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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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AMERICAN I.EAC.t'E
Washington 3. Boston 0
New York at Philadelphia postpon
ed, rain.
Cleveland at Chicago postponed,
rain
Detroit at St. Louis postponed, rain.
NATIONAL I.EACl'E
St Louis 1, Cincinnati 0
Brooklvn R. Boston 4
Philadelphia at New York postpon
ed, rain.
(Only games scheduled).
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BLEND 6,rt0j)f 63 CtAIH HHJTUl SHUTS HAH0NA1 DlSTIUiUS flOP- C0f. H. T.
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
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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.
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for the Southern Oregon Boxing
club, said today he has opened
negotiations with Herb Carlson,
kingpin on the University of
Idaho boxing team and national
intercollegiate boxing champion
four times in succession, to head
line the next local card.
Date of the show will depend
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tion. Burdotje said he had attempt
ed to secure Wes Echols, nation
al AAU middleweight champion,
to meet Carlson for the undis
puted national amateur cham
pionship but Echols is immedi
ately turning professional and Is
not interested in the match.
Bull Halsey, young Portland
Negro who is currently a hot
attraction here, probably would
oppose Carlson in the event the
Idaho Vandal accepts the match,
Burdette said.
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