed out lhat so far the organization had oeen largely interested in get ting the Medford Rogues of the Far West Baseball league off to a successful start but that the : club was not just interested in : that sport but in promoting all j local athletics. " I One officer sueeested nart of : Hawthorne park (along Bear creek) be set aside for a base ball diamond so the Summer Baseball school could conduct part of its activities there. He pointed out that as of now few east side children attend the school at the senior high. Another club official brought up the question of how the group could help promote local Softball. No action was taken on this matter as no one from the local Softball association was present to outline what might be done. El Centro Wins 5 to 4 In Sunset League Tilt By United Press Riverside dropped a game to El Centro last night and there by left Mexicali in sole posses sion of first place in the Sunset league. The Imperials unleashed a five-run barrage in the first two innings to defeat the Dons, 5 to 4. It was El Centra's first victory in its four-game series wilh the Dons. QtVe 'dnb FRESH.NEIV LOOK! Twice u beautiful? Yea, indeed! And twice aa easy, twice at fast, with the new Super-Cushion ROLLER. KOATER. You simply roll the paint on up and down, then across. And there's no messy dripping. Ap ply KEM-TONE right over wallpaper, paint or plaster. On coat covers most surfaces, dries in an hour. Choose from a com plete range of beautiful colors! 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